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THE 



HOLY BIBLE, 

' CONTAINING THE 

OLD AND STEW TESTAMENTS: 

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES; 

AND WITH THE FORMER 

TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. 

WITH 

CANNES MARGINAL REFERENCES. 

TOGETHER WITH 

THE APOCRYPHA 

AND 

INDEX. 

ALSO 

REFERENCES AND A KEY SHEET OF QUESTIONS, 

GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL, PRACTICAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL ; ACCOMPANIED WITH VALUABLE CHRONOLOGI- 
CAL HARMONIES OF BOTH TESTAMENTS ; CORRECT AND ELEGANT MAPS, AND HIGHLY USEFUL TABLES OF SCRIPTURE 
NAMES, SCRIPTURE GEOGRAPHY, SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY, SCRIPTURE REFERENCES, &c. THE WHOLE DESIGNED TO 
FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE IN BIBLE CLASSES, SUNDAY SCHOOLS, COMMON SCH00L3 r 
AND PRIVATE FAMILIES. 



BY HERVEY WILBUR, A. M. 

THE TEXT CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD 

OF THE 

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, 



STEREOTYPED BY JAMES CONNER, NEW-YORK. 

NEW-YORK . 

PUBLISHED BY WHITE, GALLAHEIl AND WHITE, 

No. 108 PEARL STREET. 

1831. 



DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, fo wit: 






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District Clerk's Office 



BE IT REMEMBERED; that on the eighteenth day of August, A. D. 1825, in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United 
States of America Hervev Wilbur, A. M. of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as 
author in the word's following, to wit :—" The Reference Bible, containing an accurate copy of the common English Version of the Old and New 
Testaments ■ with References and a Key Sheet of Questions, Geographical, Historical, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental; accompanied 




and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, 
An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, 
during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing,, engraving, and etching historical and other 

pi J., JN0 w DAVIS {«*£*£«*«* 



LIST OF BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS AND APOCRYPHA 

WITH THE CONTRACTIONS USED IN THE CENTRE COLUMN REFERENCE. 



OLD TESTAMENT. 



GENESIS, cont'd. 
Exodus, . 
Leviticus, 
Numbers, . 
Deuteronomy, 
Joshua, . . 
Judges, 
Ruth, . . 

I. Samuol, 

II. Samuel, 

I. Kings, . 

II. Kings, 
I. Chronicles, 



Gen. or Gn. chapters 50 

Exod. or Ex. ..... 40 

Lev. or Lv .27 

Num. or Nu .36 

Dent, or Dt 34 

Josh, or Jos - 24 

Judg. Jgs. or Jg. ... 21 
Ru 4 

1 Sam. 1 Sm. or 1 Sa. . . 31 

2 Sam. 2 Sm. or 2 Sa. . . 24 

1 Kgs. 1 Kg. or 1 K. . . 22 

2 Kgs. 2 Kg. or 2 K. . . 25 
1 Chron. 1 Chr. or 1 Cli. . 29 



II. Chronicles, 
Ezra, . . . 
Nehemiah, 
Esther, . . 
Job, . • . . 
Psalms, 
Proverbs, . . 
Ecclesiastes, 
Song of Solomon 
Isaiah, . . 
Jeremiah, 
Lamentations, 
Ezekiel, . . 



2 Chron. 2 Chr. or 2 Ch. 

Ezr 

Nehem. Neh. or Ne. 
Esth. Est. or Es. . . 
Jb 



Psa. or Ps. . . 
Prov. Pro. or Pr. 
Eccles. Eccl. or Ec. 
Song, or Sg. . . 
Isa. or Is. . . . 
Jer. Jr. or Je. 
Lam. Lm. or La. 
Ezek. or Ez. . . 



36 


Daniel, 


10 


Hosea, 


13 


Joel, . . 


10 


Amos, . . 


42 


Obadiah, . 


50 


Jonah, 


31 


Micah, 


12 


Nahum, 


8 


Habaktuik, 


66 


Zephaniah, 


b2 


Haggai, . 


5 


Zechariah, 


46 


Malachi, . 



Dan. or Da 19 

Hos. or Ho 14 

Joel, 3 

Am 9 

Obad. or Ob 1 

Jon. . .' 4 

Mic. or Mi ' . 7 

Nah. or Na 3 

Hab. or Ha 3 

Zeph. or Zp. ..... 3 

Hag. or Hg 2 

Zech. or Ze 14 

Mai. or Ma. ..... 4 



NEW TESTAMENT. 



MATTHEW, . . 

Mark, 

Luke, 

John, 

The Acts, . . . 
Epistle to Romans, 

I. Corinthians, . . 

II. Corinthians, 
Galatians, . . . 



Matt. Mat. or Mt. . , 

Mlt 

Lu 

Jn 

Ac 

Rom. or Ro 16 

1 Cor. or 1 Co 16 

2 Cor. or 2 Co 13 



Gal. or Ga. 



Ephesians, . . 
Philippians, . . 
Colossians, . . 
I. Thessalonians, 
28 II. Thessalonians, 

I. Timothy, . . 

II. Timothv, . . 
Titus, 



6 i Philemon, 



Eph. orEp 6 

Phil, or Ph 4 

Colos. or Col. ..... 4 

i Thess. 1 Thes. or 1 Th. . 5 

2 Thess. 2 Thes. or 2 Th. . 3 

1 Tim. or 1 Tm 6 

2 Tim. or 1 Tm 4 

Tit. or Ti 3 

Philem. ... . . . 1 



To the Hebrews, 
Epistle of James, 

I. Peter, . 

II. Peter, 

I. John, 

II. John, . , 

III. John, . 
Jude, . . 
Revelation, 



Heb. or Hb. . . . . . 13 

Jam. or Ja 5 

1 Pet. or 1 Pt 5 

2 Pet. or 2 Pt 3 

1 Jn. - 5 

2Jn 1 

3 Jn 1 

Jude, 1 

Rev. or Rv 22 



BOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA. 



I. ESDRA3, . . lEsd 9 1 Wisdom, . . 

II. Esdras, . . . 2 Esd 16 Ecclesiasticus, 

Tobit, Tobit, 14|Baruch, with the 

Judith, .... Judith, 16 

The rest of Esther, Est 6 



Ba. 



. Wisd 19 

. Eclus 51 

Epis. of Jeremiah, $ 
Song of three Children, . 1 

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HINTS. 



Mi 



Story of Susanna, 
Bel and the Dragon. 
Prayer of Manasses, 

I. Maccabees, . . 

II. Maccabees, . . 



1 Mace, or 1 Mcb 

2 Mace, or 2 Mcb. 



1 
1 
»1 

16 
15 



It is highly desirable, that all, who have the Reference Bible 
should become familiar with the Key Sheet and Tables subjoined. 
For tnis purpose, each reference letter should direct the eye to the cor- 
responding letter with its questions in the Key sheet, till all those 
questions suggest themselves as soon as the letter is seen. Every pro- 
per name, about the pronunciation of which there can be any hesi- 
tancy, should be examined in the Table till the correct pronuncia- 
tion of it becomes familiar. All words found in the Etymological, 
Geographical, and Miscellaneous Tables, should be traced from the text 
to those Tables, and when found on the maps, to those likewise. 
When reference is made to prophecy, either as recorded or as ac- 
complished, the Reference and Chronological Tables are to be con- 
sulted. Should it be sometimes thought, that either the Printer or the 
JEajtor. had inserted a wrong letter in the margin, if the person using 



it is induced by the existence of that letter, to candidly ana prayer 
fully inquire and ascertain what the Holy Ghost does teach there, the 
great end of the marking will have been answered. Should heads 
of families extensively supply the members with each a Reference 
Bible, and after the services on the Lord's day, read in turn two or 
three chapters, asking the younger members questions about the facts, 
and miracles recorded ; and older members questions about the doc- 
trines, precepts, traits of character, &c. which come into the portion 
read, interspersing the whole with familiar explanations and practical 
remarks,- we believe incalculable good would result. Clergymen and 
others most acquainted with the word of God, may derive important 
advantages from perusing the Scriptures in the order suggested by 
the Harmonies. This order might be profitably used for the instruc- 
tion of Bible classes 



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PREFACE TO THE REFERENCE BIBLE. 



IN presenting to the public this copy of a stereotype edition of Wilbur's 
Reference Bible, in quarto, the Publishers feel themselves warranted in saying, 
that it possesses many advantages over any other quarto Bible now in the market. 
The Text has been carefully compared with the standard edition of the American 
Bible Society, which (from its frequent critical readings) is believed to be the 
most correct copy now in circulation. Cannes References and Readings will be 
found to be uncommonly correct, and are placed in a centre column, on the plan 
of the Polyglot Bible, by which arrangement they are not so liable to injury, or to 
be rendered illegible by becoming filled with ink, as when placed in the margin 
of the page. 

The duodecimo copy of this work having passed through six editions in a very 
short time, and public feeling appearing to demand a larger size of it for Family 
use, the Editor feels it due to himself and others, to enter into some details of 
illustration, respecting the manner in which this work was intended to aid in the 
acquisition of scripture knowledge. The questions in the Key page were never 
designed to be a substitute for thousands of other questions, but may considerably 
aid in suggesting the leading topics on which questions will be raised. Let a part 
of the third chapter of Matthew be used for illustrating the plan in more detail. 
A small/ precedes uie first verse. That directs the attention to facts. Let such 
questions as these be raised : Where did John Baptist, begin his ministry? In the 
wilderness of Judea. What do you know of the wilderness of Judca? The pupil 
will be prepared to answer this question by consulting the Tables and the 3d map 
accompanying the work. What was the object of John's ministry ? To prepare 
the way for the Messiah's advent. 

Before the 2d verse d is inserted, which directs the attention to duty. On the 
Key page it is asked, What duty is here enjoined ? Repentance. On whom ? On 
all mankind. Can you repeat any other passage which will confirm this answer? 
God now commandeth all men every where to repent. Is it taught by precept, 
by example, or by inference ? Here John Baptist taught it by direct precept; other 
ministers are bound to preach like him ; like all the prophets, apostles, and the 
Master himself. All their hearers are bound to obey these messages. Therefore 
precept and inference both teach this duty. How enforced ? It was then enforced 
by the near approach of the Gospel dispensation, called the kingdom of heaven, 
there. It may now be enforced by the reasonableness of the duty, its necessity, 
and the near approach of death and eternity. Here let the instructor roll the sub- 
ject on the consciences of the pupils. You have said that repentance is binding 
on all; then it is binding on each one of you. Have you done your duty ? We 
have seen that it is a reasonable duty ; are you not acting a most unreasonable part 
if you are neglecting it ? It is a necessary duty ; for, except ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish : and dare any of you longer neglect it ? Since, without repentance, 
where Christ has gone no sinners can go, and liable as you are every moment to 
drop into eternity, can you longer procrastinate ? 

Before the 3d verse a is inserted. The Key page asks, What prophecy is here 
accomplished ? The voice of one crying in the wilderness, &c. Where is it 
found ? In one of the Tables the answer will be found, viz. Isa. 40th chap. 3d 
verse. How many years had it been lorittcn ? About 700 years. The instructor 
will then draw this inference : If such men as Isaiah could predict future events 
with minute accuracy several centuries before they took plaoe, they must have 
been different from other men. Who can now foretell events for 3, or 5, or 7 cen- 
turies to come ? These prophets were therefore, what the New Testament calls 
them, holy men of God, who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. In 
other words, they were inspired men. God has spoken by them to us. We must 
implicitly believe all he has revealed, and cheerfully obey all he has commanded. 
By some such process, young minds will more deeply revere the Bible ; they will 
be more ready to believe all its doctrines, and have its high and holy claims press 
upon their consciences. 

Before the 4th verse /again occurs. What account can you give of John Bap- 
tist's raiment ? He was clad in a coarse garment of camel's hair, bound about him 
with a girdle of leather. Wliat was his diet ? Locusts and wild honey. " Here the 
mstructer can bring present oriental customs in confirmation that locusts arc 
sometimes eaten ; and he can show that in the days of Saul and Jonathan honey 
from wild bees abounded in the woods of Palestine. Is any doctrine or duty con- 
nected with them? We may learn the duty of plainness in dress, and abstemious- 
ness in diet, when these will subserve our greatest usefulness; 

In the indentation of the 5th verse you find g. This directs the attention to 
GEOGRAPHY. What, geographical information is known of Jerusalem, Judea, the 
Jordan, and the region beyond it ? The Tables, with the 2d and 3d maps, will 
enable pupils to reply with readiness and propriety. 

Against the 7th verse thero stands a I, the representative of doctrinal truth. 
The questions are, What doctrinal truth is here inculcated ? Tho exceeding de- 
pravity of that generation directly; and sinco, as in water face answereth to face, 
so the heart of man to man, we indirectly learn the doctrine of universal depravity. 
Hbw illustrated ? By recurrence to natural history. Man is inclined to evil as 
the viper is to be venomous. What practical influence should this truth have ? It 
ought to humble us. But is there not another doctrinal truth here? Yes ; the 
doctrine of future punishment. And from the IStfa verso, before which another t 
stands, we may learn the duration of that punishment. For, when the righteous 
arc gathered to the heavenly garner, the wicked will be doomed to unquenchable 
lire, or everlasting destruction, from the presence of tho Lord, and from the glory 
of his power. It would bo easy to protract this illustration through tho interme- 
diate and subsequent verses of this chapter, showing, that in tho^llth verse tho 
doctrines of the personality of the Holy Ghost, and regeneration by tho Holy 
Spirit, are inculcated. But it is not necessary. The pupils ought, as much as 
nossible, to be made to feel, that they are individually addressed in" these messages 
from God, that they are depraved, condemned, and pcrislung, without renewing 
grace by the Duly Spirit, producing repentance and its fruits of holiness. 

le character and preaching of John Baptist, might constitute tho basis of some 
general .remarks. IJ C was a man of God, plain in dress and abstemious ip his 



habits. He was discriminating in his views of divine truth, and in disclosing them 
kept back nothing which was profitable to his hearers. He preached the doctrine 
of universal and entire depravity in man, its merited exposure to future endless 
punishment, and that deliverance was obtained by the renewing influence of the 
Divine Spirit, inclining and enabling the soul to exercise repentance towards God, 
and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ, with corresponding fruits in the life. He 
was faithful to warn, reprove, and rebuke sinners of every rank or description, 
fearless of personal consequences. Here we may learn ministerial duty, and what 
criterion can be used for determining who are, and who are not, faithful stewards 
f the mysteries of God. 
To illustrate tho application of two or three other letters, turn to the 8th chap- 
ter of Matthew. Again/ precedes the first verse. What facts arc here related ? 
The descent of Christ from tho mountain with multitudes in his train, the divine 
homage he allowed to bo given him by a leper, with the remarkable and importu- 
nate prayer which accompanied that worship. Is a?iy doctrine or duty connected 
with them ? Yes ; both may here be learned by inference. For if incarnate 
Truth allowed himself to be honoured even as men honour the Father, such 
homage is his duo, and it is our duty and the duty of all to worship Him. 
Hea.ven worships Him ; and if idolatry is not in heaven, it is not idolatry to wor- 
ship Him on earth. 

Before the 3d verse m is inserted. What miracle is here recorded? The cleans- 
ing of the leper. By whom and for what purpose wrought? By the Lord Jesus 
Christ, to show his power and compassion. In whose name, and by lohose au- 
thority ? Christ wrought miracles in his own name, and by his own authority. I 
will ; be thou clean. On the tempestuous wave he could say, Peace ; be still : 
at the grave, Lazarus, come forth. Peter and other apostles were accustomed 
to say, when healing the sick, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole. Bo it known 
unto you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ doth 
ibis man stand here before you whole. Neither is there salvation in any other: 
for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must 
be saved. 

Before the 8th verse c is inserted. What traits of moral character arc here 
given ? Humility and faith. Arc they morally good or evil? Good. Do they be- 
long to a natural or renewed state ? To a renewed. What advantages or disad- 
vantages attended ? The strong approbation of Christ, and an answer of mercy. 
Have we humility and faith? Without some measure of these, Christ never will 
approve our persons, or accept our petitions. And when shall we begin to be 
humble, and begin to believe in Christ, if we have yet. neglected. Behold, now is 
the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of salvation. The Holy Ghost saith, 
To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. O that men were all 
truly wise, that they well understood the truths of revelation, and would rightly 
consider their latter end ! 

Should some such simplicity of exposition and application of divine truth make 
Parents, Pastors, and Sunday School Teachers instrumental in saving more souls 
than they would otherwise do, neither tho Editor's labours, nor theirs, would be 
in vain. Celestial and immortal anthems would celebrate such labours. 

The Chronological Arrangement of the Old Testament is the syllabus of an 
English publication of 1821, by Rev. G. Townsend, and reputed of sterling excel- 
lence. In 1825, he published his Chronological Arrangement of the New Testa- 
ment, a syllabus of which is now subjoined to the other. The principal chrono- 
logical advantages to be derived from works which cost $24, are here condensed 
within the compass of a few pages. A Bible Atlas recently executed in England 
has supplied three of the maps. 

Renewed acknowledgments arc here tendered to Rev. Dr. Miller of Princeton, 
Rev. Professor Goodrich of New-Haven, Rev. Justin Edwards, D. D. of Boston, 
and Messrs. J. E. Worcester and J. W. Gibbs for the assistance received from 
them in preparing the Tables. By tho politeness of Professor G. access has been 
had to a new work from Edinburgh, from which important aid has been obtained 
in the application of Walker's general principles of pronunciation. Dr. Miller has 
revised the pronouncing vocabulary. 

It is now confidently believed that the Reference Biblo can be read more under- 
standingly, correctly, and profitably, than any other edition. The REFERENCE 
LETTERS and KEY are adapted to exercise tho understanding about the ideas 
contained in each paragraph of the oracles of God, and thus break up a habit la- 
mentably common of reading mechanically or without reflection; the MAPS and 
TABLES relating to Etymology, Geography, Chronology, Prophecy, and other 
miscellaneous subjects, by elucidating many passages, will add to the interest with 
which they will be perused ; and the marking of the proper names with the figure 
vowels of Walker's Dictionary, a work now^in general use, will tend to render 
their pronunciation easy, accurate, and uniform. 

For private reading of tho Scriptures, the Editor would strongly recommend that 
the Harmonies bo consulted, and the order used according to tho passages referred 
to in them. We shall better understand the book of Job when reading it as re- 
lating to a period preceding tho life of Abraham. And when wo find David, in 
circumstances of peril, sit down and write, God is our refuge and strength, a very 
present help in time of trouble, &c, we shall more easily imbibe the spirit of the. 
devout and inspired writer. Besides, much light will bo thrown on the prophecies^ 
when read in connexion with tho history where they belong. And the reading ot 
the New Testament in chronological order will bo peculiarly interesting and use- 
ful. In a word, tho Biblo should over be read or studied with holy awe, implicit 
confidence, and intense intkrkst in its truths, as coming from the Etornal 
God, accompanied with humility, self-application, and prayer ; and it can, it win,, 
make us wiso unto salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ. 

N 0TE . — Cannc's References, &c. for the first column of the Text will be found in 
the upper part of the centre column, and those for the second in tho lower part, 

lieinii- divided thus . 



TO THE READER. 



AS the dedication of the English translation of the BIBLE to king James the first of England seems to be wholly mine 
cessary for the purposes of edification, and perhaps on some accounts improper to be continued in an American edition, 
the editors have substituted a short account of the translations of the Old and New Testaments from the original Hebrew 
and Greek in which they were written. 

To the Jews was first committed the care of the sacred writings, and for many ages they were in a manner confined to 
that chosen people. There was then no need of translations into other languages ; yet was the providence of God par- 
ticularly manifest in their preservation and purity. The Jews were so faithful to their important trust, that, when copies 
of the law or the prophets were transcribed, they observed the most scrupulous exactness : they not only diligently 
compared the one with the other, but even counted the number of letters in each book, and compared and recorded the 
numbers. 

The first translations that were made of the Old Testament were after the Babylonish captivity. They are called the 
Targums, which word in the Chaldean language signifies translations. They are also often called the Chaldee Paraphrases; 
some of them are exact translations of different parts of Scripture ; others are properly paraphrases, containing enlarge- 
ments, explanations, and even additions. Several of them are yet extant, and they are often mentioned by the ancient 
fathers of the Christian church. Some have affirmed that the five books of Moses and that of Joshua were translated into 
Greek before the days of Alexander the Great. But the most remarkable translation of the Old Testament into Greek is 
called the Septuagint, which, if the opinion of some eminent writers is to be credited, was made in the reign of Ptolemy 
Philadelphus, about 260 years before the Christian era. At any rate it is undoubtedly the most ancient that is now 
extant, and on many accounts deserving notice, though not to be put on a level with the Hebrew text, as has been 
sometimes done. 

The New Testament was originally written in Greek ; and no sooner was the Gospel spread through the nations than 
it was found necessary to translate the inspired writings for each into its proper tongue. Some translations of the Old 
Testament, different from the Septuagint, were made into Greek from the year of Christ's birth, 128 to 200. It is generally 
believed that the church of Antioch was favoured with a Syrian translation of the Bible as early as the year 100. The 
Ethiopians of Abyssinia have a version of the Bible, which they ascribe to Frumentius, of the fourth century. Chrysostom, 
who lived in the end of the fourth, and Theodoret, who lived in the middle of the fifth century, both inform us that they 
had the Syrian, Indian, Persian, Armenian, Ethiopic, and Scythian versions. The ancient Egyptians had the Scripture's 
translated into their language. The Georgians have a version in their ancient language. The most ancient German 
translation is supposed to have been made by Ulphilas, A. D. 360. The Old Testament of all these translations, except 
the Syrian, is taken from the Septuagint, and not immediately from the Hebrew text. 

We will now give some account of the translations of the Bible into the English language. There have been some 
who have affirmed that Adelme, bishop of Sherburn, who lived in the beginning of the eighth century, translated the 
Psalms into the Saxon tongue. That however is uncertain, as some of the best historians make no mention of it; yet it 
is possible, as he was a man of great parts, and of great learning for those times, and said to be the first Englishman 
who wrote in the Latin language. About the same time, or a little after, Bede, commonly called the venerable Bede, 
translated some parts of the New Testament, some say the whole Bible, but that is not probable. Near 200 years later, 
king Alfred translated the Psalms into the same language. In 1382 Wickliff finished his translation of the Bible, which is 
yet extant ; that is to say, there are copies of it in some public and private libraries. All these translations were made 
from the Vulgate. In the reign of Henry the eighth several editions of the Old and New Testaments were published in 
English ; one of the most remarkable is that of William Tyndal in 1530. The translation of the New Testament was 
made from the original Greek, but probably the Old Testament either from the Latin of the Vulgate, or the Greek of the 
Septuagint. This was soon followed by the improvements of Coverdale and Mathews. By order of the king, Tonstal, 
bishop of Durham, and Heath, bishop of Rochester, made a new translation, which was published in 1541 : but, not 
pleasing Henry, it was suppressed by authority. In the reign of king Edward the sixth another translation was made ; 
two editions of which were published, one in 1549, and the other in 1551. In the reign of queen Elizabeth another trans- 
lation was made, which, being revised by some of the most learned of the bishops, went by the name of the Bishops' 
Bible. This professed to be translated from the Hebrew of the Old Testament, and the Greek of the New, though in 
some instances, when there was a difference, it preferred the Septuagint to the Hebrew. 

This last circumstance, with some others, induced king James the first to select fiftv-four persons, eminent in learning, 
and particularly well acquainted with the original languages in which the Old and " New Testaments were written, to 
make a new translation of the whole Bible. In the year 1607, forty-seven of those persons, the other seven probably 
.laving died, assembled together, and arranged themselves into committees, to each of which a portion was given to 
translate. They were favoured not only with the best translations, but with the most accurate copies, and the various 
readings of the original text. After about three years assiduous labour, they severally completed the parts assigned 
them. 1 hey then met together, and while one read the translation newly formed, the rest had each a copy of the original 
text m his hand, or some one of the ancient versions, and when any difficulty occurred they stopped, till by common 
consultation it was determined what was most agreeable to the inspired original. This translation was first published A. E>. 
lblO, and is the one which has been ever since that time printed by public authority, and generally used in the British 
dominions. It may be added with safety, that it has been generally approved by men of learning and piety of all de- 
nominations, ot which its having never been superseded by any other, for one hundred and eighty years, is a sufficient proof. 



A GUIDE TO A REGULAR PERUSAL. OP THE HOLY SCRIPTURES; 

BY WILLIAM STONES. 

By this plan, (which is adapted to every day in the year) the Psalms and New Testament will be read twice, and the Old Testament once in each vear. 



JANUARY. 



FAMILY. 



V->BH. 

i Genesis 1 



3 

4 
6 
7 
6 
12 
13 
15 
17 
22 
23 
28 
32 
33 
37 
40 
41 

42 

43 
44 
45 
47 
48 
19 
50 
Exodus 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 4 



2 - 



EVES 

Matt. 



Mark 



PRIVATE. 



II Chro. 3 

- 4 

- 5 

- 8 

- 11 

- 12 

- 13 

- 14 

- 16 

- 18 

- 19 

- 21 

- 22 

- 25 

- 2fi 

- 27 

- 28 

- 32 

- 33 
36 



Ezra 



— 9 

— 10 
Nehem. 1 



II. LES. 



Psa)msl,2 

- 3,4 

- 5,6 

- 7,8 

- 9 

- 10 
-11,12 

13,14,15 
-16,17 

- 18 

- 19 
-20,21 

- 22 
-23,24 

- 25 

- 26 

- 27 
-28,29 

- 30 

- 31 

- 32 

- 33 

- 34 

- 35 

- 36 

- 37 

- 38 

- 39 

- 40 

- 41 
-42,43 



FEBRUARY. 



MAY. 



MORN. 



I Sam. 29 

— 30 

— 31 

II Sam. 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 4 

•= I 

— 12 

— 14 

— 15 

— 16 

— 17 

— 18 

— 19 

— 20 

— 22 

— 24 
I Kings 3 

— 5 

— fi 

— 7 

— 8 

— 9 

— 1(1 

— 12 

— 13 

— 17 

— 18 
— 19 



Rom. 
I Cor. 



— 3 



II Cor, 



PRIVATE. 



Ezekiel31 

— 32 

— 35 

— 38 

— 39 

— 40 

— 41 

— 42 

— 43 

— 44 

— 45 

— 46 

— 47 

— 48 
Dan. 5 



— 10 

— 11 

— 12 
Genesis 5 

9 

- 10 

- 11 

- 14 

- 10 

- 18 

- 19 

- 20 

- 21 

- 24 



II. LES 



Ephes. 1 

I Tim. 1 
Romans 1 

— 7 

— 8 

— 9 

— 16 

II Tim. 3 

— 4 
II Peter 2 
Jude 
Rev. 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 4 

— 5 

— 6 



SEPTEMBER. 



FAMILY. 



■x 
27 

31 
Isaiah 1 

— 2 

— 3,4 

— 5 

— 6 

— 7 

— 8 

— 9 

— 10 
—11,12 

— 13 

— .J4 

-15, 1 (i 
—17,18 

— 24 
-25,20 

— 27 

— 28 

— 29 

— 30 
-31,32 

— 33 
-34,35 

— 3" 

— 38 



EVEN. 



PRIVATE. 



Psalms 38 

— 39 

— 40 

— 41 
—42,43 

— 44 

— 45 
—46,47 

— 48 

— 49 

— 50 

— 51 
-52,53 
—54,55 
-56,5' 

— 58 

— 59 
-62,63 
—64,65 
-66,67 

— 68 
—70,71 

— 72 

— 73 

— 74 
-75,78 

— 77 

— 78 

— 79 

— 80 



23 

24 

Z 

28 

Joshua 5 

— 9 

— 10 

— 11 

— 12 

— 13 

— 14 

— 15 

— 16 

— 17 

— IK 

— 19 

— 20 

— 21 

— 22 
Judges 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 8 

— 9 

— 10 

— 1 

— 12 

— 17 

— 18 



Romans 7 
8 
9 
16 

I Cor. 5 
6 
7 

13 
14 
15 
16 

II Cor. 1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
li 
7 
8 
9 

10 

a 

ii 

13 

2 
8 

•l 



FAMILY. 



jo 
11 
12 
13 

lH 

15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
23 
2-1 
32 
34 

Numb. 22 
23 



24 

Deut. 1 
2 
3 



- 6 



Mark 



Luke 



PRIVATE. 



Esther 



Nehem. 2 

— 3 

— 4 

— 5 

— 6 

— 7 

— 8 

— 9 

— 10 

— 11 
12 
13 

1 
2 

— 3 

— 4 

— 5 

— 6 

— 7 

— 8 
-9,10 

Job 3 

— 6 

— 7 

— 10 

— 22 

— 30 

— 38 
, — 39 



Psalms 44 

— 45 
—46,17 

— 48 

— 49 

— 50 

— 51 
—52,53 
— 54,55 
—56,57 

— 58 

— 59 
—60,61 
-62,63 
—64,65 
-66,67 

— 68 

— 69 
—70,71 

— 72 

— 73 

— 74 
—75,76 

— 77 

— 78 

— 79 

— 80 

-„ 81 
—82,83 



JUNE. 



FAMILY. 



MORN. 



I Kings 20 

- 22. 

II Kings 1 

- 2 

- 3 

- 4 

- 5 

- 6 

- 7 

- 11 

- 12 

- 13 

- 19 

- 20 

- 22 
_ 23 

- 24 

- 25 
[Chro. 10 

- 13 

- 16 

- 17 

- 23 

- 29 
II Chro. 1 

- 2 

- 6 

- 9 

- 10 



Galat. 
Ephes. 

Philip. 
Colos. 
IThess. 

UThess 
IThn. 

Ilfim. 



PRIVATE. 



I. LES. 


II. LES. 


Genesis25 


Rev. 


21 


— 


26 


— 


22 


— 


2/ 


Matih 


1 


— 


29 


— 


■ a 


— 


30 


— 


3 


— 


31 


— 


4 


— 


34 


— 


5 


— 


35 


— 


« 


— 


36 


— 


7 


— 


38 


— 


H 


— 


39 


— 


9 


— 


46 


— 


ill 


Exodus 6 


— 


II 


— 


22 


— 


12 


~ 


2.> 


— 


13 


— 


26 


— 


14 


_ 


27 


— 


15 


— 


2H 


— 


16 


— 


20 


— 


17 


— 


30 


— 


18 


— 


31 


— 


19 


— 


33 


— 


20 


— 


35 


— 


21 


— 


36 


*— 


22 


— 


37 


— 


23 


— 


3H 


— 


24 


— 


39 


— 


25 


— 


■10 


— 


20 


Levit. 


1 


— 


27 




2 


— 


28 



OCTOBER.. 




MARCH. 



FAMILY. 


, ,VATE. 


MORN. 


EVEN. 


I. LES. 


II. L K S . 


1 


iJeute 


. 7 


Luke 


20 


Job 40 


t'su. 84,85 


2 


— 


H 


— 


21 


— 41 


—86,87 


3 


— 


9 


— 


22 


Prov. 2 


- 88 


4 


— 


10 


— 


23 


— 5 


- 89 


ft 


— 


II 


— 


24 


— 6 


- 90 


li 


— 


12 


John 


1 


— 7 


— 91 


7 


— 


13 


— 


3 


— 3(1 


—92,93 


8 


— 


15 


— 


4 


Eccl. 1,2 


— 94 


9 


— 


16 


— 


ft 


- 3,4 


—95,96 


111 


— 


17 


— 


6 


- 5,6 


—97,98 


II 


— 


IK 


— 


7 


— 7 


99 to 101 


12 


— 


10 


— 


9 


- 8 


- 10-2 


13 


— 


26 


— 


10 


— 9,10 


— 103 


14 


— 


29 


— 


II 


-11,12 


— 104 


15 


— 


30 


— 


12 


Sol. S. 1,2 


- 105 


16 


— 


31 


— 


13 


— -3,4 


— 106 


17 


— 


32 


— 


14 


— 5,6 


— 107 


18 


— 


33 


— 


15 


— 7,8 


— 108 


19 


— 


•M 


— - 


16 


Isaiah 19 


— 109 


20 


Joshua 1 


— 


17 


—20,2.1 


110,111 


21 


— 


2 


— 


18 


- 22 


112-114 


22 


— 


3 


— 


19 


— 23 


— 115 


23 


-— 


4 


— 


20 


— 36 


116,117 


24 


— 


H 


— 


21 


— 47 


- 118 


25 


— 


7 


Acts 


1 


— 571 


119 V. 33 


20 


— 


8 




2 


Jerem. 13 


v. 33-65 


27 


— 


23 


— 


3 


— 20 


v. 65-97 


28 


_ 


24 


— 


4 


— 21 


V.97-12J 


29 


Judges 4 


— 


fl 


— 22 


v. 121-145 


30 


— 


5 


— 


fi 


- 24 


v. 145-176 


31 


— 


6 


— 


7 


— 29 


120-122 



JULY. 



FAMILY. 


PRIVATE. 


MORN. 


EVEN. 

11 Tim. 2 


1. LES. 


II. LES. 


1 


IIChro.15 


Levit. 


3 


Mark 1 


2 


— 


17 


Titus 1 


— 


4 


- 2 


!t 


— 


20 


- 2 


— 


i) 


— 3 


4 


— 


".: 


- 3 


— 


fi 


- 4 


ft 


— 


24 


Philcm. 


— 


7 


— 5 


6 


— i 


20 


liebiewsl 


— 


8 


- 6 


7 


— 


30 


— 2 


— 


9 


— 7 


K 


— 


31 


— 3 


— 


10 


- 8 


9 


— 


34 


— 4 


— 


11 


— 9 


10 


— » 


35 


— 5 


— 


12 


- 10 


11 


Job 


1 


— 6 


— 


13 


- 11 


12. 


— 


2 


— 7 


— 


14 


— 12 


13 


— 


4 


— 8 


— 


15 


- 13 


14 


— 


-•> 


— 9 


— 


16 


— 14 


15 


— 


K 


- 10 


— 


17 


— 15 


16 


— 


9 


— 11 


— 


18 


— 16 


17 


— 


11 


— 12 


— 


19 


Luke 1 


18 


— 


12 


— 13 


— 


20 


— 2 


19 


— 


13 


James 1 


— 


21 


— 3 


2(1 


— 


l-l 


- 2 


— 


22 


— 4 


21 


— 


10 


— 3 


— 


23 


— f, 


22 


— 


16 


— 4 


— 


24 


— 6 


23 


— 


17 


- 5 


— 


25 


— 7 


24 


— 


18 


I Peter 1 


— 


26 


- 8 


21) 


— 


19 


t. 


— 


27 


— 9 


20 


— 


20 


— 3 


Num. 


1 


— 10 


25 


— 


•o 


A 


— 


2 


— 11 


28 


— 


23 


— 5 


. — 


3 




21) 


— 


24 


II Peter 1 


— > 


4 


— 13 


3(1 


-2 


. -'0 


- 3 


— 


5 


— It 


31 


— 


27 


[John 1 


— 





— 15 



NOVEMBER. 





FAMILY. 


PRIVATE. 




MOnN. 


9 


EVEN. 


1. LES. 


1 1 . 1 ! 9 . 


1 




Psa.126-8 111 


II Tim. 4 


o 




10 


129-131 


- 17 


Titus I 


3 


_ 


II 


132-134 


- ]H 


— 2 


4 


_ 


1 ' 


- 135 


— 21 


- 3 


5 


— 


14 


137,138 


HChron.l 


Philcm. 1 
Hehi'uwsl 


fi 


— 


15 


— 139 


— 2 


7 


— 


10 


140,111 


— 3 


- 2 


H 


— 


17 


142,143 


— 4 


- 3 


9 


— 


18 


- 114 


- 5 


— 4 


10 


— 


19 


- 14ft 


— i; 


— 5 


II 


— 


22 


— 146 


— 7 


— 6 


12 


— 


23 


- 147 


- 8 


— 7 


13 


_ 


2., 


148-150 


— 9 


— 8 


11 


_ 


"0 


Acts 1 


- 11 


— !) 


7ft 


— 


28 


- 2 


— 12 


— 10 


16 


_ 


30 


— 3 


— 14 


— 11 


17 


M 


31 


— 4 


— 15 


— 12 


Ifl 





3.' 


— 5 


— 18 


— 13 


1'. 


— 


33 


— 6 


—19,20 


James 1 


HI 


— 


31 


— 7 


— 21 




21 


— 


35 


- 8 




— 3 


22 





36 


— 9 


- 23 


— 4 


■'1 


— 


:r, 


— 10 


— 21 


— 5 


24 


— 


38 


— 11 


— 2,3 


I Peter 1 


2.". 


— 


30 


— 12 




— 2 


"0 


„ 


42 


— 13 


— 27 


— 3 


21 


— 


44 


— 11 


Ilosca 1 


- 4 




—4 


-,■■!■ 


— 15 




— 5 


•"i 




511 


— 16 


- 3,4 


il Pelor i 


30 


— 


51 


— 17 


— 5,6 


— 2 



PROrER LESSONS 
FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP ON 8UNDAY MORNINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



DAY. 


I.LE9. 




DAY. 


I. LES. 


, r 


DAY.I I. LES. 11. LES. 


PAY. 


i. i.i: ... 


n.i.i ■ ! 


DAV. 


i'l,,- . 1" 


11. 1. vs. 


D 


I.I.E9. 


1 1 . i . 


Jan. [Gen. 1 


John 1 


i\lnr. 


KmhI. (5 


Mwbeut. 11 Mutt. 8 


Jul*, 


ISum.ll 


Mark 5 


Sep. 


I.lil.r 1., .Nov. 


Isrt. 53 Aotfl 5 


2—3 


— 3 


2 


- 10 




! Joan. 3 — 9 


— 20 


— 6 


2 


— 15 


— 16 


2 






3 — 40 


— 4 


3 


— 18 


— 16 


3 


— 6 — 13 


3 


USam.l 


— 9 


3 


— 21 


— 18 


.1 


— 61 




4 


— 41 


— 5 


4 


— 20 


17 


4 


- 23 


— 14 


4 


U 


_ Id! 


4 


[■a. 37 


— 19 


4 


Ji-r. 8 


— 10 


5 


— 42 


— 6 


5 


Num.22 


1 


ft 


- 24 


- 20 


5 


I Kin. l8Luko 4 


ft 


_ 40 


- 20 


5 


.- 34 

— 36 

— 37 


— 13 


Fob. 


— 43 


— 7 


April 


— 23 


- 20 


June 


.huh I 1 


— 22 


II Km. 1 


— 7 


Oct. 


— 42 


— 21 




2 


— 44 


— 9 


o 


— 24 


- 21 


2 


— s 


- 23i 2 




_ 8 




— 43 




2 


— 16 


3 


— 45 


— 10 


3 


Deut. 5 


Mutt. 5 


:i 


— 13 


— 24 3 


— 6 


- 11 


3 


— 41 


— 24 


.' 


4 


Exod. 3 


— II 


4 


— 6 


— 6 


4 


IHnm. 3 


— 25 4 




— 12 


4 


- 49IACU 3 


4 


— r"J 


__ 5 


- 12 


- 13 


5 


- 8 


— 7 


5 


- 


— 2fi] 




- 13 


■ 


_ 5l| — 4 o linn. .) — -'> 



URJ.L. 



FAMILY. 



| PRIVATE. 



MORN. 

Judges 7 Acts 
13 



I Sam 



8 

— 9 

— 10 

— 11 

— 12 

— 13 

— 14 

— 15 

— 16 

— 1 

— 18 

— 19 

— 20 

— 21 

— 22 

— 23 

— 24 

— 25 

— 26 

— 2 

— 28 
Romans 2 

— 3 

— 4 



I. LES. 



srem. 40 

— 41 

— 43 

— 47 

— 4S 

— 49 

— 52 
Ezekiel 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 4 



-'s.123io5 
126 to 128 
129 to 131 
132 to 134 
-— 135 

— 136 
137, 138 

— 139 
140, 141 
142, 143 

— 144 

— 145 

— 140 

— 147 
148 to 150 

— 35 
—60,61 

— 69 
— 82,rvl 

— 108 

— 169 

— 136 
Mattli. 1 

. — 16 

Luke 3 
John 2 



I Cor. 



AUGUST. 



Job 



I John 2 

— 3 

— 4 

— 5 

II John 

III John 
Psalms! ,2 

— 3,4 

— 5,6 

— 7,8 

— 9 

— 10 
—11,12 

13,14,15 
—16,17 

— 18 

— 19 
—20,21 

—23,24 

ri'i 

— 27 
—28,29 

— 30 

— 31 

— 32 

— 33 

— 31 

— 36 



I. LES 

Num. ' 

— 9 

— 10 

— 11 

— 12 

— 13 

— 14 

— 15 

— 16 

— 17 

— 18 

— 19 

— 20 

— 21 

— 25 

— 26 

— 27 

— 28 

— 29 

— 30 

— 31 

— 32 

— 33 

— 35 

— 30 
Deut. 11 

— 20 

— 21 



John 



- 9 

- 10 

- 11 

- 12 

- 13 

- 11 

- 15 

- 16 

- 17 

- IS 

- 10 

- 20 

- 21 
Romans 1 



DECEMiU'.R. 



FAMILY. 



Lament. 1 

- 3 

- 4 

Ezekiel ii 
—11,15 

— 18 

— 20 

— 21 

— 29 

— 33 

— 34 

— 30 

— 3' 
Dauiol 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 4 

— 6 

— 9 
Ilosca 7,8 

— 9.10 
-11,12 
-13,11 

Jool 

Zecb 

— 10] 



Romans 2 

— 4 

— 5 

— (i 

— 10 

— 11 

— 12 
i.' 
li 
15 



I Cor. 



PRIVATE. 



Amos 1,2 

— 3,4 

— ( 

— 8'.' 
Obadiahl 

J, mill, 1,2 

— 3,4 
Micah 1,2 

— 3,4 

— 5,6 

— 7 
Nah. 1,2 

— 3 
flub. 1,2 

Zopb. 1,2 

Uaggai 1 

Zocii. „ T 

— 0.3 

— 4,5 

= •,( 
-12,13 

— II 

Malaclii l 

— 2 

— 3.4 



II Pctii 3 

I John 1 

— 3 

— 4 

— 5 

II John 
II! John 
Jude 
Rev. 1 

— 2 

— 3 

— 4 

— 5 

— 6 

— 7 

— 8 

— 9 

— 10 

— II 

— 12 

— 13 

— 14 

— 15 

— 16 

— 17 

— 18 

— 19 

— 20 



PKorJ 

FO*R FAR 



CR LESSONS 
riCCLAR DAYS. 



i i ion 

Miilny 

I,., ml Friday 
l '., i,. r Sunday 

\\ lii! Similuy 

Nativity 

ivingl)n> 
Kisi Day 
a in verse 20, 
,'. vol r 21 lothe 



I. LESSON. I II. I.ES'ON. 



17 lloimiiis 2 
19 



'.'.In John 
M:iMhi'w28 Romans 
,!,„,| 'il, Acts 

|, j:i ji,li Or.l.liko 

Bather gdPhihnp. ; 
Uainb 58 Matthew < 

, in v me 8. 
end. i/ vi , - !0lo the end 



REMARKS. 



The present Key Sheet will be found considerably enlarged, when compared with 
the one first used in the Testament : yet that would elicit a fulness of meaning m 
the oracles of God, not to be conceived, without witnessing the practical effects of 
using it. Perhaps the characters are yet too limited. It is desirable, however, not 
to have them grerttly multiplied. Some texts contain both doctrines and duties ; 
and might be marked for either, e. g. in Mark vi. 12. repentance is a doctrine : it 
is the minister's duty to preach it, and the duty of all to exercise it. Sometimes the 
same passage inculcates more than one doctrine, or enjoins more than one duty. 
In that case, questions should be repeated. Some passages are designedly left 
without marking them ; and the pupil should never pass over one jot or tittle of 
inspiration, without endeavours to know the mind of the Spirit there revealed. 
Usually one letter is intended to apply till another letter occurs. When g, or o, 
or u, follows/, while they suggest additional questions, they should not supersede 
such other questions as might be appropriately asked with only / at the beginning 
of the paragraph. Whenever the name of a country, city, river, or other subject 
of geographical, statistical, or chronological remarks, occurs, the pupil ought to 
be prepared to answer any important question which might be proposed. When i 
is used before a parable, it is expected that the leading truths intended to be taught 
by that passage, should be distinctly and particularly stated. It will be useful often 
to inquire what parallel texts can be named. It should not be understood by pupils 
that all the questions apply where a letter occurs, but several of them will. Nor 
should the instructor fail to ask other important questions which may occur. It 
is confidently believed that, if pious parents would question their families in some 
such manner respecting the chapters which should be read for prayer Sabbath 
evenings, and then have a free conversation respecting the truths they had read, 
and their application to family and personal circumstances, important benefits 
would be realized. 

It is recommended that instructors and pupils avail themselves of important 
advantages, which they may derive from connecting with the Key Sheet, a careful 
examination of the annexed general outlines of the plan for instructing Bible 
classes, recommended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, a 



few years since, originally drawn by Dr. Romeyn, and politely communicated to 
me, in his own hand- writing. 



OUTLINES FOR BIBLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION. 

" I. The historical part of the portion of scripture, which constitutes the lesson 
— including the two great divisions, the church and the world. 

II. The biographical part, including the two great classes, believers and 
unbelievers ; with the effects which their good and bad example have had upon 
the church and the world. 

III. The doctrinal part, including the nature and perfections of God — the 
character, person, offices, and work of Christ — the actual state of man by the 
fall, &c. &c— marking distinctly the gradual increase of knowledge on these 
points from age to age, through the patriarchal and levit.ical dispensations, till the 
Christian dispensation furnished mankind with the clear, full developement of 
God's gracious purposes towards our fallen state. 

IV. The preceptive part, including the whole range of our duties, according to 
the moral law. 

V. The positive ordinances, including the sacraments, types, sacrifices, the 
priesthood, the temple service ; distinguishing between these positive institutions, 
and moral duties — the first dependant on the will of God, and therefore mutable— 
the last on hi3 nature, and therefore immutable : marking the changes of the first 
from time to time, with the reasons for the change, and unfolding the influence 
which they obviously were intended to have upon the spiritual exercises of our 
hearts, and our obedience to the moral law. 

VI. The practical lessons which the historical and biographical parts furnish 
for the regulation of human conduct, in all the relations of life." 

N. B. In these outlines it will be understood that general questions should be 
asked the pupils ; and full instruction given by the Pastors under each division, j 



KEY. 



D 



What ANALOGIES between sensible and spiritual things may 
here be traced? 

What prophecy is here ACCOMPLISHED ? Where is it found? 
How many years had it been written? 

What BLESSING is here sought ; or acknowledged ; or pro- 
mised ? How great ? How durable ? For whom sought ? By 
whom acknowledged ? To whom promised ? On whose ac- 
count was this blessing promised, or received ? 

What trait of moral CHARACTER is here given ? Is it morally 
good or evil ? Does it belong to a natural, or to a renewed 
state ? What advantages or disadvantages attended it ? 

What DUTY is here enjoined ? On whom ? Is it taught by pre- 
cept, by example, or by inference ? How enforced ? 

What DIFFICULTY attends the exposition of this passage ? 
How can it be reconciled with some other passages ? 

What EVANGELICAL EXPERIENCE, or what EXHOR- 
TATION, is here given? 

What particular strain of ELOQUENCE can you point out in 
this paragraph ? 

What FACTS are here related? Is any doctrine or duty con- 
nected with them ? 

What can you discover here that is commendable or censurable 
in deed, word, or motive ? What advantages or evils attended? 

What GEOGRAPHICAL information is known of this country, 
province, city, or river, &c. ? 

What HEAVENLY DISPOSITION is here manifested ? 

What corresponding affections does it demand ? 

What INSTITUTION or ordinance was here appointed of God? 
or was here recognised as previously appointed of him ? What 
was its nature and design ? and how was it to be observed ? 
Who were under obligations to observe it? Is it still obligatory 
on any . Is there any connexion or correspondence between 
_ this and any other institution or ordinance ? 



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What INSTRUCTIONS are imparted in this parable ? or in 

this metaphor ? What is their practical tendency ? 
What KNOWLEDGE, or want of knowledge of human nature 

is here particularly manifested ? 
What statute, rite, service, or appendage of the LEVITICAL 

DISPENSATION is here mentioned ? Why appointed ? 
What LOFTY FLIGHTS of devotional fervour ? What long- 
ings after intimate communion with God are here manifested ? 
What MIRACLE is here recorded ? By whom, and for what 

purpose wrought ? In whose name, and by whose authority ? 

What effect had it on the witnesses ? 
What is worthy of particular notice in this NAME 1 
What ORIENTAL or ancient custom may here be learned ? or 

what do you know of one which will elucidate this passage ? 
What PROHIBITION is here directly or indirectly made? Why 

is this deed, or word, or thought forbidden ? 
What prophecy is here RECORDED ? At what period of time? 

Has it been fulfilled ? How ? When ? 
What affecting SCENE is here exhibited? What feelings should 

it produce ? 
What SUBLIMITY of thought or of language is here ? What 

inference follows ? 
What doctrinal TRUTH is here inculcated ? Is it directly or in 

directly taught ? How illustrated ? How applied ? What prac- 
tical influence should it have ? 
What TYPE of Christ, or typical transaction can be distinctly 

traced here ? 
What UNJUSTIFIABLE action in a virtuous character ? Or 

what unusual excellence in one not pious, is here recorded ? 
What VISION is here described ? To whom and why given ? 
What WO is here denounced or executed? or warning given? 

What is its import ? Against whom denounced, or to whom 

given ? 



* Denotes the propriety of profound attention. 



HOLY BIBLE. 



it THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. 



CHAPTER I. 

The creation of heaven and earth, 1, of the light, 3, of the firmament, 6, 
of the earth separated from the waters, 9, and made fruitful, 11, of the 
sun, moon, and stars, 14, offish and fowl, 20, of beasts and cattle, 24, 
of man in the image of God, 26. .tf/so the appointment of food, 29. 

IN the beginning a God created the b heaven and the 
earth. 
' 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and dark 
ness was upon the face of the deep : and the c Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the waters. 
s S And d God said, Let there be light: and there was light 
/ 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God 
' divided the light from the darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he 
called Night : and the " evening and the morning were 
the first day. 

/ 6 ^[ And God said, e Let there be d a firmament in the 
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the 
waters. 

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters 
which were under the firmament from the waters which 
were above the firmament : and it was so. 

8 And God called the firmament Heaven : and the 
evening and the morning were the second day. 
/ 9 % And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be 
gathered together unto f one place, and let the dry land 
appear : and it was so. 

10 And God called the e dry land Earth; and the ga- 
thering together of the waters called he Seas : and God 
saw that it was good. 

1 1 And God said, Let the earth ' bring forth grass, the 
herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his 
kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so. 

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding 
seed after his h kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed 
was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 
/ 14 % And God said, Let there be ' lights in the firmament 
of the heaven, to divide / the day from the night ; and let 
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the 
heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 

16 And God made two great lights ; the greater light 
to g rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : 
he made the stars also. 

1 7 And God k set them in the firmament of the heaven 
to give light upon the earth, 

18 And to 'rule over the day, and over the night, and to 
divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it 
ivas good. 

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 
/ 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly 
the moving creature that hath '' life, and fowl that may fly 
above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 

21 And God created great whales, and every living 
creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth 
abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after 
his kind : and God saw that it was good. 

22 And God "blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and mul- 
tiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply 
in the earth. 

2 



B. Christ 
4004. 



a Heb. Be- 

reshith : 
that is, 
In the be- 
ginning. 
a John 1. 
1, 2, 3. 
Prov. 16. 4. 
b Col. 1. 
16, 17. 
c Job 26.13. 
dPs.33.6,9. 
b Heb. sepa- 
rated be- 
tween the 
light and 
the dark- 
ness. 

c Hob. and 
theevening 
and the 
morning 
teas, §c. 
eJob 37.18, 
dlleb. ex- 
pansion. 
f Job 38. 8. 
Prov. 8. 29. 
g 2 Pet. 3. 5. 
e Heb. bud 

forth the 
budding 

grass. 

hLuke6.44. 
Ps. 74. 16. 

/ Heb. be- 

txoecn the 

day, &c. 

g Heb. for 

the rule of 

the day. 

k Job 38.12. 

Pa. 8. 3. 

1 Jer. 31. 35. 

A Heb. soul. 

Job 41. 21. 

m cli. 8. 17. 

Ps. 128. 3. 

Prov. 10.22. 



B. Christ 
4004. 



nl John 5.7. 
Isa. 64. 8. 
Job 35. 10. 
Ps. 149. 2. 

Col. 3. 10. 
Jam. 3. 9. 

1 Cor. 11. 7. 
Eccl. 7. 29. 
Eph. 4. 24. 
p Ps. 8. C. 
q Mat. 19.4. 
ch. 5. 2. 
Mark 10. 6. 
r ch. 8. 17. 
1 Cor. 7. 1, 
2,3. 
i Hob. 
creepcth. 
k Heb. secd- 

• seed. 
s ch. 9. 3. 
tFs.104.14. 
I Heb. a 
living soul. 
u Lament. 
3.38. 

a Ps. 33. 6. 
b Ex. 20. 11. 
Luk. 23. 56. 
c Nch. 9. 14. 
Isa. 58. 13. 
a Heb. cre- 
ated to 
make. 
dPs.90.1,2. 
Job 38. 28. 
ePs. 104.14. 
f Job 38. 26. 
g Isa. 64. 8. 
Rom. 9. 20. 
i,u, b.dust 
or mould. 
hEcol.XSl. 
e Heb. Uvea 
ch. 7. 22. 
ich. 13. 10. 
k John 6.48. 
Prov. 3. 18. 



23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 
/ 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living 
creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and 
beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so. 

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, 
and cattle after their kind, and every th'ug that creepeth 
upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 
'* 26 ^[ And God said, n Let us make man in ° our image, 
after our likeness : and let them have r dominion over the 
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the 
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the earth. 

* 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image ot 
God created he him ; q male and female created he them. 

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, 
r Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and 
subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the ah, and over every living thing that 
' moveth upon the earth. 

* 29 % And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb 
* bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and 
every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding 
seed ; s to you it shall be for meat. 

30 And to ' every beast of the earth, and to every fowl 
of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 
wherein there is ' life, / have given every green herb for 
meat: and it was so. 

t 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and 
behold, it was "very good. And the evening and the 
morning were the sixth day. 

CHAPTER II. 

Thefirst sabbath, 1. Tlie manner of the creation, 4. The planting of 
the garden of Eden, S, and the river thereof, 10. The tree of know- 
ledge only forbidden, 17. The naming of the creatures, 19, 20. The 
making of woman, and institution of marriage, 21. 

THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all 
the tt host of them. 

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he 
had made ; and he b rested on the seventh day from all his 
work which he had made. 

3 And God c blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : 
because that in it he had rested from all his work which 
God * created and made. 

/ 4 % These are the d generations of the heavens and of (he 
earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord 
God made the earth and the heavens, 

5 And every plant of the e field before it was in the 
earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the 
Lord God had not f caused it to rain upon the earth, and 
there was not a man to till the ground. 

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered 
the whole face of the ground. 

d 7 And the Lord God e formed man of * the dust of the 
ground, and breathed h into his nostrils the breath of c life ; 
and man became a living soul. 

g 8 ^[ And the Lord God planted a ' garden eastward hi 
Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. • 
/ 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow ' 
every k tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for 
food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and 
the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 



The garden of Eden: 

g 10 And a l river went out of Eden to water the gar- 
den : and from thence it was parted, and became into four 

s 11 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which com- 
passeth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium 
and the onyx-stone. 

g 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same 
is it that compasseth the whole land of d Ethiopia. 
^•14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it 
which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth 
river is Euphrates. 

d 15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the 
garden of Eden, to m dress it, and to keep it. 

16 And the Lord God " commanded the man, saying, Of 
every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : 
v 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 
thou ° shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest 
thereof thou shalt e surely die. 

/ 18 ^ And the Lord God said, It is v not good that the man 
should be alone : I will make him a help 7 meet for him. 

19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every 
beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and q brought 
them unto Adam to see what he would call them ; and 
whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was 
the name thereof. 

20 And Adam g gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl 
of the air, and to every beast of the field : but for Adam 
there was not found a help meet for him. 
/ 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon 
Adam, and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and 
closed up the flesh instead thereof: 

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, 
* made he a woman, and r brought her unto the man. 

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and 
flesh 9 of my flesh : she shall be called Woman, because she 
was taken ' out of man. 

24 Therefore shallaman "leave his father and his mother, 
and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh. 
/ 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, 
and were not * ashamed. 

CHAPTER III. 
The serpent deceiveth Eve, 1. Man's shameful fall, 6: God arraigneth 
them, 9. The serpent is cursed, 14. The promised seed, 15. The 
punishment of mankind, 15: Their first clothing, 21 : Their casting 
out of paradise, 22. 
^kTOW the serpent was more a subtile than any beast of 
1^1 the field which the Lord God had made : and b he said 
unto the woman, " Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of 
every tree of the garden'? 

2 -And the c woman said unto the serpent, We may eat 
of the fruit of the trees of the garden : 
v 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the 
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall 
ye d touch it, lest ye die. 

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall c not 
surely die : 

5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, 
then f your eyes shall be opened ; and ye shall be as gods, 
knowing good and evil. 

/ 6 And when the woman s saw that the tree was good 
for food, and that it was b pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to 
be desired to make one wise ; she took of the fruit thereof, 
and did eat ; and h gave also unto her husband with her, 
and he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both were ; opened, and they 

knew that they were naked: and they sewed Ic fig-leaves 

together, and made themselves c aprons. 

c 8 And they heard the 'voice of the Lord God walking 

in the garden in the " cool of the day : and Adam and his 



GENESIS. Man's shameful fall 

wife m hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God 



B. Christ 
4004. 



1 Rev. 22 1. 
Ps. 46. 4. 
dHeb. 
Cush, 
ch. 10. 6. 
m Ps. 128.2. 
Eph. 4. 28. 
n i Sam. 15. 
22. 

ch 3. 1, 2. 
Heb. dy- 

g, thoU 

shalt die. 
p Ruth 3. 1. 

1 Cor. 7. 26. 
/ Heb. as 
before him, 
1 Pet. 3. 7. 
q Ps. 8. 6. 
g Heb 
called. 
A Heb. 
builded, 
Ps. 127. I. 
r Pro. 18.22. 
Heb. 13.4. 
s Eph. 5. 31. 
tl Cor 11.8. 
u Mat. 19. 
4,5. 

Ps. 45. 10. 
xDt.28.48. 
a2Cor.ll.3. 
bNu. 11.21. 
a Heb. Yea 
because 
c Ps. 58. 4. 
ilch.2. 17. 
e ch. 2. 17. 
f verse 7. 
Acts 26. 18. 
g 1 John 2. 
16. 

b Heb. de- 
sire. 

h verse 17. 
1 Tim. 2.14. 
i2Kgs.6.20. 
k Job 31. 33. 
cOr, 
things to 
crird about. 
1 Job 38. 1. 
(ZHeb. 
wind. 



B. Christ 

4004. 



mAms. 9. 3. 
Rom. 1. 16. 
n Ex. 3. 6. 

1 Jn. 3. 20. 

Job 31. 33. 
Prov. 19. 3 
p2Co. 11.3. 

1 Tm.2. 14. 
qMt.25.41. 
r Mt. 23. 33. 
e Heb. he, 
Gal. 4. 4. 
s Jn. 12. 18. 
Col. 2. 15. 
tlTm.2.15. 
n 1 Tt. 3. 6. 
xEc. 1.2,3. 
Rom. 8. 
19, 20. 
yJb.31.40. 
7.2 Th. 3.10. 
Eccl. 1. 13. 
a Gal. 4.26. 
b Rev. 3.18. 

2 Co. 5. 2, 3. 
c Colos. 3. 
1, 2, 3. 

3 Eccl. 5. 9. 
e Jn. 2. 15. 
fHob. 1.7. 
gRm.3.20. 
aNu.31.17. 
a Heb. the 
man the 
Lord, 
ch. 41.38. 
b Heb. at, 
the end of 
days. 

b Prov. 3. 9. 
c Nil. 18.12. 
clHb. U. 4. 
Mt. IS. 34. 
f Heb. 11.4. 
r. Or, have 
the creel- 
Icnrti. 
gelv3. 10. 
nPs.55.2l. 



amongst the trees of the garden. 

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto 
him, Where art thou 1 

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden : and I 
was n afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 

1 1 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked 1 
Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee, 
that thou shouJdest not eat 1 

12 And the man said, °The woman whom thou gavest 
to be. with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 

c 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is 
this that thou hast done 1 And the woman said, p The ser- 
pent beguiled me, and 1 did eat. 

w 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because 
thou hast done this, thou art q cursed above all cattle, and 
above every beast of the field : upon thy belly shalt thou 
go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 
r 15 And I will put r enmity between thee and the wo- 
man, and between thy seed and her seed : c it shall bruise 
thy 9 head, and thou shalt bruise his heel, 
w 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy 
sorrow and thy conception ; * in sorrow thou shalt bring 
forth children : and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and 
he shall u rule over thee. 

w 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearken- 
ed unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree 
of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat 
of it : * cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt 
thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; 

18 y Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; 
and thou shalt eat the herb of the field : 
'• 19 In the z sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till 
thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : 
for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 
/ 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she 
was the a mother of all living. 

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God 
make b coats of skins, and clothed them. 

* 22 % And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is be- 
come as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he 
put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and c eat, 
and live for ever : 

/ 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the gar- 
den of Eden, d to till the ground from whence he was taken. 

s 24 So he e drove out the man : and he placed at the east 
of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a f flaming sword 
which turned g every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 

CHAPTER IV. 
The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel, 1. The murder of 
Abel, 8. The curse of Cain, 11. Enoch the first city, 17. Lantech 
and his two wives, 19. The birth of Seth, 25, and Enos, 26. 

ND Adam a knew Eve his wife ; and she conceived, 
and bare Cain, and said, 1 have gotten " a man from 
the Lord. 

/ 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was 
a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 

3 And in b process of time it came to pass, that Cain 
brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord, 

* 4 And Abel, he also brought of the b firstlings of his 
flock, and of the c fat thereof. And the Lord had d respect 
unto Abel, and to his offering : 

o 5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect. 
And Cain was very c wroth, and his countenance fell. 

6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth 1 
and why is thy countenance fallen 1 

t 7 If thou f doest well, shalt thou not c be accepted 1 and 
if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee 
shall be his s desire, and thou shalt rule over htm. 

* 8 And Cain h talked with Abel his brother : and it 

6 



B. Christ 
3875. 



The genealogy of GENESIS 

came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose 
up against Abel nis brother, and ' slew him. 
c 9 % And the Lord said unto Cain, k Where is Abel thy bro- 
ther 1 And he said, ' I know not : Jim I my brother's keeper 1 

10 And he said, What hast thou done! the voice of thy 
brother's blood '" crieth unto me from the ground. 
« 1 1 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath 
opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy 
hand. 

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth 
yield unto thee her strength : n A fugitive and a vagabond 
shalt thou be in the earth. 

/ 13 And Cain said unto the Lord, " My punishment is 
greater than I can bear. 

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the °face 
of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall 
be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come 
to pass, that every one that findeth me shall p slay me. 

15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slay- 
ethCain,vengeance shali be taken on him seven-fold. And the 
LoRDset q a mark uponCain,lest any finding him should kill him. 
g 16 ^T And Cain went out r from the presence of the Lord, 
and dwelt in the land of ' Nod, on the east of Eden. 
/ 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare 
Enoch : and he builded a city, and called the name of the 
city s after the name of his son Enoch. 
/ 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat 
Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methusael : and Methusael 
begat Lamech. 

/ 19 % And Lamech took unto him two 'wives : the name 
of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 

20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such as 
dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 

21 And his brother's name was Jubal : he was the father 
of all such as handle the harp and organ. 

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an f instructer 
of every artificer in brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal- 
cain was Naamah. 

/ 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, 
Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my 
speech : for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a 
young man to my hurt. 

-0 24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech 
seventy and seven-fold. 

/ 25 ^f And Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, 
and called his name Seth : For God, said she, hath appoint- 
ed me u another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 

d 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and 
he called his name Enos : then * began men to call upon 
the name of the Lord. 

CHAPTER V. 

}enealogy,age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam unto JYoah, 1. 



i 1 Jn.3.12. 
kFs.9. 12. 
1 In. 8. 44. 
mHb. 11.4. 
nPs.109.10. 
dOT,Mij 
iniquity 
is greater 
than may 
beforgiven, 
Job lo. 22. 
och.7. 4. 
p Job 15. 
20, 21. 
Levit. 26. 
17, 36. 
q Ezk. 9. 4. 
Rev.14.9,11. 
r 1 Chron. 
16.29. 
Psa. 96. 8. 
c Or, Vaga- 
bond. 

sPs. 49. 11. 
t ch. 2. 18. 
/Heb. 
whetter. 
u ver. 2. 8. 
x I Kgs. 18. 
24. Or, 
profanely 
••ailed . 
upon. 

alChr.1.1. 
Mat. 1. I. 
Luko 3. 23. 
b ch. 1. 26. 
Eccl. 12. 1. 
Heb. 12. 9. 
Jub 15. 14. 
& 25. 5. 
Eph. 1.3. 
cch.2. 23. 
Acts 17. 26. 
d Job 14. 4. 
Ps. 51. 5. 
Rom. 5. 12. 
Ps. 14. 2. 3. 
ech. 1. 28. 
Ps. 127. 3." 
&l 128.3,4. 
f Ps. 90. 10. 
Deut.30.20. 
Heb. 9. 27. 



The godliness and translation of Enoch, 24 

"i pi is -•■ 

the day that God created" man, in the 



is the ■ book of the generations of Adam : In 

b likeness of 



the patriarchs 

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve 
years : and he died. 
/ 9 «[[ And Enos lived ninety years^and begat " Cainan : 

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred 
and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters : 

1 1 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five 
years : and he died. 

/ 12 ^ And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Maha- 
laleel : 

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight 
hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : 

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and 
ten years : and he died. 

/ 15 % And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and 
begat Jared : 

16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hun- 
dred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters : 

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred 
ninety and five years : and he died. 

"18 ^[ And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, 
}.nd he begat Enoch: 

13 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hun- 
dred years, and begat sons and daughters : 

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty 
and two years : and he died. 

f 21 ^ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat 
Methuselah : 

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuse- 
lah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : 

23 And all the days of Enoch were h three hundred 
sixty and five years : 

s 24 And Enoch s walked with God, and k he ivas not : for 
God took him. 

/ 25 ^[ And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven 
years, and begat Lamech : 

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven 
hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters : 

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred 
sixty and nine years : and he died. 

/28 TT And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two 
years, and begat a son : 

«29 
shall 



B. Christ 
3G79. 



T 

God made he him 

2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and 
" culled their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 
/ 3 If And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and be 
gat a son in his d own likeness, after his image ; and called 
his name Seth : 

f 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were 
eight hundred years : and he begat c sons and daughters : 

5 And all the days that Adam lived were f nine hundred 
and thirty years : and he e died. 

/ 6 H And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat 
Enos : 

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and 
seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 



aHeb. Ke- 
?*an,that is, 
to mourn, 
or, lament, 
Luko 3. 37. 
Ezek. 9. 4. 
ch. 6. 11. 
hlsa. 57.1. 
lKgB.14.13. 
i ch. 9. 6. 
Micab G. 8. 
lib. 11.5,6. 
Ps. 116.9. 
Eph. 5. 15. 
Col. 4. 5. 
k lib. 11.7. 
2Kgs.2. 11. 
Lu. 23. 43. 
1 lib. 11.7. 
mch.8. 21. 
n ch. 3. 17. 
och. 7. G. 
pell. 11. 2G. 
a ch. 1. 28. 
I) Dt. 14. 1. 
c 2 Ft. 2. 14. 
dMt. 2. 11. 
e Dt.7.3,4. 
f 1 Pt.3. IS. 
gOnl.S, 16. 
h 1 Pet.3.19. 



And he called his name ' Noah, 
'comfort us concerning our work; 



saying, This same 
nd toil of our hands, 



because of the ground which the Lord hath n cursed. 

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred 
ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred 
seventy and seven years: and he died. 
/ 32 And Noah was ° five hundred years old : and Noah 
p begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

CHAPTER VL 
The wickedness of the world, which provokcdGod's wrath, and caused the 
flood, 1. JYoahfindclh grace, 8. The ordcr,form, and end of the ark, 14. 

ND it came to pass, when men began to D multiply on 
the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto 
them, 

2 That the b sons of God c saw the d daughters of men 
that they were fair ; and they e took them wives of all which 
they chose. 

* 3 And the Lord said, f My Spirit shall not always strive 
with man, for that he also is s flesh : yet his days shall be 
'' a hundred and twenty years. 

/ 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also 
after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daugh- 
ters of men, and they bare children to them : the same be- 
came mighty men, which were of old, men of renown. 

«" 5 ^f And God saw that the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every imagination of Ihe thoughts of 
his heart was only evil continuallv- 

7 



Noah enteretk into the ark. 

» 6 And ! it repented the Lord that he had made man on 
the earth, and it k grieved him at his heart. 

r 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have 
created from the face of the earth ; "both man and beast, 
and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it re- 
penteth me that I have made them. 

8 But Noah ' found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 

c 9 % These are the generations of Noah : Noah was m a 
just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah "walked 
with God. 

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

* 1 1 The earth also was corrupt ° before God ; and the 
earth was filled with violence. 

t 12 And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was 
corrupt : for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 

r 13 And God said unto Noah, p The end of all flesh is 
come before me ; for the earth is q filled with violence 
though them : and behold, I will destroy them with the 
earth. 

** 14 *fT Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: rooms shalt 
thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without 
with pitch. 

15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: 
The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the 
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit 
shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of the ark shalt thou 
set in the side thereof : with lower, second, and third sto- 
ries shalt thou make it. 

r 17 And behold, r I, even I, do bring a flood of waters 
upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath 
of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the 
earth 9 shall die. 

b 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant: and ' thou 
shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, 
and thy sons' wives with thee. 

19 And of every living thing of all flesh, u two of every 
sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with 
thee : they shall be male and female 

20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, 
of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind ; two of 
every sort shall come x unto thee, to keep them alive. 

21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and 
thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee 
and for them. 
d 22 y Thus did Noah ; according to all that God 

manded him, so did z he. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Noah with his family and the living creatures enter into the ark, 1. The 

beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood, 17. 

*k ND the Lord said unto Noah, a Come thou and all thy 
J\. b house into the ark : for thee have c I seen righteous 
before me in this d generation. 

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by ° se- 
vens, the male and his female ; and of beasts that are not 
clean by two, the male and his female 

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the 
female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth 

r 4 For yet seven days, and e I will cause it to rain upon 
the earth forty days and forty nights : and every living sub 
stance that I have made will I » destroy from off the face 
of the earth. 

* 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord com- 
manded him. 

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood 
of waters was upon the earth. 

/ 7 t And Noah went in, and f his sons, and his wife, and 
his sons' wives with him, into the ark, - 



com 



ters of the flood. 



' because of the wa 



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GENESIS. The world is di owned. 

™ 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and 
of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 

9 There went s in two and two unto Noah into the ark, 
the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 

10 And Mt came to pass, after seven days, that the wa- 
ters of the flood were upon the earth. 
/ 1 1 H Inthe six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second 
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day 
were all the fountains of the { great deep broken up, and 
the k windows of heaven were opened. 

12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty 
nights. 

13 In the self-same day entered Noah, and Shem, and 
Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and 
the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark: 

»* 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cat- 
tle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, 
every bird of every sort. 

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, ' two and 
two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 

16 And they that went in, went in male and female of 
all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the m Lord shut 
him in. 

/ 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth : and the 
waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up 
above the earth. 

18 And the waters n prevailed, and were increased great- 
ly upon the earth: and the ark "went upon the face of the 
waters. 

m 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; 
and all the p high hills that were under the whole heaven 
were covered. 

/ 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and 
the q mountains were covered. 

o 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the. earth, both 
of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the earth, and r every man : 

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all 
that was in the dry land, died. 

/ 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was 
upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the 
creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were 
destroyed from the earth ; and s Noah only remained 
alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a * hun- 
dred and fifty days. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Tlie loaters assuage, 1. The ark resteth on Ararat, 4. The raven and 
the dove, 7. Noah, being commanded, 15, goeth forth of the ark, IS . 
He buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice, 20, which God accepteth, 
and promiseth to curse the earth no more, 21. 

/A ND God a remembered Noah, and every living thing, 
_£3l and b all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and 
God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters as- 
suaged ; 

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows ol 
heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was c re- 
strained ; 

3 And the waters returned from off the earth « continu- 
ally : and d after the end of the hundred and fifty days the- 
waters were abated. 

s 4 % And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the 
seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of 
Ararat. 

5 And the waters h decreased continually, until the tenth 
month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, 
were the tops of the mountains seen. 
/6 f And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that 
Noah e opened the window of the ark which he had made • 



1 Sam. 15. 
29. 

Mai. 3. 6. 
k Is. 63. 10. 
Eph. 4. 30. 
a Hb.from 
man, 
Rom. 8. 20. 

1 Heb. 4. 16. 
2Tim.l.l8. 
ch. 19. 19. 
Rom. 4. 4. 
& 11. 6. 
Exod. 33. 
12, 13. 
Acts 7. 46. 
Luke 1. 3. 
m Ro. 1. 17. 
Heb. 11. 7. 
n ch. 5. 22. 

2 Pet. 2. 5. 
Acts 13. 36. 
o ch. 10. 9. 
p Am. 8. 2. 
Ezk. 7. 3, 6. 
Jer. 51. 13. 
q ch. 49. 5. 
r Pa. 29. 10. 
chap. 9. 9. 

s Ro. 6. 23. 
Ps. 107. 34. 
t Heb. 11. 7. 
Isa. 26. 20. 
uch. 7.2. 
Ps. 36.6. 
x John 
5. 40. 
Jer. 8. 7. 
y Hob. 11. 
7. 

Ex. 40. 16. 
i John 5. 4. 
z ch. 7. 5. 
a Is. 26. 20. 
2 Pet. 2. 5. 
Ezek. 9. 4, 
5. 

b verse 13. 
ch. 17. 10. 
Acts 2. 39. 
c Ps. 33. 18. 
Prov. 10. 9. 
d ch. 6. 9. 
2 Pet. 2. 5. 
Phil. 2. 15. 
a Heb. se- 
ven, seven. 
e Job 28. 
25. 

J Heb. blot 
out, 

Job 22. 16. 
f 1 Peter 3. 
20. 

cHeb. 
from the 
face ofi 
Prov. 22. 3. 



B. Chris 
2318. 



g ch. 2. 19. 
h Heb. 6. 7. 
Zo. 14. 5, 6. 
i Job 28. 4, 
Ps. 106. 9. 
k ch. 1. 7. 
Ps. 78. 23. 

1 Isa. 11. 6. 
m 2 Kings 
4. 4, 5. 

n Ps. 69. 15. 

oPs. 104.26. 

Exod. 14. 

28, 29. 

p Jer. 3. 23. 

q Ps. 104. 6, 

r Luke 17. 

27. 

Job 22. 16. 

2 Pet. 2. 5. 
s Ezek. 14. 
14. 

2 Pet. 2. 9. 

Prov. 11. 4. 

t verse 11. 

ch. 8. 3, 4. 

Ps. 29. 10. 

a Hab. 3. 1, 

2. 

ch. 19. 29. 

b Ps. 36. C 

c Job 38. 37. 

Matt. 8. 9, 

26. 

a Heb. go- 



tnrmng. 
d ch. 7. 11. 
& Heb. go- 
ing and 
abating. 
e ch. 0. 16. 



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God encourageth Noah. GENESIS. 

7 And he sent forth a f raven, which went forth c to and 
fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 

8 Also he sent forth g a dove from him, to see if the wa- 
ters were abated from off the face of the ground ; 

9 But the dove h found no rest for the sole of her foot, 
and she returned unto him into the ark ; for the waters 
were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his 
hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 
/ 10 And he ' stayed yet other seven days, and again he 
sent forth the dove out of the ark. 

1 1 And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, 
in her mouth was an k olive-leaf plucked off. So Noah knew 
that the waters were abated from off the earth. 

12 And he stayed ' yet other seven days, and sent forth 
the dove ; which returned not again unto him any more. 
f 13 % And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first 
year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the wa- 
ters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed 
the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face 
of the ground was dry. 

14 And hi the second month, on the "seven and twen- 
tieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 

15 *jf And God spake unto Noah, saying, 

16 n Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, 
and thy sons' wives with thee. 

d 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with 
thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they 
may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and 
multiply upon the earth. 

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and 
his sons' wives with him : 

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl 
and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their ''kinds, 
went forth out of the ark. 

20 % And Noah builded p an altar unto the Lord, and 
took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and 



offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 

t 21 And the Lord smelled * a sweet savour ; and the 
Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground 
any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's 
heart is evil from his youth : neither will I again smite any 
.more every thing living, as I have q done. 

r 22 s While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, 
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and 
night, shall not cease. 

CHAPTER IX. 

God blesseth JVoah,l. Blood and ^ murder are forbidden, 4. God's 
covenant, 8 ; signified by the rainbow, 13. Jvoah replenisheth the 
tvorld, IS ; planteth a vineyard, 20 ; is drunken, and mocked of his son, 
21 ; curseth Canaan, 25 ; blesseth Shem, 26 ; prayelhfor Japheth, 27 ; 
and dieth, 29. 

h A ND God a blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, 
J\_ Be b fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 
r 2 And c the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be 
upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the 
air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the 
fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered. 
i> 3 Every moving thing that d liveth shall e be meat for 
you ; even f as the green herb have I given you all things. 
?4 If But flesh with the life thereof, which is the B blood 
thereof, shall ye not eat. 

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I h recpaire : 
at the hand of i every beast will I require it, and at the hand 
of man ; at the hand of every k man'c brother will I require 
the life of man. 

te 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, 'by m man shall his blood 
be shed : for n in the image of God made he man. 

7 And you, ° be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth 
'tfnindanllv in the earth, and multiply therein. 

3 • B 



f 1 Kings 
17.6. 

e Heb. go- 
ing forth 
and re- 
turning. 
gver.10. 11. 
Matt. 10. 6. 
h Ez. 7. 16. 
Mat. 11.28. 
Jn. 16. 33. 
i Isa. 26. 8. 
Psa. 40. 1. 
k Ne. 8. 15. 
Rom. 10. 
15. 20. 
Ua.5.7. 
m ch. 7. 11. 
13,14. 
n Zee. 9. 10. 
Ps. 91. 11. 
o Psalm 
121. 18. 
d Heb. fa- 
milies. 
p Heb. 13. 
10. 15. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
e Heb. a 
savour of 
rest, 

Eph.5. 2. 
Song 4. 10. 
2 Co. 2. 15. 
Am. 5. 21. 
Lev. 6. J9. 
q 2 Pt. 3. 7, 
Job 22. 20. 
/Heb. as 
yet all the 
days of the 
earth. 
a ch. 2. 3. 
b ch. 1. 28. 
Ps. 123. 3. 
c ch. 35. 5. 
Lev. 26. 22. 
Job 5.23. 
d Lev. 22. 8. 
e Lev. 11.3. 
f ch. 1. 29. 
g Levit. 
17. 11. 
h Ps. 9. 12. 
i Ex. 21. 28. 
k Acts 17. 
26. 

Uob34. 19. 
m Numb. 
35.25. 
Rom. 13.4. 
n ch. 1. 27. 
o ch. 1. 28. 



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p ch. 6. 17. 
q Isa. 54. 9. 
r ch. 22. 17. 
Rom. 1. 3. 
s Ps. 145. 9. 
t ch. 8. 21. 
u Rev. 4. 3. 
xch. 8.21. 
Ex. 28. 12. 
y ch. 41. 32 
7. Pr. 12. 11. 
ch.25. 27. 
ach.6.9. 
ICo. 10.12. 
b Pr. 20. 1. 
c Prov. 10. 
7.17. 
Gal. C. 1. 
(1 ch. 48. 15. 
I)t. 28. 18. 
e Jn. 8. 34, 
fF8.144.15. 
Heb. 11. IG. 
a Or, per- 
suade. 
Hos. 2. 14. 
gEp.3.C13. 
Ro. il. 12. 
li He!.. 11. 
9,10. 

Mai. 2. 12. 
a ch. 5. 1. 
blChr.l 5. 
cJt 25 2!«. 



God's covenant loith Noah. 

8 % And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, 
saying, 

b 9 And I, p behold, I establish q my covenant with you, 
and with your r seed after you ; 

10 And with s every living creature that is with you, of 
the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with 
you, from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the 
earth. 

1 1 And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither 
shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; 
neither shall there any more be a flood to ' destroy the 
earth. 

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which 
I make between me and you, and every living creature that 
is with you, for perpetual generations. 

13 I do set my u bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a 
token of a covenant between me and the earth. 

r 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud ovei 
the earth, that ihe bow shall be seen in the cloud : 

15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between 
me and you, and every living creature of all flesh ; and the 
waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 

b 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look 
upon its that 1 may * remember the everlasting covenant 
between God and every living creature of all flesh that is 
upon the earth. 

17 And God said unto Noah, This is y the token of the 
covenant which I have established between me and all 
flesh that is upon the earth. 

/ 18 ^[ And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark, 
were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham i$ the father 
of Canaan. 

19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was 
the whole earth overspread. 

20 And Noah began to be a z husbandman, and he 
planted a vineyard : 

p 21 And he drank of the wine, and a was drunken ; and 
he was b uncovered within his tent. 

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness 
of his father, and c told his two brethren without. 

d 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it 
upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered 
the nakedness of their father : and their faces were back- 
ward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his 
younger son had done unto him. 

w 25 And he said, d Cursed be Canaan ; e a servant of ser- 
vants shall he be unto his brethren. 

* 26 And he said, f Blessed be the Lord God of Shem ; 
and Canaan shall be his servant. 

r 27 God shall " enlarge Japheth, and he shall g dwell in 
the h tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. 

/ 28 Tf And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and 
fifty years. 

29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and 
fifty years : and he died. 

CHAPTER X. 

The generations of.Xoah, 1. The sons of J«phclh,2. The sons of Ham, 

C. Nimrod the first monarch, 9. The sons of Shem, 21. 

OW these are the "generations of the sons of Noah ; 
Shem, Ham, and Japheth : and unto them were sons 
born after the flood. 

2 The b sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and 
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 

3 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and Iliphath, and 
Togarmah. 

4 And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittirm 
and Dodanim. 



W 



f 5 By these were the c isles 



of the 

9 



Gentiles divided in 



GENESIS. 

, after their fami- 



Cush, and Mizraim, and 



The generations of Noah. 

their lands ; every one after his tongue 
lies, in their nations. 
/6 f And the sons of d Ham . 
Phut, and Canaan. 

7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, andSabtah, 
and Raamah, and Sabtechah ; and the sons of Raamah; 
Sheba, and Dedan. 

8 And Cush begat ' Nimrod : he began to be a mighty 
one in the earth. 

9 He was e a mighty hunter f before the Lord : where- 
fore it is said, Even g as Nimrod the mighty hunter before 
the Lord. 

g 10 And the beginning of Ins kingdom was Babel, and 
Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 
g 1 1 Out of that land 'went forth Asshur, and builded Nine- 
veh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 
g 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same 
is a h great city. 

/ 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Leha- 
bim, and Naphtuhim, 

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came 
Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite,and the Girgasite, 

17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 

18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hama- 
ihite : and afterward were the families of the Canaanites 
spread abroad. 

^19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as 

thou comest toGerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom 

and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 

20 i These are the sons of Harm after their families, after 

their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 

/ 21 T[ Unto Shem also, the k father of all the children c of 
Eber, the brother of Japheth the d elder, even to him were 
children born. 

22 The children of Shem ; 1 Elam, and m Asshur, and 
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 

23 And the children of Aram ; "Uz, and Hul, and Ge- 
ther, and Mash. 

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah ; and Salah begat Eber. 
/ 25 And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of 
one was ° Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided ; 
and his brother's name was Joktan. 

26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar- 
maveth, and Jerah, 

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 

25 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 

29 And p Ophir, and q Havilah, and Jobab : all these were 
the sons of Joktan. 
g 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest 
unto Sephar, a r mount of the east. 

31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after 
their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after 
their generations, in their nations : and by these were the 
nations divided in the earth after the flood. 

CHAPTER XI. 

One language in the world, 1. The building of Babel, 3. Tlie confu- 
s ^njof tongues, 5. The generations of Shem, 10. The generations 
of Abram, 27, 



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d lChr.4.40. 
Ps. 105. 27. 
a That is, 
a rebel. 
e Jer.16.16. 
Rev. 17. 6. 
Ezk. 13. 18. 
fch. 6. 4. 
g 2 Cliron. 
28. 22. 
b Or, he 
went out 
into As- 
syria, 
verse 22. 
hNa.3.1,2. 
iPs.37. 35. 
ch. 4. 17. 
k chap. 14. 
13, 19. 
cThat is, of 
the Jews, 
Nu. 24. 24. 
dUb. great. 
ch. 5. 32. 
1 Acts 2. 9. 
m 2 Kings 
15.19. 
n Job 1. 1. 

Lu. 3. 35. 
that is, di- 
vision. 

p 2 Chron. 
9. 10, 13. 
Job 22. 24. 
qCh.25. 18. 

1 Sam. 5. 7. 
r Nu. 23. 7. 
a ch. 6. 11. 
a Heb. lip. 
b ch. 10. 10. 
c Pr. 1. 11. 
Hb. 10. 24. 
dRv. 21.19. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 



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Terah goeth from Ur to Ha- 

' language, and of one 



of Terah the father 
ran, 31. 

fk ND the whole a earth was of one 

J3L speech. 

g 2 And it came to pass, as they b journeyed from the 
east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and 
they dwelt there. 

3 And they said one to another, c Go to, let us make 
brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had d brick 
for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 



Dt. 1. 28. 
fPr. 18. 10. 
g Jb. 15. 20. 
h ch. 18. 21. 
i Ps. 14. 2. 
k ch. 3. 22. 

1 ch. 1. 26. 
mJb.12.20. 
n Dt. 28. 49. 

verse 4. 
p Luke 
3. 36. 

Kainan is 
brought in 
between 
Arphaxad 
and Salah. 
b Heb. 
Schelah. 

c Called 
Phalcc, 
Luke 3. 35. 

1 Chron. 
1.19. 
dOr, 
Saruch, 
Luke 3. 35. 
q Josh. 
24.2. 

r Acts 7. 2, 
4. 

Neh. 9. 7. 
Daniel 2. 2, 
4. 

Some read 
out of the 
fire of the 
Chaldcc ; 
for Ur sig- 
nifies ffl 
valley, 
light, or, 
fire, 

Isa. 24. 15. 
s ch. 17. 15. 
& 20. 12. 
t ch. 22. 20. 
u ch. 12. 1. 
Neh. 9. 7. 
Acts 7. 2, 3. 
Heb. 11. 8. 
Josh. 24. 2. 
x Acts 7. 4. 
ch. 24. 10. 
& 29. 4.* 



c 4 And they said, 
tower, whose e top 



The generations of Shem. 

Go to, let us build us a city, and a 
may reach unto heaven ; and let U9 

make us ' a name, lest we be s scattered abroad upon the 

face of the whole earth. 

5 And the Lord h came down to see the city and the 
tower, which the * children of men builded. 

6 And the Lord said, k Behold, the people is one, and 
they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : 
and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they 
have imagined to do. 

t* 7 Go to, ' let us go down, and there m confound their 
language, that they may n not understand one another's 
speech. 

»8 So the Lord ° scattered them abroad from thence 
upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build 
the city. 

g 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the 
Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : 
and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon 
the face of all the earth. 

/ 10 % These are the generations of Shem : Shem was a 
hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the 
flood : 

/ 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hun- 
dred years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and p begat 
" Salah. 

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hun- 
dred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber : 

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and 
three years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat 
' Peleg : 

17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred 
and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu : 

19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and 
nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat * Se- 
rug. 

21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and 
seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor : 

23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred 
years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 
Terah. 

25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and 
nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 
/ 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat q AbraDX, 
Nahor, and Haran. 

/ 27 •([ Now these are the generations of Terah : Te- 
rah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran : and Haran begat 
Lot. 

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land 
of his nativity, in r Ur of the Chaldees. 
/ 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name 
of Abram's wife was 9 Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's 
wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of 'Milcah, 
and the father of Iscah. 

30 But Sarai was barren ; she had no child. 

31 And u Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son 
of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his 
son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur 
of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they 
came unto x Haran, and dwelt there. 

32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five 
years : and Terah died in Haran. 



A famine in the land of Canaan 



CHAPTER XII 
God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ, 1. He 
departeth with Lot from Haran, 4. He journeyeth through Canaan, 6, 
which is promised him in a vision, 7. He is driven by a famine into 
Egypt, 10-. Fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sister, 11. Pha- 
raoh having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore 
her, 14. 

VTOW the Lord a had said unto Abram, b Get thee out 
ti.1 of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy 
father's house, unto a land that I will c shew thee : 

2 And I will make of thee d a great nation, and I will e bless 
thee, and make thy name great; and thou shaltbe a blessing: 

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him 
that curseth thee : and f in thee shall all families of the 
earth be blessed. 
c 4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto 

him, and Lot went with him : and Abram was seventy 
and five years old when he g departed out of Haran. 
g 5 And" Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's 
son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the 
souls that they had h gotten in Haran ; and they went forth 
to go into the £ land of Canaan ; and into the land of Ca- 
naan they came. 

g 6 And Abram k passed through the land unto the place 
of ' Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the m Canaanite 
was then in the land. 
t 7 And the Lord n appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto 

thy seed will I give this land : and there builded he an 
altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 

* 8 And he p removed from thence unto a mountain on 
the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on 
the west, and Hai on the east : and there he builded an altar 
unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. 
/ 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. 
g 10 % And there was q a famine r in the land : and Abram 
5 went down into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the famine 
was grievous in the land. 

/ 1 1 And it came to pass, when he was come near to en- 
ter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, 

1 know that thou art a ' fair woman to look upon : 

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians 
shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife : and 
they will " kill me, but they will save thee alive. 
m 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art x my sister : that it may 
be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall live be- 
cause of thee. 

g 14 If And it came to pass, that when Abram was come 
into Egypt, the Egyptians y beheld the woman that she ivas 
very fair. 

15 The z princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and com- 
mended her before Pharaoh : and the woman was taken 
into Pharaoh's a house. 

/ 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake : and he 
had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and 
maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 

17 And the Lord b plagued Pharaoh and his house with 
great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this 
that thou hast done unto me ? why didst thou not tell me 
that she was thy wife ? 

« 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister ? so I might have 
taken her to me to wife : now therefore behold thy wife, 
take her, and go thy way. 

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him : 
and they c sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Abram and Lot return out of Egypt, 1. Bi/ disagreement they part 
asunder,7. Lot goeth to wicked Sodom, 10.' GoeTreneweth Ins pro- 
mise to Abram, 14. He removclh to Hebron, and there buildeth un 



altar, 18. 

ND Abram 



went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, 



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a Acts 7. 

2 3. 

b'2 Cor. 

6. 17. 

Rev. 18. 4. 

c Hob. 11. 8. 

d Rom. 4. 

11. 

Gal. 3. 7. 

e Gal. 3. 14 

fGal. 3. 8. 

Rom. 4. 11. 

gHeb.11.8. 

hch. 14.14. 

i ch. 10. 19. 

k Hebrews 

11.9. 

1 John 4. 5. 

m Deut. 12. 

30. 

n ch. 17. 1. 

o Rom. 9. 

7,8. 

p ch. 13. 18. 

q Luke 4. 

25. 

Ps. 33. 19. 

r Deut. 8. 

7,8. 

Ps. 107. 34. 

s Matt. 2. 

13, 14. 

t verse 14. 

Song 1. 14. 

u 1 yam 

27.1. 

Rom. 3. 6. 

x Prov. 29. 

25 

ch'. 20. 12. 

y Mat. 5. 28. 

chap. 39. 7. 

z Proverbs 

29. 12. 

aEsth.2.9. 

b Ps. 105.14. 

lChron.21. 

22. 

Job 34. 19. 

Heb. 13. 4. 

c Ex. 18. 27. 

Prov. 21. 1. 

a Isa. 31. 1. 

b ch. 12. 9. 



and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the b south. " wVa " ; 



GENESIS. God? s promise renewed to Abram, 

f 2 And Abram was c very rich in cattle, in silver, and in 
gold. 

g 3 And he d went on his journeys from the south even to 
Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the be- 
ginning, between Beth-el and Hai ; 

d 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had c made there 
at the first : and there Abram called on the name of the 
Lord. 

/ 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, f had flocks, 
and herds, and tents. 

6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they 
might s dwell together : for their substance was great, so 
that they could not dwell together. 

p 7 And there was a h strife between the herdmen of 
Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the 
Canaanite and the Perizzite * dwelled then in the land. 
c 8 And Abram said unto Lot, k Let there be no strife, I 
pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen 
and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. 

9 Is not the whole land before thee 1 Separate thyself, I 
pray thee, from me : ! if thou wilt take the left hand, then 
I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, 
then I will go to the left. 

g 10 And Lot. lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain 
of Jordan, that it was m well watered every where, before 
the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, ev-en as the 
garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest 
unto Zoar. 

« 1 1 Then Lot n chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and 
Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the 
one from the other. 

g 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot. 
dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent to- 
wards Sodom. 

c 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked ° and sinners be- 
fore the Lord, exceedingly. 

* 14 % And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was 
separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from 
the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and 
eastward, and westward : 

15 For all the land which thou seest, to p thee will I give 
it, and to q thy seed 'for ever. 

h 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : 
so that if a man can number the s dust of the earth, then 
shall thy seed also be numbered. 

* 17 Arise, walk through the land in the 'length of it and 
in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee. 

g 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt 
in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there 
u an altar unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Tlie battle of four kings against Jive, 1. Lot is taken prisoner, 12. 
Abram rescucth lam, 14. Melchizcdek blesseth Abram, 18. Abram giv 
cth him lithe, 20. The rest of the spoil, his partners having had then- 
portions, he restorcth to the king of Sodom, 22. 

ND it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel king of 
a Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king 
of b Elam, and Tidal king of nations ; 
g 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and 
with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admafe and 
Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is 
c Zoar. 

g 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim. 
which is the d salt sea. 

/ 4 Twelve years they e served Chedorlaomer, and in the 
thirteenth year they f rebelled. 

g 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and 
the kings 1hat were with him, and smote the e Rcphaims in 
h Ashteroth Karnaim, and Ihe '' Zuzims in Ham, and the 
u Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim. 



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c Prov. 10. 

22. 

Matt. 6. 33. 

I Tim. 4. 8. 
d ch. 12. 6. 
eProv. 3. 9. 
chap. 12a 8. 
fEph.4.28. 
g 1 Tim. 0. 
9. 

hch. 21.25. 
i Noh. 5. 9. 
k Prov. 15. 
1,8. 
Matt. 5. 9. 

I I Cor. G. 7. 
Heb. 12. 14. 
Ps. 120. 7. 
mPs.6fi.12. 
n ch. 19. 17. 
1 Pet. 2. 15. 
o ch. 19. 5. 
E/.ekiel 16. 
49. 

p Acts 7. 5. 
Hob. 11. 9. 

I ch. 12. 7. 

)eut. 34. 4. 
r lstt.63. 18. 
Matt. 5. 5. 
s ch. 15. 5. 
& 22. 17. 

&3& ia 

Hob. U. 12. 
Rov. 7. 9. 
t Hebrews 
11. 16. 
u ch. 12. 7. 
xch. 10.10. 
bch. 10.22, 
cell. 19. 20. 
Dent. 29. 23. 
Josh. 12.23. 
rlJosh.3. lfi. 
Ps. 107. 34. 
c oh, 9. 26. 
fE7.k.l7.15, 
g lit.'.', n. 

Dint. 1. 4. 

in ' i ' 



GENESIS. 

eir, unto m El-paran 



The battle of four kings against five. 

6 And the ' Horites in their mount S 
which is hy the wilderness. 

g 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is 
Kadeshj and "smote ail the country of the n Amalekites, and 
also the Amorites, that dwelt in ° Hazezon-tamar. 
/ 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king 
of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Ze- 
boiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar ;) and they 
joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; 

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal 
king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch 
king of Ellasar ; four kings with five. 

10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits ; and 
the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and p fell there : 
and they that remained fled to the mountain. 
g 11 And they took all the q goods of Sodom and Gomor- 
rah, and all their 'victuals, and went their way. 

12 And they took s Lot, Abram's brother's son, who 
dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 
/ 13 ^[ And there came one that had escaped, and told 
Abram the ' Hebrew ; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre 
the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner : and 
these were confederate with Abram. 
g 14 And when Abram heard that his "brother was taken 
captive, he armed his trained servants, * born in his own 
house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto 
Dan. 

g 15 And he y divided himself against them, he and his 
servants by night, and smote them, and pursued them 
unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 
/ 16 And he z brought back all the goods, and also brought 
again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, 
and the people. 

g 17 ^[ And the king of Sodom went out to a meet him 
(after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and 
of the kings that were with him,) at the valley of Shaveh, 
which is the b king's dale. 

g 18 And c Melchizedek king of Salem brought d forth 
bread and wine : and he was the e priest of the most high 
God. 

b 19 And he { blessed him, and said, s Blessed be Abram 
of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth : 

20 And h blessed be the most high God, which hath J de 
iivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him 
tithes of all. 

i 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the 
persons, and take the goods to thyself, 
c 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have k lifted 
up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the pos- 
sessor of heaven and earth, 

23 That I will not ' take from a thread even to a shoe- 
latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine 
m lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 

24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and 
the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, 
and Mamre ; let them take their portion. 

CHAPTER XV. 

God encourageth Abram, 1. Abram complainelh for want of an heir, 2. 
Godpromiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed, 4. Abram is 
justified bijfailh, G. Canaan is promised again, and confirmed hi a 
sign, 7, and a vision, 12. J 

'A F ? 1 ER lhese things the word of the Lord came unto 
1M. Abram a iu a vision, saying, b Fear not, Abram : I am 
thy c shield, and thy exceeding d great reward. 
/ 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, 
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this 
Eliezer of Damascus 1 

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no 
seed : and lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 
«*4 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, 



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God encourageth Abram 
is shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come 



1 Dt. 2. 22. 
mHab. 3. 3. 
ch 21. 21. 
q ch. 36. 12. 
o2Chr.20.2. 
Song 1.14. 
pJos. 8. 24. 
q Ch. 12. 5. 
r Deut. 28. 
31. 33, 51. 

ch. 13. 11. 
Ruv. 18. 4. 
t Jonah 1.9. 
uch. 11. 27. 
x ch 15. 3. 
& 17. 12. 
yPs. 68.12. 

2 Sam. 1.23. 
z Isa. 41. 2. 
1 Samuel 
30. 18. 
a Pro. 19. 4. 
b 2 Sam. 
18. 18. 
c Ps. 110. 4. 
Heb. 7. 1. 
d Heb. 7. 1. 
John 6. 35. 
Gal. 6. 10. 
e Heb. 7. 3. 
fNu. 6.23. 
gEp. 1.3,6. 
h ch. 9. 26. 
i Ps. 44. 3. 
k Da. 12. 7. 
Rev. 10. 5, 
6. 

1 2 Kings 
5.20. 

1 Kings 13. 
8. 

m Esther 
9. 15, 16. 
a Ac. 10.10. 
bDa. 10. 12. 
cfs. 5. 12. 
dPr.ll. 18. 
e Ps. 127. 3. 
fEccl. 2. 7. 



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2 Sam. 
f. 12. 
h Romans 
9. 7, 8. 
i Rom. 4. 
10,20. 
kRom. 4. 3. 
IRo.4. 2, 3. 
2 Cor. 5. 19. 
m ch. 12. L 
nJgs. 6.17. 
Luke 1. 18. 

Pa. 50. 5. 
Lev. 1. 2. 
p Jb. 38. 25. 
2Tm. 2. 15. 
q Matthew 
13.4. 

Ezek. 17. 3, 
7. 

r ch. 2. 21. 
s Ps. 35. 4. 
t ch. 17. 18. 
Psa. 105. 
11, 12. 
uGal. 3. 17. 
xPs. 51. 4. 
y Ex. 12. 
35,36. 
zEccl.12.7. 
Job 5. 26. 
a Matt. 23. 
32. 

1 Thess. 2. 
16. 

a Heb. a 
lamp of 
fire. 

b ch. 12. 7. 
& 13. 15. 
Deut. 34. 4. 
a ch. 25.21. 
b ch. 12. 16. 
c ch. 20. 18. 
a Heb. be 
buildedby 
her. 

d ch. 3. 6. 
e ch. 12. 5. 
fGal. 4. 22. 
g Prov. 30. 
21,23. 
h Prov. 14 
29. 

i 1 Sam. 2-1. 
13. 

k ch. 24. 10. 
Prov. 15. 1. 
1 Pet. 3. 7. 
1 Prov. 29. 
19. 

m Ec. 10.4. 
nPro. 15.3. 
o ch. 3. 9. 



saying, This 

forth out of thine own °bowels shall be thine heir. 

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now 
toward heaven, and tell the h stars, if thou be able to num- 
ber them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 
c 6 And he i believed k in the Lord ; and ' he counted 
it to him for righteousness. 

s 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought 
thee out of m Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to 
inherit it. 

8 And he said, Lord God, n whereby shall I know that I 
shall inherit it % 

9 And he said unto him, °Take me a heifer of three 
years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of 
three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 

/ 10 And he took unto him all these, and p divided them in 
the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but the 
birds divided he not. 

11 And when the q fowls came down upon the carcasses, 
Abram drove them away. 

v 12 And when the sun was going down, r a deep sleep 
fell upon Abram ; and lo, a horror of great 9 darkness fell 
upon him. 

?• 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy 
seed shall be a stranger hi a land that is 'not theirs, and 
shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them " four hundred 
years ; 

14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will * I 
judge : and afterward shall they come out with y great 
substance. 

15 And thou shalt go to z thy fathers in peace ; thou 
shalt be buried in a good old age. 

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither 
again : for the iniquity of the Amorites is not a yet full. 

m 17 And it came to pass, that when the sun went down, 
and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a - burning 
lamp that passed between those pieces. 

^18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant with 
Abram, saying, b Unto thy seed have I given this land, from 
the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,, 

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Gir- 
gashites, and the Jebusites. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Sarai being barren giveth Hagar to Abram, 1. Hagar being afflicted for 
despising her mistress, runneth aivay, 6. An angel sendeih her back 
to submit herself, 9, and telleth her of her child, 11. Ishmaelis born, 15, 

/I^TO W Sarai, Abram's wife, a bare him no children : and she 
Jl% had a b handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord 
hath ° restrained me from bearing : I pray thee go in unto 
my maid ; it may be that I may " obtain children by her. 
And Abram d hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 
u 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the 
Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt e ten years in the land oi 
Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his f wife. 
/4 ^ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : 
and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress 
was g despised in her eyes. 

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, h My wrong be upon thee : 
I have given my maid into thy bosom ; and when she saw 
that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the 
Lord ' judge between me and thee. 
/ 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is k in thy 
hand ; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai ] dealt 
hardly with her, she m fled from her face. 
m 7 •([ And the angel of the Lord "found her by a fountain 
of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, ° whence earnest 

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Swat's name is changed. 

thou] and whither wilt tuou go ? And she said, P I flee from 

the face of mv mistress Sarai. 

9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to 
thy mistress, and q submit thyself under her hands. 
r 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multi- 
ply r thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for 
multitude. 

1 1 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, 
thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call 
his name Ishmael; because the Lord 5 hath heard thy 
affliction. 

*■* 12 And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be ' against 
every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he 
shall dwell in the presence of all bis brethren. 

* 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto 
her, u Thou God seest me : for she said, Have I also here 
1 looked after him that seeth me 1 

g 14 Wherefore the well was called " Beer-lahai-roi ; be- 
hold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 
/ 15 % And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called 
his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 

16 % And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when 
Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
God reneiceth the covenant, 1. Abram's name is changed in token of a 

greater blessing, 5. Circumcision is instituted, 10. Sarai's name is 

changed, and she blessed, 15. Isaac is promised, 16. Abraham and 

Ishmael are circumcised, 23. 

d i ND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the 
.A. Lord •* appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am 
the D Almighty God ; c walk before me, and be thou perfect. 

* 2 And I will make my covenant d between me and thee, 
and will multiply thee exceedingly. 

« 3 And Abram e fell on his face : and God talked with 
him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou 
shalt be f a father of many nations. 

n 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram ; 
but thy name shall be called Abraham ; for a g father of 
many nations have I made thee. 

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will 
make nations of thee ; and h kings shall come out of thee. 

* 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and 
thee, and ' thy seed after thee 
k everlasting covenant ; to be ! 
seed after thee. 

g 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, 
the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, 
for m an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 
d 9 % And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my 
covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their 
generations. 

s 10 This is n my covenant, which ye shall keep, between 
me and you, and thy seed after thee ; Every ° man-child 
among you shall be p circumcised. 

11 And ye shall circumcise i.he flesh of your foreskin 
and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 

12 And he that is " eight days old shall be circumcised 
among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is 
born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, 
which is not of thy seed. 

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought 
with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my cove- 
nant shall be in p your flesh for an everlasting covenant, 
■w 14 And the uncircumciscd man-child, whose flesh of his 
foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be r cut off from 
Ms people ; he hath 3 broken my covenant. 

15 tT And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy 
wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her 
same be. 

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p 1 Sam. 
26. 19. 

Titus 2. 9. 
1 Pet. 2. 18. 
r ch. 25. 13. 
Psal. 83. 6. 

Exod.3.7. 
Job 38. 41. 
t Ps. 68. 30. 
uPs.9. 13. 
& 25. 18. 
xch. 32.30. 
6 That is, 
The well of 
him that 
liveth and 
seeth tup. 
a ch. 12. 1. 
b Ps. 115. 3. 
c Ps. 116. 9. 
dRom.3.S4. 
1 Cor. 4. 17 
e verse 17. 
Dan. 8. 18. 
fRom. 4. 
16. 

Gal. 3. 28, 
29. 

g Rom. 4. 
16. 

Ifeh. 9. 7. 
hMat.l. 1. 
i Rom. 9. 8, 
9. 

k Luke 1. 
67,72. 

1 Heb. 8. 10. 
Lev. 26. 12. 
mHeb. 9. 
15. 

2 Pet. 1. 11 
n Ex. 12.11. 
Col. 2. 12. 
Rom. 4. 11. 
oGaL3. 28. 
D Deut. 10. 
16. 

Rom. 2. 29. 
a Heb. a 
sonof eight 
days. 
q Rom. 2. 
28. 

r Ex. 4. 24. 
s 1 Cor. 11. 
27,29. 



in their generations, for an 
a God unto thee, and to thv 



GENESIS. Abraham entertaineth three angels, 

T 16 And I will 'bless her, and give thee a son also of her; 
yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of u nations ; 
kings of people shall be of her. 

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and x laughed, and 
said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a 
hundred years old ] and shall Sarah, that is ninety years 
old, bear 1 

d 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might 
live y before thee ! 

* 19 And God said, z Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son 
indeed ; and thou shalt call his name a Isaac: and I will 
establish my covenant with him for an everlasting cove- 
nant, and with his seed after him. 

'•20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I 
have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will mul- 
tiply him exceedingly : b twelve princes shall he beget, 
and I will make him a great nation. 

* 21 But c my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom 
Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 

* 22 And he left off talking with him, and God d went up 
from Abraham. 

d 23 % And Abraham ° took Ishmael his son, and all that 
were born in his house, and all that were bought with Ins 
money, every male among the men of Abraham's house ; 
and f circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, in the s self- 
same day, as God had said unto him. 

/ 24 And Abraham was h ninety years old and nine, when 
he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 

25 And Ishmael his son ivas thirteen years old, when he 
was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 

26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, and 
Ishmael his son ; 

27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and 
bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised 'with 
him. 

CHAPTER XVIII. _ 
Abraham entertaineth three angels, 1. Sarah is reproved for laughing 
at the strange promise, 13. The destruction of Sodom is revealed to 
Abraham, 17 ; Abraham makelh intercession for the men thereof, 23. 

ND the Lord a appeared unto him in the plains of 
Mamre : and he sat in the tent-door in the heat of 
the day ; 

/ 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, b three 
men stood by him : and when he saw them, he c ran to 
meet them from the tent-door, and d bowed himself toward 
the ground, 

d 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found e favour in thy 
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and f wash 
your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 

5 And I will fetch a morsel of e bread, and h comfort ye 
your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on : for * therefore 
are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as 
thou hast said. 

/ 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and 
said, Make ready quickly k three measures of ' fine meal, 
knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a call 
tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he 

hasted to dress it. 

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had 
dressed, and set it before them ; and he n stood by them 
under the tree, and they did ° eat. 

/9 f And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife 1 
And he said, Behold, in the p tent. 

r 10 And he said, I will certainly q return unto thee ac- 
cording to the time of life ; and lo, Sarah thy wife shall 
have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which 
was behind him. 

1 1 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and r well stricken 

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t ch. 1. 28. 
ulPct.3.6 
Gal. 4. 26. 
x Rom. 4. 
19, 20. 
John 8. 56. 
y Ps. 4. 6. 
Isai. 59. 2. 
Ps. 41. 12. 
h. 4. 12, 14. 
z ch. 18. 10. 
&21.G. 
a Gal. 4.28. 
Rom. 9.7.8. 
1. ch. 25. 12. 
Acts 7. 8. 
c Rom. 9. 
5,0. 

Luke 1. 55, 
72. 

G~al. 3. 29. 
,1 ch. 35. 13. 

e Mall. 16. 

24. 

fRnm.4.11. 
» Pa. II 9. GO. 
h ch. 12. 4. 
Prov. 10. 7. 
i ch. 18. 19. 
a Ja«. 2. 22. 
h neb. 13.2 
C Rom. 12, 

i:i. 

1 ch. 23. 7. 
och.32.5. 
Oh. 19.2. 
cMat.6. 11. 

i, I ■.ID. 1. 

ch. 19.8. 
k .Matt. 13. 
33. 

mMal.1.14. 

n Nch. 12. 

II. 

G.i I. 5. )?.. 

O Jllll^'i'd 

pch.24. 67. 

a Rom. 9. 

8.9. 

r Luke I. 7, 

18. 



Abraham intercedeth for Sodom. 

in age ; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the s manner 

of women. 

« 1 2 Therefore Sarah ' laughed within herself, saying, 
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my n lord being 
old also 1 

13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, * Wherefore did 
Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which 
am old ? 

r 14 Is any thing y too hard for the Lord t At the time 
appointed z I will return unto thee, according to the time 
of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 

u 15 Then Sarah a denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she 
was afraid. And he said, Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 

g 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked 
toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them b to bring 
them on the way. 

17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that 
thing which c I do ; 

*• 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great 
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be 
blessed d in him ? 

d 19 For c I know him, that he will f command his children 
and his household after him, and they shall keep the way 
of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord 
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of 
him. 

s 20 And the Lord said, Because the g cry of Sodom and 
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, 
21 I h will go down now, and see whether they have done 
altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto 
me ; and if not, I will ' know. 

t 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and 
went toward Sodom : but Abraham k stood yet before the 
Lord. 

d 23 And Abraham ] drew near, and said, Wilt thou also 
destroy m the righteous with the wicked 1 

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city : 
wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty 
righteous that are therein 1 

t 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay 
the righteous with the wicked ; and that the righteous 
should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : n Shall not 
the Judge of all the earth do right 1 

b 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous 
within the city, then I will spare all ° the place for their 
sakes. 

« 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have 
taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am p but 
dust and ashes : 

* 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty right- 
eous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five 1 
And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not de- 
stroy it. 

29 And he spake unto him q yet again, and said, Perad- 
venture there shall be forty found there. And he said, I 
will not do it for forty's sake. 

30 And he said unto him, r Oh, let not the Lord be an- 
gry, and I will speak : Peradventure there shall thirty be 
found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty 
there. 

* 31 And he said, Behold now, 9 I have taken upon me to 
speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there shall be twenty 
found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty'*s 
sake. 

32 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I 

will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall 

be found there. And he said, ' I will not destroy it for 

ten's sake. 

« 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left 



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sLev.15.19. 
Rom. 4. 19. 
t verse 13. 
chap. 9. 21. 
a 1 Pet. 3.6. 
x John2.25. 
yLukel.37. 
z Micah 7. 
18. 

Luke 1. 13, 
18. 

a ch. 4. 9. 
b Rom. 15. 
24. 

c2Chr.20. 
7. 

Amos 3. 7. 
John 15. 15. 
Ps. 25. 14. 
dch. 12.3. 
Acts 3. 25. 
Gal. 3. 8. 
e Ps. 1. 6. 
2 Tim. 2. 19. 
fDeut. 6. 7, 
g ch. 4. 10. 
hch. 11.5. 
i En. 33. 5. 
k Jer. 5. 1. 
IHb. 10. 22. 
James 4. 8. 
m Ezek. 20 
47. 

n John 5. 
22,27. 
o Jer. 5. 1. 
Ezek. 22.30. 
Isaiah 65.8. 
p ch. 3. 19. 
Job 4. 19. 
Eccl. 12. 7. 
Isaiah 6. 5. 
Luke 5. 8. 
qHeb.4. 16. 
Eph. 6. 18. 
rfls. 9. 12. 
& 10. 17. 
s Luke 18.1. 
& 11. 8. 
t Ja. 5. 16. 
Jer. 4. 11. 
Ezek. 16. 48. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
Ex. 32. 9. 
10, 14. 



GENESIS. The Sodomites stricken with blindness. 

communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned unto 
his place. . 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Lot entertaineth two angels, 1. The vicious Sodomites are stricken with 
blindness, 4. Lot is sent for safety into the mountain, 12. He ob- 
taineth leave to go into Zoar, 18. Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed, 
24. Lot's wife is made a pillar of salt, 26. Lot dwelleth in a cave, 30. 
The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon, 31. 

f k ND there came a two angels to Sodom at even ; and 
J$L Lot b sat in the gate of Sodom ; and Lot, seeing them, 
rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face 
toward the ground ; 

d 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, 
into your servant's house, and tarry all night, c and wash 
your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. 
And they said, d Nay ; but we will abide in the street all 
night. 

3 And he c pressed upon them greatly ; and they f turned 
in unto him, and entered into his house ; and he made them 
a feast, and did bake g unleavened bread, and they did eat. 

g 4 ^f But h before they lay down, the men of the city, even 
the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, ' both old 
and young, all the people from every quarter : 

c 5 And k they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where 
are the men which came in to thee this night 1 bring them 
out unto us, that we may ' know them. 

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the 
door after him, 

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 
u 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not 

known man ; let me, I pray you, m bring them out unto 
you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto 
these men do nothing ; for therefore came they under the. 
n shadow of my roof. 

c 9 And they said, ° Stand back. And they said again, 
This one fellow came in p to sojourn, and he will q needs be 
a judge : Now will we r deal worse with thee than with 
them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and 
came near to break the door. 

- 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into 
the house to them, and shut the door. 
to 1 1 And they smote the men that were at the door of the 
house with " blindness, both small and great : so that they 
wearied themselves to find the door. 
d 12 % And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any 
besides 1 son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, 
and whatsoever thou hast in the city, s bring them out of 
this place : 

r 13 For we will destroy this place, because the * cry of 
them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and 
the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 
w 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, 
which u married his daughters, and said, Up, x get you out 
of this place ; for the Lord will destroy this city : but he 
seemed as one that y mocked unto his sons-in-law. 
d 15 *[[ And when the morning arose, then the angels has- 
tened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daugh- 
ters which are here, lest thou be consumed z in the ini- 
quity of the city. 

/ 16 And while he a lingered, the men laid h hold upon his 
hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand 
of his two daughters; the Lord being c merciful unto him; 
and they brought him forth, and set him without the city, 
w 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them 
forth abroad, that d he said, Escape e for thy life : f look not 
behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain : escape to 
the g mountain, lest thou be consumed. 

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, h not so, my Lord ! 
c 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy 
sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercv, which thou hast 

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ach. 18.22, 
b ch. 18. 1. 
c ch. 18. 4. 
(1 Luke 24. 
28,29. 
e Acts 12.5. 
fLukell.8. 
g ch. 18. 6. 
h Pr. 6. 18. 
Rom. 3. 15. 
i Ex. 16. 2. 
&23. 2. 
k Isa. 3. 9. 
1 ch. 4. 1. 
Judges 19. 
22. 

Rom. 1. 23, 
24, 

mRom.3.8. 
ch. 42. 37. 
n Judges 9. 
15. 

Isa. 65. 5. 

1 Sam. 17. 
44.. 

p 2 Pet. 2. 7. 
q Matt. 13. 
55. 

r Matt. 7. 6. 
Jer. 3. 3. 
a Heb. 
blindnesses 
2Kgs.6.18. 
s ch. 7. 1. 
Josh. 6. 22. 
t ch. 18. 10. 
u Mat. 1.18. 
x Ex. 12.31. 
y Matt. 24. 
38. 

zRev. 18.4. 
arti. 43. 10. 
l)John6.44. 
Zech. 2. 3. 
elsai.63. 9. 
dch. 18.22. 
o 1 Kings 
19. 3. 

f Luke 9.62. 
Ph. 3. 13, 14. 
g Matt. 24. 
16. 

Ps. 121. I. 
h Arts 10. 

Il'4. 



Abraham denieth his wife. 



shewed unto me in saving my life : and I cannot escape 
to the mountain, lest some i evil take me, and I die : 

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a 
little one : Oh, let me escape thither ! (is it not a little 
one 1) and my soul shall live. 

21 And he said unto him, See, I have k accepted thee 
concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this 
city, for the which thou hast spoken. 

g 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for ! I cannot do any 
thing till thou be come thither : therefore the name of 
the city was called Zoar. 

/ 23 if The sun was m risen upon the earth when Lot en- 
tered into Zoar. 

g 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom n and upon Go- 
morrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; 

a 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and 
all the inhabitants of the cities, and "that which grew 
upon the ground. 

c 26 if But his wife p looked back from behind him, and 
she became q a pillar of salt. 

4 27 if And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the 
place where r he stood before the Lord : 

g 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and 
toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the 
3 smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 

* 29 if And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities 
of the plain, that God ' remembered Abraham, and sent 
Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew 
the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 

g 30 if And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt u in the 
mountain, and his two daughters with him ; for he feared 
to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two 
daughters. 

/ 31 if And the first-born said unto the younger, Ourfather 
is old, and there is x not a man in the earth y to come in 
unto us after the manner of all the earth : 

32 z Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we 
will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 

« 33 And they made their father a drink wine that night : 
and the first-born went in, and lay with her father ; and 
he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first- 
born said unto the younger^ Behold, I lay yesternight with 
my father : let us make him drink wine this night also 
and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve 
seed of our father. 

« 35 And they made their father drink wine that night 
also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he 
perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 

36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child b by 
then* father. 

/ 37 And the first-bcrn bare a son, and called his name 
5 Moab : the same is the father of the c Moabites unto this 
day. 

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his 
aame c Ben-ammi : the same is the father of the children 
of Ammon unto this d;iv. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 1, denieth his ivife, and loseth her, 2. 

Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream, 3. He rebukclh Abraham, 9, 

restoreth Sarah, 14, and reproveth her, 16. He is healed by Abraham's 

prayer, 17. 

AND Abraham journeyed a from thence toward the 
south country, and dwelled between b Kadesh and 
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, c She is my sis- 
ter : And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 
v 3 But a God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, 
and said to him, Behold, thou art but e a dead man, for the 
tvoman which thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife. 



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i Dt. 31. 17 
lKgs. 9. 9. 
kPs. 145.19. 

1 Mark 6.5. 
Iaa. 65. 8. 
m Iaa. 47. 
11. 

nDt. 29.23. 
Hoseall.8. 

2 Pet. 2. 6. 
Jude 5, 7. 
Jer. 20. 16. 
och. 14. 3. 
Dt. 19. 13. 

p verse 17. 
Luke 17. 
31, 32. 
q2Sam. 18. 
18. 

r ch. 18. 21, 
22. 

s Rev. 18. 9. 
tch.18.22. 
u verge 17, 
19,23. 
James 1. 8. 
x Mark 9. 6. 
verse 28. 
y ch. 6. 4. 
& 16. 2, 4. 
Deut. 25. 5. 
z ch. 11. 3. 
a ch. 9. 21. 
1 Cor. 11. 
25. 

b verse 8. 
Judg. 1. 7. 
1 Sam. 15. 
33. 

lkgs.19.21. 
o That is, 
Of liis fa- 
ther. 

c Ruth 3. 11. 
Matt. 1. 5. 
Num.21.29. 
Judg. 3. 14. 

That is, 
The son of 
my people. 
a ch. 18. 1. 
bch.16. 7. 
c Pr. 24. 16. 
d Pa. 105. 14. 
e verse 7, 
Ezek. 33, 
14, 15. 



GENESIS. Isaac's birth and circumcision. 

4 But Abimelech had f not come near her : and he said, 
Lord, wilt thou slay also g a righteous nation 1 

» 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even 
she herself said, He is my brother : h in the integrity of 
my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 

6 And God said unto him in a dream, s Yea, I know 
that thou didst tins in the integrity of thy heart ; for I also 
k withheld thee from sinning ' against me : therefore ° suf- 
fered I thee not to touch her. 

d 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife ; for he is 
m a prophet, and he n shall pray for thee, and thou shalt 
live : and if thou ° restore her not, know thou that thou 
shalt surely die, p thou and all that are thine. 
/8 Therefore Abimelech q rose early in the morning, 
and called all his servants, and told all these things in their 
ears : and the men were sore afraid. 

u 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, 
What hast thou done unto us 1 and what have I offended 
thee, that thou hast r brought on me and on my kingdom 
a s great sin 1 thou hast done deeds unto me that ought 
not to be done. 

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest 
thou that thou hast done this thing ? 

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the 
'fear of God is not in this place ; and they will slay me for 
my wife's sake. 

/ 12 And yet indeed she is u my sister ; she is the daugh- 
ter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother : and 
she became my wife. 

13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to "wan- 
der from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is 
thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me ; at every 
place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother, 
c 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-ser- 
vants, and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, 
and restored him Sarah his wife. 

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee : 
dwell where it pleaseth thee. 

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given y thy 
brother a thousand pieces of silver : behold, he is to thee a 
covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee, and with 
all other : l thus she was reproved. 
™17 So Abraham prayed unto God : and God a healed 
Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants ; and they 
bare children. 

18 For the Lord had b fast closed up all the wombs of 
the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Isaac is bom, 1 : He is circumcised, 4. Sarah's w/, 6. Hagar and 
Ishmael are cast forth, 9. Hagar in distress, 15. Tlie angel comforteth 
her, 17- Abimelech's covenant tvith Abraham at Beer-sheba, 22. 

AND the Lord "visited Sarah as he had said, and the 
Lord did unto Sarah b as he had spoken. 
2 For Sarah c conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his 
old age, at the d set time of which God had spoken to him. 
n 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was 
born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, e Isaac. 
d 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being r eight 
days old, as God had commanded him. 
/ 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his 
son Isaac was born unto him. 

6 if And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, e so 
that all that hear will laugh with me. 

7 And she said, b Who would have said unto Abraham, 
that Sarah should have given children * suck 1 for I have 
borne him a son in his old age. 

8 And the child grew, and was k weaned : and Abraham 
made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 
/ 9 if And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, 
which she had borne unto Abraham, ' mocking. 

15 



B. Christ 
1897. 



F«sh. 4. 1. 

17, 18. 
h l Kings 

i 1 Kings 

1.29. 
Jonah 3. 10. 
k Pr. 21. 1. 
lSm.25.26. 
ch. 31.7. 
I Ps. 51. 4. 
ch. 39. 9. 
a Hcb. gave 
thee not. 
Ps. 81. 12. 
mPs.74.15. 
nJcr.14.11. 
1 Kgs. 13. 6. 
oLev.6.4,7. 
p 2 Sam. 24. 
17. 

ch. 12. 15. 
q Job 1. 5. 
r Rev. 2. 14. 
sRo. 2. 14. 
ch. 38. 84. 
U'V. 20. 10. 
i Sam. 12. 
5. 10, 1 1. 
tl'rov.lfi. 6. 
ch. 42. 18. 
Rom. 3. 11. 
ueh. U.Si). 
xlleb. 11.8. 
y verso 5. 
Prov. 27. 5. 
z Jonah 1.6. 
a Jag. 5. 16. 
blSm.5.10. 

«Lu. i.ea 

bch. 17.19. 
Psal. 12. 6. 
Titus 1. 2 
cflb. 11.11. 
dch. 18.10. 
Gnl. 4. 22. 

h. 17. 19. 
fUt. 12. 8. 
aim. 54. I. 
Gal. 4. 22. 
hiR». 49.21. 
i Ps. 22. 9. 
k Ps. 131.2. 
I Gal. 4.29. 
Job 30. I. 
Lam. 1. 7. 



B. Christ 
1898. 



mGal.4.24. 
Prov.20.11. 
nGal.3. 18. 
& 4. 24, 30. 
1 Pet. 1. 7. 
John 8. 35. 
1 John 2. 19. 

ch. 17. 18. 
p Romans 
9. 7, 8. 
q ch. 17. 20. 
r Gal. 4. 23 
3 Matt. 15. 
32. 

tPr.21.16. 
u Isa. 35. 6. 
xJudg.14.2. 

1 Cor. 7. 38. 
y ch. 20. 2. 
1 Sam. 2. 30. 

1 Kings 11. 
40. 

Deut.28.13. 
Neh. 2. 6. 
Dan. 3. 30. 
ch. 41. 37, 
38. 

z ch. 39. 3. 
Josh. 3. 7. 

2 Chr. 1. 1. 
a 1 Sam. 30. 
15. , 
2 Cor. 1.23. 
b ch. 14. 23. 
Jcr. 4. 2. 
c ch. 20. 14. 
dHeb.6.10. 
Rom. 19. 18. 
ch. 14. 13. 
ech.26. 19. 
Judg. 1. 15. 
fch. 13.7. 
2Kgs. 5. 22. 
gPr. 18.24. 
hch.31. 46. 
48. 

a That is, 
The well of 
the oath, 
ch. 26. 33. 
i Rom. 16. 
26. 
1 Tim. 1.17, 



Abimelech covenanteth with Abraham. GENESIS. 

10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, m Cast out this 
bond-woman, and her son : for the son of this bond-woman 
shall not be n heir with my son, even with Isaac. 

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, 
because of his son. 

12 t And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous 
in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond- 
woman ; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken 
unto her voice : for p in Isaac shall thy seed be called 

r 13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will I q make 
a nation, because he is thy seed. 

g 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and 
took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar 
(putting it on her shoulder) and the child, and sent her 
away: and she departed, and 'wandered in the wilderness 
of Beer-sheba. 

/ 15 And the water was s spent in the bottle, and she 
cast the child under one of the shrubs. 

16 And she went, and sat her down over against him, 
a good way off, as it were a bow-shot ': for she said, Let 
me not see the ' death of the child. And she sat over 
against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 
/ 17 And God heard the voice of the lad : and the angel 
e,f God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her 
What aileth thee, Hagar ? Fear not ; for God hath heard 
the voice of the lad where he is. 

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand 
for I will make him a great nation. 

™ 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a u well of 
water : and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and 
gave the lad drink. 

20 And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt 
in the wilderness, and became an archer. 
g 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and his 
x mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 
"/ 22 Tf And it came to pass at that time, that y Abimelech 
and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abra- 
ham, saying, z God is with thee in all that thou doest : 

23 Now therefore a swear unto me here by God, b that 
thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor 
with my son's son : but according to the kindness that c I 
have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the 
land wherein thou hast sojourned. 

24 And Abraham said, d I will swear. 
p 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of 
well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently 
taken away. 

26 And Abimelech said, f I wot not who hath done this 
thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, 
but to-day. 

/ 27 And Abraham g took sheep and oxen, and gave them 
unto Abimelech : and both of them made a covenant. 

28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by 
themselves. 

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean 
these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by them- 
selves 1 

30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou 
take of my hand, that they may be h a witness unto me 
that I have digged this well. 

s 31 Wherefore he called that place "Beer-sheba; because 
there they sware both of them. 

g 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba : then 
Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his 
host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 

* 33 ^f And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and 
called there on the name of the Lord, Hhe everlasting God. 
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land 
many days. 



B. Christ 
1872. 



a Acts 7. 3. 

Job 3. 25, 26. 

b Jam. 1.12. 

lCor.10.13. 

c Jam. 1. 19. 

d Heb. 11. 

17. 

eRom.8.32. 

f2Chr. 3. 1. 

g ch. 21. 14. 

Ps. 119. 60. 

Heb. 11. 19. 

hi Sam. 16. 

12. 

iHeb. 12. 1. 

Matt. 9. 16. 

k Heb. 11. 

19. 

1 John 19. 

17. 

Luke 24. 27. 

m Ex. 12. 5. 

n 2 Chr. 25. 

9. 

o ch. 8.20. 

pMark 15.1. 

q Heb. 11. 

17. 

rver.12. 16. 

3 ch. 21. 17. 

t Heb. 11.19. 

u Ps. 1. 6. 

x Ps. 2. 11. 

y Is. 30. 21 

zlPt.l. 19. 

a Matt. 27. 

29. 

a That is, 

The Lord 

will see, or 

provide, 

Ex. 17. 15. 

b Deut. 32. 

36. 

c Heb. 6.13. 

dch. 12.2. 

Rom. 4. 13, 

14. 

e ch. 13. 16. 

f Deut. 21. 

19. 

Ps. 2. 8, 9. 

Dan. 2. 44, 

45. 

1 Cor. 13. 57. 

g Gal. 3. 39. 

Rom. 1. 3. 

li Job 1. 1. 

i. Tob 32. 2. 



Abraham tempted to offer Isaac. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac, 1 : He giveth proof of his faith and 
obedience, 3 : The angel siayeth him, 11. Isaac is exchanged with a 
ram, 13. The place is called Jehovah-jireh, 14. Abraham is blessed 
again, 15. The generation ofNahor unto Mebekah, 20. 

/ A ND it came to pass a after these things, that God did 
XiL b tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham : And 
he said, Behold, c here I am. 

g 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine d only sbn 
Isaac, e whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of 
f Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one 
of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 
<*3 if And Abraham s rose up early in the morning, and sad- 
dled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and 
Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and 
rose up,andwent unto the place of which God had told him. 
/ 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and 
11 saw the place afar off. 

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, * Abide ye 
here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and 
worship, and k come again to you. 

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and 
'laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took the fire in his hand 
and a knife : and they went both of them together. 

s 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, 
My father : and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, 
Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the m lamb for 
a burnt-offering ? 

8 And Abraham said, My son, n God will provide him- 
self a lamb for a burnt-offering : so they went both of them 
together. 

9 And they came to the place which God had told him 
of; and Abraham built ° an altar there, and laid the wood 
in order; and p bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the 
altar upon the wood. 

* 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the 
knife q to slay his son. 

™ 1 1 And the r angel of the Lord called unto him s out of 
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here 
am I. 

12 And he said, *Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither 
do thou any thing unto him : for now u I know that thou 
fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine 
only son, from me. 

/ 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and 
behold, y behind him z a ram caught in a a thicket by his 
horns : And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered 
him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 
t 14 And Abraham called the name of that place "Jeho- 
vah-jireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the 
Lord b it shall be seen. 

t 15 % And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham 
out of heaven the second time, 

16 And said, c By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, 
d for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not with- 
held thy son, thine only son : 

/ 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying 
I will multiply e thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as 
the sand which is upon the sea-shore ; and thy seed shall 
f possess the gate of his enemies ; 
& 18 And in s thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be 
blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 
gl9 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and 
they rose up, and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abra- 
ham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 

/ 20 «tJ And it came to pass after these things, that it was 
told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne 
children unto thy brother Nahor ; 

21 h Huz his first-born, and ; Buz his brother, and Re- 
ran el the father of Aram. 

16 



GENESIS. 

and Jidlaph, 



The purchase of Machpelah. 

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash 
and Bethuel. 

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah 
did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she 
bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and k Maachah. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

The age and death of Sarah, 1. The purchase of Machpelah, 3, where 

Sarah was buried, 19. 

AND Sarah was a a hundred and seven and twenty 
years old : these were the years of the b life of 
Sarah. 

g 2 And Sarah died c in Kirjath-arba ; the same is Hebron 
in the land of Canaan : And Abraham came d to mourn for 
Sarah, and to weep for her. 

/ 3 If And Abraham stood up e from before his dead, and 
spake unto the sons of f Heth, saying, 

4 I am s a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me 
a possession of a h burying-place with you, that I may bury 
my dead * out of my sight. 

5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying 
unto him, 

6 Hear us, my lord ; thou art " a mighty prince 
k among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy 
dead : none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre 
but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 

d 7 And Abraham stood up and ' bowed himself to the 
people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 

8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be 'your 
mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, 
and entreat for me to Ephron the son of "Zohar, 

9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he 
hath, which is in the end of his field ; for as much money as 
it is worth he shall give it me, for n a possession of a burying- 
place among you. 

o 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And 
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of 
the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate 
of ° his city, saying, 

u 1 1 Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and 
the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; injhe presence of 
ihe sons of p my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 

12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the peo- 
ple of the land. 

/13 And he spake unto Ephron, in the audience of the 
people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray 
thee, hear me : q I will give thee money for the field : take 
it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 

1 5 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is worth four 
hundred shekels of silver ; what is that betwixt me and 
thee 1 bury therefore thy dead 

16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abra- 
ham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named 
in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels 
of silver, current money with the merchant. 
* 17 ^ And the field of Ephron, which ivas in Machpelah, 
■ which was before Mamrc, the field and the cave which 



B. Christ 

1859 . 

k Pr. 25. 25. 

1 Kings 15. 

12. 

a ch. 17. 17. 

blPet.3. 6. 

c ch. 13. 18. 

d ch. 50. 9, 

10. 

e John 11. 

31. 

f ch. 10. 15. 

g 1 Chr. 29. 

15. 

h Acts 7. 5. 

iEccl.12.1. 

a Heb. a 

prince of 

God, 

Ps. 47. 4. 

ch. 21.22. 

Uohn 3.1,2. 

kch. 21.22. 

12Sam.l6.4. 

4 Heb. 

your soul, 

Deut.21.14. 

Ps. 27. 12. 

mch.46.10. 

n ch. 13. 5. 

o Mat. 9. 1. 

ch. 24. 10. 

Luke 2.3,4. 

p Luke 19. 

14. 

Ruth 4. 1, 

4,9. 

q 2 Sam. 

24.22. 

Col. 4. 5. 

Philip. 4. 8. 

r ch. 49. 32. 

verse 20. 

sJer.32.7,9. 

e Heb. 

stood up, 

verse 20. 

Jer. 32. 7,9. 

t Matt. 10. 

16. 

Ps. 112. 5. 

Col. 4; 5. 

u Ruth 4. 1 

ch. 34. 20. 

xch. 49. 31. 

& 50. 5, 13. 

&25. 9. 



Abraham sweareth Ms servant. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 



B. Christ 
1857. 



a Heb. gone 
into day.?, 
chap. 25. 20. 
with 21. 5. 
a ch. 12. 2. 
Prov.10.22. 
h 1 Tim. 5. 
17. 

c ch. 47. 29. 
a ch. 31.53. 
cDeut.6.13. 
f Ex. 34.10. 
Deut. 7. 3. 
g chap. 11. 
28,29. 
li Pr. 13. 10. 
i Gal. 5. 1. 
Heb. 11. 9. 

k Ps. 34,4.0. 

1 Hob. 1.14. 

m Josh. 2. 

17. 

n ell. 33. 13, 

14. 

Prov. 12. 10, 

o2Kingsa 

14. 

Mil. 7. 7. 
Ipch.27.20, 
1 Ps. 127. 1. 

I Thus. 3. 

11. 

q Ts. 37. 5. 

Lamcn. 3. 



r verse 7. 
Jndg. 0. 17, 
37. 
. 1 Sam. 11. 

was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that; \ J » 
were in all the borders round about were ■ made c sure 



18 Unto Abraham for a possession 'in the presence of 
the children of Heth, before all that went in at the u gate 
of his city. 

19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the 
cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamie : the same 
is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 

/ 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein were 
made sure unto Abraham for a possession of " a burying- 
place, by the sons of Heth. 

5 C 



verso 45. 
.ludg. C. 30. 
Dan. 9. 23. 
Isa. 65. 21. 
Pa, 145. 18. 
t Pr. 31. 27. 
Ex. 2. lfi. 
Ina. 3. 16. 
chap. 29. 9. 
6 Heb. good 
of counte- 
nance. 
u chap. 4. 1. 
Song 1. 8. 
&5.2. 
x verso 18, 
19,20. 

ytukeaw. 



Abraham sweareth his servant, 1 : The servant's journey, 10 : His pray- 
er, 12 : His sign, 14. Rebekah meeteth him, 15, fulfill eth his sign, 18, 
receiveth jewels, 22, sheiveth her kindred, 23, and iiiviteth him home, 
25. The servant blesseth God, 26 : Laban entertaineth him, 29. The 
servant sheweth his message, 34 : Laban and Bethuel approve it, 50. 
Rebekah consenteth to go, 5S : Isaac meeteth her, 62. 

/A ND Abraham was old and a well stricken in age : and 
1l the Lord a had blessed Abraham in all things. 
2 And Abraham said unto his b eldest servant of his 
house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy 
hand c under my thigh : 

s 3 And I will make thee a swear e by the Lord, the God 
of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not 
take a wife unto my son of the f daughters of the Canaan- 
ites among whom I dwell : 

d 4 But thou shalt go unto e my country, and to my kin- 
dred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 

5 And the servant said unto him, h Peradventure the 
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : 
must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from 
whence thou earnest 1 

6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou 
bring not my son l thither again. 

e 7 ^| The Lord God of heaven, which k took me from my 
father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which, 
spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy 
seed will I give this land : he shall send ' his angel before 
thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, 
then thou shalt be m clear from this mine oath ; only bring 
not my son thither again. 

c 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abra- 
ham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 

g 10 ^f And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of. 
his master, and departed ; (for all the goods of his master 
were in his hand ;) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, 
unto the city of Nahor. 

/ll And he made his camels n to kneel down without 
the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, even 
the time that women go out to draw water : 

<l 12 ^f And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, 
I pray thee, p send me good speed this day, and shew kind- 
ness unto my master Abraham. 

13 Behold, I q stand here by the well of water ; and the 
daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water : 

14 And r let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I 
shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may 
drink ; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels 
drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for 
thy servant Isaac ; and thereby shall I know that thou hast 
shewed kindness unto my master. 

/ 1 5 % And it came to pass, 9 before he had done speaking, 
that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethu- 
el, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, 
with her ' pitcher upon her shoulder. 

16 And the damsel * was very fan to look upon, a vir- 
; neither had any man u known her : and she went 

down to the well, aiid filled her pitcher, and came up. 

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, 
I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 

18 And she said, Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and 
let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 

19 And whenshehad done giving him drink, she said, I will 
draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 
/ 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the 
trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and 
drew for all his camels. 

21 And theman, x wonderingat«her, 5 held hispeace,towit 

whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous, or not. 

17 



The servant sheiveth his message, 
f 



GENESIS. 



Isaac marrieth Rebekah. 



22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drink- 
ing, that the man took a golden c ear-ring, of half a shekel 
weight, and two bracelets for her hands often shekels weight 
of gold, 

23 And said, Whose daughter art thou 1 tell me, I pray 
thee : is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in ? 

24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethu- 
el z the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 

25 She said, moreover, unto him, We have both straw 
and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 

26 And the man a bowed down his head, and worship- 
ped the Lord. 

c 27 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master 
Abraham, who hath b not left destitute my master of his 
mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me 
to the house of my master's c brethren. 

28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her d mother's 
house iliese things. 

/ 29 % And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was La- 
fcan : and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 

30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear-ring, and 
bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the 
words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man 
unto me ; that he came unto the man, and behold, he stood 
by the camels at the well. 

31 And he said, Come in, thou e blessed of the Lord, 
wherefore standest thou without 1 for I have prepared the 
house, and room for the camels. 

/ 32 And the man came into the house : and he ungirded 
his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, 
and water to f wash his feet, and the men's feet that were 
with him. 

! 33 And there was set meat before him to eat : but he 
said, g I will not eat until I have told mine errand. And 
he said, Speak on. 

34 And he said, I am h Abraham's servant. 

35 And * the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and 
he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and 
herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid- 
servants, and camels, and asses. 

36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my 
master when she k was old : and unto him hath he given 
all that he hath. 

/ 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt 
not take a wife to my son ' of the daughters of the Ca- 
naanites, in whose land I dwell : 

i 38 But thou shalt go unto m my father's house, and to 
my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 

39 And I said unto my master, n Peradventure the wo- 
man will not follow me. 

»' 40 <And he said unto me, The Lord, ° before whom I 
walk, will send his angel with thee, and p prosper thy way ; 
and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and 
of my father's house. 

41 Then shalt thou be clear from this q mine oath, when 
thou comest to my kindred ; and if they give not thee one. 
thou shalt be clear from my oath. 

/ 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord 
God of my master Abraham, if now thou do r prosper my 
way which I go : 

43 Behold, 3 1 stand by the well of water ; and it shall 
come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw -fj 
water, and I aay to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water 
of thy pitcher to drink ; 

44 And she say to me, l Both drink thou, and I will also 
draw for thy camels : let the same be the woman whom 
tne Lord hath appointed out for my master's son. 
* ? S ,^ n « before l llad done speaking "in mine heart, 
"Behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her 



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shoulder ; and she went down unto the well, and drew 
water : and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 

46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher 
from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy 
camels drink also : so I drank, and she made the camels 
drink also. 

/ 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou 1 
And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom 
Milcah bare unto him : and I put the ear-ring x upon her 
face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 

48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the 
; fcha I5 i84' Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, 

& 19. 2. ' " 



c Or, jewel 
for the 
forehead, 
1 Pet. 3. 4. 
Isa. 3. 21. 
Ex. 32. 2, 3. 
z.ch. 22. 23. 
a Ex. 4. 31. 
chap. 22. 5. 
Ps. 66. 4. 
b ch. 32. 10. 
c ch. 13. 8. 
d verse 48, 
67. 

chap. 31.38. 
e ch. 26. 29. 
Ruth 3. 10. 



g Eph. 6. 5, 

6. 

Job 23. 12. 

h verse 2. 

i Prov. 10. 

Mat. 6. 33. 
Ps. 112. 3. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
k ch. 18. 11. 
Rom. 4. 19. 
Titus 1. 2. 
1 verse 3. 
Ezra 9. 1,2, 
3. 

chap. 6. 2. 
& 27. 46. 
& 21.21. 
m ch. 12. 1. 
n verse 5. 

verse 7. 
chap. 5. 22. 
& 17. 1. 
2Kgs.20.3. 
p Ps. 1. 3. 
& 91. 11. 
q Deut 29. 
12. 

r veree 12. 
Ezra 8. 21. 
Ps. 90. 17. 
s verse 13. 
t Heb. 13. 2. 
u Rom.8.26. 

1 Sam. 1.13. 
Neh. 2. 4. 
2Sam.7-27. 



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x verse 22. 
Ezek. 16.12. 
Isa. 62. 4 
Eph. 5. 26. 
Zeph. 3. 17. 
Isa. 62. 5. 
y Ezra 8. 21 
d Heb. do 
mercy and 
truth, 
chap. 32. 10. 

1 Sam. 2. 6. 
chap. 47.29. 
Josh. 2. 14. 
Prov. 3. 3. 
zch. 31.24 

2 Sam. 13. 
22. 

aver. 26, 48 
Ps. 116. 1. 
b Deut. 33 
13. 

Song 4 13. 
2Chr.21.3. 
Ezra 1. 6. 
c verse 56. 
dch.Sl.31 
Judg. 14. 3. 
e ch. 35. 8. 
1 Thess. 2. 
7. 

Num. 11. 12. 
f ch. 14. 19. 
"Dan. 7. 10 
Ku.'li 4. 10. 
h Lev. 25. 



ha p. 3. 24. 
Ps. 45. 10. 
k ch. 10. 14. 
&.H5. 11. 
1 ch. 12. 9. 
e Or, to 
pray. 
m Ps. 1. 2. 
n 2 Cor. II. 
5. 

ochap.23.2. 
Song 8. 2. 
pEph.5.25. 



[which had led me in the y right way to take my master's 
brother's daughter unto his son. 

T 49 And now if ye will deal * kindly and truly with my 
master, tell me : and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the 
right hand, or to the left. 

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, and said, The 
thing proceedeth from the Lord : we cannot speak unto 
thee z bad or good. 

51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, 
and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the Lord hath 
spoken. 

c 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant 
heard their words, he a worshipped the Lord, bowing him- 
self to the earth. 

/53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and 
jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. 
He gave also to her brother and to her mother b precious 
things. 

54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that 
were with him, and tarried all night ; and they rose up 
in the morning, and he said, c Send me away unto my 
master. 

55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the dam- 
sel abide with us a few days, at the least ten ; after that 
she shall go. 

56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the 
Lord hath prospered my way : send me away, that I may 
go to my master. 

57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire 
d at her mouth. 

58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt 
thou go with this man ? And she said, I will go. 

/ 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her 
e nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 

60 And they f blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, 
Thou art our sister ; be thou the mother of g thousands o\ 
millions, and let thy seed h possess the gate of those which 
hate them. 

61 IT And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode 
upon the camels, and J followed the man : and the servant 
took Rebekah, and went his way. 

/ 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well k Lahai- 
roi ; for he dwelt in the ' south country. 

c 63 And Isaac went out to ' m meditate in the field at the 
even-tide : and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, 
the camels were coming. 

/ 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw 
Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 

° 65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this 
that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the servant 
had, said, It is my master : therefore she took n a vail and 
covered herself. 

66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done 
/ 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother ° Sarah's 
tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife ; and 
he p loved her : and Isaac was comforted after hig mo- 
ther's death. 

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Esau and Jacob born. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

The s<ms of Jlbraham by Keturah, 2 : The division of his goods, 5 : His 
age and death , 7 : His burial, 9. The generations of Ishmael, 12: His 
age and death, 17. Isaac prayeth for Rebekah, being barren, 21. 
The children strive in her ivomb, 22. 'The birth of Esau and Jacob, 24. 
Their difference, 27. Esau selleth his birthright, 29. 

THEN a again Abraham took a b wife, and her name was 
Keturah. 

2 And she c bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and d Medan, 
and e Midian, and Ishbak, and f Shuah. 

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons 
of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 

4 And the sons of Midian ; e Ephah, and Epher, and 
Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the 
children of Keturah. 
/S 1 And Abraham gave h all that he had unto Isaac. 

6 But unto the sons of the * concubines which Abraham 
had, Abraham gave k gifts, and sent them away from Isaac 
his son (while he yet lived) 'eastward, unto the east country. 

/ 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life 
which he lived, m a hundred threescore and fifteen years. 

* 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died n in a good 
old age, an old man, and full of years ; and was ° gathered 
to his people. 

g 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave 
of Machpelah, in the p field of Ephron the son of Zohar 
the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; 

10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of 
Heth : there was Abraham q buried, and Sarah his wife. 

S \\ % And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that 
God r blessed his son Isaac : and Isaac dwelt by the well 
Lahai-roi. 

12 ^[ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abra- 
ham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, 
hare unto Abraham. 

/ 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by 
their names, according to their generations : the first-born of 
I shmael, s Nebajoth ; and 'Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

14 And Mishma, u and Dumah, and Massa, 

15 Hadar, and x Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 

1 6 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their 
names, by their towns, and by their castles; y twelve 
princes according to their nations. 

/ 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael : a 
hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the 
ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people. 

<? 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is be- 
fore Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria : and he " died 
in the presence of all his brethren. 

/ 19 If And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's 
■eon : Abraham begat Isaac : 

20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah 
to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, 
the sister to Laban the z Syrian. 

21 And Isaac a entreated the Lord for his wife, because 
she was b barren : and the Lord was entreated of him, 
and Rebekah his wife conceived. 

A 22 And the children '' struggled together within her : and 
she said, If it be so, why am I thus 1 And she went to in- 
quire of the Lord. 

? 23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy 
womb, and two n#nner of people shall be separated from 
thy bowels : and the one people shall be stronger than the 
other people ; and the elder c shall serve the younger. 

24 % And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, 
behold, there were twins in her womb. 

25 And the first came out a red, all over like a hairy 
garment : and they called his name Esau. 

26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand 
"took hold on Esau's heel ; and his name was called Jacob : 



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a ch. 03. 1. 
b 1 Chr. 1. 
32. 

c ch. 17. 17. 
dch. 37.36. 
e ch. 36. 35. 
f Job 2. 11. 
g Isa. 60. 6. 
h ch. 24. 36. 
-i verse 1. 
k Mat. 5. 45. 
I Job 1.1, 3. 
in ch. 12. 4. 
n ch. 15. 15. 
Prov. 20.29. 
Job 42. 17. 

Acts 13. 
'36. 

chap. 37. 29. 
p ch. 23. 9, 
17. 

q ch. 49. 29. 
r chap. 12.2. 
Rom. 4. 19. 
s- Isa. 11.16. 
t Song 1. 5. 
u Isa. 21. 16. 
* Job 2. 11. 
y ch. 12. 20. 
a Heb. fell, 
chap. 14. 10. 
z Luke 4.27. 
a ch. 21. 12. 
verse 20, 26. 

1 Sam. 1. 9. 
bch.24. 16. 
bOrjustled 
one against 

other to 
bruising 
and 

hurting, 
chap. 3. 15. 
c 2 Sam. 8. 
14. 

Gal. 4. 30. 
Malachi 1. 
2,3. 

Rom. 9. 10, 
11,12. 
(1 ch. 27. 40. 
e Hosea 12. 



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GENESIS. Isaac sojoumeth at Gerar.' 

and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 
/ 27 And the boys grew : and Esau was f a cunning 
hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was a g plain man 
h dwelling in tents. 

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because e he did eat of his 
venison : but Rebekah loved Jacob. 
/ 29 Tf And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau came from the 
field, and he was ' faint. 

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, d with 
that same red pottage ; for I am faint : therefore was his 
name called Edom. 

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy k birthright, 
c 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am e at the point to die : 

and what profit shall this birthright do to me 1 

33 And Jacob said, ' Swear to me this day ; and he 
sware unto him : and he m sold his birthright unto Jacob 

34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles ; 
and he did n eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : 
thus Esau despised his birthright. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
Isaac because of famine goeth to Gerar , 1. God instructeth and blesseth 
him, 2. He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife, 7. He 
groweth rich, 12. He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth, IS. Mime- 
lech maketh a covenant^ivith him at Beer-sheba, 26. Esau's ivives, 34. 

fk ND there was a famine a in the land, besides the b first 
^oBl famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac 
went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 

2 And the Lord c appeared unto him, and said, Go not 
down into Egypt: d dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 

b 3 e Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will 
bless thee : for unto thee, and unto thy seed I will give 
f all these countries, and I will s perform the oath which I 
sware unto Abraham thy father ; 

r 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the h stars of 
heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries : and 
fn ' thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed : 

c 5 Because that Abraham k obeyed my voice, and kept 
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 

g 6 If And Isaac dwelt in ' Gerar : 

« 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife ; and 
he said, She is m my sister : for he feared " to say, She is 
my wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill 
me for Rebekah ; because she was fair to look upon. 

/ 8 And it came to pass when he had been there a long 
time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines ° looked out 
at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was p sporting 
with Rebekah his wife. 

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a 
surety she is thy wife : and i how saidst thou, She is my 
sister 1 And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest 1 
die for her. 

10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto 
us 1 one of the people might lightly have lain with thy 
wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 

1 1 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that 
r toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 
/ 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and "received in the 
same year 8 a hundred-fold : and the Lord 'blessed him : 

13 And the man waxed great, and "went forward, and 
grew until he became very great : 

t 14 For he had "possession of flocks, and possesion of 
herds, and great store of servants : And the Philistines 
1 envied him. 

15 For all the wells which his father's servants had 
digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines 
had > stopped them, and filled them with earth. 

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us: for 
thou art much mightier than we. 

g 17 If And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in 
the valley of Gerar* and dwelt fhejre, 

19 



f ch. 10. 9. 
g chap. 6.9. 
h oh. 46. 34. 
c Ileh. veai- 
son was in 
his mouth. 
i Prov. 13. 
25. 

d Ifeb. with 
that red, 
with that 
red. 

k Ex. 22. 29. 
e Ileb. £"0- 
ng to die. 
lUcb.0. 16. 
m Heb. 12. 
16. 

n 1 Cor. 15. 
32. 

ach.25.11. 
b ch. 12. 10. 
c ch. 12. 1. 
d Fs. 37. 3. 
ech. 37. I. 
Heb. 11. 9. 
f ch. 13. 15. 
g ch. 22. 16. 
hch. 15.5. 
i (Jal. 3. 16. 
k oh. 22. 16. 
1 ch. IS. 1. 
mch.20.13. 
n Prov. 29. 
25. 

2 Sam. 11. 
2. 

p Prov. 5. 
18. 

1 ch. 20. in. 
r Ps. 105.15. 
Zoch. 2. 8. 
Prov. C. 29. 
a Heb. 
found, 
a Matt. 13. 

■a. 

Gal. 6. 7, 8. 

Zoch. 8. IS, 

t Prov. 10. 

23. 

Job 43. 12. 

bllch. went 

Ifoil/ir. 

u ch. 12. 16. 
x Ps. 112. 
10. 

Ecol. 4. 4. 
y ch. 21.25. 
Song 4. 15. 
.Ps. CS. 10. 



GENESIS, 
wefts of water which 



Uaac sendeth Esau for venison. 
f 18 And Isaac digged again the 

they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for 
the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abra- 
ham : and he z called their names after the names by which 
his father had called them. ' 

19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and tound 
there a well of c springing water 

g 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac s 
herdmen, saying, The water is ours : and he called the 
name of the well * Esek ; because they strove with him. 
n 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that 
also : and he called the name of it e Sitnah. 

22 And he removed from thence, and digged another 
well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the 
name of hXRehobot'n; and he said, For now the Lord hatii 
a made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 
g 23 And he went up from thence to b Beer-sheba. 
i> 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, 
and said, I am the God c of Abraham thy father : d fear 
not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply 
thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 
d 25 And he builded an e altar there, and called upon the 
name of the Lord, and s pitched his tent there : and there 
Isaac's servants digged a well. 

/ 26 ^[ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and 
Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Pliichol the chief captain 
of his army. 

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, 
f seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ] 

28 And they said, 'We saw certainly that the Lord 
was with thee : and we said, Let there be now s an oath 
betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a 
covenant with thee : 

29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have h not 
touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but 
good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now 
the blessed of the Lord. 

30 And he made them l a feast, and they did eat and drink. 

31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware 
one to another : and Isaac sent them away, and they de- 
pai'ted from him in peace. 

32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's ser 
vants came and told him concerning the well which they 
had k digged, and said unto him, 'We have found water 

S 33 And he called it ! ' Shebah : therefore the name of the 

city is Beer-sheba unto this day 

/ 34 % And Esau was m forty years old when he took to 

wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashe 

math the daughter of Elon the Hittite : 

35 Which were * a grief of mind unto Isaac and to 

Eebekah. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

TSaac sendeth Esau for venison, 1. Rebekah instructeth Jacob to ob- 
tain the blessing, 6 : Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineih it, 15. 
Esau bringeth venison , 30. Isaac trembleth, 33. Esau complaineth, 
and by importunity obtaineih a blessing, 3-1. He threateneth Jacob, 41 
Rebekah aisappointeih it, 42. 

-t k ND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his 
J\. a eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called 
Esau his b eldest son, and said unto him, My son : and he 
said unto him, Behold, here am I. 

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, c I know not the 
day of my death : 

3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy 
quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and " take me 
some venison ; 

4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love 
bring it to me, that d I may eat ; that my e soul may bless 
" thee before I die. 

5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his 



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Hosea2. 1 
Zc«h. 13. 2. 
Ps. 16. 4. 
c Heb. liv- 



Song 4. 15. 
John 4. 10, 
11. 

d That is, 
Conten- 
tion. 

e That is, 
Hatred. 
/That is, 
Room. 
a Ps. 4. 1. 
bch.21.31. 
c ch. 17. 7. 
& 31. 5. 
d ch. 15. 1 
e ch. 12. 7. 
g-Heb. 
stretched 
out, 

Isa. 30. 20. 
f verse 16. 
h Heb. See- 
ing ice saw. 
gch.24. 41. 
h verses 11. 
14, 15. 
i ch. 31. 54. 
Rom. 12. 18, 
Heb. 12. 14, 
k verse 25. 
1 Pro v. 2.4,5. 
Mat. 7. 7. 
i That is, 
Jin oath, 
Psalm 15.4, 
Eccl. 5. 6. 
mch.25.20 
Heb. 12. 16, 
1 Cor. 7. 2. 
k Heb. bit- 
terness of 
spirit, 
ch.21.25,31. 
a Eccl. 12.3. 
1 Sam. 3. 2. 
John 9. 3. 
I> ch. 25. 23, 
24. 

c Mark 13.5. 
chap. 35. 28. 
a Heb. hunt 
for mc 
hunting, 
chap. 25. 28. 
1 Cor. 6. 12. 
'UIc-b.11.20. 
verse 15. 
Prov. 31. 6. 
2Kgs.3.14. 
e verse 7. 
Juilg. 5. 21. 
fchap.28.3. 



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gDeut.33.1. 
JSam.26.19. 
verse 33. 
hch. 25.23. 
Ephes. 6. 1. 
Acts 5. 29. 
i ch. 25. 25. 
kcli. 25. 27. 

1 Dt. 27. 1§. 
Jcr. 48. 10. 
Mai. 1. 14. 
m chap. 25. 
23, 33. 
b Hob. 
garments 
of desire, 
verse 17. 
nver. 20,24. 
Rom. 2. 28. 
o James 4.8. 
Isa. 57. 19. 
Ps. 73. 28. 
plsa.48.10. 
Ro.9.11,12. 
q Rom. 3. 7. 
Ex. 1. 19.20. 

2 Cor. 4.6. 
Job 1.3.7. 
r Song 2. 13. 
& 4. 12, 13. 
& 7. 11, 12. 
s Hosea 14. 
6,7. 

Deut. 33.13. 
Jer. 14. 22. 
2Sam.l.21. 
Deut. 32. 2. 
Ps. 133, 3. 
Isa. 45. 8. 

and tch - 4 - 4 - 

U & 49. 20. 
n Ps. 104.15. 
Zech. 9. 17. 
xlChr.5.2. 
ch. 49. 10. 
y ch. 12. 3. 



I son : and Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, 
\and to bring it. 
f 6 % And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Be- 
hold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I 
may eat, and bless thee before the Lord, g before my death. 
u 8 Now therefore, my son, h obey my voice, according to 
that which I command thee. 

9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two 
good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury 
meat for thy father, such as he loveth : 

10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may 
eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, 
Esau my toother is l a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : 

1 2 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem 
to him k as a deceiver ; and I shall bring ' a curse upon me, 
and not a blessing. 

c 13 And his mother said unto him, m Upon me be thy 
curse, my son ; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 

f 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his 
mother : and his mother made savoury meat, such as his 
father loved. 

15 And Rebekah took * goodly raiment of her eldest 
son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them 
upon Jacob her younger son : 

16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon 
his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : 

17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which 
she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 
/ 18 % And he came unto his father, and said, My father. 
And he said, Here am I ; who art thou, my son 1 
v 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau n thy first- 
born ; I have done according as thou badest me : arise, 
I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may 
bless me. 

20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast 
found it so quickly, my son ? And he said, Because the 
Lord thy God brought it to me. 

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, ° Come near, I pray thee, 
that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son 
Esau, or not. 

/ 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father ; and he 
felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands 
are the hands of Esau. 

23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were 
hairy, as his brother Esau's hands : so he p blessed him. 
/ 24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau 1 And he 
said, q I am. 

25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat 
of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And 
he brought it near to him, and he did eat : and he brought 
him wine, and he drank. 

/ 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, 
and kiss me, my son. 

b 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled 
the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See. 
the smell of my son is as the smell r of a field which the 
Lord hath blessed : 

28 Therefore God give thee of the s dew of heaven, and 
the ' fatness of the earth, and plenty of n corn and wine : 
h 29 Let people x serve thee, and nations bow down to 
thee ; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons 
bow down to thee : y cursed be every cue that curseth thee, 
and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 
/ 30 ^[ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an 
end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out 
from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother 
came in from his hunting. 

20 



Jacob is sent to Padan-aram. 

31 And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto 
Ms father ; and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and 
eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 

32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou 1 
And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. 

s 33 And Isaac c trembled very exceedingly, and said, 
Who 1 where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it 
me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have 
blessed him 1 yea, and z he shall be blessed. 
/ 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he 
cried with a great and exceeding a bitter cry, and said unto 
his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father ! 

35 And he said, Thy brother came with b subtilty, and 
hath taken away thy blessing. 

n 38 And he said, Is not he rightly c named Jacob 1 for he 
hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my 
birthright ; and behold, now he hath taken away my 
blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing 
for me 1 

'• r 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I 
have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given 
to him for servants ; and with corn and wine have I sus- 
tained him : and what shall I do now unto thee, my son 1 
f 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one 
blessing, my father 1 bless me, even me also, O my father ! 
And Esau lifted up his voice, and d wept. 
h 39 And Isaac his father answered, and said unto him, 
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the c fatness of the earth, and 
of the dew of heaven from above ; 

40 And by thy f sword shalt thou live, and shalt s serve 
thy brother : and it shall come to pass when thou shalt 
have the dominion, that thou shalt h break his yoke from 
off thy neck. 

c 41 % And Esau i hated Jacob because of the blessing 
wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau k said in his 
heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, 
1 then will I slay my brother Jacob. 

/ 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to 
Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, 
and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as toucliing 
thee, m doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 
g 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice : and arise, 
flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran ; 

44 And tarry with him a few n days, until thy brother's 
fury turn away ; 

45 Until thy brothers anger turn away from thee, and 
he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will 
send, and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be de- 
prived also of you ° both in one day ? 
/ 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, p I am weary of my life, 
because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife 
of the daughters of Ileth, such as these which are of the 
daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me 1 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram, I. Esau mar- 
rieth Mahalalh the daughter of Ishmael, 9. Hie vision of Jacob'slad- 
der, 12. The stone of firth-el, 18. Jacob's vow, 20. 

v k ND Isaac called Jacob, and a blessed him 

J\. him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of 

the b daughters of Canaan. 

? 2 Arise, go to c Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy 
mother's father ; and take thee d a wife from thence of the 
daughters of Laban thy mothers brother. 

b 3 And ° God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruit- 
ful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be ° a multitude 
of people ; 

4 And give thee the f blessing of Abraham, to thee, 
and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the 
land e wherein thou art a stranger, which God h gave unto 
Abraham. 

G 



GENESIS. Jacotfs vision and vow. 

f 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Padan- 
aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother 
of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 

/6 f When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent 
him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence ; 
and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying 
Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ; 
g 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and 
was gone to Padan-aram ; 

8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased 
not Isaac his father ; 

/ 9 Then went Esau unto k Ishmael, and took unto the 
wives which he had, ' Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, 
Abraham's son, m the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 

g 10 % And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went 
toward Haran. 

/ 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there 
all night, because the sun was set: and he took of the "stones 
of that place, and put them for his ° pillows, and lay down 
hi that place to sleep. 

» 12 And he p dreamed, and behold, q a ladder set up on 
the r earth, and the s top of it reached to heaven : and be- 
hold, the angels of God ' ascending and descending on it. 

t 13 And behold, the Lord "stood above it, and said, I 
am the Lord God of * Abraham thy father, and the God 
of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give 
it, and y to thy seed. 

T 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and 
thou shalt 6 spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and 
to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy 
seed shall z all the families of the earth be blessed. 

o 15 And behold, Yarn with thee, and will keep thee in all 
places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into 
this land : a for I will not leave thee, until I have done that 
which I have spoken to thee of. 

/ 16 ^[ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said. 
Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. 

d 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this 
place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this 
is the gate of heaven. 

18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took 
the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for 
a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 

g 19 And he called the name of that place b Beth-el : but 
the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 

c 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with 
me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give 
me c bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; 
then shall the Lord be d my God : 

d 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar" shall 
be c God's house : and of all lhat thou shalt give me, 'I 
will surely give the tenth unto thee. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
Jacob cometh to the well of Haran, I: He taketh acquaintance of Rachel, 
9: Laban entcrtaineth him, 13. Jacob eovenanteth for Rachel, IS: 
He is deceived with TjCuIi, 2:5 : He marrieth also Rachel, and serveth 
for her seven years more, 2S. Leah bcarelh Reuben, 32, Simeon, 33, 
L< ri, ?, 1, and Judah, 35. 

THEN Jacob ■ went on his journey, and came into the 
land of the people of the cast. 
2 And he looked, and behold, a a well in the field, and 
lo, there were three flocks of sheep b lying by it ; for out 
of that well they watered the flocks : and a great stone 
was upon the well's mouth. 

o 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they 'roll- 
ed the stone from the well's mouth and watered the sheep, 
land d put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 
g4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren* whence he 
|ve ? And they said, Of Haran are wc. 

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1760. 

:Heb. 
trembled 
with a 
great 
trembling. 
Rom. 11. 
29. 

ch. 28. 3, 4. 
Heb. 11. 10. 
a Heb. 12. 
17. 

1 Sam. 30. 4. 
b Rom. 3. 
7,8. 

c ch. 25. 26. 
d Heb. 12. 
16, 17. 
Prov. 1.24. 
ech. 36.6,8. 
f Deut. 33. 
27. 

Matt. 10.34. 
g 2 Sam. 8. 
14. 

ch. 12. 3. &. 
22. 18. 
Ps. 60. 8 
Deut. 32. 29. 
h 2 Kings 
8.20. 

i 1 John 3. 
12. 

Ezek. 35. 5. 
Amos 1. 11. 
Obad. 10. 
k verse 42. 
Prov. 6. 13. 
1 2 Sam. 13. 
23. 

m Prov. 2. 
14. 

1 Sam. 30. 
6. 

nch.31.38. 
o chap. 9. 6. 
Acts 28. 4. 
ch. 4. 11,16. 
pen. 26. 34, 
35. 

Eph.6. 4. 
a ch. 27. 33. 
bch.24. 3. 
c ch. 25. 20. 
d flosea 
.12. 12. 
ch. 32. 10. 
& 24. 10. 
echap.17.1. 
Ps. 1-28. 1. 
a Heb. an 
assembly. 
f Gal. 3. 13. 
Rom. 4. 7. 8. 
glleh.lLg. 
h ch. 12. 7. 



i ch. 21. 11. 
k ch. 25. 17. 

1 chap. 36. 3. 
mch.26.34. 
n verse 18. 
chap. 32. 6. 
oHos.12.4. 

2 Cor. 1. 5. 
p Job33. 15. 
q John 1.5]. 
r John3.31. 
& 16. 23. 
s Heb. 8. 1. 
I] Pet. 1.12. 
u Rev. 4. 4. 
x ch. 17. ]. 
Heb. 1 1. 16. 
y vorse 3, 4. 
»Heb. 
brrok 
forth. 

zAcu3.2o. 
Gal. 3. 8. 
Ilos. 12. 4. 
ach.31.3. 

and charged 'fr^'13.5. 

Mat. 28. 20. 
h 1 Kings 
12. 28. 
cl Tim. 6.5. 
.1 Pa. 116.9. 
i' ch. 35. 7. 
cHob./«o«2 
tithing 
tithe thee, 
chap. 1 1.20. 
Dent. 14. 
32, 23. 
n ll.-b. lift 
up his ffft, 
Ps. 119.32. 
a John 4. 6. 
14. 

cilia. 12. 3. 
d2Cor.2.17. 
Titus 1. 9. 



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Jacob mameth Leah and Rachel. 

f 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban e the son of 

Nahor 1 And they said, We know him. 

6 And he said unto them, * Is he well 1 And they said, 
He is well : and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with 

ttl6 sllGGP. 

7 And he said, Lo, it is f yet high day, neither is it time 
that the cattle should be gathered together : water ye the 
sheep, and go and feed them. 

o 8 And they said, g We cannot, until all the flocks be 
gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the 
well's mouth ; then we water the sheep. 
/9 1 And h while he yet spake with them, Rachel came 
with her father's sheep : for she i kept them. 

10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the 
daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of 
Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and 
rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the 
flock of Laban his mother's brother. 

1 1 And Jacob k kissed Rachel, and ! lifted up his voice, 
and wept. 

/ 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her m father's 
brother, and that he was Rebekah's son ; and she ran and 
told her father. 

13 And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings 
of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and em- 
braced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. 
And he told Laban all n these things. 

14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art °my bone and 
my flesh : and he abode with him the space of a month. 

/ 15 ^[ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art p my 
brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell 
me, what shall thy wages be ? 

16 And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder 
was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 

17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and 
well-favoured. 

o 18 And Jacob loved Rachel ; and said, I will q serve 
thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 

19 And Laban said, It is r better that I give her to thee 
than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 
/ 20 And Jacob served s seven years for Rachel ; and they 
seemed unto him but 'a few days, for the "love he had to her. 

21 % And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me x my wife (for 
my days are fulfilled) that I may y go in unto her. 
o 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the 
place, and made z a feast. 

23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he a took Leah 
his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her 

24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his 
maid, for b a handmaid. 

/ 25 And it came to pass, that in the c morning, behold, it 
was Leah : and he said to Laban, What w this thou hast 
done unto me 1 did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? 
wherefore then hast thou d beguiled me 1 

26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our coun- 
try, to give the younger before the first-born. 
i 27 c Fulfil her week, and we will give thee r this also. 
" for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven 
other years. 

28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he 
gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his 
handmaid, to be her maid. 
/30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also 
Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven 
other years. 

* 31 % And when the Lord h saw that Leah teas 'hate 
opened her womb : but Rachel was ' barren. 
» 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son; and she called 



ech. 31.53. 
* Heb. Is 
there peace 
to him ? 
1 Sam. 25. 5. 
fEph. 5. 6. 
Gal. 6. 9. 
_ ch. 34. 14. 
& 43. 32. 
h ch. 24. 15. 
i Ex. 2. 16. 
Song 1.7,8. 
k Ex. 4. 27. 

I chap. 33. 4. 
& 43. 30. 

m ch. 13. 8. 
n Col. 4. 5. 
chap.24.28. 
o .. Sam. 19. 
12. 

Mic. 7. 5. 
p chap. 13.8. 
q ch. 34. 12. 
r Pr. 12. 17. 
Ps. 12. 2. 
3 ch. 31. 40. 
t Mai. 1. 13 
Amos 5. 8. 
ul Co. 13.7.1 
Song 8. 7. I 
x ch. 24. 67. 
Matt. 1. 18. 
) Jgs.15. 1. 
z Jgs. 14. 12. 
John 2. 1,2. 
a Mic. 7. 5. 
chap. 38. 15. 
bchap.16.1. 
& 24. 59. 
c 1 Co. 3. 13. 
dch.27. 35. 
Pr. 11. 31. 
Mt. 7. 2, 12. 
e Jgs. 14. 10. 
f Mai. 2. 15. 
g 1 Tim. 6. 
10. 

h Ex. 3. 7. 
iver.20.30. 
k ch. 20. 18. 

II Sam. 1.5. 



B. Chri 
1760. 



GENESIS. Issacliar, Zebulun, and Dinah born. 

his name c Reuben : for she said, Surely the Lord hath 
looked upon my affliction ; now therefore my husband 
will love me. 

n 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, 
Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath 
therefore given me this son also : and she called his name 
d Simeon. 

n 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, 
Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, be- 
cause I have borne him three sons : therefore was his name 
called e Levi. 

n 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she 
said, Now will I praise the Lord : therefore she called his 
name^Judah, and g left bearing. 

CHAPTER XXX. 
Rachel in grief for her barrenness giveth Bilhahher maid unto Jacob, 1 : 
She beareth Dan and JYaphtali, 5. Leah giveth Zilpah her maid, zvho 
beareth Gad and Asher, 9. Reuben findeth mandrakes, ivith which Leah 
buyelh her husband of Rachel, 14. Leah beareth Issachar, Zebulun, 
and Dinah, 17. Rachel beareth Joseph, 22. Jacob desireth to depart, 
25, Laban stayeih him on a neiv covenant, 27. Jacob's policy, ivhereby 
he becometh rich, 37. 

ND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, 
Rachel a envied her sister ; and said unto Jacob, Give 
me children, or b else I die. 

t 2 And Jacob's c anger was kindled against Rachel ; and 
he said, Jim I d in God's stead, who hath withheld from 
thee the fruit of the womb 1 

3 And she said, Behold e my maid Bilhah, go in unto 
her ; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also 
•have children by her. 

« 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife : and 
Jacob went in unto her. 

/ 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 

n 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also 
heard my voice, and hath given me a son : therefore called 
she his name * Dan. 

/ 7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bare 
Jacob a second son. 

n 8 AndRachelsaid,With c greatwrestlingshaveIwrestled 
with my sister, and I have prevailed : and she called his 
name d Naphtali. 

^ 9 When Leah saw that she had f left bearing, she took 
Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob g to wife. 

/ 10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a son. 

"11 And Leah said, A troop cometh : and she called his 
name ' Gad. 

/ 12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a second son. 

n 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will 



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1753. 



c That is, 
Sec a son. 
d That is, 
Hearing, 
e That is, 
Joined. 
Num. 18. 24. 
/ That is, 
Praise, 
g Heb. 
stood from 
bearing. 
a ch. 37. 11. 
bJoh5. 2. 
c Eph.4.26. 
d 1 Sara. 2. 
5,6. 

e chap. 16.2 
a Heb. be 
builtbyl/cr. 
b That is, 
Judging. 
chap. 49. 16. 
c Heb. 
wrestlings 
of God, 
chup.23. 6. 
& 32. 24. 
d That is, 
Wrestling. 
f ch. £9. 35. 
verse 17. 
g ch. 16. 3. 
e That is, 
Ji troop, 
Isa. 65. 11. 
hPr. 31.29. 
Luke 1. 48. 
Song 6. 8. 
f That is, 
Hnppy. 
i Song 7. 13 
g Heb. 
Dudaim, 
a word 
only used 
here and 
Song 7. 13. 
k verses 1, 
6.22. 

h That is, 
IVnrres. or 
Hire. 



call me blessed : and she called his name •'Asher 
/ 14 % And Reuben went in the days of wheat-harvest, 
and found 'mandrakes minefield, and brought them unto his 
mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray 
thee, of thy sons e mandrakes. 

15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou 
hast taken my husband '/ and wouldest thou take away 
my son's mandrakes also ] And Rachel said, Therefore he 
shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 

16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and 
Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in 
unto me ; for surely I have hired thee with my son's man- 
drakes. And he lay with her that night. 

/ 17 And God k hearkened unto Leah, and «he conceived, 
and bare Jacob the fifth son. 

n 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because 
I have given my maiden to my husband : and she called 
his name * Issachar. 

19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the 
sixth son. 

n 20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good 
dowry ; now will my husband dwell with me, because ? 

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Jacob's policy to become rich. GENESIS 

have borne him six sons : and she called his name ' Zebulun. 
/ 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her 
name * Dinah. 

t 22 IT And God ' remembered Rachel, and God heark- 
ened to her, and opened her womb. 

/ 23 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and said, God 
hath taken away m my reproach : 

n 24 And she called his name ' Joseph; and said, The Lord ™^ 
n shall add to me another son. 

/ 25 If And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne 
Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I 
may go unto mirfe%wn place, and to my ° country. 

26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have 
served thee, and let me .go : for thou knowest my service 
which I have done thee. 

* 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found 
favour in thine eyes, tarry : for I have learned by expe- 
rience that the Lord hath blessed me p for thy sake. 

28 And he said, q Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 

29 And he said unto him, r Thou knowest how I have 
served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 

d 30 For it was little which thou hadst 'before I came, and 
it is m now increased unto a multitude ; and the Lord 
hath blessed thee " since my coming : and now, when shall 
I ' provide for mine own house also 1 
f 31 And he said, What shall I give thee 1 And Jacob 
said, Thou shalt u not give me any thing. If thou wilt do 
this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock : 

32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing 
from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all 
the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and 
speckled among the goats : and of such shall be x my hire. 

33 So shall my y righteousness z answer for me ° in time 
to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face : 
every one that is not speckled and spotted among the 
goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted 
stolen with me. 

/ 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might.be accord- 
ing to thy word. 

35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were 
ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were 
speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white 
in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them 
into the hands of his sons. 

36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and 
Jacob : and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 
/ 37 Tf And Jacob took him a rods of green poplar, and of 
the ' hazel and b chesnut-trec ; and pilled white streaks 
in them, and made the white appear which teas in 
the rods. 

38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the 
flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs, when the 
flocks came to drink ; that they should ' conceive when 
they came to drink. 

39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought 
forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. 

40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces 
of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in 
the flock of Lalian : and he put his own flocks by them- 
selves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 

41 And it came to pass whensoever the stronger cattle 
did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of 
the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among 
the rods. 

42 But when the cattle were c feeble, he put them not in : 
so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 
/ 43 And the man r increased * exceedingly, and had 



i That is, 

Dwelling. 

k That is, 

Judgment. 

I chap. 8. 1. 

1 Sam. 1.19, 

20. 

m 1 Sam. I. 

5,6. 

Lu. 1.25,72. 



n ch. 35. 17. 
o ch. 28. 13. 
Heb. 11. 9. 
chap. 26. 3. 
p ch. 30. 3. 
q ch. 29. 9. 
rl Pet. 2. 15. 
Titus 2. 10. 
Dan. 6. 22. 
schap.32.3. 
& 46. 28. 
m Heb. bro- 
kenforth, . 
so verse 43. 
n Heb. at 
my foot, 
lleut.11.10. 
tlTim.5.8. 
u Ps. 118. 8. 
x ch. 31. 10. 
yRo. 12.17. 
z Isa.59.12. 
o Heb. to- 
morrow, 
Ex. 13. 14. 
a ch. 31. 9, 
10, It 
p Heb. Lui t 
chap.28.19. 
bEzck.31.8. 
q Heb. be 
in heat, 
chap. 3'. .10. 
Exod. 12. 
35, 36. 
chap. 31.38, 
40,42. 
c Hab. 2. 9. 
r Heb. 
brakeforth, 
verse 30. 
s-Heb.much 
much, 
ch. 31.7,42. 



much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and 
camels, and asses. 



B. Christ 
1745. 



a Ps. 120. 5. 

bEzek.I6. 

44. 

c verse 8, 9. 

d Ps. 49. 16. 

ch. 30.27. 
f Ps. 46. 1. 
g ch. 13. IS. 
h ch. 32. 9. 

i verse 14. 
k verso 13. 

1 ver. 40,42. 
in Num. 14. 



iich.20. 6. 
cb. 30. 32. 
p verso 1. 
q ch. 28. 12, 
r verse 3. 13. 
chap. 48. 16. 
9 Exod.3.7. 
Eph. 6. 9. 
t oh. 28. 18. 
uRuth4.il. 
X ch. 2. 24. 
v idi. 30. 18. 
/. Ps. 45. 10. 
a Heb. ttr- 
raphim, 
that is, 
declarers, 
rhnp. 35. 2. 
Hob. 3. 4. 
a Josh. 24. 
2 3. 

chop. 15. IS. 
h Jer. 50. 5. 
Lake 9.51. 
53. 

o Josh. 13. 
8. 9. 

Deut. 3.12, 
.1 cii.30, SO. 
Job5.12.13. 
ech. 13. 8. 
f&xod. 14. 
5. 6, 9. 
K ch. 20.3. 
Num. 2350. 
lSam.23.26. 
h verse 42. 
Pee, 105.14, 
15. 
i lsa.37.23. 



Laban pursueth Jacob. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly, 1. Rachel stealeth her father's 
images, 19 : Laban pursueth after Urn, 22, and complaineth of the 
wrong, 26. Rachel's policy to hide the images, 34. Jacob's complaint 
of Laban, 36. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed, 43. 

ND a he heard the words of b Laban's sons, saying, Ja- 
cob hath c taken away all that ivas our father's ; and 
of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this d glory. 
2 And Jacob beheld e the countenance of Laban, and 
behold, it ivas not toward him as before. 
v 3 And f the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the g land 
of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be h with thee. 
/ 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the 
field, s unto his flock, 

/ 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, 
that it is not toward me as before : but the God of my 
father hath been k with me. 

6 And ye know that with ! all my power I have served 
your father. 

7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my 
wages m ten times : but n God suffered him not to hurt me. 

8 If he said thus, ° The speckled shall be thy wages ; 
then all the cattle bare speckled : and if he said thus, The 
ring-streaked shall" be thy hire ; then bare all the cattle 
ring-streaked. 

* 9 p Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, 
and given them to me. 

10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle con- 
ceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and q saw in a dream, and 
behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring- 
streaked, speckled, and grisled. 

*■* 11 And the r angel of God spake unto me in a dream, 
saying, Jacob : And I said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and see, all the 
rams which leap uponthe cattle aming-streaked, speckled, 
and grisled: s for I have seen all that Laban doethunto thee. 

<* 13 I am the God of Beth-el, ' where thou anointedst the 
pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now 
arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land 
of thy kindred. 

<M4 And u Rachel and Leah answered, and said unto him, 
Is there yet * any portion or inheritance for us in our 
father's house 1 

15 Are we not counted of him strangers'? for he hath 
J sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 

16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our 
father, that is ours, and our children's : now then, z what- 
soever God hath said unto thee, do. 
/ 17 TI Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives 
upon camels ; 

,? 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods 
which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he 
had gotten in Padan-aram ; for to go to Isaac his father in 
the land of Canaan. 

"19 And Laban went to shear his sheep : and Rachel 
had stolen the ° images that were her Aether's. 
/ 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, 
in that he told him not that he fled. 
g 21 So he fled with all Unit he had ; and he rose up, and 



passed over a the river, and b set his face toward the mount 
' : Gilead. 

/ 22 And it was told Laban on the d third day, that Jacob 
was fled. 

23 And he took his c brethren with him, and pursued 
after him seven days' f journey : and they overtook him in 
the mount Gilead. 

*> 21 And g God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by 
night, and said unto him, h Take heed that thou speak not 
to Jacob i either good or bad. 

/ 25 II Then Labanovcrtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched 

23 



B. Christ 
1737. 



Laban' s covenant with Jacob. GENESIS 

his tent in the mount : and Laban with his brethren pitched 
in the mount of Gilead. 

26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that 
thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away 
my daughters, k as captives taken with the sword 1 

27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal 
away from me, and didst not tell me, that ] I might have 
sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with m tabret, 
and with harp 1 

28 And hast not suffered me n to kiss my sons, and my 
daughters 1 thou hast now done ° foolishly in so doing. 

c 29 It is p in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the 
God of q your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take 
thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad 
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, be. 
cause thou sore longedst after thy father's house; yet 
wherefore hast thou stolen r my gods 1 

f 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I 
was 3 afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by 
force thy daughters from me. 

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not 
live : ' before our brethren discern thou what is thine with 
me, and take it to thee : for Jacob knew not that Rachel 
had stolen them. 

33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into u Leah's 
tent, and into the two maid-servants' tents ; but he found 
than not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered 
into Rachel's tent. 

/34 Now x Rachel had taken the images, and put them in 
the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban 
searched all the tent, but found them not 
u 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease y my 
lord that I cannot z rise up before thee ; for the a custom 
of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not 
the images. 

/ 36 % And Jacob was b wroth, and chode with Laban : and 
Jacob answered, and said to Laban, What is my trespass 1 
what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me 1 

37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou 
found of all thy household-stuff] set it here before my bre- 
thren, and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 

38 This twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes 
and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams 
of thy flock have I c not eaten. 

c 39 That which was torn of beasts, I brought not unto 
thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou d require 
it, whether stplen by day, or stolen by night. 

40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought e consumed me, 
and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 

41 f Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served 
thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years 
for thy cattle : and thou hast changed my wages s ten times 



k verse 16. 
chap. 2. 24. 
lProv.2R. 
23,24,25. 
chap. 18. 16. 
m Ex. 15.20. 
n ch. 29. 13. 
Exod. 4. 23. 

verse 3. 

1 Cor. 2. 14. 
p Ps. 52. 1. 
John 19. 10. 
q Dan. 2. 47. 
&3.2S. 
r Jer. 10.1]. 
Judges 6.31. 
& 18. 24. 
Num. 33. 4. 
Ex. 12. 12. 
Jcr. 43. 12. 
s ch. 20. 11 
tch. 19,7. 
Acts 4. 19. 
u ch. 24. 67. 
x verse 19. 
y ch. 18. 12 
1 Pet. 2. 18 
&3. 6. 
z Lev.19.32 
aLev.15.19 
b Pr. 10. 18. 
Num. 20. 3. 
c Ezek. 34. 
2,3. 

d Exod. 22. 
3, 10. 

e Luke 2. 8. 
Heb. 3. 17. 

Isa. 56. 10. 

Hos. 12. 12. 

1 Pet. 5. 3. 

f verse 38. 

lCor.15.10. 

2Cor. 11.26. 

g verse 7. 

hch. 27.33. 

lea. 8. 13. 

Ps. 76. 12. 

i Ps. 124. 1. 

k ch. 16. 13. 

& 29. 32. 

Ps. 31. 8. 

1 Chron. 

12. 17. 

chap. 11. 5. 

I ch. 15. 18. 

m verse 32, 

37,54. 

b That is, 

The heap 

of witness, 

Heb. 12. 1. 




t 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, 
and the h Fear of Isaac had been 'with me, surely thou hadst 
sent me away now empty. God hath k seen mine affliction, 
and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 
/ 43 % And Laban answered, and said unto Jacob, These 
daughters are my daughters, and these children are my chil- 
dren, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest 
is mine ; and what can I do "this day unto these my daugh- 
ters, or unto their children which they have borne 1 

44 Now therefore come thou, let us ' make a covenant. 
I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 

° 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 

/ 46 And Jacob said unto m his brethren, Gather stones ; 
and they took stones, and made a heap : and they did eat 
there upon the heap. 

n 47 And Laban called it » Jegar-sahadutha : but Jacob 
called it Galeed : 



That is, 
A watch- 
tower, 
Hos. 5. 1. 
1 Kings 
15. 22. 

Josh. 24. 2. 
oDeut.6.13. 
verse 42. 
pch. 26. 30. 
qcb. 37.25. 
Ex. 18. 12. 
r Dcut.23.5. 
Acts 28. 4, 5. 
a Ps. 91. 11. 
Hob. 1. 14. 

Luke 2.13. 

Kgs.9.17. 
a That is, 
Tico hosts, 
Jos!;. 21. 38. 
c Mai. 3. 1. 
Luke 9. 52. 
d ch. 14. 6. 
Deut. 2. 22. 
c chap. 4. 7. 
1 Pet. 3. 0. 
Prov. 15. 1. 
fver.8,11. 
Amos 5. 19. 
% Vs. 30. 7. 
chap. 14. 15, 
b Ps. 50. 15, 
icbnp.31.3. 
b Heb. / 
am less 
than all. 
k ch. 24. 27, 
I Job 8. 7 
m ch.2S. 1 4, 
n Pr. 18. 16, 
o verse 20. 
chap. 33. 8. 
Ps. 113- 5. 
Mat. 10. 16, 



Jacob sendeth a present to Esau. 

48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and 
thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed : 
g 49 And * Mizpah ; for he said, The Lord watch between 
me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 
/ 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take 
other wives besides my daughters ; no man is with us ; see, 
God is witness betwixt me and thee. 

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and be 
hold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee ; 

52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that 
I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt 
not pass over this heap and this pillar uHLto me, for harm. 

* 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of n Nahor, the 
God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware 

by the Fear of his father Isaac. 
d 54 Then Jacob p offered sacrifice upon the mount, and 

called his brethren to q eat bread : and they did eat bread, 

and tarried all night inihe mount. 

/ 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed 

his sons and his daughters, and r blessed them : and Laban 

departed, and returned unto his place. 
CHAPTER XXXII. 

Jacob's vision at Mahanaim, 1. His message to Esau, 3. He is afraid 
of Esau's coming, 6. He prayeth for his deliverance, 9. He sendeth 
a present to Esau, 13. He wrestleth ivith an angel at Peniel, where he 
is called Israel, 24. He halteth, 31. 

ND Jacob went on a his way, and the angels of God 
met him. 
» 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is b God's 
host : and he called the name of that place " Mahanaim. 
g 3 And Jacob ° sent messengers before him to Esau his 
brother, unto the land of d Seir, the country of Edom. 
/ 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak 
unto e my lord Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have 
sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now : 
/ 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, 
and women-servants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that 

1 may find grace in thy sight. 

/ 6 % And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We 
came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet 
thee, and f four hundred men with him. 

7 Then Jacob was s greatly afraid, and distressed : and 
he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, 
and herds, and the camels into two bands ; 

8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite 
it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 

d 9 ^f And Jacob said, h O God of my father Abraham, and 
God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, 
' Return unto* thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will 
deal well with thee : 

10 ' I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and 
of all the k truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant 
for ' with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am 
become two bands. 

1 1 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, 
from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come 
and smite me, and the mother with the children. 

12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make 
thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be num- 
bered for multitude. 

/ 13 ^[ And he lodged there that same night, and took of 
that which came to his hand "a present for Esau his brother ; 

14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two 
hundred ewes and twenty rams, 

15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and 
ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 

16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, 
every drove by themselves ; and said unto his servants, 
Pass over before me, and put ° a space betwixt drove and 
drove. 

24 



GENESIS. 




x Ex.33. 14. 

Luke24.asJ 
Song 2. 17. 
yfios. 12. 4. 
Rom. 8.37. 
Lute 18.1,7. 
Song 3. 4. 
zHoseal. 6. 
aHos.12. 3. 
b ch. 25. 31. 
Sl 31. 29. 
c Luke 1,19. 
d That :s, 
The face 
of Gmt. 
d Mai. 4. 2. 
chap. 19. 23. 
c2Cof. 12. 
7,9. 

Ps. 38. 17. 
a ch. 32. 16. 
b John 10. 
4,11.15. 
c chap. 18.2. 
Nch.2.4. 
dl Sam, 2.5. 
eProv.-Jl 1. 
Ps. 34.4. 
Luke 15.20. 
chap.32.28. 
f Pr. 15. 11. 
gch.43. 30. 
hlSm.].27. 
chap. 30. 2. 
i ch. 33. 16. 



Jacob's kind meeting with Esau. 

17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau 
my brother meeteth thee, andasketh thee, saying, Whose 
art thou 1 and whither goest thou 1 and whose are these 
before thee] 

18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's : 
it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and behold also 
he is behind us. 

/ 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and 
all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall 
ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 

& 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is u o n £ ,5 i 2 2 v. 
behind us. For ke^iid, I will c appease him with the present 
that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face 
peradventure he will accept of me. 

21 So went the present over before him ; and himself 
lodged that night in the company. 

/ 22 And he rose up that night, p and took his two wives, 
and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed 
over the ford Jabbok. 

23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and 
sent over that he had. 

d 24 % And Jacob was left alone ; and there q wrestled r a 
man with him, until the s breaking of the day. 

25 And when he saw that he 'prevailed not against him, 
he touched the hollow of his thigh : and the hollow of Ja- 
cob's thigh was u out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 
«** 26 And he said, * Let me go, for the day breaketh : And 
he said, y I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 

27 And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he 
said, Jacob. 

n 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called z no more 
Jacob, but Israel : for a as a prince hast thou power with 
God, and b with men, and hast prevailed. 
h 29 And Jacob asked him, ana said, Tell me, I pray thee, 
thy name : And he said, c Wherefore is it that thou dost 
ask after my name 1 And he blessed him there. 
n 30 And Jacob called the name of the place d Peniel : for 
I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 
/ 3 1 And as he passed over Penuef, the d sun rose upon, 
him, and he e halted upon his thigh. 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew 
which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto 
this day ; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh 
in the sinew that shrank. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 
'/Vic kindness of Jacob and Esau at their metiins:, 1- Jacob comeih lo 
Succoth, 17. At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called 
El-clohe- Israel, IS. 

/A ND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, 
J\. Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And 
he a divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and 
unto the two handmaids. 

2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, 
and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph 
hindermost. 

3 And he passed over b before them, and c bowed himself 
to the ground d seven times, until he came near to his brother. 

* 4 And Esau c ran to meet him, and embraced him, and 
tell on his neck, and f kissed him : and they s wept. 

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the 
children, and said, Who are those with thee 1 And he said, 
The children '' which God hath graciously given thy servant. 
/ 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their 
children, and they bowed themselves. 

7 And Leah also with her children came near, and 
bowed themselves ; and after came Joseph Hear and 
Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 

8 And he said, { What meanest thou by all this drove 
which I met 1 And he said, These arc to find grace in the 
sight of my lord. 

7 D 



" 9 And Esau said, I have 
that thou hast unto thyself. 
10 And Jacob said, Nay, 



B. Christ 
1739. 



a Heb. be 
that to thee 
that is 
thine. 
k P-;. 41.11. 
1 1 Sm.25.27. 
2Cor. 9.5,6. 
h Hcb. / 
have all. 
Rom. 8. 32. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
1 Cor. 3.22. 
Phil. 4. 13. 
mT3a.40.ll. 
n Ex. 10.26. 
Rom. 15. 1. 

I! nth 2.13. 
p Josh. 13. 
27. 

Acts 7. 16. 
Exod. 12.37. 
Lev. 23. 3 1. 
q John 3.23. 
r John 4. 5. 
a Hcb. 11.9. 
i Acta 7. 16. 

u ch. 12. 7. 

c Thai la, 
God the 
Godaf 
Israel. 
a Titos 2. 5. 
b ch. 30. 13. 
ch. I'-'. IV. 
dchap. 6. 2. 

Job 'II. 1. 

alJcb.Aurn- 
Idtdhrr. 
cch.21.21. 
f Pr. 20. 25. 
g Lcv.10. 3. 

h 1)1.21.21. 
Jg9. 19. 30. 
i Dcut. 23. 
17. 
kab. 19. 11. 

1 Dout. 7. 3. 

rh.-ip. 13. 0. 

mch.33.]S. 



Dinah dishonoured . 
enough, my brother ; a keep 

I pray thee, if now I have 
found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my 
hand : for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had 
seen the k face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 
c 11 Take, I pray thee, my ' blessing that is brought to 
thee ; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and be- 
cause h I have enough : and he urged him, and he took U. 
f 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, 
and I will go before thee. 

13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the 
children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young 
are with me, and if men should over-drive them one day, 
all the flock will die. 

<? 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : 
and I will lead on m softly, according n as the cattle that 
goeth before me and the children be able to endure ; until 
I come unto my lord unto Seir. 

15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of 
the folk that are with me : And he sain, What needeth it 1 

Let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 

/ 16 ®[ So Esau returned that day o}* his way unto Seir. 

S 17 And Jacob journeyed to v Succoth, and built him a 

house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name 

of the place is called Succoth. 

s 18 ^f And Jacob came to q Shalem, a city of r Shechem, 

which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan- 

ararn ; and pitched his tent before the city. 

19 And he 'bought a parcel of a field, where he had 

spread his tent, at the hand of the children of ' Hamor, 

Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. 

« 20 And he erected there "an altar, and called it C E1- 

elohe-Israel. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

Dinah is ravished by Shechem, 1. He sucth to marry her, 4. The sons of 
Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites, 13 : Hamm- 
ond Shechem persuade them to accept it, 20: The sons of Jacob vponthat 
advantage slay than, 25, and spoil their city, 27. Jacob reproveth Si- 
meon and Levi, 30. 

/A ND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto 
J\ Jacob, a went out to see the b daughters of the land. 

2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the c Hivite, 
prince of the country, d saw her, he took her, and lay with 
her, and " defiled her. 

3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, 
and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 

« 4 And Shechem e spake unto his father Hamor, saying, 
Get me this damsel f to wife. 

5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daugh- 
ter : now his sons were with his cattle in the field : and 
Jacob g held his peace until they were come. 
/ 6 ^[ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto 
Jacob to commune with him. 

c 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when 
they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were 
very wroth, because he had wrought h folly in Israel, in 
lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing 'ought not to 
lie done. 

/ 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul 
of my son Shechem longcth for your daughter : I pray you 
give her him to wife. 

9 And make ye marriages with us, and ' give your 
daughters unto us, and lake our daughters unto you. 

10 And ye shall dwell with us : and the land shall be 

1 before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you 
possessions therein. 

fl\ And Shechem said unto her father, and unto her 
brethren, Let me m find grace in your eyes, and what ye 
shall say unto me, I will give. 



The Shechemites slain. 



GENESIS. 



Jacob called Israel. 



« 12 b Ask me never so much n dowry and gift, and I will 
give according as ye shall say unto me : but give me the 
damsel to wife. 

/ 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and 
Hamor Lis father ° deceitfully, and said, Because he had 
defiled Dinah their sister : 

14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, 
to give our sister to one that is p uncircumcised : q for that 
were a reproach unto us : 

/ 15 But in this will we consent unto you : If ye will be as 
we be, that every male of you be circumcised ; 

16 tfhen will we give our daughters unto you, and we 
will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, 
and we will become one people. 

17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; 
then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 

18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Ha- 
mor's son. 

m 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, 
because he had delight in Jacob's daughter : and he was 
more honourable than all r the house of his father. 
/ 20 % And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the 
s gate of then city, and communed with the men of their 
city, saying, 

21 These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them 
dwell in the land, and trade therein : for the land, behold, 
it is large enough for them : let us take their daughters to 
us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 

22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell 
with us, to be one people, if every male among us be cir- 
cumcised, as they are circumcised. 

h 23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every 
beast of theirs * be ours 1 only let us consent unto them, 
and they will dwell with us. 

24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearkened 
all that went out of the gate of his city : and every male 
was u circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 
s 25 % Anditcametopassonthe third day, when they were 
x sore, that y two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, 
Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon 
the city boldly, and slew z all the males. 
/ 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with 
the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's 
house, and went out. 

27 The sons of Jacob came a upon the slain, and spoiled 
the city ; because they had b defiled their sister. 
. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their 
asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was 
in the field. 

29 And all their = wealth and c all their little ones, and 
their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that 
was in the house. 

/ 30 And Jacob said to a Simeon and Levi, Ye have e troubled 
me to make me to f stink among the inhabitants of the land, 
among the Canaanites, and the Perizzites : and I being 
"few in number, they shall gather themselves together 
against me, and slay me, and I shall be destroyed, I and 
my house. 

31 And they said, e Should he deal with our sister as with 
a harlot ? 

CHAPTER XXXV. 
Qod sendelh Jacob to Beth-el, \ : Hepurgc'h his house of idols, 2 : He build- 
eth analtaratBeth-el,6. Deborahdicthat Allon-bachuth,S. Godblesseth 
Jacob at Btth-el, 9. Rachel travailetk of Benjamin, and dielh in the way 
to Edar,\G. Reuben lieth ivilh Bilhah, 22. The sons of Jacob, 23. Ja- 
cob comelh to Isaac at Hebron,27. The age, death, and burial of Isaac, 28 

d A ND a God said unt0 Jacob, Arise, go up to b Beth-el, and 
J%- dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, that 
appeared unto thee when thou c fleddest from the face of 
Esau thy brother. 



B. Christ 
1732. 



v 2 Then Jacob said unto his a household, and to all that 
were with him, e Put away the strange gods that are among 
you, and f be clean and change your s garments : 
c 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will 
make there an altar unto God, who h answered me in the day 
of my * distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 
g 4 And they gave unto Jacob all k the strange gods 
which were in their hand, and all their 1 ear-rings which 
were in their ears ; and Jacob m hid them under the oak 
which was by Shecheim 

/ 5 And they journeyed : and the E terror of God was upon 
the cities that were round about me^^and they did not 
pursue after the sons of Jacob. 

g G % So Jacob came to ° Luz, which is in the land of 
Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that were 
with him. 

d 7 And he built p there an altar, and called the place 
q El-beth-el ; because there God appeared unto him, when 
he fled from the face of his brother. 
/ 8 But Deborah, r Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was 
buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak : and the name of 
it was called ° Allon-bachuth. 

g 9 ^f And God s appeared unto Jacob again when he 
came out of Padan-aram ; and blessed him. 
n 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob : thy 
name shall not be called'any more Jacob, but Israel shall 
be thy name ; and he called his name ' Israel. 
t 11 And God said unto him, I am u God Almighty : be 
fruitful and multiply ; a nation and a company of nations 
shall be of thee, and x kings shall come out of thy loins. 
h 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, y to 
thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give 
the land. 

/13 And God z went up from him, in the place where he 
talked with him. 

14 And Jacob set up a a pillar in the place where he 
talked with him, even a pillar of stone : and he poured a 
drink-offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 
"15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God 
spake with him, Beth-el. 

g 16 5[ And they journeyed from Beth-el ; and there was 
but a little way to come to b Ephrath : and Rachel travailed, 
and she had c hard labour. 

/ 17 And it came to pass when she was in hard labour, 
that the midwife said unto her, Fear not ; thou shalt have 
this son also. 

"18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing, 
(for she d died,) that she called his name 'Ben-oni: but 
his father called him c Benjamin. 

g 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to 
Ephrath, € which is Beth-lehem. 

/ 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the 
pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 
g 21 ^f And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond 
the tower of Edar. 

/ 22 Anditcameto pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that 
Reuben went and f lay with Bilhah his father's concubine : 
and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were g twelve : 
/ 23 The sons of Leah ; Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and 
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : 
/ 24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Benjamin : 
/ 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid ; Dan, 
and Naphtali : 

/ 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid ; Gad, and 
Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born 
to him in h Padan-aram. 

g 27 •ft And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto 'MamreV 
unto the city of k Arbah (which is Hebron) where Abraham 
and Isaac sojourned. 

26 



B. Christ 
1796. 



The generations of Esau. GENESIS 

/ 28 And the days of Isaac were ' a hundred and fourscore 
years. 

29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was 
gathered unto m his people, being old and full of days ; and,!^ 
his sons Esau n and Jacob buried him. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. 
Esau's three wives, 2 : His removing to mount Seir, 6 : His sons, 9 

dukes which descended of his sons, 15. The sons and dukes of Seir, 20. 

Anahfindeth mules, 2-4. The kings of Edom, 31. The dukes of Esau, 40. 

^yOW these are the a generations of Esau, who is b Edom 
X% 2 Esau c took his wives of the daughters of d Canaan 
e Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah 
the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ; 
3 And f Bashemath, IshmaePs daughter, sister of g Ne- 
bajoth. 

/ 4 And Adah bare to Esau, h Eliphaz ; and Bashemath 
bare Reuel ; 

/ 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah : 
These are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in 
the ! land of Canaan. 

e 6 And Esau k took his wives, and his sons, and nis 
daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, 
and all his beasts, and all his substance which he had got 
in the land of Canaan ; and went into the country from the 
face of his brother Jacob. 

/ 7 For their riches were more than that they might 
1 dwell together : and the land wherein they were' m stran- 
gers could not bear them, because of their cattle. 
g 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount n Seir : Esau is Edom. 
/ 9 «[[ And these are the generations of Esau the father 
of the " Edomites, in mount Seir : 

10 These are the names of Esau's sons ; Eliphaz the 
son of Adah the wife of Esau ; Reuel the son of Bashemath 
the wife of Esau. 

1 1 And the sons of Eliphaz were, Teman, Omar, "Zepho. 
and Gatam, and Kenaz. 

12 And p Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son ; 
and she bare to Eliphaz, q Amalek : these were the sons of 
Adah, Esau's wife. 

13 And these are the sons of r Reuel ; Nahath, and 
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the sons of 
Bashemath, Esau's wife. 

14 ^f And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daugh- 
ter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she 
bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 
/ 15 *i\ These were s dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons 
of Eliphaz, the first-born son of Esau ; duke Teman, duke 

- Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 

1G Duke 'Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: 
these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of 
Edom : these were the sons of Adah. 
/ 17 ^[ And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son ; duke 
Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah : these 
are the dukes that came of Reuel, in the land of Edom : 
these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 
/ 18 ^f And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's 



1 chap. 27.1. 

mch. 25.8,9. 
inch. 23. 19. 
I & 25. 9. 

LCh. 22.17. 

I & 25. 24. 

I & 27. 39, 40. 

„„ 1 Chr. 1.35. 

The bch. 25.30. 

c ch. 20. 34. 

d ch. 9. 25. 

e ch. 26. 34. 

fell. 28. 9. 

gch. 25. 13. 

h Job 2. 11. 

i ch. 35. 26. 

kch. 32.3. 

lcliap.13.fi. 

mch. 17.8. 
verse 20. 

a Heb. 

Edom, 

chap. 19. 37. 

olChr.1.36. 

p verse 22. 

averse 16. 

Exod. 17. 8, 

14. 

Deut.25.17. 

rlChr.1.37. 

s Ps. 37. 35. 

Job 21. 8. 

t verse5, 14. 

18. 
! 1 Chr.. 1. 36. 

u ch. 14. 6. 

verscs2, 24. 

x Dt. 2. 12. 

chap. 27.40. 

& 31. 23,24. 

yl Chr. 1.39. 

z verse 12. 

Deut. 2. 12. 

chap. 27. 40. 

alChr.1.40. 



B. Christ 
1840. 



b Heb. 
Jemim, no 
where else. 
Some read, 
waters, 
chap. 1. 24. 
& 6. 19, 20. 
Lev. 19. 19. 
blChr.1.41. 
c verse 21. 
1 Chr. 1.41. 
d verse 21. 
chap. 10. Hi. 
c That is, 
iluhcilvins, 
Isa. 23. I.".. 
Uun. 7. 17, 
23. 

2KgB.11.19. 
c Pa. 10238. 
& ll :. 15. 
Deut.33.29, 
fc 17. 1 I, !5. 
flsa.3* Ci. 
& 63. 1. 
Amiis 1. 12. 

g John 2.11. 

h chap.11.7. 
i ch.lO. II. 
k verse 31. 

wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah : these were ivera*<j7. 

hap. 37. l. 

I)^|I. L !. .",. 
chap. 25.12, 
P„-a. 73. 4 
.,, rl, .■;.-,.::. i. 
„ Heb. of 
his father'* 
sojourn- 

chap. 17. 1. 
a ch. i 

these arc the '• ,' 



Joseph is hated of his brethren. 
and Anah : this ioas that Anah that found the " mules in 
the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 

25 And the children of Anah were these : Dishon, and 
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 

26 And these are the children of c Dishon ; Hemdan 
and Esliban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 

27 The children of Ezer are these ; Bilhan, and Zaavan, 
and Akan. 

28 The children of Dishan are these ; Uz, and Aran. 

29 These are the dukes that came of the d Horites ; duke 
Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 

30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan : these are 
the dukes that came of Hori, among their c dukes in the 
land of Seir. 

31 «j| And these are the longs that reigned in the land 
of Edom, e before there reigned any king over the children 
of Israel. 

32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom : and the 
name of his city was Dinhabah. 

' 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of 

Bozrah reigned in his stead. 

34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of s Temani 
reigned in his stead. 

g 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad 
(who smote Midian in the h field of Moab) reigned in his 
stead : and the name of his city teas Avith. 
g 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned 
in his stead. 

37 Arid Samlah died, and Saul of ^ehoboth by the river 
reigned in his stead. 

38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor 
reigned in his stead. 

g 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar 
reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Pau ; 
and his wife's name teas Mehetabel, the daughter of Ma 
tred, the daughter of Mezahab. 

/ 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of 
Esau, according to their families, after then- places, by their 
names ; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 

43 Duke Magdiel, duke Irani : these be the k dukes of 
Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their 
1 possession : he is Esau, the m father of the Edomites. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 
Joseph is halerlof his brethren, 2 : His two dreams, 5 : Jacob sendeth lam 
to visit his brethren. 13 : His brethren conspire his death, IS : Reuhra 
saveth him, 21: Tliey sell him to the Ishmaehtes, 26: His father, deceived 
bi/ the bloody coat, mourneth for him, 31 : He is sold to Potiphar in 
I, 36. 
Si ' 



the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, 
Esau's wife. 

19 These are the sons of Esau (who is Edom) and these 
arc their dukes. 

/ 20 *[\ These are the sons of Seir " the Iloritc, * who in- 
habited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan 
dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the la ml of Edom. dcE \ \. 20! 

22 And the children of Lotan were Hori, and y Hcman 
and Lotan's sister was z Timna. 

23 And the children of Shobal were these 
Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 

24 And these are the childrc" of Zibe^" 



a Alvan, and 
both Ajali, 



o2Sam. 13. 

18. 

f verse 2 1. 
"N'nm. 12.fi 
J... I 2.28. 
h Jn. 17. II 
i Num. 3.17. 
Rev. l. 8. 
k ch. 1-.'. G. 



Egypt, « 

4 ND Jacob dwelt in the land ' wherein his father was a 

stranger, in the land of Canaan. 
/ 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph being 
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his bre- 
thren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the 
sons of Zilpah, his father's a wives : and Joseph brought 
unto his father their b evil report. 

p 3 Now Israel c loved Joseph more than all his children, 
because he ruas the d son of his old age : and he made him 
a coat of many colours. 

c 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him 
more than all his brethren, they 'hated him, and could not 
speak peaceably unto him. 

f 5 1ft And Joseph 8 dreamed a dream, and he told //his bre- 
thren : and they hated him h yet the more. 

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream 
which I have dreamed : 

7 For behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, 
my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and behold, your 
sheaves stood'round about. and u made. obeisance tomysheaf. 

27 



B. Christ 
1729. 



Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites. GENESIS. 

e 8 AndhisbrethrensaiduntohhmShaUthouindeed'reign 
over us 1 or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us 1 
And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for 

his words. .,..,;,,,. 

/ 9 % And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his 
brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed adreammore: 
and behold, the m sun and the moon and the eleven 
a stars made obeisance to me, 

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and 
his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this 
dream that thou hast dreamed 1 Shall I and thy mother 
and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to 
thee to the earth 1 

r 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father ° ob- 
served the saying. 

g 12 % And his brethren went to feed their father's flock 
in Shechem. 

d 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren 
feed the flock in Shechem'? Come, and I will send thee 
unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 
g- 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, ' see whether 
it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks ; 
and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale 
of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 
1 15 ^ And a certain man found him, and behold, he was 
wandering in the field : and the man asked him, saying, 
What seekest thou 1 

16 And he said, p I seek my brethren : tell me, I pray 
thee, where they feed their flocks. 

g 17 And the man said, They are departed hence : for I 
heard them say, Let us go to q Dothan. And Joseph went 
after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 
c 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he 
came near unto them, they r conspired against him to 
slay him. 

19 And they said one to another, Behold this c dreamer 
cometh. 

20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast 
him into some 6 pit ; and we will say, * Some evil beast 
hath devoured him ; and we shall see what will become 
of his dreams. 

21 And u Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of 
their, hands ; and said, Let us not kill him. 

22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast 
hkn into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand 
upon him ; that he might rid him out of their hands, to 
x deliver him to his father again. 

& 28 % And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto 
his brethren, that they y stripped Joseph out of his coat, 
his coat of many colours that ivas on him. 

24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit : and the 
pit zoas empty, there was z no water in it. 
g 25 And they sat down a to eat bread : and they lifted 
up their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmael- 
ites came from b Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, 
and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 
5 2G And Judah said unto his brethren, c What profit is it 



Tamar deceiveth Judah. 



1 Luke 10. 
14. 

m ch.44.19. 
n Phil. 2. 15. 
Dan. 8. 10. 
o Luke 2. 
19, 51. 
b Heb. sec 
thepca^ce 
of thy 
brethren, 
chap.41.16. 
Matt. 15.25. 
Luke 19. 42. 
lKgs.2. 33. 
Psa. 125. 5. 
Jer. 29. 7. 

2 Sm. 18.32. 
Psa. 38.4. 
Num. 16.26. 
pLu. 19.10. 

2 Kings 
6.13. 

rPs.105.25. 
Luke 20. 14. 
c Heb. 
master of 
dreams. 
s Acts 7. 9. 
Prov.27.4. 
t 1 Kings 
13. 24. 
2Kgs. 2.24. 

ch. 42. 2. 
& 35. 22. 
x eh. 42. 22. 
y ver.3„ 31. 
Matt.27.28. 
chap. 42.21. 
z Jer. 38. 6. 
Zech. 9. 11. 
aEsth.3.15. 
chap.31.54. 
Amos 6. G. 
b Jer. 8. 22. 
chap. 31.21. 
cMat.16.26. 
Rom. 6. 21. 
lch.4. 10. 
Job 16. 18. 
Deut. 17.8. 
2 Sam. 1.16. 
o verse 22. 
Exod.21.21. 
fchap.25.2. 
gMatt.27.3 
Exod.21.32 
h 2 Kings 
19.1. 

i verse 20. 
Jer. 31. 15. 




if we slay our brother, and d conceal his blood 1 

27 Come, and let us c sell him to the Ishmaelites, and 

let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother, and 

our flesh : and his brethren were content. 

g 28 Then there passed by f Midianites, merchant-men ; 

and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold 

Joseph to the Ishmaelites for s twenty pieces of silver : and 

they brought Joseph into Egypt. 

/29 «f[ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and behold, 

Joseph was not in the pit : and he h rent his clothes. . 
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The 

child is * not : and I, whither shall I go ?• 



31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the 
goats, and dipped the coat in the blood : 

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they 
brought it to their father ; and said, This have we found : 
know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat ; an. 
evil beast hath devoured him : Joseph is k without doubt 
rent in pieces. 

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put l sackcloth upon 
his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 
u 35 And all his sons and all m his daughters rose up to 
comfort him ; but he n refused to be comforted ; and he 
said, For I will go down into the grave unto -my son mourn- 
ing. Thus his father wept for him. 

36 And the ° Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Poti- 
phar, d an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. 

CHAPTER XXXVD'I. 
Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah, 1. Er marrieth Tamar, 6. TJie 
trespass of Onan, 8. Tamar stayeth for Shelah, 11: She deceiveth 
Judah, 13 : She beareth twins, Pharez and Zarah, 27. 

/A ND it came to pass at that time, that Judah went 
J\ down from his brethren, and turned in to a a certain 
Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 

2 And Judah b saw there a daughter of a certain 
Canaanite, whose name was c Shuah ; and he d took her, 
and e went in unto her. 

3 And she f conceived, and bare a son ; and he called 
his name Er. 

4 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and she 
called his name Onan. 

g 5 And she yet again conceived and bare a son ; and 
called his name Shelah : and he was at g Chezib, when 
she bare him. 

6 And Judah h took a wife for Er his first-born, whose 
name was ° Tamar. 

« 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the * sight 
of the Lord ; and the Lord k slew him. 

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's 
wife, and ' marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 

9 And Onan knew that the seed should m not be his : and 
it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, 
that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give 
seed to his brother. 

c 10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord : 
wherefore he slew him also. 

/ 1 1 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 
n Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son 
be grown ; (for he said, Lest peradventure he die also as 
his brethren did :) and Tamar went and dwelt in her 
father's house. 

g 12 ^| And in process of time, the daughter of Shuah, 
Judah's wife died : and Judah was comforted, and went up 
unto his ° sheep-shearers to p Timnath, he and his friend 
Hirah the Adullamite. 

/ 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father- 
in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep. 

14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and 
covered her with q a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat " in 
an open place, which is by the way to Timnath : for she 
saw that Shelah was grown, and she was r not given unto 
him to wife. 

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot ; 
because she had covered her face. 

u 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go tc^ 
I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ; (for he knew not 
that she was his daughter-in-law:) and she said, What 
wilt thou. give me, that thou mayest come in unto me ? 

17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock: 
and she said, Wilt thou give me s a pledge, till thou send it ? 

18 And he said, What pledge shall I give- thee ? aifd 

28 



Joseph advanced in Potiphar^s house. 

she said, Thy ' signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that 
is in thy hand : and he gave it her, and came in unto 
her, and she conceived by him. 

19 And she arose and went away and laid by her vail 
from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 
/ 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his u friend the 
Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand 
but he found her not. 

21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where 
is the c harlot that ivas openly by the way-side 1 And they 
said, There was no harlot in this place 

22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find 
her ; and also the men of the place said, that there was no 
harlot in this place. 

23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we d be 
shamed : behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her 
/ 24 *}[ And it came to pass about three months after, that 
it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath 
played the harlot ; and also, behold, she is with child by 
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her 
1 be burnt. 

25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father 
in-law, saying, By the man whose these are, am I with 
child : and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, 
the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 

26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath 
been y more righteous than I ; because that I gave her not 
to Shelah my son : and he z knew her again no more. 

27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that 
behold, twins were in her womb. 

28 And it came to pass when she travailed, that the one 
put out his hand ; and the midwife took and bound upon 
his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 

29 And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that 
behold, his brother came out ; and she said, How hast thou 
broken forth] this breach be upon thee : therefore his name 
was called ' Pharez. 

30 And afterward came out his brother that had the scar- 
let thread upon his hand ; and his name was called ^Zarah. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 
Joseph advanced in Potiphnr's house, 1 : He resisleth his mistress's tempt- 
ation, 7 : He is falsely accused, 13 : He is cast into prison, 20 : God is 
with him there, 21. 

fjk ND Joseph was brought down to Egypt : and a Poti- 
J\. phar, an oificer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an 
Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which 
had brought him down thither. 

2 And the Lord was b with Joseph, and he was c a 
prosperous man : and he was in the house of his master 
the Egyptian. 

3 And d his master saw that the Lord was with him, and 
that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 
/ 4 And Joseph c found grace in his sight, and he served 
him : and he made him r overseer over his house, and all 
/hat he had he put into his hand. 

* 5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made 
him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that 
the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house E for Joseph's sake ; 
and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in 
the house, and in the field' 



B. Christ 
1737. 



6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he Vlrn"'" 
knew not aught he had, h save the bread which he did eat 



and Joseph was '' a goodly person, and well-favoure 
c 7 % And it came to pass after these things, that his master's 

wife " cast her eyes upon Joseph : and she said, !t Lie with me. 
8 But he ' refused, and said unto his master's wife, . 

10 Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the , 

house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;'™'™ a 
c "9 There is none greater in this house than I ; neither * hSu. 41 ' 

toath he kept back any thing from mc, but thee, because 1 -';" 

8 



GENESIS. The butler and baker imprisoned. 

thou art his wife : n how then can I do this ° great wicked- 
ness, and sin against God 1 

10. And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph » day by 
day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to 
be p with her. 

/ 1 1 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph 
went into the house to do his business ; and there was 
q none of the men of the house there within. 

12 And she r caught him by his garment, saying, Lie 
with me : and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, 
and s got him out. 

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left 
his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 

14 That she called unto the men of her house, and 
spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew 
unto us to l mock us : he came in unto me u to lie with 
me, and I cried with a loud voice : 

15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up 
my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and 
fled, and got him out. 

/ 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord 
came home. 

17 And she spake unto him according to these words, 
saying, The Hebrew servant which thou hast brought 
unto us, came in unto me to mock rne : 

18 And it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, 
that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the 
words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, 
After this manner did thy servant to me ; that K his wrath 
was kindled. 

/ 20 And Joseph's master y took him, and put him into the 
prison, a place where the king's prisoners l were bound : 
and he was there in the prison. 

c 21 ^[ But the Lord was a with Joseph, and shewed him 
mercy, and " gave him favour in the sight of the b keeper 
of the prison. 

22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's 
hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and what- 
soever they did there, he was the doer of it. 

23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing 
that was under his hand ; because the Lord was with him : 
and that which he did, the Lord c made it to prosper. 

CHAPTER XL. 
Tne hitler and baker of Pharaoh in prison, 1 : Joseph hath charge of 
them, 4 : He interprcteth their dreams, 5 : They come to pass according 
to his interpretation, 20. The ingratitude of the butler, 23. 

fk ND it came to pass after these things, that the " butler 
^nL of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended 
their lord the king of Egypt. 

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, 
against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of 
the bakers. 

3 And he put them a in ward in the house of the captain 
of the guard, into the b prison, the place where Joseph was 
hound. 

4 And the c captain of the guard charged Joseph with 
L"' \'r" c 7. them, and he served them ; and they continued a season 

in ward. 

/ 5 If And they i dreamed a dream both of them, each man 
his dream in one night, each man c according to the inter- 
pretation of his dream ; the butler and the baker of the 
king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and 
looked upon them, and behold, they ?w/v? ' sad. 

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him 
ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore ' look 

ye so sadly to-day 1 

c 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, 
and there is no interpreter of ii. And Joseph said unto 

29 



t verse 25. 
Jer. 22.24. 
u ch. 20. 9. 
Lev. 19. 17. 
c Heb. Kc- 
deshah, of 
Kadash, 
that is, ho- 
liness. 
Hence a 
Sodomite 
is called 
Kadcsh, 
2Kgs.23.7. 
d Heb. de- 
come a 
contempt, 
Prov. 6. 23, 
2 Sam. 12. 9. 
Psa. 51. 4. 
x chap. 20. 
3, 7, 9. 
Deut.22. 
23,24. 
Rom. 2. 1,3. 
2Sm. 12.5,7. 
Lev. 21. 9. 
Dt. 24. 16. 
Jr.29.22,23. 
ylSm.24.17. 
z chap. 4. 1. 
lPct.4.2,3. 
Job 40.4,5. 
& 34.31,32. 
e That is, 
Breach, 
Matt. 1.3. 
/That is, 
Rising, 
Mat. 11. 12. 
Acts 13. 
46, 48. 
a ch. 37. 36. 
b Acts 7. 9. 
c Psa. 1. 3. 
lSm.13. 14. 
d ch. 30. 27. 
Pr. 16. 6, 7. 
cNeh. 2.4.5. 
chap. 18. 3. 
f Pr. 27. 18. 
chap. 24. 2. 
!? ch. 30. 27. 
Isa. 43. 2, 4. 
Acts 27. 24. 
h Pr. 31. 11. 
chap. 43. 32. 
ilSm. 16.12. 
a Heb. 
lifted up. 
k Prov. 7. 13. 
1 Prov. 1.10. 
mPr.18. 21. 



B. Christ 
1729. 



nl John 3. 9. 

Prov. 6. 34. 
b Hob. 
day day. 
p Prov. 5. 8. 
[Job 24. 15. 
r Prov. 7.13. 
sEccl. 7.26. 
t Mat.26.65. 
lKgs.18.17. 
ii verse 7. 
Psa. 120. 3. 
2 Cor. 6. 8. 
xch. 4.5, 0. 
Pr.fi. 34, 35. 

1 Pot. 2. I'J. 
y Job 26. 10. 
On. 3.21, 22. 
z Psa. 105. 
18, 19. 

2 Tim. 2. 9. 
1 Tct. 2. 19. 
[su.53. 8. 
a verso 2. 
Pa. 121. -1. 

' 

(sn.43.9. 
Rom. 8. 32. 



S 
Ii ch. 40. 3. 

lv.i. i. n. 

ehnp.49.a9 



iWh. 1. II. 
Ksth.fi. 1. 
:, Pr.16. I l. 
bch.39. 20. 
cch. 30.23.| 
& :i7. 36. 
P«. 37. .'.. 
i i, •" 
LMh.fi. 1. 

h. 11.11, j n |), c 
12, IS. 



The two dreams of Pharaoh. 

them, Do not interpretations s belong to God 1 h Tell me 

them, I pray you. 

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said 
to him, In my dream, i behold, a vine was before me ; 

10 And in "the vine were three branches : and it was as 
though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth ; and the 
clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : 

1 1 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand : and I took the 
' grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave 

the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 

r 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation 
of it; The three branches are k three days : 

13 Yet J within three days shall Pharaoh c lift up thy 
head, and restore thee unto thy place :' and thou shalt 
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former man- 
ner when thou wast his butler. 

14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, 
and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make men 
tion of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me m out of this house : 

15 For indeed I was n stolen away out of the ° land of 
the Hebrews : and here also have I p done nothing that 
they should put me into the dungeon. 
/ 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation 
was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, 
and behold, / had three white baskets on my head : 

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all man- 
ner of bake-meats for Pharaoh : and the birds did eat 
them out of the basket upon my head. 
f 18 And Joseph answered, and said, This is the inter- 
pretation thereof: The three baskets are three days : 

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head 
from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and q the 
birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 
a 20 ^j And it came to pass tire third day, which was 
Pharaoh's r birth-day, that he made a feast unto all his 
servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler 
and of the chief baker among his servants. 

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership 
again ; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand : 

22 But he hanged the chief baker, s as Joseph had in- 
terpreted to them. 

c 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but 

1 forgat him. 

CHAPTER XLL 
Pharaoh's two dreams, 1 : Joseph interpreteth them, 25 : He givcth Pharaoh 
counsel, 33. Joseph is advanced, 38 : He begelteth Manasseh and 
'Ephraim, 50. The famine beginneth, 54. 

r k ND it came to pass at the end of two full years, that 
J^L Pharaoh a dreamed: and behold, he stood by the b river. 

2 And behold, there came up out of the river seven well- 
favoured kine. and fat-fleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 

3 And behold, seven other kine came up after them 
out of the river, c ill-favoured and lean-fleshed ; and stood 
by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 

4 And the ill-favoured and 'lean-fieshed kine did eat up 
the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 

5 And he slept and dreamed the second time : and 
behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank 
and good 

6 And behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the 
d east wind sprung up after them. 

7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and 
full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was e a dream. 
/ 8 And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit 
was f troubled ; and he sent and called for all the g magi- 
cians of Egypt, and all the h wise men thereof: and Pharaoh 
told them his dreams ; but there was ' none that could 
interpret them unto Pharaoh. 

/ 9 II Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saving 
do remember k my faults this day • 



GENESIS. 



B. Christ 
1720, 



Joseph interpreteth them 

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in 
ch'41. ic.|ward in the ' captain of the guard's house, both me, and 

the chief baker : 

11 And m we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he : 
we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of 
his dream. 

1 2 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, 
servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and 
he interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according 
to his dream he did interpret. 

13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it 

was : me n he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 

/ 14 ^j Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they 

" brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he ° shaved 

\himself, and changed his p raiment, and came in unto 

'j c ^2M Pharaoh. 

15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a 
dream, and there is none that can interpret it : and I have 
heard say of thee, h that thou canst understand a dream 
to interpret it. 

^ 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, q It is not in 
me : God shall give Pharaoh r an answer of peace. 

1 7 And s Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, 
I stood upon the bank of the river : 

18 And behold, there came up out of the river seven 
kine, fat-fleshed, and well-favoured ; and they fed in a 
meadow : ' , 

19 And behold, seven other kine came up after them, 
poor, and very ill-favoured, and lean-fleshed, such as 1 
never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness : 

20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up 
the first seven fat kine : 

21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be 
known that they had eaten them ; but they were ' still ill 
favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 

22 And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears 
came up in one stalk, full and good : 

23 And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted 
with the east wind, sprung up after them : 

24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears': 
and I told this unto the magicians ; but there was none 
that could declare it unto me. 

25 % AndJosephsaiduntoPharaohjThedreamofPharaoh 
is one :• God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is u about to do 

r 26 The seven good kine are seven years ; and the 
seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. 

27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured kine that came 
up after them are seven years ; and the seven empty ears 
blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 

28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh : 
what God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 

r. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty 
throughout all the land of Egypt : 

t 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of 
famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land 
of Egypt ; and the famine shall consume the land : 

31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by 

reason of that famine following : for it shall be very grievous. 

* 32 And for that the dream was x doubled unto Pharaoh 

twice ; it is because the thing is established by God, and 

God will shortly bring it to pass. 

g 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet 
and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint c officers 
over the land, and take up the y fifth part of the land of 
Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 

35 And let them gather all the food of those good years 
that come, and lay up corn z under the hand of Pharaoh ; 
and let them keep food in the cities. 

SO y 



Isa. 8. 19. 
Dan. 2. 28. 
h ch. 37. 5. 
Dan. 4. 8. 
& 5. 12. 
chap. 41.16. 
ichap.7.73. 
Judg.13.7. 
Dan. 4. 13. 
verse 16. 
kch. 41.26. 
1 Cor. 10. 4. 
1 verse 20. 
chap. 7. 4. 
(Or, 
reckon. 
Jer. 52. 31. 
m 1 Cor. 7. 
21. 

n eh. 37. 28. 
o ch. 14. 13. 
p John 10. 
32 



Acts 20.27. 
Prov.30.17. 
r Matt.14.6. 
Job 3. I. 
s Luke 23. 
33, 39. 
t Eccl. 9. 
15, 16. 
Amos 6.6. 
Psa. 105. 19. 
a Dan. 2. 1. 
Esth. fi. 1. 
bExod.1.22. 
chap.31.Sl. 
c verses 4, 
20, 21. 
(i Ezek. 17. 
10. & 19. 
12. 

c ch. 20. 3. 
& 37. 5. 
fDan.2. 13. 
chap. 4. 6, 7. 
g Exod. 7. 
11. 

Dan. 2. 2. 
h Acts 17. 
18. 

Matt.23.34. 
i Dan. 2. 10. 
Isa. 29. 14. 
Psa. 25. 14. 
k ch. 40. 2. 




1 ch. 37. 36. 
m ch. 40. 8. 
n ch. 40. 20. 
a rleb.made 
him run, 
Dan. 2. 25. 
Psa. 105.20. 
Exod. 10.16 

1 Sam. 2.7,8. 
o 2 S.im.19. 
24. 

p Esth. 4. 3 
b Or, when 
thou hear- 
est adream 
thou canst 
interprets, 
Mark 9. 22. 
2Kgs.6.27. 
ii Dan. 2 28. 

2 Cor. 3.5. 
Psa. 31. 15. 
chap. 40. 8. 
r ch. 37. 24. 
s Eccl. 9. 15. 
t Isa. 9. 20. 
Psa. 37. 19. 
n Exod. 9. 
11. 

Josh. II. 6. 
Matt. 24.40. 
Amos 3. 7. 
Isa.41. 21, 
22. 

xPhil. 3. ]. 
c Hub. 
pakid, that 
is, bishops, 
overseers 
Num.31, 14. 
2Kgs.ll.12. 
2Chr.34.12. 
Neh. 11. 9. 
yProv. 6. 6. 
r,ukel6.9. 
zExod.4.13. 



Pharaoh advanceth Joseph. 

36 And that food shall be a for store to the land against 
the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of 
Egypt ; that the land d perish not through the famine. 
/ 37 4 And b the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, 
and in the eyes of all his servants. 

38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such 
a one as this is, a man in whom c the Spirit of God is ? 

39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God 
hath shewed thee d all this, there is none so discreet and 
wise as thou art : 

40 Thou shalt be e over my house, and according unto 
'.thy word shall all my people be ' ruled : only in the throne 
will I be greater than thou. 

g 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have s set thee 
over all the land of Egypt. 

/ 42 And Pharaoh took off his h ring from his hand, and 
put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 
' fine linen, and put k a gold chain about his neck ; 

43 And he made him to ride in the ! second chariot which 
he had : and they cried before him, -'Bow the knee : and he 
made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 

44 And Pharao h said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and 
without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the 
land of Egypt. 

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name g Zaphnath-paa 
neah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of 
Poti-pherah * priest of m On : and Joseph went out over 
all the land of Egypt. 

g 46 ^[ And Joseph was n thirty years old when he stood 
before Pharaoh king of Egypt : and Joseph went out 
from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the 
land of Egypt. 

« 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought 
forth by handfuls. 
/ 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years 
which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in 
the cities : the food of the field which was round about every 
city, laid he up in the same. 

49 And Joseph gathered corn as the ° sand of the sea, 
very much, until he left numbering; for it was p without 
number. 

/50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the 
years of famine came : which Asenath the daughter of 
Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 
n 51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born ' Manas- 
sch ; for God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, 
and all my father's house. 

r - 52 And the name of the second called he * Ephraim : For 
God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 

53 Tf And the seven years of plenteousness that was in 
the land of Egypt, were ended. 

a 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, ac 
cording as Joseph had said : and the dearth was in all 
lands ; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 
/ 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the 
people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto 
all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what ho saith to you, do. 
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: 



B. Christ 
1715. 



GENESIS. Joseph imprisoneth his brethren. 

2 And he said, Behold I have heard that there is corn 
in Egypt: get you down thither, andbuy for usfromthence; 
and not die. 
ten brethren went down to buy corn in 



a Lev. 6. 2, 
dlleh.be 
not cut off. 
b Acts 7. 10 
Prov. 20. 10. 
c Dan. 4. 6, 
8. & 5. 11. 
Psa. 105. 22. 
d ch. 37. 8. 
ePs.105.21. 
f Job 29. 22. 
e Hob. kiss 
Job 31. 27. 
g verse 43. 
h Esth. 8. 2. 
iEzck.27.7, 
kProv. 1. 9. 

1 Esth. 6. 8. 
/Heb. 
Jlbrek, 
that is, 
Father to 
the kino;, 
g That is, 
A rcvealer 
of secrets. 
Others say. 
The sa- 
viour of 
the worlds 
Dan. 1. 7. 
hOi,prince. 
chap. 14. 18. 

2 Sam. 8. 18. 
m Ezek. 30. 
17. 

nchap.37.2. 
Luke 3. 23, 
Num. 4. 3. 
o ch. 20. 17. 
Judg.7. 12. 
p Judg. 6. 5. 
Job 21. 33. 
i That is, 
Forgetting, 
lsa.65. 16. 
k That is, 
Made 
fruitful, 
ch.48.5,16. 
2Chr. 5.2. 
q Psa. 105. 
10, 17. 
chap. 45. 5. 
a Ex. 20.18. 
& 5. 21. 
bActs7.11. 



56 



B. Christ 
1707. 



and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the 

Egyptians ; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy 

corn ; because that the famine was so sore '' in ail lands. 
CHAPTER XLII. 

Jacob sendtth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt, 1. They are imprisoned 

by Joseph for spies, 1C. The;/ are set at liberty, on condition to brine 

JJenjamin, IS. They have remorse for Joseph, 21. Sinn on is kept/or 

a pledge, 24. They return with, corn, and their money, 2.3. Their 

relation to Jacob, 29. Jacob refuseth to send Benjamin, 86. 

^^OWwhenJacob a sawthattherewascorninEgypt,Jiicobil e .^ , .H 

x\ said unto his son;*, b Why do ye look one upon another ? fe 1 *; ','; 



cell. 45.9. 
d ch. 45. 28, 
Psa. 118. 17, 
Matt. 4. 4. 
e ch. 37. 3. 
f chap. 3.22. 
Ex.22.22,23 
g Eccl. 8. 8. 
h ch. 18. 2. 
&. 3. 7, 8. 
& 41. 14. 
a Heb. hard 
with them, 
vor.9, 11,12 
i chap. 37. 5. 
kJob!9. 11. 
& 13. 24. 
Exod.32.25. 
Num. 13. 2, 
18, 10. 
lMt.2.1G,lR. 
chap.41.20. 
b Hob. By 
the lives, 
Jer. 5. S, 7. 
1 Sam. 20.3. 
Deut. 6. 13. 
m Nob. 5.15, 

c Hob. 

breaking of 
the famine. 
chap. 11.50 
n ch. 43. 19 
oHoa. 5.18, 

"Kel quired 

p oh. 37. 23. 

Matt. 7. 2. 
qPr.28.13. 
1 John l.ft 
rcb. 37.21. 
Prov. 12. 19. 
m chap. 9, 
I KgB.2.32 
2Chr.24.22, 
Ezek. 3. 18, 
Lukell.'5Q 
P 1.9. I '. 
t [sn.49. 15, 
& Kl. 9. 
Heb. 1. 15. 
u ch. 34.25 
*c 49. 7. 



that we may d live, 

3 And Joseph's 
Egypt. 

4 e But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with 
his brethren : for he said, f Lest peradventure mischief 
befall him. 

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those 
that came : for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 

« 6 And Joseph was the s governor over the land, and he 
it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's 
brethren came, and h bowed down themselves before him 
with their faces to the earth. 

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but 
made liimself strange unto them, and spake " roughly unto 
them ; and he said unto them, Whence come ye 1 And 
they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 

8 And Joseph knew his brethren but they knew not him. 

9 And Joseph ! remembered the dreams which he 
dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies ; to 
see the k nakedness of the land ye are come. 

10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy 
food are thy servants come. 

1 1 We are all one man's sons ; we are true men ; thy 
servants are no spies. 

12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness 
of the land ye are come. 

13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the 
sons of one man in the land of Canaan : and behold, the 
youngest is this day with our father, and one ' is not. 

14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake 
unto you, saying, Ye are spies : 

m 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: * By the life of Pharaoh 
ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother 
come hither. 

M 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and 
ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, 
whether there be any truth in you : or else, by the life of 
Pharaoh, surely ye are spies. , 

17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 

« 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, 
and live ; for m I fear God : 

19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound 
in the house of your prison : go ye, carry c corn for the 
famine of your houses : 

20 But " bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall 
your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they 
did so. 

s 21 ^[ And they said one to another, ° We are verily guilty 
concerning our brother, in that we saw p the anguish of 
his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; 
q therefore is this distress come upon us. 

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, r Spake I not 
unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child ; and yc 
would not hear ? therefore behold also his blood is ' re- 



23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; 
for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 

24 And he turned himself about from them, and l wept ; 
vjand returned to them again, and communed with them, and 

took from them u Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 
/ 25 *|f Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with 
corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and 
to give them provision for the way : and x thus did he unto 
them. 

2G And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed 
thence. 

27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass 

31 



GENESIS. 

for behold, it 



Jacob is hardly persuaded to send 

provender in the inn, he espied his money 
was in his sack's mouth. 

28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored ; 
and lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart " failed them, 
and they were y afraid, saying one to another, What is this 
that God hath done unto us 1 

/ 29 T[ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land 
of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 

30 The man who is the lord of the land, spake ' roughly 
to us, and took us for spies of the country. 

31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no 
spies : 

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, 
and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of 
Canaan. 

33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, 
Hereby shall I know that ye are true men : leave one of 
your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine 
of your households, and be gone : 

34 And bring your youngest brother unto me ; then 
shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true 
men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick 
in the land. 

/ 35 % And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, 
that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack ; 
and when both they and their father saw the bundles of 
money, they were afraid. 

36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye 
bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, 
and z ye will take Benjamin aivay : all these things are 
a against me. 

p 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay b my 
two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my 
hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 

« 38 And he said, My son shall c not go down with you ; 
for his brother d is dead, and he is e left alone : if mischief 
befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye 
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the f grave. 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin, 1. Joseph entertaineth his 

brethren, 15. He maketh them a feast, 31. 

>JD the famine was a sore in the land. 

2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the 
corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father 
said unto them, Go again, " buy us b a little food. 

3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, c The man did 
solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall d not see my face, 
except your brother be with you. 

4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down 
and buy thee food : 

5 But if thou wilt not send him we will not go down : 
for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except 
your brother be with you. 

6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as 
to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother 1 

7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, 
and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive ? have 
ye another brother 1 and we told him according to the 
tenor of these words : Could we certainly know that he 
would say, Bring your brother down 1 

c 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the Mad 
with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and 
not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 

_ 9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require 
him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, 
then let me bear the blame for ever : 

10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had re- 
turned thiis second time. 

k 11 And their father Israel cinir! imtn fhpwi Tf <// nnutt hp 



B. Christ 

1707. 



d Heb. went 
forth, 
Song 5. 6. 
lKgs. 10.5. 
y ch. 27. 32. 
Lev. 26. 36. 
c Heb. with 
us hard 
things. 
zPsa.34.19. 
Jobl. 14,15. 
Psa.49. 7. 
a Horn. 8.28. 
lCor.10.13. 
b ch. 46. 9. 
c Rom. 1. 13. 
Acts 5. 39. 
d ch. 37. 33. 
e ch. 44. 27. 
fch. 37.35. 
a ch. 42. 1. 
& 28. 13. 
Eccl. 9. 1,2. 
a Heb. 
break, 
ver. 4,20. 
chap. 41.56. 
1 Tim. 5. 8. 
Prov.31. 16. 
b Pr. 15. 16. 
& 16. 8. 
1 Tim. 6.6,7. 
c ch. 42. 33. 
& 44. 23. 
(12 Sam. 14. 
24, 28. 
Acts 20. 25. 
e ch; 46. 21. 
& 37. 30. 
fch. 44.32. 
1 Kgs. 1. 21. 
Hob. 7. 12. 



Benjamin with his brethren, 

so now, do this ; take of the * best fruits in the land in your 
vessels, and carry down the man s a present, a little h balm, 
and a £ little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : 
12 And take double money in your hand : and the money 
that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, k carry 



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peradventure it was an oversight : 
your brother, and arise, go again unto 



it again in your hand ; 

13 ' Take also 
the man 

14 And m God Almighty give you mercy before the man, 
that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin : 
n If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 

/ 15 *\] And the mentook that present, and they took double 
money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and 
went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 

16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said 
to the "ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and c slay, 
and make ready : for these men shall dine with me at noon. 

17 And the man did as Joseph bade : and the man 
brought the men into Joseph's house. 

/ 18 And the men were r afraid, because they were brought 
into Joseph's house ; and they said, Because of the money 
that was returned in our sacks at the first time, are we 
brought in ; that he may d seek occasion against us, and fall 
upon us, and take us for bond-men, and our asses. 

19 And theycamenear to the steward of Joseph'shouse, 
and they communed with him at the door of the house, 

20 And said, e O sir, q we came indeed down at the first 
time to buy food : 

21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that 
we r opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money 
was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and 
we have brought it again in our hand. 

22 And other money have we brought down in our hands 
to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 

c 23 And he said, s Peace be to you, fear not : * your God, 
and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your 
sacks : I had your money. And he brought Simeon out 
unto them. 

24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, 
and gave them u water, and they washed their feet ; and 
he gave their asses provender. 

25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came 
at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there 
/ 26 ^f And when Joseph came home, they brought him 
the present which was in their hand into the house, x and 
bowed themselves to him to the earth. 

s 27 And he asked them of their f welfare, and said, e Is 
your father well, the old man of whom ye spake 1 Is he 
yet alive 1 

28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in 
good health, he is yet alive : And they bowed down their 
heads, and made obeisance. 

e 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benja- 
min, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, 
of whom ye spake unto me 1 And he said, God be gracious 
unto thee, y my son. 

s 30 And Joseph made haste ; for his bowels z did yearn 
upon his brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he 
entered into his chamber, and wept there. 

31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained 
himself, and said, Set on bread. 

/ 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by 
themselves, and for the Egyptians which did eat with him. 
by themselves : because the Egyptians might not a eat 
bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an b abomination unto 
the Egyptians. 

o 33 And they sat before him, the first-born according to" 
his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth : 
and the men marvelled one at another. 

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JudaJv's humble supplication. GENESIS. 

34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before 
him : but Benjamin's mess was c five times so much as 
any of theirs. And they drank, and ''were merry with him. 
CHAPTER XLIV. 



Joseph's policy to stay his brethren, 1. Judah's humble supplication to 

Joseph, IS. 

AND he commanded the " steward of his house, saying, 
Fill the men's sacks with a food, as much as they can 
carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 

2 And b put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth 
of the youngest, and his corn-money : and he did accord- 
ing to the word that Joseph had spoken. 

3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent 
away, they, and their asses. 

4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet 
far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the 
men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, 
Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? 

5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and Avhereby 
indeed he * divineth ? ye have done evil in so doing. 

/ 6 If And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these 
same words. 

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these 
words ? God forbid that thy servants should do according 
to this thing : 

g 8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks 
mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of 
Canaan : how then should w r e steal out of thy lord's house 
silver or gold ? 

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both c let 
him die, and we also will be my lord's bond-men. 

10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your 
words : he with whom it is found shall be my servant ; 
and ye shall be d blameless. 

1 1 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to 
the ground, and opened every man his sack. 

12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at 
the youngest : and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 

13 Then they e rent their clothes, and laded every man 
his ass, and returned to the city. 

« 14 % And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's 
house, (for he wasyetthere :) and they fell before him on the 
ground. 

15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that 
ye have done 1 wot ye not that such a man as I can ' cer- 
tainly divine ? 

'< 16" And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? 
what shall we speak ? or f how shall we clear ourselves ? 
God hath found out the g iniquity of thy servants : behold 
" we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with 
whom the cup is found. 

17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so : but the 
man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; 
and as for you, get you up ' l in peace unto your father. 

e 18 % Then Judah came near unto him, and said, k O my 
lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's 
1 ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant : 
for thou art even m as Pharaoh. 

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, 
or a brother ? 

20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old 
man, and a child of his u old age, ° a little one : and his 
brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his 
father loveth him. 

21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down 
unto me, that I may p set mine eyes upon him. 

22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his 
father: for ?/he should leave his father, his father would die. 

23 And thou saidst unto tlr* 7 servant? Except your 

9 e 



Matt. 7. 2. 
Ju.lg. 1. 7. 
i ch. 26. 29. 
k ch. 43.20. 
1 ch. 50. 17. 
mPr.19.12. 
n ch. 37. 30. 
o ch. 46. 21. 
& 43. 7. 
p ch. 43. 15, 
16. 
Jc-r. 40. 4. 




Joseph sendelh for his father. 

youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my 
face q no more. 

24 And it came to pass, Avhen we came up unto thy 
servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 

25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 

26 And we said, We cannot go down : if our youngest 
brother be with us, then will we go down ; for we may not 
see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 

27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know 
that r my wife bare me two so?is : 

28 And the one went out from me, and I said, 5 Surely 
he is torn in pieces ; and I saw him not since : 

29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall 
him, ye shall bring down my " gray hairs with ' sorrow to 
the grave. 

30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my 
father, and the lad be not with us ; (seeing that his life ' is 
bound up in the lad's life ;) 

E 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is 
not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring- 
down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow- 
to the grave. 

32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my 
father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall 
bear the blame to my father for ever. 

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide 
"instead of the lad a bond-man to my lord ; and let the lad 
go up with his brethren. 

34 For how shall I go unto my father, and the lad be not 
with me ? lest peradventure I see the evil that shalFcome 
on my father. 

CHAPTER XLV. 
Joseph malceth himself known to his brethren, 1 : He comforteth them in 
God's providence, 5 _: He sendeth for his father, 9: Pharaoh confirmeth 
it, 16 : Joseph fur nisheth them for their journey, and cxhorteth them to 
concord, 21. Jacob is revived -with the news, 25. 

HEN Joseph could not a refrain himself before all 
them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every 
man b to go out from me : and there stood no man with 
him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 
2 And he ° wept aloud ; and the Egyptians and the house 
of Pharaoh heard. 

* 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I c am Joseph ; doth 
my father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer 
him ; for they were u troubled at his presence. 

i And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, 
I pray you : and they came near. And he said, e I am 
Joseph your brother, f whom ye sold into Egypt. 
c 5 Now therefore g be not grieved, nor angry with your- 
selves, that ye sold me hither : h for God did send me before 
you £ to preserve life. 

6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land . 
and yet there arc five years, in the which there shall neither 
be k earing nor harvest. 

' 7 And God sent me before you, to preserve you ;i 
posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great 
'deliverance. 

8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, "' bid God : 
and lie hath made me " a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all 
his house, and a ruler throughout all tlie land of Egypt. 

9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. 
Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of a)! 
Egypt ; come down unto me, tarry not : 

g 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou 
shall be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy chil- 
dren's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that 
thou hast : 

1 1 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there arc five 
years of famine;) lest thou, and thy household, and all that 



«i 



^'sjT.io.'thou hast come to poverty 



33" 



Jacob goeth into Egypt. 

1 2 And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother 
Benjamin, that it is ° my mouth that speaketh unto you. 

13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, 
and of all that ye have seen : and ye shall haste, and bring 
down my father hither. 

s 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and 
p wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck, 

* 15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon 
them : and after that his brethren q talked with him. 

/ 16 % And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's 
house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come : and it pleased 
Pharaoh well, and his servants. 

g 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, 
This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you into the land 
of Canaan ; 

18 And take your father, and your households, and 
come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land 
of Egypt, and ye shall eat the r fat of the land. 

19 Now s thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you 
wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and 
for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 

20 Also "regard not your stuff: for the good of all the 
land of Egypt is yours. 

/ 21 And the children of Israel did so : and Joseph gave 
them wagons, according to the "commandment of Pharaoh, 
and gave them provision for the way. 

22 To all of them he gave each man ' changes of raiment : 
but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and 
five changes of raiment. 

d 23 And to his father he sent after this manner ; ten asses 
laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden 
with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 
P 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed : and 
he said unto them, See that ye " fall not out by the way. 
g 25 T[ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into 
the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 

s 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is 
governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart 
u fainted, for he believed them not. 

27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had 
Said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph 
had sent to carry him, the spiritof Jacob their father revived : 

28 And Israel said, x It is enough : Joseph my son is 
yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. 

CHAPTER XLVI. 

Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba, 1 : Thence he with his company 
goeth into Egypt, 5 : The number of his family that went into Egypt, 8. 
Joseph meeteth Jacob, 28: He instrucieth his brethren hoiv to answir 
Pharaoh, 31. 

g k ND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and 
V% came to a Beer-sheba, and b offered sacrifices unto 
the c God of his father Isaac. 

v 2 And God spake unto Israel in the d visions of the night, 
and said, e Jacob, Jacob ! and he said, Here am I. 
i> 3 And he said, I am f God, the God of thy father : fear 
not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee 
a great nation : 

?• 4 e I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also 
surely h bring thee up again : and Joseph shall put his hand 
upon thine eyes. 

/ 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and the sons 
of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, 
and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to 
carry him. 

g 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods which they 
had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into s Egypt, 
Jacob, and all his seed with him ; 

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his k daughters, 
and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with 
him into Egypt. 



GENESIS. Joseph goeth to meet htm. 

fS% And these are the names of the children of Israel, 
which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Reuben, 
Jacob's first-born. 

9 And the sons of Reuben ; ! Hanoch, and Phallu, and 
Hezron, and Carmi. 

f 10 % And the sons of Simeon; m Jemuel, and Jamin, 
and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of 
n a Canaanitish woman. 

/ 11 ' % And the sons of Levi ; ° Gershon, p Kohath, and 
Merari. 

/ 12 TI And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and She- 
lah, and Pharez, and Zarah : but Er and Onan q died in the 
land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were r Hezron, 
and Hamul. 

/ 13 If And the sons of s Issachar ; * Tola, and " Phuvah, 
and Job, and Shimron. 

/ 14 ^[ And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, and Elon, and 
Jahleel. 

15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Ja- 
cob in x Padan-aram, with Ins daughter Dinah : all the souls 
of his sons and his daughters were y thirty and three. 
/ 16 % And the sons of Gad ; z Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, 
and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 
/ 17 % And the sons of Asher ; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and 
Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. * And the sons of 
Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. 

18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to 
Leah his daughter : and these she bare unto Jacob, even 
sixteen souls. 

/ 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's a wife ; Joseph, and 
Benjamin. 

/ 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born 
Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of 
Poti-pherah " priest of On bare unto him. 
/21 % And the sons of Benjamin were b Belah, and Be- 
cher, and c Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, 
Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 

22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to 
Jacob ; all the souls were fourteen. 
/ 23 T[ And the e sons of Dan ; Hushim. 
/ 24 And the sons of Naphtali ; Jahzeel, and Guni, and 
Jezer, and f Shillem. 

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave 
unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob : 
all the souls were seven. 

/ 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which 
came out of his b loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the 
souls were threescore and six ; 

/ 27 And the sons of Joseph which were born him in 
Egypt, were two souls : all the souls of the house of Ja- 
cob, which came into Egypt, were s threescore and ten. 
g 28 ^[ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct 
his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen, 
s 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to 
meet Israel his father to Goshen ; and presented himself 
unto him : and he h fell on his neck, and wept on his neck 
a good while. 

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now * let me die, since 
I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 
/31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his 
father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say 
unto him, k My brethren, and my father's house, which were 
in the land of Canaan, are come unto me : 

32 And the men are shepherds, for c their trade hath 
been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, 
and their herds, and all that they have. 
& 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call 
. you, and shall say, What is your * occupation 1 

34 That ye shall sav, Thy servants' trade hath been 

34 



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1706. 



prince. 
b ch. 41. 45 
clChr.8.1 
d Num. 26. 
39. 

e verso 8. 
flChr.7.13. 
b Hob. 
thigh, 
Exod. 1. 5. 
chap. 35. II. 
Dt. 10. 22. 
&32.8. 
In the first 
250 years 
70, but in 
the other 
250, See " 
Exod.12.37. 
h ch. 33. 4. 
& 45. 14. 
Luke 15.20. 
i Luke 2.29. 
k ch. 47. 7. 
Hch.2. 11. 
c Hob. they 
arc men of 
cattle, 
chap. 9. 20, 
lKgs.9. 27, 
d Heb. 
works. 



Joseph's dealing in the famine. 

about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and 

also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; 

fbr every shepherd is an ' abomination unto the Egyptians. 

CHAPTER XLVII. 

Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 1, and his father before Pharaoh,! : 
He giveth them habitation and maintenance, 11 : He getteth all the 
Egyptians' money, 13, their cattle, 16, their lands to Pharaoh, 18 : The 
priests' land was not bought, 22. He letteth the land to them for a fifth 
part, 23. Jacob's age, 28 : He sioeareth Joseph to bury him with his 
fathers, 29. 

THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, a My 
father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their 



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herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of 
Canaan ; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 
/ 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and 
presented them unto Pharaoh. 

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, b What is your 
occupation 1 And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants 
are c shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 
g 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in 
the land are we come : for thy servants have no pasture 
for their flocks, for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan : 
now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the 
land of Goshen. 

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father 
and thy brethren are come unto thee : 

6 The land of Egypt is d before thee ; in the best of the 
land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land 
of Goshen let them dwell ; and if thou knowest any men 
of e activity among them, then make them rulers over my 
cattle. 

/ 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him 
before Pharaoh: and Jacob f blessed Pharaoh. 

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, " How old art thou 1 
1 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years 
of my g pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years : h few 
and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and 
have i not attained unto the days of the years of the life of 
my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 
& 10 And Jacob k blessed Pharaoh, and went out from 
before Pharaoh. 

g 1 1 *[f Aud Joseph placed his father and his brethren, 
and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the 
best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had 
commanded. 

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren 
and all his father's household, with bread * according c to 
their families. 

g 13 % And there was no bread in all the land ; for the 
famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt, and all 
the land of Canaan, "fainted by reason of the famine. 
/ 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was 
found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for 
the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the 
money into Pharaoh's house. 

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in 
the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, 
and said, Give us ' bread : for why should we die in thy 
presence 1 for the money faileth. 

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and m I will give 
you for your cattle, if money fail. 

/ 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Jo- 
seph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the 
flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses ; 
and he fed them with bread, for all their cattle, for that year. 

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the 
second year, and said unto him, We will " not hide it from 
my lord, how that our money is spent ; my lord also hath 
our herds of cattle : there is not aught left in the sight of 
my lord, but our bodies and our lands : 



lch.43. 32. 
a ch. 46. 31. 
Heb.2.11. 
bJohn3.31. 
c chap. 4. 2. 
d chap. 13.9. 
Prov. 21. 1. 
e Exod. 18. 
21. 

Ezck. 34.31. 
Ezra 4. 23. 
f2 Kings 4. 
29. 

Num. 6. 23. 
Matt. 26.26. 
with Luke 
22. 19. 
a Ileb. How 
many are 
the days of 
the years of 
thv life ? 
g Hob. 11. 9. 
Psa. 39. 12. 
h Job 14. 1 
i ch. 35. 28. 
k verse 7. 
6 Or, as a 
little child 
is nourish- 
ed. 

c Heb. to 
the mouth 
of the 
little one, 
chap. 50. 21. 
lThes.2.7. 
d Heb. 
raged. 
1 Watt.6.11. 
m Philip. 4. 
8. 

Rom. 12.17. 
Colos. 4. 5. 
1 Cor. 10.32. 
n Psa. 32. 5. 
Prov. 28. 13. 



GENESIS. He visiteth Ins sick father, 

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we 
and our land 1 buy us and our land for bread, and we and 
our land will be servants unto Pharaoh : and give vs seed,, 
that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 
g 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; 
for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the 
famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's-. 
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities 
from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other 
end thereof. 

d 22 Only the land of the ' priests bought he not : for the 
priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat 
their ° portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they 
sold not their lands. 

k 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have 
bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is 
p seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye 
shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four ■'parts shall 
be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, 
and for them of your households, and for food for your 
little ones. 

25 And they said, Thou hast e saved our lives : let us 
q find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pha- 
raoh's servants. 

26- And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt 

unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part ; 

except the land of the priests only, which became not 

Pharaoh's. 

g 27 «ff And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the 

country of Goshen ; and they had possessions therein, 

and grew, and multiplied r exceedingly. 

/ 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen 

years : so h the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty 

and seven years. 

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel s must die : and 

he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have 

found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under 

' my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; bury me 

not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 
d 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry 

me out of Egypt, and bury me in their u burying-place. 

And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 

31 And he said, Swear unto me : and he sware unto 

him. And Israel x bowed himself upon the bed's head. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. 

Joseph ivith his sons visiteth Ms sick father, 1 : Jacob slrenglhcnelh him- 
self to bless them, 2 : He repeateth the promise, 3 : He talicth Ephraim 
and Manasseh as his own, 5 : He tcllcth Joseph of his mother's grave, 7 - 
He btesseth Ephraim and Manasseh,9 : He preferreth the younger before 
the elder, 17 : He prophesieth their return to Canaan, 21. 

ND it came to pass after these things, that one told 
Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with 
him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 

2 % And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Jo- 
seph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened himself, 
and sat upon the bed. 

« 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, a God Almighty appeared 
unto me at b Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me 
/ 4 And said unto me, Behold, c I- will make thee fruitful, 
and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of 
people ; and will give this land to thy seed after thee, foe 
ll an everlasting possession. 

r 5 *\\ And now, thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, 
which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I 



B. Christ 

1701. 
eOr, 
princes, 
chap. 41. 45. 
& 14. 18. 

Prov .30.8. 

1 Cor- 9. 13. 
Matt. 10.10. 
Neh. 13. 10. 
Gal. G. 6. 
1 Tim. 5. 17. 
Dout. 12. 19. 
2Thes.3.10. 
Isa. 56. 10, 
11. 

p Psa. 112.5. 
Matt.24.45. 
Prov. 13.23. 
& 11.26. 
Psa. 41. 1. 
/Heb. 
hands, 
chap. 43.34. 
g Ur.h.madc 
us Hoc, 
chap. 6. 19. 
& 45. 7. 
q ch. 33. 15. 
it 18. 3. 
Ruth 2. 13. 

r ch;tp.46.3. 

li Heb.rfte 

days of the 

ueursof hi.<> 

life. 

s chap. 2.1.8. 

t chap. 24.2. 

,, 1 1, i,.i i . .' .>. 
oil. 50.24,25. 

xHob.11.21. 

1 Kings 1. 

47. 

a chap. 17.1. 

bch.28. 19, 

& 85. 6. 

och.85. 11. 

d ch. 13. 15. 

,k 17. i;t. 

i Pot. 1.4. 

e oh. 43. 3. 

ICbr.5.1,2. 

Num. 1. 83. 

34. 

Rev. 7, 6,7. 

nh. 49. 3, 4 

fAct s 10.3l 



are mine : f as Reuben and 



came unto thee into Egypt, 
Simeon, they shall be mine. 

6 And thy issue, which thou begettcst after them, shall 
be thine, and shall be called B after the name of then 
£Amo»o. h rc ihi. cn in their inheritance. 

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hch. 25. 20. 
& 35. 9. 
i ch. 35. 19. 
k ch. 33. 5. 
Psa. 127.1. 
1 chap. 27. 4 
&28. 3. 
a Hob. 
heavy, 
Isa. 6. 10. 
&59. 1. 
chap. 27. 1. 
m Exod. 15. 
6. 

Psa. 110.12, 
16. & 118. 
16. 

chap.49.26. 
6 Heb. he 
made his 
hands wise. 

I had not thought to see m ch.49. 26. 

'iClir. 5.2. 
verse 16. 



P 

q Mai. 3. 1 
Exod.23.20. 
cHeb. 
increase 
like fish. 
r ch. 28. 8. 
1 Sam. 16.7. 
Rom. 9. 7,8, 
11. 

chap. 5. 32. 
lClir.5.1,2. 
s Num. 1. 
32, 34. & 2. 
18, 20. 
t Ruth 4. 11. 
uDt. 21.17. 
x Josh. 17. 
14. 

a Psa. 133. 
1,2,3. 
b Amos 3. 7. 
cNu.24.14. 
d Psa. 34. 11. 
ech.25. 31. 
& 29. 32. 
(zHeb. excel 
not thou, 
Deut. 33. 6. 
fch. 35. 22. 
_ Prov.18.9. 
h ch. 34. 30. 
Jbr. 15. 17. 
kPsa. 16. 9. 



brought them near 



Jacob blesseth his sons. GENESIS. 

g 7 And as for me, when I came from h Padan, ' Rachel 
died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet 
there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath : and I 
buried her there in the way of Ephrath, the same is Beth- 
lehem. 

/ 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are 
these-? 

9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, 
k whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, 
Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will ' bless them. 

10 (Now the eyes of Israel were " dim for age, so that 
he could not see :) And he brought them near unto him ; 
and he kissed them, and embraced them 

<2 11 And Israel said unto Joseph 
thy face : and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 

12 And Joseph brought them out from between his ° p f s ^ 
knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 

/ 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right 
hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left 
hand toward Israel's right hand, and 
unto him. 

14 And Israel stretched out m his right hand, and laid it 
upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left 
hand upon Manasseh's head, 6 guiding his hands wittingly ; 
for Manasseh was the first-born. 

4 15 % And he blessed "Joseph, and said, God, before 
whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac ° did walk, the God 
which p fed me all my life long unto this day, 

* 16 The q Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless 
the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the 
name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac : and let them 
c grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 

» 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right 

hand upon the head of Ephraim, it r displeased him : and 
he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's 
head unto Manasseh's head. 

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father : 
for this is the first-born ; put thy right hand upon his head. 

* 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I 
know it : he also shall become a people, and he also shall 
be great : but truly his younger brother shall be s greater 
than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 

* 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, ' In thee 
shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and 
as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 

7 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die ; but God 
shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of 
your fathers. 

22 Moreover u I. have given to thee one portion above jfm^t 
thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite 
with x my sword and with my bow. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 

Jacob calleth his sons to bless them, 1 : Their blessings in particular, 3 : 

He chargeth them about his burial, 29 : He dieth, 33. 

fjk ND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, a Gather your- 
JlL selves together, that I may b tell you that which shall 
befall you in the c last days. 

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Ja- 
cob ; and hearken d unto Israel your father. 

c 3 ^[ Reuben, thou art my e first-born, my might, and thejiru™ 1 
beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and" 
the excellency of power : 

4 Unstable as water, - thou shalt not excel ; because 
thou { wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou 
it : he went up to my couch. 

e 5 1 Simeon and Levi are s brethren ; " n instruments of 
cruelty are in their habitations. 

6 O my soul, come not thou into their ! secret ; unto 
their assembly, mine !t honour be not thou united ! for in 



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12Sm.15.13 
m Hos. 6.5. 
n Josh.19.1. 
o Psa. 78. 68. 
p Rev. 5. 5. 
q Num.24.9. 
r Matt. 17.5. 
s Isa. 11. 10. 
Rom. 15. 12, 
Hag. 2. 7. 
t John 15. 1 
u Isa. 63. 1, 
x Josh. 19. 
10. 

y Judg. 5. 
5, 16. 

Deut. 33. 18. 
zJgs.15.20. 



b Psa. 25. 5. 
Isa. 8. 1' 
&20.8. 
c Josh. 13.8. 
Deut, 33. 20. 
dDt.33. 24. 
e Psa. 18.33. 
fDt. 33. 13. 
gch.39. 7. 
u Psa. 44. 7. 
i Dt. 33. 13. 
kDt. 33.17. 
Hosea9. 14. 
IMat. 11.9, 
10,11. 
John 1. 15, 
19, 36. 
m Deut. 33. 



30. 

37. 38. 
Hab. 3. 6. 

Num. 6. 2. 
Psa. 89. 40. 
p Hos. 13.7, 
Acts 8. 3. 

1 Eslh. 8. 
7,-9, 11. 
Philip. 3.5. 
Gal. 1. 13. 
r lCor.10.3. 
chap.35.22. 
s ch. 25. 9. 
Hob. 12. 23. 
'. ch. 23. 8. 



Their blessings m particular 

their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they 
digged down a wall. 

7 Cursed be their ' anger, for it was fierce : and their 
wrath, for it was cruel : 1 will m divide them in Jacob, and 
n scatter them in Israel. 

c 8 % Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise ; 
thy hand shall be in the °neck of thine enemies ; thy father's 
children shall bow down before thee. 

9 Judah is p a lion's whelp ; from the prey, my son, thou 
art gone up : he stooped down, he q couched as a lion, and 
as an old lion : who shall rouse him up 1 
t* 10 The sceptre -shall not depart from Judah, nor r a law- 
giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come : and unto 
him shall the s gathering of the people be. 
r 1 1 Binding his foal unto the * vine, and his ass's colt unto 
the choice vine ; he washed his garments in wine, and his 
clothes in the u blood of grapes : 

12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white 
with milk. 

r 13 % Zebulun shall dwell at the * haven of the sea ; and 
he shall be for a haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto 
Zidon. 

c 14 *ff Issachar is y a strong ass, couching down between 
two burdens : 

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it 
was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became 
a servant unto tribute. 

16 % Dan shall z judge his people, as one of the tribes 
of Israel. 

17 Dan shall be a a serpent by the way, an adder in the 
path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall 
backward. 

c 18 I have b waited for thy salvation, O Lord ! 

r 19 % Gad, c a troop shall overcome him : but he shall 
overcome at the last. 

r 20 51 Out of Asher d his bread shall be fat, and he shall 
yield royal dainties. 

r 21 % Naphtalm e ahindletloose:hegivethgoodly words. 

i 22 1[ Joseph is f a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough 
by a well, whose branches run over the wall : 

23 e The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at 
him, and hated him : 

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his 
hands were made strong by the h hands of the mighty God 
of Jacob : (from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of 
Israel :) 

i> 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, 
and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with * blessings 
of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, 
blessings of the k breasts and of the womb : 

r 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed ' above the 
blessings of my progenitors unto the m utmost bound of 
the n everlasting hills ; they shall be on the head of Joseph, 
and on the crown of the head of him that was ° separate 
from his brethren. 

- 27 % Benjamin shall p raven as a wolf; in the morning 
he shall devour the prey, and q at night he shall divide the 
spoil. 

b 28 ^ All these are the r twelve tribes of Israel : and this 
is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them : 
every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 

29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to 
be "gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in 
the cave that is in the field of'Ephronthe Hittite, 
g 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which 
is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham 
bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession 
of a burying-place. 
31 (There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; 

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The death of Joseph. 

there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife 

I buried Leah.) 
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is 

therein, was from the children of Heth. 

s 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding 

his sons, he gathered up his u feet into the bed, and yielded 

up the ghost, and was x gathered unto his people. . 
CHAPTER L. 

The mourning for Jacob, 1 : Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh to go to bury 
him, 4. The funeral, 7. Joseph comforteth his brethren, who craved 
his pardon, 15 . His age, 22 : He seeth the third generation of his sons, 
23: He prophesieth unto his brethren of their return, 24: Hetakethan 
oath of them for his bones, 25 : He dieth, and is put in a coffin, 26. 

AND Joseph fell upon his a father's face, and b wept upon 
him, and c kissed him. 

o 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to 
embalm his father : and the physicians d embalmed Israel. 

o 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are ful- 
filled the days of those which are embalmed : and the 
Egyptians mourned for him e threescore and ten days. 
/ 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph 
f spake unto the house of Pharaoh saying, If now I have 
found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears 
of Pharaoh, saying, 

5 My father made me swear saying, Lo, g I die : in my 
grave which I have h digged for me in the land of Canaan, 
there shalt thou * bury me. Now therefore let me go up, 
I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, accord- 
ing k as he made thee swear. 

/ 7 If And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with 
him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his 
house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and 
his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, 
and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horse- 
men : and it was ' a very great company. 

g 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of" Atad, which 
is m beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great 
and very sore lamentation : and he made a mourning for 
his father n seven days. 

g 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, 
saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a 
grievous mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name 
of it was called 'Abcl-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 



EXODUS, 

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uPsa. 37.23. 
xlsa.5.1,2. 
a Dt. 6.7,8. 
Eph. 6. 4. 
b 1 Tliess. 4. 
]3. 

2Kgs.13.14. 
c oh. 46. 4. 
dJohnl9.39. 
2Chr. 16.14. 
Mark 14. 
18. & 16. 1. 
c Nu.20.29. 
Deut. 21.13. 
fEsth. 4. 2. 
gch. 47.29. 
hMat.27.60. 
Isa. 22. 16. 
iPsa.76.13. 
chap. 3. 19. 
fcch.47.31. 
1 Acts 8.21. 
a That is, 
A thorn 
bramble. 
mDeut. 1. 1. 
n Num. 19. 
11. 

o ch. 10. 16. 
ft That is, 
The 

mourning 
of the 
Egyptians. 



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p chap. 47. 
29, 36. 
q chap. 23. 
17, 18. 
2Kgs.21.18. 
rLev.26.36. 
s ch. 42. 31. 
cHeb. 
charged, 
Prov.29.25. 
t Matt. C. 12, 
14, 15. 
Eph. 4. 31. 
uLuko 17. 
3,4. 

xch.26.24. 
& 31. 42. 
y ch. 37. 7. 
z ch. 45. 5. 
a Rom. 8. 
33, 34. 
Job 34. 29. 
Dcut.32.35. 
Rom. 12.19. 
Heb. 10. 30. 
b ch. 45. 5. 
Acts 3. 12, 
13. 

Psa.119.71. 
c Matt. 5.44. 
dlleb. to 
their 
hearts, 
Isa. 40. 2. 
(1 ch. 49. 22. 
& 48. 19. 
eEx. 13. 19. 
Acts 7. 16. 



The Israelites oppressed. 
him p according as he com- 



d 12 And his sons did unto 
manded them : 

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, 
and buried him in the cave of °- the field of Machpelah, 
which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of 
a burying-place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 
/ 14 ^] And Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his bre- 
thren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, 
after he had buried his father. 

f 15 ^[ And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father 
was dead, they said, Joseph will r peradventure hate us, 
and will s certainly requite us all the evil which we did 
unto him. 

16 And they c sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, 
Thy father did command before he died, saying, 

h 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, ' Forgive, I pray thee 
now, the trespass of u thy brethren, and their sin ; for they 
did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the 
trespass of the servants of x the God of thy father. And 
Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 

a 18 And his brethren also went and y fell down before 
his face : and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 

* 19 And Joseph said unto them, z Fear not : for am I'm 
a the place of God 1 

t 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; b but 
God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, 
to save much people alive. 

c 21 Now therefore fear ye not : ° I will nourish you, and 
your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake 
d kindly unto them. 

/ 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's 
house : and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the d third 
generation : the children also of Machir, the son of Manas- 
seh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees. 

* 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die ; and 
God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land, 
unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and 
to Jacob. 

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, 
saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up c my 
bones from hence. 

/ 26 % So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years 
old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin 
in Egypt. 



f THE SECOND BOOK. OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. 



CHAPTER I. 

The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, do multiply, 1 : The more they 
are oppressed by anew king, the more they multiply, 8. The godliness 
of the midwives in saving the men-children alive, 15. Pharaoh com- 
viandeth the male children to be cast into the river, 22. 

NOW these are the a names of the children of Israel, 
which came into Egypt ; every man and his house- 
hold came with Jacob. 

2 b Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 

3 c Issachar, Zebulun, and d Benjamin, 

4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Aslier. 

5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob 
were c seventy souls : f for Joseph was in Egypt already. 

' 6 And Joseph died, and all E his brethren, and all that 
generation. 

7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and h in- 
creased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceed- 
ing mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 
/ 8 IF Now there arose up a ' new king over Egypt, 
which k knew not Joseph. 

9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the 
children of Israel are ' more and mightier than we. 

<"■ 10 ni Come on, let us "deal wisely with them, lest they 

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:i Gcn.46.8, 

chap. G. 14. 

bGon.35.22, 

cGen.35.2a 

(lG8n.35.J8, 

oGon.46.20, 

chap. 12.37 

Deut. 10.22. 

Acts 7. 14. 

f On. 4C. 

20, 27. 

p Acts 7. 15, 

hGon.48.16, 

iProv.28.2. 

A!cts7. 18. 

kEccles. 2. 

19. 

I Fro. 14.28. 

ml'rn. 1.11. 
n Acts 7. 19. 



B. Christ 
1700. 

ooliap.2.11. 

nlh-h.Jlnd 
at an a 
afflicted 
litem so 
tin 11 multi- 
l>l>ed. 

pPfov.27.4. 
-,!,,.'..;: 
r Rov. 12.4. 



multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out 
any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against 
us, and so get them up out of the land. 
g 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters, to 
afflict them with their ° burdens. And they built for Pha- 
raoh treasure-cities, Pi thorn, and Iiaamses. 
/12 a But the more they afflicted them, the more they 
multiplied and grew. And they were p grieved because 
of the children of Israel. 

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to 
serve with '' rigour. 

14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, 
in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the 
field : all their service wherein they made them serve 
was with rigour. 

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew mid- 
wives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the 
name of the other Puah ;) 

1G And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to 
the Hebrew women, and sec them upon the stools ; if it be 
a son, then ye shall r kill him ; but if it be a daughter, then 
she shall live. 

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Moses bom — is laid in the flags 

c 1? But the mid wives "feared God, and did not 'as 
the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men- 
children alive. 

18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and 
said unto them, u Why have ye done this thing, and have 
saved the men-children alive 1 

19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the 
Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they 
are lively, and are delivered x ere the midwives come in 
unto them. 

20 Therefore God dealt y well with the midwives : and 
the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 

* 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared 



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The burning bush. 
daughters 



God, that he z made them houses. 

22 And Pharaoh a charged all his people, saying, Every 
son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every 
daughter ye shall save alive. 

CHAPTER II. 

Moses is born, 2, and in an ark cast into the flags, 3. He is found and 
brought up by Pharaoh's daughter, 5 : He slayeth an Egyptian, 11 : 
He reproveth a Hebreiv, 13 : He fleeth into Midian, 15 : He matrieth 
Zipporak,2l. Gershom is born, 22. God respecteththe Israelites'' cry ,23. 

/A ND there went a a man of the house of Levi, and 
_/% b took to wife a daughter of Levi. 

2 And the woman conceived and bare a c son : and 
when she saw him that he was d a goodly child, she e hid 
him three months. 

* 3 And when she could f not longer hide him, she took 
for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and 
with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in 
the flags by the river's brink. 

4 And s his sister stood afar off", to wit what would be 
done to him. 

/5 | And the h daughter of Pharaoh came down to 
wash herself at the river ; and her maidens walked along 
by the river's side : and when she saw the ark among the 
flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 
« 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child : and 
behold, the babe wept. And she had i compassion on him, 
and said, This is one of the k Hebrews' children. 

7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I 
go, and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that 
she may nurse the child for thee 1 

f 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the 
maid went and called the ' child's mother. 

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child 
away and nurse it for me and I will give thee thy wages 
And the woman took the child and nursed it. 

10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto 
Pharaoh's daughter, and he became m her son. And she 
called his name " Moses : and she said, Because I drew 
him out of the water. 

/ 1 1 ^[ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses 
was n grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and 
looked on their burdens : and he espied an Egyptian smit- 
ing a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 

M 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he 
saw that there was no man, he ° slew the Egyptian, and 
hid him in the* sand. 

13 And when he went out p the second day, behold, two 
men of the Hebrews strove together : and he said q to him 
that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow 1 

14 And he said, Who made thee r a prince and a judge 
over us 1 intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the 
Egyptian 1 And Moses s feared, and said, Surely this 



EXODUS. 

16 Now the h priest of Midian had seven 
and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to 
water their father's flock. 

<* 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away : but 
Moses stood up and >' helped them, and watered their flock. 
/ 18 And when they came to z Reuel their father, he said, 
How is it that ye are come so soon to-day ? 

19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the 
hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for 
us, and watered the flock. 

d 20 And he said unto his a daughters, And where is he 1 
why is it that ye have left the man 1 call him, that he may 
eat b bread. 

/ 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man : and 
he c gave Moses, d Zipporah his daughter. 

22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name 
c Gershom ; for he said, I have been a stranger in a 
strange land. 

a 23 «j| And it came to pass, in process of time, that the 
king of Egypt e died : and the children of Israel f sighed 
by reason of the bondage, and they cried ; and their cry 
g capae up unto God, by reason of the bondage. 

* 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered 
his h covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 

25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and 
God 'had respect unto them. 

CHAPTER III. 
Moses keepeth Jethro's flock, 1: God appeareth to Mm in the burning 

bush, 2 : He sendeth him to deliver Israel, 9. The name of God, 14 ; 

His message to Israel, 15. 

iyOW Moses a kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, 
.. 1 the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the 

back side of the desert, and came to the b mountain of 

God, even to Horeb. 



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thing is known. 
g 15 Now when Pharaoh 
slay Moses. But Moses ' 
and dwelt in the land of 
a * well. 



heard this thing, he sought to 
fled from the face of Pharaoh, 
1 Midian : and he sat down by 



» 2 And the c angel of the Lord appeared unto him d in a 
flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, 
and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was 
e not consumed. 

3 And Moses said, I will now f turn aside, and see this 
great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 
d 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, 
God called g unto him out of the midst of the bush, and 
said, h Moses, Moses ! And he said, Here am I. 
d 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither : { put off thy shoes 
from off thy feet ; for the place whereon thou standest is 
' holy ground. 

t 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, 'the God 
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And 
Moses m hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God. 
/7 ^[ And the Lord said, n I have surely seen the afflic- 
tion of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard 
their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for ° I know 
their sorrows : 

g 8 And I am p come down to deliver them out of the 
q hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that 
land, unto a good land, and a large, unto a land flowing 
with r milk and honey ; unto the place of the Canaanites, 
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and 
the Hivites,-and the Jebusites. 

9 s Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of 
Israel is come unto me : and I have also seen the op- 
pression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 

"10 Come now therefore, and I will 'send thee unto 
Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the 
children of Israel, out of Egypt. 

« 1 1 % And Moses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should 
sJ^ift «o unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the chil- 

rEzek.20.6. o : » „ _ „ " 

sPsa. i2.5.'dren of Israel out ot Egypt f 

VShtn] '' 12 And he said, x Certainly I will be with thee ; and this 

isS^st \shatt be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee : When 

38 



b Or, 

prince, 
Gen. 41. 45. 
y verse 12. 
Gen.29.9,10. 
v. chap. 3.11. 
Num. 10.29. 
aNu.10.29. 
bGen.31.54. 
c Deut. 7.3. 
d Num.12.1. 
c That is, 
A desolate 
strapper, 
Pea. 39. 12. 
echap.4.19. 
fPsa. 12.5. 
g Deut. 26. 
6,7. 

hGen.15.14. 
d Hob. knew 
them. 
a Amos 1. 
1,2. 

Luke 2. 8. 
Hel>. 11.24. 
b chap.19.-8. 

lKgs. 19. 8. 
c Gen. 48. 16. 

Isa. 63. 9. 

d Acts 7. 30. 
c Gen. 15.13. 

Dan. 3. 27. 

fPsa. 111.2. 

Dan. 10. 5, 

15. 

gMt.22.32. 

h Gen. 46.2, 

ich. 19. 10. 

Deut. 25. 9. 

k2Pot.l.l8. 

1 Gen. 12. 1, 

7. 

m 1 Kings 

19. 13. 

n Psa. 106. 

44, 45. 

ochap.2.2." 

o Gen. 11. 5. 




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B. Christ 
1491. 

yisa. 4o.i7. thee, neither 

H03. 12. 9. 
Rev. 1. 4, 8. 
7. Psa. 130. 
13.&102.12. 
Hosea 12.5. 
ach.5. 14. 
b ch. 15. 14. 
Luko I. 68. 
c Num. 23. 
3, 4, 15, 1G. 
d verse 12. 
chap. 13.17, 
18. & 19. 1. 
e Psa. 107. 

5. 
Jer. 2. 6. 
Luke 4.1,S. 
Rev. 12. 14. 
fchap. 6. 1. 
g Judg.8J6. 
Isa. 26. 1 1. 
hGen.39.21. 
chap. 11. 3. 
& 12. 36. 
Psa. 106.46. 
Prov. 16. 7. 
iGen.15.14. 
k Job 27. 17. 
Prov. 13.22. 
Isa. 31. 1. 
Ezek. 39.10. 
a Acts 7. 25. 
bMic.7. 14. 
c verse 17. 
chap. 7. 15. 
dRev.12.14. 
e.losh.10.19. 
fPs. 91.13. 
Matt.16.18. 
g Job 20. 28. 
hNum. 12. 
10. 

1 Cor. 1. 28. 
i Prov.21.14. 
k Deut. 32. 
39. 
Matt. 8. 3. 



Moses* rod turned into a serpent. EXODUS- 

thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall 
serve God upon this mountain. 

13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto 
the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God 
of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say 
to me, What is his name 1 What shall I say unto them 1 

t* 14 And God said unto Moses, y I AM THAT I AM : 
And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Is- 
rael, I AM hath sent me unto you. 

* 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou 
say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fa- 
thers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God 
of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for 
ever, and this is my z memorial unto all generations. 

16 Go, and gather the a elders of Israel together, and 
say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of 
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared nnto me, say- 
ing, I have surely b visited you, and seen that which is 
done to you in Egypt : 

g 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction 
of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, 
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 
the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice ; and thou shalt 
come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of 
Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the 
Hebrews hath c met with us ; and now let us go (we be- 
seech thee) a three days' journey into the "wilderness, that 
we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 

'• 19 % And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let 
you go, no, not by a f mighty hand. 

20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt 
with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: 
and s after that he will let you go. 

'• 21 And I will give this people b favour in the sight of the 
Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, 
ye shall not go empty : 

22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, 
and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, 
and ■ jewels of gold, and raiment : and ye shall put them 
upon your sons, and upon your daughters : and ye shall 
k spoil the Egyptians. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Moses' rod is turned into a serpent, 1. His hand is leprous, 0. He is 
loath to be sent, 10. Aaron is appointed to assist him, 14. Moses de- 
parltth from Jethro, 18. God's message to Pharaoh, 21. Zipporah 
circumciseth her son, 24. Aaron is sent to meet Moses, 27. The people 
believe them, 31. 

« A ND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will 
J\_ a not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for 
they will say, The Lord hath, not appeared unto thee. 

2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thy 
hand 1 And he said, b A rod. 

'"3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he east it 
on the ground, and it became c a serpent : and Moses 
A fled from before it. 

ra 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, 
and take it c by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and 
f caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : 
' 5 That they e may believe that the Lord Cod of their 
fathers, the god of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the 
Cod of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 

6 ^f And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now 
thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his 
bosom : and when he took it out, behold, his hand was 
''leprous as snow. 

™ 7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. , 
And he put his baud into his 'bosom again, and pluckedlkE© 
it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again k as !,? vo™n!' 
his other flesh. ,^. ai0 



Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 




8 And it shall come to pass", if they will not believe 
hearken to the voice of the first sign, that 

they will believe the ! voice of the latter sign. 

9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also 
these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou 
shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the 
dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the 
river shall become m blood upon the dry land, 
u 10 ^[ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am 
not "eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast 
spoken unto thy servant: but I am 'slow of speech, and 
of a slow tongue. 

' 11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath n made man's 
mouth* or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, 
or the blind ] have not I the Lord ? 

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, 
' and teach thee what thou shalt say. 

u 13 And he said, r O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the 
hand of him whom thou wilt send. 

r 14 \ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against 
Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother 1 ? 
I know that he can q speak well. And also, behold, 
he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he 
will be glad in his heart. 

b 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put r words in 
his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his 
mouth, and will 9 teach you what ye shall do. 

16 And he shall be thy 'spokesman unto the people : 
and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, 
and thou shalt be to him instead u of God. 

17 And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, where- 
with thou shalt s do signs. 

/ 18 % And Moses went, and returned to Jethro his fa- 
ther-in-law, and said unto him, y Let me go, I pray thee, 
and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see 
whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, 
Go in peace. 

^19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return 
into Egypt: for all the men are dead which z sought thy life. 

20 And Moses a took his wife, and his sons, and set them 
upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And 
Moses took the b rod of God in his hand. 
t 21 *\\ And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest 
to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders 
before Pharaoh which I have put in thy hand : but e I 
will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the 
Lord, Israel is i my son, even my c first-born. 
'« 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may 
serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will 
slay thy son, even thy first-born. 

/ 24 ^f And it cameto pass by the way in the inn, that 
the Lord f met him, and sought to e kill him. 

25 Then Zipporah took h a sharp stone, and cut off the 
foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely 
' a bloody husband art thou to me. 

26 So he let him go : then she said, A bloody husband 
thou art, because of the circumcision. 

« 27 IT And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilder- 
ness k to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the 
mount of God, and ' kissed him. 

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord 
who had sent him, and m all the signs which he had com- 
manded him. 

/ 29 *[\ And Moses and Aaron went, and gathered toge- 
ther all the n elders of the children of Israel. 

"■ 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had 
spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the 
people. 

39 



Moses conxplaineth to God. 

31 *[[ And the people believed: and when they heard 
ihat the Lord had ° visited the children of Israel, and that 
he had looked upon their affliction, then they F bowed their 
heads and worshipped. 

CHAPTER V. 

Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message, 1. He increaseth the 
Israelites' task, 5. He checketh their complaints, 15. They cry out 
upon Moses and Aaron, 19. Moses complaineth to God, 22. 

AND afterward a Moses and Aaron went in, and b told 
Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my 
people go, that they may hold c a feast unto me in the 
wilderness. 

c 2 And Pharaoh said, d Who is the Lord, that I should 
obey his voice to let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, nei 
ther will I let Israel go. 

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews e hath met 
with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into 
the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God ; lest he 
fall upon us with f pestilence, or with the sword. 

- 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, s Wherefore 
do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works " 
get you unto your burdens. 

/ 5 % And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land 
now are h many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the £ task- 
masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 

7 Ye shall k no more give the people straw to make 
brick, ° as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for 
themselves. 

8 And the tale of the bricks which they did make here- 
tofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish aught 
thereof: for they be idle ; therefore they cry, saying, Let 
us go and sacrifice to our God. 

c 9 ' Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they 
may labour therein : and let them not regard ' vain words. 
/ 10 And the taskmasters of the people" 1 went out, and 
their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus 
saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 

1 1 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not 
aught of your n work shall be diminished. 

12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all 
the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw. 

13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your 
works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 

14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pha- 
raoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and 
demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in 
making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore ? 
f 15 % Then the- officers of the children of Israel came 
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou 
thus with thy servants? 

16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they 
say to us, Make brick: and behold, thy servants are beaten; 
but the fault is in thine own people. 
c 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye 
say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the Lord. 

18 Go therefore now, and work: for there shall no straw 
be given ycu, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 

19 •U And the officers of the children of Israel did see 
that they were ° in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not 
minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 

20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the 
way, as they came forth from Pharaoh : , 

c 21 And they said unto them, The Lord p look upon you, 
and i judge ; because ye have made our savour to be 
: abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his 
servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 

« 22 IT And Moses * returned unto the Lord, and said, 
Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil-entreated this people? 
why is it that thou hast sent me ? 



B. Christ 
1491. 



chap. 3. 7. 
Luke 1. 68. 
pGen. 17. 3. 
2Chr. 20.18. 
a chap. 4.14. 
b Psa. 119. 
46. 

Ezek. 2. 6. 

clCor. 5. 8. 

d ch. 3. 19. 

Job 21. 15. 

Psa. 12. 3. 

echap.3.18. 

fZech. 14. 

17. 

g Lube 23. 

2,5. 

Acts 23. 2,5. 

h chap. 1.9. 

Prov.14.28. 

ichap. 1. 11. 

kchap.4.30. 

1 Cor. 10. 11. 
a Heb. yes- 
terday and 
the third 
day before, 
b Heb. Let 
the work be 
heavy upon 
the men. 

1 Jer. 43. 2. 
Zecli. 1. 6. 
m Prov. 29. 
12. 

nvcr. 13,14. 
oMat.14.2C. 
pGen.3142. 
qGen. 16.5. 
chap. 4. 31. 
cHeb. stink. 
Gen. 34. 30. 
r lSam.20.6. 
Psa. 73. 25. 



B. Christ 
1491. 



EXODUS. Reuben, Simeon, and Levils genealogy, 

23 For since I came to s Pharaoh to speak in ' thy name, 
he hath done evil to this people : "neither hast thou de- 
livered thy people at all. 

CHAPTER VI. 
God reneiveth his promise by his name JEHO VAH, 1. The genealogy of 
Reuben, 14: of Simeon, 15 : of Levi, ofivhom came Moses and Aaron, 16. 

HEN the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see 
what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong hand 
shall he let them go, and a with a strong hand shall he 
drive them out of his land. 

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am 
the Lord : 

t 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto 
Jacob by the name of b God Almighty, but by my name 
c JEHOVAH was I " not known to them. 
g 4 And I have also d established my covenant with them, 
to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrim- 
age, wherein they were strangers. 

5 And I have also heard e the groaning of the children 
of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage : and I 
have remembered f my covenant. 

6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the 
Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of 
the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and 
I will redeem you s with a stretched-out arm, and with 
great judgments : 

* 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be 
to you h a God : and ye shall know that I am the Lord 
your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens 
of the Egyptians. 

r 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the 
which I " did swear to ' give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and 
to Jacob ; and I will give it you for a heritage : I am the 
Lord. 

9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel : but 
they hearkened not unto Moses, for c anguish of spirit, and 
for cruel bondage, 
i* 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

1 1 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he 
let the children of Israel go out of his land. 

12 And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, 
the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me ; how 
then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of " uncircumcised 
lips? 

13 ^f And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron, 
and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and 
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Is- 
rael out of the land of Egypt. 

/ 14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses : The sons 
of k Reuben the first-born of Israel ; Hanoch, and Pallu., 
Hezron, and Carmi : these be the families of Reuben. 
f 15 % And the sons of 1 Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, 
and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a 
Canaanitish woman : these are the families of Simeon. 
/ 16 ^[ And these are the -names of the sons of Levi, ac- 
cording to their generations; Gershon,.and m Kohath, and 
Merari. And the years of the life of Levi ivere a hun- 
dred thirty and seven years. 

/ 17 The sons of Gershon ; Libni, and Shimi, according to 
their families.' 

/ 18 And the sons of Kohath ; Amram, and Izhar, and 
Hebron, and Uzziel : and the years of the life of Kohath 
were a hundred thirty and three years. 

19 And the sons of Merari ; Mahali and Mushi : these 
are the families of Levi, according to their generations. 
/ 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his n father's sister 
to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses. And the 
years of the life of Amram were ° a hundred and thirty and 
seven vears. 

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s 1 Kge. 19 
4,10. 
Jer. 20. 7. 
t Psa. 118. 
26. 

Jer. 11. 21. 
John 5. 43. 
u chap. 4. 
10, 11. 
Eccl. 3. 11. 
Isa. 28. 16. 
Rom. 2. 7. 
Heb. 10. 36. 
achap.3.20. 
bGcn.14.18. 
& 17. 1. 
c Isa. 44. 6. 
Acts 17. 25. 
a That is, 
compara- 
tively. 
dGen. 6. 18. 
& 15.13,18. 
e chap.2. 23. 
fGen. 8. 1. 
gDeut.4.31 
Isa. 9. 12. 
17, 21. 
h Gen. 17. 7. 
Rom. 8. 31 
b Heb. lift 
upmyhand, 
Gen. 14. 22. 
Gcn.28.13. 
Heb. 11. 10, 
10. 

c Heb. 
shortness, 
chan. 14. 12. 
Num. 21. 4. 
or, strait- 
ness, 
Job 21. 4. 
Prov. 4. 12, 
14, 29. 
d Heb. su- 
perfluous, 
Gen. 17. 11. 
chap. 4. 10. 
Isa. 6. 5. 
Job 12. 20. 
k Gen. 46. 9. 
1 Chr. 5. 3. 
HChr.4.24. 
m Num. 26. 
57. 

1 Cliron. 6. 
I.& 23. 6. 
n chap.2. 1. 
Num. 26. 59. 
over. 18, 19. 



jugtrlings. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
2Thos.2. 9. 
p Acts 6- 10. 
IJohn 4.3,4. 
q Rom. 2. 5. 
b Heb. 
heavy, 
Zech. 7. 11 
r Pa. 101.8. 



Aaron's rod turned into a serpent. EXODUS. 

21 Andthesonsoflzhar; rKoralnandNephegjandZichri. 

22 And the sons of q Uzziel ; Mishael, and Elzaphan, 
and Zithri. 
/ 23 And Aaron took him * Elisheba daughter of r Am 

minadab, sister of Naashon to wife ; and she bare him 
5 Nadab and Abihu, * Eleazar and Ithamar. 

24 And the sons of Korah ; Assir, and Elkanah, and 
Abiasaph : these are the families of the Korhites 
/ 25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the 
daughters of Putiel to wife ; and she bare him u Phinehas : 
these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, accord- 
ing to their families 

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord 
said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of 
Egypt according to their f armies. 

/ 27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of 
Egypt, x to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : 
these are that Moses and Aaron. 

28 And it came to pass on the day when the Lord 
spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 

29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the 
Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I 
say unto thee. 

30 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of 
e uncircumcised lips, and y how shall Pharaoh hearken 
unto me 1 

CHAPTER VII. 
Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh, 1 : His age, 7 : His rod is turned 
into a serpent, 10: The sorcerers do the likej'll : Pharaoh's heart is 
luirdened, 13 : God's message to Pharaoh, 14 : The river is turned into 
blood, 19. 

/ A ND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee 
]\_ a a god to Pharaoh : and Aaron thy brother shall be 
b thy prophet. 

2 Thou shalt c speak all that I command thee : and 
Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send 
the children of Israel out of his land. 
t 3 And I will d harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my 
'-' signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 
r 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may 
lay f my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth e mine armies, 
and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of 
Egypt, by h great judgments. 

5 And the Egyptians ! shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out 
the children of Israel from among them. 
d 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded 
them, k so did they. 

/ 7 ^[ And Moses was 'fourscore years old, and Aaron four- 
score and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 

8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron, 
saying, 

9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a 
miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take 
thy rn rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become 
n a serpent. 

m 10 ^f And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and 
they did so as the Lord had commanded : And Aaron cast 
down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and 
it became a serpent. 

1 1 IF Then Pharaoh also called the wise men, and the 
° sorcerers : now the magicians of Egypt, they also did 
in like manner with their " enchantments. 

12 For they cast clown every man his rod, and they be- 
came serpents : but Aaron's rod p swallowed up their rods. 

< 13 ^F And ' he hardened Pharaoh's heart that he heark- 
ened not unto them; as the Lord had said. 

14 IF And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart 
is » hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 

15 -Get thee unto Pharaoh in the r morning; 



bPs. 10 
40. &. 83. 10. 
verso 22. 
cXev.U.lS. 
Pwl 7& 45. 
& 105. 30. 
Rev. 16. 13. 
cl voreo 33, 
«chap.7.11. 

lo, he go- E&.V 



The plague of frogs 

"'mm** i etn out U3lto the water, and thou shalt stand by the river's 
r.jbrink against he come : and the rod which was turned to 
' a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. 

16 And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the 
Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people 
go, that they may serve me in the wilderness : and behold, 



p Num.26, 
q Lev. 10. 4. 
e That is. 
God hath 
stconi. 
rNum. 2. 3. 
sLev. 10. 1. 
t Num. 20. 

fsvmssx) hitherto thou wouldest not hear 

f Or, hosts, 
Gen. 2. 1. 
x verse 13. 
chap. 32. 7. 
Ps. 77. 20. 
g Heb. su- 
perfluous, 
chap. 4. 10. 
y Matt. 9. 
28.38. 
1 Cor. 9. 16, 
17. 

a Jer. 1. 10. 
b chap. 4.16. 
oMat.28.20. 
; ::;,ap.3. 19. 



w 17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt s know that 
I am the Lord : behold, I will smite with the rod that is 
in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and 
they shall be turned to blood. 

18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the 
river shall stink : and the Egyptians shall c loathe to drink 
of the water of the river. 

19 *[[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aa- 
ron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hard upon the wa- 

sjohn4.4& ters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their livers, and 

Rom. 15.18.1 ■' • 

19. 

fJudg. 2.15. 

g chap. 6.26. 

h Ps. 125. 3. 

i Ps. 9. 16. 

k ch. 12. 28. 

Ps. 119. 4. 

lGen. 15.13. 

chap. 2. 23. 

Deut. 34. 7 

Acts 7. 30. 

mchap. 4.2. 

nPs.74.12. 

Ezek. 29. 3. 

o2Tim.3.8, 

Gal. 3. 1. 

a Or, secret 



B. Christ 
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upon their ponds, and upon all their " pools of water, that 
they may become blood: and that there may be blcod 
throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels o/wood, 
and in vessels of stone. 

m 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord com- 
ma- aed; and he ' lifted up the rod and smote the waters 
that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the 
sight of his servants ; and all the waters that were in the 
river were turned into u blood. 

21 And the fish that was in the river x died; and the 
river y stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the 
water of the river; and there was blood throughout 7 all 
the land of Egypt. 

22 And the magicians of Egypt a did so with their en- 
chantments : and Pharaoh's heart was b hardened, neither 
did he hearken unto them ; as the Lord had said. 

t 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, nei- 
ther did he c set his heart to this also. 

24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river 
for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water 
of the river. 

/ 25 And seven days were fulfilled after that the Lord 
had smitten the river. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Frogs are sent, 1. Pharaoh sueth to Moses, S, and Moses by prayer re- 
m'oveth them away, 12. The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians 
could not do, 16. The swarms of flies, 20. Pharaoh incUneih to ht 
the people go, 25, but yet is hardened, 32. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, a Go unto Pharaoh, 
and say unto him, Thus.saith the Lord, Let my peo- 
ple go that they may serve me. 

w 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite 
all thy borders with frogs : 

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundanth. 
which shall go up and come into thy house, and into tin 
bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of 
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, 
and into thy kneading-troughs : 

4 And the frogs shall come up both b on thee, and upon 
thy people, and upon all thy servants. 

5 ^F And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron. 
Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the streams, 
over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to 
come up upon the land of Egypt. 
m 6 And Aaron stretched out'his hand over the waters of 

iEgypt ; and the c frogs came up, and a covered the land 



A r 



s chap. 5. 2. 
Ps. 9. 16. 
c Hcb. be 
weary, 
verse 24. 
chap. 8. 24. 
& 9. 29. & 
10.23. 
d Heb. 
gathering 
of their 
waters, 
Gen. 1. 10. 
t chap. 17. 5. 
u Ps. 78. 15. 
Rev. 8. 8. 
xEzck.47.8. 
Rot. a 9. 
y Jer. 2. 18. 

verse 18. 
ach.8. 7,8. 
b vorso 13. 

clmp.9.21. 
2Snm. 18.3. 
2Kks.10.3I. 
Prov.SS.17. 
a chap. 5. I. 
Jer.Ll7.ia, 

E£k.2 5,6. of Egypt 



n 



F 



,S7. 



7 And the magicians c did so with their enchantments, 
and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 
/8 IJ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and 
said, 'Entreat the Lord that he may take away the fiog c 
from mo. and from my people: and I will let the peoph: 
s go, that they may do sacrifice onto the Lonn. 

ii 



The plague of lice, files, 

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, a Glory oyer me: 
when shall I entreat for thee and for thy servants, and for 
thy people, to "destroy the frogs from thee, and thy 
houses, that they may remain in the h river only 1 

10 And he said, To-morrow. And he said, Be it ac- 
cording to thy word : i that thou mayest know that there 
is none like unto the Lord our God. 

r 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy 
houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people ; they 
shall remain in the river only. 

12 •[[ And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh : 
and Moses k cried unto the Lord, because of the frogs 
which he had brought against Pharaoh. 
a 13 And the Lord did ! according to the word of Moses 
and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, 
and out of the fields. 

14 And they gathered them together upon c heaps: 
and the land m stank. 

t 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was "respite, 
he d hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; 
as the Lord had said. 

16 % And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, 
Stretch out thy ° rod, and smite the dust of the land, that 
it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 
m 17 And they did so ; for Aaron stretched out his hand 
with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it be- 
came v lice in man and in beast : all the dust of the land 
became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 

18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments 
to bring forth lice, but they q could not : so there were 



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lice upon man, and upon beast. 

t 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the 
r finger of God : and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and 
he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 

20 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the 
morning, and stand before Pharaoh ; (lo, he cometh forth 
to the water ;) and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, 
Let my people go, that they may serve me : 
w 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I 
will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, 
and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses 
of the Egyptians shall be full of' swarms of flies, and also 
the ground whereon they are. 

22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in 
which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be 
there ; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord 
in the midst of the earth. 

23 And I will put a division between my people and 
thy people : to-morrow shall this sign be. 
m 24 And the Lord did so : and there came a grievous 
swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his 
servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt : the land 
was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 

o 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses, and for Aaron, and 
said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 

2G And Moses said, It is 9 not meet so to do ; for we 
shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the 
XiORD our God : Lo, shall we sacrifice the l abomination of 
the Egyptians before their eyes, and u will they not 
stone us 1 ? 

27; We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, 
and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall * com- 
mand us. 

c 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sa- 
crifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness ; only ye 
•shall not go very far away : * entreat for me. 

29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I 
will entreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart li 
from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-fe 



EXODUS. murrain, biles, and Mains. 

morrow : but let not Pharaoh z deal deceitfully any more, 
in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. 
/ 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated 
the Lord : 

31 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; 

and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from 

his servants, and from his people ; there remained not one. 

t 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, 

neither would he let the people go. 

CHAPTER IX. 

The murrain of beasts, 1. The plague of biles and blains, 8. The 
message about the hail, 13. The plague of hail, 22. Pharaoh sueth 
to Moses, 27, but yet is hardened, 35. 

HEN the Lord said unto Moses, a Go in unto Pharaoh, 
and tell him, Thus saith the, Lord God of the He- 
brews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them 
still, 

w 3 Behold, the b hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle 
which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon 
the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep : there 
shall be a very grievous c murrain. 

r 4 And the Lord shall d sever between the cattle of 
Israel, and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing 
die of all that is the children's of Israel. 

5 And the Lord e appointed a set time, saying, f To- 
morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. 
m 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and s all 
the cattle of Egypt died : but of the cattle of the chil- 
dren of Israel died not one. 

c 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of 
the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pha- 
raoh was h hardened, and he did not let the people go. 

8 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
Take to you ' l handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let 
Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pha- 



a Or, Have 
the honour 
upon me, 
Judg. 7. 2. 
Isa. 10. 15. 
b Heb. cut 
off,' 

verse 13. 
hchap.7.21 
verse 15. 
Ps. 9. 16. 
& 83. 10. 
k ch. 32. 10. 
Ezek.36.37. 
James 5. 
17, 18. 
lver.9,10,11. 
c Heb. 
heaps, 
heaps, 
Mark 6. 40. 
m ch. 7. 21. 
Isa. 34. 3. 
Joel 2. 20. 
Rev. 16. 13, 
nEccl.8.11, 
d Heb. made 
his heart 
heavy, 
chap. 4. 14. 
Isa. 26. 10. 
o verse 17. 
pPs. 105.31, 
il Luke 10. 
18. 

Acts 16. 18, 
19. 

2 Tim. 3. 8. 
r Matt. 12. 
28, with 
Luke 11. 20, 
f. Or, a mix- 
ture of 
insects, 
Ps.78. 45. 
s chap. 3. 18. 
2 Cor. 6. 14. 
t Gen. 43. 32. 
& 46. 34. 
Deut. 7. 25. 
& 12. 30,31. 
Isa. 44. 19. 
Ezra 9. 1. 
u Gen. 4. 7. 
& 13. 9. 
x chap. 3. 
18. & 5. 1,3, 
& 10. 26. 
Mat. 28. 20. 
Acts 5. 19,j rao h 

y ver. 8, 29. 
Acts 8. 24. 
Ezra 6. 10. 



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z verse 8. 

lKgs. 18.21 

Job 13. 9. 

Ps. 78. 34, 

36, 37. 

Gal. 6. 7. 

a chap. 8. 1. 

Amos 7. 13, 

Gal. 6. 9. 

bchap.8.19 

c chap. 5.3. 

rl chap.8.22. 

Matt. 6. 22. 

e Eccl. 3. 1, 

11. 

f chap. 8.23. 

g ver. 19,25. 

Ps. 78.50. 

h ch. 7. 14. 

i chap. 8.16. 

Amos 4. 13. 

k Lev. 13. 

18, 19, 20. 

1 Deut. 28. 

27. 

Rev. 16. 2. 

m ch. 7. 11, 

12. & 8. 18, 

19. 

2Tim.3.8.9. 

Rev. 16. 2. 
nchap.4.21 
Rev. 16. 11. 
o 1 Kings 
8.38. 

Isa. 6. 8, 9. 
MicahO. 13. 
pver.3,6, 16. 
q Rom. 9. 17. 
a Heb. 
made thee 
stand up, 
or consti- 
tuted and 
set thee, 
Prov. 16. 4. 
chap. 6. 9. 
~cn. 32.29. 
,83.17, 18. 
Isa. 26. 11, 



g 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of 
Egypt, and shall be a k bile breaking forth with blains 'upon 
man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 
m 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood be- 
fore Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven r 
and it became a bile breaking forth with blains upon man, 
,and upon beast. 

11 And the magicians m could not stand before Moses, 
because of the bile : for the bile was upon the magicians, 
and upon all the Egyptians. 

t 12 And the Lord "hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and 
he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken 
unto Moses. 

13 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early hi 
the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, 
Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people 
go, that they may serve me. 

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon 
thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people : 
that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all 
the earth. 

w 1 5 For now I will p stretch out my hand, that I may 
smite thee and thy people with pestilence ; and thou 
shalt be cut oiT from the earth. 

t 16 And in very deed q for this cause have I "raised thee 
up, r for to shew in thee my power ; and that s my name 
may be declared throughout all the earth. 

17 l As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that 
thou wilt not let them go 1 

wl8 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to 
rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt 
since the foundation thereof even until now. 

19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and alt 

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Pharaon sueth to Moses 

tnat thou hast in the field : for upon every man and beast 
which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought 
home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they 
shall die. 

c 20 He that u feared the word of the Lord among the 
servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee 
into the houses : 

e 21 And he that b regarded not the word of the Lord left 
his servants and his cattle in the field. 

22 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy 
hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land 
of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb 
of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 

m 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, 
and the Lord sent * thunder and y hail, and the z fire ran 
along upon the ground : and the Lord rained hail upon 
the land of Egypt. 

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very 
grievous, such as there was a none like it in all the land 
of Egypt since it became a nation. 

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt 
all that was in the field, both man and beast, and the hail 
smote every herb of the field and brake every tree of the 
field. 

g 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of 
Israel were, was there b no hail. 

/ 27 ^[ And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said unto them, c I have sinned this time : the Lord 
is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 

28 d Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be 
no more mighty ' thunderings and hail ; and I will let you 
go, and ye shall stay no longer. 
r 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out 
of the city, I will spread abroad e my hands unto the Lord 
and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any 
more hail ; that thou mayest know how that the f earth is 
the Lord's. 

30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will 
? not yet fear the Lord God. 

/ 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the 
barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 

32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten : for 
they ivere ''not grown up. 

33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and 
spread abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thunders 
and hail h ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the 
earth. 

« 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail 
and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and 
1 hardened his heart, he and his servants. 

t 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither 
would he let the children of Israel go ; as the Lord had 
spoken by Moses. 

CHAPTER X. 
God tkreateneth to send locusts, 1 . Pharaoh, moved hy his servants, 
inclincth to let the Israelites go, 7. The plague of the locusts, 12. Pha- 
raoh sucth to Moses, 16. Tlic plague of darkness, 21. Pharaoh sueth 
unto Moses, 21, but yet is hardened. 27. 

' A ND the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh : 
.A. for I have "hardened his heart, and the heart of 
his servants ; that I might shew these my signs before 
him : 

2 And that thou mayest tell b in the ears of thy son, and 
of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, 
and my signs which I have done among them ; that yc 
may know how that I am the Lord. 

3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How 
long wilt thou refuse to c humble thyself before me ? Let 
my people go, that they may serve me. 



EXODUS. 

*> 4 Else 



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u Jonah 3. 6. 
b Heb. set 
not his 
heart unto. 
x chap. 19. 

16. & 20. 18. 
Rev. 6. 1. 
yjosh. 10. 
11. 

Job 38. 22, 
23. 

z Ps. 78. 47. 
averse 23. 
Ps. 105. 32. 
bchap.8.22. 
Isa. 32. 18. 
c cli. 10. 16. 

1 Sam. 26. 
21. 

d chap. 8.28. 
cHeb. 
voices of 
God, 
Ps. 29.3,4. 

erse 33. 

2 Chrou. 6. 
13. 

Ps. 143. 6. 
f Deut. 10. 
14. 

Ps. 24. 1. 
& 135. 6. 
1 Cur. 10. 26 
g 1 Kings 
18.42. 
Prov. 16. 6. 
d Heb. dark 
or, hidden. 
h chap. 10. 
18, 19. 
James 5. 

17, 18. . 
ichap. 4. 21 
& 7. 14. 
2Chron.28. 
22. & 36. 13. 
ach. 7. 14. 
Ps. 7. 11. 
b chap. 13.8. 
Ps.44. 1. 
Eph. 6. 4. 
c Isa. 1. 5. 
Rom. 2. 4. 



The plague of locusts and darkness. 

if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to- 
morrow will I bring the d locusts into thy coast : 

5 And they shall cover the "face of the earth, that one 
cannot be able to see the earth : and they shall eat the 

residue of that which is escaped, which rcmaineth unto 
you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth 
for you out of the field : 

6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all 
thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians ; which 
neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, 
since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. 
And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 

7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall 
this man be f a snare unto us 1 Let the men go, that they 



God : Knowest thou not yet 



be ' so with 
'look to it; 



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d verse 17. 
Prov. 30. 27. 
a Heb. eye, 
verse 15. 
echap.9.32. 
Joel 1. 4. 
fch.23.33. 
Josh. 23. 13. 
1 Sam. 18. 
21. 

Prov. 29. a 
gPs.107.31. 
b Heb. who 
and. who. 
h Josh. 24. 
15. 

Eccl. 12. 1. 
Eph. 6. 4. 
i Prov. 3. 9. 
kchnp. 5. L 
lch. 12. 30, 
31.&13. 21. 
m Jer. 18. 8. 
nPs. 52.3. 
& 119.69. 
Gen. 41.6, 

I) Deut. 28. 
38. 

Ps. 105.31, 
35. 

Rov. 9.3,5,7. 
verse 5. 
ool 1. 2, 3. 
rciiap. 1 J 6. 
s Ps. 78. 46. 
&. 105. 34. 
t chap. 9. 27. 
I .-■;. nt. 26. 
21. 

u ISam. 15. 
21. 

Num. 21. 7. 
x chup.8.28. 
& 9. 28. 
1 Kings 16. 
C. 

Kom.15.30. 
y 2 Kings 
4.40. 

f. chap. 8.28. 
Matt. 5. 11. 
a Heb. 11. 
29. 

bchap.4.21. 
c Job 24. 13. 
Matt. 5.14. 
Rev. 16. It), 
d Job 18. 5. 
e chap 9. 26. 



may serve the Lord their 
that Egypt s is destroyed ? 
c 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pha- 
raoh : and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your 
God : but 'who are they that shall go 1 

9 And Moses said, We will go with our h young and with 
our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our 
1 flocks and with our herds will we go : for we must hold 
k a feast unto, the Lord. 

10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord 
you, as I will let you go, and your little ones 
for evil is before you. 

ell Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve the 
Lord ; for that n ye did desire. And they were driven 
out from Pharaoh's presence. 

12 *|I And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy 
hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may 
come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of 
the land, even all that the hail hath left. 
m 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of 
Egypt, and the Lord brought ° an east wind upon the land 
all that day, and all that night : and when it was morning, 
the east wind brought the p locusts. 

14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, 
and rested in all the coasts of Egypt : q very grievous 
were they ; before them there were r no such locusts as 
they, neither after them shall be such. 

15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that 
the land was darkened ; and they s did eat every herb of 
the laml, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had 
left: and there remained not any green tiling in the trees, 
or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 
/ 1G % Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron hi 
haste ; and he said, ' I have sinned against the Lord 
your God, and u against you. 

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this 
once, and "entreat the Lord your God that he may take 
away from me this y death only. 

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and z entreated the 
Lord. 

,? 19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind 
which took away the locusts, and cast them into tlie "Red 
sea : there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypi . 

t 20 But the Lord b hardened Pharaoh's hoar*, so that he 
would not let the children of Israel go. 

21 If And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy 
hand toward heaven, that there may he darkness over 
the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 

m 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven • 
and there was a c thick darkness in all the land of Egypt 
three days : 

23 They d saw not one another, neither rose any from 
his place for three days : but all the children of Israel han 
e light in their dwellings. 

" 21 1f And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye. 
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Thepassover is instituted. EXODUS. The feast of unleavened bread. 

serve the Lord : only let your flocks and your herds be B ',^'i rist first year : ye shall take it out from the sheep or from 



stayed : f let your little ones also go with you. 
c 2*5 And Moses said, Thou must give us also s sacrifices, 
and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord 
our God. 

26 Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall n not a 
hoof be left behind ; for thereof must we take to serve 
the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must 
serve the Lord, until we come-thither. 
t 27 % But the Lord ' hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he 
would not let them go. 

c 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take 
heed to thyself, see my face k no more : for in that day 
thou seest my face, thou shalt die. 

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken ' well, I will see 
thy face again no more. 

CHAPTER XI. 

God's message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours, 1. 

Moses threateneth Pharaoh with the death of the first-born, 4. 

ND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one 
plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; after- 
wards he will let you go hence : when he shall let you go, 
he shall surely a thrust you out hence altogether. 

d 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every 
man b borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her 
neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 

t 3 And the Lord gave the people c .favour in the sight 
of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses d was very 
great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's ser- 
vants, and in the sight of the people. 

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, c About mid- 
night will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 

^ 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, 
from the f first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, 
even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is s be- 
hind the mill ; and all the first-born of beasts. 

6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the 
land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be 
like it any more. 

7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a 
h dog move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may 
know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the 
Egyptians and Israel. 

8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, 
and ' bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, 
and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go 
out. And he went out from Pharaoh in ' a great anger. 

r 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not 
hearken unto you ; that k my wonders may be multiplied 
in the land of Egypt. 

* 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before 
Pharaoh ; and the Lord ' hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that 
he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 

CHAPTER XII. 
The beginning of the year is changed, 1. The passover is instituted, 3. 
The rite of thepassover, 11. Unleavened bread, 15. The first-born are 
slain, 29. The Israelites are driven out of the land, 31. They come to 
Succoth, 37. The ordinance of the passover, 43. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land 
of Egypt, saying, 
2 This a month shall be unto you the beginning of months : 
it shall be the first month of the year to you. 
r 3 ^[ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, 
In the b tenth day of this month they shall take to them 
every man c a lamb according to the house of their fathers, 
a lamb for a house : 

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him 
and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to 
the number of the souls : d every man according to his eat- 
ing shall make your count for the lamb. 
rt$ Your lamb shall be e without blemish, a male of the 



f chap. 9. C. 
g chap. 29. 
30,39.41. 
Lev. 9. 22. 
& 16. 9. 
hGen.31.18. 
Deut. 17. 16. 
Hosca 9. 3. 
i chap. 4. 21. 
kHob.11.27. 
Rev. 9. 20. 
& 16. 10, 11. 
I chap. 11. 4. 
a chap. 12. 
31, 33. 
bchap.3.22. 
& 12.35,36. 
cGcn.39.21. 
chap. 3. 21. 
& 12. 36. 
Ps. 106. 46. 
Acts 2. 47. 
(12Sam.7.9. 
Esth. 9. 4. 
c eh. 12. 23. 
Amos 5. 17. 
fell. 22. 29. 
geh. 12. 29. 
Matt.24.41. 
h Josh. 10. 
21. 

Job 5. 16. 
ilsa.49.26. 
a Heb. heat 
of anger, 
Num. 12. 3. 
Mark 3. 5. 
kRom.9 16- 
1 Rom. 2. 5. 
& 9. 22. 
Job 12. 17, 
19. 

a chap. 13. 4. 
b verses 6, 
17, 18, 19. 
Josh. 4. 19. 
John 12. 1, 
12. 

c John 1.29. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
(1 Matt. 26. 
18. 

e Mai. 1. 14. 
1 Pet. 1. 19. 



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1491. 



the goats: 

6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the 
same month : and the s whole assembly of the congrega- 
tion of Israel shall kill it h in the evening. 
t* 7 And they shall take of the blood, and ' strike it on the 
two side-posts, and on the k upper door-post of the houses, 
wherein they shall eat it. 

8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with 
fire, and ' unleavened bread ; and with m bitter herbs they 
shall eat it. 

9 Eat not of it n raw, nor sodden at all with water, but 
roast ° with fire ; his head with his legs, and with the pur- 
tenance thereof. 

10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morn- 
ing : and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye 
shall p burn with fire. 

r ll ^1 And thus shall ye eat it; with your q loins girded, 
your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand : and 
ye shall eat it r in haste , it is the Lord's passover. 

*• 12 For I Avill pass through the land of Egypt this night, 
and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both 
man and beast : and against all s the gods of Egypt I will 
execute judgment : I am the Lord. 

t 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the 
houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will 
' pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you ' to 
destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 

J 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial ; and 
ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your ge- 
nerations : ye shall keep it u a feast by an ordinance x for 
ever. 

1 15 y Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the 
first day ye z shall put away leaven out of your houses : for 
whosoever eateth leavened bread, from the first day until 
the seventh day, that soul shall be a cut off from Israel. 

16 And in the first day there shall be b a holy convocation, 
and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to 
you: no manner of work shall c be done in them, save that 
which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 

17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; 
for in this self-same day have d I brought your armies out 
of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day 
in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 

i8 ^[ In the e first month, on the fourteenth day of the 
month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the 
one and twentieth day of the month at even. 

1 9 Seven days shall there be no leaven f found in your 
houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even 
that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, 

stranger, or born in the land. 

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened : in all your habita- 
tions shall ye eat unleavened bread. 
/ 21 ^f Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and 
said unto them, Draw out, and take you a lamb, according 
to your families, and kill the h passover. 

t 22 And ye shall take a bunch of ' hyssop, and dip it in 
the blood that is in the bason, and k strike the lintel and the 
two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason: and 
none of you shall ' go out at the door of his house until the 
morning. 

23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyp- 
tians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and* on 
the two side-posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and 
will m not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses 
to smite you. 

24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to 
thee and to thy sons for ever. 

25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the 

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f Lev. 23. 5. 
g 2 Chron. 
30. 15. 
h Mark 15. 
25, 33, 34. 
John 11. 9. 
i Heb. 9. 13. 
k Heb. 10. 
29. 

1 1 Cor. 5. 8. 
m ch. 1. 14. 
n John 19. 
36. 

oMatt3.ll. 
pCol. 2. 16. 
ql Pet. 1.13. 
iMat.11.12. 
s Isa. 19. 1. 
t 1 Thess. 
1. 10. 

1 John 1. 7. 
a Heb. for 
a destruc- 
tion. 

u chap. 5. 1. 
Dent. 16. 11. 
Neh. 8. 9,12. 

xDem. i6.].i whether he be a 

1 Cor. 5. 7, 8 
y Lev. 23. 5, 
6, 7, 8. 
Deut. 16. 3, 
5,8. 

z Matt. 16. 
12. 

Luke 12. 1. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
aGen.17.14. 
b Lev. 23. 2, 
3, 7, 21, 24, 
27, 35. 
c chap. 16. 
5, 23, 29. 
tl Num. 20. 
10. 

verses 1,2. 
f verso 15. 
g verses 43, 
48. 

h 1 Cor. 10. 
3,4. 

i Heb. 9. 19. 
k Heb. 9. 14. 

1 Pet. 1. 2. 
1 Matt. 26. 
30. 

Luke 9. 5. 
m Num. 20. 
16. 
Hob. 11. 28. 



The ordinance of the passover. 

land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath 
promised, that ye shall keep this service. 

26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall 
say unto you, n What mean ye by this service 1 

27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's 
passover, who passed over the houses of the children of 
Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and deli 
vered our houses. And the people bowed the head and 
worshipped. » 

d 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did ° as 
the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 

a- 29 ^[ And it came to pass, that p at midnight the Lord 
smote all q the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the 
first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne, unto the first 
born of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the 
first-born of cattle. 

s 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his 
servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was r a great 
cry in Egypt : for there was not a house where there was 
not one dead. 

/ 31 ^ And he s called for Moses and Aaron by night, and 
said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, 
both ye and the children of Israel : and go, serve the Lord, 
as ye have said. 

32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have 
said, and be gone : and l bless me also. 

33 And the Egyptians were u urgent upon the people, 
t) a f they might send them out of the land in haste ; for 
they said, We he x all dead men. 

34 And the people took their dough before it was lea- 
vened, their y kneading-troughs being bound up in their 
clothes upon their shoulders. 

35 And the children of Israel did according to the word 
of Moses : and they z borrowed of the Egyptians jewels 
of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 

#36 And the Lord gave the people "favour in the sight 
of the Egyptians, so that they b lent unto them such things 
as they required : and they spoiled the Egyptians. 
g 37 If And the children of Israel journeyed from c Ra- 
meses to Succoth, about a six hundred thousand on foot 
that were men, besides children. 

/ 38 And a * mixed multitude went up also with them ; 
and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 
g 39 And theybaked unleavened cakes of the dough which 
they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened : 
because they were e thrust out of Egypt, and could not tar- 
ry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 
/ 40 *jr Now the f sojourning of the children of Israel who 
dwelt in Egypt, was s four hundred and thirty years. 

41 And it came to pass, at the end of the four hundred and 
thirty years, even h the self-same day it came to pass, that 
all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 

42 It is a night c to be much observed unto the Lord, 
Cor bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this w that 
night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Is- 
rael in their generations. 

i 43 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is 
the ordinance of the passover: there shall 'no stranger eat 
thereof: 

44 But every man's servant [hat is k bought for money, 
when thou hast circumcised him, then ' shall he eat thereof. 

45 m A foreigner, and a hired servant shall not eat 
thereof. 

46 " In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry 
forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house : neither 
shall ye break a ° bone thereof. 

47 All the congregation of Israel shall p keep it. 

t 18 And when '' a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and 
will r keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be 
12 



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and 



EXODUS. The Israelites go out of Egypt 

circumcised, and then Met him come near and keep it; 
and he shall be as one that is born in the land : for ' no 
uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 

49 u One law shall be to him that is home-born, 
unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 
d 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 

51 And it came to pass the self-same day, that the Lorb 
did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 
by their armies. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

The first-born are sanctified to God, 1. The memorial of the passover is 
commanded, 3. The firstlings of beasts are set apart, 11. The Israel- 
ites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones ivith them, 17. They 
come to Etham, 20. God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud, and a 
pillar of fire, 21. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 a Sanctify unto me all the b first-born, whatsoever 
c openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of 
man and of beast : it is mine. 

3 % And Moses said unto the people, d Remember this 
day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house 
of bondage ; for e by strength of hand the Lord brought 



n chap. 13. 

8,9. 

Deut. 32. 7. 

Josh. 4. 6. 

Ps. 78. 6. 

oHcb. 11.28. 

pchap.11.4. 

Job 34. 20. 

1 Thess. 5. 

2,3. 

qPs.78.51. 

& 105.36. 

Heb. 12. 23. 

rchap. 11.6. 

Prov.21.13. 

James 2. 13. 

s chap. 10. 

29. 

tehap.8.28. 

& 9. 28. 

uchap 11.1. 

x Gen. 20. 3. 

Ps. 105.38. 

y chap.8.29. 

zchap.3.22. 

achap.3.21. 

Prov. 16. 7. 

bGen.15.14. 

cGen.47.11. 

dGen. 15. 5. 

Ts. 105. 37. 

b IIeb. a 

great mix- 
ture, 

Num. 11. 4. 

e ehap.6. 16. 

f Acts 13. 

17. 

Heb. 11. 9. 
Gen. 12. 1 
,3. & 15.18: 

Gal. 3.10,17. 

h Ps. 102. 

13. 

Hao. 2. 3. 

Heb. of ob- 
servations. 

i Gen. 17.12. 

Num. 5. 2, 3. 

k Gen. 17. 

12, 13. 

I Num. 19. 

11. 

m Lev. 22. 

10. 

n Num.9.12. 

John 19. 
33, 36. 
pNum.9.13. 

1 Acts 2. 10. 
r Matt. 26. 
18. 



you out from this place : there shall no f leavened bread 
be eaten. 
1 4 This day came ye out, in the month Abib. 

5 % And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into 
the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the 
Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he 
sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with 
milk and honey ; that thou shalt keep this service in this 
month. 

6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and in 
the seventh day shall be e a feast to the Lord. 

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days : and 
there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither 
shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 

d 8 % And thou shalt h shew thy son in that day, saying, 
This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me 
when I came forth out of Egypt. 

I 9 And it shall be for *a sign unto thee k upon thy hand, 
and for a memorial between thine eyes ; that the Lord's 
law may be in thy ' mouth : for with a strong hand hath 
the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. 

10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his sea- 
son from year to year. 

J 11 1[ And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee 
into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and 
to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 

12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord m all that 
openeth the matrix ; and every n firstling that cometh of 
a beast which thou hast, the males shall be the Lord's. 

13 And every firstling of an °ass thou shalt redeem 
with p a lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou 
shalt q break his neck: and all the first-born of man 
among thy children shalt thou r redeem. 

dl4 *ft And it shall be when thy son asketh thee "in time 
to come, saying, s What is this 1 ? that thou shalt say unto 
him, By strength of hand the Lord brought 'us out from 
Egypt, from the house of bondage : 

15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh "would hardly 
let us go, that the Lord slew all the first-born in the land 
of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of 
beasts : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth 
the matrix, being males; but all the first-born of my chil- 
dren I redeem. 

16 And it shall be for a token upon thy hand, and for 
* frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand 
the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. 

/ 17 «f[ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let iluT 

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Pharaoh pursueth the Israelites. EXODUS 

people go, that God led them not through "the way of the 



land of" the Philistines, although that was near ; for God 
said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they z see 
war, and they return to Egypt : 

18 But God led the people about, through the a way of 
the wilderness of the Red sea : and the children of Israel 
went up * harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 

19 And Moses took the b bones of Joseph with him : for 
he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God 
will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away 
hence with you. 

g 20 % And they took their journey from Succoth, and 
encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 
™ 21 And the Lord c went before them by day in d a pillar 
of a cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a 
pillar of e fire, to give them light : to go by day and night 

22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor 
the pillar of fire by night, from before the people 

CHAPTER XIV. 

God instructefh the Israelites in their journey, \ r Pharaoh pursueth after 
them, 5. The Israelites murmur, 10. Moses comforteth them, 13- God 
instructeth Moses, 15. The cloud removeth behind the camp, 19. The 
Israelites pass through the Red sea, 21, which drowneth the Egyp- 
tians, 23. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
g 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn 
and encamp a before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the 
sea, over against b Baal-zephon : before it shall ye en- 
camp by the sea. 

3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are 
* entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 

r 4 And I will d harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall fol- 
low after them ; and I will e be honoured upon Pharaoh, 
and upon all his host ; that the Egyptians may know that 
I am the Lord. And they did so. 

f 5% And it was told the king of Egypt that the people 
f fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was 
turned against the people, and they said, g Why have we 
done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us ? 

6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people 
with him : 

7 And he took six hundred h chosen chariots, and all the 
chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 

* 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of 
Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : and 
the' children of Israel went out with a i high hand. 
g 9 But the Egyptians k pursued after them (all the horses 
and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army) 
and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-ha- 
hiroth, before Baal-zephon. 

/ 10 Tf And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of 
Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians 
marched after them ; and they were ] sore afraid : and 
the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. 
c 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were m no 
graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the 
wilderness 1 Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to 
carry us forth out of Egypt 1 

.<= 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, 
saying, n Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians 1 
For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than 
that we should die in the wilderness. 
r 13 % And Moses said unto the people, "Fear ye not, 
p stand still, and see q the salvation of the Lord, which 
he will shew to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye 



B. Christ 
1491. 

y Num. 14. 
25. 

zGen.19.20. 
1 Chron. 7. 
21. 

Pb. 103.12. 
lCor.10.13. 
a verse 20. 
Num. 33. 8. 
6Heb. 
Jived. 

bGen.50.24. 
c Num. 14. 
14. 

Ps. 78. 14. 
1 Cor. 10. 2. 
d Judges 
20. 40. 
Ps.99. G, 7. 
Isa. 4. 5, 6. 
e ch. 14. 19. 
1 Cor. 10. 2. 
a Num. 33. 
7,8 ' 
Ps.106.6. 7. 
b Num.25. 3. 
c Pa. 37. 32. 
& 71. 11. 
dchap.4.21 
e ver. 17.18. 
Rom. 9. 22, 
23. 

fchap.3.18. 
g ch. 12. 33. 
h chap. 9. 
19, 25. 
Psalm 68. 
16, L7. 
i ch. 13. 16. 
k chap. 15.9. 
Josh. 24. G. 
1 Matt. 8. 26, 
1 John 4.18. 
mPs.lOf 7. 



n chap. 6. 9. 
o Isa. 41. 14. 
p 2 Chr. 20. 
17. 

qGen.49.18. 
Ps. 3. 8. 
Isa. 43. 11. 
Hos. 13. 4. 
r verse 30. 
Neh. 9. 9. 
Ps. 101. 35. 
s verse 25. 
chap. 15.3. 
Judg. 5. 20. 
t Ps. 50. 3. 
& 83. 1. 
Isa. 30. 15. 
uch. 17.4. 
Neh. 9. 9. 
Isa. 24. 14. 
Rom. 8. 26. 



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to-day, ye shall r see them 



no more 



have seen 
for ever. 

14 The Lord shall 
your peace. 
a 15 TT And-the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore u criest 



fight for you, and ye shall ' hold 



x Ps. 9. 16. 
y ch. 13. 21. 
z Ps. 18. 11. 
a Ps. 60. 12. 
&77. 10. 
.St 114. 5. 
b Ps. 106. 9. 
Isa. 48. 8. 
Jer. 18. 17. 
Ilab. 3. 8. 
c Ps. 66. 5, 
6. & 78. 13. 
il Ps.136. 13. 
Isa. 63. 12. 
e Josh. 4. 23. 
Hob. 11. 29. 
f Isa. 63.13. 
Hab. 3. 8, 9. 
gMali. 14. 
25. 

h Ps. 77. 18, 
19. 

i Hab. 3.8, 9. 
k Ps. 18. 14. 
a Hcb. hea- 
oincss, 
Judg. 5.=!8. 
1 chap. 7. 9. 
m ch. 15. 10. 
n Ps. 46. 5. 
o Matt. 7. 2. 
pPs. 106.11. 
<1 Ps. 77. 20. 
r Ps. 58. 10. 
s 2 Chr. 20. 
20. 

a Ps. 106.12. 
a Heb. ex- 
celling cz- 
cclletk. 
b Ps. 78.35 
36. 

Luke 1. 
71, 74. 
d Ezra 7. 15. 
eGen. 17. 5. 
fPs. 30. 1. 



The Egyptians drowned in the Red sea. 

thou unto me 1 Speak unto the children of Israel, that 
they go forward : 

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand 
over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall 
go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 

17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyp- 
tians, and they shall follow them : and I will get me honour 
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, 
and upon his horsemen. 

18 % And the Egyptians shall "know that I am the 
Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, 
upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 

t 19 U And the y angel of God which went before the 
camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them ; and the 
pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood 
behind them : 

m 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and 
the camp of Israel ; and it was a z cloud and darkness to 
them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one 
came not near the other all the night. 
m 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; 
and the Lord caused the sea a to go back by a strong 
b east wind all that night, and made the sea c dry land, and 
the waters were d divided. 

22 And the children of Israel went into c the midst of 
the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were f a 
wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 
f 23 ^ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after 
them, to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, 
his chariots, and his horsemen. 

t 24 And it came to pass, that in the g morning-watch the 
Lord h looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the 
' pillar of fire and of the cloud, and k troubled the host of 
the Egyptians, 

25 And took off their chariot-wheels, that they drave 
them " heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee 
from the face of Israel ; for the Lord fighteth for them 
against the Egyptians. 

26 -*jj. And the Lord said unto Moses, ' Stretch out thy 
hand over the sea, that the waters may m come again 
upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their 
horsemen. 

m 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, 
and the sea returned to his strength when "the morning- 
appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and the 
Lord ° overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, 
and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came 
into the sea after them : there remained p not so much 
as one-of them. 

29 But the children of Israel a walked upon dry land, 
in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto 
them on their right hand, and on their left. 

30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand 
of the Egyptians : and Israel r saw the Egyptians dead 
upon the sea-shore. 

« 31 And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did 
upon the Egyptians : and the people feared the Lord, and 
'believed the Lord, and his servant Moses. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Moses' song, 1. The people want water, 22. The ivaicrs at Marah are 
bitter, 23. A tree sweeteneth them, 25. At Elim are twelve ivells, and 
seventy palm-trees, 27. 

THEN sang Moses and the children of Israel a this 
song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing 
unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed "gloriously; the 
horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 
e 2 The Lord is my b strength and song, and he is 
become my c salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare 
him d a habitation; c my father's God, and I will f exalt him, 

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The waters of Marah sweetened 

3 The Lord is s a man of war: h the Lord is his nam^. 

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast ' into the 
sea : his k chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 

5 The depths have covered them : they sank into the 
bottom as l a stone. 

6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is "become glorious in 
power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces 
the enemy. 

7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast 
overthrown them that rose up n against thee : thou sentest 
forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. 

8 And with the ° blast of thy nostrils the waters were 
gathered together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and 
the depths were p congealed in the heart of the sea 

9 The enemy q said, 1 will pursue, I will overtake, I will 
r divide the spoil : my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I 
will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 

^ 10 Thou didst s blow with thy wind, the sea 'covered 
them : they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 

1 1 1 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods 1 who 
is like thee, u glorious in holiness, * fearful in praises, doing 
wonders 1 

12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, * the earth 
swallowed them. 

t 13 Thou in thy mercy hast ■ led forth the people which 
thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength 
unto thy holy habitation. 

r 14 The people shall hear, and a be afraid : sorrow shall 
take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the 
mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon 
them ; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall b melt away. 

16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them ; by the great 
ness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone ; till thy 
people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, zohich 
thou hast c purchased. 

* 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and a plant them in the 
mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, 
vjhich thou hast made for thee to dwell in ; in the sanc- 
tuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 

1 18 The Lord shall reign for e ever and ever. 

19 For the f horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots 
and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought 
again the waters of the sea upon them : but the children 
of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 

20 ^[ And Miriam the e prophetess, the sister of Aaron, 
took h a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went 
out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. 

21 And Miriam answered i them, Sing ye to the Lord, 
for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the sea. 

s 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and 
they went out into the wilderness of k Shur ; and they 
went ' three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 

g 23 ^[ And when they came to m Marah, they could not 
drink of the waters of Marah ; for they were bitter : there- 
fore the name of it was called Marah. 

e 24 And the people n murmured against Moses, saying, 

* What shall we drink 1 

m 25 And he p cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord shew- 
ed him q a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, 
the waters were made sweet : there he made for them a 
statute and an ordinance, and there he r proved them, 
<* 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice 
©f the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is s right in his 
sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep 
all his statutes, I will put none of these ' diseases upon 
thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians : for I am 
the Lord that " healeth thee. 



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g Hab.3.8,9. 
Rev. 19. 11. 
hPs.83. 16, 
18. 

ich. 14.27. 
k ch. 14. 7. 
1 Jer.51.63. 
m Ps. 118. 
15, 16. 
nZech.2.8. 

Job 4.9. 
plea. 63. 13. 
q 1 Kings 
20. 10. 
rLuke 11. 
22. 

s ch. 14. 21. 
tPs.106.11. 
u Isa. 6. 3. 
x Isa. 6. 5. 
ych. 14.30. 
■i Ps. 77. 20. 
aDeut.2.25. 

Ts. 68. 2. 
e 2 Pet. 2. 1. 
d Pa. 80. 8. 
e Rev.11.15 
f Prov. 21. 
31. 

gGal. 3. 28. 
Acts 21. 9. 
hPs. 68.25. 
i2Chr.5.13. 
kNum.33.8. 

1 chap. 3.8. 
Num. 10.33. 
mRuthl.20. 
nch. 16. 2. 
& 17. 3. 

Mat. 6. 25. 
p ch. 17. 4. 
Ps. 50. 15. 
q 2 Kings 
2.21. 
Rom. 5. 3. 
& 6. 3, 4. 
3 Cor. 1.5,7. 
Gal. 3. 17. 

1 Pet. 2. 21 
24. 

r Deut. 8. 2, 
15. 

3 Col. 1. 10. 
t Deut. 28. 
27. 
u Ps. 41. 4. 



EXODUS. Quails and manna sent 

27 % And they came to "Elim, Where were twelve wells 
of water, and threescore and ten » palm-trees : and they 
encamped there by the waters. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
The Israelites come to Sin, 1 : They murmur for want of bread, 2 : God 
promiseth them bread from heaven, 4 : Quails are sent, 11, and manna. 
14 : The ordering of manna, 16 : It was not to be found on the sabbatli, 
25 : An omer of it is preserved, 32. 

ND they took a their journey from Elim, and all the 
congregation of the children of Israel came unto the 
wilderness of b Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on 
the c fifteenth day of the second month after their depart- 
ing out of the land of Egypt. 

v 2 And the d whole congregation of the children of Israel 
6 murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness : 
c 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to 
God we had f died by the hand of the Lord in the land of 
Egypt, when we sat by the s flesh-pots, and when we did 
eat bread to the full : for ye have brought us forth into this 
wilderness, to kill this h whole assembly with hunger. 
T 4 If Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will s rain 
bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out 
and gather " a certain rate every day, that I may k prove 
them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 
r 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they 
shall prepare that which they bring in ; and it shall be 
twice as much as they gather daily. 

r 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of 
Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath 
brought you out from the land of Egypt : 

7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the ' glory of 
the Lord : for that he heareth your murmurings m against 
the Lord : And what are we, that ye murmur against us 1 

T8 And Moses said, This shall be when the Lord shall 
give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning 
bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your mur- 
murings which ye murmur against him : And what are we 1 
your murmurings are "not against us, but against the Lord. 
9 % And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the 
congregation of the children of Israel, Come near ° be- 
fore the Lord : for he hath heard your murmurings. 

"10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole 
congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked 
toward the p wilderness, and behold, the q glory of the 
Lord appeared in the cloud. 

11 ^j And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

t\2 I have heard the murmurings of the children of 



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1491. 



xNum.33.9. 
y Rev. 7. 9. 
a Num. 33. 
10. 

b Ezek. 30. 
15. 

c Matt. 15. 
32. 

d Gen. 19. 4. 
e ch. 15.24. 
fLam.4. 9. 
I Cor. 10.11. 
g ch. 2. 23. 
h Jer. 2. 6. 
i Ps. 78. 24, 
25. 

Rum. 12.20, 
21. 

a lleb. tke 
irurd of a 
day in 
/us day, 
Matt. 6. 11 
kcli. 15.25. 
Deut. 8. 2. 
1 verse 10. 
ch. 17. 10. 
rnNuiu.lti.' 
Luko 10. 10. 
'orsea 9, 
12. 
Sum. 8. 7. 

verse 10. 
Deut. 12.5,0 
pch. 13.21. 
qEzok.20.6. 
Matt. 17. C. 
r verse 13. 
Num. 11.31. 
< P*. 90. 14. 

1 dor. 10. 3. 
tNum.11.31. 
Ps. 105. 40. 
ft Hub. a 
bed of drir. 
rj Num.1 1.9. 
Rev. 2. 17. 

r. Of, IHial 

is this? or. 
ft is a 
portion, 
John fi. 31. 
\ verso :'<». 
v vorflfi IK 
3Cor.8. 15. 
7.2Cor.8.14. 
Gal. 3.28. 



eat 



Israel ; speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall 
r flesh, and in the morning ye shall be s filled with bread : 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. 

m 13 And it came to pass, that at even the ' quails came 
up, and covered the camp : and in the morning the dew 
lay round about the host. 

™ 14 And when * the dew r that lay was gone up, behold, 
upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round 
" thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground : 

2' 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said 
one to another, c It is manna : for they wist not what it 
was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which 
the Lord hath given you to eat. 

d 16 f This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, 
Gather of it every man according to his eating : an omer 
x for every man according to the number of your persons, 
take ye every man for Ihcm which arc in his tents. 

17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, 
y some more, some less. 

m 18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that 
gathered much had ' nothing over, and he that gathered 
little had no lack : they gathered every man according 
to his eating. 

47 



The people murmur for want of water. 

J 9 And Mosessaid,Letnomanleaveofittillthemornhig. 

20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Moses ; 
but some of them left of it until the morning, and it a bred 
worms, and stank : and Moses was wroth with them. 
d 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man 
according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot b it 
melted. 

m 22 If And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they 
gathered c twice as much bread, two omers for one man : 
and all the rulers of the congregation came and d told 
Moses. 

i 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord 
hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the e holy sabbath unto 
the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to-day, and 
seethe that ye will seethe ; and that which remaineth 
over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 
■m 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade : 
and it did f not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 

25 And Moses said, g Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a 
sabbath unto the Lord ; to-day ye shall not find it in the 
field. 

v 26 Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day 
which is the sabbath, in it there shall h be none. 
c 27 % And it came to pass, that there i went out some 
of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they 
k found none. 

28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye 
to keep ' my commandments and my laws ? 
v 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, 
therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two 
days : abide ye every man in his place, let no man go 
m out of his place on the seventh day. 

30 So the people n rested on the seventh day. 
/31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof 
Manna: and it was ° like coriander-seed, white ; and the 
taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 

32 "|f And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord 
commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept p for your gene 
rations ; that they may see the bread wherewith I have 
fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from 
the land of Egypt. 

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take q a pot, and put 
an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up r before the 
Lord, to be kept for your generations. 

d 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up 
before the Testimony, s to be kept. 

/ 35 And the children of Israel did ' eat manna forty years, 
until they came to a land inhabited : they did eat manna, 
until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 
CHAPTER XVII. 
The people murmur for water at Rephidim, 1. God sendeth them for 
water to the rock in Horeb, 5. Amalek is overcome by the holding up 
of Moses' hands, 8. Moses buildeth the altar JEHOVAH-nissi. 

ND all the congregation of the children of Israel jour- 
neyed from the wilderness of Sin, a after their jour- 
neys, according to the b commandment of the Lord, and 
pitched in Rephidim : and there ivas no water for the people 
to drink. 

c 2 Wherefore the people did c chide with Moses, and said, 
Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto 
them, Why chide ye with me 1 wherefore do ve e tempt 
the Lord ? 

c 3 And the people thirsted there for water ; and the peo- 
ple murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this 
that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and 
our children and our cattle with thirst? 
/4 And Moses f cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall 
I do unto this people 1 e t ] ley be a ] most reac j y to stone me 
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, h Go on before the 



EXODUS. Jethro cometh to Moses, 

people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel : and 
i thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine 
hand, and go. 

m 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock 
in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall 



h Ezek.2,'6. 
Acts 20. 23, 
24. 



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1491. 



come k water out of it, that the people may drink. And 
Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 

g 7 And he called the name of the place " Massah, and 
4 Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Is- 
rael, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the 
Lord among us, or not? 

g 8 If Then came ! Amalek, and fought with Israel in 

Rephidim. 

f 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and 

go out, fight with Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the 

top of the hill with the m rod of God in my hand. 

10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought 
with Amalek : and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went up to 
the top of the hill. 

1 1 And it came to pass, when Moses a held up his hand, 
that Israel prevailed : and when he let ° down his hand, 
Amalek prevailed. 

d 12 But Moses' hands were p heavy ; and they took q a 
stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon : and 
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one 
side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were 
r steady until the going down of the sun. 

/ 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with 
the edge of the sword. 

14 And the Lord said unto Moses, s Write this jor a 
memorial in a book, and rehearse it'm. the ears of Joshua: 
for I will * utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek 
from under heaven. 

d 1 5 % And Moses built an altar, and called the name of 
it c JEHOVAH-nissi : 

16 For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the 
Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to gene- 
ration. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons, 2. Moses entcrtaineth 
him, 7. Jethro , s counsel is accepted, 13. Jethro departeth, 27. 



HEN a Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father- 
in-law, heard of all that b God had done for Moses, 

and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought 

Israel out of Egypt : 

2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, 
Moses' wife, c after he had sent her back, 

3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one 
was d Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a 
strange land:) 

4 And the name of the other was " Eliezer ; (for the 
God of my father, said he] was my help, and delivered 
me from the sword of Pharaoh :) 

5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons 
and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he en- 
camped at the e mount of God : 

6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro 
am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with 
her. 

° 7 ^[ And Moses went out to f meet his father-in-law, and 
e did obeisance, and h kissed him : and they asked each 
other of their 'welfare: and they came into the tent. 

8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord 
had done unto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israel's 
sake, and all the travail that had c come upon them by 
the way, and how the Lord delivered them. 

c 9 And Jethro i rejoiced for all the goodness which the 
Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out oi 
the hand of the Egyptians. 

43 44 



Moses is counselled by Jethro. 

10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath de 
livered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of 
the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from 
under the hand of the Egyptians. 

* 1 1 k Now I know that the Lord is greater than all 
gods : for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, he was 
1 above them. 

d 12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, ""took a burnt- 
offering and n sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and 
all the elders of Israel to eat ° bread with Moses' father 
in-law p before God. 

/ 13 ^[ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses 
q sat to judge the people : and the people stood by Moses 
from the morning unto the evening. 

14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did 
to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest 
to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the 
people stand by thee from morning unto even? 
d 15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the 
people come unto me r to inquire of God : 

16 When they have a matter, they come unto me, and 
I judge between one and another, and I do make them 
know the statutes of God, and his laws. 

17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing 
that thou doest is s not good. 

18 Thou wilt d surely wear away, both thou, and this 
people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy for 
thee; thou art 'not able to perform it thyself alone 

19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee 
counsel, u and God shall be with thee : Be thou for the 
people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the x causes 
unto God : 

d 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, 
and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk 
and y the work that they must do. 

<*21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people 
1 able men, such as a fear God, b men of truth, c hating 
covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of 
thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and 
rulers of tens: 

22 And let them judge the people d at all seasons : and 
it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto 
thee, but every small matter they shall judge : so shall it 
be easier for thyself, and they shall 8 bear the burden with 
thee. 

d 23 If thou shalt do this thing, f and God command 
thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this 
people shall also go to their place in peace. 

/ 24 So Moses e hearkened to the voice of his father-in- 
law, and did all that he had said. 

25 And Moses h chose able men out of all Israel, and 
made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, 
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 

26 And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard 
causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter 
they judged themselves. 

27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart : and he 
1 went his way into his own land. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
The people come to Sinai, 1. God's message by Moses unto the people 
out of the mount, 3. The people's answer returned again, 8. The 
people are prepared against the third day, 10. The mountain must not 
be touched, 12. The fearful presence of God upon the mount, 16 

TN the a third month, when the children of Israel were 
"M gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came 
they into the wilderness of b Sinai. 

8 2 For they were departed from Rephklim, and wore 
come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilder- 
ness ; and there Israel encamped before the mount. 

/ 3 ^[ And Moses went up c unto God, and the Lord called 
13 G 



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EXODUS. God's message to the Israelites: 

unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou 
say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel ; 

4 d Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and 
how I bare you on e eagles' wings, and brought you unto 
myself. 

b 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and 
keep my covenant, then ye shall be f a peculiar treasure 
unto me g above all people : for all the earth is mine : 

6 And ye shall be unto me h a kingdom of priests, and 
a { holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt 
speak unto the children of Israel. 

/ 7 51 And k Moses came and called for the elders of the 
people, and laid before their faces all these words which 
the Lord commanded him. 

c 8 And all the people answered ' together, and said, Al! 
that the Lord hath spoken m we will do. And Moses re- 
turned the words of the people unto the Lord. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee 
in a n thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak 
" with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told 
the words of the people unto the Lord. 
d 10 % And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the peo- 
ple, and p sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let 
them wash their clothes, 

11 And be ready against the third day : for the q third 
day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the 
people upon mount Sinai. 

v 12 «[[ And thou shalt r set bounds unto the people round 
about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up 
into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever 
toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death : 
w 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be 
stoned or shot through : whether it be beast or man, it shall 
not live : when the ' trumpet soundeth long, they shall 
come up to the mount. 

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the 
people, and sanctified the people ; and they washed their 
clothes. 

15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the 
third day : come not u at your wives. 

16 % And it came to pass on the third day in the morn- 
ing, that there were thunders and lightnings, and s a thick 

iom 4 i2.!' c l° l, d upon the mount, and the voice of the y trumpet ex- 

1 Pet. 2.~9. ' 

i I Kings 8, 

53. 

Ps. 93. 5. 

k ih. 34. 37. 

1 ch. 24. 3. 

mJor.10.23, 

n Matt. 17. 

5. 

3 Cor. 3. 7, 



kGcn.22.12 
1 ch. 10. 16. 
m Gen.8.20. 
n ch. 24. 5. 
Lev. 7. 15. 

Eccles. 10. 
19. 

p Deut. 12. 
5,7. 

1 Cor. 10.31, 
qJudg.5.10. 
1 Kings 1. 
13. 

r verse 19. 
Job 29. 16. 
s Job 31. 13. 
dilcb.fad- 
ing thou 
wilt fade, 
lsa.40. 5, 7. 
t Deut. 1. 9, 
12. 

u Gen. 31. 
3. & 32. 9. 
& 39. 2. 
k Num. 15 
33, 34, 35. 
y Deut. 1.18. 
z Gen. 47. 6. 
Deut. 1. 13. 
a 2 Sam. 23. 
3. 

1 Chr. 26. 6. 

2 Chr. 19. 9. 
Neh. 2. 7. 
b Acts 6. 3, 
5. 

Zcch.7. 9. 
c Deut. 16. 
19. 

d verse 26. 
e Deut. 1.12. 
f Num. 11. 
16. 

g 1 Cor. 12. 
21. 

h Acts 14. 
23. 

Deut. 1. 13, 
14. 

i chap. 3. 1. 
Num. 10.29. 
aGen.25.17. 
Gal. 3. 17. 
bGal. 4. 25. 
Acts 7. 30, 
38. 

c Num.9.17. 
fsa. 63. 9. 
Acts 7. 38. 



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d Micah G. 
5. 

e Deut. 32. 
11, 12. 
Rev. 12. 14. 
f Ps. 135. 4. 
Titus 2. 14. 
Isa. 



ceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp 
z trembled. 

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the 
camp to a meet with God ; and they stood at the nether 
part of the mount. 

s 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on b a smoke, be- 
cause the Lord descended upon it ° in fire : and the smoke 
thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the 
d whole mount quaked greatly. 

19 And when the voice of the trumpet, sounded long, 
and waxed louder and louder, c Moses spake, and God an- 
swered him r by a voice. 

20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the 
top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses vp to the 
top of the mount ; and Moses went up. 

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge 
the people, lost they break through unto the Lord to 
B gaze, and many of them perish. 

a 22 And let h the priests also which ; come near to the 
Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon 
5. them. 

23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people '' cannot 
come up to mount Sinai : for thou chargedst us, saying, 
Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 

24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, 
k"Cor37 ^nd thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee : but 

49 



och. 14 31. 

John 9. 28, 
29. 

pLev.11.45. 
Heb. 10. 22. 
& l*. 14; 
i eh. 23. 10, 

17. ' 

Acts 20. 10. 
r. verse 21. 
Josh. 3. 4. 
Heb. 12. 
I*, 20, 22. 
i Lov. 25. 9. 
u 1 Cor. 7. 5. 
xGal. .'). 10. 
ylsa. 58. ). 
z Rom. 8.1 3. 
ii Deut.5. 6. 
h. 40. 34. 
2Chr.5. L4. 
&0.1. &. 7. 
1,2. 

I-:i . 6. 4. 

Hob. 3. i 
Rev. IS. S. 
cJer.23.29. 

d IIab.:l. 10. 
el lib. 12.2 1. 
("John 1.17. 

eh. 3. 5. 

h 0b. 24.5. 



] Ps. 131. 1. 

Matt.11.12. 

Luke 16.16. 

Heb. 12. 18, 

22, 23. 

a eh. 19. 24. 

Acts 7. 53. 

b Deut.5.22. 

cPe. 33. 12. 

Gen. 17. 7. 

d Luke 1.71. 

el Cor .8.4,5. 

f John 4. 24. 

g Matt. 15. 

8,9. 

li John 14. 

15. 

i Matt. 6. 9. 

k Ezek. 20. 

12. 

I oh. 23. 12. 

m Neb. 13. 

16. 

Hosea 6. 6. 

n Gen. 2. 2. 

o Eph.6.1,2. 

p Matt.5.21. 

q Matt.5.21 

28. 

rlThes.4.6. 

s Lev. 5. 1. 

t Acts 20.33. 

uHeb.12.18. 

x Rom.8.15. 

y Deut .5.23. 

zDeut.5.27. 

aDeut.5.25. 

Rom. 5. 1, 2. 

& 8. 1, 2, 3. 

Gal.3.11,12. 

bDeut.4.10. 

c Gen.22. 1 

chap. 15.25. 

d Gal. 3.19. 

eHeb.12.18. 

fNch. 9.13. 

g 2 Sam. 5. 

21. 

h Deut.12.5. 

i Deut.12.5 

2Sam.18.18, 

k Ps. 147. 3. 

1 oh. 27. 1. 



Idolatry is forbidden. EXODUS. 

let not the priests and the people ' break through, to come 
up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 

25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake 
unto them. 

CHAPTER XX. 

TJie ten commandments, 1. The people are afraid, 18. Moses comforteth 

them, 20. Idolatry is forbidden, 22. Ofivhal sort the altar should be, 24. 

f k ND God a spake b all these words, saying, 

t /V 1 2 I am the Lord °thy God, which have brought thee 

out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of d bondage. 

p*S Thou shalt have e no other gods before me. 

2>*4 f Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 

or any e likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or 

that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under 

the earth : 

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve 
them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third 
and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 
h love me, and keep my commandments. 
p*7 Thou shalt not * take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh 
his name in vain. 

d*8 k Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 

9 ' Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy 
God : in it thou shalt not do m any work, thou, nor thy son, 
nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, 
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : 

1 1 For in n six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh 
day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and 
hallowed it. 

d*l% ° Honour thy father and thy mother ; that thy days 
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

p* 13 Thou shalt p not kill. 
2>*14 Thou shalt not commit q adultery. 
F*15 Thou shalt r not steal. 

2**16 Thou shalt not s bear false witness against thy 
neighbour. 

p*\7 Thou shalt not ' covet thy neighbour's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, 
nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing 
that is thy neighbour's. 

«18 If And all the people saw "the thunderings, and the 
lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the moun- 
tain smoking : and when the people saw it, they x re 
moved, and stood afar off. 

c 19 And y they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, 
and we z will hear : but let not God speak with us, a lest 
we die. 

20 And Mosee said unto the people, b Fear not : for 
God is come c to prove you, and that his fear may be be 
fore your faces, that ye d sin not. 

* 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near 
unto the e thick darkness where God ivas. 

22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say 
unto the children of Israel ; Ye have seen that I have 
talked with you from f heaven. 

v 23 Ye shall not make with me s gods of silver, neithe 
shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 
6 24 % An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and 
shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace- 
offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : h in all places where 
I • record my name I will come unto thee, and I will k bless 
thee. 

25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of 1 stone, thou 



Divers laivs and ordinances. 

B 'i49i* 6t sua ^ n °t Duu ^ *t °f he wn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool 
upon it, thou hast m polluted it. 

p 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, 
that thy n nakedness be not discovered thereon. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Laws for men-servants, 1. For the servant whose ear is bored, 5. For 
ivomen-servants, 7. For manslaughter, 12. For stealers of men, 16. 
For cursors of parents, 17. For smiters, 18. For a hurt by chance, 22. 
For an ox that goreth, 28. For him that is an occasion of harm, 33. 

OW these are the judgments which thou shalt set 
a before them. 
L 2 If thou buy b a Hebrew servant, six years he shall' 
c serve : and in the seventh he shall go out d free for 
e nothing. 

3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself : 
if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 

4 If his master have f given him a wife, and she have 
borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children 
shall be her master's, and he shall go out s by himself. 

5 ^f And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my mas- 
ter, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : 

6 Then his master shall bring him unto the ° judges : he 
shall also bring him to the door, oi unto the door-post : 
and his master shall h bore his ear through with an awl ; 
and he shall serve him J for ever. 



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mlCor.1.17. 
n Gen. 9.22. 
a 1 Cor. 6.1. 
b ch. 3. 18. 
Deut. 15.12. 
cLev.25.39. 
d Rom. 6.16. 
Gal. 4. 25. 
e Gen. 29.15. 
verse 11. 
fLev.25.44. 
Gen. 21. 9. 
a Heb. gods. 
h Ps. 40. 6. 
iLev.25.40. 
k Neh.5.1,6. 
1 verses 2, 3. 
ml Cor. 7. 3. 
n 1 Cor.*7.5. 
oLev.24.17. 
pNu. 35.31, 

[ 1 Sam. 24. 

2. 

r Deut. 19. 5 
s Num.35.6. 
t Num. 15. 
30. 

u Dt. 19. 13. 

lKgs.2.28, 

Heb. 10. 26. 

x verse 12. 

y Deut.24.7, 

zGen.37.28. 

b Oi, speak- 

eth evil to, 

Lev. 20. 9. 

Pro. 20. 20. 

a 2 Sam. 3. 

29. 

Zech. 8. 4. 

c Heb. sit- 
ting, or, 

ceasing, 

Lev. 24. 19, 

20. 

Deut. 22. 3. 

b verse 21. 

Lev. 25. 39, 

40. 

c Rom. 13. 4. 

d Gen. 1. 5. 

John 11. 53. 

eDt.22. 19. 

fLev.24.20. 

Num. 35.31. 

Judg. 1. 7. 

lSam.15.33. 

Isa. 13. 18. 

Matt. 5. 38, 

39. & 7. 2. 

Luke 6. 38. 



L 7 % And if a man k sell his daughter to be a maid-ser- 
vant, she shall not go out l as the men-servants do. 

8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her 
to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed : to sell her 
unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he 
hath dealt deceitfully with her. 

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall 
deal with her after the manner of daughters. 

10 If he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, 
and her m duty of marriage shall he " not diminish. 

1 1 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she 
go out free without money. 

p 12 ^f He that ° smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be 
surely p put to death. 

13 And if a man q lie not in wait, but r God deliver him 
into his hand ; then I will appoint thee 9 a place whither 
he shall flee. 

14 But if a man come ' presumptuously upon his neigh- 
bour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from 
mine u altar, that he may die. 

L 15 And he that smiteth x his father, or his mother, shall 
be surely put to death. 

l 1 6 % And he that y stealeth a man, and % selleth him, 
or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 
p 17 -If And he that * curseth his father or his mother, 
shall surely be put to death. 

M8 ^f And if men strive together, and one smite ano- 
ther with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but 
keepeth his bed : 

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his a staff, then 

shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for the 

c loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 

l 20 And if a man smite his b servant, or his maid, with a 

rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely c punished. 

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue d a day or two, he 
shall not be punished : for he is his money. 

22 *ff If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so 
that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow : 
he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's 
husband will lay upon him ; and he shall _ e pay as the 
judges determine. 

L 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life 
for life, 

24 f Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot 
for foot, 

5f) 



Divers laws 



EXODUS. 



and ordinances. 



gPs. 7. 11. 
Micah 7. 8. 
hGen. 9. 5. 
i Ps. 5. 6. & 
139. 19. 
k verse 32. 
Num. 35.31. 
1 Zech. 11. 
12, 13. 
Matt. 26.15. 
m 1 Sam. 
13.5. 

Rev. 2. 14. 
&9.2. 
n 1 Tim. 1. 
13, 14. 15. 
oJer.22. 21. 
a Or, goat, 
chap. 12. 3. 
a Num. 5. 7. 
Prov. 14.4,6. 
b 2 Sam. 12. 
4. 

Luke 19. 8. 
b Heb. in 
the digging 
through, 
Matt. 24.43. 
c Num. 35. 
27. 

d chap.21.2. 
eGen. 4. 15. 
Ps. 79. 12. 
Prov. 6. 31. 
c Heb. gods, 
chap. 21. 6. 
f2Chr. 19. 
10. 

dHeb. make 
wicked, 
Deut. 25. 1. 



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25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe fori B 1 4 9 h ," st 
stripe. 

£ 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the 
eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for 
liis eye's sake. 

27 And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his 
maid-servant's tooth ; he shall let him go free g for his 
tooth's sake. 

£ 28 % If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die : 
then the ox shall be surely h stoned, and his flesh shall * not 
be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 
L 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in 
time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he 
hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a 
woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall 
be put to death. 

30 If there be laid on him k a sum of money, then he 
shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid 
upon him. 

31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daugh- 
ter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 

l 32 If the ox shall push a man-servant, or maid-servant; 
he shall give unto their master ' thirty shekels of silver, 
and the ox shall be stoned. 

l 33 % And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig 
m a pit, and n not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein ; 
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give 
money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall 
be his. 

l 35 And h" one man's ox hurt another's that he die, then 
they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and 
the dead ox also they shall divide. 

l 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath ° used to push in 
time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall 
surely pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Of theft, 1. Of damage, 5. Of trespass, 7. Of borrowing, 14. Of for- 
nication, 16. Of witchcraft, 18. Of bestiality, 19. Of idolatry, 20. Of 
strangers, widows, and fatherless, 21. Of usury, 25. Of pledges, 26 
Of reverence to magistrates, 28. Of the first-fruits, 29. 

r JfF a man shall steal an ox, or ° a sheep, and kill it, or 
M. sell it ; he shall restore a five oxen for an ox, and b four 
sheep for a sheep. 

L 2 If a thief be found b breaking up, and be smitten that 
he die, there shall c no blood be shed for him. 
l 3 If the sun be risen upon him there shall be blood shed 
for him : for he should make full restitution; if he have 
nothing, then he shall be d sold for his theft. 
l 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whe 
ther it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall restore e double. 
l 5 ^1 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, 
and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's 
field : of the best of his own field, and of the best of his 
own vineyard shall he make restitution. 
l 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the 
stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be con- 
sumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely 
make restitution. 

L l *H If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or 
stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house ; if 
the thief be found, let him pay double. 

8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house 
shall be brought unto the 'judges, to see whether he have 
put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 
^9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for 
ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost, thing 
Avhich another challengeth to be his : the f cause of both 
parties shall come before the judges ; and whom the 
judges shall "condemn, he shall pay double unto his 
neighbour. 



g Gen. 30. 

35, 36. &. 

31. 39. 

hi Kings 2. 

43. 

iGen.31.39. 

k Amos 3. 

19. 

IPs. 37.21. 

m Deut. 22. 

24, 25, 28. 

n Deut. 18. 

10, 

1 Ham. 28. 9. 

Gal. 3. 1. 

o Lev.18.23. 

p Deut. 17. 

2,3. 

n Num. 15. 

27. 

Deut. 17. 5. 

r Lev. 19.33. 

Deut. 10. 19, 

Zoch. 7. 10. 

slsa. 1.17. 

James 1.27. 

tDeut. 10. 

18. 

Ps. 146. 9. 

u Juflg. 1.7. 

Matt. 7. 2. 

x Deut. 23. 

211. 

eileb. A~c- 

sc.ticch of 

biting. 

y Deut. 24.6. 

Job 31. 16. 

z Num. 7. 

2,3. 

AH i 23. r,. 

a Prov. 3.9. 

b Num. IS. 

1.".. 

cDaut. ll. 

S3. 

,l Ezok.44. 

31. 

. i - 

Matt. '.. 6. 
a Or, re- 
ceive. 
ii ha.33.19. 

b Deut. 19. 
16. 

r*. n:,. ii. 
c Gen. 6. 13, 

(I Lev. 19. 

If.. 

o Deut. 02.2. 

flCor.9. 9. 

Gal. G\2. 



L 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, 
or a sheep, or any beast s to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, 
or driven away, no man seeing it : * 

11 Then shall h an oath of the Lord be between them 
both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's 
goods ; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he 
shall not make it good. 

L 12 And if it be " stolen from him, he shall make restitu- 
tion unto the owner thereof. 

13 If it be torn in pieces ; then let him k bring it for wit- 
ness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 
l 14 % And if a man 'borrow aught of his neighbour, arid 
it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he 
shall surely make it good. 

l 15 But'ii the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make 
it good : if it be a hired thing, it came for his hire. 
L 16 If And if a man m entice a maid that is not betrothed, 
and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he 
shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 
L 18 ^[ Thou shalt not suffer n a witch to live. 
l 19 ^f Whosoever ° lieth with a beast shall surely be put 
to death. 

L 20 % He that sacrificeth unto p any god, save unto the 
Lord only, he shall be q utterly destroyed. 
v 21 % Thou shalt neither r vex a stranger, nor oppress 
him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 
p 22 Ye shall not afflict any s widow, or fatherless child. 

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all 
unto me, I will surely ' hear their cry ; 

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with 
the sword ; and u your wives shall be widows, and your 
children fatherless. 

l 25 % If thou lend money to any of x my people that is 
poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a 'usurer, nei- 
ther shalt thou lay upon him usury. 

£ 26 *H If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to 
pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the y sun 
goeth down : 

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his 
skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, 
when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 
v 28 % Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the 
z ruler of thy people. 

£ 29 «tf Thou shalt not delay to offer the a first of thy ripe 
fruits, and of thy liquors : the b first-born of thy sons shalt 
thou give unto me. 

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy 
sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eightli 
day thou shalt give it me. 

<^31 And ye shall be c holy men unto me : neither shall 
ye eat any flesh that is d torn of beasts in the' field ; ye 
shall c cast it to -the dogs. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
Of slander and false witness, 1. Of justice, 3, 6. Of charitableness, 4. 
Of the year of rest, 10. Of the sab'bath, 12. Of idolatry, 13. Oflhr 
three feasts, 14. Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice, 18. An An- 
gel is promised, ivi'lh a blessing, if they obey him, 20. 

THOU shalt not "raise a false report : B put not thy nana 
with the wicked to be an b unrighteous witness. 
P 2 Thou shalt not follow c a multitude to do evil; neither 
shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest 
judgment : 

v 3 Tf Neither shalt thou d countenance a poor man in his 
cause. 

d 4 ^ If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going 
astray, thou shalt surely ° bring it back to him again. 

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under 
f his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt 
surely help with him. 

51 



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S Deut. 27. 

10. 

h Prov.4.14. 

iRom.2. 1, 



An Angel is promised. EXODUS. 

? 6f Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of s thy poor in 
his cause. 

7 h Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the inno- 
cent and righteous slay thou not : for I will i not justify the 
wicked. 

V 8 And thou shalt take k no gift ; for the gift blindeth 
"the wise, and 'perverteth the words of the righteous. 

V 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know 
the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the 
land of Egypt. 

10 And m six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt 
gather in the fruits thereof: 
"fc 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let n it rest and lie 



still ; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they 
leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner 
thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 

/ 12 % Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the se- 
venth day tnou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass 
may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, 
may be refreshed 

v 13 ^f And in all things that I have said unto you, be 

circumspect : and make no mention of the p name of 
other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 

14 if Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in 
the year. 

/ 15 Thou shalt. keep the feast of unleavened bread 
(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I com 
manded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib ; 
for in it thou earnest out from Egypt : and none shall 
q appear before me empty :) 

* 16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy la 
hours, which thou hast sown in the field : and the feast of 
ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou 
hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 

17 Three times in the year r all thy males shall appear 
before the Lord God. 

v 18 If Thou shalt 3 not offer the blood of my sacrifice with 
leavened bread : neither shall the fat of my c sacrifice 
remain until the morning. 

£ 19 The first of the 'first-fruits of thy land thou shalt 
bring into the u house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt 
not x seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 

* 20 % Behold, I send y an Angel before thee, z to keep 
thee in the way, and to bring thee into the a place which 

1 have prepared. 

* 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him 
not ; for he will b not pardon your transgressions : for my 
name is c in him. 

& 22 But if thou shalt indeed d obey his voice, and do all 
that I speak ; then I will be e an enemy unto thine ene- 
mies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 

& 23 For mine Angel shall go f before thee, and bring 
thee in unto the s Amorites, and the Hittites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the 
Jebusites ; and I will cut them off. 
p 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve 
them, nor do h after their works : but thou shalt utterly 
overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 

d 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall 
bless " thy bread, and thy water; and I will take k sickness 
away from the midst of thee. 

6 26 There shall nothing 'cast their young, nor be barren, 
in thy land : the number of thy days I will m fulfil. 

* 27 I will send n my fear before thee, and will destroy all 
the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all 
thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 

28 And I will send ° hornets before thee, which shall 
drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from 
before- thee 



k Deut. 16. 

19. 

Acts 24. 26. 

6 Heb. 

open-eyed, 

Deut. 16. 19. 

11 Sam. 8. 3. 

m Lev. 25. 

2 3. 

nMatt.6.31. 

1 Cor. 7. 29, 

30, 31. 

oEph.5.15. 

p Ps. 16. 4. 

Zech. 13.2. 

q Deut. 16. 

16. 

r Deut. 12. 

5,6. 

s ch. 31. 15. 

c Or, feast, 

chap. 34. 25. 

tch. 34.26. 

u 1 Chr. 9. 

23,29. 

xch.34. 26. 

y ch. 14. 19. 

1 Cor. 10. 9. 
zPs..91. 11. 
a John 14. 2. 
b Num. 14. 
35. 

2 Kings 24. 
4. 

c Jcr. 23. 6. 
John 10.30, 
38. 

2 Cor. 5. 19. 
d ch. 19. 5. 
Ps. 81. 13. 
e Gen. 12.3. 
f Isa.42. 16. 
g Gen. 15.18. 
h Lev. 18. 3. 
i Dan. 11.15. 
k ch. 15. 26. 
1 ch. 1. 22. 
mJob42.17. 
n Gen. 35. 5. 
1 Sam. 14. 
15. 

oDeut.7.20. 
Josh. 24. 12. 



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p chap. 34. 

12, 15. 

qNum. 25. 

12. 

Deut. 7. 16, 

25. & 12.30. 

Ps. 106. 34, 

35. 

Pro v. 13. 14, 

17. 

Jude 1, 21, 

27, 29. 

a ch. 19. 9. 

& 20. 19. 

b ch. 28. 1. 

Lev. 10. 1,2. 

cNum. 11. 

16. 17. 
Deut. 10.22. 
dHeb.10.19. 
& 12. 18. 

e verses 9. 

10. 18. 

f verso 7. 

gHeb.9. 19. 

hGen. 31. 

45. 

iGon. 28.18, 

k 2 Cor. 3. 

14. 

I oh. 33. 11. 

m Heb. 13. 

15. 

nHeb. 9.19. 

Heb. 9.19. 
p verse 4. 
Heb. 9. 18. 
q Heb. 9.10, 
19. 

r John 1.18. 

1 Tim.6. 16. 
sEzck.1.16. 
t Matt. 17.2. 
u ch. 19. 21. 
Neh. 13. 21. 
Ps. 55. 21. 
& 138. 7. 

x verse 5. 
Luke 22.30. 
yJer.31. 33. 

2 Cor. 3. 3 
zPs. 147.19, 
20 

Rom. 9. 4. 
aMatt.17. 



Moses buildeth an altar. 

b 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one 
year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the 
field multiply against thee. 

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before 
thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 
g 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even 
unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto 
the river: for 1 will deliver the inhabitants of the land into 
your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 
p 32 Thou shalt make no covenant p with them, nor with 
their gods. 

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee 
i against me : for if thou serve their gods, it will surely 
be q a snare unto thee. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Moses is called up into the mountain, 1. The people promise obedience, 
3. Moses buildeth an altar, and twelve pillars, 4 : Be sprinkleth the 
blood of the covenant, 6. The glory of God appeareth, 9. Aaron and 
Hur have the charge of the people, 14. Moses goeth into the mountain, 
ivhere he continuetli forty days and forty nights, 15. 

ND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, 
a thou, and Aaron, b Nadab, and Abihu, and c seventy 
of the elders of Israel ; and worship d ye afar off. 

2 And Moses e alone shall come near the Lord : but 
they shall not come nigh ; neither shall the people go up 
with him. 

d 3 % And Moses came and told the people all the words 
of the Lord, and all the judgments : and all the people 
answered with one voice, and said, All the words which 
the Lord hath said f will we do. 

/ 4 If And Moses s wrote all the words of the Lord, and 
rose up early in the morning, and builded h an altar under 
the hill, and twelve s pillars according to the k twelve 
tribes of Israel. 

' 5 And sent ' young men of the children of Israel, which 
offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed m peace-offerings of 
n oxen unto the Lord. 

6 ff And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in 
basons ; and half of the blood he sprinkled ° on the altar. 

d 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the 
audience of the people : and tjaey said, All that the Lord 
hath said will we do, and be obedien^ 

^8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it p on the 
people, and said, fl Behold>'lhe blood of the covenant, which 
the Lord hath made with you dfcmcerning all these words. 
9 If Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abi- 
hu, and seventy of the elders of Israel : 

v 10 And they r saw the God of Israel : &nd$$ere was 
under his feet as it were a paved work of^ s Sapphire - 
stone, and as it were the ' body of heaven in /^clearness. 

11 And upon the "nobles of the children of Israel he Maid 
not his hand : also they saw God, and y did eg£ and drink. 

12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gome u^toarfe into 
the mount, and be there : and I will give thee- z tables of 
stone, and a law, and commandments which I have writ- 
ten ; that thou mayest teach them. 

/ 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua : and 
Moses went up into the mount of God. 

14 If And he said unto^the "elders, Tarry ye here for 
us, until we come again i!hto you: and behold, Aaron and 
Hur are with you : if any man have any matters to do, 
let him come unto them. 

/ 15 ^f And Moses went up into the mount, and a a cloud 
covered the mount. 

16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Si- 
nai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh 
day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 
s 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord ivas like de- 
vouring fire on the top of the mount in . the eyes of the 
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The ark and mercy-seat. EXODUS. 

m\S And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and 
gat him up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount 
h forty days and forty nights. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

IVhat the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle, 1. The form 

Xthe ark, 10. The mercy-seat with the cherubims, 17. The table ivith the 
miture thereof, 23. The candlestick with the instruments thereof, 31. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
d 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they 
"bring me an offering : of every man that giveth it a will- 
ingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 
l 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; 
b gold, and silver, and brass, 

4 And c blue, and purple, and i scarlet, and fine e linen, 
and f goats' hair, 

5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and 
shittim-wood, 

6 Oil for the s light, spices for anointing oil, and for 
sweet incense, 

7 Onyx-stones, and stones to be set in the h ephod, and 
in the breast-plate. 

d 8 And let them make me ' a sanctuary ; that I may 
k dwell among them. 

d 9 According to all that I shew thee, ' after the pattern 
of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments 
thereof, even so shall ye make it. 

l 10 "ff And they shall make m an ark of shittim-wood : two 
cubits and a half shall be the length tliereof, and a cubit 
and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
height thereof. 

1 1 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and 
without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a 
crown of gold round about. 

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put 
them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in 
the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 

13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood, and 
overlay them with gold. 

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the 
sides of the ark, that the ark may be n borne with them. 

15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall 
not be taken from it. 

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the ° testimony which 
I shall give thee. 

! r 17 ^\ And thou shalt make p a mercy-seat of pure gold : 
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cu- 
bit and a half the breadth thereof. 

Ll8 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of 
beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the 
mercy-seat. 

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other 
Cherub on the other end : even of the mercy-seat shall ye 
make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 

20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on 
high, i covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their 
faces shall look one to another ; toward the mercy-seat 
shall the faces of the cherubims be. 

^21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the 



testimony that I 



ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the 
shall give thee. 

b 22 And there I will ' meet with thee, and I will commune 
with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the 
two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of 
all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the 
children of Israel. 

f' 23 1 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim-wood : two 
cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth 
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make 
thereto a crown of gold round about. 
u 



b 1 Kings 
19.8. 

Matt. 4. 2. 
a Heb. take 
for me. 
a ch. 35. 21. 
b Isa. 60.17. 
cHeb.9. 19. 
dRom. 6.3. 
e Rev. 19. 8. 
f 2Cor. 8. 
12. 

gch. 27. 20. 
hch.28. 4. 
i2Cor.6.16. 
k Ps. 139. 7. 
1 Isa. 16. 23. 
&8.20. 
m ch.26.33. 
& 40. 18, 21. 
Jer. 3. 16. 
Heb. 9. 1. 
Rev. 11. 19. 
& 21. 2. 
n Num.7. 9. 
2Chr. 35.3. 

verse 21. 
Deut.31.26. 
2Kgs. 11.12. 
Acts 7. 44. 

1 Cor. 2.1. 

2 Tim. 1.8. 
plJohn2.2. 
Rom. 3. 25. 
Heb 9. 5. 

q ch. 33. 22, 
Fs. 19. 1, 4, 
& 99. 1. 
Rom. 3. 25 
Heb. 9. 5. 
rch. 38.21. 

1 Kings 8. 9. 
Acts 7. 44. 

2 Tim. 1. 8. 
s ch. 20. 6, 
"6. 

Judg. 20.27. 

1 Sam. 4. 4. 

2 Kings 19. 
15. 

Ps. 80. 1. 



B. Christ 
1491. 



t Lev. 24. 5. 
Num. 7. 13. 
u Lev. 24. 7. 
Num. 7. 14. 
xNum.4. 7. 
Jer. 52. 18, 
19. 

y Lev. 24. 6. 
aHeb.bread 
nfthefaces, 
or, pre- 
sence, 
Lov. 24. 8. 
Ps. 23. 5. 
Mark 2. 26. 
John 6. 32. 
Acts 26. 7. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
& 10. 31. 
Heb. 9. 2. 
7. ch. 35. 14. 
a Lev. 24.4. 
b Ps. 119. 
105. 

Prov. 6. 23. 
cNum.17.8. 
Jer 1. 11. 
1 Rev. 1. 12, 
13,20. &2.1. 
c ch. 27. 20. 
& 30. 8. 
2Chr.13.ll. 
fHob. 8. 5. 

ch. 26. 30. 

ch. 25. 26. 
Lov. 16. 2. 
John 1. 14. 

1 Cor. 3. 9. 
Eph. 2. 10. 
b verso 3. 
c eh. 28. 28. 
a Hob. the 
work of a 
cunning 
workman, 
or, embroi- 
derer, 

h. 35. 32. 
Job 33. 23, 

3a 

2 Tim. 2. 15. 
b Hob. the 
woman to 
her sister, 

orsos 5, 7. 
•h. 36. 10. 
ICor. 12.4, 
3, 6, 1'.'. 
Eph. 2. 21. 
& 1. 3.-1, 16. 
] to,io 1 1. 
Eph. 2. 22. 
IM,. 'J. •-', •■■■■ 



The candlestick — the curtains. 

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a hand- 
breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown 
to the border thereof round about. 

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and 
put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet 
thereof. 

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places 
of the staves to bear the table. 

28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and 
overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with 
them. 

29 And thou shalt make the * dishes thereof, and "spoons 
thereof, and * covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover 
withal : o/ y pure gold shalt thou make them. 

30 And thou shalt set upon the table 4 shew-bread before 
me always. 

£ 31 If And thou shalt make z a candlestick a o/pure gold : 
of beaten work shall the candlestick be made : his shaft, 
and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his b flowers, 
shall be of the same. 

32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it ; 
three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and 
three branches of the candlestick out of the other side : 

33 Three bowls made c like unto almonds, with a knop 
and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like 
almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower : so 
in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 

34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like 
unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 

35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the 
same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a 
knop under two branches of the same, according to the 
six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same : 
all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 

37 And thou shalt make the a seven lamps thereof: and 
they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give 
e light over against it. 

38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, 
shall be of pure gold. 

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all 
these vessels. 

40 And f look that thou make them after their g pattern, 
which was shewed thee in the mount. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
The ten curtains of the tabernacle, 1. The eleven curtains of goats' 1 hair, 
7. The covering of rams'' skins, 14. The boards of the tabernacle ivith 
their sockets and bars, 15. The vail for the ark, 31. The hanging for 
the door, 36. 

OREOVEft, thou shalt make the a tabernacle with 
ten curtains of fine b twined linen, and blue, and 
purple, and scarlet : with c cherubims of ° cunning work 
shalt thou make them. 

2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty 
cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and 
every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 

3 The five curtains shall be coupled together * one to 
another ; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to 
another. 

4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of 
the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling ; and 
likewise shalt thou make in tho uttermost edge of another 
curtain, in the coupling of the second. 

Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and 
fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that 
is in the coupling of the second ; that the loops may take 
hold one of another. 

6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple 
the curtains together 
tabernacle. 



wilh the (aches : and it shall be ''one 



The altar, tabernacle, EXODUS. 

l 7 TJ And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a 



««t/ i/iexr utensils, 



covering upon the tabernacle : e eleven curtains shalt thou 
make. 

- 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and 
the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and the eleven 
curtains shall be all of one measure. 

9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, 
and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth 
curtain in the fore-front of the tabernacle. 

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the 
one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops 
in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 

1 1 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put 
the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, 
that it may be one. 

12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of 
the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over 
the back side of the tabernacle. 

13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other 
side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains 
of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle 
on this side and on that side, to cover it. 

l 14 ^[ And thou shalt make f a covering for the tent of 
rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' 
skins. 

15 % And thou shalt make s boards for the tabernacle 
of shittim-wood standing up. 

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit 
and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 

17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order 
one against another : thus shalt thou make for all the 
boards of the tabernacle. 

18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, 
twenty boards on the south side southward. 

19 And thou shalt make forty h sockets of silver under 
the twenty boards : two sockets under one board for his 
two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his 
two tenons. 

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the 
north side there shall be twenty boards, 

21 And then forty sockets ©/silver ; two sockets under 
one board, and two sockets under another board. 

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle c westward thou 
shalt make six boards. 

23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of 
the tabernacle in the two sides. 

24 And they shall be £ coupled together beneath, and 
they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto 
one ring : thus shall it be for them both ; they shall be for 
the two corners. 

25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of 
silver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets under one board, and 
two sockets under another board. 

26 And thou shalt make k bars of shittim-wood ; five for 
the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 

27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the 
tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the 
tabernacle, for the two sides westward 

28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall 
reach from end to end. 

29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and 
make their rings of gold for d places for the bars : and 
thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 

d 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to 
the ' fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 

£31 ^T And thou shalt make ' a vail of blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work : with 
m cherubims shall it be made. 

32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim- 



b.c: dst \ WO od overlaid with gold : their hooks shall be of gold, upon 

"Sh. 35. 26. [the four sockets of silver. 

>?2t!"s.'&I 3 3 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, 
that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of 
the n testimony : and the vail shall ° divide unto you be- 
tween the holy place and the f most holy. 

34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of 
the testimony in the most holy place. 

35 And thou shalt set the table p without the vail, and 
the candlestick over against the table on the side of the 
tabernacle toward the q south : and thou shalt put the table 
on the north side. 
L 36 ^[ And thou shalt make a r hanging for the door of 

the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen, wrought with 9 needle-work. 

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of 
shittim-wood, and ' overlay them with gold, and their hooks 
shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass 
for them. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
The altar of burnt-offering icith the vessels thereof, 1. The court of the 

tabernacle enclosed with hangings and pillars, 9. The measure of the 

court, 18. The oil for the lamp, 20. 

l jk ND thou shalt make an a altar cf shittim-wood, five 

J\ cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be 

b four-square : and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 

2 'And thou shalt make the e horns of it upon the four 
corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same : and thou 
shalt overlay it with d brass. 

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and 
his e shovels, and his basons, and his f flesh-hooks, and his 
g fire-pans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 

4 And thou shalt make for it ° a grate of net-work of 
brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings 
in the four corners thereof. 

5 And thou shalt put it under h the compass of the altar 
beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of 
shittim-wood, and overlay them with brass. 

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the 
staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it : as* it was 
shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 

^9 If And thou shalt make the * court of the tabernacle ; 
for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the 
court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for 
one side: 

10 And the twenty k pillars thereof and their twenty 
sockets shall be of brass : the hooks of the pillars and their 
fillets shall be of silver. 

1 1 And likewise for the north side in length there shall 
be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and his twenty pil- 
lars and their twenty sockets of brass : the hooks of the 
pillars and their fillets of silver. 

12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side 
shall be hangings of fifty cubits : their pillars ten, and then- 
sockets ten. 

13 And the breadth of the court on the east side east- 
ward shall be fifty cubits. 

14 The l hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen 
cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. 

15 And on the other side shall be hangings, fifteen cubits : 
their pillars three, and their sockets three. 

1 6 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of 
twenty cubits, of m blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen, wrought with needle-work : and their pillars 
shall be four, and their sockets four. 

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted 
with silver: their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets 
of brass. 

5* 



B. Christ 

1491. 



n ch. 25. 16. 

o ch. 4. 3. 

Heb. 9. 8, 

19, 20. 

flleb.holi- 

nessofkoli- 

nesscs, 

Dan. 9. 24. 

p Heb. 9. 8, 

9. 

q Ps. 89. 12. 

r Heb. 9. 2, 

6, 9, 10. 

sEzek. 16. 

10. 

t cb. 36. 38. 

a Heb. 13. 

10. 

b Ezek. 48. 

20. 

Rev. 21. 16 

c Ezek. 43. 

16. 

(1 Job 6. 12. 

Zecb. 6. 1. 

e 1 Kings 

V. 40. 

flSam. 2. 

13. 

g Levit. 10. 

I. & 16. 12. 

a Or. sieve, 

Amos 9. 9. 

h eh. 38. 4. 

b Heb. be 

she&ed. 

i Ps. 100. 4. 

k Jer. 1. 18. 

1 ch. 26. 36. 

m John 10. 

9. 

Fvorn. 5.1,2. 



B. Christ 
1491. 
cOr, nails, 
or, stakes, 
Ezra 9. 8. 
Isa.22.23. 
nJuclg.9. 9. 
Ps. 52. 8. 
Rev. 11. 4. 

2 Cor. 1. 
4. & 2. 4. 

1 Thess.2.9. 
p ch. 30. 8. 

|Dt. 33.10. 
2Chr.13.ll. 
Matt. 4. 16. 
John 5. 35. 

2 Cor. 4. 6. 
2 Pet. 1. 19. 
aHeb.5.4,5. 
blsa. 61.10. 
Hob. 7. 26. 
Rev. 19. 8. 
c John 1. 14. 
Heb. 1. 3. 

d ch. 31. 6. 
eTsa.28.24, 
26. 

fch. 29. 5. 
Rev. 1. 13. 
g ch. 29. 5. 
Rev. 1. 13. 
h Zcch.3.5. 
Bong 5. 11. 
i ch. 39. 3. 
Ps. 1?- . 9. 
Heb. 2. i7. 
& 9. 12. 14. 
k ch. 12. 11. 
Rev. 1. 13. 
1 Gen .43.33. 
ch. 1. 2, 3. 
verse 17. 
m Job 19.23. 
Song 8. 4. 
n Gal. 6. 16. 
Heb. 7. 28. 
o Isa. 9. 6. 
John 17. 19. 
Eph. 5. 25. 
pGen.41.42. 
n ver.29,30. 
Lev. 8. 8. 



B. Christ 
1491. 



Holy garments described. EXODUS. 

L 18 *[f The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, 
and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five 
cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service 
thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the c pins of the 
court, shall be of brass. 

-£ 20 If And thou shalt command the children of Israel, 
that they bring thee pure n oil-olive ° beaten for the light, 
to cause the lamp to burn p always. 

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the 
vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons 
shall q order it from evening to morning before the Lord : 
// shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the 
behalf of the children of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
laron and his sons are set apart for the priest's office, 1. Holy garments 
are appointed, 2. The ephod, 6. The breast-plate with twelve precious 
stones', 15. The Urim and Thummim, 30. The robe of the ephod, with 
pomegranates and bells, 31. The plate of the mitre, 36. The embroi- 
dered coat, 39. The garments for Aaron's sons, 40. 

LI ND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his 
Y% sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that 
he may a minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, 
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. 
L 2 ^f And thou shalt make b holy garments for Aaron 
thy brother, for c glory and for beauty. 

3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are d wise-hearted, 
e whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they 
may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he 
may minister unto me m the priest's office. 

4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; 
a breast-plate, and f an ephod, g and a robe, and a broi- 
dered coat, h a mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make 
holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that 
he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 

5 And they shall take i gold, and blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine linen. 

L 6 ^f And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, 
and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cun- 
ning work. 

7 It shall have the two shoulder-pieces thereof joined at 
the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 

8 And the k curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon 
it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; 
even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 

wined linen. 

9 And thou shalt take two onyx-stones, and grave on 
them the names of the children of Israel : 

xlO Six of their names on one stone, and the other six 
names of the rest on the other stone, according to ' their 
birth. 

1 1 With the work of an engraver in stone, tike the en- 
gravings of a signet, shalt thou ,n engrave the two stones 
with the names of the children of Israel : thou shalt make 
them to be set in ouches of gold. 

T 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders 
of the ephod for stones of " memorial unto the children of 
Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord 
upon his two ° shoulders for a memorial. 

13 And thou shalt make ouches q/'gold ; 

14 And two p chains of pure gold ai the ends; of 
wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the 
wreathen chains to the ouches. 

M5 ^f And thou shalt make the n breast-plate of judg- 
ment with cunning work ; after the work of the ephod 
thou shalt make it ; of gnh\, of blue, and of purple, and of 
scarlet, and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it. 

1G Four-square it shall he, being doubled ; a span shall be 

the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 

17 And thou shalt set In it settings of stones, even four 



asap- 



an 



I r Rev. 21. 20 
Reuben's 
stone, 
a Rev.21.20 
Simeon's 
stone. 
tRev.21.19. 
Levi's 
stone. 

uRov.21.19. 
Ju dak's 
stone. 
xRev.21.19. 
Issackar's 
stone. 

yRev.21.20. 
Zcbulun's 
stone. 
zRcv.21.20. 
D,', i s 
■ ' a. 
aKcv.21.20. 

.'.' ;>itt(lli'S 

stone. 

b Rev.21.20, 

Gad's 

stone. 

c Rov.91.20. 

Miner's 

stone. 

(1 ROV.2L19. 

Joseph's 

stano. 

ollcv.21.19. 

Benjamin's 

stone. 

f Song 8. 6. 

g Isa. 49. 15. 

a Thai is, 

Tltt lights 

and ]tcrfcc- 

tions. 

hJn. 19.23. 

il Cor. 1.10. 

2 Tim. 1.3. 

k Song !. '•',. 

& 6. ", 8. 

I Hob. 5. 7. 

&. 7. 25. 

m Num. 27. 

17. 

1 Ohr. 27. 1. 

Acl I. 21. 

rich. 29. 30. 

IV 03. 5. 

Zach. 1 1.20. 

n.!,,|m L29, 

t Put. 2. 24. 
|. Lov. 8. ;. 
p«. i:i3. n. 

Rev. 1. 13. 
&19.8. 



The Urim and Thummim, 

rows of stones ; the first row shall be a r sardius, 3 a topaz, 
and a ' carbuncle : this shall be the first row. 

18 And the second row shall be an u emerald, 
phire, and a y diamond. 

1 9 And the third row a z figure, an a agate, and 
b amethyst. 

20 And the fourth row a c beryl, and an d onyx, and a 
e jasper : they shall be set in gold in their enclosings. 

£21 And the stones shall be with the names of the chil- 
dren of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the 
engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall 
they be according to the twelve tribes. 

22 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate chains at 
the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 

23 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate two rings 
of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the 
breast-plate. 

24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold 
in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate. 

25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains 
thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the 
shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it. 

26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou 
shalt put them upon the two ends of the breast-plate in the 
border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 

27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and 
shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, 
toward the fore-part thereof, over against the other coup- 
ling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 

28 And they shall bind the breast-plate by the rings 
thereof unto the rings' of the ephod with a lace of blue, 
that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and 
that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod. 

29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of 
Israel in the breast-plate of judgment f upon his heart, 
when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a s memorial 
before the Lord continually. 

^30 «f And thou shalt put in the breast-plate of judgment 
the "Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon 
Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and 
Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel 
upon his heart before the Lord continually. 

£31 If And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of 
blue. 

32 And there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the midst 
thereof: it shall have a binding of h woven work round 
about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a habergeon, 
that ' it be not rent. 

33 And beneath, upon the hem of it thou shalt make 
k pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, 
round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between 
them round about : 

34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and 
a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. _ 

35 And it shall be upon Aaron, to minister : and his 
1 sound shall be heard when he m goeth in unto the holy 
place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he 
die not. 

d 36 «tf And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and 
grave upon it like the engravings of a signet, "HOLINESS 
TO THE LORD. 

37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be 
upon the mitre ; upon tho fore-front of the mitre it shall be. 

38 And it shall bo upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron 
may "bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the chil- 
dren of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall 
be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted 
before the Lord. 



39 And thou shalt embroider the p coat of fine linen, am 

55 



£iyvUJLrc)&. 

and thou shall 



The sacrifices and ceremonies 

thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen 
make the q girdle of needle-work. 

£ 40 ^1 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make r coats, and 
ihou shalt make for them girdles, and 8 bonnets shalt thou 
make for them, for glory and for beauty. 

41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and 
his sons with him : and shalt anoint them, and consecrate 
them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me 
in the priest's office. 

42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover 
their ' nakedness : from the loins even unto the u thighs 
they shall reach : 

l 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, 
when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in 
the holy place; that they * bear not iniquity and die. It 
shall be a statute for ever unto him, and his seed after him. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests, 1. The con- 
tinual burnt-offering, 38. God's promise to dwell among the children 
of Israel, 45. 

LjL ND this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to 
.J\ hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office : 
Take one young bullock, and two rams a without blemish, 

2 And b unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tem- 
pered c with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : 
of d wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 

3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring 
them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 

4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door 
of the e tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt f wash 
them with water. 

5 And thou shalt take the garments, and s put upon 
Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, 
and the breast-plate, and h gird him with the curious gir- 
dle of the ephod : 

6 And thou shalt put the * mitre upon his head, and put 
the k holy crown upon the mitre. 

t 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it 
upon his head, and l anoint him. 

8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 

9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles (Aaron and his. 
sons) and put the bonnets on them ; and the priest's office 
shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt 
m consecrate Aaron and his sons. 

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before 
the tabernacle of the congregation ; and Aaron and his 
sons shall n put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 

1 1 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by 
the" door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and 
put it upon the horns of the p altar with thy q finger, and 
pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the in- 
wards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two 
kidneys, and the r fat that is upon them, and burn them 
upon the altar. 

* 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his 
dung shalt thou burn with fire s without the camp : it is a 
sin-offering. 

15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his 
sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his 
blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and 'wash the 
inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, 
and unto his head. 

t 18 And thou shalt u bm-n the whole ram upon the altar: 
it is a burnt-offering unto the Lord : it is a * sweet sa- 
vour, an offering made by y fire unto the Lord. 



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q ch. 39. 29. 
r Rev. 7. 7. 
slThess. 5. 
8. 

Rom. 5. 2. 
t Gen. 9.22 
Rom. 6. 21, 
& 13. 14. 
Rev. 3. 18. 
u 1 Cor. 12 
23. 

xHab.1.13. 
Matt. 22.22. 
a ch. 12. 5. 
Mai. 1. 13, 
14. 

1 Pet. 1. 19. 
b ch. 12. 8. 
c ch. 30. 25. 
1 John 2.27. 
d Deut. 32. 
14. 

Ps. 81. 16. 
John 6. 32. 
e ch. 26. 10. 
Acts 14. 23. 
& 6. 5, 6. 
f ch. 30. 18. 
Isa 1. 16. 

I Tim.3.2,3. 
Titus 1. 6, 
7,8. 

Rev. 7. 4. 
g Ps. 132. 9. 
h Luke 12. 
35. 

Eph. 6. 14. 
Rev. 1. 13. 
i Lev. 8. 9. 
k Ps. 89. 39. 

I I John 2. 
27. 

mHeb.7.28. 
nlsa. 53. 6. 

Lev. 1. 3. 
p Hob. 9. 14. 
q Luke 11. 
20. 

r Dt. 32. 15. 
s Heb. 13. 
11, 12, 13. 
t Jer. 4. 14. 
u Gen. 22. 
9,10. 

x Gen. 8. 21. 
y Lev. 1. 9. 
Matt. 3. 11 
Mark 9.49. 

1 Pet. 4. 12. 



garments 



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1491. 



z verse 15. 
a Lev. 14. 14. 
Isa. 50.5. 
Ezek. 3. 17. 
Mark 7. 33. 

1 Cor. 11.23. 
bDt.33. 11. 
Acts 5. 12. 
c lCor.11.1. 
Gal. 2. 14. 
Phil. 3. 17. 
IThess. 5. 
23. 

d2Cor. 3. 5, 
6. 

ech.30. 22. 
f 1 Cor.5.10. 
Heb. 10. 22. 
_ Lev. 7. 32. 
h Lev.8.29. 
iMait.3 12. 
k verse IS. 

2 Cor. 2. 14, 
15. 

lLev. 7. 38. 
m Lev.7.30. 
2Cor.6.4,10. 
Heb. 2. 10. 
n ch. 12. 14 

ch. 30. 30. 
pGen.17.12. 
ch. 12. 15, 

1 Tim. 4.15. 
q Lev. 8.31. 
r Lev. 8. 31, 
&, 24. 9. 
s John 6. 35, 
tLev.10.14. 
u ch. 12. 10. 
Lev. 7. 18, 
19. 

xGen.32.20. 
Lev. 16. 30. 
Heb. 1. 3. 

1 John 2. 2. 
y Ps. 51. 7. 
Heb. 9. 21, 
22, 23. & 
10. 19, 22. 
z Dan. 9. 23. 
John 17. 19. 

2 Cor. 5. 21. 
a Hag. 2. 13. 
Hob, 9. 14. 



of consecrating the priests. 

19 And thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and 
his sons shall put z their hands upon the head of the ram. 
l 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, 
and put it upon the a tip of the right ear of Aaron, and 
upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the 
thumb of their right b hand, and upon the great toe of 
their right c foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the d altar 
round about. 

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the al- 
tar, and of e the anointing oil, and f sprinkle it upon Aaron, 
and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the 
garments of his sons with him : and he shall be hallowed, 
and his garments, and his sons, and his sons 1 
with him. 

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, 
and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above 
the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon 
them, and the g right shoulder : for it is a ram of conse- 
cration : i 

23 And one h loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, 
and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread, 
that is before the Lord. 

l 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in 
the hands of his sons ; and shalt *wave them for a wave- 
offering before the Lord. 

25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn 
them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for k a sweet sa- 
vour before the Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord. 

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's 
consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the 
Lord : and it shall be l thy part. 

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offer- 
mg, and the shoulder of the m heave-offering, which is 
waved and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecra- 
tion, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is 
for his sons : 

l 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute "for 
ever, from the children of Israel : for it is a heave-offer- 
ing : and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of 
Israel of the sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even their 
heave-offering unto the Lord. 

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after 
him, to be "anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 

30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them 
on p seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of 
the congregation to minister in the holy place. 

31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and 
seethe his flesh in the q holy place. 

32 And r Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the 
vam, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

l 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the s atone 
ment was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but 
' a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 

34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations, or of 
the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn 
the u remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because 
it is holy. 

35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, 
according to all things which I have commanded thee : 
seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 

L 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin- 
oftering for E atonement ; and thou shalt y cleanse the al- 
tar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou 
shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 

37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the 
altar, and sanctify it ; and it shall be an altar z most holy : 
whatsoever * toucheth the altar shall be holy. 

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1491. 



b Num.28.3. 
c ch. 12. 6. 
Acts 26. 7. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
1 Pet. 1. 2, 
19, 22. 
d Num.28.5. 
e Dan. 8.11. 
fch. 31. 9, 
10. &■ 40. 6. 
gch.40.34. 
Levit. 1. 1. 
h 1 Kings 

Isa. 6. 1, 3. 
& 60. 3. 
Lev. 21. 11. 
i ch. 25. 8. 
John 14. 2. 
a ch. 27. 25. 
Rev. 8. 3. 
b ch. 27. 2. 
cNum.4.11 
Rev. 8. 3. 
d ch. 25. 11. 
e ch. 29. 42. 
Luke 1.8,9. 
fLukel. 9. 
gActs rj. 4. 
h ch.27. 20. 
Heb. 8. 1, 2, 
5. & 9. 24. 
Rev. 8. 3, 4, 
i 1 Thess, 
5. 17. 
Heb. 7. 2c 
k verses 34 
35, 36. 
Uohn5.14. 
1 Lev. 2. 7. 
m Lev. 16. 
18. 

Num. 29. 7. 
nlleb. 1. 3. 
& 2. 17. 

Ezek. 20, 
43. 

1 Cor. 11.31 
1 Tim. 2. 6. 
1 Pet. 1. 18. 
p 2 Sam.24, 
9. 

a That is, 
about fif- 
teen pence 



The ransom of souls. EXODUS. 

l 38 ^1 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the 
altar; two lambs of the first year b day by day continually. 

39 The one lamb thou 6halt offer in the morning ; and 
the other lamb thou shalt offer c at even : 

40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal of flour mingled 
with d the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil : and the fourth 
part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering. 

t 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt 
do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning 
and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet 
savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

42 This shall be a e continual burnt-offering throughout 
your generations at the f door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation before the Lord : where I will s meet you 
to speak there unto thee. 

* 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, 
and the tabernacle shall be sanctified h by my glory. 

44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and the altar : I will sanctify also both Aaron and 
his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 
& 45 % And 1 1 will dwell among the children of Israel, 
and will be their God. 

46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, 
that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I 
may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God. 

CHAPTER XXX. 
The altar of incense,!. The ransom of souls, 11. The brazen laver, 
IS. The holy anointing oil, 22. Tilt composition of the perfume, 34. 

Lk ND thou shalt make an a altar to burn incense upon : 
.$L of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. 

2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the 
breadth thereof; four-square shall it be ; and two cubits 
shall be the height thereof: the b horns thereof shall be of 
the same. 

3 And thou shalt overlay it with c pure gold, the top 
thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns 
thereof ; and thou shalt make unto it d a crown of gold 
round about 

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the 
crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two 
sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places 
for the staves to bear it withal. 

5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and 
overlay them with gold. 

6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the 
ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over 
the testimony, where I will e meet with thee. 

L 7 And f Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense s every 
morning : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn in- 
cense upon it. 

?' 8 And when Aaron h lightcth the lamps at even, he 
shall burn incense upon it ; i a perpetual incense before 
the Lord, throughout your generations. 

9 Ye shall offer no k strange incense thereon, nor burnt 



strange incense thereon, 
sacrifice, nor ' meat-offering; neither shall ye pour drink- 
offering thereon. 

10 And Aaror shall make an atonement upon the horns 
of it m once in a year, with the blood of the n sin-offering 
of atonements : once in the year shall he make atone- 
ment upon it throughout your generations : it is most holy 
unto the Lord. 
L 1 1 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel 
after their number, then shall they give every man ° a 
ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest 
them : that there be p no plague among them when thou 
numberest them. 

13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among 
them that are numbered, a half a shekel, after the shekel 

15 H 



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b That i 

loul three 
halfpence, 
Lev. 27. -.5. 
Matt. 17.24. 
q ch. 38. 25. 
Neh. 10. 32. 
r 1 Kings 
7. 23. 

2Cbr. 4. 14, 
15. 

Rev. 1. 6. 

sch.31. 9. 

Lev. 8. 11. 

t eh. 40. 32. 

Pa. 26. 6. 

[?a. 1. 16. 

Heb. 10.22. 

u ch. 3. 5. 

xch. 12.16. 

Lev. 10. 1, 

2. 

y Son»4.14. 
Ezek. 27.22. 

Ps. 45. 8. 
Song 1. 13. 
&3. 6. 
I.Ezek. 27. 
19. 

c ch. 29. 40. 
dlChr.9.20. 
e 1 John 2. 
20. 

IPs. 132.2. 
Isa. 61. 1. 
Acts 10. 38. 
g Hag. 2. 12. 
h Matt. 7. 6. 

Lov.21.10. 

verse 38. 
Ezek. 44. 2 
c Hob. 
tailed, 
Lev. 2. 13. 
Mnrk 9.49. 
1 Ps. 51. 17. 
Acts 26. 22. 



The holy anointing oil. 

of the sanctuary : (a shekel is twenty * gerahs :) a half 
shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. 

14 Every one that passeth among them that are num- 
bered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an 
offering unto the Lord. 

* 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall 
not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offer- 
ing unto the Lord to make an atonement for your souls. 

16 And thou shalt take the atonement -money of the 
children of Israel, and shalt appoint it q for the service of 
the tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be a me- 
morial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to 
make an atonement for your souls. 
^ 17 ^f And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

18 Thou shalt also make r a laver of brass, and his 
s foot also of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it 
between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar,, 
and thou shalt put water therein. 

19 For Aaron and his sons shall l wash their hands and 
their u feet thereat : 

20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, they shall wash with water, that they x die not : or 
when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn 
offering made by fire unto the Lord : 

21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that 
they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them. 
even to him and to his seed throughout their generations 

l 22 ^j Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

23 Take thou also unto thee y principal spices, of z pure 
myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half 
so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet 
calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 

24 Aud of b cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel 
of the sanctuary, and of oil-olive c a hin : 

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an 
ointment compound after the art of the d apothecary : it 
shall be a c holy anointing oil. 

26 And thou shalt anoint the f tabernacle of the con- 
gregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick 
and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 

28 And the 
and the laver and his foot. 

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most 
holy : whatsoever toucheth them shall be s holy. 

T 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and con- 
secrate them, that they may minister unto me in the 
priest's office. 

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 
saying, This shall be a h holy anointing oil unto me through- 
out your generations. 

32 Upon 'man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither 
shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of 
it : it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 

w 33 Whosoever compoundeth k any like it, or whosoever 
putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off 
from his people. 

L 34 *|[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee 
sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanuni ; these 
sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there 
be a like weight: 

3.5 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after 
the art of the apothecary, c tempered together, pure and 
holy : 

36 And thou shalt ' beat some of it very small, and put 
of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you 
most holy. 

37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye 

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altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels. 



Moses receiveth the two tables. 

shall not make to yourselves according to the composition 
thereof: it shall be uuto thee holy m for the Lord.. 
w 38 n Whosoever shall ° make like unto that, to p smell 
thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
Bezalcel and Moliab are called, and made meet for the xvork of the taber- 
nacle, 2. The observation of the sabbath is again commanded, 12. 
Moses receiveth the two tables, IS. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
l 2 ^1 See, I have a called by name Bezaleel the son 
of b Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Jutlah : 
t 3 And I have filled him c with the spirit of God, in wis 
dom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all 
manner of workmanship, 

4 To d devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in 
silver, and in brass, 

5 And in cutting of stones e to set them, and in carving 
of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 

t 6 And I, behold, I have given f with him Aholiab the 
son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts 
of all that are e wise-hearted I have put wisdom ; that they 
may make all that I have commanded thee : 

7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of 
the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and 
all the furniture of the tabernacle, 

8 And the table and his furniture, and the h pure candle- 
stick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 

9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, 
and the laver and his foot, 

10 And the i clothes of service, and the holy garments 
for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to mi- 
nister in the priest's office, 

1 1 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy 
nlace : according to all that I have commanded thee shall 
they do. 

12 *[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
1 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, 

Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between 
me and you throughout your generations ; k that ye may 
know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 
d 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore : for it is holy 
unto you. Every one that defileth it shall surely be put 
to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul 
shall be ! cut off from among his people. 

15 Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is 
the sabbath m of rest, " holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth 
any work in the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to 
death. 

16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep thesab- 
bath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, 
for u a perpetual covenant. 

d 1 7 It is a sign between ° me and the children of Israel 
for ever : for in r , six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. 
/ 18 ^[ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an 
end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables 
of testimony, tables of q stone, written with the r finger of 
God. 

CHAPTER XXXII. F 

The people, in the absence of Moses, cause Aaron to make a calf, 1. God 

is angered thereby, 7. At the entreaty of Moses he is appeased, 11. 

Moses cometh down with the tables, 15: He breaketh them, 19: He 

destroyeth the calf, 20. Aaron's excuse for himself, 22. Moses causcth 

. the idolaters to be slain, 25 : He pray eth for the people, 30. 

t A ^^ wnen th e people saw that Moses a delayed to come 
.IlL down out of the mount, the people gathered them- 
selves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, b Up, make 
us c gods which shall d go before us : for as for this Moses, 
the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we 
wot not what e is become of him. 

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the { gold 



EXODUS. 



He breaketh them. 



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m Gen. 8.30. 
Rom.12.1,2. 
n 1 Kings 
13. 33. 
Job 34. 19. 

verse 33. 
p Ps. 115. 6. 
a cli. 35. 30. 
Matt. 9. 38. 
Heb.5.4,5. 
bch. 17. 14. 
Num.14.6,7. 
IChr. 2. 19. 
20. 

clsa.28. 26. 
Acts 2. 4. 

1 Cor. 12. 4, 
8. 

Eph. 4. 8, 9. 
d ch. 35. 32. 
1 Cor. 12.4,5. 
ech.28. 11. 
& 35. 33. 
feb. 4. 14. 
Hag. 1. 14. 
Matt. 19.2,3. 
Luke 10. 1. 
Acts 13.2. 
g ch. 25. 10. 
& 30. 1. 
h oh. 25. 31. 
i Num.4.5,6. 
kNeh.9.14. 
Isa. 58. 13. 
Ezek. 20.12. 
1 eh. 17. 14. 
Num. 15.35. 
m ch. 16.23. 
a Hub. ho- 
liness. 
n Gen. 17.7. 
oGen.17.11. 
pGen. 1.31. 
q Ezek. 11. 
10. 

1 Cor.11.20, 
33. 

r Luke 11. 
20. 

ach. 31. 28. 

■2 Chr.24.17. 

Matt. 24.48. 

b ch. 19. 16. 

c ch. 20. 4. 

Rom. 8. 3. 

(1 ch. 14. 21. 

e Deut.9.15. 

Acts 7. 39, 

40. 

h. 12. 35. 



3 And all the 
which were in their 



B. Christ 
1491. 



g Isa. 46. 6. 
Hosea 2. 8. 
h Rom.1.23 
ilKge. 12. 
28. 

ICor. 10.4. 
k Acts 7. 41. 
1 lCor.10.4. 
m Deut. 9. 
12. 

n verse 11. 
Deut. 32. 5. 
oGen. 6. 11, 
12. 

p ch. 15. 22, 
23,24. 
q Acts 7.51. 
rGen.32.26. 
s Num. 14. 
12. 

Deut. 9. 14 
Matt. 3. 9. 
t Ps.10. 1.&. 
44. 25. 
u Num. 14. 
13. 

Josh. 7. 9. 
x Gen. 6, 6. 
verse 14. 
v ch. 2. 24. 
Deut. 9. 27. 
Jer. 14.22. 
■l Heb. 6. 13. 
aGen. 12.7. 
b verse 12. 
Jonah 3. 10. 
c ch. 2-1. 18. 
d Eom.7.14. 
Gal. 4. 24. 
c ch. 36. 18. 
fch. 17. 9. 
g Num. 12.3. 
Mark 3. 5. 
hDeut.9.17. 
i Deut. 9. 21. 
k ICor. 10. 
17. 

lRom.3.20. 
ICor. 10.31 
Gal. 3.10,24. 
mi's. 36. 4. 
Prov. 4. 16. 
1 John 5. 19 



ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your 
sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 

people g brake off the golden ear-rings 

ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 

1 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it 

with a graving tool, after he had made it a h molten calf: 

and they said, These be * thy gods, O Israel, which brought 

thee up out. of the land of Egypt. 

5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it ; 
and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a 
k feast to the Lord. 

t 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered 
burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings : and the peo- 
ple ' sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 

7 «|[ And the Lord said unto Moses, m Go, get thee 
down : for thy n people, which thou broughtest out of the 
land of Egypt, have ° corrupted themselves : 

8 They have >' turned aside quickly out of the way which 
I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, 
and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and 
said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee 
up out of the land of Egypt. 

* 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this peo- 
ple, and behold, it is a q stiff-necked people : 

10 Now therefore r let me alone, that my wrath may 
wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : 
and I will make of thee s a great nation. 
d 1 1 % And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said,, 
Lord, ' why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, 
which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, 
with great power, and with a mighty hand 1 

12 u Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, 
For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the 
mountains, and to consume them from the face of the 
earth 1 Turn from thy fierce wrath, and x repent of this 
evil against thy people. 
d 13 y Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy ser- 
vants, to whom thou swarest z by thine own self, and saidst 
unto them, a I will multiply your seed as the stars of hea- 
ven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto 
your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 
d 14 And the b LoRD repented of the evil which he thought 
to do unto his people. 

J* 1 5 «R" And Moses turned, and went down from the c mount, 
and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand : the 
tables were written on both their sides ; on the one side 
and d on the other were they written. 

16 And the tables wefe the e work of God, and the writ- 
ing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 

17 And when f Joshua heard the noise of the people as 
they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war 
in the camp. 

18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for 
mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being 
overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 
/ 19 ^[ And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto 
the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and 
Moses' e anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of 
his hands, and h brake them beneath the mount. 

20 % And he took the calf which they had made, and 
burnt it in the fire, and ' ground it to powder, and strewed 
it k upon the water, and made the children of Israel ' drink 
of it. 

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people 
unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 

t 22 ^[ And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord 
wax hot : thou knowest the people, that they m are set on 
mischief. 

23 For they said unto me, Make us gods which shall go 

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The Lord refuseth to go ivith the people. EXODUS. 

before us : for as for this Moses., the man that brought us 
up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become 
of him. 

« 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let 
them break it off. So they gave it me : then I cast it into 
the fire, and there n came out this calf. 
/ 25 And when Moses saw that the people were ° naked, 
(for Aaron had made them naked p unto their shame among 
" their enemies,) 

d 26 Then Moses q stood in the gate of the camp, and 
said, r Who is on the Lord's side 1 let him come unto me. 
And all the s sons of Levi gathered themselves together 
unto him. 

27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and 
out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and ' slay 
every man his brother, and every man his companion, and 
every man his neighbour 

28 
of Moses : and there fell of the people that day about 
u three thousand men. 

29 For Moses had said, x Consecrate yourselves to-day 
to the Lord, even every man upon his y son, and upon his 
brother ; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 
* 30 ^[ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses 
said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now 
z I will go up unto the Lord ; a peradventure I shall make 
an b atonement for your sin. 

31 And Moses returned c unto the Lord, and said, Oh, 
this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them 
gods of gold. 

D 32 Yet now, a if thou wilt, forgive their sin : and if not, 
blot me, I pray thee, out of thy e book which thou hast 
written. 

» 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sin- 
ned against me, f him will I blot out of my book. 

34 Therefore now e go, lead the people unto the place 
of which I have spoken unto thee : Behold, mine Angel 
shall go before thee: nevertheless, in the day when I visit, 
I will visit their sin upon them. 

/35 And the Lord plagued the people, because h they 
made the calf which Aaron made. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 
77ie Lord refa.icth to go, as he had promised, with the people, 1. The peo- 
ple mourn thereat, 4. die tabernacle is removed out of the camp, 7. 
The Lord talketh familiarly with Moses, 9. Moses desireth to see the 
glory of God, 12. 

h A ^ e Lord said unto Moses, Depart and go up 

J\_ hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought 
up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware 
unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy 
a seed will I give it : 

r 2 And I will send b an angel before thee ; and I will 
drive out the c Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, 
and the Perizzitc, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : 

« 3 Unto a land flowing with d milk and honey : for I will 
' not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art r a stiff- 
necked people : lest I e consume thee in .the way. 

' 1 ^[ And when the people heard these evil tidings, they 
'' mourned : and no man did put on him his ornaments. 

5- For the Loud had said unto Moses, Say unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people : I will come 
up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee : 
therefore now ; put off thy ornaments from thee, that k 1 
may know what to do unto thee. 

G And the children of Israel stripped themselves of 
their ornaments by the ' mount Horeb. 

c 7 % And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it 
without the camp afar m off from the camp, and called it 
the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And it came to 



n verses 4, 

19. 

oGen. 3. 10. 

Rev. 3. 18. 

p Deut.7.25. 

Rom. 6.21. 

aHeb. those 

thatroseup 

against 

them. 

qGen.17.20. 

r 2 Kings 9. 

32. 

sDeut. 9. 

20. & 33 9. 

t Deut. 33.9. 

u verse 30. 

x 1 Sam. 15. 

16, 22. 

Pro v. 21. 3. 

yDeut. 13.6. 

Zecli. 13.3. 

Deut. 33. 9. 

z 1 Sam. 12. 

23. 

a Luke 15. 

18. 

1) Num. 25. 

-18. 

c Deut. 9.18. 

<1 c!i. 4. 5 

Luke 13. 9. 

e Pl.il. 4. 3. 

f Rev. 3. 5. 

g Isa. 59. 1. 

h2Sam. 12. 

9. 

Acts 7. 42. 

a Gen. 12.7. 

b eh. 23. 20, 

23. & 32. 34. 

Deut. 7. 21. 

cGen.10.16. 

Deut. 7. 1. 

d oh. 3. 8. 

verses 5, 9, 
10. 

fch. 32. 9. 

Dent. 9. 13. 

g Amos 3. 

13. 14. 

li 2 Sam. 14. 

2. 

Dan. 10. 2, 3. 

i ch. 19. 14. 

2 James 12. 

20. 

k Gen. 22. 

12. 

Acts 15.18. 

1 Deut. 9.15. 
Luke 7. 7. 
m Num. 2. 
17. 

Ps. 10. 1. & 
35. 22. 
Prov. 15.29. 
Isa. 59. 14. 



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n IIab.2. 1. 

Ps. 99. 7. 
pch. 4.31. 

q Dent. 5. 4. 
r Dt. 32. 34. 
s ch. 21. 2. 
Ps. 1. 6. 
t Job 40.19. 
Ps.25. 4. 
uch.32. 7. 
x 2 Sain. 17. 
11. 

Isa. 63. 9. 
v Ps.31. 20. 
Hob. l. 3. 
/ eh. 8. 22. 
Ps 4. 3. 
a Ian. 65.24. 
b verse 20. 

1 Tim. ft 16. 
cJer. 31. 14. 
J Rom.9.15. 
olloni.4.4,5. 
I' Horn. 3.23. 
g 1 Cor. 13. 
I!. 

h Ps. 18. 2. 

i Song 2. 14. 

k Ps. 91. 1. 

I Pi. lift 

123. 

m 1 Cor. 13. 

12. 

n John 11. 

II. 

a ch. 32. 16. 

Deut. 19. 1. 

b Mai. 3. 6. 

c Num.25. 

7. 

<l Ph. 30. 5. 

U 90. 14. 

e ch. 19. 12. 

13, 



3Ioses desireth to see God's glory] 
pass, that every one which sought the Lord, went out 
unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which icas with- 
out the camp. 

8 And it came to pass when Moses went out unto the 
tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every 
man n at his tent-door, and looked after Moses, until he 
was gone into the tabernacle. 

9 ^[ And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the ta- 
bernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the 
door of the tabernacle, and ° the LORD talked with Moses. 

10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the 
tabernacle-door : and all the people rose up and p wor ■ 
shipped, every man in his tent-door. 
^11 And the Lord spake unto Moses q face to face, as a 
man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into 
the camp ; but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young 
man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 

12 ^| And Moses said unto the Lord, See, r thou sayest 
unto me, Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me 
know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, 
s I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in 
my sight. 

13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in 
thy sight, shew me now l thy way, that I may know thee, 
that I may find grace in thy sight : and consider that this 
nation is u thy people. 

14 And he said, x My presence shall go with thee, and I 
will give thee rest. 

15 And he said unto him, If y thy presence go not with 
me, carry us not up hence. 

16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy 
people have found grace in thy sight ? Is it not in that 
thou goest with us 1 So shall we be 7 separated, I and thy 
people, from all the people that are upon the face of the 
earth. 

b 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, a I will do this thing 
also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace hi 
my sight, and I know thee by name. 

t 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me b thy glory. 

4 19 And he said, I will make all my c goodness"pass be- 
fore thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord 
before thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be 

mercy on whom I will she\i 



and will shew 



■ gracious, 
mercy. 

t 20 And he said, Thou ' 
there shall no man see mc 



canst not see my face : for 
e and live. 
21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by rac, 
and thou shalt stand upon h a rock : 
b 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passclh 
by, that I will put thee in ! a cleft of the rock ; and will 
cover '' thee with ' my hand while I pass by : 

23 And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see 
my m back parts : but my face shall n not be scon. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

Tlic talks are renewed, 1. The name of the LORD proclaimed, .';. 
Moses entreatdh Cod to go with them, S. God makelh a covenant with 
them, repealing certain duties of the first tabic, 10. Moses, after forty 
days in the mount, cometh doitn with the tables, 29. His face shinethj 
and he coverdh it with a vail, 29. 

ND the Lord said unto Moses, a Hew thee two tables 
of stone b like unto the first : and I will write upon 
these tables the words that were in the first tables which 
c thou brakest. 

2 And be ready d in the morning, and come up in the 
morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself Ihere to 
me in the top of the mount. 

v 3 And no man e shall come up with thee, neither let 
any man be seen throughout all the mount : neither let 
the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 
« 4 And he hewed two tables of stone, like unto the first, 

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fWu. 14.17. 
gNu.14. 18. 
Pro. 14. 17. 
Eccl.8. 11. 
h Neh.9. 17. 
Ps. 31. 19. 
i ch. 20. 6. 
kPs.30.1,2. 
Rom. 4. 6,7. 
1 Nu. 14. 18. 
m John 4.24. 
n ch. 33. 14. 
oZech.2.12. 
pPs. 114. 3. 
q Ps. 45. 4. 
rlCor. 15. 
10. 

s Josh. 1. 9. 
t ch. 23. 32. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
u ch. 23. 33. 
Deut. 7. 16. 
Judg. 2. 3. 
1 Sam. 18. 

J. 
xDeut.12.2. 
y ch. 20. 5. 
z Jer. 3. 9. 
Hos. 2. 16. 
James 4. 4. 

Num. 25. 
1, 2. 
b lKgs. 11. 

Ezra 9. 2. 
Neh. 13. 25. 
c ch. 13. 4. 
d ch. 22. 29. 
Ezek. 44.30. 
h. 13. 13. 
f ch. 23. 15. 
_ ch. 20. 9. 
h Lev.25.15. 
i ch. 23. 17. 
k Gen. 35.5. 
Prov. 16. 7. 
Acts 18. 10. 
ch. 23. 15. 
mch. 12. 10. 
n ch. 23. 19. 



God's covenant with Israel EXODUS. 

and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up 
unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and 
took in his hand the two tables of stone. 

s 5 % And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood with 
him there, and f proclaimed the name of the Lord. 

t* 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, 
The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, s long- 
suffering, and abundant 11 in goodness and truth, 

7 Keeping mercy for * thousands, k forgiving iniquity and 
transgression and sin, and that will 'by no means clear the 
guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the chil- 
dren, and upon the children's children, unto the third and 
to the fourth generation. 

c8f And Moses made haste, and bowed ra his head to- 
ward the earth, and worshipped. 

d 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, 
O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, n go among us (for it 
is a stiff-necked people) and pardon our iniquity and our 
sin, and take us for thine ° inheritance. 

* 10 % And he said, Behold I make a covenant: before 
all thy people I will do p marvels, such as have not been 
done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people 
among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord : 
for it is q a terrible thing that I will do r with thee. 

r 11 Observe thou that which s I command thee this day : 
Behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Ca- 
naanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, 
and the Jebusite. 

d 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make l a covenant 
with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest 
it be for u a snare in the midst of thee : 

13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, 
and cut down their x groves : 

p 14 For thou shaft worship no other god : for the Lord, 
whose name is Jealous, y is a jealous God : 

15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of 
the land, and they go a z whoring after their gods, and do 
sacrifice unto their gods, and one a call thee, and thou eat 
of his sacrifice ; 

16 And thou take of b their daughters unto thy sons, 
and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and 
make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 

T 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 

1 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. 
Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I com- 
manded thee in the time of the month Abib : for in the 
month Abib thou earnest out from Egypt. 
£ 19 All that d openeth the matrix is mine : and every first- 
ling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with e a 
lamb : and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break 
his neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. 
And none shall appear before me f empty. 

'21 Six days thou shalt g work, but on the seventh day 
thou shalt rest : in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt 
rest. 

i 22 And thou shalt observe the feast h of weeks, of the 
first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of ingathering 
at the year's end. 

d 23 Thrice in the year shall all your ' men-children ap- 
pear before the Lord God,, the God of Israel. 

b 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and en 
large thy borders : neither shall any man k desire thy land, 
when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God 
thrice in the year. 

* 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with 

leaven, neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the pass 
over be left until the m mornin°\ 

rf.26 The first of "the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt 




Free gifts of the tabernacle. 
Thou shalt 



bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. 
not seethe ° a kid in his mother's milk. 

27 And the Lord said unto Moses, p Write thou these 
words : for after the tenor of these words I have made a 
covenant with thee, and with Israel. 
f 28 % And he was there with the Lord ° forty days and 
forty nights ; he did neither eat bread nor drink water. 
And q He wrote upon the tables the words of the cove- 
nant, the r ten Commandments. 

/ 29 % And it came to pass when Moses came down from 
mount Sinai (with the two tables of testimony in Moses' 
hand, when he came down from the mount) that Moses 
wist not that the skin of his face s shone, while He talked 
with him. 

30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw 
Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were 
' afraid to come nigh him. 

31 And Moses called u unto them; and Aaron and all 
the rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and 
Moses talked with them. 

c 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : 
and he x gave them in commandment all that the Lord 
had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 

33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put 
y a vail on his face. 

c 34 But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak 
with him, he took the z vail off, until he came out. And 
he came out and spake unto the children of Israel that 
which he was commanded. 

/ 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that 
the skin of Moses' face shone : and Moses a put the vail 
upon his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

The sabbath, 2. The free gifts for the tabernacle, 4. The readiness of 
the people to offer, 20. Bezaleel and Jlholiab are called to the work, 30. 

f k ND Moses gathered all the congregation of the chil- 
jfm. dren of Israel together, and said unto them, These 
are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye 
should a do them. 

i2 % b Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day 
there shall be to you c a holy day, a sabbath of d rest to the 
Lord : whosoever doeth 'work therein shall be put to death. 

v. 3 Ye shall f kindle no fire throughout your habitations 
upon the sabbath-day. 

/ 4 *J[ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the 
children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the 
Lord commanded, saying, 

L 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : 
whosoever is of a s willing heart, let him bring it, h an 
offering of the Lord ; gold, and silver, and brass, 

6 And ' blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, 
and goats' hair, 

7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and 
shittim-wood, 

8 And k oil for the light, and spices for l anointing oil, 
and for the sweet incense, 

9 And onyx-stones, and stones m to be set for the ephod, 
and for the breast-plate. 

l 10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come, and 
make all that the Lord hath commanded ; 

1 1 The n tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his 
taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets ; 

12 The °ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy- 
seat, and the vail of the p covering ; 

13 The q table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and 
the r shew-bread ; 

14 The candlestick also for the s light, and his furniture, 
and his lamps, with the oil for the light ; 

15 And the * incense-altar, and his staves, and the 

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Bezaleel and AJwliab Galled, 

anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for 
the door at the entering in of the tabernacle ; 

1 6 The u altar of burnt-offering, with his brazen grate, 
his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his x foot ; 

17 The J 'hangings of the court, his pillars, and their 
sockets, aad the hanging for the door of the court ; 

18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the z pins of the 
court, and their cords ; 

19 The clothes of a service, to do service in the holy 
place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the 
garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office 
/ 20 ^f And all the congregation of the children of Israel 
departed from the presence of Moses. 

c 21 And they came, every one whose heart b stirred him 
up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they 
brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the 
holy garments. 

22 And they came, both men and women, as many as 
were willing-hearted, and brought c bracelets, and ear 
rings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every 
man that "offered, offered an offering of gold unto the Lord 

23 And every man with whom was fou:id blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and 
red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. 

24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and 
brass brought the Lord's offering : and every man with 
whom d was found shittim-wood for any work of the ser- 
vice, brought it. 

c 25 And all the e women that were wise-hearted did f spin 
with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, 
both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 

26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in 
wisdom spun goats' hair. 

27 And the rulers brought onyx-stones, and stones to 
be set, for the ephod, and for the breast-plate ; 

28 And g spice, and oil for the light, and for the anoint- 
ing oil, and for the sweet incense. 

/ 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto 
the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made 
them h willing to bring, for all manner of work 'which the 
Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 

30 ^[ And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, 
the Lord hath called by name k Bezaleel, the son of Uri, 
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; 
' 31 And ' he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in 
wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all 
manner of workmanship ; 

32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in 
silver, and in brass, 

33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in 
carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 

t 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, 
and m Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 
35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work 
all manner of work, of the engraver, and of n the cunning 
workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in 
scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them 
that do any work, and of those that ° devise cunning work. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 
The offerings are delivered to the workmen, 1. The liberality of the peo- 
ple 13 restrained, 5. The curtains ivilh cherubims, 8. The curtains 
of goats' hair, 14. The covering of skins, 19. The boards with their 
sockets, 20. The bars, 31. Tlie vail, 35. The hanging for the door, 37 

THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise- 
hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and un- 
derstanding to know how to work a all manner of work! , 1 
for the service of the sanctuary, according to 
Lord had commanded. 

2 And Moses called c Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every 
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d Ps. 5. 3. 
AlIOI.8. 
Isa. 50. 4. 
e Matt. 24. 
45. 

1 Cor. 3. 10. 
f ch. 32. 3. 

2 Cor. 8. 2,3. 
Phil. 2. 21. 

Mai. 3. 8. 

Hcb. 9. 1. 
ich. 2S. 1. 
IChr. 15.1. 
k ch. 20. 1. 
IKgs. 0. 23. 
2 Chr. 3. 10. 
Ezek. 1. 5. 
& 10.1,18. 
1 ch. 26. 2. 
mch.20.3. 
Fs.lSSL3.ft 
132. 1. 
Prov. 17. 14 
Zcph. 3. 9. 
Acta 2.1. 
ICor. 1. 10 
& 12. 20, 27 
Gal. 5. 20. 
Eph. 1. 23. 
& 2. 15. 19, 
21. it 3. 18 
19. &,4. 15 
16. 

riiil. 1. 2.& 
3. 16. 

o oh. 28. 4. 
ooh.28. 10. 
p verso 18. 
35.11. 

b all that theism- ?s- j 

Dout. 10.3. 
\a II- I), 
hand*. 
chap.26. 17 



u ch. 27. 1. 
xch. 30. 18. 
y ch. 27. 9. 
z ch. 27. 19. 
a ch. 31. 10. 
b Judg.5.12. 
2 Sam. 7.27. 
Ps. 37. 30, 
31. 

Prov. 4. 23. 
Matt 12.34. 
c ch. 32. 3. 
aHeb. 
waved. 
d2Cor.8.12. 
e Luke 8. 2, 
3. 

Gal. 3. 28. 
f 2 Kings 
23.7. 

Prov. 14. 1. 
& 31. 19. 
Rom. 16. 3, 
6,12. . 
Phil. 4. 3. 
gch. 30. 23. 
h Judg.5.2. 
1 Chron. 29. 
3, 6, 9, 10. 
2Cor. 9. 7. 
iDeut.13.8. 
Isa. 8. 20. 
Matt.28.20. 
1 Cor. 3. 5. 
k ch. 31. 2. 
1 Chr. 2. 20 
1 Isa. 28. 26. 
Luke 1. 34. 
1 Cor. 12. 5, 
James 1. 17. 
m ch. 31. 6. 
n ch. 26. 1. 
ICor. 14.22. 
ol Cor. 1.5, 
7. & 12. 4,8, 
9,10. 

a ch. 35. 31. 
b Ps. 119. 6. 
Matt.28.20. 
Mark 6. 20. 
Luke 1. 6. 
c Acts 6. 3. 
Col. 4. 17. 
Heb. 5. 4. 



EXODUS. The curtains, frc. of the tabernacle. 

wise-hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wis- 
dom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come 
unto the work to do it : 

3 And they received of Moses all the offering which the 
children of Israel had brought for the work of the service 
of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought 
yet unto him free-offerings every d morning. 

4 And all e the wise men, that wrought all the work of 
the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they 
made; 

f 5 % And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people 
bring f much more than enough for the service of the 
work which the Lord commanded to make. 

6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it 
to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither 
man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the 
sanctuary. So the people were ^restrained from bringing. 

7 For the h stuff they had was sufficient for all the work 
to make it, and too much. 

L 8 *ft And every wise-hearted man among them that 
wrought the work of the ! tabernacle made ten curtains of 
fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with 
k cherubims of cunning work made he them. 

9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight 
1 cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : the 
curtains were all of one size. 

10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another : 
and the other five curtains he coupled one unto m another. 

11 And he made loops of blue on the n edge of one 
curtain from the selvedge in the coupling : likewise he 
made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the 
coupling of the second. 

12 ° Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops 
made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coup- 
ling of the second : the loops held one curtain to another. 

13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the 
curtains one unto another with the taches. So it became 
one tabernacle. 

l 14 % And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent 
p over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 

15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four 
cubits was the breadth of one curtain : the eleven cur- 
tains were of one size. 

16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six 
curtains by themselves. 

17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of 
the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon 
the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second ; 

18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the 
tent together, that it might be one. 
l 19 *j\ And he made a covering for the tent of rams' 
skins dyed red,andacovering o/badgers' skins above that. 

l 20 ^[ And he made boards for the tabernacle of q shit- 
tim-wood, standing up. 

21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the 
breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 

22 One board had two ° tenons, equally distant one 
from another : thus did he make for all the 'boards of the 
tubcrriciclc. 

23 And he made boards for the tabernacle ; twenty 
boards for the south side southward : 

24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the 
twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two 
tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two 

tenons. . , , 

l 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle which is 
toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 

26 And their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under 
one board, and two sockets under another board. 

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B. Christ 
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4 Heb. 

sea-ward, 
ch. 26. 22. 
cHeb. 
twined, 
cli.26. 17,24. 
2 Sam. 5.7. 
Ps. 122. 3. 

1 Cor. 11. 8. 

2 Cor. 1. 10. 
Eph. 2. 21. 

1 Heb. two 
ockets,two 

sockets,itn- 
deronc 
board. 
cli. 26. 25. 
r ch. 26, 26. 
s ch. 26. 31. 
t Jer. 1. 18. 
e Heb. the 
work of a 
needle, or, 
embroi- 
derer, 
f Heb. 
hands. 
u ch. 27. 10. 
a That is, 
In the 
sfi adow 
of Ood. 
a cli. 25. 10. 
bGen. 6. 14. 
c ch. 30. 3. 
d Mat. 8. 11, 
e 1 Pet. 1. 
7, 18, 19. 
fNum. 4. 
15. &. 1. 50. 

2 Sam. 6.3, 
gch.25. 17. 
lChr.28.11, 
Heb. 9. ft. 

h ch. 25. 19 
Ps. 80. 2. 
i cli. 25. 23 



B. Christ 

1490. 



The ark, mercy-seat, table, EXODUS. 

27 And lor .the sides of the tabernacle 6 westward he 
made six boards. 

28 And two boards made he for the corners of the ta- 
bernacle in the two sides. 

29 And they were c coupled beneath, and coupled to- 
gether at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to 
both of them in both the corners. 

30 And there were eight boards ; and their sockets were 
sixteen sockets of silver, under " every board two sockets. 

l 31 if And he made bars of shittim-wood ; five for the 
boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 

32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the 
r tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle 
for the sides westward. 

33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the 
boards from the one end to the other. 

34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their 
rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the 
bars with gold. 

L 35 ^1 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scar- 
let, and fine twined linen : with cherubims made he it s of 
cunning work. 

36 And he made thereunto four 'pillars of shittim-wooe?, 
and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; 
and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 

37 And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door of 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of 
' needle-work ; 

38 And the five pillars of it, with their hooks : and he 
overlaid their { chapiters and their u fillets with gold : but 
their five sockets were of brass. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 
The ark,, 1. s i%e mercy-seat with cherubims, 6. The table with his ves- 
sels, 10. The candlestick with his lamps and instruments, 17. The 
altar of incense, 25. The anointing oil, and sweet incense, 29. 

AND " Bezaleel made the a ark of shittim-wood : two 
cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit 
and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the 
height of it : 

2 And he overlaid it with 
out, and made c a crown of gold to it round about 

3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the 
a four corners of it : even two rings upon the one side of 
it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 

4 And he made staves of shittim-wood, and overlaid 
them e with gold. 

5 And he put the f staves into the rings by the sides of 
the ark, to bear the ark. 

'6 f And he made the s mercy-seat of pure gold : two 
cubits and a half vms the length thereof, and one cubit 
and a half the breadth thereof. 

7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten outof one 
piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat; 

8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another che- 
rub on the other end on that side : out of the mercy-seat 
made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 

9 And the cherubims h spread out their wings on high, 
and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with 
their faces one to another ; even to the mercy-seat-ward 
were the faces of the cherubims. 

L 10 1| And he made the l table of shittim-wood : two 
cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth 
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 

1 1 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made there- 
unto a crown of gold round about. 

12 Also he made thereunto a border of a hand-breadth 
round about; and made a crown of gold for the border 
thereof round about. 



pure gold h within and with- 



l: 



And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings 
upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 



It ch. 25. 29. 
Num. 4. 7. 
1 1 Kings 
7.50. 

Jer. 52. 19. 
m ch.25.29. 

1 King's 7. 
41. 

2 Kings 12. 
13. 

Jer. 52. 18. 
Dan. 5. 3,4. 
n ch. 95. 31. 
Lev. 24. 4. 
] Chron. 28. 
15. 

Zech. 4. 2. 
Mat. 5. 2, 15. 
Rom. 12. 17. 
Phil. 2. 15. 
&4. 8. 
1 Pet. 2. 12. 
Rev. 1. 20. 
&2. 1. 

ch. 25. 33. 
Num. 17. 8. 
Eccles.12.5. 
Jer. 1. 11. 
p ch. 25. 35. 
q ch. 25. 31. 

1 Cor. 9. 27. 
Colos. 3. 4. 
r ch. 25. 37. 
Num. 8. 2. 
Zech. 4. 2. 
Rev. 4. 5. 
s ch. 25. 27. 
2Chr.26.16. 
Isa. 60. 7. 
Luke 1. 11. 
tch. 25. 1. 
b Heb. vnc- 
tion of holi- 
ness, 
ch. 30. 35. 
1 John 2. 20. 
u ch. 30. 34, 
a ch. 27. 1. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
bRev.^1.16, 
c cli. 27. 2. 
d Job 6. 12. 
och.27. 3. 
f 1 Sam. 2. 
13. 

g ch. 35. 16. 
hch.27. 4. 
i Num. 1. 
50. & 4. 15, 
k ch. 25. 5. 
Num. 25. 1. 
Deut. 10. 3. 
1 ch. 30. 18. 
Lev. 10. 1, 
2, 3. 
Pa. 26. 6. 
Gccles. 5. 1. 



candlestick, and altar of incense, 

14 Over against the border were the rings, the places 
for the staves to bear the table. 

15 And he made the staves of shittim-wood, and over- 
laid them with gold, to bear the table. 

16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, 
his k dishes, and his ' spoons, and his "bowls, and his co- 
vers to cover withal, of pure gold. 

l 17 % And he made the n candlestick of pure gold ; of 
beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his 
branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers were of the 
same : 

18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; 
three branches of the candlestick out of the one side 
thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the 
other side thereof: 

19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in 
one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three bowls made 
like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower : so 
throughout the six branches going outof the candlestick. 

20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like 
"almonds, his knops and his flowers : 

21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a 
knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under 
two branches of the same, according to the six branches 
p going out of it. 

22 Their knops and their branches were of the same : 
all of it was one q beaten work of pure gold. 

23 And he made his r seven lamps, and his snuffers, and 
his snuff-dishes, of pure gold. 

24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the ves- 
sels thereof. 

25 ^[ And he made the s incense-altar of shittim-wood: 
the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit ; 
it was four-square ; and two cubits was the height of it ; 
the horns thereof were of the same. 

26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the ' top of 
it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : 
also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 

27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the 
crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two 
sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 

28 And he made the staves of shittim-wood and over- 
laid them with gold. 

r 29 ^[ And he made the * holy anointing oil, and the pure 
u incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the 
apothecary. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

Tlie altar of hurnt-offering, 1. Tlie lavcr of 6rass, 8. The court, 9. 
The sum of that the people offered, 21. 

LA ND he made the a altar of burnt-offering of shittim- 
/% wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five 
cubits the breadth thereof; it was b four-square ; and three 
cubits the height thereof. 

2 And he made the c horns thereof on the four corners 
of it ; the horns thereof were of the same : and he over- 
laid it with a brass. 

3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, 
and the e shovels, and the basons, and the f flesh-hooks, 
and the fire-pans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass, 

4 And he made for the altar s a brazen grate of net- 
work under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst 
of it. 

5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the h grate 
of brass, to be places for the staves. x 

6 And he made s the staves of* shittim-wood, and over- 
laid them with brass. 

7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the 
altar, to bear it withal ; he made the altar hollow with boards, 

L 8 ^ And he -made the ' laver of brass, and the foot of it 

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tabernacle of 



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1490. 



mch. 30.18, 
19. 

James 1.23, 
24. 

aHeb. 
assembling 
by troops, 
Num. 4. 23. 
1 Sam. 2.22. 
Prov. 8. 34. 
Luke 2. 37. 
1 Tim. 5. 5. 
n ch. 19-. 12. 
1 Sam. 6. 19. 
o ch. 27. 14. 
6 Or, stakes 
or, nails, 
ch. 27. 19. I 
Ezra 9. 8. 

Eccles. 12. 

11. 

Isa. 33. 20. 

p ch. 25. 16. 

& 26. 33. 

tk. 40. 3. 

Rev. 11. 19. 

q IS um. 4. 

29, 33. 

r Ps. 119. 6. 

Jer. 1. 7. 

Matt. 28.20. 

3 ch. 35. 35. 

t ch 25. 2. 

& 29. 24. 

& 35. 22. 

c Every ta- 
lent was 

120 pounds 

weight, so 

that it was 

of gold a 

hundred 

thousand 

pounds 

Sterling. 

1 Chr. 29. 4. 

2 Chr. 3. 8. 
d That is, 
A half 
shekel. 
c}ieb.apoll. 
a ch. 12. 37. 
Num. 1. 46. 
x ch. 26. 19. 



The sum of the offerings. 

of brass, of the m looking-glasses of the women 
bling, which assembled at the door of the 
the congregation. 

l 9 «f[ And he made the court : on the south side south- 
ward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, 
a hundred cubits : 

10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twen- 
ty ; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, were of silver. 

£11 And for the north side, the hangings were, a hundred 
cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass 
twenty : the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 
12 And for the west side were hangings u of fifty cubits, 
their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the 
pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 

£ 13 And for the east "side eastward fifty cubits. 

14 The hangings of the ° one side of the gate were fif- 
teen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 

15 And for the other side of the court-gate, on this 
hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits ; their 
pillars three, and their sockets three. 

16 All the hangings of the court round about were of 
fine twined linen. 

£ 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass ; the 
hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver ; and the 
overlaying of their chapiters of silver ; and all the pillars 
of the court were filleted with silver. 

18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was nee- 
dle-work, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen : and twenty cubits was the length, and the height 
in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings 
of the court. 

£ 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass 
four ; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their 
chapiters and their fillets of silver. 

20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court 
round about, were of brass. 

£ 21 % This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the ta 
bernacle p of testimony, as it was counted, according to 
the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Le 
vites, by the hand of q Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 

22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the 
tribe of Judah, made r all that the Lord commanded Moses. 
23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach,of the tribe 
of Dan, an engraver, and s a cunning workman, and an em- 
broiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 
/ 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all 
the work of the holy place, even the gold of the ' offering, 
was twenty and nine "talents, and seven hundred and 
thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 

25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the 
congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven 
hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the she- 
kel of the sanctuary : 

26 d A bekah for 'every man, that is, half a shekel, af- 
ter the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went 
to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for 
x six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hun- 
c red and fifty men. 

S 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sock 
ets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail ; a x hun- 
dred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 

£ 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five !,' 
shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid 
chapiters, and filleted them. 

29 And the brass of the offering ivas seventy talents, i^"','.^ . !,' 
and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 

£30 And therewith he made the sockets lo the 
the tabernacle-of the congregation, and the brazen altai 
and the brazen grate for it, and all tiu: vessels of the altai 



B. Christ 
1490. 



The holy garments, ephod, &c. 

31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the 
sockets of the court-gate, and all the pins of the taberna- 
cle, and all the pins of the court round about. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

The clothes of service, and holy garments, 1. The ephod, 2. The breast- 
plate, 8. The robe of the ephod, 22. The coats, mitre, and girdle of 
fine linen, 27. The plate of the holy crown, 30. All is viewed and 
approved by Moses, 32. 

£ A ND of the a blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made 
r& clothes of service, to do service in the b holy place, 
and made the c holy garments for Aaron ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

£ 2 ^| And he made the d ephod of gold, blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 

3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it 
into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and 
in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with e cunning work. 

4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it toge- 
ther : by the two edges was it coupled together. 

5 And the f curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon 
it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of 
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; 
g as the Lord commanded Moses. 

£ 6 And they wrought h onyx-stones enclosed in ouches 
of gold, graven as signets are graven, with * the names 
of the children of Israel. 

7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that 
they should be stones for u a memorial to the children of 
Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
l8 f And he made the ' breast-plate of cunning work, 
like the work of the ephod; o/gold, blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine twined linen. 

9 It was four-square ; they made the breast-plate dou- 
ble : a span was the length thereof, and a m span the 
breadth thereof, being doubled. 

£ 10 And they set in it "four rows of stones: the first row 
wosasardius,atopaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. 

11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a 
diamond. 

12 And the third row, a figure, an agate, and an amethyst. 

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: 
they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings. 

t 14 And the stones were ° according to the names of the 
children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like 



eh. 26. 1. 

Ps. 93. 5. 
cell. 31. 10. 
d ch. 25. 7. 
Lev. 8. 7. 
e chap. 26. 
1. & 36. 8. 
f ch. 28. 8. 
&. 27. 28. 
Lov. 8. 7. 
lira. 11. 5. 

Mutt. 28. 
20. 

1 Cor. 11,23. 
h ch. 25. 7. 
Job 28. 16. 
Ezet 29.13. 
i ch. 28. 9. 
Prov. 10.7. 
k ch. 28. 12. 
Josh. 4. 7. 
Nch. 2.20. 
Murk 11. 9. 
1 ch. 25. 7. 
&28. 4. 
isu. 59. 7. 
mch. 28. 16. 
n ch. 28.17. 
oc0i.9S.21. 

ch.28. I l 

Chr.3.5. 

their a<»>e }■ »»■ 

ci ch.25. 12. 

r ch. 28. 14. 



t ch. 26. 3. 
Epb. 4. 16. 

door of 1 ; Mitt w. 

Tcor. 1.25, 

27. 

I Pot. 3. 16 



the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, ac- 
cording to the twelve tribes. 

l 15 And they made upon the breast-plate p chains at the 
ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 

1 6 And they made two ouches q/gold, and two q gold rings, 
and put the two rings in the two ends of the breast-plate. 

17 And they put the two r wreathen chains of gold in 
the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate. 

18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they 
fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder- 
pieces of the s ephod, before it. 

19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on 
the two ends of the breast-plate, upon the border of it, 
which was on the side of the ephod inward. 

20 And they made two olher golden rings, and put them 
on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the 
forepart of it, over against the other ' coupling thereof, 
above the curious girdle of the ephod : 

21 And they did bind the breast-plate by his rings unto 
the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might 
be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the 
breast-plate might not be loosed from the ephod ; u as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

£22 *\\ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven 
work, all of blue. 

23 \nd there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the 



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hole of a habergeon, with a band round about the hole, 
that it should not rend. 

24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pome- 
granates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and x twined linen. 

25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the y bells 
between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, 
round about between the pomegranates ; 

26 A bell and a z pomegranate, a bell and a pomegra- 
nate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in ; as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

l 27 % And they made a coats of fine linen, of woven 
work, for Aaron and for his sons, 

28 And a mitre of fine linen, and b goodly bonnets of 
fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 

29 And a c girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, of needle-work ; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 
L* 30 ^[ And they made the plate of the d holy crown o/pure 

gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings 
of a signet, e HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 

31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on 
high upon the mitre ; f as the Lord commanded Moses. 
d 32 4 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the 
tent of the congregation finished : and the children of 



Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded 
Moses, g so did they. 

/ 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the 
tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, h his bars, 
and his pillars, and his sockets ; 

34 And the covering of J rams' skins dyed red, and the 
covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering ; 

35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, 
and the k mercy-seat ; 

36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the 
'shew-bread; 
l 37 The pure candlestick, with the m lamps thereof, even 

with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels 
thereof, and the oil for light ; 

38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the 
sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle-door ; 

39 The u brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, 
and all his vessels, the laver and his foot ; 
l 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sock- 
ets, and the hanging for the court-gate, his cords, and his 
pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, 
for the tent of the congregation ; 

41 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place, 
and the p holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' 
garments, to minister in the priest's office. 
d 42 q According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, 
so the children of Israel made all the work. 

43 And Moses did r look upon all the work, and behold, 
they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so 
had they done it : and Moses s blessed them. 

CHAPTER XL. 
The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, 1, and anointed, 9. Aaron 
and his sons to be sanctified, 13. Moses performeth all things accord- 
ingly, 16. A cloud covereth the tabernacle, 34. 

fk ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
-ah. 2 On the first day of the first a month shalt thou set 
up the tabernacle of the tent of the b congregation. 
L 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, 
and c cover the ark with the vail. 

4 And thou shalt bring in the d table, and e set in order 
the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou 
shalt bring in the f candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 
' And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense 

mging of 



xch. 28.33. 
y ch. 28. 33. 
z ch. 28. 24. 
Deut.32.13. 
Ps. 1. 3. & 
92. 13. 
Song 4. 13. 
& 6.7. 
2 Cm. 12. 4, 
5. 

Gal. 5. 22. 
Phil. 1. 11. 
Heb. 12. 15. 
IPet. 4. 10. 
a ch. 28. 40. 
b ch. 28. 42. 
c ch. 23. 39. 
d ch. 28. 36. 
& 29. 6. 
e ch. 28. 36. 
f ch. 40. 32. 
g ch. 25. 40. 
lChr.28.19. 
1 Tim. 5. 21. 
& 6. 13, 14. 
Heb. 3. 2. & 
8.5. 

h ch. 35. 11 
i Matt. 11. 
25. 

k ch. "5. 17. 
Heb. 9. 5, 8. 
1 ch. 35. 13. 
Neh. 10. 33 
1 Kings 7. 



mch.27.21. 
Matt. 5. 14, 
15. 16. 
Philip. 2. 15 
n ch. 38. 30, 
1 Kings 8. 
64. 

Heb. 3. 2 
p ch. 28. 2. 
q verse 32. 
t Gen. 1.31. 
ch. 40. 25. 
sGen. 14. 19. 

1 Tim. 4.7, 8. 
neh. 12. 1,2. 
b ch. 26. 11. 
& 30. 36. 
c Num. 4. 5. 
d ch. 26. 35. 
e ch. 25. 30. 
f ch. 25. 37. 

ch. 26. 36. 



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L5 



before the ark of the testimony, and put the 
the door to the tabernacle. 
l 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before [SJ £■& 



h verse 19. 
i ch. 30. 18. 
verse 30. 
k ch. 27. 16. 
1 ch. 30. 23. 
Lev. 8. 10. 
Num. 7. 1. 
m ch. 29. 37 
n ch. 12. 14 
& 30. 33. 
Lev. 4. 3. 

verse 1. 
Num. 9. 1. 
pLev.26.11. 
Ezek. 37. 
27,28. 
Rev. 21. 3. 
qlsa.14.32. 
& 33. 20. 
Matt. 16. 18. 
John 6. 39. 
Phil. 1. 28. 

1 Tim. 3. 15. 

2 Tim. 3. 12. 
1 Pet. 1. 5. 
1 John 4. 4. 
r ch. 26. 7. 
s ch. 26. 14. 
t ch. 25. 16. 
u ch. 35. 17. 
x Prov. 11. 
19. 

Heb. 10. 19, 
20. 

y Matt. 12.4. 
Heb. 9. 2. 
z ch. 25. 31. 
Ps. 119. 105. 
a Rev. 4. 5. 
bch.30.1,2. 
Hob. 10. 1. 
c ch. 38. 1. 
Heb. 10. 5,6. 
d ch. 30. 9. 
e ch. 30. 18. 
Heb. 10. 22. 
fch. 30. 5. 

verse 19. 
hNum.1.50. 
Neh. 11. 1 



reared up and anointed. 

thedoor of the h tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 

7 And thou shait set the laver between tie tent of the 
congregation and the altar, and shalt put water * therein. 

8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang 
up the k hanging at the court-gate. 

l 9 ^f And thou shalt take the anointing ' oil, and anoint 
the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow 
it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. 

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt-offering, 
and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar : and it shall be 
an altar m most holy. 

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and 
sanctify it. 

l 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them 
with water. 

13 ^[ And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, 
and anoint him, and sanctify him ; that he may minister 
unto me in the priest's office. 
1 4 And thou shalt bring his sons,and clothe them with coats: 
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint 
their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's 
office : for their anointing shall surely be an n everlasting 
priesthood throughout their generations. 

d 16 % Thus did Moses ; according to all that the Lord 
commanded him, so did he. 

/ 17 And it came to pass in the first month, in the "second 
year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle 
was reared up. 

18 And Moses reared up the p tabernacle, and i fastened 
his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the 
bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 

19 And he spread abroad the r tent over the tabernacle, 
and put the 3 covering of the tent above upon it ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

/ 20 And he took and put the l testimony into the ark, 
and set the staves on the ark, and put the u mercy-seat 
above upon the ark : 

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set 
up the vail of the covering, and * covered the ark of the 
testimony ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, 
upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 

23 And he set the y bread in order upon it before the 
Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 
/ 24 And he put the z candlestick in the tent of the con- 
gregation, over against the table, on the side of the taber- 
nacle southward. 

25 And he a lighted the lamps before the Lord, as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

26 And he put the b golden altar in the tent of the con- 
gregation, before the vail : 

^27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 
28 And hesetupthehangingfltfthedoorof the tabernacle. 

/ 29 And he put the c altar of burnt-offering by the door 
of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and 
offered upon it the burnt-offering, and the meat-offering ; 
d as the Lord commanded Moses. 

l 30 And he set the e laver between the tent of the congre- 
gation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 

31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, ' washed then- 
hands and their feet thereat : 

32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, 
and when they came near unto the altar, they washed ; 
s as the Lord commanded Moses. 

33 And he reared up the b court round about the taber- 
nacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court- 
gate : so Moses finished the work. 

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Burnt-offering of the herd, flocks, frc. LEVITICUS. 

™34 «([ Then a J cloud covered the tent of the congrega- ' CbIi8t 
tion, and the k glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 

35 And Moses was l not able to enter into the tent of 
the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and 
the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 
a 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the taberna- 



i Num. 9. 15. 

k ch. 25. 8. 

1 1 Kings 8. 

10, 11. 

m Num. 9. 

23. 

Neh. 9. 19. 

nNum.9.15. 



The salt of the meat-offering, 
cle, the children of Israel m went onward in all their journeys : 
37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they jour* 
neyed not till the day that it was taken up. 
«*38 For ° the cloud of the Lord was upon the ta- 
bernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sio-ht 
of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. 



f THE THIRD BOOK OF 

CHAPTER. I. 
The burnt-offerings, 1, of the herd, 3, of the flocks, 10, of the fowls, 14. 

ND the Lord a called unto Moses, and spake unto him 
out of the b tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israehand say unto them, If any 
man of you bring c an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring 
your offeringof the cattle, evenoi the herd, and of the d flock 

LS Tf If his offering be a e burnt-sacrifice of the herd, let 
him offer a male without f blemish : he shall offer it of his 
own g voluntary will at h the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation £ before the Lord. 

t 4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt 
offering ; and it shall be accepted for him k to make atone- 
ment for him. 

L 5 And ' he shall kill the m bullock before the Lord : and 
the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, n and sprin- 
kle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and " cut it into 
his pieces. 

7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall ° put fire upon 
the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire. 

8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the r parts, the 
head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the 
fire which is upon the altar. 

9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in q water: and 
the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt-sacrifice, 
an offering made by fire, of a r sweet savour unto the Lord. 

£ 10 «ff And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the 
3 sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-sacrifice ; he shall 
bring it a male without blemish. 

1 1 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward 
before the Lord : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall 
sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar : 

12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and 
his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood 
that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 

13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with 
water : and the priest shall bring it ' all, and burn it upon 
the altar : it is a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, 
of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

l 14 And if the burnt-sacrifice for his offering to the Lord 
be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of " turtle- 
doves, or of * young pigeons. 

15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring 
off his head, and burn it on the altar: and the blood thereof 
Jiall be wrung out at the side of the altar : 

1G And he shall pluck away his crop with his 'feathers, 
and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place 
f of the ashes : 

17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but 
shall z not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it 
upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is 
a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a of a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER II. 
The meat-offering of flour with oil and incense, 1 , either baken in the oven, 

4, or on a plate, 5, or in a frying-pan, 7 : and of the first-fruits in the 

ear, 12. The salt of the meat-offering, 18. 

ND when any will offer a a meat-offering unto the 
Lord, his offering shall be of b fine flour ; and he 

17 I 



a Ex. 29. 41. 
John 1. 17. 
1 Cor. 11.23. 
b Ex. 33. 7. 
John 2. 19. 
c Rom. 12.1. 
Heb. 7. 19. 
d Acts 20. 
28. 

Heb. 10. 4. 
e Gen. 8. 20. 
fEx. 12.5. 
g 2 Cor. 9. 7. 
h John 10.7. 
i 1 Sam. 3. 
15. 

kDan.9. 24. 
1 John 2. 2. 

1 Ex. 29. 11. 
Rom. 8. 13. 
m Micah 6. 
6. 

n Zech. 9. 

15. 

aOr, divide, 

2 Tim. 2. 5. 
o Matt. 3. 
11. 

p ch. 22. 23. 

q Ezeh. 36. 

25. 

Heb. 10. 22. 

r 1 Pet. 2. 5. 

s Isa. 53. 7. 

t Gal. 1. 20. 

u ch. 5. 7. 

Luke 2. 24. 

x Gen. 18. 

17. 

Isa. 38. 14. 

Matt. 10. 16. 

b Or. dung, 

Ps. 93. 5. 

y ch. 4. 12. 

z John 19. 

33. 

a 2 Cor. 8. 

12. 

a Isa. 6G. 20. 

Mai. 1. 10. 

Uom.15. 1G. 

Heb. 9. 5, 8, 

9 19. 

b Ex. 29. 2. 

Mai. 1. 14. 



f A f 



MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS. 

B 1 ^ ( j ist shall c pour oil upon it, and put d frankincense thereon : 

2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests : and 
he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and 
of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof, and the 
priest shall burn the e memorial of it upon the altar, to be 
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 

3 And the remnant of the meat-offering shall be Aaron's 
and his sons' : it is a thing 'most holy of the offerings of 
the Lord made by fire. 

L 4 ^[ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offering 
baken in the oven, it shall be s unleavened cakes of fine 
flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed 
with oil. 

5 Tf And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken in a 
h pan, it shall be o/fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 

6 Thou shalt part it * in pieces, and pour oil thereon : 
it is a meat-offering. 

L 7 ^[ And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken in the 
frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 

8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offering that is made 
of these things unto the Lord : and when it is presented 
unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 

9 And the priest shall take from the meat-offering a 
memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : it is an 
offering made by fire, of a k sweet savour unto the Lord. 

10 And that which is left of the meat-offering shall be 
Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy, of the of- 
ferings of the Lord made by fire. 

1 1 No meat-offering which ye shall bring unto the Lord 
shall be made with leaven : for ye shall burn ' no leaven, 
nor any m honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire, 
L 1 2 If As for the oblation of the first-fruits, ye shall u of- 
fer them unto the Lord : but they shall not be burnt on 
the altar for a sweet savour. 

13 ^f And every oblation of thy meat-offering shalt thou 
season with ° salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the 
p covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offer 
ing : q with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 

14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits 
unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat-offering r of 
thy first-fruits, green ears of corn dried by the fire, even 
corn beaten out of 3 full ears. 

15 And thou shalt put 'oil upon it, and lay frankincense 
thereon : it is a meat-offering. 

16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of 
the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with 
all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER III. 
Tlic peace-offering of the herd, 1 : of the flock, 6, ivhctlier a lamb, 7, or a 

goat, 12. 

i ND if his oblation be a sacrifice a of peace-offering, if 
he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or fe- 
male ; he shall offer it c without blemish before the Lord. 

2 And he shall d lay his hand upon the head of his of- 
fering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation : and Aaron's sons the priests shall e sprinkle 
the blood upon the altar round about. 

3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offer- 
Gon 7 'i r, 4 ing an offering made by fire f unto the Loud; the g fat 

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c Ps. 45. 6,7. 
Uohn2.20. 
d Eph. 5. 2. 

Ps. 20. 3. 
Acts 10. 4. 
f Phil. 4.8. 
Heb. 13. 16. 

] Cor. 5. 8. 
h Ps. 45. 1. 
Rom. 12. 11. 
ich. 1.6,12. 
k eh. 6. 23. 
1 Matt. 16. 6. 
Luke 12. 1. 
m Prov. 25. 
16. 

Rom. 12.3. 
n ch. 2:i. 17. 
oEzok.16.4. 
Matt. 5. 13. 
Col. 4. 6. 
p Num. IS. 
19. 

Mnrk9. 50. 
q Kzck. 43. 
24. 

Mark 9. 49. 
rch. 23. in. 
a ch. 23. 14. 
1 Cor. 15.20. 
John 12.21. 
t2Cor. 1.& 
a Ps. 50. 12. 
boh. I. :i. 
oEx.ia i 
J chap. 1. 4. 
a ch. i. r>. 

fell. 7. 15. 
g 



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The sin-offering of ignorance, LEVITIC1 

that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the 

inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, 
which is by the flanks, and the h caul above the liver, with 
the kidneys, it shall he take away. 

5 And Aaron's sons shall ' burn it on the altar, upon 
the burnt-sacrifice, which is upon k the wood that is on 
the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the Lord. 

16 ^f And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering 
unto the Lord be of the flock, male ' or female ; he shall 
offer it without blemish. 

. 7 If If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he 
offer it before the Lord. 

8 And m he shall lay his hand upon the head of his of- 
fering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion : and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof 
round about upon the altar. 

9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offer- 
ing an offering made by fire unto the Lord : the fat there- 
of, and the "whole rump, (it shall he take off hard by the 
back-bone ;) and the fat that eovereth the inwards, and 
all the fat that is upon the inwards, 

10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, 
which is by the flanks, and the oeul above the liver, with 
the kidneys, it shall he take away 

1 1 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar : it is the 
food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord 

l 12 «[[ And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it 
before the Lord. 

13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and 
kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation : and the 
sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the 
altar round about. 

14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an of- 
fering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth 
the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 

15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, 
which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with 
the kidneys, it shall he take away. 

16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar : it is 
the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour : 
all the ° fat is the Lord's. 

l 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations 
throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor 
p blood. 

CHAPTER IV. 

The sin-offering of ignorance, 1, for the priest, 3, for the congregation, 13, 

for the ruler, 22,/or any of the people, 27. 

L A ^^ ^ e ^ord s P a ke unto Moses, saying, 

J\. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying 1 , If a sou 



h Ex. 29. 13. 
Gal. 5. 24. 
i ch. 4. 35. 
& 5. 12. 
kGen. 4. 4. 
Eph. 1. 6. 
1 verse 1. 
ch. 4. 32. & 
7.13. 
Acts 4. 34. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
Heb. 13. 15. 
1 Pet. 1. 17. 
m ch. 1.5. 
nGen.17.11. 
Matt. 10.22. 
1 Cor. 1. 17. 
Rev. 2. 10. 

ch. 7. 23, 
25. 

Dcut.32.14. 
Neb. 3. 10. 
pGen. 9.4. 
ch. 7. 26. 
& 17. 14. 

1 Sam. 14. 
32, 33, 34. 
Acts 15. 29. 
1 Cor. 1. 30. 
Eph. 1. 7. 
& 5. 26. 
Heb. 10. 19. 

1 Pet. 1. 2. 
aHeb.10.26. 
b 1 Kirii 
43. 

c ch. 21. 10. 
a Heb. 
to make the 
peoplegitil- 
ly. 

(1 eh. 1. 3. 
b Heb. sin. 

2 Cor. 5.21. 
e Heb. 10. 4. 
Pro. 28. 13. 
f Heb. 9. 14, 
24. 

gPs. 51.2. 
li Heb. 9. 13 
1 Pet. 1. 2. 



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2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, 
shall sin through a ignorance against b any of the com- 
mandments of the Lord concerning things which ought 
not to be done, and shall do against any of them : 

3 % If the priest that is c anointed do sin " according to 
the sin of the people ; then let him bring for his sin 
which he hath sinned, a young bullock d without blemish 
unto the Lord for ' 

4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord ; and 
shall e lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the 
bullock before the Lord. 

t 5 And the priest that is f anointed shall take of the 
bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the 
congregation : 

6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and 
s sprinkle of the blood h seven times before the Lord, be 
fore the vail of the sanctuary. 

£ 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the 



ich. 16. 19. 
Luke 22. 44. 
k oh. 3. 4. 
1 ch. 6. 30. 
m Heb. 13. 
11. 

n John 19. 
17. 

Josh. 7. 1. 

pHeb.10.26. 

Num. 15.27. 

& 35. 11. 

Ps. 19. 13. 

Ps. 119. 67. 

ch. 16. 30. 

qi-h. 5. 3,5. 

r Num.15. 

24. 

chap. 1. 5. 
s Ex. 3. 16. 
ch. 24. 1, 2. 
t chap. 1. 4, 
u Heb. 9. 22, 

1 Pet. 4. 12. 
chap. 8. 15, 
x verse 3. 
ch. 16. 32. 
& 21. 10. 
lleb. 7. 26, 
27. 

Ps. 45. 7. 
Uohn2.27. 

2 Cor. 1. 21. 
y verse 6. 

7. verse 12. 
Ex. 29. 14. 
a Ex. 18. 22. 
Num. 1. 7. 
& 7. 2. & 
16.2. 
Ezek. 34. 
24. & 38. 2. 
&. 45. 7. 
b Ex. 29. 3a 
chap. 1. 11. 
c ver. 7, 8. 



for the priest and congregation. 

horns of the altar of ; sweet incense before the Lord, 
which is in the tabernacle of the congregation ; and shall 
pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar 
of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the taber 
nacle of the congregation. 

8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock 
for the sin-offering ; the k fat that covereth the inwards, 
and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 

9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, 
which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with 
the kidneys, it shall he take away, 

10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice 
of peace-offerings : and the priest shall burn them upon 
the altar of the burnt-offering. 

11 And the ' skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with 
his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung; 

^12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth m with- 
out the camp unto a clean place, n where the ashes are 
poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire : where 
the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 
£13 % And if the "whole congregation of Israel sin 
through p ignorance, and the thing be q hid from the eyes 
of the assembly, and they have done somevhat against 
any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things 
which should not be done, and are guilty ; 

14 When the sin which they have sinned against it is 
known, then the congregation shall offer a r young bul- 
lock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

l 15 And the s elders of the congregation shall l lay their 
hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord : and 
the u bullock shall be killed before the Lord. 

16 And the priest that is * anointed shall bring of the 
bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation : 
T 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the 
blood, and sprinkle it y seven times before the Lord, even 
before the vail. 

18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns 
of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood 
at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is 
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it 
upon the altar. 

* 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the 
bullock for a sin-offering, so shall he do with this : and 



the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall 
be forgiven them. 

21 And he shall carry forth the bullock z without the 
camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock : it is 
a sin-offering for the congregation. 
l 22 % When a a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat 
through ignorance against any of the commandments of 
the Lord his God concerning things which should not be 
done, and is guilty ; 

23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his 
knowledge ; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, 
a male without blemish : 

24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, 
and kill it in the place b where they kill the burnt-offering 
before the Lord : it is a sin-offering. 

25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin- 
offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the 
altar of c burnt-offering, and shall pour out his blood at the 
bottom of the altar of burnt-offering. 

26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the 
fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings : and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it 



tZ%'A;Jo. shall be forgiven him. 



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Offerings for divers sins. 

L 27 % And if d any one of the e common people sin 
through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any 
of the commandments of the Lord concerning things 
which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 

28 Or if his sin which he hath sinned come to his know 
ledge : then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, f a 
female without blemis' ., for his sin which he hath sinned 

29 And he shall s lay his hand upon the head of the sin 
offering, and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt- 
offering. 

30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with 
his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt- 
offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the 
bottom of the altar. 

31 And he shall h take aWay all the fat thereof, as the 
fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; 
and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for i a sweet 
savour unto the Lord ; and the priest shall make an 
atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 

l 32 And if he bring k a lamb for a sin-offering, he shall 
bring it a female ' without blemish. 

33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin- 
offering, and slay it for a sin-offering in the place where 
they kill the burnt-offering. 

34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the m sin- 
offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the 
altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out all the blood 
thereof at the bottom of the altar : 

* 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the 
fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the 
peace-offerings ; and the priest shall burn them upon the 
altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the 
Lord : and the priest shall make an atonement for his 
sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. 

CHAPTER V. 
lie that sinneth in concealing his knowledge, 1, in touching an unclean 
thing, 2, or in making an oath, 4 : his trespass-offering, of the flock, 6, 
of fowls, 7, or of flour, 11. The trespass-offering in sacrilege, 14. 

r k ND if a a soul sin, and hear the voice of b swearing, 
J\_ and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of 
it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 
L 2 ^f Or if a soul touch any c unclean thing, whether it 
he a d carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean 
cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it 
be hidden from him ; he also shall be e unclean, and guilty. 

3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, f whatsoever 
uncleunuess it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and 
it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall 
be guilty. 

4 % Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips g to 
do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall 
pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when 
lie knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 

rf 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of 
these things, that he shall h confess that he hath sinned 
in that thing : 

' G H And he shall bring his ! trespass-offering unto the 
Loud for his sin which he hath sinned, k a female from 
the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering ; 
and the priest shall make an atonement for him concern- 
ing his sin. 

L 7 ^[ And if he be ° not able to bring a lamb, then he 
shall bring for his trespass which he hath committed, two 
turtle-doves, or two ' young pigeons, unto the Lord ;'onc 
for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. 

8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall 
offer that which is for the sin-offering "' first, and wring 
off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder 

r 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offer 
ing n upon the side of the altar ; and the rest of the blood 



LEVITICUS 



B. Christ 
1490. 



dNum. 5. 6. 
e Ex. 12.49. 
Num. 15. 16. 
fch. 5.7,11. 
Acts 10. 3. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
gch. 1.4. 
& 4. 4. & 
16. 21. 
Heb. 10. 4, 
10, 29. 
h ch. 3. 14. 
i ch. 1. 9. 
Ez. 6. 9,10. 
Job 42. 8. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
Ephes. 5. 2. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
k ch. 3. 12. 
1 Ex. 12. 5. 
ch. 22. 21. 

1 Chr. 28. 9. 
Isa. 53. 9. 

2 Cor. 5. 21. 
Eph. 5. 27. 
Heb.9.13,14. 
1 Pet. 2. 24. 
& 3. 18. 
m ch. 4. 3. 
a ver. 15,17. 
bGen.24.41. 
Pro. 29. 24. 
Mat. 26. 63. 
c Nu. 19. 16. 
d ch. 11. 8, 
31. 

e 2 Cor. 6.17. 
1 Tim. 5.22. 
fch. 22. 13. 
gActal3.12. 
h Prov. 28. 
13. 

i ch. 6. 17. 
Isa. 53. 10. 
1 Cor. 11.31. 
kch. 4.32. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
a Heb. his 
hand can- 
not reach 
to the suffi- 
ciency of a 
lamb. 
1 1 Cor. 9. 
13, 14. 
1 Pet. 1. 18. 
Jame9 2. 9. 
m ch. 1. 4. 
1 Pet. 2. 24. 
n John 17. 
17. 



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1490. 



chap. 1. 4. 
Kom. 5. 11. 

1 John 2.1, 
2. 

pNum.5.15. 
Matt. 3. 17. 
John 1. 17. 
q chap. 2. 2. 
r ch. 6. 15. 
si Cor. 9. 13. 
t chap. 4. 2. 
u ch. 22. 2. 
x ch. 4. 3. 
y ch. 1. 10. 
zcl..27.8,12. 
a verso 15. 
b ch. 27. 13, 
15. 

c Uohnl.7. 
(1 oh. 4. 2. 
Ps. 19. 13. 
Luke 12. 43. 
lloh. 5. 2. 

r'Xlllll. 15. 

30. 

f Hob. 10. 

10, 11, 12. 

1 John 1.7. 
i eh. 5. 15. 
b Gen. 30.6. 

2 Sam. 12.9. 
Acta 5. 4. 
och. 19.11. 

,12 Tim. 1. 
12. 

a Heb. pul- 
ling of 
the hand. 
o Luke 19. 
11. 

f Ex. 23. 4. 
Dent. 22. 2. 
g Num. 5. 7. 
h ch. 5. 16. 
i Matt.5.23 
kPs. 51. 1C, 
17. 

Jor. 7.32, 33 
Hub. 10. 14. 
Irhap. I. 4. 
m Ex. 29.38. 
chap. 1.3. 



The law of the trespass-offering. 

shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar : it is a sin- 
offering. 

* 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt-offering, 
according to the manner : and the priest shall make ° an 
atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and 
it shall be forgiven him. 

£ 1 1 IT But if he be not able to bring two turtle-doves, 
or two young pigeons ; then he that sinned shall bring for 
his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flower for 
a sin-offering ; he shall put p no oil upon it, neither shall 
he put any frankincense thereon : for it is a sin-offering. 

12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest 
shall take his handful of it, even q a memorial thereof, and 
burn it on the altar, according to the offerings r made by 
fire unto the Lord : it is a sin-offering. 

13 And the 9 priest shall make an atonement for him 
as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, 
and it shall be forgiven him : and the remnant shall be the 
priest's, as a meat-offering. 

L 14 ^1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin 'through igno- 
rance, in the u holy things of the Lord ; then he shall 
bring for x his trespass unto the Lord a ram y without 
blemish out of the flocks, with z thy estimation by shekels 
of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass- 
offering : 

t 16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he 
hath done in the a holy thing, and shall add the b fifth part 
thereto, and give it unto the c priest : and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass- 
offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 

L n % And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things 
which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of 
the Lord ; though he d wist it not, yet is he guilty, and 
shall bear his iniquity. 

18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of 
the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass-offering unto 
the priest ; and the priest shall make an atonement for 
him concerning his e ignorance wherein he erred and wist 
it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 

19 It is f a trespass-offering: he hath certainly tres- 
passed against the Lord. 

CHAPTER VI. 
The trespass-offering for sins done wittingly, 1: The law of the burnt- 
offering, S, and of the meat-offering, 14. The offering at the conse- 
cration of a priest, 19. Tlielaw of the sin-offering, 24. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
v 2 If a soul sin, and commit a a trespass b against 
the Lord, and c lie unto his neighbour in that which was 
d delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing 
taken away "by violence, or hath c deceived his neighbour; 
3 Or have found that which was f lost, and lieth con- 
cerning it, and sweareth falsely ; in any of all those that 
a man doeth, sinning therein : 

d 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned and is guilty, 
that he shall E restore that which he took violently away, or 
the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which 
was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found. 
5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely ; he 
shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the 
h fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it 
appertained, ' in the day of his trespass-offering. 
LQ And he shall bring his k trespass-offering unto the 
Lord, a ram without blemish out of Ihe flock, with thy 
estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest : 
t 7 And the priest shall make ' an atonement for him 
before the Lord : and it shall be forgiven him for any 
thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 
L8 1f And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is m the 

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The law of the sin-offering, LEVITICUS. 

law of the burnt-offering : It is the burnt-offering, because 
of the burning upon the altar all n night unto the morn- 
ing, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 

10 And the priest shall put on his ° linen garment, and 
his linen breeches shall he put upon p his flesh, and take 
up the ashes which the fire hath q consumed with the burnt- 
offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 

11 And he shall put off his garments, and put r on other 
garments, and carry forth the ashes s without the camp 
unto a clean place. 

d 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it ; it 
shall ' not be put out : and the priest shall burn wood on 
it every morning, and lay the burnt-offering in order upon 
it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. 

A 13 The fire shall u ever be burning upon the altar; it 
shall never go out. , 

l 14 % And this is the law of the x meat-offering. The 
sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. 
15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of 
the meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frank 
incense which is upon the meat-offering, and shall burn it 
upon the altar for y a sweet savour, even the memorial of 
it, unto the Lord. 

£ 16 And the z remainder thereof shall Aaron and a his 
sons eat : with b unleavened bread shall it be eaten c ir 
the holy place ; in the court of the tabernacle of the con 
gregation they shall eat it. 

17 It shall a not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto 
them for their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is 
e most holy, as is the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering, 

18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat 
of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations 
concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire : every 
one that toucheth them f shall be holy. 

■& 19 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which 
Ihey shall offer unto the Lord in the dav when he is 



" anointed ; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a 
meat-offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and 
half thereof at night. 

21 In a pan itshall be made with oil ; and when itisbaken, 
thou shalt bring it in : and the baken pieces of the meat- 
offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 
l 22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his 
stead shall offer it : It is a statute for ever unto the Lord ; 
it shall be h wholly burnt. 

23 For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly 
burnt : it shall not be eaten. 
£ 24 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This 
is the law of the sin-offering : In the place where the 
burnt-offering is £ killed shall the sin-offering be killed 
before the Lord : it is most holy. 

26 The priest that k offereth it for sin shall eat it : in the 
holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

/- 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be 
1 holy : and when there is sprinkled of the m blood thereof 
upon any garment, thou n shalt wash that whereon it was 
sprinkled in the holy place. 

28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be 
broken : and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be 
both scoured, and rinsed ° in water. 

29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: 
it is most holy. 

30 And no * sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is 
brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to recon-! 
cile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten : it shall be 
"• burnt in the fire. 



n Ex. 12. 6. 

Ex. 28. 40, 
41. 

p Ezek. 44. 
17, 18. 
q Pe.20.3. 
Isa. 47. 2. 
r Ezek. 44. 
19. 

sHeb.13.11. 
t ch. 9. 24. 
u Deut. 25. 
6. 

Jer. 23. 29. 
Luke 12.49. 
Heh. 13. 10. 
Uohnl. 9, 
10. 

x eh. 2. 1. 
y ch. 2. 2. 
z Rom. 2.22. 
ICor. 9. 13. 
a ch. 32. C. 
bEx. 12. 15. 
c Num. 18. 
10. 

1 Cor. 10.31. 
d eh. 2. 1 1. 
e Deut. 12. 
5,6. 

fver.27,28. 
Ex.29. 37. 

_ Heb. 8. 1. 
h ch. 7. 19. 
Heb. 7. 27. 
i Matt. lb'. 
21. 

kch. 10. 17. 
Ezek.44.28. 
Hosea 4. 8. 
John 6. 56. 

1 Pet. 2. 5. 
Rev. 1.6. 
lEx. 29. 30, 
37. 

m I Thess. 
4.4. 

Rom. 6. 13. 
n eh. 11. 32 

2 Cor. 7. 1; 
och. 8.2]. 
p ch. 4. 5. 

q ch. 10. 17. 
Heb. 9. 11. 



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1490. 



a ch. 5. 6. 
b ch. 2. 3. 
c ch. 6. 25. 
d ch. 1. 5. 
ePs. 51.6. 
Jer. 4. 14. 
fch. 3.4. 
a Heb. sm, 
Isa. 53. 11. 
2 Cor. 5. 21. 
1 Pet. 2. 24 
gGen.3.21 
& 27. 16. 
Rom. 13. 13, 
14. 

Phil. 3. 9. 
h ch. 2. 5, 6 
i Gal. 6. & 

1 Cor. 9. 7. 
kch. 5. 11. 
lGen.28.20, 
chap. 3. 13. 
Ps. 107. 4. 
Heb. 13. ]5. 
m ch. 22. 29. 

2 Chr. 29. 
31. & 33. 16. 
Ps. 50. 14. 
n ch. 2. 4. 

ch. 2. 4. 
p Malt. 13. 
33. 

1 Cor. 5. 8. 
q Ex. 29. 27. 
r ch. 22. 30. 
Deut. 12. 6. 
s Num. 30. 
2. 

t ch. 22. 23. 
u Gen. 22. 4. 
Ex. 10. 12. 
x Num. 18. 
27. 

y ch. 19. 7. 
Isa. 65. 4. 
z Gen. 19. 
15. 

a Deut. 22. 
15. 

b ch. 13. 15. 
& 5. 15. 
ClCor. 11. 

197. : 



and of the peace-offerings. 

CHAPTER VII. 
The laio of the trespass-offering, 1, and of the peace-offerings, 11, ivhether 
it be for a thanksgiving, 12, or a voiv, or afree-iviTl-offering, 16. The 
fat, 22, and the blood, are forbidden, 26. The priest's portion in the 
peace-offerings, 28. 

iM IKEWISE this is the law of a the trespass-offering : 
JLd it is b most holy. 

T 2 In the c place where they kill the burnt-offering shall 
they kill the trespass-offering: and the blood thereof shall 
he d sprinkle round about upon the altar. 
L 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof ; the rump, 
and the fat that covereth the e inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is f on them, 
which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, 
with the kidneys, it shall he take away : 

5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an 
offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a trespass- 
offering. 

6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it 
shall be eaten in the holy place : it is most holy. 

' 7 As the " sin-offering is, so is the trespass-offering : 
there is one laAv for them : the priest that maketh atone- 
ment therewith shall have it. 

L 8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, 
even the priest shall have to himself the s skin of the 
burnt-offering which he hath offered. 

9 And all the meat-offering that is baken in the oven, 
and all that is dressed in the h frying-pan, and in the pan, 
1 shall be the priest's that offereth it. 

10 And every meat-offering mingled k with oil, and dry, 
shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 
l 1 1 ^[ And this is the law of the sacrifice of ' peace- 
offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. 

12 % If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer 
with the m sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes 
mingled with oil, and n unleavened wafers anointed with 



oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, ° fried. 



13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering, 
p leavened bread, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his 
peace-offerings. 

14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole obla- 
tion for a q heave-offering unto the Lord, and it shall be 
the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings. 

15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings 
for thanksgiving shall r be eaten the same day that it is 
offered ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. 

l 16 ^[ But if the sacrifice of his offering be a s vow, or a 
1 voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that 
he offereth his sacrifice : and on the morrow also the re- 
mainder of it shall be eaten : 

17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the 
u third day shall be burnt with fire. 

18 And Many of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace- 
offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall x not be 
accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offer- 
eth it : it shall be an y abomination, and the soul that eat- 
eth of it shall z bear his iniquity. 

L 19 And the flesh that a toucheth any unclean thing shall 
not be eaten ; it shall be burnt with fire : and as for the 
flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 

v> 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice 
of peace-offerings that pertain unto the Lord, having his 
uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from 
his people. 

21 Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean 
thing, as the uncleanness of b man, or any unclean beast, 
or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of 
the sacrifice of c peace-offerings which pertain unto the 
Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 

22 ^[ And the Lot?d spake unto Moses, saving, 

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Aaron and his sons consecrated. 
L 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall 
eat no d manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 

24 And the fat of the e beast that dieth of itself, and the 
fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any 
other use : but ye shall in no wise eat of it. 

25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which 
men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even 
the soul that eateth it shall f be cut off from his people. 
L 26 ^[ Moreover, ye shall eat no manner of s blood, whe- 
ther it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of 
blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 

28 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
l 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that 
offereth the sacrifice of his peace-offerings unto the Lord 
shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of 
his peace-offerings. 

30 h His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord 
made by fire ; the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, 
that the breast may be i waved for a wave-offering before 
the Lord. 

31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but 
the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 

32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest/or 
k a heave-offering of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. 

L 33 He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood 
of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have l the right 
shoulder for his part. 

34 For the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder have I 
taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of 
their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron 
the priest, and unto his sons, by a statute m for ever, from 
among the children of Israel. 

L 35 This is the portion of the n anointing of Aaron, and 
of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to 
minister unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 

36 Which the Lord commanded to be given them of 
the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, 
by a statute for ever throughout their generations. 

37 This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meat- 
offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offer- 
ing, and of the "consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the 
peace-offerings ; 

38 Which the Lord commanded Moses in p mount Si 
nai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel 
to offer their q oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness 
of Sinai. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sons, 1. Their sin-offering, 14 
7%e?'r hurnt-offering, 18. The ram of consecration, 22. The place 
and time of their consecration, 31. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 2 Take a Aaron and his sons with him, and the 
garments, and the b anointing oil, and a bullock for the 
c sin-offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened 
bread ; 

3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto 
the d door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

4 And Moses did c as the Lord commanded him ; and 
the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the 



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B. Chris 
1490- 



d ch. 3. 1 
e Ex. 22. 31. 
ch. 17. 15. 
Deut 14.21. 
Ezek. 4. 14 
& 44. 31. 
f verses 20. 
27. 

_ Gen. 9. 4. 
chap. 3. 17. 
& 17. 14. 
h ch. 3. 5. 
i Ex. 29. 24. 
ch.3.5. &8. 
27. & 9. 21. 
1 Chr. 28. 9. 
Prov.23.26. 
Rom. 6. 3,4. 
Phil. 3. 10. 
k Prov. 15. 
24. 

Phil. 3. 20. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
1 Ex.29. 22. 
IChron. 29. 
11. 

mGen 13. 
15, 17. 
1 Cor. 9. 13, 
14. 

nlsa.10.27. 
1 Ccr. 14.22. 
1 John 2.27. 

Ex. 29. 9. 
& 28. 41. 

1 Kings 13. 
33. 

p Ex. 19.23. 
Gal 4. 24. 
q Heb. 10. 1. 
Isa. 53. 10. 
a Ex. 28. 1. 
b Ex. 30. 23. 
c Ex. 29.1,2. 
chap. 4. 3. 
dEx.29. 11. 
chap. 1. 3. 
Matt. 18. 20. 
e Ex. 39. 43 
Heb. 3. 5. 
f Isa. 1. 16. 
Ezck. 36.25 
Heb. 10. 22 
1 John 5. 6. 
g Ex. 28. 4 



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1490. 



thing which the Lord commanded to be done. 

/ 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed 

them with f water. 

7 And he put upon him the e coat, and girded him with 
the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put 
ephod upon him, and lie girded him with the curious gir 
die of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 

18 



h Ex.28. 15. 
i Ex. 28. 30. 
Heb. 5. 1,5. 
k Ex. 28.37. 
lEphes. 1. 
6. 

m Ex. 30.23. 
n Ex. 30. 18. 
o Pa. 133. 1, 
o 

2 Cor. 2. 15. 
pEx.29. 10, 
14. 

q Ex.29. 10. 
chap. 1. 4. 
Isa. 53. 5, G. 
a lit-]}, ffin- 
bullock. 
r Heb. 9. 
22, 28. 

Ex. 29. 12. 
chap. -1. 25. 
blU-h. 
unsiancd, 
Ex. 2a 36, 
Matt 23. 
19. 

a Ex. 29.13. 
ch. 4. 5, 8. 
x ch. 3. 10. 
y Ex. 29. 14. 
Heb. 13.23, 

ch. 1. 2, 3. 
& G. 30. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
crses 20, 
23. 
b On. 8. 20. 

Fa. -J9. li). 
chap. 7. 37. 
dEx.29. 20. 
MJor. 11.23. 
.■ rh. 3. !). 

i 
2 EX. 20. 2. 
Isa. 60. 20. 



The ram of consecration. 
D 8 And he put the h breast-plate upon him : also he put 
in the breast-plate the ! Urim and the Thummim. 

9 And he put the mitre upon his head ; also upon the 
mitre, even upon his k fore-front, did he put the golden 
plate, the ' holy crown ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

10 And Moses took the m anointing oil, and anointed the 
tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 

11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, 
and anointed the altar and all his n vessels, both the laver 
and his foot, to sanctify them. 

T 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon ° Aaron's 
head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 

13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon 
them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon 
them ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
/ 14 T[ And he breught the bullock lor the p sin-offering : 
and Aaron and his sons laid q their hands upon the head of 
the bullock for the "sin-offering. 

15 And he r slew it ; and Moses took the blood, and put 
it upon the s horns of the altar round about with his finger, 
and b purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom 
of the altar, and ' sanctified it, to make reconciliation 
upon it. 

16 And he took all the "fat that was upon the inwards, 
and the x caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and 
their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. 

17 But the bullock, and his hide, and his flesh, and his 
dung, he burnt with fire J without the camp ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

/ 18 TJ And he brought the ram for the z burnt-offering: and 
Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 

19 And he a killed it ; and Moses sprinkled the blood 
upon the altar round about. 

20 And he cut the ram into pieces ; and Moses burnt 
the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 

21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water ; 
and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar : it was a 
burnt-sacrifice for b a sweet savour, and an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
/ 22 1 And he brought the ether c ram, the ram of con- 
secration :. and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon 
the head of the ram. 

23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, 
and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the 
thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his 
d right foot. 

24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the 
blood upon the tip of their right ears, and upon the thumbs 
of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right 
feet : and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round 
about. 

25 And he took the fat, and the 



rump, and all the fat 
that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, 
and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder : 

26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was 
before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a 
cake of f oiled bread, and one g wafer, and put them on the 
fat, and upon the right shoulder : 

•«27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his 
sons' hands, and h waved them for a wave-offering before 
the Lord. 

28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt 
Mem on the altar upon the burnt-offering : they were con- 
secrations for a sweet savour : it is an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord. 

/ 29 And ; Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave- 
l!ie>E* U 2<>"'i. offering before the Lord : for of the ram of consecration 
Moses' k part ; as Die Lord commanded Moses. 

30 \nd Moses took of the ' anointing oil, and of the 

G9 



ich. 7.3,30. ., 
kEx.29.25. it W.'IS 

121. 
IV 133.2. 



m Ex. 29.31. 
n Ex. 29. 32. 
Luke 10. 16. 

Ex.12. 10. 
& 29. 34. 
p Ex. 29. 35. 
chap 4. 6- 

1 Sam. 1. 
28. 

Heb. 9. 23, 
24. 

q Heb. 7. 16. 
&9. 7. 
r ch. 12. 4. 
Josh. 5. 8. 

1 Sam. 22. 5. 
a Num. 9. 
19. & 3. 7, 8. 
Luke 2. 8. 
t Mai. 2.5,6. 
a ch. 8. 33. 

Pet. 2. 5. 
b ch. 4. 15. 
c ch. 8. 2. 
d ch. 1. 3. 

2 Cor. 5.21. 
ech. 2. 1. 
f 1 John 3. 

3. 
Rev. 14. 8. 
Ex.24. 16. 
& 40. 34, 35. 
Ezek. 43. 2. 
1 John 3. 1, 
2. 

h ch. 8. 10. 
Heb. 5. 4. 
i ch. 8. 34. 
Heb. 5. 3. 
& 7. 27, 28. 
&9. 7. 
k ch. 4. 5, 6, 
7, 13, 17,25. 
1 ch. 4. 8, 9, 
10. 

Iaa. 4. 4. 
1 Thess. 5. 
23. 

lPet.3. 18. 
m ch. 4. 11. 
12. 

n ch. 1. 6,8 
o ch. 1. 9. 



Aaron°>s sin and burnt-offering: LEVITICUS. The priests forbidden tome; 

blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled #upon Aaron, *$$"_ f 15 1[ And he brought the people's offering, and took 
and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his 
sons' garments with him ; and sanctified Aaron, and his 
p-arments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 
°l 31 ^f And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil 
the flesh m at the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion ; and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket 
of consecrations, as n I commanded, saying, Aaron and his 
sons shall eat it. 

32 And that which ° remaineth of the flesh and of the 
bread shall ye burn with fire. 

33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation in v seven days, until the days of your 
consecration be at an end : for seven days shall he con- 
secrate you. 

* 34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath com- 
manded to do, to make an atonement q for you. 

35 Therefore shall ye r abide at the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and 
keep s the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I 
am commanded. 

d 36 So Aaron and his sons did l all things which the Lord 
commanded by the hand of Moses. 
CHAPTER IX. 
The first-offerings of Aaron for himself and the people, 1. The sin-offer- 
ing, 8, and the burnt-offering for himself, 12. The offerings for the 
people, 15. Moses and Aaron bless the people, 23. Fire comethfrom 
the Lord upon the altar, 24. 

fk ND it came to pass a on the eighth day, that Moses 

/% called Aaron and his sons, and the b elders of Israel ; 

L 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for 
a sin-offering, and c a ram for a burnt-offering, without 
blemish, and d offer them before the Lord. 

3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, say- 
ing, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering ; and a 
calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for 
a burnt-offering ; 

4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings, to sa- 
crifice before the Lord ; and e a meat-offering mingled 
with oil : for to-day the Lord will f appear unto you. 

L 5 And they brought that which Moses commanded be- 
fore the tabernacle of the congregation : and all the con- 
gregation drew near and stood before the Lord. 

6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord 
commanded that ye should do : and the s glory of the 
Lord shall appear unto you. 

* 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, h Go unto the altar, and 
offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make an 
atonement s for thyself, and for the people : and offer the 
offering of the people, and make an atonement for them ; 
as the Lord commanded. 

L 8 f Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the 
calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. 

9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him : 
and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the 
k horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bot- 
tom of the altar : 

10 But the ] fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the 
liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

1 1 And the flesh and the m hide he burnt with fire with- 
out the camp. 

/ 12 «f[ And he slew the burnt-offering ; and Aaron's sons 
presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round 
about upon the altar. 

13 And they presented the burnt-offering unto him, with 
the n pieces thereof, and the head : and he burnt them upon 
the altar. 



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burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar. 



the goat, which was the sin-offering for the people, and 
slew it, and offered it p for sin, as the first. 

16 And he brought the burnt-offering, and offered it ac- 
cording to the q manner. 

17 And he brought the meat-offering, and r took a hand- 
ful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt- 
sacrifice of the s morning. 

L 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice 
of peace-offerings, which was for the people : and Aaron's 
sons presented unto him the blood, which he * sprinkled 
upon the altar round about, 

19 And the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the 
u rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kid- 
neys, and the caul above the liver : 

20 And they put the x fat upon the breasts, and he 
burnt the fat upon the altar : 

2 1 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved/or 
y a wave-offering before the Lord ; as Moses commanded. 

& 22 And Aaron lifted z up his hand toward the people, 
and a blessed them ; and b came down c from offering of the 
sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 

23 % And Moses and Aaron d went into the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and came out, and e blessed the people : 
and the f glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 
m 24 % And there came a fire out from before g the Lord, 
and h consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the 
fat : which when all the people saw, they ' shouted, and 
fell on their faces. 

CHAPTER X. 

JYadab and Abihu,for offering of strange fire, are burnt by fire, 1. Aaron 
and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them, 6. The priests unfor- 
bidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle, 8. The law of eat- 
ing the holy things, 12. Aaron's excuse for transgressing thereof, 1G. 

/ 4 ND a Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either 
of them his b censer, and put fire therein, and put in- 
cense thereon, and c offered strange fire before the Lord, 
which he commanded them not. 

™ 2 And there went d out fire from the Lord, and e de- 
voured them, and they died f before the Lord. 
* 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord 
spake, saying, I will be e sanctified in them that come 
'' nigh me, and before all the people I will be i glorified. 
And Aaron k held his peace. 

/ 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of 
Uzziel the ' uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come 
near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary m out 
of the camp. 

5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats 
out of the camp ; a& Moses had said. 
p 6 % And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and 
unto Ithamar, his sons, "Uncover not your heads, neither 
rend your clothes ; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon 
all the people : but let your brethren, the whole house of 
Israel, bewail the p burning which the Lord hath kindled. 

7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, lest ye die : for the q anoint- 
ing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according 
to the word of Moses. 

8 TT And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 
p 9 Do not drink wine nor strong ° drink, thou, nor thy 
sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the 
congregation, lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever 
throughout your generations : 

10 And that ye may r put difference between holy and 
unholy, and between unclean and clean ; 

1 1 And that ye may teach the children of Israel 9 all 
the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by 
the hand of Moses. 

Matt'ia'so! x 12 IT And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar 

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23. 



Wliat beasts, jisnes, foivls, &c. may, LEVITICUS 

ar.d unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the * meat 



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offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made ltd.. 9. 17. 
by fire, and eat it without leaven beside tlie altar : for itiSVi 

is most holy : 



1 Mai. 1.7. 
u ch. 7. 34. 
x ch. 9. 15. 
y Ex. 28. 38. 



13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is & 33.6. 



thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord 
made by fire : for so 1 am commanded. 

14 And the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye 
eat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daugh- 
ters with thee : for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, 
which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of 
the children of Israel. 

d 15 The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they 
bring, with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave 
it for a wave-offering before the Lord ; and it shall be 
thine, anu thy sons' with thee, by u a statute for ever ; as 
the Lord hath commanded. 

/ 16 *f| And Moses x diligently sought the goat of the sin- 
offering, and behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with 
Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left 
alive, saying, 

* 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the 
holy place, seeing it is'most holy, and God hath given it 
you y to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make 
atonement for them before the Lord 1 

18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the 
* holy place : ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy 
place, as I commanded. 

/ 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have 
they offered their sin-offering, and their burnt-offering 
before the Lord ; and such things have befallen me : and 
if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, should it have been 
accepted in the sight of the Lord 1 

20 And when Moses heard that, b he was content. 
CHAPTER XI. 

What beasts may, 2, and what may not be eaten, 4. What fishes, 9. What 
fowls, 13. The creeping things ivhich are unclean, 29. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and a to Aaron, say- 
ing unto them, 
2 ^[ Speak unto the b children of Israel, saying, These 
are the beasts which ye shall c eat among d all the beasts 
that are on the earth. 

l 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is e cloven-footed, 
and f cheweth the cud among the l3easts, that shall ye eat. 

4 ^[ Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that 
chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the 
8 camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the 
hoof; he is unclean unto you. 

5 And the h coney, because he cheweth the cud, but 
divideth not the hoof ; he is unclean unto you. 

6 And the ' hare, because he cheweth the cud, but di- 
videth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 

7 And the k swine, though he divide the hoof, and be 
cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud ; he is unclean 
to you. 

l 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass 
shall ye ' not touch ; they arc unclean to you. 

£ 9 *\ These shall ye eat, of all that are in the waters : 
whatsoever hath m fins and scales in the waters, in the 
seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 

10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and 
in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any 
living thing which is in the waters, they shall be a an abo- 
mination unto you : 

L 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you : ye 
shall not eat of their ° flesh, but ye shall have their car- 
casses in abomination. 

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, 

that shall be an abomination unto von. 



ch. 20. 19. 

John 1. 7, 

29. 

1 Pet. 2.24. 

z ch. 4. 10, 

12. & 6. 30. 

a Deut. 12. 

14. 

Hosea 9. 4. 

b2Chr. 9. 

18, 19, 20. 

Matt. IS. 3. 

Heb. 7. 18. 

a 2 Chr. 29. 

5. 

b Ps. 147. 

19, 20. 

c Acts 10. 

12, 13. 

d Isa. 11. 6. 

e Rom. 2. 

18. 

fPs. 1.2. 

2 'Isa. 21. 7. 

h Prov. 30. 

26. 

: Rev. 21. 8. 

K2Pet.2.22. 

12Cor.6.17. 

m Acts 10. 

11. 

n Deut. 14. 

10. 

o 1 Cor. 15. 

39. 



and what may not be eaten. 

l 13 f And these are they which ye shall have in abomi- 
nation among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are 
an abomination : The p eagle, and the q ossifrage, and the 
1 ospray, 

14 And the 3 vulture, and the 'kite after his kind ; 

15 Every "raven after his kind ; 

16 And the * owl, and the * night-hawk, and the 
z cuckoo, and the a hawk after his kind, 

17 And the b little owl, and the c cormorant, and the 
d great owl, 



18 And the e swan, and the pelican, and the 



-eagle, 



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p Job 39. 27. 

q Deut. 14. 

12. 

r Jer. 4. 22. 

s Rom. 3. 15 

t Job 28. 7 

u Job 38. 41 

x Job 30. 29. 

y Ephes. 5. 

11. 

zllos.7. 11 

a Job 39. 26. 

I) Ps. 102. 6. 

cHnb. 1. 14. 

dEph.5. 11. 

e Deut. 14. 

16. 

f Ps. 102. 6, 

g Deut. 14. 

17. 

h .lob 39. 3. 

i F.ph. 4. 31. 

k Ex. 10. 4, 

12 Cor. 5.17, 

Col. 2. 10, 

17, 20. 

in Prov. 7. 

11. 12. 

•2 Thcss. 3. 

11. 

n 1 Sam. 5. 6. 

Isn. 66. 17. 

2Cor.2. 17. 

Ps. 73. 0, 
7, 8. 

a Hob. 
anatiah, 
that is, 
groaning, 
n<> whore 
else. Soma 
think ii to 
bo a hedge- 
fto^otheta 
a weasel- 
moiue. 
Luke 12. 15. 
Eph. 5. 3. 
Ili'h. 13.5. 
p Eph. 4. 14. 
rj John a 23. 
I'lnl. 3. 19. 
r E/.ek. 36. 

Hob. 9. 13, 

I4.&10. !•>. 
•cb.S8.S6. 

HoKca 7. 6. 
Mai. 4. 1. 
t John 12. 

"I. 

1 Cor. 15.36. 



19 And the s stork, and the h heron after her kind, and 
the £ lapwing, and the bat. 

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be 
an abomination unto you. 

L 21 Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping tiling 
that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, 
to leap withal upon the earth ; 

22 Even these of them ye may eat ; The k locust after 
his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle 
after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 

23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four 
feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 

l 24 And for these ye shall be unclean : whosoever touch- 
eth the carcass of them shall be unclean ' until the even. 

25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them 
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 

26 The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof 
and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean 
unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 

27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all 
manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean 
unto you : whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean 
until the even. 

28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash 
his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are un- 
clean unto you 

L 29 % These also shall be unclean unto you among the 
creeping things that creep upon the earth ; the m weasel, 
and the n mouse, and the ° tortoise after his kind, 

30 And the "ferret, and the p chameleon, and the lizard, 
and the q snail, and the mole. 

31 These are unclean to you among all that creep : 
whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be 
unclean until the even. 

L 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are 
dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it be any 
vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever 
vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put 
into r water, and it shall be unclean until the even ; so it 
shall be cleansed. 

33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them 
falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean ; and ye shall 
break it. 

L 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, thai on which such 
water cometh shall be unclean : and all drink that may 
be drunk in every such vessel, shall be unclean. 

35 And every thing whereupon any part of their car- 
cass falleth, shall be unclean ; whether it be. ' oven, or 
ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they are 
unclean, and shall be unclean onto yon. 

36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein there is 
plenty of water, shall be clean : but that which toucheth 
their carcass shall be unclean. 

£37 And if any part of their carcass fall upon any 'sow- 
ing-seed which is to be sown, xtjhatt be clean. 

38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part 
of their carcass fall thereon, it, shall be unclean unto yon. 

39 And if anv beast, of which ye m.v, eat, die; he that 

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ulsa.52. 11. 
2 Cor. 6. 17. 
Colos.a-20. 
x ch. 7. 24 
y ch. 15. 5. 
ver. 25, 28 
zDt. 14 21. 
Num. 15.30. 
Isa. 1. 16. 
1.5. 
& 7. 14. 
a Ps. 17. 14. 
Col. 3. 1. 
Phil. 3. 19. 
bGeu. 3. 14. 
Titus 1. 12. 
c Gal. a 14 
d Ex. 90.1. 
e Mark 7.15. 
Rom. 1414. 
1 Cor. 8. 8. 
fGen. 17. 7. 
glPet.1.15. 
hch. 10. 10. 
a Mt.'S. 20. 
b Gen. 1. 11. 
c ch. 15. 20. 
dZech.13.1. 
e ch. 15. 20. 
fGcn.17.12. 
Colos.2. 11. 
g Lute 2.22. 
h verse 3. 
i Hag. 2. 13. 
k Matt.3.15. 
Luke 2. 21. 
Gal. 4 4. 
1 ch. 12. 0. 
m 2 Cor. 5. 
2L 

n 1 Cor. 7. 
14. 

Heb. 13. 4. 
o Matt. 9. 
20,22. 
Mark 5. 29. 
p Gal. 3. 28. 
q 2 Cor. 8. 9. 
a Deut.3a5. 
Ps. 41. 8. 
b Ps. 38. 5. 
Isa. 1. 6. 
c ch. 14. 3. 
Dcut. 24. 8. 
d Ps. 39. 8. 
9,10. 

Rom. 3. 20. 
&7.7. 



Laws and tokens LEVITICUS 

noucheth the s carcass thereof shall be unclean until the 

y even. . 

40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash 
his clothes, and be unclean until the even ; he also that 
beareth the carcass of it shall z wash his clothes, and be 
unclean until the even. 

L 41 And every a creeping thing that creepeth upon the E 3 
earth shall be an abomination ; it shall not be eaten 

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the b belly, and whatsoever 
o-oeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath c more feet among 
all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye 
shall not eat ; for they are an abomination. 

43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any 
creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make your- 
selves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled 

thereby. 

d 44 For d I am the Lord your God : ye shall therefore 
e sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy ; for I am holy : 
neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 

45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the 
land of Egypt, to be f your God: ye shall therefore be 
holv, for e I am holy. 

46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of 
every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of 
every creature that creepeth upon the earth ; 

47 To h make a difference between the unclean and the 
clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the 
beast that may not be eaten. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Purification and 2 offerings of a icoman after child-birth, 6. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
^ 2 % a Speak unto the children of 'Israel, saying, If 
a woman have b conceived seed, and borne a c man-child : 
then she shall be unclean seven days ; according to the 
days of the d separation for her e infirmity shall she be 
unclean. 

£3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his f foreskin shall 
be circumcised. 

£ 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her s puri- 
fying L three and thirty days : she shall ! touch no hallowed 
thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until k the days of her ff ze 
purifying be fulfilled. 

L 5 "But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean 
two weeks, as in her separation : and she shall continue 
in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 
L6 f And when the days of her purifying are ! fulfilled, 



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e Ezek. 16. 
30. 

Hosea 7. 9. 
f 2 Tim. 
9.12. 

a Heb. pol- 
lute him. 



for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the 



a sin-offering, unto the door of the taber- 



Rom. a 26. 
h Prov.20.9. 
Ezek. 36.25, 
26, 27. 
John 13. 10. 
2 Cor. 7. 1. 

1 John 1. 8, 
9. 

Heb. 10. 2a 
i ver. 27, 35. 

2 Tim. 2. 17. 
kPs.38. 3. 
Isa. 1. 6. 
Lam. 1. 17. 
2Tim.2.17. 
1 verse 3. 
Rom. 6. 12, 
14, 20. 
m verse 24. 



first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a 
turtle-dove, m for 

nacle of the congregation, unto the priest 
t 7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make n an 
atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the 
issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath f £™- /-^ 
borne a male p or a female. 

" * 8 And if she q be not able to bring a Iamb, then she 
shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons ; the one for 
the burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering : and 
the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shalljl^ , 
be clean. lEph'es.2/5 

CHAPTER XIII. 
The laws and tobois ivhereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the 

leprosy. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 
L 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a r? vers 



n verses 4, 
13,17. 
iHeb. 
make clean 
the plague, 
ver. 3. 6,13. 
olCor. 11. 



1 John 1. 9. 
c Or, hot 
ulcer, or, 
pus, 

pEx.15. 26. 
.Matt. 13.15. 
q 2 Pet. 2. 
120. 



d Heb. 
burning 



rising, a a scab, or b bright spot, and it be in the skin of Ms bu 
flesh like the c plague of leprosy ; then he shall be brought «f js«, 
unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests 
L 3 And '' 



s verse 19. 



the priest shall look on the plague in the skin^ii^ 



to discern the leprosy, 

of the flesh : and when the hah in the plague is turned 
e white, and the plague in sight be f deeper than the skin 
of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy : and the priest shall 
look on Mm, and " pronounce him unclean. 

4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and 
in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof 
be not turned white ; then the priest shall shut up e him 
that hath the plague seven days : 

l 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and 
behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the 
plague spread not in the skin ; then the priest shall shut 
him up seven days more : 

6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh 
day: and behold, //"the plague be somewhat dark, and the 
plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce 
him clean : it is but a scab : and he shall h wash his clothes, 
and be clean. 

7 But if the scab * spread much abroad in the skin, after 
that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he 
shall be seen of the priest again : 

L 8 And if the priest see, that behold, the scab b spread- 
eth in the skin, then the priest shall ' pronounce him un- 
clean : it is a leprosy. 

£ 9 Wlien the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall 
be brought unto the priest : 

10 And the priest shall see him: and behold, if the 
rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair 
white, and there be m quick raw flesh in the rising : 

lilt is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the 
priest shall pronounce Mm unclean, and shall not shut 
him up : for he is unclean. 

l 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the 
leprosy cover all the skin D of him that hath the plague from 
Ms head even to Ms foot, wheresoever the priest Iooketh ; 

13 Then the priest shall consider : and behold, if the 
leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall b pronounce 
him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he 
is clean. 

14 But when raw flesh appear eth in him, he shall be 
unclean. 

15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce 
him to be unclean : for the raw flesh is unclean : it is ° a 
leprosy. 

16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed into 
white, he shall come unto the priest ; 

l 17 And the priest shall see him : and behold, if the 
plague be turned into white ; then the priest shall pro- 
nounce him clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 

•MS The flesh also, in which, even m the skin thereof 
was c a bile, and p is healed, 

19 And in the place of the bile there be a white rising, 
or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be 
shewed to the priest ; 

20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in 
sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned 
white ; the priest shall pronounce Mm unclean : it is a 
plague of leprosy q broken out of the bile. 

L 21 But if the' priest look on it, and behold, there be no 
white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, 
but be somewhat dark ; then the priest shall shut him up 
seven days : 

22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the 
priest shall pronounce hiin unclean : it is a plague. 

23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread 
not, it is a burning bile ; and the priest shall pronounce 
him clean. 

l 24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is 
r a hot " burning, and the quick flesh that burnetii have a 
9 white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or wMte ; 



LEVITICUS 



Laws for the leprosy. 

25 Then the priest shall 'look upon it: and behold, if\ K ^ in 
the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in 
sight deeper than the skin : it is a leprosy broken out of 
the burning : wherefore the priest shall pronounce him 
unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 
£ 26 But if the priest look on it, and behold, there be no 
white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the 
other skin, but be somewhat dark ; then the priest shall 
u shut him up seven days : 

27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : 
and if it be spread *much abroad in the skin, then the priest 
shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy.. 

28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and y spread 
not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark ; it is a rising of 
the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean 
for it is an inflammation of the burning. 

L 29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the z head 
or the a beard ; 

30 Then the priest shall see the plague : and behold, if 
it be in sight deeper than the skin, and there be in it a yel- 
low thin hair ; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : 
it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon b the head or beard. 

31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and 
behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that 
there is no c black hair in it ; then the priest shall shut up 
him that hath the plague of the scall seven days : 

32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the 
plague : and behold, if the scall spread not, and there be 
in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not d in sight deeper 
than the skin ; 

33 He shall be fc shaven, but the scall shall he not shave ; 
and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven 
days more : 

L 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the 
scall : and behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, 
nor be in sight deeper than the skin ; then the priest shall 
pronounce him clean : and he shall wash his clothes, and 
be clean. 

35 But if the scall spread much in the skin f after his 
cleansing ; 

36 Then the priest shall look on him : and behold, if the 
scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for 
yellow hair ; he is unclean. 

37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that 
there is black hair grown up therein ; the scall is healed, 
he is clean : and s the priest shall pronounce him clean. 

l ' 38 If a man also or ''a woman have in the skin of their 
'flesh bright spots, even white bright spots ; 

39 Then the priest shall look : and behold, e/ the bright 
spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white ; it is a 
freckled spoW/m/ groweth in the skin ; ' he is clean. 
^40 And the man whose k hair is fallen off his head, he 
IS bald ; yet is be clean. 

Ml And lie that hath his 'hair fallen off from the part 
of his head toward his face, he is forehead-bald; yet is he 
clean. 

42 And if there be in the bald head, or '" bald forehead, 
a white reddish sore ; it is a leprosv snrunsr un in his bald 



t Acts 2038. 
1 Tim. 3. 2. 
Heb. 13. 7. 
uEzek. 44. 
11. 

1 Cor. 5. 6. 
x Jer. 9. 3. 

2 Tim. 2.17. 
& 3. 13. 
y2Sam. 12. 
13. 

Job 40. 4, 5. 
Matt. 26. 75. 
1 Pet. 4. 2, 3. 
z lsa. 1. 5. 
Micah3.ll. 

a Pet. 2.i, a 

alKgs.8.38. 
Ezek. 33.31. 
Acts 8. 21. 
b 1 Kings 
12.28. 
Jer. 18. 8. 
c Song 5.11 
d Dt. 29.29. 
1 Cor. 13. 5 
6,7. 

elTh.5.21. 
1 John 4. 1. 
Rev 2. 2. 
f Jer. 51. 9. 
Heb. 10. 26. 
g lsa. 8. 20. 
Matt. 28.20. 
John 17. 17. 
Acts 17. 11. 

1 Cor. 11.23. 

2 Cor. 13. 8. 
h Nu. 12.15. 
Rom. 2. 6, 7. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
iver. 40, 41. 
Num.23. 21. 
Deut.32.5. 
Song 1. 15. 
k GaL 3. 1. 
Rev. 2. 4. 
1 lsa. 3. 24. 
m Mic. 3. 1, 
11. 

lsa. 9. 15. 
nGen.37.29. 
ch. 10. 6. 
oGen.41.14. 

h. 10. 6. 
Num. 5. 18. 
2Sam.15.30. 
p Mic. 3. 7. 
Ezck. 24.17. 
q Lam.4.15. 
lsa. 5a 11. 



Rites and sacrifices. 

shall be defiled ; he is unclean : he shall r dwell alone 
without the camp shall his habitation be. 
l 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, 
whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment ; 

48 Whether it be in the warp, or Avoof, of linen, or of 
woollen : whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; 

49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the gar- 
ment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or 
in any thing of skin ; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be 
shewed unto the priest : 

50 And the priest shall look upon Lhe plague, and shut 
up it that hath the plague seven days : 

^ 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day : 
if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, 
or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made 
of skin ; the plague is a s fretting leprosy ; it is unclean. 

52 He shall therefore burn that garment, "whether warp 
or woof, in woollen or in linen, ' or any thing of skin, 
wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting leprosy ; it shall 
be burnt in the fire. 

53 And if the priest shall look, and behold, the plague 
be not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in th& 
woof, or in any thing of skin ; 

54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the 
thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven 
days more : 

l 55 And the priest shall look on the plague after that it 
is w r ashed : and behold, if the plague have not changed 
his * colour, and the plague be not spread ; it is unclean ; 
thou shalt burn it in the fire ; it is fret inward, whether it 
^e^bare within or without. 

56 And if the priest look, and behold, the plague be 
somewhat dark after the washing of it ; then he shall rend 
it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the 
warp, or out of the woof : 

l 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the 
warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a spread- 
ing plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is 
with fire. 

58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatso- 
ever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the 
plague be departed from them, then it shall be u washed 
the * second time, and shall be clean. 
l 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment 
of woollen or linen, either in the warp or woof, or anything 
of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean, 

CHAPTER XIV. 

The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper, 2. The signs of leprosy 
in a house, 37. The cleansing of that house, 43. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 ^[ This shall be the law of the leper in the day of 



43 I hen the priest shall look upon it : and behold, /'/ 
the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or 
in n his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin 
of the flesh ; 

l 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall 
pronounce him utterly unclean ; his plague is in his head. 

d 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes 
shall be rent, and his ° head bare, and he shall p put a co- [ v , •',.;' 
vering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, i Unclean, unclean. \u*.8&\ 
16 



All the davs wherein Hie plague shall be in him he 
10 K 



his cleansing : He shall be brought unto the priest : 
l 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp : and 
the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy 
be ° healed in the leper, 

4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that 
is to be cleansed two birds b alive and "' clean, '' and cedar- 
wood, 'and scarlet, f and hyssop, 
fifilsa '■ r > Alul tll(; priest shall command that our of the birds 
be killed in B an earthen vessel, over ° running water. 

6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and lhe cedar-. 
wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them, 
and the living bird, in '' the blood of the bird that was 
killed over the running water. 

7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed 
from the leprosy ' seven times, and shall k pronounce him 
clean, and shall let the living bird 'loose into the m open field, 
L8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothe';. 

'and sliave off all his hair, and n wash himself in water, that 

9 



g Viiui ."».?*. 
2 Cor. 4. 7. 
a Heb. 
living, 
John 4. 10. 
kSCor. 1. 
7. k, 13. 4. 
II. 1,. 'I. II. 
lc 12 84. 
1 Pet. a 18. 
1 John 5. 8 
laKraAlO. 



in lic.b. r,. f, 
n Ex. 19. 10 



Signs and tokens 



B. Christ 
1490. 



Num. 8. 7. 
plJohn3.3. 
q ch. 1. 3. 

r Ex. ia 5. 

9 2 Cor. 1. 

21,22. 

t Eph.5.26, 

27. 

ulsa. 53.10. 

x eh. 1. 11. 

V ch. 6. 26, 

27. 

Cor. 9. 13. 
z Ex. 29.20. 
chap. 8. 24. 
2 Cor. 7.1. 

1 Pet. 1. 14, 
15. 

aver. 14, 28. 
b2Cor 1. 
31. 

Uohn2.20. 
p. Ex. 30. 16. 
1 John 2. 1, 
2. 

dlsa.53.10. 
e ch. 1. 3. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
Hcb.10.8,9 
f chap. 2. 1 
g verses 12, 
30. 

ch. 5. 7. & 
22. 31, 32. 
& 27. 8. 
h Ex. 29.24. 
verses 12, 
24,25. 
iJohnl. 29. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
k Ps. 40. 6. 
Tsa. 50. 5. 
Ezek. 3. 17. 
lDt. 33.11. 
Ps. 90. 17. 
m Gal. 2. 14. 
Phil. 3. 17. 
nlsa.52. 15. 
Heb. 10. 22. 
och. 4. 6. 
p 1 Cor. 10. 



LEVITICUS. 

he may be clean : and after that he shall come into the 
camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 

9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave 
* all his hair off his head, and his beard, and his eye-brows, 
even all his hair he shall shave off; and lie shall wash his 
clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall 
p be clean. 

L 10 And on the eighth day he shall take q two he-lambs 
without r blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year with- 
out blemish, and three tenth-deals of fine flour for a meat- 
offering, mingled with s oil, and one log of oil. 

11 And the priest that maketh him clean, shall present 
the man that is to be 4 made clean, and those things, before 
the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

12 And the priest shall take one he-lamb, and offer him 
for a u trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them 
for a wave-offering before the Lord. 

l 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place * where he 
shall kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy 
place : for as the sin-offering y is the priest's, so is the 
trespass-offering : it is most holy. 

14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the 
trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the z tip 
of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon 
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of 
his right loot. 

15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and 
pout it into the palm of his own left hand : 

l> 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil 
that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his 
finger seven times before the Lord. 

17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand, shall 
the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is 
to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and 
upon the great toe of his right foot, a upon the blood of the 
trespass-offering. 

i 18 And the remnant of the b oil that is in the priest's 
hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be 
cleansed : and the priest shall c make an atonement for 
him before the Lord. 

19 And the priest shall a offer the sin-offering, and make 
an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his un- 
eleanness ; and afterward he shall kill e the burnt-offering. 

20 And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering, and the 
f meat-offering upon the altar : and the priest shall make 
an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 
L 21 And if he be poor, and g cannot get so much ; then 
he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering to h be waved, 
to make an atonement for him, and one tenth-deal of fine 
flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering, and a log of oil ; 

22 And two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as 
he is able to get ; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and 
the other a burnt-offering. 

23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his 
cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, before the Lord. 

24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass- 
offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them 
for a wave-offering before the Lord. 

*• 25 And he shall ' kill the lamb of the trespass-offering, 
and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass- 
offering, and put it upon the tip of the k right ear of him 
that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right 

hand, and upon the great toe of his right m foot. 

t 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of 
his own left hand. 

27 And the priest shall n sprinkle with his right finger 
some of the oil that is in his left hand ° seven times before 
* the Lord : 



to discern the leptasf. 

28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand, 
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, 
and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 
toe of his right foot, upon the place of q the blood of the 
trespass-offering. 

29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand, 
he shall put upon the r head of him that is to be cleansed, 
to make an 9 atonement for him before the Lord. 

30 And he shall offer the ' one of the turtle-doves, 01 
of the young pigeons, such as he can get ; 

t 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin 



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1490. 



q Heb. 9. 10 
r Ps. 133. 2. 
s ch. 7. 7. 
t Acts 4. 12, 
Eph. 4. 3, 4, 
uMatt.3.17. 
John 17.20. 
Eph. 1. 6. 
I Tim. 2. 3 
Heb. 7. 25. 
& 9 24. 
1 Jonn 2. 2. 
x 2 Chr. 29. 
5. 

Ps. 107. 17, 
18, 20. & 
116. 12, 17. 
Luke 17. 15. 
yNum. 21. 
32,35. 
Deut. 7. 1. 
&8.17. 
Josh. 12. 1. 
Ps. 44. 3, 4. 
z Ex. 15. 26. 
Deut. 7. 15. 
1 Sam. 2. 6. 
Ps. 41. 7. 
Isa. 45. 5, 7. 
& 58. 5. 
Matt. 8. 2,3. 
a Hos.4.17. 
1 Tim. 5. 22. 
b Deut. 2; 
30. 

Ezek. 5. 4 
c ch. 13. 51. 
dlsa. 30.22. 
e Prov. 5. 8, 
& 4. 14. 
f Num. 25. 
2,3. 

ch. 13. 13. 
fiver. 52, 53. 
ch. 8. 15. U. 
15. 16. 
Num. 12. 1. 
2Chr.26.19. 
i Heb, 9. 19. 



offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meat, 
offering. And u the priest shall make an atonement for 
him that is to be cleansed, before the Lord. 
l 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of 
leprosy, x whose hand is not able to get that which per- 
taineth to his cleansing. 

33 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 

L 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which 
y I give to you for a possession, and I z put the plague of 
leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 

35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell 
the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a 
plague in the house : 

36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the 
house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that 
all that is in the house a be not made unclean ; and after- 
ward the priest shall go in to see the house : 

37 ^ And he shall look on the plague, and behold, if the 
plague be in b the walls of the house, with hollow streaks, 
greenish, or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 
l 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door 
of the house, and shut up the house seven days : 

39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, 
and shall look ; and behold, if the plague be spread in the 
walls of the house ; 

l 40 Then the priest shall command that they take away 
the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them 
into an unclean place without the city : 

41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within 
round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they 
scrape off without the city into an unclean place : 

42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in 
the place of those stones ; and he shall take other mor- 
tar, and shall plaster the house. 

43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the 
house, after that he halh taken away the stones, and after 
he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered ; 

44 Then the priest shall come and look ; and behold, if 
the plague be spread in the house, it is a c fretting leprosy 
in the house : it is unclean. 
l 45 And he shall d break down the house, the stones of 

it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house : 
and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an un- 
clean place. 

46 Moreover, he that e goeth into the house all the 
while that it is shut up, shall be unclean until the even. 

47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes : 
and he that f eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 

L 48 ^[ And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, 
and behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after 
the house was plastered : then the priest shall 3 pronounce 
the house clean, because the plague is healed. 

49 And he shall take to h cleanse the house two birds, 
and cedar-wood, and ' scarlet, and hyssop : 

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen 
vessel, over running water : 

51 And he shall take the cedar -wood, and the hvssop. 

74 



Of unclean issues. 

and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the 
■ blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and 
9prinkle the house seven times : 

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of 
the bird, and with the running water, and with the living 
bird, and with the cedar- wood, and with the hyssop, and 
with the scarlet : 

t 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into 
the open fields, and make an ' atonement for the house : 
and it shall be clean. 

£ 54 This is the law for m all manner of plague of lepro- 
sy, and scall, 

55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 

56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 

57 n To teach when it is unclean, and " when it is clean: 
this is the law of leprosy. 

CHAPTER XV. 
The uncleanness of men and women by their issues, 2,19. Their cleans- 
ing, 13, 28. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses a and to Aaron, saying, 
i2 f Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, When any man hath a b running issue out of his 
flesh, because of his c issue he is unclean. 

3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue : whether 
his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from 
his issue, it is his uncleanness. 

4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is un- 
clean : and d every thing whereon he sitteth, shall be un- 
clean. 

5 And whosoever toucheth his bed, shall "wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself '.in water, and be unclean f until 
the even. 

6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that 
hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself 
in water, and be unclean until the even. 

7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the 
issue, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

£ 8 And if he that hath the issue s spit upon him that is 
clean ; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself 
in water, and be unclean until the even. 

9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the 
issue, shall be unclean. 

10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under 
him, shall be unclean until the even : and he that h bear 
cth any of those things, shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 

11 And whomsoever he toucheth that' hath the issue 
(and hath not rinsed his hands in water) he shall wash his 
clothes, and ' bathe himself in water, and be unclean until 
the even. 

12 And the ''vessel of earth that he toucheth which 
hath the issue, shall be broken : and every vessel of wood 
shall be rinsed in water. 

£• 18 % And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of 
his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for 
his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in 
running water, and shall be clean. 

14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two lur- 
ile-doves, or ' two young pigeons, and come before 
Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and give them unto the priest : 

15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin- 
offering, and the other /or a burnt-offering; and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his 
m issue. 

M6 And if any man's seed of copulation n go out from 
him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be un- 
clean ° until the even. 



LEVITICUS. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



k Acts 20. 

28. 

Heb. 9. 14. 

1 John 1. 7. 

Rev. 1. 5. & 

5. 9. & 7. 14. 

1 Ex. 29. 37. 

m Pa. 38. 5, 

6. 

n 2 Tim. 3. 

16. 

b Heb. in 

the day of 

tUeunclcan y 

and in the 

day of the 

clean. 

ach. 11. 1, 

2. & 13. 2. 

bGen.17.13. 

chap. 12. 3. 

c Num. 12. 

10. 

d Tit. 1. 15. 

e verses 13, 

16. 

ch. 11. 25. 

Heb. 10. 22. 

f ch. 11. 24, 

32. 

_ if ark 7. 

33. & 8. 23. 

John 9. 6. 

1 Tim.4.1,2. 
Titus 1. 9, 
10. 

2 Pet. 2. 1, 
2 3. 

h' Matt. 7. 
15. 

2 Cor. 6. 17. 
1 Tim. 5. 22. 
Uohn5.21. 
i 2 Cor. 7.1. 
Heb. 10. 22. 
James 4. 8. 
k ch. 6. 28. 
& 11.33. 
lch.12.6,8. 
m 2 Sam. 3. 
29. 

n ch. 22. 4. 
Deut. 28.19. 
o ch. 11. 24, 
32 
Deut. 10.11. 



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1490. 



pch. U.32. 
verse 25. 
q 1 Sam. 21. 
4. 

Ps. 51. 5. 
Rom. 4. 19. 
rch. 20. 13 
Jcr. & 23. 
Ezek. 86.17. 

sch.iai.a 

t Lam. 1. 8, 
9. 

F.zek. 36.17. 
2 Cor. (i. 17. 
n ch. 20. 18. 
Ezck. 22.10. 
Rev. 2. 2J. 
x Mark 5. 
25. 

y Isa. 52. I. 
Heb. 9. 13. 
1 Pit. 1. 19. 
7 cli. 17. 16, 
Kzck. 36.25. 
a verse 13. 
bc.h. 17. 15. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
John 19.31. 
C ch. 17. 3, 
4. 
Kpb.2.21, 



tlie Heb. 10. 19. 
(1 ch. 1. 3. 
Mutt. 26.28, 
2 Cor. 6. 21, 
<• eh. 11.47. 
flV.Oii. 18 
Jer. 2. 83. 

F.7,:k..-,. 11 

& 14. II. 

ach. 10. 1,2 
b Ex. 30. 10 
Heb.9.6,7,8 
c eh. 16.37 
.1 Ex. 85. 22 
r-IUIi. 9. 7, 

[8,11. 

.1 Ex. 88. 1. 



The purification of ivomen. 

17 And every garment, and every p skin whereon is the 
seed of copulation, shall be \i ashed with water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed 
of copulation, they shall q both bathe themselves in water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

l 19 ^[ And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her 
flesh be blood, she shall be r put apart s seven days : and 
whosoever ' toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 

20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separa- 
tion shall be unclean : every thing also that she sitteth 
upon shall be unclean. 

21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until 
the even. 

22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she 
sitteth, when he toucheth it he shall be unclean until the 
even. 

24 And if any man u lie with her at all, and her flowers 
be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days : and all the 
bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 

L 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood * many 
days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond 
the time of her separation ; all the days of the issue of 
her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation : 
she shall be unclean. 

26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her is- 
sue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation : and 
y whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the un- 
cleanness of her separation. 

27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be un- 
clean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 
z water, and be unclean until the even. 

L 28 Tf But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall 
number to herself "seven days, and after that she shall be 
b clean. 

29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two 
turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the 
priest, to the c door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 

30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, 
and the other for a burnt-offering ; and the priest shall 
make d an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue 
of her uncleanness. 

^31 Thus shall ye e separate the children of Israel from 
their uncleanness : that they die not in their uncleanness. 
when they defile f my tabernacle that is among them. 

32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him 
whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith ; 

33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that. 
hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him 
that lieth with her that is unclean. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
How the high priest mvsl enter into the holy place, ?,. llir, sin-offi ring 
for himself, 11. The sin-ojfering for the people, 15. The scape-goat, 2v. 
The yea rtij fea.il of the expiations, 29. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses a after the death o1 
the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the 
Lord, and died : 

P2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron 
thy brother, that he b come not at all limes into the c holy 
place within the vail, J before the mercy-seal, which is 
upon the ark ; that he die not : for I will appear in the 
cloud upon the mercy-seat. 

T3 ^\ Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: e with ;t 
young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burn! 
offering. 
4 He shall put on the f holy linen coat, and he shall 

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The sin-offering for the people. 



LEVITICUS. 



The feast of expiations. 



have the linen breeches upon his g flesh, and shall be gird- *■$$* 



g 1 Chi. 5. 
27. 

Ezek. 44.17. 
h Ps. 13-1. 9. 
Heb. 10. 2i 



1 Acts 20. 
28. 

Heb. 5. 1, 2. 
& 7. 28. 
mGen.7.13. 

2 Tim. 3. 4. 
n ch. 3. 3. 

Prov. 1G. 
33. 

p Josb. 18. 
11. 

qlJohn2.|2. 
r Heb. 9. 11. 
s Rom. 12. 
10. 

t Ps. 141. 2 
u Heb. 9. 3, 
24. 

x Rev. 8.3,4. 
y Heb. 9. 7. 
z Heb. 10. 4. 
a ch. 4. 6. 

1 Pet. 1. 2. 
b Heb. 9. 7. 
c Heb. 6. 
19,20. 
d Heb. 9. 7. 
e Isa. 53. 6. 
Luke 1. 10. 
Acts 4. 12. 
Col. 1. 20. 
Eph. 1. 8. 
& 3. 10. 
1 Pet. 2. 24. 
fExod.30. 
10. 

Ps. 141. 2. 
Rev. 9. 13. 
g ch. 1. 4. 
h Prov. 28. 
13. 

i Isa. 53. 6. 
a Heb. a 
man of op- 
portunity. 
k Hob. 9. 32. 

1 Rom. C. 0. 

2 Cor. 5. 19. 
m Isa. 43. 1. 
Ezek.20.35, 



ed with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be 
attired : these are holy garments ; therefore shall he h wash 
his flesh in water, and so put them on. 

5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children Ij^corVs.Si 
of Israel two kids of the goats for a i sin-offering, and one! Rom .i2.j. 
ram for k a burnt-offering. 

t 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering, 
which ' is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, 
m and for his house. 

■*■ 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them 
before the Lord at a the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

8 And Aaron shall ° cast lots upon the two goats ; one 
lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scape-goat. 

^9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's 
lot p fell, and offer him for a sin-offering. 

r 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scape- 
goat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make 
q an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scape- 
goat into the wilderness. 

L 1 1 % And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin-offer- 
ing, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement 
for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of 
the sin-offering which is for himself : 

12 And he shall take r a censer full of s burning coals 
of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands 
full of sweet * incense beaten small, and bring it u within 
the vail 

t 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before 
the Lord, that the x cloud of the incense may cover the 
mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not 

1 4 And he shall take of the 3 blood of the bullock, and 
' sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward : 
and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood 
with his finger a seven times 

L 

h for the people, and bring his blood c within the vail, and do 
with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and 
sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat : p ch. e. is. 
* 16 And he shall make an atonement d for the holy place, ?ch."i5.8. 
because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and 
because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so 
shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that re- 
maineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 

17 And there shall be e no man in the tabernacle of the 
congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in 
the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atone- 
ment for himself, and for his household, and for all the 
congregation of Israel. 

J- 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the 
Lord, and make an atonement for it ; and shall take of 
the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and 
! put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his 
finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the 
uncleanness of the children of Israel. 
£ 20 % And when he hath made an end of reconciling the 
holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the 
altar, he shall bring the live goat : 

r 21 And Aaron shall g lay both his hands upon the head of 
the live goat, and h confess over him all the iniquities of the 
children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their 
sins, ' putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send 
him away by the hand of a ' fit man into the wilderness : 

22 And the goat shall bear -upon him k all their iniqui- 
ties unto a land ' not inhabited : and he shall let go the 
goat in the m wilderness. 
f 23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the 



15 % Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering that is 



B. Christ 
1490. 



n Ezek. 44. 

19. 

o Heb. 9.10. 

& 10. 22. 



s Heb. 9. 12. 
& 13.11,14 
tlKgs.8.2. 
uch. 23. 27, 
32. 

Luke 4. 18. 
x Ezra 9. 6 
Isa. 58. 0,7, 
Dan. 10. 3, 
12. 

Rom. 6. 3,4. 
2 Cor. 7. 10. 
y Heb. 4. 10. 
z ch. 1. 4. 
Rom. 8. 6, 
10, 11. 
Uohn 2.1,2. 
ach.23. 30. 
Heb. 4. 10. 
5 Ex. 29. 9. 
ch. 7. 37. & 
21. 10. 
Heb. 7. 28. 
c Acts 20. 
28. 

d Heb. 9. 7. 
aDeut.12.8. 
Jer. 23. 28. 
Matt.28.20. 
1 Cor. 11.23. 
b John 10. 
7, & 14.0. 
clSam.7.9. 
Judg.13.19. 
d Isa. fifi. 3. 
eGen.17.14. 
ch. 18. 29. 
f ch. 14. 7. 
Mai. 1. 11. 
John 4. 21. 
g ch. 8. 3. 
h Gen. 8. 21. 
i 2 Chron. 
11. 15. 
Isa. 34. 14. 
kEzek.23.8. 
1 Judg. 8. 
33. 
Hosea 2. 2. 



congregation, and shall put off the linen garments which 
he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall 
n leave them there : 

24 And he shall ° wash his flesh with water in the p holy 
place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer 
his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people 
and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 

25 And the q fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon 
the altar. 

26 And he that let go the goat for the scape-goat shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe r his flesh in water, and after- 
ward come into the camp. 

r27 And the bullock for the sin-offering, and the goat 
for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make 
atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth s without 
the camp ; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and 
their flesh, and their dung. 

28 And he that burnetii them shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come 
into the camp. . 

L 29 ^[ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you : 
that in the l seventh month, on the u tenth day of the 
month, ye shall * afflict your souls, and do y no work at all. 
ivhether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that 
sojourneth among you : 

t 30 For on that day shall z the priest make an atone- 
ment for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from 
all your sins before the Lord. 

31 It shall be a sabbath of a rest unto you, and ye shall 
afflict your souls by a statute for ever. 

32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, and whom he 
shall b consecrate to minister in the priest's office in "his 
father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put 
on the linen clothes, even the holy garments : 

33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanc- 
tuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle 
of the congregation, and for the altar : and he shall make 
an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the 
congregation. 

34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to 
make an atonement for the children of Israel c for all their 
sins d once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
The blood of all slain leasts must be offered to the Lord at the door of the 
tabernacle, 1. They must not offer to devils, 7. All eating of blood is 
forbidden, 10, and all that dieth of itself or is torn, 15. 

A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
J\ 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all 

the children of Israel, and say unto them, This is the thing 

which the Lord a hath commanded, saying, 
L 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that 

killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or that killeth 

it out of the camp, 

4 And bringeth it not unto the b door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord 
c before the tabernacle of the Lord : blood shall be im- 
puted unto that man, he hath shed d blood ; and that 
man shall be e cut off from among his people : 

5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their 
sacrifices which they offer in the f open field, even that they 
may bring them unto the Lord, unto § the door of the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation, unto the priests, and offer 
them for peace-offerings unto the Lord. 

6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar 
of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and burn the fat for h a sweet savour unto the Lord. 
p 7 And they shall no more offer then- sacrifices unto i de- 
vils, after whom they k have gone ' a whoring : This shall be 
a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 

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m ch. 3. 1. 
n 2 Kings 
25. 9. 

Ezra 3. 3, 4. 
och. 7.26. 
p Gen. 9.4,6. 
q Matt. 26. 
28. 

Col. 1. 20. 
rHcb. 10.4. 
s Col. 2. 16. 
Heb. 9 8. 
t Gen. 27. 3. 
u 1 Sam. 14 

off from 32. 



■» I 



Of unlawful marriages, 
l 8 f And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there 
be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn 
among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or m sacrifice, 

9 And bringeth it not unto the n door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord ; even that 
man shall be cut off from among his people. 
l 10 % And whatsoever man there be of the house of Is- 
rael, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eat- 
eth any manner of ° blood ; I will even set my face against 
that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him 
among his people. 

1 1 For the p life of the flesh is in the blood : and 
have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement 
for your souls : for r it is the blood that maketh an atone- 
ment for the soul. 

12 8 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul 
of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that so- 
journeth among you eat blood. 

13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Is- 
rael, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which 
' hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be 
eaten; he shall even "pour out the blood thereof, and 
* cover it with dust. 

p 14 For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the 
life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, 
Ye shall eat the blood of y no manner of flesh ; for the 
life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it 
shall be cut off. 

£ 15 And every soul that eateth that which z died of it- 
self, or that which was a torn with beasts, (whether it be 
one of your own country, or a stranger) he shall both 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- 
clean until the b even : then shall he be clean. 



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B. Christ 
1490. 



16 But if he wash them not, 
he shall bear his iniquity. 



nor bathe his flesh ; then 



CHAPTER, XVIII. 
Unlawful marriages, 1. Unlawful lusts, 19. 

A ND the Lord a spake unto Moses, saying, 

Cm. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, b I am the Lord c your God. 

p 3 After the doings of the land of d Egypt wherein ye 
dwelt, shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of 
8 Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye not do : neither 
shall ye f walk in their ordinances. 

< l 4 Ye shall do g my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, 
to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. 

d 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judg- 
ments : which if a man do, he shall h live in them : I am 
the Lord. 

v 6 *ff ' None of you shall approach to any that is near of 
kin to him, to uncover their * nakedness : I am the Lord. 

v 7 The nakedness of thy ' father, or the nakedness of 
thy mother, shalt thou not uncover : she is thy mother, 
thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 

v 8 The nakedness of thy father's m wife shalt thou not 
uncover : it is thy father's nakedness. 

p 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy fa- 
ther, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at 
I tome, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt 
not uncover. 

p 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy 
daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not 
uncover : for theirs is thine own nakedness. 

v 1 1 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, be- 
gotten of thy father, (she is thy sister) thou shalt not un- 
cover her nakedness. 

P 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's 
sister : she is thy father's near kinswoman. 

20 



1 Cor. 5. 1. 




and unlawful lusts. 
/> 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mo. 
ther's sister : for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 
p 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's 
brother, thou shalt not approach to his wjfe •. she is thine 
aunt. 

p 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy "daugh- 
ter-in-law : she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover 
her nakedness. 

P 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy "bro- 
ther's wife : it is thy brother's nakedness. 
p 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman 
and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daugh- 
ter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her naked- 
ness ; for they are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 
p 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife p to her sister, to q vex 
her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her 
Wfe-time. 

p 19 % Also thou shalt r not approach unto a woman to 
uncover her nakedness, as long as she is s put apart for 
her uncleanness. 

p 20 Moreover, thou shalt not ' lie carnally with thy 
neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 
p 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy "seed pass through 
the fire to x Molech, neither shalt thou y profane the name 
of thy God : I am the Lord. 

p 22 Thou shalt not z lie with mankind, as with woman- 
kind : it is abomination. 

p 23 Neither shalt thou a lie with any beast to defile thy- 
self therewith : neither shall any woman stand before a 
beast to lie down thereto : it is confusion. 

24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : for 
in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before 
you : 

» 25 And the land is defiled : therefore I do b visit the 
iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself c vomiteth out 
her inhabitants. 

26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judg- 
ments, and shall not commit any of these abominations ; 
neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that so- 
journeth among you : 

27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land 
done, which were before you, and the land is defiled ;) 

«> 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile 
it, as it spued out the nations that ivere before you. 

w 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abomina- 
tions, even the souls that commit them shall be d cut off 
from among their people. 

d 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine e ordinance, that ye 

commit not any one of these abominable customs, which 

were committed before you, and that ye defile not your- 

selves therein : I am the Lord your God. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

A repetition of sundry laws. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. 
<i 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children 
of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall a be holy : for I the 
Lord your God am holy. 

<i 3 •][ Ye shall fear every man b his mother and his father, 
and keep °my sabbaths : I am the Lord your God. 

p 4 d Turn ye not unto c idols, nor make to yourselves 
r molten gods : I am the Lord your God. 

*• 5 *jf And if ye offer a sacrifice of e peace-offerings unto 
the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will. 

6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the 
morrow : and if aught remain until the third day, it shall 
be h burnt in the fire. 

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is 'abomi- 
nable ; it shall not be accepted. 

8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear k his ini- 

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A repetition of sundry laivs. 

quity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the 
Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 
d 9 «f And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou 
shalt ' not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither 
shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 

10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither m shalt 
thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt "leave 
them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God. 
v 1 1 Ye shall not steal, neither ° deal falsely, neither lie 
one to another. 

v 12 And ye shall not swear by my name p falsely, neither 
shalt thou profane the 'name of thy God : I am the Lord. 
p 13 Thou shalt not r defraud thy neighbour, neither rob 
him': the s wages of him that is hired shall not abide with 
thee all night until the morning. 

v 14 Thou shalt 'not curse the deaf, nor u put a stum- 
bling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God : I am 
the Lord. 

v 15 Ye shall do no * unrighteousness ia judgment; thou 
shalt not y respect the person of the poor, nor honour the 
person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou 
judge thy neighbour. 

p 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as z a tale-bearer 
among th" people ; neither shalt thou a stand against the 
blood of thy neighbour ; I am the Lord. 
p 17 Thou shalt b not hate thy brother in thy heart : thou 
shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, " and not suffer 
sin upon him. 

<* 18 Thou shalt c not avenge, nor bear any d grudge 
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. 
d 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy 
"cattle gender with a diverse kind : Thou shalt not sow thy 
field with mingled seed : neither shall a garment mingled 
of linen and f woollen come upon thee. 
p 20 And whosoever lieth s carnally with a woman that 
is a bond-maid betrothed to a husband, and not at all re- 
deemed, nor freedom given her ; she shall be scourged 
they shall not be put to death, because she was h not free 

21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto the 
Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega 
tion, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 
| * 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him 
with the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord for 
his sin which he hath done ; and the sin which he hath 
done shall be forgiven him. 

£ 23 ^1" And when ye shall come into the land, and shall 
have planted all manner of trees for food ; then ye shall 
count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall 
it be as uncircumcised unto you : it shall not be eaten of. 

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be 
'holy to praise the Lord withal. 

25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, 
that it may yield unto you the k increase thereof: I am the 
Lord your God. 

£ 26 "fr Ye shall not eat any thing ' with the blood : nei- 
ther shall ye use m enchantment, nor n observe times. 
£ 27 Ye shall not ° round the corners of your heads, nei- 
ther shalt thou p mar the corners of thy beard. 
p 28 Ye shall not make any q cuttings in your flesh for the 
r dead, nor s print any marks upon you : I am the Lord. 

p 29 % Do not prostitute thy daughter -to cause her to be 
* a whore : lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land 
become full of wickedness. 

d 30 ^[ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and u reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

jP-31 1 Regard not them that have * familiar spirits, nei- 
ther seek after y «'*"'>T f i +^ u~ a~m„a u,t+u~™. t — ii.- 

Lord vour God. 



LEVITICUS. 



Divers laws and ordinances 



B. Christ 
1490. 



1 ch. 23. 23. 

m Deut. 24. 

20. 

n Num. 18. 

12. 

Deut.12. 17. 

Acts 5. 3. 
p Ex. 20. 7. 
Jcr. 4. 2. 
q Matt.5.34. 
r 1 Thcss. 
4.6. 

s James 5. 
4. 

t Rom. 12. 
14. 

u Rom. 14. 
13. 

x Ps. 82. 2. 
y Prov.18.5. 
z Prov. 11. 
13. 

a Ezek.22.9. 
bMatt.5.43. 
a Or, that 
thou bear 
not sin for 
him. 

c Rom. 12. 
19. 

d2Sam. 13. 
22. 

e Deut. 22.9. 
Gal. 2. 16. 
&3. 9,10,11. 
f Dt. 22. 11. 
g ch. 18. 22. 
hDt.22.24. 
i Dt. 12. 17. 
k Prov. 3. 9, 
10. 
Eccl.l 1.1,2. 

1 1 Sam. 14. 
33. 
m 2 Kings 

17. 17. & 
21. C. 

nDt. 18. 10. 
Isa. 2. 6. 

ch. 21. 5. 
p Isa. 15. 2. 
Ezek. 44.20. 
q Deut. 14.1. 
rlThesa. 4. 
13. 
s 1 Kings f, 

18. 28. 

1 Cor. 6. 15. 
toh. 21. 7. 
u Eccl. 5. 1. 
John 2. 15. 
x 1 Sam.28, 
7. 
y Isa. 8. 19, 



B.Christ 

1490. 



z Prov. 20. 

29. 

a Lam. 5. 

11,12. 

b Ex. 22. 21 

e Ex. 12. 48. 

d Deut. 25. 

13. 

ech. 5. 11. 

Prov. 11.1. 

Matt. 7. 1,2. 

1 Thess. 5. 

21. 

1 Tim. 3.16, 

17. 

ach. 17. 15. 

bch. 18.21. 

Jer. 19. 5. & 

32. 35. 

c verses 9, 

10, 11, 12 

d Dt. 17. 6. 

e ch. 17. 10. 

t'2Cor.6.16. 

g ch. 18. 21. 

h 1 Kings 

20. 42. 

i Lam. 4. 111. 

k Ex. 20. 5. 

1 Jer. 32. 18, 

23. 

mHos.2.13. 

nch. 19. 31. 

o ch. 19. 2. 

& II. 11. 

p Ezek. 3i . 

24. 

q Ex. 21. 17. 

r Ex. 21.1(1. 

s 2 Sam. 1. 

16. 

t John 8. 4, 

5. 

u ch. 18. 8. 

x Gen. 19. 



d 32 f Thou shalt rise up before the z hoary head, and 
honour the face of the a old man, and fear thy God : I am 
the Lord. 

33 «j"| And if b a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, 
ye shall not vex him. 

34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be 
unto you c as one born among you, and thou shalt love 
him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of 
Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 

d 35 IT Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in 
d mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. 

36 e Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just 
hin shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought 
you out of the land of Egypt. 

d 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all 
my judgments, and do them : I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Of him that giveth of his seed to Molech, 2. Of him that favoureth such 
a one, 4. Of going to ivizards, 6. Of sanctification, 7. Of him that 
curseth his parents, 9. Of adultery, 10. Of incest, 11, 14, 17, 19. Of 
sodomy, 13. Of bestiality, 15. Of uncleanness, 18. Obedience i$ 
required with holiness, 22. Wizards must be put to death, 27. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
p 2 If Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel. 
Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the a stran- 
gers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed 
unto b Molech, c he shall surely be put to death: the 
people of the land shall d stone him with stones. 

3 And I will e set my face against that man, and will 
cut him off from among his people ; because he hath given 
of his seed unto Molech, f to defile my sanctuary, and to 
profane e my holy name. 

Ml 4 f And if the people of the land do any ways h hide 
their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto 
Molech, and kill him not ; 

5 Then I will set * my face against that man, and 
against his k family, and will ' cut him off, and all that go 
a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech., 
from among their people. 

» 6 % And n the soul that turneth after such as have fa- 
miliar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after 
them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will 
cut him off from among his people. 
dl ^ ° Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy : for 
I am the Lord your God. 

' 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them : I am 
the Lord which p sanctify you. 

w 9 % For every one that 9 curseth his father or his mo- 
ther, shall be surely put r to death : he hath cursed his 
father or his mother : his s blood shall be upon him. 
p 10 *[y And the man that committeth adultery with ano- 
ther man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his 
neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall 
surely be ' put to death. 

1 1 % And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath 
uncovered his father's nakedness : both of them shall 
surely be put to death : their "blood shall be upon them. 
p 12 And if a man "lie with his daughter-in-law, both of 
them shall surely be put to death : they have wrought 
confusion ; their blood shall be upon them, 
p 13 •ft If a man also lie with mankind, y as he lieth with a 
woman, both of them have committed an abomination : 
I they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon 
(them. 

14 «jj And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is 
z wickedness : they shall be burnt with fire, both he and 
they : that there be no wickedness among you. 



15 «J[ And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be 



ther seek after * wizards, to be defiled by them : I am ihepM8.22.jput to death : and ye shall slay the beast. 



Deut. 22. 25. 
zch. 18. 17.1 



w 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie 

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p 



19 "|[ And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy 



B. Christ 
1490. 



Ordinances for the priests, in their LEVITICUS 

down thereto, thou shalt loll the woman and the beast ; 
they shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be 
upon them. 

p 17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daugh- 
ter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and 
she see his nakedness : it is a a wicked thing ; and they 
shall be cut off in the sight of their people : he hath un- 
covered his sister's nakedness ; he shall bear his iniquity. 
18 Tf And if a man shall lie with a woman having her 
b sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness ; he hath dis- 
covered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the c foun- 
tain of her blood : and both of them shall be d cut off from 
among their people 



mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister : for he uncover- 
eth his near kin : they shall bear their iniquity 

20 And if a man shall lie with his e uncle's wife, he hath 
uncovered his uncle's nakedness : they shall bear their 
sin ; they shall die childless. 

p 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an 
1 unclean thing : he hath uncovered his brother's naked- 
ness ; they shall be childless. 

d 22 % Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all 
my judgments, and do them : that the land whither I 
bring you to dwell therein, g spue you not out. 

23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nations 
which I cast out before you : for they committed all these 
things, and therefore I abhorred them. 
6 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, 
and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that flow- 
eth with h milk and honey : I am the Lord your God, 
which have £ separated you from other people. 

25 Ye shall therefore put k difference between ' clean 
beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean 
and ye shall not make m your souls abominable by beast or 
by fowl, or by any manner of living thing-that creepeth on 
the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean 
* 26 And ye shall be holy unto me : for n I the Lord am 
holy, and have ° severed you from other people, that ye r 
should be mine. 149 °- 

p 27 % A man also or a woman that hath a p familiar spirit 
or that is a wizard, shall surely be put tp death : they shall 
stone them with stones : their blood shall be upon them 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Of the priests' mourning, 1. Of their holiness ', 6. Of their estimation, 

8. Of their marriages, 7, 13. The priests that have blemishes mustf: 3 ^-, c 

not minister in the sanctuary, 17. Matt." 23.1 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the a pries's yisa.5G.ia 
the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall) liKwll 
none be b defiled for the c dead among his people : |&;i'l u. 

£ 2 But for his d kin, that Is near unto him, that is, for his's 3 Matt - 16 
mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his 
daughter, and for his brother, 

3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which 
hath had c no husband : for her may he he defiled. 

4 But he shrill not defile himself, being f a chief man 
among his people, to profane himself. 

5 They shall e not make baldness upon their head, nei- 
ther shall they shave off the h comer of their beard, nor 



a 2 Sam. 33. 
12. 

b ch. 12. 2. 
& 15. 19. 
c Mark 5.29. 
Luke 8. 44. 
&12. 7. 
d ch. 15. 31. 
e ch. 18. 14. 
f Deut. 24. 
1. & 25. 5. 
g ch. 18. 25, 
26, 27. 
asimilitude 
taken from 
the sto- 
mach, 
which 
casteth up 
the meat it 
hroohcth 
not, or 
loatheth, 
Prov. 13. 5. 
Iaa. 1. 13,14 
Jer. 14. 19. 
Amos 6. 8. 
Zech. 11. 8. 
Rev. 3. 16. 
hEx. 3. 8. 
i Ex. 19. 5. 
Deut. 7. 6. 
lKgs.8.53 
k ch. 11. 2. 
lKom.14.14 
m ch. 11.43. 
Inch. 19. 2. 

Tit. 2. 14. 
p ch. 19. 31. 
a Mal.2.1,4. 
b Num. 19. 
14, 16. 
c Num.6. 6. 
d ch. 18. 6. 
e Ezek. 44. 
25. 
fE.~3k.24.ia 

Deut.14.1. 
Jer. 16. 6. 
Ezek. 7. 18. 
hch. 19.27. 
i ch. 19. 28. 

1 Thess. 4. 
13. 

kch.18. 21. 
1 ch. 3. 11. 
ver.8,21,22. 
m 1 Tim. 3. 
11. 

n Deut. 24. 
1,2. 

Ezek. 44.22. 
o ch. 20. 8. 



mourning, marriages, and uncleanness, 
w 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself 
by playing the whore, she profaneth her father : she shall 
be burnt with fire. 

L 10 And he that is the p high priest among his brethren, 
upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is 
consecrated to put on the garments, shall q not uncover 
his head, nor rend his clothes ; 

1 1 Neither shall he r go in to any dead body, nor defile 
himself for his father, or for his mother ; 

12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane 
the sanctuary of his God ; for the 9 crown of the anointing 
oil of his God is upon him : I am the Lord. 
L 1& If And he shall take ' a wife in her virginity. 

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a 
harlot, these shall he not take : but he shall take a virgin 
of " his own people to wife. 

15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: 
for I the Lord do sanctify him. 

16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 17 % Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy 
seed in their generations that hath any x blemish, let him 
not approach to offer the bread of his God : 

18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he 
shall not approach : y a blind man, or a * lame, or he that 
hath a a flat nose, or any thing b superfluous, 

19 Or a man that is c broken-footed, or d broken-handed. 

20 Or e crooked-backed, or a f dwarf, or that hath a 



p 2 Kings 

22. 10, 1 1. 
q ch. 10. 6. 
rNu.19.14. 
3 Ex. 29. 6. 
t! Cor. 11.2. 
Rev. 14. 4. 
u Ezek. 44. 



23. 

Phil. l.C. 

I> Tit. I. 10. 

c Gal. l. 16, 

(1 1 Thoag. 

3.8. 

ei Tim. an. 

f] Tim. 3. 8. 

g Phil. 1.6. 

h Mutt. 7. 3, 

4. 

i2Tim.2.17. 

2 PH. 2. 12. 

k 1 Tim. 3. 

2 3. 

li"b 9. I*. 

I II- 1,. 9.6. 

.. h. 1...3I. 

I hch. 18.21. 

cEx.13.2. 
,|Deut. 15.19. 
Mdch. 7.20. 

\e ch. 7. 20. 



make any ' cuttings in their flesh 

d 6 ]\ They shall be holy unto their God, and not k profane ' 
the name of their God : for the ' offerings of the Loud ' 
made by fire, and the bread of their God they do offer 
therefore they shall be holy. 
v 7 % They shall not take a wife that is 
profane ; neither shall they take a woman ■ 
her husband : for he is holy unto his God. 

8 <|f Thou shalt "sanctify him therefore, for he offereth 
Ihe bread of thy God : he shall be holv unto thee : for I Maw.! shall not eat to defile 



a m whore, or 
put away from i(: 



g blemish in his eye, or be h scurvy, or * scabbed, or hath 
his stones broken ; 

l 21 No man that hath a k blemish of the seed of Aaron 
the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire ; he hath a blemish, he shall not come 
nigh to offer the bread of his God. 

22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most 
holy, and of the holy. 

23 Only he shall not go in unto the ' vail, nor come nigh 
unto the altar, because he hath a blemish ; that he profane 
not my sanctuaries : for I the Lord do sanctify them. 

24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and 
unto all the children of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Tfte priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things, 1. 

How they shall be cleansed, 6. Who of the priest's house may eat of the 

holy things, 10. The sacrifices must be without blemish, 17. The age 

of the sacrifice, 26. Tlic law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 29. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they a sepa- 
rate themselves from the holy things of the children of 
Israel, and that they profane not my b holy name in those 
things which they c hallow unto me : I am the Lord. 
L 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed 
among your generations, that goeth unto the d holy things, 
which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having 
his c uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from 
my presence : I am the Lord. 

4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or 
lhath a f running issue ; he shall not eat of the holy things, 
Until he be clean. And whoso toueheth any thing that is un- 
clean by the dead, or a man whose s seed goeth from him ; 

5 Or whosoever toueheth any h creeping thing, whereby 
he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take 
uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath : 

6 *j[ The soul which hath touched any such shall be 
unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, 



j C ch'.i5.ib.!unless he 'wash his flesh with water. 

Ii Dh. 11.31. 



And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall 

k food. 



lcJ'A^iiafterward eat of the holy things, because it is his 
keh.a'1. 1 l 8 That which dieth of itself, or is ' torn with bt 



the Lord, which sanctify you, am holv". 



eh. 17. 15, 

! Ezek. 14.31. 1 



beasts, he 
limself therewith : I am the Lord. 
9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they 

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Sacrifices to be without blemish. 

bear m sin for it, and n die therefore, if they profane it : 
the Lord do sanctify them. 

10 If There shall "no stranger eat of the holy thing : a 
sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat 
of the holy thing. 

1 1 But if the priest buy any p soul with his money, he 
shall q eat of it, and he that is born in his house : they shall 
eat of his meat. 

l 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a 
stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy 
things. 

13 But if the priest's daughter be a r widow, or divorced, 
and s have no child, and is returned unto her father's 
house, as in her ' youth, she shall eat of her father's meat ; 
but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 

£14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then 
he shall put the u fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give 
it unto the priest, with the holy thing. 

15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the 
children of Israel which they offer unto the Lord : 

16 Or suffer them to "bear the iniquity of trespass, when 
they eat their holy things : for I the Lord do sanctify them. 

17 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

£ 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the 
children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be 
of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that 
will offer his oblation for all his x vows, and for all his 
y free-will-offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord 
for a burnt-offering : 

& 19 Ye shall offer z at your own will a a male without ble 
mish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the b goats. 

p 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not 
offer : for it shall not c be acceptable for you. 

^21 And whosoever offereth d a sacrifice of peace-offer 
ings unto the Lord to e accomplish his vow, or a free 
will-offering in f beeves, or sheep, it shall be perfect to 
be accepted : there shall be g no blemish therein. 

v 22 h Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or 
scurvy, or scabbed, ye- ' shall not offer these unto the 
Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar 
unto the Lord. 

23 Either a bullock, or a lamb that hath any thing k su 
perfluous or lacking in his parts, that may est thou offer for 
1 a free-will-offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 

24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is 
bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut ; neither shall ye 
make any offering thereof in your land. 

25 Neither from m a stranger's hand shall ye offer n the 
bread of your God of any of these ; because their corrup 
tion is in them, and blemishes be in them : they shall not 
be accepted for you. 

26 ^f And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat is brought 

forth, then it shall be ° seven days under the dam ; and 
from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted 
for an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it 
and her young both in one day. 

29 ^f And when ye will offer a sacrifice of r thanksgiv- 
ing unto the Lord, offer it at your own will. 

30 On the same day it shall be eaten up, ye shall leave 
none of it ' until the morrow : I am the Lord. 

d 31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do 
them : I am the Lord. 

32 Neither shall ye r profane my holy name ; but s I 
will be hallowed among the children of Israel : I am the 
Lord which l hallow you, 

33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be 
your God : I am the Lord. 



LEVITICUS. 

I 



B. Christ 
1490. 



mch.19.17. 
Num. 18.32. 
nch.10.1,2. 

Mt. 12. 4. 
p 1 Cor. 6. 
20. 

1 Pet. 1. 18. 
qNum. 18. 
11. 

Eph.2. 11, 
12, 13. 

r ch. 21. 7. 
sch. 20.2. 
tch. 10. 24. 
u ch. 5. 15. 
a Or, lade 
themselves 
with the, 
verse 9. 
chap. 5; 1. 
Acts 15. 9. 

2 Cor. 7. 1. 
x ch. 7. 16. 
Ps. 56. 12. 
Jer. 44. 25. 
y cli. 7. 16. 
zch. 1.3.& 
23. 11. 
ach.3.1. & 
4.32 

Mai. 1. 14. 
b ch. 1. 10. 
c Pa. 51. 17 
Mai. 1. 13. 
Gal. 20.2. 
IPet. 1.19. 
d ch. 3. 1. 
e ch. 27. 2. 
Num. 15. 3, 
8. 

fch.1.10,14 
gEx. 12. 5. 
h ch. 21. 18. 
i Gen. 4.3, 4. 
Mai. 1. 13. 
k ch. 21. 18. 
1 ch. 7. 16. 
mEx. 12.43. 
Ezra 6. 8, 9. 
n ch. 21. 6. 

Ex. 22. 30. 
pch.7. 12. 
n ch. 7. 18. 
r ch. 18. 21. 
s ch. 10. 23. 
t John 17. 
17. 

1 Cor. 1. 2. 
& 6. 11. 



B. Christ 
1490. 
a Num. 10 
8,9. 

b Col. 2. 16. 
c Ex. 20. 9. 
dlsa.58.13. 
e Ex. 12. 16. 
fTsa.58. 13. 
gEx. 23. 14. 
h Ex. 12. 2, 
i Ex. 12. 11. 
1 Cur. 5. 7, 8. 
k Ex. 12.15. 
Num. 28.19, 
1 Ex. 12. 16. 
m ch. 1. 9. 
Num. 28.19. 
nch.24. 8. 
Prov. 3. 9, 
10. 

1 Cor. 15, 
20. 

Col. 1. 15. 
p Ex. 34. 22, 
Ruth 2. 28. 
n Gen. 4. 45. 
rEx. 12. 5. 

1 Pet. 1. 19, 
s Ex. 29. 2. 
t Ex. 8. 21. 
u Matt. 6. 
9, 10. 

xch. 2. 14. 
ych. 7.30. 
z Acts 2. 1 
a Num. 28. 
26. 

h ch. 5. 11. 

cch.7.12,13 

il Num. 28. 

27. 

e Ex. 12. 5. 

f Num. 28. 

5, 7. 

? ch. 4. 14. 

h Ex. 29.24. 

i ch. 7. 32. 

Num. 18. 8, 

9. 

k Dt. 16. 12. 

Luke 3. 17. 

John 4. 13. 

Acts 2. 1, 3. 

Rom. 8. 2. 

Gal. 3. 2. 

Eph. 1. 3, 6. 



Of sundry feasts. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
The sabbath, 3. The passover, 4. The sheaf 



The feast of the Lord, 1. 
offirst-fruits, 9. The feast of Pentecost, 15. tjleanin^s to be left for 
the poor, 22. The feast of trumpets, 23. The day of atonement, 26. 
The feast of tabernacles, 33. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall a pro- 
claim to be b holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 
d 3 ^f c Six days shall work be done : but the seventh day 
is the d sabbath of rest, a holy convocation : ye shall do 
e no work therein : it is the sabbath of f the Lord in all 
your g dwellings. 

4 % These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy con- 
vocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 
1 5 In the fourteenth day of the b first month at even is 
the Lord's ' passover. 

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the 
feast of k unleavened bread unto the Lord : seven days 
ye must eat unleavened bread. 

7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation : ye 
shall do no ! servile work therein. 

8 But ye shall offer an m offering made by fire unto the 
Lord seven days : in the seventh day is a holy convoca- 
tion, ye shall do no servile work therein. 

9 ^f And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

<n0 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and 
shall reap the harvest thereof, then n ye shall bring a sheaf 
of the ° first-fruits of p your harvest unto the priest : 

L 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be 
q accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the 
priest shall wave it. 

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf, 
a he-lamb without blemish of r the first year for a burnt- 
offering unto the Lord. 

• 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth- 
deals of s fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord for ' a sweet savour : and the drink- 
offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 

v 14 And ye shall u eat neither bread, nor parched corn, 
nor * green ears, until the self-same day that ye have 
brought an offering unto your God : it shall be a statute 
for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 
15 ^f And ye shall count unto you from the morrow af- 
ter the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of 
the y wave-offering ; seven sabbaths shall be complete : 

£ 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath 
shall ye number z fifty days ; and ye shall offer a a new 
meat-offering unto the Lord. 

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave- 
loaves of b two tenth-deals : they shall be of fine flour, 
they shall be baken with c leaven, they are the first-fruits 
unto the Lord. 

18 And ye shall offer with the bread a seven lambs with- 
out blemish of the e first year, and one young bullock, and 
two rams : they shall he for a burnt-offering unto the Lord, 
with their meat-offering, and their f drink-offerings, even 
an offering made by fire of sweet savour unto the Lord. 

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for s a 
sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice 
of peace-offerings. 

20 And the priest shall '' wave them with the bread of the. 
first-fruits for a wave-offering before the Lord, with the 
two lambs : they shall be holy to the Lord for the s priests. 

21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same day, that it 
may be a k holy convocation unto you : ye shall do no 
servile work therein. It shall be a statute for ever in all 
your dwellings throughout your generations. 

d 22 % And when ve reap the harvest of your land, thou 

so 



The feast of tabernacles. 

shalt not make ' clean riddance of the corners of thy field 
when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning 
of thy harvest : thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and 
to the stranger : I am the Lord your God. 

23 Tf And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the 
m seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye 
have a sabbath, a memorial of n blowing of trumpets, a 
holy convocation. 

25 Ye shall do no servile work therein ; but ye shall 
offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

26 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

t 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there 
shall be a day of ° atonement ; it shall be a holy convoca- 
tion unto you, and ye shall p afflict your souls, and offer an 
' offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day ; for it is 
a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before 
the Lord your God. 

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in 
that same day, he shall be r cut off from among his people. 

30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that 
game day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 

31 Ye shall do no manner of work. It shall be a statute 
for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 

32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall 
afflict your souls : in the ninth day of the month at even, 
from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 

33 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

1 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fif- 
teenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast s of 
tabernacles for ' seven days unto the Lord. 

35 On the first day shall be u a holy convocation : ye 
shall do no servile work therein. 

36 Seven days ye shall offer * an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord : on the y eighth day shall be a holy con- 
vocation unto you, and ye shall offer an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord : it is * a solemn assembly ; and ye 
shall do no servile work therein. 

37 z These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall pro- 
claim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord, a burnt-offering, and a meat-offering, 
* a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, every thing upon his day : 

<i 38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your 
h gifts, and besides all your c vows, and besides all your 
free-will-offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. 
/ 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when 
ye have gathered in the d fruit of the land, ye shall keep a 
teast unto the Lord seven days : on the first day shall be 
ar sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 

40 And ye shall take you on the first day the c boughs 
of r goodly trees, B branches of palm-trees, and the h boughs 



LEVITICUS. 



B. Christ 
1490. 

1 ch. 197 a 
Dcut. 16.11. 
m 1 Kings 
6. 2, 3. 
n Num. 10.2. 
1 Chr.15.28. 
Ezra 3. 11. 
Ps. 81. 3. 
rsa. 58. 1. 
Mark 1.1,2. 
Luke 4. 19. 
Eph. 5. 14. 

ch. 6. 30. 
pch.-16.29. 
q Num.29.7. 
r Gen.17.14. 
ch. 16. 29. 

s Dt. 16. 13. 

Zcch. 1416. 

John 1. 14. 

& 2. 19. & 

7.2. 

t Luke 1.75. 

u Deut. 3L 

10. 

Neh. 8. 18. 

x Num. 29, 

13. 

y John 7.37. 

a Heb. a 

day of 

restraint. 

z Num. 28. 

17. 

Esth. 9. 17. 

a Num. 28. 

15. 

b Dt. 16. 17 

c Deut.12.6. 

it Ex. 23. 16. 

« Neh. 6. 16. 

Matt. 6. 16. 

f Neh. 8. 15. 

g Ps. 92. 13. 

Song 7.7, 8, 

Rev. 7. 9. 

hlsa.41.19. 

Zecb. 1. 3. 

i Tsa. 44. 4. 

k Dt. 16. 15. 

Zech. 14.16. 

1 Gen.33.17. 
ch.23. 42. 
Nell. 8. 16. 
Job 27. 18. 
m Ex. 12.37. 
Deut. 31. 
10, 13. 
Neh. 8. 18. 
a Ex. 27. 20. 



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of thick trees, ' and willows of the brook ; and * ye 



shall 



rejoice before the Lord your God seven days 

41 And ye shall keep* it a feast unto the Lord seven 
days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your 
generations ; ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 

42 Ye shall ' dwell in booths seven days ; all that are 
Israelites born shall dwell in booths : 

43 That your generations m may know that I made the 
children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them 
out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 

44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the 
feasts of the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
The oil/or the lamps, 1. The sheiv-bread, 5. SlielomitK's son blasphem- 
eth,10. The law of blasphemy, 13. Of murder, 17. Of damage, 18. 
The blasphemer is stoned, 23. 

A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 



blSam.3.3 
c Zech. 4. 
6, 11, 12. 
<1 Heb. 9. 3. 
e Ex. 27. 21. 
fltev. 4. 5. 
g Ex. 25. 31. 
ih Ex.25. 30. 
Acts 26. 7. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
Gal. 6. 16. 
i Ex.25. 24. 
k Gen. 9. 14. 
15, 16. 
chap. 2. 2. 
1 Song 3. 6. 
m 1 Cliion. 
23. 28. 
iiNoh.10.32. 
och. 3. 17. 
p Ex. 29.33. 
o. Isa. 36. 6. 
r Eph. 5. 12. 
s Ex. 18. 22. 
o Heb. tocz- 
pound unto 
them ac- 
cording to 
the mouth 
of the 
Lord. 

t Num. 5.2, 
3. 

u Deut. 13. 
9. St. 17. 7. 
x ch. 5. 1. 
y Ex. 3. C. 
Num. 15.30. 
& 20. 12. 
b Heb. stnit- 
eth tkc life 
of a man. 
r. Exod. 21. 
18, 19,81, 
Num. 35.31 
Matt. 7. 2. 
n Matt 0. 
38, 39. 
bin. 17. 7. 
"<>r, I'll. 
Gnl. 4. 25. 
Ucv. 14. 1. 
a [ia. 8, a 



a 2 Command the children of Israel, that they a bring noL'a b. 



21 



The law of blasphemy, tyc 

unto thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause b the 
lamps to burn c continually. 

' Without the vail of the e testimony, in the tabernacle 
of the congregation, shall f Aaron order it from the even 
ing unto the morning before the Lord continually : it shall 
be a statute for ever in your generations. 

4 He shall order the lamps upon the g pure candlestick 
before the Lord continually. 

L 5 TJ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake h twelve 
cakes thereof : two tenth-deals shall be in one cake. 

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row 
upon the ' pure table before the Lord. 

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, 
that it may be on the bread for k a memorial, even an of- 
fering ' made by fire unto the Lord. 

£8 m Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the 
Lord continually, being taken u from the children of Israel 
by an ° everlasting covenant. 

9 And it shall be p Aaron's and his sons' ; and they shall 
eat it in tbt joly place : for it is most holy unto him of 
the offering, of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual 
statute. 

/ 10 If And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father 
was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel ; 
and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel 
strove together in the camp ; 

1 1 And the Israelitish woman's son q blasphemed the 
name r of the LORD, and cursed : and they s brought him 
unto Moses : (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the 
daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan :) 

12 And they put him in ward, "that the mind of the Lord 
might be shewed them. 

13 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

£14 Bring forth him that hath cursed * without the camp; 
and let all that heard him u lay their hands upon his head, 
and let all the congregation stone him. 

15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, Whosoever curseth his God shall x bear his sin. 
/> 16 And he that blasphemcth the y name of the Lord, 
he shall surely be put to death, and nil the congregation 
shall certainly stone him : as well the stranger, as he that 
is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the 
LORD, shall be put to death. 

d 17 if And he that fr killcth any man shall surely be put 
to death. 

18 H And he that killcth a beast shall make it good ; 
beast for beast. 

L 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as 
he hath done, z so shall it be done unto him : 

20 a Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth : 
as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done 
to him again. 

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it : and 
he that killcth a man, he shall be put to death. 

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the 
stranger, as for one of your own country : for I am the 
Lord your Gotl. 

/ 23 % And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, lhat 
they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the 
camp, and b stone him with stones : and the children of 
Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAPTER XXV. 
The sabbath of the seventh year, 1. Tlie jubilee in the Jiftidh year, 8„ 
Of oppression, 14. A blessing of obciluncr, is. The redemption of 
land, 23, of houses, 29. Compassion of the pour, Zr>. The usage of 
bond-men, 39. The redemption of servants, 17. 

ANDtheLoRDspakeunto Moses "in mount Sinai, saying, 
/ 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, When ye come into a the land which I give you, 
then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. 

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The redemption of land, 

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou 
shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 

4 But in the seventh year shall be a b sabbath of rest 
unto the c land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither 
sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 

5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest, 
thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine 
undressed : for it is a year of rest unto the land. 

d 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you ; 
for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for 
thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth 
with thee, 

. 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy 
land,_ shall all the increase thereof 1 be meat. 

8 *|f And thou shalt number e seven sabbaths of years 
unto thee, seven times seven years ; and the space of the 
seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee ' forty and 
nine years. 

^9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee g to 
sound, on the h tenth day of the seventh month, in the day 
of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound through 
out all your land. 

10 And ye shall ! hallow the fiftieth year, and k pro 
claim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inha 
bitants thereof : it shall be l a jubilee unto you ; and ye 
shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall 
return every man m unto his family. 
•^11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye 
shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in 
it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 

12 For it is the jubilee ; it shall be n holy unto you : ye 
shall eat the increase thereof ° out of the field. 

13 In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man 
unto his possession. 

£ 14 ^[ And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, oi 
buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not p op- 
press one another : 

15 q According to the number of years after the jubilee, 
thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the 
number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee : 

16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt in 
crease the price thereof, and according to the fewness of 
years thou shalt diminish the price of it : for according 
to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto 
thee. 

v 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another ; but 
shalt r fear thy God : for I am the Lord your God 

<* 18 T Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my 
judgments, and do them ; and ye shall dwell in the land 
" in safety. 

19 And the land shall ' yield her fruit, and ye shall u eat 
your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 

20 And if ye shall say, x What shall we eat the seventh 
year 1 behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase : 

* 21 Then I will ? command my blessing upon you in the 
sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years 

22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and z eat yet of 
old fruit until the ninth year ; until her fruits come in ye 
shall eat of the old store. 

£ 23 f The land shall not be sold for ever ; for the land 
* is mine, for ye are strangers and b sojourners with me. 
24 And iu all the land of your possession ye shall grant 
3 a redemption for the land. 

d 25 "| If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away 
some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to re- 

^A 1 a' th ^ U sha11 he redeem tnat which e his brother sold. 

26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and f him- 
selt be able to redeem it ; 

27 Then ret him count the vears of the sale thereof, 



LEVITICUS. houses, and of servants, 

and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold 



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b Ex. 16. 23. 
Matt.ll.28. 
cPa. 24. 1. 
d Acts2.44. 
Eph. 3. 6, 9. 
Tit. 2. 4. 
Heb. 4. 9. 
e ch. 23. 15. 
fDeut.2.14. 
Josh. 14. 1, 
2, 7. 

g Luke 4. 
18, 19. 
hch.23. 27. 
Ezek. 40. I. 
i ch. 8. 10. 
k Isa. 61. 2. 
& 63. 4. 
Jor. 34. 8, 9. 
John 8. 34, 
36. 

Col. 2. 14, 
16, 17. 
1 I.uke 4. 18, 
22. 

mEph.3.15 
n Luke 4. 
18. 

Matt.6.31. 
p ch. 19. 33. 
q verse 16. 
r Prov. 16. 6 
s ch. 26. 5. 
tch.26.3,4. 
Ps. 67. 2, 7. 
& 85. 11, 12 
13. 

u ch. 26. 5. 
x Matt. 6. 
25,26,33. 
y Dt. 28. 8. 
Ps. 33. 3. & 
147. 15. 
zlCor.9. 8, 
9,10. 

1 Tim. 4. 8 
a Ex. 19. 5. 
Ps. 24. 1. 
Zech. 2. 12. 
John 10.28, 
29. 

Rom. 8. 38, 

39. 

b Ps. 39. 12. 

Heb. 11. 13 

14. 

c 2 Cor. 2. 

7,8. 

1 John 1. 9. 

il Ruth 3.9. 

Rom. 11. 26. 

1 Thess. 1. 

10. 

Heb. 2. 14. 

e Gal. 6. 1. 

fch.5. 7. 



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g Eph. 1. 10, 

11, 18. 

Col. 1. 12. 

13. & 3. 24. 

h Acts 4.36, 

37. 

1 Pet. 1. 4. 

i Deut. 15. 

7.8. 

1'Thess. 5. 

14. 

James 5. 16. 

20. 

k Ex.22. 25. 

1 Ezek.18.8. 
Gal. 2.14,21. 
m eh. 17. 7. 
n Ex.22. 25. 

2 Kgs. 4. 1. 
Jer. 34. 14. 

Ex. 1. 14. 

1 Kgs. 9. 22. 
Jer. 25. 14. 
& 30. 8. 

p John 8. 32. 
Rom. 6. 14. 
n Ex. 21. 3. 

2 Kgs. 4.1. 
JIatt. 18.25. 
r verse 55. 

1 Cor. 7. 23. 
Rom. 6. 22. 
s Ex. 1. 13. 
t Dt.25. 18. 
Mai. 3. 5. 
Rom. 3. 18. 
uGen.17. 7. 
Ps. 2.8,9. 
Isa. 56. 3. 
Rcv.2.26,27. 
x Gen. 21. 4. 
ylsa. 14.2. 
z verses 26, 
49. 

6 Or, stump. 
a Neh. 5. 8. 



it ; that he may return unto his possession. 
L 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that 
which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath 
bought it until the year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it 
shall go out, and he shall return unto his g possession. 
L 29 *\] And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled 
city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is 
sold : within a full year may he redeem it. 

30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full 
year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be es- 
tablished for ever to him that bought it, throughout his 
generations : it shall not go out in the jubilee. 
L 31 But the houses of the villages which have no walls round 
about them, shall be counted as the fields of the country: 
they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. 

32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the 
houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites 
redeem at any time. 

l 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house 
that was sold, and the city of his possession shall go out 
in the year o/jubilee ; for the houses of the cities of the 
Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 

34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may h not 
be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. 
d 35 % And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in de- 
cay with thee ; then thou shalt " relieve him : yea, though 
he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee. 

36 Take thou no k usury of him, or ' increase ; but fear 
thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. 

37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor 
lend him thy victuals for increase. 

38 I am the Lord m your God, which brought you forth 
out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, 
and to be your God. 

d 39 % And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen 
poor, and a be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not ° compel him 
to serve as a bond-servant : 

40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner he shall 
be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee : 

41 And then shall he p depart from thee, both he and his 
q children with him, and shall return unto his own family, 
and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 

42 For they are r my servants which I brought forth ouf 
of the land of Egypt ; they shall not be sold as bond-men. 

d 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with s rigour, but shah 
1 fear thy God. 

44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which thou 
shalt have, shall be of the u heathen that are round about 
you ; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. 

45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do 
sojourn among you, of them shall ye x buy, and of then- 
families that are with you, which they begat in your land : 
and they shall be your possession. 

46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your 
children after you, to inherit them for a possession, y they 
shall be your bond-men for ever : but over your brethren 
the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another 
with rigour. 

l 47 % And if a sojourner or a stranger wax z rich by 
thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, 
and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, 
or to the b stock of the stranger's family : 

48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again ; 
one of his brethren may redeem him : 

49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son may redeem him, 
or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may a re- 
deem him ; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 
£50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him, 

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TISt 

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Blessings promised to the obedient. 

from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of] *■$, 
jubilee : and the price of his sale shall be according unto 
the number of years, according to the c time of a hired 
servant shall it be with him. 

51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto 
them he shall give again the price of his redemption out 
of the money that he was bought for. 

52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of 
jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto 
his years shall he give him again the price of Ins redemption. 

53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him : 
and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 
L 54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he 

shall go out in the year b of jubilee, both he, and his chil- 
dren with him. 

55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants, they 
are my servants whom c I brought forth out of the land of 
Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 



B.Christ 
1491. 



k Jer. 2. 30. 
1 Ezek.7.24. 
mJcr. 14. 1, 



Of idolatry, 1. Religiousness, 2. A blessing to them that keep the com- 
mandments, 3. A curse to those that break them, 14. God promisetli 
to remember them that repent, 40. 

YE shall make you no idols nor graven a image, nei- 
ther rear you up a b standing image, neither shall ye 
set up any c image of stone in your land, to bow down 
unto it : for I am the Lord your God. 
d 2 ^f Ye shall keep d my sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

3 ^[ If ye e walk in my statutes and keep my command- 
ments, and do them ; 

h 4 Then I will give you f rain e in due season, and the 
land shall yield h her increase, and the trees of the field 
shall yield their fruit : 

5 And your threshing shall reach unto the ! vintage, and 
the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time ; and ye shall 
oat your bread to the k full, and dwell in your land 'safely. 

6 And I will give m peace in the land, and ye shall lie 
down, and none shall make n you afraid : and I will rid 

evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go 
through your land. 

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall 
p before you by the sword. 

8 And ■> five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hun- 
dred of you shall put ten thousand to flight : and your 
enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 

9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you r fruit- 
ful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 

10 And ye shall eat ' old store, and bring forth the old 
because of the new. 

1 1 And I will ' set my tabernacle among you : and my 
soul shall not abhor you. 

* 12 And I will "walk among you, and will be * your God, 
and ye shall be my people. 

13 lam the Lord your God, which brought you forth 
out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their ''bond- 
men, and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made 
you go upright. 

14 ^\ But if ye will * not hearken unto me, and will not 
do all these commandments ; 

w 15 And if ye shall a despise my statutes, or if your soul 1^.7. i.°" 
abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my com-l kJo 



Plagues threatened for disooedienaz. 

18 And if ye will not yet k for all this hearken unto me, 

then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 

» 19 And I will break the 'pride of your power ; and I 

will make your heaven as m iron, and your earth as brass : 

20 And your strength shall be spent n in vain : for your 
land shall not yield her ° increase, neither shall the trees 
of the land yield their fruits. 

21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will p not 
hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues 
upon you according to your sins. 

22 I will also send * wild beasts among you, which 
shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle. 
and make you few in number, and your high-ways shall 
be r desolate. 

* 2S And if ye will not be reformed ' by me by these 
things, but will walk contrary unto me ; 

24 Then will I also ' walk contrary unto you, and will 
punish you yet seven times for your sins. 

25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge 
the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are gathered 
together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among 
you : and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 

26 Jlnd when I have broken the " staff of your bread, 
ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they 
shall deliver you your bread again by x weight : and ye 
shall eat and y not be satisfied. 

w 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but 
walk contrary unto me ; 

28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and 
I, z even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 

f 29 And ye shall eat the a flesh of your sons, and the 
flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down 
your images, and b cast ybur carcasses upon the carcasses 
of your idols, and c my soul shall abhor you. 

31 And I will make your d cities waste, and bring your 
sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour 
of your sweet odours. 

32 And I will bring the land into e desolation: and your 
aPs. 127.1. enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 

f 33 And I will f scatter you among the heathen, and 
will draw r out a sword after you : and your land shall be 
desolate, and your cities waste. 

34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as 
it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even 
then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 



c Heb. days 
of a hired 
servant, 
Job 7. 1, 2. 
Isa. 16. 14. 
& 21. 16. 
b John 8.34, 
36. 

Rom. 6. 11, 
12. 

Heb.2.14,15. 
c Ex. 20. 2. 
& 13. 3. 
Isa. 43.3. 
a Ex. 20. 4. 
b Deut. 16. 
22. 

clsa.2. 16. 
dch. 19.3. 
e Luke 1. 6. 
f Dt. 11. 14. 
g Dt. 28. 12. 
h Ps. 07. 6. 
i Amos 9. 13. 
k Joel 2.26. 

1 ch. 25. 18. 
mPs. 120.7. 
n Jer. 30. 10. 

02 Kings 
17.25. 
p Num.14.3. 

Dt. 32.30. 

>sh.?3. 10. 
rExod. 1.7. 
Neh. 9. 23. 
s ch. 25. 22. 
t Rev. 21. 3. 
u Rev. 2. 1. 
x Gen. 17. 7. 
y John 8. 
34, 36. 
z Dcut. 28. 
15. 

a 2 Kings 
17. 15. 
b Ps. 78. 33. 
Jer. 15. 8. 
c Deut. 28. 
22. 

Luke 4. 38. 
John 4. 38. 
11 Sam. 2. 
33. 

e Jer. 31. 25. 
f Jer. 5. 17. 
_Juclg.2.14. 
h Ps. 106.14. 

Ps. 53. 5. 



p Jer. 5. 3. 

q 2 Kings 

17.25. 

r Lam. 1. 4. 

Micali3.11, 

12. 

s Amos 4.8. 

9. 

t Ps. 18. 26. 

u Ps.104.15. 

Isa. 3. I. 

x Ezek. 4. 

16, 17. 

Rev. 6. 5,0. 

y Micah 6. 

14. 

7. Isn.43.11. 

a 2 Kings 

6.29. 

Lam. 4. 10. 

Ezek. 5. 10. 

I> 2 Kings 

23. 50. 

Ps. 79. 1, 2. 

c-Jor.14.I9. 

.1 Neh.1.1,3. 

e Jer. 322R 

fPs. 44.11. 

Zech. 7. 14. 

gcJi.25.4. 

U Jer. 53. 10. 

Horn 



mandments, but that ye break my covenant : 
« 16 I also will do this unto you, I will even appoint over 
you b terror, consumption,, and tUe c burning„ague, that shall 
1 consume the eyes, and c cause sorrow of heart : and ye 
•diall sow- vour seed in vain ; for your f enemies shall eat it 



UProv. 28.1. 
inlsu.27.13. 
J or. 50. 6. 
nEzok.24. 
S3.te.33. 10. 
o Ex. 20. 5. 
P Neh. 1. I, 
5,0. 

17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be U '«• *>■ & 
£ slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall ''reign rlcw" 
over you, and ye shall flee when ' none pursueth you. ■'';. m 



35 As long as it lieth desolate it s shall rest ; because it 
did h not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 

36 And upon them that are left alive of you, I will send 
1 a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies , 
and the sound of a k shaken leaf shall chase them ; and 
they shall flee, ' as fleeing from a sword ; and they shall 
fall, when none pursueth. 

37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were 
before a sword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have 
no power to stand before your enemies. 

38 And ye shall m perish among the heathen, and the 
land of your enemies shall eat you up. 

39 And they that are left of you shall "pine away in 
their iniquity m your enemies' lands ; and also in the in- 
iquities of their "fathers shall they pine away with them. 

40 *|[ If they .-hall ''confess their iniquity, and the iniquity 
of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed 
against me, and that also they have walked contrary 
unto me ; 

41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, 
and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; it 
then their q uncircumcised hearts be ' humbled, and they 
then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 

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Of vows ana 
b 42 Then will I 



NUMBERS. 

remember my covenant * with Jacob, and 



also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with 
Abraham will 1 remember; and I will remember "the land. 
43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy 
her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them : and 
they shall accept of the punishment Of their iniquity ; * be- 
cause, even because they despised my judgments, and 
because their soul abhorred my statutes. 
* 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the y land of 
their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I 
abhor them, to z destroy them utterly, and to break my 
covenant with them : for I am the Lord a their God. 

45 But I will b for their sakes remember the covenant 
of their c ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land 
of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their 
God : I am the Lord. 

46 These are the statutes, and judgments, and laws, 
which the Lord made between him and the children of 
Israel in d mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
He that maketh a singular voiv must be the Lord's, 2. The estimation of 
the person, 3. Of a beast given by vow, 9. Of a- house, 14. - Of a 
field, and the redemption thereof, 16. JVb devoted thing may be redeem 
ed, 28. The tithe may not be changed, 32. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, When a man shall make a singular a vow, the b per- 
sons shall be for ■ the Lord, by thy estimation. 
£ 3 °i\ And thy estimation shall be, of the male from 
twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy es- 
timation shall be d fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel 
of the e sanctuary. 

4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be 
f thirty shekels. ♦ 

l 5 And if it be from s five years old even unto twenty 
years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty 
shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 

6 And if it be from h a month old even unto five years 
old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels 
of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three 
shekels of silver. 

7 And if it be from sixty years old and above ; if it be 
a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and 
for the female ten shekels. 

L 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall pre 
sent himself before thepriest,and the priest shall valuehim 
accordin g to his [ ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 

^9 f And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering 
unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the 
Lord shall be holy. 

10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad 
or a bad for a good : and if he shall at all change beast 
for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy 

1 1 And if it be any k unclean beast, of which they do 
not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall present 
the beast before the priest : 

12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or 
bad : as thou valuest it ivho art the priest, so shall it be 

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add ' 
fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 

■& 14 ^[ And when a man shall '" sanctify his house to be 
holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, 



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their redemption, 
shall estimate 



3 Ex. 6.5, 6. 

Deut. 4.31. 

t Dan. 9. 20. 

Luke 1. 69. 

Gal. 3. 8, 29. 

uPs.58.1,2. 

Ezek. 36.33. 

x Ezek. 13. 

10. 

yRom.5.10. 

z Kom. 11. 

2G. , 

a Ps. 33. 12. 

b Ps. 79. 8. 

c Gal. 3.24. 

d ch. 25. 1. 

a Num. 21. 

2,3. 

!> Num. 6. 3. 

c Diut. 23. 

21. 

.1 Deut. 29. 

29. 

e Ex. 30. 13. 

t'Ex. 21.32. 

Zcch.ll.ia 

Matt. 27. 9. 

5 Num. 38. 
16. & 3. 40. 
h Ps. 90. 10. 

1 John 2.13. 
i chap. 5. 7. 

6 14. 21. 
Eccles. 5. 
2,4. 
Mark 14. 8. 

2 Cor. 8. 12. 
k Dt.23. 18. 
1 ch. 5. 16. 
& 6. 4, 5. & 
22. 1 1. 
m Gen. 2. 3. 



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n Acts 5. 4. 
Kom. 14. 6, 
a That is, a 
measure 
containing 
ten ephahs, 
or, bushels, 
1 Kgs.4.22: 
Isa. 5. 10. 
Ezek. 45. 14. 
Hosea 3. 2. 

ch. 25. 10. 
p ch. 25. 10. 
Luke 4. 18. 
n verses 28, 
29. 

b Heb. a 
field of 
devotion, 
verses 28,. 
29. 

Num. 18. 14 
& 21. 2. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
& 20. 17. 
r verses 12, 
25. 

sEph.2.13 
c That is, 
about Uco 
pence three 
farthings, 
Num. 3. 41. 
& 18. 16. 
<ZHeb. 
first-born, 
Ex. 13. 2. 
& 22. 29. 
t Jer.31.27. 
u Num.18.8. 
x chap. 2. 3~ 
y Num. 21. 
2,3. 

Deut. 25. 19. 
Josh. 6. 17. 

1 Sam. 15.3 
z Ps. 15. 4. 
e That is, 
the four 
sorts. 
a Deut. 12. 
5,6. 

b Deut. 24. 
13. 

cJer.33.13. 
il Heb.7.4.7. 
e ch. 25. 1. 



whether it be good or bad : as the priest 
it, so shall it stand. 

15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, 
then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy esti- 
mation unto it, and it shall be his. 

16 f And if a man shall sanctify "unto the Lord some 
part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall 
be according to the seed thereof: a "homer of barley- 
seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 

l 17 If he sanctify his field from ° the year of jubilee, ac- 
cording to thy estimation shall it stand. 

18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the 
priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the 
years that remain, even unto the year of the p jubilee, and 
it shall be abated from thy estimation. 

19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise 
redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money 
of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 

^ 20 And if he will not redeem-the field, or if he have sold 
the field to another man,itshall not be redeemed any more. 

21 But the q field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall 
be holy unto the Lord, as 'a field devoted : the possession 
thereof shall be the priest's. 

22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he 
hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession ; 

23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of r thy 
estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee : and he shall give 
thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 

24 In the year of the jubilee the field s shall return 
unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom 
the possession of the land did belong. 

25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel 
of the sanctuary : twenty c gerahs shall be the shekel. 

l 26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the 
Lord's " firstling, no man shall sanctify it ; whether it be 
ox, or sheep : l it is the Lord's. 

27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall re- 
deem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth 
part of it thereto : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall 
be sold according to thy estimation. 

l 28 *|[ Notwithstanding, no u devoted thing that a man 
shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of 
man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be 
sold or redeemed : every devoted thing is * most holy 
unto the Lord. 

29 y None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall 
be z redeemed : but shall surely be put to death. 

d 30 And all ' the tithe of the land, whether of the seed 
of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's : it is 
a holy unto the Lord. 

31 And if a man will b at all redeem avght of his tithes 
he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 

32 *|[ And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the 
flock, even of whatsoever c passeth under the rod, the 
d tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 

33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, nei- 
ther shall he change it : and if he change it at all, then 
both it and the change thereof shall be holy ; it shall not 
be redeemed. 

34 These are the commandments which the Lord com- 
manded Moses for* the children of Israel in e mount Sinai. 



it the; fourth book of mo 

CHAPTER I. 



God commanddh Moses to number the people, 1. TJie princes of the 
tribes, 5. The number of every tribe, 17. The Levites are exempted 
for the service of the Lord, 47. 

g& ND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness 
J&_ of a Sinai, in the b tabernacle of the congregation, 
on the first day of the c second month, in the second year 



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a Ex. 19. 1. 
b Ex. 25.22. 
clKgs.6. 1. 
d Ex. 16. I. 
eEx.30. 11, 
12. 

f Gen. 49. 1. 
s oh. 26. 5. 
hDt.24.5i 



d after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying. 

2 Take ye the c sum of all the congregation of the 
f children of Israel, after their s families, by the house of 
their fathers, with the number of their names, every male 
by their polls : 

3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are h able 

84 



12 
13 
14 
15 

16 



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a Heb. 

muster, 
2 Cor. 6. 7. 
lTim.6.12. 
ft That is, 
A cutler 
down, 
Judg. 6. 11. 
i el). 2. 14. 
k ch. 2. 29. 
1 Ex. 5. 14. 
chap. 16. 2. 
&29. 6. 
mch.11.17. 
n Job 12. 23. 

Ex. 18. 21. 
Judg. 6. 15. 
Ps. 33. 16, 
17. & 44. 3. 
Micah 5. 2. 
Matt. 2. 6. 
p 2 Sam. 24. 
10. 

q Ex. 1. 1. 2, 
3. 

Prov.21.30. 
Rev. 12. 5. 
r Ps. 144. 1. 

1 Cor.16.13. 

2 Cor. 3. 5. 
Ephes.6.12. 

3 Gen. 49. 
3, 4, 5. 

t ch. 2. 10, 
14. 

u Neh. 7. 6, 
45. 

Ezek. 1. 1. 
xGen.29.35. 
c The 
greatest 
number, 
Gen. 49. 8. 
ch. 2. 3. & 
10. 13, 14. 
1 Chr. 5. 2. 
lea. 53. 8. 
Heb. 7. 14. 
Rev. 5. 5. 
y Gen. 49. 
14. 

zGen.46.13. 
aGen.46.14. 



The number of every tribe. NUMBERS. 

to go forth to war in Israel ; thou and Aaron shall a num- 
ber them by their armies. 

4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; 
every one head of the house of his fathers. 
/5 f And these are the names of the men that shall 
stand with you : Of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizur the son 
of Shedeur. 

6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 

7 Of Judah ; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 

8 Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 

9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son of Helon. 

10 Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; Elishama 
the son of Ammihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son 
of Pedahzur. 

11 Of Benjamin ; Abidan the son of b Gideoni. 
Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 
Of Asher ; Pagiel the son Ocran. 
Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of * Deuel. 
Of k Naphtali ; Ahira the son of Enan. 
These were the l - renowned of the congregation, 

01 princes of the tribes of their fathers, n heads of ° thou- 
sands in Israel. 

/ 17 % And Moses and Aaron took these men which are 
expressed by their names : 

18 And they assembled all the congregation together 
on the first day of the second month, and they declared 
their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 

19 p As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered 
them in the wilderness of Sinai. 

/ 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by 
their generations, after their families, by the house of then- 
fathers, according to the number of the names, by their 
polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all 
that were able to go forth to war ; 

21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 
/ 22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, those 
that were numbered of them, according to the number of 
the names, by their polls, every q male from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were r able to go forth to war ; 

23 Those that were numberea of them, even of the tribe 
of 9 Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 
/ 24 Of the children of ' Gad, by their generations, after 
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to 
the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war; 

25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the 
tribe of Gad, were forty and "five thousand six hundred 
and fifty. 

/ 26 Of the children of f Judah, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 

27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the 
tribe of Judah, were "threescore and fourteen thousand 
and six hundred. 

/28 Of the children of y Issachar, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Issachar, were 'fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 
/ 30 Of the children of a Zebulun, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward 

22 



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b ch. 2. 8. 
c Gon.49.22. 
i Chron. 5. 
1,2. 

dGen.48.20. 
oh. 26. 37. 
Deut.33. 17. 
eGen.48.1* 
fGcn.48.I9. 
ch. 26. 34. 
Job 12. 23. 
gGcn.46.21. 
Philip. 3. 5. 
hGen.46.21. 
Judg. 20. 35. 
&21.3. 
Pa. 68. 28. 
&90.3. 
i Gen. 46.23. 
k Gen. 46. 
23.&49. 16. 
ch. 2. 26. & 
10. 25. & 
26. 42. 
1 Sam. 2. 7. 
Ps. 77. 7. 
1 Gen.46.17. 
& 49. 20. 
m Gen. 46. 
17. 

n Gen. 30. 8. 
& 46. 24. 
och. 13.2. 
p Gen. 46. 
27. 

Dent. 10.22. 
ch. 23. 10. 
Isa. 49. 2). 
I Id). 11. 11, 
12. 

q Ex. 38. 36. 
cli.'ip. .'(. 15. 
r Ex. 31.18. 

6. 38. 21. 
& 25. 2. 
Hob. 9. 4. 
s ch. 4. 25. 
& 3. 7, 8. 

I Bam. 6. 3. 

tch. 10.21. 

a oh. 16. 40. 

x 3 6am. 6. 

6,7. 

y ch. 2. 2. 

7. 2 ChV. 13. 

10. 



The Levites are exempted. 

3 1 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Zebulun, were b fifty and seven thousand and four hundred 
/ 32 Of the c children of Joseph, namely, of the children of 
Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the 
house of their fathers, according to the number of the 
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were 
able to go forth to war ; 

33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Ephraim, were d forty thousand and five hundred. 
/ 34 Of the children of e Manasseh, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the- 
tribe of Manasseh, were f thirty and two thousand and two 
hundred. 

/ 36 Of the children of s Benjamin, by their generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Benjamin, were h thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 
/ 38 Of the children of * Dan, by their generations, after 
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to 
the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Dan, were k threescore and two thousand and seven 
hundred. 

/ 40 Of the children of ' Asher, by their generations, after 
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to 
the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Asher, were m forty and one thousand and five hundred. 
/ 42 Of the children of n Naphtali, throughout their ge- 
nerations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 
according to the number of the names, from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 
of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 
/ 44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses 
and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being 

twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers. 

45 So were all those that were numbered of the chil- 
dren of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty 
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war 
in Israel ; 

46 Even all they that were numbered, were p six hundred 
thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 
/ 47 % But the q Levites, after the tribe of their fathers, 
were not numbered among them. 

48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, 

49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither 
take the sum of them among the children of Israel : 

1 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the r taber- 
nacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and 
over all things that belong to it : they shall s bear the ta- 
bernacle, and all the vessels thereof, and they shall minis- 
ter unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 

51 And when the tabernacle ' setteth forward, the Le- 
vites shall take it down ; and when the tabernacle is to 
be pitched, the Levites shall set it up : and the ° stranger 
that cometh nigh shall be * put to death. 

52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents' 
every man by his own camp, and every man by his own 
y standard, throughout their hosts. 

53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the taber- 
nacle of testimonv ; that there be z no wrath upon the 

8? 



The order of the tribes in their tents. 
congregation of the children of Israel : and the Levites 
shall keep the a charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 
d 54 And the children of Israel did according to b all that 
the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 
CHAPTER II. 

The order of the tribes in their tents. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 
2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by 
his a own ° standard, with the b ensign of their father's 
house : c far off d about the tabernacle of the congregation 
shall they pitch. 

/ 3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun 
shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch 
throughout their armies : and Nahshon the son of Ammi- 
nadab shall be e captain of the children of f Judah. 

4 And his host, and those that were numbered of 
them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six 
hundred. 

5 And those that do pitch next unto him, shall be the 
tribe of Issachar : and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall 
be captain of the children of Issachar. 
/ 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof 
were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Eliab the son of He- 
Ion shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. 
/ 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, 
were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 
/ 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were a 
hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thou- 
sand and four hundred throughout their armies : these 
shall g first set forth. 

10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp 
of h Reuben according to their armies : and the captain of 
the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 
/ 11 And his host, and those that were numbered there- 
of, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 

12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of 
Simeon : and the captain of the children of Simeon shall 
be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 
/ 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons 
of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 
/ 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 
/ 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were 
a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four 
hundred and fifty, throughout their armies : and they shall 
set forth in i the second rank, 

£ 17 Then the k tabernacle of the congregation shall set 
forward with the camp of the Levites, in the midst of the 
camp : as they ' encamp, so shall they set forward, every 
man m in his place by their standards. 

18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp 
of n Ephraim, according to their armies : and the captain of 
the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 
/ 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were forty thousand and five hundred. 

20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh : and the 
captain of the children of ° Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the 
son of Pedahzur. ' 

/ 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 

22 Then the tribe of r Benjamin : and the captain of the 
sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of i Gideoni. 
/ 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 
/ 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were 
*a hundred thousand and ei^ht thousand and a hundred, 



NUMBERS. 



a ch. 3. 7, 8. 
b Matt. 98. 
20. 

a 1 Cor. 14. 
40. & 15. 93. 
Phil. 1.27. 
a Or, ban- 
ner, 

Song 6. 4. 
Jer. 50. 2. 
&51.27. 
b Ex. 28. 9. 
Isa. 11. 10. 
c Josh. 3. 4. 
(1 Jer. 50. 29. 
Rev. 4. 9, 4. 
ech. 1. 16. 
& 11.17. 
f ch. 1. 27. 
Gen. 49. 8. 
ch. 10. 14. 
gCen. 10.14. 
1 John 2. 6. 
Heb. 12.1,2. 
ICor. 11. 1. 
h Gen. 49.3. 
i ch. 10. 18. 
k ch. 10. 17, 
21. 

Ps. 46. 6. 
Song 3. 7 8. 
1 ch. 2. 38. 
& 10. 14. 
m 1 Cor. 14. 
40. 

1 Kgs. 10. 5, 
Ps. 50. 23. 
&112.5. 
& 122. 3. 
Colos. 2. 5. 
Gal. 6. 16. 
n Gen. 48. 
14, 20. 
Pa. 80. 2. 
o Jmlg.6.15. 
p 1 Sam. 9. 
1,2. 

Philip. 3.5. 
qch. 1. 11. 
b The. least 
number and 
eighty 
thousand 
fewer than 
Judah, 
verse 9. 



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rGen. 30. 6. 
& 49. 16. 
sEccl.4.10. 
Rom. 16. 1. 
Phil. 1.27. 
t verses 1, 2. 
chap. 1. 13. 
verse 29. 
u Matt. 10. 
2 3 4. 
Mark'o. 7. 
Acts 1. 26. 
1 Tim. 1.18. 
xGen.46.96. 
chap. 1. 46. 
Ex. 1. 12. & 
12. 37. 
y Ex. 39.42. 
Ps. 119. 6. 
Luke 1. 6. 
z Col. 2. 5, 6. 
ch. 23. 9,10, 
21. & 24. 5, 
6. 

a ch. 27. S. 
b Ex. 6. 23. 
c Ex. 28.41. 
Levit.7. 37. 
Hob. 8. 3. &. 
9.11. 

John 3. 35. 
(1 Lev. 10. 
1,2. 

eGen.11.28. 
1 Chr. 24. 
3,4. 

f Lev. 8.30, 
35. 

chap. 9. 19. 
g Ex. 19. 22. 
chap. 1. 53. 
hch. 8. 11. 
i ch. 18. 6. 
Eph. 4. 8. 
k ch. 18. 6. 
1 ch. 18. 7. 
m ch.16.40. 
Lev. 22. 10. 
Heb. 5. 4. 
n ch. 1. 53. 
o Ex. 24. 5. 
p Ex. 13. 2. 
& 34. 19. 
ch. 18. 15. 



Service of the Levites. 
and they shall go forward in the 



But the Levites were not numbered among the chil- 



throughout their armies 
third rank. 

25 The standard of the camp of r Dan shall be on the 
north side by their armies : and the captain of the children 
of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 
/ 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 

27 And those that encamp s by him shall be the tribe of 
' Asher : and the captain of the children of Asher shall be 
Pagiel the son of Ocran. 

/ 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, 
were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali : and the captain of the 
children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 
/ 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them. 
were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 
/ 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan 
were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and 
six hundred : they shall go hindmost with their standards. 
/ 32 u These are those which were numbered of the chil- 
dren of Israel by- the house of their fathers. All those 
that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts, 
were* six hundred thousand and three thousand and five 
hundred and fifty. 

33 " 
dren of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
c 34 And the children of Israel y did according to all that 
the Lord commanded Moses : so they z pitched by their 
standards, and so they set forward, every one after their 
families, according to the house of their fathers. 

CHAPTER III. h : 

The sons of Aaron, 1. The Levites are given to the priests for the ser- 
vice of the tabernacle, 5, instead of the first-born, 11. The Levites are 
numbered by their families, 14. The families, number, and charge of 
the Gershonites, 21, of the Kohathites, 27 ', of the Merarites, 33. The 
place and charge of Moses and Aaron, 38. Thefirst-born are freed by 
the Levites, 40. The overplus are redeemed, 44. 

HESE also are the a generations of Aaron and Moses, 
in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount 
Sinai. 

2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron ; Na^ 
dab the b first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests 
which were anointed, whom he c consecrated to minister 
in the priest's office. 

/ 4 And Nadab and Abihu d died before the Lord, when 
they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilder- 
ness of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and 
Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the e sight of 
Aaron their father. 

5 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before 
Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 

7 And they shall keep his f charge, and the charge of 
the e whole congregation before the tabernacle of the 
congregation, to h do the service of the tabernacle. 

.8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children 
of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 

9 And thou shalt £ give the Levites unto Aaron and to 
his sons: they are wholly given * unto him out of the 
children of Israel. 

V 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they 
shall wait on their ' priest's office : and the m stranger that 
cometh nigh shall be put n to death. 

1 1 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among 
the children of Israel, instead of all the ° first-born that 
p openeth the matrix among the children of Israel : there- 
fore the Levites shall be mine ; 

86 



Their number and charge. 

l 13 Because all the first-born are mine ; for on the day 
that q I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I hal 
lowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and 
beast : mine they shall be : I am the Lord. 

14 ^J And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness 
of Sinai, saying, 

15 Number the children of r Levi after the house of 
their fathers, by their families : every male from a month 
old and upward shalt thou s number them. 

/ 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word 
of the Lord, as he was commanded. 

17 And these were the ' sons of Levi, by their names ; 
Gershon, and u Kohath, and Merari. 

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by 
their families ; x Libni, and Shimei. 

19 And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram, 
and Izehar, y Hebron, and Uzziel^ 

20 And the sons of Merari by their families ; Mahli, and 
Mushi : these are the families of the Levites, according to 
the house of their fathers. 
f 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the 
family of the Shimites : these are the families of the Ger 
shonites. 

22 Those that were numbered of them, according to 
the number of all the males, from a month old and up 
ward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven 
thousand and five hundred. 
L 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind 
the tabernacle " westward. v 

24 And the chief of the z house of the father of the Ger 
shonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 

25 And a the charge of the sons of Gershon in the b ta 
bernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and 
the c tent, d the covering thereof, and the e hanging for the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 

26 And the f hangings of the court, and the curtain for 
the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and 
by the altar round about,, and the cords of it, for all the 
service thereof. 

/ 27 % And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, 
and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the 
Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : these are 
the families of the Kohathites. 

28 In the number of all the males from a month old 
and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping 
the charge of the g sanctuary. 

l 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the 
side of the tabernacle h southward. 

30 And the chief of the house of the father of the fami- 
lies of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 

31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and 
the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the 
sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and 
all the service thereof. 

32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be 
chief over the chief of the ; Levites, and have the '' over- 
sight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 
/ 33 ^ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the 
family of the MushiLes : these are the families of Merari. 

34 And those that were numbered of them, according 
to the number of all the males from a month old and up- 
ward, were six thousand and two hundred. 
l 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the fami- 
lies of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail : these shall 
1 pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 

36 And wider the m custody and charge of the sons of 
Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars 
thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, 
and all the vessels thereof, and all that D serveth thereto, 



NUMBERS. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



The age and time of the Levites' service, 
37 And the ° pillars of the court round about, and their 



q ex. i2. 29, sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 



30. & 13. 2. 
Heb. 2. 13. 
r ch. 1. 49. 
& 3. 8, 9,10. 
s verse 40. 
chap. 4. 3. 
& 8. 24. 
t Gen.29.34. 
& 49. 7. 
Dent. 33. 7. 
uGen.40.11. 
x Ex. 6. 17. 
y Ex. 6. 18. 
a Heb. sea- 
ward, 
ch. 2. 18. 
z ver.30,35. 
ach.4.21.24. 
Ps. 134. 1. 
Mai. 2. 5. 
Acta 20. 28. 
Rom. 12. 6, 
7,8. 

1 Pet. 5. 3. 
b ch. 4. 25. 
c Ex. 26. 1. 
d Ex. 26. 7. 
chap. 4. 25. 
e Ex. 26. 36. 
f Ex. 27. 9. 

1 Cor. 12. 4. 
g ch. 4. 15. 
& 10. 21. 
li ch. 2. 10. 
Ps. 89. 12. 
i 1 Chron. 
12. 27. 
k Heb. 5.1, 
4,5. 

2 Kings 25. 
28. 

Heb. 13. 7, 
17. 

I Pet. 2. 25. 
Rev. 1.5. 

I I Cor. 14. 
40. &. 15. 23. 
m Acts 20. 
28. 
n ch. 7. 5, 8. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



Gal. 2. 9. 
p Dcut.33.5. 
qch. 18.2,3. 
r Exod.7.7. 

1 Chr.23.13. 
Ps. 77. 20. 
Heb. 7&8 
chapters. 
sch. 4. 47, 
48. & 26.62. 
Beat. 10.8,9. 
Luke 12. 32. 
t 2 Tim. 2. 
19. 

Matt. 10. 20. 
u ch. 18. 15. 
verses 12, 
13. 

1 Sam. 1.27, 
28. 

Acts 13. 3. 
Gal. 1. 15. 

2 Tim. 2. 4. 
Rev. 19. 5. 
x verso 39. 
chap. 1. 46. 
Dout. 32. 8. 
Matt. 22.14. 
Rom. 9. 6,7. 
Rev. 7. 15. 
y Rom. 12. 
1. 

1 Pet. 5. 3. 
7.Gon.20.16. 
a Lcv.27.25. 
b 1 Pet.1.18. 
cch. 16.15. 
Acts 20. 33. 
1 Cor. 4. 1. 

1 Put. 5. 2. 
a ch. 3. 28. 

bGun.m.ir,. 

IChr. 23.26. 
& 28. 13. 

2 Sam. 5. 4. 

1 Clir.ai.24. 
2Chr.31.17. 
Enl<c 3. 23. 
L Tim. 3.6. 
c ch. 8. 26. 
a Or, war- 
fare, 

2 Cor. 10. 4. 

I 'In,,. I. 18. 

<1 1 Tim, 3. 
1. 

cch. 10. 21. 
fch. 10. 11. 
g Ex. 26. 31. 
li Ex. ao. 16. 
i Ex. as. 5. 
k Ex. 25. II. 



« 38 f But those that encamp before the tabernacle to- 
ward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion eastward, shall be p Moses, and Aaron and his sons^ 
keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for i the charge of 
the children of Israel ; and the stranger that cometh nigh 
shall be put to death. 

/ 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which 
Moses and r Aaron numbered at the commandment of the 
Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a 
month old and upward, were 3 twenty and two thousand. 
/ 40 % And the Lord said unto Moses, l Number all the 
first-born of the males of the children of Israel, from amonth 
old and upward, and take the number of their names. 

41 And thou shalt take the Levites "for me (I am the 
Lord) instead of all the first-born among the children of 
Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the 
firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 

42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, 
all the first-born among the children of Israel. 
/ 43 And all the first-born males by the number of names, 
from a month old and upward, of those that were num- 
bered of them, were * twenty and two thousand two hun- 
dred and threescore and thirteen. 

44 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

45 Take the Levites y instead of all the first-born among 
the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead 
of their cattle ; and the Levites shall be mine : I am the 
Lord. 

L 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two 
hundred and threescore and thirteen, of the first-born of 
the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites : 

47 Thou shalt even take z five shekels apiece by the 
poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take 
them : the shekel is twenty a gerahs. 

48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd 
number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his 
sons. 

49 And Moses took the b redemption-money of them 
that were over and above them that were redeemed by 
the Levites : 

50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel took he the 
money ; a thousand three hundred and threescore and 
five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 

51 And Moses c gave the money of them that were 
redeemed unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to the 
word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAPTER IV. 
The age and time of the Levites'' service, I. Tlie carriage of the Kohath- 
ites, when the priests have taken down the tabernacle, 4. The charge 
of Eleazar, 16. The office of the priests, 17. The carriage of the Ger- 
shonites, 21, and of the Merarites, 29. The number of the Kohathites, 
Gershonites, and Merarites, 34. 

AND the Lord spake unto' Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 
l 2 Take the sum of the sons of a Kohath from among 
the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their 
fathers ; 

3 From b thirty years old and upward, even until c fifty 
years old, all that enter into the a host, to do the d work 
in the tabernacle of the congregation. 

4 % This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, about the most c holy things. 
L 5 And when the camp f settelh forward, Aaron shall 
come, and his sons, and they shall take down the g cover- 
ing vail, and cover the ark of h testimony with it : 

6 And shall put thereon the covering of ' badgers' 
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and 
shall put in the k staves. thereof. 

87 



The Levites"* offices, 



NUMBERS. 



and their number. 



7 And upon the ' table of shew-bread they shall spread 
a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, 
and the bowls, and covers to cover withal : and the m con- 
tinual bread shall be thereon : 

8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, 
and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and 
shall put in the staves thereof. 

9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the 
candlestick of the n light, and his lamps, and his tongs, 
and his snuff-dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, where- 
with they minister unto it : 

10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, with- 
in a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 

11 And upon the "golden altar they shall spread a cloth 
of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and 
shall put to the staves thereof: 

12 And they shall take all the p instruments of ministry, 
wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them 
in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of bad- 
gers' skins, and shall put them on a bar. 

13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar 
and spread a purple cloth thereon : 

14 And they shall put upon it all the q vessels thereof, 
wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the 
flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the ves 
sels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering 
of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 

15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of 
'covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sane 
tuary, as the camp is to set forward ; after that, the sons of 
Kohath shall come to s bear it : but they shall l not touch 
any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the bur 
den of the sons of Kohath in the u tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

£ 16 % And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the 
priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet in- 
cense, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing * oil, 
and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that 
therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 

17 ^[ And the Lord y spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 

L 18 z Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Ko- 
hathites from among the Levites : 

19 But thus do unto them, that they may a live, and not 
die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron 
and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his 
service and to his burden : 

20 But jthey shall not go in b to see when the holy 
things are c covered, d lest they die. 

21 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

L 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, through- 
out the houses of their fathers, by their families ; 

23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years 
old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in Ho perform 
the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation. 

24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, 
to serve, and for e burdens : 

25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, 
and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and 
the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, 
and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for 
the door of the gate of the court, which is by the taberna- 
cle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all 
the instruments of their service, and all that is made for 
them : so shall they serve. 

27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be 



B. Christ 
1490. 



1 Ex. 25. 30. 
m Lev. 24. 8. 
n Pa. 119. 
105. 

Exod. 27. 
6. 

p Ex. 27. 24. 
q Ex. 27. 3. 
r ch. 3. 28. 
Acts 7. 45. 
Rom. 16.25. 

1 Cor. 3. 13 
Rev. 4. 2. 
& 11. 19. 
sch.7. 9. & 
15. 12. 

2 Sam. C. 6, 
7. 

t Ex. 19. 12. 
Heb. 12. 18. 
u 1 Chr. 13. 
10 & 15. 12. 
x Ex. 30.25. 
& 29. 38, 40. 
ch. 4. 16. 
Luke 4. 18. 
John 1. 16. 
1 Tim. 2. 5. 
1 Pet. 2. 25. 
1 John2.27. 
y Matt. 28. 
20. 

z Lev. 10. 1. 
Jer. 38. 23. 
a Dt. 33. 6. 
1) Ex. 19.21. 
1 Sam. 6.19. 
c Ps. 131. 1. 
d ch. 16. 32. 
ft Heb. to 
war the 
warfare. 
e ch. 10. 21. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



f verse 33. 
Matt. 28.20. 
1 Cor. 12. 
5,6. 

I Tim. 1. 3. 
& 3. 1, 15. 
Titus 1. 5. 
_ Ex. 26. 18. 
chap. 7. 8. 
h Ex. 38. 27. 
iEx. 27. 10. 
k Mat. 3. 17. 
Luke 19.17. 

I I Chr. 28. 
11. 

John 10. 3. 
m Matt. 9. 
38. 

Isa. 56. 10. 
1 Tim. 1. 1. 
cHeb. 
mustered. 
1 Cor. 9. 24. 
&10. 3, 4. 

1 Tim. 1.18. 

2 Tim. 2. 5. 
n Gen.41.46, 
2 Chron.23. 
26. 

2 Sam. 5. 4. 
Luke 3. 23. 

ch. 3. 28. 
pDt. 12. 8. 
Matt. 28. 20. 

? verse 34. 
leb. 5. 4. 
Col. 4. 17. 
Acts 20. 28, 
r ch. 8. 26. 
Ps. 103. 12, 
13. 

s ch. 3. 22. 
tlsa.56. 11. 
Matt. 9. 38. 
Luke 19. 13. 

1 Cor. 15.10. 
u ch. 3. 34. 
lChr.llfe 
12chapters, 

1 Cor. 12. 8. 

2 Cor. 10.10. 
& 11. 6. 
x Acts 15. 
23. 

3 John 9. 
2Cor. 1. 24. 
y 2 Cor. 11. 
26. 

1 Tim. 3. 1. 
2Tim. 4. a 



all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their 
burdens, and in all their service : and ye shall appoint 
unto them in charge all their burdens. 

28 This is the service of the families of the sons of 
Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation : and their 
charge shall be f under the hand of Ithamar the son of 
Aaron the priest. 

l 29 % As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them 
after their families, by the house of their fathers ; 

30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty 
years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth 
into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to 
all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation ; 
the g boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and 
the pillars thereof, and h sockets thereof, 

32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their 
! sockets, and k their pins, and their cords, with all their 
instruments, and with all their service : and ' by name ye 
shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. 

33 This is the m service of the families of the sons of Me- 
rari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron 
the priest. 

/ 34 % And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the con- 
gregation c numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their 
families, and after the house of their fathers, 

35 From n thirty years old and upward even unto fifty 
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the 
work in the tabernacle of the congregation : 

36 And those that were numbered of them by their 
families were ° two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 

37 These were they that were numbered of the families 
of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did 
number p according to the commandment of the Lord by 
the hand of Moses. 

/ 38 And those that were q numbered of the sons of 
Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of 
their fathers, 

39 From thirty years old and upward even unto r fifty 
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for 
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 

40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout 
their families, by the house of their fathers, were s two 
thousand and six hundred and thirty. 

41 These are they that were numbered of the families 
of the sons of Gershon, of all that ' might do service in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron 
did number according to the commandment of the Lord. 
/ 42 ^[ And those that were numbered of the families of 
the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house 
of their fathers, 

43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty 
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the 
work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 

44 Even those that were numbered of them after then: 
families, were u three thousand and two hundred. 

45 These be those that were numbered of the families 
of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered 
according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom 
Moses and Aaron and the x chief of Israel numbered, after 
their families, and after the house of their fathers, 

47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty 
years old, every one that came to do the service of the 
ministry, and the service of the y burden in the tabernacle 
of the congregation, 

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were 



Restitution in trespass. 

48 Even those that were numbered of them. 
■ eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 
d 49 a According to the commandment of the Lord they 
were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one accord- 
ing to his service, and b accorcling to his burden : thus were 
they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAPTER V. 

The unclean are removed out of ihe camp, 1. Restitution is to be made 

in trespasses, 5. The trial of jealousy, 11. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put 
* out of the camp every b leper, and every one that hath an 
c issue, and whosoever is defiled by the d dead : 

3 Both e male and female shall ye put out, without the 
camp shall ye put them ; that they f defile not their camps, 
in the midst whereof I s dwell. 

d 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out 
without the camp : as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did 
the children of Israel. 

5 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
d 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or 
woman shall commit h any sin that men commit, to do a 
trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty ; 

7 Then they shall ' confess their sin which they have 
done : and he shall recompense his trespass with the 
principal thereof, and add unto it the k fifth part thereof, 
and give it ' unto him against whom he hath trespassed. 

8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the 
trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the 
Lord, even to the priest ; besides the m ram of the atone- 
ment, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 

d 9 And every "offering of "all the holy things of the chil- 
dren of Israel, which they bring p unto the priest, shall be his. 

10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : 
whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it q shall be his. 

11 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
£12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 

them, If any man's wife r go aside, and commit a trespass 
against him, 

13 And a man lie with her s carnally, and it 'be hid 
from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she 
be'defiled, and there be u no witness against her, neither 
she be taken with the manner ; 

14 And the * spirit of y jealousy come upon him, and he 
be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled : or if the spirit 
of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, 
and she be not defiled : 

15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the z priest, 
and he shall bring her offering for her, the a tenth part of 
an ephah of b barley-meal ; he shall pour no c oil upon it, 
nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is an offering of jea- 
lousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to re- 
membrance. 

16 And the priest shall bring her near, and d set her 
before the Lord : 

17 And the priest shall take c holy water in an earthen 
vessel ; and of the f dust that is in the floor of the g taber- 
nacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water : 

18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, 
and "" uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of 
memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy-offering : 
and the priest shall have in his hand the ; bitter water that 
h causeth the curse : 

19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say 
unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if 
thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another 
'instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter wa- 
ter that causeth the curse : 

20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy 

23 M 



B. Christ 
1490. 



z ch. 1. 27. 
a 1 Cor. 12. 

4, 5, 6, 28. 
Rom. 12. 4, 

5, 6, 7, 8. 
Eph. 4. 11, 
12, 13. 

bl Tim. 3.1. 
Isa. 56. 4, 
10, 11. 
2 Tim. 2. 3. 
a 1 Cor .5.12. 
bLev.13.46. 
cLev. 15. 2. 
dEev.21.27. 
e ch. 12. 14. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
fch.19.as. 
Hag. 2. 13. 
2 Cor. 6. 17. 
Heb. 12. 15. 
gLev.26.11. 
hLev. 5.2,3. 
i Pr. 28. 13. 
k Lev. 5. 16. 
1 Lev.25.25. 
m Lev.6.6,7. 
n Ex.25. 2. 

Ezek. 44. 
30. 

p Mal.3.8,9 

1 Cor. 9. 13. 
q Ezek. 44. 
30. 

r Prov. 7.21. 
s Lev.15.18. 
tPr. 30. 20. 
uLev.20.10. 
x Isa. 19.14. 
y Song 8. 6. 
z Rom.6.21. 
a Ex. 16. 36. 
b Hos.3.1,2. 
c Pro. 6. 34. 
(1 Lev. 1. 3. 
e Ex. 30. 18. 
f Ps. 7. 4, 5. 
& 22. 14. 
g Josh. 5. 15. 
hLev.24.19 
lCor.15.5,6. 
Heb. 4. 12. 
i 1 Sam. 15. 
32. 

Prov. 5. 4. 
Eccles.7.26. 
38. 17. 
kPs. 109.18. 
1 Rom. 7. 2. 



NUMBERS. The laio of the Nazantes. 

husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man hath m lain 
with thee besides thy husband : 

l 21 Then the priest shall "charge the woman with an 
oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, 
The Lord make thee ° a curse and an oath among thy 
people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to >' rot, and 
thy belly to swell ; 

22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into 
thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh 10 
rot. And the woman shall say, q Amen, amen. 

23 And the priest shall write these curses in r a book, 
and he shall 9 blot them out with the bitter water : 

24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter 
water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth 
the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 

25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy-offering out 
of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before 
the Lord, and offer it upon the altar : 

26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, 
even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and 
afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 

27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then 
it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done 
trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth 
the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her 
belly shall swell, and her thigh l shall rot : and the woman 
shall be a curse among her people. 

28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then 
she shall be free, and shall " conceive seed. 

29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside 
to b another instead of her husband, and is defiled ; 

30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and 
he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman be- 
fore the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all 
this law. 

31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and 
this woman shall u bear her iniquity. 

CHAPTER VI. 
The laiv of the Nazarite, 2. The form of blessing the people, 21. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, When either man or woman shall a separate them- 
selves to b vow a vow of a c Nazarite, to separate themselves 
d unto the Lord : . 

£3 He shall separate himself from e wine and f strong 
drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of 
strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, 
nor cat moist grapes, or dried. 

4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing 
that is made of the e vine-tree, from the '' kernels even to 
the husk. 

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall 
no 'razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in 
the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be 
holy, and shall let the h locks of the hair of his head grow. 

6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the 
Lord, he shall come at no ' dead body. 

7 He 'shall not make himself unclean for his father, or 
for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they 
die : because the consecration of his God is upon his head. 

8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the 
Lord. 

l 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he 
hath denied the head of his consecration ; then he shall 
m shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh 
day shall he shave it. 

l io And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or 
two "young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation : 



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m Lv.18.20. 
n Josh.6.26. 

1 Sam. 14. 
24. 

Jer.29.22. 
I'rov. 10. 7. 
pGen.46.26. 
Judg. 1. 7. 

q Dt.27. 15. 
tsa. 65. 16. 
r 2 Sam. 11. 
14. 

Isa. 39. 1. 
s Mai. 3. 5. 
Isa. 44. 22. 
t John 9. 6. 
a Heb. shalt 
be sown 
with seed, 
Gen. 29. 31. 

2 Sam. 16. 
12. 

2 Cor. 2. 16. 
b Hob. un- 
der hus- 
band, 
verse 19. 
uLev.20.17. 
Ezek. 4. 4. 
Rom. 1. 1. 
Heb. 7. 26. 
hLev. 27. 2. 
chap. 3. 4. 
c Judg.13.5. 
Lnm. 4. 7. 
Amos 2. 11. 
Acts 21. 23. 
1 1 Sam. I. 
11,27,28. 
Amos 9. 11. 
) Prov. 31.5. 
'ong 1.2,3. 
Eph. 5. 18. 
fLev. 10.7. 
K 1 Tim. 0. 
11. 

h 1 Tim. 5. 
22. 
Judevor.23. 

1 Judg. 13. 5. 
k Isa. 7. 20. 
11 Tim. 5.0. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
m Phil. 3. 8. 
nLov.15.14, 



89 



NUMBERS. 



The princes" offerings at the 

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, 
and the other for a burnt-offering, and make an atone-' james3. 



dedication of the tabernacle 



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1. 

p Rom. 6. 1. 

qGal. 3. 10. 

r Acts 21. 

26. 

s 1 Cor. 4. 4. 



u Joel 1.9, 
13. 

x Rom.3.20. 
Eph. 2. 18. 
& 3. 12. 
yLev.7. 14. 
z Acts 21. 
23. 

alCor.3.13. 
b Mat. 3.11. 
Ephes. 1. G. 
c Lev. 7. 32. 
tlHeh.13.15. 

Ps.5. 7. & 
14.3. 
f James 1. 
25. * 
g 1 Chr. 23. 
13. 

Luke 1. 21, 
22. & 24. 50. 
h Eph. 1. 3. 
i Pa. 121. 7. 
John 17. 11. 
k Ps. 4. 6. 
Prov. 26. 15. 

1 John 1.17. 
Eph. 2. 7, 8. 
m 2 Sam. 2. 
22. 

n Eph. 2. 14, 
15. 
Rom. 5. 1. 

Ps.115.13. 
a Ex. 40. 17. 
b Ex. 30. 23, 
25. 

Matt.23.17. 
c Gen. 2. 3. 
Ex. 13. 2. 
Lev. 8. 10. 
chap. 7. 1. 
J Kgs.8.64. 
J eh. 1. 16. 
e ch. 1. 5. 
Ex. 35. 27. 

1 Chr. 29. 6. 
f Isa. 6. 20. 
gPs.16.2,3 



ment for him, for that he ° sinned by the dead, and shall ijoim'a 
hallow his head that same day. 

12 And he shall v consecrate unto the Lord the days of 
his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for 
a trespass-offering : but the days that were before shall ?££¥$ 
be q lost, because his separation was denied. 
l 13 % And this is the law of the Nazarite : When the 
days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be r brought 
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 

14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one 
he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt- 
offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without ble- 
mish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for 
"peace-offerings, 

15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour 
mingled with oil, and l wafers of unleavened bread anointed 
with oil, and their meat-offering and "their drink-offerings. 

16 And the "priest shall bring them before the Lord, 
and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering : 

17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace- 
offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened 
bread : the priest shall offer also his y meat-offering, and 
his drink-offering. 

£ 18 And the Nazarite shall z shave the head of his sepa- 
ration at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and 
put it in the a fire which is h under the sacrifice of the 
peace-offerings. 

19 And the priest shall take the c sodden shoulder of 
the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and 
one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands 
of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven : 

20 And the priest shall d wave them for a wave-offering 
before the Lord : this is holy for the priest, with the wave- 
breast, and heave-shoulder : and after that, the Nazarite 
may drink wine. 

21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and 
of his offering unto the Lord e for his separation, besides 
that that his hand shall get : according to the vow which 
he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 

22 % And the Lord f spake unto Moses, saying, 

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his E sons, saying, On this 
wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 

& 24 The Lord h bless thee, and 'keep thee : 
l 25 The Lord k make his face shine upon thee, and be 
1 gracious unto thee : 

b 26 The Lord m lift up his countenance upon thee, and 
give thee n peace. 

6 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of 
Israel, and ° I will bless them. 

CHAPTER VII. 
The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle, 1. Their 
several offerings at the dedication of the altar, 10. God spcaketh to 
Moses from the mercy-scat, 89. 

/ A ND it came to pass a on the day that Moses had fully 
J\. set up the tabernacle, and had b anointed it, and 
sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the 
altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, 
and c sanctified them ; 

2 That the princes of Israel, d heads of the house of 
their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and 
c were over them that were numbered, offered : 
/ 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, six 

covered wagons, and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two 
of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought 
them before the tabernacle. 

4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

« 5 Take it of them, that they may be to « do the service 



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h ch. 3. 36. 
& 4. 31. 
i ch. 4. 28. 
k ch. 4. 5. 

1 ch. 4. 15. 

2 Sam. 6. 
3,7. 

m 2 Chr. 7. 
5,9. 

Ezra 6. 16. 
n ch. 2. 3. 

Ex. 25. 29. 
pGen.20.16, 
q Zech. 14. 
20. 

r Lev. 2. 1. 
s Gen.24.22. 
t Ex. 30. 34. 
u Ex. 29. 1. 
x Lev. 1. 10. 
y Ex. 12. 5. 
z Lev. 4. 23. 
a Lev. 2. 1. 
Ex. 30. 34. 
bLev. 1. 10. 
c Gen. 8.20. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
d Lev. 4. 23. 
ePs.50.8,9. 
Jer. 7. 22. 
f Lev. 21. 1. 
chap. 6. 20. 
Mai. 1. 14. 
g Ex. 25. 29. 
lKgs.7.50. 
Jer. 52. 19. 
h Ex. 29. 1. 
Ps.51.19.& 
66. 15. 
Isa. 1. 11. 
Ezek.43. 19. 
i Ex. 20. 24. 
Acts 14. 13. 
k Ezek.1.9. 
ch. 7. 84. 

1 Mai. 1. 11. 
Ps. 66. 15. 
Isa. 1. 13. 
Luke 1. 10. 
Rev. 8. 3. 
m Ex. 12. 5. 
John 1. 29. 
Acts 8. 32. 
IPet. 1.19. 
Roy. 5. 6". 



of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and thou shalt 
give them unto the Levites, to every man according to 
his service. 

/ 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave 
them unto the Levites : 

7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons 
of Gershon, according to their service : 

8 h And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the 
sons of Merari, according unto their service, ' under the 
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 

9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : because 
the service of the k sanctuary belonging unto them was 
that they should bear upon ' their shoulders. 
f 10 % And the princes offered for dedicating m of the 
altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes 
offered their offering before the altar. 

11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer 
their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating 
of the altar. 

/ 12 TT And he that offered his offering n the first day was 
Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 

13 And his offering was one silver "charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and p thirty shekels, one silver 
q bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- 
tuary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a r meat-offering : 

14 One spoon often 5 shekels of gold, full of 'incense : 

15 One young u bullock, one "ram, one lamb of the 
7 first year, for a burnt-offering : 

16 One kid of the z goats for a sin-offering : 

17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 
rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 
/ 18 *[\ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, 
prince of Issachar, did offer : 

19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one 
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil 
for a meat-offering : 

20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of a incense : 

21 One young bullock, one b ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for c a burnt-offering : 

22 One d kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two e oxen, 
five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this 
was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 
/ 24 ^[ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince 
of the children of Zebulun, did offer : 

25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of f fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 

26 One golden g spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 

27 One h young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

28 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

29 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two ' oxen, 
five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this 
was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 
/ 30 % On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, 
prince of the children of Reuben, did offer : 

31 His offering was one silver k charger, of the weight 
of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering: 

32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, ' full of incense : 

33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb m of the firs* 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

90 



The princes' offerings at the 

34 One kid of the goats for a n sin-offering : 

35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 
rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 
/ 36 H" On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 
prince of the children of Simeon, did offer : 

37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat- 
offering : 

38 One ° golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 

39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 
rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 
/ 42 ^ On the sixth dayEliasaph the son of Deuel, prince 
of the children of Gad, offered : 

43 His offering was one silver charger, of the weight 
of a hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary • both of them 
full of fine flour p mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 

44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 

45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

46 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

47 And for a sacrifice of " peace-offerings, two oxen, 
five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this 
toas the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 
/ 48 % On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, 
prince of the children of Ephraim, offered : 

49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both 
of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a q meat- 
offering : 

50 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense : 

51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

52 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

53 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 
rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 
/ 54 1 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the g 
Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh : 

55 His offering tvas one silver charger, of the weight of 
a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the l sanctuary ; both of them 
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 

56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 

57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

5S One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

59 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 

jams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this ivas 

the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 

/ GO *lf On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince 

of the children of Benjamin, offered : 

61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with r oil for 
meat-offering : *** 

62 One golden spoon often shekels, full of inqensc : 

63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
year, for a burnt-offering : 

64 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 



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65 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 
rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 
/ 66 U On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 
prince of the children of Dan, offered: 

67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat- 
offering : 



n Ex. 29. 14. 
Ps. 40. 6. 
Isa. 53. 4. 
2 Cor. 5. 21. 

Mnl. 1.14." 
Ex. 25. 25. 
Zcch. 4. 12. 
Rev. 1. 20. 
p Lev. 2. 5. 
& 14. 10. 
Heb. 1. 9. 

1 John 2. 27. 
Rev. 6. C. 
a Or, pay- 
offerings, 
Heb. a sa- 
crifice of 
payment, 
or, of per- 
fections, 
Lev. 3. 1. 
& 7. 11. 
Pa. 56. 13. 
& 116. 12. 
Heb. 13. 15. 
n Ex.29. 41. 
Lev. 2. 1. 
b There 
were three 
shekels ; 
The royal 
shekel va- 
lued to fif- 
teen pence ; 
the shekel 
of the sanc- 
tuary 
ticice as 
much ; and 
the com- 
mon shekel, 
which dif- 
fered not 
much from 
an English 
shilling, 
Gen. 23. 15. 
Ex. 30. 13. 

2 Sam. 14. 
26. 

Jer. 32. 9. 
Ezek. 4. 10. 
Neh. 5. 15. 
Amos 8. 5. 
r Ex. 29.38, 
39. 

ch. 3. 33. 
Luke 4. 18. 
& 24. 45. 
John 7. 39. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
lTim.2. 5. 
Eph. 5. 26, 
27. 

1 Pet. 2. 25. 
1 John 2. 27. 




68 
69 
year. 
70 
71 



One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense : 

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 

for a burnt-offering : 

One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 

rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 

the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 

/ 72 % On the c eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, 

prince of the children of Asher, offered : 

73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 

" for a meat- 
offering : 

74 One golden spoon often shekels, s full of incense : ' 
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
for a burnt-offering : 
One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 
And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 

rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 
/ 78 *ft On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince 
of the children of Naphtali, offered : 

79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 
whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering* 



75 
year, 
76 

77 



One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense 
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first 
for a burnt-offering : , 

One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 
And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five 



80 

81 
year, 

82 

83 
rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was 
the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 

84 This was the ' dedication of the u altar (in the day 
when it was * anointed) by the y princes of Israel : twelve 
chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons 
of gold : 

85 Each charger of silver weighing a hundred and 
thirty shekels, each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels 
weighed z two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary : 

86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense. 
weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanc- 
tuary : all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and 
twenty shekels. 

87 All the oxen for the burnt-offering were twelve bul- 
locks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, 
with their a meat-offering : and the kids of the goats for 
sin-offering, twelve. 

88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the l peace- 
offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the 
he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was 
the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 

m 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of 
the congregation to speak c with Him, then he heard the 
voice of one speaking unto him from off the d mercy-seaf 
that was upon the ark of testimony, from between thf. 
two c cherubims : and he f spake unto Him. 

91 



thou shalt bring the Levites before the taberna- 



The consecration of the Levites. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Hotc the lamps are to be lighted, 1. The consecration of the Levites, 5. 

The age and time of their service, 23. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
l 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When 
thou a lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light 
over against the candlestick. 

d 3 And Aaron did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over 
against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

4 And this work of the b candlestick was of beaten gold, 
unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was 
beaten work : according unto the c pattern which the 
Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 

5 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

6 Take the d Levites from e among the children of Israel, 
and f cleanse them. 

-£ 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : 
Sprinkle "water of purifying upon them, and let them 
shave all their flesh, and let them wash their s clothes, 
and so make themselves clean. 

8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat- 
offering, evenfiae flour mingled with oil, and another young 
bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering 

9 An 
cle of- the congregation : and thou shalt gather the whole 
assembly of the children of Israel together : 

10 And thou shaK bring the Levites before the Lord : 
and the h children of Israel shall ' put their hands upon the 
Levites : 

11 And Aaron shall 1; offer the Levites before the Lord 
for an l offering of the children of Israel, that they may 
™ execute the service of the Lord 

12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads 
of the bullocks : and thou shalt olfer the one for a sin- 
offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, 
to make n an atonement for the Levites. 

13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and 
before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. 

£.14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among 
the children of Israel : and the Levites shall ° be mine. 

15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the p ser- 
. vice of the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt 

cleanse them, and q offer them for an offering. 

16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the 
children of Israel ; instead of such as r open every womb, 
even instead of the first-born of all the children of Israel, 
have I taken them unto me. 

17 For all the first-born of the children of Israel are 
mine, both man and beast : on the day that I smote every 
first-born in the land of Egypt s I sanctified them for myself. 

18 And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born 
of the children of Israel. 

19 And I have given the Levites as 'a gift to Aaron 
and to his sons from among the children of Israel, u to do 
the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and to make an atonement for the 
children of Israel : that there be x no plague among the 
children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh 
unto the y sanctuary. 

/ 20 And z Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation 
of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto 
all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Le- 
vites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 

21 And the Levites were " purified, and they washed 
their clothes ; and Aaron offered them as an offering be- 
fore the Lord ; and Aaron a made an atonement for them 
to cleanse them. 

_ 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service 
m the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and 



NUMBERS. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



a Ex.25. 37. 
Lev. 24. 2. 
hRov.4.4,5. 
£Tim. 1.3. 
Phil. 2. 15. 
2 Pet. 1. 19. 
Rev. 1. 20. 
c Ex. 25.40. 
Eccl. 12. 11. 
Matt. 28.20. 
2 Tim. 1.13. 
d ch. 3. 6. 
elChr. 9.2. 
f2 Cor. 7.1. 
Ps. 26. 6. 
Isa. 52. 11. 
a Heb. sin- 
water. 
•;Ex. 19. 10. 
h Acts fi. 6. 
i Lev. 1. 4. 
k Rom. 1. 1 
1 2 Tiin.1.8, 
rn 1 Cor. 16. 
10. 

n2Cor.2.16. 
o ch. 3. 45. 
& 10. 9. 
p Ezefc. 48. 
18. 

lChron.24. 
18, 19. 
q verses 11, 
13, 14. 
r Ex. 13. 2. 
chap. 3. 13. 
Luke 2. 23. 
s Gen.25.31. 
& 49. 3. 
Ex. 13. 2. 
Hob. 11. 28. 
James 1. 18. 
Rev. 15. 4, 5. 
tJohnl7.6. 
Heb. 2. 13. 
u ch. 3. 12. 
x ch.25.7,8 
y Lev. 10. 1 
z ver.10, 11. 
,b Heb. un- 
pinned 
themselves. 
a 2 Chron. 
35. 11. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



b ch. 4. 3. 
c Heb. to 
warfare, 
2 Tim. 2. 3. 
d Heb. re- 
turn from 
the war- 
fare of the 
service. 
a Ex. 12.25. 
b Nch. 2. 1. 
c Ex. 12.11. 
lCor.5.7,8. 
<1 Ex. 12. 6. 
Lov. 23. 34. 
lKgs.12.32. 
eMt.27.46. 
Heb. 1. 2. 
a Heb. sta- 
tutes, 
b Heb. 
judgments. 
fLev.21.11. 
ch. 6. 6. & 
19. 18. 
g Ex. 12. 27. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
h Heb.3.5,6. 
John 7. 17. 
i Eph. 2. 1, 
13. 

k Deut.16.7. 
1 Ex. 12. 8. 

1 Cor. 5. 8. 
m Ex. 1. 14. 
n Ex. 12. 10. 
o John 19. 
33. 

p ch. 15. 30. 
qGen.17.11. 
r Ex. 12. 15. 
ch. 19. 13. 
s Lev. 22. 9. 
t Ex. 12.48, 
49. 

u Lev. 5. 10. 
x Ex.40. 10. 
y Ex. 13. 21. 
& 33. 11. & 
40. 34. 
ch. 14. 14. 
Ezek.lO.V- 
z ch. 1. 50. 
a Ex. 14.20. 
Ps. 105. 39. 
Isa. 4. 5, 6. 
Heb. 12. 1. 

2 Pet. 1. 19. 
h Ex. 40. 38. 
Neh. 9. 19. 



The passover commanded again. 

before his sons : as the Lord had commanded Moses 
concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 

23 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
L 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites : From 
b twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in 
c to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation: 

25 And from the age of fifty years they shall d cease 
waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more : 

26 But shall minister with their brethren in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall 
do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites 
touching their charge. 

CHAPTER IX. 
The passover is commanded again, l. A second passover allowed for 
them that were unclean or absent, 6. The cloud guideth the removings 
and encampings of the Israelites, 15. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses in the a wilderness 
of Sinai, in the b first month of the second year after 
they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 
I 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the c passover at 
his d appointed season. 

3 In the fourteenth day of this month, e at even, ye 
shall keep it in his appointed season : according to all the 
" rites of it, and according to all the b ceremonies thereof 
shall ye keep it. 

/ 4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that 
they should keep the passover. 

5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day bl 
the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai : ac- 
cording to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did 
the children of Israel. 

/ 6 *j[ And there were certain men, who were defiled by 
the f dead body of a man, that they could not keep the 
passover on that day: and they came before Moses and 
before Aaron on that day : 

7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the 
dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that 
we may not offer g an offering of the Lord in his appoint- 
ed season among the children of Israel 1 

8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear 
h what the Lord will command concerning you. 

L 9 *j[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any 
man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason 
of a dead body, or be in a journey ' afar off, yet he shall 
keep the passover unto the Lord. 

11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even 
they shall keep it, and k eat it with ' unleavened bread 
and m bitter kerbs. 

t\2 They shall leave none of it n unto the morning, ° nor 
break any bone of it : according to all the ordinances of 
the passover they shall keep it. 

w 13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, 
and p forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul 
shall be q cut off' r from among his people : because he 
brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed 
season, that man shall bear 9 his sin. 

14 And if a stranger shall ' sojourn among you, and will 
keep the passover unto the Lord ; according to the ordi- 
nance of the passover, and according to the u manner 
thereof, so shal] he do : ye shall have one ordinance both 
/or the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 

™ 15 % And on the day that the tabernacle was x reared 
up, the y cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the z tent 
of the testimony : and at even there was upon the taber- 
nacle as it were the a appearance of fire, until the morning. 

16 So it was always : the b cloud covered tt by day, and 
the appearance of fire by night. 

17 And when the cloud was taken up from the taber 

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nacle, then c after that the cliildren of Israel journeyed 
and in the place where the cloud abode, there the cIiildrenj CCQ .i .36: the 
of Israel pitched their tents. 
d 18 



g ch. a 10. 

hch. 31.6. 



mandment of the Lord they journeyed 

21 And so it Avas, when the cloud abode from even untolfj^g^ 
the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the If chr-iaii 

3' iii» it * Gen. S. 1. 

morning, then they journeyed : whether it was by day arm 
by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 

d 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, 
that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining 
thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and 
journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 

d 23 f "At the commandment of the Lord they rested in 
their tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they 
journeyed : they kept the charge of the Lord, at the 
commandment of the Lord by the s hand of Moses. 

CHAPTER X. 
The use of the silver trumpets, 1. 



1-iChr.o.ia 
Ezra 3. 10. 
raDt 16.14. 
u Ps. 81. 3. 
o 2 Chron. 
7. 6. 

p2 Chron. 
-9. 38. 
•1 Evra 3.10. 
Col. 3. 16. 
r chap. 1. 1. 
s chap. 9. 1. 
t ch. 9. 15. 
Dout. 1.6,7. 
u Ex. 19. 1. 
x Dcut. 1. 1. 
&33. 2. 



y ch. 9. 18. 

The Israelites remove from Sinai fo,zEx.4. 13. 



Paran, 11. The order of their march, 14. Hobab is entreated by Moses **?■ 136 - ^ 

^ ^_ i *i .■*« mi. i? • ~,T7ir . »t ji. r ~ i * 1°- 



The blessing of Moses at the removing and rest 



Jcr. 2. 6. 



The blessing of Moses. 
;/ 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of 
I the children a of Judah according to then armies : and 
!fsa. 8 49.9. 2 ' over his host teas Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 
At the commandment of the Lord the children of,^ 1 ^^ 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Is- 
Israel journeyed, and d at the commandment of the Lord e Acts l'.^sachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 
they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the taber r £S&a ;£ 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 
nacle they rested in their tents. K|,.io.35.jZebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 

19 And when the cloud e tarried long upon the taber- j^g^ | 17 And the tabernacle was b taken down ; and the sons 
nacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the.lla." "' jof Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, c bearing 
charge of the Lord, and journeyed not. Lex.25.3i. the tabernacle. 

20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon;^ 9 * 1 ?/, 1/ IS 1 And the standard of the camp of d Reuben setfor- 
the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the f^-f^ ward according to their armies: and over his host was 
Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the com-itch.i3,'7;Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

1 9 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Si- 
meon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 

20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad 
was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 

21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the e sanc- 
tuary : and the other did set up the tabernacle against 
they came. 

f 22 % And the standard of the camp of the children of 
Ephraim set forward according to their armies : and over 
his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 

23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 
Manasseh was Gamaliel ihe son of Pedahzur. 

24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 
Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 
/ 25 1 And the standard of the camp of the children of 
Dan set forward, which was the f rere-ward of all the camps 
throughout their hosts : and over his host was Ahiezer the 
son of Ammishaddai. 

26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 
Asher ivas Pagiel the son of Ocran. 

27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 
Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 
/ 28 " Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel 
according to their armies, when they set forward. 
/ 29 T[ And Moses said unto s Hobab, the son of Raguel 
the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying 
unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : 
come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the 
Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. 

30 And he said unto him, I will h not go ; but I will, 
depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 

31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee : forasmuch 
as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, 
and thou mayest be to us instead of ' eyes. 

32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, 
that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same 
will we do unto thee. 

/ 33 ^[ And they departed from the k mount of the Lord 
1 three days' journey : and the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord went before' them in the three days' journey, to 
search out a resting-place for them. 

34 And the m cloud of the Lord was n upon them ° by 
day, when they went out of the camp. 

35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that 
Moses said, p Rise up, Lord, and let q thine enemies be 
r scattered ; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 
/ 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto 
the many thousands of Israel. 

CHAPTER XI 
Tlie burning at Tabcrah quenched by Moses' pra.y< r, 1. TJjr people lust 
forjlesh, and loathe manna, 4. Moses complameth of hxs charge, 10 
Goddividcth his burden unto seventy elders, 16. Quails arc given m 
wrath at KSbnth-haltaavah, 31. 
f 1 ND when the people ' complained, it displeased the 
J\. Lord : and the Loud heard it : and his anger was kin- 
dled; and the c fire of the Lord burnt among them, and con- 
sumed (hem that were in the uttermost parts of the ramp. 

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not to leave them, 29. 
ing of the ark, 33. 

AISD the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Make thee two a trumpets of silver ; of a b whole 
piece shalt thou make c them : that thou mayest use them 
for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of 
the camps. 

l 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assem- 
bly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

L4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the 
princes, which are d heads of the thousands of Israel, shall 
gather themselves unto thee. 

5 When ye blow an e alarm, then the camps that lie on 
the f east parts shall go forward. 

6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the 
camps that lie on the s south side shall take their journey : 
they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 

7 But when the congregation is to be gathered to- 
gether, ye shall blow, but yc shall not sound an alarm. 

£8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with 
the trumpets ; and they shall be to you for an ordinance 
for ever throughout your generations. 
l 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy 
that h oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with 
1 the trumpets ; and ye shall k be remembered before the 
Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 
L 10 Also in the day of your ' gladness, and in your m so- 
lemn days, and in the "beginnings of your months, ye 
shall blow ° with the trumpets over your p burnt-offerings, 
and over the sacrifices of your 

they may be to you for a memorial before your God : I am 
the Lord your God. 

/Ill And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the 
r second month, in the 5 second year, that the ' cloud was 
taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 
sl2 And the children of Israel took their journeys out Jjffi 
<»f the wilderness of u Sinai; and the cloud rested in the '''^''V j 
wilderness e-f * Paran. rWaa 

13 And they first took their journey according to the b&ift? 
' commandment of the Lord by the hand of z Moses. 

24 



a Gen. 49.8. 
bHcb.12.27. 
c ch. 7. 5, 6. 
lch.2.10,16. 
e ch. 4. 5, 7. 
f Deut. 25. 
IT, 18. 
Isa. 52. 12. 
it. 58. 8. 
I a Hch. 
These, 
ch. 2. 9. & 
10.35.& 24. 



Ps. 80.9. & 
68. 2, 8, 9. 
Song 6. 10. 
Col. 2. 5. 
gEx.ai.fc 
18. 1. 

h Judges 1. 
16. it. 4. 11, 
17. 

I Sam. 15. 6. 

Jcr. 35. 2. 

,iJob99. 15. 

that Zech. 2.8. 

Gal. 4 15. 

kExod.3.1. 

1 Ex. 3. 18. 

Luke 13.23. 

Rom. 4. 25. 

& 5. 1. 

1 C,,r. 15. -1. 

in Ex. 13.21. 



•• > Kings 1. 
12. 



Seventy elders appointed. 

d 2 And the people cried unto Moses ; and when Moses 
prayed unto the Lord, the fire was d quenched. 
n 3 And he called the name of the place a Taberah : 
because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 
c 4 | And the e mixed multitude that was among them 
1 fell a lusting : and the children of Israel also wept again, 
and said, f Who shall give us flesh to eat 1 
g 5 We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt 
freely ; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, 
and the onions, and the s garlic. 

6 But now our soul is h dried away ; there is nothing at 
all, besides this manna, * before our eyes. 
/ 7 And the manna ivas as coriander-seed, and the colour 
thereof as the colour of k bdellium. 

8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and 
'ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in 
pans, and made m cakes of it : and the taste of it was as 
the taste of n fresh oil. 

9 And when the dew ° fell upon the camp in the night, 
the manna fell upon it. 

/ 10 % Then Moses heard the people weep throughout 
their families, every man in the door of his tent : and the 
anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; Moses also was 
displeased. 

"11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast 
thou p afflicted thy servant 1 and wherefore have I not 
q found favour in thy sight, that thou layest r the burden of 
all this people upon me 1 

12 Have I conceived all this people 1 have I begotten 
them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy 
s bosom, as a 'nursing-father beareth a sucking child, 
unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers 1 

13 "Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this 
people 1 for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, 
that we may eat. 

14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because 
it is too heavy for me. 

15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, 
out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let 
me not see my x wretchedness. 

/ 16 % And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me 
y seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest 
to be the elders of the people, and z officers over them ; 
and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, 
that they may stand there with thee. 

17 And I will come a down and talk with thee there : 
and I will b take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will 
put it upon them ; c and they shall bear the burden of the 
people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 
* 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves 
against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh : d for ye have 
wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us 
flesh to eat 1 for it was well with us in Egypt : therefore 
the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, 
neither ten days, nor twenty days ; 

20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your 
nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you : because that ye 
have despised the Lord which is among you, and have 
wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt 1 ? 

u 21 And Moses said, The people among whom I am, 
are e six hundred thousand footmen ; and thou hast said, 
I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to 
suffice them 1 or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered 
together for them, to f suffice them 1 

23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's g hand 
waxed short 1 thou shalt see now whether rav word shall 
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d Ps. 78. 34, 
38. 

a That is, 
Burning, 
ch.33. IB. 
e Ex. 12. 38. 
b Heb. lust- 
ed a lust, 
1 Cor. 10. 6. 
fPs.. 106. 14. 
g Phil. 3. 19. 
h 2 Sam. 13. 
4. 

i Ex. 16. 14. 
k Gen. 2. 12. 
Uohn6.48, 
51. 

m Gen.18.6. 
■\Pa. 119. 
103. 

Ex. 16. 13. 
p Jut. 8. 18. 
q Gen. 9. 15. 
r Dent. 1.12. 
slsa.40.11. 
tlsa.49.23. 

1 Thess. 2. 
7, 11. 

u Rom. 8. 3. 
John 6. 51, 
54. 

x 1 Kings 
19.4. 

Jor. 20. 7, 8. 
yGen.45.27. 
z Dt. 16. 18. 

1 Tim. 3.13. 
a Gen. 11. 5. 
b 1 Cor.12.4. 

2 Kgs.2. 15. 
Joel 2. 28. 
Ps. 51. 13. 
John 7. 39. 
c Ex. 18.21. 
Acts 6. 3. 
d Judg. 2.4. 
e Gen. 15. 3. 
Ex. 12. 37. 
ch. 1. 46. 
f John 6.7,9. 

Kgs. 7. 2. 

Dt. 32. 36. 
Josh. 4. 24. 
lsa.59. 1. 



NUMBERS. Miriam and Aaron rebuked. 

f 24 % And Moses went out, and told the people the 
words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy h men of 
the elders of the people, and set them round about the 
tabernacle. 

25 And the Lord came down in a ; cloud, and spake 
unto him, and k took of the spirit that was upon him, and 
gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass, that 
when the spirit rested upon them, they ' prophesied, and 
did not cease. 

26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, 
the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other 
Medad : and the Spirit rested upon them ; and they were 
of them that were m written, but went " not out unto the 
tabernacle : and they prophesied in the camp. 

27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and 
said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 
/ 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, 
one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, 

forbid them. 

29 And Moses said unto him, p Enviest thou for my sake? 
q would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and 
that the Lord would r put his Spirit upon them. 

30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders 
of Israel. 

/ 31 ^[ And there went forth s a wind from the Lord, and 
brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, 
as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a 
day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, 
as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 

32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that 
night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails : 
he that gathered least gathered ' ten homers : and they 
spread them u all abroad for themselves round about the 
camp. 

/33 And while the flesh c was yet between their teeth, 
ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled 
against the people, and the Lord smote the people Avith 
x a very great plague. 

n 34 And he y called the name of that place rf Kibroth-hat- 
taavah : because there they buried the people that lusted. 
g 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah 
unto z Hazeroth : and abode at Hazeroth. 

CHAPTER XII. 
God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron, 1. Miriam's leprosy is 
healed at the prayer of Moses, 10. God commandeth her to le shut out 
of the host, 14. 

ND "Miriam and Aaron a spake against Moses because 
of the b Ethiopian woman whom he had married : for 
he had married an Ethiopian woman. 

2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by 
Moses 1 hath he not spoken also c by us 1 And the Lord 
d heard it. 

c 3 (Now the man Moses was very e meek, f above all 
the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 
/ 4 And the Lord g spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto 
Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come b out ye three unto the 
tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 

5 And the Lord ; came down in the pillar of the k cloud, 
and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron 
and Miriam : and they both came forth. 

6 And he said, Hear now my words : If there be a 

1 prophet among you, / the Lord will make myseli 
known unto him in a in vision, and will speak unto him in 
a " dream. 

c 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all "my 
house. 

8 With him will I speak p mouth to mouth, even q ap- 
parently, and not in dark speeches ; and the similitude of 
the Lord shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not 
afraid to speak r against my servant Moses 1 

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liver. 16, 26. 
i Ex. 40. 38. 
chap. 12. 5. 
k James 1. 
17. 

2 Cor. 3. 5. 
1 Joel 2. 29. 
Acts 2. 18. 
1 Cor. 14. 3. 
m ver.16,24. 
nlSam.10, 
22. 

Mark 9.38. 
p John 3. 26, 
q Phil. 1.18 
rlCor.14.1, 
sPs.78.26. 
t Ex. 8. 4. 
& 16. 18. 
Ezek. 45.11. 
u Ps. 78. 27. 
c Heb. not 
yet cut off, 
Joel 1. 5. 

x Ps. 78. 31. 
& 106. 14. 
y Deut.9.22. 

1 Cor. 10. 6. 
d That, is, 
Thcgraves 
of hist. 

z ch.33. 17. 

Deut. 1.1. 

a Heb. 

Miriam 

spake als-o. 

a Pro.13.10. 

b Ex. 2. 16. 

c Ex. 15. 20. 

dGen.2y.33. 

Ps. 94. 7, 8. 

eMt. 11.29, 

f2Cor. 11. 

5,6. 

Ps. 106. 23, 

32. 

gPs. 64. 7. 

h Ps. 76. 9. 

iGen. U.5, 

k Ps. 99. 7. 

IGen. 20. 7. 

mJob4. 13. 

nlKgs.3.5. 

o 1 Tim. 3. 

15. 

p 1 John 1. 

2 3 

deb. 3. 5, 6. 
ql Tim. 6.6. 
r2Pet.210 



13 
14 
15 

16 



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The names of the spies. NUMBERS 

9 And the auger of the Lord was kindled against them; 
and he departed. 

m 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle ; 
and behold, Miriam became 3 leprous, white as snow: and 
Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold, she was leprous 

1 1 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I be- 
seech thee, lay not the ' sin upon us, wherein we have 
done u foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 

12 Let her not be as one x dead, of whom the flesh is 
half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 
/13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her 
now, O God, I beseech thee. 

14 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had 
but y spit in her face, should she not be ashamed z seven 
days 1 let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and 
after that let her be received in again. 

15 And Miriam was a shut out from the camp seven 
days: and the people b journeyed not till Miriam was 
brought in again. 

s 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, 
and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
The names of the men who were sent to search the land, 1. Their in- 
structions, 17. Their acts, 21. Their relation, 26. 

AND the a Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
g 2 b Send thou men, that they may c search the land 
of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel : of 
every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one 
a ruler among them. 

g 3 And Moses by the d commandment of the Lord sent 
them from the wilderness of Paran : all those men were 
e heads of the children of Israel. 

/ 4 And these were their names : Of the tribe of Reuben 
Shammua the son of Zaccur. 

5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 

Of the tribe of Judah, " Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. 

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 

10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 

11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Ma. 
nasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 

I Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 

Of the tribe of Asher, 'Sethur the son of Michael. 

Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 

These are the names of the men which Moses sent 
to' spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of 
Nun, Jehoshua. 

/ 17 1[ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Ca- 
naan, and said unto them, Get you up this way f southward, 
and go up into the « mountain : 

18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that 
dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or 
many ; 

19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it 
be h good or bad ; and what cities they be that they dwell 
in, whether in tents, or in strong holds ; 

20 And what the land is, whether it be ' fat or lean, 
whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of 
good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the 
time was the time of the first ripe grapes. 
g 2t IF So they went up, and searched the land from the 

wilderness of k Zin unto'Rehob,as men come to m Hamath. 

22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto 
11 Hebron ; where ° Ahiman, Sheshai, and p Talmai, q the 
children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was r built seven 
};ears before s Zoan in Egypt.) 

23 And thev came unto the brook 



s 2 Kings 5, 
27. 

Heb. 3. 3. 
t ch. 18. 32, 
a Ps. 38. 5. 
x ch. 5. 2. 
y Job 30. 10. 
Isaiah 50. 6. 
z Lev. 13. 
4,5. 

aLev.19.15. 
2Chr.2C.20. 
h Micah 6.4. 
a Dt. 1. 22. 
b Dt. 1. 22. 
cDt 1.33. 
Ezek. 20.6. 
d ch. 9. 18. 

Ex. 18. 25, 
a That is, 
Hearty, 
Josh. 14. 7. 
Col. 3. 23. 

b His name 
in number 
is 666, 
Rev. 13. 18. 
fJudg.1.15. 
Josh. 15. 3. 
Ps. 126. 4. 
Acta 14. 22. 
g ch. 14. 40. 
Deut. 1. 44. 
h 2 Kings 
2. 19. 

iNeh. 9.28. 
35. 

Ezek. 34.14. 
kch.34.3,4. 

1 Josh. 19. 
28. 

m Josh. 13. 
5. 

nGen.13.18, 
Josh. 14. 9, 
10, 14. 
o Josh. 15. 
14. 

pJudg.1.10, 
nver.28,33, 
Deut. 1. 28, 
r Ps. 17. 14, 
s Ps. 78. 12, 
Isa. 19. 11. 
c That is, 
J$ cluster 
of grapes, 
Judg. 16. 4. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



t Acts 1. 3. 
u Gen. 14.6 
x Deut. 1.1 9. 
yDeut.1.25. 
z Deut. 9. 1. 
&3. 5. 
Ps. 127. 2. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
a Dout. 9. 2 
b Ex. 17. 8. 
cGen. 15.19 
<Uudg.l.2]. 
och.14.6,7. 
f ch. 14. 30, 
Josh. 14. 7. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
g ch. 14. 6. 
h Prov. 10. 
18. 

Mai. 3. 14. 
i ch. 21. 28. 
k Amos 2. 9. 
1 Isa. 40. 22. 
m 1 Sam. 
17. 42. 
a ch. 1<S. 41. 
h p.ov. 29. 
Co. 

c Ex. 16.2,8. 
il Ps. 106. 
14, 24. 
e Jer. 9. 3. 
a Heb. Let 

11.5 rrilie 

a head, 
Nch. 9. 16. 
flit. 28. 68. 
ch. 16.22. 
hch. 13.0,8. 
iQon.S7.S9. 
k Deut. 8. 8. 
1 ch. 24. 8. 
Deut. 7. 1C. 
Ps. •.9.7. 
i, Heb. 
hadow, 
Ps. 121. 5. 
Jer. 48. 45. 
Isa. 30. 0. 
mCjen. 21, 



of c Eshcol, and cut{i|,m.3o.6', 



by 



The people murmur, 
down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes 
and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they 
brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 

24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of 
the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down 
from thence. 

25 And they returned from searching of the land after 
forty l days. 

/26 ^F And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, 
and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto 
the wilderness of u Paran, to x Kadesh ; and brought back 
word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and 
shewed them the fruit of the land. 

27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land 
whither thou sentest us, and surely y it fioweth with milk 
and honey ; and this is the fruit of it. 

« 28 Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the 
land, and the cities are z walled, and very great : and 
moreover, we saw the children of a Anak there. 

g 29 The b Amalekites dwell in the land of the south : 
and the c Hittites, and the Je-busites, and the Amorites. 
dwell in the d mountains ; and the Canaanites dwell 
the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 

c 30 And e Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and 
said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for f we are 
well able to overcome it. 

/ 31 But the e men that went up with him said, We be 
not able to go up against the people ; for they are stronger 
than we. 

32 And they brought up h an evil report of the land 
which they had searched unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, The land through which we have gone to search it, is 
a land that ' eateth up the inhabitants thereof ; and all the 
people that we saw in it are k men of a great stature. 

33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, 
which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight 
as ' grasshoppers, and so we were m in their sight. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
The people murmur at the news, 1. Joshua and Caleb labour to still 
them, 6. God threateneth them, 11. Moses persuadeth God, and ob- 
taineth pardon, 13. The murmurers are deprived of entering into the 
land, 26. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague, 36. The 
people that ivould invade the land against the will of God are smitten, 40. 

AND a all the congregation lifted up their voice, and 
b cried ; and the people wept that night, 
c 2 And all the children of Israel murmured c against 
Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congregation 
said unto them, d Would God that we had died in the land 
of Egypt ! or would God we had died in this wilderness ! 
g 3 And wherefore e hath the Lord brought us unto this land, 
to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should 
be a prey ? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 
/ 4 And they said one to another, " Let us make a cap- 
tain, and let us f return into Egypt. 

5 Then Moses and Aaron e fell on their faces before all 
the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 
/6 "IF And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of 
Jephunneh, which were of them that '' searched the land, 
1 rent their clothes : 

7 And they spake unto all the company of the children 
of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to 
search it, is an k exceeding good land, 
c 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into 
this land, and give it us ; a land which fioweth with milk 
and honey. 

9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye 
the people of the land : for they are ' bread for us : Iheir 
" defence is departed from them, and the Lord is m wifh 
us : fear them not. 

/ 10 But all the congregation bade n slone them with 

95 



Moses inter xedeth for the people. 

stones. And the glory of the Lord ° appeared in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel, 
jll f And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this 
people p provoke me? and how long will it be ere they q be- 
lieve me, for r all the signs which I have shewed among them 1 
12 1 will smite them with the 3 pestilence, and disin- 
herit them, and will l make of thee a greater nation and 
mightier than they. 

d 13 1 And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyp- 
tians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in 
thy might from among them ;) 

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land : 
for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, 
that thou Lord art u seen face to face, and that thy cloud 
x standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by 
day-time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 

1 5 Now //"thou shalt kill allihis people as one man, then the 
nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 

16 Because the Lord y was not able to bring this people 
into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath 
slain them in the wilderness. 

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord 
be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 

t 18 The Lord is z long-suffering, and of great mercy, 
forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by a no means 
clearing the guilty, b visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 

b 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people 
according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou 
hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even c until now. 

20 And the Lord said, I have d pardoned according to 
thy word : 

r 21 But as e truly as I live, all the earth shall be f filled 
with the glory of the Lord. 

22 Because all those men which have seen e my glory, 
and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilder- 
ness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have 
not hearkened to my voice ; 

23 c Surely they- shall not see b the land winch I sware 
unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked 
me see it : 

* 24 But my servant 1 Caleb, because he had k another spirit 
with him, and hath " followed me fully, him will I bring into 
the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall ! possess it. 
e 25 (Now the Amalekites, and the Canaanites dwelt in 
the valley.) m To-morrow turn you, and get you into the 
wilderness by the way of the n Red sea. 

26 If And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 

27 ° How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, 
which murmur against me 1 I have heard the murmurings 
of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 

28 Say unto them, .Is truly as r ' I live, saith the Lord, 
as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you : 

r 29 Your carcasses shall q fall in this wilderness ; and all 
that were r numbered of you, according to your whole 
number, from twenty years old and upward, which have 
murmured against me. 

30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land concern- 
ing which ' I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb 
the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 

31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, 
them will I bring in, and they 3 shall know the land which 
ye have despised. 

32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this 
wilderness. 

33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness 
forty years, and bear your u whoredoms, until your car- 
casses be wasted in the wilderness. 



NU MBERS. The law of the meat-offering. 

w 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched 



B. Christ 
1490. 



o Ex. 16. 7. 
& 24. 15. 
p Ps. 95. 8. 
q Heb.3.18. 
r Julin 12. 
37. 

s Ex. 5. 3. 
t Ex. 32.10. 
uGen.32.30. 
Ex. 33. 11. 
chap. 12.8. 
x Ex. 13.21. 
ch. 9. 7. 
y Dt. 9. 28. 
Josh. 7. 9. 



1.3. 
bEx. 20. 5. 
c Ezek. 20. 
8,9. 

dPs. 106.7,8. 
e Ezek. 18. 
3. 

f Ps. 72. 19. 
g Ex. 16. 7. 
c Heb. If 
they see 
the land, 
Ps. 95. 11. 
h Gen. 12. 5, 
7. 

Isa. 8. 8. 
Zech. 2. 12. 
i Josh. 14.6. 
k Gal. 3. 2. 
d Heb. he 
hathfulfill- 
cd after me, 
Ephes. 6. 6. 
1 ch. 14. 9. 
m eh. 13. 16. 
n Ps. 106. 
19, 22. 
o Sit. 17. 17. 
p ch. 32. 10. 
q 1 Cor. 10. 
10. 

rch.26.64. 
e Heb. lift- 
ed up my 
hand, 

Gen. 14. 22 
s Dt. 1. 39. 
tch. 33.38. 
Deut. I. 3. 
u Jer. 3. 9. 



the land, even forty days x (each day for a year) shall ye 
bear your iniquities, even forty years and ye shall know 
my y breach of promise. 

35 I the Lord have said, z I will surely do it unto all 
this evil congregation, that are gathered together against 
me : in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there 
they shall die. 

/ 36 And the men which Moses sent to search the land, 
who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur 
a^ahu'm 6 ' against him, by bringing up a a slander upon the land, 

37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report 
upon the land, died by the plague b before the Lord. 

38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh, which were of the men that went to search the 
land, c lived still. 

39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children 
of Israel : and the people d mourned greatly. 
/ 40 ^[ And they e rose up early in the morning, and gat 
them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, f we be 
here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath 
promised : for we have sinned. 

41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress 
the commandment of the Lord 1 but it shall not prosper. 
v 42 Go not up, for the Lord is s not among you ; that 
ye be not smitten before your enemies. 

43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there 
before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : because ye 
are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will 
not be with you. 

44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top : never- 
theless the h ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, 
departed not out of the camp. 

g 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the ! Canaan 
ites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and k dis 
comfited them, even unto ' Hormah. 



B. Cbri 

1490, 



x Ezek. 4.6. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
y Dt.31. 1C. 
Zech. 11.10. 
Jude 5. 
zlCor. 10. 
11. 

Heb. 3. 19. 
a ch. 13. 30. 
b ver.10,12. 
c Josh. 14. 
10. 

Jutle 5. 
dHob. 12.17. 
e Dt. 1.41. 
f verse 4. 
Matt. 4. 4, 5. 
Acts 14. 13. 
•jDt. 1. 42. 
Hos. 9. 12. 
Ii ch. 9. 15. 
i Dt. 1. 44. 
k Dt. 1. 44. 
Isa. 63. 10. 
I ch. 21. 3. 

1 Cor. 10.11. 
<a Lev.23.10. 
Ez*. 20.34, 
35, 3b, 37. 

1) Lev. l.ft,4 
Ezek. 45.17. 
Hob. 9. 14. 
&10. 8, 10. 
c Ex. 18. 12. 
Lev. 17. 5, 
8. & 23. 37. 
Deut. 12.27. 
a Heb. 
separating. 
Lev. 27. 2. 
dLev.7. 16. 
e Lev. 23. 4. 
f Gen. 8.21. 
Lev. 1. 9. 
Matt. 3. 17, 
K Lev. 1. 2. 
Ephes. 5. 2. 
Isa. 66. 20. 
Mai. 1. 10. 
Rom. 15.16. 
h ch. 28. 5. 
Lev. 19. 36. 
i Matt. 26. 
28,29. 
Phil. 2. 17. 

2 Tim. 4. 6. 



CHAPTER XV. 

The law of the meat-offering, and the drink-offering, 1. The stranger is 
under the sa?ne laio, 13, 29. The law of the first of the dough for a 
heave-offering, 17. The sacrifice for sins of 'ignorance, 22. Tlie punish 
ment of presumption, 30. He that violated the sabbath is stoned, 32 
The law of fringes, 37. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
l 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, When ye be come into the land of your a habita- 
tions, which I give unto you, 

3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a 
b burnt-offering, or a c sacrifice in " performing a vow, or 
in a d free-will-offering, or in your e solemn feasts, to make 
a f sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock : 

4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the 



Lord bring g .a 



meat-offering 



of h a tenth-deal of flour 



offering 



mingled with the fourth part of a bin of oil. 

And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink - 
shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or 
sacrifice, for one lamb. 

6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat-offering 
two tenth-deals of flour mingled with the third part of a 
hin of oil. 

l 7 And for a 5 drink-offering thou shalt offer the third par* 
of a hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt- 
offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace- 
offerings unto the Lord : 

9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat-offering of 
three tenth-deals of flour mingled with half a hin of oil. 

10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-offering half a liin 
of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the Lord : 

ae 



The punishment of presumption 

11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram 
or for a lamb, or a kid. 

12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so 
shall ye do to every one according to their number, 



B. Christ 
1490. 



k Ex. 19. 49. 
Lev. 19. 34. 

1 Gen. 17.7. 
mlsa.28.28. 

13 "All that are born of the country shall do these thingsjoProv.3. 
after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of| 
a sweet savour unto the Lord. 



1 Cor. 5. 7. 
q Dt. 13. 16. 
r Xeh.10.37. 
Deut. 3. 3. 
Rom. 11. 16. 
s Lev. 4. 2. 
verses 24, 

0. 

Lev. 4. 2. 
b Reb.from 
the eyes. 
uLc. 4. 14 
x Lev. 4. 21. 
yHeb.9. 11. 
z Rom.3.29. 
a Lev. 4. 27. 
cHeb. 
daughter 
of her year. 
rfHeb. with 
a high 
hand. 
b2 Kings 
19.22. 
c Acts 3. 23 
d Prov. 13. 
13. 

e Mark 7. 9. 
fLev. 22. 9. 
gLev.24.12. 
h Ex. 31. 4. 
& 35. 2. 



B. Christ 
1490. 



.9, 10. 
JEzek. 44.30. 
iKom. 11. 16, 
p Ex. 23. 19. 

£ 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever]^-!^-' 
be among you in your generations, and will offer an offer- 
ing made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye 
do, so he shall do. 

15 k One ordinance shall be both for you of the congre- 
gation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, 30.' 
an ordinance ' for ever in your generations : as ye are, so ■ - 
shall the stronger be before the Lord. 

16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for 
the stranger that sojourneth with you. 

17 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 

l 19 Then it shall be, that when ye eat of the m bread of 
the land, ye shall offer n up a heave-offering unto the Lord. 

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the ° first of your p dough 
for a heave-offering : as ye do the heave-offering of the 
M threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 

21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the 
Lord a heave-offering in your r generations. 

22 % And if ye have s erred, and not observed all these 
commandments which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 

23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the 
hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded 
Moses, and henceforward among your generations ; 

£24 Then it shall be, if aught be committed 'by igno- 
rance b without the knowledge of the congregation, that 
"all the congregation shall offer one x young bullock for a 
burnt-offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his 
meat-offering, and his drink-offering, according to the 
manner, and one kid of the goats for y a sin-offering. 
t 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the 
congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be for- 
given them ; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their 
offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their 
sin-offering before the Lord, for their ignorance : 

26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the 
children of Israel, and the z stranger that sojourneth among 
them ; seeing all the people ivcre in ignorance. 
L 27 *ft And if a any soul sin through ignorance, then he 
shall bring a she-goat of the c first year for a sin-offering. 
• t 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul 
that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance 
before the Lord, to make an atonement for him ; and it 
shall be forgiven him. 

29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through 
ignorance, both for him that is born among ihe children 
of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 
» 30 % But the soul that doeth aught " presumptuously, 
whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same 
* reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be c cut off 
from among his people. 

31 Because he hath d despised the word of the Lord, 
and hath ° broken his commandment, that soul shall ut- 
terly be cut off; his f iniquity shall be upon him. 
/32 ^[ And while the children of Israel were in the wil- 
derness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the 
sabbath-day. 

^ 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought 
him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation 
34 And they put him s in ward, because it was not h de 
slaved what should be done to him;. 

25 N 



NUMBERS. Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 

L 35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be 
surely put to death : all the congregation shall : stone him 
with stones k without the camp. 

/ 36 And all the congregation brought him without the 
camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

37 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
l 38 Speak u:vto the children of Israel, and bid them that 
they make them ' fringes in the borders of their garments 
throughout their generations, and that they put upon the 
fringe of the borders a riband of blue : 

39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may 
look upon it, and m remember all the commandments of 
the Lord, and do them ; and that ye n seek not after 
your own heart and your ° own eyes, after which ye use 
to go a p whoring : 

d 40 That ye may remember, and do all my command- 
ments, and be holy unto your God. 

41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the 
land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord q your God 

CHAPTER XVI. 
The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 1. Moses separateth the 
people from the rebels' tents, 23. Tlie earth swalloweth up Korah, and 
a fire consumeth others, 31. The censers are reserved to holy use, 36. 
Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague for mur- 
muring against Moses and Aaron, 41. Aaron by incense stayeth the 
plague, 46. _ 

MOW a Korah, the son of Izbar, the son of Kohath, the son 
i. n of Levi ; and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of b Eliab ; 
and On, the son of Peleth, c sons of Reuben, took men ; 

2 And they rose up before Moses, d with certain of the 
children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the as- 
sembly, " famous in the congregation, men of renown : 
c 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses 
and against Aaron, and said unto them, b Ye take too much 
upon you, seeing all the congregation e are holy, every 



i Ex.21. 12. 
k Acts 7. 5, 
8. 

1 Kings 21. 
13. 

Heb. 4. 1, 2, 
3.& 13. 11. 
IDeut. 6.8. 
& 11. 18. 
m Mt.19.17. 
Rom. 13. 14. 
Epb.4. 21. 
n ch. 14. 36. 
o'Eccles. 
11.9. 

1 John 2. 16. 
pPs.10G.39. 
Hos. 2. 2, 9. 
q Gen. 17.7. 
a Jude 11. 
b ch. 26. 7. 
ch. 1. 10. 
d verse 5. 
a Heb. men 
of name, 
b Heb. It is 
much for 
you. 

e verse 5.^ 
fch. 14. 5. 
g Ps. 101. 8. 
h 2 Tim. 2. 
17. 

i Ps. 106. 16, 
k 1 Pet. 2.5, 
Ps. 65. 4. 

Kph. a ia 

1 Heb. 9. ). 

m 1 Kings 

18. 21. 

n verses 46, 

47, 48. 

Lev. 16. I'.'. 

13. 

1 Pet. 2. 5. 

H.4>. 13. 15. 

1 Kings 
18. 17. 
p ch. 3. 41. 

1 Sam. ie. 
23. 

q I.cv.20.26. 
Acts 13. 2. 
Rom. 1. 1. 
Sal. 1. 15 
r ch. 8. 11. 
■ Neh.12.44. 
tch.18.2,3. 
ul Sam. 7.8. 
x 1 Cor. 3.5. 
v Prov.25.9. 
z Ps. ao. 11. 
aBx.3.a 



seeing all the congregation 
one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then 
lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? 

4 And when Moses heard it, he f fell upon his face : 
r 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, 
saying, Even g to-morrow the Lord '' will shew ; who arc 
his, and who is holy ; and will cause him to come near 
unto him : even him whom he hath chosen will he cause 
to k come near unto him. 

6 This do; Take you l censers, Korah, and all his company; 

7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before 
the Lord to-morrow : and it shall be that the man whom 
the Lord doth m choose, he shall be " holy : ° ye take too 
much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 

/ 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye 
sons of Levi : 

9 Seemelh it but a p small thing unto you, that the God 
of Israel hath i separated you from the congregation of 
Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the 'service of 
the tabernacle of the Lord, and s to stand before the con- 
gregation to ' minister unto them 1 

10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thj 
brethren the sons of Levi with thee : and seek ye the 
priesthood also ] 

11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are 
gathered together "against the Lorjp : and x what is Aaron, 
that ye murmur against him 1 

./ 12*«j[ And Moses >' sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the 
sons of Eliab : which said, We will not come up : 

13 Is it a small tiling that thou hast brought us up out 
of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in 
the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether 7 a 
prince over us ? 

c 14 Moreover, thou hast a not brought us into a land 
that floweth with milk and hor or given us inheri'gnce 

97 



NUMBERS. 

thou • put out the eyes of 



B. Christ 
civ. 1471. 



The punishment of Korah. 

of fields and vineyards: wilt 
these men 1 we will not come up. 

15 And Moses was very b wroth, and said unto the 
Lord, c Respect not thou their offering : I have not taken 
d one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them 
/16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy 
company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, 
to-morrow : 

17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in 
them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his cen 
ser, two hundred and fifty censers ; thou also and Aaron 
each of you his censer. 

18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in 
them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. 

19 And Korah gathered e all the congregation against 
them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 
and the f glory of the Lord appeared unto all the con- 
gregation. 

20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 

21 g Separate yourselves from among this congrega- 
tion, that I may consume them Mn a moment. 

d 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the 
1 God of the spirits of k all flesh, shall J one man sin- and 
wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation 1 

f 23 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up 
from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram 

25 And Moses rose up, and went unto Dathan and 
Abiram; and the m elders of Israel followed him. 

d 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart 
I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and "touch 
nothing of theirs, ° lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 
/ 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Da- 
than, and Abiram, on every side : and Dathan and Abiram 
came out, and p stood in the door of their tents, and their 
wives, and their sons, and their little children. 

28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the 
Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for / have not 
done them of mine q own mind. 

29 If these men die the common death of all men, or 
if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the 
Lord hath not sent me. 

r 30 But if the Lord make r a new thing, and the earth 
open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that ap- 
pertain unto them, and they go down quick into the s pit ; 
then ye shall understand that these men have provoked 
the Lord. 

/ 31 % And it came to pass, as he had made an end of 
speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder 
that was under them : 

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and l swallowed 
them up, and their " houses, and x all the men that apper- 
tained unto Korah, and all their goods. 
a 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down 
alive into the pit, and the earth y closed upon them: and 
they perished from among the congregation. 

34 And all Israel that were round about them, fled at the 
z cry of them : for they said, a Lest the earth swallow us 
up also. 

f 35 And there came out b a fire from the Lord, and con- 
sumed the c two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 
/ 36 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, - 

37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that 
he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter 
thou the fire a yonder ; for they are hallowed. 

38 The censers of these e sinners against their own 
souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of j Jcr . i. n , 



cHeb. 
dig out. 
b eh. 12. 3. 
c Gen. 4. 34. 
d 1 Sam. 12. 
3. 

e ch. 14. 1. 
Ex. 19. 4. 
Rev. 13. 3, 4. 
fch. 12.5. 
& 14. 10. 
verso 42. 
gGen.19.15. 
Acts 2. 40. 
Rev. 18. 4. 
h Ex. 33. 5. 
verse 45. 
Job 21. 18. 
Dan. 4. 30, 
31. 

iZech.12.1. 
Job 12. 10. 
k Gen. 6. 13. 
Ina. 40. 5. 
Joel 2. 28. 
Ivor. 1,4,9. 
ml Pet. 5. 3. 
Hob. 13. 7. 
n 2 Cor. 6. 
17. 

Rev. 18. 4. 
p Prov. 16. 
18. 

Job 33. 5. 
&. 41. 10. 
qEzek.3.17. 
r Isa. 45. 7. 
Job 31. 3. 

Ps. 55. 15. 
t Ps.105.17. 
u Prov. 11.4. 
x oil. 26. 11 
v Ps.109.15. 
z Jer.49.21 
a Prov. 21. 
11. 

b Lev. 10.1 
Ps. 106. 17, 
18. 

c verses 2, 
17, 18. 
d Rev. 8. 5. 
e 1 Sam. 15. 
18. 

Gon. 13. 13 
Prov. 20. 2. 

1 Kgs. 2.23. 



Aaron's rodflounshetfi, 

the altar : for they offered them before the Lord, there • 
fore they are hallowed : and they shall be f a sign unto 



B. Christ 
cir. 1471. 



are hallowed 
the children of Israel. 

39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, 
wherewith they that were burnt had offered ; and they 
were made broad plates for a covering of the altar : 

40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that 
s no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come 
near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not 
h as Korah, and as his company : as the Lord said * to him 
by the hand of Moses. 

/ 41 % But on the k morrow all the congregation of the 
children of Israel murmured against Moses and against 
Aaron, saying, ! Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 

42 And it came to pass when the congregation was 
gathered against Moses and against Aaroi.>, that they look- 
ed toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and behold, 
the cloud covered it, and m the glory of the Lord appeared. 

43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

44 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 45 "Get you up from among this congregation, that I 
may consume them as in a moment. And they ° fell upon 
their faces. 

46 *U And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and 
put fire therein from off the altar, and put on r incense, 
and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an 
q atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from 
the Lord ; the plague is begun. 

47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into 
the midst of the congregation ; and behold, the plague 
was begun among the people : and he r put on incense, 
and made an atonement for the people. 

d 48 And he stood 3 between the dead and the living ; and 
the l plague was stayed. 

49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen 
thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about 
the matter of Korah. 

50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the "door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation : and the plague was stayed. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

Aaron's rod, among all the rods of the tribes, only Jlourisheth, 1. It is 

left for a monument against the rebels, 10. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of 
every one of them a a rod according to the house of their 
fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their 
fathers, twelve rods : write thou every man's name upon 
his rod. 

3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of 
Levi : for c one rod shall be for the head of the house of 

their fathers. 

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the 
congregation d before the testimony, e where I will meet 
with you. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod whom I 
shall choose shall f blossom : and I will make to cease 
from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, where- 
by they murmur against you. 

/ 6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and 
every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, ° for 
each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even 
twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 
7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the 
tabernacle of witness, 
a 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went 



NUMBERS. 

before the 



The priests' and Levites'' charge. 

f 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from 

Lord unto all the children of Israel : and they looked, 

and took every man his rod. 

• 10 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod 
again before the testimony, to be k kept for a token against 
the b rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their mur 
murings from me, that they die not. 

1 1 And Moses did so : as the Lord commanded him, 
so did he. 

e 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, say 
ing, Behold, we ' die, we perish, we all perish. 

13 "Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabcr 
nacle of the Lord shall die : shall we be m consumed with 
dying 1 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
The charge of the priests and Levites, 1. The priests'' portion, 8. The 

Levites portion, 21. The heave-offering to the priests out of the Le 

vites' portion, 25. 

f k ND the Lord said unto Aaron, a Thou, and thy sons 
J\ and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the ini- 
quity of the b sanctuary : and thou and thy sons with thee 
shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood 
L 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe 
of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be 
joined c unto thee, and d minister unto thee : but thou and 
thy sons with thee shall minister e before the tabernacle 
of witness. 

3 And they shall f keep thy charge, and the charge of 
all the tabernacle: only they. shall not come nigh the 
vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, 
nor ye also, die. 

4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the 
c charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the 
service of the tabernacle : and s a stranger shall not come 
nigh unto you. 

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the h sanctuary, and 
the charge of the altar ;* that there be no '' wrath any 
more upon the children of Israel. 

£ 6 And I, behold, I have k taken your brethren the Le 
vites from among the children of Israel : to you they are 
given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep 
your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and ' within 
the vail ; and ye shall serve : I have given your priest's 
office unto you as a * service of gift : and the m stranger 
I hat cometh nigh shall be put to death. 
L 8 *\ And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also 
have "given thee the charge of my heave-offerings of all 
the ° hallowed things of the children of Israel ; unto thee 
have I given them p by reason of the anointing, and to thy 
sons, by an ordinance for ever. 

9 This shall be thine of the ' most holy things reserved 
from the fire : every oblation of theirs, every 'meat-offer- 
ing of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every 
trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto 
me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 
1 10 9 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every 
' male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee. 

1 1 And this is thine ; the heave-offering of their gift, 
with all the x wave-offerings of the children of Israel : 1 
have given them unto thee, and to thy sons, and to thy 
■ daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every onejf 
that is clean in thy house shall eat of it 



B. Christ 
ck. 1471. 



i 1 Kings 8. 
9. 

k Ex. 16. 32. 
b Heb. sons 
of rebellion. 
l'Kom. 7. 9, 
10. 

verso 5. 
m Ps. 85. 5 
6. 

Isa. 64. 22. 
a ch. 17. 13. 
Heb. 2. 15. 
b Lev. 5. 1. 
c Gen.29.34. 
Isa. 56. 3,6. 
d ch. 16. 9. 
e 2Ghrnn. 
30. 16. 
f ch. 3. 7, 8. 
aOr, watch, 
Ps. 134. 1. 
g ch. 3. 10. 
h Heb. 9. 2 
3. 

i ch. 16. 46. 
Lev. 10. 1,2. 
k ch. 3. 12. 
1 Heb. 9. 3. 6. 
Ex. 27. 20. 
b Heb. gift, 
Isa. 9. 6. 
Rom. 3. 24 
&8. 32. 
mch. 16.40. 
n 1 Cor. 9. 
13. 

Lev. 5. 15 
p Lov.21.10. 
q Lev. 2. 3. 
r Lev. 6. 20. 
s Ex.29. 37. 
Neh. 13.5,9. 

1 Cor. 9. 13. 
Heb. 9. 3. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
t verses 11, 
13, 19. 
uLev.7.11. 
12, 14. 
x Lev. 7. 30. 
y Lev. 22. 
12,13. 
zNeh.10.35. 
a Lev. 22.3. 



B. Christ 
cir. 147J. 



b Lev. 27. 
28. 

c Ex. 13. 2. 
dlPet.1.18. 
e Ex. 13. 13. 
f Lev. 27.6. 
g Ex.34. 19. 
h Dt.15. 19. 
iMaL 1.10. 
Neh. 13. 10. 
2Chr.31. 1. 
k 2 Clir. 13. 

Ich. 20. 28. 
mch. 26.53. 

n Josh. 15. 
13. 

oDeut.18.1. 
Josh: J 3. 1-1. 
Lam. 3. 24. 
p Dt. 14. 2-}. 
Lev. 27. 30. 
Neh. 10. 37. 
q ch. 16. 10. 
i Ezek.18.4. 
Gal. 5.6. 
s Hob. 7.4. 
t Joel 2. 24. 
Ex. 22. 2!). 
ii Nub. 10. 
30. 

Heb. 7. 5. 
x ch. 5. 4. 
c Heb./at, 
versea 12, 
21,32. 

Ilcut. 11. 
22 23. 
z 1 Tim. 5. 
17. 

On. 31. 12. 
Uout. 12. 19. 



The Levites 1 portion. 

14 Every thing b devoted in Israel shall be thine. 
L 15 Every thing that c openeth the matrix in all flesh, 
which they bring unto the Lord, whether it he of men or 
beasts, shall be thine : nevertheless, the first-born of man 
shalt thou surely d redeem, and the firstling of e unclean 
beasts shalt thou redeem. 

16 And those that are to be redeemed from f a month 
old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for 
the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctu- 
ary, which is twenty gerahs. 

17 But g the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, 
or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt h not redeem ; they 
are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, 
and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a 
sweet savour unto the Lord. 

l 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave- 
breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 

19 All the { heave-offerings of the holy things, which 
the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given 
thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a sta- 
tute for ever : it is a k covenant of salt for ever before the 
Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 

l 20 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Aaron, ! Thou shalt 
have no m inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have 
any n part among them : I am thy ° part and thine inherit- 
ance among the children of Israel. 

l 21 And behold, I have given the children of Levi all 
the p tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service 
which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth 
q come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they 
bear sin, and die. 

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the taberna 
cle of the congregation, and they shall bear r their iniquity : 
It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, 
that among the children of Israel they have no inhe- 
ritance. 

24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they 
offer as s a heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to 
the Levites to inherit : therefore I have said unto them. 
Among the children of Israel they shall have no inhe- 
ritance. 

25 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

£ 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, 
When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which 
I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye 
shall offer up a heave-offering of it for the Lord, even a 
tenth part of the tithe. 

27 And this your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto 
you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and 
as the ' fulness of the wine-press. 

28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unlo the 
Lord of all your tithes which ye receive of the children 
of Isrnel ; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave- 
offering n to Aaron the priest. 

29 Out of ajl your ' gifts ye shall offer every heave- 
offering of the Lord, of all the c best thereof, even the 
hallowed part thereof out of it. 

L 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have 
heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted 
unto the Levites as I he increase of the thro.-' 



13 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the winelicol&'ia 



and of the wheat, the z first-fruits of them which they shall 
offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. 

13 find whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they|»^*;g 
shall bring unto the Lord, shall bo thine ; every one that i 3,0,10" 
is x;lean in thv house shall a eat pf it. 



-*a. 06. II. 

Han. n.io.| and as the increnso of the wine-prosf 

shall eat it y in every 

reward 



i!mg-floor ; 



Gal. 6. 6. 
2Tim.4.7,8. 
2 Thcss. 3. 

Ml. 



UTim,'1.16. 



place, ye and youT 
for your service in 



31 And ye 
households : for it is your 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

32 And ye shall hear no sin by reason of it, when ye 
have heaved from it the best of it": neither shall ye a pol- 
lute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. 

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The law 



cast it into the midst of the burning of 



The water of separation. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer, 1 
for the use of it, 11. 

ND the a Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 
saying, 
t 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath 
commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, 
that they bring thee a red heifer b without spot, wherein is 
no blemish, and upon which c never came yoke : 

3 And ye shall give her unto d Eleazar the priest, that 
he may bring her forth e without the camp, and one shall 
slay her before his face : 

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with 
his f finger, and s sprinkle of her blood directly before the 
b tabernacle of the congregation seven times : 

5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight ; her skin, 
and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn-i 

6 And the priest shall take * cedar-wood, and ''hyssop 
and ' scarlet, and 
the heifer. 

7 Then the priest shall m wash his clothes, and he shall 
bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into 
the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 

8 And he that burnetii her shall wash his clothes in 
water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean 
until the even. 

T 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the n ashes 
of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a ° clean 
place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the 
children of Israel for a water of p separation : it is a pu 
rification q for sin. 

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall 
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even ; and it 
shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger 
that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 

h 1 1 ^[ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall 
r be unclean seven days. 

12 He shall 'purify himself with it on the third day, and on 
the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself 
the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean 

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that 
is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle 
of the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut 'off from Israel 
because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon 
him, he shall be unclean ; his unclcanness is yet upon him. 

14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent : all that 
come into the tent, and all that is in the tent shall be un- 
clean seven days. 

£-15 And every "open vessel which hath no covem 
bound upon it, is unclean. 

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with i 
2 sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a y bone of a 
man, or z a grave, shall be unclean seven days 

-M7 And for an unclean person they shall take of the 
ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and " run 
ning water shall be put thereto in a vessel : 

18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in 
the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all a the 
vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him 
that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 

19 And the clean person shall b sprinkle upon the unclean 
on the c third day, and on the seventh day : and on the d se- 
venth day he shall purify himself, and e wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 

v> 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not 
purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the 
congregation, because he hath f defiled the sanctuary of 
the Lord : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled 
upon him ; he is unclean. 



B. Christ 
1471. 



NUMBERS. Water out of the rock. 

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that 
he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall B wash his 
clothes ; and he that toucheth the water of separation 
shall be unclean until even. 

22 And whatsoever the unclean person h toucheth shall 
be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean 
until even. 

CHAPTER XX. 

The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth, 1. They mur- 
mur for ivant of water, 2. Moses, smiting the rock, bringeth forth water 
at Meribah, 7. Moses at Kadesh desireth a passage through Edom, 
ivhich is denied him, 14. At mount Hor Aaron resigneth his place to 
Eleazar, and dieth, 22. 

THEN came the children of Israel, even the a whole 
congregation, into the desert of b Zin in the c first 

month : and the people d abode in e Kadesh ; and Miriam 

f died there, and was buried there. 

/ 2 And there was g no water for the congregation : and 

they gathered themselves together against Moses and 

against Aaron. 

c 3 And the people h chode with Moses, and spake, saying, 
Would God that we had died when k our brethren died 

before the Lord ! 

4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the 
Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should 
die there 1 

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of 
Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place 1 it is no place of 
seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither 
is there any water to drink. 

6 And Moses and Aaron went from 'the presence of the 
assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gration, and they m fell upon their faces : and the glory of 
the Lord n appeared unto them. 
/ 7 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

8 Take the "rod, and gather thou the assembly together, 
thou and Aaron thy brother, and p speak ye unto the rock 
before their eyes ; and it shall 9 give forth his water, and 
thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock : so 
thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 

9 And Moses took the rod r from before the Lord, as 
he commanded him. 

w 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation 
together before the rock, and he said unto them, s Hear 
now, ye 'rebels; "must we fetch you water out of this 
rock? 

*» 1 1 And Moses lifted up his.hand, and with his rod he 
smote the rock twice : and the water came out x abun- 
dantly, and the y congregation drank, and their z beasts also, 
f 12 % And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Be- 
cause ye a believed me not, to b sanctify me in the c eyes 
of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall d not bring this 
congregation into the land which I have given them. 
n 1 3 This is the water of " Meribah ; because the children of 
Israel strove with the Lord, and he was "sanctified in them. 
g 14 f~And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto 
the king of f Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou 
knowest all the travail that hath * befallen us : 

15 How our fathers e went down into Egypt, and we 
have dwelt in Egypt a h long time ; and the Egyptians 
vexed us, and our fathers : 

16 And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our 
voice, and sent an ' angel, and hath brought us forth out 
of Egypt : and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the ut- 
termost of thy border : 

/ 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through k thy country : we 
will not pass through the fields, or through 'the vineyards, 
neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go 
by the king's high-way, we will not turn to the right hand 
nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 

100 



Mt. 28.20. 
1 Cor.11.23. 
Isu. 63. 1. 
Heb.2. 14, 
17. 

b Luke 1.35. 
1 Pet. 1. 19. 
&2.22. 
c Lam. 1.1 4. 
Dout. 21. 3. 
John 10. 17. 
&. 8. 34. 
1 Cor. 7. 23. 
d Heb. 9. 
13, 14. 
verse 7. 
e Lev. 24.14. 
Isa. S3. 6. 
Acts 2. 27. 
Heb. 13. 11, 
12. 

f Mt. 12. 28. 
_ Heb. 9. 
21, 22, 23. 
& 10. 19. 
h Heb. 9. 24. 
i Lev. 14. 4. 
k Ex. 12. 22. 
1 Isa. 1. 18. 
m Lev. 11. 
25. 
nlleb.13.11. 

Acts 15. 9. 
pHcb.12.2i 
qZcch.13.1. 
rLev. 7. 19. 
s Acts 15. 9. 
t Lev. 5. 3,0. 
u Lev. 11. 
32. 

x ch. 31. 19. 
y Ezek. 39. 
15. 

z Horn. C. 23, 
John 5. 28. 
Gol. 2. 13. 

Tim. 5. 6. 
2Tim.2.17, 

1 Cor. 5. 6. 
a Heb. liv- 
ing water, 
Gen. 26. 19. 
ach.31.23. 
b Isa. 52. 15. 
c 1 Cor. 15. 

d' Ex. 12. 15. 
Heb. 4. 9. 
e Lev. 15. 5, 
fch. 5. 2. 



The fiery serpents. 

f 18 And Edom. said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, 
lest I come out against thee with the sword. 

1 9 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go 
by the high- way : and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, 
then I will ' pay for it : I will only, without doing any thing 
else, go through on my feet. 

20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And 
Edom came out against him with much people, and with 



NUMBERS. 



a strong hand. 



21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through 
his border : wherefore Israel m turned away from him. 
g 2.2 ^ And the children of Israel, even the whole congre- 
gation, journeyedfromKadesh, and cameunto "mount Hor. 

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount 
Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 
/ 24 A.aron shall be ° gathered unto his people : for he 
shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the 
childre s of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at 
the water of Meribah. 

25 Take p Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them 
up unto mount Hor : 

26 And q strip Aaron of his garments, and put them 
upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto 
his people, and shall die there. 

/ 27 And Moses did as the Lord commanded : and they 
wentup into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 

28 And Moses r stripped Aaron of his garments, and put 
them s upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there in the 
1 top of the mount : and Moses and Eleazar came down 
from the mount. 

29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron "was 
dead, they mourned for Aaron x thirty days, even all the 
house of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Israel ivith some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hormah, 1. Tlie people 
murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents, 4. They repenting are 
healed by a brazen serpent, 7. Sundry journeys of the Israelites, 10. 
Sihon is overcome, 21, and Og, 33. 

/A ND when a king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in 
J\ the b south, heard tell that Israel came by the way 
of the c spies ; then he fought against Israel, and took 
d some of them prisoners. 

2 And Israel e vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, 
If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then 
I will f utterly destroy their cities. 

3 And the Lord e hearkened to the voice of Israel, 
and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they utterly de- 
stroyed them and their cities : and he called the name of 
the place Hormah. 

g 4 "|f And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of 
the Red sea, to h compass the land of Edom: and the soul 
of the people was much ! discouraged because of the 
fc way. 

c 5 And the people spake ' against God, and against Mo- 
ses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die 
in the wilderness 1 for /here is no bread, neither is there 
any water ; and our soul loatheth this m light bread. 
/ 6 And the Lord sent fiery "serpents among the people. 
and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died. 
/ 7 *\\ Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We 
have c sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and 
against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the 
serpents from us. And Moses p prayed for the people. 

8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a q fiery 
serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, 
that every one that is bitten, when he r looketh upon it, 
shall 9 live. 

T * 9 And Moses made a serpent of ' brass, and put it upon 
a ° pole, and it came to pass, that " if a serpent had bitten 
any man, when he y beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 
26 



B. Christ 
cir. 1453. 



Sihon and Og overcome. 



1 Deut.2.6,7. 
m JuJg. 11. 
18. 

Deut. 2. 5. 
n ch. 33. 37. 
oHeb.12.23. 
Isa. 57. 1. 
Acts 13. 36. 
pch. 33.38. 
Deut. 32. 50. 
q Ex. 28. 12. 
Isa. 22. 19. 
Heb. 7. 11, 
18, 26, 28. 
r2Cor.3.13. 
Job 19. 9. 
s ch. 2. 32. 
Jer. 33. 18. 
Heb. 10. ] 
t Gen. 23. 2. 
Deut. 34. 1, 

talked. 33. 

u ch. 33. 33. 

x Gen. 50. 

10. 

a Josh. 12. 

14. 

b ch. 33. 40. 

c ch. 14. 25. 

d ch. 31. 12. 

eGen.28.20. 

Lev. 27. 
28. 

_ Ps. 10.17. 
h ch. 20. 18. 
iZech. 11.8. 
k Acts 14. 
22. 

1 Ex. 14. 11. 
mch. 11.5,6. 
n Dt. 8. 15. 
o Ps. 78. 33. 
p 1 Sam. 12. 
19. 

q John 3. 14. 
r John 3. 14. 
s John 8. 24. 
t Ezek. 1. 7. 
u John 3. 1. 
x 1 John 1. 
7,8. 

y Zech. 12. 
10. 



B. Christ 
1453. 



z ch. 33. 43. 
a ch. 33. 44. 
b Gen. 19. 
36, 37. 
c Dt. 2. 13. 
(1 Judges 
11. 18. 
e Acts 17. 
20. 

fPs. 34. 9. 
g James 5. 
13. 

h Isa. 15. 8. 
2Chron. 
17. 7, 8. 
1 Tim. 5. 17. 
i Dt. 33. 21. 
Gen. 49. 10. 
Isa. 33. 22. 
James 4. 12. 
k ch. 17. 2. 
Ps. 23. 4. 
1 Dt. 2. 26. 
m Dt. 2. 27. 
n Judges 
11.20. 
o Dt.2.32. 
Jer. 48. 21. 
p Judges 
11.21. 
Dt. 2. 33. 
Pa. 135. 10, 
11. 

Amos 2. 9. 
gEzek.17.3. 
3ehr..7.20. 
r Judges 
II. 18. 
s Isa. 17. 14. 
Amos 1. 7, 
10. 

tJcr.48.45. 
ulH.2.9,18. 
s Jer. 48.45. 
vJoi-.48.4G. 
/. 2 Kings 
1 1. 33. 
Judg. 11.21. 
a Jer. 48. 7, 
13. 

Judg. 11. 21. 
Isa. 16. 12. 
1 Cor. 8. 4. 
bJor.48.22. 
Isa. 15. 2. 
d ch. 32. 33. 
n Jer. 48. 32. 
fell. 32. 1,2. 
gDl.3.3,10. 
I&3* 14. 



10 f And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched 
in z Oboth. r 

g 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at 
a Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before b Moab, 
toward the sun-rising. 

g 12 IT From thence they removed, and pitched in the 
valley of c Zared. 

13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the 
other side of d Arnon, which is in the wilderness that 
cometh out of thecoasts of the Amorites : for Arnon is 
the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 

g 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the 
Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the e brooks of 
Arnon, 

15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to 
the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 

g 16 And from thence they went to Beer : that is the well 
whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people 
together, and I f will give them water. 
f 17 % Then Israel e sang this song, Spring up, O well ; 
sing ye unto it : 

g 18 The h princes digged the well, the nobles of the peo- 
ple digged it, by the direction of the l law-giver, with their 
k staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah : 

g 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel : and from Nahaliel 
to Bamoth : 

g 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the coun- 
try of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward 
Jeshimon. 

/ 21 % And Israel ] sent messengers unto Sihon king of 
the Amorites, saying, 

22 m Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn 
into the fields, or into the vineyards ; we will not drink of 
the waters of the well : but we will go along by the king's 
high-way, until we be past thy borders. 

g 23 And Sihon n would not suffer Israel to pass through 
his border : but Sihon gathered all his people together, 
and went out against Israel into the wilderness : and he 
came to ° Jahaz, and fought against Israel : 

g 24 And p Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, 
and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto 
the children of Amnion : for the border of the children of 
Aramon was strong. 

g 25 And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in 
all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the 
villages thereof. 

g 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the 
Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Mo- 
ab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 

/ 27 Wherefore they that speak '' in proverbs say, r Come 
into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared. 

28 For there is s a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame 
from the city of ' Sihon : it hath " consumed Ar of Moab, 
and "the lords of the high places of Arnon. 

29 y Wo to thee, Moab ! Thou art undone, O z people of 
Chemosh : a he hath given his sons that escaped, and his 
daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites, 

30 We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even 
unto b Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto 
Nophah, which rcachelh unto c Medeba. 

/ 81 1 Thus Israel dwelt in the land d of the Amorites. 

e 32 And Moses sent to spy out ° Jaazcr, and they took the 

villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were 
there. 

/ 33 If And Ihoy turned and went up by the way of Ba- 
shan : and Og f the king of E Bashan went out against 
them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 
g 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not-: for I 
have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and 

101 



Balaam is sent for by Balak. 

his land ; and thou shalt h do to him as thou . didst unto 

Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 

35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, 
until there was none left him alive : and they i possessed 

his land. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Balak's first message for Balaam is refused, 1 : His second message ob- 

taineth him 15. An angel would have slain him, if his ass had not 

saved him, 22. Balak entertaineth him, 36. 

sk ND the children of Israel a set forward, and pitched in 
J\_ the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 
/ 2 % And b Balak the son of Zippor c saw all that Israel 
had done to the Amorites. 

3 And Moab was sore d afraid of the people, e because 
they were many : and Moab was distressed because of the 
children of Israel. 

4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall 
this company f lick up all that are round about us, as the 
ox licketh up "the grass of the field. And Balak the son 
of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 
/ 6 He sent messengers therefore unto s Balaam the son 
of Beor to h Pethor, which is by the river of the land of 
the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold 
there is a people come out from Egypt : behold, they co 
ver the face of the earth, and they abide over against me 

c 6 ' Come now therefore, I pray thee, k Curse me this 
people ; for they are ] too mighty for me : peradventure I 
shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive 
them out of the land : for I wot that he m whom thou bless- 
est is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed 

7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian de- 
parted with n the rewards of divination in their hand ; and 
they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words 
of Balak. 

« 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here ° this night, and 
I will bring you word again, p as the Lord shall speak 
unto me : and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 

* 9 And q God came unto Balaam, and said, What men 
are these with thee ? 

10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, 
king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 

11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which 
covereth the face of the earth : come now, r curse me 
them ; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, 
and drive them out. 
v 12 And" God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with 
them ; thou shalt 9 not curse the people : for they * are 
blessed. 

/ 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto 
the princes of Balak, Get you into your land : for the 
Lord u refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 

14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto 
Balak, and said, Balaam x refuseth to come with us 
fl5 ^ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and 
more honourable than they. 

16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus 
saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, 
hinder thee from coming unto me : 

17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and 
y I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me : come there- 
fore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 

D 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants 
of Balak, If Balak would give me his a house full of silver 
and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord b my 
God, to do c less or more, 

c 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this 
night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me 
more. J 

20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto 
him, II the men come to call thee, rise up, and e go with] 



NUMBERS 

them 



B. Christ 
145-2. 



h Ps.135.11, 
i Dt. 3. 2, 3. 
a ch. 33. 44, 
45, 48. 
b Micah 6.5. 
Judg. 11.25. 
c Ps. 37. 12, 
13. 

Prov.24.32. 
dEx.15. 15. 
e Pa. 53. 5. 
Deut. 2. 9. 
f ch. 24. 17. 
Jer. 48. 33. 
g 2 Pet. 2. 
15, 16. 
h ch. 23. 7. 
i ch. 22. 41. 
& 23. 9. 
k Mark 1. 
21. 

IPs. 105.24. 
m Acts 8.10. 
Ps. 119. 128. 
Prov. 16. 2. 
n2 Pet.2.15. 
o ch. 12. 6. 
p verse 12. 
q Gen. 20. 3. 
Matt.24.24. 
r Lev.24.11. 
s Rom.4.6,7. 
t Rom. 11. 
29. 

Gen. 27. 33 
u ch. 24. 10. 
Deut. 23. 5. 
xvcr. 2, 12, 
J3, 14, 15,10. 
Acts 20. 27. 
Rev. 22. 19. 
Matt. 4.8, 9. 
ylKgs.5.8. 
a Tit. 1.18. 
b Josh. 14.8 
c Ps. 12. 2. 
d verse 12. 
Gal. 1. 8, 9. 
e Ezek. 14. 
2, a 



B. Christ 
1452. 



flPet.2. 8. 

g Ps. 33. 10. 

li Isa.59.4,5. 

Prov. 16. 19. 

i Ps. 36. 6. 

kGen.48.16. 

UCor.15,5. 

ml Cor. 21. 

16. 

n Jer. 8. 7. 

1 Pet. 2. 16. 

verse 27. 
Rom. 2. 1, 
p Jer. 48. 43. 
q Isa. 47. 12. 
rlsa.28. 18. 
s James 1. 
20. 

verse 28. 
t2Pet.2.16 
verse 29. 
Gen. 3. 1. 
Luke 16. 18. 
John 12. 37. 

1 Cor.l. 27. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
u Gal. 6. 7. 
verse 32. 

x Pr. 12. 10. 
Ps. 92. 6. & 
111.3. 
a Heb. un- 
covered, 
Ps. 119. 18. 
Isa. 47. 11. 
y Ps. 36. 6. 
z 2 Pet. 2.14. 
.1 1 Kings 
!3. 24. 
b verses 23. 
27, 32. 
Ps. 78. 34. 
c verse 20. 
d Gen. 18. 7. 
e ch. 21. 13. 
f ch. 24. 16. 
Mt. 4. 8, 9. 
Ps. 44. 25. 
2 Cor. 3. 5. 
h Jer. 48. 45. 
i ch. 25. 1. 
k Prov. 1.16. 
lDt. 12. 2. 
inch. 23. 13. 



of the ass, and 
unto thee, that 



His ass speaks to him.- 

but yet f the word which I shall say unto thee, that 
s shalt thou do. 

21 And Balaam h rose up in the morning, and saddled 
his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 
d 22 % And i God's anger was kindled because he went : 
and the k angel of the Lord stood in the way for an ad- 
versary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, 
and his two servants were with him. 
/ 23 And the ' ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in 
the way, and his m sword drawn in his hand : and the D ass 
turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and 
Balaam ° smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 

24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vine- 
yards, p a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side, 

25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she 
thrust herself unto the wall, and q crushed Balaam's foot 
against the wall : and he smote her again. 

26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood 
in a narrow place, where was r no way to turn either to 
the right hand or to the left. 

27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she 
fell down under Balaam : and s Balaam's anger was kin- 
died, and he smote the ass with a staff. 

m 28 And the Lord ' opened the mouth 
she said unto Balaam, What have I done 
thou hast smitten me these three times ? 

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast 
u mocked me : I would there were a sword in my hand, 
for now would * I kill thee. 

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, 
upon which thou hast ridden ever since / was thine unto 
this day ? was I ever wont to do so unto thee 1 And he 
said, Nay. 

» 31 Then the Lord " opened the eyes of Balaam, and 
he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and 
his sword drawn in Ins hand : and he bowed down his 
head, and fell flat on his face. 

32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, y Where 
fore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times 1 be 
hold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is 
z perverse before me : 

33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these 
three times : unless she had turned from me, surely now 
also I had slain thee, and a saved her alive. 

/34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I 
have b sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the 
way against me : now therefore, if it displease thee, I 
will get me back again. 

35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, c G© 
with the men : but only the word that I shall speak unto 
thee, that thou shalt speak : so Balaam went with the 
princes of Balak. 

/ 36 % And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he 
d went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in 
the border of e Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 

37 % And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly 
send unto thee to call thee 1 wherefore earnest thou not 
unto me *? f am I not able indeed to promote thee to 
honour] 

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto 
thee : have I now any g power at all to say any thing 1 the 
word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 

g 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto 
h Kirjath-huzoth. 

40 And Balak i offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Ba* 
laam, and to the princes that were with him. 
/ 41 And it came to pass on the k morrow, that Balak took 
Balaam, and brought him i*p into the ' high places of Baalj 
that thence m he might see the utmost part of the people 

102 



seven 
seven 



make it good ? 

20 Behold, I have received commandment to b bless 
and he hath blessed, and I cannot c reverse it. 
21 He hath not d beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath 
he seen perverseness in Israel : the Lord e his God j'swith 
hiin, and the f shout of a king is g among them. 

22 God h brought them out of Egypt; 'he hath as it 
were k the strength of a unicorn. 

* 23 Surely there is ' no enchantment m against Jacob, 
neither is there any divination against Israel : according 
to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, n What 
hath God wrought ! 

T 21 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great ° lion, and 
p lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until 
be eat of the ^ prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 



B. Christ 
3452. 



/ 



Balaam's parable, and NUMBERS. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
Balak' s sacrifice, 1, 13, 28. Balaam's parable, 7, 18. 
/ A ND Balaam said unto Balak, a Build me here b 
' J\- altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and 
rams. 

2 And Balak c did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak 
and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, d Stand by thy burnt- 
offering, and I will go : peradventure the Lord will come 
to e meet me : and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell 
thee. And he went to a high place. 

■» 4 And f God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have 
s prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every al- 
tar a bullock and a ram. 

5 And the Lord put h a word in Balaam's mouth, and 
said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 

6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he stood by his 
burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 
/ 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king 
of Moab hath brought me from * Aram, out of the moun- 
tains of k the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and 
come, ! defy Israel. 

8 m How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed 1 or 
how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied ? 

r 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the 
hills I behold him : lo, the people shall n dwell alone, and 
shall ° not be reckoned among the nations. 

e 10 Who can count the p dust of Jacob, and the number 
of the fourth part of Israel 1 Let me die the q death of the 
righteous, and let my " last end be like his ! 

/ 1 1 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done 
unto me 1 I took thee to curse mine r enemies, and be- 
hold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 

12 And he answered and said, s Must I not take heed 
to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth ? 

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with 
me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see 
them : thou shalt see but the * utmost part of them, and 
shalt not see them all : and curse me them from thence. 

g 14 % And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to 
the top of Pisgah, and built u seven altars, and offered a 
bullock and a ram on every altar. 

/ 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt- 
offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 

16 And the Lord met Balaam, and * put a word in his 
mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his 
burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And 
Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken 1 

18 And he took up his parable, and said, y Rise up, Ba- 
lak, and hear ; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor : 

i 19 God is not a man, that he should z lie ; neither the 
son of man, that he should a repent : hath he said, and 
shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not 



a verse 29. 
b Gen. 41. 6. 
Job 42. 8. 
c ch. 11. 30. 
2Kgs.17.28. 
d Gen.4.4,5. 
e cb. 24. 1. 
fch. 24. 1. 
Deut. 18.10. 
g Deut.23.5. 
ISam. 15. 
22. 

Prov.7.14. 
&22. 3. 
hProv.16.1. 
i Gen. 24.10. 
chap. 22. 5. 
Deut. 23. 4. 
k Isa. 2. 6. 
1 1 Sam. 17. 
10. 

mlsa.47.12. 
n Jer.49.31. 

Lev.25.50. 
Ezra 9. 2. 
pGen.22.17. 
q Ps. 37. 7. 
a Or, poste 
rity, or, 
reward. 

; Ps. 109. 4. 
s Tit. 1. 16. 
t ch. 22. 41. 
u Isa. 46. 6. 
x ch. 22. 35. 
y Judg.3.20. 
zPs. 89.35. 
Hab. 2. 3. 
Luke21.33. 
Titus 1.2. 
a Gen. 6. 6. 

1 Sam. 15. 
35. 

Amos 7. 3,6. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
bGen.24.33. 
c Rom. 8. 38. 
d Rom. 4. 7. 
e Ezek. 48. 
35. 

Rev. 2. 1. 
fch. 10. 9. 
g 2 Cor. 2. 
14. 

h ch. 22. 5. 
i Ps. 68. 35. 
k Job 39. 10 
1 Lev.19.26 
m Mt.16.18, 
nPs.44.2,3. 
o Gen. 49.9. 
p 1 Pet. 5. 9. 
q Dan. 2. 44. 



B. Christ 
1452. 



r Pe. 2. 1. 
s Mt. 4. 11. 
t ch. 28. 2. 
a Ileb. to 
meet with 
enchant- 
ments. 
a Song 1. 8. 
bch. 11.26. 
John 11.51 
b Heb. who 
had his cyt 
shut) but 
now is open 
c Rev. 1; 17. 
d Hub. 11.9, 
e Song G. II 
f Song 4. 12 
g Ps. i. 3. 
hEccl. 7. 1, 
i Ps. 104. 16. 
k Ps. 1. 3. 
1 Isa. 48. 1. 
m Rev. 17. 
15. 

n John 1.49. 
oRov.11.15. 
p ch. 23. 22. 
q Isa. 60. 12. 
r Ps. 2. 9. 
s Jcr. 00. 9. 
t Gen. 49.9. 
u Rev. 6. 15. 
x Job 27. 23. 
y Isa. 48. 10. 
7. Prov. I). 
18. 

ach. 21. 18 
bch 31. 16 
c Gen. 49. 1 
d It. v. I. 7. 
e Hub. 1.2. 
f Mult. 2. 2. 1 
gGfln.49.10. 
h Jcr. 48.4, 

c'llcb. 
unicalU 



prophecy of Christ.' 

f 25 % And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither r curse them 
at all, nor bless them at all. 

26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not 
I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do 1 ? 
/ 27 "[f And Balak said unto Balaam, s Come, I pray thee, 
I will bring thee unto another place ; peradventure it will 
please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 

28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the ' top of Peor, 
that looketh toward Jeshimon. 

29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven 
altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 

30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a 
bullock and a ram on every altar. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Balaam leaving divinations, prophesieth the happiness of Israel, 1 : Ba- 
lak in anger dismisseth him, 10. He prophesieth of ike Star of Jacob, 
and the destruction of some nations, 15. 

ND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to 

bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, "to seek 

for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 

* 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel 
a abiding in his tents according to their tribes, and the 
b Spirit of God came upon him. 

3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the 
son of Beor hath said, and the man * whose eyes are open 
hath said : 

* 4 He hatn said, which heard the words of God, which 
saw the vision of the Almighty, c falling into a trance, but 
having his eyes open : 

b 5 How goodly are thy d tents, O Jacob, and thy taber 
nacles, O Israel ! 

6 As the valleys are they e spread ' forth, as gardens by 
the s river's side, as the trees of h lign-aloes which the Lord 
1 hath planted, and as b cedar-trees beside the waters. 

7 He shall l pour the water out of his buckets, and m his 
seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher 
than n Agag, and his kingdom shall be ° exalted. 

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt : he hath as it 
were the strength of a p unicorn : he shall q eat up the na- 
tions his enemies, and shall r break their bones, and pierce 
them through with his 3 arrows. 

* 9 He ' couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great 
lion : u who shall stir him up ? Blessed is he that blesseth 
thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 

/ 10 "[[ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, 
and he " smote his hands together : and Balak said unto 
Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, 
thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 

11 Therefore now y flee thou to thy place : I thought 
to promote thee unto great honour ; but lo, the Lord 
hath z kept thee back from honour. 

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy 
messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying. 

13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and 
gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, 
to do either good or bad of a mine own mind ; but what 
the Lord saifh, that will I speak ? 

14 And now, behold, I go unto my people : come there- 
fore, and I will advertise b thee what this people shall do 
to thy people in the c latter days. 

15 If And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the 
son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open 
hath said : 

16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew 
the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of 
the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 

17 I .shall" see him, but not now : I shall behold him, 
but not c nigh : there shall come '" a Star out of Jacob, and 
a s Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the 
h corners of Moab, and ' destroy all the children of Sheth. 

103 ' 



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1452. 



Zimri and Cozbi slain. NUMBERS. 

18 And ■ Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be 
a possession for his enemies ; and Israel shall do k valiantly. 

19 Out of Jacob shall come l he that shall have domi- 
nion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 

r 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his pa- 
rable, and said, Amalek was the m first of the nations, but 
his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. 

21 And he looked on the n Kenites, and took up his pa- 
rable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou put- 
test thy ° nest in a rock. 

r 22 Nevertheless, the " Kenite shall be wasted, ' until As- 
shur shall carry thee away captive. 
r 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall 
live when God doeth this ! 

24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chit'tim, and 
shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall 
perish for ever. 

. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his 
place : and Balak also went his way. 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Israel at Shittim commit ivhoredom and idolatry, 1. Phinehas killeth 
Zimri and Cozbi, 6. God therefore giveth him an everlasting priest- 
hood, 10. The Midianites are to be vexed, 16. 

g A ND Israel abode in a Shittim, and the b people began 
il. to commit c whoredom with the d daughters of Moab. 
/ 2 And they e called the people unto the sacrifices of their 
gods : and the people f did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 

3 And Israel s joined himself unto " Baal-peor : and the 
h anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of 
the people, and hang them up before the Lord against 
the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned 
away from Israel. 

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye 
every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. 
/ 6 % And behold, one of the children of Israel came 
and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the 
sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of 
the children of Israel, who were { weeping before the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of 
Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the con- 
gregation, and took a javelin in his hand ; 

8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, 
and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and 
the woman through her belly : So the k plague was stayed 
from the children of Israel. 

9 And those that died in the plague were * twenty and 
four thousand. 

10 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

1 1 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the 
priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of 
Israel (while he was m zealous for my sake among them) 
that I consumed not the children of Israel in my "jealousy. 

b 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my ° cove- 
nant of peace : 

13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the 
covenant of an p everlasting priesthood ; because he q was 
zealous for his God, and made an r atonement for the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

/ 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even 
that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, 
the son of Sain, a prince of a chief house among the 
Simeonites. 

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was 
slam was Cozbi the daughter of Zur ; he was head over 
a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 

1 6 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
«' 17 9 Vex the Midianites and smite them : 

18 For they vex you with their ' wiles, wherewith they 



The Israelites numbered. 

have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter 
of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, 
which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
The_ sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab, 1. The law of di- 
viding among them the inheritance of the land, 52. The families and 
number of the Levites, 57. None were left of them which were numbered 
at Sinai, but Caleb and Joshua, 63. 

ND it came to pass a afteK the plague, that the Lord 
spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron 
the priest, saying, 

2 Take the b sum of all the congregation of the "children 

of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout 

Rev7iTi4.j their father's house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 

gS And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them 

in the c plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 

4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and 
upward ; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children 
of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 
/5 f Reuben the d eldest son of Israel : the children of 
Reuben ; e Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the f Ha- 
nochites : of Pallu, the family of the Palluites : 

6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, 
the family of the Carmites. 

/ 7 These are the g families of the Reubenites : and they 
that were numbered of them were h forty and three thou- 
sand and seven hundred and thirty. 

8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. 
/ 9 And the sons of Eliab ; Nemuel, and Dathan, and 
Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were 
1 famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses 
and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they 
k strove against the Lord . 

10 And the earth opened ner mouth, and swallowed 
them up together with 'Korah, when that company m died, 
what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : 
and they became a * sign. 

d 1 1 Notwithstanding the children of Korah n died not. 
/ 12 ^[ The sons of Simeon after their families : of ° Ne- 
muel, the family of the Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family 
of the Jaminites : of p Jachin, the family of the Jachinites : 

13 Of q Zerah, the family of the Zarhites : of r Shaul, 
the family of the Shaulites. 

/ 14 These are the 8 families of the Simeonites, * twenty 
and two thousand and two hundred. 
f 15 ^ The children of u Gad after their families : of* Ze- 
phon, the family of the Zephonites : of Haggi, the family 
of the Haggites - : of Shuni, the family of the Shunites : 

16 Of y Ozni, the family of the Oznites : of Eri, the fa- 
mily of the Erites : 

17 Of 2 Arod, the family of the Arodites : of Areli, the 
family of the Arelites. 

/ 18 These are the families of the children of Gad, ac- 
cording to those that were numbered of them, a forty thou- 
sand and five hundred. 

/ 19 The sons of Judah wt^-e Er and Onan : and b Er and 
Onan died in the land of Canaan. 

20 And the sons of Judah after their families were ; of 
Shelah, the family of the Shelanites : of Pharez, the family 
of the Pharezites : of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 

2 1 And the sons of c Pharez were ■ of Hezron, the family 
of the Hezronites : of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 
/ 22 These are the families of Judah according c to those 
that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thou- 
sand and five hundred, 

/ 23 O/the sons of d Issachar after their families: o/Tola, 
the family of the Tolaites : of e Pua, the family of the Punites : 

24 f Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites : of Shim- 
ron, the family of the Shimronites. 
/ 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those 

104 



i Isa.63.1,6. 
klSam. 14. 
48. 

1 lTim.6.15. 
Ex. 17. 8. 
n Judg.1.16. 
o Job 29. 18. 
dHeb. 
Rain, 
e Or, how 
long shall 
it be ere 
JZsshur 
carry, thee 
away 
captive. 
a ch. 33. 48, 
49. 
bDt. 4.3,4. i 



d 

26. 

e 1 Kings 

11.1,4. 

flCor. 10. 

18. 

g«Cor.6.14. 

a That is, 

the god of 

openingiOr, 

shame. 

hPs. 106.29. 

iEzek. 9.4. 

kch. 16.50. 

lChr.21.22. 

1 Deut. 4. 3. 

1 Cor. 10.8. 

m 2Cor. 11. 

2. 

n Ex. 20. 5. 

o Mai. 2. 5. 

Heb. 7. 11, 

16, 17. 

p Judg. 20. 

28. 

Jer.33.17,18 

q Zech.1.14. 

Gal. 4. 18. 

r Josh. 7.1, 

12. 

Troy. 16. 14 

9 ch. 31. 2. 

verse 9. 

Jor. 25. 29. 

Rev. 2. 14. 

t Ex. 1. 10. 

Ps. 106. 25. 

Rev. 2. 14. 

&l 18. 6. 



B. Christ 
1452. 



a ch. 25. 9. 
b ch. 1. 3. 

a This was 
the third 
time, 

chap. 1. 2. 
c chap. 22. 
1. &33. 48. 
d ch. 2. 10. 
lChr.5. 1. 
eGen. 46.9. 
fGen. 46. 7. 
g Gen. 46. 9. 
1 Chr. 5. 3. 
h ch. 1. 21. 
Ezok. 5. 11. 
i Ex. 16. 1,2. 
k ch. 16. 2. 
1 ch. 16. 32. 
m Ex. 16. 35. 
b Heb. 
banner, 
1 Cor. 10. 16. 
n ch. 16. 5. 
Ex. 6. 24. 

Ex. 6. 15. 
p 1 Chr. 4. 
24. 

lKgs.7.21. 
tlGcn.46.10. 
r Gen. 46. 10. 
s Job 18. 9. 
t ch. 1. 23. 
u ch. 2. 14. 
xGon.46.16. 
yGen.46.16. 
zGen.46.16. 
ach. 2. 15. 
b Gen. 38. 7, 
10. 

c Gen. 38.28. 
IChr. 2. 4. 
Matt. 1. 3. 
c Increased 
1900, 

chap. 2. 4. 
Gen. 49. 8. 

1 Chr. 5. 2. 
Ps. 115. 14. 
Heb. 7. 14. 
dGon.30.17. 
& 46. 13. 
chap. 2. 5. 
ol Chr. 7.1. 
fGen.46.13. 



The Levites numbered. 



that were numbered of them, ** threescore and four thou- 
sand and three hundred. 

26 Of the sons of s Zebuiun after their families . of Se- 
red, the family of the Sardites : of Elon, the family of the 
Elonites : of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 
/ 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according 
to those that were numbered of them, ' threescore thou- 
sand and live hundred. 

/ 28 The sons of h Joseph after their families were Manas- 
seh and Ephraim. 

29 Of the sons of ' Manasseh : of k Machir, the family 
of the Machirites : and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead 
come the family of the Gileadites. 

30 These are the sons of Gilead : of 1 Jeezer, the family 
of the Jeezerites : of Helek, the family of the Helekites : 

31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites : and of 
Shechem, the family of the Shechemites : 

32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites : and 
o/ Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 

33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but 
m daughters : and the names of the daughters of Zelophe- 
had were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and n Tirzah 
/ 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that 
were numbered of them, f fifty and two thousand and 
seven hundred. 

/ 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families : of 
Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites : of Becher,the fa 
milyofthe Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 

36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of ° Eran, the 
family of the Eranites. 

/ 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim ac 
cording to those that were numbered of tiaem, p thirty and 
two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of 
Joseph after their families. 

/ 38 The sons of Benjamin after their families : of q Bela, 
the family of the Belaites : of r Ashbel, the family of the 
Ashbelites : of 9 Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites : 

39 Of Shupham, the family of the ' Shuphamites : of 
Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 

40 And the sons of Bela were Arc! and Naaman : ofJlrd, 
the family of the Ardites : and of Naaman, the family of 
the Naamites. 

/ 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their "families : 
and they that were numbered of them were e forty and five 
thousand and six hundred. 

/ 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families : of 
Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the 
families of Dan after- their families. 

/ 43 All the families of the Shuhamites according to those 
that were numbered of them, zvcre * threescore and four 
thousand and four hundred. 

/ 44 Of the children of Asher after their families : of 
Jimna, the family of the Jimnites : of Jesui, the family of 
the Jesuites : of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 

45 Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber, the family of the 
Heberites : of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 
/ 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher accord- 
ing to those that were numbered of them ; who were y fifty 
and three thousand and four hundred. 
/48 O/the sons of Naphtali after their families : of Jah- 
zeel, the family of the Jahzcelitcs : of Guni, the family of 
the Gunites : 

49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : of Shillem, the 
family of the Shillemites. 

Jf 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their 
families : and they that were numbered of them, were 
T forty and five thousand and four hundred. 
/ 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, 
27 



NUMBERS. The law of inheritances. 

six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and 



B. Christ 
145-2. 



d Increased 

9900. 

gGen.30.19. 

e increased 

31,000. 

hi Chr. 5. 2. 

i Gen. 48.14. 

k 1 Chr. 7. 

14. 

1 Josh. 17.2. 

m ch. 27. 1. 

n Song 6. 3, 

4. 

/ Increased 

20,500. 

Gen. 49. 22. 

chap. 2. 21. 

1 Chr. 7. 

20, 21. 
p ch. 2. 19. 
ql Chr. 8.1. 
rlChr.8. 1. 
s Gen.46.21. 
t Gen.46.21. 

1 Chr. 7. 12. 
uGen. 46. 

21, 22. 
g Increased 
10,200, 
ch 2. 23. 
x ch. 2. 26. 
y ch. 0. -28 
z ch. 2. 30. 



B. Christ 
1452. 



h Fewer 
than before 
by 1820 
men, 

chap. 9. 32. 
Neh. 9. 20, 
30. 

Job 12. 9, 
10, 14, 23. 
Ps. 78.21, 
31. 

Rom. 4. 15. 
Gal. 4. 24. 
a Gen. 12. 
2,7. 

Ps. 49. 14. 
Ezek. 47.22. 
Dan. 7. 27. 
Matt. 5. 5. 
Rom. 8. 29. 
3 Pet. 1.2, 3. 
Rov. 5. 10. 
& 21. 27. 
b ch. 33. 54. 
Josh. 17. 14. 
c ch. 31. 13, 
17. 

Prov. 18. 18. 
Acts 8. 17. 
&. 26. 18. 
Col. 1. 12. 

Pot. 1.3,4. 
i Heb. Jit 
the mouth ■ 
of the lot, 
ftom. J1.7. 

1 Cor. 12. 4. 
d Ex. 6. 16. 

h. 35. 2, 3. 
e ch. 3. 19. 
fch. 3. 20. 
ch. 16. 1. 
I, Ex. 2. 1,2. 
i ch. 3. 2. 4. 
k Lev. 10. 1, 
2. 
Teh. 3. 30. 

h. 14.28. 
Deut.31.16. 
Rom. 11. 22. 

2 Chr. 25. 2. 
1 Cor. 10. 5, 
6. 

ii Ex. 12. 37. 
Ps. 90. 3,5,6. 
aPs.11.2,5. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
b ch. 26. 3J. 
&30. 11. 
Josh. 17. 3. 

ih. 14. 35. 
& 26. 6 1,65. 
tl ch. 16. 1, 
2,3. 

o Ex. 32.11. 
Ps. 109. 13. 
Prov. 13. 9. 
a Thescfioc 
like the 
five wise 
virgins. 
f Ex. 25. 22. 
ch. 15. 34. 

Ps. 08. 5. 
Ii Josh. 17.4. 
Gal. 3. 28. 



thirty. 

52 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 53 a Unto these the land shall be divided for an inherit" 
ance, according to the number of names. 

54 To many thou shalt b give the more inheritance, and 
to few thou shalt give the less inheritance : to every one 
shall his inheritance be given, according to those that 
were numbered of him. 

55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided c by lot t 
according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they 
shall inherit. 

56 '■ According to the lot shall the possession thereof be 
divided betwen many and few. 

/ 57 ^[ And these are they that were numbered of the 
d Levites after their families : of Gershon, the family of 
the Gershonites : of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: 
of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 

58 These are the families of the Levites : the family of 
the Libnites, the family of the e Hebronites, the family of 
the Mahlites, the family of the f Mushites, the family of 
the ? Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 
/ 59 And the name of Amram's wife was h Jochebed, the 
daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: 
and she bare unto Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam 
their sister. 

60 And unto Aaron i was born Nadab, and Abihu, Elea- 
zar, and Ithamar. 

/61 And Nadab and Abihu k died, when they offered 
strange fire before the Lord. 

/ 62 And those that were numbered of them were ' twenty 
and three thousand, all males from a month old and up- 
ward : for they were not numbered among the children of 
Israel, because there was no inheritance given them 
among the children of Israel. 

g 63 f These are they that were numbered by Moses and 
Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in 
the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 
/ 64 But among these there was not a man of them 
whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they 
numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, 
/ 65 For the Lord had said of them, They shall m surely 
die in the wilderness. And there was n not left a man of 
them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the 
son of Nun. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance, 1. The law of in- 
heritances, 6. Moses being tola of his death, suethfora successor, 12. 
Joshua is appointed to succeed him, 18. 

THEN * came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of 
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son 
of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph : 
and these are the b names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, 
and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 

2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the 
priest, and before the princes, and all the congregation, by 
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 

Our father c died in the wilderness, and he was not in 
the company of them that gathered themselves together 
against the Lord in the company of d Korah ; but died ill 
his own sin, and had no sons. 

4 Why should the name of our father e be done away 
from among his family, because he hath no son? "Give unto 
us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father 
d 5 And Moses brought their f cause before the Lord. 

6 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
d 7 The daughters of Zelophehad s speak right : thou 
shalt surely h give them a possession of an inheritance 
among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause, the 
inheritance of their father to pass unto Ihem. 

105 



The continual burnt-offering, 

8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his 
inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 

5 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his 
inheritance unto his brethren. 

10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his 
inheritance unto his father's brethren. 

1 1 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall 
give his inheritance unto his * kinsman that is next to him 
of his family, and he shall possess it : and it shall be unto 
the children of Israel a k statute of judgment, as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

/ 12 H And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into 
this mount J Abarim, and m see the land which I have given 
unto the children of Israel. 

13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be 
"gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was 
gathered. 

g 14 For ye ° rebelled against my commandment in the 
desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to p sanctify 
me at the water before their eyes : that is the water of 
' Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 

15 If And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, 
c 16 Let the Lord, the God of the r spirits of all flesh, 
s set a man over the congregation, 

17 Which may ' go out before them, and which may go 
in before them, and which may lead them out, and which 
may bring them in ; that the congregation of the Lord be 
not u as sheep which have no shepherd. 
/ 18 *J[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua 
the son of Nun, a man in whom is the * spirit, and lay thy 
hand upon him ; 

19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all 
the congregation : and y give him a charge in their sight. 

20 And thou shalt put z some of thine honour upon him, 
that all the congregation of the children of Israel 'may 
be obedient. 

«21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who 
shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of a Urim be- 
fore the Lord : b at his word shall they go out, and at his 
word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of 
Israel with him, even all the congregation. 
/ 22 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and 
he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and 
before all the congregation : 

23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a 
charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Offerings are to be observed, 1. The continual burnt-offering, 3. TJie 



NUMBERS. and other offerings. 

cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a 



B. Christ 
1452. 



o ch. 20. 8, 
9,10. 

p Dt. 32. 51. 
Lev. 22. 2. 
ch. 20. 12. 
q Ex. 17. 7. 
Deut. 32.51. 
r ch. 16. 22. 
s Deut.4.21. 
Eccles. 10. 
17. 

t Deut. 28.6. 
lChr.24.10. 
u Matt.9.36. 
x Dt. 34. 9. 
John 3. 34. 
2 Tim. 1.7. 
y Deut.31.7. 
z 1 Chr. 29. 
23. 

Heh. 3.3. 
b Heb. may 
hear, 

Josh. 1. 16, 
17. 

2 Peter 1, 
16, 17. 
a Ex. 28. 30. 
b 1 Sam.23. 
9, 11, 12. 
a Ps.105.44, 
45. 

bLev. 1.2. 
cLev. 3. 11 
a Heb. a 
savour of 
rest. 

n Lev. 23. 2. 
e Lev. 6. 9. 
f Ex. 12. 5. 
g Ex. 29. 42. 
h Ex. 16. 36. 
* Heb. be- 
tween the 

tiro eve- 



offering on the sabbath, 9, on the new-moons, 11, at thepassovcr, 16, in 
the day of first-fruits, 26. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 2 a Command the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, My b offering, and my c bread for my sacrifices made 
oy fire, for "a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to 
offer unto me in their d due season. 

L 3 ^f And thou shalt say unto them, This is e the offering 
made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; two 
lambs of the first year f without spot s day by day, for a 
continual burnt-offering. 

d 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer h in the morning, and 
the other lamb shalt thou offer at b even : 

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat 
offering, mingled with the fourth pari of a hin of beaten oil 

6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained 
in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

l 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part 
of a hin for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou 



i Lev. i8.6. drink-offering : 

ic c h!"33.'47: 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as the 
™6e*nJ5.i5! meat-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering, 
thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the Lord. 

l 9 And on the l sabbath-day two lambs of the first year 
without spot, and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offer- 
ing, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof: 
d 10 This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, besides 
the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering. 
L 11 And in the k beginnings of your c months ye shall 
offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, 
and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot ; 

12 And ' three tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, 
mingled with oil, for one bullock ; and two tenth-deals of 
flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; 

13 And a several m tenth-deal of flour mingled n with oil 
for a meat-offering unto one lamb, for a burnt-offering of 
a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 

14 And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine 
unto a bullock, and the third part of a hin unto a ram, and 
a fourth part of a hin unto a lamb : this is the burnt- 
offering of every month throughout the months of the 
year. 

* 15 And one kid of the goats for a "sin-offering unto the 
Lord shall be offered, besides the continual burnt-offerings 
and his drink-offering. 

t\6 % And in the fourteenth day of the first month is 
the passover of the Lord. 

17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : 
seven days shall p unleavened bread be eaten. 

18 In the first day shall be a holy convocation ; ye shall 
do no manner of q servile work therein : 

1 9 But ye, shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt- 
effering unto the Lord ; two r young bullocks, and one 
ram, and seven lambs of the first year : they shall be unto 
you without blemish : 

20 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled 
with oil : three tenth-deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and 
two tenth-deals for a ram ; 

21 A several tenth-deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, 
throughout the seven lambs : 

22 And one goat for a 9 sin-offering, to make an atone- 
ment for you. 

23 Ye shall offer these l besides the burnt-offering in 
the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering. 

£ 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily throughout the 
seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the Lord : it shall be offered besides 
the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering. 

25 And on the u seventh day ye shall have a holy con- 
vocation ; ye shall do no servile work. 

i 26 % Also in the day of the * first-fruits, when ye bring 
a y new meat-offering unto the Lord, z after your weeks 
be out, ye shall have a holy convocation ; ye shall do no 
servile work : 

27 But ye shall offer the burnt-offering for a sweet sa- 
vour unto the Lord; two young a bullocks, one ram, seven 
lambs of the first year ; 

28 And their meat-offering of flour mingled with oil, three 
tenth-deals unto one bullock, two tenth-deals unto one ram, 

29 A several tenth-deal unto one lamb, throughout the 
seven lambs ; 

30 And one kid of the goats, to make an b atonement 
for you. 

31 Ye shall offer them besides the continual burnt-offer- 
ing and his meat-offering (they shall be unto yon without 
c blemish) and their drink-offerings. 

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i Ex. 20.11 
k Ex. 12. 2. 
chap. 10.10 
c That is, 
new moons 
2 Chr. 2. 4. 
Jsa. 60. 20. 
& 66. 23. 
Ezek. 46. 1. 
Amos 8. 5. 
John 4. 21. 
Col. 2.16,17. 
Gal. 4. 10. 
1 ch. 5. 6, 9. 
mch.29.10 
n Ezek. 46. 
5,7. 

Lev. 4. 2, 
3. & 15. 30. 
verse 22. 

p Ex. 12. 15. 
Lev. 23. 6. 

1 Cor. 5. 8. 
q Ex. 12.16. 
Lev. 25. 7/ 
1 Pet. 4. 3. 
r verses 11, 
12,13,20,21. 
Ezek. 45.22, 
23, 24. 

s verse 15. 
Lev. 8. 2. 
Isa.53.5,10. 
Gal. 3. 13. 
t Lev.23.10. 
u Ex. 12. 16. 
& 13. 16. 
Lev. 23. 8. 
x Ex. 23.16. 
& 34. 21. 
Acts 2. 1. 
Rom. 8. 23. 
y Lev.23.16. 
zLev.23.15. 
aLev.23.18. 
b Rom. 5. 11. 
Heb. 9. 24. 
1 Pet. 1. 7, 
18,19. 
c Gen. 4. 4. 
Exod. 12. 5. 
Mai. 1. 4. 



Offerings of the feast of tabernacles / 

CHAPTER XXIX, 

The offering at the feast of trumpets, 1, at the day of afflicting their souls, 
7, and on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles, 13. 

i A ND in the a seventh month, on the first day of the 
ia. month, ye shall have a holy convocation ; ye shall do 
no servilework: itisaday of b blowingthe trumpets untoyou. 

2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a c sweet savour 
unto the Lord ; d one young bullock, one ram, and seven 
Iambs of the first year without blemish : 

3 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with 
oil, three e tenth-deals for a bullock, and two tenth-deals 
for a ram, 

4 And one tenth-deal for f one lamb, throughout the 
seven lambs : 

* 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, to make 
an s atonement for you : 

6 Besides the burnt-offering of the h month, and his 
' meat-offering, and the daily burnt-offering, and his meat- 
offering, and their drink-offerings, according unto their 
manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto 
the Lord. 

L 7 ^[ And ye shall have on the k tenth day of this seventh 
month a holy convocation : and ye shall J afflict your souls 
ye shall not do any work therein : 

8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord for a 
sweet savour ; one young bullock, one ram, and seven 
lambs of the first year ; they shall be unto you without 
blemish : 

9 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with 
oil, three tenth-deals to a bullock, and two tenth-deals to 
one ram, 

10 A several m tenth-deal for one lamb, throughout the 
seven lambs : 

1 11 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering ; n besides the 
,sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, 
and the meat-offering of it, and their drink-offerings. 

£ 12 And on the ° fifteenth day of the seventh month ye 
shall have a holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work, 
and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : 

13 ^f And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sacrifice made 
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; p thirteen young 
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year ; 
they shall be without blemish : 

14 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with 
oil, three tenth-deals unto every bullock of the thirteen 
bullocks, two tenth-deals to each ram of the two rams, 

15 And a several tenth-deal to each lamb of the four- 
teen lambs : 

t 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; 
the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offering, 
drink-offering. 

L 17 % And on the second day ye shall offer 
young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year 
without spot : 

18 And then- meat-offering and their drink-offerings for 
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be ac- 
cording to their number, *> after the manner : 

« 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; besides 
the continual burnt-offering, and the meat-offering thereof, 
and their drink-offerings. 

*' 20 ^[ And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, 
fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 

21 And their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for 
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the ln*nbs, shall be ac- 
cording to their number, after the manner : 

* 22 And one goat/or a sin-offering; besides the continual 
burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering 

i- 23 % And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, 
mid fourteen lambs of the first vear without blemish : 



aLev.23.16. 
bLev.23.24. 
c Gen. 8. 21. 
d Lev. 1. 4. 
e ch. 28. 5. 
fch. 28. 13. 
gch. 28.30. 
h ch. 28. 11. 
i Lev. 5. 7,8. 
lsLev.23.27. 
Acts 27. 9. 
1 Lev.16.29. 
Psa. 35. 13. 
1 Cor. 9. 27. 
m ch. 28. 13. 
verse 15. 
n Lev. 16.9. 
21, 25, 29. 
ver.16,22. 
Dan. 9. 27. 
Rom. 6.3,4. 
Eeb. 10. 10. 

1 Pet. 2. 21. 
Uohn 2.1.2. 
oLev.23.34. 
Deut. 16. 13. 
p verses 17, 
20, 23, 26, 
29, 32. 
Deut, 16. 13. 
Zech. 14. 16. 
Ezek. 45.23. 
a In every 
day of this 
feast one 
bullock is 
abated, 
verses 20, 
23, 32, &c. 
Ps. 50. 9.& 
51. 16, 17. 
& 69. 12. 
Jer. 7. 22. 
Hosea 6. 6. 
Rom. 12. 1. 

2 Pet. 3. 18. 
qDeut.12.8. 
IChr. 15.17. 
Amos 8. 14. 



besides 
and his 

twelve 



B. Christ 
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B. Christ 
1452. 



NUMBERS Vows are not to be broken. 

24 Their r meat-offering and their 3 drink-offerings for 
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be 
according to their number, after the manner : 

* 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering ; besides 
the 'continual burnt-offering, his meat-offering, and his 
drink-offering. 

£ 26 % And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and 
fourteen lambs of the first year without spot :- 

27 And their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for 
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be 
according to their number, after the manner : 

* 28 And one goat for a sin-offering ; besides the conti- 
nual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink- 
offering. 

L 29 f And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, 
and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 

30 And their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for 
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be 
according to their number, after the manner : 

' 31 And one goat for a sin-offering ; besides the continual 
burnt-offering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 

L 32 % And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, 
and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 

33 And their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for 
the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be 
according to their number, after the manner : 

t 34 And one goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual 
burnt-offering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 

£ 35 % "On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assem- 
bly : ye shall do no servile work therein : 

36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sacrifice made 
by fire, of c a sweet savour unto the Lord : one bullock, 
one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 

37 Their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for the 
bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according 
to their number, afttr the manner : 

* 38 And one gout for a sin-offering; besides the continual 
burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 

39 These things ye shall do u unto the Lord in your * set 
feasts, besides your y vows, and your z free-will-offerings, 
for your burnt-offerings, and for your meat-offerings, and 
for your drink-offerings, and for your a peace-offerings. 

40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to 
all that the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

Vows are not to be broken, 1. The exception of a maid's vow, 3, of a wift's, 
6, of a widow's, or of her that is divorced, 9. 

ND Moses spake unto the a heads of the tribes b con- 
cerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the 
thing which the Lord bath commanded. 

2 If a man c vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an 
d oath to °bind his soul with a bond ; he shall "not break 
his word, he shall do according to f all that proceedelh 
out of his mouth. 

£ 3 If If s a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind 
herself 'by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth ; 
4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond where- 
with she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold- his 
peace at her ; then all her vows shall stand, and every 
bond wherewith she hath bound her soul h shall stand. 
d 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hear- 
eth, not any of her vows or of her bonds wherewith she 
hath bound her soul ' shall stand ; and the Lord shall 
forgive her, because her father disallowed her. 
l 6 % And if she had at all a husband when 'she vowed, cl- 
uttered aught outof her lips, wherewith she bound her soul: 
7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her 
in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand, 
and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand- 

107 



r Gcn.35.14. 
Lev.7.14,15. 
s Ex. 29. 40. 
Lev. 23. 37. 
Ps. 16. 4. 
Joe! 1.9,13. 
tJohn 8.31. 
Acts 13. 43. 
& 24. 16. 
Rom. 2. 7. 
Gal. 2. 5. 
1 Thesa. 5. 
17. 

lTim.2. 15. 
Hob. 7. 3. 
& 13. 15. 
b This was 
the last and 
great day of 
the feast. 
Lev. 23. 36. 
verso 17. 
John 7. 37, 
38,39. 

Heb. a sa- 
vour of re^t, 
Gen. 5. 20. 
Lev. 26. 3. 
1 Sam. 26. 
19. 

Song 1.2. 
& 4. 11. 
Ibo,. 3. 24. 
Arno9 5.21. 
Ephos.5.2. 
u 1 Cor. 10. 
31. 

Isa. 8. 20. 
y Lev. 7. 16. 
z Lev.22.23. 
a. Dt. 16. 10. 
a ch. 1.4, 16. 
Rev. 2. 1. 
b Ex. 3. 21. 
cGen.28.20. 
Lev. 7. 16. 
& 27. 2. 
Dent. 23. 
21. 22. 
d Lev. 5. 1,4. 
o Ps. 56. 12, 
Prov.7. 14. 
a Heb. not 
profane, 
Ps. 55. 20. 
fMtitt.14.9. 
Acts 23. 14 
B vor. 7, 8. 
liGon.23.17. 
Prov. 19.21. 
i vor. 7, 8. 
6 Heb. 
her votes 
upon her. 



NUMBERS. 



The Midianites spoiled, 

d 8 But if her husband k disallowed her on the day that he| B -fiig, ut 
heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, andjkGen. a 
that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound|^ Luke2 - 
her soul, of none effect; and the Lord shall forgive her. Kg^. 

I> 9 ' % But every vow of a l widow, and of her that is m di-icHeb.m^- 
vorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand I a"? u m \de 

• . -. \them void, 

against her. lnEx.23.29. 

10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound \™°%£ oldr - 
her soul by a bond with an oath ; \peace hold 

11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her,|"o^Tato 
and disallowed her not : then all her vows shall stand, and f*«k L 
every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. bj^'j^; 

d 12 But if her husband hath c utterly made them void h car. u.-* 
on the day he l 



heard them; then whatsoever proceeded;;,, 



1 ch. 24. 26. 

2 Chr. 28. 5. 
Eph. 4. 8. 
mver.2G,32. 
Rev. 19. 17. 
nGen.14.17. 



B.Christ 
1452. 



out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the ^ln Z MX 
bond of her soul, shall not stand : her husband hath made 
them void ; and the Lord shall forgive her. 

13 Every vow, and every binding oath to " afflict the 
soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may 
make it void. 

14 But if her husband " altogether hold his peace at her if ch." jam 
from day to day; then he establisheth allher vows, or all her Ieh.'2i°"s3. 
bonds, which are upon her : he confirmeth them, because jj^J^ 8 - 
he held his peace at her ia the day that he heard them. 

15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that 
he hath heard them ; then he shall ' bear her iniquity. 

16 These are the statutes which the Lord ° com- 
manded Moses between a man and his p wife, between 
the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her 
father's house. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain, 1. Moses is wroth with 
the officers, for saving the women alive, 13. How the soldiers, with their 
captives, and spoil, are to be purified, 19. The proportion ivhereby the 
prey is to be divided, 25. The voluntary oblation unto the treaswy of 
the Lord, 48. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 2 a Avenge the children of Israel of the b Midian- 
ites : afterward shalt thou be c gathered unto thy people. 

3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some 
of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the 
Midianites, and d avenge the Lord of Midian 

4 ■ Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes 
of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 

5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel 
a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war 
/ 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every 
tribe, them and e Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest 
to the war, with the f holy instruments, and the s trumpets 
to blow in his hand. 

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord 
Commanded Moses ; and they slew all the males. 

8 And they slew the kings of h Midian, besides the rest 
of them that were slain ; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and 
1 Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five h kings of Midian : ' Ba- 
laam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 

9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Mi- 
dian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of 
all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 

10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, 
and all their goodly castles, with fire. 

11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both o^Tli'n 
men and of beasts. & 34.19,2b 

sl2 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and 1 to. 
the spoil unto Moses and Eleazar the priest, and unto the!"* 
congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at 1 

?i «P mf °i Moab ' wnich are b y Jordan near Jericho 
/ 13 M And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all 
princes of the congregation 
.without the camp 



b Heb. host 
of war. 
ch. 24. 14. 
Rev. 2. 14. 
pGen. 4. 1. 
& 19. 8. 
Lev. 18. 22. 
& 20. 13. 
Judg.21.11. 
Luke 1. 12. 
c Heb. a 
male. 

q Lev.15.13. 
ch. 19. 11. 
rProv.4.13. 
2 Cor. C. 17. 
s ch. 8. 21. 
d Heb. cap- 
tivity. 
t ch. 19. 19. 
Ps. 93. 5. 
u Lev. 8. 15. 
e Heb. in- 
st ruments, 
or, vessels 
of skin. 
x Deut.33.8. 
y Rom. 2.26. 
z 1 Cor. 3. 
13. 

a ch. 19. 9. 
b 1 Tim. 4. 
4. 

Josh.22fe. 
1 Sam. 30. 
24, 25. 
d 2 Sam. 11 
12. 

Isa. 18. 7. 
e Gen .24.20 
ch. 18. 21, 
24, 26, 28. 
Deut. 18. 12, 



; Gen. 31. 



ch. 3. 7. & 
18. 5. 

j Acts 20. 28 
Col. 4. 17. 
2 Tim. 4. 2. 



I Heb. 13. 7. 
.. the' hv er- 37, 

went forth to n meet them|Kj.9. 

IMatt.22.21. 
I Rom. 13.7. 



The division of the spoil. 

14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the 'host, 
with the captains over thousands, and captains over hun- 
dreds, which came from the battle. 

15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the 
women alive 1 

16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through 
the ° counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the 
Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague 
among the congregation of the Lord. 

17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones. 
and kill every woman that hath p known man by lying 
with " him. 

18 But all the women-children, that have not known a 
man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 

l19 And do ye abide without the camp q seven days : 
whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath 
r touched any slain, 8 purify both yourselves and your ''cap- 
tives on the third day, and on the ' seventh day. 

20 And purify all your u raiment, and all c that is made 
of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made 
of wood. 

£21 And x Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war 
which went to the battle, This is the y ordinance of the 
law which the Lord commanded Moses ; 

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the 
tin, and the lead, 

23 Every thing that may z abide the fire, ye shall make 
it go through the fire, and it shall be clean : nevertheless it 
shall be purified with the a water of separation : and all that 
abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the b water. 

24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, 
and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into 
the camp. 

25 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of 
man and of beasts, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the 
chief fathers of the congregation : 

27 And divide the prey into ° two parts ; between them 
that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and 
between all the congregation : 

28 And levy a tribute d unto the Lord of the men of- 
war'which went out to battle : one soul of five hundred, 
both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, 
and of the sheep : 

29 Take it of their half, and give it unto e Eleazar the 
priest, for a heave -offering of the Lord. 

d 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take 
one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the 
asses, and of the flocks, of f all manner of beasts, and give 
them unto the Levites, which s keep the charge of the ta- 
bernacle of the Lord. 

/ 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the 
men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and 
seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 

33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves 

34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 

35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women 
that had not known man by lying with him. 

36 And the half which was the portion of them that 
went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand 
and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep : 

37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six nun 
dred and threescore and fifteen. 

38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand ; of 
which the Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve. 

39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; 
of which the Lord's h tribute was threescore and one. 

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1452. 



the sum of the men of war which are under our J charge, 
and there g lacketh not one man of us. 
d 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, 
what every man hath * gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, 
and bracelets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make an 
1 atonement for our souls before the Lord. 
/ 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of 
them, even all wrought jewels. 

52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up 
to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the cap 
tains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred 
and fifty m shekels. 

53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for 
himself.) 

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of 
ihe captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and brought it 
into the tabernacle of the congregation, for n a memorial 
for the children of Israel ° before the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Hie Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side Jor- 
dan, 1. Moses reproveth them, 6. Tliey offer him conditions to his con- 
tent, 16. Moses assigneth them the land, 33. They conquer it, 39. 

^*^TOWthe children of a Reuben and the children of b Gad 
i.^1 had a very great c multitude of cattle : and when they 
saw the land of d Jaazer, and the land of ° Gilead, that be- 
hold, the place was f a place for cattle ; 
/ 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came 
and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto 
the princes of the congregation, saying, 
g 3 g Ataroth, and h Dibon, and Jaazer, and * Nimrah, and 
* Heshbon, and Elealeh, and ' Shebam, and Nebo, and m Beon, 

4 Even the country which the Lord n smote before the 
congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy ser- 
vants have cattle : 

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy 
sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a pos- 
session, and ° bring us not over Jordan. 
/ 6 *|[ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to 
the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, 
and shall ye sit here 1 

•* 7 And wherefore " discourage ye p the heart of the chil- 
dren of Israel from going over into the land which the 
Lord hath given them 1 

8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Ka- 
desh-barnca to see the land. 

9 For q when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, 
and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the chil- 
dren of Israel, that they should not go into the land which 
the Lord had given them. 

28 



i ch. 18. 20. 
Deut. 10. 9. 
Matt. 10. 10. 
Luke 10. 6. 
1 Cor. 9. 10, 
11, 13. 
Gal. 6. 6. 
1 Tim. 5. 17. 
Heb. 7. 12. 
k Ps. 134. 1. 
Isa.56.10,11. 
Acts 20. 28. 
Hb. 13. 7,17. 
fHeb.hand, 
Gen. 16. 6. 
irlleb.there 
is not num- 
bered, or, 
mustered, 
that is, not 
wanting, 
2Sm.ll.25, 
Ps. 72. 14. 
& 116. 15. 
John 18. 9. 
A Heb. 
found, 
Ex. 4. 22. 
lEx. 30. 12. 
m Gen. 20. 
J 6. 

n Josh. 4. 7. 
o Ps. 115. 1. 
aGen.29.32. 
bGen.30.11. 
cGen. 46.32. 
d ch. 21. 32. 
o Deut. 3. 12. 
filicah7.14. 
gJosh.16.2. 
h JoBh. 13. 
9,17. 

i Josh. 13.27. 
Isa. 15. 6. 
k ch. 21. 26. 
Josh. 13. 15. 
Uosh.13.19. 
Jer. 48. 32. 
m Josh. 13. 
17. 

nDt.2.33. 
Ps. 44 2, 3. 
o ch. 26. 55. 
a Heb. 
break ye 
the heart. 
p Dt. 1. 28. 
Acts 21. 13. 
q ch. 13. 23. 
24. 
Deut. 1. 24. 



The Reubenites and Gadites NUMBERS. 

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the 
Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons. 
/ 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's 
heave-offering, unto 'Eleazar the priest, as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses di- 
vided from the men that warred, 

43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation 
was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven 
thousand and five hundred sheep, 

44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 

45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 

46 And sixteen thousand persons ;) 

47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one 
portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them 
unto the Levites, which k kept the charge of the taber- 
nacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
/ 48 «ft And the officers which were over thousands of the 
host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, 
came near unto Moses : 

49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken 



B. Christ 
1452. 



r ch. 14. 23. 
b Heb. ful- 
filled after 
me. 

s Josh. 15. 
17. 

Judg. 1. 13. 
1 Chr. 4. 13. 
t ch. 14. 33. 
uch.26. 64. 
xDt. 1.26. 
y Mt. 4. 22. 
Mark 1. 20. 
z Josh. 4. 
12, 13. 
a Gen. 13. 
10.&14. 12. 
2Kgs.l7. 6. 
1 Chr. 5.25. 
b ch. 21. 3. 
Josh. 4. 13. 
Judg. 5. 23. 
lSam.18.17. 
c ch. 26. 2, 
7, 18,31. 
Josh. 4. 12. 
Judg. 7. 2. 
Ps. 44.2,3. 
1 2 Sam. 3. 
28. 

c verse 33. 
Deut. 3. 18. 
f Lev. 21.9. 
gGon. 4. 7. 
*t 41. 34 

1 Kg*. 2. 41. 
Isa. 59. 12. 

b cii. .'so. :i. 

neut.23.2. r ). 
Matt. 15.18. 
Josh. 4. 12. 
k 1 Cor. 10. 
I, 5. 
Eph.6.12,13. 

2 Tim. 4. 7, 
8. 

Heb. 4. 12. 
1 1 Cor. 9. 
84,85. 
STim.4.7,8. 
1 Pet. 5. 3,4 



%ue for their inheritance. 

10 And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, 
and he sware, saying, 

1 1 Surely r none of the men that came up out of Egypt, 
from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land 
which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Ja- 
cob ; because they have not * wholly followed me : 

12 Save s Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, 
and Joshua the son of Nun : for they have wholly followed 
the Lord. 

13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, 
and he made them ' wander in the wilderness forty years, 
until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of 
the Lord was a consumed. 

14 And behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, 
an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the * fierce 
anger of the Lord toward Israel. 
™ 15 For if ye turn away y from after him, he will yet 

again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy 
all this people. 

/ 16 1f And they came near unto him, and said, We will build 
sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 

17 But we ourselves will z go ready armed before the 
children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their 
place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities f 
because of the inhabitants of the land. 

18 We will not return unto our houses, until the chil- 
dren of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 

19 For we will not inherit a with them on yonder side 
Jordan, or forward ; because our inheritance is fallen to 
us on this side Jordan eastward. 

/ 20 % And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, 
if ye will go armed b before the Lord to war, 

21 And will go c all of you armed over Jordan before the 
Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him. 

22 And the land be subdued before the Lord : then 
afterward ye shall return, and be d guiltless before the 
Lord, and before Israel ; and this land shall be e your 
possession before the Lord. 

io 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against 
the Lord : and be sure f your sin will e find you out. 

24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your 
sheep ; and do that which hath !l proceeded out of your mouth. 

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben 
spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my 
lord commandeth. 

g 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our 
cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead : 

27 But thy servants will * pass over, every man k armed 
for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 

/ 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the 
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers 
of the tribes of the children of Israel : 

29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad 
and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jor- 
dan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and 
the land shall be subdued before you ; ' then ye shall give 
them the land of Gilead for a possession : 

30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, the\ 
shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan 

31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben 
answered, saying. As the Lord hath said unto thy ser- 
vants, so will we do. 

32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the 
land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on 
this side Jordan may be ours. 

/ 33 And Moses m gave unto them, even to the children 
of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto n half the 
tribe of Manassch, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon 



™jo! b \i king of the Amori'tes, and the kingdom of Og king of Ba 

ioa 



NUMBERS. 



B. Christ 
1452. 



Two and forty journeys 

shan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even 
the cities of the country round about. 
g 34 If And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, 
and Aroer, . 

g 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehan, 
g 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities : 
and folds for sheep. 

g 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Ele- 
aleh, and Kirjathaim, 

g 38 And ° Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being 
? changed,) and Shibmah : and c gave other names unto 
the cities which they builded. 

g 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh 
went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite 
which was in it. 

g 40 And Moses q gave Gilead unto r Machir the son of 
Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein. 

g 41 8 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and " took the 
small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair. 
g 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages 
thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. 

CHAPTER. XXXIII. 

Two and forty journeys of the Israelites, 1. The Canaanites are to be 
destroyed, 50. 

THESE are the a journevs of the children of Israel, 
which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their Jjgjjgjjl 
b armies under the c hand of Moses and Aaron. 

2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their 
journeys by the d commandment of the Lord : and these 
are their journeys according to their goings out. 
g 3 And they departed from e Rameses in the f first month, 
on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow 
after the passover the children of Israel went out with a 
E high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 
d 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born, which 
the Lord had h smitten among them : upon their ' gods 
also the Lord executed judgments. 
g 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, 
and pitched in k Succoth. 

g 6 Anr* they departed from Succoth, and pitched l 
1 Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 
g 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again 
unto m Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon : and 
they pitched before Migdol. 

g 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and pass- 
ed through the n midst of the sea into the wilderness, and 
went three days' journey in the wilderness of ° Etham, 
and pitched in p Marah. 

g 9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim : 
and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and three- 
score and ten q palm-trees ; and they pitched there. 
g 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by 
the Red sea. 

g \\ And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped 
in the wilderness of r Sin. 

g 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness 
of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 
g 13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in 
Alush. 

g 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at 
8 Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 
sr 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in 
the wilderness of ' Sinai. 

^ 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and 
pitched at ° Kibroth-hattaavah. 

g 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and en- 
camped at u Hazeroth. oDeut.7.1, 
e 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in|pLev.26.i 

*RithYYln1i q Ex. 20. 4. 

IbUUmail. lrl.ev.S0.30. 



of the Israelites- 



o Jurtg. 0. 
31. 

Isa. 46. 1. 
p Gen. 26. 
18. 

Ex. 23. 13. 
c Heb. they 
called by 
names the 
names of 
the cities. 
q Deut. 3. 
12. 

r Josh. 17.1. 
s Deut. 3.14. 
dThesehad 
their inhc- 
\ritance 
first, 

2 Kings 15. 
29 
a Deut. 12.9. 

Hob. 4. 3. 
b Ex. 12. 37. 
c Ps. 77. 20. 

d ch. 9. 18. 

eGen.47.11. 

fBx. 13. 4. 

g Ex. 14. 8. 

h Ex. 12. 29. 

i Ex. 12. 12. 

k Ex. 12.37. 

1 Ex. 13. 20. 

m Ex. 14. 2, 

9. 

n Ex. 14. 21. 

o Ex. 15. 22. 

p Ex. 15. 23 

q Ex. 15. 27. 

r Ex. 16. 1, 

" 3. 



t Ex. 19.1. 
ch. 10. 11, 
12. 

Acts 7. 30. 
a That is, 
The graves 
of lust. 
uch. 11. 4. 
& 12. 1, 2. 
bit hath tke 
name of ju- 
niper. 

chap.' 13. 1. 
Ps. 120. 4. 



B. Christ 
1452. 



c That is, 
Thclifving 
up of the 
breach, 
ch. 14 34. 
lChr.13.11 
x Deut. 1. 1 
d That is, 
The place 
of the as- 
sembly, 
ch. 16. 1, 2. 
y Deut.10.6, 
zlChr.1.42. 
a Deut. 10.7. 
e That is, 
A land of 
rivers, 
Isa. 30. 25. 
&3S.2. 
Jer. 31. 9. 
hch. 14.25. 
Deut. 2. 8. 

1 Kings 9. 
26. & 22. 48. 
c ch. 13. 21. 
&20. 2. 

J ch. 20. 23. 

e ch. 20. 24. 

fch. 21. 1. 

gch.21.2,3. 

hch. 21.4. 

i ch. 21. 10. 

k Josh. 13. 

17. 

1 Jer. 43.22. 

m Deut. 32. 

49. 

r. Josh. 13. 

20. 

Ezek. 25. 9. 

f From 

Egypt hi- 
therto, for- 

ty-twojvur- 

neys, 

Deut. 8. 15. 

Matt. 1. 17. 



19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at 
c Rimmon-parez. 

g 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched 
m x Libnah. 

g 21 And they removed from Libnah, andpitchedatRissah. 
g 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in 
Kehelathah. 

g 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in 
mount Shapher. 

g 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and en- 
camped in Haradah. 

g 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in 
" Makheloth. 

g 26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped 
at Tahath. 

g 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched atTarah. 
g 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. 
g 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hash- 
monah. 

g 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped 
at y Moseroth. 

^31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in 
7 Bene-jaakan. 

g 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamp- 
ed at a Hor-hagidgad. 

g 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in 
' Jotbathah. 

£ 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped 
at Ebronah. 

g 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at 
b Ezion-gaber. 

g 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched 
in the wilderness c of Zin, which is Kadesh. 
g 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in 
mount Hor, in the d edge of the land of Edom. 
/ 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the 
commandment of the Lord, and e died there, in the forti- 
eth year after the children of Israel were come out of the 
land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 

39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three 
years old when he died in mount Hor. 

40 And king f Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the 
south in the land of Canaan, e heard of the coming of the 
children of Israel. 

g 41 And they departed from h mount Hor, and pitched in 
Zalmonah. 

g 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in 
Punon. 

g 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in ! Oboth. 
g 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije- 
abarim, in the border of Moab. 

g 45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in v Dibon- 
gad. 

46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped 
in l Almon-diblathaim. 

g 47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and 
pitched in the mountains of Abarirn, before m Nebo. 
g 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim. 
and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 
g 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from n Beth-jesimoth 
even unto^Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 
s 50 ^| And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of 
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 
/ 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 
d 52 Then ye shall ° drive out all the inhabitants of the 
land from before you, and destroy all their p pictures, and 
destroy all their q molten images, and r quite pluck down 
all their high places : 

no 



B. Christ 
1452. 



Coasts and horde* ? of Canaan. NUMBERS. 

53 And ye shall s dispossess the inhabitants of the 
land, and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to 
possess it. 

54 And ye shall divide the land *by lot for an inherit- 
ance among your families : and to u the more ye shall 
give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give 
the less inheritance : every man's inheritance shall be 'in 
the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of 
your fathers ye shall inherit. 

r 55 But if ye will not .drive out the inhabitants of the 
land from before you ; then it shall come to pass, that 
those which ye let remain of them shall be x pricks in your 
eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall y vex you in the 
land wherein ye dwell. 

™ 56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto 
you, as I thought to do unto them. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

The borders of the land, 1. The names of the men which shall divide 

the land, 16. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
./2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, When ye come into the land of Canaan ; (this is 
the land that shall a fall unto you for an inheritance, even 
the land of Canaan with the b coasts thereof:) 
g 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the c wilderness 
of Zin along by the coast of d Edom, and your south bor- 
der shall be the outmost coast of the e salt sea eastward : 
s 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the f as- 
cent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin : and the going forth 
thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and 
shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon : 
g 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon 
unto the e river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall 
be at the sea. 

g 6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have 
the great sea for a border : this shall be your west border. 
g 7 And this shall be your north border : from the great 
sea ye shall point out for you h mount Hor : 
g 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto 
the * entrance of Hamath : and the goings forth of the 
border shall be to k Zedad : 

g 9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the go 
ings out of it shall be at } Hazar-enan : this shall be your 
north border. 

g 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar- 
enan to m Shepham : 

# 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to n Rib- 
lah, on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall de- 
scend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of ° Chin- 
nereth eastward : 

g 12 And the border shall go down to p Jordan, and the 
goings out of it shall be at the salt sea. This shall be your 
land with the coasts (hereof '' round about. 
/ 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, say- 
ing, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which 
the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and 
to the half-tribe : 

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according 
to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children 
of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have r re- 
ceived their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh 
have received their inheritance : 

15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their 
inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, to- 
ward the sun-rising. 

16 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide 
the land unto you : " Eleazar the priest, and ■ Joshua the 
son of Nun. 



sJosh.7.17. 
t ch. 26. 55. 
u ch. 26. 54. 
x Josh. 23. 
13. 

Ps. 106. 34, 
35. 

Ezek. 28.24. 
y Ex. 23. 33. 
Deut. 7. 16. 
Josh. 23. 13. 
Judg. i. 3. 
a Ps. 16. 6. 
& 78. 55. 
Acts 26. 18. 
b Gen. 10. 
19. 

Deut. 1. 7. 
Ps. 74. 17. 
Acts 17. 26. 
c ch. 33. 6. 
d Josh. 15. 
1,2. 

e Gon. 14.3. 
fDeut.8.15. 
Josh. 15. 3. 
g Gen. 15. 
18. 

Josh. 13. 3. 
h Deut. 3. 9. 
Josh. 13. 5. 
i Ezek. 47. 
16, 17. 
Amos 6. 2. 
k Ezek. 47. 
15. 

1 Ezek. 47. 
17. 

m 1 Sam. 

30. 28. 

n 2 Kings 

23. 33. 

o Matt. 14. 

34. 

Mark 6. 53. 

Luke 5. 1. 

pJosh.3.13. 

2 Kings 5. 
10. & 8. 14 
Mark 1.5,9, 
q Ps. 125. 2. 
r Dt. 32. 33. 
a In the 
fourth ge- 
neration 
they were 
to return, 
Gen. 15. 15, 
16. 

Kohalh 
went with 
Jacob into 
Egypt, 
Gen. 46. 14. 
of him jim- 
ram, of him 
Aaron, of 
him Elea- 
zar, 

lChr.6.1,2. 
s Heb. 4. 9. 



B. Christ 
1452. 



t ch. 13. 2. 
u Josh. 19. 
27. 

h. 13. 6. 
y ch. 1. 10. 
7. 2 Sam. 6. 
21. 

a Josh. 19. 
51. 

bRev.22.15. 
ach.24. 23. 
Trov. 3. G. 
Ezek. 45. 1. 
& 48. 9, 10, 
11. 

Gal. 6. 6. 
b ch. 31. 3. 
aHob.JIfiS- 
lat of ga- 
thering, 
Gen. 49. 10. 
Dout. 4.41 
Josh. 20. 7. 
Isa. 4. 6. 
Mat. 11.28. 
Hob. 6. 18. 
c Gen. 49.5. 
Ex. 32. 29. 
Dt. 33. 8, 9. 
Josh. 21. 19. 
d oh. 33. 54. 
o Dt. 19. 2. 
b Hob. 
by error. 
c~llcb.Goel, 
nroverly 
one of the 
tininc blood 
and kin- 
dred. 

fDt. 19.3. 
gDt.4. 41. 
h Josh. 20.7. 



The cities of the Levites 

18 And ye shall take l one prince of every tribe, to °di 
vide the land by inheritance. 

19 And the names of the men are these : of the tribe of 
Judah, * Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 

20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel 
the son of y Ammihud. 

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 

22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, 
Bukki the son of Jogli. 

23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of 
the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 

24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of 
Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 

25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebu- 
lun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 

26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issa- 
char, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 

27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, 
Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 

28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naph- 
tali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 

29 These are they whom the Lord z commanded to 
a divide the inheritance unto the b children of Israel in the 
land of Canaan. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 
Eight and forty cities for the Levites ivith their suburbs, and measure 
tiiereof. Six of them are to be cities of refuge, 1. The laws of mur- 
der, 9. No satisfaction for murder, 31. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab 

by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 

d 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto 

the Levites a of the inheritance of their possession cities to 

dwell in ; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs 

for the cities round about them. 

£ 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the 
suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their 
goods, and for all their beasts. 

4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto 
the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and out- 
ward a thousand cubits round about. 

5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the 
b east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two 
thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, 
and on the north side two thousand cubits ; and the city shall 
be in the midst : this shall be to them the suburbs of the city. 

t 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the 
Levites there shall be six cities for ° refuge, which ye shall 
appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither : and 
to them ye shall add c forty and two cities. 

7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites 
shall be forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with 
their suburbs. 

8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the pos- 
session of the children of Israel : from them that have many 
ye shall d give many ; but from them that have few ye shall 
give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the'Le- 
vites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. 

9 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
/ 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
When ye be come ° over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 

t 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of re- 
fuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither, winch kill- 
eth any person at * unawares. 

12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from 
the 'avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand 
f before the congregation in judgment. 

13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities 
shall ye have for refuge. 

14 Ye shall give g three cities on this side Jordan, h and 

in 



Ac satisfaction for murder. 

three cities shall ye give in the 
shall be cities of refuge. 
T 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the chil 



DEUTERONOMY. 

land of Canaan, which 



B. Christ 
cir. 1451. 



; i Dt. 14. 21. 
! 1 Tim. 2. 6. 
k Ex.21. 14. 

dren of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the ^ojourneri^ 9 ^. 

among them : that every one that killeth any person un-| is,^ i2 

awares may flee thither. jm verses'w, 

L 16 And if he smite him with an b instrument of iron, soj^t. fe. 



11, 12. 

n Gen.4.5,8, 

verse 21. 

Prov.26.24. 

oJudg.16.2. 

1 Sam. 24. 
11. 

Lam. 4. IS. 
Luke 11. 54 
Acts 20. 3. 
& 23. 21. 
p Lev. 8. 9. 
Eph. 2. 16, 
17. 

Col. 2. 14. 
Heb. 4. 14. 
&. 9. 15. 
& 10. 21. 
q lsa. 28. 
IS. &30.15. 
John 15. 4. 
Acts 27. 31. 
d Heb. no 
bloud to 
him. 

r ch. 27. 1. 
s Deut. 17. 
G. & 19. 15. 
Matt. 18. 16. 

2 Cor. 13.1. 
Heb. 10.28. 
Rev. 11. 3. 
eHcb. 
wicked 
to die, 
Ps. 109. 7. 
t Jer. 3.29. 
/Heb. there 



that he die, he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely 
be 1 put to death. 

17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, where- 
with he may die, and he die, he is a murderer : the mur- 
derer shall surely be put to death. 

18 Or if he smite him with a hand-weapon of wood, 
wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer : the 
murderer shall surely be put to death. 

L 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the mur- 
derer : when he m meeteth him, he shall slay him. 

20 But if he thrust him D of hatred, or hurl at him by 
laying ° of wait, that he die ; 

"21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die : 
he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; for he is 
a murderer : the revenger of blood shall slay the mur- 
derer, when he meeteth him. 

L 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, c 
have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 

23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing 
him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not 
his enemy, neither sought his harm : 

24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slay 
er and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : i expiation 
£ 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of f° rtheland ' 

the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation 
shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was 
fled : and he shall abide in it unto the death of the p high 
priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 

26 But if the slayer shall at any time come q without the 
border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; 
a 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the bor- 
ders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood 
kill the slayer ; "he shall not be guilty of blood : 

28 Because he should have remained in the city of his 
refuge until the death of the high priest : but after the 
death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the 
land of his possession. 

29 So these things shall be for r a statute of judgment 
unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 

d 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put 
to death by the s mouth of witnesses : but one witness 
shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 

V 31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of 
a murderer, which is ' guilty of death : but he shall be 
surely put to death. 

32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled 
to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to 
dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 

d 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for 
blood it * defileth the land : and the •''land cannot be 



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1451. 

u Hos. 9. 3. 

ach.27. 1. 

b ch. 27. 6, 

7, 22. 

c Job 42. 15 

Prov.31.30. 

Matt. 22.41, 

45. 

Titus 2. 5. 

1 Pet. 3. 6. 

dLev.25.J0. 

Isa. 61. 2. 

Luko 4. 18, 

19. 

John 8.34, 

36. 

Heb.9.10,11. 

eh. 27. 5. 
Matt. 28.20. 

1 Cor.11.23. 
a Heb. 
wives to 
whom it is 



their eyes 
Gen. 24. 57. 
f verse 12. 
4 Heb. 
cleave to 
the, 

Gen. 2. 24. 
verse 9. 
lKgs.21.3. 
glCor. 14. 
40. 

h Lev.24.12. 
ch. 15. 34. 
i Lev. 18. 12. 
e Heb. of 
the family, 
d Heb. was 
inthe tribe. 



Daugh ters of Zelophehad married, 

cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the 
blood of him that shed it. 

34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, 
wherein I dwell : for I the Lord u dwell among the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 
The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters,!, is remedied by marry- 
ing in their own tribes, 5, lest the inheritance should be removed from the 
tribe, 7. Zelophehad'' 's daughters marry their father's brothers' sons, 10. 

AND the chief fathers of the families of the children of 
a Gilead, ihe son of Machir the son of Manasseh, of 
the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake 
before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of 
the children of Israel : 

2 And they said, The Lord b commanded my lord to give 
the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel : 
and c my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the 
inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 

3 And if they be married to any of the sons or' the other 
tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance 
be taken from the inheritance of our lathers, and shall be 
put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunlo they are re- 
ceived : so shall it be taken from ihe lot of our inheritance. 

4 And when the d jubilee of the children of Israel shall 
be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inherit- 
ance of the tribe whereunto they are received : so shall 
their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of 
the tribe of our fathers. 

£ 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel ac- 
cording to the word e of the Lord, saying, The tribe of 
the sons of Joseph hath said well. 

6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command con- 
cerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them 
"marry to whom they think best; only to the f family of 
the tribe of their fathers shall they marry. 

7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel 
remove from tribe to tribe : for every one of the children of 
Israel shall * keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe 
of his fathers. 

l 8 And every daughter, that pcssesseth an inheritance in 
any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of 
the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of 
Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 
9 Neither shall the inheritance remove s from one tribe 
to another tribe ; but every one of the tribes of the chil- 
dren of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 
f 10 % Even h as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the 
daughters of Zelophehad : 

11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and 
Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were ma ~ied unto 
their £ father's brothers' sons : 

12 Jlnd they were married c into the families of the sons 
of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance rf re- 
mained in the tribe of the family of their father. 

13 These are the commandments and the judgments, 
which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto 
the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan - 
near Jericho. 




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H THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTEJ 

CHAPTER I. 

rehearsing the story, 
of sending the spies 
.^redulilil, 34, and dis- 
obedience, 41. ' 

THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all Is- 
rael a on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the 
-r < ir l ? Ver a S ainst the Red sea, between b Paran, and 

1 7™ Laba n, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 
8 - {There are e eleven days' journey from Horeb bv the 
way of mount Seir unto e Kadesh-barnea. ) 



a Num. 34. 
5, 8, 12. 
ch. 34. 5. 
bNum.13.3. 
c verse 3. 
dGen. 3G.8. 
e verse G. 



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fNum.20.1. 
gZech.l. 7. 
h Nu.21. 14. 
iNu.21.33. 



/3 And it came to pass in the f fortieth year, in the 
e eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that 
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto 
all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto 
them ; 

4 After he had slain h Sihon the king of the Amorites, 
which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashaa. 
which dwelt at i Astaroth in Edrei : 

5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses 
to declare this law, saving, 

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but ye 



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1490. 



k Ex.19.1,2. 
Nu.10.11,12. 
Gal. 3. 16. 
Heb. 4.6,11 

1 Num. 34. 6. 
a Heb. 
given. 
Lev. 25. 23. 
Judg. 11.23. 
Rom. G. 23. 
niGen.13.15. 
n Ex. 18. 14. 
o Gen. 15. 
5,6. 

Num. 1. 46. 
ii Heb. add 
to you. 
plKgs.3.8,9. 

2 Cor.11.28. 
q Ex. 18. 25. 
Acts 1. 15. 
r Isa. 11.2. 
s Ex. 18.21 
Isa. 53. 3. 
t2Sam.23.3. 
u John 7. 24. 
c Heb. ac- 
knowledge 
faces, 

Lev. 19. 15. 
x2Chr.l9.6. 
y Ex. 18.22. 
z Mt.28. 20 
John 15. 15. 
Acts 20. 20 
Heb. 3. 2. 
a Mt. 17. 4. 
b Nu. 10.12. 
eh. 8. 15. 
Isa. 40. 3, 4. 
Mark 10.18. 
c Amos 2. 9. 
d Nu.13.2,3. 
Josh. 2. 1, 2. 
e Nu. 13.25. 
Judg. 16. 4. 
Song 7. 7,8. 
fNu. 13.23 
gNu.13.27. 
h Nu.14.2,3. 
i cli. 4. 37. 
<ZHeb. 
melted, 
Josh. 2. 11 



Moses 1 speech at the 

f 6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, 
Ye have dwelt k long enough in this mount . 

g 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount 
of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in 
the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and 
by, the ' sea-side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto 
Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 

h 8 Behoid, I have " set the land before you : go in and 
possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to 
m their seed after them. 

jf 9 % And I spake unto you at n that time, saying, I am 
not able to bear you myself alone : 

10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and behold, 
ye are this day as the ° stars of heaven for multitude. 

11 (The Lord God of your fathers 'make you a thou- 
sand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he 
hath promised you !) 

12 How can I myself alone bear your p cumbrance, and 
your burden, and your strife 1 

13 q Take you wise men, and r understanding, and 
'known among your tribes, and I will make them 'rulers 
over you. 

14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which 
thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 

15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and 
known, and made them heads over you, captains over thou- 
sands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, 
and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 

<H6 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, 
.Hear the causes between your brethren, and "judge 
righteously between every man and his brother, and the 
stranger thai is with him. 

£ 17 Ye shall not c respect persons in judgment ; 
shall hear the small as well as the great ; ye shall not be 
afraid of the face of man; for the judgment *is God's: and 
*' the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and 
I will hear it. 

18 And I commanded you at that time z all the things 
which ye should do. 

s 19 % And when we a departed from Horeb, wc went 
through all that great and b terrible wilderness, which ye 
saw by the way of the c mountain of the Amorites, as the 
Lord our God commanded us ; and we came to Kadesh- 
fkiinea. 

20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain 
of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 
<*21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before 
thee : go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fa- 
thers hath said unto thee ; fear not, neither be discouraged. 
/ 22 ^[ And ye came near unto me every one of you, and 
said, We will send men before us, and they shall search 
us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we 
must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 

23 And the saying a pleased me well : and I took twelve 
men of you, one of a tribe : 

s 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, 
And came unto the valley of c Eshcol, and searched it out. 

25 And they took of the f fruit of the land in their hands, 

and brought '//down unto us, and brought us word again, andjaffiixK 

. said, // is e a good land which the Lord our God doth give us. nw aa a! 

* 26 Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but h rebelled'™'; | j 1 -; 

against the commandment of the Lord your God : jn.'i' 4.V' 

27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Km4.'i>" 
the Lord ; hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the gS£St» 
fond of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, J,2Sj^S£ 
to destroy us. ingtfth» 

28 Whither shall we go up 1 our brethren have "discou- }"Ji° ftht 
i-aged our heart, saying, The people is greater and talleife»": 

29 p 



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kGen.Il. 4. 
Num. 13.28. 
1 ch. 2. 10. 
Judg. 1. 10. 
mEx. 19. 4. 
Num.11. 12. 
ch. 32. 10. 
n Ps. 78. 22. 
Hob. 3.1,2. 
Jude 5. 
o Ex. 13.21. 
Num. 10.34. 
p Num. 13. 
19. & 14.23. 
q Num. 13. 
30. fc 14. 6. 
e Hob. un- 
filled to 
rrn after, 
Num. 14,24. 
rNu.20.10. 
sNu.20.10. 
Ps. 100. 32, 
33. 

t Num. 20. 
12. & 27. 14. 
u Nn. 13.8. 
x 1 Kings 
1.1,2. 
yNu.27.18. 
7 Nu. 14. 3. 
a Isa. 7. 15. 
b Nu. 14.31. 
c Nu. 14.25. 
dNu. 11.39. 
ellos.9. IS. 
f Pa. 118.12. 
gHob.12.17i 
liNum. 13. 
27. &. 20. 11. 

aoh.11.40, 

liNum.21.1. 
c chap. 1. G 



end of the fortieth year. 
than we ; the cities are great and walled k up to heaven ; and 
moreover, we have seen the sons of the ' Anakims there. 
/ 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid 
of them. 

30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he 
shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in 
Egypt before your eyes ; 

31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that 
the Lord thy God m bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, 
in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 

e 32 Yetinthisthingyedid n notbelievetheLoRDyourGod, 
33 Who "went in the way before you, to search you out 
a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you 
by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 

/ 34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and 
was wroth, and sware, saying, 

35 Surely there shall r not one of these men of this evil 
generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto 
your fathers, 

c 36 Save q Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; he shall see 
it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden 
upon, and to his children, because he hath 'wholly followed 
the Lord. 

37 Also the Lord was angry r with me, s for your sakes, 
saying, ' Thou also shalt not go in thither. 

38 But "Joshua the son of Nun, which x standeth before 
thee, he shall go in thither. y Encourage him : for he shall 
cause Israel to inherit it. 

39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be 
z a prey, and your children, which in that day had no 
knowledge a between good and evil, they b shall go in 
thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it* 

40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into 
the wilderness by c the way of the Red sea. 

c 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have d sin- 
ned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according 
to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when 
ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were 
ready to go up into the hill. 

42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not 
up, neither fight ; for I am c not among you ; lest ye be 
smitten before your enemies. 

c 43 So I spake unto you ; and ye would not hear, but 
rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went 
presumptuously up into the hill. 

44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, 
came out against you, and chased you, as f bees do, and 
destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 

45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord ; but 
the Lord would e not hearken to your voice, nor give ear 
unto you. 

s AG So ye abode in h Kadesh many days, according unto 
the days that ye abode there. , 

CHAPTER II. 
The slory is continued, that they were not to meddle with t/ic Edomiles, J 

nor with the Moubites, 9, nor with (he Ammonites, 17. But Sihon the 

Jlmorite was subdued by them, 24. 

THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilder- 
ness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord 'spake 
unto me : and we compassed b mount Seir many days. 

2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 

3 Ye have compassed this mountain c long enough : 
turn you northward. 

4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye arc to pas? 
through the coast of your d brethren the children of Esau, 
which dwell in Seir; and they shall be c afraid of you: 
take ye f good heed unto yourselves therefore : 



p 5 e Meddle not with them 



for I will not give you of 
their land, ■ no, not so much as a foot-breadth ; because 
I have '' given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 

J13 



Sihon the Amorite subdued. 



DEUTERONOMY 



, I B. Christ 
1451. 



i eh. 11. 9. 

h Hob. dig. 

k Ps. 1. 6. 

IGen.21.S9. 

m Num. £0. 

14 

r. J Kings D 

26. 

o Judges 

1J. L7. 

p Num. 21. 

q Genesis 

14.5. 

r verses 22, 

23, 24. 
s Num. 21. 
12. 

t Num. 1.3. 
u Ps. 78. 33. 
& 90. 3, 4. 
,\ Gen. 19. 
38. 

verse 37. 
y Gen. 14.5. 
c Hob. the 
Choree, 
Gon. 14. 6. 
z Josh. 13.3. 
■i Kings J7. 

24. . 
a Gen. 10. 9. 



Acts 17. 26. 
c Num. 21. 
13. 

1 Num. 21. 
13. 

e ch. 11. 25. 
Josh 2.9,10. 
f Job 12.24. 
Ps. 48. 6. 
g Josh. 13. 
18. & 21. 37. 
ch. 20. 10. 
d Ilcb. by 
the way, by 
the way, 
?Tum.21.21. 
Col. 4. 5. 



6 Ye shall ! buy meat of them for money, that ye may 
eat ; and ye shall also " buy water of them for money, that 
ye may drink. 

b 7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the 
works of thy hand : he k knoweth thy walking through 
this great wilderness : these forty years the Lord thy God 
hath been with ' thee : thou hast* lacked nothing. 
g 8 And when we m passed by from our brethren the chil- 
dren of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the 
plain from n Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and 
passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 
/9f And the Lord said unto me, "Distress not the Moab- 
ites, neither contend with them in battle : for I will not 
give thee of their land for a possession ; because I have 
given p Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 

10 (The q Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people 
great, and many, and tall as the Anakims ; 

1 1 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims ; 
but the Moabites call them Emims. 

/ 12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir before-time, but the , , 
children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroy- ioi. 12.23. 
ed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead ; r as ■ 
Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord 
gave unto them.) 

13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook 
8 Zered : and we went over the brook Zered. 
g 1 4 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-bar- 
nea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty 
and eight years ; until l all the generation of the men of 
war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord 
gware unto them. 

15 For indeed the u hand of the Lord was against 
them, to destroy them from among the host, until they 
were consumed. 

/ 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were 
consumed and dead from among the people, 

.17 If That the Lord spake unto me, saying, 

18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, 
this day : 

h 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children 
of* Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them : for 
I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon 
any possession ; because I have given it unto the children 
of Lot for a possession. 

20 (That also was accounted a land of giants : giants 
dwelt therein in old time ; and the Ammonites call them 
y Zamzummims ; 

/ 21 A people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims; 
but the Lord destroyed them before them ; and they suc- 
ceeded them, and dwelt in their stead : 

22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in 
Seir, when he destroyed the ' Horims from before them ; 
3.nd they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even 
Unto this day : 

g 23 And the z Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto 
a Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of b Caph 
tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 
d 24 % Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the f^f^ 
c river Anion : behold, I have given into thy hand d Sihon 
the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land : begin to 
possess it, and contend with him in battle. 

25 This day will I begin to put the e dread of thee and 
the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole 
heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, 
and be in f anguish because of thee. 
/ 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of 



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i Num. 20. 

19. 

Judges 4. 1, 

5, 7, 17. 

2 Sam. 15. 

17. 

k Num. 20. 

18. 

Judg. 11.17. 

lEs. 4. 21. 

Josh. 11.90 

m ch. 1. 8. 

Rom. C. 03, 

nEx. 16.8. 

Ps. 120. 7. 

o Num. 21. 

23. 

I> Num. 21. 

24. 

Rev. 17. 14 

e Heh.ercry 

city of men 

andwb men 

and little 

ones. 

q Num. 21 

15. 

r Ps. 44. 3. 

s Num. 21. 

24. 

t2Chr.20.1. 

Amos 1. 13. 

a Num. 21. 

33. 

chap. 29. 7 

b Num. 21. 

34. 

c Num. 21. 

35. 

ilJosh.2.10 



> e Eedemoth unto 
11 peace, saying, 

27 Let me pass through thy land : 



messengers 
Sihon king of Heshbon with words of 



I will go along d by 



a Heb. line, 

or. cord. 

e 1 Kiugs 4. 

13. 

fEst. 9. 19. 

g Amos 2.9. 

hPs. 136.17. 

i ch. 4. 4^. 

Judges 3. 3. 

k Ps. 29. 6. 

b That is, 

Snow 

mount. 

1 Gen. 14. 5. 

m Ps. 136. 

20,21. 

n 2 Sam. 12. 

26. 

oGen. 6.15 



Of Og king of Bashan. 

the high-way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor 
to the left.* 

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; 
and give me water for money, that I may drink : only I 
will pass through i on my feet ; 

g 29 (As the children of k Esau which dwell in Seir, and 
the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ;) until I 
shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our 
God giveth us. 

/ 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by 
him : for the Lord thy God ' hardened his spirit, and made 
his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy 
hand, as appeareth this day. 

/ 31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun 
to m give Sihon and his land before thee : begin to pos- 
sess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 
g 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all the peo- 
ple, n to fight at ° Jahaz. 

/ 33 And the Lord our God delivered him before us ; 
and we p smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 

34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly 
destroyed * the men, and the women, and the little ones 
of every. city ; we left none to remain : 

35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, 
and the spoil of the cities which we took. 

36 From Aroer which is by the brink of the river of 
4 Anion, and from the city that is by the river, even unto 
Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us : the Lord 
our God r delivered all unto us : 

g 37 Only unto the land of the children of Amnion thou 
earnest not, nor unto B any place of the river Jabbok, nor 
unto the cities in the mountains, '-nor unto whatsoever the 
Lord our God forbade us. 

CHAPTER III. 
The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan, 1 : the bigness of his 
bed, 11. The distribution of those lands to the two tribes and half, 12, 
Mo ses'' prayer to enter into the land, 23 : he is permitted to see it, 27. 

TIEN we turned, and went up the a way to Bashan : 
and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he 
and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 
/ 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not ; for I will 
deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; 
and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king 
of the Amorites, which dwelt at b Heshbon. 

3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og 
also the king of Bashan, and c all his people : and we 
smote him until none was left to him remaining. 
g 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not 
A a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, 
all " the region of e Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 
/ 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and 
bars ; besides f unwalled towns a great many. 

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon 
king of Heshbon, e utterly destroying the men, women., 
and children of every city. 

7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took 
for a prey to ourselves. 

g 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two 
kings of the Amorites the h land that was on this side Jor- 
dan, from the river of Anion unto Mount Hermon ; 

9 ( Which ! Hermon the Sidonians call k Sirion ; and the 
Amorites call it'Shenir;) 

g 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Ba- 
shan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og 
in Bashan. 

1 1 IT For only Og king of Bashan remained of the rem- 
nant of ' giants ; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of 
m iron ; is it not in n Rabbath of the children of Ammon ? 
nine ° cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the 
breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 

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alive every one of you this day. 

5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, 
even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should 
do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 

d 6 Keep therefore and do them : for this is your s wisdom 
and your understanding in the h sight of the nations, which 
shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great 
nation is a wise and understanding people. 
/ 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so 
1 nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that 
we call upon him for ? 

8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes 
and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set 
iscL. 13. before you this day 1 

d 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, 
lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, 
and lest they k " 
life : but ' 



c Hcb.Reu- 

benite. 

p Num. 32. 

39, 40. 

q 2 Sam. 3. 

3. &10. & 

rNu.32.41. 

s verses 12, 

13, 14. 

2Kgs.10.33. 

1 Chr. 2. 22. 

t6cn.50.23. 

uNu.32.29. 

xNu.34.ll. 

y 6cn.l4. 3. 

zJosh. 13. 

20. 

a Nu.32.20. 

d Heb. sons 

of power. 

b No. 27. 18. 

c 1 Sam. 



12. 

Isa. 63. 1. 

Rev. 19. 11, 

12. 

e ch. 11. 2. 

f Ex.15. 11. 

2Sam.7.22. 

Ps. m. 8. &.. 



c Heb. pow- 
ers, 
Ps. 106. 2. 



h 

Tsa. 2. 2. 

i Song 4. 11. 

k Nu. 20. 3, 

20. 

chap. 4. 21. 

1 2 Cor. 15. 
8, 9. 

/Or, Jesus, 
verse 21. 
John 1. 17. 
aRom.2.|I3. 
bRom. 10.5. 
cGen. 12. 5. 
,1 Pr. 30.5,6. 
Matt. 5. 18. 
Gal. 3. 15. 

2 Tim. 3.16. 
Rev. 22. 18. 
e Nn. 25. 1 
Ps. 10C. 28. 



The prayer of Moses. DEUTERONOMY. . An exhortation to obedience 

g 12 1 And this land, which we possessed at that time, B 1 g\ rist 4 But ye that did cleave f unto the Lord your God, are 
from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount ~ 
Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the c Reuben- 
ites and to the Gadites. 

/ 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the 
kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of p Manasseh; 
all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called 
the land of giants. 

g 14 Jairthesonof Manasseh took all the country of Argob, 
unto the coasts of q Geshuri, and Maachathi ; and called 
them after his own name, r Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 
g 15 And I gave s Gilead unto ' Machir. 
s 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites u I 
gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the val- 
ley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which is 
the border of the children of Ammon. 
g 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, 
from * Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even 
the y salt sea, under z Ashdoth pisgah eastward. 
/ 18 And I commanded a you at that time, saying, The 
Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it ; ye 
shall pass over armed before your brethren the children 
of Israel, all that are "meet for the war. 

19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cat- 
tle, {for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in 
your cities which I have given you ; 
t> 20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, 
as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land 
which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jor- 
dan : and then shall ye return every man unto his posses- 
eion which I have given you. 

/ 21 And I commanded b Joshua at that time, saying, 
Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath 
done unto these two kings : c so shall the Lord do unto 
all the kingdoms whither thou passest. 
A 22 Ye shall not fear them : for the Lord your God he 
shall d fight for you. 

/ 23 % And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 
d 24 O Lord God, thou hast e begun to shew thy servant 
thy greatness, and thy mighty hand : for f what god is 
there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy 
works, and according to thy ' might ? 

25 I praythee,let me go over,and see the s good land that 
is beyond Jordan, that h goodly mountain, and ' Lebanon. 

26 But the Lord was wroth with me k for your sakes, 
and would not hear me : and the Lord said unto me, 'Let 
it suffice thee ; speak no more unto me of this matter. 
g 27 If Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine 
eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and east- 
ward, and behold it with thine eyes : for thou shalt not go 
over this Jordan. 

28 But elm rgc 'Joshua, and encourage him, and strength- 
en him : for he shall go over before this people, and he 
shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt sec. 
g 20 So wc abode in the valley over against Bcth-peor. 

CHAPTER IV. 
An exhortation to obedience, 1. J\Tosrs appointeth (he three cities of re- 
fuge on that side Jordan, 11. 

7VTOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes 
i_l and unto the judgment?;, which I teach you, for to 
do a them, that ye b may live, and go in and c possess the 
land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 
. J Ye shall A not add unto the word which I command 
you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may 
keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I 
command you. 

/ 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of 
e Baal-peor :" for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the 
Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 



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fob. 10. 'JO. 

Ezek.9.4,6. 
2Tim.2. 19. 
Rev. ;.»0. 4. 
3 Ps. 19. 7. 
2 Tim. 3. 15. 
hJIal.3. 12. 
i ch. 5. 20. 
Josh. 24. 19. 
Ps. 145. 18. 
kl'rov. 3.2, 
3. &. 4. 21. 
I Gen. 1^.19. 
chap. 6. 7. 
Ps. 78. C. 
Eph. C. 4. 

m Ex. in. in. 
Heb. 12. 18. 
n Ps. 51. 8. 
o ch. 9. 23. 
p Ex. 00.21. 
n Isa. 40. 18. 
r Ex.31. 16. 
iHj. 21. 1. 
iJi.sh.23.il. 
Jcr. 17.21. 
Mai. 2. 15. 
u Isa. 40.18. 
CoL 1. 15. 
x Ex. 20. 1 
y Rom. l.-i. 
z 2 Kgk. 17. 
16. & 21. 3. 
Job 31. 26. 
A mm>* 5. 05. 
uch. 13.5. 
I. Mt.5. 11. 
Km,,,, i. 20. 
c 1 Kings 8. 

Jar. 11.4. 

i ig 

Tli. 2, 1 I. 
<• oh. 3. -M. 
& 31.2. 

fGal. :i. 21. 

EIeb.7.6,7. 

g ICor. 11. 

I 
hEx.S4.17, 
h.0.3. 



depart from thy heart all the days of thy 

teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons : 

10 Specialty m the day that thou stoodest before the 

Lord thy God in Iloreb, when the Lord said unto me, 

JGather me the people together, and I will "make them 

MaYt 5 '? 4 '22. hear my words, that they may learn'to fear me all the 

ffifff- days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they 

may teach their children. 

/ 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain ; 
and the mountain ° burned with fire unto the midst of 
heaven, with darkness, clouds, p and thick darkness. 
5 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of 
the fire : ye heard the voice of the words, but saw ' l no 
similitude ; only ye heard a voice. 

13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he 
commanded you to perform, even ten commandments ; 
and he wrote them upon two tables of r stone. 
/ 14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach 
you s statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in 
the land whither ye go over to possess it. 

15 Take ye therefore l good heed unto yourselves; (for 
ye saw u no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord 
spake unto you in Iloreb out of the midst of the fire ;) 
p 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven 
image, the similitude of any x figure, the likeness of male 
or female, 

17 The likeness of any y beast that is on the earth, the 
likeness of any winged fowl that fiieth in the air, 

18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the 
ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters be- 
neath the earth : 

p 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and 
when thou seest the z sun, and the moon, and the stars, 
even all the host of heaven, shouklcst be a driven to wor- 
ship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God 
b hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 

/ 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth 
out of c the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him 
a people of J inheritance, as ye are this day. 

21 Furthermore, the Lord was angry with mo c fur 
your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan. 
and that I should not go in unto that good land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance : 

22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jor- 
dan : but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 
v 23 Take heed unto yourselves, B lest ye forget the co- 
venant of the Lord your God, which lie made with yon, 
and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any 
thing which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. 

t 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming h fire, even a 
; /!,''i,'h.' , i.i8.[ i jealous God. 

Hub. 13.29. * ae WU„„ tt 

IV", B. 31.1 



/' 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's chit 



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Three cities of refuge, 
dren, and ye shall have 



DEUTERONOMY. 



The ten commandments. 



'remained long in the land, and 
shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the 
likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the 
Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger ; 
w 26 k I call heaven and earth to witness against you this 
day, that ye shall soon utterly l perish from off the land 
whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it : ye shall not 
prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 

27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, 
and ye shall be left 'few in number among the heathen, 
whither the Lord shall lead you. 

28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's 
hands, wood and stone, which neither m see, nor hear, nor 
eat, nor smell. 
d* 29 But if n from thence thou shaft seek the Lord thy 
God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul. 

30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things c are 
come upon thee, even in ° the latter days, if thou p turn to 
the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; 

t 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God ;) he will 
not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the co 
venant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. 

32 For q ask now of the days that are past, which were 
before thee, since the day that God created man upon 
the earth, and ask from the r one side of heaven unto the 
other, whether there hath been any such thing as this 
3 great thing is, or hath been heard like it 1 

m 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out 
of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, t and live ? 

34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation 
from the midst of another nation, by u temptations, by 
K signs, and by y wonders, and by war, and by a mighty 
hand, and by a z stretched-out arm, and by great a terrors, 
according to all that the Lord your God did for you in 
Egypt before your eyes ? 

t 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest b know 
that the Lord he is God : there is none else besides him 

J" 36 c Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that 
he might d instruct thee : and e upon earth he shewed thee 
Ms great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the 
midst of the fire. 

t 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose 
their seed after them, and brought thee out f in his sight 
with his mighty power out of Egypt ; 

38 To drive out nations from before thee, e greater and 
mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their 
land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 

* 39 h Know therefore this day, and consider it in thy 
heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon 
the earth beneath : there is none else. 

«2* 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his com- 
mandments which I command thee this day, that it may 
* go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and 
that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 

e 41 If Then Moses severed k three cities on this side 
Jordan, toward the sun-rising ; 

l 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill 
his neighbour ' unawares, and hated him not in times past ; 
and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 

S 43 Namely, m Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain coun- 
try, of the Reubenites ; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the 
Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 

/ 44 % And this is the law which Moses set before the 
children of Israel : 

45 n These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the 
judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, 
after they came forth out of Egypt* 



a Heb. wax- 
en strong. 
kch.30. 19. 
1 ch. 30. 18. 
iHeb. men 
of number, 
Gen. 34. 30. 
Job 16. 22. 
raPs. 115.4. 
Jer. 10. 2, 9. 
n Neh. 1. 9. 
Jer. 29. 12. 
c Heb. shall 
find thee, 
cb. 31. 17. 

tlos. 3. 5. 
P Joel2. 12. 
q Job 8. 9. 
r ch. 30. 4. 
sAmos 3.2. 
t Judg.13. 
22. 

u Gen. 22. 1 
x Ex. 3- 12. 
y Ex. 7. 9. 
zlsa. 9. 12. 
a ch. 20. 8. 
b Isa.. 45. 5. 
c Ex. 19. 9. 
(1 Ps. 94. 12. 
c Ex.Q4. 16. 
f Ex. 13. 21. 
&. 14. 19. 
Isa. 63. 9. 

1 Cor. 10. 1. 
gch.3.4,21. 
h 1 Chr. 28. 
9. 

i ch. 5. 16. 
Jer. 22. 15. 
Matt. 6. 33. 
John 4. 17. 

2 Cor. 4. 18. 
Eph. 6. 3. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
Heb. H. 26. 
kNu.3. 14. 
1 Bx. 21. 12. 
chap. 19. 2. 
m Josh. 20. 
8. 

n ch. 6. 17. 
& 19. 7. 



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IKg 



.3. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



oNu.21.23. 
clmp. 3. 3. 
p chap. 3. 9 
q Nu. 24. 3. 
chap. 3. 17. 
rchap 3.17. 
a ch. 29. 10. 
a Heb. keep 
to do them, 
Matt. 23. 3. 
b ch. 4. 23. 
c Ex. 19.20. 
(1 Gal. 3. 21. 
e Ex. 33. 11. 
f Ex. 19. 16. 
19. 

Gal. 3. 19. 
b Hob. 
servants, 
Exod. 20. 3, 
2Sam.7.23. 
Ezek. 20. 5, 
9. 

g Ex. 20. 3. 
h John 14. 
15. 

i verse 31. 
chap. 8. 2. 
Dan. 9. 4. 
k Gen. 2. 2. 
Hoi). 4. 4. 
1 Neh. 13.15. 
m Lev. 25. 
44. 
nEx.20. 11. 

ch. 4. 40. 
Ephes. 6. 3. 
p Ex. 20.13. 

James 2. 
0. 
r Ex. 20.14. 
s Ex. 20. 15. 
Ps. 112.9. 
Mai. 3. 8. 
Matt. 7. 12. 
&22.31. 
Acts 5. 4. 
Rom. 13. 17. 

1 Thess.4.6. 
1 Tim. 6.10. 
Titus 2. 10. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
t Ex. 20. 16. 
u Ex. 30. 17. 



§ 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth- 

peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt 

at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, 

after they were come forth out of Egypt : 

/ 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of ° Og 

king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on 

this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising ; 

g 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank .of the river Ar- 

non, even unto mount p Sion, which it Hermon, 

49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even 
unto the q sea of the plain, under the r springs of Pisgah. 

CHAPTER V. 

The covenant in Horeb, 1. The ten commandments, 6. At the people's 
request Moses receiveth the latv from God, 27. 

ND Moses called a all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, 
O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak 
in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and "keep, 
and do them. 

/ 2 The Lord our God b made a covenant with us in c Horeb. 
3 The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers,but 
d with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 
* 4 The Lord talked with you e face to face in the mount 
out of the midst of the fire, 

5 (I stood f between the Lord and you at that time, to 
shew you the word of the Lord : for ye were afraid by rea- 
son of the fire, and went not up into the mount,) saying, 

6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of 
the land of Egypt, from the house of * bondage. 

p 7 Thou shalt have s none other gods before me. 

p 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any 
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in 
the earthbeneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth : 

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve 
them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third 
and fourth generation of them that hate me, 

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 
h love me, and keep my * commandments. 

Ml Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. 

d 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy 
God hath commanded thee. 

13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work ; 

14 But the seventh day is the k sabbath of the Lord thy 
God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, 
nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- 
vant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor 
thy ' stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-ser- 
vant and thy maid-servant may rest as well m as thou. 

15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land 
of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out 
thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched-out 
arm : therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to 
"keep the sabbath-day. 

d 16 % Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord 
thy God hath commanded thee ; that thy days may be 
prolonged, and that it may go ° well with thee, in the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
v 17 Thou shalt not F kill. 
11 18 q Neither shalt thou r commit adultery. 
p 19 Neither shalt thou 3 steal. 

p 20 Neither shalt thou bear ' false witness against thy 
neighbour. 

P 21 Neither shalt thou " desire thy neighbour's wife, nei- 
ther shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his 
man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any 
thing that is thy neighbour's. . 
/ 22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly 

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us his glory, and his greatness, and b we have heard his 
voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day 
that God doth talk with man, and c he liveth 

25 Now therefore d why should we die 1 for this great 
e fire will consume us : if we hear the voice of the Lord 
our God any more, then we shall f die 

26 For who is there of s all flesh that hath heard the 
voice of the h living God speaking out of the midst of the 
fire, as we have, and ! lived 1 

27 ^[ k Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God 
shall say : and ' speak thou unto us all that the Lord our 
God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it, 

28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when 
ye spake unto me ; and the Lord said unto me, I have 
heard the voice of the words of this people, which they 
have spoken unto thee : they have m well said all that 
they have spoken. 

* 29 O that there were such a heart in them, that they would 
fear me, and keep all my commandments "always, that it 
might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 
/ 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 

31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will 
speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes 
and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they 
may do them in the land which I give them to possess it 

d 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your 
God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside to the 
p right hand or to the left. 

d 33 Ye shall walk in all q the ways which the Lord your 

God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it 

may be r well with you, and that ye may prolong your days 

in the land which ye shall possess. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Tlie end of the laiv is obedience, 1. An exhortation thereto, 3. 

^kTOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and 
i_ il the judgments which the Lord your God command- 
ed to teach you, that ye might a do them in the land whi- 
ther ye go " to possess it : 

2 That thou mightest b fear the Lord thy God, to keep 
all his statutes and his commandments which I command 
thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of 
thy life ; and that thy days may be c prolonged. 

*3 1 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it ; 
that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase 
mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised 
thee, in the land that flowcth with' a milk and honey. 

a Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God is f one Lord : 
And thou shalt g love the Lord thy God with all thy 
" heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy ' might. 

d 6 And these words which I command thee this day, 
shall be in thy 1: heart : 

d*l And thou shalt 'teach them diligently unto thy chil- 
dren, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, 
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest 
down, and when thou risest up. 

8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, 
and they shall be as ' frontlets between thine eyes. 

d 9 And thou shalt write them upon the m posts of thy 
house, and on thy gates. 

10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have 

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Exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. 

in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and 
of the thick darkness, with a great voice ; and he * added 
no more : and he wrote them in two tables y of stone, and 
delivered them unto me. 

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out 
of the midst of the darkness, (for the z mountain did burn 
with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the a heads 
of your tribes, and your elders ; 
/ 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed 



x ch. 4. 2. 
y Ex. 31. 18. 
Job 19. 23. 
z Ex.20. 18. 
chap. 18.18. 
Gal. 3. 19. 
Heb. 12. 18. 
a Ex. 20. 18. 
bEx. 19.19. 
c ch. 4. 33. 
dGen.16.13. 
Judg. 6. 22. 
Rom. 7. 9, 
10. & 8. 15. 
e ch. 33. 2. 
Jet. 20. 9. 
Heb. 12. 18. 
f 2 Cor. 3. 6. 
Gal. 3. 21. 
g Gen. 6. 12. 
Isa. 40. C. 
h Josh.3.10. 
1 Thess.1.8. 
i Heb. 2. 15. 
k Acts 3.22. 

1 ch. 18. 15. 
mch. 18.17. 
n ch. 11. 1 

2 Pet. 1.2. 
p Isa. 30.21. 
q Ps. 119. 6. 
r ch. 4. 40. 
a ch. 4. 1. 
Ps. 15. 5. 
James 1. 22. 
a Hel>. 
passover. 
bPs.111.10. 
c Prov. 3. 2. 
d Ex. 3. 8. 

e Mark 12. 

29. 

f Mark 12. 

32. 

glTim.1.5. 

h Prov. 2. 

10. 

i 2 Kgs. 23. 

24. 

k Prov. 3. 3. 

2 Cor. 3. 3. 
b Heb. 
sharpen, 
whet, or, 
grind, 
chap. 4. 9. 
Ephes. 6. 4. 
2 Pot. 1. 13. 

1 Ex. 13. 9. 
Prov. 3. 3. 
m Ex. 12.7. 



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1451. 



n Josh. 24. 
13. 

o Lev. 26. 5. 
pch. 8. 11. 
qMt.4. 10. 
r Jor. 4. 2. 
s ch. 8. 19. 
t Ex. 20. 5. 
u Matt. 4. 7. 
x Ex. 17. 2. 
Num. 20. 5. 
Prov. 30. 8. 
vPs. 119. 4. 
ban. 11.22. 
z John 8.29. 
a Judg. 2. 
1,2. 

c Heb. to- 
morrow. 
I) Ps. 78. 5, 
6. 

c Ex. 1 & 
2 chapters. 

Rom. fi. 17. 
Hob. 2. 11. 
d Exod. .'(. 
19. & 6. 1. 
rl Ilcli. evil- 
Ex. 7. 8, 9. 
e IV. 91. 8. 
fLuke 12. 

•|H. 

e Job 35.7. 

I, Luke 10. 

28. 

i Lev. 18. 5. 

a IV. <1 1. 3. 

i> Ex. ":i a 

c verso 23. 
ch. 23, 14. 
d Ezra 9. 2. 

i Kg3.ii. a 

aCor.G. 14. 

Kzra 9. 

2. 
fl Sam. 11. 
2,4. 

£ 1 Kings 
11.9. 
n II,),. 

or, pillars. 
h Ex. 31.13. 



Communion ivith the nations forbiddenl 
brought thee. into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, 
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and 
goodly n cities, which thou buildedst not, 

11 And houses "full of all good things, which thou filledst 
not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards 
and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou 
shalt have eaten and be fidl ; 

p 12 Then beware lest thou p forget the Lord, which 
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the 
house of bondage. 
d 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and i serve him 
and shalt r swear by his name. 

14 Ye shall not s go after other gods, of the gods of the 
people which are round about you ; 
* 15 (For the Lord thy God is- 'a jealous God among 
you ;) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled 
against thee, and destroy thee from off" the face of the earth. 
p 16 Ye shall "not tempt the Lord your God, as ye 
tempted him in x Massah. 

d 17 Ye shall y diligently keep the commandments of 
the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes^ 
which he hath commanded thee. 

d 18 And thou shalt do that which is z right and good in 
the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and 
that thou mayest go in and possess the good land v/hich 
the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 

1 9 To a cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as 
the Lord hath spoken. 

d 20 And when thy son asketh thee in c time to come, say- 
ing, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the 
judgments, which the Lord our God hath b commanded you ? 
g 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were c Pha- 
raoh's bond-men in Egypt ; and the Lord brought us out 
of Egypt with d a mighty hand : 

/ 22 And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and 
* sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house- 
hold, e before our eyes : 

23 And he f brought us out from thence, that he might 
bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our 
fathers. 

24 Arid the Lord commanded us to do all these sta- 
tutes, to fear the Lord our God, g for our good always, 
that he might preserve us b alive, as it is at this day. 

i> 25 And it shall be ' our righteousness, if we observe to 
do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as 
he hath commanded us. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Jill communion with the nations is forbidden,!, for fear of idolatry, 
4, for the holiness of the people, 0, for the nature of God in his mercy 
and justice, 9, for the assuredness of victory which God will give over 
them, 23. 

WHEN the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the 
land whither thou gocst to possess it, and hath 
a cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the 
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, b seven 
nations greater and mightier than thou ; 

2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them c be- 
fore thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them, 
thou shalt d make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy 
unto them : 

v 3 Neither shalt thou make c marriages with them ; thy 
laughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daugh- 
ter shalt thou take unto thy son. 

4 *U For they will turn away thy son from following me, 
that they may serve f other gods : so will the anger of the 
Lord be s kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 
d 5 But thus shall yc deal with them ; ye shall destroy 
their altars, and break down their " images, and cut down 
their h groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 

117 



Communion with the nations forbidden. 

* 6 % For thou art a ' holy people unto the Lord thy 
God : the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be k 
cial people unto himself, above all people that are upon 
the face of the earth. 

t 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose 
you, because ye were more in number than any people ; 
for ye were the ' fewest of all people : 

6 8 But because the Lord loved m you, and because he 
would keep the n oath which he had sworn unto your fa- 
thers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty 
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of ° bond-men, 
from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

* 9 Tf Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, 
the p faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy 
with them that q love him and keep his commandments to 
a thousand generations ; 

«» 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to 
destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, 
he will r repay him to his s face. 

d 11 Thou shaft therefore keep the commandments, and 
the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee 
this day, to do them. 

6 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, 'if ye hearken to 
these judgments, and ' keep, and do them, that the Lord 
thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the u mer- 
cy which he * sware unto thy fathers : 

13 And he will y love thee, and bless thee, and multiply 
thee : he will also bless the z fruit of thy womb, and the 
fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the 
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the 
land which he swarc unto thy fathers to give thee. 

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people : there 
shall not be male or female a barren among you, or among 
your cattle. 

b 15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sick- 
ness, and will put none of the b evil diseases of Egypt 
which thou knowest upon thee ; but will lay them upon 
all them that hate thee. 

v 16 And thou shalt c consume all the people which the 
Lord thy God shall deliver thee ; thine eye shall have no 
d pity upon them : neither shalt thou serve their gods ; for 
that will be e a snare unto thee. 

17 If thou shalt say f in thine heart, These nations are 
more than I, how can I s dispossess them'? 

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well h re- 
member what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and 
unto all ; Egypt ; 

b 19 The great k temptations which thine eyes saw, and 
the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the 
stretched-out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought 
thee out : so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the peo- 
ple of whom thou art afraid. 
r 20 Moreover, the Lord thy God will send the ' hornet 
among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves 
from thee, be destroyed. 

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them : for the Lord 
thy God is among "'you, a mighty God and n terrible. 
6 22 And the Lord thy God will c put out those nations 
before thee by ° little and little: thou mayest not consume 
them at once, lest the r beasts of the field increase upon thee 
r 23 Tf But the Lord thy God shall deliver them " unto 
thee, and shall q destroy them with a mighty destruction, 
until they be destroyed. 

24 And he shall deliver r their kings into thy hand, and 
thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven : there 
shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have 
destroyed them. 

P 25 The graven images of s their gods shall ye * burn 
with fire : thou shalt not desire the "silver or gold that is on 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Obedience to God's will. 



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a spe-|ich.2t>. 19. 

'kEx. 19. 5. 
1 cli. 10. 22. 
Rom. 9. 11. 
m ch.10. 15. 
Mai. 1. 2. 
Matt. 11.26. 
n Ex. 32. 12. 

John 8.34. 
Rom. 6. 14. 
p Isa. 49. 7. 

1 Cor. 1. 9. 
n Noli. 1. 5. 
Man. P. 4. 
r Isa. 05. 12. 
9 ch. 32. 35. 
b Hub. bc- 

2«se. 

1 Tim. 4. 8. 
u Lev. 20. 3. 
xPs. 105.8, 
11. 

Luke 1. 55. 
y verse 7. 
John 14.21. 
7. ch. 28. 4. 
a Ex. 23. 26. 
I) Ex. 15.20. 
cNum. 14.9. 

h. 13. 8. 
e Ex. 23. 33. 
Ps. 100. 36. 
fch 8. 17. 
_ Nu. 14.32, 
h Ps. 77.11. 

ch. 4. 34. 
ch. 4. 34. 
& 29. 3. 
Uosh.24.12. 
mEx. 17.7. 
n 1 Sam. 4. 

8. 
Fs. 79. 6. 

Hub. 
■pluck off. 

hap 9. 3. 
p Lcv.20.fi. 
E/ek. 34.25. 
d Hcb. be- 
fore thy 
face, 

lKgs.20.29. 
.] ch. 2. 15. 
r Josh. 10. 
24. 

s Isa. 30. 22. 
t 1 Chron. 
14. 12. 
u Isa. 30. 22. 



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1451. 



Josh.fi. 17. 
achap. 4. 2. 
&6. 1. 
b Ps.136.15. 
Amos 2. 10. 
a Gen. 22. 1. 
il 2 Chron. 
32.31. 
John 2. 25. 
e Ps. 102.23. 
f Ex. 16. 11. 

Matt. 4. 4. 
li Ps. 37. 3. 
Rom. 10. 17. 
i ch. 29. 5. 
kProv.3.11. 
1 Ex. 18. 20. 
m ch. 6. 10. 
n Ezek.47.1. 
o Ps. 104. 
10, 11. 
uHcb.olii: e- 
tree of oil. 
Ps. 52. 8. 
Song 4. 13. 
p Gen. 3.19. 
<| Prov. 13. 
25. 

r Matt. 14. 
20,21. 
s Ps. 10S. 
19, 20. 
t ch. 32. 15. 
ul Cor. 4.7. 
x Isa. 63.13. 
v Jcr.2. 6. 
7. Nu. 21. 6. 
a Isa. 58. 11. 
1> ch. 32. 13. 
Ps. 114.7,8, 
c .Tur. 34. 5. 
Hub. 12. 11. 
cl ver. 12, 11. 
c Prov. 10. 
22. 

Ilosea 2. 8. 
f [' 
21. 

gch. 30. 19 
fi Dan 9. 12 
Amos 3. 2. 
Luke 12.48, 



them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein : 
for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy 
house, lest thou" be * a cursed thing like it : but thou shalt 
utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; for it is 
a cursed thing. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's dealing with them. 

LL the commandments which I command thee this 
day shall ye a observe to do, that ye may live, and 
multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers. 

d 2 And thou shalt remember b all the way which the Lord 
thy God led T.iee these forty years in the wilderness, to hum- 
ble thee, and to c prove thee/ to know what was in thy heart, 
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 

* 3 And he e humbled thee, and suifered thee to hunger, 
and fed thee with f manna, which thou knewest not, nei- 
ther did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know 
that man doth not live by bread s only,but by every word that 
proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord", h doth man live. 

™ 4 Thy raiment waxed ■ not old upon thee, neither did 
thy foot swell these forty years. 

i> 5 Thou shalt also consider in thy heart, that as a man 
k chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 

d 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the 
Lord thy God r to walk l in his ways, and to fear him. 

& 7 For the Lord thy God m bringeth thee into a good 
land, a land of brooks of water, of n fountains, and depths 
that spring out of ° valleys and hills ; 

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, 
and pomegranates, a land of « oil-olive, and honey ; 

9 A land wherein thou shalt p eat bread without scarce- 
ness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it ; a land whose 
stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 

<'10 When thou hast eaten and art q full, then thou shalt 
r bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath 
given thee. 

i> \\ Beware that thou s forget not the Lord thy God, in 
not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and 
his statutes, which I command thee this day : 

12 Lest when thou hast eaten, and l art full, and hast 
built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 

13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and 
thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast 
is multiplied ; 

/>14 Then thy heart u be lifted up, and thou forget the 
Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land 
of Egypt, from the house of bondage ; 
i> 15 Who x led thee through that great and y terrible 
wilderness, wherein were % fiery serpents, and scorpions, 
and a drought, where there was no water : who brought, 
thee forth water out of the b rock of flint ; 

* 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which 
thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and 
that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy c latter end :• 

17 And thou d say in thy heart, My power and the might 
of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. 
<H8 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for 
° His he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he 
may establish his covenant which lie sware unto thy fa- 
thers, as it is this day. 
"w 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy 



God, and walk after f other gods, and serve them, and 



worship them, e I testify against you this day that ye shall 
wo\i 8 9 surely perish. 

20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before 
your face, h so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be 
obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. 

us 



Moses rehearseth Israel's rebellions. 



DEUTERONOMY. 



The tico tables renewed. 



a Xu. 34. 12. 

hap. 1. L 
b cb. 1. 3. 
Josh. 4. 19. 
2 Cor. 6. 2. 
cXu.13.23. 
JEev. 13. 

.3.4. 

eXi::n. 14.1. 
Ps. 55. 34. 
fch.4.24. 
ch. T. 22. 
h Ps. 14. 1. 
i verses 5, 6. 



thy righteous 



B. Christ | 
1451. 



CHAPTER IX. 

Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their oicn righteousness, by 
rehearsing their several rebellions. 

HEAR, O Israel : Thou art to a pass over Jordan b this 
day, to go in to possess nations greater and might- 
ier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 
/ 2 A people great and tall, the children of the c Anakirns, 
whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, 
d "Who can stand before the children of Anak ? 

'3 Understand therefore tliis day, that the Lord thy 
God is he which e goeth over before thee ; as a f consum- 
ing fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them 
down before thy face : so shalt thou drive them out, and 
destroy them s " quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. 

v 4 Speak not h thou in thy heart, after that the Lord thy 
God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For 
' my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to pos- 
sess this land : but k for the wickedness of these nations 
the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. 

1 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of 
thy heart dost thou go to possess their land : but for the 
wickedness of these nations, the Lord thy God doth drive 
them out from before thee, and that he may ' perform 
ihe word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abra 
ham, Isaac, and Jacob. 

e 6 Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth 
thee not this m good land to possess it for 
ness ; for thou art n a stiff-necked people. 

f 7 ° Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst 
the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness : from the 
day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until \f^ d ^ d 
ye" came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against tu^huid. 

>i t c Ex. 3~ 31. 

the Lord. 

/8 Also in p Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so 

that the Lord was angry with yoa to have destroyed you 



forty days and forty nights : I did neither eat bread, nor 
drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in 
doing wickedly in the sight bf the Lord, to provoke him 
to anger. 

' 19 (For I was s afraid of the anger and hot displeasure 

wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy 

you.) But the Lord hearkened unto me at "that time also. 

'd 20 And the Lord was very angry h with Aaron to have 

destroyed him : and I prayed for Aai"on also the same time. 

. n .i5°id! / 21 And I took S'our sin, the calf which ye had made, and 

lGe'^'ik * burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, 

& 13. is. Jeven until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust 

mGen. 12.o. 



nEs.32.ciV thereof into the k brook that descended out of the mount. 
;Si : !j s 22 And at , Taberah, and at m Massah, and at "Kibroth- 
^E^l^fa ihattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. 

r verse 18. I 

s,^ 3 ibarnea, saying, Go up and po 

i^'u 'given you ; then ve rebelled against the 



Luke 11.20. 
a Jer.3L31. 
Heb.8.8,13. 
v Ex. 32. 10. 
&34. 9. 
vGen.lS.17. 
verse 16. 
Judg. 2. 17. 
z Ex. 32. 8. 
verse 15. 
a eh. 32. 19. 
b Ex. 32. 9. 
c Exod. 32. 
10,11.12. 
aHeb. 
hurr.intr, 
Ex. 20. 18. 
d Ex. 32.19. 
ft .9s men 



and forty nights, I r neither did eat bread, nor drink water 



"» 9 When I was gone up into the q mount, to receive the rEx.34.2a 

P" 106 **3 

tables of stone, cms the tables of the covenant which the !» Ex.32. 34. 
Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days bE^aiii 

. ' i Ex.32.' 20. 

/10 And the Lord delivered unto me 5 two tables of kljx.3'2.20. 
-tone written with the ' finger of God ; and on them icas 'n^.W' 
written according; to all the words which the Lord spake |^ex. 17.7. 

Hob. a a " 
n Nnm.11.4. 

Ps.78. 12.30. 
o No. 13.31. 
t H '1. 
inon'h. 



with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the 
day of the assembly. 

1 1 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and 
forty nights, that the Lord gave me the twb tables of 
stone, even the tables of the u covenant. 
/12 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down 
quickly from hence ; for thy people which thou hast 



> Likewise when the Lord sent you from ° Kadesh- 

ess the land which I have 
commandment 
tS 12.2s' °f tne L° RI) y our God, and ye believed him not, nor heark- 
ened to liis voice. 

24 Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the 
day that p I knew you. 

25 Thus I q fell down before the Lord forty days and 
forty nights, as I r fell down at the first; because the Lord 
had" said he would destroy you. 

<* 26 I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord 
God, 'destroy not Uhypeople and thine Q inheritance, which 
thou hast redeemed through thy * greatness, which thou 
hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 

27 Remember 'thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Ja- 
cob ; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor 
to their wickedness, nor to their sin : 

28 z Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out, say, 
Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the 
land which he promised them, and because he hated them, 
he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 

29 Yet they are 'thy people and thine inheritance which 
thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by tin 

stretched-out arm. 

CHAPTER X. 

God's mercy in restoring the two tables, 1, in continuing the priesthood, 6, 
tn separating the tribe of Levi, S, in hearkening unto Moses 1 suit for 
the people, 10. An crhortation unto obedience, 12. 

r'A T a that time the Lord said unto me, b Hew thee two 
f\ tables of stone like unto the first, and c come up unto 
me into the mount, and make thee d an ark of wood. 
2 And c I will write on the tables the words that were 



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1451. 



pNo.94.16. 

r .m.:ijo. j n the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put 

(•111.3.22. ' L 

rveneia |them in the ark. 

i fftet^9, / 3 And I made an ark of f shiitim-wood, and hewed two 
brought" forth out of Egypt have x corrupted themselves ; J,^ 34.9. tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the 
they are y quickly turned aside out of the way which I P"™^ mount, having the two tables in my hand. 
commanded them; they have made them z a molten «& I33 112 4 And he wrote on the tables," according to the first 
image. 
c 13 Furthermore, 



aF "w 7!' 1 writing, the "ten commandments, which the Lord spake 
the Lord spake unto me, saving, a I ;'';;, V,!,-, 'unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the 
have seen this people, and behold, it is b a stiff-necked = day of the assembly : and the Lord gave them unto me. 

people : 5' And I turned myself and came down from the mount, 

14 c Lct me alone, that I may destroy them, and blotfefKaaland putthe tables in "the ark which I had made; and ''there 
out their name from under heaven : and I will make of , n ,^,,^^' they be, as the Lord commanded me. 
thee a nation mightier and greater than they. , * j s G If And the children of Israel took their 'journey from 

/15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and ^i'9a7.|Beeroth of the children of k Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron 
the mount ■ burned with fire : and the two tables of the iVVri 
covenant icerc in my two hands. . « x 

/16 And' I looked, and behold, ve had sinned against the ?7 From thence they journeyed unto m Gudgodah ; and 

Lord vour God, and had made you a molten calf: ve had u:''^'. from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters, 
turned' aside quickly out of the "way which the Lord had ,'„"<•'; :,'V / 8 e At that time the Lord d separated the tribe of Levi, 
commanded you. to hear the ark of Ihe covenant of the I ">rd, to stand 

17 And M"took the two tables, and cast them out of my h^i-i^ before the Lord to minister unto him, and r to bless in 
two hands, and brake them before your eyes. kzL his name, unto this day. 

m 18 " And I fell down before the" Lord", as at the first. &9 Wherefore Levi hath ''no part nor inheritance with 

' 119 



'died, and there he was buried ; and Elcazarhis son minis- 
tered in the priest's office ' in his stead. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



r Mic. 6. 8. 
sch. 6 13. 
tPs.25.3,4. 
Acta 18. 25. 
ulTim.1.5. 
x 1 Jolm 3. 
18. 

y Mat. 6. 33. 
z Mat. 6. 26. 
a20or.l2.2. 
b Ps. 24. 1. 
c Ex.33. 19. 
d Gen. 17. 
11. 

e Ps. 82. 1. 
f Acts 10.34. 
g lSara.8.3. 
h 2 Sam. 18. 
19. 

i ch. 14. 29. 
k Lev. 19. 
34. 

1 Gen. 2. 24, 
m Jer.17.14. 
nPs.10C.22. 
oGen.46.27. 
p ch. 1. 10. 
ach. 10.12 
b Lev. 8. 35 
c ch. 4. 36. 
dch.3. 24. 
& 4. 34. & 
9 26. 

e Exod. 7 8 
& 9 chap- 
ters. 

f Exod. 15. 
4,19. 

gPs. 77.20 
h Num. 16. 
31. & 27. 3, 
Ps. 106. 17. 
a Heb. was 
at their 
feet. 

i chap. 5. 3. 
kJosh. 1. 
6,7. 

llsa. 60.21 
&. 65. 9. 
m ch. 5. 1G. 
Prov. 9. 11. 
& 10. 27 



Moses exhorteth the DEUTERONOMY. 

his brethren ; the Lord is his inheritance, according as 
the Lord thy God promised him. 

/ 10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, 
forty days and forty nights ; and the Lord hearkened unto 
me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. 
11 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey 
before the people, that they may go in and possess the 
land which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 

d 12 *5 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God 
T require of thee but to 3 fear the Lord thy God, to walk 
in all his ' ways, and to u love him, and to serve x the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 

13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his 
statutes, which I command thee this day y for thy good 1 

t 14 Behold, the heaven and the z heaven a of heavens is 
the Lord's thy God, the b earth also, with all that therein is. 

b 15 Only the Lord had a c delight in thy fathers to love 
them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above 
all people, as it is this day. 

d 16 Circumcise therefore the d foreskinof your heart, and 
be no more stiff-necked. 

t 17 For the Lord your God is e God of gods, and Lord 
of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which f re- 
gardeth not persons, nor s taketh reward : 

18 He doth execute the h judgment of the fatherless 
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him i food 
and raiment. 

«* 19 k Love ye therefore the stranger : for ye were stran- 
gers in the land of Egypt. 

d 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou 

serve, and to him shalt thou 'cleave, and swear by his name. 

21 He is m thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done 

for thee these n great and terrible things which thine eyes 

have seen. 

/ 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with ° threescore 
and ten persons ; and now the Lord thy God hath p made 
thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. 

CHAPTER XI. 
An exhortation to obedience, 1, by their own experience of'GooVs great 
works, 2, by promise of God's great blessings, 8,and by threatenings, 17. 
: The blessingand curse is set before them, 26. 

THEREFORE thou shalt a love the Lord thy God, 
and keep his b charge, and his statutes, and his judg- 
ments, and his commandments, always. 
/ 2 ^f And know ye this day : for / speak not with your 
children which have not known, and which have not seen 
the c chastisement of the Lord your God, his d greatness, 
his mighty hand, and Ins stretched-out arm, 

3 And his e miracles, and his acts, which he did in the 
midst of Egypt, unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto 
all his land ; 

4 And what he did unto the f army of Egypt, unto their 
horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of 
the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, 
and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day ; 

5 And what he did unto you in the g wilderness, until 
ye came into this place ; 

6 And what he did unto h Dathan and Abiram, the sons 
of Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the earth opened her 
mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and 
their tents, and all the substance that " w as in their pos- 
session, in the midst of all Israel : 

7 But i your eyes have seen all the great acts of the 
Lord which he did. 

d 8 T[ Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which 
I command you this day, that ye may k be strong, and go 
in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it ; 
» 9 And that ye may "prolong your days in the land which 

the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them, and 
fb their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 



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n Zech. 14 
18. 

Gen. 30. 
30. 

Ps. 128. 2. 
ICor. 1.20. 
& 2. 4, 5. 
p ch. 8. 7. 
q Isa. 45. 8. 
b Heb. seek- 
eth after. 
r Ps. 34. 15. 
Jer. 40. 4. 
s ch. 6. 4. 
t Joel 2. 23. 
Zech. 10. 1. 
u Ps. 104. 
13, 14. 
x Joel 2. 19. 
y Joh31.27. 
z 1 Kings 8. 
35. 

a ch. 7. 22. 
b Ex. 13. 9. 
ch. 6. 4, 8. 
c ch. 6. 7. 
d Prov. 6. 
22. 

e ch. 6. 9. 
f Prov. 4. 10. 
g verse 13. 
Psal. 15. 5. 
h ch. 10.20. 
i Ex.23. 23. 
k ch. 9. 1. 

1 Josh. 1. 3. 
& 14. 9. 
m ch. 1. 7. 
n ch. 30. 4. 
o2Chr.9.2. 
p Josh. 1. 5. 
q ch. 2. 25. 
r ch. 30. 15. 

ch.28.1,2. 
t ch. 28. Jo. 
u Ps. 133. 3. 
x ch. 27. 12, 
13. 

y Joshua 8. 
33, 34. 
z Josh. 5. 9, 
a Gen. 12. 
6,7. 

Jud?.9.6,7. 
h Josh. 1. 
11, 12. 



Israelites to obedience.. 

f 10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is 
not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, 
where thou n sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy 

foot, as a garden of herbs : 
1 1 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land 

of hills and p valleys, and drinketh water of the q rain of 
heaven : 

° 12 A land which the Lord thy God ' careth for : r the 
eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the 
beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 
d 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall 'hearken dili- 
gently unto my commandments which I command you 
this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him 
with all your heart and with all your soul, 
b 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due 
season, the ' first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest 
gather in thy u corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that 
thou mayest * eat and be full. 

p 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not 
y deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and 
worship them ; 

w 17 ^f And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, 
and he z shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that 
the land yield not her fruit ; and lest ye a perish quickly 
from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. 
d*l8 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your 
heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your 
hand, that they may be as frontlets b between your eyes. 
d *19 And ye shall c teach them your children, speaking 
of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou 
d walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou 
risest up. 

20 And thou shalt write them upon the e door-posts of 
thy house, and upon thy gates : 

o 21 That your f days may be multiplied, and the days of 
your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your 
fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth, 
/ 22 For if ye shall diligently e keep all these command- 
ments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord 
your God, to walk in all his ways, and to h cleave unto him ; 
b 23 Then will the Lord ' drive out all these nations from 
before you, and ye shall possess k greater nations and 
mightier than yourselves. 

g 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall 
tread shall be yours : from the wilderness, and Lebanon, 
from the river, the m river Euphrates, even unto the n ut- 
termost sea shall ° your coast be. 

6 25 There shall no man be able p to stand before you : 
for the Lord your God shall lay the q fear of you, and the 
dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as 
he hath said unto you. 

26 ^[ Behold, r I set before you this day a blessing and 
a curse : 

b 27 A blessing, s if ye obey the commandments of the 
Lord your God which I command you this day ; 
w 28 And a curse, l if ye will not obey the commandments 
of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which 

1 command you this day, to go after other gods which ye 
have not known. 

s 29 And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God 
hath brought' thee in unto the land whither thou goest to 
possess it, that thou shalt u put the blessing upon x mount 
Gerizim, and the y curse upon mount Ebal. 
g 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way 
where the sun goeth down in the land of the Canaanites. 
which dwell in the champaign over against z Gilgal, beside 

the plains of Moreh 1 



t 31 For ye shall b pass 



over Jordan to go irk to possess 
120 



God's place of worship to be kept. 

the land which the Lord your God c giveth you, and ye 
shall possess it, and dwell therein 

d 32 And ye shall observe to d do all e the statutes and 
judgments which I set before you this day. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed, 2. The place of God's service 
is to be kept, 5. Blood is forbidden, 16, 23. Holy thing must be eaten 
in the holy place, 17, 21, 26. The Levite is not to he forsaken, 19. Ido 
latry is not to be inquired after, 30, 



THESE are the statutes and judgments which ye shall 
observe to do in the land which the Lord God of thy 
fathers giveth thee to possess it, a all the days that ye live 
upon the earth. 

2 % Ye shall b utterly destroy all c the places, wherein 
the nations which ye shall possess served their d gods, 
upon the e high mountains, and upon the hills, and under 
every f green tree : 

3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their 
s pillars, and burn their groves with fire ; and ye shall hew 
down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the 
h names of them out of that place. 

4 Ye shall * not do so unto the Lord your God. 
d 5 % But unto k the place which the Lord your God shall 

choose out of all your tribes to put 'his name there, even un 
to his habitation shall m ye seek, and thither thou shalt "come 
L 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and 
your sacrifices, and your ° tithes, and heave-offerings of 
your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and 
the p firstlings of your herds, and of your flocks : 

7 And there ye shall q eat before the Lord your God, 
and ye shall r rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye 
and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath 
blessed thee. 

v 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that 9 we do here 
this day, every man whatsoever is l right in his own eyes. 
•4 9 For ye are not as yet come to the u rest and to the 
inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. 
>> 10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land 
which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and when 
he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so 
that ye dwell in x safety : 

d 1 1 Then there shall be a place which the Lord your 
God shall y choose to cause his name to dwell there ; thi- 
ther shall ye bring all that I command you ; your burnt- 
offerings, and your sacrifices, youjr tithes, and the heave- 
offering of your hand, and all " your choice vows which ye 
vow unto the Lord : 

12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, 
and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-ser- 
vants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is 
within your gates ; forasmuch as he hath no part nor in- 
heritance with you. 

P 13 z Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt- 
offerings a in every place that thou secst : 
r - 14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one 
of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and 
there thou shalt b do all that I command thee. 

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in 
all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according 
to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given 
thee : the c unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of 
the roe-buck, and as of the hart. 

p 16 ^f Only ye shall not eat the d blood ; ye shall pour 
it upon the earth as water. 

d 17 Thou mayest not eat within thy c gates the f tithe of 
thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy 
herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, 
nor thy free-will-offerings, or heave-offering of thy hand : 

18 But thou must eat them g before the Lord thy God 
in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou. 
31 q. 



TERONOMY. Against entieers to idolatry 

and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and 
thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates ■ 
and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that 
thou puttest thy hands unto. 

d 19 h Take heed to thyself that thou 'forsake not the 
Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 

20 f When the Lord thy God shall k enlarge thy bor- 
der, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will 
eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou may- 
est eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 

21 If the place w-hich the Lord thy God hath ' chosen 
to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt 
kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given 
thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy 
gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 

22 Even as the m roe-buck and the hart is eaten, so thou 
shalt eat them : the unclean and the clean shall eat of 
them alike. 

v 23 Only be sure that thou D eat not the blood : for the 
blood is the life ; and thou mayest not eat the life with 
the flesh. 

24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt pour it upon the 
earth as water. 

25 Thou shalt not eat it ; that it may ° go well with 
thee, and with thy p children after thee, when thou shalt 
do that which is right q in the sight of the Lord. 

d 26 Only thy "holy things which thou hast, and r thy vows, 
thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord 
shall choose : 

L 211 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and 
the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God : and the 
blood of thy s sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar 
of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 

d 28 Observe and hear all these words which ' I com- 
mand thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy 
children u after thee for ever, when thou doest that which 
is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. 

v 29 *\ When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations 
from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and 
thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land ; 

30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not * snared y by 
following them, after that they be destroyed from before 
thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, 
How did these nations serve their gods 1 z even so will 1 
do likewise. 

31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God"; for 
every abomination to the Lord which he hateth have they 
done unto their gods ; for even their sons and their daugh- 
ters they have a burnt in the fire to their gods. 

2 What thing soever I command you, observe to do 
thou shalt b not add thereto, nor diminish from it. 



B. Christ 
1451. 

c Psalm 44. 
2 3. 

Ilom. 6. 23. 
d Ps. 15. 5. 
Matt. 23. 3. 
Rom. 2. 13. 
e Ps. 119. 6. 
a 1 Kings 8. 
40. 

bNu.33.52. 
cli. 7. 3. 
c2Kgs. 10. 
27. & 23. 13. 
d 1 Cor. 8. 
5,6. 

e 2 Kings 
17. 10. 
Jer. 3. 6. 
f 2 Kings 
16.4. 

g Ex. 23. 24. 
hNu.32.38. 
Ps. 16. 4. 
i Lev.20.23. 
Ps. 74. 2, 5. 
k Psal. 78. 
67, 68. 
HKgs.8.29. 
m Nu.7.88. 
n Lev. 17. 
8,9. 

Lev.27.32. 
p Nu. 18. 15. 
q Num. 18. 
9,10. 

r Ps. 100. 1. 
s Acts 7. 42 
t2Sa.l9.6.' 
u 1 Chron. 
23, 2.i. 
xJuJg.8.11. 
y verse 5. 
a Heb. the 
choice of 
your vows. 
z Lev. 17. 
14. 

a 1 Kings 
12. 28. 
b 1 Sam. 
15. 21. 
Mat. 28. 20. 
John 4. 23. 

1 Cor. 2. 14. 
c ch. 14. 
d Lev. 7. 26. 
ch. 15. 23. 
cch. 14.22. 
fLev.27.30, 
g ch. 8. 18. 
1 Cor. 10.31. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



h Ps. 39. 1 
Eph. 5. 15. 
iSChi.13.9. 

Nch. 10. 39. 
k Ps. 127. 1. 
1 Ex. 20. 24. 
mch. 15.22. 
nLev.17.11. 
1 S&. 14. 32. 

Ps. 1. 3. 
Isa. 3. 10. 
Jer. 22. 16. 

1 Tim. 4. 8. 
pPs.112.1,2. 
qGcn. 17. 1. 
2Kgs.20.3. 
Ps. 16. 8. 
Mat. 6. 5. 
Luko 1. 6. 
& 16. 15. 
blteb. holi- 
ness. 

r 18a. 1.11. 
s Lev. 7. 15. 
t Isa. 8. 20. 
Mat. 28. 20. 
u Isa. 48. 18. 
sch. 7. 16. 
Ph. 106. 36. 
v Ex.23.SS. 
Lev. is. :i. 

/. Lev. 18 3. 
1 Ps. 106. 
17, 38. 
Jer. 7. 31. 
Ezek. 23.37. 
Micuh 6. 7. 
b Pro. 30. 6. 
Ezek. 43. 8. 
Rev. 22. 18 
a Hev. la 1, 
b 2 Pet. 2.1. 
c Jer. 23.25. 
.1 Ex. 7. 22. 
e ch. 18. 22. 
flCor. 11. 
19. 

?<-h. 18.30. 
a Hob. spo- 
ken revolt 
against the 
Lord. 



It 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Entieers to idolatry, 1, how near soever unto thee, 6, are to be stoned to 
death, 10. Idolatrous cities are not to be spured, 13. 

jDfT there a arise b among you a prophet, or a dreamer of 
dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a d wonder, 



2 And the sign or the wonder 

Let 



come to pass, whereof 
us ffo after oilier gods, 



he spake unto thee, saying, 

which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; 
v 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that pro- 
phet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God 
proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your 
God with aH your heart and with all your soul. 
d 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, 
and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye 
shall serve him, and B cleave unto him. 
l 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be pu i 
to death ; because he hath " spoken to turn you away fron. 
the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of 

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Meats clean and unclean. 
Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to 
thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God com- 
manded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the h evil away 
from the midst of thee. 

L 6 1 If thy ! brother, the k son of thy mother, or thy son, 
or thy daughter, or the wife of thy l bosom, or thy friend, 
which is as thine m own soul, entice thee n secretly, say- 
ing, Let us go and serve ° other gods, which thou hast 
not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 

7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round 
about you, nigh unto thee, or far off" from thee, from the 
one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; 

8 Thou shalt not p consent unto him, nor hearken unto 
him; neither shall thine q eye pity him, neither shalt thou 
spare, neither shalt thou conceal him : 

9 But thou shalt surely r kill him ; thy hand shall be 
first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the 
hand of all the people. 

10 And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die ; 
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the 
Lord thy God, whicn brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt from the house of 'bondage. 

1 1 And all Israel shall s hear, and fear, and shall do no 
more any such wickedness as this is, among you. 

l 12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy 'cities, which 
the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 

13 Certain men, the c children of Belial, are gone out 
from u among you, and have x withdrawn the inhabitants 
of their city, saying, Let us go and serve y other gods, 
which ye have not known ; 

14 Then shalt thou z inquire, and make search, and ask 
diligently ; and behold, if it be truth, and the thing cer- 
tain, that such abomination is wrought among you ; 

15 Thou shalt surely smite the a inhabitants of that city 
with the edge of the sword, b destroying it utterly, and all 
that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of 
the sword. 

16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the 
midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the 
c city, and all the d spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord 
thy God : and it shall be a heap for c ever ; it shall not be 
built again. 

* 17 And there shall f cleave nought of the s cursed thing 
to thy hand : that the Lord may turn from the fierceness 
of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion 
upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy 
fathers ; 

« 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord 
thy God, to keep all his commandments which I com- 
mand thee this day, to do that ivhich is right in the eyes 
of the Lord thy God. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning, 1. What 
may and what may not he eaten, 3, of beasts, 4, of fishes, 9, of fowls, 
11. That which aieth of itself may not be eaten, 21. Tithes of divine 
service, 22. Tithes and firstlings of rejoicing before the Lord, 23. The 
third year's tithe of alms and charity, 2S. 

¥E are the a children of the Lord your God : ye shall 
b not cut yourselves, nor make any c baldness be- 
tween your eyes for the dead. 

h 2 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God, 
and the Lord hath chosen thee to d be a peculiar people 
unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 
?3 If Thou shalt not eat any e abominable thing. 
L 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat : The ox, the 
sheep, and the goat, 

5 The f hart, and the s roe-buck, and the fallow-deer, 
and the wild-goat, and the pygarg, and the h wild-ox, and 
the chamois. 

6 And every beast that ; parteth the hoof, and cleaveth 



DEUTERONOMY, 



B. Christ 
145). 



li ch. 17. 7. 
i ch. 17. 2. 
kGen.43.34. 
1 Mic. 7. 5. 
mPr.18.24. 
n Col. 2. 4. 

John 5. 18. 
Gal. 1. 8, 9. 
p 2 John, 
verse 10. 
qGen.45.20. 
r ch. 17. 7. 
b Heb. 
bond-men. 
Ex. 20. 2. 
s ch. 17. 13. 
Ps. 119.120. 
Prov. 21. 1. 
tlCor.5.12. 
c That is, 
without 
profit, or, 
without 

'oke, 

Thes.2.3. 
u verse 1. 
x 2 Kings 
17. 21. 
y Jer. 2. 12. 
z Job 29. 16. 
a Ps. 50. 18. 
b ch. 2. 34. 
cRev.17.16. 
dRev.18.18. 
e Rev. 19.3. 
i' Josh. 0.17. 
gch.7.25,26. 
Josh. 7. 1, 
II, 12. & 22. 

17, 18, 20. 
Isa. 30. 22. 
a Col. 1. 13. 
Gal. 3. 26. 
b I Kings 

18. 28. 

1 Cor. 6. 19. 
c Ezek. 7. 
13. 

(1 Ex. 19. 5.| 
e Acts 10. 
13. 

Rom. 14. 14. 
Heb. 9. 10. 
1 Tim. 4. 4. 
f2Sa.22.34. 
g2Sa.2. 18, 
hlsa.51.20. 
Rev. 4. 7. 
i Lev. 11.3. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



k Lev. 11.4. 
1 Lev. 11. 9. 
m verse 8. 
Lev. 11. 10. 
n Lev.11.13. 
oLev.11.14. 
Called 
Raah of 
flying. 
Here Duah 
of seeing. 
p lTim.5.4. 
qLev.11.20 
r Lev. 11.22. 
s Lev.17.15. 
t Ex. 12. 43 
44, 45. 
u Heb. 8. 10. 
x Nn. 18. 24. 
a Heb. 
year, year. 
Neh. 10.35, 
yNu. 18.31. 
chap. 12. 7. 
z ch. 2fi. 12. 
a Isa. 29. 13. 
Mat. 15.8,9. 
b Heb. 
all days, 
chap. 11. 1. 
b 2 Kings 
12. 10. 
cMt.21.12. 
c Heb. 
asketh of 
thee, 

Lev. 10. 9. 
chap. 12. 17. 
Ps. 78. 18. 
dch. 26. 14. 
eNu. 18.20. 
ch. 10. 9. 
& 12. 12, 19. 
& 18. 1, 2. 
fEx.23. 10, 
11. 

ch. 26. 12. 
g Prov. 3. 9. 
I Tim. 4. 8. 
a Ex. 21. 2. 
Jer. 34. 14. 
h Ex. 23. 11. 
Luke 4. 18. 



OJ sundry tithes. 

the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the 
beasts, that ye shall eat. 

l 7 Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat, of them that 
chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as 
the k camel, and the hare, and the coney : for they chew 
the cud, but divide not the hoof ; therefore they are un- 
clean unto you. 

8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet 
cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you : ye shall not 
eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. 

l 9 ^[ These ye shall eat, of all that are in the waters : all 
that have ' fins and scales shall ye eat : 

I 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not 
eat ; it is m unclean unto you. 

£ 11 % Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 

12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat : The 

II eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 

13 And the glede, and the kite, and the ° vulture after 
his kind, 

14 And every raven after his kind, 

15 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, 
and the hawk after his kind, 

16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 

1 7 And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, 

18 And the p stork, and the heron after her kind, and 
the lapwing, and the bat. 

l 19 And every creeping thing that q flieth is unclean 
unto you : they shall not be eaten. 

20 But of all r clean fowls ye may eat. 
o 21 f Ye shall not eat of any thing that s dieth of itself: 
thou shalt give it unto the l stranger that is in thy gates, 
that he may eat it ; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: 
for thou art a u holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou 
shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 
^22^ Thou shalt x truly tithe all the increase of thy 
seed, that the field bringeth forth "year by year. 

23 ^f And thou shalt eat y before the Lord thy God, in 
the place which he shall choose to place his name there, 
the z tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and 
the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks ; that thou 
mayest learn to a fear the Lord thy God * always. 
L 24 And if the w r ay be too long for thee, so that thou 
art not able to carry it ; or if the place be too far from 
thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his 
name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and b bind up 
the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which 
the Lord thy God shall choose : 

26 And thou shalt c bestow that money for whatsoever 
thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, 
or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul c desireth : 
and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and 
thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy d household. 

d 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt e not 

forsake him : for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. 

28 ^[ At the f end of three years thou shalt bring forth 

all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay 

it up within thy gates : 

d 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inhe- 
ritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, 
and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, 
and shall eat and be satisfied ; that the Lord thy God may 
s bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doesL 

CHAPTER XV. 
The seventh year a year of release for the poor, 1. It must be no let oJ 
lending or giving, 7. 31 Hebrew servant, 12, except he ivillnot depart, 
must in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished, 16. Ml 
firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord, 19. 

li T the a end of every seven years thou shalt make b a 



release. 



122 



The year of release. 

d 2 And this is the manner of the release : Every " cre- 
ditor that lendeth aught unto his neighbour, shall release 
it ; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother ; 
because it is called the c Lord's release. 

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again : but that 
which is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release : 

* 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you ; for the 
Lord shall d greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it : 

d 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments 
which I command thee this day. 

•■ 6 For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised 
thee : and thou shalt e lend unto many nations, but thou 
shalt not borrow ; and thou shalt ' reign over many na- 
tions, but they shall not reign over thee. 

p 7 ^T If there be among you a poor man of one of thy 
brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the 
Xord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt s not harden thy 
heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother : 

<i* 8 But thou shalt h open thy hand wide unto him, and 
shalt surely lend him sufficient'for his need, in that which 
he wanteth. 

9 Beware that there be not ' a thought in thy wicked 
heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at 
hand ; and thine l eye be evil against thy poor brother, 
and thou givest him nought ; and he cry unto the Lord 
against thee, and it k be sin unto thee. 

* 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and ' thy heart shall not 
be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for 
this thing the Lord thy God shall m bless thee in all thy 
works, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. 

d\\ For the poor shall n never cease out of the land 
therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy 
hand Avide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, 
in thy land. 

l 12 % And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew 

woman, be c sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then 

in the seventh year thou shalt let him p go free from thee. 

13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou 

-halt not let him go away empty : 

<i 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and 
out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-press : of that where- 
with the Lord thy God hath q blessed thee thou shalt give 
unto him. 

15 And thou shalt remember that thou r wast a bond- 
man in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed 
thee : therefore I command thee this thing to-day. 

16 *ft And it shall be, if he say unto thee, 8 1 will not go 
away from thee ; because he loveth thee and thy house, 
because he is well with thee ; 

f ' 17 Then thou shalt take ' an awl, and thrust it through 
his ear unto the door, and ho shall be thy servant c for ever. 
And also unto thy u maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. 
t> 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest 



DEUTERONOMY. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



a Heb. mas- 
ter of lend- 

of his 
hand, 
Prov. 22. 7. 
clCor. 10. 
31. 

A P«nv. 14. 

21.&28.27. 
Acts 10. a. 
e ch. 28. 12. 
f Ps. 37. 21. 
Prov. 22. 7. 
g 1 John 3. 
17. 

h Luke 6.35. 
2 Cor. 9. 5,6. 
b Heb. a 
word in 
thine heart 
of Belial, 
h. 13. 13. 
i Prov. 22. 9. 
k Matt. 25. 
41, 42. 
1 Prov. 23. 6. 
m Prov. 10. 
22. 

n Job 12. 18. 
Mark 14. 7. 

Ex. 21. 2. 
Lev. 25. 39. 
plsa. 61.1,2. 
Jer. 34. 14. 
Luke 4. 18. 
Rom. 6. 12. 
q Gen. 30. 
27. & 31. 6. 
r Matt. 18. 
33 

Ep'h. 5. 1, 2. 
a John 3.19. 
t Ex. 21. 6. 
c Heb. thy 
bond-man 
of eternity, 
Ex. 21. 6. 

1 Sam. 1.22. 
u Exod. 21. 
7,11. 

xLev.25.39. 
Isa. 16. 4. 
Luke 17. 7, 
8. 

y Ex. 13. 2. 
Lev. 8. 10. 
zNu.18. 15. 
ach. 12.5,6, 
bLev.22.!8. 
c ch. 12. 22. 



B.Christ 
1451. 



i Lev. 7. 20. 
sh. 12. 23. 
a Ex. 13. 4. 
b Kx. J 2. 9. 
o. Ex. 12. 29. 
.11 Cor. 5. 7. 
Gal. 3. 1. 
e Luke 12. 
15. 

f Ex. 12. 31. 
Ps. 127. 2. 
Isa. 30. 20. 
g Ex. 12. 15. 
hEx. 12. 6. 
2Chr.35.ll. 
i Ex. 19.8,9. 
2 Chr.35.i3. 
kNu. 24. 5. 
a Heb. 
restraint, 
Lev. 23. 26. 
1 Lev. 23. 37. 
in Lev. 23. 
15. 

n Lev.23.10. 
o Acts 2. 1. 
b Or, snffi- 



liim away free from thee: for he hath been worth a " double! rie'bre 
hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years : and the' " 
1<ord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 
M9 If AH the firstling males that come of thy herd and 
of thy flock thou shalt 5 ' sanctify unto the Lord thy God : 
thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor 
shear the firstling of thy sheep. 

20 z Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by 
year in the place which the Lord shall a choose, thou and 
thy household. 

v 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be 
"' lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not 
sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 

22 Thou shalt eat it c within thy gates : the unclean 



Messiah 
only here. 
It is a vo- 
luntary 
contribu- 
tion. 

p Ex.23. 15. 
ch. 12. 18. 
vnrso 14. 
qEx. 5. 1,3 
en 15. 15. 
Acts 2. 1. 
r Lev. 23.31. 
sF.x. 23. Hi, 
t Phil. 1. 4. 
u Ex. 23.14 
& 34. 23. 
Lev. 23. 2. 
c Hob. ac- 
cording to 

tbc gift of 
his hand, 
2 Cor. 8. 12. 



The feast of tabernacles 

and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roe-buck 
and as the hart. 

i>23 Only thou shalt not eat the a blood thereof; thou 
shalt pour it upon the ground as water. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
The feast of the passover, 1, ofweete, 9, of tabernacles, 13. Every male 
must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts, 16. Of judges and }us^ 
tice, IS. Groves and images are forbidden, 21. 

BSERVE the month of a Abib, and b keep the passover 
unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the 
Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt c by night. 

2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the d passover unto the 
Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place 
which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 

3 Thou shalt eat no e leavened bread with it ; seven 
days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the 
f bread of affliction ; (for thou earnest forth out of the land 
of Egypt in haste:) that thou mayest remember the day 
when thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the 
days of thy life. 

4 And there shall be no leavened bread s seen with thee 
in all thy coasts seven days ; neither shall there any thing 
of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, 
remain all night until the morning. 

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any 
of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 

6 But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose 
to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover 
at even, at the h going down of the sun, at the season that 
thou earnest forth out of Egypt. 

7 And thou shalt i roast and eat it in the place which 
the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the 
morning, and go k unto thy tents. 

8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread : and on the 
seventh day shall be a " solemn assembly to the Lord thy 
God : thou shalt do ' no work therein. 

I 9 ■jf m Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin 
to number the seven weeks from such4ime as thou begin- 
nest to put the sickle to the "corn. 

10 And thou shalt keep the feast of "weeks unto the 
Lord thy God with a f tribute of a free-will-offering of thy 
hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, ac- 
cording as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 

1 1 And thou shalt r rejoice before the Lord thy God, 
thou, and thv son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, 
and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy 
gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, 
that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God 
hath chosen to place his name there. 

12 And thou shalt (1 remember that thou wast a bond-man 
in Egypt : and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 

1 13 «|[ Thou shalt observe the feast r of tabernacles se- 
ven days, after that thou hast s gathered in thy corn, and 
thy wine. 

14 And thou shalt 'rejoice in thy feast, thou, and tin 
son, and thy daughter, aiid thy man-servant, and thy maid 
servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, 
and the widow, that arc within thy gates : 

15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the 
Lord thy God 'in the place which the Lord shall choose 
because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine 
increase, and in all the works of thy hands, therefore thou 
shalt surely rejoice. 

M6 "|r u Three times in a year shall all thy males appear 
before the Lord thy God in the place which he shah 
choose ; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the fens? 
of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles : and they shall 
not appear before the Lord empty : 

d 17 Every man shall give c as he is able, according to the 
blee9ing of the Lord thv God which he hath given thee. 

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The punishment of idolatry. DEUTERONOMY 

d 18 !f x Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all 
thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, through- 
out thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with y just 
judgment. 

v 19 Thou shalt not z wrest judgment; thou shalt not 
a respect persons, neither take a gift: for a b gift doth blind 
the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous 
d 20 That which is " altogether just shalt thou follow, that 
thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

v 21 If Thou shalt not plant thee a c grove of any trees 
near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt 
make thee. 

22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image ; which 
the Lord thy God hateth. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
The things sacrificed must be sound, 1. Idolaters must be slain, 2. Hard 
controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges, 8. The 
contemner of that determination must die, 12. The election, 14, and 
duty of a king, 16. 

npHOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any 
p JL bullock, or sheep, wherein is a blemish, or any evil 
favouredness : for that is an b abomination unto the Lord 
thy God. 

l 2 *if If there be found among you, within any of thy 
gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, c man or wo 
man that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the 
Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant 

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped 
them, either the d sun, or moon, or any of the e host of 
heaven, which I have f not commanded ; 

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and 
s inquired diligently, and behold, it be true, and the thing 
certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel : 

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, 
which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy h gates 
even that man or that woman, and shalt ' stone them with 
stones, till they die 

d 6 At the k mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, 
shall he that is worthy of death be put to death ; but at the 
mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be ' first upon him to 
put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. 
*" So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 

d 8 % If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judg- 
ment, between " blood and blood, between ° plea and plea, 
and between stroke and stroke, being p matters of contro- 
versy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, and get thee 
up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose ; 

9 And thou shalt come unto the q priests the Levites, 
and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire ; 
and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment ; 

10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which 
they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew 
thee ; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that 
they r inform thee : 

1 1 9 According to the sentence of the law which they 
shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which 
they shall tell thee, thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline 
from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right 
hand, nor to the left. 

l 12 *j\ And the man that will do l presumptuously, and 
will u not hearken unto the priest that x standeth to minis- 
ter there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, 
even that man shall y die : and thou shalt put away the 
evil from Israel. 

13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no 
more presumptuously. 

l 14 % When thou art come unto the land which the 



Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and 



The Levites* inheritance. 

dr. C i h 45L shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will « set a king over 
me, like as all the nations that are about me ; 

15 Thou shalt in any wise set him z king over thee whom 
the Lord a thy God shall choose : one from among thy 

brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not 
set a e stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 

p 16 But he shall d not multiply horses to himself, nor 
cause the people to return to e Egypt, to the end that he 
should multiply horses : forasmuch as the Lord hath said 
unto you, Ye shall henceforth f return no more that way. 

P 17 Neither shall he s multiply wives to himself, that his 
h heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly multiply to 
himself ' silver and gold. 

d 18 And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of 
his kingdom, that he shall write him a k copy of this law in 
a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites. 

d 19 And ' it shall be with him, and he shall m read therein 
all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord 
his God, to keep all the words of this law and these sta- 
tutes, to do them : 

20 That his heart be n not lifted up above his brethren, 
and that he turn not aside from the commandment to the 
right hand or to the left : to the end that he may prolong 
his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst 
of Israel. 



x eh. 20. 5. 
2 Chr. 19. 8. 
y Pa. 82. 2, 3. 
John 7. 24. 
z 1 Sam.8.3. 
aLev.19.15. 
Prov. 24. 23. 
bEx. 23. 8. 
d Heb. jus- 
tice,justice. 
chap. 2. 27. 
Ezek.21.27. 
c Judg. 3.7. 
I Kings 14. 
23. &. 10. 33. 
aLev.22.22. 
Mai. 1. 8. 
1 Pet. 1. 19 
b Mai. 1.13, 
Heb. 9. 14. 
c Gal. 3. 28. 
d 2 Kings 
17. 16. 
Ezek.18.16. 
e Isa. 34. 4. 
Jer. 8. 2. 
f Isa. 29. 13. 
Matt. 15. 9. 
g Prov. 14. 
15. & 25. 2. 
hGen.22.17. 
Ruth 4. 1. 
i Lev.24.23. 
chap. 13. 9. 
kNu.35.30. 
Matt. 18. 10, 
1 ch. 13. 9. 
mch. 19.19, 
•fc 22. 24. 
1 Cor. 5. 13. 
nGen.37.26. 
Num.35. 16. 
0lKg9.3.16. 
p 2 Ciiron. 
19. 10. 
a verse 12. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
r Ezek. 44. 
24. 

Mt. 23. 2, 3. 
s Josh. 1. 7. 
Mai. 2. 8, 9. 
t Ex. 21. 13 
uMt.10.14 
x ch. 10. 8. 
y ch. 13. 11. 



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1451. 



uThat is, 
la-wfullij, 
1 Sam. 8. 5, 
6. & 12. 17. 
z Isa. 32. 1. 
al Sam. 16. 
1. 

b ch. 18. 15. 
c ch. 1. 13. 
d Ps. 20. 7. 
e Isa. 31. 1 
f Jrr. 42. 10 
g Mt. 19. 5. 
h 1 Kings 
11.4. 

i Prov. 30. 8. 
kch. 31.26 
1 Josh. 1. 8 
mPs. 119. 



n Josh. 1. 
16, 17. 
Eccles.8.23 
a Num. 18. 
20. 

b Num. 18. 
1. & 26. 62. 
chap. 10. 8. 
Acts 7. 5. 
c Lev. 1. 9. 
Num. 18. 9. 
2 Cor. 9. 13. 
d Ex. 22.29. 

ch. 10. 8. 

1 Cor. 9. 11, 
13. 

f Num. 35. 
1. 

ch. 12. 5. 
& 16. 2. 
h 1 Chr. 24. 
1,2. 

a Heb. his 
sales of the 
fathers, 
Lev. 25. 32. 
i Lev. 18.21. 
k Micah 3. 
11. 

1 2 Kings 
31.6. 
Isa. 2. 6. 
m Gen. 6. 9. 
n Acts 14. 
16. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 
The Lord is the priests' and Levites' inheritance, 1. The priest's due, 
3. The Levites' portion, 8. The abominations of the nations are 
to be avoided. 9. Chi-ist theprophet is to be heard, 15. The presump- 
tuous prophet is to die, 20. 

THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall 
have a no part nor b inheritance with Israel : they 
shall eat the offerings of the Lord c made by fire, and his 
inheritance. 

b 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their 
brethren : the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said 
unto them. 

i3 | And this shall be the priest's due from the people, 
from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep ; 
and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the 
two cheeks, and the maw. 

£ 4 The d first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine 
oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 

5 e For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all 
thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, 
him and his sons for ever. .. 

l 6 *\] And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all 
Israel, where he f sojourned, and come with all the desire 
of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall g choose ; 

7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his 
God, h as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there 
before the Lord. 

d 8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides " that 
which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 
p 9 ^[ When thou art come into the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the 
abominations of those nations. 

v 10 There shall not be found among you any one that 
maketh his son or his daughter to * pass through the fire, 
or that u useth divination, or an ] observer of times, or an 
enchanter, or a witch, 

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or 
a wizard, or a necromancer. 

12 For all that do these things arc an abomination unto 1 
the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord 
thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 

d 13 Thou shalt be m perfect with the Lord thy God. 

14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, heark 
ened unto observers of times, and unto diviners : but as for 
thee, the Lord thy God hath n not suffered thee so to do 

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The cities of refuge. 

r* t 5 f The Lord thy God 



DEUTERONOMY. 



will raise up unto thee °a 
Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy p brethren, q like 
unto me ; unto T him ye shall hearken. 

16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy 
God in s Horeb in the day of the ' assembly, saying, Let 
me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither 
let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 

17 And the Lord said unto me, They have "well spoken 
that which they have spoken. 

■r 18 I will x raise them up a y Prophet from among their 
brethren, like unto thee, and will z put my words in his 
a mouth ; and he shall speak unto them b all that I shall 
command him. 

«> 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not 
hearken unto c my words which he shall speak in my name, 
I will d require it of him. 

w 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a 
word in my name, which I have e not commanded him to 
speak, or that shall speak in the name of f other gods, 
even that prophet K shall die. 

21 And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the 
word which the Lord hath not spoken? 
v 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, 
if the thing h follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing 
which the Lord ' hath not spoken, but the prophet hath 
spoken it presumptuously : thou shalt not be afraid of him. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
The cities of refuge, 2 : The privilege thereof for the man-slayer, 4. The 

land-mark is not to be removed, 14. Two iviinesses at the least, 15. 

The punishment of a false witness, 16. 

WHEN the Lord thy God hath a cut off the nations, 
whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou 
" succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their 
houses ; 

T*% Thou shalt separate b three cities for thee in the 
midst of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to 
possess it. 

3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts 
of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to in- 
herit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 
£ 4 t And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee 
thither, that he may live : Whoso killeth his neighbour ig 
norantly, whom he c hated not * in time past ; 

5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neigh- 
bour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the 
axe to cut down the tree, and the c head slippeth from the 
helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die ; he 
shall flee unto one of these cities, and d live : 

6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while 
his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, 
and slay him ; whereas he was e not worthy of death, in- 
asmuch as he hated him not in time past. 

7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt sepa- 
rate three cities for thee. 

' 8 And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he 
hath sworn unto f thy fathers, and give thee all the land 
which he promised to give unto thy fathers ; 
L 9 If thou shalt keep all s these commandments to do 
them, which I command thec this day, to love the Lord 
thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ; then shalt thou 
add three cities more for thee, besides these three": 

10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so 
blood be upon thee. 

1 1 ^[ But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait 
for him, and rise up against him, and smite him "mortally 
that he die, and fieeth into one of these cities : 
* 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him 
'thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of 
blood, that he may die. 

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Acts 3.2a 
p Heb. 5. 1. 
q John 1.18. 

1 Tim. a 5. 
r Mt. 17. 5. 
s chap. 5. 2. 
tEx. 19. 9. 
u Rom.8.15. 
x Mt.7.5,15. 
y verso 15. 
z John 17.8. 
a Ex. 4. 15. 
bJolinl2.49. 
c Acts 2. 22. 
d Gen. 9. 4. 
Acts 3. 23. 
e Jer.27. 15. 
Ezek. 13. 6. 
f Jer. 2. 8. 
g Isa. 59. 14. 
h ch. 13. 2. 
Jer. 28 8,9. 
i Hab. 2. 3. 
Zech.1.5.6. 
a ch. 12. 29. 
a Heb, in- 
heritest, or, 
possessest, 
chap. 9. 1. 
b Num. 35.6. 
ch. 4. 41,43. 
Josh. SO. 7. 
c Num. 35. 
20. 

b Heb. from 
yesterday 
and the 
third day. 
cHeb. iron 
slippeth 
from the 
woody and 
find his 
neighbour. 
dNu.35.12. 
e ch. 21. 22. 
fGen. 15. 7. 
_ Rom. 8. 3. 
d Heb. in 
soul, 

verses 6, 21. 
h Ex.21. 14. 
Num. 35. 20, 
21. 
Prov.28.17. 



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1451. 



i Nu. 35. 33. 
lKgs.2, 31. 
kNu.26.53. 
Job 24. 2. 
Ps. 78. 54. 
1 Pr. 22. 28. 
m Zcch. 2. 
12. 

nMt.18.16. 
o John 8.17. 
p Ex. 29. 1. 
q verse 15. 
r ch. 17. 18. 
s ch. 17. 9. 
tActs23.20. 
u Prov.19.5. 
x ch. 17. 7. 
ych.13. 11. 
& 17. 12, 13. 
z Ex.21. 25. 
Num. 35. 31 
James 2. 13. 
a Lev.24.17. 
a ch. 2. 21. 
&7. 1. 
b2Chr. 13 
12.&32.7,8. 
cNu. 10.8,9. 
a Heb. be 
soft, or, 
tender, 
Lov. 26. 36. 
Job 24. 16. 
b llcl). has- 
ten away. 
(1 ch. 16. 8. 
oNeli.l-J.27. 
C2Sam. 14. 
25. 
Acts 20. 22. 

Luko 14. 
18. 

lTim.6. 12. 
2 Tim. 2. 4. 
c Hob. not 
made it 
common. 
h ch. 24 
i Jodg.7.3. 
iHeb.mdt. 
c Hob. be in 
the head of 
the people, 
2Chr.13.12. 
k Ex. 1. 1 1. 

UKg».9.2l. 

m P». 120.7. 
-n Pa. 44 3 



The officers'* proclamation- 

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt 'put 
away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may 
go well with thee. 

P 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's k land-mark, 
which ' they of old time have set in thine inheritance, 
which thou shalt inherit in the m land that the Lord thy 
God giveth thee to possess it. ■ 

v IS' ■fl One witness shall not rise up against a man for 
any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth ; at 
the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three wit- 
nesses, shall the n matter be ° established. 
L \Q % If a p false witness rise up against any man to 
testify against him that which is wrong ; 

17 Then q both the men between whom the contro- 
versy is shall stand r before the Lord, before the 9 priests 
and the judges, which shall be in those days ; 

18 And the judges shall make ' diligent inquisition : and 
behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified 
falsely against his brother ; 

19 Then shall ye do unto him, u as he had thought to 
have done unto his brother : so shalt thou put x the evil 
away from among you. 

20 And those which y remain shall hear, and fear, ana 
shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 

L 21 And thine eye shall z not pity ; but tt life shall go for 
life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, loot for foot. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Tlie priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle, 1. The offi- 
cers' 1 proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war, 5. How to use 
the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace, 10. What 
cities must be devoted, 16. IVeesfor man's meat must not be destroyed 
in the siege, 19. 

HEN thou a goest out to battle against thine enemies, 
and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more 
than thou, be not afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is 
with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 

2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battle, 
that c the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 

3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach 
this day unto battle against your enemies : let not your 
hearts ° faint, fear not, and do not * tremble, neither be ye 
terrified because of them ; 

4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to 
fight for you against vour enemies, to save you. 
15] And the d officers shall speak unto the people, say- 
ing, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath 
e not dedicated it ? let him go and return unto his house, 
f lest he die in the battle, and s another man dedicate it. 

6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and 
hath c not yet eaten of it 1 let him also go and return unto 
his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 

7 And what man is there that !l hath betrothed a wife, 
and hath not taken her 1 let him go and return unto his 
house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 

8 And the officers shall ; speak further unto the people, 
and they shall say. What man is there that is fearful and 
faint-hearted 1 let him go and return unto his house, lest 
his brethren's heart rf /aint as well as his heart. 

9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end 
of speaking unto the people, that they shall make cap- 
tains of the armies 'to lead the people. 
l 10 *f[ When thou comest nigh unto a city to light against 
it, then proclaim peace unto it. 

1 1 Ind it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and 
open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is 
found therein, shall "be tributaries unto thee, and they 
shall 'serve thee. 

12 And if it will make n, no peace with thee, but will 
make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it : 
w 13 And when the Lord thy God hath n delivered it into 

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The expiation of uncertain murder. DEUTERONOMY. 

thy hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the 
edge of the sword : 

14 But ° the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, 



B. Christ 
1451. 



sNu.21.2. 
t Judg. 2. 3. 

Hob. not 
corrupt, 
John 6. 12. 
u 2 Kings 
18. 31. 
g Heb. to 
go from, 
oefore thee. 
x'Matt.7.16. 
y Luke 13. 
6,9. 

A Heb. is 
come down. 
aPs.5. 6. & 
9. 12. 

bPs.44.3,4. 
Rom. 6. 23. 
c ch. 19. 18. 
Rom. 13.3,4. 
d Num. 19.2. 
aOr,strong 
stream. 
e Num.6.23. 
ft Heb. 
mouth. 
fch. 17.8. 
g Judg.8.14. 
h Ps. 26. 6. 
Matt. 27.24. 
i Job 3. 4. 
k John 1. 
14. 

1 2 Kings 
12.2. 

m Nu. 21.1. 
n Gen. 34. 8. 
o 1 Cor. 11. 
6. 

cHeb. 
make, or, 

dress. 



o Jcsh.6.3]. 
Rev. 19. 18. 
jp Jdsh.22.8. 

and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt ^"^1 
thou take unto thyself : and thou shalt p eat the spoil oflrJwh/iY 
thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 

15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very 

far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 

£ 16 But of the cities of q these people which the Lord 

thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save 

alive r nothing that breatheth : 

to 17 But thou shalt 'utterly destroy them, namely, the 
Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Periz- 
zites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the Lord thy God 
hath commanded thee : 

18 That they l teach you not to do after all their abomi- 
nations which they have done unto their gods ; so should 
ye sin against the Lord your God. 

d 19 ^[ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in 
making war against it to take it, thou shalt -'not destroy 
the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them ; for thou 
mayest eat of them : and thou shalt not cut them down 
(for the tree of the fiekd u is man's life) e to employ them 
in the siege : 

20 Only the trees which thou "knowest that they be not 
trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and y cut them down ; 
and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh 
war with thee, until it be '' subdued. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
The expiation of an uncertain murder, 1. The usage of a captive taken 
to wife, 10. The first-bom is not to be disinherited upon piivate affec- 
tion, 15. A shtbborn son is to be stoned to death, IS. The malefactor 
must not hang all night on a tree, 22. 

TF one be found a slain in the land which the Lord thy 
God b giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and 
it be not known who hath slain him : 

2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall c come forth, 
and they shall measure unto the cities which are round 
about him that is slain : 

3 And it shall be that the city which is next unto the 
slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer 
which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not 
drawn d in the yoke ; 

4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer 
unto « a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and 
shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley ; 
L 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near, (for 
them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, 
and to c bless in the name of the Lord,) and by their " word 
shall every controversy and every f stroke be tried; 

6 And s all the elders of that city that are next unto the 
slain man, shall h wash their hands over the heifer that is 
beheaded in the valley : 

7 And they shall i answer and say, Our hands have not 
shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 

8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom 
thou hast redeemed, and k lay not innocent blood unto thy 
people of Israel's charge. And i\ e blood shall be for- 
given them. 

9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood 
from among you, when thou shalt do thai which is ri<*ht 
in ' the sight of the Lord. ° 

MO Tf When thou goest forth to war against thine ene- 
mies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thv 
hands, and thou hast taken m them captive, 

iV A + d n ae f st amon g the captives a beautiful woman, 
ananast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her 
to tny wne : 

Then thou shalt bring her home to thy house : and 
shave her head, and • pare her nails : 



she shall 



B.Christ 

1451. 
p Ps. 45. 10. 
dHeb.a 
month of 
days. 

q Judg.15.1. 
r Mt. 19. 8. 
s ch. 24. 7. 
t Gen. 34. 2. 
eh. 22. 24. 
u Gen. 2. 22. 
& 14. 19. 
Mai. 2. 15. 
xGen.29.31. 
y 1 Chr. 5. 
1,2. 

e Heb. the 
mouth of 
two. 

7. Gen. 49.3. 
aGcn.25.33. 
Ex. 4. 22. 
Heb. 12. 23. 
1 Pet. 1. 4. 
b Prov. 1. 9. 
c Lev. 26. 
23. 

ch. 27. 18. 
d ch. 25. 7. 
e Prov. 23. 
20. 

f Prov. 18. 
7. 

g ch. 13. 11. 
'&. 17. 13. 
h ch. 19. 6. 
i Josh. 8. 29. 
Luke 23. 33. 
k John 19. 
38. 

lGaI.3. 13. 
m 2 Cor. 5. 
21. 

a Ex. 23. 4. 
Ezek. 34. 4. 
1 Pet. 2. 25. 
b Lev. 20. 4. 
c 1 Tliess. 
4.7. 
a Heb. 
gather it 
into the 
midst of 
thy house, 
Gen. 2. 9. 
Judg. 9. 15. 
d Ex. 23. 5. 
Matt. 5. 44. 
e Ps. 132. 9. 
1 Cor. 11.4, 
5. & 14. 34. 
Jfliev.22.38. 



Of humanity toivards brethren. 

13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from 
off her, and shall ffemain in thy house, and r bewail her 
father and her mothe 1- " a full month : and after that, thou 
shalt q go into unto her, and be her husband, and she shall 
be thy wife. 

L 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then 
thou shalt r let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt 
not sell her at all for money ; thou shalt not 3 make mer- 
chandise of her, because thou hast ' humbled her. 

-M5 % If a man have "two wives, one beloved, and 
another hated, and they have borne him children, both the 
beloved and the x hated ; and if the first-born son be hers 
that was hated : 

16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit 
that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the 
beloved first-born, before the son of the hated, which is 
indeed the y first-born : 

17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for 
the first-born, by giving him a ' double portion of all that 
he hath : for he is the beginning of z his strength; the 

right of the first-born is his. 

L 1 8 If If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, 
which will not obey the h voice of his father, or the voice 
of his mother, and that, when they have c chastened him, 
will not hearken unto them : 

19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on 
him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and 
unto the d gate of his place ; 

20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This 
our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our 
voice ; he is e a glutton, and a drunkard. 

21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with 
stones, that f he die : so shalt thou put evil away from 
among you, and all Israel shall hear, and g fear. 

l 22 ^[ And if a man have committed a sin h worthy of 
death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him 
1 on a tree : 

23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, 
but thou shalt in any wise k bury him that day ; (for he 
that is ' hanged is m accursed of God ;) that thy land be not 
defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an in 
heritance. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Of humanity toivards brethren, 1. The sex is to be distinguished by 
apparel, 5. The dam is not to be taken with her young ones, 6. The 
house must have battlements, 8. Confusion is to be avoided, 9. 
Fringes upon the vesture, 12. The punishment of him that slandercth 
his wife, 13.- Of adultery, 20, 22. Of rape, 25, and of fornication, 28. 
Incest, 30. 

HOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep 
a go astray, and b hide thyself from them: thou 
shalt in any case c bring them again unto thy brother. 

2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou 
know him not, then thou " shalt bring it unto thine own 
house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek 
after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 
l 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass ; and so 
shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost things 
of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, 
shalt thou do likewise : thou mayest not hide thyself. 

14 1 Thou shalt not see thy d brother's ass or his ox fall 
down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shah 
surely help him to lift them up again. 

p 5 % The woman shall not wear that which c pertaineth 
unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : 
for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 

p 6 ^[ If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way 
in any tree, or on the ground, whether they 1>e young ones, 
or eggs, and the f dam sitting upon the young, or upon 
the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 

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Punishment of adultery. 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Uncleanness to be avoided. 



|Hos. 10.14. 
b.Mt.10.27. 
Acts 10. 9. 
i Lev. 19.19. 
kEx.22.29. 
lch.25. 4. 
Luke 9. 62. 
2 Cor. 6.14. 
m Rom. 3. 
28 

Gal. 3. 16. 
Rev. 19. 8. 
n Nu.15.38. 
Matt. 23. 5 
6 Heb. 
win as. 
o Mat. 1. 18. 
p Judg. 14. 
10. & 15. 1. 
q Eph.5.23. 
rMt.23.14. 
c Heb. / 
found not 
the virgini- 
ties on her. 
dHcb. 
bring forth 
the virgi- 
nity of the 
damsel. 
s Gen.20.16. 
tch. 17.4. 
uLov.21. 9. 
x Gen. 34. 7. 
Lev. 21. 9. 
2 Sam. 13. 
13. 

y Lev.20.10. 
z Matt.1.18. 
a Gen. 34.2. 
bGen.29.21. 
e Or, take 
strong hold 
of her. 
2 Sam. 13. 
14. 

/Heb. 
killctk him 
in soul. 
cMt. 7. 1,2. 
1 Cor. 13. 7. 
d Ex. 22. 16. 
eEx. 22. 17. 
verse 19. 



lit 



7 But thou shalt in any wise s let the dam go, and takej B -^ st 
the young to thee ; that it may be well with thee, and that\gG m .&.\\ 
thou mayest prolong thy days. 

l 8 *\ When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt 
make a h battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood 
upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. 

? 9 f Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with * divers 
seeds : lest the k fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, 
and the fruit of thy vineyard, be denied. 

^ 10 ^f Thou shalt not plough with an ' ox and an ass 
together. 

l 1 1 ^f Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, 
m as of woollen and linen together. 

£12 «[f Thou shalt make thee "fringes upon the four 
* quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 

L 13 *\\ If any man ° take a wife, and p go in unto her, and 
q hate her, 

1.4 And give r occasions of speech against her, and 
bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this wo- 
man, and when I came to her, c I found her not a maid : 

15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, 
take and bring forth "the tokens of the damsel's virginity 
unto the elders of the city in the gate : 

16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I 
gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hatethher, 

17 And lo, he hath given occasions of speech against 
her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid ; and yet 
these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they 
shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 

L 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and 
chastise him ; 

* 19 And they shall amerce him in a s hundred shekels of 
silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because 
he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : 
and she shall be his wife ; he may not put her away all his days. 

^ 20 But if this thing be ' true, and the tokens of virginity 
be not found for the damsel : 

21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of 
her father's house, and the men of her city shall u stone 
her with stones that she die ; because she hath wrought 
x folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house : 
so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 

1 22 "II If a man be found lying with a woman married to 
a husband, then they shall both of them y die, both the man 
that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou 
put away evil from Israel. 

L 23 If If a damsel that is a virgin z be betrothed unto a 
husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her ; 
24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of 
that city, and ye shall sione them with stones that they 
die ; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; 
and the man, because be hath H humbled his b neighbour's 
wife : so thou shah put away evil from among you. 

^25 1f But if a man find abetrothed damsel in the field, 
and the man 'force her, and lie with her; then the man 
only that lay with her shall die : 

26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; tfiere is 
in the damsel no sin worthy of death : for as when a man 
liseth against his neighbour, and 'slaycth him, even so 
is this matter : 

/27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed dam- 
sel c cried, and there was none to save her. 

L 28 ^[ If a man d find a damsel that is a virgin, which is 
not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and 

they be found ; 

29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the 

damsel's father e fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his 

wife ; because he hath humbled her, he mav not put her 

away all his days. 



B. C)i 
1451. 



f Lev. 18. 8. 

&20. 11. 
g eh. 27. 20. 
a That is, 
not to have 
any vote in 
public mect- 

_ «, nor 
bear any 
office in 
r.hurch or 
state, and 
not othcr- 

a Zcch.9.6. 

hNeh.13.a3. 

cNeh.13. 1. 

lMt.S5.46. 

e Num. 22. 

3,4. 

ffezra 9. 12. 

gGon.25.30. 

h Obad. 10. 

12. 

i Bom.3.29. 

.Eph. 2. 12. 

jr. 3. 11. 

I< Num. •"). 



Lnkeft 1 '■ 
I I, fv. 1.1. Hi- 
in pnm.5.3. 

,ev.l5.13. 
Hob. 10. 22. 

Ina. 1. 4. 
Ezek. 24.12, 
pLov.26.12, 
( | eh, 2, 9. 
r I's. 44. 10. 
lor. 32. 40. 
o Horn. G. 17. 

Gal 3.2& 
t Ex.22. 21. 
acb. 22. 9. 
xGon.19.5. 
■! Kgs. a 6. 

v I'./.rk. Hi. 

33. 

/ i in, M.& 
n .Mi. 7. (i. 
Rev. 22. 15.1 

I i 

.M.il. L6.7. 
e Ex.22. 25. 1 
ilMo.U.5.44. 
Lake 6.31, 



£30 f A man shall not take f his father's wife, nor dis- 
cover his father's g skirt. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
Who may or may not enter into the congregation, 1. Uncleanness to 
be avoided tn the host, 9. Of the fugitive servant, 15. Offilthiness, 17. 
Of abominable sacrifices, \$. Ofusury,l9. Of vows, 21. Ofirespasses, 24. 

™~E that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy 
member cut oflj shall ° not enter into the congrega- 
tion of the Lord. 

p 2 a A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of 
the Lord ; even to his tenth generation shall he not en- 
ter into the congregation of the Lord. 
v 3 An b Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the 
congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth genera- 
tion shall they not enter into the congregation of the 
Lord c for ever : 

s 4 Because they d met you not with bread and with wa- 
ter in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt ; and 
because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor 
of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to e curse thee. 

5 Nevertheless, the Lord thy God would not hearken 
unto Balaam : but the Lord thy God turned the curse into 
a blessing unto thee,because the Lord thy God loved thee. 

6 Thou shalt f not seek their peace, nor their prosperity 
all thy days for ever. 

v 7 % Thou shalt not abhor an e Edomite, for he is thy 
h brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou 
wast a stranger in his land. 

8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter 
into the congregation of the Lord in their 'third generation. 

<*9 ^"When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, 
then keep thee from every k wicked thing. 

l 10 ^f If there be among you any man that is not clean 
by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him ' by night, 
then shall he go abroad out of the m camp, he shall not 
come within the camp : 

1 1 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall 
n wash himself with water : and when the sun is down, he 
shall come into the camp again. 

L 12 1 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, 
whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 

1 3 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon : 
and it shall be when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou 
shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back, and cover that 
which "cometh from thee : 

14 For the Lord thy God p wa!keth in the midst of thy 
camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies q be- 
fore thee ; therefore shall thy camp be holy : that he see 
no unclean tiling in thee, and r turn away from thee. 

M5 % Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant 
which is " escaped from his master unto thee : 

10 He shall dwell with thee, even among you in that 
place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it 
liketh him best : thou shalt l not oppress him. 
p 17 If There shall be no u whore of the daughters of Is- 
rael, nor a " sodomite of the sons of Israel. 

£ 18 Thou shalt not bring the y hire of a 7 whore, or the 



a dog into 



the house of the Lord thy God for 
both these arc abomination unto the 



price of 

any vow : for even 
Lord thy God. 

L 19 T| Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; 
" usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing 
that, is lent upon usury : 

20 Unto a stranger d thou mayest lend upon usury; 
but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : 
that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou set- 
test thy hand to in the land whither thou goestto possess it. 
I- 21 *|f When thou shalt ° vow a vow unto the Lord thy 
'; i ','■: God, thou shalt not slack to r pay it : for the Lord thy God 
V will surely require it of thee ; and it would be *siri in thee 

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Sundry laws and ordinances. 

22 But if thou shait h forbear to vow, it shall be 1 
in thee. 

L 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt k keep 
and perform ; even a ' free-will-offering, according as thou 
hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast pro- 
mised m with thy mouth. 

l 24 % When thou n comest into thy neighbour's vine- 
yard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, at thine own 
pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 
l 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy 
neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears ° with thy 
hand : but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neigh- 
bour's standing corn. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Of divorce, I. A new-married man goeth not to war, 5. Of pledges, 
6,10. Ofman-stealers,7. Of I prosy, S. The hire is to be given, 14. 
Of justice. 16, Of charity, 19. 

""HEN a man hath taken a wife, and a married her, 
and it come to pass that she find no favour in his 
eyes, because he hath found some a uncleanness in her : 
* then let him write her a bill of c divorcement, and give it 
in her hand, and send her out of his house. 
l 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may 
go and be b another man's wife. 

L 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a 
bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth 
her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, which 
took her to be his wife ; 

4 Her former husband which sent her away, may c not 
take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for 
that is abomination before the Lord : and thou shalt not 
d cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee for an inheritance. 

L 5 f When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall e not 
go-out to war, neither shall he be charged with any busi- 
ness: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall 
f cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 
l 6 % No man shall take the nether or the upper g mill- 
stone to pledge : for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 
L 7 % If a man be found stealing h any of his brethren of 
the children of Israel, and maketh ! merchandise of him, 
or selleth him ; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt 
put evil away from among you. 

£ 8f Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou ob- 
serve diligently, and do according to all that the priests 
the Levites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye 
shall observe to do. 

9 ! Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam 
by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 
l 10 % When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou 
shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge : 

1 1 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou 
dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee : 
i 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with 
his pledge : 

13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again 
when the m sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own 
raiment, and n bless thee; and it shall be 
unto thee before the Lord thy God. 
v 14 ^f Thou shalt not oppress a p hired servant that is 
poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy 
strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 
d 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall 
the sun q go down upon it, for he is poor, and "setteth his 
heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, 
and it be r sin unto thee. 

v 16 The s fathers shall not be put to death for the chil 
dren, neither shall the children be put to death for the fa 
thers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 
Pi 7 If Thou shalt not 'pervert the judgment of the 



DEUTERONOMY 



righteousness 



B. Christ 
1451. 



h Acts 5. 4. 
i Eccles.5.5. 
kJer.44.25. 

1 Lev. 7. 16. 
m Ecclcs. 5 
6. 
n 1 Cor. 9. 7 

Matt. 12.1. 
Mark 2. 23. 

2 Cor. 6. 14. 
a ch. 21. 13. 
a Hob. 
matter of 
nakedness, 
ch. 23. 14. 
b Or, if he 
write, 
Mt. 19.8,9. 
c Heb. cut- 
ting off. 
b ch. 22. 23. 
Jer. 3. 1. 
cMal. 2. 14. 
dJosh. 22. 
17. 

Jer. 3. 18. 
e ch. 20. 7. 
fProv.5.18. 
gEx. 11 5. 
Jer. 25. 10. 
h Ex .21. 16. 
i ch. 21. 14. 
Rev. 18. 13. 
k2Cliron. 
26. 20. 

1 Luke 17. 
32. 

1 Cor. 10. 6. 
m Ex. 22.26. 
n 2 Cor. 9. 
15. 

2 Tim. 1.17, 
18. 

o ch. 6. 25. 
& 25. 9. 
pLev.10.19. 
Mark 10.19. 
James 5. 4. 
<\ Lev. 19. 13. 
d Heb. he 
lifteth his 
soul unto it, 
Jer. 22. 27. 
r verse 13. 
Prov. 24. 9. 
s 2 Kings 
14. G. 

2Chr. 25.4. 
t. Ex. 23. 1. 
ch. 16. 19. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



u Ex.21. 22. 
Prov. 22. 22. 
x Lev. f 9. 9. 
y Job 39. 15. 
z Ruth 2.16. 
a Pr. 19. 17. 
Matt. 25.40. 
e Heb. thou 
shalt not 
bough it 
after thee. 
a Pr. 17. 15. 
Rom. 8. 33, 
34. 

b 1 Pet.4.14. 
c2Cor. 11. 
24. 

dch.22. 10. 
lCor.9.9.10. 
a Heb. 
thresheth, ' 
Isa. 28. 27. 
Hos. 10.11. 
1 Tim. 5. 17. 
e Gen. 38. 7, 
f Ma*k. 12. 
19. 

Luke 20. 2B. 
b O, jiezt 
kinsman, 
verse 7. 
gGen.38. 9. 
Ruth 4. 17. 
h ch. 9. 14. 
Ruth 2. 20. 
Ps. 109. 13 
i Ruth 4.1,2, 
k Ezek. 44. 
24. 

1 Ruth 4.7. 
mNu. 12.14. 
n Ruth 4.11. 
oRuth4.6,8. 
pRom. 3. 8. 
q Prov. 7.13. 
1 Tim. 2. 9. 
c Heb. a 
stcne and 
a stone, 
Micah6.il. 
d Heb. an 
ephah and' 
an ephah. 
r Amos 8". 5. 



Stripes not to exceed forty. 

stranger, nor of the n fatherless, nor take the widow's rai- 
ment to pledge : 

18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man 
in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : 
therefore I command thee to do this thing. 
d 19 *f| When thou * cuttest down thy harvest in thy field, 
and hast y forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go 
again to fetch it : it shall be for the z stranger, for the fa- 
therless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may 
bless thee a in all the work of thy hands, 
d 20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou \ shalt not 
go over the boughs again : it shall be for the stranger, for 
the fatherless, and for the widow. 

d 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, 
thou shalt not glean it afterward : it shall be for the stran- 
ger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 

22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond- 
man in the land of Egypt : therefore I command thee to 
do this thing. 

CHAPTER XXV. 
Stripes must not exceed forty, 3. The ox is not to be muzzled, 4. Of 
raising seed unto a brother, 5. Of the immodest woma.n, 11. Of un- 
just weights, 13. The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out, 17. 

JFF there be a controversy between men, and they come 

J. unto judgment, that the judges may judge them ; 
then they a shall justify the righteous, and condemn the 
wicked. 

2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy b to be 
beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to 
be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a 
certain number. 

l 3 c Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : 
lest if he should exceed, and beat him above these with 
many stripes, then thy brother should d seem vile unto thee. 

L 4 f Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he ° treadeth 
out the corn. 

l 5 If brethren e dwell together, and f one of them die 
and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry 
without unto a stranger : her 5 husband's brother shall go 
in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the 
duty of a husband's brother unto her. 

6 And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth, 
shall s succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, 
that his name be not h put out of Israel. 

l 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, 
then let his brother's wife go up to the ' gate unto the el- 
ders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up 
unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the 
duty of my husband's brother. 

8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak 
unto him : and if he k stand to it, and say, I like not to 
take her, 

9 l 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the 
presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from x off his 
foot, and m spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So 
shall it be done unto that man that will not " build up his 

brother's house. 

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The ° house 
of him that hath his shoe loosed. 

£11 ^[ When men strive together one with another, and 
the wife of the one draweth near for r to deliver her hus- 
band out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth 
forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 

12 Then thou shalt q cut off her hand, thine eye shall 
not pity her. 

p 13 *|f Thou shalt not have in thy bag ''divers weights., 
a great and a small : 

p 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house "divers measures, 
a great and a small : 

<*15 But thou shalt have a r perfect and just weight, a 

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Of offering the first fruits. 

perfect and just measure shalt thou have ; that thy days! K $£ ist 
may be s lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

1 16 For all that do such things, and all that do ' unright- 
eously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 

g 17 If " Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the 
way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; 

18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hind- 
most of thee, even all that were * feeble behind thee, when 
thou wast faint and weary : and he y feared not God. 

w 19 Therefore it shall be, z when the Lord thy God hath 
given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the „ 

d Alt 23 19 

land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inherit- j * orj v jr- 
ance to possess it, that thou shalt a blot out the remem- " 
brance of Amalek from under heaven ; thou shalt not 
forget it. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

The confession of him that offereth the basket of first-fruits, 3. Hie. 



An altar to be built 



s Ex. 20. 12. 

tlThess. 4. 

6. 

u Ex. 17. 8. 

xMt.11.28. 

y,Prov. 16.6. 

zRom. 2. 4. 

a ch. 9. 14. 

1 Sam. 15. 

23. 

a Nil. 18. 13. 

Prov.3.9,10. 

Jer. 2. a 

Rom. 8. 23, 

James 1.18, 

bExod.23. 

19. & 34. 22, 

cHeb.13.15. 



The covenant be- 



secuted my 
father. 
eGen.46.27. 
fEx. 1. 11. 
gEx. 1.14. 
h Ex. 2. 23. 
Gen. 10.13. 
Exod. 3.7. 
k Ex. 6. 6. 
chap. 5. 15. 
1 ch. 4. 34. 
m Ex. 3. 8. 
Ezck. 20.15. 
n Rom. 8.23. 
Rev. 14. 4. 
o verse 2. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
p ch. 12. 7. 
& 16. 11. 
qMt.7. 11. 
Luke H. 13. 
r Lev.27.30. 
Num. 18.24. 
s ch. 14. 28, 
t ch. 17. 2. 
uch. 16.11. 
Lev. 7. 20. 
Hossa 9. 4. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



prayer of him that giveth his third year's tithes, 12 
tiveen God and the people, 16. 

AND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inherit- 
ance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; 

l 2 That thou shalt take of the a first of all the fruit of 
the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the 
Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, 
and shalt b go unto the place which the Lord thy God 
shall choose to place his name there. 

3 And thou shalt go unto the c priest that shall be in 
those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the 
Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which 
the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. 

£ 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, 
and set it down ^before the altar of the Lord thy God. 

g 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy 
God, A Syrian "ready to perish was my father ; and he 
went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a e few, 
and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 

6 And the Egyptians f evil-entreated us, and afflicted 
us, and laid upon us g hard bondage : 

7 And when we h cried unto the Lord God of our fa- 
thers, the Lord heard our voice, and ' looked on our af- 
fliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 

8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a 
mighty hand, and with an k out-stretched arm, and with 
great ' terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders ; 

9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given 
us this \a.nd,even a land that floweth with m milk and honey. 

d 10 And now, behold, I have brought the n first-fruits of 
(he land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me : and thou 
shalt °set it before the Lord thy God, and worship be- 
fore the Lord thy God : 

d 11 And thou shalt p rejoice in every q good thing which 
the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy 
house, thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is 
among you. 

M2 "If When thou hast made an end of tithing all the 
tithes of thine ' increase the third 5 year, which is the year 
of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, 
the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within |™ h ;"-i™ 
thy gates, and be filled : aOen.29.3 

rf 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I 
have brought away the hallowed things out of my house, 
and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the 
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according 
to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded 
me : I ' have not transgressed thy commandments, neither 
have I forgotten them : 

14 I have not eaten thereof in my "mourning, neither 
Kave I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor 
33 11 



DEUTERONOMY. 

given aught thereof for the * dead : but I have hearkened 
to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done accord- 
ing to all that thou hast commanded me. 

15 J Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, 
and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast 
given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that 
floweth with milk and honey. 

<U6 f 'This day the Lord thy God hath commanded 
thee to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt there- 
fore keep anddo them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

d 17 Thou hast a avouched the Lord this day to be thy 
God, and to walk in his b ways, and to keep his statutes, 
and his commandments, and his judgments, and to 
c hearken unto his voice : 

* 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his 
d peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou 
shouldest keep all his commandments ; 

19 And to e make thee high above all nations which he 
hath made, in f praise, and in s name, and in h honour; and 
that thou mayest be a 5 holy people unto the Lord thy 
God, as he hath spoken. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
The people are commanded to loritc the law upon stones, 1 ; and to 
build an altar of whole stones, 5. The tribes divided on Gcrizim and 
Ebal, 11. Tlie curses pronounced on mount Ebal, 14. 

ND Moses with the a elders of Israel commanded 
the people, saying, Keep b all the commandments 
which I command you this day. 

2 And it shall be on c the day when ye shall pass over 
Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee, that thou shalt d set thee up great stones, and plas- 
ter them with e plaster : 

3 And thou shalt write upon them f all the words of this 
law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in 
unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land 
that floweth with milk and honey ; as the Lord God of 
thy fathers hath promised thee. 

g 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, 
that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you 
this day, in mount s Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with 
plaster. 

5 And there shalt thou build h an altar unto the Lord 
thy God, an altar of stones : thou shalt not lift up any 
'iron tool upon them. 

L 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of 
k whole stones: and thou shalt offer 'burnt-offerings 
thereon unto the Lord thy God : 

7 And thou shalt offer ""peace-offerings, and shalt "eat 
there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of 
this law, very ° plainly. 

d 9 ^f And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto 
all Israel saying, Take heed and hearken, O Israel, this 
day thou art become the p people of the Lord thy God. 

10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord 
thy God, and q do his commandments and his statutes 
which I command thee this day. 

/ 1 1 If And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 
g 12 These shall stand upon mount r Geriaim to bless the 
people, when ye are come over Jordan ; Simoon, and 
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin : 

13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; 
3 Reuben, l Gad, and Asher, and " Zebulun, ■ Dan, and 
Naphtali. 

14 ^f And the y Levites shall speak, and say unto ail 
the men of Israel with a loud voice, 

m 15 z Cursed be the man that maketh any a graven or 
molten image, b an abomination unto the Lord, the work 
of the hands of the c craftsman, and putteth it in a '''se- 
cret place: and all the people shall answer and so v. Amen. 

129 



x Ps.106.28. 
Ezek. 24.17. 
Hose a 9. 4. 
y Ps.26.1,2. 
Rom. 2. 29. 
zHos. 12.4. 
aEx. 19.3,4. 
ch. 5. 2, 3. 
bGen.6. 12. 
c. 1 Sam. 15. 
20. 

d Ex. 19. 5. 
e ch. 28. 1. 
fZoph.3.19. 
lsa.5.6,7. 
h Isa. 61. 3. 
Rom. 6. 22 
a verse 9. 
b Gal. 3. 10 
c Luke 19. 
11. 

d Ezek.21.4 
c Ezek. 3G. 
26. 

Matt. 23.27. 
Acts 23.3. 
Rom. 9. 31. 
fEx. 34. 28. 
verse 8. 
g verso 12. 
h Ex.24. 4. 
i Ex. 20. 25. 
Isa. 52. 14. 
k Josh.8.31. 
IGcn. 8. 20. 
m Lev. 3. 1. 
uLov.10.13. 
Gal. 3. 13. 
o Hub. 2. 2. 
2Cor. 3.2,3. 
Rev. 2. 17. 
p ch. 26. 17. 
Micab.4.5. 
a James 1. 



tGen. 30.10, 
uGen.30.20, 
x Gen. 30. 
4, 5, 6, 7. 
ch. 33. 10. 



Isa. 8. 13, 
zch. 11. 29, 
Matt. 5. 41 
Gal. 3. 10. 
a Ex. 20. 4. 
h2 Kings 

sa 13. 
c iio«. ra. a 

tl Ezck. 8, 
12. 



B. Christ 
J451. 



e Ex. 20. 12. 
f ch. 19. 14. 
g Job 29. 15. 
hcl). 22.30. 
i chap. 1. 4. 
Zech. 13. 6. 
kch. 16. 19, 
1 Ezek. 18. 
24. 

Rom. 3. 20. 
Gal. 3. 10. 
mNu. 5.22. 
a Ex. 15.26. 
Isa. 55. 2. 
b Phil. 3. 14. 
Col. 3. 1, 2, 
c verse 15. 
Zech. 1. 6. 
(1 Gen. 4. 4. 
Ps. 107. 38. 
& 128. 1. 
e Gen. 1.22. 
Ex. 1. 12. 
Lev. 26. 4. 
Ps. 158. 1. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
f ch. 26. 2. 
gSChr. 1. 
12. 

Ps. 121. 8. 
Acta 1. 21. 
h 2 Sam. 22. 
38. 

Rom. 16.20. 
i Rev.16.15. 
k Gen. 33. 3. 
Lev. 4. 6. 
lLev.25.21. 
verse 20. 
m Prov. 3. 
10. 

n eh. 12. 7. 
o Rom. 11. 
29. 

p ch. 14. 1. 
q ch. 11. 25. 
r Job 38.22. 
e Lev. 11. 
14. 

t Prov. 29.7. 
uch. 15. 16. 
x verse 1. 
JohnS. 23. 



The blessings for obedience. DEUTERONOMY. 

w 16 Cursed be he that ° setteth light by his father or his 
mother : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

w 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's land- 
mark : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

w 18 Cursed be he that maketh the g blind to wander out 
of the way : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

'" 1 9 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the 
stranger, fatherless, and widow : and all the people shall 
say, Amen. 

w 20 Cursed be he that h lieth with his father's wife ; be 
cause he uncovereth his father's skirt : and all the people 
shall say, Amen. 

v> 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast 
arid all the people shall say, Amen. 

w 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter 
of his father, or the daughter of his mother : and all the 
people shall say, Amen. 

w 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and 
all the people shall say, Amen. 

^ 24 Cursed be he that * smiteth his neighbour secretly : 
and all the people shall say, Amen. 

w 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward k to slay an inno- 
cent person : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

i» 26 Cursed be he that ' confirmeth not all the words of 
this law to do them : and all the people shall say, m Amen. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
*® The blessings/or obedience, 1. The curses for disobedience, 15. 

ND it shall come, to pass, if thou shalt a hearken dili- 
gently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to ob- 
serve and to do all his commandments which I command 
thee this day : that the Lord thy God will b set thee on 
high above all nations of the earth : 

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and c over- 
take thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God. 

& 3 d Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt 
thou be in the field. 

* 4 Blessed shall be the e fruit of thy body, and the fruit 
of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of 
thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 

b 5 Blessed shall be thy f basket and thy store. 

* 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou e comest in, and 
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 

& 7 The Lord shall cause . thine enemies that rise up 
against thee to be h smitten before thy face : they shall 
come out against thee one way, and ; flee before thee 
k seven ways. 

i 8 The Lord shall ! command the blessing upon thee in 
thy m store-houses, and in all that thou n settest thy hand 
unto : and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee. 

I & 9 The Lord shall ° establish thee a holy people unto 
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep 
the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in 
his ways. 

° 10 And all the people of the earth shall see that p thou 
art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be 
1 afraid of thee. 

J> 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, 
In the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and 
in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord 
sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 

* 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good r treasure, 
ihe heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his s season, 
and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt 
L lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 

* 13 And the Lord shall make thee the u head, and not 
the tail ; and thou shalt be x above only, and thou shalt 
not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the command- 



B. Christ 
1451. 



y Lov.26.14. 
7. ch. 27. 15. 
verse 3. 
a verse 5. 
Hag. 1. 0. 
b verse 4. 
Hos. 9. 13. 
c verse 6. 
2 Chr. 15. 5. 
d Mai. 2. 2. 
ech. 7.23. 
1 Sam. 14. 
20. 

Zech. 14. 13. 
f Ps. 80. 16. 
Isa. 30. 17. 
& 51. 20. & 
66. 15. 
g Ex. 5. 3. 
h Lev. 26. 
16. 
a Or, 
drought, 
Lev. 26.25. 
i 2 Kings 
19. 26. 
Amos 4. 4. 
k Jer. 30. 6. 
1 Lev. 26. 19. 
m Isa. 5. 24. 
n Jer. 7. 33. 
o Ex. 9. 9. 
p 1 Sam. 5. 
9. 

q Ex. 15. 26. 
r 1 Sam. 23. 
13. 

s Isa. 42. 19. 
t Jer. 4. 9. 
u Acts 17. 
27. 

x 2 Sam. 22. 
42. 

y Isa. 30 16. 
6Heb. 
make it 
common, 
ch. 20. 6. 
zPs. 119.82. 
aMicah2.1. 
b Jer. 5. 17. 
e verse 67. 
Gal. 3. 13. 



The curses for disobedience 

ments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this 
day, to observe and to do them : 

p 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words 
which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the 
left, to go after other gods to serve them. 

15 ^[ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt y not 
hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe 
to do all his commandments and his statutes which I 
command thee this day : that all these curses shall come 
upon thee, and overtake thee : 

w> 1 6 z Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shall 
thou be in the field. 

» 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy a store. 

w 18 Cursed shall be the b fruit of thy body, and the fruit ot 
thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 

io 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou c comest in, and 
cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 

w 20 The Lord shall send upon thee d cursing, e vexation, 
and f rebuke, in all that thou settest thy hand unto for to 
do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly : 
because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou 
hast forsaken me. 

w 21 The Lord shall make the s pestilence cleave unto 
thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, 
whither thou goest to possess it. 

«> 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a h consumption, 
and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an ex- 
treme burning, and with "the sword, and with s blasting, 
and with k mildew : and they shall pursue thee until thou 
perish. 

w 23 And thy 'heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, 
and the earth that is under thee shall be'ycon. 
w 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land m powder 
and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until 
thou be destroyed. 

«> 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine 
enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and 
flee seven ways before them ; and shalt be removed into 
all the kingdoms of the earth. 

«> 26 And thy D carcass shall be meat unto all the fowls of 
the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall 
fray them away. 

» 27 The Lord will smite thee with the ° botch of Egypt, 
and with p the emerods, and with the scab, and with the 
itch, whereof thou q canst not be healed. 
i» 28 The Lord shall smite thee with r madness, and 
3 blindness, and ' astonishment of heart : 
w 29 And thou shalt u grope at noon-day, as the blind 
gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy 
ways : and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled ever- 
more, and no man shall x save thee. 

w 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall y lie 
with her : thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not 
dwell therein : thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not 
b gather the grapes thereof. 

«> 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou 
shalt not eat thereof : thine ass shall be violently taken 
away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to 
thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and 
thou shalt have none to rescue them. 
to 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto 
another people, and thine eyes shall look, and z fail with 
longing for them all the day long : and there shall be no 
1 might in thy hand. 

«> 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a na- 
tion which thou knowest not b eat up : and thou shalt be 
only oppressed and crushed always : 

34 So that thou shalt be mad for the c sight of thine 
eyes which thou shalt see. 

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1451. 



The ptiople threatened with 

u> 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the 
legs, with d a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the 
sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 
w 36 The Lord shall e bring thee, and f thy king which 
thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou 
fior thy fathers have known ; and there shalt thou serve 
B other gods, wood and stone. 

» 37 And thou shalt become 11 an astonishment, a proverb, 
and a by-word, among all nations whither the Lord shall 
lead thee. 

*» 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and 
shalt gather but little in : for the ' l locust shall consume it. 
to 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but shalt 
neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes : for the 
k worms shall eat them. 

w 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, 
but thou shalt ' not anoint thyself with the oil : for thine 
olive shall cast his fruit. 

u> 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but c thou shalt 
not enjoy them : for they shall go into captivity. 
«» 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the " locust 
consume. 

"> 43 The m stranger that is within thee shall get up above 
thee ' very high ; and thou shalt come down very low. 
w 44 He shall n lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to 
him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 
w45 ° Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, 
and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be de- 
stroyed : -because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of 
the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his 
statutes which he commanded thee. 

46 And they shall be upon thee for a p sign and for a 
wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 

47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with 
joyfulness and with q gladness of heart, for the abundance 
of all things ; 

■<» 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the 
Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and 
in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put r a 
yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 

r 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, 
from the end of the earth, as swift as the 9 eagle flieth, a 
nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ; 

50 A nation of -'fierce countenance, which shall not re- 
gard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 

51 And he shall eat the ' fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit 
of thy land, until thou be destroyed : which also shall not 
leave thee cither "corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy 
kine, or (locks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 

r 52 And he shall besiege thee * in all thy gates, until thy 
high and 'fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, 
throughout all thy land : and he shall besiege thee in all 
thy gates throughout all thy land which the Lord thy God 
hath given thee. 

,'53 And thou shall cat z the fruit of thine own body, the 
flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the Lord thy 
God hath given thee, in the siege and in the straitness 
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee : 

54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very 
delicate, his eyes shall be a evil toward his brother, and 
toward the wife of his b bosom, and toward the remnant 
of his children which he shall leave : 

55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh 
of his children whom he shall c eat : because he hath no- 
thing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith 
thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 

t 56 The d tender and delicate woman among you, which 'j'c\ 
would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the gcrmp.a.3. 
ground for dclicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be'bplmis 



d Job 2. 7. 
Rev. 16. 2. 
e2Kgs.l7.6. 
f :2 Kings 
24.14. 
g Isa. 44. 9. 
hJer. 24.9. 
iJoel 1.4. 
k Jonah 4. 7, 

1 Ps. 23. 5. 
c Heb. they 
shall not 
be thine. 
(iHeb. 
Tsclatsal, 
only here, 
thought to 
be a plague 
in trees 
andfruits. 
m Job 37. 1,2. 
e Heb. high, 
high, so 
after, low, 
low. 

verse 13. 
nLev.26.18. 
verse 12. 
o verse 15. 
p Isa. 4. 5. 
g Neh.9.35. 
Isa. 65. 14. 
r 2 Chron. 

Matt. 11. 30. 
s Lam. 4. 19. 
Ezek. 17. 3, 
12. 

/Heb. 
strong 
of face, 
Ps. 76. 5. 
Dan. 8. 23. 
t Isa. 1. 7. 
Hab. 3. 17. 
u Isa.62.8,9. 
x 2 Kings 
17.5. 
y 2 Kings 
25. 1, 2. 
z Lev.26.29. 
2Kgs.6.29. 
Lam. 4. 10. 
Jer. 19. 9. 
a ch. 15. 19. 
verse 56. 

2 Kings 6. 
28,29. 
b ch. 13. 6. 
Micah 7. 5. 
c verse 53. 
d 2 Chron. 
36. 17. 
Ps. 127. 1, 2. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
Lam. 4. 4, 5. 



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g Heb 
after birth. 
e Ex. 20. 7. 
Matt. G. 9. 
f Ex. 6. 3. 
Lev. 24. 11. 
2 Sam. 6.2. 
Ps.83. 18. 
gDan. 9. 12. 
h Ex. 8. 9. 
chap. 7. 15. 
h lleb. 
cause to 
ascend, 
Ex. 15. 16. 
Matt. 8. 8,9. 
i Gen. 3 1.30. 
Num. 9. 20. 
Ps. 90. 3. 
Isa. 1. 9. 
kGen.22.17. 
ch. 10. 22. 
Neh. 9. 23. 
I ch. 30. 9. 
Jer. 32. 41. 
m Pr. 1.IJ6. 
Rov. 18*0. 
n Jer. 31. 2. 
Matt. 11.28. 
o Lov.36.36. 
p Lov.26.16. 
q Ex. 20. 2. 
ch. 17. 16. 
Uosea 9.3. 
a chap. 1. 1, 
h Lev.26. 3. 
chnp. 5.2. 
c Ex. 19. 4. 
Micah 6. 5. 
drb.4.31,31. 
Isa.C.9,10. 
E/.ek.3C.26. 
Matt. 13. 9. 
3.5. 
4 



plagues for disobedience.' 

evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, 
and toward her daughter, 

57 And toward her « young one that correth out from 
between her feet, and toward her children which she shall 
bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly 
in the siege and straitness wherewith thine enemy shall 
distress thee in thy gates. 

t 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law 
that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear e this 
glorious and fearful f name THE LORD THY GOD ; 
w 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues e wonderful, and 
the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long 
continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 
™ 60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the diseases of 
h Egypt, which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave 
unto thee. 

w 61 Also every sickness, and every plague which is not 
written in the book of this law, them will the Lord * bring 
upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 

«> 62 And ye shall be left ' few in number, whereas ye 
were as k the stars of heaven for multitude ; because thoa 
wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 
w 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced 
over you ' to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the 
Lord m will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring 
you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land 
whither thou goest to possess it. 

r 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people 
from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and 
there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor 
thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 
T 65 And among these nations shalt thou find n no ease, 
neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord 
shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, 
and r sorrow of mind. 

66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee : and thou 
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of 
thy life : 

67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were 
even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were 
morning ! for the fear of thy heart wherewith thou shalt 
fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 

' 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into q Egypt again 
with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou 
shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall be sold unto 
your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, and no ma?/ 
shall buy you. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
Moses exhorteth them to obedience, by the memory of the works they have 

seen, 2. Jill are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant, 10. 

The great ivrath on him that ilaltereth himself in his wickedness, 20. 

Secret things belong unto Goa, 29. 

THESE are the words of the covenant which the Lord 
commanded Moses to make with the children of Is- 
rael in the land of a Moab, besides the covenant which he 
made with them in b Horeb. 

/2 f And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto 
them, Ye have c seen all that the Lord did before your 
eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his 
servants, and unto all his land; 

3 The great a temptations which thine eyes have seen, 
the signs, and those great miracles : 

4 Yet the Lord hath c not given you a heart to perceive, 
and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 

m 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness : yom 
clothes are not waxen old f upon you, and thy shoe is not 
waxen old upon thy foot. 

6 Ye have not eaten e bread, neither have ye drunk 
h wine or strong drink : that ye might know that I am the 
Lord your God. 

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Wrath to the wicked. 

g 7 And when ye came unto this place, J Sihon the king 
of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against 
us unto battle, and we smote them : 

8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance 
unto the k Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half- 
tribe of Manasseh. 

d 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do 
tfeem, that ye may ' prosper in all that ye do. 
/ 10 % Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your 
God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your 
officers, with all the men of Israel, 

11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy m stranger that 
is in thy camp, from the n hewer of thy wood, unto the 
drawer of thy water : 

d 12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the 
Lord thy God, and into ° his oath, which the Lord thy 
God maketh with thee this day : 

13 That he may establish thee to-day for a p people un- 
to himself, and that he may be unto thee a q God, as he 
hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fa- 
thers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and 
this oath ; 

15 But with him that stanoetn nere with us this day be- 
fore the Lord our God, and also with him that is r not 
here with us this day : 

g 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of 
Egypt ; and how we came through the nations which ye 
passed by ; 

p 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, 
wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :) 
p 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or 
family, or tribe, whose s heart turneth away this day from 
the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these na- 
tions ; lest there should be among you a root that bear- 
eth ■ gall and wormwood ; 

w 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of 
this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I 
shall have peace, though I walk in the b imagination of 
my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst : 
«>20 The Lord will 'not spare him, but then the anger 
of the Lord and his "jealousy shall smoke against that 
man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall 
a lie upon him, and the Lord shall y blot out his name 
from under heaven. 

21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil z out of 
all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the 
covenant that are written in this book of the law 
id 22 So that the generation to come of your children that 
shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come 
from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of 
that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid 
upon it ; 

/ 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and 
a salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor 
any b grass groweth therein, like the c overthrow of Sodom, 
and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord 
overthrew in his d anger and in his wrath : 

24 Even all nations shall say, e Wherefore hath the 
Lord done thus unto this land 1 what meaneth the heat 
of this great anger 1 

25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken 
the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he 
made with them when he brought them forth out of the 
land of Egypt : 

p 26 For they went and served other gods, and worship- 
ped them, gods whom they f knew not, and c whom he 
had not given unto them ; 

27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this 



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DEUTERONOMY. Mercy promised the penitent, 

land, to bring upon it E all the curses that are written in 
this book : 

28 And the Lord h rooted them out of their land in an- 
ger and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them 
into another land, as it is this day. 
t 29 The * secret things belong unto the Lord our God : 



i Nu. 31. 21. 
kNu.32.33. 
1 1 Kgs. 2.3. 
m Ex. 12.38. 
n Josh 9. 
21,27. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
oNeh.10.29. 
Eccl. 8. 2. 
p ch. 7. 6. 
&28.9. 
q Gen. 17. 7. 
r Jer. 31. 31, 
32, 33. 
Acts 2. 39. 
Heb.8. 7, 8, 
9,10. 
s Prov.4.23 

Heb. 3. 12. 

a Or, apoi- 

sonful herb. 

Heb. rosh, 

eh. 32. 39. 

Jer. 9. 15. 

IIos. 10. 4. 

Amos 6. 12. 

Acts 8. 23. 

Heb. 12. 25, 

6 Or, stub- 
bornness, 

Jer. 3. 17. 

& 7. 24. 

t Pe. 59. 5. 

Uohn 1.7. 

u Ex. 20. 5. 

Prov. 6. 34. 

x Gen. 4. 7. 

ycli. 25.19. 

7. ch. 10. 8. 

Ezek. 13. 9. 

a Ps. 107. 34. 

b Rev. 9. 4. 

cGen.19.25. 

d Jer. 20. 16. 

e Jer. 22. 8. 

f Ps. 1. 6. 

cHeb. 

wlio had 

not divided 

to them, 

chap. 4. 19. 



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gDan.9.11. 
h Jer. 24. 0. 
& 42. 10. 
1 Pet. 1. 5. 
i Acts 7. 1. 
k Isa. 8. 20. 
a Rum. 8. 3, 
4. 

Gal. 3. 24. 
bch.4.29,30. 

1 Kgs. 8. 46. 
Luke 15. 17. 
c Lam.3.40. 
John 6. 35. 
Rom. 10. 10. 
d Ps. 68. 18. 
Ephes. 4. 8. 

2 Pet. 2. 19, 
20. 

Lam.3.2?. 
Matt. 9. 36. 
f Jer. 31.10. 
" John 7. 

1 Pet. 1. 1. 

hPs. 69.36. 
i Col. 2. 11. 
kRom. 13. 
10. 

IlTiro.4.8. 
nrfsa.65.19. 
Jer. 32. 41. 
Luke 15. 6, 
7. 

n Rom. 10.6. 
och. 17. 18. 
Prov.30. 18. 
Jer. 32. 17. 
pJohn 3.13. 
Rom. 10. 6. 
lTim.3.1G. 
qPs. 71. 20. 
Rom. 10. 7. 
r John 5. 46. 
Rom. 10. 8. 
s John 6.29. 
Heb. 8. 10. 
t. John 14. 
15. 

1 John 3. 
23. & 5. 3. 
a ch. 29. 18. 
Acta 50. 30. 



but those things which are k revealed belong unto us, and 
to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of 
this law. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

Great mercies promised unto the repentant, 1. The commandment is 

manifest, 11. Life and death are set before them, 15. 

ND it shall come to pass, when all these things are 

come upon thee, the a blessing and the curse, which 

I have set before thee, and thou shalt b call them to mind 

among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath 

driven thee, 

2 And shalt c return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt 
obey his voice according to all that I command thee this 
day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul ; 

* 3 That then the Lord thy God will a turn thy captivity, 
and have e compassion upon thee, and will return and 
f gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy 
God hath scattered thee. 

r 4 If any of thine be s driven out unto the utmost parts 
of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather 
thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 

5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land 
which thy fathers h possessed, and thou shalt possess it: and 
he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 
6 6 And the Lord thy God will ; circumcise thy heart, 
and the heart of thy seed, k to love the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,that thou mayestlive. 
7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon 
thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which perse- 
cuted thee. 

d 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord.. 
and do all his commandments which I command thee 
this day. 

b 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee ! plenteous in 
every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in 
the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for 
good : for the Lord will again m rejoice over thee for good, 
as he rejoiced over thy fathers : 

10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which 
are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 
ell ^[ For n this commandment which I command thee 
this day, it is ° not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 

12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, p Who 
shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we 
may hear it, and do it ? 

13 Neither is" it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, 
"Who shall q go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, 
that we may hear it, and do it 1 

14 But r the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart, that thou mayest s do it. 

e 15 % See, I have set before thee this day life and good, 
and death and evil ; 

16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord 
thy God, to walk in his ways, and to ' keep his command- 
ments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou 
mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall 
bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 

«> 17 But if thy heart "turn away, so that thou wilt not 
hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, 
and serve them ; 

18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely 

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Moses encourageth Joshua. DEUTERONOMY. 

% perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the 
land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 

d 19 y I call heaven and earth to record this day against 
you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing 
and cursing : therefore z choose life, that both thou and 
thy seed may live : 

* 20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that 
Uioa mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave 
unto him (for he is a thy life, and the length of thy days) 
that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware 
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to 



x ch. 4. 26. 

y ch. 4. 26. 

1 Tim. 5.21. 

zJosh.24.22. 

Rom. 3. 27. 

a John 11. 

25. & 17.3. 

Acta 17. 25. 

a Ex. 7. 7. 

Acts 7. 20. 

b Num. 27. 

17. 

chap. 3. 20. 

Isa. 40. 31. 

c Num. 20. 

12. 

d ch. 9. 1,3. 

e Num. 27. 

16. 

John 1. 17. 

Rom. 10. 4. 

f Num. 21. 

23. 

12. 



b go out and come 
c Thou shalt not go 



13. 

i Ps. 27. 14. 
Prov.31.17, 
fc Josh. 10. 
25. 

1 Chr.22.13. 
] Heb. 13. 5. 
m Ex.29.30. 
ch. 17, 18. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
n Num. 3. 3. 
o Hos. 4. 6. 
Micah 3. 1. 
]) ch. 15. 1. 
q Luke 4. 18. 
r Lev.23.34. 
6 ch. 16. 2. 
tNeh.8.1,2. 
u Nch. 8. 8. 
x Ex. 23. 17. 
yEccl.12.1. 
z Num. 27. 
17. 

John 1. 17. 
a Ex. 33. 9 



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give them. 

CEL\PTER XXXI. 

Moses encourageth the people, 1 : He encourageth Joshua, 7 : He de- 
livered the law unto the priests, to read it in the seventh year to the peo- 
ple, 9. God giveth a charge to Joshua, 14, and a song to testify against^\ c j; 16 
the people, 19. Moses delivereth the book of the law to the Levites to 
keep, 24 : He makcth a protestation to the elders, 28. 

ND Moses went and spake these words unto all Is- 
rael. 

2 And he said unto them, I am a a hundred and twen 
ty years old this day ; I can no more 
in : also the Lord hath said unto me, 
over this Jordan. 

r 3 The Lord thy God, d he will go over before thee, and 
he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou 
shalt possess them : and e Joshua he shall go over before 
thee., as the Lord hath said. 

r 4 And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon, 
and to Og, kings of the f Amorites, and unto the land of 
them, whom he destroyed. 

5 And the Lord shall give them up before your face, 
that ye may do unto them according unto all the com- 
mandments which I have B commanded you. 
d 6 h Be strong and of a ' good courage, fear not, nor be 
afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth 
go k with thee, he will ' not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 
/7 % And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him 
in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good cou- 
rage : for thou must go with this people unto the land 
which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give 
them ; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 

8 And the Lord, he it is that dotli go befori 
will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake 
thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 
/9 ^[And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto 
the m priests the sons of Levi, which n bare the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord, and unto all the ° elders of Israel. 

10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end 
of every p seven years, in the solemnity of the year of 
1 release, in r the feast of tabernacles, 

1 1 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord 
thy God in the place which he shall 9 choose, thou shalt 
'read this law before all Israel in their "hearing. 

<U2 Gather the people together, men, and women, and 
x children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that 
they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the 
Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 

'>■' 13 And that their children which have not known any 
thing, may y hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, 
as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan 
to possess it. 

■f 14 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days 
approach that thou must die : call Joshua, and present! rJosrTai 



a Heb. lie 
down, 
Isa. 57. 2. 
b Gen. 25. 8. 
c Num.lC.2. 
«l Ex.31. 15. 
Lev. 20. 5. 
ech.7. 16. 
Ezcfc. 34. 5. 
&38.12. 
I, Heb. find 
t.Ii cm. 
Neb. 9. 32. 
fPs. 32.1,2. 
K Ex. 4. 15, 
2 Sam. 14. 3, 
h ch. 32. 15. 
Noh.9.25, 
26. 

i Gen. 6. 5. 
1 Chr. 28. 9. 
& 29. 18. 
Ps. 139. 2. 
Jor. 10. 23. 
John 2. 23. 
k verso 8. 
Josh. 1.3, fi. 
1 John 1.16. 
17. 

Acts 7. 45. 
Ejih. 1.3,5 
in Num. 4. 
15. & 10.21 
Josh. 3.6,7, 
& 6. 12. 
1 Kg9. 8. 3. 
1 Chr. 15. 2. 
n 2 Kings 
22.8. 

o Ex. 32. 9. 
laa. 48. 4. 
Acts 7.51. 
pcli. 9. 7. 
qch.3(). 19. 



yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I 
may 7 give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went and 
presented tlfemselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 
wi 15 And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a a pil- 
lar of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud stood over the 
door of the tabernacle. 

34 



31. 

Acts 20. 30 
rf.h.ll. 16, 
t Lov.SG.lS 
ch.28. 15. 

« Im. i. a. 

b Micah 5. 

7. 

c P». 72. 5, 

6. 

.1 Judo 25. 



The book of the law, 
fl6 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt 
1 sleep with thy b fathers, and this people will c rise up 
and go a d whoring after the gods of the strangers of the 
land, whither they go to be among them, and will for- 
sake me, and break my covenant which I have made 
with them. 

w 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in 
that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face 
from them, and they shall be e devoured, and many evils 
and troubles shall b befall them, so that they will say in 
that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our 
God is not among us 1 

18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the 
evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are 
turned unto other gods. 

d 19 Now therefore write ye f this song for you, and teach 
it the children of Israel : put it in g their mouths, that this 
song maybe a witness for me against the children of Israel. 

20 For when I shall have brought them into the land 
which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk 
and honey ; and they shall have eaten and filled them- 
selves, and waxen h fat ; then will they turn unto other 
gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my 
covenant. 

21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and 
troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify 
against them as a witness : for it shall not be forgotten 
out of the mouths of their seed : for * I know their imagi- 
nation which they go about, even now, before I have 
brought them into the land which I sware. 

22 % Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, 
and taught it the children of Israel. 

/23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and 
said, k Be strong and of a good courage : for l thou shalt 
bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware 
unto them : and I will be with thee. 
/ 24 ^f And it came to pass, when Moses had made an 
end of writing the words of tills law in a book, until they 
were finished, 

25 That Moses commanded the m Levites which bare 
the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 

26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the n side of 
the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it 
may be there for a witness against thee. 

c 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy ° stiff neck : be- 
hold, while I am p yet alive with you this day, ye have 
been rebellious against the Lord ; and how much more 
after my death 1 

28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and 
your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, 
and '' call heaven and earth to record against them. 
r 29 For I know that r after my death ye will utterly cor- 
rupt yourselves, and turn aside from the 3 way which I have 
commanded you ; and l evil will befall you in the latter 
days ; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to 
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 
/ 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congrega- 
tion of Israel the words of this song until they 
ended. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Moses' sona; which sellelh forth God's mercy and vengeance. 1 
horlcth them to set their hearts upon it, 46. God sew'" 
mount Nebo, to see the. land, and die, 4S. 

IVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak 
O a earth, the words of my mouth. 
i 2 My doctrine shall b drop as the rain, my speech shall 
distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tonder herb, 
and as the c showers upon the grass : 
«3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : "as* 



were 



He ex- 
God sendeth him up to 



G' 



and hear, 



cribe ve greatness unto our 



God. 
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Moses 1 song of God's 
1 4 He is the e Rock, his { work is perfect : for all his 
ways are judgment : a God of truth and s without iniquity, 
just and right is he. 

c 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the 
spot h of his children : they are a perverse and * crooked 
generation. 

« 6 Do ye thus k requite the Lord, O foolish people and 
unwise 1 is not he ' thy father that hath m bought thee 1 
hath he not made thee, and established thee 1 

7 f Remember the days of old, consider the years of 
many generations : ask thy father, and he will n shew thee ; 
thy elders, and they will tell thee. 

8 When the Most High ° divided to the nations their 
inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he p set 
the bounds of the people according to the number of the 
children of Israel. 

b 9 For the Lord's q portion is his people ; Jacob is the 
lot of his inheritance. 

10 r He found him in a 'desert land, and in the waste 
howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, 
he kept him as the ' apple of his eye. 

ill As an u eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over 
her young, spreadeth abroad her x wings, taketh them, 
beareth them on her wings ; 

12 So the Lord y alone did z lead him, and there was no 
strange god with him. 

* 13 He made him ride on the a high places of the earth, 
that he might eat the increase of the fields ; and he made 
him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty 
rock; 

14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, 
and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat 
of kidneys of wheat ; and thou didst drink the b pure blood 
of the grape. 

c 15 If But c Jeshurun d waxed fat, and e kicked : thou art 
waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with 
fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly 
esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 

16 They provoked him to f jealousy with strange gods, 
with abominations provoked they him to anger. 

17 They sacrificed unto g devils, not to God ; to gods 
whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, 
whom your fathers feared not. 

c 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art h unmindful, 
and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 

« 19 And when the Lord saw it, he £ abhorred them, be- 
cause of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 

c 20 And he said, I will k hide my face from them, I will 
see what their end shall be : for they are a very froward 
generation, children in whom is no faith. 

r 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is 
'not God ; they have provoked me to anger with their va- 
nities : and I will move them to jealousy with those which 
are not a people ; I will provoke them to anger with a 
m foolish nation. 

* 22 For n a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn 
unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her 
increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 

23 I will heap mischiefs upon them ; I will spend mine 
arrows upon them. 

r 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with 
burning heat, and with bitter destruction : I will also send 
the p teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of q ser- 
pents of the dust. 

'* 2 $ The r sword without, and terror within, shall destroy 
both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with 
the man of gray hairs. 

' 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would 
make the remembrance of them to cease from among men; 



DEUTERONOMY 



B. Christ 
1451. 



e 2 Sam.22. 
2, 3. 

fPs. 92. 4. 
g Ps. 92. 15. 
h Gal.3. 19. 
i Isa. 42 16, 
k Ps. 116. 
12, 13. 
1 1 Pet. 1. 3. 
m 1 Cer. 6. 
20. 

nPs.44.1,2. 
o ch. 2. 5. 
pNu. 31.13 
q Ex. 19. 5, 
rNu. 11.22. 
s ch. 8. 15. 
Jer. 2. G. 
Ecek. 20.35. 
Eph. 2. 11. 
t Pa. 17. 8. 
Zech.2.8. 
u Ex. 19.4. 
x Isa. 40.11. 
y Isa. 43.11. 
z Ps. 78. 14. 
ach. 1.28. 
Isa.58. 14. 
b Isa. 63. 2. 
Rev. 14. 19. 
c ch. 33. 5. 
Isa. 44. 2. 
dNeh.9.25. 
e 1 Sam. 2. 
29. 

fc'h.4.24. 
g2Cor. 11. 
15. 

h Jer. 2. 32. 
i Lam. 2. 6. 
k Ps. 27. 8. 
11 Cor. 8.4, 
5. & 10. 19. 
m Rom. 11. 
14. 

n Amos 2. 2. 
Mai. 4. 1, 2. 
o Ps. 91. 5. 
Ezek. 5. 16, 
Zech. 9. 5. 
p Lev.26.22. 
q Gen. 3.1, 
r Ezek. 7. 
15. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



s Ezek. 20. 
13. 

t Ps. 140. 8. 
u Jer. 4. 22 
x Ps. 107.43. 
yLam. 1. 9. 
z Lev. 26. 
7,8. 

a Ps. 44. 12. 
bPe. 115. 3. 
c Nu. 23. 8. 
d Isa. 1. 10. 
e Isa. 5. 4. 
f Song 4. 10. 
glTim.4.1. 
h Job 14. 17. 
Job 33. 16. 
k Rom. 12. 
91. 

1 Ps. 17. 4. 
m Gen. 15. 
16. 
n 2 Pet. 2. 3. 

Amos 7. 
3. 

p'Judg. 10. 
14. 

q Hos. 2. 8. 
r Isa. 43. 25. 
s 1 Sam .2.6. 
Rev. 1. 18. 
tEx.6. 8. 
Num. 14.30. 
u verse 42. 
Rev. 14. 14. 
x Isa. 63. 3. 
y Isa. 34. 8 
Jer. 51. 6. 
Rev. 18. 5. 
z Rom. 15. 
9,10. 

a Rev. 19. 1, 
2. 

b Ps. 85. 9. 
c Ps. 101. 1. 
dNu. 13.17. 
ch. 31. 14. 
e ch. 6. 6. 
& 11. 18. 
Ezek.\40. 4. 
&44.5. 
f Ps. 19. 11. 
gRom. 10.5. 
hNu.27.12. 
iNu.27. 12, 
ch.34. 1. 
kGcn. 15.15. 

1 Nu.20. 25. 
mNii.20.11.1 



mercy and judgment, 

27 s Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, 
lest their adversaries should ' behave themselves strange- 
ly, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the 
Lord hath not done all this. 

28 For they are a nation u void of counsel, neither is 
there any understanding in them. 

1 29 x O that they were wise, that they understood this, 
that they would consider their y latter end ! 

30 How should z one chase a thousand, and two put 
ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had a sold them, 
and the Lord had shut them up 1 

31 For their rock is not b as our Rock, even our ene- 
mies themselves being c judges : 

c 32 For their d vine is of the vine of Sodom, and. of the 
fields of Gomorrah : their e grapes are grapes of gall, 
their clusters are bitter : 

i 33 Their f wine is the g poison of dragons, and the cruel 
venom of asps. 

34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and h sealed up 
among my * treasures 1 

1 35 To me belongeth k vengeance, and recompense ; 
their foot shall ' slide in m due time : for the day of their 
calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon 
them n make haste. 

36 For the Lord shall judge bis people, ° and repent 
himself for his servants ; when he seeth that their power 
is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 

37 And he shall say, p Where are their gods, their rock 
in whom they trusted, 

38 Which did q eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank 
the wine of their drink-offerings 1 let them rise up and 
help you, and be your protection. 

* 39 See now that I, r even I am he, and there is no god 
with me : I s kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : 
neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 

t 40 For I'liftupmyhand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 

41 If I whet my glittering sword, and 'my hand take 
hold on "judgment; I will render vengeance to mine 
enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 

42 I will make mine arrows " drunk with blood, and my 
sword shall devour flesh ; and that with the blood of the 
slain and of the captives from the beginning of y revenges 
upon the enemy. 

t 43 Rejoice, 6 ye nations, z with his people : for he will 
avenge a the blood of his servants, and will render ven- 
geance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his 
b land, and to his people. 

/44 ^[ And Moses came and spake all the words of this 
c song in the ears of the people, he and d Hoshea the 
son of Nun. 

45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these 
words to all Israel : 

d 46 And he said unto them, e Set your hearts unto all 
the words which I testify among you this day, which ye 
shall command your children to observe to do, all the 
words of this law. 

47 For it is f not a vain thing for you : because it is 
s your life ; and through this thing ye shall prolong your 
days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 
/48 And the Lord h spake unto Moses that self-same 
day, saying, 

s 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount 
Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against 
Jericho ; and behold the land of Canaan which I give 
unto the children of Israel for a possession : 

50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be 
: gathered unto thy people ; as Aaron thy brother died in 
mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : 
g 5\ Because ye m trespassed against me among the 

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Moses blesselh the twelve tribes. DEUTERONOMY. 

children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the 
wilderness of Zin ; because ye sanctified n me not in the 
midst of the children of Israel. 

52 Yet thou shalt ° see the land before thee, but thou 
shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the chil 
dren of Israel. 

- CHAPTER XXXIII. 



The majesty of God, 2. The blessings of the twelve tribes, 6. The ex- 
cellency of Israel, 26. 

f k ND this is the a blessing wherewith Moses the man of 
f\ God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 
s 2 And he said, The Lord came from b Sinai, and rose 

up from c Seir unto them ; he shined forth from mount 

d Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints : from 

his right hand went a fiery law for them. 

3 Yea, he loved e the people ; f all his saints are in thy 
hand : and they e sat down at thy feet ; every one shall 
h receive of thy words. 

4 Moses commanded us a law ; even the J inheritance 
of the congregation of Jacob. 

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the 
people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 

6 % Let k Reuben live, and not die ; and let not his men 
be few. 

17 f And this is the blessing of 1 Judah : and he said, 
Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and m bring him unto his 
people : let his hands be n sufficient for him, and be thou 
a help to him from his enemies. 

»8 *| And of Levi he said, Let thy ° Thummim and thy 
Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at 
Massah, and with whom thou didst p strive at the waters 
of Meribah ; 

9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have 
q not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brethren 
nor knew his own children : for they have observed thy 
word, and kept thy covenant. 

r 10 They shall r teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel 
thy law ; they shall put s incense before thee, and whole 
burnt-sacrifice upon thine altar. 

1 1 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the 'work of 
his hands: smite through the loins of them that "rise against 
him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 

'12 If And of x Benjamin he said, The beloved of the 
Lord shall dwell in safety by him ; andihe LORD shall 
cover y him all the day long, and he shall dwell between 
his 7 shoulders. 

* 13 If And of "Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be 
his land, for the b precious things of heaven, for the c dew, 
and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 

14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, 
and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 

15 And for the chief things of the d ancient mountains, 
and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 

16 And for the precious things of the earth and e fulness 
thereof, and for the f good will of him that s dwelt in the 
bush : let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and 
upon the top of the head of him that was h separated from 
his brethren. 

17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his 
horns are like the horns of ; unicorns : with them he shall 
u push the people together to the ends of the earth : and 
they are the ' ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the 
thousands of Manasseh. 

' 18 *$ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, m in 
thy going out ; and n Issachar, in thy tents. 

19 They shall ° call the people unto the mountain; 
there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : for they 
shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures 
hid in the sand. 



n Lev. 10. 3. 

oHeb.11.13. 

a Gen. 27. 4. 

b Gal. 4. 25. 

c ch. 2. 4. 

dGen.21.21. 

e Judg. 5.4. 

f'Ps. 34. 4. 

g Acts. 22.3. 

Fi I'rov.2. 1. 

iPs.l 19.111. 

k Gen. 49. 4 

I Nn. 10. 14. 

m Zech. 2. 

12. 

n Gen. 49.8. 

o Ex. 28. 30. 

p Job 10. 2. 

Ps. 81. 7. 

n Ex. 32. 26. 

Lev. 10. 2. 

& 21. 11. ' 

r Ezek. 44. 

23. 

s 1 Kings 8. 

3,4. 

t Ezek. 43. 

27. 

uNnm.16.1 

x Josh. 18. 

11. 

yPs. 91. .1 

zNu.34.11. 

alChr. 5.2. 

bGen.24.35. 

c Gen. 27.28. 

d Hab. 3. 6. 

e Ps. 24. 1. 

f Luke 2.14 

g Ex. 3. 2. 

hGen.49.26 

i Nu.23. 22 

k Ps. 44. 5. 

lGen.48.19. 

m Gen. 49. 

13. 

nGen.49.13. 

o Isa. 2. 3. 



Joshua succeedeth Moses. 
r 20 % And of Cad he said, Blessed be he that * enlargeth 
Gad : he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the 
crown of the head. 



B. Christ 
1451. 



p G. n. 49. 
19. 

qNnm.32.1. 
r 1 Kings 
18. 40. 
9 Josh. 19. 
47. 

Judg. 18.27. 
t Matt. 4. 
13. & 9. I. 
u Luke 5.1. 
x Jer. 10. 6. 
y Ps. (18. 34. 

"to. 68. 35. 
a Ps. 55. 17. 
b P.i. 91. I. 

Song 2. 6. 
d Num.23.9. 
cPs. 104. 10. 
f Gen. 27.28. 

2 Sam. 7. 
23. 

h Jcr. 23. 6. 
i Rev. 1. 16. 
Eph.6. 17. 
k Ps. G(i. 12. 
Josh. 10. 24. 
25. 

a ch. 32. 40. 
oNu.32.37. 
c Ezek. 4o, 



Kcv. 21. 10. 
1 Isa. 8. 8. 
Zech; 2. 12. 
eGcn. 12. 
7. & 22. 16. 
fjBen. 12. (i. 
Heb. 11. ft 
g Num. 20. 
12. 

hJoih. 1.2. 
i Nu. 20. 28. 
k Judo 9. 
1 Judo 9. 
m Gen. 27.1. 
dNo.30.S9. 
o ha. 31. a 
Luke I. 14. 
pNu.27.18. 
<| Ex.33. 11. 
r Niim.11.7. 
rh. 1.31. 
Luke 10.31. 
Acta 3. 21. 
ft 10.40,4ft 
9 Cor. 5. 19. 



21 And he « provided the first P art for himself, because 
there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated : and he 
came with the heads of the people, he executed r the jus- 
tice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 

r 22 ^[ And of Dan he said, Dan is a 9 lion's whelp : he 
shall leap from Bashan. 

i- 23 % And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, ' satisfied with 
favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord, possess 
thou the "west and the south. 

r 24 «jf And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with 
children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let 
him dip his foot in oil. 

25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; and as thy days, 
so shall thy strength be. 

s 26 % There is * none like unto the God of Jeshurun, 
who y rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his z ex- 
cellency on the sky. 

t 27 The a eternal God is thy b refuge, and underneath are 
the everlasting c arms : and he shall thrust out the enemy 
from before thee ; and shall say, Destroy them. 

r 28 Israel then shall dwell in d safety alone; the e fountain 
of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine, also his 
f heavens shall drop down dew. 

6 29 Happy art thou, O Israel : s who is like unto thee, O 
people saved by the h Lord, the shield of thy help, and 
who is the 'sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies 
shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt k tread upon 
their high places. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 
Moses from mount JYebo vieweth the land, 1 : He dieih there, 5 : His bu- 
rial, 6: His age, 7: Thirty days' mourning for him, S. Joshua suc- 
ceedeth him, 9. TJie praise of Moses, 10. 

ND Moses a went up from the plains of Moab, unto 
the b mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is 
over against Jericho : and the Lord c shewed him all the 
land of Gilead, unto Dan, 

g 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Ma- 
nasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 

3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, 
the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 

/ 4 And the Lord said unto him, This is d the land which 
e I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, 
saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee 
to f see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt ff not go over 
thither. 

/ 5 ^f So Moses the b servant of the Lord ; died there in 
the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 

6 Tf And k he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, 
over against Beth-peor : but ' no man knoweth of his se- 
pulchre unto this day. 

/ 7 If And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old 
when he died : his m eye was not dim, nor his natural 
force abated. 

/ 8 ^f And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the 
plains of Moab n thirty days : so the days of weeping and 
mourning for Moses were ended. 

/ 9 If And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the "spirit 
of wisdom ; for Moses had p laid his hands upon him : and 
the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

/ 10 If And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like 
unto Moses, whom the Lord knew i face to face, 

1 1 In all the signs and the wonders which the Lord sent 
him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his 
servants, and to all his land ; 

12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the r great 
terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. 

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1451. 



a Rom. 1. 1. 
b 1 Kings 
19. 16. 
oDt. 11.24. 
d Ps. 12. C. 
Titus 1. 2. 
e Ex. 16. 1. 
f ch. 13, 



Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 
d 2 Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go 
over this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land 
Which c I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, 
that have I given unto you, d as I said unto Moses. 
g 4 From the e wilderness and this f Lebanon even unto 
the great river, the river s Euphrates, all the land of the 
Hittites, and unto the h great sea toward the going down of 
the sun, shall be your coast. 

r 5 There shall not any man be able to stand ° before 
thee all the days of thy "life : as I was with Moses, so I 
will be with thee : I will ' not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 k Be strong and of a good courage : for unto this peo- 
ple shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I 
sware unto their fathers to give them. 
d 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou 
mayest observe to do according to ' all the law which Mo- 
ses my servant commanded thee : turn not from it to 
m the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest * prosper 
whithersoever thou goest. 

d* 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of n thy 
mouth ; but thou shalt ° meditate therein day and night, 
that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is 
written therein : for then thou shalt make thy way pros 
perous, and then thou shalt have good success. 

9 p Have not I commanded thee 1 Be strong and of a 
good courage ; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed : 
q for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 
/ 10 U r Then Joshua commanded the officers of the peo 
pie, saying, 

11 Pass through the host and command the people, 
saying, e Prepare you victuals ; for within three days ye 
shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land 
which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. 
/ 12 % And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and 
to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 

13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of 
the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God 
hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. 

14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall 
remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side 
Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your brethren c armed, 
all the Eighty men of valour, and help them ; 

15 "Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as 
he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land 
which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall re- 
turn unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which 
Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan 
toward the sun-rising. 

c 16 % And they answered Joshua saying, x All that thou 
commandest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou send- 
est us, we will go. 

17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, 
so will we hearken unto thee : > only the Lord thy God 
be with thee, as he was with Moses. 

18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy com 
mandment, and will z not hearken unto thy words in all 
thatthou commandest him, he shall be put to death: onlv 
* be strong and of a good courage. 



CHAPTER I. 
The Lord appointed Joshua to succeed Moses 1. The borders of the 
promised land, 3. God promiseth to assist Joshua, 5, 9. He giveth 
\im instructions, 8. He prepareih the people to pass over Jordan, 10, 
Joshua putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their promises to 
Moses, 12. They promise him fealty, 16. 

NOW after the death of Moses, a the servant of the 
Lord, it came to pass, that the Lord b spake unto f, Nu.'atk 

a Heb. 
before 
thy face, 
Rom. 8.31. 
ilsa. 43.1,2. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
k 1 Cor. 16. 
13. 

Ps. 119. 6. 
m Prov. 4. 
27. 

Gal. 2. 14. 
b Or, do > 
wisely, 
Psalm 1. 3. 
Eph. 5. J5. 
nMt.12.34. 
Col. 3. 16. 

Ps. 1. 2. 
]>JJudg.G.14. 
Acts 4. 19. 

Ps. 27. 1. 

!r. 1. 8. 
r ch.10.8,0. 
Judg. 4. 6, 
10. 

s Ps. 37.^3. 
eOr, 

harnessed, 
Ex. 13. 18. 
t Isa. 13. 3. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
ulCor. 12. 
26. 

Phil. 2. 4. 
xEx.2. 17. 
Rom. 13. 5. 

1 Cor. 11. ]. 
Ephes. 6. 1. 
y verse 5. 
Rom. 8. 21. 
z Hcb.10.28. 
a Ezra 10.4. 
1 Cor. 12.21, 



B. Christ 
1451. 



aNurft.25.1 
a Heb. 
silently, 
Mt. 10. 16. 
b Luke 15.1. 
Heb. 11. 31. 
James 2. 25. 
c Ps. 127. 1. 
Prov.21. 30. 
dEx. 1. 17. 
e Rev.12.16. 
fRom.3.7,8. 
Heb. 11. 31. 
Isa. 33. 1. 
h Dt. 22. 8. 
i Ex. 1. 17. 
Matt. 5. 7. 
k Prov. 21. 
30. 

1 Ps. 9. 16. 
mDt. 28.10. 
blleb.inelt, 
Isa. 13. 7. 
n Ex.15. 14 
Amos 1. 2. 
o Ex. 14.21 
Ps. 77. 14. 
p Num. 21. 
24. 

2 Kings 
12.4. 
c Heb. 
rose up, 
Rev. 6. 16. 
qlSam.20. 
31. 

Prov. 18.24. 
r ch. G. 23. 
<illeb. Our 
soul be to 
die for you, 
2 Tim. 1.16. 
s2Sam.9.1. 
Matt. 5. 7. 
t Acts 9. 25. 
u verse 22. 
Eccl. 9. 18. 
x Ex. 20. 7. 
e Heb. 
gather, 
Gen. 7. 1. 
Matt. 23.37. 
Acts 27. 24. 
j Acts27.31. 



CHAPTER II. 
Rahab receiveth and concealelh the two spies sent from Shittim, 1 : The 
covenant between her and them, 8 : Their return and relation, 23. 

ND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of a Shittim two 
men to spy "secretly, saying, Go view the land, even 
Jericho. And they went, and came into b a harlot's house,, 
named Rahab, and lodged there. 

2 And c it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, 
there came men in hither to-night of the children of Is- 
rael, to search out the country. 

/3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, 
J Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are 
entered into thy house : for they be come to search out 
all the country. 

4 And the woman took the two men, and e hid tnem, 
and said thus, There came men unto me, but f I wist not 
whence they were : 

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the 
gate, when it was dark, that the men went out : whither 
the men went, I wot not : g pursue after them quickly ; 
for ye shall overtake them. 

/ 6 But she had brought them up to the h roof of the 
house, and hid them with the '* stalks of flax, which she 
had laid in order upon the roof. 

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan 
unto the fords : and as soon as they which pursued after 
them were gone out, they k shut the gate. 
/8 f And before they were lain down, she came up unto 
them upon the roof ; 

9 And she said unto the men, ' I know that the Lord 
hath given you the land, and that your m terror is fallen 
upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land "faint be- 
cause of you. 

10 For we have n heard how the Lord ° dried up the 
water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of 
Egypt ; and what ye did unto the p two kings of the Amo- 
rites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, 
whom ye utterly destroyed. 

1 1 1 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts 
did melt, neither did there c remain any more courage in 
any man, because of you : for the Lord your God, he is 
God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 
/12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the 
Lord, q since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will 
also shew kindness unto my r father's house, and give me 
a true token : 

13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mo- 
ther, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they 
have, and deliver our lives from death. 

14 And the men answered her, d Our life for yours, if 
ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the 
Lord hath given us the land, that we will s deal kindly 
and truly with thee. 

/15 Then she ' let them down by a cord through the win- 
dow : for her house ivas upon the town-wall, and she 
dwelt upon the wall. 

16 And u she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, 
lest the pursuers meet you ; and hide yourselves there 
three days, until the pursuers be returned : and afterward 
may ye go your way. 

/17 And the men said unto her, We will be "blameless 
of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 

18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind 
this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst 
let us down by : and thou shalt ' bring thy father, and thy 
mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household 
home unto thee. 

19 4nd it shall be, that whosoever shall 5 go out of the 

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Joshua encourageth the people. 

doors of thy house into the street, 2 his blood shall be upon 
his head, and we will be guiltless : and whosoever shall 
be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, 
if any hand be upon him 

20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be 
quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 
/21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. 
And she sent them away, and they departed : and she 
bound the scarlet line in the window. 

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and 
abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned : 
and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, 
a but found them not. 

/ 23 % So the two men returned, and descended from the 
mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son 
of Nun, and told him all things that befel them : 

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly b tne Lord hath 
delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the in- 
habitants of the country do -'"faint because of us. 

CHAPTER III. 
Joshua cometh to Jordan, 1. The officers instruct the people for the pas- 
sage, 2. The Lord encourageth Joshua,!. Joshua encourageth the 
people, 9. The toaters of Jordan are divided, 14. 

v k ND Joshua a rose early in the morning ; and they re- 
tA. moved from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and 
all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they 
passed over. 

/2 And it came to pass after b three days, that the offi 
cers went through the host ; 

3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye 
see the c ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and 
the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall d remove 
from your place, and go after it 

4 Yet there shall be a ° space between you and it, about 
two thousand cubits by measure : come not near unto it 
that ye may know the way by which ye must go ; for ye 
have not passed this way heretofore. 

d 5 And Joshuasaid unto the people, f Sanctify yourselves: 
for s to-morrow the Lord will do h wonders among you. 
/6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, l Take up 
the ark of the covenant, and pass over k before the people. 
And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went be- 
fore the "people. 

b 7 «[[ And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I 
begin to ' magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they 
may know that m as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 
8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark 
of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink 
of the water of Jordan, ye shall* 11 stand still in Jordan. 



/9 ^f And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come p| iu.& 
hither, and ° hear the words of the Lord your God. 

10 And Joshua said, p Hereby ye shall know that the 
1 living God is among you, and that he will without fail 
r drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hit- 
tites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgash- 
;tes, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 

1 1 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the s Lord of all 
the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 

12 Now therefore take you 'twelve men out of the 
tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 

r 13 And it shall come to pass, u as soon as the soles of 
the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the 
Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, 
thalthe waters of Jordan shallbe cut offfrom the waters that 
come down from above ; and they shall "stand upon a heap. 
/14 If And it came to pass, when the people removed 
from their tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests bear- 
ing the y ark of the covenant before the people ; 

15 And as they that bear the ark were come unto Jor- 
dan, rind the *fcct of the priests that bare the ark werc|! ( (7;. 
35 S 



JOSHUA. God magniftelh Joshua. 

dipped in the brim of the water, (for a Jordan overfloweth 
all his banks all the time of harvest,) 

a 16 That the waters which came down from above stood 
and b rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam, 
that is beside c Zaretan ; and those that came down to- 
ward the sea of the plain, even the d salt sea, failed, and were 
cut off: and the people passed over e right against Jericho. 

« 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of 
the Lord stood firm on dry ground f in the midst of Jor= 
dan, and all g the Israelites passed over on dry ground, un= 
til all the people were passed clean over Jordan. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of 
Jordan, 1. Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan, 9. 
The people pass over, 10, 19. God magnifieth Joshua, 14. Thetwelve 
sto7ies are pitched in Gilgal, 20. 

/ A ND it came to pass, when all the people were clean 
a passed over Jordan, that the b Lord spake unto 
Joshua, saying, 

2 Take you c twelve men out of the people, out of eve- 
ry tribe a man, 

3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out 
of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' 
d feet stood firm, twelve e stones, and ye shall carry them 
over with you, and leave them in the lodging-place where 
ye shall lodge this night. 

/ 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had pre- 
pared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man : 

5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark 
of the Lord f your God into the midst of Jordan, and take 
you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, accord- 
ing unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel : 

6 That this may be a s sign among you, that when your 
children ask their fathers a in time to come, saying, h What 
mean ye by these stones 1 

7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jor- 
dan were ' cut off before the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord ; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan 
were cut off: and these stones shall be for a k memorial 
unto the children of Israel for ever. 
/8 And the children cf Israel did so as Joshua commanded, 
and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as 
the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of 
the tribes of" the children of Israel, and carried them over 
with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them 
down there. 

/ 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the ' midst of Jor- 
dan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the 
ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day, 
/ 10 U" For the priests which bare the ark stood in the 
midst of Jordan, m until every thing was finished that the 
Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, ac- 
cording to all that n Moses commanded Joshua : and the 
people ° hasted and passed over. 

1 1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean 
passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and 
the priests in the presence of the people. 

12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, 
and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over aimed 'before 
the children of Israelis Moses spake unto I hem : 

_ 13 About forty thousand 'prepared for war, passed over 
p before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 

/14 f On that day the Lord *" magnified Joshua in the 
sight of all Israel, and they feared him as they r 




eGcii. 28.22. 
ch. 24. 27. 
Job 28. 2. 
fEx. 20. 2. 
Ps. 33. 12. 
S Ex. 14. 13. 
I)cut. 6. 20. 
vorse 7. 
a Hcb. 
to-morrow, 
Ph. 44. 1. 
h Ps. 77.10, 
II. & 111.2. 
i ch. 3. 10. 
k Gen. 13. 15. 
Pa. 103. 2. 
I IV 65. 8. 
en Ex. 23. 13. 
Gal. fi. 9. 
ii Nn. 27.21. 
o Mt. 1 L30. 
Heb, 11.29. 
b Hob. 

before the 
fo.ee of, 



feared 



Niim°32.2(i. Moses, all the days of his life. 



c Or,' ready 
armed 



Sph. r, 

iNu.: 



pIMu. 32.21. 

•i ' b. a 7. 

r Ex. 11. 31. 
« Ex. 25. Ifi. 



/ 1.5 And the Lonn spake gnto Joshua, saying, 

16 Command the priests that bear the 6 ark of the tes- 
timony, thai they come up out of Jordan. 
n n Joshua therefore commanded the priest, saying 
1 Come ye up out of Jordan. 

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yesterday, 
ere yester- 
day, 

chap. 3. 4. 
u Gen. 8. 12. 
Exod. 12. 2. 
IChr. 12.15. 
Ezra 7. 9. 
Joel 2. 23. 
x chap. 5. 7. 
/Heb. 
to-morrow, 
verse 6. 
y Ex. 14.23. 
?. Ps. 76. 8. 
Jer. 10. 6. 
& 32. 21). 
a Gen. 10. 6. 
bKu. 13.29. 
c Ex. 34.24. 
chap. 2. 9. 
Ps. 48. 5, 8. 
Rev. 18. 10. 
a Heb. 
swords, or, 
roe/fs, 

Exod. 4. 25. 
dMt. 16.24. 
John 4. 1, 2. 
e Num. J 4. 
28. 

1 Cor. 10.5, 

Heb. 3. 17. 

fHos. 6. 6. 

g Num. 14. 

23. 

Ps. 95. 10. 

h Num. 14. 

31 

i Eph.2. 14. 

Col. 3. 11. 

kGen.34.14 

Jer. 9. 25. 

lch. 24. 14. 

Ezek. 20. 7. 

b That is, 

Rouing, 

Gen. 22. 14. 

m Num. 9.1 

n Deut. 1. 8. 

oRev.21.22 



The passover kept at Gilgal. JOSHUA. 

18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the|dHob.wen«, 
midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were f^ls 
lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan re- 
turned unto their place, and "flowed over all his banks, 'as 
they did before. 

g 19 % And the people came up out of Jordan on the 
tenth day of u the first month, and encamped in x Gilgal, in 
the east border of Jericho. 

/ 20 % And those twelve stones which they took out of 
Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 

21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, 
When your children shall ask their fathers ^in time to 
come, saying, What mean these stones 1 

22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel 
came over this Jordan on dry land. 

23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan 
from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord 
your God did to the y Red sea, which he dried up from 
before us, until we were gone over : 

24 That all the people of the earth might know the 
hand of the Lord, that it is mighty : that ye might z fear 
the Lord your God for ever. 

CHAPTER V. 
The Canaanites are afraid, 1. Joshua reneiveth circumcision, 2. The 
pcrssover is kept at Gilgal, 10. Manna ceaseth, 12. An angel ap- 
peareth to Joshua, 13. 

f k ND it came to pass, when all the kings of the a Amo- 
,/% rites which were on the side of Jordan westward, and 
all the kings of the b Canaanites which loere by the sea, 
heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan 
from before the children of Israel, until we were passed 
over, that their c heart melted ; neither was there spirit in 
them any more, because of the children of Israel. 
i 2 ^[ At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee 
" sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel 
the second time. 

3 And d Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised 
the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 
/ 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise : All 
the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even 
all the men of war e died in the wilderness by the way, after 
they came out of Egypt. 

5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised ; 
but all the people that were f born in the wilderness by the 
way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not 
circumcised. 

6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the 
wilderness, till all the people that were men of war which 
came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed 
not the voice of the Lord : unto whom the Lord g sware 
that he would not shew them the land which the Lord 
sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that 
Uoweth with milk and honey. 

/ 7 And their children, whom b he raised up in their stead, 
them Joshua circumcised : for they were ! uncircumcised, 
because they had not circumcised them by the way. 

8 And it came to pass when they had done circumcising 
all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, 
till they were whole. 

g 9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled 
away the k reproach of Egypt ' from off you : Wherefore 
the name of the place is called . b Gilgal unto this day. 
1 10 ^[ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and 
kept m the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at 
even, in the plains of Jericho. 

11 And they did eat of n the old corn of the land on the 
morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched 
corn m the self-same day. 
/ 12 TI And the ° manna ceased on the morrow after they 



B. Ch'ri 

1451. 



p Dan. 8. 3. 
q Ex.23. 23. 
chap. 6. 2. 
r cb. 3. 10. 
Ps. 3. 8. 
Matt. 3. 16. 
s Ps. 139. 21. 
cOr, 
-prince, 
Dan. 12. 1. 
t Gen. 17. 3. 
ulSam. 3.9. 
x Ex. 3. 5. 

1 Cor. 2. 14. 
d Heb. 
holiness, 
■2 Pet. 1. 18. 
a Heb. did 
shut and 
was shut, 
Ps. 127. 1. 
a ch. 2. 9,14. 
b ch. 5. 13. 
c Dan. 2. 21. 
deb. 2. 11. 
e Num. 14.9. 
Job 9. 4. 
f2 Kings 5. 
10. 

2 Chr.20.17. 
2Kgs.5. 10. 
Zech. 4. 6. 
1 Cor. 1. 27. 
S 1 Kings 
18. 43. 
h Heb. 11. 
30. 

i2Chr.20. 
21. 

h Heb. on 
its place, 
chap. 2. 15. 
k Deut. 7. 1. 
Rev. 1. 12. 

1 ch. 1. 14. 
m ch. 4. 13. 
n Mt. 16.24. 

2 Cor. 10. 4, 
cOr, ga- 
thering 
host, 

Ps. 27. 10. 
o Acts 1. 7, 
10. 

p Ps. 112. 5. 
q verse 6. 
iChr. 15.26. 
rlKgs.18.3. 
Gal. 6. 9. 



Jericho besieged and compassed. 

had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the 
children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of 
the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 
v 13 % And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, 
that he p lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there 
stood q a man over against him with his r sword drawn in 
his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him. 
Art thou for us, or for our adversaries 1 

1 4 And he said, 8 Nay ; but as c captain of the host of the 
Lord am I now come. And Joshua l fell on his face to 
the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, "What saith 
my lord unto his servant 1 

15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, 
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place whereon 

thou standest is rf holy : and Joshua did so. 
CHAPTER VI. 

Jericho is shut up, 1. God instructeth Joshua hoiv to besiege it, 2. Tht 
city is compassed, 11. It must he accursed, 17. The walls fall down, 20 r 
Rahab is saved, 22. The builder of Jericho is cursed, 26. 

OW Jericho ° was straitly shut up, a because of the 

children of Israel : none went out, and none came in. 

/ 2 And the b Lord said unto Joshua, See, c I have given 

into thy hand Jericho, and the d king thereof, and the 

mighty men of valour. 

3 And ye shall e compass the city, all ye men of war, and 
go round about the city once : thus shalt thou do six days. 
T 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven 
trumpets of f rams' horns : and the seventh day ye shall 
compass the city s seven times, and the priests fa shall blow 
with the trumpets. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long 
blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of 
the trumpet, all the people_shall ! shout with a great shout : 
and the wall of the city shall fall down 'flat, and the peo- 
ple shall ascend up every man straight before him. 
/ 6 If And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and 
said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and lei 



seven * priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before 
the ark of the Lord. 

7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass 
the city, and let him that \is armed pass on before the ark 
of the Lord. 

/8 •[[ And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto 
the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trum- 
pets of rams' horns passed on m before the Lord, and n blew 
with the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord followed them. 

9 % And the armed men went before the priests that 
blew with the trumpets, and the c rere-ward came after the 
ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 

10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye 
shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, nei- 
ther shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the 
day I bid you shout, then shall ye shout. 

1 1 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going 
about it once : and they came into the camp, and lodged 
in the camp. 

/ 12 % And Joshua p rose early in the morning, and the 
priests took up the ark of the Lord. 

13 And q seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' 
horns before the ark of the Lord went on r continually, 
and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went 
before them ; but the rere-ward came after the ark of the 
Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 

14 And the second day they compassed the city once, 
and returned into the camp. So they did six days. 
/ 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they 
rose early about the dawning ol the day, and compassed 
the city after the same manner seven times : only on that 
day thev compassed the city seven times. 

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dOr, 
devoted, 
banned, 
Deut. 2. 34. 
Num. 24.10.' 
lKgs.16.34. 
Isa. 34. 6. 
Jer. 46. 10. 
Ezek.39.17. 
a chap. 2. 4. 
Matt. 10.41. 
Heb. 6. 10. 
2Pet.2.6,9. 
t ch. 7. 25. 
2 Sam. 21.1. 
Eccl. 9. 18. 
Jonah 1. 12. 
u verse 5. 
Rev. 18. 21. 
x Deut.2.34. 
lKgs.20.42. 
Rev. 18. 21. 
y ch. 2. 14. 
Ps. 15. 4. 
zNu.31.19. 
Deut. 21.10. 
Acts 2. 41. 
aRev.17.16. 
bch.ll. 20. 
Judg. 1. 24. 
c Matt. 1. 5. 
Luke 3. 32. 
d 1 Kings 
16. 34. 
e Ruth 4. 11. 
1 Sam. 2.30. 
2Sam.7. 9. 
Matt. 14. 1. 
a ch. 22. 20. 
Judg. 12. 7. 
h Ex. 4. 24. 
cGcn. 12.8. 
chap. 12. 9. 
dHos.4. 15. 
e Prov. 20. 
18. & 24. 6. 
Matt.10. 16. 
flsa.59.2. 
gLcv.26.36. 
hGen.37.29. 
i ch. 9. 14. 
Pe. 50. 15. 
kEsth.4. 1. 
1 Pet. 3. 5. 
HSam.4.10. 



The Israelites smitten at At. JOSHUA. 

16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the 
priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the peo- 
ple, Shout ; for the Lord hath given you the city. 
m 17 % And the city shall be "accursed, even it, and all 
that are therein, to the Lord : only Rahab the harlot shall 
live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she 
* hid the messengers that we sent. 

18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the ac- 
cursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye 
take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a 
curse, and ' trouble it. 

19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and 
fron, are consecrated unto the Lord : they shall come into 
Ihe treasury of the Lord. 

« 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the 
trumpets : and it came pass, when the people heard the 
sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a 
great shout, that the wall fell down u flat, so that the peo- 
ple went up into the city, every man straight before him, 
and they took the city. 

d 21 And they * utterly destroyed all that was in the city, 
both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, 
and ass, with the edge of the sword. 
/ 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied 
out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out 
thence the woman, and all that she hath, y as ye swear 
unto her. 

23 And the young men that were spies went in, and 
brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and 
her brethren, and all that she had ; and they brought out 
all her kindred, and left them z without the camp of Israel. 
/ 24 And they 'burntthe city with fire, and all that was there- 
in : only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and 
of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 
25 And Joshua b saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her 
father's household, and all that she had ; and she c dwell- 
eth in Israel even unto this day ; because she hid the 
messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 
w 26 If And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed 
he the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this 
city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in d his first- 
horn, and in his youngest son shall he setup the gates of it. 
27 So the Lord was with Joshua ; and his e fame was 
noised throughout all the country. 

CHAPTER VII. 
The Israelites arc smitten at Jli, 5. Joshua's complaint, 6. God in- 
structeth him what to do, 10. Achan is taken hy lot, 18 : His confes- 
sion, 20 : He and all he had arc destroyed in the valley of Jlchor, 25. 

BUT the a children of Israel committed a trespass in the 
accursed thing : for Achan, the son of Carmi, the 
son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took 
of the accursed thing: and the h anger of the Lord was 
kindled against the children of Israel. 
a 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to c Ai, which is 
beside d Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake 
unto them, saying, Go up and c view the country. And 
the men went up and viewed Ai. 

/ 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let 
not all the people go up ; but let about two or three thou- 
sand men go up and smite Ai : and make not all the peo 
pie to labour thither ; for they are but few. 

4 So there went up thither of the people about three 
thousand men : and they fled r before the men of Ai. 
S 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six 
men : for they chased them from before the gate even unto 
Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore 
the hearts of the people 8 melted, and became as water, 
■f 6 ^f And Joshua h rent his clothes, and fell to the earth 
upon his face 'before the arkof theLonDuntil the even-tide, 
he and the* elders of Israel, and 'put dust upon their heads. 



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m Job 21. 7. 
Jer. 32. 42. 
nch. 1.3,4. 
Pa. 110. 11 
a Heb. In 
me, Lord, 
o Hab. 2. I. 
b Heb. 
seeing that 
Israel hath 
turned the 
neck, 
chap. 1. 5. 
p Ps. 83. 4. 
q Ex.32. 12. 
Num. 14. 3. 
Ps. IOC. " 
Matt. 6. 9. 
r Ezra 10. 
2,3. 

Lam. 3. 40. 
s 1 Sam. 
15. 22. 
Prov. 21. 3. 
t Lov. 8.35. 
verse 1. 
u ch. 6. 18. 
x Acts 5. 1, 
2 i 

y Heb. 4. 13 
z Nu. 14. 45. 
a Ex. 19. 10. 
I.Pr. 16.33. 

■Nu. 27.21. 

1 Dt. 13. 15. 

Ex. 19. 5. 
fPs.18. 18. 
gNu.26.20. 
h 2 Tim. 2. 
25. 

i Ps.51.3. 
k IV. 28. 13. 

1 1 Join 2. 
10. 

c llcb. a 
cloak of 
Si oar. 

Ccn. in. io. 

TlllV.'lM. 16. 

n Jn. 20. 15. 
oEccl.5.13. 
d Heb. 
poured, 

verse 6. 
f Wch.trold- 
rn tonfrite. 
nCcn.I8.25. 

; robso as 



Achan taken by lot 
7 And Joshua said, Alas ! O Lord God, m wherefore hast 
thou at all brought this people over Jordan, n to deliver us 
into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God 
we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan ! 
d 8 > ° O Lord, ° what shall I say, b when Israel turneth 
their backs before their enemies ! 

9 For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land 
shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and p cut off 
our name from the earth : and q what wilt thou do unto 
thy great name 1 

10 Tf And the Lord said unto Joshua, r Get thee up ; 
wherefore s liest thou thus upon thy face 1 

t 11 ' Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed 
u my covenant which I commanded them : for they have 
even taken of the accursed thing, and have also * stolen, 
and dissembled also, and they have y put it even among 
their own stuff. 

12 Therefore the children of Israel z could not stand 
before their enemies, but turned their backs before their 
enemies, because they were accursed : neither will I be 
with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from 
among you. 

d 13 Up, a sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves 
against to-morrow : for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 
There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : 
thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take 
away the accursed thing from among you. 

14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought ac- 
cording to your tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe which 
the Lord b taketh shall come according to the families 
thereof ; and the family which the Lord shall take shall 
come by households ; and the household which the Lord 
shall take shall come man by man. 
a> 15 And it shall be, that he that is c taken with the ac- 
cursed thing shall be d burnt with fire, he and all he hath : 
because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, 
and because he hath wrought folly e in Israel. 
/ 16 Tf So Joshua f rose up early in the morning, and brought 
Israel by their tribes ; and the tribe of Judah was taken : 

17 And he brought the family of e Judah ; and he took 
the family of the Zarhites : and he brought the family of 
the Zarhites man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : 

18 And he brought his household man by man ; and 
Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Ze- 
rah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 
/ 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, h My son, give, I pray 
thee, s glory to the Lord God of Israel, and k make con- 
fession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done, 
hide it not from me. 

20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I 
have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and 
thus have I done. 

e 21 When I ' saw among the spoils a goodly c Babylonish 
garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge 
of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I m coveted them, and 
took them, and behold, they are "hid in the earth in the 
midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 
/ 22 If So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto 
the tent, and behold, it was hid in his "tent, and the silver 
under it. 

23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, 
and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children 
of Israel, and 'laid them out before the Loud. 
/21 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, look Achan 
the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and 
the * wedge of gold, and his p sons, and his daughters, and 
his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and 
i all that he had : and they brought them unto the valley 
of Achor 

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At taken by stratagem. 

25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou r troubled us 1 the 
Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned 
him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had 
stoned them with stGnes. 

g 26 And they raised over him a great s heap of stones 
unto this day. ' So the Lord turned from the fierceness 
of his anger: wherefore the name of that place was called, 
The valley of-^Achor, unto this day. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
God encourageth Joshua, 1. The stratagem whereby Ai was taken, 3. 
The king thereof is hanged, 29. Joshua buildeth an altar, 30, writeth 
the law on stones, 32,propoundeth blessings and cursings, 34. 

d A ND the Lord said unto Joshua, a Fear not, neither be 
jTIl thou dismayed : Make all the people of war with thee, 
and arise, go up to Ai : see, c I have given into thy hand 
the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land : 
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king, as thou didst 
unto d Jericho and her king : only the e spoil thereof, and 
the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves : 
lay thee an ambush for the city f behind it. 
/ 3 % So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go 
up against Ai : and Joshua chose out g thirty thousand 
mighty men of valour, and sent them away h by night. 

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall 
lie " in wait against the city, even behind the city : go not 
very far from the city, but be ye all ready : 

5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will ap- 
proach unto the city : and it shall come to pass when they 
come out against us, as at the first, that we will { flee be- 
fore them, 

6 (For they will come out after us) till we have 'drawn 
them from the city ; for they k will say, They flee before 
us, as at the first : therefore we will flee before them. 

7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize 
upon the city : for the Lord your God will deliver it into 
your hand. 

8 And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye 
shall set the city on fire : according to the commandment 
of the Lord shall ye do. See, ' I have commanded you 
s 9 ^1" Joshua therefore sent them forth ; and they went 
to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on 
the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among 
the people. 

/ 10 And Joshua rose up m early in the morning, and 
numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of 
Israel, before the people to Ai. 

1 1 And all the people, even the people of war that were 
with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the 
city, and pitched on the north side of Ai : now there was 
a valley between them and Ai. 

12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them 
to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side 
of the city. 

13 And when they had set the people, even all the host 
that was on the north of the city, and their c liers in wait 
on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the 
midst of the valley. 

/ 14 % And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, 
that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city 
went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at 
a time appointed, before the plain : but he n wist not that 
there were liers in ambush against him behind the city 

15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beat- 
en before them, and fled by the way of the ° wilderness. 
/ 16 And all the people that were in Ai were called toge- 
ther to pursue after them : and they pursued after Joshua, 
and p were drawn away from the city. 

17 And there was *»not a man left in Ai, or Beth-el, 
that went not out after Israel : and they left the city open, 
and pursued after Israel. 



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JOSHUA. Blessings and cursings offered, 

f 18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the 
spear that is in thy hand toward Ai ; for I will give it into 
thy hand. And Joshua r stretched out the spear that he 
had in his hand toward the city. 

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and 
they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand : and 
they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set 
the city on fire. 

20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they 
saw, and behold, the s smoke of the city ascended up to 
heaven, and "they had no power to flee this way or that 
way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned 
back upon the pursuers. 

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush 
had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascend- 
ed, then they turned again, and slew the men of" Ai. 

22 And the other issued out of the city against them ; 
so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, 
and some on that side : and they smote them, so that 
they let ' none of them remain or escape. 
/23 And the "king of Ai they took alive, and brought 
him to Joshua. 

24 And it came to pass when Israel had made an end 
of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wil- 
derness wherein they chased them, and when they were 
all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were con- 
sumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote 
it with the edge of the sword. 

25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men 
and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 

26 For Joshua "drew not his hand back wherewith he 
stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all 
the inhabitants of Ai. 

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel 
7 took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the 
word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua. 

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap z for ever, 
even a desolation unto this day. 

29 And the king of Ai he a hanged on a tree until even- 
tide : and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua command- 
ed that they should take his carcass down from the tree, 
and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and 
raise thereon a h great heap of stones, that remaineth unto 
this day. 

d 30 4 Then Joshua c built an altar unto the Lord God 
of Israel in d mount Ebal, 

31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the 
children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law 
of Mosefe, An altar of e whole stones, over which no man 
hath lifted up any iron : and they offered thereon f burnt- 
offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed g peace-offerings. 

/32 And he wrote there h upon the stones 'a copy of the 
law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the 
children of Israel. 

g 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and 
their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side 
before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that 
was born among them ; half of them over against mount 
k Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as 
Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, 
that they should ' bless the people of Israel. 

34 And afterward he m read all the words of the law, 
the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written 
in the book of the law. " 

d 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded.. 
mDt. 27. i4i j which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Is- 
nDeut^iijrael, with the n women, and the little ones, and the ° stran- 
gers that were conversant among them. 

HO 



r 1 Kings 
18. 17. 

3 ch. 8. 29. 
2 Sam. 18. 
17. 

1 2 Sam. 21. 
14. 

Prov. 21. 3. 
Zech. 6. 8. 
/That is, 
Trouble, 
verse 25. 
Is a. 65. 10. 
Hos. 2. 15. 
aDeut.1.21. 
Isa. 12. 1. 
b 2 Sam. 14. 
14. 

c Ps. 44. 3. 
Dan. 2. 21. 
d ch. 6. 21. 
e Dt. 20. 14. 
f verse 9. 
g verse 1. 
h 1 Thess. 
5.2. 

a Or, in 
ambush, 
Ps. 112. 5. 
i Bit. 10. 16. 

4 Heb. 
pulled, 
Eccl. 9. 18. 
kEx.15. 9. 
Judg. 5. 3. 
1 Kgs.20.18. 
Eccl. 8. 11. 

1 ch. 1. 16. 
2Sam.13.28. 
mPs.101.8. 
Jer. 48. 10. 
c Heb. 
supplant- 
ing, or, 
treading 
down, 

2 Sam.23. 7. 
Eccl. 9. 12. 
n 1 Sam. 15. 
32, 33. 
Eccl. 9.12. 
Dan.4.30,31. 

1 Thcas. 5. 

2 3. 

Rev.17.7,8. 
o ch. 18. 12. 
p Ex. 14.3,4. 
Ps. 11. 6. 
Ezek.38.11 
q verse 24. 
Job 5. 13. 



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rEs. 17. 11 
verse 7. 

1 Sam. 17. 6, 
sRev. IS. 9 
d Hob. in 
them there 
was no 
handtofiec. 
Num. 23.37, 
Ps. 48. 5. & 
76. 5.& 
104. 35. 
Isa. 22. 18. 
t Deut. 7. 2. 
Amos 2. 13 
u verse 29. 
Rev. 19. 18 
19. 

eHeb. 
mouth. 

x Ex. 17. 11. 
verse 18. 
y Num. 31 
22, 26. 
zNeh.11.31. 
a Dt.21. 23. 
ch. 9. 3. & 
10.1. 
Est. 7. 10. 
Ps. 107. 40. 
Acts 12. 23 
Rev. 19. 17, 
18. 

b ch. 7. 26. 
cGen. 8. 20. 
Deut. 11.29. 
& 27. 5. 

2 Chr.20.2G. 
Ps. 149. 6. 

d Judg. 9. 6, 
eEx. 20. 25. 
f Rom. 12.1. 
g Ex. 20. 24. 
h Ex. 34. 1. 
i Deut. 17.8 
k Dt. 11. 29 



Neh. 8. 2. 
o verse 33. 



The Gibeonites, by craft, obtain a league. 

CHAPTER IX. 

The kings combine against Israel, 1. The Gibeonites, by craft, obtain a 
league, 3, for which they are condemned to -perpetual bondage, 23. 

fk ND it came to pass, when all the kings which were on 
J\_ a this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and 
in all the coasts of the b great sea over against Lebanon, 
the c Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Periz- 
zite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard thereof; 

2 That they d gathered themselves together, to fight 
with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 
^3 f And when the inhabitants of e Gibeon f heard what 
Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 
/ 4 They did work g wilily, and went and made as if they 
had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their 
asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up ; 

5 And old shoes and clouted upon then feet, and old 
garments upon them ; and all the bread of their provision 
was dry and mouldy. 

6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at h Gilgal, 
and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come 
from a far country: nowtherefore make ye ^league with us. 

7 And the men of Israel said unto the k Hivites, Perad- 
venture ye dwell among us ; and ' how shall we make a 
league with you 1 

/8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy "servants. 
And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye 1 and from whence 
come ye 7 

9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy 
servants are come, because of the u name of the Lord thy 
God : for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he 
did in Egypt, 

10 And all that he did to the ° two kings of the Amo- 
rites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, 
and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. 

11 Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our 
country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for 
the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We 
are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us: 

12 p This our bread we took hot for our provision out 
of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; 
but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : 

13 And these bottles of wine which we filled, were new, 
and behold they be rent : and these our garments and our 
shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 
/ 14 And the men took of their victuals, and q asked not 
counsel at the r mouth of the Lord. 

15 And Joshua s made peace with them, and made a 
league with them, to let them live : and the princes of the 
congregation sware unto them. 

/ 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after 
they had made a league with them, that they heard that 
they were their neighbours,and thai they dwelt among them. 
g\l And the children of Israel journeyed, and came 
unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were 
Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 

18 And the children of Israel ' smote them not, because 
(he princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by 
the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation u mur- 
mured against the princes. 

/19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, 
We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel : 
now therefore x we may not touch them. 

20 This we will do to them ; we will even let them live, 
' lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we 
sware unto them. 

21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live ; but 
let them be z hewers of wood, and drawers of water unto 
all the congregation ; as the princes had promised them. 
/2I *ft And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto 

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JOSHUA. Five Mngs war against Gibeon, 

them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, 
We are very far from you ; when ye dwell among us 1 

23 Now therefore ye are a cursed, and there shall none 
of you be freed from being bond-men, and hewers of wood 
and drawers of water for the house of my God. 

24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was 
certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God 
b commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, 
and tc destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before 
you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of 
you, and have done this thing. 

25 And now, behold, we are in thy hand : as it seemeth 
good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 
/ 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of 
the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 

27 And Joshua ■ made them that day hewers of wood 
and drawers of water for the congregation and for the 
altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which 
he should choose. 

CHAPTER X. 
Five kings war against Gibeon, 5. Joshua rescueth it, 6. Godfighteth 
against them with hailstones, 11. The sun andmoon standstill atthe 
ivord of Joshua, 12. The five kings are mured in a cave, 18 : They are 
brought forth, 23 scornfully used, 24 and hanged, 26. Seven kings 
more are conquered, 28. Joshua returneth to Gilgal, 43. 

JOW it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Je- 
rusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and 
had utterly destroyed it ; as he had done to a Jericho and 
her king, so he had done to b Ai and her king ; and how 
the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and 
were among them ; 

/ 2 That they c feared greatly, because Gibeon was a 
great city, as one of the "royal cities, and because it was 
greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were d mighty. 
g 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto 
Hoham king of e Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, 
and unto Japhia king of f Lachish, and unto Debir king of 
s Eglon, saying, 

4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite 
Gibeon : for h it hath made peace with Joshua and with 
the children of Israel. 

/5 Therefore the * five kings of the Amorites, the king 
of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, 
the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered them- 
selves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and 
encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 

6 Tf And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the 
camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy ser- 
vants ; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : 
for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the moun- 
tains are gathered together against us. 
/7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the peo- 
ple of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 
/8 If And the Lord said unto Joshua, ' Fear them not : 
for I have delivered them into thy hand ; there shall not 
a man of them stand before thee. 

9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, ««rfwent 
up from Gilgal all night. 

g 10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and 

slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased 

them along the way that goeth up to m Bcth-horon, and 

smote them to " Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 

to 11 And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, 



a ch. 8. 32. 
b Nu. 34.6 
cGen.15.20. 
A 2 Chron. 
20.1,2. 
Ps. 2. 1. & 
83. 2, 8. 
Rev. 16. 14. 
e ch. 10. 2. 
f Luke 16.8. 
gMt.10.16. 
h ch. 5. 9. 
i verse is. 
kch. 11.19. 
1 Ex. 23.32. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
& 34. 12. 
mDt.20.11. 
Esther 7. 4. 
n Ex. 15.14, 
16. 

Esth. 8. 17 
Ps. 83. 18. 

Ps.136.20. 
p verse 4. 
Rom. 16. 18. 
qNu. 27.21. 
Judg. 1. 1. 

1 Sam. 23. 
9.&30. 7. 
Ezra 8. 21. 
Ezek. 36.37. 
r Ex. 25. 22. 
s Dt. 20. 10. 
chap. 6. 22. 
& 11. 20. 
Judg. 2. 12. 

2 Sam. 21. 
2, 9, 14. 
Jer. 18. 7, ! 
t verse 19. 
2Sam.21.7. 
Eccles. 5. 2. 
Ps. 15. 4. 
Rom. 3. 8. 

u ch. 22. 12. 
John 12. 5. 
Rom. 10- O. 
x 2 Sam. 
21. 1, 2. 
Ps. 15. 4. 
Ezek.17.13, 
19. 

y verse 21. 
Zech. 5. 3. 
Mai. 3. 5. 
z Dt. 29. 11. 



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a Gen. 9. 25. 
b Ex. 23.32. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
verse 15. 
rtHeb. 
delivered 
them, over 
the same 
day to he, 
&c. hence 
called 
JVclhinims, 
that is, 
given, or, 
delivered 
over, 

1 Chr. 9. 2. 
Ezra 8. 20. 
a ch. 6. 20. 
b ch. 8. 22. 
c Ps. 48. 6. 
aHcb. 
cities of the 
Icingdom. 
d 2 Kings 
10.4. 
eGen. 13.18. 

2 Sam. 2. 3, 
11. 

fch. 15. 39. 
2 Chr. 11. 9. 
lsa.3C.2. 
gch. 15.39. 
hMt.10.24. 
Acts 9. 23. 
2 Tim. 3. 12. 
1 Pel. 4. 4. 
iGen. 11. 9. 
Rev. 17. 11. 
k Bool 4.4. 
Is .i.5'J. 19. 
1 ch. 9. 18. 
Ps. 103. 13, 

S&naS Azekah, andlhey died 



and were in the going down to Bcth-horon, that the Lord 
cast down "great stones from heaven upon them unto 

they were more which died with 
pf'if^' hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew 
with the sword. 

/ 12 1 Then p spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when 
the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children 

Ml 



33. 13. & 
7. 18. 
Rev. 10.21. 

17. 



The five kings are hanged. 

of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand 
thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of 
q Ajalon. 

m 13 And the r sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until 
the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies 
Is not this written in the book of * Jasher 1 So the sun 
stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go 
down about a whole day. 

14 And there was 9 no day like that before it or after 
it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for 
the Lord fought for Israel. 

/15 1 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto 
the camp to Gilgal. 

slQ But 'these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a 
cave at Makkedah. 

17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are 
found u hid in a cave at Makkedah. 

18 And Joshua said, * Roll great stones upon the mouth 
of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : 

19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and 
c smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not to enter 
into their cities : for the Lord your God hath delivered 
them into your hand. 

/ 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children 
of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very 
great slaugiiter, till they were consumed, that the rest 
which remained of them entered into fenced cities. 

21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua 
at Makkedah in peace: none y moved his tongue against 
any of the children of Israel. 

/ 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, 
and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 

23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings 
unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king 
of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, 
and the king of Eglon. 

24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those 
kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of 
Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which 
went with him, Come near, z put your feet upon the necks 
of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet 
upon the necks of them. 

/ 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dis- 
mayed, be strong and of good courage : for a thus shall 
the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 

26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, 
and b hanged them on five trees ; and they were hanging 
upon the trees until the evening. 

/ 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down 
of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them 
down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein 
they had been hid, and laid c great stones in the cave's 
mouth, which remain until this very day. 
/ 28 *j[ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote 
it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he ut- 
terly destroyed, them, and " all the souls that were therein ; 
he let none remain : and he did to the king of Makke- 
dah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 

s 29 % Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Is- 
rael with him, unto d Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 
/30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, 
into the hand of Israel : and he smote it with the edge of 
the sword, and all the souls that lucre therein ; 
none remain in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he 
did unto the king of Jericho. 

g 31 % And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with 
him, unto e Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought 
against it : = » 

jf 32 And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Is- 



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q ch. 19. 12. 
Judg. 12.12. 
r Ileb.11.33. 
b Or, The 
upright, 
Num.21. 14. 
b Isa. 38. 8. 
t verse 3. 
Ps. 48. 4. 
Isa. 2. 21. 
Rev.6.15,17. 
u Ps. 139. 8. 
Amos 9. 2. 
x verse 22. 
Amos 9.1,2. 
c Heb. 
smite them 
in the tail, 
Jer. 48. 10. 
y Ex. 11. 7. 
Judg. 11.15. 
zJud. 8. 20. 

Ps. 15. 4. & 
91. 13. & 

149. 8, 9. 

Isa. 26. 6. 

Mai. 4. 3. 

a 1 Sam. 17. 

37. 

Ps. 63. 7. & 

77. 11. 

Rom. 4. 5. 

2 Cor. 1. 10. 

2 Tim. 4. 17. 

b ch. 8. 29. 

Ps. 149. 8. 

c ch. 7. 26. 

dHeb. 

every soul, 

Deut. 20.16. 

ch. 11. 11. 

d ch. 15. 42. 

e ch. 15. 39. 



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fch. 10.3,10. 
Judg. 1. 19. 
gch. 15. 39. 
cHeb. 

pulledthem 
down as 
men do 
buildings, 
Lev. 26. 45. 
Job 19. 10. 
hGen.13.18. 
Num. 13. 22. 
/Thai is, 
the tribe of 
Judah con- 
ducted by 
Caleb, who 
assisted 
him in thai 
expedition, 
but here 
attributed 
to Joshua, 
ch. 15. 14. 
Judg. 1. 9. 
i Judg. 1.12. 
ffHeb. 
every 
breath. 
k Nu. 32. 8. 
lGen.10.19. 
mch.11.16. 
h This was 
seven years 
after their 
entrance 

into the 

land of 

Canaan. 

a ch. 15. 23. 

b Isa. 26. 11. 

Jer. 5. 3. 

c ch. 19. 15. 

dch. 12.20, 

e ch 17. 11 

fNu. 34. 11. 

Luke 5. 1. 

gch.] 3. 11. 

hGen.31.49. 

iPs. 2. 1, 

2. & 20. 8. 

Isa. 8. 9, 10. 

Rev. 16. 14. 

It Dt. 17. 1C. 

Judg. 7.2. 

2 Sam. 8. 4. 

1 1 Thess. 5. 

2, 3. 

m Gen. 10. 

15. 

Zech. 9. 2. 

aSomcrcad 

warm wa- 
ters, salt 

pits, glass 

furnaces, 

Hob. the 

barningsof 

the waters, 

Rev. 19. 2ft 



Divers kings and cities conquered. 

rael, which took it on the second day, and smote it with 
the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, 
according to all that he had done to Libnah. 
/33 % Then Horam king of f Gezer came up to help' 
Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he 
had left him none remaining. 

s 34 ^j And from Lachish Joshua passed unto g Eglon, and 
all Israel with him : and they encamped against it, and 
fought against it : 

/35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the 
edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he 
utterly e destroyed that day, according to all that he had 
done to Lachish. 

g 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with 
him, unto h Hebron ; and they fought against it : 
/37 And they f took it, and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and 
all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining (ac- 
cording to all that he had done to Eglon) but destroyed 
it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 
g 38 T| And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to 
1 Debir ; and fought against it : 

/ 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the 
cities thereof, and they smote them with the edge of the 
sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were there- 
in ; he left none remaining : as he had done to Hebron, 
so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had 
done also to Libnah, and to her king. 
/ 40 % So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and 
of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all 
their kings : he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed 
? all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded. 
g 41 And Joshua smote them from k Kadesh-barnea even 
unto ' Gaza, and all the country of m Goshen, even unto 
Gibeon. 

/ 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at 
onetime ; because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 

43 And Joshua '' returned, and all Israel with him, unto 
the camp to Gilgal. 

CHAPTER XI. 
Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom, 5, 8. Hazor is taken 

and burnt, 10. All the country taken by Joshua, 16. The Anakims 

cut off, 21. 

ND it came to pass, when Jabin king of a Hazor had 
heard those things, that b he sent to Jobab king of Ma- 
don, and to the king of c Shimron, and to the king of 
d Achshaph, 

s 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the moun- 
tains, and of the plains south of e Cinneroth, and in the 
valley, and in the f borders of Dor on the west, 

3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, 
and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and 
the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under 
s Hermon in the land of h Mizpeh. 

/ 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, 
much people, even * as the sand that is upon the sea-shore 
in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 

s 5 And when all these kings were met together, they 
came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to 
fight against Israel. 

/ 6 % And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid be- 
cause of them: for to-morrow about this time will I de- 
liver them up all slain before Israel : thou shalt k hough 
their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 

e-7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, 
against them by the waters of Merom 'suddenly, and they 
fell upon them. 

s 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, 
who smote them, and chased them unto great m Zidon, 
and unto " Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Miz, 

14& 



The Anakims. cut off. 



JOSHUA. 



n Ps. 46. 7. 
n cli. 15. 23. 
Neh. 11. 33. 
p Num. 33. 
52. 

Dout. 7. 2. 
q Ceut.7.25. 
r Ex. 34.11. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
9 ch. 10. 41. 
bOr,the 
bald moun- 
tain, 

c Somewhat 
more than 
six years, 
ch. 14.7,10. 
t ch. 9.2, 3. 
uEx. 4. 21. 
1 Kings 12. 
15. 

Ps. 69. 15. 
Rom. 9. 18. 
x Jcr. 3. 23. 
Amos 9. 2, 
3. 

y Num. 26. 
53. 

Judg3. 2, 4. 
z ch. 14. 15. 
Job 34. 20. 
Ps. 46. 9. 
a Num. 21. 
13. 

b Num. 21. 
24. 

c Gen.32.22. 
Num. 21.24. 
Judg. 11. 
13, *2. 
d Deut.3.17. 
chap. 11. 2. 



peh eastward ; and they smote them, until they left them B -™™ 1 
none remaining. 

/ 9 And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him : he 
houghed their horses, and n burnt their chariots with fire. 

g- 10 % And Joshua at that time turned back, and took 
Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword : for 
Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 

/ 11 And they smote all the souls that viere therein with 
the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them : there 
was not any left to breathe : and he burnt Hazor with fire. 

12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kii gs 
of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge 
of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, p as Moses 
the servant of the Lord had commanded. 

13 But asjor the cities that stood still in their strength, 
Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did 
Joshua burn. 

/14 And all q the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the 
children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves : but 
every man they smote with the edge of the sword, 
until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to 
breathe. 

15 If r As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so 
did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua : he left 
nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. 
s 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the 
south country, and all the land of 8 Goshen, and the val- 
ley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the 
valley of the same; 

s 17 Even from the b mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, 
even unto Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon under mount 
Hermon : and all their kings he took, and smote them, 
and slew them. 
718 Joshua made war c a long time with all those kings. 

19 There was not a city that 'made peace with the 
children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gi- 
beon : all other they took in battle. 
' 20 For it was of the Lord to u harden their hearts, that 
they should come against Israel in battle, that he might 
destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, 
but that he might destroy them, as the Lord command- 
ed Moses. ~ 

e 21 ^f And at that time came Joshua and cut off the 
Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from De- 
bir, from Anab, and from all the x mountains oi Judah, and 
from all the mountains of Israel : Joshua destroyed them 
utterly with their cities. 

s 22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of 
the children of Israel : only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ash- 
dod, there remained. 

/ 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that 
the Lord said unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an in- 
heritance unto Israel y according to their divisions by their 
tribes. And the land z rested from war. 

CHAPTER XII. 

Tlie two kings rvJwsc countries Moses took and disposed of, 1. Tlie one 

and thirty kings on the other side Jordan tvhich Joshua smote, 7. 

^TOW these are the kings of the land, which the cliil- 
J3I dren of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the 
other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the 
river a Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on 
the east : 

g 2 b Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, 
and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river 



B. Christ 
1451. 



e Ezek.25.9. 

f Deut. 3. 11. 

ch. 13. 12. 

g Gen. 6. 4. 

h ch. 13. 11. 

i Dt. 3. 14. 

ch. 13. 13. 

2 Sam. 3. 3. 

& 13. 37. 

k ch. 13. 11. 

2 Sam. 23. 

34. 

2 Kings 25. 

23. 

1 Num. 32. 

29. 

mch. 11.17. 

n Gen. 14. 6. 

& 32. 3. 

ocb. 6. 2. 

p ch. 8. 29. 

qch. 10. 23. 

r ch. 10. 33. 

s ch. 10. 39. 

t ch. 15. 36. 

u Num. 14. 

45. 

x Num. 21. 

1. 

ych. 10.29. 

z 1 Sam. 22. 

1. 

a ch. 10. 28. 

b Gen. 12.8. 

c ch. 15. 34. 

(I ch. 19. 13. 

e 1 Sam. 4. 

I. 

flsa.33. 9. 

gch. 11. 1. 

rich. ii. io. 

a Deut. 31. 
23. 

bGen. 26. 
14. 

Deut. 2. 23. 
c 2 Sam. 3. 
3. & 15. 8. 
d Num. 34. 



v Dent. 2.23. 
f 1 Kings 
5. 18. 

Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from halfJE 7 ; e 8 k 3 ' 2 7 7 . 9 
Gilead, even unto the river c Jabbok, which is the borden 
of the children of Amnion ; 

s 3 And from the plain to the sea of d Cinneroth on the 
east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt 



a lir„t. 1.7. 
Ii John 11. 
17. 

[an. 10. 9. 

Ainos 6.2. 

„ kr.h. 11.8. 

sea on i p s . 44, 3. 



The one and thirty kings smote. 

the east, the way to 6 Beth-jeshimoth ; and from the south, 
under Ashdoth-pisgah : 

g 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of 
the f remnant of the e giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and 
at Edrei, 

5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in h Salcah, and 
in all Bashan, unto the border of the ' Geshurites, and the 
k Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king 
of Heshbon. , 

/ 6 Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, and the 
children of Israel smite : and Moses the servant of the 
Lord gave it for a possession unto the ' Reubenites, and 
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 
si *\ And these are the kings of the country which Joshua 
and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the 
west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, even unto 
the m mount Halak that, goeth up to n Seir ; which Joshua 
gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according 
to their divisions ; 

g 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, 
and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south 
country ; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, 
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites : 
g 9 *|[ The king of "Jericho, one ; the king of p Ai, which is 
beside Beth-el, one ; 

g 10 The king of q Jerusalem, one; thekingof Hebron, one; 
g 11 The king of Jarmuth, one ; the king of Lachish, one ; 
£ \2 The king of Eglon, one ; the king of r Gezer, one; 
s 13 The king of s Debir, one ; the king of ' Geder, one; 
s 14 The king of u Hormah, one ; the king of * Arad, one ; 
g 15 Thekingof y Libnah,one; thekingof z Adullam, one; 
g 16 Thekingof a Makkedah, one; thekingof b Beth-el, one; 
g 17 The king of c Tappuah, one; the kingof d Hepher, one- 
s' 18 The king of e Aphek, one ; the kingof f Lasharon, one; 
g 19 Thekingof s Madon, one; the king of 1 ' Hazor, one; 
e 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one ; the king of Ach- 
shaph, one ; 

s 21 ThekingofTaanach,one; thekingof Megiddo, one; 
g 22 The king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jokneam of 
Carmel, one ; 

g 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one ; the king 
of the nations of Gilgal, one ; 
g 24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
The bounds of the land not yet conquered, 2. The inheritance of the nine 
tribes and half, 7. The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of 
Levi, 14, 33. The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben, 15. Balaam 
is slain, 22. Tlie boimdsofthe inheritance of Gad, 24, and of the half- 
tribe of Manasseh, 29. 

j^OW Joshua was old and stricken in years ; and the 
1.^1 Lord said unto him, Thou avtoldand stricken in years, 
and there a remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 
s 2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the borders 
of the b Philistines, and all c Geshuri, 
g 3 From d Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the 
borders of Ekron northward, which is c counted to the Ca- 
naanite : five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites, and 
the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonitcs, the Gittites, and the 
Ekronites ; also the Avites : 

g 4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites, and 
Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek to the 
borders of the Amorites : 

g 5 And the land of the f Giblites, and all s Lebanon to- 
ward the sun-rising, from '' Baal-gad under mount Hermon 
unto the entering into ; Ilamath. 

g 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon 
unto '' Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will 
1 1 drive out from before the children of Israel : only divide 
thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I 
have commanded thee. 

If3 



Reuben and Gad's inheritance. 

f 7 Now m therefore divide this land for an inheritance 
unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 
8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have re 



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145L 



m verse 1. 
GaL 6. 10. 
1 2 Pet. 1. 13, 

ceived their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond *»»»■ 
Jordan eastward, even as n Moses the servant of the Lord 



gave them ; 

g 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of the river Anion, 
and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the 
plain of ° Medeba unto p Dibon ; 

g 10 And all the cities of q Sihon king of the Amorites, 
which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children 
of Ammon ; 

g 11 And r Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and 
8 Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan 
unto Salcah ; 

g 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in 
Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of 
the 'giants. For these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 
g 13 Nevertheless, the children of Israel u expelled not the 
Geshurites, nor the Maachathites : but the Geshurites and 
the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 
g 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inherit- 
ance; the x sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by 
fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 
/ 15 % And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of 
Reuben inheritance according to their families. 
^16 And their coast was from y Aroer that is on the bank 
of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the 
river, and all the plain by Medeba : 
g 17 z Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain ; 
Dibon, and " Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 
^18 And a Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 
g 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in 
the mount of the valley, 

s 20 And b Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and c Beth- 
jeshimoth, 

g 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom 
of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon, 
whom d Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and 
Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes 
of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 

/ 22 IT e Balaam also the son of Beor, the f sooth-sayer, 
did the children of Israel slay with the sword, g among 
them that were slain by them. 

/ 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, 
and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the 
children of Reuben, after their families, the cities and the 
villages thereof. 

24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, 
even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 
g 25 And then coast was h Jazer, and all the cities of 
Gilead, and ' half the land of the children of Ammon, unto 
Aroer that is before k Rabbah; 

g 26 And from Heshbon unto l Ramath-mizpeh, and Be- 
tonim ; and from m Mahanaim unto the border of n Debir ; 
g 27 And in the valley, ° Beth-aram, and p Beth-nimrah, 
and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon 
king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge 
of the sea of Cinneroth, on the other side Jordan eastward. 
/ 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after 
their families, the cities, and their villages. 
/ 29 "[f And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of 
Manasseh : and this was the possession of the half-tribe of 
the children of Manasseh by their families. 
g 30 And their coast w T as from Mahanaim, all Bashan, alii 
the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of J 
* Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities 
^31 And half Gilead, and r Ashtaroth, and 
of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the'il x 8,s 



sNu.32. 39. 
t Nu. 18.20. 
chap. 16. 7. 
a Nu. 34.19. 
1 Cor. 7.20. 
Heb. 5. 4. 
bNu. 26.55. 
Prov. 16. 33, 
& 18. 18. 
c ch. 13. 14 
d 1 Chr. 5. 1. 
e Nu.35.1,2. 
chap. 21.8. 
fNu.14.24 
Dcut. 1. 36 
g ch. 18. 2. 
h Judg.13.6 
i ch. 11. 18, 
& 14. 7, 10. 
kNu.13.31, 
a Heb. ful- 
filled after 
the Lord, 
Num. 14.24. 
Rev. 14. 4. 
INu. 14. 22. 
m Dt. 31. 2. 
Ps. 122. 8. 
nNu.21.33. 
13am. 14. 7. 
Ps. 18. 32, 
34.&60. 12. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
Pbil.4. 13. 
o ch. 22. 6. 
Song 6. 9. 
p ch. 21. II. 
ch. 10. 37. 
Gen. 23. 2. 
ch. 13. 23. 
t, , ... is eh. 11.23. 

Edrei, citiesiach. 14.2. 



Deut. 3. 13. 
chap. 4. 12. 

Num. 21. 
30. 

Lsa. 15. 2. 
p Num. 33. 
45. 

q Num. 21. 
34. 

r Gen. 31. 
21. 

3 1 Sam. 23. 
34. 

t ch. 12. 4. 
uNu.33.55. 
ch. 23. 13. 
Judg.2. 3. 
xNu.18. 20. 

1 Cor. 9. 13. 
yNu.32.34. 
zlChr.6.81. 
a Theplacc 
where Ba- 
laam bless- 
ed Israel, 
Num. 22.41. 
a lsa. 15.2.4 
b NumJS.S 
c Ezek.25.9. 
d Num.32.6. 
Matt. 7. 15. 
Phil. 3. 1. 

1 Tim. 4. 1. 
Titus 3. 10. 

2 Pet. 2. 1,2. 
eNu.24.25. 
2 Thess.2.8. 
Rev. 19. 20. 
f2Pet.2.15. 
gNu.24.14. 
h Num. 21. 
32. &. 32.1,2. 
ch. 21. 30. 
iNu.26.26. 
Deut. 2. 19. 
Judg.11.15. 
k2Sam-12. 
26. 

1 ch. 20. 8. 
m Gen. 32. 
1,2. 

nch. 15. 15. 
oNu.3-2. 36. 
p Nu. 32. 3. 
qNu. 32.41. 
1 Chr. 2.21, 
29. 
r ch. 21. 27. 



JOSHUA. Caleb by privilege obtaineth Hebron. 

children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the s one 
half of the children of Machir by their families. 
/ 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute 
for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side 
Jordan by Jericho eastward. 

33 But unto the ' tribe of Levi, Moses gave not any 
inheritance : the Lord God of Israel ivas their inheritance, 
as he said unto them. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot, 1. Caleb 
by privilege obtaineth Hebron, 6. 

AND these are the countries which the children of Israel 
inherited in the land of Canaan, w r hich a Eleazar the 
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the 
fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for 
inheritance to them. 

/ 2 b By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded 
by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half- 
tribe. 

3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes 
and a half-tribe on the other side Jordan : but unto the 
Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 

4 For the children of Joseph were d two tribes, Manas- 
seh and Ephraim : therefore they gave no part unto the 
Levites in the land, save e cities to dwell in, with their su- 
burbs for their cattle, and for their substance. 

5 As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of 
Israel did, and they divided the land. 
/ 6 Tf Then the children of f Judah came unto Joshua in 
? Gilgal : and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite 
said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said 
unto Moses the h man of God concerning me and thee in 
Kadesh-barnea. 

7 ' Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the 
Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land ; 
and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. 

c 8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with m 
made the heart of the people k melt: but I a wholly followeu 
the Lord my God. 

9 And Moses ' sware on that day, saying, Surely the 
land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inherit- 
ance, and thy children's for ever ; because thou hast wholly 
followed the Lord my God. 

/ 10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as 
he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord 
spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel 
wandered in the wilderness : and now, lo, I am this day 
fourscore and five years old. 

1 1 As yet I am as strong this day, as / ivas in the day 
that Moses sent me : as my strength was then, even so is 
my strength now, for war, both m to go out, and to come in. 

« 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the 
Lord spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how 
the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and 
fenced : n if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall 
be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 

g 13 And Joshua "blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the 
son of Jephunneh, p Hebron for an inheritance. 

g 14 Hebron therefore q became the inheritance of Caleb 
the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because 
that he wiiolly followed the Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the" name of Hebron before was r Kirjath-arba; 
which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And 
the land had s rest from war. 

CHAPTER XV. 
The borders of the lot of Jndah, 1. Caleb's portion and conquest, 13. 
Othniel for Ms valour hath Achsah Caleb's daughter to wife, 16. She 

obtaineth a blessing of her father, 19. The Jebusitcs not conquered, 63 

ffWlHIS then was the a lot of the tribe of the children of 
J- Judah bv their families ; even to the b border of Edom, 

144 



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vu. 34. 3 



B. Christ 
1444. 



Caleb's portion and conquest. JOSHUA. 

c the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part 
of the south coast. 

2 And their south border was from the shore of the 
d salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward : 

g 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, 
and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south 
side unto e Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, 
and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa : 

g 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out 
unto the river of Egypt ; and the goings out of that coast 
were at the sea : this shall be your south coast. 

5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the 
end of Jordan : and their border in the north quarter was 
from the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of Jordan : 

g 6 And the border went up to f Beth-hoglah, and passed 
along by the north of Beth-Arabah ; and the border went 
up to the stone of s Bohan the son of Reuben : 

g 7 And the border went up toward Debir from the h val- 
ley of Achor, and so northward looking toward » Gilgal, 
that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the 
south side of the river : and the border passed toward the 
waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were 
at " En-rogel : 

g 8 And the border went up by the valley of the k son of 
I-Imnom, unto the south side of the J Jebusite ; the same is 
Jerusalem : and the border went up to the top of the 
mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, 
which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward : 

g 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill 
unto the fountain of the water of m Nephtoah, and went out 
to the cities of mount n Ephron; and the border was drawn 
to Baalah, which is ° Kirjath-jearim : 

g 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward 
unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount 
Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north side, and went 
down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to p Timnah : 

#11 And the border went out unto the side of q Ekron 
northward : and the border was drawn to Shicron, and 
passed along to mount r Baalah, and went out unto Jab- 
neel ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 

g 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the 
coast thereof : this is the coast of the children of Judah 
round about, according to their families. 

g 13 ^| And unto s Caleb the son of Jephunnen" he gave 
a part among the children of Judah, according to the 
commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of 

<Yrba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 

/ 14 And Caleb 'drove thence the three sons of Anak, 

Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 

£ 15 And u he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir : 

and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 

/ 16 If And Caleb said, * He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, 

and taketh it, to him will * I give Achsah z my daughter 

to wife. 

/ 17 And Othniel the a son of Kenaz, the brother of Ca- 
leb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 
18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she 

b moved him to ask of her father a field. And she c lighted 

off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 
o 19 Who answered, Give me d a blessing ; for thou hast 

given me a south land, give me also springs of water. And 

lie gave her the e upper springs, and the nether springs. 
/ 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children 



Num. 33. 
36. & 34. 3. 
d Gen. 14. 3. 
eGen.14.7. 
Num. 20. 1. 
f ch. 18. 19. 
g ch. 18. 20. 
hch. 7.26. 

ch. 18. 17. 
a That is, 
at tkefoun- 
tain of the 
fuller, 
2 Sam. 17. 
17. 

lKgs.18.5. 
k 2 Kings 
23. 10. 
Jer. 19. 2. 

1 Judges 18. 
21. & 19. 10 
m ch. 18. 15. 
n ch. 17. 15. 
& 20. 7. 
och. 9. 17. 
Judg.18. 12. 
p Jud. 14.15. 
2Chr.28.18, 
q eh. 19.43, 
rch. 19.44. 
s ch. 14. 13, 
t Judg.1.10. 
u ch. 10. 38. 
verse 16. 
xlCor.9.25. 
Heb. 11. 20. 
2Tim.4.7,8, 
yGen.24.51. 
ICor. 7.37. 
z Judg.1.11. 
lSm.17.25, 
aNu.36.10, 

2 Chr. 4. 13. 
hJudg.l. ]. 
c Gen.24.64. 
d Gen.33.11 
elChr.4.15. 
fNeh.11.25. 

Neh.11.25. 
h ch. 12. 22. 
i ch. 11. 10. 



B. Christ 
1444. 



klSam.23. 
14,24. 
1 ch. 19. 2. 
m ch. 19. 2. 
n ch. 19. 3. 
oGen.21.14, 
chap. 19. 2. 
p ch. 19. 3. 
<1 Judg.1.17. 
r 1 Bam. 27. 



The several cities of Judah. 
k Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, 



g27 
£28 
£29 
£30 
£31 
£32 



£38 
£39 
£40 
£41 



of Judah according to their families. 
«• 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children 
of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were f Kab- 
seel, and Eder, and Jagur, 
* 22 And Kinah, and s Dimonah, and Adadah, 
9 23 And h Kedesh, and ' Hazor, and Ithiran, 

37 T 



s Nu. 34. 1 i. 
t Judg. 90. 
45. 

uch. 19.21, 
x ch. 12. 17. 
y Neh. 11. 29. 
zlSam.22.1. 
a ch. 10. 10, 
bch. 11.3. 
cell. 10.31. 
d ch. 10. 34. 
el Sam .23.1 
t' ch. 10. 29. 
g ch. 19. 29. 
liGcn. 10.19, 
icli. 13.3. 
k Nu. 31. 6 
1 Judg.10.1. 
m ch. 21. 4. 
neh. 10. 41 
o 2 Sam. 10. 
12. 

p Gen. 23.2. 
ch. 14. 15. 
n 1 Sam. 23. 
25. 

r ch. 12. 22. 
slSaraSej, 
t ch. 17. 16. 
u Judg. 19. 
12. 

xlChr.4.39. 
ych. 18. 14 
zDt.3. 11. 
a ch. 18. 22. 
I) 1 Stun. 23. 
29. 

elude. 1.8, 
d2Sam.5.6. 
a That is, 
F.jiJrraim 
antl It is 
children. 
ch. 17. 1. 
n Gen .28.1!). 

bJodg.i.ae, 

c 9 Sam. 16. 
16. 

IClir.27.RT 
d Num.32.S. 
83Sm.16.18. 



s 24 

s25 

which is Hazor, 

£ 26 Amam, and 1 Shema, and m Moladah, 

And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 
And n Hazar-shual, and ° Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, 
Baalah, and Iim, and p Azem, 
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and q Hormah, 
And r Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and 3 Ain, and l Rimmon : 
all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages : 
£ 33 Jindin the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 
s 34 And Zanoah, and u En-gannim, x Tappuah, and Enam, 
£ 35 y Jarmuth, and l Adullam, Socoh, and a Azekah, 
£ 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Ge= 
derothaim ; fourteen cities with their villages : 
£ 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migaal-gad, 
And Dilean, and b Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 
c Lachish, and Bozkath, and d Eglon, 
And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naaniah, and e Mak- 
kedah ; sixteen cities with their villages : 
£ 42 f Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 
£ 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 
£ 44 And Keilah, and g Achzib, and Mareshah ; nine cities 
with their villages : 

£ 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages : 
£ 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near 
Ashdod, with their villages : 

£ 47 Ashdod, with her towns and her villages ; h Gaza, 
with her towns and her villages, unto the ' l river of Egypt, 
and the k great sea, and the border thereof: 
g 48 ^[ And in the mountains, ' Shamir, and m Jattir, and 
Socoh, 

£ 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 
£ 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 
g- 51 And n Goshen, and Holon, and ° Giloh ; eleven cities 
with their villages : 
g 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 
£ 53 And Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah, 
£ 54 And Humtah, and p Kirjath-arba (which is Hebron) 
and Zior ; nine cities with their villages : 
g 55 q Maon, r Carmel, s and Ziph, and Juttah, 
s 56 And ' Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 
g 57 Cain, u Gibeah, and Timnah ; ten cities with their 
villages : 

s 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and x Gedor, 
ff 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon ; six 
cities with their villages : 

g-60 y Zirjath-baal (which is Kirjath-jearim) and z Rab- 
bah ; two cities with their villages : 
ff61 If In the wilderness, a Beth-arabah, Middin, and 
Secacah, 

s 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and b En-gedi : 
six cities with their villages. 

/63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
the children of Judah c could not drive them out : but the 
Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at a Jerusalem 
unto this day. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Tlie general borders of the sons of Joseph, 1. The border of the inherit- 
ance ofEphraim, 5. The Cnnaanites not conquered, 10. 

g A ND the lot of the children of "Joseph fell from Jordan 
J\_ by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho, on the east, 
to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout 
mount Beth-el, 

g 2 And goeth out from a Beth-el to b Luz, and passetu 
along unto the borders of c Archi to d Ataroth, 

gZ And goeth down Avestward to the const of e Japhleti, 

145 



T 



12. 

'.HERE was also a a lot for the tribe of Manasseh ; for 
he was the b first-born of Joseph ; to wit, for c Machir 
the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he 
was d a man of war, therefore he had e Gilead and f Bashan. 

s 2 There was also a lot for the s rest of the children of 
Manasseh by their families ; for the children of Abiezer, 
and for the children of Helek, and for the children of As- 
riel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children 
of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida : these were 
the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their 
families. 

/ 3 % But h Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of 
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no 
sons, but daughters : and these are the names of his daugh- 
ters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 

4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and 
before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, 
saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inhe- 
ritance among our brethren : therefore according to the 
" commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance 
' among the brethren of their father. 

s 5 And there fell b ten portions to Manasseh, besides the 
land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side 
Jordan ; 

/ 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inherit- 
ance among his sons : and the rest of Manasseh's sons 
had the land of Gilead. 

s 7 ^T And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to 
K Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem ; and the bor- 
der went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of 
En-tappuah. 

s 8 Now Manasseh had the land of ' Tappuah : but Tap- 
puah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children 
of Ephraim : 

s 9 And the coast descended unto the c river Kanah, 
southward of the river. These cities of Ephraim are 
among the cities of Manasseh : the coast of Manasseh 
also was on the north side of the river, and the out-goings 
of it were at the sea : 

e 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was 
Manasseh's, and the sea is his border ; and they met toge- 
ther in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 

s 1 1 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, m Beth- 



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1444. 



f ch. 10. 33. 
lKgs.9. 15. 
gch. 17.7. 
h 1 Chron. 
7.28. 

i ch. 12. 17. 
& 17. 8. 
k ch. 17. 9. 
& 19. 28. 
lch. 17.9. 
m Deut.7.2. 
Judg. 1. 29. 
lKgs.9.16. 
a Col. 1. 12. 
b Gen. 41. 
51. & 46. 20. 
Deut.21.17. 
cGen.50.23. 
Num. 32. 39. 



The lot of Manasseh. JOSHUA. 

unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to f Gezer 
and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 

/ 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, 
took their inheritance. 

g5f And the border of the children of Ephraim accord 
ing to their families was thus : even the border of their 
inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-adar, unto Beth 
lioron the upper ; 

e 6 And the border went out toward the sea to s Michme- 
thah on the north side ; and the border went about eastward 
unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 

s 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to 
h Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan 

e 8 The border went out from ; Tappuah westward unto 
the k river Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were at the 
sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children 
of Ephraim by their families. 

s 9 And the 1 separate cities for the children of Ephraim 
were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, 
all the cities with their villages. 

g 10 And they m drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt 
in Gezer : but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraim- 
ites unto this day, and serve under tribute. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
The lot of Manasseh, 1 : His coast, 7. Tlie Canaanites not driven out, 
The children of Joseph obtain another lot, 14. 



e Deut.3.12. 
fNu.21. 33. 
ch. 20. 8. 
1 Kgs.4. 13. 
g Nu. 26.29. 
h Num. 16. 
2. & 26. 33 
& 27. 1. 
a Heb. 
moutk, 
i Acts 10. 
34, 35. 
Gal. 3. 18. 
b Heb. ten 
lines, 

verses 2, 3, 
14. 

k ch. 16. 6. 
1 ch. 12. 17 
& 16. 8. 
cOr, brook 
of reeds, 
ch. 16. 8. 
m 2 Sam. 
21. 12. 



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1444. 



The remainder of the land divided 

shean and her towns, and n Ibleam and her towns, and th« 
inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of 
En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of p Taanach 
and her towns, and the inhabitants of « Megiddo and her 
towns, even three countries. 

/ 12 Yet the children of Manasseh 'could not drive out 
the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites would 
dwell in that land. 

13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were 
3 waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to * tribute ; 
but did not d utterly drive them out. 
/ 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, say 
dNu:i:|||ing, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion 
' to inherit, seeing I am a u great people, forasmuch as the 
Lord hath blessed me hitherto 1 

e 15 And Joshua answered them, If * thou be a great peo- 
ple, then get thee up to the wood-country, and cut down 
for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the 
' giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 

s 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not 
enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the 
land of the valley have y chariots of iron, both they who 
are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the 
valley of z Jezreel. 

17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to 
Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great peo- 
ple, and hast great power : thou shalt not have one lot only : 

18 But the mountain shall be thine ; for it is a wood, 
and thou a shalt cut it down : and the out-goings of it shall 
be thine : for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though 
they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. 

CHAPTER XVIII. & 

The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh, 1. The remainder of the land is de- 
scribed and divided into seven parts, 2. Joshua divideth it by lot, 10. 
The lot and border of Benjamin, 11. Their cities, 21. 

/ A ND the whole congregation of the children of Israel 
J\. assembled together at a Shiloh, and set up the b ta- 
bernacle of the congregation there : and the land was 
subdued before them. 

/ 2 And there remained among the children of Israel se- 
ven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 
•#3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, c How 
long are ye slack to go to possess the land which the 
Lord God of your fathers hath given you 1 
f 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe : 
and I will send them, and they shall rise, and "go through 
the land, and d describe it according to the inheritance of 
them, and they shall come again to me. 

5 And they shall divide it into seven parts : e Judah 
shall abide in their coast on the f south, and the house oi 
Joseph shall abide in their coast on the north. 

6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, 
and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast 
lots for you here s before the Lord our God. 

d 7 But the Levites have h no part among you ; for the 
' priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad> 
and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received 
their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses 
the servant of the Lord gave them. 

/ 8 ^[ And the men arose, and went away : and Joshua 
charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go, 
and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again 
to me, that I may here cast lots k for you before the Lord 
in Shiloh. 

9 And the men went and passed through the land, and 
described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came 
again to Joshua to the host " at Shiloh. 
/ 10 % And Joshua 1 cast lots for them in Shiloh before 
the Lord : and there Joshua divided the land unto the 
children of Israel according to their divisions. 



n 1 Chron. 
G. 70. 

1 Sam. 28. 
7. 

Ps. 83. 10. 
p ch. 12. 21. 
Judg. 1. 27. 
lChr. 7. 29. 
q 1 Kings 
4. 12. 

r Ex. 23. 29. 
ch. 15. 63. 
Judg. 2. 20, 
21. 

s Judg.1.28. 
t ch. 16. 10. 
d Heb. driv- 
ing out 
they drove 
them not 
out. 

uGen.48.22. 
Num. 26.34, 
37. 

x Euth 4. 
11. 
Luke 12. 48. 

1 Pet. 4. 10. 
e Or, Rc- 
phaims, 
Gen. 6. 4. 
y Judges 1. 
19. & 4. 3. 
z ch. 19. 18. 
a ch. 13. 6. 
a Judg. 18. 
31. 

b Ex. 25.22 
c Judg. 18. 
9. 

Prov.12.13. 
& 15. 19. 
a Heb.walk. 
dPMlip.4.8. 
1 Thess.4.6. 
e Gen. 49. 7. 
chap. 19. 9. 
f Rom. 15.1. 
IThess. 5. 
14. 

g Lev. 1. 3. 
verse 8. 
1 Cor. 10. 31. 
hLev.22.14. 
i ch. 13. 14. 
kPhilip.2.4. 
b The time 
ofthetabcr- 
nacle's 
abode here, 
was from 
the 1th 

ar of Jo- 
shua to the 
death of 
Eli, 349 
years. 

lch. 15. 1. | 
Col. 1. 12. ! 



146 



The lot of Simeon, Zebulun, JOSHUA. 

«/ 11 IF And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin 
came up according to their families : and the coast of 



their lot came forth n between the children of Judah and 
the children of Joseph. 

e 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; 
and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north 
side, and went up through the mountains westward ; and 
the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of ° Beth-aven. 

g 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, 
to the side of p Luz (which is Beth-el) southward ; and 
the border descended to q Ataroth-adar, near the hill that 
lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. 

s 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed 
the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth 
before Beth-horon southward ; and the goings out thereof 
were at Kirjath-baal (which is Kirjath-jearim) a city of 
the children of Judah. This was the west quarter. 

e 15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath- 
jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went 
out to the well of waters of r Nephtoah : 

s 16 And the border came down to the end of the moun- 
tain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and 
which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and de- 
scended to the valley of s Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on 
the south, and descended to l En-rogel, 

s 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to 
11 En-shemesh, and went forth toward * Geliloth, which is 
over against the going up of y Adummim, and descended 
to the stone of z Bohan the son of Reuben, 

s 18 And passed along toward the side over against 
c Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah : 

e 19 And the border passed along to the side of a Beth- 
hoglah northward : and the out-goings of the border were 
at the north bay "of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan. 
This was the south coast. 

s 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. 
This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by 
the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 

s 2 1 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benja- 
min according to their families, were Jericho, and Beth- 
hoglah, and ' the valley of Keziz, 

s 22 And b Beth-arabah, and c Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 

s 23 And Avim, and Parah, and d Ophrah, 

s 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and e Gaba ; 
twelve cities with their villages : 

s 25 f Gibeon, and s Raman, and h Beeroth, 

8 26 And ' Mizpeh, and k Chephirah, and Mozah, 

* 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 

e 28 And 'Zelah, Eleph, and ■» Jebusi, (which is Jeru- 
salem) Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their {£ 
villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benja- ' 
tnin n according to their families. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
77ie lot of Simeon, 1, of Zebulun, 10, of Issachar, 17, of Asher, 24, of 
Naphtali, 32, and of Dan, 40. The children of Israel give an inherit- 
ance to Joshua, 49. 

Ik ND the second lot 3 came forth to Simeon, even for 
.J\_ the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their 
families: and their inheritance was b within the inheritance 
of the children of Judah. 

e 2 And they had in their inheritance, c Beer-sheba, and 
* Sheba, and " d Moladah, 

e 3 And e Hazar-shual, and f Balah, and Azcm, 
e 4 And s Eltolad, and Bethul, and h Hormah, 
ff 5 And 'Ziklag, and k Beth-marcaboth, and Ilazar-susah, 
e 6 And ' Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and 



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1444. 



m cb. 16. 1. 
n Ps. 103. 
13, 14. 
1 Cor. 10.13. 

chap. 7. 2. 
p ch. 16. 2. 
q ch. 16. 5. 
r ch. 15. 19. 
s ch. 15. 8. 
t ch. 15. 7. 
u ch. 15. 7. 
x ch. 15. 7. 
y ch. 15. V. 
z ch. 15. 6. 
c Or, The 
plain. 
a ch. 15. 6. 
dHeb. 
tongue, 
ch. 15.2. 
e Or, Emek- 
keziz. 
b ch. 15. 6. 
clsa. 15.6. 
d Judg.6.11. 

1 Sam. 13. 
17. 

e Ezra 2.26. 
fch.21. 17. 

1 Kings 3.4. 
Isa.2S.21 
g Hos. 5. 8. 
hch.9. 17. 

2 Sam. 4. 2. 
Ezra 2. 25. 
i ch. 11. 3. 
1 Sam. 7. 5. 
k ch. 9. 17. 
Ezek. 2. 25. 
1 2 Sam. 21. 
14. 

m2Sam.5.8. 
n Acts 17. 
26. 

ach. 16. 1. 
b Gen. 49. 7. 
cGen.21.14. 
a. That is, 
Skeba, for 
it was but 
one city, 

I Chr. 4. 28. 
dNeh.11.26. 
ech. 15.28. 
flChr.4.29. 
glChr.4.29. 
hJudg.1.17. 
ilSam.27.6. 
klChr.4.31. 

II Chr. 431. 
mNu. 34.11. 
n ch. 15. 32. 
o ch. 15. 42. 
pch. 15.42. 



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1444. 



their villages 

e 7 m Ain, n Remmon, and "Ether, and p Ashan; four cities 
and their villages : 

e 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities 



qlChr.4.33. 
r 1 Sam. 30. 
27. 

5 lTim.6.17. 
t Gcn.49.13. 
U 1 Kl'e. 4. 
12. 

x Mt. 17. 1 
y lClir. 6. 
72. 

z ch. 21. 35. 
ach. 11. 1. 
bMt.2. 1,6. 
h. 15. 50. 
3.18.40. 
d 1 Sam. 28. 
4. 

2 Kgs. 4. 8. 
c cb. 15. 14. 
f Judg. A. 0. 
lSiim.10.10. 
gch.21. 16. 
Ii 1 Chr. 6. 

i'l'chr.6.59. 
kGen.49.20. 
Ha. 33. 9. 
& 35. 2. 
b Hcb. to 
the sea. 
1 1 Kgs.9.13. 
mcli. 15.13. 
n John 2. 1. 
& 4. 4G. 
oGen.49.13. 
h. 11.8. 



and then goeth 



Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali 
to q Baalath-beer, r Ramath of the south. This is the inhe- 
ritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to 
their families. 

/ 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the 
inheritance of the children of Simeon : for the part of the 
children of Judah was s too much for them : therefore the 
children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inhe 
ritance of them. 

glQ «|f And the 'third lot came up for the children of 
Zebulun according to their families : and the border of 
their inheritance was unto Sarid : 

s 11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Ma- 
ralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the 
river that is before "Jokneam, 

s\% And turned from Sarid eastward, toward the sun- 
rising, unto the border of * Chisloth-tabor, 
out to y Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, 

g IS And from thence passeth on along on the east to 
Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon- 
methoar to Neah ; 

£ 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to 
Hannathon : and the out-goings thereof are in the valley 
of Jiphthah-el : 

#15 And Kattah, and z Nahallal, and a Shimron, and Ida= 
lah, and b Beth-lehem ; twelve cities with their villages. 
/ 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun ac- 
cording to their families, these cities with their villages. 

/17 *h Jlnd the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the 
children of Issachar according to their families. 

g 18 And their border was toward c Jezreel, and Chesul- 
loth, and d Shunem, 

s 19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 

s 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 

e 21 And Remeth, and e En-gannim, and En-haddah, and 
Beth-pazzez ; 

s 22 And the coast reacheth to f Tabor, and Shahazimah, 
and g Beth-shemesh ; and the out-goings of their border 
were at Jordan : sixteen cities with their villages. 

/23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of 
Issachar according to their families, the cities and their 
villages. 

/24 ^F And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Asher according to their families. 

s 25 And their border was h Helkath, and Hali, and Beten. 
and Achshaph, 

s 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and i Mishcal ; and 
reacheth to k Carmel * westward, and to Shihor-libnath ; 

e 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth-dagon, and 
reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el to- 
ward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth 
out to ' Cabul on the left hand, 

e 28 And m Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and n Ka- 
nah, even unto ° great Zidon ; 

s 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the 
strong eity c Tyre ; and the coast turneth to Hosah : and 
the out-goings thereof are at the sea from the coast to 
p Achzib : 

g 30 Ummah also, and *> Aphek, and Rehob : twenty and 
two cities with their villages. 
/31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of 



Asher according to their families, these cities with 
villages. 
jndg'iT'3i. / 32 IF The sixth lot came out to the children of v phtali, 

c Hob. - - 

Tior, that 
in, a rock, 
28am. 5. 11. 
n Gen. 38.5. 
Micahl.14 



even for the children of Naphtali according to their I Fa » bs 
g 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Alton to 
^ Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; 
q "ch?'i2.'i8/ a nd the r out-goings thereof were at Jordan : 
iKgs"io!26:| g 34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznollj,- 
D^ut n 33.23.*' tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukl>ok, and reached) 

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«r 44 

£45 
s46 



TAe m- afaes of refuge. JOSHUA 

to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the 
west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising. 
g35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and "Ham- 
math, Rakkath, and ' Cinneroth, 
s 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 
s 37 And Kedesh, and u Edrei, and En-hazor, 
e 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, 
and Beth-shemesh ; nineteen cities with their villages. 

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of 
Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their 
villages. 

/40 *§Jlnd the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the 
children of Dan according to their families. 
s 41 And the coast of their inheritance was x Zorah, and 
Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 

§■42 And Shaalabbin, and y Ajalon, and Jethlah, 
And Elon, and z Thimnathah, and Ekron, 
And Eltekeh, and a Gibbethon, and Baalath, 
And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and b Gath-rimmon, 
And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border "before 
Japho. 

g: 47 And the coast of the children of Dan, went out c too 
little for them : therefore the children of Dan went up to 
fight against d Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the 
• edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, 
and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 
/48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of 
Dan according to their families, these cities with their 
villages. 

/49 % When they had made an end of dividing the land 
for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave 
an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun -^ among them : 
s 50 According to the e word of the Lord they gave him 
the city which he asked, even e Timnath-serah in mount 
Ephraim : and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 
/51 * These are the inheritances which Eleazar the 
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the 
fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for 
an inheritance by lot in Shiloh. before the Lord, at the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made 
an end of dividing the country. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Godcommandeth,l,and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of 

refuge, 7. 

THE a Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint 
out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you b by 
the hand of Moses : 

3 That the slayer that killeth any person ■ unawares 
and unwittingly, may flee thither : and they shall be your 
refuge from the avenger of blood. 
£4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities 
shall c stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and 
shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, 
ihey shall " take him into the city unto them, and give him 
a place, that he may dwell among them 

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then 
they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand ; because 



sNo. 13.21. 
1 Kgs. 8. 65. 
tNu.34.11. 
cli. 13. 27. 
uNu.21.33. 
cli. 13. 12. 
x Judg.13.2. 
y ch. 10. 12. 
lSam.14.31. 
zJudg.14.1. 
a 1 Kings 
15.27. 
bcli. 21.24. 
IChr. 2. 69. 
dOt, over 

_ ainst Ja- 
])ho, or 
Joppa, 
Jonah 1. 3. 
Acts 9. 36. 
cJudg.1.34. 
dGen.49.17. 
Judg. 18. 7. 
e Hob. 
mouth. 
/lleb. in 
the midst 
of them. 
^Heb. 
mouth. 
e ch. 24. 30. 
Judg. 2. 7. 
f Nu. 34. 17. 
John 14. 2. 
a ch. 5. 14. 
b Ex. 21. 13. 
Num. 35.6. 
Dcut. 19. 2. 
a Hob. 
tin uurrh, 
error y 
Ex. 21. 14. 
1 Kgs. 2. 34. 
c Job 5. 4. 
Jer.38. 7. 
b Heb. ga- 
ther liim, 
Num. 11.16. 
Ps. 26. 9. 
d Nil. 35. 25. 
John 8. 36. 
c lleb. 
sanctified. 
e ch. 21. 32. 

1 Chr.C. 70. 
t'Gen. 33.19. 

2 Chr. 10. 1. 
g Luke 1.39. 



R. Christ. 
M14. 



he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not 
Ibeforetime. 

£ 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before 
the congregation for judgment, and d until the death of 
the high priest that shall be in those days : then shall the 
slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his 
own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 

s 7 % And they c appointed e Kedesh in Galilee in mount 
Naphtali, and f Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath- 
arba, (which is Hebron) in the s mountain of Judah. 

«r 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, 



h Dt. 4. 43. 
1 Chr. 6. 78. 
ilChr.6.80. 
a 1 CUron. 
6.51. 

lCor.9.7,13. 
bcli. 18. 1. 
c Num.35.2. 
d verses 6, 
8,11. 
a Heb. 
month. 
eGen.46.11. 
Num. 3. 27. 
k. 16. 33. 
Ezek.18.14. 
fch. 15. 1. 

Lev.25.32. 
Num. 18.29. 
verse 11. 
li Nu. 35. 8. 
verse 20. 
i verso 27. 
k vorso 38. 
b That is, 
two thou- 
sand cubits 
distant 
from the 
city, 

Nu. 35.4, 5. 

Matt. 10.10. 

Gal. 6. 6. 

1 Tim. 5. 17. 

lGen.35.27. 

ch. 15. 13. 

m Nu. 35. 5. 

eh. 11. 14. 

1 Chr. 6. 56. 

n ch. 10.29. 

o ch. 15. 48. 

lSam.30.27. 

p 1 Sara. 30. 

28. 

qJcr. 48.21. 

r ch. 10. 38. 

Judg. 1. 11. 

sNu. 34. 11. 

ch. 15. 32. 

t ch. 15. 55. 

u 2 Kings 

14. 11. 

xJor.48. 1. 

y 1 Sam. 13. 

3. 

z Jer. 1 1. 



Cities given by lot unto the Levites 

they assigned h Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out 
of the tribe of Reuben, and ' l Ramoth in Gilead out of the 
tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of 
Manasseh 

r9 These were the cities appointed for all the children 
of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among 
them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares 
might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger 
of blood, until he stood before the congregation. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Eigh t and forty cities given by lot out ofth e other tribes unto the Levites,Z. 

God gave the land, and rest, to the Israelites, according to his promise, 43. 

HEN came near the a heads of the fathers of the Le- 
vites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the 
son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes 
of the children of Israel ; 

2 And they spake unto them at b Shiloh in the land of 
Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the c hand of 
Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof 
for our cattle. 

/3 And the children of Israel d gave unto the Levites out 
of their inheritance, at the " commandment of the Lord., 
these cities and their suburbs. 

/4 And the lot came out for the families of the e Kohath- 
ites : and the children of Aaron the priest, which were 
of the Levites, had f by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and 
out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benja- 
min, g thirteen cities. 

/ 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out 
of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe 
of Dan," and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, h ten cities. 
/ 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the 
families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of 
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the 
half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, ' thirteen cities. 
/7 The children of Merari by their families had out of 
the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out 
of the tribe of Zebulun, k twelve cities. 
/8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Le- 
vites these cities with their b suburbs, as the Lord com- 
manded by the hand of Moses. 

/9 % And they gave out of the tribe of the children of 
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these 
cities which are here mentioned by name, 

10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families 
of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had : 
for theirs was the first lot. 

s 11 And they gave them the city of 'Arba the father of 
Anak (which city is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. 
with the suburbs thereof round about it. 

/12 But the m fields of the city, and the villages thereof, 
gave they to Caleb theson of Jephunneh for his possession. 

s 13 ^f Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest. 
Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the 
slayer ; and n Libnah with her suburbs, 

s 14 And ° Jattiv with her suburbs, and p Eshtemoa with 
her suburbs, 

s 15 And * Holon with her suburbs, and r Debir with her 
suburbs, 

s 16 And 3 Ain with her suburbs, and l Juttah with her su- 
burbs, and u Beth-shemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities' 

out of those two tribes. 

s 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, x Gibeon with her 

suburbs, y Geba with her suburbs, 

£18 z Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with het 

suburbs ; four cities. 

/19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, 

were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 

/ 20 IT And the families of the children of Kohath, the 

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a ch. 10. 33. 
Judg. 1. 29. 
1 Kgs. 9. 15. 
b ch. 19. 44. 
c ch. 19. 44. 

1 Kgs. 15. 
27. 

d ch. 19. 42. 
Judg. 1. 35. 

2 Chr.28.18. 
ech. 19. 45. 
lClir.6. 69. 
f ch. 17. 11. 
g Judg. 4. 7. 
I Kgs.18.40. 
h ch. 19. 12. 
i ch. 15. 35. 
k ch. 15. 34. 
HChr.6.74. 
mch.19. 25. 
nNu.13.21. 

ch. 20. 7. 
Judg. 4. 9. 
pGen.46.11. 
q ch. 19. 11. 

1 Kgs. 4. 12. 
r ch. 19. 15. 
8 ch. 20. 8. 
t ch. 13. 18. 
Jer. 48. 21. 
u Dt. 2. 26. 
x ch. 13. 18. 
y 1 Kings 
4.13. 

z Gen. 32. 2. 

2 Sam. 2. 8. 
1 Kgs. 2. 8. 
aNu.21.25. 
bNu.21.32. 
ch. 13. 10. 
Song 7. 4. 
Tsa. 16. 8. 
c Gen. 49. 7. 
d Luke 21. 
33. 

Titus 1. 2. 

c Fs. 44. 3. 

fch. 23. 14, 

15. 

a verse 3. 



The Israelites rest from ivar. JOSHUA- 

Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even 
they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 
s 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in 
mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and 
a Gezer with her suburbs, 

s 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with 
her suburbs ; four cities. 

s 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, b Eltekeh with her su- 
burbs, c Gibbethon with her suburbs, 
g- 24 d Aijalon with her suburbs, e Gath-rimmon with her 
suburbs ; four cities. 

g- 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, f Tanach with 
her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon, with her suburbs ; two cities. 
/ 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs, for the fa- 
milies of the children of Kohath that remained. 
s 27 Tf And unto the children of Gershon,of the families of the 
Levites, out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave 
Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for 
the slayer, and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities. 
g 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, s Kishon with her 
suburbs, h Dabareh with her suburbs, 
g- 29 ! Jarmuth with her suburbs, k En-gannim with 
suburbs ; four cities. 

e 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her 
burbs, ! Abdon with her suburbs, 
s 31 m Helkath with her suburbs, and n Rehob with 
suburbs; four cities. 

s 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, ° Kedesh in Galilee 
with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and 
Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her su- 
burbs ; three cities. 

s 33 All the cities of the Gershonites, according to their 
families, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 
s 34 If And unto the families of the children of Merari, the 
v rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, q Jokneam 
with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 
s 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, r Nahalal with her suburbs ; 
four cities. 

s 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, s Bezer with her su- 
burbs, and l Jahazah with her suburbs, 

37 ° Kedemoth with her suburbs, and x Mephaath with 
her suburbs ; four cities. 

s 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, y Ramoth in Gilead with 
her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and z Ma 
hanaim with her suburbs, 

s 39 a Heshbon wfth her suburbs, b Jazer with her su 
burbs ; four cities in all. 

/40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their 
families, which were remaining of the families of the Le- 
vites, were by their lot twelve cities. 
/ 41 All the cities of the Levites c within the possession 
of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with 
their suburbs. 

/42 These cities were every one with their suburbs 
round about them. Thus were all these cities. 
/ 43 % And the Loud a gave unto Israel all the land 
which he sware to give unto their fathers : and they pos- 
sessed it, and dwelt therein. 

/ 44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, accord- 
ing to all that he sware unto their fathers : and there stood 
not a man of all their enemies before them ; the c Lord 
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 

45 f There failed not aught of any good thing which the 
Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
J'lir. two tribes and half with a blessing are sent home, 1 : Tlmj build the 

altar of testimony in their journey, 10 : The Israelites are offended 

thereat, 11 : They give theyn good satisfaction, 21. 

fWlHEN a Joshua called the Reiibenites, and the Gadites, 
JJ- and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 

38 



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b Nu. 32. 20. 
Dent. 3. 18. 
1 Sam. 2. 30. 
c Phil. 1.27, 
Hcb. 6. 10. 
d Nu.32.-33. 
Deut. 3. 13. 
chap. 13. 8. 
e Ex. 15. 26. 
2Kgs.10.31. 
Ps. 39. 1. 
f lit. 10. 12. 
g Ps. 119. 6. 
h Gen. 47. 7, 
Ex. 39. 43. 
23a.m. 6. 18. 
Luki 21.50. 
i Nu.31.27. 
1 Sam. 20. 
24. 

1 Cor. 15.58. 
Heb. 6. 10. 
k Dt. 3. 15. 
a Hcb. 
Gclilolh, 
ch. 18. 17. 
1 Ex. 20. 21. 
Lev. 17. 8. 
Dt. 12. 5, 7. 
m Lcv.17.8. 
Deut. 13. 1. 
n Judg.20.1. 

vorsc 20. 
Acts 11,1,3. 
Gul. 4. IS. 
Rev. 2. 18. 
pJudg. 20. 
12. 

Matt. 18. 15. 
Prov. 25. 9. 
q Nil. 25. 7. 
Ps. 112.5. 
Pro. 25. 13. 
rlCor.1.10. 
Phil. 1. 27. 
s vor.10,26. 
lSam.15.93. 
i Cor. ia 7. 

( Num. 25. 

3. 

Deut. 4. 27. 

Ezra 9. 13, 

II. 

u vcrncs 21. 

28. 

I>a. 22. 13. 

Matt. C. 3). 

1 Cor. 15.32. 
xch. 7. 1. 



d 2 And said unto them, Ye have b kept all that Moses 
the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed 
my voice in all that I commanded you : 
d 3 Ye have c not left your brethren these many days 
unto this day, but have kept the charge of the command- 
ment of the Lord your God. 

4 And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto 
your brethren, as he promised them : therefore now re- 
turn ye, and get you unto d your tents, and unto the land 
of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord 
gave you on the other side Jordan. 

d 5 But e take diligent heed to do the commandment and 
the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged 
you, to f love the Lord your God, and to walk in e all his ways, 
and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, 
and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. 

6 So Joshua h blessed them, and sent them away ; and 
they went unto their tents. 

s 7 Tj Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses 
had given possession in Bashan : but unto the other halt 
thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side 
Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also 
unto their tents, then he blessed them, 
d 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much 
riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with 
silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and 
with very much raiment : ! divide the spoil of your ene- 
mies with your brethren. 

g 9 % And the children of Reuben, and the children of 
Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and de- 
parted from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is 
in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of k Gilead, to 
the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, 
according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

10 ^f And when they came unto a the borders of Jordan, 
that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, 
and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh 
built there an ' altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 

11 If And the children of Israel '"heard say, Behold, the 
children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half- 
tribe of Manasseh, have built an altar over against the 
land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage 
of the children of Israel. 

/ 1 2 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole 
congregation of the children of Israel n gathered them- 
selves together at Shiloh, to go up to "war against them. 

13 And the children of Israel J, sent unto the children of 
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe 
of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, q Phinehas the son 
of Eleazar the priest, 

14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a 
prince throughout all the tribes of Israel ; and each one 
was a head of the house of their fathers among the thou- 
sands of Israel. 

/ 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to 
the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto 
the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 

16 Thus saith the "whole congregation of the Lord, 
What trespass is this that ye have committed against the 
God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the 
Lord, in that ye have buildcd you an altar, that ye might 
3 rebel this day against the Lord ? 

17 Is the iniquity of l Peor loo little for us, from which 
we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a 
plague in the congregation of the Lord, 

18 But that ye must turn away this day from following 
the Lord 1 and it will be, seeing yc rebel to-day against 
the Lord, that u to-morrow he will be- wroth with the 
x whole congregation of Israel. 

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The Israelites contend together JOSHUA 

P 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be un- 
clean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of 
the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle y dwelleth, and 
take possession among us : but rebel not against the 
Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar be- 
sides the altar of the Lord our God. 

20 Did not z Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass 
in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation 
of Israel 1 and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 
/ 21 f a Then the children of Reuben, and the children 
of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said 
unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 

c 22 The Lord b God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he 
c knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in a rebellion, or 
if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,) 
23 That we have built us an altar to turn from follow- 
ing the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt-offering, or meat- 
offering, or if to offer peace-offerings thereon, let the Lord 
himself require it ; 

c 24 And if we have not rather done it b for, fear of this 
thing, saying, c In time to come your children might speak 
unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the 
Lord God of Israel 1 

25 For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between 
us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad ; 
ye have e no part in the Lord. So shall your children 
make our children cease from fearing the Lord. 

26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us 
an altar, f not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice : 

27 But that it may be s a witness between us, and you, 
and our generations after us, that we might do the ser- 
vice of the Lord before him with our burnt-offerings, and 
with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that 
your children may not say to our children in time to come, 
Ye have no part in the Lord. 

28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they 
should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, 
that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar 
of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt- 
offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is a witness between us 
and you. 

« 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, 
and turn this day from following the Lord, to build an 
altar for burnt-offerings, for meat-offerings, or for sacri- 
fices, besides the altar of the Lord our God that is before 
his tabernacle. 

/ 30 % And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of 
the congregation, and heads of the thousands of Israel 
which were with him, heard the words that the children of 
Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Ma- 
nasseh spake, * it pleased them. 

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto 
the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to 
the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the 
Lord is h among us, because ye have not committed this 
trespass against the Lord : ' now ye have delivered the 
children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. 
/32 % And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and 
the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and 
from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto 
the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and ' brought 
them word again. 

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel ; and 
the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to 
go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein 
the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 
* 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 
called the altar s Ed : for it shall be a witness between us 
that k the Lord is God. 



y ch. 18. 1. 
z ch. 7. 1, 5. 
1 Cor. 10. 6. 
1 Pet 2. 6. 
a Prov. 18. 
13. & 25.12. 
Acts 11. 4. 
1 Pet. 3. 15. 
James 1. 19. 
bDt.10. 17. 
Pe. 82. 1. 

1 Tim. 6.16. 
Rev. 19. 16. 
c ch. 3. 10. 
Heb. 4. 13. 
d verse 16. 
b Heb. Out 
ofcare, 
Gen. 18. 19. 
Ps. 44. 1, 
Acts 20.28, 
29. 

2 Cor.12.14.' 
c Heb. To- 
morrow, 
verse 18. 
e 1 Sam. 26. 
19. 

2 Sam. 20.1 
fver.10,16. 
John 7. 24. 
_ Gen.31.42. 
verse 34. 
ch.24. 27. 
d Heb. it 
zoas good 
in their 
eyes, 
verse 33. 

1 Sam. 25. 
32. 33. 
Prov. 15. 1. 
Acts 11. 18. 
h Lev. 26. 
11,12. 

2 Clir. 15. 2. 
e Heb. then 
ye deliver, 
Gen. 4. 7. 
Isa. 59. 1, 2, 
i Pr. 25. 13. 
1 John 1. 5. 
d That is, 
Witness, 
k 1 Kings 
18. 39. 
Matt. 4. 10. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1427. 



a after ma- 
ny days, 
that is, 
about four- 
teen years, 
chap. 22. 3. 
a Ps. 46. 9. 
b Gen. 48.3, 
4. 

Deut. 33. 1. 
Acts 20. 17. 
c Mai. 1. 5. 
d Ps. 44. 2. 
e ch. 15. 1. 
f Ex. 23. 27. 
Num. 33.52. 
g ICor. 16. 
13. 

h Deut.5.32. 
i Prov. 4.13. 
Eph.5. 11. 
2 Cor. 6.14. 
k Ps. 16. 4. 
Hos. 2. 17. 
lZeph. 1.5. 
mDt.10.20. 
Acts 11. 23. 
n Lev. 26.8, 
Deut.32.30. 
o Prov. 14. 

14. 

Heb. 10. 38. 
2 Pet. 2. 20. 
21. 

6 Heb. a 
snare, and 
for a net, 

and for a 

scourge, 

Ex. 23. 33. 

Num.33. 55. 

lKgs. 11.4. 

p 1 Kgs.2.2. 

Heb. 9. 27. 

q ch. 21. 45. 

1 Sam. 3. 19. 

Luke 21. 33. 

r Lev. 26.13. 

Deut. 28. 1. 

sLev.26.14. 

Deut. 28. 15, 

68. 

aGen.33.I8. 



The exhortation of Joshua, 

CHAPTER XXIII. i 

Joshua's exhortation before his death, 1, by former benefits, 3, by pro ■ 
mises, 5, and by threatenings, 11. 

/ A ND it came to pass, ° a long time after that a the 
jCm. Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their ene 
mies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 

2 And Joshua b called for all Israel, and for their elders, 
and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their of- 
ficers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age : 
' 3 And ye have c seen all that d the Lord your God hath 
done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord 
your God is he that hath fought for you. 
s 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by e lot these na- 
tions that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, 
from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even 
unto the great sea westward. 

r5 And the Lord your God, f he shall expel them from 
before you, and drive them from out of your sight ; and 
ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath 
promised unto you. 

d 6 Be ye therefore s very courageous to keep and to do 
all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that 
ye turn not aside therefrom to the h right hand or to the left ; 
p 7 That ye ! come not among these nations, these that 
remain among you ; neither k make mention of the name 
of their gods, nor cause to ' swear by them, neither serve 
them, nor bow yourselves unto them : 
^8 But "cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have 
done unto this day. 

9 For the Lord hath driven out from before you great 
nations and strong : but as for yOu, no man hath been 
able to stand before you unto this day. 
b 10 n One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the 
Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath 
promised you. 

^11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye 
love the Lord your God. 

12 Else if ye do in any wise ° go back, and cleave unto 
the remnant of these nations, even these that remain 
among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go 
in unto them, and they to you : 

m 13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will 
no more drive out any of these nations from before you : 
but they shall be * snares and traps unto you, and scourges 
in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from 
off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 
e 14 And behold, this day I am p going the way of all the 
earth; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, 
that q not one thing hath failed of all the good things which 
the Lord your God spake concerning you ; all are come 
to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 
'15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as 'all good 
things are come upon you, which the Lord your God pro- 
mised you ; so shall the Lord bring upon you 9 all evil 
things, until he have destroyed you from off this good 
land which the Lord your God hath given you. 

16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the 
Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone 
and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them : 
then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, 
and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which 

he hath given unto you. 

& 'CHAPTER XXIV. 

Joshua assembteth the tribes at Shechem, 1. A brief Irstory of God's 
benefits from Terah, 2. He reneweth a covenant between them and 
God 14. A stone the witness of the covenant, 26. Joshua's age, death, 
and burial, 29. Joseph's bones are buried, 32. Eleazar <lieth,33. 

g A ND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to She- 
A. chem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for 
their heads and for their judges, and for their officers ; and 
they presented themselves before God. 



Toshua?s exhortation, 

/2 And Joshua said unto b all the people, Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side 
of the c flood in old time, even d Terah, the father of Abra- 
ham, and the father of Nachor : and they 6 served other gods 

3 And f I took your father Abraham from the other side 
of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Ca 
naan, and s multiplied hie eeerl, and h gave him Isaac. 
g 4 And I gave unto Isaac 'Jacob and Esau . and k I gave 
unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it ; but ' Jacob and hie 
children went down into Egypt. 

/ 5 m I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, 
according to that which I did among them: and afterward 
I brought you out. 

6 And I n brought your fathers out of Egypt : and ye 
came unto the sea ; and the Egyptians pursued after your 
fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the ° Red sea. 
SI And when they cried unto the Lord, he p put dark 
ness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea 
upon them, and covered them ; and your eyes have seen 
what I have done in Egypt : and ye dwelt in the wilder- 
ness q a long season. 

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, 
which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought 
r with you : and I gave them into your hand, that ye might 
possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 
/ 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose 
and " warred against Israel, and s sent and called Balaam 
the son of Beor to curse you : 

10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam ; therefore 
he blessed you still : so I delivered you out of his hand. 
s\\ And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho : 
and the men of Jericho ' fought against you, the Amo- 
rites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hit- 
tites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites 
and I delivered them into your hand. 
m 12 And I sent the "hornet before you, which drave them 
out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites : 
but x not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 

13 And I have given you a land for which ye did y not 
labour, and z cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in 
them ; of the vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted 
not do ye eat. 

d 14 ^[ Now a therefore fear the Lord, and serve him b in 
sincerity and in c truth ; and put away the gods which 
your d fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in 
Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord. 

cl5 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, 
choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods 
which your fathers served that were on the other side of the 
flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: 
but e as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 
c 16 And the people answered, and said, God forbid that 
we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods ; 



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JUDGES. ttge t death, and burial. 

17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up, 
and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, from the house 
of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, 
and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and 
among all the people through whom we passed : 

c 18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the peo- 
ple, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land : there- 
fore will we also serve the Lord ; for he is our God. 

t 19 And Joshua said unto the people, 'Ye cannot serve 
the Lord : for he is a 'holy God : he is a jealous God; he 
will not forgive your transgressions, nor your sins. 

w 20 If ye f forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, 
then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after 
that he hath done you good. 

«21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay ; but we wijl 
serve the Lord. 

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses 
e against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to 
serve him. And they said, are witnesses. 

d 23 Now therefore h put aw^ j (said he) the strange gods 
which are among you, and incline your heart unto the 
Lord God of Israel. 

c 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God 
will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 

25 So Joshua * made a covenant with the people that 
day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 
/26 % And Joshua k wrote these words in the book of the 
law of God, and took a great stone, and ' set it up there 
under an oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 
/27 % And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, ""this 
stone shall be a witness unto us ; for it hath n heard all 
the words of the Lord which he spake unto us : it shall 
be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his 
inheritance. 

/ 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua 
the son of Nun the "servant of the Lord died, being a hun- 
dred and ten years old. 

s 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance 
in p Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the 
north side of the hill of q Gaash. 

c 31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, 
and r all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and 
which had known all the works of the Lord that he had 
done for Israel. 

/32 And the s bones of Joseph, which the children of Is- 
rael brought up out of Egypt, buried they in l Shechem, 
in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of 
Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of sil- 
ver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 
/33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ; and they bu- 
ried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which 
was given him in mount Ephraim. 



b ch. 23. 2. 
cGen.11.26. 
d Deut.26.5. 
e Isa. 51. 2. 
f Acts 7.2,3. 
gGen.21.13. 
hGen. 21. 2. 
i Gen.28.20. 
k Gen. 36. 8. 
1 Ps. 73. 5. 
m Ex. 3. 10. 
n Ex. 12.37. 
o Ex. 14. 9. 
pEx. 14. 00. 
q Nu.14.34. 
rNu. 21.33. 
a That is, 
purposed, 
Judg. 1155. 
John 10.33. 
sNum.22.5. 
Deut. 23. 4. 
t chap. 2. 7. 
verse 9. 
uEx. 13.28. 
Deut. 7. 20. 
xGen.48.22. 
Ps. 7. 12. & 
44. 2, 3. 
Hosea 1. 5. 
yEsth. 8. 7. 
Prov.13.22. 
Dan. 7. 25. 
Matt. 11.28. 
z ch. 11. 13. 
a Ex. 20. 1. 
Ezra 9. 13. 
Ps. 116. 8. 
b Gen. 17.1. 
2Kgs.20.3. 
cJolm4.23. 
d Ezek. 20. 
18. 
eEom.12.2. 



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bOi,ye will 
not be able 
to serve, 
verse 23. 
Mat. 6.24. 
c Heb. Elo- 
him keclo- 
shim, but 
holies (or, 
holy ones, 
be, 

Gen. 20. 13. 
Ezra 15. 11. 
f 2 Chron. 
15.2. 

Ezek. 18.24. 
g Job 15. 5. 
Luke 19.22. 
hAmos5.15. 
i verse 1. 
2Kgs.ll.17. 
k Dt. 31.26. 
lGen.28.18. 
chap. 4. 3. 
m Dt. 27. 2. 
chap. 22.34. 
nDt. 31.11. 
Ps. 1. 1, 2. 
Isaiah 1. 2. 
Luke 19.40. 
o Deut.34.5. 
2 Tim. 4. 8. 
p ch. 19. 50. 
q 2 Sam. 23. 
30. 

r 2Kgs.l2.2. 
Mat. 13. 25. 
Acts 20. 29. 
sGen.50.25. 
Ex. 13. 19. 
t Gen.33.18. 



CHAPTER I. 

T7ie acts of Judah and Simeon, 1. Adoni-bezek justly requited, 6. Je 
rusalem taken, S. Hebron taken, 10. Othniel hath Achsah to wife for 
taking of Debir, 13. The Kenites divell in Judah, 16. Hormah, Gaza, 
Askelon, and Ekron, taken, 17. The acts of Benjamin, 21. Of the 
house of Joseph, tvho take Beth-el, 22. Of Manasseh, 27. Of fcehu- 
lun, 30. OfAsher, 31. Of JVaphtali, 33. Of Dan, 84. 

/JWTOW a after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that 

±yi the children of Israel b asked the Lord, saying, Who 

shall go up for us against the Canaanites first to fight 

against them? 

'. 2 And the Lord said, c Judah shall go up : behold, I 

have delivered the land into d his hand. 

|/3 And Judah said unto e Simeon his brother, Come up 

with me into f my lot, that we may fight against the Ca- 



f THE BOOK OF JUDGES. 

naanites ; and I likewise will go with thee into s thy lot. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1425. 



a Joshua 
24. 30. 
b Nu. 27. 21 
c Gen. 49. 8 
Rev. 19. 11. 
d Ph. 72. 8. 
e Josh. 19.1. 
fPs. 2. 8. 



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cir. 1425. 



g 2Sam. 10. 

11. 

Dan. 12. 13. 

h 1 Sam, 

11.8. 

iLcv.24. 19. 

Isaiah 33. 1. 

k Ps. 37. 37. 

I 1 Sam. 15. 

33. 



So Simeon went with him. 

g± And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the 
Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they 
slew of them in h Bezek ten thousand men. 

5 And they found Adoni-bezek in'Bezek: and thcyfougfyf 
against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 

& G But Adoni-bezek fled ; and they pursued after him,- 
and caught him, and ' cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 

s 7 And Adoni-bezek said, k Threescore and ten kings, 
having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered 
their meat under my table ; ' as I have done, so God hath 
requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and 
there he died 

15 



Jerusalem and Hebron taken. JUDGES 

8 (Now the children of Judah had fought against Jeru- 
salem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of 
the sword, and set the city on tire.) 
/9 f And "afterward the children of Judah went down 
to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the moun- 
tain, and in the south, and in the valley. 

s 10 And Judah "went against the Canaanites that dwelt 
in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath- 
arba:) and they slew n Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 

e 1 1 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of 
Debir : and the name of Debir before ivas Kirjath-sepher: 

g 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and 
taketh it, ° to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 
/13 And Othniel the son of Kemiz, Caleb's * younger 
brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 

14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that 
she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she light- 
ed from off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou 'I 

15 And she said unto him, Give me q a blessing : for 
thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of 
water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs, and the 
nether springs. 

/ 16 11 And the children of the r Kenite, Moses' father-in- 
law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the chil- 
dren of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which licth in the 
south of Arad ; and they went and dwelt among the people. 

s 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they 
slew the Canaanites that inhabited ■ Zephath, and utterly 
destroyed it. And the name of the city was called 'Hormah. 

g 18 Also Judah took u Gaza with the coast thereof, and 
Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast 
thereof. 

/ 19 And x the Lord was with Judah ; and he drave out the 
inhabitants of the mountain ; but y could notdrive outthe in 
habitants of the valley, because they had 7 chariots of iron 

s 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said 
and he expelled thence the a three sons of Anak. 

s 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the 
Jebusites b that inhabited Jerusalem ; but the Jebusites 
dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto 
this day. 

/ 22 If And the house of Joseph, they also went up against 
Beth-el : and c the Lord tvas with them. 

g 23 And the house of Joseph sent to d descry Beth-el 

Now the name of the city before ivas e Luz. 

24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, 
and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the en- 
trance into the city,, and f we will shew thee mercy. 

25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the 
city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword : but 
they let go the man and all his family. 
I s 26 And the man went into the land of the e Hittites, 
and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : which 
is the name thereof unto this day. 

s 27 % Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of 
h Beth-shean and her towns, nor '' Taahach and her towns, 
nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabit- 
ants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Me- 
giddo and her towns ; but the Canaanites k would dwell 
in that land. 

^28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that 
they put the Canaanites to 'tribute, and s did not utterlv 
drive them out. 

! g 29 ^ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that ai^'Jaa 
dwelt in m Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer 
among them. 

I * 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kit- 
ron, nor the inhabitants of n Nahalol ; but the Canaanites 
.dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 



B. Christ 

cir. 1425 . 
m Josh. 10. 
36. & 11.21. 
o That is, 
under the 
conduct of 
Joshua j 
for the 
things 
hereunto, 
verse 17. 
were done 

n his time. 

, r s .33. 17. 
Ecclcs.9.11. 

1 Sam. IV. 
25. 

P Gcn.48.20. 

1 Sam. 16. 
11. 

1 Gen.33.11. 
lleb.6. 7. 
r Ex.18. 1. 
n2Chr.l4. 
10. 

tJosh.I5.30. 
h. 14. 14. 
xRom.8.3). 
y Josh.7.11. 
Mutt. 17.19. 
7. Josh. 17. 
18. 

aNn.13.Sa 
b Josh. 18. 
II. 

3 Sam. 5. 6. 
c 2 Kings 
18.7. 
leh. '8.2. 

i's. ua o. 

i-On.2S.19. 
f Josh. 2.14. 
verse 25. 

Gon. 15. 
20.&23. 10. 
li Josh. 17. 
11. 

iJosh.21.25. 
k Josh. 17. 
12. 

chap. 3. 4. 
1 Ex. 23. 32. 
Dent. 7. 2. 
b Heb. driv- 
out he 
drave them 
not out. 
I! So in. 15. 9. 
m Josh. 16. 
10. 

n Josh. 19. 
15. 



The people of Boclum rebuked. 

s 31 ^[ Neither did ° Asher drive out the inhabitants of 
Accho, nor the inhabitants of p Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor 
of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of *> Rehob : 
/32 But the Asherites r dwelt among the Canaanites, the 
inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out. 

r 33 H Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of 

Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath ; but 
he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the 
land : nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and 
of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. 
/34 And the Amorites forced the children ol Dan into 
the mountain : for they would not suffer them to como 
down to the valley : 

35 But the Amorites would dwell in ' mount Heres it* 
Aijalon, and u in Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house of 
Joseph ■ prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 

g 36 And the coast of the Amorites ivas from the going 
up to * Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. 

CHAPTER II. 
An angel rehubeth the people at Bochim, 1. The ivickedness of the neic 

generation after Joshua, 10. God's anger and pity towards them, 14. 
The Canaanites are left to prove Israel, 20. 

ND an " angel of the Lord came up from a Gilgal to 

Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, 

and have brought you unto the' land which I b sware unto 

and I said, I will never break my covenant 



B. Christ 
cir. 1425. 



'A 1 



o Josh. 19. 
24. 

pGon.49.13. 
Josh. 19.28. 
qNu.13.2) 
rlV 106.35. 
s Josh. 19. 
38 

tJosh.19.42. 
chap. 12. 12. 
ulKgs.4.9. 
c Heb. be- 
camcheavy. 
X Josh. 15. 
■-', 3. 

a Or, mes- 
senger, 
Matt. 3.1. 
a Josh. 5. 9. 
b Gen. 24.7. 
E.xod. 6. 8. 
c Ex. 23. 32. 
2 Cor. 6. 14. 
<1 Deut.12.3. 

Josh. 7. 2. 
2 Chi. 15. 2. 
l'Nu.33.55. 
g Ex. 23. 33. 
Josh.23. 13. 
h Ezra 10.2. 
Frov. 17. 10. 
JThat is, 

Weeping, 

Josh. 7.26. 

. losh. 01. 

28. 

k Josh. 24. 

30. 

1 Gen. 25. 8. 
m Isa. 5. 12. 
litna 1. 16. 
n Ps.92.5,6. 



p Gen. 35. 2. 
<} Ex. 20. 5. 
r 2 Kings 
17. 20. 
isa. 21. 2. 
s ch. 4. 19. 
i in 28. 16. 
n Isa. 26. 11. 
xLcv.86.ia 



your fathers 
with you. 

2 And ye shall make c no league with the inhabitants 
of this land ; ye shall d throw down their altars : but ye. 
have not obeyed my voice : why have ye done this 1 

3 Wherefore I also said, e I will not drive them out 
from before you ; but they shall be as thorns in your 
1 sides, and their s gods shall be a snare unto you. 

4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord 
spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the 
people '' lifted up their voice, and wept. 

» 5 And they called the name of that place * Bochim : 
and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. 

/6 If And when Joshua had ' let the people go, the chil- 
dren of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to 
possess the land. 

« 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Jo- 
shua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, 
who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he 
did for Israel. 

/ 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, 
died, being a hundred and ten years old. 

9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance 
in k Timmath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north 
side of the hill Gaash. 

10 And also all that generation were ' gathered unto 
their fathers : and there arose another generation after 
them, which m knew not the Lord, nor yet the n works 
which he had done for Israel. 

« 1 1 H And the children of Israel did evil in the c sight 
of the Lord, and served Baalim : 

12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, 
which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and fol- 
lowed v other gods, of the gods of the people that were 
round about them, and q bowed themselves unto them, 
and provoked the Lord to anger. 

13 And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and 
Ashtaroth. 

/ 14 % And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, 
and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that 
r spoiled them, and he s sold them into the hands of then- 
enemies round about, so that they could not any longer 
stand before their enemies. 

a 15 'Whithersoever they went out, the u hand of the 
Lord was against them for evil, , as the Lord had said. 

152 



JUDGES. 

and they were 



/7tc nations left to prove Israel. 

and as the Lord had sworn unto them 

greatly distressed. 

/16 If Nevertheless the Lord y raised up judges, which 

delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 

c 17 And yet they would z not hearken unto their judges, 
hut they went a a whoring after other gods, and bowed 
themselves unto them : they turned quickly out of the 
way which their fathers walked in, obeying the command- 
ments of the Lord ; but they did not so. 
/18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then 
the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of 
the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : (for 
it c repented the Lord because of their i groanings by 
reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.) 

c 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was e dead, 
that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than 
their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and 
to bow down unto them ; they ceased not from their own 
doings, nor from their c stubborn way. 

w 20 If And the anger of the Lord was hot against Is- 
rael ; and he said, Because that this people hath trans- 
gressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, 
and have not hearkened unto my voice ; 

211 also will f not henceforth drive out any from before 
them of the nations which Joshua s left when he died : 

t 22 That through them I may h prove Israel, whether 
they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as 
their fathers did keep it, or not. 

23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driv- 
ing them out hastily, neither delivered he them into the 
hand of Joshua. 

CHAPTER III. 
Th< nations ivhich were left to prove Israel, 1: By communion with 
thtm, they commit idolatry, 5. Othniel delivereth them from Chushan- 
rishathaim, 9, Ehud from Eglon, 15, Shamgar from the Philistines, 31. 

fl^TO W these are the nations which the Lord left, to 
1^1 a prove Israel by them, (even as many of Israel as 
had not known ail the wars of Canaan ; 

2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel 
might know b to teach them war, at the least such as be- 
fore c knew nothing thereof;) 

g 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the 
Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt 
in 'mount Lebanon, from mount f Baal-hermon unto the 
entering in of Hamath. 

4 And they were to prove Israel by them, g to know 
whether they would hearken unto the commandments of 
the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand 
of Moses. 

s 5 If And the children of Israel dwelt among the Ca- 
naanites, Hittitcs, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hi- 
vites, and Jebusites : 

/ 6 And they h took their daughters to be their wives, and 
gave their daughters to their sons, and 'served their gods, 
c 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim, 
and the groves. 

/ 8 If Therefore the anger of the Lord was k hot against 
Israel, ' and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-risha- 
thaim king of Mesopotamia : and the children of Israel 
served Chushan-rishathaim m eight years 
/ 9 And n when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, 
the Lord raised up a ■ deliverer to the children of Israel, 
who delivered them, even ° Othniel the son of Kenaz, Ca 
leb's younger brother. 



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1444. 



ych.3. 9. & 
4.1. & 8. 23. 
z 2 Chr. 36. 
15, 16, 
a Lev. 17.7. 
Hos. 2. 2. 
b Josh. 1. 5. 
c Gen. 6. 6. 
d Gen.21.17. 
Ex. 2. 24. 
Ps. 12. 5. 
e Josh. 24. 
31. 

chap. 3. 12. 
c Heb. 
hard way, 
Matt. 13. 4. 
fPs. 81. 11. 
g chap. 3. 1. 
h Gen. 22. 1. 
Deut. 13. 3. 
Josh. 23. 13. 
a Deut. 8. 2. 
chap. 2. 22. 
b Ps. 81. 13. 
c Josh. 23. 
10. 
Ps. M. 13. 

ch. 10. 5. 

fcaru.-i.i.Q. 
e Deut. 1.7. 
fDeut. 3. 9. 
g Deut. 8. 2. 
John 2. 24. 
h Ex. 34. 16. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
i 1 Kings 
11.2,3. 
kDt. 32. 16. 
1 ch. 2. 14. 
Matt. 10.28. 
m Lev. 26. 
18. 

verse 14. 
chap. 4. 3. 
n Ps. 78. 34. 
a Hob. sa 
vitmr, 
1 Tim. 4. 16. 
o ch. 1. 13. 



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p Josh. 11. 
23. 

Esth. 9. 22. 
q Ps. 78. 32. 
Hosca 6. 4. 
r Ps. 140. 8. 
John 19. 11. 
s Ps. 83. 7. 
t Dt. 34. 3. 
uDt.28. 47. 
\- Ps. 50. 15. 
b Heb. two 
mouths, 
Ps. 149. 6. 
c Or, gra- 
venimaircs, 
Josh. 4. 20. 
d Ileb. a 
wordfrmn 
Elohim, 
that is, Al- 
mightics, 
Gen. 1. 1. 
Henco 
idols axe 
called Elir 
Urn, no- 
things, 
1 Cor. 8. 4. 
y 1 Thess. 

a i3. 

/ Num. 25. 
7,8. 

1 Sam. 15. 
33. 

Zoch.2.7. 
c Or, it 
came Olit 
at the 

fundament. 
u 1 Sam. 
24. 4. 
boh, 6. 34. 
.• Josh. 15.9. 

2 Kings 5. 
22. 

d i Sain. 
17. 47. 
IV. US, l. 
/Or, 
femes, 
Josh. •:. 7. 
a Ileb. fm. 
T's. 17. 10. 
B ch. 2. 16. 



1 10 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he icom.sw. 
judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord deli-k^-* 



vered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into hii 
hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-risha 



thafm. 



39 



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hiq|bch7s. 1 1. 
oJoah.U.1. 
dJoab. 11. 

10. 
Jc.-r.-l9. 28. 



The conduct of EhuHt> 

11 And the land had Prest forty years: and Othniel the 
son of Kenaz died. 
/ 12 % And the children of Israel did 'evil again in the 
sight of the Lord : and the Lord r strengthened Eglon 
the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done 
evil in the sight of the Lord. 

13 And he gathered unto him the children of s Ammon 
and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed 
the city of ! palm-trees. 

14 So the children of Israel "served Eglon the king of 
Moab eighteen years. 

/ 15 But when the children of Israel x cried unto the Lord. 
the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Ge- 
ra, a Benjamite, a man left-handed : and by him the chil- 
dren of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab, 

16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had * two edges, 
of a cubit length : and he did gird it under his raiment 
upon his right thigh. 

it And he brought the present unto Eglon king of 
Moab : and Eglon was a very fat man. 

18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, 
he sent away the people that bare the present. 
s 19 But he himself turned again from the c quarries that 
were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, 
O king : who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by 
him went out from him. 

/ 20 And Ehud came unto him ; and he was sitting in a 
summer-parlour, which he had for himself alone : and 
Ehud said, I have ''a message from God unto thee. And 
he y arose out of his seat. 

21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dag 
ger from his right thigh, and z thrust it into his belly : 

22 And the haft also went in after the blade : and the 
fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the 
dagger out of his belly ; and the ' dirt came out. 

23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut 
the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 

/ 24 When he was gone out, his servants came ; and 
when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were 
locked, they said, Surely he a covereth his feet in his sum- 
mer-chamber. 

25 And they tarried till they were ashamed : and be- 
hold, he opened not the doors of the parlour, therefore 
they took a key and opened them : and behold, their lord 
was fallen down dead on the earth. 
s 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried ; and passed 
beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 
/ 27 And it came to pass when he was come, that he 
11 blew a trumpet in the c mountain of Ephraim, and the 
cliildren of Israel went down with him from the mount, 
and he before them. 

28 And he said unto them, Follow after me : for the ''Lord 
hath delivered your enemies ttie Moabites into your hand. 
And they went down after him, and took the f fords of 
Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over 
/ 29 If And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thou 
sand men, all « lusty, and all men of valour : and there 
escaped not a man. 

30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand oi 
Israel : and the Ian.) had rest fourscore years. 
/"31 ^r And after him was ° Shamgar the son of Anath, 
which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an 
r ox-goad: and he also delivered Israel. 

° CHAPTER IV. " 

Deborah and Barak, deliver Israel from Jabin and Sisera, 4, 6. Jael 
killcth Sistra, 21. 

f k ND the children of Israel a again did evil in the sigh; 
J\ of (he Lord when Ehud was dead. 
e 2 And the Lord l sold them into the hand of c Jabin king 
of Canaan that reigned in d Hazor, the captain of whose 

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Jael killeth Sisera. JUDGES. 

host ivas Sisera, which dwelt in e Harosheth of the Gentiles. 

/ 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord ; for 
he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and f twenty years 
he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. 

/ 4 % And e Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, 
she judged Israel at that time. 

s 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, be- 
tween Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim : and the 
children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 

s 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam 
out of h Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, i Hath not the 
Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, k Go, and draw 
toward l mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand 
men of the children of Naphtali, and of the children of 
Zebulun ; 

s 7 And m I will draw unto thee, to the river n Kishon, Si- 
sera the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his 
multitude ; and I will deliver him into thy hand 1 
f S And Barak said unto her, ° If thou wilt go with me, then 
I will go : but if thou wilt not go with me, then \ will not go. 

r 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee : notwith- 
standing the journey that thou takest shall not be for 
thine honour ; for the Lord shall r sell Sisera into the 
hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with 
Barak to Kedesh. 

/ 10 ^[ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Ke- 
desh ; and he went up with ten thousand men q at his 
feet : and Deborah went up with him. 

s 1 1 Now Heber the r Kenite, which was of the children 
of s Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself 
from the * Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of 
Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh 

/ 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abi- 
noam, was gone up to mount Tabor. 

e 13 And Sisera 'gathered together all his chariots 
nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were 
with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river 
of Kishon. 

/ 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day 
in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thy hand : is 
not the Lord 'gone out before thee? So Barak went down 
from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 
15 And the Lord "discomfited Sisera, and all his cha- 



e Josh. 11.5. 
fch. 3. 8. 
gGen.35.8. 
h Josh. 19. 
32, 37. 
i Gen. 13. 9. 
k ch. 5. 14. 
1 Ps. 86. 12. 
m Ex. 14. 4. 
Matt. 6. 13. 
n 1 Kings 
18. 40. 
Ps. 83. 9. 

Ex. 4. 10. 
p ch. 2. 14. 
q Ex. 11. 11. 
r Num. 24. 
21, 22. 
chap. 1. 1C. 
s Nu. 10.29. 
a Heb. 
Kain, 

Ex. 2.18- & 
3. 1.&18.1. 
b Heb. ga- 
thered oy 
cry, or, pro- 
clamation. 
t ch. 5. 19. 

Isa. 24. 23. 
& 52. 12. 
u ch. 5. 20. 
Ps. 83.9,10. 
cHeb. 
mouthy 
verse 16. 
dHeb. 
unto one, 
Ps. 104. 36. 
Rom. 2. 12. 
x ch. 5. 25. 
y Eccl. 3. 7. 
zch. 3. 31. 
& 5. 25, 26. 

1 Sam. 17. 
49. 

1 Cor. 1. 27. 



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riots, and all his host, with the c edge of the sword before 

Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and 

fled away on his feet. 

g 1 6 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the 

host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all the host of 

Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was 

not " a man left. 

/ 17 Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of 

Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite : for there was peace 

between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber 

the Kenite. 

/ 18 % And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto 

him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And when he 

had turned in unto her into the tout, she covered him with 

a mantle. 

19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little 
water to drink ; for I am thirsty. And she opened a 
* bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 

20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the 
tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and in- 
quire of thee, and say, Is there any man here 1 that thou 
shalt say, * No. 

a 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took z a nail of the tent, and 
took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and 
smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the 
ground : for he was fast asleep, and weary. So he died. 



The song of Deborah and Bar ah. 

/ 22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to 
meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the 
man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, 
behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail ivas in his temples. 
/ 23 So a God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Ca- 
naan before the children of Israel. 

24 And the hand of the children of Israel ' prospered, 
and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until thev 
had destroyed Jabin king of b Canaan. 
CHAPTER V. 

Tlie song of Deborah and Barak. 

THEN a sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam 
on that clay, saying, 

2 Praise ye the Lord for the b avenging of Israel, when 
the c people d willingly offered themselves. 

3 e Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes ; I, even 
I, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing praise to the Lord 
God of Israel, 
s 4 Lord, when thou ' wenteot out of Seir, when thou 

marchedst out of the field of Edom, the g earth trembled, 
and the ''heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 

5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even 
that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel. 

6 In the days of ^hamgar the son of Anath, in the days 
of Jael, the k highways were unoccupied, and the travel- 
lers walked through by-ways. 

7 The inhabitants of the ' villages ceased, they ceased 
in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a m mo- 
ther in Israel. 

8 They chose n new gods ; then was war in the gates : 
was there ° a shield or spear seen among forty thousand 
in Israel 1 

d 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel that of- 
fered themselves p willingly among the people : Bless ye 
the Lord. 

10 q Speak, ye that ride on r white asses, ye that s sit in 

zeeh!Vi5.ijudgment, and walk by the way. 

bTsara:"' * 11 They that are delivered from 'the noise of archers 
in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse 
the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts 
toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel : then shall 
the people of the Lord go down to the gates. 

J 2 u AiT'nl'O ou'il/rt T^c»Hm-«iti • cnrnl; 

song 

son of Abinoam 

12 Then he made him that remaineth have y dominion 
over the nobles among the people : the Lord made me 
have dominion over the mighty. 

14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against 
Amalek ; z after thee, Benjamin, among thy people ; out 
of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they 
that handled the pen of the writer. 

15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah ; 
even Issachar, and also Barak : he was sent on " foot into 
the valley. 6 For the divisions of Reuben c there were great 
thoughts of heart. 

v 16 Why abodest thou among the sheep-folds, to hear the 
a bleatings of the flocks 1 For the divisions of Reuben there 
were great searchings of heart. 

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan : and why did Dan re- 
main in ships 1 Asher continued on the sea-shore, and 
abode in his breaches. 

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that b jeoparded 
their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 

19 The c kings came and fought, then fought the kings 
of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo ; they 
took no gain of money. 

20 They d fought from heaven ; the stars in their courses 
fought against Sisera. 

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Ps. 18. 47. 
eHcb. 
going went 
eviprn and became 
VCH hard, 

Deut. 28.50. 
Ps. 110. 8 



12. 

a Ex. 15. 1. 

Rev. 19. 1,4. 
b Ps. 94. 1. 
c ch.4. 10. 
d Ps. 110.3. 
verse 9. 
e Ps.2. 10. 
Eccl. 5. 8. 
f Nil. 20. 27. 
g Rev. 6. 15. 
hPs. 18.8. 
i ch. 3. 31. 
k Lev.26.22. 
lEsth.9. 19. 
m ch. 4.4,6. 
nDt. 32. 16. 
chap. 2. 10. 
oLev.26.30. 

1 Sam. 13. 
19. 

p verse 2. 
Esth. 4. 10. 
q Ps. 145. 5. 
r ch. 10. 4. 
s Ps. 107.'32. 
t Lam. 5. 4. 
u Ps. 57. 8. 
x Ps. 68. 18. 
yPs. 49. 14. 
Rev. 2. 26. 
zch. 4. 14. 
a Heb. on 
his feet. 
ch. 4. 10. 
bOr,in the 
divisions, 
Acts 15. 38. 
c Heb. the 
impres- 
sions of 
heart uere 
great, 
Prov.22.13. 

2 Cor. 11. 2. 
a Num.32. L 
PV.il. 1. 21. 
b Esth. 4.16. 
Acts 20. 24. 
Uohn3. 16. 
Rev. 12. 11. 
c Ps. 48. 4. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
d Ps. 77. 16. 



Awake, awake, Deborah ; awake awake, utter a 
arise, Barak, and x lead thy captivity captive, thou 






e Ps. 33. 17. 
f 1 Sam. 17. 
47. 

Acts 9.4. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
Luke 1.28. 
h Prov. 31. 
31. 

d As mea- 
sures that 
aretoo full, 
1 Thess. 2. 
16. 

i Ps. 52. 7. 
k Ps. 83. 9, 
10. 

lEpIi. 6. 24. 
m Ps. 37. 6. 
a Gen. 25. 2. 
Num.25. 18. 
b 1 Sam. 13. 



coming 1 why tarry the wheels of his chariots 1 

29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned 
answer to herself, 

30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey ; 
to every man a damsel or two 1 to Sisera a prey of divers 
colours, a prey of divers colours of needle-work, of divers 
colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks 
of them that take the spoil 1 

31 k So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let 
them that l love him be as the m sun when he goeth forth 
in his might. And the land had rest forty years 

' CHAPTER VI. 

The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian, 1. A prophet re- 
bukcth them, 8. An angel scndcth Gideon for their deliverance, 11 
Gideon's present is consumed with fire, 21. Gideon builds an altar 
there, and calls it Jehovah-shalom, 24. Joash defendelh his son, and 
callelh him Jerubbaal, 31, 32. 27ie Midianites' army, 33. Gideon's 
signs, 36. 

f k ND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the 
.£%_ Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand 
of a Midian seven years. 

2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and 
because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them 
the b dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and 
strong holds. 

3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midi- 
anites came up, and the c Amalekites, and the d children 
of the east, even they came up against them : 

4 And they encamped against them, and e destroyed 
tlie increase of the earth, till thou come unto f Gaza ; and 
left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 

5 For they came up with their cattle and their s tents, 
and they came h as grasshoppers for multitude ; for both 
they and their camels were ' without number : and they 
entered into the land to destroy it 

6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the 
Midianites; and the children of Israel i cried unto the Lord. 
/7 f And it came to pass, when the children of Israel 
cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites, 

8 That the Lord sent 'a prophet unto the children of 
Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God 
of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you 
forth out of the house of bondage ; 

9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, 
and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and k drave 
them out from before you, and gave you their land ; 

* 10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God ; fear 



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The Israelites oppressed by Midian. JUDGES. 

21" The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient 
river, the river Kishon, O my soul, thou hast trodden 
down strength. 

22 Then were the e horse-hoofs broken by the means of 
the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. 
zo 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the I. nun, rure© 

ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came 
not to the f help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord 
against the mighty. 

24 e Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber 
the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in 
the h tent. 

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk ; she 
brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 

26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to 
the workman's hammer ; and with the hammer she smote 
Sisera, she " smote off his head, when she had pierced and 
stricken through his temples. 

27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her 
feet he bowed, he fell : where he bowed, there he fell 
down 5 dead. 

e 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and 
cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in 



Heb. 11.38. 
cGen.36.12. 
d Job 1. 3. 
e Deut. 28. 
30. 

fGen. 10. 19. 
_ Ps. 83. 4. 
h cli. 8. 10. 
a Heb. had 
no number, 
chap. 7. 12. 
i Ps. 78. 34. 
Hjs. 5. 15. 
b Heb. a 
man a 
prophet, 
chap. 4. 4. 
kPs.44.S3. 



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1 2 Kings 

17. 38. 
Jor. 10. 2. 
m ch. 5. 23, 
verses 14, 
16. 

n Josh. 17.2 
c Heb. to 
cause it to 
flee. 

Dan. 9 .23 
Luke 1. 28. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
p Gen. 43. 
20. 

n. Ps. 25. 6. 
Isa. 59. 1. 
& 63. 14. 
r John 20. 
22. 

B Josh. 1. 9. 
chap. 4. 6. 
(Luke 1.34. 
Hob. 11.32. 
d Heb. 
thousand, 
Ex. 18. 25. 
MU-ali 5. 2. 
h Jer.50.45 

1 Lor. 15. 9 
;i Ex. 3. 12. 
Josh. 1. •">. 

v Ex. 4. 8. 

2 Kings 20. 
8. 

Ps. 86. 17. 
/.Gen. 18.5 
ch. 13. 18. 
a 1 Kings 

18. 34. 

li 1 Kings 
18.38. 
2Chr.7. 1. 
c6on.13.I6, 

c:h. 13. S& 
(I Dent. 5.4. 

Philemon 
3. 

fGen. 35. 2. 
Job 23. 23. 

i*s. im.y. 

1 Tim. 3 .5. 
g Mt. 18.24. 
Gal. 1. 10. 

h Ps. 1 12. Q. 



Gideon sent to deliver them* 

not the ' gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell > 

but ye have not obeyed my voice. 

™ 11 % And there came an m angel of the Lord, and sat 

under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto 

Joash the n Abi-ezrite : and his son Gideon threshed wheat 

by the wine-press, to c hide it froqithe Midianites. 

/ 12 And the angel of tho Lord appeared unto him, and 

said unto him, The Lord is ° with thee, thou mighty man 

of valour. 

13 And Gideon said unto him, r O my Lord, if the 
Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us ] and 
q where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, 
saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt 1 but 
now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the 
hands of the Midianites. 

14 And the Lord r looked upon him, and said, Go in this 
thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the 
Midianites : s have not I sent thee 1 

c 15 And he said unto him, O my Lord, 'wherewith 
shall I save Israel 1 behold, my d family is poor in Manas- 
sen, and I am the u least in my father's house. 

r 1 6 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be * with 
thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 

17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in 
thy sight, then y shew me a sign that thou talkest with me, 

18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto 
thee, and bring forth my z present, and set it before thee. 
And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 

719 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and un- 
leavened cakes of an ephah of flour : the flesh he put in a 
basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out 
unto him under the oak, and presented it. 

20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh 
and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, 
and a pour out the broth. And he did so. 

w»21 % Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the 
staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the 
unleavened cakes ; and there rose up b fire out of the rock, 
and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then 
the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. 

/ 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of 
the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God ! for c because 
I have seen an angel of the Lord d face to face. 

23 And the Lord said unto him, e Peace be unto thee ; 
fear not : thou shalt not die. 

n 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and 
called it Jehovah-shalom : unto this day it is yet in Ophrah 
ofthe Abi-ezrites. 

d 25 % And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord 
said unto him, Take thy f father's young bullock, even the 
second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the 
altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove 
that is by it : 

26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the 
top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second 
bullock, and offer a hurnt-sacrifice with • the wood of the 
grove which thou shalt cut down. 

/27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and e did 
as the Lord had said unto him : and so it was, because he 
feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that 
he could not do it by day, that he «'iU it by " night 

28 1 And when the men of the city arose early in the 
morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast dowji, and the 
grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bul- 
lock was offered upon the altar that teas bu/ft- 

29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this 
thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, 
Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 

c 30 Then the men ofthe city said unto Joash, Bring out 

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thy son, that he may ' die : because he hath cast down 
the altar of Baai, and because he hath cut down the grove 
that was by it. 

31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will 
ye k plead for Baal 1 will ye save him 1 he that will plead 
for him, let him be put ' to death whilst it is yet morning : 
if he be a god, let him plead for himeelf, because one hath 
cast down his altar. 

n 32 Therefore on that day he called him c Jerubbaal, 
saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath 
thrown down his altar. 

J33 Then ail the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the 
children of the east were gathered together, m and went 
over, and pitched in the n valley of Jezreel. 

*34 But the Spirit of the Lord -'came upon Gideon, and 
he ° blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer ? was gathered after him. 
35 And he seat messengers throughout all Manasseh; 
who also was gathered after him : and he sent messen- 
gers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali ; 
and they came up to meet them. 

/36 *[[ And Gideon said unto God, p If thou wilt save Is- 
rael by my hand, as thou hast said, 

37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor : and 
if the q dew be on the r fleece only, and it be dry upon all 
the earth besides, then shall I know that thou wilt save Is- 
rael by my hand, as thou hast said. 

to 38 And it was so : for he rose up early on the morrow, 
and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out 
of the fleece, a bowl-full of water. 

/39 And Gideon said unto God, 8 Let not thine anger be 
hot against me, and I will speak but this once : Let me 
prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it 
now be dry ' only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground 
let there be dew. 

m 40 And God did so that night : for it was dry upon the 
fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three hundred, 1, 
7: He is encouraged by the dream, and interpretation of the barley- 
calce, 13 : _ His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers, 16. 2Vt< 
Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb, 25. 

THEN a Jerubbaal .(who is Gideon) and all the people 
that tuere with him, rose up early and pitched beside 
the well of ° Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were 
on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 
f% And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are 
with thee are b too many for me to give the Midianites 
into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, 
saying, c Mine own hand hath saved me. 

3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the peo- 
ple, saying, d Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him re 
turn and " depart early from mount Gilead. And there 
returned of the people twenty and two thousand ; and 
there remained ten thousand. 
d 4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet 
too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will 
c try them for thee there ; and it shall be that of e whom 
I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall 
go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This 
•shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 
/5 So he brought down the people unto the water : and 
the Loud said unto Gideon ; Every one that f lappeth of 
the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth, him shalt 
thou set by himself ; likewise every one that boweth down 
upon his knees to drink. 

i ,A nd . thfc numb er of them that lapped, putting their 
nana to their mouth, were three hundred men : but all 
me rest ol the people bowed down upon their knees to 
drink water. 



y And the Lord said unto Gideon, * By the three htm. hj:tk 



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iJolml6.2. 
k Ex. 23. 2. 

Num. 14. 6. 
1 verse 30. 
Prov.30. 9. 
eThat is, 
Let Baal 

~V.CC Wit?, 

chap. 7. 1. 
m ch. 7. 24. 
n Josh. 15. 
56. & 19. 18. 
/Hob. 
clothed, 
IChr. 12.18. 
Ezek.16.10. 
Luke 24. 49. 
Rom. 13. 14. 
Gal. 3. 27. 

Nu. 10. 3. 
chap. 3. 27. 
~ Heb. was 
called 
after, 
verse 11. 
pPs.103.13. 
Matt. 1C. 1. 
q Dt. 32. 2. 
Hos. 14. 5. 
rPs. 147.19. 
Matt. 10. 5, 
6. & 15. 24. 
s Gen. 18.32. 
t Mt. 8. 12. 
Rom. 11. 20. 
a ch. 6. 32. 
a Heb. C ha- 
rod, that is, 
the well of 
trembling, 
ehap.6.3,33. 

1 Sam. 25. 5. 
b Zech. 4. 6. 
cExod.8. 9. 
d Dt. 20. 8. 
Matt. 13.21. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
b Heb. flee 
away, 
Ps. 11. I. 
c Heb. sepa- 
rate, pu- 
rify, ■ 

Mai. 3. "S, 3, 
e 1 Sam. 
16. 6, 7. 
f Isa. 13. 3. 
gcli. 18. 9 
1 Sam. 13.6 



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hLev.23.24. 
verse 13. 
iGen.46.2,3. 
Isa. 43. 2. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
kGen.24.14. 
verse 13. 

1 Acts 25.15 
rflfcb. 
fixed, 

Ex. 13. 18. 
m ch. 6. 33. 
a Isa. 8. 9. 
e Heb. on 
the lip of 
the sea. 

ch. 3. 31. 

2 Kgs.6. 20 

1 Cor. 1. 27 
pNu.23. 5. 
Rev. 12. 16, 
/Heb. 
breaking, 
Matt. 13. 18. 
Luke 24.27. 
Acts 8. 31. 
q2Cor.l.4. 
r Isa. 28.12. 
John 1. 16. 

2 Cor. 3. 5. 
s2Sarn.22. 
21. 

Ps. 119. 105. 
t verse 20. 
lSam.17.47. 
2Chr.20.15. 
u Ex. 14. 24. 
Rev. 16. 15. 
xPs.2. 9. 
yEx.14. 13 
2Chr.20.17 
z2Kgs.7.6. 
al Sam. 14. 
15. 

2Chr.20.23. 
b 1 Kings 
4.12. 

c ch. 6. 35. 
d ch. 8. 12. 
e ch. 3. 28. 
f John 1.28. 
Ps. 83.11. 



dred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Mi- 
dianites into thy hand : and let all the other people go 
every man unto his place. 

/8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their' 
1 trumpets : and he sent all the rest of Israel every mail 
unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men. 
And the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 
d 9 % And it came to pass the same i night, that the 
Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host ; 
for I have delivered it into thy hand- 

10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah 
thy servant down to the host : 

1 1 And thou shalt k hear what they say ; and afterward 
shall thy l hands be strengthened to go clown unto the 
host Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto 
the outside of the " armed men that were in the host. 
/12 And the m Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all 
the children of the east, lay along in the valley like grass- 
hoppers for multitude ; and their camels were without 
number, as the n sand e by the sea-side for multitude. 

13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a 
man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I 
dreamed a dream, and lo, ° a cake of barley-bread tum- 
bled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and 
smote it thatit fell, and overturned it that the tent lay along. 
r 14 And his fellow answered, and said, p This is nothing 
else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of 
Israel : for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and 
all the host. 

/ 15 ^f And it was. so when Gideon heard the telling of the 
dream, and the ■'interpretation thereof, that he worship- 
ped, and returned .into the host of Israel, and said, q Arise ; 
for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of 
Midian. 

16 And he divided the three hundred men into three 
companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand,,, 
with r empty pitchers, and 5 lamps within the pitchers. 

17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do like- 
wise : and behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, 
it shall be that as I do, so shall ye do. 

18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with 
me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all 
the camp, and say, ' The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 
/19 *j[ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with 
him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning 
of the u middle watch ; and they had but newly set the 
watch : and they blew the trumpets, and x brake the pitch- 
ers that were in their hands. 

20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and 
brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, 
and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal : and 
they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 
/21 And they y stood every man in his place round about 
the camp ; and all the z host ran, and cried, and fled. 

s 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the 
a Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even 
throughout all the host : and the host fled to Beth-shittah 
in Zererath, and to the border of b Abel-meholah, unto 
Tabbath. 

23 And the men of Israel c gathered themselves to- 
gether out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and , out of all 
Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 

s 24 *[[And Gideon sent messengers throughoutall d mount 
Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and 
take before them the e waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 
Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves to- 
gether, and took the waters unto f Beth-barah and Jordan. 
25 And they took g two princes of the Midianites, Oreb 
and Zeeb ; and they slew Oreb upon the h rock Oreb, and 

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i Rev. 14. 19. 
k ch. 8. 4. 
aHeb. 
strongly. 
Eecl. 4. 4. 
a Prov.15.1. 
Philip. 2. 3. 
b 2 Chr. 20. 
17. 

Ps. 44. 3. & 
115. 1. 
cGen.33.17. 
Ps. 60. 6. 
d Dt. 23. 4. 
2 Sam. 17. 
28. 

e Mt. 10. 10. 
fl Kings 
20. 11. 
2Kgs. 14^ 9. 

g"ch~5\23. 
1 Sam. 15. 
10. 

Phil. 2. 21. 
hGen.32.30. 
lKgs.12.25. 
i 1 Kings 
22. 27, 28. 
kPr. 18.23. 
Isa. 31. 1. 
1 ch. 7. 7. 
inch. 20. 15, 
17, 25. 
2Kgs 3.26. 
n Nu. 32.42. 

ch. 18. 27. 
lSam.15.32. 

1 Thcss.5.3. 
p Amos 2. 
13. 

Rev. 6. 15, 
16. 

q verse 4. 
b Heb. 
made them 
to know, 
Prov.10.13. 
r ver. 14, 16. 

2 Sam. 20. 
20. 

s ch. 4. 6. 
tPs. 12.2. 
Judo 16. 



Succoth and Penuel destroyed. JUDGES. 

Zeeb they slew at the ' wine-press of Zeeb, and pursued 
Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gi- 
deon on the other k side Jordan. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Gideon pacijieth the Ephraimites, 1. Succoth and Penuel refuse to re- 
lieve Gideon's army, 4. Zebah and Zalmunna are taken, 10. Suc- 
coth and Penuel are destroyed, 16, 17. Gideon revengeth his brethren's 
death on Zebah and Zalmunna, 21 : He refuseth government, 23 : His 
ephod cause of idolatry, 27. Midian subdued, 28. Gideon's children 
and death, 30, 32. 

/A ND the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast 
_£jL thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not when 
thou wentest to fight with the Midianites 1 and they did 
chide with him ° sharply. 

ft 2 And lie saw unto mem, w nai nave i done now ~ in 
comparison of you 1 Is not the gleaning of the grapes of 
Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer 1 

3 b God hath delivered into your hands the princes of 
Midian, Oreb and Zeeb : and what was I able to do in 
comparison of you 1 Then their anger was abated toward 
him, when he had said that. 

/4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, 
and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet 
pursuing them. 

5 And he said unto the men of c Succoth, Give, I pray 
you, a loaves of bread unto the people that follow me : 
for they be faint, and I am ° pursuing after Zebah and 
Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 

/ 6 if And the princes of Succoth said, Are the f hands 
of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should 
s give bread unto thine army ? 

7 And Gideon said, Therefore, when the Lord hath de- 
livered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear 
your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 

S And he went up thence to h Penuel, and spake unto 
them likewise : and the men of Penuel answered him as 
the men of Succoth had answered him. 
f 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying 
When I come again ' in peace, I will break down ''this tower, 
s 10 if Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their 
hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were 
left of all the hosts of the children of the east : for there fell 
1 a hundred and twenty thousand ""menthat drew sword 
e 11 if And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt 
in tents on the east of "Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote 
the host : for the host was ° secure. 
/12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna p fled, ho pursued 
after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and 
Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host 
/13 if And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle 
'' before the sun was up, 

14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth 
and inquired of him : and he described unto him the prin- 
ces of Succoth, and the elder thereof, even threescore 
and seventeen men. 

15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, 
Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid 
me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now 
in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that 
are weary ? 

1G And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the 
wilderness, and briars, and with them he 'taught tbe men 
of Succoth. 

« 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew 
the r men of the city. 

/18 if Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What 
manner of men were they whom ye slew at " Tabor? And 
they answered, ' As thou art, so were they ; each one re 
sembled the children of a king. 



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Gideon's children and death 

of my mother : as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them 
alive, I would not slay you. 

20 And he said unto Jether his first-born, u Up, and slay 
them. But the youth drew not his sword : for he feared 9 
because he was yet a youth. 

/ 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, x Rise thou, and 
fall upon us : for as the man is, so is his strength. And 
Gideon arose, and y slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took 
away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. 
/ 22 if Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, z Rule 
thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son 
also : for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 

c23 And Gideon said unto them, a I will not rule over 
you, neixner snail my aon rule over you : b the Lord shall 
rule over you. 

■' 24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request 
of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings 
of his prey. (For they had golden c ear-rings, because 
they were d Ishmaelites.) 

25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. 
And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every 
man the ear-rings of his prey. 

/ 26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he re- 
quested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of 
gold ; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment 
that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains 
that were about their camels' necks. 

s 27 And Gideon e made an f ephod thereof, and g put it in 
his city, even in Ophrah : and all Israel went thither a 
whoring after it : which thing became ' a snare unto 
Gideon, and to his house. 

/28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Is- 
rael, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the 
country was in quietness k forty years in the days of Gideon. 

/ 29 if And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and ' dwelt 
in his own house. 

30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons c of his 
body begotten : for he had many wives. 

31 And his m concubine that was in Shechem, she also 
bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 
/32 if And Gideon the son of Joash died i» r a good old 
age, and was buried in the sppulehre of Joash his father, 
in Ophrah of the A^i-cMites. 

90 Anri »t came to pass ° as soon as Gideon was dead, 
that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whor- 
ing after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. 
c 34 And the children of Israel p remembered not the 
Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands 
of all their enemies on every side : 

35 Neither q shewed they kindness to the house of Je- 
rubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness 
which he had shewed unto Israel. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Abimelech by conspiracy wilh the Shcchemilcs, and murder of his Ire 
thren, is made ting, I. Jotham by a parable rebukcih them, and forctellclii 
their ruin, 7. Gaal conspirelk with the Shechemites against him, 20. 
Zebul rcvealelh it, 30. Abimelech ovcrcomelh them, and soireth Die city 
with salt, 45 : He burnetii the hold of the god Berilh, 49 : At Thcbcz he 
is slain by apiece of a millstone, 53. Jotham's curse is fulfilled, 57. 

s A ND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to a She- 
_/*_ chem unto his mother's brethren, and b communed 
with them, and with all the family of the house of Ins mo- 
ther's father, saying, 

c2 Speak, I pray you, in the cars of all the men of She- 
chem, Whether /s 'better for you, either that all the sons of 
Jerubbaal, lohich are threescore and ten persons, reign 
over you, or that one reign over you 1 remember also that 
I am your bone and your flesh. 

/3 And his mother's brethren c spake of him in the ears 
of all the men of Shechem all these words : and their 

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for they said, He is 



Jotham rebuketh the Shechemites. 

hearts inclined to follow Abimelech 
our brother. 

4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver 
out of the house of Baal-berith ; wherewith Abimelech 
hired d vain and light persons, which followed him. 
*5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and 
e slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore 
and ten persons, upon one stone : notwithstanding, yet 
Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left ; for he 
hid himself. 

6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and 
all the house of f Millo, and went and ° made Abimelech 
king, by the 'plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. 
ft f And when they told it to Jotnam, he went and stood 
in the top of e mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and 
cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of 
Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 
e 8 The h trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over 
them ; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. 

9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my 
fatness, ' wherewith by me they honour God and man, 
and c go to be promoted over the trees ? 

10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and 
reign over us. 

1 1 But the fig-tree said unto them, k Should I forsake 
my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted 
over the trees ? 

12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and 
reign over us. 

13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my 
wine, ' which cheereth God and man, and go to be promot- 
ed over the trees ? 

14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, 
and reign over us. 

15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth 
ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust 
in my m shadow : and if not, let n fire come out of the 
bramble, and devour the ° cedars of Lebanon. 

16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, 
in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt 
well with Jerufebani and his house, and have done unto 
him according to the deserving of hie hands : 

fit (For my father fought for you, avid "adventured his 
life far, and delivered you out of the hand of j*fid*£n . 

18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this 
day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, 
upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the p son of 
his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because 
he is your brother :) 

19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Je- 
rubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in 
Abimelech, and let him also q rejoice in you : 

io 20 But if not, r let fire come out from Abimelech, and 
devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo ; and 
let fire come out from the men of ^hechem, and from the 
house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 
s 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to s Beer, 
and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 
/22 % When Abimelech hadreigned three years over Israel, 
1 23 Then t God sent an u evil spirit between Abimelech 
and the men of Shechem ; and the men of Shechem 
* dealt treacherously with Abimelech : 

24 That the y cruelty done to the threescore and ten 
sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon 
Abimelech their brother which slew them, and upon the 
men of Shechem which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 
/25 And the men of Shechem set z liers in wait for him 
m the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came 
along that Avay by them: and it was told Abimelech. 



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d 2 Chr. 13. 

7. 

e2Kgg.l0.7. 

f2Sam.5.9. 

1 Kings 9. 

15. & 11.27 

a Heb.king- 

ed him 

king, 

chap. 3.9. 

b Or, ■pillar 

oak) 

Josh. 24. 26. 

gDt. 11.29. 

Josh. 8. 33. 

h 2 Kgs. 14. 

9. 

i 1 Kgs. 19. 

16. 

p*. iru ii , 

5 go up and 

down for 

other trees. 

k Dt. 17.20. 

I Ps. 104. 15. 
m Dan. 4.12. 
n Ex. 15. 9. 
Dan. 3. 15. 
o 2 Kings 

14. 19. 

d Heb. cast 
his soul 
from over 
against 
you, 

Esth. 4. 16. 
Rev. 12. 11. 
p ch. 8. 22. 
q Ps. 28. 4. 
r verse 23. 
s Josh. 19.8. 

I I Kgs. 12. 

15. & 22. 21, 
2Thess.2. 
11. 

u 1 Sam. 18. 

9. 

Isa. 19. 14. 

Hosea 10. 2. 

x Isa. 33. 1. 

Matt. 7. 2. 

y 1 Sam. 15. 

33. 

Matt. 23.34. 

z Josh. 8.21. 



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a ch. 12. 6. 
b Isa. 16. 9. 
c verse 4. 
chap. 16. 23. 
d ISam. 25. 
10. 

lKgs.12.16. 
eGen.34.26. 
Dan. 4. 30. 
fch. 6. 15. 
g Dt. 5. 29. 
h 1 Kings 
20. 11. 
elleb. with 

c '"-r- The 
vsnrd Tar- 
mah,1s sup- 
posed to be 
a city, 
verse 41. 
/ Heb. as 
thine hand 
shall find. 
Lev. 25. 28, 
1 Sam. 10. 
7. & 25. 8. 
Eccl. 9. 10. 
"■Heb. 
heads. 
i Mark 8. 24. 
h Heb. 
navel. 
. Or, star- 
gazers, 
soothsay- 
ers, jug- 



k verse 28. 
1 verse 28. 
kUeb. 
heads, that 
is, one of 
them. 
m ch. 1, 7. 
verse C. 
Matt. 7.2. 
James 2. 13. 
nNu. 18. 19. 
Dent. 21. 23. 
Ps. 107. 34. 
o ch. 8. 33. 
Ps. 115. 8. 
the word 
signifies 
Lord of the 
covenant.. 
verse 4. 
ha. 28. 15. 



GaaVs conspiracy against Abimelech 

26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, 
and went over to Shechem : and the men of Shechem 
a put their confidence in him. 

27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered 
their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made b merry, 
and went into the c house of their god, and did eat and 
drink, and cursed Abimelech. 

28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, d Who is Abime 
lech, and who is e Shechem, that we should serve him? Is 
not he the f son of Jerubbaal ? and Zebul his officer ? 
Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem : for 
why should we serve him? 

/> oo A mJ £„,«>,i,i *„ n<->ri ti-iJo jioriple* wavp unHp.r my hand ! 
h then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abime- 
lech, Increase thine army, and come out. 
/30 % And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the 
words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. • 

31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech c privily, 
saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, 
be come to Shechem ; and behold, they fortify the city 
against thee. 

32 Now therefore up by night, thou, and the people that 
is with thee, and lie in wait in the field : 

33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the 
sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city : and 
behold, when he and the people that is with him come 
out against thee, then mayest thou do to them s as thou 
shalt find occasion. 

/34 Jt And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were 
with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem 
in four s companies. 

35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the 
entering of the gate of the city : and Abimelech rose up, 
and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 
/36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, 
Behold, there come people down from the top of the 
mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou ! seest the. 
shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 

37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See, there come 
people down by the * middle of the land, and another 
company come along by the plain of ' Meonenim. 

38 Then said "Zebul unto him, k Where is now thy 
mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we 
should serve him ? Is not this the people that thou hast 
^spised ? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 

/39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and 
fought with Abimelech. 

40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, 
and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the 
entering of the gate. 

s 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah : and Zebul ' thrust 
out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in 
Shechem. 

42 And it came to pass on the morroAv, that the people 
went out into the field ; and they told Abimelech. 

43 And he took the people, and divided them into three 
companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and be- 
hold, the people were come forth out of the city ; and he 
rose up against them, and smote them. 

/ 44 And Abimelech, and the k company that was with 
him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate 
of the city : and the two other companies ran upon all the 
people that were in the fields, and slew them. 

45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day ; 
and he m took the city, and slew the people that was 
therein, and beat down the city, and n sowed it with salt. 
/ 46 And when all the men "of the tower of Shechem 
heard that, they entered into a hold of the house of the 



god Berith. 



158 



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cir. 1209. 



p Ps. 68. 14. 

( Heb. / 

have done. 

q 2 Sam. 11. 

21. 

r Jer.50.45. 

1 Cor. 1. 27, 

9 2 Sam. 11. 

21. 

Job 31. 3. 

t 1 Sam. 31. 

4,5. 

u 2 Sam. 11. 

21. 

x verge 24. 

Ps. 11. 6. 

Prov. 5. 22. 

Rev. 9. 20, 

21. 

yver. 6, 24. 

7. Josh. 6.26. 

verse 20. 

1 Kings 16, 

34. 

n. Juilg. 3. 9. 

Heb. 5. 4. 

bJnsh. 15. 

48. 

cGcn.31.48, 

Nu. 32. 39. 

d ch. 5. 10. 

eNu.32.41. 

fch. 2. 11. 

g ch. 2. 13. 

h oh. 2. 13. 

i 1 Kings 

11. 33. 

kl Sam. 5.2. 

1 ch. 2. 14. 

a Qr,fro7rt 

that. 

m ch. 11. 6. 

n2Chjr.l5.5. 

o ch. 3. 9. 



N' 



Tola and Jmr judge Israel. JUDGES. 

47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the 
tower of Shechem were gathered together. 
s 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount p Zalmon, he 
and all the people that were with him ; and Abimelech 
took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the 
trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto 
the people that were with him, What ye have seen me 
do, make haste, and do as I have done, 
f 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his 
bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, 
and set the hold on fire upon them : so that all the men 
of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men 
and women. 

s 50 % Then went Abimelech to '<■ Thebez, and encamped 
against Thebez, and took it. 

/51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and 
thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the 
city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of 
the tower. 

52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought 
against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to 
burn it with fire. 

53 And a certain r woman cast a piece of a s millstone 
upon Abimelech's head, and all to break his skull. 

c 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his l ar- 
mour-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay 
me, that u men say not of me, A woman slew him. And 
his young man thrust him through, and he died. 

55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech 
was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 
/ 56 ff * Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abime- 
lech, which he did unto his father, in slaying liis seventy 
brethren : 

57 And all the evil of the y men of Shechem <iirl God 
render upon their heads : and upon them cnme the 'curse 
of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. / 

CHAPTER X. 
Tola judgelh Israel in Shamir, 1. Jair, ivhose thirty sons had thirty 
cities, 3. The Philistines and .Ammonites oppress Israel, 7. In their 
misery God sendeth them to their false gods, 10. Upon their repentance 
he pitieth them, 15. 

t'A ND after Abimelech there a arose to defend Israel, 
j^L Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of 
b Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.' 
e 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and 
died, and was buried in Shamir. 

/ 3 ^f And after him arose Jair, c a Gileadite, and judged 
Israel twenty and two years. 

s 4 And he had thirty sons d that rode on thirty ass colts, 
and they had thirty cities, which are called e Havoth-jair 
unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 
s 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 
c 6 And the children of Israel did evil f again in the sight 
of the Lord, and served e Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the 
gods of Syria, and the gods of h Zidon, and the gods of 
1 Moab, and the gods of the children of Amnion, and the 
gods of the k Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served 
not him. 

/ 7 ^[ And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, 
and he ' sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and 
into the hands of the children of Amnion. 

8 And * that year they vexed and oppressed the children 
of Israel m eighteen years, all the children of Israel that 
were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, 
which is in Gilead. 

! 9 Moreover, the children of Amnion n passed over Jor- 
dan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and 
against the house of Ephraim : so that Israel was sore 
distressed. 
* 10 f And the children of Israel cried "unto the Lord, 



B.Christ, 
cir. 1183. 



p chap. 2. 1. 
&6. 23. 
Micah 6. 3 
Dt. 32. 15. 
er. 2. 13 
r Jer.18.7,8. 
Jonah 3. 4. 

1 Kings 
18. 27. 
2Kgs.3. 13. 
Jer. 2. 28. 

1 1 Sam. a 
18. 

2Sam.15.26. 
Acts 21. 14. 
u Luko 13. 

9. 
x'2Chr.7.H 
y Mt. 6. 26. 
z ch. 11. 4. 

Gcn.31.49. 

h. 11.20. 
li ch. 1 1. 5. 

Dt. 20.5,0. 
Ps. 34.14,15. 
lch. 11.8. 
a Hel>. 11.32. 
I> ch. 10. 3. 

2 Kings 
5. 1. 

a Hub. 
another 
woman, 
Prov. 2. 16. 
&5. 19. 

1 2 Sam. 10. 
U. 

ch. 9. 4. 

1 Sam.27. 2. 
b Heb. after 
da ys, 

cni'ip. 10. 8. 
f Luke 17.3. 

ch. 11. 18. 
c I lob. be 
the hearer 
between us, 
Deut. l. l(i. 
I Kings 3. 
11. 

h Josh. 18.1. 
Il.b. 11.31. 
i Dt. 20. 10. 
It Num. 21. 

h. 27. 12. 

P;ov. 19. 0, 



Jephthah made captain, 

saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we 
have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. 

1 1 And the Lord p said unto the children of Israel, Did not 
/ deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, 
from the children of Amnion, and from the Philistines ? 

12 The Zidonians also, and the AmalekLtes, and the 
Maonites did oppress you ; and ye cried to me, and I deli- 
vered you out of their hand. 

13 Yet ye have q forsaken me, and served other gods : 
wherefore I will r deliver you no more. 

14 s Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen ; 
let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 

c 15 And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We 
have sinned : do thou unto us whatsoever * seemeth good 
unto thee ; deliver us u only, we pray thee, this day. 

1 6 And they put away the x strange gods from among 
them, and served the Lord : and his soul was grieved for 
the y misery of Israel. 

17 Then the children of Amnion were gathered together, 
and encampedin Gilead. And the children of Israel z assem- 
bled themselves together, and encamped in a Mizpeh. 
/ 18 And the people and b princes of Gilead said one to 
another, c What man is he that will begin to fight against 
the children of Amnion'? he shall be d head over all the 
inhabitants of Gilead. 

CHAPTER XI. 

The covenant beticeen Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should he their 
head, 1. The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain, 



12. Jephthah's vow,29 : His conquest 'of the Ammonites, 32: He per - 
formcth his VOW on his daughter, 34. 

~OW a Jephthah the b Gileadite was c a mighty man of 
valour, and he was the son of a harlot : and Gilead 
begat Jephthah. 

2 And G Head's wife bare him sons ; and his wife's sons 
grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, 
Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house ; for thou art 
the son of a " strange woman. 

e 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in 
the land of d Tob : and there were gathered e vain men to 
Jephthah, and went out with him. 

/ 4 ^f And it came to pass 'in process of time, that the chil- 
dren of Ammon made war against Israel. 

5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon 
made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to 
fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob : 

6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our cap- 
tain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 

7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not 
ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house ? and 
why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress 1 ? 
/ 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, f There- 
fore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with 
us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our 
g head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 

9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye 
bring me home again to fight against the children of Am- 
mon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be 
your head ? 

10 And the ciders of Gilead said unto Jephth^>> The 
Lord c be witness between us, if we do not se according 
to thy words. 

11 Then Jephthah went with the elder? of Gilead, and the 
people made him head and captain pver them: and Jeph- 
thah uttered all his words " before the Lord in Mizpeh. 
/ 12 IF And Jephthah ; sent messengers unto the king of 
the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with 
me, that thou art come against me to fight m my land? ; 

s 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered 
unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because 1[ Israel took 
away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from 



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Tephtkah's voiv. JUDGES. 

Arnon even unto m Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now there- 
fore restore those lands again peaceably. 
/ 14 And Jephthah sent messengers "again unto the king 
of the children of Ammon : 

15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, "Israel 
took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the chil- 
dren of Ammon : 

gr 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked 
through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to 
p Kadesh ; 

/ 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, 
saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land : but 
the king of Edom q would not hearken thereto. And in 
like manner they sent unto the king of Moab ; but he 
would not consent. And Israel abode in Kadesh. 
s 18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and 
compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and 
came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on 
the other side of Arnon, but r came not within the border 
of Moab : for Arnon was the border of Moab. 
/ 19 And Israel s sent messengers unto Sihon king of the 
Amorites, the king of Heshbon ; and Israel said unto 
him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my 
place. 

s 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his 
coast : but Sihon gathered all his people together, and 
pitched in * Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 
•'/ 21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all 
his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them : 
so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inha- 
bitants of that country. 

s 22 And they possessed " ail the coasts of the Amorites, 
from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness 
even unto Jordan. 

/ 23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed 
the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest 
thou possess it t 

24 Wilt not thou possess that * which Chemosh thy god 
giveth thee to possess ? y So whomsoever the Lord our 
God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 

25 And now art thou "any thing better than Balak the 
son of Zippor king of Moab ? did he ever ' strive against 
Israel, or did he ever fight against them, 

s 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and 
in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along 
by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years 1 why there 
fore did ye not recover them within that time 1 

27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou 
doest me wrong to war against me : the Lord z the Judge 
a be judge this day between the children of Israel and the 
children of Ammon. 

»/28 Howbeit, the king of the children of Ammon b heark 
ened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him 
s 29 *ff Then the Spirit of the Lord g came upon Jephthah, 
and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed 
over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he pass 
ed over unto the children of Ammon. 
m 30 And Jephthah ° vowed a vow unto the Lord, and 
said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Am- 
nion into my hq.nds, 

31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of 
the doors of my houso to meet me, when I return in peace 
from the children of Amazon, shall surely * be the Lord's, 
and I will offer it up 'for a bxvrnt-offering. 
/32 7 ^° Jephthah passed over unto the children of Am 
mon to tight against them : and the Lord delivered them 
into his hands. 

/«?«of n ?*r e S -^° te tllem fi ' om dAroer evei1 ti" thou 
come to Minmtb.evm twenty cities, and unto the plain 



1 Nu.21. 13. 
m Gen. 32. 
22. 

n Ps. 68. 30. 
Rom. 12. 18. 
oBt.1.9,10. 
Neh. 6. 8. 
Acts 24. 11. 
p Gen. 14.7. 
Num. 13. 16. 
q Dt. 2. 29. 
r Nu.21. 13. 
s Dt. 2. 26. 
t Nu.21. 23. 
Josh. 14. 4. 
u Dt. 2. 36. 
xNu.21.29. 
lKgs.11.7. 
Jer. 48. 7. 
y Jev. 2. 10. 
Jude 3. 
d Heb. bet- 
ter j better, 
Nu. 22. 23, 
24. - 

Deut. 23. 4. 
Josn. 24. 9. 
e Heb.striv- 
ing, strive, 
Num.22.23, 
f from their 
departure 
out of 
Kgypt 
some years 

Gen.' 15. 13. 
zGen.18.25. 
Ps. 50. 6. 
aGen.31.35. 
1 Sam. 24. 
12. 

bPr.21. 29, 
g he was, 
chap. 3. 10. 
& 6. 34. 
Heb. 11. 32. 
cGen.28.20. 
Gal. 4. 18. 
h That is, 
hallowed, 
or, conse- 
crated. 
i That is, if 

lawful to h, 

offered, 
however, t 
be conse- 
crated to 
God, 

Lev. 27. 11. 
Isa. 66. 3. 
dDt. 3. 12 
eEzek.27. 
17. 



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f Ex. 15.20. 
g Job 1. 20. 
Ji Ps. 54. 5. 
iEccles.5.2. 
k Ps. 15. 4. 
lNu.30.4,5 
ICor. 7.25, 
m Isa. 66. 3. 
Heb. 11. 32, 
n lSam.1.6. 
Luke 1. 25. 

verse 31. 

1 Sam. 2. 22. 
k Or, to 
speak 
together, 
chap. 5. 11 
a Heb. w ere 
called, 
chap. 8. 1. 
Eccl. 4. 4. 
a2.Sam.18, 
6. 

b Ps. 109.4, 
John 10.32. 
c ch. 11. 12. 
d ISam. 19. 
5. 

Ps. 119. 109. 
e ch. 11. 28, 
lSam.2. 25, 
Prov. 15.10. 
f 1 Sam. 25. 
10. 

Neh. 4. 4. 
Prov. 12. 13. 
g ch. 7. 24. 
b That is, 
Jl stream, 
or, ford, 
Ps. 69. 2. 
Isa. 27. 12. 
Matt. 26.73. 
h Mt.12.37. 
i Pr. 18. 19. 
Eccl. 10. 1. 
kGen.35.19. 
Josh. 19.15. 



The Ephraimites slain, 
of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the 
children of Ammon were subdued before the children of 
Israel. 

/34 ^[ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and 
behold, his daughter came out to meet him with f timbrels 
and with dances : and she was his only child ; besides her 
he had neither son nor daughter. 

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he 
s rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter ! thou hast 

ought me very low, and thou art one of them that 
h trouble me : for I have ' opened my mouth unto the 
Lord, and k I cannot go back. 

c 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast open- 
ed thy mouth unto the Lord, ' do to me according to that 

which hath proceeded out of thy mouth ; forasmuch as 
the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, 
even of the children of Ammon. 

/37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done 
for me : Let me alone two months, that I may go up and 
down upon the mountains, and bewail n my virginity, I and 
my fellows. 

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two 
months : and she went with her companions, and bewail- 
ed her virginity upon the mountains. . 
D 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that 
she returned unto her father, who c did with her according 
to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew no man. 
And it was a custom in Israel, 

/ 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly * to lament 
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. 

CHAPTER XII. 

Tlie Ephraimites quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by ShibboleGi, 
are slain by the Gileadites, 1. Jephthah dieth, 7. lbzan, luho had 
thirty sons, and thirty daughters, S, and Elon, 11, andAbdon,who had 
forty sons, and thirty nepheius, judge Israel, 13. 

/ 4 ND the men of Ephraim "gathered themselves toge- 
J&_ ther, and went a northward, and said unto Jephthah, 
Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children 
of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee 1 b we will 
burn thy house upon thee with fire. 

2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were 
at c great strife with the children of Ammon ; and when I 
called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 

3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, d I put my 
life in my hands, and passed over against the children of 
Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : 
wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight 
against me 1 

/4 e Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gi- 
lead, and fought with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead 
smote Ephraim, because they said, f Ye Gileadites are fu- 
gitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among 
the Manassites. 

5 And the Gileadites took s the passages of Jordan be- 
fore the Ephraimites : and it was so, that when those 
Ephraimites which were escaped, said, Let me go over ; 
that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraim- 
ite 1 If he said, Nay ; 

/6 Then said they unto him, Say now '" Shibboleth : and 
he said h Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce 
it right. Then they took him and slew him at the pas- 
sages of Jordan. And there fell at that time of the Ephraim- 
ites ' forty and two thousand. 

g"t And Jephthah judged Israel six years: then died 
Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities 
of Gilead. 

g 8 *[[ And after him lbzan of lr Beth-lehem judged Israel. 
/ 9 And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he 
sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for 
his sons : and he judged Israel seven years. 

160 



1 ch. 1. 35. 
J Chron. 6. 
69. &. 8. 13. 
m 2 Sam. 
23.30. 
n ch. 5. 10. 

Ex. 17. 8. 

1 Sam.15.7. 
a chap. 3.8. 
b Josh. 15. 
33, 

c Gen. 16. 1. 
ISam. 1. 7. 
Luke 1. 7. 
d ch. 6. 11. 
verse 16. 
e Pg. 127. 3. 
fNu.6.2,3. 
Lev. 11. 1. 
h Nu. C. 5. 

1 Sara. 1.11. 
i Num. 6. 2. 
k 1 Sam. 7. 
13. 

2 Sam. 8. 1. 
1 Josh. 14. 6. 
2Kgs. 4. 8. 
1 Tim. 6. 11. 
mlTim.2.9. 
D Acts 9. 6. 
o Ps. 65. 2. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
I> Eccl. 4. 9. 
aHeb. 
what shall 
the child's 
judgment 
avdworkbe, 
Gen. 18. 19. 
Prov. 4. 4. 
Eph. 6. 4. 
qNu.14.3,4. 
rMt.28.20. 
sch.6.18,19. 
t Matt. 6. 11. 
uver. 22,23. 
Prov. 19. 2. 
Heb. 11. 6. 



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B. Christ 
cir. 1101. 



An angel appeareth to Manoalih wife. JUDGES. 

s 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 

S\\ % And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel, 
*and he judged Israel ten years. 

g-12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in 
Aijalon in l the country of Zebulun. 

/13 K And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, m aPira- 
thonite, judged Israel. 

/14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode 
on threescore and ten n ass colts : and he judged Israel 
eight years. 

s 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, 
and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the 
mount of the ° Amalekites. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Israel is in the hand of the Philistines, 1. An angel appeareth to Mano- 
ah's wife, 2. The angel appeareth to Manoah, S. ManoaK's sacrifice, 
whereby the angel is discovered, 15. Saynson is born, 24. 

f A ND the children of Israel did evil again in the sight 
~J\_ of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the 
hand of the Philistines a forty years. 
/2 *([ And there was a certain man of b Zorah, of the 
family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah ; and his 
wife was c barren, and bare not. 

v 3 And the d angel of the Lord appeared unto the wo- 
man and said unto her, Behold, now, thou art barren, and 
bearest not : but thou shalt e conceive, and bare a son. 

4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and f drink not 
wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any g unclean thing : 
p 5 For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no 
; ' razor shall come on his head : for the child shall be * a 
Nazarite unto God from the womb : and he shall k begin 
to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 
/6 f Then the woman came and told her husband, say- 
ing, ' A man of God came unto me, and his countenance 
was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terri- 
ble : but m I asked him not whence he was, neither told 
he me his name : 

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, 
and bear a son ; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, 
neither eat any unclean thing : for the child shall be a Na- 
zarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 
/8 % Then Manoah entreated the Lord, and said, O my 
Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come 
again unto us, and n teach us what we shall do unto the 
child that shall be born. 

v 9 And God ° hearkened to the voice of Manoah ; and 
the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat 
in the field : but Manoah her husband luas not with her. 
/10 And the woman p made haste, and ran, and shewed 
her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath ap- 
peared unto me, that came unto me the other day. 

11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and 
came to the man, and said unto him, Jlrt thou the man 
that spakest unto the woman 1 And he said, I am. 

12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. 
How shall we order the child, and "how shall we do unto him ? 

13 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all 
that I said unto the woman, let her beware. 

v 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the 
''vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat 
any unclean thing : T all that I commanded her let her 
observe. 

/15 % And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I 
pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made 
ready a kid 9 for thee. 

<* 16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though 
thou detain me, I will not ©at of thy ' bread : and if thou 
wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it u unto the Lord. 
For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. 



17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What 

41 X 



Samson's marriage-feast and riddle, 

is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may 
x do thee honour 1 

18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why 
askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is b secret 1 
/19 So Manoah took a kid, with a meat-offering, and 
y offered it upon a rock unto the Lord : and the angel did 

wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. 

m 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up to- 
ward heaven from off the altar, that the angelof the Lord 
ascended in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his 
wife looked on it, and a fell on their faces to the ground. 

21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to 
Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was 
an angel of the Lord. 

22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely b die s 
because we have seen God. 

c 23 But c his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleas- 
ed to kill us, d he would not have received a burnt-offering 
and a meat-offering at our hands, neither would he have 
e shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have 
told us such things as these. 

a 24 % And the woman bare a son, and called his name 

Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 

e 25 And the Spirit of the Lord began f to move him at 

times hi the s camp of Dan, between Zorah and h Eshtaoh 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Samson desireth a loife of the Philistines, 1. In his journey he killeth a 
lion, 5. In a second journey he findeth honey in the carcass, 8. 
Samson's marriage-feast, 10 : His riddle is made known by his wife, 12 : 
He spoileth thirty Philistines, 19 : His wife is married to another, 20. 

g k ND Samson went down to a Timnath, and b saw a wo- 
J3L man in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 
/ 2 And he came np, and told his father and his mother, 
and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters 
of the Philistines : now therefore e get her for me to wife. 

3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there 
never a woman among the daughters of d thy brethren, or 
among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of e the 
uncircumcised Philistines 1 And Samson said unto his fa- 
ther, Get her for me , for she pleaseth me well. 
1 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was f of 
the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: 
for e at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. 
/ 5 Then went Samson down, h and his father and his 
mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath : 
and behold, " a young lion roared against him. 
■m. 6 And the ' Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, 
and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had 
k nothing in his hand : but he told not his father or his 
mother what he had done. 

7 And he went down, and talked with the woman ; and 
she pleased Samson well. 

/8 f And after a time he returned to ' take her, and he 
turned aside to see the carcass of the lion ; and behold, there 
was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. 

9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, 
and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and 
they did eat : but he told not them that he had taken the 
honey out of the carcass of the lion. 
o 10 ^[ So his father went down unto the woman: and Sam- 
son made there a m feast ; fcr so used the young men to do. 

1 1 And it came to pass, when they saw "him, that they 
brought " thirty companions to bo with hiin. 
/ 12 *[\ And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth 
''a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within 
the p seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will 
give you thirty c sheets and thirty change of garments : 

13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me 
thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they 



161 



B. Christ 
cir. 1141. 

dlleb. 

Eating 
went forth 
from the 
eater, 
John 6. 51. 
Heb. 2. 14. 
q Job 31. 27, 
1'rov. 16. 3. 
r ch. 1C. 15. 
s Rlicah 7.5. 
t ch. 1. 18. 
u ch. 15. 1. 
e Hob. be- 
came to his 
companion, 
ch. 15. 2. 
John 3. 29. 
x John 3.29. 
a Gen. 6. 4. 
b Joel 2. 16. 
cGen.24.34. 
& 38. 14. 
1 Cor. 7. 36. 
a Heb. lam 
at this time 
guiltless 
from the 
Philistines 
when I do 
evil to 
them, 
chap. 14.4. 
IPs. 63. 10. 
Song 3. 14. 
Lam. 5. J8. 
e Isa. 9. 15. 
Matt. 16. 1. 
flThess.4. 
6. 

g ch. 14. 19. 
Horn. 12. 19. 
hDt. 28.35. 
Ezek. 9.5,6. 
i Josh. 19.1. 
b That is, 
Jljaw-bon< 
verse 17. 
k Esth. 3. 6. 



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Samson smiteth the Philistines. JUDGES 

14 And he said unto them, "Out of the eater came forth 
meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And 
they could not in three days expound the riddle. 
/ 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they 
said unto Samson's wife, q Entice thy husband, that he may 
declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy fa- 
ther's house Avith fire : have ye called us to take that we 
have 1 is it not so 1 

f 16 And Samson's wife wept before him and said, Thou 
dost but r hate me, and lovest me not : thou hast put forth 
a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told 
it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told i 
my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee 1 

17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their 
feast lasted : and it came to pass on the seventh day, that 
he told her, because she lay sore upon him : and she told 
the riddle to the children of her people. 
/ 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh 
day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than 
honey 1 and what is stronger than a lion 1 And he said 
unto them, If ye had not s ploughed with my heifer, ye had 
not found out my riddle. 

g 19 ^1" And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and 
he went down to l Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, 
and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto 
them which expounded the riddle. And his u anger was 
Kindled, and he went up to his father's house. 

20 But Samson's wife 'was given to his companion, 
whom he had used as his x friend. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Samson is denied his wife, 1 : He burnetii the Philistines' 1 corn with foxes 
and fire-brands, 3 : His wife and her father are burned by the Philis- 
tines, 6. Samson smiteth them hip and thigh, 7 : He is bound by the 
men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines, 9 : He killeth them with a 
jaw-bone, 14. God makeththe fountain En-hakkorefor him in Lehi, 18 

/OUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time 
JO of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with 
a kid ; and he said, I will a go in to my wife into the b cham- 
ber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 

2 And her. father said, I verily thought that thou hadst 
utterly hated her ; therefore c I gave her to thy compa- 
nion : is not her younger sister fairer than she 1 take her, 
I pray thee, instead of her. 

/3 f And Samson said concerning them, " Now shall I 
be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them 
a displeasure. 

-»4 And Samson went and caught d three hundred foxes, 
and took fire-brands, and turned e tail to tail, and put a 
fire-brand in the midst between two tails. 

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them 
go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up 
both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vine 
yards and olives. 

/ 6 % Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this 1 
And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Tim- 
nite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his 
companion. And the Philistines came up, f and burnt her 
and her father with fire. 

/7 If And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done 
this, yet will I be e avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 
g 8 And he smote them h hip and thigh with a great slaugh- 
ter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock 
* Etam. 

s 9 % Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, 
and spread themselves in * Lehi. 

10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up 
against us? And they answered, To k bind Samson are 
we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 
/ 1 1 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top 
of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not 



1 Deut. 28. 
13, 47, 48. 
chap. 13. 1. 
m ch. 8. 6. 
Acts 7. 25. 
Phil. 2. 21. 
n Ex. 19. 5. 
chap. 5. 30. 
c Heb. 
melted, 
I's. 118. 11. 
Phil. 4. 13. 

ch. 3. 31. 
Zech. 4. 6. 

1 Cor. 1.27. 
d That is, 
The height 
of the jaw- 
bone. 

pPs. 3.7, 8. 
qlleb.11.32. 
i Isa. 40.29. 
e That is, 
The foun- 
tain of him 
that called, 
or, cried, 
Ps. 34. 6. 
s ch. 2. 13. 
& 13. 5. 
ach. 15. 13. 
Ezra 9. 13. 
a. Heb. A 
woman a 
harlot. 
b 1 Sam. 23. 
26. 

c ch. 15. 14. 
d Ps. 127. 2. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
eNeh.13.26. 
Ps. 144.3. 
1 Cor. 10. 6. 
6Thatis,^ 
consumer, 
Prov. 5. 11. 
fch. 14. 15. 
gPr. 7. -26. 
hGen.20.16. 
Num.22. 17. 
chap. 17. 2. 
Matt. 26.15 
lTim.6.10. 
Jude 11. 
i Ps. 12. 2. 
Prov. 23. 27. 
& 26. 28. 
k Horn. 3. 8. 
Gal. 6. 7. 
1 Ps. 25. 21. 
&. 119. 8. 
m Pr. 6. 26. 
&7.S2. 



He is enticed by Delilah 

that the Philistines are l rulers over us 1 what is this that 
thou hast done unto us 1 And he said unto them, As they 
did unto me, so have I done unto them. 

12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind 
thee, that we may "deliver thee into the hand of the Phi- 
listines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, 
that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 

13 And they spake unto him, saying, No ; but we will 
bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand : but surely 
we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new 
cords, and brought him up from the rock. 

14 % And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines 
n shouted against him : and the Spirit of the Lord came 
mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms 
became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands 
; loosed from off his hands. 

f 15 And he found a new jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth 
his hand, and took it, and "slew a thousand men therewith. 

16 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, 
heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a 
thousand men. 

» 17 And it came to pass when he had made an end of 
speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, 
and called that place d Ramath-lehi. 
d 18 % And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, 
and said, p Thou hast given this great deliverance into the 
hand of thy servant : and now shall I q die for thirst, and 
fall into the hand of the uncircumcised 1 
■m 19 But God clave a hollow place that ivas in the jaw, 
and there came water thereout ; and when he had drunk, 
r his spirit came again, and he revived. Wherefore he called 
the name thereof 'En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 
/ 20 And he s judged Israel in the days of the Philistines 
twenty years. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carried away the gates of the city,!. De- 
lilah comtpled by the Philistines, eniiceth Samson, 4. Thrice she is 
deceived, 6. M last she over cometh him, 15. The Philistines take him, 
and put out his eyes, 21. His strength renewing, he pulhth down the 
house upon the Philistines, and dicth, 22. 

THEN a went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a a har- 
lot, and went in unto her. 
/ 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come 
hither. And they b compassed him in, and laid wait for 
him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the 
night, saying, In the morning when it is day c we shall 
kill him. 

g 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, 
and took the doors of the d gate of the city, and the two 
posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them 
upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill 
that is before Hebron. 

sr 4 ^[ And it came to pass afterward, that he e loved a 
vtoman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was b Delilah 
f 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and 
said unto her, f Entice him, and see wherein his s great 
strength licth, and by what means we may prevail against 
him, that we may bind him to afflict him : and we will 
h give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 

6 And Delilah said to Samson, * Tell me, I pray thee, 
wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou 
mightest be bound to afflict thee. 

m 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with 
k seven green withs, that were never dried, then shall I be 
weak, and be ' as another man. 

/8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her 
seven green withs, which had not been dried, and she 
m bound him with them. 

9 (Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her 
in the chamber.) And she said unto him, The Philistines 

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The Philistines put out Samson's eyes. 

be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs as a 
thread of tow is broken when it ' toucheth the fire. So his 
n strength was not known. 

/ 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast 
mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, 
wherewith thou mightest be bound. 

"11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new 
ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and 
be as another man. 

/ 12 Delilah therefore took p new ropes, and bound him 
therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, 
Samson. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the cham- 
ber.) And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 
« 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast 
mocked me, and told me lies : tell me wherewith thou 
mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou 
q weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 
/ 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, 
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked 
out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the r beam, 
and with the web. 

15 % And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I 
love thee, when thine heart is not with me ? Thou hast 
mocked me these three times, and hast not told me 
wherein thy great strength lieth. 

16 And it came to pass when she pressed him daily 
with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was ''vexed 
unto death ; 

/ 17 That he s told her all his heart, and said unto her, 
There hath not come a razor upon my head ; for I have 
been ' a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I 
be shaven, u then my strength will go from me, and I shall 
become weak, and be like any other man. 
/ 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his 
heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines 
sayin 



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came up unto 



f Dent. 22.8. 
g 2 Cnron. 
20. 12. 
■ Ps 50 15 

,, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his tiia* 

'John 3. 1. 
Heb 11. 32. 
g Heb. let 
my soul die, 
Phil. 2. 8. 
h 1 Sam.15 
32. 

Job 31. 3. 
Ect 1. 9. 12. 
Mi . 1.38. 
lThess.5.3. 
Rev. 11. 12. 
i Col. 2. 15. 



heart. Then the lords of the Philistines 
her, and brought x money in their hand. 

19 And she made him y sleep upon her knees ;. and she 
called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the 
seven locks of his head ; and she began to afflict him, and 
nis strength went from him. 

20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. 
And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out asitieblau 



JUDGES. Micah's images, and -priest. 

upon the f roof about three thousand men and women, 
that beheld while Samson made sport. 
/ 28 And Samson g called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord 
God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I 
pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once 
avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon 
which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of 
the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 
/ 30 And Samson said, « Let me die with the Philistines. 
And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house 

fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were 
therein. So the dead which he slew ' at his death were 
more than they which he slew in his life. 
s 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came 
down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him 
between k Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Ma- 
noah his father. And he judged Israel ' twenty years. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother maketk 

images, 1, and he ornaments for them, 5. He hireth a Levitt to be Ms 

priest, 7. 

? A ND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name 
A ioas Micah. 

/ 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred 
shekels of silver that were taken " from thee, about which 
thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, 
the silver is with me ; I took it. And Ins mother said, 
6 Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son. 

c 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels 
of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly a de- 
dicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my 
son, to make a graven image and a b molten image : now 
therefore I will restore it unto thee. 

c 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother ; and his 
mother took c two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them 
to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a 
molten image : and they were in the house of Micah. 



c Heb. 
smelleth, 
Ps. 58. 9. 
n John 5.14- 

Pr. 7. 13. 
pPiov.6.26. 
q ch. 19. 22. 
r Ezra 9. 13. 
a! Heb. 
shortened, 
Job 21. 4. 
Prov. 7. 26. 
s 2 Chr. 15. 
2. 

t ch. 13. 5. 
uNam.6.5. 
Rev. 2. 14. 
x verse 5. 

1 Tim. 6. 10. 
y Prov. 7. 
SO. 23. 
Heb. 3. 13. 
z Josh.7.12, 
Jer.9.23,24 
Matt. 17. 16. 
cHeb. 
digged , or, 
bored out, 
verse 23. 
Heb. 3. 13. 
a Ps. 107. 11. 
Hos. 9. 12. 
b 2 Sam. 5.2. 
Rom. 1. 23, 
25. 

c Dan. 5. 4. 
/ who mul- 
tiplied our 
slain, 
Rev. 11. 10. 
d Job 30. 9. 
Ps. 35. 16. 
Heb. 11. 36. 
e ch. 9. 27. 



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And he wist 



at other times before, and shake myself. 
not that the Lord was z departed from him. 
/ 21 % But the Philistines took him, and ' put out his eyes, 
arid brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with a fet- 
ters of brass ; and he did grind in the prison-house 

22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again 
after he was shaven. 

« 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them toge- 
ther, for to offer a great sacrifice unto b Dagon their god, 
and to rejoice : for they said, Our god hath delivered 
Samson our enemy into our hand. 

24 And when the people saw him, they c praised their 
god : for they said, Our go/, hath delivered into our hands . 
our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; ■'"which slewlfk 
many of us. cWTis*. i. 

/ 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merryJ^S&a 
that they said, Call for Samson that he may make us^fifil 
* sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison- 
house ; and he made them sport : and they set him be- 
tween the pillars. 

26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the 
hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon 
e the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 

27 Now the house was full of men and women: and all|*si.g&, 
the lords of the Philistines were there : and there were^\\ 



k ch. 13. 2. 
1 ch. 15. 20. 
a Heb. 
to thee, 
verse 4. 
b Or, Bless- 
ed be my 
\ ion to the 
Lord, 
Ex. 20. 7. 
., Ex. -M. 4. 
Lev. 19. 12 
Deui 12.8. 
chap. 8.H7. 
b ch. 18. 17. 
c Isa. 46. 6. 
.1 Ex. 28. 4. 
eGen.31.19. 
c Hub. fill- 
cd the 
hand, 
Lev. 7. 37. 
1 Kings 1» 



h Ch. 19. 15. 

i verso 13. 

Horn. 10. 18. 

k2 Kings 

6. 21. & 8. 

9. it. 13. 14. 

1 Ezek. 13. 

19. 

in Prov. 13. 

7. 

a ch. 17. C. 



/5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made 
an d ephod, and e teraphim, and c consecrated one of his 
sons, who became his priest. 

6 In those days there was f no king in Israel, but every 
man did that which was s right in his own eyes. 
fl% And there was a young man out of * Beth-Iehem- 
judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he 
sojourned there. 

s 8 And the man departed out ofihe city from Beth-lehem- 
judah,to sojourn 'where he could find a place: and he came 
to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 

9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? 
And he said unto lwm, I am, a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, 
and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 

10 And M-^ah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be 
unto me l! a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten 
shekels oi silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and 
thy ! actuals. So the Levite went in. 

c fl And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; 
and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 
/12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young- 
man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 

13 Then said Micah, '"Now know I that the Lord will 
do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
Tltc Danilcs send five men to seek out an inheritance, 1. Jit the house 
of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged in their way, 
:i. * They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope, 7. Sir 
hundred men are sent to surprise it, 11. In the way they rob Micah of 
his priest and his consecrated things, 14. IViey win Laish, and call 
it Dan, 27. They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inheriteth the 
priesthood, 30. 

N those days there was a no king in Israel : and in those 
days the tribe of the Danites b sought them an inherit- 
ltp 



i 



phim, and a graven image, and a molten image ; now 
therefore s consider what ye have to do. 

15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house 
of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Mi- 
cah, and * saluted him. 

16 And the six hundred men appointtd with their wea 
pons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by 
the entering of the gate. 

/ 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went 
up, and came in thither, and took the l graven image, and 
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image : and 
the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the si* 
hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 

18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the 
carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten 
image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye 1 

19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, u lay thy 
hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a 
father and a priest : Is it better for thee to be a priest 
unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto 
a tribe and a family in Israel 1 

c 20 And the x priest's heart was glad, and he took the 
ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went 
m the midst of the people 



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Micah robbed of his images, &c. JUDGES. 

ance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their inheritance 
had c not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 
e 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men 
from their coasts, men of valour, from d Zorah, and from 
Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said 
unto them, Go, search the land : who when they came to 
mount Ephraim, to the e house of Micah,they lodged there. 
/ 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they f knew 
the voice of the young man the Levite : and they turned in 
thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither 1 and 
what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here 1 ? 

4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah 
with me, and hath s hired me, and I am his priest. 

5 And they said unto him, h Ask counsel, we pray thee, 
of God, that we may know whether our way which we go 
shall be prosperous. 

6 And ; the priest said unto them, Go in peace : k be- 
fore the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 

?7 If Then the five men departed, and came to ' Laish, 
and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt 
careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and °se 
cure ; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might 
m put them to shame in any thing ; and they were far from 
the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 

s8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and 
Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 

9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against 
them : for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very 
good : and are ye 4 still 1 be not slothful to go, and to 
enter to possess the land. 

10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, 
and to c a large land : for God hath given it into your 
hands ; a place where there is no want of any thing that 
is in the earth. 

/ 1 1 % And there went from thence of the family of the 
Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred 
men appointed with weapons of war. 

s 12 And they went up, and pitched in n Kirjath-jearim, 
in Judah : wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan 
unto this day : behold, it is ° behind Kirjath-jearim. 

13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and 
came unto the p house of Micah. 

fl4% Then q answered the five men that went to spy 
out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do 
ye know that there is in r these houses an ephod, and tera 



The Levite and his concubine. 



c Josh. 19. 
47. 

d ch. 13. 2. 
e ch. 17. 1. 
fch. 12.6. 
Matt. 26.73. 
g ch. 17. 10. 
h ch. 17. 5. 
verse 14. 
IIos. 4. 12. 

JNch. 6. 8V 
Acts 8. 10. 
k Jer.23.21. 

1 Josh. 19. 
47.' 

a Heb. 
confident, 
Rev. 18. 7. 
mPs. 12.4. 
Jer. 44. 17. 
b Heb. 
silent, 
Ex. 14. 14. 
chap. 16. 2. 
c Heb. a 
land wide 
in bands, 
or, sides, 
Gen. 34. 21. 
n Josh. 15. 
60. 

o Josh. 1. 4. 
p ch. 17. 1. 
q ISam. 14. 
29. 

lKgs.1.28. 
rch. 11.7. 
s verse 5. 
Prov. 19. 27. 
Isa. 8.29. 
d Heb. 
asked him 
of peace, 
Gen.' 37. 14. 
tEx. 32. 20. 
chap. 17. 3. 
u Job 21. 5. 
Prov. 30. 32. 
Micah 7. 16 
xch.17. 10. 
Prov. 30. 15. 
Isa. 56. 10. 
Jer. 3. 6. 
Ezek.13.19 
Acts 20. 33 
Phil. 3. 9. 
lT:m.6.10. 

2 Pet. 2. 3. 



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y Ps. 115. 7. 
Prov. 7. 14. 
Jer. 50. 38. 
& 51. 17. 
Ezek. 23. 5. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
e Heb. men 
of bitter 
soul, 

2Sam.l7.8. 
/Heb. 
gather thy 
soul, and 
the soul of 
thy house, 
Ps. 26. 9. 
zGen.14.14. 
Josh. 19.47. 
a 2Sam. lu. 
6. 

b Josh. 19. 
47. 

g Heb. set 
up before 
them, 
ch. 14. 17. 
c 1 Sam. 4. 
10. 

Ps. 78. CO. 
d Jcsh.18.1. 
a ch. 17. 6. 
a Heb. a 
wife a 
concubine, 
fc-n. 22. 24. 
Mai. 2. 15. 
bGen.J5.19. 
cPr. 30.91. 
i Gen. 16.6. 
b Heb. to 
her heart, 
Lev. 19. 17. 
Gal. 6. 1. 
e Ex. 32. 6. 
cHeb. 
Strengthen, 
Ps. 104. 15. 
f Gen. 18.5 
lKgs.13. 7 
dileh.be 
(rood, 
ch. 16. 15. 
e Heb. until 
the day 
declined. 



21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, 
and the cattle, and the carriage before them. 
/ 22 ^f And when they were a good way from the house 
of Micah, the men that were in the house near to Micah's 
house were gathered together, and overtook the children 
of Dan. 

23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they 
turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, 
that thou comest with such a company 1 
c 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I 
made, and the priest, and ye are gone away : and y what 
have I more 1 and what is this that ye say unto me, What 
aileth thee 1 

c 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy 
voice be heard among us, lest 'angry fellows run upon thee, 
and thou-^lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 
/ 26 And the children of Dan went their way : and when 
Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned 
and went back unto his house. 

e 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and 
the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a peo- 
ple that were at quiet and secure : and they smote them 
with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 
g 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was % far from 
Zidon, and they had no business with any man ; and it 
was in the valley that lieth by a Beth-rehob. And they 
built a city, and dwelt therein. 

s 29 And they called the name of the city b Dan, after the 
name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel : how- 
beit the name of the city ivas Laish at the first. 
c 30f And the children of Dan ff set up the graven image : 
and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, 
he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan c until the 
day of the captivity of the land. 

31 And they set them up Micah's graven image which he , 
made, d all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
A Levite goeth to Beth-lchem to fetch home his concubine, 1. The Cibe- 

athites abuse her to death, 22. He divideth her into twelve pieces, to 

send to the tribes, 29. 

ND it came to pass in those days, when there was a no 
king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite so- 
journing on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him 
"a concubine out of b Beth-lehem-judah. 
s 2 And his concubine played the whore c against him, 
and went away d from him unto her father's house to 
Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 
/ 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak 
'friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his ser- 
vant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him 
into her father's house : and when the father of the dam- 
sel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 

4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained 
him ; and he abode with him three days : so they did 
3 eat and drink, and lodged there. 

f 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they 
arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart : and 
the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, 'Comfort thy 
heart with f a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 

6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them 
together : for the damsel's father had said unto the man. 
Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy 
heart "be merry. 

7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in- 
law urged him : therefore he lodged there again. 

/ 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to 
depart : and the damsel's father said, Comfort thy heart, 
I pray thee. And they tarried " until afternoon, and they 
did eat both of them. 
9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and Ms 

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The Levite is entertained at Gibeati. 

concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's 

father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward 

evening, I pray you tarry all night : behold, the day grow- 

eth to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry ; 

and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou may- 

est go home. 

s 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose 

up and departed, and came over against g Jebue, which is 

Jerusalem : and there were with him two asses saddled, his 

concubine also was with him. 

/ 1 1 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent ; 

and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, 

and let us turn in unto this city of the h Jebusites, and lodge 

in it. 

12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside 
hither into the * city of a stranger, that is not of the chil- 
dren of Israel ; we will pass over to Gibeah. 
g 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw 
near to one of these places to lodge all night, in k Gibeah, 
or in Ramah. 

14 And they passed on and went their way; and the 
sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, 
which belongeth to Benjamin. 

o 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge 
in Gibeah : and when he went in, he sat him down in a 
street of the city : for there ivas no man that-^took them 
into his house to lodging. 

s 16 f And behold, there came an old man from his 
1 work out of the field at even, which was also of mount 
Ephraim ; and he sojourned in Gibeah ; but the men of 
the place were e Benjamites. 

/ 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a way- 
faring man in the street of the city : and the old man said, 
Whither goest thou 1 and whence comest thou 1 
g 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth- 
lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim ; from 
thence am I : and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am 
now going to the m house of the Lord ; and there is no 
man that A receiveth me to house. 

19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses ; 
and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy hand- 
maid, and for the young man which is with thy servants : 
there is no want of any thing. 

c 20 And the old man said, n Peace be with thee ; how- 
soever, ' let all thy wants lie upon me ; only lodge not in 
the street. 

21 So he brought him into his house, and gave proven- 
der unto the asses : and they c washed their feet, and did 
eat and drink. 

c 22 ^f Now as they were making their hearts merry, be- 
hold, the men of the city, certain sons of p Belial, i beset 
the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to 
the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth 
the man that came into thy house, that we may r know him. 

23 And the man, the master of the house, went out 
unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I 
pray you, do not so wickedly ; seeing that this man is 
' come into my house, do not this 'folly. 
" 24 Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his con- 
cubine ; them I will bring out now, and u humble ye them, 
and do with them what seemeth good unto you : but unto 
this man do not so vile a thinsr. 

/ 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man 
took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and 
they "knew her, and abused her all the night until the 
morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 

26' Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, 
and > fell down at the door of the man's house where y her 
lord was, till it was light. 
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JUDGES. Decree against Gibeah. 

/27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened 
the doors of the house, and went out to go his way : and 
behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the 
door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 

28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But 
z none answered. Then the man took her up upon an 
ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 
/ 29 Tf And when he was come into his house, he took 3 
knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, 
together 'with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her 
into all the coasts of Israel. 

30 And it was so, that all that saw it, said, There was 
no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children 
of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: 
a consider of it, b take advice, and speak your minds. 

CHAPTER XX. 
The Levite, in a general assembly, declareth his urong, 1. The decree 

of the asse?nbly, 8. The Benjamites being cited, make head against 

the Israelites, 12. The Israelites in iivo battles lose forty thousand, 18. 

They destroy by stratagein all the Benjamites, except six hundred, 26. 

in HEN a all the children of Israel went out, and the 
congregation was gathered together b as one man, 
from Dan c even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, 
unto the Lord in d Mizpeh. 

/ 2 And the ° chief of all the people, even of all the tribes 
of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the peo- 
ple of God, four hundred thousand footmen that e drew sword, 
s 3 (Now the f children of Benjamin heard that the chil- 
dren of Israel were gone up to Mipzeh.) Then said the 
children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness 1 
f 4 And b the Levite, the husband of the woman that was 
slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth 
to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 
g- 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset 
the house round about upon me by night, and thought to 
have slain me : and my concubine have they forced, that 
she is dead. 

/ 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and 
sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Is- 
rael : for they have committed e lewdness and folly in Israel. 
7 Behold, h ye are all children of Israel ; give here your 
advice and counsel. 

/ 8 % And all the people arose as one man, saying, l We will 
not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn 
into his house : 

9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to 
Gibeah : we will go up k by lot against it ; 

10 And we will take ten men of a hundred throughout 
all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and 
a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the 
people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of 
Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought 
in Israel. 

1 1 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the 
city, knit together as one man. 

/ 12 1[ And the tribes of Israel l sent men through all the 
tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is 
done among you 1 

c 13 Now therefore m deliver us the men, the children of 
"Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to 
death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children 
of Benjamin would ° not hearken to the voice of their bre- 
thren the children of Israel : 

/14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves 
together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle 
against the children of Israel. 

15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at 
that time out of the cities r twenty and six thousand men 
that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which 
were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 

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g Josh. 15. 
63. 

cbap. 1. 8. 
2 Sam. 5. 6. 
hGen.10.16. 
i Josh. 15. 
63. 

chap. 1. 8. 
2 Sam. 5. 6. 
kch. 20. 31 
/Heb. 
gathered, 
Ts. 26. 9. 
Matt. 25.35. 
Heb. 13. 2. 
1 Gen. 3. 19. 
Job 34. 15. 
Ts. 104. 23. 
& 128. 2. 
Eccles.1.13. 
& 5. 12. 
Matt. 6. 25. 

1 Cor. 9. 14. 

2 Cor. 8. 9. 
Eph. 4. 28. 
■2 Thess. 3. 
10. 

g Heb. sons 
of Jerniui, 
Gen. 35. 18. 
mch. 18.31. 

1 Sam. 3. 1. 
A Heb. 
gathercth, 
verse 15. 

n Philemon 

3. 

i Heb. all 

thy want 

upon me. 

Gen. 18. 4. 
p Dt. 13. 13. 
q Gen. 19. 4. 
Hosea 9. 9. 
& 10. 9. 

r Gen. 4. 1. 
& 19. 5. 
Rom. 1. 26. 
Gen. 19. 8. 
t Gen. 34. 7. 

2 Sam. 13. 
12, 13. 
Prov. 7. 7. 
u Gen. 19. 8. 
x Gen. 4. 1. 
k Heb. 
fell there, 
verse 28. 
yGen.18.12. 

1 Pet. 3. 6. 



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z ch. 20. 5. 

Or, 
through 
her bones, 
Dout. 21.22. 
Gal. 4. 18. 
a Josh. 9.1 4. 
1 Sam. 25. 
25. 

b ch. 20. 13. 
Ps. 112. 5. 
Prov. 13. 10. 
aver. 12,13. 
b ver. 8, 11. 
1 Sam. 11.7. 
Ezra 9. 1. 
c Josh. 19. 
47. 

d Josh. 18. 
26. 

1 Sam. 7. 5. 
2Kgs.25.22. 
Jer. 40. 7. 
a Heb. the 
corner of 
all the 
people. 
cell. 8. 10. 
f Pr. 22. 3. 
Matt. 5. 25. 

Beb.the 
man the 
Levite, 
oh. 18. 14. 
"Gen. 24. 7. 
ch. 19. 23. 

h Ex. 19. 6. 

1 Cor. 5. 1. 

i Prov.21.3. 
k Josh. 14.2. 
1 Dt. 20. 10. 
Josh. 22. 13. 
Kom.12. 18. 
m 1 Sam. 
90.21. 
nDt. 13.13. 
ch. 19. 22. 
o 1 Sain. 2. 
25. 

Rom. 1.32. 
Iter. 1*. 4. 
p ch. 8. 10. 
ver.--.;s 2fi, 
35, 47, 48. 



seven hundred 
could sling stones 



The Benjamites stain* 

fl6 Among all this people there were 
chosen men c left-handed ; every one 
at a hair-breadth, and not miss. 

17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were num- 
bered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all 
these were men of war. 

d 18 % And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the 
''house of God, and" r asked counsel of God, and said, Which 
of us shall go up s first to the battle against the children 
of Benjamin 1 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first. 
/19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, 
and encamped against Gibeah. 

20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against 
Benjamin ; and the men of Jsrael put themselves in array 
to fight against them at Gibeah. 

/21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gi- 
beah, and 'destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites 
that day twenty and two thousand men. 

22 And the people, the men of Israel, u encouraged 
themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place 
where they put themselves in array the first day. 
d 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept * be- 
fore the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, 
saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children 
of Benjamin my brother ? And the Lord said, Go up 
against him.) 

/ 24 And the children of Israel came near against the 
children of Benjamin the second day. 

25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gi- 
beah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground 
of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men ; 
all these drew the sword. 

A 26 *fi Then all the children of Israel, and all the peo- 
ple, went up, and came unto the "house of God, and wept, 
and " sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until 
even, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings be- 
fore the Lord. 

/27 And the children of Israel y inquired of the Lord, 
(for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 
f 28 And z Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aa- 
ron, a stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet 
again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin 
my brother, or shall I cease 1 And the Lord said, Go up ; 
for to-morrow I will deliver them into thy hand. 

29 And b Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 
g 30 And the children of Israel went up against the chil- 
dren of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in 
array against Gibeah, as at other times. 
/31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the 
people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began 
to smite of the people, f and kill, as at other times, in the 
highways,- of which one goeth up to the house of God, and 
the other to Gibeah in the c field, about thirty men of Israel. 

32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smit- 
ten down before us, as at the first. But the children of 
* Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto 
the highways. 

e 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, 
and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar : and the liers 
in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of 
the meadows of Gibeah. 

/34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen 
men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore : but they 

knew not that evil ioas near them. 

1 35 And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel : and 
Ihe children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that 
day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men : all 
these e drew the sword. 

36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were 



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JUDGES. The desolation of Benjamin. 

smitten : for the men of Israel gave place to the Benja- 
mites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which 
they had set beside Gibeah. 

/37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gi- 
beah ; and the liers in wait e drew themselves along, and 
smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 

38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men 
of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a 
great flame with smoke to rise up out of the city. 

39 And when the men of Israel f retired in the battle, 
Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel 
about thirty persons : for they said, * Surely they are 
smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 
/40 But when the 'flame began to arise up out of the city 
with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, 
and behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 

41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men 
of Benjamin were amazed : for they saw that evil was 
come upon them. 

/42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of 
Israel unto the way of the wilderness ; but the battle over- 
took them ; and them which came out of the cities they 
destroyed in the midst of them. 

43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, 
and chased them, and trode them down with ease over 
against Gibeah toward the sun-rising. 

44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men ;• 
all these were men of valour. 

s 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto 
the s rock of Rimmon : and they gleaned of them in the 
highways five thousand men ; and pursued hard after them 
unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them, 
a 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were 
h twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword ; all 
these were men of valour. 

47 { But six hundred men turned and fled to the wil- 
derness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock 
Rimmon four months. 

/48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the chil- 
dren of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the 
sword, k as well the men of every city, as the beast, and 
all that came to hand : also they set on fire all the cities 
that they came to. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Tlie people bewail the desolation of Benjamin, 1. By the destruction of 
Jabesh-gilead they provide them four hundred wives, 8. They advise 
them to surprise the vi?-°ins that danced at Shiloh, 16. 

"OW the men of Israel had a sworn in b Mizpeh, say- 
ing, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto 
Benjamin to wife. , 

/2 And the people came to the c house of God, and abode 
there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and 
wept sore ; 

3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, d why is this come 
to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe 
lacking in Israel 1 

.4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people 
rose early, and built there an e altar, and offered burnt-of- 
ferings, and peace-offerings. 

/5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among 
all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congre- 
gation f unto the Lord "? For they had made a great oath 
concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, 
saying, He shall surely be s put to death. 

6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benja- 
min their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off 
from Israel this day. 

7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, see- 
ing we have sworn by the Lord, that we will not give 
them of our daughters to wives 1 

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c Heb. 

lockt in 
their right 
hand, 

chap. 3. 15. 
or, could 
sling with 
both hands, 
lChr.12.2. 
q ch. 19. 18. 
verso 26. 
r Ex.28. 30. 
Num. 27.21. 
Josh. 9. 14. 
chap. 1. 1. 
Ezra 2. 21. 
Ps. 50. 15. 
crse 28. 
Ezra 9. 3, 4. 

1 Cor. 5. 1. 
2Cor. 12.21. 
t Ps. 77. 19. 
Eccl. 9. 1. 
u ver. 15,17. 
x Lev. 1. 3. 
ver. 26, 27. 
d Heb. 
Beth-el, 
ch. 19. 18. 
& 21. 12. 
e Or, car- 
ried there, 
Ps. 23. 6. 
& 137. 1. 
Lam. 1. 1. 
yNu.27.21. 
z Nu. 25. 7. 
a Deut. 10. 
8. & 18. 8. 
b Josh. 8. 4. 

2 Sam. 5. 23. 
/Heb. 
stabbing, 
or, stabbed. 
c Josh. 18. 
24. 

ch. 10. 13. 
rl Josh.8.14. 
Job 21. 13. 
Eccl. 8. 11, 
12. 

Prov. 29. 6. 
Tsa. 47. 11. 
Luke 17. 16. 
& 21. 34. 

1 Thess. 5. 
3. 

2 Pet. 2. 12. 
c ch. 8. 10. 
verses 7, 46. 



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g Or, made 
a drawing 
sound, 
Ex. 14. 13. 
Josh. 6. 5. 
chap. 4. 6. 
f verso 31. 
h Heb. Be- 
ingsmitten 
he is 
smitten, 
Ex. 15. 9. 
1 Thess. 5.3. 
i Heb. the 
whole con- 
sumption, 
g Josh. 15. 
31. 

lClir. 6.77. 
h ch. 11. 26. 
verse 35. 
i 2 Kings 
25. 27. 
Ps. 103. 9. 
Isa. 1. 9. 
Jer. 14. 7. 
Lam. 3. 55. 
Hab. 3. 2. 
k Heb. of 
the city of 
the whole- 
ness,cvcn to 
beasts: yea, 
all that was 
found: also 
they set five 
on all the 
cities that 
were found. 
a2Sam.21. 
2. 

Jer. 4. 1. 
bch. 20. 1. 
c ch. 20. 23. 
(1 verse 1. 
Isa. C3. 17. 
e Josh. 22. 
11. 

2Sam.24.25. 
lKgs.8.64. 
Heb. 13. 10. 
fcb. 20. 1. 
gGaJ.4. 18. 



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Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion die. 

s 8 % And they said, What one is there of the tribes of 
Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? and be-lhisam. n 
hold, there came none to the camp from h Jabesh-gilead|^|f b 3 ^ 
to the assembly. 

9 For the people were numbered, and behold there were 
none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 

/10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand 
"men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go 
and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge 
of the sword, with the women and the children. 

11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall Ut- 
terly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain 
by man. 

12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh- 
gilead four hundred 'young virgins that had known no 
man by c lying with any male : and they brought them 
unto the camp to k Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 

13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to 
the children of Benjamin that w ere m the ! rock Rimmon, 
and ''to call peaceably unto them. 
/14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they 

gave them wives which they had saved alive of the wo- 
men of Jabesh-gilead : and yet so they ' sufficed them not. 

15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, be- 
cause that the Lord had made abreach in the tribes of Israel. 

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall 
we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women 
are destroyed out of Benjamin 1 
f 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them 



saying, 



The constancy of Ruth. 

that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroy- 
ed out of Israel. 

18 Howbeit, we may not give them wives of our daugh- 
ters : for the children of Israel have m sworn, 
Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 
^19 Then they said, Behold, there is n a feast of the Lord 
in Shiloh 7 yearly in a place which is on the north side of 
Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up 
from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 

20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benja- 
min, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards ; 

21 And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come 
out to ° dance in dances, then come ye out of the vine- 
yards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters 
of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 

22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren 
come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, 
e Be favourable unto them for our sakes : because we re- 
served not to each man his wife in the war : for ye did 
not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 
/23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them 
wives, according to their number, of them that danced, 
whom they caught : and they went and returned unto 
their inheritance, and p repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 

24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that 
fo^'aSltime, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they 
went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 
c 25 In those days there was q no king in Israel : every 



sons 
of the army. 
i Nu.31. 17. 
Deut. 2. 34. 
JHeb. dam- 
sel, virgin. 
eHeb. 
knoiceth 
the lying 
with man, 
Gen. 4. 1. 
k Josh.18.1. 
1 ch. 20. 47. 
dHeb. 
criedpeace, 
Ps. 78. 38. 
Isa. 12. 1. 
e Heb. 
foundthey 
notfor 
them, 
Num. 11.23. 



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cir. 1406. 



m verse I. 
ltfam 55.22. 

E..1. 5. O. 

n Nu. 10.10. 
& 29. 1. 
/Heb. 
from days 
to days, 
Lev. 25.20. 
chap. 11.34. 
2 Sam. 6. 14. 
o Ex. 15.20, 
2 Sam. 6. 14. 



mpa 

onus or 

them, 

p ch 20. 48. 

iveal 7 iis. man did that which was r right in his own eyes. 



II THE BOOK OF RUTH. 



CHAPTER I. 



Elimelech driven by famine into Moab, dieth there, 1. Mahlon and Chi- 
lion, having married ivives of Moab, die also, 4. Naomi returning 
homeward, 6, dissuadeth her two daughters-in-law from going ivith 
her, 11. Orpah leaveth her, but Ruth ivith great constancy accompa- 
nieth her, 14. They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly re- 
ceived, 19. 

^TOW it came to pass in the days when the judges 
'jyi " ruled, that there was a a famine in the land. And 
a certain man of b Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in 
the country of Moab, c he, and his wife, and his two sons. 
2 And the name of the man ivas. Elimelech, and the 
name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons 
Mahlon and Chilion, d Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. 
And they came into the country of Moab, and continued 
there. 

/3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband e died ; and she 
was left, and her f two sons. 

4 And g they took them wives of the women of Moab ; 
the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other 
h Ruth : and they dwelled there about '' ten years. 

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them ; and 
the woman was k left of her two sons and her husband. 
/6 1 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she 
might return from the country of Moab : for she had 
heard in the country of Moab" how that the Lord had 
1 visited m his people in giving them n bread. 

7 Wherefore ° she went forth out of the place where 
she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her ; and 
>' they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 

8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, 
return each to her q mother's house : r the Lord deal 
kindly with you, as ye have dealt 9 with the dead, and 
with me. 

9 The Lord grant you that ye may ' find rest, each of 
you in the house of her husband. Then she "kissed 
them ; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 

10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return "with 
thee unto thy people. 



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cir. 1312. 



a Heb. 
judged, 
Judg. 2. 16. 
a Dt. 28.23. 
b Josh. 19.8. 
Judg. 12. 8. 
c.r.cn.19.10. 
dGen.35.19. 
e Ps. 34. 19. 
f Isa. 27.28. 
gDt 7.3. 
h Matt. 1.5. 
i Ps. 120. 5. 
kDt.32. 36. 
1 Luke 1.68. 
m Dt. 7. 6. 
n Mt. 6. 11. 
o Ex. 18. 27. 
p ver. 10,24. 
Prov. 17. 17. 
q oh. 2. 11. 
Philip. 4. 8. 
r2Tim. 1. 
17, 18. 
sEph.5.22. 
t chap. 3. 1, 
Eph. 5. 22. 
uGen .29.11. 
x Ps. 16. 3. 



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cir. 1312. 



y verse 8. 

z 1 Tiro.5.9. 

a Ps. 39. 9. 

b 2 Tim. 4. 

10. 

c Luke 19. 

26. 

diret.3.10. 

Judg. 11, 
21. 

f Josh. 24. 

19. 

Luke 24.28. 

gMt. 10.34. 

Acts 21. 13. 

h 1 Thess. 1. 

6,9. 

2 Cor. C. II. 

i Mt. I 11. 

Acts 21. 14. 

k 2 Tim. 4. 

11. 

1 Ps. 65. 10. 
m Lam. 2. 
15. 

n Heb. 12.11. 
oEccI.5. 10. 
pJob 10.17. 
lqFa.91. U 



/ 1 1 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters : y why 
will you go with me 1 are there yet any more sons in my 
womb, that they may be your husbands ? 

12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way, for I am 
z too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, 
if I should have a husband also to-night, and should also 
bear sons ; 

13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown ? 
would ye stay for them from having husbands 1 nay, my 
daughters ; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, that 
the a hand of the Lord is gone out against me. 

c 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And 
Orpah b kissed her mother-in-law ; c but Ruth clave unto her. 
15 And she said, Behold, d thy sister-in-law is gone 
back unto her people, and unto e her gods : f return thou 
after thy sister-in-law. 

c 16 And Ruth said, s Entreat me not to leave thee, or to 
return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, 
I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy 
people shall be my people, and h thy God my God : 

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be 
buried : the Lord do so to mc, and more also, if aught 
but death part thee and me. 

/IS When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go 
with her, then she ! left speaking unto her. 

gld *a So Mhey two went until they came to Beth-le- 
hem. And it came to pass, when they were come to 
1 Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and 
they said, m Is this Naomi 1 

«20 And she said unto them, Call mc not Naomi, call 
me Mara: for the Almighty "hath dealt very bitterly 
with me. 

21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me 
home again ° empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing 
the Lord hath p testified against me, and the Almighty 
hath afflicted me 1 

g 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her 
daughter-in-law with her, which q returned out of the country 

167 



The kindness of Boaz to Ruth. RUTH. 

of Moab : and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning 
of r barley-harvest. 



CHAPTER II. 

Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz, 1. Boaz taking knoivledge of her, 
4,sheiveth her great favour, 8. That which she got she carrieth to 
Naomi, 18. 

ND Naomi had a a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty 
man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech ; and his 
name was Boaz. 
d 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me 
now go to the field, and b glean ears of corn after him in 
whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, 
Go, my daughter. 
fS And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field 
after the reapers : and her hap was to light on a part of 
the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of 
Elimelech. 

«4 And c behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said 
unto the reapers, d The Lord be with you. And they an- 
swered him, The Lord bless thee. 

/ 5 Then said Boaz unLo his servant that was e set over 
the reapers, Whose damsel is this 1 

6 And the servant that was set over the reapers an- 
swered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that f came 
back with Naomi out of the country of Moab : 
i c 7 And she said, e l pray you, let me glean and gather after 
the reapers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath 
h continued even from the morning until now, that she 
tarried a little in the house. 

/8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my 
J daughter 1 Go not to glean in k another field, neither go 
from hence, but abide here fast by my 1 maidens : 

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and 
go thou after them : have I not charged the young men 
that they shall m not touch thee 1 and when thou art athirst, 
n go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young 
men have drawn, 
c 10 Then she ° fell on her face, and bowed herself to 
the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace 
in thine eyes, that thou shouldest p take knowledge of me, 
seeing I am a stranger 1 

> 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully 
been q shewed me, all that thou hast r done unto thy mo 
ther-in-law since the death of thy husband : and how 
thou hast s left thy father and thy mother, and the land of 
thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knew 
est not heretofore. 

^12 The Lord 'recompense thy work, and a full reward 
be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose 
u wings thou art come to trust. 

13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my 
lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou 
hast spoken friendly unto thy handmaid, x though I be not 
like unto one of thy handmaidens. 

/ 14 And Boaz said unto her, y At meal-time come thou 
hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the 
vinegar. And she z sat beside the reapers : and he reached 
her parched corn, and she. did eat, and was a sufficed, and b left. 

15 And when she was risen up to c glean, Boaz com- 
manded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among 
the sheaves, and reproach her not : 

16 And a let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose 
for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and re- 
buke her not. 

17 So she gleaned in the field e until even, and beat out 
that she had gleaned : and it was about an ephah of barley. 

/18 *% And she took it up, and went into the city : and 
her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned : and she 
brought forth, and gave to her that she had f reserved 
after she was sufficed. 



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cir. 1312. 



r Lev. 2310. 
a cli. 3. 2. 
Prov. 7. 4. 
bLev.19.19. 
Deut.24.19. 
Eph. 4. 28. 
clSam. 23. 
26. 

2Kgs.8.29. 
Est. 6. 1, 2. 
d Ps. 127. 2. 
Luke I. 28. 
e Gen. 24. 2. 
fch. 1.7,10. 
g Dt. 24. 19. 
h Prov. 27. 
23. & 28. 19. 
Eccl. 8. 17. 
Rom. 12. 11. 
i 1 Sam. 3. 
6,9. 

2Kgs.5.12. 
k Phil. 4. 8. 
1 John 3. 
18. 

1 Lev. 19. 9. 
Deut.24.19. 
mJob29.12. 
Ps. 105. 15. 
nGen.26.18. 
niaxx. iu.42. 
o 1 Sam. 25. 
23. 

p Matt. 5. 5. 

Luke I. 48. 

q Ps. 37. 6. 

r Pr. 31.31. 

s Ps. 15. 10. 

1 1 Tim.4.8. 

u Ps. 17. 8. 

x 1 Sam. 25. 

41. 

y Pr. 11. 27. 

z Luke 1. 

52. 

a Pr. 11. 25. 

bDt. 11.15. 

c Pr. 31. 27. 

2 Thess. 3. 
10. 

d Ps. 112. 9. 
e Pr. 31. 17. 
f verse 14. 
Prov. 28. 24. 



E. Christ 
cir. 1312. 



g Job 29. 13. 
2Tim.l. 16. 
li Pr. 17. 17. 
i Lev. 25.25. 
Dt. 25. 5, 7. 
k 1 Tim. 3. 
4. 

1 Titus 2. S 
m Gen.34.1 
Ps. 91. 11. 
Prov. 22.3. 
n Prov.13.1. 

Prov. 6. 8. 

1 Tim. 5. 13. 
a 1 Cor. 7. 
36. 

b ch. 1. 9. 

c 2 Kings 

4.13. 

Prov. 18.24, 

d Dt.25.5,6. 

e ch. 2. 8. 

1 2 Sam. 21. 

16. 

»2 Sam. 14 

2. 

h2Tim.2.9 

iPs.104.23. 

kl Thess. 5. 

22. 

1 Pr. 15. 33. 

m Eph. G. 1. 

n 1 Cor. 10. 

31. 

1 Sam. 25. 
41. 

a Or, wing, 

chap. 2. 12. 

Ezek. 16. 8. 

p ch. 2. 20. 

q 1 Cor. 13. 

7. 

r ch. 1. 8. 

s 1 Tim. 5. 

11. 

Titus 2. 12. 

t Prov. 12.4. 

uDeut.25.5. 

1 Thess.4.6. 
xPs. 119.60. 
y eh. 2. 20. 
Matt. 7. 12. 
z Josh. 24. 
15. 

Philip. 4.8. 
a Eccl. 7. I. 
Rom. 12. 17. 

1 Cor.10.32.1 

2 Cor. 8. 21.1 



Naomi's instruction to her. 

19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast 
thou gleaned to-day ? and where wroughtest thou 1 bless 
ed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she 
shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, 
and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to 
day is Boaz. 

c 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, s Blessed 
be he of the Lord, who hath h not left off his kindness to 
the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, 
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our ' next kinsmen. 

21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, 
Thou k shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have 
ended all my harvest. 

/22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is 
1 good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, 
that they m meet thee not in any other field. 

23 u So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean 
unto the ° end of barley-harvest and of wheat-harvest ; 

and dwelt with hor mo tlier-in-law. 
CHAPTER III. 

By Naomi's instruction, 1, Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet, 5. Boaz acknoiv- 
ledgeth the right of a kinsman, 8 : He sencleth her away ivith six- 
measures of barley, 14. 

~ HE1\ Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My 
daughter, a shall I not seek b rest for thee, that it 
may be well with thee 1 

2 c And now is not Boaz of d our kindred, with whose 
e maidens thou wast 1 Behold, he winnoweth barley to- 
night in the f threshing-floor. 

3 Wash thyself therefore, and e anoint thee, and put thy 
h raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor : but 
make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have 
done eating and drinking. 

4 And it shall be when he ? lieth down, that k thou shalt 
mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, 
and uncover his \ feet, and lay thee down ; and he will 
tell thee what thou shalt do. 

5 And she said unto her, m All that thou say est unto me 
I will do. 

/6 f And she went down unto the floor, and did ac- 
cording to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 

o 7 And when Boaz had n eaten and drunk, and his heart 
was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of 
corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and 
laid her down. 

/■8 If And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was 
afraid, and turned himself: and behojd, a woman lay at 
his feet. 

9 And he said, Who art thou 1 And she answered, I am 
Ruth thy "handmaid: spread therefore thy " skirt over thy 
handmaid ; for thou art a near p kinsman. 

c 10 And he said, q Blessed be thou of the Lord, my 
daughter : for thou "hast shewed more kindness in the 
r latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou fol- 
lowedst not s young men, whether poor or rich. 

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee 
all that thou requirest : for all the city of my people doth 
know that thou art a l virtuous woman. 

12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman : how- 
beit there is a kinsman "nearer than I. 

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the "morning, 
that if he will perform unto thee the y part of a kinsman, 
well ; let him do the kinsman's part : but if he will not do 
the part of a kinsman to thee, z then will I do the part of 
a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth : lie down until 
the morning. 

/ 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she 
rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let 
it a not be known that a woman came into the floor. 
o 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee; 

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The generation of Pharez. 

and hold it. And when she held it, he measured b six mea- 
sures of barley, and laid it on her : and she went into the city 
/ 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said 
Who art thou, my daughter 1 And she told her all that the 
man had done to her. 

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he 
me ; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother 
in-law. 

18 Then said she, c Sit still, my daughter, until thou 
know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be 
in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Boaz calleth into judgment the next kinsman, 1. He refuseth the re- 
demption according to the manner in Israel, 6. Boaz buyeth the in- 
heritance, 9 : He marrieth RutK, 10 : She beareth Obed the grandfather 
of David, 13. The generation of Pharez, 18. 

THEN went Boaz up to the a gate, and sat him down 
there : and behold, the b kinsman of whom Boaz spake 
eame by ; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one ! turn aside, 
sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 
o 2 And he took c ten men of the ciders of the city, and 
said, Sit ye down here. And they d sat down. 

3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come 
again out of the country of Moab, e selleth a parcel of land, 
which was our brother Elimelech's : 

4 And ° I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it be- 
fore the inhabitants, and f before the elders of my people. 
If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not re- 
deem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none 
to redeem it besides thee ; and I am after thee. And he 
said, I will s redeem it. 

L 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the 
hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of h Ruth the Moab- 
jtess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead 
upon his inheritance. 

/ 6 IT And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, 
' lest I mar mine own inheritance : redeem thou my right 
lo thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 

o 7 Now this was the k manner in former time in Israel 
concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to 
confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave 
it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel. 



I. SAMUEL. 



Hannah prayeth for a child. 



8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for 
thee. So he ' drew off his shoe. 

/ 9 1 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the peo- 
ple, Ye are m witnesses this day, that I have bought all that 
was Elimelech's, and all that ivas Chilion's and Mahlon's 
of the hand of Naomi. 

10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, 
have I 'purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of 
the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead 
n be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the 
gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day. 

6 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the el- 
ders, said, We are witnesses. ° The Lord make the wo- 
man that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, 
which two did build the house of Israel : and do thou wor- 
thily in Ephratah and be famous in Beth-lehem : 

12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, 
whom v Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the 
Lord shall give thee of this young woman. 

/ 13 % So Boaz i took Ruth, and she was his wife : and, 
when he went in unto her, r the Lord gave her concep- 
tion, and she bare a son. 

c 14 And the s woman said unto Naomi, Blessed be the 
Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, 
that his' name may be famous in Israel. 

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer oHhy life, and 
c a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law, 
which loveth thee, which is better to thee than l seven 
sons, hath borne him. 

16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her "bosom, 
and became nurse unto it. 

17 And the women her * neighbours gave it a name, 
saying, There is a son born to Naomi ; and they called his 
name ''Obed : he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 
/ 18 Tf Now these are the generations of y Pharez : Pha- 
rez begat Ilezron, 

19 And Ilezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 

20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon be- 
gat Salmon, 

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 

22 And Obed begat z Jesse, and Jesse begat a David. 



THE FIKST BOOK OF SAMUEL., 
OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAPTER I 
fjfkanah a Levite, having two ivives, worshippeth yearly at Shiloh, 1 : 



Hi 



cherishetli Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Pcninnah, 4. Han- 
nah in grief prayeth for a child, 9. Eli first rebuketh her, afterwards 
blesscth her, 12. Hannah having borne Samuel, stayeth at home till he 
be weaned, 19. She presenlcth him, according to her vow, lo the Lord, 24. 

JVTOW there was a certain man of a Ramathaim-zophim, 
*1 1 of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the 
-son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son 
of Zuph, an b Ephrathite : 
i 2 And he had c two wives ; the name of the one was Han- 
nah, and the name of the other d Peninnah: and Pcninnah 
fiad children, but Hannah had e no children. 
d 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to wor- 
ship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in f Shiioh. 
\nd tiie two sons of Eli, llophni and Phinehas, the priests 
of the Lord, were there. 

/4 ^f And when the time was that Elkanah e offered, he 
gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her 
daughters, h portions : 

5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion ; for he 
' loved Hannah ; but the Lord had k shut up her womb. 
f 6 And her ' adversary also provoked her sore, for to 
make her m fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. 

7 And as he " did so year by year, when she went up 



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iNu.21H. 
chili. 0- •'■ 
l>Ju<lg.]2.5. 

1 Chr. II. 7. 
c Gen. 4. 23. 

2 Chr. 24. 3. 
(lJudg.19.2. 
e Judg.13.2, 
verse 5. 

f Josh. 18. 2. 
gLov.3.4.5. 
Bout. 12.1'i 
li Lev. 7. 10. 

DHllt.lfi.il. 

iOii.2D.30. 
k Gen. 16.2. 

I Lev.18.18. 
m Job 1.11. 
n verso 4. 
Ezck. 15.15. 



II. Cbrisl 

eir. 1171. 



1 ThosB.5. 
11. 

p2Pnm.7.2. 
qGen.88.20. 
Mum. 30. 8. 
Eecl.6.4. 

r Num. 0. .">. 
• Num. 4. 3. 
i .Num. 5.0. 
u eh. 4. 15. 
x Nth. 2. 4. 
Rom. 8. SO. 
y Acta 1 1.3. 

1 Cor. 13.7. 
zFrov. I5.I. 



to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her ; therefore 
she wept, and did not eat. 

8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, 
"why weepest thou 1 and why eatest thou not? and why is 
thy heart grieved 1 am not 1 better to thee than ten sons? 
/9 If So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, 
and after they had drunk : (now Eli the priest sat upon a 
seat by a po^t of the p temple of the Lord :) 

10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto 
the Lord, and wept sore. 

& 11 And she q vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, 
if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, 
and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt 
give unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will 'give 
him unto the Lord s all the days of his life, and there shall 
no ' razor come upon his head. 

12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before 
the Lord, that Eli "marked her mouth. 
/13 Now Hannah, she 'spake in her heart; only her 
lips moved, but her voice was not heard : therefore Eli 
y thought she had been drunken. 

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be 
drunken ? put away thy wine from thee. 
« 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, 7 my lord, I 

1G9 



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a Ps. 62. 8. 
Dt. 13. 13. 
c Josh. 22. 
33. 

2Kgs.5.19. 
(1 Eccl. 9. 7. 
Rom. 15. 13. 
e Gcn.24.20. 
(' Gen. 4. 1. 
a Hob. Af- 
ter the ex- 
piration of 
days, 
b That is, 
Asktd of 
God. ' 
g Ex. 93. 17. 
h 1 Kings 
11.20. 



Hannah's song of thanksgiving. 1. SAMUEL. 

am a woman of a sorrowful spirit : I have drunk neither 
wine nor strong drink, but have a poured out my soul be- 
fore the Lord. 

16 Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of b Belial : 
for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I 
spoken hitherto. 

6 17 Then Eli answered and said. Go c in peace: and the God 
of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 

18 And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy 
sight. So the woman went ber way, and did eat, and her 
countenance was d no more sad. 
f 19 *[] And they rose up in the morning early, and e wor- 



Eli reproveth his sons. 

his saints, and the wicked 
for ' by strength shall no 



shipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to theiriiExJJi.6. 
house to Ramah : and Elkanah f knew Hannah his wife • «=" 



and the Lord remembered her. 

n 20 Wherefore it came to pass, " when the time was 
come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a 
son, and called his name b Samuel, saying, Because I have 
asked him of the Lord. 

d 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to 
offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 

« 22 But Hannah s went not up ; for she said unto her 
husband, / will not go up until the child be h weaned, and 
then I will bring him, that he may appear before the 
Lord, and there abide ' for ever. 

23 And Eikanah her husband said unto her, Do what 
seemeth thee good ; tarry until thou have weaned him ; 
only the Lord v establish his word. So the woman abode, 
and ' gave her son suck until she weaned him. 

/ 24 "If And when she had weaned him, she m took him up 
with her, with three bullocks, and one n ephah of flour, and 
a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the 
Lord in Shiloh : and the ° child was young. 

25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 

26 And she said, O my lord, as thy soul liveth, my 
lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, p praying 
unto the Lord. 

& 27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given 
me my petition which I asked of him : 

d 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord, as long 
as he liveth c he shall be lent to the Lord. And he wor- 
shipped the Lord there. 

CHAPTER II. 
Hannah's song in thankfulness, 1. The sin of Eli's sons, 12. Samuel's 
ministry, IS. By Eli's Messing;, Hannah is more fruitful, 20. Eli 
reprove'th his sons, 22. A prophecy aguinst Eli's house, 27. 

i A ND Hannah a prayed, and said, My b heart rejoiceth 
J^ik. in the Lord, my c horn is exalted in the Lord : my 
mouth is enlarged d over mine enemies; because I rejoice 
in e thy salvation. 

1 2 There is f none holy as the Lord : for there is none 
g besides thee : neither is there any rock like our God. 
t 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; let not arrogancy 
come out of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of know- 
ledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

4 The h bows of the mighty men are broken, and they 
that * stumbled are girded with strength. 

5 They that were v full have hired out themselves for 
bread ; and they that were hungry ceased : so that the 
barren hath ' borne seven ; and she that hath many chil- 
dren is waxed feeble. 

* 6 The Lord m killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth 
down to the n grave, and bringeth up. 

* 7 The Lord maketh ° poor, and maketh rich: he bring- 
eth low, and lifteth up. 

8 He p raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up 
the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, 
and to make them inherit the throne of glory : for the 
°- pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the 
world upon them. 



25. 

1 Gen. 21. 7. 
Judg. 13. 4. 
Ps. 22. 9. 
Luke 1. 80. 
m Luke 2. 
24. 

nLnv.16.30. 
2 Tim. 3. 
15. 

1) Matt. 7. 7. 
"c Or, he 
whom I 
have ob- 
tained Iry 
petition 
shall be 
returned. 
a Phil. 4. 6. 
bLuke 1. 
46. 

cPs. 92. 10. 
dRev.18.20. 
e Ex. 15. 2. 
fEx.15. II. 
gPs.73. 25. 
h Juilg. 4. 
15. 

Ps. 76. 3. 
i Heb.11.34. 
k Luke 1. 
53. 

James 5. 6. 
lRuth4.ll. 
mDt.32.39. 
Ezek. 32.11. 
nPs. 130. 2. 
Jonah 2. 3. 
Acts 12. 6. 
o Job 1. 12. 
p Job36. 11. 
Ps. 113. 7. 
r) Job 38. 5. 
Ps. 102. 25. 



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rPs.121.5,8. 
Juilg. 1. 7. 
t ch. 17. 49. 
u Ps. 2. 9. 
xMt.28.18. 
y Ps. 2. 2. 
z Dt. 14. 13. 
a Rom. 1.28. 
Titus 1. 16. 
b Rom.1.30. 
c Ex. 29. 27. 
il Isa. 56.11. 
o Lev. 3.3,4. 
f Gen. 10. 8. 
_ Mai. 2. 8. 
h Ex. 28. 4. 
2Sam.6.14. 
i ch. 1. 3. 
kGen.14.19. 
lGen. 21. 1, 
mEph.3.20, 
n Luke 1. 
80. & 2. 40. 

Isa. 3. 9. 
p 1 Tim. 3. 
7. 

n Nu. 15.30 
r ch. 3. 14. 
s 2 Chr. 25. 
16. 

Prov.15. 10 
t Prov. 3. 4. 
Luke 1.80. 
& 2. 52. 
Acts 2. 47. 
u Judg.13.6. 

1 Tim. 6.11. 

2 Pet. 1. 21. 
x Ex. 6. 23. 
y Nu. 14. 7. 
2Sam.l2.7. 
z Lev. 7.34. 
a Dt. 32. 15. 
bPs. 132.13. 
c Lcv.19.15. 
d Ex. 28. 23, 



* 9 He will keep the r feet ot 
shall be s silent in darkness ; 
man prevail. 

t 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be "brokentopieces; 
out of heaven shall he thunder upon them : the Lord 
shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength 
unto "his king, and exalt the horn of his y Anointed. 
/ 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the 
child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 

c 12 % Now the sons of Eli were sons of z Belial ; they 
a knew- not the Lord. 

13 And the priest's b custom with the people was, that, 
when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, 
while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three 
teeth in his hand ; 

14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, 
or pot ; c all that the flesh-hook brought up d the priest 
took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israel- 
ites that 'came thither. 

/ 15 Also before they burnt the e fat, the priest's servant 
came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to 
roast for the priest ; for he will not have sodden flesh of 
thee, but raw. 

16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to 
burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul 
desireth ; then he would answer him, May ; but thou 
shalt give it me now : and if not, I will take it by force. 

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great 
f before the Lord : for men e abhorred the offering of the 
Lord. 

/ 18 "[[ But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a 
child, girded with a linen h ephod. 

19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and 
brought it to him ' from year to year, when she came up 
with her husband, to offer the yearly sacrifice. 
b 20 ^[ And Eli k blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, 
The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which 
is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. 
/21 And the Lord 'visited Hannah, so that she con- 
ceived, and bare m three sons and two daughters. And 
the child Samuel n grew before the Lord. 
/* 22 % Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons 
did unto all Israel ; and how they lay with the women that 
assembled^ the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things 1 for 

1 hear of your evil dealings ° by all this people. 

24 Nay, my sons ; for it is r no good report that I hear : 
ye make the Lord's people to transgress. 

c 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge 
him : but if a man q sin against the Lord, who shall r en- 
treat for him 1 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto 
the voice of their father, 9 because the Lord would slay them. 
c 26 And the child Samuel l grew on, and was in favour 
both with the Lord, and also with men. 
/ 27 ^[ And there came a u man of God unto Eli, and said 
unto him, Thus.saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto 
the x house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in 
Pharaoh's house ? 

28 And did y I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel 
to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, 
to wear an ephod before me ? and did I give unto the house 
of thy father z all the offerings made by fire of the children 
of Israel ? 

p 29 Wherefore a kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine 
offering, which I have commanded in my b habitation ; and 
c honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat 
with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people ? 
r 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, d I said in- 
deed that thv house, and the house of thy father, should 

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Israel overcome, and the ark taken. 



precious 



walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, e Be it 
far from me ; for them that f honour me g I will honour, 
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 

31 Behold, the days come that I will cut off* thine arm, 
and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be 
an old man in thy house. 

32 And thou shalt see h an enemy in my habitation, in 
all the wealth which God shall give Israel : and there shall 
not be an old man in thy house for ever. 

33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not ' cut off from 
mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve 
thy heart : and all the increase of thy house shall die in 
the flower of their age. 

r 34 And this shall be k a sign unto thee, that shall come 
upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas : ' in one day 
they shall die both of them. 

d 35 And I will m raise me up n a faithful priest, that shall 
do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind : 
and I will build him a a sure house ; and he shall walk 
before mine ° Anointed p for ever. 

36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left 
in thy house, shall come and q crouch to him for a piece 
of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I 
pray thee, into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a 
piece of bread. 

CHAPTER III. 
flow the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel, 1. God telleth 
Samuel the destruction of Eli's house, 11. Samuel, though loath, tell- 
eth Eli the vision, 15. Samuel groweth in credit, 19. 

f k ND the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord a be- 
.jOL fore Eli. And the word of the Lord was b 
in those days ; there ivas no " open vision. 

2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid 
down in his place, and his eyes c began to wax dim, that 
lie could d not see ; 

3 And ere the lamp of God e went out in the temple of 
the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was 
laid down to sleep; 

■» 4 That the Lord f called Samuel : and he answered, 
Here am I. 

d 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou 
calledst me. And he said, I called not ; lie down again. 
And he went and lay down. 

6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Sa- 
muel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou 
didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son ; 
lie down again. 

/ 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was 
the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 

8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. 
And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for 
thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had 
called the child. 

9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down : and 
it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, e Speak, 
Lord ; for thy servant hcareth. So Samuel went and 
lay down in his place. 

» 10 And the Lord came, and stood and called as at other 
times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; 
for thy servant heareth. 

' -11 "H And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, '■ I will do a 
thing in Israel, at which both the cars of every one that 
heareth it shall ' tingle. 

12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which 
k 1 have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will 
also make an end. 

*° 13 For I have 'told him, that I will '"judge his house 

for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth : because his 

Sons ''made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 

14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, 



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cir. 1165. 

e2Chr.]5.2. 

f 1 Cor. 10. 

31. 

g Ps. 37. 17. 

& 01. 14. 

Job 31. 9. 

h ch. 4. 11. 

ich. 4. 11. 

k 1 Kings 

13. 13. 

1 ch. 4. 11. 
m Jer. 23. 5. 
Acts 3. 23. 
n 1 Chr. 29. 
22. 

a Ilcb. a 
faithful 
house, 
lKgs.2.24. 
Isa. 22. 23. 

Ps. 2. 2. 
p Ps. 110. 4 
n 1 Kings 
2.27. 

a ch. 2. 11. 
b Ps. 74. 9. 
Amos 7. 11. 
aHeb. 
broken, 
Judg. 7. 15. 
cch. 4. 15. 
dGen.48.10. 
eEx.27.21. 
Lev. 24. 3. 

2 Chr.13.11. 
fPs. 99. 6. 

1 Cor. 12.28. 
Gal. 1. 15. 
Hen. 5. 4. 

g Acts 2. 29. 
h ch. 4. 2. 
Amos 3. 6. 
i 2 Kings 
21. 12. 
Ps. 119.120, 
Jer. 19. 3. 
k ch. 2. 27. 
Zech. 1. 6. 
Luke 21. 35. 

1 ch. 2. 29. 
m 2 Chr.20. 
12. 

.Fool 3. 12., 
AHeb. 
brought a 
curse upin 
themselves. 

2 Kgs. 2. 24! 
Mai. 2. 3. 



Samuel, my son. 



that the iniquity of Eli's house shall n not be purged with 

sacrifice nor offering for ever. 

fl5 If And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened 

the doors of the house of the Lord : and Samuel ° feared 

to shew Eli the vision. 

d 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, 

And he answered, Here am I. 

17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath 

said unto thee ? I pray thee hide it not from me : p God 

do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from 

me, of all the things that he said unto thee. 

« 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing 

from him. And he said, It is the Lord : q let him do what 

seemeth him good. 

/ 19 % And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, 

and did let r none of his words fall to the ground. 
s 20 And all Israel, from s Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew 

that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord. 

/ 21 And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh : for the 

Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh l by the word 

of the Lord. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Tlie Israelites are overcome Ly the Philistines at Ebcn-ezer, 1. The\i 
fetch the ark to the terror of the Philistines, 3. They are S7nilten again, 
the ark taken, Hophni and Phinehas are slain, 10. Eli at the neivs, 
falling hackivard, brcaketh his neck, 12. Phinehas'' wife, discouraged 
in her travail with I-chabod, dieih, 19. 

ND the a word of Samuel "came to all Israel. Now 



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n ch. 2. 25. 
Jer. 15. 1. 
o Dan. 4. 19. 



Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and 
pitched beside Eben-ezer : and the Philistines pitched in 
b Aphek. 

/2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against 
Israel : and when they 'joined battle, c Israel was smitten 
before the Philistines : and they slew of the army in the 
field about four thousand men. 

/ 3 % And when the people were come into the camp, 
the elders of Israel said, d Wherefore hath the Lord smit- 
ten us to-day before the Philistines 1 Let us fetch the e ark 
of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that 
when it cometh among us, it may f save us out of the 
hand of our enemies. 
s 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring 



qPs.^.^ifrom thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of s hosts, 
which dwelleth h between the cherubims : and the ' two 
sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark 
of the covenant of God. 

/ 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came 
into the camp, all Israel k shouted with a great shout, so 
that the earth rang again. 

6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, 
they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in 
the camp of the Hebrews 1 And they understood that 
the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. 
c 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is 
come into the camp. And they said, 'Wo unto us ! for 
there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 

8 Wo unto us ! Who shall deliver us out of the hand 
of these mighty Gods 1 these arc the Gods that, smote (ho 
Egyptians with all the plagues '" in the wilderness. 

9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Pli'ir 
listines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, 
n as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men. 
and fight. 

/ 10 If And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, 
and they fled every man into his ° lent : and there was a 
very great p slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thou- 

i fi Kin S9 12. san ;j footmen. 

a ll And the g ark of God was taken ; and the two sons 
of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were r slain. 
/ 1 2 % And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the armv, 

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Isa. 39. 8. 

r 1 Kings 8. 

5S. 

Matt. 10.29. 

s Judg. 20. 

o < 

t2Sam. 7. 
21. 

John 1. 1. 
ach.3. 11. 
a Heb. was. 
b Josh. 15. 
53. 

b Heb. the 
battle 
spread it- 
self out. 
c Josh. 7.12. 
ch. 3. 13. 
d Josh. 7.7, 
ft 

Lam. 3. 40. 
eJosh. 9.14. 
f 2 Sam. 15. 

Pa'alm 3. 8. 
Jer. 7. 8, 10. 
"Gen. 2.1. 
Job 25. 3. 
Ii Ex.25. 22. 
Num. 7. 89. 
Ps. 99. 1. 
iNu.4 15. 
k vrrsc 13. 
Amos 0. 3. 
1 Ex. 14. 25. 
mlix. 13.20. 
n I)t.28.47. 
Judg. 13. 1. 
13.2,3. 



P Ps. 73. CO. 
I»a. 10. 5. 
r| verse 3. 
V*. 78. 61. 
r ch. 2. 34. 



old ; and his 



Dagon is smitten, 
and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes s rent, 
and with earth ' upon his head. 

c 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the 
way-side watching : for his heart trembled for the ark of 
God. And when the man came into the city and told it 
all the city cried out. 

14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, 
What meanetk the noise of this tumult? And the man 
came in hastily, and told Eli. 
/ 15 Now. Eli was ninety and eight years 
eyes were dim, that he could not see. 

16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out 
of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he 
said, What is there done, my son 1 

17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled 
before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great 
slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni 
and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 

c 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark 
of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of 
the u gate, and his x neck brake, and he died : for he was an 
old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. 
/ 19 % And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with 
child near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings 
that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law 
and her husband were dead, she bowed herself, and tra- 
vailed ; for * her pains came upon her. 

20 And about the time of her death, the women that 
stood by her said unto her, Fear not ; for thou hast borne 
y a son. But she answered not, c neither did she regard it. 
n 21 And she named the chid "I-chabod, saying, z The 
glory is departed from Israel. (Because the ark of God was 
taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.) 
c 22 And a she said, The glory is departed from Israel : 
for the ark of God is taken. 

CHAPTER V. 
The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house of 
Dagon, 1. Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces, and they of Asli- 
dod smitten with emerods, 3. So God dealeth ivith them of Gain, ivhen 
it was brought thither, 8 ; and so tvith them of Ekron, when it was 
brought thither, 10. 

g A ND the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought 
_£%_ it from a Eben-ezer unto b Ashdod. 
/ 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought 
it into the house of Dagon, and set it by c Dagon. 
™ 3 ^| And when they of Ashdod arose early on the mor- 
row, behold, Dagon d was fallen upon his face to the earth 
before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and 
set him in his place again. 

m 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, 
behold, Dagon ivas fallen upon his face to the ground 
before the ark of the Lord : and the head of Dagon, 
and both the palms of his hands were e cut off upon the 
threshold ; " only the stump of Dagon was left to him 

5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that 
come into Dagon's house, f tread on the threshold of Da 
gon in Ashdod unto this day. 

™ 6 But the s hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of 
Ashdod, and he h destroyed them, and smote them ' with 
emerods, even Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. 
/ 7 And when the men of Ashdod I; saw that it was so, they 
said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : 
for bis hand is sore upon us, and ' upon Dagon our god. 
s 8 They sent therefore, and gathered all the lords of the 
Philistines unto them, and said, m What shall we do with 
the ark of the God of Israel 1 And they answered, Let the 
ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto n Gath. And 
they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 
m 9 And it was so, that after they had carried it about, the 
hand of the Lord was against the city with c a very great 



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p Josh. 15. 

45. 

Judg. 1.J8. 

2 Kings 1.1. 

Jcr. 15. 10. 

Amos 1. 8. 

q Jer. 48.43. 

a Job 9. 4. 

Zech. 12. 3. 

bEx. 7. 11. 

c Ex. 23. 15. 

& 35. 20. 

Deut.16.16. 

a Ileb ren- 
dering ren- 
der to him. 

(1 vorse 9. 

e Matt. 2. 8. 

b Heb. Hie 

same 
plague on 

them all 
and ov, &c. 
ch. 12. 23. 
Job 34. 19. 
fEx. 8. 6. 
g Josh. 7.19. 

John 9. 24. 
Rev. 16. 9. 
hEx. 12.12. 
Num. 33. 4. 
ch. 5. 3, 4. 
i Ex. 8. 15. 
k2Sam. G. 
3. 

Heb. gold- 
en vessels, 
verse 5. 
1 Josh 15. 
10. & 21. 16. 
d Heb. in a 
street, they 
went going 
lowing. 
m Lev. 23. 
16. 

n Num. 4. 
5,20. 

o Josh. 15. 
10. & 21.16. 
verse 15. 



destruction : and he smote the men of the city both small 
and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts, 
s- 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And 
it came to pass as the ark of God came to p Ekron, that 
the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about 
the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 
m 1 1 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of 
the Philistines, and said. Send away the ark of the God of 
Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us 
not, and our people : for there was a deadly destruction 
throughout all the city ; the hand of God was very heavy 
there. 

12 And the men that q died not, were smitten with the 
emerods : and the cry of the city went up to heaven. 

CHAPTER VI. 
After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark, 
1. They bring it on a new cart-with an offering, unto Beth-shemesh, 
10. The people are smitten for looking into the ark, 19. They send to 
them of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it, 21. 

ND the ark of the Lord was in the country of the 
Philistines seven a months. 

2 And the Philistines called for the b priests and the 
diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LordI 
tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 

3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of 
Israel, send it c not empty ; but in ° any wise return him a 
trespass-offering : then ye shall be healed, and it shall be 
d known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 

4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offering 
which we shall return to him 1 e They answered, Five 
golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the 
number of the lords of the Philistines : for b one plague 
was on you all, and on your lords. 

d 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, 
and images of your mice that f mar the land ; and ye shall 
? give glory unto the God of Israel : peradventure he will 
lighten his hand from off you, and from off h your gods., 
and from off your land. 

6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the 
Egyptians and Pharaoh '' hardened their hearts '? when he 
had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let 
the people go, and they departed 1 

f 7 Now therefore make a k new cart, and take two milch- 
kine on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine 
to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 

8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the 
cart ; and put the c jewels of gold which ye return him for 
a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and 
send it away, that it may go. 

s 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast 
to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil :' 
but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand thai 
smote us ; it was a chance that happened to us. 
/ 10 % And the men did so; and took two milch-kine, and 
tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home : 

11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and 
the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their 
emerods. 

m 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of 
1 Beth-shemesh, d and went along the highway, lowing as 
they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the 
left ; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto 
the border of Beth-shemesh. 

c 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their m wheat 
harvest in the valley : and they lifted up their eyes, and 
n saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 
/14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth- 
shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone : 
and they ° clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine 
a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 

17<2 



The Israelites repent at Mizpeh. I. 

15 And the p Levites took down the ark of the Lord, 
and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold 
were, and put them on the great stone : and the men of 
Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sa- 
crifices the same day unto the Lord. 
s 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen 
it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 

17 And these are the golden emerods which the Pliilis 
tines returned for a trespass-offering unto the Lord ; for 
Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, 
for Ekron one ; 

18 And the golden mice, according to the number of 
all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, 
both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto 
c the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark 
of the Lord : which stone remainetk unto this day in the 
field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 

™ 19 If And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because 
they had q looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote 
of the people r fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: 
and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten 
many of the people with a great slaughter. 

t 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, 9 Who is able to 
stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he 
go up from us 1 

g 21 % And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of 
1 Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought 
again the ark of the Lord ; come ye down, and fetch 
it up to you. 

CHAPTER VII. 
They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Ahinadab, and 
sanclifj Eleazar his son to keep it, 1. After twenty years, 2, the Is- 
raelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh, 3. While 
Samuel prayeth and sacrifceth, the Lord discomfiteth the Philistines 
by thunder at Eben-ezer,9. The Philistines are subdued, 13. Samuel 
peaceably and religiously judgeth Israel, 15. 

f A ND the men of a Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up 
J\_ the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house 
of b Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to 
keep the ark of the Lord. 

c 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jea- 
rim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years : and 
all the house of Israel c lamented after the Lord. 
/3 If And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, say- 
ing, If ye do d return unto the Lord with all your hearts, 
then put away the e strange gods, and Ashtaroth, from 
among you, and f prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and 
e serve him only : and he will deliver you out of the hand 
of the Philistines. 

& 4 Then the children of Israel did put away h Baalim, 
and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. 
g 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel ' to Mizpeh, and I 
will pray for you unto the Lord. 

o 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and k drew 
water, and poured it out before the Lord, and ' fasted on 
that day, and said there, We have m sinned against the 
Lord. And Samuel "judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 
/ 7 And when the Philistines ° heard that the children of 
Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the 
Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children 
of Israel heard it, they were ■' afraid of the Philistines. 

8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, " Cease not 
to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us 
out of the hand of the Philistines. 

/9 *jf And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for 
ta burnt-offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel 
cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord r heard him. 
"' 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, 
the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel : but the 
Lord * thundered with a great thunder on that day upon 

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7. 

e Heb. unto 

■Abel the 

great, 

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q Ex. 19.12. 

Num. 4. 5, 

20. 

Deut. 29.29. 

Josh. 3. 4. 

2 Sam. 6. 7. 

Ts. 131. 1. 

Prov.25.16. 

Rom. 12. 3. 

rPr. U. 31. 

1 Pet. 4. 17. 

s 2 Sam. 6. 

8,9. 

Mai. 3. 2. 

t Judg. 18. 

17. 

Pa. 78. 6. 

Jnr. 7. 12. 

a Josh. 18. 

14. 

IChr. 14. 1 
Ps. 78. 6. - 
Jer. 7. 12.' 
b2Sam. 6. 
4. 

c Lam. 3.40. 
d Joel 2. 12. 
e Josh. 24. 

14 

f Amos 4. 

13. 

Dt. 6. 13. 
liJadg.2.11. 
i Judg.20.1 
k Ps. 6.6. 
& 119. 139. 
1 Dan. 9. 3. 
mPr. 28.14. 
nEzek.20.4. 
och.22. 13. 
Amos 7. 10. 
P 2 Chr. 20. 
3. 

a Heb. Be 
not silent 
from us 
from cry- 
ing: 

Is a. 37. 4. 
q 1 Kings 
J 8. 30. 
r Ps. 99. 6. 
Jer. 15. 1. 
3 Josh. 10. 
10. 
ch.2. 10. 



The Israelites ask a king 
discomfited them ; and they were 



'A 1 



SAMUEL. 

the Philistines, and 
smitten before Israel. 

s 1 1 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pur- 
sued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came 
under Beth-car. 

« 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and u set it between Miz- 
peh and Shen, and called the name of it x Eben-ezer, say- 
ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 
/13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came y no 
more into the coast of Israel : and the hand of the Lord 
was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 
g 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from 
Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; 
and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands 
of the Philistines : and there was z peace between Israel 
and the Amorites. 

/ 15 And Samuel a judged Israel b all the days of his life. 
^16 And he went from year to year in circuit to c Beth-el, 
andGilgal,and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 
g 17 And his return was to d Raman ; for there was his 
house ; and there he judged Israel ; and there he e built 
an altar unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a 
king, I. Samuel praying in grief, is comforted by God, 6 : He telleth 
the manner of a king, 10. God willeth Samuel to yield unto the impor- 
tunity of the people, 19. 

ND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he 
made his sons judges over Israel. 

g 2 Now the name of his first-born was b Joel; and the 
name of his second, Abiah : they were judges in Beer-sheba. 

c 3 And his sons c walked not in his ways, but turned 
aside after d lucre, and e took bribes, and perverted judgment. 

g 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves to- 
gether, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 

c 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art f old, and thy sons 
walk not in thy ways : now s make us a king to judge us 
h like all the nations. 

/ 6 ^f But the thing * displeased Samuel, when they said, 
Give us a king to judge us : and Samuel k prayed unto 
the Lord. 

» 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, ' Hearken unto the 
voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they 
have" 1 not rejected thee, but they have rejected n me, 
that I should °not reign over them. 

8 According to all the works which they have done 
since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even 
unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and 
served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 

9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice : howbeit, yet 
protest solemnly unto them, and shew them r the manner 
of the king that shall reign over them. 
/ 10 ^ And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto 
the people that asked of him a king. 

k 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king 
that shah reign over you : He will take your sons, and ap- 
point them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horse- 
men ; and some shall run before his chariots. 

12 And ho will appoint him captains over thousands, 
and captains over fifties ; and will set them to ear his 
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instru- 
ments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 

13 And he will take your daughters to be confectiona* 
lies, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 
w 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, 
and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them 
to q his servants. 

15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your 
vineyards, and give to his "officers, and to his servants. 

16 And he will take your men-servants, and your mail* 

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10. 

Zech. 4. 6. 

u Josh.7.26. 

Judg. 15. 19. 

x ch. 4. 1. 

y ch. 10. 5. 

& 14. 13. 

7. Judg. 4. 

17. 

a Judg. 2. 6. 

bActsl3.21. 

c Judg. 20. 

18. 

deb. 1. 1. 

e Judg.21.4. 

aJudg.8.23. 

Neh. 7. 2. 

lTim.5.22. 

b 1 Kings 

4.31. 

IChr. 6.SS. 

cEecl.2.19. 

Jer. 22. 15, 

17. 

d Ex. IP. 21. 

e Deut. 1G. 

19. 

P<. 15. 5. 

I'ch. 7.16,17., 

gDt. 17.14} 

hLcv.20.2-1. 

i ch. 12. 17. 

kJarnes 1. 

1 Josh. 23. 
11. 

m llos.0. 6. 

h. 12. H>. 
oLnko 19. 
14. 

p ch.2. 13. 
Ezck.46.18. 
q verse 15. 
ch. 22. 7. 
aOr, cour- 
tiers, 
Hob. ru- 



Gen. 37. :«*> 



Saul seeketh his father's asses. I. SAMUEL. 

servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses 
and put them to his work 



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r 1 Cor. 7. 
21. 



17 He will take the tenth of your sheep : and ye shall 9 f Ba . 8 . 2 i. 

t Job 27. 9. 



be his r servants. 

18 And ye shall 8 cry out in that day because of your 
king which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will 
'not hear you in that day. 

/19'lf Nevertheless, the people "refused to obey the 
voice of Samuel ; and they said, x Nay; but we will -have 
a king over us ; 

20 That we also may be y like all the nations ; and that 
our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight 
our battles. 

d 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and 
he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. 

22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their 
voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the 
men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Saul despairing tofind his father 's asses, 1, by the counsel of his servant, 
6, and direction of young maidens, 11, according to God's revelation, 
15, cometh to Samuel, 18. Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast, 19, 
Samuel, after secret communication, bringeth Saul on his way, 25. 

.rl^TOW there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was 
j^i a Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son 
of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty 
man of power. 

/ 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, b a choice young 
man, and a goodly : and there was not among the children 
of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders 
and upward he was c higher than any of the people. 

8 And the d asses of Kish, Saul's father, were e lost 
And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the ser 
vants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 

g 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed 
through the land of f Shalisha, but they found them not : 
then they passed through the land of g Shalim, and there 
they were not : and he passed through the land of the 
Benjamites, but they found them not. 
g 5 And when they were come to the land of h Zuph, 
Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let 
us return ; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and 
take thought for us. 

d 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city 
1 a man of God, and he is k lu honourable man ; all that 
he saith ' cometh surely to pass : now let us go thither ; 
peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 
7 Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, if we go, 
what shall we m bring the man 1 for the bread is spent in 
our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the 
man of God : what have we 1 

o 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, 
" I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: 
that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 

9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to n inquire 
of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : 
for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called 
"a Seer.) 

/ 10 Then said Saul to his servant, p Well said ; come, let 
us go: so they went unto thecity where the man of God was. 

o 1 1 % And as they went up the hill to the city, they 
found young maidens going out to draw water, and said 
unto them, Is the seer here 1 

fl2 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, 
tie is before you : make haste now, for he came to-day to 
the city ; for there is " a sacrifice of the people to-dav q in 
the high place : ■■:■■* 

13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straight 
way find him, before he go up to the high place to eat : for 
people will not eat until he come, because .he doth 



Prov. 1. 27. 
Isa. 1. 15. 
Jer. 4. 12. 
Micah 3. 4. 
u I's. 81. 11. 
Isa. 65. 11. 
& 66. 4. 
Jer. 7. 13. 
Ezek. 3. 18. 
x Jer. 44. 16. 
y verse 5. 
a ch. 14. 51. 
1 Chr. 8. 33. 
&9. 39. 
b Gen. 6. 2. 
ch. 16. 6, 7. 
c ch. 10. 23. 
Jer. 9. 23. 
d Job 10. 4. 
e verse 16. 
Esther 6. 1. 
f 2 Kings 
4.42. 

g John 4.23. 
h chap. 1.1. 
i Dt. 33. 1. 
Judg. 13.6. 
lKgs.13. 1 
k 1 Thess. 
5.13. 

1 ch. 3. 20. 
ZechJ.5,6. 
m Judges 6. 
18. &. 13.17. 

1 Kgs. 14.3 

2 Kings 4. 
42. & 8. 8. 
oHeb. 
There is 

found in 
my hand, 
Isa. 53. 9. 
1 Pet. 2. 22. 
nGen.25.22. 
Judg. 1. 1. 
oNum.12.6. 
Isa. 29. 10. 
& 30. 10. 
Amos 7. 12. 
p Job31.13. 
Eccl. 4.9,10. 
b Or, feast, 
Gen. 31. 54. 
chap. 7. 9. 
q 1 Kings 
3.2. 



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1095. 



Said is anointed by Samuel. 
r bless the sacrifice ; and afterwards they eat that be bid- 
den. Now therefore get you up : for about this time ye 
shall find him. 

14 And they went up into the city: and when they 
were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against 
them, for to go up to the high place. 
/ 15 ^[ s Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day 
before Saul came, saying, 

16 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man 
out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to 
be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my 
people 'out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked 
upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 

17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord "said unto 
him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same 
shall c reign over my people. 

/ 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, 
Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 

19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: 
go up before me unto the high place ; for ye shall eat with 
me to-day, and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will telj 
thee all that is in thy heart. 

20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, 
set not thy mind on them ; for they are found. And on 
whom is all " the desire of Israel 1 Is it not on thee, and 
on all thy father's "house 1 

21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, 
of the y smallest of the tribes of Israel 1 and my family the 

least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin 1 where- 
fore then speakest thou so to me ? 

/ 22 And Samuel took Saul, and his servant, and brought 
them into the parlour, and made them a sit in the chiefest 
place among them that were bidden, which were about 
thirty persons. 

23 And Samuel said unto the cook, bring the b portion 
which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 

24 And the cook took up the c shoulder, and that which 
was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, 
Behold that which is left ! set it before thee, and eat f for 
unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have 
invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 
/ 25 Tf And when they were come down from the high 
place into the city, Samuel A communed with Saul upon 
the e top of the house. 

d 26 And they arose early : and it came to pass about the 
spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the 
house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Sau! 
arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, 
abroad. 

27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, 
Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, 
(and he passed on,) but f stand thou still d a while, that I 
may c shew thee the word of God. ^^ 

CHAPTER X. 
Samuel anointeih Saul, 1 : He confi rmeth him by prediction oflJirce signs. 
2. Said's heart is changed, and he prophtsieth , 9 : He concealeth the 
matter of the kingdom from his uncle, 14. Saul is chosen at Mizpeh 
by lot, 17. Tlie different affections of his subjects, 26. 

THEN Samuel took a a vial of oil, and poured it upon 
his head, and b kissed him, and said, Is it not because 
the Lord hath c anointed thee to be captain over his d in 
heritance 1 

* 2 When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou 
shalt find two men by e Rachel's sepulchre in the border 
of Benjamin at Zelzah ; and they will say unto thee, The 
asses which thou wentest to seek are found : and lo, thy 
father hath left the care of the asses, and. sorroweth for 
you, saying, What shall I do for my son 1 

s 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou 



Saul prophesieth. 

three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three 
kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and 
another carrying a bottle of f wine : 
r 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves 
of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. 
/ 5 After that thou shalt come to the g hill of God, where 
is the garrison of the Philistines : and it shall come to pass, 
when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt 
meet a "company of prophets coming down from the high 
place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp 
before them ; and they shall h prophesy : 
r 6 And the Spirit of the Lord b will come upon thee, and 
thou shalt ■ prophesy with them, and shalt be k turned 
into another man. 

7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, 
that thou do ' as occasion shall serve thee ; for God is 
m with thee. 

s 8 And thou shalt go down before me to n Gilgal ; and 
behold, I will come down unto thee, °to offer burnt-offer- 
ings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings : p seven 
days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee 
what thou shalt do. 

/ 9 ^[ And it was so, that when he had turned his back 
to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart : and all 
those signs came to pass that day. 
a 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a 
company of q prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God 
came upon him, and he prophesied r among them. 

1 1 And it came to pass when all that knew him before- 
time, saw, that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, 
thenthepeople said one to another, WhaU's this ^a£ is come 
unto the son of Kish 1 3 Is Saul also among the prophets 1 

12 And one of the same place answered and said, But 
who is ' their father 1 Therefore it became a proverb, Is 
Saul also among the prophets 1 

13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he 
came to the high place. 

f 14 % And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, 
Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses : and 
when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 

15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what 
Samuel said unto you. 

16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that 
the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, 
whereof Samuel spake, he told u him not. 

ts 17 % And Samuel called the people together "unto the 
Lord to y Mizpeh ; 
/ 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, z I brought up Israel out of Egypt, 
and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and 
out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that op- 
pressed you : 

19 And ye have this day a rejected your God, who him 
self saved you out of all your adversities, and your tribula 
tions ; and ye have b said unto him, Nay, but set a king 
over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the 
Lord by your c tribes, and by your a thousands. 
/ 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel 
c to come near, the tribe of Benjamin f was taken 

21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come 
near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and 
Saul the son of Kish was taken : and when they sought 
Aim, he could B not be found. 

22 Therefore they h inquired of the Lord further, if the 
man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, 
Behold, he hath 'hid himself among the stuff. 

23 And they ran and fetched him thence : and when 
lie stood among the people, he was !t higher than any of 
the people from his shoulders and upward. 



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ch. 13. 2, 3. 
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cord or 
string, 
verse 10. 
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h 1 Cor. 14. 
1. 

1 Thcss. 5. 
20. 

bllcb.mll 
break upon 
thee, 
Acts 2. 2. 
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k verse 10. 
chap. 11. 6. 
1 Juilg.9.33. 
m Gen. 21. 
20. 
n verses 1,7. 

h. 11. 14. 
och. 11. 15. 
& 13. 9. 
p ch. 13. 8. 
q ch. 19. 23. 
r vcr. 5. 6. 
3 Mt. 13. 55 
John 7. 15. 
Acts 4. 13. 
t Ps. 8. 2. 
u Ex. 4. 18 
chap. 9. 27 
Prov. 29.11. 
x Judg. 11. 
11. &. 20. 1. 
chap. 8.22. 
y ch. 7. 6. 
&11. 15. 
z Judg. 2. 2, 
ach. 8. 6,7. 
b ch. 8. 19. 
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e Josh. 7.14. 
f Josh. 7.14, 

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1 1 Kings 
13. 11. 
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Ezek. 45.19. 
n Judg. 20. 
12. 

Dt. 13. 13. 
p 2 Chr. 17 
5. 

Matt. 2. 1 1, 
q 1 King-i 
12.7. 

a Judg. 11. 
31. 

b Judg. 21. 
10. 

C Deut. 20. 
1,3. & 23. 3. 
d Pr. 10. 10. 
Dan. 3. 0. 
Rev. 13. 17. 
n Esth. 3. C. 
f Judg. 11. 
13. 

ch. 8. 20. 
a Or, ozen, 
chap. 9. I. 
Ps. 78. 71. 
g.Iudg.3.10. 

ch. 10.10. 

h Ex. 32.19. 
Num. 12. 3. 
verse 2. 
i Judg. 19. 
29. 

kJmlg.21.8. 
b Heb. as 
one man. 

1 Judg. 1.5 
rn rorao 2. 
nGen.22.14. 
Ps. 46. 1. 
c Heb. 
heads, 
Juilg.7. 16. 
o Ex. 14.24 
.In, ib. 8.» 
Ps. I0J. 8. 

p Ex. 14.10, 
SamoaS. 13. 

ij oh. 10. 27. 
Luke 19.27. 

r 2 Sum. 19. 
2-;. 

■: EIOI, 1. 15 

t ch. It. 18. 



He delivereth Jabesh-gilead. 

f 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him ' whom 
the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among 
all the people 1 And all the people shouted, and said, 
God save the king. 

25 Then Samuel told the people the m manner of the 
kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the 
Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man 
to his house. 

26 *[f And Saul also went home to n Gibeah ; and there 
went with him aband of men, whose hearts God had touched. 
/27 But the children of "Belial said, How shall this man 
save us 1 And they despised him, and brought him p no 
presents. But he q held his peace. 

CHAPTER XI. 
JVahash offereth them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful condition, 1. They 
send messengers, and are delivered ty Saul, 4. Saul thereby is con- 
firmed, and his kingdom renewed, 12. 

THEN Nahash the a Ammonite came up, and encamped 
against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of b Jabesh 
said unto Nahash, c Make a covenant with us, and we will 
serve thee. 

2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this 
condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may 
thrust out all your J right eyes, and lay it for a reproach 
e upon all Israel. 

3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven 
days respite, that we may send messengers unto all the 
coasts of Israel : and then, if there be no man to save us, 
we will come out to thee. 

/ 4 % Then came the messengers to f Gibeah of Saul, and 
told the tidings in the ears of the people : and all the peo- 
ple lifted up their voices, and wept. 

/ 5 And behold, Saul came after the ° herd out of the 
field; and Saul said, What aileththe people that they weep 1 
And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 
t 6 And the e Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard 
those tidings, and his h anger was kindled greatly. 

7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and ' hewed them in 
pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel 
by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh 
not forth after Saul and after Samuel, k so shall it be done 
unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the 
people, and they came out & with one consent. 

8 And when he numbered them in ' Bezek, the chil- 
dren of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men 
of Judah thirty thousand. 

/9 And they said unto the messengers that came, thus 
shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, 
by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the 
messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh ; 
and they were glad. 

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow m we 
will come out unto you, and ye shad do with us all that 
seemeth good unto you. 

/ll And it was so on the * morrow, that Saul put the 
people in three c companies; and they came into the 
midst of the host in the "morning-watch, and slew the 
Ammonites until tfcc heat of the clay : and it came to pass, 
that they which remained were scattered, so that r two 
of them were not left together. 

/12 «i[ And the people said unto Samuel, Who IS he that 
said, Shall Saul i reign over us 1 bring the men, that we 
may put them to death. 

13 And Saul said, There shall r not a man be put to 
death this day : for to-day the Lord hath wrought salva- 
tion in Israel. 

g 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us 
go to ' Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 
/IS And all the people went to Gilgal ; ami there they 
made Saul ' king before the Lord in Gilgal : and there 

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Samuel reproveth the people. 1. 

they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the 
Lord ; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced 

greatly. 

& CHAPTER XII. 

Samuel testifietk his integrity, 1 : He reproveth the people of ingrati- 
tude^: He terrifieth them with thunder in harvest-time, 16 : He com 
furteth them in God's mercy, 20. 

/A ND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have heark 
J*$L ened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, 
and have made a a king over you. 

2 And now, behold, the king b walketh before you: and 
I am c old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with 
you : and I have walked before you from my childhood 
unto this day. 

c 3 Behold, d here I am : witness against me before the 
Lord, and e before his anointed ; whose f ox have I 
taken 1 or whose ass have I taken 1 or whom have I de- 
frauded 1 whom have I oppressed 1 or of whose hand have 
I received any e bribe to h blind mine eyes therewith 1 and 
I will restore it you. 

4 And they said, l Thou hast not defrauded us, nor op- 
pressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's 
hand. 

5 And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against 
you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not 
found aught k in my hand. And they answered, He is 
witness. 

/6 ^f And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord 
1 that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your 
fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 

7 Now therefore stand still, that I may m reason with 
you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, 
which he did to you and to your fathers. 

8 When n Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers 
cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent r Moses and 
Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, 
and made them dwell in this place. 

9 And when they q forgat the Lord their God, r he 
sold them into the hand of 9 Sisera, captain of the host of 
Hazor, and into the hand of the ' Philistines, and into the 
hand of the king of u Moab, and they fought against them. 

10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have 
sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have 
served x Baalim and Ashtaroth : but now deliver us out 
of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 
/ll And the Lord sent y Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and 
Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand 
of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 

c 12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the chil- 
dren of Amnion came against you, ye said unto me, Nay ; 
but z a king shall reign over us : when the Lord your 
God a was your king. 

13 Now therefore?, behold the king whom b ye have 
chosen, and whom ye have desired ! and behold, c the 
Lord hath set a king over you. 

d 14 If ye will d fear the Lor 3 , and serve him, and obey 
his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the 
Lord, then shall both ye, and also th« king that reigneth 
over you, continue following the Lord your God. 

wl5 But if ye will e not obey the voice of the Lord, but 
rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall 
the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against 
your fathers. 

/16 •H Now therefore stand and see f 
which the Lord will do before your eyes 

M 7 Is it not s wheat-harvest to-day 1 I will h call unto 
the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain ; that ye 
may perceive and see that your wickedness is i great, 
which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking 
you a king. ° 



B. Christ 
1095. 



this great thing, 



a ch. 11.15. 
bNu.27.16. 
ch. 8. 20. 
c2 Pet.1.14 
<12 Tim. 4 
6. 

verse 5. 
ch. 24. 7. 

f Rev. 14. 5. 

g Acts 20. 

33. 

2 Thcss. 2. 

10. 

h Dt.16. 19, 

i Dan. 6. 4. 

Acts 22. 12. 

k Acts 24. 

16. 

1 Ex. 4. 19, 
21. 

m Iaa. 1. 18. 
MicahG.3,4. 
n Gen. 46. 5. 

Ex. 1. 8. 
& 13. 14. 

p Ex. 4. 16. 
q Dt. 32. 15. 
Pe. 10. 4. 
r Judg.2.14. 
sJudg.4.1,2. 
t Judg.13.1. 
uJudg.3.12. 
x ch. 7. 4. 
y Judg.G.32. 
k ch. 5. 8. 
a Nu. 23.21. 
Hos.10. 13. 
b ch. 10. 10. 
c Hos.13.11. 
Matt. 19. 8. 
d Josh. 24. 
14. 

e Lev. 26. 
15, 16. 
Ps.81. 11,12. 
f verse 18. 

1 Cor. 1.22. 
g Prov.26.1. 
h Jer. 15. 1. 
James 5.17, 
18. 

i chap. 8. 7. 



S' 



SAMUEL- The Philistines come against Israel, 

■ « 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the Lord 
k sent thunder and rain that day : and all the people great- 
ly ' feared the Lord and Samuel. 

19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy 
servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not : for we 
have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 
d 20 •[[ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not : ye 
have done all this wickedness : m yet turn not aside from 
following the Lord, but serve the Lord n with all your 
heart ; 

21 And turn ye not aside : for then should ye go after 
vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are 
vain. 

22 For the Lord will not forsake his people v for his 
great name's sake : because it hath q pleased the Lord to 
make you his people. 

d 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should r sin 
against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you : but I will 
teach you the 3 good and the right way : 

d 24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all 
your heart : for * consider how great things he hath done 
for you. 

w 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be con- 
sumed, both u ye and your king. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Saul's selected band, 1 : He calleth the Hebrews to Gilgal against the 
Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had smitten, 3. The Philis- 
tines' great host, 5. The distress of the Israelites, 6. Saul weary of 
staying for Samuel, sacrificeth, 8. Samuel reproveth him, 11. The 
three spoiling bands of the Philistines, 17. The policy of the Philis- 
tines, to suffer no smith in Israel, 19. 

AUL « reigned one year ; and when he had reigned 
two years over Israel, 

e 2 Saul chose him b three thousand men of Israel ; where- 
of two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in 
mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in 
c Gibeah of Benjamin : and the rest of the people he sent 
every man to his tent. 

s 3 And Jonathan smote & the garrison of the Philistines 
that 2vas in e Geba ; and the Philistines heard of it. And 
Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, 
Let the Hebrews hear. 

s 4 And all Israel heard say { that Saul had smitten a 
garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had 
in abomination with the Philistines : and the people were 
called together after Saul to Gilgal. 

g 5 If And the Philistines gathered themselves together 
to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thou- 
sand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the 
s sea-shore in multitude : and they came up, and pitched 
in Michmash, eastward from h Beth-aven. 
/6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a 
i strait (for the people were distressed) then the people 
did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in 
rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 

g 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the 
land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gil- 
gal, and all the people & followed him trembling. 
/8 ^[ And he tarried k seven days, according to the set 
time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not 
to Gilgal ; and the people were scattered from him. 

9 And Saul ' said, Bring hither a burnt-offering to me, 
and peace-offerings. And he ,n offered the burnt- offering. 

10 And it came to pass, that n 'as soon as he had made 
an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel 
came ; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might 
salute him. 

/ll ^[ And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And 
Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered 
from me, and that thou earnest not ° within the days ap- 

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k Ezra 10.9. 
lEx. 14. 31. 
m Ex.34. G. 
Jer. 3. 3. 
n Deut. 6. 5. 

Jer. 10. 8. 
Hab. 2. 18. 

1 Tor. 8. 4. 
pEzek.20.9. 
nDt. 7.7, 8. 
Mai. 1. 2. 
Matt. 11.26. 
r 1 Cor.9.16. 
s Eccl. 12. 
10. 

t Ezra 9. 13. 

uJob 34.19. 

a Heh. the 

son of one 

yearinhis 

reigning, 

ch. 10. 24. 

& 11. 15. 

a verse 2. 

ch. 15. 2G. 

b ch. 23. 23. 

c Judg. 19. 

12. 

d ch. 7. 13. 

c ch. 10. 5. 

f verso 2. 

g Gen. 22. 

17. 

li Josh. 18. 

12. 

i Ex.14. 1,2. 

b Heb. 

trembled 

after him. 

k ch. 10. 8. 

1 Deut. 12. 6. 

verse 11. 

rh. 15. 23. 

Prov. 3.5,6. 

*sa. 28. 16. 

m verses 14, 

18. 

ch. 14. 18. 

John 4.1,2. 

n Ps. 37. 7. 

Prov. 20. 22. 

o 2 Kings 

5.25. 

Jer. 9. 3. , 



Jonathan miraculously smiteth 

pointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves to- 
gether at Michmash ; 

12 Therefore '' said I, The Philistines will come down 
now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication 
unto the Lord : q I forced myself therefore, and offered 
a burnt-offering. 

13 And Samuel said to Saul, r Thou hast done "foolish- 
ly : thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord 
thy God, which he commanded thee : for now would the 
Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 
r 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue : the Lord 

hath ' sought him a man after his own heart, and the 
Lord hath commanded him to be captain over liis people, 
because thou hast not kept that which the Lord com- 
manded thee. 

/ 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto 
Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that 
were present with him, u about six hundred men. 

s 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that 
ivere present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin : 
but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 

s 17 % And the spoilers came out of the camp of the 
Philistines in three companies : one company turned unto 
the way that leadeth to x Ophrah, unto the land of y Shual 

s 18 And another company turned the way to z Beth 
horon : and another company turned to the way of the border 
that lookethto the a valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 
/ 19 % Now there was b no smith found throughout all the 
land of Israel : (for the Philistines said, c Lest the He- 
brews make them swords or spears :) 

20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, 
to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his 
axe, and his mattock. 

21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the 
coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to 
sharpen the goads. 

22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there 
was neither d sword nor spear found in the hand of any 
of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with 
Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 

s 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the 

passage of Michmash. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

fonuthan, unwitting to his father, the priest, or the people, goelh. and 
miraculously smiteth the Philistines'' garrison, 1. Jl divine terror 
maketh them beat themselves, 15. Saul not staying the priest's answer, 
xrtteth on them, 17. The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israel- 
ites, join against them, 21. Saul's unadvised adjuration hindcreth 
the victory, 24: tie restraineth the people from eating blood, 32: He 
bv.Ud.eth an altar, 35. Jonathan taken by lot, is saved by the people, 
36. Saul's strength and family, 47. 

r TWT"OW it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son 
jj^l of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, 
* Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that 
is on the other side. But lie b told not his father. 

s 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah 
under a pomegranate-tree which is in c Migron : and the 
people that were with him were about six hundred men ; 
s 3 And d Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, c I-chabod's brother, 
the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in 
Shiloh, f wearing an ephod. And the people knew not 
that Jonathan was gone. 

g 4 % And between the passages by which Jonathan 
sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there ivas 
a "sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the 
other side : and the name of the one was Boxez, and the 
name of the other Seneh. 

ff 5 The forefront of the one Was situate northward 
over against Michmash, and the other southward over 
against Gibeah. 

c 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his n 
45 Z 



1. SAMUEL. 



the garrison of the Philistines.' 



B.Christ 
cir. 1093. 



p 1 Kings 
12. 26. 
q James 1. 
14. 

rSSam. 12. 
7. 

1 Kgs. 1. 18. 
Watt. 14. 4. 
a Ex. 1. 10. 
Dent. 4. 6. 
verse 9. 
Prow 19. 3. 
1 Cor. 10.22. 
t cli. 16. 6. 
Ps. 4. 3. & 
78. 70. 
u Judg. 7. 7, 
ver. 2, 6, 8. 
x Josh. 18. 
23. 

y ch. 9. 4. 
z Josh. 16.3, 
&. 18. 13. 
aNch.11.34. 
bJudg. 5.8. 
2Kgs.24.14. 
Jer. 24. 1. 
c Judg. 15. 
15. 

ch. 17. 15. 
Zech. 4. 6. 
d Judg. 5. 8. 
verses 7, 9. 
ch. 17. 47. 
1 Cor. I. 27. 
a ch. 9. 6. 
h Gen. 21.3. 
Judg. 13.25. 
Ps. 112. 5. 
1 Thess. 5. 
19. 

c verse 11. 
chap. 22. 9. 
Isa. 10. 28. 
d ch. 22. 9. 
e ch. 4. 21. 
t"E.v. 28. 30. 
a Heb. 
tooth of a 
rock. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1087. 



gch. 17.36. 
Ejih. 2. 12. 
hDt.32.30. 
Josh. 14. 12. 
Judg. 7. 7. 
2Chr.14.ll. 
i Ps. 115. 3. 
Matt. 19.26. 
kGen.24.14. 
Judges 6. 
37. & 7. 11. 

1 Gen. 24.14. 
m Job 3. 1. 
nJudg.8.16. 
ch. 17. 43. 
n Ps. 18. 29. 
Elch. 11. 34. 
pchap. 13. 
22. & 17. 51. 
&Hcb. with- 
in about 
half an 
cere, being 
a yoke of 
oxen of 
land. 

ij Josh. 2. 9. 
Judg. 7. 22. 

2 Kg-;. 7. 17. 
Job 18. 11. 
Ps. 48. 5. 
c Hub. a 
trembling 
of God, 
Lev. 20. 36. 
2Sam.fi.24. 
Dan. . r ). 6. 
r Ex.28. 30. 
Num.27.21. 
Judg. 1. 1. 
s Josh. 9. 14. 
ch. 13. 11. 
verso 24. 
t Judg. 7.22. 
2 Chr.a0.23. 
D ch. 5. C. 
x Po. 4 1. 9. 
IIos. 1. 7. 
vdi. 13. 5. 
/. Judg. 11. 
30. 

ver. 39, 40. 
3Sam.Sl.9L 
Prov. 11. 9. 
Gal. 4. 18. 
dllch. 
brr.a d, 

Matte. 11. 

a Kum.3. 8. 
b verso 09. 

M.itt. a 5. 

c Ex. 3. 8. 
urn. 13.27. 



armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these 
s uncircumcised : h it may be that the Lord will work for 
us : for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many 
1 or by few. 

/ 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is 
in thy heart : turn thee ; behold, I am with thee accord- 
ing to thy heart. 

8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto 
these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 

9 k If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to 
you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go 
up unto them. 

10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us ; then we will 
go up : for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand ; 
and l this shall be a sign unto us. 

/ll And both of them discovered themselves unto the 
garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, 
the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had 
hid themselves. 

12 And the men of the "garrison answered Jonathan 
and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we 
n will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his ar- 
mour-bearer, Come up after me : for the Lord hath deli- 
vered them into the hand of Israel. 

/ 13 And Jonathan ° climbed up upon his hands and upon 
his feet, and his armour-bearer after him : and they fell 
before Jonathan ; and his armour-bearer r slew after him. 

14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his 
armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, b within as it 
were a half-acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plough. 
m 15 And there was q trembling in the host, hi the field, 
and among all the people : the garrison, and the spoilers, 
they also trembled, and the earth quaked : so it was c a 
very great trembling. 

/ 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin 
looked ; and behold, the multitude melted away, and they 
went on beating down one another. 

lH Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, 

imber now, and see who is gone from us. And when 
they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour- 
bearer were not there. 

18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, r Bring hither the ark of 
God. For the ark of God was at that time with the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

/ 19 % And it came to pass while Saul talked unto the 
priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines 
went on, and increased : and SaUl said unto the priest, 
3 Withdraw thy hand. 

20 And Saul and all the people that were with him 
assembled thems'elves, and they came to the battle : and 
behold, ' every man's sword was against his fellow, and 
there was a very great discomfiture. 

21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines 
before that time, which went up with them into the camp 
from the country round about, even they also turned to 
be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 
g 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had "hid them- 
selves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Phi- 
listines fled, even they also followed hard after (hem iu 
the battle. 

« 23 So the Lord x saved Israel that day : and the "bat- 
tle passed over unto Betli-aven. 

/ 24 If And the men of Israel were distressed that day : 
for Saul had l adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the 
man that eatetli any ''food until evening, that I may be 
a avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted 
any food. 

25 And b all they of the land came to a wood ; and ther<* 
was c honey upon the ground. 

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cir. 1087. 



. onatlian taken by lot. 

26 And when the people were come into the wood, 
behold, the honey dropped : but no man put his hand tolToTTW^ 
his mouth; for the people feared the oath. fit 

/ 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged thel*^-* 2 - 
people with the oath : wherefore he put forth the end ofjjvw^ 
the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in 'a honey 



Saul smiteth the Amalekites. 



ad- 
jured, 
g Ilcb. but 
iiouthatde- 
feat of the 
Philistines 
is not 
great. 

Lev. 3. 17. 
St. 17. 10. 
fLov. 7.27. 
& 19. 26. 
Deut. 12.16. 
verse 24. 
_ Mat. 7. 5. 
Horn. 2. 1. 
Ii verses 3-1, 
35. 

i Gen. 8. 20. 
Josh. 22. 10. 
ch. 7. 12. 
h Heb. that 
altar he be- 
gan to 
build. 
k Num. 27. 
21. 
Keel. 5. 1. 

1 Judg. 1. 1. 
m verses 
24, 29. 
ch. 28. 6. 
i Heb. cor- 
ners, 
JuJg. 20.2. 

tin. 18. 3. 
Ps. 46. 9. 

Josh.7.1,2 
fcHeb. Give 
the perfect, 
or, upright 
one, 

rse 24. 
Pruv. 16.33. 
oHutiil. 17. 
pGcn.38.24. 
chap. 15. 8. 
2Sam. 12.5. 
q 2 Sam. 
14. 11. 
Mat. 10. 30. 
Luke21. 18. 
r Isa. 13. 2. 

2 Cor. 6.1. 
Rev. 17. 11. 
&. 19. 14. 



comb, and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes were 
■enlightened. 

28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy 
father J strait ly charged the people with an oath, saying, 
Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And 
the people were faint. 

/29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the 
land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlight- 
ened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 

30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten 
freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they 
found 1 e for had there not been now a much greater 
slaughter among the Philistines 1 

§ 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Mich- 
mash to Aijalon : and the people were very faint. 

32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, 
and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground : and 
the people e did eat them with the f blood. 
/ 33 % Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people 
sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. 
And he said, Yo have s transgressed : h roll a great stone 
unto me this day. 

34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the peo- 
ple, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his 
ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and 
eat ; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the 
blood. And all the people brought every man his ox 
with him that night, and slew them there. 
/ 35 And Saul i built an altar unto the Lord : h the same 
was the first altar that he built unto the Lord : 

36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines 
-by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let 
us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatso 
jever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let 
us k draw near hither unto God. 

/ 37 And Saul ' asked counsel of God, Shall I go down 
after the Philistines 1 wilt thou deliver them into the hand 
of Israel 1 But he m answered him not that day. 

38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the ' chief of 
the people : and know and see D wherein this sin hath 
been this day. 

39 For as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though 
it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there 
ivas not a man among all the people that answered him. 

40 Then said he unto all Israel, Bo ye on one side, and 
I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the 
people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 
/ 41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, 
; Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken : 
but the people escaped. ■ 

42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan 
my son. And Jonathan was taken. 

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast 
done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a 
little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand, 
and lo, I must die. 

44 And Saul answered, ° God do so, and more also : for 
thou shalt surely p die, Jonathan. 

f 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, 
who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel % God for- 
bid : as the Lord liveth, there shall not q one hair of his, 
head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought 'with God fer"a 
this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. Luke iiit. 



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s ch. 13. 1. 
Dan. 7. 27. 
t2i~am,10.5. 
u 2 Kings 
14. 27. 
x ch. 15. 7. 
ych.31. 2. 
1 Chroi). 8. 
33. 

zchap. 9. 1. 
UHcb. son 
of valour, 
ch. 8. 11. 
a ch. 9. 16. 
b ch. 13. 13. 
c2Sam.7.8. 
d Rev. 18.5. 
eExod.17.8. 
fRev.16.17. 
g Gen. 3. 17. 
h Josh. 15.8. 
i Judg. 1. 3. 
ch. 11. 8. 
k Num. 24. 
21. 

1 Judg.1.16. 
m Gen. 19. 
12. 

n Num. 24. 
21. 

o Ex. 13.10. 
pJob21.30. 
Eccl. 8. 12. 
q Gen. 2. 11. 
r Gen. 25.18. 
s verse 3. 
lKgs.20.31. 
t2 Tim. 3.4. 
u Gen. 6. 6. 
x Num. 14. 
24. 

y Deut. 27. 
26. 

z verses 23, 
26, 28. 
chap. 16. 1. 
a Josh. 15. 
55. 



46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: 
and the Philistines went to their own place. 

47 ^j So Saul 9 took the kingdom over Israel, and fought 
against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and 
against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and 
against the kings of ' Zobah, and against the Philistines: 
and whithersoever he turned himself, he u vexed them. 

48 And'he gathered a host, and smote the "Amalekites, 
and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled 
them. 

/ 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and y Ishui, 
and Melchi-shua : and the names of his two daughters 
were these; the name of the first-born Merab, and the 
name of the younger Michal : 

50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the 
daughter of Ahimaaz : and the name of the captain of his 
host teas Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 

51 And Kish was the father of Saul ; and Ner the father 
of Abner was the son of z Abiel. 

52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all 
the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any strong man, or 
any ' valiant man, he took him unto him. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek, 1. Saul favoureth the Kenilcs, 
6 : He spavcth Agag and the best of the spoil, 8. Samuel denounceth 
unto Saul, covimenaing and excusing himself, God's rejection of him 
for kis disobedience, 10. Saul's humiliation, 24. Samuel killeth Agag, 
33. Samuel and Sa^ll part, 34. 

AMUEL also said unto Saul, The Lord a sent me to 
anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel : 
now therefore b hearken thou unto the voice of the words 
of the Lord. 

2 Thus saith the c Lord of hosts, a I remember that 
which Amalek did to Israel, how he e laid wait for him in 
the way, when he came up from. Egypt. 
P 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and f utterly destroy all 
that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and 
woman, infant and suckling, s ox and sheep, camel and ass. 
g 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and num- 
bered them in h Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, 
and * ten thousand men of Judali. 

/ 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in 
the k valley. 

6 *ft And Saul said unto the ' Kenites, m Go, depart, "get 
you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you 
with them : for ye ° shewed kindness to all the children of 
Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites 
departed from among the Amalekites. 
g 7 And Saul p smote the Amalekites from q Havilah, unlit 
thou comest to r Shur, that is over against Egypt. 
/ 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and 
utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword, 
c 9 But Saul and the people s spared Agag, and the ' best 
of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the 
lambs, and all that ivas good, and would not utterly destroy 
them : but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they 
destroyed utterly. 

/ 10 *\\ Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, 
saying, 

11 It v repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king : 
for he is s turned back from following me, and hath y not 
performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; 
and he z cried unto the Lord all night. 
^12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the 
morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to a Car- 
mel, and behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, 
and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 
/ 13 And Samuel came to Saul : and Saul said unto him, 
Blessed be thou of the Lord : b I have performed the*" 
commandment of the Lord. 

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c Gen. 3. 12. 
verse 9. 
d Ps. 12. 2. 
Eccl. 4. 6. 
Mat. 2. 8,13. 
e ch. 17. 21. 
f Gen. 13. 
13. 

g ch. 25. 14. 
Prov. 15.27. 
Jude 11. 
h Prov. 1 5. 6. 
Luke 19.22. 
i verse 24. 
l'rov. 30.20. 
k ?rov.21.3. 
Jer. 7.22. 
1 Ps. 50. 
8,13. 
Eccl. 5. 1. 
Isai. 1. 13. 
Hosea 6. C. 
m Josh. 22. 
19. 

n Ex. 9. 27. 
Num. 22. 34. 
Pro v. 28. 13. 
Mat. 27. 4. 

verse 9. 
Jer. 13. 23. 
p Ps. 15. 4. 
Luke 24. 28. 
q ch. 2. 30. 

r 1 Kings 
11. 30. 
a Or, Eter- 
nity, victo- 
ry- 

Ps. 48. 1. 
s Titus 1.2. 
t Gen. 6. 6. 
verse 11. 
u Gen. 4. 16. 
x Jer.48.44. 

1 Thees.5.3. 
Rev. 18. 7. 
h Ex. 17.11. 
Num. 14.45. 
z 1 Kings 
18. 40. 

2 Kings 1. 
10, 12. 

a 2 Kings 8. 
29. 



Samuel killeth Agag. 1. SAMUEL. 

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating 
of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen 
Which I hear 1 

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the 
Amalekites : for the c people spared the best of the sheep 
and of the oxen, to d sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; 
and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 
/ 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell 
thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he 
said unto him, Say on. 

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast e little in thine 
own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of 
Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel 1 

18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, 
and utterly destroy the f sinners the Amalekites, and fight 
against them until they be consumed. 

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the 
Lord, but didst g fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the 
sight of the Lord 1 

c 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the 
voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord 
sent me, and have brought h Agag the king of Amalek, 
and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 

21 But the ' people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, 
the chief of the things, which should have been utterly 
destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gllgal. 
& 22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great k delight 
in burnt-olTe rings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice 
of the Lord 1 Behold, ' to obey is better than sacrifice, 
and to hearken than the fat of rams. 
*>23 For m rebellion is as "the sin of witchcraft, and stub- 
bornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast 
rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee 
from being king. 

/ 24 % And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned : for I 
have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy 
words : because ° I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn 
again with me, that I may worship the Lord. 

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, p I will not return with 
thee : for Hhou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and 
the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid 
hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and It rent. 

r 28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath r rent 
the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given 
it to a neighbour of thine that is better than thou. 
« 29 And also the J Strength of Israel will not 8 lie nor 
repent : for he is not ' a man, that he should repent. 
/ 30 Then he said, I have sinned : yet u honour me now, 
I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before 
Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the 
Lord thy God. 

31 So Samuel turned again after Saul ; and Saul wor- 
shipped the Lord. 

/32 H Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag 
the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him 
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the x bitterness of 
death is past. 

33 And Samuel said, y As thy sword hath made women 
childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. 
And z Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in 
Gilgal. 

e 34 % Then Samuel went to Ramah ; and Saul went up 
to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 

35 And Samuel came no more a to see Saul until the 
day of his death : nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul : 
and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over 
Israel. 



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a ch. 15. II. 
b ch. 10. 1. 
c Ps. 78. 70. 
Phil. 2. 0. 
(1 Judg. 13. 
12. 

Ps. 112. 5. 
Mat. 10.16. 
o ch. 9. 12. 
fch. 13. 17. 
&21. 1. 
Hos. U, 10. 
a Hob. fs 
thy coming 
paace7 
2Kgs.9.22. 
g Ex. 19.10. 
h 1 Kings 
12. 26. 
i verse 7. 
k verse 12. 
IPs. 147.10. 
m vcr. 8, 9. 
n Gen. 3. 6. 
o 1 Chr. 28. 
9. 

p 2 Sam. 13. 
3. 

q ch. 17. 12. 
r 1 Kings 
19. 19. 
Ps. 78.70. 
Amos 1. 1. 
B Song 5.10. 
Lam. 4.7. 
t 2 Sam. 5. 
7. 

Ps. 89. 20. 
n ch. 17. 28. 
2 Sam. 5. 2. 
x Judg. 13. 
24. 

Acts 13. 22. 
vch. 10.0. 
Hos. 9. 12. 
Matt. 13.12. 
■/. Judg.9.23. 
ch. 2S. 20. 
Isn. 19. 14. 
Acts 19. 15. 
a 1 Kings 
22. 23. 
Ps. 81. II. 
h 1 Kings 
10.8. 

c 2 Kings 3. 
15. 

d ch. 17. 39. 
c eb. 17. 49. 



He dnointeth David. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Samuel sent by God under pretence of a sacrifice, cometh to Beth-lehem, 
1 : His Ionian judgment is reproved, 6 : He anointeth David, 13. Saul 
sendeth for David to quitt his evil spirit, 19. 

ND the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou 
a mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from 
reigning over Israel 1 fill thy b horn with oil, and go, I will 
send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite : for I have c pro- 
vided me a king among his sons. 

d 2 And Samuel said, d How can I go 1 if Saul hear it, he 
will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, 
and say, I am come to e sacrifice to the Lord. 

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee 
what thou shalt do : and thou shalt anoint unto me him 
whom I name unto thee. 

s 4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came 
to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town f trembled at 
his coming, and said, " Comest thou peaceably ? 
/ 5 And he said, Peaceably : I am come to sacrifice unto 
the Lord : g sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the 
sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called 
them to the sacrifice. 

6 % And it came to pass when they were come, that he 
ooked on Eliab, and h said, Surely the ' Lord's anointed is 
before him. 

t 7 But the Lord II said unto Samuel, Look not on his 

countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I 

have m refused him : for the LORD seeth not as man seeth ; 

for man looketh on the n outward appearance, but the Lord 

looketh on the ° heart. 

/ 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before 
Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 

9 Then Jesse made p Shammah to pass by. And he 
said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 
/ 10 Again, Jesse made q seven of his sons to pass before 
Samuel. And Samviel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath 
not chosen these. 

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy chil- 
dren? And he said, There remainelh yet the youngest, 
and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said 
unto Jesse, r Send and fetch him : for we will not sit down 
till he come hither. 

/ 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was 'ruddy, 
and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look 
to. And the Lord said, Arise, 'anoint him: for this is he. 
i 13 "Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed 
him in the midst of his brethren : and the * Spirit of the 
Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Sa- 
muel rose up, and went to Ramah. 

/ 14 % But the Spirit of the Lord y departed from Saul, 
and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 

15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an 
z evil spirit a from God troubleth thee. 

16 Lot our lord now command thy servants, which are 
b before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player 
on a harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit 
from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, 
and thou shalt be c well. 

/ 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a 
man that can play well, and bring him to me. 

18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, be- 
hold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lchemito, that is 
cunning in playing, and d a mighty valiant man, and a mar 
of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and 
the Lord is c with him. 

/ 19 If Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and 
said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. 

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a 
bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son 
unto Saul. 

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/ 21 And David came to Saul, and f stood before him: and 
he s loved him greatly ; and he became his armour-bearer. 
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, 
stand before me ; for he hath found favour in my sight. 
to 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit h from God 
was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with 
his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the 
evil spirit '' departed from him. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle, 1, Go- 
liath cometh proudly forth to challenge a corrbat, 4. David sent by his 
father to visit his brethren, taheth the challenge, 12. Eliab chideth him, 
*28 : He is brought to Saul, 30 : He sheweth the reason of his confi- 
dence, 32. Without armour, armed by faith, he slayeth the giant, 38. 
Saul taketh notice of David, 55. 

OW "the Philistines gathered together their armies 
!i.^l to battle, and were gathered together at a Shochoh, 
which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh 
and b Azekah, in c Ephes-dammim. _ 
s 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered to- 
gether, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the bat- 
tle in array against the Philistines. 
/ 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one 
side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side : 
and there was a valley between them. 
s 4 Tf And there went out ° a champion out of the camp 
of the Philistines, named d Goliath, of Gath, whose height 
was six cubits and a span. 

/ 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he 
was armed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat 
was five thousand shekels of brass. 

6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a tar- 
get of brass between his shoulders. 
/ 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam ; 
and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron : 
and one bearing a shield went before him. 

8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and 
said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in 
array 1 am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul 1 
choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 

9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then 
will we be your servants : but if I prevail against him, and 
kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 

c 10 And the Philistine said, e I defy the armies of Israel 
this day ; give me a man, that we may fight together. 

/ 1 1 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the 
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 

s 12 ^1 Now David was f the son of that Ephrathite of 
Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse ; and he had 
s eight sons : and the man went among men for an old 
man in the days of Saul. 

/ 13 And the three h eldest sons of Jesse went and fol- 
lowed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons 
that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next 
unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 

14 And David was ' l the youngest : and the three eldest 
followed Saul. 

g 15 But David c went and returned from Saul to feed his 
father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 

/ 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, 
and presented himself forty days. 

17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy 
brethren an k ephah of this parched corn, and these ten 
loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren : 

18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain ef 
their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take 
•heir pledge. 

S 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were 
m the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 

/ 20 «fl And David rose up early in the morning, and left 



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SAMUEL. David accepteih the challenge* 

the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had 
commanded him ; and he came to the "trench, as the host 
was going forth to the ' fight, and shouted for the battle, 

21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in 
array, army against army. 

22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper 
of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and ' sa 
luted his brethren. 

23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up 
the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, 
out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according 
to the same words : and David heard them. 

c 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, 
/ fted from him, and were sore afraid. 
/ 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man 
that is come up ? surely to defy Israel is he come up : and 
it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will en- 
rich him with great riches, and will m give him his daugh- 
ter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 
c 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, say- 
ing, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philis- 
tine, and taketh away the B reproach from Israel 1 for who 
is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the 
armies of the ° living God ? 

27 And the people answered him after this manner, 
saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 
c 28 T[ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake 
unto the men ; and Eliab's p anger was kindled against 
David, and he said, Why earnest thou down hither 1 and 
with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilder- 
ness 1 I know thy q pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart ; 
for thou art come doAvn that thou mightest see the battle, 
c 29 And David said, What have I now done % r Is there 
not a cause 1 

/ 30 ^[ And he turned from him toward another, and 
spake after the f same manner : and the people answered 
him again after the former manner. 

31 And when the words were heard which David spake, 
they rehearsed them before Saul : and he sent for him. 
c 32 % And David said to Saul, s Let no man's heart fail 
because of him ; thy servant l will go and fight with this 
Philistine. 

33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go 
against this Philistine to fight with him : for thou art but 
a youth, and he u a man of war from his youth. 
/ 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant * kept his fa- 
ther's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took 
a lamb out of the flock : 

35 And I went out after him and smote him, and de- 
livered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, 
I caught him by his beard, and * smote him, and slew him. 
c 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear : and 
this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, see- 
ing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 

37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me 
out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, 
he will >'deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And 
Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. 
/ 38 % And Saul armed David with z his armour, and he 
put a helmet of brass upon his head ; also he armed him 
with a coat of mail. 

39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, ant! 
he assayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And Davitf 
said unto Saul, I cannot a go with these, for I have noi 
proved them. And David put them off him. 

And he took his b staff in his hand, and chose him 



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d Or, wa- 
gon-fort, 
plarc of 
carriage, 
ch. 26. 5. 
1 Eccl. 3.12, 
Ps. 46. 1. 
e Ileb. ask- 
ed his 
brethren of 
peace, 
Gen. 37. 14. 
&41. 1C. 
Mat. 15. 25. 
Luke 19.42. 
fHch.Jled 
from before 
his face. 
m Josh. 15. 
16. 

Hob. 12. 1,2. 
Rev. 2.7, 17. 
& 3. 5, 12. 
n 2 Kings 
19.4. 

Dt. 5. 26. 

1 Thes.1.9. 
pch. 1. 14. 
Mat. 10. 36 
Mark 3. 21 
q ch. 16. 7. 

1 Tim. 6. 8. 
r verse 17. 
g Heb. 
word. 

Jdgs. 13.25. 
sRora.15.1. 
t ch. 14. 6. 
Esth. 4. 16. 
u Nu. 13.31. 
Rev. 13. 4. 
ft Hcb. was 
feeding 
among the 
sheep, 
Rom. 12. P. 
x Jdgs. 14.6. 
y Ps. 63. 7. 

2 Cor. 1. 10. 
zch. 10. 23. 
a Ilos. 1. 7. 
Zech. 4- 6. 
2Cor.l0.4,5. 
b Ps. 23. 4. 
C Judges 
20.16. 

I Car. 1*2*. 



/40 

c five smooth stones out of the brook and put them in a 
shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his sliirg 
ivas in his hand : and he drew near to the Philistine.. 

ISO 



David killeth Goliath. 

41 And the Philistine came on, and drew near unto Da- 
vid ; and the man that bare the d shield went before him. 

e 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, 
c he disdained him : for be was but a youth, and ruddy, and 
of a fair countenance. 

e 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Jim I a dog, that 
thou comest to me with ''staves'? and the Philistine cursed 
David by his gods. 

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and 
6 I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the 
beasts of the field. 

c 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to 
me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but 
I come to thee h in the name of the Lord of hosts, the 
God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 

« 46 ' This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand ; 
and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will 
give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto 
k the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the v earth : 
that ' all the earth may know that there is a God ,n in Israel. 

47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord 
n saveth not with sword and spear : for the battle ° is the 
Lord's, and he will give you into our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and 
came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, 
and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 

/ 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence 
a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his fore- 
head, that the stone ! sunk into his forehead ; and he fell 
upon his face to the earth. 

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling 
and with a stone, and. smote the Philistine and slew him ; 
but there was no sword in the hand of David. 
/ 51 Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, 
and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, 
and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when 
the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. 
e 52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and 
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to 
the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded 
of the Philistines fell down by the way to p Shaaraim, even 
unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 

53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing 
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their * tents 
r 54 And David tooktheheadofthePhilistine, and brought 
it to q Jerusalem ; but he put his r armour in his tent. 
/ 55 ^f And when Saul saw David go forth against the 
Philistine, he said unto Abner the captain of the host, Ab- 
ner, 9 whose son is this youth 1 And Abner said, Jls thy 
soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 

56 And the king said, 'Inquire thou whose son the 
stripling is. 

57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the 
Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul 
'with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 

58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young 
man ? And David answered, / am the son of thy servant 
Jesse the Beth-lehemite. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
Jonathan loveth David, 1. Saul cnvieth his praise, 5, scekelh to Mil him 
in his fury, 10, fearcth him for his good success, 12, offercth him his 
daughters for a snare, 17. David persuaded to he. the king's son-in- 
law, giveth two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for JMichaVs 
down/, 22. Said's hatred and David's glory increase, 28. 

/A ND it came to pass, when he had made an end of 
J\_ speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was 
* knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as 
his own soul. 

2 And Saul took him b that day, and would let him go 
no more home to his father's house. 

46 



I. SAMUEL. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1063. 



(1 Gen. 15.1. 
Ps. 3. 3. 
e ch. 14. 13. 
f Matt. 26. 
55. 

gilt. 28. 2G. 
h2Chr.32.8. 
Ps. 20. 7. 
i Mt.17. 20. 
Rom. 4. 19. 
k Rev. 19. 
17. 

1 Ps. 58. II. 
in Ps. 1 15.3. 
Dan. 2. 47. 
n Ps. 44. 0. 
Zerh. 4. G. 
o2Clir. 20. 
15. 

i The word 
signifies a 
sinking of 
a stone into 
water. 
Juilg. 3. 31 
Jcr. 9. 23. 
Zcch. 4. 6. 
Mat. 19 26 
Acts 12. 22 
ICor. 1.27 
p Josh. 15 
35. 

k Hcb. 
camps. 
n, Ex. 16.33. 

2 Sam. 6.17. 
t ch. 21. 9. 

1 Chr. 15.1. 
s ch. 16. 21. 
verse I. 
I By tli is it 
may be ga- 
thered that 
this battle 
was fought 
before Da- 
vid lived at 
court, 
ch. 1C 21. 
t verse 51. 
r. Gen. 44. 
30. 

Prov.17.17. 
b ch. 16. 16. 
verse 5. 



li. Christ 

cir. 10G3. 



c fian. 6.5,6. 
Mat. 10. 16. 
Col. 4. 5. 
d Ex. 15.20. 
Jnclir. 11.34. 
Ps. 148. 13. 
Rev. 19.1,2. 
e Ex 15.21. 
Rev. 7 9, 
10, 12. 
f ch 21. 11. 
a Ileb. was 
evil in his 
Cl/et: 

Erth. 3. 5. 
Prov 13. 10. 
Ecci. 4. 4. 
3 John 
vor. 9, 10. 
gch. 15.28, 
hGeu.4.5,0 
Job 24. 15. 
Ps. 10. 9. 
Mat. 20. 15. 
i eh. 10. 15. 
k 1 Kings 
18. 29. 
Acts 16. 10. 
lc)i.S0.33. 
& 22. G. 
m VCT.17.S5. 
n Ps. 121.8. 
b Hcb. 
greater, 
Ps. 140. 5. 
Luko20. 19. 
o Ps. 12. 2. 
p2 gam. 
12. 9. 
H 2 Sam. 
7. 18. 
r 2 Sam. 
31. 8. 
iJu<lg.7.22 
t Ps. '.I. 16. 
*&38. 12. 
u Ps. 7. 1G. 
x Gen. 34. 
12. 

Ex. 22. 1G. 
boat 99.99. 
vorno 25. 
c Hob. 
According 
to these 
inords. 
ydon.2D.ia 
i orso «M. 



Saul conspireth against David 

3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because 
he loved him as his own soul. 

4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was 
upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to 
his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 

/ 5 If And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, 
and behaved himself c wisely : and Saul set him over the 
men of war, and he was accepted in the sSght of all the 
people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 
° 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was 
returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the wo- 
men came out of all the cities of Israel, d singing and 
dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and 
with instruments of music. 

7 And the women c answered one. another as they play- 
ed, and said, f Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his 
ten thousands. 

c S And Saul was very wroth, and the saying " displeased 
him ; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten 
thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands : 
and what can he have more but the g kingdom 1 

9 And Saul '' eyed David from that day and forward. 
/ 1 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the ' evil 
spirit from God came upon Saul, and he k prophesied in 
the midst of the house : and David played with his hand, 
as at other times : and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 

1 1 And Saul cast the ' javelin ; for he said, I will smite 
David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of 
his presence twice. 

/12 TJ And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord 
was with him, and was departed from Saul. 

13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made 
him his captain m over a thousand ; and he went out D and 
came in before the people. 

/ 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways ; 
and the Lord was with him. 

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself 
very wisely, he was afraid of him. 

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he 
went out and came in before them. 

/ 17 ^J And Saul said to David, Behold, my 'elder daugh- 
ter Merab, her will I give thee to wife : only be thou 
valiant for me, and fight the c Lord's battles. For Saul 
said, p Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of 
the Philistines be upon him. 

18 And David said unto Saul, q Who am \1 and what is 
my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be 
son-in-law to the king ? 

1 9 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's 
daughter, should have been given to David, that she was 
given unto r Adriel the s Meholathite to wife. 

/ 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David : and they 
told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 

21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be 
1 a snare to him, and that the " hand of the Philistines may 
be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shall 
this day be my son-in-law, in the one of the twain. 
/ 22 if And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Com- 
mune with David secretly, and sav, Behold, the king hath 
delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now there- 
fore be the king's son-in-law. 

c 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the cars 
of David. And David said, Seemcth it to you a light thing 
to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am x a poor man, 
and lightly esteemed ? 

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, c On this 
manner spake David. 

25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, the king 
desircth not any y dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the 

•' 



Jonathan's love to David. 

Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. 
Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philis- 
tines. 

/26 And when his servants told David these words, it 
pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law : and the 
days were not expired. 

27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, 
and slew of the Philistines two hundred men ; and David 
brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full ' tale 
to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And 
Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 
/ 28 f And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with 
David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 
! 29 And Saul was yet the z more afraid of David ; and 
Saul became David's enemy continually. 

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and 
it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved 
himself f more wisely than all the servants of Saul : so 
that his name was e much set by. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Jonathan discloseth his father's purpose to kill David, 1 : He persuad- 
eth his father to reconciliation, 4. By reason of David's good suc- 
cess in a new war, Saul's malicious rage breaketh out against him, 8. 
Michal deceiveth her father ivith an image in David's bed, 12. Da- 
vid comcth to Samuel in Naioth, 18. Saul's messengers, sent to take 
David, 20, and Saul himself, prophesy, 22. 

/A ND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his ser- 
J\_ vants, that they should a kill David. 

2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, b delighted much in David : 
and c Jonathan told David, saying, Saul mv father seeketh 
to kill thee : now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thy- 
self until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and 
hide thyself: 

3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the 
field where thou art, and I will commune with my father 
of thee ; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 

c 4 ^f And Jonathan spake a good of David unto Saul his 
father, and said unto him, Let not the king e sin against his 
servant, against David ; because he hath not sinned 
against thee, and because f his works have been e to thee 
ward very good : 

5 For he did h put his life in his hand, and slew the Phi- 
listine, and the 'Lord wrought a great salvation for all 
Israel: thou sawest it, and didst "rejoice: wherefore then 
wilt thou ' sin against innocent blood, to slay David with- 
out a cause 1 

f 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan : and 
Saul m sware, Jls the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 

7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed 
him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to 
Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. • 
/ 8 *fi And there was war again : and David went out, and 
fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great 
slaughter ; and they fled from him. 

9 And the u evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, 
as he sat in his house with his "javelin in his hand : and 
David played with his hand. 

c 10 And Saul p sought to smite David even to the wall 
with the javelin ; but he slipped away out of Saul's pre- 
sence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David 
fled, and q escaped that night. 

/ 11 Saul r also sent messengers unto David's house, to 
watch him, and to slay him in the morning : and Michal, 
David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to- 
night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain. 
/12 % So Michal let David down through 3 a window : 
and he went, and fled, and escaped. 

13 And Michal took an " image, and laid it in the bed, 
and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and cover- 
ed it with a cloth. 



I. SAMUEL. 

But 



His covenant ivith David. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1063. 



d Heb. icas 
right intlit 
eyes of 
Vavid. 
e Heb. 
fully. 
z Job 5. 12, 
13. 

verso 39. 
/Or, 

valiantcr, 
Ps. 115.5. 
Matt. 10.16. 

Heb. 
"precious, 
chap. 2. 20. 
Prov. 22. 1. 
acli. 18. 5. 
Prov. 27. 4. 
Jev. 9. 3. 
2Tim.3.13. 
b eh. 18. 1. 
c Acts23.12. 
d Prov.31.9. 
e Ex. 20. 12. 
Rom. 13. 3. 
f Prov. 31. 
31. 

Matt. 5. 16. 
g Prov. 17. 
13. 

Jer. 18. 20. 
hJudg.12.3. 
chap. 28. 1. 
Ps. 119. 139. 
i Ps. 3. 8. 
k ch. 17.40. 
1 Matt.27.4. 
m verse 10. 
Ps. 15. 4. 
n ch. 16. 14. 
o ch. 18. 11. 
p verse 6. 
Prov. 26. 25. 
qJob5. 14, 
15. 

Prov. 2' 30. 
r Cs. 34. J9. 
s Josh. 2. 15. 
Isa. 54. 17. 
Acts 9. 24, 
25. 

a Heb. 
teraphim, 
Gen. 35. 4. 
Judg. 17. 5. 
verse 16. 




t Ex. 1. 17. 
eh. 22. 17. 
Matt. 2. 16. 
Acts 4. 19. 
Eph. 6. 1. 
u 2 Sam. 2. 
22. 

x Ps.116.11. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
James 5. 16. 
y Pr. 29. 12. 
er. 11,14. 
a ch. 10. 5 
b ch. 18. 10. 
John 7. 45. 
Pr. 27. 22. 
Jer. 13. 23. 

1 Prov. 21.1. 
e ch. 17. 1. 
fch. 18.4. 
b lleb. fell 
down 
vafced, 
Num. 21. 4. 
gcb. 10.11. 
ach. 19. 23. 
& 23. 26. 
Isn. 30. 15. 

2 Pet. 2. 9. 
b ch. 11. 4. 
c ch. 12. 3. 
a Heb. 
soul, 

Matt. 2. 20. 
d ch. 1. 20. 
ePs.116,11 
fch. 18. 1. 
g Num. 10. 
10. 

h John 7. 
42. 

i Lev. 25.29. 
ch. 9. 12. 
k ch. 18. 3. 
& 23. 18. 
1 Josh. 22. 
22. 



14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she 
said, He is sick. 

/ 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, 
saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 

16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, 
there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair 
for his bolster. 

17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou ' deceived 
me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped 1 
And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go;. 
u why should I kill thee 1 

g 18 f[ So David fled, and escaped, and came "to Samuel 
to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. 
And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 

19 And it was y told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at 
Naioth in Ramah. 

/ 20 And Saul sent z messengers to take David : and 
when they saw the company of the prophets a prophesy- 
ing, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the 
Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they 
also b prophesied. 

21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messen- 
gers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent mes- 
sengers again the c third time, and they prophesied also. 
g 22 Then went d he also to Ramah, and came to a great 
well that is in e Sechu : and he asked and said, Where are 
Samuel and David 1 And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth 
in Ramah. 

d 23 And he went {hither to Naioth in Ramah : and the 
Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and 
prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 
/24 And he f stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied 
before Samuel in like manner, and " lay down naked all 
that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is s Saul 
also among the prophets? 

CHAPTER XX. 

David consulteth ivith Jonathan for his safety, 1. Jonathan and David 
renew their covenant by oath, 17. Jonathan's token to David, 18. Saul 
missing David, seeketh to kill Jonathan, 24. Jonathan lovingly taketh 
his leave of David, 35. 

ND David a fled from Naioth in Ramah, and b came 
and said before Jonathan, c What have I done 1 what 
is mine iniquity 1 and what is my sin before thy father, 
that he seeketh my "life ? 

2 And he said unto him, God forbid ; thou shalt not die : 
behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, 
but that he will shew it me : and why should my father 
hide this thing from me 1 it is not so. 

3 And David sWare moreover, and said, Thy father cer- 
tainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes ; and 
he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved : 
But truly i as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there 
is but a step between me and e death. 
/ 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul 
f desireth, I will even do it for thee. 

5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is 
the e new-moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king 
at meat : but let me go, that I may hide myself in the 
field unto the third day at even. 

s 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly 
asked leave of me, that he might run to Beth-lehem h his 
city : for there is a ! yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 

7 If he say thus, It is well ; thy servant shall have 
peace : but if he be very worth, then be sure that evil is 
determined by him. 

8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant ; 
for k thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the 
Lord with thee : notwithstanding, if ' there be in me ini- 
quity, slay me thyself; for whv shouldest thou bring me 
to thy father 1 

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Saul seekelh to kill Jonathan, 
k 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee 



I. SAMUEL. 



for if I knew 
certainly that evil were determined by my father to come 
upon thee, then would not I tell it thee ? . 

10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me 1 ? or 
what if thy father answer thee roughly? 
/ 11 If And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us 
go out into the field. And they went out both of them 
into the field. 

12 And Jonathan said unto David, * O Lord God of 
Israel, when I have c sounded my father about to-morrow 
any time, or the third day, and behold, if there be good 
toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and d shew 
it thee; 

e 13 m The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan ; but 
if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it 
thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace : 
and the Lord n be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 

14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me 
the kindness of the Lord, that I die not : 

15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness "from 
my house for ever : no, not when the Lord hath cut off 
the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 

16 So Jonathan 'made a covenant with the house of 
David, saying, Let the Lord even p require it at the hand 
of David's enemies. 

c 17 And Jonathan caused David to q swear again, be- 
cause he loved him : for he loved him J as he loved his 
own soul. 

18 Then Jonathan said to David, To-morrow is the 
new-moon : and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat 
will be empty. 

s 1 9 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou 
shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou 
didst hide thyself e when the business was m hand, and 
shalt remain by the stone '"' Ezel. 

20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, 
as though I shot at a mark. 

/21 And behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out 
the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the 
arrows are on this side of thee, take them ; then come 
thou : for there is peace to thee, and no hurt ; as the 
Lord liveth. 

22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the 
arrows are beyond thee ; go thy way : for the Lord 
hath sent thee away. 

23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have 
spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for 
ever. 

/ 24 % So David hid r himself in the field : and when the 
new-moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 

25 And the king sat upon his seat, ' as at other times, 
even upon a seat by the wall : and Jonathan arose, and 
Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 

26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day : 
for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not 
clean ; surely he is " not clean. 

27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the 
second day of the month, that David's place was empty : 
and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, l Wherefore cometh 
not the son of u Jesse to ,; meat, neither yesterday, nor 
to-day ? 

£28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked 
have of me to go to Beth-Iehem : 

/29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee ; for our family 
hath x a sacrifice in the city ; and my brother he hath 
commanded me to be there : and now if I have found fa- 
vour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and 
^see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the 
king's tabic. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1002. 



b Or, The 
Lord the 
God of 
Israel, 
Josh. 22.22. 
c Hob. 
searched, 
Prov. 20. -5. 
d Heb. un- 
cover thine 
ear. 

m Ruth 1. 
16. 

n ver. 14,15. 
Phil. 2. 3. 
o2Sam.9.1. 
e Heb. cut, 
Gen. 15. IS. 
2 Sam. 18.3. 
p Gen. 9. 5. 
ch. 25. 23. 
q verse 13. 
2 Sam. 23. 7. 
flleb.with 
the soul of 
his soul, 
chap. 18. 1. 
2Sam.l.26. 
Prov. 17.17. 
Rom. 5. 7. 
Heb. to 
the day of 
this busi- 
ness, 

chap. 19. 2. 
h Or, that 
sheweththe 
way. 
r verse*5. 
i Heb. as 
time in 
time, 

Num. 24. 1. 
Prov. 4. 17. 
&. 23. 6. 
Ps. 14. 4. 
s Lev.11.24. 
& 15. 16,17. 
t ch. 19. 9, 
15, 20, 23. 
Prov. 30.20. 
u ch. 22. 9. 
&25. 10. 
h Heb. 
bread, 
verse 24. 
Matt. 6. 11. 
x ch. 9. 12. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1902. 



I Heb. son 
of the per- 
verse in re- 
bellion, 
Matt. 10.37. 
Acts 4. 19. 
Eph. 6. 1. 
y verse 17. 
Prov. 31. 9. 
John 7. 5. 
z verso 19. 
m Heb. 
to pass 
over him. 
n Hob. 
vessels. 

Hob. 
made it 
great, 
Ps.42. 1. & 
84. 1, 3. & 
144. 1,9. 

a Nu. fi. 20. 
fsa. 11.6. 
Hos.2. 18. 
Luke 2. II. 
Acts 4. 32. 
Rom. 5. 1. 
Phil. 4. 7. 
/j Or, the 
Lord be 
witness of 
that we 
have sworn 
both of vs. 
bch. 23. 18, 
19. 

a 1 Kings 1. 
■26. 

b ch. 16. 4. 
c Matt. 12.3 

,1 I KillL'3 

8.46. 

eEx.25.no, 
Lev. 24. 9. 
Alt. 12.4,7, 
fEx. 10.15, 
Lev. 7. 19. 

1 Cor. 7. 5. 
? Acts 9. 15, 

2 Cor. 4. 7. 
lThoB8.4.4. 
hLev. 14.8. 
Luko 6.3,4, 
i Ex. 25. 30. 



Ahimelech reUeveth David, 
«30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, 
and he said unto him, ' Thou son of the perverse rebel- 
lious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the 
son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confu- 
sion of thy mother's nakedness 1 

31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the 
ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. 
Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall 
surely die. 

c 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his fathev, and said 
unto him, y Wherefore shall he be slain ? what hath he 
done? 

/ 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him : where- 
by Jonathan knew that it was determine i of his father to 
slay David. 

34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, 
and did eat no meat the second day of the month : for he 
was grieved for David, because his father had done him 
shame. 

/35 ^[ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jona- 
than went out into the field z at the time appointed with 
David, and a little lad with him. 

36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the ar- 
rows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an ar- 
row m beyond him. 

37 And when the lad was come to the place of the ar- 
row which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the 
lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee ? 

/38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, 
stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, 
and came to his master. 

39 But the lad knew not any thing : only Jonathan and 
David knew the matter. 

40 And Jonathan gave his " artillery unto his lad, and 
said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 

/41 % And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out 
of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the 
ground, and bowed himself three times : and they kissed 
one another, and wept one with another, until David ° ex- 
ceeded. 

42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in a peace, ''foras- 
much as we have sworn both of us in the name of tho 
Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and 
between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose 
and departed : and Jonathan went b into the city. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
David at Nob obtaineth of ,/lhimelech hallowed bread, 1- Doeg was 
present, 7. David taheth Goliath's sword, S. David at Gathf-Agneth 
himself mad, 10. , 

~~ HEN came. David to a Nob to Ahimelech the priest : 



and Ahimelech was b afraid at the 



meeting 



of 



David, and said unto him, Why art thou c alone, and no 
man with thee ? 

u 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, d The 
king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto 
me, Let no man know any thing of the business where- 
about I send thee, and what I have commanded thee : 
and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 

3 Now therefore what is under thy hand ? give me five 
loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present. 

4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is 
no common bread under my hand, but there is c hallowed 
bread ; if the young men have kept themselves at least 
f from women. 

/5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, 
Of a truth women have been kept from us about these 
three days, since I came out, and the s vessels of the 
young men are holy, and the bread is in a h manner com- 
mon, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 
6 So the priest ' give him hallowed bread : for there 

1S3 



David's request to the king. I. 

was no bread there but the shew-bread, that was taken 
from before the Lord, to put k hot bread in the day when 
it was taken away. 

/7 Now- a certain man of the ' servants of Saul was there 
that m day, detained before the Lord ; and his name was 
Doeg, an n Edomite, the ° chiefest of the herdmen that be- 
longed to Saul. 

/ 8 If And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not 
here under thy hand spear or sword 1 for I have neither 
brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the 
king's business required haste. 

9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philis- 
tine, whom thou slewest in the "valley of Elah, behold, it 
is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt 
take that, take it : for there is no other save that here. 
And David said, There is none like that ; give it me. 
s 10 \\ And David arose, and p fled that day for fear of 
Saul, and went to q Achish the king of Gath. 
/ll And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this 
David the king of the land 1 did they not sing one to 
another of him in dances, saying, r Saul hath slain his 
thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 

12 And David Maid up these words in his heart, and 
was ' sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 

13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and 
feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the 
doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 
/14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the 
man is 4 mad : wherefore then have ye brought him to me 1 

15 Have I need of mad-men, that ye have brought this 
fellow to play the mad-man in my presence 1 shall this 
fellow come into my house 1 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Companies resort unto David at Adullam, 1. At Mizpeh he commend- 
eth his parents unto the king of Moab, 3. Admonished by Gad, he 
cometh to Hareth, 5. Saul going to pursue him, complaineth of his 
servants' unfaithfulness, 6. Doegaccuseth Ahimelech, 9. Saul com- 
mandeth to kill the priests, 11. The footmen refusing, Doeg executeth 
it, 17. Ahiathar escaping, bringeth David the ncivs, 20, 

T T^AVID therefore departed thence, and a escaped to 
JLF the cave b Adullam : and when his brethren and all 
his father's house heard it, c they went down thither to him 
/2 And every one that xoas d in distress, and every one 
that was e in debt, and every one that was discontented 
gathered themselves unto him ; and he became a f cap- 
tain over them : and there were with him about four hun- 
dred men. 
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he h said unto the king of Moab, * Let my father and my 
mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I 
know what God will do for me. 

4 And he brought them before the king of Moab : and 
they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. 
f 5 % And the prophet k Gad said unto David, Abide not 
in the hold; 'depart, and get thee into the m land of Judah. 
Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. 

6 «ft When Saul heard that David was discovered, and 
the men that ivere with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah 
under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and 
all his servants were standing about him ;)_ 

7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him. 
Hear now, ye Benjamites ; will the n son of Jesse ° give 
every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all 
captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds ; 
^ 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there 
■w none that sheweth me that my son hath made p a league 
with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is 
srorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath 'stir- 
r fn U J?™J servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 
frf 9 T| Then answered r Does? the Edomite. whinh wn= apt 



Doeg the Edomite, which was set l^ap. 28.6. ants of Keilah, 



SAMUEL. He rescueth Keilaii 

over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse 
coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of s Ahitub. 

10 And he ' inquired of the Lord for him, and gave 
him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the 
Philistine. 

11 "Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, 
the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests 
that were in Nob : and they came all of them to the king. 

12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And 
he answered, Here I am, my lord. 
/ 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against 
me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him 
bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, 
that * he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day \ 

14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And 
who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which 
is the king's son-in-law, and > goeth at thy bidding, and is 
honourable in thy house 1 

15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him 1 be it 
far from me. Let not the king impute any thing unto his 
servant, nor to all the house of my father : for thy ser 
vant knew nothing of all this, less or more. 

16 And the king said, Thou shalt "surely die, Ahime- 
lech, thou, and z all thy father's house. 

c 17 11 And the king said unto the 'footmen that stood 
about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord ; a be- 
cause their hand also is with David, and because they 
knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the 
servants of the king b would not put forth their hand to 
fall upon the priests of the Lord. 

« 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon 
the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell 
upon the priests, and slew on that day c fourscore and five 
persons that did wear d a linen ephod. 

s 1 9 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge 
of the sword, e both men and women, children and suck- 
lings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of 
the sword. 

/20 % And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahi- 
tub, named Abiathar, f escaped, and fled after David. 

21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the 
Lord's priests. 

22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day. 
when Doeg the Edomite ivas there, that he would surely 
tell Saul : s I have occasioned the death of all the persons 
of thy father's house. 

23 Abide thou with me, fear not : for he that seeketh 
my life seeketh c thy life: but with me thou shalt be in 
safe-guard. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
David inquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescueth Keilah, 1. Godsheic- 
ing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keiliies, he escap- 
eth from Keilah, 7. In Ziph Jonathan cometh and comfort tth him, 14. 
The Ziphites discover him to Saul, 19. At Maon he. is rescued from 
Saul by the invasion of the Philistines, 25. He dwelleth at En-gccli, 29. 

HEN a they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines 

fight against b Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors. 

/ 2 Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall 

I go and smite these Philistines 1 And the Lord said unto 

David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 

3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid 
here in Judah: d how much more then if we come to> 
Keilah against the armies of the Philistines 1 
d 4 Then David inquired of the Lord e yet again. And 
the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; 
for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand. 
/5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought'with 
the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote 
them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabit- 



k Lev. 24. 8. 
lProv.29.12. 
in Isa. 1. 15. 
Jer. 7. 9. 
Matt. 15. 8. 
Titus 1. 16. 
n Ps. 52, 
title. 
a Heb. 
mightiest 
among, 
Ps. 52. 1. 
o chap. 17. 
50. 

p 1 Kings 
19. 3. 

qGen.20.21. 
Ps. 34, title, 
r ch. 19. 7. 
& 39. 5. 
s Luke 2. 19. 
t Gen. 26. 7. 
Ps. 34. 4. 
Prov.29.25. 
b Or, / ool- 
ish,ot,play- 
eth the fool, 
Prov.29.25. 
a Ps. 34. 1, 
2.&56. 13. 
b Josh. 12. 
15. 

2 Sam. 23. 
13. 

c ch. 16. 3. 
d Ps. 72. 12. 
Matt. 11.28. 
eMt.18.23. 
f Heb. 2. 10. 
gJudg.21.1. 
h Ruth 2. 1. 
& 4. 17. 
ch. 14. 47. 
iGen.47.11. 
Ex.20. 12. 
k 2 Sara. 24. 
11. 

lChr.21.9. 
IPs. 73. 25. 
Phil. 4. 8. 
mDeut.8.2. 
n ch.20. 27. 
o ch. 8. 14. 
p ch. 14. 3. 
q Gen. 4. 14. 
rEzek.22.9. 



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s ch. 14. 3. 
t verso 13. 
Ps. 52. 2, 4. 
Jer. 9.3. 
uEom.3.15. 
x verse 9. 
Ps. 119. 69. 
Pr. 19. 5, 9. 
y ch. 21. 2. 
a Heb. dy- 
ing die, 
Ex. 1.12,13. 
Esth.3.8,9. 
Prov. 28. 15. 
Zeph. 3. 3. 
Matt. 2. 16. 
Acts 12. 1,2. 
v. ch. 2. 30. 
b Heb. 
runners, • 
a verse 13. 
1 Kings 21. 
10, 15. . 
b Ex. 1. 17. 
Acts 4. 19. 
Rom. 13.5. 
c Ps. 52.1,4. 
d Ex.28. 42. 
chap. 2. 23. 
Acts 4. 28. 
e ch. 15. 9. 
fch. 2.32,33. 
lKgs.2.32, 
gPs. 41.22. 
o Heb. 
thy soul. 
a ch. 22. 5. 
b Josh. 15. 
44. 

c Josh. 9. 
14. 

Judg. 1. 1. 
chap. 22. 5. 
verse 6. 
Eara 8. 20, 
21. 

Jer. 10. 23. 
d ver. 23,25, 
e Judg. 6. 



1S4 



Jonathan comforteth David. I. 

6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahi- 
melech f fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with 
an g ephod in his hand. 

/ 7 If And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. 
And Saul said, God hath h delivered him into my hand ; 
for he is i shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates 
and bars. 

8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go 
down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 
/ 9 If And David knew that Saul secretly practised mis- 
chief against him ; and he said to Abiathar the priest, 
Bring hither the ephod. 

10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant 
■ hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, 
to destroy the city k for my sake. 

d 1 1 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand 1 
will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard 1 O Lord 
God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the 
Lord said, ' He will come down. 

D 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah " deliver 
me and my men into the hand of Saul 1 And the Lord 
said, They will deliver thee up. 

/ 13 If Then David and his men, which were about m six 
hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whi- 
thersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that Da- 
vid was escaped from Keilah ; and he forbare to go forth. 

s 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, 
and remained in a n mountain in the wilderness of ° Ziph. 
And Saul sought him p every day, but q God delivered him 
not into his hand. 

15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his 
life : and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 

« 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David 
into the wood, and r strengthened his hand in God. 

c 17 And he said unto him, Fear not : for the hand of 
Saul my father shall not find thee ; and thou shalt be king 
over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee ; and that also 
Saul my father s knoweth. 

18 And they two ' made a covenant before the Lord : 
and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 

g 19 If Then came up the "Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, 
saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong 
y holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on 
the south of y Jeshimon ? 

/ 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all 
the desire of thy soul to come down ; e and our part shall 
be to deliver him into the king's hand. 

21 And Saul said, z Blessed be ye of the Lord ; for ye 
have * compassion on me. 

22 Go, I pray you, b prepare yet, and know, and see 
his place where his d haunt is, and who hath seen him 
there : for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilely. 

23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurk- 
ing-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again 
to me with the certainty, and I will go with you : and it 
shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search 
him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 

s 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul : but 
David and his men were in the wilderness of c Maon, in the 
plain on the south of Jeshimon. 

g 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they 
told David : wherefore he came down into a rock, and 
abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard 
that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 
/26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and 
David and his d men on that side of the mountain 
David made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; for 
and his men compassed David and his men round about 
to take them. 

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SAMUEL. David spareth Saul's life. 

/ 27 ^[ e But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, 
Haste thee, and come ; for the Philistines have invaded 
the land. 

28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, 
and went against the Philistines : therefore they called 
that place Sela-hammah-lekoth. 

29 ^f And David went up f from thence, and dwelt in 
strong holds at g Eri-gedi. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
David in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off Saul's skirt, spareth hislife, 
1 : He sheweth thereby his innocency, 8. Saul acknowledging his fault, 
taketh an oath of David, and departeth, 16. 

ND it came to pass, when Saul was returned a from 
following the Philistines, that it was b told him, say- 
ing, Behold, David is in the wilderness of c En-gedi. 
/ 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all 
Israel, and went d to seek David and his men upon the 
rocks of the wild goats. 

/ 3 And he came to the sheep-cotes by the way, where 
was a cave ; and Saul went in to e cover his feet . and 
David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 

4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold f the 
day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will de- 
liver thine enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to 
him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David "arose, 
and cut off the skirt of Saul's " robe privily. 

5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart 
s smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. 

6 And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I 
should do this thing unto h my master, the Lord's anointed, 
to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the 
anointed of the Lord. 

/ 7 So David £ stayed his servants with these words, and 
suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up 
out of the cave, and went on his way. 

8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave,, 
and cried after Sau' saying, My lord the king. And when 
Saul looked behinu him, David stooped with his face to 
the earth, and bowed himself. 

/ 9 "ff And David said to Saul, Wherefore k hearest thou 
men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt 1 

10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the 
Lord hath delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave : 
and some bade me kill thee ; but mine eye spared thee ; 
and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord ,- 
for he is the Lord's anointed. 

-Ell Moreover, ' my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy 
robe in my hand : for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, 
and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is 
neither m evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have 
not sinned against thee ; yet thou u huntest my soul to 
take it. 

12 The "Lord judge between me and thee, and the 
Lord p avenge me of thee : but my hand shall not be 
q upon thee. 

13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, r Wickcdn<\^ 
proceedcth from the wicked : but 8 my hand shall not be 
upon thee. 

14 After whom is ' the king of Israel come out 1 after 
whom dost thou pursue 1 ? after " a dead dog, after a flea ? 

15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between 
me and thee, and x see, and >' plead my cause, and deliver 
me out of thy hand. 

/ 16 ^f And it came to pass when David had made an 
end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, l Is 
this thy voice, a my son David 1 And Saul lifted up his 
voice, and wept. 

17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous? 
than I : for thou hast b rewarded me good, whereas I 
have rewarded thee evil. 

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fch.22.20, 
gEx.28. 30, 
40, 41. 
Num. 27.21. 
h Ex. 15. 9. 
Ex. 14. a 
oHeb. 
hearing 
hath heard. 
k ch. 22. 19. 
Esth. 3. 6. 
Ps. 44. 22. 
Pro. 28. 15. 
John 9. 22. 
Acts 5. 41. 

1 verse 14. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
6Heb. 
shut up, 
lChr.14.10. 
m ch. 22. 2. 
n Josh. 15. 
21. 

Ps. 11. 1. 
Obadiah 3. 
o Josh. 15. 
55. 

Ps. 54, title, 
p ch. 27. 4. 

Ps.23.1,2. 

rov.21.30. 
Rom. 8.31. 
r verse 17. 
s Acts 5.39. 
t ch. 18. 3. 
u ch. 22. 7. 

2 Chr. 6. 42, 
Ps. 54. 3, 4. 
x Ps. 18. 2. 
y ch. 2C. 1. 
c Heb. and 
it becometh 
us, 

Micah 3. 1. 
Rom. 13. 1. 
z Micah 3. 
11. 

a ch. 22. 8. 
b Ps. 14. 5. 
d Heb.foot, 
Job. 5. 13. 
Isa. 8. 9, 10. 
c Josh. 15. 
55. 

<1 1 Chr. 20. 
12. 
2 Cor. 1. 8. 



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o Geo. 22. 
14. 

Deut. 23. 4. 
Luke 4. 29. 
Rev. 12. 16. 
f verse 25. 
g Gen. 14. 7. 
2 Chr. 20.3. 
a ch. 23.27 
1) Ezck. 22. 



Hosea 7. 3. 
c ch. 23. 29. 
d Ps. 38. 12. 
c Gen. 49.10, 
Judg. 3.24. 
f Isa. 28. 16. 
a Or, man- 
tle hand- 
somely. 
g 2 Sam. 12, 
9. & 24. 10. 
h ch. 26. 10. 
Matt. 5. 44. 
Rom. 12. 17. 
i ch. 25. 33. 
k ch. 22. 9. 
Prov. 16.28. 
1 Cor. 13. 4. 

1 Prov. 15.]. 
m Ps. 36. 7 
Prov. 1.11. 
John 14. 25, 
n Gen. 10.9. 
ch. 26. 20. 
Judg. 11. 
27. 

Ps.35. 1. 
pPs. 94. 1. 

Rom. 12. 19. 
Rov. 6. 10. 
qLov.I9.16, 
r Ex. 21. 13. 
Prov. 5. 22. 
a Job 5. 8. 
Rom. 12.19. 
t Prov. 81. 4 
D ch. 26. 20. 

2 Bam. !). «. 

andllj 801 "- 24 
Saul !?«'»• 43. i. 

IMicah 7.9, 
zProv.lll.I. 

a rh. 20. 21. 
U Mutt. 5.41 



NabaPs churlishness. 



SamuePs death. 

18 And thou hast shewed tliis day how that thou hast 
dealt well with me ; forasmuch as when the Lord had 
delivered me into thy hand, thou killedst me not. 
c 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well 
away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good, for that 
thou hast done unto me c this day 

d I know well that thou shalt 
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I. SAMUEL. 



20 And now, behold, 
surely be king, and that 
established in thy hand. 

21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that 
thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt 
not destroy my name out of my father's house. 

/ 22 And David e sware unto Saul. And Saul went home ; 

but David and his men f gat them up unto the hold. 
CHAPTER XXV. 

Samuel dieth, 1. David in Paran sendeth to JYabal, 2. Provoked by 
Nabal's churlishness, he mindeth to destroy him, 10. Abigail under- 
standing thereof, 14, taketh a present, 18, and by her ivisdom, 23, paci- 
fieth David, 32. Nabal hearing thereof, dieth, 36. David taketh Abi 
gail and Ahinoam to be his wives, 39. Michal is given to Phalti, 44. 

g t ND Samuel a died: and all the Israelites were 



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thered together, and b lamented him, and buried him 
in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went 
down to the wilderness of c Paran. 
s 2 And there was a man in d Maon, whose e possessions 
were in Carmel ; and the man was f very great, and he 
had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats : and he 
was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 
/3 Now the name of the man was Nabal ; and the name 
of his wife Abigail : and she was a woman of good under- 
standing, and of a beautiful countenance : but the man 
tvas churlish and evil in his doings ; and he was of the 
house of Caleb. 

/4 t And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did 
3 shear his sheep. 

5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said 
unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to 
Nabal, and greet him in my name : 

6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, 
Peace be both to thee, and peace be to h thy house, and 
peace be unto all that thou hast. 

g 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers : now 
thy shepherds which were with us, we J hurt them not, 
neither was there k aught missing unto them, all the while 
they were in Carmel. 

/ 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Where- 
fore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we 
come in ? a good day : give, I pray thee, whatsoever 
cometh to thy hand unto thy servants, and to thy son 
David. 

9 And when David's young men came, they spake to 
Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, 
and ceased. 

/10 If And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, 
m Who is David 1 and who is the son of Jesse 1 there be 
many servants now-a-days that break away every man 
n from his master. 

1 1 Shall I then take ° my bread, and my p water, and 
my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and q give it 
unto men, whom I know not whence they be ? 

12 r So David's young men turned their way, and went 
again, and came and told him all those sayings. 

13 And David said unto his men, s Gird ye on every 
man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; 
and David also girded on his sword : and there went up 
after David about four hundred men ; and two hundred 
abode by the stuff. 

/14 % But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's 
wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the 
wilderness to salute our master ; and he railed on them. 



cP9.118.24. 
d ch. 23. 17. 
e 2 Sam. 21. 
fi,9. 

fMat.10.16. 
a ch. 28. 3. 
bGen.50.11. 
Prov. 10.7. 
Jer. 22. 18. 
c Gen. 14. 6. 
d Josh. 15. 
55. 

cPs. 17.14. 
& 73. 3, 4. 
f Mark 5. 
45. 

g Gen. 38. 
18. 

li Luke 10. 
5. 

i 1 Pet. 3.8. 
kver. 15,21. 
Rom. 12.17. 
Philip. 4. 8. 
1 Dt. 12. 12. 
& 14. 26. 
Nell. 8. 10. 
Esth. 9. 19. 
m Ex. 5. 2. 
Ps. 73. 7, 8. 
& 123. 3. 
n ch. 22. 2. 
o Dt. 8. 17. 
Job 31. 27. 
p Gen. 21. 
25.&.26.16. 
q Eccl. 11. 
1,2. 

Gal. 6. 10. 
r Mat. 7. 6. 
s Josh.9.14. 
ch. 23. 10. 
& 24. 6. 



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tver.7, 11. 
Mat. 6. 16. 
Phil. 2. 15. 
Col. 4. 5. 
u Job 1. 10. 
x Dt. 13. 13. 
Judg. 19. 
22. 

y Job 31.13. 
z Mat. 5. 25. 
a Prov. 18. 
16.&21.14. 
Luke 8. 1. 
b Prov. 14. 
16. & 18. 2. 
c Job 30. 8. 
d Ps. 109. 3. 
Prov. 17.13. 
e Ruth 1. 
17. 

ch.2. 16. 
f2 Sam. 
16.6. 

1 Kings 14, 
10. & 21. 21. 

2 Kgs. 9. 8. 
Eccl. 5. 2. 
Jer. 5. 2. 
g Josh. 15. 
18. 

2 Kgs. 4.27. 
a That is, 
Ji fool, 
Rom. 2. 22. 
h 2 Kings 
2.2. 

b Heb. with 
bloods, 
Gen. 4. 10. 
verse 33. 
i Rom. 12. 
19. 

k verse 25. 
Ps. 83. 13. 
& 132. 8. 
lGen.32.11. 
2 Kgs. 5. 15. 
c Heb. go 
at my 
lord's 
feet, 

Judg. 4. 10. 
m ch. 15.28. 
2 Sam. 7.16. 
n ch. 18. 17. 
o ch. 24. 17. 
p ch. 2. 9. 
Ps. 116. 15. 
Mat. 10.30. 
q Jer. 10.18. 
d Heb. no 
stumbling, 
Prov. 5. 12. 
Mat. 27. 4. 
Rom. 14.21. 
2Cor. 1. 12. 
r 2 Sam. 12. 
13. & 24. 13 
Ps. 141. 5. 



Abigail's wisdom in pacifying David 

15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were 
1 not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were 
conversant with them, when we were in the fields : 

16 They were u a wall unto us both by night and day, 
all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 

17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt 
do : for evil is determined against our master, and against 
all his household : for he is such a son of x Belial, that a 
man y cannot speak to him. 

/ 18 1 Then Abigail z made haste, and took two hun- 
dred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready 
dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hun- 
dred a clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, 
and laid them on asses. 

19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; 
behold, I come after you. But she b told not her husband 
Nabal. 

20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she 
came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David 
and his men came down against her ; and she met them. 

21 (Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept aH 
that c this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing 
was missed of all that pertained unto him : and he hath 
d requited me evil for good. 

« 22 e So and more also do God unto the enemies of 
David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning 
light any that f pisseth against the wall.) 

23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and light- 
ed off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bow- 
ed herself to the ground, 

24 And s fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, 
upon me let this iniquity be : and let thy handmaid, I pray 
thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy 
handmaid, 

c 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of 
Belial, even Nabal : for as his name is, so is he ; 'Nabal is 
his name, and folly is with him : but I thy handmaid saw 
not the young men of my lord, whom thou dids't send. 

26 Now therefore, my lord, as the h Lord liveth, and 
as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee 
from coming " to shed blood, and from * avenging thyself 
wkh thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they 
that seek evil to my lord, be as k Nabal. 

27 And now this ' blessing which thy handmaid hath 
brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young 
men that c follow my lord. 

k 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy handmaid : 
for the Lord will certainly make my lord m a sure house ; 
because my lord fighteth the n battles of the Lord, and 
evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. 

s 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy 
soul : but the soul of my lord shall be p bound in the bun- 
dle of life with the Lord thy God ; and the souls of thine 
enemies, them shall he q sling out, as out of the middle 
of a sling. 

30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have 
done to my lord according to all the good that he hath 
spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee 
ruler over Israel ; 

31 That this shall be "no grief unto thee, nor offence 
of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood 
causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but 
when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then 
remember thy handmaid. 

/32 *|[ And David r said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord 
God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me : 

33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, 
which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, 
land from avenging myself with mine own hand. 

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23 

Luke 16. 19. 
t verse 11. 
Eccl. 2. 2. 
Rom. 13. 13, 
u Matt. 7. 6. 
x verses 10. 
11,21,34. 
yDt. 28. 28. 
Job 15. 21. 
z Fs. 58. 10. 
Prov. 24.18. 
a 1 Kings 2. 
44. 

Esth. 7. 10. 
Ps. 52. 7. 
James 2. 13. 
b Pr. 31. 10. 
c Kuth2.10. 
Prov. 15.33. 
e Heb. at 
her feet. 
d Josh. 15. 
56. 

e 2 Sam. 3. 
14, 15. 
f Isa.10. 30. 
a Josh. 15. 
55. 

bch. 23.21. 
Rom. 3. 15. 
c Ps. 140. 9, 
d ch. 24. 17, 
Ps. 15. 4. 
e Ps. 112. 5. 
Matt. 10.16. 
fch. 14.50. 
& 17. 55. 
a Or, midst 
of the car- 
riage, 
ch. 17. 20. 
_ Job 3. 1. 
h Gen. 10. 
16. & 15.20. 
i 2 Chr. 2. 
16. 
k Judg.7.11. 

1 1 Thess.5. 
2,3. 
4 Heb. 
shut up, 

2 Sam.24.4. 



Saul cometh against David. 

34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth,; %$$$ 
which hath kepfme back from hurting thee, except thous2Sam.ia 
hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not 
been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that piss- 
eth against the wall. 

/35 So David received of her hand that which she had 
brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thy 
house ; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have ac 
cepted thy person. 

c 36 % And Abigail came to Nabal ; and behold, he held 
' a feast in his house, like the feast of a king ; and Na- 
bal's heart was merry within him, for he ivas very l drunk 
en : wherefore she told him u nothing, less or more, until 
the morning light. 

/ 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was 
gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told x him these things, 
that his heart y died within him, and he became as a stone. 

38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the 
Lord smote Nabal, that he died. 

/39 % And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he 
said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath z pleaded the cause 
of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept 
his servant from evil : for the Lord hath returned the 
wickedness of Nabal a upon his own head. And David sent 
and communed with Abigail, b to take her to him to wife. 

40 And when the servants of David were come to Abi- 
gail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent 
us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 
« 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the 
earth, and said, Behold, let thy handmaid be a servant c to 
wash the feet of the servants of my lord. 

42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, 
with five damsels of hers that went ' after her ; and she 
went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. 

43 David also took Ahinoam of d Jezreel ; and they 
were also both of them his wives. 

g 44 ^[ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's 
wife, to c Phalti the son of Laish, which was of f Gallim. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, cometh to Hachilah against David, 
1. David coming into the trench, stayelh Jlbishaifrom killing Saul, 
but taketh his spear and cruse, 5. David reproveth Jlbner, 13, and 
exhorteth Saul, 18. Saul acknowledged his sin, 21. 

/ A ND the a Ziphites b came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 
_A_ Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, 
which is before Jeshimon 1 

f 2 Then c Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness 
of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with 
him, d to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 
e 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is 
before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the 
wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the 
wilderness. 

4 David therefore sent out e spies, and understood that 
Saul was come in very deed. 

f 5 % And David arose and came to the place where Saul 
had pitched : and David beheld the place where Saul lay, 
and r Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host. And 
Saul lay in the a trench, and the people pitched round 
about him. 

G Then s answered David and said to Ahimelech the 
" Hittite, and to Abishai the son of ' Zeruiah, brother to 
Joab, saying, u Who will go down with me to Saul to the 
camp ? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 
/ 7 So David and Abishai came to the people ' by night : 
and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his 
spear stuck in the ground at his bolster : but Abner and 
the people lay round about him. 

8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath * delivered thine 
memy into thy hand this day : now therefore let me smite 



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Saul acknowledged his sin, 

him, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth at once, 
and I will not smite him the second time. 

c 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not : for who 
can stretch forth his hand against the m Lord's anointed, 
and be guiltless ? 

r 10 David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, " the 
Lord shall smite him ; or ° his day shall come to die ; or 
he shall descend into p battle, and perish. 

1 1 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth my hand 
against the Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou 
now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of wa- 
ter, and let us go. 

t 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from 
Saul's bolster ; and they gat them away, and no man saw 
it, nor knew it, neither awaked : for they were all asleep; 
because q a deep sleep from the Lord was lallen upon them. 

/ 13 "If Then David went over to the other side andstood on 
the top of a hill afar off; a great space being between them : 

14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son 
of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner ? Then Abner 
answered and said, "Who art thou that criest to the king 1 

15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant 
man? and who is like to thee in Israel 1 wherefore then 
hast thou not kept thy lord the king 1 "for there came one 
of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 

16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the 
Lord liveth, ye are "worthy to die, because ye have not 
kept your master the Lord's anointed. And now see 
where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was 
at his bolster. 

17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy 
voice, my son David 1 and David said, It is my voice, my 
lord, O king. 

18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue 
after his servant ? for r what have I done ? or what evil is 
in my hand 1 

c 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear 
the words of his servant. 6 If the Lord have stirred thee 
up against me, let him e accept an offering : but if they be 
the children of men, ' cursed be they before the Lord ; 
for they have driven me out this day from -'"abiding in the 
inheritance of the Lord, saying, u Go, serve other gods. 

20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth 
before the face of the Lord : for the king of Israel is come 
out to seek a x flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in 
the mountains. 

/ 21 % Then said Saul, y I have sinned : return, my son 
David: for I will z no more do thee harm, because my soul 
was precious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played 
the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 

22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear I 
and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 

23 The Lord a render to every man his righteousness 
and his faithfulness : for the Lord delivered thee into my 
hand to-day, but I would not stretch forth my hand against 
the Lord's anointed. 

24 And behold, as thy life was much set by this day in 
mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of 
the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 

25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son 
David : thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt 
still prevail. So David b went on his way, and Saul re- 
turned to his place. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
Saul hearing David to be in Gath, seeketh no more for him, I. David 
beggelh Yjiklag of Achish, 5 : He, invading other countries, persuadeth 
Achish that he fought against Judah, 8. 

/ A ND David "said in his heart, I shall now perish one day 
.ZjL by the hand of Saul ; there is nothing better for me 



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tines; and Saul snail despair of me, to seek me any more 

in any coas of Israel : so shall I escape out of his hand. !bch. 21.10. 

g2 And David arose, and he "passed over with the sixj^go 1 ^ 

hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of |^||} 

Maoch, king of c Gath. 

fS And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his 

men, every man with his household, even David with his 

two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the 

Carmelitess, d Nabal's wife. 

4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath : and 
he sought e no more again for him. 

/ 5 ^[ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found 
grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some 
town in the f country, that I may dwell there : for why 
should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee ? 
g 6 Then Achish gave him g Ziklag that day : wherefore 
Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 
/ 7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the 
Philistines was " a full year and four months. 

g 8 ^| And David and his men went up, and invaded the 
h Geshurites, and the l Gezrites, and the k Amalekites: for 
those nations were of old the ' inhabitants of the land, as 
thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 

9 And David smote the land, and m left neither man nor 
woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and 
the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, 
and came to Achish. 

u 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to- 
day ? and David said, Against the n south of Judah, and 
against the south of the ° Jerahmeelites, and against the 
south of the Kenites. 

1 1 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to 
bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, 
saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the 
while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 

12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made 
his people Israel 6 utterly to abhor him ; therefore he shall 
foe my servant for ever. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

.Achish putteth confidence in David, 1. Saul having destroyed the witches, 
3, and now in his fear forsaken of God, 4, seeketh to a witch, 7. The 
witch encouraged by Saul, raiseth up Sarmiel, 9. Saul hearing his ruin, 
Jainteth, 15. Tlie woman with his servants refresh him ivith meat, 21. 

ft ND it earne to pass in those days, that the Philistines 
r& a gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight 

with Israel. And Achish said unto David, "Know thou 

assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou 

and thy men. 

2 And David said to Achish, Surely b thou shalt know 

what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, 

Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever. 
/ -3 •[[ Now Samuel was c dead, and all Israel had lamented 

him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. 

And Saul had put away those that had d familiar spirits, and 

the wizards, out of the land. 
e 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, 

and came and pitched e in Shunem : and Saul gathered 

all Israel together, and they pitched in f Gilboa. 

5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he 
was s afraid, ^.nd his heart greatly trembled. 

6 And when Saul h inquired of the Lord, the Lord 
- answered him not, neither by k dreams, nor by ' Urim, 
nor by m prophets. 

/ 7 *ff Then said Saul unto his servants, n Seek me a wo 
man that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and 
inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there 
is a woman that hath a familiar spirit ° at En-dor. 

8 And Saul p disguised himself, and put on other rai- 
ment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came 
to the woman by night : and he said, I pray thee, divine 



Ps. 120.5. 
2Cor.fi. 17. 
g Josh. 15. 
31. 

1 Chr.12.20. 
a Heb. 
was days, 
Lev. 25. 29. 

2 Sam. 1. 1, 
2. & 2. 1. 
h Josh.12.5. 

Josh. 16. 3. 
k ch. 15. 3. 

1 Gen. 16. 7. 
Ex. 17. 14. 
Deut. 7. 2. 
chap. 15. 7. 
m ch. 26.25. 
Ps. 101. 1. 
nActs23.G. 

1 Chron. 
29.25. 
b Heb. 
making 
stinking, 
made 
stinking. 
aDt.28. 25. 
a Heb. 
Knoioing 
thou shalt 
know. 
b ch. 27. 10. 
c ch. 25. 1. 
dLev.19.31. 
e Josh. 19. 
18. 

2 Kgs. 4. 8. 
f ch 31. 1. 
2 Sam. 1.21. 

Job 15.21. 
Isa. 57. 20. 
h Judg.1.1. 
chap. 23. 6. 

1 Chr.10.14. 
i Prov. 1.28. 
kNiim.12.6. 
1 Ex. 28. 29. 
chap. 23. 7. 
m Nu. 12. 5. 
Lam. 2. 9. 
nDt. 18. 11, 
Josh. 17. 
11. 

Ps. 83. 10. 
Ezek. 13.22, 
p 1 Kings 
22. 30. ' 



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q Isa. 8. 19. 
r Ex. 20. 7. 
s Isa. 57. 2. 
2 Cor.ll.M. 
t Ex. 32. 4. 
u ch. 15. 27. 
2 Kings 2. 
8,13. 

x Ezek. 14. 
4. 

2 Thess. 2. 
10, 11. 
y Isa. 57. 2. 
z Prov.5.11. 
Isa. 3. 11. 
a 2 Cor. 11. 
14. 

b ch. 24. 20. 
Prov. 16. 4. 
Rom. 11. 36. 
c ch. 15. 28. 
John 8. 44. 
d ch. 15. 3. 
b Heb. hast 
not done the 
heat of his 
wrath, 
lKgs.20.42. 
Jer. 48. 10. 
e Ex. 13. 14. 
Malt. 6. 33. 
c Heb. 
made haste 
end fell 
with the 
fulness 
of his 
stature, 
ch. 25. 37. 
f Matt.6.11. 
gJudg.12.3. 
verse 9. 
h Job 20. 5. 
Ps. 50. 21. 
a Josh. 19. 
18. 

chap. 28. 5. 
not that, 
Josh. 15.53. 
not that, 
Josh. 19. 30. 



The witch raiseth Samuet. 

unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him 9 up whom 
I shall name unto thee. 

/ 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest 
what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have 
familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land; wherefore 
then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 

10 And Saul r sware to her by the Lord, saying, As 
the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee 
for this thing. 

1 1 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto 
thee 1 And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 

D 12 And when the woman s saw Samuel, she cried with 
a loud voice : and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why 
hast thou deceived me ? for thou art Saul. 
™ 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid : for what 
sawest thou ? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw ' gods 
ascending out of the earth. 

-0 14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she 
said, An old man cometh up ; and he is covered with a 
u mantle. And Saul x perceived that it was Samuel, and 
he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 
/15 <fl And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou y disqui- 
eted me, to bring me up ? and Saul answered, I am 2 sore 
distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and 
God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, 
neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called 
thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 

16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of 
me, a seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is be- 
come thine enemy ? 

r 17 And the Lord hath done b to him, as he spake °by 
me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, 
and given it to thy neighbour, even to David : 

18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord. 
d nor * executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, there- 
fore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. 
f 19 Moreover, the Lord will also deliver Israel with 
thee into the hand of the Philistines : and e to-morrow 
shalt thou and thy sons be with me : the Lord also shall 
deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. 

20 Then Saul c fell straightway all along on the earth, 
and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel : and 
there was no strength in him ; for he had eaten no f bread 
all the day, nor all the night. 

/21 % And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he 
was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thy hand- 
maid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have s put my life in 
my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou 
spakest unto me. 

22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto 
the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of 
bread before thee ; and eat, that thou mayest have strength 
when thou goest on thy way. 

23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his 
servants, together with the woman, compelled him ; and 
he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the 
earth, and sat upon the bed. 

/24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house ; and she 
hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and 
did bake unleavened bread thereof : 

25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his ser- 
vants ; and they did eat. Then they arose up, and went 
away that h night. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

David, marching with the Philistines, 1, is disattoived by their princes, 3. 

Jlchish dismisseth him with commendations of his fidelity, 6. 

OW the Philistines gathered together all their ar- 
mies to a Aphek : and the Israelites pitched by a 
fountain which as in Jezreel. 
2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hun- 

IfiS 



David pursueth the Amalekites, overcometh I. Si 

dreds, and by thousands : but David and his men passed 
on in the rere-ward b with Achish. 

/• 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do 
these Hebrews here ? And Achish said unto the princes of 
the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the 
king of Israel, which hath been with me c these days, or 
these years, and I have found d no fault in him since he 
fell unto me unto this day 1 

4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with 
him ; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, 
Make e this fellow return, that he may go again to his 
place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go 
down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be f an adversa- 
ry to us : for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto 
his master 1 should it not be with the heads of these men 1 

5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another 
in dances, saying, e Saul slew his thousands, and David his 
ten thousands 1 

f 6 % Then Achish called David, and said unto him, 
Surely, as " the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and 
thy h going out and thy coming in with me in the host is 
good in my sight : for I have not found evil in thee since 
the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : neverthe- 
less the lords favour thee not. 

7 Wiierefore now return, and go in peace, that thou 
b displease not the lords of the Philistines. 
/ 8 ^[ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done 1 
and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I 
have been 'with thee unto this day, that I may not go to 
light against the enemies of my lord the king? 

9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know 
that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God : not- 
withstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, He 
shall not go up with us to the battle. 

10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy 
master's servants that are come with thee : and as soon 
as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 

e 1 1 So David and his men rose up ea.ly l to depart in 
the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. 
And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. 

CHAPTER XXX. 
The Amalekites spoil Ziklag, 1. David asking counsel, is encouraged 
by God to pursue them, 7. By the means of a revived Egyptian, he is 
brought to the enemies, and recovercth alt the spoil, 11. David's law 
to divide the spoil equally between them that fight, and them that keep 
the stuff", 22 : He sendeth presents to his friends, 26. 

s A ND it came to pass, when David and his men were 

_oL come to Ziklag on the a third day, that the b Amalek 

ites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and c smitten 

Ziklag, and burnt it with fire ; 

/ 2 And had taken the women captives that were there 

in ; they d slew not any, either great or small, but car 

tied them away, and went on their way. 

/ 3 "H So David and his men came to the city, and behold 

'it was e burnt with fire ; and their wives, and their sons, 

and their daughters, were taken captives. 

4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up 
their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 

5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahino- 
am the Jezreelitcss, and Abigail the f wife of Nabal the 
Carmelite. 

c G And David was greatly distressed : for the people 
spake of g stoning him, because the soul of all the people 
was grieved, every man for his sons, and for his daugh- 
ters : but David h encouraged himself in the Loud his God. 

<t 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's 
son, I pray thee bring me hither the ' ephod. And Abi- 
athar brought thither the ephod to David. 

- H And David k inquired at the Loan, saying, Shall I 

ptirsue after this troop 1 shall I ' overtake them '/ And he 

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b ch. 528. 3. 
c ch. 27. 7. 
d Dan.6.4,5. 
Rom. 12. 17. 
Phil. 3. 15. 
Col. 4. 5. 
1 Pet. 2. 15. 
e IChr. 12. 
19. 

fch. 14. 21. 
Job 1. 6. 

ch. 18. 7. 
&21. 11. 
a Heb. 
Jehovah, 
chap. 5. 2. 
hNu. 27.17. 
b Heb. do 
not evil in 
the eyes of 
the lords. 
cHeb. 
before thy 
face. 

i Gen.22.14. 
1 Chron. 12. 

19, 20. 

1 Cor. 10.13. 
a ch. 29. 11. 

2 Sam. 1. 2. 
bch. 15.7. 
& 27. 8. 
Ezek. 25.15. 
c Ezek. 33. 
21. 

d Isa. 10. 5. 
& 27. 8. 
Hab. 3. 2. 
e Pa. 34. 19. 
&42. 7. 
fch. 27.3. 
g Ex. 17. 4. 
chap. 27. 1. 

Po 30. O. & 

62.8. 

John 8.59. 
h 2 Chron. 

20. 17. 
Pa. 56. 3. 
Hab. 3. 17, 
18. 

Horn. 4. 20. 
i ch.23.9,11. 
k ch. 28. 6. 
Ps. 50. 15. 
IPs. 22. 4, 



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mPs. 111.2. 
n Judg. 15. 
15. 

ch. 14. 17. 
Isa. 40. 29. 
a Heb. this 
is the 
third day. 

verse 16. 
Ezek. 25.16 
Zeph. 2. 5. 
p Josh. 14. 
13. & 15. 13. 
n Luke 12. 
19, 20. & 
21. 34, 35. 

1 Thess.5.3 
r Job 20. 5. 
Dan. 5. 6. 
Acts 12. 22 
23. 

s verse 26. 
Isa. 53. 12. 
Rev. 19. 17, 
18. 

t verse 9. 10, 
b Heb. 
every wick- 
ed Belial 
among the 
men that 
went, 

Dent. 13. 13. 
Judg. 19.22, 

1 Kings 21. 
10. 
Prov. 19.28. 

2 Cor. C. 15. 
2 Tim. 3. 2. 
nGen. 19.7. 
Judg. 19.2.1. 
x Ps. 44. 23, 
& 115. 1. 
y Nu.31.27. 
Josh. 02. 8. 
/. lClir.12.1. 
P». 35. 27. 
c Heb. 
blotrinjr, 
Qen.33. 11. 
ach. 6.21. 
b Josh. 15. 

4a 



them, and divideth the spoil, 

for thou shalt surely overtake 
them, and without fail recover all. 

/9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were 
with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that 
were left behind stayed. 

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men : for 
two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they 
could not go over the brook Besor. 

,/H If And they m found an Egyptian in the field, and 
brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; 
and they made him drink water ; 

12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and 
two clusters of raisins : and when he had eaten, his spirii 
a came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor 
drunk any water, three days and three nights. 

13 And David said unto him, To whom belongesl thoi % 
and whence art thou ] And he said, I am a young man «sf 
Egypt, servant to an Amalekite ; and my master left m«> 
because " three days agone I fell sick. 

s 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the ° Chere- 
thites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and 
upon the p south of Caleb ; and we burnt Ziklag with fire. 
/ 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to 
this company 1 And he said, Swear unto me by God, that 
thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands 
of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 
j-lG If And when he had brought him down, behold, 
they were spread abroad upon all the earth, q eating and 
drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that 
they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out 
of the land of Judah. 

17 And David smote them from the r twilight even 
unto the evening of the next day : and there escaped not 
a man of them, save four hundred young men, which 
rode upon camels, and fled. 

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had 
carried away : and David rescued his two wives. 

a 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small 
nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any 
thing that they had taken to them : David recovered all. 
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which 
they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is 
5 David's spoil. 

f2l% And David came to the 'two hundred men, which 
were so faint that they could not follow David, whom 
they had made also to abide at the brook Besor : and 
they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people 
that were with him : and when David came near to the 
people, he saluted them. 

c 22 Then answered * all the wicked men, and men of 
Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they 
went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil 
that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and 
his children, that they may lead them away, and depart, 
e 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, u my brethren, 
with that which " the Lord hath given us, who hath pre- 
served us, and delivered the company that came against 
us into our hand. 

24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter ? but 
as his part is that goeth down to the battle, y so shall his 
part be that tarrieth by the stuff": they shall part alike. 

25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made 
it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 

/ 26 If And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the 
spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his ' friends, saying, 
Behold a "present for you, of the spoil of the enemies of 
the Lord ; 

g 27 To them which were in a Beth-cl, and to them which 
were in b south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, 

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Saul and his ions are slain. II, 

s 28 And to them which were in c Aroer, and to them which 
were in d Siphrnoth, and to them which were in e Eshtemoa,!c~Bt73. 12. 
s 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which jell's 10 
were in the cities of the f Jerahmeelites, and to them wliich 1 ^ ^ 10 
ivere in the cities of the g Kenites, 

s 30 Andto/AerawWchtperein h Hormah,ariatoMerawhich 
were in J Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 
g- 31 And to them which were in k Hebron, and to all 
the places where David himself and his men were wontto 
haunt. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
Saul, having lost his army, and his sons slain, he and his armour-bearer 
kill themselves, 1. The' Philistines possess the forsaken totvns of the 
Israelites, 7. They triumph over the dead carcasses, 8. They of Ja- 
besh-gilead, recovering the bodies by night, burn them at Jabesh, and 
mournfully bury their bones, 11. 

»\TO w tne a Philistines fought against Israel : and the 
J^i men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and 
fell down ■ slain in mount Gilboa. 

/ 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon 
his sons ; and the Philistines slew b Jonathan, and c Abina- 
dab and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. 

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers 
d hit him ; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 
/4 Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer, Draw thy 
sword, and e thrust me through therewith ; lest these un- 
circumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. 



SAMUEL. David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan \ 

But his armour-bearer would not : for he was sore afraid. 
Therefore Saul took a sword, and f fell upon it. 

5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, 
he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 

6 So Saul died, and s his three sons, and his armour- 
bearer, and n all his men, that same day together. 
/ 7 ^f And when the men of Israel that were on the other 
side of the valley, and they that were on the other side 
Jordan saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and 
his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled ; and 
the Philistines came £ and dwelt in them. 

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philis- 
tines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his 
three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 

9 And they k cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, 
and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to pub- 
lish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 

s 10 And they put his armour in the house of 'Ashtaroth: 
and they fastened his body to the "wall of n Beth-shan. 

s 11 % And when the inhabitants of ° Jabesh-gilead heard 
of that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 
/ 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took 
the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons from the wall 
of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and p burnt them there. 
13 And they took their bones, and q buried them under 
a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 



Judg.1.16. 
h 3 Chron. 
14. 40. 
i Josh. 19. 
17. 

k Josh. 14. 
13. 

a ch. 29. 1L 
aHeb. 
thrust 
through. 
bEccn9.1,2. 
c ch. 14. 49. 
d Amos 2. 
14. 
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f verse 5. 
g 2 Kings 
23.29. 
Ps. 73. 4. 
Job 21. 11. 
h 1 Chr. 10. 



i ch. 27. 6. 

kch.17. 46. 

1 Judg. 2.13. 

m 2 Sam. 

21.12. 

n Josh. 17. 

11. 

o ch. 11. 1. 

p verse 13. 

q 2 Sam.2.4; 



11 THE SECOJVD BOOK OF SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE CALLED, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAPTER I. 

The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the overthrow, and accused him- 
self of Saul's death, is slain, 1. David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan 
with a song, 17. 

/]^TOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, when 
'l^i David was returned from a the slaughter of the Ama- 
lekites, and David had abode two days in b Ziklag ; 

2 It came even to pass on the third day, that behold, a 
man came out of the camp from Saul with his c clothes 
rent, and d earth upon his head : and so it was, when he 
came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 

3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou ? 
And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 
/ 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter 1 I 
pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are 
fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen 
and dead ; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 

5 And David said unto the young man that told him, 
e How kno west thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead 1 

6 And the young man that told him said, a As I hap- 
pened by chance upon mount ' Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned 
upon his spear ; and lo, the chariots and horsemen " fol- 
lowed hard after him. 

7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and 
called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. 

8 And he said unto me, Who art thou 1 And I answered 
him, I am s an Amalekite. 

9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me 
and slay me : for anguish is come upon me, because my 
life is yet whole in me. 

e 10 Solstoodupon him, and 1 ' slew hiin, because Iwas sure 
that he could not live after that he was fallen : and I took the 
crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was 
on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 

•Ml Then David took hold on his clothes, and * rent them ; 
and likewise all the men that were with him : 

12 And they k mourned and wept, and fasted until even, 
lor Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the 
Lord, and for the house of Israel ; because they were 
fallen by the sword. 



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a 1 Sam.30. 
17. 

Ps. 9. 18. 
b 1 Sam. 27. 
6. 

cGen.37.29. 
d ] Sam. 4. 
12. 

e Pr. 14. 15. 
aHeb. 
Meeting 
I met, 
Ruth 2. 3. 
flSam. 31. 
1. 

ftHeb. 
clave, or, 
stuck close 
to him, 
Ps. 50. 22. 
g verse 2. 
Job 11. 19. 
hJudg.1.7. 
1 Sam. 22. 
18. & 28. 8. 
Matt. 7.2. 
ich.3. 31. 
k Amos 6.6. 
Matt. 5. 44. 



/ 13 % And David said unto the young man that told hirn. 
Whence art thou 1 And he answered, I am the son of a 
stranger, an Amalekite. 

14 And David said unto him, How wast thou ^ot afraid 
to stretch forth thy hand m to destroy n the Lord's anointed? 

15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go 
near, and fall upon him. And he ° smote him that he died. 

16 And David said unto him, p Thy blood be upon thy 
head ; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I 
have slain the Lord's anointed. 

J 17 % And David lamented with q this lamentation over 
Saul, and over Jonathan his son : 

18 (Also he bade them teach the r children of Judah the 
use of 3 the bow : behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 
£ 19 The ' beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : 
how are the mighty fallen ! 

20 Tell it not u in Gath, publish it not in the streets of 
Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest 
the * daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither 
let there be rain upon you, nor c fields of offerings : for there 
the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of 
Saul, as though he had not been y anointed with oil. 

22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the 
mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the 

?G™;49?a! sword of Saul returned not empty. 

23 Saul and Jonathan ivere z lovely and pleasant in then- 
lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were 
swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 
e 24 Ye daughters of Israel, a weep over Saul, who 
b clothed you in scarlet, with other c delights ; who put 
on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 

25 How are the d mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! 
O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thy high places. 

26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very 
pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was 

wonderful, passing the love of women. 



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1 Num.12.8. 

m Judg. 20. 

21. 

n 1 Sam. 10. 

1. 

o Job 5. 2. 

p Lev. 20. 9. 

qGeu.50.1L 



3. 

tDt. 4.7, 8. 
u Judg. 14. 
19. 

x Micah 1. 
10. 

clleb.fidds 
of heat- 
ings, or , 
liftings up, 
Judg. 5. 23. 
y Isa. 21. 5. 
x 1 Sam. 9. 
1. 

a Job 30. 9 
bPs.68. 12. 
c Jer. 2. 32. 
d Lam.5.16. 
e 1 Sam.18. 
1,2. 
f2 Kings 2. 



27 How are the mighty fallen, and the 
war perished ! 

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Ezra 8. 21. 
Ezek. 36.37. 
bGen. 13.18. 
Josh. 21. 10. 
c Luke 22. 
28. 

2 Tim. 2.13. 
dlChr.12.1. 
e Hos. 4. 15. 
f 1 Sam. 31. 
11. 

gG«n.24.31. 
h Matt. 5.7. 
a Heb, sons 
of valour, 
lSam.24.21. 
chap. 3. 34. 
i Ps. 37. 3. 
Isa. 35. 5. 
klSam. 14. 
50. 

chap. 3. 18. 
b That is, 
A man of 
shame, 
Ps. 132. 18. 

I 1 Sam. 24. 
20. 

ch. 3. 9, 10. 

in Josh. 19. 

18. 

n verse 12. 

chap. 3. 1. 

c Heb. num 

ber of days, 

chap. 5.4,5. 

IKgs 1.1. 

o Josh. 18. 

25. 

p 1 Chrun. 

2.16. 

(1 Hos. 9. 9. 

r verses 7, 

17, 26. 

s verse 9. 

Ps.2. 1,2. 

Acts 5. 40. 

I I Ctrr. 11. 
26. 

u Eccl.9.11. 
Amos 2. 14. 
i Eccl.6.10. 



Asahel pursueth Abner. II. 

CHAPTER II. 

David by God's direction, ivith his company, goeth up to Hebron, ichereLiutg. 1. 1. 
he is made king of Judah, 1: He commendeth them of Jabesh-gilead i 1 ^™-^^- 
for their kindness to Saul, 5. Abner maketh Ish-bosheth king of Israel, 
8. A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of JoaVs 
men,\2. Asahel is slain, 18. At Abner 's motion Joab sounaeth a re- 
treat, 25. AsaheVs burial, 32. 

dk ND it came to pass after this, that David a inquired of 
_A_ the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities 
of Judah 1 And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And 
David said, Whither shall I go up 1 And he said, b Unto 
Hebron. 

2 So David went up thither, and his c two wives also, 
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the 
Carmelite. 

g 3 And d his men that were with him did David bring up, 
every man with his household : and they dwelt in the 
cities of Hebron. 

s 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed 
David king over the e house of Judah. And they f told 
David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they 
that buried Saul. 

f 5 *fi And David sent messengers unto the men of Ja- 
besh-gilead, and said unto them, g Blessed be ye of the 
Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, 
even unto Saul, and have buried him. 

6 And now the Lord shew h kindness and truth unto 
you : and I also will requite you this kindness, because 
ye have done this thing. 

7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and 
be ye "valiant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the 
house of Judah have anointed { me king over them. 
/8 f But k Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, 
took b Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over 
to Mahanaim ; 
g 9 And made him ' king over Gilead, and over the Ashur- 

ites, and over m Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Ben- 
jamin, and over all Israel. 

10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when 
he began to reign over Israel, and reigned "two years : but 
the house of Judah followed David. 
#11 And the c time that David was king in Hebron, over 
the house of Judah, was seven years and six months. 
e 12 % And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of 
Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim 
to ° Gibeon. 

/ 13 And p Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of 
David went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon : 
and they sat down, the one on the one side of the H pool, 
and the other on the other side of the pool. 
c 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now 
arise, and r play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 
f 15 Then there arose, and went over by number, twelve 
of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of 
Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 
g 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, 
and thrust his sword in his fellow's side : so they fell down 
together : wherefore that place was called Helcalh-haz- 
zurim, which is in Gibeon. 

/ 17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Ab- 
ner was ' beaten, and the men of Israel, before the ser- 
vants of David. 

/ 18 ^ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, 
and Abishai, and Asahel : and l Asahel was u as light of 
foot as a wild roe. 

19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he 
turned not to the right hand nor to the left " from follow- 
ing Abner. 

20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou 
Asahel ! And he answered. I am. 



SiVMUEL. Abner slayeth Asahel. 

21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right 

hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young 

men, and take thee his "armour. But Asahel would not 

turn aside from following him. 

/ 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside 
from following me : wherefore should I smite thee to the 
ground 1 how then should I hold up my face to Joab 
thy brother 1 

23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside : wherefore Abner 
with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the 
y fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him ; and he fell 
down there, and died in the same place : and it came to 
pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell 
down and died, stood still. 

g 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the 
sun went down when they were come to the hill of Am- 
man, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wilderness 
of Gibeon. 

/ 25 % And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves 
together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on 
the top of a hill. 

26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword 
devour for ever 1 ? knowest thou not that it will be bitter 
ness in the latter end 1 how long shall it be then ere thou 
bid the people return 'from following their brethren ? 
/27 And Joab said, As God liveth, z unless thou hadst 
spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone 
up every one from following his brother. 

28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood 
still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they 
a any more. 

g 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through 
the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all 
^Bith-ron, and they came to Mahanaim. 
/ 30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when 
he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of 
David's servants nineteen men, and Asahel. 
/ 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, 
and of Abner's men, so (hat b three hundred and three- 
score men died. 

s 32 % And they c took up Asahel, and buried him in the 
sepulchre of his father, which ivas in Beth-lehem. And 
Joab and his men went all night, and they came d to He- 
bron at break of day. 

CHAPTER III. 
During the war David still waxeth stronger, 1. Six sons were born (o 
him in Hebron, 2. Abner displeased with Ish-bosheth, 6, rcvolteth to 
David, 12. David requirelh a condition to bring him his wife Michal, 
13. Abner having communed with the Israelites, is feasted by David, 
and dismissed, 17. Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the 
king, and kitleth Abner, 22. David curseth Joab, 2S, and mourneth 
for Abner, 31. 

l^TOW there was a long war between the house of Saul 
{131 and the house of David : but David b waxed stronger 
and stronger, and the house of Saul c waxed weaker and 
weaker. 

f2% And unto David were d sons born in Hebron : and 
his e first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ; 
g 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the f wife of Na- 
bal the Carmelite ; and the third, " Absalom the son of 
Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of eQeshur; 

4 And the fourth, h Adonijah the son of Haggith ; and 
the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital ; 

5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, David's wife. 
These were born to David in Hebron. 
/ 6 If And it came to pass, while there was war between 
the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner 
made ' himself strong for the house of Saul. 

7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was k Rizpah, 
the daughter of Aiah : and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, 
Wherefore hast thou ' gone in unto my father's concubine? 

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dHeb. 
garment, 
Judg.14.19. 
y ch. 3. 27. 
&4.6. & 
20. 10. 
e Heb.from 
after their 
brethren, 
so verso 19. 
Acts 7. 26. 
z verse 14. 
Prov. 17. 14. 
a chap. 3. 1 
/Or, The 
land parti- 
tioned. The 
separated, 
or, divided 
part of the 
[and, 

Song 2. 17. 
bch.a 1. 
1 Kgs.20.11. 
Ps. 28. 5. 
Prov. 10. 9. 
Isa. 5. 12. 
&26. 11. 
c ISam. 18. 
14. 

2Chr. 15. 2. 
Ps. 91.11. 
& 112. 5. 
Ezck. 34.16. 
Eph. 5. 15. 
d ch. 5. 1. 
a Gen. 3. 15. 
Gal. 5. 17. 
Eph. 6. 12. 
b Job 8. 7. 
Prov. 4. 19. 
Dun. 2. 31. 
cEslh.G.13. 
2Thes. 28. 
1 lChr.3.1. 
e Gen. 49. 3. 
fcliap. 2. 2. 
a That is, 
The peace 
of the 
father, 
h. 15.1, 11. 
rDout.3.14. 
Ii 1 Kg!. 1.5. 
i verge 7. 
Phil. 2. 21. 
k ch.21. 10. 
I ch. 16. 21. 



Joab killeth Abner. 

c 8 Then was Abner ffi very wroth for the words of Ish- 
bosheth, and said, Am I n a dog's head, which against Ju- 
dah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy 
father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not de- 
livered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest 
me to-day with a fault concerning this woman? 

9 ° So do God to Abner, and more also, except, p as the 
Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him ; 
g 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, 
and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Ju- 
4ah, q from Dan even to Beer-sheba. 

1 1 And he could not answer Abner a word again, be- 
cause he feared him. 

/ 12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, 
saying, r Wnose is the land 1 saying also, Make thy league 
with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring 
about all Israel unto thee. 

/ 13 *|f And he said, Well; I will make a league with 
thee : but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt 
not 3 see my face, except thou first bring ' Michal, Saul's 
daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 

14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's 
son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused 
to me for a hundred u foreskins of the Philistines. 

15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her hus- 
band, even from x Phaltiel the son of Laish. 

e- 16 And her husband went with her along 'weeping be- 
hind her to y Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, 
return. And he returned. 

/ 17 % And Abner had communication with the elders of 
Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be 
king over you : 

18 Now then do it : for z the Lord hath spoken of Da- 
vid, saying, a By the hand of my servant Daviu I will 
save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines 
and out of the hand of all their enemies. 

19 And Abner also spake in the ears of b Benjamin : 
and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in 
Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed 
good to the whole house of Benjamin. 
/ 20 So Abner c came to David to Hebron, and twenty men 
with him : and David made Abner, and the men that were 
with him, a feast. 

21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and 
will gather d all Israel unto my lord the king, that they 
may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign 
over all that thy heart desireth. And David sent Abner 
away ; and he went in peace. 

/ 22 IT And behold, the servants of David and Joab came 
from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with 
them : but Abner was not with David in Hebron ; for he 
had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 

23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were 
come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to 
the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 

24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast 
thou done 1 behold, Abner came unto thee ; why is it that 
thou hast sent him away, and he is c quite gone 1 

c 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came 
e to deceive thee, and to know thy f going out and thy 
coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 
/ 26 And when Joab was come out from David, s he sent 
messengers after Abner, which brought him again from 
the well of Sirah : but David knew it not. 

27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab 
took him h aside in the gate to speak with him "quietly, 
and smote him there under the J fifth rib that he died, for 
the blood of Asahel his brother. 
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B. Christ 
cir. 1053. 

m Mark 6. 

19. 

2 Tim. 4. 3. 

n Dt, 23. 18. 

lSam.24.15. 

o Ruthl.17. 

p verso 9. 

qJudg.201. 

r Ps. 24. 1. 

s Gen. 43. 3. 

t 1 Sam. 18. 

20, 28. 

& 19.11,12. 

u 1 Sam. 18. 

25,27. 

x 1 Sam. 25. 

44. 

6 Heb. 

going and 

crying, 

Prov. 9. 17. 
& 20. 25. 

y Josh. 21. 

19. 

ch. 19. 16. 

z Ex. 9. 27. 

ch. 2. 8, 9. 

2Kgs.23.17. 

John 12. 42. 

Acta 5. 40. 

Rom. 1. 18. 

a Nu.24.I0. 

Esth. 6. 7. 

Prov. 16. 17. 

b 1 Sam. 10. 

20, 21. 

IChr. 12.29. 

cch.2. 1. 

d verse 9. 

Matt. 3. 5. 

Phil. 2. 21. 

c Hcb. go- 
ins is gone. 

e Judges 

14. 15. 

fNu. 27.17. 

Dcut. 28. 6. 

gl Kgs.21.8. 

h 1 Kings 

2.5. 

tZHeb. 

■peaceably, 

Jer. 41. 6. 

i ch. 2. 23. 



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kGen.33.53. 
Job 31. 2, 4. 
cHeb. 
bloods, 
Gen. 4.9,10. 
Undg.9.24. 
Rev. 16. 6. 
m Lev. 15.2. 
/Or, 
spindle, 
Prov. 31. 19. 
m:h.2.20,21. 
oGen. 9. 6. 
Ex. 21. 12. 
2Chr. 19. 6. 
Prov. 25. 5. 
Rom. 13. 4. 
pLuke7.14. 
q Job 31.29. 
Prov. 24. 17 
& 25. 21. 
g Heb. men 
of iniquity. 
r ch. 12. 17. 
Jer. 16. 7. 
s ch. 1. 12. 
1 1 Sam. 27. 
1. 

Prov. 21. 3. 
u 1 Sam. 19. 

14. 

a ch. 17. 2. 

Ezra 4. 5. 

Isa. 13. 7. 

Zenh. 3. 16. 

b 1 Sam. 3. 

12. 

c Josh. 19. 

17. 

dNch.11.33. 

a Heb. 

smitten on 

both feet, 

chap. 9. 3. 

c 1 Sam. 29. 

1. 

f Mt. 27. 15. 

1 Tim.6.10. 

Judo 11. 

g Ps. 12. 2. 

Ii ch. 2. 23. 

verse 12. 

Matt. 7. 2. 

i Job 18. 5. 

Ps. 1. 4. 

b Heb. soul, 

1 Sam. 20. 10. 

Prov.23. 15. 

Matt. 2. 20. 



Baanah and Rethab slay Ish-bosheth. 

my kingdom are k guiltless before the Lord for ever from 
the 'blood of Abner the son of Tver : 
*> 29 *Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's 
house ; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one 
that hath m an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on 
f a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 
30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because 
he had n slain their brother Asahel at Gibe on in the battle. 
/ 31 \ And David said ° to Joab, and to all the people that 
were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sack- 
cloth, and mourn p before Abner. And king David him- 
self followed the bier. 

g 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron : and the king 
lifted up his voice and q wept at the grave of Abner ; and 
all the people wept. 

33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died 
Abner as a fool dieth 1 

34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fet- 
ters: as a man falleth before f wicked men, so fellest thou. 
And all the people wept again over him. 
/ 35 And when all the people came to cause David r to 
eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do 
God to me, and more also, if I ta:te bread or aught else, 
till 3 the sun be down. 

* 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased 
them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 

37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day 
that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 

38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that 
there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 

r 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king ; and 
these men the sons of Zeruiah be ' too hard for me. Ttr* 
Lord shall u reward the doer of evil according to hi 
wickedness. 

CHAPTER IV. 
The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner, 1, Baanah and Re 
chab sidy Ish-bosheth, and bring his head to Hebron, 2. David causeth 
them to be slain, and Ish-boshetK's head to be buried, 9. 

ND when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in 
Hebron, his hands were a feeble, and all the Israelites 
were troubled. 

2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains b of 
bands : the name of the one tvas Baanah, and the name 
of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of 
the children of Benjamin : (for c Beeroth also was reckoned 
to Benjamin : 

s 3 And the Beerothites fled to d Gittaim, and were so- 
journers there until this day :) 
/ 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was ' lame 



of his feet : he was five years old when the tidings came 



and his nurse took 
as she made haste 
And his name was 



of Saul and Jonathan out of e Jezreel. 

him up, and fled : and it came to pass 

to flee, that he fell, and became lame. 

Mephibosheth. 

/ 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rachab and 

Baanah, f went, and came about the heat of the day to the 

house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 

6 And they came thither into the midst of the house. 
as though they would have g fetched wheat ; and they 
smote him under the fifth h rib : and Rechab and Baanah 
his brother escaped. 

7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his 
bed in his bed-chamber, and they smote him, and slew 
him, and beheaded him, and ! took his head, and gat them 
away through the plain all night. 

g 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David 
to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish- 
bosheth the son of Saul thy enemy, which sought thy 
'life ; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this 
dav of Saul and of his seed. 
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David anointed king over Israel. 

/9 f And David answered Rechab and Baanah his bro- 
ther, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto 
them, As the Lord liveth, who hath k redeemed my soul 
out of all adversity,- 

10 When l one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, 
(thinking to have brought good tidings,) I took hold of 
him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would 
have given him a reward for his tidings : 

11 How much more, when wicked men have slain 
righteous person in his own house upon his bed 1 shall I 
not therefore now "require his blood of your hand, and 
take you away from the earth 1 

12 And David commanded his young men, and they 
n slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, ° and 
hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took 
the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the p sepulchre 
of Abner in Hebron. 

CHAPTER V. 
The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David over Israel, 1. David's age, 
4: He, taking Zion from the Jebusites, dwellethin it, 6. Hiram send- 
eth to David, 11. Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem, 13. Da- 
vid, directed by God, smiteth the Philistines at Baal-perazim, 17, and 
again at the mulberry-trees, 22. 

THEN came a all the tribes of Israel to David unto He- 
bron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are b thy bene 
and thy flesh. 

2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou 
wast he that c leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and 
d the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt e feed my people Israel, 
and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 

3 So all the f elders of Israel came to the king to He- 
bron ; and king David made a league with them in s He 
bron before the Lord : "and they h anointed David king 
over Israel. 

/ 4 *fl David was '' thirty years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned forty years. 

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah k seven years and 
six months : and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three 
years over all Israel and Judah. 

s 6 % And the king and his men went to ' Jerusalem 
unto the '" Jebusites the inhabitants of the land: which 
spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away n the 
blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither : think- 
ing, David cannot come in hither. 

/ 7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion : the 
same is the ° city of David. 

8 And David said on that day, Whosoever p getteth up 
to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and 
the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be q chief 
and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the 
lame shall not come into the house. 

9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it, The city of Da- 
vid. And David built round about from r Millo and inward. 

« 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord 
God of hosts was 3 with him. 

/ 11 1 And 'Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to 
David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons : and 
they built David a house. 

12 And David perceived that the Lord had established 
him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom 
" for his people Israel's sake. 

"■ 13 ^f And David took him x more concubines and wives 
out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron : and 
there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 
/ 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto 
him in Jerusalem ; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, 
and Solomon, 

15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia. 

16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 
/ 17 % But when the Philistines y heard that they had 

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II. SAMUEL. He fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim. 

anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came 
up z to seek David; and David heard of it, and a went clown 
to the hold. 

g 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves 
in the valley of b Rephaim. 

d 19 And David c inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go 
up to the Philistines 1 wilt thou deliver thern into my hand ? 



kGen.49.23. 

1 ch. 1. 4, 5, 

10, 15. 

m Gen. 9. 5. 

Ps. 9. 12. 

Ezek. 3. 18, 

20. 

n Matt. 7. 2. 

oDt. 21.23. 

p ch. 3. 32. 

a verse 3. 

1 Chr. 11. 1. 

Fs. 97. 1. 

Rev. 11. 15. 

b Dt. 17. 15. 

eNu.27. 17. 

lSam.18.15. 

d 1 Sam. 

10. 11. 

e Ps. 78. 71. 

John 10. 3, 

4,10. 

fEx. 3. 16. 

gJudg. 11. 

11. 

h ch. 2. 4. 

Ps. 2. 6, 7. 

i Gen. 31.46. 

kch.2. 11. 

I Heb. 7. 1. 

rn Judg. 1.8. 

n Jer. 37.10. 

o verse 9. 

p 1 Chr. 11. 

6. 

q Song 6. 4. 

r 1 Kings 9. 

15. 

s Gen. 2 J .22. 

tl Chr. 14.1. 

a Isa. 1. 26. 

Rom. 13. 4. 

x Gen. 25. 5, 

6. 

Deut. 17.17. 

ylChr. 11. 

16. & 14. 8. 

Rev. 11. 18. 



And the Lord said unto David, Go up : for I will doubtless 
deliver the Philistines into thy hand. 
g 20 And David came to d Baal-perazim, and David smote 
them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon 
mine enemies before me, e as the breach of waters. 
Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. 
/ 21 And there they left their images, and David and his 



again, and 



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zPs. 2. 1,2. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
a Josh. 9. 
14. 

verse 9. 
Ps. 73. 28. 
& 112. 5. 
b Gen. 14.5. 
Isa. 17. 5. 
cNu.27.21. 
Judg. 1. 1. 
1 Sam. 23. 
9. & 30. 7. 
d Isa. 28.21. 
e 1 Chron. 
14. 11. 
Ps. 44. 3. 
f Ex. 32. 30. 
Deut. 7. 25. 
g Ex. 14. 14. 
Isa. 26. 21. 
h 2 Kgs.7.6. 
i 1 Chr. 14. 
15, 16. 
k Josh. 16. 
10. 

it ch. 5. 1, 2. 
b IChr. 13. 
1. 

c Joshua 
15. 10. 
dLev.24.11. 
1 Kgs. 8.15, 
e Ps. 80. 1. 
f Num.4. 14 
&7. 9. 
Deut. 12. 8. 
Matt. 28.20. 
1 Cor. 11.23. 
g ISam.7.1, 
hi Sam. 7.1. 
i2Kgs.3.15. 
k verse 2. 
llChr.13.9. 
mLev. 10.1. 
Num. 4. 15. 
verso 3. 
n Nu. 4. 15. 
lSam.6.7,8. 
o 1 Chr. 15. 
2,3. 

p Ts. 119. 
120. 

Prov.22. 3. 
q Josh. 9.14. 
Malt. 7. 7. 
Jamos 1. 5. 

Chr. is. 
18. 

« Josh. 21. 
24. 

t Mutt. 0.33. 
u 1 Chr. 15. 

j-;5. 



men f burned them. 

g 22 % And the Philistines came up yet 

spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 

d 23 And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, 
Thou shalt not go up : but fetch a compass behind them, 
and come upon them over against the mulberry -trees. 

24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of h a 
going in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou 
shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before 
thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 
g 25 And David did so as the Lord had commanded him ; 
and smote the Philistines from * Geba until thou come to 

Gazer. 

CHAPTER VI. 
David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a neio cart, 1. Uzzah is 

smitten at Perez-uzzah, 6. God blesseth Obed-edom for the ark, 11. 

David, bringing the ark into Zion ivitfi sacrifices, danceth before it, for 

ivhich Michal despiseth him, 12; He placeih it in a tabernacle with 

great joy and feasting, 17. Michal, reproving David for his religious 

joy, is childless to her death, 20. 

GAIN, David a gathered together all the chosen men 
of Israel, b thirty thousand. 
s 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were 
with him from c Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence 
the ark of God, d whose name is called by the name of The 
Lord of hosts that e dwelleth between the cherubims. 
/3 And they set the ark of God upon f a new cart, and 
brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in s Gi- 
beah : and Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab drave 
the new cart. 

e 4 And they brought it out of the h house of Abinadab, 
which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God : and 
Ahio went before the ark. 

5 And David and all the house of Israel i played k before 
the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, 
even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on 
cornets, and on cymbals. 

/ 6 % And when they came to * Nachon's threshing-floor, 
Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold 
of it : for the oxen shook it. 

™ 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled m against 
Uzzah, and God smote him there for his n error ; and there 
he died by the ark of God. 

ff8 And David was "displeased, because the Lord had 
made a breach upon Uzzah : and he called the name of 
the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 

9 And David was p afraid of the Lord that day, and 
said, i How shall the ark of the Lord come to me '! 
/ 10 So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto 
him into the city of David : but David carried it aside into 
the house of r Obed-edom the ' Gittite. 

11 And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of 
Obed-edom the Gittite three months : and the Lord 
1 blessed Obed-edom and all his household. 
/ 12 % And it was told king David, saying, u The Lord 
hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all Ihat pertain 

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God's message to David. 



eth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went 
and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed- 
edom into the city of David with gladness. 

1 3 And it was so, that when they that x bare the ark of the 
Lord had gone six paces, y he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 
/ 14 And David danced before the Lord with all his 
might ; and David was girded with a linen z ephod. 

15 So David and a all the house of Israel brought up the 
ark of the Lord with b shouting, and with the sound of 
the trumpet. 

/ 16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of 
David, c Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a win- 
dow, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the 
Lord ; and she d despised him in her heart. 
/ 17 % And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set 
it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David hat 
a pitched for it : and David offered burnt-offerings and 
peace-offerings before the Lord. 
o 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering 
burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, he c blessed the peo- 
ple in the name of the Lord of hosts. 

19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the 
whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, 
to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, 
and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every 
one to his house. 

/ 20 ^[ Then David returned f to bless his household. 
And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, 
and said, e How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, 
who uncovered, himself to-day in the eyes of the hand 
maids of his servants, as one of the h vain fellows shame 
lessly uncovereth himself ! 

c 21 And David said unto Michal, It was s before the 
Lord, which chose me before thy father, and l£ before all 
his house, to ' appoint me ruler over the people of the 
Lord, over Israel : therefore will I play before the Lord. 

22 And I will yet be m more vile than thus, and will be 
base in mine own sight : and of the maid-servants which 
thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 

23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child 
" until the day of her death. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house, 1, 
after, by the word of God, forbiddeth him, 4. He promiseth him bene- 
fits and blessings in his seed, 12. David's prayer and thanksgiv- 
ing, 18. 

/A ND it came to pass, when the king a sat in his house, 
J\_ and the Lord had b given him rest round about from 
all his enemies, 

« 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See 
now, I dwell in a c house of cedar, but the ark of God 
dwelleth within d curtains. 

3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, e do all that is in 
thy heart : for the Lord is with thee. 

4 % And it came to pass that night, that the word of 
the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, 

c 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, 
f Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in 1 

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the 
time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, 
even to this day, but have g walked in a tent and in a ta- 
bernacle. 

7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the 
children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes 
of Israel, whom I commanded h to feed my people Israel, 
saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar 1 

f 8 Now therefore", so shalt thou say unto my servant 
David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, ! I took thee from 
the sheep-cote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over 
my people, over Israel : 



tt. SAMl TEL. 

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x verse 3. 

y 1 Chr. 15 

26. 

z 1 Sam. 2. 

18. 

a 1 Chr. 15. 

3. 

b 1 Chr. 15 

24. 

c ch. 3. 14. 

d Acts 2. 13. 

1 Cor. 2. 14. 

Jude 10. 

a ileb. 

sty-etched, 

IChr. 15.1. 

eJChr.10.2. 

fGcn.18.19. 

Josh. 24. 15. 

verso 18. 

Ps. 101. 2. 

g verso 17. 

Matt. 12.34. 

h Ps. 1. 1. 

John 1. 12. 

1 Pet. 3. fi. 

i verses 14. 

16, 17. 

1 Cor. 10. 3. 

ft 1 Sam. 9. 

16. & 10. 1. 

lch. 7. 11. 

m Acts 13. 

45, 46. 

n 1 Sam. 15. 

35. 

Matt. 1. 25. 

a 1 Chr. 17. 

2. 

b'ch. 8. 11. 

cHag. I. 4. 

dEx.26. 1. 

el Cor. 13.9. 

flChr.17.4. 

1 Kgs. 3. 5. 

Csa. 34. 6. . 

g 1 Chr. 17. 

5,6. 

Ii ch. 5. 2. 

i 1 Sam. 16. 

11. 

Ps. 78. 70. 



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kch.8.6,14. 

lch. 5. 10. 

m Pa. 113. 7. 

n ch. 2. 34. 

Job 1. 21. 

oDt. 28.8,9. 

p Judg.2.16. 

n, 1 Kings 2. 

14. 

Ps. 127. 1. 

r 1 Kings 8, 

20. 

Acts 13. 36. 

s Isa. 11. 1. 

Acts 13. 22. 

Roro. 1. 3. 

tMt. 1C. 18. 

Luke 1. 32. 

Hob. 3. 3. 

u Ps. 45. 6, 

x John 1. 

18. 

Heb. 1. 3. 

y 2 Cor. 5. 

21. 

z Heb. 12. 6. 

a Acts 13. 

34. 

b Dan. 2.44. 

c Jer. 23.28. 

Matt. 28.20. 

dGen.32.10. 

Judg. 6. 15. 

Psalm 8. 3. 

e ver 8, 9. 

fver.12,17, 

1 Kgs. 3. 13, 

Eph. 3. 10. 

a Heb. law, 

Prov. 14.20. 

g 1 Sam. 16. 

7. 

Ps. 139. 1. 

h 1 Chr. 17. 

19. 

i Hos. 14. 4. 

Matt. 11.26. 

Luke 12.32. 

k Ex. 15. II. 

1 Isa. 44. 16, 

m Nu.23. 9. 

Deut. 4. 7. 

n Ex. 3. 7. 

Titus 2. 14, 

o Ps.147.19. 

p Gen. 17.7. 

q Ezek. 36. 

37. 

r Matt. 6. 9. 

s Ps. 10. 17. 

t John 17, 

17. 



David' ] s prayer and thanksgiving. 

I was k with thee whithersoever thou wentest, 
and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and 
have made thee " a great name, like unto the name of the 
m great men that are in the earth. 

b 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, 
and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of 
their own, and move no more ; neither shall the n chil- 
dren of wickedness afflict them ° any more as beforetime. 
11 And as since the time that 1 commanded p judges 
to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest 
from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that 
he will q make thee a house. 

* 1 2 % And when r thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt 
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up s thy seed after thee, 
which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish 

lis kingdom. 

r 13 He shall 'build a house for my name, and I will 

' establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 

h 14 I will be x his father, and he shall be my son. If 

he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the z rod of 
men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 

15 But my mercy shall a not depart away from him, as 
I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 

16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be establish- 
ed b for ever before thee : thy throne shall be established 
for ever. 

17 According to c all- these words, and according to all 
this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 

/ 18 ^[ Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, 
and he said, d Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my 
house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ; 
c 19 And c this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord 
God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house 
for a- f great while to come. And is this the " manner of 
man, O Lord God] 

20 And what can David say more unto thee 1 for thou, 
Lord s God, knowest thy servant. 

21 For thy h word's sake, and £ according to thine own 
heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy 
servant know them. 

1 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is 
k none like thee, neither is there any God ' besides thee, 
according to all that w r e have heard with our ears. 

b 23 And what m one nation in the earth is like thy peo- 
ple, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a 
people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do 
for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy 
people which thou "redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from 
the nations and their gods 1 

i> 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy ° people Israel 
to be a people unto thee for ever : and thou, Lord, art 
become p their God. 

25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast 
spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, 
q establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 

d 26 And let thy r name be magnified for ev^r, saying, 
The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel : and let the 
house of thy servant David be established before thee. 

27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast re- 
vealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house : 
therefore hath thy servant s found in his heart to pray this 
prayer unto thee. 

t 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and ' thy 
words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto 
thy servant : 

d 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house 
of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee : 
for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy bless- 
ing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. 

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David subdueth his enemies. II. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites, 1. _ He smiteth Hadad- 
ezer and the Syrians, 3. Toi sendeth Joram ivith presents to bless 
him,9. The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God, 11. He 
putteth garriso7is in Edom, 14. David's officers, 1C. 

e L ND after this it came to pass, that David a smote the 
j^. Philistines, and subdued them : and David b took 
Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 
/2 And he smote Moab, and c measured them with a 
line, casting them down to the ground ; even with d two 
lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line 
to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's ser- 
vants, and brought gifts. 

s 3 *f[ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, 
king of e Zobah, as he f went to recover his border at the 
river Euphrates. 

/4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and 
? seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : 
and David h houghed all the chaviot-horses, but reserved 
of them for a hundred chariots. 

/ 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour 
Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians ! two 
and twenty thousand men. 

b 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus : and 
the Syrians became k servants to David, and brought 'gifts. 
And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. 
fl And David took the shields of gold that. were on the 
servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 
s 8 And from m Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Ha- 
dadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 
g9 If When Toi king of n Hamath heard that David had 
smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 

/10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to sa- 
lute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against 
Hadadezer, and smitten him : (for Hadadezer " had wars 
with Toi.) And Joram brought with him vessels of sil- 
ver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : 

11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, 
with the silver and gold that he had ° dedicated of all na- 
tions which he subdued ; 

e 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Am- 
nion, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the 
spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 
/13 And David gat him p a name when he returned 
from smiting of the Syrians in the q valley of Salt, being 
' eighteen thousand mm. 

n 14 % And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all 
Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became 
David's 9 servants. And the Lord l preserved David whi 
thersoever he went. 

d 15 And David reigned over all Israel ; and David ex- 
ecuted judgment and justice unto all his people. 
/16 And Joab the son ofZeruiah was u over the host ; 
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder ; 

17 And "Zadokthe son of y Ahitub,and Ahimelechtheson 
of Abiathar,zmr the z priests ; and Seraiah ivas the scribe; 

18 And a Benaiah the son of Jchoiada was over both 
4he b Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and David's sons 
were ' chief rulers. 

CHAPTER IX. 
David by Ziba send'lh for Mephibosheth, 1. For Jonathan's sahe he en- 

tertaineth him at his table, and reslorclh him all that was Saul's, 7i: 

He maketh Ziba his farmer, !). 
fk ND David said, Is there yet any that is left of the 
ijL house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness a for 
•lonathan's sake 1 

2 And "there was of the house of Saul a servant whose 
name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto 
David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba ? And he 
said, Thy servant is he. 

3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house 



B. Christ 
cir. 1040. 



SAMUEL. He sends to comfort Hanuiu 

of Saul, that I may shew the b kindness of God unto him ? 
And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, 
ivhich is c lame on his feet. 

s 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he 1 And Ziba 
said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, 
the son of Ammiel, in d Lo-debar. 

/5 ^[ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the 
house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 

G Now when b Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the 
son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and 
did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he 
answered, Behold thy servant ! 

/ 7 % And David said unto him, e Fear not : for I will 
surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy f father's sake, 
and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father ; and 
thou shalt eat s bread at my table continually. 

8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, 
that thou shouldest look upon such h a dead dog as I am ? 
/ 9 ^[ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and 
said unto him, 1 have given unto thy i master's son all 
that pertained to Saul, and to all his house. 

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, 
shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the 
fruits that thy master's son may have food to eat : but 
Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at 
my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 

11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that 
my lord the king hath commanded his servant, k so shall 
thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he 
shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 

12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name 
was l Micha. And c all that dwelt in the house of Ziba 
were servants unto Mephibosheth. 

s 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt m Jerusalem : for he did eat 
continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. 

CHAPTER X. 
David's messengeis sent to comfort Hanun the son of JYahash, are vil- 
lanously entreated, 1. Hie Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, 
are overcome by Joab and Mishai, 0. Shobach, making a new supply 
of the Syrians at Helam, is slain by David, 15. 

/A ND it came to pass after this, that the a king of the 
Ja. children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 

s 2 Then said David, I will b shew kindness unto Hanun 
the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto 
me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his 
servants for his father. And David's servants came into 
the land of the children of Ammon. 
/ 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto 
Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour 
thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee'? c hath 
not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search 
the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it 1 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved 
off the one half of their d beards, and cut off their garments 
in the middle, even to their ° buttocks, and sent them away. 
g 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, be- 
cause the men were greatly ashamed. And the kingsaid, Tar- 
ry at f Jericho, until your beards be grown, and then return. 
s G % And when the children of Ammon saw that they 
s stank before David, the children of Amnion sent and 
h hired the Syrians of Beth-rchob, and ' the Syrians of Zo- 
bah, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thou- 
sand men, and of k Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 
/ 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all 
the host of ' the mighty men. 
s 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and 
battle in array at the entering in of the m gs 
Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah 
were by themselves in the field. 

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a ch. 7. 9. 
Acts 27. 31. 
bNu.24.17. 
IChr. 18. 1. 
c Deut. 2. 9, 
19. 

Ps. 60. 8. 
<1 Nu.24.17. 
Judg. 3. 14. 
1 Sam. 14. 
47. 

e ch. 10. 6. 
f 1 Chr. 18. 
3,4. 

gch. 10. 18. 
h Josh.ll.fi. 
i Job 9. ia 
Isa. 31. 3. 
kPs. 18.44. 
I ch. 22. 51. 
& 23. 10, 12. 
Ps. 20. 5. 
Prov. 21.31 
ml Chr. 18 
8. 

uNii.13.Sl. 
a Heb. was 
a man of 
wars of 
Toi, 

Gen. 9. 10. 
Judg. 12. 2. 
o 1 Chr. 29. 
2. 

p ch. 17. 8. 
q 2 Kings 
14.7. 

r Psalm CO, 
title. 

s Ps. 18. 41. 
t verse 6. 
u 1 Chr. 11. 
6. 

x 1 Chr. 6. 
4,8 

y 1 Chr. 24. 
3. 

z Nu. 3. 32. 
a ch. 15. 18. 
b ch. 20. 23. 
Ps. 1 12. 5. 
a ch. 1. 26. 
& 23. 18. 
Prov.27.10. 
a Heb. the 
house of 
Saul had 
a servant, 
Gen. 15. 3. 



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blSam.20 
14. 

c ch. 4. 4. 
[1 ch. 17. 27. 
b Called, 
Meribbaal, 
1 Chr. 8.34. 
oGen.50.21. 
f verse 9. 
Dan. 5. 13. 
gMatt.6.11. 
h 1 Sam. 24, 
15. 

chap. 3. 8. 
& 16. 9. 
i verso 12. 
ch. 19. 20. 
kch. 19.26, 
27. 

1 1 Chr. 8. 4, 
3;">. & 9. 40. 
c Heb. all 
the whole 
dwelling of 
the house, 
Ps. 41. 9. 
Micah 7. 5. 
Phil. 2. 21. 
a! Sam. II. 
I. 

1 Cljr. 19.1. 
l.Dt.23. 6. 
I Sam. 22.1. 
c 1 Cor. 13. 
7. 

<1 Lcv.19.27. 
LKj5s.12.14. 
IChr. 19.5. 
B IV. 109. 1. 
Isa. 20. 4. 
f Josh. 6.84. 
lKgs.16.34. 

Sfiril.3l.30. 

Ex. 5. 21. 
1 Sam. 13.4. 
& 27. 12. 
h 1 Chr. 19. 

(i. 

i chap. 8. 5. 
It Isa. 8. 9. 
1 ch.23. 8. 
Isa. 13.2,3. 
ml Chr. 19. 



put the 
and the 



David's adultery with Bath-sheba. II. SAMUEL. 

/ 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was 
against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice 
men of Israel, and put them a in array against the Syrians : 

10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the 
hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in ar- 
ray against the children of Ammon. 

1 1 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, 
then thou shalt » help me : but if the children of Ammon 
be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee 

« 12 " Be of good courage, and let us play the men for 
our people, and for the ° cities of our God : and the Lord 
do that which seemeth him good. 

/ 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with 
him, unto the battle against the Syrians : and they fled 
before him. 

s 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Sy- 
rians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and 
entered into the city. So Joab returned from the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 
/ 15 ^[ And when the Syrians saw that they were smit- 
ten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. 
e 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians 
that were beyond the river : and they came to Helam: 
and p Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went 
before them. 

s 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel 
together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. 
And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, 
and fought with him. 

/18 And the Syrians q fled before Israel; and David 
'slew the men of" seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, 
and r forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the 
captain of their host, who died there. 

19 And when all the kings that were servants to Ha- 
darezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they 
made 9 peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syri 
ans * feared to help the children of u Ammon any more. 

CHAPTER XI. 
While Joab besiegeth Rabbah, David committeth adultery ivith Bath- 
sheba, 1. Uriah sent for by David to cover the adultery, ivould not go 
home neither sober nor drunken, 6. He carrieth to Joab the letter of his 
death, 14. Joab sendeth the news thereof to David, 18. David taketh 
Bath-sheba to ivife, 26. 

s A ND it came to pass, a after the year was expired, a at 
il. the time when kings go forth to battle, that David 
sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel ; and 
they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged 
Rabbah. But David b tarried still at Jerusalem. 
/ 2 ^[ And it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David 
arose from off his c bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's 
house : and from the d roof he e saw a woman f washing 
herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 

3 And David s sent and inquired after the woman. 
And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eli- 
am, the wife of Uriah the h Hittite 1 

M * 4 And David i sent messengers and took her : and she 
came in unto him, and he k lay with her; (for she was puri 
lied from her uncleanness:) and she returned unto her house 

5 And the woman conceived, and sent and ' told Da- 
vid, and said, I am with child. 

/ 6 % And David sent to Joab, saying, m Send me Uriah 
the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 

7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demand- 
ed of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how 
the war prospered. 

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and 
wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's 
house, and there folio wed him "amesso/rae^fromthe king. 
/ 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all 
the servants of his lord, and went not down to his housed Vs 



He taketh her to wife. 

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went 
not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest 
thou not from thy journey 1 why then didst thou not go 
down unto thy house 1 

11 And Uriah said unto David, The °ark, and Israel, 
and Judah, abide in tents ; and p my lord Joab, and the 
servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields ; 
shall 1 then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to 
lie with my wife 1 Jls thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I 
will not do this thing. 

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, 
and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in 
Jerusalem that day and the morrow. 

«* 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and 
drink before him ; and he made him drunk : and at even 
he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, 
but went not down to his house. 

/ 14 % And it came to pass in the morning, that David 
q wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 
w * 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, b Set ye Uriah in 
the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, 
that he may be smitten, and die. 

16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, 
that he r assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that 
valiant men were. 

f 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with 
Joab : and there fell some of the people of the servants of 
David ; and Uriah the Hittite died also. 
/ 18 ^[ Then Joab sent and told David all the things con- 
cerning the war ; 

19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast 
made an end of telling, the matters of the war unto the king, 

20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say 
unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the 
city when ye did fight 1 knew ye not that they would 
shoot from the wall 1 

s 21 Who smote 9 Abimelech the son of* Jerub-beshethl 
didnot a woman cast apiece of a mill-stone upon him from the 
wall that he died in Thebez 1 why went ye nigh the wall 1 
Then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 

/22 ^[ So the messenger went, and came and shewed 
David all that Joab had sent him for. 

23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men 
prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, 
and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 

24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy 
servants : and some of the king's servants be dead, and 
thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 

25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt 
thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing c displease thee, for 
the sword devoureth d one as well as another : make thy 
battle more strong against the city, and u overthrow it : 

rage thou him. 

26 If And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her 
husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 

* 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and 
' fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and 
bare him a son. But the thing that David had done dis- 
pleased the Lord. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Nathan's parable of the ewe-lamb, causeth David to be his own judge, 1. 
David, reproved by JVathan, confesseth his sin, and is pardoned, 7._ 
David mourneth and pray eth for the child, while it lived, 15. Solomon 
is born, and named Jedidiah, 24. David taketh Rabbah, and tortureth 
the people thereof, 26. 

ND the Lord sent a Nathan unto David. And he 
came unto him, and said unto him, b There were 
two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. 

2 The rich man had exceeding c many flocks and herds : 

3 But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe- 
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Nathan's parable of the ewe-lamb. 

lamb, which he had brought and nourished up 
up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of 
his own " meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his 
d bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 

4 And there came a e traveller unto the rich man, and 
he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to 
dress for the way-faring man that was come unto him ; 
but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man 
that was come to him. 

/ 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the 
man ; and he said to Nathan, Jls the Lord liveth, the man 
that hath done this thing " shall surely die. 

6 And he shall restore the lamb f four-fold, because he 
did this thing, and because he had no pity. 
<l 7 *d And Nathan said to David, s Thou art the man. 
Thus saith tiie Lord God of Israel, h I anointed thee king 
over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ; 
/ 8 And I gave thee thy ; master's house, and thy master's 
wives into thy k bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel 
and of Judah ; and if that had been too little, I would more- 
over have given unto thee such ! and such things. 

9 Wherefore m hast thou despised the commandment 
of the Lord, to do evil in his sight ? thou hast killed Uriah 
the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be 
thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children 
of Ammon. 

» 10 Now therefore the n sword shall never depart from 
thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken 
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 
«>11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold C I will raise up evil 
against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy 
wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, 
and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun 

12 For thou didst it secretly : but I will do this 
before all Israel, and before the sun. 
c 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have p sinned against 
!he Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also 
hath 'put q away thy sin ; thou shalt r not die. 
w 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great 
occasion to the enemies of the Lord s to blaspheme, the 
child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 
f 15 % And Nathan departed unto his house. And the 
Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, 
and it was very sick. 

16 David therefore ' besought God for the child; and 
David "fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 

17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, 
to raise him up from the earth : but he would not, neither 
did he eat bread with them. 

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the 
child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him 
lhat the child was dead : for they said, Behold, while the 
child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not 
hearken unto our voice : how will he then vex himself, if 
we tell him that the child is dead? 

19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, 

David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David 

said unto his servants, Is the child dead ? And they said, 

Fie is dead. 

rl 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and 

'anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into 
the x house of the Lord, and v worshipped : then he came 
1o his own house ; and when he required, they set bread 
before him, and he did eat. 

21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this 
that thou hast done 1 thou didst fast and weep for the child, 
while it was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou 
didst-rise and eat bread. 

22 And he said, While the child was vet alive, I fasted, 



H. SAMUEL. 



thing 



a Heb. 

morsel, 

d Micah 7. 

5. 

e Job 1. 7. 

b Heb. is 

a child 

of death, 

Gen. 20. 3. 

&3S.24. 

fEx. 22. 1. 

Deut. 4. 2, 

12. 

Prov. 6. 31: 

g Mat. 14.1 

h 1 Sam. 16. 

13. 

i Gen. 39. 8. 

k Gen. 16. 5. 

1 Isa. 5. 4. 

mch.ll. 14 

Ps. 51. 14. 

n Rev. 13. 

10. 

Amos 7. 
9. 

p 1 Sam. 15. 
24. 
Ps. 51. 4. 

1 Cor. 11.32. 
c Heb. 
caused to 
pass over, 
ch. 24. 10. 
lChr.21. 8. 
Job 7. 21. 
Ps. 32. 1. 
Prov. 28. 13. 
Amos 7. 8. 
Micah 7. 18. 
Zech. 3. 4. 
q Pr. 28. 13. 
Micah 7. 18. 
r verse 10. 
Prov. 23. 13. 
s Neh. 5. 4. 
Matt. 18. 7. 
Rom. 2. 24. 
t 2 Chron. 
23.4. 

Isa. 26. 16. 
&38. 7. 
Jer. 18. 8. 
& 50. 4. 
Zech. 12.10, 
11. 

d Heb. fast- 
ed a fast. 
u Ruth 3. 3. 
xch. 6.17. 
y Job 1. 21. 
& 2. 10. 



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50 



z 1 Kings 

LIS. 

a Matt. 1.6. 

b 1 Chr. 22. 

9. 

c That is, 

Peaceable, 

Isa. 9. 6. 

c John 13. 

1. 

d ch. 11. 25. 

c Ps. 127. 2 

fPr. 13. 22. 

g 1 Chron. 

20.3. 

hHcb.11.37. 
/Or, 

through the 
furnace of 
Malhen, 

that is, of 

Molcch, 
2Kgs.l6.3. 
& 28.10,11. 
a ch. 3. 3.& 

12. 10, 11. 
I) Gen. 34. 2, 
3. 

: 1 Kings 

21.4. 

1 Prov.27.6. 
&.2S.23. 
Micah 7. 5. 
o Pa. 58. 5. 
Jer. 4. 22. 
ri.ov. 19. 17. 
Ps. 50. 18. 
Prov. 19.27. 
cGcn.18.6. . 
Prov. 31. 13, 
h vor»c 5. 
Girth. 5. 11. 
i Job 31. I. 
Ps. 14. 1. 



Amn'on loveth Tamar. 

and wept : for I said, Who can tell whether God will be 
gracious to me, that the child may live 1 

c 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast % can I 
bring him back again % I shall go to him, but he shall not 
return to me. 

/ 24 % And David z comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went 
in unto her, and lay with her : and she a bare a son, and 
he b called his name ' Solomon : and the Lord c loved him. 
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet ; 
and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord. 

s 26 % And Joab d fought against Rabbah of the children 
of Ammon, and took the royal city. 
/ 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have 
fought against Rabbah, and have taken the e city of waters. 

28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, 
and encamp against the city, and take it : lest I take the 
city, and it be called after my name. 

29 And David gathered all the people together, and 
went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 

30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, 
(the weight whereof was f a talent of gold with the pre- 
cious stones,) and it was set on David's head. And he 
brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. 

s 31 And he brought forth g the people that were therein, 
and put them under saws and under h harrows of iron, and 
under axes of iron, and made them pass y through the 
brick-kiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the chil- 
dren of Ammon. So David and all the people returned 
unto Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Amnon loving Tamar, by JonadaVs counsel feigning himself sick, ra- 
visheth her, 1 : He hateth her, and shamefully turneth her away, 15. 
Absalom entertaineth her, and concealeth his purpose, 19. At a sheep 
shearing, among all the king's sons, he killeth Amnon, 23. David 
grieving at the neios, is comforted by Jonadab, 30. Absalom fleeth to 
Talmat at Geshur, 37. 

ND it came to pass after this, that a Absalom the son 
of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar ; 
and Amnon the son of David b loved her. 

2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell c sick for his 
sister Tamar ; for she was a virgin ; and Amnon thought 
it hard for him to do any thing to her. 

3 But Amnon had d a friend, whose name was Jonadab, 
the son of Shimeah David's brother : and Jonadab was 
a e very subtle man. 

4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's 
son, lean from day to day 1 wilt thou not tell me 1 And 
Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absa- 
lom's sister. 

5 And Jonadab said unto him, f Lay thee down on thj 
bed, and make thyself sick : and when thy father cometh 
to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar 
come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, 
that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 
/ 6 % So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick : and 
when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the 
king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me 
a couple of s cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to 
thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house ; and 
he was '' Iain down. And she took /lour, and kneaded it, 
and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 

9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him ; 
but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, ' Have out all 
men from me. And they went out every man from him. 
/10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into 
the chamber, that I may eat of thy hand. And Tamar 
took the cakes which she had made, and brought them 
into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 

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1 1 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, 
k he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with 
me, my sister. 

12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not 
force me ; for 'no such thing ought to be done in m Israel : 
do not thou this n folly. 

13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go 1 and 
as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the ° fools in Israel 
Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king ; for p he 
will not withhold me from thee. 

14 Howbeit, he would not q hearken unto her voice : but 
being stronger than she, r forced her, and lay with her. 
/ 15 ^| Then Amnon hated her a exceedingly ; so that 
the hatred wherewith he hated her ivas ? greater than the 
love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto 
her, Arise, be gone. 

16 And she said unto him, There is no cause : this evil 
in sending me away is greater than the other that thou 
didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 

17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, 
and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the 
door after her. 

o 18 And she had a garment l of divers colours upon her : 
for with such robes were the king's daughters that were 
virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and 
bolted the door after her. 

/ 19 If And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her 
garment of divers colours that was on her, and u laid her 
hand on her htead, and went on crying. 

20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath * Am 
non thy brother been with thee ] but "hold now thy peace 
my sister : he is thy brother ; regard not this thing. So 
Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. 
/ 21 ^f But when king David heard of all these things, 
y he was very wroth. 

22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither 
z good nor bad : for Absalom hated Amnon, because he 
had forced his sister Tamar. 
g 23 ^f And it came to pass a after two full years, that 
Absalom had sheep-shearers in b Baal-hazor, which is be- 
side Ephraim : and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 

24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold 
now, thy servant hath c sheep-shearers : d let the king, I 
beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. 

25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us 
not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he 
pressed him : howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 

26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let e my 
brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, 
Why should he go with thee 1 

27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all] 
the king's sons go with him. 

/ 28 *jf Now Absalom had f commanded his servants, 
saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with 
wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon , then kill 
him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, 
and be c valiant. 

29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as 
Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, 
and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. 
•/ 30 If And it came to pass, while they were in the way, 
that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all 
the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 

3i Then the king arose, and g tare his garments and 

1 lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their 
clothes rent. 

32 And l Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, 
answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have 
slain all the young men the king's sons ; for Amnon only 



[I. SAMUEL. 

is dead 



B. Christ 
cir. 1032. 
kGem397l2. 
Prov. 7. 13. 
Rom. 1. 27. 
1 Lev. 18. 9. 
Deut.22.29. 
m Gen. 34.7. 
Pa. 93. 5. 
n Prov. 7. 7. 
oPr. 19.29. 
pLev. 18.9, 
11. 

q Prov. 18.2. 
Eccl. 2. 14. 
r ch. 12. 10, 
a Heb. with 
great ha- 
Iredgreat- 
IV, 

Jer. 6. 15. 
Luke 15. 17 
Rom. 1. 21. 
s Gen. 34. 2. 
Hob. 3. 13. 
& 11. 05. 
t Gen. 37.3. 
u Jer. 2. 37. 
b Heb. 
Jlnmion,ke 
changeth 
his bro- 
ther's name 
out of 
scorn, for 
' is name 
was Jim- 

71071. 

x Pa. 39. 9. 
Rom. 12. 19. 
h. 12. 10. 
z Lev. 19. 17. 
Matt. 18.15. 
a Ps 120. 4. 
b Josh. 15. 



concerning Amnon, 



cGen.38.12. 

1 Sam. 25. 
2,4. 

2 JCgs. 3. 4. 
d Ps. 12. 2. 
ePs. 55. 21. 
Jer. 41. 1, 
6,7. 

f Ex. 1. 17. 
1 Sam. 22. 
17. 

Acts 5. 29. 
c Heb. sons 
of valour, 
chap. 3. 34. 

ch. 12. 10. 
h Josh. 7. 6. 
ch. 12. 16. 
i verse3 2, 3 



B. Christ 
cir. 1032. 



The widow of Tekoah 

for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been 
determined from the day that he forced Iris sister Tamar, 

33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the 
thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are 
dead : for Amnon only is dead. 

34 But Absalom ' fled. And the young man that kept 
the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, there 
came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him. 

35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's 
sons come : as thy servant said, so it is. 

36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end 
of speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted 
up their voice and wept : and the king also and all his 
servants J wept very sore. 

g 37 ^[ But Absalom fled, and went to m Talmai, the son 
of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for 
his son every day. 

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there 
three years. 

/ 39 And the soul of king David 'longed n to go forth unto 
Absalom : for he ° was comforted 
seeing he was dead. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Joab, suborning a widow of Tckoah by a parable to incline ihe Icing's 
heart to fetch home Absalom, bringcth him to Jerusalem, I. Absalom's 
beauty, hair, and children, 25. After two years, Absalom by Joab is 
brought into the king's presence, 28. 

TOW Joab the son of a Zeruiah perceived that the 
b king's heart was toward Absalom. 

2 And Joab sent to c Tekoah, and fetched thence d a. 
wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself 
to be a mourner, and put on now moarning apparel, and 
e anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a 
long time mourned for the dead : 

3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner 
unto him. So f Joab put the words in her mouth. 
f 4 % And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, 
she g fell on her face to the ground, and h did obeisance, 
and said, Help, O king. 

5 And the ; king said unto her, What aileth thee 1 And 
she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my hus- 
band is dead. 

6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove 
together in the field, and there was k none to part thern, 
but the one smote the other, and slew him. 

7 And behold, ' the whole family is risen against thy 
handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his bro- 
ther, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom 
he slew; and we will destroy the heir also : and so they 
shall m quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to 
my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. 
/8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, 
and I will give charge n concerning thee. 

9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My 
lord, O king, ° the iniquity be on me, and on my father's 

and the p king and his throne be guiltless. 

10 And the king said, Whosoever saifh aught unto thee, 
bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 

11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king q remember 
the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the re- 
vengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy 
my son. And he said, <$s the Lord liveth, r there shall 
not 5 one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 
4 12 Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, 
speak o?)e word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 

13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou 
1 thought such a thing " against the people of God? for the 
king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, * in that 
the king doth not fetch home again his banished. 

14 For we must y needs die, and are as water spilt on 

19S 



kGcn.27.41. 
Ps. 7. 14. 
1 verse 38. 
Amos 2. 14 
d Heb. wept I 
with a 
very great 
weeping. 
m ch. 3. 3. 
e The word 
isfeminine, 
referred to 
David's 
soul, 
Ps. 84. 2. 
n ch. 14. 1. 
oGen.37.34. 
ch. 12. 23. 
a ch. 22. 18. 
•> ch. 18. 33. 
Prov. £9.26. 
c2Chr.ll.C. 
(1 Gen. 3. 1. 
ch. 13. 3. 
e Ruth 3. 3. 

fEx.4. is. house 

g 1 Sam.20. 



h Gen. 18.2. 
1 Job 29. 12. 
k Dt. 17. 6. 
1 Nu.35. 19. 
Deut.19. 12. 
m Dt. 25. 6. 
Ruth 4. 4, 5. 
n verge 9. 
ch. 16. 1. 
Prov. 18. 13. 
Ants 2;i. at). 
nGen.27.13. 
Matt.27.25. 
plKgs.0.41. 
<l Nu.35. 11. 
rNu.34.S7. 
s 1 Sam. 14. 
45. 

Acts 27.34. 
t Lev. 19. 36. 
u ch. 8. 18. 
xch.13. 28. 
yen. 18.7,8. 



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B. Christ 
1097. 



a Or, be- 
cause God 
hath not ta- 
ken aicay 
litis life, he 
hath also 
devised 
means. 



Id ch. 13.37 
c Gen. 43.3 



:/ 



Ps. 45. 13. 
Prov.31.23. 
c Hcb. no 
man so 
beautiful 
as Absa- 



Absalom returneth. 

the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; "neither 
doth God z respect any person : yet doth he a devise means, 
that his banished be not expelled from him. 

15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing 
unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made 
me afraid : and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto 
the king; it may be that the king will perform the request aNu.l5.15: 
of his handmaid. fiS*.» 

16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out cch.w.27. 
of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my sonl^^k. 
together out of the inheritance of God. 

17 Then thy handmaid said, The word of my lord the|<: iSamI6 
king snail now be comfortable : b for as an angel of God, , 2Kg ! .^2. 
so is my lord the king c to discern good and bad : there 
fore the Lord thy God will be with thee. 
/ 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman 
Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask 1/7™'/^ 
thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. pJUd. 

19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with theeBJtt 1 ,* 
in all this 1 And the woman answered and said, As -four pounds 
thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the ounces^ 
right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the ltinghE?S%t 
hath spoken : for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he^ 25 ^ 
put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid : \ c Z d k"rJ° 

20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servantj^^'" ' 
Joab done this thing : and my lord is wise, according to 
the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are 
in the earth. 

/ 21 If And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have 
done this thing : go therefore, bring the young man Ab- 
salom again. 

22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed 
himself, and * thanked the king : and Joab said, To-day 
thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, 
my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request 
of his servant. 

g 23 So Joab arose and went to A Geshur, and brought 
Absalom to Jerusalem. 

24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, 
and let him not e see my face. So Absalom returned 
his own house, and saw not the king's face. 
/25 IF But in all Israel f there c was none to be so much 
praised as Absalom for his beauty : s from the sole of his 
foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish 
in him. 

26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every 
year's end that he polled /'/ ; because the hair was heavy 
on him, therefore he polled it;) he weighed the hair of his 
head ■'at two hundred shekels ''after the king's 'weight. 
#27 And unto Absalom there were born l three sons,; 
and one daughter, whose name was Tamar : she was a 
woman of a fair countenance. 

/ 28 ^F So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, 
and u saw not the king's face. 

29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him 
to the king ; but he would not come to him : and when 
he sent again the second time, he would not come. 

30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joah's field 
is near mine, and he hath barley there ; go and ' set it on 
fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. 

31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his.. 
house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants S'c"^^ 3 
set my field on fire 1 S!w.9. 
/32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto it'^t 
thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the iV 23.2. 
king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur ? it had /, 
been good "for me to have been there still : now therefore »• 
let me see the king's face ; and m if there be any iniquity Lw-a. 11 
in me, let him kill me. IJtti. 8, 



Gen. 20. 16. 
Lev. 19. 36. 
Deut.25.J3. 
i eb. 18. 18. 
Job 18. 19. 
Isa. 14.22. 
Jer. 22. 30. 
k verse 24. 
1 ch. 13. 29. 
m Gen.3.12. 
Job 31. 33. 
Ps. 32. 3, 5. 
Prov.28. 13. 
Jer. 5. 16. 
1 Sam. 15 
13, 20. 
Matt. 25.44. 



B. Christ 

1025. 



n Gen. 27. 
26. &29.11. 
.& 31. 55. 
tOiI.uke 15.26. 
ach. 12. II. 
Prov. 11.2. 
& 16. 18. 
bPr. 4. 16. 
Matt. 27. 1. 
c Ps. 12. 2. 
Rev. 13. 11. 
d Ex. 4. 10. 
Judg. 9. 2, 
29. 

Prov. 2G. 25. 
e Prov. 27.2. 
fGen.31.20. 
Prov. 11. 9. 
■j 1 Sam. 16. 
13. 

h Malt. 2.8. 
ch. 13. 37, 
38. 

k Gen. 28. 
20, 22. 
Isa. 28. la 
Jer. 9. 3, 5. 
I ch. 13. 28. 
& 11. 30. 
m ch. 19. 10. 
n 1 Ham. 9. 
13. &. 16. 3 
o Pr. 11. 15. 
Matt. 10.16. 
p Ps. 55. 12, 
14. 

Hicah 7. 5. 
q Josh. 15. 

r eh. 12. 20. 
s Ps. 3. 1 



His conspiracy. 

33 So Joab came to the king, and told him : and when 
he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed 
himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the 
king "kissed Absalom. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, stealeth the hearts of Israel, 1. 
Under pretence of a vow, he obtaineth leave to go to Hebron, 7. He 
maketh there a great conspiracy, 10. David upon the news fieeih from 
Jerusalem, 13. Ittni would not leave him, 19. Zadok and Abiathar 
are sent back with the ark, 24. David and his company go up mount 
Olivet weeping, 30. He curseth AhithopheVs counsel, 31. Hushai is 
sent back ivitli instructions, 32. 

ND it came to pass after this, that Absalom a prepared 
him chariots and horses, and fifty men to ruu before 
him. 

c 2 And Absalom b rose up early, and stood beside the way 
of the gate : and it was so, that when any man that had a 
controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom 
called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou 1 And he 
said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 

3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are 
c good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king 
to hear thee. 

/ 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were d made judge 
in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause 
might come unto me, and e I would do him justice ! 

5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him 
to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, 
and kissed him. 

/ 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came 
to the king for judgment : so Absalom f stole the hearts 
of the men of Israel. 

s 7 And it came to pass s after forty years, that Absalom 
said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and h pay my 
vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron. 

8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at ' Ge- 
shur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again 
indeed to Jerusalem, then I will k serve the Lord. 
s 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he 
arose, and went to Hebron. 

/ 10 But Absalom l sent spies throughout all the tribes of 
Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trum- 
pet, then ye shall say, Absalom m reigneth in Hebron. 

1 1 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Je- 
rusalem, that luere n called ; and they went in their ° sim- 
plicity, and they knew not any thing. 
g \2 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, r Da- 
vid's counsellor, from his city, even from q Giloh, while he 
offered sacrifices. And the r conspiracy was strong ; for 
the people 9 increased continually with Absalom. 
/13 ^F And there came a messenger to David, saying, 
1 The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 

14 And David said unto all his servants that were with 
him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us "flee ; for we shall not 
else escape from Absalom : make speed to depart, lest he 
overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite 
the city with the edge of the sword. 

15 And the x king's servants said unto the king, Behold, 
thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king 
shall appoint. 

16 And the king went forth, and all his household after 
him. And the king left > ten women which were concu- 
bines to keep the house. 

17 And the king went forth, and all the people after 
him, and tarried in a place that was far olT. 

s 18 And all his servants passed on beside him ; and all 
the z Chercthites, and all the Pelelhites, and all the Git- 
tites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, 
passed on before the king. 

/ 19 f Then said the king to Ittai the ■ Gittite, Where- 
fore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and 

199 



B. Christ 
1023. 



b 2 Tim. 1. 

16. 

c Ruth 1. 

16, 17. 

Prov. 17. 17, 

18. 24. 

d John 18.1 

e ch. 16. 2. 

2 Thess. 2. 

4. 

Rev. 12. 14. 

f Num. 4.4. 

Josh. 2.3, 6. 

chap. 6. 3. 

g Jer. 3. 17. 

h 1 Sam.4.4. 

Ps. 3. 3, 8. 

i ch. 6. 17. 

a Heb. in 

his eyes, 

I Sam.3.10, 

Ps. 39 9. 

Acts 21. 14. 

k J Sam. 9. 
9. 

1 ch. 17. 17. 
m ch. 19. 4. 
Esth. 6. 12. 
Jer. 14.3, 4. 
n Isa.20.2,4. 
Jer. 2. 25. 
Hos. 12. 10. 
och. 16.23. 
& 17. 14. 
p Luke 19. 
29. 

q 1 Kings 8. 
44. 

r Josh. 16.2. 
s Gen. 33.8. 
ch 14. 14. 
verse 3). 
Matt. 4. 7. 
Acts 27. 31. 
b Heb./rom 
that time. 
t Judg. 4. 6. 
uch. 17.17. 
x Ruth 1.16. 
Prov. 17. 17. 
ach. 15.30. 
b ch. 9. 2. 
c Prov. 18. 
16. & 29. 4. 



The ark carried to Jerusalem. II. SAMUEL. 

abide with the king ; for thou art a stranger, and also 
an exile. 

20 Whereas thou earnest but yesterday, should I this 
day make thee go up and down with us 1 seeing I go 
whither I may ; return thou, and take back thy brethren : 
b mercy and truth be with thee 

c 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord 
liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely c in what 
place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life 
even there also will thy servant be. 

22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And 
Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the 
little ones that were with him. 

g 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all 
the people passed over : the king also himself passed over 
the brook d Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward 
the way of the e wilderness. 

/ 24 % And lo, Zadok also, and all the Levites were with 
him, f bearing the ark of the covenant of God : and they 
set down the ark of God ; and Abiathar went up, s until 
all the people had done passing out of the city, 
c 25 And the king said unto Zadok, h Carry back the ark 
of God into the city : if I shall find favour in the eyes of 
the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, 
and his 5 habitation : 

c 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee ; behold, 
here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good a unto him. 
/ 27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not 
thou k a seer ? return into the city in peace, and your two 
sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of 
Abiathar. 

28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until 
there come word from you to certify me. 

29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar ' carried the ark of 
God again to Jerusalem : and they tarried there. 
g 30 *[\ And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, 
and wept as he went up, and had his head m covered, and 
he went n barefoot : and all the people that was with him 
covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping 
as they went up 

/ 31 4 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among 
the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, 
I pray thee, "turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 
/ 32 ^[ And it came to pass, that ichen David was come 
to the p top of the mount, where he q worshipped God, be- 
hold, Hushai the r Archite came to meet him with his coat 
rent, and earth upon his head : 

33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, 
then thou shalt be a burden unto me : 
« 34 But if thou s return to the city, and say unto Absa- 
lom, I will be thy servant, O king ; as I have been thy fa 



tlier's servant b hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: 
then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 

35 And hast l thou not there with thee Zadok and Abia- 
thar the priests 1 therefore it shall be, that what thing so- 
ever thou shalt hear out of the. king's house, thou shalt 
tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 

36 Behold, they have u there with them their two sons, 
Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and 
by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 
s 37 So Hushai, David's x friend, came into the city, and 
Absalom came into Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XVI. < . 

Ziba by presents and false suggestions obtaineth his master's inherit- 
ance, 1. At Bahurim, Shimei curseth David, 5. David with patience 

| abstaineth and rcstraineth others from revenge, 9. Hushai insinuateth 
himself into Absalom's council, 15. AhithopheVs counsel, 20. 

'f A ND when David was a little past the a top of the hill, 
.rlL behold, b Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, 
with a c couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hirn- 



B. Christ 
1023. 



d ch. 19. 15, 

16, 17. 
e Ps. 15. 3. 
Prov. 1. 19. 
& 16. 28. 
& 21. 28. 
fEx. 23. 8. 
Deut. 19.15. 
Prov. 18. 13. 
a Heb. / 
bow my- 
self down, 
:h. 14. 22. 
; ch. 3. 16. 
h 1 Kings 2. 
8,9. 

Matt. 5. 12. 
John 16. 33. 
b Heb. man 
of bloods, 
ch. 3. 37. & 
4. II, 12. 
Ps. 5. 6. 
i Dt. 13. 13. 
Ps. 119. 6. 
kJudg.9.24. 
lEx. 22. 28. 
chap. 9 8. 
m Gen. 50. 
20. 

1 Kings 22. 
21,22. 
Isa. 10. 5. 
nch. 12. 11, 
12. 

1 Kgs. 2. 9. 
Job 1. 21 
Ps. 39. 9. 
c Heb. soul, 
Matt. 2. 20. 
d Heb. eyes, 
e Or, tears, 
Ex. 2. 25. 
o Deut.23.5. 
Rom. 8. 28. 
/ Heb, 
dusted him 
with dust, 
verses 3, 5. 

verse 16. 

rov. 17. 17. 
q 1 Sam. 16. 
13. 

r Ex. 1. 10. 
s Gen. 6. 4. 
chap. 13. 5. 
t ch. 15. 16. 
uch. lis 2. 



AhithopheVs counsel. 
dred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, 
and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 

2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by 
these ? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's house- 
hold to d ride on ; and the bread and summer fruit for the 
young men to eat ; and the wine, that such as be faint in 
the wilderness may drink. 

c 3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son 1 
And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jeru- 
salem : for e he said, To-day shall the house of Israel re- 
store me the kingdom of my father. 

4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, f thine are all 
that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, a I 
humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, 
my lord, O king. 

g 5 And when king David came to g Bahurim, behold, 
thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, 
whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera : h he came 
forth, and cursed still as he came. 

6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants 
of king David :. and all the people and all the mighty men 
were on his right hand and on his left. 
c 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, 
come out, * thou bloody man, and thou man of i Belial : 

8 The Lord hath k returned upon thee all the blood of 
the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and 
the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Ab- 
salom thy son : and behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, 
because thou art a bloody man. 

/9 f Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the 
king, Why should this ' dead dog curse my lord the king 1 
let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 

10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye 
sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord 
hath said unto him, m Curse David. " Who shall then say, 
Wherefore hast thou done so 1 

ell And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, 
Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh 
my c life : how much more now may this Benjamite do it? 
let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath 
bidden him. 

12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine d 'afflic 
tion, and that the Lord will ° requite me good for his 
cursing this day. 

/ 13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei 
went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed 
as he went, and threw stones at him, and^cast dust. 

14 And the king, and all the people that were with liim, 
came Aveary, and refreshed themselves there. 
/15 % And Absalom, and all the people the men of Is- 
rael, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 
d 16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, Da- 
vid's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto 
Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. 

17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is tin's thy kindness to 
thy p friend 1 why wentest thou not with thy friend 1 
-D 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but q whom 
the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel 
choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 

19 And again, whom should I serve 1 should I not serve 
in the presence of his son ? as I have served in thy fa- 
ther's presence, so will I be in thy presence. 
/ 20 ^[ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, r Give counsel 
among you what we shall do. 

21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, s Go in unto thy 
father's concubines, which he hath 'left to keep the house"; 
and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy fa- 
ther : then shall the hands of all that arewith theebestrong. 

22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the "top of the 

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Hushai's counsel accepted 

house ; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines 

in the * sight of all Israel. 
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled 

in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the s oracle 

of God : so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with 

David and with Absalom. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

Ahithophel's counsel is overthrown by Hushm's, according to God s ap- 
pointment, 1. Secret intelligence is sent unto David, 15. Ahithophel 
hangetk himself, 23. Amasa is made captain, 25. David at Maha- 
naim is furnished ivith provisions, 27. 

fil/I OREOVER, Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me 
arise and pursue after David 



H. SAMUEL. 



David's charge to the army. 



B 'irea st man's house in Bahurim, which had r a well in his court ; 



Mi 
now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will 

this night : 
. And I will come upon him while he is b weary and 
weak-handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people 
that are with him shall flee ; and I will smite the king only : 

3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee : the 
man whom thou seekest is as if all returned : so all the 
people shall be c in peace. 

4 And the saying d pleased Absalom well, and all the 
elders of Israel. 

/ 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite 
also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. 

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom 

spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this 

manner: shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou. 

u 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that 

Ahithophel hath given is e not good f at this time. 

8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his 
men, that they be mighty men, and they be "chafed in 
their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field : 
and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with 
the people. 

9 Behold, he is hid now in some e pit, or in some other 
place : and it will come to pass, when some " of them be 
overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, 
Thereis a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. 

10 And he also that is c valiant, whose heart is as the 
heart of a lion, shall utterly h melt : for all Israel knoweth 
that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with 
him are valiant men. 

g 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally 
gathered unto thee, ' l from Dan even to Beer-sheba, k as 
the sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and that ' thou 
go to * battle in thine own person. 

12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he 
shall be found, and wc will light upon him as the dew fall- 
eth on the ground : and of him and of all the men that 
ore with him there shall not be left so much as one. 

13' Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all 
Israel bring m ropes to that city, and we will draw it into 
the river, until there be not one small " stone found there. 
< 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The 
counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsc 
■if Ahithophel. 



x Num.25.6. 
ch. 12. 11, 
12. 

tsa. 3. 9. 
g Heb. 
word. 

a Prov.4.16. 
Rom. 3. 15. 
bDt.25.18. 
ch. 16. 14. 
Matt. 4. 2. 
c Job 21. 9. 
Isa. 57. 20. 
d 1 Sam. 23. 
21. 

Esth. 5. 11. 
Rom. 1. 33. 
ePr.31. 8,9. 
fEccles.3.1. 
a Heb. bit- 
er of soul, 
Judg. 18.25. 
giSam. 22. 
1. & 23. 25. 
b Heb. some 
among 
them shall 
fall. 

Ilcb. a 

nof 
valour. 
h Dt. 1. 28. 
Josh. 2. 11. 
i Judg.20.1. 
k Josh.11.4. 
1 Ps. 9. 16. 

Heb. that 
thy face go 
along with 
them to 
battle. 
m 1 Kings 
20. 10. 
nPs.83. 14. 
Matt. 24. 2. 
c Hch.com- 
manded, 
Ps. 33. 9. 
& 111. 9. 
& 148. 5. 
Amos 6. 11. 
&9.3. 
Null. 1. 14. 

LukelO.8. 

1 Cor. 1. 20. 
&3. 19. 
/ Heb. 
passing 
over, past 
over. 

p ch. 15. 17. 
q Josh. 15.7. 
6c 18. 16. 



B.Christ 
1093. 



r Ex. 1. 21. 

Josh. 2.2,7. 
s Acts 27. 
31. 

trh. 18.7. 
u ch. 15. 12. 
x2Kgs.20. 
1. 

y Job 31. 3. 
Ps. 59. 15. 
Prov. 10.28. 
& 11.7. 
Zoch. 12.10. 
Matt. 27. 5 
Horn. fi. 23. 
zch. 2.8. 
a 2 Chron. 
13.8. 

Rov. I.'! 12. 
b 1 Chr. 2. 
17. 



c Gen. 6. 4. 

For the Lord had 'appointed to defeat •> \^ 0, 



the ° good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the 
Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 
/ 15 If Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the 
priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and 
the elders of Israel ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 
1G Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, 
Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but 
speedily Spass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and 
all the people that are with him. 

a 17 Now.Tonathanand Ahimaaz I, stayedby' l En-rogel ; for 
they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench 
went and told them ; and they went and told king David. 

s 18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Absalom : 



whither they went down. 

/19 And the woman took and spread a covering over 
the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon ; and 
the thing was not known. 

g 20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to 
the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan ?■ 
And the woman said untothem, They be gone over the 
brook of water. And when they had sought and could 
not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 
/ 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that 
they came up out of the well, and went and told king Da- 
vid, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the 
water : for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. 
e 22 Then David s arose, and all the people that were 
with him, and they passed over Jordan : by the morning 
light there l lacked not one of them that was not gone 
over Jordan. 

/ 23 % And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was 
not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him 
home to his house, u to his city, and x put his household in 
order, and y hanged himself, and died, and was buried in 
the sepulchre of his father. 

g 24 Then David came to z Mahanaim. And Absalom 
passed over Jordan, he and a all the men of Israel with him. 
/ 25 ^f And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host in- 
stead of Joab : which Amasa was a man's son, whose 
name was Ithra, b an Israelite, that c went in to d Abigail 
the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother, 
g- 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 
s 27 ^f And it came to pass, when David was come to 
Mahanaim, that e Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of 
the children of Amnion, and f Machir the son of Ammiel 
of Lo-debar, and s Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 
/ 28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and 
wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, 
and lentiles, and parched pulse, 

29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of 
kine, h for David, and for the people that were with him, 
to eat : for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, 
and thirsty, in the wilderness. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
David, viewing the armies in their march, givclh them charge, of Absa- 
lom, 1. The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim, 6. 
Absalom, hanging in an oak, is slain by Joab, and cast into a pit, 9. 
Absalom's place, IS. Ahimaaz and Cus'ni bring tidings to David, 19. 
David mourneth for Absalom, 33, 

f k ND David a numbered the people that were with him, 
J\ and set captains of thousands and captains of hun- 
dreds over them. 

2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under 
the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of b Abi- 
shai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part un- 
der the hand of c Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto 
the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 

3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not^go forth : 
for if we flee away, they will d not care for us ; neither if 
half of us die, will they care for us : but now thou art 
" worth ten thousand of us : therefore now it is belter that 
thou c succour us out of the city. 

/ 1 And the king said unto them, What scenieih you best 
I will do. And the king stood by the 'gale side, and all 
the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. 
So And the king commanded Joab and Ahishai and Ittai, 
saying, ' Deal gently for my sake with the young man, 
even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the 
king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. 
g G "If So the people went out into the field against Israel 
and the battle was in the '' wood of Ephraim ; 

7 "Where the people of Israel were slain before the ser- 

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Absalom slam by Joab. II 

vants of David, and there was there l a great slaughter 
that day of twenty thousand men. 

8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of 
all the country : and the wood " devoured more people 
that day than the sword devoured. 
/ 9 % And Absalom met the servants of David. And 
Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the 
thick boughs of a great oak, and his k head caught hold of 
the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the 
earth ; and the mule that was under him went away. 

10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, 
Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak. 

1 1 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And be 
hold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him 
there to the ground 1 and I would have given thee ' ten 
shekels of silver, and a girdle. 

12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should re- 
ceive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I 
not put forth my hand against the king's son : for in our 
hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, say- 
ing, beware that none touch the young man Absalom 

13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against 
mine own c life : for there is no matter hid from the king, 
and thou thyself wouldest have m set thyself against me. 

f 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And 
he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through 
the n heart of Absalom, while he was ° yet alive in the 
"midst of the oak. 

15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour com- 
passed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. 
/ 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned 
from pursuing after Israel : for Joab held back the people. 

17 And they took Absalom, and p cast him into a great 
pit in the wood, and laid a very great q heap of stones upon 
him : and all Israel fled every one to his tent. 
d 18 % Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared 
up for himself a r pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he 
said, I have s no son to keep my name in remembrance : 
and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is 
called unto this day, Absalom's Place. 
/ 19 % Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now 
run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath 
' avenged him of his enemies. 

20 And Joab said unto him^Thou shalt not bear tidings 
this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day : but 
this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son 
is dead. 

/ 21 Then said Joab to g Cushi, Go, tell the king what thou 
hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 
i 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to 
Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after 
Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, 
seeing that thou hast no tidings ready ? 

23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said 
unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the 
plain, and overran Cushi. 

/ 24 And David sat between the 4 two gates : and the 
watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, 
and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man run- 
ning alone. 

25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And 
the king said, If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth. 
And he came apace, and drew near. 

26 And the watchman saw another man running : and 
the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, 
another man running alone. And the king said, He also 
bnngeth tidings. 

/27 And the watchman said, A Methinketh the running 
of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of 



SAMUEL. 

Zadok. 



B. Christ 
1023. 



i Pr. 11. 21. 

& 24. 21,22. 
*Heb. 
multiplied 
to devour, 
verse 17. 
Ps. 77. 17. 
k Dt.21. 23. 
ch. 14. 26. 
& 17. 23. 
Job 18.9,10. 
Prov.30.17. 
1 cli. 14. 26. 
c Heb. soul, 
Ex. 20. 13. 
mPs.83. 11. 
n Pa. 45. 5. 
oEx. 1. 17. 
verse 5. 
dHeb. 
heart, 
Deut. 4. 11. 
Matt. 12.40. 
p Jer. 22.18, 
19. 

ti Josh. 7.26. 
& 10. 27. 
verse 18. 
Lam. 3. 53. 
r 1 Sam. 15. 
12. 

Pa. 49. 11. 
s ch. 14. 27. 
Jo!) 18. 17. 
c Hob. done 
him right 
from the 
hand, 

Juilj. 2. 16. 
Psalm 9. 4. 
f Heb. 
Thou shalt 
be no man 
of errand, 
or, tidings, 
chap. 8. 10. 
Ps. 112.5. 
a Or, The 
black moor, 
Num. 12. 4. 
Jcr. 13. 23. 
t 1 Sam. 4. 
13. 

Allcb. J 
spy the 
running. 




David mourneth for Absalom 

And the king said, He is "a good man, and 
cometh with good tidings. 

28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is 
well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before 
the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which 
hath "delivered up the men that lifted up their hand 
against my lord the king. 

k 29 And the king said, j Is the young man Absalom safe ? 
And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's ser- 
vant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew 
not what it was . 

30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside and stand 
here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 
/31 And behold, Cushi came ; and Cushi said, Tidings, 
my lord the king : for the Lord hath J avenged thee this 
day of all them that rose up against thee. 

32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man 
Absalom safe 1 And Cushi answered, The enemies of my 
lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, 
be as that young man is. 

s 33 Tf And the king was much moved, and went up to 
the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, 
thus he said, O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absa- 
lom ! * would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, 
my son ! 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Joab causeih the king to cease his mourning, I. The Israelites are 
earnest to bring the king back, 9. David sen deth to the pmests to incite 
them of Judah, 11. Sfiimei is pardoned, 18. Mephibosheth excused, 
24. Barzillai dismissed, Chimham his son is taken into the king's 
family, 32. The Israelites expostulate with Judah for bringing home 
the king without them, 41. 

ND it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and 
mourneth for Absalom. 

2 And the " victory that day was turned into a mourning 
unto all the people : for the people heard say that day 
how the king was grieved for his son. 

3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the 
city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee 
in battle. 

4 But the king b covered his face, and the king cried 
with a loud voice, O my son Absalom ! O Absalom, my 
son, my son ! 

/5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, 
Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, 
which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy 
sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and 
the lives of thy concubines ; 

6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy 
friends : for thou hast declared this day, b that thou re- 
gardest neither princes nor servants : for this day I per- 
ceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this 
day, then c it had pleased thee well. 

7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak Comforta- 
bly unto thy servants : for I swear by the Lord, if thou 
go not forth, there'will not tarry d one with thee this night : 
and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that 
befell thee from thy youth until now. 

/8 Then the king arose, and sat in the e gate. And they 
told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit 
in the gate. And all the people came before the king : 
f for Israel had fled every man to his tent. 
/9 ^[ And all the people were s at strife throughout all the 
tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand 
of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the 
Philistines ; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. 
10 And Absalom, whom h we anointed over us, is deaei 
in battle. Now therefore why p speak ye not a word of 
bringing the king back 1 
f 11 ^[ And king David sent to ; Zadok and to Abinthar, 

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Mephibosheth excused. II. SAMUEL. The Israelites expostulate ivith Judah. 

the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying,! B ^; st I s 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore 
Why are ye k the last to bring the king back to his house !k.Mt"sji& years °ld : and he had provided the king of sustenance 



seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to 
his house. 

k 12 Ye are my brethren, ye l are my bones and my flesh: 
wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king ? 

* 1 3 And say ye to m Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, 
and of my flesh 1 God do so to me, and more also, if thou 
be not captain of the host before me continually in the 
n room of Joab. 

fl4 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah 
even as the heart of ° one man ; so that they sent this 
word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants 

s 15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And 
Judah came to p Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct 
the king over Jordan. 

s 16 T[ And q Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which 
ivas of r Bahurim, s hasted and came down with the men 
of Judah to meet king David. 

/ 1 7 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, 
and ' Ziba the servant of the hous-e of Saul, and his u fifteen 
sons and his twenty servants with him ; and they went 
over Jordan before the king. 

s 18 And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the 
king's household, and to do ' what he thought good. And 
Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he 
was come over Jordan ; 

19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute 
iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy 
servant did * perversely the day that my lord the king went 
out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 

20 For thy servant doth know that 1 have sinned: there- 
fore behold, I am come y the first this day of all the house 
of Joseph to go down to meet my lord t>.e king. 

c21 BiH Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, 
Shall not Shimei be z put to death for this, because he 
cursed the Lord's anointed ? 

« 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye 
sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries 
unto me 1 shall there any man be put to death this day in 
Israel? fordo notl know that I am this daykingover Israel? 

d 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shall 
* not die : and the king sware unto him. 
/24 % And Mephibosheth the son b of Saul came down 
to meet the king, and had neither c dressed his feet, nor 
trimmed his beard, nor a washed his clothes, from the 
day the king departed until thedny hecamec^am in peace. 
25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusa- 
lem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Where- 
fore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth ? 
/2G And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant de- 
ceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, 
that I may ride thereon, and go to the king ; because thy 
servant is lame. 

27 And he hath c slandered thy servant unto my lord 
the king ; but my lord the king is as an angel of God : 
do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 

28 For all of my father's house were but dead men be- 
fore my lord the king : yet didst thou set thy servant 
among them that did eat at thine own table. What c right 
therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? 

29 And the kingsaid unto him, Why speakest thou anymore 
of thy matters? 'I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land 

30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him 



ICor.lO.U 
Phil. 3. 17. 
2Thes.3.9. 
1 Pet. 2. 21. 
lch. 5. 1. 
mch.17.25. 
n ch. 3. 39. 
& 18. 14. 
verses 5, 6. 
oJudg.20.1. 
p Josh. 5. 9. 
q 1 Kings 
2.8. 

r ch. 16. 5. 
s Job 2. 4. 
t ch. 16. 1. 
u ch. 9. 10. 
e Heb. good 
in his eyes. 
x ch. 16. 5. 
y Isa. 7. 2. 
& 11. 15. 
Jer. 31. 9. 
Hos. 5. 13. 
Zech. 10. 6. 
Matt. 5. 25. 
z Ex. 21. 17. 
& 22. 28. 
/Heb. 
Satan, 
Matt. 16.23. 
a 1 Kings 
2. 9, 10. 
b ch. 9. 3, 6. 
Dan. 5. 18. 
c Dt. 21. 12. 
el Rom. 12. 
31. 

Heb. 13. 3. 
e ch. 16. 3. 
Ps. 15. 3. 
g Or, what 
have. Ithen 
more to cry 
for right 
unto, 

Gen. 32. 10. 
ch. 9. 7, 8. 
Luke 17. Hi. 
f Dt. 19. 19. 
Ps. 82. 2. & 
101. 5. 
Prov. 29. 
gch 



B. Christ 
1023. 



(I 1 Kin 
12. 10. 

tci e --'! 
take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in j^ 08 ' 1 
peace unto his own house 

/31 ^ And e Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Ro-|gG^*>*a 
gelim, ana went over Jordan with the king, to conduct; cb.i&i& 
him over Jordan Ikch'i^s 



John 0. 66. 
fch. 15. 10. 



while he lay at Mahanaim : for he was a very great man. 
s 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come' thou ove? 
with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, A How h long have I 
to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 

35 I am this day ! fourscore years old : and can I k dis- 
cern between good and evil 1 can thy servant taste what 
I eat or what I drink 1 can I hear any more the voice of 
singing-men and singing-women 1 wherefore then should 
thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king 1 

36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with 
the king : and why should the king recompense it me 
with such a reward 1 

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I 
may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of 
my father and of my mother : but behold thy servant 
1 Chimham ; let him go over with my lord the king ; and 
do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 
/38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with 
me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto 
thee : and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will 
I do for thee. 

o 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when 
the king was come over, the king m kissed Barzillai, and 
" blessed him : and he returned unto his own place. 
g 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went 
on with him : and all the people of Judah conducted the 
king, and also half the people of Israel. 
/41 If And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, 
and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men 
f-.'27. of Judah stolen thee away, and have ° brought the king, 
and his household, and all David's men with him, over 
Jordan 1 

42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Is- 
rael, Because the king is near of kin to us : wherefore 
then be ye angry for this matter ? have we eaten at all of 
the king's cost ? or hath he given us any gift ? 
/43 And the men of Israel answered "the men of Judah, 
and said, p We have ten ' parts in the king, and we have 
also more right in David than ye : why then did ye k de- 
spise us, that our advice should not be first had in bring- 
ing back our king ? And the ' words of the men of Judah 
q were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. 

CHAPTER XX. 
By occasion of the quarrel, Shela maketk a parly in Israel, 1. David's 
ten concubines are shut up in perpetual pnson, 3. Aivasa, made cap- 
tain over Judah, is slain by Joab, 4. Joab pursueih Sheba vnto Mel, 
14. A wise woman saveth the city by Sheba's head, 16. David's offi- 
cers, 23. 

ND there happened to be a there a man of b Belial, 
whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benja- 
mite : and he blew c a trumpet, and said, Wc have d no part 
in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : 
every man to his tents, O Israel. 

s 2 So every mart of Israel went up from after David, and 

followed Sheba the son of Bichri : but the men ° of Judah 

clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 

f3 f And David came to his house at Jerusalem ; and 

the king took the f ten women his concubines, whom he 

had left to keep the house, and put them in B ward, and 

but h went not in unto them. So they were shut 

up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 

/4 f Then said the king to l Amasa, Assemble me the 

men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 

5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he 

tarried longerthanthe set time which he had appointed him. 

/ 6 And David said to '' Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son 

of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom : take thoy 

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h Hub. Hair 
many will 
the days of 
the years of 
my life bel 
h Job 14.14 
Ps. 39. 5, 6. 
& 90. 4. 
1 Cor. 7. 29. 
James 4. 14. 
i Ps. 90. 10, 
12. 

kEccles.12. 
3,6. 
1 1 King! 



Jer. 41. 17. 

m Gen. 29. 

II 

n ch. 14. 22. 

o verses 11, 

12, 14. 

p Ml. 21. 9. 

& 27. 23. 

i Heb. 

hands, 

chap. 5. 1. 

A- Bob. 

disestcem 

us, or, set 

II S lit 

nouirht. 
rilob. and 
the leords 
of the men 
of Judah 
mere 
harder, 
Jodg.12 1,4 
chap. 20. 1. 
qAct»15.39. 
a ch. 12. 10. 
&I0.41. 

c^bS'lfi 



A wise woman saveth the city. II. SAMUEL. 

thy ? lord's servants and pursue after him, lest he get him 



B. Christ 
1022. 



fenced cities, and escape us. 

7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the 
m Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men : 
and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the 
son of Bichri. 

e 8 When they were at the great stone n which is in Gi- 
beon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that 
he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle 
With a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath there- 
of; and as he went forth it fell out. 

/ 9 And Joab said to Amasa, ° Art thou in health ° my 
brother % And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the 
right hand to p kiss him. 

10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in 
Joab's hand : so he smote him therewith in the fifth q rib, 
and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not 
again ; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother 
pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri 

1 1 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, r He that 
favour eth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab 
/ 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the 
highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood 
still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field 
and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one 
that came by him stood still. 

13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the 
people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son 
of Bichri. 

g 14 ^ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto 
Abel, and to s Beth-maachah, and all the ' Berites : and 
they were gathered together, and went also after him. 

15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth- 
maachah, and they ' cast up a bank against the city, and 
it stood in the trench : and all the people that were with 
Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 
/ 16 % Then cried u a wise woman out of the city, Hear, 
hear ; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that 
I may speak with thee. 

17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman 
said, Art thou Joab 1 And he answered, I am he. Then 
she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And 
he answered, I do hear. 

18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak 
in old time, saying, They shall surely x ask counsel at Abel : 
and so they ended the matter. 

c 19 I am one c of them that are peaceable and faithful in 
Israel : thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Is- 
rael : why wilt thou swallowup the inheritance of the Lord 1 
/ 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from 
me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 

21 The matter is not so : but a man y of mount Ephraim 
Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand 
against the king, even against David : deliver him only, and 
I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab 
Behold, z his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 
/ 22 Then the woman went unto all the people a in her 
wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of 
Bichri and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, 
and they " retired from the city, every man to his tent. 
And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 
/ 23 ^[ Now b Joab was over all the host of Israel : and 
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and 
over the Pelethites : 

24 And Adoram was over the c tribute : and Jehosha 
phat the son of Ahilud was d recorder : 

25 And e Sheva was scribe : and Zadok and Abiathar 
were the f priests : 

26 And Ira also the s Jairite was a chief ruler about David 



1 ch. 11. 11. 
m ch. 8. 18. 
lKgs.1.38. 
a Josh. 10. 
27. 

a Heb. 
Thou 
peace, 

1 Sam. 25. 6. 
olChr.2.16. 
John 7. 3. 

]) Luke 22. 

47. 

q ch. 2. 23. 

rDeut.20.5. 

s 2 Kings 

15. 29. 

2Chr. 16.4. 

tJosh.18.25. 

b Heb. 

poured out, 

2 Kings 19. 
32. 

Jer. 32. 24. 
& 33. 4. 
u Eccl. 9. 
14, 18. 
x Dt. 20. 10. 
Josh. 9. 14. 
cllcb.ofthe 
peaceable 
of the 
faithful. 
She $peak 
etii in the 
nameof the 
city Jibel. 
Gen. 18. 23. 
Rom. 1.3.4,5, 
yjosh. 18. 
25. 

verse 1. 
z ver. 11,17. 
a Eccl. 9. 18. 
d Heb. were 
scattered, 
Nu. 16.2,3, 
ch. 15. 10. 
1 Kings 12. 
28. 

Pro. 24. 21. 
& 25. 10. 
b ch. 8. 16. 
c lKgs.4.6, 
dlKgs.4.3, 
e ch. 8. 17. 
fNum.3.32. 
gJudg.10.4. 



B. Christ 
1021. 



aLev.26.16 
b 1 Kings 

17. 1. & 18. 
1,9. 

c Num. 27. 

21. 

d Josh. 7. 

1,2. 

1 Sam. 22. 

16. 

Rev. 6. 10. 

e Josh. 9. 7. 

fDeut.7.16. 

1 Sam. 14. 

44. 

Galat.4. 18. 

g Ex. 2. 24. 

Jer. 29. 7. 

h Est. 9. 16. 

i Est. 9. 24. 

Prov. 3.29. 

Matt. 7. 2. 

k Est. 9. 10. 

1 Dt. 21. 22. 

m 1 Sam 

18. 3. & 20. 
8. & 24. 21. 
n ch. 3. 7. 
oJudg.7.22 
p ch. 6. 17. 
q ver. 7, 14. 
Prov. 21. 3 
r Ruth 1. 
17, 22. 

s Dt. 21. 23 
t 1 Sam. 
31. 10, 12. 
u Josh. 18. 
28. 

xl Sam. 9.1. 
y Josh. 7. 26. 
ch. 24. 25. 
Esth. 8. 10. 
Jonah 1. 15. 
Zech. 6. 8. 
z Gen. 6. 4. 
a lSa.17.5, 
a That is, 
about 
twelve 
pound and 
a half, 
1 Sam. 17 5. 
bGen.22.14. 
Fsa. 46. 1 



RizpaWs kindness to the dead. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

The three years' famine for the Gibeonites cease, by hanging seven of 
Saul's S07is, 1. Rizpah's kindness unto the dead, 10. David burieth, 
the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre, 12. Four 
battles against the Philistines, wherein four valiants of David skttj 
four giants, 15. 

THEN there was a a famine in the days of David b three 
years, year after year ; and David c inquired of the 
Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for 
his d bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 

2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 
them ; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of 
Israel, but of the e remnant of the Amorites ; and the chil- 
dren of Israel had sworn unto them : and Saul sought to 
slay them, f in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 

3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What 
shall I do for you 1 and wherewith shall I make the atone- 
ment, that g ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord 1 

f 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have h no 
silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house ; neither for us 
shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye 
shall say, that will I do for you. 

5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed 
us, and that ' devised against us, that we should be de- 
stroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, 
D 6 Let k seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and 
we will hang them up ' unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, 
whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will 
give them. 

7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jona- 
than, the son of Saul, because of ™ the Lord's oath that was 
betweenthem,betweenDavid and Jonathan the son of Saul. 
/ 8 But the king took the two sons of n Rizpah the daugh- 
ter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Me- 
phibosheth ; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of 
Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel, the son of Bar- 
zillai the ° Meholathite : 

9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeon- 
ites, and they hanged them in the p hill q before the 
Lord : and they fell all seven together, and were put to 
death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the be- 
ginning of r barley-harvest. 

a 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, 
and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning 
of harvest s until water dropped upon them out of heaven, 
and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them 
by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 

1 1 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of 
Aiah the concubine of Saul had done. 
/ 1 2 % And David went and took the bones of Saul and 
the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of l Jabesh- 
gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth- 
shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the 
Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa : 

13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul 
and the bones of Jonathan his son : and they gathered the 
bones of them that were hanged. 

e 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried 
they in the country of Benjamin in n Zelah, in the sepulchre 
of x Kish his father : and they performed all that the king 
commanded. And after that God was y entreated for the land. 
/ 15 % Moreover, the Philistines had yet war again with 
Israel ; and David went down, and his servants with him, 
and fought against the Philistines : and David waxed faint. 

16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the z giant, 
the a weight of whose spear weighed "three hundred shekels 
of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, 
thought to have slain David. 

/ 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah b succoured him, and 
smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men o! 

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II. SAMUEL. 



David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out] B -^ st 
with us to battle, that thou quench not the " light of Israel. \Taeb. 

18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again _3? r ' 

a battle with the Philistines at c Gob : then d Sibbechai the _f__f_ L3ft 
Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. 2 chr.91.1_7. 

19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philis- 1 - 
tines, where e Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth- 
lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, tlie staff 
of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 
/ 20 And there was yet a battle in f Gath, where was a 
man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, 
and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number ; 
and he also was born to the giant. 

21 And when he g defied Israel, h Jonathan the son of 
Shimeah the brother of David slew him. 

22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and £ fell 
by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
A psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance and manifold 

blessings. 

f A ND David spake unto the Lord the words of this a song 
_A. in the day that b the Lord had delivered him out of 
the hand of all his enemies, and cut of the hand of c Saul : 
1 2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, ancfmy fortress, 
and my d deliverer ; 

3 The God of my rock ; in him will I e trust : he is my 
' shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and 
my refuge, my s saviour, thou savest me from violence ; 

4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised : 
so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
E 5 When the h waves of death compassed me, the floods 
of ungodly men made me afraid ; 

6 The ' sorrows of hell compassed me about ; the 
* snares of death prevented me ; 

7 In my distress ' I called upon the Lord, and cried to 
my God : and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and 
my cry m did enter into his ears. 

s 8 Then the "earth shook and trembled: the founda- 
tions of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. |- 

9 There went up asmoke out of his nostrils, and p fire j 120?' 
out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. 

10 He q bowed the heavens also, and came down; and 
'darkness was under his feet. 

1 1 And he rode upon s a cherub, and did fly : and he 
was seen upon the wings of the wind. 

s 12 And he made darkness pavilions 'round about him, 
dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 

13 Through the brightness before him were u coals of 
fire kindled. 

14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most 
High " uttered his voice. 

15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them ; light- 
ning, and discomfited them. 

16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the fbunda-l ';>','.;;' j*% 
lions of the world were discovered, at the > rebuking of 1uv.19.i8 
the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his "nostrils. 

17 He sent from z above, he took me; 1.3 drew me out 
of many a waters. 

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from 
them that hated me : for they were too strong for me. 

19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but 
i he Lord was my stay. 

4 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he|?fo»t»« 
delivered me, because b he delighted in me. 

21 The Lord rewarded me c according to my righteous- 
ness : according to the cleanness of my hands hath he 
recompensed me. l'ia"4& 



c 1 Chr. 20. 
4. 

d 1 Chr. 11. 
29. 

e I Chr. 11. 
26. 

fIChr.18.1. 
g I Sam. 17. 
10, '25,36. 
h ch. 13. 3. 
iJer. 9.23. 
I Cor. 1. 27. 
Rom. 8. 31, 
37. 

a Ex. 15. 1. 
■b Ps. 34. 19, 
c Mark 16. 
7. 

d Ps. 3. 8. 
e Pr. 18. 10. 
fGon. 15. I, 
g Mat. 1.-31 
h Ps. 18. 5. 
i Ps. 118. 3. 
k 1 Sam. 18. 
21. 

1 Acts 12. 5. 
mJonah2.2. 
nJmlg.5.20, 
o Jul. -26. 11 
Ps. 1?. 7. 
pHeb.12.29. 
q Ps. 144. 5. 
Isa. 64. 1,2. 
r Ps. 18. 9. 
s Gen. 3. 24. 
t Ps. 97. 2. 
u Ps. 18. 12. 
x Ps. 29. 3. 
y Ps. 9. 5. 
a Heb. 
nose, or, 
anger, 
Ps. 47. 1. 
z Jtidg.5.20. 
Ps. 103. 21. 
Heb. I. 14. 
aPs. 69.2. 
b Ps. 51. 6. 
cPs.7. 3, 4. 
Eph. 2. 10. 
dPs. 119.3, 
8,11. 



B. Christ 
1018. 



Luke 1. 6. 
f 2 Kings 
20.3. 
Ps. 51. 6. 
g Mt. 18. 8. 
h Matt. 5.7. 
i Matt. 5. 8. 
k Ex. 5. 2. 
1 Sam. 25. 
17. 

1 Ps. 12.5. 
mPs. 101.5. 
n Ps. 37. 6. 

Phil. 4.13. 
pOcn.I8.19. 
<i Ps. 12. 6. 
r Dj. 32. 39. 
s eh. 1. 23. 

1 Dt. 32. 13. 
[sa. 33. 16. 
u Ps.84. 11. 
Eph. 6. 16. 
b Heb. mul 



> Gen. 19.8. 
Ex. 23. 27. 
Josh. 10.24. 
/.Ps. 18.41. 
a 1 Sam.28. 
fi. 

Prov. 1.28. 
I) Ps. 18. 4J. 
&25. 4. 
Dnn. 2. 35. 
c Ps. 2. 8. 
Dan. 7. 11. 



of thanksgiving. 

23 For e all his judgments were before me : and as for 
his statutes, I did not depart from them. 

24 I was also '"upright before him, and have kept my* 
self g from mine iniquity. 

25 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me accord- 
ing to my righteousness ; according to my cleanness in 
his eye-sight. 

b 26 "With the h merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, 
and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 

b 27 With the ' pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and 
with the k froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. 

28 And the ' afflicted people thou wilt save : but thine 
ra eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring 
them down. 

29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord : and the Lord will 
" lighten my darkness. 

b 30 For ° by thee I have run through a troop : by my 
God have I leaped over a wall. 

« 31 As for God, p his way is perfect; the word of the 
Lord is q tried : he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 

t 32 For r who is God, save the Lord 1 and who is a 
rock, save our God 1 

33 God is my strength and power : and he maketh my 
way perfect. 

34 He maketh my feet like s hinds' feet : and setteth 
me upon my £ high places. 

35 He teacheth my hands to war ; so that a bow of 
steel is broken by mine arms. 

h 36 Thou hast also given me the u shield of thy salva- 
tion : and thy gentleness hath ''made me great. 

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; so that 
my feet did not slip. 

38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; 
and turned not again until I had consumed them. 

39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that 
they could not arise : yea, they 'are fallen s under my feet. 

40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle : 
them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. 

41 Thou hast also given me the y necks of mine ene- 
mies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 

42 They z looked, but there was none to save ; even 
unto the Lord, but he a answered them not. 

43 Then did I beat them as small as b the dust of the 
earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did 
spread them abroad. 

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of 
my people, thou hast kept me to be c head of the heathen : 
a people which I knew not shall serve me. 

45 Strangers shall 'submit themselves unto me: as 
soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 

46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall rf be afraid 
out of their close places. 

t> 47 The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; and ex- 
alted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 

48 It is God that d avengeth me, and that bringeth 
down the people under me, 

49 And that c bringeth me forth from mine enemies : 
thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose 
up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 

50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, 
f among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. 

51 He is the tower 



A r>j ocritt r, 
Acta 8. 13. 
'I llch. arm 
thrmsclvcs, 
lKn.S0.ll. 

rl Pi. 91. 1 



22 For I have d kept the ways of the Lord., and have Jfe** 



of salvation for his king : and 



not wickedly departed from mv God. 

52 



[h Ier.30. |/| 
a Gen. 19 J 



sheweth mercy to his "'anointed, unto David, and to" ins 

seed for evermore. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

David in his last wordi professeth his/aith in God's promises to he be- 
yond sense or cxperit nee, 1. The different stale of the wicked, 6. ./ 
catalogue*/ David's mighty men, 8. 

NOW these be the a last words of David. David the 
son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up 

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Catalogue of David' 's worthies. II. SAMUEL. 

on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet 
b psalmist of Israel, said, 

t 2 The c Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word 
was in my tongue. 

d 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to 
me, ° He that ruleth over men must be just, * ruling in the 
fear of God. 

i 4 And he shall be as the d light of the morning when the 
sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the e tender 
grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 
« 5 Although f my house be not so with God ; yet he hath 
made with me an g everlasting covenant, h ordered in all 
things, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and all my 
desire, although he make it 'not to grow. 

6 «[[ But the sons of l Belial shall be all of them as k thorns 
thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands : 

7- But the man that shall touch them must be fenced 
with iron and the staff of a spear ; and they shall be ut- 
terly burned with fire in the same place. 
/ 8 ^j These be the names of ' the mighty men whom 
David had : The Tachmouite that sat in the seat, chief 
among the captains ; the same was Adino the Eznite : he 
lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew 
at one time. 

/ 9 A.nd after him was m Eleazar the son of Dodo the Aho- 
hite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they 
n defied the Philistines that were there gathered together 
to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away : 

10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand 
was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the 
Lord wrought a great victory that day ; and the people 
returned after him only to spoil. 

/ 11 And after him was ° Shammah the son of Agee the 
Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together 
into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles : 
and the people fled from -the Philistines 



12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and de- 
fended it, and slew the Philistines : and the Lord wrought 
a great victory. 

g 13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came 
to David in the harvest-time unto the cave of p Adullam : 
and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of 
Rephaim. 

g\A And David was then in q a hold, and the garrison of 
the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. 

15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give 
me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which 
is by the gate ! 

/16 And the three mighty men brake through the host 
of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth- 
lehem, that was by the gate, and took if, and brought it 
to David : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but 
r poured it out unto the Lord. 

17 And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I 
should 3 do this : is not this the blood of the men that, 
went in jeopardy of their lives'? therefore he would not 
drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 
/ 18 And l Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Ze- 
ruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear 
against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name 
among three. 

19 Was he not most honourable of three 1 therefore he 
was their captain: liowbeit he attained not unto the 
nrst three. 

s 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a 
vahant man, of u Kabzeel, "who had done many acts, he 
slew two hon-like men of Moab : he went down also and 
slew a hon m the midst of a pit in time of snow : 

21 And he slew an Egyptian, a 'goodly man : and the 



B. Christ 
1018. 



David numbereth the people. 

Egyptian had a spear in his hand , but he went down to 
him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyp- 
tian's hand, and slew him x with his own spear. 

22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
had the name among three mighty men. 

23 Hewasmore honourablethanthethirty,buthe attain- 
ed not to the firstthree. And David set him / over his guard. 
/ 24 y Asahel the g brother of Joab was one of the thirty ; 
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 
/ 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 
/ 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the z Tekoite, 
/27 Abiezer the a Anethothite,Mebunnai the b Hushathite, 
/ 28 Zalmon the Hahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 
/ 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the 
son of Ribai out of c Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 
/ 30 Benaiah the d Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of 
e Gaash, 

/SI Abi-albon the f Arbathite, Asmaveth the Barhumite, 
/ 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite ; of the sons of Jashen, 
Jonathan, 

/ 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar 
the Hararite, 

/ 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahashbai, the son of the Maa- 
chathite, Elfam the son s of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 
/ 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 
/36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 
/ 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the h Beerothite, ar 
mour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 



/33 

/39 



Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 
k Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in all 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

David tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people, 1. David 
having three plagues propounded by Gad, repentcth, and chooseth the 
three days' pestilence, 10. After the death of threescore and ten thou- 
sand, David by repentance prevcnleth the destruction of Jerusalem, 15. 
David by Gad's direction purchaseth Jlraunah's threshing-foor ; 
where, having sacrificed, the plague stayeth, 18. 

°A ND a again the anger of the Lord was kindled against 
J$L Israel, and " he moved David against them to say, 
Go, number Israel and Judah. 

/2 For the king said to Joab, the captain of the host, 
which was with him, b Go now through all the tribes of 
Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the 
people, that e I may know the number of the people. 

3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God 
add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundred.- 
fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it : but 
why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 
/ 4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against 
Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and 
the captains of the host d went out from the presence of 
the king, to number the people of Israel. 

g 5 ^f And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in e Aroer, 
on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the 
river of Gad, and toward f Jazer : 

g 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim- 
hodshi; and they came to e Dan-jaan, and about to b Zidon, 

s 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the 
cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites : and they went 
out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 

ff 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they 
came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty 
days. 

/9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the peo- 
ple unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred 
thousand valiant men that drew the sword ; and the men 
of Judah iveretive hundred thousand men. 

« 10 % And David's heart J smote him after that he had 
numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, 1 
have k sinned greatly in that I have done : and now, I be- 

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I. KINGS. 



seech thee, O Lord, ' take away the iniquity of thy ser- 
vant ; for I have done very foolishly. 

/ 1 1 For when David was up iii the morning, the word of 
the Lord came unto the prophet m Gad, David's seer, 
saying, 

12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer 
thee three things ; choose thee one of them, that I may 
do it unto thee. 

«° 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto 
him, "Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy 
land ] or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, 
while they pursue thee 1 or that there be three days' pes- 
tilence in thy land ? Now advise, and see what answer I 
shall return to him that sent me. 

« 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let 
us fall now into the D hand of the Lord ; for his mercies 
are ° great ; and let me not fall into the hand p of man. 
/15 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the 
morning even to the time appointed : and there died of j 
the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba ''seventy thou-; 
sand men. j 

16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon! 
Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the 
evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It 
is r enough: stay now thy hand. And the angel of the! 
Lord was by the threshing-place of s Araunah the ' Je- 
busite. 

c 17 And David spake unto the Lord when he "saw the 
angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, 
and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have 



B. Christ 
1017. 



1 ch. 12. 13. 

Micah7. 8. 

m 1 Sam.22. 

5. 

6 In 1 Chr. 

21.12. 

three-years, 

that is, 

three past, 

chap. 21. 1. 

the present 

the fourth 

and three 

after. 

nlleb.12.5, 

8. 

o Ps. 103. 

13, 14. 

Isa. 27.8,11. 

p Pr< 12. 10. 

<1 Isa. 37.38. 

r Ps. 78.38. 

Hab.3. 2. 

s 1 Chr. 21. 

22. 

t Juilg.2.21. 

u 1 Chr. 21. 

16. 




Adonijah usurpeth the kingdom' 

they done 1 Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and 
against my father's house. 

/ 18 1 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto 
him, s Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord hi the threshing- 
floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 

19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up 
J as the Lord commanded. 

20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his ser- 
vants coming on toward him : and Araunah went out, and 
bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 

21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king 
come to his servant 1 And David said, To buy the thre* v 
ing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that 
z the plague may be stayed from the people. 

" 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king 
take and offer up what seemeth good unto him : behold, 
here be oxen for burnt-sacrifice, and threshing-instruments 
and other instruments of the a oxen for wood. 

23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto 
the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord 
thy God b accept thee. 

d 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay ; but I will 
surely buy it of thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt- 
offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost 
me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the 
oxen for c fifty shekels of silver. 

/ 25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and 
offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord 
was d entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed 
from Israel. 



f THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS, 
COMMONLY CALLED, THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. 

10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, 



Adonijah, David's 



B. Christ 
1017. 



CHAPTER I. 

Abishag cherisheth David in his extreme age, _ 
darling, usurpeth the kingdom, 5. By the counsel of JVathan, 11, 'p. ' ""gtT'io 
Bath-sheba moveth the king, 15, and JVathan secondeth her, 22. David\\,Gcn.2o'.8. 
reneweth his oath to Bath-sheba, 2S. Solomon, by David's appoint-\cDcut.i.38. 
ment, being anointed king by Zadok and JVathan, the people triumph,^ 2Sum - **■ 
o2. Jonathan bringing the news, Jldonijah's guests flee, 41. Adoni- e Eccl.4.11. 
jah, feeing to the horns of the altar, upon his good' behaviour is dis-\f Josh. 19. 
missed by Solomon, 50. 

f\[0" king David was a old and stricken in years ; and 
131 they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 

2 Wherefore his b servants said unto him, Let there be 
sought for my lord the king a young virgin : and let her 
c stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let 
her lie in thy d bosom, that my lord the king may get e heat. 

3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the 
coasts of Israel, and found Abishag f a Shunammite, and 
brought her to the king. 

4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, 
and ministered to him : but the king e knew her not. 
/5 f Then ,l Adonijah the son of Haggith ' exalted him- 
self, saying, k I wi!J be king : and he prepared him cha- 
riots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 
/6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in 
saying, Why hast thou done so 1 and he ' also was a very- 
goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 
./ 7 And he ,n conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and 
with n Abiathar the priest : and they, following Adonijah, 
helped him. 

/8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the soil of Jehoiada, 
and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the 
" mighty men which belonged to David, were not with 
Adonijah. 

F 9 And Adonijah p slew sheep, and oxen, and fat cattle, by 
the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all 
his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the 
king's servants : 



18 

2 RgS. 4. 8, 

? Gen. 4. 1, 

1. 2 Sam. 2. 

3, 4. 

i 1 Chr. 22. 

10. 

Luke 14.11. 

kJu.Ig. 9.2. 

1 Sain. 15.4. 
12 Sam. 14. 
25. 

m Ps. 2. 2. 
Ezck.38.10. 
n cli. 9. 35. 

2 Tim. 4.10. 
n Rev. 17. 
11. 

p Nil. 23. 1 . 
1'rov. 15. 8. 



and the 
mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 
/ 1 1 *|[ Wherefore Nathan q spake unto Bath-sheba the 
mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that 
Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our 
lord knoweth it not 1 

12 Now therefore come, " let me, I pray thee, give thee 
counsel, that thou mayeat b save thine own life, and the 
life of thy son Solomon. 

13 Go, and get thee in unto king David, and say unto 
him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, r swear unto thy 
handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign 
after me, and he shall 9 sit upon my throne 1 why then 
doth Adonijah reign 1 

14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, 
I also will come in after thee, and c confirm thy words. 
f\5 If And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the 
chamber : and the king was very old ; and Abishag the 
Shunammite ministered unto the king. 

16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the 
king. And the king said, What wouldest thou 1 

17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou ' swarest by 
the Lord u thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly 

Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit 
upon my throne. 

18 And now, behold, Adonijah rcigneth; and now, my 
lord the king, thou knowest it not : 

19 And he hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in 
abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and 
Abiathar the priest, anil Joab the captain of the host : but 
Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 

20 And thou, my lord, king, the eyes of all Israel are 
upon thee, that thou shouldcst tell them who shall sit on 
the throne of my lord the king after him. 

21 Otherwise' it shall come to pass, when my lord the 

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with the king, Na- 
Behold Nathan the 



David declareth Solomon king. 

king shall "sleep with > his fathers, that land my son 
Solomon shall be counted ' offenders. 
/ 22 Tf And lo, while she yet talked 
than the prophet also came in. 

23 And they told the king, saying, 
prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he 
bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 

24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, 
Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my 
throne 1 

25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen, 
and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called 
all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abi- 
athar the priest ; and behold, they eat and drink before 
him, and say, J God save king Adonijah. 

26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, 
and Benaiah the sonof Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, 
hath he not called. 

27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou 
2 hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on 
the throne of my lord the king after him 1 
f 28 If Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath- 
sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood 
before the king. 

29 And the king sware, and said, s Jls the Lord liveth, 
that hath redeemed my soul a out of all distress, 

30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, 
saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, 
and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ; even so will 
I certainly do this day. 

o 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, 
and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king 
David live b for ever. 

/32 ^[ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, 
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. 
And they came before the king. 

g- 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the 
servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride 
upon c mine own mule, and bring him down to d Gihon : 

34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet 
e anoint him there king over Israel : and ' blow ye with 
the trumpet, and say, * God save king Solomon. 

35 Then ye shall come upafter him, that he may come 
and sit upon my throne ; for he shall be king in my stead : 
and I have g appointed him to be ruler over Israel and 
over h Judah. 

'36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king 
and said, * Amen : the Lord God of my lord the king 
h say so too. 

37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even 
so be he with Solomon, and make his throne ' greater 
than the throne of my lord king David. 
/38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and 
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the 
Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon 
king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 

39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil m out of the 
tabernacle, and ; anointed Solomon. And they blew the 
trumpet ; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 

40 And all the people came up after him, and the peo- 
ple piped with pipes, and n rejoiced with great joy, so that 
the earth ° rent with the sound of them. 

/4l ^[ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with 
him heard it as they had made p an end of eating. And 
when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, q he said, 
Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar *? 

42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of 
Abiathar the priest came : and Adonijah said unto him, Come 
m; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest r good tidings. 



I. KINGS. His charge to Solomon. 

43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily 
our lord king David hatii made Solomon king. 
/ 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, 
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have 
caused him to ride upon the king's mule : 

45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have 
anointed him king in Gihon : and they are s come up from 
thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the 
noise that ye have heard. 
/46 And also Solomon 'sitteth on the throne of thekingdom. 

47 And moreover the king's servants came u to bless our 
lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon 
better than thy name, and make his throne greater than 
thy throne. And the king x bowed himself upon the bed. 
c 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord 
God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne 
this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 

49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were 
afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 
/50 ^| And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and 
arose, and went, and caught hold on the y horns of the z altar 

51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah 
feareth king Solomon : for lo, he hath caught hold on the 
horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto 
me to-day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 

52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy 
man, there shall not a a hair of him fall to the earth : but 
if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall b die. 

53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down 
from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king 
Solomon : and Solomon said unto him, c Go to thy house. 

CHAPTER II. 

David, having given a charge to Solomon, 1, ofi-eligiousness, 3, of Joab. 

5, of Barzillai, 7, of Shimei, 8, dieth, 10. Solomon succecdeth, 12/ 

Adonijah, moving Bath-sheba to sue xinto Solomon for Abishag, is put 

Ubiathar, having his life given him, is deprived of the. 

Joab, fleeing to the horns of the altar, is there slain, 2S. 



B. Christ 

10 15. 

d Hefj. lie 
down, 
Deut. 31.16. 
Isa. 57. 2. 
y Gen. 15.15. 
eHeb. 
inner s, 
Gen. 43. 9. 
JosJi. 2. 16. 
Song 3. 11. 
/ Heb. Let 
king Ado- 
nijah live, 
verse 34. 
Rev. 13. 4. 
z 2 Sam. 7. 
2. 

Heb. The 
Lordliveth. 
Judg. 8. 18, 
19. 

2 Sam. 12.5. 
ch. 17. 2. 
a Ps. 34. 19. 
!) ch. 2. 33. 
Dan. 6. 21. 
eGen.41.43. 
Esth. 6. 8. 
(i 2 Chr. 32. 
30. 

e Ps. 45. 7. 
f2Kgs. 9. 
13. 

h Heb. Let 
king Solo- 
mon live, 
Ps. 72. 17. 
g Ps. 2. 7. 
h 2 Sim.19. 
41. 

ch. 12. 9. 
i Matt. 0.13. 
kGen. 1.3. 
Ps. 33. 9. 
12Kgs.2.9. 
Ps. 72. 8. 
Dan. 7. 14. 
m Ex.30.23. 
Ps. 89. 20. 
i That is, 
the first 
time, the 

cond, 
1 Chr.29.22. 
Song 3. 11. 
nPs. 97. 1. 
Rev. 11. 16. 
Rev. 11. 18. 
p Pr. 14. 13. 
n Acts 21. 
31, 33. 
r ch. 12. 7. 
& 22. 8. 



B. Christ 
1015. 



to death, 13. 
priesthood, 26. 



si Chr. 11.5. 
Chr. 5, 2. 
t verse 13. 
u verse 37. 
xGcn.24.26. 
Ps. 103. 1. 
yEx. 33. 2. 
z Ex. 21. 14. 
ch. 2. 30. 
a 1 Sam. 14. 
45. 

Acts 27. 34. 
b Lev. 19. 15. 
Deut. 1. 17. 
c Ezra7. 13, 
14. 

Prov. 24. 2. 
John 5. 14. 
1 Cor. 7. 20. 
a Gen. 49. 1. 
Deut. 3. 1. 
b Josh. 23. 
14. 

Heb. 9. 27. 
c Josh. 1. 7. 
el Dt. 17. 18. 
e 2 Sam. 7. 
25. 
f 2 Tim.4.5 



Cul. 2. 10. 
i2Sam.7.1!.! & 
k2Sam. 3. 
39. & 19. 5, 
6. 

1 2 Sim. 3. 
27. 

mPr.20. 26. 
!n Eccl.S.ll, 
13. 

o 2 Sam. 17. 
27. 

p 2 Sam. 9. 
10. 

Luke 22.30. 
a Heb. 



Benaiah is put in JoaVs room, and Zadok in Abiathar 's, 35. Shimei, 
confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath, is put to 
death, 36. 

OW the days of David drew nigh that he should a die ; 
and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 
* 2 I go b the way of all the earth: be thou strong there- 
fore, and shew thyself a man ; 

d3 And c keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk 
in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, 
and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is d written 
in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that 
thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself. 

4 That the Lord may e continue his word which he 
spake concerning me, saying, If thy children r take heed 
to their way, to walk g before me in truth, with all their 
heart, and 1 ] with all their soul, there shall not fail thee 
(said he) a ! man on the throne of Israel. 
/5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of 
Zeruiah k did to me, and what he did to the two captains 
of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto 
Amasa the sen of Jether, whom lie slew, and ! shed the 
nDe'mr/s'ihlood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his 
°' girdle that ivas about his loins, and in his shoes that were 
on his feet. 

ip 6 Do therefore according to m thy wisdom, and let not 
his hoar head go down to the n grave in peace. 

7 But shew kindness unto the ° sons of Barzillai the 
Gileadite, and let them be of those that p eat at thy table: 
for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom 
thy brother. 

g 8 And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, 
on S , a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a "grievous 
ferns 23 curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim : but he came 

' " S03 



Adonijah's request. 1. KINGS. 

down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the 
Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 



w 9 Now therefore q hold him not guiltless : for thou art a 
wise man, and knowest whatthououghtesttodo unto him; 
but his hoarhead bring thou down to the grave withblood. 
/10 So David r slept with his fathers, and was buried in 
the s city of David. 

g 11 And the days that David 'reigned over Israel were 
forty years : seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty 
and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 
/12 *[f Then u sat Solomon upon the throne of David his 
father ; and his kingdom was established greatly. 
/13 1f And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath- 
sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest 
thou b peaceably 1 And he said, Peaceably. 

14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto 
thee. And she said, Say on. 

15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom * was 
mine, and that all Israel set their feces on me, that I 
should reign : howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and 
is become my brother's : for it was his y from the Lord. 

16 And now I ask one petition of thee, c deny me not. 
Aaid she said unto him, Say on. 

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the 
king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abi- 
shag the Shunammite to wife. 

18 And Bath-sheba said, z Well ; I will speak for thee 
unto the king. 

d 19 ^f Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to 
speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to 
meet her, and a bowed himself unto her, and sat down on 
his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's 
mother ; and she sat b on his right hand. 

20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee ; I 
pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, 
Ask on, my mother : for I will not say thee nay. 

21 And she said, Let c Abishag the Shunammite be 
given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 
/22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, 
And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Ado- 
nijah ? ask for him a the kingdom also ; for he is mine 
elder brother ; even for him, and for e Abiathar the priest, 
and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 

« 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, 
God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not 
spoken this word against his own life. 

24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath es- 
tablished me, and f set me on the throne of David my 
father, and who hath made me 5 a house, as he h promis- 
ed, Adonijah shall be ' put to death this day. 
/25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Bcnaiah the 
son of Jehoiada ; and he k fell upon him that he died. 
/26 If And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get 
thee to ' Anathoth, unto thine own fields ; for thou art 
m worthy of death : but I will not n at this time put thee to 
death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God be- 
fore David my father, and because thou hast "been afflict- 
ed in all wherein my father was afflicted. 

27 So Solomon thrust out A l>i;ithar from being priest unto 
the Lord ; that he might >' fulfil the word of the Lord, 
which he spake concerning the house of Eli in "> Shiloh. 
/28 ^f Then tidings came to Joab : (for Joab had r turn- 
ed after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom ;) 
and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught 
hold on the ' horns of the altar 

29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled 
unto the tabernacle of the Lord ; and behold, he is by the 
altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah tjie son of Jehoiada, 
saying, Go, fall upon him. 

53 2D 



B. Christ 
1015. 



a Ex. 20. 7. 
Job 9. a8. 
rch. 1.21. 
Acts 13.22, 
36. 

s2Sam.5.7. 
t 1 Chr. 29. 
26, 27. 
u 1 Chr. 29. 
23. 

iHeb. 
peace, 
2 Kings 9. 
17, 18. 
x ch. 1. 5. 
Prov. 21.30. 
Dan. 2. 21. 
y 1 Chron. 
22. 9, 10. 
Ps. 12. 2. 
c Heb. re- 
fuse -not 
mvface, 
ve'r. 17, 20. 
7. Pr. 14. 15. 
Matt. 10.16. 
a Ex. 20. 12. 
b Ps. 45. 9. 
Matt. 21.21. 
c 2 Sam. 3.7. 
hap. 1. 2. 
d2Sam.3.7. 
ech. 1.7. 
Ps. 2. 2. 
f 2 Kings 
10. 3. 

2Chr.23.20. 
2 Sam. 7. 
§7. 

Ps. 127. 1. 
h 2 Sam. 7. 
12, 13. 
i Pr. 21. 30. 
k2Sam. 1. 
15. 

1 Jer. 1. 1. 
m2Sam.]2. 
5. 

n ch. 1. 53. 
olSam.22. 
23. 

p 1 Sam. 2. 
33. 

Matt. 13.35. 
John 12.38. 
Acts 4. 20. 
q Ps. 78. 6. 
rch. 1.7. 
s ch. 1. 50. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1014. 



t Ex. 21. 14. 
u 2 Kgs. 9. 
34. 

xNu. 35.33. 
yGcn. 4.11. 
Jmlg. 9. 24. 
2Sam. 15.8. 
verse 44. 
d Heb. 
bloods, 
Ex. 22. 3. 
7. Prov. 1 6.7. 
Isa. 9. 6, 7. 
llosea 2. 18. 
Luke 2. 14. 
Acts 4. 32. 
Rom. 5. 1. 
Phil. 4. 7. 
aMMt.3.]. 
Acts 8. 21. 
bNu.25.11, 

13. 

1 Sam. 2.35. 

verge 27. 

1 Chr. 6. 3. 
c vorso 8. 
d Pr. 20. 8. 

o2Sam. 15. 

23. 

f Lev. 20. 9. 

Josh. 2. 19. 

.Mall. 27.25. 

z2 Kings 

JO. 19. 

h 1 Sam.21. 

10. 

i ISam.27.2. 

kPc.IS.S7. 

Luke 12. 15. 

1 Tim. fi.10. 

1 Ps. 15. 4. 

mBccl.&a 

Eietiaift 

n John 8. 8. 

Uom. 2. 15. 

o 2 Sam. 16. 

5. 

p verse 23. 

<\ Nii.25.il. 

r Pa. 100.30. 

* Pr. 15. 4. 

a ch. 7. 8. 

bJoph.2.9. 

Ic clu2. lit. 



Joab and Shimei slain, 
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, 
and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And 
he said, Nay ; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought, 
the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he 
answered me. 

/ 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and 
' fall upon him, and u bury him ; that thou x mayest take 
away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me. and 
from the house of my father. 

32 And the Lord shall return his blood y upon his own 
head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better 
than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David 
not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain 
of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, cap- 
tain of the host of Judah. 

33 Their " blood shall therefore return upon the head 
of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon 
David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon 
his throne, shall there be z peace for ever from the Lord. 

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell 
upon him, and slew him : and he was buried in his own 
house in the a wilderness. 

/ 35 *[f And the king b put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 
in his room over the host : and Zadok the priest did the 
king put in the room of Abiathar. 

/ 36 If And the king sent and called for c Shimei, and 
said unto him, Build thee a house d in Jerusalem, and dwell 
there, and go not forth thence any whither. 

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and 
passest over the brook e Kidron, thou shalt know for cer= 
tain that thou shalt surely die : ( thy blood shall be upon 
thine own head. 

38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying B is good : 
as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And 
Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 

s 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that 
two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto h Achish son 
of ! Maachah king of Gath : and they told Shimei, say- 
ing, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 

40 And Shimei arose and saddled his ass, and k went to 
Gath to Achish to seek his servants : and Shimei went and, 
brought his servants from Gath. 

41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from 
Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 
/ 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said 
unto him, Did I not make thee to ' swear by the Lord, 
and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on 
the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, 
that thou shalt surely die 1 and thou saidst unto' me, The 
word that I have heard is good. 

43 Why then hast thou not kept the m oath of the Lord, 
and the commandment that I have charged thee with 1 
f 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, n Thou knowest 
all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that ° thou 
didst to David my father : therefore the Lord shall p re- 
turn thy wickedness upon thine own head ; 

45 And king Solomon shall be q blesscd, and the throne 
of David r shall be established before the Lord for ever. 

4G So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jc 
hoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, thai he died 
And the "kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. 

CHAPTER III. 
Solomon marrieth Pltaroah's daughter, l. High places In ing in use, So, 
lomon sacri/lceth at Gibeon, 2. Solomon at Gibeotuin the choicewhicl 
God gave him, preferring wisdom, obtaineth wisdom, riches, and ho- 
nours. Solomon's judgment between the two harlots maketh him re- 
nowned, 16. 

g A ND Solomon made a affinity with Pharaoh king ol 
j^. Egypt, and b took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought 
her into the c city of David, until he had made an end of 

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Solomon's judgment between two harlots. I. KINGS 

building his d own house, and the house of the Lord, and 
the e wall of Jerusalem round about. 

/2 Only the people sacrificed in f high places, because 
there was s no house built unto the name of the Lord, 
until those days. 

c 3 And Solomon h loved the Lord, j walking in the sta- 
tutes of David his father : only he sacrificed and burnt in 
cense in high places. 

g 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there ; for 
that was k the great high place : a thousand burnt-offerings 
did Solomon offer upon that altar. 

■o 5 ^[ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a 
dream by m night: and God said, n Ask what I shall give thee. 
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy ser- 
vant David my father great mercy, according as he walked 
before thee ° in truth, and p in righteousness, and in q up- 
rightness of heart with thee ; and thou hast kept Tor him 
this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit 
on his throne, as it is this day. 

c 7 And now, O Lord my God, 9 thou hast made thy ser- 
vant king instead of David my father : and ' I am but a little 
child : I know not how u to go out or come in. 

8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which 
thou hast x chosen, a great people, that y cannot be num- 
bered nor counted for multitude. 

d 9 z Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart a to 
judge thy people, that I may b discern between good and 
bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people 1 
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had 



asked this thing 

1 1 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked 
this thing, and hast not asked c for thyself * long life ; nei- 
ther hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life 
of thine enemies : but hast asked for thyself understand- 
ing to discern judgment ; 

b 12 Behold, d I have done according to thy words: lo, I 
have given thee e a wise and an understanding heart ; so 
that there was none f like thee before thee, neither after 
thee shall any arise like unto thee 

13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast 
2 not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall 
not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 

d 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my sta 
tutes and my commandments, h as thy father David did 
walk, then I will ' l lengthen thy days. 

g 15 And Solomon awoke ; and behold, it ivas k a dream. 
And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before l the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, 
and offered peace-offerings, and made m a feast to all 
Ms servants. 

/ 16 % n Then came there two women, that were ° har- 
lots, unto the king, and stood before him. 

17 And the one woman said, p O my lord, I and this 
woman dwell in one house ; and I was delivered of a 
child with her in the house. 

18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was 
delivered, that this woman was delivered also : and we 
were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, 
save we two in the house. 

19 And this woman's child died in the night ; because 
she overlaid it. 

20 And she arose q at midnight, and took my son from 
beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bo- 
som, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 

21 And when I arose in the morning to give my child 
| suck, behold, it was dead : but when I had considered it 
in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 
/ 22 And the other woman said, Nay ; but the living is 
my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but 



His princes, officers, frc 
Thus they 



h 2 Cor. 5. 

14. 

i ch. 2. 3. 

k 1 Chr. 16. 

39. 

lGen.28.12. 

m20hr.l.7. 

n Mt. 7. 7. 

o 2 Kings 

20. 3. 

p Isa. 48. 1. 

q Ps. 15. 2. 

r 2 Sam. 7. 

15. 

s Dan. 2. 21. 

t 2 Kgs. 14. 

21. 

u No. 27.17. 

xDeut.7.7. 

y.Gen. 1610. 

z James 1. 

5. 

aPs.72. 1. 

bHeb.5. 14. 

c Ps. 4. 6. 

James 4. 3. 

Heb. 
vian-y days, 
ver. j3, 14, 
Prov. 16. 31. 
(1 Matt. 7. 7. 

1 John 5.14. 
e Job 12. 12. 
Prov. 1. 2. 
f ch. 4. 29. 
Col. 2. 3. 
g Mt. 6. 33. 
Eph. 3. 20. 
h Phil. 3. 17. 
Heb. 13. 7. 
i 2 Sam. 5.4. 
Ps. 91. 16. 
k Gen. 41. 7. 
I Ex. 40. 3. 
Num. 10.33. 
m ch. 8. 65. 
n ver. 12,28. 
ch. 4. 31. 
oDt.23. 17. 
Josh. 2. 1. 
pGen.43.20. 
q Job 15.15. 
rGen. 21. 7. 
1 Sam. 1.23. 



B.christ the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. 
dchlTi. | s P a ke before the king. 

fch'lb 1 !) 1 ^ 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son 
g i)t. i2.5.'that liveth, and thy son is the dead ; and the other saith, 
Nay ; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 

24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they 
brought a sword before the king. 

25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, 
and give half to the one, and half to the other. 
/ 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child teas 
unto the king, for her bowels 'yearned upon her son, and 
she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and s in no 
wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine 
nor thine, but divide it. 

27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the liv- 
ing child, and in no wise slay it: she is. the 'mother thereof. 

28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the 
king had judged ; and they feared the king: for they saw 
that the u wisdom of God was in him, to x do judgment. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Solomon's princes, 1. His twelve officers for provision, 7 '. The peace 
and largeness of his kingdom, 20, 24 : His daily provision, 22 : His 
stables, 26 : His ivisdom, 29. 

/jQ< O king Solomon was king over a all Israel. 
k_7 2 And these were the b princes which he had : Aza- 
riah the son of "Zadok the priest ; 

/ 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, c scribes ; 
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 
/ 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host : 
and Zadok and * Abiathar were the priests : 
/ 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers : 
and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and 
the king's d friend : 

/6 And Ahishar was over the household : and Adonirarn 
the son of Abda was over the e tribute. 
/7 t And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, 
which provided victuals for the king and his household : 
each man his month in a year made provision. 
s 8 And these are their names : The son of Hur, in 
f mount Ephraim : 

s 9 The son of Dekar, in g Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and 
Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan : 
g 10 The son of Hesed, in h Aruboth ; to him pertained 
Sochoh, and all the land of * Hepher : 
s 1 1 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of k Dor ; 
which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 
e 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained } Taa- 
nach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by m Zar- 
tanah beneath n Jezreel, from ° Beth-shean to p Abel-me- 
holah, even unto the place that is beyond q Jokneam : 
g 13 The son of Geber, in r Ramoth-gilead ; to him per- 
tained the s towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are 
in Gilead ; to him also pertained the * region of Argob r 
which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and 
brazen bars : 

# 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had u Mahanaim : 
/ 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali ; he also took Basmath 
the daughter of Solomon to wife : 

/ 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth : 
/ 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar :. 
/ 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin. 
g 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, 
in the country of x Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og 
king of Bashan ; and he was the only officer which ivas 
in the land. 

/ 20 ^[ Judah and Israel were many, as the y sand which 
is by the sea in multitude, z eating and drinking, and mak- 
ing merry. 

g %\ And Solomon reigned a over all kingdoms from the 
river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the bordei 

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B. Christ 
1014. 



J Heb. 
were hot, 
Gen. 43. 33. 
Jer. 31. 20. 
s Isa. 49, 15. 
t Phil. 2. 20. 
u Gen. 23. 6. 
Ps. 36. 6. 
& 80. 10. 
Isa. 11. 3. 
x Deut.1.16. 
2 Sam. 8. 15. 
Jer. 21. 12. 
a 2 Sam. 5.5. 
1 Tim. 6.15. 
b Ex. 18.21. 
a Not the 
priest, 
chap. 2. 35, 
c Esth. 3.12 
b He kept 
the name of 
priest 
ichile he 
lived. 

rl 2 Sam. 15. 
37. 

ech. 5.14. 
f Josh. 15.9. 
g Josh. 19. 
41. 

h Josh. 15. 
35. ""■ 
iJosh. 12. 
17. 

k Judg.1.27. 
Uosh.17.11. 
mJosh.3.16. 
n Josh. 19. 
18. 

o Judg.1.27. 
pJudg.7.22. 
q Josh. 19. 
12. 

r ch. 22. 20. 
sNu.32.41. 
tDeut.3.14. 
u Gen. 32. 2. 
xDeut. 3.8. 
y Pr. 14.28. 
zPs.72.3.7. 
Prov. 29. I. 
Micah 4. 4. 
la Dan. 7. 11. 






Solomon's riches and wisdom I. 

of Egypt: they brought b presents, and served Solomon all 
the days of his life. 

/ 22 % And Solomon's c provision for ore day was d thirty 
measures of fine flour, and ' tnreescore measures of meai, 
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, 
and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roe-bucks, and 
fallow-deer, and fatted fowl. 

g 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side 
the river, from c Tiphsah even to d Azzah, e over all the 
kings on this side the river : and he had peace on all sides 
round about him. 
s 25 And Judah and Israel f dwelt safely, every man g un- 
der his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer 
sheba, all the days of Solomon. 

/ 26 ^[ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses 
for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 

27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, 
and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every 
man in his month : they lacked nothing. 

28 Barley also and straw for the horses and h dromeda- 
ries brought they unto the place where the officers were 
every man according to his charge. 

/29*^f And f God gave Solomon wisdom and understand- 
ing exceeding much, and- 7 largeness of heart, even as the 
sand that is on the sea-shore. 

30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the 
children of the k east country, and all the wisdom of 'Egypt 

31 For he was m wiser than all men ; than n Ethan the 
Ezrahite, and Heman, and ° Chalcol, and Darda, the sons 
of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about 
/ 32 And he spake three thousand p proverbs : and his 
q songs were a thousand and five. 

33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in 
Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the 
wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping 
things, and of fishes. 

34 And there came of r all people to hear the wisdom 
of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard 
of his wisdom. 

CHAPTER V. 
Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified of Jus purpose to 
build the temple, and desired to furnish him with timber thereto, 1. 
Hiram, blessing God for Solo>non, and requesting food for his family, 
furnisheth him with trees, 7. The number of Solomon's ivorltmen and 
labourers, 13. 

n A ND a Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solo- 
±\_ mon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him 
king in the room of his father : for Hiram " was ever a 
lover of David. 
/ 2 And b Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 

3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not 
,: build a house d unto the name of the Lord his God, for 
Hie e wars which were about him on every side, until the 
Lord put them f under the soles of his feet. 

4 But nowtheLoRD my God hathgiven me e reston every 
ride, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 

' 5 And behold, I purpose to build a house unto the h name 
«>f the Lord my God, ' as the Lord spake unto David my 
fether, saying, Thy son whom I will set upon thy throne 
in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name. 

G Now therefore command thou, that they hew me k ce- 
dar-trees out of Lebanon ; and my servants shall be with 
1hy servants : and unto thee will I give hire for thy ser- 
vants according to all that thou shalt appoint : for thou 
knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to 
hew timber like unto the ' Sidonians. 

,: 7 ^f And it came to pass, m when Hiram heard the 
words "of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, 
Blessed be b the Lord this day, which hath given unto 
pavid a- wise son over this great people. 



KINGS. The building of his temple 

ch^t i/ 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have consider 



1014. 



bPs.68.29.jed the things which thou sentest to me for : and I will da 
all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning 
timber of fir. 

9 My servants shall bring them down from D Lebanon 
unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats un- 
to the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause 
them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : 
and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for 
my ° household. 

/ 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and fir-trees 
according to all his desire. 

1 1 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand mea- 
sures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty mea- 
sures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by 
year. 

12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he p pro- 
mised him : and there was peace between Hiram and So- 
lomon ; and they two made a league together. 
/ 13 ^T And king Solomon raised q a levy out of all Israel ; 
and the levy was thirty thousand men. 

14 And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month 
by courses ; a month they were in Lebanon, and two 
months at home. r And Adoniram was over the levy. 
f 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that 
s bare burdens, and fourscore thousand d hewers in the 
mountains ; 

16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which were 
over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which 
ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 
/ 17 And the king commanded, and they brought l great 
stones, costly stones, and u hewed stones, to lay the foun- 
dation of the house. 

18 And Solomon's builders, and Hiram's builders did 
hew them, and the f stone-squarers : so they prepared 
timber and stones to build the house. 

CHAPTER VI. 
The building of 'Solomon's temple, 1. Tlic chambers thereof, 5. God's 
promise unto it, 11. The ceiling and adorning of it, 15. The cheru- 
bims, 23. Thedoors, 31. The court, 36. The lime of building of it, 37. 

JND a it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth 
year after the children of Israel were come out of the 
land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over 
Israel, in the month b Zif, which is the c second month, 
that he began to build the house of the Lord. 
/ 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, 
the length thereof was d threescore cubits, and the breadth 
thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 

3 And the e porch before the temple of the house, twenty 
cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth ol 
the house ; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof, before 
the house. 

4 And for the house he made f windows of narrow lights. 
/ 5 ^1 And against the wall of the house he built e cham- 
bers round about, against the walls of the house round 
about, both of the temple and of the h oracle: and he made 
chambers round about. 

6 The nethermost chamber luas five cubits broad, ami 
the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven 
cubits broad : for without in the wall of the house he made 
narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be 
fastened in the walls of the house. 

/ 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built ' of 
stone made ready before it was brought thither : so lhat 
there was neither k hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron 
heard in the house, while it was in building. 

8 The door for the middle chamber was in the rigid 
side of the house : and they went up with winding stairs 
into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the 
1 third. 

211 



c lieb. 
bread, 
Matt. 6. 11 
dMbout 300 
bushels, 
e That is, 
GOO bushels 
e 2 Kings 
5.16. 

dGen.10.19 
e Ps. 72. 11 
flsa. 60.18. 
Jer. '2\ 6. 
g Micab.4.4 
Zech. 3. 10 
h Esth.8.14. 
i ch. 3. 10. 
James 4. 17. 
/•Heb. 
wideness, 
Prov. 21. 4. 
Eph. 3. 18. 
k Isa. 2. 2. 
! Acts 7. 12. 
m Col! ?. 3. 
nl Chi. 2.6. 

1 Chr.2. 6. 
p Prov. 1. 1 
q Song 1. 1 
r verse 21. 
chap. 10. 1 
a2Chr.2.3, 
a Heb. all 
the days, 
2 Sam. 5. 11. 

1 Chr. 14. 1. 
Ps. 44. 8. & 
48.8. 

b2Chr.2.3 
c Eph. 2. 20 
(1 Ps. 76. 1. 
1 1 Chr.22.8. 
f Eph. 1.22. 
S Josh. 11. 
23. 

h 1 Sam. 8. 
16. 

i 2 Sam. 7. 
i3. 
k ch. 6. 20. 

1 Gen. 10. 15, 
m 2 Sam. 6. 
5. 

Song 1. 17. 
b Heb. 
Jehovah, 
Deut.32.31. 

2 Kgs. 5. 16. 
Ps. 58. 11. 
Dan. 3. 28. 



B. Christ 
1014. 



nch. 4. 33. 

oEzck.27.3, 
Acts 12. 20. 
c Heb. cors, 
chap. 4. 22. 
p ch. 3. 12. 

I ch. 9. 21. 
r chap. 4. G. 

2Chr.2.17. 
d The He- 
brew word 
sirrnifictli 
hewers 
both of 
stone and 
wood. 

t Ts. 72. 10. 
Isa. 60. 10. 
ul Chr. 22. 

1 Pet. 2. 9. 

Rev. 21.27. 
c Or, Gib- 
lites, 
Ps. 83. 8. 
Ezek. 27. 9. 
« 2 Chr. 3.1. 
b Nu. I. 1. 
c Ex. 12.2,3. 
lEzck.41.8. 
lie* 21. 16, 
17. 

Luke 1.10. 
John 10.23. 
Acts 3. 11, 
12. 

<• Sons 2. 9. 
Isa. 60. 8. 
John 1. 9. 

Cor. 12. 4. 

1 Chr. 28. 
II. 

Nell. 10. 37. 
x. 3D. fi. 
Lev. 16. 2. 

ch. 5. 18. 
Prov. 24. 27. 
1 Cor. 1. 2. 
I Pet. 2. 5. 
k Isa. 4. a 

Eph. 4. in. 

12K>3.11.2. 



The adorning of the temple. . 

9 So he built the house, and finished it : and 
the house with m beams and boards of cedar. 

10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five 
cubits high : and they rested on the house with timber of 
rpdsr 

/111 And the word of the Lord n came to Solomon, 



I. KINGS. 

covered 



B. Christ 
1005. 



in Song 1. 
17. 

Eph. 2. 16. 
n chap. 9. 2 
& 11. 9. 
o chap. 2. 3. 
pLev.26.11. 
2 Cor. C. 16. 
Rev. 21. 3. 
a Heb. from 
the floor of 
the house 
to the walls 
ofthe-roof 
b Heb. holy 
of holies, 
Ex. 26. 33. 
Lev. 7. 6. 
Num. 18.10. 
chap. 8. 6. 
lChr.6. 49. 
2 Chr. 3. 8. 
Ezek. 45. 3. 
c Or, wild 
gourds, 
2Kgs.4.39. 
q Ezek. 40. 
34, 37. 
r 2 Chr. 3.4. 
s2Chr.3.14, 
16. 

t Ex. 30. 1. 
u Gen. 3. 24. 
Ex. 36.8,35. 
2 Chr. 5. 8. 
dUeb.wood 
of oil, 
Ex. 25. 18, 
Nell. 8. 16. 
x Ex. 25.22. 
2 Chr. 3. 11. 
Ps. 17. 8. 
& 31. 20. 
e Heb. flow- 
ers of 
opening, 
verse 32. 
/ Or, five 
square, 
verses 16, 
20,34. 
Ezek. 41. 
23, 24. 



B. Christ 
1005. 



d 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if 
thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my "judgments, 
and keep all my commandments to walk in them ; then 
will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto 
David thy father : 

b 13 And I will p dwell among the children of Israel, and 
will not forsake my people Israel. 
/ 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it 

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards 
of cedar, ° both the floor of the house, and the walls of the 
ceiling : and he covered them on the inside with wood, 
and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir 

16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, 
both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar : he even 
built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the 
6 most holy place. 

17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was 
forty cubits long. 

f 18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with 
c knops and open flowers : all was cedar ; there was no 
stone seen. 

19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to 
set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 
/ 20 And the oracle hi the forepart was twenty cubits in 
length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits 
in q the height thereof: and he overlaid it with r pure gold ; 
and so covered the altar which was of cedar. 

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold : 
and he made a partition by the s chains of gold before the 
oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. 
/ 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he 
had finished all the house : also the whole ' altar that was 
by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 
/ 23 "f[ And within the oracle he made two u cherubims 
o/ d olive-tree, each ten cubits high. 

24 And five cubits teas the one wing of the cherub, and 
five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the utter 
most part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the 
other ivere ten cubits. 

25 And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the che 
rubims were of one measure and one size. 

Ps. 119. 60. 
Matt. 6. 33. 
Colos. 3. 1. 
b ch. 10. 18. 
Ps. 122. 5. 
Isa. 9. 7. 
c ch. 3. 1. 
2 Chr. 8. 11 
dch.5. I 
eEph.L20, 
21. 

fch..a 

g 2 Chr. 2. 

14, 16. 

h Ex. 31, 2, 

3. & 36. 1. 

b Heb. 
' formed, or. 
fashioned, 

2 Kings 25 

16. 

Isa. 28. 29. 

iJer. 52. 21. 

c In 2 Chr. 

3. 15. 

there are 

35 cubits 
'mentioned, 
\herc ire 
o- _ Ireckoned 

oi 1 he two doors also were of olive-tree ; and he carved a f tsr fi' e 

■n-w/vn 4lirt-« * n > i ■* • sanctuary, 

upon mem carvings of cherubims, and palm-trees, and i " the ether 
open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold £t 
" and upon the palm-trees. IIVJ.%. 



26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so 
was it of the other cherub. 

27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house 
and they x stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 
so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and 
the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall 
and their wings touched one another in the midst of the 
house. 

/ 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold 
/ 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about 
with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and 
' open flowers, within and without. 

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, 
within and without. 

/31 1 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors 
of olive-tree : the lintel and side-posts were J a fifth part 
of the wall. 



Upon the cherubims 



y eh. 5. 8. 
z verse 3. 
2 Chr. 4. 9. 
Rev. 11. 2. 
g Answer- 
ing to part 
of October, 
and part of 
November. 
a Luke 14. 
30. 

b verses 1, 
38. 

chap. 7. 1. 
a verse 48. 
chap. 9. 10. 
Eccl. 2.4,5. 
a He made 
more haste 
before, 
2Sam.7. 13. 
chap. 6. 38. 
1 Chr. 29. 2, 



Solomon's other buildings 

33 So also made he for the door of the temple, posts of 
olive-tree, a fourth part of the wall, 
f 34 And the two doors were of y fir-tree : the two leaves 
of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the 
other door were folding. 

35 And he carved thereon cherubims, and palm-trees, 
and open flowers ; and covered them with gold, fitted upon 
the carved work. 

/ 36 1 And he built the 7 inner court with three rows of 
hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 
/ 37 1 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house 
of the Lord laid, in the month Zif: 

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month e Bui (which 
is the eighth month) was the house a finished throughout 
all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. 
So was he b seven years in building it. 

CHAPTER VII. 
The building of Solomon's house, 1, of the house of Lebanon, 2, of the 
porch of pillars, 6, of the porch of judgment, 7, of the house for Pha- 
raoh's daughter, 8. Hiram's work of the tiuo pillars, 13, of the molten 
se a, 23, of the ten bases, 27, of the ten lavers, 38, and all the vessels, 40. 

f ¥|UT Solomon was building his own a house "thirteen 
JO years, and he finished all his house. 
/ 2 % He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; 
the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth 
thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon 
four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 

3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams 
that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. 

4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was 
against light in three ranks. 

5 And all the doors and posts were square with the- 
windows : and light ivas against light in three ranks. 
/ 6 1 And he made a porch of pillars ; the length thereof 
was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and 
the porch was before them : and the other pillars and the 
thick beam were before them. 

/ 7 1 Then he made a porch for the b throne where he 
might judge, even the porch of judgment : and it was co- 
vered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. 
/ 8 1 And his house where he dwelt had another court 
within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon 
made also a house ° for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had 
taken to wife, like unto this porch. 

9 All these were of d costly stones, according to the 
measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and 
without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so 
on the outside toward the great court. 

10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great 
stones ; stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 

1 1 And e above were costly stones, after the measures 
of hewed stones, and cedars. 

12 And the great court round about was with three 
rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for 
the f inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the 
porch of the house. 

/ 13 H And king Solomon sent and s fetched Hiram out 
of Tyre. 

g 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and 
his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass ; and he 
was h filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning 
to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solo- 
mon, and wrought all his work. 

/ 15 For he *cast 'two pillars of brass, of ' eighteen cubits 
high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits did compass 
either of them about. 

16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set 
upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one chapi- 
ter ivas five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter 
ivas fiv^ cubits : 

212 • 



Hiram's work of the temple. I. KINGS. 

17 And v& ts ol checker- work, and wreaths of chain-work,j & $g* contained forty baths 
for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ;|k_a Kings 
seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter, jeer's. 22, 

18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about j^^, 3 
upon the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that were 
upon the top, with pomegranates : and so did he for the 
other chapiter. 

/ 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pil- 
lars were of lily-work in the porch, k four cubits. 

20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pome- 
granates also above, over against the belly which was by 
the net-work : and the pomegranates were 'two hundred 
in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 

21 And he set up the m pillars in the porch of the tem- 
ple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name 
thereof "Jachin : and he set up the left pillar, and called 
the name thereof ' Boaz. 

22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work ■ so 
was the work of the pillars finished. 
/ 23 % And he made n a molten sea, ten cubits from the 
one brim to the other : it was round all about, and his 
height was five cubits : and a line of thirty cubits did com- 
pass it round about. 

24 And under the brim of it round about there iveresknops 
compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round 
about : the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 

25 It stood upon twelve ° oxen, three looking toward 
the north, and three looking toward the west, and three 
looking toward the south, and three looking toward the 
cast : and the sea was set above upon them, and all their 
hinder parts were inward. 

/ 26 And it xuas a p hand-breadth thick, and the brim 
thereof was wrought like the brim of. a cup, with flowers 
of lilies : it contained two thousand baths. 

/ 27 % And he made ten bases of brass ; four cubits was 
the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, 
and three cubits the height of it. 

28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: They 
had borders, and the "borders were between the ledges 

29 And on the borders that were between the ledges 
were lions, oxen, and cherubims : and upon the ledges 
there was a base above : and beneath the lions and oxen 
were certain additions made of thin work 

80 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates 
of brass : and the four corners thereof had undersetters 
under the lavers were undersetters molten, at the side of 
every addition 

7 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was 
a cubit : but the mouth thereof was round after the work 
of the base, a cubit and a half: and also upon the mouth of 
it were gravings with their borders, four-square, not round. 

32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the - : 
axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base : and the 
height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit 
/33 

chariot wheel : their axletrees, and their naves, and theirjii 
felloes, and their spokes, were, all molten 

34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners 



The dedication of the temple. 



10. 

Rev. 3. 12. 
d That is, 
He will 
establish, 
2 Sam. 7. 
12. 

Isa. 9. 7. 
e That is, 
In it is 
power, 
Matt.lC.18. 
n Lev. 8.1), 
30, 33. 
/ In 2 Chr. 
4.3. 

ozen are 
named. 
Properly 
the word 
signifieth 
wild 

gourds, or, 
thepicturcs 
of them, 
chap. 6. 18. 
2 Kgs.4.39. 
more large- 
ly all man- 
ner of 
figures, or, 
pictures. 
o 2 Chr. 4. 
5. 
pJer. 52.21. 

rHeb. 

hootings, 
ver. 29, 36. 
A Or, 
handles. 
iHeb. 
hands, 
k So called 
of know- 
ledge. 
Gen. 3. 24. 
Ex. 25. 18. 
chap. 6. 17 
lChr.21.16 
2 Chr. 3.10. 
Ps. 18. 10. 
Ezek. 1. 5 
& 16. 1, 15. 
Dan. 9. 21. 
q Ex.30. 18. 
Lev. 8. 11. 
verse 45. 
2 Chr. 4. 8. 



the vessels that pertained 
a the altar of gold, and b the 
shew-bread was, 
pure gold, d five on the right 



B. Christ 
1005. 



r2Chr.4.8. 
I Heb. up- 
on the face 
of the 
pillars, 
h Ex. 27. 3. 
Lev. 2. 7. 
&8. 31. 
1 Sam.2.13. 
t 2 Chr. 4. 

u Gen. 33. 
17. 

Josh. 13.27. 
xJnsh.3.16. 
yl Chr. 
22. 12. 
7. Ex.37.10. 
aEx.37.2G. 
h Ex. 37.11. 
cLev.24.C. 
m Heb. en- 
I closed gold, 

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chap. 6. 20. 

|d Ex.3o.27, 

. &37.17, 

|e2Chr.4.8. 

f2Sam.8. 
7, U. 

of one base : and the undersetters were of the very base itself, ai Chris" 

35 And in the top of the base ions there a round compass 
of half a cubit high : and on the top of the base the ledges 
thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 

36 For on the plates of the * ' ledges thereof, and on the 
borders thereof, he graved * cherubims, lions, and palm- 
trees, according to the proportion of every one, and addi- 
tions round about. 

37 After this manner he made the ten bases : all of 
(hem had one casting, one measure, and one size. 

' 88 % Then made he 1 ten lavers of brass : one laver 

5-1 



b ch.3. 15. 
cSSam. 5. 
9. &6. 12. 
rl Dt. 16. 13. 
2 Chr. 5.3, 

1 Chr. 15 
2, 14. 

3 Chr. I. 4, 
f r.r. 38. 8, 

a Nu.4. 15. 
h 2 Sam. 6. 
13. 

inont.31.9. 
k Ex.26. 33, 
34. 

1 Ex.37.4.5. 
inF.j.25.15 
Nam. l ,; . 



and every laver was four cubits : 
and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 

39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, 
and five on the left side of the house : and he set the sea on 
the right side of the house eastward, over against the south. 
f 4.0 % And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and 
the r basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work 
that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord : 

41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters 
that were on the top of the two pillars ; and the two net- 
works, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were 
upon the top of the pillars ; 

42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net- 
works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, 
to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were ' upon 
the pillars ; 

43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases ; 

44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea ; 
/ 45 And the s pots, and the shovels, and the basins : and 
all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for 
the house of the Lord, were of bright brass. 

g 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the 
1 clay-ground between " Succoth and * Zarthan. 
/ 47 And Solomon left all the vessels y unweighed, because 
they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the 
brass found out. 
/ 48 And Solomon made z all 
unto the house of the Lord : 
table of gold, whereupon the 

49 And the candlesticks of " 
side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flow- 
ers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 

50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the e basins, and 
the spoons, and the censers of pure gold ; and the hinges 
of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy 
place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. 

/ 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made 
for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the 
things which David his father had f dedicated : even the 
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among 
the treasures of the house of the Lord. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

The feast of the dedication of the temple, I. Solomon's blessing, 12, 55. 

Solomon's prayer, 22. His sacrifice of peace-offerings, 62. 

THEN Solomon a assembled the elders of Israel, and 
all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of 
the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, 
that they might bring up the b ark of the covenant of the 
Lord out of the ° city of David, which is Zion. 

2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto 
king Solomon at the d feast in the month Ethanim, which 
is the seventh month. 

/3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the "priests 
took up the ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the 
f tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels 
that were in the tabernacle, even those did s the priests 
and the Levites bring up. 

5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, 
that were assembled unto him, were with him before the 
ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, h that could not be told 
nor numbered for multitude. 

/6 And the ' priests brought in the ark of the covenant of 
the Lord unto k his place, into the oracle of the house, to the 
most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims. 

7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over 
the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark 
and the ' staves thereof above. 

s And they m drew out the staves, that the encTs of Ihe 

2IS 



said, 



B. Christ 
1004. 



n 2 Chr.5.9. 

Ex. 16. 35. 
Dt. 10. 4, 5. 
Heb. 9. 4. 

p 1 Cor. 13. 

12. 

q Ex. 40. 33. 

Col. 1. 19. 

r Ex. 16. 10. 

s Ezek.10.4. 

t Lev. 16. 2. 

Num. 9. 15. 

Deut. 4. 11. 

2 Chr. 6. 1. 

Ps. 97. 2. 

u 2 Sam. 7. 

13. 

2 Chr. 6. 2. 

xNum.6.23. 

Luke 24.50. 

y Ps.115.17. 

z Luke 1.70. 

2 Cor. 13. 3. 

aDt.12. 11. 

Ps. 132. 13, 

14. 

b2Sam.7.3. 

c 2 Sam. 7. 

11. 

2 Cor. 8. 12. 

d 2 Sam. 7. 

12. 

chap. 5. 3. 

el Chr. 28.5. 

fDt. 31. 26. 

g 2 Chr. 6. 

12. 

h Ezra 9. 5. 

Job 11. 13. 

Ps. 63. 4. 

1 Tim. 2. 8. 
iEx. 15.11. 
k Gen. 17.1. 
-2Kgs.-M. 3. 
1 2 Sam. 7. 
12. 

Luke 1. 33. 
m Ps. 113.4. 
Acts 7. 49. 
n 2 Cor. 12. 
2. 

2 Chr. 20. 
8. 

Isa. 66. 1. 
Jer. 23. 24. 
Acts 17. 24. 
p Eph.6.18. 
Philip. 4.6. 

1 Tim. 2. 1 
q Ps. 33. 18. 
r Dt. 12. 11 



Solomons prayer at the I. KINGS. 

staves were seen out in the "holy place before the oracle, and 
they were not seen without : and there they are unto this day. 

g 9 There was ° nothing in the ark save the two tables of 
stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord 
made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they 
came out of the land of Egypt. 

MO And it came to pass, when the priests were come 
out of the holy place, that the r cloud q filled the house of 
the Lord, 

1 1 So that the priests could r not stand to minister be- 
cause of the cloud : for the s glory of the Lord had filled 
the house of the Lord. 

/12 % Then spake Solomon, The Lord said 'that he 
would dwell in the thick darkness. 

13 1 have surely built u thee a house to dwell in, a set- 
tled place for thee to abide in for ever. 

d 14 And the king turned his face about, and x blessed all 
the congregration of Israel : and all the congregation of 
Israel stood ; 

15 And he said, y Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, 
which z spake with his mouth unto David my father, and 
hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 

s" 1 6 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel 
out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel 
to build a house, that a my name might be therein ; but I 
chose David to be over my people Israel. 

c 17 And it was b in the heart of David my father to build 
a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 

18 And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas 
it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou 
c didst well that it was in thy heart. 

19 Nevertheless, d thou shalt not build the house ; but 
thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall 
build the house unto my name. 

a 20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he 
spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and 
sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord e promised, and 
have built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 
21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is 
the f covenant of the Lord, which he made with our 
fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 

d 22 % And Solomon g stood before the altar of the Lord 
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and 
spread h forth his hands toward heaven : 

' 23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God 
1 like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who 
keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that k walk 
before thee with all their heart : 

24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father 
that thou promisedst him : thou spakest also with thy 
mouth, and hast fulfilled // with thy hand, as it is this day. 

6 25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy 
servant David my father that thou promisedst him, say- 
ing, There shall \ not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on 
the throne of Israel ; so that thy children take heed to 
their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked 
before me. 

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be 
verified, which thouspakest unto thy servantDavidmvfather. 

s 27 But will God indeed m dwell on the earth ? behold 
the n heaven and heaven of heavens ° cannot contain thee ; 
how much less this house that I have builded 1 

28 Yet have thou respect unto the p prayer of thy ser- 
vant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken 
unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth 
before thee to-day : 

d 29 That thine i eyes may be open toward this house 
night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast 
r My name shall be there : that thou mayest hearken 



dedication of the temple, 
prayer which thy servant shall s make toward 



B. Christ 
1004. 



s Dan. 6. 10. 

t Ps. 4. 3. 

uPs.85.1,2. 

x Nu. 5. 14. 

15. 

y Nn. 9. 16. 

z Dt. 25. 1. 

a 2 Chr. 6. 

23. 

b Lev. 26. 6, 

7. 

cDt. 28. 11, 

12. 

Mai. 3. 10. 

d 2 Chr. 6. 

26. 

e Ps. 94. 12. 

Tsa. 26. 9. 

f Ps. 27. 11. 

Prov. 6. 23. 

&9. fi. 

Isa. 35. 8. 

2 Pet. 2. 21 

g Ezek. 22. 

30. 

James 5, 

16, 18. 

h 2 Sam.24. 

10. 

Lam. 3. 40. 

Acts 2. 39. 

1 Cor. 11. 31. 

i Ps. 11. 4. 

Jer. 17. 10. 

k Prov. 1.7. 

& 10. 6. 

1 Ruth 2. 10, 

11. 

m Matt. 2.1. 

Acts 8. 27. 

n Ex. 12.38. 

Josh. 2. 9. 

Esth. 8. 17. 

oDeut.3.24. 

Jer. 32. 17. 

p Ps. 67. 2. 

qRev.19.12. 

r Pro. 20. 9. 

Eccl. 7. 20. 

1 John 1. 8. 
sLev.26.40. 

2 CIn.32.12. 



unto the 
this place. 

b 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, 
and of ' thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward 
this place : and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place : 
and when thou hearest, u forgive. 

bSl ^f If any man "trespass against his neighbour, and 
an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the 
oath come y before thine altar in this house : 

32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy 
servants, z condemning the wicked, to bring a his way 
upon his head ; and justifying the righteous, to give him 
according to his righteousness. 

b 33 1j When thy people Israel be smitten down before 
the enemy, because they have b sinned against thee, and 
shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, 
and make supplication unto thee in this house : 

Zi Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy 
people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which 
thou gavest unto their fathers. 

*35 % When heaven is c shut up, and there is no rain, 
because they have sinned against thee ; if they pray to- 
ward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from 
their sin, when d thou afflictest them : 

36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy 
servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou e teach them 
the f good way wherein they should walk, and give rain 
upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an 
inheritance. 

37 ^[ If there be in the land famine, if there be pesti- 
lence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar ; 
if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, 
whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be ; 
t 38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by 
g any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know 
every man the plague of h his own heart, and spread forth 
his hands toward this house : 

6 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and 
forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his 
ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou, even thou 
' only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men ;) 

40 That they may k fear thee all the days that they live 
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 

41 Moreover, concerning 'a stranger, that is not of thy 
people Israel, but cometh out of a m far country for n thy 
name's sake ; 

42 (For they shall ffear of thy great name, and of thy 
strong hand, and of thy stretched-out arm ;) when he 
shall come and pray toward this house ; 

* 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do ac- 
cording to all that the stranger calleth to thee for : that 
p all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, 
as do thy people Israel ; and that they may know that 
this house which I have builded is called by thy name. 

44 T[ If thy people go out q to battle against their ene- 
my, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray 
unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, 
and toward the house that I have built for thy name. 

i> 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their sup- 
plication, and maintain their cause. 

' 46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that. 
r sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them and deliver 
them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives 
unto the land of the enemy, far or near ; 

d 47 Yet if they shall "bethink themselves in the land 
whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make 
supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried 
them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done 
perverselv, we have committed wickedness ; 

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Solomon's sacrifice of peace-offerings. I. 

d 48 And so return unto thee ' with all their heart, and 
with all their soul, in the land of their enemies which led 
them away captive^ and pray unto thee toward their land, 
which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou 
hast chosen, a*d the house which I have built for thy name: 

b 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication 
in heaven thy dwelling-place, and u maintain their cause, 

50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against 
thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have trans- 
gressed against thee, and x give them compassion before 
them who carried them captive, that they m;,y have 
compassion on them : 

51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which 
thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of y the 
furnace of iron : 

>> 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication 
of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people 
Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 
53 For thou didst z separate them from among all the 
people of the earth, to be thine a inheritance, as thou 
spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou 
broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 
/ 54 And it was so. that when Solomon had made an end 
of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, 
he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from b kneel- 
ing on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 

d 55 And he stood and c blessed all the congregation of 
Israel with a loud voice, saying, 

56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his 
people Israel, d according to all that he promised : there 
hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he 
promised by the hand of Moses his servant. 

d 57 The Lord our God be c with us, as he was with our 
fathers : let him not leave us, nor forsake us : 

t> 58 That he may f incline our hearts unto him, to walk 
in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his 
statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our 
fathers. 

59 And let these my words wherewith I have rm-de 
supplication before the Lord, s be nigh unto the Lord our 
God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his ser- 
vant, and the cause of his people Israel at "all times, as 
the matter shall require : 

60 That h all the people of the earth may know that 
' the Lord is God, and thai there is none else. 

d 61 Let your heart therefore h be perfect with the Lord 
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his com- 
mandments, as at this day. 

/ 62 ^[ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacri- 
fice ' before the Lord. 

63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
which he offered unto the Lord, m two and twenty thou- 
sand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. 
So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the 
house of the Lord. 

</ 64 The same day did n the king hallow the middle of the 
court that was before the house of the Lord : for there he 
offered burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of 
the peace-offerings : because the brazen altar that was 
before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt-offer- 
ings, ;ind meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 

g 6o And at that time Solomon held "a feast, and all Is- 
rael with him, a great congregation, from the entering in 
of '■'' Hamath unto the ''river of Egypt, before the Lord 
our God, r seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 
/ 66 On the ' eighth day he sent the people away : and 
they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful 
•■"id glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had 
done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. 



KINGS. 



Presents of Solomon and Hirani 



B. Christ 
1004. 



CHAPTER, IX. 

; God's covenant in a vision with Solomon, 1. The mutual presents of 
Solomon and Hiram, 10. In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his 
bondmen, the Israelites honourable servants, 15. Pharaoh's daughte* 

; removeth to her house, 24. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices, 25 : His 
navyfetcheth gold from Ophir, 26. 

:/ A M> h came to pass, when Solomon had a finished the 

■joL. building of the house of the Lord, and the king's 

house, and all Solomon's b desire which he was pleased to do, 

v 2 That the Lord appeared to Solomon the c second 

time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 

3 And the Lord said unto him, I have d heard thy pray- 
er and thy supplication that thou hast made before me : 
I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put 
my name there for ever ; and e mine eyes and my heart 
shall be there perpetually. 

4 And if thou wilt walk f before me, as David thy father 
walked, g in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do 
according to all that I have commanded thee, and will 
keep my statutes and my judgments : 

6 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon 
Israel for ever, h as I promised to David thy father, say- 
ing, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of 
Israel. 

6 But if ye shall at all : turn from following me, ye or 
your children, and will not keep my commandments and 
my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve 
other gods, and worship them : 

«> 7 Then will I k cut off Israel out of the land which I 
have given them ; and ' this house which I have hallowed 
for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; and Israel shall 
be m a proverb and a by-word among all people : 
r 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that pass 
eth by it shall be n astonished, and shall ° hiss ; and they 
shall say, p Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, 
and to this house t 

9 And q they shall answer, Because they forsook the 
Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of 
the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, 
and have worshipped them, and served them : r therefore 
hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 
/ 10 ^[ And it came to pass 9 at the end of twenty years, 
when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the 
Lord, and the ' king's house, 

g 11 (Noio Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solo- 
mon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, accord- 
ing to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram 
twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 

12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the-cities 

which Solomon had given him ; and they ° pleased him not. 

n 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast 

given me, u my brother ? And he called them the land of 

Cabul unto this day. 

/14 And Hiram sent to the "king sixscore talents of gold. 
g 15 ^[ And this is the reason of the y levy which king 
Solomon raised ; for to build the house of the Lord, and 
his own house, and z Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and 
a Hazor, and b Megiddo, and c Gezer. 
S 16 For Pharoah king of Egypt had gone up, and '' taken 
Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that 
dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daugh- 
ter, Solomon's wife. 

g 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and "Beth-horon thenether, 
g 18 And ' Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the 
land, 

s 19 And all the cities of e store that Solomon had, and 
cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and 
that which Solomon '' desired to build in Jerusalem, and 
in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 
/20 And all the people that were ' left of the Amorites 

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The queen of Shebcfs visit I. 

Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not 
of the children of Israel, 

21 Their children that were left after them in the land, 
whom the children of Israel also were not able v utterly 
to destroy, upon those did Solomon ' levy a tribute of 
31 bond-service unto this day. 

/ 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon n make no 
bond-men : but they were men of war, and his servants, 
and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, 
and his horsemen. 

/23 These were the chief of the officers that were over 
Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule 
over the people that wrought in the work. 
g 24 If But Pharaoh's daughter ° came up out of the city 
of David unto r her house which Solomon had built for 
her : then did he build Millo. 

f25 T| And q three times in a year did Solomon offer 
burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which 
he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the 
r altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house. 
g 26 ^f And king Solomon made a navy of ships in s Ezion- 
geber, which is beside ' Eloth, on the shore of the Red 
sea, in the land of Edom. 

/ 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen 
that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of So- 
lomon. 

g 28 And they came to " Ophir, and fetched from thence 
gold, x four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to 
king Solomon. 

CHAPTER X. 
The queen of Sheba admireth the tuisdom of Solomon, 1_. Solomon's 
gold, 14 : His targets, 16 : _ The throne of ivory, 18 : _ His vessels, 21: 
His presents, 24 : His chariots and horsemen, 26 : His tribute, 23. 

8 A ^^ when the a queen of Sheba heard of the fame of 
J\ Solomon concerning the b name of the Lord, she 
came c to prove him with hard questions. 
/ 2 And she came d to Jerusalem with a very great train, 
with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and 
precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, 
she communed with him of all that was e in her heart. 

3 And Solomon told her all her a questions : there was 
not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 
/4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's 
wisdom, and the house that he had built, 

5 And the f meat of his table, and the s sitting of his 
Servants, and the * attendance of his ministers, and h their 
apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he 
went up unto the house of the Lord ; there was no more 
spirit in her. 

6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I 
heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 
/ 7 Howbeit, I believed not the words, * until I came, and 
mine eyes had seen it : and behold, the half was not told 
me : thy wisdom and prosperity k exceedeth the fame 
which I heard. 

8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, 
'• which stand continually before thee, and that m hear thy 
wisdom. 

9 n Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in 
thee, to set thee on the ° throne of Israel : because the 
Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee kin g, 
p to do judgment and justice. 

/10 And she q gave the king a hundred and r twenty ta- 
lents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious 
stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as 
these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 
s 1 1 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from 
Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of 3 almug- 
trees, and precious stones. 
/ 12 And the king made of the almug-trees "pillars for 



B. Christ 
cir. 992. 



k Dt. 2. 34. 

1 ch. 5. 3. 
mDeut.7.2. 
Ezra 2. 55. 
Neh. 7. 57. 
r.Lev.25.39. 

ch. 3. 1. 
p ch. 7. 8. 
q2Chr.8.13. 
r ch. 8. 62. 
sNu. 33.35. 
t Deut. 2.7. 

2 Kings 14. 
92. & 16. 6. 
u Job 22.24. 
.\2Chr. 8. 
18. 

a Ps. 72. 15. 
Matt. 12.42. 
h ch. 4. 30. 
c Prov. 1. 5. 
& 13. 20. 
d Luke 11. 
31. 

e ch. 8. 17. 
oHeb. 
words. 
f ch. 4. 22. 
Luke 22. 
27. 

5 Heb. 
standing, 
verse 8. 
h Ezek. 44. 
3. & 46. 2. 
i 2 Chron.9. 
6. 
kl Cor. 2.9. 

1 Pr. 22. 29. 
m Pr. 8. 34. 
Luke 11.28. 
n ch. 5. 7. 

o Ps. 132. 
13, 14. 
Prov. 8. 15. 
p 2 Sam. 8. 
15. 

q Ps. 72. 10. 
r ch. 9. 14. 
s Rev. 18.12. 
c Heb. 
a prop. 
chap. 7. 15. 



KINGS. Solomon' 's wives and concubines ? 

the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps 
also and psalteries for singers : there came no such almug 
trees, nor were seen unto this day. 

13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba 
'all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which 
Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and 
went to her own country, she and her servants. 
/14 If Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one 
year was six hundred threescore and six u talents of gold, 

15 Besides that he had of the "merchantmen, and of 
the traffic of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings x of 
Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 
/ 16 1 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of 
beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one target, 

17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ; 
three pounds of gold went to one shield : and the king put 
them in the house of the forest of * Lebanon. 
/ 18 If Moreover, the king made a great 2 throne of 'ivory, 
and overlaid it with the best gold. 

19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne 
was round behind : and there were stays on either side on 
the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 

20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on 
the other upon the six steps : there was not the like made 
in any kingdom. 

/ 21 ^f And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of 
gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Le- 
banon were of ^pure gold; none were of silver: it was 
nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 

e 22 For the king had at sea a navy of a Tarshish with 
the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy 
of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and s apes, 
and peacocks. 

23 So king Solomon b exceeded all the kings of the 
earth for riches and for wisdom. 

/ 24 *|f And c all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his 
wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 

25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of 
silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, 
and spices, horses, and mules, a rate d year by year. 
/ 26 % And Solomon e gathered together chariots, and 
horsemen : and he had a f thousand and four hundred cha- 
riots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed 
in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. 
27 And the king made g silver to be in Jerusalem as 
h stones, and cedars made he to be as the i sycamore-trees 
that are in the vale, for abundance. 
/ 28 If And Solomon had k horses brought out of Egypt, 
and linen yarn : the king's merchants received the 'linen 
yarn at a price. 

g 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for 
six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and 
fifty : and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the 
kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. 

CHAPTER XT. 
Solomon's wives and concubines, 1 : In his old age they draw him to idol- 
atry, 4. God threatenelh him, 9. Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, 
who was entertained in Egypt, 14 ; Rezon,ivho reigned in Damascus^ 
23 ; and Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied, 26. Solomon's acts* 
reign, and death, 41 : Rehoboam succeedelh him, 43. 

BUT king Solomon a loved b many strange women, to- 
gether with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the 
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites ; 
v 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord c said unto 
the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither 
shall they come in unto you : for surely they will d turn 
away your heart after their gods : Solomon clave unto 
these in love. 

u 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three 
hundred concubines: and his wives "turned away his heart. 

216 



B. Christ 
cir. 992. 



t chap. 8. 1 
&9. 1. 
u ch. 9. 14. 
d Or, cus- 
tomers, 
factors. 
x2Chr.9. 
23.&17.11 
Ps. 72. 10. 
ych. 14.28 
7. Ps. 9.4, 7 
& 122. 5. 
c ileb.tootk. 
ch. 22. 39. 
Ps. 45. 8, 9. 
Ezek. 27. 6. 
Amos 3. 15. 
Rev. 18. 12, 
/ Heb. 
close gold, 
chap. 8. 22. 
a Hen. 10. 4. 
2 Chr.20.36. 
(I Or, mon- 
Icics, and 
parrots. 

b ch. 3. 12. 
& 4. 30. 

Ps. 29. 27. 

c 2 Chron. 

9.23. 

d ch. 8. 59. 

eDt. 17.10. 

fch. 4.20. 

g 2 Chron. 
, 1. 15. 

hGen.13.13. 

Matt. 6. 33. 

iAmos7.14. 

Luke 19. 4. 

klsa. 31. 1. 
1 1 Gen. 41.42. 

Ezek. 27. 7. 

a ch. 3. 3. 

ltcv.2. 4. 

bDt. 17. 17. 

verse 3. 

c Ex. 34. 16 

Deut. 7. 3. 

(1 Num.25.1. 

Neh. 13. 26. 

e Eccl.7.26. 



Solomon's adversaries. 



I. 



/ 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was ° old, that his 
wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his 
heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the 
heart of David his father. 

v 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of 
the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the 
Ammonites. 

/ 6 And Solomon did evil f in the sight of the Lord, and 
went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father. 
g 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the 
abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, 
and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 

8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which 
burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 
/ 9 ^ And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because 
g his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which 
had appeared unto him h twice, 

10 And had ' commanded him concerning this thing, 
that he should not go after other gods : but he kept 
that which the Lord commanded. 

w 1 1 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch 
as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant 
and my statutes which I have commanded thee, I will surely 
rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 

12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it k for 
David thy father's sake : but I will rend it out of the hand 
of thy son. 

6 13 Howbeit, I will not rend away all the kingdom ; but 
will give ' one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, 
and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. 
/ 14 % And the m Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solo- 
mon, Hadad the Edomite: hewasoftheking'sseedinEdom. 
^15 For it came to pass, when David was in n Edom, and 
.Toab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, 
after he had smitten ° every male in Edom ; 

16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all 
Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom :) 
/ 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his fa- 
ther's servants with him, to go into Egypt ; Hadad being 
yet a little p child. 

e 18 And they arose out of q Midian, and came to Paran : 
and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came 
to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ; which gave him a 
house, and appointed him * victuals, and gave him land 



f 19 And Hadad found 'great favour in the sight of Pha- 
raoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own 
wife, the sister of Tahpenes the d queen. 

20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his 
sfHi^whom Tahpenes r weaned in Pharaoh's house : and 
Genufiath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of 
Pharaoh. 

/ 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept L? Hoi>. .*«<* 
with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was'' 
dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may 
go to mine own country. 

22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou 
lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine 
own country 1 And he answered, Nothing : howbeit, 8 let 
me go in any wise. 

/ 23 % And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon 
the son of Eliadah, which ' fled from his lord Hadadezer 
king of u Zobah : 

ff 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain 
over a band, when David * slew them of Zobah : and 
they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned 
in Damascus. 

^ 25 And he was an adversary to Israel y all the days of 
Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did : anil he 
abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 

55 2 E 



KINGS. His acts, reign, and death 

J£jj£M/26 f And * Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite 
a That is, of a Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was 
b d% ee y n ears, Zeruah, a widow woman, even he b lifted up his hantf 
against the king. 

27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand 
against the king : Solomon built c Millo, and repaired the 
breaches of the city of David his father. 
/ 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour ; 
and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industri- 
ous, he made him ruler over all the ' charge of the house 
of Joseph. 

/ 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam 
went out of Jerusalem, that the d prophet Ahijah the e Shi- 
lonite found him in the way ; and he had clad himself witli 
a new garment ; and they two were alone in the field : 

30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on 
him, and f rent it in twelve pieces : 

31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take the ten pieces : for 
thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend 
the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten 
tribes to thee : 

b 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's 
sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have 
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :) 

33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have wor= 
shipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh 
the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and have not walked in g my ways, to da 
that which is h right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes 
and my judgments, as did David his father. 
c 34 Howbeit, I will not take the whole kingdom out of 
his hand : but I will make him prince all the days of his 
life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because 
he kept my commandments and my statutes : 
r 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, 
and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 

36 And unto his ! son will I give one tribe, that David my 
servant may have a c light k always before me in Jerusalem, 
the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 
c 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according 
to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. 
b 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I 
command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is 
right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my command- 
ments, as David my servant did ; that I will be ' with thee* 
and build thee m a sure house, as I built for David, and will 
give Israel unto thee. 

39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but * not 
for ever. 

/ 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And 
Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto " Shishak king 
of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 
/ 41 •}[ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that 
lie did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the ° book 
of the acts of Solomon? 

42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalen 
over all Israel was p forty years. 

/ 43 And Solomon •> slept with his fathers, and was buried 
in the city of David his father: and r Rehoboam his sou 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XII. 
The Israelites assembled at Sliechem to crown Jlchoboam, by Jeroboam 
akt a suit of relaxation unto him, 1. liehoboam, refu^ng the old, 

■'h the 



chap. 6. 1, 

& 14. 21. 

verse 42. 

f Gen. 38. 7. 

g Pr. 4. 23. 

Rom. 11. 8. 

2 Tim. 4.10. 

h ch. 3. 5. 

i chap. 6.12. 

k 2 Ham. 7. 

13. 

lChr.28.5, 

6. 

lch. 12.21. 

m 1 Sam,26. 

19. 

ch. 12. 15. 

1 Chr. 5. 26. 
n 2 Sam. 8. 
14. 

o Dt. 20. 13. 
pGen.44.20. 
chap. 3. 7. 
q Gen. 27. 3. 
Num. 22. 4. 
4 Heb. 

n n t ! bread, 

llul lMatt. 6. 11. 
eHeb. 
greatly 
grace in 
the eyes, 
Gen. 18. 3. 
d Theword 
properly is 
the chief 
teaman of 
the house- 
hold, as 

tress, 
ch. 15. 13. 
Jer. 13. 18. 
& 29. 2. i 
r Gen. 21. 7. 
s 2 Kings 8. 
20, 22. 
t 2 Sam. 8. 
3. 

Ps. 60, title. 
u 1 Sam. 14. 
1. 

2 Chr. 8. 3. 
x 2 Sam. 8. 
3.& 10. 18. 
y ch. 5. 14. 
2 Chr. 15. 2. 



B. Christ 
cir. 981. 



z 2 Chron. 

13.6. 

a Josh. 13. 

16. 

t>2 Sam. 20. 

21. 

ver?e 40. 

c ch. 9. 15. 

c Heb. 

burden, 

Ex. 5. 15. 

chap. 12. 1. 

(1 1 Sam. 13. 

11. 

cell. 11. 2. 

fch. 14. 30. 

& IS. 27. 

2 Kings 10. 

30. & 15.13. 

g 2 Kings 

21. 22. 

h 2 Kings 

20.3, 



lakv. this 
whfilchin rr- 
tlujn of his 
nut of, that 
is, nothing 
of it, 

Gen. 23. 6. 
i 1 Sam. 12. 
15. 

2Sam.21.I7! 
k Ina. 9. 7. 
Lnko I. 32. 
IGen. 21.22. 

m 2 Sam. 7. 

16. 

elm p. 9.5. 

// Hob. vot 
fafaXldays, 
l.uko 3. 35 
n Jer.44.80. 
o2Uhr. 0. 
29. 

p verse 1. 
2Chr. 9.30. 

'I rh. '!. 111. 

r Matt. 1. 7. 
iiGen. 12. 0. 
Joali. 20. 7. 



m 

men's rou 



em roughly, 0. 



nscl, by the advice of young men, avswereih 
Ten tribes revolting, kill Jldoram, and make Rehoboam ioJlee,}6. _ Be 



hoboam, raising an army, 



is forbidden by Shcmaiah, 2~1. Jeroboam 
strengthen elh himself by cities, 25, and by th'eidolalry of the two calves, 26. 

AND liehoboam went to ■ Shechcm: for all Israel were 
come to Shechcm to make him king. 
f 2 And it came to pass, -./hen Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 






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Revolt against Rehoboam. I. KINGS. 

who was yet b in Egypt, c heard of it, (for he was fled 
from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt 
in Egypt ;) 

/ 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and 
all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Re- 
hoboam, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke d grievous : now therefore 
make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy 
yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 

5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, 
then come again to me. And the people departed. 
/ 6 If And king Rehoboam e consulted with the f old men 
that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and 
said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people 1 

* 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be s a 
servant unto h this people this day, and wilt serve them, 
and answer them, and speak * good Words to them, then 
they will be thy servants for ever. 
/ 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which 
they had given him, and consulted with the k young men 
that were grown up with him, and which stood before him . 

9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that 
we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, say- 
ing, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter'/ 

k 10 And the young men that were grown up with him 
spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this 
people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our 
yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us ; thus shalt 
thou say unto them, ' My little finger shall be thicker than 
my father's loins. 

11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a 
heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father hath chas- 
tised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 

/ 12 If So Jeroboam and all the people came to Reho- 
boam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, 
Come to me again the third day. 

13 And the king answered the people ■ roughly, and for- 
sook the old men's counsel that they gave him ;. 

k 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young 
men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and m I will 
add to your yoke : my father also chastised you with 
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 

* 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people : 
for the b cause was from the Lord, that he might perform 
his saying, which the Lord spake by c Ahijah the Shilonite 
unto Jeioboam the son of Nebat. 

/ 1 6 1| So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened 
not unto diem, the people answered the king, saying, 
What pcrtion have we in David 1 neither have we inherit- 
ance in the " son of Jesse: to your "tents, O Israel: now 
see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto 
their tents. 

17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the 
p cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 
/ 18 Then king Rehoboam sent q Adoram, who 'was over 
the tribute ; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he 
died. Therefore king Rehoboam d made speed to get him 
up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 
/19 So Israel r rebelled against the house of David 
unto this day. 

20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Je- 
roboam was come again, that they 3 sent and called him 
unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel : 
there was none that followed the house of David, but the 
tribe of Judah l only. 

/ 21 «[[ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he 
assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Ben- 
jamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, 
"warriors, to fight against the house of 



Jeroboants hand wither eth. 



bch. 11. 40. 

cch. 11.43. 

d ch. 4. 7, 

22. & 5. 18. 

&. 9. 22. &. 

10.7. 

c Jer. 42. 2, 

5. 

f Job 32. 7. 

g 2 Chron. 

10.7. 

h Eccl. 3. 1. 

i Prov. 15. 1. 

& 29. 15. 

kGen.44.20. 

2Chr. 30. 7. 

e ch. 3. 7. 

& 14. 21. 

1 Chr. 22. 5. 
Prov. 18. 6. 
uHeb. 
hardly, 
verse 7. 
Jer. 43. 4. 
in Prov. 12. 
13. &. 18. 7. 
b Heb. turn- 
ing about, 
Gen. 50. 20. 
Ex. 9. 12. 

2 Sam. 12. 
12. & 24. 1. 
2 Chr.25.20. 
Amos 3 6. 
„ Heb. by 
th"- band of 
Alto 'ah, 
Lev. 8. 36. 
ch. 11.31. 

n 1 Sam. 22. 
7. 

2 Sam. 20. 
1. 

p ch. 11. 13. 
q ch. 4. 0. 
& 5. 14. 
d Heb. 
strength- 
ened Ithn- 
self, 

1 Sum. 30.0. 
r Prov. 5.12. 
13. 

s 1 Sam. 10. 

24. 

t ch. 21. 13. 

Eccl. 10. 16. 

u 2 Chr. 26. 

13. 



which were 



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x 2 Chr. 11. 
2. 

y 1 Sam. 9. 
6. 

zch. 11.13. 
verse IG. 
2Chr. 11.3. 
a ch. 9. 15. 
verse 1. 
bJudg.9.45. 
c Ps. 14. I. 
Rom. 1. 30. 
d Deut.12.6. 
ch. 11. 8. 
& 13. 34. 
Prov. 29. 25. 
f Ex. 1.10. 
Isa. 30. 1. 
g Ex. 32. 4. 
h Gen. 3. 5. 
2 Pet. 2. 19. 
i Gen. 28.19. 
k Judg. 18. 
29. 

1 2 Kgs. 17. 
21. &21. 16. 
mch. 13.32. 
n ch. 13. 33. 

Num.3. 6j 
10. 

p Lev.23.34. 
q ch. 8. 2, 5. 
r ch. 13. 1. 
2Chr.26.18. 
5 Nu. 15.39. 
Matt. 15. 8. 
lTim.4.1,2. 
a ch. 12. 22. 
b 2 Kings 
23.17. 
c verse 2. 
Mark 7. 13. 
d ch. 12. 32. 
e Isa. 58. 1. 
f Jer. 22.29. 
g Isa. 29. 1. 
h 2 Kings 
22.1,2. 
i Jer. 28. 9. 
k Amos 7. 
10, 11. 
Acts 12. 1. 

1 Acts 13. 8. 

2 Cor. 10.0. 



Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son 
of Solomon. 

/ 22 But the word of God came unto * Shemaiah the 
' man of God, saying, 

23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of 
Judah, and unto all the house of Judah ?nd Benjamin, and 
to the z remnant of the people, saying, 

24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight 
against your brethren the children of Israel : return every 
man to his house; for this thing- is from me. They heark- 
ened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to 
depart, according to the word of the Lord. 

25 ^f Then Jeroboam built a Shechem in mount Ephraim, 
and dwelt therein ; and went out from thence, and built 
b Penuel. 

/ 26 And Jeroboam c said in his heart, Now shall the king- 
dom return to the house of David. 

27 If this people go up to do d sacrifice in the house of 
the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people 
turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of 
Judah, and they shall kill e me, and go again to Rehoboam 
king of Judah. 

p 28 Whereupon the king f took counsel, and made g two 
calves of gold, and said unto them, It is h too much for 
you to go up to Jerusalem : behold thy gods, O Israel, 
which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 
§29 And he set the one in 'Beth-el, and the other put 
he in k Dan. 

30 And this thing became a ' sin : for the people went 
to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 

31 And he made m a house of high places, and made 
priests of the lowest of n the people, which were ° not of 
the sons of Levi. 

/ 32 And Jeroboam ordained p a feast in the eighth month, 
on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that 
is q in Judah, and r he offered upon the altar. So did he, 
in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : 
and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places 
which he had made. 

e 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in 
Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the 
month which he had s devised of his own heart ; and or- 
dained a feast unto the children of Israel : and he offered 
upon the altar, and burnt incense. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Jeroboam's hand, that offered violence to him that prophesied against hit 
altar at Beth-el, tuithereth, 1 ; and, at the prayer of the prophet, is re- 
stored, 6. The prophet, refusing the king's entertainment, departeih 
from Beth-el, 7. An old prophet, seducing him, bringeth him back, 11 : 
He is reproved by God, 20, slain by a lion, 24, buried by the old prophet. 
26, who confirmeth his prophecy, 31. Jeroboam's obstinacy, 33. 

/ A ND, behold, there came a a man of God b out of Ju- 
^lL dah c by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Je- 
roboam stood by the altar d to burn incense. 
r 2 And he e cried f against the altar in the word of the 
Lord, and said, g O altar, altar ! thus saith the Lord ; 
Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, 
h Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests 
of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's 
bones shall be burnt upon thee. 

/ 3 And he gave ' a sign the same day, saying, This is 
the sign which the Lord hath spoken ; Behold, the altar 
shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall bp 
poured out. 

4 And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the 
saying of the man of God, which had cried against the 
altar in Beth-el, that he k put forth his hand from the altar, 
saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put 
forth against him, ' dried up, so that he could not pull it in 
again to him. 

21S 



ass. bo 

him a sit- 
thou the 



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m Ex. S. 8. 
n Jonah 1. 
6. 

oMt. 5.44. 
Rom. 12. 19. 
p James 5. 
16. 

a Heb. un- 
der prop, 
Gen. 18. 15. 
Judg. 13. 5. 
Ps. 140. 15. 
q 2 Kings 
5. 15. 

rNu.22.18. 
s Job 23. 12. 
t lCor.5.11 
2 John 10. 
u 2 Kings 
19. 18. 
x Nu. 23. 5. 
ch. 18. 28. 
Jer. 2. 8. 
Ezek. 13. 2, 
y ch. 16. 24, 
2Kgs.23.18. 
zNu.22.2J. 
a John 4. C. 
b Nu. 22.35. 
c Jer. 5. 12. 
Matt. 7. 15. 
Titus 2. 2. 
d verse 9. 
Gal. 1. 8. 
2Pet. 1. 19. 
eNum.23.5. 
Mt.7.22,23. 
John 11.51. 
f verse 2. 
g ver. 9, 17. 
Gal. 1. 8. 
hch. 14.13. 
2 Chr.21.20. 
Isa. 14. 19, 
29. 

Jer. 22. 19. 
&26. 24. 
•i ch. 20. 36. 
2Kgs. 2. 24. 
k Ezek. 24. 
24. 

1 Pet. 4. 17. 
1 Lev. 10. 2, 
3. 
Dan. 6.22. 



The man of God slain by a lion. 1. KINGS 

m 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out 
from the altar, according to the sign which the man of 
God had given by the word of the Lord. . 

m 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, 
rn Entreat now the face of the Lord n thy God, and pray for 
me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the 
man of God ° besought the Lord, and the king's hand 
was p restored him again, and became as it was before. 
/ 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home 
with me, and "refresh thyself, and I will give thee q a reward. 

8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt 
give me ""half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither 
will I eat bread nor drink water in this place : 

9 For so was it 'charged me by the word of the Lord, 
saying, 'Eat no bread, nor drink water, u nor turn again by 
the same way that thou earnest. 

g 10 So h.e went another way, and returned not by the 
way that he came to Beth-el. 

/ 1 1 % Now there dwelt an old * prophet y in Beth-el ; and 
his sons came and told him all the works that the man of 
God had done that day in Beth-el : the words which he had 
spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 

12 And their father said unto them, What way went 
he 1 for his sons had seen what way the man of God went 
which came from Judah. 

13 \nd he said unto his sons, Saddle me the 5 
they saddled him the ass : and he rode thereon, 

14 And went after the man of God, and found 
ting under an oak : and he said unto him, Art 
man of God that earnest from Judah? And he said, I am. 

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and 
eat bread. 

/16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in 
with thee : neither will I eat bread nor drink water with 
thee in this place : 

17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou 
*ihalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again 
to go by the way that thou earnest. 

« 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; 
and b an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, 
saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he 
may eat bread and drink water. But he c lied unto him. 

" 19 So he went d back with him, and did eat bread 
his house and drank water. 

/20 ^f And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that 
the word of the Lord came unto the c prophet that 
brought him back : 

21 And he f cried unto the man of God that came from 
Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou 
hast ■ disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not 
kept the commandment which the Lord thy God com- 
manded thee, 

r 22 But earnest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk 
water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to 
thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water ; thy b carcass 
shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 
/ 23 If And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, 
and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, 
to tint, for tlio prophet whom he had brought back. 

« 21 And when he was gone, a lion ; met him by the way, 
and k slew him : and his carcass was cast in the way, and 
the ass stood by it, the ' lion also stood by the carcass. 

/ 25 And behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast 
in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they 
came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 
26 And when the prophet that brought him back from 
the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, 
who was disobedient unto the word of the Loud : there- 
fore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which 



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b Heb. 
broken. 
Lev. 26. 15. 
2 Sam G. 7. 
2 Chr. 12.2. 
&. 15.2. 
&24. 20. 
IV 9. 11. & 
71.9, 11. 
Eccl. 9. 2. 
1 Cor. 11.30. 
ii m Job 38. 
1 11. 

nch. 14.13. 
•> 2 Kings 
23. 17. 
pI.ev.2G.30. 
q ch. 10.24. 
r verse 2G. 
Jer. 3. 8. 
c Heb. 
returned 
and made, 
ch. 12.31,32. 
h Ex. 28. 41. 
Lev. 7. 37. 
t cli. 12. 26. 
Gen. 11.4. 
ach. 13.31). 
b ch. 13. 3. 
verse 13. 
c 1 gain. 28. 



(I Josh 1R.1. 
ech. 11.31. 
f 1 Snm.9.8. 
2 Kg*. 5. d 
a Hub. 
stood for 
his gray- 
R6M. 

Eccl. 9. 2 
Acts 14. 15. 
g Pr. 21.31. 

h IV 33. 10. 
i vit.10, 11. 
Jer. 23. 28. 
Ezek. 2. 7. 
k 1 Sam. 12. 
7, 8. 

IV 75. 6. 7. 
lob. 11.31. 
in ch. 15. 5. 
n i h, 20.30, 
o IV 50. 17. 
Y.r k. 23.35 
p Ainni 3. G. 
■ jib. ill 3. 



Abijah falleth sick. 

hath b torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the 
Lord, which he spake unto him. 

/27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. 
And they saddled him. 

28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, 
and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass : the lion 
had not eaten the carcass, nor torn m the ass. 

29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of 
God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back : and 
the old prophet came to the city, to n mourn and to bury 
him. 

/ 30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave ; and they 
mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brot'ier ! 

31- And it came to pass, after he bad buried him, that 
he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury 
me in the "sepulchre wherein the man (f God is buried; 
lay my bones beside his bones : 

s 32 For the saying which he cried hy the word of the 
Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the 
v houses of the high places which are in the cities of q Sa- 
maria, shall surely come to pass. 

/33 ^f After this thing Jeroboam r returned not from his 
evil way, c but made again of the lowest of the people 
priests of the high places : whosever would, he s conse- 
crated him, and he became one of the priests of the high 
places. 

34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jerobo- 
am, even to ' cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face 
of the earth. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Jlbiiah being side, Jeroboam sendeih his ivife disguised with presents to 
the prophet Mij ah at Shiloh, 1. Jlhijah,foreivarned by God, denounc- 
eth God's judgment, 5. Abijah dieth, and is buried, 17. JVadab sue 
ceedeth Jeroboam, 19. Rehoboam's wicked reign, 21. Shishak spoil- 
cth Jerusalem, 25. Jlhijam succeedeth Rehoboam, 29. 

T a that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam b fell sick. 
? 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, 
and c disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the 
wife of Jeroboam ; and get thee to d Shiloh : behold, there 
is Ahijah the prophet, which e told me that / should be 
king over this people. 

o 3 And f take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a 
cruse of honey, and go to him : he shall tell thee what 
shall become of the child. 

/4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to 
Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah 
could not see ; for his eyes " were set by reason of his age. 
/5 «H" And e the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife 
of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son ; for 
he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for it 
shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself 
to be another woman, 

6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her 
feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in. 
ihou h wife of Jeroboam ; why feignest thou thyself to be 
another ? for I am sent to thee with ' heavy tidings. 

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael, Forasmuch as I k exalted thee from among the pco- 
ile, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 
d 8 And ' rent the kingdom away from the house of David, 
and gave it thee : and yet thou hast not been as my ser- 
vant David, who kept my commandments, and who fol- 
lowed me with all his heart, to do that m only which was 
right in mine eyes ; 

c 9 But hast done evil n above all that were before thee : 
for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten 
images, to provoke me to anger, and hast ° cast me be- 
hind thy back : 

r 10 Therefore behold, P I will bring evil upon the q house 
of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that 

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Abijah, Jeroboam, and Rehoboam's death. 

t- pisseth against the wall, and him that is 
Jeft in Israel, and will takeaway the remnant of the house 
of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away l dung, till it be all 
gone. 

r 1 1 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the 
u dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the x fowls 
of the air eat : for the Lord hath spoken it. 
r 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house : 
and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 
c 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him : for 
he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in 
him there is found y some good thing toward the Lord 
God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 
r 14 Moreover, the Lord shall raise him up a king over 
Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day : 
but what 1 z even now. 

r 15 For the Lord shall smite a Israel, as a reed is shaken 
in the water, and he shall b root up Israel out of this c good 
land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter 
them beyond the d river, because they have made their 
groves, provoking the Lord to anger. 

16 And he shall e give Israel up because of the sins of 
Jeroboam, who did f sin, and who e made Israel to sin. 
s 17 ^[ And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and 
came to h Tirzah : and when she came to the threshold 
of the door, the child died : 

o 18 And they buried him ; and all Israel mourned for 
him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake 
by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. 
/19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he "warred, 
and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book 
of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and 
twenty years : and he slept with his fathers ; and Nadab 
his son reigned in his stead. 
/21 ^[ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in 
Judah. Rehoboam was k forty and one years old when 
he began to reign ; and he reigned seventeen years in 
Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all 
the tribes of Israel, to put his name there : and his mo- 
ther's name was Naamah an ' Ammonitess. 
c 22 And m Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and 
they provoked him to "jealousy with their sins which they 
had committed, ° above all that their fathers had done. 

23 For they also p built them high places, and images 
and groves, on every high hill, and under q every green tree. 
. p 24 And there were also sodomites in the land : and they 
did according to all the abominations of the nations which 
the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. 
/ 25 If And it came to pass in the r fifth year of king Re- 
hoboam, that s Shishak king of Egypt came up against 
Jerusalem : 

26 And he took away the ' treasures of the house of the 
Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took 
away all : and he took away all the shields " of gold which 
Solomon had made. 

/ 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen 
shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief 
of the * guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 

28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of 
the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them 
back into the guard-chamber. 
f 29 f Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that 

p 1 l! d ', are tne Y not written in the book of the Chronicles 
oi the kings of Judah? 

iJ^Lf n u ^ e ? e was * war between Rehoboam and Jero- 
boam y all their days. 

rfpd 1 J*h d h,? e f h ?£ oaB ? Zsle P t with Ws fathers > and was bu- 
ried with his fathers in the a city of David. And his mo- 



I. KINGS. The good reign of Asa, 

ther's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And b Abijam 



r 1 Sam. 15. 

22. 

ch. 16. 11. 

s Dt. 32. 36. 

2 Kings 14. 

26. 

t Pa. 83. 10. 

Isa. 14. 23. 

u ch. 36. 4. 

Jer. 15. 3. 

xEccl. 6.3. 

Rev. 19. 17. 

yPhil.4.22. 

2 Pet. 2. 8. 

z Ezek. 12. 

22,25. 

a 1 Sam. 12. 

25. 

ch. 17. 6. 

b Ps. 52. 5. 

cDt. 8. 7,8. 

d 2 Kings 

15. 20. 

e Isa. 42.24. 

f ch. 12. 28. 

g Mt. 18. 7. 

Rev. 19. 20. 

h Josh. 12. 

24. 

Song 6. 4. 

i 2 Chi. 13. 

2. 

k 2 Chron. 

12. 13. 

1 ch. 11. 1,2. 

m 2 Chron 

11. 17. 

n Deut.4.24. 

Prov. 6. 34. 

o Ezek. 16, 

41. 

pDeut.12.2. 

q Isa. 57. 5. 

r2Chr. 11. 

17. & 12. 2. 

sch. 11.40. 

t Ps. 127. 2. 

u 2 Chr. 9. 

15. & 12. 9. 

Prov. 23. 5. 

Eccl. 2. 18. 

b Heb. 

r miners, 

lSam.22.17. 

x ch. 12. 24. 

y cii. 15. 16. 

z Acts 7.60. 

ach.2. 10. 



his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XV. 

Abijam' s wicked reign, 1. Asa succcedcth him, 8. Asa's good reign, 11. 
The war between Ba.asha and him causeih him to make a league with 
Ben-hadad, 1C. Jehoshaphat succeedeth Asa, 23. JVadub's ivicked 
reign, 25. Baasha, conspiring against him, executcth Ahijah's 
prophecy, 27. Nadab's acts and death, 31. Baasha's wicked reign, 33. 

"OW in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son 
of Nebat reigned a Abijam over Judah. 
s 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his 
mother's name was b Maachah, the daughter of Abishalorn. 
c 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he 
had done before him : and his heart was c not perfect with 
the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 
>> 4 Nevertheless, d for David's sake did the Lord his God 
give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, 
and to establish Jerusalem : 

« 5 Because David did that which was e right in the eyes 
of the Lord, and turned not aside f from any thing that he 
commanded him s all the days of his life, h save only in 
the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 

/ 6 And there was i war between Rehoboam and Jerobo- 
am all the days of his life. 

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he 
did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Judah 1 And there was war between Abijam 
and Jeroboam. 

/8 And Abijam k slept with his fathers ; and they buried 
him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his 
stead. 

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel 
reigned Asa over Judah. 

/ 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of 
Abishalorn. 

c 11 And Asa did that which was* right in the eyes of the 
Lord, as did David his father. 

12 And he took away the m sodomites out of the land, 
and removed all the idols that " his fathers had made. 
g 13 And also Maachah ° his mother, even her he remov- 
ed from being queen, because she had made an p idol in a 
grove ; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the 
brook q Kidron. 

c 14 But the r high places were not removed : neverthe- 
less Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days. 
d 15 And he brought in the things which his father had 
s dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, 
into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels. 
/ 16 % And there was war between Asa and Baasha king: 
of Israel 'all their days. 

g 17 And Baasha king of Israel u went up against Judah, 
and built x Raman, that he might not suffer any to go out 
or come in to Asa king of Judah. 

g - 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that ivere 
left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the trea- 
sures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand 
of his servants : and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the 
son of Tabrimon, the son of y Hezion, king of Syria, that 
dwelt at z Damascus, saying, 

u 19 There is a a league between me and thee, and between 
my father and thy father : behold, I have sent unto thee a 
present of silver and gold ; h come and break thy league 
with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 
/ 20 So Ben-hadad c hearkened unto king Asa, and sent 
the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of 
bBa^i 2 !: Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and d Abel-beth-maachah, 
o fl i Tim. Viand all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 
d2Sam.2o.; g 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, 
e 5 cin 14 17 ithat he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in e Tirzah. 

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1) 2 Chr. 12. 

I. & 13. 1. 

Matt. 1. 7. 

a 2 Chr. 12. 

16. 

b 2 Chron. 

13. 2. 

c Ps.'llO.SO. 

Mt. 13. 20. 

2 Tim. 3. 5. 

(1 ch. 11. 32. 

e 2 Kings 

20.3. 

f Ps. 119. 6. 

Luke 1. 6. 

g Acts 13. 

36. 

2 Tim. 4. 7. 

Rev. 2. 10. 

h 2 Sam. 11. 

4. & 12. 9. 

i ch. 14. 30. 

k Dt. 31. 6. 

chap. 2. 10. 

12 Chr. 16. 

7, 10, 12. 

mch. 14.24. 

n ch. 11. 7. 

& 14. 23. 

IPet. 1. 18. 

o Dt. 33. 9. 

Zcch. 13. 3. 

p 2 Chron. 

15.6. 

q Ex. 32.20. 

r Dt. 12. 5, 

8,11. 

Lev. 26. 30. 

s Lev. 5.15. 

t 2 Chron. 

14.1. 

u 2 Chron. 

16. 1. 

x Josh. 18. 

25. 

ych. 11.23. 

7, ch. 11. 23. 

a Judg.2. 2. 



e ch. 15. 16. 
fch. 14. 10. 
?ci!. 15.29. 
h Ps. 50. 2-2. 
i ch. 15. 23. 
It ch. 14. 17. 
lch. 14. C. 



Jehu's propnecy against Baasha. I. KINGS. 

e 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all 
Judah ; none was exempted : and they took away the 
stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baa- 
sha had builded ; and king Asa built with f them Geba of 
Benjamin, and s Mizpah. 

/ 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his h might, 
and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they 
not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Judah 1 Nevertheless in the time of his » old age he was 
diseased in his feet. 

/ 24 And Asa k slept with his fathers, and was buried with 
his fathers in the city of David his father : and ' Jehosha- 
phat his son reigned in his stead. 

/ 25 *|[ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign 
over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and 
reigned over Israel two years. 

e 26 And he did m evil in the sight of the Lord, and walk- 
ed in the a way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he 
made Israel to sin. 

s 27 If And Baasha the son of ° Ahijah, of the house of 
Issachar, conspired against him ; and Baasha smote him 
at p Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines ; for 
Nadab and all Israel q laid siege to Gibbethon. 
/ 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baa- 
sha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 
a 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote 
r all the house of Jeroboam ; s he left not to Jeroboam any 
that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto 
the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant 
Ahijah the Shilonite : 

* 30 Because of the ' sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, 
and which he made u Israel sin, by his provocation where- 
with he provoked the Lord God 6f Israel to anger. 
/ 31 *[f Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he 
did, are they not written in the " book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Israel ? 

/ 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king 
of Israel all their days. 

g 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah beganBaasha 
the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, y twen- 
ty and four years. 

e 34 And he did evil In the sight of the Lord, and walked in 
the way of Jeroboam, and z in his sin wherewith he made 
Israel to sin. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Jehu's prophecy against Baasha, 1, 7. Elah succeedeth him, 6. Zimri, 
conspiring against Elah, succeedeth him, 8. Zimri executeth Jehu's 
prophecy, 11. Omri, made king by the soldiers, forceth Zimri despe- 
rately to burn himself, 15. The kingdom being divided, Omri pre 
vaileth against Tibni, 21. Omri buudeth Samaria, 23 : His wicked 
reign, 25. Jlhab succeedeth him, 28. JihaVs most xvicked reign, 29. 
Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho, 34. 

THEN the word of the Lord came to a Jehu the son of 
b Hanani against Baasha, saying, 
c 2 Forasmuch as I c exalted d thee out of the dust, and 
made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast 
walked in e the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my peo- 
ple Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins ; 
« 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and 
the posterity of f his house ; and will make thy house like 
the house of e Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 
*• 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; 
and h him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of' 
the air eat. 

/ 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, 
and ■ his might, are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in 

* Tirzah : and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 
f 7 And ' also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of 
Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and 

5.6 



Omri's wicked reign* 



cir C ra. 1 against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the 
sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with m the 
work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam ; 
and because n he killed him. 

/ 8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah 
began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tir- 
zah, ° two years. 

g 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, 
conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, p drinking him- 
self drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in 
Tirzah. 

/ 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in 
the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and 
1 reigned in his stead. 

/ 11 ^f And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as 
soon as lie r sat on his throne, that he slew all the house 
of Baasha: he left him not one that s pisseth against a 
wall, neither of his b kinsfolks nor of his friends. 
a 12 Thus did Zimri destroy ' all the house of Baasha, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord, which he spake against 
Baasha c by Jehu the prophet, 

t 13 For "all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his 
son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel 
to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with 
their x vanities. 

/ 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, 
are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel 1 

f 15 % In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Ju- 
dah did Zimri reign y seven days in Tirzah. And the peo- 
ple were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to 
the Philistines. 

16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zim- 
ri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king : wherefore 
all Israel made z Omri, the captain of the host, king over 
Israel that day in the camp. 

^ 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel 
with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 
/ 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city 
was taken, that he went into the palace of theking's house, 
and a burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, 
c 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the 
b sight of the Lord, in walking in the c way of Jeroboam, 
and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason 
that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel 1 

f 21 % Then were the people of Israel divided " into two 
parts : half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginatli, 
to make him king ; and half followed Omri. 

22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against 
the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath : so Tib- 
ni died, and Omri reigned. 

/ 23 ^f In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah 
began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years : six years 
reigned he in Tirzah. 

g 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two 
talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name 
of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, own- 
er of the hill, d Samaria. 

c 25 If But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord., 
and c did worse than all that were before him. » 

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son 
of Nebat, and f in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 
to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their" 
vanities. 

/ 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and 
g his might that he shewed, are they not written in Ike 
isTnls/'Ibook of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel 1 

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Elijah sent to Zarephath. I. KINGS. 

28 So Omri h slept with his fathers, and was buried in 

* Samaria : and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 

/ 29 U And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of 
Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel : 
and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria 
twenty and two years. 

c 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the 
Lord k above all that were before him. 

s 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for 
him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,thathe 
took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the 
m Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 
32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the D house of 
Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 

c 33 And Ahab made ° a grove ; and Ahab p did more to 
provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings 
of Israel that were before him. 

a 34 % In his days did F'el the Beth-elite build q Jericho : 
he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his first-born, and 
set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord, which he spake by 
Joshua the son of Nun. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the ra- 
vens feed him, 1 : He is sent to the widoiv of Zarephath, 8 : He raiseth 
the widow's son, 17 : Tlie woman believeth him, 24. 

T A ND "Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of 
/% Gilead, a said unto Ahab, Jls the Lord God of Israel 
liveth, before whom b I stand, there shall not be dew nor 
rain these years, but according to my word. 
/ 2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 
s 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thy- 
self by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook ; 
and I have c commanded the d ravens to feed thee there. 

5 So he went and did according e unto the word of the 
Lord : for he went and f dwelt by the brook Cherith, that 
is before Jordan. 
™ 6 And the ravens brought him s bread and flesh in the 

morning, and bread and flesh in the evening ; and he drank 
of the brook. 

7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried 
up, because there had been no rain in the land. 
/ 8 % And h the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 

e 9 Arise, get thee to ! Zarephath, which belongeth to 
Zidon, and dwell there : behold, I have k commanded a 
widow woman there to sustain thee. 

/ 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he 
came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman 
was there gathering of sticks : a.id he called to her, and 
said, l Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, 
that I may drink. 

1 1 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and 
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. 

s 12 And she said, A? the Lord thy God liveth, I have 



B. Christ 

925; 

hch.2. 10. 

i verge 14. 
eh 20.2. 
& 22. 10. 
j2Kgs.10.35. 
& 13. 9, 13. 
kver 31,33. 
1 ch. 18. 4. 
& 21. 8. 
Rev. 2. 20. 
m Gen. 10. 
15. 

Josh. 13. 6, 
ch. 11. 5. 
n 2 Kings 
10. 21. 

ch. 15. 13 
Jet. 17. 2. 

p ch. 18. 10, 
22. & 20. 42. 
& 21. 20. 
q Josh. 6.26. 
a Heb. 
EUjahu, 
that is, my 
Qod and 
Lord. 
a James 5. 
17. 

b Dt. 10. 8, 
c Ps. 78. 23. 
(1 Job 38.41. 
e Prov. 3. 5. 
Matt. 16.24. 
f ch. 19. 9. 
gHab.3.1', 
18. 

Matt. 19.26. 
nGen.22.14. 
sa. 41. 17. 
i Obailiah 
verse 20. 
Luke 4. 26. 
k verse 4. 
Ps. 24. 1. 

1 Gen.21.15. 
Heb. 11. 37. 
m Gen. 18,6. 
n Gen.21.15 
olTim.4.8. 
p 2 Chr. 20. 
20. 

q Gen. 7. 1 
verse 7. 



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28, 



not. m a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little j^™^-' 
oil in a cruse : and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that 
I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may 
n eat it, and die. 

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not ; go and do as 
thou hast said : but make me thereof a little cake first, and 
hring it unto me, and after make for thej and for thy son. 

r 14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, ° The barrel 
of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, 
until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. 
, d 15 And she went and did p according to the saying of Eli- 
jah : and she, and he, and q her house, did eat many days. 

« 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the 
cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which 
he spake by Elijah. 



15. 

c Dout 
12, 23, -~i. 
(ILat a>. 4. 

e~:.. ;c.24. 

f Gen. 39. 5. 

g Phil.. 4. 20. 

h Rev. 17. 4, 

5. 

i verse 13. 

k Job 8. 12. 

1 Gen. 39. 4. 

m2Kgs.l.8. 

n Gen. 18. 2. 

o 1 Tim. 5. 

17. 

p John 1.36. 

q verse 12. 

r ch. 1. 29. 

s 2 Kings 2. 

16. 

Acts 8. 39. 

t ch. 1. 51. 

versos 7, 13. 



Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Elijati, 

f 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son 
of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his 
sickness was so sore, that there was no 'breath left in him. 

18 And she said unto Elijah, c What have I to do with 
thee, O thou r man of God 1 ? art thou come unto me to 
call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ? 
/ 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he 
took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a 
s loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 
d 20 And * he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord 
u my God, hast thou also brought "evil upon the widow 
with whom >' I sojourn, by slaying her son 1 

21 And he z stretched himself upon the child a three 
times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, 
I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 
™ 22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah ; and the 
soul of the child came into him again, and he b revived. 
* 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down 
out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto 
c his mother : and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 
c 24 % And the woman said to Elijah, Now d by this I 
know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of 
the Lord in thy mouth is truth. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

In the extremity of famine, Elijah, sent to Ahab, meeteth good Obtrfiah, 
Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Elijah, 9. Elijah, reproving Ahab, 17, 

Elijah, by prayer 



by fire from heaven, convincdh Baal's prophets, 24. 
obtaining rain, follow eth Ahab to Jezreel, 41. 

ND it came to pass after a many days, that the word 
of the Lord came to Elijah in the b third year, say- 
ing, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab ; and I will c send rain 
upon d the earth. 

g 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And 
there was a sore famine in c Samaria. 

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the f governor 
of his house. (Now Obadiah g feared the Lord greatly : 
/ 4 For it was so, when Jezebel h cut off the prophets of 
the Lord, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid 
them by fifty in a cave, and ^ed them with bread and water.) 
/ 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land unto all 
fountains of water, and unto all brooks : peradventure we 
may find k grass to save the horses and mules alive, that 
we lose not all the beasts. 

6 So they divided the land between them to pass 
throughout it : Ahab went one way by himself, ' and Oba- 
diah went another way by himself. 

ft ^[ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah 
met him : and m he knew him, and n fell on his face, and 
said, Art thou that ° my lord Elijah 1 

And he answered him, I am : go, tell thy lord, p Be- 
hold, Elijah is here. 

9 And he said, q What have I sinned, that thou wouldest 
deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me ] 

10 r As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or 
ingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and 

when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the 
kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 

1 1 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah 
is here. 

d *l2 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from 
thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall s carry thee whither 
I know not ; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he 
cannot find thee, he shall slay me : but I 'thy servant fear 
the Lord from my youth. 

13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel 
slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men 
of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them 
with bread and water 1 

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold* 
Elijah is here ; and he shall slay me. 



Elijah^ reproving Ahab, by fire from I. KINGS 

15 And Elijah said, As the u Lord of hosts liveth, before 
whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to-day 

/ 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him : and 
Ahab went to meet Elijah. 

c 17 IF And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that 
Ahhb said uuto [dm, Art thou he x that troubleth Israel 1 

e 1 8 And he answered, y I have not troubled Israel ; but 
E thou, and a thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken 
the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed 
Baalim. 

s 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto 
mount b Carmel, and the c prophets of Baal four hundred 
and fifty, and the prophets of the d groves four hundred, 
which e eat at Jezebel's table. 

20 So Ahab sent unto all the Children of Israel, and 
gathered the 'prophets together unto mount Carmel. 
/ 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How 
long e halt ye between two opinions % if the Lord be h God, 
follow him : but if ; Baal, then follow him. And the people 
answered him not a word. 

22 Then said Elijah unto the people, k I, even I only, 
remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets are 
1 four hundred and fifty men. 

23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks ; and let them 
choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and 
lay it on wood, and put no fire under : and I will dress the 
other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under : 

24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will 
call on the name of the Lord : and the God that answer- 
eth m by fire, let him be God. And all the people an- 
swered and said, It is well spoken. 

/ 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you 
one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first ; for ye are ma- 
ny ; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. 

26 And they took the bullock which was given them, 
and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from 
morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But 
there was n no voice, nor any that answered. And they 
leaped upon the altar which was made. 
E 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah ° mocked 
them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god : either he is 
talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad- 
venture he p sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
« 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their 
' manner with knives and lancets, till r the blood gushed 
out upon them. 

29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and 
they prophesied until the time of the offering of the even- 
ing sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to an- 
swei', nor any that 'regarded. 

/ 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto 
me. And all the people came near unto him. And he 
repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 

31 And Elijah took 'twelve stones, according to the 
"number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the 
word of the Lord came, saying, x Israel shall be thy name: 

32 And with the stones he built an altar y in the name 
of the Lord : and he made a trench about the altar, "as 
great as would contain two measures of seed. 
/ 33 And he put the wood z in order, and cut the bullock 
in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four 
barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt-sacrifice, and 
on the wood. 

34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did 
/'/ the second time. And he said, Do it the a third time. 
And they did it the third time. 

35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he 
filled the b trench also with water. 

d 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the 



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uGenTa.'l. 

x Amos 7. 

10. 

Mat. II. 18. 

y Acts 2-1. 

13. 

z 2Sam. 12. 

7. 

Ezek. 2. 8. 

Mat. 14. 4. 

acli. 16. 31. 

b Josh. 19. 

26. 

c 2 ret. 2.1. 

dch. 16. 33. 

e Isa. 46. 0. 

f verse 22. 

g Matt. 6. 

24. & 20. 30. 

2 Cor. 0. 14. 

h Ex. 20. 2. 

i Rev. 3. 15. 

k ch. 19. 10, 

18. 

1 ver. 19,20. 

Jer. r -6. 8. 

Rev. 9. 3. 

m Lev. P. 

12. &. 9. 24. 

1 Cl-r.21.2P 

n Ps. 115. 5, 

1 Cor. ' 2. 2. 
o ch. 22. 15 
Eecl. 11. 9 
p Ps. 121. 4 
q Lev. 19. 
28. 

Deut. 14. 1 
r Ezek. 16. 
36. 
Micah 6. 7 
s Jer. 10. 5. 

2 Tim. 3. 9 
t Josh. 4. 5. 
u Ezra 6.17 
xGen.32.28. 
y 1 Cor. 10 
31. 

Col. 3. 17. 
a lleb.ee- 
cording to 
theknuse of 
txco mea- 
sures of 
seed, 

Gen. 18. 6. 
z Gen. 22. 9. 
Lev. 1. 6, 
a Rom. 12. 
12. 
b verse 32. 



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cGen.26.24 
(1 Ps. 9. 16. 
e verses 24, 
29 

f Jer. 10.23; 
lThes.1.9. 
g 1 Chr. 21. 
26. 

2 Chr. 7. 1. 
h verse 24. 
John 5. 35. 
i Song2. 15. 
k Jcr.48-.10. 
i Deut. 13. 
5. & 18. 20 
m Judg. 5. 
21. 
Nil. 25. 7. 

Jnsh.7.26 
2 Sam. 21. 
14. 

p Acts 10.9. 
q James 5. 
18. 

rTs. 58. 8. 
s LukelH.l 
t Num.25.8. 
u Josh. 19. 
18. 

xlPet.1.13. 
ych. 19. 1. 
a ch. 18.23. 
b oh. 18. 19. 
C Deut. 28. 
28. 

(1 Acts 23. 
12. 

oProv.4.16. 
f2Cor,12.7, 
;; No. 11.15. 
liGon.28.] I. 
. Hob. I. I i 
a Bobi and 
he turned 

1 «<,•]>, lltlll 

laid Uim- 
sclf dmm. 

k Phil. 4. 13, 
1 Pr. 10.22. 
m P.x.84.18. 
n Ex.3. 1. 



heaven, convinceth Baal's prophets, 

evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and 
said, c Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, d let it 
be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I 
am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at 
thy word. 

37 e Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may 
know that thou art the Lord God, and that f thou hast 
turned their heart back again. 

m 38 Then e the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the 
burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the 
dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 
/ 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their 
faces : and they said, h The Lord, he is the God ; the 
Lord, he is the God. 

40 And Elijah said unto them, £ Take the prophets ol 
Baal ; k let not one of them escape. . And they took them : 
and ' Elijah brought them down to the brook "'Kishon, and 
n slew them there. 

*• 41 *ff And Elijah said unto Ahab, ° Get thee up, eat and 
drink ; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 
g 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah 
went up to the top p of Carmel ; and he cast himself down 
upon the earth, and q put his face between his knees, 
d 43 And said to his servant, r Go up now, look toward 
the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is 
nothing. And he said, Go again 3 seven times. 
™ 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that 
he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud Out of the 
sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto 
Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the 
rain stop thee not. 

s 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the 
heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was ' a 
great rain. And Ahab rode, and went u to Jezreel. 
/ 4Q And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah ; and he 
x girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance 
of y Jezreel, 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Elijah, threatened hy Jezebel, Jlecth to Beer-sheba, 1 : In the wild<rnes$, 
being weary of his life, he is comforted ly an angel, 4 : Jit Horrb God 
appeareth unto hiyn, sending him to anoint Iiazael, Jehu, and Elisha, 
9. Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follciceth Elijah, 19. 

ND Ahab told Jezebel a all that Elijah had done, and 
withal how he had slain b all the prophets with the s word. 

2 Then Jezebel c sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, 
d So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I mak* 1 net thy 
life as the life of one of them by e to-morrow about this time. 

3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went f for his 
life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongcth to Judah, 
and left his servant there. 

4 «fF But he himself went a day's journey into the wil- 
derness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree : 
and he requested for himself that he might die : and said, 
It is enough ; now, O Lord, e take away my life ; for I 
am not better than my fathers. 

5 And as he lay and h slept 
hold, then ' an angel touched 
Arise and eat. 

"' 6 And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baken 
on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head : and he 
did cat and drink, and " laid him down again. 

7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second 
lime, and touched him, and said, Arise and cat, because 
the journey is k too great for thee. 

m 8 And he arose, and did cat and drink, and went 'in 
the strength of that meat '"forty days and forty nights 
unto " Iloreb the mount of God. 
/9 TF And he came thither unto ° a cave, and 
(here; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, 
md he said unto him, What docsl thou here, Elijah? 

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under a juniper-tree, be- 
him, and said unto him, 



lodged 



Ben-hadad besiegeth Samaria. I. KINGS. 

c 10 And he said, I have been very p jealous for the Lord 



God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy 
covenant, thrown down thine altars, and q slain thy pro- 
phets with the sword ; and r I, even I only, am left ; and 
they seek my life, to take it away. 
s 1 1 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount 
before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and 
a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in 
pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not 
in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the 
Lord was not in the earthquake : 

•#12 And after the earthquake afire ; but the Lord was 
not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice. 

13 And it wasso, when Elijah heard it, that he * wrapped 
his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the en- 
tering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice un- 
to him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah 1 
o 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord 
God of hosts ; because the children of Israel have forsa- 
ken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy 
prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and 
they seek my life, to take it away. 

s 1 5 And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way 
to the ' wilderness of Damascus : and when thou comest, 
anoint u Hazael to be king over Syria : 
s 16 And x Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be 
king over Israel : and y Elisha the son of Shaphat of 
z Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 
^17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth 
the sword of a Hazael shall b Jehu slay ; and him that es 
Capeth from the sword of Jehu shall c Elisha slay. 
c 18 Yet I have d left me seven thousand in Israel, e all 
the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every 
mouth which hath not f kissed him. 
/ 19 % So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son 
of Shaphat, who was g ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen 
before him, and he with the twelfth : and Elijah passed by 
him, and cast his h mantle upon him. 
c 20 And he ' left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, 
Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and 
then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back 
again : for k what have I done to thee 1 
d 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of 
oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the in- 
struments of the oxen, and J gave unto the people, and 
they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and 
ministered unto him. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Ben-hadad, not content with AhaVs homage, besiegeth Samaria, 1. By 
the direction of a prophet the •Syrians are slain, 13. As the prophet fore- 
warned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him 
, in Aphek, 22. By the word of theprophet, and God]s judgment, the 
Syrians are smitten again, 28. The Syrians submitting themselves, 
Ahab sendeth Ben-hadad away with a covenant, 31. The prophet, un- 
der the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab to judge himself, denounc- 
eih Goo's judgment against him, 35. 

g k ND a Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host 
JtL. together : and there were b thirty and two kings with 
him, and horses, and chariots : and he went up and be- 
sieged Samaria, and warred against it. 
g 2 And he 
the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, 

3 d Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; thy wives also and 
thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 

4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, 
O king, according to thy saying, e I am thine, and all that I 



B. Christ 
906. 



pNu. 25.11. 
Ps. 69. 9. 
John 2. 17. 
1 ch. 18. 4. 
r ch. 18. 22. 
Rom. 11. 3. 
9 Ex. 3. 6. 
& 33. 23. 
Isa. 6.2. 
t Gen.14.15. 
n 2 Kings 

a 13. 

x 2 Kings 

9.12. 

y Luke 4. 

27. 

z ch. 4. 12. 

a 2 King3 

10.32. & 13. 

3. 

b 2 Kings 

9.24. 

c Isa. 11. 4. 

Jcr. 1. 10. 

Amos 2. 14. 

d verse 10. 

Rom. 11. 4. 

e Ps. 95. 6. 

f Gen. 41.40. 

Job 31. 27. 

Hos. 13. 2. 

g Amos 7. 

14. 

h2 Kings 1. 

8. 

i Mt. 4. 20. 

k Mt. 8. 22. 

Luke 9. 62. 

1 Luke559. 
a ch. 15. 20, 

2 Kings 8. 
15. 

b Gen. 14. 1. 
Josh. 12. 7. 
c Isa. 36.2,3. 
d Ex. 15. 9. 
verse 5. 
eJudg.1.35. 
verse 7. 



B. Christ 
901. 



sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into 



have. 
5 And 



the 



messengers 



„ came again, and said, Thus 
speaitetn Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto 
taee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy 
gold, and thy wives, and thy children ; 



a Heb. 
desirable, 
2 Sam. 24. 
14. 

f Lev. 4. 15. 
chap. 8. 1. 
Prov. 11. 4. 
g Prov.1.19. 

I Tim. 6. 10. 
* Heb. / 
kept not 
back from 
him, 
verse 4. 
h verso C. 
i ch. 19. 2. 
k Isa. 36.12. 
c Heb. are 
at my feet, 
Ex. 11. 18. 
Jurfg. 4. 10. 

I I bam. 14. 
6. 

Prov. 21.30. 
Eccl. 7. 8. 
& 9. 11. 
m ch. 16. 9. 
verse 16. 
Dan. 5. 1,2. 
n Ps. 46. 1. 

verse 1. 
Isa. 8. 9, 10. 
p verse 28. 
Ps. 9. 16. 
q Judg.7.2. 

1 Cor. 1. 27, 
28. 

2 Sam. 17. 
2. 

s verse 12. 
t ch. 16. 9. 
Pr. 31.4,5. 
ulSam.2.3. 
Ps. 75. 5. 
d that is 
the number 
0/7232, 
verso 15. 
xPsv33. 16. 
y verse 13. 
/. 2 Kings 
6. 8, 9. 
a Ps. 27. 1. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
b 2 Sam. 11. 
1. 

1 Chr.21.1. 

2 Chron. 20. 
10. 

Isa. 26. ]]. 
c ch. 14. 24. 
Isa. 43. 8. 
d Job 5. 13. 



The Syrians overthrown, 
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow 
about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the 
houses of thy servants ; and it shall be, that whatsoever 
is * pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, 
and take it away. 

ft Then the king of Israel called all the elders f of the land, 
and said, Mark, 1 pray you, and see how this man seeketh 
s mischief : for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my 
children, and for my silver, and for my gold, and " I de- 
nied him not. 

8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, 
Hearken not unto him, h nor consent. 

9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, 
Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy 
servant at the first, 1 will do : but this thing I may not do. 
And the messengers departed, and brought him word 
again. 

/ 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, i The gods 
do so unto me, and more also, if the k dust of Samaria 
shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that c follow me. 

11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, 
1 Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as 
he that putteth it off. 

/12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this 
message as he was m drinking, he and the kings in the 
pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in 
array. And they set themselves in array against the city. 
r 13 f And behold, there "came a prophet unto Ahab 
king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen 
all this ° great multitude 1 behold, I will deliver it into thy 
hand this day ; and thou shalt r know that I am the Lord. 

14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith 
the Lord, Even by the q young men of the princes of the 
provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle 1 
And he answered, r Thou. 

/ 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes oi 
the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two : 
and after them he numbered all the people, even all the 
children of Israel, being seven thousand. 
/ 16 And they went out 9 at noon. But Ben-hadad was 
drinking himself ' drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, 
the thirty and, two kings that helped him. 

17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces 
went out first ; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told 
him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 

18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace^, 
take them alive ; or whether they be come out for war, 
u take them alive. 

19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces 
came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 
/ 20 And they slew rf every one his man : and the Syrians 
* fled ; and Israel pursued them : and Ben-hadad the king 
of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. 

a 21 And y the king of Israel went out, and smote the 
horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great 
slaughter. 

r 22 Tf And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and 
z said unto him, Go, a strengthen thyself, and mark, and. 
see what thou doest : for at the b return of the year the 
king of Syria will come up against thee. 

/ 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, 
Their gods are gods of the c hills ; therefore they were 
stronger than we ; but let us fight against them in the 
plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 

24 And do this thing, d Take the kings away, every 
man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms : 

25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou 
hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot : and 
we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we 

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And he hearkened unto 



Ahab's foolish pity reproved. 

shall be stronger than they. 

their voice, and did so. 

g 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that 

Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up e to Aphek, 

to fight against Israel. 

27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and 
were all present, and went against them : and the chil- 
dren of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of 
kids ; but the Syrians f filled the country. 
r 28 1[ And there came e a man of God, and spake unto 
the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, h Be- 
cause the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hilis, 
but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I de- 
liver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

a 29 And they pitched one over against the other * seven 
days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle 
was joined : and the children of Israel slew of the Sy 
rians k a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 
s 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city ; and there 
a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men 
that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the 
city, 'into an inner chamber. 

/ 31 If And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we 
have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are mer- 
ciful kings : let us, I pray thee, ' put sackcloth on our 
loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king 
of Israel : peradventure he will save thy life. 
o 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes 
on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, 
m Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. 
And he said, Is he yet alive 1 he is my brother. 
/33 Now the men did diligently observe whether anything 
would come from him, and did hastily catch it : and they 
said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring 
him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him ; and he caused 
him to come up into the chariot. 

g 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my 
father took from "thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt 
make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in 
Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with 
this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and 
sent him away. 

f 35 ^ And a certain man of the "sons of the prophets said 
unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I 
pray thee. And the man p refused to ^smite him. 
w 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not 
obeyed *» the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou 
art departed from me, r a lion shall slay thee. And as 
soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and 
slew him. 

/ 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I 
pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting 
he wounded him. 

38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by 
the way, and 'disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 
i 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king : 
and l he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the 
cattle ; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a 
man unto me, and said, Keep this man : if by any means 
he be missing, then shall thy ff life be for his life, or else 
thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was 
gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, "So shall ihy 
judgment be ; thyself hast decided it. 

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his 
face ; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was 
of the prophets. 

» 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because) 
57 2 F 



B. Christ 
901. 



le Josh. 13. 
4. & 19. 35. 
Judg. 1. 31. 
verso 30. 
f Judg. 6.5. 
Jer. 17. 5. 
g ver. 13,92, 
h verse 23. 
Isa. 37. 29. 
& 42. 8. 
i Josh. 6. 15. 
k vorso 20. 
Ps. 107. 42. 
Isa. 26. 11. 
e Heb. into 
a chamber 
within a 
chamber, 
ch. 22. 25. 
Dan. 4. 37. 

1 Gen. 37.31. 
m verse 4. 
Ps. 12. 2. 
n ch. 15. 20. 

1 Sam. 19. 
12. 
verse 38. 

2 Kgs. 2. 3. 
Isa. 8. 18. 
p Prov. 1.5. 
Matt. 16 .24. 
/Smiting 
here is not 
killing, as 
Ex. 21. 15, 
18. 

ver. 36, 37. 
Prov.23.13 
q 1 Sam.15. 
22, 23. 
verse 35. 
r ch. 13. 24, 
s ch. 14. 2. 
& 22. 30. 
1 2 Sam. 11. 
1,2. 

gUeb.soul. 
Ex. 21. 23. 
verse 42. 
u Job 15. 6. 
Luke 19.22. 
John 11.48. 

1 Cor. 6. 2. 



B. Christ 
900. 



h Hob. the 
man of my 
curse or 
net, 

Dent. 7. 2. 
xch. 22.34, 
ych. 22. 8. 
aeli. 11.9. 
& 18. 39,45. 
& 20. 29,-30. 
Ezra 9. 13, 
14. 

bch. 18.4; 
c 1 John 3. 
16. 

1 Tim. 6. 9, 
10. 

(1 Lev.25.23. 
Num. 36. 7. 
Ezek. 46.18. 
e ch. 20. 43. 
f Gen. 3. 6. 
ch. 11. 4. 
Eccl. 7. 26. 
g 1 Sam. 8. 
14. 

h Rev. 17. 3. 
Esth.3. 12. 
k Dt.21. 2. 
Judg. 8. 14. 
1 Gon.34.22. 
Num. 25. 7. 
Isa. 58. 4. 
Mntt.9.8. 
Luko20.47, 
in Ut. 13. 6. 
n Dt. 13. 13. 
o Meh.blcss, 
Job 2. 9. 

Josh.7.24. 
Mark 15.20. 
]> Lev. 24. 
15, 16. 

Prov. 1. 19. 
qEx. I. 17. 

1 Sam. 23. 
20. 

Prov. 29. 12. 
Acts 5. 29. 
r Num. 16. 
32, 38. 37. 
Doiit.24.10. 
Josh. 7. 24. 
s ver. 7, 13. 
t 2 Kgs. 9. 
20. 

Pi. 9. 12. 
Hob. 3. 13. 
u ch. 1. 17. 



The conduct of Jezebel. 

thou hast let go out of thy hand A a man whom I appointed 

to utter destruction, therefore x thy life shall go for his life, 

and thy people for his people. 

43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and 

y displeased, and came to Samaria. 
CHAPTER XXI. 

Ahab, being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved, 1 Jezebel writing 
letters against JYaboth, he is condemned of blasphemy, 5. Ahab taketh 
possession of the vineyard, 15. Elijah denounceth jxidgments against 
Ahab and Jezebel, 17. Wicked Ahab repenting, God deferreth the 
judgment, 25. 

fk ND it came to pass a after these things, that Naboth 
JlL the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in b Jezreel, 
hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 

2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy 
vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, be- 
cause it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it 

better vineyard than it ; or if it seem good to thee, I 
will give thee the worth of it in money. 

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, d The Lord forbid it me, 
that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 

/ 4 And Ahab came into his house e heavy and displeased, 
because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had 
spoken to him : for he had said, I will not give thee the 
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon 
his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 

/ 5 % But Jezebel f his wife came to him, and said unto 
him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread 1 

6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth 
the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard 
for money ; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another 
vineyard for it : and he answered, I will not give thee 
my vineyard. 

c 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now 
g govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and 
let thy heart be merry : I will give h thee the vineyard of 
Naboth the Jezreelite. 

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's ! name, and sealed 
them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the k elders 
and to the nobles that serein his city, dwelling with Naboth. 
/ 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim 'a fast, 
and set NabWh on high among the people : 

10 And set m two men, sons n of Belial, before him, to 
bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst "blaspheme 
God and the king. And then carry him ° out,, and p stone 
him, that he may die. 

/ 1 1 And the men of his city, even the elders and the no- 
bles who were the inhabitants in his city, q did as Jezebel 
had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters 
which she had sent unto them. 

c 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high 
among the people. 

13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and 
sat before him : and the men of Belial witnessed against 
him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, 
saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then 
they carried him forth out of the city, and r stoned him 
with stones, that he died. 

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, 
and is dead. 

/15 *H And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that 
Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to 
Ahab, Arise, s take possession of the vineyard of Nabotli 
the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money : 
for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 

/ 16 f And it came to pass, when Ahab hoard that Na- 
both was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard 
of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 
/ 17 1[ And the ' word of the Lord came to " Elijah the 
Tishbite, saying, 

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Micaiatis prophecy against him 



Ahab seduced by false prophets. 

18 Arise go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which) B f ^ rist j 10 And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king 
is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth,u9Sam.ia.|of Judah, sat each on his throne, having put on v their 
whither he is gone down to possess it 



v> 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord, x Hast thou killed, and also taken possession 1 
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth 
shall y dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 
c 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O 'mine 
enemy? And he answered, I have found thee:. because 
thou hast a sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. 
r2l Behold, I will b bring evil upon thee, and will take 
away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab hhn that 
c pisseth against the wall, and him that is d shut up and 
left in Israel, 

22 And will make thy house like the house of e Jero- 
boam the son of Nebat, and like the house of f Baasha 
the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou 
liast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 
t 23 And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The 
flogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 
» 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the g dogs shall eat : 
and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 
c 25 % But there was h none like ur.to Ahab, which did 
sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, 
whom Jezebel his wife '' stirred up. 

26 And he did very abominably in following idols, ac- 
cording to all things as did the k Amorites, whom the Lord 
cast out before the children of Israel. 
/ 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, 
that he rent his clothes, and put ' sackcloth upon his flesh, 
and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went m softly. 

28 And the word of the Lord came n to Elijah the 
Tishbite, saying, 

/ 29 Seest thou how Ahab.humbleth himself before me? 
because he humbleth ° himself before me, I will not bring 
the evil in his days : but in his p son's days will I bring the 
evil upon his house. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of JWicaiah, is 
slain at Ramoth-gilead, 1. The dogs UcJc up his blood, and Ahaziah 
succeedeth him, 37. Jehoshaphafs good reign, 41 : his acts, 45. Je- 
horam succeedeth him, 50. Jmaziah^s evil reign, 51. 

* A ND they continued a three years without war between 
J\. Syria and Israel. 

2 And it came to pass in b the third year, that Jehosha- 
phat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 
s 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know 
ye that c Ramoth in Gilead is d ours, and we be still, and 
take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria 1 
« 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt e thou go with me 
to battle to Ramoth-gilead 1 And Jehoshaphat said to the 
king of Israel, f I am as thou art, my people as thy people, 
my horses as thy horses. 

« 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, e In- 
quire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. 
/6 Then the king of Israel gathered the h prophets to- 
gether, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall 
I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 'I 
And they said, Go up ; for ' the Lord shall deliver it into 
the hand of the king. 

7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of 
the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him ? 

8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There 



9. 

y vorse 24. i 
ch. 22. 38. 
2Kgs.9.25. 
zch. 29. 7. 
Amos 5. 10. 
a 2 Kings 
17. 17. 



robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Sama- 
ria ; and all the prophets q prophesied before them. 
c 1 1 And Zedekiah the r son of Chenaanah made him 
s horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With 



t$ " yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom l we 
may inquire of the Lord : but m I hate him : for he doth 
not prophesy » good concerning me, but ° evil. And Je 

^Q 3£ at said ' Let not the kin S sa Y so - 

Twii? e /U be S?S of Israel called a n officer, and said, 

Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. 



om.7. 14. 'these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have con- 

•'k'H's' sumea * them. 

c ilam.25; 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up te 

tu. M. in. Ramoth-gilead, and ' prosper : for the Lord shall deliver it 

d ^ : 1 f;i;|into the king's hand. 

/13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah 
spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the 
prophets declare good unto the king with "one mouth: let 
thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, 
and speak that which is good. 

c 14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord 
saith unto me, * that will I speak. 

d 15 «f[ So he came to the king. And the king said unto 
him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-giiead to battle, 
or shall we forbear ? And he answered him, J Go, and pros- 
per : for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 

16 And the king said unto him, Flow many times shall 
I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is 
true in the name of the Lord 1 

17 And he said, 7 I saw all Israel scattered upon the 
hills, a as sheep that have not a shepherd : and the Lord 
said, These have no master ; let them return every man 
to his house in peace. 

18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I 
not tell thee that lie would prophesy no good concerning 
me, but evil 1 

v 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the 
Lord : I saw the Lord b sitting on his throne, and all 
c the host of heaven d standing by him on his right hand 
and on his left. 

t 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that 
he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead 1 And one said on 
this manner, and another said on that manner. 

21 And there came forth e a spirit, and stood before the 
Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 

22 And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith 1 And he 
said, I will go forth, and I will be f a lying spirit in the 
mouth of all his prophets. And he said, e Thou shalt per- 
suade Iwn, and prevail also : h go forth, and do so. 

23 Now therefore, behold, * the Lord hath put a lying 
spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord 
hath spoken evil concerning thee. 

/ 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and 
smote Mipaiah on the k cheek, and said, ' Which way went 
the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee 1 

r 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt m see in that day, 
when thou shalt go n into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 
/ 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry 
him back unto Amon the ° governor of the city, and to 
Joash the king's son ; 

27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the 
prison, and feed him with p bread of affliction, and with, 
water of affliction, until I come in peace. 
r 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the 
Lord hath q not spoken by me. And he said, r Hearken, 
O people, every one of you. 

29 So the king of Israel and s Jehoshaphat the king of 
Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 
/ 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will 



fch. 16.3. 
g ch. 14. If. 
h ch. 16. 33. 
2 Kings 23. 
25. 

ich. 11. 6. 
vorse 7. 
k 2 Kings 
21. 11. 
1 Gen. 37. 34. 
mlsa.38.15. 
n ch. 17. 1. 
o Ps.78. 36, 
37. 

p 2 Ki ngs 
9.15. 

acfa. In. 29 
& 20. 34. 
hver.-44,51. 
c Dt. 4. 43. 
<1 ch. 20. 34. 
e 2 Clir. 17. 
10. 

i'2Kgs.3.7. 
2Chr. 8. 3, 
4. & 19. 21. 
Prov. 13.20. 
g Judg. 1. 1. 
1 Sam. 23.2. 
hch.18. 19. 
i Ezck.13.7. 
Itch. 18. 4. 
& 19. 10. 
verse 26. 
Rev. 2. 10. 

1 Jer. 42. 5, 
6. & 43.2,3. 
mch. 20.43. 
Gal. 4. 16. 

2 Tim. 4.3. 
n Jer. 38. 4. 
Micah2.ll. 
o Isa. 58. 1. 



B. Christ 
897. 



12. 



p Act 
21. 
qch.18. 29. 

Jer. 29.21. 
s Jer. 27. 2. 
t verse 15. 
Prov. 3. 25. 
ii Hos. 7. 3. 
xlCor. 11. 
23. 

y ch. 13. 27. 
z Ezek. 1.4. 
Acts 10. 11. 
aZech.13.7. 
b Isa. 6. 1. 
Dan. 7. 9. 
c Ps.103.20, 
21. 

d Dan. 7.10. 
e verse 22. 
2 Cor. 12. 7 
2 Thess. 2. 
9,11. 

f Hos. 4. 13. 
John 8. 44. 

Uohn 4.6, 
Rev. 12. 9. 
gPs. 109.17 
2 Thcss. 2. 

11. 

h 2 Sam. 16. 

10. 

Matt. 6. 3. 

i Ezek. 14. 

9. 

Rom. 1. 24. 

k Jer. 20. 2. 

Mark 14.65. 

12Chr. 18. 

23. 

m Rom. 7. 

23. 

n ch. 20. 30. 

o 2 Chr. 26, 

21. 

p Ps. 80. C. 

& 127. 2, 



rMicahia ' disguise myself, and enter into the battle ; but put thou 



s 2 Chr. 18. 

1. 

t ch. 14. 2. 

& 20. 33. 

var. 27, 28.. 



on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, 
and went into the battle. 
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two 

226 



Moab rebelleth against Israel. 

captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight 
neither with u small nor great, save only with the king 
of Israel. 

« 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the cha- 
riots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king 
of Israel. And they x turned aside to fight against him : 
and Jehoshaphat y cried out, 

33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the cha- 
riots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they 
turned back from pursuing him. 

' 34 And a certain man drew a bow z at a venture, and 
smote the king of Israel between the joints of the har- 
ness : wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, 
Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host ; for I am 
' wounded. 

/ 35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was 
a stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at 
even : and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst 
of the chariot. 

« 36 And there went b a proclamation throughout the host 
about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to 
his c city and every man to his own country. 
/ 37 % So the king d died, and was brought to Samaria ; 
and they buried the king e in Samaria. 

a 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and 
the dogs licked up his blood ; and they washed his armour ; 
according ' unto the word of the Lord which he spake. 

39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, 
and the 'ivory house which he made, and all the cities that 
be built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel ? 

/40 So Ahab e slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his 
son reigned in his stead. 

/ 41 ^f And h Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign 
over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 



B.Christ 

897. 



u Jor.16. 6. 
x verge 31. 
Prov. 13.20. 
y Ex. 14.15. 
2Chr.18.3l. 
z2 Sam. 15. 
11. 

2Clir.18.33. 
a Heb. 
gjownsick, 
or, weak- 
ened, 

2Kgg. 1.2. 
a 2 Chv. 18. 
34. 

1)2 Sam 18. 
16. 

c ch. 12. 16. 
(1 lChr. 18. 
34. 

e ch. 16. 24. 
fch. 21. 10. 
b Heb. the 
house of 
the tooth, 
ch 11.41. 
g ch. 2. 10. 
h 2 Chr. 20. 
31. 



B. Christ 
897. 



i2K{;3.1.17. 
kch. 14.21. 

1 2 Chr. 15. 
10. & 17. 3. 
m Lev. 26. 
30. 

ch. 15. 14. 
n 2 Chr. 19. 
2. 

2 Cor. 6. 14. 
Heb. 12. 14. 
o ch. 14. 29. 
p ch. 15. 12. 
qGen.25.23. 
2 Sam. 8.14. 
r ch. 10. 22. 
2Chr.20.36. 
s ch. 9. 26. 
t '1 Chr. 20 
35, 37. 
u ch. 2. 10. 
x ch. 15. 2. 
y ch. 15.26 
zJu.lg.2.11 
Hos. 2. 16. 



began 



II. KINGS. Ely ah bringeth fire from heavenl 

42 Jehoshaphat ivas thirty and five years old when he 

- to reign ; and he reigned ' twenty and five years 

in Jerusalem. And b his mother's name ivas Azubah the 

daughter of Shilhi. 

c 43 And he walked J in all the way of Asa his father; he 
turned not aside from it, doing that which ivas right in the 
eyes of the Lord : nevertheless '"the high places were not 
taken away ; for the people offered and burnt incense yet 
in the high places. 

44 And Jehoshaphat 11 made peace with the king of Israel. 
/ 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might 
that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written 
in the ° book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 

46 And the remnant of the r sodomites, which remained 

in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 

s 47 There was then q no king in Edom : a deputy was king. 

s 48 Jehoshaphat made r ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir 

for gold : but they went not : for the ships were broken 

at 3 Ezion-geber. 

/ 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehosha- 
phat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships, 
But Jehoshaphat ' would not. 

/ 50 % And Jehoshaphat u slept with his fathers, and was 
buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and 
Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 
/ 51 ^[ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel 
in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of 
Judah, and reigned x two years over Israel. 
c 52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and y walked 
in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and 
in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel 
to sin : 

* 53 For he served z Baal, and worshipped him, and pro- 
voked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all 
that his father had done. 



f THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS, 

FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



COMMONLY CALLED, THE 

CHAPTER I. 
Moab rebelleth, 1. Ahaziah, sending to Baal-zebub, hath his judgment by 
Elijah, 2. Elijah twice bringeui fire from heaven upon them whom 
Ahaziah sent to apprehend him, 5 : He pitieth the third captain, and, 
encouraged by an angel, lellcth the king of his death, 13. Jehoram 
succeedelh Ahaziah, 17. 

FW1HEN a Moab b rebelled against Israel after c the death 



s 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper 
chamber that was in Samaria, and d was sick : and he sent 
messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub 
the god of c Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 
3 But the angel of the Lord said to r Elijah the Tishbite, 
9 Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Sa- 
maria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a 
God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god 
of Ekron 1 

w 4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not 
come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but 
shalt surely die. And Elijah h departed. 
/ 5 If And when the messengers turned back unto him, 
he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back 1 

6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet 
us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent 
you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not be 
cause there is not a God -in Israel, that thou sendest to in 
quire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt 
not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, 
but shalt surely die. 

7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he 
which came up to meet you, and told you these words 1 



a2Sam.8.2. 
b 1 Kings 
12. 19. 
ch.3.3, 4. 
c ch. 3. 5. 
A 1 Kings 
22. 34. 
1 Chr.3.2,3. 

Josh. 15. 
45. 

1 Sam. 5.10. 
f 1 Kings 

17. 1. 

g 1 Kings 

14.2. 

h 1 Kings 

18. 19. 
chap. 4. 25. 



B. Christ 
896. 



B. Christ 
896. 



i 1 Sain. S8, 

11. 

k 1 Kings 

19. 1. 

1 Acts 23. 

23. 

mch.6. 13 

n Judg. J5. 

II. 

o Mt. 27.29 

pljiikn 9.55 

Kov. 11.5. 

qNll. 11. 1. 

r 1 Cor. 10.6. 
a Hob. He 
turned 
again and 
sent, 

Num. II. 4 
s lKga.13.6 
t Jet, B. 3. 
u vcrno 1 1, 
x Acts 10. 

/; Heb.. tow! 
Gen. 19. 17 
y N0.22.W 
i Jcr. 1. IS 



/ 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy ! man, and 
girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said. 
It is Elijah the Tishbite. 

/ 9 Then the king ''sent unto him 'a captain m of fifty with 
his fifty. And he went up to him : and behold, he sat on 
the top of a n hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of 
God, the king hath said, Come down. 
in io And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty. 
If I be a man of God, then v let fire come down from q hea- 
ven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there r came 
down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 
/ 1 1 ■ Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty 
with his fifty. And he 'answered and said unto him, 6 
man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down 'quickly. 
m 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a 
man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume 
thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from 
heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 
f 13 *\\ And he sent u again a captain of the third fifty with 
his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came 
and * fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, 
and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my "life, 
and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious m thy 

sight. 

14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt 
up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties : 
therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 

15 And the angel of the Lord T said unto Elijah, Go 
■ z down with him : be not afraid of him. And he arose, 
land went down with him unto the king. 

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Elijah is taken up into heaven. II. KINGS 

r 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith a the Lord, For 
asmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquh e of Baal- 



zebub the god of Ekron, (is it not because there is no God 
in Israel to inquire of his word 1) therefore thou shall not 
come down off" that bed on which thou art gone up, but 
shalt surely die. 
« 17 ^[ So he died according to the word of the Lord 
which Elijah had spoken. And b Jehoram reigned in his 
stead in the e secoud year of Jehoram the son of Jehosha- 
phat king of Judah ; because he had no son. 
/ 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, 
are they not written in the book of the d Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel 1 

CHAPTER II. 
Elijah, taking leave of Elisha, with his mantle divide th Jordan, 1, and 
granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven, 
9. Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his 
successor, 12. The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Eli- 
jah, could not find him, 16. Elisha with salt healeth the unwholesome 
waters, 19. Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha, 23. 

g A ND it came to pass, when the Lord would take up 
_£jL Elijah a into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went 
with b Elisha from " Gilgal. 

s 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry d here, I pray thee ; 
for the Lord hath sent me to e Beth-el. And Elisha said 
unto him, f As the Lord liveth, and s as thy soul liveth, I 
will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 
/ 3 And the h sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el 
came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou 
that the Lord will take away thy master from thy i head 
to-day 1 And he said, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 
g 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray 
thee ; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, 
Jls the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. So they came to k Jericho. 

/ 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came 
to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord 
will take away thy master from thy head to-day 1 And 
he answered, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 
s 6 And Elijah said unto him, l Tarry, I pray thee, here ; 
for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, Jls the 
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 
And they two went on. 

7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and 
stood to view afar off : and they two stood by Jordan. 
™ 8 And Elijah took his m mantle, and wrapped it toge- 
ther, and "smote the waters, and they were divided hither 
and thither, so that they two went over on ° dry ground. 
/ 9 ^[ And it came to pass, when they were gone over, 
that Elijah said unto Elisha, p Ask what I shall q do for thee 



before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I 
pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 

10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing : never- 
theless, r if thou see me when lam taken from thee, it shall 
be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. 

» 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talk- 
ed, that behold, there appeared a s chariot of fire, and 
horses of fire, and parted them both asunder ; and Elijah 
went up by a whirlwind into l heaven. 

/ 12 IT And Elisha saw it, and he u cried, My father, my 
father, the x chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof ! 
And he y saw him no more : and he took hold of his own 
clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from 
Jum, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan ; 

» 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from 

in W A ^-- S ^ 0te tne waters, and said, Where is the Lord 
C°lvf nj 1 h ili And Senile also had smitten the waters, 

,% P a ! llther and tnithe1 ' : and Elisha went over. 

/ id And when the sons of the prophets which were to 



B. Christ 
896. 



a 1 Kings 

12. 24. 

b ch. 3. 1. 

c I Kings 

22. 2; 42,51. 

chap. 3. 1. 

d 1 Kings 

14.19. & 22. 

39. 

aGen.5.24. 

b 1 Kings 

19. 21. 

c Josh. 5..9. 

d Luke 24. 

28. 

c 1 Kings 

12; 29. 

f ch. 4. 30. 

gNu. 11.21. 

1 Sam. 1.26. 

h 1 Kgs. 18, 

4. & 20. 35. 

iUcut 33.3, 

chap. 4. 38. 

MoIi.-8.5- 

Acts 22. 3. 

k Josh. 18. 

21. 

1 Kings 16 

34. 

1 Ruth 1.15. 

m 1 Kings 

19. 13. 

n Ex. 14.21, 

o Ex. 14.22. 

Josh. 13. 17. 

p 1 Kings 

3.5. 

q Acts8.17. 

r Acts 10. 

10. 

s ch. 0. 17. 

Ps. 104. 4. 

Heb. 1. 14. 

t Mark 16. 

19. 

Heb. 9. 8. 

u 1 Kings 

22. 32. 

x Pr. 11. 11. 

&. 29. 8. 

yActs 1. 3. 

z verse 8. 



B. Christ 
896. 



ach. 4.37. 
1 Tliess. 5. 
17. 

b 1 Kings 
18. 12. 
a Heb. even 
untosliame, 
Rom. 10. 2. 
1 Cor. 9.24. 
Gal. 4. 18. 
Tit us 2. 14. 
c Ps. 48. 2.. 
d Nu. 13.20. 
e verse 21. 
f Judg.fl.45. 
g Pr. 1 0. 22. 
h Jor. 7. 18. 
Amos 5. 5. 
iPr. 20. 11. 
k Gen. 21. 9. 
Gal. 4. 29. 
12Chr. 14. 
11. 

mDt. 18.19. 
2Cbr.33.18. 
Ps. 44. 5. 
John 5. 43. 
2Cor. 10. 6. 
Col. 3. 17. 
n 1 Kings 
18. 19. 
och. 3. 11. 
a 1 Kings 
22. 51. 
ch. 1. 17. & 
8.G. 

b 1 Kgs. 16, 
33. & 21. 25, 
c 1 Kings 
16. 31. 
i 1 Kings 
16. 32. 
och. 10.31. 
Matt. 6. 10. 
fl Kings 12. 
28. & 16. 19. 
_ Isa. 16. 1. 
hch. 8.1,20. 
i chap. 1. 1 
k 2 Sam 24. 
1. 

UKgs.22.4. 
m 1 Kings 
22.32. 
n verse 9. 
o Judg.17.6. 
a Heb. at 
their feet, 



Jehoram's reign. 

view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah 
doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and 
a bowed themselves to the ground before him. 

16 And they said unto him. Behold now, there be with 
thy servants fifty strong men : let them go, we pray thee, 
and seek thy master : lest peradventure the Spirit of the 
Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some b moun- 
tain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 

17 And when they urged him till he "was ashamed, he 
said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they 
sought three days, but found him not. 

s 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at 
Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 

/ 19 % And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, 
I pray thee, the situation of this city is c pleasant, as my lord 
seeth: but the d water fc naught, and the ground e barren. 

20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put f salt 
therein. And they brought it to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and 
cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I 
have g healed these waters ; there shall not be from thence 
any more death or barren land. 

m 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according 
to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 
p 23 ^f And he went up from thence unto h Beth-el : and 
as he was going up by the way, there came forth little 
Children out of the city, k and mocked him, and said unto 
him, Go up, thou bald-head ; go up, thou bald-head. 
■>n 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and 'curs* 
ed them in the ,n name of the Lord. And there came 
forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and 
two children of them. 

g 25 And he went from thence to mount n Carmel, and 
from thence he returned to ° Samaria. 

CHAPTER III. 
Jehorani's reign, I. Mesh a rebelleth, 4. Jehoram, ivith Jehoshaphat 
and the king of Edom, being distressed for want of water, by Elisha 
obtaineth water, and promise of victory, 6. The Moabites, deceived by 
the colour of the water, coming to spoil, arc overcome, 21. The king of 
Moab, by sacrificing the king of Edoni's son, raiseth the siege, 26. 

/f%J"QW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over 



Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth a year of Jeho- 
shaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years, 
c 2 And he wrought evil the sight of the Lord ; but not 
like b his father, c and like his mother : for he put away the 
image d of Baal that his father had made. 

3 e Nevertheless, he cleaved unto the sins f of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ; he departed 
not therefrom. 

g 4 % And Mesha king of Moab was a g sheep-master, and 
' rendered unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand 
lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 
/ 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the 
king of Moab ' rebelled against the king of Israel. 
/ 6 ^[ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same 
time, and k numbered all Israel. 

7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Jo. 
dah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me : 
'wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, 
m I will go up : I am as thou art, my people as thy p'eople, 
and my horses as thy horses. 

e 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up ? And he an- 
swered, The way through the n wilderness of Edom. 

9 So the king of Israel went, and the ° king of Judah, 
and the king of Edom : and they fetched a compass of 
seven days' journey : and there was no water for the host, 
and for the cattle " that followed them. 

10 And the king of Israel said, Alas, that p the Lord 
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them 

p'jol^w'into the hand of Moab f 

22S 



The Moabites overcome. 



II. 



rrist 
896. 



b Heb. 
What to 
theeandmc, 
Mark 1.24. 
John 3. 4. 
t 1 Kings 

17. !. 

u 3 Chr. 17. 
3. & 19. 3. 
c Heli./// 
would look 
toward 
thee, if I 
would see 
thee, 
Ps. 15. 4. 
x 2 Chr. 7.6. 
Ej>h. 5. 18. 
y ch. 4. 27. 
Ezek. 1. 3. 
Dan. 2. 17. 
rf tleb. 
diti-hes, 
ditches, 
Gen. 14. 10. 
z 1 Kings 

18. 38. 
a Ps. 36. 6. 
b 1 Sam. 15. 
3. 

1 Kings 20. 
28. 

c Dt. 20. 19. 
d Ex. 29. 39. 
1 Kings 18. 
29. 

o Isa. 35. 6. 
& 11.17,18. 
f Isa. 16 7, 
11. 

Judg.8.10. 
e Thcrcla- 
tivchismay 
have refer- 
ence to the 
Ungof 
Moab, or of 
Edom. 
a 1 Kings 
20. 22. 



B. Christ 
895. 



> « 11 But Jehoshaphat said, 'Is there not here a q prophet °-™ 
of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him 1 '^x^* 3.7. 
And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and .^^'34; 
said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat which poured 
water on the hands of Elijah. 

/ 12 And Jehoshaphat said, r The word of the Lord is 
with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the 
king of Edom s went .down to him. 

13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, 6 What have 
I to do with thee 1 get thee to the prophets of thy father, 
and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel 
said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three 
kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 
d 14 And Elisha said, ' Jls the Lord of hosts liveth, before 
whom I stand, surely, were it not that u I regard the pre- 
sence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, c I would not look 
toward thee, nor see thee. 

15 But now bring me x a minstrel. And it came to 
pass, when the minstrel played, that the y hand of the 
Lord came upon him. 

16 And lie said, Thus saith the Lord," Make this valley 
''full of ditches. 

>• 17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see 7 wind, 
neither shall ye see rain ; yet that valley shall be filled 
with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your a cattle, 
and your beasts. 

18 And tliis is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord : 
he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 

19 And ye shall b smite every fenced city, and every 
choice city, and shall c fell every good tree, and stop all wells 
of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 
™ 20 And it came to pass in the morning," when the d meat- 
offering was offered, that behold, there came water by the 
way of Edom, and the country was e filled with water. 
/ 21 If And when all the Moabites heard that the kings 
were come up to fight against them, they gathered all 
that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood 
in the border. 

22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun 
shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on 
the other side as red as blood : 

23 And they said, This is blood : the kings are surely 
slain, and they have smitten one another : now therefore, 
Moab, to the spoil. 

« 24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Is- 
raelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled 
before them : but they went forward smiting the Moab- 
ites, even in their country. 

« 25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good 
piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it ; and 
they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good 
trees : only in f Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; 
howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. 

/ 26 ^[ And when the king of Moab saw that the battle 
was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred 
men that e drew swords, to break through even unto the 
king of Edom : but they could not. 

o 27 Then he took ' his eldest son, that should have 
reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering 
upon the wall. And there was great indignation against 
Israel : And they departed from him, and returned to 
their own land. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Elisha multipliefh the widow' 's oil, 1. He givelh a son to the good Shu- 
nammite, 8. He raiseth again her dead son, 18. At Gilgal he healeth 
the deadly pottage, 38. He satisfieth a hundred men with twenty 
loaves, 42. 

3yOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the 
jl\ a sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy ser- 
vant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy scr- 
53 



KINGS. A son promised to the Shunammite. 

vant b did fear the Lord : and the creditor is come to take 
unto him my two sons to be c bond-men. 

2 And Elisha d said unto her, e What shall I do for thee % 
tell me, what hast thou in the house 1 And she said, Thy 
handmaid hath not any thing in the house save f a pot of oil. 

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee s vessels abroad ofali 
thy neighbours, even empty vessels ; borrow not a few. 

4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt h shut the 
door upon thee and upon thy ! sons, and shalt pour out 
into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which 
is full. 

d 5 So she k went from him, and shut the door upon her 
and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her ; and 
she ' poured out. 

»'6 Aid it came to pass, when the vessels were m full, 
that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. At-d 
he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the 
oil " stayed. 

fl Then she ° came and told the man of God. And he 
he said, Go, sell the oil, and p pay thy debt, and live thou 
and thy children of the q rest. 

e 8 % And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to r Shunem, 
where was a great s woman ; and she constrained him to 
eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he 
turned in thither to eat bread. 

c 9 And she said l unto her husband, Behold now, I per- 
ceive that this is u a holy man of God, which passeth by us 
continually. 

10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, x on the 
wall ; and let us set for him there y a bed, and a table, and 
a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh 
to us, that he shall turn in thither. 

1 1 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he 
turned into the chamber, and lay there. 
/ 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunam- 
mite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 

c 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, 
thou hast been z careful for us with all this care ; what is 
to be done for thee ? wouldest thou be spoken for a to the 
king, or to the captain of the host ? And she answered, 

I dwell among mine own people. 
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her 1 And 
Gehazi answered, Verily she hath c no child, and her hus- 
band is old. 

/ 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, 
she stood d in the door. 

t 16 And he said, About this season, according to the time 
of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my 
lord, thou man of God, do e not lie unto thy haridmaid. 

a 17 And the woman f conceived, and bare a son at that 
season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the 
time of life. 

/ 18 ^f And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, 
that he went out to his father to the reapers. 

19 And he said unto his father, g My head, my head. 
And he said to a lad, Carry him to his h mother. 

20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to 
his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then ; died. 

21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man 
of God, and ''shut the door upon him, and went out. 
/22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me. 



Ps. 73. 4. 
Eccl. 9. 2. 
c Mt. 18.25. 
d Titus 3.1. 
e ch. 2. 9. 
f James 2. 5. 

ch. 3. 16. 
li Matt. 6. 6. 
i Mark 5.40. 
k ch. 5. 11. 
1 1 Kings 
17. 16. 
m Mt.14.20. 
n John 6. 12. 

Luko 17. 
15. 

p Ps. 37. 21. 
qEph.3.20. 
r 1 Kgs. 1.3. 
sPr. 31. 10. 
t 1 Pet. 3. 1. 
u Mt. 6. 20 
x JosJi.2.15 
y Rom. 12. 
13. 

Heb. 13. 1. 
Z Luke 10. 
40. 

1 Thcss. 5. 

12. 13. 
a ch. 3. 16. 
bl Tim.6.8. 
cGon.15.11. 
d Gen. 18. 10. 

verse 13. 
fl Sam. 1. 
19. 

Matt. 10.41. 
Heb. 10. 6. 
g 1 Kings 8. 
13. 

Jor. 4. 19. 
h 1 Tim. 5. 

10. 14. 
i Gen. 02. 2. 
Ezek.24.lU, 
21. 

kHobJ1.35. 
I 1 Kings 
17.21. 
Jor. 51. 31. 
m 1 Chr. 23. 
31. 

Prov. 8. 31 
9 Tim. 4. 2 
a Hob. 
Peace, 
vrMo 2C. 
n I King* 
13.23. 



I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, 
that I may ' run to the man of God, and come again. 

23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day ? 
it is neither m new-moon, nor sabbath. And she said, ■ It. 
shall be well. 

24 Then " she saddled an ass, and said to her servant. 
Drive, and go forward ; slack not thy riding for me, except 
I hid thee. 



The deadly pottage healed. II. 

/ 25 So she went and came unto the man of God to 
mount ° Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of 
God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, 
Behold, yonder is that Shunammite : 

26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto 
her, Is it well with thee 1 Is it well with thy husband 1 Is 
it well with the child 1 And she answered, // is well. 

27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, 
she caught him by the p feet : but Gehazi came near q to 
thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her 
alone ; for her soul b is vexed within her : and the Lord 
hath r hid it from me, and hath not told me. 

28 Then she said, s Did I desire a son of my lord ] did 
I not say, Do not deceive me? 

/29 Then he said to Gehazi, 'Gird up thy loins, and 
take n my staff in thy hand, and go thy way : if thou 
meet any man, * salute him not ; and if any salute thee, 
answer him not again : and lay my staff upon the face 
of the child. 

30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, 
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, 
and y followed her. 
/ 31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the 
staff upon the face of the child ; but there was neither 
z voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet 
him, and told him, saying, The child is a not awaked. 

32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, 
the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 

33 He went in therefore, and b shut the door upon them 
twain, c and prayed unto the Lord. 

34 And he went up, and d lay upon the child, and put 
his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and 
his hands upon his hands : and he stretched himself upon 
the child ; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 

"i35 Then he returned, and e walked in the house to 
and fro ; and went up, and stretched himself upon him 
and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened 
his eyes. 

36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunam 
mite. So he called her. And when she was come in 
unto him, he said, f Take up thy son. 

37 Then she went in, and s fell at his feet, and bowed 
herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. 
/38 And Elisha came again to h Gilgal. And there was 
1 a dearth in the land ; and the sons of the prophets were 
h sitting before him : and he said unto his servant, Set on 
the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the pro- 
phets. 

39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and 
found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap 
full, and came and shred themx^to the pot of pottage: for 
they l knew them not. 

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came 
to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried 
out, and said, O thou man of God, there is m death in the 
pot. And they could not eat thereof. 

*» 41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he n cast it into 
the pot ; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they 
may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. 

s 42 % And there came a man from ° Baal-shalisha, and 
p brought the man of God bread of the i first-fruits, twenty 
loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. 
And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. 
And his servitor said, r What ! should I set this be 



B. Christ 
895. 



KINGS. Naamarts leprosy healed, 

chapter v. 

JVaaman,bythe report of a captive maid,is sent to Samaria, to be cured 
of his leprosy, 1. Elisha, sending him to Jordan, cureth him, 8 : He, 
refusing jyaaman's gifts, granteth him some of the earth, 15. Gehazi, 
abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy, 20. 

OW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, 

was a a great man with his master, and honourable, 

because b by him the Lord had given deliverance unto 

Syria : he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was c a 

leper. 

2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had 
brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little 
maid ; and she d waited on Naaman's wife. 

3 And e she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord 
were with the prophet that is f in Samaria ! for he would 
recover him of his leprosy. 

4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and 
thus said the g maid that is of the land of Israel. 
15 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send 
a letter h unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and 
took "with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand 
pieces of gold, and ' ten changes of raiment. 

6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, say- 
rr C ov a 8.34 3 'i in &' Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I 

have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou 
mayest recover him of his leprosy. 

7 And it came tc pass, when the king of Israel had read 
the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Jim k I God, 
1 to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto 
me to recover a man of his leprosy 1 Wherefore consider, 
I pray you, and see how he seeketh m a quarrel against me. 
/ 8 *J[ And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had 
heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he 
sent to the king, saying, D Wherefore hast thou rent thy 
clothes 1 let him come now to me, and he shall know that 
there is a ° prophet in Israel. 

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, 



1 Kings 
18. 10. 
p Mt. 28. 9. 
qMt. 15.23. 
b Heb. 
bitter, 

1 Sam. 1.10. J I 
Prov. 14.10. 
r 2 Sam.7.3. 
chap. 6. 12. 
s Gen. 20. 1. 
t chap. 9. 1. 
u chap. 2. 8. 
Acts 19.12. 
x Luke 10. 
4. 

y I Cor. 9. 
21. 

z Mt.17.19, 
20. 

alsa.2n.10. 
b vcr. 4, 5. 
c 1 Kings 
17. 20. 
James 5. 17, 
18. 

dActs20.10. 
c 1 Kings 
17.21. 
Rom. 12.11. 
f 1 Kings 
17. 23. 

ch.2. 15. 
h chap. 2.1. 
Acts 10.38. 
i Ezck.21.3. 



Luke 10.39. 
Acts 23. 3. 
1 Mt. 13. 52. 

1 Tim. 1. 7. 

2 Tim. 3.13. 
m Ex. 10. 17. 
n Ex. 15.25. 
olSam.9.4. 
p verse 38. 
ICor. 9. 11. 
n E.x.23.16. 
Prov. 3. 9. 
r Luke 9.13. 
s John 6.11. 
t Mt. 14.20. 
John 6. II, 
13. 



B. Christ 
894. 



b lea! io.' 5. and p stood at the door of the house of Elisha 



./43 



fore a hundred men 1 He said again, Give the people, that 
tney may eat : for thus saith the Lord, They shall 
and shall leave thereof. 

/wJ°^ e , Se r^ b . efwe them > and tne Y di d eat, and 'left 
then eof, according to the word of the Lord. 



c Lev. 13.8. 
d Ps. 123. 2. 
e I Cor. 1. 

27, 28. 
f 1 Kings 
16.24. 
gjob 31.13. 
h chap. 3.1. 
a Heb. in 
his hand. 
i Judg. 14. 
12. 

k Gen. 30. 2. 
1 Dt. 32. 39. 
m 1 Kings 
22. 35, 36. 
n chap. 1. 6. 
oLukc4>.27. 
p chap. 6. 32. 
q ch. 13. 19. 
r John 9. 7. 
s Judg. 16. 
17. 

t 1 Cor.2.14. 
u Prov. 3. 5, 
xGen.41.43. 
y Job 31. 13. 
z.2Chr. 20. 
20. 

a Dan. 2.47. 
bGen.33. 1. 
c Gen. 14.23. 
b Or, when 
my lord 
■went into 
the house of 
Rimmon,to 
bow down 
himself 
there and 
he leaned 
on my hand, 
and bowed 
down my- 
self in the 
house of 
Rimmon, 
whenlbow 
iCddoion 
pot myself in 
' - 1 ' the house of 
Rimmon, 
thelord 
pardon 
now, 
verse 17. 



A 10 And Elisha sent q a messenger unto him, saying, Go 
and r wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come 
again to thee, and thou shalt be 3 clean. 

11 But Naaman was wroth, l and went away, and said, 
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and 
stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and 
u strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, bet- 
ter than all the waters of Israel % may I not wash in them, 
and be clean 1 So he turned and went away in a rage. 
/ 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, 
and said, x My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some 
great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much 
rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean 1 
m 14 3 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times 
in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God : and 
his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and 
he z was clean. 

/ 15 U And he returned to the man of God, he and all his 
company, and came and stood before him : and he said, 
Behold, now I know that there is a no God in all the earth, 
but in Israel : now therefore, I pray thee, take b a blessing 
of thy servant. 

c 16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, 
I will c receive none. And he urged him to take it; but 
he refused. 

o 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, 
be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth 1 for 
thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering 
nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. 
n 18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that *when 
mv master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship 

230 



B. Christ 
cir. 894. 



d 1 Tim. 6. 

10. 

2 Pet. 2. 5. 

e Jer. 20. 10. 

Matt. 5. 4, 

14, 16. 

1 Cor. 9. 12. 

2Cor.lJ.lft 

f 2 Sam. 3. 

29. 

Num. 12. 
10. 

2Chr.26.19. 
a 1 Kings 
18.4. 

Heb. sk 
before thy 
face, 

cli. 2. 3. & 
4. 38. 
blTim.6.6. 



c Judg 
chap. 



4.23. 
2. 16. 
erses3,6. 
b Heb. iron. 
e Rev. 18.15. 
fEx. 15. 25. 
chap. 2. 21. 
gProv.24.6. 
cllcb.Pelo- 
nij Almoni, 
lluth 4. 1. 
li Acts 17. 
11. 
1 John 4. 1. 



EHsha causeth iron to sivim. II 

there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in 
the house of Rimmon : when I bow down myself in the 
house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in tins thing. 
/ 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed 
from him a little way. 

c 20 % But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, 
said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, 
in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : but 
as the Lord liveth, d I will run after him, and take some- 
what of him. 

/ 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naa- 
man saw him running after him, he lighted down from the 
chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well 1 
p 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, 
saying, Behold, e\ en now there be come to me from mount 
Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets : give 
them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of 
garments. 

/ 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And 
he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, 
with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of 
his servants; and they bare them before him. 

24 And when he came to the tower, he took them 
from their hand, and bestowed them in the house : and he 
let the men go, and they departed. 

p 25 But he went in, and stood before his master : and 
Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi 1 And 
he said, Thy servant went no whither. 

26 And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, 
when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee ? 
e Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, 
and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and 
men-servants, and maid-servants 1 

m> 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto 
thee and unto thy seed f for ever. * And he went out from 
his presence a leper as white g as snow. 

CHAPTER VI. 
Elisha, giving leave to the young prophets to enlarge their dwellings, 

cuujetk iron to swim, 6 : tie discloseth the king of Syria's counsel, 8. 

The army which was sent to Dothan, to apprehend Elisha, is smitten 

with blindness: 18 : Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed 

in peace. 19. The famine in Samaria c<tuseth women to eat their own 

children, 24. The king sendeth to slay Elisha, 30. 

/A ND the a sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold!^ 
jflL now, the place where we "dwell with thee is too!p2 
strait for us. 

g 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence 
every man a beam, and let us make us b a place there, 
where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and c go with 
thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 

4 So d he went with them. And when they came to 
Jordan, they cut down wood. 

« 5 But as one was felling a beam, the 6 axe-head fell into 
the water : and he cried, and said, Alas, master ! for it 
was e borrowed. 

m 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it 1 And 
shewed him the place. And he cut down f a stick, j 
cast it in thither ; and the iron did swim. 

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put 
out his hand, and took it. 

/8f Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, aodlJSSKft 
g took counsel with his servants, saying, c In such and such If™ 1 ? 1 is > 

l i 17 t ' J D> I a pint, 

a place shall be my camp. 

9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, 
saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place ; for 
thither the Syrians are come down 



he 

ud 



10 And the king of Israel h sent to the place which the a-wj 



man of God told him and warned him of, and saved him- 
self there, not once nor twice. 



KINGS. A great famine m Samaria. 

f 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was "sore 
troubled for this thing ; and he called his servants, and 
said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for 
the king of Israel ? 

12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord. O king : 
but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of 
Israel the words that thou speakest in thy f bed-chamber. 
g 13 And he said, Go, and k spy where he is, that I may 
send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, 
he is 1 in Dothan. 

/ 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and 
m a great host : and they came by night, and D compassed 
the city about. 

15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen 
early, and gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city 
both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto 
him, Alas, my master ! how shall we do 1 
dl6 And he answered, ° Fear not : for they that &e p with 
us are more than they that be with them. 
v 17 And Elisha q prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, 
open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord "opened 
the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and behold, the 
mountain was r full of horses and chariots of fire round 
about Elisha. 

m 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed 
unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, 
with blindness. And he smote them with s blindness, ac- 
cording to the word of Elisha. 

/ 19 ^ And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, 
neither is this the city : follow me, and I will bring you to 
the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 
m 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Sa- 
maria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, 
that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and 
they saw ; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 
/ 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw 
them, ' My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 
d 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: would- 
est thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with 
thy sword and with thy bow 1 "set bread and water before 
(hem, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 

23 And he prepared great provision for them : and when 
they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they 
went to their master. So the bands of Syria * came no 
more into the land of Israel. 

/ 24 And it came to pass after this, that y Ben-hadad king 
of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged 
Samaria. 

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria : and be- 
hold, they besieged it, until an z ass's head w r as sold for 
' fourscore pieces of silver, and ■'"the fourth part of a cab of 
dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 

26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the 
wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, "Help, my 
lord, O king. 

27 And he said, a If the Lord do not help thee, whence 
shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine- 
press 1 

s 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee ? And 
she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that 
we may eat him to-day, and we will cat my son to-morrow. 
29 So we h boiled my son, and did eat him : and I said 
unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat 
him : and she hath»hid her son. 

f SO % And it came to pass, when the king heard the 
words of the woman, that he c rent his clothes ; and he 
passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and be- 
hold, he had d sackcloth within upon his flesh. 

e 31 Then he said, c God do so and more also to me, if 

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cir. 893. 



dJisthcsea. 
wltxn it is 
troubled 
with loinds, 
Isa. 57. 20. 
iEccl. 10.20. 
k 1 Sam. 23. 
22. 

1 Gen. 37. 13. 
m Isa. 8. 9, 
10. 

n 1 Sam. 
26. 

Ex. 14.13. 

2 Chr. 32, 
7. 

Psa. 34. 7. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
q verse 8. 
Ps. 50. 15. 
Ezek. 36.37. 
rch.2.11,12. 
Psahn 18. 
10. & 68. 17. 
sGen. 19.11. 
Job5. 13, 14. 
Mark 8. 24. 
Luke 24. 16. 
t ch. 2. 12. 
verso 31. 
Mat. 21. 15. 
& 27. 22. 
n verse 23. 
Prov.25.ai. 
Eom. 12.20. 
x chap. 5. 2, 
versos 8, 9, 
10,24. 
V 1 Kings 
SO. 1, 42. & 
21. 34. 
z Ex. 23. 13 
c. That. is. 



Lev. 1 1. 10. 
a. Ps. 127". 1,2. 
bLov.26.29. 
Dent. 28. 55. 
Lnm. 4. 10. 
c chnp. 5.7. 
:l 1 Kings 



Isa. 58. 5. 
o 1 Kings 
19.2. 
Acts 23. 11 



shut the 
1 sound of 



Elisha prophesieth plenty in Samaria. II. 

the f head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him 
this day. 

/ 32 But Elisha g sat in his house, and the elders sat with 
him ; and the king sent h a man from before him : but ere 
the messenger came to him, * he said to the elders, See 
ye how this son of k a murderer hath sent to take away 
my head 1 look, when the messenger cometh 
door, and hold him fast at the door : is not the 
his master's feet behind him 1 

S3 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messen 
ger came down unto him : and he said, Behold, this evil is of 
the Lord; what should I m wait for the Lord any longer 1 

CHAPTER VII. 
Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria, 1. Tlic unbelieving 
lord, having the charge of the gate, is trodden to death by the people, 17. 

HHEN Elisha a said, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 
Thus saith the Lord, b To-morrow about this time 
shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a c shekel, and two 
measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria, 
c 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king d leaned an- 
swered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord 
would make e windows in heaven, might f this thing be ' 
And he said, Behold, thou shalt e see it with thine eyes 
but shalt not eat thereof. 

/ 3 *|f And there were four leprous men h at the entering 
in of the gate : and they ' said one to another, Why sit 
we here until we die 1 
A 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the fa- 
mine is in the city, and we shall die there : and k if we sit 
still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us 
fall unto the host of the Syrians : if they save us alive, we 
shall live ; and if they kill us, we shall but die 
/ 5 And they rose up in the ' twilight to go unto the camp 
of the Syrians : and when they were come to the uttermost 
part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there 
m 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians m to 
hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the 
noise of a great host : and they said one to another, Lo, 
the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the 
n Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 
/ 7 Wherefore they arose and ° fled in the twilight, and 
left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the 
camp as it was, and fled for their life. 

8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of 
the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, 
and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went 
and p hid it : and came again, and entered into another 
tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 

9 Then they said " one to another, We do not well : 
this day is q a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace : 
if we tarry till the morning-light, some 'mischief will come 
upon us : now therefore come, that we may go and tell 
the king's household. 

/ 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city : 
and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the 
Syrians, and behold, there ivas no man. there, neither voice 
of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as 
they were. 

II And he called the porters ; and they told it to the 
icing's house within. 

f 12 ^f And the king arose in the night, and said unto his 
' servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have 
done to us. They know that we be hungry ; therefore 
are they gone out of the camp, to hide themselves in the 
Held, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall 
cat chthem alive, and get into the city. 

13 And s one of his servants answered and said, Let 
some ta^e, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, 
which arc left m the city, (behold, they are as all the mul-l 



KINGS. Samaria plentifully supplied. 

titude of Israel that are left in it : behold, I say, they are 
even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are con- 
sumed :) and let us send and see. 

14 They took therefore c two chariot horses ; and the 
king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 

15 And they went after them unto Jordan : and lo, all 
the way ivas full of garments and ''vessels, which the 
Syrians had cast away in their ' haste. And the messen- 
gers returned, and told the king. 

« 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of 
the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a 
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, accord 
ing to the word of the Lord. 

/ 17 ^[ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand 
he leaned to have the charge of the gate : and the people 
trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man ol 
God had said, who spake when. the king came down to him. 
a 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken 
to the king, saying, Two measures ot barley for a shekel, 
and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-mor- 
row about this time in the gate of Samaria : 
r 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, 
Now, behold, ?/ the Lord should make windows in heaven, 
might such a thing be 1 And he said, Behold, thou shalt 
see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 
a 20 And so it fell out unto him : for the people ' trode 
upon him in the gate, and he died. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
T7ie Shunammite having left her country seven years, to avoid the fore 
learned famine, for Elisha , s miracle's sake hath her land restored by 
the king, 1. Hazael being sent iviih a present by Ben-hadad to Eli- 
sha at Damascus, after he had heard the prophecy, killeth his master, 
and succeedeth him, 7. Jehoravi's wicked reign in Judah, 16. Edom 
and Libnah revolt, 20. Maziah succeedeth Jehoram, 23. Maziah's 
ivicked reign, 25. He visiteth Jehoram ivounded at Jezreel, 28. 

THEN "spake Elisha unto the woman, a whose son he 
had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and 
thy b household, and sojourn c wheresoever thou canst so- 
journ : for the Lord hath d called for a famine ; and it 
shall also come upon the land e seven years. 

2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the 
man of God : and she went with her f household, and so 
journed in the land of the Philistines seven years. 

3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the 
woman returned out of the land of the Philistines : and 
she went forth s to cry unto the king for her house, and for 
her land. 

/ 4 And the king " talked with Gehazi the servant of the 
man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great 
things that Elisha hath done. 

5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how 
he had restored a dead body to life, that behold, the wo- 
man, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king 
for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, 
O king, h this is the woman, and this is her son, whom 
Elisha restored to life. 

6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. 
So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, 
Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field 
since the day that she left the land, even until now. 

g 7 ^[ And Elisha came to Damascus : and Ben-hadad 
the king of Syria was sick ; and it was told him, saying, 
The J man of God is come hither. 

/ 8 And the king said unto k Hazael, ' Take a present in 
thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and m inquire of 
the Lord by him, saying, Shall I " recover of this disease ? 
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with 
him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' 
burden, and came and stood before him, and said, n Thy 
son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, 
Shall I recover of this disease % 

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1" 1 Kings 
18. 17. 
verses 16, 
33. 

James 5. 17. 
gPs. 118.6. 
Ezek. 9. 4. 
Mai. 3. 16. 
h cli. 7. 2. 
i verse 19. 
k 1 Kings 
18.4. 

lGen.31.29 
m Rev. 16. 9. 
a ch. 6. 33. 
verse 18. 
I) Ps. 46. 1. 
isa. 58. 8. 
cch.-6. 25. 
(I ch. 5. 18. 
e Gen. 7. 11. 
Mai. 3. 10. 
fGen.18.I4. 
g verse 20. 
hLev.13.46 
i Gen. 20. 11 
kEslh 4.16. 
1 1 Sam. 30, 
17. 

verses 7, 9. 
Ps. 119. 147. 
Prov. 7. 9. 
m 2 Sam. 5. 
24. 

ch. 19. 7. 
Joh 15. 21. 
nGen.10.15. 
o Ps. 48. 4, 
5,6. 

Prov. 28. 1. 
p Matt. 13. 
44. 

a He!), the 
man to his 
brother, 
Judg. 19.30. 
verso 6. 
Ezek. 18. 
14, 28. 
Hag. 1. 5. 
Hcb. 10. 24. 
q Phil. 2. 4. 
b Heh. then 
iniquity 
loill Jiitd us 
out, 

Num. 32.23. 
Prov. 5. 22. 
r Gen. 20.8. 
ch. 6. 8. 
s ch. 5. 13. 



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cir. 892. 



c Heh. two 
chariots cf 
horses, 
d The He- 
brew word 
isputforse- 
veral sorts 
of furni- 
ture, 

Num.35. 16. 
Esth. 1.7. 
Isa.22. 21. 
e Properly 
such has- 
tening as is 
accompa- 
nied with 
fear. 

tNu.20.12. 
verse 2. 
2Chr.20.20. 
.ler. 17. 6. 

1 John 5. 10. 
a ch. 4. 34. 
hGen. 8. 1. 
nRuth 1.1. 
(1 Ps. 105. 16. 
eGen.41.Q7. 

2 Sam. 24. 
13. 

fITim.5.8. 
g verse 6. 
a This his- 
tory seems 
to be before 
that of 
JVaaman, 
chap. 5. 4. 
h verse 1. 
i 1 Kings 
13.1. 
k 1 Kings 
19. 5. 

UKgs.14.3. 
ch. 5. 5. 
verse 9. 
m ch. I. 2. 
b Ileb. live. 
Num. 21.8. 
John 4. 50. 
n ch. 6. 21. 
& 13. 14. 



Ahaziah succeedeth Jehoram. fl. KINGS. 

d 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou 



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cir. 885. 



o Jer. 9. 1. 

Luke 19.41. 

p ch. 10. 32, 

33. & 12.17. 

q Amos 1.3. 

r Pb. 22. 16, 

20. 

Phil. 3. 2. 

s Jer. 17. 9. 

Matt. 26.33, 

35. 

1 1 Kings 

19. 15. 

u verse 13. 

Eccl. 8. 16. 

5 Judg. 4. 

19, 21. 

M*tt.26.19. 

y 1 Kings 

22.42. 

zGen.6. 12. 

a verse 26. 

2Chr. 22.2. 

b 1 Kings 

11. 6. 

c 1 Kings 

11.12. 

d2Sam.7.13. 

lKgs. 11.36. 

e 1 Kings 

22.47. 

f Josh. 10. 9. 

lSam.11.11. 

g 1 Kings 

15. 29. 

hGen.27.40. 

i Josh. 21. 

13. 

k 1 Kings 

14.29. 

Dt. 31. 16. 
m 2 Chron. 

21. 19. 
n 1 King3 
1 1. 43. 

o 2 Chr. 22. 
1,2. 

p verse 18. 
q 1 Kings 
15. 16. 
r 1 Kings 
11.6. 

s 2Cor.6.14. 
1 1 Kgs.4.13. 
u 1 Kings 

22. 34. 
a Heb. sons. 
a 1 Kings 
18.46. 



mayest certainly recover : howbeit, the Lord hath shewed 
me, that he shall surely die. 

1 1 And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he 
was ashamed : and the man of God ° wept. 
f 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he an 
swered, Because I know p the evil that thou wait do unto the 
children of Israel: q their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, 
and then young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and 
wilt dash their children, and rip up then women with child. 
c 13 And Hazael said, Butwhat! is thy servant r a dog, that 
he should s do this great thing 1 And Elisha answered, ' The 
Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 
/ 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master ; 
who said to him, What said Elisha to thee 1 And he an- 
swered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 

15 And it came to pass u on the morrow, that he took 
a thick cloth, nnd dipped it in water, and * spread it on his 
face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead. 
/ 16 If And in the y fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab 
king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Je- 
horam the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to 
reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem, 
c 18 And he walked in the z way of the kings of Israel, 
as did the house of Ahab : for the a daughter of Ahab was 
his wife : and he did b evil in the sight of the Lord. 
i> 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, c for David 
his servant's sake, d as he promised him to give him al- 
ways a light, and to his children. 

/ 20 ^f In his days Edom e revolted from under the hand 
of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 
e 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots 
with him : and he rose f by night, and s smote the Edom 
ites which compassed him about, and the captains of the 
chariots : and the people fled into then tents. 
e 22 h Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah 
unto this day. Then l Libnah revolted at the same time. 
/ 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he 
did, are they not written in the k book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Judah 1 

24 And Joram ' slept m with his fathers, and was buried 
with his fathers in the n city of David ; and Ahaziah his 
son reigned in his stead. 

f 25 If In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab 
king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Ju- 
dah begin to reign. 

26 ° Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he 
began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Athaliah, the p daughter ofj 
Omri king of Israel. 

c 27 And he walked in the way of the q house of Ahab, 
and did r evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house 
of Ahab : s for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 
e 28 ^f And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the 
war against Hazael king of Syria in l Ramoth-gilead ; and 
the Syrians wounded Joram. 

e 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of 
the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, 
when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Aha- 
ziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see 
Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was u sick. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Blisha sendeth a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ra- 
moth-gilead, 1. The prophet having done his message, Jleeth, 4. Jeh u, 
being made king hy the soldiers, kuleth Jorum in the field of JVaboth, 
11. Ahaziah is stain at Gur,and buried at Jerusalem, 27 . Proud 
Jezebel is thrown down out of a windoto, and eaten by dogs, 30. 

/ A ND Elisha the prophet called one of the "children of 

the prophets, and said unto him, a Gird up thy loins, Xw. 16 
59 2 G 



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884. . 



b 1 Kings 

16.1. 

6 Heb. 

chamber in 

chamber. 

c 1 Kings 

19. 16. 

d Ps. 112. 5. 

Matt. 10.16. 

e 1 Kings 

14. 10. 

f Ps. 116.15. 

Luke 18. 7. 

Rev. 18. 20. 
. 19. & 
1 Kings 

18. 4. & 21. 

10. 

h 1 Kings 

14. 10. 

iDt. 32.36. 

k 1 Kings 

14. 10. 

llKgs.16.3. 

m 1 Kings 

21.23. 

ver. 35, 36. 

n vcr. 21,25. 

Matt. 7. 2. 

Jer. 29.26. 
Isa. 59. 15. 
Hosea 9. 7. 
Mark 3. 20. 
John 10. 20. 
Acts 17. It. 
& 26. 24. 
2 Cor. 5. 13. 
pMat.21.7. 

1 ch. 8. 29. 
rE*. 32.27. 
Luko 16. 8. 
a 2 Chr. 22. 
7. 

t ch. 17. 9. 
Isa. 21.5. 
&62.6. 
r Heb. 
What is it 
to thee and 
peace? 
IKes. 17.18. 
'/ llch. in 
mnr/nesff, 



Jehu anointed king Q 

and take this box of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth- 
gilead : 

2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu 
the b son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, 
and make him arise up from among his brethren, and 
carry him to an * inner chamber ; 

3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and 
say, Thus saith the Lord, I have c anointed thee king over 
Israel. Then open the door, and d flee, and tarry not. 
/4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, 
went to Ramoth-gilead. 

5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host 
were sitting ; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O cap- 
tain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us 1 And he said, 
To thee, O captain. 

6 And he arose, and went into the house ; and he pour- 
ed the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the 
people of the Lord, even over Israel. 

w 7 And thou shalt e smite the house of Ahab thy master, 
that I may f avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, 
and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, g at the 
hand of Jezebel. 

8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish : and I will 
cut off from Ahab him that h pisseth against the wall, and 
him that is ' shut up and left in Israel. 

9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of 
k Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of 1 Baa- 
sha the son of Ahijah : 
r 10 And the m dogs shall eat Jezebel in the "portion of 

Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he 
opened the door, and fled. 

/ 11 If Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord : 
and one said unto him, Is all well 1 wherefore came this 
mad fellovj to thee ? And he said unto them, Ye know 
the man, and his communication. 

12 And they said, It is false ; tell us now. And he said, 
Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 
"13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, 
and p put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew 
with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 
/ 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, 
conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth- 
gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. 

15 But king Joram was returned to be q healed in Jez- 
reel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, 
when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu 
said, If it be your minds, then r let none go forth nor escape 
out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 
/16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel ; for 
Joram lay there. And s Ahaziah king of Judah was come 
down to see Joram. 

17 And there stood 'a watchman on the tower in Jez- 
reel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and 
said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horse- 
man and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace ? 
/ 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and 
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace 1 And Jehu said, 
c What hast thou to do with peace 1 turn thee behind me. 
And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to 
them, but he cometh not again. 

/ 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came 
to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace 1 And 
Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace ? turn 
thee behind me. 

20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto 
them, and cometh not again : and the driving is like the 
driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ; for he driveth "furiously, 

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Jezebel is eaten by dogs. II. 

21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was 
made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king 
of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out 
against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the 
Jezreelite. 

/22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he 
said, Is it peace, Jehu 1 And he answered, u What peace, 
so long as the x whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her 
y witchcrafts are so many 1 

23 And Joram z turned his hands, and a fled, and said 
to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 

/ 24 And Jehu ' drew a bow with his full strength, and 
smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went 
out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 

25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and 
cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreel 
ite : for remember how that, when I and thou rode to- 
gether after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this b burden 
upon him ; 

a 26 Surely I have seen c yesterday the-^blood of Naboth, 



B.Christ 

884. 



u 2 Cor. 6. 
14, 15. 
Heb. 12. 14. 
x Lev. 17. 7. 
Rev. 17. 1. 
y 1 Kings 
21.8. 

Rev. 18. 23. 
z 1 Kings 
22. 34. 
aPs.50. 22. 
Amos 2. 14. 
e Heb.filled 
his hand 

ith a bow 
Ps. 50. 21. 
Pr.21.30. 
Eccl. 8. 12. 
b 1 Kings 
21. 29. 
c Ex. 3. 7. 
2Chr.24.22. 
f Heb. 
bloods. 
d Dl. 24. 16. 
1 Kgs.21.11 
e cli. 8. 18, 
27. 

Prov. 13.20 
Rev. 18. 4. 
f 2 Chr. 22. 



and the blood of his d sons, saith the Lord 



and I will re 
quite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. . Now therefore 
take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to 
the word of the Lord. 

g 27 H But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, 
he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu fol- 
lowed after him, and said, Smite e him also in the chariot. 
And they did so at the going up to f Gur, which is by 
s Ibleam. And he fled to h Megiddo, and died there. 
/ 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusa- 
lem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the 
*■ city of David. 

29 And in the k eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab 
began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 
g 30 % And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel 
heard of it ; and she 'painted her face, and tired her head, 
and looked out at a window. 

/31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had 
^Zimri peace, who slew his master 1 

32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said 
Who is on my side 1 who 1 And there looked out to him 
two or three eunuchs. 

/ 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her 
down : and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, 
and on the horses : and he n trode her under foot. 

34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and 
said, Go, see now this ° cursed woman, and p bury her : 
for she is a q king's daughter. 

i a 35 And they went to bury her : but they found no more 
of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her 
hands. 

36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he 
said, This is r the word of the Lord, which he spake by 
his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of 
Jezreel shall 8 dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel : 

37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as * dung upon 
the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel ; so that they 
shall not say, This is Jezebel. 

'__ CHAPTER X. 

Jehu by his letters causeth seventy ofAhaVs children to be beheaded, 1 : 
He excuseth the fact by the prophecy of Elijah, 8. Jit the sheuring- 
house he slayeth two and forty of Ahaziah's brethren, 12: He taketh 
Jehonadab into his company, 15. By subtilty he destroyeth all the 
worshippers of Baal, IS. Jehu followe'th Jeroboam's sins, 29. Hazael 
oppresseth Israel, 32. Jehoahaz succeedeth Jehu, 34. 

& A ND A hab had a seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu 
~oL wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers 
°}. J . ezre el, to the elders, and to them that brought up 
saying, 
as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing 



g Josh. 17. 
11. 

h 1 Kings 
19. 15. 
i 1 Kings 
2.10. 

kch.8.8 25. 
1 Jer. 4 30. 
Rev. 2. 20. 
m 1 Kings 
16.28. 
n ch. 7. 20. 
Mai. 4. 3. 
o Pr. 10. 7. 
Isa. 65. 15. 
p Eccl. 6. 3. 
u 1 Kings 
16.1. 
r 1 Kings 
21. 23. 
s Job 31. 3. 
Acts 12. 23. 
t Ps. 83. 10. 
a 1 Kings 
21. 21. 
b ch. 5. 6. 



Ahab's children, 

2 Now b ' 



KINGS. Forty-two of Ahaziah'' s brethren slain. 

your master's sons are, with you, and there are with you 
chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour ; 

3 Look even out the c best and meetest of your mas- 
ter's sons, and d set him on his father's throne, and fight 
for your master's house. 

4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, 
e two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 
/5 And he that was over the house, and he that was 
over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the 
children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are f thy servants, and 
will do all that thou shalt bid us ; we will not make any 
king : do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 
/6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, say- 
ing, If ye be mine, and //"ye will hearken unto my voice, 
take ye the s heads of the men your master's sons, and 
come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. (Now the 
king's sons being seventy persons, were with the b great 
men of the city, which "brought them up.) 

7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, 
that they took the king's sons, and ; slew seventy persons, 
and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 
f8% And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, 
They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And 
he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of 
the k gate until the morning. 

9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, 
and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be ' righteous : 
behold, m I conspired against my master, and slew him : 
but n who slew all these 1 

10 Know now that there shall °fall unto the earth no- 
thing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord p spake 
concerning the house of Ahab : for the Lord hath done 
that which he spake by his servant Elijah. 
! a 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab 
in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his 
q priests, until he left him none remaining. 

s 12 % And he arose and departed, and came to Sama- 
ria. And as he was at the shearing-house in the way, 
/13 Jehu met with the r brethren of Ahaziah king of 
Judah, and said, Who are ye 1 And they answered, We 
are the brethren of Ahaziah ; and we go down to salute 
the children of the king and the children of the queen. 

14 And he said, 9 Take them alive. And they took 
them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, 
even two and forty men ; neither left he any of them. 
/15 ^[ And when he was departed thence, he lighted on 
1 Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him : and 
he * saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my 
heart is with thy heart 1 And Jehonadab answered, c It is. 
If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand ; 
and he took him up to him into the chariot. 
h 16 And he said, Come with me, and see "my zeal for 
the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. 
a 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remain- 
ed unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had * destroyed him, accord- 
ing to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah. 
fl8% And Jehu gathered all the people together, and 
said unto them, y Ahab served Baal a little ; but Jehu shall 
serve him z much. 

» 19 Now therefore call unto me all the a prophets of 
Baal, all his servants, and all his priests ; let none be 
wanting : for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal : who- 
soever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu cMd 
it in b subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the 
worshippers of Baal. 

20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. 
And they proclaimed it. 

f 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel : and c all the wor- 
shippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left 



B. Christ 

884. 



c Dt. 17. 14. 
ISam. 11.15. 
d 1 Kings 2. 

21, 



ech. 9. 

27. 

Luke 14.31 

f 1 Kings 

20.4. 

Ex.26. 5. 
Jleut. 5. 9. 
Josh. 7.44. 
Prov. 15. 17. 
h ch. 25. 9. 
a Heb. 
madegreat, 
Isa. I. 2. 
i verse 14. 
Rev. 2. 23. 
kDt. 22.15. 
Ruth 4. 1. 
1 1 Sam. 25, 
22. 

lKgs.21.21. 
Prov. 21. 3. 
m ch. 9.6, 9. 
n ver. 6, 10. 
olSam.3.19. 
lKgs. 1.25. 
Luke 21. 13. 
p 1 Kings 
21. 19. 
q Song 2. 15. 
r Gen. 13. 8. 
2 Chr. 22. a 
s verse 10. 
2Chr. 22.8. 
tJudg.l. 16. 
& 4. 11. 
b Heb. 
blessed, 
Gen. 31 55. 
c Heb. It is 
and it is. 
u 1 Kings 
19. 19. 
x 1 Kings 
21. 21. 
y 1 Kings 
16. 31. 
z verse 9. 
a 1 Kings 
22.6. 

b verse 18. 
c verse 19. 



234 



BaaVs prophets slain. 

that came not. And they came into the house of Baal ; 
and d the house of Baal was full d from one end to another. 

22 And he said unto him th*at was over the vestry, Bring 
forth e vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he 
brought them forth vestments. 

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, 
into tiie house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of 
Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of 
the servants of the Lord, but the worshippers of Baal only. 
/ 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt- 
offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If 
any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, 
he that letteth him go, f his life shall be for the life of him. 

25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end 
of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard 
and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let g none 
come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the 
sword ; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and 
went to the city of the house of Baal. 

26 And they brought forth the h images out of the house 
of Baal, and burned them. 

27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake 
down the house of Baal, and made it * a draught-house 
unto this day. 

28 Thus Jehu k destroyed Baal out of Israel. 
g 29 If ' Howbeit, from the m sins of Jeroboam the son 

of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from 
after them, to wit, the n golden calves that were in Beth- 
el, and that were in Dan. 

r 30 And ° the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast 
p done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, 
and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all 
that was in my heart, thy children of the q fourth genera- 
tion shall sit on the throne of Israel, 
c 31 But Jehu 'took no heed to walk in the law of the 
Lord God of Israel with all his heart : for he departed not 
from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 
/ 32 ^f In those days the Lord began r to cut Israel short: 
and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel 
g 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the 
Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from 
Aroer, which isbv the river Arnon, even Gilead »*y? ^r ^ 1 ^! 1 ' 
/ 34 Now the rest of the acts of *^:> ancl * u . ih& } n f 
did, and all his might, «^ £*%?*** m the b °° k ° f 

the r.hrnnirlP* nf ^ "^ -°- f ISr&el ' 



B. Christ 
cir. 884. 



hi 



°5 ^°!J 1C T e ^ slept with his fathers : and they buried 
^ ... "amaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead 
36 And s the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Sa 
maria was twenty and eight years. 
CHAPTER XI. 

Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Athaliah's massacre of 
the seed royal, is hid six years in the house of God, 1. Jehoiada, giv- 
ing order to the captains, in the seventh year anointelh him king, 4. 
Athaliah is slain, 13. Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God, 17. 

/* A ND when a Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that 
ii. her son was b dead, she arose and destroyed all the 
seed "royal. 

2 But c Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister 
of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him 
from among the king's sons which were slain ; and they 
hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bed-chamber, d from 
Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 

3 And he was with her in the house of the Lord six 
years. And Athaliah e did reign over the land. 
/ 4 ^f And the seventli year f Jehoiada sent and fetched 
the e rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the 
guard, and brought them to him into the house of the 
Lord, and h made a covenant with them, and took an oath 
of them in the houge of the Lord, and shewed them the 
king's son. 



II. KINGS. Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God, 

f 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that 
ye shall do : '' A third partof you that enterinonthe k sabbath 
shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house ; 

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of ' Sur ; and a 
third part at the gate m behind the guard : so shall ye keep 
the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sab- 
bath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the 
Lord about the king. 

8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every 
man with his weapons in his hand : and he that cometh 
within the ranges, let him be "slain. And be ye with the 
king as be goeth out and as he cometh in. 
/ 9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to 
all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded : and they 
took every man his men that were to come in on the sab- 
bath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and 
came to Jehoiada the priest. 

10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give 
king ° David's spears and shields, that were in the temple 
of the Lord. 

11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons 
in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner 
of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by 
the p altar and the temple. 

o 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the 
crown upon him, and gave him the q testimony ; and they 
made him king-, «nu anointed him ; and they 3 clapped 
their hands, and said, God * save the king. 
/ 13 If And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard 
and of the people, she came to the people into the * tem- 
ple of the Lord. 

14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a 
"pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trum- 
peters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, 
and blew with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes, 
and cried, * Treason, treason ! 

/ 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of 
the y hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, 
Have her forth without the ranges : and him that z fol- 
loweth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, 
Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. 

16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the 
way by the'which the horses came into the king's house: 
and there was sh* 1 a siain. 

d 17 Tf A-nd jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord 
and the b king and the people, that they should be the 
Lord's people ; c between the king also and the people. 

18 And all the people of the land went into the d house 
of Baal, and brake it down ; his altars and his images 
brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slewMattan the priest 
of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed offi- 
cers over the house of the Lord. 

/ 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the cap- 
tains, and the guard, and all the people of the land ; and 
they "brought down the king from the house of the Lord, 
and came by the way of the e gate of the guard to the 
king's house. And he sat on the throne of the Kings. 

20 And all the people of the land f rejoiced, and the 
city was in quiet : and they slew Athaliah with the sword 
beside the king's house. 
/21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Jehoash reignelh well all the days of Jehoiada, 1. JTc giveth order for 
the repair of the temple, 4. Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by « 
present of the hallowed treasures, 17. Jehoash being slain by his ser- 
vants, Amaziah succecdelli him, 19. 

N the a seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign ; 



d 1 Krfiga 
8.16. 
dHeb. 
mouth to 
mouth, 
Joel 3. 2. 
Rev. 16. 16. 
e Ex. 28. 2. 
f 1 Kings 
20. 39, 40. 
g Ezek.9.5. 
h 1 Kings 
14.23. 
i Lev. 26.30. 
Ezra 6. 11. 
Dun. 2. 5. 
k Hos. 2. 17. 
Rev. 17. 16. 

1 verse 28. 
Hosea 1. 4. 
Mark 6. 20. 
m 1 Kings 
15.26. 

n 1 Kings 
12.28. 
olKgs.9.7. 
p Hosea 1 . 4. 
q verse 34. 
ch. 13. 10. 
Ezek.29.19. 
e Heb. ob- 
served not, 
Ps. 39. 1. 
Prov. 4. 23. 
r ch. 8. 2. 
verse 33. 
1 Kings 
16.28. 
/ Heb. the 
days were. 
a ch. 8. 18. 
2Chr.22.10. 
b ch. 9. 27. 
aHeb.ofthe 
kingdom, 

2 Chr. 22. 6. 
Ezek. 16.44. 
Rev. 17. 6. 
c 2 Chr. 22. 
11. 

d 1 Kings 
11.36. 
Prov. 21. 30. 
e Ps. 12. 8. 
Mai. 3. 15. 
Rev. 17. 1.7. 
flKgs.1.35. 
2 Chr. 23. 1. 
glChr.9.13. 
2 Chr. 23. 6. 
h 2 Chr. 15, 
12. 
Ezra 10. 3. 



B. Christ 

878. 



i Luke 1.8,9. 

.. *wnr.tf.yo. 

1 ch. 15. 35. 
in 2 Chron. 
23.4. 

n Ex. 21. 14. 
2Chr.23.11. 
Psalm 47. 1. 
olSam.21. 
9. 

p 1 Kings 
3.24. 
q 1 Kings 
3. 15. 

r 2 Chr. 23. 
11. 

s Ps. 47. 1. 
ft Heb. let 
the king 
live, 

Vs. 72. 15. 
t ver. 8, 15. 
3Chr.23.ia 
u ch. 23. 3. 

2 Chron. 6. 
13. & 34. 3. 
v 1 Kings 
18. 17 18. 
verso 1, 
Matt. 7. 5. 
Rom. 2. 1,3. 
y ISq.22.7. 
zEzek.30.8. 
Re. 19.9,20, 
n Jndg. 1.7. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
Rev. 17. 1. 
& 19. 20. 
h Dt. 17. 16, 
2Sam.23.3. 
c Ps. 122. 9. 
Rom. 13.3,4. 
d ch. 10. 26. 
p 2 Chr. 23. 
SO. 

fl'ro. 11.10. 
a2Chr.24.1, 
h 1 Kings 
15. 10. 
cGon.21.31. 



I ! 



and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mo- 
ther's name was Zibiah of c Beer-sheba. 

235 



Jehoash is slain by his servants. II. 

c 2 And Jehoash did that which was d right in the sight 
of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest in- 
structed him. 

3 But the e high places were not taken away : the peo- 
ple still f sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 

/ 4 1 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of 
the a dedicated things that is brought into the house of the 
Lord, even the money s of every one that passeth the ac- 
count, the money that every man is h set at, and all the 
money that i cometh into any man's heart to bring into 
the house of the Lord, . 

d 5 Let the k priests take it to them, every man of his Ac- 
quaintance : and let them repair the breaches of the house, 
wheresoever any breach shall be found. 

6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of 
king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of 
the house. 

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and 
the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not 
the breaches of the house 1 now therefore m receive no 
more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the 
breaches of the house. 

8 And the priests consented to receive no more money 
of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house 
/ 9 But Jehoiada the priest took n a chest, and bored a 
hole in the lid of it, and set it ° beside the altar, on the right 
side as one cometh into tho house of the Lord : and the 
priests that kept the "door put therein an the money that 
was brought into the house of the Lord. 

10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much 
money in the chest, that the king's p scribe and the q high 
priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the mo- 
ney that was found in the house of the Lord. 
/ 11 And they gave the money, being r told, into the hands 
of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the 
house of the Lord : and they laid it out to the carpenters 
and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord, 

12 And to s masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy 
timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the 
house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the 
house to repair it. 

13 Howbeit, there were 'not made for the house of the 
Lord u bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, x trumpets, any 
vessels of gold, or vessels of aiUrer, of the money that 
was brought into the house of the LoRi> « 

14 But they gave that to the workmen, ana repaired 
therewith the house of the Lord. 

c 15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into 
whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on 
workmen : for they dealt c faithfully. 

16 The y trespass-money and sin-money was not brought 
into the house of the Lord : it was the priests'. 

g 17 *f[ Then z Hazael king of Syria a went up, and fought 
against Gath, and took it : and Hazael b set his face to. go 
up to Jerusalem. 

/ 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed 
things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his 
fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hal- 
lowed things, and all the gold that was found in the trea- 
sures of the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, 
and c sent it to Hazael king of Syria : and he went away 
from Jerusalem. 

/ 19 % And the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and all that 
he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles 

of the kings of Judah ? 

20 And his servants arose, and made d a conspiracy, 
and slew Jehoash in the house of a Millo, which goeth 
down to e Silla. 

21 For f Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad 



KINGS. Joash's wicked reign. 

the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died ; 
and they buried him with his fathers in g the city of David : 
and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 
CHAPTER XIII. 

Jehoahaz's wicked reign, 1. Jehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is relieved 
by prayer, 3. Joash succeedeth him, 8 : His wicked reign, 10. Jerobo- 
am succeedeth him, 12. Elisha dying, prophesieth to Joash three victo- 
ries over the Syiians, 14. The Moabites invading the land, Elisha's 
bones raise up a dead man, 20. Hazael dying, Joash getteth thrte 
victories over Ben-hadad, 22. 

3 N the 



B. Christ 

878, _ 
d 1 Sam.lOl 
9. 

e 1 Kings 
15. 14., 
fDt. 12.11. 
a Heb. ho- 
liness, 
verse 18. 
2 Ex. 21. 30. 
h Lev. 27.2. 
i Ex. 25. 2. 
k2Chr. 24. 
5. 

1 1 Chr. 29. 
9,14. 
Ezra 7. 16. 
m ver. 4, 5. 

2 Chr. 24 5. 
n 2 Chron. 
24.8. 

Mark 12.41. 
o Nu. 18. 4. 
Luke 21. 1. 
b lie I). 
threshold, 
Num. 18. 4. 
Ps. 84. 10. 
p ch. 19. 2. 
q 2 Chr. 24. 
14. 

r ch. 22. 5. 
s ch. 22. 6. 
Isa. 58. 12. 
Eeek. 22.30. 
t 2 Chr. 24. 
14. 

u 1 Kings 
7.50. 

xNu. 10.2. 
c Heb. 
in truth, 
Neh. 7. 2. 
y Lev. 7. 7, 
Deut.14.25, 
z ch. 8. 13. 
a 2 Chron. 
24.23. 
b 2 Chr. 20. 
3. 

Jer. 42. 15, 
Ezek. 21. 2. 
Luke 9. 51. 
c ch. 18. 15. 
d Heb. con- 
spired a 
conspiracy. 
dJudg. 9. 6. 
lKgs.9.15. 
e2Chr.9.11. 
f 2 Chr. 24. 
27. 



B. Christ 
856. 



three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Aha- 
"J. ziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to 
reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years, 
c 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
which made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 
* 3 ^[ And the anger of the Lord was b kindled against 
Israel, and he c delivered them into the hand of d Hazaei 
king of Syria, and into the hand of e Ben-hadad the son of 
Hazael, all their days. 

/ 4 And Jehoahaz f besought the Lord, and the Lord 
hearkened unto him : for g he saw the oppression of Israel, 
because the king of Syria oppressed them. 

5 (And the Lord gave Israel h a saviour, so that they 
went out from under the hand of the Syrians : and the 
children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 
c 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the 
house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked 
therein: and there remained the ' grove also in Samaria.) 

7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but 
fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand foot- 
men ; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had 
made them like the k dust by threshing. 
/ 8 ^ Now the ' rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that 
he did, and his m might, are they not written in the book 
of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel 1 

9 And Jehoahaz "slept with his fathers ; and they "buried 
him in p Samaria : and Joash his son reigned in his stead. 
/ 10 ^[ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of 
Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over 
Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 
c 1 1 And he did that which was evil q in the sight of the 
Lord ; iic ^vt ef i not f rom a n the sins of Jeroboam the 

did, and his might wherewith he foufk a ™ aH J ""**« 
king of Judah, are they not written in the Tjo.T 1 " J z . ia " 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel 1 

13 And Joash slept with his fathers ; and Jeroboam 
r sat upon his throne ; and Joash was buried in Samaria 
with the kings of Israel. 

/ 14 ^[ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof 
he s died. And Joash the king of Israel came down untc 
him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, l my 
father ! the u chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! 

15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. 
And he took unto him bow and arrows. 

16 And he said to the king of Israel, " Put thy hand upon 
the bow. And he put his hand upon it : and Elisha * put 
his hands upon the king's hands. 

g 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he 
opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And 
he said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the 
arrow of deliverance from Syria : for thou shalt smite the 
Syrians in y Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 

18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. 
And he said unto the king of Israel, z Smite upon the 
ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 
»• 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, 



Amaziah's good reign. 

thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it 

now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 

/ 20 II And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the 

a bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in 

of the year. 

m 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, 

that behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the 

man into the sepulchre of Elisha : * and when the man was 

let down, b and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, 

and stood up on his feet. 

/ 22 % But Hazael king of Syria c oppressed Israel all the 

days of Jehoahaz. 
6 23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had 

compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because 

of his d covenant with e Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and 

would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his 

presence f as yet. 

/ 24 So Hazael king of Syria died ; and Ben-hadad his son 

reigned in his stead. 

25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of 

the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which 

he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by 

war. e Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered 

the cities of Israel. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Amaziah's good reign, 1 : His justice on the murderers of his father, 5 
His victory over Edom, 7. Amaziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome 
and spoiled, 8. Jeroboam succeedeth Jehoash, 16. Jlmaziah slain by 
a conspiracy, 19. Azariah succeedeth him, 21. Jeroboam's wicked 
reign, 23. Zachariah succeedeth him, 29. 

TN the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of 



II. KINGS. 

whereas 



1 



Israel reigned a Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 

2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to 
reign, and reigned b twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 
c 3 And he did that which was c right in the sight of the 
Lord, yet not like David his father : he did according to 
all things d as Joash his father did. 

4 Howbeit, the e high places were not taken away : as yet 
the peopledid sacrifice, andburntincenseonthehighplaces. 
/5 t And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was 
f confirmed in his hand, that he s slew his servants which 
had h slain the kitig his father. 

/ 6 But * the children of the murderers he slew not : ac- 
cording unto that which is written in the book of the law 
of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, k The 
fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the 
children be put to death for the fathers ; but every man 

e 7 He 'slew of m Edom in the - valley of Salt • ten thou- 
sand and took «SeIah by war, and called the name of it 
» Joktheel unto this day. 

fS t Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the 
son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, PCome 
let us ' look one another in the face, 
i 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king 
of Judah, saying, The r thistle that wo* in Lebanon sent to 
the 3 cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter 
to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that 
was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 
/ 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and ' thy heart hath 
lifted thee up : glory of this, and tarry at home : for whv 
shouldest thou u meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest 
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee 1 
s 11 But Amaziah x would not hear. Therefore Jehoash 
king of Israel went up ; and he and Amaziah king of Judah 
looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which 
belongeth y to Judah. 

/ 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel ; and 
they fled every man to their tents. 

60 



B. Christ 
cir. 8 39, 

a chap. 5.2. 

b Heb. and 

the man 

went and 

touched. 

bEzek. 37. 

10. 

Matt. 14.36. 

Rev. 11. 11. 

cch. 8. 13, 

15. 

d Ex. 32. 13. 

Ps. 105. 8. 

e Gen. 13.14. 

f 1 Kings 

17. 18. 

Amos 4. 6. 

g ver. 18, 19. 

aaChr.25.1. 

Matt. 1. 8. 

b verse 19. 

2 Chr. 25. 9. 

c ch. 12. 2. 

2 Chr. 25. 2. 

d 2 Chr. 24. 

15. 

e ch. 12. 3. 

f 1 Kgs.2.12. 

g Nu. 35.33. 

h ch. 12.20. 

i verse 3. 

kDt. 24. 16. 

Ezek. 18.20. 

1 ',0.8.22. 

m 2 Chr. 25. 

11. 

2 Sam. ».ia 

Ps. 60,«Kk. 

o 2 Chr. 25. 

12. 

a That is, 

The rock, 

Isa. 16. 1. 

ft That is, 

Obedience 

of God, 

2Chr.25.10. 

pi Sam. 14. 

12. 

q vorse 11. 

ch. 23. 29. 

r Judg. 9. 8. 

s lKgs.4.33. 

t2Chr. 32. 

25. 

u Luke 14. 

31. 

x Ex. 14.10. 
y Josh. 19. 
38. & 21. 16. 



B. Christ 
826. 



z Pr. 16. 18. 

aNeh.8.16. 

b Zoch. 14. 

10. 

c 1 Kings 

7.51. 

d ch. 13. 8. 

e 1 Kings 

2.10. 

fl Kings 

14. 18, 19. 

g 2 Chr. 25. 

14,27. 

h Joshua 

10. 31. 

2 Chr. 11. 9. 

Isa. 36. 1. 

i ch. 9. 28. 

k ch. 16. 6. 

1 ch. 16. 6. 

m ch. 13. 11. 

n 1 Kings 

16. 20. 

o ch. 13. 25. 

p Nu. 34. 8. 

S Jonah 1.1. 
Iatt. 12.39. 
r Josh. 19. 
13. 

s ch. 13. 4. 
t Dt. 32. 36. 
u Isa. 59. 16. 
c But soon 
after he 



Hos. 1.5,0,9. 
x2S!im.8.6. 
y Amos6.8. 
z 1 Kings 
12.21. 
d The 
fourth 
from Jehu, 
chap. 10.30. 
ach. 14. 21. 
I> 2 Chr. 26. 
13. 

c 2 Chr. 26. 
3. 

1 2 Chr. 26. 
1,8. 

o cli. 14. 2. 
2 Chr. 96.5. 



Jeroboam's wicked reign. 

13 And Jehoash king of Israel * took Amaziah king of 
Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth- 
sbemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the 
wall of Jerusalem from the a gate of Ephraim unto the 
b corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 

14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the "ves- 
sels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the 
treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned 
to Samaria. 

/ 15 Tf Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, 
and his d might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of 
Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel 1 

16 And Jehoash e slept with his fathers, and was buried 
in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son 
reigned in his stead. 

/ 17 % And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived 
after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel 
fifteen years. 

18 And the f rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 
g- 19 Now they made g a conspiracy against him in Jeru- 
salem : and he fled to Lachish ; but they sent after him 
to h Lachish, and slew him there. 

20 And they brought him j on horses : and he was buried 
at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 
/ 21 % And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which 
was sixteen years old, and made him king Instead of his 
father Amaziah. 

g 22 He built k Elath, and ' restored it to Judah, after that 
the king slept with his fathers. 

/ 23 % In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash 
king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel 
began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 
« 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord : he departed not ""from all the n sins of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 
s 25 He ° restored the v coast of Israel from the entering 
of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word 
of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of 
his servant q Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which 
was of r Gath-hepher. 

/ 26 For the Lord s saw the affliction of Israel, that it was 
very bitter : for there was not any ' shut up, nor any left, 
nor u any helper for Israel. 

27 And the Lord c said not that he would blot out the 
name of Israel from under heaven : but he saved them by 
the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 
/ 28 % Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that 
he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he reco- 
vered x Damascus, and y Hamath, which belonged z to Ju- 
dah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the 
kings of Israel; and "Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Azariah' s good reign, 1 : He dying a leper, Jotham succeedeth, 5. Zacha- 
riah, the last of Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slmin by Shallum, 
8. Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by Menahem, 13. Mcnahcm 
strengthened himselfby Put, 16. Pekahiah succeedeth him, 21. Pe- 
kahiah is slam by Pekah, 23. Pekah is oppressed by JHglath-pileser, 
and slain by Hoshea, 27. Joiham's good reign, 32. Ahaz succeedeth 
him, 36. 

FN the a twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of 
Israel began b Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah 



to reign. 

2 ° Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, 

and he reigned d two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And 

his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 

o 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the 

Lord, c according to all that his father Amaziali had done ; 

237 



B. Christ 
cir. 810. 



The reign of Shallum, Menahem, Pul, &c. II. KINGS. 

4 Save that the f high places were not removed : E the 
people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 
x d 5 1 And the Lord h smote the king, so that he was * a 
leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a ° several 
house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, 
k judging the people of the land. 
/ 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that 



he 



f i Kings 
15. 14. 
g 1 Kings 
9 25 

Isa. 56.9,10. 
h Job34.19. 
iNu.12. 10. 
|2 Clir.26.16 
,a Heb. a 
house of 

did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of f"f°™< 46 
the kings of Judah 1 klTchr'. is. 

7 So Azariah 1 slept with his fathers ; and they m buried fi K i„ g s2. 
him with his fathers in the city of David ; and Jotham his ^° 2Chr 94 
son reigned in his stead. rfve^fij? 3 ' 

/ 8 % In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of I S. 31 
Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Is- 
rael in Samaria n six months. 

c 9 And he did that which ivas evil in the sight of the 
Lord, ° as his fathers had done : he departed not from 
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel 
to sin. 

10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh p conspired against 
him, and smote him q before the people, and slew him, and 
reigned in his stead. 

/ 1 1 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they 
are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Israel. 

« 12 This was r the word of the Lord which he spake unto 
Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel 
unto the 9 fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 
/ 13 T[ Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the 
nine and thirtieth year of * Uzziah king of Judah ; and he 
reigned a full month in Samaria. 

g 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from u Tir- 
zah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of 



p 1 Kings 
16.9. 

q 2 Chr. 21. 
20. 

r ch. 10. 30. 
Titus 1. 2. 
sch. 13. ], 
2. & 14. 16. 
t Matt. 1. 9. 
u 1 Kings 
14. 17. 
x Pr. 28. 2. 
y 1 Kings 
4.24. 

2 Judg. 8.5, 
16. 

chap. 8. 12. 
Amos 1. 13. 
a 1 Kings 
16. 29. 
b 1 Kings 
15.26. 
c ch. 17. 6. 
1 Chr. 5. 26. 
b About 
three hun- 
dred seven- 
ty and five 
thousand 
pounds. 
d verse 14. 
chap. 14 5. 
e 1 Kings 
2.10. 

f Job 20. 5. 
g 1 Kings 
14. 22. 
hlKgs.9.5 
ver. 10, 14. 
Isa. 7. 1. 



B. Christ 
759. 



] Kings 



Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and x reigned in his 
stead. 

/ 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspi- 
racy which he made, behold, they are written in the book 
of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 
g 16 ^[ Then Menahem smote y Tiphsah, and all that were 
therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they "14.19.' 
opened not to him, therefore he smote it ; and all the k 
2 women therein that were with child he ripped up. 
/ 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of 
Judah a began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over 
Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 
c 18 And he did that which was b evil in the sight of the 
Lord : he departed not all his days from the sins of Jero- 
boam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to, sin. 
/ 19 And c Pul the king of Assyria came against the land : 
and Menahem gave Pul b a thousand talents of silver, that 
his hand might be with him to d confirm the kingdom in 
his hand. 

20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of 
all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels 
of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of 
Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 
/ 21 ^ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that 
he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel 1 

22 And Menahem e slept with his fathers ; and Pekahiah 
ttis son reigned in his stead. 

/ 23 f In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pe- 
kahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in 
Samaria, and reigned f two years. 

c 24 And he did that which was e evil in the sight of 
the Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

25 But h Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, 
conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the 



0./ 



20. 

Isa. 7. 1. 
1 1 Kings 
15. 20. I 

mJosh.15.6. 
n Judg. 4.6. 
o Josh. 11. 
10. 

pGen.3l.21. 
n Isa. 9. 1. 
Matt. 4. 13. 
r Dt. 28. 47. 
s verse 25. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
t 2Chr.27.1. 
Matt. 1. 9. 
u 2 Chr. 24. 
17. & 25. 14. 
x 1 Kings 
15. 14. 
y ch. 11. 
z Isa. 10. 5. 
a ch. 10. 32. 

& 16. 5. 

Isa. 7. 1. 

HoseaS. 12, 

14. 

Amos 4. 13. 

b2Chr.28.6. 

c That is, 

The Lord 

is perfect, 

ver. 33, 35. 

a2Chr.28.1. 

b ch. 15. 33. 

c Gen. 6. 12 

Psalm 1. 1. 

d Lev. 18.21. 

Ps. 106. 37. 

e Lev.26.30. 

fl Kings 

14.23. 

gDt. 12.2. 

h 1 Kings 

11. 36. 

2 Chr. 7.16. 

Isa. 7.4, .1.1. 

i 1 Kings 

14. 23. 

k2Chr.28.5, 



Ahaz's wicked reign. 

palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and 
with him fifty men of the GHeadites : and he killed him, 
and reigned in his room. 

/ 26 And the ' rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that 
he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of the kings of Israel. 

/27 % In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of 
Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over 
Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 
c 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son 
of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

g 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came k Tiglath- 
pileser king of Assyria, and took ' Ijon, and Abel-beth- 
maachah, and m Janoah, and D Kedesh, and ° Hazor, and 
p Gilead, and q Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and car- 
ried them r captive to Assyria. 

/ 30 And Hoshea the son of s Elah made a conspiracy 
against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, p d 
slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth )~ar 
of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 

31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, 
behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Israel. 

/ 32 ^[ In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah 
king of Israel began l Jotham the son of Uzziah king of 
Judah to reign. 

33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began 
to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of 
Zadok. 

« 34 And he did that which was u right in the sight of the 
Lord : he did according to all that his father Uzziah had 
done. 

/ 35 % Howbeit, the x high places were not removed : 
the people sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high 
places. He built the y higher gate of the house of the 
Lord. 

/ 36 ^[ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he 
did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Judah? 

37 In those days the z Lord a began to send against 
Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and b Pekah the son of 
Remaliah. 

38 And c Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried 
with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Ahaz 



his son.reigned in his stead 



Ahaz's wicked reign, 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Tizlath-pilcser against them, 5. Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar 
from Damascus to Uriiah, diverieth the brazen altar to his men devo- 
tion, 10 : He spoileth the temple, 17. Hezekiah succeedethhim, 19. 

N the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, 

a Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 

2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, 
and reigned b sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that 
which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like Da- 
vid his father. 

v 3 But he walked in the c way of the kings of Israel, yea, 
and made d his son to pass through the fire, according to 
the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out 
from before the children of Israel. , 

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high 
e places, and on the f hills, and * under every green tree. 
/ 5 1 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Rema- 
liah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war : and they 
besieged Ahaz, but h could not overcome him. 
g 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to 
Syria, and drave the Jews from » Elath : and the Syrians 
came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 

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IJoshetfs wicked reign. II. 

/ 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to ! Tiglath-pileser king of 
Assyria, saying, I am m thy servant and thy son : come up, 
and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out 
of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. 

8 And Ahaz took the n silver and gold that was found in 
the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's 
house, and sent it for ° a present to the king of Assyria. 
s 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him : for the 
king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and p took it, 
and carried the people of it captive to q Kir, and slew Rezin. 
/ 10 % And king Ahaz went to Damascus r to meet Tig- 
lath-pileser king of Assyria, and s saw an altar that was 
at Damascus : and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the 
fashion of the ' altar, and the pattern of it, according to all 
the workmanship thereof. 

1 1 And u Urijah the priest built an altar according to all 
that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus : so Urijah the 
priest * made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 
/ 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the 
king saw the altar : and the king approached to the altar, 
and y offered thereon. 

13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his z meat-offer- 
ing, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood 
of his peace-offerings upon the altar. 

14 And he brought also the a brazen altar, which was 
b before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from 
between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it 
on the north side of the altar. 

/ 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, 
Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and 
the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, 
and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the 
people of the land, and their meat-offering, and their drink 
offerings ; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt 
offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice : and the brazen 
altar shall be for me to inquire by. 

16 c Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king 
Ahaz commanded. 
/ 17 1f And king Ahaz cut off the "borders of the bases, 
and removed the lever from off them ; and took down the 
sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put 
it upon a pavement of stones. 

18 And the d covert for the sabbath that they had built 
in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from 
the house of the Lord e for the king of Assyria. 
/ 19 1 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, 
are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Judah 1 

20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with 
his fathers in f the city of David : and Hezekiah his son 
reigned in his stead. 

_ . , . CHAPTER XVII. 

Hoshea s wicked reign, 1. Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspir- 
eth against him with So, Icing of Egypt, 3. Samaria, for their sins, 
ts captivated, 5. The strange nations, which were transplanted into 
Samaria, being plagued with lions, make a mixture of religions, 24. 

JTN the a twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Ho- 
J. shea the son of Elah, to reign in Samaria over Israel 
nine years. 

c 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord, but b not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 
/3 TI Against him came up c Shalmaneser king of As- 
syria ; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him 
presents. 

4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy d in Hoshea: 
for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and 
brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done 
year by year : therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, 
and bound him in " prison. 
f*% Then the king of Assyria came up c throughout all 



B. Christ 
cir. 742 

i ciiTw! 2: 

mDt.28. 13. 
Jcr. 17. 5. 
n ch. 12. 18. 
& 18. 16. 
o 2 Chr. 28. 
21. 

p verse 5. 
Ps. 7. 15, 16. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
<I Isa. 22. 7. 
Amos 1. 5. 
r 2 Chr. 28. 
21. 

s Josh. 7. 2. 
Eccl. 2. 14. 
t Jer. 2. 9. 
u Isa. 8. 2. 
Hosea 7. 7. 
2 Tim. 4.10. 
x Lev. 19.17. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
Gal. 1. 10. 
y verse 10. 
2Tim.3.13. 
z Lev. 1. 3. 
& 2. 1. & 
3. 1. 

a2Chr.4.1. 
b Ex. 40. 29. 
c verse 11. 
Acts. 5. 29. 
lThes.2.4. 
Jude 11. 
a Heb. 
huttings, 
Kings 7. 
27, 28. 
(1 2 Chr. 28. 
24. 

o Jcr. 2. 11. 
fob. 12. Ul. 
2 Chr.24.25. 
& 28. 27. 
a 1 Kings 
15. 30. & 18. 
9. 

b chap. 3. 2. 
c ch. 18. 19. 
d ch. 24. 20. 
a Heb. a 
house of 
shuttingup, 
2Chr. 33.11 
e Ex. 34. 24 



KINGS. Samaria is captivated. 

the land, ai.d went up to Samaria, and besieged it three 
years. 

s 6 ^[ In the f ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria 
took Samaria, and s carried Israel away into Assyria, and 
placed them in h Halah and in ' Habor by the river of 
Gozan, and in the cities of the k Medes. 

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned 
against the Lord their God, which had 'brought them up 
out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, and had feared m other gods, 

8 And walked in the n statutes of the heathen whom the 
Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of 
the kings of Israel, ° which they had made. 

c 9 And the children of Israel * did secretly those things 
that were not right against the Lord their God, and they 
built them high places in all their cities, from the p tower 
of the watchmen to the fenced city. 

10 And they set them up q images and r groves in every 
high hill, and under every green tree : 

11 And there they burnt s incense in all the high places, 
as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away l before 
them ; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord 
to anger : 

^12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said 
unto them, Ye shall not do this thing, 
d 13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against 
Judah, by all u the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, 
Turn ye x from your evil ways, and keep my command- 
ments, and my statutes, according to all the law which I 
commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my 
servants the prophets. 

c 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but y harden- 
ed their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did 
not believe in the Lord their God. 

p 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant 
that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which 
he testified against them ; and they followed vanity, and 
became z vain, and went after the heathen that were round 
about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged 
them, that they should a not do like them. 

16 And they b left all the commandments of the Lord 
their God, and made them c molten images, even two 
d calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the e host 
of heaven, and served Baal. 

p 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters f to 
pass through the fire, and used divination and enchant- 
ments, and e sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the 
Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

* 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and 
removed them out h of his sight : there was none left but 
the tribe of ' Judah only. 

/19 Also "'Judah kept not the commandments of the 
Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which 
they made. 

20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and 
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of 'spoil- 
ers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 

21 For he rent '"Israel from the house of David ; and 
they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king : and Jero- 
boam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made 
them sin a great sin. 

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins ot 
Jeroboam which he did ; thev departed not from them ; 

« 23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he 
had said " by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel 
carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 
<r 24 t And ° the king of Assyria brought men from r Ba- 
pfonSoJa bylon, and from Cuthah, and* from ' ! Ava, and from r Ha- 
rNulif'i Imath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities 

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721. 



f ch. 18. 10. 
gLev.26.32. 
h 1 Chr. 5. 
26. 

i ch. 18. 11 
kGen. 10.2. 
1 Ex. 20.1,2. 
m Gen. 35.2. 
n Jer. 2. 13. 

1 Kings 
12. 19. 
verse 19. 
Micah6. 16. 
b Heb. tltey 
covered, 
or, hid, 
Ezek. 8. 12. 

1 Pet. 2. 16. 
Rev. 17. 4. 
pEzek.7.23 
&9. 9. 

q Lev. 26. 1. 
r Micah 5. 
14. 

s Ex. 30. 1. 
t Lev. 18.27, 
28. 

u Jer. 25. 3, 
x Jer. 14.11. 
& 25. 5. 
yProv.29.1. 
z Rom.1.21, 
a Jnsh.23.7, 
John 4. 23, 
24. 

b Isa. 1.4,6. 
c Ex. 32. 8. 
(1 1 Kings 
12. 28. 
e Jer. 8.2. 
f ch. 16. 3. 
g 1 Kings 
16. 3.1. 
ha. 50. 1. 
liDt.II. 12 
i litis. 11.12. 
k Jor. 3. 8. 

I Hi. 18.3. 

& 15.29. 
m 1 Kings 
11.31.& 
12. 24 
ii 1 King9 

13.3a 



4 mixture of religions. II. 

of Samaria 9 instead of the children of Israel : and they 
possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 
/ 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling 
there, that they 'feared not the Lord : therefore the Lord 
sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 

26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, say- 
ing, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in 
the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of 
the land : therefore he hath sent lions among them, and 
behold, they slay them, because they know not the man- 
ner of the God of the land. 

/27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry 
thither one of the u priests whom ye brought from thence , 
and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them 
the manner of the God of the land. 

28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away 
from Samaria came and dwelt in x Beth-el, and taught 
them how they should fear the Lord. 

29 Howbeit, c every nation made y gods of their own, 
and put them in the houses of the high places which the 
z Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where- 
in they dwelt. 

g 30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and 
the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath 
made Ashima, 

/31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the 
Sepharvites burnt a their children in fire to " Adrammelech 
and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 

32 So they b feared the Lord, and made unto them- 
selves of the c lowest of them priests of the high places, 
which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 

33 They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, 
after the manner of the nations whom they carried away 
from thence. 

/ 34 Unto this day they do after the former d manners : 
they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, 
or after their ordinances, or after the law and command- 
ment which the Lord commanded the children' of Jacob, 
whom e he named Israel ; 

35 With whom the Lord had made a f covenant, and 
charged them, saying, Ye shall g not fear other gods, nor 
bow h yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice 
to them : 

p 36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land 
of Egypt with great power and i a stretched-out arm, him 
shall ye k fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall 
ye do sacrifice. 

d 37 And the i statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, 
and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye shall 
observe to do for evermore ; and ye shall not fear other 
gods. 

38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye 
shall m not forget ; neither shall ye fear other gods. 
d 39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall de- 
liver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after 
their former manner. 

41 So n these nations ° feared the Lord, and p served 
their graven images, both their children, and their chil- 
dren's children : as did their fathers, so do they unto 
this day. 

. ? CHAPTER XVIII. 

Hezekiah's- good reign, 1 : He destroyeth idolatry, and prospereth, 4. Sa- 
maria is earned captive for their sins, 9. Sennacherib, invading Ju- 
ala'il ^r,i d Ji y <\ . W6 «fe» 13. Rab-shakeh, sent by Sennacherib 
the people to rex fit lah ' and b V olasphemous persuasions, soliciteth 

/ TV°«f V r< t i °u ai ?? t0 pass in ttie athird year of Hoshea son 

thar IfnJ j m A°I Israel > that Hezekiah "the son of 
ADae king of Judah began to reign. 



KINGS. 



Sennacherib besiegeth Hezekiah 



D. Christ 
678. 



sGen.47.21. 
verse 6. 
Matt. 10. 5. 
t Isa.29. 13. 
Matt. 15. 8. 
Eph. 2. 12. 
u Judg. 17. 
13. 

1 Kgs.12.31. 
2Chr. 11.13. 
Rom. 16. 18. 
x 1 Kings 
12. 32. 
c Heb. na- 
tion,nation, 
Gen. 7. 2. 
y verse 30. 
Rom. 1. 23. 
1 Cor. 8. 5. 
z Mt. 10. 5. 
Luke 17. 16. 
John 4. 9. 
aLev.18.21. 
d That is, 
j3 glorious 
king. 

bZeph. 1.5. 
c 1 Kings 
12. 31. 
d Dt. 28. 64. 
ver. 8,12,16. 
e Gen.32.25. 
& 35. 10. 
f Gen. 17. 7. 
gJudg.6.10. 
h Ex. 20. 5. 
i Ex. 6. 6. 
Deut. 5. 15. 
Jer. 32. 31. 
k Deut. 6.5. 
1 1 Kings 
3.3. 

m Deut. 6. 
12. & 8. 11. 
n verse 29. 
o verse 25. 
Zcph. 1. 5. 
p Josh. 24. 
19. 

Rev.3.15,16. 
ach. 17. 1. 
b 2 Chr. 28. 
1. &. 29. 1. 



B. Christ 
cir. 726. 



c ch. 14.29- 
d ch. 20. 3. 
e 1 Kings 
15.5. 

f Deut. .7. 5. 
_ Na. 21. S. 
a That is, 
Brass 
work, 
Jer. 10. 5. 
h ch. 19. 10. 
Job 13. 15. 
Ps. 13. 5. 
i 1 Kings 
16. 25. 
verse 3. 
ch. 23. 25. 
k Dt. 10. 20. 
Josh. 23. 9. 
Rom. 12. 9. 
11 Sam. 18. 
14. 

b Or, he did 
valiantly, 
Num. 24.18. 
Ps. 60. 12. 
m ch.16. 7. 
n 2 Chr. 28. 
18. 

o ch. 17. 3. 
p 2 Pet. 2.9. 
q ch. 17. 6. 
r Dan. 9.6, 9. 
s2Chr.32.1. 
t ch. 19. 28. 
u ch. 14. 19. 
x verse 7. 
Prov. 29.25. 
y verse 17. 
Prov. 11. 4. 
Mark 5. 26. 
z lKgs.6.3. 
a verse 14. 
b Isa. 7. 3. 
c Isa. 22.15. 
d verse 29. 
Jer. 6. 9. 
e verse 30. 
Rev. 13. 6. 
fGen. 3. 1. 
Deut. 25.18. 
Ps. 42. 3. & 
71.11. & 
78. 19. 
c Heb. 
words of 
the lips, 
Ps. 141.3,11. 
g Job 20. 3. 
h Isa. 36. 6. 



2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to 
reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusa- 
lem. His mother's name also was Abi the daughter of 
c Zachariah. 

c 3 And he did that which was d right in the sight of the 
Lord, according to all that e David his father did. 
/ 4 ^f He removed f the high places, and brake the images, 
and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen 
serpent s that Moses had made : for unto those days the 
children of Israel did burn incense to it : and he called it 
" Nehushtan. 

e 5 He trusted h in the Lord God of Israel ; so that aftei 
him s was none like him among all the kings of Judah, 
nor any that were before him. 

d 6 For he k clave to the Lord, and departed not from 
following him, but kept his commandments, which the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

b 7 And the Lord was ' with him : and he * prospered 
whithersoever he went forth : and he m rebelled against 
the king of Assyria, and served him not. 
g 8 He smote n the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the 
borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the 
fenced city. 

/ 9 % And it came to pass in the ° fourth year of king 
Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of 
Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came 
up against Samaria, and besieged it. 

10 And at the end of three years they p took it: even'm 
the sixth year of Hezekiah, (that is, the ninth year of 
Hoshea king of Israel,) Samaria was taken. 
g 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unte 
Assyria, and put them in q Halah and in Habor by the rivei 
of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes : 

12 Because they r obeyed not the voice of the Lord 
their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that 
Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would 
not hear them, nor do them. 

f 13 Tf Now in the 9 fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did 
Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced 
cities of Judah, and * took them. 

g 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of As- 
syria to u Lachish, saying, I have x offended ; return from 
me : that which thou puttest on me I will bear. And the 
king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah 
three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 
/ 15 And Hezekiah gave him all y the silver that was 
found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of 
the king's house. 

16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the * gold from the 
doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars 
which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it 
to the king of Assyria. 

/ 17 If And the king of Assyria a sent Tartan and Rabsa- 
ris and Rab-shekeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a 
great host against Jerusalem : and they went up, and 
came to Jerusalem : and when they were come up, they 
came and stood by the b conduit of the upper pool, which 
is in the highway of the fuller's field. 

18 And when they had called to the king, there came 
out to c them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over 
the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son 
of Asaph the recorder. 

/ 19 And Rab-shekeh said unto them, Speak ye now to 
Hezekiah, Thus d saith the great e king, the king of Assy- 
ria, What f confidence is this wherein thou trustest 1 

20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain c words,) I have 
s counsel and "strength for the war. Now on whom dost 
thou trust, that thou rebellest against me 1 

21 Now behold, thou trustest upon the h staff of this 

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bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it 
will go into his hand, and pierce it ; so is Pharaoh king of 
Egypt unto all that trust on him. 

c 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our 
God : is not that he whose high places and * whose altars 
Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Je- 
rusalem, Ye shall worship k before this altar in Jerusalem? 

23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord 
the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand 
horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 

24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one cap- 
tain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust 
on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen 1 

c 25 Am I now come up without the Lord against this 
place to destroy it 1 The l Lord said to me, Go up against 
this land, and destroy it. 

/ 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, 
and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy 
servants in the Syrian language ; for we d understand it : 
and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of 
the people that are on the wall. 

27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master 
sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? 
hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that 
they may m eat their own dung, and drink their ' own piss 
with you 1 

f 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice 
in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word 
of the great king, the king of Assyria : 

29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you : 
for n he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand : 

30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, 
saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall 
not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 

31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah : for thus saith the king 
of Assyria, -''Make an agreement with me by a present, and 
come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own 
vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one 
the waters of his cistern : 

32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your 
own land, a land of corn ° and wine, a land of bread and 
vineyards, a land of oil-olive and of honey, that ye may 
live, and not die : and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when 
he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. 

c 33 Hath any of p the gods of the nations delivered at all 
his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? 

s 34 Where are the gods of q Hamath, and of Arpad ? 
where are the gods of r Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ? 
have they delivered Samaria out of my hand ? 

f 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries 
that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the 
Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ? 

36 But the people s held their peace, and ' answered 
him not a word : for the king's commandment was, say- 
ing, Answer him not. 

37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was 
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the 
son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes 
* rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Hezekiah mourning, sendelh to Isaiah to pray for them, 1. Isaiah com- 
forteth them, 6. Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth 
a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah, S. Hezekiah' S prayer, 14. Isaiah's 
prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib and the good of 
Zion, 20. An angel slayeth the Assyrians, 35. Sennacherib is slain 
at Nineveh by his own sons, 35. 

d A ND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah a heard it, 
J\. that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with 
sackcloth, and went b into the house of the Lord. 
3 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, 

61 2H 



KINGS. 



Isaiah prophesieth Sennacherib' 's destruction 



B. Christ 
710. 



i verse 4. 
2 Chr. 31. 1. 
k 2 Chroh. 
32. 12. 
1 1 Kings 
13. 18. 
ch. 19. 15. 
Isa. 36. 10. 
d Ileb. we 
arc kcar- 

mg, 

Gen. 11. 7. 
m lit. 23. 55. 
ciiap. 0. 25. 
e Heb. the 
water of 
their feet. 
n Dan. 3.15, 
17. & 7.25. 
John 19. 10, 
11. 

Rev. 13. 6. 
/ Heb. 
Make with 
me a 
blessing 
Gen. 33. 11. 
o Ex. 3. 8. 
Dt.32.13,14. 
Job 20. 17. 
p Dt.32. 31. 
ver. 34, 35. 
Ps. 115. 33. 
qJer. 49.23. 
r chap. 17. 
24, 30, 31. 
s Matt. 7. 6. 
t Prov.26.4. 

Heb. rent 

Tgar- 
ments. 
a 2 Chr. 32. 
1. 

Isa. 37. 1. 
b 2 Chr. 7. 
15. 



B. Christ 
710. 



c ch. 3. 12. 
James 5. 16, 
17. 

(1 Ps. 50. 15. 
a Or, re- 
viling, 
Ps. 123. 3. 
e ch. 18. 29. 
fGen.22.14. 
Deut.32.3S. 
Hns. 13: 13. 
g 1 Kings 
1.17. 

h2Sam.!6. 
12. 

i ch. 18. 35. 
k Ps. 50. 21. 

1 ch. 17. 3, 6. 

2 Chr. 23. G. 
m Ex. 11. 13. 
n ch. IS. 35. 
Rev. 13. 6. 
I) Heb. 

a spirit, 
ver. 35, 37. 

verse 9. 

p ch. 14. 19. 
<iRcv.12.16. 
c Ileb. he 
returned 
and sent, 
Num. 11.4. 
r ch. 18. 29, 
S ch. 17. 3. 
t Gen 11.31. 
ii Ezek. 27, 
23. 

x 1 Kgs.85a 
v Ex.25. 18. 
Hob. 4. 1G. 
z Isa. 44. (i. 
a.Ier. 10 II. 
b Ps. 31. 2. 
c2(;hr.G.in. 

dNu. ii. y. 

-Illel). 
aincn, 
2 Sam. 5. 21. 
eJcr. 10.3,5. 
Rev. 6. 20. 
I" 1 Kings 
6.28. 

gPs. 83.18. 
h Dan. 9.20. 
i vonie 19. 
Ps. 65. 2. 
kilos. 11.12. 

1 Isa. 8.9, 10. 
Zcch. 2. 5. 
mliam.2.15, 
nl's. 71.22. 
Isa. 5. 24. 

1 Kings 
18.17. 
pi's. 20.7. 



and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered 
with sackcloth, to c Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 

3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This 
day is a day of d trouble, and of • rebuke, and e blasphemy : 
for the children are come to the birth, and there is not 
f strength to bring forth. 

d 4 It may be the Lord e thy God will hear all the !l words 
of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath 
sent to reproach ! the living God ; and will b reprove the 
words which the Lord thy God hath heard : wherefore 
lift up thy prayer for the 1 remnant that are left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 

« 6 ■*{] And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to 
your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not m afraid of the 
words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of 
the king of Assyria have "blasphemed me. 

r 7 Behold, I will send b a blast upon him, and he shall 
hear a ° rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I 
will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 

s 8 «([ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of 
Assyria warring against Libnah : for he had heard that he 
was departed from p Lachish. 

/ 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia 3 
Behold, he is come out to fight q against thee : c he sent 
messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, 
saying, Let not r thy God in whom thou trustest deceive 
tiiee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the 
hand of the king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the' kings of Assyria 
have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly : and 
shalt thou be delivered ? 

s 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which 
9 my fathers have destroyed; osGozan,and 'Haran,andRe- 
zeph, and the children of u Eden which were in Thelasar"? 

/ 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, 
and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? 

d 14 % And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of 
the messengers, and read it : and Hezekiah went up into 
the house of the Lord, and spread it before x the Lord. 

t 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, O 
Lord God of Israel, which y dwellest between the cherub* 
ims, thou art the God, even thou z alone, of all the king- 
doms of the earth ; thou hast a made heaven and earth. 

d 16 Lord, bow down b thine ear, and hear: c open, Lord, 
thine eyes, and see : and hear the words of Sennacherib, 
which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 

17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have d de- 
stroyed the nations and their lands, 

18 And have ''cast their gods into the fire: for they 
were no gods, but ° the work of men's hands, wood and 
stone : therefore they have destroyed them. 

b 19 Now therefore, O Lord f our God, I bcscecli thee, 
save thou us out of his hand, that g all the kingdoms of the 
earth may know that thou art the Lord Cod, even thou only. 
/ 20 *ff Then 1 ' Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That ' which 
thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assy- 
ria I have heard. 

i 21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken con- 
cerning him : The 1[ virgin the daughter of Zion hath de- 
spised ' thee, and laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter 
of Jerusalem hath shaken m her head at thee. 
t 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and 
against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up 
thine eyes on high ? even against the holy " One of Israel. 
g 23 By thy ° messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, 
and hast said, With the p multitude of my chariots I am 
come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of 

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Sennacherib slain by his sons. II. 

Lebanon, and wili cut down the q tall cedar-trees thereof, 
and the choice fir-trees thereof: and I will enter into the 
lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his r Carmel. 
/ 24 I have digged and drunk strange s waters, and with 
the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of be- 
sieged places. 

25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, 
and of ancient times that I have formed it 1 now have I 
brought it to pass, that ' thou shouldest be to lay waste 
fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 

* 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of e small power, 
they were dismayed and confounded ; they were as the 
" grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass 
on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grownup. 

27 But I know thy x abode, and thy going out, and thy 
Coming in, and thy rage y against me. 

r 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come 
up into mine ears, therefore I will put my z hook in thy 
nose, and my a bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back 
Tby the way by which thou earnest. 

r 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat h this 
year such things as grow of c themselves, and in the se- 
cond year that which springeth of the same ; and in the 
third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat 
the fruits thereof. 

30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah 
shall yet again take d root downward, and bear fruit upward. 

31 For out of e Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and 
they that escape out of mount Zion : the f zeal of the 
Lord of hosts shall do this. 

r 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king 
of Assyria, He shall e not come into this city, nor shoot 
an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast 
a bank against it. 

33 By the way h that he came, by the same shall he 
return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. 

* 34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for * mine own 
sake, and for my servant k David's sake. 

«* 35 % And it came to pass l that night, that the m angel 
of the Lord went out, and smote in the n camp of the As- 
syrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when 
they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all 
dead corpses. 

g 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went 
and returned, and dwelt at ° Nineveh. 
/ 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the 
house of Nisroch p his god, that Adrammelech and Share- 
zer his q sons smote him with the sword : and they es- 
caped into the land of Armenia. And ^Esar-haddon his 
son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Hezekiah having received a message of death, by prayer hath his life 
lengthened, 1. Tfie sun goethten degrees backward, for a sign of that 
promise, S. Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah, because of 
the wonder, hath notice of his treasures, 12. Isaiah understanding 
thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity, 14. Manasseh succeedeth 
Hezekiah, 20. 

N those days a was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the 
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thy b house in order ; 
for thou shalt die, and not live. 

2 Then he c turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto 
the Lord, saying, 

* 3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember d now how I have 
walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and 
have done that which is good in thy e sight. And Heze- 



KINGS. 



Manasseh succeedeth Hezekiah. 



B. Christ 
710. 



q cli. 18. 11. 
r Isa. 10. 18. 
sNu.21.18. 
t Isa.10.5,7. 
e lleb.skort 
of hand, 
Ps. 127. 1. 
Jcr. 5. 10. 
u Ps. 129. 6. 
x Ps. 139. 2. 
y Acts 9. 4. 
7. Job 41. 2. 
Ezek. 29. 4. 
Amos 4. 2. 
a Ps. 32. 9. 
James 3. 3. 
b Lev.25. 4. 
1 Kings 
3.13. 
verse 19. 
Eph. 3. 20. 
d Ps. 80. 9. 

Isa. 2. 3. 
ffsa. 9. 7. 
g verse 9. 
Isa. 37. 33. 
h verse 28. 
i Prov. l(i.4. 
k J Kings 
11. 12. 

1 1 Tliess. 
5. 2, 3. 
m2Sam.24. 
16. 

a vev. 8, 32. 
oGen.10.11. 
12. 

p ch. 17. 31. 
<] verse 17. 
/ The last 
of the As- 
syrian 
inonarcks, 
Neh. 1. 14. 
ach.19. 35. 
verse 6. 
b 2 Sam. 17. 
23. 

c Matt. 0: 6. 
ilNeh. 13.22. 
o 1 Thess. 2. 
•1. 

f2Sam. 7. 
16. 

verse 6. 
g 1 Kings 
6.8. 



kiah 



wept sore. 



Hia ^filfi came t0 P ass ' afore Isaiah ^ as g° ne out in to 
middle court., that the word of the Lord came to 



ton}, saying, 



B. Christ 
713. 



h Ps. 61. 2. 
i Ps. 39. 12. 
& 56. 8. 
k verse 7. 
Isa. 38. 21. 
1 verse 21. 
Job 14. 5. 
in 2 Cor. I. 
10. 

n ch. 4. 41. 
verse 5. 
Acts 27. 24. 
31. 

aHeb.livcd. 
chap. 8. 8. ' 

Matt. 16.1. 
p Judg.6.39. 
qJosh.10.13. 
Hosca 6. 6. 
r Ex. 14. 15, 

1 Kgs.18.42, 
s Isa. 39. 1. 
t2Sam.8.10. 
u Isa. 39. 2. 
x 2 Cluon. 
32. 25. 

y 1 Kgs. 8. 
46. 

z ch. 5. 25. 
a Josh. 7. 19. 
Job 31. 33. 
b ch. 24. 13. 
Jer. 27. 22. 
c ch. 24. 12. 
2Chr. 33.11. 
Dan. 1. 3. 
d 1 Sam. 3. 
18. 

Job 1. 21. 
eZech.8.19. 
Rom. 15. 5. 
Heb. 12. 14. 
fch. 18. 16. 
Neh. 3. 16. 

2 Chr. 32. 
3,4. 

h 1 Kings 
2.10. 
a ch. 20. 6. 

2 Chr. 33.1. 
b Isa. 62. 4. 
c ver. 6, 16. 
d ch. 20. 3. 
e 1 Kin*s 
14. 24. 



r 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my peo- 
ple, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I 
have h heard thy prayer, I have seen i thy tears : behold, 
I will k heal thee : on the third day thou shalt go up unto 
the house of the Lord. 

r 6 And I will ' add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I 
will m deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the 
king of Assyria ; and I will defend this city for mine own 
sake, and for my servant David's sake. 

/ 7 And Isaiah said, Take n a lump of figs. And they 
took and laid it on the bile, and he " recovered. 

c 8 % And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the 

sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up 
into the house of the Lord the third day 1 

f 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, 
that the Lord will do the tiling that he hath spoken : shall 
the p shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees 1 
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light q thing for the 
shadow to go down ten degrees : nay, but let the shadow 
return backward ten degrees. 

m 11 And Isaiah the prophet r cried unto the Lord : and 
he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which 
it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. 
/ 12 Tf At that time s Berodach-baladan, the son of Ba- 
ladan, king of Babylon, sent ' letters and a present unto 
Hezekiah : for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 

« 13 And Hezekiah u hearkened unto them, and "shewed 
them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and 
the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and 
all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his 
treasures : there was y nothing in his house, nor in all his 
dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 

s 14 % Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Heze- 
kiah, and said unto him, What said these men 1 and from 

1 whence came they unto thee 1 And Hezekiah said, They 
are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 

/ 15 And he said, What have they seen in thy house 1 
And Hezekiah answered, All a the things that are in my 
house have they seen : there is nothing among my trea- 
sures that I have not shewed them. 

16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of 
the Lord. 

r 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, 
and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this 
day, shall be b carried into Babylon : nothing shall be left, 
saith the Lord. 

18 And of thy sons that shall issue c from thee; which 
thou shalt beget, shall they take away ; and they shall be 
eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 
d 1 9 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good d is the word 
of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it 
not good, if e peace and truth be in my days 1 
f 20 % And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his 
might, and how he made f a pool, and a conduit, and 
brought g water into the city, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 

21 And Hezekiah h slept with his fathers : and Manas- 
seh his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
ManasseVs reign, 1. His great idolatry, 3. His wickedness causeth 
prophecies against Judah, 10. Amon succeedeth him, 17. Anion's 
wicked reign, 19. He being slain by his servants, and those murderers 
slain by the people, Josiah is made king, 23. 

ANASSEH was a twelve years old when he began to 
reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name b was Hephzi-bah. 
c 2 And he did that which was evil in the c sight d of the 
Lord, after the abominations e of the heathen, whom the 
Lord cast out before the children of Israel. 
/ 3 For lie built up again the high places which Hezekiah 

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Jtmen's icicked reign. 

{ his father had destroyed ; and he reared up altars for 
Baal, and made a grove, as g did Ahab king of Israel ; and 
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 

4 And he h built altars in the house of the Lord, of 
which the Lord said, In ' Jerusalem will I put my name. 

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the 
k two courts of the house of the Lord. 

c 6 And he made ' his son pass through the fire, and "ob- 
served times, and used enchantments, and dealt with fa- 
miliar spirits and wizards : he wrought much wickedness 
in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had 
made in the house, of which the Lord said n to David, and 
to Solomon his son, In this "house, and in Jerusalem, which 
I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my 
name for ever : 

8 Neither will I make the p feet of Israel move any 
more out of the land which I gave their fathers ; only q if 
they will observe to do according to all that I have com- 
manded them, and according to all the law that my ser- 
vant Moses commanded them. 

/ 9 But they hearkened not : and Manasseh r seduced 
them to do more s evil than did the nations whom the 
Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. 

10 % And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, 
saying, 

/ 1 1 Because ' Manasseh king of Judah hath done these 
abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the 
Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Ju- 
dah also to sin with his idols : 
» 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Be- 
hold, I am bringing such evil upon "Jerusalem and Judah, 
that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall x tingle. 
» 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the y line of Sa- 
maria, and the plummet of the house of z Ahab : and I 
will wipe Jerusalem as a man a wipeth a dish, wiping it, 
and turning it upside down. 

r 14 And I will forsake the b remnant of mine inheritance, 
and deliver them into the hand of their enemies ; and 
they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 

15 Because they have done that which toas evil in my 
sight, and have provoked me to anger, ° since the day 
their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 
c 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed d innocent blood very 
much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another ; 
besides e his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing 
that wMch was evil in the sight of the Lord. 
/ 17 Now the f rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that 
he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 

18 And Manasseh g slept with his fathers, and was 
buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of 
Uzza : and h Amon his son reigned in his stead. 
/ 19 1[ Amon was twenty and two years old when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And 
his mother's name luas Meshullemeth, the daughter of 
Haruz of ; Jotbah. 

c 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord, k as his father Manasseh did. 



a. KINGS. 

25 



B. Christ 
cir. 698. 



21 And he walked in all the way that his father 
walked in, and served the idols that his father served, andlfs'Siir.aj 
worshipped them ; 

22 And he m forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and 
" walked not in the way of the Lord. 

/23 ^F And the servants of ° Amon conspired agamstjchap.'4.4. 
him, and slew the king in his own house. iVSot aia 

24 And the people of the land p slew all them that hadlpDfcW^* 
conspired against king Amon ; and the people of the land " 
paade Josiah his son king in q his stead. 



The good reign of Josiah. 

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are 

they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings 

of Judah 1 ° 

26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of 

Uzza : and r Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Josiqh'f good reign, 1. He taketh care for the repair of the temple 3 1 
Hilkiah having found the book ofthelaw, Josiah sendeth to Huldah to 
inquire of the Lord, S. Huldah prophesieth the destruction of Jeru- 
salem, but respite thereof in Josiali's lime, 15. 

OSIAH was a eight years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem! 
And his mother's name wasJedidahthe daughter of Adaiah 
of b Boscath. 

c 2 And he did that which c was right in the sight of the 
Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and 
turned not aside to the d right hand or to the left. 
/ 3 ^F And it came to pass in " the eighteenth year of king 
Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah,theson 
of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying, 
/ 4 Go up to e Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the 
silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which 
the f keepers of the * door have gathered of the people : 

5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of 
the work, that have the s oversight of the house of the 
Lord: and let them give it to the doers of the work, which is 
in thehouse of the Lord, torepairthebreacb.es of the house, 

6 Unto h carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to 
buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 

c 7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning made s with them 
of the money that was delivered into their hand, because 
they dealt c faithfully. 

/ 8 % And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the 
scribe, I have found k the book of the law in the house of 
the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and 
he read it. 

9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought 
the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered 
the money that was found in the house, and have delivered 
it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the 
oversight of the house of the Lord. 

10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, 
Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me ' a book. And Sha- 
phan m read it before the king. 

ell And it came to pass, when the king had heard the 
n words of the book of the law, that he ° rent his clothes. 
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and 
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and r Achbor the son of Mi- 
chaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of 
the king's, saying, 

t 13 Go ye, inquire of the Lord forme, and for the peo- 
ple, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book 
that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is 
kindled '' against us, because our fathers have not heark- 
ifgljened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all 
that which is written concerning us. 

/ 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and 
Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the 'prophetess, 
the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of * Harhas, 
keeper of the "wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in 
the ' college ;) and they communed with her. 

f\5 *[\ And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, Tell ' the man that sent you to mc, 

r 16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon 
at;«e^»lthis place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even u all the 
words of the book which the king of Judah hath read : 
» 1 7 Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense 
unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with 
al) the x works of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall 
13 be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 

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f 1 Kings 

18.4. 

g 1 Kings 

16. 32, 33. 

h Jer. 32.34. 

i 2 Sara. 7. 

13. 

k 1 Kings 

6. 30. 

1 ch. 13. 10. 
Lev. 18.22. 
m Lev. 19. 
26. 

Deut. 18. 10, 
11,14. 
n2 Sam. 7. 
10. 

J Kings 
8. 29. & 9.3. 
pch. 18. 11. 

2 Chr. 33. 8. 
qLcv.2ti.14. 
r Pr. 29. 12 
Rev. 2. 20. 
s John 9.41. 
t Jer. 15. 4. 
uLam. 1. 1 
Micah.3.12. 
xlSam.3.1. 
Jer. 19. 3. 
Dan. 9. 12. 
y Isa. 34.11. 
Amos 7. 8. 
Zcph. 1.6. 

7. Jer. 22. 30. 
a Jer. 26. 9. 
b Amos 1.5. 
c 1 Kings 

8. 9. 

<1 Dan. 3.4,5. 
e 1 Kings 
11.6. 

f 2 Chr. 33. 
3, 12. 

g 2 Uhr. 33. 
20. 

liMatt.1.10. 
iNu.33.33. 
Deut. 10. 7. 
k ver. 21,22. 

1 1 Kings 
15. 26. 
m 1 Kings 
11. 33. 
n 1 Kings 
11. 33. 
o ch. 14. 9. 
p Judg. 1. 7. 
q ch. 16. 20. 



B. Christ 
641. 



r 1 Kings 
13.2. 
a 1 Kings 

13. 2. 
b Joshua 
15. 39. 
c 1 Kings 
11.33.&.15. 
31. 

i Dt.5. 32. 
a That is, 
of his 
reign, 
2 Chr. 34.3. 
e Jer. 1.1. 
f2Chr. 8. 

14. & 34. 9. 
b Ileb. 
threshold^ 
l's. 84. 10. 

2 Chr. 31. 
12. 

:h. 12. 12. 

h. 12. 12. 
c Heb. 

«th, 
Prov.28.20. 

Tim 
k Dt. 3 
I ver. 3, 1 1. 
in Jcr.3fj.21. 
n Dt. 17.19. 
oGen.37.29. 
p 2 Chr. 31. 
8, 9. 

q Ex. 20. 5. 
Horn. 15. 4. 
1 Cor. 10. 6. 
r Ex. 15. 20. 



d Mob. 

garment 
Well. 7. 72. 



I»a. 2. 8. 
Jer. 7. 10. 

MicahS. 



B. Christ 
624. 



Josiah destroyeth idolatry. Il- 

ls But to y the king of Judah which sent you to inquire 
of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, Jls touching the words which thou hast heard; 
e 19 Because thy heart was » tender, and thou hast l hum- 
bled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I 
spake against this place, and against the inhabitants there- 
of, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and 
hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me ; I also have 
heard thee, saith the Lord. 

» 20 Behold therefore, I will a gather thee unto thy fa- 
thers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave b in peace ; 
and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which c I will bnng|««fcYi" 
upon this place. And they brought the king word again. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
Josiah causeth the bjok to be read in a solemn assembly, 1. He reneweth 
the covenant of the Lord, 3. He destroyeth idolatry, 4. He burnetii 
dead men's bones upon the altar at Beth-el, as ivas fore-prophesied, 
15. He keepeth a most solemn passover, 21. God's final ivrath against 
Judah, 26. Josiah provoking Pharaoh-nechoh, is slain at Megiddo, 29. 
Jehoahaz, succeeding him, isimprisoned by Pharaoh-nechoh, who makes 
Jehoiakim king, 31. Jehoiakini's wicked reign, 36. 

/ L ND the king a sent, and they gathered unto him all 
J\. the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 

d 2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, 
and b all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem with him, and the priests, and the c prophets, and 
all the people, both small and great : and he read in their 
ears all the words of the d book of the covenant which was 
found in the house of the Lord. 

d* 3 % And the king stood by e a pillar, and made f a cove 
nant e before the Lord, to h walk after the Lord, and to 
keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his 
statutes, with all their heart, and all their soul, to perform 
the words of this covenant that were written in this book. 
And all the people i stood to the covenant. 

/ 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and 
the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the 
door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the 
k vessels that were made for Baal, and for the ' grove, and 



for all the host of heaven : and he burned them without 
Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes 
of them unto ,n Beth-el. 

5 And he put down the n idolatrous priests, whom the 
kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high 
places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about 
Jerusalem ; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to 
the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all 
the ° host of heaven. 

g 6 And he brought out the p grove from the house of 
the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and 
burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to 
powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the ' graves of 
the children of the people. 

/ 7 And he brake down the houses of the r sodomites that 
were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove 
hangings for the grove. 

g 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Ju- 
dah, and defiled the * high places where the priests had 
burnt incense, from s Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down 
the high places of the gates that were in the entering in 
of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were 
on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 

9 Nevertheless, the priests of the high places x came not 
up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they u did 
eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 
• 10 And he defiled x Topheth, which is in the valley of 
the children y of Hinnom, that no man might make his son 
°r his daughter to pass through the fire to * Molech. 
Li i A . nd . ne t00k away the a horses that the kings of Ju- 
d*h had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house 



KINGS. His zeal for reformation, 

of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the cham- 
berlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots 
of the sun with fire. 

12 And the altars that were on the Mop of the upper 
chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, 
and the altars which c Manasseh had made in the two courts 
of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and 
brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them 
into the brook Kidron. 

13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, 
which were on the right hand of the mount of d Corruption, 
which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashto- 
reth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh 
the abomination of the Moabites, and for e Milcom the 
abomination of the children of Amnion, did the king defile. 

a 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down 
the groves, and filled their places with the f bones of men. 
"15 % Moreover, the s altar that was at Beth-el, and iho 
high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 
Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place 
he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped 
it small to powder, and burned the grove. 
« 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepul- 
chres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the 
bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the 
altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord 
which the man of God proclaimed, who 'proclaimed these 
words. 

/ 17 Then he said, What title is that that I see 1 And the 
t.5 5 al men of the city told him, It is the ''sepulchre of the man 
Mark9.43, f G d, which came from Judah, and proclaimed ! these 
ii.5. ° s things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 

18 And he said, Let him alone y let no man k move his 
bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the 
1 prophet that came out of m Samaria. 
/ 19 And all the houses also of the high places that were 
in the "cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made 
to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did 
to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el. 
20 And he " slew ° all the priests of the high places that 
were there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon 
them, and returned to Jerusalem. 

i 21 ^f And the king commanded all the people, saying, 
Keep the r passover unto the Lord your God, as it is writ- 
ten in the q book of this covenant. 

22 Surely there was notholden such a passove^ r from 
the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the 
days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah ; 

23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein. 
this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem. 

l 24 ^f Moreover, the workers ivith ' familiar spirits, and 
the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the 
abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in 
Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform 
the words of the "law which were written in the book that 
x Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 

c 25 And y like unto him was there no king before him, 
that turned to the Lord z with all his heart, and with all 
his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law 
of Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him. 



y Isa. 3. 10. 
b Heb. 
weak, 
1 Sam. 24.5. 
Ps. 51. 17. 
zLev.26.44. 
Prov.28. 13. 
Isa. 57.1,15. 
a Gen. 25. 8. 
b Ps. 37. 37. 
cAmos 3.7. 
a 2 Ciir. 34. 
30. 

bNeh. 8.1,2. 
cch.18.4. 
Zeph. 1. J. 
deli ~ 

14 
Lev. 1. 3. 
h Deut. 1. 5 
lKgs.ll.33 
i Eccl. 8. 3 
k ch. 21. 4. 
1 1 Kings 
16. 33. 
m 1 Kings 
12. 29. 
n Jcr. 3. 6. 
Hosca 10. 5. 
Zepii. 1.4. 
och. 17. 16. 
pch.21.7. 
n2Chr.34.4. 
rDt.23. 17. 
lKgs.14.24. 
a Or, 
shrines, 
Acts 19. 24. 
b Heb. ■ 
houses, 
Num. 25. 8. 
sGen.21.31. 
IKgs. 15.22. 
t Ezek. 44. 
13. 

u Ezra'6.22. 
x Jer. 7. 31. 
y Josh. 15.8, 



B. Christ 
024. 



b Dt. 22. 8. 
Jer. 19. 13. 
Zeph. 1. 5. 
c ch. 21. 5. 
<1 1 Kings 
11.7. 

Neh. 13. 26. 
eLev.18.21. 
fver.16,20. 
Ezek. 5. 6. 
g 1 Kings 

12. 33. 
c More than 
300 years 
before, 
IKgs. 13. 2. 
Isa. 54. 1. 
h 1 Kings 

13. 30, 31. 
i 2 Sam. 3. 
18. 

Rom. 1. 18, 
k Isa. 57. 2. 
) 1 Kings 
13. 31. 
m 1 Kings 
13. 11. &. 16. 
24. 

n2Chr. 31. 
6. 

d Or, sacri- 
ficed, 

Prov. 21. 3. 
o 1 Kgs. 12. 
31, 33. 
&18.40. 
p 2 Chr. 35, 
1. 

q Ex. 12. 3, 
Deut. 16. 2. 
i'2Cur. 35, 
18. 

s Dt. 12. 5. 
t ch.21. 6. 
uLev.20.29. 
x oh. 22. 8, 
y 1 Kgs. 15. 
5. & 36. 4. 

z 1 Kings 

2.4. 

a 1 Sam. 3. 

14. 

eHcb. 

angers, 

2 Chr.33.12. 

b Jer. 3. 11. 

cch. 17.18 

<1 1 Kings 

8.29. 



/ 26 1 a Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the 
fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was 
kindled against Judah, because of all the ' provocations 
that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 

27 And the Lord said, I will remove b Judah also out 
of my sight, as I have removed c Israel, and will cast off 
this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house 
of which I said, d My name shall be there. 
/ 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, 

244 



B. Christ 
610. 



Jehoiachin succeedeth Jehoiakim. 

are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Judah ? 

s 29 If In e his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went 
up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates : and 
king Josiah went against him ; and he f slew him at Me- 
giddo, when he had g seen him. 

/30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from 
Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him Je 
in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Matt. i. ii. 
f Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made uh e . r &W 
him king in his father's stead. j^ ch - 

g3l i| Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when '-' 
he began to reign ; and he reigned h three months in Je- " 
rusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the 



e2Chr. 33. 
20. 

f Ps. 36. 6. 
Eccl. 9. 1,2. 
Rom. 11.33. 
gch. 34. 8. 
|/ Called 
\Jehonan, 
3 Chr. 3. 15. 
,and Shal- 
' lum, 



daughter of Jeremiah of 1 Libnah. 

c 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord, according to all that k his fathers had done. 
g 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in ' bands at m Riblah 
in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusa- 
lem ; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of 
silver, and a talent of gold. 

/34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah 
king in the room of Josiah his father, and n turned his 
name to ° Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away : and he 
came to Egypt, and p died there. 

/ 35 And Jehoiakim q gave the silver and the gold to Pha- 
raoh ; but he taxed the land to give the money according 
to the commandment of Pharaoh : he exacted the silver 
and the gold of the people of the land, of every one ac- 
cording to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. 
g 36 % Jehoiakim was r twenty and five years old when 
he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- 
salem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daugh- 
ter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 

c 37 And he did that ivhich was 3 evil in the sight of the 
Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, 
procureth his own ruin, I. Jehoiachin succeedeth him, 6. _ The king 
of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon, 7. _ Jehoiachin 's evil 
reign, 8. Jerusalem is taken, and carried captive into Babylon, 10. 
Zedekiah is made king, and reigneth ill, unto the utter destruction of 
Judah, 17. 

TN a his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon b came 
up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years : 
then he turned and rebelled against him. 
/ 2 iWid c the Lord sent against him d bands of the Chal- 
dees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, 
and band3 of the children of Ammon, and sent them 
against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the 
Lord, which he spake by his e servants the prophets. 

3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this 
upon Judah, to remove them f out of his sight, for the sins 
of e Manasseh, according to all that he did ; 

4 And also for the h innocent blood that he shed, (for he 
filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,) which the Lord 
would ' not pardon. 

/ 5 ^1 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that 
he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Judah ? 

6 So Jehoiakim k slept with his fathers : and Jehoiachin 
his son reigned in his stead. 

s 7 And the king of Egypt came ' not again any more 
out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from 
the river of Egypt unto the m river Euphrates n all that 
pertained to the king of Egypt. 

8 % Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began 
to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem ° three months. 
■Vnd his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of 
Elnathan of Jerusalem. 
. 62 



1 2 Cbr. 35. 
20. 

Nu. 34.6. 

h.24. 37. 
oDan. I. 1. 
p Jcr.22.11. 
q verse 33. 
rlChr.3.15. 
Ezek. 19. 3. 
s Jer.22.13. 
& 26. 20. & 
36. 21, 22, 
23. & 52.13. 
a Jer. 25. 1. 
Daniel 1. 1. 
b Jer. 46. 1. 
c 1 Kings 
12. 15. 
d Ezek. 23. 
15. 

cLev.26.17. 
chap. 22.16. 
Jor. 25. 9. 
f ch. 17. 38. 

cli. 23. 26. 
hKov.18.24. 
i ch. 23. 26. 
k 2 Chr. 36. 
6. 

Jer. 22. 38. 
1 Isa. 31. 3. 
Jer. 37. 6,7. 
m Josh. 13. 
3. 

3ICgs.8.65. 
n Jer. 2. 36. 
o 2 Chr. 36. 



II. KINGS. Jerusalem besieged and taken. 

c 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord, according to all that Phis father had done. 
710 % At nhat time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king 
of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was 
besieged. 

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against 
the city, and his servants did besiege it. 
/12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the 
[ring of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, 
and his princes, and his officers : and the king of Babylor: 

took him in the eighth year of a his reign. 

13 And he carried out thence 3 all the treasures of the 
house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, 
and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon 
king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the 
Lord had said. 

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the 
princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thou- 
sand captives, and all the craftsmen, and smiths : none 
remained, save the " poorest sort of the people of the land. 

15 And he carried away ' Jehoiachin to Babylon, and 
the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, 
and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity 
from Jerusalem to Babylon. 

16 And all the "men of might, even seven thousand, and 
craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and 
apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought cap- 
tive to Babylon. 

/17 i[ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah x his 
father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name 
to Zedekiah. 

18 Zedekiah was y twenty and one years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was z Hamutal, the daughter of 
Jeremiah of Libnah. 

19 And he did that which was a evil in the sight of the 
Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 

20 For b through the anger of the Lord it came to pass 
in Jerusalem, and Judah, until he had cast them out from 
his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled c against the king of 
Babylon. 

CHAPTER XXV. 
Jerusalem is besieged, 1 ; Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, and his eyes put 
out, 4. Ncbuzar-adan defacelh the city, carrieth the remnant, except a 
few poor labourers, into captivity, 8 ; spoilefh and carrieth awayihe 
treasures, 18. The nobles are slain at Riblah, 18. Gedaliah, who 
ivas set over them that remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt, 22. 
Evil-merodach advanceih Jehoiachin in his court, 27. 

/ A ND it came to pass in the a ninth year of his reign, in 
A. the tenth b month, in the tenth day of the month, 
that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all 
his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it ; and 
they built c forts against it round about. 

2 And the city Was besieged unto the d eleventh year 
of king Zedekiah. 

3 And on the ninth day of the "fourth month the famine 
prevailed in the city, and there was f no bread for the 
people of the land. x 

/ 4 «H And the city was g broken up, and all the h men of 
war fled' 1 by night bv the way of the gate between two 
walls, which is by the king's garden : (now the Chaldees 
were against the city round about ;) and '< the king went 
the way toward the plain. 

g 5 And the army of the Chaldees ■ pursued after the 
king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho : and all 
hislirmy were scattered from him. 

g 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the 
king of Babylon to Riblah ; and they ■ gave judgment 
upon him. 
7 And they slew Ihe sons of Zedekiah before his eyes.. 

T15 



B. Christ 
599. 



p Jer. 22.21. 
q 2 Chr. 36. 
10. 

r eh. 25. 27. 
a That is, 
Nebuchad- 
nezzar's, 

erse 7. 
ch. 25. 8. 
sch. 20.17. 
Jer. 27. 18, 
20, 21. & 
38.4. 
* Neb. 
thinnest, 
ch. 25. 32. 
Jer. 40. 7. 
t Est. 2. 6. 
u Ps. 76. 5. 
x Jer. 37. 3. 
&52.1. 
y Jer. 52. 1. 
zch.23.31 
a Jer. 24. 8. 
& 3-1. 8, 31. 
17. 

Ezck.38.19. 
b 3 Kings 
22. 35. 
ch. 37. 38. 
c verse 37. 
Prov. 14.35 
Jer. 29. 5. 
a Jer. 52. 4 
bZcch.8.19, 
c Ezok. 4.2. 
d vcr. 3. 3. 
c Jer. 30. 2. 
Zcch. 8. 39 
fLum.4.10 
Jer. 21. fl. 
& 37. 21. 
g Ps. 17. 1. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
hDt.28.25 
i Ezek. 12. 
12. 

k 3 Sam. 12. 
20. 
1 Amos 2. 

II. 

aUcb.spahc 

judgment 

tritll him, 

Ezok. 17.18, 



B. Christ 

5R8. 



m Ezek. 12. 
13. 

n P3.107.10, 

11. 

oJer.52.12. 

p Ps. 79. 1. 

<1 Ps.49. 1). 

Jev. 39. 8. 

r Nell. 1.3. 

s Jer. 52. 15. 

t ch. 24. 14. 

u 1 Kgs. 2. 

15. 

x 1 Kgs. 7. 

23. 

y 1 Kgs. 7. 

45. 

z Lev. 10 1. 

b Heb. gold 

gold, and 

silver 

silver. 

a 1 Kings 

7. 15. 

b 1 Chr. 6 

14. 

c Ezra 7. 1,4. 

d Ku. 3. 32. 

c Heb. 

threshold, 

chap. 22. 9. 

e Jer. 52. 25. 

d Heb. saio 

the king's 

face, 

verse 21. 

Esth. 1. 14 

f Jer. 52.25 



Adam's line to Noah. 1. CHRONICLES 

and m put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and n bound him with 
fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. 
/8 f And in the ° fifth month, on the seventh day of the 
month, (which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchad- 
nezzar king of Babylon,) came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the 
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem : 
/9 And he p burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's 
house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and q every great 
man's house burnt he with fire. 

/ 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the 
captain of the guard, brake down r the walls of Jerusalem 
round about. 

/ 1 1 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, 
and the s fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, 
with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the 
captain of the guard carry away. 

/ 12 But the captain of the guard left of the l poor of the 
land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen. 
/ 13 And the "pillars of brass that were in the house of the 
Lord, and the bases, and the * brazen sea that was in the 
house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and 
carried the brass of them to Babylon. 

14 And the y pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, 
and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith 
they ministered, took they away. 

15 And the z fire-pans, and the bowls, and such things 
as were b of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the cap- 
tain of the guard took away. 

/16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solo- 
mon had made for the house of the Lord ; the brass of 
all these vessels was without weight. 

17 The height of the one pillar was a eighteen cubits, 
and the chapiter upon it was brass : and the height of the 
chapiter three cubits ; and the wreathen work, and pome- 
granates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass : and 
like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work. 
/18 If And the captain of the guard took b Seraiah the 
c chief priest, and Zephaniah the d second priest, and the 
three keepers of the c door : 

19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set 
over the men of war, and e five men of them that were 
d in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and 
the f principal scribe of the host, which mustered the peo- 



B. Christ 
588. 



g Jer. 7. 4. 
h Jer. 25. 9. 
Amos 2. 4. 
i Jer. 40. 5. 
k Jer. 39. 14. 
&. 40. 6. 

1 Jer. 40. 7. 
m Judges 
11. 11. 

n Josh. 12.5. 

2 Sam. 23. 
28. 

olKgs.2.8. 
pZeeh.7.5. 
e Heh. of 
the king- 
dom, 

Daniel 1.3. 
q Jer. 40.13. 
&41. 2. 

r Jer. 43. 5. 
sch. 24.8. 
Jer. 52. 31. 
t Prov.21.1. 
uGen.40.13. 
xGen.41.14. 
y2Sam.9.7. 
z Ps.103.13. 
Isa. 27. 8. 
1 Cor.10.13. 



The sons of Shem. 

pie of the land, and threescore men of the people of the 
land that were found in the city : 

20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, 
and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah : 
g2l And the king of Babylon E smote them, and slew 
them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So h Judah was 
carried away out of their land. 

/22 1 And as for the people that '' remained in the land 
of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had 
left, even over them he made k Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
kam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 

/23 And when all the ' captains of the armies, they and 
their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Geda- 
liah governor, there came to Gedaliah to ln Mizpah, even 
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of 
Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the E Neto- 
phathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they 
and their men. 

24 And Gedaliah ° sware to them, and to their men, 
and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the 
Chaldees : dwell in the land, and serve the king of Baby- 
lon, and it shall be well with you. 

/25 But it came to pass in the p seventh month, that 
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the 
seed ' royal, came, and ten men with him, and q smote 
Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees 
that were with him at Mizpah. 

26 And all the people, both small and great, and the 
captains of the armies, arose, and came to r Egypt : for 
they were afraid of the Chaldees. 

/27 «JI And it came to pass in the s seven and thirtieth 
year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the 
twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the 
month, that ' Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year 
that he began to reign did lift up the u head of Jehoiachin 
king of Judah out of prison ; 

28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above 
the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon ; 
/ 29 And x changed his prison garments : and he did eat 
y bread continually before him all the days of his life. 

30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given 
him of the king, z a daily rate for every day, all the days 
of his life. 



/ 



IT THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHMOMCLES. 

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom cafne the 
n Philistines,) and ° Caphtorim. 
/ 13 And Canaan begat p Zidon his first-born, and Heth, 

14 The q Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the ' Gir*- 



CHAPTER I. 
Adam's line to Noah, 1. Hie sons ofJaphelh, 5. The sons of Ham, S, 
The sons of Shem, 17. Shem's line to Abraham, 24. lshmaePs sons, 
29. The sons of Keturah, 32. The posterity of Abraham by Esau, 34. 
The kings of Edom, 43. The dukes of Edom, 51. 

DAM, a Sheth, b Enosh, 

2 c Kenan, Mahal aleel, Jered, 

3 d Henoch, Methuselah, Larnech, 

4 e Noah, .Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

/5 % The f sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and 
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 
6 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, 



Elishah, and Tarshish, 



and g Togarmah. 

7 And the sons of Javan 
Kittim, and Dodanim. 
/8 If The sons of Ham ; ' Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and 
Canaan. 

9 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, 
and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah ; 
Sheba, and Dedan. 

c 10 And Cush begat k Nimrod. He began to be ' mighty 
upon the earth. 

11 And Mizraim begat m Ludim, and Anamim, and Le- 
habim, and Naphtuhim, 



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4004. 



aGen.5.1,3. 
b Gen. 4.20. 
c Gen. 5. 9. 
d Jude 14. 
e Gen. 10.1. 
f Gen. 10. 2. 
gEzelt.38,6. 
h Gen. 10.4. 
i Gen. 10. C. 
kGen. 10. 9. 
1 Rev. 17. 0. 
m Gen. 10. 
J 3. 



B. Christ 
4004. 



Gen.10.14. 

o Dt. 2. 23. 

pGen.10.15. 

q Josh. 18. 

28. 

r Wt. 8. 28. 

s Josh. 9. 17. 

t Ezek.27.8. 

u Acts 2. 9. 

jcGcn.10.24. 

yGon.10.25. 

z Gen. 10.20. 

a 1 Kings 

9.28. 

Job 22. 24. 

liGen. 11.10. 
!cGon.ll.l8. 
iLuke 3. 35. 



gashite, 

15 And the 9 Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 

16 And the l Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Ha- 
mathite. 

/ 17 Tf The sons of Shem ; Xl Elam, and Asshur,, and Ar- 
phaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether. 
and Meshech. 

18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat x Eber. 
/19 And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of 
the one Was y Peleg ; because in his days the earth was 
divided : and his brother's name was Joktan. 

20 And z Joktan begat Almodad, and Shelepb, and Ha- 
zarmaveth, and Jerah, 

21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 

22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 

23 And a Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these 
were the sons of Joktan. 

/24 ^f b -Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 
25 c Eber, Peleg, Reu, 

246- 



The kings and dukes of Edom. 



26 Serug, d Nahor, Terah, 

27 Abram ; the same e is Abraham. 

28 The sons of Abraham ; { Isaac, and s Ishmael. 

/ 29 ^f These are their generations. The h first-born of 
Ishmael, Nebaioth ; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, s Hadad, and Tema, 

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons 
of Ishmael. 

/ 32 ^f Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's k concu- 
bine : ' she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and 
Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan ; 
Sheba, and Dedan. 

. 33 And the sons of Midian ; m Ephah, and Epher, and 
Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons 
of Keturah. 

/ 34 And Abraham begat n Isaac. The sons of Isaac ; 
Esau, and Israel. 

35 If The sons of ° Esau ; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, 
and Jaalam, and Korah. 

36 The sons of p Eliphaz ; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, 
and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 

37 The sons of Reuel ; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and 
q Mizzah. 

/38 And the sons of r Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zi- 
beon, and 9 Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 

39 And the sons of Lotan ; Hori, and Homam : and 
Timna was Lotan's sister. 

40 The sons of Shobal ; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal 
Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon ; Aiah, and 
Anah. 

41 The sons of Anah ; l Dishon. And the sons of Di 
shon ; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 

/ 42 The sons of Ezer ; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. 
The sons of Dishan ; u Uz, and Aran 
g- 43 ^f Now these are the lungs that reigned in the land 
of Edom before any x king reigned over the children of 
Israel ; y Bela the son of Beor : and the name of his city 
was Dinhabah. 

g 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zera 
of z Bozrah reigned in his stead. 

45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of 
the a Temanites reigned in his stead. 
s 46 And when Husham was dead, b Hadad the son of 
Bedad, which smote Midian in the c field of Moab, reigned 
in his stead : and the name of his city was Avith. 
g 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah 
reigned in his stead. 

g 48 And when d Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth 
by the e river reigned in his stead. 

/ 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of 
Acbbor reigned in his stead. 

g 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in 
his stead : and the name of his city was Pai ; and his wife's 
name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daugh- 
ter of Mezahab. 

/ 51 If Hadad died also. And the ■ dukes of Edom were ; 
duke Timnah, duke ' Aliah, duke Jetheth, 

52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 

53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 

54 Duke Magdiel, duke Irani. These are the dukes of 
Edom. 

CHAPTER II. 
Tlie sons of Israel, 1. Tlte posterity of Judith by Tamar, 3. Tlie chil- 
dren of Jesse, 13. The posterity of Caleb the son of Jlezron, 18. 
Hezrori's posterity by the daughter of Machir, 21. Jcrahmeel's posteri- 
ty, 25: Slieshan's posterity, 34. Another branch of Caleb's posterity, 
The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur, 50 



1. CHRONICLES. TJie posterity of Jerahmeel 

c3 f The sons of c Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah 



B. Christ 
4004. 



42. 



iqfi 

the 



i 



IIESE are" the sons of a Israel; b Reuben, Simeon. 

Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 



e Gen. 17. 5, 
fGon.21. 2. 
gGen.16.11. 
hGen.25.13. 
i Gen. 25.15. 
k 1 Kings 
11.3. 

IGen.18.I2. 
m Isa.CO. 6. 
nRom.4.19. 
oGen.3G.9. 
pGen.3G.I0. 
qGen.36.13. 
r Gen. 32. 3. 
& 36. 20. 
Dent. 2. 20, 
s Gen. 36.24. 
tGen.36.25. 
u Job 1. 1. 
xGen.36.31, 
Dent. 17.14. 
1 Sam. 8. 5. 
II. * 

y Gen. 14.2. 
zGen.36.33. 
aGen.36.34. 
Jer. 4. 9. 
Amog 1. 12. 
b 1 Kings 
II. 14. 
c Nu. 22. 4. 
]Gen.36.37. 
e Gen. 2.10, 
14. 
a Or, 
princes, 
Gen. 36. 40. 
Job 21. 8, 9. 
Ps. 17. 14. 
&. 37. 35. & 
73.3,4,5,6. 
Rev. 18. 7. 
b Or, Ml on, 
Gen. 36. 46. 
aGen.32.28. 
Ex. 4. 23. 
I.Gen.29.32. 
& 30. 5. 



dGen.n.25. which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua 
the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was 
evil in the sight of the Lord ; and he slew him. 
/ 4 And d Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Pharez and 
Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 

5 The sons of e Pharez ; Hezron, and Hamul. 

6 And the sons of Zerah ; ° Zimri, and f Ethan, and 
Heman, and Calcol, and Dara : five of them in all. 

c 7 And the sons of Car mi ; Achar, the troubler of Israel, 
who transgressed in the thing g accursed. 

8 And the sons of Ethan ; Azariah. 
/ 9 The sons also of h Hezron, that were born unto him ; 
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 

10 And Ram begat 'Amminadab; and Amminadab 
begat Nahshon, k prince of the children of Judah ; 

11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat ' Boaz, 
/12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat m Jesse. 
/ 13 ^f And Jesse begat his first-born ° Eliab, and Abina- 

dab the second, and Shimma the third, 

14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 

1 5 Ozem the sixth, David the ° seventh : 
/16 Whose sisters were p Zeruiah, and Abigail. And 

the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 

/ 17 And q Abigail bear Amasa : and the father of Amasa 
was Jether the Ishmaelite. 

/ 18 % And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of 
Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth : her sons are these ; 
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 

19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him 
Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 

20 And r Hur begat s Uri, and Uri begat * Bezaleel. 
/ 21 If And afterward Hezron ' went in to the daughter 
of Machir the father u of Gilead, whom he married when 
he was threescore years old ; and she bare him Segub. 

22 And Segub begat x Jair, who had three and twenty 
cities in the land of Gilead. 

s 23 And he took y Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of 
Jair, from them, with Kenath and the towns thereof, even 
threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Ma- 
chir the father of Gilead. 

24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, 
then Abiah, Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of 
z Tekoa. 

/25 ^f And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hez- 
ron were, Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and 
Ozem, and Ahijah. 

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was 
Atarah ; she ivas the mother of Onam. 
/ 27 And the sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerahmeel, 
were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 

28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. 
And the sons of Shammai ; Nadab, and Abishur. 

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail ; 
and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 
/ 30 And the sons of Nadab ; Seled, and Appaim : but 
Seled died without children. 

31 And the sons of Appaim ; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi ; 
Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Je- 
ther, and Jonathan : and Jether died without children. 

33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These 
were the sons of Jerahmeel. 

/34 If Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And 
Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 

35 And Sheshan a gave his daughter to Jarha his ser- 
vant to wife ; and she bare him Attai. 

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat b Zabad, 



B. Christ 
1496. 



c Gen. 38. 3. 

d Gen. 38. 

29, 30. 

Matt. 1. 3. 

a Josh. 7. 1. 

Ruth 4. 18. 

aOr,Znbdi. 

f 1 Kings 

4.31. 

g Joshua 6. 

18. & 7. 1. 

h Gen. 46. 9. 

verse 25. 

i Ruth.4J9. 

k Num. 2. 3. 

I Ruth 4. I. 

Matt. 1.4,5. 

m 1 Sam. 16. 

1. 

nlSam.lG. 

6. 

o 1 Sam. 10. 

10. 

|i 2 Sam. 2. 

18. 

'1 2 Sam. 17. 

25. 

r Ex.17. 10. 

sE>. 17.11. 

& 24. 14. 

i That is, 

In the tha- 

ioiovfOod, 

Ex. 31. 1. 

tGon. 4. I. 

&C. 4. 

u Nu. 26.29. 

,x Nu. 32.41. 

yNu. 32.41. 

7. 2 Sam. 14. 



aOcn.21.21. 
Pout. 7. 3. 
Jude. 14. 8. 
1 Cor. 7. 38. 

bch. 11.41. 



37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 



217 



The genealogy of David, 
f 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat 
Shallum, 

41 And Shallum beg 
Elishama. 



I. CHRONICLES. 



B. Christ 
1471. 



cScc the 
■privileges 
' of the 
Iftrst-born, 
!Gen. 49. 3. 

it Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begatlNum.a u 

inoni. o. xv. 
c Joshua 

7"42"l*Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel;} 5 ^.^. 
were, Mesha his ' first-born, which was the father of c Ziph ; ,i 9 iosh 15 
and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. g^ pe 

43 And the sons of Hebron ; Koran, and Tappuah, and hegesi, that 

„, is, a half 

Rekem, and Shema. «</»,«,<»- 

44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam : \%£% g 
and Rekem begat Shammai. gfb M 24 

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon : and Maon was e 1 king 
the father of d Beth-zur. u 

Caleb's "concubine, bare Haran, and 



f Joshua 
15.35,'37. 
e That is, 
planter, or, 
first esta- 
blisher of 
the city, 
verse 42. 
g Joshua' 
15.9. 

h chap. 4. 4, 
I/Or., 
Reajah. 
i 2 Sam. 23. 
23. 

k Joshua 
16. 2, 5. 



a ch. 2. 13. 

b2 Sam.3.2. 
c 2 Sam. 3.3. 
d 1 Kgs. 1.5. 
e 2 Sam. 3.5. 
f2Sam.3.5. 
g2Sam.5.14. 
a Or, Rath- 
sheba, 
3Sam.ll.3. 
h 2 Sam. 5. 
15. 

iiKgs.n.3. 

k 2 Sam. 13. 

1. 

1 1 Kings 

11.43. 

m2Chr.24. 

17. 

n 2 Chr. 23. 

1. 

o 2 Chr. 32, 

25, 26. 

p 2 Chr. 33, 



/46 And Ephah, 

Moza, and Gazez : and Haran begat Gazez. 

47 And the sons of Jahdai ; Regem, and Jotham, and 
Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 
/48 Maachah, Caleb's e concubine, bare Sheber, and 
Tirhanah. 

49 She bare also Shaaph the father of r Madmannah, 
Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: 
and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 

/ 50 % These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the | uu^i-ic. 
first-born of Ephratah ; Shobal the ' father of ^Kirjath-jearim, "*?£ ak a 

51 Salma the father of ,l Beth-lehem, Hareph the father 
of Beth-gader. 

/ 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons ; 
f Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. 

53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim ; the Ithrites, and 
the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites : of 
them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 

54 The sons of Salma ; Beth-lehem, and the ! Neto- 
phathites, k Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the 
Manahethites, the Zorites. 

s 55 And the families of the ' scribes which dwelt at Ja- 
bez ; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. 
These are the m Kenites that came of Hemath, the father 
of the house of D Rechab. 

CHAPTER III. 

Tlie sons of David, 1 : His line to ZedeJciah, 10. TJie successors of 
Jeconiah, 17. 

"OW a these were the sons of David, which were born 
unto him in Hebron ; the first-born b Amnon, of Ahi- 
noam the Jezreelitess ; the second, Daniel of Abigail the 
Carmelitess : 

/ 2 The third, c Absalom the son of Maachah the daugh- 
ter of Talmai king of Gesher : the fourth, a Adonijah the 
son of Haggith : 

3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by 
Eglah e his wife. 

/ 4 These six were born unto him in f Hebron ; and there 
he reigned seven years and six months : and in Jerusalem 
he reigned thirty and three years. 

/ 5 And 6 these were born unto him in Jerusalem ; Shi- 
mea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of "Bath- 
shua the daughter of Ammiel : 

6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, '' nine. 
These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of 
concubines, and k Tamar their sister. 
T[ And Solomon's son was l Rehoboam, Abia his 
son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 
f \l J A oram . h,s son ' Ahaziah his son, m Joash his son, 

, „ m ,f ziah nis son > Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 
i \a » a V? son ' "Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 
/ 14 p Amon his son, Josiah his son, 



N* 



7 

S 
/9 
the '' 
/10 



B. Christ 
cir. 1053. 



The posterity o/Judah* 

f 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born Johanan, 

the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth 

Shallum. 

/ 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim : Jeconiah his son, q Ze- 

dekiak his son. 

/ 17 \ And the r sons of Jeconiah ; * Assir, Salathiel his 

son. 

18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jeca- 
miah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 

/ 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, s Zerubbabel, and Shi- 
mei : and the sons of Zerubbabel ; Meshullam, and Ha- 
naniah, and Shelomith their sister : 

20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasa- 
diah, Jushab-hesed, five. 

/21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah : 
the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Oba- 
diah, the sons of Shechaniah. 

/ 22 And the sons of Shechaniah ; Shemaiah : and the 
sons of Shemaiah ; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and 
Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 

/23 And the sons of Neariah ; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, 
and Azrikam, three. 

/24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Elia- 
shib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, 
and Anani, seven. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Tlie posterity of Jvdah by Caleb the son of Hur, 1, 11. Of Asher tlie 
posthumous son of Hezron, 5. Of Jabez, and his prayer, 9. Thepos- 
terity of Shelah, 21. The posterity, and cities of Simeon, 24. Their 
conquest of Gedor, and of the .Imalekitcs in mount Seir, 39. 

THE sons of Judah; a Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and 
Hur, and Shobal. 
/ 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Ja- 
hath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families 
of the b Zorathites. 

3 And these were of the father of c Etam ; Jezreel, and 
Ishma, and Idbash : and the name of their sister was 
Hazelelponi : 

/ 4 And Penuel the father of d Gedor, and Ezer the e fa- 
ther of I-Iushah. • These are the sons of Hur, the first- 
born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 

5 And f Ashur the father of Tekoa had s two wives, 
Helah and Naarah. 

/ 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Te- 
meni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 

7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and 
Ethnan. 

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families 
of Aharhel the son of Harum. 

c9 f And Jabez was h more honourable than his bre- 
thren : and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Be- 
cause ' I bare him with sorrow. 
1 10 And Jabez k called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh 
that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and J enlarge my coast, 
and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou 
wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me ! 
And ,n Cod granted him that which he requested. 
/ll If And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, 
which was the father of Eshton. 

12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Te- 
hinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. 

13 And the sons of n Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and 
the sons of ° Othniel ; Hathath. 

/ 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah : and Seraiah begat 
Joab, the father of the valley of « Charashim ; for they 
were craftsmen. 

/ 15 And the sons of p Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; Iru, 
Elah, and Naam : and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 

16 And the sons of Jehaleleel ; q Ziph, and Ziphah, 



1 2 Kings 
24. 17. 
Jor. 22. 30. 
Mt. 1.11,12. 
Luke 3. 27. 
r Jer.22. 28. 

Or, The 
captive, or, 
prisoner, 
2Kgs.2-l.15. 
6c. 25. 27. 
s £zra 3. 2. 
Hag. 1. 1. 
Zech. 4.6,7. 
Matt. 1. 12. 
Luke 3. 27. 
aGen.38.29. 
&. 46. 12. 
b Joshua 
15. 33. 
C 2 Chr. 11. 
6. 

(1 ver. 18,39, 
e chap.2.51, 
fch.2.24. 
g versos 6,7 
h verse 10. 
Prov. 12.26, 
Acts 17. 11. 
i Ps. 51. 5. 
k ver jy 9. 
Arts 9. 11. 
1 Ps. 127. I. 
Prov; 10. 22. 
m Ps. 65. 2. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
n Nu. 32.12. 
Josh. 15. 17. 
oJurlg.13.9. 
ff Or, 

Craftsmen, 
chap. 2. 11 

^t£ Tiria, and Asareel 



248 



The cities and posterity of Simeon. 



I. CHRONICLES 



/ 17 And the sons of Ezra were T Jether, and Mered, and 
Epher, and Jalon : and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, 
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 
/ 18 And his wife " Jehudijah bare Jered the father of 
9 Gedor, and Heber the father of ' Socho, and Jekuthiel 
the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah 
the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 

19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Na 
ham, the father of u Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa 
the * Maachathite. 

/ 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah 
Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zo 
Tieth, and Ben-zoheth. 

/21 ^[ The sons of y Shelah the son of Judah were, Er, 
the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of z Mareshah 
and the families of the house of them that wrought fine 
linen, of the house of Ashbea, 

22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and 
Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-le- 
hem. And these are ancient things 
/ 23 These were the potters, and those that, dwelt among 
a plants and hedges : there they dwelt with the king for 
his work. 

/ 24 ^ The sons of Simeon were, ' Nemuel, and Jamin, 
Jarib, Zerah, and b Shaul : 

25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his.son. 

26 And the sons of Mishma ; Hamuel his son, Zacchur 
his son, Shimei his son. 

/ 27 And Shimei had c sixteen sons and six daughters : 

but his brethren had not many children, neither did all 

their family multiply like to the children of Judah. 

s 28 And they dwelt at d Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and 

Hazar-shual, 

g 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 

g 30 And at e Bethuel, and at f Hormah, and at e Ziklag, 

g 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at 

Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto 

the reign of David. 

g 32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, 

and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities : 

33 And all their villages that were round about the same 
cities unto h Baal. These were their habitations, rf and 
their genealogy. 

/ 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of 
Amaziah, 

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of 
Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 

36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and 
Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 

37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son 
of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah. 
/ 38 These ■ mentioned by their names were princes in 
their families : and the house of their fathers increased 
greatly. 

s 39 S\ And they went to the entrance of ; Gedor, even 
unto the east side of the k valley, to seek pasture for their 
flocks. 

/ 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land 
was 'wide, and ' quiet, and peaceable ; for they of m Ham 
had dwelt there of old. 

/ 41 And these written by name came n in the days of 
Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the 
habitations that were found there, and destroyed them 
utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms : because 
there was pasture there for their flocks. 
/ 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five 
hundred men, went to ° mount Seir, having for their cap 



B. Christ 
1300. 



r ch.2.17,32. 

fcOr, 

Jewess. 

3 Josh. 15. 

58. 

t Joshua 

15.55. 

u Joshua 

15. 44. 

lPam.23.5. 

x 2 Sam.23. 

34. 

2Kgs.25.23. 

y Gen. 38. 

1,5. 

7. Joshua 

15. 44. 

2Chr. 11.8. 

a Jer. 45. 5. 

1 Tim. 6. 8. 

c Or, 

Jemuel, 

Gen. 46. 10. 

Ex. 6. 15. 

bGen.46.10. 

cJudg.8.30. 

& 12. 9. 

(lGcn.21.31. 

& 2fi. 33. 

Josh. 19. 4. 

oJosh. 19.4. 

f Nu. 14.45. 

&21.3. 

g 1 Sam. 27. 

6. 

hJosh.19.8. 

d Or, as they 

divided 

themselves 

by nations 

among 

them. 

elleh. came 

to names, 

Gen. G. 4. 

i Josh. 15. 

30. 

kl Sam. 17 

1,2. 

/Hob. wide 

in hands, 

Uurlg.18.7 

27, 28. 

m Grn.9.24. 

n 1 Kings 

11. 13. 

oEx. 17. 8, 

Dt.25.17,1*. 



B. Christ 
cir. 715. 



tains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the' is. 
sons of Ishi. 



p 1 Sam. 14. 
18. & 15. 7. 
2 Sam. 8. 12. 
aCcn.35.22. 
bGijn.25.31. 
chap. 2. 42. 
cGcn.49.10. 
aOr, prince, 
1 Tim. 6. 15. 
tl Gen. 48. 5. 
eGen. 4G.9. 
Ex. 6. 14. 
f 2 Kings 
15. 29. 

Josh. 13. 
15. 

h Nu. 32.38. 
ish. 2. 21. 
verse 7. 
kGen.21.9. 
b rich, vpon 
all the face 
of the cast, 
c Or, bor- 
dered next 
unto them, 
Num. 32. 1. 
1 Joshua 
13.11. 
in Dt. 3. 10. 
n ch. 27.23. 

Josh. 17.8. 
p erf. 27. 29. 
Son? 2. 1. 
'1 2 Kings 
15.5. 

r 2 Kg?. It. 
23. & 15. 1. 
82Chr.l3.3, 
tGcn.25.14. 
ii verso 22. 
Pa. 4li. 1. 
x Ex. 17.11. 

1 Kgs.22.32. 
2Chr.14.ll. 
y 2 Kings 
18.5. 
Pa. 91. 2. 
?. Juilg5.19. 
& 10. 14. 
a2Clir.33.fi. 
Horn. 8.31. 
I> Josh. 33. 



63 



2 I 



c 2 Kings 
6. 



The chief men of Gad, 

f 43 And they smote the p rest of the Amalekites that 
were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. 

CHAPTER V. 
The line of Reuben {ivho lost his birthright) unto the captivity, I. Their 
habitation and conquest of the Hagarites, 9. The chief men, and ha- 
bitations of Gad, 11. The number and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and 
the half of Manasseh, 18. The habitations and chief men of that half- 
tribe, 23. Their captivity for their sin, 25. 

/j^TOWthe sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel, (for 
jj% he iv as the first-born ; but, forasmuch as he a defiled 
his father's bed, his b birthright was given unto the sons 
of Joseph the son of Israel : and the genealogy is not to 
be reckoned after the birthright. 

o 2 For Judah c prevailed above his brethren, and of him 
came the " chief ruler ; but the d birthright was Joseph's :) 
/ 3 The sons, / say, of e Reuben the first-born of Israel 
were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 
/ 4 The sons of Joel ; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son 3 
Shimei his son, 

5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 

6 Beerah his son, whom f Tilgath-pilneser king of As- 
syria carried away captive : he was prince of the Reubenites, 
fl And his brethren by their families, (when the gene- 
alogy of their generations was reckoned,) were the chief, 
Jeiel, and Zechariah, 

s 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son 
of Joel, who dwelt in g Aroer, even unto h Nebo, and Baal- 
meon : 

s 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the 
wilderness from the river Euphrates : because their ; cat- 
tle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 
/10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the 
k Hagarites, who fell by their hand : and they dwelt in 
their tents * throughout all the east land of Gi'ead. 
g 1 1 % And the children of Gad °dwelt over against them, 
in the land of ' Bashan unto m Salcah : 

1 2 Joel the chief, and Shaphan the next, and Jaanai. 
and Shaphat in n Bashan. 

/ 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, 
Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Ja- 
chan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 

14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, 
the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, 
the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; 

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the 
house of their fathers. 

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in "Bashan, and in her 
towns, and in all the suburbs of p Sharon, upon their bor- 
ders. 

/ 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in tho days 
of a Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of r Jeroboam 
king of Israel. 

/ 18 <f[ The sons of Reuben, and the Gaditcs, and half the 
tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear 
buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in 
war, were s four and forty thousand seven hundred and 
threescore, that went out to the war. 

19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with ' Jetur, 
and Nephish, and Nodab. 
e 20 And they were "helped against them, and the Haga- 
rites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with 
them : for they * cried to God in the battle, and he was 
entreated of them ; because they "put their trust in him, 
/21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels 
fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, 
and of % asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thou- 
sand. 

/ 22 For there fell down many slain, because the wai 
was of God. And they dwelt i in their steads c until the 
captivity. 

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The sons of Levi 

s 23 f And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh 
dwelt in the land : they increased from Bashan unto Baal- 
hermon and d Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 
/ 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fa- 
thers, even Epher, and Ishi 



I. CHRONICLES 



B.Christ 

cir. 1300. 
(lDt. 23. 9. 
dHeb. men 
of name, 
Gen. 6. 4. 
,. Num. 31.35. 

and Eliel, and Aznel, and 2Chr.4.38. 

je 2Kin;r3 
7. 



ili 



Office of Aaron and his sons, 

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 
/ 31 And these are they whom David set over * the ser 
vice of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark 
had rest. 

/ 32 And they ministered q before the dwelling-place of 
the tabernacle of the congregation with_ singing, until 



Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of va- 

'our, "famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. |$~ 2Sam - 24 ! Solomon had builtthe houseof the Lord inJerusalem: and 
f25% And they transgressed against the God of their M^&i3.'^ ew they waited on their office, 
whoring after the gods of the people [s? ^h "' 

'h 2 Kin- 



bathers, and went a 

of the land, whom God destroyed before them 



/ 33 And these are they that 
I Of the sons of the Kohathites ; 



26 And the God of Israel f stirred up the spirit of g Puli^^ n461 , iof Joel, the son of Shemuel, 



according to then r order, 
waited with then children. 
s Heman a singer, the son 



Ex. 6. 16. 
bN.i.3.21. 
cEs. 29.44. Llie 
d Ex. 2.7,8. 
Alicah 6. 4. 
c No. 205a 
f JuJj. 20. 
28. 

g2 Sam. 15. 
1 27. & 17. 17. 

2%e&i& 19. 

h 2 Kings 

11. 17. 
2Chr.26.17. 

a Heb. in 
the house. 

and ik-,6.1 

2 Chr.23.10. 
& 26. 16. 
Zech. 4. 9. 
i 2 Kings 



king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of 
Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, j 
and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and 
brought them unto h Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to 
the river Gozan, unto this dav- 

CHAPTER VI. 
The sons of Levi. 1. The line of the priests unto the captivity, 4 
families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, 16. The office of Aaron, and 
his line unto *ihimaaz, 49. The cities of the priests and Levites, 54. 

fit*- HE sons of Levi ; a Gershon, Kohath, and b Merari. 
/ JL / 2 And the sons of Kohath : Amram, Izhar, 
Hebron, and Uzziel. 

/ 3 And the children of Amram ; c Aaron, and Moses, and 
a Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu,!'^..^ 
Eleazar, and Ithamar. 25. re. " 

f 4 X e Eleazar beget f Phinehas,Phinehas begat Abishua, 'jeTU^-i. 
And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, of.^. 11 -- 3 
AndUzzibegatZeraliiahjandZerahiahbegatMeraiothjJ^'J?-: 1 - 1 
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat g Ahitub, ^Ex.6. D i 
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, ° 
And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Jo- 
hanan, 

/ 10 And h Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed 
the priest's office ° in the temple that Solomon built in Je- 
rusalem :) 

11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat 
Ahitub, 

12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,!^ 



5 
6 

' 7 

/8 

9 



33. 

p ISam. 1.1. 



B. Christ 
cir. 7-iu. 



bHcb.tothe 
hand of the 
song of the 
houseof the 
Lord after 
the rest of 
the ark, 
2 Sam. 6.17. 
1 Kgs. 8. 4. 
:hap. 17.5. 

/ 1 3 And Shallum begat ^ilkiah^and Hilkiahbegat Azariah, j j °J|- us. r 

14 And Azariah begat k Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Je- r 
hozadak, 

/ 15 And ' Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord 
carried away Judah and Jerusalem 
buchadnezzar. 



by the hand of Ne- 



/ 16 % The sons of Levi ; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 

17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom ; 
n Libni, and Shimei. 

18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, 
and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

/ 19 The sons of ° Merari ; Mahli, and Mushi. And these 
are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 

20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son, Jahath Ins son, Zimmah 
his son, 

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai 
his son. 

/ 22 The sons of Kohath ; Amminadab his son, Korah his 
son, Assir his son, 

23 p Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir 
his son, 

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah Ms son, and 
Shaul his son. 

25 And the sons of Elkanah ; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 

/ 26 As for Elkanah : the sons of Elkanah ; Zophai his 
son, and Nahath his son, 

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 
Abiah the SOns of Samuel ' the first-born Vashni, and 

^nSiT™ k™ ° f Merari ; Mahli ' Libni ^ s son, Shimei his 
son ; uzza nis son, 



34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 
the son of Toah, 

35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of 
Mahath, the son of Amasai, 

36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Aza- 
riah, the son of Zephaniah, 

37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of 'Ebi- 
asaph, the son of Korah, 

38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 
the son of Israel. 

/ 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on "his right hand, 
even * Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 

40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of 
Malchiah, 

41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 

42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 

43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 
/ 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the 
y left hand : d Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the 
son of Malluch, 

45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the soil 
of Hilkiah, 

46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Snamer, 

47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Me- 
rari, the son of Levi. 

/ 48 Their z brethren also the Levites were appointed unto 
all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 

' 49 ^[ But Aaron and his a sons offered upon the b altar 
of the c burnt-offering, and on the d altar of e incense, and, 
were appointed, for all the work of the place most holy, and 
to make an f atonement for Israel, s according to all that 



52 
53 

/54 

their 



& chap. 2- 
c Heb.stood. 
chap. 25. 9 
Ps. 134. 12. 
s 2 Chr. 15. 

17,19. &2a Moses the servant of God had commanded. 

t Ex. 6. 24. 
u 1 Kgs. 2. j 
19. 

verse 44. 
x ch. 15. 19. , 
& 16.5,7,37.! 
Ps. 50, &. 
37, title 
y verse 39. 
"d Or, Jedu- 
thun, 

chap. 9. 16. 
& 25. 6. 
2Chr.25.15. 
Ps. 62, & 
77, title, 
z verse 44. 
Matt. 12.47. 
aXo. 18. 7. 
chap. 29. 22. 
b Lev. 1. 9. 
Heb. 13. 10. 
c Lev. 1. 6. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
d Ex. 30. 7. 
e Ex. 30. S. 
Lev. 16. 11. 
Ps. 66. 15. 
fNu.8. 21. 
Rom. 5. 11 
g Nu. 12. ' 
h Josh. 21. I 
13. 
i Josh. 14.2 

fe°j«h.M.|with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their famr 
lies were thirteen cities. 

/ 61 And unto the sons of Kohath which were left of the 
family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half-tribe, 
namely, out of the haU-tribe of Manasseh, r by lot, ten cities. 
/ 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families 

250 



/ 50 And these are the sons of Aaron ; Eleazar his son,. 
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 

51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son r 
Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 
^[ Now these are their h dwelling-places throughout 
castles in then* coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the 
families of the Kohathites : for theirs was the - lot. 
s 55 And they gave them k Hebron in the land of Judah, 
and the suburbs thereof round about it. 
/ 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, 
they gave to l Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 
s 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Ju- 
dah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with 
her suburbs, and m Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 
g 58 And n Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 
. g 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with 
jher suburbs : 

| g 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin ; Geba with her 
suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, ° and Anathoth 



ii. 

1 Josh. 2L 
12. 

m Josh. 15. 

48. 

n Josh. 21. 

15. 

o Jcr. 1. 1. 

p Josh. 21.5. 



The suns of Issachar, Benjamin, L CHRONICLES. 

were given out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe 
of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the 
tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 
/ 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, through- 
out their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the 
tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, q twelve cities. 
/ 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these 
cities with their suburbs. 

65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children 
of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, 
and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these 
cities, which are called by their names. 
/ 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath 
had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephrairn. 
g 67 And they gave uuto them, of the cities of c refuge, 
Shechem in mount Ephrairn with her ■'"suburbs ; they gave 
also r Gezer with her suburbs, 

^68 And ' Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon 
with her suburbs, 

g 69 And ' Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon 
with her suburbs : 

g 70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh ; n Aner with 
her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family 
of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 
gl\ Unto the sons of Ger shorn were given out of the fa 
mily of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with 
her suburbs, and x Ashtaroth with her suburbs : 
g 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar ; y Kedesh with her 
suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 
g 73 And z Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her 
-suburbs : 

g 74 And out of the tribe of Ashcr ; Mashal with her 
suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs., 
s 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her 
suburbs : 

s 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali ; Kedesh in Galilee 
with her suburbs, and a Hammon with her suburbs, and 
Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 

s 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given 
out of the tribe of Zebulun, b Rimmon with her suburbs, 
Tabor with her suburbs : 

g 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east 
side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, 
Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with 
her suburbs, 

g 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaalh with 
her suburbs : 

g 80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; c Ramoth in Gilead with. 
her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 
# SI And d Heshbon with her suburbs, and e Jazer with 
her suburbs. 



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£■> 



CHAPTER VII. 
The sons of Issachar, 1, of Benjamin, 6, of Naphtali, 13, of Manasseh, 
14, and of Ephrairn, 20, 24. The calamity of Ephrairn by the men of 
Gath, 21. Beriah is born, 23. Ephrairn 's habitations, 2S. The sons 
ofAsher, 30. 

~OW the sons of a Issachar were b Tola, and Puah, Ja- 
shub, and Shimron, four. 

And the sons of Tola ; c Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Je- 
r iel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their 5 *»• ?■ » 
father's house, to wit, of Tola : they were valiant men of ~ 
might in their generations ; whose number was in the 
d days of David two and c twenty thousand and six hundred. 
/ 3 And the sons of Uzzi ; Izrahiah : and the sons of Izra- 
hiah ; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, f five ; all 
of them chief men. 

4 And with them, by their generations, after the house 
of their fathers, were bands of soldiers e for war, six and 
thirty thousand men : for " they had many wives and sons. 

5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar 



Ex.&t 13. 

Nil. 13. J7. 
Acts 7. !.".. 
II.li. !. g, 
d Josh, lft.7. 
!> 1 Kings 
.9. 15. 

cC.on. 10.19. 
(1 Josh. 17. 
11. 
c Jcsliua 



Naphtali, Ephrairn, and Asher, 

were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their gene- 
alogies fourscore and seven thousand 
/ 6 If The sons of h Benjamin ; Bela, and Becher, and 
Jediael, three. 

7 And the sons of Bela ; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and 
Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, 
mighty men of valour ; and were reckoned by their gene- 
alogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 

8 And the sons of Becher ; Zemira, and Joash, and Eli- 
ezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and 
Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 
/ 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by 
their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mfghtj 
men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 

10 The sons also of Jediael ; Bilhan : and the sons of 
Bilhan ; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, 
and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 
/ 1 1 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their 
fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand 
and two hundred soldiers, b fit to go out for war and battle. 

12 'Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and 
Hushim, the sons of Aher. 

/ 13 ^f The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and 
Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of k Bilhah. 

14 ^[ The ' sons of Manasseh ; AshrieL whom she bare : 
{but his concubine the Aramitess bare m Machir the father 
of Gilead : 

15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and 
Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah ;) and the 
name of the second was Zelophehad : and Zelophehad 
had n daughters. 

/ 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and 
she called his name Peresh ; and the name of his brother 
was Sheresh ; and his sons were Ulam, and Rakem. 

17 And the ° sons of Ulam ; p Bedan. These were the 
sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 

18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare q Ishod, and Abi- 
ezer, and Mahalah. 

19 And the sons of Shemida were r Ah ; an, and She- 
chem, and Likhi, and Amain. 

20 ^[ And the sons of 9 Ephrairn; Shuthelah, and Bered 
his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Ta- 
hath his son, 

/ 21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, 
and Elead, whom the men of r Gath that ivere born in that 
land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 

22 And Ephrairn their u father mourned many days, 
and his brethren came to * comfort him. 
/ 23 ^f And when he y went in to his wife, she conceived 
and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah. because it 
went evil with his house. 

24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bcth-horon 
the nether, and the upper, and Uzzcn-sherah.) 

25 And Rephah teas his son, also Resheph, and Telali 
his son, and Tahan his son, 

26 z Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 

27 Non his son, "Jehoshua his son. 

28 TI And their possessions and habitations were Beth- 
el, and the towns thereof, and eastward a Naaran, arid 
westward b Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also 
and the towns thereof, onto c Gaza and the towns thereof: 

e 29 And by the borders of the children of d Manasseh. 

Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, f Me- 
giddo and her towns, B Dor and her towns. In these dwell 
the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 

/30 *|f The sons of '' Asher ; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishua?, 
and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 

31 And the sons of Beriah ; i Hcbcr, and Malchiel, who 
is the father of Birzavith. 

251 



B. Christ 
1444. 



{Or, 
Jctran, 
verse 37. 
k 2 Kings 
24.14. 
chap. 5. 24. 
/Heb. 
heads of 
princes, 
Dan. 6. 1,2. 
11 Cor. 9.7. 
2 Cor. 10. 4, 
Eph. 6. 12, 
13. 

1 Tim.l. 18. 

2 Tim. 2. 4. 
a 1 Sam. 10. 
21. 

1 Kings 12. 
23. 

chap. 7. 6. 
2Chr.ll. 1. 
bGen.46.21. 
Num. 26.38. 
cGen.46.21. 
dNu. 20.39. 
e Judg.3.15. 
fGen. 13. 6. 
& 2d 16. 
g ch. 2. 52. 
h Gen. 24. 6. 
chap. 7. 12. 
verse 7. 
i Ezra 2.33. 
Neh. 11. 35. 
k Josh. 19. 
42. 

1 chap. 7.21. 
m Joshua 
15. 63. 
Judg. I. 21. 
verse 14. 
a Heb. Je- 
rushalaim, 
that is, the 
double Je- 
rusalem, 
Gen. 14. 18. 
Gal. 4. 25, 
26. 

b Or.Jekiel. 
ch. 9. 35. 
n ch. 9. 35. 



The sons of Benjamin. I. CHRONICLES 

32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shorner, and Hotham, 
and Shua their sister. 

/ 33 And the sons of Japhlet ; Pasach, and Bimhal, and 
Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 

34 And the sons of Shamer ; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehub- 
bah, and Aram. 

35 And the sons of his brother Helem ; Zophah, and 
Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 

/ 36 The sons of Zophah ; Suah, and Harnepher, and 
Shual, and Beri, and Irnrah, 

37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilsbah, and 
Ithran, and Beera. 

38 And the sons of ' Jether ; Jephunneh, and Pispah, 
dnd Ara. 

39 And the sons of Ulla ; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 
/ 40 All these were the -children of Asher, heads of their 
father's house, choice and k mighty men of valour, f chief 
of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy 
of them that were ! apt to the war and to battle was twenty 
and six thousand men. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Thesons and chief 'men of 'Benjamin, 1. The stockof Saul and Jonathan,S3. 

fJVTOW a Benjamin begat b Bela his first-born, Ashbel 
"Iri the second, and Aharahthe third, 

2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 
/ 3 And the sons of Bela were, c Addar, and Gera, and 
Abihud, 

4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 

5 And Gera, and d Shephuphan, and Huram. 
s 6 And these are the sons of e Ehud : these are the 

heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they 
f removed them to s Manahath : 

7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, 
and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 

8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, 
after he had h sent them away ; Hushhn and Baara were 
his wives. 

/ 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, 
and Mesha, and Malcham, 

10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his 
Sons, heads of the fathers. 

11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 
#12 The sons of Elpaal ; Eber, and Misham,and Shamed, 
who built i Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof : 

s 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers 
of the inhabitants of k Ajalon, who 1 drove away the in- 
habitants of Gath : 
f 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 

15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 

16 And Michael, and Ispah,and Joha, the sons of Beriah ; 

17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and 
Heber, 

/ 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of 
Elpaal ; 

19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 

20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 
/ 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons 

of Shimhi ; 

22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 
And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 
And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak ; 
And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 
27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Je 
roham. 

/ 28 These were heads of the fathers, by their genera 
W S ffo-u These mdwelt in "Jerusalem. ' 
/rCi? » at Glbeon dwel t the father of Gibeon 
wife's name was Maachah : 



B. Christ 
1444. 



23 

24 

/25 

26 



whose 



c Or, 

Zechariah, 
chaD. 9. 3' 

01 Sam. 9.1. 
pPs.52.7. 
Matt. 7. 9, 
q 1 Sam. 18. 
1. 

d Or, Me- 
phibosheth, 

2 Sam. 4. 4. 
c Heb. 
treading 
the bow, 
chap. 12. 2. 
2Chr. 14. S. 
& 26. 14. 
Neh. 4. 13, 
16. 

Jcr. 51. 56. 
f Heb. mul- 
tipliedsons . 
Vs. 127. 5. 
r Ps. 127. 5. 
a Here they 
were car- 
ried four 
times 
captives, 
2 Chr.33.11. 
& 36. 9. 
Jcr. 52. 4, 5 
Dan. 1.1,2, 
a 2 Chr. 36 
14. 
b Josh.9.23 : 

Ezra 8. 20. 
Neh. 12. 3. 
c Neh. 11.1. 
d 2 Chr. 30. 
11. & 34. 
e Neh. 11.4. 
f Gen. 33.5. 
b That is, 
kinsmen. 
Gen. 12. 5. 
& 13. 8. 
chap. 6. 39. 
44. & 7. 5. " 
verse 9. 
g Neh. 11.8. 
h ch. 6. 13. 
i 2 Kings 
22 8. 

k Neh. 10. 
111. 



IsraeVs and Judatts genealogies 

/30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, 
and Baal, and Nadab, 

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and c Zacher, 

32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt 
with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 
/ 33 And ° Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and 
p Saul begat *> Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, 
and Esh-baal. 

34 And the son of Jonathan was d Merib-baal ; and 
Merib-baal begat Micah. 

35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, 
and Tarea, and Ahaz. 

/ 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah ; and Jehoadah begat Ale- 
meth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza, 

37 And Moza begat Binea : Rapha was his son, Elea- 
sah his son, Azel his son. 

38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, 
Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Oba- 
diah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 

39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his 
first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 
/40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, 
e archers, and y had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred 
and fifty. r All these are of the sons of Benjamin. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Tlie original of Israel's and JudaVs genealogies, 1. The Israelites, 2, 
the priests, 10, and the Levites, with the A r ethinims, which dwelt i» 
Jerusalem, 14. The charge of certain Levites, 27. The stock of Saul 
and Jonathan, 35. 

OO all Israel were reckoned by genealogies ; and be- 
►3 hold, they were written in the book of the kings of 
Israel and Judah, who were carried away to " Babylon for 
their a transgression. 

/ 2 % Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their posses- 
sions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, 
and the b Nethinims. 

3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of c Judah, 
and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of 
d Ephraim, and Manasseh : 

4 e Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son 
of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son 
of Judah. 

5 And of the f Shilonites ; Asaiah the first-born, and his 
sons. 

/ 6 And of the sons of Zerah ; JeueL and their h brethren, 
six hundred and ninety. 

7 And of the sons of Benjamin ; Sallu the son of Me* 
shullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 

8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son 
of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of She- 
phatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 



according 



to their generations, 



/9 And their brethren, 

s nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief 

of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 

/10 \ And of the priests ; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and 

Jachin, 

1 1 And h Azariah the son of ! Hilkiah, the son of Meshul- 
lam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of 
Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God ; 

12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of k Pashm\ 
the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the 
son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshil- 
lemith, the son of Immer ; 

/13 And their brethren, heads of the house of then- 
fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore ; 
very able men for the work of the service of the house 
of God. 

14 And of the Levites ; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, 
the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of 
Merari : 



1 ch. 6. 37. 
m ch. 25. 1. 

2 Chr.5. 12. 
p. ch. 2. 54. 

ch. 26. 1. 
p 1 Kings 
10.5. 

2 Kings 16. 
18. 

q Nu. 1. 50. 
&. 2. 17. 
&4.4. 
r Nu. 3. 32. 
s Nu.25. 12. 
& 31. 6. 
Mai. 2. 5, 6. 
t ch. 26. 1. 
u 2 Chr. 29. 
25, 26. 
c Heb. 
founded 
them in 
their truth, 

1 Cor. 4. 2. 
x2Chr. 1. 
3,5. 

y lKgs.6.5. 
chap. 26. 1. 
d Heb. and 
unto morn- 
ing, unto 
morning, 
Acts 201 28. 
Rom. 12. 7. 
z Ex. 7. 16. 
& 27. 3. 
a Lev. 2. 5 
&24.S 
b Ex. 35. 3. 
e Heb. on 
sabbaths on 

the house of the\ZT^%. 

1 Kings 8. 

13. 

c Luke 2.37. 

chap. 25.1. 

/Heb. 

upon them 

in that 

work, 

chap. 25. 1. 

Luke 2. 37. 

il ch. 8. 29. 

gOr, 

sisters, 

Gen. 20. 2, 

5. 

chap. 8. 29. 

e 1 Sam. 14. 

50, 51. 



Divers officers about the temple. I. 

/15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah 
the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of ' Asaph ; 
/16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, 
the son of m Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the 
son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the n Neto- 
phathites. 

17 And the ° porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and 
Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren : Shallum ivas 
he chief; 

/ 18 Who hitherto waited in p the king's gate eastward : 
they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 
/19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, 
the son of Korah, and his brethren of the house of his 
father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, 
keepers of the gates of the tabernacle : and their q fathers, 
being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry. 
/20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the r ruler over 
them in time past, and the Lord was s with him. 

21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter 
of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 
/ 22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the 
gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reck 
oned by their genealogy in their villages, whom l David 
and u Samuel the seer c did ordain in their set office 

23 So they and their children had the oversight of the 
gates of the house of the Lord, namely 
x tabernacle, by wards. 

/ 24 In four quarters Avere the porters, toward the east, 
west, north, and south. 

25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, 
were to come after seven days from time to time with them. 

26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in 
their set office, and were over the y chambers and trea- 
suries of the house of God. 

/ 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, be- 
cause the charge was upon them, and the opening there- 
of every d morning pertained to them. 

28 And certain of them had the charge of the T minis- 
tering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. 
/ 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the 
vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the 
fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, 
and the spices. 

30 And some of the sons of the priests made the oint- 
ment of the spices. 

i" 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first- 
born of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the 
things that were made in the a pans. 

32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Ko- 
hathites, were over the b shew-bread, to prepare it every 
. sabbath. 

33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the 
Levites, who remaining in the c chambers were free : for 
they y were employed in that work day and night. 

34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief through 
out their generations ; these dwelt at Jerusalem. 

8 35 ^[ And in d Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibcon, 
Jehiel, whose s wife's name was Maachah : 

/ 36 And his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, 
and Baal, and e Ner, and Nadab, 

37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth 

38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt 
with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their 
brethren. 

/ 39 And Ner begat Kish ; and Kish begat Saul ; and 
Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and 
Esh-baal. 

40 And the son of Jonathan was Mcrib-baal: and Me- 
rib-baal begat Micah. 

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CHRONICLES. David made king at Hebron. 

41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and 
Tahrea, and f Jlhaz. 

42 And Ahaz begat " Jarah : and Jarah begat Alemeth, 
and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza ; 

43 And Moza begat Binea ; and Rephaiah his son ; 
Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 

/ 44 And Azel had six sons, Avhose names are these, Azri- 
kam, Bocheru, and • Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, 
and Hanan : these were the sons of Azel. 

CHAPTER X. 
Saul's overthrmv and death, 2. The Philistines triumph over Saul, 8. 
The kindness of Jabtsh-gilcad towards Saul and his sons, 11. Saul's 
sin, for ivhich the kingdom icas translated from him to David, 13. 

"OW the a Philistines fought against Israel ; and the 
men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell 
down slain in mount Gil boa. 

/ 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after 
his sons ; and the Philistines slew b Jonathan, and Abina- 
dab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the ° ar- 
chers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 
c 4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, 
and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised 
come and d abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not ; 
for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, 
he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 

6 So Saul died, and his e three sons, and f all his house 
died together. 

/ 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the e val- 
ley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were 
dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled : and the Phi- 
listines came and dwelt in them. 

/ 8 % And it came to pass on the morrow, when the 
Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul 
and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 

9 Andwhentheyhad h stripped him, they tookhishead, and 
his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round 
about, to carry tidings unto their ' idols, and to the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the house of their'' gods, 
and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 
/ 1 1 TT And when all ' Jabesh-gilead heard all that the 
Philistines had done to Saul, 

<? 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the 
body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them 
to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, 
and fasted seven days. 

/ 13 IT So Saul died for his transgression which he com- 
mitted against the Lord, even against m the word of the 
Lord, which he kept not, and also for n asking counsel of 
one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it ; 

14 And ° inquired not of the Lord : therefore he p slew 
him, and ''turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. 
CHAPTER XI. 

David by a general consent is made king at Hebron, I : He winneth the 
castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joab's valour, 4. A catalogue of 
David's mighty men, 10. 

THEN il all Israel b gathered themselves to David unto 
Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was 
king, thou wast he that ledtlest ouL and broughtcst in Is- 
rael : and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shah 
" feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my 
people Israel. 

g 3 Therefore came all the elders oflsrael to the king to 
Hebron ; and David made a covenant with them in Heb- 
ron before the Lord ; and they c anointed David king 
over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. 
g 4 % And d David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, 
which is Jehus; where (he Jebusites were, the inhabitants 
of the land. 

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1200. 



fch.8. 35. 
h Or, Jc- 
hoodah. 
i That is, 
God hath 
heard, 
a 1 Sam.28 
1.&31. 1,2 
b 2 Kings 
33. 29. 
Eccl. 9.2. 
clSam.31. 
3. 

fl Jurlge3 

16.21. 

e 1 Sam. 31. 

6. 

f2Sam.3.1. 

glSam.31. 

7. 

hlSam.31.9. 

i Judg. 16. 

24. 

Ts. 115. 5. 

k lSam.5.2. 

1 Judg. 4. 8. 

m 1 Sam. 

15.23. 

n Lev. 19. 

31. 

oNum.2.10. 

p 1 Kings 

12. 15. 

q 1 Sam. 13. 

14. & 15.28. 

a 2 Sam. 5. 

I. 

Ilosoa 3. 5. 

h 2 Sam. 3. 

27. &. 4. 7. 

« Or, rule, 

Ps. 72. 8. 

Micah 5. 1. 

<■ 1 Sam. 10. 

i:t. 

2 Sam. 2. 4. 

I Ess. I. no. 

ch. 29. 22. 

•1 2 Sum. 5. 

0. 

ch. 12 93. 



I. CHRONICLES 



A catalogue of 

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt 
e not come hither. Nevertheless David took the f castle 
of Zion, which is the city of David. 

/ 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites 
first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the g son of Zeruiah 
went h first up, and was chief. 

7 And David dwelt in the castle ; therefore they called 
i it, The city of David. 

8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo 
round about : and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 
/9 So David waxed greater and greater : for the Loed 
of hosts was k with him. 

/ 10 ^[ These also are the chief of the mighty men whom 
David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his 
kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king ' accord- 
ing to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 
/ 1 1 And this is the number of the mighty men whom 
David had ; Jashobeam a Hachmonite, the chief of the 
captains : he lifted up his spear against m three hundred 
slain by him at one time 

/ 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the 
n Ahohite, who was one of the c three mighties 

g- 13 He was with David at p Pas-dammim, and there the 
Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was 
a parcel of ground full of barley ; and the people ' fled 
from before the Philistines. 

/ 14 And they r set themselves in the midst of that parcel, 
and delivered it, and slew the Philistines ; and the Lord 
3 saved them by a great deliverance. 
g 15 ^f Now three of the thirty captains *went down to 
the rock to David, into the cave of "Adullam; and the 
host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 
? 1 6 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' 
* garrison was then at Beth-lehem. 

17 And David longed, and said, b Oh that one would give 
me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is 
&t the gate ' 
/18 

tines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that 
was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : 
but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the 
Lord, 

19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this 
thing : shall I drink the blood of these men that have put 
their lives in jeopardy? for c with the jespardy of their 
lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. 
These things did these three mightiest. 
/ 20 ^[ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of 
z the three : for lifting up his spear against three hundred, 
he slew them, and d had a name among the three. 

21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two ; 
for he was their captain : howbeit he attained not unto 
a the^rsi three. 

/ 22 b Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant 
man of c Kabzeel, ' who had done many acts ; he slew 
d two lion-like men of Moab : also he went down and slew 
a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 

/ 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, 
c five cubits high ; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear 
like a weaver's beam ; and he went down to him with a 
staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, 
and slew him with f his own spear. 

24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
had the name among the three g mighties. 
/25 Behold, he was honourable among the -thirty, but ?*«'*« 
attained not to the first three : and David set him over 
his guard. 



And the three y brake through the host of the Philis- 



B. Christ 
1048. 
e 2 Sam. 5.6. 
fjgs.19.11. 
g 2 Chr. 2. 
16. 

h2Sm.3.27. 
i 1 Sam.5.7. 
k Eora.8.31. 

1 1 Sam. 13. 
14. & 15.18. 
m 2 Sam. 
23.8. 

n chap. 8.4. 
o 2 Sam. 23. 
11. 

verso 11. 
plSa. 17.1. 
n 2 Kings 
J 3. 20. 
chap. 10. 7. 
r 2 Sam. 23. 
11. 

s Ps. 3. 8. 
1 2Sam- 23. 
13, 19. 
ulSa.22. 1. 
x 1 Sam. 10, 
5. & 13. 23; 
b Who will 
give me, 
Deut. 5. 29. 
Jer. 9. 1. 
y Rom. 16.4. 

2 Cor. 12.15. 
c Heb. upon 
their souls, 
Gen. 49. 4. 
z verses 20, 

22, 26. 
din ISam. 

23. 19. 
attained 
not, diverse 
readings. 
aSSa.23.9. 
blKgs. 1.8. 
cJosh. 15. 
21. 

e Heb. was 
great in 
deeds, 
Luke 24. 19. 
d2Sam. 23. 
20. 

e 1 Sa. 17. 4. 
f 1 Sam. 17. 
51. 

g Isa. 13. 3. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
h2Sam. 2. 
18. 



B. Chri3t 
1048. 



iJudg. 7. 1. 
k Amos 1. 1. 

1 chap. 4. 4. 
mJgs.12.15. 
nJosh.24.30. 
oGen.35.21. 
Josh. 14. 15. 
p2 Sa.23.31. 
q Josh. 19.42. 
r2Sa. 23.32. 
f Or, 
Ahasbai, 

2 Sa. 23. 34. 
s2Sa.23.36. 
t Josh. 1855. 
u Josh. 15. 
48. 

x2Sa. 11.8. 
ych.8.23. 
z ch. 27. 25. 
a chap. 5.8. 
b chap. 7. 6. 
c ch. 8. 20. 
d ch. 2. 37. 
alSa.27.2, 
I's. 110. 3. 
bJosh.15.31 
1 Sam. 27. 6. 
c 1 Sam.21. 
1. & 24. 3. 
dJgs.20.16. 
eJ g s.20.1G. 
1 Sa. 17. 49. 
fJo3h.18.28. 
g Josh. 9. 3 
hJosi.15.36 
ichap. 4. 18. 
klSa.22. 1. 
verse 1. 
lProv.28. 1. 
a Heb. like 
the rocs on 
the moun- 
tains in 



leavt could 
resist a 
hundred, 



Pu \^ ]so } ] ^ e valian tmen of the armies were, h AsaheVZitlt » 
me brotherof Joab,Elhananthesonof Dodoof Beth-lehem 



thousand, 
j!Deut.32.30, 



David's mighty men. 

27 Shammoth the l Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the k Tekoite, Abiezer the 
Antothite, 

29 Sibbecai the ' Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 

30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah 
the Netophathite, 

/31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to 
the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the m Pirathonite, 

32 Hurai of the brooks of n Gaash, Abiel the ° Arbathite, 

33 Azmaveth the p Baharumite, Eliahba the q Shaal- 
boiute, 

/34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, r Jonathan the son 
of Shage the Hararite, 

35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son 
pf'Ur, 

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 

38 s Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of 
Haggeri, 

/ 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the l Berothite, the 
armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 

40 Ira the u Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 

41 Uriah the x Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 

/42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of 
the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 

43 Hanan the son of y Maachah, and Joshaphat the 
Mithnite, 

44 z Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons 
of Hothan the a Aroerite, 

45 b Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, 
the Tizite, 

46 c Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the 
sons of i^lnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 

47 Eliel, and d Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. 

CHAPTER XII. f~ 

The companies that came to David at Ziklag, I. The armies that came 
to him at Hebron, 23. 

O W these are they that a came to David to b Ziklag, 
while he yet kept himself close because of c Saul the 
son of Kish : and they were among the mighty men, 
helpers of the war. 

/ 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the 
d right hand and the left in e hurling stones, and shooting 
arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of She- 
maah the f Gibeathite ; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of 
Azmaveth ; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, 
/ 4 And Ismaiah the g Gibeonite, a mighty man among 
the thirty, and over the thirty ; and Jeremiah, and Jaha- 
ziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the - Gederathite, 

5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, 
and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 

6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and 
Jashobeam, the Korhites, 

7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of * Jeroham 
of Gedor. 

/ 8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto 
David into the k hold to the wilderness men of might, and 
men of Avar fit for the battle, that could handle shield and 
buckler, whose ' faces were like the faces of lions, and 
were as "swift as the roes upon the mountains ; 

9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 

10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh, 

/ 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host . 
one * of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest 
over a thousand. 

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13 



David's army. 

f 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the m first 
month, when it had overflown n all his banks ; and they 
put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, 
and toward the west. 

16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and 
Judah to the hold unto David. 

/ 17 And David went out to meet them, and answered 
and said unto them, If ye be come c peaceably unto me to 
help me, ° my heart shall be knit unto you : but if ye be 
come to betrey me to mine enemies, seeing there is no 
wrong p in my hands, the God of our fathers look q thereon, 
and rebuke it. 

f 18 Then the spirit ''came upon Amasai, who was chief 
r of the captains, and he said, Thine 3 are we, David, and 
on thy side, thou son of Jesse : peace, peace be unto thee, 
and peace be to ' tiiy helpers ; for thy God helpeth thee. 
Then David received them, and made them "captains of 
the band. 

/ 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he 
came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they 
helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon ad 
visement sent him away, saying, He will fall x to his mas 
ter Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. 
g 20 As he went to y Ziklag, there fell to him of Manas 
seh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and 
Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands 
that were of Manasseh. 

/ 21 And they helped David z against the band of the ro- 
vers : for they were all mighty a men of valour, and were 
captains in the host. 

22 For at that time day by day there came to David to 
help him, until it was a b great host, like the host of God. 
f23% And these are the numbers of the bands that were 
ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, 
to turn c the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the 
word of the Lord. * 

f 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were 
six d thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. tl°*%lfi. 
f 25 Of the children of e Simeon, mighty men of valourl^™- 2 ^ 
for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 
/26 Of the children of f Levi four thousand and six hundred. 
/ 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and 
with him were three thousand and seven hundred ; 
/ 28 And g Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of 
his father's house twenty and two captains. 
/ 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of 
Saul, three thousand : for hitherto the ' greatest part of 
them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. 
/ 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand 
and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, s famous 
throughout the house of their fathers. 
/31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thou- 
sand, which were expressed by name, to come and make 
David king. 

/ 32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that 
had h understanding of the times, to know what Israel 
ought to do ; the heads of them were two hundred ; and 
all their brethren were at their commandment. 
/33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in 
war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which 
could keep rank : they were not of s double heart. 
/ 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them 
with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 
/ 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight 
thousand and six hundred. 

/ 3G And of Asher, such as went forth to bailie, expert in 
war, forty thousand. 

f 37 And on the * other side of Jordan, of the Rcubon- 
ites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 



I. CHRONICLES. Uzza is mitten: 

with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a 
hundred and twenty thousand. 

/ 38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came 
with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over 
all Israel : and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart 
to make David king. 

39 And there they were with David three days, k eat- 
ing and drinking : for their brethren had prepared for them. 
/ 40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, even unto Is- 
sachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on 
asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and, 
''meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and 
wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there 
was 'joy in Israel. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

David fetchelh the ark with great solemnity from Kirjath-jearim, 1. Uzza 
being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Ohed-edom, 9. 

A ND David Consulted with the captains of thousands, 
J$L and hundreds, and with every leader. 

k 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If 
it b seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our 
God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, 
that are c left in all the land of Israel, and with them also 
to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and 
suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us : 

c 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us : for 
we d inquired not at it in the days of Saul. 

4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: 
for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 
s 5 So David e gathered all Israel together, from f Shihor 
of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the 
ark of God from B Kirjath-jearim. 

6 And David went up, and all Israel, to h Baalah, that 
is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up 
thence the ark of God the Lord, that * dwelleth between 
the cherubims, whose name is called on it. 

7 And they "carried the ark of God in a new cart out 
of the house of Abinadab : and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 
/8 And David and all Israel played k before God with all 
their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with 
psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with 
trumpets. 

/ 9 ^f And when they came unto the threshing-floor of 
Chidon, Uzza ' put forth his hand to hold the ark ; for the 
oxen stumbled. 

10 And the m anger of the Lord was kindled against 
Uzza, and he smote him, n because he put his hand to the 
ark : and there he ° died before God. 
g 1 1 And David was displeased because the Lord had 
made a breach upon Uzza : wherefore that place is called 
Perez-uzza to this day. 

c 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How 
shall I bring the ark of God home to me 1 

13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the 
city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed- 
edom the Gittite. 

& 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of 
Obcd-edom r in his house three months. And the Lord 
■> blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Hiram's kindness to David, 1. David's felicity in people, tnves, and 

children, 2 : His two victories against the Philistines, 8. 

T&TOW a Hiram king oC Tyre sent messengers to David, 
f ±H and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, 
to build him a house. 

2 And David perceived that b the Lord had confirmed 
him king over Israel, for his kingdom was c lifted up on 
high, because of his people Israel. 

«lf And David took d more wives at Jerusalem : and 



B. Christ 
1048. 



k Job 1. 18 
h Or, victu- 



1 Ps. 72. 7. 
& 97. I. 
Prov. 27. 2. 
Jer. 23.5, G: 
Rev. ] 1. 17. 
a Pr. 11. 14. 
& 15. 22. & 
20. 18. & 2-1. 

e. 

Eeclcs. 4. 9. 
b 2 Kings 
9. 15. 

ciSa'm.3l.l. 
Isa. 37. 4. 
d 1 Sam. 7. 
1,2.& 11.12. 

2Sam.G.l. 
f Josh. 13.3. 
IKgs. 4.21. 
g Josh. 15.9. 
h 2 Kings 
19. 15. 
i2 Kings 
19. 15. 
a Hcb. 
made the 
ark to ride, 
Num. 4. 15. 
k 8Sam.l.7. 

1 lit. 13. 5. 
Prov. 3. 5. 
Gal. 4. 18. 
m 2 Kings 
13. 3. 

n Nu.14.I5. 
Josh. G. G. 
oLov. 10.2. 
Pout. 4. 24. 
p 2 Ham. G. 
10. 

chap. 2G. 5. 
q (Jon. 30. 
i;9. & 39. 5. 
a 2 Sam. 5. 
11. 

I Kgfl. 5. G. 
Ii P». 75. G. 
&. 127. 1. 
C2 Sn iii.. r i,5. 
I Dt. IT. 17. 
I Sam. 5.13. 
1 Kgs.11.3. 



o 



David begat more sons and daughters. 



g 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in 
the ' valley of Rephaim. 

flO And David "inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up 
against the Philistines 1 and wilt thou deliver them into 
my hand 1 And the Lord said unto him, Go up ; for I will 
deliver them into thy hand. 

g 1 1 So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote 
them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon 
mine enemies by my hand like the breaking forth of wa- 
ters : therefore they called the name of that place ■ Baal- 
perazim. 

/ 12 And when they had left their "gods there, David gave 
a commandment, and they were burned with fire. 

13 And the Philistines °yet again spread themselves 
abroad in the valley. 

<*14 Therefore David inquired again of God: and God 
said unto him, Go not up after them ; turn away from them, 
and p come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. 

15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear q a sound of 
going in the r tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou 
shalt go out to battle : for God is gone forth before thee, 
to smite the host of the Philistines, 
sr 16 David therefore did as God commanded him : and they 
smote the host of the Philistines fromGibeon even to Gazer. 
/ 17 And the 3 fame of David went out into all lands ; and 
the Lord brought the ' fear of him upon all nations. 

CHAPTER XV. 
David having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth the priests and Lie- 
vites to bring it from Obed-edom, 1 :_ He performeth the solemnity there- 
of with great joy, 25 : Michal despiseth him, 29. 

f 1L ND Davia made him houses in the a city of David, 
_A_ and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched 
for it a b tent. 

2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God 
but the c Levites : for them hath the Lord chosen to carry 
the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 
'/3 And David a gathered all Israel together to Jerusa- 
lem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which 
he had prepared for it. 

/4 And David assembled the e children of Aaron, and the 
Levites : 

/5 Of the sons of f Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his 
brethren a hundred and twenty : 

/ 6 Of the sons of g Merari ; Asaiah the chief, and his 
brethren two hundred and twenty : 

/7 Of the sons of h Gershom; Joel the chief, and his 
brethren a hundred and thirty : 

/8 Of the sons of l Elizaphan ; Shemaiah the chief, and 
his brethren two hundred : 

/9 Of the sons of k Hebron ; Eliel the chief, and his bre- 
thren fourscore : 

/ 10 Of the sons of l Uzziel ; Amminadab the chief, and 

his brethren a hundred and twelve. 

* II And David called for m Zadok and Abiathar the priests, 

Si 5r \ he Levites > for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, 

d% lle1 ' and Amminadab, 

of thA n l S -? d unt0 them ' Ye are thc chief of the fathers 

brethren 7w ! Dsanctif y yourselves, both ye and your 

of ilrael u^ /K ^ bling UP the ark of the Lord God , J 
ot Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 



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cir. 1043. 



The removing of the ark. I. CHR ?LES. 

4 Now these are the names of his children which he 
had in Jerusalem ; e Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and 
Solomon, 

5 And Ibhar, and f Elishua, and « Elpalet, 

6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 
' 7 And Elishama, and h Beeliada, and Eliphalet. 
/8 % And when the Philistines heard that 'David was 
anointed king over all Israel, k all the Philistines went up 
to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out 
against them 



e chap. 3. 5. 

f chap. 3. 6. 

g chap. 3.8. 

h 2 Sam. 5. 

16. 

i 2 Sam. 5. 

17. 

k Josh. 10. 

3. & 11. 2. 

Rev. 11. 17, 

18. 

Uosh. 15.8. 

m 1 Sam. 

23.0. 

a That is, 

The Lord 

of the 

breaches, 

2 Sam. 5. 20. 

n 2 Sam. 5. 

21. 

1 Kings 
20.22. 
Isa.26. 11. 
p 2 Sam. 5. 
23. 

<\ 2 Kgs.7.6. 
r Ju.lg. 7.6. 
s 2 Chr. 26. 
8. 

t Ps. 99. 1. 
Rev. 15. 4. 
a 2 Sam. 5. 
7. 

b 2 Sam. 6. 
17. 

c Ex. 25.12, 
13. 

Nim. 4.2,5. 
Deut. 10. 8. 
Josh. 3. 3. 
2 Chr. 35.3. 
(1 2 Sam. 6. 
11. 

chap. 13. 5. 
eNum.18.1. 
fchap. C. 2. 
g chap. 6. 1. 
hN urn .4.40. 
i Num.3.30. 
k Ex. 6. 17. 

1 Ex. 6. 17. 
m 1 Kings 
4.4. 

□ Exoil. 19. 
10, 15. 

2 Chr. 29. 5. 



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1042. 



ch. 13. 7. 
p Lev. 10.1 
2 Sam. 6. 6. 
chap. 13. 10. 
q Nu. 4. 15. 
r Gen. 35.2. 
Ex. 19. 14, 
15. 

1 Sam. 6. 7. 
s Num. 4. 4. 
tEx.25. 14. 
u Ps. 150.3. 
4, 5. 

x ch. G. 33. 
y ch. 6. 39. 
z eh. 6. 44. 
a Or, The 
treble, 
Ps. 46, title. 
The word 
sitrnifieth 
virtrins, 
Ps. 68. 20. 
Song 1. 3. 
a Ps. 6,title. 
b Heb. 
over the 
lifting vp, 
verse 16. 
b Nu. 8. 10. 
Ps.81. 3. 
c 2 Chron. 
20. 27. 
Ezra 6. 16. 
d 2 Sam. 6. 
13. 

Ps. 01.11. 
& 110. 3. 
e Num.23. 1. 
Job 42. 8. 
fch. 13. 8. 
g 2 Sain. 6. 
10. 

Acts 2. 13. 
1 Cor. 2. 14. 
1 Pet. 4. 4. 

'a 2 Sam. C. 
17. 

b 1 lungs 
8. 64. 

Rom. 12. I. 
e 1 Kings 
8. 55. 

Luke- 24.50. 
lN'ch.8.10. 
Matt. 14. 16. 
c Gal. 3. 28. 



David's joy on that occasion. 

13 For because ye ° did it not at the first, the Lord our 
God made p a breach upon us, for that we sought him not 
a after the due order. 

/ 14 So the priests and the Levites r sanctified themselves 
to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the children of the s Levites bare the ark of God 
upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, l as Moses 
commanded, according to the word of the Lord. 
/16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to ap- 
point their brethren to be the u singers with instruments 
of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, bv 
lifting up the voice with joy. 

17 So the Levites appointed * Heman the son of Joel ; 
and of his brethren, y Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of 
the sons of Merari their brethren, z Ethan the son of 
Kushaiah ; 

/ 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, 
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, 
and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Matti- 
thiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and 
Jeiel, the porters. 

19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were ap- 
pointed to sound with cymbals of brass ; 
/20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and 
Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, 
with psalteries on " Alamoth ; 

/21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and 
Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the 
a Sheminith to excel. 

/22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was *for song : 
he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for 
the ark. 

/24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, 
and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the 
priests, did blow with the b trumpets before the ark of 
God : and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for 
the ark. 

/ 25 % So David and the elders of Israel, and the cap- 
tains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the cove- 
nant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom "■ with joy. 
l 26 And it came to pass, when God helped d the Levites 
that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they 
offered e seven bullocks and seven rams. 
/ 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and 
all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and 
Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers : David 
also had upon him an ephod of linen. 

28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord with shouting, and with f sound of the cornet, 
and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with 
psalteries and harps. 

c 29 ^[ And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the 
daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David 
dancing and playing : and she g despised him in her heart. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

David's festival sacrifice, 1 : He ordereth a choir to sing tha?i!csgiving, 4. 
Ttte psalm of thanksgiving, 7. He appointeth ministers, porters, 
priests, and musicians, to attend continually on the ark, 37. 

/j^O they a brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst 
O of the tent that David had pitched for it : and they of- 
fered b burnt-sacrifices and peace-offerings before God. 
2 And when David had made an end of offering the 

burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he c blessed the 

people in the name of the Lord. 
d 3 And he d dealt to every one of Israel, both man and 

"■ woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece 

of flesh, and a flagon of loine. 

f 4 ^ And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister 

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f gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that 
we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy 
praise. 



fPs. 38, & 

70, titles. 

g 1 Kings 8. 

15. 

Ps. 144. 15. 

hEx. 24. 

38 

i 2 Sam. 23. 

1. 

kPs. 105.1. 

1 Ps. 105. 1. 

m Ps. 145. 

4. 

n Ps. 40. 10. 

& 145. 5. 

o Josh. G. 6. 

2Chr. 6.41. 

pPs. 26.10. 

qPs. 111.2, 

3. 

r Rev. 15.4. 

s Ps. 105. 6. 

tDeut. 7.7, 

8. 

Mat. 11. 26. 

u Eev. 16. 1. 

x Isa. 43.25. 

y Gen. 17.2. 

& 26. 3. 

z Gen. 35. 

11. 

a Heb. 11. 

13. 

u Gen. 12.1. 

& 13. 3. & 

20.1. 

c Gen. 12. 

26. & 20. 15. 

d Gen. 12. 

17. & 20. 3. 

e.Ps.105.15. 

f lCor.8.5. 

g Isa.42.5,6. 

Jer. 10. 11. 

h Ps. 96. 6. 

i Ps. 29. 1. 

k Mat. 16. 

18. 

IPs. 103.20, 

21. 

m Pa. 93. 1. 

Rev. 11. 15. 

alleb.thim- 

der. 

Rev. 14. 2. 

n Ps. 107. 1. 

oHos. 14.2, 

p Hos. 1. 11. 



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1042. 



65 



2 K 



q 1 Kings 8. 
15. 

Ephes. 1. 3. 
rUt. 27. 15. 
b Heb. ac- 
cording to 
the work of 
the day in 
its day. 
si Sam. 22. 
19. 

cHeb.inthe 
morning 
and in the 
evening, 
Ex. 29. 38. 
t ch. 12. 22. 
u Josh. 24. 
15. 

2 Sam. 6. 20. 
verse 2. 
Ps. 101.2,3. 
a2Sam.5.11. 
blKgs.1.8. 
c Hag. 1. 7. 
dlKgs.3.15. 

Josh. 9.14. 
f ch. 14. 10. 
g verse 15. 
h2Sam.7.4. 
chap. 22.8. 
i lKge.8.4. 
k2Sam.7.7. 

1 1 Kgi. 12. 
24. 

in Ps. 78.70. 
n 1 Sam. 17. 
34. 

olSam.31.9. 
p2"Chr.l5.2. 
I Ex. 1. 13. 
r 1 Kg*. 5.4. 

4 r*. 127. i. 

t lKgs.2.10. 
u2Sam.7.12. 
x Isa. 9. 7. 
I.iikc 1. 32. 
yMat.16.I8. 
z Ph. 45. C. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
ICor. 15.22. 

2 Pet. 1. 11. 
a Ps. 2. 7. 
Mat. 3 17. 
Hob. 1. 5. 



David appoints a thanksgiving. 1. CHRONICLES. 

before the ark of the Lord, and to f record, and to thank 
and praise the s Lord God of Israel 

/ 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and 
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and 
Benaiah, and Obed-edom : and Jeiel with psalteries and 
with harps ; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals ; 

6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets 
h continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 
/ 7 If Then on that day ' David delivered k first this psalm 
to thank the Lord, into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 

<* 8 Give ' thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, 
m make known his deeds among the people. 

d 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk n ye of- all 
his wondrous works. 

* 10 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them 
rejoice that seek the Lord. 

d 1 1 Seek the Lord and ° his strength, seek his p face 
continually. 

12 Remember q his marvellous works that he hath done, 
his wonders, and the r judgments of his mouth ; 

13 O ye seed of s Israel his servant, ye children of Ja- 
cob, his • chosen ones. 

14 He is the Lord our God ; his judgments are in all 
the u earth. 

dl5 Be ye "mindful always of his covenant; the word 
which he commanded to a thousand generations ; 

16 Even of the y covenant which he made with Abra- 
ham, and of his oath unto Isaac 

6 17 And "hath T confirmed the same to Jacob, for a law, 
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 

b 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, 
the lot of your inheritance ; 

1 9 When ye were but few, even a few, and a strangers in it 

20 And when they went from b nation to nation, and 
from one kingdom to another people ; 

21 He suffered c no man to do them wrong : yea, he 
4 reproved kings for their sakes, 

22 Saying, Touch not mine e anointed, and do my pro- 
phets no harm 

d 23 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth ; shew forth from 
day to day his salvation. 

24 Declare his glory among the heathen ; his marvel 
ious works among all nations. 

t 25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : he 
also is to be feared f above all gods. 

26 For all the gods of the people are idols : but the 
Lord g made the heavens. 

e 27 Glory h and honour are in his presence ; strength 
and gladness are in his place. 

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give 
unto the Lord ■ glory and strength. 
d 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name 
bring an offering, and come before him : worship the Lord 
in the beauty of holiness. 

30 Fear before him, all the earth : the world also shall 
be k stable, that it be not moved. 

e 31 Let the ' heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice ; 
and let men say among the nations, The Lord m reigneth. 

32 Let the sea » roar, and the fulness thereof : let the 
fieUJs rejoice, and all that is therein. 

33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the 
presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the 
earth. 

t 34 O give n thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good ; for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 
b 35 And ° say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and 



Natharts message to David. 

36 Blessed ■» be the Lord G od of Israel for ever ana ever. 
And all the people said, r Amen, and praised the Lord. 
/37 If So he left there before the ark of the covenant of 
the Lord, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the 
ark continually, as " every day's work required : 

38 And Obed-edom with.their brethren, threescore and 
eight ; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosafi 
to be porters : 

39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, 
before the tabernacle of the Lord in the s high place that 
was at Gibeon, 

/ 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord upon the altar 
of the burnt-offering continually morning and evening, 
and to do according to all that is written in the law of the 
Lord, which he commanded Israel ; 

d 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest 
that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to giv» 
thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever ; 
42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trum- 
pets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and 
with musical ' instruments of God. And the sons of Je- 
duthun were porters. 

d 43 And all the people departed every man to his house ; 
and David returned to u bless his house. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God a house, 1, 
after, by the word of God forbiddeth him, 3 : He promiscth him bless- 
ings and benefits in his seed, 11. David's prayer and thanksgiving, 16. 

'OW it came to pass, as Davicl sat in his a house, that 
David said to Nathan b the prophet, Lo, c I dwell in 
a house of cedars, but the A ark of the covenant of the 
Lord remaineth under curtains. 

2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do e all that is in thy 
heart ; for f God is with thee. 

/3 f And it e came to pass the same night, that the 
word of God came to Nathan, saying, 

4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, 
Thou h shalt not build me a house to dwell in : 

5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I 
brought up Israel unto this day : but have gone ? from 
tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 

6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a 
word to any of the k judges of Israel, whom I commanded 
to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a 
house of cedars 1 

t 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant 
David, Thus saith the ' Lord of hosts, I took thee from 
the sheep-cote, even from m following the sheep, that thou 
shouldest be ruler over my people Israel : 

8 And n I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast 
walked, and have ° cut off all thine enemies from before 
thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the 
great men that are in the earth. 

r 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people. Israel, and 
will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and 
shall be moved no more ; neither shall the children of. 
wickedness waste them p any more, q as at the beginning, 

10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be 
over my people Israel. Moreover, I will r subdue all 
thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the ' Lord 
will build thee a house. 

1 1 f And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired 
that thou must 'go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise 
up thy seed "after thee, which shall be of thy sons ; and 
I will establish " his kingdom. 

r 12 He y shall build me a house, and I will establish his 
throne * for ever. 

*13I will be his "father, and he shall be my son : and ! 
will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from 
him that was before thee : 

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The victories of David. 

14 But I will settle him in b my house and in my kingdom 
for ever: and his throne shall be established for c evermore. 

15 According to all these words, and according to all 
this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 

« 16 If And David the king came and sat before the Lord, 
and said, d Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, 
that thou hast brought me hitherto 1 

c 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God ; 
for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great 
while to come, and hast e regarded me according to the 
estate, of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 

18 "What can David speak more to thee for the honour 
of thy servant 1 for f thou knowest thy servant. 

19 Lord, for thy s servant's sake, and h according to 
thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in 
making known all these great things. 

t 20 O Lord, there is i none like thee, neither is there any 
God besides thee, according to all that we have k heard 
with our ears. 

21 And what one nation in the earth ' is like thy people 
Israel, whom God m went to redeem, to be his own people, 
to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by 
driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed out of Egypt 1 

22 For thy people Israel didst thou make n thine own 
people for ever ; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. 

b 23 Therefore now, Lord, °let the thing that thou hast 
spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, 
be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. 

24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be 
magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God 
of Israel, even a God to Israel : and let the house of David 
thy servant be established before thee. 

25 For thou, p my God, "hast told thy servant that 
thou wilt build him a house : therefore thy servant hath 
found in his heart to pray before thee. 

t 26 And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast q promised 
this goodness unto thy servant : 

* 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house 
of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever : for 
thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed r for ever. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites, 1 : He smiteth Hada- 
rezer and the Syrians, 3. Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents to Mess 
David, 9. The presents and the spoil David dedicateih to God, 11. 
He putteth garrisons in Edom, 13. David's officers, 14. 

WTOW after this it came to pass that David smote the 
'l^i Philistines, and subdued them, and took a Gath and 
her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 

2 And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became ''Da- 
vid's servants, and brought gifts. 

s 3 *|f And David smote c Hadarezer king of Zobah unto 
'Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river 
d Euphrates. 

/ 4 And David took from him a thousand e chariots, and 
f seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : 
David also houghed all the chaviot-hmses, but g reserved 
of them a hundred chariots. 

g 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help 
'Hadarezer king of Zobah, David h slew of the Syrians two 
and twenty thousand men. 

g 6 Then David put garrisons in £ Syria-damascus ; and 
the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. 
Thus the Lord k preserved David whithersoever he went. 
/ 7 And David took the ' shields of gold that were on the 
servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to m Jerusalem, 
ff » Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of 
r« / of v ! zer ' br 1 ou Sht David very much brass, wherewith 

vSelToJSast the braZ6n Sea ' and lhe P illars > and the 



1. CHRONICLES. 



The Ammonites overcome* 



I Christ 
ci. '043, 

blTim.3.15. 

clKgs.2.45. 

verscsll,12. 

dGen.32.10. 

Job 7. 17. 

Ps. 8. 4. & 

144. 13. 

1 Cor. 15. 9. 

e2Sam.7.19. 

fPs. 139. 1. 

John 21. 16. 

g Isa. 49. 6. 

Mat. 12. 18. 

hMt.11.26. 

Eph 1. 11. 

i Ex. 14.11. 

1 Sam. 2. 2. 

kPs. 44. 1. 

1 Dt. 33 29. 

m John 6.41. 

Acts 20. 28. 

1 Tim. 3.16. 
n 2 Sa.7.24. 
o Ezek. 36. 
37. 

p 2 S.i.7.27. 
a Hcb. hast 
revealed 
before the 
ear of. 
q Titus 1.2. 
r Gen.12.13. 
Rom. 11.39. 
alSa. 6.17 

2 Sam. 8. 1. 
bPs. 49 14. 
c 2 Sa.8.3,8. 
d Gen. 15.18.. 
Judg. 11.24. 
e 1 Kings 9. 
19 & 10. 28. 
f2Sam.8.4. 
g Josh. 11.9. 
hcli 19.6,16. 
Ps. 110. 5. 

i 2 Sam. 8.6. 

k Ps. 91. 14. 

& 121. 7. 

IlKingslO. 

17. 

mcb.2Q.14. 

n 1 Kgs. 7. 

23. 

2Chr. 4.15. 



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cir. 1040. 



a Ileb. to 
ask of him 
for peace, 
Josh. 9. 3. 
Tsa. 60. 14. 
b Hob. 
to bless. 

1 Kings 
10. 21. 
Mfcah4. 13. 
p Ps. 72. 10. 
q Ex. 17. 8. 
r 2 Sa. 8.13. 
Ps. 60, title. 
sGen.18.19. 
Isa. 11.2,3 
tch. 11. G. 
u 1 King9 
4.3. 

x 1 Sam.21. 

16. 

chap. 24. 3. 

a 2 Sa. 10.1. 

blSa.ll. 1. 

c 2Sa. 10. 1 

d2Sam.9.1 

e Lamea. 

1.12. 

a Ileb. In 

thine eyes 

dothDavitb, 

2 Cor. 13. 5, 

6. 

f Gen. 42.9. 

g2Sa. 10.4. 

Ps. 109. 4. 

h 2 Chr. 3G. 

16. 

Isa. 20. 4. 

il Kings 16. 

24. 

b Heb. 

stinking, 

2 Sam. 10.6. 

Luke 10. 16. 

k2Sa.!0.6. 

2Chr. 18. 3. 

1 Nu. 21. 30. 
Josh. 13. 9. 
Isa. 15. 2. 
m ch. 11. 6. 
n ch. 13. 1. 
o vcr. 7, 15. 
p2Sa.l0.8. 
c Ileb. the 
face of the 
battle. 
q2Sa.10.10. 
ch. 11.20. 



/ 



9 Now when Tou king of Hamathiieard how David had 
smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ; 

10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, "to inquire 
of his welfare, and * to congratulate him, because he had 
fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him ; (for Hadare- 
zer had war with Tou ;) and with him all manner of ves- 
sels of gold, and silver, and brass. 

/ 1 1 Tf Them also king David "dedicated unto the Lord, 
with the silver and the gold that p he brought from all these 
nations ; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children 
of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from q Anialek. 

12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the 
Edomites in the r valley of Salt eighteen thousand. 
/ 13 *|f And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edom- 
ites became David's servants. Thus the Lord preserved 
David whithersoever he went. 

c 14 ^f So David reigned over all Israel, and * executed 
judgment and justice among all his people. 

15 And 'Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; 
and u Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder ; 
/ 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son 
of Abiathar, were the x priests ; and Shavsha was scribe ; 

17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Che- 
rethites and the Pelethites ; and the sons of David were 
chief about the king. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
David's messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are vil- 

lanously entreated, 1. The Ammonites strengthened by the Syrians, 

are overcome by Joab and Abishai, 6. Shophach slain by David, 16. 

r tkTOW a it came to pass after this, that b Nahash the king 
JL tI of the children of Ammon died, and his c son reigned 
in his stead. 

2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the 
son of Nahash, d because his father shewed kindness to me. 
And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his 
father. So the servants of David came into the land of the 
children of Ammon to Hanun, e to comfort him. 

3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to 
Hanun, " Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, 
that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his ser- 
vants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, 
and f to spy out the land 1 

f 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and g shaved 
them, and cut off' their garments in the midst hard by their 
h buttocks, and sent them away. 

e 5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men 
were served. And he sent to meet them : for the men 
were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Je- 
richo until your beards be grown, and then return. 
e 6 % And when the children of Ammon saw that they 
had made themselves * odious to David, Hanun and the 
children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to 
hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and 
out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. 
s 7 So they hired k thirty and two thousand chariots, and 
the king of Maachah and his people, who came and pitched 
before ' Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered 
themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 
/ 8 And when David heard of it, he sent n Joab, and all 
the host of the u mighty men. 

9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the 
battle in array before the gate of the " city : and p the 
kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 

10 Now when Joab saw that the "battle was set against 
him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of 
Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 

11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the 
hand of q Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in 
array against the children of Ammon. 

/ 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, 

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Rabbah besieged and taken 

then thou shalt " help me : but if the children of Amnion 
be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 
/ 13 r Be of good courage, and 3 let us behave ourselves 
valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : and 
let the Lord do that which is good in his sight. 

14 So Joab and the people that herewith him drew nigh 
before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled before him. 
/ 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syri- 
ans were fled, they likewise 'fled before Abishai his brother, 
and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 
/ 16 If And when the Syrians saw that they were * put to 
the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew 
forth the Syrians that were beyond the river : and u Sho- 
phach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. 
ff 17 And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel, and 
* passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the bat- 
tle in array against them. So when David had put the 
battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 
/ 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel ; and David slew 
of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in cha- 
riots, and y forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach 
the captain of the host. 

19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they 
were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace 
With David, and became his z servants : neither would the 
Syrians help the children of Ammon a any more. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof 

tortured, 1. Three giants are slain in three several overthrows of the 

Philistines, 4. 

s A ND it came to pass, that a after the year was expired, 
J\_ at the time that a kings go out to battle, Joab led 
forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of 
the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. 
But David b tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rab- 
bah, and destroyed it. 

/ 2 And David took the c crown of their king from off 
his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there 
were precious stones in it ; and it was set upon David's 
head : and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of 
the city. 

3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and 
cut them with d saws, and with harrows of iron, and with 



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cir. 1037. 



axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the 
children of Ammon. And David and all the people re- 
turned to Jerusalem. 

e 4 % And it came to pass e after this, that there arose 
war at f Gezer with the Philistines : at which time Sibbe- 
cai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children 
of the giant : and they were e subdued. 
/ 5 And there was war again with the Philistines ; and 
Elhanan the son of h Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath 
the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam. 
/ 6 And yet again ; there was war at Gath, where was * a 
man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four 
and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot : and 
he also was the son of the giant. 

7 But when he k defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shi- 
mea, David's brother, slew him. 

/ 8 These were born urito the giant in Gath ; and they 
' fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
David templed by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people, 1. The 

number of the people being brought, David repentefh of it, 5. David 

having three plagues propounded by Gad, chooselh the pestilence, 9. | .. 

After the death of seventy thousand, David by repentance prevenleth'y^K.go-22. 

the destruction of Jerusalem, 14. David by Gad's direction, pur- {£ ; 44 ,, 

chaseth Oman's threshing-floor: where, having built an altar, God\ j Pr . i<j. 3.' 

giveth a sign of his favour by fire, and stayeth the vlague, 18. David { * 8Chr. 3.1. 

sacrificeth there, being restrained from Gib'eon by fear of the angel, 28. J MtSRSOlV 

*A ND a Satan stood up against Israel, and b provoked, ic™. liW threshing wheat. 
A David to number Israel 



David numbereth the people: 
s 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the peo- 
ple, Go, number Israel from c Beer-sheba even to Dan ; 
and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 
f 3 And Joab answered, The Lord ° make his people a 
hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord 
the king, are they not all my lord's servants 1 why then 
doth my lord require this thing 1 why will he be a cause 
of trespass to Israel ? 

4 d Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. 
Wherefore Joab departed, and went e throughout all 
Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 
y 2 Sam. io. / 5 ^y And Joab gave the sum of the number of the pee- 
ps'. 33. i6. pie unto David. And all they of Israel were f a thousand 
Fs? 2 8.' 3 9°'ia, thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword : 
l0 jand Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand 
men that drew sword. 



dHeb. be 
fore deli- 
verance. 
rDt.31.1,6,7. 
Josh. 1. 6,7, 
1 Sam. 4. 9. 
s2Sa.15.26. 
Ps. 3. 8. 
tLev.2S.7,8. 
verse 13. 
Psa. 37. 5. 
eHeb. 
smitten. 
u2Sa.10.16. 
x 2Sam. 10. 
17. 
Isa. 13. 4 



19. 

a ch. 14. 17. 
Rev. 18. 10. 
a Heb. at 
the return 
of the year, 
2 Sa. 11. IV 

I Kgs.20.22. 
alKgs.20. 
22. 

blSam.ll. 
23. 

c 2 Sam. 12. 

30. 

d 2 Sam. 12. 

31. 

Heb. 11. 37. 

e2Sam.21. 

15. 

f2Sa.5.15. 

ch. 21. 8. 

glSa. 17.51. 

verse 8. 

h2Sa.21.19. 

i 2Sa.21. 20. 

b Heb. a 

man of 

measure, 

Nu. 13. 33. 

klSa.17.10. 

I I Sa.17.50. 
2Sam.21.16, 
22. 

a Job 1. 6. 
Zech.3. 1. 
Rev. 12. 10. 
b2Sa.24.1. 
Mat. 4. 3. 



B. Christ 
1018. 



c Jgs. 9. 1. 
a Heb. add 
unto, 

Dent. 1.1. 
Ps. 115. 11. 
Tsa. 2fi. 15. 
d ver. 3. 
Ga!. 1. 10. 
e2Sa.24.5, 
8. 

f2Sa.24.9. 
« Rom.7.19. 
h Josh. 7. 1. 
verse 14. 
i2Sa.12.13. 
Pr. 28. 13. 
k 1 Sa. 9. 9. 
HKgs.12.24. 
m Pr. 10. 1. 
Acts 15.18. 
n Ezck. 2.7. 
Jer. 1. f>. 
o L,a. 4. 9. 
]>2Sa.24.13. 
//Or, many, 
Ps. 130. 7. 
I,nm. 3. 22. 
n2C'hr.S8.U. 
Un. 47. 6. 
Zech. 1. 15. 
r No. 16. 47. 
49. & 25. 9. 
s Ex. 32. 14. 
Jgs. 2. 18. 
t Gen. 8. 24. 
Nu. 22. 23. 
u IKgs. 21. 
21. 

x Nu. 14. 5. 
Josh. 7. 6, 



6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them : 
for the king's word was g abominable to Joab. 
z>7 And God was displeased with this filing, therefore he 
h smote Israel. 

c 8 And David said unto God, I have J sinned greatly, be- 
cause I have done this thing : but now, I beseech thee, do 
away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very 
foolishly. 
/ 9 % And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's * seer, saying, 

10 Go and tell David, saying, ' Thus saith the Lord, I 
offer thee three things ; m choose thee one of them, that I 
may do it unto thee. 

11 So Gad "came to David, and said unto him, Thus 
saith the Lord, Choose thee 

12 Either three years' ° famine ; or three months to p be 
destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine 
enemies overtaketh thee ; or else three days the sword of 
the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel 
of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel, 
Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring 
again to him that sent me. 

c 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let 
me fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for * very great 
are his mercies : but let me q not fall into the hand of man. 
/ 14 H So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel : and 
there fell of Israel r seventy thousand men. 

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy 
it : and as he was -destroying, the Lord beheld, and he 
9 repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that de- 
stroyed, It is enough, stay now thy hand. And the angel 
of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Oman the 
Jebusite. 

v 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of 
the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having 
'a drawn sword in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. 
Then David and the elders of Israel, who were u clothed 
in sackcloth, x fell upon their faces. 

/ 17 And David said unto God, Is it not I thai command- 
ed the people to be numbered 1 even I it is that have 
sinned and done evil indeed ; but as for these y sheep, 
what have they done 1 let thy hand, I pray thee, O Lord 
my God, be on me, and on my father's house ; but not on 
thy people, that they should be plagued. 

'18 If Then the z angel of the Lord commanded a Gad 
to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an 
altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Oman the 
Jebusite. 

d 19 And David went up at b the saying of Gad, which he 
spake in the name of the Lord. 

« 20 And Oman turned back, and saw the angel ; and his 
four sons with him c hid themselves. Now Oman was 



d-Isa^ml ° 21 And as David came to Oman, Oman looked, and 

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David prepareth for the temple. 

e saw David, and went out of the 

f bowed himself to David with his face to the ground 

22 Then David said to Oman, c Grant me the place of 
this threshing-floor, that I may build an altar therein unto 
the Lord : thou shalt grant it me for the full price : that 
the plague may be stayed from the people. 

u 23 And Oman said unto David, Take it to thee, and let 
my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes : lo, I 
give thee the oxen also for burnt-offerings, and the g thresh- 
ing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat- 
offering ; I give it all. 

c 24 And king David said to Oman, Nay ; but I will verily 
h buy it for the full price : for I will not take that which is 
thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt-offerings without cost. 

D 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place ' six hundred 
shekels of gold by weight. 

d 26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and 
offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called 
upon the Lord ; and he answered him from heaven k by 
fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 

27 And the Lord commanded the angel ; and he ' put 
up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 

f 28 If At that time when David saw that the Lord had 
answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, 
then he sacrificed "there. 

29 For the n tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made 
in the wilderness, and the ° altar of the burnt-offering, 
were at that season in the high place at p Gibeon. 

30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God : 
for he was q afraid because of the sword of the angel of 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
David foreknowing the place of the temple, prepareth abundance for the 
building of it, 1: He instructeth Solomon in God's promises, and his duty 
in building the temple, 6. He chargeth the princes to assist his son, 17. 

THEN David said, a This is the house of the Lord God, 
and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel. 

2 And David commanded to gather together the 
b strangers that vjere in the land of Israel ; and he set 
masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 

3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails 
for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass 
in abundance c without weight ; 

/ 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance : for the d Zidonians 
and they e of Tyre brought much cedar -wood to David. 

5 And David said, f Solomon my son is g young and ten- 
der, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must 
te exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory h throughout 
all countries : I will therefore now make preparation for it. 
So David prepared abundantly before his death. 
/6 If Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged 
him to build ' a house for the Lord God of Israel. 

7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was 
in k my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord 
1 my God. 

v 8 But the "word of the Lord came to me, saying, n Thou 
hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made ° great wars : 
thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou 
hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 
*■ 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a 
man of rest ; and I will give him rest from all his enemies 
round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will 
give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. 
J> 10 p He shall build a house for my name ; and he shall 
be my son, and I will be his father ; and I will « establish 
the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 
, lx N o\v, my son, r the Lord be with thee; and prosper 

• h U ' J™ build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath 



I. CHRONICLES. Solomon made king, 

threshing-floor, and| %£%$■ ing, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou 



e 2Sa.U4.20. 
flKgs.1.23. 
c Hb. give, 
lKgs.21.3. 
g2Sa.24.21. 
h Ro. 12. 17. 
Phil. 4. 8. 
i2Sa.24.24. 
liLev. 9. 24. 
lKgs. 18.38. 
2 Chr. 7. 1. 
Ps. 20. 3. 

1 Ps. 85. 3. 
Isa. 12. 1. 
m Gen. 22. 2, 
9. 

ver. 18, 26. 

2 Chr. 3.1. 
n Ex. 36. 8. 

Ex. 38. 1, 
p J Kgs.3.4. 
qPs.119.120. 
Ezek. 9. 6. 
a Dt. 12.5,6, 
7. 

b 1 Kgs. 9. 
20, 21. 
c lKgs.7.47. 
dlKgs. 5.6. 
e Isa. 60.10. 
fch.29. 1. 

5 1 Kgs.3.7. 
hIKgs.8.41. 
i 1 Kg. 8.15. 
k 2 Sa. 7. 2. 

1 1 Kg. 8.28. 
m 2Sa. 7.5. 
n 2 Sa. 7. 9. 
o lSa.17.50. 
chap. 14. 8. 

6 18. 1. 
pMat.16.18. 
q Ps. 72. 16. 
r Ps. 110. 5. 
s lKgs. 3.9. 
Ps. 72. L 



aaid of thee. 

12 Only the Lord give thee 



wisdom and understand- 



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cir. 1017. 



t Jer. 22. 2. 
u2Sa. 3. 1. 
& 15. 11. 
aThegold 
and silver 
here are 
both of one 
value, and 
together 
amount to 
seven hun- 
dred and 
fifty mil- 
lions. 

x ch. JU.10. 
&28. 9. 
2 Chr. 20. 3. 
b That is, 
help on the 
building, 
Prov. 14. 1. 
Phil. 3. 13. 
1 Th. 5. 11. 
Heb. 3. 13. 
& 10. 25. 

1 Pet. 2. 5. 
June 20. 

y 2Sam.7.2. 
zlKgs.5.3. 
& 8. 16. 
a 2 Sa. 5. 4. 
b ch. 28. 5. 
c ch. 21. 1. 
dNu.4.3,15. 
e ch. 26. 29. 
f 2 Chr. 29. 
25. 

g Ex. 6. 16. 
a Heb. 
divisions, 

2 Chr. 8. 14. 
hGn. 46.11. 
i ch. 26. 21. 
b Or Libni. 
kch. 26.22. 
c Heb. did 
not multi- 
ply sons, 
verse 17. 

I chap. 6. 2. 
m Ex. 6. 20. 
nEx. 28. 1. 
Heb. 5. 4. 
d Heb. the 
holiness of 
holincsses. 
o Nu. 6. 23. 
p Ps. SO, 
title. 

q Ex. 4. 16. 
ch. 26. 24. 
Acts 7. 35. 
r Ex. 2. 22. 
s Gen. 46. 2. 
3. 



mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God. 
d 13 * Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to ful 
fil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged 
Moses with concerning Israel : be strong, and of good 
courage ; dread not, nor be dismayed. 
/ 14 Now behold, in my u trouble I have prepared for the 
house of the Lord ° a hundred thousand talents of gold, 
and a thousand thousand talents of silver ; and of brass 
and iron without weight ; for it is in abundance : timber 
also and stone have I prepared ; and thou mayest add 
thereto. 

15 Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abun 
dance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all 
manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 

a 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, 
there is no number. Arise, therefore, and be doing, and 
the Lord be with thee. 

/ 17 % David also commanded all the princes of Israel to 
help Solomon his son, saying, 

18 Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he 
not given you rest on every side ? for he hath given the 
inhabitants of the land into my hand ; and the land is 
subdued before the Lord, and before his people. 
d 19 Now * set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord 
your God ; arise therefore, and 'build ye the sanctuary of 
the Lord God, y to bring the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is 
to be built to the z name of the Lord. 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
David in his old age maketh Solomon Icing, 1. The number and distribu- 
tion of the Levites, 2. The families of the Gershonites, 7. The sons of 
Kohath, 12. The sons ofMerari, 21. The office of the Levites, 24. 

/Q< O when David was a old and full of days, he b made So- 
k_5 lomon his son king over Israel. 

2 % And he c gathered together all the princes of Israel., 
with the priests and the Levites. 

/ 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of 
d thirty years and upward : and their number by their polls, 
man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 

4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set for- 
ward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thou- 
sand were e officers and judges : 

/ 5 Moreover, four thousand were porters ; and four thou- 
sand f praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, 
said David, to praise therewith. 

6 And David B divided them into ° courses among the 
sons of Levi, namely, h Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 
/ 7 If Of the ' Gershonites were b Laadan and Shimei. 

8 The k sons of Laadan ; the chief was Jehiel, and Ze- 
tham, and Joel, three. 

9 The sons of Shimei ; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Ha- 
ran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. 

10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, 
and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 

1 1 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second : but 
Jeush and Beriah c had not many sons ; therefore they 
were in one reckoning, according to their father's house 
/ 12 % The sons of 'Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, 
and Uzziel, four. 

13 The sons of "Amram; Aaron and Moses: and 
"Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify d the most 
holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense be- 
fore the Lord, to minister unto him, and ° to bless in his 
name for ever. 

c 14 Now concerning Moses the p man of God, q his sons 
were named of the tribe of Levi. 
/ 15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. 

16 Of the r sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. 

1 7 And the sons of s Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. 

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but the sons of Reha 



The order of the priests. 

And Eliezer had none other sons 
biah 'were very many. 

18 Of the sons of ' Izhar ; u Shelomith the chief. 

19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah 
the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 

20 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Micah the first, and Jesiah 
the second. 

/21 If * The sons of Merari ; Mahli, and Mushi. The 
sons of Mahli ; Eleazar, and Kish. 

22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but y daughters: 
and their brethren the sons of Kish z took them. 

23 The sons of Mushi ; Mahli, and Eder, and Jere- 
moth, three. 

/ 24 % These were the sons of a Levi after the house of 
their fathers ; even the chief of the fathers, as they were 
counted by number of names by their polls, that did the 
b work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the 
age of c twenty years and upward. 

25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given 
a rest unto his people, that they may dwell 6 in Jerusalem 
for ever; 

26 And also unto the Levites : they shall f no more carry 
the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 
/ 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were 
numbered from twenty years old and above : 

28 Because 'their office was to wait on the sons of 
Aaron for the e service of the house of the Lord, in the 
h courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all 
holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God ; 

29 Both for the * shew-bread, and for the k fine flour for 
meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that 
which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and 
for all manner of measure and size ; 

d 30 And to stand every 1 morning to thank and praise 
the Lord, and likewise m at even ; 

£31 And to offer all "burnt- sacrifices unto the Lord in 
the sabbaths, in the ° new-moons, and on the set p feasts, 
by number, according to the order commanded unto them, 
continually before the Lord : 

/ 32 And that they should keep the q charge of the r ta- 
bernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy 
place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, 
in the service of the house of the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders, 1. 

The Kohathites, 20, and the Merarites divided by lot, 27. 

"OW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. 
The sons of Aaron ; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, 
and Ithamar. 

2 But b Nadab and Abihu died c before their father, and 
had a no children : therefore Eleazar and Ithamar exe- 
cuted the priest's office. 

3 And David distributed them, both e Zadok of the sons 
of Eleazar, and f Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, ac- 
cording to their 8 offices in their service. 
/4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of 
Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar ; and thus were they 
divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen 
chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among 
the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. 

5 Thus were they divided h by lot, one sort with another; 
for the governors of the '* sanctuary, and governors of the 
house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons 
of Ithamar. 

/6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethanccl the '' scribe, one 
of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, 
and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the ' son of Abia- 
thar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and 
Levites : one "principal household being taken for Elea- 
zar) and one taken for Ithamar 

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e Hb. were 
highl y 
multiplied, 
verse 11. 
t verse 12. 
u verse 16. 
x Ex. 6. 10. 
yNu.27. 3. 
z Nil 36. 7. 
a Nu. 10.17, 
21. 

b verse 4. 
1 Tim. 3. 1. 
cNum. 1.3. 
d ch. 16. 4 
e lKg.8. 13 
Rev. 21. 22. 
f Num. 4.5. 
/ Hb. their 
station was 
at the hand 
of the, 
Neh, 11. 24. 
g Num. 3.6. 
hlKgs.6.36. 
i Lev. 24.5. 
k Lev.6. 20. 

I Ex.29. 30. 
m Ps. 134. 1. 
n Lev. 1. 5. 
oNu. 28.17 
p Lev. 23.4. 
q Nu. 1. 53. 
rlKgs.8.4 
a Ex. 28. 1. 
Num. 26. 
60, 61. 
b Lev. 10.1. 
Num.3. 4. 
cGen.11.28, 
Lev. 10. 2. 
d Ex. 28. 3. 
Num. 3. 4. 
e verses 6, 
31. 

f2Sa.8. 17. 
g Heb. 9. 7. 
h Josh. 18. 
10. 

Prov. 16.33. 
i ch. 9. 29. 
klKgs.3.4. 

I I Sam. 22. 
20. 

a Heb. 
house of the 
father. 



The number of the singers. 

7 Now the first lot came forth to m Jehoiarib, the second 
to Jedaiah, 

8 The third to n Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 

9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 

10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to ° Abijah, 
The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, 



Je- 



B. Christ 
1015. 



, N < 



m ch. 9. 10. 
n Ezra2.32. 
& 10.21,31. 
Neh. 3. 11. 
& 10. 5, 27. 

Neh. 12.4. 
Luke 1. 5. 
pNum.24.5. 

1 Cor. 1. 10. 
& 14. 10. 
Col. 2. 5. 
q2Kgs. 11. 
5. 

chap. 9. 25. 
r Gen. 7. 5. 
Exod.7. 6.& 
10.20.&38. 
22. 

Lev. 8. 4. 
Num.17.11. 
Deut. 12. 8. 
Job 42. 9. 
Acts 13.47. 
sch. 23. 17. 
t ch. 23. 17, 
uch. 23. 19. 
xchap. 2. 8. 
ych. 23.21. 
z ch. 23. 22. 
a verso 18. 
chap. 29. 8. 
b Heb. the 
chief 

against his 
younger 
brother. 

Rev.19.11. 
b Ex. 32. 20. 
~2 Ciiron.5. 
12. 

1 verso 3. 
a Heb. men 
of work, 
b Called 
Jc.-:harc~ 
lah. 

e verse 1. 
c Heb. by 
the hand of 
the hand of 
the king, 
chap. 23. 6. 
riSam.9.9 
si PoW 11. 
hISnm.2.1. 
iGon.33. 5, 



12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 

13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to 
shebeab, 

14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 

15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, 

16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Je- 
hezekel, 

17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twen 
tieth to Gamul, , 

18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and 
twentieth to Maaziah. 

/ 19 These were the p orderings of them in their service 
to come into the house of the Lord, *> according to their 
manner, under Aaron their father, r as the Lord God of 
Israel had commanded him. 

/20 % AndtherestofthesonsofLeviwereMese; Ofthesons 
of Arnram ; s Shubael : of the sons of Shubael ; Jehdeiah. 

21 Concerning l Rehabiah : of the sons of Rehabiah, 
the first was Isshiah. 

22 Of the Izharites ; Shelomoth : of the sons of Shelo- 
moth ; Jahath. 

,23 And the sons of u Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah 
the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekaneam the fourth. 

24 O/the sons of Uzziel ; Michah : of the sons of Mi- 
chah; Shamir. 

25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah : of the sons of 
Isshiah ; Zechariah. 

26 The sons of Merari were Mahli, and Mushi : the sons 
of Jaaziah ; x Beno. 

27 *fi The sons of Merari by Jaaziah ; Beno, and Sho- 
ham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 

28 Of y Mahli came Eleazar, who had no z sons. 

29 Concerning Kish : the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 

30 The sons also of Mushi ; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeri- 
moth. These were the sons of the Levites after the 
house of their fathers. 

/ 31 These likewise a cast lots over against their brethren 
the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and 
Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the 
priests and Levites, 'even the principal fathers over 
against their younger brethren. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

The number and officers oj the singers, 1. Their division by lot into 
four and twenty orders, 8. 

OREOVER a David and the b captains of the host 
separated to the service of the sons of c Asaph, and 
of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should (1 prophesy with 
harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number 
of the " workmen according to their service was : 

2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Ne- 
thaniah, and b Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands 
of Asaph, which e prophesied c according to the order of 
the king. 

d3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun ; Gedaliah, and 
Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under 
the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a 
harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 

4 Of Heman : the sons of Heman ; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, 
Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Ilanani, Elia- 
thah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbckashah, Mallothi, 
Hothir, and Mahazioth : 

/ 5 All these were the sons of Heman f the king's seei 
in the g words of God, to '' lift up the horn. And ' 



to Ilcman fourteen sons and three daughters. 

261 



'God gave 



The division of the porters. 1. CHRONICLES. 

6 All these were under the hands of their father k for 
song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, 
and harps, for the service of the house of God, according 
to the king's order to Asapii, Jeduthun, and Heman. 
d 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were 
instructed in the ' songs of the Lord, even all that were 
cunning, was m two hundred fourscore and eight. 
/ 8 *ft And they cast lots, ward against n ward, d as well 
the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 

9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the 
second to Gedaliah, who, with his brethren and sons, were 
twelve : 

10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

1 1 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve : 

15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his bre- 
thren, were twelve : 

19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his bre- 
thren, were twelve : 

20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his bre- 
thren, were twelve : 

21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve : 

22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his bre- 
thren, were twelve : 

23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve : 

24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve : 

he, his sons, and his 



B. Christ 
1015. 



to Hanani, 

to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his 



25 The eighteenth 
brethren, were twelve 

26 The nineteenth 
brethren, were twelve 

27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve : 

28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve 

29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve 

30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve 
/31 The °four 'and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

The divisions of the porters, 1. The gates assigned hy lot, 13. The Le- 

vites that had charge of the treasures, 20. Officers and judges, 29. 

CONCERNING the a divisions of the b porters : Of the 
\j Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the 
sons of Asaph. 

2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the 
c first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jath- 
niel the fourth, 

8 ^ E il* m the fifth ' Jeh °hanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 
a <f °/t° ver the sons of d Obed-edom were, Shemaiah 
me hrst-born , Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and 
Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 



e Ps. 127. 3. 
&. 128. I. 
a That is, 
Obed-edom, 
f 2 Kgs. 24. 
14. 

ch. 15. 24. 
gch. 26.7. 
h Ex. 18.21. 
Ps. 27. 1. 
Prov.28.]. 
i ch. 16. 38. 
k Gen. 4. 7. 
Dt. 21. 16. 

1 ch. 24. 31. 
&. 25. 31. 
mch.24.31. 
n ch. 25. 8. 
och.7.12,15. 
p ch. 24. 7. 
q 1 Kgs. 10 
5. & 12. 20. 

2 Chr. 3. 4'. 
rNeh. 12.24. 
sEzek.44.3 
b A Clial- 
dee word y 
and sigiti- 
jieth an out 
party 
2 Kings 23 

11. 

1 1 Kgs. 7. 

51. 

n Dt. 12. 6, 

11. 

Mai. 3. 10. 

x ch. 23. 6, 

12. 

ych.23. 16. 

zlKings7, 

51. 

ch. 18. 11. 

a Nu. 3 1.50. 

Judg. 8. 21. 

24, 26. 

1 Ohr.20.25. 
I) 1 Sa. 9. 9. 

2 Kings 17. 
13. 

clSa.U.ll 
& 15. 15. & 
17. 52. 
dl Sam. 14 
50. 

c 2 Chr. 34 
13. 

Nch. 11.16. 
f2 Chr. 19, 
11. 

g Dt. 16. 18. 
2 Chr. 17. 8. 
& 19. 11. 
Ps. 45. 1G. 
h2Chr.l9.8. 



The gates assigned by lot. 

f 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the 
eighth : for God e blessed " him. 

6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled 
throughout the house of their father : for they were f mighty 
men of valour. 

7 The sons of Shemaiah ; Othni, and Rephael, and 
Obed, s Elzabad, whose brethren were h strong men, Elihu, 
and Semachiah. 

/ 8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom : they and their 
sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the 
service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom. 

9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, 
eighteen. 

10 Also * Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons ; 
Simri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet 
k his father made him the chief;) 

1 1 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the 
fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 

/ 12 Among these were the ' divisions of the porters, even 
among the chief men, having wards m one against another, 
to minister in the house of the Lord. 

/ 13 % And they cast lots, as well the n small as the great, 
according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 

14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for 
Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots ; and 
his lot came out northward. 

15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house 
of Asuppim. 

/ 16 To "Shuppim and Hosah p the lot came forth west- 
ward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the 

going up, ward against r ward. 

1 7 s Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, 
southward four a day, and toward Asuppim, two and two. 

18 At 'Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and 
two at Parbar. 

19 These are the divisions of the porters among the 
sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. 

d 20 And of the Levites, Ahijah zvas over the * treasures 
of the house of God, and over the treasures of the u dedi- 
cated things. 

/ 21 Jls concerning the sons of Laadan ; the sons of the 



Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Ger- 
shonite, were Jehieli. 

22 The sons of Jehieli ; Zetham, and Joel his brother, 
which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. 

23 Of the * Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebron- 
ites, and the Uzzielites : 

/ 24 And y Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, 
was rule'r of the treasures. 

25 And his brethren by Eliezer ; Rehabiah his son, and 
Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son,, 
and Shelomith his son. 

/ 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the 
treasures of the dedicated things, which z David the king, 
and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and 
hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated. 

27 Out of the a spoils won in battles did they dedicate 
to maintain the house of the Lord. 

/ 28 And all that b Samuel the seer, and c Saul the son of 
Kish, and d Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeru- 
iab, had dedicated; rmdwhosoeverhaddedicated anything, 
it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. 
/ 29 if Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for 
the e outward business over Israel, for f officers and g judges. 

30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, 
men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers 
among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward h irt 
all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king. 
s 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even 

262 



The twelve captains for their months. 

among the Hebronites, according to the generations of 
his fathers. In the s fortieth year of the reign of David 
they were sought for, and there were found among them 
mighty men of valour at k Jazer of Gilead. 
/ 32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand 
and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made 
rulers over the l Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe 
of Manasseh, for every matter m pertaining to God, and 
affairs of the king. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
The twelve captains for every several month, 1. The minces of the twelve 

tribes, 16. The numbering of the people is hindered, 23. David's seve 

ral officers, 25. 

/\TOW the children of Israel after their number, to wit, 
±ri the chief fathers, and captains of thousands and nun 
dreds, and their officers that a served the king in any mat 
ter of the courses, which came in and went out month by 
month throughout all the months of the year, of every 
course were twenty and four thousand 
/ 2 Over the first course for the first month was b Jasho- 
beam the son" of Zabdiel : and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

/3 Of the c children of Perez was the chief of all the 
captains of the host for the first month. 
/ 4 And over the course of the second month was "Dodai 
an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler 
in Ms course likewise were twenty and four thousand. 
/ 5 The third captain of the host for the third month was 
d Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a b chief priest : and in his 
course were twenty and four thousand. 
/6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the 
c thirty, and above the thirty : and in Ms course was 
r Ammizabad his son. 
/ 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month ivas s Asahel 
the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him : and 
in Ms course were twenty and four thousand 
/ 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was h Shamhuth the 
Izrahite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand 
/ 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was ' Ira the son 
of Ikkesh the Tekoite : and in his course were twenty and 
four thousand. 

/ 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was 
Helez the c Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim : and in 
his course were twenty and four thousand. 
/ 1 1 The eighth captain for the eighth month was k Sib- 
becai the Hushatliite, of the ' Zarhites : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

/12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was m Abie 
zer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

'/13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was n Maha 
rai the Netophathite, of the ° Zarhites : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 
/14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was 
v Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim : and 
in his course were twenty and four thousand. 
/ 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was d Hel- 
dai the Netophathite, of q Othniel : and in his course were 
twenty and four thousand. 

. / 16 % Furthermore over the tribes of Israel : the ruler 
of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri : of the 
Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah : 

17 Of the Levites, r Ilashabiah the son of Kcmuel : 'of 
the Aaronites, ' Zadok 

18 Of Judah, ■'Eliliu, one of the brethren of David: of 
Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 

19 Of Zebulun, ' Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah : of 
* Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel : 



I. CHRONICLES. 



David exhorteth to fear God. 



SiS! , 21 0f the half-f ride of Manasseh in x Gilead, Iddo the 
i"2s n .5.4. son of Zechariah : of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of y Abner; 

22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were 
the princes of the tribes of Israel. 

/23 If But David took not the number of them from 
z twenty years old and under : because the Lord had said 
he would increase Israel like to the a stars of the heavens. 

24 b Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he 
c finished not, because there d fell wrath for it against Is- 
rael ; neither was the number put in the account of the 
Chronicles of king David. 

f25 % And over the 'king's treasures was Azrnaveth the 
son of Adiel : and over the store-houses in the fields, in the 
cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehona- 
than the son of Uzziah : 

/ 26 And over them that did the work of the field for til- 
lage of the ground teas Ezri the son of Chelub : 
/ 27 And e over the vineyards was Shimei the Rama- 
thite : over the increase of the vineyards for the wine- 
cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite : 

/28 And over the clive-trees and the f sycamore-trees 
that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite : 
and over the cellars of oil was Joash : 
/ 29 And over the herds that fed hi g Sharon was Shitrai 
the Sharonite : and over the herds that were in the val- 
leys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. 

/ 30 Over the h camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite : and 
over the ' asses ivas Jehdeiah the Meronothite : 
/ 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these 
were the rulers of the k substance which was king David's. 
/ 32 Also Jonathan, David's l uncle, was a counsellor, a 
wise man, and a scribe : and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni 



ch. 29.27,29. 
k Jos.21.39. 

1 Nu. 32.33. 
m veise 30. 
alSam.2.36. 
2Chr.17.19. 

72. 11. 
b 2Sa.23. 8. 
ch. 11. 11. 
c Gn. 46.12. 
a Or, Dodo, 

2 Sa. 23. 9 
d2Sa.8.18. 
b Or, prill- 

ipal offi- 
cer, 
Hcb.Cobcn, 

1 Kgs. 4. 2. 
e2Sa.23.20. 
f2Sa.8. IB. 

2Sa.2.18. 
ch. IL26. 
h2Sa.23.25. 
ch. 11.27. 
i2Sa.23.26. 
c Or, Pal- 
tite, 

2 Sa. 23.26. 
k ch. 20. 4. 

1 Gen.48.12. 
m2Sa.23.27. 
ch. 11.28. 
n ch.ll. 30. 
oNu. 26.20. 
Josh. 7. 17. 
p 2 Sam.23. 
30. 

d Ox,H;led, 
ch. 11.30. & 
Hcbed, 

2 Sa. 23. £9. 
q Jgs. 3. 9. 
r ch. 26. 30. 
e Heb. over 
Aaron. 
s 2 Sam. 8. 
17. &20. 25. 
1 Kings 1.8. 
fOr,Eliab, 
1 Sa. 16. 6. 
tch. 12.4. 
uch. 12.4. 



E. Christ 
cir. 1015. 



xGen. 31. 
21. & 37. 25. 
Nu. 32. 1. 
Josh. 17.1,5. 
v 1 Sam. 14. 
50. 

z Nu. 1. 8. 
aGen.22.17. 
bch.2. 16. 
c ch. 21. 6. 
d2Sa.24.15. 
e ch. 26. 20. 
o- Heb. over 
that which 
came of the 
vines. 

f 1 Kgs. 10. 
27. 

g Song 2. 1 
Isa. 33. 9. &. 
35.2. 

hlKgs.10.2. 
i 1 Kgs.2.40. 
k Ezra4.22. 
12 Sam. 21. 
21. 

m2Sa.15.12 
n2Sa.15.37, 
oiSa. 17.23, 
pl Kgs. 1.7. 
qch. 11. fi. 
it ch.1'7.1. & 
23. 1 

bcb. 27. 25. 
cch. 27.32. 
(lGcn.47.3I. 
Jgs. 3. 20. 
1 Kgs. 1.47. 
e IV. 22. 8 
f2Sa. 7. I. 
g Ps. 132. 5. 
n 2 Sa. 6. & 
•2Kgs.19.I5. 
I'sa. 99. 5. 
a Ilcb. 
bloods, 
ch.22,8. 
i I Bam. 16. 
7, 13. 

k Da. 2. 41. 
Luke 1. 32, 
33. 

iGon. 49.8. 

IV 78. 6& 

m rh. 3. 1,2. 



20 Of the children of Ephraim, Iloshea the son of Aza-*aa.i 



ziah ; of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 



n2S».7.13 
olKgi.6.36. 



was with the king's sons 



and 



/ 33 And m Ahithophel ivas the king's counsellor 
Hushai the Archite was the king's n companion : 
/ 34 And ° after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Be- 
naiah, and p Abiathar : and the q general of the king's 
army was Joab. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

David in a solemn assembly, having declared God's favour to him, and 
promise to his son Solomon, exhorteth them to fear God, 1 : He en- 
courugeth Solo7non to build the temple, 9 : He giveth him patterns for 
the form, and gold and silver for ike materials, 11. 

ND David a assembled all the princes of Israel, the 
princes of the tribes, and the captains of the compa- 
nies that ministered to the king by course, and the cap- 
tains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, 
and the b stewards over all the substance and possession 
of the king, and of his c sons, with the officers, and with the 
mighty men, and with all the valiant men unto Jerusalem. 

2 Then David the king d stood up upon his feet, and said, 
Hear me, ° my brethren, and my people : As forme, I had 
in f my heart to build a house of e rest for the aik of the 
covenant of the Lord, and for the b footstool of our God, 
and had made ready for the building : 
p 3 But God said unto mc, Thou shalt not build a house 
for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and 
hast shed ■ blood. 

4 Howbcit the Lord God of Israel chose me ; before 
all the house of my father to be King over Israel k for 
ever : for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler ; and 
of the house of ' Judah, the house of my father ; and 
among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king 
over all Israel : 

/5 And '"of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me 
many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon 
the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 
b G And he said unto me, n Solomon thy son, he shall 
build my house and my "courts : for I have chosen him 
!u be my son, and I will be his father. 

263 



B. Christ 
cir. 1015. 



plKgs.2.3. 
n Dt. 4. 35. 
Jer. 9. 24. 
Hosea 4. 1. 
John 17. 3. 
r2Kgs.20.3. 
slSam.16.7. 
Psa. 7. 9. & 
139. 2. 
Jer. 17. 10. 
Heb. 4. 13. 
t ch. 22. 19. 
u Ex. 25.40. 
x lKgs.6.9. 
y]Kgs.6.19. 
2Kgs.19.15. 
zch. 9.26. 
a ch. 26. 27. 
b lKgs.7.48. 
c Ex. 36. 30 
d Ex. 25.31, 
lKgs.7.49. 
2Chr.4.7,20. 
e2Chr.4. 8, 
19. 

flSam.2.13, 
14. 

g Ex. 24. 6. 
hlKgs.6.23. 
Ps. 18. 10. 
Ezek. 1. 24. 
i Ex. 25, 40. 
& 2C. 30. 
Heb. 5. 5. 
k Josh. 1. 5. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
b Or, divi- 
sions. 
The word 
properly is 
(laily at- 
tending up- 
on one's 
work. 
ach.28.1,8. 
b2Chr.9.30. 
& 12. 13. 



David enc&urageth Solomon. I. CHRONICLES. 

d 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he 
be constant to do my p commandments and my judg 
ments, as at this day. 

a 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the congre 
gation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep 
and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: 
that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an in 
heritance for your children after you for ever. 
«9 If And thou, Solomon my son, q know thou the God 
of thy father, and serve him with r a perfect heart, and 
with a willing mind : for the Lord s searcheth all hearts, 
and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts 
if thou seek him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou for 
sake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 

10 Take heed now ; for the Lord hath chosen thee to 
build a house for the l sanctuary : be strong, and do it. 
/ 1 1 % Then David gave to Solomon his son the u pattern 
of the porch, and of the "houses thereof, and of the trea- 
suries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of 
the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the y mer- 
cy-seat, 

t 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of 
the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the cham- 
bers round about, of the z treasuries of the house of God, 
and of the treasuries of the a dedicated things : 

13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, 
and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, 
and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord. 
/ 14 He gave of b gold by weight for things of gold, for 
all instruments of all manner of service ; c silver also for 
all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of 
every kind of service : 

/ 15 Even the weight for the d candlesticks of gold, and 
for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, 
and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver 
by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps 
thereof, according to the use of every candlestick 
/ 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of e shew- 
bread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables 
of silver : 

/ 17 Also pure gold for the f flesh-hooks, and the bowls 
and the cups : and for the e golden basins he gave gold 
by weight for every basin ; and likewise silver by weight 
for every basin of silver 

d 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; 
and gold for the pattern of the h chariot of the cherubims, 
that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord. 

v 19 All this, said David, the Lord made me understand 
' in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this 
pattern. 

d 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and 
of good courage, and do it : fear not, nor be dismayed, for 
the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee ; he will 
not k fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all 
the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 
/ 21 And behold, the " courses of the priests and the Le 
vites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the 
'house of God : and there shall be with thee for all manner 
of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner 
of service : also the princes and all the people will be 
wholly at thy commandment. 

. CHAPTER XXIX. 

Uavul, by Ms example and entreaty, 1, causeth the princes and people to 
offer willingly, 6. David's thanksgiving and prayer, 10. The peopl 
paying blessed God, and sacrificed, make Solomon king, 20. n«»»v' 
reig n and death. 2fi. J ' s 

STjIURTHERMORE David the king said unto a all the 
A congregation, Solomon 
hath chosen, is yet b 



c o.h. 22. 5. 
d 2 Chron. 
28. 10. 
e Ex. 28. 9. 
flsa.54. 11. 
^Rev.21.19. 
h 2Cor.5.14. 
a That is, 
11 millions 
two hun-^ 
dred and 
fifty thou- 
sand 
pounds. 
i lKgs.9.28. 
k 2 Cor. 8. 
12. 

lch.27. 1. 
b That is, 
18 millions 
seven hun- 
dred and 
fifty thou- 
sand 
pounds. 
m Jgs. 5. 9. 
nlKgs.8.61. 

Mt. 6. 13. 
Il Tim. 1.17. 

Rev. 5. 13. 
p Pr. 10.22. 
Ps. 75. 6, 7. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
q Dan. 6.26. 
r Ps. 115. 1. 
2 Cor. 3. 5. 
Is Phil. 2.13. 
tRo. 11.36. 
u Ps. 39. 12. 
Heb. 11. 13. 

1 Pet. 2. 11. 
x Job 14. 2. 
Ps. 90. 9. 
y 1 Sa.16.7. 
ch. 28. 9. 
Ps. 7. 8, 9. 
zPs.51.fl. 
Piov. 11.20. 
a Jer. 10. 23. 

"¥avTd^\tu:& 



jounj 



my son, whom 
and tender, and the work 



, e ch. 21. 25. 

alone God!&22. u. 



David's thanksgiving and prayer 

great ; for the palace is not c for man, but d for the Lord 
God. 

o 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house 
of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and 
the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of 
brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of 
wood ; e onyx-stones, and stones to be set, f glistering 
stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of g precious 
stones, and marble stones in abundance. 

a 3 Moreover, because I have h set my affection to the 
house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold 
and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, 
over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, 
4 Even " three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of 

* Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to 
overlay the walls of the houses withal : 

k 5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of 
silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands 
of artificers. And who then is k willing to consecrate his 
service this day unto the Lord 1 

f 6 <\\ Then the ' chief of the fathers and princes of the 
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hun- 
dreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly, 

7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold 
6 five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of 
silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thou- 
sand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 

8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave 
them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the 
hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 

c 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered m will- 
ingly, because with "perfect heart they offered willingly to 
the Lord : and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 
/ 10 % Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the 
congregation : and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord 
God of Israel our Father, for ever and ever. 

s 1 1 ° Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, 
and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all 
that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the 
kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 

12 Both riches and honour come 11 ' of thee, and thou q reign- 
est over all ; and in thy hand is power and might ; and in 
thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 

13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise 
thy glorious name. 

14 But r who am I, and what is my people, that we 
should be s able to offer so willingly after this sort 1 for all 
things come of thee, and ' of thine own have we given thee, 

t 15 For we are u strangers before thee, and sojourners, 
as were all our fathers : our days on the earth are as * a 
shadow, and there is none abiding. 

16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepar- 
ed to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy 
hand, and is all thine own. 

* 17 I know also, my God, that thou y triest the heart, 
and hast z pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the up- 
rightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these 
things : and now have I seen with joy thy people, which 
are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 

6 18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our 
fathers, a keep this for ever in the b imagination of the 
thoughts of the heart of thy people, and c prepare their 
heart unto thee : 

d 19 And d give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, 
to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy 
statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, 
'^■'if^Xfor the which I have e made provision. 

/20 ^[ And David said to all the congregation, Now f bless 
the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed 

264 



B. Christ 
cir. 1015. 



23.1 

.H9.5.I 



If P*. 103.1, 
IS [2, 20. 



Solomon's choice of wisdom. 

the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down 
heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king. 

21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and 
offered burnt-offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after 
that day, even s a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and 
a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices 
in abundance for all Israel : 

/ 22 And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day 
with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of 
David king the h second time, and anointed him unto the 
Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 
/ 23 Then Solomon sat on the * throne of the Lord as 
king instead of David his father, and prospered ; and all 
Israel obeyed him. 

24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the 
sons likewise of king David, c submitted themselves unto 
Solomon the king. 



a. CHRONICLES. 

their 



His ambassadors to Huram. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1015. 



glKgs.8.63. 
hlKgs.l-35. 
i Ian. 9. 7. 
Rpv. 3. VA. 
cHeb. 
gave the 
hand under 
Solomon, 
Ps. 72.9,10. 
Dan. 7. 14. 
1 Tim. 6.15. 
Rev. 11 15. 



B. Christ. 

cir. 1015. 
dHeb.a ma- 
jesty of the 
kingdom. 
Ps. 45.24. 
k 2 Sam. 2. 
10, 11. 
llKgs.2.11 
m 2 Sa. 5.3 
nch.23. 1. 
Job 42. 12. 
o 1 Sa. 9. 9.' 



/ 25 And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in 
the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such d royal 
majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 
/ 26 IF Thus David the son of Jesse k reigned over all 
Israel. 

27 And the l time that he reigned over Israel was forty 
years ; m seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty 
and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 

28 And he died in a good old age, n full of days, riches, 
and honour : and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 

/ 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, 
they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in 
the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad 
the °seer, 

30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that 
went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms 
of the countries. 



1THE SECOND BOOK OF TIE CI IIOJVICI.!^. 

CHAPTER I. 
The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon, 1 



Solomon' 1 s choice of wis- 
dom is blessed by God, 7. Solomon's strength and wealth, 13. 

fk ND Solomon the son of David * was strengthened in 
_A. his kingdom, and the Lord his God was b with him, 
a and magnified him exceedingly. 

2 Then Solomon d spake unto all Israel, to the captains 
of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to 
every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 
g 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went 
to the - e high place that was at Gibeon ; for there was the 
1 tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the 
servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness. 
s 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from s Kir- 
jath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it : 
for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 
/ 5 Moreover, the h brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of 
Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the taberna- 
cle of the Lord : and Solomon and the congregation 
i sought unto it. 

6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar k be- 
fore the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it. 
■» 7 ^T In that ! night did God appear unto Solomon, and 
said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee 

8 And Solomon said unto God 
mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign 
m in his stead. 

d 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my 
father be established : for thou hast made me king over a 
people like the dust of the earth in n multitude. 
« 10 ° Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may 
p go out and come in before this people : for who can 
1 judge this thy people, that is so great 1 

11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was r in thy 
heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, 
nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long 
life ; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, 
that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I "have 
made thee king : 

b 12 8 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee ; and 
I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as 
1 none of the kings have had that have been before thee, 
neither shall there any after thee have the like. 
/ 13 ^[ Then Solomon came from his journey to the high 
place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and " reigned over Israel. 
14 And Solomon x gathered chariots and horsemen : 
»nd he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and 
67 2 L 



B 'io]5. ist [twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot- 

aiKg.2.46. cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 

bGn.lhS: l5 And the y king made silver and gold at Jerusalem 

?E m h 8 i 3 2fl t\ as plenteous as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the 
' sycamore-trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 
/ 16 And Solomon had z horses brought out of Egypt, and 
linen yarn : the king's merchants received the linen yarn 
at a price. 

17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt 
a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for 
a hundred and fifty : and so brought they out horses for all 
the kings of the Ilittites, and for the kings of Syria, " by 
their means. 

CHAPTER II. 

Solomon'' s labourers for the building of the temple, 1, 17. His ambassoge 
to Huram for workmen and provision of stuff, 3. Huram sendeth him 



Epl 
Phil. 2. 9. 
lTim.6.15 
il 1 Chr. 28, 
1. & 29. 1. 
e 1 Kgs.3.4, 
f Ex. 26. 1. 
Lev. 1. 1. 
gJos. 9. 17, 
h Ex. 38. 1. 
i Lev. 17.3. 
k Lev.1.3,5, 
1 1 Kgs. 3.5 
m 1 C'hr.28 



Thou hast shewed great 



n Gn. 13. 16. 
Ps. 72.8. 
Dan. 7. 14. 
Rv. 11. 15. 
o 1 Kgs.3.9. 1 
Ps. 72. 1,2. 
James 1. 5. - 
pNu. 27.17. !/ 
Dc.3t. 2. I 
q Jgs.2. in. 
r2Sa.7.27.j 
Ps. 10. 17. 
s 1 Kings 3. 
12. 
Ps. 6.". 2. 

tjEcci. 7 2. 7 9. [oversee them . 
sik^kV 3 If And Solomon sent to f Huram the king of Tyre, 
'saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst 



a kind answer, 11. 

ND Solomon determined to build a house for the "name 
of the Lord, and a house b for his kingdom. 
2 And Solomon told out threescore and c ten thousand 
Imen to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in 
the d mountain, and e three thousand and six hundred to 



b. ci.nst send lira cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, 

1015. I , , 

jo; even so deal witti me. 

L 4 Behold, I build a house to the 



vlK 

27. 

ch. 9. 27 



name of the Lord my 
's.72."7._ | God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet 
ziK^Vasi incense, and for 4 
c a h iich% I burnt-offerings morni 

Lheh 
Hal. 
a Dt.28 



the h continual shew-bread, and for the 
morning and evening, on 
s&jand on the new-moons, and on the solemn feasts of the 
Loud our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 
5 And the house which I build is great : for great is our 



1 Kgs. 5.3. i 
terse 9. 



SutoM. God J above all gods. 



verseo 
.■1 Kg.5.15. 
,1 lKg.4.33. 
ol Kgs.G.G. 
ferso 18. 
flKgs.5.1. 
g 1 Kgs. 5. 
5. &8. 18. 
h Ex.25.30. 
Lpv. 21. 8. 
i Ex. 15.11. 
kl Kgs. 8. 
27. 

IIbo. 60. I. 
m h.28.39. 
i) lKg.8.13. 
.. I CI, rou. 
22. 3. 
plK«.5.6. 

II. 

r 1 Kgs.5.0. 

a Ileb. 

great and 

wonderful, 

verse 1. 



t 6 But k who is able to build him a house, seeing the 
heaven and ' heaven of heavens cannot contain him 1 who 
am I then that I should build him a house, save only to 
burn sacrifice before him 1 

SI Send me now therefore m a man cunning to work m 
gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, 
and crimson, and blue, and that can skill u to grave with 
the cunning men that arc. with me in Judah and in Jeru- 
salem, whom David my father did ° provide. 
/8 Send me also p cedar-trees, fir-trees, and q algum- 
trees out of Lebanon : (for I know that thy servants can 
skill to cut timber in Lebanon ;) and behold, r my servants 
shall be with thy servants, 

9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance : for the 
house which 1 am about to build shall be • wonderful great 

2G5 



The time of building the temple. 

10 And behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers 
that cut timber, twenty thousand 'measures of beaten 
wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and 
twenty thousand s baths of wine, and twenty thousand 
baths' of oil. 

/ 1 1 % Then Huram the king of Tyre c answered in writ- 
ing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath 
'loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 

12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel, that u made heaven and earth, who hath given 
to David the king a wise son, " endued with prudence and 
understanding, that might build a house for the Lord, 
and a house for his kingdom. 

13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued wit 
understanding, of x Huram my father's, 
/ 14 The y son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and 
his father ivas a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and 
in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in pur 
pie, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson ; also to grave 
any manner of graving, and to find out every device which 
shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the 
cunning men of my lord David thy father 

15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, 
and the wine which my lord hath spoken of, let him send 
unto his servants; 

# 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, « as much as 
thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by 
sea to z Joppa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem 

f 17 % And Solomon numbered all the a strangers that 
were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith 
David his father had numbered them ; and they were 
found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand 
and six hundred. 

/ 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to 
be b bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hew- 
ers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred 
overseers to set the people a-work. 

CHAPTER III. 
The place and time of building the temple, 1. Tl\e measure and orna- 
ments of the house, 3. The cherubims, 11. 

THEN Solomon a began to build the house of the Lord 
at Jerusalem in mount b Moriah, where the LORD 
c appeared unto David his father, in the place that David 
had prepared in the threshing-floor of d Ornan the Je- 
busite. 

/ 2 And he began to build in the e second day of the se- 
cond month, in the fourth year of his reign. 
/ 3 % Now these are the things wherein Solomon was 
•instructed for the building of the house of God. The 
f length by cubits after the g first measure was threescore 
cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 
/ 4 And the h porch that was in the front of the house, 
the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, 
twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty : 
and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 

5 And the J greater house he ceiled with k fir-tree, 
which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon ' palm- 
fcees and chains. 

* 6 And he garnished the house with m precious stones 
&>r beauty : and the gold was gold of n Parvaim. 

7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and 
the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold ; and 
graved ° cherubims on the walls. 

8 And he made s the .most holy house, the length 
^hereof was according to the breadth of the house, twen- 
ty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he 
overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 

u" dthe , weight of the nails 

witli gold. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 



..id was fifty shekels of gold. 
Aad he overlap the * upper chambers 



B. Chriat 
1015. 



b Heb.corSj 

1 Kg=. 4-S2. 
&5. 11. 

c Ileb. said, 
Psa. 126. 2. 
t Deut. 7. 8. 
Ezek. 16. 8. 
Mai. 1. 2. 
u Gen.1.1,2. 
d licb. 
able in 
prudence, 
Pisa. 112. 5. 
x c,h. 4. 16. 
ylKgs.7.14. 
e Hb. ac- 
cording to 
all thy 
need, 

1 Kgs. 5. 9. 
z Jos. 19. 16. 
Ezra 3. 7. 
Jonah 1. 3. 
Acts 10. 32. 
a 1 Kg.9.20. 
verse 2. 
chap. 8. 7. 
bch. 34. 13. 
Neh. 4. 10. 
alKgs. 6. 1. 
b Gen. 22.2, 
S, 14. 

c2Sa. 24.1S. 
d i Chr. 21. 
18. 

elKgs.6.1. 
a Heb. 
founded, 

I Kgs. 1.12. 
IClir.28. 11. 
John 3. 34. 
flKgs.6. 2. 
g 1 Chr. 28. 
11. 

hi Kgs. 6.3. 
i 1 Kg. 6.17. 
k 1 Kg.6.1 

I I Kg. 6.18. 
ml Kg. 1 0.2. 
1 Chr. 29.8. 
nlKgs.6.20. 
& 9. 28. 

1 Kg. 23. 
b Heb. the 
house of 
holiness of 
hoi iuesses, 

1 Kgs. 6. 5, 
19, 20. 
pi Kgs 0.23. 
John 14. 2. 



.'/' 



B. Christ 
JU12. 



q Gen. 3.24. 
r lKg. 6.24. 
c Or, 

toward the 
house, 
Ex. 25. 20. 
s Ex. 26.31. 
lKgs. 6. 21. 
Mat. 27. 51. 
t lKgs.7.15. 

er. 52. 21. 
ul Kg. 7.21. 
a Ex. 27. 1. 
1 Kgs. 8.22. 
lib. 13. 10. 
bEx. 20. 26. 
Lev. 9. 22. 

:2 Kgs.7.23. 
dlKgs.7.23, 
24, 25. 
elKgs.7.26. 
flKgs.7.38. 
_ Isa. 4. 4. 
Ezk. 40. 38. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
hlKg.7.26. 
iEx. 25. 31. 
k Ex. 25.31. 
1 Chr.28.11, 
15. 

1 lKgs.7.40. 
Ps. 23. 5. 

lKg.6.36. 
nlKg.7.19. 
o 1 Kg.7.38, 
45. 

p 1 Kg.7.39. 
q 1 Kgs. 7. 
13,14. 
r Psa. 1. 3. 
& 92. 13. 
Song 4 13. 
lCor.12.4,5. 



/10 And in the most holy house he made two *» cheru- 
bims of image-work, and overlaid them with gold. 
f 11 11 And the r wings of the cherubims were twenty 
cubits lung : une wing of the one cherub was five cubits, 
reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing 
ivas likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other 
cherub. 

12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, 
reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing 
was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves 
forth twenty cubits : and they stood on their feet, and 
their fives were c inward. 

/14 % And he made the s vail of blue, and purple, and 
crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 

15 Also he made before the house two ' pillars of thirty 
and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top 
of each of them was five cubits. 

/ 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them 
on the heads of the pillars ; and made a hundred pome- 
granates, and put them on the chains. 

17 And he "reared up the pillars before the temple, one 
on the right hand, and the other on the left ; and called 
the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name 
of that on the left Boaz. 

CHAPTER IV. 
The altar of brass, 1. The molten sea upon twelve oxen, 2. The ten 
lavers, candlesticks, and tables, 6. The courts, and the instruments 
of brass, 9. The instruments of gold, 19. 

r "jlw|rOREOVER he made an a altar of brass, twenty 
1_v_Il cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the 
breadth thereof, and h ten cubits the height thereof. 
/ 2 11" Also he made a c molten sea often cubits from brim 
to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; 
and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 

3 And under it was the similitude of d oxen, which did 
compass it round about : ten in a cubit, compassing the 
sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it 
was cast. 

/4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the 
north, and three looking toward the west, and three look- 
ing toward the south, and three looking toward the east : 
and the sea ivas set above upon them, and all their binder 
parts were inward. 

5 And the thickness of it ivas a hand-breadth, and the 
brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers 
of lilies ; and it received and held e three thousand baths, 
/ 6 ^[ lie made also f ten lavers, and put five on the right 
hand, and five on the left, to wash in them : such things 
as they offered for the burnt-offering they s washed in 
them ; but the sea ivas for the h priests to wash in. 

7 And he made ten ; candlesticks of gold according to 
their k form, and set them in the temple, five on the right 
hand, and five on the left. 

/ 8 He made also l ten tables, and placed them in the 
temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And 
he made a hundred basins of gold. 

/.9 f Furthermore he made m the court of the priests, 
and the n great court, and doors for the court, and over- 
laid the doors of them with ° brass. 

10 And he set the p sea on the right side of the east 
end, over against the south. 

/ll And q Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and 
the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was tc 
make for king Solomon for the house of God ; 

1 2 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the 
chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the 
two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters 
which were on the top of the pillars ; 
/ 13 And four hundred 'pomegranates on the two wreaths? 

■266 



The solemn induction of the ark. 

two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the 
two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. 

14 He made also 3 bases, and lavers made he upon the 
bases ; 

15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 

/ 16 The ' pots also, and the shovels, and the "flesh-hooks, 
and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to 
king Solomon for the house of the Lord, of bright brass 

s 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the 
* clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. 

/ 18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abun 
dance : for the weight of the brass could 'not be found out 
/19 % And Solomon made all the vessels that were for 
the house of God, the * golden altar also, and the tables 
whereon the shew-bread was pet ; 

20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that 
they should burn after y the manner before z the oracle, 
of pure gold ; 

21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made 
he o/gold, and that 'perfect gold ; 

/ 22 And the a snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, 
and the censers, of pure gold : and the b entry of the 
house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, 
and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. 
CHAPTER V. 

The dedicated treasures, 1. The solemn induction of the ark into the 
oracle, 2. God being praised, giveth a visible sign of his favour, 11. 

THUS all the work that Solomon made for the house 
of the Lord was finished : and Solomon brought in 
all the " things that David his father had dedicated ; and 
the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he 
among the treasures of the house of God. 
/2 ^[/Then Solomon a assembled the elders of Israel, 
and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of 
the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the 
b ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, 
which is Zion. 

/ 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves 
unto the king in the feast which was in the c seventh month. 

4 And all the elders of Israel came ; and the d Levites 
look up the ark. 

5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of 
the congregation, and all the ' holy vessels that were in the 
tabernacle, these did the e priests and the Levites bring up. 
/ 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel 
that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed 
'"sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered 
for multitude. 

7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord unto his place, to the g oracle of the house, 
into the h most holy place, even under the wings of the 
cherubims : 

/8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the 
place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark, and 
the 'staves thereof above. 

9 And they drew out the staves of thearh, that the u ends 
of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but 
they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 
g 10 There was ' nothing in the ark save the two tables 
which Moses put therein at '" lloreb, when the Lord made 
a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out 
of Egypt. 

/ 11 % And it came to pass, when the priests were come 
out of the n holy place: (for all the priests that were present 
were ° sanctified, and did not then p wait by course : 

12 Also the Levites which were the q singers, all of them 
ol Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their 
brethren ; being r arrayed in white linen, having cymbals 
and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, 



H. CHRONICLES 



r.ul 



Solomon praiseth God. 

and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with 
trumpets :) 

* 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers 
were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising 
and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their 
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of 
music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is s good; for 
his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was 
filled with ' a cloud, even the house of the Lord ; 

m 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by 
reason of the cloud : for u the glory of the Lord had filled 
the house of God. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Solomon having blessed the people, blesseth God, 1 : His prayer at the 
consecration of the temple, upon the brazen scaffold, 12. 

THEN a said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he 
would dwell in the b thick darkness. 
2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a 
place for thy c dwelling for " ever. 

/ 3 And the king turned his face, and d blessed the whole 
congregation of Israel : and all the congregation of Israel 
e stood. 

4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who 
hath with his hands { fulfilled that which he spake with his 
mouth to my father David, saying, 

e 5 Since the day that I brought forth' my people out of the 
land of Egypt I s chose no city among all the tribes of Is- 
rael to build a house in, that my name might be there ; nei- 
ther chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: 
6 But I have chosen h Jerusalem, that my name might be 
there ; and have chosen David to be 'over my people Israel. 
c 7 Now it was k in the heart of David my father to build 
a house for the ' name of the Lord God of Israel ; 

8 But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as 
it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst 
m well in that it was in thy heart : 

9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the house ; but 
thy son which shall come forth out of thy n loins, he shall 
build the house for my name. 

u 10 The Lord therefore hath performed his word that 
he hath spoken : for I am risen up in the room of David 
my father, and am set on ° the throne of Israel, as the 
Lord promised, and have built the house for the name 
of the Lord God of Israel. 

1 1 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the p covenant 
of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel. 

d 12 ^[ And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the 
presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread 
i forth his hands : 

13 (For Solomon had made r a brazen scaffold, of five 
cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, 
and had set it in the midst of the s court : and upon it he 
' stood, and " kneeled down upon his knees before all the 
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward 
heaven,) 

E 14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is * no God 
like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest 
covenant, and s/ictvcst mercy unto thy servants, that y walk 
before thee with all their hearts : 

1.5 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my 
father that which thou hast promised him ; and spakest 
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is 
this day. 

i> 16 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy 

servant David my father that which thou hast promised 

°/L him, saying, 'There shall not fail thee a man in my sight 

to sit upon the throne of Israel ; yet so that thy children 



B. Christ 
1005. 



! Kinpa.4. 

'iKL-'4i.|take heed to ' their way to walk in a my law, as" thou hast 
fie* 3 *! walked before me 

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Solomon' 's prayer, and 

17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be 
verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 

s 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the 
earth 1 Behold, b heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot 
contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built ! 
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, 
and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the 
cry and the prayer which thy servant prayetlr before thee : 

d 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day 
and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said, that thou 
wouldest put thy name there ; to hearken unto the prayer 
which thy servant prayeth toward this place. 

21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy 
servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make 
toward this place : hear thou from thy dwelling-place, 
even from heaven ; and when thou nearest, forgive. 

* 22 U If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath 
be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come 
before thine altar in this house ; 

23 Then c hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge 
thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing 
his way upon his own head : and by justifying the right- 
eous, by giving him d according to his righteousness. 

I 24 ^[ And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before 
the enemy, e because they have sinned against thee ; and 
shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make 
supplication before thee in this house ; 

25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and f forgive the 
sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the 
land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers 

6 26 *f[ When the heaven is s shut up, and there is no rain, 
because they have sinned against thee ; yet if they pray 
toward this place, and confess thy name, and h turn from 
their sin, when thou dost afflict them ; 

27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of 
thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast 
1 taught them the good way wherein they should walk ; 
and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto 
thy people for an inheritance. 

6 28 % If there be u dearth in the land, if there be pesti- 
lence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpil- 
lars ; if their enemies besiege them ''in the cities of their 
land ; whatsoever sore, or whatsoever sickness there be : 

29 Then what prayer, or what supplication soever shall 
be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when 
every one shall know his own sore, and his own grief, and 
shall spread forth his hands in this house ; 

30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and 
forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his 
ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou only ' knowest 
the hearts of the children of men :) 

d 31 That they may m fear thee, to walk in thy ways, solong 
as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers 

b 32 % Moreover, concerning the stranger, which n is not 
of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for 
thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy 
stretched-out arm ; if they come and pray in this house ; 

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy 
dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger 
calleth to thee for ; that all people of the earth may know 
thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and 
may know that ' this house which I have built is called by 
thy name. 

1 34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by 
the way that thou shalt send them, and they ° pray unto 

ttiee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the 

nou se which I have built for thy name ; 

«, - ,. ne . ar thou from the heavens their prayer and 

their supplication, and maintain their 'cause. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



B. Christ 
1005. 



b chop. 2.6. 

Hcb. be- 
fore thy 
facp, 

lltgs.8.28. 
Psa. 20. 1, 
2,3. 

c 1 Kings 
8. 32. 

<1 Psa. 130. 
& 142. 2. 
e Lev. 20. 
,8,17. 
f Lcv.26.40. 
Psa. 8.5. 1, 
2,3. 

g 1 Kgs. 17. 
1.& 18.45. 
hPr.28. 13. 
Isa. 1.13,15. 
i 1 Kg.8.30. 
Ps. 94. 12. 
It Until 1.1. 
d Hub. in 
the land of 
their gates, 
I Kgs. 8.37. 
UCIir.28.9. 
Jo. 17.9, 10. 
lluli. 4. 13. 
m Rev. J 5.4. 
n Ex. G. 5. 
1 Kgs. 8.42. 
John 12. 20. 
c Hcb. thy 
name is 
named up- 
on this 
house 
which 1 
have built, 
1 Kgs. 8.43 
o Ezek.36. 
37. 

/ Or, right, 
Psa. 9. 4. 
Rev. 19. 11 




solemn sacrifice. 

36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which 
p sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver 
them over before their enemies, and they carry them away 
captives unto a land far off or near ; 

d 37 Yet if they e bethink themselves in the land whither 
they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in 
the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we 
have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly ; 

38 If they return to thee q with all their heart and with 
all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they 
have carried them captives, and pray toward their laud 
which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city 
which thou hast chosen, and toward the liouse which I 
have built for thy name ; 

& 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy 
dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and 
maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have 
sinned against r thee. 

h 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, s thine eyes be 
open, and let thine ears be atterit unto the prayer that is 
made in this place. 

b 41 Now therefore 'arise, O Lord God, into thy "rest- 
ing-place, thou, and the ark of thy * strength : let thy 
priests, O Lord God, be y clothed with salvation, and let 
thy z saints rejoice in goodness. 

h 42 O Lord God, a turn not away the face of thine 
anointed : remember the mercies of David thy servant. 
CHAPTER VII. 

Godharing given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, and 
glory in the temple, the people worship him, 1. Solomon's solemn sacri- 
fice, 4. Solomoji having kept the feast of tabernacles, and the feast of 
the dedication of the altar, dismisstth the people, 8. God appeareth to 
Solomon, givclh him promises upon condition, 12. 

_ OW when Solomon a had made an end of praying, the 
b fire came down from heaven, and consumed the 
burnt-offering and the sacrifices ; and the c glory of the 
Lord -filled the house. 

2 And the priests could d not enter into the house of 
the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the 
Lord's house. 

t 3 And when ail the children of Israel saw how the fire 
came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, 
they e bowed themselves with their faces to the ground 
upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord. 
saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever. 
/ 4 ^[ Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices 
before the Lord. 

l 5 And king Solomon offered f a sacrifice of twenty and two 
thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. 
So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 

6 And the priests e waited on their offices : the Levites 
also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David 
the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy 
endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry ; 
and the h priests sounded trumpets before them, and all 
Israel ; stood. 

/ 7 Moreover Solomon k hallowed the middle of the court 
that was before the house of the Lord : for there he 
offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, 
because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was 
not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat- 
offerings, and the fat. 

sS % Also at the same time Solomon kept 'the feast seven 
days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, 
from the entering in of m Hamath unto the "river of Egypt. 

9 And in the eighth day they made a ■ solemn assem- 
bly : for they kept the "dedication of the altar seven days, 
and the feast seven days. 

/ 10 And on the p three and twentieth day of the seventh 
month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and 

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XL CHRONICLES. 



merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had 
shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his 
people. 

11 Thus Solomon ^ finished the house of the Lord, and 
the king's house : and all that came into Solomon's heart 
to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, 
he r prosperously effected. 

v 12 *[f And the Lord s appeared "to Solomon l by night, 
and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have 
u chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 

13 If I * shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I 
y command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pes- 
tilence among my people ; 

b 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall 
z humble themselves, and a pray, and b seek my face, and 
c turn from their wicked ways ; then will I hear from hea- 
ven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

6 15 Now d mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears at- 
tent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 

16 For now have I e chosen and sanctified this house, 
that my name may be there for ever : and mine eyes and 
my heart shall be there perpetually. 

d 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt f walk before me, as Da- 
vid thy father walked, and do according to all that I have 

commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my 
judgments : 

b 18 Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom ac- 
cording as I have covenanted with David thy father, say- 
ing, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 

p 19 h But if ye i turn away, and forsake my statutes and 
my commandments, which I have set before you, and 
shall go and serve other gods, and worship them ; 

w 20 Then will I k pluck them up by the roots out of my 
land which I have given them ; and this house, which I 
have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, 
and will make it to be a proverb and a by-word among all 
nations. 

r 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonish- 
ment to every one that passeth by it ; so that he shall say, 
1 Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto 
this house 1 

22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the 
Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out 
of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and wor 
shipped them, and served them : m therefore hath he 
brought all this evil upon them. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Solomon's buildings, 1. The Gentiles ivhich were left, Solomon made 
tributaries ; but the Israelites, rulers, 7. Pharaoh's daughter removeth 
to her house, 11. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices, 12 : He appoint- 
eth the priests and Levites to their places, 14. The navy fetcheth gold 
from Ophir, 17. 

fk ND it came to pass a at the end of twenty years 

f\ wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, 
and his own house, 

2 That the b cities which Huram had restored to Solo- 
mon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Is- 
rael to dwell there. 

g 3 And Solomon went to ° Hamath-zobah, and prevailed 
against it. 

e 4 And he built d Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the 
" store-cities, which he built in f Hamath. 

e 5 Also he built s Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon 
the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars ; 

s 6 And h Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon 
had, and all the ; chariot-cities, and the cities of the horse- 
men, and "all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, 
and In Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his do- 
minion. 

fl % Jlsfor all the people that were left of the k Ilittitcs, 

68 



B. Christ 
1004. 



qlKgs.9.1. 
Psa. 127. 1. 
r 1 Chron. 
22. 11. 
s lKgs.9.2. 
UKgs.3. 5. 
uDt. 12.5. 
x Job38.37. 
y Am. 9. 3. 
z Jam. 4. 10. 
a Ezek. 36. 
37. 

Matt. 7. 7. 
b Pa. 24. 6. 
c La. 3. 40. 
dch. 6.40. 
e 1 Kings 
9.3. 

chap. 6. 6. 
fGen. 17. 1. 
2Kgg.20. 3. 
g lKgs. 2.3. 
hLv.26.14. 
Dt. 28. 15. 
chap. 15. 2. 
i lKgs.9.6. 
Rom. 2. 9. 
k 1 Kgs.9.7. 
Psa. 5. 5. 
1 Dcut. 29. 
24. 

Jer.22. 8,9. 
m 2 Kings 

17. 18. 
chap. 15. 2. 
& 36. 15. 
Lam. 1. 8, 

18. & 3. 39. 
Dan. 9. 12. 
Micah 7. 9. 
a 1 Kings 
9. 10. 

b 1 Kg.9.11. 
cNu. 13.21. 
1 Sam. 8. 3. 
(11 Kg. 9. 18. 

1 Kg. 9. 19. 
flChr.18.3. 

1 Kg. 9. 17. 
iilKg.9.18. 

1 Kg. 9. 19. 
a Heb. 
Whatso- 
ever Solo- 
mon's de- 
sire had 
desired to, 
1 Kgs. 7. 2, 
Eccl. 2. 10. 
k Gen. 10. 
15, 16. 



B. Christ 
992. 



1 1 Kings 

5. 13, 14. 
& 9. 21. 

m 1 Kings 
9.23. 
n 1 Kings 
3. 1. & 7. 8 

6. 9. 24. 

b Heb. holi 

nesses. 

olKg.8.64 

plKg.8.64 

n Ex. 23. 14. 

Dt. 16. 16. 

r 1 Chron. 

24.1. 

s IK g. 8.63. 

tlChr.9.17. 

c Heb. at 

gate and 

gate, 

lClir.26.13. 

ii 2 Sam. 23, 



Acts 13. 22. 
X ch. 26.20. 
y 1 Kg. 9. 25. 
zlKg.9.26. 
a Dt. 2. 8. 
2 Kg. 22. 14. 
b 1 Kings 
9. 26, 28. 
e 1 Kings 
9.28. 

alKg. 10. 1. 
Mat. 12.42. 
Lu. 11.31. 
bMat. II. l. 
cl Kg. 10.3. 
(1 Pr. 8. 14. 
Mat. 12. 42. 
1 Cor. 1. 30. 

Coi. a. 3. 

1 Kings 
10.5. 
Rev. 3. 21. 

f IKg.10. 6. 
'< Heb. hast 
added to 
the fame, 

1 Tor.'.!.'.). 

l JohnSJi 

g Pa. til I. 



The queen of Sheba visiteth htm. 

and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 
the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, 

8 But of their cnildren, who were left after them in 
the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them 
did Solomon make to ' pay tribute until this day. 
/ 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no 
servants for his work ; but they were men of war, and 
chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and 
horsemen. 

10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, 
even m two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 
/ 1 1 If And Solomon n brought up the daughter of Pha- 
raoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had 
built for her : for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the 
house of David king of Israel, because the places are "holy, 
whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come. 

12 «[f Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the 
Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built "before 
the porch, 

L 13 Even after p a certain rate every day, offering ac- 
cording to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, 
and on the new-moons, and on the solemn feasts, q three 
times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, 
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 
/ 14 ^f And he appointed, according to the order of Da- 
vid his father, the r courses of the priests to their service, 
and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister 
before the priests, as the s duty of every day required : 
the ' porters also by their courses at c every gate : for so 
had David the u man of God commanded. 

15 And they departed not from the commandment of 
the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any mat- 
ter, or concerning the x treasures. 

/ 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the 
day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until 
it was finished. So the house of the Lord was y perfected. 
s 17 ^f Then went Solomon to z Ezion-geber, and to 
a Eloth, at the sea-side in the land of Edom. 
/ 18 And b Huram sent him by the hands of his servants., 
ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea ; and 
they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and 
took thence c four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and 
brought them to king Solomon, 

CHAPTER IX. 
The queen of Shcba admircth the wisdom of Solomon, 1. Solomon's gold, 
13: His targets, 15. The throne of ivory, 17: His vessels, 20: His 
presents, 23: His chariots and /torses, 25 : His tributes, 26: His 
reign and death, 29. 

ND when the a queen of Sheba heard of the b fame of 
Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard 
questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and 
camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and pre- 
cious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she 
communed with him of all that was in her heart. 

2 And Solomon told her all her questions : and there 
was nothing hid from Solomon which he c told her not. 
g 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the d wisdom 
of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 

4 And the meat of his table, and the "sitting of his ser- 
vants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their ap- 
parel ; his cup-bearers also, and their apparel; and his as- 
cent by which he went up into the house of the Lord ; 
there was no more spirit in her. 

/ 5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which 
I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom : 

6 Howbeit, I believed not their words, until I came, and 
mine eyes had seen it: and behold, the one half of the 
greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou a ex- 
ceedest the fame that I heard. 

7 e Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy ser 

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The riches of Solomon. 

vants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy 
wisdom. 

8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in 
thee to set thee on his h throne, to be king for the Lord 
thy God : because thy God loved Israel, to establish them 
for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do 
judgment and justice. 

/ 9 And she gave the king i a hundred and twenty talents 
of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious 
stones : neither was k there any such spice as the queen 
of Sheba gave king Solomon. 

ff 10 And the 1 servants also of Hurarh, and the servants 
of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought al- 
gum-trees and precious stones. 

/ 11 And the king made of the algum-trees m terraces to 
the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps 
and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen 
before in the land of Judah. 

/ 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all 
her desire, whatsoever she asked, "besides that which 
she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went 
away to her own land, she and her servants. 
/13 TI Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon 
in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents 
of gold ; 

g 14 Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought. 
And ° all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country 
brought gold and silver to Solomon. 
/ 15 ^[ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of 
beaten gold : p six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to 
one target. 

16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold : 
three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the 
king put them in the house of the forest q of Lebanon. 
f 17 % Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, 
and overlaid it, with r pure gold. 

18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a foot- 
stool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays 
on * each side of the sitting-place, and two lions standing 
by the stays : 

19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on 
the other upon the six steps. There was not the like 
made in any kingdom. 

/ 20 % And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were 
of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of 
Lebanon were of pure gold : none were of silver ; it was 
not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 

21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the ser- 
vants of Huram : every three years c once came the ships 
of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and 
peacocks. 

22 And king Solomon s passed all the kings of the earth 
in riches and wisdom. 

/23 ^[ And all the kings of the earth sought the 'pre- 
sence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put 
in his heart. 

24 And they brought every man his present, vessels 
of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and 
spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 
/ 25 «[[ And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses 
and u chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen ; whom he 
bestowed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Je- 
rusalem. 

s 26 ^T And he reigned x over all the kings from the y river 
even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of 
Egypt. 

27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, 
ana cedar-trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are 
.n the low plains in abundance 



tl. CHRONICLES. Israel revoltetfi against Rehoboam, 

28 And they 2 brought unto Solomon horses out of 
Egypt, and out of all lands. 

/ 29 ^} Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, 
are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, 
and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the 
visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat 1 
f 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 
forty years. 

31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was bu- 
ried in the city of David his father : and " Rehoboam his 
son reigned in hia stead. 

CHAPTER X. 

The Israelites, assembled ut Shechem to croicn Rehoboam, hy Jeroboam 
make a suit of relaxation unto him, 1. Rehoboam refusing the old 
men's counsel, by the advice of young men, ansivereth them roughly, 6. 
Ten tribes revolting, Mil Hadoram, and make Rehoboam to fee, 16. 

ND Rehoboam went to a Shechem : for to Shechem 



B. Christ, 
cir. 99a 

h 1 Chr. 29. 

29. 

rsa. 9. 6. 

Lu. 1.31,32. 

i Ex. 25. 39, 

klKg.i0.10. 

1 lKg.10.11. 
Ps. 1. 3. 
Rev. 12. 16. 
rn 1 Kgs. 10. 
12. 
nlKg.10.13 

Ps. 68. 29. 
&72. 10. 
Ts. 60. 7, 8. 
Jer. 25. 22. 
pGen.24.22. 

q i Kgs. n " 

rl Kg. 10. 18. 
b Heb. 
hence and 
thence. 
t The He 
brew word 
properly 
oncfiut 6'ip 
nifieth afao 
once, or, 
one time, 
Ex. 30. 10. 
Josh. 3. 6. 

2 Kgs 4. 35. 
& 6. 10. 
Job 33. 14. 
s JVum.2-1.7 
Ps. 89. 27. 

1 Tim. 6. 15. 
t Ps. 16. 11. 
& 27. 4. 
Song 5. 10, 
16. 

ul Kg. 10.26. 
xPs. 72. 8. 
D.-in. 7. 14. 
1 Tim. 6.15. 
Rev. 19. 12. 
yGen.31.21. 



B. Christ 
cir. 992. 



zlKg.10.28. 
chap. 1. 16. 
if Heb. Re- 
chabbam, 
that is, The 
enlarge- 
ment of the 
people, 
ch. 10. 16. 
& 12. 13. & 
13.7. 

a Gen. 12.6. 
blKgs.12.1. 
clKg.11.40. 
dlKgs.12.3. 
c lKgs.4. 7, 
15, 22. & 5. 
18. & 9. 22. 
& 10. 7. 
ch. 0. 30. 
flKgs.12.5. 
" 112.5. 
a Heb. for 
good, 

1 Kgs. 12.7. 
Neh. 5. 19. 
Ps. 86. 17. 
glKgs.12.8, 
ch. 12. 13. 
h 1 Kgs. 12 
16. 

i 1 Kgs. 14. 
21. 

ch. 13. 7. & 
34.1. 

Eccl. 10.16 
Isa. 3. 2, 3. 
ft Heb. 
Mesibbah 
the same 
withSibbah, 
that is, Jl 
wheeling 
about, 
Ex. 4. 21. 
Ps. 19. 14. 
& 28. 3. & 
37. 12, 13.& 
71. 9. & 81. 
12. 

Mat. 6. 13. 
&. 26. 41. 
John 17. 15. 
Rom. 1. 24. 
1 1 Cor. 10. 13. 



were all Israel come to make him king. 
/ 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
who was in Egypt, whither he c had fled from the presence 
of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam d returned 
out of Egypt. 

3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all 
Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke e grievous : now therefore 
ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, 
and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve 
thee. 

5 And he said unto them, f Come again unto me after 
three days. And the people departed. 

/ 6 % And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men 

that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, 

saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this 

people 1 

k 7 And they spake Unto him, saying, If thou be " kind 

to this people, and please them, and speak good words to 

them, they will be thy servants for ever. 

/8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave 

him, and took counsel with the g young men that were 

brought up with him, that stood before him. 

9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye, that 
we may return answer to this people, which have spoken 
to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy fathei 
did put upon us 1 

li 10 And the young men that were brought up with him 
spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the peo- 
ple that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our 
yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us ; 
thus shalt thou say unto them, h My little finger shall be 
thicker than my father's loins. 

1 1 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, 
I will put more' to your yoke : my father chastised you 
with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 
/ 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam 
on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to 
me on the third day. 

13 And the king answered them roughly; and 
Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 

14 And answered them after the - advice of the young 
men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will 
add thereto : my father chastised you with whips, but I 
will chastise you with scorpions. 

* 15 So the king hearkened not unto. the people : for the 
6 cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his 
word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite 
to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

/ 16 % And when all Israel saiv that the king would not 
hearken unto them, the people answered the king, say- 
ing, What portion have we in David 1 and we have none 
inheritance in the son of Jesse every man to vour tents, 

270 



king 



A 1 



Hehoboam's strength, wives, and children. II. 

O Israel : and now, David, see to thine own house, 
all Israel went to their tents. 

17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in th< 
cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 
/ 18 Then king Rehoboam sent k Hadoram that was over 
the 'tribute ; and the children of Israel stoned him with 
stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to 
get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 

19 And Israel m rebelled against the house of David unto 
this day. 

CHAPTER XI. 
Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah, 
1 : He strengthened his kingdom uith forts and provision, 5. The 
•priests and Levites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam, 
strengthen the kingdom of Judah, 13. The ivives and' children of 
Rehoboam, 18.' 

ND when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he 
gathered of the a house of Judah and Benjamin a 
hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were 
b warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the 
kingdom again to Rehoboam. 

2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the 
c man of God, saving, 

3 Speak unto "Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of 
Judah, and to all Israel d in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 

p 4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight 
against e your brethren : return every man to his house : 
for this f thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words 
of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 
/5 % And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and s built cities 
for defence in Judah. 

g 6 He built even h Beth-lehem, and ! Etam, and k Tekoa, 
8 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 
s 8 ' And Gath, and m Mareshah, and n Ziph, 
g 9 And Adoraim, and ° Lachish, and p Azekah, 
s 10 And q Zorah, and r Ajalon, and 9 Hebron, which are 
in Judah and in Benjamin, fenced cities. 
/ 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in 
them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 

12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, 
and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Ben- 
jamin on his side. 

/ 13 ^[ And the priests and the Levites that were in all 
Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 

14 (For the Levites left their suburbs and their posses- 
sion, and came to Judah and Jerusalem : for ' Jeroboam 
and his sons had cast them off from u executing the priest's 
office unto the Lord : 

1 15 And he ordained him * priests for the high places, 
and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.) 
16 And y after them out of all the tribes of Israel, such 
as 7 set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to 
Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. 
c 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and 
made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years : 
for a three years they b walked in the way of David and 
c Solomon. 

/18 % And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter 
of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the 
daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse ; 

19 Which bare him children, Jeush, and Shamariah, and 
Zaham. 

20 And after her he took d Maachah the daughter of 
Absalom ; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, 
and Shelomith. 

/21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Ab- 
salom above all his wives and his ° concubines : (for be 
took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines ; and 
begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah 



CHRONICLES 

So 



B. Christ 
cir. S95. 



k 1 Kings 
12. 18. 
1 1 Kgs. 4.6. 
& 5. 13, 14. 
m verse 14. 
Eccl. 2. 19. 
Rom. 6. 21. 
a 1 Kings 
12.21. 
b 1 Kings 
12. 21. 
c Jgs. 13. 6. 
d 1 Kings 
12.23. 
e Ex. 2. 11. 
L2V. 10. 6. 
Deut.5. 21. 
1 Kg. 12.24 
Rom. 9. 3. 
f Gn. 50.20. 
1 Kg. 12. 15. 
gch. 14.6. 
h Jus. 19.15. 
ilCht.4.31. 
k2Sa.l42. 
12Kg.12.17. 
mJos.10.I0. 
n Jos. J 5. 21. 

2 Kings 

14. 19. 

p Jer. 34. 7. 
q Jos. 15.33. 
r Jos. 19.42. 
s Gen. 23. 2. 
t ch. 13. 9. 
uRcv. 13.16. 
x Am. 7. 10. 
y Song 1. 8. 
Ps. 69. 33. 
a ch. 12. 1. 
1> 1 Kings 

15. 26. 

c chap. 1 1. 
dl Kg. 15.2. 
eGn.22.S4. 

1 Kgs. 11. 3. 



B. Christ 
974. 



f Deut. 21. 
15, 16. 
a lib. he un- 
derstood 
and dis- 
persed. 
gGn. 25. 6. 
verse 11. 
chap. 21. 3. 
Pr. 18. 19. 
a ch. 11. 17. 
b Dt.32. 15. 
Prov. 2. 13. 
Jer. 21. 13. 
2 Tim. 4.10. 
c 1 Kings 
12. 17. 
Pr. 29. 12. 
Matt. 2. 3. 
(1 Jgs. 2. 13. 
oldir.18.4. 
f Nnh. 3. 9. 
g Jer. 5. HI. 
h ch. 15. 2. 
i Ps. 78. 34. 
k Isa. 39. 8. 
1 1 Kings 
21.29. 
m Dt. 28. 6. 
a Jer. 52. 
12, 13. 
o l)t. 28. 48. 
(sa. 26. 13. 
p 1 Kings 
18. 24, 28. 
q chnp.9. 1ft. 
r 1 Kings 
14. 27. 
a Ilcb. also 
ffoodthings 
in Judah , 
Gen. 7. I. 
(Ins. 11. 12. 
Horn. 12. 2. 
s lKg.8 29. 
t ch. 29. 3. 
P«a. 10. 17. 
I'rov. 16. 1. 
Jor. 31. 13. 
Matt. 7. 18. 
uch. II. 16. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
i i Ring* 
12.22. 
votse 5. 
y ch 9. 29. 
zlKe.2. 10. 
a 1Kb. 15.1. 



His reign and death. 

the chief, to be ruler f among his brethren : for he thought 
to make him king. 

23 And he dealt « wisely, and s dispersed of all his chil- 
dren throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, 
unto every fenced city : and he gave them victual in 
abundance. And he desired many wives. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak, 1 : He and the 
princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are delivered from de- 
struction, but not from spoil, 5. The reign and death of Rehoboam, 13. 

/A ND it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established 
_oL the kingdom, and had a strengthened himself, he 
b forsook the law of the Lord, and c all Israel with him. 
g 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Re- 
hoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusa- 
lem, d because they had transgressed against the Lord, 

3 With twelve hundred e chariots, and threescore thou- 
sand horsemen : and the people were without number 
that came with him out of Egypt ; the f Lubims, the Suk- 
kiims, and the Ethiopians. . 

4 And he took the s fenced cities which pertained to 
Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 

/ 5 % Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, 
and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together 
to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord, Ye have h forsaken me, and there- 
fore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 
/ 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel, and the king l hum- 
bled themselves ; and they said, k The Lord is righteous. 

7 And when the Lord 'saw that they humbled them- 
selves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, 
They have humbled themselves ; therefore I will m not de- 
stroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance ; and 
my wrath n shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the 
hand of Shishak. 

8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants ; that they 
may know ° my service, and the service of the kingdoms 
of the countries. 

/ 9 So p Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusa- 
lem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, 
and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried 
away also the shields of gold which Solomon had q made. 

10 Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of 
brass, and committed them to the hands of r the chief of 
the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 

1 1 And when the king entered into the house of the 
Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought 
them again into the guard-chamber. 

/12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the 
Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy him al- 
together : " and also in Judah things went well. 
/ 13 *\\ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jeru- 
salem, and reigned : for Rehoboam was one and forty 
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seven- 
teen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had 
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his 'name there. 
And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 
c 14 And he did evil, because ' he prepared not his heart 
to u 'seek the Lord. 

/ 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they 
not written in the book of ' Shemaiah the prophet, and of 
Iddo i the seer concerning genealogies ? And there were 
wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 

16 And Rehoboam 'slept with his fathers, and was buried 
in the citv of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. 

J CHAPTER XIII. 

Jtbiiah succeeding, makefh war against Jeroboam, 1. He dedarcth tttt 

right of his cause, I ; Trusting in God, he overcomelh Jeroboam, 13. 

The wives end children of Jlbxjnh, 21. 

NOW in the a eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began 
Abijah to reign over Judah. 
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Abijah's victory. 
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. 



His mother's 
name aiso was b Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of c Gibeah. 
And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 
/ 3 And Abijah " set the battle in array with an army of 
valiant men of war, even d four hundred thousand chosen 
men. Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him 
with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty 
men of valour. 

g 4 ^f And Abijah e stood up upon mount f Zemaraim, 
which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Je- 
roboam, and all Israel ; 

/ 5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel 
s gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even 
to him and to his sons by h a covenant of salt 1 

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat the servant of Solo- 
mon the son of David, is risen up, and hath 'rebelled 
against his lord. 

7 And there are gathered unto him k vain men, the chil- 
dren of l Belial, and have strengthened themselves against 
Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was 
m youngand n tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 

v 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the 
Lord in the hand of the sons of David ; and ye be a great 
multitude, and there are with you ° golden calves, which 
Jeroboam p made you for gods. 

/ 9 Have ye not q cast out the priests of the Lord, the 
sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests 
after the manner of the nations of other lands % so that 
whosoever cometh to r consecrate himself with a young 
bullock and s seven rams, the same may be a priest of 
them that are no gods. 

* 10 But as ' for us, the Lord is " our God, and we have 
not forsaken him ; and the priests, which minister unto 
the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait 
upon their business : 

^11 And they x burn unto the Lord every morning and 
every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense : the 
shew-bread also set they in order upon the pure table ; 
and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof to burn 
every evening : for we keep the charge of the Lord our 
God ; but ye have forsaken him. 

12 And behold, God himself is with us for our y captain, 
and his z priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm 
against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against 
the Lord God of your fathers ; for ye shall not prosper 
/ 13 % But Jeroboam caused an a ambushment to come 
about behind them : so they were before Judah, and the 
ambushment was behind them. 

14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was 
before and behind : and they b cried unto the Lord, and 
the priests sounded with the trumpets, 
m 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout : and as the 
men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that c God smote 
Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 
/ 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah : and 
God d delivered them into their hand. 
/ 17 -And Abijah and his people slew them with a great 
slaughter : so there fell down slain of Israel e five hundred 
thousand chosen men. 

18 Thus the children of Israel were 6 brought under at 
tliat time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because 
they f relied upon the Lord God of their fathers. 
e- 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities 
from him, s Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah 
with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. 

20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the 
tli °«'\ bl J ah : and th e Lord h struck him, and he died. 
f i. if Abl J ah * waxed mighty, and married fourteen 

wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters 



bch. 11.20. 
c Jgs. 20. 5. 
a Heb. 
bound on 
sling. 
d ch. 14. 9. 
& 17. 14. 
e Ps. 120. 7. 
Rom. 12.18. 
fJosh.18.2a 

2 Sam. 7. 
12, 13, 16. 
h Nu 18.19. 
Ezek.43.24. 
i 1 Kgs. 11. 
26. & 22.16. 
k Jgs. 9. 4. 
1 Dt. 13. 13. 
m ch. 12.13. 
Eccl. 10. 16. 
Isa. 3. 4. 
J Cor. 14.20. 
nEpli. 4. 14. 
olSa.4.3,5. 
plKg.12.28. 
q ch. 11. 14. 
rlKg.13.33. 
3 Ex. 29. 15. 
Num. 23. 1. 
Micah 6. 7. 
Mark 7. 4. 
tltom. 8.31. 
ulKgs.15.3. 
x chap. 2. 4. 
y Dt. 20. 9. 
zNum.10.9. 
a Josh. 8. 4. 
Piov. 21.30. 
blKg.22.32. 
cch. 14. 12. 
d Ps. 3. 8. 
e Ps. 33. 16. 
b Heb. 
humbled, 
"Jgs. 8. 28. 
Ps. 106. 42. 
fl Chr.5.20, 
Ps. 91. 2, 3. 

Gen. 12. 8. 
I KgS.l2.29. 
hlSa.25.38. 
Ezek.24.16, 
i 1 Sa. 3. 1. 



B. Christ 
958. 



II. CHRONICLES. Asa destroyeth idolatry, 

22 And the rest of the acts of c Abijah, and his wayo, and 
his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. 
CHAPTER XIV. 

Asa_ succeeding, destroyeth idolatry, l : Having peace, he strengtheneth 
his kingdom with forts and armies, 6. Calling on God, he overthrow- 
eth Zerah, and spoileth the Ethiopians, 9. 

~ O Abijah a slept with his fathers, and they buried him 



B. Christ 
955. 



c That is, 
My father 
is lord, 
verse 17. 
a 1 Kg.2.10. 
blKg. 15.16. 
verse 9. 
c lKgs. 11. 
33. &. 15. 11. 
chap. 25. 2. 
& 26. 4. 
verso 3. 
d Deut.7.3. 

Lev.2G.39. 
lKgs.15.14. 
f Josh. 22.5. 
ch. 31. 21. 

g Josh.7.28. 
hPs. 127.2. 
re Heb. 
treading 
the bow, 

1 Chr. 5. 18, 
&8.40. 

i Ps. 33. 16. 
rsa. 8. 9, 10. 
Rev. 16. 14. 
kJos. 15.44. 
1 JgB. 1. 17. 
inEx. 14.15. 
ch. 13. 14. 
.'i 1 Sa. 14. 6. 
Ps. 62. 11. 
olSa 17.45. 
Ps. 22. 4. 
Prov. id. 10. 
p Zecli. 2.8. 
Acts 9. 4. 
<1 ch. 13. 13. 
r Gen. 20.1. 
s Gen. 35.5. 
tlChr.4.41. 
u ch. 20.27. 
a2Pet.l.21. 
b ch. 14. 13. 
c Dt. 20. 1. 
dJer.29.13. 
e Isa. 55. 6 
fch. 12. 3. 
g.Ps.71. 9. 
h ch. 12. la 



KJ in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his 
stead. In his days the land was quiet b ten years. 

c 2 And Asa did that which was c good and right in the 
eyes of the Lord his. God : 

3 For he took away the d altars of the strange gods, ana 
the e high places, and brake down the images, and cut 
down (he groves : 

d 4 And commanded Judah f to seek the Lord God of 
their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 

5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the 
high places and the images : and the kingdom was g quiet 
before him. 

/ 6 ^1" And he built fenced cities in Judah : for the land 
had rest, and he had no war in those years ; because h the 
Lord had given him rest. 

7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these 
cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and 
bars, while the land is yet before us ; because we have 
sought the Lord our God, we have scughthim, and he hath 
given us rest on every side. So they built, and prospered. 
/ 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and 
spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand ; and out of 
Benjamin, that bare shields and " drew bows, two hundred 
and fourscore thousand : all these were mighty men of 
valour. 

g 9 % And there came out against them Zerah the Ethio- 
pian, with a host of l a thousand thousand, and three hun- 
dred chariots ; and came unto k Mareshah. 

10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the 
battle in array in the valley of ' Zephathah at Mareshah. 
c s 1 1 And Asa m cried unto the Lord his God, and said, 
Lord, it is "nothing with thee to help, whether with many, 
or with them that have no power : help us, O Lord our 
God ; for we rest on thee, and °in thy name Ave go against 
this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God ; let not man 
prevail p against thee. 

* 12 So the q LoRD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and 
before Judah ; and the Ethiopians fled. 
s 13 And Asa and the people that ivere with him pursued 
them unto r Gerar : and the Ethiopians were overthrown 
that they could not recover themselves ; for they were 
destroyed before the Lord, and before his host ; and they 
carried away very much spoil. 

s 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar ; for 
the s fear of the Lord came upon them : and they spoiled 
all the cities ; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 
/ 15 They smote also the ' tents of cattle, and carried away 
sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to "Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Asa iviih Judah and many of Israel, moved hy the prophecy of Azariah 
the son of Oded, make a solemn covenant tvilh God, 1 : He puiteth 
down Maachah his mother for her idolatry, 16: Hehringeth dedicated 
things into the house of God, and enjoy eth along peace, IS. 

JND the a Spirit of God -came upon Azariah the son of 
Oded: 

d 2 And he went out b to meet Asa, and said unto him. 
Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin ; The Lord 
c is with you, while ye be with him ; and if ye d seek him, 
he will be e found of you ; but if ye forsake f him, he will 
forsake s you. 

/3 Now for h a long season Israel hath been without the 
true God, and without a teaching priest, and .without law. 

4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord 
God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 

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H. CHRONICLES. 



5 And in ' those times there was no peace to him that B ^[ thl 
went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations 
were upon k all the inhabitants of the countries 

6 And ' nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city : 
for God did vex them with all adversity. 

6 7 Be ye m strong therefore, and let not your hands be 
weak ; n for your work shall be rewarded 
/ 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy 
of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away ° the 
abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin 
and out of the ° cities which he had taken from mount 
Ephraim, and renewed the p altar of the Lord, that was 
before the q porch of the Lord 

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the 
r strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and 
out of Simeon : for they fell to him out of Israel in abun- 
dance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 
/ 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem 
in "the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign 
of Asa. 

1 1 And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of 
the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and 
seven thousand sheep. 

(i 12 And they 'entered into a covenant to seek the Lord 
God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their 
soul ; 

13 That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of 
Israel should be u put to death, whether small or great, 
whether * man or woman. 

14 And they y sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, 
and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 

& 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had 
sworn z with all their heart, and sought him with their 
whole desire ; and he was found of them : and the Lord 
gave them rest round about. 

/16 ^f And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa 
the king, he removed her from being queen, because she 
had made an idol in a grove : and Asa cut down her idol, 
and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 
c 1 7 But the high places were not taken away out of a Israel : 
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 
/ 18 ■[[ And he brought into the house of God the things 
that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had de- 
dicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 

19 And there was no more war unto the b five and thir- 
tieth year of the reign of Asa. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverteth Baasha from building of Ramah, 
1 : Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he pulteth him in prison, 7 : 
Among his other acts, in his disease he seekelh not to God, but to the 
physicians, 11 : His death and burial, 13. 

N the a six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha 
king of Israel came up against Judah, and b built Ra- 
mah, to the intent that he might let none c go out or come 
in to Asa king of Judah. 
«2 

sures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, 
and d sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwell at Da- 
mascus, saying, 

3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was 
between my father and thy father : behold, I have sent 
thee silver and gold ; go, break thy league with Baasha 
king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 
£ 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent 
the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel ; and 
they smote c Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the 
' store-cities of Naphtali. 

f 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he 
left off building of Raman, and let his work cease. 
e 6 Then Asa the king s took all Judah : and they carried 
&9 2 M 



Then Asa brought outsilver and gold out of the trea- 



B. Christ 
040. 



li. 0. 29. 
i Isa. 31. 1. 
Jer. 17. 5. 
k ch. 14. 9. 
1 Ps. J J3. 6. 
Prov. 15.3. 
Zer.h. 4. 10. 

Psalm 
IS. 25, 26.& 
32. 7. 

33. 15. 
Zcch. 2. 5. 
u 2 Sam. 
12.7. 

Matt. 14. 4. 
o cb. 20. 5. 
Ps. 141.5. 
p Jer. 20. 2. 
& 29. 20. 
qden.O. 21. 
22. & 10.33. 
2Sam. 11.4. 
r 1 Chr. 10. 
14. 

a That is, 
Bealinir, 
flout. 33. 9. 
ch.14J5.16. 
a Gen. 50. 2. 
Mark 10. 1. 
t Jer. 3 1. 5. 
n That is. 
Tin l.nrd 
18 jmlirr, 
verses 3, 4. 
irh. 15.3. 
li ch. 15. 2. 
Bom. H. 31. 
c 2Sam. 1 1. 
14. 

tlKg.12.28. 
o2Sam.7.25. 
Ph. 127. 1. 
flKg.10.98. 

"1.4.21. 

l>m 10.4. 
John 2. 17. 
h lKfr. 15.4. 

Ida. 19.23. 
klsa.00.J3. 

Neh. 8, 7. 
milt. 17.18. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
n Inn. 8. 20. 
o Gen 35.5 
ch. 11. 11. 



Jehoshaphafs good reign* 
away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, where- 
with Baasha was building, and he built therewith Geha 
and Mizpah. 

/ 7 % And at that time h Hanani the seer came to Asa king 
of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou > hast relied on 
the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, 
therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of 
thy hand. 

8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a k huge host, 
with very many chariots and horsemen'? yet, because thou 
didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand. 
t 9 For the 'eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the 
whole earth, to shew himself '" strong in the behalf of them 
whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein "thou hast done 
foolishly : therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 
u 10 Then Asa was ° wroth with the seer, and put him in 
a p prison-house ; for he was in a rage with him because 
of this thing. And Asa q oppressed some of the people 
the same time. 

/ 11 IT And behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they 
are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 
"12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was 
diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great : 
yet in his disease he r sought not to the Lord, but to the 
physicians. 

/ 13 And " Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one 
and fortieth year of his reign. 

14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres which he 
had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in 
the bed which was rilled with s sweet odours, and divers 
kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art : and 
they made l a very great burning for him. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Jehoshaphat succeeding Asa, rcigncth well, and prospcrcth, 1 : He send- 
eth Lcvites with the princes to teach Judah, 7 : His enemies being ter- 
rified by God, some of them bring him presents and tribute, 10 : His 
greatness, captains, and armies, 12. 

f\ ND "Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and 
j^L strengthened himself against Israel. 

2 And he placed forces in all the fenced a cities of Ju- 
dah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities 
of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 

3 And the Lord was b with Jehoshaphat, because he 
walked in the c first ways of his father David, and sought 
not unto Baalim ; 

c 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked 
in his commandments, and d not after the doings of Israel. 

5 Therefore e the Lord established the kingdom in his 
hand; and all Judah brought f to Jehoshaphat presents; 
and he had riches and honour in abundance. 
e 6 And e his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord : 
moreover he took away the h high places and groves out 
of Judah. 

/ 7 1 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his 
! princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zecha- 
riah, and to Nethancel, and to Michaiah, k to teach in the 
cities of Judah. 

8 And with tlicm he sent ' Lcvites, even Shemaiah, and 
Nethaniah; and Zebadiah, and Asahcl, and Shcniiramolli, 
and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-ado- 
nijali, Levites-j and with th<?m Elishama and Jehoram, 
"' priests. 

<P 9 And they taught in Judah, and had " the book oi the 
law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout 
all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. 
/ 10 IT And the "fear of the Lord fell upon all the king- 
doms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that 
they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 

11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat 
presents, and tribute-silver; and the Arabians brought 

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AhaVs false prophets. 

him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and 
seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats. 
/ 12 % And Jehoshaphat * waxed great exceedingly; and 
he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. 

13 And he had p much business in the cities of Judah : and 
the q men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 
/ 14 And these are the r numbers of them according to 
the house of their fathers : Of Judah, the captains of 
thousands ; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men 
of valour three hundred thousand. 
/ 15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and 
with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. 
/ 16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who 
3 willingly offered himself unto the Lord ; and with him two 
hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 
/ 17 And of Benjamin ; Eliada a mighty man of valour, 
and with him armed men with l bow and shield two hun- 
dred thousand. 

/ 18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him a hun- 
dred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 
19 These waited on the king, besides those whom the 
king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go icith him 

against Ramoth-gilead, 1. Ahab seduced by false prophets, according 

to the ivord of Micaiah, is slain there, 4. 

/J&T'OW Jehoshaphat had a riches and honour in abun- 
xri dance, and b joined affinity with Ahab. 
s 2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to 
Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in 
abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and 
persuaded him to go up with him to c Ramoth-gilead. 

3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king 
of Judah, d Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead ? And 
he answered him, e I am as thou art, and my people as 
thy people ; and we will be with thee in the war. 
/ 4 % And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, f In- 
quire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. 
c 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of pro- 
phets s four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go 
to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 1 And they 
said, Go up ; h for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 
/ 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of 
the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him ? 
c 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There 
is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the Lord : 
but I hate him ; for he never prophesieth good unto me, 
but " always evil : the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. 
And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 
/ 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, 
and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 

9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed 
robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the 
gate of Samaria : and all the prophets prophesied * before 
them. 

/ 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made n 
3 horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these 
thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. 
ell And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, k Go up 
to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper : for the Lord shall deliver 
it into the hand of the king. 

12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake 
1 him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare 
good to the king with c one assent; let thy word therefore, 
c i r <f y A ? e ' be Ilke one of t»eirs, and speak thou good. 
rn ; A™ Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my 

laOQ saitlu ' Ihnt wrill T „i. ' -> 



II. CHRONICLES. 



B. Christ 
913. 




king 



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to him, 



saith, ' that will I speak. 



L\t £* d »™ hei > he was come to the kin 



the king said 



lintn hivn A/fJ« ■ l , ^«*"c i" »'C *»'«, UIG KII12 - S31U 

unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, 



He is slain at Ramoth-gilead, 

or shall I forbear 1 And he said, m Go ye up, and prosper, 
and they shall be delivered into your hand. 

15 And the king said to him, How many times shall 
I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in 
the name of the Lord 1 

r 16 Then he said, I did n see all Israel scattered upon the 
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord 
said, These have no master ; let them return therefore 
every man to his house in peace. 

17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I 
not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, 
but evil? 

M8 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the 
Lord ; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the 
°host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 

19 And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab lung of 
Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead'? And 
one spake saying after this manner, and another saying 
after that manner. 

20 Then there came out p a spirit, and stood before the 
Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto 
him, Wherewith '! 

21 And he said, I will go out, and be ''a lying spirit in the 
mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt 
entice him, and 9 thou shalt also prevail : go out and do 
even so. 

t 22 Now therefore, behold, r the Lord hath put a lying 
spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord 
hath spoken evil against thee. 

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, 
and smote Micaiah s upon the cheek, and said, Which 
way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak 
unto thee 1 ? 

r 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt 'see on that day 

when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 

/25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and 

carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to 

Joash the king's son ; 

26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the 
u prison, and feed him with x bread of affliction and with 
water of affliction, until I return in peace. 

27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, 
then hath not the Lord y spoken by me. And he said, 
Hearken, all ye people. 

/ 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of 
Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 

29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will 
z disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou 
on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and 
they went to the battle. 

30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains 
of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not 
with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. 

t 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the cha- 
riots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of 
Israel. Therefore they a compassed about him to fight : 
but b Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him ; 
and God moved them to depart from him. 
/ 32 For it came to pass, that when the captains of the 
chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they 
turned back again from pursuing him. 
* 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote 
thekingof Israel 'between the joints of the harness: there- 
fore he said to his chariot-man, Turn thine hand that thou 
mayest carry me out of the host ; for I am wounded. 
/ 34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king 
of Israel stayed himself up in 7ms chariot against the Syri- 
ans until the even : and about the time of the sun going 
down he c died. 

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The prayer of Jehoshaphat. II. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Jehoshaphat reproved by Jehu, visiteth his kingdom, 1 : His instructions 

to the judges, 5, to the priests and Levites, 8. 

AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his 
house a in peace to Jerusalem. 
i 2 And b Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out 
meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest 
help the 



B. Christ 

897. 



ach. 18.31. 

hlKgs.lG.l. 

clKgs.16.3. 

chap. 18. 3. 

el Ps. 15. 4. 

& 139. 21. 

tnlc Rom. 1.30. 

, fch. ia 31. 

5 uu.ioQuupim, ►juuumccii thOUi&20.2. 

ungodly, and d love them that e hate the Lord ? £SSb» 
therefore { is wrath upon thee from before the Lord. u'Ezra^ia 
c 3 Nevertheless, there are s good things found in thee, in f #■ 1: 
that thou hast taken away the h groves out of the land, and 
hast ' prepared thy heart to seek God. 
g 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem : and he k went 
out again through the people from ' Beer-sheba to mount 



19.3. 
m Ps~.82.1£ 
n Neh.5. 15. 
oRom.9.14. 
p ch. 17. 8. 
q 2Sam. 23. 
3. 
't Dent. 17.8. 



Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of;* fcayai. 
their fathers. 

/ 5 ^[ And he set judges in the land throughout all the 
fenced cities of Judah, city by city ; 

d 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do : for 
ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is m with you 
in the judgment. 

d 7 Wherefore now let the n fear of the Lord be upon you : 
take heed and do it: for there is no "iniquity with the Lord 
our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 
/ 8 *|[ Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the 
p Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers j &th.im 
of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controver- 
sies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 

d 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the 
q fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 

10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your 
brethren that dwell in their cities, between r blood and 
blood, between s law and commandment, statutes and judg- 
ments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not 
against the Lord, and so l wrath come u upon you, and 
upon your brethren : this do, and ye shall not trespass. 
/ 1 1 And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in 
all matters of the Lord ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, 
the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's "matters: 
also the Levites shall be y officers before you. Deal cou- 
rageously, and the Lord shall be with the good. 
CHAPTER XX. 

Jehoshaphat in his fear proc'aimelh a fast, 1 : His prayer, 5. TJie pro- 
phecy of Jehazitl, 14. Jehoshaphat exhort dh the people, and settcth 
singers to praise the Lord, 20. The great overthrow of his enemies, 



Nu. 10.46. 
uEzck.3.18. 
x Ex. 18.20. 
I)cut. 1. 15. 
& 17. 8. 
y lCh.26.29. 
a Josh. 9. I. 
Ps. 83. 6, 7. 
Isa. 7. 1. 
R«v. 17. 14. 
b ch. 19. 2. 
cGcn. 14.3. 
Josh. 15. 5. 
(I Gen. 14.7. 
eJosh.16.62. 
fch. 19. 2. 
g Ps. 34.4. 
h Esth.4.16. 



! Matt. 6. 9. 
m Dan. 4.35. 
ri Ps. 62. H. 

o Gen. 17.7. 
p Ps. 41. 2. 
q lsa.41.8. 



B. Christ 

B9G. 

r Vs. 74. 6. 
s IKgs. 5.3. 
t IKgs. 8.33. 
uNu. 20.17. 
xch. 32.25. 
Ps. 7. 4. & 
109. 4. 
Jcr. 18. 20. 
ylSani.3.13. 

22. ~ The people having blessed God at Derachah, return in triumph, I* 5*- 2?"?f' 
26. Jehoshaphafs reign, 31 : His convoy of ships which he made with '[ S J." fia^ 

" Jonah a 4. 
I) Lev. 1. 3. 
c Dr.. 29. 11. 
Song 3. 5. 
.1 Dan. 9. 
20,21. 
e Nu. 11.25. 
24. 20. 
lCh.S2.13 



Ahaziah, according to the prophecy of JEliezer, unhappily pcrishclh, 35 

|T came to pass after this also, //W the children of a Moab 



and the children of Ammon, and with them other be 
sides the Ammonites, came b against Jehoshaphat to battle 
s 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, «j 
There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond isaiahw!| 
the c sea on this side Syria ; and behold, they be in d IIaza- 
zon-tamar, which is c En-gedi. 

<•■ 3 And Jehoshaphat f feared, and set himself s to seek 
the Lord, and proclaimed h a fast throughout all Judah. 
/ 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help 
of the Lord ; even out of ' all the cities of Juuah they 
came to seek the Lord. 

f5% And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before ''the 
new court, 

e 6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou 
1 God in heaven? and m rulest not thou over all the king- 
doms of the heathen t and in thy hand is (here not power 
and might, so that n none is able to withstand thee 1 

7 Srt not thou ° our God, who didst r drive out the inhabit- 
ants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to 
the seed of Abraham ' thy friend for ever 1 



CHRONICLES. His enemies overthrown. 

8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee r a sanc- 
tuary therein for thy s name, saying, 
6 9 If, when 'evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, 
or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and 
in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry 
unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab, 
and mount Seir, whom thou u wouldest not let Israel in- 
vade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they 
turned from them, and destroyed them not ; 

1 1 Behold, / say, how they * reward us, to come to cast 
us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 

'U2 O our God, wilt thou y not judge them 1 for we have 
* no might against this great company that cometh against 
us ; neither know we what to do : but a our eyes are upon 
thee. 

13 And all Judah stood b before the Lord, with their 
c little ones, their wives and their children. 
/ 14 ^f d Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the 
son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a 
Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the e Spirit of the Lord 
in the midst of the congregation ; 

* 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabit- 
ants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat,*Thus saith 
the Lord unto you, f Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of 
this great multitude ; for the battle is s not yours, but God's. 

g-16 To-morrow go ye down against them : behold, they 
come up by the cliff of Ziz ; and ye shall find them at the 
end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 

r 17 Ye shall h not need to fight in this battle : set your- 
selves, ; stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord 
with you, O Judah and Jerusalem : fear not, nor be dis- 
mayed ; to-morrow go out against them : for the Lord 
will be k with you. 

18 And Jehoshaphat ' bowed his head with his face to 
the ground : and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord. 

d 19 And the Levites, of the children of the m Kohathites, 
and of the children of the Sorbites, stood up to praise the 
Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 

d 20 ^[ And they rose early in the morning, and went 
forth into the wilderness of n Tekoa : and as they went 
forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and 
ye inhabitants of Jerusalem ; ° Believe in the Lord your 
God, so shall ye be r established ; believe his prophets, so 
shall ye q prosper. 

21 And when he r had consulted with the people, he ap- 
pointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the 
'beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and 
to say, ' Praise the Lord ; for his mercy endurelh for ever. 
/ 22 If And when they began to sing and to praise, the 
Lord set u ambushments against the children of Amnion, 
Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah ; 
and they were smitten. 

23 For the children of Ammon and Moab * stood up 



Ex.14.13. 

verso 17. 
Ii verso 24. 
i Ex. 14. 13. 
k Num. 14.9. 
chap. 15. 2. 
1 Ex. 4.31. 
mlCh.rj.32. 
n2Sam.l u>. 
o rnaiali7.9. 
p fsa.5->.l(». 
q IChi22.ll. 
r ch. 13. I. 

a Ex. 15.11. 
t Ps. 136. 1. 
vi 2Kings 0. 
17. te.l<x?,r,. 
Ps. 35. 5, 0. 
xJu.li.7.-«. 
ISam.M.20. 
y Ex.14 JO. 
alieh. there 
wan no ej~ 

Pn. 50. 2* 

!: I ltl>. I r 

atlt qf de- 
sire, 



a^'.in?!. the iuhabita'nts of mount Seir, utterly to slay and 



destroy them : and when they had made an end of the 
inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 

24 And when Judah came toward the watch-tower in 
the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and be- 
hold, they were y dead bodies fallen to the earth, and 
" none escaped. 

/ 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take 
away the spoil of them, they found among them in abun- 
dance both riches with the dead bodies, and 'precious 
jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than 
they could carry away : and they were three days in ga- 
thering of the spoil, it was so much. 
ivov'3 ,8 i5' n 26 IF And on the fourth day they assembled themselves 

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896. 



c That is, 
of blessing, 
Ex. 15.1. 
Rev. 19.1,9; 
zJoel3.2,12. 
Rev. 16. 16. 
d Hb. head, 
2 Sam. 6.15. 
a Ne. 12.43. 
b Gen. 35.5. 
chap. 14.14. 
c Job 34.29. 

d 1 Kgs. 15. 

26. & 16.11. 

& 17. 3. 

e cli. 17. 6. 

f chap. 12. 

14. & 19. 3. 

g ch. 16.1,7. 

hlKg.22.48. 

chap. 19. 2. 

i lKg.10.22. 

klKgs.9.26. 

1 Gen. 12.13. 

Hi 20. 2. 

m ch. 15. 2. 

Ps. 127. 1. 

a Thai is, 

The Lord 

is exalted, 

2Kgs. 8. 18. 

& 9. 27. 

ver.4, 6, 12. 

aGcn. 25. 6. 

bGen.25.31. 

Dout.ai.17. 

& 22. 15. 

c2Kgs.8. 16, 

17. 

d .iudg.9.5. 

elKg.22.4a. 

f2Kgs.lb.3. 

glKg.lt>.30. 

hch. 22.2. 

ilKg.14.10. 

t2E'a.7.13. 

b Hb lamp, 

IKg. 11. 3fi. 

c Hb. hand. 

12Kg. 8.21. 



Jehoram slayeth his brethren. II. 

in the valley of c Berachah ; for there they blessed the' 
Lord : therefore the name of the same place was called, 
The z valley of Berachah, unto this aay. 

27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jeru- 
salem, and Jehoshaphat in the " fore-front of them, to go 
again to Jerusalem with joy ; for the Lord had made them 
a to rejoice over their enemies. 

28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and 
harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord. 
/ 29 And the b fear of God was on all the kingdoms of 
those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought 
against the enemies of Israel. 

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his c God 
gave him rest round about. 

/31 5[ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was 
thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his 
mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 

c 32 And he walked in the d way of Asa his father, and 
departed not from it, doing that which was right in the 
sight of the Lord. 

33 Howbeit, tne e high places were not taken away : 
for as yet the people had not f prepared their hearts unto 
the God of their fathers. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and 
last, behold, they are written in the book of g Jehu the son 
of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of 
Israel. 

/35 % And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah h join 
himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 

g 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships ' to 
go to Tarshish : and they made the ships in k Ezion-geber. 

37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah pro- 
phesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast 
joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath m broken thy 
works. And the ships were broken, that they were not 
able to go to Tarshish. 

CHAPTER XXI. 
Jehoram succeeding Jehoshaphat, slayeth his brethren, 1 : His wicked 

reign, 5. Edom and Libnah revolt, 8 : The prophecy of Elijah against 

him in writing, 12 : The Philistines and Arabians oppress him, 16 ' 

His incurable disease, infamous death, and burial, IS. 

"OW Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was bu 
ried with his fathers in the city of David. And " Je 
horam his son reigned in his stead. 

2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Aza 
riah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael 
and Shephatiah : all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat 
king of Israel. 

3 And their father gave them great a gifts of silver, and 
of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Ju- 
dah : but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram ; because he 
was b the first-born. 

/ 4 Now when Jehoram was c risen up to the kingdom of 
his father, he strengthened himself, and d slew all his bre- 
thren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel 
f 5 % Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he be 
gan to reign, and he reigned e eight years in Jerusalem. 

c 6 And he walked in the way of the f kings of Israel, like 
as did g the house of Ahab : for he had the h daughter of 
Ahab to wife : and he wrought that which was evil in theloakll 
eyes of the Lord. 

6 7 Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the ' house of i 
David, because of the k covenant that he had made with; 
David, and as he promised to give a b light to him and to! 
his sons for ever. 

*a ^l l n his da ys the Edomites revolted from under 
d "™f lon of Judah, and made themselves a king. 
9 1 hen Jehoram J went forth with his princes, and all 
his chariots with him : and he rose up by night, and smotei^ 1 Kgl I2 



CHRONICLES. Ahaziah? s wicked reign. 

the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains 
of the chariots. 

s 10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of 
Judah unto this day. The same time also did m Libnah 
revolt from under n his hand ; because he had forsaken 
the Lord God of his fathers. 

/ 11 Moreover, he made ° high places in the mountains 
of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to com- 
mit p fornication, and q compelled Judah thereto. 
/ 12 Tf And there came r a writing to him from Elijah the 
prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy 
father, Because thou hast not walked in the 8 ways of Je- 
hoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 

13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, 
and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
to go ' a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house 
of "Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's 
house, which were better than thyself: 
B 14 Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite 
thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy 
goods : 

w 15 And thou shall have great sickness by disease of 
thy x bowels, until thy bowels fail out by reason of the sick- 
ness day by day. 

/ 16 \ Moreover, y the Lord stirred up against Jehoram 
the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were 
d near the Ethiopians : 

17 And they came up into Judah, and z brake into it, 
and carried away all the substance that was found in the 
king's house, and his sons also, and his wives ; so that 
there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz the young- 
est of his sons. 

a 18 % And after all this the Lord smote him in his 
a bowels with an incurable disease. 

19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after 
the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his 
sickness : so he died of sore diseases. And his people 
made no h burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 
/ 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to 
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and c de- 
parted e without being desired : howbeit they buried him 
in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Ahaziah succeeding, reigneth wickedly, 1. In his confederacy ivilh Jo- 
rain the son of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu, 5. Athahah destroying all 
the seed royal, save Joash, whom Jehoshabeath his aunt hid, usurpeth 
the kingdom, 10. 

ND the inhabitants of Jerusalem a made Ahaziah his 

youngest son king in his stead : for the b band of 

men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain 

all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of 

Judah reigned. 

2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned c one year in Jerusalem. His 
mother's name also was Athaliah the d daughter of Omri, 

c 3 e He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab : 
for f his mother was his e counsellor to do wickedly. 

c 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like 
the house of Ahab : for they were his counsellors, after 
the death of his father, to his h destruction. 
/ 5 % He walked also after their J counsel, and went with 
Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Ha? 
zael king of Syria at k Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians 
smote Joram. 

g 6 And he returned to be healed in ' Jezreel because of 
the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he 
fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son 
of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the 
son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. 

t 7 And the " destruction of Ahaziah m was of God by cova- 

276 



B. Christ 
cir. 889. 



m 2Kg.8.22. 

n ch. 13. 10. 

&15. 2. 

oLv. 26. 30. 

pLv.l7.7.& 

20.5. 

2Kgs. 9. 22. 

verse 13. 

qRev.13.16. 

r2Kgs.3.11. 

Isa. 45. 1. 

slKg. 15.26. 

t Ex. 34. 15. 

Deut. 31.16. 

Ps. 73. 27. 

ulKg.16.31, 

33. 

x verse 18. 

y2Sa. 24.1. 

d Hb. at the 

hand of the 

Cushites, 

Job 1. 14. 

7. Ps. 127. 2. 

a verso 15. 

bch.16. 14. 

cJ6s.23.14. 

1 Kgs. 2. 2. 

e Hb. with- 
out desire, 

Prov. 10.7. 

Jer. 22. 18. 

a Dt. 17. 14. 

15. 

ch. 21. 17. 

hch. 21.16. 

c 2 Kg.8.26. 

"26. 

6. 

f 2 Kg. 9.22. 

g 1 Kg.21.7. 

M Kg. 12. 14. 

i Ps. 1. 1. 

k2Kgs.8.29. 

1 Jos. 19.18. 

1 Kgs. 4. 12. 
laHeb. 
41io treading 
me |rfo«m,or 
\trampling 

upon, 

Mai. 4. 3. 



Jehoiada maketh Joash king. 

ing to Joram : for when he was come, he went out with 
Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord 
had n anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 
/ 8 And it came to pass, that when Jehu was ° executing 
judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes 
of Judah, and the sons of the p brethren of Ahaziah, that 
ministered to Ahaziah, q he slew them. 

9 And r he sought Ahaziah : and they caught him, (for 
he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu : and 
when they had slain him, they buried him : Because, said 
they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who 3 sought the Lord 
with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power 
to keep still the kingdom. 

/10 \\ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah 'saw 
that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the 
seed royal of the house of Judah. 

11 But u Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took 
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the 
king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in 
a " bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king 
Jehoram, the wife of * Jehoiada the priest, (for she was 
the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she 
slew him not. 

12 And he was with them y hid in the house of God six 
years : and Athaliah reigned over the land. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

Jehoiada having set things in order, maketh Joash king, 1. Athaliah 

is slain, 12. Jehoiada restoreih the icorship of God, 16. 

f k ND in the a seventh year Jehoiada strengthened him- 
J\ self, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the 
son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and 
Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, 
and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, b into covenant with him. 

2 And they went about in Judah, and c gathered the 
Levites out of all ttie cities of Judah, and the chief of the 
fathers d of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 

3 And all the congregation made e a covenant with the 
king in the house of God. And he f said unto them, Be- 
hold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of 
the sons of David. 

4 This is the thing that ye shall do ; A third part of 
you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Le- 
vites, shall be porters of the a doors ; 

5 And a third part shall be at the king's house ; and a 
third part at the g gate of the foundation : and all the peo- 
ple shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord. 

/ 6 But let none come into h the house of the Lord, save 
the priests, and they that minister of the Levites ; they 
shall go in, for they are holy : but all the people shall 
keep the watch of the Lord. 

7 And the ; Levites shall compass the king round about, 
every man with his weapons in his hand ; and whosoever 
else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death : but 
be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he 
goeth out. 

/ 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all 
things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and k took 
every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, 
with them that were to go out on the sabbath : for Jehoia- 
da the priest dismissed not the c courses. 

9 Moreover, Jehoiada the priest delivered to the cap 
tains of hundreds spears 
had been 'king David's, which were in the house of God. 



n. CHRONICLES. 



B.Christ 



nlKg.19. 7. 
2 Kgs. 9. 6. 
o2Kg. 9.22. 
p2 Kings 
10. 13. 
q2Kg.9.14. 
r2Kgs.9.27. 
s ch. 15.12. 
t2Kgs. 11. 

i,a 

u2Kg. 11.2. 
4 Heb. a 
chamber 
of bed, 
Ezek.40.45. 
x2Kgs.ll.4. 
y Job 5. 13, 
14. 

Psa. 33. 10. 
Prov. 21.30. 
a eh. 22. 12. 
&24. L 
bSKgs.11.4. 
c Ps. 112.5. 
Mat. 10. 16. 
d ch. 15. 17. 
&31. 3. 
eNeh.9.38. 
f°Sam.7.13. 
lKgs. 2. 4. 
a Ileb. 
threshold, 
2Kgs. 12.9. 
g2Kg. 11.6. 
Acts 3. 2. 
hlKg.8.10. 
b Heb. 
holiness, 
Num. 16.5. 
Ezra 8. 28. 
BKgs.U.7. 
k2Kg.21.9. 
verse 1. 
c Or, divi- 
sions, 
lChron.23. 
24, 25, 26, 
chapters. 
12Kg. 11.10. 
mch.22.11. 
nPs. 89.39. 
& 132. 18. 
oDt. 17.18. 



The good reign qfJoasH» 

him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and 
said, ''God save the king. 

/ 12 % Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people 
running and praising the king, she came to the people 
into the house of the Lord : 

/la And she looked, and behold, the king stood at his 
p pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets 
by the king : and all the people of the land rejoiced, and 
q sounded with trumpets ; also the singers with instruments 
of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Atha- 
liah rent her clothes, and said, r Treason, treason ! 

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains 
of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto 
them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso s followeth 
her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, 
Slay her not in the house of the Lord. 

15 So they laid hands on her ; and when she was come 
to the entering of the horse-gate by the king's house, they 
1 slew her there. 

/16 ^| And Jehoiada made a covenant between "him, 
and between all the people, and between the king, x that 
they should be the Lord's people. 

17 Then all the people went to the y house of Baal, and 
brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, 
and slew z Mattau the priest of Baal before the altars. 
/ 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of 
the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom 
David had a distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer 
the burnt-offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the 
b law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was 
ordained by c David. 

19 And he set the i porters at the gates of the house of 
the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should 
enter in. 

/ 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the no- 
bles, and the governors of the people, and all the people 
of the land, and brought down the king from the house of 
the Lord : and they came through the e high gate into the 
king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the 
kingdom. 

21 And all the people of the land f rejoiced : and the city 
was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword, 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Joash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada, 1. He giveth order for the 

repair of the temple, 4. Jchoiada''s death and honourable burial, 15. 

Joash jailing to idolatry, slayeth Zechariah the son of Jehoiada, 17. 

Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad, 

23. Amaziah succeedcth him, 27. 

/j|" OASH was a seven years old when he began to reign, 
$3 and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mo- 
ther's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 

2 And "Joash did that which tvas b right in the sight of 
the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 

3 And Jehoiada c took for him d two wives ; and he be- 
gat sons and daughters. 

4 ^y And it came to pass after this, that Joash was 
c minded to repair the house of the Lord. 

5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, 
and said to them, Go out /into the cities of Judah, and 
gather of f all Israel money to repair the house of your 
God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. 
Howheit the Levites hastened it not. 
/ 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said 
unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to 
bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the R collection, 

weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to leT^luV according to the commandment of Moses the servant of 
the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the Cjljjj the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the ta- 
temple, by the king round about. eEx.ao!i2; bernacle of witness 1 

"11 ihen they "brought out the king's son, and put upon bS «7 For the sons of Athaliah, ! that wicked woman, had 
rim Mhe crown, and gave him the °teslinionv, and madefy "ma broken up the house of God ; and also all the "dedicated 
70 " 277 



B. Christ 



d Heb. Let 
the king 
live, 

lKgs. 1.39. 
p IKings 6. 
36.&11. 14. 
q Num. 10. 
8, 10. 

chap. 15.4. 
r 1 Kings 
18. 17, 18. 
Matt. 7. 5. 
Rom. 2.1,3. 
s Rev. 14.9. 
t Jgs. 1.6. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
u 2 Kgs.ll. 
17. 

xJosh.22.5. 
y2Kings 10. 
23. 

zl)eut.l3.9. 
]Kg. 18.40. 
t^ong 2. 15. 
Zeoh. 13.3. 
Rev. 19.20. 
alCl.r.'-Jl.l. 
bNum 28.2. 
clChr.26.1. 
Ezra 3. 10. 
(UChr.26.t. 
e2Kg.l 1.19. 
("Est. 8. 15. 
Ps. 58. 10. 
a I iCings 
12. 1. 

a. This Jo- 
ash and 
JJha'.iaU 
his father 

■ ' !,!>' ■ 

his son 
urt left 

out, 



Prov. 10.7. 

and bucklers, and shields, that "<"■-': .'■ 

. , ... « Z. b rs. 78.36. 

97. 

/ 10 And he set all the people, every man having his a 

IMntt.18 I. 
lKen.8.17 



Joash is slain by his servants. 

things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon 
Baalim. 

8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, 
and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord. 
/9 And they made * a proclamation through Judah andjia 
Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Mo 



II. CHRONICLES. The Edomites are overcome 

buried him in the city of David, but they buried him 



B. Christ 

856. 
1 Hosea2.8. 
6 Heb. a 
voice, 
Ex. 36. 6. 
:n 1 Kgs.10. 



in the sepulchres of the kings. 
26 And these are they that 



not 



lKgs.5.15. 
| c Heb. the 



conspired against him ; 

n Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehoza- 

bad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. 

, / 27 % Now concerning his sons, and the "greatness of the 

ses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. !^f™|/ / burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of 

&nA \fhetZnl\ Go ^> behold > they are written in the "story of the book of 

" Neh. 4. 7. ' il " - ' 

olKgs.7.50. 
pGen.35.29. 



lSa.2.30, 
Prov. 10.7. 
s Hb. 6. 10. 
t ch. 21. 2. 
u ch. 23. 18. i 
x Ex. 32. 1. 
Acts 20.29. 
y2 Tm.4.10. 
z Jgs.5. 8. 
chap. 19.2. 
& 28. 13. 
a ch. 36. 15. 
b Neh. 9.26. 
cZe.7.11,12. 
(1 ch. 13. 12. 
& 15- 2. St 
22. 11. 
eNu. 15 36. 
Acts 7. 59. 
l'Ex. 1.17. 
gGen. 9. 4. 
h ch. 12. 12. 
i 2 Kg. 8.38. 
verse 25. 
klKg.22.34. 
2 Kgs. 2.20. 
ch. 35. 23. 
12Kg.12.20. 
verse 21. 



10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced 
brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made 
ah end. 

/ 11 Now it came to pass, that m at what time the chest \m'g'S'w. 
was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Le-I r r "~ 
vites, and when they saw that there was much money, the! 
king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied 
the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus 
they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 
/ 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the 
work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired 
"masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, 
and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house 
of the Lord. 

13 So the workmen wrought, and c the work was per- 
fected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, 
and strengthened it. 

14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest 
of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were 
made ° vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to 
minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of 
gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the 
house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. 
f 15 % But Jehoiada waxed old, and was r full of days when 
he died; a hundred and thirty years o]dwas hewhen he died. 

c 16 And they buried him in the q city of David r among 
the kings, because he had 3 done good in ' Israel, both to- 
ward God, and u toward his house. 

/ 17 Now " after the death of Jehoiada came the princes 
of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the 
king hearkened unto them. 

18 And they y left the house of the Lord God of their 
fathers, and served groves and idols : and z wrath came 
upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 
c 19 Yet he a sent prophets to them, to bring them again 
unto the Lord ; and they b testified against them : but 
they would c not give ear. 

t 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son 
of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and 
said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the com- 
mandments of the Lord, that ye d cannot prosper? because |^ e ^^ 
ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you. 
c 21 And they conspired against him, and e stoned him 
with stones f at the commandment of the king, in the 
court of the house of the Lord. 

/ 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness 
which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his 
son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, 
8 and require it. 

f 23 % And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the 
host of Syria came up against him : and they came to Judah 
and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people 
from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto 



the kings. 



B. Christ 
840. 



mch.21.20. 
n2Kg.]2.21. 
o2Kg.I2.J& 

d Or, com- 
mentary, 
history, 
e Hb. Mid- 
rusch ofga- 
theiing to- 
gether, 
ch. 13. 22. 
a2Kg. 14.1. 
b lKings 18. 
21. 

2 Kings 1 
3,4.& 15.10. 
Isai. 27. 13 
Hosea 10.2 



the king of Damascus. 

24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small com- 
pany of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into 
their hand, h because they had forsaken the Lord God of 
their fathers. So they ' executed judgment against Joash. 
/ 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they 
left him in great diseases,) k his own servants conspired 
against him for the blood of l the sons of Jehoiada the 
priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died : and they 



d ch. 24.25 
e Dt. 24.16. 
flC'lir.13.1. 
g Ex. 6. 14. 

h Numbers 
1.18. 

i ch.11.12. 
kcli. 13.3. 
1 Ex. 25.39. 
lChr.22.14, 
mlKg.10.1 
nlKg 12.28 
ch. 15. 2. & 
24. 20. 
Amos 3.3 
olsa.17.3. 
&28. 1. 
Hosea5.13. 
St 6. 4. 
p lKg.22.9. 
Eccl. 11. 9. 
rich. 14.11 
Judges 7.7. 
r chap. 9.8, 
Psa. 127. 1 
Pr. 10. 22. 



And ' Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Amaziah beginncth to reign well, 1 : He executeth justice on the traitors. 
3 : Having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites, at the 
word of a prophet he losetll the hundred talents, and dismisseth them, 5 : 
He overlhroweth the Edomites, 11. The Israelites, discontented with 
their dismission, spoil as they return home, 10, 13. Jimaziah, proud 
of his victory, serveth the gods' of Edom, and despiseth the admonitions 
of the prophet, 14: He provokelh Joash co his overthrow, 17: His reign. 
25 : He is slain by conspiracy, 27. 

f k MAZIAH was a twenty and five years old when he 
jfjL began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine 
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jeho- 
addan of Jerusalem. 

2 And he did that which ivas right in the sight of the 
Lord, but b not with a perfect heart. 
/ 3 % Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was esta- 
blished to him, that he c slew his servants that had a killed 
the king his father. 

4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written 
in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord com- 
manded, saying, e The fathers shall not die for the chil- 
dren, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but 
every man shall die for his own sin. 
/ 5 Tf Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah together, and 
made them captains f over thousands, and captains over 
hundreds, accordingto the s houses of their fathers, through 
out all Judah and Benjamin : and he numbered them from 
twenty years old and above, and found them three hun- 
dred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that 
could ' handle spear and shield. 

6 He hired also a k hundred thousand mighty men of 
valour out of Israel for ' a hundred talents of silver. 
/ 7 But there came m a man of God to him, saying, O king, 
let not the army of Israel go with thee; "for the Lord is 
not with Israel, to wit, ivith all the children of ° Ephraim. 
* 8 But if thou wilt go, p do it, be strong for the battle :■ 
God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath 
1 power to help, and to cast down. 

d 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall 
we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the 
army of Israel 1 And the man of God answered, The 
Lord r is able to give thee much more than this. 
/ 10 Then Amaziah separated them, lo wit, the. army 
that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again : 
wherefore their s anger was greatly kindled against Judah. 
and they returned home in great anger. 
s 11 ^|'And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth 



his people, and went to the l valley of Salt, and smote of 
the children of Seir ten thousand. 

12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of 

Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top 

of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, 

that they all were n broken in pieces. 

g 13 % But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent 

: back, thai they should not go with him to battle, fell upon 

the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto x Beth-horon, 

s2Sa"i9,42.j am j smote three thousand of them, and' took much spoil. 

3 / 14 % Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was 

come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought 

the y gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be 

z his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and 

burned incense unto them. 

278 



2 Kgs. 14.7 
u 1 Cliron. 
18.13. 
ch. 20. 20. 
x lKg.9.17. 
y2Sa.5.21. 
lCh.14.I2. 
z Ex. 20. 2. 



Amaziah slain by a conspiracy. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



which could not deliver b their own people out of thy hand 1 
«> 1 6 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the 
king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel 1 
c forbear ; why shouldest thou be smitten 1 Then the pro- 
phet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined 
d to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast 
not hearkened unto my counsel. 

/ 17 T| Then Amaziah king of Judah e took advice, and 
"sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king 
of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 
i 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of 
Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the 
cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to 
my son to wife : and there passed by a 6 wild beast that 
was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 

19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edoinites ; 
and f thy heart lifteth thee up to boast : abide now at home ; 
why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest 
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee 1 
t 20 But Amaziah would not hear ; for s it came of God, 
that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, 
because they sought after the gods of Edom. 
g 21 So Joash the king of Israel went up ; and they saw 
one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Ju- 
dah, at Beth-shemesh, which helongeth h to Judah. 
/ 22 And Judah was c put to the worse before Israel, and 
they fled every man to his tent. 

g 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king 
of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth- 
shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down 
the wail of Jerusalem from the s gate of Ephraim to the 
* corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 

24 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the ves- 
sels that were found in the house of God k with Obed- 
edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the ' hostages 
also, and returned to Samaria. 

/ 25 ^[ And Amaziah, the son of Joash king of Judah, 
lived after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz king of 
Israel, fifteen years. 

26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, ' first and last, 
behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of 
Tndah and Israel 1 

e 27 % Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away 
from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against 
him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to Lachish : but they sent 
to m Lachish after him, and slew him there. 
/ 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him 
with his fathers in the n city of Judah. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
Uzziuh succeeding, and reigning well in the days of Zcchariah, prosper- 
ed, 1. Waxing proud, he invadeth the priest's office, and is smitten 
tvith leprosy, 16 : He dieth, and Jotham succeedeth him, 22. 

THEN all the people of Judah took ' Uzziah, who was 
sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of 
his father Amaziah. 

2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that 
the king slept with his fathers. 

3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to rei°"n 
and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His 
mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 

c 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the 
Lord, a according to all that his father Amaziah did. 

6 5 And he sought God b in the days of Zechariah, who 
had understanding in c the visions of God : and, d as long 
as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. 

g 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, 
*nd brake down the wall of Gath, and the wail of Jabneh, 



1 chap. 12. 

13. &16.U. 
&20. 34. 

m 2 Kings 

14. 19. 
n2Kgs.l4. 
20. 

a That is, 
The power 
of the Lordi 
called also 
Azariah, 
that is, The 
Lord hath 
holpen. 

2 Kg. 14.21. 
ver. 11, 16. 
a ch. 25.14. 
b ch. 24. 2. 
cGn. 41.15. 
Da. 1.17. & 
219. &10.1. 
illSa.2.30. 
lCh.22. 11. 
chap. 11. 
13. & 15. 2. 



B. Christ 
WO. 



Uzziah's reign and death, 

and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, 
and among the Philistines. 

7 And God e helped him against the Philistines, and 
against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Me- 
hunims. 

/ 8 And the f Ammonites s gave gifts to Uzziah : and his 
name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt : for 
he strengthened himself exceedingly. 
/ 9 Moreover, Uzziah built h towers in Jerusalem at the 
1 corner-gate, and at the k valley-gate, and at the turning 
of the wall, and fortified them. 

10 Also he built towers in the ' desert, and digged many 
wells : for he had much cattle, both in the low country, 
and in the plains ; husbandmen also, and vine-dressers in 
the mountains, and in Carmel : for he loved husbandry. 
/ 11 Moreover, Uzziah had m a host of fighting men, that 
went out to war by bands, according to the number of 
their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah 
the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's 
captains. 

12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the 
mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 
/ 13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred 
thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made 
war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 

14 And Uzziah prepared for them^throughout all the 
host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, 
and bows, and n slings to cast stones. 
/15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by 
cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, 
to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And' his name 
spread far abroad ; for he was "marvellously helped, till 
he was strong. 

/ 16 ^[ But when he was r strong, q his heart was lifted 
up Co his destruction : for he transgressed against the 
Lord his God, and went into the r temple of the Lord to 
5 burn incense upon the altar of incense. 

1 7 And Azariah the ' priest went in after him, and with 
him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men : 

18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto 
him, It u appertained not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense 
unto the Lord, but to the x priests, the sons of Aaron, that 
are consecrated to burn incense : go out of the sanctuary ; 
for thou hast trespassed ; neither shall it be for thine y ho- 
nour z from the Lord God. 

™i9 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his 
hand to burn incense : and a while he was wroth with the 
priests, the b leprosy even rose up in his forehead before 
the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the in- 
cense-altar. 

20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests look- 
ed upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, 
and they thrust him out from thence ; yea, himself c hast- 
ed also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him. 
/ 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his 
death, and dwelt in d a several house, being a leper ; for 
he was ° cut off from the house of the Lord : and Jotham 
his son was over the king's house, f judging the people of 
the land. 

/ 22 «|f Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, 
did e Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 

23 So Uzziah h slept with his fathers, and they buried 
him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged 
to the kings ; for they said, He is a leper : and Jotham 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
Jotham reigning well, prosper eth,l: He eubdueth the Ammonites, 5 
His reign, 7 : Jlhaz succeedeth him, 9. 
OTIIAM was 'twenty and five years old when he be- 



J 



27:) 



II. CHRONICLES 

name also was Jerushah 



the 



Judah captivated by Israel 

salem. His mother's 

daughter of Zadok. 

e 2 And he did that which was b right in the sight of the 

Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did : howbeit, 

he c entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the 

people did yet d corruptly. 

g 3 He c built the f higli gate of the house of the Lord, 

and cm the wall of s Ophel he built much. 

4 Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, 
and in the forests he built h castles and towers. 
/ 5 If He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and 
prevailed against them. And the children of Amnion 
gave him the same year l a hundred talents of silver, and 
ten thousand * measures of wheat, and ten thousand of 
barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto 
him, both the second year, and the third. 

6 So Jotham became mighty, because he k prepared 
liis ] ways before the Lord his God. 
/ 7 % Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his 
wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of 
the kings of Israel and Judah. 

8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to 
reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 
/9 f And 'Jotham slept with his fathers, and they bu- 
ried him in the city of David : and Ahaz his son reigned 
in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Ahaz reigning very wickedly, is greatly afflicted by the Syrians, 1. Ju- 
dah being captivated by tJie Israelites, is sent home by the counsel of 
Oded the prophet, 6. Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria, is not helped 
thereby, 16. In his distress he groweth more idolatrous, 22. He dying, 
Hezekiah succeedeth him, 26. 

f A HAZ was a twenty years old when he began to reign, 
/ % and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : but he 
did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, 
b like David his father : 

e 2 For he walked in the ° ways of the kings of Israel, 
and made also molten images for d Baalim. 
g 3 Moreover, he burnt incense in the e valley of the son 
of Hinnom, and f burnt his children in the fire, after the 
abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast 
out before the children of Israel. 

4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the g high 
places, and on the hills, and under h every green tree. 
/ 5 Wherefore the Lord i his God delivered him into the 
hand of the k king of Syria ; and they smote him, and car 
ried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought 
them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand 
of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 
/ 6 ^f For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a 
hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all 
valiant men ; ' because they had forsaken the Lord God 
of their fathers. 

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah 
the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, 
and Elkanah that was " next to the king. 

8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of 
their m brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and 
daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and 
brought the spoil to Samaria. 

/ 9 But n a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name 
was Oded : and he went out before the host that came to 
Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord 
God of your fathers ° was wroth with Judah, he hath de- 
livered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a 

ra f n l/ \ at P reacneth U P unto heaven. 
Tui i nd . now Y e purpose to keep under the children of 
juaan and Jerusalem for <> bond-men and bond-women 
unto you : but are there not with 
sins against the Lord your God * 



B. Christ 
cir. 765. 



b eh. 26. 4. 
cch. 26. 16. 
Ps. 119.120. 
Acts 5. 13. 
a 2 Kings 

15. 33, 35. 
ech.11.5. 
f2Kg.15.35: 
gNeh 3.20. 
& 11. 21. 
hch. 17.12. 
il Kg.16.24. 
a Heb. cor, 
lKgs.4.22. 
kch. 19. 3. 

1 Gen. 6. 12. 
b That is, 
The Lord 
is perfect, 

2 Kg 15.33. 
a 2 Kings 

16. 1, 2. 
blKg.11.0. 
cch. 21. G. 
dJudg.2.11. 
e 2 Kings 
1C. 3 4. 
fMicahG.7. 
gLev. 26.30. 
liDcut. 12:2. 
ilKg.18.21. 
Micah3.11. 
k 2 Kings 
16. 5. - 
1 lKg.15.29. 
a Heb. se- 
cond to the 
king, 

Gen. 41.40, 
43, 44. 
m ch. 11.4. 
verses.ll. 15. 
nch. 15. 1. 
over. 2,3,4. 
pGen. 11.4. 
Ezra 9. 6. 
Rev. 18.5. 
q Lev. 25. 
39 42. 
rj'er.25. 29. 
1 Pet. 4. 17, 
18. 



B. Christ 
741. 



you, even with you. 



slsa. 58.6. 
Uames2.13. 
uch.25.12. 
verse 14. 
x2Kg.23.2G. 
Ezra 10. 14. 
y2Kg.14.14. 
z2Kg. 6.22. 
Job 31. 29. 
Pro. 25. 21, 
22. 

Luke 6. 27. 
& 23. 34. 
Acts 7.. »\ 
Rom. 12. 1!). 
1 Cor. 4. 12. 
aLu. 10.34. 
b 2 Kings 
16. 5, 7. 
Mat. 27. 44. 
cLcv.2fi.18. 
Psa. IS. 20. 
fl2Kg.14.ll. 
cch. 11. 10. 
fJos. 15.41. 
JSam.17.1. 
h Joshua 

15. 10. 
ich. 21.2. 
kEx.32.25. 

iKg.12.no. 

12 Kg. 15.29. 
mlsa.7.20. 
&30.1.&31. 
1.2. 

n'2Kg.l6.8. 
o Isai. 1. 5. 
2Tim.3.13. 
Rev. 16. 11. 
p Ps. 52. 7. 
Prov. 10. 7. 
q2Kg.16.12. 
r Judges 

16. 23. 
Ps. 115. 3. 
Hah. ].]]. 
sJer. 44.17. 
t2 Kg. 16.8. 
nGen.35.2. 
a 2 Kg. 18.1. 



Hezekiah succeedeth Ahaz. { 

« 1 1 Now hear me therefore, and s deliver the captives 
again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren : for 
■ the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. 
f 1 2 Then certain of the * heads of the children of 
Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son 
of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and 
Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that 
came from the war, 

13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives 
hither : for whereas we have offended against the Lord 
already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our tres- 
pass : for our trespass is great, and there is x fierce wrath 
against Israel. 

/ 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil be- 
fore the princes and all the congregation. 

d 15_And the men which were expressed by name y rose 
up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all 
that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod 
them, and gave them * to eat and to drink, and a anointed 
them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and 
brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to their 
brethren : then they returned to Samaria. 
/ 16 H At that time did king Ahaz send unto the b kings 
of Assyria to help him. 

17 For c again the Edomites had come and smitten Ju- 
dah, and carried away captives. 

s 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low 
country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken d Beth- 
shemesh, and c Ajalon, and f Gederoth, and e Shocho with 
the villages thereof, and h Timnah with the villages thereof, 
Gimzo also and the villages thereof : and they dwelt there. 

c 19 For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz 
king of ' Israel : for he made Judah ll naked, and trans- 
gressed sore against the Lord. 

20 And l Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto 
him, and m distressed him, but strengthened him not. 

21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of 
the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the 
princes, n and gave it unto the king of Assyria : but he 
helped him not. 

/ 22 ^[ And iii the time of his distress did he trespass 

yet more against the Lord : p this is that king Ahaz. 

23 For he q sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which 
smote him : and he said, Because the gods of the kings of 
Syria r help them, thereforewU] I sacrifice to them, that they 
'mayhelpme. Butthey were theruin of him, andofall Israel. 
/ 24 And Ahaz ' gathered together the vessels of the 
house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of 

1 God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and 
he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 

* 25 And in every several city of Judah he made high 
places to burn incense unto u other gods, and provoke to 
anger the Lord God of his fathers. 
f 26 ^ Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first 
and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings 
of Judah and Israel. 

27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him 
in the city, even in Jerusalem : but they brought him not 
into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and Hezekiah 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
HezckiaVs good reign, 1. He restoreth religion, 3. He cxhorteth the 

Levites, 5. They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God, 

12. Hezekiah offerelh solemn sacrifices, 20. 

EZEKIAH a began to reign when he was five and 
twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty 
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah 
the daughter of Zechariah. 

c 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the 
Lord, according to all that David his father had done. 

280 » 



The house of God is cleansed. 

fS% He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, 
b opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repair- 
ed them. 

4 And he brought in the priests and the ° Levites, and 
gathered them together into the east street, 
<* 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites ; d Sancti- 
fy now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God 
of your fathers, and carry forth the ° filthiness out of the 
holy place. 

6 For e our fathers have trespassed, and done that 
which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have 
forsaken him, and have f turned away their faces from the 
habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. 

7 Also they have s shut up the doors of the porch, and 
put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense nor offered 
burnt-offerings in the h holy place unto the God of Israel 

8 Wherefore the ' wrath of the Lord was upon Judah 
and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to * trouble, 
to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 

9 For lo, our fathers have fallen by the k sword, and our 
sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity 
for this. 

c 10 Now it is in ] my heart to make m a covenant with the 
Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away 
from us. 

d l\ My sons, c be not now negligent: for the Lord 
hath n chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and 
that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. 
f 12 % Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Ama- 
sai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Ko 
hathites: and of the sons of Merari; Kish the son of Abdi, 
and Azariah the son of Jehalelel : and of the Gershonites 
Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah : 

13 And of the sons of ° Elizaphan ; Shimri, and Jeiel 
and of the sons of p Asaph ; Zechariah, and Mattaniah : 

14 And of the sons of Heman ; Jehiel, and Shimei : 
and of the sons of Jeduthun ; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 

d 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified 
themselves, and came, according to the commandment of 
the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house 
of the Lord. 

16 And the priests went into the q inner part of the 
house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the 
uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord 
into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Le- 
vites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook r Kidron. 
/ 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month 
to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they 
to the " porch of the Lord : so they sanctified the house 
of the Lord, in eight days ; and in the sixteenth day of 
the first month they made an end. 

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, 
We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar 
of burnt-offering with all the ' vessels thereof, and the 
"shew-bread table, with all the vessels thereof. 

19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his 



B. Clirist 



II. CHRONICLES. Hezekiah offer eth solemn sacrifices* 

they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon 
the altar : they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled 
the blood upon the altar. 

t 23 And they brought forth the he-goats for the sin-of- 
fering before the king and the congregation ; and they 
d laid their hands upon them : 

t 24 And the priests killed them, and they made e recon- 
ciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an f atone- 
ment for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt- 
offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 
/ 25 And he s set the Levites in the house of the Lord) 
with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according 
to the commandment of David, and of h Gad the king's 
seer, and Nathan the prophet : for so was the command- 
ment of the Lord by his prophets. 

26 And the Levites stood with the 'instruments of David, 
and the priests k with the trumpets. 

27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offer- 
ing upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began. 

1 song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, ana 



b2Kg.16.14. 
ch. 28. 24. 
c Dt. 17. 9. 
d Ex. 19.10. 
lChr.15.12. 
a Heb. 
separation., 
Isa. 59. 2. 
elPet.1.18. 
f Jer.2. 27. 
Ezek.8.16. 
gch. 28.24. 
hLev.C.16. 
1 Kg. 8. 64. 
i ch. 28. 5, 
17, 18. 
* Heb. 
scattering, 
Deut.28.24. 

lKgs. 9.8. 
kLev.26.17. 
HKg.8.17. 
m2Kg.ll.4. 

c Or, be not 

deceived, 

or, go not 

astray, or, 

err not, 

ICor. 16.10. 

nNum.8.14. 

o Num.3.30. 
p IChr. 25. 

1,2. 

plKg.6 33. 
rDeut.9.21. 

lKgs.2.37. 

a 1 Kg. 6. 3. 

tlKg.7.4S. 

uEx. 23.30. 

Lev. 24. 5. 

chap. 2. 4. 

xch. 28.24. 

Dan. 5. 3,4. 

yGen.22.3. 

Ex. 24. 4. 

Pj. 119. 60. 

Jcrem. 7.3. 

zlKg.21.8. 

alCh. 15.26, 

bLev 4.14, 

cLev.8.14, 

Heb. 9. 21. 

& 10. 10. 



the 



B. Christ 
726. 



with the instruments ordained by m David king of Israel. 

28 And all the congregation "worshipped, and the 
singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded : and all this 

continued until the burnt-offering was finished. 

29 And when they had made ° an end of offering, the 
king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, 
and worshipped. 

d 30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes com- 
manded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the 
words of David, and p of Asaph the seer. And they sang 
praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and 
worshipped. 

« 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have 
consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and 
bring q sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the 
Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and 
and, as many as were of a free heart, 



dLev. 1.4. 
& 4. 15. 
eGal.3.13. 
Eph. 1. 10. 
Col. 1. 20. 
1 John 3. 16. 
f Rom. 3.25. 
glChr. 25. 
6. & 26. 4. 
h IChr 21. 
9. & 29. 29. 
i lChi.23.5. 
kNum.10-8. 
1 Chr. 15. 
24. & 16. 6. 
lTe. 136. 1. 
mch. 23.18. 
nch.20. 18. 

sang the V«'« 



thank-offerings 
r burnt-offerings. 



reign did * cast away in hi3 transgression, have we pre 
pared and sanctified, and behold, they are before the altar 
of the Lord. 

/20 If Then Hezekiah the king rose y early, and gather- 
ed the z rulers of the city, and went up to the house of 
the Lord. 

l 21 And they brought a seven bullocks, and seven rams, 
and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for b a sin-offering 
for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. 
And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer 
them on the altar of the Lord. 

22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received 
the blood, and c sprinkled it on the altar ; likewise, when;?,! 
71 2N 



/ 32 And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the 
congregation brought, was s threescore and ten bullocks, 
a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs : all these were 
for a burnt-offering to the Lord. 

33 And the consecrated things, were six hundred oxen 
and three thousand sheep. 

34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not 
1 slay all the burnt-offerings : wherefore their brethren the 
Levites did u help them till the work was ended, and until 
the other priests had sanctified themselves : for the Levite? 

more x upright in heart to sanctify themselves than 
the priests. 

/ 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with 
the > fat of the peace-offerings, and the z drink-offerings 
for a every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of 
the Lord was set in order. 

( 36 And Hezekiah b rejoiced, and all the people, that 
God had prepared the people : for the thing was done 

suddenly. 

J CHAPTER XXX. 

Hezekiah proclaimed a solemn passover on the second monthfov Jmiatt 
and Israel, 1 . The asst mbhj having destroyed the altars oj idolatry. I up 
the feast fourteen days, 13. The priests and Levites bless the pt ople,27. 
, , / A ND Hezekiah sent to a all Israel and Judah, and wrote 
7x7 '.viL letters also to b Ephraim and Manasseh, that they 
>V^ should come to the house of the Loud • at Jerusalem, to 
&'fH keep the d passover unto the Lord God of Israel. 
cTu"ir,^6 * 2 For the king had u taken counsel, and his princes, and 
all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover 
in the f second month. 

3 For they g could not keep it at that time, "because 
the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently! nel. 



over .27, 2E 

p Psalm 50, 
title. 

q-Ex. 12.27. 
Lev: 3. 0. 
Dt. 32. 3S. 
rKnm.12.1. 
a 1 Kg.8.62. 
thnv. 1. 5. 
oLev.1.5,6. 
ch. 30. 7. 
xPsa.7.10. 
>■ Ex. 29.13. 
Lev. 3. 1 . 
/.Gen. 35. 14. 
Lev. 23. 13. 
Num. 15. 5, 
7, 10. 
n.Xiiin.28.7. 



1 Lev. 23. 5. 

1 Cut. 5.7. 
cPs. 112.5. 
fEff.12.2r3. 

Nil. 0. Ill, II. 

ch.29.17. 

9.10. 



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The feast kept fourteen days 

ther had the people gathered themselves together to Je- 

usalem. 

4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congre- 
gation. 

g 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation 
throughout i all Israel, from k Beer-sheba even to Dan, 
that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord 
God of Israel at Jerusalem : for they had not done it of a 
long time in such sort as it was written. 

6 6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and 
his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according 
to the commandment of the. king, saying, Ye children of 
Israel, ' turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, 
and Israel, and m he will return to the remnant of you that 
are n escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 

e 7 And be not ye ° like your fathers, and like your bre- 
thren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fa- 
thers, who therefore r gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 

e 8 Now be ye not q stiff-necked, as your fathers were, hut 
yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanc- 
tuary, which he hath sanctified for ever : and serve the 
Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn 
away from you. 

* 9 For if ye ""turn again unto the Lord, your brethren 
and your children shall find s compassion before them that 
lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this 
land : for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and 
will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 

? 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the 

country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun : 
but they l laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 

c 11 u Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Manasseh and 
of Zebulun * humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 

t 12 Also in Judah the y hand of God was to give them 
z one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the 
princes, by the a word of the Lord. 

/ 13 If And there assembled at Jerusalem much people 
to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second 
month, a very great congregation. 

14 And b they arose and took away the c altars that 
were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they 
away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 

15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day 
of the second month : and the priests and the Levites 
were d ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought 
in the burnt-offerings into the house of the Lord. 

£ 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, 
according to the law of Moses the man of God : the 
priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the 
hand of the Levites. 

17 For there were many in the congregation that were 
not sanctified : therefore the Levites had the charge of 
the killing of the passovers for every one that was not 
clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord. 

* 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, 
and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had f not cleansed 
themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than 
it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, 
The good Lord pardon every one 

19 That g prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord 
God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to 
the h purification of the sanctuary. 

/ 20 And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and i healed 
the people. 

21 And the children of Israel that were present at Je- 
rusalem kept the feast k of unleavened bread seven days 
with great gladness : and the Levites and the priests 
praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instru- 
ments unto the Lord. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



B. Christ 

726. 

ilKg.15.20. 
kJudg.20.1. 
1 Jer. 4. 1. 
Ezek.33.11 
Joel 2. 12. 
miSa.2.30. 
Psa. 90. 3. 
n 2 Kings 
15. 19, 29. 
chap. 28. 20. 

Ezek. 20. 
18. 

p chap.29.8. 
q Ex. 32. 9. 
chap. 36. 13. 
rehap.7.14. 
sPs.106.46. 
t ch. 36. 16. 
u Ac. 17.34. 
x Jas. 4. 10. 
yPs.110. 3. 
z Acts 4. 32. 
a Ex. 12. 6. 
b ch. 29. 20. 
c ch. 28. 24. 
A ch. 29. 34 
e Ex. 12. 3. 
f Nu. 19. 20. 

1 Cor. 11.28. 
g ch 19. 3. 
h Psa. 51. 
15. 16. 
ilCor.11.30. 
k Ex. 12.15. 
Lev. 23. 5, 
6, 7, 8. 
Dent. 16. 5. 
Psa. 71. 4. 
& 73. 4. 
Matt. 16.6. 
Luke 12. 1. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 



B. Christ 
726. 



a Heb. to 
the heart, 
Isa. 40. 2. 

b Or. had 
untlcr- 
tanding in 

the good, 

Isa. 56. 10. 

Matt. 15.14. 

2 Tim. 4. 2. 

lEcc.1.12.10. 

ltom. 12. 3. 

mPs. 50.23. 

nlKg.8.63. 

o chap. 13. 

9, 10. 

p ch. 29. 20. 

q Num. 6. 

23,27. 

c Heb. in 

the habita- 
tion of his 

holiness, 

Psa. 68. 5. 

ajos.10.11, 

Ezra 10.1,2, 

Prov. 21. 3. 

b2Kg.!8.4. 

chap. 14. 3. 

c 1 Chr. 23. 

6. & 24. 1. 

d Nu. 8. 19. 
e Nu. 4. 3. 

f 1 Chr. 26. 
26. & 29. 3. 
g Ex. 29. 38. 
h Num. 28. 
9, 10, 11, 12. 

i Lev. 23. 2. 
k Ne. 13. 10. 
11 Cor. 9. 14. 
m Isa. 3. 20. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
Mat. 13. 52. 
n Ex. 23. 19. 
o Lev. 27. 
30. 

pDt. 14.28. 
a Heb. 
heaps, 
heaps, 
Gen. 14. 14, 
Jgs. 15. 16. 
q ch. 15. 10. 
rLev.23.14. 
s Gen. 14.20. 
(Gen. 41 .35. 
b Heb. the 
priest the 
head, 

2 Kings 25. 
18. 

chap. 24. 6. 
u Mai. 3. 
10,11. I 



Provision for the priests, 

d 22 And Hezekiah spake " comfortably unto all the Le- 
vites * that taught the ' good knowledge of the Lord : and 
they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering 
peace-offerings, and making m confession to the Lord 
God of their fathers. 

23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other 
seven days : and they kept other seven days with gladness. 

/ 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congre- 
gation n a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep ; 
and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bul- 
locks and ten thousand sheep : and a great number of 
priests sanctified themselves. 

25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests 
and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out 
of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of 
Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 

26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem : for since the 
time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was 
not the like in Jerusalem. 

b 27 Tf Then the ° priests the p Levites arose and q blessed 
the people : and their voice was heard, and their prayer 
came up c to his holy dwelling-place, even unto heaven. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
TIte people is forward in destroying idolatry I. Hezekiah ordereth the 
courses of the priests and Levites. and proviaeth for their ivork and 
maintenance, 2. The people's forwardness in offerings and tithes, 5 
Hezekiah appointeth officers to dispose of the tithes, 11. The sincerity 
ofHezekiah, 20. 

OW a when all this was finished, all Israel that were 
present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake 
the images in pieces, and cut down the b groves, and 
threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah 
and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they 
had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children 
of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their 
own cities. 

/ 2 If And Hezekiah appointed the c courses of the priests 
and the Levites after their courses, every man according 
to his service, the priests and d Levites for burnt-offerings 
and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, 
and to praise in the gates of the e tents of the Lord. 
d 3 He appointed also the f king's portion of his substance 
for the burnt-offerings, to wit, for the g morning and even- 
ing burnt-offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the h sab- 
baths, and for the new-moons, and for the ' set feasts, as 
it is written in the law of the Lord. 
d 4 Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in 
Jerusalem to give the k portion of the priests and the 



encouraged in the m law of 



Levites, that they might be 

the Lord. 

/ 5 If And as soon as the commandment came abroad, 

the children of Israel brought in abundance the n first-fruits 

of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase 

of the field ; and the ° tithe of all things brought they in 

abundantly. 

6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that 
dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe 
of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of p holy things which 
were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them 
a by heaps. 

7 In the q third month they began to lay the foundation 
of the heaps, and finished them in the r seventh month. 

8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw 
the heaps, they 9 blessed the Lord, and f his people Israel. 
/ 9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the 
Levites concerning the heaps. 

10 And Azariah the b chief priest of the house of Zadok 
answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring 
the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had 
u enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath 

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Sennacherib mvadeth Judah. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



"blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great B ^ rist 



x Gen. 19.2. 

ylKgs.6.5. 

1 Tim. 6. 8. 

c Heb. in 

faithful- 
ness. 

z ch. 26. 20. 

a J Kg. 11.6. 

chap. 23. 5. 

d Heb. holi- 
ness of 

holincsses, 

Lev. 6. 18. 

e Heb. for 

the things 

)f the dcy 

upon his 

day, 

Exod. 5. 13. 

blChr.9.22. 

c2Kg.20.3. 

d 2 Kg. 2. 4. 

e Neb. 9. 

20, 21, 22. 

Prov. 3. 9. 

Hag. 1.5, 

6,7. 

Mai. 3. 10. 

Matt. 6. 33. 

1 Tim. 4. 8. 
a Gen. 22. 1. 
ch. 29.30,31. 
b Isa. 37. 
24,25. 
a Heb. his 
face was 
to war, 
2Kgs.12.17. 
c 2 Kings 
20.20. 
verse 4. 
Isa. 22. 9. 
dl Kg. 1.33. 
verse 30. 
e 2 Kings 
18. 14. 
f ch. 25. 23. 
g 2 Kings 
25, 22. 
h i Cor. 16. 
13. 



B. Christ 
713. 



store 

/ 1 1 If Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare y chambers 
in the house of the Lord ; and they prepared them, 

1 2 And brougnt in the offerings and the tithes, and the 
dedicated things ' faithfully: over which Cononiah the 
Levite was z ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 

13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, 
and Jerimoth, and Jqzabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and 
Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of 
Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of 
Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. 
/ 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter to- 
ward the a east, was over the free-will-offerings of God, to dis- 
tribute the oblations of the Lord, and the "most holy things. 
/ 15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, 
and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah; .in the cities of 
the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by 
courses, as well to the great as to the small : 

16 Besides their genealogy of males, from three years 
old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the 
house of the Lord, * his daily portion for their service in 
their charges according to their courses ; 

17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house 
of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old 
and upward, in their charges, by their courses ; 

c 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their 
wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all 
the congregation : for in their b set office they sanctified 
themselves in holiness : 

/19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the 
fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, 
the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to 
all the males among the priests, and to all that were 
reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. 
^20 f And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and 
wrought that which was good and right and truth c before 
the Lord his God. 

21 And every work that he began in the service of the 
house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, 
to seek his God, he did it d with all his heart, and 'prospered. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortijieth himself, and encon- 
ragelh his people, 1. Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib by mes- 
sage and letters, Hezekiah and Isaiah pray, 9. An angel deslroyeth the 
host of the Assyrians, to the glory of Hezekiah, 21. Hezekiah praying 
in his sickness, God giveth him a sign" of recovery, 24: He waxing 
proud, is humbled by God, 25 : His tvealth and ivorks, 27 : His error in 
the ambassage of Babylon, 31 : He dying, Manasseh succeeddh him, 32. 

/A FTER a these things, and the establishment thereof, 
/\ Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into 
Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought 
to b win them to himself. 

2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, 
and that he was " purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 

3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men 
to ° stop the waters of the fountains which were without 
the city : and they did help him. 

/ 4 So there was gathered much people together, who 
stopped all the fountains, and the d brook that ran through 
the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of 
Assyria come, and find much water 1 

5 Also he e strengthened himself, and built up all the 
wall that was broken, and raised it up to the f towers, and 
" another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of 
David, and made darts and shields in abundance. 
/ 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and ga- 
thered them together to him in the street of the gate of f-^'i^ 
the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, igOon.so.7. 

* 7 Be h strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed if, v^vjl: 



i Psa. 33. 16. 
k 2 Kg. 6. 16. 

1 Jer. 17. 5. 
m ch. 13. 12. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
n 2 Kings 
18. 17. 

b Heb. are 
sitting, 
Gen. 49. 24. 

2 Sam. 2. 13. 
Josh. 1. 14. 
o Ps. 115. 2. 
Jer. 3. 23. 

p 2 Kings 

18. 22. 

q 2 Kings 

18. 34. 

r Dt. 32. 31. 

Psa. 115. 3, 

4,5. 

s Dt. 2. 34. 

2 Kg. 19.12. 

t 2 Kings 

18. 29. 

c Heb. how 
much more 
shall your 
God not be 
able to 
deliver. 
Exod. 5. 2. 
Psa. 12. 3. 
Dan. 3. 15. 
John 19. 10, 
11. 

Kov. 13. 6. 
u 2 Kgs. 18. 

17. & 19. 9. 
x 2 Kings 

19. 14. 
ylSo.17.8. 
z 1 Kings 

18. 41. 
Dnn. 9. 2, 3. 
a Mat. 6. 9. 
d J3s a 

hcyhcrd 
his flock, 
Psa. 23. 1. 
& 77. 20. 
bchap.17.5. 
■ereo 25. 
(12Kg.20.1. 
Isa. 88. 1. 
ePs. 78. II. 
& llli;. 13. 



The. Assyrians destroyed, 
for the king of Assyria, nor for all the * multitude that is 
with him : lor there be k more with us than with him. 

8 With him is 1 an arm of flesh ; but m with us is the 
Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And 
the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah 
king of Judah. 

9 If After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his 
"servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against 
Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king 
of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 
/ 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon 
'do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem 1 

1 1 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over your- 
selves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our 
God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria . 

12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his p high 
places, and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusa- 
lem, saying, .Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn 
incense upon it? 

13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto 
all the q people of other lands 1 were the gods of the na- 
tions of those lands any ways r able to deliver their lands 
out of my hand 1 

c 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations 
that my fathers s utterly destroyed, that could deliver hie 
people out of my hand, that your God should be able iQ 
deliver you out of my hand 1 

15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah 'deceive you, nor 
persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him : for 
no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his 
people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers : 
c how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand 1 
/ 16 And his servants spake yet more against the Lord 
God, and u against his servant Hezekiah. 

c 17 He wrote also x letters to rail on the Lord God of 
Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of 
the nations of other lands have not delivered their people 
out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver 
his people out of my hand. 

18 Then they y cried with a loud voice, in the Jews' 
speech, unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the 
wall, to affright them, and to trouble them ; that they 
might take the city. 

19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as 
against the gods of the people of the earth, which were 
the work of the hands of man. 

d 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the z prophet 
Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried a to heaven. 
»' 21 ^[ And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the 
mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the 
camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame 
of face to his own land. And when he was come into the 
house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels 
slew him there with the sword. 

/ 22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of 
Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and "guided them 
on every side. 

23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, 

nd b presents to Hezekiah king of Judah : so that he was 

magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. 

"24 If d In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, 
and prayed unto the LonD : and he spake unto him, and 
he gave him a sign. . 

u 25 But Hezekiah ° rendered not again according to the 
benefit doneunto him; for f his heart was lifted up: therefore 
there was wrath upon him, and K upon Judah and Jerusalem. 

c 26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself ' for 
the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jeru- 

2S3 



Manasseh? s wicked reign. 

salem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them; 
in the days of Hezekiah. 

/ 27 1 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and 
honour : and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for 
gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, 
and for all manner of pleasant jewels : 

28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and 
oil ; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks 
t 29 Moreover, he provided him cities, and possessions 
of flocks and herds in abundance : for * God had given him 
substance very much. 

30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water 
course of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west 
side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all 
his works. 

t 31 % Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the 
princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to k inquire of the 
wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to ' try 
him, that he might m know all that was in his heart. 
/ 32 % Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his 
c goodness, behold, they are written in the n vision of Isaiah 
the prophet, the son of Anioz, and in the book of the kings 
of Judah and Israel. 

33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried 
him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David : 
and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour 
at his death : and^Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 
Manasseh's ivicked reign, 1 : He sitteth up idolatry, and ivould not he 
admonished, 3: He is carried into Babylon, 11 : Upon^ his prayer to 
God he is released, and putteth down idolatry, 12 : His acts, 18 : He- 
dying, Amon succeedeth him, 20. Amon reigning wickedly, is slain by 
his servants, 21. 

ANASSEH was a twelve years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem : 
« 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, 
like unto the b abominations of the heathen, whom the 
Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 
/ 3 % For he a built again the high places which Hezekiah 
his father had c broken down ; and he reared up altars for 
d Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the e host 
of heaven, and served them. 

4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof 
the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the 
f two courts of the house of the Lord. 

o 6 And he caused his g children to pass through the fire 
in the valley of the son of Hinnom : also he observed times, 
and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with 
a familiar spirit, and with wizards : he * wrought much evil 
in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

/ 7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had 
made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David 
and to Solomon his son, h In this house and in Jerusalem, 
which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I 
put my name for ever : 

8 Neither will I any more ' l remove the foot of Israel 
from out of the land which I have appointed for your fa 
thers ; so that they will take heed to do k all that I have 
commanded them, according to the whole law and the 
statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses 

/ 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem ' to err, and to do m worse than the heathen, whom 
the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. 

c 10 And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his peo 
pie : but they would not n hearken. 

s 11 ^[ Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the cap 
tains of the host of ° the king of Assyria, which took Ma 
nasseh among the p thorns, and bound him with « fetters 
and carried him to Babylon. 



n. CHRONICLES 



B. Christ 
712. 



ilCh.29.12. 
Psa. 127. 1. 
Prov. 10.22. 
k. 2 Kings 
20. 12. 

1 Gen. 22. 1. 
Deut. 8. 1. 
Job 1. 12. 
& 2. 3, 6. 
mG». 22.12. 
Josh. 22. 2. 
John 2. 24, 
25. 

cHeb. 
kindnesses, 

2 Kg. 20.20. 
n Isa. 36, to 
39 chapter. 
/ That is, 
Forget- 
ting, or, 
■making to 
forget, 
Phil. 3. 13. 
a 2 Kings 
21. 1, 2. 
b Deut. 18.9. 

! a Heb. re- 
turned 
and built, 
Num. 11.4. 
1 Kings 11. 
4. &. 12. 14. 
Eccl. 2. 19. 
c2Kg.l8.4. 
d Jgs. 2. 11. 
e Deut. 4. 5. 
f 1 Kings 6. 
36. & 7. 9. 
g2Kg.21.6. 
b Heb. mul- 
tiplied to 
do evil, 
IChr. 36.14. 
Amos 4. 4. 
hPs. 132.14. 
Jer. 32. 24. 
i2Sa.20.10. 
kftlat.28.20. 
1 Isa. 9. 16. 
m 2 Kings 
21.9. 

nZech.11.7. 
oNeh.9.32. 
p2Sa.23.6. 
q Psa. 107. 
10, II. 



Jcsiah's good reign. 

12 And when he was r in affliction, he besought the Lord 
his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of 
his .fathers, 

/13 And prayed unto him: and he was "entreated of 
him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to 
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh l knew 
that the Lord he ivas God. 

g 14 Now after this, he built u a wall without the city of 
David, on the west side of x Gihon, in the valley, even to the 
entering in at y the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, 
and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of 
war in all the fenced cities of Judah. 
f 15 And he took away the z strange gods, and the idol 
out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he 
had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in 
Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 

16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacri- 
ficed thereon peace-offerings and thank-offerings, and 
a commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. 

17 Nevertheless, b the people did sacrifice still in the 
high places, yet unto the Lord their God only. 
/ 18 ^[ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his 
prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake 
to him in the c name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, 
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 

19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, 
and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he 
built high places, and set up groves and graven images, 
before he was humbled : behold, they are written among 



B. Christ 
677. 



r verse 10. 
Job 36. 8. 
Micah 6. 9. 
Luke 15. 16, 
17, 18. 
s Isa. 1. 18. 
1 Cor. 6. 11. 
1 Tim. 1.13. 
t Ps. 49. 12. 
Dan. 4. 25. 
u ch. 32. 5. 
xl Kg. 1.33, 
y Neh. 3. 3 
zver.3.5,7. 
Ps 119.' 6, 7. 
a verse 9. 
Luke 22. 32. 
blKg.15.14. 
2Kgs.3.2,3. 
e Dt. 18. 19. 
d ch. 32. 33. 
elKgs.2.10. 
c That is, 
JVourisker, 
verse 24. 
Job 15. 32. 
Psa. 55. 23 
fver.2,3,4 
Ezek. 20.18. 
Eph. 6. 1. 
d Heb. 
multiplied 
the guilt, 
verse 6. 
2Tim.3.13 
g 2 Kings 
21. 23. 
a2Kgs.22.1. 
b 1 Kiugs 
15. 26. 
c Dt. 5. 32. 
Prov. 4. 27. 
a That is, 
being 1Q 
years of 
age, 
verse 1. 
d 1 Sa. 1. 24. 
Psa. 119.9. 
Prov. 4. 3, 4, 
& 22. 6. 
Eccl. 12.1,2. 
2Tim.3 15. 
e chap. 15.2. 
flKgs.13.2. 
g2Kg.23.6, 



with his fathers, and they 
and c Amon his son reign- 



the sayings of the d seers. 
/ 20 ^y So Manasseh e slept 
buried him in his own house : 
ed in his stead. 
/ 21 ^f Amon was two and twenty years old when he be 
gan to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 
e 22 But he did that ivhich was evil in the sight of the 
Lord, f as did Manasseh his father : for Amon sacrificed 
unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had 
made, and served them ; 

23 And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Ma- 
nasseh his father had humbled himself ; but Amon " tres- 
passed more and more. 

/ 24 And his servants £ conspired against him, and slew 
him in his own house. 

25 % But the people of the land slew all them that had 
conspired against king Amon ; and the people of the land 
made Josiah his son king in his stead. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. 
Josiah's good reign, 1. He destroy eth idolatry, 3. He taketh order fir 
the repair of the temple, 8. Hilkiah having found a book of the law. 
Josiah sendeth to Huldahto inquire of the Lord, 14. Huldah prophe- 
sieth the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time, 
23. Josiah causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, reneiveth the 
covenant with God, 29. 

/ "I" OSI AH was a eight years old when he began to reign, 
®§ and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years, 
c 2 And he did that which was right b in the sight of the 
Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and 
declined neither to the c right hand, nor to the left. 
d * 3 *f| For in the " eighth year of his reign, while he was 
yet d young, he began e to seek after the God of David his 
father : and in the twelfth year he began to f purge Judah 
and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and 
the carved images, and the molten images. 
/ 4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his pre- 
sence ; and the images, that were on high above them, he 
cut down ; and the groves, and the carved images, and 
the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made g dust 
of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had 
sacrificed unto them. 

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Josiah repaireth the temple. 

a 5 And he burnt the h bones of the priests upon then- 
altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 
/ 6 And so did he in the l cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, 
and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks 
round about. 

7 And when he had broken down the altars and the 
groves, and had beaten the graven images k into powder, 
and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, 
he returned to Jerusalem. 

/8 f Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he 
had purged the laiid, and the house, he sent Shaphan the 
son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the ' governor of the city, 
and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to m repair the 
house of the Lord his God. 

9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they 
n delivered the money that was brought into the house of 
God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered 
of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the rem- 
nant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they 
returned to Jerusalem. 

/ 10 And they ° put it in the hand of the workmen that 
had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave 
it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, 
to repair and mend the house : 

11 Even to the p artificers and builders gave they it, to 
buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor 
the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 
/ 12 And the men did the work "faithfully : and the over- 
seers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of 
the sons of Merari ; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the 
sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward ; and other of the 
Levites, all that q could skill of instruments of music 

13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were 
overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of 
service : and of the Levites there were scribes, and offi- 
cers, and porters. 
/ 14 % And when they brought out the money that was 
brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest 
r found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses. 

15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe 
I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord 
And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and 
brought the king word back again, saying, All that was 
committed to thy servants, they clo it. 

17 And they have c gathered together the money that was 
found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into 
the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 
/ 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hil- 
kiah the priest hath given.me a book. And Shaphan read 
d it before the king. 

c 19 And it came to pass when the king had heard the 
words of the law, that he 5 rent his clothes. 
/ 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the 
son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Sha- 
phan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 

21 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and 'for them that 
are left in Israel, and in Judah, concerning the words of 
the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord 
that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not 
kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written 
in this book. 

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, 
went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the 
son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the ward- 
robe ; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college :) and 
they spake to her to that effect. 

23 «|j" And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, Tell vc the man that sen! you to me, 

72 



H. CHRONICLES. 



B. Christ 
624. 



h 2 Kings 
23.16. 
ich. 30. 11. 
k Dt. 9. 21. 

1 2 Kgs. 22. 
12. & 23. 8. 
m ch. 24. 4. 
n 2 Kg. 22. 4. 
chap. 24. 5. 
Rom. 2. 12. 
Phil. 4. 8. 

2 Kg. 22. 5. 
p 2 Kings 
22. 6, 7. 

b Heb. in 
truth, 

2 Kings 12. 
15. & 22. 7 
Neli. 7. 2. 
Pr. 28. 20. 

1 Tim. 2. 2. 
q 2 Sa. 23. 1. 
r Dcut. 31. 
24, 2C. 

2 Kg. 22. 8. 
c Heb. cast, 
or, melted, 
2 Kgs. 22. 9. 
d Heb. in it 
before the 
face of the 
king, 

Dt. 17. 19. 
&31. 11. 
Josh 1. 8. 
Ps. 119. 24, 
97. 98, 99. 

Isa. 66. 2. 
e Or,forthc 
remnant in 
Israel, and 
for all 
Judah, 
2 Kgs. 17.6. 
& 22. 13. 
ch. 33. 11. 



B. Christ 
624. 



tch. 36.6,17. 
Isa. 5. 5. 
Amos 3. 6. 
u Lev. 20. 
15, 16. 
Dcut. 28. 
15, 16. 
Dan. 9. 12. 
x ch. 12. 2. 
& 15.2. 
y 2 Kings 
22. 17. 
Ps. 115. 8. 
Jer. 10. 3, 
4,5. 

Rev. 9. 20. 
z I Sam. 
15. 29. 
Jer. 15. 1. 
/ The He- 
brew word 
for the 
most part 
sign ifteth 
a weakness 
of tltc heart 
arising 
from fear. 
Dent. 20. 3. 
2 Kg. 22. 19. 
a Isa. 57. 1. 
b 2 Kings 
22. 11. 
Ps. 37. 37. 
Jer. 34. 5. 
c 2 Kg. 23.1. 
d 9 Kings 
1 1. 14. & 23. 
3. 

c 1 Kings 
11.5. 
g Heb. 
from after, 
1 Kgs. 9. 6. 
f Jos. 24. 31. 
Judg. 2. 7. 
Matt. 10.22. 
Rov. 2. 10. 
a Ex.34. 18. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
1) Nu.il. 11. 
C Ex. 12. C. 
(1 Nu. 18. 5. 
chap. 23. 6. 
ecb 31. 4. 
f Mai. 2. 7. 
1 Tim. 5. 17. 
g Lov. 10.4. 
h Nu. 7. 9. 
i 1 Chr. 23. 
27, 28. 
klChr.7.10. 
I 1 Chr. 23, 
to 20 chap, 
m Hi. 8. 11. 
n IV 134. 1. 
nLv. 1'j. J6. 
p ch. 99. & 



He keepeth a solemn passover. 
r 24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 1 1 will bring evil upon 
this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even "all the 
curses that are written in the book which they have read 
before the king of Judah : 

to 25 Because they have x forsaken me, and have burned 
incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to 
anger with all the y works of their hands ; therefore my 
wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall * not 
be quenched. 

26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to in- 
quire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou 
hast heard ; 

c 27 Because thy heart was -'"tender, and thou didst hum- 
ble thyself before God when thou heardest his words against 
this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hum- 
bledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and 
weep before me ; I have even heard thee also, saith the 
Lord. 

6 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou 
shalt be a gathered to thy grave b in peace, neither shall, 
thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, 
and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought 
the king word again. 

/ 29 % c Then the king sent and gathered together all 
the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 

30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord. 
and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great 
and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the 
book of the covenant that was found in the house of the 
Lord. 

d 31 And the king stood a in his place, and made a cove- 
nant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to 
keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his sta- 
tutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform 
the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 

32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem 
and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of 
their fathers. 

/ 33 And Josiah took away all c the abominations out of 
all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, 
and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to 
serve the Lord their God. J2nd*&\\ his days they de- 
parted not f from following the Lord, the God of their 
fathers. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

Josiah keepeth a most solemn passover, 1 : He provoking Pharaoh-necho, 

is slain at Megiddo, 20. Lamentations for Josiah, 25. 

OREOVER, josiah kept a a passover unto the Lord 
in Jerusalem : and they b killed the passover on the 
c fourteenth day of the first month. 

2 And he set the priests in their d charges, and c en- 
couraged them to the service of the house of the Lord, 
/3 And said unto the Levites that f taught all Israel, 
which were holy unto the Lord, Put the e holy ark in the 
house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did 
build : it shall not be h a burden upon your shoulders : 
1 serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel, 

4 And prepare yourselvesby the k houses of your fathers 
after your courses, according to the writing of David king 
of Israel, and according to the writing of m Solomon his son : 

5 And n stand in the ° holy place according to the divi- 
sions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the 
people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. 

j 6 So kill the passover, and v sanctify yourselves, and 
prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the 
word of the Lord bv the hand of Moses. 

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Josiak is slain at Megiddo. 



ch 29.22. 
Heb. 9. 21. 
yLv.3.4,10. 
b Heb. of 
the sons of 
the people, 
ver. 5, 7, 13. 
Acts 10. 34. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
1 Tim. 5.21. 
zEx. 12.8.9. 
Dent. 16. 8. 
a Acts 14. 
13. 

I) 1 Chron. 
25. 1. 

c Heb. gate 
and irate, 
1- Chron. 9. 
17. &26. 14. 
c Ex. 13. 15. 
1 Cor. 5. 8. 
d 2 Kings 
23. 22. 
ch. 30. 26. 
e 2 Kings 
•23. 29. 
dUeb. 
What is it 
to vie and 
thee, 

■1 Sa. 16. 10. 
e Heh. a 
hoiise of 
my war, 
Isa. 10. 9. 
i-2 Kg. 18.25. 
g 1 Kings 
22. 30. 
Ill Kg. 9. 15. 
Zech. 12.11. 
/Heb. 
itrowtisick 
1 Kg. 23. 34. 



/7 And Josiah q gave to the r people, of the flock, lambs 
and kids, all for the passover-offerings, for all that were 
present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thou- 
sand bullocks : these were of the king's substance. 
/ 8 And his princes gave 9 willingly unto the people, to 
the priests, and to the Levites : '« Hilkiah and Zechariah 
and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests 
for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred 
small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 

9 Cononiah also, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his 
brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chief 
of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for' passover-offer- 
ings ° five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 
/ 10 So the service was prepared, and u the priests stood 
in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according 
to the king's commandment. 

•Ml And they killed the passover, and the priests x sprink- 
led the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed 
them. 

12 And they y removed the burnt-offerings, that they 
might give according to the divisions of the families of the 
s people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the 
book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 

13 And they roasted the passover z with fire according 
to the ordinance : but the other holy offerings sod they in 
pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily 
among all the people. 

/ 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and 
for the priests : a because the priests the sons of Aaron 
were busied in offering of burnt-offerings and the fat until 
night ; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and 
for the priests the sons of Aaron. 

15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were'm their place, 
according to the b commandment of David, and Asaph, 
and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer ; and the por- 
ters waited at c every gate ; they might not depart from 
their service ; for their brethren the Levites prepared for 
them. 

/ 16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same 
day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings 
upon the altar of the Lord, according to the command- 
ment of king Josiah. 

17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the 
passover at that time, and the feast of c unleavened bread 
seven days. 

/ 18 And there was a no passover like to that kept in Israel 
from the days of Samuel the prophet ; neither did all the 
kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and 
the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that 
were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 
/ 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was 
this passover kept. 

g 20 *|f After all this, when Josiah had prepared the tem- 
ple, e Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Char- 
chemish by Euphrates : and Josiah went out against him. 
/ 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying d What have 
1 to do with thee, thou king of Judah 1 I come not against 
' thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have 
war : f for God commanded me to make haste : forbear 
thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he de- 
stroy thee not. 

£ 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from 
him, but g disguised himself that he might fight with him, 
and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the 
mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of h Megiddo. 

23 And the archers shot nt king Josiah ; and the king 
said to his servants, Have me away ; for I am sore 
'wounded. 
/ 24 Kis servants therefore took him out of that chariot, * £$$ 



II. CHRONICLES. Pharaoh deposeth Jehoahaz. 

and put him in the second chariot that he had ; and they 



B. Christ 
cir. 623. 



died, and was buried 
And all Judah and 



q verse a brought him to Jerusalem, and he 

5 Lev 30 ?'. ii m one °f the sepulchres of his fathers. 

t2K 3 '.'23.'4. Jerusalem k mourned for Josiah. 

SfV ' /25 U And "Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the sing- 

3800 out- . iii--' , „».,..W 

locks, and ling men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their 
flaii cat- j lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in 
f& 8 63 Israel : and behold, they are written in the lamentations. 
Ps. 5 fi i.ife,i7.( 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, 
uch.3o.]o\iaccording to that which was written in the law of the 
9 - Lord, 

27 And his deeds, m first and last, behold, they 
written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 



B. Christ 
cir. 610. 



i 1 Sa. 4. 18. 
Psa. 36. 6. 
Eccl. 9. 2. 
kZecl'2.11. 
1 La. 4. 20. 
m 2 Tim. 4. 
7, 10. 
Rev. 2. 19. 
alChr.3.15. 
Jer. 22. U. 
b 2 Kings 
23. 30. 
c 2 Kings 
23. 33. 
d 2 Kings 
23.31. 
Jer. 22. 12. 
PsaVn 107. 
11, 12: 
e 2 Kings 

23. 36. 
f 2 Kg. 24.1. 
g 2 Kings 

24. 10. 
Dan. I. 1. 
li Jer. 22. 
18, 19. 
i2Kg.24.13. 
Dan. 1. 2. 
k 1 Kings 
18.24. " 

1 Jer. 22.24. 
m2Kg.24.8. 
a Or, 
Mattaniah, 

2 Kg. 24. 17. 
n Jer. 27. 2. 
o Jer. 1. 7. 
p Jer. 52. 3. 
q Ezek. 17. 
16, 19. 
r Ex. 33. 9. 
Dent. 2. 30. 
2 Kg. 17. 14. 
Acts 7. 51. 
s Jer. 25. 3. 
tZech. 1.4. 
u Isa.5.3,4. 



are 



i 



Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt, 1 
Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon, 5. Jehoiachin 
succeeding, reigneth ill, and is brought into Babylon, 9. Zedekiah 
succeeding, reigneth ill, and despiseth the prophets, and rebelleth 
against JYebuchadnezzar, 11. Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and 
people, is wholly destroyed,- 14. The proclamation of Cyrus, 22. 

THEN the people of the land took a Jehoahaz the son 
of Josiah, and made him b king in his fathers stead 
in Jerusalem. 

2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 

3 And the king of Egypt c put him down at Jerusalem, 
and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver and 
a talent of gold. 

/ 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king 
over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoia- 
kim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried 
him d to Egypt. 

/ 5 "[[ Jehoiakim ivas e twenty and five years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned f eleven years in Jerusa- 
lem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord his God. 

g 6 Against him came up s Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby 
Ion, and bound him in fetters, to carry him h to Babylon. 
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the s vessels of the 
house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple 
at Babylon. 

/8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his k abo 
minations which he did, and that which was found in him, 
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel 
and Judah. And 1 Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead, 
c 9 % Jehoiachin was m eight years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jeru- 
salem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord. 

/ 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnez- 
zar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly 
vessels of the house of the Lord, and made " Zedekiah 
his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 
/ 1 1 i[ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he 
began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 
c 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 
Lord his God, and "humbled not himself before Jeremiah 
the prophet speaking from the ° mouth of the Lord. 
c 13 And he also p rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, 
who had made him i swear by God : but he r stiffened his 
neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord 
God of Israel. 

/ 14 «jf Moreover, all the chief of the priests, and the peo- 
ple, transgressed very much after all the abominations of 
the heathen ; and polluted the house of the Lord which 
he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 

h 15 And the s Lord God of their fathers sent to them 
by his ' messengers, u rising up betimes and sending; 
because he had * compassion on his people, and on y his 
dwelling-place : 

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Vessels of the temple restored. EZRA 

c 16 But they * mocked tiie messengers of God, and a de- 



spised his words, and b misused his prophets, until the wrath 
of the Lord arose against his people, till there was b no 
remedy.- 

/ 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the 
Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in 
the house of their sanctuary, and had c no compassion 
upon d young man or maiden, old man, or him that stoop- 
ed for age : he gave them all into his hand. 
g\S And all the vessels of the house of God, great and 
small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the 
treasures of the king, and of his princes ; all these he 
brought to Babylon. 

/ 19 And they burnt the house of God, and break down 
the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof 
with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 
a 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried 



B. Christ 

590. 



z ch. 30. 10. 
a Jer. 44. 16 
bMt.23.34. 
b Heb. no 
healing, 
ch. 21. 18. 
c Deut.33. 
22, 24. 
<lEzr.9.5,G. 



B. Christ 
536. 



erse 6. 
f Jer. 25. 9. 
& 29. 10. 
g Lv. 26. 34. 
hLv.23.33. 
i Is. 44. 28. 
c Heb. 
caused a 
voice to 
pass, 
Ex. 36. 6. 
k Dan. 4. 37. 
1 Dan. 2. 21. 
m Ezra 1.2. 



Number who returned from Babylon 
he away to Babylon ; where they were servants e to him 
and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia : 

21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of 
f Jeremiah, until the land had e enjoyed her sabbaths : for 
as long as she lay desolate she h kept sabbath, to fulfil 
threescore and ten years. 

/ 22 ^[ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that 
the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah 
might be accomplished, the Lord ' stirred up the spirit of 
Cyrus king of Persia, that he c made a proclamation 
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, 
saying, 

« 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms 
of the earth hath the k Lord God of heaven ' given me ; 
and he hath m charged me to build him a house in Jerusa- 
lem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his 
people 1 The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. 



f EZKA. 



CHAPTER I. 
The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple, 1. The people 
provide for their return, 5. Cyrus restoreth. the vessels of the temple to 
Sheshbazzar, 7. 

NOW in the first year of a Cyrus king of Persia, that 
the word b of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah 
might be c fulfilled, the Lord d stirred up the spirit of Cy- 
rus king of Persia, that he made e a proclamation through- 
out all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 

s 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of 
heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and 
he hath f charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, 
which is in Judah. 

t 3 e Who is there among you of all his people ? his God 
be h with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in' 
Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, ('he 
is the God,) which is k in Jerusalem. 

d 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he so- 
journeth, let the men of his place " help him with silver, 
and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the 
'free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem 
f 5 % Then rose up the m chief of the fathers of Judah 
and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all 
them whose n spirit God had raised, to go up to build the 
house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 

6 And all "they that zoere about them strengthened their 
hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and 
with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was 
p willingly offered. 

/7 f Also Cyrus the king brought fortli the vessels of 
the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought 
q forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house 
of his r gods ; 

8 Even those did Cyrus king of _ Persia bring forth by 
the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them 
unto 9 Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 
/ 9 And this 'is the ' number of them : thirty chargers of 
gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 
10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort 
four hundred and ten, and u other vessels a thousand. 
s 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thou- 
sand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring 
up with them of the captivity that were brought up from 
Babylon unto Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER II. 
The number that return of the people, 1, of the priests, 36, of the Levites, 

40, of the Nethinims, 43, of Solomon's servants, 55, of the priests which 

could not shew their pedigree, 62. The whole number of them, ivith 

their substance. 64. Their oblations, 68 

w 



B. Christ 
536. 



alsa.44.28. 
b Lu. 1. 70. 
c Dan. 5. 30. 
rlTs. 100.46. 
Prov. 16. 7. 
e Rev. 12.16. 
f Jer. 25. 12. 
Dan. 6. 26. 
g Dt. 20. 5. 
Zech. 2. 6, 

A Rom. 8.31. 
£Cor. 13.9. 

/Dt. 32.31. 

Dan. 2. 47. 

& 3. 27. 

Mic. 7. 18. 

k ch. 6. 19. 

Psa. 48. 1; 

a Heb. lift 
him up, 

1 Th. 5. 14. 
1 Lev. 5. 6. 
m2Chr.9.2. 
n Jn. 15.5. 
o Rev. 12.16. 
Ps. 110. 3. 
Zech. 8. 21. 
n 2 Kings 
24. 13. 
Dan. 5. 2. 
Hag. 1.14. 
tMatt.3.16. 
u I Kg. 7.50. 
a Neh. 7. 6. 
b chap. 5. 8. 
Lam. 1. 1. 
Acts 25. 1. 



B. Christ 
536. 



/f\|'OW these are the a children of the b province that 



went up out of the captivity, of those which had been 



c Jer. 29. 6. 

dEc.4.9,10. 

Hag. 1. 1. 

e Well. 7. 11. 

fNeh.7. 12. 

gNeh.7. 13. 

h Neh. 7. 14. 

iNeh,7. 15. 

k Neh. 7. 16. 

1 Neh. 7. 17. 

mNeh.7.18. 

n Neh. 7. 19. 

o Neh. 7. 20. 

p Isa. 39. 8. 

q Neh. 7.21. 

r Neh. 7. 23. 
s Neh. 7. 24. 
t Neh. 7. 22. 
u Neh. 7.25. 
x Jgs. 17. 7. 
yNeh.7.26. 
7. Jos. 21. 18. 
a Neh. 7. 27. 
bNeb.7.28. 
c Jos. 9. 17. 
d Neh. 7. 29. 
e Jos. 18.25. 
f Neh. 7.30. 
g Neh. 7.31. 
h Jos. 18.22. 
i Neh. 7. 32. 
kNu.32.38. 
1 Neh. 7.34. 



c carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby. 
Ion had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto 
Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city ; 

2 Which came with Zerubbabel : d Jeshua, Nehemiah, 
Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Re- 
hum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of 
Israel : 

/ 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred se- 
venty and two. 

/ 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy 
and two. 

/ 5 The children of Arab., seven hundred seventy and five. 
J 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the childrenof Jeshua 
and Joab, e two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 
/ 7 The children of Elam, f a thousand two hundred fifty 
and four. 

/8 The children of Zattu, g nine hundred forty and five. 
/ 9 The children of Zaccai, h seven hundred and three- 
score. 

/ 10 The children of Bani, ' six hundred forty and two. 
/ 1 1 The childrenof Bebai, ''six hundred twenty and three. 
/12 The childrenof Azgad, ' a thousand two hundred 
twenty and two. 

/ 13 The children of Adonikam, m six hundred sixty and six. 
/ 14 The children of Bigvai, n two thousand fifty and six. 
J 15 The children of Adin, ° four hundred fifty and four. 
j 16 The children ofAter of p Hezekiah, q ninety and eight. 
17 The children of Bezai, r three hundred twenty and 
three. 

/ 18 The children of Jorah, s a hundred and twelve. 
f 19 The children of Hashum, ' two hundred twenty and 
three. 

g 20 The children of Gibbar, u ninety and five. 
s 21 The children of x Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and 
three. 

s 22 The men of Netophah, y fifty and six. 
s 23 The men of z Anathoth, a a hundred twenty and eight. 
g %4t The children of Azmaveth, b forty and two. 
8 25 The children of c Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Bee- 
roth, d seven hundred and forty and three. 
s 26 The childrenof e Ramah and Gaba, f six hundred 
twenty and one. 

s 27 The men of Michmas, e a hundred twenty and two. 
e 28 The men of h Beth-el and Ai, ' two hundred twenty 
and three. 

g 29 The children of k Nebo, fifty and two. 
s 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six. 
s 31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand ' two 
hundred fifty and four. 

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cir. 536. 



mNeh.3.11. 
nNeh.7.35. 
o Josh. 2. 1. 
&6. 1. 

pNeh.7.36. 
q Neh. 7. 38. 
rlChr.25.1. 
' 9 Neh. 7. 30. 
t IChr. 24. 
14. 

u Neh. 7. 40. 
xlChr.9.12. 
y Neh. 7.41. 
zlChr.24.8. 
a Neh. 7. 42. 
bIChr.25.1. 

Neh. 4. 
12. & 9. 4. 
& 10. 9. 
d Neh.7.43. 
elChr25.1. 
fNeh.7. 44. 
glChr.26.1. 
hlChr.9.17. 

Neh. 7. 45. 
a That is, 
Given, or, 
given up, 
Josh 9. 21, 
23. 

k 1 Kings 
9. 20, 21. 
Matt. 8. 11, 
12. 

1 Jos. 9. 21. 
verse 43. 
mlChr.9.2. 
Zech. 9. 7. 
n 1 Pot. 1. 1. 
o Neh. 7. 62. 
p2Sam. 17. 
27. & 19. 3. 
q 1 Chr. 21. 
23. 

b Heb. were 
polluted '. 
from the » 
pricsthodd, 
Nu. 16. 40. 
c Or, 

Governor, 
chap. 1. 8. 
d Thaf is, 
The lights 
and per- ■ 
fections, 
Num. 7. 80. 
r Neh. 7. 66. 



Number who returned from Babylon. EZRA. 

g 32 The children of m Harim, "three hundred and twenty. 

g 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hun- 
dred twenty and five. 

s 34 The children of ° Jericho, p three hundred forty and five. 

g 35 The children of Senaah, q three thousand and six 

hundred and thirty. 

/ 36 % The "priests : the children of Jedaiah,of the house 

of Jeshua, s nine hundred seventy and three. 

/ 37 The children of ' Immer, u a thousand fifty and two. 

/ 38 The children of * Pashur, y a thousand two hundred 

forty and seven. 

/ 39 The children of z Harim, a a thousand and seventeen. 

/ 40 ^[ The b Levites : the children of c Jeshua and Kad- 

miel, of the children of Hodaviah, d seventy and four. 

/ 41 ^['The e singers : the children of Asaph, f a hundred 

twenty and eight. >: 

f 42 ^f The children of the g porters : the children of 

h Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, 

the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children 

of Shobai, in all ' a hundred thirty and nine. 

/ 43 % The ° Nethinims : the children of Ziha, the chil- 
dren of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 

/ 44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the 

children of Padon, 

/ 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, 

the children of Akkub, 

/ 46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the 

children of Hanan, 

/ 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the 

Children of Reaiah, 

/ 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the 

Children of Gazzam, 

/ 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the 

Children of Besai, 

/ 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the 

children of Nephusim, 

/ 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, 

the children of Harhur, 

/ 52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the 

children of Harsha, 

/ 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the 

children of Thamah, 

/ 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 

/ 55 ^[ The children of k Solomon's servants : the children 

of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 

/ 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the 

children of Giddel, 

/ 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, 

the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. 

/ 58 All the ' Nethinims, and the children of m Solomon's 

servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 

s 59 And these were they which went up from D Tel-me- 

lah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer : but they 

could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether 

they were of Israel : 

/ 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the 

children of Nekoda, ° six hundred fifty and two. 

/ 61 % And L of the children of the priests : the children of 

Hfbaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai : 

which took a wife of the daughters of p Barzillai the Gile- 

adite, and was called after their name : 

62 These sought 4heir register among those that were 
reckoned by q genealogy, but they were not found : there- 
fore * were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 
f 63 And the \ Tirshatha said unto them, that they should 
not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest 
with d Urim and with Thummim. • 

/ 64 \ The r whole congregation together was forty and 
two thousand three hundred and threescore, 



B. Christ 
cir. 536. 



s Pr. 12. 8. 
t 2 Chr. 33. 
25. 

Eccles.2. 8. 
u 1 Citron. 
29. 3, 6, 9. 
xl)t. 11.29. 
2 Cor. 3. 3. 
yl Chr .25.1. 
zlChr.26.1. 
a 1 Chr. 9. 2. 
b Neh. 7. 73. 
aLv.23.24. 
bZoph.3.9. 
cl Kg. 1.33. 
d Dt. 12. 5. 
Isa. 8. 20. 
e Nu. 12. 8. 
fch. 4. 10. 
Jor. 17. 17. 
g Gen. 8. 20. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
h Neh. 8. 15. 
Zech. 14. 
16, 17. 
a IJeb. the 
matter of 
the day in 
his day, 
Ex. 23. 16. 
Nu. 29. 11. 
Pr. 23. 17. 
1 Cor. 4. 11. 
Heb. 11. 13. 
i Ex. 29. 39. 
Num. 28. C. 
k Lev. 8. 10. 
&23. 2. 
I ch. 2. 68. 
ml Kg. 5.6. 
Rev. 12. 16. 
n 2 Sa. 7. 7, 
olKg.4.33. 
p Jonah 1.3, 
Acts 9. 36. 
q 2 Kg. 25. 2. 
r IChr. 10. 
6. & 13. 8. 
s 2 Chron. 
13. 15. ' 
Psa. 5. 11. 



Foundation of the temple laid. 

65 Besides their s servants and their maids, of whom 
there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven : 
and there were among them two hundred l singing-men 
and singing-women. 

66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty 1 and six ; 
their mules, two hundred forty and five ; 

67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five ; their 
asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 

d 68 «[[ And some of the chief of the fathers, when they 
came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, of- 
fered u freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 
69 They gave after their x ability unto the treasure of 
the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and 
five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' 
garments. 

/ 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the peo- 
ple, and the * singers, and the z porters, and the a Nethi- 
nims, dwelt in their cities, and b all Israel in their cities. 

CHAPTER III. 

The altar is set up, 1. Offerings frequented, 4. Workmen prepared, 7. 

The foundation of the temple laid in great joy and mourning, S. 

/A ND when the "seventh month was come, and the 
J%_ children of Israel were in the cities, the people ga- 
thered themselves together b as one man to c Jerusalem. 
f% Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his 
brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 
and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, 
to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is d written in the law 
of Moses the e man of God. 

3 And they set the altar upon his bases ; for f fear was 
upon them because of the people of those countries : and 
they s offered burnt-offerings thereon unto the Loud, even 
burnt-offerings morning and evening. 
i 4 They kept also the h feast of tabernacles, as it is writ- 
ten, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, ac- 
cording to the custom, ° as the duty of every day required ; 

5 And afterward offered the '' continual burnt-offering, 
both of the new-moons, and of all the k set feasts of the 
Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that ' will- 
ingly offered a free-will-offering unto the Lord.. 
/ 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they 
to offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord. But the founda- 
tion of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. 

7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the- 
carpenters ; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of 
m Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring n cedar-trees from 
Lebanon to the sea of p Joppa, according to the grant 
that they had of Cyrus king of" Persia* 
/ 8 1[ Now in the second year of their coming unto the 
house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began 
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of 
Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and 
the Levites, and all they that were come out of the capti- 
vity unto Jerusalem ; and appointed the Levites, from 
twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of 
the house of the Lord. 

9 Then q stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren. 
Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set 
forward the workmen in the house of God : the sons of 
Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 
/ 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the 
temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel 
with r trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with 
cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David 
king of Israel. 

1 1 And they sang together by course in praising and 
giving thanks unto the Lord ; because he is good, for his 
mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the 
people 3 shouted with a great shout, when they praised 

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EZRA 



the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the 
Lord was laid. 

/ 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the 
fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the ' first 
house, when the foundation of this house was laid before 
their eyes, wept with a loud voice ; and many shouted 
aloud u for joy : 

13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the 
shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people : 
for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise 
was heard afar oft". 

CHAPTER IV. 

The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple ivith the 
Jews, endeavour to hinder it, 1..- Their letter to Artaxerxes, 7. The 
decree of Artaxerxes, 17. The building is hindered, 23. 

^yrO W when the a adversaries of Judah and Benjamin 
'iyi heard that the children of the captivity builded the 
temple unto the b Lord God of Israel ; 

2 c Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the d chief 
of the fathers, and said unto them, e Let us build with you : 
for f we seek your God, as ye do ; and we do s sacrifice 
unto him since the days of h Esar-haddon king of Assur, 
which brought us up hither. 

/ 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief 
of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing 
to do with us to build a house unto our God ; but we our- 
selves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, ! as 
king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. 

4 k Then the people of the land ' weakened the hands of 
the people of Judah, and m troubled them in building, 
/ 5 And hired n counsellors against them, to ° frustrate 
their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even 
until p the reign of Darius king of Persia. 

6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of 
his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the 
inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 
/ 7 ^[ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mith- 
redath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions unto 
Artaxerxes king of Persia ; and the writing of the letter 
was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the 
Syrian tongue. 

8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote 
a letter q against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this 
sort : 

d Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the 
scribe, and the rest of their companions ; the Dinaites, the 
Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Ar- 
chevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, 
and the Elamites, 

10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble 
Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and 
the rest that are on this side the river, and a at such a time. 
/ 11 ^f This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto 
him, even unto Artaxerxes the king ; Thy servants the 
men on this side the river, and at such a time. 

12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came 
up from thee to us, are come unto Jerusalem, building the 
r rebellious and the s bad city, and have set ' up the walls 
thereof, and "joined the foundations. 

13 Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be 
builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not c pay 
toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the 
revenue of the kings. 

/ 14 Now because "we have maintenance from the king's 
palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dis- 
honour, therefore have we sent and certified the king ; 

15 That search may be made in the book of the "records 

of thy fathers : so shalt thou find in the book of the records, 

and know that this city is a rebellious city, and * hurtful 

unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedi- 

79 2 



B. Christ 
cir. 536. 



t Hag. 2. 3. 
ul Kg. 1.40. 
Neh. 12. 43. 
Job 8. 7. 
Dan. 2. 35. 
Zech.4. 10. 
Matt. 4. 17. 
& 13. 31. 
a 2 Kings 

17. 24. 

cb. 3. 12,13. 
ver. 7, 8, 9. 
Mt. 4. 1, 2. 
bch.3.12,13. 
c 1 Kings 

18. 17. 

<i ch. 1. 5. 

& 3. 12. 

e Est. 8. 17. 

f 2 Kings 

17.29. 

gRv.13.11. 

h 2 Kings 

19. 37. 

i Mt. 10. 16. 

kRv. 12.13. 

1 chap. 3. 3. 

m Acts 13. 

42. 

n Acts 24. 

1. 

Psa. 2. 1. 
p Ex. 5. 6. 

q Ps. 122. 6. 
a Chald. 
Chebenith, 
verse 17. 
chap. 7. 12. 
r Am. 7. 10. 
Luke 23. 2. 
Acts 24. 5. 
sPs.48.1,2. 
t Nell. 1. 3. 
Psa. 52. 2. 

& 120. 3. 

b Chald. 
sowed toge- 
ther. 
c Chald. 
give mea- 
sure, 

chap. 7. 24. 
Neh. 5. 4. 
Luke 23. 3. 
d Chald. we 
are salted 
with the 
salt of the 
palace, 

1 Tim. 6. 10. 
uEsth. G. I. 
x Esth. 3. 8. 



B.Christ 
522. 



y l's. 28. 3. 
zl Kg. 4.21. 

1 Chr. 14. 

9. & 18. 1. 

a Gn. 15.18. 
Josh. 1. 4. 
b 2 Sam. 8. 
2,4. 
lKgs.4.21. 

2 Chr. 17. 
11. & 26. 8. 
&32.23. 

c Pr. 4. 16. 
Rom. 3. 15. 
e Chald. by 
arm and 
power, 
Zoch. 4. C. 
d Job 20. 5. 
a Hag. 1.18. 
b Zec.h. 1. 1. 
c Mt. 28. 12. 
■2 Cor. 5. 20. 
il 1 Kings 
16.2,4. 
p chap. 3.2. 
f ch. 4. 12. 

E2rl.i2.ll. 
h Mt. 27.2. 

Mt. 21.23. 
It oh. 3. 10. 
1 verse 10. 
in 2 Cbron. 

10. 9. 

n Phil. 1. 28. 

2 Pa. 6. 23. 
p chap. 6. 6. 
(j chap. 2. 1. 
r Dt. 10. 17. 
a Chald. 
stones of 
rolling. 

s Nu. 25. 4. 

1 IN. 119. 46. 
Mat. 10. 32. 
Luke 12. 8. 
Acts 26. 16. 
Ro. 10.9,10. 
Ileb. 4. 14. 

2 Tim. 1.8. 
n 2 Chr. 30. 
23 



The building of the temple resumed. 

tion within the same of old time : for which cause was tliis 
city destroyed. 

16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, 
and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have 
no portion on this side the river. 

/ 17 Tf Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the 
chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of 
their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest 
beyond the river, 5 ' Peace, and at such a time. 

18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly 
read before me.- 

19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and 
it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection 
against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been 
made therein. 

20 There have been z mighty kings also over Jerusalem, 
which have ruled over all countries a beyond the river: and 
toll, tribute, and b custom, was paid unto them. 

21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to 
cease, and that this city be not builded, until another com- 
mandment shall be given from me. 

22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this : why 
should damage grow to the hurt of the kings 1 

f 23 If Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter 
was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their 
companions, they went up c in haste to Jerusalem unto the 
Jews, and made them to cease ' by force and power. 

24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is 
at Jerusalem. So it d ceased unto the second year of the 
reign of Darius king of Persia. 

CHAPTER V. 

Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zechariah, set forward 
the building of the temple, 1. Tatnai and Shethar-boznai could not 
hinder the Jews, 3. Their letter to Darius against the Jews, 6. 

THEN the prophets, a Haggai the prophet, and b Ze- 
chariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews 
that were in Judah and Jerusalem c in the name of the God 
of Israel, even unto them. 

2 Then d rose up e Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and 
Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and f began to build the house 
of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the 
prophets of God g helping them. 

/ 3 ^[ At the same time came to them Tatnai, h governor 
on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their com- 
panions, and said thus unto them, ! Who hath commanded 
you to build this house, and to make up this k wall 1 

4 Then said ' we unto them after this manner, What 
are the names of the men that make this building? 

t 5 But the m eye of their God was upon the elders of the 
Jews, that they could n not cause them to cease, ° till the 
matter came to Darius : and then they p returned answer 
by letter concerning this matter. 

/6 f The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on 
this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions 
the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent 
unto Darius the king : 

SI They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written 
thus ; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 

5 Be it known unto the king, that f ' we went into the 
province of Judea, to the house of the ""great Cod, which is 
builded with "great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, 
and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands, 

9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus. 
Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up 

tllCSC Wftlls i 

10 We asked their "names j*o, to certify thee, that 
we might write the names of the «*n that were the cmel 
of them. . .,.. 

/ 1 1 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are 
the servants of the u God of heaven and earth, and ouild 

239 



B. Christ 
519. 



xlKgs.6.2. 
y2Kgs.21. 
14. 

2 Chr. 36. 
15. 

z 2 Chr. 36. 
16, 17. 
ach. 1.1,2. 
h2Kgs.24. 
13. 

Dan. 5. 2. 
c chap'. 1.7. 
il ch. 6. 14. 
e Ex. 9. 16. 
Nu. 16. 22. 
chap. 6. 22. 
Prov. 21.1. 
Isa.10. 5, 6. 
a ch. 4. 19. 
a Chald, 
books, 
chap. 4. 17. 
h Psa. 40. 7. 
cTsa.60.12. 
Re v. 21. 16. 
rl 1 Kg.6.36. 
chap. 5. 8. 
e ch. 7. 20. 
fch. 5. 14. 
chap.7. fi. 



A Chald. 
61/ me a 
decree is 
made. 

kl,v.2.1,2. 
lLev. 2. 13. 
in 1 Chr. 9. 
29.&12. 40. 



Darius decree for building the temple. EZRA 

the house that was x builded these many years ago, which 
a great king of Israel builded and set up. 
g 12 But after that our fathers had y provoked the God of 
heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of z Ne- 
buchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who 
destroyed this house, and carried the people away into 
Babylon. 

/ 13 But in the a first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the 
same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. 

14 And the b vessels also of gold and silver of the house 
of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that 
was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of 
Babylon, those did c Cyrus the king take cut of the tem- 
ple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose 
name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor 

15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry 
them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the 
house of God be builded in his place. 

/ 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foun-, riPs/7 
dation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem : ^ n 4Jj^J*- 3 
since that time even until now hath it been in building, and Pr.2i.3a' 
yet it is d not finished. 

17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there 
be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is 
there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was 
made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Je- 
rusalem, and let the king send e his pleasure to us con- 
cerning this matter. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Darius finding the decree of Cyrus, makcth a new decree for the advnnce- 
ment of the building, 1. By the help of the enemies, and the directions 
of the -prophets, the temple is finished, 13. The feast of the dedication 
is kept, 16, and the passover, 19. 

THEN Darius the king a made a decree, and search 
was made in the house of the " rolls, where the trea- 
sures were laid up in Babylon. . . 

2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace 
that is in the province of the Medes, a b roll, and therein 
ivas a record thus written : 

/ 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus 
the king made a decree concerning the house of God at 
Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where 
they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be 
strongly laid ; the height thereof c threescore cubits, and 
the breadth thereof threescore cubits ; 

4 With three d rows of great stones, and a row of new 
timber : and let the e expenses be given out of the king's 
house : 

5 And also let the golden and silver f vessels of the 
house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of 
the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Ba- 
bylon, s be restored, and brought again unto the temple 
which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place 
them in the house of God. 

/6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, 
Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, 
winch are beyond the river, h be ye far from thence : 

7 i Let the work of this house of God alone ; let the 
governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build 
this house of God in his place. 

/8 Moreover, 'I make a decree what ye shall do to the 
elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God : 
that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the 
river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that 
<they be not hindered. 

9 And that which they have need of, both young bul- 
locks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt-offerings of the 
God of heaven, k wheat, ' salt, m wine, and oil, according 
to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, 
let it be given them dav by day without fail : 



Ezra goeth up to Jerusalem, 

d 10 That they may offer sacrifices of 'sweet savours 
under the God of heaven, and pray n for the life of the king, 
and of his sons. 

11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall 
alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, 
and being set up, let him be "hanged thereon ; and let 
his house be made r a dunghill for this. 
/ 12 And the God that hath caused ^his name to dwell 
there r destroy all kings and people, that shall put'to their 
hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at 
Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree ; let it s be done 
with speed. 

/ 13 4f Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, She- 
thar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which 
Darius the king had sent, * so they did speedily. 

14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they u pros- 
pered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and 
Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished 
it, according to ' the commandment of the God of Israel, 
and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Da- 
rius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 
/ 1 5 And this house was finished on the third day of the 
month x Adar, which was in the -' sixth year of the reign 
of Darius the king. 

/16 ^[ And the children of Israel, the 7 priests, and the 
Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept 
the a dedication of this house of God with joy, 

17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God 
b a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred 
lambs ; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, 
according to the c number of the tribes of Israel. 
/ 18 And they set the priests in their a divisions, and the 
Levites in their e courses, for the service of God, which is 
at f Jerusalem ; as c it is written in the book of Moses. 

19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover 
upon the h fourteenth day of the first month. 
/ 20 For the priests and the Levites were l purified toge- 
ther, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all 
the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the 
priests, and k for themselves. 

21 And thechildren of Israel, which were come again 
out of captivity, and all such as had ' separated themselves 
unto them from the m filthiness of the heathen of the land, 
"to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat, 

22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days 
with joy : for the Lord had made them joyful, and p turn- 
ed the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strength- 
en their hands in the work of the house of God, the God 
of Israel. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Ezra godh up to Jerusalem, 1. The gracious commission of Artaxerxes 

to him, 11. He blesseth God for his favour, 27. 

y^TOW after these things, in the reign of a Artaxerxes 
1% king of Persia, b Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of 
Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 

2 The son of c Shallum,thesonofZadok,thesonof Ahitub, 

3 The son of Amariah, the son of d Azariah, the son of 
Meraioth, 

4 The son of e Zerahiah,thesonofUzzi, the son of Bukki, 

5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of 
Eleazar, the son of f Aaron the chief priest : 

«6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was s n 
ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of 
Israel had given : and the king granted him all his request, 
according to the h hand of the Lord his God upon him. 
/ 7 And there went up some of the £ children of Israel, and 
of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the 
porters, and the k Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the ' se- 
venth year of Artaxerxes the king. 

290 



^Artaxerxes* commission to Ezra. 



EZRA. 



Those who returned imth Ezrct. 



8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which , B - S^st 
tvas in the seventh year of the king. - ^TEi.ika: 

ff 9 For upon the first day of the m first month began he 'T?s'a 3 7 6 3. 
to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth j^-f 3 ; 2 - 
month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand j Titus ije. 
of his God upon him. 

c 10 For Ezra had "prepared his heart to seek the law of ?f;Tiio 6 a 
the Lord, and to ° do it, and to p teach in Israel statutes 
and judgments. 

f 11 % Now this is the copy of the letter that the king 
Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a 
scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, 
and of his statutes to Israel. 

12 Artaxerxes, q king of kings, Unto Ezra the priest, 
a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, 
and at such a time. 

/13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Is- 
rael, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are 
minded of r their own free will to go up to Jerusalem, go 
with thee. 

14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his 
* seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Je- 
rusalem, according to the law of * thy God which is in thy 
hand ; 

15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and 
his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, 
whose u habitation is in Jerusalem. 



B. Christ 
cir. 457. 



16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find * in all 
the province of Babylon, with the free-will-offering of the 
people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house 
of their God which is in Jerusalem : 

17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money 
v bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings and their 
drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house 
of your God which is in Jerusalem. 
/ 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy 
brethren, z to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, 
that do a after the will of your God. 

19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service 
of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the 
God of Jerusalem. 

20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house 
of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, 
Hestow it out of the king's treasure-house. 
/ 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a de- 
cree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that fGn!'i7/io 
whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the'^',- '|.J5. 
God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, IcNnhAoC-u 

22 Unto * a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred 
"measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and \f h 
to a hundred " baths of oil, and salt without prescribing Ks* 1 .' HA 

* l on Nch. 10.5. 



1 Chron. 

29. 10. 
fPr. 21. 1. 
Lam. 1. 17. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
goh. 1.3. 
h l's. 138. 3. 
Tim. 4. 17. 
Phil. 4. 13. 
h. 8. 18. 
a 1 Chr.4.3'3. 
b ch. 7. 13. 
c Nu. 25. 12. 
Prov. 10.7. 
d Nil. 3. 21. 



hNeh.l(U6, 

i ch. 10. 15. 



ip. 2.-1 
10.20. 



how much. |och.2. n 

<*23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, J t*. %\% 
let it be diligently done for the house of the God of hea- 1 ^;!;.^!! 

ven : for why should there be b wrath against the realm 8 A Pr -^^ should say unto Iddo, and 
of the king and his sons 1 «£." at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us minis 

i Pet r 

i c 

and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of 



/ 27 «[[ e Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which 
hath { put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beau- 
tify the house of the Lord which is in s Jerusalem : 

28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, 
and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty 
princes. And I was h strengthened as the ' hand of the 
Lord my God tvas upon me, and I gathered together out 
of Israel chief men to go up with me. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Tlie companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon, 1. He sendetk 
to Iddo for ministers for the temple, 15. He keepeth a fast, 21. He 
commiiteth the treasures to the custody of the priests, 24. From Jlhava 
they come to Jerusalem, 31; The treasure is iveighed in the te7nple T 
33. The commission is delivered, 36. 

THESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is 
the a genealogy of them that b went up with me from 
Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 

2 Of the sons of c Phinehas ; d Gershom: of the sons of 
Ithamar ; Daniel : of the sons of David ; e Hattush. 
/ 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh ; 
Zechariah : and with him were reckoned by genealogy of 
the f males a hundred and fifty. 

/4 Of the sons of s Pahath-moab ; Elihoenai the son of 
Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 
/ 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah ; the son of Jahaziel, and 
with him three hundred males. 

/6 Of the sons also of h Adin; Ebed the son of 'Jonathan, 
and with him fifty males. 
/7 And of the sons of Elam ; Jeshaiah the son of Atha- 
liah, and with him seventy males. 

/ 8 And of the sons of k Shephatiah; ' Zebadiah the son of 
Michael, and with him fourscore males. 
/9 Of the sons of '" Joab ; n Obadiah the son of Jehiel, 
and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 
/ 10 And of the sons of Shelomith ; the son of Josiphiah, 
and with him a hundred and threescore males. 
/ 1 1 And of the sons of ° Bebai ; Zechariah the son of 
Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. 
/12 And of the sons of p Azgad ; Johanan the son of 
Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males. 
/13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are 
these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them three- 
score males. 

/ 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai ; Uthai, and Zabbud, and 
with them seventy males. 

g 15 % And I gathered them together to the q river that 
runneth to Ahava ; and there r abode we in tents three 
days : and I s viewed the people, and the priests, and 
found there ■ none of the sons of Levi. 

16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and 
for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Na- 
than, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullain, chief men.; 
also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. 
s 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the 
chief at the place Casiphia, and " I told them what they 

"lis brethren the Nethinims, 



rf"24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests 'tfhu> Afters for the house of our God 

/18 And by the u good hand of our God upon "s/hef 
this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tri- 
bute, or custom, upon them. 

f 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that 
is in thy hand, c set magistrates and judges, which may 
judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as 
<! know the laws of thy God ; and teach ye them that know 
them not. 

26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and 
the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily 
upon him, whether if, be unto death, or to " banishment, 
or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 



oHo'b./W brought us "'aman of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, 

S3? 1 " Ithe sou of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with 

•™Ci'4 3 'his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 

SUgff-J- J / 19 And y Ilashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the son» 

&9°4;s.' '' of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; 

&J0 11 i i i f 20 Also of the z Nethinims, whom David and the princes 

w!np ,r « 2 Vt' had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred 

aachr.20.3.' an( j twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by 

ii i.' .23.29. name. 

£«!)*%. i/21 f Then I proclaimed a a fast there, at the river of 

/ ", ,' "- !, l9 1 Ahava, that we might b afflict ourselves before our God, to 

291 



B. Christ 
cir. 457. 



c I'tsa. 5. 8. 
Mt. 17. 21. 
Luke 2. 37. 
1 Cor. 7. 5 
d Psalm 73 
23,24. 
e 1 Chron. 
16. 10. 
fTs. 90. 11. 
g2Chr.l5.2. 
Ii Matt. 7. 7. 
i chap. 1. S. 
k ch. 7. 26. 
1 Dt. 33. 8. 
m Lv. 5. 15. 
Num. 4. 4 
nGen.31.40. 
Luke 12.37, 
38. 
Acts20. 31. 

lPt.5. 1,2. 
olKgs.6.5. 
Nch. 10. 39. 
& 12. 44. & 

13.4. 

p chap. 7. 9 

&9. 9. 

q Nch. 3. 4. 

& 10. 5. 

r Nell. 8. 7. 
s Luke 1.74. 

Rom. 12. 1. 

& 6. 18. 

tch.6. 18. 

b Heh. 

lifted up, 

2Kgs.l0.6. 

chap. 7. 16. 

Isa. 56. 6. 

Rev. 12. 16. 

a Mt. 23. 2. 

Ro. 2. 18,21. 

h Ex. 33. 16. 

cDt.7.2,3. 

d Mul. 2. 11. 
Co. 7. 14. 



The. treasure weighed in the temple. EZRA. 

seek of him c a right way for us, and for our little ones 
and for all our substance. 

22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of 
soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the 
way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The 
hand of our God is upon all them d for good that c seek 
him ; but his power and his f wrath is against all them that 
g forsake him. 

6 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this : and he 
was h entreated of us. * .' 

/ 24 ^[ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, 
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 

25 And * weighed unto them the silver, and the gold 
and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, 
which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all 
Israel there present, had k offered : 

/ 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and 
fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents, 
and of gold a hundred talents ; 

27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams ; 

and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 

d 28 And I said unto them, Ye are ' holy unto the Lord ; 

™ the vessels are holyalso ; and the silver and the gold 

are a free-will-offering unto the Lord God of your fathers. 

29 n Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them, be- 
fore the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief 
of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the ° chambers 
of the house of the Lord. 

30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the 
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Je- 
rusalem unto the house of our God. 

/ 31 % Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the 
twelfth day of the p first month, to go unto Jerusalem : 
and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us 
from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by 
the way. 

32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three 
days. 

/ 33 % Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold 
and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the 
hand of q Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest ; and with 
him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas ; and with them was 
* Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Bin- 
nui, Levites ; 

34 By number and by weight of every one : and all the 
weight was written at that time. 

/ 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, 
which were come out of the captivity, offered s burnt-of- 
ferings unto the God of Israel, l twelve bullocks for all Is- 
rael, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve 
he-goats for a sin-offering : all this was a burnt-offering 
unto the Lord. 

/ 36 1[ And they delivered the king's commissions unto 
the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side 
the river : and they * furthered the people, and the house 
of God. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Ezra moumethfor the affinity of the people with strangers, 1. He pray- 
ethunto God with confession of sins, 5. 

^"OW when these things were done, the princes came 
l^i to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the a priests, 
and the Levites, have b not separated themselves from the 
people of the lands, doing according to their c abomina- 
tions, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, 
the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyp- 
tians, and the Amorites. 

p 2 For they have d taken of their daughters for them- 
selves, and for their sons : so that the e holy seed have 
mingled themselves with the people of those lands : yea, 



Ezra's prayer and confession of sins 
princes and rulers hath been chief in 



the hand of the 
this trespass. 

fo And when I heard this thing, I E rent my garment 
and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and 
' of my beard, and sat down h astonied. 

4 Then were ! assembled unto me every one that 
k trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of 
the transgression of those that had been carried away ; 
and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. 
/ 5 % And at the ' evening sacrifice I arose up from my 
heaviness ; and having rent my garment and my- mantle, 
I fell upon my knees, and m spread out my hands unto the 
Lord my God. 

c 6 And said, O my God, I am n ashamed and blush to 
lift up my face to thee, my God : for ° our iniquities are 
increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up 
p unto the heavens. 

7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great 
trespass unto this day ; and for our iniquities have we, our 
kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the 
kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a 
spoil, and to q confusion of face, as it is this day. 
b 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from 
the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to 
give us ° a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten 
our eyes, and give us r a little reviving in our bondage. 

9 For we were bond-men ; yet our God hath 9 not for- 
saken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto 
us in the l sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviv- 
ing, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the de- 
solations thereof, and to give us u a wall in Judah and in 
Jerusalem. 

/10 And now, O our God, x what shall we say after this ? 
for we have forsaken thy commandments, 

1 1 Which thou hast ? commanded by thy servants the 
prophets, saying, The land unto which ye goto possess it, 
is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the 
"ands, with their abominations, which have filled it from 
one end to another with their uncleanness. 
p 12 Now therefore z give not your daughters unto their 
sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, a nor 
seek their peace or their wealth for ever : that ye may be 
strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for b an 
inheritance to your children for ever. 

13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, 
and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast 
punished us ° less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given 
us such deliverance as this ; 

14 Should we d again break thy commandments, and 
join in affinity with the people of these abominations ? 
wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst con 
sumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? 

t 15 O Lord God of Israel, Thou art e righteous: for we 
remain yet escaped, as it is this day : behold, we are f be- 
fore thee in our trespasses ; for we g cannot stand before 
thee because of this. 

CHAPTER X. 
Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reform the strange marriages, 2. Ezra 
mourning, assembleth the people, C. The people, at the exhortation of 
Ezra, repent and promise amendment, 9. Tlie care to perform it, 15.. 

OW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had a con- 
fessed, weeping and casting himself down b before 
the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel 
a very great congregation of men and c women and chil- 
dren : for the people wept very sore. 
/ 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of 
Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed 
against our God, and have d taken strange wives of the 
people of the land : yet now there is e hope in Israel con- 
cerning this thing. 

292 



JSeJtemiah mourneth, NEHEMIAH 

& 3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God 



19. 13. 
i 1 Chron. 
28. 10. 
k 2 Chron. 
15. 15. 
1 Neh. 13. 5. 
mJob23.12. 
Mt.21.17,23. 
a Heb. caus- 
ed a voice 
to pass, 
b Or, ex- 
communi- 
cated, 
chap. 7. 26. 
John 9. 22, 
Jude 19. 
nEsth.2.16. 

Neh. 2. 8. 
c Heb. the 
showers, 

1 Sa. 12. 17. 
d Heb. to 
add unto 
the guilt, 

1 Sa. 12. 19. 
Luke 3. 20. 
p Jos. 7. 19. 
q Pr. 28. 13. 
Rom. 12. 2. 
rlCo.7. 12. 
s verse 4. 
Ps. 78. 57. 
t Mt. 7. 13. 
u Dt. 17. 9. 
x2Cbr.l9.5. 
y Gen. 7. 1. 
Ex. 23. 2. 
Hos. 4. 17. 
Rom. 12. 2. 



B. Christ 

457 

to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, \f&kp. ' 9 . 4 . 
f according to the counsel of my lord, and of those thatig^-j^ - 
tremble at the commandment of our God ; and let it be 
done according to the law. 

4 g Arise ; for this matter belongeth unto thee : we also 
will be with thee : h be of good courage, and ! do it. 

5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the 
Levites, and all Israel, k to swear that they should do 
according to this word. And they sware. 
/6 f Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, 
and went into the 'chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib : 
and when he came thither, he did m eat no bread, nor drink 
water : for he mourned because of the transgression of 
them that had been carried away. 

7 And they "made proclamation throughout Judah and 
Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they 
should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem ; 

8 And that whosoever would not come within three 
days, according to the counsel of the princes and the 
elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself 
* separated from the congregation of those that had been 
carried away. 

/9 f Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered 
themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It 
was the n ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month ; 
and all the people sat in the ° street of the house of God, 
trembling because of this matter, and for the c great rain. 

10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, 
Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives "to 
increase the trespass of Israel. 

dll Now therefore make p confession unto the Lord 
God of your fathers, and q do his pleasure : and r separate 
yourselves from the people of the land, and from the 
strange wives. : 

d\2 Then all the congregation answered and said with a 
loud voice, As thou hast said, s so must we do. 
/ 13 But the people are ' many, and it is a time of much 
rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this 
a work of one day or two : for we are many that have 
transgressed in this thing. 

14 Let now our "rulers of all the congregation stand, 
and let all them which have taken strange wives in our 
cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders 
of every city, and the "judges thereof, until the fierce 
wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. 
/ 15 % y Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah 
the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter : and 
Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. 

16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra . 
the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house Noh.7l-sa 
of their fathers, and all of them by their names, wereluPr7"fti7?" 



B. Christ 
456. 



z Mai. 2. 7. 
Matt. 19. 8. 
a 1 Kings 
10. 14, 15. 
b Lev. 4. 3. 
c Lev. 5. 16. 
&6. 6. 
d chap. 2. 
36, 37. 
e ch. 2. 39. 
fch. 2. 38. 
gch. 2.40. 
h ck 2. 42. 
e Tlicfar- 
mcr apper- 
tained to 
the service 
of the tem- 
ple, these 
not. 

i chap. 2. 3. 
k chap. 2. 7. 
1 chap. 2. 8. 
m ch. 2. 11. 
& 8. 11. 
n ch. 2. 15. 
ochap. 2. C. 
&.S. 4. 
p ch. 2. 32, 
39. 

q ch. 2. 19. 
rver.29,38 
/Some co- 
pies read 
Jilabnade- 
bai. 



fasteth, andprayetbl 
separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month 
to examine the matter. 

17 And they made an end with all the men that had 
taken strange wives by the first day of the first month 
/■18 f And among the sons of the priests there were 
z found that had taken strange wives : namely, of the sons 
of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah 
and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 
t 19 And they a gave their hands that they would put 
away their wives ; and being b guilty, they offered e a ram 
of the flock for their trespass. 
/ 20 And of the sons of d Immer ; Hanani, and Zebadiah, 

21 And of the sons of e Harim ; Maaseiah, and Elijah, 
and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 

22 And of the sons of f Pashur ; Elioenai, Maaseiah, 
Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 

23 Also of the E Levites ; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Ke- 
laiah (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 
/ 24 Of the singers also ; Eliashib : and of the porters ; 
h Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 

25 Moreover, ' of Israel : of the sons of * Parosh ; Ra- 
miah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Elea- 
zar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 

26 And of the sons of k Elam ; Mattaniah, Zechariah, 
and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elian. 

27 And of the sons of ' Zattu ; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mat- 
taniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 

28 Of the sons also of m Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah. 
Zabbai, and Athlai. 

29 And of the sons of n Bani ; Meshullam, Malluch, and 
Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. 

/ 30 And of the sons of ° Pahath-moab ; Adna, and Che- 
lal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, 
and Manasseh. 

31 And of the sons of p Harim ; Eliezer, Ishijah, Mal- 
chiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 

32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 

/ 33 Of the sons of q Hashum ; Mattenai, Mattathah, 
Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 

34 Of the sons of r Bani ; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 

35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, 

36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 

37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, < 

38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 

/ 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 

40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 

41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 

43 Of the sons of 3 Nebo ; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, 
Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. 

/ 44 All ' these had taken u strange wives : and some ol" 
them had wives by whom they had children. 



1 THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. 



CHAPTER I. 

Nehemiah, understanding by Hananilhc misery of Jerusalem, mourneth, 
fasteth, and prayeth, 1 : His pruyer, 5. 

THE words of Nehemiah the son of Hachallah. And 
it came to pass in the month a Chisleu, in the 
b twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 

2 That c Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and 
certain men of Judah ; and I asked them concerning the 
Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, 
and concerning Jerusalem. 

3 And they said unto me, The remnant that arc left of 
the captivity there in the d province are e in great affliction 
and reproach : the wall of Jerusalem also is '"broken down, 
and the gates thereof are burned wHh fire. 

74 




g 1 Sam. 4. 
19,22. 
Zcph. 3. 17. 
hi Co. 12.26 
i I Kg. 8. 44. 
k Pa". 1 10. 10. 
Ucr. 23.24. 
m Ex. 20. 0, 
n P«, 31. 15, 
a Luke 18.1 
p Pr. 28, 13. 
q 1'sa. 51.4, 



c4 f And it came to pass, when I heard these words, 
that g I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and 
''fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 

t 5 And said, I beseech thee, k O Lord God of heaven, 
the 'great and terrible God, that m keepeth covenant and 
mercy for them that love him and observe his command- 
ments: 

b 6 n Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, 
that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I 
pray before thee now, day and ° night, for the children of 
Israel thy servants, '' and confess the sins of the children 
of Israel, which we have sinned •> against thee : both I 
and my father's house have sinned. 

i 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thec, and have 

293 



Nehemiah cometh to Jerusalem 

not kept the commandments, nor the Statutes, nor the 
judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 
d 8 r Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou com- 
mandedst thy servant Moses, saying, s If ye transgress, 1 
will scatter you abroad among the nations : 

9 But if ye ' turn unto me, and keep my command- 
ments, and do them ; though there were of you u cast out 
unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather 
them from thence, and will bring them unto the place 
that I have chosen to set my name there. 

10 Now these are thy * servants and 'thy people, whom 
thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy 
y strong hand. 

ill o Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be at- 
tentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of 
thy servants, who desire to z fear thy name : and "prosper 
I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in 
the sight of this man. For I was the king's cup-bearer 
CHAPTER II. 

Artaxerxes understanding the cause of Nehemiah' 's sadness, sendeth him 
with letters and commission to Jerusalem, 1. Nehemiah, to the grief 
of the enemies, cometh to Jerusalem, 9: He vieioeth secretly the ruins of 
the walls, 12 : He inciteth the Jeius to build in despite of the enemies, 17 

f A ND it came to pass in the month a Nisan, in the twen- 



tieth year of " b Artaxerxes the king, that wine was 
before him : and I took up the c wine, and gave it unto the 
king. Now I had not been beforetime d sad in his presence. 

2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy coun- 
tenance sad, seeing thou art not sick 1 this is nothing else 
but e sorrow of heart. Then I was f very sore afraid, 
o 3 And said unto the king, s Let the king live for ever : 
h why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, 
the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the 
gates thereof are consumed with fire 1 
c 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make 
request 1 So I ' prayed to the God of heaven. 
/ 5 And I said unto the king, If it k please the king, and 
if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou 
wouldest ' send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fa- 
thers' sepulchres, that m I may build it. 

6 And the n king said unto me, (the queen also sitting 
by him,) For how long shall thy journey be 1 and when 
wilt thou return 1 So it pleased the king to send me ; and 
I ° set him a time. 

/ 7 Moreover, I said unto the king, If it please the king, 
let p letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, 
that they may convey me over till I come into Judah ; 

8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's 
forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the 
gates of the palace which q appertained to the house, and 
for the wall of the city, and for the house r that I shall en- 
ter into. And the king granted me, according to the 
a good hand of my God upon me. 
/ 9 Tf Then I came to the governors beyond the river 



r Isa. 43. 26. 
a Dt. 4. 25. 
t Joel 2. 13. 
u Dt. 10. 14. 
x Ex. 32. 11, 
y Ex. 6. r. 
& 13. 9. 
z Isa. 26. 8. 
Psa. 119. 4. 
Heb. 13. 18. 
Sl 1 Chron. 
22. 11. 
a Ex. 13. 4 
Esther 3. 7, 
Ps. 102. 18. 
b Ezra 7. 8. 
verse 14. 
cch. 1. 11 
dGen.40. 7. 
e Pr. 15. 13. 
fPs. 94. 19. 
gl Kg. 1.31 
h ISa.4.20. 
ilSa. 1.13. 
k Ezra 5. 17. 
1 Jer. 38. 9. 
mHag. 1. 4. 
n oh. 1. 11. 
Psa. 65. 2. 
o ch. 5. 14. 
p ch. 5. 14. 
q Ezra 10.6. 
r ch. 5. 14, 
17, 18. 
s Ezra 7. 6. 
t Ex. 1. 12. 
Nu. 22.3,4. 
ch. 13. 28. 
Isa. 15. 3. 
Jer. 43. 34. 
u Pr. 30. 22. 
x 3 Sam. 8. 
& 12. 31. 
chap. 3. 2. 
y Pr. 27. 4. 
Acts 13. 45. 
z Ezra 8.32. 
a Ps. 110.60. 
Prov. 10. 4. 
Ro. 12. 11. 
b2Chr.3.13. 
c Isa. 8. 6. 
d ch. 3. 13. 
e ch. 3. 15. 



B. Christ 
cir. 445. 
i'2Kiiv 
18. 17. 
•r2Sa.15.23. 
li Eccl. 3. 7. 
i Isa. 50. 4. 
It chap. 1. 3. 
1 Ezra 7. 6. 
m 1 Chron. 
II. 10. 
n chap. 6. 4. 
oHb.11.36. 
pEzra4.15. 
q Ezra 4. 3. 
Acts 8. 21. 
rRv. 21. 27. 
a ch. 12. 10. 
Isa. 37. 4. 
1 Pet. 5. 3. 
b ch. 12. 39. 
John 5. 2. 
c Dt. 20. 5. 
Jer. 51. 27. 
John 5. 4. 
d Pr. 10. 7. 
Jer. 31. 38. 
Ze. 14. 10. 
e Zp. 1. 10. 
f chap. 6. 1. 
&.7. I. 
g Ezra 8.13. 
li Amos 1.1 
i ch. 2. 16. 
k Jgs.5. 23. 
1 ch. 12. 39. 

/ 1 2 ^[ And I arose a in the night, I and some few men rTjpjan: 
with me ; neither told I any man what my God had puti^f/Yd 2 ' 8 
in my heart to do at Jerusalem : neither "was there any-v?c\n & 
beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon 

b 



NEHEMIAH. The names of those that built the w.all 

rfr?446.* , tlie f k in g' s pool : but there was no place for the beast that 
was under me to pass. 

/ 15 Then went I up in the night by s the brook, and 
viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate 
of the valley, and so returned. 

1 6 And the rulers h knew not whither I went, or what I 
did ; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the 
priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest 
that did the work. 

/ 17 ,*lf Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that 
we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof 
are burned with fire : come, and let us i build up the wall 
of Jerusalem, that we be no more k a reproach. 

18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was 
1 good upon me ; as also the king's words that he had spoken 
unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they 
""strengthened their hands for this good work, 
f 1 9 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the ser- 
vant, the Ammonite, and n Geshem the Arabian, heard it, 
they ° laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What 
is this thing that ye do ? will ye p rebel against the king ? 
c 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The 
God of heaven, he will prosper us ; therefore we his ser- 
vants will arise and build : but ye have no q portion, nor 
r right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. 
CHAPTER III. 
The names and order of them that huilded the wall'. 

HEN a Eliashib the high priest rose up with b liis bre- 
thren the priests, and they builded the c sheep-gate ; 
they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it ; even unto the 
tower of Meah they sanctifiedlt, unto the tower of d Hananeel. 
/ 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And 
next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 
/3 But the e fish-gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, 
who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the f doors 
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 
/ 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of 
s Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired 
Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. 
And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. 
/ 5 And next unto them. the h Tekoites repaired ; but their 
' nobles put k not their necks to the work of their Lord. 




and gave them the king's letters. 



Now the king had sent 



eaptains of the army and horsemen with me 

10 When Sanballat the l Horonite, and Tobiah the u ser- 
vant, the "Ammonite, heard of it, it y grieved them ex- 
ceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare 
of the children of Israel. 

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was z there three days. 



13 And I went out by night by the b gate of the valley, 
even before the c dragon-well, and to the <" dung-port, and!^ 
viewed the walls of Jeruralem, which were broken down, I ^ 
and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 



iro; 

23. 

q Ezra 6. 10. 

r Ezra 8. 2. 

s ch. 10. 5. 

Ex. 35.25. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
il. 4. 3. 
u ch 2. 13. 
x Jos. 15. 34. 



14 Then I went on to the gate of the £ fountain, and tol 2 ^' 13 



/ 6 Moreover, the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of 
Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah ; they laid 
the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the 
locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 
g 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, 
and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of m Gibeon, and of 
n Mizpah, unto the ° throne of the governor on this side the 
river. 

/8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiab, 
of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah 
the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Je- 
rusalem unto the p broad wall. 

/9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of 
Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. 
/ 10 And next unto them q repaired Jedaiah the son of 
Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto 
him repaired r Hattush the son of Hashabniah. 
/ 1 1 s Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of 
Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of 
the furnaces. 

/ 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Ha- 
lohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his 
' daughters. 

13 The "valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabit- 
ants of "Zanoah ; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, 
the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand 
cubits on the wall unto the y dung-gate. 

294 



NEHEMIAH 



B. Christ 
445. 



z 2 Kgs. 10. 

15. 

a verse 9. 



c Josh. 9. 7. 

Luke 13. 4. 

John 9. 7. 

d 2 Sa. 5. 7. 

e Josh. 15. 

58. 

f2 Kgs. 20. 

20. 

lsa. 22. 11. 

g Song 3. 7. 

h ch. 10. 25. 

i Jos. 15. 44. 

2 Sa. 23. 12. 

k Ezra 3. 9. 

1 ch. 12. 42. 
a Or, cor- 
ner. 

2 Chr. 26. 9. 
b Heb. ' 
kindled, 
Ro. 12. 11. 
mEzra8.33. 
nEzra 2.61. 
o Gn. 13. 10. 

3 Sa. 2. 29. 
ch. 13. 28. 
p 1 Kg. 7. 1. 
ch. 12. 39. 
qlChr.9.2. 
Ezra 2. 43. 
c Or, 77ie 
tower, 
2 Chr. 27. 3. 
r chapter 8. 
1. & 12. 43. 
s 2 Kgs, 11. 
16. 

2 Chr. 23. 
15. 

Jer. 31. 40. 
t Jer. 19. 2. 
ulChr.3.10. 
Ruth 4. 11. 
Rom, 2. 7. 
Rev. 21. 2. 
al'r.9. 1,2. 
I) Acts 5. 19. 
c ch. 2. 19. 
ul Co. 1.27. 
e Hab. 3. 2. 



The builders of the wall. 

f 1 4 But the dung-gate repaired M.alehiah the son of z Re- 

chab, the ruler of part of a Beth-haccerem ; he built it, and set 

up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 

/ 15 But the gate of the b fountain repaired Shallum the , ^ G ^, J - 4 

son of. Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, 

and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks 

thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of 

c Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go 

down from the d city of David. 

/ 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the 

ruler of the half part of e Beth-zur, unto the place over 

against the sepulchres of David, and to the f pool that was 

made, and unto the s house of the mighty. 

/ 17 After him repaired the Levites, h Rehum the son of 

Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah the ruler of the 

half part of ; Keilah, in his part. 

/ 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of 

k Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. 

/ 19 And next to him repaired ' Ezer the son of Jeshua, 

the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going 

up to the armoury, at the " turning of the wall. 

/20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai 'earnestly re 
paired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto 
the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 

/ 21 After him repaired m Meremoth the son of Urijah, 
the son of n Koz, another piece, from the door of the house 
of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. 
22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the ° plain. 

/23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over 
against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son 
of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah, by his house. 

/ 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad ano- 
ther piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of 
the wall, even unto the corner. 

25 Padal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the 
wall, and the tower which lieth out from the r king's high 
house, that was by the court of the prison. After him, 
Pedaiah the son of Parosli. 

/ 26 Moreover, the q Nethinims dwelt in c Ophel, unto the 
place over against the r water-gate toward the east, and 
the tower that lieth out. 

/ 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, 
over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the 
wall of Ophel. 

28 Fro'm above the s horse-gate repaired the priests, 
every one over against his house. 

/ 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer, over 
against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the 
son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the ' east gate. 

/ 30 After him repaired Ilananiah the son of Shelemiah, 
and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After 
him repaired Meshullamtlie son of Berechiah over against 
iiis chamber. 

31 After him repaired Malchiali the goldsmith's son, 
unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over 
against the gate Miphkad, and to the goingupof the corner. 

/32 And between the going up of the corner unto the 
sheep-gate "repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. 
CHAPTER IV. 

H'liile the enemies scoff, Nihemiali prayeth^ and conlinueth theivorlc,\. 
Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he selieth a watch, C K 
7. He armethlhe labourers, 13, and givelh military precepts, 19. fJb.5.13,14. 

BUT it came to pass that when Sahballat heard that!}; ',':'; ',,,'{; 
a we builded the wall, he was wroth, and too 
b indignation, and c mocked the Jews. 

2 And he spake before his brethren, and the army of ,r 
Samaria, and said, What do these d feeble Jews 1 will they ' 
fortify themselves 1 will they sacrifice 1 will they make an ; '; 
end in a day 1 will they c revive the stones out of the heaps 
of the rubbish which are burned ? 




E.Christ 
445. 
fNrh.2. 10. 
gMk. 16. 18. 
h Pis. 123.3. 
iProv.3.34. 
k Fs. 32. 1. 
1 Jer. 18. 23. 
m Ps.69. 20. 
nPs. 121.3. 

Pa. 110.3. 
p ch. 2. 19. 
q ch. 2. 19. 
r Amos 3.9. 
sGen.3. 15. 

Chron. 
20. 1. 

Ps. 63. 3, 4. 
Mark 5. 9. 
Kev. 16. 17. 
u Ps. 50. 15. 
xMl.21.lf>. 
V Nu. 32. 9. 
Jer. 9. 3. 
z N"u. 13. 31. 

Pr. 17. 17. 
aUvh.J'rom 
the hirer 
parts- of 
the placet, 
Psa. 1 12. 5. 
28. 29. 
I.Nii.11.9. 
Kent. 1.21. 
c Ex. 15.3. 
-..'Fa. 1(1. 12. 
lsa. 52. 12. 
1 1>*. 122. H. 
e Pr. 19. 4. 

ph. 5. 2H. 



lsa. £8. 26. 
i Ex. 11.25. 
Dtmt. l. 33. 

& 28. 7. 

om. 8.31. 
k Ml. 11.28. 
I Jk«. 9. 48. 
every 
went 



Nehemiah appointeth a watch. 
*3 Now f Tobiahthe Ammonite was by him, and he said, 
Even that which they build, if * a fox go up, he shall even 
break "down their stone wall. 

/4 h Hear, O our God ; for we are despised : and £ turn 
their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a 
prey in the land of captivity : 

d 5 And k cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be 
1 blotted out from before thee : for they have provoked 
thee to anger before the builders. 

/ 6 m So built we the wall; and all the wall was "joined 
together unto the half thereof : for the people had ° a mind 
to work. 

/ 7 *J[ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, 
and the p Arabians, and the q Ammonites, and the r Ash- 
dodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, 
and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they 
were s very wroth, 

8 And conspired *ali of them together to come and to 
fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 
a 9 Nevertheless we made our "prayer unto our God, and 
"set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 
/ 10 And Judah said, The y strength of the bearers of 
burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that 
we are not z able to build the wall. 

11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, 
neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and 
slay them, and cause the work to cease. 

12 Ard it came to pass, that when the Jews which a dwelt 
by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places 
whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. 
/13 ^[ Therefore "set I in the lower places behind the 
wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after 
their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 

c 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, 
and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, b Be not 
ye afraid of them : c remember the Lord which is great 
and terrible, and fight for your d brethren, your sons, and 
your daughters, your e wives, and your houses. 

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that 
it was known unto us, and God had brought f their counsel 
to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every oni 
unto his work. 

/16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that th<" 
half of my g servants wrought in the work, and the othe 
half of them h held both the spears, the shields, and the 
bows, and the habergeons ; and the rulers were behind all 
the house of Judah. 

A 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare 
burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his 
hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a 
weapon. 

18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by 
his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trum- 
pet was by me. 

719 % And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and 
to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and 
we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 
« 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trum- 
pet, resort ye thither unto us : our God shall '' light for us. 

21 So k we laboured in the work : and half of them held 
the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars 
appeared. 

/22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let 
every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in 
the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor 
the men of the guard which followed me, none of us ' put 
off our clothes, ''saving (hat every one pu* thorn of? for 



for washing. 



293 



NEHEMIAH. 



Nehemiah 



B. Christ 
445. 



Ja. 2. 6, 15 
c Hag. 1. 6. 
d verse 15. 
2Kgs. 4. 1. 
je Ezra 4. 13. 
f Isa. 58. 7. 
gLv.25.39. 
h Lev. 25. 4. 
i Hos. 4. 1. 
k Mark 3.5. 

1 Gal. 2. 14. 
m Ezek. 22. 
12. 

nMt.18.15. 
oLv.25.47» 
n Mt.22. 12. 
q Pr. 24. 23 
r Gn. 42. 18. 
8 Gen. 13. 7. 

2 Sa. 12. 14. 
Rom. 2. 24. 

I Pet. 2. 12. 
t verso 7. 
Paa. 15. 5. 
Ezek. 18. 8. 
u Ex. 22. 25. 
Lev. 6. 4. 
Nu. 5. 6, 7. 
Luke 19. 8. 
x Isa. 58. 2. 
y Lu. 6. 35. 
z Nu. 5. 19. 
lKgs.8.31. 
ch. 10. 29. 
a Mt. 10.14. 
Acta 13. 5. 
& 18. 6. 
b Zech. 5. 
4,5. 

c Nu. 5. 22. 
d Ps. 50. 14. 
e chap. 2. 6. 
f lCor.9.4, 
15. 

g Pr. 16. 6. 
h 2 Chron. 
29.28. 
i Ac. 20. 33. 
k 1 Kg.4.22. 

II Kg. 4. 21 



Nehemiah's hospitality. 

CHAPTER V. 

The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage, 1. -;-■—■• .;-;- fi S a.5.7. 

tebuketh the usurers, and causeth them to make a covenant of resUtu- lMat . is ..25. 

tion, 6. He forbeareth his oivn alloiuance, and keep eh hospitality, 14. b Lv 25 35. 

/ a ND there was a a great cry of the people and of their ■«* 
J\. wives against their b brethren the Jews. 

2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daugh- 
ters, are many : therefore we take up c corn d for them, 
that we may eat, and live. ' 

/3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged 
our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, 
because of the dearth. 

4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money 
for the king's e tribute, and that upon our lands and vine- 
yards. 

5 Yet now f our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our 
children as their children : and lo, we bring into bondage 
our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our 
daughters are brought into g bondage already : neither is 
it h in our power to redeem them ; for other men have l our 
lands and vineyards. 

/6 f And I was very k angry when I heard their cry and 
these words. 

? 7 f Then I consulted with myself, and ' I rebuked the 
nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, m Ye exact 
usury, every one of his brother. And I set a n great as 
sembly against them. 

8 And I said unto them, We, after our ability, have ° re 
deemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the 
heathen ; and will ye even sell your brethren 1 or shall 
they be sold unto us 1 Then held they their peace, and 
p found nothing to answer. 

d 9 Also I said, It is q not good that ye do : ought ye not 
r to walk in the fear of our God because of the 8 reproach 
of the heathen our enemies 1 

p 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might 
exact of them money and corn : I pray you, let us leave 
off ' this usury. 

1 1 u Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their 
lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, 
also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the 
wine, and the oil, that ye x exact of them. 

12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will T re- 
quire nothing of them ; so will we do as thou sayest. Then 
I called the priests, and took z an oath of them, that they 
should do according to this promise. 
/ 13 Also I a shook my lap, and said, So b God shake out 
every man from his house, and from his labour, that per- 
formeth not thi3 promise, even thus be he shaken out, and 
emptied. And all the congregation said, c Amen, and 
praised the Lord. And the people d did according to this 
promise. 

/ 14 ^f Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to 
be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth 
year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes 
the king, that is, e twelve years, I and my brethren have 
not eaten the f bread of the governor. 

" 15 But the former governors that had been before me 
were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them 
bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver ; yea, even 
their servants bare rule over the people : but so did not I, 
g because of the fear of God. 

16 Yea, also I h continued in the work of this wall, nei- 
ther ' bought we anv land : and all my servants were ga- 
thered thither unto (he work. 

/ 1 7 Moreover, there were k at my table a hundred and fifty 
of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came unto us 

is ^ mong the heathen that are about us. 

18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was l one 
OK and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for 



Nehemiah appointeth a watch, 1 



B. Christ 
445. 



m chap. 13. 
22. 

n Ps. 25. 11. 
a chap. 4. 6. 
b chap. 3. 3. 
c Prov. 26. 
24, 25. 
Eccl. 4. 4. 
d Ezra 2. 33. 
chap. 11.35. 
e Ps. 37. 12. 
Jer. 41. 2. 
Ezek. 21. 3L 
f Mt. 18. 16. 
gLu.14.30. 
hGn.39.12. 
i Jer. 20. 10. 
klCo.1.11. 
1 Ezra 4.13. 
m Jn. 19. 12. 
n verse 12. 
o Psa. 55. 2. 
p Psa. 56. 2. 
q2Tim.l.7. 
i chap. 2. 4. 
sEzra 8.16. 
t 1 Chron. 
24. 18. 
u Mt. 7. 15. 
xIKgs.6.5. 
y Pr. 28. 1. 
z Ex. 21. 14. 
a Nu. 3. 38. 
blleb.5.14. 
c Ezek. 13. 
22. 

dZeph.3.13. 
e Song 2.15. 
Ezek. 13.17. 
Rev. 2. 20. 
fPr. 21.30. 
g chap. 4.1. 
Psa. 1. 3. 
h chap. 4. 1. 
iJob 12.3. 
k Ps. 126. 2. 
lLa. 1.1,2. 
Micah 7. 5, 
6. 



me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : vet 
for all this required not I the bread of the governor, be- 
cause the bondage was heavy upon this people. 
b 19 m Think upon me, my God, for good, n according to 
all that I have done for this people. 
CHAPTER VI. 
Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by hired prophecies, to terrify 
JVehemiah,l. The work isfinished to the terror of the enemies, 15. Secret 
intelligence passeth between the enemies and the nobles of Judah, 17. ' 

OW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and 

Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, 

heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was a no 

breach left therein ; (though at that time I had b not set 

up the doors upon the gates ;) 

g 2 That Sanballat and Geshem c sent unto me, saying. 
Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in 
the plain of d Ono. But they thought to dome e mischief. 
3 And f I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing 
a great work, so that I cannot come down : why should 
the g work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you 1 
/4 Yet they sent unto me h four times after this sort ; and 
I answered them after the same manner. 

5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like man- 
ner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand ; 

6 Wherein was written, ' It is reported among the hea- 
then, and Gashmu k saith it, that thou and the Jews think 
to ' rebel : for which cause thou buildest the wall, that 
thou mayest be m their king, according to these words. 

7 And thou hast also appointed n prophets to preach of 
thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah : and 
now shall it be reported to the king accordin g to these words . 
Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 
/8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such 
things done as thou sayest, but thou ° feignest them out 
of thine own heart. 

9 For they all made us p afraid, saying, q Their hands 
shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. 
Now therefore, O God, r strengthen my hands. 

10 Afterward I came unto the house of 9 Shemaiah the 
son of ' Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who was " shut 
up ; and he said, Let us meet together in the x house of 
God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the 
temple : for they will come to slay thee ; yea, in the night 
will they come to slay thee. 

" said, Should y such a man as I flee 1 and z who 
I am, would go into the temple to 



11 And I 

is there, that, being as 

save his life 1 a I will not go hi. 

/12 And lo, M perceived that God had not sent him- 

but that he c pronounced this prophecy against me : for 

Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 

13 Therefore ivas he hired, that I should be d afraid, and 
do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an 
evil report, that they might reproach me. 

14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat, ac- 
cording to these their works, and on the e prophetess 
Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have 
put me in fear. 

/ 15 ^f So the wall was f finished in the twenty and fifth 
day of the month Elul, s in fifty and two days. 

16 And it came to pass, that when h all our enemies 
heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw 
these things, they were hnuch cast down in their own eyes : 
for they perceived that this work was wrought of k our God. 
/ 17 5[ Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah ' sent 
many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came 
unto them. 

18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, be- 
cause he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of 
m Arah ; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of 
L"cha z p a 3 9 1l n Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 

296 



A register of those that returned NEHEMIAH. 

19 Also they reported his ° good deeds before me, and 

uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put 

me in fear. 

CHAPTER VII. 

JVehemiah commitleth the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hana- 
niah, 1. A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out 



of Babylon, 5, of the people, 8, of the piiests, 39, of the Levites, 43, of 
the JYethinims, 46, oj Solomon's servants, 57, and of the priests which 
could not find their pedigree, 63. 

NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I 
had set up the a doors, and the porters, and the sing- 
ers, and the Levites were appointed, 
c 2 That I gave my brother b Hauani, and Hananiah the 
ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem : for he was a 
faithful man, and c feared d God above many. 
/3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem 
be opened until the sun be hot ; and while they stand 
by, let them shut the doors, and bar them : and appoint 
watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his 
watch, and every one to be over against his house 

4 Now the city was large and great : but the people 
were few therein, and the e houses were not builded. 
* 5 % And my God f put into my heart to gather together 
the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might 
be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the 
genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found 
written therein, 
/ 6 s These are the children of the province, that went 
up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away 
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried 
away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every 
one unto his city ; 

7 Who came with h Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, 
'' Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mis- 
pereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, / say, of 
the men of the people of Israel was this ; 
f 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred se- 
venty and two. 

/ 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy 
and two. 

/ 10 The children of k Arah, six hundred fifty and two. 
/ 1 1 The children of ' Pahath-moab, of the children of 
Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and 
eighteen. 

/ 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty 
and four. 

/ 13 The children of m Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 
/ 14 The children of n Zaccai, seven hundred and three- 
score. 

/ 15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. 
/ 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. 
/ 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred 
twenty and two. 

/ 18 The children of ° Adonikam, six hundred threescore 
and seven. 

/ 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and 
seven. 

/ 20 The children of p Adin, six hundred fifty and five. 
/ 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 
/ 22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and 
eight. 

/ 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 
/ 24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve. 
/ 25 The children of r Gibeon, ninety and five. 



go, 
Ps: 



B. Christ 

445. 

a Heb. 

oodnesses, 
10.3. 
a chap. 3. 5. 
& 5. J. 
bEzral0.20. 
chap. 1. 2. 
c Ex. 18. 21. 
dRo. 15. 14. 
Eph. 4. 13. 
Phil. 1. 20. 
& 3. 14, 
2 Pet. I. 5. 
elsa.53. 12. 
Heb. 1. 4. 
f2Co. 3. 5. 
gEzra2.1,2. 
h Ezra 1.11. 
Galled also 
Sheshbaz- 
zar, that is, 
joyful in 
distress, 
Hag. 2. 23. 
Ze. 12. 12. 
i Ezra 2. 2. 
k2Chr.7.39. 
Ezra 2. 5. 

1 Ezra 2. 6. 
&. 8.4. 
chap. 3. 11. 
& 10. 14. 

m Ezra 2. 8. 
n Ezra 2. 9. 

Ezra 2. 13. 
& 8. 13. 

p Ezra 2.15. 
& 8. 6.. 
q Ezra 2.16. 
ch. 10. 17. 
r Josh. 9. 3. 

2 Sa. 2. 12. 

1 Kgs. 3. 4. 
Isa. 28. 21. 
Jer. 28. 1. 



from Babylon to Jerusalem. 

s 30 The men of * Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty 
and one. 



g 6\ The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two. 
s 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and 
three. 

g 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 
/ 34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hun- 
dred fifty and four. 

fS5 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 
s 36 The children of 5 Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 
g 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hun- 
dred twenty and one. 

g 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hun- 
dred and thirty. 

/ 39 ^f The priests: the children of z Jedaiah, of the house 
of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 
/40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 
/ 41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty 
and seven. 

/ 42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 
/ 43 % The Levites : the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, 
and of the children of" Hodevah, seventy and four. 
/ 44 % The singers : the children of Asaph, a hundred 
forty and eight. 

f 45 If a The porters : the children of Shallum, the chih 
dren of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Ak- 
kub, the children of Hatha, the children of Shobai, a hun- 



Matt 3 ! i 9 ' ^ re ^ thirty and eight. 

;,, ° f 46 % The b Nethinims 



t Job. 21. 18. 
u Jos. 9. 17. 



B. Christ 
cir.5 36. 
xJos. is'.alT 
yNu.22. 1. 
Ezra 2. 34. 
chap. 3. 2. 
Mark 10.40. 
Luke 19. 1. 
Heb. 11.30. 
zlChr.24.7. 
Ezra 2. 30. 
chap. 3. 10. 
& 12. 0. 
Zech, 6. 10. 
« Or, IIo- 
daviah, 
Ezra 2. 40. 
or, Judah, 
Ezra 4. 6. 
Titus 3. 9. 
a 1 Chr. 9. 

17. & IS. 

18. & 23. 5. 
& 26. 1. 

2 Chr. 8. 14. 
Ezra 2. 42, 
& 10. 24. 
blChr.9.2, 
Ezra ■!. 13. 



26 The men of 9 Beth-lehcm and Netophah, a hundred &s. \'i. 



chap. :i. 20 

& id. a& & 



fourscore and eight 

£ 27 The men of ' Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. |'' r ^; tt2 55 
* 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. <*«* 1 1 

e 29 The men of u Kirjath-jearim, Chcphirah, and Bee-Uifcsi. ' 

roth, seven hundred forty and three. i':,' 

"5 2 P 



the children of Ziha, the chil- 
dren of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 
/47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the chil- 
dren of Padon, 

/ 48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the 
children of Shalmai, 

/ 49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the 
children of Gahar, 

/50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the 
children of Nekoda, 

/51 The children of Gazzam, the children ofUzza, the 
children of Phaseah, 

/ 52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the 
children of Nephishesim, 

/ 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, 
the children of ITarhur, 

/ 54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the 
children of Harsha, 

/ 55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the 
children of Tamah, 

/ 56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 
/ 57 % The children of e Solomon's servants : the chil 
dren of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of 
Perida, ' 

/ 58 The children of Jaaln, the children of Darkon, the 
children of Giddel, 

/ 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hatti... 
the children of Pochereth of Zebaim,the children of Amon. 
/60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's 
servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 
s 61 And these were they which went up also from Tel 
melah, Tcl-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and linmcr: but they 
could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whe- 
ther they were of Israel. 

/62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the 
children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 
/ 63 *\\ And of the priest* : the children of Ilabaiah, the 
children of Koz, the children of d Barzillai. which took one 
of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileaditc to wife, and was 
called after their name. 
64 These sought their register among those that were 

297 



NEHEMIAH. 



B. Christ 
536. 



The manner of reading the law. 

reckoned by genealogy but it was not found : therefore 

were they as polluted, put from the priesthood. 

/ 65 And the " Tirshatha said unto them, that they should 

not eat of c the most holy things, till there stood up a priest 

with "Urim and Tbummim. 

/66 ^[ The whole congregation together was forty and 

two thousand three hundred and threescore. 

67 Besides their man-servants and their maid-servants, 
of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty 
and seven : and they had two hundred forty and five sing- 
ing-rnen and singing-women. 

68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six : their 
mules, two hundred forty and five : 

69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five : six 
thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 

c 70 if And some of the ciiief of the fathers gave unto 
the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thou- 
sand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty 
priests' garments. 

71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the 
treasure of the work twenty thousand e drams of gold, and 
two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. 

72 And that which the rest of the people gave tvas 
twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds 
of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. 
/ 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and 
the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, 
and all Israel, f dwelt in their cities ; and when the g se- 
venth month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
The religious manner of reading and hearing the law, 1. They comfort 
the people, 9. The forwardness of them to hear, and be instructed, 13. 
They keep the feast of tabernacles, 16. 

/ A ND all the people gathered themselves together a as 
../% one man into the street that was before the b water- 
gate; and c they spake unto Ezra the d scribe to bring 
the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had com- 
manded to Israel. 

d* 2 And Ezra the priest brought the c law before the 
congregation both of f men and women, and all that could 
hear with understanding, upon the first day of the g se- 
venth month. 

d 3 And he h read therein before the street that was be- 
fore the water-gate from the morning until mid-day, be- 
fore the men and the women, and those that could under- 
stand : and ' the ears of all the people were attentive unto 
the book of the law. 

f A And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which 
they had made for the purpose ; and k beside him stood 
Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hil- 
kiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand ; and on his left 
hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, 
and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 

5 And Ezra ' opened the book in the sight of all the 
people ; (for he was above all the people ;) and when he 
opened it, all the people m stood up : 

d 6 And Ezra n blessed the Lord, the great God. And 
all the people answered, ° Amen, Amen, with p lifting up 
their hands : and they q bowed their heads, and worshipped 
the Lord with their r faces to the ground. 

d 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, 
Shabbethai Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, 
Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to 
understand the law : and the people stood in their place. 

fi * 8 So they read in the book in the law of God s distinct 
ly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand 
the reading. 

* 9 % And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra , 

the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the peo- fe.^l: 

pie, said unto all the people, This day is 'holy unto thefe;^. 



b Or, Go- 
vernor, 
Ezra 2. 63. 
rHeb. holi- 
ness of ho- 
linesscs. 
d That is, 
The lights 
and per- 
fections, 
Num. 7. 89. 
& 27. 18,21. 
Ezra 2. 63. 
John 1.4,9, 
17. & 3. 12, 
34. & 14. 16, 
17. 

Col. 2. 3. 
lThes.5.6. 
e Job 34. 19. 
Acts 10. 34. 
Rom. 2. 11. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
Col. 3. 11. 
lTim.5.21. 
1 Tet. I. 17. 
I' Ezra 3. 69. 
chap. 8. 9. 

Isa. 12. 1. 
Zech. 1. 11, 
16. 

a Ezra 3. 1. 
b ch. 3. 26. 
c 1 Co. 3. 22. 
Col. 4. 17. 
d Ezra 7. 6. 
eDt. 31.11. 
Isa. 8. 20. 
Matt. 15. 9. 
J Tim. 4. 1. 
fGal. 3. 28. 
1 Pet. 3. 7. 
gLv.23.24. 
1 Kgs. 8. 2. 
h Acts 13. 
15. & 15.21. 
i Luke 19. 
48. 

k Gal. 2. 1. 
Phil. 1. 1. 
1 Luke 4. 17. 
m Jgs. 3. 20. 
n Nu. 6. 23. 
o 1 Cor. 14. 
16. 

p La. 3. 41. 
q ch. 9. 13. 
r 2 Chron. 
20. 18. 
s Hab. 2. 2. 
t Dt. 12. 7. 



B. Christ 
cir. 445. 



u Dt. 16. 11. 
Eccl.3.3.4. 
Isa. 12. 1,2. 
Ja. 4. 9, 10. 
x 2 Kings 

22. 19. 
Isa. 66.2. 
Hab. 3. 16. 
Acts 2. 37. 
yDt. 10.11. 
z Lv. 23. 24. 
a Pr. 17. 22. 
b Isa. 22. 4. 
c Ex. 14. 14. 
(1 Am. 4. 12. 
e Nu. 29. 1. 
f Ml. 13. 52. 
gLv.23.34. 
hPsa.81. 3. 
i Dt. 16. 16. 
kLv.23.40. 
lDeut. 2.8. 
m 2 Chron. 

23. 5. 

n ch. 3. 26. 

2 Kings 
14. 13. 

p Hb. 11.13. 
q Josh. 1. 1. 
r Ezra 3. 4. 
s 2 Chr. 30. 
21. 

tLv.23.35. 
a chap. 8.2. 
b Ezra 10.2. 
c Gn. 37. 34. 
d Josh. 7. 6. 
el Kg. 8. 14. 
f Pr. 28. 13. 
g chap. 1.6. 
h ch. 8. 7, 8. 
i John 11. 9. 
k chap. 8. 4. 

1 Ex. 14.15. 
m Eph. 1. 
11, 12. 
nActs 7.2. 
o2Chr.l2.3. 
p Gen. 1. 1 



A solemn feast and repentance. 

Lord your God ; u mourn not, nor weep. For all the 
people x wept, when they heard the words of the law. 
b 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat. 
and drink the sweet, and ? send portions unto them for 
whom nothing is prepared : for this day is l holy unto our 
Lord : neither be ye sorry ; for the a joy of the Lord is 
your strength. 

/ 1 1 So the Levites b stilled all the people, saying, c Hold 
your peace, for the day is holy ; neither be ye grieved. 

12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to 
drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, 
d because they had understood the words that were de- 
clared unto them. 

/ 13 % And on the e second day were gathered together 
the chief of the fathers of all the people, the f priests, and 
the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the 
words of the law. 

14 And they found written in the law which the Lord 
had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel 
should dwell in e booths in the feast of the seventh month: 

15 And that they should h publish and proclaim in all 
their cities, and in ' Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the 
mount, and fetch k olive-branches, and pine-branches, and 
myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of 
thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 

* 16 % So the people went forth, and brought them, and 
made themselves booths, every one upon the roof 1 of his 
house, and in their courts, and in the m courts of the house 
of God, and in the street of the n water-gate, and in the 
street of the °gate of Ephraim. 

17 And all the congregation of them that were come 
again out of the captivity made booths, and p sat under the 
booths ; for since the days of q Jeshua the son of Nun r unto 
that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there 
was 9 very great gladness. 

/18 Also day by day, from the first 'day unto the last 
day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they 
kept the feast seven days ; and on the eighth day was a 
solemn assembly, according unto the manner. 

CHAPTER IX. 

A solemn fast, and repentance of the people, I. The Levites confess God's 

goodness, and their wickedness, 4. 

OW in the twenty and fourth day of a this month the 
children of Israel were assembled with b fasting, and 
with c sackclothes, and d earth upon them. 

2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all 
strangers, and e stood and f confessed their sins, and the 
iniquities g of their fathers. 

/ 3 And they stood up in their place, and h read in the 
book of the law of the Lord their God one £ fourth part of 
the day ; and another fourth part they confessed, and wor- 
shipped the Lord their God. 

/4 *[[ Then stood up upon the k stairs, of the Levites, 
Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, 
Bani, and Chenani, and l cried with a loud voice unto the 
Lord their God. 

t 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Ha- 
shabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, 
said, Stand up and m bless the Lord your God for ever 
and ever : and blessed be thy n glorious name, which is 
exalted above all blessing and praise. 

* 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; thou hast ° made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, p the 
earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that 
is therein, and thou q preservest them all ; and the host 
of heaven worshippeth thee. 

7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst r choose 
Abram, and broughtest him forth out of 9 Ur of the Chai 
dees, and gavest him the name of ' Abraham ; 

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The Leviies* confession 

-c 8 And foundest u his heart faithful before thee, and 
madest * a covenant with him to give the land of the y Ca- 
naanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, 
and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, 
to his z seed, and hast a performed thy words ; for thou art 
b righteous : 

9 And didst c see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, 
and heardest their d cry by the Red sea ; 
/ 10 And shewedst e signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, 
and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land : 
for thou knewest that they dealt f proudly against them. 
So didst thou get thee s a name, as it is this day. 

11 And thou didst h divide the sea before them, so that 
they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land ; 
and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, * as a 
stone into the mighty waters. 

•* 12 Moreover, thou Meddest them in the day by a cloudy 
pillar ; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give 
light in the way wherein they should go. 
t 13 Thou earnest down also upon ' mount Sinai, and 
spakest with them m from heaven, and gavest them 
n right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and com- 
mandments : 

14 And madest known unto them thy "holy sabbath, 
and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by 
the hand of Moses thy servant : 

a 15 And gavest them p bread from heaven for their 
hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the 
q rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they 
should r go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn 
to give them. 

c 16 But they and 8 our fathers dealt 'proudly, and hardened 
their necks, and u hearkened not to thy commandments, 
t 17 And refused to obey, neither were "mindful of thy 
wonders that thou didst among them ; but hardened then- 
necks, and in their rebellion appointed y a captain to re- 
turn to their bondage : but thou art a God ready to par- 
don, gracious and merciful, z slow to anger, and of great 
kindness, and a forsookest them not. 
/ 18 Yea, when they had made them b a molten caK, and 
said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, 
and had wrought great provocations ; 
t 19 Yet thou in thy 'manifold mercies forsookest them 
not in the wilderness : the d pillar of the cloud departed 
not from them by day, to lead them in the way ; neither 
the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way 
wherein they should go. 

t 20 Thou gavest also thy e good Spirit to instruct them, 
and withheldest not thy f manna from their mouth, and 
gavest them water for their thirst. 

°» 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wil- 
derness, so that s they lacked nothing ; their h clothes 
waxed not old, and their feet ! swelled not. 
/ 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, 
and didst divide them into corners : so they possessed the 
land of Sihon, and the land of the king of'' Heshbon, and 
the land of Og king of Bashan. 

23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the ' stars of 
heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning 
which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they 
should go m in to possess it. 

f 24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and 
thou "subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, 
the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with 
their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do 
with them as they would. 

25 And they took strong cities, and ° a fat land, and 
possessed p houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards 
and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance : so they did 



NEHEMIAH. 



B. Christ 
cir. 445. 



u Gen. 15.6. 
xGen.12.7. 
y Deut. 7. 1. 
z Ezra 9.1]. 
a Jos.21.43. 
bHeb.6.10. 
cExod.3.7. 
d Ex. 14. 10. 
e Ex. 4 to 
14 chapter. 
f Ex. 18. 11. 
S Ex. 9. 16. 
h Ex. 14.22. 
i Ex. 15. 21. 
kPsa.99.7. 
1 Ex. 19. 20. 
m John 3. 13. 
Heb. 12. 25. 
nPsa. 19.8, 
9,10. 

Gen. 2. 3. 
Exod. 20. 8. 
p Ex. 16. 14. 

1 Co. 10.3,4. 
q Ex. 17. 6. 
Num. 20. 9. 
r2Chr.7.1. 

themi:So6.6,?: 

uEx. 32. 9. 
xPs. 106.13. 
y Nu. 14. 4. 
z Ex. 34. 7. 
a Hos. 9. 12. 
bEx.32.1,2. 
cJgs. 10. 15, 
d Ex. 40. 38, 
eNu. 11. 17 
f Jos. 5. 12 
g Ps. 34. 10. 
h Dt. 2. 7. 
i Ps. 105. 37. 
kNu.21.26, 
1 Gn. 22. 17. 
m Jos. 14.1. 
n Ps. 44. 3. 
o Ezek. 20, 
6. 

p Isa. 23. 8. 
Ezek. 17. 4. 
Hos. 12. 7. 



B. Christ 
cir. 445. 



q Kos. 3. 5. 
Matt. 17. 4. 
r Ps. 50. 17. 
s Matt. 21. 

35. & 23. 37. 
Acts 7. 52. 
t Jgs. 2. 14. 
uZech.13.9. 
x Jgs. 2. 18. 
&3. 9. 
y Dt.32. 15. 
z La. 3. 22. 
a2Chron. 

36. 15. 
Hosea 6. 5. 
b Ezek. 20. 
11. 

Luke 10.2S. 
Bom. 10. 5. 
Gal. 3. 12. 

Rom. 2. 4. 
2 Pet. 3. 9. 
lMt.23.39. 
e Isa. 5. 5. 
& 42. 24. 
f Psa. 106. 
7,% 

Jer. 4. 27. 
fi Ex. 34.6,7. 
' Isa. 40. 1. 
k 2 Kg. 17. 3. 
i Dt. 32. 4. 
Dun. 9. 14. 
m Psa. 119. 
137. 

n Ran. 9. 8. 
o Dt. 28. 47. 
p Rom. 2. 5. 
q Dt.28. 47. 
r Dent. 28. 
33, 51. 
■ cli. 10. 29. 
a Hch. a 
sirrcness, 
Ezra 10. 3. 
b lib. arc at 
tkcscaling. 
nvr-r.28,29. 
Ezek. 20. 

37. 38. 
boh. 11. 11. 
c oh. 3. 10. 
d Ezra 8. 2. 
o chap. 8. 4. 



of God's goodness-. 

eat, and were filled, and became fat, and q delighted them* 
selves in thy great goodness. 

c 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled 
against thee, and cast thy law r behind their backs, and 
s slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn 
them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. 
/ 27 Therefore ' thou deliveredst them into the hand of 
their enemies, who vexed them : and in the u time of their 
trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them 
from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou 
gavest them * saviours, who saved them out of the hand 
of their enemies. 

6 28 But after they had y rest, they did evil again before 
thee : therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their 
enemies, so that they had the dominion over them : yet 
when they returned and cried unto thee, thou z heardest 
them from heaven ; and many times didst thou deliver 
them according to thy mercies ; 

c 29 And a testifiedst against them, that thou mightest 
bring them again unto thy law : yet they dealt proudly, 
and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned 
against thy judgments, (which if a man b do, he shall live 
in them ;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened then 
neck, and would not hear. 

* 30 Yet many years didst thou ° forbear them, and testi- 
fiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets : yet 
would they d not give ear : therefore e gavest thou them 
into the hand of the people of the lands. 
** 31 Nevertheless, for thy f great mercies' sake thou didst 
g not utterly consume them, nor forsake them ; for thou 
art a gracious and merciful God. 

* 32 Now therefore, our God, h the great, the mighty, and 
the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let 
not all the trouble seem i little before thee, that hath come 
upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests 
and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy peo 
pie, since the time of the kings k of Assyria unto this day. 

t 33 Howbeit, thou art 'just in all that is brought upon us.; 
for thou hast done m right, but we have done wickedly : 
/ 34 Neither have n our kings, our princes, our priests., 
nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy 
commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst 
testify against them. 

35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and 
in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the 

large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither 
turned they from p their wicked works. 

36 Behold, we are q servants this day, and for the land 
that thou gavest unto our fathers '' to eat the fruit thereof 
and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.: 

/37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom 
thou hast set over us because of our sins : also they have 
dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at then- 
pleasure, and we are in great distress. 

38 And 9 because of all this we make a " sure covenant 
and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, *seal 
unto it. 

CHAPTER X. 
Tlie names of them thai sealed the covenant, 1. The points of the cove- 
nant, 29. 

OW a those that sealed were, Nehemiah the Tirsha- 
tha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 
b Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 
Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 
c Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 
4 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 
e Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah : 

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3 
4 
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these were the ptiests. 



Those who sealed the covenant. 



NEHEM1AH. 



Those who dwelt at Jerusalem. 



f 9 And the Levites : both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, 
Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel ; 

10 And their brethren, f Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, 
Pelaiah, Hanan, 

11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 

12 g Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 

13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 

14 The "chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, 
Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 

17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 

18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 

20 Magpiash, h Meshullam, Hezir, 

21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, * Anaiah, 

23 Hoshea, k Hananiah, Hashub, 

24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, l Maaseiah, 

26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 

27 Malluch, Harim, m Baanah. 
/ 28 ^[ And the n rest of the people, the priests, the Le- 
vites, the porters, the singers, the ° Nethinims, and all they 
that had p separated themselves from the people of the 
lands unto the law of God, their q wives, their sons, and 
their daughters, every one having ' knowledge, and 
having understanding ; 

d* 29 They s clave to their brethren, their nobles, and en- 
tered into l a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, 
which was given u by Moses the servant of God, and to 
observe and * do all the commandments of the Lord our 
Lord, and his judgments and his statutes ; 

30 And that we would y not give our daughters unto the 
people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons 
dSl And if the people of the land bring z ware or any 
victuals on the sabbath-day to sell, that we would not buy 
it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day : and that 
we a would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of 
every b debt. 

/ 32 Also we made c ordinances for us, to charge our- 
selves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the d ser- 
vice of the house of our God ; 

33 For the e shew-bread, and for the continual meat- 
offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, of the sab- 
baths, of the new-moons, for the set feasts, and for the 
holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make an '' atone- 
ment for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our 
God. 

/ 34 And f we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, 
and the people, for the g wood-offering, to bring it into the 
house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times 
appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord 
our God, as it is written in the law : 

35 And to bring h the first-fruits of our ground, and the 
first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the 
house of the Lord : 

l 36 Also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as 
it is written in the law, and the * firstlings of our herds and 
of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the 
priests that minister in the house of our God. 
L 37 And that we should bring the k first-fruits of our 
dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of 
'trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers 
of the house of our God ; and the tithes of our ra ground 
unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the 
4 tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 

l 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the 
Levites when the Levites take tithes : and the Levites 



B. Christ 

445. 



f chap. 9. 4. 
gchap. 3.2. 
&8. 7. 
a\Va. heads, 
chap. 7. 8. 
h chap. 3. 4. 
i Ezra 8. 4. 
k chap. 3.8. 
1 ch. 11. 5. 
m EzraS. 2. 
n 2 Chron. 
23. 5. 
Ezra' 2. 70. 

Ezra 2. 43. 
p2Co.6.17. 
q 1 Pet. 3. 7. 
r Ro. 14. 23. 
9 Isa. C5. 5, 
6. 

t Dt. 28. 15. 
& 29. 12, 14, 
19. 

Ecc\. 8. 2. 
u Jolm 1.17. 
x Pa. 119. 6. 
John 15. 5. 
y Dt. 7. 2. 
z ch. 13. 15. 
a Ex. 23. 10. 
Lev. 25. 4. 
bch-5. 7. 
c2Chr.32.3. 
d Nu. 28. 5. 
e Lev. 24. 6. 
b Hb. cover, 

1 John 2 2. 
f 1 Chron. 
6.61. 

gLv.6. 17. 
Isa. 40. 16. 
h Ezek. 23. 
19. 

i Ex. 13.13. 
k Lv. 23. 7. 
INu. 18.12. 
m Num. 18. 
24. 

c Give 
tithing. 
Gen. 28. 22. 
Dt. 14. 22. 



shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our 
God, to the " chambers, into the treasure-house. 
d 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi 
shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and 
the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the 
sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, 
and the singers : and we ° will not forsake the house ol 
our God. 

CHAPTER XI. 



The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man 



chosen by lot, dwell at 
The residue divell in 



willingly 



B. Christ 
445. 



n 1 Chron. 

9.26. 

2Chr.31.11 

ch. 13. 10. 
Psa. 27. 4. 
Heb. 10. 25, 
a ch. 7. 4, 5. 
Psa. 122. 5. 
bJgs.20.10. 
ch. 10. 34. 
c Isa. 6. 13 
Jer. 3. 14. 
dMt.4. 1,5. 
e Jgs. 5. 9. 
Psa. 110. 3 
f Ezra 2. 1, 
g Ezra 2.43. 
hi Kg. 9. 21. 
Ezra 2. 55. 
i 1 Chr.9.3. 
klChr.9.5, 
a Heb. men 
of activity, 
Ex. 18. 21 

1 lChr.9.9. 
mGn. 39. 4. 
2Chr.2.I8. 
& 34. 12. 
Acts 20. 28. 
n 1 Chron. 
9. 10, 11. 
b Or, duke, 
lChr.9. 11. 
2Chr.l9 11. 
o 1 Chron. 
9.12. 

plChr.9.13. 
c Or, the 
so7i of Hag- 
gedolim. 
qlChr.9.14. 
d Heb. were 
over, 

IChr. 26.29. 
ch. 10. 32. 
rlChr.9.15. 
chap. 7. 44. 
slKg.11.13. 
Ezra 9. 8. 
verse 1. 
Isa. 48. 2. 
& 52. 1. 
Dan. 9. 24. 

PlCV, 1J..& 



Jerusalem, 1. A catalogue of their names, 3 
other cities, 20. 

f k ND the rulers of the a people dwelt at Jerusalem ' 
j^Sl. the rest of the people also b cast lots, to bring c one 
of ten to dwell in Jerusalem d the holy city, and nine parts 
to dwell in other cities. 

2 And the people blessed all the men that 
offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 
/3 T[ Now these are the chief of the f province that dwelt 
in Jerusalem : but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one 
in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, 
and the Levites, and the e Nethinims, and the children of 
h Solomon's servants. 

/ 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Ju- 
dah, and of the children of ' Benjamin. Of the children of 
Judah ; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, 
the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son ofMa- 
halaleel, of the children of Perez ; 

/5 And k Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-ho- 
zeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joi- 
arib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 
/ 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were 
four hundred threescore and eight a valiant men. 
/ 7 And these are the l sons of Benjamin ; Sallu the son 
of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son 
of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son 
of Jesaiah. 

/8 And after himGabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and 
eight. 

/ 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their m overseer : and 
Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 
/ 10 Of the priests : n Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 
711 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the 
son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was 
the * ruler of the house of God. 

/12 And their brethren that did the work of the house 
were ° eight hundred twenty and two : and Adaiah the 
son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, 
the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Mal- 
chiah, 

/13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred 
forty and two : and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son 
of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 

14 p And their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hun- 
dred twenty and eight : and their overseer was Zabdiel, 
c the son of one of the great men. 

/15 Also of the q Levites : Shemaiah the son of Hashub, 
the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of 
Bunni ; 

/16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Le- 
vites, d 
house of God 

17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, 
the son of r Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanks- 
giving in prayer : and Bakbukiah the second among his 
brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Ga- 
lal, the son of Jeduthun. 

/18 All the Levites in the s holy city were two hundred 
fourscore and four. 

/19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their 

soo 



had the oversight of the outward business of the 



e Heb. kept 
at the gate. 
t verse 3. 
u verse 36. 
xlChr.9.2. 
y ch. 12. 9. 
zEzral0.23. 
a J Chr. 18. 
17. & 23. 28. 
b Jos. 15. 13. 
c Jos. 15. 28J 
d Jos. 15.31. 

Jos. 15 '35. 
fJos.15.3-1. 

Isa. 36. 2. 
HJo3.21.17. 
ilSa. 14.31. 
kJos. 10.28. 

1 Gn. 28. 19, 
mJos.21.18. 



Benjamin. 

CHAPTER XII. 

The priests, 1, and the Levites which came up with Zerubbabel, 8. The 
succession of high priests, 10. Certain chief Levites, 22. The so- 
lemnity of the dedication of the walls, 27. TJie offices of priests and 
Levites appointed in the temple, 44. 

~OW these are the a priests and the Levites that went 
up with Zerubbabel the son of b Shealtiel, and 
Jeshua : Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 
2 c Amariah, Mallucb, d Hattush, 
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth 
f Iddo, Ginnetho, e Abijah, 
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 
h Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 
Sallu, Amok, ; Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the clifef 
of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua 
/ 8 Moreover the Levites : Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, 
Shcrebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the 
thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 

9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were o 
against them in the u watches. 

/10 % And ' Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat 
Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 
/ 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jad 
dua. 

Joiakim were priests, the chief 
Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Harm 



'N' 



3 
4 

5 
6 

/7 



/ 12 And in the days of 
ef the fathers : of Seraiah 
niah ; 

J 3 Of Ezra, Meshullam 
U Of Melicu, Jonathan 

15 Of Harim, ° Adna ; 

16 Of Iddo, i- Zcchariah 

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445. 



17 

18 
19 
20 
21 

/22 



The solemnity of the NEHEMIAH. 

brethren that ■ kept the gates, were a hundred seventy and 
two. 

/20 % And the ' residue of Israel, of the priests, and the 
Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his 
u inheritance. 

g 21 But the x Nethinims dwelt in Ophel : and Ziha and 
Gispa were over the Nethinims. 

/22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was 
Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mat- 
taniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the sing- 
ers were J over the business of the house of God. 
d 23 For it was the king's commandment concerning 
them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due 
for every day. 

/24 And z Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the chil- 
dren of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the a king's hand 
in all matters concerning the people. 
g 25 And for the villages, -with their fields, some of the 
children of Judah dwelt at b Kirjath-arba, and in the villa- 
ges thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and 
at Jekabzeel, and in tiie villages thereof, 
s26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet, 
g 27 And at c Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the 
villages thereof, 

e 28 And at d Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villa- 
ges thereof, 

e 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Marmuth, 
g 30 f Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at s Lachish, 
and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages 
thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley 
of Hinnom. 

s 31 The children also of Benjamin from h Geba dwelt at 
' Michmash, and v Aija, and ' Beth-el, and in their villages, 
g 32 And at m Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 
s 33 n Hazor, ° Ramah, p Gittaim, 
g 34 Hadid, *» Zeboim, Neballat, 
g 35 Lod, and r Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 
/ 36 And of the Levites were divisions in Juaab, and in 



dedication of the wall. 

Of i Abijah, Zicbri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 

Of Bilgah, Shammua ; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan ; 

And of Joiarib, r Mattenai ; of Jedaiah, Uzzi ; 

Of Sallai, Kallai ; of Amok, Eber ; 

Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah ; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 

If The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and 
Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers : 
also the priests, to the reign of Darius the ° Persian. 
/ 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were writ- 
ten in * the book of the Chronicles, even until the days of 
Johanan the son of Eliashib. 

/ 24 And the chief of the Levites : Hashabiah, Sherebiah, 
and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over 



p ,i Sa. 2. 3. 
qlSa.13.18. 
rlChr.4.14. 
a Ezra 2. 1. 
& 8. 2, 3, 6. 
b Ezra 3. 2. 
c ch. 10. 3. 

ch. 10. 4. 

ch. 10. 4. 
f Ezra 8. 17. 

ch. 10. 7. 
h ch. 10. 8. 
i chap. 8. 4. 
k ch. 1 1. 22. 
1 Ezra 2. 2. 
m ch. 13. 4. 
nEzral0.42. 
oEzraI0.30. 
p Ezra 8. 4. 



"joB.'i&i5s against them, to praise and, to give thanks, according to 
" the commandment of David the s man of God, l ward over 
against ward. 

/ 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, 
Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the 
'thresholds of the gates. 

/ 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, 
the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the "go- 
vernor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. 
/ 27 5f And at the x dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, 
they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring 
them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with y gladness, 
both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, 
psalteries, and with harps. 

s 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves 
together, both out of the plain country round about Jeru- 
salem, and from the villages of z Netophathi; 
g 29 Also from the a house of Gilgal, and out of the fields 
of b Geba and Azmaveth : for the singers had builded them 
villages round about Jerusalem. 

/30 And the priests and the Levites c purified themselves, 
and purified the people, and the d gates, and the wall. 
/ 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the 
6 walL and appointed two great companies of them that 
gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the 
wall toward the f dung-gate : 

/32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes 
of Judah, 

33 And s Azariab, Ezra, and Meshullam, 

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 
/ 35 And certain of the priests' sons with h trumpets ; 
namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of She- 
maiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son 
of Zaccur, the son of Asaph : 

/ 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, 
Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the 
1 musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra 
the scribe before them. 

/ 37 And at the k fountain-gate, which was over against 
them, thev went up by the ' stairs of the city of David, at 
the going'up of the wall, above the house of David, even 



; of Amariah, Jehohanan ; 

; of Shebaniah, n Joseph ; 
of Meraioth, Helkai ; 
of Ginnethon, Meshullam 



B. Christ 

445. 

q Luke 1. 5. 

Ezral0.37. 
a The fast 

of that 
monarchy, 
Da. 8.21, 22. 
bHcb. words 
of dans, 

1 Chr." 9. 14. 
s Jgs. 13. 6. 

2 Chr. 8. 14. 
t 1 Chr. 25. 
8. & 26. 16. 
c Or, trea- 
suries, or, 
assemblies, 
Heb. Jlsup- 
pim, 

lChr.26.17. 
chap. 13.5. 
u chap. 5. 
14. & 8. 9. 
x Dt. 20. 5. 
John 10.22. 
y 2 Chron. 
36. 21. 
zlChr.2.51. 
al)l. 11.30. 
h Jos. 21. 17. 
cGn.35. 2. 
Ex. 19. 10. 
2 Chr. 25. 5. 
■I 2 Chr.. n. 
29. 16. 

e clinp. 2. 

13, 14. 
Oh. 2. 18. 
g Ezra 7. 8, 
h Nu. 10. 8, 
Josh. fi. 4. 

1 Chr. 5.24. 
2Chr.13.lS. 
i 1 Chron. 
Hi. 42. 

i oh. a 1 1. 

MChr.11.5. 
in ch. 8. IB. 
nch.2.8,11. 
3 KingH 

14. 18. 
chop. 8. 16. 
p chap. 3.6. 
'I Jor. 32. 2. 



unto the '" water-gate eastward. 

38 And the other company of them that gave thanks 
went over against them, and I after them, and the half of 
the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the 
"furnaces even unto the broad wall ; 
/39 And from above the "gate of Ephraim, and above 
p lhe old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the lower of 
Hananeel, and the tower of Mean, even unto the sheep- 
gale : and they stood slill in the « prison-gate. 
| / 40 So stood the two companies of them thai gave thanks 
in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulert 
with me : 

41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, 
Michaiah, Elioenai, Zcchariah, and Hananiah, with trum- 
pets ; 

301 



Separation from the multitude. 

f 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazav, andUzzi, 
and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And 
the singers * sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 
b 43 Also that day they offered r great sacrifices, and 're- 
joiced : for ' God had made them rejoice with great joy 
the wives also and the children rejoiced : so that the joy 
of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. 
/ 44 % And at that time were some appointed over the 
"chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first- 
fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the 
fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests 
and Levites : for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the 
Levites that waited. 

45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward 
of x their God, and the ward of the purification, according 
to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son 
/ 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were 
y chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving 
unto God. 

/ 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the 
days of Nehemiah, gave the z portions of the singers and 
the porters, every ' day his portion : and they a sanctified 
holy things unto the Levites ; and the Levites sanctified 
them unto the children of Aaron. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multi 
tude, 1. JYehemiah at his return causeth the chambers to be cleansed, 
4. He reformeth the offices in the house of God, 10, the violation of the 
sabbath, 15, and the marriages with strange wives, 23. 

/^|N a that day they read in the book of Moses in the 
\£ audience of the people; and therein was found 
b written, that the c Ammonite and the Moabite should 
not come into the congregation of God for ever ; 

2 Because they d met not the children of Israel witli 
bread and with water, but e hired Balaam against them, 
that he should curse them : howbeit, our God f turned the 
curse into a blessing. 

3 Now it came to pass, when they had e heard the law, 
that they separated from Israel all the h mixed multitude 
/ 4 ^[ And ' before this, Eliashib the priest, having the 
k oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was 
1 allied unto Tobiah : 

5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where 
aforetime they laid the m meat-offerings, the frankincense, 
and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, 
and the oil, (which was n commanded to be given to the 
Levites, and the singers, and the porters,) and the offer- 
ings of the priests. 

6 But in all this time ° was not I at Jerusalem : for in 
the p two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Baby- 
lon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained 
I leave of the king : 

/ 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and q understood of the evil 
that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber 
in r the courts of the house of God. 

8 And it 5 grieved me sore : therefore I cast forth all 
the household-stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 

9 Then I " commanded, and they cleansed the cham- 
bers : and thither brought I again the vessels of the house 
of God, with the meat-offering and the frankincense. 

/ 10 *f And I perceived that the 'portions of the Levites 
had not been given them : for the Levites and the singers, 
that did the "work, were fled every one to his field. 

11 Then x contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is 
the y house of God forsaken 1 And I gathered them to- 
gether, and set them in their place. 

12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the 

*i e iQ W ? n<i A and the oil unt0 the treasuries. 

ii. i. ^ade "treasurers over the treasuries, Shele- 
fuian the priest, and Zadok the scribe ; and of the Levites, 



NEHEMIAH. 



B. Christ 

445. 



dHeb. made 
their voice 
to be heard. 
rlKg.8.62. 
IChr. 29.21. 
sEph.5.19. 
Col. 3. 16. 
Jam. 5. 13. 
t Ps. 4. 7. & 
119. 162. 
uch. 10.37. 
xLv.18.3,5, 
IChr. 29.25. 
ylChr.25.2. 
ch. 11. 17. 
z ch. 10.35 
e Heb. the 
word, or, 
the thing 
of a day in 
his day, 
Lev. 23. 37. 
2 Kg. 24. 30. 
aNu. 18.21 
ach.9. 1,2. 
verses 4, 6. 
b Dt. 23. 3 
c ch. 2. 10. 
dGn. 14.11. 
e Nu. 22. 7. 
f Ps. 109.28. 
Phil. 1. 12. 
g Ps. 19. 7. 
h chap. 9. 2. 
i Pr. 6. 23. 
k verse 9. 
1 Mt. 23.2,3. 
m2Chr.7.7. 
nNu. 18. 8. 

Ex. 32. 1. 
2Chr.24.17 
p chap. 2. 6. 
q 1 Co. 1. 11 
rlKg.6.36. 
s2Sa.6.21. 
a Heb. said, 
2Chr.29.15. 
John 2. 11. 
t ch. 10. 37. 
u Isa. 56. 
10, 11. 

1 Tim. 5. 17. 
x ver. 17,25. 
ych.10.39. 
z 1 Chron. 
26. 30. 
2Chr.31.12, 



B. Christ 
cir. 434. 



a chap. 7.2. 
1 Cor. 4. 2. 
b Heb. 6. 10. 
Rev. 3. 5. 
b Heb. kind- 
nesses, 
2Chr.35.26. 
cEx.20. 10. 
d Ex. 34. 21, 
eJer. 17.21. 
flKgs.5.1. 
gEzek.27.3. 
h Isa. 10. 6 
i lTim.5.22. 
kJer. 17.21. 
c Heb. add 
fierce 
wrath, 
2Chr.36.12. 
Zech. 1.4,5. 

1 Ps. 125. 2. 
m 2 Chron. 
31. 11. 
Rom. 13. 1, 

2 3 4. 

n IChr. 15.2. 
oNum.3. 7. 
2Chr.23.19. 
p Ro. 2. 28. 
d Heb. had 
made to 
dwell with. 
Ezra 10.2. 
ch. 10. 30. 
1 Pet. 3. 12. 
qlSa. 5.1,2. 
r ch. 5. 13. 
& 10. 30. 
s Dt. 25. 2. 
t Dt. 6. 13. 
chap. 10. 
29, 30. 
ulKg.11.4. 
xlKg.3.13. 
Mark 10.23. 
yDt. 32.12. 
2Sa. 12.7,8. 
z ch. 2. 10. 
aSTim.4.14. 
1) Lev. 8. 35. 
1 Sa. 2. 30. 
Mai. 2. 4. 
c ch. 10. 34. 
d ch. 5. 19. 
ver. 14,22. 



Abuses reformed by Nehemiah- 

Pedaiah : and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, 
the son of Mattaniah : for they were counted a faithful ; 
and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. 

14 l Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and 
wipe not out my 6 good deeds that I have done for the 
house of my God, and for the offices thereof. 
d * 15 If In those days saw I in Judah some treading 
wine-presses on the c sabbath, and bringing in d sheaves, 
and lading asses ; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all 
manner of e burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem 
on the sabbath-day : and I testified against them in the 
day wherein they sold victuals. 

16 There dwelt men of f Tyre also therein, which 
brought fish, and s all manner of ware, and sold on the 
sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in h Jerusalem. 
v 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said 
unto them, What evil thing is this that *ye do, and pro- 
fane the sabbath-day 1 

18 Did not k your fathers thus, and did not our God 
bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye 
bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sab- 
bath. 

/ 19 And it came to pass, that, when the gates of Jerusa- 
lem began to be ' dark before the sabbath, I commanded 
that the gates should be shut, and charged that they 
should not be opened till after the sabbath : and some of 
my servants set I at the gates, that there should no bur- 
den be brought in on the sabbath-day. 

20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware 
lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 
/ 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, 
Why lodge ye about the wall 1 if ye do so again, I will 
lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no 
more on the sabbath. 

d 22 And m I commanded the Levites, that they should 
"cleanse themselves, and that they should come and 
keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Remember 
me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me ac- 
cording to the greatness of thy mercy. 
/23 % In those days also saw I p Jews that "had mar- 
ried wives of Ashdod, of Amnion, and of Moab : 
«# 24 And their children spake half in the speech of q Ash- 
dod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but ac- 
cording to the language of each people. 
/ 25 And I contended with them, and r cursed them, and 
smote certain of them, and 'plucked off their hair, and made 
them 'swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daugh- 
ters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your 
sons, or for yourselves. 

/ 26 Did not "Solomon king of Israel sin by these things 1 
yet among many nations was there x no king like him, 
who was y beloved of his God, and God made him king 
over all Israel : nevertheless even him did outlandish wo- 
men cause to sin. 

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great 
evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange 
wives 1 

f 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib 
the high priest, was son-in-law to z Sanballat the Horonite : 
therefore I chased him from me. 

p 29 a Remember them, O my God, because they have 
defiled the priesthood, and the b covenant of the priest- 
hood, and of the Levites. 

30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and ap- 
pointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every 
one in his business ; 

31 And for the c wood-offering, at times appointed, and 
for the first-fruits. d Remember me, O my God, for 
good. 

302 



H THE BOOK OF ESTHER. 



CHAPTER I. 
Ahasuerus maketk royal feasts, 1. Vashti sent for, refuseth to come, 10. 
Ahasuerus by the counsel of Memucan, maketh the decree of nidi's 
sovereignty, 13. 

JrVfO W it came to pass in the days of a Ahasuerus, (this 
jL^I is Ahasuerus which reigned from India even unto 
Ethiopia, over h a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 
/ 2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus c sat on 
the throne of his kingdom, which was in d Shushan the 
palace, 

o 3 In the third year of his reign, he made e a feast unto 
all his princes and his f servants ; the g power of Persia 
and Media, the h nobles and princes of the provinces, being 
before him : 

4 When he ! shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom 
and the honour of his k excellent majesty many days, 
even a hundred and fourscore days. 
/5 And when these days were expired, the king made a 
feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the 
palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court 
of the garden of the king's palace ; 

/6 Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened 
with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pil- 
lars of marble : the 'beds were of gold and silver, upon 
m a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. 

7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the 
vessels being diverse one from another,) and " royal wine 
n in abundance, according to the state of the king. 
<** 8 And the drinking toas according to the law ; none 
did * compel : for so the king had ° appointed to all the offi- 
cers of his house, that they should do according to every 
man's pleasure. 

/ 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women 
in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 
/ 10 % On the seventh day, when the heart of the king 
was p merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, 
Harbona, Bigtha, and Abaglha, Zethar, and Carcas, the 
seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasu- 
erus the king, 

c 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the 
crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her 
q beauty : for she ivas fair to look on. 
c 12 But the queen Vashti r refused to come at the king's 
commandment by his chamberlains : therefore was the 
king very s wroth, and his ' anger burned in him. 
/13 ^f Then the king said to the "wise men, which 
"knew the times, (for so was the king's manner towards 
all that knew y law and judgment : 

o 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Ad- 
matha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, z the 
seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw a the king's 
face, and which sat the first in the kingdom ;) 
/ 15 What shall b we do unto the queen Vashti according 
to law, because she hath not performed the commandment 
of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains 1 
f 16 And Memucan answered 'before the king and the 
princes, Vashti the queen hath not done c wrong to the 
king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people 
that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 

17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto 
all women, so that they shall d despise their husbands in 
their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus 
commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before lvim, 
but she came not. 

18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and "Media say this 
day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the 
deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much eon 

^tempt and wrath. 



a Ezra 4. 6. 
Dan. 9. 1. 
b'Ps. 17. 14. 
& 37. 35. 
c Pr. 16. 12. 
dNcli, 1.1. 
Dan. 3. 27. 
e Pr. 15. 15. 
1 Tim. 4. 4. 
fl Kg. 9.22. 
_ Psa. 10. 8. 
h Luke 14. 
13. 

i Luke 5. 29. 
k Ps. 35. 9. 
I chap. 7. 8. 
Amos G. 4. 
John 13.23. 
ml Kg. 7.9. 
a Heb. wine 
of the 
kingdom. 
n John 2. 6, 
7, 8, 9. 
b Or, re- 
strain, 
Dan. 4. 9. 
o John 2. 8. 
p2Sa.13.28. 
Eccl. 10. 9. 
q Pr. 20. I. 
r Col. 3. IS. 
s Pr. lf>. 20. 
Eph. 4. 27. 
Jam. 1. 20. 
t Jonah 4. 9. 
ulsa.29.14. 
Jer. 10. 7. 
Dan. 2. 12. 
Matt. 2. 1. 
x 1 Chron. 
12. 32. 
y 1 Kings 
12. 10. 
Pr. 8.14,15. 
z Ezra 7. 14. 
Pr. 11. 14. 
a 2 Kings 
25. 19. 
b Mali 2. 14. 
c Heb. be- 
fore the 
face. 
c 1 Cor. 6. 
7,8. 
u Eph. 5.33. 



B. Christ 
cir. 521. 



B. Christ 
519. 



e Pr. 18. 13. 
f 1 Pet. 3. 7. 
d Heb. was 
good in the 
eyes of the 
king. 

g Eph. 5.22. 
e Hb. speak 
according 
to the lan- 
guage of 
his people. 
h Luke 16.8. 
a chap. 8. 8. 
Dan. 6. 18. 

chap. 1. 
10, 11. 
cch. 1. 1C. 
d Song 4. 7. 
Eph. 5. 26. 
e chap. 1. 1. 
a Or, orna- 
ment be 
giventhcin, 
ver. 13, 14. 
lsa.3. 18,23. 
Eph. 5. 26. 
f 1 Su. 2. 8. 
g Ezra 2. I. 
h 2 Kg. 2 1.6. 
b Heb. 
nourished. 
Eph. 6. 4. 
i John 14.18. 
kl Tim. 5.8. 
I Gn. 39.21. 
lKgs.8.51). 
Net 2. 8. 
Ps. 106. 46. 
l'rov. 16. 7. 
Dan, 1.9. 
mMk.10.48. 
- lib. in all 
day and 
day', 

John 10.23. 
■/ Heb. (n 
know the 
peace. 

Heb. nf 

laid a id 

» </ \dg , 

Thoss.4.4. 

cii.'ip i.:.. 

fc 6. 13. 



19 If it please the king, let there go a royal command- 
ment from him, and let it be written among the laws of 
the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That 
Vashti e come no more before king Ahasuerus ; and let 
the king give her royal estate unto another that is better 
than she. 

d * 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make 
shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is 
great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands f honour, 
both to great and small. 

21 And the saying " pleased the king and the princes; 
and the king did according to the word of Memucan : 
d 22 For lie sent letters into all the king's provinces, into 
every province according to the writing thereof, and to 
every people after their language, that every man s should 
bear rule in his own house ; and 'that it should be h pub- 
lished according to the language of every people. 

CHAPTER II. 
Out of the choice of virgins, a queen is to be chosen, 1. Mordecai the 
nursing father of Esther, 5. Esther is preferred by Hegai before the 
rest, 8. The manner of purification, and going in to the king, 12. 
Esther best pleasing the king, is made queen, 15. Mordecai disco- 
vering a treason, is recorded in the Chronicles, 21. 

FTER these. things, when the wrath of king Ahasue- 
rus was appeased, he a remembered Vashti, and 
what she had done, and what was b decreed against her. 

2 Then said the c king's servants that ministered unto 
him, Let there d be fair young virgins sought for the king: 
/ 3 And let the king appoint officers in e all the provinces 
of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair 
young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of 
the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's cham- 
berlain, keeper of the women ; and let their " things for 
purification be given them : 

4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king f be queen 
instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king ; and 
he did so. 

/ 5 % Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain 
s Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son 
of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite ; 
g- 6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the 
captivity which had been carried away with h Jeconiah 
king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon 
had carried away. 

fl And he 'brought up Hadassah, (that is Esther,) his 
uncle's daughter : for she had neither s father nor mother, 
and the maid was fair and beautiful ; whom Mordecai, 
when her father and mother were dead, took for his own 
u daughter. 

/ 8 ^f So it came to pass, when the king's commandment 
and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were 
gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody 
of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's 
house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 
/ 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained ' kind- 
ness of him; and he speedily gave her things for pu- 
rification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven 
maidens which were meet to be given her, out of the 
king's house : and he preferred her and her maids unto 
the best place of the house of the women. 
/ 10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred : 
for Mordecai had "'charged her thai she should nol shew //. 
/ll And Mordecai walked ° every day before Hie court 
of the women's house, to "know how Esther did, and what 
should become of her. 

/ 12 % Now when « every maid's torn was come to go in 
to king Ahasuerus, after thai she had been "twelve months, 
according lo the manner of the women, (for so were Ihe 

:$os 



oPs.105.20. 
pPs. 131.1. 
q Psa. 113. 
7,8. 

r chap. 3.7. 
s Pr. 21. 1. 
/Heb. be- 
fore his 
eyes, 

Pr. 5. 17,20. 
Luke 1. 48. 
IT Heb. 
crown of 
the king- 
dom, 

1 Sam. 2. 8. 
Psa. 113. 7. 
tGn.29.22. 
chap. 1. 3. 
u Ps. 68. 18. 
Eph. 4. 8. 
xPs. 131.1. 
y 1 Sa. 24. 
6. & 26. 9. 
Ps. 144. 10. 
z Pr. 8. 12. 
aGn.40.19. 
bch. 6. 1,2. 
a Psa. 12. 8. 
Mai. 3. 15. 
b Nu. 24. 7. 
1 Sa. 15. 8. 
c Pr. 29. 2. 
d Rev. 13. 2. 
e Ps. 15. 4. 
f Ex. 1. 17. 
% Pr. 19. 27 
h Ezck. 22. 
9. 

i Phil. 1.28 
k Dt. 6. 13. 
1 Da. 3. 19. 
m Pa. 83. 4. 



2 And all the 
gate, bowed, and 
d so commanded concerning him 



servants that were in the king's 



B. Christ 
518. 



Haman seeketh revenge on the Jews. ESTHER. 

days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months 
with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and 
with other things for the purifying of the women ;) 
/ 13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; what- 
soever she desired was given her to go with her out of 
the house of the women unto the king's house. 

14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she 
returned into the second house of the women, to the cus- 
tody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the 
concubines : she came in unto the king no more, except 
the king delighted in her, and that she were called by 
name. 

/ 15 % Now when the "turn of Esther, the daughter of 
Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his 
daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required 
p nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the 
keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained 
favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 

16 So Esther was q taken unto king Ahasuerus into his 
house-royal in the tenth month, which is the month Te- 
beth, in the r seventh year of his reign. 
/ 17 And the king loved Esther 'above all the women, and 
she obtained grace and favour - r in his sight more than all 
the virgins ; so that he set the royal e crown upon her 
head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. 
o 18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes 
and his servants, even ' Esther's feast ; and he made a 
release to the provinces, and gave "gifts, according to the 
state of the king. 

/ 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the 
second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. 

20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred, nor her 
people, as Mordecai had charged her : for Esther did the 
commandment of Mordecai, like x as when she was brought 
up with him. 

/ 21 % In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's 
gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, 
of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought y to 
lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 

22 And the thing was z known to Mordecai, who told it 
unto Esther the queen ; and Esther certified the king 
thereof in Mordecai's name. 

23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it 
was found out ; therefore they were both hanged a on a 
tree : and it was written in the book of the b Chronicles 
before the king. 

CHAPTER III. 
Haman advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeketh revenge 
upon all the Jews, 1. He casteth lots, 7 : He obtaineth, by calumniation, 
a decree of the king to put the Jews to death, 8. 

f k FTER these things did king Ahasuerus a promote 
Jlk. Haman the son of Hammedatha the b Agagite, and 
advanced him, and set his seat c above all the princes that 
were with him. 

king's 
reverenced Haman ; for the king had 
But Mordecai e bowed 
not, nor did him reverence 

/ 3 Then the king's servants which were in the king's 
gate, said unto Mordecai, f Why transgressest thou the 
king's commandment 1 

4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, 

and s he hearkened not unto them, that they h told Haman, 

to see whether ' Mordecai's matters would stand : for he 

had told them that he was k a Jew. 

c 5 ^ n d when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor 

R h A m reverence > then was Haman ' full of wrath, 
c 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ; 
lor they had shewed him the people of Mordecai : where- 
fore Haman sought m to destroy all the Jews that 



B. Christ 
cir. 510. 



nGen.7.11. 
o ch. 2. 16. 
p ch. 9. 24. 
q Ezek. 21. 
21. 

r Ex. 19. 6. 
9 Deut. 3. 2. 
t John 18. 
36. 

u Jer. 29. 7. 
x Ex. I. 10. 
y 1 Chron. 
22.14. 
zGn.41.12. 
chap. 8. 8. 
a chap. 7. 7. 
b Pa. 2.2,3. 
c Ps. 73. 7. 
Jer. 18. 23. 
Ezek. 6. 5. 
John 19. 10. 
dlKgg.21.8, 
e 2 Chron. 
30.6. 

Rom. 3. 15. 
flSa.22.ia 
Ps. 83. 4, 5. 
Matt. 2. 16. 
g Job 39. 30. 
Psa. 36. 4. 
Jam. 2. 13. 
hGn.37.25. 
Matt. 14.6. 
John 16. 20. 
Rev. 11. 10. 
i ch. 4. 14. 
& 8. 15. 
a chap. 3. 8, 
9, 10. 

b Joel 2. 13. 
c Jonah 3. 4. 
d Josh 7. 6. 
eGn.37.34. 
fPsa. 12. 5. 
gZech.8.19. 
h Rom. 2. 7. 
i Job 23. 2. 
Rom. 12.15. 
Heb. 13. 3. 
k Titus 2. 

a?ere!ichap.- 3 .& 



Mordecai and the Jews mourni 

throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the 
people of Mordecai. 

/ 7 1 In the first month (that is, the month n Nisan,) in the 
"twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast p Pur, that is, 
the lot, q before Haman from day to day, and from month 
to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 

8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is r a 
certain people 5 scattered abroad and dispersed among 
the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom ; and ' their 
laws are diverse from all people ; neither "keep they the 
x king's laws : therefore it is not for the king's profit to 
suffer them. 

/ 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may- 
be destroyed : and I will pay y ten thousand talents of sil- 
ver to the hands of those that have the charge of the bu- 
siness, to bring it into the king's treasuries. 

10 And the king took his z ring from his hand, and gave 
it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the 
a Jews' enemy. 

1 1 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given 
to thee, b the people also, to do with them as it c seemeth 
good to thee. 

/ 12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth 
day of the first month, and there was written according to 
all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieute- 
nants, and to the governors that were over every province, 
and to the rulers of every people of every province, ac- 
cording to the writing thereof, and to every people after 
their language ; in the d name of king Ahasuerus was it 
written, and sealed with the king's ring. 
/13 And the letters were sent e by posts into all the 
king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, 
f all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, 
s in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth 
month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of 
them for a prey. 

/ 14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be 
given in every province was published unto all people, 
that they should be ready against that day. 

15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's 
commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan 
the palace. And the king and Haman sat down h to 
drink ; but the * city Shushan was perplexed. 

CHAPTER IV. 
The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews, 1. Esther, understand- 
ing it, sendeth to Mordecai, who sheweth the cause, and adviseth her to 
undertake the suit, 4 : She excusing herself, is threatened by Mordecai. 
10: She appointing a fast, underlaketh the suit, 15. 

"HEN Mordecai perceived a all that was done, Mor- 
decai b rent his clothes, and put on c sackcloth with 
d ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and e cried 
with a loud and a bitter cry ; 

2 And came even before the king's gate : for none 
might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 
c 3 And in every province whithersoever the king's com- 
mandment and his decree came, there was r great mourn- 
ing among the Jews, and s fasting, and weeping, and 
wailing ; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 
/ 4 ^[ So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and 
told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved ; 
and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away 
his sackcloth from him: but he ''received it not. 

5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's 
chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, 
and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, * to know 
what it ivas, and why it was. 

6 So Hatach k went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of 
the city, which ivas before the king's gate. 
/ 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto 
him, and of the ! sum of the money that Haman had pro- 

304 



Esther obtaineih the king's favour. 

raised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to de- 
stroy them. 

8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the de 
cree that was given at m Shushan to destroy them, to shew 
it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to " charge 
her that she should go in unto the king, to make ° supplica- 
tion unto him, and to make p request before him for her 
people. 

9 And Hatach came and ° told Esther the words of Mor- 
decai. 

/ 10 % r Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him 
commandment unto Mordecai ; 

1 1 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's 
provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether 'man or wo- 
man, shall come unto the king into the l inner court, who 
is u not called, there is x one law of his to put him to death, 
except such to whom the king shall y hold out the golden 
sceptre, that he may live : but I have not been called to 
come in unto the king these z thirty days. 

12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words. 
/ 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think 
not with thyself that thou shalt escape in a the king's house, 
more than all the Jews. 

« 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace b at this 
time, Men shall there a enlargement and deliverance arise 
to the Jews from ° another place ; but d thou and thy fa- 
ther's house shall be destroyed : and e who knoweth, whe- 
ther thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this ? 
f 15 ^[ Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 
.416 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in 
Shushan, and f fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink 
three days, night or day : e I also and my maidens will 
fast likewise : and h so will I go in unto the king, which is 
not according to the law; and i if I perish, I perish. 

17 So Mordecai went his way, and k did according to all 
that Esther had commanded him. 

CHAPTER V. 
Esther adventuring on the king's favour, obtainetli the grace of the gold- 
en sceptre, and inviteih the king and Human to a banquet, 1 : She being 
encouraged by the king in her suit, inviteih them to another banquet 
the next day, 6. Hainan, proud of his advancement, repineth at the 
contempt of Mordecai, 9 : By the counsel of Zercsh, he buildethfor him 
a gallows, 14. 

"OW it came to pass on the a third day, that Esther 
put on her b royal apparel, and stood in the c inner 
court of the king's house, over against the king's house: 
and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, 
over against the gate of the house. 

a 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen 
standing in the court, that she d obtained favour in his sight : 
and the king c held out to Esther the gelden sceptre that 
was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the 
f top of the sceptre. 

/ 3 Then said the king unto her, e What wilt thou, queen 
Esther 1 and what is thy request ? it shall be even given 
thee to the h half of the kingdom. 

4 And Esther ' answered, If it seem good unto the king, 
let the king and Haman come this day unto the k banquet 
that I have prepared for him. 

/ 5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that 
he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman 
came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. 
/ 6 ^[ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of 
wine, What is thy petition? and ' it shall be granted thee : 
and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom 
it shall be performed. 

7 Then answered Esther, and said, m My petition and 
my request is : 

$ If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if 
it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my .' 



'N' 



B. Christ 
510. 



m Isa. 1.21. 
nlTh.5.27. 

2 Tim. 4.1. 
olKg.8.28. 
p Pr. 16. 15. 
qJer.23 28. 
Acts 20. 27. 
r Iaa. 40. 29. 

3 1 Co. 7. 5. 
t chap. 5. 1. 
ul Kg. 3.16. 
x Dan. 2. 9. 
y chap. 5. 2. 
zl Co. 7.4,5. 
a Prov. 29. 
25. & 30. 24. 
b Isa. 49:23. 
a Heb. 
breathing, 
Job 9. 18. 
Zech.2.5,8. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
c Gen. 22. 8. 
Titus 1. 2. 
d Jge. 5. 23. 
eEzck.1.16. 
f Acts 12.5. 
g Jos. 24. 15. 
hMt. 16.24. 
i Gen. 43 14. 
Heb. 11. 24. 
klsa. 11.6. 
a ch. 4. 16. 
Acts 10. 4. 
b I Pet. 3. 
3,5. 

c ch. 4. 11. 
d Prov. 21. 1, 
ech. 4. 11. 
Psa. 116. 1. 
fCcl. 3. 19. 
g Zee h. 1.13. 
John 16. 21. 
hMk.6.33. 
i Pr.29. 11. 
k Matt. 9. 
JO. & 10. 16. 
1 Th. 5. 21. 
Jam. 3. 13. 
1 1 Chron. 
17. 23. 
m Gen. 33. 
25. . 



ESTHER. Mordecai's good service. 

request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that 
I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the 
king hath said. 

c 9 H Then went Haman forth that day "joyful and with 
a glad heart : but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's, 
gate, that he ° stood not up, nor moved for him, he was 
p full of indignation against Mordecai. 
/10 Nevertheless, Haman q refrained himself: and when 
he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and r Ze- 
resh his wife. 

1 1 And Haman told them of the s glory of his riches, 
and the ' multitude of his children, and all the things 
wherein the king had u promoted him, and how he had ad- 
vanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 

12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did 
let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that 
she had prepared but myself; and x to-morrow am I in- 
vited unto her also with the king. 

c 13 Yet y all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see 
Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 
/14 % Then said z Zeresh his wife and all a bis friends 
unto him, Let b a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and 
c to-morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may 
be hanged thereon : d then go thou in merrily with the king 
unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman ; and 
he e caused the gallows to be made. 
CHAPTER VI. 
JLhasuerus reading in the chronicles of the good service done by Mor- 
decai, taketh care for his reward, 1. Haman coming to sue that 
Mordecai might be hanged, unawares giveth counsel that he might 
do him honour, 4 : Complaining of his misfortune, his friends tell 
him of his final destiny, 12. 

N a that night could not the king b sleep, and he com- 
manded to bring the book of records of the chroni- 
cles ; and they were read before the king. 

2 And it was 'found written, that Mordecai had told of 
Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the 
keepers of the door, who sought d to lay hand on the king 
Ahasuerus. 

3 And the king said, "What honour and dignity hath been 
done to Mordecai for this ? Then said the king's servants 
that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. 

1 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? (Now Haman 
was come into the outward court of the king's house, to 
speak unto the king r to hang Mordecai on the gallows 
that he had prepared for him.) 

5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Ha- 
inan standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him 
come in. 

c G So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, 
What shall be done unto the man "whom the king delight- 
eth to honour? (Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom 
would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?) 
/ 7 And Hainan answered the king, For the man E whom 
the king delighteth to honour, 

c 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king uscth 
to wear, and the h horse that the king rideth upon, and 
the crown-royal which is set upon his head : 

9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the 
hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they 
may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to 
honour, and ; bring him on horseback through the street 
of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done 
to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 
/ 10 Then the king said to Hainan, Make haste, and take 
the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even 
so to Mordecai the Jew, that sittctli at the king's gate: let 
nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 

1 1 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and 
k arraved Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through 

SOS 



Haman is hanged, 



ESTHER. 

and proclaim before him, Thus shall 
man whom the king delighteth toW 131 

'm 2f?air 



and Mordecai advanced. 



B. Christ 
cir. 510^ 
T. 
am. 
15. 30. 
Jer. 14.4. 
n ch. 5. 11. 
o Zech. 12. 
3. 
p 1 Sa. 5. 3. 

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends ^"Ja. 1 * 



the street of the city, 
it be done unto the 
honour. 

/ 12 If And Mordecai 'came again to the king's gate. 
But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his 
head m covered. 



dl Pa. 22.23. 
chap. 3. 9, 
&4. 8. 
e Jos. 9. 16. 
f Ezra 6. 16. 
Titus 3. 8. 
g Eccl.8.5. 
li Psa. 139. 
21. 22. 
i Job 29.22 
k Psa. 62. 9. 
I Pr. 28. 17, 
m Pr. 16. 14. 
n chap. 1. 6. 
o Job 9. 24. 
p Job 20. 27. 
q Ps. 73. 19. 
rPr. 11.6. 
s Psa. 53. 6. 
t Dan. 6. 24. 
u Ezek. 16. 
63. 

a verse 13. 
John 14. 20. 
I) Job 5. 4,9. 
Psa. 37. 35. 
c Job 27. 16. 
Pr. 13 22. 
d ch. 3. 10. 
e Pr. 20. 21. 



n every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men » f^% 6 
and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed c2Sa.aie. 
cf the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt J 

not prevail against him, but shalt surely p fall before him 
/ 14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the 
king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the 
banquet that Esther had q prepared. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Esther entertaining the king and Haman, maketh suit for her own life 
and her people's, 1. She accuseth Haman, 5. The king, in his anger, 
understanding of the gallows which Haman had made for Mordecai, 
causeth him to be hanged thereon, 7. 

»1C< O the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther 
k3 the queen. 

2 And the king said again to Esther on the a second day 
at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? 
and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy request 1 and 
it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 
/ 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have 
found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, 
let b my life be given me at my petition, and c my people 
at my request : 

4 For we are a sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to 
be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for e bond- 
men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although 
the enemy could not f countervail the king's damage. 
/ 5 % Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto 
Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst 
presume in his heart to do so ? 

6 And Esther said, The g adversary and enemy is this 
h wicked Haman. Then Haman was Afraid before the 
king and the queen. 

f7% And the king arising from the banquet of wine in 
his k wrath went into the palace-garden : and Haman ' stood 
up to make request for his life to Esther the queen ; for 
he saw that there was evil m determined against him by the 
king. 

° 8 Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into 
the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman was a fallen 
upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, 
Will he force the queen also before me in the house 1 As 
the word went out of the king's mouth, they ° covered 
Haman's face. 

/ 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, p said before 
the king, Behold also the q gallows fifty cubits high, which 
Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for 
the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king 
said, r Hang him thereon. 

10 So they 9 hanged Haman on the gallows that he 

1 had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's 'wrath 
u pacified. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Mordecai is advanced, 1. Esther maketh suit to reverse Haman's letters, 3. 
Ahasuerus granteth to the Jews to defend themselves, 1. Mordecai's 
honour and the Jews' joy, 15. 

>^f^N a that day did the king Ahasuerus b give the house 
\jr of Haman, the Jews' enemy, unto Esther the queen. 
And Mordecai came before the king ; for Esther had told 
what he was c unto her. 

2 And the king took off d his ring which he had taken 
*~ Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther 



from 



set Mordecai e over the house of Haman. 

/Sa And E , sther s P ake y et a g a5n before the king, and a 

?el! down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put fcSRf".? 



B. Christ 
cir. 510. 



fl'r. 8. 12. 
gchap. 5. 2. 
hPr. 19.23. 
a Hob. be 
able that I 
should sec 
the evil 
that shall 
find wy 
people, 
chap. 7. 4. 
Jer. 9. 1. 
Luke 2. 35 
i Luke 2. 35 
k Nch. 2. 3 
Amos 6. 6. 
John 19. 39. 

1 verse 1. 
m Jos. 24. 9. 
n ch. 1. 19. 
Dan. 6. 12. 
o Psalm 30. 
5,10. 
Jer. 30. 17. 

2 Cor. 7. 6. 
p ch. 3. 12. 
Eccl. 8. 4. 
Dan. 5. 19. 
q 1 Kings 
20. 32. 
Job 2. 4. 
Psa. 94. 16. 
Eccl. 9. 5. 
r ch. 9. 10. 
s Exod. 15. 
9, 10. 

Jgs. 1. 6, 7. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
t Ps. 34. 15. 
& 92. 7. 
u ch. 3. 15. 
x 1 Sam. 2. 
30. 

2 Chi. 4. 17. 
y Pr. 29. 2. 
z Job 18. 5. 
a Ps. 97. 11. 
b Isa. 43. 4. 
o.Ps. 68. 10. 
d Ps. 18. 43. 



away the f mischief of Hainan the Agagite, and Iris device 
that he had devised against the Jews. 

4 Then the king g held out the golden sceptre toward 
Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 
* 5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found fa- 
vour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, 
and I be h pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse 
the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha 
the Agagite, which lie wrote to destroy the Jews which 
are in all the king's provinces : 

6 For how can I " endure to see the evil that shall come 
unto 'my people? or how can I endure to see the k de- 
struction of my kindred? 

/ 7 If Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the 
queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given 
Esther the ' house of Haman, and him they have hanged 
upon the gallows, because m he laid his hand upon the Jews. 

8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the 



king's 



name, and seal it with the king's ring : for the 



writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed 
with the king's ring, may n no man reverse. 
/ 9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in 
the ° third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three 
and twentieth day thereof; and it was written, according 
to all that Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews, and to 
the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the pro- 
vinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred 
twenty and seven provinces, unto every province accord- 
ing to the writing thereof, and unto every people after 
their language, and to the Jews according to their writ- 
ing, and according to their language. 

10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' p name, and 
sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on 
horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dro- 
medaries : 

/ll Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in 
every city to gather themselves together, and q to stand 
for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all 
the power of the people and province that would assault 
them, 6o//nittle ones and women, and to take r the spoil 
of them for a prey, 

12 8 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasue- 
rus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, 
which is the month Adar. 

/13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be 
given in every province was published unto all people, 
and that the Jews should be ready against that day 'to 
avenge themselves on their enemies. 

14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went 
out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's command- 
ment. And the decree was given at "Shushan the palace. 
/ 15 If And Mordecai went out from the presence of the 
king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great 
crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and pur- 
ple : and the city of Shushan y rejoiced, and was glad : 

16 The Jews had Might, and gladness, and a joy, and 
b honour. 

17 And in every province, and in every city, whitherso- 
ever the king's commandment and his decree came, the 
Jews had joy and gladness, c a feast and a good day. And 
many of the people of the land d became Jews ; for the 

fear of the Jews fell upon them. 

CHAPTER IX. 

The Jews {the rulers, for fear of Mordecai, helping them) slay their ene- 
mies, with the ten sons of Haman, 1. Ahasuerus, at the request of 
Esther, granteth another day of slaughter, and Haman's sons to be 
hanged, 12. The two days of Purimare made festival, 20. 

rJkTOW in the twelfth month, that is, the month a Adar, 
1. il on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's 
commandment and his decree drew near to be put j-n exer= 

S06 



The Jews slay their enemies. 

cution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews b hoped to 
have power over them, (though it was c turned to the con- 
trary, that the Jews had "rule over them that hated them ;) 

2 The Jews e gathered themselves together in then- 
cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,to 
lay hand on such as f sought their hurt : and no man could 
withstand them ; for the s fear of them fell upon all people 
/3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieute- 
nants, and the deputies, and officers of the king helped the 
Jews ; because the h fear of Mordecai fell upon them 

4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his 
fame went out throughout all the provinces : for this man 
Mordecai waxed * greater and greater. 
/ 5 Thus the Jews k smote all their enemies with the 
stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and 
did what they would unto those that hated them. 

6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and de- 
stroyed five hundred men. 

7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 

8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 

9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, 

10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, 
the enemy of the Jews, ' slew they ; but on the spoil laid 
they m not their hand. 

11 On that day the number of those that were slain in 
Shushan the palace was brought before the king. 

/12 <ft And the king said unto Esther the queen, The 
Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shu- 
shan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman ; what have 
they done in the rest of the king's provinces 1 Now what 
is thy petition ? and it shall be granted thee : or what is 
thy request further ? and it shall be done. 

13 Then said Esther, n If it please the king, let it be 
granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to-mor- 
row also according unto this day's decree, and let ° Ha- 
inan's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 

14 And the king commanded it so to be done : and the 
decree was given at Shushan ; and they hanged Hainan's 
ten sons. 

15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered them- 
selves together on the fourteenth day also of the month 
Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on 
the prey they laid not their hand. 

/ 16 But the p other Jews that were in the king's provinces 
gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and 
had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy 
and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, 
/ 17 On the q thirteenth day of the month Adar ; and on 
the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a 
day of r feasting and gladness. 

/ 18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled toge- 
ther on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth 
thereof ; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, 
and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the 
unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month 
Adar a day of gladness and " feasting, and a good day, 
and of sending portions one to another. 
/ 20 ^[ And Mordecai "wrote these things, and sent let- 



JOB. 

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cir. 509 



b Job 11. 20. 
c Psa.30. 5, 
11.&126. 5. 
A Fsa. 7. 16. 
Eccl. 9. 12. 
echap.8.11. 
f Jos. 11.20 
g Ex. 23. 27. 
Deut. 11. 2. 
Jos. 20. 9. 
hGn.21.22. 
lSa.18.29. 
Mk.lL IS. 
i 2 Sa. 3. 1 
Prov. 4. 18. 
kDt.32.35. 
2Thes. 1.6. 

1 Ex. 17. 14. 
Dt. 25. 17. 
chap. 5. 11. 
Job 18. 19. 
& 27. 14. 
Psa. 21. 10. 
mGn. 14.23. 
chap. 8. 11. 
Ro. 12. 17. 
ICo. 10.32. 
Phil. 4. 8. 
Col. 4. 5. 

n ch. 5. 4, 8. 
o2Sa. 21. 6, 
chap. 5. 11 
verse 10. 
Psa. 46. 8 
& 66. 5. & 
109. 8. 
pHb.11.33 
nPs.118.11 
Hag. 1. 2, 4. 
rNeh. 8.10. 
aHeb. 
feasts, 
Deut. 16. 
11, 14. 
Neh. 8. 10, 
11. 

s 2 Chron. 
26. 17. 
Psa. 124. 1, 
2. & 126. 1. 

2 Cor. 1. 11 
Col. 1. 10. 



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t Ex. 13. 3. 
u Ps. 9. 1, 2. 
&34. 1,4. & 
103. 2, 4. & 
116. 13, 15. 
x Ps. 146. 4, 
y 2 Chron. 
29. 18. 
bJi Persian 
word 

fyini? a lot, 
chap. 3. 7. 
z ch. 7. 10. 
a Nu. 16.40. 
Eznk. 39.11. 
b ch. 8. P. 
cEx.12. 17. 
Lev. 23. 43. 
Jgs. 20. 11. 
Job 19. 23, 
24. 

Psa. 103. 2. 
Jer. 23. 7. 
<1 Isa. 63. 8. 
Ezck. 18. 9. 
Rom. 15. 5. 
Eph. 4. 15. 
2 Th. 2. 10. 
Hcb. 12. 11. 
Jam. 3. 17. 

1 John 1.6. 
c lib. upon 
their soul, 

2 Cor. 1.23. 
e ch. 10. 3. 
fcb. 4. 16. 
£jonah2.fl. 
a Ph. 72. 10. 
Luke 2. 1. 
a 1 1 b. iiuuU 
him great, 
Job 31. 8,9. 
b2Cln.28.7. 
c Luke 2.52. 
il Nell. 2. 10. 



They establish a festival. 

ters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the 
king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 

21 To establish this among them, that they should keep 
the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth 
day of the same, ' yearly, 

/22 As the days wherein the Jews "rested from their 
enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from 
" sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day : that 
they should make them days of feasting and joy, "and of 
sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. 
/23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had y begun, 
and as Mordecai had written unto them ; 

24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Aga- 
gite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the 
Jews to destroy them, and had cast ,J Pur, that is, the lot, 
to consume them, and to destroy them ; 

25 But when Esther came before the king, he command- 
ed by letters that his wicked device, which he devised 
against the Jews, should z return upon his own head, and 
that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 
/26 Wherefore they called these days a Purim after the 
name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, 
and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, 
and which had come unto them, 

/27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon 
their seed, and upon all such as b joined themselves unto 
them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these 
two days according to their writing, and according to their 
appointed time every year ; 

28 And that these days should be c remembered and 
kept throughout every generation, every family, every 
province, and every city ; and that these days of Purim 
should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial 
of them perish from their seed. 

29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and 
Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm 
this second letter of Purim. 

30 And he sent the letters unto all the, Jews, to the 
hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of 
Ahasuerus, with words of d peace and truth, 

31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times ap- 
pointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the 
queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed c for 
themselves and for their e seed, the f matters of the 
fastings and their e cry. 

32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters 
of Purim ; and it was written in the book. 

CHAPTER X. 
Masucrus's greatness, 1. MordecaVs advancement, 3. 

ND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, 
and upon the a isles of the sea. 
2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and 
the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whercunto 
the king ° advanced him, are they not written in the book 
of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 
S3 For Mordecai the Jew was b next unto king Ahasue- 
rus, and great among the Jews, and c accepted of the mul- 
titude of his brethren, d seeking the wealth of his people, 
and speaking peace to all his seed. 



f THE BOOK OF JOB. 



CHAPTER I. 

The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his children, 1. Satan 
appearing before God, by calumniation obtaineth leave to tempt Job, 6. 
Understanding of the loss of his goods and children, in his mourning 
he blesseth God, 13. 

THERE was a man in the land of a Uz, whose name 
was b Job ; and that man was c perfect and d upright, 
anyone that e feared God, and f eschewed evil. 



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g P». 128 3. 

]. Mt. ('.. 33. 

i Fa. iay. 1. 



2 And there were born unto him e seven sons and three 
daughters. 

3 His h substance also was seven thousand sheep, and 
three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, 
and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household ; 
so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 

4 And his sons went and 'feasted in their houses, every 

307 



Job in his mourning blesseth God. 

one k his day ; and sent and called for their three sisters 

1 to eat and to drink with them. 

/ 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were 

gone about, that Job sent and m sanctified them, and rose 

" up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings ac 

cording ° to the number of them all : for Job said, p It may 

be that my sons have q sinned, and cursed God in their 

* hearts. Thus did Job 9 continually. 

/6 1 Now there was a day when ' the sons of God came 

to "present themselves before the Lord, and "Satan came 

also among them. 

7 And the Lord said unto Satan, y Whence comest thou? 
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From z going to 
and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it 
c 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered 
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, 
a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and 
escheweth evil ? 

t 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job 
fear God for nought 1 

10 Hast not thou made a a hedge about him, and about 
his b house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou 
hast blessed the c work of his hands, and his substance is 
increased in the land. 

11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he 
hath, and he will d curse thee to thy face. 

* 12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he 
hath is e in thy power ; f only upon himself put not forth 
thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the 
Lord. 

/ 13 ^[ And there was a day when his sons and his 
daughters were s eating and drinking wine in their eldest 
brother's house : 

14 And there came h a messenger unto Job, and said, 
The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside 
them : 

15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them 
away ; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of 
the sword ; and * I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

/ 16 u While he was yet speaking, there came also another, 
and said, ' The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and 
hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed 
them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 
/ 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, 
and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell 
upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and 
slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only 
am escaped alone to tell thee. 

/ 18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, 
and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and 
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : 

19 And behold, there came m a great wind from the 
wilderness, and " smote the four corners of the house, and 
it fell upon the young men, and they are dead ; and I only 
am escaped alone to tell thee. 

c 20 ° Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved 
his head, and °fell down upon the ground, and p worshipped, 
&* 21 And said, q Naked came I out of my mother's womb, 
and naked shall I return thither : The Lord r gave, and 
the Lord hath 8 taken away ; ' blessed be the name of 
the Lord. 

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. 
CHAPTER II. 
Satan appearing again before God, obtaineth further leave to tempt Job, 

1 _: He smiteth him with sore biles, 7. Job reproveth his wife, moving 

him to curse God, 9. His three friends condole with him in silence, 11. 

•'A GAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to 
JA. a present themselves before the Lord, and Satan 
came also among them to present himself before the 
Lord. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
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kGn.40.20. 
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mEx. 19.10. 
n Ro. 12. 11. 

Lev. 1. 10. 
p 2 Co. 11.2. 
q Jor. 9. 1. 
r Mt. 15. 19. 
a Gal. 6. 9. 
t Job 38. 7. 
u 1 Kgs. 22. 
19. 

x Rev. 20. 7. 
y Hob. 4. 13. 
zl Pet. 5. 8. 
aPsa. 34.7. 
Isa. 5. 2. 
b Ps. 127. 1. 
c Ps. 128. 1. 
Pr. 10. 22. 
d Isa. 8. 21. 
Mai. 3. 14. 
p Mt. 8. 31. 
John 19.11. 
f Isa. 27.8. 

1 Co. 10.13. 
gEcd.9.12. 
Luke 21.34. 
hPr. 17. U. 
i Pr. 12. 10. 
1c Pr. 8. 26. 
James 1. 2. 
1 Hh. 12. 29. 
mEph.2.1. 
a Heb. 
t a ticked, 
Dt. 28. 59. 
Eccl. 9. 1,2. 
Luke 13.1,2. 
Acts 28. 3. 
John 9. 3. 
n,2Sa.I&33. 
o 1 Pet. 5. 6. 
pRo. 12. 12. 
q Eccl. 5. 15. 
r Jam. 1. 17. 
sMt.20. 15. 
t Isa. 24. 15. 
a Isa. 6. 2. 
Mt. 18. 10. 



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b Lulto 10. 
18. 

cllb.11.35. 
d Matt. 4.3. 

John 9. 2. 
fEst. 7. 3,4. 
_ Psa. 6. 2. 
hMt.8.31. 

i Isa. 40. 6. 
k ch. 19. 20. 

1 Psa. 142. 4. 
m Ja. 5. 11. 
nMt.11.21. 

Gen. 3. 6. 
p ch. 21". 15. 
Mai. 3. 14. 
qMt. 18.15. 
rMt. 16.23. 
sch. 1.11. 

t Hb. 12. 11. 
u Psa. 39. 1. 
x Pr 17. 17. 
y verse 8. 
Jer. 49. 7. 
z Gn. 36. 11. 
a Gen. 25. 2. 
bJos.15.41. 
e Ro. 12. 15. 
d Lam. 4. 7. 
e Psa. 77. 4. 
fExod.6. 9. 
Isa. 22. 4. 
a Ps. 106.33. 
bJcr.20.14. 
c Jer. 20. 14. 
d Ex. 10.23. 
e Ro. 14. 6. 
f Acts 27.20. 
Psa. 23. 4. 
h Psa. 97. 3. 
i Judo 
verse 13. 
k Acts 27. 
20. 

1 Ps. 74. 16. 
mch.15.34. 
n Isa. 13. 21. 
o Jer. 9. 17. 
p 2 Kgs. 7.5. 
q Jgs. 5. 28. 
r Isa. 48. 8. 
s ch. 33. 17. 
t ch. 10. 18. 
u Ecel. 7. 7. 



He curseth the day of his birth. 

t 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest 
thou ? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From 
going to and fro in the earth, and from b walking up and 
down in it. v * 

e 3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered 
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a 
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and es- 
cheweth evil ? and still he c holdeth fast his integrity, al- 
though d thou movedst me against him, to destroy him 
e without cause. 

4 And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for 
skin, yea, f all that a man hath will he give for his life. 

5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his e bone and 
his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 

6 And the Lord said unto^atan, Behold, he is in thy 
hand ; but h save his life. 

/7 ^f So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, 
and smote Job with * sore biles from the k sole of his foot 
unto his crown. 

8 And he took him ' a potsherd to scrape himself with- 
al ; and he m sat down among n the ashes. 
c 9 % Then said ° his wife unto him, Dost thou p still retain 
thine integrity ? curse God, and die. 
c * 10 But he said q unto her, Thou speakest as one of 
the r foolish women speaketh. What ! shall we receive 
3 good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive l evil ? 
In all this did not Job sin with his u lips. 
/ll *ff Now when Job's x three friends heard of all this 
evil that was come upon him, they came every one from 
his own y place ; Eliphaz the 2 Temanite, and Bildad the 
a Shuhite, and Zophar the b Naamathite : for they had 
made an appointment together to come to mourn with 
him, and to c comfort him. 

12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and 
d knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept ; and 
they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon 
their heads toward heaven. 

o 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven 
days and seven nights, and e none spake a word unto him : 
for they saw that f his grief was very great. 

CHAPTER III. 

*Job rurseth the day and services of his birth, 1. The ease of death, IS. 
He coniplaineth of life, because of his anguish, 20. 

/A FTER this a opened Job his mouth, and b cursed his 

J$L day. 

« 2 And Job spake, and said, 

3 Let c the day perish wherein I was born, and the 
night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 

4 Let that day be d darkness ; let not God e regard it 
from above, neither let f the light shine upon it. 

5 Let darkness and the s shadow of death stain it ; let 
a h cloud dwell upon it ; let the i blackness of the day 
terrify it. 

6 Iks for that night, let ,c darkness seize upon it ; let it 
not be ' joined unto the days of the year ; let it not come 
into the number of the months. 

7 Lo, let that night be m solitary ; let no n joyful voice 
come therein. 

8 Let them ° curse it that curse the day, who are ready 
to raise up their mourning. 

9 Let the p stars of the twilight thereof be dark ; let it 
look for light, but have q none ; neither let it see the dawn- 
ing of the day. 

10 Because it shut not up the doors of r my mother's 
womb, nor hid 9 sorrow from mine eyes. 

1 1 Why died, I not from ' the womb ? why did I not 
give up the ghost when I came out of the belly ? 

12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts 
that I should suck ? 

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Eliphaz reproveth Job for ivant of religion. 

13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I 
should have slept : then had I been at rest 

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built 
desolate places for themselves ; 

15 Or with princes that had * gold, who y filled their 
houses with silver : 

16 Or as a z hidden untimely birth I had a not been ; 
as infants which b never saw light. 

1 17 There the wicked c cease from troubling ; and there 
the d weary be at rest. 

18 There the prisoners rest together ; they hear not 
the voice of the e oppressor. 

1 9 The f small and great are there ; and the g servant 
is free from his master. 

20 Wherefore is h light given to him that is in misery, 
and life unto the ' bitter in soul ; 

21 Which k long for death, but it cometh not ; and ' dig 
for it more than for hid treasures ; 

22 Which m rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when 
they can find the grave 1 

23 Why is light given to a man whose way is n hid, and 
whom God hath ° hedged in ? 

24 For my sighing cometh p before I eat, and my roar- 
ings are poured out like the waters. 

a 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon 
me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 

26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was 
I quiet ; yet trouble came. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Eliphaz reproveth Job for want of religion, 1 : He teacheth God's judg- 
ments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked, 7 : His fearful 
vision to humble the excellencies of creatures before God, 12. 

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite a answered and said, 
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou b be 
grieved 1 but who can c withhold himself from speaking 1 

3 Behold, thou hast J instructed many, and thou hast 
e strengthened the weak hands. 

4 Thy words have upholden him that was f falling, and 
thou hast strengthened the e feeble knees. 

5 But now it is h come upon thee, and thou faintest ; 
it ' toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 

6 Is not this thy k fear, thy ' confidence, thy hope, and 
the tt uprightness of thy ways 1 

I Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being 
innocent 1 or where were the righteous cut off 1 

* 8 Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity, and 
sow wickedness, reap the same. 

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of 
his nostrils are they consumed. 

10 The roaring of the n lion, and the voice of the fierce 
lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 

I I The old lion perisheth ° for lack of prey, and the 
stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. 

12 Now a thing was p secretly brought to me, and mine 
ear received q a little thereof. 

6 13 In thoughts from the r visions of the night, when 
deep sleep falleth on men, 

14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all 
my " bones to shake. 

5 15 Then a spirit passed before my face ; the ' hair of 
my flesh stood up : 

16 It stood still, but I could "not discern the form 
thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was "si- 
lence, and I heard y a voice, saying, 

17 Shall z mortal man be a more just than God 1 shall a 
man be b more pure than his Maker 1 

sl8 Behold, he put no trust in his d servants; and his 
angels he 'charged with folly : 

19 How much less in them that f dwell in houses of 



JOB. 

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y Pr. 10.22 
z Rev. 6. 13. 
a John 7. 8. 
b Psa. 58. 8. 
c Is a. 57.20. 
d ch. 14. I. 
e Ex. 5. 6. 
fPs. 49. 23. 
g Col. 3. 24. 
hPs.56.13. 
i Pr. 31. 6. 
k Rev. 9. 6. 
1 Phil. 1.21. 
ru Mt. 13.44. 
nlsa.40. 17. 

Lam. 3.7. 
p ch. 7. 19. 
a ch. 3.1,2. 
b2Tim.4.3. 
c Rv. 19. 17. 
dGn.18. 19. 
e Hb. 12. 12, 
f Gal. 6. I. 
gHb. 12.12. 
h ch. 3. 20. 
i ch. 1. 11. 
kchap. 1. 1, 

1 Pr. 3. 26. 
m2Kg.20.3. 
n 2 Tim. 4. 

7. 
oPs. 34.10. 
p Ps. 62. 11. 
q 1 Cor. 13. 
12. 

r Gen. 15.1. 
sHab.3. 16. 
t Psa. 119. 
120. 

uRo.11.33. 
x Rev. 8. 15. 
yllab.2.20, 
zch. 14. 1. 
a Luke 18. 
14. 

b Pr. 10. 31. 
c ch. 15. 15, 
d Psa. 103. 
20, 21. 
e 2 Pet. 2. 4, 
fGen.2. 7. 



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g Luke 22. 
20. 

a Psrf. 49. 7. 
b Hch. 12. 1. 
c Gen. 30.1. 
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f Psa. 119. 
155. 

g Psa. 109. 
12. 13. 
h Psa. 14.2. 
i Amos 3. 6. 
k 1 Cor. 10. 
13. 

1 Dt. 32. 4. 
John 5. 19. 
inch. 28. 28. 
n 1 Sa. 2. 7. 
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p Pbb.33.9. 
q Psa. 76. 0. 
r Psa. 9. 15. 
s lea. 19. 13, 
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t Taa. 72. 4. 
u 1 Sa. 2. 9. 
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x Ps. 94. 12. 
y Dt. 32. 39. 
IJosea G. 1. 
/. Ps. 34. 19. 
alCo.I0.13. 
b Ph. 3 1. 10. 

Bab. 3. 17. 
o Pia. 91. I. 

d Jam. I. 2. 
o Psa. 8. 7. 
fEccl. 8. 5. 
g P». 128. 2. 
h lim. 65. 20. 
i P«. 111.2. 
k Tr. 9. 12. 
ach.4.2,7. 
bchnp.5.2, 



The happy end of God's correction. 

clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are g crushed 
before the moth ? 

20 They are destroyed from morning to evening ; they 
perish for ever without any regarding it. 

21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? 
they die, even without wisdom. 

CHAPTER V. 
The harm of inconsideration, 1. The end of the wicked is misery 3. 
God is to be regarded in affliction, 6. The happy end of God's cor' 
rection, 17. 

" ALL now, if there be any that will a answer thee ; ana 
to which of the saints wilt thou b turn 1 

2 For ° wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth 
the silly one. 

3 I have seen the d foolish taking root : but e suddenly 
I cursed his habitation. 

4 His children are f far from safety, and they are 
crushed in the gate, rreither is. there any s to deliver them. 

5 Whose harvest the h hungry eateth up, and taketh it 
even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up then- 
substance. 

« 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the ; dust, nei- 
ther doth trouble spring out of the ground ; 

7 Yet man is k born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 
d 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit 
my cause : 

9 Which ' doeth great tilings and unsearchable ; mar- 
vellous things without number : 

* 10 Who giveth m rain upon the earth, and sendeth wa- 
ters upon the fields : 

11 To" set up on high those that be low ; that those 
which mourn may be ° exalted to safety. 

12 He disappointeth the F devices of the crafty, so that 
their hands q cannot perform their enterprise. 

w 13 He taketh the wise in their r own craftiness : and 
the counsel of the fro ward is carried headlong. 

14 They meet with s darkness in the day-time, and 
grope in the noon-day as in the night. 

15 But he 'saveth the poor from the sword, from their 
mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 

16 So the poor hath hope, and "iniquity stoppeth her 
mouth. 

d 17 Behold, "happy is the man whom God correcteth : 
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 

* 18 For he maketh sore, and y bindeth up: he woundeth, 
and his hands make whole. 

6 19 He shall deliver thee in z six troubles : yea, in a seven 
there shall no evil touch thee. 

20 In b famine he shall redeem thee from death : and 
in war from the power of the sword. 
e 21 c Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue : 
neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt d laugh: neither 
shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the 
field : aiid the c beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 

b 24 And thou shalt 'know that thy tabernacle shall be in 

peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 

25 Thou shalt know also that e thy seed shall be great, 

and thine offspring as the grass of \he earth. 

6 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full ' age, like as 

a shock of corn cometh in his .season. 

27 Lo this, we have ' searched it, so it is ; hear it, and 
know thou it for k thy good. 

CHAPTER VI. 
Job shewcth that his complaints are not causeless, 1 : He wishcih for 
death, wherein he is assured of comfort, 8: He reproveth his friends 
ofunkindness, 14. 

afjUT Job answered and said, 

J3 2 O that my a grief were thoroughly b weighed, and 

mv calamity laid in the balances together ! 

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Job reproveth his friends of uhkindness. 

3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the 
sea : therefore my words are c swallowed up. 
e 4 For the d arrows of the Almighty are within me, the 
poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : the terrors of God 
do e set themselves in array against me. 

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath f grass ? or low- 
eth the ox over his fodder ? 

6 Can that which is g unsavoury be eaten without salt ? 
or is there any taste in the white of an egg 1 

7 The things that my soul h refused to touch are as my 
* sorrowful meat. 

« 8 O that I might have my request; and that God would 
grant me the thing that k I long for ! 

9 Even that it would please God to ' destroy me ; that 
he would let loose his hand, and cut me off ! 

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, 1 would harden 
myself in sorrow : let him not spare ; for I have not m con 
cealed the words of the Holy One. 

1 1 What is my strength, that I should n hope ? And 
what is mine end, that I should prolong my life ? 

12 Is my strength ° the strength of stones'? or is my 
flesh of brass 1 

13 Is not p my help in me ? and is wisdom driven quite 
from me 1 

d 14 To him that is afflicted q pity should be shewed 
from his friend ; but he forsaketh the fear of the Al 
mighty. 

£ 15 My brethren have r dealt deceitfully as a brook, and 
as the stream of brooks they pass away ; 

16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein 
the snow is hid : 

17 What time they wax warm, they vanish : when it is 
hot, they are consumed out of their place. 

18 The paths of their way are turned aside ; they go 
to nothing, and perish. 

g 19 The troops of s Tema looked, the companies of Sheba 
waited for them. 

20 They were * confounded because they had hoped ; 
they came thither, and were ashamed. 

21 For now ye are nothing ; ye see my casting down, 
and are u afraid. 

22 Did \ say, * Bring unto me 1 or, Give a reward for 
me of your substance ? 

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemies' hand? or, Re- 
deem me from the hand of the y mighty ? 

24 z Teach me, and I will a hold my tongue : and cause 
me to understand wherein I have erred. 

k 25 How forcible are b right words ! but what doth your 
arguing reprove ? 

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches 
of one that is desperate, which are as c wind ? 

27 Yea, ye d overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit 
for your friend. 

28 Now therefore be content, look upon me ; for it is 
e evident unto you if I lie. 

29 f Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity ; yea, re- 
turn again, my righteousness is in it. 

30 Is there iniquity in g my tongue ? cannot my taste 
h discern perverse things ? 

CHAPTER VII. 
Job excuseth his desire of death, 1 -. He complaineth of his own restless- 
ness, and of God's watchfulness, 12. 

tWS there not a an appointed time to man upon earth ? 
M - are not his days also like the days of b a hireling ? 

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a 
hireling looketh for c the reward of his work : 

3 So am I made to possess d months of vanity, and 
wearisome nights are appointed to me. 

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



c Exod. 6. 9. 
Psa. 77. 4. 
d Dt. 32. 23. 
e La. 3. 5, 7. 
f Ps 104.14. 
Jer. 14. 6. 
g HI.. 12. 11 
h Lam. 4. 5. 
Dan. 10. 3. 
i Ps. 102. 9. 
k Pr. 25. 25. 
11 Kg. 19.4. 
m Acts 20. 
20. 

Rom. 1. 18. 
n ch. 5. 10. 
Rom. 4. 18. 
o Psa. 103. 
14, 15. 
p Is a. 6. 13. 
2 Cor. 1.12. 
q Pr. 17. 17. 
2 Co. 11.29. 
rPs.38. 11. 
& 88. 18. 
s Gn. 25. 14. 
t Jer. 14. 3. 
uPs.38. 11. 
xlSa.12.3 
yPs.37.35. 
z Psa. 32. 9. 
a Jam. 1.19. 
b Eccl. 12. 
10. 

c Hos. 12. 1 
Eph. 4. 14. 
d Psa. 57. 6. 
Jer. 18. 20. 
e Isa. 63. 8. 
fch. 17. 10. 
g J a. 3. 13. 
h Heli. 5. 12. 
a ch. 14. 14. 
b Isa. 38. 5. 
cl Co. 15.58. 
d Psa. 39.5. 
chap. 29. 2. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



cDt. 28.05. 
f Psa. 88. 4. 
g Isa. 14. 11. 
h ch. 17. 4. 
i Psa. 90. 6. 
k Isa. 38. 12. 
IPs. 103. 15. 
m Eccl. 1. 
4,5. 

n Psa. 6. 5. 
o2Sa. 12.23. 
p Eccl. 12. 5. 
qPs.39.1,9. 
r ch. 6. 12. 
s Lam. 3. 7. 
t Psa. 41.3. 
uDt.28.34. 
aHb. bones, 
Pr. 14. 30. 
x Ps. 39. 13. 
y Psa. 8. 4. 
z Ps. 88. 16. 
aPs.39. 10. 
bPs.32.3,4. 
b Heb. take 
away, or, 
lift vp, 
Isaiah 53. 
4,9. 

John 1. 29. 
a 1 Pet. 4. 3. 
b ch. 7. 20. 
c Dt. 32. 4. 
d ch. 1. 18. 
e Psa. 51. 4. 
fch. 22. 23. 
g Isa. 1. 15. 
1 Tim. 9. 8. 
James 4. 8. 
hHg. 1.6,7. 
Zech. 4. 10. 
Mt. 13. 12. 
iDeut.4.31. 
Rom. 15. 4. 
kPr.30.1,2. 
1 Co. 13.12. 
lHeb. 11. 4. 
mTit. 1.16. 
nch.11.10. 



Bildad sheweth God's justice. 

e night be gone ? and I am full of f tossings to and fro unto 
the dawning of the day. 

5 My flesh is clothed with s worms and clods of dust ; 
my skin is broken, and become h loathsome. 

* 6 My days are ! swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are 
spent without k hope. 

7 O remember that my life is l wind : mine eye shall 
no more see good. 

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me m no 
more : n thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 

* 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he 
that goeth down to the grave shall ° come up no more. 

10 He shall return no more to r his house, neither shall 
his place know him any more. 

1 1 Therefore I will not q refrain my mouth ; I will speak 
in the anguish of my spirit ; I will complain in the bitter- 
ness of my soul. 

1 2 r Jim I a sea, or a whale, that thou ■ settest a watch 
over me 1 

13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch 
shall ease my complaint ; 

14 Then thou u scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest 
me through visions : 

15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death 
rather than my ° life. 

16 1 loathe it; I would not live always : x let me alone ; 
for my days are vanity. 

17 What is y man, that thou shouldest magnify him 1 
and that thou shouldest set thy heart upon him ? 

18 And that thou shouldest visit him z every morning, 
and try him every moment ? 

19 a How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me 
alone till I swallow down my spittle ? 

d 20 I have b sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O thou 
Preserver of men ? why hast thou set me as a mark 
against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 
t 21 And why dost thou not "pardon my transgression, and 
take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; 
and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Bildad sheweth God's justice in dealing with men according to (heir 
ivorks, 1 : He allegeth antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the 
hypocrite, S : He applieth God's just dealing to Job, 20. 

THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 
2 a How long wilt thou speak b these things ? and 
how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong 
wind? 

* 3 Doth God c pervert judgment ; or doth the Almighty 
pervert justice ? 

4 If thy d children have sinned e against him, and he 
have cast them away for their transgression ; 
' 5 If thou wouldest f seek unto God betimes, and make 
thy supplication to the Almighty ; 

6 If thou wert g pure and upright, surely now he would 
awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteous- 
ness prosperous. 

7 Though thy h beginning was small, yet thy latter end 
should greatly increase. 

8 For £ inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and 
prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : 

t 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and k know nothing, 
because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 

10 Shall not they 'teach thee, and tell thee, and utter 
words out of their heart? 

1 1 Can the rush grow up without mire ? can the flag 
grow without water ? 

12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, 
it withereth before any other herb. 

w 13 So are the paths of all that m forget God ; and the 
n hypocrRe's hope shall perish : 

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JVb contending with God. 

i 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall 
k°a spider's web. 

15 He shall p lean upon his house, but it shall not stand : 
he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 

16 He is q green before the sun, and his branch shooteth 
forth in his garden. 

17 r His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth 
the place of stones. 

18 If he 3 destroy him from his place, then it shall deny 
him, saying, I have not seen thee. 

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and ' out of the 
earth shall others grow. 

20 Behold, God will u not cast away a perfect man, 
neither will he help the evil doers : 

21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips 
with r rejoicing. 

22 They that hate thee shall be y clothed with shame ; 
and the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Job acknowledging God's justice, sheweth there is no contending with 
him, 1. Man's innocency is not to be condemned by afflictions, 22. 

THEN Job a answered and said, 
t 2 I know it is so of a truth : but how should man 
be just b with God 1 

3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him 
c one of a thousand. 

' 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : who hath 
a hardened himself against him, and hath prospered ? 
s 5 Which e removeth the mountains, and they know not : 
which overturneth them in his anger ; 

6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the 
f pillars thereof tremble ; 

7 Which g commandeth the sun, and it riseth not ; and 
sealeth up the stars ; 

8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and h tread- 
eth upon the waves of the sea ; 

9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and 
the ' chambers of the south ; 

10 Which doeth great things k past finding out ; yea, 
and wonders without number. 

11 Lo, he goeth ' by me, and I see Am not: he passeth 
on also, but I perceive him not. 

t 12 Behold, he taketh away, m who can hinder him 1 who 
will say unto him, What doest thou 1 

13 If God will not withdraw Ins anger, the n proud help- 
ers do stoop under him. 

14 How much less shall I ° answer him, and choose 
out my words to reason with him 1 

15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I p not 
answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 

16 If I q had called, and he had answered me; yet 
would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 

17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth 
my wounds r without cause. 

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, butfilleth 
me with ' bitterness. 

19 If / speak of strength, lo, he is ' strong : and if of 
judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 

'20 If I "justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn 

if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 

Though I were perfect, yet would I ■ not know my 

I would despise my life. 

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth 
the y perfect and the wicked. 

23 If the scourge z slay suddenly, he will laugh at the 
trial of the innocent. 

24 The earth "is given into the hand of the wicked : he 
covereth the faces of the judges thereof ; if not, where, 
#nd who is he 1 



me : 
21 

soul: 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 

ch. 15. 34. 
Isa. 59. 5. 
Mt. 7.24,27. 
p Psa. 52.7. 
q cb. 24. 8. 
r Mt. 13. 20. 
s ch. 20. 22. 
t Ps. 113. 7. 
u ]sa. 3. 10. 
x Isa. 65. 13. 
y Psa. 69.7. 
a ch. 4. 17. 
bPs. 143.2. 
c Ro. 3. 19. 

1 John 3. 20. 
d 2 Chron. 
36. 13. 
Mai. 3. 13. 
e Nah. 1. 3. 
fPsa. 24. 1. 
g Psa. 33. 9. 
hPs.83.3,4. 
i Ps. 147. 4. 
kRo. 11.39. 
1 Ps. 139. 2. 
Rev. 1. 14. 
mch.34.29. 
Rum. 9. 20. 
n Isa. 30. 7. 
&. 31. 2. 

ch. 42. 5. 
Pr. 27. 19. 

1 Pet. 3. 15. 
p Ro. 3. 19. 
1 Cor. 4. 4. 
q Ph. 3. 8,9. 
r Gen. 22. 1. 
chap. 2. 3. 
Mt. 20. 15. 
s La. 3. 18. 
Heb. 12. 1 1. 
t 1 Co. 1.25. 
u Pr. 27. 2. 
xGn.19.19. 
Phil. 3. 8, 9. 
y Eccl. 9. 
1,2. 

Isa. 57. 1. 
Ezek. 21. 3. 
z Psa. 37. 1. 
aDan.7.27. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



b John 7. 7. 
c 1 Co. 7. 31. 
d La. 3. 19. 
e Psa. 119. 
120. 

fl Pet. 2. 20. 
g Psa. 26. 6. 
h verse 20. 
i Nu. 23. 19. 
k 1 John 2. 
1. 

1 Psa. 90. 11. 
m ch. 33. 6. 
nver.21,34. 
a 1 Kg. 19. 4. 
b Psa. 32. 3, 
4,5. 

c Pr. 17. 15. 
Rom. 8. 34. 
d Ps. 138. 8. 
Epb. 2. 10. 
elSa.16.7. 
Rov. 1. 14. 
f Acts 15. 
18. 

2 Pet. 3. 8. 
g Jer. 50. 2. 
h Pa. 26. 1,2. 
& 139. 1,2. 
i John 10. 
29. 

k Ro. 9. 21. 
2 Cor. 5. 1. 
1 Acts 17. 
28. 

in 2 Co. 5. 4. 
n Mt. 6. 25. 
o Ps.22. 10. 
p Ps. 139. 1. 
q bs. 3. 10. 
r El. 3. 7. 
h Ixu. 27. 8. 
tch. 42. 10. 
u Ru. 1.21. 
x Ph. 71). 4. 
y oh. 3. 11. 
z ch. 7. R. 
a IV 39. 13. 1 
IbaCor.S.I.i 



Job expostulated with God. 

t 25 Now ray days are swifter than a post : they flee 
away, they b see no good. 

» 26 They are passed away as the swift ships : as the 
c eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

27 If I say, I will forget my d complaint, I will leave off 
my heaviness, and comfort myself : 

28 I am e afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou 
wilt not hold me innocent. 

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I f in vain ? 

30 If I g wash myself with snow-water, and make my 
hands never so clean ; 

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the h ditch, and mine 
own clothes shall abhor me. 

32 For he is not a £ man, as I am, that I should answer 
him, and we should come together in judgment. 

33 Neither is there any k daysman betwixt us, that might 
lay his hand upon us both. 

34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his 
1 fear terrify me : 

35 m Then would I speak, and not fear him ; but " it is 
not so with me. 

CHAPTER X. 
Job, talcing liberty of complaint, expostulated with God about his afflic- 
tions, 1: He complaineth of life, and craveth a little ease before death, 18. 

"M/B"Y soul is a weary of my life ; I will leave my com- 
IyJl plaint upon myself; I will speak in the b bitterness 
of my soul. 

^2 I will say unto God, Do not c condemn me ; shew me 
where ''ore thou contendest with me. 

3 h it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that 
thou shouldest despise the a work of thy hands, and shine 
upon the counsel of the wicked 1 

4 Hast thou e eyes of flesh 1 or seest thou as man seeth 1 

5 f Jlre thy days as the days of man ? are thy years as 
man's days, 

6 That thou g inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest 
after my sin 1 

7 h Thou knowest that I am not wicked ; and there is 
none that can { deliver out of thy hand. 

t 8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together 
round about ; yet thou dost destroy me. 

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me 
k as the clay ; and wilt thou bring me into dust again 1 

10 Hast thou not ' poured me out as milk, and curdled 
me like cheese? 

1 1 Thou hast m clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast 
fenced me with bones and sinews. 

12 Thou hast granted me n life and favour, and thy visi- 
tation hath preserved my spirit. 

1 3 And these things hast thou ° hid in thine heart : I 
know that this is with thee. 

14 If I sin, then thou p markest me, and thou wilt not 
acquit me from mine iniquity. 

15 If I be wicked, q wo unto me ; and if I be righteous, 
yet will I not lift up my head. / am full of confusion ; 
therefore r see thou mine affliction; 

* 1 6 For it 9 increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion : 
and again thou shewest thyself ' marvellous upon me. 

17 Thou renewest thy u witnesses against me, and m- 
crcascst thine indignation upon me ; * changes and war 
are against me. 

18 Wherefore then hast thou ' brought me forth out oi 
the womb 1 Oh that I had given up the ghost, and * no 
eye had seen me ! 

19 I should have been as though I had not been; ! 
should have been carried from the uomb to the grave. 

20 Are not my ■ days few 1 cease then, and let me 
alone, that I may take comfort a little, - 

21 Before I go whence I shall 1 ' not return, even to the 
land of darkness, and the shadow of death ; 

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God's wisdom is unsearchable. 

22 A land of c darkness, as darkness itself; and of the 
shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is 
as darkness. 

CHAPTER XL 
Zophar reproveth Job for justifying; himself, 1. God's loisdom is un- 
searchable, 5. 77ie assured blessing of repentance, 13. 

THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 
2 Should not the a multitude of words be answered ? 
and should a man full of talk be justified 1 

3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when 
thou b mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 

4 For c thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am 
clean in thine eyes. 

5 But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against 
thee ; 

t 6 And that he would shew thee the d secrets of wisdom 
that they are double to that wliich is ! Know therefore that 
God exacteth of thee e less than thine iniquity deserveth 

t 7 Canst thou by searching find out God 1 canst thou 
find out the Almighty unto f perfection 1 

e 8 It is s as high as heaven ; what canst thou do 1 
deeper than hell ; what canst thou know 1 

9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and 
broader than the sea. 

10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then 
who can h hinder him 1 

11 For he knoweth ' vain men : he seeth wickedness 
also ; will he not then consider it ? 

12 For vain man would k be wise, though man be born 
like a wild ass's colt. 

13 If thou ' prepare thy heart, and stretch out thy hands 
toward him ; 

14 If iniquity be in m thy hand, put it far away, and let 
not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 

15 For then shalt thou n lift up thy face without spot ; 
yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear : 

16 Because thou shalt ° forget thy misery, and remem- 
ber it as waters that pass away ; 

17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noon-day : 
thou shalt p shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 

18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope ; 
yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take q thy 
rest in safety. 

19 Also thou shalt r lie down, and none shall make thee 
afraid ; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 

w 20 But the s eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall 
not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the 
ghost. 

CHAPTER XII. 

Job maintaineth himself against his friends that reprove him, 1 : He 

acknowledged the general doctrine of God's omnipotency, 7. 

f A ND Job answered and said, 

J\_ 2 No doubt but ye are a the people, and wisdom 

shall die b with you. 

■ 3 But I have understanding as well as you ; I am not 

"inferiorto you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 

4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who d calleth 

upon God, and he answereth him : the just upright man is 

laughed to scorn. 

£ 5 He that is ready € to slip with his feet is as a lamp 
despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 

6 The tabernacles of robbers f prosper, and they that 
provoke God are secure ; into whose hand God bringeth 
abundantly. 

E 7 But e ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee 
and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee : 

<u 8 Pi spea1 ^ to the eartn > and it shall teach thee ; and 
the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 

9 Who knoweth not in all these that the h hand of the 
Lord hath wrought this ? 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 
(TEx. 10.23. 
Amos 4. 13. 
Mt. 6. 23. 
a Acts 17. 
18. 

Jam. 1. 19. 
b ch. 10. 13. 
c ch. 6. 10. 
& 9. 2, 3, 
22. & 10. 7. 
d Dan. 2. 28. 
Eph. 3. 10. 
e Lam. 3. 
92,29. 
flCor.2.9. 
Ep.3.18,19. 
g Eph. 3. 
18. & 4. 10. 
h ch. 9. 4. 
Rom. 9. 19. 
i Ps. 32. 9. 
k Ro. 1. 29. 
1 2 Chron. 
12. 14. 
mlTm.2.8. 
n 1 John 3. 
21. 

olsa.65. 16. 
pFhii.2. 15. 
n Lev. 26. 5. 
Psalm 4. 8. 
r Pr. 3. 24. 
s Lv. 26.16. 
Dt.28. 17. 
Est. 5. 13. 
a cb. 11. 12. 
Pr.28. 11. 
1 Cor. 4. 8. 
b John 7.49. 
c 2 Co. 11. 5. 
d 1 Sa. 1. 7. 
Psa. 14. 6. 
eJer.20. 10. 
f Jer. 12. 1. 
Hab. 1. 3, 4. 

;Pr.6. 6,7. 

er. 8. 7. 
Rom. 1. 20. 
h Col. 1. 17 
Heb. 1. 9. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



i Dan. 5. 23. 
k ch. 34. 3. 
1 ch. 32. 7. 
m Jam. 1. 5. 
n Mai. 1. 4. 

Acts 14. 
17. 

p Psa. 29. 1. 
qCol. 2. 15. 
r Dan. 2. 21. 
sRv.19.18. 
t2Sa. 15.37. 
uActsl2.22. 
x Eccl. 7. 
24. 

1 Cor. 2. 10. 
y Gen. 5. 6. 
& 11. 12. 
z Ro. 1. 21. 
a Gn. 19.11. 

2 Kgs. 6. 18. 
a2Co. 11.5, 
b Gen. 20. 5, 
c Zcch. 11. 
17. 

Gal. 6. 1. 
1 Tim. 1.7. 
d Pr. 17. 28. 
e Jam. 1.19, 
fch. 8. 3. 
Rom. 3. 9. 
g*Johnl6.2 
hlSa.15.ll. 
Gal. 6. 7. 
i ch. 42. 7. 
k ch. 9. 34. 
1 Pr. 10. 7. 
m Pr.28. 1. 
n 1 Pt. 4. 19. 
o Ro. 8. 38. 
pMt. 25.5k. 

; q Isa. 55. 3. 



Job reproveth his friends of partiality, 

1 10 In whose £ hand is the soul of every living thing, and 
the breath of all mankind. 

11 Doth not the k ear try words 1 and the mouth taste 
his meat 1 

12 With the ' ancient is wisdom ; and in length of days 
understanding. 

13 With him is m wisdom and strength, he hath counsel 
and understanding. 

14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be n built 
again : he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 

15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up : 
also he ° sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 
£16 With him is p strength and wisdom : the deceived 
and the deceiver are his. 

17 He leadeth counsellors q away spoiled, and maketh 
the judges fools. 

18 He r looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their 
loins with a girdle. 

19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and 3 overthroweth 
the mighty. 

20 He removeth away ' the speech of the trusty, and 
taketh away the understanding of the aged. 

e 21 He poureth u contempt upon princes, and weakeneth 
the strength of the mighty. 

22 He discovereth x deep things out of darkness, and 
bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 

* 23 He y increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them : 
he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. 

24 He taketh away 2 the heart of the chief of the peo- 
ple of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilder- 
ness where there is no way. 

25 They a grope in the dark without light, and he 
maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Job reproveth his friends of partiality, 1 : He professeth his confidence 
in God, 14, and cntreateth to know his oivn sins, and God's purpose in 
afflicting him, 20. 

LO, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard 
and understood it. 
2 What ye know, the same a do I know also : I am not 
inferior unto you. 

* 3 Surely I would b speak to the Almighty, and I desire 
to reason with God. 

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of 
no value. 

5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace ; and it 
should be d your wisdom. 

6 e Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the plead- 
ings of my lips. 

7 Will ye speak wickedly f for God? and talk deceitfully 
for him 1 

8 Will ye s accept his person % will ye contend for God 1 

9 Is it good that he should search you out 1 or as one 
man h mocketh another, do ye so mock him ? 

10 He will surely ' reprove you, if ye do secretly accept 
persons. 

d 1 1 Shall not his excellency make you afraid 1 and his 
k dread fall upon you 'I 

1 2 Your remembrances are like unto ' ashes, your bodies 
to bodies of clay. 

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, 
and m let come on me what will. 

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put 
my life n in my hand 1 . 

d 15 Though he slay me, ° yet will I trust in him : but I 
will maintain mine own ways before him. 

16 He also shall be my salvation : for a hypocrite shall 
p not come before him. 

17 q Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with 

your ears. 

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not 



thy 



me 



The condition of marts life. 

18 Behold, now, I have ordered my cause 
that I shall be justified. 

19 Who is he 3 that will plead with me ? for now. if I 
- hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 

20 Only do not u two things unto me : then will I 
hide myself from thee. 

21 Withdraw x thy hand far from me : and let not 
dread make me afraid. 

22 Then y call thou, and I will answer : z or let 
speak, and answer thou me. 

23 a How many are mine iniquities and sins ? make 
me to know my transgression and my sin. 

24 Wherefore b hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for 
thine enemy ? 

* 25 Wilt thou c break a leaf driven to and fro ? and wilt 
thou pursue the dry stubble ? 

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest 
me to possess the iniquities of d my youth. 

27 Thou puttest e my feet also in the stocks, and lookest 
narrowly unto all my paths ; thou settest a print upon the 
heels of my feet. 

28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment 

that is f moth-eaten. 

CHAPTER. XIV. 
Job entreateth God for favour, by the shortness of life, and certainty of 
death, 1. Though life once lost be irrecoverable, yet he ivaitethfor Ms 
change, 7. By sin ike creature is subject to corruption, 16. 

MAN that is born of a woman is of a few days, and full 
of trouble. 
i 2 He cometh forth like a flower, b and is cut down: he 
fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 

3 And dost thou c open thine eyes upon such a one, and 
bringest me into judgment with thee ? 

* 4 Whocanbring a cle&nthing outof d an unclean 1 ? notone. 
t 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his 

months are with thee, thou hast appointed his e bounds 
that he. cannot pass ; 

6 Turn from him, that he { may rest, till he shall ac- 
complish, as a hireling, his day. 

s 7 For there is g hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it 
will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will 
not cease. 

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the 
stock thereof h die in the ground ; . 

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring 
forth boughs like a plant. 

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, man giveth 
up the ghost, and i where is he ? 

1 1 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decay- 
eth and dryeth up : 

12 So man k lieth down, and riseth not : till the heavens 
be ' no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of 
their sleep. 

d 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou 
wouldest keep me m secret, until thy wrath be past, that 
thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me ! 

d *14 If a man die, shall he "live again? all the days of 
my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 

15 Thou shalt ° call, and I will answer thee : thou wilt 
have a desire to the work of thy hands. 

16 For now thou p numberest my steps : dost thou not 
watch over my sin ? 

17 My transgression is q sealed up in a bag, and thou 
sewest up mine iniquity. 

» 18 And surely the mountain falling r cometh to nought, 
and the rock is removed out of his place. 
E \9 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away 
the things which grow out of the dust of the earth ; and 
thou destroyest the s hope of man. 
20 Thou * prevailest for ever against liim, and he pass- 
79 2 R 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



r Ko. 8. 28. 
s Ro. 8. 33. 
t ch. 32. 17 
Jer. 20. 9. 
u ch. 9. 34, 
35. &. 33. 7. 
x Ps. 32. 4. 
yPs.26.1,2, 
z Ps. 143. 2. 
aPs. 19. 12. 
b Isa. 8. 17. 
c Mt. 12. 20. 
d ch. 20. 11. 
e ch. 36. 8. 
fPsa. 102. 
26. 

a Psalm 90. 
5, 6, 7. 
b Isa. 40. 6, 
Jam. 4. 15. 
c Ps. 34. 15 
& 144. 3. 
dPs. 51.5. 
Rom. 3. 13. 
e chap. 7. 1. 
Heb. 9. 27. 
flsa. 57. 2. 
Rev. 14. 13. 
gEccl. 1.4,5. 
h Isa. 26. 19. 
1 Co. 15. 36. 
i ch. 19. 29. 
Eccl. 1. 11. 
k Dt. 31. 16. 
12Pet.3.10. 
Rev. 11. 1. 
mPsa.91. 1. 
n ch. 15. 11. 
Mt. 22. 29. 
lCor.15.31. 

John 5.28. 

1 Th. 4. 16. 
p Psa. 139. 
2,3. 

q ch. 13. 26. 
r lick 8. 13. 
s Jer. 17. 6. 
Luke 12. 19. 
t Ex. 15. 3. 
Rev. 17. 14. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 

u Eccl. 2. 19. 

x ch. 21. 32. 

aNeh.6.11. 

chap. 13. 2. 

b Matt. 12. 

36. 37. 

Co). 4. 6. 

c I Pet. 3. 7. 

d ch. 16. 5. 

e Luke 19. 

22. 

fch. 13. 5. 

gRo. 11.33. 

b oh. ia 2. 

icli. 13.2. 

klCor.8.2. 

1 2 Cor. 1. 3. 
Ileb. 12. 5. 
m 1 Kings 
22.24. 

n ch. 7. 20. 
U 9. 30. & 
13. 26. 

Pr. 20. 9. 
P ch. 4. 18. 

2 ret. 3. 10. 
q Psa. 14. 4. 
rlCo.11.23. 
sOn. 18.18. 
t Joel 3. 17. 
Am. 5. 17. 
u ch. 36. 10. 

1 Tim. 6. 
9,10. 

xLov. 26.36. 
Prov. 11.20. 
Jer. 23. 4. i 
y 2 Kg. 6. 33. 
Matt. 27. 5.1 
r. Gon.4. 12. 
Psa. 55. 7. 
& 100. 10. I 
alCo.I0.13.! 
b Mai. 3. 13.1 
c Rv. 17. 14. 
d Ph. 17. 10. 
ch. 3. 14. 
riTim.6.9.| 
g 2 Th. 2. 8.1 
Kov. 19. 15. ' 



EUphaz reproveth Job of impiety. 

eth : thou changest his countenance, and seudest him 
away. 

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; 
and they are brought low, but he "perceiveth it not of them. 

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul 
within him shall x mourn. 

CHAPTER XV. 

EUphaz reproveth Job of impiety in justifying himself, 1. He proveth 

by tradition the unquiet ness of ivicked men, 17. 

THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 
2 Should a a wise man utter vain knowledge, and 
fill his belly with the east wind ? 

3 Should he reason with b unprofitable talk? or with 
speeches wherewith he can do no good ? 
c 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and c restrainest prayer be- 
fore God. 

5 For thy d mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou 
choosest the tongue of the crafty. 

6 Thine own mouth e condemneth thee, and not I : yea, 
thine own lips testify against thee. 

7 Art thou the f first man that was born? or wast thou 
made before the hills? 

8 Hast thou heard the s secret of God ? and dost thou 
h restrain wisdom to thyself? 

9 What knowest thou that l we know not ? what un- 
derstandest thou, which is not in us? 

10 k With us are both the gray -headed and very aged 
men, much elder than thy father. 

11 Are the 'consolations of God small with thee? is 
there any secret thing m with thee ? 

12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do 
thine eyes wink at, 

13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest 
n such words go out of thy mouth ? 

* 14 What is man, that he should be "clean ? and he which 
is born of a woman, that he should be righteous ? 

t 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, p the 
heavens are not clean in his sight. 

* 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which 
drinketh iniquity like water ? 

17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have 
seen, I will declare ; 

18 Which wise men have told 'from their fathers, and 
have not hid it : 

19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and 'no 
stranger passed among them. 

^20 The wicked man "travaileth with pain all his days, 
and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 

21 X A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the 
destroyer shall come upon him. 

22 He y believeth not that he shall return out of dark- 
ness, and he is waited for of the sword. 

23 He 7 wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is 
it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 

24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid ; the} 
shall "prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 

25 For he b stretcheth out his hand against God, and 
strengthencth himself against the Almighty. 

26 He c runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the 
thick bosses of his bucklers : 

27 Because he covereth his face with his d fatness, and 
maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 

28 And he dwelleth e in desolate cities, and in houses 
which noman inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 

29 He shall not be f rich, neither shall his substance 
continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof 
upon the earth. 

30 He shall not depart out of darkness ; the flame shall 
dry up his branches, and by the e breath of his mouth 
shall he go away. 

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Job sheweth the pitifulness of his case. 

31 Let not him that is deceived b trust in vanity: for 
vanity shall be his recompense. 

i 32 It shall be * accomplished before his time, and his 
branch shall not be green. 

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and 
shall cast k off his flower as the olive. 

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, 
and fire shall consume the l tabernacles of bribery. 

35 They m conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, 
and their belly prepareth deceit. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Job reproveth his friends of unmercifulness : He sheivelh the pitifulness 
of his case, 1 : He maintaineth his innocence, 17. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 I have heard many a such things : b miserable 
comforters are ye all. 

3 Shall vain words have an end ? or what emboldeneth 
thee that thou answerest ? 

4 I also c could speak as ye do : if your soul were in my 
soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake 
my head at you 

e 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the 
moving of my lips should d assuage your grief. 

6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged : and though 
I forbear, what am I e eased? 

7 But now he hath made f me weary : thou hast made 
desolate all my company. 

8 And thou hast filled me s with wrinkles, which is a 
witness against me : and my leanness rising up in me 
beareth witness to my face. 

9 h He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me : he 
gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpen- 
eth his eyes upon me. 

10 They have s gaped upon me with their mouth ; they 
have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ; they have 
gathered themselves together against me 

1 1 k God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned 
me over into the hands of the wicked. 

£12 1 was l at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he 
hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, 
and set me up for his mark. 

13 His archers compass me round about ; he cleaveth 
my reins asunder, and doth m not spare ; he pourelh out 
my gall upon the ground. 

14 He breaketh me with n breach upon breach; he 
runneth upon me like a giant. 

15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and ° defiled 
my horn in the dust. 

16 My face is p foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is 
the shadow of death ; 

17 q Not for any injustice in my hands : also my prayer 
is pure. 

18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let r my cry 
have no place. 

19 Also now, behold, s my witness is in heaven, and my 
•record is on high. 

c 20 My friends 
tears unto God. 

21 O that one might plead for 
man ^pleadeth for his neighbour 

t 22 When a few years are come, then I shall x go the 
way whence I shall not return. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Job appealeth from men to God, 1. The unmerciful dealing of men with 
the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage, the righteous, 6: His 
hope is not in life, but in death, 11. 

^Il/HT bi-eath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the a graves 
iV JL are ready for me. 

2 Are there not mockers with me ? and doth not mine 
*ye continue in their b provocation ? 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



h Pr. 11. 4. 
Pr. 13. 19. 
k 1 Kings 
21. 21. 

1 ch. 22. 8. 
mE=tb.3.9, 
10. & 7. 9, 10. 
a chap. 12. 
23. & 15. 2. 
b ch. 13. 4. 
Phil. 1. 16. 
clCo.4.13. 
1 Tet. 3. 9. 
d 2 Cor. 1. 4. 
Gal. 6. 1. 
elMt. 11.28. 
John 16. 33. 
fPs. 38. 15. 
& 105. 18. 
Eccl. 7. 7. 
;; Pr. 17.22. 
h La. 3. 10. 
ich. 31.39. 
It John 19. 
11. 

leh. 1. 1,3. 
m Lev. 2. 2, 
n Psalm 2. 
7. & 42. 27. 

Psa. 7 5. 
p Psa. 42. 3. 
Lam. 2. 11. 

1 ch. 1. 1. 
& 31. 13. 
r Gen. 4. 10. 
s Rom. 1.9. 
t Psa. 119. 
28. 

ul John2. 1, 
2. 

x Eccl. 12.5. 
a Psa. 88. 4. 

2 Tim. 4. 6. 
b 1 Sa. 1. 7. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



scorn me : but mine eye ' poureth out 

a man with God, as a 
i 



c Ro. 8. 33. 
Heb. 7. 22. 
<l Mt. 11. 25. 
& 13. 11. 
e 1 Kings 

21. 29. 
Psa. 52. 4. 
f2Pa.16.10. 
_ Psa. 6. 7. 
& 31. 10. 
hRo.11.36. 
i Acts 13. 
46. 

k 2 Sa. 2. 1. 
11 Cor. 6. 5. 
mDt.28.67. 
n ch. 14. 14. 
o ch. 5. 16. 
Psa. 39. 7. 
2 Cor. 1. 10. 
p ch. 3. 17. 
a ch. 32. 3. 
b ch. 11. 2, 
3. & 34. 4. 
cch.17.4,10. 
Psa. 73. 22. 
d ch. 13. 14. 
2 Cor. 7. 11. 
e Prov. 13. 

&. 20. 20. 
f2Kg.l3.5. 
Rev. 18. 23. 
g chap. 5. 
12, 13. 
Esth. 3. 9. 
h Prov. 5. 

22. & 29. 6. 
i chap. 5. 5. 
k2Pet.2.12. 
1 Ps. 55. 17. 
mPsa.7.12. 
n ch. 8. 14. 

Heb. 2. 15. 
plsa.13. 19. 
q Ps. 37. 35. 

1 Pr. 10. 7. 
s Luke 12. 
20. 

tJer.22.30. 
u Ps. 37. 13. 



The calamities of the wicked. 

3 Lay down now, put me in c a surety with thee : wha 
is he that will strike hands with me ? 

4 For thou hast d hid their heart from understanding ; 
therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 

v 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes 
of his children e shall fail. 

6 f He hath made me also a by-word of the people : 
and aforetime I was as a tabret. 

7 Mine eye also is g dim by reason of sorrow, and all 
my members are as a shadow. 

8 Upright men shall be h astonished at this, and the in- 
nocent £ shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 

t 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that 
hath clean hands shall be k stronger and stronger. 

10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for 
I cannot find ' one wise man among you. 
£ 1 1 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even 
the thoughts of my heart. 

12 They m change the night into clay : the light is short 
because of darkness. 

13 If I n wait, the grave is my house : I have made my 
bed in the darkness. 

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to 
the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 

15 And where is now ° my hope ? as for my hope, who 
shall see it ? 

16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when out 
p rest together is in the dust. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
Bildad reproveth Job, 1. The calamities of the wicked, 5. 

HEN answered a Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 
2 How long will it be ere ye b make an end of words I 
mark, and afterwards we will speak. 

3 Wherefore are we counted c as beasts, and reputed 
vile in your sight ? 

4 d He teareth himself in his anger : shall the earthbe forsa- 
ken for thee? andshall the rockbe removed outof his place? 

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be e put out, and the 
spark of his fire shall not shine. 

6 The light shall be f dark in his tabernacle, and his 
candle shall be put out with him. 

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his 
e own counsel shall cast him down. 

w8 For he is cast into h a net by his own feet, and he 
walketh upon a snare. 

9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the ! robber 
shall prevail against him. 

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and k a trap 
for him in the way. 

1 1 ' Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and 
shall drive him to his feet. 

12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction 
shall be m ready at his side. 

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin : even the 
first-born of death shall devour his strength. 
■E 14 "His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, 
and it shall bring him to the ° king of terrors. 

15 It shall p dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none 
of his : brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 

16 His q roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall 
his branch be cut off. 

w 17 r His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and 
he shall have no name in the street. 

18 He shall be s driven from light into darkness, and 
chased out of the world. 

19 He shall neither have 'son nor nephew among his 
people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 

20 They that come after him shall be astonished u at his 
day, as thev that went before were affrighted; 

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The misery of Job represented. 

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and 

this is the place of him that *knoweth not God. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Job complaining of his friends' cruelty, sheweth there is misery enough 
in him to feed their cruelty, 1. He craveth pity, 21, 28. He believeth 
the resurrection, 25. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 a How long will ye b vex my soul, and break me 
in pieces with words 1 

3 These ten times have ye c reproached me : ye are 
hot ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 

4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error d re- 
maineth with myself. 

5 If indeed ye will e magnify yourselves against me, and 
plead against me my reproach : 

6 Know now that f God hath overthrown me, and hath 
compassed me with his net. 

7 Behold, I cry out of s wrong, but I am h not heard : I 
cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 

•E 8 He hath * fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and 
he hath set darkness in my paths. 

9 He hath stripped me of my k glory, and taken the 
crown from my head. 

10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: 
and my ' hope hath he removed like a tree. 

11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he 
counteth me unto him as one of m his enemies. 

12 His troops come n together, and raise up their way 
against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 

f 13 He hath put my brethren °far from me, and mine 
acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my p familiar friends 
have forgotten me. 

15 They that dwell in my house, and my q maids, count 
me for a stranger : I am an alien in their sight. 

16 I called my r servant, and he gave me no answer; 
I entreated him with my mouth. 

/ 17 My 'breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated 
for the children's sake of mine own body. 

18 Yea, 'young children despised me; I arose, and 
they spake against me. 

19 Ail my "inward friends abhorred me: and they 
whom I loved are turned against me. 

/ 20 x My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and 
I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 
■s 21 Have pity upon me, have y pity upon me, O ye my 
friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me. 

22 Why do ye persecute me z as God, and are not satis- 
fied Avith my flesh 1 

23 O that my words were now written ! O that they 
were printed in a book ! 

o 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in 
the rock for ever ! 

t 25 For a I know thai my Redeemer liveth, and that he 
shall b stand at the latter day upon the earth : 
t 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, 
yet in c my flesh shall I see God : 

« 27 Whom I shall see d for myself, and mine eyes shall 
behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed 
within me. 

28 But ye should say, Why e persecute wc him, seeing 
the root of the matter is found in me 1 

29 Be ye afraid of the sword : for wrath bringeth the 
punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is f a 
judgment. 

CHAPTER XX. 

Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the. wicked. 

THEN answered a Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, 
and for this b I make haste. 



x2Th.l.8.l 
Titus 1. 16. 
a ch. 18. 2. I 
blSa. 1.6. 
2 Pet. 2. 8. ; 
Psa. 42. 10. i 
c Isa. 50. 6. i 
d Ezek. 34. j 
4. 

Gal. 6. 1. 
ePa. 38. 16. 
2 Co. 2.6,7.! 
fPsa. 44.11. 
_ Jer. 20. 8. 
h Jam. 3. 8. 
i Ja. 3. 7, 9. 
k ch. 29. 14, 
20.&30.11. 
1 ch. 13. 15. 
& 17. 15. 
m Hb. 12. 7. ' 
n Pa. 34. 19. 

Pa. 88. 18. 
p Mic 7. 5. 
qch.31.13. 
rTit.2.9,10. 
a ch. 17. 1. 
t2Kg.2.23. 
n Psa. 41. 9. 
x Pa. 102. 5. 
y Col. 3. 12. 
Heb. 13. 2. 
z Pa. 69. 26. 
a Ro. 8. 38. 
h Dan. 12.1. 
Luke 19. 12. 
Acta 3. 20. 
cMt.22.30. 
Phil. 3. 21. 
d laa.20. 19. 

1 Co. 15 53. 
e verae 22. 
Gal. 4. 29. 
fEccl.11.9. 
a ch. 29. 9. 
b Gal. 4. 18. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



cch. 19.29. 

2 Tim. 4. 3. 

dPs. 77. 11. 

e Dan. 4. 31. 

Acts 12. 22. 

Rv. 17. 7,8. 

( Isa. 14. 13, 

14. 

g Pa. 37. 36. 

& 83. 10. 

h2Th.2.8. 

i Rev. 12. 8. 

kllah.2. 10. 

1 Ezek. 21. 

13. 

m Pr. o. 17. 

nJer.i3.23. 

o Rev. 18. 7. 

i Pr. 23. 8. 

It. 27. 3, 4. 
'I Pr 23. 32, 
r2K«.7.2. 
Jcr. 17. 0. 
a Dt. 28. 31. 
Pa. 109. 1 1. 
t Matt. 25. 
35, 36. 
Jnm. 2. 13. 
u Psa. 49. 7. 
Luke 12.20. 
x Jer. 17. 11, 
& 22. 19. 
Luke 16.24, 
y Luke 12. 
19. 

Rev. 18. 7. 
z Nu. 25. 4. 
aNu. 11.33. 
bl8a.24.18. 
cDt. 32.41. 
d III, 12.28 
n Ro. 1. 18. 
flaa.20.21. 
gRv.18.17. 
bUt.24.Sl. 
a Jam. I. 19. 
b lib. 13.22. 
'c2Kg 0.26. 



The state of the wicked. 

3 I have heard the c check of my reproach, and the 
spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 

4 Knowest thou not this d of old, since man was placed 
upon earth, 

«>5 That the triumphing of the wicked is e short, and the 
joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and 
his f head reach unto the clouds ; 

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his ? own dung: they 
which have seen him shall say, Where is he 1 

E 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall b not be found : 
yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 

9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more ; 
neither shall ' his place any more behold him. 

10 k His children shall seek to please the poor, and his 
hands shall restore their goods. 

1 1 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall 
1 lie down with him in the dust. 

12 Though wickedness be m sweet in his mouth, though 
he hide it under his tongue ; 

13 Though he spare it, and "forsake it not; but keep 
it still within his mouth : 

w 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the °gall 
of asps within him. 

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall p vomit 
them up again : God shall cast them out of his belly. 
e 16 He shall suck the poison of asps : the q viper's tongue 
shall slay him. 

17 He shall r not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks 
of honey and butter. 

18 That which he laboured for shall he s restore, and 
shall not swallow it down : according to his substance 
shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath l forsaken the 
poor ; because he hath violently taken away a house which 
he builded not ; 

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall 
u not save of that ^hich he desired. 

21 There shall none of his meat be x left; therefore 
shall no man look for his goods. 

22 In the J fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in 
straits : every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 

w 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall z cast 
the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him 
a while he is eating. 

E 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the b bow 
of steel shall strike him through. 

25 It is c drawn, and cometh out of the body ; yea, the 
glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors areupon him. 

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places : d a fire 
not blown shall consume him ; it shall gc ill with him that 
is left in his tabernacle. 

w 27 The c heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the 
f earth shall rise up against him. 

28 The increase of his house shall e depart, and his 
goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and 
the heritage h appointed unto him by God. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Job sheweth, that even in the judgment of man he hath reason to be. 

grieved, 1. Sometimes the wicked do so prosper, as then despise i.od, 7. 

Sometimes their destruction is manifest. 16. Thehapjpy and unhappy are 

alike in death, 23. The judgment of the Wicked U in another world, .",0 

UT Job answered and said, 

2 a Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your 
consolations. 

3 b Suffer me that I may speak ; and after that I have 
spoken, mock on. 

4 As for me, is my complaint c to man? and if it were 
so, why should not my spirit be troubled ? 

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Job sheweth cause for his grief. 

5 Mark me, and be d astonished, and lay your hand 
flpon your mouth. 

6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and e trembling 
taketh hold on my flesh 

7 f Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are 
e mighty in power ? 

8 Their h seed is established in their sight with them 
and their offspring before their eyes. 

/9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the { rod 
of God upon them. 

10 Their bull gendereth, and k faileth not : their cow 
calveth, and castetli not her calf. 

11 They send forth their little ones like ' a flock, and 
their children dance. 

12 They take trie timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the 
s\)und of the organ. 

13 They spend their days in wealth, and m 
go down to the gra^e. 

c 14 Therefore they say usvto God, n Depart from us ; for 
we desire not the knowledge of thy ways 

15 J What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? 
and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? 

16 Lo, p their good is not in their hand : the counsel of 
the wicked is far from me. 
w 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and 
how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God ' dis 
tributeth sorrows in his- anger. 

e 18 They are as r stubbie before the wind, and as chaff 
that the storm carrieth away. 

19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children : ' he re 
wardeth him, and he shall know it. 

io 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall 'drink 
of the wrath of the Almighty. 

21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, 
when the number of his months is u cut off in the midst ? 

* 22 Shall any K teach God knowledge ? seeing he judgeth 
those that are high. 

e 23 One dieth in his y full strength, being wholly at ease 
and quiet. 

24 His z breasts are full of milk, and his bones are 
moistened with marrow. 

25 And another dieth in the a bitterness of his soul, and 
never eateth with pleasure. 

* 26 They shall lie down b alike in the dust, and the worms 
shall cover them. 

27 Behold, c I know your thoughts, and the devices 
which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 

28 For ye say, Where is the d house of the prince ? and 
where are the dwelling-places of the wicked ? 

29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way ? and 
do ye not know their e tokens, 

t 30 That the wicked is f reserved to the day of destruc- 
tion ? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 

31 Who shall declare his way s to his face ? and who 
shall repay him what he hath done 1 

32 Yet shall he be brought to the b grave, and shall 
remain in the tomb. 

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and 
every man shall * draw after him, as their, are innumera- 
ble before him. 

34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your 
answers there remaineth ^'falsehood ? 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Aftrphaz sheweth that man's goodness projitcth not God, I : He accuselh 
Job of divers sins, 5 : He exhorteth him to repentance, with promises of 
mercy, 21. • o 

IEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 



/J. t2 Can a man be 'profitable unto God, as he that 
if wise may be profitable unto himself? 
E 3 Is it any b pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



d Psalm 
119. 120. 
eHab.3.16. 
f Jer. 12. 1. 
Hab. 1. 16. 
g Rev. 13. 4. 
& 17.2,3,4. 
lilsa. 14.20. 
i Psa. 73. 5. 
kLv. 16.11. 

1 Psa. 144. 
13, 14. 
mMt.24.38. 
Luke 12. 19. 
n Luke 19. 
14. 

o Ex. 5. 2. 
Zepli. 1. 12. 
Mai. 3. 14. 
p Gen. 49. 6. 
Psalm 1. 1. 
Prov. 1. 10. 
q Luke 12. 
46. 

rTsa.17. 13. 
Zepli.2. 1,2. 
s Rev. 18. 5. 
tRv.14. 10. 
u Ps. 55. 25. 
xlsa.40.13. 
y ch. 20. 22. 
7. Ps. 17. 10. 
a Lev. 3. 15. 
b Ecc.l. 9. 2. 
c Mt. 7. 16. 
dcl.ap. 1. 
18, 19. 
Psa. 49. 11. 
e ch. 20. 7, 
8,9. 
fch. 36. 6. 

2 Pet. 2. 9. 
g Mt. 14. 4. 
Gal. 2. 11. 
b Luke 16. 
22. 

iHcb.9.27. 
klsa.50.11. 
a ch. 35. 2. 
Psa. 16. 2. 
blSa. 15.22. 
Psa. 31. 6. 
John 4. 23. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



c Ps. 39. 11. 
cl John 9.2. 
Acts 28. 4. 
c ch. 31. 37. 
fPr. 25. 21. 
Jam. 2. 15. 
g Psa. 12. 8. 
lien. 31. 21. 
1 Co. 13.5,6. 
ilSa.28.20. 
k Psa. 32. 6. 

1 Psa. 115. 3. 
m Zech. 1. 
12: 

nPs.139.12. 
olCo.10.5. 

2 Pet. 2. 6. 
pMt.24.38. 

Psa. 4. 6. 

er. 44. 16. 
r Ps. 17. 14. 
s Ps. 58. 10. 
Rev. 19. 1. 
t Acts 17. 
35. 

2 Pet. 2. 6,7. 
u Mt. 0. 33. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
xPs. 119.11. 
Prov. 4. 21. 
y Ps. 28. 5. 
z2Chr.].15. 
a Prov. 1. 4. 
b Song 2. 3. 
c 1 John 3. 
21. 

d Isa. 58. 9. 
e Ps. 1. 3. 
f Jam. 4.6. 

Eccl.9.M, 
hlTim.2.8. 
aNeh. 5.18. 
chap. 6. 2. 
b Song 3. 1, 

c Ps. 5. 3. 
Luke 6. 45. 
d Ps. 51. 4. 



He is exhorted to repentance. 

righteous ? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways 
perfect ? 

4 Will he c reprove thee for fear of thee ? will he enter 
with thee into judgment ? 

5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities 
d infinite ? 

v 6 For thou hast taken e a pledge from thy brother for 
nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 

d 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and 
thou hast f withholden bread from the hungry. 

8 But as for the mighty man, s he had the earth ; and 
the honourable man dwelt in it. 

p 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the h arms 
of the fatherless have been broken. 

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and ' sudden 
fear troubleth thee ; 

1 1 Or darkness, that thou canst not see ; and abun- 
dance of k waters cover thee. 

1 1 2 Is not God in the height of heaven ? and behold the 
1 height of the stars, how high they are ! 

* 13 And thou sayest, m How doth God know? can he 
judge through the dark cloud ? 

14 n Thick clouds area, covering to him, that he seeth 
not ; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 

15 Hast thou ° marked the old way which wicked men 
have trodden ? 

16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation 
was p overflown with a flood : 

e 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us : and what 
can the Almighty do q for them ? 

t 18 Yet he r filled their houses with good things : but the 
counsel of the wicked is far from me. 

19 The righteous see it, and are glad : and the inno- 
cent " laugh them to scorn. 

20 Whereas our ' substance is not cut down, but the 
remnant of them the fire consumeth. 

e 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace : 
thereby u good shall come unto thee. 
d 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and 
lay up his words x in thy heart. 

d 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be y built 
up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 
b 24 Then shalt thou lay up z gold as dust, and the gold 
of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 
6 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy a defence, and thou 
shalt have plenty of silver. 

c 26 For then shalt thou have thy b delight in the Almighty, 
and shalt c lift up thy face unto God. 
b 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall 
d hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 

28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be es- 
tablished unto thee : and the e light shall shine upon thy 
ways 

i> 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There - 
is lifting up ; and he shall save the f humble person. 

30 g He shall deliver the island of the innocent : and it 
is delivered by the pureness of thy '"hands. 

CHAPTER « XXIII. 
Job longeth to appear before God, 1, in confidence of his mercy, 6.. 
God, who is invisible, observeth our ways, S. Job's mnocency, 11. 
God's decree is immutable, 13. 

HEN Job answered and said, 



i/JL 2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter : my a stroke 
is heavier than my groaning. 

d 3 Oh that I knew where I might b find him ! that I 
might come even to his seat ! 

4 I would c order my cause before him, and fill my 
mouth with arguments. 

5 I would d know the words ivhich he would answer 
me, and understand what he would say unto me. 

816 



i$« goeth often unpunished, 
e 6 Will he plead against me with his great power ? 



No 



but he would put strength in me. 

7 f There the righteous might dispute with him ; so 
should I be delivered for ever from my g judge. 

e 8 Behold, I go forward, h but he is not there; and back 
ward, but I cannot * perceive him : 

9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot 
behold him : he k hideth himself on the right hand, that I 
cannot see him : 

c 10 But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath 
1 tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 

e 1 1 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and 
m not declined. 

12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment 
of his lips ; I have esteemed the words of his mouth "more 
than my necessary food. 

1 13 But he is in one mind, and ° who can turn him ? and 
what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 

14 For he performeth the thing that is p appointed for 
me : and many such things are with him 

c 15 Therefore am I q troubled at his presence : when I 
consider, I am afraid of him. 

* 16 For God maketh my heart r soft, and the Almighty 
trouble th me : 

17 Because I was not cut off "before the darkness 
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

Wickedness goeth often unpunished, 1. There is a secret judgment for 

the wicked, 17. 

WHY, seeing a times are not hidden from the Almighty, 
do they that know him not see his days ? 
p 2 Some b remove the landmarks ; they violently take 
away flocks, and feed thereof. 

v 3 They drive away c the ass of the fatherless, they take 
the widow's ox for a pledge. 

4 They turn the needy out of the way : the d poor of 
the earth hide themselves together. 
e 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to 
their .work ; e rising betimes for a prey : the wilderness 
yieldeth food for them and for their children. 

6 They reap every one his f corn in the field : and they 
gather the vintage of the wicked. 

v 7 They cause the s naked to lodge without clothing, that 
they have no covering in the cold. 

8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and 
embrace the h rock for want of a shelter. 
v 9 They ' pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take 
a pledge of the poor. 

v 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and 
they take away the k sheaf from the hungry ; 

1 1 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their 
wine-presses, and ' suffer thirst. 

12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the 
wounded crieth out : m yet God layeth not folly to them. 
c 13 They are of those that "rebel against the light ; they 

know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 
p 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor 
and needy, and ° in the night is as a thief. 

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, 
saying, No eye p shall see me : and disguiseth his face. 

16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had 
'marked for themselves in the day-time : ' they know not 

the light. 

c 17 For the morning is to them even as the r shadow of 
death: if one know them, they arc in the terrors of the 
shadow of death. 

,» 18 He is swift as the waters ; their portion is cursed in 
the earth : 3 he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 

19 Drought and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth 
ihe ' grave those which have sinned. 

80 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



e Isa. 57. 16. 

Mai. 3. 17. 

f Hb. 9. 24. 

& 10. 22. 

g ch. 22. 5, 

6,7. 

h Acts 17. 

27. 

ilTm.6.16. 

k Ps. 44.24. 

1 Ps. 66. 10. 

m 2 Tim. 4. 

10. 

Rev. 2. 10. 

nPs.119.72. 

oRo.Vil. and brought low 

plTh.3.3. 
q Ha. 3. 16. 
r Isa.57.1G. 
s Isa. 57. 1. 
aGn.41. 10. 
Psa. 31. 15. 
b Dt. 10. 14. 
Pr. 22. 28. 
Hos. 5. 10. 
c 1 Sa. 12. 3. 
d Pr. 30. 14. / 
e Pr. 4. 16. 
f Jam. 5. 6. 
g Deut. 24. 
12, 13. 
h'Hb. 11.31. 
i Hos. 10. 14. 
1 Tim. 6. 10. 
k Dt. 25. 4. 
IJer.22. 13. 
mPs.50.21. 
Eccl. 8. 11. 
Mai. 2. 17. 
n John 3.26. 
oEph.5. 16. 
p Mt. 5. 27. 
q Jer. 8. 7. 
r Gn. 3.8,23. 
si Kg. 21. 1 
t Ps. 40. 14, 



B. Christ 
cir.1520. 



u Ps. 37. 36. 
& 104. 35. 
Prov. 10. 7. 
x 1 Sa. 5. 6. 
Obadiah 
verse 12. 
y Est. 3. 8. 
Rev. 16. 14. 
& 17. 2, 3. 
z Psa. 11.4. 
Hab. 1. 12. 
a Psa. 37.2. 
k. 39. 5. 
b Ps. 55. 23. 
Luke 12.20. 
c 2 Co. 1.24. 
aMt.18. 18. 
b Rev. 6. 16. 

Col. I. 20. 
clGen. 2. 1. 
e Jam. 1. 17. 
fRo. 3. 25. 

Ro. 8. 20. 
hP«a.22.R. 
aPr.25. 11. 
Eccles. 12. 
10, 11. 
bell. 11. 2, 3. 

Acts 20. 
20. 

STirn/3.15. 
.1 oh. 12 3, I. 
Ezok.12.10. 
e Pr. 15. 11. 
f Psa. 24. 2. 

Pr. 30. 4. 

h fed. 66. I. 

Psa. 104. 5. 

k ch. 38. 8. 

1 Bov.21.1. 
m 2 Tct. 3. 

10. 

n Jer. 0. 23. 
10.27. I. 
p John J(i. 
12. 

(]2Cor. 4.7. 
a IV. i. 18. 
b Pinlm 9. 
4. &. 37. 6. 
C Acts 17. 
25. 

(1 7.' ph. 3. 
13. 
eC.nl. •?.. 11. 

f2 Co. 1.12. 



God's infinite power. 

20 The womb shall forget him ; the worm shall feed 
sweetly on him ; he shall be "no more remembered; and 
wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 

21 He evil-entreateth the * barren that beareth not : 
and doeth not good to the widow. 

22 He y draweth also the mighty with his power : he 
riseth up, and no man is sure of life. 
t 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he 
resteth ; yet z his eyes are upon their ways. 

24 They are exalted for a a little while, but are gone 
they are taken out of the way as all 

other, and cut off as the b tops of the ears of corn. 

25 And if it be c not so now, who will make me a liar, 
and make my speech nothing worth ? 

CHAPTER XXV. 

Bildad sheweth that man cannot be justified before God. 

HEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 
2 a Dominion and b fear are with him, he maketh 
peace in his high places. 

* 3 Is there any number of his a armies? and upon whom 
doth not his e light arise ? 

t4 How then can man be f justified with God? or how 
can he be clean that is born of a woman ? 
t 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, 
the stars are not g pure in his sight. 

6 How much less man, that is a worm; and the son of 
man, which is h a worm ? 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

Job reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad, 1, acknowledged the 

power of God to be infinite and unsearchable, 5. 

UT Job answered and said, 
2 How hast thou a helped him that is without power ? 
how savest thou the arm that hath no strength ? 

3 How hast thou counselled him that hath b no wis- 
dom ? and how hast thou c plentifully declared the thing 
as it is ? 

4 d To whom hast thou uttered words ? and Avhose 
spirit came from thee ? 

5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and 
the inhabitants thereof. 

t 6 e Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no 
covering. 

s7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, 
and f hangeth the earth upon nothing. 

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; and 
the cloud is s not rent under them. 

9 He holdeth back the face of his h throne, and l spread- 
eth his cloud upon it. 

10 He hath compassed the waters with ' bounds, ' until 
the day and night come to an end. 

s 1 1 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astonished 
at his m reproof. 

12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his un- 
derstanding he smiteth through the " proud. 
t 13 By lits Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his 
hand hath formed the ° crooked serpent. 

14 Lo, these are parts of his ways ; but how p little a 
portion is heard of him 1 but the q thunder of his power 
who can understand ? 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
rotcstclh his sincerity, 1. The. hypocrite is without hope, 8. Hie 
blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses, 11. _ 

OREOVER, :i Job continued his parable, and said, 
i 2 Jls Cod livelii, who hath b taken away my judg- 
ment ; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul ; 
rf3 All the while my breath is in mc, and the c spirit of 
God is in my nostrils ; 

4 My lips' shall not speak ,! wickedness, nor my tongue 
utter deceit. 

5 Cod forbid that I should "justify you : till I die I will 
f not remove mine integrity from me. 

3 1 7 



Job 



gathered 



The knowledge of natural things. JOB. 

6 My righteousness s I hold fast, and will not let it go : 
h my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. 

7 ' Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth 
up against me as the unrighteous. 

c 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath 
gained, when God k taketh away his soul ? 

9 Will God hear his cry when ' trouble cometh upon him? 

c 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty 1 will he 
m always call upon God ? 

* 11 n I will teach you by the hand of God : that which is 
with the Almighty will I not conceal. 

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then 
are ye thus altogether ° vain 1 

w 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and 
the heritage of p oppressors, which they shall receive of 
the Almighty. 

1 4 If his children be multiplied, it is for the q sword : 
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 

15 Those that remain of him shall be r buried in death: 
and his widows shall 8 not weep. 

16 Though he ' heap up silver as the dust, and prepare 
raiment as the clay ; 

'«17 He may prepare it, but u the just shall put it on, and 
the innocent shall divide the silver. 

£ 18 He buildeth his house "as a moth, and as a booth 

that the keeper maketh. 

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall y not be 
he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest 
stealeth him away a in the night. 

21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth : 
and as a storm b hurleth him out of his place. 

22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare : he 
would fain c flee out of his hand. 

23 Men shall d clap their hands at him, and shall hiss 
him out of his place. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

There is a knowledge of natural things, 1 : But wisdom is an excellent 

gift of God, 12. 

/*C< URELY there is a vein for the silver, and a place for 
J5 gold where they a fine it. 

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and b brass is molten 
out of the stone. 

3 He setteth c an end to darkness, and searcheth out 
all d perfection : the stones of darkness, and the shadow 
of death. 

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant ; even the 
waters forgotten of the foot. : they are dried up, they are 
gone away from men. 

5 Jls for the earth, out of it cometh e bread : and under 
it is turned up as it were fire. 

6 The stones of it are the place of f sapphires : and it 
hath dust of gold. 

A 7 There is e a path which no fowl knoweth, and which 
the vulture's eye hath not seen : 

8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, not the fierce 
lion passed by it. 

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock ; he over- 
turned the mountains by the roots. 

t 10 He h cutteth out rivers among the rocks ; and his 
eye " seeth every precious thing. 

s 1 1 He bindeth the floods from overflowing ; and the 
thing thai is k hid bringeth he forth to light. 

12 But ' where shall wisdom be found 1 and where is 
the m place of understanding 1 

El3 Man knoweth not the price thereof ; neither is it 
found in the n land of the living. 

14 The ° depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith 

It is not with me. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



p Prov. 4. 

13. & 8. 11. 
q Ex. 28. 20, 
r Pr. 25. 11. 
sMt. 13.44, 
t Mt. 13.44 
iiMt.11.27 
x Pr. 15. 3. 
Heb. 4. 13. 
V Amos 4. 
13. 

z Jer. 5. 24. 
Amos 4. 7. 
a Psa. 19. 1 
Rom. 1. 20. 
bDt. 29.29. 
cPs.111.10. 
Prov. 1.7. 
a 1 Pet. 1.6. 
blleb.13.5. 
c Psa. 23. 4, 
<! Ps. 25. 14 
e Jgs. 6. 12. 
fGn. 49. 11 
g Dt. 32. 13 
hI)t.2G. 6. 
i Mt. 6. 20. 
k Ja. 1. 19. 
1 Jgs. 18. 19, 
m Pr. 29. 2, 
n Mk. 7. 37. 
John IS. 37. 
o Ps. 72. 12 
p 2 Tim. 1. 
16. 

q Tr. 31.8. 
r Ps. 132. 9, 
sNu. 10. 31 
t Mic. 4. 6. 
u Pr. 25. 9. 
x Ps. 58. 6. 
ylSa.17.35. 
z Ps. 30. G. 
a On. 25. 8, 
b for. 17. 7. 
c 2 Sa. 7. 9. 
Jlsa.40.31 



Job bemoaneth his former prosperity. 

15 It cannot be gotten for >' gold, neither shall silver be 
weighed for the price thereof. 

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the 
precious q onyx, or the sapphire. 

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the 
exchange of it shalt not be for r jewels of fine gold 

18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of s pearls : 
for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither 
shall it be valued with pure gold. 

£20 Whence then cometh wisdom 1 ? and where is the 
place of understanding 1 

21 Seeing it is ' hid from the eyes of all living, and kept 
close from the fowls of the air. 

22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame 
thereof with our ears. 

s 23 "God understandeth the way thereof, and he know- 
eth the place thereof. 

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and * seeth 
under the whole heaven ; 

25 To make the y weight for the winds ; and he weigh- 
eth the waters by measure. 

26 When he made z a decree for the rain, and a way 
for the lightning of the thunder ; 

27 Then did he see it, and "declare it ; he prepared it, 
yea, and searched it out. 

d* 28 And b unto man he said, Behold, the c fear of the 
Lord, that is wisdom ; and to depart from evil is under 
standing. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour. 

OREOVER, Job a continued his parable, and said, 
A 2 Oh that I were as in b months past, as vn the days 
when God preserved me ; 

3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by 
his light I walked through c darkness ; 
J 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the d secret 
of God was upon my tabernacle ; 

5 When the Almighty was yet e with me, when my 
children were about me ; 

-E6 When I f washed my steps with butter, and s the rock 
poured me out rivers of oil ; 

7 When I h went out to the gate through the city, when 
I prepared my seat in the street ! 

/ 8 The young men saw me, and ' hid themselves : and 
the aged arose, and stood up. 

9 The princes k refrained talking, and ' laid their hand 
on their mouth. 

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue 
cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 

/ 1 1 When the ear heard me, then it m blessed me ; and 
when the eye saw me, "it gave witness to me : 
^*12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fa- 
therless, and him that had ° none to help him. 

13 p The blessing of him that q was ready to perish came 
upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 

14 r I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my 
judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 

d\5 \ was s eyes to the blind, and 'feet was I to the lame. 

1 6 I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I 
knew not u I searched out. 

17 And I brake the "jaws of the wicked, and y plucked 
the spoil out of his teeth. 

u 18 Then Z I said, I shall die in my a nest, and I shall mul- 
tiply my days as the sand. 

e 19 My root was spread out b by the waters, and the dew 
lay all night upon my branch. 

20 My c glory was fresh in me, and my bow was 6 re- 
newed in my hand. 

. SIS 



JoV s prosperity turned into calamity. 

f 21 Unto me men gave ear, and e waited, and kept silence 
at f my counsel. 

22 g After my words they spake not again ; and my 
speech dropped upon them. 

23 And they waited for me h as for the rain ; and they 
opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 

24 If l l laughed on them, they k believed it not ; and 
the light of my countenance they cast not down. 

25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a 
king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt, 1 ; his prosperity into 
calamity, 15. 

/F&UT now they that are younger than I a have me in 
M3 derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to 
have set with the dogs of my flock. 

2 Yea, whereto might the b strength of their hands profit 
me, in whom old age was perished 1 

3 For c want and famine they were d solitary : fleeing into 
the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 

4 Who cut up e mallows by the bushes and juniper-roots 
for their f meat. 

5 They were s driven forth from among mew, (they cried 
after them as after a thief;) 

6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the 
earth, and in the rocks. 

7 Among the bushes they h brayed ; under the nettles 
they were gathered together. 

8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base 
men : they were viler than the earth. 

/ 9 And now am I their ' song, yea, I am their by- word. 

10 They abhor me, they k flee far from me, and spare 
not to ' spit in my face. 

11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and m afflicted me, 
they have also let loose the bridle before me. 

12 Upon my "right hand rise the youth ; they push away 
my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their 
destruction. 

13 They "mar my path, they p set forward my calamity, 
they have q no helper. 

£14 They r came upon me as a wide breaking in of 
waters : in the desolation they rolled themselves upon 
me. 

15 s Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul 
as the wind : and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 

16 And now my soul is l poured out upon me ; the days 
of affliction have taken hold upon me. 

17 My bones are pierced in me in u the night season : 
and my sinews * take no rest. 

18 By the great force of my disease is my y garment 
changed : it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 

19 He hath cast me into the z mire, and I am become 
like dust and ashes. 

20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me : I a stand 
up, and thou b regardest me not. 

21 Thou art become c cruel to me : with thy strong hand 
thou opposest thyself against me. 

22 Thou liftest me up to the wind ; thou causest me to 
ride upon it, and dissolvest my d substance. 

'■ 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to 
the e house appointed for all living. 

24 Howbeit he will not f stretch out his hand to the 
grave, though they cry in his destruction. 

d 25 Did not e I weep for him that was in trouble 1 was 
not my soul grieved for the poor 1 

26 When h I looked for good, then evil came unto me : 
and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 

27 My ' bowels boiled, and rested not : the days of 
affliction k prevented mc. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



e Pr. 8. 34. 
fPr. 11.14. 
g Acts 17. 
11. 

h Pa. 72. 6. 
i Pr. 29. 9. 
k Luke 24. 
41. 

a 2 Kg. 2. 23. 
b Titus 1.12. 
c Pr. 23. 21. 
d Isa. 35. 1. 
Zeph. 1.15. 
e Am. 7. 14. 
fDt. 28.48. 
gGn.21.10. 
1 Cor. 5. 13. 
h Ja. 4. 2. 
i Ps. 35. 15. 
& 69. 13. 
k Pr. 23. 5. 
1 Mt. 26. 67. 
m Ps. 39. 9. 
nZech.3.1. 
o Acts 13. 
10. 

pZech.1.15. 
q Dt. 32. 36. 
r Ps. 80. 12, 
13. 

s Jer. 17. 17. 
t lSa.1.15. 
u La. 2. 18. 
x Pr. 4. 16. 
y Ps. 39. 11. 
z Ps. 40. 2. 
& 89. 30. 
a Jer. 15. 1. 
b Mt. 15. 22. 
c Ps. 77. 8, 
10. 

(IPs. 107.27. 
eEccl.12.5. 
f Mt. 14.31. 
Ro. 12. 15. 
h Jer. 8. 15. 
i Col. 3. 12. 
k Am. 9. 10. 



; yea, let my 
woman, or if 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



1 Ps. 42. 9. 
m Ps. 77. 2. 
n Jer. 9. 2. 

Lam. 4.8. 
p Isa. 24. 7. 
a Mt. 5. 28. 
b Jer. 14. 4. 
c Hb. 13. 3. 
dEsa.25.21. 
Jude 7. 

e 2Chron. 
16.9. 

Prov. 5. 21. 
fEph. 5.15. 
g Eccl. 5. 1. 
h Pa. 26. 1. 
i Ps. 130. 3. 

2 Cor. 10. 
18. 

k Eccl. 11.9. 
Ezek. 6. 9. 

1 Lv. 1G. 10. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
m Eccl. 7. 
26. 

n Jer. 5. 10. 
o2Sa.12.ll. 
p Gn. 38.24. 
q Pr. 6. 33. 
rlSa. 25.17. 
s 2 Th. 1. 8. 
i Mal.2.10. 
n Luke 16. 
31. 

xlto.12. 13. 
y 1 Tm. 3. 5. 
z Ja. 1. 27. 
a Mt.25.36. 
b2Tim.l. 

16. 

c Taa. 58. 5. 

(1 2 Chron. 

19.6. 

ch. 22. 7. 
iT.n. 39. 9. 
g Phil. 2. 12. 
h Ph. 53. 7. 
Pr. 10. 15. 
Lul«> 19.15. 
i Est. 5. 11. 
J.i in. 5. 5. 

k Ro. 1. 23. 

1 Mt. 15. 19. 
ml Ins. 13.2. 
nlSo.I5.33. 
o Mt. 4. 10. 
P P». 35. 15. 

IjRO. 19, It 



He protesteth his integrity. 

28 I went ' mourning m without the sun : I stood up, 
and I cried in the congregation. 

29 I am n a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls, 

30 ° My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burnt 
with heat. 

31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my p organ 
into the voice of them that weep. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

Job maketh a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties. 

W MADE a covenant with a mine eyes ; why then should 

ft I b think upon a maid 1 

1 2 For what c portion of God is there from above 1 and 
what inheritance of the Almighty from on high 1 

w3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and d a strange 
punishment to the workers of iniquity ? 

4 Doth not he e see'my ways, and count all my steps'? 

5 If I have f walked with vanity, or if my s foot hath 
hasted to deceit ; 

6 Let me be h weighed in an even balance, that God 
1 may know mine integrity. 

7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and k my heart 
walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to 
my hands ; 

8 Then let me ' sow, and let another eat 
offspring be rooted out. 

p 9 If my heart have been deceived m by a 
I have "laid wait at my neighbour's door ; 

10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let "others 
bow down upon her. 

1 1 For this is a heinous crime ; yea, it is an iniquity to 
be punished by the p judges. 

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and 
would q root out all mine increase. 

p 13 If I did r despise the cause of my man-servant or of 
my maid-servant, when they contended with me ; 

14 What then shall I do when God riseth up 1 and when 
he s visiteth, what shall I answer him 1 

15 Did not lie that made me in the womb make 'him? 
and did not one fashion us in the womb 1 

p 16 If I have withheld the poor from their "desire, or 
have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ; 

17 Or have "eaten my morsel myself alone, and the 
fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 

1 8 (For from my y youth h e was brought up with me, as with 
a father, and I have guided 'her from iriy mother's womb;) 

d 19 If I have seen any a perish for want of clothing, or 
any poor without covering ; 

20 If his loins have not b blessed me, and if he were 
not warmed with the fleece of my sheep ; 
^21 If I have c lifted up my hand against the fatherless, 
when I saw my help in d the gate : 

22 e Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and 
mine arm be broken from the bone. 

23 For f destruction from God teas a e terror to me, and 
by reason of his highness I could not endure. 

c 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine 
gold, Thou art my h confidence ; 

25 If I ! rejoiced because my wealth was great, and 
because my hand had gotten much ; 
e 26 If I k beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon 
walking in brightness ; 

o 27 And 'my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my 
mouth hath m kissed my hand : 

28 This also were an iniquity n to be punished by the 
judge : for I should have "denied the God that is above. 
p 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that p hated 
me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : 

30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing 
q a curse to his soul. 

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Elihu's zeal to speak. 

31 If the men of my tabernacle said not. Oh that we 
had of r his flesh ! we cannot be satisfied. 
o 32 The s stranger did not lodge in the street : but I 
opened my doors to the traveller. 

33 If I covered my transgressions l as Adam, by hiding 
mine iniquity in my bosom : 

34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the u contempt 
of families terrify me, that I x kept silence, and went not 
out of the door 1 

t 35 Oh that one would hear me ! behold, my desire is, 
that the Almighty would y answer me, and that mine ad 
versary had written a book. 

36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind 
it as z a crown to me. 

37 I would a declare unto him the number of my steps ; 
as a prince would I b go near unto him. 

38 If my land c cry against me, or' that the furrows 
likewise thereof complain ; 

39 If I have d eaten the fruits thereof without money, or 
have caused the owners thereof to lose their life : 

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle in- 
stead of barley. The words of Job e are ended. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends, I. Because ivisdom cometh 
not from age, he excuseth the boldness of his youth. He reproveth them 
for not satisfying of Job, 9. His zeal to speak, 16. 

OO these three men a ceased to answer Job, because 
k5 he was b righteous in his own eyes. 

2 Then was c kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Ba 
rachel the d Buzite, of the kindred of Ram : against Job 
was his wrath kindled, because he justified e himself rather 
than God. 

3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, 
because they had found no answer, and yet had f con 
demned Job. 

d 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoKCU, because 
they were g elder than he. 

5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the 
mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. 

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered 
and said, I am young, and ye are very old ; wherefore I 
was h afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. 

7 I said, * Days should speak, and multitude of years 
should teach k wisdom. 

t 8 But there is ! a spirit in man : and the m inspiration 
of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 

ft 9 n Great men are not always wise ; neither do the 
aged understand judgment. 

10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me ; I also will shew 
mine opinion. 

11 Behold, I waited for your words ; I gave ear to your 
reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. 

1 2 Yea, p I attended unto you, and behold, there was none 
of you that q convinced Job, or that r answered his words : 

13 9 Lest ye should say, 'We have found out wisdom : 
u God thrusteth him down, not man. 

14 Now he hath not directed his words against me : 
neither will I answer him with your speeches. 

15 They were x amazed, they answered no more : they 
y left off speaking. 

16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood 
still, and answered no more ;) 

17/ said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew 
mine opinion. 

18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me z con- 
strained me. 

. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath a no vent ; it 
fe ready to burst like b new bottles. 

20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed : I will c open 
twj lips and answer. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



r Ps. 27. 2. 
sJgs.19.21, 
t Gen. 3. 12, 
Pr. 28. 13. 
Acts 5. 8. 
uNu.25.15. 
x Ex. 32. 27. 
y Ps. 26. 1. 
z Bit. 5. 11. 
a 1 Pet. 3.15. 
b Pr. 28. 1. 
cHab.2. 11. 
d Jam. 5 4. 
e ch. 33. 3. 
a ch. 25. 6. 
b ch. 14. 4. 
c Gal. 4. 18. 
dGn.22.21. 
e ch. 34. 5. 
fch. 9. 20. 
& 15. 6. 
Acts 24. 5. 
gch. 4. 11. 
h Jam. 1.19. 
ich. 8. 8,9. 
Hcb. 5. 12. 
klCo.2.6,7. 
11 Co. 3. 20. 
mBIt. 11.25. 
& 10. 17. 
nl Co. 1.26. 
o 1 Cor. 12. 
8, 9, 10. 
p Pr. 18. 13. 
q Acts 18. 
28. 

rl Tim. 1.7. 
slCor.1.29. 
t Jer. 9. 23. 
uch. 1.21. 
x Am. 5. 13. 
ylCo.1.19. 
z 2 Co. 5. 14. 
a Acts 4. 
20. 

b Bit. 9. 17. 
cEph.6. 19. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



d Lv. 19. 15. 
e Acts 12. 
22. 

flit. 22. 16. 
g Acts 12. 
23. 

a Acts 10. 
33. 

b Ps. 37. 31. 
c 1 Thess. 
1.3,4.- 
d ch. 32. 8. 
e 2 Co. 5. 20. 
fch. 13.21. 
g Dt. 13. 14. 
h ch. 9. 30. 
i ch. 19. 7. 
k ch. 14. 17. 
1 ch. 13. 14. 
mch.13.27. 
h. 31. 4. 

Jam. 3. 2. 
p Ps. 115. 3. 
q Tsa. 45. 9. 
r lit. 20. 15. 
s Ps. 62. 11. 
t Mi. 6. 6. 
u Nil. 12. 6. 
x Luke 24. 
45. 

y Ps. 49. 12. 

7. Acts 9. 3, 

5. 

a 2 Co. 12. 7. 

blCo.11.32. 

c Isa. 27. 9. 

dPs.107.18. 

e Ps. 102. 5. 

f Ps. 22. 17. 

g 2 Sam. 24. 

16. 

h 2 Co. 5. 20. 

i Bit. 13. 52. 

k Acts 2. 

38. 

1 Ps. 103. 4. 
m 2 Chron. 
33. 12. 

n Psa. 4. 6. 
o2Sa. 12.13. 
p Ro. 6. 21. 
q Isa. 38. 17. 
a Heb. 
twice and 
thrice, 
Mi. 7. 18,19. 
r Ps. 56. 13. 



God calleth men to repentance. 

d 21 Let me not, I pray you, d accept any man's person, 
neither let me give e flattering titles unto man. 

22 For f I know not to give flattering titles ; in so doing 
my Maker would soon e take me away. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

Elihu offereth himself instead of God, with sincerity and meekness, to reason 
with Job, 1 : He excuseth God from giving man an account of his ways 
by his greatness, 8. God calleth man to repentance by visions, 14, by 
afflictions, 19, and byhis ministry, 23 : He inciteth Job to attention, 31. 

W THEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, 
and hearken a to all my words. 

2 Behold, now I have b opened my mouth, my tongue 
hath spoken in my mouth. 

3 My words shall be of the c uprightness of my heart : 
and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. 

t 4 The d Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of 
the Almighty hath given me life. 

5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order be- 
fore me, stand up. 

6 Behold, I am according to thy wish c in God's stead : 
I also am formed out of the clay. 

7 Behold, f my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither 
shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 

8 Surely thou hast spoken in my g hearing, and I have 
heard the voice of thy words, saying, 

9 I am h clean without transgression, I am k innocent ; 
neither is there iniquity in me. 

10 Behold, he k findeth occasions against me, he ' count- 
eth me for his enemy. 

11 He putteth m my feet in the stocks, he n marketh all 
my paths. 

12 Behold, ° in this thou art not just : I will answer thee, 
that God is r greater than man. 

t 13 Why dost thou q strive against him 1 for he r giveth 
not account of any of his matters. 

/ 14 For God s speaketh once, yea twice, yet man * per- 
ceiveth it not. 

15 In u a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep 
sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; 

16 Then he "openeth the ears of men, and y sealeth 
their instruction, 

17 That he may z withdraw man from his purpose, 
and hide a pride from man. 

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life 
from b perishing by the sword. 

19 He is c chastened also with pain upon his bed, and 
the multitude of his bones with strong pain : 

20 So that his life d abhorreth bread, and his soul dain- 
ty meat. 

21 His flesh is "consumed away, that it cannot be seen: 
and his bones that were not seen, f stick out. 

22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his 
life to the e destroyers. 

23 If there be h a messenger with him, an * interpreter, 
one among a thousand, to shew unto man his k uprightness : 

24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him 
from going down to the pit : I have found a ransom. 

25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's : he shall re- 
turn l to the days of his youth : 

d 26 He shall m pray unto God, and he will be favourable 
unto him : and he shall " see his face with joy : for he will 
render unto man his righteousness. 

27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, ° I have 
sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it p pro- 
fited me not ; 

b 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the q pit, and 
his life shall see the light. 

29 Lo,all these thingswovketh God "oftentimes with man* 

30 r To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlight- 
ened with the light of the living. 

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God omnipotent cannot be unjust. 

31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, 
and I will speak. 

32 If thou hast any thing to say, ' answer me : speak, 
for I desire to justify thee. 

33 If not, ' hearken unto me : hold thy peace, and I 
shall teach thee u wisdom. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

Elihu accusetk Job for charging God with injustice, 1. God omnipotent 
cannot be unjust, 10. Man must humble himself unto God, 31. Elihu 
reproveth Job, 34. 

^■FURTHERMORE Elihu answered and said, 

J? 2 Hear my words, O a ye wise men ; and give ear 

b unto me, ye that have knowledge. 

3 For the c ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 

4 Let us choose to us judgment : let us know among 
ourselves what is d good. 

5 For Job hath e said I am righteous : and God hath 
taken away my judgment. 

6 Should f I lie against my right ? my wound is incura- 
ble g without transgression. 

7 What man is h like Job, who drinketh up scorning 
■ like water ; 

« 8 Which K goeth in company with the workers of iniqui- 
ty, and walketh with wicked men ? 

9 For he hath ' said, It profiteth a man m nothing that 
he should delight himself with God. 
t 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understand- 
ing : far be it from God, that he should do D wickedness ; 
and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 

11 Eor the work of a man shall he ° render unto him, 
and cause every man to p find according to his ways. 

* 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will 
the Almighty q pervert judgment. 

13 Who hath r given him a charge over the earth ? or 
who hath 8 disposed the whole world ? 

14 If he set his heart upon man, if he * gather unto 
himself his spirit and his breath ; 

15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn 
again unto u dust. 

16 If now thou hast * understanding, hear this : hearken 
to the voice of my words. 

17 Shall even he that hateth right y govern ? and wilt 
thou condemn him that is most just ? 

k 18 Is it jit to say to a king, Thou art z wicked ? and to 
princes, Ye are ungodly ? 

«19 How much less to him that a accepteth not the per- 
sons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? 
for they all are the work of his hands. 

20 b In a moment shall they die, and the people shall 
be troubled c at midnight, and pass away : and the mighty 
shall be taken away d without hand. 
t 21 For e his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he 
seeth all his goings. 

22 There is f no darkness, nor shadow of death, where 
the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 

23 For he will not lay upon man s more than right ; 
that he should enter into judgment with God. 

w 24 He shall h break in pieces mighty men without num- 
ber, and ' set others in their stead. 

25 Therefore he k knoweth their works, and he over- 
turneth them in the night, so that they are ' destroyed. 

20 He striketh them as wicked men in the m open sight 
of others ; 

p 27 Because they n turned back from him, and would not 
consider any of his ways : 

28 So that they cause the ° cry of the poor to come 
unto him, and p he heareth the cry of the afflicted. 

* 29 When he giveth q quietness, who then can make 
trouble ? and when he hideth his face, who then can be- 

81 2 S 



s 2 Co. 1.24. 
t Ps. 34. 11. 
u Pr. 3. 13. 
a Prov. 1. 5. 
blTm.4.12. 
cch. 12. 11. 
d Ro. 12. 1. 
e Luke 1. 6. 
fch. 19.7. 
g ch. 9. 17. 
h chap. 1. 8. 
i Proii 4. 17. 
k Ps. 50. 18. 
1 ch. 9. 22. 
m Mai. 3.14. 
n Ps. 92. 15. 

Ps. 62. 12. 
p Pr. 5. 21. 
nGn.18.25. 
Psa. 45. 6. 

1 Chron. 
29. 11. 
s Pi. 8. 31. 
t Psa. 26. 9. 
uGen.3. 19. 
Eccl. 12. 7. 
x 1 eor. 10. 
15. 

y2Sa.23.3. 
z Ex. 22. 28. 
a Ro. 2. 11. 
bRev. 18. 8. 
c Ex. 12. 29. 
d Da. 2. 45. 
e2Chr.]6.9. 
f Ps. 139. 12. 
g Ezra 9. 13. 
h Da. 2. 35. 
i Dan. 2. 21. 
k Rev. 2. 2. 

1 Rv. 19.-18. 
m Ps. 58. 10. 
n2Pt.2. 20. 
o Jam. 5. 4. 
p Psa. 12. 5. 
q2Sa. 7.1. 
Isa. 26. 3. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



rlKg. 12.28. 
s Psa. 39. 9. 
Daniel 9. 7. 
t ch. 42. 5. 
u 1 Cor. 13. 
12. 

x ch. 5. 14. 
a Or, My 
father, let 
Job be tried, 
Gon. 22. 1. 
Acts 13. 11. 
y ch. 17. 8. 
& 27. 23. 
a Ro. 2. 15. 
b.Mt.26. 65. 
c ch. 9. 20. 
dch. 22.2,3. 
e Psa. 8. 3. 
fch. 25. C. 
g Jcr. 7. 19. 
h Psa. 16. 2. 
ilCh.29.14. 
kEccl.9.18. 
1 Gon. 6. 18. 
m Luke 18. 
67. 

a. Iteb. 
makers, 
Psa. 149. 2. 
n Acts 16. 
25. 

O Pa. 91. 12. 
pPr. 1.2P. 
q I'.--a. 5. I. 
•h. 19. 26. 
s Psa. 37. 6. 
t Ezra 9. 13. 
uch.27. 12. 
alCo.10.31. 
1)2 Cor. 3.5. 
e 1)1. 32. 3. 
d2Co.2.17. 
o Pr. 25. 14. 

rPsa.ni.n. 

g 2 Pot. 2. 9. 
h Psa. 9. 4. 
i Psa. 31. 10. 



He is just in all his ways. 

hold him 1 whether it be done against a nation, or against 
a man only : 

30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be 
r ensnared. 

d 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have 3 borne 
chastisement, I will ' not offend any more : 

32 That which u I see not, teach thou me : if I have 
done iniquity, I will do * no more. 

33 Should it be according to thy mind ? he will recom- 
pense it, Avhether thou refuse, or whether thou choose ; 
and not I : therefore speak what thou knovvest. 

34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise 
man hearken unto me. 

35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words 
were without wisdom. 

36 " My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end, 
because of his answers for wicked men. 

37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he y clappeth his 
hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 
Comparison is not to be made icith God, because our, good or evil cannot 
extend unto him, 1. Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard 
for want of faith, 9. 

Ij^LIHU spake moreover, and said, 
!j 2 a Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, 
My righteousness is b more than God's ? 

3 For thou saidst, c What advantage will it be unto thee] 
and, What profit shall I have if I be cleansed from my sin 1 

4 I will d answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 

5 e Look unto the heavens, and see ; and behold the 
clouds which f are higher than thou. 

6 If thou sinnest, what dost thou g against him ? or if 
thy transgressions be multiplied, what dost thou unto him? 

t 7 If thou be righteous, what h givest thou him? or what 
1 receiveth he of thy hand ? 

8 Thy wickedness may k hurl a man as thou art : and 
thy righteousness may ' profit the son of man. 

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make 
the oppressed to ,n cry : they cry out by reason of the arm 
of the mighty. 

c 10 But none saith, Where is God my " maker, who giveth 
n songs in the night ; 

1 1 Who ° teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, 
and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven ? 

12 There they cry, but r none giveth answer, because of 
the pride of evil men. 

* 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the 
Almighty q regard it. 

d\4 Although thou sayest thou shalfnot see him, yet 
9 judgment is before him ; therefore trust thou in him. 

15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his 
anger ; yet he knoweth it ' not in great extremity : 

1 6 Therefore doth Job open his mouth u in vain ; he 
multiplieth words without knowledge. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

Elihu sheiveth how God is just in his ways, 1, how Job's sins hinder 

God's blessings, 16. God's works are lo be magnified, 24. 

ELIHU also proceeded and said, 
2 Suffer mo a little, and I will shew thee that / have 
yet to speak on a God's behalf. 

t 3 I will fetch my knowledge from " afar, and will c as- 
cribe righteousness to my Maker. 

4 For truly my words shall not be d false : he that is 
perfect in knowledge is c with thee. 

* 5 Behold, God is mighty, f and despiseth not any : he is 
mighty in strength and wisdom. 

6 He g preserveth not the life of the wicked : but giveth 
h right to the poor. 

7 He withdraweth not ' his eyes from the righteous ,* 

321 



God's works are to be magnified. 

but with kings are they on the k throne ; yea, he doth 
establish them for ever, and they are exalted. 

8 And if they be bound in ' fetters, and be holden in 
cords of affliction ; 

9 Then he sheweth them their m work, and their trans- 
gressions that they have exceeded. 

10 He u openeth also their ear to discipline, and com- 
inandeth that they return from iniquity. 

d\\ If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their 
days in "prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 

12 But if they obey not, they shall p perish by the sword, 
and they shall die 'without knowledge. 

13 But the q hypocrites in heart r heap up wrath : they 
cry not when he bindeth them. 

14 They 3 die in youth, and their life is among the 
1 unclean. 

15 He delivereth the u poor in his affliction, and openeth 
their ears in oppression. 

16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait 
into * a broad place, where there is no straitness ; and that 
which should be set on thy table should be y full of fatness 

17 But thou hast z fulfilled the judgment of the wicked; 
judgment and justice a take hold on thee. 

e 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee 
away with his stroke : then a b great ransom cannot de- 
liver thee. 

19 Will he esteem thy c riches? no, not gold, nor all 
the forces of strength. 

20 Desire not the d night, when people are cut off in 
their place. 

21 Take heed, e regard not iniquity : for this hast thou 
chosen f rather than affliction. 

22 Behold, God exalteth by his power : who s teacheth 
like him 1 

23 Who hath h enjoined him his way 1 or who can say, 
Thou hast ' wrought iniquity 1 

24 Remember that thou k magnify his work, which men 
behold. 

25 -Every man may ' see it ; man may behold it afar off. 
1 26 Behold, God is great, and m we know him not, nei- 
ther can n the number of his years be searched out. 

£ 27 For he maketh ° small the drops of water : they 
pour down rain according to the vapour thereof; 

28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man 
p abundantly. 

29 Also can any understand the q spreadings of the 
clouds, or the r noise of his tabernacle 1 

30 Behold, he s spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth 
the bottom of the sea. 

31 For by them ' judgeth he the people , he giveth 
u meat in abundance. 

32 With x clouds he covereth the light, and command 
eth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 

33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle 
also concerning the vapour. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

God is to be feared because of his great ivorks, 1. His wisdom is un 
searchable in them., 15. 

AT this also my heart a trembleth, and is moved out 
of his place. 
2 Hear attentively the b noise of his voice, and the 
sound that goeth out of his mouth. 
s 3 He c directeth it under the whole heaven, and d his 
lightning unto the ends of the earth. 

4 After it e a voice roareth ; he thundereth with the 
voice of his excellency : and he will not stay them when 
his voice is heard. 

J 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice ; f great 
Jungs doeth he, which we & cannot comprehend. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1590. 



k Rev. 3. 11. 
1 Ps. 107. 10. 
m 2 Chron. 
33. 12. 
n ch. 33. 16. 

Psa. 36. 8. 
plCo.11.30. 
qMt.23.27. 
r Rom. 2.5. 
sPsa. 55.23. 
t Dt. 23. 17. 
u Psa. 72. 4. 
x Ps. 18. 19. 
y Psa. 36. 8. 
z Jam. 2. 12. 
a Ps. 25. 21. 
b Psa. 49. 7. 
c Pr. 11. 4. 
Zciih. 1. 8. 
d Ex. 12. 29. 
e Ps. 66. 18. 
fHb. 11.35. 
g Mt. 17. 5. 
h Ps. 40. 13. 
i 1 John 1.5. 
k Rev. 15.3. 

1 Psa. 92. 6. 
ml Cor. 13. 
12. 

n Psa. 90. 2. 
o Psa. 147.8. 
p Psa. 68. 9. 
q Ps. 104. 3. 
rPs. 18. 12. 
s ch. 37. 3. 
t Acts 14. 
17. 

u Heb. 6. 8. 
xlKg.18.44. 
ach. 38.1. 
b Am. 3. 8. 
c Pr. 16. 9. 
d Isa. 25. 6. 
Rev. 18. 1. 
e Psa. 29. 2. 
f Rev. 15. 3. 
g Ps. 77. 19. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



h Gen. 1. 4. 
i Psa. 11. 6. 
k Ex. 9. 19. 
1 Ps. 111. 2. 
m Psa. 104. 
20, 21. 
n Ps. 18. 15. 

ch. 36. 30. 
pPs. 104.24. 
q Exod. 5. 
18,23. 

1 Sa. 12. 18. 
r Hos. 9. 3. 
s2Sa.21.10. 
1 Kg. 18.45. 
t Gn. 14. 13. 
u Ps. 1 11. 2. 
xPs. 119.90. 
y ch. 36. 4. 

UlSa. 3. 3. 
a Mt. 8. 27. 
b lea. 44.24. 
c Ro. 1. 20. 
dch. 13. 3. 
e Mt. 12. 37. 
flCo.13.9. 
g 1 Tim. 6. 
16. 

hMt.10.28. 
iMt. 11.25. 
ach. 9 34. 
blKg.19.11. 
c ch. 42. 3. 
d Pr. 19. 21. 
el Tim. 1.7. 
fch. 40. 7. 
g Ps. 104. 5. 
h lCh.12.32. 
i Ezra 3. 
10, 11. 
Psa. 148. 3. 
Zech. 4. 7. 
k ch. 1. 6. 
1 Psa. 104. 9. 
Pr. 8. 29. 
Jer. 5. 22. 
m verse 8. 
Psa. 33. 7. 
n Tsa. 89. 
10. & 93. 4. 
&. 124. 6. 
Zech. 10.11. 
ofs. 74. 16. 
& 14S. 5. 
1) Ex. 14. 27. 
~ 104. 35. 



God challengeth Job to answer. 

6 For h he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth ; 
likewise to the small ! rain, and to the great rain of his 
strength. 

7 He k sealeth up the hand of every man ; that all men 
1 may know his work. 

8 Then the beasts go into m dens, and remain in their places. 

9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind : and cold 
out of the north. 

£10 By the "breath of God frost is given: and the 
breadth of the waters is straitened. 

11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he 
scattereth ° his bright cloud : 

12 And it is turned round about by his p counsels : that 
they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the 
face of the world in the earth. 

13 He causeth it to come, whether for q correction, or 
for r his land, or for 5 mercy. 

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: 'stand still, and u con- 
sider the wondrous works of God. 

15 Dost thou know when God "disposed them, and 
caused the lig-ht of his cloud to shine 1 

1 16 Dost thou know the y balancings of the clouds, the 
wondrous works of him which is perfect z in knowledge 1 

17 How thy garments are warm, when he a quieteth the 
earth by the south wind ? 

18 Hast thou b with him spread out the sky, which is 
strong, and as c a molten looking-glass 1 

19 d Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we 
cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 

20 Shall it be told him that I speak 1 if a man speak, 
surely he shall be e swallowed up. 

21 And now men f see not the bright light which is rn 
the clouds : but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 

t 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north : with God is 
terrible majesty. 

1 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot g find him out : 
he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty 
of justice : he will not afflict. 

t 24 Men do therefore h fear him : he respecteth not any 
that are l wise of heart. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

God challengeth Job to answer, 1. God, by his mighty works, convinceth 

Job of ignorance, 4, and of imbecility, 31. 

THEN the Lord a answered Job out of the b whirlwind, 
and said, 

2 c Who is this that d darkeneth counsel by e words 
without knowledge ? 

3 f Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand 
of thee, and answer thou me. 

E 4 Where wast thou when s I laid the foundations of the 
earth 1 declare, if thou hast h understanding. 

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? 
or who hath stretched the line upon it 1 

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened 1 or 
who laid the corner-stone thereof : 

5 7 When the ' morning stars sang together, and all the 
k sons of God shouted for joy ? 

- 8 Or who ' shut up the sea with doors, when it brake 
forth, as if it had issued out of the womb 1 

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and 
thick darkness a swaddling band for it, 

e 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and m set bars 
and doors, 

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : 
and here shall thy " proud waves be stayed 1 

12 Hast thou "commanded the morning since thy days ; 
and caused the day-spring to know his place ; 

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that 
the wicked might be p shaken out of it ? 

322 



6r< kPs power in his creatures. 

14 It is turned as clay to the seal ; and they stand q as 
a garment. 

15 A'nd from the wicked their r light is withholden, and 
the high ' arm shall be broken. 

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or 
hast thou walked in the ' search of the depth 1 

17 Have the u gates of death been opened unto thee 1 
or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? 

18 Hast thou perceived the * breadth of the earth ? de- 
clare if thou knowest it all. 

19 Where is the way where y light dwelleth ? and as 
for darkness, where is the place thereof, 

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, 
and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house 
thereof? 

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born ? or 
because the number of thy days is great ? 

E 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow ? 
or hast thou seen the z treasures of the hail, 

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, 
against the a day of battle and war? 

24 By what way is the light b parted, which scattereth 
the east wind upon the earth ? 

25 Who hath divided c a watercourse for the overflow- 
ing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder ; 

26 To cause it to d rain on the earth, where no man is ; 
on the wilderness, wherein there is no man ; 

E 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to 
oause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth ? 

28 Hath the rain e a father ? or who hath begotten the 
drops of the dew ? 

29 Out of whose womb came the ice ? and the f hoary 
frost of heaven, who hath gendered it ? 

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the e face of 
the deep is frozen. 

£31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of !> Pleiades, 
or loose the bands of Orion ? 

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? or 
canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? 

33 Knowest thou the ' ordinances of heaven ? canst 
thou set the k dominion thereof in the earth ? 

e 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the ' clouds, that 
m abundance of waters may cover thee ? 

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and 
say unto thee, Here we are ? 

36 Who hath put wisdom in the n inward parts ? or who 
hath ° given understanding to the heart ? 

e 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom ? or who can 
stay the bottles of heaven, 

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods 
cleave fast together ? 

39 Wilt thou r hunt the prey for the lion ? or fill the 
appetite of the young lions, 

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the 
covert to lie in wait ? 

t 41 Who provideth for the raven his food ? when his 
' young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 
Of the wild goals and hinds, 1. Of the. wild ass, 5, the unicorn, 9, the 
peacock, stork, and ostrich, \Z,the horse, 19, the hawk, 26, the eagle, 27 

KNOWEST thou the time when the a wild goats of th 
rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the 
b hinds do calve ? 

2 Canst thou number the c months that they fulfil ? or 
.knowest thou the time when they bring forth ? 

3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young 
ones, they cast out d their sorrows. 

4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up 
with corn ; they go forth, and c return not unto them.. 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



q Esth. 7. 8. 
r ch. 18. 5. 
s Ps. 10. 14. 
t Ta. 77. 19. 
u Ps. 119. 3. 
xEph.3.18. 
y John 3. 8. 
z Ps. 135. 7. 
a Ex. 9. 18. 
b ch. 37. 3. 
c ch. 28. 26. 
d Psalm 
107. 35 
eJer. 14.22. 
fEx. 16.14. 
Ps. 147. 16. 
_ ch. 36. 8. 
h ch. 9. 9. 
Amos 5. 8. 
iPs. 119.91. 
kGen.l.J6. 
1 Jam. 5. 17. 
mch.36.27. 
n Psa. 51. 6. 
Eccl. 2. 26. 
1 Pet. 3. 4. 
oJa.1.5,17. 
pPs. 104.21. 
& 145. 15. 
q Ps. 147. 9. 
a Ps. 104. 18. 
b Psa. 29. 9. 
c Jer. 2. 24. 
d Psa. 29. 9. 
e Dt. 32. 15. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



I'Gn. 16. 12. 
James 3. 7. 
t> Psalm 33. 
9,10. 
Jer. 2. 24. 
h Phil. 1. 5. 

1 Pet. 2. 2. 
kNu. 23.22. 
Dt. 33. 17. 

ch. 31.38. 
mch.20. 18. 
n Dt. 15. 15. 

Ileh. 
spurn it. 

Lam. 4 3. 
4 Heb. 
made her 
for pet. 
pcfi.35. 11. 
"•rov. 7. 23. 
& 27. 8. 

1 Ex. 15. 1,3. 

• Jer. 8. 6. 
.Jgs.5. 22. 
: Psa. 19. 5. 
:Hcb. 
augheth, 
Prov. 1. 20. 
& 10. 24. 
tsa. 60. 4. 

i Gen. 3. 21. 
[ Ezek. 30. 
► # 

r'jgs. 10.19. 

:hap. 14. 5. 

:Rc>. 10.18. 

iJcr.4D. 10. 

i Ileb. 
tooth, 
Sa. 14. 4. 
Ileb. 

■lul, <rlul 
Hood. 

b ML 34.28. 
a r.h. 15. 3. 
bGn.32, 10. 

Ezra 9. 6. 
c Psa. 51. 4, 
d ch. 29. 9. 

• •(in. 38 20. 
1 Pet. 4. 2, 3, 
fch. 38. 1. 

Igcb.38.3. 



Job humbleth himself to God* 

5 Who hath sent out the f wild ass free ? or who hath 
loosed s the bands of the wild ass ? 

6 Whose house I have made the h wilderness, and the 
barren land his dwellings. 

7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regard- 
eth he the crying of the driver. 

8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he 
searcheth after every * green thing. 

9 Will the k unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide 
by thy crib ? 

£10 Canst thou 'bind the unicorn with his band in the 
furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after. thee ? 

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? 
or wilt thou m leave thy labour to him ? 

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy 
seed, and n gather it into thy barn ? 

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? 
or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? 

/ 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth 
them in the dust, 

15 And forgetteth that the foot may * crush them, or 
that the wild beast may break them. 

16 She is ° hardened against her young ones, as 
though they were not hers : her labour is in vain without 
fear ; 

17 Because God hath * deprived her of p wisdom, neither 
hath he imparted to her understanding. 

° 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorn- 
eth the horse and his rider. 

-E19 Hast thou given the horse q strength? hast thou 
clothed his neck with* r thunder ? 

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the 
glory of his nostrils is terrible. 

21 He s paweth in the valley, and l rejoiceth in his 
strength : he goeth on to meet the armed men. 

22 He 'mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither 
turneth he back from the sword. 

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the "glittering spear 
and the shield. 

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage ; 
neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 

25 He saith among the trumpets, x Ha, ha ! and he 
y smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, 
and the shouting. 

e 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her 
wings toward the south ? 

27 Doth the eagle z mount up at thy command, and 
make her a nest on high ? 

28 She dwelleth and abidelh on the rock, upon the 
•' crag of the rock, and the strong place. 

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes 
behold afar off". 

30 Her young ones also 'suck up blood : and where the 
b slain are, there is she. 

CHAPTER XL. 
Joh humhlelh himself to God, 1. God stirreth him un to shew his right- 
eousness, power, and wisdom, 6. Of the behemoth, 10. 

MOREOVER, the Lord answered Job, and said, 
t 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty in- 
struct him? he that a reproveth God, let him answer it. 

3 f Then Job answered the Lord, and said, 
e4 Behold, Mam vile; c what shall I answer thee? I 
will d lay my hand upon my mouth. 

5 Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea, 
twice ; but I will proceed e no further. 
/6 If Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the 
f whirlwind, and said, 

7 e Gird up thy loins now like a man : I will demand of 
thee, and declare thou unto me. 

S23 



Of the behemoth and leviathan. 

8 Wilt thou also h disannul my judgment 1 wilt thou 
condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous 1 
s 9 Hast thou ! an arm like God 1 or canst thou k thunder 
with a voice like him 1 

10 * Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency ; 
and array thyself with glory and beauty. 

1 1 Cast abroad the m rage of thy wrath : and behold 
every one that is n proud, and abase him. 

12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him 
°low ; and p tread down the wicked in their place. 

13 Hide them in the dust together; and q bind their 
faces in secret. 

* 1 4 Then will I also r confess unto thee that thine s own 
right hand can save thee. 

e 15 % Behold now behemoth, 'which I made with thee; 
he eateth grass as an ox. 

16 Lo now, his strength is in his u loins, and his force is 
In the navel of his belly. 

1 7 He moveth his tail like a cedar ; the sinews of his 
stones are wrapped together. 

18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass ; his bones 
are like bars of iron. 

19 He is the x chief of the ways of God : he that made 
him can make his sword to approach unto him. 

20 Surely the mountains bring him forth y food, where 
all the beasts of the field play. 

21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the 
reed, and fens. 

22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the 
2 willows of the brook compass him about. 

s 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he 
trusteth that he can draw up a Jordan into his mouth. 

24 He taketh it with his eyes : his b nose pierceth 
through snares. 

CHAPTER XLI. 
Of God's great power in the leviathan. 

f j£"1ANST thou draw out a leviathan with a hook? or his 
\j tongue with a cord which thou lettest down 1 

2 Canst thou put a b hook into his nose ? or bore his 
jaw through with a thorn 1 

3 Will he make many c supplications unto thee 1 will he 
speak soft words unto thee 1 

4 Will he make a covenant with thee 1 wilt thou take 
•him for d a servant for ever ! 

5 Wilt thou e play with hkn as with a bird 1 or wilt thou 
bind him for thy maidens 1 

6 Shall thy companions make a banquet of him 1 shall 
they part him among the merchants 1 

7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons 1 or his head 
with fish-spears 1 

i 8 Lay thy hand uponhim, '"remember the battle, do no more. 
! 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain : shall not one be 
cast down even at the sight of him 1 

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up : who then is 
able g to stand before me ? 

11 Who hath h prevented me, that I should repay him? 
whatsoever is under the whole heaven ' l is mine. 

12 1 will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his 
comely proportion. 

13 Who can discover the face of his garment 1 or who 
can come to him with his double bridle 1 

14 Who can open the doors of his face 1 "his teeth are 
terrible round about. 

15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a 
close seal. 

16 One is so near to another, that no air can come be- 
tween them. 

•i 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, 
that they cannot be sundered 



JOB. 

B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



h Rom. 3. 4. 
i Ex. 15.16. 
Dt. 33. 21. 
kPs.29.2,3. 
1 Psa. 93. 1. 
mch.21.30. 
n Dan. 4. 37. 
oMt. 11.23. 
Rev. 19. 19. 
nMal. 4. 1. 
n Esth.7.8. 
John 11. 44. 
r Ex. 15. 1. 
s Ps. 89. 43. 
tGn. 1.1,2. 
n Pr. 31. 17. 
Eph. 6. 14. 
xPs. 104.24. 
yPs. 104.14. 
z Psa. 1. 3. 
aGn.14. 10. 
b chap. 41. 
1,2. 

a Ps. 104.26. 
b Isa. 27. 1. 
& 37. 29. 
c Josh. 9. 9. 
1 Kg. 20. 32. 
ch. 39. 21. 
cIGcn. 1.28. 
& 2. 19. 
Ps.8. 4,5. 
Isa. 11. 6,7. 
Rom. 8. 21. 
c Gn. 17. 14. 
Lev. 14. 14. 
Jgs. 16. 25. 
f2 Kg. 10.4. 
Luke 14. 31. 
g ver. 1 1, 12. 
Jer. 12. 5. 
h Ro.11.35. 
i Psa. 24. 1. 
& 50. 12. 
Dan. 4. 32. 
a Heb. the 
circuits of 
Jiis teeth 
terror, 
1 Pet. 5. 8. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



k Mt. 18. 6. 
1 Psa. 107. 
23. 

Jonah 1. 5, 
6. 

b Hb. son of 
the arrow, 
Lam. 3. 13. 
m 2 Chron. 
26. 14. 
nPs. 104.24. 
Jonah 2. 4. 
c Heb. sons 
of fierce- 
ness, sa- 
vageness, 
or, the sa- 
vage, or, 
fierce kind, 
Exod. 5. 2. 
chap. 28. a 
a ch. 40. 5 
bGn.18.14. 
c Ps. 139. 1. 
d ch. 38. 2. 
el Tim. 1.7. 
fPs. 131. 1. 
g ch. 38. 3. 
h Isa. 55. 3. 
i chap. 38.1. 
k Isa. 58. 5. 
1 Is. 40. 1, 2. 
m Eccl. 12. 
10. 

n 2 Sam. 24. 
12. 

with 7. 5. 
Eph. 4. 27. 
o Nu. 23. 1. 
p Jam. 5. 15. 
qGn.20.17. 
Ezek. 14.14. 
r Pr. 22. 4. 
s ch. 19. 13. 
&. 30. 1. 
Psalm 69. 
33 
|Pr. 14. 20. 



Job submitteth himself to God. 

18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are 
like the eyelids of the morning. 

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of 
fire leap out. 

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething 
pot or caldron. 

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of 
his mouth. 

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned 
into joy before him. 

23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together : they are 
firm in themselves ; they cannot be moved. 

24 His heart is firm as a stone ; yea, as hard as a piece 
of the k nether millstone. 

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid : 
by reason of breakings they ' purify themselves. 

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold ; 
the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 

27 Heesteemethiron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 
£28 The 'arrow cannot make him flee: m sling-stones 
are turned with him into stubble. 

29 Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the 
shaking of a spear. 

30 Sharp stones are under him : he spreadeth sharp- 
pointed things upon the mire. 

31 He maketh the n deep to boil like a pot : he maketh 
the sea like a pot of ointment. 

32 He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would 
think the deep to be hoary. 

33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made with- 
out fear. 

34 He beholdeth all high things : he is a king over all 
the " children of pride. 

CHAPTER LXII. 
Job submitteth himself unto God. God preferring Job's cause, maketh 
his friends submit themselves, and accepteth him, 1 : He magnifieth and 
blesseth Job, 10. Job's age and death, 16. 

THEN Job a answered the Lord, and said, 
t 2 I know that thou canst b do every thing, and that 
no c thought can be withholden from thee. 

3 Who is he that d hideth counsel without knowledge 1 
therefore have I uttered that I e understood not ; things 
f too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak : I will g de- 
mand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 

5 I have h heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : but 
now i mine eye seeth thee : 

c 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, k and repent in dust and 
ashes. 

/7 | And it was so, that l after the Lord had spoken 
these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Te- 
manite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy 
two friends : for ye have not spoken of me the thing that 
is m right, as n my servant Job hath. 

8 Therefore take unto you now "seven bullocks and 
seven rams, and p go to my servant Job, and offer up for 
yourselves a burnt-offering ; and my servant Job shall 
q pray for you: for him will I accept : lest I deal with you 
after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing 
which is right, like my servant Job. 

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and 
Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the 
Lord commanded them : the Lord also accepted Job. 
/10 And the Lord r turned the captivity of Job, when he 
prayed for his friends : also the Lord gave Job twice as 
much as he had before. 

1 1 Then came there unto him s all his brethren, and all 
his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance 
before, and did eat bread with him in his house : and they 
bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that 

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The security of God's protection. 

the Lord had brought upon him : every man also gave 
him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold. 
6 12 So the Lord blessed ' the latter end of Job more 
than his beginning : for he had fourteen thousand sheep, 
and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, 
and a thousand she-asses. 

/ 13 He had also seven sons, and three daughters. 
. 14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima 



B. Christ 
cir. 1520. 



PSALMS. God favoureth not the wicked, 

the name of the second, Kezia ; and the name of the third, 
Keren -happuch. 

15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as 
the daughters of Job : and their father gave them inherit- 
ance among their brethren. 

/16 u After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and 
saw his sons, and his * sons' sons, even four generations. 

17 So Job died, being old and y full of days. 



t chap. 1. 2. 
Ps. 119.71. 
Mt. 19. 29. 
1 Tim. 6. 17. 
Jam. 5. 12. 



u ch. 5. 26. 
Prov. 3. 16. 
xGn. 50.23. 
Psa. 128. 6. 
_„ j yGn. 25. 8. 



fTHE BOOK OF PSAL.MS. 



PSALM I. 
Thehappiness of the godly, 1. The unhappiness of the ungodly, 4. 

& T|LESSED is the man a that walketh not in b the coun- 
M3 sel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sin 
ners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
c 2 But his c delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his 
law doth he meditate day and night. 
* 3 And he shall be like a tree d planted by the rivers of 
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his e season ; his 
leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall 
f prosper. 

» 4 The ungodly are s not so : but are like the h chaff which 
the wind driveth away. 

«» 5 Therefore the ungodly shall ' not stand in the judg- 
ment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 

6 For the Lord k knoweth the way of the righteous : 
but the way of the ungodly shall l perish. 

PSALM II. 

The kingdom of Christ, 1 : Kings are exhorted to accept it, 10. 

WHY do the heathen a rage, and the people imagine 
b a vain thing 1 
2 The c kings of the earth set themselves, and the ru- 
bers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against 
his d Anointed, saying, 

c 3 Let us break their e bands asunder, and cast away 
their cords from us. 

4 He that f sitteth in the heaven shall laugh : the Lord 
shall have them in derision. 

» 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and 
e vex them in his sore displeasure. 
r 6 Yet have I h set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 

7 I will declare the ! decree : the Lord hath said unto 
me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 

8 k Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for 
thine ' inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth 
for thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt m break them with a rod of iron ; thou 
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 

« 10 "Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, 
ye judges of the earth. 

d 1 1 "Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be p angry, and ye perish from 
the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed 
are all they that put their q trust in him. 

PSALM III. 
The security of God's protection. 

f If A Psalm of David, when he a fled from Absalom his son. 

LORD, how are they b increased that trouble me? many 
are they that rise up against me. 

2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is c no 
help for him in God. Selah. 

c 3 But thou, O Lord, art d a shield for me ; my glory, 
and the e lifter up of my head. 

d 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he f heard 
me out of his holy hill. Selah. 

c 5 s I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the Lord 
sustained me. 

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, thai 
foave h set themselves against me round about. 

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1047. 



a Psa. 28. 1. 

b Prov. 4. 

14. 

c Psa. 119. 

38,47. 

d Jer. 17. 8, 

e Eccl. 3. 

11. 

f Psa. 128.2. 

g Isa. 3. 10. 

h Ps. 15. 4. 

i Luke 21. 

28. 

Rv. 6. 16,17. 

kJohnl0.14, 

1 Pr. 11. 7. 

a Acts 4. 25. 

bis. 8. 9, 10. 

o.Ev. 17. 14, 

d John 1. 

41. 

e Luke 19. 

14. 

f Psa. 9.7. 

g Rev. 6. 15. 

h Dn. 7. 14. 

lTim.6. 15. 

i Phil. 2. 9. 

k Ps. 72. 15. 

1 Psa. 72. 8. 

m Da. 2. 44. 

n Rv. 21. 24. 

o Hb. 12.28. 

p Rev. 6. 16. 

q Is. 30. 18. 

Jer. 17. 7. 

a2Sa.15.14 

b2Sa.15.12. 

c Ps. 71. 11. 

d Gen. 15. 1. 

e Luke 21. 

28. 

f Isa. 41. 17. 

g Lev. 26. 6. 

b Psa. 27. 1. 




your 



b 7 ' Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God ; for thou hast 
smitten all mine enemies upon the k cheek bone ; thou 
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 
* 8 ' Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : m thy blessing 
is upon thy people. Selah. 

PSALM IV. 

David prayeth for audience, 1 : He reproveth and exhorteth his enemies, 

2. Man's happiness is in God's favour, 6. 

% To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. 
EAR me when I call, O God of a my righteousness : 
b thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress ; 
have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 

2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn c my glory 
into shame 1 how long will ye love vanity, and seek after 
leasing 1 Selah. 

6 3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is 
godly d for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him. 
<**4 e Stand in awe, and sin not: f commune with 
own heart upon your bed, and be s still. Selah. 
d 5 Offer the h sacrifices of righteousness, and put your 
1 trust in the Lord. 

c 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any 
k good 1 Lord, lift thou up the ' light of thy countenance 
upon us. 

7 Thou hast put m gladness in my heart, more than in 
the time that their n corn and their wine increased. 
« 8 1 will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for thou, 
Lord, only makest me dwell ° in safety. 
PSALM V. • 

David prayeth, and professeth his study in prayer, 1. God favoureth not 
the wicked, 4. David professing his faith, prayeth unto God to guide 
him, 7, to destroy his enemies, 10, and to preserve the godly, 11. 

If To the chiel Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. 

GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. 
« 2 a Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, 
and my God : for unto thee will I pray. 

d 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the b morning, O Lord ; 
in the morning will I a direct my prayer unto thee, and 
will c look up. 

1 4 For thou art not a God that hath d pleasure in wick- 
edness : neither shall evil e dwell with thee. 

5 The foolish shall f not stand in thy sight : thou hatest 
all workers of iniquity. 

w 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak e leasing : the 
Lord will abhor b the bloody and deceitful man. 

d 7 But as h for me, I will come into thy house in the 
multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship to- 
ward thy holy temple. 

b 8 ' Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, k because 
of mine enemies ; make thy way .straight before my face. 
9 For there is ' no faithfulness in their mouth ; their in- 
ward part is very wickedness ; their throat is m an open 
sepulchre ; they flatter with their tongue. 

d 10 Destroy "thou them, O God ; let them fall "by their 
own counsels ; cast them out in the multitude of their 
transgressions ; for they have rebelled against thee. 
i> 1 1 But let all those that put their trust in thee "rejoice : 
let ihcm ever shout for joy, because thou ''defendest them: 
let them also that love thv name be joyful in thee. 

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David prayeih against his enemies. 

h 2 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; 
favour wilt thou q compass him as with a shield. 

PSALM VI. 
David's complaint in his sickness, 1. By faith he triumpheth over his 

enemieSf 8. 

If To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A 

Psalm of David, 
fcrk LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten 
\J? me in thy a hot displeasure. 

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; b for I am weak : 

Lord, c heal me : for my bones are vexed. 

3 My soul is also sore vexed : but thou, O Lord, d how long 1 
b 4 Return, O Lord, e deliver my soul : Oh save me for 

thy mercies' sake ! 

5 For f in death there is no remembrance of thee : in 
the ^rrave who shall give thee thanks % 
£61 am weary with my groaning ; g all the night make 

1 my bed to swim ; I water my couch with my tears. 

7 Mine eye is h consumed because of grief; it waxeth 
old because of all mine enemies. 

e 8 ' Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity ; for the 
Lord k hath heard the voice of my weeping. 

* 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication ; the Lord 
will receive my prayer. 

10 Let all mine enemies ! be ashamed and sore vexed : 
let them m return and be ashamed suddenly. 

PSALM VII. 

David prayeih against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocency, 
1. By faith he seeth his defence, and the destruction of his enemies, 10. 

% Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, con- 
cerning the words of a Cush the Benjamite. 
LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: b save me 
from all them that persecute me, and deliver me : 

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, 
while there is c none to deliver. 

3 O Lord my God, d If I have done this ; if there be 
iniquity in my hands ; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was e at peace 
with me ; (yea, I have f delivered him that without cause 
is mine enemy :) 

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, 
let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine 
s honour in the dust. Selah. 

6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, h lift up thyself because 
of the rage of mine enemies : and awake for me to the 
judgment that thou hast 'commanded. 

7 So shall the congregation of the people k compass 
thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou 'on high. 
#8 The Lord shall judge the people: "judge me, O 
Lord, according to n my righteousness, and according to 
mine integrity that is in me. 

(9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ; 
but establish the just : for the righteous God ° trieth the 
hearts and reins. 

i> 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the p upright in 
heart. 

* 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is q angry with 
the wicked every day. 

i 1 2 If he turn not, he will r whet his sword ; he hath 
bent his bow, and made it ready. 

13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of 
death ; he ordaineth nis arrows against the persecutors. 

14 Behold, he 8 travaileth with iniquity, and hath con- 
ceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 

« 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and 'is fallen into the 
ditch which he made. 

16 His mischief shall return upon u his own head, and 
his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 
d 17 I will "praise the Lord according to his righteousness: 
and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. 



PSALMS. 

with 



1023. 



He praiseth God's judgments* 

PSALM VIII. 

God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man. 

ir To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. 

l f\ LORD our Lord, how excellent is a thy name in b all 

KJ the earth ! who hast set thy glory c above the heavens. 

r 2 Out of the d mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 
ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou 
mightest still the enemy and the e avenger. 

£ 3 When I f consider thy heavens, the work of thy fin- 
gers ; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 
4 What is g man, that thou art mindful of him 1 and the 
son of man, that thou visitest him 1 

t 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, 
and hast h crowned him with glory and honour. 

/ 6 Thou madest him to have ' dominion over the works 
of thy hands ; thou hast k put all things under his feet : 

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; 

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and what- 
soever passeth through the paths of the seas. 

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all 
the earth ! 

PSALM IX. 

David praiseth God for executing of judgment, 1 : He inciteth others to 
praise him, 11 : He prayeth that he may have cause to praise him, 13. 

If To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, 
A Psalm of David. 
WILL a praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart ; I 
will shew forth all thy b marvellous works. 
c 2 I will be glad and rejoice c in thee : I will sing praise 
to thy name, O thou d Most High. 

3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall 
and perish e at thy presence. 

4 For thou hast maintained my f right and my cause ; 
thou sattest in the throne judging right. 

5 Thou hast B rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed 
the wicked, thou hast h put out their name for ever and ever. 

6 O ! thou enemy ! destructions are come to k a perpe- 
tual end : and thou hast destroyed cities ; their memorial 
is perished with them. 

« 7 But the Lord shall ' endure for ever : he hath pre- 
pared his throne for judgment. 

* 8 And he shall judge the world m in righteousness, he 
shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 

9 The Lord also will be " a refuge for the oppressed, a 
refuge ° in times of trouble. 

c 10 And they that p know thy name will put their trust 
in thee : for thou, Lord, q hast not forsaken them that 
seek thee. 

d 1 1 Sing praises to the Lord, which r dwelleth in Zion : 

declare among the people his doings. 

12 When he maketh 'inquisition for blood, he remem- 
bereth them : he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

j 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord : u consider my trou- 
ble which I svffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest 
me up from the x gates of death : 

d 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of 
the y daughter of Zion : I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they 
made : in the net which they hid is their own foot z taken. 

16 The Lord is * known by the judgment which he 
executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own 
hands. " Higgaion. Selah. 

«17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 
"L^-'j ii nations that forget God. 

18 For the b needy shall not always be forgotten : the 
expectation of the poor shall not c perish for ever. 

19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen 
be judged in thy sight. 

d 20 Put them d in fear, O Lord : that the nations may 
know themselves to be but men. Selah. 

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y Gal. 4. 26. 

■i. Rev. 14. 8. 

aRv.11.13. 

a That is, 

Medita- 
tion, 

Isa. 33. 18. 

b Psa. 12. 5. 
IcEev. 11.7. 
'd Rev. 6. 15. 



! in all his thoughts, 
thy judgments are 
all his enemies, he 



for 



Providence and justice of God. 
psalm x. 

David complaineth to God of the outrages of the wicked, 1 : He prayeth 
for remedy, 12 : He professeth his confidence, 16. 

HY standest thou afar off, O Lord 1 why a hidest 
thou thyself in times of trouble 1 

p 2 The wicked in his b pride doth persecute the poor : 
let them be c taken in the devices that they have imagined. 

c 3 For the wicked d boasteth of his heart's desire, and 
bjesseth tne covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

c *4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance 
will not seek after God : God is not 
5 His ways are always grievous ; 
far above f out of his sight : as for 
e puffeth at them. 

c 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall h not be moved 
/ shall never be in adversity. 

p 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud : 
1 under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 

c 8 He sitteth in the v lurking-places of the villages : in 
the secret places doth he murder the innocent : his eyes 
are privily set against the poor. 

9 He lieth in wait ' secretly as a lion in his den : he 
iieth in wait to catch the poor : he doth catch the poor, 
when he draweth him into his net. 

10 He m croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor 
may fall by his strong ones. 

c 1 1 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten : he 
hideth his face ; he will n never see it. 

12 Arise, O Lord; O God, ° lift up thy hand : forget 
not the humble. 

c 13 p Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God 1 he hath 
said in his heart, thou wilt not require it. 

b 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and 

spite, to requite it with thy hand : the poor q committeth 

himself unto thee ; thou art the helper of the r fatherless. 

15 Break thou the s arm of the wicked and the evil 

man : seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 

t 16 The Lord is ' King for ever and ever : the heathen 
are perished out of his land. 

* 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble : thou 
wilt "prepare their heart, thou wilt "cause thine ear to hear 

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the 

J man of the earth may no more oppress. 

PSALM XI. 
David encourageth himself in God against his enemies, 1. The provi- 
dence and justice of God, 4. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
[N the Lord put I my a trust : how say ye to my soul, 

Flee as a bird to your b mountain 1 
c 2 For lo, the wicked c bend their bow, they make ready 
their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot 
at the upright in heart. 

* 3 If the d foundations be destroyed, what can the right- 
eous do ? 

t 4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is 
in heaven : his eyes behold, his eyelids e try the children 
of men. 

5 The Lord trieth the righteous : but the wicked and 
him that loveth violence his soul f hateth. 
«>*6 Upon the wicked he shall rain g snares, fire and brim- 
stone, and a horrible tempest : this shall be the h portion 
■of their cup. 

b 7 For the righteous Lord loveth ' l righteousness ; his 
countenance doth behold the upright. 

PSALM XII. 

David, destitute of human comfort, craveth help of God, 4 : He comforlcth 
himself with God's judgments on the wicked ,' and confidence in God's 
tried promises, 3. 

If To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 

HELP, Lord; for the a godly man ceascth; for the 
faithful fail from among the children of men. 



1018. 



a Isa. 8. 17. 
b Dt. 32. 27. 
Is. 10. 12,13. 
c Pr. 5. 22. 
d Isa. 10. 8. 
e Psa. 14. 1. 
flsa. 26. 11. 
g Pr. 29. 8. 
h lTh.5.2,3. 
Rev. 18. 7. 
i Job 20. 13. 
k Job 38. 40. 
1 Mic. 7. 2. 
mPs.17. 11. 
nPsa. 94. 7. 
Ezek. 8. 12. 
&9. 9. 
oDt. 32. 40. 
Micah 5. 9. 
p Ps. 74. 10. 
q2Tm.].12. 
1 Tet. 4. 19. 
r Hos. 14.3. 
s Ps. 37. 17. 
t Lake 1.31. 
u Rom. 8. 
26. 

x Isa. 65.24. 
Dan. 9. 20. 
y2Th.2.3. 
Rev. 13. 11. 
a Rom. 4. 
18. 

b 1 Sam. 21. 
11. &22. 1. 
c Psa. 64. 3. 
d Psa. 75. 3. 
e Psa. 7. 9. 
fLv. 26.11. 
g Isa. 8. 14. 
h Psa. 75. 8. 
i Psa. 45. 7 
& 146. 8. 
a Gen. 6. 12. 
Psalm 4. 2. 
Micali 7. 2 



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PSALMS. David describeth a citizen of Zion. 

c 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with 
b flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 

w 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the 
tongue that speaketh c proud things : 

c 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we d prevail; 
our lips are e our own : who is lord over us 1 

o 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the 
needy, f now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him 
in safety from him that puffeth at him. 

6 The word& of the Lord are s pure words : as silver 
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 

7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve 
them from this generation for ever. 

k 8 The wicked walk on every side, when h the vilest 
men are exalted. 

PSALM XIII. 

David complaineth of delay in help, 1 : He prayeth for preventing 

grace, 3 : He boasteth of divine mercy, 5. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
OW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord 1 ? for ever? 
how long wilt thou a hide thy face from me 1 
2 How long shall I take b counsel in my soul, having 
sorrow in my heart daily ? how long shall mine enemy 
be exalted over me 1 

b 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God : c lighten 
mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death ; 

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have d prevailed against him ; 
and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 

5 But I have e trusted in thy mercy ; my heart shall 
rejoice in thy salvation. 

d 6 I will sing unto the Lord, f because he hath dealt 
bountifully with me. 

PSALM XIV. 
David describeth the corruption of a natural man, 1 : He convinceth the 
wicked by the light of their conscience, 4 : He glorieth in the salvation 
of God, 7. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
HE fool hath said a in his heart, There is no God. 
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, 
there is none that doeth good. 

2 The Lord b looked down from heaven upon the chil- 
dren of men, to see if there were any that did understand, 
and ° seek God. 

t 3 They are d all gone aside, they are all together be- 
come filthy : there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 
e 4 Have all the workers of iniquity e no knowledge 1 
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not 
upon the Lord. 

h 5 There were they in f great fear : for God is in the 
generation of the righteous. 

6 Ye have g shamed the counsel of the poor, because 
the Lord is his refuge. 

r 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come h out of 
Zion ! when the Lord bringeth back the * captivity of his 
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 
PSALM XV. 

David describeth a citizen of Zion. 

1f A Psalm of David. 
J ORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall 

SLa dwell in thy a holy hill ] 

c 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteous- 
ness, and b speaketh the truth in his heart. 

v 3 He that c backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil 
to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his 
neighbour. 

d 4 In- whose eyes d a vile person is contemned ; but he 
honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth 
to his own hurt, and changeth not. 

b 5 He that pultcth not out his money to usury, nor 
Ukoaj/altaketh reward against the innocent. lie that "doeth 




bJer.9.4,5. 
Ro. 16. 18. 
c Da. 7. 25. 
d Ex. 15. 9. 
Isa. 37. 10. 
e Ex. 5. 2. 
flsa.33. 10. 
g Ps. 19. 7. 
h Rev. 17. 
12 3. 
aPs. 83. 14. 
Isa. 59. 2. 
blSa.27. 1. 
cEph.1.18. 
d Ps. 141. 8. 
o 2 Chron. 
20. 12. 
flSam. 17. 
37. 

2 Tim. 4. 
17,18. 

Matt. 12. 
34. & 15.19. 
b Ps. 33. 13. 
cJobn4.23. 
dGn.1.31. 
Horn. 3. 12. 
e Ro. 1. 20. 
& 2. 15. 
fPsa. 53. 5. 

Job 12. 14. 
h Ps. 1 10. 2. 
i Jit. 8. 18. 
a Psa. 2. G. 
Rv. 14. 1,3. 
I) Zech. 8. 
16. 

Lev. 19.16. 

1 2 Kings 
3. 14. 

!b|1i. 3. 2. 



o Titus 1.16, 

rsri i io 



those I /tings shall 



' never be moved. 

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David sheweth the pride, &c. of his enemies, 



PSALMS. 



PSALM XVI. 

David in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry, fleetk to God for 
preservation, 1 : He sheweth the hope of his calling, of the resurrec- 
tion, and life everlasting, 3. 

% Michtara of David. 
C YJRESERVE me, a O God : for in thee do I put my trust 
JL * 2 Omy soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art 
my Lord : my b goodness extendeth not to thee 
i 3 But to the c saints that are in the earth, and to the 
excellent, in whom is all d my delight. 

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after 
another god; their drink-offerings of blood will I not 
offer, nor take up their e names into my lips. 
i 5 The Lord is. the portion of mine inheritance and of 
my cup : thou maintainest my f lot. 

6 The s lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; 
yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me h counsel : 
my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 

d 8 I have set the Lord i always before me : because 
he is at my k right hand, I shall not be moved. 

r 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : 
my flesh also shall rest ' in hope. 

r 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt 
thou suffer thy m Holy One to see n corruption. 

i) 1 1 Thou wilt shew me the ° path of life : in thy pre 
sence is fulness of joy ; at thy p right hand there are plea 
sures for evermore. 

PSALM XVII. 
David, in confidence of his integrity, craveth defence of God against his 
enemies, 1. He sheiveth their pride, craft, and eagerness, and pray eth 
against them, 10. 

■Jf A Prayer of David. 
f TTEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give 

lips. 

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; let 
thine'eyes behold the things that are equal. 

d 3 Thou hast proved my heart ; thou hast visited me in 
the night ; thou hast tried me, and shalt b find nothing : 
I am c purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy 
lips I have kept me from the paths of the d destroyer. 

* 5 e Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps 
slip not. 

6 I have called upon thee, for thou f wilt hear me, O 
God : incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech 

7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that 
5 savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in 
thee from those that rise up against them, 

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide h me under the 
shadow of thy wings, 

9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my 5 deadly 
enemies, who compass me about. 

c 10 They are enclosed in their own k fat : with their 
mouth they speak proudly. 

1 1 They have now ' compassed us in our steps : they 
have set their eyes bowing down to the earth ; 

i 12 Like as m a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as 
it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 

13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down : de- 
liver my soul from the wicked, which is thy n sword : 

* 14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men 
of the world, which have their ° portion in this life, and 
whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure : they are 
full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to 
their babes. 

1 15 As for me, I will behold thy * face in righteousness : 

1 shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 



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a Acts 2.25. 

& 13. 35. 

b Job 22. 2. 

c Mt. 1. 21. 

d lsa. 62. 4. 

e Ex. 23. 13. 

fEph.3.18. 

g Acts 26. 

18. 

h Luke 24. 

25,26. 

il Co. 10.31. 

kPs. 110.5. 

1 Eph. 1. 14. 
m Acts 3. 
14. 

n Acts 13. 
35. 

o Mt. 7. 14. 
pMt.25.33. 
Acts 2. 33 
aHos.7.14. 
Matt. 15. 8. 
b Ps. 66. 18. 

2 Cor. 4. 4. 
c Dan. 1. 8. 
Acts 11. 23. 
d Rv. 17. 6. 
e Ps. 119.5. 
Jer. 10. 23. 
f Psa. 34. 7. 
& 116.2. 
glTm.4.10. 
hZcch.2.8 

Ev. 17. 6. 
k Job 15.27. 
1 1 Sa.23.26. 
&24.3. 
mPr.28. 15. 
n lsa. 10. 5. 

Job 21. 7 
Luke 16. 25. 
James 5. 5. 
p 1 Cor. 13. 
12. 
2 Co. 3. 18. 

1 John 3. 2, 



I 



ear unto my prayer, that goeth a not out of feigned 



and praiseth God for his manifold blessings? 

PSALM XVIII. 

David praiseth God for his manifold blessings. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the a servant 
of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of 
this b song in the day that the Lord delivered him from 
the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of c Saul : 
And he said, 

WILL d love thee, O Lord, my strength. 
i 2 The Lord is my e rock, and my fortress, and my 

deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; 

my buckler, and the f horn of my salvation, and my high 

tower. 

d 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is s worthy to be 

praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 

4 The h sorrows of death compassed me, and the 'floods 
of ungodly men made me afraid. 

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about : the k snares 
of death prevented me. 

s 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and ' cried 
unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and 
my cry came before him, even into his ears. 

7 Then the m earth shook and trembled ; the foundations 
also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was 
n wroth. 

8 There went up ° a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire 
out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. 

s 9 p He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and 
darkness was under his feet. 

10 And he rode upon q a cherub and did fly : yea, he 
did fly upon the wings of the wind. 

1 1 He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round 
about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 

s 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick 
clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire. 

13 The Lord also r thundered in the heavens, and the 
Highest gave his voice ; hail-stones and coals of fire. 

14 Yea, he sent out his 9 arrows, and scattered them : 
and he shot out lightnings, and ' discomfited them. 

5 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the 
foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, 
O Lord, at the u blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 

16 He sent from above, he took me, lie drew me out 
of * many waters. 

17 He delivered me from my y strong enemy, and from 
them which hated me : for they were too strong for me. 

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but 
the Lord was my z stay. 

e 1 9 He brought me forth also into a a large place : he 
delivered me, because he delighted in me. 

20 The Lord rewarded me b according to my righteous- 
ness ; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he 
recompensed me. 

d 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not. 
c wickedly departed from my God. 

22 For all his judgments d were before me, and I did 
not put away his statutes from me. 

23 I was also c upright before him, and I kept myself 
from mine iniquity. 

24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me accord- 
fellas, ing to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of 

* my hands in his eyesight. 

b 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; 
with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright ; 
«> 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thy'self pure ; and with 
the f froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; but wilt 
bring down g high looks. 

c 28 For thou wilt h light my candle : the Lord my God 
will enlighten my darkness. 

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aActs 13.36. 
b Ex. 15. 1. 
2 Sa. 23. 1. 
Rev. 19. 1, 
2 3 

clSa. 22.17. 
dPs.116. 1. 
e Dt. 32. 4. 
f Luke 1.69. 
gPs.119.64. 
Rev. 4. 11. 
hPs.116.3. 
i Rv. 12. 15. 
kPr. 13. 14. 
Eccl. 9. 12. 
1 Ex. 2. 23. 
Luke 18. 1. 
Jam. 5. 16. 
m Acts 4. 
31. 

n Psa. 2. 5. 
o>Rv. 16. 18. 
p Pa. 144. 5. 
q Gn. 3. 24. 
rlSa.2.10. 
Psa. 29. 3. 
s Dt. 32. 23. 
t Ex. 14. 24. 
Jos. 10. 10. 
Rev. 19. 15. 
u Job 4. 9. 
xRv. 17.15 
y Luke 11. 
21. 
z lsa. 48. 2. 



b Gn. 20. 5. 

lsa. 3. ]0. 

cGal 6.1. 

d Ps. 16. 8. 

Ezek. 23. 

34. 

e Ps. 119. 6. 

Acts 13. 22. 

f Lev. 26. 

18,21. 

Ps. 125.4,5. 

gPs. 101.5, 

lsa. 2. 11. & 

5.15 

h Job 18. 6. 

& 21. 17. 



The excellency of God's love. 

29 For by thee I have run through a troop ; and by my 
Sod have I leaped over a wall. 

* 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord 
is ' tried : he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 

31 For k who is God save the Lord 1 or who is a rock 
save our God 1 

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh 
my way perfect. 

£33 He maketh my feet like ' hinds' feet, and setteth me 
Upon my high places. 

34 He m teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of 
steel is broken by mine arms. 

35 Thou hast also n given me the shield of thy salva- 
tion : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and ° thy 
gentleness hath made me great. 

36 Thou hast p enlarged my steps under me, that my 
feet did not slip. 

37 I have pursued mine enemies, and q overtaken them: 
neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 

38 I have r wounded them that they were not able to 
vise : they are fallen under my feet. 

39 For thou hast s girded me with strength unto the 
battle : thou hast subdued under me those that rose up 
against me. 

40 Thou hast also given me ' the necks of mine ene- 
mies ; that I might destroy them that hate me. 

41 They cried, but there was none to save them : even 
unto the Lord, but he "answered them not. 

42 Then did I "beat them small as the dust before the 
wind : I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the 
people ; and thou hast made me y the head of the heathen: 
a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me : 
the strangers a shall submit themselves unto me. 

45 The strangers shall fade away, and be z afraid out of 
their close places. 

ft 46 The Lord a liveth ; and blessed be my Rock ; and let 
fhe God of my salvation be b exalted. 

a 47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the peo- 
ple under me. 

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies : yea, thou 
liftest me up above those that rise up against me : thou 
hast delivered me from the violent man. 

49 Therefore will I c give thanks unto thee, O Lord, 
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 

50 d Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and shew- 
eth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his e seed for 
evermore. 

PSALM XIX. 

David pray 



PSALMS. A thanksgiving for victory. 

8 The statutes of the Lord are k right, rejoicing the 
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, ' enlight- 



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i Pr. 30. 5. 
klSa. 2. 1.! 

n s a a 8 58 8 i4.:ening_the eyes. 

m Ps. 144. 1. 
n Pa. 5. 12. 
o Pr. 15. 33. 
p Job 18. 7. 
q Rev. 19. 
17, 18. 
r Ps. 110. 6. 
slsa.54.17. 
Ezck. 30.24. 
t Gen. 39. 8. 
Ex. 23. 27. 
2Chr.29.6. 
u Pr. 1. 28. 
Micali 3. 4. 
Dan. 4. 35. 
Mai. 4.1,2. 
y Psa. 72. 8. 



9 The fear of the Lord is m clean, enduring n for ever : 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous al= 
together. 

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much 
fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb, 

* 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned : and in 
keeping of them there is p great reward. 

6 12 Who can understand his q errors 1 cleanse thou me 
from secret faults. 

h 13 r Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; 
a p tieb.' He', let them not have 3 dominion over me : then shall I be up- 

Dt. 33. 29. • ■ ■ * - 

Psa. 59. 12. 
& 66. 3. 
z Rev. 6. 16. 
a Jer. 10. 6. 
b Isa. 3. 17. 
c Ro. 15. S. 
d Psalm 2. 
1,2. 

e Rom. 1. 3. 
a Ro. 1. 20. 
b Gen. 1. G. 
Psa. 104. 2. 
c Ps. 145.10. 
d Ro. 1. 18. 
e Acts 14. 
16.' 

fEccl. 1. 3. 
gEph.5.13. 
h2Tm.3.I6. 
i 2 Co. 5. 17 



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The creatures shew God's glory, 1 ; the word, his grace 
eth for grace, 12. 

^ To the chief Musician, A Psalrn of David. 

THE a heavens declare the glory of God ; and the b fir 
mament sheweth his handy work. 
t 2 Day unto day c uttereth speech, and night unto night 
sheweth knowledge. 

3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is 
not heard. 

e 4 Their d line is gone out through all the earth, and 
their e words to the end of the world. In them hath he 
set a tabernacle for the sun, 

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, 
mid rejoiceth as a strong man r to run a race. 

6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his 
eircuit unto the ends of it : and there is g nothing hid from 
the heat thereof. 

< 7 The law of the Lord is h perfect, ' converting the soul : 
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 
83 2 T 



right, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 
d 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of 
my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength-, 
and my ' redeemer. 

PSALM XX. 
The church blesseth the king in his exploits, 1 : Her confidence in God's 

succour, 7. 

% TO the chief Musician, A Psalm a of David. 

THE Lord b hear thee in the day of trouble ; the 
c name of the God of Jacob defend thee. 

2 Send thee help from the d sanctuary, and strengthen 
thee out of Zion. 

3 Remember all thy offerings, and e accept thy burnt- 
sacrifice. Selah. 

4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and f fulfil 
all thy counsel. 

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of 
our God we will set up our s banners : the Lord fulfil all 
thy petitions. 

6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his h anointed ; he 
will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving 
strength of his * right hand. 

d 7 Some trust k in chariots, and some in horses : l but 
we will remember the name of the Lord our God. 

8 They are m brought down and fallen : but we are 
risen, and n stand upright. 

9 ° Save, Lord : let the king hear us when we call. 

PSALM XXI. 

A thanksgiving for victory, 1. Confidence of further success, 7. 

TI To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
HE king shall joy in a thy strength, O Lord ; and in 
thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice ! 

2 Thou hast given him his b heart's desire, and hast not 
withholden the request of his lips. Selah. 

3 For thou c preventest him with the blessings of good- 
ness : thou settest d a crown of pure gold on his head. 

T4 He asked e life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even 
{ length of days for ever and ever. 

His glory is great in thy salvation : e honour ami 
b Pr. r i!. 6 io. majesty iiast thou laid upon him. 

6 For thou hast "made him most blessed for ever : thou 
hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 
e 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the 
mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. 
» 8 Thy hand shall h find out all thine enemies : thy righl 
hand shall find out those that hate thee. 

9 Thou shalt make them ; as a fiery oven in the Urn* 
of thine anger: the Lord shall k swallow them up in hi* 
wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 
*> 10 Their 'fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, a.'id 
their seed from among the children of men. 

1 1 For they intended evil m against thee : they imagined 
a mischievous device, which they are not able to perforin. 

12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, 
when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings 
against the face of them. 

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k 2 Co. 2. 17. 

11 Pet. 1.19. 

m John 17. 

17. 

n Mt. 5. 18. 

oPs. 119.72. 

p 1 Co. 15. 

58. 

q Lev. 4. 1. 

r Gen. 20. 6. 

s Psa. 119. 

133. 

t Isa. 43. 14. 

&. 44. 6. & 

47.4. 

1 Th. 1. 10. 

Hb. 2. 14,15. 

a2Sa. 18.3. 



dlKg.8.13 
e Gen. 8. 20, 
f John 3. 29. 
gl'sa. CO. 4. 
h P.-m. 5. 6. 
i Psa. 16.8. 
k rsa. 31. I. 
12Cbr.32.8. 
m Jgs. 5. 22. 
nPs. 146.9. 

Psai 72. 4. 
a Pi. 20. 36. 
b Psa. 20. 4. 

1 Sa. 6. 16. 
dRg. 3. 11. 
o Ps. 72. 15. 
f Hob. 7. 25. 
g Isa. 45. 3. 
a Help, srt 
him to be 
blessings. 
Pan. 72. 17. 
blsa. 10.10. 
i Mai. 1. I. 
kNu. 16.32. 
HKg.13.31. 
Psa. 2. 2. 
Acts 9. 4. 



David prayeth in great distress. 

d 13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine n own strength : so 
will we sing and praise thy ° power. 
PSALM XXII. 
David complameth in great discouragement, 1 : He prayeth in great dis- 
tress, 9 : He praiseth God, 23. 

i[ To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, 

A Psalm of David. 
fY a God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me 1 why 
art thou so far from helping me, and from the 
words of my b roaring 1 

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou c hearest 
not ; and in the night season, and am not silent. 
* 3 But thou art holy, 6 thou that inhabitest the d praises 
of Israel. 

c 4 e Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted, and thou 
didst deliver them. 

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered : they 
trusted in thee, and were not ? confounded, 
c 6 But I am f a worm, and no man ; a reproach of men, 
and despised of the people. 

T"i All they that see me s laugh me to scorn they shoot 
out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 

8 h He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him : 
let him deliver him, seeing he delighted hi him. 

9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb : thou 
didst make me ' hope whenlwas upon my \ mothers breasts. 

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb : thou art my 
God from my mother's belly. 

1 1 Be not far from me ; for trouble is near ; for there 
is 1 none to help. 

bulls of 



b He 



strong 



12 Many "bulls have compassed me 
Bashan have beset me round. 

13 They n gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ra- 
vening and a roaring lion. 

t 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are 
out of joint ; my heart is like ° wax : it is melted in the 
midst of my bowels. 

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my 
tongue p cleaveth to my jaws ; and thou hast brought me 
into the dust of death. 

16 For q dogs have compassed me: the assembly of 
the wicked have enclosed me : they r pierced my hands 
and my feet. 

17 1 may tell all my bones : s they look and stare upon me. 
t 18 They * part my garments among them, and cast lots 

upon my vesture. 

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, 
haste thee to help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from u the sword, my * darling from 
the power x of the dog. 

21 Save me from the y lion's mouth : for thou hast heard 
me from z the horns of the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy name a unto my brethren : in the 
midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 

d 23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him ; all ye the seed 
of Jacob, glorify him ; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel 

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction 
of the afflicted ; neither hath he hid his face from him ; 
but when he b cried unto him, he heard. 

25 My praise shall be of thee in the c great congrega- 
tion : I will pay my d vows before them that fear him. 

c 26 The meek shall eat and be e satisfied : they shall 
praise the Lord that seek him : f your heart shall live for 
ever. 

* 27 g All the ends of the world shall remember and turn 
unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall 
worship before thee. 

* 28 For the h kingdom is the Lord's : and he is the 
governor among the nations. 



PSALMS. His confidence in prayer. 

cir. ioeo. 29 All they that be ! fat upon earth shall eat and wor- 
ship : all they that go down to the dust shall k bow be 
fore him : and none can keep alive his own soul. 
r 30 ' A seed shall serve him ; it shall be accounted to 
the Lord for a generation. 

31 They shall come, and shall declare m his righteousness 
unto a people that shall be n born, that he hath ° done this 

PSALM XXIII. 

David's confidence in God's grace. 
if A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord is my a shepherd ; I shall b not want. 
e 2 He maketh me to lie down in c green pastures: 
he d leadeth me beside the e still waters. 

3 He f restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the s paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake. 

* 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the h shadow 
of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art i with me ; thy 
rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

* 5 Thou k preparest a table before me in the presence 
of mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil ; my 
cup runneth over. 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the 
days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord 
for ever. 

PSALM XXIV. 

God's lordship in the world, 1. The citizens of his spiritual kingdom, 3. 

An exhortation to receive him, 7. 

^f A Psalm of David. 

THE a earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell therein. 

2 For he hath founded it b upon the seas, and establish- 
ed it upon the floods. 

3 c Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord 1 and 
who shall stand in his holy place ? 

c 4 He that hath d clean hands, and e a pure heart ; who 
hath not f lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn de- 
ceitfully. 

h 5 He shall receive the s blessing from the Lord, and 
'' righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

6 This is the i generation of them that seek him, that 
seek thy face. O Jacob. Selah. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall k come in. 




S Eph. 1. 3. 
lilTm.4. 8. 



t 8 Who is this ' King of glory 1 the Lord m strong and 
mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye n gates ; even lift them up, 
ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 

t 10 Who is this King of glory 1 the Lord of ° hosts, he 
is the King of glory. Selah. 

PSALM XXV. 

David's confidence in prayer, 1 : He prayeth for remission of sins, 7, and 
for help in affliction, 16. 

f A Psalm a of David. 
JI"TNTO thee, O Lord, do I b lift up my soul. 
U 2 O my God, c I trust in thee : let me not be asham- 
ed, let not mine enemies d triumph over me. 

3 Yea, let none that e wait on thee be ashamed : let 
them be ashamed which transgress f without cause. 
1 4 Shew me s thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. 

5 h Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art 
the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day. _ 

6 i Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses ; for they have been ever k of old. 

o 7 Remember not the sins of ' my youth, nor my trans- 
gressions : according to thy mercy remember thou me 
for thy m goodness' sake, O Lord. 

' 8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he 
teach n sinners in the way. 

b 9 The ° meek will he p guide 
meek will he teach his way. 



in judgment : and the 



David's love to God's service. 



PSALMS. 



10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto I 
such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

&11 For thy q name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity ;j 
for it is r great. 

c 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord 1 him shall 
he " teach in the way that he shall choose. 

b 13 His soul shall 'dwell at ease; and his seed shall 
inherit the earth. 

14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him ; 
and he will shew them his covenant. 

c 15 u Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; for he shall 
pluck my feet out of the net. 

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for 
I am desolate and afflicted. 

17 The troubles of my heart are % enlarged : O bring 
thou me out of my distresses. 

i> 18 y Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; and "for- 
give all my sins. 

19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and 
they hate me with cruel hatred. 

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be 
ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee. 

21 Let integrity and uprightness z preserve me ; for I 
wait on thee. 

b 22 Redeem Israel, O God, a out of all his troubles. 

PSALM XXVI. 

David rtsorteth unto God in confidence of his integrity. 

f Jl Psalm of David. 
d "JUDGE a me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine 
*J b integrity : I have trusted also in the Lord ; there- 
fore I shall not slide. 

2 Examine me, O Lord, and c prove me ; try my reins 
and my heart. 

3 For thy d loving-kindness is before mine eyes : and 
1 have walked in thy truth. 

p 4 I have e not sat with vain persons, neither will I go 
in with f dissemblers. 

c 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers ; and 
will not sit with the wicked. 

d 6 I will e wash my hands in innocency : so will I com- 
pass thine altar, O Lord : 

7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, 
and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

d 8 Lord, I have loved the " habitation of thy house, and 
the place where h thine honour dwelleth. 

b 9 ' Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with 
bloody men : 

10 In whose hands is k mischief, and their right hand is 
full of ' bribes. 

1 1 But as for me, I will walk in mine m integrity 
deem me, and be merciful unto me. 

d 12 My foot standeth in an "even place : in the ' 
gregations will I bless the Lord. 

PSALM XXVII. 
David sustaineth his faith by the power of God, 1, by his love 
service of God, 4, and by prayer, 9. 

% 'A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord is my a light and my salvation ; whom s 1 
I fear? the Lord is 
whom shall I be b afraid 1 

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, 

came upon me to eat c up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 

' 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart 

shall not fear : though war should rise against me, in this 

will I be A confident. 

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I 
^seek after ; that I may dwell in the f house of the Lord 
all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, 
and to g inquire in his temple. 
£5 For in the time of trouble he shall ''hide mc in his 



1017. 
q Ezek. 207 

r'lTm.1.13. 
9 Ps. 37. 23. 
t Pr. 19. 23 
u Song 4. 9. 
x 2 Cor. 1.5. 
y Ex. 3. 7, 8. 
a Heb. lift 
up, bear, 
take aicay, 
John 1. 53. 
z Psa. 26. I. 
& 41. 12. 
a Psa. 14. 7. 
& 34. 19. 
alCo.4.3,4. 
b Pr. 20. 7. 
c Gen. 22. 1. 
d2Cor.5.4. 
e Psa. 1. 1. 
fPsa. 12. 2. 
glTm.2.8. 
a Or, 

mansions, 
Jobn 14. 2. 
h Rev. 2. 1. 
iPsa.27.10. 
k Ps. 10. 2. 
1 Isa. 33. 15 
m2Kg.20.3. 
n Ps. 27. 11. 
oHb.12.22. 
aJohn8.12. 
b 1 Jobn 4. 
5. 

c Psa. 14. 2. 
J 1 Pet. 3. 14. 
e Luke 11. 
8,9. 

Ja. 5.16,17 
flTm.3.10 
g Ps. 73. 16, 
h Isa. 4. 5. 



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con- 



lo the 



IP 




the strength of my life ; of 



He exhorieth to give gloiy to God. 

pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; 
he 'shall set me up upon a rock. 

d 6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine ene 
mies round about me : k therefore will I offer in his taber- 
nacle sacrifices of joy ; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises 
unto the Lord. 

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have 
mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

d 8 When thou saidst, ' Seek ye my face ; my heart said 
unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

9 Hide not thy face far from me ; put not thy servant 
away in anger : thou hast been my help ; leave me not, 
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 
d 10 When my father and my mother m forsake me, then 
the Lord " will take me up. 

b 11 D Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain 
path, because of mine enemies. 

12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: 
for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as 
breathe out cruelty. 

c 13 J had fainted, unless I had believed to see the good- 
ness of the Lord in the r land of the living. 
d 14 q Wait on the Lord : be of r good courage, and he 
shall strengthen 1>hy heart : wait, I say, on the Lord. 

PSALM XXVIII. 
David prayeth earnestly against his enemies,l : He blessdh God, 6 : He 
prayeth for the people, 9. 

II Jl Psalm of David. 
NTO thee will I a cry, O Lord my b rock ; be c not 
silent to me : d lest, if thou be silent to me, I be- 
come like them that go down into the pit. 

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto 
thee, when I e lift my hands f toward thy holy oracle. 
c 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the 
workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neigh- 
bours, but mischief is in their hearts. 

4 Give them g according to their deeds, and according 
to the wickedness of their endeavours : give them after 
the work of their hands ; render to them their desert. 
c5 Because they ''regard not the works of the Lord, 
nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and 
not build them up. 

6 6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath ! heard the 
voice of my supplications. 

d 7 The Lord is k my strength, and my shield; my heart 
trusted in him, and' I am helped: therefore my heart 
greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song will I praise him. 

8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving 
strength of his anointed. 

9 Save thy people, and bless ' thine inheritance : m feed 
them also, and n lift them up for ever. 

PSALM XXIX. 

David exhorieth princes to give glory to God, I, by reason of Ins poicer, 

3, and protection of bis people, 11. 

1[ A Psalm of David. 
IYE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, a give unto the 
_Jfi[ Lord glory and b strength. 
d2 Give unto "the Lord the c glory due unto his name 
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 
£3 d The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : the God 
of glory thundereth : the Lord is upon c many waters. 

4 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the 
Lord is f full of ma jest v. 

5 The voice of the Lord brcaketh B the cedars; yea, 
the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon 
and h Sirion like a young unicorn. 

E7 The voice of the Lord "dividclh the flames of fire. 

8 The voice of the Lord ehaketh the wilderness ; the 
Lord ; shaketh the wilderness of u Kadesh. 

331 



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David's confidence in God's help. 

9 The voice of the Lord maketh the l hinds to calve, 
and discovereth the forests : and in his m temple doth 
every one speak of his glory. 

* 10 The Lord sitteth upon the "flood; yea, the Lord 
sitteth ° King for ever. 

6 11 The Lord will give strength unto his people ; the 

Lord will bless his people with peace. 

PSALM XXX. 
David praiseth God for his deliverance, 1 : He exhortdh others to praise 
him by example of God's dealing with him, 4. 

*f A Psalm and Song, at the a dedication of the house of 

David. 
WILL b extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast lifted me 
up, and hast not made my foes c to rejoice over me. 
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast 
(1 healed me. 

b 3 O Lord, thou hast e brought up my soul from the 
grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down 
to the pit. 

d 4 Sing unto the Lord,- O ye saints of his, and give 
thanks f at the remembrance of his holiness. 
•E5 For his anger endureth but s a moment ; in his h fa 
vour is life : weeping may endure for ' a night, but joy 
cometh in the morning. 

« 6 And in my k prosperity I said, I shall never be moved 

1 7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my 'mountain to 

stand strong : thou m didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 

d 8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I made 

a supplication. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the 
pit? Shall the ° dust praise thee 1 shall it declare thy truth 1 

10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, 
be thou my helper. 

1 1 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into p dancing : 
thou hastputoff my sackcloth, and girdedmewith gladness; 

a 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, 
and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks 
unto thee for ever. 

PSALM XXXI. 
V)avid shewing his confidence in God, craveth his help, 1. He rejoiceth 
in his mercy, 7 : He prayeth in his calamity, 9 : He praiseth God for 
his goodness, 19. 

If To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

IN thee, O Lord, do I put a my trust; let me never be 
ashamed : deliver me in b thy righteousness. 
I 2 Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : be 
thou my c strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. 

b 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress ; therefore for 
thy name's sake d lead me, and guide me. 
;.4 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid e privily for 
me : for thou art my strength. 

d 5 Into thy hand f I commit- my spirit : thou hast re- 
deemed me, O Lord God of truth. 

c 6 I have hated them that regard s lying vanities : but I 
trust in the Lord. 

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast 
considered my trouble ; thou hast h known my soul in 
adversities ; 

8 And hast not 'shut me up into the hand of the ene- 
my : thou hast set my foot in K a large room. 

9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble : 
mine eye is ' consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 

e 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with 
sighing : my strength m faileth because of mine iniquity, 
and my n bones are consumed. 

11 I was °a reproach among all mine enemies, but 
especially among p my neighbours, and a fear to mine ac- 
quaintance : they that did see me without i fled from me. 
' 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out r of mind : I am 
like a broken vessel. 



PSALMS. God's promises bring joy. 

13 For I have heard the s slander of many : fear was 

on every side : while they took counsel together against 



1017. 



1 Job 39. 4. 
mllab.3.17. 
n Gen. 6. 17. 
Psa. 93. 3. 

Dan. 2. 44. 
a Dt. 20. 5. 
b Ex. 15. 2. 
c Ps. 25. 2. 
.1 Ps. 103.2. 
Isa. 38. 10. 
e Ps. 86. 13. 
Jonah 2. 6. 
f Iter. 15.3. 
g Isa. 54. 7. 
h Psa. 63.3. 
i Isa. 12. 1. 
& 17. 14. 
k Job 29. 
18, 19, 20. 

1 2 Sa. 5. 9. 
m Psa. 104. 
29. 
n Isa. 9. 13. 

Ps. 6. 5. 
p Jer. 31. 4. 
alCh.5.20. 
b Psa. 5. 8. 
& 71. 1. 
c 2 Sa. 5. 7, 
Eom. 4. 19. 
d Ps. 23. 3. 
e Psa. 11. 2. 
f Luke 23. 
46. 

5 Jonah 2.8. 
Rom. I. 21. 
h'lSa.17',36. 
Isa. 63. 13. 
i Dt. 32. 30. 
It Psa. 4. 1. 

6 18. 19. & 
119. 33. 

1 Psa. 5. 7. 
mPr.17.i2. 
n Ps. 32. 3. 
& 102. 3. 
olCor.4. 9, 
13. 

p Ps. 38. 11. 
qMt. 26.56. 
r Ps. 88. 4. 



I said, Thou arl 




me, they devised to take away my life 

c 14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord 
' my God. 

15 u My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the 
hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 

b 16 x Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : save mc 
for thy mercies' sake. 

17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord ; for I have called 
upon thee : let the wicked be ashamed, and let them y be 
silent in the grave. 

c 18 Let the "lying iips be put to silence ; which speal< 
grievous things proudly and contemptuously against th& 
righteous. 

/ 19 a Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast 
b laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought 
for them that trust in thee before the sons of men ! 

b 20 Thou shalt hide them in the c secret of thy presence 
from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them secretly in a 
pavilion from the strife of tongues. 

21 Blessed be the Lord : for he hath shewed me hi& 
marvellous kindness in a strong city. 

22 For I said d in my haste, I am e cut off from before 
thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my 
supplications when I cried unto thee. 

d 23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord 
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the 
f proud doer. 

e 24 s Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your 
heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. 

PSALM XXXII. 

Blessedness consisteth in remission of sins, 1. Confession of sins giveth 

ease to the conscience, 3. God's promises bring joy, 8. 

«|f Jl Psalm of David, " Maschil. 
LESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose 
sin is a covered. 

c 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord b imputeth 
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is c no guile. 

e 3 When I d kept silence, my bones waxed old through 
my roaring all the day long. 

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : e my 
moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 

d 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity 
have I not hid. I said, I will f confess my transgressions unto 
the Lord ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 

d 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee 
s in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the 
floods of great waters they shall h not come nigh unto him. 

c 7 Thou art " my hiding-place ; thou shalt preserve me 
from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with k songs 
of deliverance. Selah. 

& 8 I will f instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which 
thou shalt go : I will guide thee with mine eye. 

P 9 Be ye not as the m horse, or as the mule, which have 
no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with 
n bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee, 
w 10 ° Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that 
trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

d 11 Be glad in the Lord, and p rejoice, ye righteous : 
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 

PSALM XXXIII. 

God is to be praised for his goodness, I, for his power, 6, and for his 

providence, 12. Confidence is to be placed in God, 20. 

EJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : for praise is 
a comely b for the upright. 
2 Praise* the Lord with c harp : sing unto him with the 



They are blessed that trust m God. 

4 For the word of the Lord is f right ; and all his works 
are done in truth. 

t 5 s He loveth righteousness and judgment : h the earth 
is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

* 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 

7 ! He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a 
heap : he layeth up the depth k in store-houses. 
d 8 Let all the earth ' fear the Lord : let all the inhabit- 
ants of the world stand in awe of him. 
S9 For he m spake, and it was done; he commanded, 
and it stood fast. 

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen n to 
nought : he maketh the devices of the people of none 
effect. 

* 11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

b 12 Blessed is the nation ° whose God is the Lord; and 
the people whom he hath p chosen for his own inheritance. 

1. 13 The Lord q looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all 
the sons of men. 

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all 
the inhabitants of the earth. 

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike ; he considereth all 
their works. 

16 There is no king saved by the r multitude of a host : 
a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 

17 A horse is a vain thing for safety : neither shall he 
deliver any by 9 his great strength. 

c 18 Behold, l the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear 
him, upon them that hope in his mercy ■; 

b 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them 
alive u in famine. 

d 20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is x our help and 
our shield. 

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, 
have trusted in his holy name. 

* 22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as 
we hope in thee. 

PSALM XXXIV. 
David praiseth God, and etchorteth others thereto by his experience, 1. 
Tliey are blessed that trust in God, 8 : He exhorteth to the fear of God, 
The privileges of the righteous, 15 



PSALMS. 

d 13 



1042. 



h 1 Tim. 4. 

10. 

i Gen. 1. 9. 

Prov. 8. 29 



i Rom. 1.20. 
Eph. 3. 20. 
Rev. 4. 11. 
mGen. 1.3. 
n Job 5. 12. 
Isa. 8. 10. 
Acts 4. 29, 
o Ro. 8. 31. 
p Ex. 19. 5. 
q Pr. 15. 3. 
r Rv. 16. 14 
s Jgs. 1. 10 
t Zech. 12. 



because we 



David prayeth for his own safety, &c. 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speak- 
gPsa.45.j.ing s guile. 

d 14 Depart from evil, and do good; 'seek peace, and 
pursue it. 

^ b 5 3 22 16 't 6 15 " Tne e Y es °f the Lord are upon the righteous, and 
jhis ears are open unto their x cry. 

; v> 1 6 y The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
ito z cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

6 17 The righteous a cry, and the Lord heareth, and de- 
livereth them out of all their troubles. 

c 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a b broken 
heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 

6 19 c Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the 
Lord d delivereth him out of them all. 

20 He keepeth e all his bones : not one of them is broken. 

w 21 f Evil shall slay the wicked : and they that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

b 22 The Lord s redeemeth the soul of his servants : 
and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 

PSALM XXXV. 
David prayeth for his own safety, andhis enemies' confusion : He ccm- 

plaineth of their lorongful dealing, 1 : Thereby he inctteth God against 

them, 22. 

H Jl Psalm of David. 
jTOLEAD a my cause, O Lord, with them that strive 
JL with me : fight against them that fight against me. 

2 b Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for 
my help. 

3 Draw out also the spear, and c stop the way against 



u Pr. 10. 3. 

x Psa. 46. 1 

y 1 Chron. 

5.20. 

Psa. 91.2. 

alSa.21.12. 

Pr. 29. 25. 

b Acts 26. 

25. 

cl Co. 1.31 

d 1 Pet. 5. 6. 

e Ps. 22. 23. 

f Heb. 5. 7. 

gGn.18. 17. 

& 32. 10. 

h Gen. 32.1. 

ilPt.2.2,3. 

k Jer. 17. 7. 

IHb. 12.28. 

mPs.84.11 

n Job 4. 10. 

o 1 Tim. 6. 

6,8. 

p Eccl. 12. 

10. 

q 1 ft. 3. 10. 




11. 



^[ A Psalm of David when he changed his behaviour be- 
fore Abimelech ; who a drove him away, and he de- 
parted. 

M WILL bless the Lord b at all times : his praise shall 

JL continually be in my mouth. 

2 My soul shall make her c boast in the Lord : d the 
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

3 O magnify the Lord e with me, and let us exalt his 
name together. 

* 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered 
me from all my f fears. 

5 They looked unto him, and were lightened : and then- 
faces were not ashamed. 

6 This g poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and 
saved him out of all his troubles. 

b 7 The angel of the Lord h cncampeth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

«8 O' taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is 
(lie man that k trusteth in him. 

b 9 O ' fear the Lord, ye his saints ; for there is m no want 
to them that fear him. 

6 10 The young lions do lack, and n suffer hunger : but 
they that seek the Lord shall not want ° any good thing, 

* 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me 
you the fear of the Lord 



r Psa. 39. 1. 

s Psa. 15. 2. 

t Ro. 12. 18. 

uPs.33. 18. 

x La. 3. 56. 

y Lev. 17. 

10. 

z Pr. 10. 7. 

a Ps. 145. 18. 

b Ps. 51. 17. 

c Acts 14. 

22. 

d Heb. 12. 5. 

e John 19.30 

f Luke 12. 

20. 

gPs. 19. 14. 

a Isa. 45.25. 

b Isa. 42. 13. 

e Gen. 19. 6. 

rl 1 Cor. 2. 

12. 

e Ps. 125. 5. 

fPsa. 1.4. 

IIos. 13. 3. 

ffPsa.88.7. 

Prov. 4. 19. 

h Ps. 7. 4. & 

. 15. 

Rv. 17. 16. 
k 1 Tli. 5. 3. 
1 Psa. 7. 15. 
m Job 3 1.20. 
Psa. 51. 8. 
n J. ib 5. 15. 
o Malt. 26. 

9. 

p Acts24.4. 
ii Ps. 109. 4. 
Jor. 18. £0. 
rGn.37. 34. 
« lib. black, 
Matt. 6. 10 



them that persecute me : d say unto my soul, I am thy 

salvation. 

D 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek 

after my soul : let them be c turned back and brought to 

confusion that devise my hurt. 

5 Let them be as f chaff before the wind : and let the 
angel of the Lord chase them. 

6 Let their way be e dark and slippery : and let the 
angel of the Lord persecute them. 

7 For h without cause have they hid for me their net in 
a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 
D 8 Let ' destruction come upon him k at unawares ; and 
let his net that he hath hid ' catch himself: into that very 
destruction let him fall. 

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord : it shall re- 
joice in his salvation. 

10 All m my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto 
thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong 
for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that n spoil- 
eth him 1 

1 1 ° False witnesses did rise up ; they laid to p my 
charge things that I knew not. 

1 2 They rewarded me q evil for good to the spoiling of 
my soul. 

<U3 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing 
was r sackcloth : I humbled my soul with fasting ; and my 
prayer returned into mine own bosom. 

14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend 
or brother : I bowed down " heavily, as one that inourn- 
eth for " his mother. 

c 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered 
themselves together : yea, the ' abjects gathered them- 
selves together against me, and I knew # not ; they did 

tear me, and ceased not : 

16 With hypocritical mockors " in feasts, they gnashed 
upon me with their teeth. 

17 Lord, how long wilt thou y look on 1 rescue my soul 
I will p teach jV^f! from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 

uP.a.w.4.| d is I will give thee thanks in the 'great congregation ■ 



12 What man is he that desirelh life, And loveth many\vba:til L \l will praise thee among much people. 



davs, that he mav q see good 7 

84 



ivHaS. I. 13. 
Ix P-n. 10. 9. 



) Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully ie^ 
333 



The excellency of God's mercy. 



joice over me ; neither let them a wink with the eye that 
hate me without a cause. 

c 20 For they speak b not peace : but they devise deceit- 
ful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 

21 Yea, they c opened their mouth wide against me, 
awrfsaid, d Aha, aha ! our eye hath seen it. 

22 This thou hast e seen, O Lord : f keep not silence : 
O Lord, be not far from me. 

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto 
my cause, my God and my Lord. 

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, E according to thy righte- 
ousness ; and let them not rejoice over me. 

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would Ave 
have it : let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 

26 Let them h be ashamed and brought to confusion 
together that rejoice at my hurt : let them be * clothed 
with shame and dishonour that k magnify themselves 



27 Let them ! shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my 
righteous cause : yea, let them say continually, Let the 
Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity 
of his servant. 

d 28 And m my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness 
and of thy praise all the day long. 

PSALM XXXVI. 
The grievous state of the wicked, 1. The excellency of God's mercy, 5. 
David prayeth for favour to God's children, 10. 

"H To-the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the a servant 
of the Lord. 

THE transgression of the wicked b saith within my 
heart, that there is c no fear of God before his eyes. 
c 2 For he d flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his 
iniquity be found to be hateful. 

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and e deceit : he 
hath left off to f be wise, and to do good. 

c 4 g He deviseth mischief upon his bed ; he setteth him- 
self in a way that is h not good ; he abhorreth not evil. 

t 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; and thy 
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

* 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy 
judgments are a ' great deep : O Lord, thou k preservest 
man and beast. 

d 7 How ' excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! there- 
fore m the children of men put their trust under the shadow 
of thy wings. 

h 8 They shall be n abundantly satisfied with the fatness 
of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river 
of thy pleasures. 

9 For with thee is the ° fountain of life : in thy r light 
shall we see light. 

* 10 O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know 
thee ; and thy righteousness to the q upright in heart. 

11 Let not'the r foot of pride come against me, and let 
not the hand of the wicked remove me. 

12 There are the 'workers of iniquity fallen: they are 
cast down, and shall not be able to rise. 

PSALM XXXVII. 
David persuadeth to patience and confidence in God, by the different 
stale of the godly and the wicked. 

1 J2 Psalm of David. 
TTj^RET not thyself a because of evil doers, neither be 
jT thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 
M 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the b grass, and 
wither as the green herb. 

_<«3 Trust in the Lord, and c do good ; so shalt thou dwell 
iri the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give 
thee the desires of thy heart. 

d 5 ' Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him ; 
and he shall bring it to pass. 



a Prov. 6. 
13. & 10. 10. 
bPs 120.7. 
c Ps. 22. 13. 
(1 Ps. 40. 15. 
Ezek. 25. 2. 
eExod.3.7. 
Psa. 31. 7. 
f Psa. 83. 1. 
g 2 Tli. 1.6. 
h Psa. 25. 3. 
& 40. 15. 
i Ps. 109. 29. 
k Ps. 38. 16. 
Jer. 48. 29. 
Obadiah 
verse 12. 
1) Co. 12.26. 
mPs.50.15. 
a Dt. 34. 5. 
b Psa. 14. 1. 
c Ro. 3. 18. 
d Luke 12. 
19. 

e Psa. 12. 2. 
f Jer. 4.22. 
g Mi. 2. 1,2, 
h Isa. 65. 2. 
i Ps. 77. 19. 
k Mt. 5. 45. 
lEpb.3. 18. 
m John 1. 
12. 

n Isa. 65. 13. 
Jer. 17. 7. 

Jer. 2. 13. 
p Mt. 16. 17. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
q Psa. 15. 2. 
r Ezek. 36. 
13. 

s Psa. 9. 6. 
a Jer. 12. 1. 
h Psa. 90. 5. 
c Eph. 5. 8. 
d 1 Pet. 1. 8. 
a Hb. Roll, 

1 Pet. 5. 7. 



PSALMS. The difference between the godly and ivicked 

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the 
e light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. 
d 7 b Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret 
not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, 
because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

8 Cease from f anger, and forsake wrath : fret not thy- 
self in any wise to do evil. 

9 For evil doers shall be &cut off: but those that wait 
upon the Lord, they shall h inherit the earth. 

«° 10 For ' yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : 
yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall 
k not be. 

6 11 But the 'meek shall inherit the earth; and shall 
delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 

" 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and m gnash- 
eth upon him with his teeth. 

* 13 The Lord shall n laugh at him : for he seeth that 
his day is coming. 

c 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have 
bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to 
slay such as be of upright conversation. 

w 15 Their sword shall enter into their p own heart, and 
their bows shall be broken. 

/ 16 q A little that a righteous man hath is better than 
the riches of many wicked. 

17 For the r arms of the wicked shall be broken: but 
the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 

* 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright : and 
their inheritance shall be s for ever. 

19 They shall not be ashamed in the ' evil time : and 
in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 

w 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the 
Lord shall be as the -u fat of lambs : they shall consume ; 
into smoke shall they consume away. 

c 21 The wicked * borroweth, and payeth not again : but 
the righteous y sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

22 For such as be z blessed of him shall inherit the earth; 
and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 

t 23 The a steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord \ 
and he delighteth in his way. 

* 24 Though he b fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : 
for the Lord c upholdeth him with his hand. 

e 25 I have been young, and now am old ; yet have I not 
seen the righteous d forsaken, nor e his seed f begging 
bread. 

c 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; and his seed e is 
blessed. 

<i 27 h Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for ever- 
more. 

6 28 For the Lord { loveth judgment, and forsaketh not 
his saints ; they are preserved for ever : but the seed of 
the wicked shall be k cut off. 

29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell there- 
in for ever. 

c 30 The 'mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and 
his tongue talketh of judgment. 

31 The law of his God is m in his heart ; none of his steps 
shall slide. 

c 32 The wicked " watehetb the righteous, and seeketh 
to slay him. 

33 The Lord will ° not leave him in- his hand, p nor con- 
demn him when he is judged.. 

d 34 i Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall 
exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are '' cut 
off, thou shalt see it. 

35 I have seen the wicked s in great power, and 'spread- 
ing himself like a green bay-tree. 

36 Yet he u passed away, and In, he icas not : yea, I 
sought him, but he could not be x found. 

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Mi. 7. 9. 
b Heb. Be 
silent to 
the Lord, 
Isa. 30. 15. 
f Mark. 5.3. 
g Rv. 14. 16. 
li Isa. 57. 13. 
i Hb. 10. 36, 
k Rev. 12.8, 

1 Dan. 4. 47. 
m Ps.35. 16. 
n Psa. 2. 4. 

1 Sam. 16. 
10. 

plSa.31.5. 
Psa. 7. 15. 

q Pr. 10. 8. 
lTm.6.6,8. 
r Ps. 10. 15. 
s Isa. 60. 21. 
Dan. 2. 44. 

2 Pet. 1.11. 
t Eph. 5. 16, 
u Isa. 34. 6. 
James 5. 7. 
Rev. 19. 17, 
18. 

xDt.28. 12. 
yPs. 112.5. 
zMt.25.34. 
alSa. 2. 9. 
b Mic. 7. 8. 
clsa. 8. 11. 
d Heb, 13. 5 
ePs. 112. 1 
f Mt. 6. 33. 
g 1 Pot. 3. 9, 
h Tit. 2. 12. 
i Psa. 11. 7. 
k Jo!) 18. 19. 

1 Mt. 13. 35. 
m Dt. 6. 6. 
n Psa. 10. 8. 
o 2 Pet. 2. 9. 
pPs. 109.31. 
q Heb. 12. 2. 
r Psa. 52. 7. 
s Esth. 3. 3. 
t Rev. 17. 2. 
u Job 20. 5. 
x Rev. 12. 8. 



David imploreth compassion on his case. PSALMS. Obedience is the best sacrifice. 

e 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : tor e0 10 ^ - d 4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure 
the c end of that man is y peace. 

'o 38 z But the transgressors shall be destroyed together : 
the end of the wicked snail be cut off. 

* 39 But the salvation of the righteous is a of the Lord : 
he is their strength in the time of trouble. 

b 40 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them : 
he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, 
' because they trust hi him. 

PSALM XXXVIII. 

David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case. 

% A. Psalin of David, a to bring to remembrance. 
LORD, rebuke me not in b thy wrath : neither 



and d thy hand!™ 9 



e Or, re- 
ward. 
V Isa. 57. 2. 
z Psa. 1. 4. 
a Psa. 3. S. 
b lChr.5.20. 
a Psa. 13. 2. 
Acts 10. 4. 
b Ps. 6. 1. 
Jer. 10. 24. 
c Job 6. 4. 
dlPet.5. 3. 
ePs. 51.8.- 
f Jit. 11.28. 
gPs.102.3. 
h Is. 38. 10. 
i Isa. 5. 30. 
k Ro. 8. 27. 
1 Matt. 6. 6. 
a Heb. run- 
neth about. 
Psa. 40. 12. 
m Luke U3. 



n2Sa. 16.9. 

Ps. 39. 9. 
b Or, is 
moved, 
Dt. 32. 35. 
p Ps. 35. 26. 
qGn.3i3l. 
r Prov '^8. 
13. 

s-iCo. 7 11. 
t Ps. 35. 18. 
u Ps. 109.4 
x Da. 6. 5. 6. 

1 John 3. 
12. 

y Ps. 22. 1. 
c Heb. for 
mil help, 
Psa. 40. 1. 
a 1 Cliron. 
05.3. 
blKgs.2.4. 

2 Kg. 10.31. 
a Heb. a 
bridle, or, 
muzzle for 
my mouth, 
Ps. 141.3. 
Mt. 12. 36. 
Jam. 3. 2. 
c Jer. 20. 10. 
Col. 4. 5. 
d Eccl. 3. 7. 
e Jer. 20. 14. 
fJob3 1,2. 



chasten me in thy hot displeasure 

2 For thine ° arrows stick fast in me 
presseth me sore. 

3 There is ° no soundness in my flesh because of thine an- 
ger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 
«4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a 
1 heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt because of my fool- 
ishness. 

e 6 I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go mourn- 
ing all the day long. 

7 For my loi-is are filled with a s loathsome disease : 
and there is no soundness in my flesh. 

S I am h feeble and sore broken : I have £ roared by 
reason of the disquietness of my heart. 
c 9 Lord, k all my desire is before thee ; and my groan- 
ing is ' not hid from thee. 

10 My heart "panteth, my strength faileth me : as for 
the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 

11 My m lovers "and my friends stand aloof from my 
sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me : 
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and 
imagine deceits all the day long. 

13 But I, n as a deaf man, heard not ; and J was u as a 
dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 

14 Thus I w r as as a man thatheareth not, and in whose 
mouth are no reproofs. 

c 15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope : thou wilt hear, O 
Lord my God. 

16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should re- 
joice over me : when my foot " slippeth, they p magnify 
themselves against me. 

17 For I am ready q to halt, and my sorrow is continually 
before me. 

& 18 For I will r declare mine iniquity ; I will be s sorry 
for my sin. 

19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong : 
and they that hate me wrongfully* are ' multiplied. 

20 They also that render u evil for good are mine ad- 
versaries ; x because I follow the thing that good is. 

21 Forsake me not, O Lord : O >' my God, be not far 
from me. 

22 Make haste r to help me, O Lord my salvation. 

PSALM xxxix. 
David's care of his thoughts, 1. The consideration of the brevity antl 



van 
are 



ittj of life, 4. The reverence of God's judgments, 7, and prayer, o2Co.5 
his br' " 



bridles of impatience, 10. 'lpHeb.10.1 

f To the chief Musician, even to ■Jednlhun, A Psalm of V Lukoai- 

David. ;» 

take heed to my ways, that I sin not with '^ „ ' 

J J * t Ro 3 °1 

my tongue: I will keep my "mouth with a bridle, uBo'i.is, 
while the c wicked is before me. 

2 I was dumb with silence ; I held my peace, 
* from good ; and my sorrow was stirred 



M SAID, I will b 



|v Ps. 57. 3. 

even *.°r.p"- 

nishmeu'. 



.2 Cor. 5. 20. 

3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musingjw.^Vi i 
the e fire burned : f then spake I with my tongue. 



- 

I&73. ID. 



of my days, what it is ; that. 1 may know how frail I am. 

« 5 Behold, thou hast made my da\s as a handbreadth ; 
and mine age is s as nothing before thee : verily every 
man at his best state is altogether h vanity. Selah. 

£ 6 Surely every man walketh in ' a vain shew : surely 
they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and 
knoweth not who shall k gather them. 

c 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in thee. 
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me 
not the ] reproach of the foolish. 

d 9 I was m dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. 

10 Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed 
by the blow of thy hand. 

E 1 1 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for ini- 
quity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a 
"moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my 
cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am v a stranger 
with thee and a sojourner, p as all my fathers were. 

13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I 
go hence, and be q no more. 

PSALM XL. 

The benefit of confidence in God, 1. Obedience is the best sacrifice, 6. 

The sense of David's evils iiiflameth his prayer, 11. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm a of David. 
M WAITED b patiently for the Lord ; and he c inclined 
J_ unto me, and heard'my cry. 

« 2 He brought me up also out of a d horrible pit, out of 
the miry clay, and set my feet upon e a rock, and esta- 
blished my goings. 

3 And he hath put f a new song in my mouth, even praise 
unto our God : many shall s see it, and fear, and shall 
trust in the Lord. 

* 4 Blessed?^ that man that maketh the Lord Mns trust, and 
' respecteth not the proud, nor such k as turn aside to lies. 
1 5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy ' wonderful works 
which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us- 
ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : 
if I w r ould declare and speak of them, they are m more 
than can be numbered. 

6 "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine 
ears hast thou "opened: burnt-offering and ° sin-offering 
hast thou not required. 

T"i Then soid I, p Lo, I come : in the volume of the book 
it is q written of me, 

8 r I delight to do s thy will, O my God : yea, thy law 
is within my heart. 

9 I have preached 'righteousness in the great congrega- 
!tion: lo, I have" not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. 
! « 10 I have "not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; 
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have 
not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the 
great congregation. 

i 4 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O 

| Lord : let y thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually 

I preserve me. 

I c 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: 

/•mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that lam 

|not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of my 

ihead : therefore my heart faileth mc. 

! H3 Be pleased, C/Lokd, to deliver mc : O Lord, make 

haste to help me. 

14 Let them z be ashamed and confounded 
that seek after my soul to destroy it ; let them be driven 
backward and. put to shame that wish me evil. 

15 Let them a be desolate for a reward of their shame 
that say unto me, Aha, aha. 

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together 



David's zeal to serve God. PSALMS. The church's complaint and prayer 

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in __i2|i_|yet praise him, who is "the health of my countenance, and 



h 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice 

thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually, The 

Lord b be magnified. 

17 But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord c think eth 
upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make no 
tarrying, O my God. 

PSALM XLI. 

God's care of the poor, 1. David complaineth of his enemies' treachery, 5. 

Hefeeth to God for succour, 16. 

U To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

BLESSED is he that considereth the a poor : the Lord 
will deliver him in time of trouble. 

2 The Lord will a preserve him, and keep him alive ; 
and he shall be blessed b upon the earth : and thou wilt 
not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 

3 The Lord will c strengthen him upon the bed of lan- 
guishing : thou wilt * make all his bed in his sickness. 

d 4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me : d heal my soul ; 
for I have e sinned against thee. 

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, 
and his name perish 1 

c 6 And if he come to see me, he f speaketh vanity : his 
heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad 
he telleth it. 

7 All that hate me whisper together against me : against 
me do they devise my hurt. 

8 g An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him : 
and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 

9 Yea, mine own h familiar friend, in whom I trusted 
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up hisheel againstme 

6 10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise 
me up, that I may requite them. 

11 By this I know that thou ' favourest me, because 
mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 

12 And as for me, thou k upholdest me in mine integ- 
rity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 

d 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, 
and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 

PSALM XLII. 

David's zeal to serve God in the temple, 1 : He encourageth his soul to 

trust in God, 5. 

% To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of a Korah. 
i A S the hart b panteth after the water-brooks, so pant- 
j^L eth my soul after thee, O God. 

2 My soul c thirsteth for God, for the living God : when 
shall I come and appear before God 1 
c 3 My d tears have been my meat day and night, while 
they continually say unto me, e Where is thy God 1 

4 When I f remember these things, I pour out my soul 
in me : for I had gone with the multitude, I went with 
them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, 
with a multitude that kept e holy-day. 

\d 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art 
thou disquieted in me 1 h hope thou in God : for I shall 
yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 
£60 my God, my soul is cast down within me : ! there- 
fore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and 
of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 

7 k Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy 1 water- 
spouts : all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 
i 8 Yet the Lord will m command his loving-kindness in 
the day-time, and in the night n his song shall be with me, 
and my prayer unto the God of my life. 

9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten 
me 1 why go I mourning because of the oppression of the 
enemy ? 

10 Jts with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach 
me ; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God 1 

ell Why art thou east down, O my soul 1 and why art 
thou disquieted within me 1 hope thou in God : for I shall 




my God. 

PSALM XLIII. 
David praying to be restored to the temple, promiseth to serve God joy- 
fully, 1. He encourageth his soul to trust in God, 5. 

UDGE me, O God, and a plead my cause against an 
ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful and 
unjust man. 

2 For thou art the God of b my strength : why dost 
thou cast me off? why go I c mourning because of the 
oppression of the enemy 1 

6 3 send out thy d light and thy c truth : let them lead 
me ; let them bring me unto thy f holy hill, and to thy 
s tabernacles. 

i 4 Then will I h go unto the altar of God, unto God my 
exceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O 
God my God. 

5 ' Why art thou cast down, O my soul 1 and why art 
thou disquieted within me 1 hope in God : for I shall yet 
praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my 
God. 

PSALM XLIV. 

The church, in memory of former favours, 1, complaineth of her present 
evils, 7. Professing her integrity, 17, she fervently pray eth for succour, 24.. 

If To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 
E have heard with our ears, O God, a our fathers 
have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in 
the times of old. 

2 How thou didst b drive out the heathen with thy hand, 
and plantedst them ; how thou didst afflict the people, and 
cast them out. 

t 3 For they got not the land in possession c by their own 
sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right 
hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance., 
because d thou hadst a favour unto them. 
c 4 Thou art my King, O God : e command deliverances 
for Jacob. 

5 Through thee will we push down our enemies : 
through thy name will we f tread them under that rise up 
against us. 

« 6 For I will not s trust in my bow, neither shall my 
sword save me. 

7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast 
put them to shame that hated us. 

e 8 In God h we boast all the day long, and praise thy 
name for ever. Selah. 

9 But thou * hast cast off, and put us to shame ; and 
goest not forth with our armies. 

10 Thou makest us k to turn back from the enemy j 
and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 

11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; 
and hast scattered us among the heathen. 

12 Thou sellest thy people ' for nought, and dost m not 
increase thy wealth by their price. 

13 Thou makest us " a reproach to our neighbours, a 
scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 

14 Thou makest us °a by-word among the heathen, p a 
shaking of the head among the people. 

15 My confusion is continually before me, and the 
shame of my face hath covered me, 

16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blas- 
phemeth ; by reason of the enemy and "< avenger. 

p 17 All this is come upon us ; r yet have we not forgot- 
ten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 

18 s Our heart is not turned back, neither have oux 
1 steps declined from thy way ; 

19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place ul 
dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 

P 20 If we have "forgotten the name of our God, or 
stretched out our hands to a strange god : 

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PSALMS. 

for he knoweth the 1023 - 



The grace of Christ's kingdom. 

t 21 Shall not God x search this out? 
secrets of the heart. 

22 Yea, y for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; 
we are counted as sheep for- the slaughter. 

* 23 z Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord 1 arise, cast 
us not off for ever. 

24 Wherefore a hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our 
affliction and our oppression 1 

25 For our soul is bowed down to the b dust : our belly 
cleaveth unto the earth. 

b 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. 

PSALM XLV. 

The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom, 1. Tlie duty of the church, 

and the benefits thereof. 10. 

% To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons 
of Korah, Maschil, a A Song of loves. 

MY heart is inditing a good matter : I speak of the 
things which I have made touching b the King : my 
tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 

* 2 Thou art c fairer than the children of men : grace is 
d poured into thy lips : therefore God hath e blessed thee 
for ever. 

s 3 c Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, g O most Mighty, with 
thy glory and thy majesty. 

4 And in thy majesty h ride prosperously because of 
' truth and k meekness and 'righteousness ; and thy right 
hand shall teach thee ra terrible things. 

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the n King's 
enemies ; whereby the people fall under thee. 

** 6 ° Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : the scep- 
tre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

*■ 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : 
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil 
of gladness p above thy fellows. 

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cas- 
sia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have q made 
thee glad. 

9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : 
upon thy right hand did stand the * queen in gold of Ophir. 

<l 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine 
ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy s father's house ; 

d 1 1 So shall the King greatly desire thy ' beauty : for he 
is u thy Lord ; and worship thou him. 

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift ; 
even the * rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. 

£13 The King's daughter is y all glorious within: her 
clothing is of wrought gold. 

14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of 
needlework ; the z virgins her companions that follow her 
shall be brought unto thee. 

15 With a gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought : 
they shall enter into the b King's palace. 

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be c thy children, whom 
thou mayest make d princes in all the earth. 

r 17 I will make e thy name to be remembered in all ge- 
nerations : therefore shall the people praise thee for ever 
and ever. 

PSALM XLVI. 
The confidence which the church hath in God, 1. Jin exhortation to he- 
hold it, 8. 

1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song 

upon Alamoth. 
/|~i OD is our a refuge and strength, a very b present help 
vH in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we c fear, though the^ earth d be 
removed, and though the mountains be carried into the 
midst of the sea ; 



xPsa. 11.4. 
Jer. 17. 9, 
10. 

y Mt. 5. 10. 
1 Pet. 4. 14. 
Rev. 8. 36. 
z Psa. 7. 6. 
a Mk. 7. 24. 
bPs. 113.7. 
Lam. 3. 29. 
a Song. 1. 2. 
& 3. 8, 9. 
John 3 29. 
bSg. 3. 11. 
c Sg. 5. 16. 
John 1. 16. 
d Sg. 5. 13. 
Luke 4. 22. 
ePe. 118.26. 
fRv.19. 11. 
g Isa. 9. 6. 
h Rev. 6. 2. 
i John 14. 6. 
k flit. 11.29. 
1 Isa. 12. 3. 
m Rv. 14. 18. 
a Luke 19. 
27. 

o Rev. 3. 21. 
p John 3. 
34. 

q Song 4. 10. 
r Rev. 21. 9. 
s Gen. 2.24. 
t Song 1.14. 
uEph.1.21. 
x Isa. 60. 3. 
jEph.6.17. 
z Rev. 14. 4. 
aJer.33.1J. 
b John 14. 

c Gal. 4.26. 
d Luke 19. 
17. 

e Mai. 1.11. 
a Isa. 4.4,5. 
bGn. 19.15. 
cl Tet. 3. 14. 
d Hab. 3. 17. 
ePs.93.3,4. 
f Isa. 57. 20. 




3 Though the c waters thereof roar and 



Selah. 



The ornaments of the church, 
i 4 There is * a river, the streams whereof shall h make 

glad ■ the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of 

the Most High. 
b 5 God is k in the midst of her; she shall 'not be moved : 

God shall help her, and that right early, 
s 6 The heathen m raged, the kingdoms were, moved : 

he uttered his voice, the earth "melted. 

* 7 The Lord of hosts "is with us ; the God of Jacob is 
our refuge. Selah. 

* 8 Come, p behold the works of the Lord, « what deso- 
lations he hath made in the earth. 

9 He maketh r wars to cease unto the end of the earth ; 
he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he 
burneth the chariot in the fire. 

d 10 s Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted 
among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 

e 1 1 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is 
our refuge. Selah. 

PSALM XLVII. 
The nations are exhorted cheerfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ. 

TJ To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 
CLAP your hands, all ye people, a shout unto God 
with the voice of triumph. 
t 2 For the Lord Most High is b terrible ; he is c a great 
King over all the earth. 

3 He shall d subdue the people under us, and the nations 
under our feet. 

b 4 He shall choose e our inheritance for us, the f excel- 
lency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 
1 5 God is s gone up with a shout, the Lord with the 
sound of a trumpet. 

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises : sing praises unto 
our King, sing praises. 

t 7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye praises 
h with understanding. 

t 8 " God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon 
k the throne of his holiness. 

t 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even 

the people of the God of Abraham : for the shields of the 

earth belong unto God : he is greatly exalted. 

PSALM X.LVII1. 

The ornaments and privileges of the church. 

% A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. 
RE AT is a the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the 
b city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 
A% Beautiful for situation, the c joy of the whole earth, is 
mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great 
King. 

3 God is d known in her e palaces for a refuge. 

4 For lo, the f kings were assembled, they passed by 
together. 

5 They s saw it, and so they marvelled ; they h were 
troubled, and hasted away. 

C ' Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a 
woman in travail. 

7 Thou breakest the' 1 ships of Tarshish with an cast wind, 
i 8 As we have ' heard, m so have we seen in the city of 

the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God will esta- 
blish it for ever. Selah. 

d 9 We have n thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in 
the midst of thy temple. 

10 According to thy "name, O God, so is thy praise 
unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is »' full of 
righteousness. 

rf 1 1 Let i mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah 
be glad, r because of thy judgments. 

■t 1 2 Walk ' about Zion, and go round about her : tell the 
'towers thereof. 

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, u consider her palaces ; 
that ye may tell it to the generation following. 

337 



G 1 



a Ps. 34. U. 
Jam. I. 19. 
a Heb. un- 
derstand- 
ings. 

2 Tim. 3, 15. 
b Mt. 23. 3. 
c2Co.2.17. 

all ye inhabitants m 8 ! John 

e E ;h. 5. 16. 
f Pi. 10. 15. 



when 



The majesty of God in the church. 

I 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever 
be our guide even unto death. 

PSALM XLIX. 

An earnest persuasion to build the faith of the resurrection, not on worldly 

power, but on God, 1. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired, 16. 

*j[ To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Koran 
[E&R this, all ye people ; a give ear, 
,. of the world : 
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 
d 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation 
of my heart shall be of a understanding. 

4 I will b incline mine ear to a parable : I will open my 
c dark saying upon the harp. 

5 Wherefore should d I fear in the e days of evil, 
the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 

/ 6 They that f trust in their wealth, and s boast them- 
selves in the multitude of their riches ; 

7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, 
nor give to God h a ransom for him : 

* 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it 
ceaseth for ever :) 

9 That he should still ' l live for ever, and not see cor- 
ruption. 

10 For he seeth that k wise men die, likewise the fool and 
the ! brutish person perish, and leave their wealth m to others. 

ell Their inward thought is, that their houses shall 
continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all genera- 
tions ; they call their lands n after their own names. 

1 2 Nevertheless man being ° in honour abideth not : he 
is like the beasts that p perish. 

JS 13 This their way is their "folly: yet their posterity 
9 approve their sayings. Selah. 

14 r Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall 
feed on them ; and the upright shall have 9 dominion over 
them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in 
the grave from their dwelling. 

b 15 But God will redeem my sour from the 'power of 
the grave : for he shall u receive me. Selah. 

d 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the 
glory of his house is increased ; 

17 For when he dieth he shall * carry nothing away : 
his glory shall not descend after him. 

c 18 Though while he lived y he blessed his soul, (and 
men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) 

19 He shall go to the geneiation of his fathers; they 
shall z never see light. 

20 Man that is in honour, and understandelh not, is 
like the beasts that perish. 

PSALM L. 
The majesty of God in the church, 1. His order to gather his saints, 5. 
The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies, 7, but in sincerity of obedi- 
ence, 14. 

If A Psalm of a Asaph 

THE b mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and 
called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the 
going down thereof. 

e 2 c Outof Zion,the d perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 
s 3 Our God e shall come, and shall not f keep silence : a 
g fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very h tem- 
pestuous round about him. . . - . 

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the 
earth, that he may ' judge his people. 

5 k Gather my saints together unto me ; those that 
have made ' a covenant with me by sacrifice. 

* 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for 
God is m judge himself. Selah. 

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; O Israel, and 
1 will testify against thee : I am God, even thy God. 

8 I will not reprove thee for thy "sacrifices or thy burnt- 
Qftenngs, to have been continually before me. 



PSALMS 

he will 



1023. 




David prayeth for the remission of sins, 

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats 
out of thy folds. 

* 10 For every beast of the forest is ° mine, and the cat- 
tle upon a thousand hills. 

Ill know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild 
beasts of the field are mine. 

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the 
world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

1 3 Will I p eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats 1 
d 14 Offer unto God q thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows 

unto the Most High : 

15 And r call upon me in the day of trouble : I will de- 
liver thee, and thou shalt s glorify me. 

16 But unto the ' wicked God saith, What hast u thou to 
do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my 
covenant in thy mouth 1 

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words 
"behind thee.* 

18 When thou y sawest a thief, then thou z consentedst 
with him, and hast been a partaker with adulterers. 

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue 
frameth b deceit. 

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou 
slanderest thine own mother's son. 

w 21 These things hast thou done, and c I kept silence ; 
thou thoughtest that I was d altogether such a one as thy- 
self: but I will reprove thee, and e set them in order be- 
fore thine eyes. 

*> 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear 
you in pieces, and there be f none to deliver. 
d 23 Whoso oftereth praise glorifieth me : and to him 
that g ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the sal- 
vation of God. 

PSALM LI. 
David prayeth for remission of sins, whereof he maketh a deep confession, 
1. He prayeth for sanctification, 6. God delighteth not in sacrifice, 
but in sincerity, 16. He prayeth for the church, 18. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan 

the prophet came a unto him, after he had b gone in to 

Bath-sheba. 

AVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lov- 
ing-kindness : according unto the multitude of thy 
tender mercies c blot out my transgressions. 

2 d Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse 
me from my sin. 

d 3 For e I "acknowledge my transgressions : and my sin 
is f ever before me. 

4 Against g thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be h justified 
when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 
t 5 Behold, I was shapen ' in iniquity ; and in sin did my 
mother conceive me. 

d 6 Behold, thou desirest truth k in the inward parts : 
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 
wisdom. 

7 ' Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : wash 
me, and I shall be m whiter than snow. 

8 Make me n to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones 
which thou hast broken ° may rejoice. 

* 9 p Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. 

d \0 * Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew r a 
right spirit within me. 

i 1 1 Cast me not away from s thy presence ; and take 
not l thy Holy Spirit from me. 

12 Restore unto me the u joy of thy salvation ; and up- 
hold me with thy % free Spirit. 

d 13 Then will I y teach transgressors thy ways; and 
sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

b 14 Deliver me from z blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God 

S3? 



David glorieth in the salvation of God, PSALMS. 

of my salvation : and my tongue shall sing aloud of a thy j. 



shalli: 



righteousness. 

b 15 O Lord, b open thou my lips, and my mouth 
shew forth thy praise. 

16 For thou c desirest not sacrifice ; else would I 
it : thou delightest not in burnt-offering, 
d 17 d The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: e a broken 
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 
4 18 Do f good in thy E good pleasure unto Zion: 
thou the h walls of Jerusalem. 

19 Then shalt thou J be pleased with the sacrifices of 
righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offer 
ing : then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. 
PSALM LII 



build 



David, condemning (he spitefulness of Doeg, prophesiethhis destruction, 
1. The righteous shall rejoice at it, 6. David, 
God's mercy, giveth thanks, 8. 

If To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when 
a Doeg the Edomite came and b told Saul, and said unto 
him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech 

WHY c boastest thou thyself in mischief, d O mighty 
man 1 the goodness of God endureth e continually. 
« 2 Thy tongue f deviseth mischief; like g a sharp razor, 
working deceitfully. 

3 Thou lovest evil h more than good ; and l lying rather 
than to speak righteousness. Selah. 

4 Thou lovest k all devouring words, O thou deceitful 
tongue. 

w 5 God shall ' likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall 
take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, 
and m root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 

6 The righteous also shall n see, and ° fear, and shall 
p laugh at him : 

« 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength ; 
but q trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strength- 
ened himself in his wickedness. 

<*8 But I am like r a green olive-tree in the house of 
God : I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 

d 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: 

and I will wait on thy name ; for it is good before thy saints. 

PSALM LIII. 

David describeth the corruption of a natural man, 1 : He convinceth the 
tricked by the light of their own conscience : He glorieth in the salva- 
tion of dod, 4. 

If To the chief Musician upon'Mahalath, Maschil, 
A Psalm of David. 

THE fool hath said a in his heart, b There is no God. 
c Corrupt are they, and have done abominable ini- 
quity : there is none that doeth good. 
t 2 God d looked down from heaven upon the children of 
men, to see if there were any that did understand, that 
did e seek God. 

** 3 Every one of them is f gone back : they are altogether 
become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 
« 4 Have the workers of iniquity e no knowledge? who ealup 
my people as they eat bread : they have not called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear, where h no fear was : 
for God hath scattered ; the bones of him that encampeth 
against thee : thou hast put them to shame, because God 
hath despised them. 

* 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! 
when God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Ja- 
cob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 

PSALM LIV 

Upon his 



cir. 1034. 
a Phil 3. 9, 

b Ex. 4. 11. 

1 J c Hos. 6. 6. 

' d John 6. 28, 

el3a.57.18. 

f2Sa'.12.14. 

glVe g Eph. 1. 9. 

h Rv.Ql. 14. 
i Enh. 1. 6. 
alSa.21.7. 
b Ezek. 22. 
9. 

clSa. 22.18. 
d John 19 
10. 

e Ro. 8. 31. 
f Est. 8. 3. 
g Pr. 30. 14. 
h Jer. 4. 22. 
i Jer. 9. 3, 5. 
k Jam. 3. 6. 
1 Jam. 2. 13. 
m Jude 
verse 12. 
n Mai. 1. 5. 
o Rev. 15. 4. 
p Paa. 5. 10. 
q Luke 12. 
15. 

r Jer. 11. 16. 
a Psa. 14. 1. 
bPsa.9. 17. 
c Isa. 1. 4 
d Gen. 4.26. 
e2Chr.l5.2. 
f Gen. 1.31. 

John 3. 19. 
Rom. 1. 20. 
&2. 15. 
h Lv 26. 36. 
Dt. 28. 65. 

Lam. 3. 4. 
Ezek. 6. 5. 
alSa.23.I4. 
bPs.37.25. 
& 43. 25. & 
106 8. 



and prayeth against Ins enemies. 
prayer, O God : give ear to the words of 



David complaining of the Ziphims, prayeth for salvation, 1. 
confidence in Gods help, lie proimstlh sacrifice, 4. 

II To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm 
of David, when the a Ziphims came and said to Saul, 
Doth not David hide himself with us 1 

i^AVE me, O God, b by thy name, and jud<je me bv thy 
KJ strength. 



cir. 1034. 



cLukc 18.1. 
d Ro. 2. 28. 
e Psa. 10. 4. 
fRo. 8.21. 

Pr. 11. 8. 
iiP3.119.90. 
i2Co.9.6,7. 
k Mai. 2. 5. 
a Psa. 13. 1. 
b Isa. 38. 14. 
c Luke 22. 
44. 

;12Sa. 17.11. 
e2Sa. 15.3. 
fGn.27. 41. 

Ps. 116. 3. 
E Ps. 22. 1. 
Mt. 26. 39. 
i Ps. 120. 5. 
k Jer. 9. 1. 
Rev. 12. 6. 
1 2 Pa. 15.14. 
& 17.21. 
m2Sa. 17.1. 
Acts 23. 7. 
n Ezek. 22. 
3. 
Rev. 1.2. 

ba.S9.13. 

p I'^a. 12. 2. 
& 41. 9. 
|2Sa.l6.23. 
r2Sa.15.12. 
Micab7. 5. 
s Jer. 9. 4 
t Ps. 42. 4. 
uNu. 16.30. 
I 1 Pt.4. 19. 
v Luke 16.1. 
1 Th. 5. 17. 
z Psa. 27. 1. 
aPs.73.4,5. 
Jer. 48. 11. 
b Acta 12.1. 
c P«a. 7. 4. 
d P«a. 12. 2. 
e Pr. 12. 18. 
flPot.5.7. 



2 Hear my 
my mouth. 

c 3 For d strangers are risen up against me, and oppress- 
ors seek after my soul : they have e not set God before 
them. Selah. 

4 Behold, God is my f helper : the Lord is with them 
that uphold my soul. 

w 5 He shall s reward evil unto mine enemies ; cut them 
off in thy h truth. 

d 6 I will ; freely sacrifice unto thee : I will praise thy 
name, O Lord ; for it is good. 

7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble : and 
k mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. 

fc . PSALM LV. 

David in Jiis prayer complaineth of his fearful case, 1 : He prayeth 
against his enemies, ofivhose wickedness and treachery he complaineth, 
9 : He comforteth himself in God's preservation of him, and confusion 
of his enemies, 16. 

If To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm 

of David. 
<i£^i IVE ear to my prayer, O God ; and a hide not thy- 

\M self from my supplication. 

e 2 Attend unto me, and hear me ; b I mourn in my com- 
plaint, and make c a noise ; 

3 Because of the d voice of the enemy, because of the 
oppression of the wicked : for they e cast iniquity upon 
me, and in wrath they f hate me. 

« 4 My heart is sore pained within me : and the s tenors 
of death are fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and 
horror hath h overwhelmed me. 

c 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove ! for then 
would I * fly away, and be at rest. 

7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the 
k wilderness. Selah. 

8 I would ' hasten my escape from the windy storm 
and tempest. 

9 Destroy, O Lord, and m divide their tongues : for I 
have seen violence and strife in the city. 

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls there- 
of : mischief also and sorrow are in the n midst of it. 

' 1 1 "Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile 
depart not from her streets. 

12 For it was p not an enemy that reproached me ; 
then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated 
me that did magnify himself against me ; then I would 
have hid myself from him : 

13 But it was thou, a man mine q equal, r my guide, and 
mine s acquaintance. 

c 14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto 
the house of God ' in company. 

15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down 
u quick into hell ; for wickedness is in their dwellings, and 
among them. 

d 1G As for me, I will * call upon God : and the Lord 
shall save me. 

** 17 y Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, 
and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice. 

18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from ' the battle 
that was against me : for there were many with me. 

c 19 God shall hear and afflict them, even he that abideth 
of old. Selah. Because they have ;i no changes, there 
fore they fear not God. 

20 He hath b put forth his hands against such as be at 
c peace with him : he hath broken his covenant. 

21 The words of his mouth were d smoother than but- 
ter, but war was in his heart : his words were softer than 
oil, yet were they c drawn swords. 

d 22 Cast thy f burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus- 
tain thee : h<» shall never suffer the righteous to be moved 

330 



David complaineth of his dangerous case. 



PSALMS. 



He prayeth for deliverance* 



w 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit 
of destruction : bloody and deceitful men shall e not live 
out half their days ; but I will trust in thee. 
PSALM LVI. 

David praying to God in confidence of Ms word, complaineth of his ene- 
mies, 1 : Heprofesseth his confidence in God's word, and promiseth to 

TJVCt/lSC iLZTTl 9. 

fTo the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, 
Michtam of David, when the Philistines a took him in 
Gath. 

>E merciful unto me, O God : for man would swallow 
me up ; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up : for they 
be b many that fight against me, c O thou Most High. 
d 3 What time I d am afraid, I will trust in thee. 
i 4 In God I will praise e his word, in God I have put my 
trust ; I will not fear what f flesh can do unto me. 
c 5 Every day they g wrest my words : all their thoughts 
are against me for evil. 

6 They gather themselves together, they hide them- 
selves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my 
soul. 

7 Shall they escape h by iniquity ? in thine anger cast 
down the people, O God. 

t 8 Thou tellest ' my wanderings : put thou my tears into 
thy bottle : are they not in k thy book 1 

d 9 When I cry unto thee, 1 then shall mine enemies turn 
back : this I know ; for God is for me. 



1023. 



j Job 15. 32. 
ilSa.21.10. 
& 27. 1, 2. 
bRv.16.14. 
c Ts. 92. 8. 
& 93. 4. 
J 2 CIi r. 10.3. 
Psa. 34. 4. 
ePsa. 119. 
49, 92. 
Juhn 5. 39. 
f Keb; 13. K. 
gMt. 26.61. 
John 2. 19. 
hHab.2.13. 
ilCo.4. 11. 
k Mai. 3. 16. 
1 I'sa. 4. 1. 
in Ps. 27. 1. 
n Ps. 66. 11. 
o 2 Co. 1.10. 
p Gen. 17. 1. 
q John 8. 12. 
al£a.24.1. 
1. Ps. 61. 4. 
& 91. 1. 
c Isa. 26. 20. 
.1 Phil. 1. 6. 

Ps. 18. 6. 
ItTs. 40. 11. 

Eph. 3. 19. 

Pr. 28. 15. 
h Pr. 30. 14. 

Ps. 58. 10. 
I; Psalm 7. 
15, 16. 

1 Sa. 23. 22. 
lNeh.9.4,5. 
Psa. 108. 1. 
m Ps. 16. 9. 
& 30. 12. 
Jgs. 5. 12. 

n Eo. 15. 9. 
o Ps. 36. 5. 
Rv. 11. 15. 



I praise his word 
my trust 



in the Lord will I 



I will not be afraid 



per- 



i 10 In God will 
praise his word. 

c 11 In God have I put 
what man can do unto me 

d 12 "Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render 
praises unto thee. 

*13 For ° thou hast delivered my soul from death : wilt 
not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may p walk 
before God in the q light of the living "? 

PSALM LVII. 

David in prayer fleeing unto God, complaineth of his dangerous case, 1 : 

He encourageth himself to praise God, 7. 

^[ To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, 
when he fled from Saul in the a cave. 

&E merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me : 
for my soul trusteth in thee : yea, in the b shadow of 
thy wings will I make my refuge, c until these calamities 
be overpast. 

d 2 I will cry unto God Most High ; unto God that d 
formeth all things for me. 

3 He shall send e from heaven, and save me from the 
reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God 
shall send forth f his mercy and his truth. 
t 4 My soul is among e lions : and I lie even among 
them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose 
teeth are h spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp 
sword. 

t 5 Be thou Exalted, O God, above the heavens ; let thy 
glory be above all the earth. 

6 They have prepared a net for my steps ; my soul is 
bowed down r they have digged a pit before me, into the 
midst whereof they k are fallen themselves. Selah. 
i 7 My heart 1 is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will 
sing and give praise. 

8 ra Awake up, my glory ; awake psaltery and harp : I 
myself \x\\\ awake early. 

d 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people : I will 
sing unto a thee among the nations. 

10 For thy ° mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy 
truth unto the clouds. 

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens : let thv 
glory be above all the eajrtn. 




a Is. 59. 8, 9, 
13, 14, 15. 
Titus 1. 16. 
b Isa. 5. 20. 
c Isa.26.20. , 
<1 Ps. 51. 5. d 
Isa. 48. 8. 
e Deut. 32. 
24. 

Rom. 3. 13. 
f Acts 7. 57. 
g Eccl. 10. 
11. 

hJob29.17. 
i Dan. 2. 35. 
It Ps. 37. 36. 
1 Eccl. 6. 3. 
mPr.10.25. 
nPr. 11. 10. 
Rv. 19.1,2. 
oRv.14.20 
pRv.14.1^ 
a 1 Sam. 

19. 11. 
b Acts 20. 3. 
c 1 Sam. 
24. 10. 
d Pa. 35. 23. 
c Ex.20. 5. 
t'Psa. 2C. 3. 
g 1 Sam. 
2G. 20. 
hPs.22. 16. 
i Pe. 10. 11. 
& 73. 11. & 
94.7. 

k Psa. 2. 4. 
llSa.26.11. 
John 19. 11. 
m 2 Chron. 

20. 12. 
n 2 Cor. 1.3. 
o Ps. 21. 3. 
p Eccl. 9. 5. 
q Ps. 12. 2. 
r Da. 6.5,6. 
s Ps. 109. 17. 
t Isa. 26. 9. 
u Job 15.23. 
x Isa. 8. 21. 



PSALM LVIII. 

David reproveth ivicked judges, 1, describeth the nature of the wicked, 3, 
and devoteth them to God's judgments, 6, whereat the righteous shall 
rejoice, 10. / 

«H To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. 
O ye indeed a speak righteousness, O congregation 1 
do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men 1 
c 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye b weigh the vio- 
lence of your hands c in the earth. 

* 3 The wicked are d estranged from the womb : they go 
astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 
' 4 Their e poison is like the poison of a serpent : they 
are like the deaf adder that f stoppeth her ear ; 

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of g charmers, 
charming never so wisely. 

e 6 Break their h teeth, O God, in their mouth : break out 
the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. 

7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually : 
when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be 
as ; cut in pieces. 

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them k pass 
away : like the ' untimely birth of a woman, that they 
may not see the sun. 

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take 
them away as with m a whirlwind, both living, and in his 
wrath. 

10 The righteous shall " rejoice when he seeth the ven- 
geance : he shall wash his feet in the ° blood of the wicked. 

«11 So that a man shall .say, Verily there is p a reward for 
the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 

PSALM LIX. 
David- prayeth to be delivered from his enemies, 1 : He complaineth of 

their cruelty, 6 : He trusteth in God, 8 : He prayeth against them, 11 : 

He praiseih God, 16. 

T[ To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David ; 

when Saul sent, and they watched the house a to 

kill him. 
/ljr|ELrv ER me from mine enemies, O my God : defend 
I ff me from them that rise up against me. 

2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me 
from bloody men. 

3 For lo, they lie b in wait for my soul : the mighty are 
gathered against me ; c not for my transgression, nor for 
my sin, O Lord. 

4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault : 
awake to help me, and behold. 

D 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of 
Israel, awake to e visit all the heathen : be not merciful 
to any f wicked transgressors. Selah. 

6 They s return at evening : they make a noise like h a 
dog, and go round about the city. 

c 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth : swords are 
in their lips : for ■ who, say they, doth hear 1 

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt k laugh at them ; thou shalt 
have all the heathen in derision. 

c 9 Because of his ' strength will I m wait upon thee : for 
God is my defence. 

10 "The God of my mercy shall "prevent me : God 
shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 

11 Slay them not, lest my p people forget : scatter them 
by thy power ; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 

12 For the sin of their q mouth and the words of their 
lips let them even be r taken in their pride : and for 3 curs- 
ing and lying which they speak. 

io 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they 
may not be : and let them ' know that God ruleth in Jacob 
unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 

14 And at evening let them return ; and let them make 
a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 

15 Let them "wander up and down for meat, and 
"grudge if they be not satisfied. 



David voweth perpetual service to God. PSALMS. 

d 16 But I will sing of thy power ; yea, I will y sing aloud 
of thy mercy in the z morning : for thou hast been my 
defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 

c 17 Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing : for God is 
my defence, and the God of my mercy. 

PSALM LX. 
David complaining to God of former judgment, \,now upon better hope 
prayethfor deliverance, 4 : Comforting himself in God' 1 s promises, he 
craveih that help whereon he trusteth, 6. 

H To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam 
of David, to teach ; when he strove with a Aram-naha- 
raim and with b Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and 
smote of c Edom in the valley of Salt twelve thousand. 

OGOD, thou hast cast us oif, thou hast d scattered us, 
thou hast been displeased ; O turn thyself to us again. 
E 2 Thou hast made e the earth to tremble ; thou hast 
broken it : f heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 

3 Thou hast shewed thy people g hard things: thou 
hast made us to drink the h wine of astonishment. 

4 Thou hast given ' a banner to them that fear thee, 
that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 

5 That thy beloved may be delivered ; save with k thy 
right hand, and hear me. 

d 6 God hath spoken in his holiness ; ' I will rejoice, I 
will m divide "Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

r 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine ; Ephraim also 
is the strength of my head ; Judah is ° my lawgiver ; 

8 Moab is my p washpot ; over Edom will I cast out q my 
ahoe : Philistia, triumph thou because of me. 

9 Who will bring me into the r strong city 1 who will 
lead me into Edom ] 

10 Wilt not thou, O God, which 9 hadst cast us off? and 
thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies 1 

^11 Give us help from trouble : for ' vain is the help of man. 
12 Through God we shall do u valiantly : for he it is 
that shall tread down our enemies. 



David prayeth for deliverance. 



PSALM LXI. 

Davidfleeth to God upon his former experience, 1: He voweth perpetual 

service unto him, because of his promises, 4. 

*j[ To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. 

HEAR my a cry, O God ; attend unto my prayer. 
i 2 From the end of the b earth will I cry unto thee, 
when my heart is c overwhelmed : lead me to the rock 
that is d higher than I. 

3 For c thou hast been a shelter for me, and f a strong 
tower from the enemy. 

4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I will trust 
in the g covert of thy wings. Selah. 

5 For thou, O God, hast heard h my vows : thou hast 
given me the ' heritage of those that fear thy name. 

6 Thou wilt k prolong the king's life : and his years as 
1 many generations. 

b7 He shall m abide before God for ever: O prepare 
n mercy and truth, which may preserve him. 

d 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I 
may daily perform my vows. 

PSALM LXII. 
David professing his confidence in God, discauragelh his enemies, 1 . In 

the same confidence he encourageth the godly, 5. No trust is to be put 

in worldly things. 9. 
*l\ To the chief Musician, to a Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. 

TRULY ray soul waiteth upon God : from him comclh 
my salvation. 
2 He b only is my rock and my salvation ; he is my de- 
fence ; I shall not be c greatly moved. 
to 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against d a man ? 
ye shall be e slain all of you : as a bowing wall shall ye be, 
and as c a tottering fence. 

o 4 They g only consult to cast' him down from his h ex- 
cellency : they delight ' in lies : they bless with their 
mouth, but they curse inwardlv. Selah. 

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d 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for 



zEr35.'i.',tation is from him. 

c 6 He only is ' my rock and my salvation 



1 Sa. 19. 11. 

Isa. 65. 14. 

b2Sa°8 2 3 i^ enCe 5 * S * 1£l 'l n0t De mOV ed 

c 1 Chron. | 
18. 12 



my expec- 
he is my de- 
: the rock of 



i Isa. 11. 12. 
k Psa. 20. 4. 
IRv. 18. 20. 
m Jos. 1. 6. 
n Gen. 12. 6. 
oGn.49. 10. 
p 2 Sa. 8. 2. 
q Jgs. 5. 21. 
r2Sam.l2. 
26, 29. 
Rev. 17. 16. 
9 Jsa. 12. 1. 
t I's. 118. 9. 
u 2 Co. 2. 14. 
a Ph. 4.6,7. 
bl Tim. 2.8. 
c La. 3. 65. 
d 2 Cor. 3. 5. 
el Sam. 17. 
37. 

IPr. 18. 10. 
g Psa. 63. 7. 
hGn.28.20. 
i Heb. 11.8. 
k2Sa.7.13. 
1 Dan. 2. 44. 
m Luke 1. 
31. 

n Pr. 20. 28. 
alChr.25.3. 
b Ps. 73. 25. 
c 1 Cor. 10. 
13. 

d Acts 17. 
31. 

eRv. 18.21. 
f Isa. 30. 13. 
g Ps. 2. 2. 
h Luke 19. 
14. 
iRv.22. 15. 



HA 



for thou 

His confi- 
Of 



In God is my salvation and m my glory 
°isa. - 4.io.jmy strength, andmy refuge, is in God. 
?!cifr'.?J4j d 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, n pour out your 
ivts&w. heart De f° r e him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 

< 9 Surely men of "low degree are vanity, and men of 
high degree are p a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are 
altogether lighter than q vanity. 

p 10 r Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in 
robbery: if riches increase, s set not your heart upon them. 
t 1 1 God hath spoken once ; twice have I heard this ; that 
1 power belongeth unto God. 

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth "mercy 
renderest to every man according to his work. 

PSALM LXIII. 
David's thirst for God, 1 : His manner of blessing God, 4 : 

dence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety, 9. 

Psalm of David, when he was in the a wilderness 

Judah. 
God, thou art b my God ; c early will I seek thee : 
my d soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for 
thee e in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; 

2 f To see thy g power and thy glory, so as I have seen 
thee in the sanctuary. 

3 Because thy loving-kindness is h better than life, ! my 
lips shall praise thee. 

4 Thus will I bless thee k while I live: I will lift up 'my 
hands in thy name. 

d 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and m fat- 
ness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : 

6 When n I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate 
on thee in the ° night watches. 

i 7 Because thou hast been my help, p therefore in the 
shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

8 My soul followeth hard after thee 
upholdeth me. 

9 But those that r seek my soul to destroy it, 
into the lower parts of the earth. 

w 10 They shall s fall by the sword ; they shall be a por- 
tion for foxes. 

<M1 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that 

sweareth by him shall glory : but the mouth of them that 
speak lies shall be stopped. 

PSALM LXIV. 
David prayeth for deliverance, complaining of his enemies, 1 : He pro- 

miseth himself to see such an evident destruction of his enemies, that 

the righteous shall rejoice at it, 7. 

•jf To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
EAR a my voice, O God, in my prayer : preserve my 
life from b fear of the enemy. 
2 Hide me from the c secret counsel of the wicked ; 
from the d insurrection of the workers of iniquity : 
c 3 Who e whet their tongue like a sword, andbend their 
bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words : 

4 That they may f shoot in secret at the perfect : sud- 
denly do they shoot at him, and g fear not. 

5 'They h encourage themselves in an evil matter : they 
commune of laying ' snares privily ; they say, Who shall 
'' see them 1 

6 They 'search out iniquities; tliey accomplish m a dili- 
gent search : both the inward thought of every one of them, 
and the heart, is deep. 

■>"7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow ; suddenly 
shall they be wounded. 

8 So they shall make their " own tongue to fall upon 
themselves : all that see them shall ° flee away. 

r 9 And all men shall r fear, and shall i declare the work 
of God ; for they shall wisely r consider of his doing. 

C41 



1048. 
k Jer. 3. 23. 

I Ps. 18. 2. 
m Jer. 9.23. 
n 1 Sam. 1. 
15. 

o Ps. 49. 2. 
p Hab. 3. 17. 
q Ps. 12. 2. 
r Jer. 17. 11. 
si Co. 7. 31. 
t Rev. 19. 1. 
u 2 Cor. 1.3. 
alSa.22.5. 
1> Ro. 8. 37. 
c Job 5. 8. 
d Ps. 42. 2. 
e Jer. 2. 6. 
fPs. 27. 4. 
gEzek. 11. 
16. 

h Ps.30. 5. 
i Song 7. 9. 
kPs.101.33. 

II Tim. 2. 8. 
m Ps. :)H. 8. 
n Ps. 42. 4. 

La. 2. 19. 
pi Sain. 17. 
37. 

q Song 2. C. 
iKxod.4.8. 
« Jer. 18.21. 
a Pa. 27. 7. 
b Ps. 34. 4. 
c Hab. 3. 14. 

dUnv. 16.14. 
e Jer. 9. 3. 
t'Ps. 10.8. 
g Ps. 56. 1 . 
h Ncli. 4. II. 
i Da. 0. 4, 5. 
kl>s. 10. II. 

1 Dan. 6. 6. 
m 1 Kings 
18. 10. 

n Pr. [& 13. 
o Rv. 18. 10. 

pRv.ll.]3. 
q Jer. 50.28. 
i r». 111.2. 



q thy right hand 
shall go 



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David exhorteth to praise God. 

<* 10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord 
trust in him ; and all the upright in heart shall glory. 
PSALM LXV. 

David praiseth God for his grace, 1. The blessedness of. God's chosen 
by reason of benefits, 4. 

If To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. 
^ORAISE " waiteth for thee, O God, a in Zion: and unto 
JL thee shall the vow be performed. 

2 O thou that b hearest prayer, unto thee shall c all flesh 
come. 

c 3 d Iniquities prevail against me : as for our transgres- 
sions, thou shalt e purge them away. 

b 4 Blessed is the man whom thou f choosest, and causest 
g to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : 
we sharl be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even 
of thy holy temple. 

e 5 h By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou an 
swer us, O God of our salvation ; who art the confidence 
of all the ends of the earth, and of them that ' are afar off 
upon the sea : 

6 Which by his strength 'setteth fast the k mountains 
being 1 girded with power : 

5 7 Which stilleth the m noise of the seas, the noise of 
their waves, and the tumult of the people. 

* 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid 
of thy n tokens : thou makest the out-goings of the morn- 
ing and evening to rejoice. 

e 9 Thou "visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly 
enrichest it with the river of God, which is full p of water ; 
thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 
10 Thou q waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou 
settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with 
showers : thou blessest the " springing thereof. 
*11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and 
thy paths drop fatness. 

e 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness ? 
and the little hills rejoice on every side. 

13 The r pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys 
also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they 
also sing. 

PSALM LXVI. 

David exhorteth to praise God, I, to observe his great ivories, 5, to bless 
him for his gracious benefits, 8 : He voweth for himself religious ser- 
vice to God, 12 : He declareth God's especial goodness to himself, 16. 

If To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. 
Jj%/I"AKE a a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands : 
1? A 2 Sing forth the b honour of his name : make his 
praise glorious. 

t 3 Say unto God, How c terrible art thou in thy works ! 
through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies 
" submit themselves unto thee. 

r 4 All the earth shall d worship thee, and shall sing unto 
thee ; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. 

5 e Come and see the works of God : he is terrible in 
his doing toward the children of men. 

6 He turned f the sea into dry land ; they went through 
the flood on foot : there did s we rejoice in him. 

* 7 He ruleth by his power for ever ; h his eyes behold the 
nations: let not the ' rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 

d 8 O bless our God, k ye people, and make the voice of 
his praise to be heard : 

9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our 
feet to be moved. 

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou hast ' tried 
us, as silver is tried. 

1 1 Thou broughtest us into the m net ; thou laidest af- 
fliction upon our loins. 

1 2 Thou hast caused men n to ride over our heads ; we 
went through fire and through water : but thou broughtest 

° a wealthy place. 



PSALMS, 

and shall 



us out into 



G' 



let all the peo- 




A prayer at the removing of the ark, 

<U3 I will go into thy house with p burnt-offerings : I will 
pay thee my vows, 

14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath 
spoken, q when I was in trouble. 

15 I will offer unto thee burnt-sacrifices of fatlings, with 
the incense of rams ; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 

« 16 Come and r hear, all ye that fear God, and I will 
declare what he hath s done for my soul. 

d 1 7 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was ex- 
tolled with my tongue. 

18 If I c regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will ! not 
hear me : 

h 19 But verily God u hath heard me; he hath attended 
to the voice of my prayer. 

20 Blessed be God, which hath * not turned away my 
prayer, nor his mercy from me. 

PSALM LXVII. 

A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom, 1, to the joy of the people, 

3, and the increase of God's blessings, 6. 

^[ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A" Psalm or Song. 
OD be merciful unto us, and a bless us ; and cause 
his b face to shine upon us. Selah. 
2. That c thy way may be known upon earth, thy d isaving 
health among all nations. 

d 3 Let the people e praise thee, O God 
pie praise thee. 

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy : for thoft 
shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations 
upon earth. Selah. 

5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people 
praise thee. 

i 6 Then shall the earth f yield her increase ; and God, 
even our own God, shall bless us. 

7 God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall 
s fear him. 

PSALM LXVIII. 

A prayer at the removing of the ark, 1. An exhortation to praise God 

for his mercies, 4, for his care of the church, 7, for his great works, 19. 

If To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. 

LET a God b arise, let his enemies be c scattered : let 
them also that hate him flee before him. 

» 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away : d as 
wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish e at 
the presence of God. 

d3 But let the f righteous be glad ; let them rejoice be- 
fore God : yea, let them s exceedingly rejoice. 

« 4 Sing unto God, h sing praises to his name : extol 
him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and 
rejoice before him. 

& 5 £ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, 
is God in his holy habitation. 

6 God sitteth the solitary k in families : he bringeth out 
those which are i bound with chains : but the rebellious 
dwell in a dry land. 

7 O God, when thou m wentest forth before thy people, 
when thou didst march through the wilderness ; Selah : 

s 8 n The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the 
presence of God: even ° Sinai itself was moved at the pre- 
sence of God, the God of Israel. 

i> 9 Thou, O God, didst send p a plentiful rain, whereby 
thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was q weary. 
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : thou, O God., 
hast r prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 

t 1 1 The Lord 9 gave the word : great was the company 
of those that published it. 

12 Kings of armies l did flee apace : and she that tar- 
ried at home divided the spoil. 

ji 13 Though ye have lien u among the pots, yet shall ye 
be as the x wings of a dove covered with silver, and her - 
feathers with vellow gold. 

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Gad to be praised for his great works. 
t 14 When the Almighty y scattered kings in 



it. 



PSALMS 

it was 



* white as snow in Salmon 

15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan ; ' a high hill 
as the hill of Bashan 

16 Why leap ye, ye high hills ] this is the hill which 
God desireth b to dwell in ; yea, the Lord will dwell in it 
for ever. 

* 1 7 The chariots of c God d are twenty thousand, even 
thousands of angels : the Lord is among them, as e in 
Sinai, in the holy place. 

< 18 Thou hast f ascended on high, thou hast g led capti- 
vity captive : thou hast received gifts for men ; yea, for 
the h rebellious also, that the Lord God might ' dwell 
among them. 

& 19 Blessed be the Lord, who k daily loadeth us with bene- 
fits, even the God of our salvation. Selah 

* 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation ; and un- 
to God the Lord belong the ' issues from death. 
v> 21 But God shallwound the m head of his enemies, and the 

hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses 

22 The Lord said, I will n bring again from Bashan ; I 
will bring my people again from the depths of the sea : 

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the ° blood of thine 
enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same 

* 24 They have p seen thy goings, O God ; even the go- 
ings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 

25 q The singers went before, the players on instru- 
ments followed after; among them were the damsels play- 
ing with timbrels. 

d 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, 
from the r fountain of Israel. 

27 There is s little Benjamin with their ' ruler, the 
princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, 
and the princes of Naphtali. 

b 28 Thy God hath u commanded thy strength : * strength 
en, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 

29 Because of y thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings 
bring presents unto thee 

30 Rebuke the company of spear-men, the multitude of 
the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one sub 
mit himself with pieces of silver : scatter thou the people 
that z delight in war. 

f 31 Princes shall come out of a Egypt ; Ethiopia shall 
soon stretch out b her hands unto God 

d 32 Sing unto God, c ye kingdoms of the earth ; O sing 
praises unto the Lord ; Selah : 

8 33 To him that rideth upon the d heavens of heavens, 
ivhich were of old ; lo, he doth send out e his voice, and that 
a mighty voice. 

34 f Ascribe ye strength unto God : his excellency is 
over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 

t 35 O God, thou art terrible e out of thy holy places : the 
God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto 
his people. h Blessed be God. 

PSALM LXIX. 
David complaineth of his affliction, 1. He prayeth for deliverance, 13 

He devoteth his enemies to destruction, 22. He praiseth God ivith 

thanksgiving, 30. 

^[ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, Jl Psalm of 

David. 
<*rMAVE a me, O God ; for the b waters are come in unto 



David praiseth God ivith thanksgiving. 
O God, thou knowest g my foolishness ; and my sins 



zRe"'l.']7; are not hid from thee. 

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, 
h for my sake : let not those that seek thee be 



KJ my soul 

•* 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing : I am 
come into c deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 

3 I am d weary of my crying: my throat is dried : c mine 
eyes fail while I wait for my God. 

4 They that hate me f without a cause are more than 
the hairs' of my head : they that would destroy me, being 
mine enemies wrongfully, arc mighty : then I restored 
that which I took not away. 




c 7 Because '"■ for thy sake I have borne reproach : shame 
hath covered my face. 

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and k an 
alien unto my mother's children. 

r 9 For the zeal of thy house hath ' eaten me up ; and the 
reproaches of them that reproached thee m are fallen 
upon me. 

* 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, 
that was n to my reproach. 

Ill made sackcloth also my garment; and I became 
a proverb to them. 

c 12 They that sit in the gate "speak against me; and I 
was the p song of the drunkards. 

e 13 But q as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, 
r in an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of thy 
mercy hear me, in the s truth of thy salvation. 

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink : let 
me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the 
deep waters. 

15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the 
deep swallow me up, and let not the pit 'shut her mouth 
upon me. 

* 16 Hear me, O Lord ; for u thy loving-kindness Osgood : 
turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender 
mercies. 

17 And "hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in 
trouble : hear me speedily. 

* 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver 
me y because of mine enemies. 

19 Thou hast z known my reproach, and my shame, 
and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 

20 Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of 
heaviness : and I looked for some to take pity, but there 
was none ; and for comforters, but a I found none. 

r*2l They gave me also b gall for my meat ; and in my 
thirst they gave me e vinegar to drink. 
i 22 Let their d table become a snare before them : and 
that which should have been for their welfare, let it become 
a trap. 

23 Let their e eyes be darkened, that they see not ; and 
make their loins continually to shake. 
w 24 f Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy 
wrathful anger take hold of them. 
r 25 Let their g habitation be desolate ; and let b none 
dwell in their tents. 

26 For they persecute him whom ! thou hast smitten ; 
and theytalktothe grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 

27 k Add iniquity to their iniquity : and let them not 
come into l thy righteousness. 

28 " 



Let them be blotted out of the m book of the living, 
and u not be written with the righteous. 

29 But I am ° poor and sorrowful : let thy salvation, O 
God, set me up on high. 

d 30 I will p praise the name of God with a song, and will 
magnify him with thanksgiving. 

31 This also shall please the Lord *" better than an o.v 
or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 
£32 The humble shall see this, and bo glad: and your 
heart shall live that seek God. 

33 For the LonD heareth the poor, and despiseth not 
r his prisoners. 

<*34 Let the 8 heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and 
t'p*.5i. l&.'and every thing that moveth therein. 
icalVfol r 35 For God will save 'Zion, and will build the cities of 

S4» 



PSALMS. 



i 



David, in confidence of faith, 

Judah : that they may dwell there, and have it in pos- 
session. 

36 The u seed also of his servants shall inherit it : and 
they that love his name shall dwell therein. 

PSALM LXX. 
David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, and preserva- 
tion of the godly. 
% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, a to bring to 

remembrance. 
h 1UMBKE haste, O God, to deliver me ; b make haste 
JLfJL c to help me, O Lord. 

2 Let them d be ashamed and confounded that seek 
after my soul : let them be e turned backward, and put to 
confusion, that desire my hurt. 

3 Let them be turned back for f a reward of their shame 
that say, g Aha, aha ! 
b 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : 

and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God 

be magnified. 

e 5 But I am h poor and needy: make haste unto me, O 

God: thou art my help and my deliverer ; O Lord, make 

no tarrying. 

PSALM LXXI. 

David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favour, prayeth 
both for himself, and against the enemies of his soul, 1 : He promxseth 
constancy, 14: He prayeth for perseverance, 17: He praiseth God, and 
promiseih to do it cheerfully, 19. 

~[N thee, O Lord, do I put a my trust ; let me never be 
put to b confusion. 

2 Deliver me c in thy righteousness, and cause me to 
escape : incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 

3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may con- 
tinually resort : thou hast d given commandment to save 
me ; for thou art my rock and my fortress 

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, 
out of the hand of the unrighteous and a cruel man 
d 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou art my 
trust from my youth. 

6 By thee have I been holden up e from the womb 
thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels : my 
praise shall be continually of thee. 

7 I am as f a wonder unto many ; but thou art my strong 
refuge. 

6 Let my mouth be rilled with thy praise and with thy 
honour all the day. 

6 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age ; forsake me 
not when my strength faileth. 

10 For mine enemies speak against me ; and they that 
s lay wait for my soul h take counsel together, 

11 Saying, God hath 'forsaken him : persecute and take 
him ; for there is k none to deliver him. 

& 12 O God, be not far from me: O i my God, m make 
haste for my help. 

13 Let them be confounded n and consumed that are 
adversaries to my soul ; let them be covered with reproach 
and dishonour that seek my hurt. 

d 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee 
more and more. 

15 My mouth shall shew "forth thy righteousness and thy 
salvation all the day ; for I know not the p numbers thereof. 

16 I will go q in the strength of the Lord God : I will 
make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine r only. 

d * 17 O God, thou hast taught me from s my youth : and 
hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 
* 18 l Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, 
forsake me not ; until I have shewed thy strength unto j5g"S«i 
this generation, and thy power to every one' that is to come. 
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who 
„n 2iJ e gTe 't { tllin g s : ° God, u who is like unto thee ? 
c iO ifiou, which hast shewed me great 



c2Cor. 1. 

* and sore tioft-ld'/ 



prayeth for himself and Solomon. 

bles, shall » quicken me again, and shall bring me up again 
from the depths of the earth. 

21 Thou shalt z increase my greatness, and comfort me 
a on every side. 

* 22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even b thy 
truth, O my God : unto thee will I sing with the harp, O 
thou c Holy One of Israel. 

d 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee ; 
and d my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 
d 24 My tongue also shall e talk of thy righteousness all 
the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought 
unto shame, that seek my hurt. 

PSALM LXXII. 
David praying for Solomon, sheweth the goodness and glory of his king- 
dom, in type, and of ChrisVs, in truth, 1 : He blesseth God, 18. 

% A Psalm for a Solomon. 
IVE the b king thy c judgments, O God, and thy 
d righteousness unto the king's son. 
d 2 He shall judge thy people e with righteousness, and thy 
poor with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring f peace to the people, and 
the little hills, by righteousness. 

4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the 
children of the needy, and shall break in pieces s the 
oppressor. 

5 They shall h fear thee as long as the sun and moon 
endure, * throughout all generations. 
e 6 He shall come down k like rain upon the mown grass: 
as showers that water the earth. 

T7 In his days shall ' the righteous flourish : and abun- 
dance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 
r 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and 
from the river unto the m ends of the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before 
him ; and his enemies shall n lick the dust. 
s 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall p bring 
presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 
t* 1 1 Yea, q all kings shall fall down before him : all na- 
tions shall serve him. 

12 For he shall deliver the r needy when he crieth ; the 
poor also, and him that hath no helper. 
^13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save 
the souls of the needy. 

14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence : 
and 9 precious shall their blood be in his sight. 
g 15 And he shall 'live, and to him shall be given of the 
gold of Sheba : u prayer also shall be made for him con- 
tinually ; and daily shall he be praised. 
i 1 6 There shall be x a handful of corn in the earth upon the 
top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Leba- 
non: and theyof the city shall flourish like grass oftheearth. 
r 17 His name ° shall endure for ever : his name shali be 
continued as long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in 
him : all nations shall call him blessed. 

18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who 
only doeth wondrous things. 

i> 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever : and lei 
the whole earth be > 'filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 
/20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are z ended. 

PSALM LXXIII. ' 
The Prophet prevailing in a temptation, 1, sheicejh the occasion thereof 
the prosperity of the wicked, 2: The wound given thereby, diffidence. 
13 : the victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose, in destroying of 
the wicked, aiid sustaining the righteous, 15. 

f A Psalm of Asaph. 

TRULY God a is good to Israel, even to such as are of 
b a clean heart. 
a Luke aa I e, j$ u t as f or me , my feet were c almost gone ; my steps 
LI John 3. 1 had well nigh slipped. 

u 3 For I was d envious at the foolish, when I saw fhe 




.37. 



For I was Q envious 
[prosperity of the wicked. 



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The desolation of the sanctuary. 

4 For there are no bands a in their death : but their 
strength is firm. 

5 They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are 
they plagued e like other men. 

c 6 f Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; 
violence covereth them as a garment. 

7 Their eyes s stand out with fatness : they have more 
than heart could wish. 

8 They are h corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning 
they speak l loftily. 

k 



oppression 

9 They set their mouth k against the heavens, and 
their tongue walketh through the earth. 

10 Therefore his people ' return hither : and waters of 
m a full cup are wrung out to them. 

ell And n they say, How doth God know 1 and is there 
knowledge in the Most High 1 

12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who ° prosper in the 
world ; p they increase in riches. 

"13 Verily I have cleansed my heart q in vain, and washed 
my hands in innocency. 

14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and ''chas- 
tened every morning. 

p 15 If I say, I will speak thus ; behold, I should offend 
against the generation of thy children. 

16 When I thought to know this, it was s too painful for 
me ; 

d 17 Until I went into the ' sanctuary of God ; then un- 
derstood I their u end. 

t 18 Surely thou didst set them s in slippery places : thou 
castedst them down into destruction. 

19 How are they brought y into desolation, as in a mo- 
ment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 

* 20 z As a dream when one awaketh ; so, O Lord, when 
thou a awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 

21 Thus my heart was 'grieved, and I was pricked in 
my reins. 

22 So foolish was I, and ignorant ; I was as ° a beast 
before thee. 

23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee : thou hast 
b holden me by my right hand. 

i* 24 Thou shalt c guide me with thy counsel, and after- 
ward receive me i to glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven c but thee? and there is none 
upon earth that f I desire besides thee. 

26 My flesh and my heart B faileth : but God is the 
strength of my heart, and my h portion for ever. 

w 27 For lo, they that are ' far from thee shall perish : 
thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 
<i 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God : I have 
put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy 
works. 

PSALM LXXIV. 
The Prophet complainelh of the desolation of the sanctuary,!: He moveth 
God to help, in consideration of his power, 10, of his reproachful ene- 
mies, of his children, and of his covenant, IS. 

■jj Maschil of Asaph. 
GOD, a why hast thou cast us off for ever? why 
b doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy 
pasture 1 

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast c pur 
chased of old ; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou 
hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt 

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; eyeball 
that the enemy hath done ll wickedly in the sanctuary. 

c 4 Thine enemies c roar in the midst of thy congrcga 
tions ; they set up their f ensigns for signs. 

5 Jl man "was famous according as he had lifted up 
axes upon the thick trees 

6 But now they break down the e Carved work thereof 
«•* once with axes and hammers. 

87 2X 



Job 13. 17, 
h Jer. 5. 28. 
i Ex. 5. 3. 
k Rv. 13. 6. 

1 verses 3, 
11, 12. 

m Ps. 75. 8. 
n verse 10. 
o Jer. 12. 1. 
p Ps. 49. 6. 
qMal.3 14. 
r Job 17. 18. 
sPs. 77 19. 
t Psa. 119. 
11, 98. 

2 Co. 10. 5 
uPs.37. 38. 
sEr. 30.8,9. 
y Jer. 51. 37. 
Rev. 18. 10. 
i Isa. 29. 7, 
8. 

a Ps. 78.65. 
ft Heb. 
leavened, 
Ps. 37. 1. 
c Heb. be- 
hemoth, a 
greatbeast. 
Ro. 1. 21. 
b 1 Pet. 1. 5. 
c Ps. 32. 8. 
(I 2 PL 1.11. 
e Phil. 3. 8. 
f Eccl. 1. 2. 
glSa.27.1. 
hPs. 11957. 
i Psa. 119. 
155. 

a Ps. 13. 1. 
blsa. 10.5. 
Amos 3. 6. 
cEx.15. 16. 
dRv.13.16. 
e Rev. 13. 4. 
fRv.13. 14. 
a Heb. he 
was known, 
Pr. 31. 23. 
Ex. 28. 11. 



o 



PSALMS. David's promise to judge uprightly. 

They have cast h fire into thy sanctuary, they have 
eHb'.i2!"8. | defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thv name 
l5 - !i to the ground. J 

8 They said in their hearts, k Let us destroy them toge- 
ther : they have burned up all the synagogues of God in 
the land. 

9 We see not our l signs : there is no more any m pro- 
phet : neither is there among us any that knoweth n how 
long. 

10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach 1 
shall the enemy blaspheme ° thy name for ever 1 

1 1 Why p withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy q right 
hand 1 pluck it out of thy bosom. 

c 12 For God is my King of old, r working salvation in the 
midst of the earth. 

13 Thou didst "divide the sea by thy strength: thou 
brakest the heads of the ' dragons in the waters. 
■El 4 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and 
gavest him to be u meat to the people inhabiting the 
wilderness. 

15 Thou didst * cleave the fountain and the flood: thou 
driedst up mighty rivers. 

* 16 The y day is thine, the night also is thine : thou hast 
prepared the light and the sun. 

17 Thou hast z set all the borders of the earth: thou 
hast made summer and winter. 

c'\S a Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, 
O Lord, and that b the foolish people have blasphemed 
thy name. 

19 deliver not the soul of thy c turtle-dove unto the 
d multitude of the wicked : forget not the congregation of 
thy poor for ever. 

* 20 Have respect unto the c covenant : for the f dark 
places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 

21 O let not the oppressed s return ashamed : let the 

poor and needy praise thy name. 
b 22 Arise, O God, h plead thine own cause : remember 

how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the tumult 

of those that rise up against thee * increaseth con- 

tinually. 

PSALM LXXV. 

The Prophet praiseth God, 1 : Hepromiseth to judge uprightly, 2: He 
rebuketh the proud by consideration of God's providence, 4 : He prais- 
eth God, and promiseth to execute justice, 9. 

*ff To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A a Psalm or Song 
of Asaph. 

thanks, unto thee do 




1. 2 Kings 
25.9. 

i 1 Kings 8. 
29. 

k Ps. 83. 4. 
IGn. 17. 11. 
m Is. 30. 10. 
n Dan. 12.6. 
o 2 Kings 
19.6. 

p Song 5. 6. 
IPs. 118.16. 
r Psa. 3. 8. 
Ex. 11.21. 
t Ex. 14.28. 
Ezek. 39. 3. 
u Nu. 11. 9. 
xEx. 17. 6. 
y Mt. 6. 26. 
z Acts 17. 
26. 

a Isa. 62. (i. 
1) Ps. 39. 8. 
c Song 1.15. 
il Ps. 68. 10. 
o Ps. 105. 8. 
fl's. 12. 8. ,-tr 

g job o. i9. stiff neck. 

h Ps. 85. 1. 
b Heb. (75- 
ccndclh, 
Jonah 1. 2. 
a 2 8a. 5. 1. 
b Ro. 10. 8. 
c Ps. 145. 4. 
(I Ps. 45. 6. 
o Dan. 2.35. 
Illcb. 1.3. 
g Rv. 3. 12. 
h Psa. 5. 5. 
iZc;r.h. 1.18. 
I: Ps. 73. 8. 
1 2 Tim. 4. 1. 
mPi.il 3.7. 
n. Jer. 25. 15. 
oRv. 14. 10. 
p Ph. 51. 17. 
q Rov. 19. 1. 
rRv. 17. r 



JTTNTO thee, O God, do we give 

U Ave give thanks : for that thy name b is near, thy 
c wondrous works declare. 

2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge 
d uprightly. 

£> 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are ° dis- 
solved : f I bear up the e pillars of it. Selah. 

c 4 I said unto the h fools, Deal not foolishly ; and to the 
wicked, Lift not up ' the horn : 
5 Lift not up your horn k on high : speak not with a 



t 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from 
the west, nor from the south. 

7 But God is the judge : he putteth ' down one, and 
selteth up another. , , 

w8 For in the hand of the Lord there is m a cup, and the 
wine is red; it is full of "mixture, and he pourelh out of the 
same : but the ° dregs thereof, all the wicked oi the earth 
shall wring them out, and drink them, 
d 9 But I will f declare for ever ; I will sing praises to 
the God of Jacob. 

10 All the horns of the ' wicked also will I cut off ; om 
8 the r horns of the righteous shall be exalted. 

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An exhortation to serveY[§ 20, 

! b Isa. 63.14. 

A Psalm or Song cGn14 



Go<Vs great and gracious works. 

,PSALM LXXVI. 

A declaration of God's majesty in the church, 1. 
him reverently, 11. 

% To the chief Musician on Neginoth 
of Asaph. 
TN Judah 'is God a known : b his name is great in Israel 
2 c In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling 
place in Zion. 

3 d There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield 
and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 

£4 Thou art more glorious and e excellent than the 
f mountains of prey. 

5 The g stout-hearted are spoiled, they have h slept their 
sleep : and none of the men of might have ' found their hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and 
horse are k cast into a dead sleep. 

* 7 Thou, even thou, art to be ! feared : and who may 
stand in thy sight when once thou art m angry 1 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard "from hea- 
ven ; the earth feared, and was still. 
e 9 When God arose ° to judgment, to save all the p meek 
of the earth. Selah. 

t 10 Surely the wrath of man shall q praise thee : the 
r remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 
d 1 1 Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God : let all that 
be s round about him bring presents unto him that ought to 
be feared. 

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes : he is terrible 
to the kings of the earth. 

PSALM LXXVII. 
The Psalmist sheweth what fierce combat he had with diffidence, 1. The 
victory which he had by consideration of God's great and gracious 
works, 10. 

Tf To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. 
M a CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with 
M. my voice ; and he gave b ear unto me. 

2 In the day of my trouble I c sought the Lord : my 
sore ran in the night and d ceased not : my soul refused to 
he comforted. 

* 3 I remembered God, and e was troubled : I complained, 
and my spirit was f overwhelmed. Selah. 

4 Thou e holdest mine eyes waking : I am so troubled 
that I cannot speak. 

5 I have considered the ll days of old, the years of an- 
cient times. 

d 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I 'com 
mune with mine own heart : and my spirit made diligent 
search. 

7 Will the Lord cast off for ever 1 and will he be fa- 
vourable no more 1 

8 Is his mercy clean gone k for ever 1 doth his promise 
fail for evermore 1 

9 Hath God l forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger 
shut up his tender mercies 1 Selah. 

d 10 And I said, This is my m infirmity : but I will remem- 
ber the years of the right hand of the Most High. 

Ill will remember the works of the Lord : surely I 
will remember thy wonders " of old. 

d 12 I will meditate also of all thy Avork, and talk of thy 
doings. 

1 13 Thy way, O God, is in "the sanctuary : who is so 
great a God as our God ! 

14 Thou art the God that p doest wonders : thou hast 
declared thy strength among the people. 

15 Thou hast with thine « arm redeemed thy people, 
the tons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 

E 16 The r waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; 
aiey r were afraid : the depths also were troubled. 

he 8 clouds poured out water : the skies sent out a 



PSALMS. God's wrath against the disobedient, 

sl8 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the 

the earth trembled and 



1018. 



dPs.46. 10. 

e Psa. 8. 1. 

f Am. 4. I. 

g Ex. 5. 2. 

h 2 Kgs. 19. 

35. 

i Rev. 6. 16. 

k Rv. 19. 18. 

1 Ex. 15.11. 

m Num. 1. 

3,4. 

n Jgs.5.20. 

Psa. 9. 7. 
p Ps. 72. 4. 
q Est. 3. 9. 
rRcv. 11.3. 
9 Rev. 4. 4. 
a Psa. 5. 2. 
l>Ps.50. 15. 
c Isa. 26. 9. 
d Luke 18. 
1. 

e IIab.3.16. 
fLa. 2. 12. 
g Ps. 127. 2. 
h Dt. 32. 7. 
Rom. 15. 4. 
i Psa. 4. 4. 
k Jonah 2. 
4. 

1 Isa. 49. 15. 
mPs.3t.22, 
n Ps. 143. 5. 
o Nu. 4. 6, 7, 
pl3x.14.ll. 
,[ Ex. 6. 6. 
r Ex. 14.21. 
Psa. 114. 3. 
s Exod. 14. 
24. 25. 

Jos. 15. 11. 




17 



sound : thine 'arrows also went abroad. 



n Num. 1.3. 
Meli. 9. 11. 
x Ex. 14. 28. 
Ro. II. 33. 
■2 Cor. 5. 7. 
y Ex. 14. 19. 
Micah 6. 4. 
Acts 7. 35, 
36. 

a Mt. 1. 21. 
b Isa. 55. 3. 
c Matt. 5. 2. 
d Mt. 13. 35. 
e John 3. 11. 
fl Co. 10.31. 
g Isa. 8. 20. 
h Deut. 4. 9. 
i Isa. 59. 14. 
k Ezek. 20. 
18. 

I Ex. 32. 9. 
m 1 Chron. 
7.21. 
Hos. 10. 7. 
n 2 Kings 
17. 14. 

Isa. 17. 10. 
Jer. 2. 32. 
pNu.13.22. 
Ezek.J9.14. 
q Ex. 14.21. 
r Neh. 9. 19. 
s Ex. 17. 6. 

1 Cor. 16. 4, 
t Nu.20.11 
u Isa. 5. 4. 
x Psa. 95. 8. 
Heb. 3. 6. 
a IIet>. soul, 
Prov. 30. 6. 
y Nu. 11. 4. 
z Ex. 17. 6. 
a Ps. 138.25. 
Matt. 6. 25. 
b Nu. 11. 1. 
c Isa. 27. 4. 
d 1 John 5. 
10. 

e 2 Chron. 
20. 12. 
f2Kg.2.19. 
gEx.16. 14. 
Heb. the 
bread of 
the 

mighties, 

Heb. 1. 14. 

h Ex. 16. 16. 

iNu. 11.31. 



lightnings lightened the world 
shook. 

19 Thy way is u in the sea, and thy path in the great 
waters, and thy footsteps are x not known. 

20 Thou y leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of 
Moses and Aaron. 

PSALM LXXVIII. 
An exhortation both to learn and to pi-each the law of God, 1. The story 
of God's ivrath against the incredulous and disobedient, 9. The Is- 
raelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David, 67. 
5f Maschil of Asaph. 
1VE ear, O a my people, to my law : b incline your 
ears to the words of my mouth. 

2 I will c open my mouth in d a parable : I will utter 
dark sayings of old : 

3 Which we have e heard and known, and our fathers 
have told us. 

d*4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing 
to the generation to come the f praises of the Lord, and 
his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 

5 For he established s a testimony in Jacob, and ap- 
pointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, 
that they should make them known h to their children : 

6 That the generation to come might know them, even 
the children which should be born : who should arise and 
1 declare them to their children : 
d 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget 

the works of God, but keep his commandments : 

c 8 And might not be k as their fathers, 'a stubborn and 
rebellious generation ; a generation that set not their 
heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God. 

a 9 The m children of Ephraim, being armed, and carry- 
ing bows, turned back in the day of battle. 

c 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and "refused 
to walk in his law ; 

1 1 And ° forgat. his works, and his wonders that he had 
shewed them. 

# 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, 
in the land of Egypt, in the field of p Zoan. 

m 13 He n divided the sea, and caused them to pass 
through ; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 

A 14 In the day-time also he Med them with a cloud, and 
all the night with a light of fire. 

™15 He clave the s rocks in the wilderness, and gave 
them drink as out of the great depths. 

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused 
waters ' to run down like rivers. 

c 17 And they sinned u yet more against him by x provok- 
ing the Most High in the wilderness. 

18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat 
for their "lust. 

c 19 Yea, they y spake against God ; they said, Can God 
furnish a table in the wilderness 1 

20 Behold, he z smote the rock, that the waters gushed 
out, and the streams overflowed ; can he a give bread 
also 1 can he provide flesh for his people ? 

1 21 Therefore the Lord b heard this, and was c wroth : 
so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came 
up against Israel ; 

c 22 Because they d believed not in God, and e trusted not 
in his salvation : 

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, 
and opened the f doors of heaven, 
m 24 And had rained down e manna upon them to eat, 
and had given them of the corn of heaven. 

25 Man did eat b angels' food : he sent t 
the full. 

26 He caused an east wind * to blow in the heaven : and 
by his power he brought in the south wind. 

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he sent them h meat to 



PSALMS. 

as dust, and 



God's wrath against the disobedient. 

m 27 He rained k flesh also upon them 
feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea : 

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round 
about their habitations. 

29 So they did eat, and were well filled : for he gave 
them their own desire ; 

c 30 They were not estranged from their ' lust : but while 
their meat was yet in their mouths, 
% 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the 
fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of 
Israel. 

« 32 For all this they m sinned still, and believed not for 
his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he consume n in vanity, and 
their years in trouble. 

e 34 When he ° slew them, then they sought him : and 
they returned and inquired early after God. 
* 35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, and 
the high God their Redeemer. 

« 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, 
and they lied unto him with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was p not right with him, neither 
were they steadfast in his covenant. 
' 38 But he, being q full of compassion, forgave their ini- 
quity, and destroyed them not : yea, c many a time turn 
ed he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

39 For he remembered that they were but r flesh ; 9 a 
wind that passeth away, and cometh not again, 
c 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and 
* grieve him in the desert ! 
p 41 Yea, they u turned back and tempted God, and * limit- 
ed the Holy One of Israel. 

c 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when 
he delivered them from the enemy. 
s 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his 
wonders in the field of Zoan : 

m 44 And had turned their rivers into * blood : and their 
floods, that they could not drink. 

"> 45 He sent z divers sorts of flies among them, which 
devoured them ; and a frogs which destroyed them. 
v> 46 He gave also their increase unto the b caterpillar, 
and their labour unto c the locust. 

m 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their syca- 
more-trees with "frost. 
m 48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their 
flocks to d hot thunder-bolts. 

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, 
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending ■ evil angels 
among them. 

m 50 He made a way to his anger ; he spared not their 
soul from death, but gave their life over to the pesti- 
lence ; 

^51 And smote all the e first-born in Egypt ; the chief 
of their strength in the tabernacles of f Ham : 
/52 But made his own people to go forth e like sheep, 
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 

53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: 
but the h sea overwhelmed their enemies. 
/ 54 And he brought them to the border of '' his sanctua- 
ry, even to this mountain, which his k right hand had pur- 
chased. 

55 He ' cast out the heathen also before them, and 
" divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes 
of Israel to dwell in their tents. 

c 56 Yet they n tempted and provoked the most high God, 
and ° kept not his testimonies : 

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like p their 
fathers : they were turned aside like q a deceitful bow. 

58 For they provoked him to anger with their r high 



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fi 




The desolation of Jerusalem > 

places, and moved him to 'jealousy with their graven 
images. 

t 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly ab- 
horred Israel : 

/ 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of ' Shiloh, the tent 
which he placed among men ; 

61 And delivered " his strength into captivity, and his 
glory into the enemy's hand. 

/ 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword ; and 
was wroth with his inheritance. 

63 The fire consumed their young men ; and their 
maidens were not given to marriage. 

64 Their x priests fell by the sword ; and their widows 
made y no lamentation. 

/ 65 Then the Lord r awaked as one out of sleep, and 
like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 

66 And he a smote his enemies in the hinder parts : he 
put them to a perpetual reproach. 

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of b Joseph, and 
chose not the tribe of Ephraim : 

g 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which 
he loved. 

69 And he c built his sanctuary like high palaces, like 
the earth which he hath established for ever. 
t 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from 
the d sheepfolds : 

71 From following the ewes great with young he brought 
him e to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 
c 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his 
heart ; and guided them by the J skilfulness of his hands. 

PSALM LXXIX. 
The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation of Jerusalem, 1 : He prayeili 
for deliverance, 8, and promiseth thankfulness, 13. 

If A Psalm of Asaph. 
I jf\ GOD, the heathen are come into a thine inheritance ; 
\J thy b holy temple have they defiled ; they have laid 
Jerusalem on c heaps. 

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to 
be meat unto the d fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy 
saints unto the beasts of the earth. 

e 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about 
Jerusalem ; and there was none e to bury them. 

4 We are become f a reproach to our neighbours, a 
scorn and derision to them that are round about us, 

5 How long, Lord 1 wilt thou be angry for ever ? shall 
thy s jealousy burn like fire ? 

w 6 h Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have £ not 
known thee, and upon the kingdoms that k have not call- 
ed upon thy name. 

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his 
dwelling-place. 

»8 O remember not against us ' former iniquities : let 
thy tender mercies speedily prevent us : for we are brought 
m very low. 

9 Help us, O God of " our salvation, for the glory of thy 
name : and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for ° thy 
name's sake. 

* 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, p Where is their 
God 1 let him be known among the heathen in our sight by 
the revenging of '' the blood of thy servants which is shed : 

11 Let the 'sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; 
according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou 
those that are 'appointed to die ; 

12 And render unto our neighbours seven-fold into 
their 'bosom their reproach, wherewith they have re- 
proached thee, O Loud. 

d 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will 
give thee thanks for ever : we will ' shew forth thy praise 
to nil generati&ns, 

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An exhortation to praise God. 

PSALM LXXX. 

The Psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the miseries of the church, l.| 
God's former favours are turned into judgments, 8 : He prayeth for 

d&lWQTCiTLCQi 14* 

% To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm 

of Asaph. 
rid~1 IVE ear, O a Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest 
fjf Joseph like b a flock ; thou that dwellest between the 
cherubims, c shine forth. 

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh d stir up 
thy strength, and come and save us. 
b 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy e face to shine ; 
and we shall be saved. 

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry 
against the prayer of thy people 1 

•E 5 Thou feedest them with the f bread of tears ; and 
givest them tears to drink in great measure. 

6 Thou makest us s a strife unto our neighbours : and 
our enemies h laugh among themselves. 
t> 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to 
shine ; and we shall be saved. 

g 8 Thou hast brought ' a vine out of Egypt : thou hast 
k cast out the heathen and planted it. 
i 9 Thou ] preparedst room before it, and didst cause it 
to take deep root, and it filled the land. 
e 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and 
the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 

11 She sent out her boughs unto the m sea, and her 
branches unto the river. 

12 Why hast thou then n broken down her hedges, so 
that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? 

13 The °boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the 
p wild beast of the field doth devour it. 

b 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: q look 
down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine ; 

15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, 
and the branch that thou madest r strong for thyself. 

16 It is burnt with fire, it is cut down : they perish at 
the 6 rebuke of thy countenance. 

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon 
the son ' of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 

18 So will not we go back from thee : quicken us, and 
we will call upon thy name. 

b 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face 
to shine ; and we shall be saved. 

PSALM LXXXI. 

An exhortation to a solemn praising of God, 1. God challengeth that 
duty by reason of his benefits, 4. God exhorting to obedience, com- 
plaineth of their disobedience, U'hich proHeth their own hurt, 8. 

1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. 
<^ING a aloud unto God b our strength: make a joyful 

k3 noise unto the God of Jacob. 

2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the plea- 
sant harp with the psaltery. 

t 3 Blow up the c trumpet in the d new moon, in the time 
9 appointed, on our solemn f feast-day. 

4 For this was s a statute for Israel, and a law of the God 
of Jacob. 

g 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he 
went out through the land of Egypt : where I heard a lan- 
guage that I h understood not. 

£6 1 removed his 'shoulder from the burden : his hands 
were delivered from the k pots. 

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee ; I an- 
swered thee in the ' secret place of thunder : I proved 
thee at the waters of m Meribah. Selah. 

8 He a . r ' ° m Y people, and I will D testify unto thee : O 
Israel, ° if thou wilt hearken unto me ; 

P 9 There shall no p strange god be in thee ; neither shalt 
thou worsnip any strange god. 



PSALMS. David's complaint and prayer, 

d 10 I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of 



V 2 



do justice to the 




the land of Egypt: q open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 
1 1 But my people would not hearken to my voice ; and 
Israel would r none of me. 

w 12 So s I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and 
they walked jn their ' own counsels. 

h 13 u Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and 
Israel had walked in my ways ! 

14 I should soon have " subdued their enemies, and 
turned my hand against their adversaries. 

15 The y haters of the Lord should have submitted 
themselves unto him : but their time should have endured 
for ever. 

b 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the 
wheat : and with honey out of the z rock should I have 
satisfied thee. 

PSALM LXXXII. 
Tlie Psalmist having exhorted the judges, 1, and reproved their negli- 
gence, 5, prayeth God to judge, 8. 

% A Psalm of Asaph. 
OD standeth in the congregation of the a mighty ; he 
judgeth among the b gods. 

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the 
c persons of the wicked 1 Selah. 
d 3 Defend the poor and fatherless : 
afflicted and needy. 
d 4 e Deliver the poor and needy : rid them out of the 
hand of the wicked. 

t 5 They f know not, neither will they understand : they 
s walk on in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are 
h out of course. 

6 I have said, Ye are ' l gods ; and all of you are children 
of the Most High. 

* 7 But ye shall die k like men, and fall like one of the 
princes. 

h 8 Arise, O God, l judge the earth: for 
herit all nations. 

PSALM LXXXIH. 

A complaint to God of the enemies'' conspiracies, 1 
them that oppress the church, 9. 

% A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 
EEP not thou a silence, O God : hold not thy peace, 
and be not still, O God. 
c 2 For lo, b thine enemies make a tumult ; and they 
c that hate thee have d lifted up the head, 
c 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people., 
and consulted against thy e hidden ones. 

4 They have said, f Come, and let us cut them off from 
being e a nation ; that the name of Israel may be no more 
in remembrance. 

5 For they have h consulted together with one consent : 
they are confederate against thee : 

g 6 The tabernacles of ' Edom, and the u Ishmaelites; of 
Moab, and the l Hagarenes ; 

g 7 m Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek ; the Philistines 
with the inhabitants of Tyre ; 

8 n Assur also is joined with them : they have ° holpen 
the children of Lot. Selah. 

g 9 Do unto them as unto the r Midianites ; as to q Sisera, 
as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison : 
g 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung 
for the earth. 

1 1 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb : yea, 
all their princes as r Zebah, and as Zalmunna : 

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the s houses oi 
God in possession. 

e 13 O my God, make them like a wheel ; as the l stub 
ble before the wind. 

14 As the "fire burnetii a wood, and as the flame set 
teth the mountains on fire ; 

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PSALMS. 

: tempest, and make 

that x they may seek 



David prayeth for mercy. 

15 So persecute them with thy 
them afraid with thy storm. 
d 16 Fill their faces with y shame ; 
thy name, O Lord. 

17 Let tnem be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, 
let them be put to shame, and perish : 
"18 That men may a know that thou, whose name alone 
is b JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth. 

PSALM LXXXIV. 

The Prophet longing for the communion of the sanctuaiy, \,sheweihhoiv 
blessed they arc. that dwell therein, 4 : He prayeth to be restored unto it, 8. 

% To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 
OW a amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! 
2 My soul b longeth, yea, even fainteth for the 
courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for 
the living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow 
a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even 
thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 
b 4 c Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will 
be d still praising thee. Selah. 

b 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in 
whose heart are the e ways of them, 
g 6 Who passing through the valley of * Baca make it f a 
well ; the e rain also filleth the pools. 
d 7 They go from h strength to strength, every one of 
them in Zion l appeareth before God. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : give ear, O 
God of Jacob. Selah. 

* 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of 
k thine anointed. 

e 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I 
had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than 
to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
6 1 1 For the Lord God is ' a sun and shield : the Lord 
will give grace and glory ; no good thing will he withhold 
from them that walk uprightly. 

6 1 2 O Lord of hosts, m blessed is the man that trusteth 
In thee. 

PSALM LXXXV. 
The Psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, prayeth for the 
continuance thereof, 1. He promiselh to wait thereon, out of confidence 
of God's goodness, 8. 

If To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land : thou 
hast brought back the a captivity of Jacob. 
b 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou 
hast b covered all their sin. Selah. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath : thou liast c turned 
thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 
d 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine an- 
ger toward us to cease. 

5 Wilt thou be angry with us d for ever 1 wilt thou draw 
out thine anger to all generations 1 

6 Wilt thou not e revive us again : that thy people may 
rejoice in thee 1 

» 7 Shewus f thymercy,OLoRD,andgrantusthysalvation. 

<<8 I will g hear what God the Lord will h speak : for he 
will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints : but let 
them not ; turn again to folly. 

« 9 Surely his salvation k is nigh them that fear him ; that 
1 glory may dwell in our land. 

' 10 Mercy and truth are m met together ; righteousness 
and peace have n kissed each other. 

* 1 1 Truth shall spring ° out of the earth ; and righteous- 
ness shall p look down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; and our 
1 land shall yield her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go r before him ; and shall 
u$ in the 9 way of his steps. 

88 



x Job 9. 17. 
y Rev. 6. 15. 
7. Psa. 70. 4. 
Mai. 3. 13. 
a Pa. 9. 16. 
b Acts 17. 
25. 

Rev. 3. 4,8. 
& 11. 17. 
a Pa. 27. 4. 
Rev. 4. 1,3. 
&22. 1,2. 
bPs.42.1,2. 
Rev. 22. 17. 
c Rev. 2. 1. 
dRv.4.8,9. 
e Lam. 1. 4. 
• Or, 

Mulberry- 
trees, 

2 Sa. 5. 22. 
f Jer. 2. 13. 

2Co.9.5,C. 
ii Pr. 4. 18. 
2 Cor. 3. 18. 

Zech. 14. 
17. 

k Ps. 2. 2. 
1 Isa. 60. 19. 
Rv. 21. 2, 3. 
m Ps. 2. 3. 
a Ps. 14. 7. 
b Ps. 32. 2. 
c 2 Co. 1.10. 
d Ps. 77. 7. 
e Hab. 3. 2. 
f Luke 2. 
30. 

g Hab. 2. 1. 
h Job 34. 19. 
i 2 Pet. 2. 21. 
k Luke 18. 

1 John 1.14. 

2 Co. 3. 18. 
m Luke 1 . 
68. 

Ro. 14. 17. 
n Luke 2. 
14. 

oHb.C.6,7. 
pJam. 1.17. 
q Ps. 67. 7. 
rPs.72.2,3. 
a Rev. 15. 4. 




dU 

truth 
d\2 

heart 
* 13 



my 



The goodness and power of Go$, 

PSALM LXXXVI. 
David strengthened his prayer by the conscience of his religion, 1, by tkt 
goodness and power of God, 5 : He desireth the continuance of former 
grace, 11. Complaining of the proud, he craveth some token of Corf'* 
goodness, 14. 

if A Prayer of David. 
OW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me : a for I am poor 
and needy. 

c 2 Preserve my soul ; for lam b holy : O thou my God„ 
save thy servant that c trusteth in thee. 

d 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry unto thee 
d daily. 

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O 
Lord, do e I lift up my soul. 
t 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and f ready to forgive ; and 
g plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 

6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and attend to the 
h voice of my supplications. 

d 7 In the ! day of my trouble I will call upon thee : for 
thou wilt answer me. 

8 Among the gods there is k none like unto thee, O 
Lord ; neither are there any works like unto l thy works. 

* 9 m AH nations whom thou hast made shall come and 
worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name. 

* 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : thou 
art n God alone. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy 
p unite my heart to fear thy name. 

1 will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all 
: and I will q glorify thy name for evermore. 
For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast 

delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 

c 14 O God, r the proud are risen against me, and the as- 
semblies of violent men have sought after my soul ; and 
have not set thee before them. 

1 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and 
gracious, "long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

* 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me ; give thy 
strength unto thy servant, and save the s son of thy hand- 
maid. 

17 ' Shew me a token u for good ; that they which hate 
me may see it, and be ashamed : because thou, Lord, 
hast holpen me, and comforted me. 

PSALM LXXXVII. 
The nature and glory of the church, 1. The increase, honour and com- 
fort of the members thereof, 4. 

% A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. 
IS a foundation is in the holy mountains. 

2 The Lord loveth the b gates of Zion more than 
all the dwellings of Jacob. 
3 'Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 
g4 1 will make mention of Rahab and d Babylon to them 
that know me : behold Philistia, and e Tyre, with f Ethio- 
pia ; this man s was born there. 
b 5 And of Zion it shall be said, '' This and that man was 
born in her : and the Highest himself shall ' establish her. 
G The Lord shall count, when he k writeth up the peo- 
ple, that this man was born there. Selah. 

* 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments 
shall be there : all my ' springs are in thee. 

PSALM LXXXVIII. 
A prayer containing a grievous complaint. 

A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Mu- 
sician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of a lleman the 
Ezrahite. 

LORD God of b my salvation, I have cried c day and 

night before thee : 
2 Let d my prayer come before thee : incline thine ear 



e 



unto my cry ; 

3 For my soul is full of troubles 
nigh unto the grave. 

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God's care of his church. PSALMS. 

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit : I 
am as a man that hath no strength : 

5 f Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the 
grave* whom thou rememberest no more : and they are 
cut off g from thy hand. 

e 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a darkness, in 
tlic cIggds. 

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted 
me with h all thy waves. Selah. 

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance 1 far from 
me ; thou hast made me an abomination unto them : / am 
k shut up, and I cannot come forth. 

d 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction : Lord, I 
have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands 
unto thee. 

e io Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead ? shall the 
1 dead arise and praise thee ? Selah. 

11 Shall thy m loving-kindness be declared in the grave'? 
or thy faithfulness b in destruction ? 

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the "dark? and thy 
righteousness in the land of ° forgetfulness ? 

d 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the 
morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 

e 14 Lord, p why castest thou off my soul 1 why hidest 
thou thy face from me ? 

15 1 am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up 
while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 

16 Thy 'fierce wrath goeth over me ; thy terrors have 
cut me off. 

17 They came round about me daily like water; they 
' compassed me about together. 

e 18 r Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and 
mine acquaintance into darkness. 

PSALM LXXXIX. 

The Psalmist praiseth God for his covenant, l,for his wonderful power, 
6, for the care of his church, 15, for his favour to the kingdom of David, 
19. Then complaining of contrary events, 38, he expostulated, pray- 
eth, and blesseth God, 46. 

f Maschil of a Ethan the Ezrahite. 
J WILL b sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with 
my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness 



David's complaint and prayer 



rps^fris 1 b 15 Blessed is the people that know the q joyful sound 
gisa. 53.a|they shall walk, O Lord, in the 



thy 



to all 
generations 

* 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever 
faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very d heavens 

c 3 I have made a covenant with my e chosen, I have 
sworn unto f David my servant, 

1 4 Thy e seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy 
h throne to all generations. Selah. 

5 And the * heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : 
thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 

< 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the 
Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened 
unto tke Lord ? 

d 7 God is k greatly to be feared in the " assembly of the 
saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are 
1 about him 

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto 
thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 

e 9 Thou rulest the m raging of the sea : when the waves 
thereof arise, thou stillest them. 

10 Thou hast broken n Rahab in pieces, as one that is 
slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 

1 1 The heavens are "thine, the earth also is thine : as for 
the world, and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 

z 12 The p north and the south thou hast created them : 
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 

% 13 Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thv hand, and 
high is thy right hand. 

1 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of 
throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 



a Hb. dark 
ness, 

Psa. 69. 2. 
h Ps. 42. 7. 
Job 19. 13. 
Psa. 31. 11. 
k Lam. 3. 7. 
1 Psa. 6. 5. 
m Ps. 30. 9. 
b Heb. 
Abaddon, 
Rev. 17. 11. 
n Job 10. 
21,22. 

Ps. 31. 12. 
Eccl.8. 10. 
&9. 5. 

p Job 19. 7 
cHeb. 
bnmintrs. 
q 1 Sa.23.26. 
rJcb 19.13. 
Ps. 38. 11. 
alKg.4.31. 
b Ps. 101. 1. 
c Luke 1. 
32,33. 
d Rev. 4. 1, 
2. & 15. 1. 
e 1 Pet. 2. 4. 
f Jer. 30. 9. 
Ezek. 34.23. 
Hos. 3. 5. 
Acts 13. 36. 
g Heb. 2. 13. 
h Luke 1.32. 
Rev. 3. 23. 
i Phil. 2. 20 
Rev. 7. 10, 
11,12. 
k Rev. 15. 4. 
aQr, secret, 
or, counsel, 
Mt. 13. 11. 
Ro. 16. 25. 
Epb. 3. 4. 

1 Rev. 4. 4. 
mPs.93.3,4. 
n Isa. 51. 9. 
o 1 Chron. 
29. 11. 

p Job 26. 7. 




thv 



light of thy countenance. 

16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in 
thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 

17 For thou art the s glory of their strength; and in 
thy favour ' our horn shall be exalted. 

* 18 For the Lord is our defence ; and the Holy One of 
Israel is our King. 

1 1 9 Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and 
saidst, I have laid help upon u one that is mighty ; I have 
exalted x one chosen out of the people. 

20 I have found David my servant ; with my y holy oil 
have I anointed him : - 

21 With whom z my hand shall be established: mine 
arm also shall strengthen him. 

22 The enemy shall a not exact upon him ; northe b son 
of wickedness afflict him. 

* 23 And I will c beat down his foes before his face, and 
plague them that hate him. 

b 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him ? 
and in my name shall his horn be d exalted. 

25 I will e set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand 
in the rivers. 

1 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art { my Father, my 
God, and the Rock of my salvation. 

r 27 Also I will make him my s first-born, h higher than 
the kings of the earth. 

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my 
' covenant shall stand fast with him. 

r 29 k His seed also will I make to endure ' for ever, and 
m his throne as the days of heaven. 

30 If n his children forsake my law, and walk not in my 
judgments ; 

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com- 
mandments ; 

w 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the ° rod, 
and their iniquity with stripes. 

b 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I p not utterly 
take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 

4 34 My covenant will I hot break, q nor alter the thing 
that is gone out of my lips. 

1 35 Once have I sworn by r my holiness that I will not 
lie unto David. 

r 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne ' as 
the sun before me. 

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and ' as 
a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. 

38 But thou hast u cast off and abhorred, thou hast been" 
wroth with thine anointed. 

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant : 
thou hast profaned * his crown by casting it to the ground. 

E 40 Thou hast broken down all his y hedges ; thou hast 
brought his strong holds to ruin. 

41 All that pass by the way spoil *him : he is a reproach 
to his neighbours. 

42 a Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; 
thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and 
hast not made him b to stand in the battle. 

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his 
throne down to the ground. 

45 The c days of his youth hast thou shortened : thou 
hast covered him with shame. Selah. 

46 d How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? 
shall thy wrath burn like fire ? 

47 Remember e how short my time is : wherefore hast 
thou made all men in vain ? 

t 48 What man is he that liveth, and shalt not f see death? 
shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? Selah. 

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The state and safety of the godly. PSALMS. 

49 Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which 
thou s swarest unto David in thy truth 1 

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants ; how 
I do bear in my h bosom the reproach of all the mighty 
people ; 

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord ; 
wherewith they have reproached the i footsteps of thine 
anointed. 

52 k Blessed be the Lord for evermore. ' Amen, and 
Amen. 

PSALM XC. 
Moses setting forth God's providence, 1, complaineth of human fragility, 
3, divine chastisements, 7, and brevity of life, 10: Hejyrayeth for the 
knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence, 12. 

^f A Prayer of a Moses the b man of God. 

LORD, thou hast been our "dwelling-place in all gene- 
rations. 

* 2 Before the mountains were d brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst e formed the earth and the world, even from 
everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

< 3 Thou turnest man to f destruction ; and sayest, Re- 
turn, ye children of men. 

t 4 For g a thousand years in thy sight are but as yester- 
day when it is past, and as h a watch in the night. 

E 5 Thou earnest them away as with ! a flood ; they are 



the 



they are like k grass which 



we 



as a sleep ; in 
groweth up. 

6 In the morning it ' flourisheth, and groweth up ; in 
the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

7 For we are m consumed by thine anger, and by thy 
wrath are we troubled. 

S Thou hast n set our iniquities before thee, our ° secret 
sins in the p light of thy countenance. 

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : 
spend our years, as q a tale that is told. 
f 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; 
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet 
is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, 
and we fly away. 

1 1 Who knoweth the power of thine anger ? even ac- 
cording to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 
d 12 So teach as r to number our days, that we may ap- 
ply our hearts unto wisdom. 

13 Return, O Lord, how long 1 ? and let it 'repent thee 
concerning thy servants. 

b 14 O satisfy us ' early with thy mercy ; that we may 
rejoice and be glad all our days. 

15 Make us glad according to the days voherein thou hast 
afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 

16 Let thy "work appear unto thy servants, and thy 
glory unto their children. 

7 And let the * beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : 



and establish thou the work of our hands 
the work of our hands y establish thou it. 
psalm xcr. 

77te state of the godly, 1 : Their safeti/, 3 : Tlieir habitation, 9 : 
servants, 11 : 'Pheir friends ; with the effects of them all, 14. 

fE that dwelleth in the a secret place of the 



upon us ; yea, 



TJieii 




H 



Most 
High shall abide under the b shadow of the Almighty. 
* 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my c refuge and my 
fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the d snare of the 
fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 
E 4 He shall cover thee with his e feathers, and under his 
wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy f shield and 
buckler. 

5 Thou shalt e not be afraid for the L terror by night ; 
nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor 
for the destruction that wasteth at ' noon-day. 



God to be praised for his great worksj 
j b 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at 
thy right hand ; but it shall k not come nigh thee. 

8 Only ' with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the 
m reward of the wicked. 

c 9 Because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge, 
even the Most High, thy habitation ; 

b 10 There shall n no evil befall thee, neither shall any 
plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

6 1 1 For he shall give ° his angels charge over thee, to 
keep thee in all p thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt tread upon the q lion and r adder : the 
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 

« 14 Because he hath set s his love upon me, therefore 
will I deliver him : I wilt set him ' on high, because he 
hath u known my name. 

b 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I will 
be * with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and » honour him. 
16 With z long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my 
salvation. 

PSALM XCII. 
The Prophet exhorteih to praise God, 1, for his great works, 4, for hi$ 
judgments on the ivicked, 9, and for his goodness to the godly, 10. 

"|[ A Psalm or Song for the a sabbath-day. 
T is h a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and 
to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High. 

2 To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the c morning, 
and thy faithfulness d every night, 

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the 
psaltery ; upon the harp with a solemn sound. 

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy 
work : I will triumph in the e works of thy hands. 

' 5 O Lord, how great are thy works ! and thy thoughts 
are very f deep. 

6 s A brutish man knoweth not ; neither doth a fool un- 
derstand this. 

t 7 When the wicked spring as the h grass, and when all 
the workers of iniquity do flourish ; it is that they shall be 
destroyed for ever : 

8 But thou, Lord, art ' most high for evermore. 

9 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for lo, thine enemies 
shall perish ; all the workers of iniquity shall be k scattered. 

10 But my horn shalt thou exalt "like the l horn of a 
unicorn : I shall be anointed with m fresh oil. 

1 1 "Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, 
and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise 
up against me. 

A 12 The righteous shall flourish like the "palm-tree: he 
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 

b 13 Those that be p planted in the house of the Lord 
shall q nourish in the courts of our God. 

14 They shall still r bring forth fruit in old age ; they 
shall be fat and flourishing ; 

t 15 To shew that the Lord is upright : he is my rock. 

and there is 3 no unrighteousness in him. 

PSALM XCIII. 
TJie majesty, power, and holiness of Christ's kingaom. 

THE Lord * reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the 
Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath 
b girded himself: the world also is established, that it 
cannot be moved. 

* 2 Thy throne is established c of old: thou art from ever- 
lasting. 

i 3 The d floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have 
lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 

4 The Lord c on high is mightier than the noise ol 
many waters, yea, than the f mighty waves of the sea. 
d 5 Thy testimonies are very sure : e holiness becometh 
thy house, O Lord, for ever. 

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nHb. 12.10. 
o Job 33. 16. 
pEcd.ia.l. 
Eph. 5. 16. 
q Zech. 13.9. 
Heb. 13. 5. 



dTitns2.13. 

e 1 Tim. 6. 

15. 

f Nu.23.22. 

g Gen. 1. 9, 

18. 

h John 1. 3. 

i Vs. 77. 20. 

k Hb. 3. 27. 




Jin exhortation to praise God, 1, for his greatness, 3, 



and for his good- 
let us make a 



ness, 6 : and not to tempt him, 8. 

if\ COME, a let us sing unto the Lord 

\J? joyful noise to the b Rock of our salvation. 

2 Let us c come before his presence with thanksgiving, 
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 
* 3 For the Lord is a d great God,' and a great King e above 
all gods. 

E 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth : the 
f strength of the hills is his also. 

5 The g sea is his, and he made it : and his hands form 
ed the dry land. 

a 6 O come, let us worship and bow down : let us kneel 
before the Lord h our maker. 

» 7 For he is our God ; and we are the people of his pas 
ture, and the • sheep of his hand. k To-day if ye will hear 
his voice, 



The greatness and goodness of God. PSALMS. 

PSALM XCIV. , 1 f?-.. i e 8 

The Prophet calling for justice, complaineth of tyranny and impiety, 1 : 
He teacheth God's providence, 8 : He sheweih the blessedness of afflic- 
tion, 12. God is the defender of the afflicted, 16. 

tf\ LORD God, to whom a vengeance belongeth ; O 
\J God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 
t 2 Lift up thyself, thou b Judge of the earth : render a 

reward to the proud. 
3 Lord, how long shall the c wicked, how long shall the 

wicked triumph 1 
c 4 How long shall they utter and speak d hard things? 

and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves 1 

5 They e break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict 
thy heritage. 

6 They f slay the widow and the stranger, and murder 
the fatherless. 

c 7 Yet g they say, The Lord shall h not see, neither shall 
the God of Jacob regard it. 

d 8 Understand, ye ' brutish among the people : and ye 
fools, when will ye be wise 1 

* 9 He that planted k the ear, shall he not hear 1 he that 
formed the eye, shall he not see 1 

t 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct 1 
he that teacheth ' man knowledge, shall not he know ? 

t 11 The Lord knoweth m the thoughts of man, that 
they are vanity. 

* 12 Blessed is the man whom thou n chastenest, O Lord, 
and ° teachest him out of thy law ; 

13 That thou mayest give him rest from the p days of 
adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 

b 14 For the Lord will q not cast off his people, neither 
will he forsake his inheritance. 

c 15 But 'judgment shall return unto righteousness: and 
all the upright in heart shall follow it. 

16 s Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers 1 or 
who will stand up for me against the workers of in- 
iquity 1 

17 'Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had 
almost dwelt in silence. 

* 18 When I said, u My foot slippeth ; thy mercy, O 
Lord, held me up. 

E 19 In the "multitude of my thoughts within me thy 
comforts delight my soul. 

20 Shall the y throne of iniquity have fellowship with 
thee, which frameth mischief z by a law 1 
c 21 They a gather themselves together against the soul 
of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 
« 22 But the Lord is b my defence ; and my God is the 
rock of my refuge. 

r 23 And he shall bring upon them c their own iniquity, 
and shall cut them off in their own wickedness ; yea, the 
Lord our God shall cut them off. 

PSALM XCV. 



The majesty of God's kingdom. 

1 Harden not your heart, as in the m provocation, and 
as in the day of n temptation in the wilderness : 

9 When your fathers ° tempted me, proved me, and 
saw p my work. 

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, 
and said, It is a people that do q err in their heart, and 
they have not known my ways : 

w 1 1 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should 
r not enter into my rest. 

PSALM XCVI. 

An exhortation to praise God ; I, for his greatness, 4, for his kingdom, 8, 

and for his general judgment, 13. 

SING unto the Lord a a new song : sing unto the 
Lord, all the earth. 

2 Sing unto the Lord, bless b his name ; shew forth 
his salvation from day to day. 

3 Declare his glory d among the heathen, his wonders, 
among all people. 

* 4 For the Lord is great, e and greatly to be praised : 
he is to be feared f above all gods. 

5 For all the gods of the nations are " idols : but the 
Lord made the heavens. 

E 6 s Honour and majesty are before him ; strength and 
beauty are in his sanctuary. 

7 h Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, 
give unto the Lord glory and strength. 

8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : 
bring i an offering, and come into his courts. 

d 9 O worship the Lord in the k beauty of holiness : fear 
before him, all the earth. 

10 Say ' among the heathen that the Lord m reign eth : 
the world also shall be established that it shall not be 
moved : he shall judge the people "righteously. 

e 11 Let the ° heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad . 
let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : then 
shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 

13 Before the Lord ; for he p cometh, for he cometh 
to judge the earth : he shall judge the world with right- 
eousness, and the people with his truth. 

PSALM XCVII. 
The majesty of God's kingdom, 1. The church rejoiceth at God's 
judgments xipon idolaters, 7. Jin exhortation to godliness and glad- 
ness, 10. 

THE Lord a reigneth ; let the earth rejoice ; let the 
multitude of b isles be glad thereof, 
s 2 c Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteous- 
ness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 

3 d A fire goeth before him, and burnetii up his enemies 
round about. 

4 His lightnings e enlightened the world; the earth saw, 
and f trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the 
Lord, at the g presence of the Lord of h the whole 
earth. 

6 The : heavens declare his righteousness, and all the 
people see his glory. 

f 7 k Confounded be all they that serve graven images, 
that boast themselves of idols ; worship him, all ye gods. 

8 Zion heard, and was glad; and 'the daughters of 
Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord. 

9 For thou, Lord, art high m above all the earth : thou 
art exalted far above all gods. 

d 10 Ye that love the Lord, n hate evil : he preserveth 
the souls of his saints ; he delivereth them out of the hand 
of the wicked. 

«11 ° Light is p sown for the righteous, and gladness for 
the upright in heart. 

d\2 Rejoice in the Lord, ye q righteous ; and give thanks 
at the remembrance of his holiness. 

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o 

arm, 



An exhortation to praise God. 

PSALM XCVIII. 
The Psalmist exhorteth the Jews, 1, the Gentiles, 4, and all the creatures 
to praise God, 7. 

% A Psalm. 
SING unto the Lord a new song : for he hath done 
a marvellous things : his b right hand, and his holy 
bath gotten him the victory. 
\ t 2 The Lord hath made known c his salvation : his right- 
eousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 
d 3 He hath d remembered his mercy and his truth toward 
the house of Israel : e all the ends of the earth have seen 
the salvation of our God. 

d£ Make f a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: 
make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 

5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp ; with the harp, 
and the voice of a psalm. 

6 With e trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful 
noise before the Lord, h the King. 
E 7 Let the sea ' roar, and the fulness thereof ; the world, 

and they that dwell therein. 

8 Let the floods clap their hands : let the hills be joyful 
together 

1 9 Before the Lord ; for he cometh k to judge the earth: 
with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the peo- 
ple with equity. 

PSALM XCIX. 

The Prophet setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion, I, exhorteth all, 

by the example oj their forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill, 5. 

THE Lord reigneth ; "let the people tremble : he sit 
teth between the cherubims ; let the earth he moved. 
2 The Lord is great a in Zion ; and he is high b above 
all people. 

d 3 Let them praise thy great and c terrible name ; for 
it is holy. 

! 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment ; thou dost 
establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteous- 
ness in Jacob. 

d 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his d foot- 
stool ; for he is e holy. 

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel 
among them that f call upon his name ; they called upon 
the Lord, and he answered them. 

7 He spake unto them in the E cloudy pillar : they kept 
his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 

* 8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God ; thou wast 
a God that forgavest them, though thou h tookest ven- 
geance of their inventions. 

d 9 i Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy 
hill ; for the Lord our God is holy. 
PSALM C. 

An exhortation to praise God cheerfully, 1, for his greatness, 3, and for 
his power, 4. 

If a A Psalm of praise. 
JJl/fAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, b all ye lands. 
If J. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness : come before his 
presence with singing. - 

i 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath 
made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and 
the d sheep of his pasture. 

d* 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his 

* courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 
t 5 For the Lord is f good ; his e mercy is everlasting ; 

and his truth endurcth to all generations. 
PSALM CI. 

David makelh a vow and profession of godliness. 

^[ A Psalm of David. 
X WILL sing a of mercy and judgment: unto thee 
M. Lord, will I sing. 

d 2 I will behave myself b wisely in a perfect way. 
when wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk within 
house with a perfect heart. 

89 2 Y 



1027. 



PSALMS. The prayer of the afflicted. 

3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes : I hate 
the work of them that c turn aside ; it shall not cleave to me. 

4 A forward heart shall depart from me : I will d not 
know a wicked person. 

p 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I 
cut off : him that hath a e high look and a proud heart will 
not I suffer. 

6 f Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that 
they may dwell with me : he that walketh e in a perfect 
way, he shall serve me. 

d 7 He that worketh h deceit shall not dwell within my 
house : he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

8 I will " early destroy all the wicked of the land ; that 
1 may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. 

PSALM CII. 
The Prophet in his prayer maketh a grievous complaint, 1 : He taketh 
comfort in the eternity and mercy of God, 12. The mercies of God are 
to be recorded, 18 : He sustaineth his wealcness by the unchangeable- 
ness of God, 23. 

% A Prayer ■ of the afflicted, when he is a overwhelmed, 
and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. 
EAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my b cry come 
unto thee. 

2 c Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in 
trouble ; incline thine ear unto me : in the day when I 
call, answer me speedily. 

3 For my days are consumed like d smoke, and my 
bones are burned as a e hearth. 

4 My heart is smitten, and withered like f grass ; so 
that I forget to eat my bread. 

By reason of the voice of my groaning s my bones 
cleave to my skin. 

6 I am like h a pelican of the wilderness : I am like an 
'owl of the desert. 



a Rv. 15. 3 
b Isa. 59. 
16. & 63. 5. 
c Luke 2.30, 
d Luke 2. 
54 to 74. 
e Isa. 52. 10. 
fPs. 96. 9. 
g Nu. 10. 2. 
li Ps. 72. 1. 
Rv. 19. 16. 
i Rv. 6. 16. 
k 2 Tim. 4. 
1,8. 

Jam. 4. 11. 
Rev. 6. 10. 
a Or, the 
people are 
stirred, 
Rev. 11. 17. 
a Rv. 14. 1. 
b Ex. 18. 11. 
c Rev. 15. 
3,4. 

d Isa. 60. 3. 
e Isa. 5. 16. 
fExod.32. 
11. 

Jer. 15. 1. 
g Hb. 4. 14. 
h Num. 14. 
21. & 20. 12. 
i Ps. 33. 2. 
a Lv. 7. 12. 
bRo. 15. 10. 
cEph.2.10. 
d John 10. 
11. 

el Kg. 6.36. 
f Job 1.21. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
_ Ps. 136. 1. 
a Rev. 15. 3. 
blSa. 18.14. 
2 Sa. 23. 5. 




Jer. 21. 12. 

a Or, for, 

Jam. 5. 13. 

a Ps. 61. 2. 

I> Psa. 5. 2. 

c Jer. 16. 13. 

d Psa. 119. 

83. 

e Ps. 32. 3. 

f Am.4.4. 

gPr. 17.22. 

I. Zeph. 2. 

14. 

i Job 30. 29. 

k Ps. 77. 4. 

I Ps. 38. 11. 

m Acts 26. 

11. 

n Acts 23. 

14. 

o Psa. 30. 7. 

pPs. 109.23. 

ci [sa. 40.6. 

r Ps. 90. 2. 

8 Ps. 135. 5. 

t Zcch. 2. 

II. 

u Obodiah 

vorso 17. 

x Itov. 11.3. 

yZoch.1.12, 
|Z Isa. 60. I. 
la Rv. 21. 21. 
O 1. Isa. 60.17. 
'i-Ikh. 65.28. 

my d Dt.26. 16. 

" oJor.Sl.34. 

I' Job 21. 22, 



O 



7 k I watch, and am as a sparrow ' alone upon the 
house-top. 

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; and the^r 
that are m mad against me are n sworn against me. 

e 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my 
drink with weeping, 

10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath : for 
thou hast ° lifted me up, and cast me down. 

1 1 My days are like a shadow that p declineth ; and I 
am withered q like grass. 

* 12 But thou, O Lord, shalt r endure for ever; and thy 
3 remembrance unto all generations. 

r 13 Thou shalt 'arise, and "have mercy upon Zion: for 
the time to favour her, yea, the x set time, is come. 

c 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her y stones, and 
favour the dust thereof. 

r 15 z So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord : 
and a all the kings of the earth thy glory. 

t 16 When the Lord shall b build up Zion, he shall appear 
in his glory. 

b 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 
despise their prayer. 

18 This shall be written for the generation to come : and 
the people which shall be c created shall praise the Lord. 

t 19 For he hath looked down u from the height of hi? 
sanctuary ; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; 

20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those 
that are c appointed to death ; 

21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his 
praise in Jerusalem ; 

i 22 When the people are gathered together, and the 
kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 

23 He weakened my strength in the way; he ''short- 
ened my days. 

24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of 
mv dors : thy years are throughout all generations. 

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God to be praised for his mercy. 

E 25 g Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the 
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 

26 They shall h perish, but thou shalt • endure : yea, all 
of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture shalt 
thou k change them, and they shall be changed : 
t 27 But thou art 1 the same, and thy years shall have no end. 
b 28 The m children of thy servants shall continue, and 
their seed shall be established before thee. 
PSALM cm. 

An exhortation to bless God for his mercy, 1, and for the constancy there- 
of, 15. 

"|[ A Psalm of David. 
jTTgLESS the Lord, O a my soul : and all that is within 
JlP me, bless his holy name. 

d 2 Bless the Lord, O my. soul, and forget not all his 
b benefits : 

6 3 Who c forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who J healeth all 
thy diseases ; 

4 Who redeemeth thy life from c destruction ; who 
crovvneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies ; 

o 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so that 
thy youth is f renewed like the eagle's. 

t 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for 
all that are oppressed. 

7 He made known Ins ways unto s Moses, his acts unto 
the children of Israel. 

t 8 The Lord is h merciful and gracious, slow to anger, 
and plenteous in mercy. 

9 He will i not always chide ; neither will he keep his 
anger k for ever. 

6 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor re- 
warded us according to our iniquities. 

11 For as the heaven is high ' above the earth, so great 
is his mercy toward them that fear him. 

h 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he 
* removed our transgressions from us. 

13 Like as n a father ° pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

14 For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that 
we are p dust. 

* 15 As for man, his days are as q grass : as a flower of 
the field, so he flourisheth. 

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the 
place thereof shall know it r no more. 
t 17 But the mercy of the Lord is s from everlasting to 
everlasting upon them that fear him, and l his righteous- 
ness unto children's children ; 

18 To such as u keep his covenant, and to those that 
remember his commandments to do them. 

* 19 The Lord hath prepared his * throne in the heavens; 
and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

4 20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that y excel in strength, 
that z do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of 
his word. 

d 21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his a hosts ; ye * ministers 
of his, that do his pleasure. 

d 22 Bless the Lord, c all his works in all places of 
dominion : bless the Lord, O d my soul. 

PSALM CIV. 
A meditation upon the mighty power, I, and wonderful providence of 
God, 7. God's glory is eternal, 31. The Prophet voweth perpetually 
to praise God, 33. 

3p|LESS the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou 
JtJ art very great ; thou art a clothed with honour and 
majesty : 

•5 2 Who coverest thyself with b light as with a garment : 
who stretchest out the heavens like c a curtain : 

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers d in the wa- 
ters : who maketh the e clouds hi3 chariot : who walketh 
«pon the wings of the wind : 



PSALMS 

earth 



1027. 



gHeb. 1. 10. 
h 2 Pet. 3. 
7,10. 

i Heb. 13.8. 
k Isa. 34. 4. 
1 Mai. 3.6. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
m Pa. 7. 17. 
flab. 1. 12. 
Mt. 23. 23. 
a Dt. 11.22. 
bPs. 116.12. 
cPs. 32.1,2. 
d Ex. 15.26. 
Isa. 33. 24. 
e Job 33. 
19,23,24. 
fiua.49.21 
Rum. 12. 2. 
g Psa. 147. 
19. 

h Ex. 34. 67. 
i Isa. 57. 16. 
k Jer. 3. 5. 
lProv.25.3. 
mis. 43.25. 
Hie. 7. 18. 
n Mai. 3.17. 

Eph. 3. 15. 
p (ion. 3. 19. 
qlPt. 1.24. 
r Ps. 37. 36. 
s Eph. 1.3,4. 
t2Cor. 9.9. 
ulTm.4.8. 
x Rev. 4. 1, 
o # 

y Col. 1.12. 
z Mt. 6. 10. 
a Gen. 2. 1. 
&.■ 30. 2. 
b Heb. 1.14. 
c Ps. 150. 6. 
d Psa. 104. 

35. 
aPs. 93.1. 
Rev. 4. 3, 4. 
& 19. 12. 
b 2 Cor. 4. 6. 

1 Tin. 1. 16. 
e Song 1. 5. 
d Ps. 24. 2. 
c Ps. 18. 10. 




f Heb. 1.14 
g2Kg.6.17, 
h Job 26. 7. 
iPs.102.26. 
k Gen. 1. 9. 
1 Job 26. 
10, 11, 12. 
m Gen. 8.5. 
n Jer. 5. 22. 
o Mt. 6. 26. 
p Job 39. 9. 
q Jer. 10. 13. 
& 14. 2-X 
rGen.l. 11. 
lKgs.18.5. 
aHh. bread, 
Job 28. 5. 
Isa. 28. 28. 
s Jgs. 9. 13. 
Prov. 31. 6. 
t Ps. 36. 6. 
u. Prov. 30. 
26. 

x Gen. 1.14. 
Job 33. 31. 
yJob38.1,2. 
z Isa. 45. 7. 
a Isa. 31. 4. 
bJob38.39. 
e Eccl. 1. 5. 
d Gen. 2. 5. 
e Psa. 8. 1. 
fGen. 1.31. 
g Ps. 24. 1. 
h Ps. 74. 14. 
i Ps. 145. 15. 
kDt. 15.11. 
1 Ps. 146. 4. 
m Ps. 33. 6. 
nEccl. 1.4. 
oGen. 1. 31. 
p Ex. 19. 12. 
qPs. 144.5. 
rl Pet. 1.17. 
s Rv. 14. 16. 
4 Heb. Hal- 
lelujah., 
Rev. 19. 1,3. 



His glory is eternal. 

4 Who maketh his f angels spirits ; his ministers e a 
flaming fire : 

5 Who h laid the foundations of the earth, that it should 
not be removed l for ever. 

s 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with k a garment : 
the waters stood above the mountains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled ; at ' the voice of thy thunder 
they hasted away. 

E 8 They m go up by the mountains ; they go down by 
the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for 
them. 

9 Thou hast set n a bound that they may not pass over ; 
that they turn not again to cover the earth. 

10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run 
among the hills. 

1 1 They give drink to ° every beast of the field : the 
wild asses p quench their thirst. 

12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their 
habitation, which sing among the branches. 

E 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers : the earth 
is satisfied with the q fruit of thy works. 

14 He causeth the r grass to grow for the cattle, and 
herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth 
" food out of the earth : 

15 And wine that 9 maketh glad the heart of man, and 
oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strength- 
ened man's heart. 

16 The 'trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars 
of Lebanon, which he hath planted ; 

17 Where the birds make their nests : as for the stork, 
the fir-trees are her house. 

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ; and 
the rocks for the u conies. 

£19 He appointeth the moon for x seasons : the sun 
y knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makest z darkness, and it is night : wherein all 
the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 

21 The young lions roar after their a prey, and seek 
their meat b from God. 

22 The c sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 
and lay them down in their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth to his d work and to his labour 
until the evening. 

* 24 O Lord, e how manifold are thy works ! f in wis- 
dom hast thou made them all : the earth is s full of thy 
riches. 

25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things 
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 
e 26 There go the ships : there is that h leviathan, whom 
thou hast made to play therein. 

27 These i wait all upon thee ; that thou mayest give 
them their meat in due season. 

28 That thou givest them, they gather : thou k openest, 
thy hand, they are filled with good. 

* 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest 
away their breath, they die, and return to their ' dust. 

30 m Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and 
thou n renewest the face of the earth. 

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever : the 
Lord shall ° rejoice, in his works. 

■S 32 He looketh on the earth, and it p trembleth : he 
toucheth the hills, and they q smoke. 

d 33 I will sing unto the Lord r as long as I live : I will 
sing praise unto my God while I have my being. 

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet : I will be glad 
in the Lord. 

* 35 Let the sinners be ' consumed out of the earth, and 
let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my 
soul. 'Praise ye the Lord. 

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God's providence over Abraham, &c. 
psalm cv. 

An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his icorks, 1. The story of 
God's providence over Abraham, 7, over Joseph, 16, over Jacob in Egypt, 
23, over Moses delivering the Israelites, 26, over the Israelites brought 
out of Egypt, fed in the wilderness, and planted in Canaan, 37. 

*f\ GIVE a thanks unto the Lord ; call upon his name : 
vJ b make known his deeds among the people 
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : c talk ye of all 

his wondrous works, 
c 3 d Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart e of them 

rejoice that seek the Lord. 

/J A C^vsvIt- ^Vi/\ T Ann mnrl *l-*ici c + t*Avi *v4V» • opplr 1 1 1 g fja PP 



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strength 



d 4 Seek the Lord, and f his 
evermore. 

5 Remember his g marvellous works that he hath done ; 
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth ; 

6 O ye seed of Abraham his h servant, ye children of 
Jacob his ' chosen. 

* 7 He is the Lord our God : his k judgments are in all 
the earth. 

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word 
which he ' commanded to a thousand generations. 

9 Which covenant he made m with Abraham, and his 
oath unto Isaac ; 

6 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and 
to Israel for an everlasting covenant : 

s 1 1 Saying, Unto thee will I give the n land of Canaan, 
the lot of your inheritance : 

12 When they were but a few men in number ; yea, 
very few, and ° strangers in it. 

13 When they went from one nation to another, from 
9ne kingdom to another people ; 

/ 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea, he 
p reproved kings for their sakes ; 

15 Saying, Touch not mine q anointed, and do my 
T prophets no harm. 

1 6 Moreover he 9 called for a famine upon the land : he 
brake the whole l staff of bread. 

/ 1 7 "He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was 
* sold for a servant : 

18 Whose feet they hurt y with fetters : he was laid in 
iron : 

1 19 Until the time that z his word came : the word of the 
Lord a tried him. 

20 The king b sent and loosed him ; even the ruler of 
the people, and let him go free. 

/ 21 He made him c lord of his house, and ruler of all his 
substance : 

22 To d bind his princes at his pleasure ; and teach his 
senators wisdom 

g 23 c Israel also came into Egypt ; and Jacob sojourned 
in the land of f Ham. 

24 And he e increased his people greatly; and i 
them stronger than their enemies. 
< 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal 
6 subtilly with his servants. 

26 ; He sent Mose3 his servant ; and Aaron whom he 
had chosen. 

g 27 They shewed his k signs among them, and wonders 
in the land of Ham. 

/ 28 He sent ' darkness, and made it dark ; and they 
n rebelled not against his word. 

29 He turned their "waters into blood, and slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth frogs ° in abundance, in 
the r chambers of their kings. 

31 He spake, and there came q divers sorts of flies, and 
Tice in all their coasts. 

32 He gave them ' hail for rain, and l flaming fire in 
their land. 

33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees ; and 
brake the trees of their coasts. 



a 1 Chr. 16. 
7, 8, 22. 
bJer.50.28, 
& 51. 16. 
c Psa. 145. 
5, 6, 11. 
dl Co. 1.31. 
e Hos. 9. 1. 
fNu. 7. 89. 
g Ps. 77. 11. 
h 1 Chron. 
16. 13. 
i I Tct. 2. 9. 
k Isa. 26. 9. 
1 Ps. 135. 13. 
m Luke 1. 
73. 

n Gen. 12. 6. 
oHeb. 11.9. 
pGn. 12.17. 
q 1 John 2. 
27. 

r Gen. 20.7. 
s Matt. 8. 9. 
t Lv. 26. 26. 
u Gen. 45.5. 
xGn. 37.28. 
yGn.39.20. 
z Gen. 36. 5. 
a 1 Pet. 1. 7. 
bGn.41.14. 
cGn.41.40. 
d Psa. 2. 3. 
e Gen. 46. 4. 
f Gen. 10.6. 
g Ex. 1.7. 
h Ex. 1. 9. 
i Ex. 4. 12. 
k Ex. 7.2,3. 
I Exod. 10. 
22. 

m Ps. 5. 10. 
n Ex. 7. 20. 
o Ex. 8. 3. 
p lea. 19. 2 
q Ps. 78. 45. 
r Ex. 8. 17. 
s Ex. 9. 23. 
t Ex. 9. 24. 



PSALMS. The history of Israel's rebellion. 

34 He spake, and the u locusts came, and caterpillars, 
and that without number, 

35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and de- 
voured the fruit of their ground. 

36 He smote also all the x first-born in their land, the 
y chief of all their strength. 

/ 37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold : 
and there was 2 not one feeble person among their tribes. 

s 38 Egypt was glad when they departed : for a the fear 
of them fell upon them. 

A 39 He spread b a cloud for a covering; and c fire to give 
light in the night. 

40 The people asked, and he brought d quails, and satis- 
fied them with the e bread of heaven. 

41 He opened the f rock, and the waters gushed out; 
they ran in the dry places like g a river. 

42 For he h remembered his holy promise, and Abra- 
ham his servant. 

* 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his 
chosen i with gladness : 

44 And gave them the k lands of the heathen : and they 
inherited the labour of the people ; 

d 45 That they might ' observe his statutes, and keep his 
laws. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CVI. 
77ie Psalmist exhorteth to praise God, 1 : He prayeth for pardon of sin, 

4. The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy, 7. He con- 

cludeth with prayer and praise, 47. 

~ RAISE ye the Lord. a O give thanks unto the Lord ; 

for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever. 
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord 1 who 
can shew forth b all his praise 1 

b 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that 

doeth righteousness d at all times. 

d 4 c Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou 
bearest unto thy people : O visit me with thy salvation ; 

5 That I may f see the good of thy chosen, that I may 
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may g glory 
with thine inheritance. 

d 6 We have h sinned with our fathers, we have commit- 
ted iniquity, we have done wickedly. 

e 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt ; 
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies ; but 
provoked him at the sea, even s at the Red sea. 

b 8 Nevertheless he saved them k for his name's sake, 
that he might make his mighty power to be known. 

/ 9 He ' rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up : 
so he led them through m the depths, as through the wil- 
derness. 

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated 
them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 

1 1 And the waters n covered their enemies : there was 
not one of them left. 

12 Then "believed they hiswords; they r sang hispraise. 
c 13 They q soon forgat his works, they waited not for his 

counsel : 

" 14 But r lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and 
8 tempted God in the desert. 

wis And he gave them their request ; but sent Meanness 

into their soul. 

« 16 They u envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron 
the saint o'f the Lord. 

/ 17 The x earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and 
covered the company of Abiram. 

18 And a fire was 'kindled in their company ; the flame 
burned up J the wicked. 

b 19 They made a calf in 7 Ilorcb, and worshipped the 
molten image. . 

20 Thus they changed their a glory into the similitude 




of b an ox that ealeth grass. 



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c Ex. 3-2. 10. 
d Exod. 32. 

11, 14. 
Ezek. 13. 5. 
& 22. 30. 
e Dt. 8. 7. 
Ezek. 20. 6. 
fHeb. 3. 9. 
g Nu. 14. 2, 
hDt.32.40. 
i L*.26.33 
k Nu. 25. 3 
1 2 Co. 6. 14, 
m Jer. 10. 
5, 10. 
nNu. 25.7,8, 

Num. 25. 
11, 12, 13. 
pNu.20.12, 
qEph.4.30. 
r iNum. 20. 
10, 12. 

e Dt. 7. 2. 
Jgs. 1. 21, 
27,29,30,31, 
t Jgs. 1. 21. 

1 Cor. 5. 6. 
u Ex. 23.33. 
Jgs. 2. 13, 
14, 15. 

x 2 Kg. 16.3. 

yNu. 15.25. 

z Judg. 3. 8, 

& 4. 2. 

a Jgs. 2. 13. 

Neh. 9. 28, 

30. 

b Jgs. 10. 16. 

2 Kings 14. 
26, 27. 

c Dt. 30. 3. 
d Jer. 15.11. 
e Ps. 115. 1. 
Hos. 10. 1. 
Zech. 7. 5. 
a Ps. 119. 68. 
Mt. 19. 17. 
b Rev. 7. 9 
11, 14. 



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The history of Israel's rebellion. PSALMS. 

21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great 
things in Egypt ; 

g 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible 
things by the Red sea. 

23 Therefore c he said that he would destroy them, had 
not Moses his chosen stood before him in the d breach, to 
turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 

« 24 Yea, they despise the e pleasant land, they f be- 
lieved not his word : 

25 But s murmured in their tents, and hearkened not 
unto the voice of the Lord. 

/ 26 Therefore h he lifted up his hand against them, to 
overthrow them in the wilderness : 

27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, 
and to * scatter them in the lands. 

o 28 They joined themselves also unto k Baal-peor, and ate 
the ' sacrifices of the m dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inven- 
tions : and the plague brake in upon them. 
/ 30 Then stood up n Phinehas, and executed judgment : 
and so the plague was stayed. 

31 And that was counted unto him ° for righteousness 
unto all generations for evermore. 
c 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that 
it went p ill with Moses for their sakes : 

33 Because they q provoked his spirit, so that he spake 
T unadvisedly with his lips. 

34 They did s not destroy the nations, concerning whom 
the Lord commanded them : 

35 But were ■ mingled among the heathen, and learned 
their works. 

36 And they served their idols which were u a snare unto 
them. 

* 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters 
unto devils, 

g 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons 
and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the 
x idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood. 
e 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and 
went y a whoring with their own inventions. 
t 40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled 
against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own 
inheritance. 

/ 41 And z he gave them into the hand of the heathen ; 
and they that hated them ruled over them. 

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were 
brought into subjection under their hand. 
c 43 a Many times did he deliver them ; but they pro- 
voked him with their counsel ; and were brought low for 
their iniquity. 

* 44 Nevertheless b he regarded their affliction, when he 
heard their cry : 

45 And he c remembered for them his covenant, and 
repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 

46 He made them also d to be pitied of all those that 
carried them captives. 

d 47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among 
the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy e name, and to 
triumph in thy praise. 

d 48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting 
to everlasting : and let all the people say, Amen. Praise 
Ve the Lord. 

. PSALM CVII. 

The Psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, in praising God, to observe his 

manifold providence 1, over travellers, 4, over captives, 10, over sick 
™*n, 17 , over seamen, 23, and in divers varieties of life, 83. 

i i u- thanks unto the Lord, for he is a good : for 
\Jr his mercy endureth for ever. 

a T$ b rede emed of the Lord say so, whom he hath 

redeemed from the hand of the enemy • 




David exhorteth to praise God 

3 And c gathered them out of the lands, from the east, 
and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 
/ 4 They wandered in the d wilderness in a solitary way ; 
they found no city to dwell in. 

5 e Hungry and thirsty, their soul f fainted in them. 
b 6 Then they s cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and 
he delivered them out of their distresses. 

7 And he h led them forth by the right way, that they 
might go to a ' city of habitation. 

e 8 Oh that mew would praise the Lord for his goodness, 
and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 
e 9 For he k satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hun- 
gry soul with goodness. 

10 Such as sit in darkness and in the ' shadow of death, 
being bound in m affliction and iron ; 

1 1 Because they rebelled n against the words of God, 
and ° contemned the counsel of the Most High : 
/ 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; 
they fell down, and there was none to help. 

13 Then they p cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
and he saved them out of their distresses. 

* 14 He q brought them out of darkness and the shadow 
of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 

e 15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, 
and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 

16 For he hath broken the r gates of brass, and cut the 
bars of iron in sunder. 

c 17 Fools, s because of their transgression, and because 
of their iniquities " are afflicted. 

18 Their ' soul abhorreth all manner of meat ; and they 
draw near to the gates of death. 

* 19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and 
he saveth them out of their distresses. 

20 He sent his u word, and healed them, and delivered 
them from their x destructions. 

e 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, 
and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 

d 22 And let them y sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiv- 
ing, and declare his works with rejoicing. 

e 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do 
z business in great waters ; 

24 These a see the works of the Lord, and his won- 
ders in the deep. 

e 25 For he commandeth, and b raiseth the stormy wind, 
which lifteth up the waves thereof. 

26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again 
to the depths : their soul is c melted because of trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken 
man, and are at their wit's end. 

i> 28 d Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and 
he bringeththem out of their distresses. 

29 He maketh the storm e a calm, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he 
bringeth them unto their desired haven. 

c 31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 

d 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the 
people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 

e 33 He ' turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water- 
springs into dry ground ; 

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness 
of them that dwell therein. . 

35 He turneth the f wilderness into a standing water, 
and dry ground into water-springs. 

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they 
may prepare a city for habitation ; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may 
s yield fruits of increase. 

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h Ps. 127. 1. 
Pr. 10. 12. 
i Ex. 1. 7. 
kDt.28.18. 
1 Job 12. 21. 
Rev. 19. 17, 
18. 

m lSa.2.8. 
n Ps. 58. 10. 

Job 5. 10. 
p Ps. 25. 12. 
Jer. 9. 11. 
Dan. 12. 10. 
Hos. 14. 9. 
a Isa. 64. 7. 
b Jgs. 5. 14. 
Zech 11.10. 
c ?s. 36. 5. 
d Rev. 11. 
15. 

e Ps. 60. 5. 
fPsa. 89. 
35,36. 
g Josh. 1. 6. 
h Jgs. 8. 5. 
i2Sa.2.8,9. 
kDt.33.17. 

1 Ps. 122. 5. 
m 2 Sa. 8. 2. 
nGn. 10.14. 
o Ps. 14. 7. 
p Ps. 44. 9. 
Isa. 12.1. 
qNu.24.18. 
r Isa. 63. 3. 
a Ro. S. 29. 

2 Co. 10.18. 
b Rev. 13.6. 
c Ps. 35. 7. 
d Jer. 10.20. 
John 8: 32. 
e Acts 6. 4 
f Ps. 35. 12. 
g Zech. 3.1. 
h Pr. 15. 8. 
i Ps. 55. 23. 
k Acts 1.20 
Uei. 22.18 
m Job 20. 18 
a Or, last 
end. 

Job 18. 19. 
Ps. 37. 37. 
n Pr. 10. 7. 



David's confidence in God's help. PSALMS 

38 He h blesseth them also, so that they are ! multiplied 
greatly ; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 
3 39 Again, they are k diminished and brought low through 
oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 

£ 40 He 1 poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth 
them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 

41 Yet m setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and 
maketh him families like a flock. 

c 42 The righteous shall n see it, and rejoice : and all ini- 
quity shall ° stop her mouth. 

b 43 Whoso is v wise, and will observe these things, even 
they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord. 
PSALM CVIII. 

David encourageth himself to praise God, 1 : He prayeth for Godfs as- 
sistance according to his promise, 5 : His confidence in God , s help, 11. 

T[ A Song or Psalm of David. 
^"V GOD, my heart is fixed ; I will sing and give praise, 
vF even with my glory. 

2 a Awake, psaltery and harp : I myself will awake 
early. 

3 I will praise thee, O Lord, b among the people : and 
I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 
1 4 For thy mercy is great c above the heavens : and thy 

truth reacheth unto the clouds. 

I 5 Be thou J exalted, O God, above the heavens : and 
thy glory above all the earth ; 

6 That thy e beloved may be delivered : save with thy 
right hand, and answer me. 

i-7 God hath spoken f in his holiness; I will rejoice, I 
will e divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of h Succoth. 
8 * Gilead is mine ; Manasseh is mine ; Ephraim also 
is the k strength of my head ; Judah is my J lawgiver ; 
i 9 Moab is my m washpot ; over Edom will I cast out 
my shoe ; n over Philistia will I triumph. 

10 ° Who will bring me into the strong city 1 who will 
iead me into Edom 1 

11 Wilt not thou, O God, who p hast cast us off? and 
wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts 1 

12 Give us help from trouble : for vain wthehelp of man. 
c 13 Through God we shall do q valiantly : for he it is 

that shall r tread down our enemies. 

PSALM CIX. 
David complaining of his slanderous enemies, under the person of Judas, 
devoteth them, 1 : He sheiveth their sin, 16. Complaining of his own 
misery, he prayeth for help, 21 : He promiseth thankfulness, 30. 

"If To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HOLD not thy peace, O God a of my praise ; 
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of 
the deceitful b are opened against me : they have spoken 
against me with a lying tongue. 

3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; 
and fought against me c without a cause. 



as 



d 4 d For my love they are my adversaries : e but I give 
myself unto prayer. 

e 5 And they have f rewarded me evil for good, and 
hatred for my love. 

6 Set thou a wicked man over him : and let Satan 
* stand at his right hand. 

d 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned : and 
let his h prayer become sin. 

8 Let { his days be few ; and let another k take his office. 

9 Let his children be ' fatherless, and his wife a widow. 
D 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: 

let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 

11 Let the extortioner '"catch all that he hath; and 
let the strangers spoil his labour. 

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him : neither 
let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 

13 Let his ° posterity be cut off; and in the genera- 
tion following let their " name be blotted out. 

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The kingdom and passion of Christ, 

D 14 Let the ° iniquity of his fathers be remembered witH 
the Lord ; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 

15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he 
may cut off the * memory of them from the earth. 

16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, 
but persecuted the poor and needy man , that he might 
even slay the q broken in heart. 
E 17 As he loved cursing, r so let it come unto him : 
he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 

18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his 
garment, so let it come into his s bowels like water, and 
like oil into his bones. 

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth 
him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 
D 20 Let this be the * reward of mine adversaries from the 
Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 

<*21 But 'do thou for me, O God the Lord, "for thy 
name's sake : because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 

22 For I am x poor and needy, and my heart is wound- 
ed within me. 

23 I am y gone like the shadow when it declineth : I 
am tossed up and down as the locust. 

24 My knees are z weak through fasting ; and my a flesh 
faileth of fatness. 

25 I became also a reproach unto them : when they 
looked upon me they b shaked their heads. 
d 26 Help me, O Lord my God : O save me according 
to thy mercy : 

27 That they may c know that this is thy hand ; that 
thou, Lord, hast done it. 

28 Let them curse, but d bless thou : when they arise, 
let them be ashamed ; but let thy servant e rejoice. 

29 Let mine adversaries f be clothed with shame, and let 
them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with 
a mantle. 

d 30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth ; yea, 

I will praise him among the multitude. 

31 For he shall s stand at the right hand of the poor, 

to save him from those that condemn his soul. 

PSALM CX. 
The kingdom, 1, the priesthood, 4, the conquest, 5, and the paSsionof 

Christ, 7. 

^[ A Psalm of David. 
HE Lord said unto a my Lord, b Sit thou at my right 
hand, until I make c thine enemies thy footstool. 
2 The Lord shall send the d rod of thy strength out of 
e Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 
r 3 Thy peopl e shall be f willing in the day of thy s power, 
in the h beauties of holiness from the ' womb of the morn- 
ing: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 
t 4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art 
a priest for ever after the order of '' Melchizedek. 
r 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings 
in the day of his wrath. 

6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the 
places with the dead bodies : he shall wound the ' heads 
over many countries. 

7 He shall m drink of the brook in the way : therefore 
shall he " lift up the head.* 

TSALM CXI. 

The Psalmist by his trample incilcth others to praise God for his glori- 
ous, 1, and gracious ivorks, 5. The fear of God hrccdeth true tvis- 



T 



dom, 10. 

RAISE 



I will praise the Lord with 
the ' assembly of the upright, 



ye the Lord 
my whole heart, in 
and in the congregation. 
t 2 The works of the Lord are great, a sought out of all 
them that have pleasure therein. 

3 His work is b honourable and glorious : and his right- 
eousness c endureth for ever. 

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church. 



WHEN Israel a went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob 
c from a people of b strange language ; 
{ t i, ud ^ was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 
£ A. Th Sea saw U > and fled : ° Joi ' d an was driven back, 
like lamb m ° Untams ' ski PP ed like rams ' and th e little hills 



1027. 



fPs.89.6. 
g Pa. 138.6. 
li 1 Sa. 2. 8. 
i 2 Sa. 7. 8. 
kRuth4.11. 
Gal. 4. 26. 
a Ex. 13. 3. 
b Ps. 81. 1. 
c Num 2. 3. 
d Ex. 14.21. 
e Jos. 3. 13. 
f Ex. 19.18. 
Hab. 3. 6. 



God to be praised for his gracious works, PSALMS 

*4 He hath made his wonderful works d to be remem- 
bered : the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 

5 He hath given e meat unto them that fear him : he 
will ever be mindful of his covenant. 

6 He hath f shewed his people the power of his works, 
that he may give them the s heritage of the heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are u verity and judgment ; 
all his commandments l are sure. 

8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in 
truth and uprightness. 

9 He sent k redemption unto ' his people : he hath com- 
manded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend is his 
name. 

a 10 m The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : 
a good understanding have all they that n do his command- 
ments : his praise endureth for ever. 

PSALM CXII. 

Godliness hath the promises of this life, 1, and of the life to come, 4. The 

prosperity of the godly shall be an eye sore to the wicked, 10. 

i^TjRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that fear- 
JT eth the Lord, that a delighteth greatly in his com- 
mandments. 

2 b His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the genera- 
tion of the upright shall be blessed. 

3 Wealth and riches shall be c in his house : and his 
righteousness endureth for ever. 

f> 4 Unto the upright there ariseth d light in the darkness : 
he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 

<*5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth : he will 
guide his affairs with e discretion. 

b 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever : the righteous 
shall be in everlasting f remembrance. 

7 He shall not be afraid of g evil tidings : his heart is 
fixed, trusting in the Lord. 

8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until 
he h see his desire upon his enemies. 

d 9 He hath i dispersed, he hath given to the poor ; his 
righteousness endureth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted 
with honour. 

10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved, he shall 
k gnash with his teeth, and ' melt away : the m desire of 
the wicked shall perish. 

PSALM CXIII. 

An exhortation to praise God for his excellency, 1, and for his mercy, 6. 

JORAISE ye the Lord. Praise, a O ye servants of the 
JL Lord, praise the name of the Lord. 

2 b Blessed be the name of the Lord c from this time 
forth and for evermore. 

d 3 d From the rising of the sun unto the going down of 
the same the Lord's name is to be praised. 

* 4 The Lord is high e above all nations, and his glory 
above the heavens. 

5 f Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth 
on high, 

h 6 Who e humbleth himself to behold the things that are 
in heaven, and in the earth 1 

7 He raiseth up the poor out of the h dust, and liftet 
the needy out of the dunghill ; * 

8 That he may set him l with princes, even with the 
princes of his people. 

9 He maketh the k barren woman to keep house, and 
to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord 

PSALM CXIV. 
Jin exhortation, by the example of the dumb creatures, to fear God in his 



ye 







and for his mercy 

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou 
Jordan, that thou wast driven back 1 

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ; and 
little hills, like lambs 1 

s 7 Tremble, thou earth, g at the presence of the Lord, 
at the presence of the God of Jacob ; 

8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the 
flint into a fountain of waters. 

PSALM CXV. 
Because God is truly glorious, 1, and idols are vanity, 4, the Psalmist 
exhorteth to confidence in God, 9. God is to be praised for his bless- 
ings, 12. 

~OT unto us, O Lord, a not unto us, but unto thy name 
give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, b Where is now 
their God ? 

t 3 But our God c is in the heavens ; he d hath done what- 
soever he pleased. 

4 Their e idols are silver and gold, the f work of men's 
hands. 

5 They have mouths, but they ? speak not : eyes have 
they, but they see not : 

6 They have ears, but they hear not : noses have they, 
but they smell not : 

7 They have hands, but they handle not : feet have 
they, but they h walk not : neither speak they through 
their throat. 

P 8 They that £ make them are like unto them ; so is 
every one that trusteth in them. 

d 9 k O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their 
and their shield. 

d 10 O house of l Aaron, trust in the Lord : he is their 
help and their shield. 

d 11 Ye that m fear the Lord, trust in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless 
us ; he will n bless the house of Israel ; he will bless the 
house of Aaron. 

r 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both ° small 
and great. a 

14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you 
and your children. 

15 Ye are p blessed of the Lord which made heaven 
and earth. , 

* 1 6 The q heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's : but 
the earth hath he given to the children of men. 

1 7 r The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go 
down into silence. 

d 18 But s we will bless the Lord from this time forth and 
for evermore. Praise the Lord. 

PSALM CXVI. 

The Psalmist professeth Ms love and duty to God for his deliverance, 1 : 
He studieth to be thankful, 12. 



help 



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1 LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice 
and my supplications, 
e 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore 
will I call upon him b as long as I live. 
« 3 The c sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains 
of hell gat hold upon me : I found trouble and sorrow. 

4 Then called I upon d the name of the Lord; O Lord, 
e I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

* 5 Gracious is the Lord, and f righteous; yea, our God 
is merciful. » 

6 The Lord s preserveth the simple : I was brought 
low, and he helped me. 

<i 7 Return unto thy h rest, O my soul ; for the Lord hath 
dealt bountifully with thee. 

i> 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes 
from tears, and my feet from * falling. 
d 9 k I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living 

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An exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. 

10 ' I believed, therefore have I spoken. I was greatly 
afflicted : 

111 said in m my haste 



o 



All men are liars 

12 What shall I render unto the LoRD/or all his benefits ^fj ie 
toward me 1 

d* 13 I will take the ° cup of salvation, and call upon the 
name of the Lord. 

14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the pre- 
sence of all his people. 

* 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the p death of 
his saints. 

e 16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant ; I am thy servant, 
and the son of thy q handmaid: thou hast loosed my r bonds. 

d 17 I will offer to thee the 3 sacrifice of thanksgiving, and 
will call upon the name of the Lord. 

18 I will pay 'my vows unto the Lord now in the 
u presence of all his people, 

g 19 In the x courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of 
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXVII. 

An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth. 

PRAISE Jhe Lord, a all ye nations ; praise him, all 

ye people. 
< 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and the 
* truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXVIII, 

An exhortation to praise God for his mercy, 1. The Psalmist hy his ex- 
perience sheweth how good it is to trust in God, 5. Under the type of 
the Psalmist, the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed, 19. 

d f\ a GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : because 

\J his mercy endureth for ever. 
2 Let b Israel now say, that his mercy endurethtev ever. 

d 3 Let the c house of Aaron now say, that nis mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

c 4 Let them now that d fear the Lord say, that his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

o 5 I called upon the Lord B iri distress: the Lord answer- 
ed me, and set me in f a large place. 

6 The Lord is on my side ; I g will not fear : what can 
man do unto me 1 

7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me : 
therefore shall I h see my desire upon them that hate me. 

* 8 It is ' better to trust in the Lord than to put con- 
fidence k in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the Lord that to put confidence 
in princes. 

10 ' All nations compassed me about : but in m the name 
of the Lord will I destroy them. 

11 They " compassed me about ; yea, they compassed 
me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 

12 They compassed me about like ° bees ; they are 
quenched p as the fire of thorns : for in the name of the 
Lord I will destroy them. 

13 q Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall : but 
the Lord helped me. 

* 14 The Lord is 
my salvation 



21 I will praise thee 

iaCor.4.13. . r , 

mPs.31. -a become my salvation. 

t 22 The stone tuhich the 

d 



Sundry prayers and praises, 
for thou hast b heard me, and art 



n ISa. 97.1.1 
o ] Cliron. 




my strength and song, and is become if- 



uke 1. R. 
fi Isa. 04. 9. 

b 15 The voice of rejoicing and ' salvation is in the taber-IL'joi 1 ' 11 
nacles of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord doeth gchrs 
valiantly. mPa.37.31. 

16 The 'right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right2£J*& 
hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. i p j'.'i,'i •' :*■;. 

17 1 shall u not die, but live, and declare the work? <A jfgc6?'u 
the Lord. ( , on ' 

e 18 The Lord hath chastened mc sore : b«c he hath tHeb.ii.ia, 
■ not given me over unto death. " r!<. it i'i. 

rf 19 ' Open to me the gates z of righteousness: I will go J&fi 8 - 
mto them, and I will praise the Lord : » E « !k - 33 - 

20 This gate of the Lord, into which the * righteou8|b nt, n. o ia 



•hall enter. 



■ 



builders refused is become the 
head stone of the corner. 
23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 
» 24 This is e the day which the Lord hath made ; we will 
rejoice and be glad in it. 

d 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : O Lord, I be- 
seech thee, send now prosperity. 

26 Blessed be he that f comethin the name of the Lord* 
we have blessed you ? out of the house of the Lord. 

27 God is the Lord, which hath shewed us h light : bind 
the sacrifice with * cords, even unto k the horns of the altar. 

1 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : thou art 
my God, I will exalt thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

PSALM CXIX. 
TTiis Psalm containeth sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obe- 
dience. 
ALEPH. 
OLESSED are the a undefiled in the way, who walk in 
a3 the law of the Lord. 

c 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that 
seek him with the whole heart. 

3 They also c do no iniquity : they A walk in his ways. 
d 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts dili- 
gently. 
e 5 O that my ways were e directed to keep thy statutes ! 

6 Then shall I f not be ashamed, when I have respect 
unto g all thy commandments. 

7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I 
shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 

8 I will keep thy statutes : O forsake me not h utterly. 

BETH. 

d 9 Wherewith shall '' a young man cleanse his way 1 By 
taking heed thereto according to k thy word. 

c 10 With my l whole heart have I sought thee : O let me 
not wander from thy commandments. 

d 11 Thy word have m I hid in my heart, that I might not 
sin against thee. 

12 Blessed art thou,0 Lord : n teach me thy statutes. 

13 With my lips have ° I declared all the judgments of 
thy mouth. 

14 1 have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as 
much as in all riches. 

15 p I will meditate in thy precepts, a*d have respect 
unto thy ways. 

<U6 I will 1 delight myself in thy pJatutes : I will not for- 
get thy word. 

17 Deal bountifully w^ thy servant, that I may r live, 
and keep thy word. 

d 18 Open thou r* flls eyes, that I may behold ' wondrous 
things out of \>i Iaw - 

19 1 am ' a stranger in the earth : hide not thy com- 

mandme-^3 from me - , , 

20 My soul u breaketh for the longing that it hath unto 

thv judgments at all times. 

•o 21 Thou hast rebuked x thc proud that are cursed, which 
do err from thy commandments. 

22 Remove from me y reproach and contempt ; for I 
have kept thy testimonies. 

<*23 Princes also did z sit and ■ speak against me : but 
thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 

c 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my b coun- 
sellors. 

DALETII. 

« 25 My soul * eleaveth unto the dust : quicken thou n>» 



tccordjng to thy word. 



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David's profession of obedience. PSALMS. 

26 I have d declared my ways, and thou heardest me : 
e teach me thy statutes. 

d 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts : 
so shall I f talk of thy wondrous works. 

28 My soul melteth for heaviness : strengthen thou me 
according unto thy word. 

p 29 Remove from me the B way of lying : and grant me 
thy law graciously. 

e 30 I have chosen the h way of truth : thy judgments 
have I laid " before me. 

31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies : O Lord, put me 
not to shame. 

* 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou 
1 shalt enlarge my heart. 

HE. 

* 33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and I 
shall keep it unto the k end. 

d 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law ; 
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 

c 35 Make me ' to go in the path of thy commandments ; 
for therein do I delight 

1 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and m not to 
covetousness. 

i 37 Turn away mine eyes n from beholding vanity ; and 
quicken thou me in thy way. 

c 38 ° Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted 
to thy fear. 

39 Turn away my reproach which I fear : for thy judg- 
ments are good. 

c 40 Behold, I have p longed after thy precepts : quicken 
me in thy righteousness. 

VAU. 
41 Let thy mercies q come also unto me, O Lord, even 
thy salvation, according to thy word. 

« 42 So shall I have wherewith r to answer him that re- 
proacheth me : for I trust in thy word. 

43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my 
mouth ; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 

44 So shall I keep thy law 'continually for ever and ever. 

45 And I will walk 6 at liberty : for I seek thy precepts. 
d 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also * before kings, 

and will not be ashamed. 

d 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, 
which I have loved. 

48 u My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments 
which I have loved ; and I will meditate in thy statutes. 

ZAIN. 

* 49 x Remember tn<> WO rd unto thy servant, upon which 
thou hast y caused me u hope. 

c 50 This is my z comfort « my affliction : for thy word 
hath quickened me. 

51 a The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet 
have I not declined from thy law. 

52 I remembered thy judgments of or o Lord ; and 
have b comforted myself. 

e 53 c Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the 
wicked that forsake thy law. 
« 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the hous^ of 



102T 

d Ps. 142. 2. 
ePs. 27. 11. 
fPs. 145.6. 
gEph.5.25. 
h 1 Kings 
8.36. 
a Or, pro- 
posed, 
Psa. 16. 8. 
ilKg.4.29. 
2 Cor. 6. 11. 
kMt. 10.22. 
Kev. 2.26. 
1 Mt. 23. 3. 
m 1 Tim. 6. 
10. 

n 2 Sa. 11. 2. 
Job 31. I. 
Isa. 33. 15. 
o2Sa.7.25. 
Gal. 3. 10. 
p Hb. 13. 18. 
qjgs.13.12. 
1 Pet. 1. 13. 
r3Sa.6.21. 
9 Jobn 6.70. 
b Heb. at 
'.large, 
[Psalm 4. 1. 
t Da. 3. 13. 
Mt. 10. 18. 
Acts 26. 1, 
2. 

u Mt. 7. 21. 
Titus 1. 16. 
x Isa. 62. 6. 
Ezek. 36. 
37. 

y verses 74, 
81, 147. 
z Ro. 15. 4. 
a 1 Pet. 5.5. 
b Ps. 74. 14. 
c Ezra 9. 3. 
d2Chr.5.1. 
e Tsa. 1. 2. 
&. 63. 6. 
f Ro. 6. IS. 
g La. 3. 24. 
c Heb. face, 
Job 11.19. 
h Luke 15. 
17. 




my d pilgrimage. 
d 55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord, e in the 
night, and have kept thy law. 

56 This I had, f because I kept thv precepts. 
CHETH. 
e 57 Thou art s my portion, O Lord : I have said that 1 
would keep thy words. 

58 I entreated c thy favour with my whole heart: be 
mercuul unto me according to thy word. 

59 I thought on my wavs, and turned my feet unto 
thy testimonies. J 



His comfort in affliction, 

60 I l made haste, and delayed not to keep thy com- 
mandments. 

61 k The bands of the wicked have robbed me : but I 
have not forgotten thy law. 

c 62 'At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, be- 
cause of thy righteous judgments. 

c 63 I am a m companion of all them that fear thee, and 
of them n that keep thy precepts. 

t 64 "The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me 
thy statutes. 

TETH. 

65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, ac- 
cording unto thy word. 

66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for 1 
have believed thy commandments. 

« 67 Before I was p afflicted I went astray : but now have 
I kept thy word. 

* 68 Thou art* good, and doest good; teachme thy statutes. 
c 69 The proud have r forged a lie against me : but I will 

keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 
c 70 Their heart is as 3 fat as grease ; but I delight in 
thy law. 

e 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that 1 
might learn thy statutes. 

72 The law of thy mouth ' is better unto me than thou- 
sands of gold and silver. 

JOD. 

* 73 Thy hands have u made me and fashioned me : give 
me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 

c 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they * see me; 
because I have hoped in thy word. 

c 75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and 
that thou y in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my 
comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may 
live : for thy law is my d delight. 

e 78 Let the proud be z ashamed 
versely with me without a cause : 
in thy precepts. 

79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those 
that have known thy testimonies. 

c 80 Let my heart be b sound in thy statutes ; e that I be 
not ashamed. 

CAPH. 

81 My soul a fainteth for thy salvation : but I hope in 
thy word. 

82 Mine eyes e fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou 
comfort me ? 

83 For I am become like a bottle in the f smoke ; yet 
do I not forget thy statutes. 

84 How many are B the days of h thy servant 1 when 
wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me 1 
c 85 The proud have ' digged pits for me, which are not 
after thy law. 

86 All thy commandments are faithful; they persecute 
me wrongfully ; help thou me. 

87 They had almost consumed me k upon earth ; but I 
forsook not thy precepts. 

SS Quicken me after thy loving-kindness ; so shall I 
keep the testimony of thy mouth 

LAMED. 

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is ' settled in heaven. 
t 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations : thou hast 
established the earth, and it abideth. 

91 They continue this day m according to thine ordi- 
nances : for all are thy servants. 

92 Unless thy law had been my delights^ n I should then 
have perished in mine affliction. 

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The word of God a light. PSALMS 

a 93 I will never forget thy precepts : for with them thou 
hast quickened me. 

94 I am thine, ° save me ; for I have sought thy pre 
cepts. 

95 The wicked have p waited for me to destroy me 
but I will consider thy testimonies. 

t 96 I have seen an end of all q perfection : but thy com 
mandment r is exceeding broad. 

MEM. 

i 97 O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the 
day. 

98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me 
wiser s than mine enemies : for they are ever with me. 

99 I have more understanding ' than all my teachers : 
for thy testimonies are my meditation. 

100 I understand more than the u ancients, because I 
keep thy precepts. 

d 101 I have refrained my feet from * every evil way, 
that I might keep thy word. 

102 I have not departed from thy judgments : for y thou 
hast taught me. 

e 103 How z sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, 
sweeter than honey to my mouth. 

* 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding : there- 
fore I hate every false way. 

NUN. 

t 105 Thy word is a a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto 
my path. 

106 I have b sworn, and I will perform it, that I will 
keep thy righteous judgments. 

107 I am afflicted very much : quicken me, O Lord, 
according unto thy word. 

e 108 Accept, I beseech thee, c the free-will-offerings of 
my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments 



109 My soul is continually d in my hand : yet do I not 
forget thy law. 

110 The wicked have e laid a snare for me : yet I erred 
not from thy precepts. 

« 1 1 1 Thy testimonies have I taken as a f heritage for 
ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 

c 112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes 
always, even unto the end. 

SAMECH. 

« 113 I hate 'vain thoughts : but thy law do I love. 

114 Thou art my E hiding-place and my shield : I hope 
in thy word. 

115 h Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep 
the commandments of my God. 

6 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may 
live : and let me not be i ashamed of my hope. 

1 1 7 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : and I will 
have respect unto thy statutes continually. 

118 Thou k hast trodden down all them that err from 
thy statutes : for their deceit is falsehood. 

* 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like 
dross : therefore I love thy testimonies. 

120 My flesh ' trembleth for fear of thee; and I am 
afraid of thy judgments. 

AIN. 
rf 121 I have done judgment and justice : m leave me not 
to mine oppressors. 

122 Be "surety for thy servant for good : let not the 
proud oppress me. 

« 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word 
of thy righteousness. 

124 Deal with thy servant "according unto thy mercy, 
and teach me thy statutes. • 

125 I am. p thy servant ; give me understanding, that I 
Way know thy testimonies. 

91 -2Z 



Isa. 64. 8, 
9,10. 

p Acts 12. 
11. 

2 Pet. 2. 9. 
q Isa. 40. 8. 
r 1 Cor. 13. 
13. 

Col. 3. 14. 
9 Dt. 4. 6. 
ISa. 18. 30. 
t Acts 23. 3. 
2Tim.3.15. 
u Job 32. 8. 
x 2 Co. 7. 1. 
Heb. 12. 13. 
y John 15.5. 
2 Cor. 3. 5. 

1 Ps. 19. 10. 
a Job 19. 8. 
Prov. 6. 23. 
InXeh. 10.29. 
cLv.22. 18. 
Nu. 19. 39. 
d Jgs. 13. 3. 
1 Sa. 19. 5. 

Ps. 140. 5. 
& 141. 9. 
fDt. 33.4. 
e Properly, 
top- 
branches, 

1 Kg. 18. 21 
Jer. 4. 14. 

_ Ps. 18. 2. 
& 32. 7. 
h Mt. 7. 23 
i Ro. 5. 5. 
k Mai. 4. 3. 
1 Hab. 3. 16, 
m Zech. 1. 
15. 

n Heb. 7.22. 
o Isa. 28. 19. 
p Isa. 56. 4 




David delighteth in God's love. 

1 26 \It is time for thee, Lord, r to work : for they have 
made void thy law. 

e 127 Therefore I love thy commandments 8 above gold ; 
yea, above fine gold. 

d 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all 
things to be right ; and I hate every false way. 

PE. 

* 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful : therefore dothmv 
soul keep them. 

130 The entrance of thy words giveth 'light ; it giveth 
understanding unto the simple. 

131 I opened my mouth, and u panted : for I longed for 
thy commandments. 

b 132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, * as 
thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. 

b 133 y Order my steps in thy word : and let not any ini- 
quity have z dominion over me. 

134 Deliver me from the oppression of man : a so will 
I keep thy precepts. 

i 135 Make thy face b to shine upon thy servant: and 
teach me thy statutes. 

c 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they 
keep not thy law. 

TSADDI. 

* 137 c Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy 
judgments. 

138 Thy testimonies that thou hast d commanded arc 
righteous and very faithful. • 

139 e My zeal hath consumed me ; because mine ene- 
mies have forgotten thy words. 

t 140 Thy word is very f pure: therefore thy servant 
s loveth it. 
141 1 am small and despised :y^donot I forget thy precepts. 
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, 



q Rv. 14. 15 
r Rov. 16. 1. 
& 19. 18, 19, 
20.. 

sPs. 19. 11 
Pr. 8. 11. 

1 Tim. 6. 
10,11,12. 

t Prov. 1. 4. 
Matt 4.16. 

2 Pet. 1. 19. 
u Ps. 42. 1. 
x Ps. 106. 4. 
y Eph.5. 15. 
■i, Ps. 19. 13. 
a Luke 1.74. 
b Psa. 4. 6. 

Dan. 9. 7. 
d Mt. 17. 5. 
Holm 3. 23. 
e John 2. 17. 
f Psa. 12. 6. 

Pot. 2. 2. 
hlSa.15.2T>. 
John 17. 17. 
i Pr. 10. 23. 
Eph. 4. 18. 
kl's.88. 13. 
& 95. 2. 

1 Ps. 90. 13, 
M.&I30.6. 
m John 5. 
21. 

Eph. 3. 5. 
ITrn.fi. 13. 
nJob21 13. 
oPi. 145.18. 
P I.ukoSl. 
33. 

q I.nm. T>. 1. 
i Psa. 35. 1. 
"Titus 1.16. 
t Vm. 14. 2. 
uPk.44.7I. 



and thy law is the h truth. 

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me : yet 
thy commandments are my delights. 

144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlast- 
ing : give me understanding, and I shall ' live. 

KOPH. 
c 145 I cried with my whole heart ; hear me, O Lord : 
I will keep thy statutes. 

146 I cried unto thee : save me, and I shall keep thy 
testimonies. 

147 k I prevented the dawning of the morning, and 
cried : I hoped in thy word. 

e 148 Mine eyes prevent the ' night- watches, that I might 
meditate in thy word. 

* 149 Hear my voice, according unto thy loving-kindness: 
O Lord, m quicken me according to thy judgment. 

c 1 50 They " draw nigh that follow after mischief : they 
are far from thy law. 

151 Thou art "near, O Lord; and all thy command- 
ments are truth. 

t 152 Concerning thy testimonies I have known of old 
that thou hast founded them p for ever 

RESH. 
1 53 q Consider mine affliction, and deliver me : for I do 
not forget thy law. 

6 154 r Plead my cause, and deliver me : 
cording to thy word. 

t 155 Salvation is "far from the wicked 
not thy statutes. 

t 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O 
me according to thy judgments. 

157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies: 
do I not decline from thy testimonies. 

1 58 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ; 
cause they kept not thy word. 

sei 



quicken me ac- 
: for they ' seek 

Lord : quicken 
x yct 
be- 



1027. 



David prayeth against Doeg, and PSALM' 

159 Consider how I love thy precepts : quicken me, O 
Lord, according to thy loving-kindness. 

t 160 Thy s word is true from the beginning: and every 
one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 

SCHIN. 

d 161 ^ Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but 
my heart standeth in y awe of thy word. 

e 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great 
spoil. 

e 163 I hate and abhor lying : z but thy law do I love. 

c 164 a Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy 
righteous judgments. 

b 165 b Great peace have they which love thy law : and 
nothing shall offend them. 

e 166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and c done 
thy commandments. 

167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and d I love 
them exceedingly. 

168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: e for 
all my ways are before thee. 

TAU. 

* 169 Let my f cry come near before thee, O Lord: give 
me understanding according to thy word. 

170 Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me 
according to thy word. 

171 s My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught 
me thy statutes. 

* 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all 



for the peace of. the church. 



commandments are righteousness. 



thy 



173 Let thy hand help me; for I have h chosen thy 
precepts. 

e 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy 
law is my g delight. 

175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; and let 
thy judgments help me. 

^ 176 I have gone astray like * a lost sheep ; seek thy 
servant ; for I do not forget thy commandments. 

PSALM CXX. 

David prayeth against Doeg, 1, reprovetk his tongue, 3, complaineth of 
his necessary conversation ivith the wicked, 5. 

*f[ A Song of a degrees. 
JTN my b distress I cried unto the Lord, and he c heard me. 
M. p 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from 
a deceitful tongue. 

3 What sliall a be given unto thee 1 or what shall be 
done unto thee, thou false tongue 1 

4 e Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper, 
s: 5 Wo is me, that I sojourn in f Mesech, that I dwell in 
ihe tents of s Kedar ! 

c 6 My soul hath h long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 
7 I am i for peace : but when I speak, they are for war. 
PSALM CXXI. 

The great safety of the godly, ivho put their trust in God's protection. 

^[ A Song of degrees. 

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the a hills, from whence 
cometh my help. 
* 2 b My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven 
and earth. 

6 3 He will not suffer thy c foot to be moved ; he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither a slumber 
nor sleep. 

& 5 The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is e thy shade 
upon thy right hand. 

6 The f sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon 
by night. 

7 The Lord shall preserve thee from e all evil: he shall 
preserve thy soul. 

plln!!l L f ORD J^all P res erve thy h going out and thy 
coming m from this time forth, and even for evermore. 



/Heb. the 
\beginnintr, 
| or, head of 
thy word is 
true, 

Titus 1.2. 

xlSa.24.15. 

verse 23. 

y Isa. 8. 12. 

z Ps. 79. 10. 

a Pr. 24. 16. 

& 26. 25. 

b Isa. 32. 17. 

c 1 John 3. 

3. 

1 Rom. 7. 

12. 

e Fr. 5. 21. 

f Luke 11.8. 

Jam. 5. 16. 
Ps. 50. 23. 

&. 78. 2. 

hJos.24.22. 

Luke 10.42. 

if Heb. de- 
Ms, 

verse 77. 

i Isa. 53. 6. 

Luke 15. 5. 
'.hn 10. 3. 
2Ch.20.19 

>i Luke 22. 

44. 

c Heb 5. 7. 

d Ps 52. 5. 

e Ps. 45. 5. 

fGen. 10.2. 
Gn. 25. 13. 
2 Pet. 2. 7. 

i Eph. 2. 14. 

a Hob. 9. 24. 

b Ps. 124. 8. 

c 1 Sa. 2. 9. 

d Isa. 27. 3. 

Zech. 4. 10. 

e Isa. 25. 4. 

f Isa. 49. 111. 

_ Rv.21. 4. 

h Dt. 28. 0. 

Prov. 3. 6. 



cir. 1058. 



a Isa. 2. 3. 
Zcch. 8. 21. 
b Rev. 3. 12. 
c Eph. 2.21. 
d Ex. 23. 17. 
e 2 Chron. 
19.8. 

fPs. 51. 18. 
g Isa. 2. 4. 
liPs. 119.63. 
Heb. 2. 11. 
iNeh.2. 10. 
a Ps. 25. 1. 
b Mt. 6. 9. 
cGn.32.26. 
Ps. 55. 17. 
Luke 18. 1. 
d Jam. 5. 16. 
e2Sa. 6.20. 
Neh. 4. 2. 
Luke 16. 14. 
a Heb. 2. 10. 
bRv. 12. 17. 
c Jonah 1.7. 
dRv. 17. 15. 
e Job 38. 11. 
fRv. 13.20. 
g Ps. 91. 3 
hRo.5.4,5, 
2 Cor. 1.10. 
l 1 Pt. 4. 19. 
aMt. 16. 18. 
b Zech. 2. 5. 
cRev.2. 10, 
dlPet.5.3. 
e 1 Cor. 10. 
13. 

fRo. 8. 28. 
g Ps. 73. 1. 
h2Tm.4.10. 
i Acts 8. 19. 
k3Th.2.U 



PSALM CXXII. 
David professelh his joy for the church, 1, and prayeth for the peace 

thereof, 6. 

% A Song of degrees of David. 

tWAS glad when they said unto me, a Let us go into 
the house of the Lord. 
d 2 Our feet shall b stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 
s 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is c compact to- 
gether : 

4 Whither the d tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, 
unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name 
of the Lord. 

5 For there are set e thrones of judgment, the thrones 
of the house of David. 

d * 6 f Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper 
that love thee. 

7 s Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy 
palaces. 

3 For !l my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now 
say, Peace be within thee. 

d 9 Because of the house of the Lord our God ! I will 
seek thy good. 

PSALM CXXIII. 

Tlie godly profess their confidence in God, 1, and pray to be delivered 

jrom contempt, 3. 

% A Song of degrees. 
NTO thee a lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest 
in b the heavens. 
I 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of 
their master, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand 
of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, 
c until that he have mercy upon us. 

3 d Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us : 
for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 
e 4 Our soul is exceedingly e filled with the scorning of 
those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. 

PSALM CXXIV. 
The church blesseih God for a miraculous deliverance. 

% A Song of degrees of David. 
JTF it had not been a the Lord who was on our side, now 
M. may Israel say ; 

2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when 
men b rose up against us : 

3 Then they had c swallowed us up quick, when their 
wrath was kindled against us: 

4 Then the d waters had overwhelmed us, the stream 
had gone over our soul : 

5 Then the e proud waters had gone over our soul. 

6 f Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a 
prey to their teeth. 

b 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the g snare of the 
fowlers : the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 
t 8 h Our help is in the name of the Lord, who * made 
heaven and earth. 

PSALM CXXV. 

Tfie safety of such as trust in God, 1. A prayer for the godly, and 

against the wicked, 4. 

1[ A Song of degrees. 

THEY that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, 
which cannot be a removed, but abideth for ever. 

* 2 Jls the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the 
Lord h is round about his people from henceforth even for 
ever. 

* 3 For the rod of the wicked shall c not rest upon the 
d lot of the righteous ; e lest the righteous put forth their 
hands unto iniquity. 

c 4 f Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to 
them that are e upright in their hearts. 

w 5 As for such as * turn aside unto their ' crooked ways, 
the Lord shall k lead them forth with the workers of ini- 
quity : but peace shall be upon Israel 

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God's blessing on them that fear him. PSALMS. 

PSALM CXXVI. | «fr-"»58 

The church celebrating her incredible return out of captivity, 1, prayeth'l^t B \k9. 



for, and prophesieth the good success thereof, 4. 

If A Song of degrees. 

WHEN the Lord turned again the a captivity of Zion, 
we were like them that b dream. 



E : 



2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our 
tongue with c singing : then said d they among the hea- 
then, The Lord hath done e great things for them. 
-A 3 The Lord hath done great things for us : whereof 
we are f glad. 

4 Turn g again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in 
the south. 

b 5 They that sow h in tears shall ! reap in joy. 

* 6 He that k goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious 
seed, ' shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing 
his sheaves with him. 

PSALM CXXVII. 
The virtue of God's blessing, 1. Good children are his gift, 3. 

Tf A Song of degrees for Solomon. 
IXCEPT the Lord a build the house, they labour b in 
vain that build it : except the Lord c keep the city, 
the watchman waketh but in vain. 

2 // is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to 
eat the d bread of sorrows : for so e he giveth his beloved 
sleep. 

d 3 Lo, children are a heritage f of the Lord : and the 
fruit of the womb is his e reward. 

ft 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are 
children h of the youth. 

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : 
they shall ' l not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the 
enemies k in the gate. 

PSALM CXXVIII. 
The sundry blessings tvhich follotv them that fear God. 

If A Song of degrees. 
>LESSED is a every one that feareth the Lord ; that 
walketh b in his ways. 

2 For thou shalt c eat the labour of thy hands : happy 
shalt thou be, and it shall be d well with thee. 

b 3 Thy wife shall be as as e a fruitful vine by the sides 
of thy house : thy children like f olive-plants round about 
thy table. 

4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fear- 
eth the Lord. 

6 5 The Lord shall bless thee s out of Zion : and thou 
shalt h see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 

6 Yea, thou shalt see thy ' children's children, and 
peace upon Israel. 

PSALM CXXIX. 

An exhortation lo praise God for saving Israel in their great aj/lictions, 1 

Tke haters of the church are cursed, o. 

"If A Song of degrees. 
,"]^TANY a time have they afflicted mc from my a youth 
jLtX may Israel now say : 

* 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth 
yet they b have not prevailed against mc. 

3 The c ploughers ploughed upon my d back 
made long their furrows. 

' 4 The Lord is c righteous : he hath cut asunder the 
f cords of the wicked. 

r 5 Let them all be confounded and e turned back that 
hate Zion. 

6 Let them be as the h grass upon the house-tops, which 
withereth afore it groweth up : 

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he 
that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 

8 Neither do they which go by, say, The '' blessing of u' 
the Lord be upon vou : we bless you in the name of the "r« 
Lord 3 3 



cKev. 14.3. 

d Mai. 3. 18. 

e Rv. 19. 18. 

fRv. 18.20. 

gHos. 1.11. 

li Ps. 137. 1. 

i Gal. 6. 9. 

kJer.50.45. 

U Co. 15.58. 

alCo.6.6,7. 

b Eocl. 9. 

1-1. 

c Jer. 5. 10. 

dGen. 3. 19. 

e Pr. 10. 20. 

f Gfri. 33. 5. 

gNu.18.31. 

h 1 John 2. 

14. 

i Pr. 27. 11. 

k Job 5. 4. 

a Gal. 3. 28. 

b Ps. 119. 1 

c Gen. 3. 19. 

d Isa. 3. 10. 

e Ezek. 19. 

10. 

fPs. 59. 9. 

g Eph. 1. 3. 

h Ps. 27. 4. 

i Job 22. 16. 

a Ezok. 23. 

3. 

b Mt. 16. 18. 

c Job 4. 8. 

d Isa. 51. 23. 

elTh.1.6,7. 

flsa. 5. 18. 

; Est. 7. 10. 

sa. 37. 37. 
h Ps. 37. 2. 
& 73. 19. 
iPs. 118.26. 



they 



DavioVs religious care for the ark 
psalm cxxx. 

The Psalmist professeth his hope in prayer, 1, and his patience in hope, 5. 
He exhorteth Israel to hope in God, 7. 

Tl A Song of degrees. 
UT of the a depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 
2 Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be attentive 
to the voice of my supplications. 

t 3 If thou, Lord, shouldest b mark iniquities, O Lord, 
c who shall stand 1 

t 4 But there is d forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest 
be e feared. 

c 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth f wait, and in his 
s word do I hope. 

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that 
watch for the morning : / say, more than they that watch 
for the morning. 

d 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord there 
is mercy, and with him is h plenteous redemption. 
r 8 And he shall redeem j Israel from all his iniquities. 

PSALM CXXXI. 
David, professing his humility, 1, exhorteth Israel to hope in God, 3. 

If A Song of degrees of David. 
ORD, my heart is not a haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : 
neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in 
things b too high for me. 

d 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself c as a child 
that is weaned of his mother : my soul is even as a wean- 
ed child. 

e 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for 
ever. 

PSALM CXXXII. 
David in his prayer commendeth unto God the religious care he had for 
the ark, 1 : His prayer at the removing of the ark, 8, with a repetition 
of God's promises, 11. 

"If A Song of degrees. 
bW ORD, a remember David, and all his b afflictions : 

JLi 2 How he c sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto 
the mighty God of Jacob ; 

3 Surely I will d not come into the e tabernacle of my 
house, nor go up into my bed ; 

d 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine 
eyelids, 

5 Until f I find out a place for the e Lord, a habitation 
for the mighty God of Jacob. 

s 6 Lo, we heard of it at !l Ephratah : we found it in the 
1 fields of the wood. 

d 7 We will go into his tabernacles : we will worship at 
his k footstool. 

i> 8 ' Arise, O Lord, into thy rest ; thou, and the m ark 
of thy strength. 

f> 9 Let thy priests be n clothed with righteousness ; and 
let thy saints shout for joy. 

10 For thy servant "David's sake turn not away the 
face of thine anointed. 

r 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David ; he 
will not turn from it ; Of the fruit of thy p body will I set 
upon thy throne. 

b 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testi- 
mony that' I shall teach them ; their children also shall si l 
upon thy q throne for evermore. 

a 13 For the Lord hath r chosen Zion ; he hath desired 
it " for his habitation. 

14 This is my rest for ever : here will ' I dwell ; for I 
have desired it. 

15 I will abundantly bless her provision : I will satisfy 
her poor with bread. 

16 I will also clothe her priests with ° salvation, and her 
saints shall shout aloud for joy. 
I r 17 There will I make the * horn of David to bud: I 

!.ukc'if,n' have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 

363 



» I'ii. 08. 18. 
ay. 31. 3. 
u 1 Tin.4. 



PSALMS. 

shame : but upon 



the 
the 

the 



An exhortation to give thanks 

» 18 His enemies will I clothe with y 
himself shall his z crown flourish. 

PSALM CXXXIII. 

The benefit of the communion of saints 

% A Song of degrees of David. 
&EHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for a bre- 
thren to dwell b together in unity ! 
2 It is like the c precious ointment upon the head, that 
ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard : that went 
down to the u skirts of his garments ; 
£ 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descend- 
ed upon the mountains of Zion : for there the Lord e com- 
manded the blessing, even life for evermore. 
PSALM CXXXIV. 
An exhortation to bless God. 

% A Song of degrees. 
)EHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of 
Lord, which a by night stand in the house of 
Lord. 

2 b Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless 
Lord. 

& 3 The Lord that made heaven and earth c bless thee 
out of Zion. 

PSALM CXXXV. 

An exhortation to praise God for his mercy, 1, for his poiver, 5, and for 
his judgments, 8. The vanity of idols, 15. An exhortation to bless 
God, 19. 

&RAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the a name of the 
Lord : praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. 
2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the b courts 
of the house of our God, 

t 3 Praise the Lord ; for the Lord c is good ; sing praises 
unto his name ; for it is d pleasant. 
1 4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and 
Israel for his e peculiar treasure. - 

* 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord 
is f above all gods. 

* 6 s Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, 
and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 

S7 He causeth the h vapours to ascend from the ends of 
the earth ; he maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth 
the wind out of his ■ treasuries : 

g 8 Who smote the first-born of Egypt, k both of man 
and beast : 

9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, 
O Egypt, ' upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants : 

10 Who smote m great nations, and slew mighty kings ; 
g 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, 

and n all the kingdoms of Canaan : 

* 12 And gave their land for ° a heritage, a heritage unto 
Israel his people. 

t 13 Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever ; and thy 
p memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. 

c 14 For the Lord will q judge his people, and he will re- 
pent himself concerning his servants. 

t 15 The r idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the 

* work of men's hands. 

16 They have mouths, but they speak not ; eyes have 
they, but they l see not ; 

17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there 
any breath in their mouths. 

d 18 They that make them are like unto them : so i 
every one that u trusteth in them. 

d 19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, 
O house of x Aaron : 

20 Bless the Lord, O house of * Levi : ye that fear the 
Lord, bless the Lord. 

21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at 
Jerusalem. * Praise ye the Lord. 



to God for particular mercies. 



cir. 1014. 



yRv.19. 17. 
zRv. 19.12. 
a Heb. 13. 1. 
bl Co. 1.10. 
Eph. 4. 3. 

Exod. 30. 
26. 30. 
d Ex. 39. 23. 
e Dt. 28. 8. 
Psa. 42. 8. 
aLe/. 8.35. 
blTim.2.8. 
c Nu. 6. 24. 
Eph. 1. 3. 
a Ps. 115. 1. 
b'>Chr.4.9, 
cPs. 119.68 
d Ps. 147. 1 
cTitvis2.14. 
flTm.6.15. 

Is. 44. 28. 
F. Jer. 10. 13. 
i Job 38. 22. 
k Ex. 12.29. 

1 Ex. 7. 8, 9. 
mNu.2i.25. 
n Jos. 12. 9. 
o Jos. 12. 2. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
p Ex. 3. 15. 
q Dt. 32. 36. 
r Psa. 1 15. 
4, 5, 6. 
Rom. 1.23. 
slsa.40.20. 
Dan. 5. 23. 
t Is. 4 1.7,23. 
Jer. 10. 5. 
uJonah2.8 
xEx. 28. }. 
y Nu. 18. 2. 

Heb. Hal- 
lelujah, 
Rev. 19.1,3. 



t 2 



for his mercy 
for his mercy 
for his 

his 
the 



cir. 1014. 



a 1 Chron. 
16.41. 
2Chr. 20.21. 
hDl.10. 17 
c Rv. 19. 16, 
d Isa. 44. 
24. & 63. 5, 
e Psa. 104. 
24. 

Heb. 11.10. 
f Gen. 1. 9. 
Jer. 10. 11 
gGen.l. 14. 
h Gen. 1. 14. 
i Ex. 12.29. 
k Ex. 13. 17. 
1 Ex. 12. 6. 
m Exod. 14. 
21, 22. 
a Heb. 
shook off, 
Ex. 14. 27. 
n Exod. 15. 
22. 

o Psa. 135. 
10, 11. 
p Dt. 29. 7. 
qNu.21.23. 
rNu.21.33. 
sPs.135.12. 
t Ex. 4. 22. 
u Dt. 32. 36. 
Psa. 113. 7. 
xLukel.74. 
yPs. 104.27. 
Matt. 6. 26. 
a Gen. 10. 9. 
b Ps. 42. 4. 
c Rev. 14. 2. 
d Jer. 9. 11. 
e Amos 8.3. 
fEzek.3.26. 
g Neh. 2. 3. 



PSALM CXXXVI. 
An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies. 

GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; a for he is good : for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 
O give thanks unto the b God of gods 
endureth for ever. 

3 O give thanks to the c Lord of lords 
endureth for ever. 

* 4 To him who d alone doeth great wonders 
mercy endureth for ever. 

5 To him that e by wisdom made the heavens : for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

E 6 To him that f stretched out the earth above 
waters : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

7 To him that g made great lights : for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever : 

8 The sun h to rule by day : for his mercy endureth 
for ever : 

9 The moon and stars to rule by night : for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

s 10 To him that ' smote Egypt in their first-born : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

1 1 And k brought out Israel from among them : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

12 ' With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm : 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

13 To him which m divided the Red sea into parts : for 
his mercy endureth for ever : 

14 And made Israel to pass throught the midst of it: 
for his mercy endureth for ever : 

1 5 But " overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red 
sea : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

16 To him which "led his people through the wilderness : 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

17 To him which smote "great kings : for his mercy 
endureth for ever : 

18 And slew p famous kings : for his mercy endurethfot 
?ver : 

19 q Sihon king of the Amorites : for his mercy endur- 
eth for ever : 

s 20 And r Og the king of Bashan : for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever : 

t 21 And s gave their land for a heritage : for his mercy 
endureth for ever : 

22 Even a heritage unto Israel l his servant : for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

/* 23 'Who remembered us in our u low estate : for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

b 24 And hath x redeemed us from our enemies : for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

* 25 Who giveth y food to all flesh : for his mercy endur- 
eth for ever. 

d26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mer- 
cy endureth for ever. 

PSALM C XXXVII. 
The constancy of the Jews in captivity, 1. The Prophet curseth Edoiu 
and Babel, 7. 

Y the rivers of a Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we 
wept, when we b remembered Zion. 
e 2 We hanged our c harps upon the willows in the midst 
thereof. 

3 For there they that carried us away captive required 
of us a song; and they that d wasted us required of us 
mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 

4 How shall we sing the Lord's e song in a strange land? 

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand for- 
get her cunning. 

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to 
the f roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above 
s my chief joy. 



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David praiseth God for his providence. PSALMS 

g 7 Remember, O Lord, the children of h Edom in the 
* day 'of Jerusalem ; who said, Rase it, rase it, evento the 
foundation thereof. 

«8 daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy 
shall he be, that k rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 

9 Happy shall he be that taketh and ' dasheth thy little 
ones against the stones. 

PSALM CXXXVIII. 

David praiseth God for thetruthof his ivord,l: He prophesieththut thekings 

of the earth shall praise God, 4 : He professeth his confidence in God, 7. 

% A Psalm of David. 
/B" WILL praise thee with my whole heart : a before the 

M. gods will I sing praise unto thee. 

d 2 I will worship toward thy b holy temple, and praise 
thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth : for 
thou hast ° magnified thy word above all thy name. 

b 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and 
strengthenedst me d with strength in my soul. 

r4 e All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, 
when they hear the words of thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they shall sing in the f ways of the Lord : for 
s great is the glory of the Lord. 

c 6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto 
the h lowly : but the proud he khoweth \ afar off. 

e 7 Though I walk in the k midst of trouble, thou wilt 
revive me : thou shalt ' stretch forth thy hand against the 
wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 
8 The Lord will m perfect that which concerneth me : 
thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever : n forsake not the 
works of thine own hands. 

PSALM CXXXIX. 

David praiseth God for his all-seeing providence, 1, and for his infinite 
mercies, 17 : He defieth the wicked, 19 : He prayeth for sincerity, 23. 

*[\ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
LORD, thou hast a searched me, and know me. 
2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-ris- 
thou understandest b my thought afar off. 
Thou " compassest my path and my lying down, and 
art acquainted with all my ways.' 

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, 
thou knowest it altogether. 

5 Thou hast d beset me behind and before, e and laid thy 
hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is f too wonderful for me ; it is high, 
I cannot attain unto it. 

*7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit 1 or whither shall 
I flee from thy s presence 1 

8 If I ascend up into h heaven, thou art there : if I make 
my bed in ' hell, behold, thou art there. 
Ed If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the 
uttermost parts k of the sea ; 

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
hand shall hold me. 

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; even 
the ' night shall he light about me. 

12 Yea, the darkness m hideth not from thee ; but the 
night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are 
both alike to the v. 

13 For thou hast possessed my n reins : thou hast ° co- 
vered me in my mother's womb. 

'M4 I will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and p wonder- 
fully made : marvellous are thy works ; and that my soul 
1 knoweth right well. 

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was 
made in secret, and curiously wrought in the r lowest 
parts of the earth. 

' 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being °un- 
perfect ; and in thy ' book all my members were written, 
which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there 
was none u of them. 

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and prayeth to be delivered from Saul 

e 17 x How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O 
God ! how great is the sum of them ! 

1 18 If I should count them, they are more in number 
than the sand : when I >awake, I am still with thee. 

fc 19 Surely thou wilt z slay the wicked, O God : depart 
from me therefore, ye a bloody men. 

c 20 For they speak b against thee wickedly, and thine 
enemies take thy c name in vain. 

c 21 Do not I d hate them, 6 Lord, that hate thee 1 and 
am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee ? 

22 I hate them with perfect hatred : I count them 
mine enemies. 

d 23 e Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, 
and know my thoughts : 

24 And see if there be f any wicked way in me, and lead 
me in the way everlasting. 

PSALM CXL. 

Davidprayeth to be delivered from Saul and Doeg, 1 : He prayeth against 

them, 8: He comforteth himself by confidence in God, 12. 

% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 
ELIYER me, O Lord, from the evil man : preserve 

me from the a violent man ; 
Which imagine b mischiefs in their heart ; continually 
they gathered together for c war. 
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent ; 
d adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 
b 4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of, the wicked; 
preserve me from the violent man ; who have e purposed 
to overthrow my goings. 

c 5 The proud have hid f a snare for me, and cords ; they 
have spread a net by the s way side ; they have set gins 
for me. Selah. 

« 6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear the 
voice of my supplications, O Lord. 

7 O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou 
hast h covered my head in the day of battle. 

8 Grant not, O Lord, ' the desires of 
further not his wicked device ; k lest they 
selves. Selah. 

-0 9 Jls for the 'head of those that compass me about, 
let the mischief of™ their own lips cover them. 

10 Let n burning coals fall upon them ; let them be cast 
into the fire ; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 

11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth : 
evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 

& 12 I know that the Lord p will maintain the cause of 
the afflicted, and the right of the poor. 

13 Surely the q righteous shall give thanks unto thy 
name : the upright shall dwell in thy r presence. 

PSALM CXLI. 

David prayeth that his suit may be acceptable, 1, his conscience sincere, 8, 
and his life safe from snares, 7. 

T[ A Psalm of David. 
ORD, I cry unto thee : a make haste unto me ; give 
ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 
e 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as b incense ; 
and the c lifting up of my hands as the d evening sacrifice. 
b 3 B Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the 
door of my lips. 

t 4 f Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise 
wicked works with men that work iniquity : and let me 
not eat of their dainties. 

d 5 Let the h righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : 
and let him reprove me ; it shall bam excellent oil, which 
shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall be 
'' in their calamities. 

6 When their judges are overthrown k in stony places, 
they shall ' hear my words ; for they are sweet. 

7 Our bones are "scattered at the grave's mouth, as 
when one cuttcth and clcaveth wood upon the earth. 

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the wicked : 
exalt them- 



David prayeth against his enemies. 

e 8 But n mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord : in 
thee is my trust ; leave not my soul destitute. 

9 Keep me from the ° snare which they have laid for 
me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 

10 Let the wicked fall into p their own nets, q whilst that 

I withal escape. 

PSALM CXLII. 

David sheiveth that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God. 

% Maschil of David ; A Prayer when he was in the a cave. 
b CRIED unto the Lord with my voice : with my voice 
unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 
2 c I poured out my complaint before him ; I shewed be- 
fore him my trouble. 

t 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then 
d thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked 
have they privily laid a snare for me. 
^4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was 
no man that would know me : refuge e failed me ; no man 
cared for my soul. 

e 5 I cried unto thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art my re- 
fuge and f my portion in the land of the living. 

6 Attend unto my cry ; for I am Ba brought very low : 
deliver me from my persecutors ; for they are stronger 
than I. 

e 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy 
name : the righteous shall h compass me about ; for thou 
shalt deal ! bountifully with me. 

PSALM CXLIII. 
David prayeth for favour in judgment, 1 : He complaineth of his griefs, 
3. 



PSALMS. 

c 3 Lord 



cir. 570. 
n2Chron. 
20.12. 
o Job 5. 20. 
p Ps. 7. 16. 
q Pr. 11. 8. 
a 1 Sam. 24. 
3,4. 

b Ex. 14. 15. 
Hob. 5. 7. 
clsa.26. 16. 
d 1 Cor. 10. 
13. 

e 2 Chron. 
20. 12. 
fPs.119.57. 
Lam. 3. 24. 
g Ps. 116 6. 

See title. 
h Ps. 13. 6. 
i 1 Cor. 2. 9. 
aPsa. 31.2. 
b Job 14. 3. 
c Ro. 3. 20. 
Gal. 2. 16. 
a Or, com- 
pany, 

1 Sam. 22.2. 
dDt. 32.36. 
Isa. 59. 16. 

1 Sam. 17. 
48. 

Psa. 77. 5. 
fPs. 111.2. 
gPs. 63. 1. 
Isa. 44. 3. 
h Ps. 88. 3. 
i Ps. 90. 14. 
fc Ps. 5. 8. 

1 Neh. 9.20. 
mis. 26. 12. 
nPs. 119.88. 
o Ps. 116. 6. 
a Ps. 18. 2. 
b 2 Co. 10. 4. 
Isa. 54. 17. 



He strengthened Ms faith by meditation and prayer, 5 : He pray- 
eiti for grace, 7, for deliverance, 9, for sanctification, 10, and for 
destruction of his enemies, 12. 



If A Psalm of David. 

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, a give ear to my supplica- 
tions : in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy 
righteousness. 

e 2 And b enter not into judgment with thy servant : for 
in thy sight shall no man living be c justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; he hath 
smitten my " life down to the ground ; he hath made me to 
dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 
« 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me ; my 
heart within me is d desolate. 

5 I remember the days e of old, I meditate on all thy 
works ; I muse on f the work of thy hands. 
c 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul thirsteth 
after thee, as g a thirsty land. Selah. 

7 Hear me speedily, O Lord : my spirit faileth : hide 
not thy face from me, h lest I be like unto them that go 
down into the pit. 

b 8 Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the 5 morn- 
ing ; for in thee do I trust : k cause me to know the way 
wherein I should walk ; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 
! d 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : I flee unto 
thee to hide me. 

t* 10 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my God : thy 
1 Spirit is good ; lead me into the m land of uprightness. 
b 1 1 n Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : for thy 
righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 

12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy 
all them that afflict my soul; °for I am thy servant. 

PSALM CXLIV. 

David hlesseth God for his mercy both to him and lo man, 1 : He prayeth 

that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies, 5 : He promis- 

eth to praise God, 9 : He prayeth for the happy estate of the kingdom, 11. 

f A Psalm of David. 
>LESSED be the Lord a my strength, which teacheth 

m Y hands b to war, and my fingers to fight ; 
* My goodness, and my fortress ; my high tower, and 



my people under me. 



He praiseih God for his goodness. 

what is man, that thou takest c knowledge of 
him ! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ! 

* 4 Man is like to d vanity : his days are as a shadow that 
passeth away. 

s 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and e come down : touch 
the mountains, and they shall smoke. 

6 f Cast forth lightning, and scatter them : shoot out 
thine arrows, and ° destroy them. 

7 Send thy hand from above ; rid me, and deliver me 
out of e great waters, from the hand of strange children ; 

c 8 Whose mouth h speaketh vanity, and their right hand 
is a right hand of falsehood. 

d 9 I will sing * a new song unto thee, O God : upon a 
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises 
unto thee. 

* 10 It is he that giveth k salvation unto kings : who de- 
livereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. 

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange 
children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their ' right 
hand is a right hand of falsehood : 

6 12 That our sons may be as m plants grown up in their 
youth ; that our daughters may be as corner-stones, polish- 
ed after the similitude of a palace : 

13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of 
store ; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten 
thousands in our streets : 

14 That our oxen may be n strong to labour ; that there 
be no breaking in, nor going out ; that there be no com- 
plaining in our streets. 

ft 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case : yea, 
happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. 

PSALM CXLV. 

David praiscth God for his fame, \,for his goodness, 8, for his kingdom., 

11, for his providence, 14, and for his saving mercy, 17. 

Tf David's Psalm a of praise. 
WILL extol thee, my God, O King ; and I will bless 
thy name b for ever and ever. 
d 2 Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy 
name for ever and ever. 

t 3 Great is the Lord, and c greatly to be praised ; and 
his greatness is A unsearchable. 

r 4 e One generation shall praise thy works to another, 
and shall declare thy mighty acts. 
d 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, 
and of thy f wondrous works. 

6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible 
acts : and I will s declare thy greatness. 

* 7 They shall "abundantly utter the memory of thy great 
goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 

t 8 The Lord h is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow 
to anger, and of great mercy. 

t 9 The Lord is ' good to all : and his tender mercies are 
over all his works. 

r 10 k All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; and thy 
saints shall ' bless thee. 

■Ell They shall speak of the glory of m thy kingdom, 
and talk of thy "power; 

1 2 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, 
and the ° glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

* 13 Thy kingdom is p an everlasting kingdom, and thy 
dominion endureth throughout all generations. 

14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and i raiseth up all 
those that be bowed down. 

'* 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee : and thou givest 
them their meat r in due season. 

16 Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the s desire 
of every living thing. 

* 17 The Lord is righteous ' in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

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The prophet exhorteth to praise God 

c 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
to ail that call upon him u in truth. 

b 19 He will fulfil * the desire of them that fear him : he 
also will hear their cry, and will save them. 

b 20 The Lord preserveth all them that y love him : but 
all the wicked will he destroy. 

d%\ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: 
and let l all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 

PSALM CXLVI. 
Tlie Psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God, 1 : He exhorteth not to trust 
in man, 3. God for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only 
worthy to be trusted in, 5. 

~)RAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, a O my soul. 
i 2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing 
praises unto my God b while I have any being. 

v 3 c Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, 
in whom there is no help. 

4 His d breath goeth forth, he returneth to his c earth ; 
in that very day his thoughts perish. 

5 f Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 
whose hope is in the Lord his God : 

6 Which s made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all 
that therein is : which keepeth truth for ever : 

t 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : which 
giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the h pri- 
soners: 

e 8 The Lord s openeth the eyes of the blind : the Lord 
raiseth them that are k bowed down : the Lord loveth the 
righteous : 

b 9 The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth the 
fatherless and widow : but the way of the wicked he 
1 turneth upside down. 

t 10 The Lord shall m reign for ever, even thy God, O 
Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXLVII. 
The Prophet exhorteth to praise God for his care of the church, I, Jits 
power, 4, and his mercy, 6 : to praise him for hi3 providence, 7 : to 
praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom, 12, for his power over 
the meteors, 16, and for his ordinances in the church, 19. 

jRAISE ye the Lord : for it is a good to sing praises 
untoourGod; for itis pleasant; and pva\se h is comely. 
r 2 The Lord doth c build up Jerusalem : he d gathereth 
together the outcasts of Israel. 
i> 3 He healeth the e broken in heart, and f bindeth 
their wounds. 



up 



t 4 s He telleth the number 
all by their names. 

* 5 Great is our Lord, and 
standing is h infinite. 

c G The Lord ; lifteth up 



of the stars ; he calleth them 
of great power : his under 
ilie meek : he casteth the 



wicked k down to the ground. 

d 7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving ; ' sing praise 
upon the harp unto our God : 

E 8 Who covereth the heaven with ' clouds, who pre- 
parcth m rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow 
upon the mountains. 

9 He giveth to the beast his n food, and to the "young 
ravens which cry. 

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : 
taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 

i> 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in 

those that hope in his mercy. 

d 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; he 
hath blessed p thy children within thee. 
h 14 He maketh '' peace in thy borders, and filleth thee 
with the finest of the wheat. 
E 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : his fjjj^ 
word runneth very swiftly. 

16 He giveth r snow Kke wool : he scattcreth the hoar- 
frost like ashes. 



can 



PSALMS. for his blessings, and love to the church. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who 
stand s before his cold 1 

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he 
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 

* 19 He sheweth 'his word unto Jacob, his statutes and 
his judgments unto Israel. 

20 He hath u not dealt so with any nation : and as for his 
judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye theLr rd 

PSALM CXLVIII. 

The Psalmist exhorteth the celestial, 1, the terrestrial, 7, and the rational 

creatures to praise God, 11. 

RAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the 
a . heavens : praise him in the heights. 
2 Praise ye him, all his b angels : praise ye him, all his c hosts. 
E 3 Praise ye him, d sun and moon : praise him, all ye 
stars of light. 

4 Praise him, ye f heavens of heavens, and ye waters 
that be g above the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord : for he h com- 
manded, and they were created. 

6 He hath also ' established them for ever and ever : 
he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 

E 7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye ''dragons and all 
deeps : 

8 Fire, and hail ; snow, and vapour : ! stormy wind 
fulfilling his word : 

9 Mountains, and all hills; ""fruitful trees, and all cedars: 
1 n Beasts, and all cattle ; creeping things, and flying fowl : 

d 11 Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and all 
judges of the earth : 

d 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 

* 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his name 

alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 

14 He also exalteth the ° horn of his people, the praise 

of all his saints ; even of the children of Israel, r a people 

near unto him. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXLIX. 
The Prophet exhorteth to praise God for his love to the church, 1, and for 
that power which he hath s 



cir. 570 . 
uJohn4.24. 
s 1 John 5. 
14. 

y Ps. 90. 14. 
z Ps. 65. 2. 
Isa. 44. 3. 
Joel 2. 28. 
aPs. 103. 1. 
bPs.104.33. 
c Ps. 118. 8. 
(1 Isa. 2. 22. 
oGen.3.19. 
Eccl. 12. 7. 
f Ps. 144. 15. 
Jer. 17. 7. 

Gen. 1. 1. 
Rev. 14. 7. 
li Isa. 61. 1. 
1 John 9. 7, 
(2 

k Luke 13. 
9. 

1 Job 19. 6. 
mRv. 11.15. 
a Ps. 29. 1. 
b Ps. 33. 1. 

Psn. 102. 
13, 16. 
dHos.1.11. 
e Ps. 51. 17. 
f Luke 4. 18. 
gGen. 15.5. 
h Is. 40. 28. 

Ps. 146. 9. 
k Ps. 73. 18. 
a Heb. 
answer^ 
Ex. !5. 21. 
I 1 Kings 
18. 45. 
m Job 38.26. 
n Ps. 104.27. 
oJob38. 41. 
p Isa. 63. 8. 
q Isa. 60. 
17, 18. 
Jer. 12. 12. 
& 15. 13. & 
17.3. 
r Job 37. 6. 



power which he ham given to the church, 5. 

RAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new 
song, and his praise in the a congregation of saints. 
d 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the 
children of Zion be joyful in b their King. 

3 Let them praise his name in the dance : let them sing 
praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 
b 4 For the Lord taketh c pleasure in his people : he will 
d beautify the meek with salvation. 
d 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory : let them sing 
aloud upon their beds. 

E 6 Let the e high praises of God be in their mouth, and 
f a two-edged sword in their hand ; 

7 To execute vengeance upon g the heathen, and 
punishments upon the people; 

To bind their h kings with chains, and their nobles 
with fetters of iron ; 

9 To execute upon them the judgment s written : this 
honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord. 
PSALM CL. 
An exhortation to praise God 1 with all kind of instruments^. 

RAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary : 
praise him in the a firmament of his power. 
d 2 Praise him for his b mighty acts : praise him accord- 
ing to his c excellent greatness. 

3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him 
with the psaltery and harp. 

4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance : praise him 
with stringed instruments and organs. 

5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : praise him upon 
the high-sounding cymbals. 

d 6 Let d every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. 
Praise ye the Loud. 

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* THE PROVERBS. 



CHAPTER I. 

The use of the proverbs, I. An exhortation to fear God and believe his 
word, 7 : To avoid the enticings of shiners, 10. Wisdom complaineth 
of her contempt, 20 : She threateneth her contemners, 24. 

F1HHE a proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of 
f JL Israel ; 

2 To know b wisdom and instruction ; c to perceive the 
words of understanding ; 

3 To receive the instruction/ of wisdom, justice, and 
judgment, and e equity ; 

4 To give f subtilty to the simple, to the youilg man 
knowledge and discretion. 

« 5 A wise man will hear, and g will increase learning ; 
and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : 
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation: the 
words of the wise, and their h dark sayings. 

d"7 % The ! fear of the Lord is the beginning of know- 
ledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

d 8 My son, k hear the instruction of thy father, and for- 
sake not the law of thy mother : 

9 For they shall be 1 an ornament of grace unto thy 
head, and chains about thy neck. 

d 10 If My son, if sinners "entice thee, "consent thou not. 

11 If they "say, p Come with us, let us lay wait for 
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause : 

12 Let us q swallow them up alive as the grave ; and 
whole, as those that go down into the pit : 

13 We shall find all r precious substance, we shall 3 fill 
our houses with spoil : 

14 Cast in thy lot among us ; let us all have one purse : 
p 1 5 My son l walk not thou in the way with them ; re- 
frain thy foot from their path : 

16 For their u feet run to evil, and make haste to shed 
blood : 

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any 
bird. 

18 And they lay wait x for their own blood ; they lurk 
privily for their own lives. 

v 19 So are the ways of every one that y is greedy of 
gain ; which z taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 

e 20 «ff a Wisdom crieth without ; she " uttereth her voice 
in the streets : 

21 She crieth in the c chief place of concourse, in the 
openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words, 
saying, 

c 22 d How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity 1 
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate 
knowledge 1 

d 23 Turn you at my reproof : behold, I will ° pour out 
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 

» 24 ^1 Because I have e called and ye refused ; I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 

25 But ye have f set at nought all my counsel, and 
would none of my reproof : 

26 I also will s laugh at your calamity : I will mock 
when your h fear cometh ; 

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your de- 
struction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and an- 
guish cometh upon you. 

28 Then. shall they call upon me, but I will k not an- 
swer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me ; 

c 29 For that they 'hated knowledge, and did '"not choose 
the fear of the Lord : 

30 They would n none of my counsel : they despised all 
my reproof. J J l 

Z Zl Th i e u ef n r P sha11 th °y ° eat of the ^uit of their own 
way, and be » filled with their own devices, 



B. Christ 
written 

cir. 1000.- 
alKg.4.32. 
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cMt. 13.51. 
dchap. 3. 4. 
e Mt. 7. 21. 
flCo.'2.10. 
g chap. 9. 9. 
h Hob. 5. 14. 
i Ps. 111. 10. 
kli?a.2.25. 
1 1 Pet. 3. 3. 
mGn.39.7. 
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oRo. 16. 18. 
p Jer. 18.18. 
q Est. 3. 9, 
10. 

rlTm.6.10. 
s Hub. 2. 9. 
t ch. 4. 14. 
ulsa 59.7. 
x Est. 7. 10. 
ych. 15.27. 
z ch. 5. 22. 
a Col. 2. 3. 
b John 7.37. 
c chap. 8. 2. 
Acts 17. 22. 
dHeb.5.12. 
aHeb. 
well out, 
Ps. 145. 7. 
ch. 19. 11. 
Joel 2. 28. 
e Rv. 3. 20. 
fZech.7.11. 
g Mt. 7. 2. 
h Luke 21. 
26. 

Rev. 6. 15. 
i Rv. 19. 18. 
k Isa. 1. 15. 
1 Job 21. 14. 
m Luke 10. 
42. 

nPs. 81. 11. 
o Isa. 3. 11. 
p Job 7. 4. 
ch. 14. 14. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



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b Ro.12. 11. 
c Jam. 1.5 
<1 Mt. 6. 33. 
eMt.13.41. 
fMt. 11.23. 
glKg.3.9. 
h John 6. 27. 
i Mt. 7. 13. 
k 1 Sa. 2. 9. 
1 Jer. 6. 16. 
m Job 23. 12. 
Psa. 19. 10. 
n 2 Thess. 
2.3. 

o John 3.19. 
p ch. 10. 23. 
Jer. 11. 15. 
q ch. 1. 32. 
rEccl.7.26. 
Rev. 17.3. 
s Ro. 16. 18. 
t Mai. 2. 14. 
u2Pt.2.12. 
x 2 Thess. 
2.11. 

y Jer. 6. 16. 
z Ps. 37. 9, 
11.22. 
a Ps. 37. 2. 
Rev. 14. 16. 
a Dt. 8. 1. 
b Psa. 119. 
165. 

c Ps. 25. 21. 
(12 Cor. 3. 3. 
e Luke 2.52. 
fHab.3. 17. 
g Jer. 9. 25. 



32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, 
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 
b 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, 
and shall be q quiet from fear of evil. 

CHAPTER II. 

Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children, 1, and safety from evil 

company, 10, and direction in good ivays, 20. 

Y son, il thou wilt receive my words, and a hide my 
commandments with thee ; 

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and b ap- 
ply thy heart to understanding ; 

3 Yea, if thou c criest after knowledge, and liftest up 
thy voice for understanding ; 

4 If thou d seekest her as silver, and e searchest for her 
as for hid treasures ; 

6 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and 
f find the knowledge of God. 

' 6 For the Lord e giveth wisdom : out of his mouth 
cometh knowledge and understanding. 

7 He layeth up h sound wisdom for the righteous : he is 
a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 

8 He keepeth the ' l paths of judgment, and k preserveth 
the way of his saints. 

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judg- 
ment, and equity ; yea, every ] good path. 

10 *H When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and know- 
ledge is m pleasant unto thy soul ; 

6 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall 
keep thee : 

12 To deliver thee from the way of the n evil man, from 
the man that speaketh froward things ; 

c 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the 
ways ° of darkness ; 

14 Who p rejoice to do evil, and delight in the froward- 
ness of the wicked ; 

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they q froward in their 
paths : 

c 16 To deliver thee from the r strange woman, even 
from the stranger which 8 flattereth with her words ; 

p 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forget- 
teth the l covenant of her God. 

18 For her house inclineth unto u death, and her paths 
unto the dead. 

19 None that go unto her x return again, neither take 
they hold of the paths of life. 

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of y good men, 
and keep the paths of the righteous. 

6 21 For the upright shall z dwell in the land, and the per- 
fect shall remain in it. 

v> 22 But the wicked shall be a cut off from the earth, and 
the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. 

CHAPTER III. 
An exhortation to obedience, 1, to faith, 5, to murtift 'cation, 7, to devo- 
tion, 9, to patience, 11. The happy gain of wisdom, 13. The pow- 
er, 19, and the benefits of wisdom, 21. An exhortation to charitable- 
ness, 27, peaceableness, 30, and contentcdncss, 31. The citrsed state 
of the wicked, 33. 

Y son, forget not my law ; but let a thy heart keep 
my commandments : 

2 For" length of days, and long life, and b peace shall 
they add to thee. 

d 3 Let not c mercy and truth' forsake thee : bind them 
about thy neck ; d write them upon the table of thy heart : 

4 So shalt thou find e favour and good understanding in 
the sight of God and man. 

d 5 % f Trust in the Lord with all thy heart ; g and lea» 
not unto thine own understanding. 

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The cursed state of the wicked. 

b 6 h In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall s di- 
rect thy paths. 

d 7 11 k Be not wise in thine own eyes : fear the Lord, 
and l depart from evil. 



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8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thybones. ! ich. i6.e. 

-* - - .*!.._. lm Ex. 2059. 



d* 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance 
m first-fruits of all thine increase : 



PROVERBS. Solomon recommendeth wisdom. 

d 5 e Get wisdom, get understanding : forget it not ; 
neither decline from the words of my mouth. 

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee : f love 
her, and she shall keep thee. 

d 7 Wisdom is the s principal thing ; therefore get wis- 
dom : and with all thy getting get understanding. 

Exalt her, and she shall h promote thee : she shall 



h 1 Chr. 29. 

14. 

i Jer. 10. 23. 

fc 1 Cor. 3. 

IS. 



and with theiniTim-as 

o Job 5. 17.1 ~p o 
'p Rev. 3. 19.'. ° 



b 10 So shall thy barns be filled with n plenty, and thy jJP-J^JH' bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 



and the 



presses shall burst out with new wine. IsSewTaia 9 She shall give to thy head k an ornament of grace : a 

d 11 % My son, despise not ° the chastening of the Lord ; kiKa-l? crown of glory shall she" deliver to thee. 

neither be weary of his correction : [x^Sklf.' 1 d in """^ n ™* 7 anin °" r1 '• q "" ; ^ q -«•" 

12 For whom the Lord r loveth he correcteth ; even i ; \^ 5 , i 

15 as a father the son in whom he delighteth. zGe£"a9." 

t> 13 % T Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and thelS^i! 

man that getteth understanding. jio Gea ' L9 '| 

£ 14 For the merchandise of it is 5 better than the mer- ,dHe^ai 

chandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. Ifebtma 



d 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings ; 
" years of thy life shall be many 
11 " 



I have taught thee in the way of wisdom ; I have led 
thee in m right paths. 

12 When thou n goest, thy steps shall not be straitened ; 
and wheu thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 

13 Take ° fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : keep 



15 She is more precious than rubies : and l all the li^k^'her ; for she is thy p life, 
things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.j^^Sj p 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in 



16 Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her teftgJ**^ 
hand u riches and honour 



n Gal. 6. 10. 



p Jam. 15. 
qJcr.18. 18. 
rRo. 10 15. 
a Ps. 37. 2. 
t Ps. 25. 1-1. 
uZech.5. 4. 



17 Her ways are ways of * pleasantness, and all her ' 
paths are y peace. 

18 She is z a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her : 
and happy is every one that retaineth her. 
t 19 The Lord a by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by * J^^_ 
understanding hath he b established the heavens. jzLukew. 

20 By his knowledge the c depths are broken up, andjaEst.j.io. 
the clouds drop down the dew. Isa^u.' 

d 21 f My son, let not them d depart from thine eyes :;tuIsT9 6 ' 



c 1 Chron. 
29.1. 

dEph.6.4, 



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keep sound wisdom and discretion 

22 So shall they be e life unto thy soul, and grace to thy 
neck. 

b 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way f safely, and e thy 
foot shall not stumble. 

24 When thou h liest down, thou shalt not be afraid : 
yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy ' sleep shall be sweet. 

25 Be not afraid of k sudden fear, neither of the desola- 
tion of the wicked, when it cometh. 

!> 26 For the Lord shall be thy ' confidence, and shall 
keep thy foot from being m taken. 

d 27 U Withhold n not good from them to whom it is ° due, 
when it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 
p 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, p Go, and come again, 
and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee. 
v 29 q Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he 
^velleth securely by thee. 

v 30 r Strive not with a man without cause, if he have 
done thee no harm. 

v 31 ^T ' Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none 
of his ways. 

c 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord : but 
his secret is with the righteous. 

c 33 1 The u curse of the Lord is in the house of the 

wicked : but T he blesseth the habitation of the just. 

e 34 % Surely he Y scorneth the scorners : but he giveth fc i&'ia.' 

grace unto the lowly. \lwLvt 

c 35 z The wise shall inherit glory : but a shame shall be J?§g°jf;§£ 

the promotion of fools. dHb.ia.i3," 

CHAPTER IV. J'fRo.'lii 

Solomon, to persuade to obedience, 1, sheiveih what instruction he hadqf\t.]am.hl9. 

\ his parents, 3, to study wisdom, 5, and to shun the path of the wick- h ^ l .r J 

erf, U : He exhorleth to faith, 20, and sanclification, 23. dBecL7£6. 

HEAR, ye a children, the instruction of a father, andsS^/'w 
attend to know understanding. LaTtaii.' 

2 For I give you b good doctrine, forsake yc not my law.Jhpfc.3i, u 
'§ 3 For I was my father's son, c tender and only beloved j, , 1 ^"' 
in the sight of my mother. lf^ v '* 

4 d He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thy heart io.° T ' 

retain my words : keep my commandments, and live. |™ John10 - 

93 3 A 



e ch. O 3. 

i"2Thess. 

O 10. 
jgMt.13.44. 

hlSa.230. 

i Dan. 1.27. 
|kch. 1.9. 
II chap, a a 
|mJer.31.20 

nPs.91. 11 

o 1 Thess. 

5.1. 

p John 17. 3. 

q r,a. 1. 1 

a Ilcb. keep 

aloof of it, 

ITh. 5.20 

r Ps. 36. 4. 

9 Ts. 14. 4. 

t Job 18. 5 

u 1 Sa. 2. 9. 

x John la 

35. 

y Ja. 1.21. 

6 Heb. 

medicine, 



the q way of evil men. 

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, " turn from it, and pass away. 

16 For they r sleep not, except they have done mis- 
chief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause 
some to fall. 

17 For they s eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the 
wine of violence. 

■i* 18 But the path of the just is as the l shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

c 19 The way of the wicked is u as darkness : they x know 
not at what they stumble. 

«20 f My son, y attend to my words ; incline thine ear 
unto my sayings. 

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes ; keep them in 
the midst of thy heart. 

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and 
health to all their flesh. 

d* 23 % z Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it 
are the a issues of life. 

e 24 Put away from thee b a froward mouth, and perverse 
lips put far from thee. 

25 Let thine c eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids 
look straight before thee. 

26 d Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be 
established. 

27 e Turn not to the right hand nor to the left : f re- 
move thv foot from evil. 

CHAPTER V. 
Solomon exhort eih to the study ofivisdom, 1 : He sheweth the mischief of 
whoredom and riot, 3 : He exhorteth to conlentedness, liberality, and 
chastity, 15. The wicked are overtaken until their own sins, 22. 

~Y son, attend unto my wisdom, and a bow thine ear 

to my understanding : 
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that b thy 
lips may keep knowledge. 

to 3 Tf For the lips of a strange woman c drop as a honey- 
comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil : 

4 But her end is d bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two. 
edged sword. 

5 Her feet go down c to death ; her steps take hold on 
hell. 

6 Lest thou shouldest f ponder the path of life, her ways 
are moveable, that thou canst B not know them. 

7 h Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart 
not from the words of my mouth. 

p 8 ; Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the 
door of her house : 

9 Lest thou give thine k honour unto others, and tl$* 
years unto the ' cruel : 

10 Lest m strangers be filled with thy wealth ; and thy 
labours be in the house of a stranger ; 

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M 1 



PROVERBS. 

flesh and thy 



Seven things hateful to God 

11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy 
body are consumed, 

12 And say, ° How have I hated instruction, and my 
heart despised reproof; 

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor 
inclined mine ear to them that instructed me T 

14 1 was almost in all evil in the midst of the p congre- 
gation and assembly. 

15 II q Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and run- 
ning waters out of thine own well. 

16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of j ^ 
waters in the streets. 

17 Let them be r only thine own, and not strange rs 
with thee. 

18 Let thy fountain be s blessed : and rejoice with the *l 
1 wife of thy youth. 

19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant u roe ; let 
her x breasts y satisfy thee at all times ; and be thou ra 
vished always with her love. 

20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a 
strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger 1 

21 For the ways of man are before z the eyes of the 
Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 

22 % His own iniquities shall a take the wicked himself, 
fend he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 

23 He shall die b without instruction ; and in the great- 
ness of his folly he shall go astray. 

CHAPTER VI. 
Against suretiship, 1, idleness, 6, and mischievousness, 12. Seven things 
hateful to God, 16. The blessings of obedience, 20. The mischiefs of 
whoredom, 25. 

T son, if thou be a surety for thy friend, if thou hast 
b stricken thy hand with a stranger, 

2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou 
art taken with the words of thy mouth. 

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou 
art come into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thyself, 
and make sure thy friend. 

4 c Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine 
eyelids. 

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, 
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 

6 % & Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; e consider her ways, 
and be wise : 

7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 

8 f Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathcreth 
her food in the harvest. 

9 How long wilt thou e sleep, O sluggard 1 when wilt 
thou h arise out of thy sleep 1 

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of 
the hands to sleep : 

1 1 So shall thy * poverty come as one that travelleth, 
and thy want as k an armed man. 

* 12 "|[ ' A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with 
m a froward mouth. 

13 He D winketh with his eyes, he ° speaketh with his 
feet, he p teacheth with his fingers ; 

14 Frowardness is in his heart, he q deviseth mischief 
continually ; he soweth discord. 

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly ; sud- 
denly shall he be broken r without remedy. 

16 ^[ These six things doth the Lord hate ; yea, seven 
are an abomination unto him : 

17 " A proud look, ' a lying tongue, and u hands that 
shedinnocent blood, 
*1 W A he - avt tllat deviseth * wicked imaginations, y feet 

■ i <> a SWlft in runnin g to mischief, 
h } ,, \ false witn ess that speaketh lies 
fifoweth discord among brethren. 



and him that 



B Christ 
cir . 1000. 
n Rev. 2. 20. 

Ps. 73. 33, 
p 1 Co.5.4,5. 
q ver. 18.19. 
c lTli. 4.4. 
s 1 Cor. 7. 3. 
t Mai. 2.14. 
uSong 2. 9. 
x Song 1. 
13. &. 4. 5. 
& 5. 7, 8. 
y Eph. 4. 
13, 14. 
2 ch. 15. 3. 
a Psalm 9. 

os. 4.14, 
Heb. 13. 5, 
6,7. 

a cIj. 17.18, 
bcli. 11. 15, 
c Ps. 132. 4, 
d Job 12. 7. 
26. 
iTm.6.19. 
g Is. 56. 16. 
hRo. 13. 11. 
iSTh.3.10, 
k Luke 11. 
12. 

1 Mi. 25.26. 
m 1 Tim. 5. 
13. 

n Job 15.12. 
o 2Th.3.11 
p Isa.58. 9, 
Rom. 6. 12. 
qMic. 2. 1. 
r 2 Chron. 
36. 16. 
sPs. 101.5. 
t Ps. 120. 3 
u Isa. 1. 15. 
x Jer. 4. 14. 
y Isa. 59. 7. 
Kom. 3. 15. 
z Zech. 5.4, 
a Psa. 15.3. 



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b Eph. 6. 1. 

cDout. 6.8. 

d Ps. 19. 8. 

c Psa. 119. 

105. 

f Jer. 21.8. 

g Rev. 17.2. 

h Mt. 5. 28. 

i Ezek. 13 

18. 

k Rev. 17.5. 

1 Gn. 39. 14. 
m Gn. 16. 5. 
nl Cor. 7.1. 

2 Cor. 8. 20, 
21. 

Hb 13. 3. 
p Gen. 34.3, 
q Ex. 22. 4, 
r chap. 7.7, 
sJgs. 16.19 

1 Kg. 11.4,5, 
Psa. 51.8. 
chap. 5. 9. 
t Isa. 34. 8. 
a2Tim.2.22. 
1 Tet. 2. 11. 
b Isa. 55. 3. 
c chap. 3. 3. 
d Mt. 12.49. 
e ch. 2. 16. 
ITm. 4.1,8. 
fch.l. 4. & 
14. 15. 
g2Tm.3.6. 
h ch. 4. 14. 
i lTh.5.22. 
k Job 24.15. 
lThos.5.7. 
1 Zech. 13.4. 
m2Th.2.9. 
n Jude 
verse 16. 
o Titus 2.5. 
p Eph. 4.14. 
q Eccl. 6. 
27. 

r Isa. 3. 9. 
sRev. 17.2. 
t Zech.11.5. 
u Rev, 2.22, 



Description of a harlot. 

20 % My son, b keep thy father's commandment, and 
forsake not the law of thy mother : 

21 c Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them 
about thy neck. 

22 When thou d goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou 
sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it 
shall talk with thee. 

23 For the commandment is e a lamp ; and the law is 
light ; and f reproofs of instruction are the way of life : 

24 To keep thee s from the evil woman, from the flat- 
tery of the tongue of a strange woman. 

25 h Lust not after her beauty in thy heart ; neither let 
her take thee with her eyelids. 

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought 
to ' a piece of bread : and the k adulteress will ' hunt for 
the precious life. 

27 Can a man take fire in m his bosom, and his clothes 
not be burned 1 

28 Can one go upon hot coals, andhisfeetnotbe burned? 

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife ; whoso- 
ever n toucheth her shall not be ° innocent. 

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to p satisfy his 
soul when he is hungry ; 

31 But if he be found, he shall restore q seven-fold ; he 
shall give all the substance of his house. 

32 Butwhoso Gommitteth adultery with a woman, lacketh 
r understanding : he that doeth it, destroyeth his own soul. 
«> 33 s A wound and dishonour shall he get ; and his re- 
proach shall not be wiped away. 

& 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man : therefore he 
will not spare in the 4 day of vengeance. 

35 He will not regard any ransom ; neither will he rest 
content, though thou givest many gifts. 

CHAPTER VII. 
Solomon persuadeth to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom, 1. 
In an example of his own experience, he sheiveth 6 the cunning of a 
xohore, 10, and the desperate simplicity of a young ivanton, 22 : He de- 
hortethfrom such ivickedness, 24. 

MY son, a keep my words, and lay up my command- 
ments with thee. 

2 Keep my commandments, and b live ; and my law as 
the apple of thine eye. 

3 c Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the 
table of thy heart. 

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my d sister, and call un- 
derstanding thy kinswoman : 

5 That they may e keep thee from the strange woman, 
from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 

6 IT For at the window of my house I looked through 
my casement, 

7 And beheld among the f simple ones, I discerned 
among the youths, a young man s void of understanding, 

8 Passing through the street h near her corner ; and he 
1 went the way to her house, 

9 In k the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark 
night : 

10 And behold, there met him a woman with the 1 at- 
tire of a harlot, and m subtile of heart. 

1 1 (She is n loud and stubborn ; her feet ° abide not in 
her house : 

12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and p lieth hi 
wait at every corner.) 

13 So she q caught him, and kissed him, and r with an 
impudent face said unto him, 

14 I have s peace-offerings with me; this day have 1 
paid my vows. 

15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to 
seek thy face, and I have ' found thee. 

16 I nave u decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, 
with carved works, with fine linen Eg 



The excellency, nature, power, eternity, 

171 have perfumed my bed with myrrh,aloes,and cinnamon 

18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning 
let us solace ourselves with loves. 

19 For the good-man is not at home, he is gone 
long journey : 

20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will 
come home at the day appointed. 

21 With her much fair speech she y caused him to yield, 
with the * flattering of her lips she forced him. 

22 He goeth after her straightway, as a an ox goeth to 
the slaughter, or as a fool to the b correction of the stocks ; 

23 Till c a dart strike through his liver: as a bird d hast- 
eth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. 

« 24 % Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, 
and attend to the words of my mouth. 

25 Let not e thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray 
in her paths. 

26 For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many 
f strong men have been slain by her. 
«» 27 g Her house is the way to hell, going down to the 

h chambers of death. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

The fame, 1, and evidence of loisdom, 6. The excellency, 10, the na- 
ture, 12, the power, 15, the riches, 18, and the eternity of ivisdom, 22. 
Wisdom is to he desired for the blessedness it hringeth, 32. 

E JT|OTH not a wisdom cry 1 and understanding b put 
JLf forth her voice 1 

2 She standeth in the top of high places, c by the way 
in the places of the paths. 

3 She d crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at 
the coming in at the doors : 

4 Unto e you, O men, I call ; and my voice is to the 
sons of man. 

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom : and r ye fools, be 
ye of an understanding heart. 

6 Hear : for I will speak of s excellent things ; and the 
©pening of my lips shall be h right things. 
c 7 For my mouth shall speak * truth : and wickedness 

is an abomination to my lips. 

8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness ; 
there is nothing froward or perverse in them. 

9 They are all k plain to him that understarideth, and 
right to them th^.t find knowledge. 

« 10 ' Receive my instruction, and m not silver ; and 
knowledge rather than choice gold. 

1 1 For wisdom is n better than rubies ; and all the things 
that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 

12 ° I Wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out know, 
ledge of p witty inventions. 

c 13 q The fear of the Lord is to hate evil : pride, and arro- 
gancy, and the evil way, and the r froward mouth, do I hate 
& 14 Counsel is mine, and 3 sound wisdom : I am under- 
standing ; I have strength. 

15 ' By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 

16 Byrne" princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges 
j£>f the earth. 

h 17 I love them that x love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. 

18 y Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable 
riches and righteousness. 

19 * My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold ; 
and my revenue than choice silver. 

* 20 a I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of 
the paths of judgment : 

21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit ' sub- 
stance ; and I will find their treasures. 
1 22 The Lord b possessed me in the beginning of his 
way, before his works of old. 

23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, 
©r ever the earth was. 



BS. discipline, and doctrine of wisdom. 

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; 



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12. 

y chap. 5. 3. 
a z Ps. 12. 2. 
a Acts 14. 
13. 

b ch. 22. 15. 
c Nu. 25. 8. 
dEccl.9.12 
c Gen. 6.12. 
fNe.13.26. 
g ch. 9. 17, 
18. 

hJoS31.il. 
Neh. 13. 3. 
a John 1. 1 
b Isa. 58. 1. 
c chap. 7. 9. 
d John 7.37. 
e l's.49. 1. 
fl Tm. 1. 15. 
g Col. 1.26. 
h 2 Cor. 2. 
17. 

i Ps. 12. 6. 
kMat.13.11. 
1 Jam. 1. SI. 
m Job 6. 27. 
n Job 28. 15. 
olCo. 1.24. 
p Rev. 1. 1. 
q chap. 1. 7. 
Jam. 3. 10. 
s Heb. 1. 3. 
tDan. 2. 21. 
uJob 12.21. 
xlSa.2.30. 
Ps. 91. 14. 
John 14. 21. 
y Mt. 6. 33. 
z Gal. 5. 22. 
a John 10. 3. 
a Heb. that 
which is, 
Ps. 102. 26. 
John 6. 27. 
1 Cor. 7.31. 
Heb. 13. 8. 
b John 1. 1 
Heb. 1. 3. 



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e 25 Before the mountains were 
was I brought forth. 

26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the 
fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 

s 27 When he prepared the heavens, c I was there : when 
he set a compass upon the face of the depth : 

28 When he established the clouds above : when he 
strengthened the fountains of the deep : 

29 When he gave to the sea d his decree, that the waters 
should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed 
the foundations of the earth : 

30 Then I was e by him, as one brought up with him : 
and I was daily l his delight, rejoicing always before him; 
h 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; and s my 
delights ivere with the sons of men. 

* 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children : for 
11 blessed are they that keep my ways. 

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and ? refuse it not. 

* 34 Blessed is the man that k heareth me, ' watching 
daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain 
favour of the Lord. 

w 36 But he that sinneth against me m wrongeth his own 
soul : all they that D hate me love death. 

CHAPTER IX. 
The discipline, I, and doctrine of wisdom, 4. The custom, 13, and error 

of folly, 16. 

ISDOM hath builded a her house, she hath b hewn 
out her seven c pillars : , 

2 She hath killed her d beasts ; she hath mingled her 
wine ; she hath also furnished her table. 

3 She hath e sent forth her f maidens : she crieth upon 
the highest places of the city, 

4 Whoso is g simple, let him turn in hither: as for him 
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 

5 h Come, eat of my 'bread, and drink of the wine which 
I have mingled. 

« 6 k Forsake the foolish, and live ; and go in the way of 
understanding. 

c 7 He that reproveth 'a scorner getteth to himself shame : 
and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 

«8 m Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee : rebuke 
n a wise man, and he will love thee. 

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet 
wiser : teach a just man, and he will "increase in learning. 

d 10 p The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : 
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. 

* 11 For q by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the 
years of thy life shall be increased. 

c 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise r for thyself: but 
if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 
/13 If A foolish woman is clamorous : she is simple, and 
s knoweth nothing. 

14 For she l sitteth at the door of her house, on a sea* 
in the high places of the city, 

15 To call passengers who "go right on their ways : 

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither : and its for 
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 

17 " Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secrei 
is pleasant. 

18 But he knoweth not that the > dead arc there ; and 
that her guests are in the depths of hell. 

CHAPTER X. 
From this chapter to the Jive and twentieth, arc sundry observations of 
moral virtues, and iheir contrary vices. 
HE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh e 
fflad father: but a foolish son is the a heaviness of 



c Col. 1. 10. 

Heb. 1. 3. 

d Gen. 1.10. 

e John 1. 1. 

f Mt. 3. 17. 

g Ts. 1C. 3. 

It Psa. 119. 

1,2. 

i ch. 1. 25. 

k Luko 10. 

1G. 

1 Luke 10. 

39. 

m ch. 20. 2. 

n Ps. 109. 17. 

chap. 1. 18. 

Rom. I. 30. 

uMt.16. 18. 

bl Pt. 2.5. 

Mt. 16. 18. 
d Isa. 25. 6. 
oUo. 10. 15. 
f 2 Co. 5.20. 

Ml. 11. 25. 

ii an. ii.28. 

i John 6. 27. 
k Psa. 119. 
115. 

1 Luke 10. 
14. 

in Mt. 7. C. 
u Pi. 141.5. 
oMi. 13.14 
pPs.111.10. 
l<-h. 10.27.! 
rJnb34.6.7. 
s 1 Tiin. 1. 
" 7. 
t Kcv. 18.7. 

dmp.3.G 
Mt. 24. 21. 
it 2 Pot. 2.1. , 
v 1T.H.5.U. « 

2 Pel 3.1 Q i • 

.oSTiifthis mother. 



T' 



371 



Of sundry moral virtues, 
c 2 Treasures of wickedness 



PROVES 

but c right 



and their contrary vices. 



'.19. 
c Dan. 6. 



profit nothing 
eousness delivereth from death. 

t 3 The Lord will d not suffer the soul of the righteous to 
famish : but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. \l\~ 5 ^ n J 

* 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand 
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 

<*5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son : but he 
that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. 

c 6 e Blessings are upon the head of the just : but violence 
f covereth the mouth of the wicked. 



j dr^ooS! j / 4 Riches f profit not in the day of wrath : but e hghte- 
b Luke ia. ^usness delivereth from death. 



I 12. & 37.25. 
lePsa. 1.3. 
If Est. 7. S. 

gPs. 112.6. 

h Eccl. 6. 

10. 

}i3 John 
, verse 10. 
Iklsa.33. 15 

1 Matt. 27. 



but the h name 



but 



3 tendeth to life : the 
keepeth instruction : 



c 7 s The memory of the just is blessed 
of the wicked shall rot. 

c 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments 
£ a prating fool shall fall. 

« 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh ' surely : but he 
that perverteth his ways shall be l known. 

10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow 
a prating fool shall fall. 

ell The mouth of a righteous man is a m well of life : but 
violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 
/ 12 Hatred stirrethup strifes: but n love covereth all sins. 
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding ° wisdom 
is found : but a p rod is for the back of him that is void of 
understanding. 

c 14 Wise men q lay up knowledge : but the mouth of the 
foolish is near destruction. 

fc 15 The rich man's wealth is r his strong city : the de- 
struction of the poor is their poverty 

16 The labour of the righteous 
1 fruit of the wicked to sin. 

17 He is in the n way of life that 
but he that refuseth reproof erreth. 

« 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that 
uttereth y a slander, is a fool. 

19 In the z multitude of words there wanteth not sin : 
but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 

c 20 The tongue of the just is as a choice silver: Mhe 
heart of the wicked is little worth. 

21 The lips of the righteous c feed many : but fools die 
for want of wisdom. 

t 22 The blessing of the Lord, d it maketh rich, and he 
addeth e no sorrow with it. 

23 It is f as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man 
of understanding hath wisdom. 

r 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall s come upon him : 
but the desire of the righteous shall be h granted. 

♦• 25 As the whirlwind passeth,so is the wicked ' no more : 
but the righteous is k an everlasting foundation. 

* 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so 
is the 1 sluggard to them that send him. 

/ 27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days : but 
years of the wicked shall be m shortened. 

* 28 n The hope of the righteous shall be gladness : 
the "expectation of the wicked shall perish. 

*» 29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright : 
destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 

&30 The righteous shall p never be removed: but the 
wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 

31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom 
the froward tongue shall be cut out. 

32 The lips of the righteous know what is q acceptable : 
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. 

CHAPTER XI. 
P A a FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord : 'but 
.rk. a just weight is his delight. 

« 2 When pride comcth, then cometh b shame : but with 
the lowly js wisdom. 

*3 The integrity of the upright shall d guide them : but 
l$e perverseness of transgressors shall e destroy them. 



m Psa. 37. 
j30,31. 

n J am. 5. 20. 

o Luke 4.22. 

p ch. 26. 3. 

Mic. 6. 7. 

q Isa. 50. 4. 

Jit. 13. 44. 

r Job 31. 24. 
I Psa. 52. 7. 
bUtllTm. 6. 17. 
is Ro. 8.28. 
|t Uo. 6. 23. 

u .Matt. 7. 

13, 14. 



5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way . 
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 

6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them : 
but transgressors h shall be taken in their own naughtiness. 

*7_ When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall 
perish : and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 

8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the 
wicked ' cometh in his stead. 

9 A hypocrite with his k mouth destroyeth his neigh- 
mr : but through ' knowledge shall the iust be delivered. 



bour 



10 When it goeth well with the righteous the. city ""re- 
joiceth : and when the wicked perish, there is "shouting. 

11 By the blessing of the upright the city is ° exalted : 
but it is overthrown p by the mouth of the wicked. 

12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour : 
but a man of understanding q holdeth his peace. 
c 13 A tale-bearer r revealeth secrets : but he that is of a 

yp'SVaf-j faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 

14 Where no counsel is, the people s fall : but in the 
multitude of counsellors there is safety. 
k 15 He that is 'surety for a stranger shall smart for it : 
and he that hateth suretiship is sure. 
/16 A gracious woman u retaineth honour : and strong 
'; men retain riches. 
d 17 The merciful man doeth srood * to his own soul: but 



z Jam. 3. 2. 
aJIi. 12.35. 
b Jer. 17. 9. 
c 2 Co. 6. 10. 
uPs.27.1,2. 
e2Kg.5.27. 
feh. 14. 9. 
g Job IS. 21. 
h Jlatt.5.6. 
i Ps. 37. 36 
k Ps. 15. 5. 
1 Heb. 5.11 



™l oh -'?:x' ^ e t' iaf * s crue ' troubleth his own flesh 

c 18 The wicked worketh y a deceitful work 



i 

n Rom. 5. 6. 
oJob8. 13. 
pPs. 125.2. 
q Ps. 40. 8. 
6t 145. 19. 
a Lv. 19. 36. 
b Dan. 4.31. 
c Luke 1.52. 
d Ps. 25. 2. 
e ch. 10. 5. 



that soweth righteousness shall be 



B. Christ 

cir. 10U0. 



the 



but 



fRv. 18. 15. 
gGen. 7. 1. 
h Eccl. 10. 8. 
i Esth. 7. 9. 
ch. 21. 18. 
Dan. 6. 24. 
k 1 Kings 
22.22. 
Arts 20. 30. 
Ich2.10,13. 
2Pt.3.17,18. 
mRv.11.15. 
nRcv. 19. 1. 
o Job 22. 30. 
p2Sa.20. 1. 



s 1 Kg. 12. 8. 
t chap. 6. L 
u eh. 31. 30. 
x Mt. 5. 7. 
& 25. 34. 
ylKg.12.27. 
z Gal. 6. 9. 
a Jit. 7. 13. 
b Luke 16. 



but 



but to him 
a sure reward. 
19 As righteousness a tendeth to life : so he that pursu- 
eth evil pursueth it to his own death. 
e 20 They that are of a froward heart are b abomination 
to the Lord : but such as are upright in their way are c his 
delight. 

t 21 Though d hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be 
unpunished: but the e seed oftherighteous shall be delivered. 
* 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fail- 
woman which is without discretion, 
e 23 The desire of the righteous is f only good : but the 
expectation of the wicked s is wrath. 
/ 24 There is that h scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and 
there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth 
to poverty. 

& 25 'The liberal soul shall be made fat-: and he that 
watereth shall be watered also himself. 
'" 26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him : 
qico.i^ijbut blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. 
27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour : 
but he that seeketh mischief, it shall * come unto him. 
c 28 He that ! trusteth in his riches shall fall : but the 
righteous shall m flourish as a branch. 

29 He that E troubleth his own house shall inherit the 
wind : and a fool shall be ° servant to the wise of heart. 

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life ; and he 
that p winneth souls is wise. 

«31 Behold, the righteous shall be q recompensed in the 
earth : r much more the wicked and the sinner. 
CHAPTER XII. 
HOSO loveth instruction a Iovelh knowledge : but 
he that hateth reproof is b brutish. 
c 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord : but a man 
of c wicked devices will he condemn. 
c 3 A man shall not be established d by wickedness : but 
the root of the righteous shall e not be moved. 
c 4 f A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband : but 
she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 
e 5 The thoughts of the righteous are s right : but the 
counsels of the wicked are h deceih 

372 



c Ps. 51. 6. 

d ch. 16.5. 
e Gen. 9. 9. 
fPs. 119.5. 
gRo. 2.8,9. 
i b Ps. 112. 9. 
i Job 29. 13. 

butfe*- 5 ,.?;, 

kEst. 7. 10. 
1 Psa. 52. 7. 
m Ps. 52. 8. 
nGn.34.30. 
o Ps. 49. 14. 
P 2 Cor. 10. 
4,5. 

q Ps. 94. 14. 
r 1 Pt. 4. 18. 
Jer. 25. 29. 
a chap. 9. 7. 
b Ps. 32. 9. 
cEst. 3.8,9. 
d ch. 10. 2. 
e John 10.28. 
fch. 31. 23. 
Igcfa.11.93. 
h Jlt.Q2.21. 



that 

d 16 

man 



ilSa.22.9. 
k Est. 7.2,3. 

I Pg. 37. 36. 
m Mt. 7. 25. 
n Mt. 7. 28. 
olSa.25.I7. 
pi Co. 15- 9. 
q ch. 13. 7. 
r 1 Sa. 11. 2. 
s Gen. 3. 19. 
tNu.22.5,6. 
ulCo.10.24. 
xDan.6.24. 
y Isa. 3. 11. 
z Lk. 18. 11. 
a2Tm.3.15. 
bl Kg. 19.1. 
c Jam. 1. 19. 
(1 Ro. 1. 18. 
elSa.22.9. 
f Zech. 1. 
5,C. 

g Ps. 52. 5. 
h Mt. 5. 9. 
i Rom. 8. 
18, 31. 
k Rom. 2. 5. 
lErek.18.9. 
inch. 11.20. 
n eh. 13. IS. 
o Jgs. 1. 30. 
p Gen. 47. 9. 
qMt. 14.27. 
r Gen. 7. 1. 
s Ps. 73. 4. 
t Job 27. 16. 
u ch. 15. 16. 
alSa.2.25. 
bMt. 12.37. 
c Matt. 27. 
3, 4,5. 
(1 Ps. 39. 1. 
c Ezek. 16. 
25. 

fNu.23. 10. 
»2Co.8.11. 
Si Ro. 12. 9. 
i Psa. 1. 4. 
k Ps. 25. 21. 

I I Kg.20.34. 
mEccI.7.6. 
n Job 18.5. 



Of sundry moral virtues, PROVERBS. 

6 The words of the wicked are to i lie in wait for blood 
but the mouth of the upright shall k deliver them. 

7 The wicked are overthrown, and ' are not : but the 
house of the righteous m shall stand. 

* 8 A man shall be commended n according to his wis- 
dom : but he that is of a perverse heart shall be "despised. 
9 He that is despised, and hath p a servant, is better 
than he that q honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. 

d 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast : but 
the tender mercies of the wicked are r cruel. 

d 1 1 He that s tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : 
but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. 

12 The wicked desiretii the ' net of evil men : but the 
root of the righteous "yieldeth fruit. 

13 The wicked is "snared by the transgression of his 
lips : but the just shall come out of trouble. 

t 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his 
mouth : and the y recompense of a man's hands shall be 
rendered unto him. 

c 15 The way of a fool is right in his z own eyes : but he 
hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 
A fool's wrath is b presently known : but a prudent 
: covereth shame. 
v 17 He that speaketh truth a sheweth forth righteousness : 
but a false witness deceit. 

18 There is that speaketh like the e piercings of a sword : 
but the tongue of the wise is health. 
b 19 The lip of truth shall be f established for ever: but 
a lying tongue is but for e a moment, 
c 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil : but 
to the counsellors h of peace is joy. 
6 21 There shall * no evil happen to the just: but the 
wicked shall be k filled with mischief. 
v 22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord : but they 
that ' deal truly are his m delight. 

23 A prudent man n concealeth knowledge : but the 
fieart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. 
' 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule : but the 
slothful shall be ° under tribute. 

25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it p stoop : 
but q a good word maketh it glad. 

c 26 Tiie righteous is r more excellent than his neigh- 
bour : but the way of the wicked 3 seduceth them. 
d 27 The slothful man ' roasteth not that which he took 
in hunting : but the substance of a diligent man u is pre- 
cious. 

28 In the way of righteousness is life ; and in the path- 
way thereof there is no death. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
d A W ^ S ^ son hcareth his father's instruction : but a a 
J\. scorner heareth not rebuke. 

2 A man shall cat good by the fruit of his b mouth : but 
the soul of the transgressors shall c cat violence. 

He that d kcepcth his mouth keepeth his life : but he 



that e openeth wide his lips shall have" destruction 

i The soul of the sluggard f desireth, and hath nothing: 
'■'igent shall be made fat. 

but a wicked man 



but the soul of the % diligent shall 
e 5 A righteous man h hateth lying 
is ' loathsome, and cometh to shame. 

6 Righteousness k keepeth him that is upright in the 
way: but wickedness ovcrthroweth the sinner. 
/ 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : 
there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great rich.es. 

8 The 'ransom of a man's life are his riches : but the 
poor heareth not rebuke. 

r 9 The light of the righteous m rejoicelh : but the lamp 
*)f the wicked shall n be put out. 

10 Only by pride cometh contention : bul with the well- 
advised is wisdom. 
91 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



o 3 John 
ver. 9, 10. 
pJer. 17.11. 
T2Kg.4.4,5. 
rlSa.27.1. 
s John 16.21. 
t2Ch.36.16. 
u John 14. 6. 
.\2Sa.22.6. 
ylCo.13.4. 
zlSa. 25.17. 
a Ts. 112.5. 
b2Sa.16.22. 
cNu.22.35. 
rich. 25. 13. 
c2Ch.25.16. 
fJ.Sa.2. 30. 
2 Tim. 4. 
7,8. 

h Ex.8. 26. 
i Gen. 4. 7. 
kl Tim. 4.8. 
Ub.27.16,17 
mch. 12.11. 
n lsa. 28. 26. 
o2Sa.3.13. 
aRuth4.11. 
blKg.21.21. 
c Pr. 28. 6. 
1 Job 12. 4. 
e 2 John 
vcr. 9, 10. 
fl Cor. 3.9. 
eCfll 1.5,6. 
h ch. 13. 5. 
i Acts 21. 5. 
k Acts 8. 18. 
Ull. 11.29. 
mJor.S8.il. 
n Jcr. 6. 16. 
ol.k. 12. in. 
pPs. 141.5. 
i) 1 Kg. 19.4. 
rRcv.2. 17. 
s Job 8. 9, 
Id, 15. 
t 2 Pa. 23. I. 
nJer.7.6,7. 
xEccl.11.9. 

vl >.i.:-.. ■!..-.. 

/. Lk. 10.25. 
a Mt. 27. 5. 
b Gal. 6. 8. 
cEph.4.11. 
ill John 1.!. 
i,2Sb.12.13. 
fMt. 11.3,1. 
K Jain. 1. 19. 

iii:»i.n.8,n 

i l Pct.1.18. 
h 3 John 

rso IS. 
1 1 Is. CO. 11. 



y giveth favour : but the way 

'dealeth with knowledge : but 



and their contrary vices. 

*3hS ' / 1 1 ° Wealth gotten * by vanity shall be diminished : but 
he that gathereth by labour shall •» increase. 

*12 Hope deferred maketh the heart r sick: but when 
the s desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 

«o 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be ' destroyed : but 
he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. 

c 14 The law of the wise is u a fountain of life, to depart 
from the x snares of death. 

t 15 Good understanding 
of transgressors is z hard. 

16 Every prudent man 
a fool b layeth open his folly 

17 A wicked messenger c falleth into mischief: but a 
faithful ambassador is d health. 

*■ 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that e refuseth in- 
struction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be f honoured. 

k 19 The s desire accomplished is sweet to the soul : but 
it is abomination to fools to h depart from evil. 

d 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but a 
companion of fools shall be destroyed. 

c 21 Evil £ pursueth sinners : but to the righteous, k good 
shall be repaid. 

r 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's 
children: and the 'wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 
23 m Much food is in the tillage of the poor : but there 
is that is destroyed for n want of judgment. 

d * 24 He that ""spare th his rod hateth his son : but he that 
loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 

r 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul : but 
the belly of the wicked shall want. 
CHAPTER XIV. 

EVERY wise woman a buildeth her house : but the 
foolish plucketh it down b with her hands. 
e 2 He that c walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord : 
but he that is perverse in his ways, d despiseth him. 

3 In the mouth of the foolish is e a rod of pride : but 
the lips of the wise shall preserve them'. 
d 4 Where no { oxen are, the crib is clean : but e much 
increase is by the strength of the ox. 
« 5 h A faithful witness will not lie : but i a false witness 
will utter lies. 

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and k findeth it not : but 
knowledge is ' easy unto him that understandeth. 

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou 
m perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 
& 8 The wisdom of the prudent is "to understand his way : 
but the folly of fools is ° deceit. 
v 9 Fools make a mock at sin 
there is p favour. 

fc 10 The heart knoweth q his own bitterness; and a 
stranger doth "not intermeddle with his joy. 
t« 11 s The house of the wicked shall be overthrown : but 
the * tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 
1 12 There is a way which "seemeth right unto a man, 
but the x end thereof are the ways of death. 
& 13 Even in y laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the 
'• end of that mirth is heaviness. 

c 14 The backslider in heart shall be a filled with his own 
ways : and a good man shall be satisfied b from himself. 

15 The simple c belie vcth every word : but the prudent 
man A looketli well to his going. 

c 16 A wise man ° feareth, and departeth from evil : hut 
the fool ragetl), and is f confident. 

17 He that is e soon angry dealeth foolishly : and a man 
of' 1 wicked devices is hated. 

18 The Bimple ; inherit folly: but the prudent are 
k crowned with knowledge. 

h 19 The evil ' bow before the good ; and the wicked ai 
the gates of the righteous. 

373 



but among the righteous 



Of sundry moral virtues, 

20 The poor is m hated even of his own neighbour 
the rich hath n many friends. 

d2l He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he 
that hath mercy on the poor, ° happy is he. 

b 22 Do they not err that devise evil 1 but mercy and 
truth shall be to them that devise good. 

k 23 In all labour there is profit : but the talk of the lips 
tendeth only to penury. 

24 The crown of the wise is their riches : but the fool- 
ishness of fools is folly. 

c 25 A true witness delivereth souls : but a deceitful wit- 
ness speaketh lies. 

* 26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence : and 
p his children shall have a place of refuge. 

c 27 The fear of the Lord is q a fountain of life, to de- 
part from the snares of death. 

28 In the multitude of people is the r king's honour : 
but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. 

d 29 He that is s slow' to wrath is of great understanding : 
but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 

30 ' A sound heart is the life of the flesh : but envy 
the u rottenness of the bones. 

d 31 He that oppresseth the poor x reproacheth his Maker 
but he that y honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 

* 32 The wicked z is driven away in his wickedness : but 
the righteous hath a hope in his death. 

33 Wisdom resteth in the b heart of him that hath un- 
derstanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made 
known. 

d 34 c Righteousness exalteth a nation : but sin is a re- 
proach to any people. 

35 The king's favour is toward d a wise servant : but 
his wrath is against him that causeth shame. 

CHAPTER XV. 
h A s OFT answer a turneth away wrath : but b 
,J\ words stir up anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise c useth knowledge aright : 
but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. ' 
« 3 d The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding 
the evil and the good. 

4 e A wholesome tongue is a tree of life : but perverse- 
ness therein is f a breach in the spirit. 
p5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction : but he that 
regardeth reproof E is prudent. 

c 6 In the house of the righteous is h much treasure : but 
in the revenues of the wicked is ' trouble. 

7 The lips of the wise k disperse knowledge : but the 
heart of the foolish ' doeth not so. 

c 8 The m sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to 
the Lord : but the prayer of the upright is his n delight. 
t 9 The ° way of the wicked is an abomination unto the 
Lord ; but he loveth him that p followeth after righte- 
ousness. 

10 Correction is q grievous unto him that forsake th the 
way : and he that hateth reproof shall die. 
*ll Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how 
much more then the r hearts of the children of men 1 

12 A scorner 'loveth not one that reproveth him : nei- 
ther will he l go unto the wise. 

& 1,3 u A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance : 
but by sorrow of the heart the * spirit is broken. 

14 The heart of him that hath understanding y seeketh 
knowledge : but the mouth of fools Teedeth on foolishness. 
. 15 All the days of the afflicted are a evil : but he that 
l f i°l & b merr y heart hath a continual feast. 
'16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than 
great treasure and trouble therewith. 

17 Better is a dinner of herb 
stalled ox and hatred therewith 



PROVERBS 

: but 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



m Mic. 7. 5, 
n Ps. 73. 20, 

Ps. 41. 1. 

P 2Tm.l.l2. 
qch. 11.11. 
& 13. 14. 
r Ex. 1. 9. 
s Nu. 12. 3. 
t Ps. 119. 8. 
uPs.112.10. 
xch. 17.5. 
y Mt.25.40 
z Dan. 4. 31. 
a Ps. 37. 37. 
b Ps. 37. 30. 
c Ps. 72. 2. 
Jcr. 22. 15. 
dMt.24.47. 
a Jgs.8.1,2. 
blSa.25.10. 
c Isa. 56. 4. 
d2Chr.l6.9. 
e ch. 12. 18. 
fPsa. 52. 1. 
gPs. 141.5. 
li Philemon 
verse 2. 
i Job 20. 15. 
klPt.4.11. 

1 Psa. 14. 4. 
mls.1.11,12. 
n Sg. 2. 14. 
oTitusl.15 
p Mt. 5. (i. 
q 1 Kings 
22. 8. 

r Jcr. 17. 9. 
s Am. 5. 10. 
t2Tim.4.3. 
u 2 Co. 1.12. 
x 1 Sa. 1. 15 
y Acts 17.11 
z Is. 30. 10, 
a Gil. 40. 7. 
b 1 Tin. 6.6. 
c ch. 17. 1 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



where love is, than 



dch. 22. 24. 

e Nu. 12. 3. 

f Am. 8.5. 

gMt.11.30. 

h ch. 10. 23. 

iEph. 5. 15. 

kEccl. 4.9, 

10. 

USa. 25.34. 

Eccl. 8. 1. 

mPhil.3.20. 

n Ps. 52. 5. 

o Jer. 4. 14. 

p Ps. 37. 30, 

31. 

n Isa. 5. 8. 

Jer. 17. 11. 

r 1 Pt. 3. 15. 

s Ps. 10. 1. 

Matt. 15. 8. 

t Rom. 8. 

26, 27. 

u 3 John 

verse 12. 

x Ec. 12. 11. 

ylSa.25.41. 

Kuth 3. 14. 

ch. 18. 11. 

a Ps. 94. 19. 

b Mt. 10. 19. 

c Luke 18. 

11. 

dlSa. 16.7. 

e 1 Pt. 5. 7. 

fPhil.4.6. 

gRo.11.36. 

h Job 21. 3. 

i2Cli.3j.17. 

kch. 11.21. 

11 John 2. 2. 

m Ne.5. 15. 

n Col. 1. 10. 

o Job 5. 12. 

p ch. 15. 10. 

t| Ilab. 2. 9. 

13. 

rch. 19. 21. 

s Jer. 10.23. 

tlPt. 4. 11. 

uDt.17.20. 

xLv. 19.36. 

y Ps. 45. 6. 
Ps. 101.4. 

a Rv. 6. 16. 
!b Acts 12.20. 

c Ps. 4. 6. 
3 rfDt.ll. 14. 

e ch. 3. 14. 
^fActs 24.16. 



and their contrary vices. 
wrathful man stirreth up strife : but he that is 



18 a A 
e slow to anger appeaseth strife 

i 19 The way of the slothful man is f as a hedge of 
thorns : but the way of the righteous is made B plain. 

d 20 A wise son maketh a glad father : but a foolish man 
despiseth his mother. 

21 Tolly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: 
but a man of understanding ' walketh uprightly 

22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed : but in 
the k multitude of counsellors they are established. 

23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth : and a 
word spoken l in due season, how good is it ! 

c 24 The way of life is m above to the wise, that he may 
depart from hell beneath. 

«, 25 The Lord will n destroy the house of the proud : 
but he will establish the border of the widow. 

t 26 ° The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination 
to the Lord : but the words of the pure are p pleasant 
words. 

k 27 He that is greedy of gain C1 troubleth his own house ; 
but he that hateth gifts shall live. 

c 28 The heart of the righteous r studieth to answer : but 
the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 

b 29 The Lord is far s from the wicked : but he l hear- 
eth the prayer of the righteous. 

30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart : and " a 
good report maketh the bones fat. 

31 The ear that heareth the "reproof of life abideth 
among the wise. 

32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul : 
but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 

33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom ; 
and y before honour is humility. 

CHAPTER XVI. " 
HE a preparations of the heart in man, and the 
b answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 

* 2 All the ways of a man are c clean in his own eyes- ; 
but the Lord d weigheth the spirits. 

d 3 e Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy f thoughts 
shall be established. 

*4 The Lord hath made all things g for himself: yea : 
even the wicked h for the day of evil. 

* 5 Every one that is { proud in heart is an abomination 
to the Lord : though k hand join in hand, he shall not be 
unpunished. 

d 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is ' purged : and by the 
"fear of the Lord men depart from evil. 
b 7 When a man's ways n please the Lord, he maketh 
even his ° enemies to be at peace with him. 
/ 8 p Better is a little with righteousness, than great re- 
venues q without right. 

t 9 A man's heart r deviseth his way : but the Lobd 
directeth his steps. 

10 'A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his 
mouth u transgresseth not in judgment. 

11 "A just weight and balance are the Lord's : all the 
weights of the bag are his work. 

d 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness : 
for the y throne is established by righteousness. 

13 Righteous lips are the z delight of kings ; and they 
ove him that speaketh right. 

14 The a wrath of a king is 
but a wise man will b pacify it. 

i 15 In the c light of the king's countenance is life ; and 
his favour is as a cloud of the d latter rain. 

16 How much better is it to get wisdom * than gold ? 
and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver* 

17 f The highway of the upright is to depart from evil-: 
he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 

S7-I 



T 



as 



of death : 



Of sundry moral virtues, 

w 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit 
before a fall. 

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, 
than to divide the spoil with the proud. 

* 20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find s good : 
and whoso h trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. 

21 The ' wise in heart shall be called prudent : and the 
sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. 

22 Understanding is k a well-spring of life unto him that 
hath it : but the ' instruction of fools is folly. 

23 m The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and add- 
eth learning to his lips. 

i 24 n Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, ° sweet to 
the soul, and p health to the bones. 

t 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but 
the end thereof are the ways of death. 

26 He that q laboureth, laboureth for himself, for his 
mouth craveth it of him. 

27 An ungodly man r diggeth up evil ; and in his 3 lips 
there is as a burning fire. 
c 28 A fro ward man soweth strife : and 'a whisperer sepa- 

rateth chief friends. 

29 u A violent man x enticeth his neighbour, and y lead- 
eth him into the way that is not good. 

30 He shutteth his eyes to devise frovvard things : mov- 
ing his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 

b 3 1 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if'vt be found in 
the way of righteousness. 

d 32 He that is z slow to anger is better than the mighty ; 
and he that a ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. 

1 33 The b lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole c dispos- 
ing thereof is of the Lord. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

>ETTER is a a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, 
than a house full of b sacrifices with strife. 
2 c A wise servant shall have rule over a son that caus- 
eth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among 
the brethren. 

* 3 The fining-pot is for silver, and the d furnace for gold : 
but the Lord e trieth the hearts. 

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips ; and a liar 
giveth ear f to a naughty tongue. 

P 5 Whoso 5 mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker : 
and he that h is glad of calamities shall not be unpunished. 
& 6 ' Children's children are the crown of old men ; and 
the glory of children are k their fathers. 
p 7 Excellent speech becometh ' not a fool : much less 
do lying lips a prince. 

8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that 
hath it : whithersoever it turneth, m it prospereth. 
d 9 He that u covcreth a transgression seeketh love ; but 
he that ° repeateth a matter, separateth very friends. 

10 A reproof cntereth more into a wise man than p a 
hundred stripes into a fool. 

1 1 An evil man seeketh only q rebellion : therefore r a 
cruel messenger shall l>f sent against him. 

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather 
than ' a fool in his folly. 

w 13 Whoso rewardeth ' evil for good, u evil shall not de- 
part from his house. 

p 14 " The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out 
water : therefore leave off contention, y before it be 
meddled with. 

« 15 He that z juslifieth the wicked, and he that "condemn- 
eth the just, even they both are abomination to the Loud. 
16 Wherefore is there b a price in the hand of a fool to 
get wisdom, seeing he hath c no heart to it ? 

d 17 A friend lavcth a at all times, and a brother is born 
for adversity. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. I 



K ch. 8. 35. 
h Jer. 17. 7.1 
i Job 9. 4. 
kch. 



m Ps. 37. 30. 
n Ec. 12. 10. 
o Psa. 119. 
103. 

pPs. 51.8. 
q Is. 57. 10. 
r Ps. 7. 15. 
s Psa. 5:2. 2. 
tch. 18. 8. 
uActs20.29. 
x Rt>. 10. 18. 
y2Pt.2.1,2. 
zCol. 4. 12. 
a 2 Kg. 19.7. 
b Jos. 18.10. 
cMt. 10.29. 
a ch. 15. 17. 
b Jam. 5.5. 
cGcn.-30.43. 
d Mai. 3. 3. 
e 1 Pet. 1. 7. 
f Ps. 52. 2. 
g 1 Join) 3. 
17. 

h Obariiah 
verse 12. 
i Job 42. 16. 
k John 8. 39. 
HSa.25.25. 
m 1 Sa. 16. 
1,4. 

n ch. 10. 12. 
och. 16. 28. 
pi Kg. 13.4. 
<|2Sa.20. 1. 
r 2 Co. 12.7. 
s Acts 7. 54. 
t Ps. 109. 4. 
u Jer. 18.20. 
x Jgs. 9. 17. 
ylTh.4.1i. 
z Ezek. 13. 
10. 

a 1 Kgs. 21. 
12. 

b John 1.10. 

Rev. 2.21. 

d Ruth 1.16. 

e Est. 4. 14. 



PROVERBS. and their contrary vices, 

1 8 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and be- 
cometh surety in the presence of his friend. 

19 He loveth transgression that f loveth strife: andhe 
r w.y. that e exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. 

e 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good : and. 
he that hath h a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 

21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow : and 
the father of a fool hath * no joy. 

22 k A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but ' a 
broken spirit drieth the bones. 

p 23 A wicked man taketh a gift m out of the bosom n to 
pervert the ways of judgment. 

24 Wisdom is ° before him that hath understanding ; 
but the eyes of a fool are in the p ends of the earth. 
v 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and q bitterness 
to her that bare him. 

26 Also to punish the just is r not good, nor to strike 
princes for equity. 

k 27 He that hath knowledge 3 spareth his words : and a 
man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 

28 Even a fool, when he l holdeth his peace, is counted 
wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of 
understanding. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

THROUGH desire, a man, having a separated himself, 
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 

2 A fool hath b no delight in understanding, but that 
e his heart may discover itself. 

c 3 When the d wicked cometh, then cometh also con- 
tempt, and with e ignominy reproach. 

4 The words of a man's mouth are { as deep waters, 
and the well-spring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 
v 5 It is not good s to accept the person of the wicked, to 
overthrow the righteous in judgment. 

6 A fool's lips h enter into contention, and his mouth 
calleth for strokes. 

7 A fool's mouth is his s destruction, and his lips are the 
' snare of his soul. 

v 8 The words of ' a tale-bearer are as m wounds, and 
they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 
?9 He also that is n slothful in his work is brother to him 
that is a great waster. 

1 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower : the 
righteous ° runneth into it, and is p safe. 

11 The rich man's q wealth is his strong city, and as a 
high wall in his own conceit. 

c 12 Before destruction the r heart of man is haughty, 
and 3 before honour is humility. 

h 13 He that answereth a matter before 'he heareth it, 
it is "folly and shame unto him. 

14 x The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but 
y a wounded spirit who can bear ? 

15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and 
the z ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 

o 16 a A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth 
him before great men. 

k 17 He that is b first in his own cause seemeth just ; but 
his neighbour cometh and c searcheth him. 

18 The d lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth 
between the mighty. 

& 19 c A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong 
city ; and their f contentions are like the bars of a 
castle. 

20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the K fruit of his 
mouth ; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 

21 Death and life are in the power of the h tongue: and 
they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 
/ 22 Whoso findeth ' a wife, findeth a good thing, and ob' 
taineth favour of the Lord. 

375 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



fPs.6S. 30. 
glSa. 25.26. 
h Jam. 3. 8. 
i On. 26. 35. 
k Ec. 9. 7, 8. 
I 2 Co. 2. 7. 
m2Kg.5.21. 
n Ex. 23. 2. 

Ec. 2. 14. 
p Mt. 16. 3. 
q ch. 10. 1. 
r ch. 18. 5. 
s Jam. 1. 19. 
t Job 3. 5. 
a Nil. 6. 3. 
b Am. 8. 5. 
c Mt. 8. 31. 
d 2 Thess. 
2. 3, 4. 
b lSa.2.30. 
f 1 Co. 2. 7. 
g Ja. 2. 1,2. 
B2Tm.3.8, 
ich. 10. 11. 
k ch. 12. 13. 

1 Ps. 15. 3. 
inch. 26. 22. 
nl 'I'm. 5. 13. 

18a. 17.45. 
pPs. 61.7. 

1 Ps. 52. 7. 
r Dan. 4. 31. 

h. 15. 33. 
t John 7. 51. 
ii Est. 3. 10. 
X Job 1. 21. 
y Job 6. 4. 
/. Luke 10. 
39. 

nlSa.15.27. 
b Acta 84.2. 
o28a.19.26. 
d Jon. 14.2. 
■■1Kr.I2.I0. 
f Acts 15. 
39. 

gch.12. 14. 
b Alt. 12. 37. 
i ch 30. 10. 



Of sundry moral virtues, 

23 The poor useth k entreaties ; but the rich answereth 
1 roughly. 

7, 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly : 
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 
CHAPTER XIX. 
&ETTER a is the poor that walketh in his integrity, 
than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 
k 2 Also, that the soul be b without knowledge, it is not 
good ; and he that c hasteth with his feet sinneth. 

3 The foolishness of man d perverteth his way : and his 
heart c fretteth against the Lord. 

4 Wealth maketh many f friends ; but the poor is g sepa- 
rated from his neighbour. 

p 5 A false witness shall not be h unpunished, and he 
that speaketh lies shall not escape. 

6 Many will entreat the favour of the prince : and every 
man is a friend to him that * giveth gifts. 

7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him : how much 
more do his friends go k far from him 1 he pursueth them 
with words, yet they are wanting to him. 

d 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul : he that 
1 keepeth understanding shall find good. 
v 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that 
speaketh lies shall perish. 

10 Delight m is not seemly for a fool ; much less for a 
servant u to have rule over princes. 
d 11 The discretion of a man ° deferreth his anger ; and 
it is his glory to p pass over a transgression. 
* 1 2 The king's wrath is as the roaring q of a lion ; but 
his favour r is as dew upon the grass. 
k 13 3 A foolish son is the calamity of his father : and the 
i contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 
1 14 House and riches are the inheritance u of fathers : 
and a prudent wife is * from the Lord. 
v 15 y Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle 
soul shall z suffer hunger. 

d 16 He that a keepeth the commandment keepeth his 
own soul : but he that despiseth his ways shall die. 
«il7 He that hath pity upon the poor, Mendeth unto the 
Lord ; and that which he hath given will he c pay him 
again. 

d 18 Chasten thy son while there is d hope, and let not 
thy soul spare for his crying. 

19 A man of e great wrath shall suffer punishment : for 
if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 
d 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou 
mayest be wise in thy f latter end. 
t 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; neverthe- 
less the counsel of the Lord, that shall g stand. 

22 The desire of a man is h his kindness : and a poor 
man is l better than a liar. 

6 23 k The fear of the Lord tendeth to life : and he that 
hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. 
p 24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his ' bosom, and 
will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will m beware : and 
reprove one that hath understanding, and he will n under- 
stand knowledge. 

p 26 He that waste th his father, and chaseth away his 
mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. 

27 Cease, my son, ° to hear the instruction that causeth 
to err from the words of knowledge. 
p 28 An ungodly witness a scorneth judgment : and the 
mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. 

29 Judgments are p prepared for scomers, and stripes 
for the back of fools. 

. CHAPTER XX. 

-«*' is a a mocker, strong drink is raging: and 
whosoever is deceived thereby is. not wise. 



PROVERBS. 



and their contrary vices. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion : whoso 



kc««.33.3. provoketh him to anger sinneth b against his own soul. 



I Ex. 5. 
a ch. 12.26. 
bEo. 10.2. 
c Ro. 3. 15. 
d Acts 8. 18. 
e Rev. 16.9. 
fch. 14.20. 
g2Tm.U5. 
ii Dan. 6. 24. 
i ch. 17. 8. 
k Psalm 55. 
12. 

1 ch. 16. 20. 
m 1 Sara. 
25. 36. 
b Eccl. 10. 

7. 
o Jam. 1.19. 
p 1 Cor. 13. 
3,4. 

q Est. 7. 8. 
rHos. 14.5. 
9 ch. 10. 1. 
t ch. 27. 15. 
u2Co.12.14. 
xch. 18.22. 
y chap. 6. 9. 
z ch. 20. 13. 
a Luke 11. 
28. 

hMt. 10.42. 
&25. 40. 
c Hcb. 6. 10. 
dch. 13.24. 
e 2 Sam. 10. 
5,6. 

fPs. 37.37. 
gls. 46. 10. 
Acts 5. 39. 
h2Sa. 15.4. 

2 Co. 8. 12. 
i Mt. 6. 26. 
k Ps. 28. 1, 
2 3. 

lYim. 4. 8 
1 ch. 26. 15. 
mDt.13.11. 
n ch. 9. 8. 
o John 10.5. 
a Or, 
coloureth 
the cause, 
Acts 24. 3. 
pMt.25.41. 
a Gen. 9. 21. 
Hos. 7. 5. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



b Luke 19. 
27. 

c Gen. 13.7. 
d Luke 16. 
24. 

el Co. 2. 15. 
fMatt. 6. 2. 
Luke 18. II. 
gPs. 12. 1. 
h2Co.l.l2. 
i Mt. 25. 31. 
k 1 Cor. 4.4. 
1 John 1. 8. 
1 ch. 11. 1. 
m Mt. 7. 16. 
n Ex.4. 11. 
Mt. 13. 13. 
oRo. 12.11. 
p ITh. 4.6. 
q Job 28. 17. 
chap. 3. 14. 
r ch. 2. 16. 
s ch. 9. 17. 
Heb. 3. 13. 
t Job 26. 12. 
uPs.119.24. 
x Luke 14. 
31. 

y Ro. 16. 18. 
z Judo 
verse 13. 
a2Kg.5.20 
b Hah. 2. 6 
c 1 Pt. 3. 9. 
d Dt. 32. 35, 
2Sa. 16.12. 
e John 15. 5. 
flsa.26.12 
g Dt. 23. 21. 
h2Sa.12.3I. 
i 2 Cor. 2.11. 
k Ps. 101. 1. 
Uer.9.23,24. 
mch.10.13. 
a ch. 16. 1. 
b Isa. 10. 5. 
c Luke 16. 
15. 

d 1 Sa.15.23. 
Mic.6. 7, 8. 
a Or, lirrht, 
Jor. 10. 14. 

1 Cor. 1. 19. 

2 Ft. 2. 72. 



d 3 It is an honour for a man c to cease from strife : but 
every fool will be meddling. 

p 4 The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold ; 
therefore shall he d beg in harvest, and have nothing. 

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water ; but 
a man of understanding will c draw it out. 

k 6 Most men will f proclaim every one his own good- 
ness : but a faithful man g who can find 1 

c 7 The just man walketh in his h integrity : his children 
are blessed after him. 

8 A king that sitteth in the i throne of judgment, scat- 
tereth away all evil with his eyes. 

1 9 Who can say, I have made my k heart clean, I am 
pure from my sin 1 

p 10 ' Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them 
are alike abomination to the Lord. 

11 Even a child is known by his m doings, whether his 
work be pure, and whether it be right. 

* 12 The "hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord 
hath made even both of them. 

p 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; °open 
thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 

ft 14 // is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when 
he is gone his way, then he p boasteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the 
lips of knowledge are a q precious jewel. 

1 6 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger : and 
take a pledge of him for a r strange woman. 

i 17 s Bread of deceit is sweet to a man ; but afterwards 
his mouth shall be filled with 'gravel. 

18 Every purpose is established by u counsel : and with 
x good advice make war. 

;> 19 He that goeth about 'as a tale-bearer revealeth se- 
crets : therefore meddle not with him that y flattereth with 
his lips. 

w 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp 
shall be put out in * obscure darkness. 

ft .21 An inheritance may be gotten a hastily at the begin- 
ning ; but the end thereof shall b not be blessed. 

d 22 Say not thou, I will c recompense evil ; but d wait on 
the Lord, and he shall save thee. 

p 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; 
and a false balance is not good. 

* 24 Man's goings are e of the Lord ; how can a mao 
then f understand his own way 1 

25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which 
is holy, and s after vows to make inquiry. 

26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the 
h wheel over them. 

1 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, 'search- 
ing all the inwards parts of the belly. 

28 k Mercy and truth preserve the king : and his throne- 
is upholden by mercy. 

i 29 The glory of young men A their ' strength : and the 
beauty of old men is the gray head. 
» 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do 
m stripes the inward parts of the belly. 
CHAPTER XXI. 
HE king's a heart is in the Miand of the Lord, as 
the rivers of water : he turneth it whithersoever he 
will. 

* 2 Every way of a man is c right in his own eyes : but 
the Lord pondereth the hearts. 

d 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable^© 
the Lord than d sacrifice. 

* 4 A high look, and a proud heart, and the " ploughing 
of the wicked, is sin. 

376 



Of sundry moral virtues, 

d 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteous 
ness ; but of every one that is hasty, only to want. 

P 6 The getting of treasures by e a lying tongue is a vani 
ty tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 

c 7_ The robbery of the wicked shall f destroy them ; be 
cause they refuse to do judgment. 

c 8 The way of man is froward and strange : but as for 
the g pure, his work is right 

h 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than 
with a brawling woman in a wide house. 

c 10 The soul of the wicked b desireth evil : his neigh- 
bour findeth " no favour in his eyes. 

1 1 When the scorner is punished, the simple is k made 
wise : and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth know- 
ledge. 

c 12 The righteous man 1 wisely considereth the house of 
the wicked : but God overthroweth the wicked for their 
wickedness. 

n, 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he 
also shall m cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

1 4 A gift in secret pacifieth anger : and a reward in the 
bosom, strong wrath. 

» 15 It is n joy to the just to do judgment : but "destruc- 
tion shall be to the workers of iniquity. 

16 The man that p wandereth out of the way of under- 
standing shall remain in the congregation of the dead. 

A 17 He that loveth q pleasure shall be a poor man : he 
that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 

18 The wicked shall be r a ransom for the righteous, 
and the transgressor for the upright. 

k 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a 
' contentious and an angry woman. 

20 There is 'treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwell- 
ing of the wise ; but a foolish man spendeth it up. 

b 21 He that u followeth after righteousness and mercy, 
findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 

22 A wise man % scaleth the city of the mighty, and 
casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 

h 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth 
his soul from troubles. 

24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth 
in y proud wrath. 

p 25 The desire of the slothful z killeth him ; for his hands 
refuse to labour. 

26 He coveteth greedily all the day long : but the 
righteous a giveth and spareth not. 

« 27 The sacrifice of the b wicked is abomination : how 
much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind 1 

w 28 A false witness shall perish : but the man that hear- 
eth, speaketh constantly. 

c 29 A wicked man c hardeneth his face : but as for the 
upright, he directeth his way. 

< 30 There is no d wisdom nor understanding nor counsel 
against the Lord. ' 

31 The e horse is prepared against the day of battle : 
but f safety is of the Loitr^p 

CHAPTER, XXII. 
f k a GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great 

j^V riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 

t 2 The rich and poor b meet together : the Lord is the 

* maker of them all. 

r 3 A prudent man i foreseeth the evil, and hideth him- 
self : but the simple e pass on, and are punished. 

c 4 By humility and the fear of the Lord f are riches, and 

honour, and life. 

c 5 e Thorns and snares are in the way of the Howard : 

he that doth keep his soul shall be '' far from them. 

d* 6 ' Train up a child in the way he should go : and when 

he is old, he will k not depart from il. 

95 S B 



PROVERBS. 



and their contrary vices, 



B. Christ 

cir. 1000. 



k 7 The rich ' ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is 
easa. i6. 3. 1 servant to the lender. 

'•' i 8 He that m soweth iniquity shall reap vanity : and the 
rod of his anger shall fail. 

1 9 He that hath D a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; fop 
he giveth of his bread to the poor. 

p 10 Cast out the ° scorner, and contention shall go out : 
yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 

11 He that loveth p pureness of heart, for the grace of 
his lips the q king shall be his friend. 

t 12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he 
r overthroweth the words of the transgressor. 

i 13 The slothful man saith, There is s a lion without, I 
shall be slain in the streets. 

14 The mouth of strange women is t a deep pit : he 
that is u abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. 

d 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the 
rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 

w 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches* 
and he that x giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, 
and apply thy heart unto y my knowledge. 

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within 
thee ; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 
d 1 9 That z thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made 
known to thee this day, even to thee. 

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in coun- 
sels and knowledge, 

21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the 
a words of truth ; that thou mightest answer the w r ords of 
truth to them that send unto thee 1 
p 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor : neither b op« 
press the afflicted in the gate : 
w 23 For the Lord will c plead their cause, and d spoil the 

soul of those that spoiled them. 

P 24 Make no friendship with an angry man ; and with a 
e furious man thou shalt not go : 

25 Lest thou f learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul, 
p 26 Be not thou one of them that s strike hands, or of 
them that are sureties for debts. 

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take 
away thy h bed from under thee 1 

p 28 Remove not the ancient 'landmark, which thy fathers 
have set. 

d 29 Seest thou a man k diligent in his business ? he shall 
he shall not stand before mean men. 



2Pet.2.2,3. 
fMt.27.3,5. 
gMt. 5. 8. 
blsa.56.11. 
iMic. 7.4,5. 
k cb. 19. 25. 
Rv. 11. 13. 
llCo.10.10. 
m Mt. 7. 2. 
& 18. 30. 
Jam. 2. 13. 
n Ps. 149. 0. 
oRv. 19.10. 
p Luke 15. 
13. 

<1 Luke 16. 
25. 

r ch. 11. 8. 
Is. 43. 3, 4. 
9 1 Pet. 3. 4. 
tilt. 13.44. 
&. 25. 46. 
u Mt. 5. 6. 
Heb. 12. 14. 
x2Sa. 20.16. 
Eccl. 9. 16. 
y Eecl. 7. 8. 
z2Th.3.10. 
a Ps. 37.26. 
& 112. 9. 
Eccl. 9. 2. 
b Nu. 23. 1. 
1 Kg. 21. 12. 
cJer.44.17. 
(lis. 8. 9, 10. 
e Ps. 33. 17. 
f Isa. 30. I. 
a Eccl. 7. 1. 
blCo.12.21. 
c Jam. 2. 1. 
clHeb. 11.7. 
e Mt. 24. 37. 
fMt. 6. 33. 
g Isa. 24. 17. 
h Ps. 91. 3. 
i Eph. 6. 4. 
k2Tm.3.15. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



1 Jam. 2. 6. 
m Job 4. 8. 
n 2 Cor. 9. 6. 

Gen. 21. 9. 
p Mt. 5. 8. 
q Da. 6. 28. 
r Acts 12.22. 
s Nu. 13. 32. 
t Rev. 17. 5. 
uEc. 7.2G. 
x Est. 3. 9. 
yMt.28.20. 
z Eph. 1. 13. 
1Tb. 1.5,8. 
a Luke 1. 
3,5. 

lCor.4. 13. 
Rev. 21. 9. 
b Ex. 23. 6. 
c 1 Sa. 25. 
39. 

Psa. 12. 5. 
& 35. 1. 
ch. 23. 11. 
J( r. 51. :tC. 
d Isa. 33. 1. 
c 1 Sam. 
25. 17. 
IPs. 106. 35. 
5 eh. C. 1. 
h Ex. 22. 26. 

2 Kg. 4. 1. 

i Ut. 19. 11. 
k Luke 21. 
36. 

2 Tim. 4. 2. 
a Judo 
verso 12. 
b Mt. 18. 8. 
IOor.9.97. 
<; Dan. 1.20. 
<1 1 Tim. C. 
9, 10. 

.•Jo. 3. 15. 
r 10o.7. 31. 
e nu is. 9. 

Ii IV 12. 2. 
i cb. 9. 8. 
Mntt.7. (I. 
k Tin .5. 8. 

1 Job 31. 31. 



stand before kings 



CHAPITER XXIII. 



2 



HEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, a consider dili- 
gently what is before thee : 
And put a b knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given 
to appetite. 

3 Be not desirous of his dainties : for they are c deceitful 
meat. 

p 4 Labour not to be d rich : cease from thine c own wisdom 
e 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which f is not? for 
riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away 
as an eagle toward heaven. 

P 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an s evil eye, 
neither desire thou his dainty meats : 

7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he : Eat and 
drink, b saith he to thee ; but his heart is not with thee. 

8 ' The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit 
up, and lose thy sweet words. 

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool : for he will despise 
the wisdom of thy words. 

k 10 Remove not the old landmark ; and enter notjnU 
the k fields of the fatherless : 

t 1 1 For their ' Redeemer is mighty ; he shall plead then- 
cause with thee. 

377 



Of sundry moral virtues, 

12 m Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to 
the words of knowledge. 

d IS Withhold not "correction from the child : for if thou 
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver 
his soul ° from hell. 

k 15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall p rejoice, 
even mine. 

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak 
right things. 

v 17 Let not thy heart q envy sinners : but be thou in the 
fear of the Lord all the day long. 

18 For surely there is an r end ; and thine expectation 
shall not be cut off. 

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and s guide thy 
heart in the way. 

T 20 Be not among • wine-bibbers ; among riotous eaters 
of flesh : 

21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to 
poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with u rags 
~d 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise 
not thy mother when she is old. 

b 23 x Buy the truth, and y sell it not; also wisdom, and 
instruction, and understanding. 

k 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice 
and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she 
that bare thee shall rejoice. 

d 26 My son, z give me thy heart, and let thine eyes 
observe my ways. 

p 27 For a whore is a deep ditch ; and a a strange woman 
is a narrow pit. 

28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth 
the b transgressors among men. 

w 29 Who hath wo 1 who hath sorrow 1 who hath con 
tentions 1 who hath babbling 1 who hath wounds without 
cause 1 who hath redness of eyes 1 

30 They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to 
seek c mixed wine. 

v 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it 
giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright 

* 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like 
d an adder. 

33 Thine eyes shall behold e strange women, and thy 
heart shall utter perverse things. 

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst 
of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast 

35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was 
not sick ; they have beaten me, and I f felt it not : when 
shall I awake 1 I will seek it yet g again. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
JOE not thou a envious against evil men, neither desire 
M3 to be with them : 

2 For their heart b studieth destruction, and their lips 
c talk of mischief. 

3 Through wisdom is a house d builded ; and by under 
standing it is established : 

i 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with 
all precious and pleasant riches. 

k 5 A wise man is e strong ; yea, a man of knowledge 
increaseth strength. 

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy f war : and 
in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 

7 Wisdom is g too high for a fool : he openeth not his 
mouth in the gate. 

8 He that h deviseth to do evil shall be called a mis- 
chievous person. 

t 9 The » thought of foolishness is sin : and the scorner 
ts an abomination to men. 



PROVERBS 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



m Ezek. 33. 
21. 

Mt. 13. 33. 
Jam. 1. 21. 
nch.13. 24. 
& 19. 18. 
o 1 Cor. 5. 5. 
2 Cor. 10. 4. 
plTh.2.20. 
q Ps. 37. 1. 

Ps. 37. 37. 
Luke 1C. 25. 
9 ch. 4. 23. 
1 19. 5. 22. 
Mt. 24. 49. 
Luke 21.34. 
Eph. 5. 18. 
u Rv. 3. 17. 
xMt. 13.44. 
y lib. 12.16. 
z 2 Cor. 8. 5. 
aRv.18.23. 
b Eccl. 7.26. 
2 Tli. 2. 11. 
c Ts. 55. 8. 
chap. 9. 3. 
Tsa.5. 11. 
Eph. 5. 18. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
d Rev. 14. 
10, 11. 
e Ezek. 16. 
26, 28, 29. 
Rev. 13. 4. 
f Jer. 5. 3. 
Eph. 4. 18. 
a Dt. 29. 19. 
Isa. 56. 11. 
a Ps. 37. 1. 
b Ex. 1. 10. 
Est. 3. 6, 7. 
c Isa. 10. 11 
d chap. 9. 1 
e Col. 1. 11 
&. 3. 16. 
fRv. 19. 11. 
glCo.2.14. 
h Ro. 1.30. 
i Acts 8. 22. 



and their contrary vices. 

p 10 If thou k faint in the day ' of adversity, thy strength 
is small. 

1 1 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto 
death, and those that are ready to be slain ; 
t 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he 
that m pondereth the heart consider it 1 and he that keep- 
eth thy soul, doth not he know it ? and shall not he n ren- 
der to every man according to his works 1 
i 13 My son, ° eat thou honey, because it is good ; and 
the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste : 

14 So shall the p knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul : 
when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, 
and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 
p \5 Lay not wait, O wicked man, q against the dwelling 
of the righteous ; spoil not his resting-place : 
c 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and r riseth up 
again : but the wicked shall s fall into mischief. 
p 17 * Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not 
thy heart be glad when he stumbleth. 

18 Lest the Lord see it, and it u displease him, and he 
turn away his wrath from him. 

p 19 "Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be 
thou envious at the wicked ; 

«> 20 For there shall be y no reward to the evil man ; the 
candle of the wicked shall be put out. 
A2>\ My son, z fear thou the Lord and the king : and 
meddle not with them that are given a to change : 

22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who 
knoweth the b ruin of them both 1 

P 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good 
to have c respect of persons in judgment. 

24 He that saith unto the d wicked, Thou art righteous ; 
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him : 

25 But to them that e rebuke him shall be delight, and 
a good blessing shall come upon them. 

26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a f right 
answer. 

27 g Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thy- 
self in the field ; and afterwards build thy house. 
p 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour h without 
cause ; and deceive not with thy lips. 
p 29 Say not, I will ' do so to him as he hath done to me : 
I will render to the man according to his work. 
p 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vine- 
yard of the man void of understanding ; 

31 And lo, it was all grown over with k thorns, and net- 
tles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall there- 
of was broken down. 

32 Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon 
it, and received instruction. 

zEx.hn. A 33 l Yet a little slee P> a little slumber, a little folding of 
a Num. i6. the hands to sleep : 

34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; 
and thy want as an armed man. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

Observations about kings, 1, and about avoiding quarrels, and sundry 

causes ihWkof, 8. 

THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the a men 
of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 
t 2 It is the glory of God to b conceal a thing : but the 
honour of kings is to c search out a matter. 

3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and 
the heart of kings is d unsearchable. 

4 Take away the e dross from the silver, and there shall 
come forth a vessel for the finer. 

5 f Take away the wicked from before the king, and 
his throne shall be established in righteousness. 
p 6 s Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,- 
and stand not in the place of great men •' 

378 



B. Christ 
cir. 1000. 



klSa.27.1. 
1 Jnm. 1. 2. 
m Jer. 17. 9 
Rev. 1. 14. 
u Rom. 2. 6. 
o Song 5. 1. 
pMt. 11.30 
q Ps. 10. 9, 
10. 

Isa. 37. 24. 
r Mic. 7. 8. 
s Est. 7. 10. 
Rev. 18. 21 
t Ro. 12. 19. 
u Obadiah 
verse 12. 
x Ps. 73. 3. 
verse 1. 



2,3 
2Sa.lo. 10. 
bNu.16.34. 
Rev. 19.20. 
c Jam. 2. 1 . 
dch. 17.15. 
rsa. 5. 23. 
e Ps. 15. 3. 
Mt. 14. 4. 
fDn.2. 47. 
& 5. 27. 
a 1 Kg. 5. 15. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
h Eph. 4.25. 
i Mt. 5. 45. 
Ro. 12. 17. 
k Gn. 3. 18. 
Mt. 13.22. 
Heb. 6. 8. 

1 Phil. 3. 18. 

2 Pet. 1. 12. 
a 1 Kg. 4.32. 
bRo. 11.33. 
c Job 29. 16. 
dl Kg. 4.29. 
Col. 2. 18. 
e2Tm.2.21. 
fEst.7. 10. 
&8. 1. 

g Ps. 75. 6. 



Observations about fools, PROVERBS. sluggards, self-love, and true love. 

7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up) B cit c ^ | « 10 The great God that formed all things both reward- 



hither ; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the h pre- 



h Luke 1 4.8. 
lilKj.18.40. 
Rev. 17. J4. 



sence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. 

p 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what^^^-g'j'eth to his folly. 

to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee 

' to shame. 



eth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. 
'11 As a dog h returneth to his vomit, so a fool return- 



4 12 Seest thou a man ; wise in his own conceit 1 there is 



1 Fsa. 50. 4. 

misa.'-2o.'!more hope of a fool than of him. 
3a 



9 k Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself ; and „ joi>33.23.j f 13 The slothful man saith, There is k a lion in the way ; 

"a lion is in the streets. 

14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the 
slothful upon his bed. 

p 15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it ■ griev- 
eth him to bring it again to his mouth. 

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven 



discover not a secret to another : ^1^.22. 

10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thin ei Luke 4.6. 
infamy turn not away. 

* 1 1 A word ' fitly spoken is like apples of gold hi pictures 
of silver. 

* 12 As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, 
so is a wise reprover upon an ra obedient ear. 

« 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a 
faithful messenger to them that send him : for he n re- 
fresheth the soul of his masters. 

* 14 Whoso boasteth himself of ° a false gift is like clouds 
and wind without rain. 

15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and p a 
soft tongue breaketh the bone. 

16 Hast thou found honey 1 eat so much -fes is q suffi- 
cient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house ; lest 
he be r weary of thee, and so hate thee. 

?18 A man that beareth false witness against his neigh- 
bour is a maul, and a s sword, and a sharp arrow. 

k 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is 
like * a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 

i 20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, 
and as vinegar upon nitre : so is he that u singeth songs 
to a heavy heart. 

«** 21 If thine enemy be * hungry, give him bread to eat ; 
and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : 

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and 
the Lord shall 5 reward thee. 

i 23 The north wind driveth away rain : so doth an angry 
countenance a z backbiting tongue. 

fe 24 It is a better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, 
than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 

E 25 As cold waters to a b thirsty soul, so is c good news 
from a far country 



26 A 



righteous 



man d falling down before the wicked 



is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring 
i 27 It is not good to eat much honey : so for men to 
search their e own glory is not glory. 
« 28 lie that hath f no rule over his own spirit is like a 
city that is broken down, and without walls. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

Observations aloid fools, 1, about sluggards, 13, and about contentious 

busy-bodies, 17. 

• A S snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so a honour j&bo'iC 
Jm. is not seemlv for a fool. I*la^&" 

3 4. 

Matt. 2. 8. 
Gal. 4. 17. 
a Jer.9.8,9. 
Mic. 7. 



Ro. 12. 15. 
Col. 3. 16. 
Jam. 5. 13. 
x Mt 5. 44. 
Ro. 12. 20. 
y2Sa.16.12. 
z Pea. 15. 3. 
ach. 21. 9. 
b Ps. 42. 1. 
c3It.-21.28. 
Luke 2. 10. 
d2Sa.12.24. 
e ch. 27. 2. 
flSa.25.17.. 
a Est. 3. 1. 
Psa. 15. 4. 
b Nu. 23. 8. 
Rev. 13. 5. 
c John 2. 15. 
2 Cor. 10.6. 
il Jit. 7. 0. 
Luke 23. 8. 
e Mt. 16. 1. 
Titus 1. 13. 
fNu.13. 31. 
g Ps. 15. 4. 



Rev. 13. 4. 
p ch. 15. 1. 
q Ro. 12. 3.1 
1 Co. 7. 29. 
rlCo.10.31. 
s Ps. 57. 4. 
t Mt 26.70.1 

nDan.6.i&|men that can ,n render a reason. 

« 17 He that passeth by, and n meddleth with strife be- 
longing not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the 
ears. 

18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and 
death, 

p 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and 
saith, Am not I ° in sport 1 

p 20 "Where no p wood is, there the fire goeth out : so 
where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth. 

21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire ; so 
is a q contentious man to kindle strife. 
v 22 The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they 
go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 

23 r Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd 
covered with silver dross. 

P 24 He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, and layeth 
up deceit within him ; 

25 When he speaketh fair, s believe him not : for there 
are seven abominations in his heart. 

26 Whose hatred is covered by l deceit, his wickedness 
shall be shewed before the whole congregation. 

* 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that 
11 Tolleih a stone, it wiil return upon him. 
p 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are x afflicted by it ; 
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
Observations of self-love, 1, of true love, 5, of care to avoid offences, 11, 
and of the household care, 23. 

OAST not thyself a of to-morrow ; for thou knowest 
not what b a day may bring forth. 
p 2 Let c another man praise thee, and not thine own 
mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but d a fool's 
than them both. 
p 4 "Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous ; but who 




h Ex. e. 15. ! p 
2 Pet a 2~ 
i Luke 18 
11. 

Rev. 3. 17. I 
k ch. 22. 13 
Matt. 22. 5 
lch. M. 19., 

mLukc7.2o. wrath is heavier 

nlTh.4.11. 
1 Tm. 5. 13. 
o Eph. 5. 4. 
p Jam. 3. 6. 
q Nu. IG. 1. 
ch. 15. 18. 



is able to stand before 

k 5 
J 



anger 

envy r 



2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, 
so the b curse causeless shall not come. 

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and c a rod 
for the fool's back. 

4 d Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou 
also be like unto him. 

n b Answer a fool c according to his folly, lest he be wise 
in his own conceit. 

G He that sendeth f a message by the hand of a fool 
cutteth oft" the feel, and drinketh damage. 



7 The legs of the lame arc not equal : so is a parablelfGaj.2.4 



in the mouth of fools 

8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that 
s giveth honour to a fool. 

9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so 
is a parable in the mouih of fools. 



f Open rebuke is better than e secret love. 
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses 
of an enemy are deceitful. 

•*7 The h full soul J loatheth a honey-comb ; but to the 
k hungry soul every bitter thing is ' sweet. 

8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest; so is a 
n!' 1 "' 1 " man that wandereth from his place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the. 
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 

p 10 n Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake 
boTiftallnot ; neither go into thy brother s house in the day of thy 
calamity : for better is a neighbour that is near, than a 
brother far off. 

«11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I 
may answer him that reproacheth me. 

d 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth him- 
self; but the simple pass on, and are punished. 

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and 
take n pledge of him for a strange woman. 

S79 



t2Sam. 13, 

22,23. 

11 Jea. P. 33. m 

Est. 7. 10. 

x Est. 3. 5. 



c Ro. 2. 29. 
-1 Dan. 3. 19. 
e 1 Jobn 3. 
12. 



K 28a. 13.5. 
(1 Mt. 9. 12. 
i Amos 8. 5. 
k Mi. 11. 28. 1 

11 [Bun.a I. 
! m Acts 28. I 

12 Cor. a 15.1 

la Am. 1. 9. 



Of impiety, religious integrity \ PROVERBS. 

14 He that blesseth his friend with ° a loud voice, rising 
early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 

i 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a con- 
tentious woman are alike. 

16 Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind, and the oint- 
ment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself. 

i 17 Iron p sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the 
countenance of his friend. 

18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit there- 
of: so he that q waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 

* 19 As in water face answer eth to face, so the heart of 
man to man. 

t 20 Hell and destruction are never full ; r so the eyes of 
man are never satisfied 

21 Jls the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold ; 
so is, a man to his praise. 

o 22 Though thou shouldestbray a fool in a mortar among 
wheat with a pestle, yet will not 3 his foolishness depart 
from him. 

d 23 Be thou diligent l to know the state of thy flocks, 
and look well to thy herds : 

24 For a riches are not for ever : and doth the u crown 
endure to every generation 1 

£■ 25 The x hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth 
itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 

26 The y lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are 
the price of the field 

27 And thou shall have z goats' milk enough for thy 
food, for the food of thy household, and for the mainte 
nance for thy maidens. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
General observations of impiety, and religious integrity, 



but 
but 



but 



HE a wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the 
righteous are b bold as a lion. 

2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes 
thereof : but by a man of understanding and knowledge 
the state thereof shall be c prolonged. 

3 A poor man that d oppresseth the poor is like a sweep- 
ing rain which leaveth no food. 

c 4 They that forsake the law e praise the wicked : but 
such as keep the law f contend with them. 

e 5 Evil men g understand not judgment : but they that 
seek the Lord h understand all things. 

ft 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, 
than he that is perverse "in his ways, though he be rich. 

7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son : but he that is 
a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 

w 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his sub- 
stance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 

* 9 He that * turneth away his ear from hearing the law, 
even his prayer shall be abomination. 

c 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil 
way, he shall fall himself into his own pit : but the upright 
shall have k good things in possession. 

ft 11 The rich man is wise ' in his own conceit ; but the 
poor that hath understanding searcheth him out 



12 When righteous men do m rej.oice, there is 



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glory : but when the wicked rise, a man is n hidden 
"13 He that "covereth his sins shall not prosper: but 
whoso p confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy 
c 14 Happy is the man that q feareth always: but he that 
r hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. 
* IS Jls a s roaring lion, and a ranging bear ; so is l a wick- 
ed ruler over the poor people. 

6 16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a 
great oppressor : but he that hateth covetousness shall 
prolong his days. 

v 17 T, A ,Pi an that doetn violence to the blood of any per- 
son shall flee to the pit ; let no man stay him. 



u Mt. 27. 3. 
x2Pt. 1.5,9. 

y Job 7. 4. 
Psa. 50. 18. 
Luko 16.25. 
zCfD.13.10. 
& 19. 17. 
Job 20. 23. 
& 27. 1C. 
Psa. 52. 5. 
Lam. 1.9. 
Luko 16.25. 
a »It. 18. 15. 
blTim.6.6. 
c Dt. 12. 8. 
d ch. 15. 7, 
8,10. 

eActs 12.24. 
a 1 Sa. 2. 25. 
2Chr.3S.16. 
bRv. 11.15. 
c Est. 3. 15. 
il Luke 15. 
13. 

e Isa. 11. 2. 
f Da. 11. 20. 
jHos. 7; 3. 
FiHos. 5. 1. 
i Ps. 58. 10. 
kPs.41.1. 

1 Nu. 28. 8. 
Ezek. 22.31. 
Jam. 5. 18. 
m Mt. 11.17. 
n 1 John 3. 
12. 

o ch. 14. 33. 
p Est. 3. 8, 
10. 

q Bit. 5. 45. 
John I. 9. 
r Ps. 72. 4, 
13, 14. 
s Bit. 15. 14 
t Ps. 92. 6. 
Rev. 19. 18. 
19, 20. 
u Bit. 9. 30. 

2 Cor. 4. 3. 
x aiatt. 11. 
16, 19. 
y ait. 21. 28. 
z 1 Sa.3.7,8 



public and private government 

c 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved ; but he thai 
is u perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 
d 19 He that tilleth his land shall have x plenty of bread : 
but he that folio weth after vain persons shall have >' pover- 
ty enough. 

6 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings : but he 
that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 
p 21 To have respect of persons is not good : for, for a 
piece of bread that man will transgress. 
/ 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and z con- 
■j 3 sidereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 
,„'| 23 He that a rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more 
favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. 
p 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, 
It is no transgression ; the same is the companion of a 
destroyer. 

25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife : but he 
that b putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. 
c 26 He that c trusteth in his own heart is a fool : 
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 
b 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall d not lack : 
he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 

28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves : 
when they perish, the righteous e increase. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

Observations of public government, 1, and of private, 15. Of anger 

pride, thievery, cowardice, and corruption, 22. 

E that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, 
shall suddenly be a destroyed, and that without re- 
medy. 

/2 When the righteous are b in authority, the people 
rejoice : but when the wicked c beareth rule, the people 
mourn. 

3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he 
that keepeth company with harlots d spendeth h is substance . 

4 The king c by judgment establisheth the land: but he 
that receiveth f gifts overthroweth it. 

/ 5 A man that g flattereth his neighbour h spreadeth a 
net for his feet. 

6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare : 
but the righteous doth ' l sing and rejoice. 

d 7 The righteous k considereth the cause of the poor ; 
but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 

8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare : but wise 1 men 
turn away wrath. 

9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, m whe- 
ther he rage or laugh, there is no rest. 

clO The blood-thirsty "hate the upright: but the just 
seek his soul. 

1 1 A fool uttereth ° all his mind : but a wise man keep- 
eth it in till afterwards. 

12 If a ruler hearken p to lies, all his servants are wicked. 
^ 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together : the 
Lord q lighteneth both their eyes. 

b 1 4 The king that r faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne 
shall be established for ever. 

/15 The rod and reproof give wisdom : but a child s left 
to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 

16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression in-- 
creaseth : but the righteous shall see their 'fall. 

* 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he 
shall give delight unto thy soul. 

t 18 Where there is r\o vision, the people u perish : but he 
that keepeth the law, happy is he. 

19 A servant will x not be corrected bywords : for though 
he y understand he will not answer. 

p 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is 
more hope of a fool than of him. 

ft 21 He that z delicately bringeth up his servant from » 
child shall have him become his son at the length. 

sso 



Parents are to be respected. 

p 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, 



t 26 Many seek the ruler's favour ; but d every man's 

judgment cometh from the Lord. 

c 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the e just ; and 

he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. 
CHAPTER XXX. 

Agur^s confession of his faith, 1. Tlie two points of his prayer, 7, The 
meanest are not to be wronged, 10. Four wicked generations, 11. Four 
things insatiable, 15. Parents are not to be despised, 17. Four things 
hard to be known, IS. Four things intolerable, 21. Four things ex- 
ceeding wise, 24. Four things stately, 29. Wrath is to be prevented, 32. 

THE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the pro- 
phecy : the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel 
and Ucal, 

2 Surely I am a more brutish than any man, and have 
not the understanding b of a man. 

3 I neither c learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge 
of the holy. 

E4 Who hath d ascended up into heaven, or descended? 
who hath gathered the e wind in his fists 1 who hath bound 
the waters in a garment 1 who hath established all the ends 
of the earth 1 f what is his name, and what is his son's 
name, if thou canst tell 1 

* 5 e Every word of God is pure : he is a shield unto 
them that put their trust in him. 

6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he h reprove thee, 
and thou be found a liar. 

7 Two things have I required of thee ; ; deny me them 
not before I die : 

d* 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither 
poverty nor riches ; feed me with k food convenient for me : 
9 Lest I be full, and ' deny thee, and say, Who is the 
Lord? or lest I be m poor, and steal, and take the name of 
my God in vain. 

v 10 "Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse 
thee, and thou be found guilty. 

ell There is a generation that curseth their father, and 
doth not bless their mother. 

c 12 There is a generation that are pure in their ° own 
eyes, and yet is not washed from their p filthiness. 
c 13 There is a generation, O how q lofty are their eyes ! 
and their eyelids are lifted up. 

« 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, 
and their jaw-teeth as knives, to ' devour the poor from 
off the earth, and the needy from among men. 

• 15 The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, 'Give, 
give. There are three things that are never satisfied, 
yea, four things say not, It is enough : 

1G The grave; and the 'barren womb ; the earth that is 
not filled with water; and the fire thatsaith not, It is enough. 
«> 17 The eye that u mocketh at his father, and despiseth 
to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it 
out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 
« 18 There be three things which are too x wonderful for 
me, yea, four which I know not : 

19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent 
upon a rock ; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea ; 
and the way of a man with a maid. 

20 Such is the way of an y adulterous woman ; she eat- 
eth, and z wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have " done no 
wickedness. 

* 21 Tf For three things the earth is disquieted, and for 
four which it cannot bear : 

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and a furious man 
aboundeth in transgression 

23 A man's pride shall bring him a low : but honour 
shall uphold the humble in spirit. 

■w 24 Whoso is b partner with a thief, hateth his own soul : 
he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 

( 25 The c fear of man bringeth a snare : but whoso put- 
teth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. 



a Acts 12. 
23. 

Rev. 9. 20. 
b Rv. 18. 4. 
cGn.12.12. 
&20.2. 
d Gen. 43. 
14. 

Neh. 1. 4. 
Est. 4. 16. 
chap. 21. 1. 
e P<s. 15. 4. 
aRo. 11.33. 
bGen.1.26. 
c Bit. 16. 17. 
d John 3. 13. 
1 Cor. 1.24. 
Col. 2. 3. 
e Hob. 1. 3. 
f Isa. 9.5. 
6 2 Tim. 3. 
16. 

h Mt. 15. 3. 
Rev. 22. 18. 
i Jam. 5. 16. 
k Mt. 6. 11. 
1 Dt. 8. 12. 
& 31. 20. & 
32. 15. 
Neh. 9. 25. 
Job 31. 25. 
1 John 5. 10. 
m Ps. 125. 3. 
nlSa.22.9. 
o Luke 18. 
1). 

p Tit. 1.16. 
Phil. 3. 8. 
Heb. 12. 15. 
q Ps. 131. 1. 
r Exod. 1. 
15, 16. 
sJgs.17.10. 
Mt. 26. 15. 
t Gen. 30. 1. 
u Gen. 9. 22. 
x Ps. 8. 1. 
y 2Thess. 
2. 9, 10. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
Rev. 17. 3. 
zJer.7.9,10. 
Luke 18. 11. 
a 1 Sam. 15. 
13. 



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blSa.25.25. 
c Job 12. 7. 
1 Cor. 1.27. 
d Job 8. 14. 
Psa. 18. 2. 
& 40. 17. 
Mt. 7. 24. 
allcb. Jin 
old mighty 
lion, 
Nu. 23. 21. 
chap. 5. 11. 
Juhn 14. 10. 
eJob 14. 15. 
Psa. 45. 1. 
Song 1. 8. 
fEccl. 8. 3. 
* 10. 29. 

Mt. 5. 22. 
alKg.1.11. 
chap. 4. 4. 
b Isa. 49. 15 
clSo, 1.28 
1 Dt. 17. 17. 
chap. 9. 10. 
c rh. 7. 36. 

r i>t. 17. 18, 

Una. 4. 11. 
a Job 29. 
[5. 16. 

1, 1.-.,. tg 1, 

Bat. 1. 16. 
iSChr.mO 

kRov. 12. 1. 
I Eph. 5. 33. 

m Acts 13. 

nlCor.JJl. 
oPhiLS.12. 

p i\. no. a 

qMt. 13.45. 
r <-„i. ::. 1. 

t I.uko 12. 

dTrlt. 13.44. 

xlCo.I6.13. 

v Mt 5. ia 

z9Tm.a& 

a lib. 13.10 



Properties of a virtuous woman. 

22 For a servant when he reigneth ; and a fool when he 
is b filled with meat ; 

23 For an odious woman when she is married ; and a 
handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 

* 24 There be four things which are 'little upon the earth, 
but they are exceeding wise : 

25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare 
their meat in the summer ; 

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their 
houses in the d rocks ; 

27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of 
them by bands ; 

28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in 
kings' palaces. 

i 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are 
comely in going. 

30 " A lion, which is e strongest among beasts, and 
turneth not away for any ; 

31 A greyhound ; a he-goat also ; and a king, against 
whom there is no rising up. 

32" If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if 
thou hast f thought evil, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. 

33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, 
and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood : so the 
5 forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance, 1. The afflicted are to be 

comforted and defended, 6. The praise and properties of a good wife, 10. 

"HE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that a his 
mother taught him. 
2 What, my son ? and what, the son of my b womb ? 
and what, the son of ° my vows ? 

v 3 Give not thy d strength unto women, nor thy ways to 
that which e destroyeth kings. 

p 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to 
drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 

5 Lest they drink, and f forget the law, and pervert the 
judgment of any of the afflicted. 

d 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, 
and wine to those that be of heavy hearts. 

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember 
his misery no more. 

d 8 Open thy mouth for the e dumb in the cause of all 
such as are h appointed to destruction. 
d 9 Open thy mouth, ' judge righteously, and plead the 
cause of the poor and needy. 
c 10 ^f w ho can find k a virtuous woman? for her price 



/T 1 



trust in her, 



is far above rubies. 

1 1 The heart of her ' husband doth safely 
so that he shall have no need of spoil. 

12 She will do him n good and not evil all the days of 
her life. 

d 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, ° and worketh r willingly 
with her hands. 

14 She is like the q merchants' ships ; she bringeth her 
r food from afar. 

d 15 She riseth also while it is yet "night, and givetli 
meat to her household, and a ' portion to her maidens. 

16 She considereth a "field, and buyetli it: with the 
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 

17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and * strength- 
eneth her arms. 

18 She perceive th that her merchandise is good : her 
'"candle goeth not out by night. 

d 19 She laycth her hands to the z spindle, and her hands 
hold the distaff. 

d 20 She a stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she 
reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 

21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household ; for 
all her household arc clothed with scarlet. 

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22 She maketii herself b coverings of tapestry ; her 
clothing is silk and purple. 

23 Her husband c is known in the gates, when he sitteth 
among the elders of the land. 

24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and deliver- 
ed d girdles unto the merchant. 

25 e Strength and honour are her clothing ; and she 
shall rejoice in time to come. 

d 26 She openeth her mouth f with wisdom ; and in her 
tongue is the e law of kindness. 



b Rev. 19. 8. 
c John 25.8. 
2Pt.2.9, 12 
d Eph. 6. 14. 
e Mt. 16. 18. 
fCol. 4. 6. 
2 1 Co. 13. 3. 



h Phil. 2. 4. 

i Gal. 4. 26. 

k Luke 1. 

28, 29. 

1 Eev. 17. 4. 

mMt.15.28. 

nPs.107.32. 



The wise and foolish have one event, 

d 27 She h looketh well to the ways of her household, and 
eateth not the bread of idleness. 

* 28 Her * children arise up, and call her blessed ; her 
husband also, and he praiseth her. 

29 Many daughters have done virtuouslv, but thou 
k excellest them all. 

d 30 Favour is ' deceitful, and beautv is vain : but a wo- 
man that feareth the Lord, she shallbe praised. 

31 m Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let n her 
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IT EGCIJESIASTES, OM THE PEEACHEK. 

CHAPTER I. 
The Preacher sheweth that all human courses are vain, 1; because the 
creatures are restless in their courses, 4 : they bring forth nothing neio, 
and ull old things are forgotten, 9 : and because he hath found it so in 
the studies of wisdom, 12. 

— HE words of the Preacher, the son of David, a king 
of Jerusalem. 
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vani- 
b all is vanity. 
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he 
c taketh under the sun 1 

f 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation 
cometh : but the d earth abideth for ever. 

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and 
c hasteth to his place where he arose. 
-E 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about 
unto the north ; it f whirleth about continually, and the 
wind returneth again according to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not 
full : unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither 
they g return again. 

8 All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : 
the h eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with 
hearing. 

k 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; 
and that which is done is that which shall be done : and 



there is no * new thing under the sun. 

10 Is there anything whereof it maybe said, See, k this is 
new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 

1 1 There is ' no remembrance of former things; neither 
shall there be any remembrance of things that are to 
come with those that shall come after. 

/ 12 % m I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 
13 And I n gave my heart to seek and search out by wis- 
dom concerning ° all things that are done under heaven : 
this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be 
exercised therewith. 

t 14 I have p seen all the works that are done under the 
sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 

15 That which is q crooked cannot be made straight : 
and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 

16 1 communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am 
come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than 
all they that have been before me in Jerusalem : yea, my 
heart had r great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 

17 And I 9 gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know 
'madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation 
of spirit. 

D 18 For in much wisdom is much u grief: and he that 
mcreaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 

. CHAPTER II. 

The vanity of human courses in the works of pleasure, I. Though the 
wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event, 12. The vanity of 
human labour, in leaving it they know not to whom, 18. Nothing better 
'^\J°Jl ln . 0Ur labour; but that is God's gift, 24. 

fcAiu m my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with 
mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, this also 
vanity. 



ach. 11.10. 
b Ro. 8. 20. 
1 Cor. 7. 31. 
c Mt. 13.22. 

1 Cor. 15. 5. 
d2Pt.3.10. 
Rev. 21. 1. 
e Ps. 19. 5. 
f John 3. 8. 
gps. 107.26. 
hi Cor. 2. 9. 
Ph. 4. 11,12, 
i 2 Co. 5. 17. 

2 Pet. 2. 1. 
k Mt. 5. 12. 
1 l'r. 10. 7. 
mPs.51.12. 
1 Tm. 1. 16. 
n Eph. 5. 15. 
oPs. 111. 2. 
Dan. 4. 26. 
Rom. 1. 20. 
p Acts 1.20. 
1 Cor. 2. 4. 
1 John 1. I. 
q Psalm 51. 
5,10. 

chap. 7. 13. 
r Job 7. 7. 
Heb. 5. 14. 
slTh.5.21. 
tch. 11. 9. 
u ch. 12. 12. 
ICor. 1.21. 
ITm. 1.4,5. 
a Luke 12. 
19. 

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c. Jgs. 16. 19. 

I Sa. 25. 36. 
Am. 6. 3, 6. 
dlKg.18.21. 

I Matt. 6.24. 
e Gen. 11.4. 
Dan. 4. 30. 
Luke 20. 18. 
f Gen. 7.1. 
& 9. 24. 
g Sg. 4. 15. 
h Rev. 22. 2. 
i Gn. 26. 22. 
k 1 Kgs. 10. 
14. 21, 26. 

II Kg. 9.28. 
m Job 1.22. 
n Jgs. 14. 3. 
Matt. 6. 22. 

ch. 5. 17. 
p Luke 15. 
17. 

q Col. 3.1. 
r Mk. 4. 30. 

1 Cor. 2. 13. 
si Kg. 3. 12. 
Tit. 2. 7, 8. 
tch. 11.7. 
Eph. 5. 13. 
u Ps. 49. 10. 
chap. 9. 11. 
% Matt. 6. 
19, 20. 
Phil. 3. 20. 
y Pr. 10. 7. 
z Luke 16. 
25. 

ja Jonah 4. 

3,8. 

Phil. 1.23. 
lb Jonah 4.1. 

clKg.12.14. 
Id Luke 8. 14. 
ilTim.fi. 10. 



2 I said c of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What 
doeth it 1 

3 I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, d yet 
acquainting my heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on 
folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of 
men, which they should do under the heaven all the days 
of their life. 

4 I e made me great works ; I builded me f houses ; I 
planted me vineyards : 

5 I made me gardens and s orchards, and I planted 
trees in them h of all kind of fruits : 

6 I made me ' pools of water, to water therewith the 
wood that bringeth forth trees : 

7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born 
in my house ; also I had k great possessions of great and 
small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me ; 

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar 
treasure of kings, and of the provinces : I gat me men- 
singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons 
of men, as 'musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 

g 9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were 
before me in Jerusalem : also my wisdom m remained 
with me. 

10 And whatsoever n mine eyes desired I kept not from 
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for ° my 
heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion 
of all my labour. 

k 11 Then I p looked on all the works that my hands had 
wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and 
behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was 
q no profit under the sun. 

12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and r mad- 
ness, and folly : for what can the man do that cometh 
9 after the king 1 even that which hath been already done. 

k 13 Then I saw that * wisdom excelleth folly, as far as 
light excelleth darkness. 

14 The wise man's eyes are in his head ; but the fool 
walketh in darkness : and I myself perceived also that 
u one event happeneth to them all. 

15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth lo the fool, 
so it happeneth even to me ; and why was I then "more 
wise ? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 

& 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than 
of the fool for ever ; seeing that which now is in the days 
to come shall all be y forgotten. And how dieth the wise 
man? z as the fool. 

17 Therefore I a hated life; because the work that h 
wrought under the sun is grievous unto me : for all is 
vanity and vexation of spirit. 

/ 18*^[ Yea, b I hated all my labour which I had taken 
under the sun : because I should leave it unto the man 
that shall be after me. 

19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man 
c or a fool ? yet shall he have rule over all my labour 
wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed 
mvself wise under the sun. This is also d vanity. 

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20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart e to de- 
spair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 

21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and 
in knowledge, and in equity ; yet to a man that hath not 
laboured therein shall he f leave it for his portion 
also is vanity and a great evil. 

22 For what hath man of g all his labour, and of the ^mo. 
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the 
sun 1 

t 23 For h all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; 
yea, his heart taketh not J rest in the night. This is also 
vanity. 

d 24 % There is nothing better for a man than that he 
should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul en- 
joy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was k from 
the hand of God. 

25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto 
more than 1 1 

26 For God giveth to a man that is ' good in his sight, 
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy : but to the m sinner he 
giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give 
to him that is good n before God. This also is vanity and 
vexation of spirit. 

CHAPTER III. 
By the necessary change of tunes, vanity is added to human travail, 1. 
There is an excellency in God's work, 11. But as for man, God shall 
judge his works hereafter, and here he shall be like a beast, 16. 

TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every 
purpose under the heaven : 

2 A time to be a born, and a time to b die ; a time to 
c plant, and a time to pluck d up that which is planted ; 

3 A time e to kill, and a time to heal ; a time to break 
down, and a time to build up ; 

4 A time to f weep, and a time to g laugh ; a time to 
mourn, and a time to dance ; 

5 A time h to cast away stones, and a time to ! gather 
stones together ; a time to embrace, and a time to k re- 
frain from embracing ; 

6 A time to get, and a time to lose ; a time to keep, and 
a time to cast away ; 

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew ; a time to ' keep 
silence, and a time to speak ; 

8 A time to love, and a time to m hate ; a time of war, 
and a time of peace. 

9 n What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he 
laboureth 1 

t 10 I have ° seen the travail, which God hath given to 
the sons of men to be exercised in it. 

11 p He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : 
also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man 
can q find out the work that God makelh from the begin- 
ning to the end. 

d 12 I know that there is no good T in them, but for a man 
to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 

13 And also that every man should 3 eat and drink, and 
enjoy the good of all his labour ; it is the gift of God. 

t 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be l for 
ever : u nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from 

it 
t 



e ch. 12. 1. 
Rom. 6. 21 
fMt. 6. 20. 
Luke 16. 9. 
. g Da. 3. 11. 
ThlS'Kv. 14. 13. 
I h Job 14. 1. 
i Ps. 127. 1 



kLv. 26.19. 
Dt.8.17,18. 
Hos. 2. 8, 9. 
11 Co. 3. 21. 
m Job 20.11, 
n Luke 1. 6. 
a Gal. 4. 4. 
bHeb.9.27. 
c 1 Cor. 3. 8. 
d Isa. 5. 5. 
e Ex.21. 13. 
f iMt. 9. 15. 
g Rev. 19.1. 
h 1 Cor. 5. 4, 
i Eph.4. 11, 
12. 
klCor.7.5. 

1 Am. 5. 13. 
m Luke 14. 
26. 

n Alt. 6. 27. 
oFs. 11.2. 
p Isa. 29.16. 
q Ro. 11. 33. 
r John 15.5.' 

2 Cor. 3. 5. 
s 1 Co. 10.31. 
tRo. 11. 36 
Jam. 1. 17. 
uls.10.5,15. 
Bit. 8. 8, 9, 
John 19. 
10, 11. 

x Alal. 3. 8. 
y Mi. 7. 3, 4. 
z2Co.5. 10. 
2Th.l.6, 7. 
a Ps. 49. 12. 
& 73. 22. 



bPhil.3.21 
Rev. 14. 13. 
cGen. 3. 19. 
Luke 23. 43. 
Phil. 1.23. 
dl Tli. 4. 17, 
e 2 Co. 1.12. 
flTim.6. 
6,7. 

aPs. 4J. 1. 
b Isa. 59. 16. 
La. 1. 1, 2. 
2Tm.4. 16 
cMt. 11.6. 
Phil. 1.21. 
d Job 3. 11, 
12,16,21. 
e Alt. 9. 34. 
Phil. 1. 10. 
1 John 3. 12. 
fMt. 25.26. 
John 6. 27. 
g Pr. 26. 16. 
h Isa. 5. 8. 
i 1 John 2. 
16. 

k Alark C. 7. 
1 Cor. 12. 8. 
I John 8. 16. 
Heb. 10. 14. 
m 1 Kings 

1,2. 
Eph. 2. 19. 
n Dan 3. 17. 
olTm.1.12. 

. iKg.2aa 

16 ^[ And moreover I saw under the sun the place oflrSontiai; 

'Sa. 15.0. 

14.28. 

o Isa. 57.20. 

17 I said in my heart, God shall ' judge the righteonsJaAcuio. ' 



and God doeth it, that men should fear before him 
15 That which hath been is now ; and that which * is to 
be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past. 



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cir. 977. 



'judgment, that y wickedness was there 
righteousness, that iniquity ivas there. 



and the place o\\\%* 



33. 



and (he wicked : for there is a time there for every purpose ipet.2.1.2. 
and for every work. |Msam.i5. 

18 I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons:^ 1 
of men, that Cod might manifest them, and that they might 
*vr that they themselves are a beasts. 



1 Mult. 0.7. 
p Pr. 10. 19. 
Jam. J. 19. 



Of oppression, envy, covetousness, &c 

19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth 
beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, 
so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a 
man hath b no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. 

* 20 All go unto c one place ; all are of the dust, and all 
turn to dust again. 

* 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth a upward, 
and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the 
earth 1 

d 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, 
than that a man should e rejoice in his own works ; for 
that is his f portion : for who shall bring him to see what 
shall be after him 1 

CHAPTER IV. 

Vanity is increased unto men by oppression, 1, by envy, 4, by idleness, 5, 

by covetousness, 7, by solitariness, 9, by icilfulness, 13. 

/jC£ O I returned, and a considered all the oppressions that 
k3 are done under the sun : and behold the tears of such 
as were oppressed, and they had b no comforter ; and on 
the side of their oppressors there was power ; but they had 
no comforter. 

2 Wherefore I c praised the dead which are already 
dead more than the living which are yet alive. 

3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath d not yet 
been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under 
the sun. 

/4 TJ Again, I considered all travail, and every right 
work, that for this a man is e envied of his neighbour. 
This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 

5 The fool f foldeth his hands together, and eateth his 
own flesh. 

6 g Better is a handful with quietness, than both the 
hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 

8 There is one alone, and there is not h a second ; yea, 
he hath neither child nor brother : yet is there no end of 
all his labour ; neither is his l eye satisfied with riches : 
neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my 
soul of good 1 This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 
/ 9 % k Two are better than one ; because they have a 
good reward for their labour. 

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow : but 
wo to him that is l alone when he iaileth ; for he hath not 
another to help him up. 

1 1 Again, if m two lie together, then they have heat : 
but how can one be warm alone ? 

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand 
him ; and n a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 

/ 13 1 Better is a "poor and a wise child, than an old and 
foolish king, who will no more p be admonished. 

14 For out of prison he cometh q to reign: whereas also 
he that is born in his kingdom becometh r poor. 

15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, 
with the 3 second child that shall stand up in his stead. 

16 There is no l end of all the people, even of all that 
have been before them : they also that come after shall 
u not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexa- 
tion of spirit. 

CHAPTER V. 

Vanities in divine service, 1, in murmuring against oppression, 9, and 

in riches, 9. Joy in riches is the gift of God, 18. 

EEP thy a foot when thou goest to the house of God, 
and be more ready to hear, than to give the b sacri- 
fice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil. 

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart 
be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in 
heaven, and thou upon c earth : therefore let thy words 
be d few. 

* 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of busi- 
ness ; and c a fool's voice is laiown by multitude of words. 

3S3 



K 



The vanity of riches. 

d 4 When thou f vowest a vow unto God, defer not s to 
pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which 
thou hast vowed. 

5 Better is it that thou shouldest h not vow, than that 
thou shouldest vow and not pay. 

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin ; neither 
say thou before the £ angel, that it was an error : where- 
fore should God be k angry at thy voice, and destroy the 
work of thy hands 1 

7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there 
are also divers vanities : but ' fear thou God. 

* 8 % If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent 
perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel 
not at the matter : for he that is higher than the highest 
m regardeth ; and there be " higher than they. 
-/ 9 *j[ Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king 
himself ° is served by the field. 

/ 10 He that p loveth silver shall q not be satisfied with 
silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this 
is also vanity. 

11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat 
them : and what good is there to the r owners thereof, sav- 
ing the beholding of them with their eyes % 
f 12 The 3 sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he 
eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not 
suffer him to sleep. , 

* 13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, 
namely, l riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 

14 But those riches perish by evil travail : and he be- 
getteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 

15 u As he came forth of his mother's womb, * naked 
shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of 
his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 

16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he 
came, so shall he go : and what profit hath he that hath 
laboured for the wind 1 

17 All his days also he eateth in y darkness, and he hath 
much z sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 

d 18 % Behold that which I have seen : it is good and 
comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good 
of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days 
of his life, which God giveth him : for it is his a portion. 

19 Every man also to whom God hath b given riches 
and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and 
to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; this is the 
gift of God. 

20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life ; 
because God c answereth him in the joy of his heart. 

CHAPTER VI. 

The vanity of riches without use, 1, of children, 3, and old age ivithout 
riches, 6. The vanity of sight, and wandering desires, 9. The con 
elusion of vanities, 11. 

THERE is a an evil which I have seen under the sun 
and it is common among men : 

2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and 
honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that 
he b desireth, yet God giveth him c not power to eat there 
of, but a a stranger eateth it : this is vanity, and it is an 
evil disease. 

3 *j[ If a man c beget a hundred children, and live many 
years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul 
be f not filled with good, and also that he have s no burial ; 
I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. 

4 For he 



x I Kgs. 21. 
13. 

cometh in with vanity, and departeth irilaaaJs." 
darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. hM?^ 2-3 



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cir. 977. 



ECCLESIASTES. Remedies against vanity 

7 All the labour of man is for his m mouth, and yet the 
appetite is n not filled. 

8 For what hath the wise "more than the fool 1 what 
hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living ? 

9 % Better is the sight of the eyes than p the wander- 
ing of the desire : this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 

10 That which hath been is named already, and it is 
known that it is man : neither may he q contend with him 

at is mightier than he. 

11 ^ Seeing there be many things that r increase vanity, 
what is man the better 1 

12 For s who knoweth what is good for man in this life, 
all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a 
' shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him 
under the sun ? 



t'Nu. 30. 3. 
g Mai. 2. 14. 
h Acts 5.2,5. 
ilCo.11.10. 
Rev. 2. 1. 
k Acts 5. 5. 
1 cli. 12. 14. 
m Pa. 12. 5. 

2 Kings 
19. 35. 
Dan. 12. 1. 
oGn.41.47. 
2Chr.26.16. 
p Ps. 52. 7. 
1 Tm. 6. 10. 
ql Kg. 21.6. 
Pr. 30. 15. 
r Ps. 49. 17. 
Nah. 3. 17. 
s Ps. 127. 2 
tl Kg. 21.4. 
Mt. 13. 22. 
Luke 12. 
20. 

u Job 1.21. 
Prov. 23. 4. 

1 Tm. 6. 17. 
xPs.51. 5. 
y Job 30. 8, 
z Est. 3. 5. 
& 5. 13. 

a Ps. 16. 5. 
& 73. 26. 
b2Th.3.10. 
c Ps. 4. 6, 7. 
Isa. 64. 5. 
Ro. 5. 1, 2. 
ach. 5. 14. 
b Ps. 17. 14. 
& 73. 7. 
c Job 21.25. 
il Luke 12. 
20. 

e 2 Chron. 
11.21. 
f Job 21. 23. 
_lSa.31.10. 

2 Kgs. 9. 35. 
Jer. 22. 19. 
h Ps. 51. 4. 
i Pr. 10. 7. 
k Job 14. 1. 
1 Isa. 65. 20. 



B. Christ 
cir. 977. 



m 1 Tim. 6. 

6. 

n John 6.26. 

Mt. 5. 6. 

1 Cor. 2. 9. 
pNu.23.10. 
1 John 3. 2. 
q Isa. 45. 9. 
r Rv. 3. 17. 
s Job 11. 12. 
t Ps. 39. 5. 
a Pr. 22. 1 . 
bl John 3.2. 
Rv. 14. 13. 
c Jer. 18. 2. 
il Da. 5. 1,2, 
e 2 Co. 7. 10 
fNeh.l. 4. 
g Isa. 22. 12. 
h Acts 2. 37. 
i Job 20. 5 
k Jer. 20. 7. 
1 Luke 16. 
25. 

m Phi!. 4.5, 
n Jonah 4.9, 
Jam. 1. 19. 
o Jgs. 6. 23. 
Jer. 44. 17. 
p Jobl. 11. 
q Job 1. 10. 
r Pr. 14. 20. 
sPs.107.31. 
t Isa. 14.27. 
it Deut. 28. 



- bMt.23.32 

o Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known anyv^™-*- 
a S Ji this hatl * k m ore rest than the other. eJer.'sa.^) 

wVtf' th 9ugh he live 'a thousand years twice told,Wd£iii 



yet hath he seen no good : do not all go to one place ] 



Ro. 3. 23. 
h2Sa.16.10. 



CHAPTER VII. 

Remedies against vanity are, a good name, 1, mortification, 2, patience, 

7, wisdom, 11. The difficulty of getting ivisdom, 23. 

f-A a GOOD name is better than precious ointment ; 

.oL and the day of b death than the day of one's birth. 

d 2 % It is better to go to the house of mourning, than 
to go to the c house of d feasting : for that is the end of all 
men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 

k 3 e Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness 
of the countenance the heart is made better. 

4 The f heart of the wise is in the s house of mourning ; 
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 

5 It is better to hear the h rebuke of the wise, than for 
a man to hear the song of fools : 

;*• 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the 
; laughter of the fool : this also is vanity. 

k 7 % Surely oppression maketh k a wise man mad ; and 
a gift destroyeth the heart. 

8 Better is the ' end of a thing than the beginning there- 
of : and the m patient in spirit is better than the proud in 
spirit. 

v 9 Be not " hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger 
resteth in the bosom of fools. 

10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the "former 
days were better than these 1 for thou dost not inquire 
wisely concerning this. 

& 11 % Wisdom is p good with an inheritance : and by it 
there is profit to them that see the sun. 

12 For wisdom is a q defence, and r money is a defence : 
but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth 
life to them that have it. 

d 13 Consider s the work of God : for who can make that 
' straight, which he hath made crooked 1 

d 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of 
adversity u consider : God also hath set the one over 
against the other, to the end that man should find nothing 
after him. 

15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; 
there is a just man that x perisheth in his righteousness, 
and there is a wicked man that y prolongeth his life in his 
wickedness. 

d 16 Be not righteous z over much; neither make thyself 
a over wise : why shouldest thou destroy thyself? 

17 Be not b over much wicked, neither be thou foolish : 
why shouldest thou die c before thy time 1 

C 18 It is good that thou shouldest d take hold of this ; yea, 
also from this withdraw not thy hand : for he that feareth 
God shall e come forth of them all. 

19 Wisdom f strengthened the wise more than ten 
mighty men which are in the city. 

* 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that E doetli 
good, and sinneth not. 

P 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken ; 
lest thou hear thy servant h curse thee : 

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The divine providence is to be observed. 

22 For oftentimes also thine own heart 
h thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 

23 % All this have I ' proved by wisdom : I said, I will 
be m wise ; but it was far from me. 

24 That which is n far off, and exceeding ° deep, who 
can find it out 1 

25 I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to 
seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know 
the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness : 

w 26 And P I find more bitter than death the woman whose 
heart q is snares and nets, and her hands as bands : 
whoso r pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the 
sinner shall be taken by her. 

27 Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, count- 
ing one by one, to find out the account ; 

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not : s one 
man among a thousand have I found ; but • a woman 
among all those have I not found. 

i 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man 
u upright; but they have sought out many * inventions. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Kings are greatly to be respected, 1. The divine providence is to be ob- 
served, 6. It is better with the godly in adversity, than with the ivicked 
in prosperity, 12. The work of God is unsearchable, 16. 

WHO is as the a wise man ? and who knoweth the 
interpretation of a thing ? a man's wisdom maketh 
b his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be 
changed. 

d 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and 
that in regard of the c oath of God. 

3 d Be not hasty to go out of his sight : stand not in an 
evil thing ; for he doeth e whatsoever pleaseth him. 

4 Where the word of a king is, there is power : and who 
may say unto him, f What doest thou ? 

5 Whoso s keepeth the commandment shall feel no 
evil thing : and a wise man's heart discerneth both h time 
and judgment. 

6 ^f Because to every purpose there is time and judg- 
ment, therefore the ' misery of man is great upon him. 

7 For he k knoweth not that which shall be : for who 
can tell him when it shall be 1 

i 8 There is no man that hath power over the 
retain the spirit : neither hath he power in the 
death : and there is no discharge in that war : 
shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every 
work that is done under the sun : there is a time wherein 
one man ruleth over another to his m own hurt. 

10 And so I saw the wicked "buried, who had come 
and gone from the ° place of the holy, and they were 
l ' forgotten in the city where they had so done : this is 
also vanity. 

'■ 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily, therefore n the heart of the sons of men is 
fully set in them to do evil. 

c 12 *i\ Though a sinner do evil a hundred r times, and his 
days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be 9 well 
with them that four Cod, which fear before him : 
wl3 But it shall 'not be well with the wicked, neither 
shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow ; be- 
cause he feareth not before God. 

14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth 
that there be ' 



m Pr. 30. 2. 
n 1 Tim. 6. 
16. 

oRo.ll. 33. 
Eph. 3. 18. 
p 1 Kings 
11. 3, 4. 
q Jgs. 16. 18. 
Itv. 17. 4, 5. 
r Gd. 39 8. 
s Mt. 7. 15. 
tlTm.2.14. 
u Gn. 1. 26. 
xGn.3.6,7. 
Psa. 12. 1. 
a Dcut. 4. 6. 
bMk.6. 20. 
Acts 6. 15. 
c Ezek. 17. 
18. 

d lSa.20.1. 
e Da. 5. 19. 
flSa.12.12. 
1 Kings 18. 
18. &20. 42. 
Job 34. 18. 
g Ex. 1. 17. 
Hos. 5. 11. 
hlSa.25.36. 

Luke 19. 
42,44. 
kNu. 14.42. 
Jer. 10. 23. 

1 Isa. 28. 15. 
in 1 Kings 
11.31. 
n Luke 16. 
22. 

P9. 82. 1. 
p Pr. JO. 7. 
qPs. 50. 21. 
r Rom. 2. 5. 

2 Pet. 3. 9. 
sMt.25.34. 
t Isa. 3. 10. 
u Da. 11.35. 

1 Cor. 11.32. 
x Ps. 37. 11. 
Acta 20. 21. 
y eh. 2. 14. 
1 Co. 10. 31. 



spirit to 

1 day of 

neither 



Luke 17 

ia 

1 Tb. 9. 52,3.1 

t2P.-i.20. 15. 

2 Kg*. 7. 1. 

u I lvt..-,.R. 



llqHg.1.5,9. 

ust men, unto whom it happeneth according tS 
to the u work of the wicked : again, there be wicked men, 
to whom it happeneth according to the "work of the right- 
eous : I said that this also is vanity. 

*>15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath nojj P ' r ' •* ■*>• 
better thing under the sun, than 3 to eat, and to drink, andj : <i'<v r '3.:i. 
to be merry : for that shall abide with him of his labour So. 19,15? 
the days of his life, which God <rivcth him under the sun. '' 
97 .1 ( 



ECCLESIASTES. Wisdom better than strength 

weth that B c \°%f j 16 % When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and 
i Titus 3. 3. J to see the business that is done upon the earth : (for also 
iko.'i: 22?'! there is that neither 'day nor night seeth sleep with hia 
eyes :) 

t 17 Then I beheld a all the work of God, that a man 
cannot find out the work that is done under the sun : be- 
cause though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall 
b not find it ; yea further ; though a wise man think to 
know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Lake things happen to good and bad, 1. There is a necessity of death 
unto men, 4. Comfort is all their portion in this life, 7, God's provi- 
dence ruleth over all, 11. Wisdom is better than strength, 13. 

OR all this I considered in my heart even u to declare 
all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their 
works, are in the hand of God : no man b knoweth either 
love or hatred by all that is before them. 

2 All things come alike to all : there is c one event to 
the righteous and to the wicked ; to the good, and to the 
clean, and to the unclean ; to him that sacrificeth, and to 
him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner; 
and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 

3 This is an evil among all things that are done under 
the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the 
heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and "madness ism 
their heart while they live, and after that they go to the 
dead. 

* 4 ff For to him that is joined to all the living there is 
hope : for d a living dog is better than a dead lion. 

E 5 For the living e know that they shall die: but the 
dead f know not any thing, neither have they any more a 
s reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. 

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is 
now perished ; neither have they any more h a portion for 
ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 

7 If i Go thy way, k eat thy bread with joy, and drink 
thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy 
works. 

A 8 Let thy ' garments be always white ; and let thy 
head lack no ointment. 

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the 
days of the '" life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee 
under the sun, all the days of thy vanity : for that is thy 
portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest 
under the sun. 

d 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with D thy 
might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, 
nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 
t 11 ^f I returned, and saw under the sun, that the ° race 
is not to the swift, nor the p battle to the strong, neither 
yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of under- 
standing, nor q yet favour to men of skill ; but time and 
chance happeneth to them all. 

12 For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes 
that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are 
caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men r snared in 
an evil time, when it falleth s suddenly upon them. 

* 13 *ft This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and 
it seemed great unto me : 

14 There was a little 'city, and few men within i( ; and 
there came u a great king against it, and besieged it, and 
built great bulwarks against it : 

15 Now there was found in it * a poor wise man', and he 
y by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man * remem- 
bered that same poor man. 

16 Then said I, Wisdom * is better than strength? 
nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his 
words are not heard. 

17 The words of wise men are heard b in quiet more 
thon the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 

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z Job 9. 10. 
Jer. 12. 1. 
a Ps. 93. 5. 
b Job 10. 2. 
& 40. 2. & 
42.5. 

Ps. 73. 16. 
Jer. 17. 9. 
a Mt. 5. 5. 
b Ro. 8. 20. 
cJohn3.24. 
Rom. 8. 16. 
Rev. 14. 13. 
a licit. mad- 
ncsseSf 
Job 21. 13. 
Mai. 3. 13. 
d Est. 6. 3. 
chup.4. 9. 
Ezek.29.19. 
e Luke 2. 29. 
f Job 14.21. 
1 Co. 15. 19. 
g Isa. 49. 4. 
h Ps. 17. 14. 
IPt. 1.4,5. 
i Luke 12. 
18, 19. 
k Pr. 9. 5. 
1 Acta 5. 21, 
m Rom. 8. 
20,21. 
1 Cor. 7. 28. 
n 1 Cor. IC. 
10. . 
Eph. 5. 16. 
,, Am. 2. 14. 
p !:•;,. I7.50, 



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c Jbsh. 7. 5. 
Jam. 2. 10. 
a 2 Sa. 19.1. 
2Chr. 19.2. 
b Alt. 6. 33. 
Col. 3. 1. 
c Luko 14. 
28,32. 
d Prov. 28. 
2. &. 17. 28. 

1 Pet- 4. 4. 
elSa.25.28. 
Prov. 15. 1. 
fl Kg. 12. 8. 
Esther 3. 1. 
g Heb. 11. 
37, 38. 
James 2. 5. 
h Pr. 30. 22. 
Rev. 17. 3. 

i Est. 7. 10. 
k Jgs. 9. 53. 

2 Sa. 15. 12. 
1 1 Kgs. 3. 9. 
2Chr. 19.5. 
m 2 Cliron. 
13.4. 

nEph.4.29. 
o Ps. 53. 1. 
p Acts 24. 1. 
q Jam. 4. 13. 
r Pr. 13. 16. 
Acts 9. 6. 
s2Chr.!3.7. 
t Ps. 72. 1. 
u2Sa.l6.7. 
x Esther 2. 
21,23. 

a Luke 6.30. 
2 Cor. 9. 7. 
b Heb. 6. 10. 
cGal.6.9,10. 
lTm. 6. 18. 
dPs. 112.9. 
Luke 19. 8. 
e Pr. 4. 23. 
Alt. 16. 21. 
a Or, wind, 
John 3. 8. 
f Ps. 139. 14. 



Directions for charity. 

t 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war 
sinner destroyeth much good. 

CHAPTER X. 

Observations of tvisdom and folly, I, of riot, 16, slothfulness, 18, and mo- 
ney, 19. Men's thoughts of kings ought to be reverent, 20. 

t "B~^EAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to 
JLf send forth a stinking savour : so doth a a little folly 
him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 

2 A wise man's heart is at his b right hand ; but a fool's 
heart is at c his left. 

3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, 
his wisdom faileth him, and d he saith to every one that he 
is a fool. 

k 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave 
not thy place ; for e yielding pacifieth great offences. 

5 There is an evil which. I have seen under the sun, as 
an f error which proceedeih from the ruler : 

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the s rich sit in low 
place. 

7 I have seen ''servants upon horses, and princes walk- 
ing as servants upon the earth. 

8 He that l diggeth a pit shall fall into it ; and whoso 
k breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 

9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith ; and 
he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 

d 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, 
then must he put to more strength: but l wisdom is profit- 
able to direct. 

* 11 Surely the "serpent will bite without enchantment ; 
and a babbler is no better. 

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are "gracious ; 
but the lips of a fool will ° swallow up himself. 

13 The p beginning of the words of his mouth is foolish- 
ness : and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 

14 A fool also is q full of words : a man cannot tell what 
shall be ; and what shall be after him, who can tell him 1 

15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of 
them, because he knoweth not how to go to the r city. 

16 % Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is 9 a child, and 
thy princes eat in the morning ! 

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son 
of ' nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, 
and not for drunkenness ! 

p 18 1| By much slothfulness the building decayeth ; and (]L 
through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. mRoVe.' 

IT A ff»icr la marlo fny* lanrrhtrkr anrl winD wrjb-olli ^A, 7 \ 

2Tm.2. 22! 
a La. 3. 27. 
b Hos. 7. 9. 
c Ps. 76. 5. 
d2Sa.19.35. 
e Job 17. 13. 
fGen.3. 19. 
g Phil. 1.23. 
h Ps. 62. 9. 
iJer.23.28. 
Matt. 3. 7. 
Acts 2. 37. 
2 Cor. 10.4. 
k Luke 16. 
29. 

2 Tim. 3. 
16, 17. 

1 Alt. 12.36. 
Acts 17. 3. 
Rom. 2. 16. 

2 Cor. 4. 5. 
mis. 28. 17. 
Alicah 7. 9. 
Alt. 25. 31. 
Luke 12. 2. 
John 5. 29. 
Acts 17. 30, 



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The Creator to be remembered in youth. 

with child : even so thou knowest not the works of God 
who maketh all. 

d * 6 In the morning sow thy « seed, and in the evening 
withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest not whether 
shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both 
shall be alike good. 

7 Truly the h light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is 
for the eyes to behold the sun : 

8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; 
yet let him i remember the days of darkness ; for they 
shall be k many. All that cometh is vanity. 

(9 U ' Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy 
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the 
ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but 
know thou, that for all these tilings God will bring thee 
into '"judgment. 

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put 
away n evil from thy flesh : for childhood and youth are 
vanity. 

CHAPTER XII. 

The Creator is to be remembered in due time, 1. The Preacher's care to 

edify, 8. Tliefear of God is the chief antidote of vanity, 13. 

d W% EMEMBER now thy Creator in the a days of thy 
Sm> youth, while the evil days come not, nor the b years 
draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in 
them ; 

* 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, 
be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : 

e 3 In the day when the c keepers of the house shall 
tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and 
the grinders cease because they are few, and those that 
look out of the windows be darkened, 

4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the 
sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the 
voice of the bird, and all a the daughters of music shall be 
brought low ; 

5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, 
and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall 
flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire 
shall fail : because man goeth to his e long home, and the 



19 *jf A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh 
merry : but money answereth all things, 
p 20 % u Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought ; and 
curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber : for * a bird of the 
air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall 
tell the matter. 

CHAPTER XI. 
Directions for charity, 1. Death in life, 7, and the day of judgment in 
the days of youth, are to be thought on, 9. 

d MT\ AST thy bread a upon the waters : for thou shalt find 

%J it b after many days. 

2 Give a c portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou 
knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 

» 3 If the d clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves 
upon the earth : and if the tree fall toward the south, or 
toward the north, in the place where the tree faileth, 



there it shall be. 
1 4 He that e observeth the wind shall not sow ; and hel^ 14 1( 
that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. ig° .-ij>,5& 

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the " spirit, 'it?'. 'i.\i.\ with 'every secret thing, whether it be 
nor how f the bones do grow in the womb of her that isijaSaiaW oe evi '- 



hjo b22.'2a(mourners go about the streets : 

?Luke'i6.J £ 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl 

lTm.e.i's.'Ibe broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the 

k Job 14. 12. . J * . 

wheel broken at the cistern. 

* 7 Then shall the f dust return to the earth as it was : and 
the spirit shall return s unto God who gave it. 

8 *|[ h Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher ; all is vanity. 

9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he 
still taught the people knowledge : yea, he gave good 
heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 

d 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words : 
and that which was written, was upright, even words of 
truth. 

11 The words of the wise are as i goads, and as nails 
fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given 
from one shepherd. 

12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of 
making k many books there is no end ; and much study is 
a weariness of the flesh. 

<H3 If Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : 
Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the 
whole duty of man. 

1 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, 

good, or whether 



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CHAPTER I. 
The church's love unto Christ, 1. She confesseth her deformity, 5, and 
prayeth to be directed to his flock, 7. Christ directeth her to the shep- 
herds' tents, 8 : and shewing his love to her, 9, giveth her gracious pro- 
mises, 11. The church and Christ congratulate one another, 12. 

THE a Song of songs, which is Solomon's. 
2 Let b him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth : 
for thy c love is better than wine. 

3 Because of the d savour of thy good ointments thy 
e name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the vir- 
gins love thee. 

a 4 Draw me, we will f run after thee : the King hath 
brought me into his s chambers : we will be glad and re- 
joice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine : 
the upright love thee. 

5 I am black, but h comely, O ye daughters of Jerusa- fE,?b\a!i7. 
Jem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. J-^ni^. 

6 Look not upon me, because I am ' black, because the kHab. 1/13 
sun hath looked upon me : my k mother's children were xGa'iAas 
angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the viire 
yards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou 
' feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for 
why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of 
thy companions 1 

AS %U thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go 
thy way forth by the m footsteps of the flock, and feed thy 
kids beside the shepherds' tents. 

9 I have compared thee, O n my love, to a company of 
horses in Pharaoh's ° chariots. 

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy 
neck with p chains of gold. 

11 1 We will make thee borders of gold with stud3 of 
silver. 

a 12 % While the King sitteth at his r table, my spikenard 
sendeth forth the smell thereof. 

13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me ; he 
-hall lie all night s betwixt my breasts. 
s 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of 'camphire in 
the vineyards of En-gedi. 

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love ; behold, thou art fair; 
thou u hast doves' eyes. 

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant : 

our bed is green. 

The y beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters 



I 



16 

also 
17 

of fir. 

CHAPTER II. 
The mutual love of Christ and his church, I. The hope, 8, and calling 

of the church, 10. Christ's care of the church, li. The profession of 

the church, her faith and hope, 16. 

_ AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the a valleys 
2 As the lily b among thorns, so is my love among 
the daughters. 

a 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is 
my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow 
with great delight, c and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 

4 He brought me to-the banqueting house, and his ban- 
ner over me ivas d Iove. 

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples : for I 
am e sick of love. 

6 His f left hand is under my head, and his right hand 
doth embrace me. 

7 I charge you, O ye daughters cf Jerusalem, by the 
roes?, and by the hinds of the field, that ye p slir not up, nor 
awake my love, till he please. 

8 The h voice of my beloved ! behold, he 'cometh leap- 
ing upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 

9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : behold, 
■( . 



a 1 Kg. 4.32. 
b John 3. 29. 
cEph.5.25. 
d 2 Co. 2. 14. 
e Phil. 2. 9. 
f Rev. 14. 4. 
g John 14.2. 
hEph.2.10. 
ilTh.2.3. 
k Acts 20. 
30. 

1 Ps. 23. 1. 
mEph.5. 1. 
Heb. 13. 7. 
1 Pet. 1.21. 
n John 13. 
15. 

Rv. 19. 14. 
p J Pt. 3. 4. 
q Gen. 1. 26. 

1 Cor. 12.5. 
r Mt.8. 11. 



Col. 1. 6. 
1 Pet. 1. 23. 
y Eph. 1.90. 
aHos. 14.5. 
bMt.10.16. 
clTh.1.10. 
d Rom. 5.5. 
1 John 4. 10. 
e Ps. 42. 1. 
John 5. 40. 
fJohn.3.24. 
Eph. 5. 29. 
g Jam. 5. 7. 
1 Pet. 5. 6, 7. 
li John 10.3. 
i Luke 19. 
12. 

Acts 3. 20. 
21. 



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1014. 



k John 1.14 
1 Rv. 22. 20. 
m Rv. 13. 7. 
n Rev. 15. 3. 

2 Co. 2. 15. 

i>Mt. ifi.ia. 

•1 Rv. 19.20. 
r Vs. 137. 9. 
s Gal. 2. 20. 
a Hob. 
Mow on, 
chap. 4. 16. 

1 Th. 5. 5. 

2 Pet. 1. 19. 
t2Sa.2.29. 
a ch. 5. 2, 3. 
Rev. 2. 22. 
lil.uknlS.l. 
Ro. 15. 30. 
Jam. 5. 16. 
clBa.56.10. 
dMt.2.3,4. 
eGn.32.26. 
Prov. 4. 13. 
Eph. 3. 18. 
f Ro. 10. 10. 
Gal. 4. 19. 

g Rev. 12. fi. 
hHeb. 1.11. 
i Neh. 4.22. 
Mt. 13. 25. 
Eph. 6. 12. 
a Or, 
throng, 
Rov. 3.21. 
k Rov.3; 12. 
I Mt. 12.50., 
m Rov. 11. | 
15. 

n Rov. 21.2. 
a Eph. 1.18.1 
lil Co. 11.5. 
c John 5.41, 

,! I i ., 1 |0 

Jam. 3. 16. 



he standeth behind k our wail, he looketh forth at the 
windows, shewing himself through the lattice. 
d 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my 
love, my fair one, and ' come away. 
e 1 1 For lo, the m winter is past, the rain is over and 
gone; 

12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the 
n singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is 
heard in our land ; 

13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the 
vines with ° the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, 
my love, my fair one, and come away. 

14 % O my dove, that art in the r clefts of the rock, in 
the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, 
let me hear thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy 
countenance is comely. 

15 Take us the q foxes, the r little foxes, that spoil the 
vines : for our vines have tender grapes. 

e 16 % My beloved is s mine, and 1 am his : he feedeth 
among the lilies. 

17 Until the day "break, and the shadows flee away, 
turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart 
upon the mountains of ' Bether. 

CHAPTER III. 

The church's fght and victory in temptation, 1. The church glorielh 
in Christ, 6. 

Y night on a my bed I sought him whom my soul 
loveth : I sought him, but I found him not. 

2 I will rise now, and b go about the cily in the streets, 
and in the broad ways I will seek kim whom my soul 
loveth : I sought him, but I found him not. 

3 The c watchmen that go about the city found me : to 
whom I said, d Saw ye him whom my soul loveth 1 

« 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found 
him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and would e not let 
him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, 
and into the chamber of her that f conceived me. 

5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the 
roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor 
awake my love, till he please. 

i 6 % Who is this that cometh out of the e wilderness like 
pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, 
with all powders of the merchant 1 
f 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's : h threescore 
valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. 
o 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war : every 
man hath his sword upon his thigh because ' of fear in 
the night. 

9 King Solomon made himself a "chariot of the w r ood 
of Lebanon. 

a 10 He made the k pillars thereof of silver, the bottom 
thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst 
thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Je- 
rusalem. 

11 Go forth, O yc daughters of Zion, and behold king 
Solomon with the crown wherewith his ' mother m crown- 
ed him in the day of his n espousals, and in the day of the 
gladness of his heart. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Christ sctlelh forth the graces of the church, 1 : He fthcwrlh his love fa 

her, 8. The church prayeth to be made Jit for his presence, 16. 

c T)EIIOLI), thou art fair, my love ; behold, thou art 
'm3 fair ; thou hast * doves' eyes b within thy locks : thy 
hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 
2 Thy c teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even 
" shorn, which came up from the washing ; whereof every 
one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 

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than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us 1 



1014. 
e Col. 4. 6. 
f2 Co. 10.4. 
glsa. 66.11 

1 Pet. 2. 2. 
h Acts 3.21. 

2 Pet. 1. 19. 
i Rev. 14. 3 
k Rev. 21. 2 
IRv. 17. 14 

IM). 
vvliearted, 
Isa. 62. 5. 

b lib. toes, 

1 John 2. 2, 
3. 

m Ev. 10. S. 
nRv.Q1.27. 

Til us 2. 4. 
pi Co. 1.22. 
q Jolm 15.8. 
r 1 Cor. 12. 
5,6. 

lieb. 12. 15. 

1 Pet. 4. 10. 
s John<4. 10. 
Rev. 22. 1. 
t Ro. 6. 22. 
Col. 1. JO. 
Isa. 5. 2, 3. 
a ch. 4. 16. 
h John 15.5. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
cJohnl5.]4. 
d Rev. 3. 00. 
e Luke 11. 
7. & 12. 35. 
f Luke 11. 
00. 

g r*. 04. 7. 
hMt.Q6.75. 
i Lam. 3. 8. 
kJer.18.18. 
1 Isa. f>3. 18. 
m 1 Tim. 6. 
15,16. 



A description of Christ, and SOLOMON'S 

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy e speech l 
is comely : thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate 
within thy locks. 

4 Thy neck is like the f tower of David builded for an 
armoury, whereon there hang & thousand bucklers, all 
shields of mighty men. 

5 Thy two s breasts are like two young roes that are 
twins, which feed among the lilies. 

6 Until the h day break, and the shadows flee away, I 
will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of 
frankincense. 

e 7 Thou art all fair, my love ; there is * no spot in thee. 

8 Come with me from Lebanon, k my spouse, with me 
from Lebanon : look from the top of Amana, from the 
top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' ' dens, from the 
mountains of the leopards. 

9 Thou hast "ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse ; 
thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with 
one chain of thy neck. 

c 10 How fair is thy b love, my sister, my spouse ! how 
much better is thy love than wine ! and the smell of thine 
ointments than all spices ! 

■Ell Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb : 
honey and milk are under thy tongue ; and the smell of 
m thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 

12 A garden "enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a 
spring ° shut up, a p fountain sealed. 

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with 
q pleasant fruits ; camphire, with spikenard, 

14 Spikenard and saffron ; calamus and cinnamon, with 
all trees of frankincense ; myrrh and aloes, with all the 
r chief spices : 

1 5 A fountain of gardens, a well of s living waters, and 
streams from Lebanon. 

a 1 6 % Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; 
blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow 
out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his 
1 pleasant fruits. 

CHAPTER V. 
Christ awaketh the church with his calling, 1. Tlie church having a taste 

of Christ's love, is sick of love, 2. A description of Christ by his 

graces, 9. 

AM a come into my garden, my sister, my spouse : I 
have gathered my b myrrh with my spice ; I have eaten 
my honey-comb with my honey ; I have drunk my wine 
with my milk: eat, O c friends; drink, yea, drink abundant- 
ly, O beloved. 

a 2 %-l sleep, but my heart waketh : it is the voice of 
my belovel that 6 knocketh, saying, Open to me, my 
sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled : for my head is 
filled with dew, ana my locks with the drops of the night. 

3 I have put off my coat ; e how shall I put it on 1 I have 
washed my feet ; how shall I defile them 1 

4 My beloved put in his f hand by the hole of the door, 
and my bowels were moved for him. 

5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands 
dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling 
myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 

e-6 I g opened to my beloved ; but my beloved had 
withdrawn himself, and was gone : my soul h failed when 
lie spake : I sought him, but I could not find him ; I call- 
ed him, but he gave me no " answer. 

7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, 
they k smote me, they wounded me : the keepers of the 
walls took away my vail from me. 

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find 
my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 

?.. Jf ^ is lh y beloved * more than another beloved, O 
m fairest among women 1 what is thy beloved more 



SONG. 



the graces of the church. 



B. Christ 
1011. 



n Dan. 7. 9. 
Isa. 63. 1,2. 

Phil. 2. 9. 
Rev. 19. 11. 
p Rev. 1. 14. 
i] Rev. 1. 14. 
rLuke4.22. 
3 Luke i.78. 
2 Cor. 7. 15. 
t Isa. 63. 6. 
Rev. 1. 15. 
a\lb.s7ceet- 
tiesses, 
Rom. 15. 4. 
b Heb. 
desires, 
Isa. 52. 14. 

1 Cor. 1. 03. 
a Acts 2. 
37. & 4. 4. 
bMt. 13.23. 
cNu. 24.2,5. 
Acts 5. 11. 

2 Cor. 10.4. 
Eph. 6. 13. 
Rev. 19.4. 
d lKg.11.3. 
e2Sa.7.23. 
Eph. 4. 4, 5. 
fGaI.4. 16. 
Eph. 5. 1«. 
g 1 Pet. 1. 2. 
h2Pet.l.l9. 
i Rev. 12. 1. 
k Psa. 149. 
6, 7, 8. 
Isa. 13. 3. 
Joel 3. 11. 
I Psa. 92. 12, 
13. 

mHos 1.11. 

n Ex.32. 1. 1 

aEph.6. 15. 

blCo.4.12 

Heb. 2. 10. 

Jam. 1. 17. 

c 1 Co. 4. 15 

1 Th. 2. 7. 

Gal. 4. 19. 

d Isa. 66. 11 

e Ro. 6. 6. 

f Isa. 11. 3. 

B John 14. 

23. 



t 10 My beloved is "white andruddv, the °chiefest among 
ten thousand. 

E 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, 
and p black as a raven. 

1 2 His eyes are as the eyes of ' doves by the rivers of 
waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers : 
his lips tike lilies, dropping r sweet-smelling myrrh. 

14 His hands are as gold rings set with the*' beryl : his 
s belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 

15 His ' legs are capillars of marble, set upon sockets 
of fine gold : his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as 
the cedars. 

' 16 His mouth is "most sweet: yea, he is altogether 
6 lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O 
daughters of Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Tlie church professeth her faith in Christ, I. Christ sheiccth the grace.s 

of the church, 4, and his love towards her, 10. 

HITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among 
women 1 whither is thy beloved turned aside 1 a that 
we may seek him with thee. 

2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the b beds 
of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 

3 I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine : he feed- 
eth among the lilies.- 

s4 *fi Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely 
as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 
s 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have over- 
come me : thy c hair is as a flock of goats that appear 
from Gilead. 

e 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up. from 
the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there 
is not one barren among them. 

7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within 
thy locks. 

8 There are d threescore queens, and fourscore concu- 
bines, and virgins without number. 

9 My dove, my undefiled is e but one ; she is the only 
f one of her mother, she is the g choice one of her that bare 
her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her ; yea, the 
queens and the concubines, and they praised her. 

i 10 ^[ Who is she that looketh forth as the h morning, 
fair as tlie moon, clear as * the sun, and k terrible as an ' 
army with banners 1 

11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the 
fruits of the valley, and to see whether the ' vine flourish- 
ed, and the pomegranates budded. 

12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the 
chariots of Ammi-nadib. 

13 m Return, return, O Shulamite ; return, return, that 
we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shula- 
mite 1 As it were the company of n two armies. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Jl further description of the church's graces, 1. The church professeth hei 

faith (Hid desire, 10. 

OW beautiful are thy a feet with shoes, O prince's 
daughter ! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, 
the work of the hands of a b cunning workman. 

2 Thy c navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth 
not liquor ; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with 
lilies. 

3 Thy two & breasts are like two young roes that art 
twins. 

g 4 Thy neck is as a e tower of ivory; thine eyes like the 
fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim : thy 
1 nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward 
Damascus. 

g 5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy 
head like purple ; the King is s held in the galleries. 

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Isaiah's complaint of Judah. 

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, h for 
delights ! 

7 This thy stature is like to a ' l palm-tree, and thy breasts 
to <- usters of grapes. 

8 I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold 
of the boughs thereof : now also thy breasts shall be as 
h clusters of the vine, and the ' smell of thy nose like apples ; 

9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my 
beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the m lips of 
those that are asleep to speak. 

e 10 ^f n I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. 

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the ° field ; 
let us lodge in the villages. 

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards ; let us see if 
the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and 
the pomegranates bud forth : there will I give thee p my 
loves. 

13 'The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are 
all manner of pleasant fruits, q new and old, which I have 
" laid up for thee, O my beloved. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

The love of the church to Christ, l. The vehemency of love, 6. Tlie calling 

of the Gentiles, 8. The church pray elh for ChrisVs coming, 14. 

Othat thou wert as my a brother, that sucked the 
breasts of my mother! when I should find thee with- 
out, I would b kiss thee ; yea, I should not be despised. 

2 I would c lead thee, and bring thee into my a mother's 
house, who would instruct me : I would cause thee to drink 
of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 

3 His left hand should be e under my head, and his 
right hand should embrace me. 



B. Christ 
1014. 



h Isa. 66. 
10.11. 
i Eph. 4. 13. 
Rev. 7. 9. 
k Isa. 66. 11. 
2 Pet. I. 8. 
12 Co. 2. 14. 
m Acts 2. 4, 
11,12. 
Eph. 5. 15. 
n Gal. 3. 29. 
oJohn 15.5. 
p Ezek. 20. 
40. 

q Mt. 13. 52. 
r 1 Cor. 2. 9. 
a Mt. 12.50. 
Heb. 2. 11. 
bPs.2. 12. 
c lsa. 60.11. 
d Gal. 4. 26. 
e ch. 2. 6. 
2 Cor. 12. 9. 



ISAIAH. He exhorteth to repentance. 

4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir 
not up, nor awake my love, until he please. 

e 5 Who is this that cometh up from the f wilderness 
g leaning upon her beloved ? I raised thee up under the 
apple-tree : there thy mother brought thee forth : there 
she brought thee forth that bare thee. 
& 6 «[[ Set me as a seal upon h thy heart, as a seal upon thine 
1 arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as 
the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath 
a most vehement flame. 

k 7 Many waters k cannot quench love, neither can the 
floods drown it : if a man would give all the substance of 
his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 

8 f We have ' a little sister, and she hath no breasts : 
what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall 
be m spoken for ? 

9 If she be a n wall, we will build upon her "a palace of 
silver : and if she be a door, we will enclose her with 
boards of cedar. 

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I 
in his eyes as one that found " favour. 

1 1 Solomon had a p vineyard at Baal-hamon ; he let out 
the vineyard unto keepers ; every one for the fruit thereof 
was to bring a thousand /^'eces of silver. 

12 My vineyard which is mine, is before me : thou, O 
q Solomon, must have a thousand, r and those that keep the 
fruit thereof two hundred. 

13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions 
hearken to thy voice : cause me to hear it. 

14 ^f 9 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a 
roe or to a. young hart upon l the mountains of spices. 



B. Christ 
1014. 



f Rev. 12. 6. 
g Isa. 63. 
II, 13,14. 
1 Pet. 5. 10. 
h2Tm9J9. 
i Isa. 40. 11. 
&. 49. 15,16. 
k Mt. 7. 27. 
Ro. 8. 39. 
lEph. 1. 10. 
m Acts 11. 
19, 22, 23. 
n Rev. 21. 
12, 14, 18. 
o Eph. 2. 22. 
a tlb.peare, 
Ro. 5. 1, 10. 
pMt.21.33. 
Rev. a. 1. 
qMt.21.11. 
r 1 Co. 3. 6,7. 
sRv.22. 22. 
tLuke!9.12. 



f THE BOOK OF TMM PfTOPHET ISAIAH. 



CHAPTER I. 
Isaiah complainelh of Juduh for her rebellion, 2 : He lament eth her judg- 
ments, 5: He upbraidcth their whole service, 10 : He exhorteth to re- 
pentance, tvith promises and threattnings, 16. Beivailing their toick- 
edness,he denouncelh God's judgments, 21 : He promiseth grace, 25, 
and threateneth destruction to the ivicked, 23. 

THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he a saw 
concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uz- 
ziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 

s 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth : for the 
Lord hath b spoken, I have c nourished and brought up 
children, and they have rebelled against me. 

« 3 The a ox knoweth his owner, arid the ass his master's 
crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth e not 
consider. 

'4 Ah sinful nation, a people f laden with iniquity, e a 
seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters ! they have 
forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of 
Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 

t* 5 Why should ye be stricken b any more? ye will revolt 
more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole 
heart faint. 

6 From the ! sole of the foot even unto the head there 
is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putre- 
fying sores : they have u not been closed, neither bound up, 
neither mollified with ointment. 

r 7 Your country is 'desolate, your cities are "' burnt with 
fire : your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and 
it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a 
vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a "be- 
sieged city. 

e 9 ■ Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very 
small remnant, we should have been ° as Sodom, and we 
should have been like unto Gomorrah. 

'"10 *[\ Hear the word of the Lord, ye p rulers of So- 
ns 



B. Christ 
cir. 760. 



a 2 Co. 4. 18. 

1 Pet. 1. 11. 

2 Pot. 1. 21. 
b Am. 3. 4. 
c Dt. 7. 6. 
ch. 5. 1, 2. 
d Pr. 7. 22. 
Jer. 8. 7. 
ech. 5. 11. 
f Rev. 18.5. 
g Jer. 7. 26. 
Matt. 3. 7. 
h Jer. 9. 3. 

i 2 Chron. 
28. 5, 8. 
k Jer. 8. 22. 
IPs. 107.34. 
m 2 Chron. 
25. 23, 25. 
aOr, 
watched, 
or, wasted, 
Jer. 4. 17. 
Ezek. 6. 12. 
n Ro. 9. 29. 
oGn. 19.24. 
Dt. 32. 32. 
pJob34.18. 
Ezek. 16.46. 



R. Christ 
cir. 760. 



qMt. 28.20 
r Mic. 6. 7, 8. 
slSa. 15.22. 
t Jor. 7. 22. 
uMt. 15.9. 
x Ps. 50. 16. 
yZoch.11.8. 
■/. Am. 2. 13. 
a Pr. 28. 27. 
bl Tim. 2.8. 
Jer. 4. 14. 
.1 I Pet.3.13. 
oMt.23.23. 
fch. 43. 28. 
K Rev. 1.14. 
h Titus 1.2. 
BChr.15 12. 
k Jor. 2. 20. 
IMie.8.3,3, 
m 2 Chron. 
2. 17. 
IIo«.4.18 



dom : give ear q unto the law of our God, ye people of 
Gomorrah. 

1 1 To what purpose is the ""multitude of your sacrifices 
unto me? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt-offerings 
of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I s delight not in 
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 

f 2 When ye come to appear before me, who hath ' re- 
quired this at your hand, to tread my courts ? 
;> 13 Bring no more u vain oblations : incense is an abomi- 
nation unto me ; the new-moons and sabbaths, the calling 
of assemblies, * I cannot away with ; it is iniquity, even 
the solemn meeting. 

14 Your new-moons and your appointed feasts my soul 
y hateth : they are a trouble unto me; I am z weary to 
bear them. 

u> 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will a hide 
mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many prayers, 
I will not hear : " your hands are full of blood. 
d * 16 If c Wash you, make you clean : put away the evil 
of your doings from before mine eyes ; d cease to evil ; 
d 17 Learn to do well ; seek e judgment, relievo the op- 
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 
<> 18 Come now, and Ictus f reason together, saith the 
Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as 
s white as snow ; though they be red like crimson, they 
shall be as wool. 

M9 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good 
of the land : 

'« 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with 
the sword: for the '"mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 
£21 If How is ' the faithful city become k a harlot! il 
was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but 
now ' murderers. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy m wine mixed with 
water : 

389 



A prophecy of Christ's kingdom. 
e 23 Thy "princes are rebellious, and 



ISAIAH. 



companions of 
thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth "after re- 
wards : they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause 
of the widow come unto them. 

v> 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the 
mighty One of Israel, p Ah, I will ease me of mine adver- 
saries, and avenge me of mine enemies : 

& 25 1 And q I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely 
purge away thy dross, and take away all thy r tin : 

r 26 And I will s restore thy judges as at the first, and 
thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt 
be called, The 'city of righteousness, the faithful city. 

i> 27 Zion shall be u redeemed with judgment, and her 
converts with x righteousness. 

t 28 ^[ And the destruction of the y transgressors and of 
the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the 
Lord shall be consumed. 

29 For they shall be z ashamed of the oaks which ye 
have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens 
that ye have chosen. 

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as 
a garden that hath a no water. 

* 31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it 
as a spark, and they shall both b burn together, and none 
shall c quench them. 

CHAPTER II. 

Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christ's kingdom, 1. Jfickedness is the 
cause of God's forsaking, 6: He exhorteth to fear, because of the pow- 
erful effects of God's majesty, 10. 

THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning 
Judah and Jerusalem. 
r * 2 And it shall come to pass in the a last days, that the 
b mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the 
top of the mountains, and shall be c exalted above the 
hills ; d and all nations shall flow unto it. 

* S And many people shall go and say, e Come ye, and 
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of 
the God of Jacob; and he will f teach us of his ways, and 
we will walk in his paths : for g out of Zion shall go forth 
the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
r * 4 And he shall h judge among the nations, and shall 
1 rebuke many people : and they shall k beat their swords 
into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks : 
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall 
they ' learn war any more. 

e 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the 
m light of the Lord. 

c 6 H Therefore thou hast " forsaken thy people the house 
of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and 
are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they "please them- 
selves in the children of strangers. 

7 Their land also is full of p silver and gold, neither is 
there any end of their treasures ; their land is also full of 
horses, neither is there any end of their chariots : 

P 8 Their land also is full of q idols ; they worship the 
1 work of their own hands, that which their own fingers 
have made : 

9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man 
humbleth himself: therefore 'forgive them not. 

e 10 % Enter into the 'rock, and hide thee in the dust, 
for u fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. 

'"11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the 
haughtiness of men shall be * bowed down, and the Lord 
alone shall be exalted in that day. 

r 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every 
one that is » proud and lofty, and upon every one that is 
lilted up ; and he shall be brought low : 

8 ] r<^j d Upon a11 the ced ars of Lebanon, that are high 
and fitted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 



B. Christ 
cir. 760. 



n Hos. 9. 15. 
Mic. 7. 3. 
o2Pet.2.15.- 
p La. 3. 33. 
Hos. 11. 8. 
q Hos. 3. 5. 
r Ro. 10. 3. 
Phil. 3. 9. 
s chap. 60. 
17, 18. 
tRv.21.27. 
u Rev. 8. 7. 
xRv. 19. 11. 
yRv.22.15. 
z Rev. 9.21. 
a ch. 50. 11. 
bRv. 19.19. 
c Rv. 14. 10. 
aJer.23.20. 
b Rev. 14. 1. 
c Da. 2. 44. 
d Ps. 11. 10. 
eZech.8.20. 
fRv. 22. 5. 
g Luke 24. 
47. 

hMt.28.18. 
i John 16. 
8,9. 

k Hos. 2. 18. 
I Ps. 72. 2. 
Rv. 19. 20. 
& 20. 10. 
m Eph. 5. 8. 
nRo. 11.20. 
o Jer. 10. 2. 
pPs.62. 10. 
Mic. 3. 11. 
q Jer. 2. 28. 
r Rev. 9. 20. 
sch.27. II. 
t Rv. 6. 15. 
uHb. 12.29. 
Rev. 18. 10. 
x Ps. 149. 8. 
Mai. 4. 1. 
Rev. 19. 18. 
y Psa. 110. 
5. &. 131. 1. 



B. Christ 
cir. 760. 



The impudence of the people. 
; high mountains, and upon all the 



z 2 Co. 10.4. 

aPs. 49.7. 

Rev. 18. 17. 

bRv. 18. 11. 

c ch. 5. 15. 

& 13. 11. 

d Da. 7. 14. 

eZech.13.7. 

f Luke 23. 

10. 

g Ps. 75. 3. 

& 102. 13. 

Haggai 2. 

6, 21, 22. 

h Ps. 146. 3 

Jer. 17. 5. 

iJob 27.3. 

aLv.26.26. 

Am. 8. 11. 

b Hos. 7. 7. 

c Am. 5. 13. 

dEccI.10.6. 

aHb.menof 

illusions. 

1 Kg 22.22. 

e Micah 3. 

1,2. 

f ch. 24. 2. 

g John 6. ]5. 

h Judg. 11. 
4,5. 

i Mi. 3. 12. 
k ch. 5. 19. 
1 Jer. 3. 3. 
m Gn. 19.5. 
n Gen. 7. 1. 
2Pt. 2. 7,8. 
o Ezek. 9. 
4.5. 

p'Ps. 11.6. 
Eccl. 8. 13. 
Gal. 6. 7, 8. 
qNah.3.13. 
rMk. 15.14. 
s Rev. 6. 16. 
t Psa. 9. 4. 
Judo 

ver. 14, 15. 
uch.25.10. 
xMt.21.33. 
Rev. 14. 19. 
y ch.58. 4. 
r. Mi. 3. 2,3. 



14 And upon all the 
hills that are lifted up, 

15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced 
wall, 

e 16 And upon all the a ships of Tarshish, and upon all 
pleasant b pictures. 

*■ 17 And the "loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and 
the haughtiness of men shall be made low : and the Lord 
d alone shall be exalted in that day. 

r 18 And the "idols he shall utterly abolish. 

e 19 And they shall go into the f holes of the rocks, and 
into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for 
the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth s to shake terri- 
bly the earth. 

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and 
his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to 
worship, to the moles and to the bats ; 

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops 
of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory 
of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 
P 22 h Cease ye from man, whose 'breath is in his nos- 
trils : for wherein is he to be accounted of? 

CHAPTER III. 
The great confusion ivhich cometh by sin, 1. Hie impudence of the peo- 
ple, 9. The oppression and covetousness of the rulers, 12. The judg- 
ments which shall be for the pride of the women, 16. 

~ OR behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take 
away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and 
the a staff, the whole stay of bread, and the Avhole stay of 
water, 

2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the b judge, 
and the prophet, and the " prudent, and the ancient, 

3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and 
the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent 
orator. 

? " 4 And I will give d children to be their princes, and 
"babes shall rule over them. 

5 And the e people shall be oppressed, every one by 
another, and every one by his neighbour : the f child shalt 
behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base 
against the honourable. 

6 When a- man shall s take hold of his brother of the 
house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou 
our h ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand : 

7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a 
healer ; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing : 
make me not a ruler of the people. 
«> 8 For Jerusalem is 'ruined, and Judah is fallen : because 
their k tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to 
provoke the eyes of his glory. 

w 9 If The l shew of their countenance doth witness against 
them ; and they declare their sin m as Sodom, they hide it 
not. Wo unto their soul ! for they have rewarded evil 
unto themselves. 

6 10 Say ye to the "righteous, that it shall be " well with 
him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 

w 1 1 Wo unto the wicked ! it shall be p ill with him : for 
the reward of his hands shall be given him. 

v 12 ^[ As for my people, children are their oppressors, 
and q women rule over them. O my people, they which 
lead thee r cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy 
paths. 

13 The Lord s standeth up to plead, and standeth to 
'judge the people. 

14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the an- 
cients of his people, and the "princes thereof: for ye have 
eaten up the x vineyard ; the spoil of the poor is in your 
houses. 

p 15 What mean ye that ye y beat my people to pieces, and 
'grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts. 

390 



■N' 



throats, 

1 Pet. 3. 5. 
aSong5.12. 

2 Pet. 2. 14. 
b Mt. 14. 6. 
c Dt. 28. 27. 
Rev. 16. 2. 
dJer. 13.22. 
IN ah. 3.5. 
Rev. 18.23. 
e Jgs. 8. 21. 
f Gn. 24. 22. 
g Jgs. 14.12. 
h Pr. 23.21. 
i Mi. 1. 16. 
k Lam. 1. 4 
Jer. 14. 1. 

1 Luke 19. 
44. 

a nb. 3. 24. 
b2Th.3.12. 
c Luke 1.25. 
d cb. 1. 25. 
e Jer. 23. 5. 
fEph.5,26. 
2Pt. 1. 4. 
h ch. 60. 21. 
i Rev. 3. 5. 
k 1 Pt. 4. 17, 
1 Zech. 2.5. 
mDt. 32.27. 
Psa. 84. 3. 
eh. 25. 4. 
Hob. 6. 18. 
n Mt. 7. 25. 
a John 3.29. 
b Jer. 2. 21. 
cMt. 21.34. 

1 Dt. 32. 6. 
ch.1.2, 3. 

~ Sa. 12. 6. 
Mi. 6. 3, 5. 
fMt.23.37. 
& 24. 40, 
41. 

2 Chr. 36. 
15, 16. 

g Dt. 32. 39. 
chap. 15. 7. 
Amos 3. 6. 



Christ's kingdom shall be a sanctuary. ISAIAH 

c 16 % Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters] *£%$ 
of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth * necks \rsib. 
and a wanton eyes, walking and b mincing as they go, and " 
making a tinkling with their feet : 

w 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a c scab the 
crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord 
will d discover their secret parts. 

18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of 
their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, 
and their e round tires like the moon, 

19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers. 

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the 
head-bands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings, 

21 Tae rings, and f nose-jewels, 

22 The s changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, 
and the wimples, and the crisping-pins, 

23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and 
the vails. 
w 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet 

smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a "'rent; 
and instead of well set hair s baldness ; and instead of a 
stomacher a girding of sackcloth : and burning instead 
of beauty. 

to 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in 
the war. 

26 And her k gates shall lament and mourn; and she, 
being J desolate, shall sit upon the ground. 

CHAPTER IV. 

In the extremity of evils, Christ's kingdom shall be a sanctuary. 

r A ND in a that day seven women shall take hold of one 
/% man, saying, We will eat b our own bread, and wear 
our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to 
take away c our reproach. 

r 2 d In that day shall the e branch of the Lord be beau- 
tiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excel- 
lent and comely for them that are s escaped of Israel. 

3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and 
he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called h holy, even 
every one that is ' written among the living in Jerusalem : 

4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of 
the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of 
Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the k spirit of judg- 
ment, and by the spirit of burning. 

6 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place 
of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and 
smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : 
for upon all the glory shall be ' a defence. 
h G And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the 
day time from the heat, and for m a place of refuge, and 
for a covert from storm and from n rain. 

CHAPTER V. 
Under the parahle of a vineyard, God excuselh his severe judgment, 1 : 
His judgments upon covelousness, 8, upon lasciviousness, 11, upon 
impiety, 13, and upon injustice, 20. The executioners of God's judg- 
ments, 2<). 

"OW will I sing to my a well-beloved a song of my 
beloved touching his b vineyard. My well-beloved 
hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : 

1 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, 
and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in 
the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein : and 
he c looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought 
forth a wild grapes. 

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of 
Judah, "judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, 
' that I have not done in itl wherefore, when I looked that 
it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes 1 

r 5 And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to my 
vineyard: I will stake away the hedge thereof, and it 



B. Christ 
cir. 7G0. 



Dent. 28. 
49, 58. 
i Flos. 4. 14. 
k Luke 18.7. 
IMicab.2.2. 
Hab. 2. 12. 
in Ezek. 11. 
15. 

n ch. 7. 23. 
Amos 5. 13. 
6.9. 

Eccl. 10. 
16, 17. 

1 Tli. 5. 7. 
p Amos 6.6. 
1 2 Kg. 17.6. 
Psa. 38. 5. 
Hos. 4. 11. 
rile v. 18.2. 

chap. 1. 3. 
Jer. 8. 7. 
Lnko 19.44. 
t l)t.28. 05. 
Lam. 2. 10. 
ii rsa. 9.16. 
Rev. 19. 1, 
2, 3. 

x John 21. 
15. 
y i-li. HI. Ui. 

' Pet.2.11. 
a Pb. 30. 4. 
MicahS. 1. 
Ii Jer. 9. 4. 
• IV 14, I. 
I Ezok. 12. 
13. 

Jer. 17. 16, 

fAm.5. 10. 
■■ Ro. 1.29, 
Mia!,.'.'. 16, 
Uohn IBA0. 
k Hos.9. 16. 
I 2 Kg. 13.3. 
mLv.26.14. 
Hob. 10.81. 

it ch. ii. ia 

o Dt. 28. to. 

P«n . 72. 8. 
Jer. 5. 15. 
Hal. 1. II. 

p Joel 2. 7,8. 



night 



Judgments on impiety and injustice. 

shall be eaten up ; and break down the wall thereof, and 
it shall be trodden down : 

6 And I will lay it h waste : it shall not be l pruned, nor 
digged ; but there shall come up briers and thorns : I will 
also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 
« 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house 
of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant : and 
he looked for judgment, but behold oppression ; for right- 
eousness, but behold k a cry. 

B 8f Wo unto them that ' join house to house, that lay 
field to field, till there be m no place, that they may be 
placed alone in the midst of the earth ! 

9 In mine ears, said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth 
many "houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, with- 
out inhabitant. 

1.0 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and 
the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 
w 1 1 T[ Wo unto them that rise up ° early in the morning, 
that they may follow strong drink; that continue until 
till wine inflame them ! 

12 And the p harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and 
wine, are in their feasts : but they q regard not the work 
of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. 
» 13 •[[ Therefore my people r are gone into captivity, be- 
cause they have s no knowledge : and their honourable 
men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her 
mouth without measure : and their glory, and their mul- 
titude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend 
into it. 

15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the 
mighty man shall be humbled, and the ' eyes of the lofty 
shall be humbled : 

t 16 But the Lord of hosts shall be u exalted in judgment, 
and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 

17 Then shall the * lambs feed after their manner, and 
the waste places of the y fat ones shall z strangers eat. 
iv 18 Wo unto them that a draw iniquity with cords of vani- 
ty, and sin as it were with a b cart-rope : 

19 That c say, Let him d make speed, and hasten his 
work, that we may see it : and let the counsel of the Holy 
One of Israel e draw nigh and come, that we may know it. 
™ 20 % Wo unto them that call evil good and good evil ; 
that put f darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that 
put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 
w 21 Wo unto them that are g wise in their own eyes, and 
prudent in their own sight ! 

22 Wo unto them that are h mighty to drink wine, and 
men of strength to mingle strong drink : 

23 Which i justify the wicked for reward, and take away 
the righteousness of the righteous from him ! 
«> 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the 
flame eonsumeth the chalT, so their k root shall be as rot- 
tenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust : because 
they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and 
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 
l " 25 Therefore is the ' anger of the Lord kindled against 
his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against 
them, and hath smitten them : and the hills did tremble, 
and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. 

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still. 

r 26 f And he will lift up an n ensign to the nations from 
far, and will hiss unto them from the ° end of the earth ; 
and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly : 

27 None shall be p weary nor stumble among them ; 
none shall slumber nor sleep ; neither shall the girdle oi 
their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be 
broken : 

391 



/iMtah's vision of GocVs glory. 

28 Whose q arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, 
their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their 
wheels like a whirlwind. 

29 Their r roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like 
young lions : yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, 
and shall carry it away safe, arid none shall deliver it. 

30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the 
roaring of the 9 sea : and if one look unto the land, behold, 
' darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the 
u heavens thereof. 

, CHAPTER VI. 
Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory, 1, being terrified, is confirm- 
ed for his message, 5 : He sheiveth the obstinacy of the people unto their 
desolation, 9. A remnant shall be saved, 13. 

»*TN the year that king Uzziah a died I saw also the Lord 
JL b sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train 
filled the temple. 

2 Above it stood the c seraphims : each one had six 
wings ; with twain he covered his d face, and with twain he 
covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 
t 3 And one cried unto another, and said, e Holy, holy, 
holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole f earth is full of his 
glory. 

4 And the E posts of the door moved at the voice of him 
that cried, and the house was h filled with smoke. 
c 5 % Then said I, ' Wo is me ! for I am undone ; because 
I am a man of k unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a 
people of unclean Tips : for mine eyes have seen the King, 
the Lord of hosts. 

s 6 Then ' flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a 
.ive coal in his hand, 
from off the m altar : 

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath 
touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and 
thy sin purged. 

d 8 Also I heard the n voice of the Lord, saying, Whom 
shall I send, and who will go ° for us 1 Then said I, Here 
am I ; p send me. 

9 % And he said, q Go, and tell this people, r Hear ye 
indeed, but understand not ; and see ye indeed, but per- 
ceive not. 

* 10 8 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their 
ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; l lest they see with their 
eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their 
heart, and convert, and be healed. 

r 1 1 Then said I, Lord, how long 1 And he answered, 
Until the u cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the 
houses without man, and the land be * utterly desolate ; 

12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and 
there be y a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 

13 % But yet in it shall be a z tenth, and it shall return, 
and shall be eaten : as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose 
substance is in them, when they cast their leaves : so the 
a holy seed shall be the substance thereof. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Ahaz _ being troubled with fear of Rezin and Pekah, is comforted by 
Isaiah, 1. Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing, hath 



which he had taken with the tongs 



for a sign, Christ promised, 10 
by Assyria, 17 

/ANDi 



His judgment is prophesied to come 



came to pass in the davs of a Ahaz the son of 
Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin 
the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of 
Israel,, went up toward Jerusalem to b war against it, but 
could c not prevail against it. 

i 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is 
' confederate with Ephraim. And e his heart was moved, 
and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are 
moved with the wind. 

( L J « en said the LoRD unt0 Isaiah > Go forth now to meet 
«nnL n°Hh and * Shear -Jashub thy son, at the end of the 
conduit oi the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field- 



ISAIAH. . Ahaz comforted — Christ promised/' 

4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be f quiet ; fear 
not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these 
s . smoking fire-brands, lor the fierce anger of Rezin with 
Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, 
h have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, 

6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us 
make a breach therein { for us, and set a king in the midst 
of it, even the son of Tabeal : 

r 7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall k not stand, neither 
shall it come to pass. 

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of 
Damascus is Rezin : and within ' threescore and rive years 
shall Ephraim be broken, that it be m not a people, 
w 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head 
of Samaria is n Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, 
surely ye shall ° not be established. 

/ 10 % Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, say- 
ing, 

11 p Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ; q ask it 
either in the depth, or in the height above. 
p 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I * tempt 
the Lord. 

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David ; Is it 
a small thing for you to * weary men, but will ye weary 
my God also 1 

'* 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; 
Behold, * a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall 
call his name b Immanuel. 

15 Butter and honey shall u he eat, that he may x know 
to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and 
choose the good, the y land that thou abhorrest shall be 
forsaken of both her kings. 

17 ^J The Lord shall bring z upon thee, and upon thy 
people, and upon thy a father's house, days that have not 
come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah ; 
even the king of Assyria. 

* 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord 
shall hiss for the b fly that is in the uttermost part of the 
rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 

19 And they shall come, and shall rest c all of them in 
the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon 
all thorns, and upon all bushes. 

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor 
that is d hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the 
king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the e feet : and 
it shall also consume the beard. 

i 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall 
nourish a f young cow, and two sheep ; 

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk 
that they shall give that he shall eat butter : for s butter 
and honey shall every one eat that is h left in the land. 

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every 
place "shall be, where there were s a thousand vines at a 
thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. 

24 With k arrows and with bows shall men come thither ; 
1 because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 

25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mat- 
tock, c there shall not come thither the fear of briers and 
thorns : but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and 
for the treading of lesser cattle. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, he prophcsieth that Syria, and Israel shall be 
subdued by Assyria, 1 ; Judah likeivise for their infidelity, 5. God's 
judgments shall be irresistible, 9. Comfort shall be to them that fear 
God, 1 1 . Great af/Liclions to idolaters, 19. 

OREOVER, the Lord said unto me, Take thee a 
great a roll, and write in it with a man's pen con- 
cerning b Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 

392 



B. Christ 

74?. 



Great afflictions to idolaters. 

2 And I took unto me faithful c witnesses to record, 
4 Uriah tne priest, and Zeciiariah the son of Jeberechiah. 

3 And I e went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, 
and bare a sou. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name 
Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 

c 4 For f before the child shall have knowledge to cry, 
My father, and my mother, the s riches of Damascus and 
the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king 
of Assyria. 

5 *i] The Lord spake also unto me again, saying, 

sQ Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of 
'' Shiloah that go softly, and " rejoice in Rezin and Rema- 
liah's son ; 

r7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon 
them tne waters of the river, k strong and many, even the 
1 king oi Assyria, and all his glory : and he shall come up 
over all his channels, and go over all his banks 



ISAIAH. 

afterward c 



B. Chri6l 
cir. 742. 



c2t!o. 13.1 
d2Kg.16.ll. 
2Tm.4.10. 
e Lev. 18. 6 
f ch.7. 16. 
g2Kg.15.29 
li John 9. 7. 
i ch.7. 1,2,6. 
kDt.28. 4" 



B. Christ 

741. 



d 8 And ne shall pass through Juuah ; he shall overflow 
and go over, he shall reach even to the m neck; and the 
stretching out oi his wings shall fill the breadth of thy 
laid, C) Immanuel. 

t«9 1' Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall 
be ° broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries :j 
gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces ; gird 
yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 

10 Take counsel together, and it shall come p to 
nought ; speak the word, and it shall not stand : for q God 
is with us. 

1 1 ^[ For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong 
hand, and r instructed me that I should s not walk in the 
way of this people, saying, 

12 ' Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this 
people shall say, A confederacy ; neither u fear ye their 
fear, nor be afraid. 

d 13 x Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be 
your fear, and let him be your dread. 

«o 14 And he shall be for y a sanctuary ; but for a z stone 
of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses 
of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem. 

15 And a many among them shall b stumble, and fall, 
and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. 

16 c Bind up the testimony, d seal the law among my 
° disciples. 

17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that f hideth his face 
from the house of Jacob, and I will 6 look for him. 

A 18 Behold, h I and the children whom the Lord ; 
given me are for k signs and for wonders in Israel 
the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 

V 19 *\ And when they shall ' say unto you, Seek 
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep 
and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? v'i'^'.Vvja 
m for the living to the dead ! 

d 20 To the " law and to the testimony : if they speak not 
'according to this word, it is because there is no light in 
them. 

21 And they shall p pass through it, hardly bestead and ^ i';'. ].Y! 
hungry : and it shall come to pass, that when they shall \\£"ft M7> 
be hungry, they shall q fret themselves, and curse their kfe^A. 9. 
king and their r God, and look upward. k&sa 

22 And thev shall • look unto the earth; and behold '!',,, ■/,/ 
trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish ; and they shall 
he driven to darkness. 

CHAPTER IX 



The judgments upon Israel. 

did more grievously afflict her by the way of 
the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 
r 2 The d people that walked in darkness have seen a 
great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of 
death, upon them hath the e light sinned. 
3 Thou hast l multiplied the nation, and not g increas- 
es i£ ed the joy : they joy before thee according to the joy in 

m 2 Kings 

18. 17. 

2 Chr. 32. 9. 

n Joel 3. 9, 

12. 

Rev. 16. 13. 

& 19. 17. 

Psa. 2. 9. 
p Job 5. 12. 
q Acts 5.38. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
r Jer. 10. 23. 
s Gen. 7. 1. 
t2 Kg. 16. 7. 
i! i Pet. 3. 14. 
xNo.aO.ll. 
v Ezek. 11. 
"16. 

zch.28. 16. 
a Ro. 11.25. 
b Mi. 21.44. 
c John 6.45. 
(1 Dan. 12. 4. 
e Acts 11. 
26. 

rch.54.8. 
g (lab. 2. 3. 
h Heb. 2. 13 
i John 17. 6. 
klCo.4. 13. 

1 2 Pot. 2. 1. 
m 1 Sa.28.8. 
n Luke 16. 
29. 

o Gal. 1.23. 
p 2 Kg. 25.6. 
q Rv. 16. 10. 
rZeph.1.5. 
s 2 Chr. 15.5. 
a ch. 8. 22. 
b2Kg.15.29. 



hath 
from 

unto 



cLv.26.24 

2 Kg. 17. 5. 

d lit. 4. 16 

eEph.5.14 

fch. 37.31. 

g ch. 3,?.|I0. 

Ezek.37.11. 

h Luke 11. 

22. 

i ch. 10. 5. 

k Jgs. 7.22 

I It. y. 16.6 

m 2 Thess. 

an. 

n lit. 1. 21. 
ol.ukc2.10. 

i> Mt.a8.ia 

qTitusai3, 
r Dan. 2. 4 1 
sch.26. II 
t / cb. 1.5 
ii eh, 26. ll 
x Mai. I. M 



1 

aRov. 18.7. 
I) J( r. 4. 8. 
c Ilos. 7. 7. 
iIRt.19.18. 
eUcv.18.8. 
Pat. a I 



Mai. 4. 1. 
nJor. 41, 7. 

Mir. 7.2. 
Rom. 12.5. 
GaL 5. 17. 



What joy shall he in the midst of afflictions, by the kingdom and Lir!h nf,« Lv.se.S6 
■'. 1. The judgments upon Israel for their pride, S : for their hy- y ch J 9 - 2 " 



poensi 

E 



*N 



si;, ir?, and for their impenitency, 18 

ivERTHELESS the a dimness shall not be such as 
was in her vexation, when at the first he b lightly 



Lam. 1 10. 

•1 i. I. I '. IV 
a John 9. SS 
Re? a 16 

afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land oi NaphtalC anil scribed . 

99 ; I) 



harvest, and as men rejoice when they h divide the" spoil. 
4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the 
1 staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the 
day of k Midian. 

* 5 For every battle of the warrior u with confused noise, 
and ' garments rolled in blood ; but this shall be with 

1 burning and fuel of fire. 

t* 6 For unto " us a child is born, unto us a son is ° given: 
and the p government shall be upon his shoulder : and his 
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The q mighty 
God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

»•? Of the increase of his government and peace there 
shall be r no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his 
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and 
with justice from henceforth even for ever. The s zeal of 
the Lord of hosts will perform this. 

8 % The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath 
ighted upon Israel. 

9 And all the people u shall know, even Ephraim and the 
inhabitant of Samaria, that x say in the pride and stout- 
ness of heart, 

10 The y bricks are fallen down, but z we will build with 
hewn stones : the a sycamores are cut down, but we will 
change them into cedars. 

r 1 1 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of 
Rezin against him, and join his enemies together ; 

12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind ; and 
they shall devour Israel with open mouth. b For all this 
his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched 
out still. 

c 13 % For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth 
them, neither do they c seek the Lord of hosts. 

w 14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel d head 
and tail, branch and rush, in e one day. 

15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the 
prophet f that teacheth lies, he is the s tail. 

/' 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and 
they that are led of them are h destroyed. 

">17 Therefore the Lord shall have Mio joy in their 
young men, neither shall have mercy on their '' fatherless 
and widows : for every one is ' a hypocrite and an evil- 
doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his 
anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 

* 18 % For wickedness m burnetii as the fire ; it shall de- 
vour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets 
of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up 
of smoke. 

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land 
darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire : 
no man slnill "spare his brother. 

20 And he slnill snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; 
and he shall eat en the left hand, and they shall not be "sa- 
tisfied : they shall eat every man ■' the flesh of his own arm : 

21 Manasseh, Ephraim ; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and 
they together shall be against Judah. ' For all this his 
auger is not turned awav, but his band is stretched out still. 

CHAPTER X. 
TTre wo of tyrants, 1. Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for his pride shall 
be broken', 5. .7 remnant of Israel shall be saved, 20. Israel is com- 
forted vrith promise of deliverance from Assyria. 24. 

WO unto them thai decree 'unrighteous decrees, 
and b that write grievousness which they have pre-. 



393 



ISAIAH. The peaceable kingdom of Christ. 

syrian : he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his 



B. Christ 
13. 



A remnant shall oe savea. 

2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take) 
away the right from the poor of my people, that widows I c Luke n. [staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. 
may be their c prey, and that they may rob the fatherless ! ^.9.11.' r 25 E°r vet a ° very little while, and the indignation shall 
w 3 And what will ye do in the d * day of visitation, and M^ e £-*J;| P cease, and mine anger Mn their destruction, 
the desolation which shall come e from far? to whom f will ktnfek | ^ 26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge r for 
ye flee for help 1 and where will ye leave your glory ? jfTohnccs.Jhim according to the slaughter s of Midian at the rock of 

4 " Without me they shall g bow down under the prison- 
ers, and they shall fali under the slain. For all this hisfe^Jup 'after the manner of Egypt, 
anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. \f< ' 



Oreb : and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it 



'9.4. \t 27 And it shail come to pass in that day, that his n bui 



t o 



^ O Assyrian, the* h rod of mine anger, and the staff uei.34.22. den shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his voke 



in their 

k6 I will send him against a l hypocritical nation, and 
against the people of my wrath will 1 k give him a charge, 
to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them 
down like the mire of the streets. 

c"i Howbeit ' he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart 
think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off na- 
tions not a few. 

S For m he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings; 

g 9 Is not Caluo as Carchemish ] is not Hamath as Ar- 
pad 1 is not Samaria as Damascus 1 

s 10 As my hand hath n found the kingdoms of the idols, 
and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem 
and of Samaria ; 

'"11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her 
idols, ° so do to Jerusalem and her idols 1 

r 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord 
hath p performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on 
Jerusalem, I will q punish the fruit of the stout heart of the 
king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 

c 13 For he saith, By the r strength of my hand I have 
done it, and by my 5 wisdom ; for I am prudent : and I 
have removed the ' bounds of the people, and have robbed 
their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like 
a valiant man: 

14 And my hand hath found as a a nest the riches of 
the people : and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have 
I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved 
the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 

£ 15 Shall the axe * boast itself against him that heweth 
therewith 1 or shall the saw magnify itself against him that 
shaketh if? as if the rod should shake itself against them 
that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if if - 
2cere y no wood. 

W 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send 
among his z fat ones a leanness ; and under his glory helfj 



1 cb. 45. 4. 
m 2 Iving.= 
J 6. 24. 

n Jo!) 31. 25. ] 
o2Sa.14.14. 

i ret. 1. ir. : 

pJer.25.l6. 
1 Pet. 4. 17. 
q Jer.SO. 18. 
Rev. 19. 20. 
r Dan. 4. 30. 
sllab. 1.15. 
t Hos.5. 10. 
Aets 17. 26. 
u ch. 10. 2. 
\ ch. 10. 13. 
Jer. 51. 20. 
Rev. 18. 7. 
v Ps. 82. 7. 
chap. 2. 22. 
Erek -28. 9. 
z Dt. 32. 15. 
aPs.106.15 



from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because 
of * the anointing. 
s 28 He is come 
Michmash he hath 



to 



at 



shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. 

t 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his 
Holy One for a flame : and it shall burn and devour his 
thorns and his b briers c in one day ; 

to IS And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his 

d fruitful field, both soul and body : and they shall be as'yciV.iic 

when a standard-bearer fainteth. 

19 And the rest of the e trees of his forest shall be few, 
that a child may write them. 

d 20 % And it shall come to pass in that day, that the 



Ajath, he is passed to Migron 
1 up his carriages : 

g 29 They are gone over the passage : they have taken 

up their lodging at Geba ; Ramah is afraid" ; Gibeah of 

Saul is fled. 

s 30 y Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallium : cause it 

to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. 

s 31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim 

z gather themselves to flee. 

s 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day : he shall 

a shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of 
b- Sa - < p.-. a 'Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 

ci a Th.5.i i- 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts shall lop the 
fttvf/^iS bough with terror : and the b high ones of stature shall be 
jHoJ?tt hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 
^ a fe 9 o a l 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests 

with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a c mighty one. 

* CHAPTER XI. 

The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse, 1. The 
victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the Geiitiles, 10. 

r* A ND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of 
_ilL Jesse, and a a branch shall grow out of his roots : 

t 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall b rest upon him, the 
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel 
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the 
Lord ; 

3 And shall make him of c quick understanding in the 
fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 

d 4 But with righteousness shall he judge d the poor, and 
e reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he 
shall f smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with 

the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 

t 5 And h righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, 




and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 



f remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house John a 34/ trice's den. 

of Jacob, shall no more again = stay upon him that smote j^im'I'24. ' r 9 They 

them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of K^J^! mountain : 

Israel, in truth. 

♦■21 The remnant shall return 

unto h the mighty God. 



« 6 The l wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the 
eopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the 
young lion and the fatling together ; and a little child shall 
lead them. 

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young 
ones shall lie down together : and the lion shall eat straw 
[like the ox. 

* 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the 
MaltaaajasB, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cocka- 



chap. 37. 
22,34. 
b Am. a 9. 
c Joel 3. 11. 
a Jer. 23. 5.1 



shall k not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
for the earth shall be full of the ' knowledge 



even the remnant of Jacob, 



rMai.4.6. of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 



_ 2 Th. 2. 8. 
Rev. 2. 16. 
& 19. 15. 
li Ps. 45. 4, 



r 10 % And in that day there shall be a "root of Jesse, 
which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall 



22 For though thy people Israel be as the ' sand of the »■_*£* Jg the Gentiles seek : and his "rest shall be glorious, 
sea, yet a remnant of them shall return : the consumption JRom.&9o.| ^11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the 
decreed shall overflow k with righteousness. 

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a 



consump 
f ion, even m determined, in the midst of all the land. 

24 % Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O b 
my people that dwellcst in Zion, be n not afraid of the As 



Rev. 22. 3 
kchap. 
&25. 9. 
Hos. 2. IS. 



Lord 

b 3 4. shall set his hand again the ° second time to recover the 

remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, 

rHevri&i. a nd from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush,"and 

~ from Elam, and from Sliinar, and from Hamath, and from 

the islands of the sea. 

S94 



n ch. 66. 1. 
io Jer. 16.14.: 



Babylon threatened with destruction. 

a 12 And he shall p set up an ensign for the i nations, and 
shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together 
the r dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 

r 13 The "envy also of Ephraim 'shall depart, and the 
adversaries of Judah shall be cut off : Ephraim shall not 
envy Judah, and Judah shall u not vex Ephraim. 

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philis- 
tines toward * the west; they shall spoil them of the y east 
together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab ; 
and the children of Amnion shall z obey them. 

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the a tongue of 
the Egyptian sea ; and with his mighty wind shall he shake 
his hand b over the river, and shall smite it in the seven 
streams, and make men go over dry-shod. 

,? 16 And there shall be a c highway for the remnant of 
his people, which shall be left, from Assyria ; like as it 
was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land 
of d Egypt. 

CHAPTER XII. 
A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of God. 

d A ND in a that day b thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise 
Xs. thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger 
is turned away, and thou c comfortedst me. 

1*2 Behold, God d is my salvation ; I will trust, and not 
be afraid : for the Lord e JEHOVAH is my strength and 
my song ; he also is become my salvation. 

3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water 
f wells of salvation. 

<* 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call 
upon his name, declare s his doings among the people, 
make mention that h his name is exalted. 

5 Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done ' excellent 
things : this is known in all the earth. 

d 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion ; for k great 
is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
God mustereth the armies of his wrath, 1 : He threateneth to destroy Baby- 
lon by the Medes, 6 : The desolation of Babylon, 19. 

THE a burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of 
Amoz did see. 

2 Lift ye up a b banner upon the high mountain, exalt 
the voice unto them, c shake the hand, that they may go 
into the gates of the nobles. 

3 I have commanded my d sanctified ones, I have also 
called my e mighty ones for mine f anger, even them that 
rejoice in g my highness. 

'"4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like, as of 
a great people ; a tumultuous noise of the ''kingdom j of 
nations gathered together : the Lord of hosts ; mustereth 
the host of the battle. 

5 They come from a k far country, 
heaven, even the Lord, and the ' 



p Junn 3. 4 

q Acts 13. 

46, 

r Job 

James 

s Eph. 2. 14. 

t Ezek. 36. 

15. 

u Pa. 72. 3. 

x Mt. 8. 11. 

yLv. 16.12. 

z ch. 60. 14. 

a Zcch. 10. 

11. 

bRv. 16.12. 

c ch. 35. 8. 

del). 51. 10. 

& 63. 12. 

a Hos. 1. 11. 

b Psd. 129. 

5.6. 

Kv. 19. 1, 2. 

c ch. 40. 1. 

d Luke 2.30. 

e Ps. 83. 18. 

f John 4. 14. 

g Psa. 145. 

4,5. 

h Phil. 2. 9. 

iRev. 19.2. 

kP.=.71.22. 

a 2 Kg. 9.25. 

b Jer. 50. 2. 

c ch. 10. 39. 

dRv.17.14. 

e Joel 3. 11. 

fRcv. 15.1 

g Ps. 149 

2, 5, 6. 

h Jet. 50. 41. 

i Rev. 16. 1. 

k Luke 19. 

out of the, ] | ev . 15 .]. 

mRv. 18.10. 
n Jer. 50.25. 
o Ps. 48. 6. 
pRv. 19.20. 
q Mai. 4. 1. 
r Ps. 10 1.35. 
s Luke 21. 
•25. 

t Rev 14. 
16, 19. 



B. Christ 
cir. 713. 



from the end of 
weapons of his indigna- 



pangs and 
be in pain 



sorrows shall 
as a ° woman 



lion, to destroy the whole land. 

'61™ Howl ye ; for the D day of the Loud it at hand ; 
it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's 
heart shall melt ; 

8 And they shall be afraid ; 
take hold of them ; they shall 

thattravaileth : they shall be amazed one at another ; their 
faces shall be as p flames. 

1 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, ■* cruel both with 
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate : and he 
ill destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 

« 10 For the * stars of heaven and the constellations there- 
of shall not give their light: the sun shall be, darkened in l 1 "^^; 
his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to 
shine. 

H! And I will punish the 'world for their evil, and the 
wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy 



ISAIAH. God's merciful restoration of Israel. 

of u the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of 
the terrible. 

s 12 I will make a "man y more precious than fine gold; 
n7.35.| even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 

* 13 Therefore I will z shake the heavens, and the earth 
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord 
of hosts, and in the day of his "fierce anger. 

14 And it shall be as the " chased roe, and as a sheep 
that no man taketh up : they shall every man turn to his 
own people, and flee every one into his own land. 

15 Every one that is c found shall be thrust through; and 
every one that is d joined unto them shall fall by the sword. 

16 Their children also shall be e dashed to pieces before 
their eyes ; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives 
ravished. 

r 17 Behold, I will stir up the f Medes against them, which 
shall not regard s silver ; and as for gold, they shall not 
delight in it. 

18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; 
and they shall have h no pity on the fruit of the womb ; 
their eye shall not spare children. 

j? 1 D *fl And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty 
of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God over 
threw ' Sodom and Gomorrah. 

'*20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt 
in from generation to generation : neither shall the Ara- 
bian pitch tent there ; neither shall the shepherds make 
their fold there : 

21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and 
their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls 
shall dwell there, and ' satyrs shall dance there. 

22 And the m wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their 
desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces : 
and her " time is near to come, and her ° days shall not 
be prolonged. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
God's merciful restoration of Israel, 1 : Their triumphant insultahon 
over Babel, 4. God's purpose against Assyria, 24. Palestina is 
threatened, 29. 

OR the Lord will have a mercy on Jacob, and will yet 
choose Israel, and set them in their own land : and 
the b strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall 
cleave to the house of Jacob. 

2 And the people shall take them, and c bring them to 
their. place : and the house of Israel shall possess them in 
the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids : and 
they shall take them captives, whose captives they were ; 
and they shall d rule over their oppressors. 
6 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall 
give thee e rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and 
from the r hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 
g 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king 
of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the 
e golden city ceased ! 

5 The Lord hath broken the h staff of the wicked, and 
the sceptre of the rulers. 

t 6 He who ' smote the people in wrath with a continual 
stroke, he that l; ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, 
and none hindercth. 

E 7 The whole earth is at ' rest, and is quiet : they break 
for Hi "' into singing. 

8 Yea, the D fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of 
Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is 
come up against us. 

s 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at 
thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the 
chief ones of the earth : it hath raised up from their thrones 
all the kings of the nations. 

10 All thev shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also 
become weak as >ve ? Art thou become ° like unto ■ 

395 



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cir. 712. 



uch. 2. 17. 
x Ps. 137. 9. 
ver. 16, 17. 
yver. 19,20. 
Rev. 16.21. 
7. Hag. 2. 7. 
a Rev. 14. 
10, 11. 
b Jer. 50. lfi. 
c Rev. 18. 4. 
d Rev. 16. 
13, 16. 
c Ps. 137. 9. 
f Dan. 5. 25. 
glSa.15.S0. 
h Jer. 50. 15. 
Jam. 2. 13. 
i On. 19. 25. 
k Rev. 18.2. 
1 Lev. 17. 7. 
eh. 31. 14. 
Rev. 18.2. 
mJer.51.59. 
nPs.102.ia 
Dan. 7. 25. 
I lab. 2. 3. 
ollv. 11.3,9. 
a Ps. 1 02. 13. 
b ch. 60. 5. 
Eph. 2. 12. 
17. 

cch. no. n. 
.1 Ps. 94. 1 1. 
ch. CO. II. 
Rev. 9. 11. 
oAct*3. 19. 
Hcb. 4. 9. 
fRv. 13. 17. 
gltv. 18.16. 
n IV. 125.3. 
i Jer. 5(1. 33, 
34. 
Rev. 17.0. 



in Rev. 18, 
ISO. &. 19. 
'1,2. 

n Ph. 118.9. 
1 13. 

r im • ■ ■ 

i. iv e '. •;. 



r 



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cir. 712. 



Palestina is threatened. 

11 Thy p pomp is brought down to the grave, and the 
noise of thv viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the ,,rcv. n. 

' ,, * 4. & 18. 7. 

worms cover thee. | q p s *.89. 

t 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of i^jj; 3 _ 
the morning ! how art thou ? cut down to the ground, 
which didst weaken the nations ! 

c 13 For thou hast said in thy heart, I will r ascend into 
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the s stars of God : I 
will sit also upon the l mount of the congregation, in the 
sides of the north : 

t 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will 
be u like the Most High. 

* 15 Yet thou shalt be brought x down to hell, to the sides 
of the pit. 

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, 
and consider thee, saying, y Is this the man that made the 
z earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms : 

17 That made the world as a a wilderness, and destroyed 
the cities thereof : that b opened not the house of his 
prisoners 1 

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in 
glory, every one in his own house. 

i 19 But thou art c cast out of thy grave like an d abomi- 
nable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, 
thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones 
of the pit ; as a e carcass trodden under feet. 

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because 
thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people : the 
f seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. 

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the g iniquity 
of their fathers ; that they do not rise, nor possess the 
land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 



22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and cut off from Babylon the ''name, and remnant, 
and * son, and nephew, saith the Lord. 
»"*23 I will also make it a possession for the k bittern, and 
pools of water : and I will sweep it with the ' besom of 
destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 
t 24 f The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as 
I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as I have 
purposed, so shall it stand : 

£25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon 
my mountains m tread him under foot : then shall his yoke 
depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their 
shoulders. 

26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the "whole 
earth : and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all 
the nations. 

< 27 For the Lord of hosts hath ° purposed, and who shall 
disannul it ? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall 
turn it back 1 
28 In the r year 

* 29 % Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the 
r rod of him that smote thee is broken : for out of the ser 
pent's root shall come forth a s cockatrice, and his fruit 
shall be a fiery flying serpent. 

b 30 And the l first-born of the poor shall feed, and the 
needy shall lie down in safety : and I will kill thy root 
with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 

31 Howl, O gate ; cry, O city ; thou, whole Palestina, 
art dissolved : for there shall come from the north a 
" smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. 

6 32 What shall one then answer the x messengers of the 
nation 1 ? That the Lord hath >' founded Zion, and the 

poor of his people shall trust in it. 

CHAPTER XVr 

T X3T , The lamentable state of Moab. 

HE burden of a Moab. Because in the b night Ar of 
Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence ; because 



that king q Ahaz died was this burden. 



ISAIAH. Moab is threatened for her pride. 

in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to 
silence ; 

s 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, 
to weep : Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba : on 
all their c heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 
M 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sack- 
cloth : on the d tops of their houses, and in their streets, 
every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. 
s 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh; their voice shall 
be heard even unto Jahaz : therefore the armed soldiers of 
Moab shall cry out ; e his life shall be grievous unto him. 
g 5 My heart shall f cry out for Moab ; his fugitives shall 
flee unto Zoar, a s heifer of three years old : for by the 
mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall the\ go it up ; 
lor in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of 
destruction. 

6 For the h waters of Nimrim shall be desolate : for 
the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no 
green thing. 

7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that 
which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the 
brook of the ' willows. 
s 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab, 

the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof 
unto Beer-elim. 

g 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of k blood : for 
I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that ' es- 
capeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to Christ's kingdom, 1. Moab is 
threatened for her pride, 6. The prophet beivaileth her, 9. The judg- 
ment of Moab, 12. 

END ye the a lamb to the b ruler of the land from Sela 
to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of 
Zion. 

s 2 For it shall be, that, as a c wandering bird cast out of 
the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords 
of Arnon. 

<**3 Take counsel, execute judgment ; make thy shadow 
as the night in the midst of the noon-day ; hide the d out- 
casts ; e bewray not him that wandereth. 

e 4 Let mine outcasts f dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou 
a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the ex- 
tortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors 
are consumed out of the land. 

r 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established : and he 
shall s sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judg- 
ing, and seeking h judgment, and hasting righteousness. 

c6 t We have heard of the pride of Moab ; he is * very 
proud : even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath : 
but his k lies shall not be so. 

e 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall 
howl : for the ' foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn ; 
surely they are stricken. 

g 8 For the fields of Heshbon "languish, and the vine of 
Sibmah : the lords of the heathen have broken down the 
principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, 
they wandered through the wilderness : her branches are 
stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 

5-9 1 Therefore I will n bewail with the weeping of Jazer 
the vine of Sibmah : I will water thee Avith my tears, O 
Heshbon, and Elealeh : for the shouting for thy summer 
fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 

o 10 And ° gladness is taken away, and joy out of the 
plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no 
singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall 
tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their 
vintage-shouting to cease. 

s 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a p harp for 
Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. 

SS6 



4. 
a Rv. 1. '20. 
t Da. 11.31. 
u 2 Tli. 9. 4. 
x Rv. 19.S0. 
y Ps. 5-2. 7. 
z Hv. 13. 4. 
a oh. 13. 19, 
20. 

bJrr.50.33. 
c Ps. 97. 2. 
d Rev. 19. 

17, 18. 
a Jer. 22. 19. 
Dan. 5. 30. 
f Job 18. 19. 
Ps. 37. 28. 

Ex. 00. 5. 
Dan. 5. 2-2, 
23. 

Mt. 23. 25. 
h Dt. 25. 19. 
Prev. 10. 7. 
Jer. 51. 63. 
i Job 18. 19. 
kZeph.2.14. 
I 1 Kgs. 14. 
10. 

mPs. 18.42. 
ch. 25. 10. 
& 63. 6. 
Mai. 4. 3. 
n Mai. 4. 6. 
o ch. 20. 6. 
p Jer. 47. 1. 
q 2 Kings 
16. 20. 
r 2l'hron. 
28. 18, 27. 

Kg. 18.8. 
t ch. 37.30. 
u 2 K ings 

18. P. 
x 2 Kings 
20. 12. 
ch. 39. 1. 
y Psa. 102, 
13, 16. 
ch. 37. 32. 
Mt. 16. 18. 
aEzek.24.£ 
b Dan. 5.30. 
lThes.5. 3, 



B. Christ 
726. 



cell. 3. 24. 
Jer. 48. 37. 
&l 7. 29. 
Eznk. 7. 18, 
(1 ch. 22. 1. 
Zepli. 1. 3. 
eGn. 27.46. 
Job 3. 20. 
f ch. 16. 9. 
Jer. 47. 6. 
&4S. 31. 
g 1 Sa. 6. 7. 
Jer. 48. 34, 
bNu. 32.31. 
i Lv. 23. 40, 
k 2 Kg. 2.22, 
USa. 17.49. 
ch. 10. 20. 
Jer. 48. 44. 
a ch. 00. 6. 
Rev. 21. 1. 
b Ps. 72. 10. 
Rev. 11. 15 
c 2 Kg. 3. 5. 
d Jos. 2. 3. 
Mt. 25. 35. 
Heb. 13.2. 
elSa.23.7. 
flCo.4. 11. 
Heb. 11.37. 
Rev. 3. 17. 
g Da. 7. 14. 
Micah 4. 7. 
h ch. 11. 5. 
i Rv. 17. 4. 
& 18. 7. 
k Est. 3. 8,9. 
12 Kg. 3. 25. 
m ch. 24. 7. 
n Jer. 48. 5. 
o ch. 24. 8. 
Jer. 48. 33. 
p ch. 15. 5. 
& 63. 15. 
Hos. 11.8. 
Mt. 9. 23. 



The wo of Israel's enemies. TSAIAH. 

r 12 ^[ And it shall q come to pass, when it is seen that 



ch. 14. 28. 
u Dt. 15. 18. 
ch. 21. 16. 
a Jer.49.23. 
Kg. 16.9. 
ch. 8. 4, 7. 
c 2 Kgs. 15. 
29. & 17. 9. 
Jcr. 7. 33. 
d ch. 7. 2, 4. 
& 16. 1. 
e ch. 10. 16. 
fDt.32. 15. 
Amos 4. 1. 
gRv.14. 15. 
h ch. 1. 9. 
& 6. 13. 
i 2 Kings 
17. 24. 
kch. 10.20, 
21. &. 19.22. 
Micah 7. 7. 
1 Jer. 3. 23. 
Hos. 14. 8. 
mPs. 119.8. 
n ch. 7. 18. 
oPs.106.21. 
p Ps. 68. 19. 
qLv.26.1G. 
Hag. 1. 10, 
11. 

r P 3 . 93. 3. 
Jcr. 6. 23. 
s Psa. 9. 5. 
t Dan. 2. 35. 
uPs.83. 13. 
x ch. 37. 1. 
y 2 Kings 
19. 35. 
z Job 20. 29. 
a ch. 20. 3. 
fizek. 30. 5. 
b Ezek.30.9. 
cDt.S8.49. 
1 Gen. 10. 
8,9. 



Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to 
his sanctuary r to pray ; but he shall s not prevail. 

13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concern- 
ing Moab since that time. 

'"14 But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, 'Within 
three years, as the years of a u hireling, and the glory of 
Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude ; 
and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
' Syria and Israel are threatened, 1. A remnant shallforsake idolatry, 6. 
' The rest shall be plagued for their impiety, 9. Hie wo of Israel's ene- 
mies, 12. 

THE burden of a Damascus. Behold, b Damascus is 
taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruin- 
ous heap. 

e 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken : they shall be for 

flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall c make them 

afraid. 

" r 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the 

kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they 

shall be d as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the 

Lord of hosts. 

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory 
of Jacob shall be made c thin, and the f fatness of his flesh 
shall wax lean. 

s 5 And it shall be as when the harvest-man e gathereth 
the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm ; and it shall 
be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 

* 6 % Yet h gleaning-grapes shall be * left in it, as the 
shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of 
the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful 
branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel. 

«* 7 At that day shall a man k look to his Maker, and his 
eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 

;' 8 And he shall not look to the ' altars, {lie work of his 
hands, neither shall respect that which his m fingers have 
made, either the groves, or the images. 

r 9 % In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken 
bough, and an uppermost branch, which they n left because 
of the children of Israel : and there shall be desolation. 

v 10 Because thou hast ° forgotten the God of thy p salva- 
tion, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength, 
therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it 
with strange slips : 

1 1 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in 
the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish : but the 
'■ harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of despe 
rate sorrow. 

'"12 ^[ Wo to the multitude of many people, which make 
a r noise like the noise of the sens ; and to the rushing of 
nations, that, make a rushing like the rushing of mighty 

waters ! 

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many wa- 
ters : but God shall '■ rebuke them, and they shall flee far 
'ifl, and shall lie chased as the ' chaff of the mountains be- 
fore the wind, and like a "rolling thing before the whirlwind. 

14 And behold at ' evening-tide trouble; and before 
the y morning he is not. This is the ''■ portion of them 
(hat spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
(lod in care of his people will destroy the Ethiopians, l. An access 
thereby shall groio unfothe church, 7. 
O to the a land shadowing with wings, which is be- 
yond the rivers of Ethiopia : 
r 2 That sendeth b ambassadors by the sen, even in ves- 
sels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, yo swift 
messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people ;7 n ; 2 M 
' terrible from their d beginning hitherto ; a nation meted is-Ph-aid 
out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled ! uehTb"'* 

100 



B. Christ 
726. 



The confusion of Egypt. 
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the 
earth, e see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the moun- 
tains ; and when he bloweth a trumpet, f hear ye. 
* 4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take g my rest, 
and I will consider in my dwelling-place like a clear h heat 



qNu.21.29.| 
r 2 Kings 
19. 37. 
s 1 Kings 
18. 26. 
Ps. 115. 3 

1 2Kg'.i8.9. upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 
E5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and 
the ' sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut 
off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and take away and cut 
down the branches. 

6 They shall be left together unto the k fowls of the 
mountains, and to the ' beasts of the earth : and the fowls 
shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth 
shall winter upon them. 

7 If In that time shall the m present be brought unto the 
Lord of hosts of a n people scattered and peeled, and from 
a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; a nation 
meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers 
have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of 
hosts, the mount Zion. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Tlie confusion of Egypt, 1. The foolishness of their princes, 11. The 
calling of Egypt to the church, IS. The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, 
and Israel, 23. 

Tip HE burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord a rideth 
rJL upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt : and 
the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the 
1 heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 
T 2 And I will set the Egyptians c against the Egyptians: 
and they shall fight every one against his brother, and 
every one against his neighbour ; city against city, and 
kingdom against kingdom. 

* 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof: 
and I will destroy the * counsel thereof : and they shall 
e seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that 
have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 
T 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a 
r cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith 
the Lord, the Lord of hosts. 

«> 5 And the e waters shall fail from the sea, and the river 
shall be wasted and dried up. 

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away ; and the 
brooks of h defence shall be emptied and dried up : the 
reeds and fla^s shall wither. 



B. Christ 
714. 



g 



li. 5. 26. 
Dan. 9. 12. 
13, 14. 
fMic. 6. 9. 

Ps. 72. 6. 
Song 2. 7. 
h Isa. 4. 0. 
iEzok.18.2, 
k Rv. 19. 18. 
I Psa. 119. 
119. 

Mai. 4. 3. 
Acts 12. 23. 
m Rom. 12. 
1. &. 15. 16. 
n Ps. 72. 10, 
Mali. 11. 
u DM1. 10. 
Psa. 68.34. 
1. ch. 13. 7. 
c Jgs. 7. 22. 
1 Bam. 14. 
16, 20. 
2Ohr.20.23. 
d Job 5. 13. 
Pr. 21.30. 
« Ex.8. 19. 
& 9. 11. 
rh. 16. 12. 
& 47. 12. 
fch.20, 4. 
Jer. 46. 26. 
E7.ek.29.19. 
g Ezek. 29. 
3, & .'in. 12. 
hEzek.32.2. 

Km. S. 1,2. 
i Oont. u. 
10. u. 

k Rv. 18, 17. 
i Hos. ... I. 
mltv.lH.m. 
n Ro. 1.22. 
o'JPt.3. 12. 
p Jir.8. P. 
q I CO. 1.20, 
r 1 K ings 



7 The paper-reeds by the brooks, by the * mouth of the 
brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, 
be driven away, and be no more. 

e 8 The k fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast 
angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that ' spread 
nets upon the waters shall languish. 

9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that 
weave net-works, shall be confounded. 

10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all 
that make sluices and. ponds for m fish. 

1 1 ^[ Surely the princes of Zoan are " fools, the counsel 
of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become ° brutish : 
v how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the 
son of ancient kings 1 

12 i Where arc they? where arc thy wise men? and 
jet them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord 
of hosts hath purposed upon Egvpt. 

8 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes 
of Noph are deceived ; they have also seduced Egypt, 
even thcif that arc the stay of the tribes thereof. 

t 14 The Lord hath mingled a r perverse spirit in the 
midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to ' err in 
every work thereof, as l a drunken man slaggereth in his 
vomit. 

1 6 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which tho 
u head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 

397 



Egypt's confusion and captivity. 

r 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto * women : and 
it shall be afraid and tear, because of the y shaking of the 
hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it. 

17 And the land of Judah shall be a 7 terror unto Egypt, 
every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in 
himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which 
he hath determined against it. 

,2 18 If In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt 
speak the language of Canaan, and a swear to the Lord 
of hosts ; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 

19 In that day shall there be an b altar to the Lord in 
the midst of c the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border 
thereof d to the Lord. 

20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the 
Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt : for they shall e cry 
unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall 
send them a f saviour, and a s great one, and he shall de- 
liver them. 

21 And the Lord shall be h known to Egypt, and the 
Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do 
* sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they shall vow a vow unto 
the Lord, and perform it. 

r 22 And the Lord shall !c smite Egypt : he shall smite 
and heal it : and they shall ' return even to the Lord, and 
he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them. 

23 % In that day shall there be a "' highway out of Egypt 
to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and 
the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve 
with the Assyrians. 

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and 
with Assyria, even a n blessing in the midst of the land : 
i> 25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed 

be Egypt ° my people, and Assyria the p work of my hands, 
and Israel mine q inheritance. 

CHAPTER XX. 



A type ■prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. 

IN the year that a Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when 
Sargon the king 1 of Assyria sent him,) and 



ISAIAH. Jewry's invasion lamented. 

b. ch.ist vaileth : I was bowed down at the hearing of it ; I was 
*jcr. 50.30. dismayed at the seeing of it. 

4 My heart panted, tearfulness affrighted me : the f night 
of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. 

5 s Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, h eat, 
arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. 

6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set ' a 
watchman, let him declare k what he seeth. 

i 7 And he saw a ' chariot with a couple of horsemen, a 
chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels ; and he hearken- 
ed m diligently with much heed. 

8 And he cried, n A lion : My lord, I stand ° continually 
upon the p watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in 
my ward whole nights. 

9 And behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a 
couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, q Baby- 
lon is fallen, is fallen ; and all the ' graven images of her 
gods he hath broken unto the ground. 

i 10 O my s threshing, and the corn of my floor : that 
which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
have I declared unto you. 

s 11 ^[ The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of 
Seir, Watchman, l what of the night 1 Watchman, what of 
the night 1 

a 12 The watchman said, The ' 
also the x night : if ye will inquire 
a come. 

s 13 % The burden upon Arabia, 
bia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim, 

s 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water 
to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread 
him that fled. 

1 5 For they b fled from the swords, from the drawn 
sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness 
of war. 

«? 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a 



fought 



y Pr. 28. 1. 
e*. U. 15. 
& 30. 32. 
7. ch. 36. 1. 
a Psa. 119. 
106. 

Acts i9. 19. drink 

bHb. 13.10. 
c John 4. 
23, 24. 
1 Tim. 2. 8. 
d Ro 12. 1. 
1 Pet. i. 5. 
e Bo. 8. 15. 
fTitos.2.13. 
?lTm.6.15. 
h Ps 9. 16. 
Ga! 4. 8. 
i Mai. 1.11. 
k Hb. 12 11. 

1 ch. 10. 20. 
mch. II. 16. 
n Eph. 1. 3. 
oHos.2.23. 
pEph.2.10. 
qRo. 11. 29. 
a <! Kg. 18.8. 
b 2 Co. 12.20. 
Phil. 3. 19. 
Rev. 11.3. 
c Mt.16.24. 
Phil. 3. 20. 
tl ch. 8. 18. 
Jer. 28. 10, 
11. 

2 Co. 11. 15. 
e2Sa. 10.4. 
chap. 3. 11. 
Mic. I. 11. 
f2 Kings 
18.21. 
gch.30.5. 
a Jer. 50. 42. 
& 51. 28. 
b Hab. 2. 5. 
■. ch.33. 1. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
d Hab. 3. 15. 
e ch. 13. 8. 



Sargon the king of Assyria 
against Ashdod, and took it ; 

/ 2 At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son 
of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the b sackcloth from oft" 
thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he c did jw™ 1 
so, walking naked and barefoot. f j cr m' it 

e 3 And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath hRv.'19'.r 
walked naked and barefoot three years for a d sign and kM^Vbo. 
wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia ; iNeJuka 

*• 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians m R Hah ' 5 V 
prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, S ciTtkY 
naked and barefoot, even with their c buttocks uncovered, qRe a v b 'i8.2 
-to the shame of Egypt. J^mlk 

5 And they shall be f afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia tc fc- 5 ' 9 
their g expectation, and of Egypt their glory. uch-'izW. 

6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say, in that day, ^v^i. 
Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for helpjK.Ju!; 
to be delivered from the king of Assyria : and how shall zeph-M-' 

n a j z Luke 13.3. 

we escape .' ad,. 55. 6. 

CHAPTER XXI. mtfl 

The prophet beioailing the captivity of his people, seeth in a vision the a Ps - ¥?:$• 
fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians, 1. Edom scorning the £ p's P io7.'39'. 
prophet, is moved to repentance, 11. The set time of Arabia's ca- a Ps. 125. 1] 
lam ity, 13. h p -™- '47. 

IHE burden of the a desert of the sea. As whirlwinds R 9 om °9.3,4. 
in the south pass through ; so it cometh from the l^^f 
desert, from a terrible land. ° | Kings' ' 

d' 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me ; The b treacher- 25.' u." 
ous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler c spoil- " e k r ? 9 4, 
eth. Go up, O Elam : besiege, O Media ; all the sighing^"' 1 , «• 
thereof have 1 made to cease b \i l '£t. h5 - 

3 Therefore are my d loins filled with pain : pangs have \ii JaT 
liken hold upon me, as the nane-s of a e n-rtmnn tw wiJ|«*g^S2 



upon me, as the pangs of a e woman that tfa- 



morning cometh, and 
3 inquire ye : z return, 

In the forest in Ara- 



c year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the 
glory of Kedar shall fail : 

r 17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty 
men of the children of d Kedar, shall be e diminished : for 
the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
The prophet lamenteth the invasion of Jewry by the Persians, 1 : He re- 
proveth their human wisdom and worldly joy, 8 : He prophesieth Sheb- 
na's deprivation, 15, and Eliakim, prefiguring the kingdom of Christ, 
his substitution, 20. 

HE burden of the a valley of b vision. What aileth 



thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the house- 
tops 1 

2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a c joy- 
ous city : thy slain men are not slain with the sword> nor 
dead in battle. 

3 All thy d rulers are fled together, they are bound by 
the archers: all that are found in thee are e bound together, 
which have fled from far. 

/4 Therefore said I, Look away from me ; I will f weep 
bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling 
of the daughter of my people. 

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and 
of perplexity s by the Lord God of hosts in the valley ol 
vision, h breaking down the walls, and of crying to the 
mountains. 

6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and 
horsemen, and Kir ' uncovered the shield. 

7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys 
shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set them- 
selves in array at the gate. 

8 1 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and 
thou didst look in that clay to the armour of the house of 

va the k forest. 

S9S 



n Pr. 10. 18. 
ch. 37. 26. 
Mai. 3. 17. 
o Joel 1. 13 
James 4. 8. 
pa Kg. 5.26. 
ch. 5. 11, 12. 
ql Co. 7.29, 
30. & 15. 32. 
r 1 Sa. 3. 14, 
Ezek.24.13, 
3 2 Kgs. 18. 
& 19. 2. 
t lKfts.4.6, 



am. 18. 
i 17, 18. 
IPsa. 49. 11. 



28. &. 29. 2. 
lzPs.52. 7. 
nfla 2 Kings 

ia is. 



e Rev. 3. 7, 
f Ezra 9. 8. 
g Rv. 3. 21. 
h John 1.16. 
1 Tm. 6. 15. 
i Zech. 14. 
20. 

k ch. 31. 3. 
12Kg.24.13, 
Ps. 140. 3. 
a Rv. 18.16. 
b Ezek. 26. 
7. 

cZeeh.2.13, 
d Ezek.26.2. 
e Ezok.27.3. 
Rev. 18. 11. 
f Ps. 65. 5. 
g Zech. 8. 5. 
liRv.18.10. 
i ch. 2. 16. 



The miserable overthrow of Tyre. 

9 Ye have seen also the ' breaches of the city of David, 
that they are many : and ye gathered together the waters 
of the lower pool. 

10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, 
and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 

11 Ye made also a'ditch between the two walls for the 
water of the m old pool ; but ye have not looked unto the 
n maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashion- 
ed it long ago. 

/12 And iii that day did the Lord God of hosts call to 
° weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to gird- u it 
ing with sackcloth: 

13 And behold p joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and|x"|st^.|, 
killing sheep, 4 eating flesh, and drinking wine : let us eatjprov.asua, 
and drink ; for to- morrow we shall die. 

w 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord 
hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be r purged from youjt>~Ps.~45.4 
till ye die, saitli the Lord God of hosts. |dchn P .}>.6. 

15 ^[Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee 
unto this treasurer, even unto 4 Siiebna, which is ' over 
the house, and say, 

16 What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that 
thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that 
heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that "graveth 
a habitation for himself in a rock 1 

T 17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty 
captivity, and will surely x cover thee. 

18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball 
into a large country : there shalt thou die, and there the 
chariots of thy glory shallbe the y shame of thylord's house. 

19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy 
state shall he z pull thee down. 

r 20 % And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will 
call my servant a Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah : 

21 And I will b clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen 
him with thy c girdle, and I will commit thy d government 
into his hand : and he shall be a father to the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 
-4 22 And the e key of the house of David will I fay upon 
his shoulder : so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and 
he shall shut, and none shall open. 

23 And I will fasten him as a f nail in a sure place ; and 
he shall be for a s glorious throne to his father's house. 
E 24 And they shall hang upon him all h the glory of his 
father's house, the offspring and the issue, all ' vessels of 
small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the 
vessels of flagons. 

25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail 

that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut 

down, and fall ; and the k burden that was upon it shall be 

1 cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

The miserable overthrow of Tyre, 1 : Their unhappy return, 17. 

HUE burden of Tyre. " a Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; 
for it is b laid waste, so that there is no house, no en- 
tering in : from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 

2 Be c still, ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou whom the 
merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have d re- 
plenished. 

3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest 
of the river, is her revenue ; and she is a ,; mart of nations. 

s 4 Be thou ashamed, () Zidon : for the r sca hath spoken, 
even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor 



bring forth children, neither do I nourish up e young men, 
nor bring up virgins. 

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be ,"; 



sorely n pained at the report of Tyre. 
e 6 ' Pass ye over to Tarshish 
the isle. 



howl, ye inhabitants 



ISAIAH. GoaVs doleful judgment upon the land. 

B V^. i3t | 7 Is tnis y°ur k joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient 
i2Chr.32.5.!days 1 her ' own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. 
16 - g 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the 
m crowning city, whose "merchants are princes, whose 
traffickers are the ° honourable of the earth 1 
r 9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the 
p pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the 
honoui able of the earth. 

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of 
Tarshish : there is no more strength. 

1 1 He q stretched out his hand over the sea, he r shook the 
kingdoms : the Lord hath given a commandment against 
the merchant-c##, to destroy the strong holds thereof. 

s 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more 'rejoice, O thou 
oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon : arise, pass over to 
Chittim ; there also shalt thou have no rest. 

13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans ; this people was 
not, till the Assyrian ' founded it for them that dwell in 
the u wilderness : they set up the towers thereof, they 
raised up the palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruin. • 

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid 
waste. 

rl5 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre 
shall be forgotten " seventy years, according to the " days 
of one king : after the end of seventy years shall Tyre 
sing as a harlot. 

16 Take a harp, go about the city, y thou harlot that 
hast been forgotten ; make sweet melody, sing many 
songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 
*■ 17 % And it shall Come to pass after the end of seventy 
years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to 
her z hire, and shall a comniit fornication with all the king- 
doms of the world upon the face of the earth. 
D 18 And her b merchandise and her hire shall be holiness 
to the Lord : it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; for her 
merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, 
to c eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
The doleful judgments of God upon the land, 1. .# remnant shall joy- 
fully praise him, 13. God in his judgments shall advance his king- 
dom, 16. 

BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the earth a empty, and 
maketh it waste, and tumeth it upside down, and 
b scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 

2 And it shall be, as with the c people, so with the 
" priest ; as with the servant, so with his master ; as with 
the maid, so with her mistress ; as with the buyer, so with 
the seller ; as with the lender, so with the borrower ; as 
with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 
T 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly d spoil- 
ed : "for the Lord hath spoken this word. 

4 The earth c mourneth and fadeth away, the world 
languishelh and fadeth away, the f haughty people of the 
earth do languish. 

5 The earth also is e defiled under the inhabitants there- 
of; because they have transgressed the laws, h changed 
the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 

6 Therefore hath the l curse devoured the earth, and 
they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabit- 
ants of the earth are burned, and '' few men left. 

it The new wine 'mourneth, the vine languishcth, all 
the m merry-hearted do sigh. 

8 The mirth of " tablets ceaseth, the noise of them that 
rejoice endcth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 

9 They shall not drink wine with a song ; strong drink 
shall be "bitter to them that drink it. 

10 The city of confusion is broken down, every house 
is q shut up, that no man may come in. 

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets ; all joy is 
"darkened, the mirth of the land ' is gone. 

390 



B. Christ 
cir. 715. 



k ch. 22. 2. 

Ezek. 27. 3. 

lEccl. 10.7. 

m Ezek. 28. 

22. 

n Rv. 18.15. 

Rev. 9. 7. 
& 17. 2. 

p Mai. 4. 1. 
James 4. 6. 
<iEjc. 14.21. 

1 Mali. 2. 7. 
Heb. 12. 28. 
a R v. 18. 22. 
t (in. 10. 11. 
& 11.8. 

u Job 3. 14. 
a .So long 
stood Ba- 
bylon after 
Tyre mas 
destroyed, 
Jer. 29. 10. 
\ Ps.90. 10. 
y Rev. 17. 5. 
z Hob. 12. 7. 
after. 17.9, 
l> Acta 21.3. 
e lTim.4.8. 
n Mai. I. I. 
Rev. II. 16. 
b Dan. 2. 35. 
c chap. 2. 9. 
Hoses 4. 9. 
oQx,princc, 
Ilov. 19. 1«. 
il oh. 17. II. 

Ro. 8. 20. 
fch.2. 12. 
a; Rev. 19.2 
h Dun. 7.25. 
i Mai. 1.0. 
kZoph.3.12. 

1 Jurn. 4. 9. 
in IVi. 101. 



n Rv. 18.20. 
.1 I)i. 5.4,7. 
Rev. IK 8. 
pod. 27, 10. 
>v. 18. 2. 
qoh.Si. Hi 
John 20. 29. 
r r A mod 8. 9. 
01 Rov. 16. 10. 
■ I Nnt. 28. 
147,48. 



The prophet praiseth God. 

12 In the city is left l desolation, and the gate is smitten 
with destruction. 

*■ 13 1| When thus it shall be in the midst of the land 
among the people, there shall be as the u shaking of an 
olive-tree, and as the gleaning-grapes when the vintage 
is done. 

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for 
the "majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the 
y sea. 

d 15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the z fires, even the 
a name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 

r 16 f From the b uttermost part of the earth have we 
heard c songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, 
My d leanness, my leanness, wo unto me ! the treacherous 
dealers e have dealt treacherously ; yea, the treacherous 
dealers have dealt very treacherously. 

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O 
inhabitant of the earth. 

*> 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from 
the noise of the fear shall fall into the f pit ; and he that 
cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the 
snare : for the g windows from on high are open, and the 
foundations of the earth do shake. 

19 The earth is h utterly broken down, the earth is 
clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly 

20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and 
shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression 
thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall, and ' not 
rise again. 

» 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, thai the Lord 
shall punish the host of the k high ones that are on high, 
and the ' kings of the earth upon the earth. 

22 And they shall be m gathered together, as prisoners 
are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison 
and after many days shall they be visited. 
g 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun 
ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall u reign in mount 
Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ° ancients gloriously. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

The prophet praiseth God for his judgments, I, for his saving benefits, 6, 

and for his victorious salvatio7i, 9. 

OLORD, thou art my God ; I will a exalt thee,T will 
praise thy name ; for thou hast done b wonderful 
things ; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

2 For thou hast made of a c city a d heap ; of a defenced 
city a ruin : a palace of strangers to be no city ; it shall 
never be built. 

3 Therefore shall the strong people e glorify thee, the 
city of the f terrible nations shall fear thee. 

* 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength 
to the needy in his distress, a s refuge from the storm, a 
shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones 
is as a storm against the wall. 

io 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the 
heat in a dry place ; even the heat with the shadow of a 
cloud 
low. 

A 6 If And in this ! mountain shall the Lord of hosts make 
unto k all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on 
the lees ; of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees 
well refined. 

7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the 
1 covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread 
over all nations. 

* 8 He will m swallow up death in victory ; and the Lord 
God will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the "re- 
buke of his people shall he take away from off all the 

" for the Lord hath spoken it. 



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712. 



t Pa. J 07. 34. 
Jer. 25. 9 
u ch. 6. 13. 
sRv. 11.15. 

Ps. 72. 8. 
"z Job 1. 22. 
a Mai. Ml. 
b Ps. 72. 9. 
c Rev. 15. 3. 
& 19. 1. 
d Ps. 69. 11. 
e Jer. 5. 1 1. 
f Jer. 48. 44, 
Araos 5. 9. 
g Gen. 7.11 
hPsa.2.9. 
i Rv. 18.21 
kRv. 19 19, 

1 Ps. 76. 12. 
mRv. 16.3. 
n Rev. 14 1. 

Ex. 9. 22. 
aRv.18.20. 
& 19. 1. 
b 2 Cor. 4. 5. 

2 Pet. 3. 12, 
13. 

cRv.11.13. 
& 16. 19. 
d Jer. 51. 37. 
eRv.ll. 13. 
fPsa. 72.9, 
10. 

g chap. 4. 6. 
& 32. 2. 
h ch. 13. 11, 
i chap. 2. 3, 
Rev. 21. 2. 
k Dan. 7.14. 
Matt. 8. 11. 
Uohnl2.44. 
2 Cor. 3. 15. 
Eph. 14. 18. 
in Hos. 13. 
14. 

1 Co. 15. 54, 
nlPet.4.4. 
olTm.6.15. 



salvation will God ap- 
righteous nation which 



the branch of the h terrible ones shall be brought 



earth 



d 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is ° our God ; 



ISAIAH. A song inciting to confidence in God, 

we have waited for him, and he will save us : this is the 
Lord ; we have p waited for him, we will be glad and re- 
joice in his salvation. 

s 10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord 
rest, and Moab shall be trodden down q under him, even 
as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 

11 And he shall r spread forth his hands in the midst 
of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands 
to swim : and he shall bring down their s pride together 
with the spoils of their hands. 

12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy * walls shall 
he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to 
the dust. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

A song inciting to confidence in God, 1, for his judgments, 5, and for his 

favour to his people, 12. An exhortation to wait on God, 20. 

N a that day shall this song be sung in the land of Ju- 
dah ; We have a b strong city ; 
point for c walls and bulwarks. 

c 2 Open ye the gates, that the d 
e keepeth the truth may enter in. 

6 3 Thou wilt keep him in f perfect peace whose mind is 
s stayed on thee : because he trustcth in thee. 

d*4 h Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord 
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength : 

w 5 % For he bringeth down them that dwell on high ; 
the lofty city, he layeth it low ; he layeth it low, even to 
the ground ; he bringeth it even to the dust. 

6 The foot shall tread it down, even the ' feet of the 
poor, and the steps of the needy. 

c 7 The way of the just is k uprightness : thou, most up- 
right, dost ' weigh the path of the just. 

d 8 Yea, in m the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have 
we waited for thee ; the desire of our soul is to n thy 
name, and to the remembrance of thee. 

e 9 With my soul have I desired thee in ° the night ; yea, 
with my spirit within me will I seek thee early : for when 
thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the 
world will •' learn righteousness. 

« 10 Let q favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not 

earn righteousness : in the land of uprightness will he 
deal r unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord. 

» 1 1 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will s not see : 
but they ' shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the 
people ; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. 

* 12 ^T Lord, thou wilt u ordain peace for us : for thou 
also hast wrought all our works in us. 

i 13 O Lord our God, other x lords besides thee have 
had dominion over us ; but by thee y only will we make 
mention of thy name. 

14 They are dead, they shall z not live ; they are de- 
ceased, they shall not rise : therefore hast thou visited 
and destroyed them, and made all their a memory to perish. 

t 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast 
increased the nation ; thou art glorified : thou hadst re- 
moved it far unto all the b ends of the earth. 

c 16 Lord, in c trouble have they visited thee ; they pour- 
ed out a prayer when thy chastening ivas upon them. 

17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the 
time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs ; 
d so have we been in thy sight, O Lord. 

18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we 
have as it were brought forth e wind ; we have not 
f wrought any deliverance in the earth ; neither have the 
inhabitants of the world fallen. 

* 19 Thy g dead men shall live, together with my dead 
body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in 
dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth 
shall cast out the dead. 

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cir. 712. 



p Titus 2. 
13. 

q Mai. 4. 3. 
r Ps. 110. 2. 
s Jam. 4. 6. 
t ch. 15. 1. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
ach.25. 6. 
b Mt. 16. 18. 
Rev. 21. 2. 
c ch. 60. 18. 
Zcch. 2. 5. 
Rev. 21. 21 
dRv.Q1.27. 
e Rv. 2. 10. 
f chap. 57. 
19, 20. 
g Rom. 4. 
18, 21. 
h2Chr.5.20 
i Jos. 10. 14. 
Jer. 50. 45. 
1 Cor. 1.27, 
k Ps. 18. 32. 
IPs. 11.4. 
m ch. 64. 5. 
n Josh. 7. 9. 
o Song 3. 1. 
p Ps. 9. 16. 
q Ex. 8. 8. 
Ro. 2. 4, 5. 
r Acts 8. 13 
s Pa. 28. 4. 
t Rv. 16. 16, 
u John 16. 
33. 

x Lam. 5.8. 
yPs. 73.25. 
7. Vs. 36. 12, 
a Pr. 10. 7. 
bMt.28.19. 
cHos. 5. 15. 
d Acts 14. 
22. 

Jam. 1. 2. 
e ch. 37. 3. 
f Ps. 09. 3. 
Lam. 3. 8. 
g Ezek. 37. 
11, 14. 
Dan. 12. 2. 
Rev. 11.11 



Ephraim is threatened 

« 20 ^[ Come, my people, enter thou into thy h chambers 
and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for 
' a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 

»21 For behold, the Lord k cometh out of his place to 
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the 
earth also shall disclose her ' blood, and shall no more 
cover her slain. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

The care of God over his vineyard, 1. His chastisements differ from 

judgments, 7. The church of Jews and Gentiles, 12. 

JN that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong 
a sword shall punish b leviathan the piercing serpent, 
even leviathan that crooked serpent ; and he shall slay 
the dragon that is in the sea. 

E 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of c red wine. 
3 I the Lord do d keep it ; I will e water it every mo- 
ment : lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and f day. 
i 4 Fury is s not in me : who would set the briers and 
h thorns against me in battle 1 I would go through them, 
I would burn them together. 

* 5 Or let him ; take hold of my strength, that he may 
make peace with me, and he shall make peace with me. 

* 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to k take 
root : Israel shall blossom and bud, and ' fill the face of 
the world with fruit. 

7 If Hath he m smitten him, n as he smote those that 
smote him 1 or is he slain according to the slaughter of 
them that are slain by him ? 

8 ° In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate 
with it : he p stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east 
wind. 

« 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be q purg- 
ed ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin ; when 
he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that 
are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not 
stand up. 

10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the ha- 
bitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness : there shall 
the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume 
the branches thereof. 

» 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall 
be broken off: the women come and set them r on fire : 
for it is a people uf s no understanding : therefore he that 
made them will l not have mercy on them, and he that 
formed them will shew them no favour. 

e 12 ^f And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord 
shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream 
of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye 
children of Israel. 

»• 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, thai the "great 
trumpet shall he blown, and they shall come which were 
v ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts 
in the * land of Egypt, and shall z worship the Lord in the 
holy mount at Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XXVIIT. 
The prophet Ihreatcnelh Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness, 1. 

The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ, 5. He rebuk 



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elh their error, 7, their unlowardness to learn, !), and their security, 14. J},?! 
the sure foundation is promised,' io. Their security, shall be] fefo 



w% 



Christ Hie sure foundation is r. 

tried, 18. They are incited to the consideration of God's discreet pro 

vitlence, 23. 

'O to the a crown of pride, to the h drunkards of 
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, 
which are on the head of the c fat valleys of them that are 
overcome with wine ! 

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and '" strong one, 
which as a e tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a 
flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the 
cart!) with the hand. 

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall 
he trodden under feet : 

]oi ^* 3 E 



ii iwt. c. e. 

i Rev. 6. 11. 
k Judo 
verse 14. 
IRv. 18.24. 
aRv. 19. 15. 
b Rev. 20. 1. 
c Ps. 75. 8. 
d Ps. 121.4. 
e Rev. 22. 1. 
f Phil. 2. 13. 

ch. 12. 1 
li2Sa.23.6. 
il Co. 10.22. 
k Ezck. 33. 
10. 

1 Dan. 2. 35. 
mHab.3.12. 
n Ps. 75. 8. 
olCo.10.13. 
p Ps. 78. 38. 
ql Co. 11. 32, 
Hb. 12.9, 10. 
r Mt. 3. 12. 
John 15. 6. 
s Jer. 8. 7. 
Luke 19. 
43,44. 
t Hos. 1. 6. 
u Lev. 25. 9. 
Ezra 1. 1,2. 
ch. 24. 22. 
Luke 4. 18. 
Ro. 10. 18. 
x Psa. 119. 
17G. 

y 2 Kings 
17.6. 

z Zech. 14. 
16. 

a Hos. 5. 5. 
b Rev. 17. 2. 
c Dt. 32. 15. 
1 Rev. 18.8. 
e ch. 25. 4. 
Ezek.13.11. 



ISAIAH. Christ the sure foundation promised. 

i 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the 
fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the f hasty fruit 
before the summer ; which when he that looketh upon it 
seeth, while it is yet in his hand he s eateth it up. 
b 5 % In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown 
of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the h residue of 
his people, 

6 And for a i spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in 
judgment, and for strength to them that turn the k battle 
to the gate. 

V 7 % But ' they also have m erred through wine, and through 
strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet 
have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up 
of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink ; 
they err in n vision, they stumble in judgment. 

8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that 
there is no place clean. 

(29 If ° Whom shall he teach knowledge 1 and whom 
shall he make to understand doctrine ? them p that are 
weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 
d 10 For q precept must be upon precept, precept upon 
precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and 
there a little : 

11 For with r stammering lips and another tongue will 
he speak to his people. 

12 To whom s he said, This is the 'rest wherewith ye 
may cause u the weary to rest ; and this is the refreshing : 
yet they would not hear. 

/ 13 But the word of the Lord was unto them, precept 
upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line 
upon line ; here a little, and there a little ; that they 
might x go, and fall backward, and be y broken, and snared, 
and taken. 

e 14 ^f Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye z scorn- 
ful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 

i 15 Because ye have said, We have a made a covenant 
with death, and with b hell are we at agreement ; when 
the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not 
come unto us : for we have made c lies our refuge, and 
under falsehood have we hid ourselves : 

t 16 ^f Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, d I lay 
in Zion for a ~ foundation a stone, a tried stone, a f precious 
corner stone, a sure foundation : he that believeth shall 
s not make haste. 

i« 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and h righteous- 
ness to the plummet : and the hail shall sweep away the 
refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. 

™ 18 ^f And your covenant with death shall be disan- 
nulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand ; 
when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye 
shall he ' trodden down by it. 

19 '' From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you : 
for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by 
night : and it shall be a vexation only to understand the 
report. 

* 20 For the bed is ' shorter than that aman can stretch 
himself on it : and the "covering narrower than that he 
can wrap himself in il. 

g 21 For the Lord shall rise up as in "mount Pcrazim, 
he shall be wroth as in the valley of ° Gibeon, that he may 
do his work, his P strange work ; and bring to pass his act, 
his strange act. 

«» 22 Now therefore be ye not « mockers, lest your r hands 
be madc^rong: fori have heard from the Lord God of hosts 
a consumption, even determined upon the " whole earth. 

d 23 ^[ Give ye ear, and hear my voice ; hearken, and 
hear my speech. 

i 21 Doth the ploughman plough l all day to sow 1 dojh 
he open and break the clods of liis ground ? 

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fJer. 24. 2. 
Hos. 9. 10. 
g Job 20. 15. 
h 2 Kg. 18.7. 
ch. 32. 1, 2. 
i ch. 1. 26. 
k 2 Kg. 18. 8. 
1 Jer. 3. 10. 
m Jer. 5. 31. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
n Jer. 14.14. 
Lam. 2. 14. 

Jer. 6. 10. 
p Jo*. 4. 22. 

1 Co. 11.20. 
■I 2 Cliran. 
36. 15, 16. 
chap. 5. 4. 
Heh. 5. 12. 

2 Tim. 3. 7. 
r Dt. 28. 29. 
Jer. 5. 15. 
ICo. 11.21. 
s elm p. 7. 4. 
& 30. 15. 
t Jer. (i. 16. 
il Mt. 11.28. 

\ chap. 29. 
9, 10. 

ESzok.S0.ll. 
y Alt. 31. 44. 

/. ch. 5. 19. 
a 1 Kgs. 21. 
20. 
bch. 14.15. 

2 'I'll. 2. 
9, 10, II. 

I P«a. a 6. 

2.20. 
Phil. 2. 9. 
»P«. II-!. 7. 
B. 

h Rev. 19.2. 
i Rv. 11. JO. 
h ch. 5S.6. 

1 oh. 9. II. 
& 59. ... 

m Jor. 7. R. 
I Tim. a. 5. 
n 2 3a. 5.20. 
o Jo». 10. IS. 
pob. 19. I I. 
Jer. 30. 14. 
Lam. 3. 33. 

It.v. II. Iri. 

n ch. 5. 19. 
r I. v. 26.33. 
r i. 66. il. 
■i Jor. 39. 15. 
t Pi. 101. CI 



The Jews' hypocrisy. 



25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he 
not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and 
cast in the principal wheat, and the appointed barley, and 
the rye in their place 1 

t 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth 
teach him. 

27 For the fitches are not ™ threshed with a threshing 
instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the 
cummin ; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff', and 
the cummin with a rod. 

° 28 Bread-com is bruised ; because he will not ever be 
* threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor 
bruise it with his y horsemen. 

t 29 This also cometh forth z from the Lord of hosts, 
which is a wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 
God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem, I. TJie unsatiableness of her 
enemies, 7. The senselessness, 9, and deep hypocrisy of the Jeivs, 13. 
A promise of sanctifcation to the godly, 18. 

~0 to "Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt ! 
add ye year to year ; let them kill sacrifices. 
w 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness 
and sorrow : and it shall be unto me b as Ariel. 
r 3 And I will c camp against thee round about, and will 
lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts 
against thee. 

4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out 
of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, 
and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a d familiar spi- 
rit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of 
the dv^st. 

5 Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers shah be 
like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones 
shall be as chaff that e passeth away : yea, it shall be at an 
instant suddenly. 

w 6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with f thun- 
der, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and 
tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. 

r 7 ^[ And the g multitude of all the nations that fight 
against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her mu- 
nition, and that distress her, shall be as a b dream of a 
night-vision. 

•#8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, 
and behold, he eateth ; but he awaketh, and his soul is 
empty : or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold, 
he drinketh ; but he awaketh, and behold, he is faint, and 
his soul hath 'appetite: so shall the multitude of all the 
nations be, that fight against mount Zion. 

V 9 % Stay yourselves, and k wonder ; cry ye out, and 

1 cry : they are drunken, but not with wine ; tliey stagger, 
but not with strong drink. 

* 10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the m spirit 
of deep sleep, and hath n closed your eyes : the prophets 
and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 
^11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the 
words of a book that is sealed, which men delivered to 
one that is ° learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee : and 
he saith, p I cannot ; for it is q sealed : 

12 And the book is delivered to him that is r not learned, 
Saying, Read this, I pray thee : and he saith, I am not 
learned. 

p 13 % Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this peo- 
ple draw near me with their s mouth, and with their lips do 
honour me, but have removed their heart far f|m me, and 
their fear toward me is taught by the ' precepxof men : 
w 14 Therefore behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous 
work among this people, even a marvellous work and a 
wonder : for the u wisdom of their wise men shall perish, 
and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 
w 15 Wo unto them that seek x deep to hide their counsel 



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ISAIAH. The people threatened. 

from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they 
say, * Who seeth us 1 and who knoweth us 1 

p 16 Surely your z turning of things upside down shall be 
esteemed as the potter's clay : for shall the work a say of 
him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing 
framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding 1 

i 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and b Lebanon shall 
be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be 
c esteemed as a forest ? 

r 18 If And in that day shall the d deaf hear the word? 
of the e book, and the f eyes of the blind shall see out of 
obscurity, and out of dai'kness. 

b 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, 
and the s poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One 
of Israel. 

w 20 For the h terrible one is brought to nought, and the 
scorner is consumed, and all that ' watch for iniquity are 
cut off: 

c 21 That make a man an offender k for a word, and Jay 
a snare for him that ' reproveth in the gate, and turn aside 
the just for a thing of nought. 

b 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who m redeemed 
Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not 
now be n ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. 

d 23 But when he seeth his ° children, the p work of my 
hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, 
and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the 
God of Israel. 

d 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to under- 
standing, and they that q murmured shall r learn doctrine. 

CHAPTER XXX. 
The prophet threateneth the people for their confidence in Egypt, 1, and 
contempt of God's word, 8. God's mercies towards his church, 18. 
God's wrath, and the people's joy in the destruction of Assyria, 27. 

O to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that 
a take counsel, but not of me ; and that cover with 
a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may b add sin 
to sin : 

g 2 That walk to c go down into Egypt, and have not 
d asked at my mouth ; to strengthen themselves in the 
strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt I 
«° 3 Therefore shall the e strength of Pharaoh be your 
f shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egyptyowr confusion. 
s 4 For his s princes were at h Zoan, and his ambassadors 
came to Hanes. 

5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not 
' profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and 
also a reproach. 

* 6 The burden of the k beasts of the south: into the 
1 land of trouble and anguish, from whence come m the 
young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, 
they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young 
asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to 
a people that shall not profit them. 

7 For the Egyptians shall help in n vain, and to no pur- 
pose : therefore have I cried concerning this. Then- 
strength is ° to sit still. 

8 ^f Now go, write it before them in a table, and note 
it in p a book, that it may be for the time to come for evei 
and ever : 

t 9 That this is a q rebellious people, r lying children, chil- 
dren that will not hear the law of the Lord : 

p 10 Which say to the seers, s See not ; and to the pro- 
phets, Prophesy not unto us ' right things, speak unto us 
u smooth things, prophesy "deceits : 

* 11 Get you y out of the way, turn aside out of the path, 
cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 

P 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Be- 
cause ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and 
perverseness, and stav thereon : 

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y Pa. 94. 7 
z 1 Kgs. 12. 
26. 

a ch. 45. 9. 
h Luke 18. 
14. 

cMt. 8. 11. 
rt Luke 4. 18. 
ever. 11,12 
f Mt. 11. 5. 
gl Co. 1.27. 
h Rv. 13. 12. 
i Psa. 10.9. 
Mark 3. 2. 
kMt.22.15. 
1 Am. 5. 10. 
m Jos. 24. 2. 
n 1 John 2. 
28. 

olCo.4.15. 
pEph.2. 10. 
q Luke 15. 
28. 

r Acts 2.36. 
1 Tm. 1. 23. 
aProv. 3.7. 
& 21. 30. 
h Ezek. 17. 
13. 

cch. 31.1. 
d Jos. 9. 14. 
e Jer. 17. 5. 
fell. 20. 5. 
gch.57. 9. 
hch. 19. 11. 
i Rv. 18. 10. 
k ch. 57. 9. 

1 Ex. 1.11. 
mcli. 11.6,8. 
n Jer. 37. 7. 
och.28. 12. 
Hos. 5. 13. 
pciiap. 8. 1. 
q Acts 7.51. 
r ch. 63. 8. 
John 8. 44. 
s Jer. 11.21. 
Micah 2. 6. 
t Jer. 5. 31. 
ul Kg. 22.6. 

2 Pet. 2. 19. 
xKph.4.14. 
ITm.4.1,2. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
v Acts 13. 8. 



GoePs mercies towards his church. ISAIAH 

to 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach \g$g 
ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking iE^k.9.5. 
cometh suddenly at an instant. ibch^t 

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's Jjg^^ 
vessel that is broken in pieces ; he shall not spare : so ejV.44.ie: 
that there shall z not be found in the bursting of it a a sherd d^S. 36. 
to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of g 2 ch Pe Q 7 a 8 9 - 
the pit. $£*% 

t 15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; , Rom.5.5. 
b In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness andj||c k .2i4 
in c confidence shall be your strength : and d ye would not. 

«"16 But ye said, e No; for we will flee upon horses; 



1 Ezek. 36 
37. 

mPs.127.2. 
n Ps. 74. 9. 



32 



therefore shall ye flee : and, We will ride upon the swift ; Amos 8.' Ii, 
therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. jfch. 35. a 

17 f One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; atji J p ° h h £ a L 2 6 °- 
the rebuke of five shall ye flee : till ye be left as a beacon [qRev.18.2, 
upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill. 
t 18 •[[ And therefore will the Loud g wait, that he may 
be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that 
he may have mercy upon you : for the Lord is a h God of 
judgment : ' blessed are all they that wait for him. 
"& 19 For the people shall k dwell in Zion at Jerusalem : 
thou shalt weep no more : he will be very gracious unto 
thee at the ' voice of thy cry ; when he shall hear it, he 
will answer thee. 

b 20 And though the Lord give m you the bread of adver- 
sity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy n teachers 
be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall 
see thy teachers : 

b 21 And thine ° ears shall hear a word behind thee, say- 
ing, This is the p way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the 
right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 

22 Ye shall q defile also the covering of thy graven ima- 
ges of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of 
gold : thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth ; 
thou shalt say unto it, r Get thee hence. 
6 23 s Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou 
shalt sow the ground withal ; and bread of the increase of 
the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day 
shall thy ' cattle feed in large pastures. 

24 The u oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the 
ground shall eat x clean provender, which hath been win- 
nowed with the shovel and with the fan. 
* 25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and 
upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the 
day of the y great slaughter, when the towers fall. 
i 26 Moreover the light of the z moon shall be as the light 
of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be a sevenfold, as 
rhe light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth 
up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their 
wound. 

£27 ^ Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from b far, 
c burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy : 
d his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devour-!;.™;;!'!;; 01 
ing fire : l^'iK 37 

28 And his c breath, as an overflowing stream, shall mAoti2. ' 
reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the 
sieve of vanity : and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of 
the people, causing them to err. 

29 Ye shall have a f song, as in the night when a holy iffi '."'i 1 
solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one fe 1 21.' 
goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, £or t&u* 
to the ? Mighty One of Israel 



B. Christ 
cir. 713. 



1 Zech. 9. 1. 
m Rev. 19. 
1,2. 

n Jos. 15.18. 
o ch. 37. 38. 
pRv. 14. 10. 
aDt. 17. 1G. 

2 Kg. 18.21. 
!> ch. 3d. 2. 
Dan. 9. 13. 
Flos. 7. 7. 
clTm.1.17. 
Judo 
I'prfic 25 
d Zech. 1.5. 
a Tim. 2. 
12. 13. 
e Psa. 14C. 
3.4. 

i' IV 115.9. 
ch. 40. 15. 
1 Cor. 4. 7. 
gch. 37.35. 
h Jor. 2. 15. 



37, 

n ch. 27. 9. 

o Amoi4. '1. 

pch.37. 36. 

• I M11I. •). 1. 

rMal3.2.a 



man, 

Act*. 17.31. 



t, I .-nit 1 /. .11 

O Deo John 7.37 



30 And the Lord shall cause his 
heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, win 
the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a dc-||, ),';' 
vouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and ; hail-stones, hkojw 11 

31 For through the voice of the Loud shall the k As-liMt.«:i9. 
Syrian be beaten down, ivhich smote with a rod 



The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 

And ' in every place where the grounded staff shall 
pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with 

tabrets and harps : and in battles of shaking will he fight 
with it. 

A 33 For n Tophet is ordained of old ; yea, for the ° king 
it is prepared ; he hath made it deep and large : the pile 
thereof is fire and much wood ; the breath of the Lord, 
like a p stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
77ie prophet sheiveth the cursed folly in trusting to Egypt, and forsaking 

of God, 1 : He exhortdh to conversion, 6 : He sheiveth the fall of Jls. 

syria, 8. 
\i%/"0 to them that go down to Egypt a for help ; and 
p ¥ j stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they 
are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; 
but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither 
b seek the Lord ! 

2 Yet he also is c wise, and will bring evil, and will not 
d call back his words : but will arise against the house oi 
the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work 
iniquity. • 

^3 Now the Egyptians are e men, and f not God ; and 
their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall 
stretch out his hand, both he that lielpeth shall fall, and he 
that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. 

i 4 For thus hath the Lord e spoken unto me, Like as 
h the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a 
multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will 
not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise 
of them : so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight 
for * mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. 

b 5 As k birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts ' defend 
defending also he will deliver it ; and passing 
over he will preserve it. 

d 6 "[f m Turn ye unto him from whom the children of 
Israel have deeply revolted. 

7 For in that day every man shall n cast away his idols 
of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have 
made unto you for a ° sin. 

f 8 If Then shall the Assyrian fall with the p sword, not 
of a mighty man ; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall 
devour him : but he shall flee from the sword, and his 
young men shall be discomfited. 

9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and 
his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, 
whose , fire is in Zion, and his r furnace in Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

The blessings of ChrisVs kingdom, 1. ' Desolation is foreshewn, 9. Tie- 

sloration is promised to succeed, 15. 

EIIOLD, a King J shall reign in righteousness, and 
b princes shall rule in judgment. 

And " a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, 
and a covert from the tempest ; as c rivers of water in a 
dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be d dim, and 
the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 

4 The heart also of the rash shall understand know- 
ledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to 
speak plainly. 

e 5 The c vile person shall be no f more called liberal, nor 
the churl said to be bountiful. 

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and B his heart 
will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error 
against tJK Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry : 
and he will cause the h drink of the thirsty to fail. 

7 The instruments also of the churl are evil : he ' de- 



Hos. 14.8. 
s Sit. 6. 33. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
t Ts. 36. 6. 
1 Cor. 9. 9. 
ulTm.5.17. 
x ch. 11. 6. 
Rom. 8. 21. 
y Ezek. 39. 
17, 20. 
Rev. 14. 19, 
20. & 19. 
17, 18. 
z chap. 24. 
23. & 60. 
15, 20. 
a Mt. 17. 2. 
b Luke 19. 
12. 

c 2 Th. 1. 9. 
dRv. 19.15. 
e2Th.2.8. 
fch. 12.3. 
g Luke 11. 
21. 
h Ts 29. 3. 

Jos. 10. 11. 
Rev. 16. 21. T 

kch. las. I Jerusalem 

Mi cub 5. 5. 



2 



• ( | |.l Ml. 13.11. 

„ .,;', jj viseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, 
even when the needy spcaketh right. 
d 8 But the liberal k deviseth ' liberal things; and by libe- 
"iC stand. 

403 



kMt. 19.35. 

I 2 Cor. 9.9. 



ral things shall 



God's judgment against 

r 9 % Rise up, ye women that are at m ease 



ISAIAH. 

hear my 



voice, ye careless daughters ; give ear unto my speech 

10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye care 
less women ; for the n vintage shall fail, the gathering 
shall not come. 

11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease ; be troubled, 
ye careless ones' : ° strip you, and make you bare, and 
gird sackcloth upon your loins. 

12 They shall lament p for the teats, for the pleasant 
fields, for the fruitful vine. 

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up q thorns 
and briers ; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous 
city : 

14 Because the palaces r shall be forsaken ; the multi- 
tude of the city shall be left ; the forts and towers shall be 
for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks ; 

* 15 Until the s Spirit be poured upon us 'from on high, 
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitiul field 
be counted for a forest. 

16 Then u judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and 
righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 
b 17 And the work of righteousness shall be s peace ; and 
the y effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for 
ever. 

18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, 
and in z sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places, 

19 When it shall a hail, coming down on the forest; and 
the city shall be low in a low place. 

b 20 Blessed are ye that b sow beside all waters, that send 
forth thither the feet of the c ox and the ass. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

God's judgments against the enemies of the church, 1. The privileges 
of the godly, 13. 

"O to thee that a spoilest, and thou wast b not spoil 
ed ; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not 
treacherously with thee ! when thou shalt c cease to spoil, 
thou shalt be spoiled ; and when thou shalt make an end to 
deal treacherously, d they shall deal treacherously with thee. 
6 2 Lord, be gracious unto us ; we have e waited for 
thee : be thou f their arm every morning, our salvation 
also in the time of trouble. 

3 At the noise of the tumult the people s fled ; at the 
lifting up of thyself the nations were h scattered. 

4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of 
the caterpillar : as the running to and fro of locusts shall 
he run upon them. 

* 5 The Lord is * exalted; for he dwelleth k on high : he 
hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. 

6 6 And ' wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of 
thy times, and strength of salvation : the fear of the Lord 
is his m treasure. 

7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the n am- 
bassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 

8 The highways lie waste, the way-faring man ceaseth : 
he hath broken the covenant, he hath p despised the ci- 
ties, he regardeth no man. 

g 9 The q earth mourneth and languisheth : Lebanon is 
ashamed and hewn down : Sharon is like a wilderness ; 
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. 

10 r Now will I rise, saith the Lord ; now will I be ex- 
alted ; now will I lift up myself. 

* 11 Ye shall 9 conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stub- 
ble : your breath, as fire, shall devour you. % 

10 12 And the people shall be as the * burnings of lime ; as 
thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. 

13 % Hear, ye that are u far off, what 1 have done ; and 
ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 

* 14 The " sinners in y Zion are afraid ; fearfulness hath 
surprised the hypocrites. Who among z us shall dwell 



B. Christ 
cir. 713. 



mDt.28.30. 
Amos 6. 1. 
n Hos. 2. 8. 
och.3. 24. 
pLa.2. 11. 
& 4. 3, 4. 
q Ps. 107.34. 
i2Kg.25.9. 
s Joel 2. 28. 
John 14. 26. 
t Luke 24. 
49. 

Acts 2. 33. 
Eph. 4. 11. 
u Ps. 94. 15. 
xRo.14.17. 
vlPt.3. 13. 
z.Mt.16. 18. 
aRv.16.21. 
bEc-1. 11.1. 
Matt. 13. 8. 
c 1 Cor. 9. 9. 
a Rev. 13.7. 
b Rev. 18.7. 
cPs 102.13. 
(1 Matt. 7.2. 
e cli. 25. 9. 
f Jer. 17.5. 
g eh. 36. 37. 
Rev. 6. 16. 
b Dan. 2. 35. 
i Rv. 11. 15. 
It Ps. 93. 4. 
1 Col. 1. 9. 
m2Kg.20.3. 
n eh. 36. 3. 
o 2 Kings 
18. 14. 
p2Ch.32.1. 
q Ro. 8. 20. 
r Ps. 12. 5. 
& 102.13. 
3 Psa. 2. 1, 
2. &7. 14. 
t Rv. 19.20. 
u eh. 49. 1. 
x 2 Kings 
18. 37. 

y Job 15. 24. 
7. Psa. 1. 4. 
Mt. 13. 38. 



the enemies of the church, 
who among us shall dwell with 




a lib. 12.29. 
b Ps. 15. 2. 
eTs. 119.37. 
d Mt. 7. 24. 
ech.31. I. 
g Rv. 21. 9. 
hch.37.1,4. 
il Co. 1.20. 
k eh. CO. 17. 

1 Ps. 48. 12. 
mMt. 16.18. 
John 17. 12. 
n Ps. 46. 6. 

Rev. 21.1. 
pHb. 10.16. 
Jam. 4. 12. 
q Mt. 1.21. 
r Ps. 68. 12. 
Rev. 19. 18. 
s Rev. 22. 2. 
t Jer. 50.20. 
a Dt. 4. 26. 
chap. 1. 2. 

li Jer. 25. 15. 
Rev. 14. 18. 
c John 3. 18. 
Rev. 18. 2. 
•1 Rv. 19. 17. 
e ch. 66. 24. 
foh. 13. 10. 

2 Ft. 3. 10. 
g Rv. 6. 13. 
hDt.32. 41. 
Jer. 46. 10. 

i Mai. 1.2,4. 
2 Pet. 2. 14. 
kRv. 19.18. 

1 ch. 63. 1. 
Jer. 49. 13. 
mPs.22.21. 
Rv. 19. 19. 
n Dan. 12. 9. 
Hab. 2. 3. 
Rv. 11.2,3. 
o ch. 35. 4. 
Jer. 51. 35. 
Luke 18. 7. 
pGn.19.24. 



with the devouring fire 1 
a everlasting burnings'? 

« 15 He that walketh b righteously, and speaketh up- 
rightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that 
shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his 
ears from hearing of blood, and c shutteth his eyes from 
seeing evil ; 

/ 16 He shall dwell on high : his place of defence shall 
be the d munitions of rocks : bread shall be given him ; his 
waters shall be sure. 

17 Thine eyes shall see the e King in his beauty : they 
shall behold the land that is e very far off. 

18 Thy heart shall h meditate terror. * Where is the 
scribe 1 where is the receiver ? where is he that counted 
the towers 1 

r 19 Thou shalt k not see a fierce people, a people of 
deeper speech than thou canst perceive ; of a stammering 
tongue, that thou canst not understand. 

b 20 Look ' upon Zion, the city of our solemnities : thine 
eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle 
that shall not be taken down ; not one of the stakes there- 
of shall ever be m removed, neither shall any of the cords 
thereof be broken. 

21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place 
of u broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go °no galley 
with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 

* 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our r law- 
giver, the Lord is our King ; he will q save us. 

23 Thy tacklings are loosed ; they could not well 
strengthen their mast ; they could not spread the sail : 
then is the r prey of a great spoil divided ; the lame take 
the prey. 

b 24 And the inhabitants shall not say, I am 9 sick : the 
people that dwell therein shall be ' forgiven their iniquity. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

The judgments wherewith God revengeth his church, 1. The desolation 

of tier enemies, 11. The certainty of the prophecy, 16. 

OME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peo- 
ple : let the a earth hear, and all that is therein ; the 
world, and all things that come forth of it. 
t 2 For the indignation of the Lord wupon b all nations, 
and his fury upon all their armies : c he hath utterly de- 
stroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 

3 Their slain also shall be d cast out, and their e stink 
shall come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains 
shall be melted with their blood. 

4 And all the f host of heaven shall be dissolved, and 
the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll : and all 
their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the 
vine, and as a g falling^ from the fig-tree. 

r 5 For my sword shall be h bathed in heaven : behold, it 
shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of 
my ' curse, to judgment. 

g 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made 
fat with fatness, and with the k blood of lambs and goats, 
with the fat of the kidneys of rams : for the Lord hath 
a sacrifice in ' Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of 
Idumea. 

7 And the m unicorns shall come down with them, and 
the bullocks with the bulls ; and their land shall be soak- 
ed with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness, 
w 8 For it is the n day of the Lord's vengeance, and the 
year of recompences for the ° controversy of Zion. 

i 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, 
and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof 
shall become p burning pitch. 

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day ; the smoke 
thereof shall go up for ever : from generation to genera- 
tion it shall lie waste ; none shall pass tnrough it for ever 
and ever. 

404 



The flourishing state of Christ's kingdom. ISAIAH 

r 11 «|[ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it;| ^tkl 
the q owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall 
stretch out upon it the r line of confusion, and the stones 
of emptiness. 

12 They shall call the "nobles thereof to the kingdom, 
but 'none sfiall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 

13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, ' nettles 
and brambles in the fortresses thereof- and it shall be a 
uabitation of dragons, and a court for owls. 

r 14 The "wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with 
*he wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his 
fellow ; the screech-owl also shall rest there, and find for 
herself a place of rest. 

15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay 



and hatch, and gather under her shadow • there shall the 
vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. 
t 16 T[ Seek ye out of the * book of the Lord, and read : 
no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate : for 
my mouth, it hath commanded, and his y spirit, it hath 
gathered them. 

17 And he hath cast the Mot for them, and his hand 
hath a divided it unto them by line : they shall possess it 
for ever, b from generation to generation shall they dwell 
therein. 

CHAPTER XXXV 
The joyful flourishing of ChrisVs kingdom, 1. The weak are encouraged 
by the virtues and privileges of the gospel, 3. 

I HE wilderness and the a solitary place shall be glad 
for them ; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom 
as the rose. 

g 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with 

joy and singing : the b glory of Lebanon shall be given 
unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall 
see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. 

rf 3 If 1 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the 
feeble knees. 

4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, 
fear not: behold, your God will come with d vengeance, 
even God xoitfi a recompense ; he will come and e save you. 

'" 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be f opened, and the 
ears of the deaf shall be s unstopped. 

E 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the 
tongue of the dumb h sing : for in the wilderness * shall 
waters break out, and streams in the desert. 

7 And the k parched ground shall become a pool, and 
the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of 
dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and 
rushes. 

'■ 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall 
be called, The way of holiness ; the ' unclean shall not 
pass over it ; but it shall be for those : the way-faring men, 
1 hough m fools, shall not err therein. 

-i 9 No n lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall 
go up thereon, it shall not be found there ; but the redeem- 
ed shall walk there : 

b 10 And the ° ransomed of the Lord shall return, and 
come to Zion with songs and p everlasting joy upon then- 
heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and 
sighing shall flee away. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 
Sennacherib invadeih Judah, 1. Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, by 
blasphemous persuasions solicileth the people to revolt, 4: His words 
are told to Hezekiah, 22. 

,"^TO'\V it came to pass in the a fourteenth year of king 
1^1 Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came 
up against all the b defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 
,k 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from c La- 
ehlsll to Jerusalem unto' king Hezekiah with a "great 
army. And he stood by the conduit of the 
the highway of the fuller's field. 
102 



q ch. 14. 23, 
r Mai. 1. 4. 
aHeb. 
white ones, 
Eccl. 10.17. 
s ch. 3. 6. 
t Zoph. 3.9. 
ucii. 13.21 
xch.65.7,8. 
JIal. 3. 16. 
y Gn. 2. 19. 
&7. 9. 
z Ps. 16. 5. 
a Acts 17. 
26. 

b ch. 60. 15 
a Ps. 72. 9, 
10,11. 
hPs.102.16. 
ch. 60. 2. 
Rev. IS. 2. 
cHb.12. 13. 
d ch. 34. 12. 
e Jit. 1. 21. 
f Acts 26. 
18. 

2 Cor. 4. 6. 
f Job 33. 16. 
lio. 15. 18. 
h Luke 1.64 
Col. 3. 16. 
i John 7. 33 
k Ps. 72. 9. 
lRv.2I.27 
m Ps. 25. 8. 

1 John 2. 20 
n 1 Pt. 5. 8. 
Rev. 20. 1. 
oRv. 17. 14. 
pch. 61. 7. 
a2Kg.l8.4 
h ch. 64. 6. 
Jer. 6. 28. 
c 2 Chron. 
32.9. 
a Heb. 
heavy, 

2 Kg. 18. 4. 
chap. 32. 2. 
d ch. 7. 3. 
& 22. 9. 



JJ. Chiist 
cir. 710. 



e Ps. 09. 4. 

Acts 12. 22, 

25. 

l'Neh. 2. 19, 

g Ezra 4. 19. 

Acts 5. 29. 

h ch. 30. 3. 

i Jer. 17. 5.' 

k2Kg. 1S4. 

John *. 2i 

1 I)*. 12. 8 . 

ml Sa. n. 
42. 

P*C 20. 7. 
Nell. 4. 2. 
n Ps. 10. 2. 
& 12. 5. 
oil.. 31. I. 
Ezek. 29.16. 
pch. 10.5,8. 
q 2 Kings 
18.25. 
•K.'o. 11.14. 
r Ex. 15. 9. 
1 Kg.20. 10. 
Psa, 73. 8. 
a ISa. 17.a 

i r>. 27. i. 

Rom. 8. 31. 
1 John 4. 4. 
a Ps.22.8. 
fc 4X 3. 
Eev. 13. C. 
x 18a. II. 3. 
2Kg.24.12. 
y Jtsr.37. 17. 
/ Ui B. 6. 
Matt I. 9. 

a Ko. 8. 25. 

Eph. 6. 16. 
btlab. 1.10. 
Rev. I"/. 6. 
ccb. 10.4.5. 

JohnI9.il. 
id Prov. 9.7. 

d upper pool jn fcao.4. 

111 o Ezrn9.3. 

I Mt. 26.65. 



The blasphemy of Rabshakeh. 

3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, 
which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and 
Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. 

/4 If And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to 
Hezekiah, Thus saith the e great king, the king of Assyria, 
f What confidence is this wherein thou trustest ? 

5 I say, shyest thou (but they are but vain words) / have 
counsel and strength for war : now on whom dost thou 
trust, that thou s rebellest against me? 
g G Lc, thou trustest in the ''staff of this broken reed, on 
Egypt , whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, 
and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that 
' trust in him. 

7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God : 
is it not he, whose k high places and whose altars Heze- 
kiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 
Ye shall worship before ' this altar ? 

8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my 
master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee m two 
thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders 
upon them. 

9 How then wilt thou turn away the "face of one cap- 
tain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust 
° on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 

c 10 And am I now come p up without the Lord against 
this land to destroy if? q the Lord said unto me, Go up 
against this land, and destroy it. 

/ 1 1 Then said Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab- 
shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syri- 
an language ; for we understand it : and speak not to us 
in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are 
on the wall. 

12 f But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to 
fhy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not 
sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may 
r eat their own dung and drink their own piss with you? 

/ 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and » cried with a loud voice 
in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the 
great king, the king of Assyria. 

14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you : 
for he f shall wot he able to deliver you. 

15 Neither let Hezekiah make you "trust in the Lord, 
saying, ^6e Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not 
be delivered into (he hand of the king of Assyria. 

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus saith the king of 
Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and 
* come out to me : and eat ye every one of his vine, and 
every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the 
waters of his own cistern ; 

17 Until I come and y take you away to a land like your 
own land, z a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and 
vineyards. 

18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, a The 
Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the b gods" of the na- 
tions delivered his land out of the hand of the king of 
Assyria ? 

g 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where 
are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered 
Samaria out of my hand ? 

20 Who are they c among all the gods of these lands, 
that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the 
Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ? 
/ 21 But they d held their peace, and answered him not a 
word : lor the king's commandment was, saying, Answer 

him not. 

22 % Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was 
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the 
son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their ■* clothes 
rent, and 1oId him the words of Rabshakeh. 

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Sennacherib' 's blasphemous letter. ISAIAH. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

'Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Isaiah to pruy for {htm, 1. Isaiah com- 
forteth them, 6. Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a 
blasphemous letter to Hezekiah, 8. Hezekiah's prciyer, 15. Isaiah's' 
prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of 
Zion, 21. An angel slay ith. the Assyrians, 36. Sennacherib is slam 
at Nineveh by his own sons, 38. 

* A ND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, 
J\. that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with 
sackcloth, and a went into the house of the Lord. 

d 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, 
and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered 
with sackcloth, b unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This 
day is a day of c trouble, and of rebuke, and of blas- 
phemy : for the children are come to the birth, and there 
is not strength to bring forth. 

d 4 It may be the Lord thy d God will hear the words of 
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath 
sent to e reproach the living God, and will reprove the 
words which the Lord thy God hath f heard : wherefore 
e lift up thy prayer for the h remnant that is left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 
d 6 % And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto 

your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the 
words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the 
king of Assyria have * blasphemed me. 
r 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall 
hear a rumour, and k return to his own land ; and I will 
cause him to fall by the ' sword in his own land. 
g 8 1" So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of 
Assyria warring against Libnah : for he had heard that he 
was departed from m Lachish. 

a 9 And he n heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethi- 
opia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when 
he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 
/ 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, say- 
ing, Let not thy God in whom thou ° trustest, deceive thee, 
saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the 
king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria 
have done to all lands by destroying thera & utterly ; and 
shalt thou be delivered 1 

g 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which 
my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Re- 
zeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassai 1 
^13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, 
and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah 1 ' 

d 14 % And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand 
of the messengers, and read it : and Hezekiah went up unto 
the house of the Lord, and spread it p before the Lord. 
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, 

'16 O q LoRD of hosts, God of Israel, r that dwellest be- 
tween the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, 
of all the kingdoms of the earth ; thou hast made heaven 
and earth. 

6 17 6 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear ; open thine 
eyes, O Lord, and see : and hear all the words of Senna- 
cherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. 

18 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid 
waste all the nations, and their countries, 

19 And have cast their gods into the 'fire; for they 
were no gods, but the u work of men's hands, wood and 
stone : therefore they have destroyed them. 

6 20 Now therefore/O Lord our God, save us from hi 
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth x may know that 
thou art the Lord, even thou only. 

r 21 % y Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou 
hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria 



22 



B. Christ 
710. 



z ch. 54. 5. 
2 Cor. 11. 2. 
Rev. 14. 4. 
a Ps. 22. 7. 
b Psa. 2. 2. 
Zech. 2. 8. 
Gal. 6. 16. 
c Ex. 15. 9. 

V Kg. 20. 10. 
ch. 14. 13. 
d ch. »i. 12. 

fc Ps. 78. S8, 

69. 

ch. 14. 32. 

f 2 Kings 

19. 26. 

Ps. 37. 2. & 

90.5. & 103. 

i5. 

chap. 40. 6. 

g ch. 30. 28. 

Ezek. 29. 4. 

Amos 4. 2. 

h Ps. 32. 9. 

Jam. 3. 3. 

i ch. 27. 6. 

Gal. 5. 6. 

k Rom. 9.7. 

Gal. 3. 7, 9. 

&4. 28. 

1 ch. 36. 2. 

mPr.21.30. 

Jer. 14. 3. 

n 1 Kings 

11. 13. 

Prov. 10. 7. 

o 2 Chron. 

32. 21. 

Acts 12. 23. 

p Ts. 35. 5, 

6. & 68. 2. 

q Job 20. 5, 

10. & 24.24. 

&31.3. 

a Acts 14. 

22. 

Jam. 1. 2. 

b Ps. 39. 9. 

& 50. 25. 



Isaiah prophesieth Sennacherib's destruction 

This is the word which the Lord hath spoken con- 
cerning him ; The z virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath 
despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter 
of Jerusalem hath a shaken her head at thee. 

* 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed; and 
against whom hast thou exalted' thy voice, and lifted up 
thine eyes on high 1 even b against the Holy One of Israel. 

s 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and 
hast c said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up 
to the height of the mounlains, to the sides of Lebanon ; 
and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice 
fir-trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his 
border, and the forest of his Carmel. 

25 d I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole 
of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged 
places. 

26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have e done it ; 
and of ancient times, that I have formed it 1 now have 
I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste 
defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 

27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, 
they were dismayed and confounded : they were as the 
f grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on 
the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 

28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy 
coming in, and thy rage against me. 

r 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is 
come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my e hook in 
thy nose, and my h bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee 
back by the way by which thou earnest. 

30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this 
year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that 
which springeth of the same : and in the third year sow 
ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 

31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of 
Judah shall ' again take root downward, and bear fruit 
upward : 

32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a k remnant, and 
they that escape out of mount Zion : the zeal of the Lord 
of hosts shall do this. 

33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king 
of Assyria, He shall not come into this ' city, nor shoot an 
arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a 
bank against it. 

34 By the m way that he came, by the same shall he 
return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. 

* 35 For I will defend this city to save it, n for mine own 
sake, and for my servant David's sake. 

6 Thea the angel of the Lord went forth, ° and smote 
in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and 
five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, 
behold, they ivere all dead corpses. 

»37 % So Sennacherib king of Assyria r departed, and 
went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 

a 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the 
house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer 
his q sons smote him with the sword ; and they escaped 
into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned 
in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

Hezekiah having received a message of death, hy prayer hath his life 
lengthened, 1. The sun goeth ten degrees backward for a sign of that 
promise, 8. His song of thanksgiving, 9. 



N a those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And 

Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, 

and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thy house in 

order : for thou shalt die, and not live. 

d 2 Then Hezekiah b turned his face toward the wall, and 

prayed unto the Lord, 

• 40ft 



B. Christ 
713. 



Hezekiah's song of thanksgiving. 

3 And said, c Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, 
how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfecticNe.j3.14. 
heart, and have done that which is good d in thy sight. 
And Hezekiah wept sore. 

/ 4 H Then came e the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, 
b 5 Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God 
of David thy fatiier, I have f heard thy prayer, I have seen 
thy tears : behold, I s will add unto thy days fifteen years. 
r 6 And I will h deliver thee and this city out of the hand 
of the king of Assyria : and I will defend this city. 

7 And this shall be a s sign unto thee from the Lord, 
that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken ; 
m 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, 
which is gone down in the sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees 
backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which 
degrees it was gone down. 

/ 9 If The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he 
had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness : 

10 1 said in the k cutting off of my days, I shall go to 
the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of 
my years. 

Ill said, I shall ' not see the Lord, even the Lord, in 
the land of the living : I shall behold man no more with 
the inhabitants of the world. 

12 Mine m age is departed, and is removed from me as 
a "shepherd's tent: I have cut ofTlike a weaver my life : 
he will cut me off' with pining sickness : from day even to 
night wilt thou make an end of me. 

13 1 reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he 
break all my bones : from day even to night wilt thou 
make an end of me. 

14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I p chatter : I did 
q mourn as a dove : mine eyes fail with T looking upward : 
O Lord, I am oppressed ; undertake for me. 



ISAIAH. The preaching of John the Baptist 

£ 3 1 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah 
and said unto him, d What said these men? and from 
whence came they unto thee ? and Hezekiah said, They 
are come from a e far country unto me, even from Babylon. 

4 Then said he, What have they seen in thy house ? 
And Hezekiah answered, f All that is in my house have 
they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I 
have not shewed them. 

5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the 
Lord of hosts : 

r 6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, 
and that which thy e fathers have laid up in store until this 
day, shall be carried to Babylon : nothing shall be left, 
saith the Lord. 

7 And of thy h sons that shall issue from thee, which 

uob7 9 'ii 'l* nou snalt De S et » snan tne Y take away ; and they shall be 
' " eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 

c 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, k Good is the word of 
the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, 
For there shall be ! peace and truth in my days. 

CHAPTER XL. 

aGn. is. 19.! The promulgation of the gospel, 1. The preaching of John the Baptist, 



d Ps. 16. 8, 
Rom. 2. 29. 
e ch. 65. 24. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
fPs. 65. 2. 
g Job 14. 5. 
LPs. 91. 14. 
2 Tim. 4. 17. 
i Gen. 9. 13. 
Jg. 6. 36,37. 
chap. 7. 13. 
k ver. 1, 12. 
1 Ps. 27. 4. 
& 42. 2. 
m Pea. 55. 
23. 

n Jer. 4. 20. 
oPs. 51.8. 
ICo. 11. 32. 
p Ps. 77. 4. 
q Song 2. 4. 
r 2 Cliron. 
20. 12. 



& 10. 1. 
u Dcut. 8. 3. 
chap. 64. 5. 
Ps.32. 1,2 
ch. 43. 25. 
Mic. 7. 19. 
y Psa. 6. 5. 
z Eccl. 9.10. 



15 'What shall I say 1 ? he hath both spoken unto me, 
and himself hath done it : I shall go softly all my years 
in l the bitterness of my soul. 

16 O Lord, u by these things men live, and in all these 
things is the life of my spirit : so wilt thou recover me, 
and make me to live. 

6 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but thou 
hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corrup- 
tion : for thou hast cast all my sins * behind thy back. 

■ 18 For the y grave cannot praise thee, death cannot 
celebrate thee : they that go down into the pit cannot 
hope for thy truth. 

d 19 The 'living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do 
this day : the a father to the children shall make known 
thy truth. 

20 The Lord ivas ready to save me : therefore we will 
sing my songs to the stringed instruments b all the days 
of our c life in the house of the Lord. 

21 For Isaiah had d said, Let them take a lump of figs, 
and lay if for a plaster upon the bile, and he shall recover 

c 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall 
"■ go up to the house of the Lord? 

CHAPTER XXXfX. 
Merodach-btdadan sendingto visit Hezekiah because of the wonder, hath 
notice of his treasures^ 1. Isaiah understanding thereof, forctdktli 
the f!/tb)jlonian captivity, 3. 

fk T "that lime Merodach-baladan, the son ofBaladan, 
jfV king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Heze- 
kiah : for he had heard that he had hcou sick, and was 
recovered. 

" 2 And Hezekiah was b glad of them, and shewed them 
the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, 
and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the 
house of his armour, and all thai was found in his trea- 
sures : there was c nothing in his house, nor in all his do- 
minion, that Hezekiah shewed (hem not. 



Ps. 78. 3, 4 
b Ps. 27. 4. 
c Ps. 9. 14. 
& 66. 13. 
d 2 Kg. 20.7. 
e Ps. 42. 1, 
2. & 84. 2. 
& 122. 1. 
a 2 Kings 
20.12. 
2 Cor. 12. 7. 
b 2 Cliron. 
32. 31. 
Prov. 4. 23. 
Jer. 17. 9. 
c Ps. 39. 6. 




d2Sa.l2.1. 

Ph. 119.24. 
e Jer.4. 16. 
f Jos. 7. 19. 
g Jer. 20. 5, 
li 2 Kings 

24. 10. & 

25. 1. 

iUa. 1.3,4 
klSn.3, 18 
28a. 15.26 
Lam. 3. 22, 
12 Kg. 9.22 
Zech. 8. 9. 
Rom. 15. 5. 
Hub. 12. 14. 
n chap. 05. 
13, 14. 
bPs. IU2.I3. 
Hah. '!. 3. 
cch. 61.7. 
.1 Mai, 3. I 

I, like 3. ■!. 

e I Co.' 3.21 
fob. II. 19. 
g oh. 2. 11. 
h eh. 66. 1. 
t Rev. 18 I 
k J Pet. 1.24. 



3. The preaching of the apostles, 9. The prophet by the omnipotency 
of God, 12, and his incomparableness, 18, comforteth the people, 26. 

-'OMFORT ye, comfort ye a my people, saith your God. 

b 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto 

her, that her warfare is b accomplished, that her iniquity 



is pardoned : for she hath 
double for all her sins 



received of the Lord's hand 



voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, 



r 3 «f[ The 

Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the 
desert a highway for c our God. 

4 Every f valley shall be exalted, and every s mountain 
and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made 
straight, and the rough places plain : 
u> 5 And the h glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and 
all flesh shall i see it together : for the mouth of the Lord 
hath spoken it. 

6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? 
k All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the 
flower of the field : 

i 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : because the 
spirit of the Lord ' bloweth upon it : surely the people is 
grass. 

t 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the 
m word of our God shall stand for ever. 
J 9 1 O Zion, that bringest n good tidings, get thee up 
into the high mountain : O Jerusalem, that bringest good 
tidings, lift up thy voice with strength ; lift it up, be not 
afraid ; say unto the cities of Judah, ° Behold your God ! 
r* 10 Behold the Lord p God will come with strong hand, 
and his arm shall rule for him : behold, his q reward is 
with him, and his work before him. 

11 He shall r feed his flock like a shepherd : he shall 
gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his 
bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with s young. 
s 12 4 Who hath ' measured the waters in the hollow of 
his hand, and meted out heaven with the u span, and cora- 
6 prehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weigh- 
in Rom.3.a cd the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 

t 13 Who hath * directed the 3 ' Spirit of the Loan, or bang 
his counsellor hath taught him ? 

With whom took he counsel, and who 'instructed him, 

and taught him 
i 



lllln. III. IK. 

oSi -'. B. 

n \ i 1.11. 
nRv.22. 12 
r Bzek. 31. 
23 



14 



7Gn.33.i3. an a taught him in the path of judgment, and taught bin 
Bom'.'ifi. knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding' 

S 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and 

are counted as the small " dust of the balance : behold, he 

taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 

1G And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasta 

(hereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 



t Ito. I. 20. 
u oh. it. 13 
(Job 21.22 
tlCo. ■•. n. 
B IVt. 2. 9. 
7. John 8. 

'I IV 09. 0. 

.<. 146. :i. i 



407 



B. Clirist 
cir. 712. 



29 He giveth power to the y faint ; and to them that 
have no might he increaseth strength. 

30 Even the z youths shall faint and be weary, and the 
young men shall utterly fall : 

b 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall a renew their 
strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles ; they 
shall run, and not be weary ; and they shall walk, and 
b not faint. 

CHAPTER XLT. 

God expostulated ivilh his people about his mercies to the church, 1, 

about his promises, 10, and about the vanity of idols, 21. 

j^JT'EEP silence a before me, O islands ; and let the peo- 
JV pie renew their strength : let them come near; then 
let them speak : let us come near together to judgment. 

2 Who raised up the righteous man from the b east, call- 
ed him to his c foot, d gave the nations before him, and 
made him "rule over kings ? he gave them as the dust to 
his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 

3 He f pursued them, and passed safely ; men by the 
way thai he s had not gone with his feet. 

' 4 Who hath h wrought and done it, calling the genera- 
tions from the beginning ? 1 the Lord, the ! first, and with 
the last ; I am he. 

E 5 The isles saw it, and k feared ; the ends of the earth 
were afraid, drew 'near, and came. 

6 They m helped every one his neighbour, and every one\^ t n ^% 
said to his brother, Be of good courage. neb. 48. i." 

7 So the carpenter encouraged the "goldsmith, andhe'fuob'.' 
that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, Y^tw. 
saying, It is readv for the sodering ; and he fastened itli?-,^ 5 
with nails, that it should not be moved. 

■ 8 But thou, Israel, art my ° servant, Jacob whom I 
nave r chosen, the seed of Abraham mv * friend. 



God expostulated with his people ISAIAH. 

•s 17 All nations before him are b as nothing ; and they are 
counted to him less than notning, and c vanity. 

18 % d To whom then will ye liken God ? or what like- 
ness will ye compare unto him ? 

v 19 The e workman melteth a graven image, and the gold- 
smith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 

20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation ^.^il** 
chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a 
cunning f workman to prepare a graven image that shall 
not be moved. 

21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it 
not been s told you from the beginning? have ye not un- 
derstood from the foundations of the earth ? 
s 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and 
the inhabitants ttiereof are as grasshoppers ; that h stretch- 
eth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out 
as a tent to dwell in : 

23 That bringeth the ' princes to nothing ; he maketh 
the judges of the earth as vanity. 

i 24 Yea, they shall not be planted : yea, they shall not be 
sown : yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth : 
and he shall also k blow upon them, and they shall wither, 
and the whirlwind shall take them away ! as stubble. 

* 25 To whom then will ye m liken me, or shall 1 be D equal? 
saith the Holy One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath 
created these things, that bringeth out their host ° by num- 
ber : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of 
his might, for that he is strong in power; not one r faileth. 

27 q Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, 
My way r is hid from the Lord, and my s judgment is 
passed over from my God ? 

* 28 If Hast thou not known ? hast thou not ' heard, that 
the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends 
of the earth, u fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is * no 
searching of his understanding. 



B. Christ 
cir. 71-2. 
b Dan. 4. 32. 
Acts 17. 28. 
c Ps. 62. 9. 
d ch. 46. 5. 
Dan. 3. 1,2. 
Acts 17. 29. 
e rh. 41. 6. 
& 44. 12, 



Pi. 19. 1. 

Acts 11. 10 
Rom. 1. 20. 
h Job 9. 18. 
Psa. 104. 5. 
chap. 42. 5. 
i Pa. 107. 40 
k Ex. 15. 10. 

1 Rv. 19. 20. 
m Mt. 15. 9. 
n Dt. 4. 15. 
oTs. 147.4. 
p Jgs.5. 20. 
q Ps. 77. 7. 
r l's.94. 7. 

B Jer. S. 13. 
Mai. 2. 17. 
t Ps. 44. 1. 
u lit. 33. 26. 
xRo.fl. 33. 
v2 Co. 12.9. 
z Ps, 33. 16. 
Luke 12. 19. 
a Ps. 103.3. 

2 Co. 1.8,9. 
b Phil. 1.6. 
aZech.2.13. 
bGn. 11.31. 
cHeb. U.S. 
dGn.14. 15. 
e Psa. 72. 8. 
f ch. 63. 1 , 2. 
gZech. 14. 
4. 

h Acts 17. 
26. 

i Rev. 1. 17. 
k Rev. 6. 16. 
1 Psa. 2. 2. 
m Ps. 83. 8. 
n ch. 40. 19. 
o Hal. 1. 6. 
pDeut. 7.6. 
qjam.2. 23. 



t Mai. 1. 2. 
s Ex. 24. 11. 
t Ro. 9. 11. 
u Ro. 8. 31. 
x Dt. 33. 27. 
Luke 22. 31. 
V ch. 60. 12. 
Zcrh. 12. 3. 
z Acts 13.8. 
a Dan. 2. 35. 
bPs.109.31. 
c Mic. 4. 15. 
d Dan. 2.35. 
e Jer. 51. 1. 
fPs. 58. 10. 
gZech.9. 
11. 

h Mt. 9. 36. 
i Ps. 107. 35. 
chap. 35. 7. 
Matt. 5. 6. 
John 7. 37. 
kRv.13.14. 
IRo. 11.17. 
mPs.69.23. 
n Mt 16. IS. 

chap. 44. 
7. & 46. 10. 
& 43. 14. 
pPs. 115.1. 
Jer. 10.4,5. 
Amos 3. 6. 
q Jgs. 3. 20. 

1 Cor. & 4 



Matt. 8. U 

a Or, pro- 
claim, 
Ezra 1.1.2 
ch. 13. 9, 



about his mercies to the church. 

9 Thou whom I have r taken from the ends of the earth, 
and called thee from the * chief men thereof, and said unto 
thee, Thou art my servant ; I have chosen thee, and * not 
cast thee away. 

10 % Fear thou not ; for I «m n with thee : be not dis- 
mayed ; for I am thy God : I will * strengthen thee ; yea, 

1 will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with the right 
hand of my righteousness. 

20 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall 
be - y ashamed and confounded : they shall be as nothing ; 
and they that strive with thee shall perish. 

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even 
them that f contended with thee : they that war against 
thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of a nought. 

b 13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy b right hand, 
saying unto thee, Fear not ; I will help thee. 

t 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel ; 
I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the 
Holy One of Israel. 

« 15 Behold, I will make thee c a new sharp threshing 
instrument having teeth : thou shalt d thresh the moun- 
tains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 

* 16 Thou shalt e fan them, and the wind shall carry them 
away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt 
"rejoice in the LoRD,atttf shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 

* 17 When the g poor and needy seek water, and there is 
none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will 

/ the God of Israel will not forsake them. 
1 open rivers in high places, and fountains in 



hear them, 

i 18 I will 

the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a 
pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 

19 1 will plant in the k wilderness the cedar, the shittah- 
tree, and the myrtle, and the ' oil-tree ; I will set in the 
desert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together ; 

' 20 That they may m see, and know, and consider, and 
understand together, that the n hand of the Lord hath 
done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 

21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth 
your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 

22 Let them bring them forth, and ° shew us what shall 
happen : let them shew the former things, what they be, 
that we may consider them, and know the latter end of 
them ; or declare us things for to come. 

23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we 
may know that ye are gods : yea, p do good, or do evil, 
that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 

24 Behold, ye are of' q nothing, and your work of nought : 
an abomination is he that chooseth you. 

r 25 I have raised up r one from the north, and he shall 
come : from the rising of the sun shall he ° call upon my 
name : and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, 
and. as the potter treadeth clay. 

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that Ave may 
know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is 3 righteous? 
yea, there is none that shewcth, yea, there is none that 
declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 

27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and 
tJsua^l* wiu §' lve t0 ' Jerusalem one that bringeth good u tidings. 

23 For I beheld, and there ivas no man ; even among 
them, and there ivas no counsellor, that, when I asked o.l 
I hem. could * answer a word. 

29 Behold, they are all x vanity, their works are nothing 
lhe.ir molten images are wind and confusion. 

CHAPTER LXII. 
The office of Christ graced with meekness and constancy, 1 : GocPs pro 

mise unto him, 5." An exhortation to praise God for his gospel, 10 

He reprovelh the people ofinci-edulity, 17. 

EHOLD my a servant, whom I uphold ; mine elect, 

in whom my soul b delighteth ; 1 have put my Spirit 

upon him : he shall c bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 



Jer. 10. 3. 
1 John 5. 21. 
a Phil. 2. 7. 
h Mt. 3. 17. 
c Ps. 72.8,9. 
.Mt. 12. 19. 



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An exhortation to praise God. 



2 He shall a not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to ^[j 1 



be heard in the e street. 

43 A f bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking 
flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment 
unto truth. 

* 4 He shall g not fail nor be discouraged, till he have h set 
judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law. 

t 5 % Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the 
heavens, and stretched them out ; he that spread forth 
the earth, and that which cometh out of it ; he thatgiveth „ 8 2T.m. 
breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that 
walk therein : 

t 6 I the Lord have i called thee k in righteousness, and 
will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for 
' a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; 

7 To m open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners 
from n the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the 
prison-house. 

t 8 I am the Lcrd : that is my name : and my glory will 't 
I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Rev. 14.' 16 
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and ° newji^w/ra 



d 2 Tim. 2. 
25. 

eMt. 11.27. 
& 12. 20. 
f ch. 50. 10. 
Mt. 11. 28. 
Luke 19. 10. 
g John 17. 4. 
b John 16.7. 
i Hen. 5. 4. 
kBeb.10.7 
1 Mai. 3. 1. 
m Luke 4. 



before they spring forth I tell you of 



a Luke 1.79. 
Heb. 10. 20. 
b Ps. 97. 7. 
. & 125. 5. 

praise c Ro. i. 20 

'dPs.147.I9. 
e Mai. a 7,8, 

and the inhabitants thereof. K^™|| 

lRo.2 20." 
i ch. 62. 4. 



I Mt. 9. 36. 
m Jer. 9. 12. 
n Ps. 44. 9. 
o JgB. a 14. 
Lam. 1. 8. 
p Ps. 79. 6. 



things do I declare 
thei ;. 

<* 10 Sing unto the Lord p a new song, and his 
from the end of the earth, ye that q go down to the sea, and 
all that is therein ; the isles, 

s 11 Let the r wilderness and the cities thereof lift up 
their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit : let the l £cCaX 
inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top " 
of the mountains. 

d 12 Let them s give glory unto the Lord, and declare 
his praise in the islands. 

i 13 The Lord shall go forth as ' a mighty man, he shall 
stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; 
he shall u prevail against his enemies. 

14 I have long time * holden my peace; I have been 
still, and refrained myself: noiv will I cry like a travailing 
woman ; I will * destroy and devour at once. 

15 1 will make waste z mountains and hills, and dry up 
all their herbs ; and I will make the rivers islands, and I 
will dry up the pools. 

i> 16 And I will Jpring the blind by a way that they a knew 
not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : 
1 will make darkness light before them, and crooked things 
straight. These things will I do unto them, and not for- 
sake them. 

w 17 U They shall be b turned back, they shall be greatly 
ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the 
molten images, Ye are our gods. ifah.6& 19. 

«* 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may c see. :n in'.^ ;Jh. 

^19 Who is blind, but d my "servant? or deaf, as my 
• ; messenger that I sent ] who is blind as he that is f per- 
fect, and blind as the Lord's servant 1 
20 g Seeing many things, but thou h obscrvcst 



not 



many things, but thou 
opening the ears, but he heareth not. 
»*21 The Lord i3 ' well pleased for his 
;ake ; l.e will magnify the law, and make it ^honourable 

22 But this is a people ' robbed and spoiled ; they 
all of them snared in notes, and they are hid in prison- 
houses ; they are for a prey, and none dclivereth, for a 
spoil, and none s;iith, Restore. 

23 Who among you will give car to this ? who will 
m hearken, and hear fur the time to come 1 

* 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Jsrael to the rob- 
bers 1 did not D the Lord, he against whom we ° have 
■"inned ? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were 
ihey obedient unto his law. 

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the p fury of his 
anger, and the strength of battle : and it hath set him onlEShilc 
103 3 F 



ISAIAH. The fall of Babylon foretold. 

fire round about, yet he * knew not ; and it burned him, 
yet he laid it not to heart. 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

The Lord comforteth the church with his promises, 1 : He appealeih to the 
people for witness of his omnipotence, 8 ; He foretclldh them the de- 
struction of Babylon, 15, and his wonderful deliverance of his peo- 
ple, IS: He reprovtth the people as inexcusable, 22. 

T|UT now thus saith the Lord that a created thee, O 
J&3 Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not : 
for I have redeemed thee, I have b called thee by thy 
name ; thou art mine. 

* 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with 
thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : 
when thou walkest through the c fire, thou shalt not be 
burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 

* 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, 
thy Saviour : d I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and 
Seba for thee. 

6 4 Since thou wast e precious in my sight, thou hast been 
honourable, and I have loved thee : therefore will I give 
men for thee, and people for thy life. 

5 Fear not ; for I am with thee : I will bring thy seed 
from the f east, and gather thee from the e west : 

6 I will say to the & north, ' Give up ; and to the south, 
Keep not back : bring my sons from far, and my daugh- 
ters from the ends of the earth ; 

7 Even every one that is 1 called by my name : for I 
have created him for' m my glory, I have* formed him; 
yea, I have made him. 

e 8 *[f D Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and 
the deaf that have ears. 

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the 
people be assembled : who among them can declare this, 
and shew us former things 1 let them bring forth their 
witnesses, that they may be ° justified ; or let them hear, 
and say, It is truth. 

t 10 Ye are my p witnesses, saith the Lord, and my ser- 
vant whom I have chosen : that ye may know and q be- 
lieve me, and understand that I am he : before me there 
was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 
<* 11 I, even r I, am the Lord ; and besides me there is 
no saviour. 

12 1 have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, 
when there was s no strange god among you : therefore 
ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. 
t 13 Yea, before the day was, ' I am he ; and there is none 
that can deliver out of my hand : I will work, and who 
shall let it 1 

t 14 % Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy 
One of Israel ; For u your sake I have sent to Babylon, 
and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chalde- 
ans, whose cry is in the x ships. 

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, 
"" King. 
E 16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh z a way in the 
sea, and a a path in the mighty waters ; 

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army 
and the power ; they shall lie down together, they shall 
b not rise : they are extinct, they arc quenched as c tow 

18 d Remember ye not the former things, neither con- 
sider the things of old. 

r 19 Behold, I will do c a new thing ; now it shall spring 
forth ; shall ye not know it ! I will even make a way in 
f the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 

20 The s beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons 
and the owls : because I give waters in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my 
chosen. 

i 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shal 
shew forth my praise. 

40? 



B. Christ 
cir.712. 



ii Jer. 5. J. 
Hosea 7. 9. 
aEpb.2.10. 
1) Ex. 19. 5. 

i. 40. 26. 
clCo.10.13. 
J Pr. 11.8. 
&. 21. 18. 
Ex. 19. 5. 
Mai. 3. 17. 



I 



i Jonah a 
II. 

kJohn6.37. 
tt. 10. 16. , 

uohni. lalyour 

m Eph. I. 
j 5, ft 

1 Pet 2. 9. 

ri2rhteousness';Acts2. 4i. 



loch. 41.36. 
1 John 10. 37. 

are ;; Acls 10 - 
'<] ho. in. 10. 

SOor, 1. 13 

r ch. 42. 1. 
& 55. 4. 
■ Dl. 32, 12. 
t John 8.58. 
u l.uko 18.7. 
xKv. 1&1L 
y lion. 3. 5. 
I Bx. 14.20, 
Pia. 77. !!l. 
a Ju.i,. 3,7. 
bit tr. 18.21. 

dJar.16.I4 

b9Co.&IT 

'ch. II. 18. 

Ro. 8. 21. 



B. Christ 
cir. 712. 



formed 
not, O 
I have 



i Ps. 79. 6. 
k Mai. 1.13. 
1 Pr. 15. 8. 
m ch. 1. 24. 
Amog 2. 14. 
n Acts 3. 19. 
o 2 Co. 5. 19. 
p ch. 62. 6. 
q Mic. 6. 3. 
r Jol>31.33. 
Acts 5. 51. 
s Mai. 2. 7. 
t Lam. 2. 2. 



ch. 65. 15. 
Rom. 11.9. 
a ch. 41. 8. 
Jer. 30. 10. 
b ch. 43. 1. 
c Dt. 32. 15. 
d Joel 2. 28. 
Acts 10. 45, 
&11.3. & 
21.28. 

1 John 2. 20. 
eEph.4. 16. 
Col. 2. 19. 

2 Pet. 3. 18. 
fPs 87. 5. 
g2 Cor. 8.5. 
h Ro. 4. 11. 
ich. 41.4. 
Rv. 1. 8, 17. 
kRo. 11.29. 
2 Tim. 1. 9. 
1 John 10. 
29. 

Eph. 1.4,5. 
Rev. 13. 8. 
aHeb. 
no rock, 
1 Sam. 2. 2. 
men. 64. 12. 
n ch. 40. 19. 
Jer. 10. 4. 
oHab.2.18. 
p Ps. 97. 7. 
chap. 1. 29. 
qch. 44.20. 
Jga. 17. 5. 
2Tlies.2.4, 
slSa. 30.6 
Ifab. 2. 13. 



The vanity of idols, ISAIAH. 

v 22 % But thou hast £ not called upon me, O Jacob; but 
thou hast k been weary of me, O Israel. 

23 Thou hast ' not brought me the small cattle of thy 
burnt-offering , neither hast thou honoured me with thy 
sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offer- 
ing, nor wearied thee with incense. 
p 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, 
neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices : 
but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast 
m wearied me with thine iniquities. 

b 25 I, even I, am he that n blotteth out thy transgressions 
for mine ° own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 

26 p Put me in remembrance : let us q plead together : 
declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 

1 27 Thy r first father hath sinned, and thy s teachers have 
transgressed against me. 

28 Therefore I have profaned 'the princes of the sanc- 
tuary, and have given Jacob to the u curse, and Israel to 
reproaches. 

CHAPTER XLIV. 
God comforteth the church with his promises, 1. The vanity of idols, 7, 
and jolly of idol-makers, 9. He exhorteth to praise God for his re- 
demption and omnipotency , 21. 

Tf^TET now hear, O a Jacob, my servant ; and Israel, 

JL whom I have chosen : 
2 Thus saith the Lord that b made thee, and 
thee from the womb, which will help thee ; Fear 
Jacob, my servant ; and thou, c Jesurun, whom 
chosen. 

* 3 For I will d pour water upon him that is thirsty, and 
floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my Spirit upon 
thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring : 

i 4 And they shall e spring up as among the grass, as 
willows by the water-courses. 

a 5 f One shall say, I am the ^Lord's ; and another shall 
h call himself by the name of Jacob ; and another shall 
subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname him- 
self by the name of Israel. 

t* 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Re- 
deemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the ' first, and I am the 
last ; and besides me there is no God. 

7 And who, as I, shall k call, and shall declare it, and 
set it in order for me, since I appointed the l ancient peo 
pie ] and the things that are coming, and shall come, let 
them shew unto them. 

8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid : have not I told thee 
from that time, and have declared it ? ye are even my 
witnesses. Is there a God besides me 1 yea, there is ° no 
God ; I know not any. 

j)9 f They that make a graven image are all of them 
vanity; and their delectable m things shall "not profit; and 
. they are their oAvn witnesses ; they see not, nor know, 
that they may be ashamed. 

c 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image 
that is ° profitable for nothing 1 

w 1 1 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed : and the 
workmen, they are of men : let them all be gathered to- 
gether, let them stand up ; yet they shall fear, and they 
shall be p ashamed together. 

12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, 
and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the 
strength of his arms : yea, q he is hungry, and his strength 
faileth : he drinketh no water, and is faint. 
° 13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule ; he marketh 
it out with a line ; he fitteth it with planes, and he mark 
eth it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure 
of a man, according to the beauty of a man ; that it may 
remain in the r house. 

14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress 
and the oak, which he 3 strengthened for himself among 



and folly of idol-makers. 
he planteth an ash, and the rain 



the trees of the forest 
doth nourish it. 

15 Then shall it be for a man to burn : for he will take 
thereof, and ' warm himself ; yea, lie kindleth it, and 
baketh bread ; yea, he u maketh a god, and worshippeth 
it ; he maketh it a graven image, and faileth down thereto. 

16 He burnetii part thereof in the fire, with part there- 
of he eateth flesh ; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied : yea, 
he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have 

Dan. 9. 7. i n n 

Dt.28.37.|seen the fire : 

17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his 
graven image : he faileth down unto it, and worshippeth 
it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me ; for thou art 
my god. 

t 18 They have x not known nor understood : for he hath 
shut their eyes, that they cannot see ; and their hearts, 
that they cannot understand. 

o 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there 
knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of 
it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals 
thereof ; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it : and shall I 
make the residue thereof an abomination 1 shall I fall 
down to the stock of a tree 1 

c 20 He feedeth on ashes : y a deceived heart hath turn- 
ed him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul^ nor say, Is 
there not z a lie in my right hand ? 
t 21 ^f a Remember these, O Jacob and Israel ; for thou 
art my servant : I have formed thee ; thou art my ser- 
vant : O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 
b 22 I have blotted out, as b a thick cloud, thy transgres- 
sions, and as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have 
redeemed thee. 

e 23 a Sing O ye heavens ; for the Lord hath done it : 
shout, ye lower parts of the e earth : break forth into sing- 
ing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein : for 
the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in 
Israel. 

t 24 Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer, and he that 
formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh 
all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that 
spreadeth abroad the earth by- myself : 

25 That frustrateth the tokens of the f liars, and maketh 
diviners mad ; that turneth wise men backward, and 
maketh their knowledge foolish ; 

b 26 That g confirmeth the word of his servant, and per- 
formeth the counsel of his messengers ; that saith to Je- 
rusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited ; and to the cities of 
Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed 
places thereof : 

r 27 That saith to the h deep, Be dry, and I will dry up 
thy rivers : 

28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall 
perform all my pleasure : even saying to Jerusalem, 
Thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, Thy foundation 
shall be laid. 

CHAPTER XLV. 
Godcalleth Cyrus for his church's sake, 1. . By his omnipotency he chal- 

lengeth obedience, 5 : He convincelh the idols of vanity, by his savi7ig 

power, 20. 

— HUS saith the Lord to his a anointed, to Cyrus, whose 

right hand I have holden, to b subdue nations before 

him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before 

him the two-leaved c gates, and the gates shall not be shut; 



E. Christ 
cir. 712. 



t2Th.2.11. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
& 18. 3. 
u Jgs. 17. 4. 
Ps. 115. 8. 
xch. 45.20 
Jer. 10. 4. 
bHob. 
daubed, 
Psa. 81. 12. 
Acts 14. 16. 
2 Th. 2. 11. 
Eph. 2. 2. 
y ch. 66. 3. 
Hos. 4. 14. 
z Jer. 8. 10. 
aDt. 32. 18 
bJob 37.11. 
Psa. 18. 12. 
&- 68. 2. 
Pr. 25. 23. 
chap. 59. 2. 
Lam. 3. 44. 
Hos. 6. 4. 
Jain. 4. 14. 
c Luke 1.74. 
lCor.6. 19. 
dRv. 12.12. 
e Pe. 96. 11. 
flKg.22.6. 
Job 5. 12. 
Jer. 50. 36. 

1 Cor. 1. 20. 
gZech. 1.6. 

2 Pet. 1. 21. 
hch.43. 16. 
Rev. 16. 12. 
a 1 Kings 
19. 15. 

b Ban. 5.30. 
c Josh. 6. 1. 
Acts 12. 10. 
dPs. 107.16. 
Col. 2. 15. 
e Ps. 39. 7. 
Jer. 50. 37. 
f Eira 1. 2 



2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places 
aight : I will break in pieces the d 
cut in sunder the bars of iron 



straight : I will break in pieces the d gates of brass, and 



3 And I will give thee the e treasures of darkness, and 
hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest f know 
that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God 

of Israel. 

410 



The omnipotence of God. 

1 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine E elect, 
I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed 
thee, though thou hast h not known me. 

* 5 flam the Lord, and there is none else, there is no 
God besides me : ' I girded thee, though thou hast not 
known me : 

6 That they may know from the k rising of the sun, and 
from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the 
Lord, and there is none else. 

1 7 I form the light, and create darkness : I make l peace, 15 
and create m evil : I the Lord do all these things. 

E8 Dropdown, ye n heavens, from above, and let the 
skies pour down ° righteousness : let the earth open, and 
let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring 
up together ; I the Lord have created it. 

w 9 Wo unto him that p striveth with his Maker ! Let the 
potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the 
' clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou'? or 
thy work, He hath no hands 1 

» 10 Wo unto him that saith unto his father, What be- 
gettest thou 1 or to the woman, What hast thou brought 
forth 7 

* 1 1 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his 
Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, 
and concerning the work of my hands r command ye me. 

*12 I have made the earth, 9 and created man upon it: I, 
even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all 
their host have I commanded. 

r 13 'I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will 
direct all his ways : he shall build my city, and he shall let 
go my captives, not for u price nor reward, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

£ 14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and mer- 
chandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, 
shall x come over y unto thee, and they shall be thine : 
they shall come after thee ; in chains they shall come 
over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make 
supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God ism thee; and 
there is none else, there is no God. 
1 15 Verily thou art a God that z hidest thyself, O God of 
Israel, the Saviour 

w 16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of 
them : they shall go to confusion together that are makers 
of a idols. 

& 17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an a ever- 
lasting salvation : ye shall not be ashamed nor confound- 
ed world without end. 
t 18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens ; 
God himself that formed the earth and made it ; he hath 
established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be 
1 inhabited : I am the Lord ; and there is none else. 
^19 1 have not spoken in secret, c in a dark place of the 
earth : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me J in 
vain : I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things 
that arc right. 

20 f Assemble yourselves and come; draw near to- 
gether, ye that arc ' escaped of the nations: they have no 
Knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, 
and pray tmlo a god that f cannot save. 
'21 Tell ye, and bring them near ; yen, let them take 



ISAIAH. God's judgments upon Babylon. 

d 24 Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have I 'righteous- 
ness and strength : even to him shall men come ; and all 



B. Christ 
cir. 712. 



i Ps. 18. 32. 
chap. 11. 5. 
&. 22. 21. 
k Mai. 1.11. 
Uob 34.29. 
m Job 2. 10. 
nEv. 18.21. 
oPs. 71.3. 
p 2 Kg. 6.33. 
q Ro. 9. 20. 
r Ex. 32. 10. 
10. 14. 
Mt. 17. 20. 

1 John 5. 14. 
3 Gen. 1.2G. 
tRv. 19.11. 
u Hog. 14. 4. 
Rom. 3. 24. 

1 Cor. 6. 20. 

x Pa. 72. 9, 

10, 11. 

ch. 60. 14. 

Dan. 7. 14. 

Rov. 3. 19. 

y Zech. 8. 

■j3. 

7. ch. 8. 17. 

Eph. 1. 23. 

1 Tim. 1.17. 

a Heb. 

trlinatsa- 

bim: tor- 
ments, 

Psa. 16. 4. 

ach.26."4. 

Dan. 4. 24. 

b Gen. 1.28. 

Ps 1 15. 16. 

c John 18. 

20. 

d Mai. 3.14. 

1 Co. 15. 58. 

e Eph. 2. 12. 

f Jor. 2. 17. 

g2Chron. 

20. 12. 

chap. 44. 8. 

Mic. 7. 7. 

h Phil. 2. 10. 



1 justi- 



eounsel together : who hath declared this from ancient tukiw.ls. the Holy One of Israel 



« Vtl. W "I. J---WM.W «...-.—. U ». U «.Q V ^. - w~ «~ UUU .WUM^. ..VWV WV«J.*^ 

hch. 43 4 i2.,that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 
" b 25 In the Lord shall all the k seed of Israel 1 
fied, and shall glory. 

CHAPTER XLVI. 
The idols of Babylon could not save themselves, 1. God saveth his peo- 
ple to the end, 3. Idols are not comparable to Godforpoiver, 5, or pre- 
sent salvation, 12. 

EL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were 
upon the a beasts, and upon the cattle : your car- 
riages were heavy loaden ; they are a burden to the 
weary beast. 

2 They stoop, they bow down together ; they could not 
b deliver the burden, butthemselves are gone into captivity. 
t 3 % Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the 
remnant of the house of Israel, which are c borne by me 
from the belly, which are carried from the d womb : 
b 4 And even to your e old age f I am he ; and even to hoar 
hairs will I carry you : I have made, and I will bear ; even 
I will carry, and will deliver you. 

5 ^j To" whom will ye g liken me, and make me equal, 
and compare me, that we may be like 1 

6 They h lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in 
the balance, and hire a goldsmith ; and he maketh it a 
god : they fall down, yea, they worship. 

7 They ' bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, 
and set him in his place, and he standeth ; from his place 
shall he not remove : yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can 
he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. 

8 Remember this, and shew yourselves k men : bring 
it again to mind, O ye transgressora. 

t 9 Remember the former things of old : for I am God, 
and there is ' none else ; / am God, and there is none 
like me, 

* 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from 
ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, 
m My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure : 

1 1 Calling a n ravenous bird from the east, the man that 
executeth ° my counsel from a far country : yea, I have 
spoken it, I will also bring it to pass ; I have purposed it, 

1 will also do it. 
« 12 % Hearken unto me, ye p stout-hearted, that are far 

from righteousness : 

13 1 bring near q my righteousness ; it shall not be far 
off, and my salvation shall not tarry : and I will place sal- 
vation in Zion for Israel r my glory. 

CHAPTER XLVII. 

God's judgments upon Babylon and Chaldea, 1, for their unmerciful- 
ness, 6, pride, 7, and over-boldness, 10, shall be irresistible, 11. 

OME down, and sit in the a dust, O virgin daughter of 
Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no throne, O 
daughter of the Chaldeans : for thou b shalt no more be 
called tender and delicate. 

*2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover ihy 
locks, c make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over 
the rivers. 

3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame 
shall be seen : I will d take vengeance, and I will ° not 
meet thee, as a man. 

* 4 As for f our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, 



B. Christ 
cir. 712. 



i 1 Co. 1.30. 
kRo. 11.2C. 
I Gal. 4. 28. 
Acts 10. 13 
nom. 3. 21, 

a Jer. 10. 5. 
b Jer. 48. 7. 
c Dt. 32. 11. 
<1 1 Co. 4.15. 
Gal. 4. 19. 
e Ps. 48. 14. 
fPs. 102.27. 

Matt, a 6. 

g ch. 40. 25. 
h Ex.3!. 3. 
h. 40. 19. 
i Jer. 10. 4, 

Acts 17. 28. 
It 1 Cor. 14. 
20. & 15. 30. 
1 chap. 41. 
22. 

roPs.33. 11. 
Pr. 19. 21. 
Arts 5. 30. 
n Rv. 19. 17. 
Jit. 5045. 
Rev. 17. 17. 

P Pt. 76. •". 

ch. 43. 21, 

23. 

q Ro. I. 17 

\ &a,ar. 

r Bnh. 1.6 



V 



time? who hath told it from that time 1 have not I the 



bllv. 18. 

.' Ml. 7.4 

Lord ? and there is no Cod else besides me ; a just God nw. a. lo. 
and a Saviour; (here is none besides me. •cb.'sj.s! 

d 22 s Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the \ l ", ;/ 
earth : for 1 am God, and there is none else. v.V, !mi 

1 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of myk^as. shew (hem ' no mercy ; upon the ancient hast thou very 
mouth in righteousness, "and shall not return, That '' untoji's. ' ' | heavily laid thy yoke. 



get 



thee into g darkness, O 
for thou shalt no more be 



r o Sit thou silent, and 
daughter of the Chaldeans : 
called, The lady of kingdoms. 

t 6 If I was h wroth with my people, I have polluted mine 
inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst 



mc every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 



II iiv. 1.1 in. 
,1. Rv. 18.7.! 



7 11 And thou saidst, I shall be a k ladv for ever : so that 

411 



1 



1 Jer. 18. 7. 
+ _, m«Th.2.4. 
LU nch. 51. 9. 

"V Rev. 9. 21. 

I shall not siti&is.23. 

iP Ps. 52.7. 
q Pr. 3. 5. 
Dan. 2. 2. 
r Dan. 5. 30. 
1 Th. 5. 2. 
s Rev. 18. 9. 
t ch. 44. 25. 
2'Th. 2.9,10. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
n Ex. 15. 7. 
Nah. 1. 10. 
1 Cor. 3. 12. 
x oh. 30. 14. 
Jcr. 51.32. 
Rev. 18.21. 
y verse 12. 
Rev. 18. 11. 
a Ro. 2. 17. 
Rev. 3. 9. 
h lit. VS. 8. 
cMi.3. 11. 
deli. 41. 22. 
e Jos. 21. 45. 
a lib. hard, 
Alt. 12.39. 
f Jer. 3. 3. 
AHeb. 
sorrow, 
Psa. 16. 3. 
g Ps. 40. 10. 
h Acts 1. 7. 
Col. 1. 16. 
i verse 6. 
Amos 3. 7. 
Luke 1. 70. 
k Dt. 29. 4. 
1 Ps. 58. 3. 
in Ps. 100. 8, 
n Ps. 130. 4. 



God revealeth his prophecies 

thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither 
remember the latter end of it. 

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given 
pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in 
heart, m I am, and none else besides me 
as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children : 
r 9 But n these two things shall come to thee in a mo- 
ment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood : 
they shall come upon thee in their perfection, for the 
multitude of thy ° sorceries, and for the great abundance 
of thine enchantments. 

c 10 If For thou hast p trusted in thy wickedness : thou 
hast said, None seeth me. Thy q wisdom and thy know- 
ledge, it hath perverted thee ; and thou hast said in thy 
heart, I am, and none else besides me. 
««11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalL 
not know r from whence it riseth : and mischief shall fall 
upon thee ; thou shalt not be able s to put it off: and deso- 
lation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt 
not know. 

12 Stand now with thine ' enchantments, and with the 
multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured 
from thy youth ; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so 
be thou mayest prevail. 

o 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. 
Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly 
prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things 
that shall come upon thee. 

«" 14 Behold, they shall be as "stubble; the fire shall 
burn them ; they shall not deliver themselves from the 
power of the flame : there shall not be x a coal to warm 
at, nor fire to sit before it. 

15 Thus shall they be unto thee y with whom thou hast 
laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth : theyshall 
wander every one to his quarter ; none shall save thee. 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 
God to convince the people of their foreknown obstinacy, revealeth his 
prophecies, 1 : He saveth them for his own sake, 9 : He exhortcth them 
to obedience, because of his power and providence, 12: He lament eth 
their backwardness, 16 : He powerfully delivercih his out of Baby- 
lon, 20. 

TEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by 
the a name of Israel, and are come forth out of the 
waters of Judah, which sware by the name of the Lord, 
and make b mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, 
nor in righteousness. 

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and c stay 
themselves upon the God of Israel ; The Lord of hosts is 
his name. 

t 3 1 have d declared the former things from the begin- 
ning ; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shew 
ed them : I did them suddenly, and they e came to pass. 

c 4 Because I knew that thou art " obstinate, and thy neck 
is an iron sinew, and thy ' brow brass ; 

* 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee ; 
before it came to pass I shewed it thee : lest thou should- 
est say, Mine * idol hath done them ; and my graven image, 
and my molten image, hath commanded them. 

6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will £ not ye de- 
clare it ? I have shewed thee new things from this time, 
even h hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 

7 They are ' created now, and not from the beginning ; 
even before the day when thou heardest them not ; lest 
thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 

t 8 Yea, thou k heardest not ; yea, thou knewest not ; 
yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened : for I 
kn e w that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast 
called a transgressor from the womb. 

b 9 % m For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and 
>or my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 



ISAIAH. 

didst 



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Christ complaineth of the Jews. 

o 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but c not with silver ; I 
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 

11 For ° mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will 
I do it: for how should my name be polluted % and I will 
p not give my glory unto another. 

* 12 % Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my q call- 
ed ; I am he ; I am the r first, I also am the last. 

13 My hand also hath laid the 9 foundation of the earth, 
and my right hand hath spanned the "heavens: when I 

call unto them, they u stand up together. 

s 14 All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; which * among 
them hath declared these things? The Lord hath y loved 
him : he will do his z pleasure on Babylon, and his arm 
shall be on the Chaldeans. 

15 1, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him : I 
have brought him, and he shall make his way a prosperous 

t 16 ^[ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this ; I have not 
spoken in secret from the beginning ; from b the time that 
it was, c there am I : and now the Lord God, and his 
Spirit, hath d sent me. 

t 17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One 
of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee 
to profit, which e leadeth thee by the way that thou should- 
est go. 

6 18 f O that thou hadst hearkened to my command- 
ments ! then had thy g peace been as a river, and thy 
righteousness as the waves of the sea : 

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the off- 
spring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name 
d should not have been cut off nor destroyed from be- 
fore me. 

20 T| h Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chal- 
deans, with a voice of * singing declare ye, tell this, utter 
it even to the end of the earth ; say ye, The Lord hath 
k redeemed his servant Jacob. 

* 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through 
the deserts : he caused the waters to flow out of the 
1 rock for them : he clave the rock also, and the waters 
gushed out. 

w 22 There is m no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 
Christ being sent to the Jews, complaineth of them, 1 : He is sent to the 
Gentiles ivith gracious promises, 5. God's love is perpetual to his 
church, 13. 7'he ample restoration of the church, 18. 1 'he powerful 
deliverance out of captivity, 24. 

T ISTEN, O isles, unto me ; and hearken, ye people, 
iL^ from far; The Lord hath a called me from the 
womb ; from the bowels of my mother hath he made 
mention of my name. 

* 2 And he hath made c my mouth like a sharp sword ; 
in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me 

d polished shaft ; in his quiver hath he hid me; 
3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O e Israel, 
in whom I will be f glorified. 

d 4 Then I said, I have laboured e in vain, I have spent 
my strength for nought, and in vain ; yet surely h my 
judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. 

t 5 If And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the 
womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, 
Though Israel be i not gathered, yet shall I be k glorious 
in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be ' my strength, 

r 6 And he said, It is a ra light thing that thou shouldest 
be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to re- 
store the preserved of Israel : I will also give thee for a 
light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation 
•unto the end of the earth. 

t 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his 

Holy One, to him whom man n despiseth, to him whom 

the ° nation abhorreth, to a p servant of rulers, q Kings 

nPs t '72'io'|shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because oi 

412 



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c Or, not 
as silver, 
Psa. 103. 9. 

Ps. 79. 9. 
ch. 42. 8. 

q Kom. 1. £, 
r Rv. 1. 17. 
s John 1. 3. 
t Ps. 147. 4. 
u Gen. 2. 1. 
x Ps. 76. 1. 
y Bit. 3. 17. 
z2Th.2.8. 
a Ps. 45. 3. 
b ch. 1. 1. 
c Hah. 2. 1. 

1 ch. 6. 9. 
Jer. 26. 12. 
e Ps. 25. 5. 
fDt. 5. 29. 
g Psa. 119. 
165. 

d Or, shall 
not be, 
Jer. 30. 12. 
h Rv. 18. 4. 
i Rv. 19. 1. 
k Luke 1. 
68. 

1 Ex. 17. 6. 
m cl). 65.20. 
a Hab. 5. 4. 
b Psa. 2. 7. 
Matt. 1. 20. 
c Acts 2. 37. 

2 Th. 2. 8. 
Rev. 1. 16. 
d Ps. 45. 5. 
ch.21. 17. 
eRo. 11.26 
Gal. 1. 16. 
f John 15.8. 
Eph. 1. 6. 
g Blatt. 17. 
17. &. 23. 37. 
John I. 11. 
hi Cor. 3. 8. 
i Mt. 23. 37. 
k John 5.30. 
1 Bit. 11. 25. 
m Acts 13. 
47. & 22. 21. 
n Mt. 27. 2. 
o Ps. 21. 2. 



Uod's love is perpetual to his church. 

the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and 
he shall choose thee. 

* 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an r acceptable time have 
heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped s thee 
and I will preserve thee, and give thee for ' a covenant of 
the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the 
desolate heritages : 

9 That thou mayest say to the u prisoners, Go forth ; to 
them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall 
feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high 
places. 

b 10 They shall * not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the 
heat nor sun smite them : for he that hath mercy on them 
shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide 
them. 

1 1 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my 
highways shall be exalted. 

s 12 Behold, these shall come y from far; and lo, these 
from the north and from the west ; and these from the 
land of z Sinim. 

<* 13 *\ Sing, a O heavens.; and be joyful, O earth ; and 

break forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath 

comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 

14 But b Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and 

my Lord hath forgotten me. 

» 15 Can c a woman forget her d sucking child, that she 
should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, 
they may forget, yet will f I not forget thee. 

* 16 Behold, I have e graven thee upon the palms of my 
hands ; thy h walls are continually before me. 

17 Thy " children shall make haste ; thy destroyers and 
they that made thee waste shall * go forth of thee. 

r 18 If k Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold : all 
these gather themselves together, and come to thee. Jls 
I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely ' clothe thee with 
them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as 
a bride doeth.. 

19 For thy ,n waste and thy desolate places, and the land 
of thy destruction, shall even now be n too narrow by rea- 
son of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up 
shall be ° far away. 

r 20 The children which thou shalt p have, after thou hast 
q lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is 
too straight for me : give place to me that I may dwell. 

21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath r begot- 
ten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am deso- 
late, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath 
brought up these? Behold I was left alone; these, where 
had they been ? 

22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up my 
hand to the * Gentiles, and set up my standard to the 
people : and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and 
thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 
i* 23 And kings shall be thy ' nursing fathers, and their 
queens thy nursing mothers : they shall bow down to thee 
with their face toward the earth, and u lick up the dust of 
thy feet; and thou shall know that I am the Lord: for 
they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 

24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the law- 
fid captive delivered ? 

25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the " captives of the 
mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible 
shall be delivered : for I will contend with him that con- 
lendcth with thee, and I will save thy children. 

1 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee 
y own flesh ; and they shall be drunken with 
blood, as with sweet wine : and all flesh shall ' 
1 the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty 
One of Jacob. 

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An exhortation to trust in Christ. 



a Dt. 24. 1. 
Jor. 3. 8. 

Mt. 18.25. 
c Hos. 2. 2. 
lEph.2. 17. 
oJulwil.ll. 
fNu. 11.23. 
g Col. 2. 9. 
h Pr. 25. 1 1 
i John 7. 15. 
Ic Ps. 40. 6. 
1 Phil. 2. 8. 
m Mt.QCi.67. 
n Hob. 5. 7. 
oRo. 1. 10. 
1 Pet. 4. 15. 

P Ro. 8.31. 

I Ex. 22. 9. 
1 Cor. I. 4. 
1 I't. ,'!. 15. 
rP«. 102.26. 
■ Mni. :;. 16. 
i John in i. 
u ch. 8. 22. 
x SCfaron. 
20. 20. 
y I l>t. 5. 7. 
I Pa. 20. 7. 
u Ps. 16. I. 
n Phil. 3. 8. 
I, Ro.4. I!). 
c Ro. 10. I. 
.1 Go. 15. '. 
i 1.39 
tPt. 102. 13. 
[KRo.1I. II. 

h oh. a. 3. 

with their;,! 

their 



B. ChriBt 

cir. 712. 



r 2 Co. 6. 2. 

3 John 11. 

42. 

t Hcb.7.12. 

u John 8.31. 

x Rv. 7. 16. 

y Rv. 6. 12. 

zGn.10. 17. 

aRv.12.12. 

b ch. 40. 27. 

cMt.7. 11. 

d 1 Kings 

3.24. 

f Rom. 9. 6, 

7. & 11. 29. 
g Song 8. 6. 
2 Cor. 1.22. 
hRv.21.18, 
21. 
a Or, 
builders, 
1 Cor. 3. 10. 
iZcch.13.3. 
k ch. 60. 4, 
1 Pr. 17. 6. 
m Luke 19. 
43. 

n Hos. 1.11. 
oRv.21.27. 
& 22. 15. 
p Zcch. 10. 
10. 
Mt. 3. 9. & 

8. 11. 

i\ Ro. 11. 15, 
20. 

r 1 Pt. 1.23. 
s ch. 60. 4. 
Mai. 1.11. 
Rom. 15. 9. 
tch. 60.7,16. 
u Ps. 72. 9. 
x Mt. 12. 9. 
Luke 11. 
21, 22. 
y Rv. 14.20. 
& 16. 6. 
7. Ps. 9. 16. 
ch. 60. 16. 



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5. 24. 



know that ;-: '['"■-*• '• 



6, 

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i.. 2 Pot. '■•■■ 

10. 



CHAPTER L. 

Christ shewefh that the dereliction of the Jews is not to be imputed to him, 
by his ability lo save, I, by his obedience in that work, 5, and by his 
confidence m that assistance, 7. An exhortation to trust in God, and 
not in ourselves, 10. 

THUS saith the Lord, Where is the a bill of your 
mother's divorcement, whom I have put away ? or 
which of my b creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Be- 
hold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for 
your transgressions is c your mother put away. 

2 Wherefore, when d I came, was there e no man? when 
I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand f shorten- 
ed at all, that it cannot redeem ? or have I no power to 
deliver ? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make 
the rivers a wilderness : their fish stinketh, because there 
is no water, and dieth for thirst. 
s 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, 
sackcloth their covering. 
b 4 The Lord God hath given me the s 
learned, that I should know how to speak h 
son to him that is weary : he wakeneth morning by morn- 
ing, he ' wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 
t 5 ^[ The Lord God hath k opened mine ear, and I was 
not ' rebellious, neither turned away back. 
t6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my m cheeks to 
them that plucked off the hair : I hid not my face from 
shame and spitting. 

c 7 For the Lord God will n help me : therefore shall I 
not be confounded : therefore have I set my face like a 
Mint, and I know that I shall ° not be ashamed. 

8 He is r near that justifieth me : who will contend with 
me ? let us q stand together : who is mine adversary ? let 
him come near to me. 

9 Behold, the Lord God will help me ; who is he 
shall condemn me ? lo, they all shall r wax old as a 
ment ; the moth shall eat them up. 

d 10 % Who is among you that 9 feareth the Lord, 
1 obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh u in dark- 
ness, and hath no light ? let x him trust in the name of the 
Lord, and y stay upon his God. 

c 11 Behold, all ye that z kindle a fire, that compass your- 
selves about with sparks : walk in the light of your fire, 
and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have 
of my hand ; ye shall "lie down a in sorrow. 

CHAPTER LI. 
An exhortation after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ, 1, by 
reason of his comfortable promises, 3, of his righteous salvation, 4, and 
man's mortality, 7. Christ by his sanctified arm defendcth his from 
the fear of 'man, 9: He beivailelh the afflictions of Jerusalem, 17, and 
promiscth deliverance, 21. . 

"EARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, 
ye that seek the Lord : look unto the rock whence 
ye are hewn, and to the " hole of the pit whence ye are 
digged. 

2 Look unto c Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that 
bare you : for I d called him alone, and "blessed him, and 

increased him. ,-„.,.„ r 

b 3 For the Lord shall f comfort Zion : he will comfort 
all her B waste places ; and he will make her wilderness 
like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord ; 
joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and 
the voice of melody. , 

<i 4 «jf Hearken unto me, my people ; and give ear unto 
me, O my nation : for h a law Bhall proceed from me, and 
I will make my judgment to rest for 'a light of the people, 
r 5 '' My righteousness is near ; my salvation is gone 
forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles 



that 
gar- 

that 



shall wait upon me, 



and on mine ' arm shall they trust. 
Lift up your eyes to the m heavens, and look upon the 
earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like 
smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and 

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Christ promiseth deliverance. 



ISAIAH. 



Lhey that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but n my 



B. Christ | 
cir. 712. 



The sccfndal of the cross excused 
3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have e sold yourselves for 



for ever, and my righteousness shall „ch. 50. 9. nought; and ye shall be redeemed f without money 



salvation shall be 

not be abolished. |*w. ajf" | f 4 F °i' thus saith the Lord God, My people went down 

d 7 M Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the j"^-^-! aforetime g into Lgypt to sojourn there ; and the Assyrian 
people in whose ° heart is my law-; fear ye not the p re- 
proach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 
w 8 For the nnoth shall eat them up like a garment, and the 
r worm shall eat them like wool : but my righteousness shall ij^ft «• 
be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation, aka ia' 
£ 9 V Awake, awake, ' put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; g ' 
awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art* 



p re-i 4. 

! Acta 5. 40. 
!qch. 50. 9. 

r ch. 66. 24. 

a Fa. 44. 23. 



cli.35. 10. 
At 43. 16. 
Rev. 14. 3 



b Ps.,90. 5. 
1 Pet. 1. 24. 
c Job 21. 28. 
Ts. 9. 5, 6. 
ti. 37.35, 3b. 
& 76. 10. 
chap. 16. 4. 
1 Cor. 1. 20. 
d cli.43. 12. 
Jer. 37. 21. 
Zech. 9. II. 
c Jer.31.35. 
f John 3.34. 
gEph.l. 10. 
h 1 Cor. 15. 
34. 

i Gal. 4. 26. 
k 1 Pt 4. 17. 
I Alt. 9. 36. 



n Job 2. 11. 
o La. 1. 11, 
12. 

p ch. 9. 19. 
I La. 3. 15. 
r Jer. 50. 34. 
a ch. 42. 6. 
t Pr. 11. 8. 
& 21. 18. 
Jer. 25. 26. 
uch. 41.25. 
a ch. 51. 9. 
Rev. 15. 6. 
b Pa. 79. 1. 
chap. 35. 8. 
Rev. 21. 27. 
c Rev. 3. 21. 
(1 Zech. 2. 7. 
Rev. 13. 5. 



thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the u dragon l£|gj-*| 

10 Art thou not it which hath x dried the sea, the waters' 
of the great deep ; that hath made the depths of the sea aj 
way for the ransomed to pass over 1 
r 1 1 Therefore the y redeemed of the Lord shall return, 
and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall 
be upon their z head : they shall obtain gladness and joy ; 
and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 

* 12 I, even I, am he that a comforteth you : who art thou, 
that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and 
of the son of man which shall be made as h grass ; 

c 13 And forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that hath stretch- 
ed forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth ;i& i?. il 
and hast feared continually every day because of the fury 
of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy ? and 
c where is the fury of the oppressor 1 

14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, 
and that he should not die in the d pit, nor that his bread 
should fail. 

* 15 But I am the Lord thy God, that e divided the sea, 
whose waves roared : The Lord of hosts is his name. 

16 And I have f put my words in thy mouth, and have 
covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may g plant 
the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say 
unto Zion, Thou art my people. 

£17 ^[ h Awake, awake, stand up, » O Jerusalem, which 
hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury ; 
thou hast drunken the k dregs of the cup of trembling, 
and wrung them out. 

18 There is none to ' guide her among all the sons whom 
she hath brought forth ; neither is there any that taketh 
her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. 

19 m These two things are come unto thee ; who shall 
be sorry for thee 1 desolation, and destruction, and the fa- 
mine, and the sword : by whom shall I n comfort thee 1 

20 Thy sons have ° fainted, they lie at the head of all 
the streets, as a wild bull in a net : they are full of the 
p fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. 

21 ^ Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunk 
en, but q not with wine : 

r 22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that 
^leadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken i a 
3 out of thy hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of^gj^y- 
the cup of my fury ; thou shalt no more drink it again : 

23 But I will put it ' into the hand of them that afflict 
ihee ; which have said to thy soul, u Bow down, that we 
may go over : and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, 
and as the street, to them that went over. 
CHAPTER LIT. 



B. Chriat 
cir. 712. 



ech. 54. 13. 
f 1 Pet. 1. 18. 
g ch. 46. 6. 
h La. 3. 52 
i chap. 10. 
10, 12. 
k Mai. 2. 17. 
1 Psa. 9. 16. 
m ch. 42. 9. 
nRo. 10. 15 
o Luke 2. 
10, 14. 
(■ Alic. 4. 7. 
q Ezek.3.17 
r Rv. 14. 7. 
a 1 John 1.1. 
t Alt. 28. 19, 
u Rev. 18.4. 
x Rev. 1. 6. 
y Ex. 12.33, 
z Ex. 13.21 



d Ps. 22. 6. 
oActs2.35 
f Rom. 15. 
20, 21. 
a Ro. 1. 16. 
1 Cor. 1. 18. 
b Jit. 27.39. 
= Luke 19. 
14. 

Christ persuadelh the church to believe his free redemption, 1, fo receive U John i'. io. 
the ministers thereof, 7, to joy in the power thereof, 9, and to free them-\f\~\ „ 
selves from bondage, 11. Christ's kingdom shall be exalted, 13. UActVaVi 

WAKE, awake, a put on thy strength, O Zion; put onjF'Ro-^ 
thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: i Sua? 



? 



b come into thee the h^h: 



for henceforth there shall no more 

uncircumcised and the unclean. \}E£*k 

2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and c sit down, 1Petasa 
Jerusalem • d i^=« *v.,.~„ic r 4U„ i — _i_ _<• «_ , ^.imjoimi 



captive daughter of Zion 



loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O29 



oppressed them h without cause. 

p 5 Now therefore, ! what have I here, saith the Lord, 
that my people is taken away for nought 1 they that rule 
over them make them to howl, saith the Lord ; and my 
name continually every day is k blasphemed. 

b 6 Therefore my people shall know 'my name: therefore 
they shall know in that day that m 1 am he that doth speak : 
behold, it is I. 

d 7 % How beautiful upon the "mountains are the feet of 
him that bringeth ° good tidings, that publisheth peace ; 
that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salva- 
tion ; that saith unto Zion, Thy God p reigneth ! 

8 Thy q -watchmen shall Tift up the voice; with the 
voice together shall they sing : for they shall see 9 eye to 
eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. 

9 if Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places 
of Jerusalem : for the Lord hath comforted his people, he 
hath redeemed Jerusalem. 

r 10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes 
of all the nations : and l all the ends of the earth shall see 
the salvation of our God. 

d 11 ^| "Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, 
touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her ; be 
ye x clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. 

6 12 For ye shall not go out with y haste, nor go by flight : 
for the Lord will 2 go before you ; and the God of Israel 
will be your rere-ward. 

13 ^f Behold, my servant shall deal a prudently, he shall 
be b exalted and extolled, and be very high. 

14 As many were c astonished at thee ; (his visage was 
so marred more than d any man, and his form more than 
the sons of men :) 

>'15 So shall he e sprinkle many nations ; the kings shall 
shut their mouths at him : for that which had f not been 
told them shall they see ; and that which they had not 
heard shall they consider. 

CHAPTER LIII. 

The prophet, complaining ofincredidity, excuseth the scandal of the cross, 
1, by the benefit of his passion, 4, and the good success thereof, 10. 

WHO hath believed our report] and to whom is the 
a arm of the Lord revealed ? 

r 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 
and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor 
b comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beau- 
ty that we should desire him. 

r 3 He is despised and c rejected of men ; a man of sor- 
rows, and d acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our 
faces from him ; he was despised, and we e esteemed himnot. 

t 4 1[ Surely he hath borne our r griefs, and carried our 
sorrows : yet we did esteem him stricken, s smitten of God, 
and afflicted. 

* 5 But he was wounded h for our transgressions, he ivas 
bruised for our iniquities ; the chastisement of our peace 
was upon him ; and with his stripes we are healed. 

* 6 All we like ; sheep have gone astray ; we have turned 
every one to his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on 
him the iniquity of us all. 

' 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he 'opened 
not his mouth : he is brought as a m Iamb to the slaughter, 
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened 
not his mouth. 

t 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment : and 
who shall n declare his generation 1 for he was cut off out 
of the land of the living : for the ° transgression of my 



>fco"r 7 5.7. people was he stricken 



414 



The Gentiles to be called. 



r* 9 And he made his grave with the p wicked, and with B c \^'£ 



An exhortation to sanctification* 



a chap. 49. 
4, 5, 6. 
x John 15.4. 
! Ps. 2. 8. 
z Col. 2. 15, 
a Luke 23. 
34. 

a Gal. 4. 27. 
blPt.l.33.j 
c Rom. 9. I 
26,27,30. 
d Ps. 78. 8. 
Da. 7. 14,27. 
e chap. 2. 2. 
fch. 61.9. 
g John 16. 
21. 

Heb. 11. 36, 
3?. 

h Hos. 2. 19. 
i Dan. 2. 44. 
Obadiah 
verse 21. 
k Hos. 11. 1. 
1 Pet. 2. 9. 
1 Jer. 2. 2. 
Ezek. 16. 8. 
mch.60. 10. 
.1 Dt. 32. 20. 
o Jer. 31. 3. 
pGn. 9. 11. 
q ch. 49. 15. 
r cli. 51. 6. 
s Ep.2.4,5. 
Titus 3. 5. 
t Rev. 12. 6. 
ulPet.2.5. 
xRv.21.19. 
yJer.31.34. 
z Psa. 119. 
165. 

aPs.91. 7. 
Mt. 16. 18. 
bRv. 16.13. 
c ch. 10. 5. 
Matt. 8. 9. 
John 19.11. 
d Ps. 2. 1, 2. 
e ch. 50. 8. 
Mt. 26. 60. 
Acts 6. 11. 
Rom. 8. 33 



the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, pA ct 8 2.23. 
neither was any q deceit in his mouth. Jjohntit 

r 10 % Yet it "pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put *^£- 2 5 -f£ 
him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul 8 an offering] Rev. if" n.' 
for sin, he shall see his seed, lie shall prolong his days, and 
the pleasure of the Loud shall ' prosper in his hand. 

t 11 He shall see of the "travail of his soul, and shall be 
satisfied : by nis * knowledge shall my righteous servant 
justify many ; for he shall bear their iniquities. 

t 12 Therefore will I y divide him a portion with the great, 
and he shall z divide the spoil with the strong ; because he 
hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered 
with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and 
made a intercession for the transgressors. 

CHAPTER LIV. 

The prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, prophesieth the amplitude of 
their church, 1, their safety, 4, their certain deliverance out of affliction, 
6, their fair edification, 11, and their sure preservation, 15. 

iQ* ING, * O barren, thou that didst not bear ; break forth 

J3 into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst b not tra- 
vail with child : for c more are the children of the desolate 
than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. 

d 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them d stretch 
forth the curtains of thy habitations ; spare not, lengthen 
thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; 

r 3 For thou shalt e break forth on the right hand and on 
the left ; and f thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make 
the desolate cities to be inhabited. 

d 4 Fear not ; for thou shalt not be ashamed : neither be 
thou confounded ; for thou shalt not be put to shame : for 
thou shalt g forget the shame- of thy youth, and shalt not 
remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more 

» 5 For thy Maker is thy h husband ; The Lord of hosts 
is his name ; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel ; 
The God of the ' whole earth shall he be called. 

6 For the Lord hath u called thee as a woman forsaken 
and grieved in spirit, and ' a wife of youth, when thou wast 
refused, saith thy God. 

t 7 For a m small moment have I forsaken thee ; but with 
great mercies will I gather thee. 

b 8 In a little wrath n I hid my face from thee for a mo- 
ment ; but with ° everlasting kindness will I have mercy 
on thee, saith. the Lord thy Redeemer. 

9 For this is as the p waters of Noah unto me : for as I 
have q sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go 
over the earth ; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth 
with thee, nor rebuke thee. 

b 10 For the mountains shall "depart, and the hills be 

removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, 

neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith 

the Lord that hath 5 mercy on thee. 

6 11 If O thou ' afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not 

comforted ! behold, I will lay thy u stones with fair colours, 

and lay thy * foundations with sapphires. 

12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy 

gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones 

■>• 13 And all thy children s halt be * taught of the Lord 

and great shall be the z peace of thy children. 

14 Mn righteousness shalt thou be established : thou 

shall be far from oppression ; for thou shall not fear : and 

from terror; for it shall not come near thee 
">15 Behold, they shall surely b gather together, but not 

by rne: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall 

fall for thy sake. 

16 Behold, I have 'created the smith that blowetb the 

coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for 

his work ; and I have created the waster to destroy 

*'17 Tl" No d weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; 

and every e tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment 



ISAIAH 

thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of 
the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER LV. 

The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calleth to faith, 1, and to repent- 
ance, 6. The happy success of them that believe, 8. 

eYl O, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the a waters, 
JUL and he that hath b no money ; come ye, ° buy, and 
eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and 
without price. 

2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is d not 
,bread 1 and your labour for that which satisfieth not 1 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, 
and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 

* 3 Incline your ear, e and come unto me : hear, and your 
soul shall live ; and I will make an f everlasting covenant 
with you, even e the sure mercies of David. 

4 Behold, I have given him for a h witness to the people, 
1 a leader and commander to the people. 

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou k knowest 
not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, 
because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Is- 
rael ; for he hath ' glorified thee. 

d 6 ^[ Seek ye the Lord m while he may be found, call ye 
upon him while he is near : 

7 Let the n wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his ° thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will 
p abundantly pardon. 

* 8 If For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are 
q your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 

9 For as the r heavens are higher than the earth, so are 
my ways higher than your ways, and my s thoughts than 
your thoughts. 

A 10 For as the 'rain cometh down, and the snow from 
heaven, and returneth not thither, but "watereth the earth, 
and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give * seed 
to the sower, and bread to the eater : 

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my 
mouth : it shall not y return unto me void, but it shall ac- 
complish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the 
thing whereto I sent it. 

£ 12 For ye shall 7 go out with joy, and be led forth with 
peace : a the mountains and the hills shall break forth be- 
fore you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall 
clap their hands. 

13 Instead of the b thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and 
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree : and it 
shall be to the Lord for c a name, for an everlasting sign 
that shall not be cut off. 

CHAPTER LVI. 

Tlie prophet exhorteth to sanctif cation, 1: He promiselh it shall be general 

without respect to persons, 3 : He inveighcth against blind watchmen, 9. 

rjlIIUS saith the Lord, Keep ye a judgment, and do jus- 
d JL ticc : for my salvation is near to come, and my 
b righteousness tovbe revealed. 

d 2 Blessed is the man that c doeth this, and the son of 
man that layeth hold on it ; that d keepeth the sabbath 
from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 

?3 t Neither let the son of the "stranger, that* hath 
joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath 
utterly separated me from his people : neither let the eu- 
nuch say, Behold, I am f a dry tree. 

d 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the E eunuchs that keep 
my sabbaths, and choose the things that ''please mc, and 
take hold of my covenant ; 

b 5 Even unto them will I give in my ; house and within 
my walls, a place and a name k better than of sons and of 
daughters : I wiil give them an everlasting name, that 
shall not be cut oil'. 

d 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that ' join themselvea 

415 



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cir. 712^ 

a John 4.10. 

bActs8.20. 
c Mt. 13. 44 
1 Ph. 3. 4,5 
oMt. 11.28 
f R.i. 11.29. 
g Hos. 3. 5. 
R John 7.16. 
i Matt. 2.0. 
& 17. 5. 
kEph.2. 11. 
1 Rom. 1.4. 
m Ps. 32. 6. 
Mt. 25. 11. 
n ch. 1. If., 
o Jer. 4. 14 
Zech.8. 17. 
pi's. 130.7. 
oJer.3.1,12. 
Mt. 18. 18. 
Rom. 1.31. 
Jam. 3. 17. 
rPs. 103.11. 
b Jer. 29, 11. 
t 1)1.32.2. 
u liebt, 6. 7. 
II 2 Ho. 0.10 
y2Tim.9.9, 
zcli. 35. 10. 
a Ph.SK. II. 
I. oh. 41. 19 
c ch. 44. 1 1. 
a ch. 55. 12. 
l> Ro. I. 17. 

.; Pi, 15. 5. 

•I Jar. 7. 21, 
.. Acta Ki. 
34. 

fAcU II.'! 
I Cor. |.3i 
e Acts 8. 37 
ii Mic. 7. a 
i Ml. 16. 18. 
lTim.3.15, 
k John 1,12. 
IJobn 3. I, 
IACU2. 41. 



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cir. 712. 



mlTh.5.21. 
n Mt. 15. 9. 

Ro. 12. 1. 
pMt.21. 13. 
q Mai. 1.11. 
ri Pet. 1.1. 
s John 10. 
16. 

t Rv. 19. 18. 
u Mt. 15.14. 
x Hoa. 4. 6. 
yMi.3.5,C. 
z Mic.3. 11. 
aRo. 16. 18 
bMic.2. 11. 
cl Co. 15.32. 
d Luke 12. 
18. 

a Ps. 12. 1. 
Mic. 7. 2. 
blKg.14.12. 
2 Kg. 22. 20. 
c Luke 2.29. 
clEccl.12 
e John 8.49. 

h. 5. 19. 
g Ho. 7.4,6. 
li Ps. 106.35. 
i Jer. 2. 23. 
k ch. 66. 3. 
Jer. 7 9, 10. 
Ezek. 20.39. 

1 Ezek. 16. 
24. 

m Dt. 6. 9. 
n Jer. 2. 13. 
oDeut.7.2. 
p Ezek. 16. 
28. 

q Ezek. 10. 
33. 

r Jer. 2. 36. 
9 Jer. 2. 25. 
Hoa. 5. 13. 
t ch. 59. 13. 
u Ps. 50. 21. 
x ch. 1. 12. 
y Ko. 6.21. 
z Ps. 18. 41. 
a Jgs. 10. 13, 
b Jer. 17. 5 
c Ps. 37. 3. 



God reproveth the Jews for idolatry. ISAIAH. 

vO the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the 
Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sab- 
bath from polluting it, and m taketh hold of my covenant ; 

6 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and 
make them joyful in D my house of prayer : their ° burnt- 
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine 
altar ; for my house shall be called p a house of prayer for 
,J all people. 

r 8 The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel 
saith, Yet will I r gather others to him, besides those that 
are s gathered unto him. 

* 9 «tf All ye beasts of the field, come to 'devour; yea, all 
ye beasts in the forest. 

10 His watchmen are "blind: they are all x ignorant, 
they are all dumb dogs, they y cannot bark ; sleeping, lying 
down, loving to slumber. 

i 11 Yea, they are z greedy dogs which can never have 
enough, and tney are shepherds that cannot understand : 
they all look to their own way, every one for his a gain, 
from his quarter. 

12 Come ye, say they, I will b fetch wine, and we will fill 
ourselves with strong drink ; and c to-morrow shall be as 
this day, and d much more abundant 
CHAPTER 'LVII 
The blessed death of the righteous, 1. God reproveth the Jews for their 

whorish idolatry, 3. He giveth evangelical promises to the penitent, 13. 

THE righteous a perisheth, and no man layeth it to 
heart : and merciful men are taken away, none con- 
sidering that the righteous is taken away from the b evil to 
come, 

6 2 He shall enter into c peace : they shall rest in their 
d beds, each one walking in his uprightness. 
v 3 ^f But draw near hither, ye e sons of the sorceress, 
the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 

4 Against whom do ye f sport yourselves 1 against whom 
make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue 1 are ye 
not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood ; 
o 5 s Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green 
tree, h slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts 
of the rocks 1 

6 Among the ' smooth stones of the stream is thy por- 
tion ; they, they are thy lot : even to them hast thou 
poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meat-offering. 
Should I receive k comfort in these 1 

7 Upon ' a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy 
bed : even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. 

i 8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up 

thy m remembrance : for thou hast discovered thyself to 

another D than me, and art gone up ; thou hast enlarged 

4hy bed, and "made thee a covenant with them; thou 

lovedst their bed where thou r sawest it. 

9 And thou wentest to the king with q ointment, and 
didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers 
far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. 

10 Thou art r wearied in the greatness of thy way ; yet 
saidst thou not, There is s no hope :. thou hast found the 
life of thy hand ; therefore thou wast not grieved. 

1 1 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that 
thou hast l lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it 
to thy heart 1 have not I u held my peace even of old, and 
thou fearest me not 1 - 

t 12 I will declare thy x righteousness, and thy works; for 
they shall not y profit thee. 
6 13 ^[ When thou z criest, let thy companies a deliver 



B. Christ 
cir. 698. 



dlTm.6.16. 
e Ps. 34. 18. 
fGen. 6. 3. 
Ps. 61. 2. 
h Jer. 6. 13. 
i ch. 9. 13. 
k Jer. 3. 22. 
1 ch. 61.2. 
Ezek. 9. 4. 
Matt. 5. 4. 
m Acts 2. 
39. 

Eph. 2. 14. 
Heb. 13. 15. 
n Job 15. 20. 

ch. 48. 22. 
a Rev. 14. 9. 
b Ezek. 3. 
17,21. ' 

c Mai. 3. 14. 

Luke 18. 9, 

10, 11. 

(1 Ezek. 20. 

39. 

e Amos 4.4. 

f 1 Kings 

21. 9, 13. 

Luke 20.47. 

g Mt. fi. 16. 

h 1 Kings 

21.29. 

i Mic. 6. 10. 

k Neh. 5. 

10, 11, 12. 

1 Mic. 3. 2, 3. 
m Acts 10. 
2. 

n lib. II. 37. 



The promises due unto godliness.' 
* 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that d inhabit- 
eth eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and 
holy place, with him also that is of a £ contrite and humble 
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the 
heart of the contrite ones. 

16 For I will not f contend for ever, neither will I be 
always wroth : for the spirit should g fail before me, and the 
souls which I have made. 

17 For the iniquity of his h covetousnes& was I wroth, 
and smote him : I hid me, and was wroth, and he * went 
on frowardly in the way of his heart. 

b 18 I have k seen his ways, and will heal him : I will 
lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his 
1 mourners. 

19 I create the m fruit of the lips ; Peace, peace to him 
that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and 
I will heal him. 

/ 20 But the wicked are like the n troubled sea, when it 
cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt, 
w 21 There is "no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 

m CHAPTER LVI1I. 

The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, 1, expresseth a counterfeit 

fast and a true, 3. He declareth what promises are due unto godliness, 

8, and to the keeping of the sabbath, 13. 

1RY a aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, 
and shew my people their b transgression, and the 
house of Jacob their sins. 

c 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, 
as a nation that did righteousness, aid forsook not the or- 
dinance of their God : they ask of me the ordinances of 
justice ; they take delight in approaching to God. 
« 3 H c Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest 
not? ivherefore have we afflicted our "soul, and thou takest 
no knowledge 1 Behold, in the d day of your fast ye find 
pleasure, and exact all your labours. 
p 4 Behold, ye fast for e strife and debate, and to f Finite 
with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this 
day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 

5 s Is it such a fast that I have chosen 1 a day for a 
man to h afflict his soul 1 is it to bow down his head as a 
bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? 
wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? 
d 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? ' l to loose the 
bands of wickedness, to undo the k heavy burdens, and to 
let the ' oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 
d 7 Is it not to m deal thy bread to the hungry, and that 
thou bring the poor that are " cast out to thy house 1 when 
thou seest the naked, that thou ° cover him ; and that thou 
hide not thyself from thine p own flesh 1 
b 8 % Then shall thy i light break forth as the morning, 
and thy health shall spring forth speedily : and thy right- 
eousness shall r go before thee; the glory of the Lord 
shall be thy rere-ward. 

d 9 Then shalt thou 3 call, and the Lord shall answer ; 
thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. if thou take 
away from the midst of thee the yoke, the l putting forth 
of the finger, and u speaking vanity ; 

10 And if thou x draw out thy soul to the hungry, and 



Sjob'silia satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscu- 



thee ; but the wind shall carry them all aWay ; vanity shall 
take them : but he that putteth his trust b in me shall c pos- 
sess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain ; 
d 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the 
way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my 
people. J 



p 1 John 3. 
17. 

q Est. 8. 16. 
r Ps. 37. 6. 
s ch. 30. 19. 
UTh.5.22. 
u Ps. 12. 2. 
xl's. 112.5. 
2 Co. 8.5,12. 
y Ps. 25. 5. 
z Ps. 37. 19. 
a John 4. 14. 
b Acts 2. 41. 
<■. chap. 49. 
8. & 61. 4. 
dMt. 17.11. 
e Ezek. 22. 
26. 



rity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : 
6 11 And the Lord shall y guide thee continually, and 
satisfy thy soul in z drought, and make fat thy bones : and 
thou shalt be like a a watered garden, and like a spring of 
water, whose waters fail not. 

12 And they that shall be b of thee shall build the old 

c waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many 

generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the 

breach, The d restorer of paths, to dwell in. 

d 13 ^[ If thou e turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from 

fRe, 12.1,2. doing f thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath 

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Salvation is only of God. 



ISAIAH. 27ie church's glory, and access of the Gentiles, 



8 a delight, the holy of tne Lord, honourable ; and shalt 



B. Christ 
cir. 698. 



honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine L p 9 . 42. 4. the Lord. 



unto them that n turn from transgression in Jacob, saith 



hMt.l3.3& 
i Job 22. 2C. 



own pleasure, nor speaking thine own h words : 
& 14 Then shalt tliou ! delight thyself in the Lord ; and I^ 3 -,??- 
will cause thee to k ride upon the high places of the earth, 11^12 
and feed thee with the ' heritage of Jacob thy father : for " 
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAPTER. LIX. 
The damnable nature of sin, 1. The sins of the Jews, 3. Calamity is 
for sin, 9. Salvation is only of God, 16. The covenant of the Re- 
deemer, 20. 

>EHOLD, the Lord's hand is a not shortened, that itij^Vb! 
cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : j^ a ^ 8 7 -,| 
2 But your iniquities have b separated between you andj&29. 12. 
your God, and your sins have c hid his face from you, that | Rom.' k if." 
he will not hear. \ n %t&& 

t 3 For d your hands are defiled with blood, and your fin-{p ^H 3 
gers with iniquity; your lips have spoken e lies, your tongue jjer.V. 15.' 
hath muttered perverseriess. 

e 4 f None calleth for justice, nor any s pleadeth for truth : 
they trust in vanity, and speak lies ; they h conceive mis- 
chief, and bring forth iniquity. 

5 They hatch ' cockatrice's eggs, and weave the k spi- 
der's web : he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that 
which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 

6 Their ' webs shall not become garments, neither shall 
they cover themselves with their works : their works are 
works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 

< 7 Their m feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed j^h 
innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; 1 
wasting and destruction are in their paths. 

8 The way of peace they know not : and there is n no 
judgment in their goings : they have made them ° crooked 
paths : whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. 
* 9 ^[ Therefore is p judgment far from us, neither doth 
justice overtake us : we wait q for light, but behold obscu- 
rity ; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 

10 We r grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope 
as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon-day as in the 
night ; we are in desolate places as dead men. 

11 We 'roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves : 
we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but 
it is far off from us. 

' 12 For our 'transgressions are multiplied "before thee, 
and our sins testify against us : for our transgressions are 

with us ; and as for our iniquities, we know them ; 
13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and de- 
parting away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, 
y conceiving and uttering from the 7 heart words of falsehood 



r Dt. 28. 29. 
Jam. 4. 14. 
s Ezek.7.16. 
Hos. 7. 14. 
t chap. 1.6. 
u Ps. 90. 8. 
x Ex. 34. 9. 
Dan. 9. 5. 
y Jam. 1.15. 
z Mt. 12. 34. 
a Ps. 12. 1,2. 
b Gen. 7. 1. 
1 Pet. 5. 4. 
c Ezck. 22. 
30. 

(1 ch. 51. 5. 
c Ps. 93. 1. 
feh. 63. 3. 
41.1. 
49. 1. 
hMal.l. 11. 
i ch. 8. 7, 8. 
k ch. 10. 13. 
Zecli. 4. 6. 
lRo.11.26. 
m ch. 2. 2. 



B. Christ 
cir. COS. 



n Acts 3. 26. 
ollcb. 10.16. 

p Jnhnb\3J. 
3Cnr. 3.6. 
f]Ro.9. 6,8. 
a cli.46. 1 
b John 1. 9. 
c'H'o 3.18. 
(I Luke 1. 



kings 



Acts26. I8.| 
cRv.2l.24 

^ 14 And Judgment is turned away backward, and justice|gcfc 49.22 
standeth afar oft": for truth is fallen in the street, and equity 
cannot enter. 

15 Yea, truth * faileth ; and he that h departeth from evil 
maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it dis- 
pleased him that there was no judgment. 

' 16 If And he saw that there was c no man, and wondered <\ ,',' 
that there was no intercessor : therefore d his arm brought ' 
salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him 

E 17 For he ° put on righteousness as a breast-plate, andl^ 013 - 1 
;i helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the!x'.i :or - 3 - 
garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with 
zeal as a cloak. 



21 As for me, this is my ° covenant with them, saith the 
Lord ; My Spirit that is upon thee, and r my words which I 
have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of 1 thy mouth, 
nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of 
thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for 
ever. 

CHAPTER LX. 

The glory of the church in the abundant access of the Gentiles, I, ajid the 
great blessings after a short affliction, 15 

RISE, a shine ; for b thy light is come, and the c glory 
of the Lord is risen upon thee. 

c 2 For behold, the d darkness shall cover the earth, and 
gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon 
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 

*■ 3 And the Gentiles shall come to c thy light, and 
to the brightness of thy rising. 

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : all they ga- 
ther themselves together, they come to thee : f thy sons 
shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be s nursed 
at thy side. 

'• 5 Then thou shalt see, and h flow together, and thy 
heart shall ' fear, and be k enlarged ; because the abun- 
dance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the * forces 
of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. 

6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the drome- 
daries of Midian and Ephah ; all they from m Sheba shall 
come : they shall bring n gold and incense ; and they shall 
shew forth the praises of the Lord. 

7 All the ° flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together 
unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall p minister unto thee: 
they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I 
will glorify q the house of my glory. 

8 Who are these that fly as r a cloud, and as the doves 
to their s windows 1 

r 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of 
Tarshish first, to bring thy l sons from far, their silver and 
their gold with them, unto " the name of the Lord thy 
God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glo- 
rified thee. 

10 And the sons of " strangers shall 5 build up thy walls, 
and their kings shall minister unto thee : for in my wrath I 
svnole thee, but in my favour have I had z mercy on thee. 

>■ 1 1 Therefore thy a gates shall be open continually; they 
shall not he shut day nor night ; that men may bring unto 
thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may 



Ti Mt. 8. 11. 
,i llos.3. 5. 

k 2 Cor. a 
I 1 1, 12. 
,1 Rv.21.26. 

in Pg.72. 10. 

it Mt. 2. 11. 

Bo. IS. I. 
pMnl. 1.11. 

" 8,9. 
rlleli.12. I. 
;2.14. 

1 Oaf 4.20 
.|u Acta a IS 

,9, 



be brought. 

»o 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee 
shall b perish ; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir- 
tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the 
c place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my 
feet glorious. 

r 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come 
d bending unto thee : and all they that despised thee shall 
bow themselves down at the soles of thy feel ; and they 
shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The c Zion of the 
Holy One of Israel. 

* 15 Whereas thou hast been f forsaken and haled, so that 

no man went through thee, I will make thee an 6 eternal 

excellency, a joy of many generations. 

r 1G Thou shall also ''suck (lie milk of the Gentiles, and 

Shalt suck the breast, of kings : and thou shalt know thai I 

« 19 So shall they fear "the name of the Lord from tiielKctw'illthe Lord am thy 'Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty 



10. 

1. Ho. 11.23. 
11 Rv. 21. 25. 

I. P10.2. a 

i.nk.in.ii. 
c ftv.M. in. 



w 18 According to their f deeds, accordingly he will repay, 

fury to s his adversaries, recompense to his enemies ; topJTirnVaa 

the islands he will repay recompense. 



rilb.I2.23. 



" west, and his glory from the rising of the sun 
the enemy shall come in like ' a flood, the k Spirit of the 
*>otid shall lift up a standard against him. 
* 20 ^ And the ' Redeemer shall come *o m Zion, and 

105 



When " 

I Pot. 2. 'J. 
Itov. 21.24. 



- 



One of Jacob. 

b 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring 
ool: 12: 'silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will als< 
- k officers ' per.ccv and thine exactors righteousness 
417 



one a strong nation : 



The office of Christ, 1. 



B. Christ 
cir. 698. 



y Acts 2. 41. 

z Hal). 2. 3. 

a Acts J. 6, 

7. 

a John 1.33. 

b Ps. 45. 7. 

cLukc4.!8. 



f Hob. 1.9. 
g Rev. 3. 4. 
h John 15. 8. 
iRo. 11.25. 
kEph.2.12. 
1 Acts 20.28. 
mlCor.3.9. 
n Ro. 12. 1. 
Mob. 13. 15. 
Rev. 1. 16. 
o Hos. 3. 4. 
Ro. 11. 15. 
p Ps. 11. 7. 
qMt.28.20. 
rGn.22.18. 
Acts 15. 13. 
sch. 65.23. 
t ch. 66. 10. 
uRo. 13.14. 
Gal. 3. 27. 
x Hos. 2.20. 
Eph. 5. 25. 
ych. 58. 11, 
z Ku. 24. 6. 
Ps. 72. 3. & 
85. 11, 12. 
ch. 60. 18. 
a Rv. 14. I. 
b Ps. 132. 6. 
ePs. 37. 6. 
d Phil. 3. 9. 



The blessings of the faithful. ISAIAH. 

E 18 m Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting 
nor destruction within thy borders ; but thou shalt call thy 
n walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise 

19 The ° sun shall be no more thy light by day: neither 
for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the 
Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God 
thy glory 

20 Thy sun shall no more p go down, neither shall thy 
moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlast 
ing light, and the days of thy q mourning shall be ended. 

b 21 Thy people also shall be r all righteous: they shall 
inherit the land for ever, the s branch of my planting, the 
' work of my hands, that I may be u glorified. 

22 x A little one shall y become a thousand, and a small 
I the Lord will z hasten it a in his time. 

CHAPTER LXI. 
Tlic forwardness, 4, and blessings of the faith- 
ful, 7. 

THE Spirit of the Lord God A is upon me; because the 
Lord hath b anointed me to preach good tidings unto 
the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, 
to proclaim liberty to the c captives, and the opening of the 
prison to them that are bound ; 

2 To proclaim the d acceptable year of the Lord, and 
e the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all that 
mourn ; 

* 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto 
them beauty for ashes, the f oil of joy for mourning, the 
s garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they 
might be called h Trees of righteousness, The planting of 
the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

r 4 % And they shall build the * old wastes, they shall raise 
up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste 
cities, the desolations of many generations. 

5 And k strangers shall stand and feed your ' flocks, and 
the sons of the alien shall be your m ploughmen and your 
vine-dressers. 

6 6 But ye shall be named the n Priests of the Lord : men 
shall call you the Ministers of our God : ye shall eat the 
riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast 
yourselves. 

7 *fl For your ° shame ye shall have double ; and for 
confusion they shall rejoice in their portion : therefore in 
their land they shall possess the double : everlasting joy 
shall be unto them. 

8 For I the Lord p love judgment, I hate robbery for 
burnt-offering ; and I will q direct their work in truth, and 
I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 

»• 9 And their r seed shall be known among the Gentiles, 
and their offspring among the people : all that see them 
shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the 
Lord hath s blessed. 

i 10 I will l greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be 
ijoyful in my God ; for he hath, clothed me with the u gar- 
ments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of 
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with orna- 
ments, and as x a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 

i 1 1 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the 
y garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring 
forth ; so the Lord God will cause z righteousness and 
praise to spring forth before all the nations. 

CHAPTER LXIf. 
'Che fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the churchin God's promises, 
1. The office of the ministers {unto which they are incited) in preaching 
the gospel, 5, and preparing the people thereto, 10. 

rtg^OR a Zion's sake will I not b hold mv neace, and for 



kings thy e glory 



The loving-kindness of God 
and thou shalt be called by f a new 



mPs.72.7. name, which the s mouth of the Lord shall name 



t> 3 Thou shalt also be a h crown of glory in the ! hand of 
;the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God, 
j£4 Thou shalt no more be termed v Forsaken ; neither 
! shall thy land any more be termed Desolate : but thou 



chap. 11.9. 

nRv.2l.12. 

oRv.21.23. 

pRov.22.4. 

q ch. 61.2. 

r Rev. 21. 

27. 

tEph'-s-lbJshaltbe called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the 
xfoo.is'i LoRD 'delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be ,n married 

* 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy 
sons marry thee: and as the "bridegroom rejoiceth ovet 
the bride, so shall ° thy God rejoice over thee. 

d 6 p I have set watchmen upon thy ' walls, O Jerusalem, 
Tcotxl which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that 
7 ' make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 

7 And give him r no rest, till he establish, and till he 
make Jerusalem a s praise in the earth. 
i> 8 The Lord hath sworn by his ' right hand, and by 
the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy 
"corn to be meat for thine enemies ; and the sons of the 
stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast 
laboured : 

9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise 
the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall 
drink it in the courts of my holiness. 

10 ^[ Go through, go through the gates; * prepare ye 
the way of the people ; cast up, cast up the highway ; 
gather out the y stones ; lift up a standard for the people. 

r 11 Behold, the Lord hath z proclaimed unto the end of 
the world, Say ye to the a daughter of Zion, Behold, thy 
b salvation cometh ; behold, his c reward is with him, and 
his work before him. 

* 12 And they shall call them, d The holy people, The 
redeemed of the Lord : and thou shalt be called, Sought 
out, A city e not forsaken. 

CHAPTER LXIII. 

Christ sheweth ivho he is, 1, what his victory over his enemies, 2, and what 
his mercy towards his church, 7. In his just wrath he remembereth his 
free mercy, 10. The church in their prayer, 15, and complaint, profess 
their faith, 17. 

HO a is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed gar- 



R. Christ 
cir. 698. 



my peace, 
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteous- 
ness thereof c go forth as brightness, and the salvation 
thereof as a lamp that burnetii. 
r % And the Gentiles shall see a thy righteousness, and all 



e 2 Co. 3. 18. 
f ch. 65. 15. 
Rev. 2. 17. 
Ro. 2. 29. 
h Zech. 6. 
11. 

i John 10.18. 
k Hos. 1.10. 
1 Psa. 16. 3. 
m2Co.ll.2. 
nJohn3.29., 

Rom. 1. 3. 
p 1 Cor. 12. 
28. 

q Rv. 21. 12. 
r Gn. 32. 26. 
s Dan. 2.44. 
t Luke 22. 
69. 

u Deut. 28. 
30, 33. 
x ch. 40. 3. 
y Ro. 14. 12. 
z Ro. 10. 18. 
a Zech. 9.9. 
Matt. 21. 5. 
bMt. 1. 21. 
eRv.22. 12. 

1 ch. 60. 21. 
e Dt. 28. 54. 
a Rev. 7. 2. 
bRv. 19. 12. 
cRv. 11.17.1 
dRv.19.15. 
e Rv. 14. 20. i 
fch. 61. 2. 
g ch. 59. 16. 
h Rev. 19. 
1, 2, 3. 

i Jgs. 10. 16. 
Zech. 2. 8. 
Acts 9. 4. 
k Ex. 23. 20. 
1 Dt. 7. 7, 8. 



strength 1 I 



ments from Bozrah 1 this that is b glorious in his 
apparel, travelling in the c greatness of his 
that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 

E 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy gar- 
ments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat 1 

3 I have d trodden the wine-press alone ; and of the 
people there was none with me : for I will tread them in 
mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their e blood 
shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all 
my raiment. 

«> 4 For the f day of vengeance is in my heart, and the 
year of my redeemed is come. 

f 5 And I looked, and there was none to help ; and I s won- 
dered that there was none to uphold : therefore mine own 
arm brought salvation unto me ; and my fury, it upheld me. 

»° 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and 
make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their 
strength to the earth. 

e 7 ^f I will h mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, 
and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord 
hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the 
house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them accord- 
ing to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his 
loving-kindnesses. 

c 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that 
will not lie : so he was their Saviour. 

* 9 % In all their affliction * he was afflicted, and the angel 
of his k presence saved them : in his x love and in his pity 
he redeemed them ; and he m bare them, and carried them 



DeK.i all the days of old 



418 



lodge in the 



The complaint of the church. ISAIAH. The blessed sjxte of the new Jerusalem. 

t 10 II But they rebelled, and "vexed his Holy Spirit : *j£5a? 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? 

wilt thou hold thy peace, a and afflict us very sore 1 

CHAPTER LXV. 
The calling of the Gentiles, 1. The Jcivsfor their incredulity, idolatry, 
and hypocrisy, are rejected, 2. A remnant shall be saved, S. Judg- 
ments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly, II. The blessed state 
of the new Jerusalem, 17. 

AM a sought of them that ° asked not for me; I am 

found of them that sought me not : I said, Behold me, 

behold me, unto a nation that was c not called by my name. 

c 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a d rebel- 
lious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, 
after their e own thoughts ; 

c 3 A people that f provoketh me to anger continually to 
my face ; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burnetii incense 
upon altars of brick ; 

4 Which remain among the graves, and 
monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of g abomi- 
nable things is in their vessels ; 

c 5 Which h say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; 
for I am l holier than thou. These are a smoke in my 
nose, a l! fire that burnetii all the day. 

6 Behold, it is ' written before me : I will m notkeep silence, 
but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 

w 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers n to- 
gether, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon 
the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills : there- 
fore will I measure their former work into their bosom. 

b 8 % Thus saith the Lord, As the ° new wine is found m 
the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for p a blessing 
is in it : so will I do for my q servants' sake, that I may 
not destroy them all. 

9 And I will bring forth r a seed out of Jacob, and out 
of Judah an inheritor of my mountains : and mine elect 
shall 3 inherit it, and my l servants shall dwell there. 

s 10 And u Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley 
of x Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my 
people that have sought me. 

« 11 H But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forge! 
my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that y troop, 
and that furnish the drink-offering unto that number. 

«> 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye 
shall all bow down to the slaughter : because when 1 
z called, ye did not answer ; when I spake, ye did not hear ; 
but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein 
I delighted not. 

b 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my ser- 
vants shall a eat, but ye shall be hungry : behold, my ser- 
vants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty : behold, my ser- 
vants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed : 

w 14 Behold, my servants shall b sing for joy of heart, but 
ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for c vexa- 
tion of spirit. 

15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my 
chosen : for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his 
servants by d another name : 

d 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall 
bless himself in the God of" truth; and he that sweareth 
in the earth shall swear by the God of truth ; because the 
former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid 
from mine eyes. 

r 17 f For 'behold, I create "new heavens and a new- 
earth : and the former shall not be remembered, nor come 
into mind. 

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I 
create : for behold, I create Jerusalem f a rejoicing, am' 
g her people a ]ov. 

b 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my peo- 
ple : and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in 



n ch. 43. 24 
Acts 7. 51. 
Eph. 4. 30. 

Jgs. 2. 14. 
p Ex. 32. 11. 
q Ex. 14. 19. 
Ps. 77. 20, 
.21. 

rNeh.9.20. 
s Ex. 15. 6. 
t Ex. 14. 21. 
u Ro. 9. 17. 
xHab.3.15. 
y Pa. 23. 1. 
z2Sa.7.23. 
a Dt. 26. 15. 

1 Kg. 8. 32. 
Psa. 37. 5. 
& 80. 14. 
Lam. 3. 50. 
bJer.31.20. 
Hoa. 11. 8. 
c Job 14,21. 
d Mai. 3. 6. 
e Ps. 81. 12. 
fPe.90. 13. 
g Ps. 79. 13. 
]i La. 1. 10. 
i ch. 28. 1. 
k Jcr. 10.15. 
Dan. 9. 9. 
aPs. 141.5. 
b John 6. 33. 
c Jgs. 5. 4,5. 
d Ps. 9. 16. 
e Ps. 99. 1. 
fHab.3. 6. 
glCor.2.9. 
h Rev. ch. 
21 & 22. 
i Da. 12. 12. 
k Gen. 32. 1. 
1 Acts 10. 
35. 

m Ro. 2. 4. 
n Phil. 3. 9. 
oRo.10.13. 
Gal. 3. 12. 
p Ro. 8. 15. 
q ch. 45. 9. 
i Eph. 2. 10. 
a Hal). 3. 2. 
t Ro. 11. 29. 
u P9. 74. 8. 
x Mic.3. 10. 
y2Kg.25.9. 
z 2 Chron. 
36. 19. 



therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he ° fought 
against them. 

t 1 1 Then he p remembered the days of old, q Moses, and 
his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out 
of the sea with the shepherd of his flock 1 where is he that 
put his r Holy Spirit within him 1 

/ 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with s his 
glorious arm, ' dividing the water before them, to make 
himself an everlasting u name 1 

13 That led them through the deep x as a horse in' the 
wilderness, that they stiould not stumble 1 

b 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of 
the Lord caused liim to rest : so didst thou ? lead thy 
people, to make thyself a z glorious name. 

d 15 *\\ *Look down from heaven, and behold from the 
habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy 
zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy b bowels and of 
thy mercies toward me 1 are they restrained 1 

t 16 Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be 
c ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : thou, O 
Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer ; thy name is from 
1 everlasting. 

n 17 ^\ O Lord, why hast thou c made us to err from thy 
ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear ? f Return 
for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 

18 The g people of thy holiness have possessed it but a 
tittle while : our adversaries have h trodden down thy 
sanctuary. 

1 9 i We are thine : thou never barest rule over them ; 
they were not called k by thy name. 

CHAPTER LXIV. 
The church prayeth for the illustration of God's power, 1. Celebrating 
God's mercy, it maktth confession of their natural corruptions, 5. It 
complaineih of their affliction, 9. 

~ ,H that thou wouldest a rend the heavens, that thou 
wouldest b come down, that the mountains might 
flow down at thy presence, 

2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the 
waters to boil, to make thy d name known to thine adver- 
saries, that the nations e may tremble at thy presence ! 

3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not 
for, thou earnest down, the f mountains flowed down at thy 
presence. 

* 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not 
heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the e eye 
seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath ''prepared for 'him 
(hat waiteth for him. 

c 5 Thou k meetest him that rejoiceth and ' worketh right- 
eousness, those that remember thee in thy ways : behold, 
thou art wroth ; for we have sinned : '" in those is continu- 
ance, and we shall be saved. 

i 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our n right- 
eousnesses are as filthy rags ; and we all do fade as a leaf; 
and our iniquities, like" the wind, have taken us away. 

7 And there is none that "calletli upon thy name, that 
Btirreth up himself to take hold of thee : for thou hast hid 
thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our 
iniquities. 

i 8 But now, O Lord, thou art ''our Father, we are the 
clay, and thou our ''poller; and we all are the r work of 
thy hand. 

d 9 ^f Be not ' wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remem- 
ber iniquity for ever : behold, see, we beseech thee, we 
nre all ' thv people. 

10 Thy ""holy cities are a wilderness, "Zion is a wilder- Cl'aT' 
ness, Jeiusalem a desolation. a^&aJ; 

c 11 Our holy atid our beautiful house, where our fathers ;;' lvt 3 J 
•raised thee, > is burned up with fire : and all our z pleasant if 
'lings are laid waste. 



B. Christ 
cir. 698. 



a Ps. 83. 1,2. 

a Ezck. 3d. 

37. 

b 1 John 4. 

10. 

c Ro. 9. 21. 

d ch. 1. 23. 

c Ps. 81. 12. 

I' Acts 7. 51. 

gch.GO. 3. 

Rom. 10. 2. 

Titu< 1. 15 

b Luke 5. 

30. 

i Rom. 2. 17. 

k Mk.fl.45. 

I Ex. 17. 14. 

mTs. 50.21. 

n Ex. 30. 0. 

Ro. 1 1. 5. I 
ill John 3.9. 
riMal.3.I7. 
r Ro. 9. 29. 

s in. ii.s. 

t Acts 2.47. 
ii lTm.4>8. 
x (Ion. 2. 15. 
v Jcr. 8. 2. 
& 19. 13. 
zZoch.7.7. 
Ml. S3. 34. 
a. P«. 37.11, 
l!i, 90. 
Dun. 7. 27. 
b Rev. 19. 

1 2. 

r.JrU.25.41. 
Lnko 13 -.'H. 
ilGn.32.28 

6 • 2. 

John I. 10. 
A<rti 11.36. 



E 



!»!•;. loliib.'her, nor the voice of crying. 



419 



God to be served in humble sincerity. 



The restoring of the church. 



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cir. 698. 



» 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor 
an old man that hath not h filled his days : for the child 
shall die * a hundred years old : but the sinner being a 
hundred years old shall be accursed. 

21 And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and 
they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 
b 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit ; they shall 
not plant, and another eat : for as the days of a tree are 
the days of my people, and mine elect shall k long enjoy 
the work of their hands. 

23 They shall l not labour in vain, nor bring forth m for 
trouble ; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, 
and their offspring with them. 

6 24 And it shcJl come to pass, that n before they call, I 
will answer ; and while ° they are yet speaking, I will 
hear 

* 25 The p wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the 
lion shall eat straw like the bullock : and dust shall be the 
serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my 
1 holy mountain, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER LXVI 
The glorious God urill be served in humble sincerity, 1. He comforteth 

the humble with the marvellous generation, 5, and ivith the gracious 

benefits of the church, 10. God's severe judgments against the wicked. 

15. The Gentiles shall have a holy church, 19, and see the damnation 

of the wicked, 24. 

THUS saith the Lord, The a heaven is my throne, and 
the earth is my footstool : b where is the house that 
ye build unto me 1 and where is the place of my rest 1 
c 2 For all those things hath my hand made, and all those I? Jg a 3 ™ 2 

Ps. il5.*3 

uch.61.10. 
x ch. GO. 16. 
1 Pet. 2. 2. 
v ch. 60. 5. 
I Co. 1. 4, 5. 
z Rom. 5. 1 



JEREMIAH. 

9 Shall I bring to the s birth, and * not cause to bring 
forth 1 saith the Lord : shall I cause to bring forth, and 
shut the womb ? saith thy God. 

d 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all 
ye that love her : rejoice u for joy with her, all ye 



h Job 5. 26. 
Psa. 90. 9. 
i Eccl. 8. 
12, 13. 
k Dan. 2. 
44,45. 
1 Hag. 1. 6. 
ICo. 15. 58. 
m Deut. 28. 
32, 41. 
Hos. 9. 12. 
n Ps. 32. 5. 

Dan. 9. 20. 
21. 

pch. 11.6. 
q ch. 2. 4. 
ver9c 11. 
a Acts 7.48. 
&1'.24. 
bltv.21.22. 
c ch. 57. 15. 
(1 Ezra 9. 4. 
eTitusl.lo. 
fEzek.20.7. 
gPs. 50.21. 
hMt.24.49. 
i2Pt.3.3,4. 
k John 9.34. 

1 ch. 5. 19. 
m2Th.l.lO. 
Titus 2. 13. 
nJer. 51.54. 
o Rev. 19.1. 
p Rev. 18. 4. 
q John 16. 
21. 

Rev. 2. 26, 
27. & 12 5. 
r ch. 60. 22. 
Dan. 12. 2. 



that 



things have been, saith the Lord : but to this man will I 
look, even to him that is poor and of a c contrite spirit, and 
d trembleth at my word. 

c 3 He that kiileth an e ox is as if he slew a man ; he that 
sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck ; he that a bZSlsb, 
offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood ; he that 
burnetii incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have 
chosen their own ways, and their f soul delighteth in their 
abominations. 

"4 I also will choose their g delusions, and will bring their 
fears upon them; because when Icalled, none did answer; 
when I spake, they did not hear : but they did evil before 
mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 
b 5 ^[ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his 
word ; Your h brethren that i hated you, that u cast you out 
for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be ' glorified : but 
he shall m appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 
r 6 A voice of noise from the n city, a voice from the 
temple, a voice of the p Lord that rendereth recompense 
to his enemies. 

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth ; before her 
pain came, she was delivered of a q man-child. 
i 8 Who hath heard such a thing 1 who hath seen such 
tilings 1 shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day 1 
or shall a nation be born r at once 1 for as soon as Zion 
travailed, she brought forth her children. 



ccb. 40. 11. 
1 John 16. 
22. 

e Tr. 17. 22. 
f Ezek. 38. 
22. 

Mai. 4. 1. 
gPs.50. 1,3. 
Rev. 14.20. 
h ch. 27. 1. 
i Joel 3. 12. 
k Ezek. 39. 
9. 

Rev. 19. 17. 
1 Rev. 2. 2. 
mRo.11.11. 
n Rev. 7. 3. 
& 14. 1. 
o Rom. 9. 
18. & 11. 5. 
p Mt.28. 18. 
q Ro. 12. 1. 
r Acts 16. 2. 
s ch. 61. 6. 
t ch. 65. 17. 
a John 4.23. 
Col. 2. 16. 
x Zech. 14 
16. 

y Ezek. 39. 
9, 11, 12. 
z Rv. 19. 17. 
a ch. 57. 20. 
Mark 9. 44 
b Mt. 3. 11. 
Rev. 14. 10. 



that love her 
mourn for her. 

1 1 That ye may x suck, and be satisfied with the breasts 
of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted 
with the y abundance of her glory. 
r 12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend z peace 
to her like a river, and the a glory of the Gentiles like a 
flowing stream : then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon 
her sides, and be b dandled upon her knees. 
b 13 As one whom hia mother comforteth, c so will I com 
fort you ; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 

14 And when ye see this, your d heart shall rejoice, and 
your e bones shall flourish like an herb : and the hand of 
the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his in- 
dignation toward his enemies. 

w 15 For behold, the Lord will come with f fire, and with 
his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his s anger with 
fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 

16 For by fire and by his h sword will the Lord ' plead 
with all flesh : and the slain of the Lord shall k be many, 
w 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves 
in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's 
flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be con 
sumed together, saith the Lord. 

18 For ' I know their works and their thoughts ; it shall 
come, that I will gather m all nations and tongues ; and they 
shall come, and see my glory. 

^ 19 And I will set n a sign among them, and I will send 
those that ° escape of them unto the p nations, to Tarshish, 
Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to 
the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither 
have seen my glory ; and they shall declare my glory 
among the Gentiles. 

20 And they shall bring all your brethren for q an offer- 
ing unto the Lord, out of all nations, upon horses, and in 
chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift 
beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, 
as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel 
into the house of the Lord. 

t 21 And 1 will also take r of them for s priests and for 
Levites, saith the Lord. 

22 For as the l new heavens and the new earth, which 
I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so 
shall your seed and your name remain. 
A 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one u new-moon 
to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall * all 
flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. 
a 24 And they shall y go forth, and look upon the z carcasses 
of the men that have transgressed against me : for their 
a worm shall not die, neither shall their b fire be quenched; 
and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. 



f THE BOOK OF THE PKOPHET 



CHAPTER I. 

'Hie time, 1, and the calling of Jeremiah, 3. His prophetical visions of 
an almond rod, and a seething-pot, 11. His heavy message against 
Judah, 15. God encourageth him ivith his promise of assistance, 17. 

IHE a words of Jeremiah the son of b Hilkiah, of the 

priests that were in c Anathoth in the land of Benjamin : 

/ 2 To whom the word of the Lord d xame in the days of 

Josiah the son of Arnon king of Judah," in the thirteenth 

year of his reign. 

, . 3 Itcame als0 in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
King of Judah, unto the « end of the eleventh vear of Zede- 



B. C. 629. 



a Isa. 2. 1. 
b 2 Kg. 22.8 
e Jos. 21. 18 
clch.26.15. 
e 2 Kg. 22.1 
a It was 
about 40 
years, 
ch. 43. 44. 



f Isa. 64. 8. 
g Ro. 8. 29. 
h Ro. 1. 1. 

i Ex. 3. 11. 
k Ex. 3. 4. 
11 Tm. 4.12, 
m Ac. 26. 16. 
n Mt.28. 20. 



kiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying 

away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 

/ 4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

5 Before I f formed thee in the belly, s I knew thee ; and 
before thou earnest forth out of the womb I h sanctified 
thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 

o 6 Then said I, ' l Ah, Lord God ! behold, k I cannot speak : 
for I am a ' child. 

d 7 ^ But the Lord" said unto me, Say not, I am a 
child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall m send thee, and 
u whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 

4*20 



God expostulated with the Jews. JEREMIAH. 

* 8 ° Be not afraid of their faces : for p I am with thee toi B -^ rist 
deliver thee, saitii the Lord. I^e^to: 

9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and q touched my "J^ 2 ^ 
mouth. And tiie Lord said unto rne, Behold, I have 'puthjjk*^ 
my words in thy mouth. |t no. 10.5. 

10 See, I have this day 3 set thee over the nations andj"Dt u ' 5 .28.' 
over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and toj^™^ 
destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. 
® 11 If Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, say- 
ing, Jeremiah, What seest thou ? And I said, I see a ' rod 
of an u almond -tree. 

12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast * well seen: 
for I will y hasten my word to perform it. 

"13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the secondl^Pet Kia 
time, saying, What seest tnou ? And I said, I see a z seeth-|^^^J| 
insr-pot ; and the face thereof is toward the a north. 



4,5. 

a ch. 6. 92. 
b chap. 4.6. 
c ch. 5. 15. 
d ch. 39. 3. 
e ch. 4. 12. 
& 39. 5. 
fDt. 28. 20, 
ch. 17. 13. 
g Ex. 12. 11. 
Luke 12.35. 



k Isa. 50. 7. 

14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an I Acts k' 9.' 

jlch. 20. 2. 
m Acts 8. 
>f 39. 

aPs. 79.8. 

the north, saith the Lord ; and they shall come, and they jjfflj- 1 ^ 
shall d set every one his throne at the entering of the gates 
of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, 



b evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.j n 
15 For lo, I will c call all the families of the kingdoms of 1" 



<lDt.2.7. 
e Ex. 19. 4. 
f Jam. 1.18. 
g Ex. 4 23 
hMi.G.3,4 
i2Kg 17.15. 
k ^ Kings 
16. i5. 
1 Hos. 7. 7. 
m ch. 9. 12. 
n Dt. 8. 7. 
o Ps. 78. 58. 



and against all the cities of Judah. 

w 16 And I will utter my judgments e against them touch- 
ing all then wickedness, ' who have forsaken me, and have 
burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works 
of their own hands. 

^ 17 *|f Thou therefore B gkd up thy loins, and arise, and^iiap.3.1. 
speak unto them all that I command thee : be not dismayed qMt. is. a 
at their faces, lest I h confound thee before them. 

18 For behold, 1 have made thee tins day a ' defenced 
city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole 
l: land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes 
thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people 
of the land. 

M9 And they shall ' fight against thee ; but they shall 
m not prevail against thee ; for I am with thee, saith the 
Lord, to deliver thee. 

CHAPTER II. 



r Ro. 2. 20. 
s Hab. 2. 8. 
t Isa. 1. 10. 
u Gn. 10. 4. 



B. Christ 
cir. G29. 



They are the cause of their own calamities. 

send unto x Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there 

be such a thing. \ 

1 1 Hath a nation y changed their gods, wliich are yel 

no gods ? but my people have changed their a glory for 
that which doth not profit. 

e 12 Be b astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly 
afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. • 

13 For my people have committed two evils ; they have 
forsaken me the c fountain of living waters, and hewed them 
out d cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 

14 Tf Is Israel a e servant 1 ? is he f a home-born slave? 
why is he spoiled ? 

15 The s young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and 
they made his land waste : his cities are burned h without 
inhabitant. 

16 Also the children of i Noph and Tahapanes have 
broken the crown of thy head. 

c 17 Hast thou not k procured this unto thyself, in that 
thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he ' led thee 
by the way ? 

A 18 And now what hast thou to do in the m way of Egypt, 
to drink the waters of n Sihor ? or what hast thou to do in 
I the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? 
! w 19 Thine ° own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy 
backslidings shall reprove thee : know therefore and see 
that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken 
the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith 
the Lord God of hosts. 

* 20 % For of p old time I have broken thy yoke, and 
burst thy bands ; and q thou saidst, I will not transgress ; 
when upon every r high hill and under every green tree 
thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 

E 21 Yet I had * planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right 
seed: how then art thou turned into the ' degenerate plant 
of a strange vine unto me ? 

22 For though thou wash thee with u nitre, and take 

marked before me, 



xGn.25. 13. 
y Psa. 106. 

Ood having shewed his former kindness, expostulated with the Jews their \~j>g 115 4 
causeless revolt, 1, beyond any example, 9. They are the causes qftheirL no. 1. 23! 
own calamities, 14. b Dt. 4. 26. 

MOREOVER the word of the Lord came to me, saying, a2°p"ai* 
■# 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, J |£*gff 
Thus saith the Lord ; I remember a thee, the b kindness |p oh.'* i. 
of thy youth, the c love of thine espousals, when thou went- 
cst d after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 
d 3 Israel was e holiness unto the Lord, and the f fhst- 



hZeph.2.5. 
i ch. 43. 7. 
k Isa. 1. 4. 
1 Ex. 13. 21. 
m Isa. 30. 1. 
n Jos. 13. 3. 



fruits of his increase :. all that s devour him shall offend ;oPr. 5. as. 



Hos. 5. 5. 

li Dt :'■■'. 7 



evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord 

4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and ^V^- 
all the families of the house of Israel: 
• 5 ^f Tims Baith the Lord, h What iniquity 



nave your 



I- Ex. 15. 17. 
It ha. 1.21. 
ii Jub 9. 30, 

fathers found in me, that they are ; gone far from me," and Jr£"3o.ia 
have walked after k vanity, and are become vain 1 ao.%%. 

c 6 Neither 'said they, where is the Lord that brought J*"*-' 1 * 
us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the cEa*.s& 
wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through jaV 6.2a. 
a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land 
that no man "passed through, and where no man dwelt? 

1 



fi 



1 1 

h. -I .37. 

..... 

/ And 1 brought you into a " plentiful country, to eat the u 
fruitthereofand the goodness thereof; butwhen ye entered, 
yc "defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. '!,'; ', : ;^ 

The p priests said not, Where is the Lord? and the. 
that ''handle the law 'knew me not: the pastors al 
transgressed against, me, and the prophets prophesied bj 
Baal, and walked after things that do ' not profit. 

fl *,[ Wherefore I will yet ' plead with you, saith 
Lord, and with your children's children will I plead. 
k 10 For pass over the "isles of Chittim, and see; 

10G 



thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is 
saith the Lord God. 

23 How canst y thou say, I am not polluted, I have not 
gone after Baalim ? z See thy way in the valley, know 
what thou hast done : thou art a swift dromedary travers- 
ing her ways ; 

24 A wild ass a used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up 
the wind at her pleasure ; in her b occasion who can turn 
her away ? all they that seek her will not weary them- 
selves ; in her c month they shall find her. 

c 25 Withhold thy d foot from being unshod, and thy throat 
from thirst : but thou saidst, There is e no hope : no ; for 
I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. 

26 As the thief is f ashamed when he is found, so is the 
house of Israel ashamed ; they, their kings, their princes, 
and their priests, and their prophets, 

27 Saying lo a stock, Thou art s my father; and to a 
stone, Thou hast brought me forth : for they h have turned 
their back unto me, and not their face : but 'in the time 
of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 

28 But where arc '' thy gods that thou hast made thee ? 
1 let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy 
trouble : for according to the number '" of thy cities are th\ 
gods, O Judah. 

t 29 Wherefore will ye " plead with me ! ye all have tn 
-{greased against me, saith the Lotto. 

30 ° In vain have I smitten your children; they re- 
ceived no correction: ''your own sword hath devoured 
your prophets, like a destroying lion. 
' :;i ^T O generation, ''see ye the word of the Lord. 
i. ' Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of dark- 
L&inessl wherefore say my people, We are ■ lords ; we will 
and ',■'!', ''Vi'comc l no more unto thee? 

421 



the 



18. in. 



feoffs promise to the penitent. 

i 32 Can a maid u forget her ornaments, or a bride ner 
attire t yet my people have forgotten me days without 
number. 

33 Why x trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore 
hast thou also taught the wicked ones s thy ways. 

34 Also in thy * skirts is found the biood of the souls of 
the poor innocents : I have not found it by secret search, 
but upon all these. 

c 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his 

anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will a plead with thee, 

because thou sayest, I have b not sinned. 
36 Why c gaddest thou about so much to change thy 

way 1 thou also shalt be ashamed of d Egypt, as thou wast 

ashamed of e Assyria. 

y> 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands 

upon thy head : for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, 

and thou shalt not prosper in them. 
CHAPTER III. 

God's great mercy in Judah' s vile whoredom, 1. Judah is worse than 
Israel, 6. The promises of the gospel to the penitent, 12. Israel re- 
proved and called by God, maketh a solemn confession of their sins, 20. 

THEY say, If a man a put away his wife, and she go 
from him, and become another man's, shall he return 
unto her again 1 shall not that land be greatly b polluted 
but thou hast c played the harlot with many lovers ; yet 
d return again to me, saith the Lord. 

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where 
thou hast not been e lain with. In the ways hast thou f sat 
for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness ; and thou hast 
polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy 
wickedness. 

3 Therefore the g showers have been withholden, and 
there hath been no latter rain ; and thou hadst h a whore's 
forehead, thou ' refusedst to be ashamed. 

d 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, k My father, 
thou art the ! guide of my youth 1 

5 Will he reserve his anger m for ever 1 will he keep it 
to the end 1 Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things 
n as thou couldest. 

* 6 If The Lord said also unto me in the days of ° Josiah 
the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel 
hath done 1 she is gone up upon every p high mountain, and 
under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot 

7 And I said after she had done all these things, q Turn 
thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacher 
ous r sister Judah saw it. 

8 And I saw, when s for all the causes whereby back 
sliding Israel committed adultery, I had 'put her away, and 
given her a bill of divorce ; yet her treacherous sister Ju 
dah u feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 

9 And it came to pass through the " lightness of her 
whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adul 
tery with y stones and with stocks. 

10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah hath 
not turned unto me with her whole heart, but z feignedly, 
saith the Lord. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel 
hath justified " herself more than treacherous Judah. 

<* 1 2 % Go and proclaim these words toward the a north, 
and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; 
and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you : for I am 
b merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger c for 
ever. 

d 13 Only d acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast 
transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast e scat- 
tered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, 
and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. 

d 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I 
am married unto you : and I will take you e one of a city, 
and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : 



JEREMIAH. 



Israel called by God's promise. 



B. Christ 
cir. 612. 



hEi)h.4.11. 

iActs 20.28. 

k Obadiah 

verses 15, 

19, 20. 

1 Hos. 3. 5. 

m John 4. 

21. 

n Rv. 21. 3. 

Isa. GO. 3. 
p ch. 31. 33. 
qHos. 1. 11. 
r Amos 9. 
14, 15. 
s Ro. 8. 15. 
6Heb. 
friend, 
Hos. 3. 1. 
tch. 31. 18. 
u Isa. 15. 3. 
x Isa. 19. 14 
y Hos. 14. 1. 
z Hos. 6. 1. 
a Hos. 14. 3 
b ch. 31. 20 
c Ps. 121. 1. 
d Hos. 9. 10. 
c Ps. 128. 2. 
f Ezra 9. 7. 
g Isa. 48. 8. 
chap. 2. 2. 
a2Chr.!2.I. 
verse 3. 
b Joel 2. 12. 
cEzek. 11. 
18. 

d Lam. 1. 8. 
e Dt. 10. 20. 
flCo. 1.31. 
g Ho. 10.12. 
iiMt. 13.22. 
i Dt. 10. 6. 
Ro. 2. 29. 
kZeph.2. 2. 

1 Ezek. 33. 
2,3. 
a Heb. 
stand not, 
Luke 17. 31. 
m2Kg.24.I. 
nRv.18.23. 
o Lam. 1. 1. 
p Isa. 23. 12. 
t| Isa. 12. 1. 



15 And I will give you h pastors according to my heart, 
which shall ' feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be k muliplied and 
increased in the land, in ' those days, saith the Lord, they 
shall say no more, The m ark of the covenant of the Lord : 
neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember 
it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done 
any more. 

r 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the "throne of 
the Lord ; and ° all tbe nations shall be gathered unto it, 
to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem : neither shall they 
walk any more after the p imagination of their evil heart.' 
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk q with 
the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of 
the land of the north to the land that I have given for an 
inheritance unto your fathers. 

6 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, 
and r give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the 
iiosts of nations i and I said, Thou shalt call me, 3 My fa- 
ther ; and shalt not turn away from me. 

i 20 ^[ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her 
6 husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house 
of Israel, saith the Lord. 

21 A 'voice was heard upon the "high places, weeping 
and supplications of the children of Israel : for they have 
" perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord 
their God. 

d 22 y Return, ye backsliding children, and I will z heal 
your backslidings. Behold, a we come unto thee ; for thou 
art the Lord our God. 

t 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the b hills, 
and from the multitude of mountains : truly c in the Lord 
our God is the salvation of Israel. 

24 For d shame hath devoured c the labour of our fathers 
from our youth ; their flocks and their herds, their sons 
and their daughters. 

c 25 f We lie down in our shame, and our confusion cover- 
eth us : for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we 
and our fathers, e from our youth even unto this day, and 
have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. 

CHAPTER IV. 
God calleth Israel by his promise, 1. He exhorteth Judah to repentance 

by fearful judgments, 3. A grievous lamentation for the miseries of 

Judah, 19, 

JTF thou wilt return, a O Israel, saith the Lord, return 
J. b unto me : and if thou wilt put away thine c abomina- 
tions out of my sight, then shalt thou d not remove. 

2 And thou shalt e swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in 
judgment, and in righteousness'; and the nations shall 
bless themselves in him, and in him shall they f glory. 
d 3 % For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and 
Jerusalem, e Break up your fallow ground, and h sow not 
among thorns. 

4 * Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away 
the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabit- 
ants of Jerusalem ; lest k my fury come forth like fire, and 
burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your 
doings. 

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem ; and 
say, ' Blow ye the trumpet in the land : cry, Gather toge- 
ther, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the 
defenced cities. 

6 Set up the standard toward Zion: "retire, stay not: fop 
I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 

7 m The lion is come up from his thicket, and n the de- 
stroyer of the Gentiles is on his way ; he is gone forth 
from his place to make thy land ° desolate ; and thy cities 
shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 

8 For this p gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl : for 
the fierce anger of the Lord is q not turned fcaek fnvntx us. 

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r2Kg.25.6. 
s ch. 6. 14. 
ver. 10, 11. 
t2Th.2.11. 
u Pr. 25. 23. 
verse 15. 
x ch. 15. 7. 
Ezek. 5. 2. 
y ch. 49. 19 
z ch. 1. 16. 
a Isa. 21. 1. 
b La. 4. 19. 
c La. 5. 16. 
d Jam. 4. 8, 
e Act9 8. 
22. 

f Mt. 15. 19. 
g 1 Kings 
12. 29. 
h Lam. 4.6 
i 2 Kg. 24. 3 
k Isa. 39. 3. 
12 Kg. 25.4. 
m Psa. 107. 
17. 

n Lam. 1. 8. 
o chap. 9. 1. 
p Ps. 42. 7. 
q Ro. 1. 22. 
r2Sa.!3.3. 
Ro. 8. 6, 7. 
s chap. 9. 9. 
Amos 3. 10, 
t Gen. 1.2. 
Isa. 24. 23. 
u Isa. 5. 30. 
xHeb.3. 10. 
yZeph. 1.3. 
z Nah. 1. 5. 
a Isa. 1. 9. 
ch.50.10,!l. 
Ezek. 11.13. 
Hab. 3. 2, 
b Hos. 4. 3. 
c ch. 15. 16. 
d 2 Chion. 
33. 11. 
Am. 9.2,3. 
e 2 Kg. 9.20. 
Rev. 17. 4. 
f Lam. 1. 2. 
ch. 22. 20. 
Isa. 13. 



A lamentation for Judah. 

«> 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, 
that the r heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of 
the princes ; and the priests shall be astonished, and the 
prophets s shall wonder. 

10 Tnen said I, Ah, Lord God ! surely ' thou hast greatly 
deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have 
peace ; wiiereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. 

1 1 At that time shall it be said to this people and to 
Jerusalem, u A dry wind of the high places in the wilder- 
ness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to 
1 cleanse, 

12 Even y a full wind from those places shall come unto 
me : now also will I z give sentence against them. 

13 Beftold, he shall a come up as clouds, and his chariots 
shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are b swifter than eagles. 
c Wo unto us ! for we are spoiled. 

d 14 O Jerusalem, d wash thy heart from wickedness, that 
thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy e vain thoughts 
lodge f within thee 1 

s 15 For a voice declare th s from Dan, and publisheth 
h affliction from mount Ephraim. 

16 Make ye i mention to the nations; behold, publish 
against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a k far coun- 
try, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. 

c 17 As 'keepers of a field, are they against her round 
about ; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith 
the Lord. 

18 Thy way and thy doings have m procured these things 
unto thee ; this is thy wickedness, because it is n bitter, 
because it reacheth unto thy heart. 

r 19 ^[ ° My bowels, my bowels ! I am pained at my very 
heart ; my heart maketh a noise in me ; I cannot hold my 
peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of 
the trumpet, the alarm of war. 

20 Destruction p upon destruction is cried; for the whole 
land is spoiled : suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my 
curtains in a moment. 

21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the 
sound of the trumpet 1 

t 22 For my people is q foolish, they have not known me ; 
they are sottish children, and they have none understand- 
ing : they are r wise to do evil, but to do good they have 
8 no knowledge. 

^23 I beheld the earth, and lo, it was 'without form, and 
void ; and the heavens, and they had u no light. 

24 I beheld the mountains, and lo, they " trembled, and 
all the hills moved lightly. 

25 I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the y birds 
of the heavens were fled. 

26 I beheld, and lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, 
and all the cities thereof were broken down at the z pre- 
sence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger. 
w 27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be 
desolate ; yet will I not make '" a full end. 

28 For this shall the earth b mourn, and the heavens 
above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed 
it, and will c not repent, neither will I turn back from it. 
"• 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horse- 
men and bowmen ; they shall go into d thickets, and climb 
up upon the rocks : every city shall be forsaken, and not 
a man dwell therein. 

A 30 And when thou art spoiled, what will thou do? Though 
thou clothest thyself with crimson, (hough thou c deckest 
thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face 
with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair : thy 
' lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. 

:'l For I have heard a voice as B of a woman in travail, • 
and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child ; u^tsa 
he voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, l^b.s. 



B. Christ 
cir. 012. 



h La. 1. 17. 

2 Chrou. 
36. 17. 
i Ezek. . 
30. 

Mic. 7. 1, 2. 
bGn.18.32. 
a 2 Tim. 3.5. 
Titus 1. 10. 
dchap.7.9. 
eSChr.16.9. 
Psa. 51. li. 
llsa. 1.5. 
Am. 4. 6, 8. 
g chap. 8. 3. 
liZucli 7. 
11. 

i fion. 1.12. 
k Mic. 3. I. 
I Psa. 2. 3. 

rh;i|). (j. 13. 

mZeph.3.3. 
n Hoa.13.7. 

Gal. 4. 8. 

. m.::,.'. is. 

losea 4. 7. 
q i\u. 25. 1. 
r Ezek. 22. 
11. 

s ch. 13. 27. 
t Isa. 1.24. 
u Ps. 127.2, 
X Nu. 10.!). 
jrlsa.84.10. 
zUohnD.10. 

bZcch. 1.6. 

c oh. 48. 2. 

Lam. 3. It. 

hap. 1.9. 

1 1)1. Ml. HI. 
gLv.96 16. 
IU.2S. 31. 



God's judgments on the Jews. 

that h spreadeth her hands, saying, "Wo is me now ! for my 
soul is wearied because of * murderers. 

CHAPTER V. 

The judgments of God upon the Jews for their perverseness 1, for their 
adultery, 7, for their impiety, 10, for their contempt of God, 19, and for 
their great corruption in the civil state, 25, and ecclesiastical, 30. 

UN ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, 
and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places 
thereof, if ye can a find a man, if there be any that executeth 
judgment, that seeketh the truth ; and I will b pardon it. 

e 2 And though they c say, The Lord liveth ; surely they 
swear d falsely. 

t 3 O Lord, are not e thine eyes upon the truth 1 thou 
hast f stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast 
consumed them, but they have e refused to receive cor- 
rection: they have made their faces harder than a h rock; 
they have refused to return. 

4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor ; they are 
foolish : for they know not the * way of the Lord, nor the 
judgment of their God. 

5 I will get me unto the k gieat men, and will speak 
unto them ; lor they have known the way of the Lord, 
and the judgment of their God : but ! these have altogether 
broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 

w 6 Wherefore a lion cut of the forest shall slay them, and 
a wolf of m the evenings shall spoil them, a n leopard shall 
watch over their cities : every one that goeth out thence 
shall be torn in pieces : because their transgressions are 
many, and their backslidings are increased. 

c 7 How shall I pardon thee for this 1 thy children have 
forsaken me, and sworn by them that are ° no gods : when 
I had p fed them to the full, they then committed q adultery, 
and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 
8 They were as r fed horses in the morning : every one 
neighed after his s neighbour's wife. 

w 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord : and 
shall not my soul be ' avenged on such a nation as this ? 

10 *\ Go ye up upon her u walls, and destroy; but make 
not a full end : take away her battlements ; for they are 
x not the Lord's. 

c 1 1 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have 
y dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord. 

12 They have 2 belied the Lord, and said, a It is not he ; 
neither shall evil come upon us ; neither shall we see 
sword nor famine : 

13 And the prophets shall become b wind, and the word 
is c not in them : Ihus shall it be done unto them. 

14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because 
ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy 
mouth d fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 

15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you c from far, O house 
of Israel, saith the Lord : it is a mighty nation, it is an 
" ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowesl 
not, neither understandest what they say. 

16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all 
mighty men. 

17 And they shall B eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, 
which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall 
eat up thy flocks and thy herds : they shall eat up thy 
vines and thy Gg-trees : they shall impoverish thy fenced 
cities, wherein Ihou trustedst, with the sword. 

18 Nevertheless, in those days, saith the Lord, I will 
not make a full end with you. 

19 % And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, 
Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto 

us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken 
me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve 
strangers in a land that is not yours. 

20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in 
Judah, saying, 

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fudalCs enemies encourage themselves. JEREMIAH. 

21 Hear now this, O k loolish people, and without ' un- 
derstanding ; which have ' eyes, and see not ; which have 
ears, and hear not : 

s 22 m Fear ye not me 1 saith the Lord : will ye not 
tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for 
the n bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can- 
not pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, 
yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they 
not pass over it 1 

* 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious 
heart ; they are revolted and gone. 

o 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the 
Lord our God, that giveth ° rain, both the p former and the 
latter, in his q season: he reserveth unto us the Appointed 
weeks of the harvest. 

t 25 IT s Your iniquities have turned away these things, 
and your sins have withholden good things from you. 

26 For among my people are found wicked men : they 
lay wait, as he that setteth snares ; they set a trap, they 
1 catch men. 

27 Asa" cage is full of birds, so are their x houses full 
of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 

28 They are y waxen fat, they shine : yea, they z over- 
pass the deeds of the wicked : they judge not the cause, 
the cause of the fatherless, yet they a prosper ; and the 
right of the needy do they not judge, 
w 29 Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : 
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this 1 

30 % A b wonderful and horrible thing is committed in 
the land ; 

p 31 The c prophets prophesy d falsely, and the priests 
bear rule by their means ; and my people e love to have it 
so : and what will ye do in the end thereof 1 

CHAPTER VI. 
The enemies sent against Judah, 1, encourage themselves, 4. God setleth 
them on work because of their sins, 6. The prophet lamenteth the judg- 
mentsof God because of their sins, 9 : He proclaimethGotiCs wrath, 18 : 
He calleth the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins, 26. 

s{\ YE children of a Benjamin, gather yourselves to b flee 
Vr out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet 
in Tekoa, and set up c a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem : 
for evil appeareth out of the d north, and great destruction. 

* 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and 
delicate woman. 

3 The e shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her ; 
they shall pitch their tents against her round about ; they 
shall feed every one in his place. 

f 4 Prepare ye war against her ; arise, and let us go up 
r at noon. Wo unto us ! for the day goeth away, for the 
shadows of the evening are stretched out. 

5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her 
s palaces. 

6 H For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, h Hew ye down 
trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem : this is the city 
to be visited ; she is ' wholly oppression in the midst of her, 

c 7 As k a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth 
out her wickedness : ' violence and spoil is heard in her 
before me continually is grief and wounds, 
w 8 Be thou ° instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart 
from thee ; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited 
9 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall thoroughly 
ra glean the remnant of Israel as a vine : turn back thy 
hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets. 
c 10 To whom shall 1 speak, and give warning, that they 
may hear 1 Behold, their n ear is uncircumcised, and they 
cannot hearken : behold, the word of the Lord is unto 
them a reproach ; they have c no delight in it. 
« 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord ; I am 
*weary with holding in : I will ' pour it out upon the r chil 
tfren abroad and upon the assembly of young men to- 



k ch. 2. 13, 
Gal. 3. 1. 
a Heb. 
heart, 
Hos. 7. 11. 

1 Mt. 13. 14. 
John 13.40. 
Acts 28. 26. 
Rom. 11.8. 
m Rv. 15. 4. 
n Job 26. 10. 
&38. 10, 11. 
o ch. 14. 22. 
Zech.10.11. 
pIH. 11. 14. 
qlSa. 12.17. 
r Gen. 8. 22. 
9 Isa. 59. 1,2. 
t Hos. 5. 1. 
u Rev. 18.2. 
xMie.6. 10 
y Dt. 32. 1 
zl Cor. 5.1. 
aHab. 1.4. 
b ch. 23. 14. 
cMic.3. 11. 
d Hos. 6. 10. 
eMi.2.6,11. 

2 Thess. 2. 
9, 12. 

a Jgs. 1. 21. 
2 Chron. 11. 
12. 

blsa.52. 11. 
c Jos. 8. 28. 
d ch. 4. 6. 
ech.21. 10. 
flsa.51. 17. 
_ ch. 9. 20. 
h Dt. 20. 19. 
i2Kg.21.16. 
k Ps. 55. 9. 

1 ch. 20. 8. 
Ezek. 24. 5. 
a Heb. cor- 
rected, 
Psa. 94. 12. 
m 2 Kings 
24. 16. & 
25.4. 

n Acts 7.51. 
Col. 3. 12, 
13. 
o Amos 7. 5. 

2 Tim. 4. 3. 
p ch. 20. 9. 
q Rev. 16. 1, 
r Ezek. 9. 6. 



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g Dt. 28. 30. 
tlsa. 56.11. 
Mic. 3. 11. 
Luke 20. 47. 
2 Pet. 2. 2. 
u ch. 4. 4. 
Ezek. 13. 4. 
xch. 4. 4. 
2 Pet. 2. 19. 
y ch. 3. 9. 
& 8. 12. 
Rom. 1. 32. 
Phil. 3. 19. 
z Acts 17. 
11. 

1 Th. 5. 21. 
a Isa. 8. 20. 
Luke 19. 19. 
John 5. 39. 
bMt. 11.29. 
c ch. 44. 17, 
dEzek.2.17 
e Isa. 58. 1, 
flsa.1.2. 
g Pr. 1. 31. 
hlsa. 1. 11. 
Amos 5. 21. 
i Ps. 50. 8. 
chap. 7. 21. 
k2Th.2.1I. 
1 2 Citron. 
36. 17. 
m Jos. 8. J 8. 
nLa. 5. 11. 
och. 50. 43. 
p ch. 8. 14. 
■ 1 Zech. 12. 
10. 

r Isa. 33. 1. 
s Hab. 2. 1. 
t Pr. 27. 23. 
u Ho. 10. 15, 
x ch. 18. 18, 
y Isa. 1. 21. 
z2Co.2.17. 
a Isa. 49. 4. 
b Ezek. 24. 
12,13 
c Ps. 15. 4. 
a ch. 1. 2, 3. 



God's judgments proclaimed 

gether : for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, 
the aged with him that is full of days. 

12 And their s houses shall be turned unto others, with 
their fields and wives together : for I will stretch out my 
hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord. 
v 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest 
of them 'every one is given ' to covetousness ; and from 
the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 
p 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of 
my people u slightly, saying, x Peace, peace ; when there 
is no peace. 

w 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abo- 
mination 1 nay, they were y not at all ashamed, neither 
5. could they blush ; therefore they shall fall among them 
1 that fall : at the time that I visit them they shall be cast 
down, saith the Lord. 

d 16 Thus saith the Lord, z Stand ye in the ways, and 
see, and ask for the a old paths, where is the good way, 
and walk therein, and ye shall find b rest for your souls. 
But they said, c We will not walk therein. 

17 Also I set d watchmen over you, saying, Hearken 
to the e sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not 
hearken. 

18 % Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congre- 
gation, what is among them. 

w 19 f Hear, O earth : Behold, I will bring evil upon this 
people, even the e fruit of their thoughts, because they 
have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but 
rejected it. 

§•20 h To what purpose cometh there to me incense from 
Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country 1 your 
1 burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices 
sweet unto me. 

w 21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay 
k stumbling-blocks before this people, and the ] fathers and 
the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and 
his friend shall perish. 

22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from 
the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from 
the sides of the earth. 

23 They shall lay hold on bow and m spear ; they are 
cruel, and have no mercy ; their voice roareth like the 

sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for 
war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 

24 We have heard the fame thereof : our hands wax 
feeble : anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a 
woman in travail. 

25 p Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way ; 
for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. 

r 26 ^[ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, 
and wallow thyself in ashes : make thee mourning, as for 
an q only son, most bitter lamentation : for the spoiler 
r shall suddenly come upon us. 

27 I have set thee for a s tower and a fortress among 
my people, that thou mayest ' know and try their way. 
c 28 They are all u grievous revolters, walking with Glan- 
ders : they are > brass and iron ; they are all z corrupters. 
29 The a bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of 
the fire ; the founder melteth in vain : for the wicked are 
b not plucked away. 

w 30 c Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the 
Lord hath rejected them. 

CHAPTER VII. 



Jeremiah is sent to call for true repentance, to prevent the Jews' 1 captivity, 
1 : He rejecteth their vain confidence, 8, by the example of Shiloh, 12 : 
He threateneth them for their idolatry, 17 : He rejecteth the sacrifices oj 
the disobedient, 21 : He exhorteth to mourn for their abominations in 
Tophet, 29, and the judgments for the same, 32. 

THE a word that came to Jeremiah from the LorPj 
saying, 

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JEREMIAH. 



The impenitent Jeivs threatened. 



2 Stand in the b gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim; B c \^ 1 

there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all bch.26.2. 

ye 0/ Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord. ^Xis. 11. 

dS Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, j^J 1 ^ 3 ^ 1 !' 

Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you|r_2 icings 

j ch. 22. 4. 

ii Isa. 59. 7. 

Dt. 4. 40. 



to dwell in this place 

p 4 Trust ye not in d lying words, saying, The e temple of!' 
the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of thej&|&|p- sl 
Lord, are f these. 

5 For if ye g thoroughly amend your ways and your 
doinars 



r lit. 12. u. 

s Jos. 18. J . 
t lSa.4.10. 
u 2Chron. 
36. 15. 
x Pr. 1. 24. 
ylSa.4.10. 
chap. 2fi. 6. 
7. 2 Kings 
17. 23.' 
a Ex.32. 10. 
b eh. 15. 1. 
c cli. 44. 19. 
aHeb. 
Molecheth, 
frame, or, 
workman- 
ship, 

2Kgs.23.5. 
d Ps. 16. 4. 
1 Cor. 10. 
21. 

fZoph.2. 3. 
g Mai. 4. 1. 
hHos.8.13; 
ilSa. 15.22. 
l'sa. 50. 5. 
Hosea 6. 6. 
k ch. 11. 4. 
IlSa.15.22. 
verse 24. 
mPs.U9.6. 
n Dt. 29. 19. 
Ts. 81. 13. 



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U Bos. 4. 1,2. 

12 Tim. 3. 5. 
m Ex. 20.3, 

if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a Jj^fjj^ 
man and his neighbour; kEzek.23. 

V 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the Mai. 3.5. 
widow, "and shed not h innocent blood in this place, neither JJ utihk 
walk after other gods to your hurt ; 
i> 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in i this place, in the 
land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 

8 If Behold, ye trust in lying words, that k cannot profit. 
p 9 Will ye ' steal, murder, and commit adultery, and 
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after 
m other gods whom ye n know not ; 

10 And come and stand before me in this house, which 
is called by my name, and say, We are ° delivered to do 
all these abominations ? 

1 1 Is this house, which is p called by my name, become 
a q den of robbers in your eyes 1 Behold, even I have 
seen it, saith the Lord. 

«> 12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, 
where I set my r name 9 at the first, and ' see what I did 
to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 

13 And now, because ye have done all these works, 
saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, u rising up early and 
speaking, but ye heard not ; and x I called you, but ye 
answered not ; 

14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called 
by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which 
I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to y Shiloh. 

15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast 
out all your z brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. 

v 16 Therefore a pray not thou for this people, neither lift 
up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to 
me : for I will not b hear thee. 

s 17 ^f Seestthou not what they do in the cities of Judah 
and in the streets of Jerusalem 1 

v 18 The* children gather wood, and the fathers kindle 
the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes 
to the ■ queen of heaven, and to d pour out drink-offerings 
unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 

19 Do they e provoke me to anger'? saith the Lord 
do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their 
own faces 1 

w 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, mine 
anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, 
'upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, 
end upon the fruit of the ground ; and it shall e burn, and 
^hall not be quenched. 

21 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
" Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat llesh. 

22 For I ; spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded 
them in the day that I brought them out df the land of 
Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices : 

d 23 But '' this* thing commanded I them, saying, ' Obey 
my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my peo- 
ple : and walk ye in m all the ways that I have command- 
ed you, that it may be well unto you. 

c 24 But they n hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but 
walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil 
heart, and went backward, and not forward. 

f 25 Since the day that vour fathers came forth out of 
107 3 H 



o 2 Cliron. 
36. 15. 
Hos. 6. 5. 
Zcch. 1.6. 
!> Ex. 32. 9. 
Neh. 9. 17, 
29. 

q chap. 9. 3. 
r E/.ck. 2. 5, 
7. 

s ch. 6. 8. 
t Ps. 11.2. 
ch. 9. 2, 3. 
u Job 1. 16. 
x 1 Kings 
21.4,7. 
2Chr.3B.14. 
y vcr. 10,11, 
■/. 2 Kings 
23. 10. 
nlsa.30.33. 
ch. 32. 35. 
Ii chap. 19. 
11, 13. 
f Dt. 28. 20. 
Ps. 72. 2, 3. 
(1 Ps. 78. 03. 
Isn. 24. 7. 
Ezck.S6.13. 
Hos. 2.11. 
Itov. 18. 23. 
a 2 Kg. 13.2. 
b9K B .23.5. 
SChr.33.5. 
Eznk.8. 10. 
c Ps. S3. 111. 
rl>. 22. 19. 
ill Kg. 19.1. 
Lain. 3. 9. 
Rev. 9. 0. 
& 11. 13. 
e cba p. 5. 3. 
f Ps. 30. 3. 
clnip. 9.0. 
« Ps. 12. 2. 
h Job 39. 21. 
i Pr. 6. 0, 8. 
I-m. 1. 3. 
k J.. I, 39.26. 
P«. 101.19. 
Song 2. 12. 
II.tikol9.42. 
in Ko.2. 17. 
n 1 Co. 1.26 



the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you 
all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and 
sending them : 

e 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their 
ear, but p hardened their neck: they did '' worse than their 
fathers. 

7 27 Therefore r thou shalt speak all these words unto 
them ; but they will not hearken to thee : thou shalt also 
call unto them ; but they will not answer thee. 

28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that 
obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor re- 
ceiveth s correction : l truth is perished, and is cut off from 
their mouth. 

» 29 Tf Cut off thy ™ hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, 
and take up a lamentation on high places ; for the Lord 
hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. 

30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, 
saith the Lord : they have x set their abominations in the 
house which is called y 'by my name, to pollute it. 

g 31 And they have built the 'high places of a Tophet, 
which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to bum their 
nd their daughters in the fire ; which I command- 
ed them not, neither came it into my heart. 

32 *[\ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord. 
that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of 
the son of Hinnom, but The valley of b slaughter : for 
they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. 

33 And the c carcasses of this people shall be meat for 
the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth ; 
and none shall fray them away. 

r 34 Then will d I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, 
and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and 
the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and 
the voice of the bride : for the land shall be desolate. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
The calamity of the Jews both dead and alive, 1 : He upbraideth theii 
foolish and shameless impenitency, 4 : He sheweth their grievous judg- 
ment, 13, and betvaileth their desperate estate, 18. 

T that time, saith the Lord, they shall a bring out the 

bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his 

princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the 

prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

out of their graves : 

2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the 
moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, 
and whom they have served, and after whom they have 
walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they 
have b worshipped : they shall not be gathered, nor be 
buried ; they shall be for c dung upon the face of the earth 

3 And d death shall be chosen rather than life by all the 
residue of them that remain of this f j vil family, which re- 
main in all the places whither 1 have driven them, saith 
the Lord of hosts. 

»-4 % Moreover, thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Shall they fall, and not arise ? shall he turn 
away, and not return 1 

« 5 Why thcn'is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by 
e a perpetual backsliding 1 f they hold fast deceit, they 
refuse to return. 

c 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake e not aright : 
no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What 
have I done 1 every one turned to his course, !' as the 
horse rusheth into the battle. 

i 7 Yea, the ' stork in the heaven knowelh her k appoint- 
ed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, 
observe the time of their coming ; but my people ' know 
not the judgment of the Lord. 

« 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and m the law of the 
Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made lie it; the per 
of the " scribes is in vain. 

425 



hremiah lamenteth the Jews for their sins 

c 9 The wise men are "ashamed, they are dismayed and 
taken: lo, they have p rejected the word of the Lord;|o 



B. Christ 
cir. COO. 



ch. 6. 15. 
p Ro. 2. 23. 
qPs.19.7. 

p 10 Therefore will I give r their wives unto others, and\ Is ^%f- 



and q what wisdom is in them 1 



their fields to them that shall inherit them 



i Dt. 28. 30. 

for every onekpi.u.2.21. 
from the least even unto the greatest is given 5 to covet 
from the prophet even unto the 



priest every 



ousness, 

one dealeth falsely 

v 11 For they have 'healed the hurt of the daughter of 
my people slightly, saying, u Peace, peace ; when there 
is no peace. 

w 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed 
abomination 1 nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither 
could they x blush : therefore shall they fall among them 
that fall : in the time of their visitation they shall be cast 
down, saith the Lord. 

* 13 *|f I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there 
shall be y no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, 
and the leaf shall fade ; and the things that I have given 
them shall pass away from them. 

14 Why do we sit still ? assemble yourselves, and let 
us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be z silent 
there : for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and 
given us a water of gall to drink, because we have sinned 
against the Lord. 

15 We looked for b peace, but no good came ; and for a 
time of health, and behold, trouble ! 

«> 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from c Dan ; 
the whole land trembled at the sound of the d neighing of 
his strong ones : for they are come, and have devoured 
the land, and all that is in it ; the city, and those that 
dwell therein. 

i 17 For behold, I will send serpents, e cockatrices, among 
you, which will not be f charmed, and they shall bite you, 
saith the Lord. 

18 If When I would s comfort myself against sorrow, 
my heart is faint h in me. 

?19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my 
people because of them that dwell in a far country : Is 
not the Lord in Zion 1 ' is not her King in her 1 Why 
have they k provoked me to anger with their graven 
images, and with ' strange vanities 1 
,2 20 The m harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we 
are not saved. 

21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I 
hurt ; I am n black ; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 
a 22 Is there ° no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician 
there? why then is not the health of the daughter "of my 
people p recovered ? 



JEREMIAH. Disobedience is the cause of their calamity, 

will not speak the truth : they have ' taught their tongue 
to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 

6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit ; through m de 
ceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, 1 
will n melt them, and try them ; for ° how shall I do for 
the daughter of my people 1 

c 8 Their p tongue is as an arrow shot out ; it speaketh 
deceit : one speaketh q peaceably to his neighbour with 
his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. 
w 9 ^f Shall I not r visit them for these things ? saith the 
Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation 
as this ? 

10 For the 9 mountains will I take up a weeping and 
wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamen- 
tation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass 
through them; neither can men hear the voice of the 
cattle : both ' the fowl of the heavens and the beast are 
fled ; they are gone. 

r 1 1 And I will make Jerusalem u heaps, and * a den of 
dragons ; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, 
without an inhabitant. 

12 If y Who is the wise man, that may understand this 1 
and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath 



u La. 2. 18. 
Eznk. 13.10. 
x chap. 3.3. 
y Hos. 2. 9. 
Joel I. 7. 
Hag. 1. 17. 
Luke 13. 6. 
7. Ps. 39. 9. 
Lam. 3. 28. 
a Dt. 32. 33. 
b ch. 14. 19. 
c ch. 4. 15. 
d ch. 47. 3. 
e Isa. 59. 5. 
chap. 4. S.9. 
fPs.58.4.5. 
g Job 7. i3. 
h La. I. 22. 
i Hos. 10. 3. 
klsa. 1.4. 
12 Kg. 17. 15. 
in Isa. 9. 3. 
verse 15. 
n Ps. 35. 13. 
Song 1. 5. 
o 1 Cor. 6. 5. 
p 2 Chron. 
30. 17. 
ch. 30. 17. 
a ch. 4. 19. 
Lam. 2. 11. 
bEzek.21. 



d Hos. 6. 9. 
c Ps. 120. 2. 
f2Tm.3.13 
g Hos. 4. 1. 
h Ml.7.5,6, 
iGn. 27.36. 
kEzek.22.9. 



B. Christ 
cir. 600. 



Jeremiah lamenteth the 



CHAPTER IX. 

Jews for their manifold s 



1, and for their 



o 



judgment, 9. Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity, 12: He\fy^ r ^- 
exhorteth to mourn for their destruction', 17, and to trust not in them- 
selves, but in Cod, 23 : He threuteneth both Jews and Gentiles, 25. 

H that my head were waters,, and mine eyes a foun- 
tain of tears, that I might a weep day and night for 
the b slain of the daughter of my people ! 

* 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of 
way-faring men ; that I might leave my people, and go 
from them ! for they be all c adulterers, an d assembly of 
treacherous men. 

c 3 And they e bend their tongues like their bow for lies : 
but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth ; for 
they proceed f from evil to evil, and they s know not me, 
saith the Lord. 

d 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust 
ve not in any brother : for every brother will utterly ' sup- 
plant and every neighbour will walk with k slanders. 

* o And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and 



cdi.5.7,8. spoken, that he may z declare it, for what the land perish- 
eth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth 
through 1 

c 13 And the Lord saith, a Because they have forsaken 
my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my 
voice, neither walked therein ; 

14 But have walked after the b imagination of their 
own heart, and after Baalim, which their c fathers taught 
them : 

w 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel ; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with 
d wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 

16 1 will e scatter them also among the heathen, whom 
neither they nor their fathers have known : and I will 
send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. 

o 17 % Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and 
call for the f mourning women, that they may come; 
and send for cunning women, that they may come : 

18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for 
us, that our s eyes may run down with tears, and our 
eyelids gush out with waters. 

19 For '' a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How 
are we spoiled ! we are greatly confounded, because wc 
have ! forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast 
us out. 

20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye k women, and 
let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and ' teach 
your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour 
lamentation. 

'"21 For death i3 come up into our m windoAvs, and Is 
entered into our n palaces, to cut off the ° children from 
without, and the young men from the streets. 

22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcasses of 
men shall fall p as dung upon the open field, and as the 
handful after the harvest-man, and none shall gather them. 
p 23 *[\ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the q wise man glory 
in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his 
might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : 
d 24 But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he un- 
derstandeth and r knoweth me, that I am the Lord which 
exercise s loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, 
in the earth : for in these things I ' delight, saith the Lord. 
■"> 25 If Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I 
will punish all them which are "circumcised with the un- 
circumcised ; 

426 



1 ch. 13. 23. 
m Ps. 109.2. 
n 4sa. 1. 24. 
Mai. 3. 3. 
o 2 Chron. 
36. 15, 16. 
Isa. 5. 4, 5. 
p Ps. 04. 3. 
Pr. 30. 14. 
n.2;?a.20. 9. 
Psa. 55. 21, 
22. 

r-ch.5.9,29. 
s Ps. 125. I. 
t ch. 4. 25. 
Ilosea 4. 3. 
u Isa. 25. 2. 
x ch. 10. 22. 
yPs. 107.43. 
Hos. 14. 9. 
z Isa. 21.6. 
a ch. 3. 37. 
be*. 7.24. 
cl Pet. 1.18. 
tl ch.8. 14. 
cLv.26.33. 



f 2 Chron 
35. 25. 
A mos 5. 16. 
Matt. 9. 23. 
gel.. 14.17. 
verse I. 
Lam. 2. 19. 
h La. 1.1, 2. 
i Isa. 0. 12. 
k Isa. 3. 1C. 
I Lam. 1.12. 
&. 2. 13. 
Amos 5. 16. 
mis. 24. 18. 
Ezck.2I.14. 
n Lam. 2. 5. 

La. 4. 18. 
Ezek. 9.5,6. 
plSa.31.8. 
chap. 8. 2. 
q Ecel. 9. 
II. 

1 Cor. 1.31. 
r Ps. 91. 14. 
Hosea4. 6. 
s Ps. 25. 10. 
t Micah 6. 
8. & 7. 18. 
u Kom. 2. 8, 
10. 



JEREMIAH. 



B. Christ 

cir. 600. 

I x Ezek. 44. 

7. 

alTh.2.13 



No comparison with God. 

g 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of I 
Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, 
that dwell in the wilderness : for all these nations are * un- 
circumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcis- 
ed in the heart. 

CHAPTER X. 

The unequal comparison of God and idols, 1. The prophet exhorteth to 
flee from the calamity to come, 17 : He lamenteth the spoil of the taber-\\^'^%Q 
nacle by foolish pastors, 19: He makelh an humble supplication, 23. 



sought the Lord 



13. 

dlsa.40.20. 1 
&44. 12. 
e lsa. 41. 7. 
& 46. 7. 
fPs. 115. 7. 



k Dan. 7. 14. 
Rev. 11. 15. 
1 1 Chr. 29. 
11. 

Matt. 6. 13. 
mHab.2.18. 
n 2 Kings 
17. 15. 

Ps. 31. 5. 
pMt. 10. 11. 
q lsa. 9. 6 4 

1 Tm. 6. 16. 
rZepli.2.11. 
s Ps. 93. 1. 

t Ps. 104. 2. 
u Job 37.2,5. 
x 1 Kings 
18.41. 
V Pr. 30. 2. 
"Rom. 1. 22. 
7. Ps. 115.7. 
Hab. 2. 18. 
a La. 3. 24. 
Rom. 8. 10. 
bPr. 16.4. 
cCol. 1. 12. 
rich. 4. 5,6. 
eMt.24. 11. 
Luke 17.31. 
f ch. 16. 13. 
gEzok.6.10. 
Zocli. 1. 6. 
h Ps. 39. 9. 
Lam. 2. 18. 
Micah 7. 9. 
lsa. 59. 10. 
Ezek. 13. 3. 



gPs. 86^8. 

EAR ye the word which a the Lord speaketh unto [jBev:!* 4 
you, O house of Israel : 
p 2 Thus saith the Lord, b Learn not the way of the hea- 
then, and be not dismayed at the c signs of heaven ; for 
the heathen are dismayed at them. 

3 For the customs of the people are vain : for one d cut- 
teth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the 
workman, with the axe. 

4 They e deck it with silver and with gold ; they fasten 
it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 

5 They are upright as the palm-tree, but speak not : 
they must f needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be 
not afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil, neither also is 
it in them to do good. 

t 6 Forasmuch as there is e none like unto thee, O Lord ; 
thou art great, and thy name is b great in might. 

d 7 Who would not ! fear thee, k O King of nations? for to 
thee ' doth it appertain : forasmuch as among all the wise 
men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none 
like unto thee. 

8 But they are altogether m brutish and foolish : the 
stock is n a doctrine of vanities. 

g 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, 
and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of 
the hands of the founder : blue and purple is their cloth- 
ing : they are all the work of cunning men. 

t 10 But the Lord is the °true God, he is the ^living God, 
and an q everlasting King : at his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his 
indignation. 

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not 
made the heavens and the earth, even they shall r perish 
from the earth, and from under these heavens. 

■ 5 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath 'es- 
tablished the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out 
1 the heavens by his discretion. 

13 When he u uttereth his voice, there is a multitude 
of * waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to 
ascend from the ends of vhe earth ; he maketh lightnings 
with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 

14 Every man i3 'brutish in his knowledge: every 
founder is confounded by the graven image : for his molten 
image is falsehood, and there is no z breath in them. 

15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time 
of their visitation they shall perish. 

t 16 The a Portion of Jacob is not like them : for he is 
the former of b all things ; and Israel is the c rod of his 
inheritance : The Lord of hosts is his name. 

17 ^[ d Gather up thy wares out of the land, c O inhabit- 
ant of the fortress. 

» 18 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, f I will sling out 
the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress 
them that they may E find it so. 

19 % Wo is me for my hurt ! my wound is grievous : 
but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must h bear it. 

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are bro- 
ken : my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: 
there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to Jci.T_ 7.7,8. 

, . J J I Lzck. 16. 

sot up my curtains. sift 

r 21 For the nastors are become ! brutish, and have not ■","<?. is.' 



Evil to the Jews prophesied. 

therefore they shall k not prosper, and 
all their flocks shall be scattered. 

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great 
^J^il;: commotion out of the north country, to make the cities 
' ! of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. 
* 23" If O Lord, I know that the way of man l is not in 
himself : it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 
b 24 O Lord, m correct me, but with n judgment ; not in 
thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. 
, 95 o Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know 
thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name : 
for they have eaten up Jacob, and v devoured him, and 
consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. 

CHAPTER XI. 
Jeremiah proclaimeth God's covenant, 1, rebulceth the Jews' disobeying 
thereof, 8, prophesieth evils to come upon them, 11, and upon the men 
of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill Jeremiah, 18. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, 
saying, 
g 2 a Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto 
the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; 
w 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel ; b Cursed be the man that a obeyeth not the words 
of this covenant, 

d 4 Which I commanded c your fathers in the day that I 
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the 
d iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, ac- 
cording to all which I command you : so shall ye be my 
people, and I will be your God : 

o 5 That I may e perform the oath which I have sworn 
unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk 
and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, 
f So be it, O Lord. 

d 6 Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim all these 
words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusa- 
lem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and e do 
them. 

d 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day 
that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto 
this day, h rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my 
voice. 

« 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked 
every one in the ' imagination of their evil heart : there- 
fore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, 
which I commanded them to do ; but they did them not. 

9 And the Lord said unto me, k A conspiracy is found 
among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem. 

« 10 They are turned back to the iniquities 'of their fore- 
fathers, which refused to hear my words ; and they went 
,n after other gods to serve them : the house of Israel and 
the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I 
made with their fathers. 

»11 t Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
bring " evil upon them which they shall not be able to 
escape ; and though they shall cry unto me, I will >' not 
hearken unto them. 

12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem *■ go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer 
incense : but they shall not save them at all in the time 
of their trouble. 

/ 13 For according to the 'number of thy cities were thy 
gods, Judah ; and according to the number of the streets 
of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that "shameful thing, 
even, altars to burn incense unto Baal. 
v 14 Therefore ' pray not thou for this people, neither lift 
up a cry or prayer for them : for I will not hear them in 
the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. 
I « 15 What hath my beloved u to do in my house, seeing 
'she hath wrought lewdness * with many ; and the v holy 

427 



B. Christ 
cir. 600. 



k ch. 23. 22. 
1 John 15. 5. 
m Ps. 6. 1. 
n2Co.10.13. 

Job 18.21. 
Psa. 79. 6. 
p ch. 8. 16. 
&9. 16. 
aDt. 33. 10. 
b Dl. 27. 26. 
Gul. 3. 10. 
a Hcb. 
hcarethnot, 
Psa. 81. 11. 
c ch. 2. 22. 

1 Dt. 4. 20. 
c Dt. 7. 12. 
Ps. 105. 9, 
10. 

fDt.27. 2G. 
» Ps. 15. 5. 
Jam. 1.23. 
&2. 12. 
h ch. 7. 13. 
& 35. 15. 
i cl>. 3. 17. 
&7.24. 
k lsa. 8. 12. 
Ezck.22.25. 
1 Ezek. 20. 
18. 

m 2Chron. 
33. 2, 5. 
n Mic. 3. 12. 
o Am. 2. 11. 
p Mic. 3. 4. 
n2 Kings 
10. 13. 
r cb. 2. 28. 
» cb. 3. 21. 
Ilos. 9. 10. 

it ch.7. 16. 
!& 14. 11. 
u Ps. 50. 16. 



Prosperity of the wicked. JEREMIAH 

flesh is passed from thee 1 when thou doest evil, then thou "^m? 
7 rejoicest. 'zPr.2. 14. 

* 16 The Lord called thy name, a A green olive-tree, fair, ^• a °; 5 I9 2 - 
and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he ,£ u e k k -^/ 7 6 ' 
hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken 

w 17 For the Lord of hosts, that b planted thee, hath 



18.8. 

83. 4. 
_ Psa. 7. 9. 
Rev. 2. 23. 
li lPt.2.23. 



Luke 4. 28. 
k Is. 30. 10. 
Am. 2. 12. 
& 7. 16. 
1 verse 19. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
mcli.23. 12. 
aPs. 51.4. 
b Job 21. 7. 
cTitusl.16. 
il Psa. 139. 
1,2. 

2 Kg. 20.3. 
f Jam. 5. 5. 
gHos.4. 2. 
LPs. 105.34. 
i Ps. 50. 21. 
k Pr. 24. 10. 
Joint 21. 18. 

1 Josh. 3. 15. 
Heb. 12. 4. 
m ch. 9. 4. 
11 Ps. 73. 10. 
& 137. 7. 
o 2 Kings 
25. 28. 
p ch. 10. 10. 
qMt.-J3.37. 
r Luke 20. 
47. 

a Rv. 19.17. 
t chap. 6. 3. 
ulsa.63.18, 
x lsa.5. 5,6, 



. bEx. 15. 17, 

;Isa. 5. 1. 

left, 37. 13 

pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house offe£||, 7 
Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done !«<£• 
against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering' 
incense unto Baal. 

18 f And the Lord hath given me c knowledge of #, , ! H Mark - 13 - 
and I know it : then thou shewedst me their doings. 

19 But I was like J a lamb or an ox that is brought to 
the slaughter ; and I knew not that they had e devised 
devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with 
the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of 
the living, that his name may be f no more remembered. 

i 20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that 
s triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance 
on them : for unto thee have I revealed h my cause. 

"c SI Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of * Ana- 
thoth, that seek thy life, saying, k Prophesy not in the 
name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand : 

w 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I 
will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword ; 
their sons and their daughters shall die by famine : 

g 23 And there shall be l no remnant of them : for I will 
bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of 
m their visitation. 

CHAPTER XII. 

Jeremiah complaining of the ivicheoVs prosperity, by faith seeth their ruin, 
1. God admonisheth him of his brethren^ treachery against him, 5, 
and lamenteth his heritage, 7. He promiseth to the penitent a return 
from captivity, 1-1. 

,0 IGHTEOUS a art thou, O Lord, when I plead with 
b\, thee : yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments : 
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked b prosper 1 ivhere- 
fore are all they happy that deal very treacherously 1 
c 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root : 
xhey grow, yea, they bring forth fruit : thou art c near in 
their mouth, and far from their reins. 
r 3 But thou, O Lord, d knowest me : thou hast seen me, 
and tried my heart e toward thee : pull them out like 
sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the f day of 
slaughter. 

4 How long shall the s land mourn, and the herbs of |.ioba<i;ai> 
every field wither, for the h wickedness of them that dwell e C zich!a 4j 
therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because 
they said, He shall ' not see our last end. 
a 5 % If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have 
wearied thee, then how canst thou k contend with horses 1 
and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they 
wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the ' swelling of 
Jordan 1 

6 For even thy m brethren, and the house of thy father, 
even they have dealt treacherously with thee ; yea, they 
have " called a multitude after thee : believe them not, 
though they speak ° fair words unto thee. 
r 7 % I have forsaken p my house, I have left my herit- 
age ; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the 
hand of her enemies. 

8 My heritage is unto me as q a lion in the forest ; it 
crieth out against me : therefore have I hated it. 

9 My heritage is unto me as r a speckled bird, the birds 
round about are against her ; come ye, assemble all the 
beasts of the field, s come to devour. 

* 10 Many l pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they 
Have trodden my u portion under foot, they have made 
my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 

11 * They have made it desolate, and being desolate it 



B. Christ 
cir. 608. 



y Isa. 42.25 
z ch. 9. 21. 
aMt.24.22. 
b Gen. 4. 12. 
Dt. 28. 38. 
Mic. 6. 15. 
c Ps. 37. 3. 
Prov. 3. 4. 



f Am. 9. 11. 
Rev. 14. 16. 
g ch. 3. 18. 
Am. 9. 14. 
h Nu. 25. 1. 
iZtcli. 10. 
10. 

Epli. 2. 18. 
Rev. 21. 14 
k Zech. 15. 
16. 

Luke 19. 27. 
a verse 11. 
Heb. 1. 11. 
b lsa. 1. 9. 
Hos. 13. 9. 
& 14. 1. 
c Prov. 3. 5. 
Mt. 16. 24. 
John 6. 30. 
I Cor. 3. IS. 
Heb. 11. 24. 
d Ezck.8,3. 
e2 Kg. 16.7, 
f Psa. 14.2 
Ezok. 15. 3. 
Rom. 3. 12. 
gLv.26.19. 
Is. 2. 11, 17. 
verse 11. 
h ch. 9. 13. 
& 11. 8. 
i Dt. 30. 20, 
k Ex. 19. 5, 
1 verse 14. 
Lam. 4. 2. 
m ch. 25. 27 
n Mic. 2. 11. 
o ch. 25. 15. 
Rev. 17. 2. 



The type of a linen girdle. 

mourneth unto me ; the whole land is made desolate, be- 
cause no man * layeth it to heart. 

w 12 The z spoilers are come upon all high places through 
the wilderness : for the sword of the Lord shall devour 
from the one end of the land even to the other end of the 
land : a no flesh shall have peace. 

13 They have b sown wheat, but shall reap thorns : they 
have put themselves to pain, bid shall not profit; and they 
shall be c ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce 
anger of the Lord. 

«> 14 ^1 Thus saith the Lord against all mine d evil neigh- 
bours, that e touch the inheritance which I have caused my 
people Israel to inherit ; Behold, I will f pluck them out 
of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among 
them. 

b 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked 
them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and 
will e bring them again, every man to his heritage, and 
every man to his land. 

d 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn 
the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The" Lord 
livetb ; as they ,l taught my people to swear by Baal; then 
shall they ' be built in the 'midst of my people. 

w 17 But if they will k not obey, I will utterly pluck up and 
destroy that nation, saith the Lord. 
CHAPTER XIII. 

In the type of a linen girdle hidden at Euphrates, God prefgurelh the 
destruction of his people, 1. Under the parable of the bottles filed wiUi 
mine, he foretelleth their drunkenness in misery, 12. He e.rhorteth to 
prevent their future judgments, 15. He sheweth their abominations 
are the cause thereof, 22. 

^HUS saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a 
a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and b put it 
not in water. 

d 2 So I got a girdle c according to the word of the Lord. 
and put it on my loins. 

3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second 
time, saying, 

g 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy 
loins, and arise, go to d Euphrates, and hide it there in a 
hole of the rock. 

5 e So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord 
commanded me. 

6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord 
said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle 
from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, ami took the 
girdle from the place where I had hid it : and behold, the 
girdle was marred, it was f profitable for nothing. 

8 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
5-9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the 

s pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 
v 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, 
which walk in the imagination of their heart, and '' walk 
after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall 
even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so 
have I caused to ' cleave unto me the whole house of Israel 
and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord ; that they 
might be unto me for k a people, and for a name, and for 
a praise, and for a glory : but they would not hear. 

* 12 ^\ Therefore thoushalt speak unto them this word ; 
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel-, Every ' bottle shall be 
filled with m wine : and they shall say unto thee, Do we not 
certainly n know that every bottle shall be filled with wine 1 

™ 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, 
Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the 
kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the 
prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunk- 
enness. 

428 



Jeremiah's prayer for the people. 

w 14 And I will dash them p one against another, even 
the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord : I will 
not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, q but destroy them. 
v 15 If Hear ye, and give ear ; be not r proud : for the 
Lord hath spoken. 

d 16 ." Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause 
'■ darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark 
mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the 
shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 
d 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall u weep in se- 
cret places for your pride ; and mine eyes shall weep sore, 
and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock is car- 
ried away captive. 

d 18 * "Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble your- 
selves, sit down : for your principalities shall come down, 
even the y crown of your glory. 

r 19 The z cities of the south shall be shut up, and none 
shall open them : Judah shall be carried away captive all 
of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 

20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from 
the north : where 'is the flock that was a given thee, thy 
beautiful flock 1 

A 21 What wilt thou say when he shall b punish thee 1 for 
thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over 
thee : shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail 1 

22 ^[ And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come 
these things upon me 1 For the greatness of thine iniquity 
are thy ° skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. 
* 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his 
.spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to 
do evil. 

w 24 Therefore will I d scatter them as the stubble that 
passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 

25 This is thy e lot, the portion of thy measures from 
me, saith the Lord ; because thou hast forgotten me, and 
' trusted in falsehood. 

«» 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, 
that thy shame may appear. 

27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy e neighings, the 
lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the 
hills in the fields. Wo unto thee, O Jerusalem ! wilt thou 
not be made clean 1 h when shall it once be? 

CHAPTER XIV. 

The grievous famine, 1, caitseth Jeremiah to pray, 7. The Lord ivill not 
he entreated for the people, 10. Lying prophets are no excuse for 
them, 13. Jeremiah is moved to complain for them, 17. 

THE word of the Lord that came to a Jeremiah con- 
cerning the dearth. 

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they 
are black unto the ground ; and the cry of Jerusalem is 
gone up. 

3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the 
waters: they came to the b pits, and found no water; they 
i eturned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and 
confounded, and c covered their heads. 

4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was J no rain 



JEREMIAH. 

9 Why 



B. Christ 
cir. 602. 



pJudg.7.9. 
Psa. 2. 9. 
Isa. 9. 15. 
q Ezek.9.5. 
6. 

r Isa. 28. 22 
Mai. 1. 13. 
Ro. 11. 10. 
sJosh.7.19. 
Hos. 9. 7. 
t Isa. 8. 22. 
Lam. 2. 1. 
u chap. 9. 1. 
Joel 2. 16. 
Bit. 6. 6, 18. 
x Ezek. 2. 
6,7. 

yPs. 107.40. 
zDt. 28.52. 
a Ps. 78. 70. 
Dan. 2. 31. 
b2Kg.l6.7. 
c Isa. 3. 17. 
Hosea 2. 9. 
Nah. 3. 5. 
d Hos. 13.3. 
Zeph. 2. 2. 
e Job 20.29. 
Psa. 11.6. 
f chap. 7. 4. 
Mic. 3. 11. 
g 2 Chron. 
15.8. 
chap. 5. 8. 
h ch. 4. 14. 
Hosea 8. 1. 
achap. 7. 1. 
b ch. 2. 13. 
c 2 Sa. 15. 
30. 

d Lv. 26. 19. 
Jam. 5. 17. 
r Joel 2. 11. 
f Ps. 29. 9. 
g ch. 2. 24. 
h 1 Sam. 14. 
29. 

Lam. 4. 17, 
i Ps. 50. 15. 
kPs.25. II 
1 ch. 17. 13 
in 2 Chron. 
33.8. 



B. Christ 
cir. 601. 



in the earth, the ° ploughmen were ashamed, they cover 
ed their heads. 

5 Yea, the hind also f calved in the field, and forsook it, 
because there was no grass. 

6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they 
8 snuffed up the wind like dragons ; their h eyes did fail, 
because there was no grass. 

«*7 % ; O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,, 
do thou it for thy k name's sake : for our backslidings areWlw. «• 
many ; we have sinned against thee. awkJuk 

8 O the ' Hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time ofl',^ 11 ;,"- 
trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land,kpVVs ,7. 
and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for m aldDtsass 
night 1 

103 



Ps.115.3. 

Isa. 59. 1. 
pZecii.2. 5. 
qch. 2.23. 
r Ps. 50. 21. 
Hos. 8. 13. 
s ch. 11. 14. 
t Isa. 1. 15. 
chap. 11.2. 
u ch. 5. 31. 
& 6. 23. 
x ch. 27. 10. 
Ezek. 13. 2. 
2 Thcss. 2. 
11. 

ych. 23.21. 
<Sc 27. 15. 
z 1 Kings 
22.25. 
chap. 20. 6 
a Ps. 79. 3. 
b ch. 10. 25. 

chap. 9.1. 
Lam. 1. 10. 
&2. 18. 
d Lam. 4. 9, 
Ezck. 7. 15. 
c La. 5. 22. 
f 2 Chron. 
30. 16. 
ch. 15. 18. 
g Hos. 14.2. 
Don. 9. 9. 
Ill's. 74. 2. 
& 100. 43. 
iNu. 14.34. 
IVa. 89. 39. 
lcHoa.3.21. 
Amos 4. 7. 

1 2 Chron. 
SO. W. 
Ilab. 3. 17. 

a Ex. 32. 11. 



Ezck. 23. 40. 

I Dan. 9. 12, 



The rejection of the Jews.. 
shouldest thou be as a man n astonished, as a 
mighty man that ° cannot save ? yet thou, O Lord, art in 
the p midst of us, and we are called by thy name ; leave 
us not. 

w 10 *ft Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have 
they q loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, 
therefore the Lord doth not accept them ; he will now 
r remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 
p 11 Then said the Lord unto me, 5 Pray not for this 
people for their good. 

w 1 2 When they fast, I will ' not hear their cry ; and when 
they offer burnt-offering and an oblation, I will not accept 
them ; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the 
famine, and by the pestilence. 

13 ^\ Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, u the prophets 
say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall 
ye have famine ; but I will give you assured peace in this 
place. 

c 14 Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy 
* lies in my name : y I sent them not, neither have I com- 
manded them, neither spake unto them : they prophesy 
unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, 
and the deceit of their heart. 

w 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the pro- 
phets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet 
they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land ; z By 
sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 

16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast 
out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine, and 
the sword; and they shall have none to a bury them, them, 
their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters : for I will 
v pour their wickedness upon them. 

d 17 *[f Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them ; 

Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and 
let them not cease : for the virgin daughter of my people 
is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 

18 If I go forth into the d field, then behold the slain 
with the sword ! and if I enter into the city, then behold 
them that are sick with famine ! yet*, both the prophet 
and the priest go about into a land that they know not. 

19 Hast thou utterly rejected e Judah ? hath thy soul 
loathed Zion 1 Why hast thou smitten us, and there is f no 
healing for us 1 we looked for peace, and there is no good ; 
and for the time of healing, and behold trouble ! 

d 20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the 
iniquity of our fathers : for we have e sinned against thee. 
21 Do not abhor us; for thy name's sake, do not dis- 
grace the throne of thy glory : h remember, ' break not 
thy covenant with us. 

<■ 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles 
that can cause rain 1 or can k the heavens give showers ? 
Art not thou he, O Lord our God 1 therefore we will 
1 wait upon thee : for thou hast made all these things. 

CHAPTER XV. 
The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the Jews, 1. Jeremiah 
complaining of their spite, receiveih a promise for himself, 10, and a 
threatening for them, 12: He prayelh, 15, and receiveth a gracious 
promise, 19. 

nnilEN said the Lord unto me, Though * Moses and 
r 3i Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be 
toward this people : cast them out of my sight, and let 
them go forth. 

w 2 And it shall conic to pass, if they say unto thee, Whi- 
ther shall we go forth 1 then thou shalt tell them, Thus 
saith the Lord ; Such as are b for death, to dea(h ; and 
such as are for the sword, to the sword ; and such as are 
for the famine, to the famine ; and such as are for the 
captivity, to the captivity. 

3 And I will c appoint over them four kinds, saith the 
Lord : the sword to slay, and the dogs d to tear, and the 

429 



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B. Christ 
cir. 60J. 



e Dt. 28. 25. 
f 2 Kings 
21. 2, 3. 
g Job 19. 21 
h ch. 2. 13. 
i Am. 7. 3,6. 
Jam. 1. 14. 
k Lv.26.33. 
1 Isa. 9. 13. 
chap. 5. 3. 
Am. 4. 10, 
II. 

mch.18.2I. 
n 2 Kg. 25.1. 
Zeph. 1. 8. 
1 Til. 5. 2. 

Am. 8. 9. 
p Ps. 120. 5. 
q Acts 17. 

rPs. 109.4 
s ch. 39. 17. 
t ch. 40. 4. 
u eh. 23. 29. 
x Pi. 11.4. 
y ch. 17. 4. 
zDt. 32.22. 
a ch. 11. 18. 
b2Tm.4.14 
c Mt. 5. 10. 
(1 Job 23. 12. 
Ezek. 2. 8. 
ePs. 119.71. 
f Psa. 1. 1. 
g Hos. 7. 5. 
h Ezek. 9. 4. 
i Mk. 3. 5. 
k ch. 1. 17. 

1 verse 18. 
m Ezek. 13, 
19,23. 
n 2 Co. 5. 20. 
o Mai. 2. 7. 
p Ezek.3.9 
qch. 10. 11. 
Luke21. 15. 
aGn. 19. 14 
Hos.9.13,14. 
Mt. 14. 19. 
b Ps. 78. 64 
& 79. 3. & 
83. 10. 
chap. 8. 2. 
& 9. 22. & 
25.33. 



The complaint of Jeremiah. 

fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour 
and destroy. 

r 4 And I will cause them e to be removed into all king- 
doms of the earth, because of f Manasseh the son of He- 
zekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. 
5 For s who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or 
who shall bemoan thee 1 or who shall go aside to ask how 
thou doest 1 

c 6 Thou hast h forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone 
backward : therefore will I stretch out my hand against 
thee, and destroy thee ; I am ' weary with repenting, 

7 And I will fan them with a fan in k the gates of the 
land ; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my 
people, since they ' return not from their ways. 

8 Their widows are m increased to me above the sand 
of the seas : n I have brought upon them against the mo- 
ther of the young men a spoiler at noon-day : I have caused 
him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. 
™ 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth : she hath given 

up the ghost; her sun is "gone down while it was yet day: 
she hath been ashamed and confounded : and the residue 
of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, 
saith the Lord. 

10 TT p Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me 
q a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole 
earth ! I have neither r lent on usury, nor men have lent 
to me on usury ; yet every one of them doth curse me. 

11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy 'rem- 
nant ; verily I will cause the enemy to ' entreat thee well 
in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 

12 Shall "iron break the northern iron and the steel 1 
u> 13 Thy substance and thy "treasures will I give to the 
spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy 
borders. 

14 And I will make thee to pass y with thine enemies 
into a land which thou knowest not : for z a fire is kindled 
in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. 

15 % O Lord, a thou knowest: remember me, and visit 
me, and b revenge me of my persecutors ; take me not 
away in thy long-suffering : know that for c thy sake I have 
suffered rebuke. 

i 16 Thy words were found, and I did d eat them ; and thy 
word was unto me the e joy and rejoicing of my heart: for 
I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 

c 17 I sat not in the f assembly of the mockers, nor g re- 
joiced ; I sat h alone because of thy hand : for thou hast 
filled me with ' indignation. 

18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, 
which refuseth to be healed 1 wilt thou be altogether unto 
me as k a liar, and as waters that fail 1 
<**19 ^[ Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou 'return, 
then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before 
me : and if thou take forth the m precious from the vile, 
thou shalt be as n my mouth: let them return ° unto thee ; 
but return not thou unto them. 

t> 20 And I will make thee unto this people p a fenced 
brazen wall : and they shall fight against thee, but they 
shall not q prevail against thee : for I am with thee to save 
thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 

21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, 
and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
The prophet, under the tyves of abstaining from marriage, from houses', 11 £ h j 3 ; *£ 

of mourning and feasting, foresheweth the utter ruin of the Jews, 1, yj b34.2i. 

because they were worse than their fathers, 10 : Their return from c«p-|Prov. 5. 21. 

twity shalt be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt, 1-1 : God>^ Ps ^ n 4 -^ r - 

ToM doubly recompense their idolatry, 16. 
HE word of the Lord came also unto me, saying, 
2 Thou shalt a not take thee a wife, neither 
tJiou have eons " nor daughters in this place. 



B. Christ 
cir. 601. 



c Ps. 79. 2. 
ch. 34. 20. 
dLv.25.5,6. 
Dcut. 14. 1. 
chap. 41.5. 
& 47. 5. 
a Heb. deal 
unto them, 
that is, 
bread, 
Dt. 26. 14. 
Ezek. 24. 17. 
ePr.3I.6,7. 
fEccL7. 2. 
Eph. 5. 7. 
g 2 Kings 
22.20. 
h Isa. 24. 7. 
ich. 5. 19. 
k Mai. 2.17. 
&a 13. 
Mt. 25. 44. 
1 Dt. 29. 24. 
chap. 2. 5. 
&22. 9. 
m ch. 7. 16. 
n ch. 13. 10. 
Dt. 4. 27. 
pPs. 106.45. 
q Hos. 2. 13. 
r Hos. 3. 5. 
s Hos. 6. 6. 
t Hos. 1.11. 



Isa. 29. 15. 
a Isa. 40. 15. 
bLv.26.30. 
c Ps. 18. 2. 



The ruin of the Jews foretovd 

3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and 
concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and 
concerning their mothers that bare them, and concern- 
ing their fathers that begat them in this land . 

w 4 They shall die of grievous deaths ; they shall not be 
lamented ; neither shall they be buried ; but they shall be 
as dung upon the face of the earth : and they shall be 
consumed by the sword, and by famine ; and their c car- 
casses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the 
beasts of the earth. 

5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of 
mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them : for 1 
have taken away my peace from this people, saith the 
Lord, even loving-kindness and mercies. 

o 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land : 
they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, 
nor u cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: , 

i 7 Neither shall men " tear themselves for them in mourn- 
ing, to comfort them for t;.e dead ; neither shall men give 
them the cup of consolation to e drink for their father or 
for their mother. 

8 Thou shalt not also go into the f house of feasting, to 
sit with them to eat and to drink. 

w 9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place e in your 
eyes, and in your days, the voice h of mirth, and the voice 
of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice 
of the bride. 

10 ^[ And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew 
this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, 
! Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil 
against us 1 or k what is our iniquity 1 or what is our sin 
that we have committed against the Lord our God 1 

c 1 1 Then shalt thou say unto them, ' Because your fa- 
thers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked 
after other gods, and have served them, and have wor- 
shipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept 
my law ; 

c 12 And ye have m done worse than your fathers ; for, 
behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil 
heart, that they may n not hearken unto me : 
w 13 Therefore will I ° cast you out of this land into a 
land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers ; and 
there shall ye serve other gods day and night ; where I 
will not p shew you favour. 

14 If ' Therefore behold, the ""days come, ^aith the 
Lord, that it s shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that 
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ; 

b 15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the ' children 
of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands 
whither he had driven them: and I will u bring them again 
into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 

16 ^[ Behold, I will send for many x fishers, saith the 
Lord, and they shall fish them ; and after will I send for 
many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every 
mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the 
rocks. 

' 17 For y mine eyes are upon all their ways : they are 

not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from 
mine eyes. 

18 And first I will a recompense their iniquity and their 
sin double ; because they have defiled my land, they have 
filled mine inheritance with the b carcasses of their detest- 
able and abominable things. 

19 Lord, c my strength and my fortress, and my 
refuge in the day of affliction, the d Gentiles shall come 
unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surety 



shaltl.iMai.i.ii. our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein 



Matt. 8. 11 
Jo Isa. 4 



iio.ithcre is e no profit. 



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In God alone is sure salvation. 



20 Shall a man f make gods unto himself, and they are V^jjjp 



JEREMIAH. 

i>21 



T 



* no gods 1 

21 Therefore behold, I will this once h cause them to 
know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might ; 
and they shall know that my name is The Lord. 

CHAPTER XVII. . 

The captivity of Judahfor her sin, 1. Trust in man is cursed, 5, in God 

is blessed, 7. The deceitful heart cannot deceive God, 9. The salva 

Hon of God, 12. The prophet complaineth of the mockers of his pro 

phecy, 15 : He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath, 19. 

HHE sin of Judah is written with a a pen of iron, and 
with the point of a diamond : it is graven b upon the 
table of their heart, and upon the c horns of your altars ; 

2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their 
i groves by the green trees upon the e high hills 

3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance 
and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high f places for 
sin, throughout all thy borders. 

t 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt s discontinue from thy 
heritage that I gave thee ; and I will cause thee to serve 
thine enemies in the land winch thou knowest not : for ye 
have kindled h a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. 

?5 f Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that 
' trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose 
heart departeth from the Lord. 

w6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall 
k not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the "parched 
places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 

d 7 Blessed is the man that m trusteth in the Lord, and 
whose hope the Lord is. 

* 8 For he shall be as n a tree planted by the waters, and 
that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not 
see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and 
shall not be careful in the year of ° drought, neither shall 
p cease from yielding fruit. 

«* 9 ^T The heart is deceitful q above all things, and r des- 
perately wicked : who s can know it 1 
t 10 I the Lord ' searcli the heart, / try the reins, even 
to give every man according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. 

v 11 .As the par tridgesitteth one^,?, and hatcheth/^m not; 
so he u that getteth riches, and not by right, shall x leave 
them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be y a fool. 
12 ^[ A glorious high throne from the beginning is the 
place of our sanctuary. 

v 13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that * forsake thee 
shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be 
a written in the earth, because they have forsaken the 
Lord, the fountain of living waters. 

* 14 b Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed ; save me, 
and I shall be saved : for thou art my praise. 

15 "JC Behold, they say unto me, c Where is the word 
of the Lord ? let it come now. 

d 16 As for me, I have d not hastened from being a pastor 
to follow thee : neither have c I desired the woful day; 
thou knowest : that which came out of my lips was ' right 
before thee. 

e 17 Be not a terror unto me : thou art my hope in the 
3 day of evil. 

18 Let them be '' confounded that persecute me, but 
let ' not me be confounded : let them be dismayed, but 
let not me be dismayed : bring upon them the day of evil, 
and destroy them with double destruction. 
/ 19 % Thus said the Lord unto me ; Go and stand in 
the v gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings 
of Judah come in, and' by the which they go out, and in 
all the gates of Jerusalem ; 

20 And ' say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, 
ye m kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates : 



fch. 2. 11. 
g Sal. 4. 8. 
h Ps. 9. 1C. 

ver. 18, 19. 
a Job 19.24. 
b 2 Cor. 3. 3. 
c Lev. 4. 7. 
dch. 7. 18. 
e cli. 15. 13. 
fllos. 10.8. 
gLv.26.34. 
hDt.32.21 
i Isa. 30. 1. 
k Job 9. 33. 
1 Dt. 29. 23. 
m 1 Chron. 
5.20. 
Pr. 1G. 20. 
Isa. 30. 18. 
n Psa. 1. 3. 
ollab.3.17. 
]. Ps. 15. 5. 
John 15. 6. 
qMt. 15.18. 
rGn.G.5,12. 
slCor.2.11. 
t Kev. 2. 23. 
u 1 Kings 
21. 15. 
x Job 15.22. 
y Luke 12. 
20. 

z Ps. 73. 27. 
a Pro. 10.7. 
Lukel0.20 
b Job 42.5,6 
ch. 15. 17. 
c Isa. 5. 19. 
Ezek. 12.22. 
Amos 5. 18, 
dch. 1.4, 6. 
eeiiap. 9. 1. 
f2Cor.2. 17. 
g Psa. 23. 4. 
b Ps. 35. 4, 
& 40. 14. 
i Psa. 25. 2. 
kNeh.3.26. 
Pro. 8. 2, 3. 
1 Ezek. 2. 7. 
in ch. 19. 3. 
[Iosea 5. 1 



B. Christ 
cir.601. 



n Dt. 4. 15. 
2Kgs.10.31. 
oNe. 13.19. 
n Ex. 20. 8. 
Ezck.20.12. 
i\ ch. 7. 24. 
& 16. 12. 

Ex. 15. 21. 
sis. 1.18,19. 
chap. 22. 4. 
tlKg.12.21. 
uZech.7.7. 
a Ileb. 
bringing 
praise, or, 
confession, 
Lev. 4. 24. 
Psa. 50. 14. 
2Cor.5.21. 
;2Kg.25.9. 

h. 21. 14. 
& 52. 13. 

ch.23.21. 
h ch. 19. 2. 
Hch. 1. 1. 
cl Kg. 19.7. 
USa. 15.22. 
Mat. 1G. 24. 
Gal. 1. 16. 
e Mt. 8. 11, 
12. 

11. 15. 
fPs. 115. 3. 

Isa. 45. 9. 
h Ac. 17. 28. 
i ch. 1. 10. 
k Jonah 3. 
10. 

OChr. 12.7. 
lGcn. G. 11. 
Num. 23. 19 
m T)cut. 28. 
1,2,3. 
1 Pa. 2. 30. 
n Amos 3. G. 
o 2 Kings 
17. 13. 
p 2 Kg. 6.33. 
a ch. 44. 17. 
r ch. 2. 10. 
ii2Cor.ll.2. 
t ch. 5. 80. 



GooVs absolute power over nations. 

Thus saith the Lord ; n Take heed to yourselves, 
and ° bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in 
by the gates of Jerusalem ; 

?*22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on 
the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye 
the sabbath day, r as I commanded your fathers. 

c 23 But they "> obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but 
made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor re- 
ceive instruction. 

d 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye r diligently hearken 
unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through 
the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the 
sabbath day, to do no work therein ; 

* 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city 
s kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, rid- 
ing in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the 
men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and this 
city shall remain for ever. 

26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and 
from the places about Jerusalem, and from the ' land of 
Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, 
and from the "south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sa- 
crifices, and meat-offerings, and incense, and " bringing 
sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord. 
«> 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sab- 
bath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the 
gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day ; then will I x kin- 
dle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the pala- 
ces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

Under the type of a potter is shewed God's absolute poiverin disposing 
of nations, 1. Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt, 
11. Jeremiah prayeth against his conspirators, 18. 

THE word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, 
saying, 

2 a Arise, and go down to b the potter's house, and 
a there I will cause thee to hear my words. 

3 Then d I went down to the potter's house, and behold, 
he wrought a work on the wheels. 

/ 4 And the vessel that c he made of clay was marred in 
the hand of the potter : so he made it again another ves- 
sel, r as seemed good to the potter to make it. 

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 

* 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you e as this pot- 
ter 1 saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's 
hand, b so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel. 

7 Jit what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and 
concerning a kingdom, * to pluck up, and to pull down, 
and to destroy it : 

6 8 If that nation against whom I have pronounced, k turn 
from their evil, I will ' repent of the evil that I thought to 
do unto them. 

9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, 
and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 

w 10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, 
then I will repent of the m good, wherewith I said I would 
benefit them. 

'HI ^f Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, 
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Behold, n I frame evil against you, and devise 
a device against you : ° return ye now every one from his 
evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 

cl2 And they said, There is p no hope: but q we will 
walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the 
imagination of his evil heart. 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord; r Ask ye now 
among the heathen, who hath heard such things : the 
■ virgin of Israel hath done a very ' horrible thing. 

14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh 

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The Jews' desolation foretold. 

from the rock of the field 1 or shall the cold flowing waters 

that come from another place be forsaken 1 

c 15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have 
burned incense to vanity, and they have u caused them to 
stumble in their ways from the x ancient paths, to walk in 
paths, in a way not cast up ; 

16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual y hiss- 
ing ; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, 
and wag his head. 

»-17I will z scatter them as with an a east wind before the 
enemy ; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in 
the day of their calamity. 

c 18 4 b Then said they, Come, and let us c devise devi- 
ces against Jeremiah ; for the d law shall not perish from 
the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from 
the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the e tongue, 
and let us not give heed to any of his words. 

19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice 
of them that contend with me. 

20 Shall f evil be recompensed for good 1 for they have 
digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before 
thee to speak good for them, and e to turn away thy wrath 
from them. 

r 21 Therefore h deliver up their children to the famine, 
and pour out their blood by the force of the sword ; and 
let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; 
and let their men be put to death ; let their young men 
be slain by the sword in battle. 

22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou 
shalt bring * a troop suddenly upon them : for they have 
k digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. 
/23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me 
to slay me : l forgive not their iniquity, neither m blot out 
their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown be- 
fore thee ; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel is foreshewed the desolation 

of the Jeivs for their sins. 

THUS saith the Lord, Go and get a potter's earthen 
bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of 
the a ancients of the priests ; 

e 2 And go forth unto the b valley of the son of Hinnom, 
which is by the entry of the c east gate, and proclaim 
there the words that d I shall tell thee. 
*• 3 And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, e O kings of 
Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem ; Thus saith the Lord 
of f hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon 
this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall 
s tingle. 

c 4 Because they have h forsaken me, and have ' l estrang- 
ed this place, and have burned incense in it unto other 
gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known 
nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the 
k blood of innocents ; 

5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to ! burn 
their sons with" fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal, which 

1 m commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my 
mind : 

g 6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The 
"valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. 
7 And I will make void the ° counsel of Judah and 
Jerusalem in this place ; and I will cause them p to fall by 
the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them 
that seek their lives : and their q carcasses will I give to 
be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts 
of the earth. 

r 8 And I will make this city r desolate, and a hissing : 
every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and 
hiss because of all the plagues thereof. 



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cir. 605. 



his l friend in the siege and straitness 
enemies, and they that seek their lives, 



JEREMIAH. The complaint of Jeremiah. 

9 And I will cause them s to eat the flesh of their sons 
and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every 
one the flesh of ,,5 ° 
wherewith their 
shall straiten them. 

10 Then shalt thou break u the bottle in the sight of the 
men that go with thee, 

w 1 1 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts ; x Even so will I break this people and this city, as 
one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole 
again : and they shall y bury them in Tophet, till there be 
no place to bury. 

12 Thus will 1 do unto this place, saith the Lord, and 
to the inhabitants thereof, and even z make this city as 
Tophet : 

13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the 
kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, 
because of all the houses upon whose a roofs they have 
burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have pour- 
ed out drink-offerings unto other gods. 

14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord 
had sent him to prophesy ; and he stood in the b court of 
the Lord's house; and said to all the people, 

15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Be- 
hold, I will bring upon this city and upon all c her towns 
all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because 
they have d hardened their necks, that they might e not 
hear my words. 

CHAPTER XX. 



u Mat 2. 8. 

ch. 6. 16. 
y2Kgs.9.8. 
Lam. 2. 14. 
Mic. 6. 16. 
zDt.28.25. 
chap. 4. 11. 
a Job 27.21. 
Isa. 27. 8. 
b verse 11. 
Acts 7. 54. 
2 Tim. 4.3. 
cEzek.11.2. 
d Mai. 2. 7. 
John 7. 48. 
e Est. 3. 8, 9. 
Amos 5. 8. 
Acts 19.25. 
fPs. 109.4. 

Ps. 106.23. 
fi 1'sa. 109. 
9, 10. 

Kgs.24.2. 
k Psa. 57. 6. 
verso 20. 

1 No. 4. 4, 5. 
m Psa. 109. 
14, 15. 
a Isa. 8. 2. 
1)2 Kings 
23. 10. 
cNeh.3.29. 
dMt.28.20. 
e Dt. 33. 5. 
ch. 17. 20. 
f Gon. 2. 1. 

lSa.3.21. 

2 Kg. 21. 12. 
h ch. 2. 13. 
i Isa. 1. 11. 
k 2 Kings 
21. 16. 

1 Lv. 18. 21. 

2 Kg. 23. 10. 
m Col. 2. 22. 
n Josh. 15.8. 
chap. 7. 32. 
olsa. 30.1,3. 
plSa.4. 8. 
q ch. 7. 33. 
& 16. 4. 

r ch. 49. 13; 



B. Christ 
cir. 605. 



sLev.26.28. 
Lam. 4. 10. 
t Isa. 9. 20. 
uver.1,11. 
x Is. 30. 14. 
ch. 48. 20. 
y ch. 7. 32. 
z 2 Kings 
21. 16. 
chap. 7. 32. 
verses 5, 13. 
a Dt. 22. 8. 
2Kgs.23.12. 
Isa. 65. 2. 
chap. 7. 18. 
&8. 2. 
Zeph. 1. 5. 
1) 2 Chron. 

23. 2, 5. 
c ch. 15. 8. 
d ch. 7. 26. 
& 17. 23. 
eDcut. 6.3. 
a Am. 7. 10. 
Matt. 9. 33. 
Acts 24. 1. 
b 1 Chron. 

24. 14. 
c 2 Kings 
25.18. 
d 1 Kings 
22.24. 
e Mt. 14. 3 
a That is, 
Fear round 
about, 
Psa. 31. 13, 
f Job 18. 11. 
glSa.2.33. 
hPs. 127.2. 
iPro.11.4. 
Isa. 39. 6. 
k ch. 14. 16. 
1 ch. 1. 6, 7. 
mNu.11.11. 
James 5. 17. 
nch. 1. 16. 
oGn.19.14. 
p Psa. 14.1. 
.] Psa. 30. 4. 
r ActRl7.16. 
lCor.9.17. 
s Luke 11. 
53. 
2Cor.ll.12. 



Pashur smiting Jeremiah, receivcth a new name, and a fearful doom, 1. 
Jeremiah complaineth of contempt, 7, of treachery, 10, and of his 
birth, 14. 

/\T^ W a Pashur the son of b Immer the priest, who was 
±yi also c chief governor in the house of the Lord, 
heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. 

2 Then Pashur d smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put 
him in e the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, 
which was by the house of the Lord. 
«3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur 
brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jere- 
miah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pa- 
shur, but " Magor-missabib. 

4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee f a 
terror to thyself, and to all thy friends : and they shall 
fall by the sword of their enemies, and e thine eyes shall 
behold it : and I will give all Judah into the hand of the 
king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into 
Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. 
g 5 Moreover I will deliver all the h strength of this city, 
and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things 
thereof, and all the i treasures of the kings of Judah will I 
give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, 
and take them, and carry them to Babylon. 
r 6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall 
go into captivity : and thou shalt come to Babylon, and 
there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and 
all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied k lies. 

7 tT O Lord, thou hast ' deceived me, and I was m de 
ceived : thou art n stronger than I, and hast prevailed ; I 
am in ° derision daily, every one mocketh me. 
/ 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and 
spoil ; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach 
unto me, and a derision, daily. 

9 Then I F said, I will not make mention of him, nor 
speak any more in his name. But .Ms word was in my 
heart as q a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was 
r weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. 
c 10 % For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every 
side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my 
familiars ' watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure 

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~ki the f morning, and the shouting at noon-tide , 

17 Because he slew me not s from the womb , or that 
my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to 
be always great with me. 

18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb " to see 

labour and sorrow, that my days should be corsumed witf 

ahair-e 1 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to inquire the event of Nebuchadrezzar's 
war, 1. Jeremiah foretelleth a hard siege and miserable captivity, 3 : 
He counselleth the people to fall to the Chaldeans, 8, and upbraideth 
the king's house, 11. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, 
when king Zedekiah a sent unto him Pashur the son 
of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, 
paying, 

£ 2 " Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us ; for Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon b maketh war against us ; if 
so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his 
* wondrous works, that he may go up d from us. 

3 % Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say 
to Zedekiah : 

r 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn 
back the weapons of war that are e in your hands, where- 
with ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the 
Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and f I 
will assemble them into the midst of this city. 

5 And I myself will fight g against you with an out- 
stretched hand and with a strong arm, even in h anger, and 
in fury, and in great wrath. 

w 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, ' 
man and beast : they shall die of a great pestilence. 
r 7 And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah 
king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such 
as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, 
and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and 
into the hand of those that seek their 4 life : and he shall 
smite them with the edge of the sword ; he shall k not spare 
them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. 
/ 8 % And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the 
Lord ; Behold, I set ' before you the way of life, ,n and the 
way of death. 

r 9 He that n abideth in this city shall die by the sword, 
and by the famine, and by the pestilence : but he that goeth 
out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall 
five, and his life shall be unto him ° for a prey. 

10 For I have p set my face against this city for evil, 
and not for good, saith the Lord : it shall .be given into 
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall ' burn it 
with fire. 

109 3 I 



both 



3. Christ 
cir. 605. 



Jeremiah foretelleth a miserable captivity. JEREMIAH 

ne will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, ana 
we shall take our revenge on him. 

r 1 1 But the Lord is ' with me as a mighty terrible one 
therefore my persecutors shall ° stumble, and they shall 
not prevail ; they shall be greaily ashamed ; for they shall 
not prosper : their everlasting confusion shall never be 
forgotten. 

* 12 But, O Lord of hosts, that * triest the righteous, and 
seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance 
on them : y for unto thee have I z opened my cause. 
d 13 Sing unto the Lord, '" praise ye the Lord : for he hath 
J delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evil-doers. 

m 14 % c Cursed be the day wherein I was born : let not 
Ihe day wherein my mother bare me be blessed 

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, 
aaying, d A man-child is born unto thee ; making him 
very glad. 

16 And let that man be as the cities which the Lord 
overthrew, and repented not : and let him hear the cry 



t ch. 1. 19. 
u Ps. 3.5,6. 
xch. 11.20. 
y Ps. 59. 10. 
z 2 Rings 
19. 14. 
aRv. 18. a). 
b Ts. 35. 10. 
& 116. 8. 
& J09. 31. 
c.Gn.40.20. 
ch. 15. 10. 
dGn.30.23. 
e Gn. 29. 25, 
f Job 15. 21. 
Hos. 10. 15. 
Zeph. 1. 16. 
g Job 3. 10. 
&. 19. 19. 
h Job 5. 12. 
6c. 14. 13. 
Lam. 3. 1. 
a Ex. 9. 28. 
1 Kg. 19. 1. 
2Chr.36.12. 
a Or, 
Entreat, 
1 Sam. 7. 8. 
b ch. 37. 7. 
c Isa. 59. 1. 
d 2 Kings 
15 19. 
e Ps 80. 41, 
ch. 3~. 5. 
flsa. 5. 5. 
& 13. 4. 
g Ex. 6. 6. 
Amos 3. 2. 
Luke 2. 47. 
hPs.90. 11. 
i Hos. 4. 3. 
b Hfib. soul, 
Matt. 2. 20. 
k 2 Chron. 
36. 17. 
Ezek. 9.5,6. 
1 Ut. 30. 19. 
Psa. 101. 1. 
m Mt. 7. 13. 
n ch. 38. 2. 
o Rev. 18. 4. 
pLv.17.10. 
2 Chron. 
6.19. 



B. Christ 
cir. 589. 



rZech.7.9. 
s Ps. 101. 8. 
t Psa. 76. 7. 
Ezek. 13. 8. 
u ch. 49. 4. 
Mic. 3. 11. 
x Pr. 1. 31. 
Isa. 3. 11. 
y 2 Chron. 
36. 19. 
ch. 52. 13. 
a ch. 27. 1. 
b ch. 17. 20. 
c ch. 21. 12. 
dPs.72.2,4. 
ePs. 15.5. 
Matt. 23. 3. 
Titus 1. 16. 
f Pa. 81. 11. 
g laa. 1. 20. 
hHeb.6.13. 
Nu. 32. 1. 
k2K~g.15.29. 
I Ps. 107. 34. 
m Ezek. 9. 

2. 
n Ps. 74.56. 
ch. 46. 26. 

La. 4. 12. 
pDt. 29.24. 
q Dan. 9. 12. 
r 2 Chron. 
34.25. 
s2Kg.22.10. 
t2Kg.23.33. 
& 24. 15. 
u2Kg.23.30. 
Ezek. 19. 4. 
)t Hab. 2. 9. 
y Lv. 19. 13. 
James 5. 4. 
z 2 Kings 
14. a, 4. 

a Pr. 16. 12. 
verso 18. 
bPs. 128.2. 

1 Co. 10. 31. 
C Isa. 3. 10. 
d chap. 9.3. 
Hosea 4. J. 



He exhorteth to repentance 

1 1 f And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, 
Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 

d 12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord ; r Execute 
judgment in the s morning, and deliver him that is spoiled 
out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like 
fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil 
of your doings. 

13 Behold, I am * against thee, O inhabitant of the val- 
ley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord ; which say, 
u Who shall come down against us ? or who shall enter into 
our habitations 1 
w 14 But I will pi;nish you according * to the fruit of your 

doings, saith the Lord : and I will kindle a fire in the forest 
thereof, and it shall y devour all things round about it. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
He exhorteth to repentance with promises and threats, 1. The judgment 
of Shallum, 10, of Jehoiakim, 13, and of Coniah, 20. 

THUS saith the Lord ; Go down to the a house of the 
king of Judah, and speak there this word, 
2 And say, b Hear the word of the Lord, O king of 
Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy 
servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates : 

d 3 Thus saith the Lord ; c Execute ye judgment and 
righteousness, and d deliver the spoiled out of the hand of 
the oppressor : and do no wrong, do no violence to the 
stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed inno- 
cent blood in this place. 

6 4 For if ye e do this thing indeed, then shall there f enter 
in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne 
of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his ser- 
vants, and his people. 

w 5 But if ye will s not hear these words, I h swear by 
myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a 
desolation. 

6 For thus saith the Lord unto the king's house of Ju- 
dah ; Thou art ' Gilead k unto me, and the head of Leba- 
non : yet surely I will make thee ' a wilderness, and cities 
which are not inhabited. 

7 And I will prepare m destroyers against thee, every 
o.ne with his n weapons : and they shall cut down thy 
choice cedars, afcd cast them into the fire. 

8 And many nations shall ° pass by this city, and they 
shall say every man to his neighbour, p Wherefore hath 
the Lord done q thus unto this great city 1 

c 9 Then they shall answer, r Because they have forsaken 
the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other 
and served them. 

10 *H Weep ye not 9 for the dead, neither bemoan him : 
but weep sore for him that ' goeth away : for he shall re- 
turn no more, nor see his native country. 

11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son 
of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah 
his father, which u went forth out of this place ; He shall 
not return thither any more : 

r 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led 
him captive, and shall see this land no more. 

«>13 IT Wo unto him that buildeth his house by x un- 
righteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth 
his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth lnm not 
for his y work ; 

14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large 
chambers, and cutteth him out windows ; and it is ceiled 
with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 

15 Shalt thou ■ reign, because thou closest thyself in 
cedar 1 a did not thy father b eat and drink, and do judg- 
ment and justice, and then c it was well with him 1 

d 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy ; then 
it was well with him : d ivas not this to know me ? saith 
the Lord. 

433 



gods 



B. Christ 
o.ir. 609. 



'eDt. 17.17. 
f2Kg.23.30. 
2Chr.35.24. 
g ch. 16. 6. 
&34. 15. 
h 1 Kings 
13. 30. 
i2Chr.36.6. 
k2Kg.24.G. 
2Chr.36. 8. 
1 ch. 2. 31. 
& 6. 17. 
m Ezek. 33. 
31. 
nHoa.4. 19. 

Rev. 18. 2, 
p Pr. 1. 28. 
Isa. 10. 3. 

but thou saidst, q2Kg.24.fi. 

chap. 37. 1. 
r Song 3. 6. 
Hag. 2. 23. 
s ch. 21. 7. 
& 34. 20. 
t2Kg.24.12 
Isa. 22. 17. 
u 2 Chron. 
36. 10. 
x Pa. 31. 12. 
ch. 48. 38. 
Hosea 8. 8. 
Luke 16. 14. 
ylChr.3.15. 
ch. 36. 30. 
Mt. 1. 12. 
a ch. 10. 21. 
Ezek.34.2,3. 
Matt. 23. 
13,25. 
bEzek.34.4. 
Matt. 9. 36. 
c John 10. 
16. 

d ch. 3. 15. 
eHos.2. 18. 
f John 1.45. 
gZech.3.8. 
h Isa. 9. 7. 
i Ps. 72. 2. 
Isa. 11.25. 
kRo. 11.25. 

1 ch. 3. 12. 
Ezek. 37.19. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
ml Co. 1.30. 

2 Co. 5. 21. 
n Isa. 43. 18. 
ch. 16. 14. 



A restoration of the flock prophesied. JEREMIAH 

c 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thyj 
e covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for op 
pression, and for violence, to do it. 

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning 1 " Jehoiakim 
the son of Josiah king of Judah ; They shall s not lament 
for him, saying, h Ah my brother ! or, Ah sister ! they 
shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! 

r 19 He shall be buried with the \ burial of an ass, drawn 
and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 

20 % k Go up to Lebanon, and cry ; and lift up thy voice 
in Bashan, and cry from the passages : for all thy lovers 
are destroyed. 

c 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity 
I will i not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy 
youth, that thou m obeyedst not my voice. 

22 n The wind shall eat up all thy pastures, and thy 
lovers shall go into captivity : surely then shalt thou be 
ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the 
cedars, how p gracious shalt thou be when pangs come 
Upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail ! 

* 24 As I live, saith the Lord, though q Coniah the son of 
Jehoiakim king of Judah were the ' signet upon my right 
hand, yet would I pluck thee thence ; 

r 25 And I will s give thee into the hand of them that 
seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou 
fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 And I will ' cast thee out, and thy mother that bare 
thee, into another u country, where ye were not born ; 
and there shall ye die. 

27 But to tiie land whereunto they desire to return, 
thither shall they not return. 

28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol ? is he x a 
vessel wherein is no pleasure 1 wherefore are they cast 
out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they 
know not 1 

e 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. 

30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man y childless, 
a man that shall not prosper in his days : for no man of 
his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, 
and ruling any more in Judah. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
He prophesieth a restoration of the scattered flock, 1. Christ shall rule 
and save them, 5. Against false prophets, 9, and mockers of the true 
prophets, 33. 



False prophets threatened. 

r 8 But, the Lord liveth, which brought up and which 
led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, 



WO be unto the a pastors that destroy and b scatter the 
sheep of my pasture ! saith the Lord. 
w 2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against 
the pastors that feed my people ; Ye have scattered my 
flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them : 
behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith 
the Lord. 

ft 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all 
countries whither I have driven them, and will bring 
them again to their c folds ; and they shall be fruitful and 
increase. 

4 And I will set up d shepherds over them, which shall 
feed them : and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, 
neither shall they e be lacking, saith the Lord. 
* 5 ^f Behold, f the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
raise unto David a righteous s Branch, and h a King shall 
reign and prosper, and shall execute 'judgment and jus- 
tice in the earth. 

■"■ 6 In his days k Judah shall be saved, and ' Israel shall 
dwell safely : and this is his name whereby he shall be 
called, THE LORD m OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, 
iiw rri erefore > benold » the days come, saith the Lord, 
mat they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which 
Drought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ; 



B. Christ 
cir. 599. 
ols. 27. 12. 
& 65. 10. 
Obadiah 
verses 15, 
19, 20. 
b Ps. 51. 17. 
q La. 2. 14. 
rHab.3.16. 
s 2 Chron. 
36. 15: 
t ch. 5. 7, S. 
u Hos. 4. 2. 
xJohn2.14. 
y Ps. 35. 6. 
z Hos. 7. 1. 
a Isa. 9. 16. 
b Acts 20. 
35. 

cl Tim. 4.2. 
d Ezek. 13. 
22. 

e Isa. 1. 9. 
fRv.19.20. 
g Pr. 19. 29. 
Matt. 7. 15. 
h 2 Ft. 2. 2, 3. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
i ch. 6. 14. 
Ezek. 13.10. 
kMic.3. 11. 
1 Job 15. 8. 
verse 22. 
oHeb. 
heard, 
Amos 1. 1. 
mNah.1.3. 
n Hos. 11. 6. 
och.30. 24. 
p Ezek. 2.5. 
q Mt. 7. 15. 
rlKg.22.19. 
sell. 1.8. 
tPs.103.11. 
u Ps. 139.7. 
xl Kg. 8.27. 
y Nu. 12. 6. 
z Psa. 4. 2. 
aEph.4.14. 
b Acts 13. 8. 
cJge.3.7,8. 



and from all countries whither I had driven them ; and 
they shall c dwell in their own land. 

9 *ff My heart within me is F broken because of the q pro- 
phets ; all my r bones shake ; I am like a drunken man, 
and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the 
Lord, and because of the 3 words of his holiness. 
v 10 For the land is full of ' adulterers ; for because of 
u swearing the land mourneth ; the pleasant places of the 
wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their 
force is not right. 

c 1 1 For both prophet and priest are profane ; yea, * in 
my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord. 
*> 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as y slip- 
pery ways in the darkness : they shall be driven on, and 
fall therein : for I will bring evil upon them, even the year 
of their visitation, saith the Lord. 

13 And I have seen folly in the z prophets of Samaria ; 
they prophesied in Baal, and a caused my people Israel 
to err. 

c 14 I have seen also in the b prophets of Jerusalem a 
horrible thing : they commit adultery, and walk in c lies : 
they d strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none 
doth return from his wickedness : they are all of them 
unto me e as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Go- 
morrah. 

w 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning 
the prophets ; Behold, I will feed them with f wormwood, 
and make them drink the water of gall: for from the 
prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all 
the land. 

p 16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, g Hearken not unto the 
words of the prophets that prophesy unto you : they make 
you h vain : they speak a vision of their own heart, and not 
out of the mouth of the Lord. 

p 17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord 
hath said, Ye shall have ! peace ; and they say unto every 
one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart. 
k No evil shall come upon you. 

18 For who hath ' stood in the counsel of the Lord, and 
hath " perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his 
word, and heard it ? 

w 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in 
fury, even a m grievous whirlwind : it shall D fall grievous- 
ly upon the head of the wicked. 

20 The anger of the Lord shall ° not return, until he 
have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of 
his heart: in the latter days ye shall p consider it perfectly. 
/21 I have not q sent these prophets, yet they ran; I 
have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 
d 22 But if they had stood r in my counsel, and had 
s caused my people to hear my words, then they should 
have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil 
of their doings. 
* 23 Am I a God ' at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God 
afar off 1 

24 Can any hide himself " in secret places that I shall 
not see him 1 saith the Lord. Do not I x fill heaven and 
earth ? saith the Lord. 

c 25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy 
lies in my name, saying, I have y dreamed, I have 
dreamed. 

26 z How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets 
that prophesy lies 1 yea, they are prophets of the a deceit 
of their own heart ; 

27 Which think b to cause my people to forget my name 
by their dreams which they tell every man to his neigh- 
bour, c as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. 

434 



JEREMIAH. 



TJte type of the two baskets of Jigs. 

d 28 The prophet that hath a dream, d let him tell a B 5 ^ dst 
Jream ; and he that hath my word, let him speak my 
word e faithfully. What is the f chaff to the wheat 1 saith 
the Lord. 

e 29 Is not my word like e as a fire 1 saith the Lord ; and 
like h a hammer that l hreaketh the rock in pieces 1 

30 Therefore behold, I am k against the prophets, saith 
the Lord, that ' steal my words every one from his neigh- 
bour. 

^31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, 
that use their tongues, and say, m He saith. 
/32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false 
dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my 
people to err by their lies, and by their n lightness ; yet I 
sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall 
• not profit this people at all, saith the Lord. 

33 ^1 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, 
shall ask thee, p saying, What is the q burden of the Lord? 
thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will r even 
forsake you, saith the Lord. 

f34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the peo- 
ple, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even 
punish that man and his house. 

d 35 Thus shall ye say s every one to his neighbour, and 
every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? 
and, What hath the Lord spoken ? 
c 36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye l mention no 
more : for every man's word shall be u his burden ; for ye 
have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord 
of hosts our God. 

37 Thus shalt thou say to the x prophet, What hath the 
Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken ? 

38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord ; there- 
fore thus saith the Lord ; Because ye say this word, The 
burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye 
shall not say, The burden of the Lord : 
w 39 Therefore behold, I, even I, will y utterly forget 
you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you 
and your fathers, and z cast you out of my presence 

40 And I will bring an a everlasting reproach upon you, 
and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Under the type of good and bad figs, 1, he foresheioeth the restoration of 

them that were in captivity, 4, and the desolation of Zedekiah and the 

rest, 8. 

THE Lord a shewed me, and behold, two baskets of 
figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after 
that Nebuchadrezzar b king of Babylon had carried away 
captive c Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and 
the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from 
Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 
* 2 d One basket had very good figs, even like the figs 
that are first ripe : and the other basket had very naughty 
figs, which could not be eateu, they were so bad. 

3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jere- 
miah ? and I said, Figs ; the good figs, very good ; and the 
evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 

4 % Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
' 5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; Like these 

good figs, so will I " acknowledge them that are carried 
away capitive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place 
into the land of the Chaldeans c for their good. 

6 For f I will set mine eyes upon them for g good, and 
f will h bring them again to this land : and I will build 
them, and not pull them down ; and I will plant them, and 
not pluck them up. 

b 7 And ' I will give them a k heart to know me, that I 
am the Lord : and they shall be my people, and I will 
be their God: for they shall return unto me with their 
' whole heart. 



d 1 Pt. 4. 11. 
e 2 Co. 2. 17. 
f 2 Co. 6. 14. 
g Luke 24. 
32. 

hRo. 1. 16. 
2 Co. 10.45. 
iPs.29.3,8. 
kDt. 18.20. 
lActs20.27. 
ml8.30. 10. 
nZeph.3.4. 

La. 2. 14. 
2 Pet. 2. 1. 
p2Pt. 3.3,4. 
q 2 Kg. 9. 25. 
Isa. 13. 1. 
Mai. 1. 1. 
r verse 39. 
Hos. 9. 12. 
sch. 31. 34. 
ver. 27, 28. 
t Hos. 2. 16. 
u chap. 5. 
14, 15. 
x ver. 28, 29. 
y Dt. 8. 19. 
Hosea 4. 8. 
z Ps. 89. 39. 
ch. 15. 1. & 
18. 14. 
Hosea 4. 6. 
ach.20.11. 
a ch. 11. 18. 
Amos 7. 1, 
4. & 8. 1. 
b 2 Kings 
24. 12. 
ch. 29. 2. 
c2Kg.24.8. 
ch. 32. 24. 
d ver. 5, 8. 
Micah 7. 1 
a Heb. 
know them, 
Psa. 1.6. 
& 37. 18. 
Matt. 7. 23. 
e Ps. 94. 12. 
fPs. 34. 15. 
g Ne. 5. 19. 
h ch. 12. 15. 
&. 42. 10. 
i Jam. 1.17, 
k Dt. 30. 6. 
ch. 32. 39. 

1 Ps. 51. 6. 
ch. 29. 13. 



B. Christ 
cir. 598. 



mch.29. 17. 
n 2 Kings 
25.26. 
och. 29. 18. 
& 34. 17. 
p ch. 14. 15. 
a2Kg.24.2. 
chap. 36. 1. 
Ezek. 19. 9. 
Dan. 1.1,2. 
bEzek.3.17. 
c chap. 1. 2. 
d Ps. 20. 8. 
chap. 7. 13, 
e ch. 29. 19, 
fell. 11.7,8 
g 2 Kings 
17. 13. 
Jonah 3. 8. 
h Ps. 37. 27. 
i Ex.20.3,4. 
ch. 32. 30. 
kDt. 32. 21. 
Ps. 78. 40. 
1 Job 35. 6. 
m ch. J. 15. 
nPo.119.91. 
Ezck. 29.18. 
o2Kg.24.7. 
Oh. 46. 26. 
p Isa. 24. 7. 
Hos. 2. 11. 
q Eccl. 12. 
14. 

Isa. 3. 1. 
Rev. 18. 12. 
r 2 Kings 
24. 10, 16. 
ch.22. 25. 
Ezok. 33.21. 
h '.! Chron. 

36.21. 
t Iso. 13. 19, 
ch. 50. 40. 
u Isa. 13. 4. 
x Matt. 7.2. 
Rev. 18. 6 



Captivity of the Jews foretold. 

8 If And as the m evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they 
are so evil ; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give 
Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the resi- 
due of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that 
n dwell in the land of Egypt : 

w 9 And I will deliver them to ° be removed into all the 
kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and 
a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I 
shall drive them. 

10 And p I will send the sword, the famine, and the pes- 
tilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the 
land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

Jeremiah reproving the Jeivs'' disobedience to the prophets, l,foretelleth the 
seventy years' 1 captivity, 8, and after that the destruction of Babylon, 
12. Under the type of a cup of wine, heforesheweth the destruction of 
all nations, 15. The howling of the shepherds, 34. 

HE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the 
people of Judah in the a fourth year of Jehoiakim the 
son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Ne- 
buchadrezzar king of Babylon ; 

2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto b all the 
people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
saying, 

/3 From the c thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon 
king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and 
twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, 
and I have spoken unto you, d rising early and speaking ; 
but ye have not hearkened. 

c 4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his e servants the 
prophets, rising early and sending them ; but ye have f not 
hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 
d 5 They said, g Turn ye again now every one from his 
evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and h dwell in 
the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your 
fathers for ever and ever : 

p 6 And go not after { other gods to serve them, and to 
worship them, and b provoke me not to anger with the 
works of your hands ; and I will do you no hurt, 
c 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord ; 
that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your 
hands ' to your own hurt. 

8 i[ Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Because 
ye have not heard my words, 

'• 9 Behold, I will send and take m all the families of the 
north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king ol 
Babylon, n my servant, and will bring them against this 
land, and ° against the inhabitants thereof, and against all 
these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, 
and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and per- 
petual desolations. 

10 Moreover 1 will take from them p the voice of mirth, 
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, 
and the voice of the bride, the sound of the q millstones, 
and the light of the candle. 

1 1 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an 
astonishment ; and these nations shall serve the king of 
Babylon r seventy years. 

»•* 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are 
Accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and 
that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land 
of the Chaldeans, and will make it ' perpetual desolations. 

13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which 1 
have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this 
book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the na- 
tions. 

«>14 For "many nations and great kings shall serve 
themselves of them also: and I will * recompense them 
according to their deeds, and according to the works ©t 
their own hands. 

435 



Prophecies of destruction. JEREMIAH. 

-E 15 If For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me 
Take the y wine-cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all y Rv. 14.10 
the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 

r 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be z mad, 
because of the sword that I will send among them. 

17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and a madeleSMLso. 
all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me ■ ' 



Ezek.23.34. 
a chap. 1.9, 
10. & 27. 4. 
b Ezek. 9. 6. 
1 Pet. 4. 17. 



IdGn. IS 



fch. 49.7. 
g ch. 17. 20. 
h Ps. 72. 10. 
iGcn. 10.7. 
ikGn 23.21. 
his!I^Chr.9.14. 
mGn.25.2. 
nlsa.13.17. 

ch. 1. 15. 
pch.51. 41. 
q Ps. 37. 36. 
Micah 7. 8. 
Rev. 18. 21. 
r ch. 40. 10. 
s Ezek. 9. 6. 

1 Pet. 4. 6. 
tch. 30. 11. 
u Ezek. 38. 
21. 

x Amos 1.2. 
Joel 3. 16. 
'V Ho. 1. 18 
z Pa. 132.14. 
a isa. 34. 8. 
b Ezek. 38. 
22. 

Joel 3. 2. 
c Isa. 30.28. 
d Zeph. 2. 
!■>. 

e Ps. «3. 10. 
fR . 18. 10. 
g Ezek. 34. 
16. 

h Ps. 37. 13, 
i Ps. 50. 21. 
Amos 2. 14. 
Mai. 4. 1. 
kRev.6.16. 
& 13. 16. 
I chap. 4. 8. 
& 49. 37. 
Rev. 14. 19. 



g 18 To wit, b Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and thej^p^bllf 
kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a 
desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse : c as 
it is this day ; 

s 19 d Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and 
princes, and all his people ; 

g 20 And all the e mingled people, and all the kings of 
the land of Uz, and all tiie kings of the land of the Philis- 
tines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the rem- 
nant of Ashdod, 

^21 f Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 

s 22 And all the g kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zi- 
don, and the kings of the h isles which are beyond the sea, 

g 23 ' Dedan, and Tema, and k Buz, and all that are in the 
utmost corners, 

g 24 And all the kings of ' Arabia, and all the kings of the 
mingled people that dwell in the desert, 

g 25 And ail the kings of m Zimri, and all the kings of 
Elam, and all the kings of the n Medes, 

£ 26 And all the kings of the ° north, far nnd near, one 
with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which 
are upon the face of the earth: and the king of p Sheshach 
shall drink after them. 

w 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Drink ye, and be drunk- 
en, and spue, and fall, and q rise no more, because of the 
sword which I will send among you. 

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy 
hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts ; Ye shall certainly r drink. 

» 29 For lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is 
5 called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished ? 
Ye shall not l be unpunished : for I will calf for ° a sword 
upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts. 
SO Therefore prophesy thou against them all these 
words, and say unto them, The Lord shall x roar from y on 
high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation ; he shall 
mightily roar z upon his habitation ; he shall give a shout, 
as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of 
the earth. 

w 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth ; 
for the Lord a hath a controversy with the nations, b he 
will plead with all flesh ; he will give them that are wicked 
to the sword, saith the Lord. 

32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go 
forth from nation to nation, and c a great whirlwind shall 
be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 

33 And the d slain of the Lord shall be at that day from 
one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth : 
they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried ; 
they shall be e dung upon the ground. 

w 34 % f Howl, ye shepherds, and cry ; and wallow your- 
selves in the ashes, ye s principal of the flock : for the 
h days of your. slaughter and of your dispersions are ac- 
complished ; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 

35 And the shepherds shall have * no way to flee, nor 
the principal of the flock to escape. 

36 k A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling 
of the principal of the flock, shall be heard : for the Lord 
hath spoiled their pasture. 

W r S l "^ d the P eac eable habitations are cut down because 
of the fierce ansrer of the T-nun 



anger of the Lord. 



B. Christ 
cir. 606. 



m chup. 4.7. 
& 49. 19. 
a ch. 25. 1. 
b ch. 19. 14. 
cEzek.3.10. 
Bit. 28. 20. 
Acts 20. 27. 
d Gen. 6. 6. 
chap. 18. 8. 
Jonah 3. 8, 
9. 

e Lv. 26. 15. 
Ps. 81. 13. 
fch. 7. 13. 
&. 11. 7. 
g ch. 7. 12. 
h Is. 65. 15. 
ich.5.31. 
k Gen. 19.4. 
Bit. 27. 20. 
1 Jit. 26. 66. 
Acts 22. 21. 
mPs.132.14. 
Bit. 26. 61. 
n Acts 4. 1, 
2. & 13. 45. 
o ch. 36. 10. 
p 2 Kings 
15. 35. 
q Bit. 23. 29. 
Rev. 16. 13. 
r Dt. 21. 22. 
John 16. 2. 
s Acts 4. 19. 
&23. 9. 
t ch. 18. 8. 
Acts 13. 46. 
u ch. 38. 5. 
x2Sa.15.26. 
V Jgs. 9. 24. 
Ezek. 7. 3, 
4. 

zGn.22.14. 
lSa.23. 26. 
aPr. 21.1. 
verse 11. 
bPs. 115.15. 
c Mic. 1. 1. 



Jeremiah arraigned and acquitted. 

38 He hath m forsaken his covert, as th i lion : for their 
land is aesolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, 
and because of his fierce anger. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
Jeremiah by promises and threatening exhorteth to repentance, 1. He is 
therefore apprehended, 8, and arraigned, 10 : His apology, 12. He is 
quit in judgment, by the example of Micah, 16, and of Urijah, 20, and 
by the care of Ahikam, 24. 

"N the a beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son ol 
Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, 
saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord ; Stand in the b court of the 
Lord's house, and speak unto c all the cities of Judah, 
which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words? 
that I command thee to speak unto them ; diminish not a 
word : 

d 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from 
his evil way, that I may d repent me of the evil, which 1 
purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 

4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, 
If ye will e not hearken to me to walk in my law, which 1 
have set before you, 

5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, 
whcm I sent unto you, both f rising up early, and sending 
them,, but ye have not hearkened ; 

w 6 The?' will I make s this house like Shiloh, and will 
make this city h a curse to all the nations of the earth. 

7 So the * priests and the prophets and all the people 
heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the 
Lord. 

fS% Now it came lo pass, when Jeremiah had made an 
end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to 
speak unto all the people, that the priests and the pro- 
phets and k all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt 
surely ' die. 

9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, 
saying, This house shall be m like Shiloh, and this city shall 
be desolate without an inhabitant 1 And all the people 
were gathered "against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord. 

/10 "[[When the princes of Judah heard these things, 
then they came up from the king's house unto the house 
of the Lord, and sat down in the ° entry of the p new gate 
of the Lord's house. 

1 1 Then spake the q priests and the prophets unto the 
princes and to all the people, saying, This man is T worthy 
to die ; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have 
heard with your ears. 

12 ff Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to 
all the people, saying, The Lord s sent me to prophesy 
against this house and against this city all the words that 
ye have heard. 

d 13 Therefore now ' amend your ways and your doings, 
and obey the voice of the Lord your God ; and the Lord 
will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against 
you. 

« 14 As for me, behold, u I am in your hand : do with me 
* as seemeth good and meet unto you : 

15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, 
ye shall surely bring y innocent blood upon yourselves, and 
upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof : for of a 
truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these 
words in your ears. 

/16 1 z Then said the a princes and all the people unto 
the priests and }o the prophets ; This man is not worthy 
to die : for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord 
our God. 

17 Then rose up certain of the b elders of the land, and 
spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 

18 Micah the c Morasthite prophesied in the days of 
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of 

436 



Sundry prophecies, 

Judah, saying, Thus saitn the Lord of hosts; d Zion shall B c - ir c ^' 9 6t 
be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become dju.c.3.11. 
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places | 2 2 ^ ngs 

of a forest. SuSak 

c 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him g Nu.i6.38. 

at all to death 1 did he not e fear the Lord, and besought Luke3* 20. 

the Lord, and the Lord f repented him of the evil which I'j^'i! „; 

he had pronounced against them ? Thus might we pro-^ 8 ^ 

cure g great evil against our souls. 112^' 

g 20 And there was h also a man that prophesied in the j Act^io 14 2i. 

name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of ! Kirjath-ig^;^ 10 - 

jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this^Kg.18.9. 

land according to all the words of Jeremiah : 



2 Kg. 25. 29. 
!ch. 39. 14. 



/21 And when Jehoiakim the king with all his mighty ;£ e t°2 5 ' 

a ver. 3, 12, 



10. 



eGn. 1.2,26. 
fPs.115.16. 
Dan. 4. 17. 
a Ps. 75. 6. 
Ban. 2. 21. 
h ch. 25. 9. 
& 43. 10. 
i ch. 28. 14. 
Dan. 2. 38. 
&4. 22. 
kch. 52.31. 
1 Dan. 5. 1. 
mPs.37.13. 
ch. 50. 27. 
Dan. 5. 26. 
Rev. 13. 5. 
n ch. 25. 14. 
Dan. 5. 31. 
Zech. 2. 9. 
Rev. 17. 6. 
o ch. 23. 25, 
p verse 15. 
Lam. 2. 14. 
q ch. 7. 18. 



Hananiah's false prophecy. 
and that I should drive you out, and 



B. Christ 
cir. 598. 



men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought ^„\\\ 
to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was ^9^ 
afraid, and k fled, and went into Egypt ; jc2~kings 

g 22 And Jehoiakim the king ] sent men into Egypt, ichZkia 
namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men withj^ 8 - ■& 
him into Egypt. 

23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and 
brought him unto Jehoiakim the king ; who m slew him 
with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of 
the common people. 

/ 24 Nevertheless, the hand "of Ahikam the son of Sha- 
phan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him 
into the hand of the people to put him to death. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

Under the type of bonds and yokes he prophesieth the subduing of the 
neighbouring kings unto Nebuchadnezzar, 1 : He exhorteth them to 
yield, and not to believe the false prophets, 8 : The like he doeth to 
Zedekiah, 12 : He foretelleth the remnant of the vessels shall be carried 
to Babylon, and there continue until the day of visitation, 19. 

MN the beginning of the reign a of Jehoiakim the son of 
M Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah 
from the Lord, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord to me ; Make thee b bonds and! 
yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 
e 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king 
of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the 
king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of 
the messengers which ° come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah 
king of Judah ; 

4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus 
saith the d Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Thus shall 
ye say unto your masters ; 

1 5 I have made the e earth, the man and the beasts that 
are upon the ground, by my great power and by my out- 
stretched arm, and have f given it unto whom it g seemed 
meet unto me. 

r 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand 
of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, h my servant 
and the '' beasts of the field have I given him also to 
serve him 

r 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his k son, and his 
1 son's son, until the very m time of his land come : and 
then many nations and great kings shall n serve them 
selves of him. 

»8 And it shall come to pass, thai the nation and king 
dom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the 
king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under 
the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, 
saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and 
with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his 
hand 

v 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your ° prophets, nor to 
your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchant- 
ers, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, 
Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon : 

1 For they prophesy p a lie unto you, to ' remove you 
no 



JEREMIAH. 

far from your land 
ye should perish. 

11 But the nations that bring their neck under r the 
yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I 
let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord ; and 
they shall till i«t, and dwell therein. 

/ 12 ^[ I spake also to s Zedekiah king of Judah accord- 
ing to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under 
the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his 
people, and live. 

13 l Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, 
by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath 
spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of* 
Babylon ? 

14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the pro- 
phets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the 
king of Babylon ; for they prophesy u a lie unto you. 

c 15 For I have x not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they 
prophesy a lie in my name ; that I y might drive you out, 
and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that pro 
phesy unto you. 

c 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord ; Hearken not to the words 
of ycmr prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the 
J vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought 
again from Babylon : for they prophesy a lie unto you. 

17 Hearken not unto them ; serve the king of Babylon, 
and live : wherefore should this city be Maid waste? 

g 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord 
be with them, let them now make b intercession to the 
Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house 
of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and 
at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 

19 *|J For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the 
c pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the ba- 
ses, and concerning the residue of the'vessels that remain 
in this city, 

20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, 
when he carried away captive d Jeconiah the son of Je- 
hoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all 
the ° nobles of Judah and Jerusalem ; 

r 21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
concerning the vessels that e remain in the house of the 
Lord, and in the 
rusalem ; 

22 They shall be f carried to Babylon, and there shall 
they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord ; 
then will I bring them up, and s restore them to this place. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Hananiah prophesieth falsely the return of the, vessels and of Jeconiah, 

1. Jeremiah, ivishingit to be true, shewclh that the event toill declare 

who are true prophets, 5. Hananiah break eth Jeremiah's yoke } 10. 

Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke, 12, and foretelleth Hananiah's 

death, 15. 

ND it came to pass the same year, in a the beginning 

of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth 

and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of 

Azur the b prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me 

in the house of" the Lord, in the presence of the priests, 

and of all the people, saying, 

2 c Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 

3 Within two full years will I d bring again into thi^ 
place all the vessels of the Lord's house, that Nebuchad- 
nezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and 
carried them to Babylon. 

4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son 
of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the c captives of Ju- 
dah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord ; for I will 
f break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 

437 



t Prov. 3. 5. 
s verso 1. 
chap. 35. 1. 
t Ezek. la 
31. 

u ch. 14. 14. 
x Ezek. 13. 
15. 

Matt. 7. 15. 
y2Th.2.12. 
?. 2 Ohron. 
36. 7, 10. 
a ch. 25. 38. 
b Gen. 20. 7. 
Job 42. 8. 
Isa. 37. 4. 
Ezek. 22.30. 
c 2 Kings 
25. 16. 
(1 2 Kings 
24. 14. 
a Hcb. 
white ones, 
Isa. 34. 12. 
Eccl. 9. 8. 
oLv.26.24. 
Isa. 5. 25. 
verse 16. 
f2Chron. 
36. 18. 
Dan. 5. 2, 4. 
g 2 Chron. 
36.22. 
Ezra 1. 11. 
& 5. 16. 
a 2 Kings 
24. 18. 
bch. 23.28. 
&29. 21. 
2 Tim. 3. 8. 
c 1 Kings 
13. 18. 
ch. 14. 14. 
&23. 31. 
d Ezek. 13. 
22. 

2 Pot. 2. 19. 
cch.24.4. 
& 29. 1. 
[fGn.97. 40. 



house of the king of Judah and of Je- 



'A 1 

year, 



Jeremiah's letter to the 



f 5 1J Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet 
Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the pre- g Nu. 6.22 
sence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord, hii,;-&' 

6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, s Amen : the Lord i D 4 c ' u ] t 5 ;,g , 15 
do so : the Lord perform thy words which thou 
prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord's house 
and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon intoj^ 
this place. 

7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that 1 speak 
in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people ; 

8 The '' prophets that have been before me and before Sucu^ ! " 
thee of old, prophesied both against many countries, and 
against great kingdoms, of war, and of ! evil, and of 
pestilence 



JEREMIAH. 

6 h Take ye wives 



B. Christ 
civ. 596. 



liaSt 16. 

2Kgs.22. 
1 16, 17. 
Ezok. 3. 17. 

7. 16. 
i ch. 21. 9. 
&24.10. 
kch. 19. 7. 
I Dt. 18. 22. 
Isa. 8. 20. 



the 
the 



* 9 The prophet which prophesieth of k peace, when 
word of the prophet shall come to pass, ' then shall 
prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him. 
/ 10 If Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from 
m off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and n brake it. 

11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the peo- 
ple, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; "Even so will I break 
the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the 
neck of all nations within the r space of two full years. 
And the prophet Jeremiah q went his way. 
f 12 ^ Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah 
the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken 
the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, 
saying, 

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; 
Thou hast broken the yokes of wood ; but thou shalt make 
for them yokes of r iron. 

»• 14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; 
I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these na- 
tions, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba- 
bylon ; and they shall serve him : and I have given him 
the 9 beasts of the field also. 

f 15 ^ Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah 
the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah ; the Lord hath ' not 
sent thee ; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 

r 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will u cast 
thee from off the face of the earth : this year thou shalt 
die, because thou hast x taught rebellion against the Lord. 

a 17 So Hananiah the prophet y died the same year in the 
seventh month. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

Jeremiah sendeth a letter to the captives in Babylon, to be quiet there, 1, 
and not to believe the dreams of their prophets, 8, and that they shall 
return with grace after seventy years, 10: He foretelleth the destruc- 
tion of the rest for their disobedience, 15 : He sheweth the fearful end 
of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying prophets, 20. Shemaiah writeth a 
letter against Jeremiah, 24. Jeremiah readeth his doom, 30. 

^^TOW these are the words of the a letter that Jeremiah 
i.^1 the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue 
of the elders which were carried away b captives, and to the 
priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom 
Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem 
to Babylon ; 

2 (After that c Jeconiah the king, and the d queen, and 
the e eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and 
the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Je 
rusalem;) 

e 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Ge- 
mariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah 
r sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) 
saying, 



a ii, 14. 

Psa. 10. 13. 

ch. 27. 7. 
verses 3, 4. 
p Ezek. 13. 
22. 

q Ps. 37. 28. 
Isa. 36. 20. 
Hab. 2. 1. 
Matt. 7. 6. 

1 Co. 11.16. 
r Dt. 24. 48. 
s ch. 27. 6. 
Dan. 2. 48. 

t ch. 27. 14. 
Lam. 2. 14. 
uRv. 19.20. 
x Dt. 13. 15. 
yNu. 16.41. 
a chap. 1. 1. 
1 Th. 3. 2. 
b ch. 28. 4. 
cQKg.24.12. 
d ch. 22. 26. 
e Isa. 39. 7. 
fPs. 127.2. 
Pr. 21. 30. 
ch. 51. 59. 
_ Isa. 5. 5. 
& 10. 5. & 
59. 1, 2. 
chap. 24. 5. 
&25. 9. 



B. Christ 
cir. 599. 



h ch. 16. 2. 
iDt.7.8. 
k Psa. 137. 
8,9. 

ch. 51. 37. 
11 Tim. 2.2. 
m Rv. 16.18. 
rich. 5. 31. 
o ch. 28. 15. 
p ch. 25. 11. 
q verse 2. 
Ezek. 1. 2. 
r Luke 1.68. 
■s Isa. 55. 8. 
t 1 Pet. V9. 
u Ps. 10. 17. 
x ch. 24. 7. 
Ezek. 6. 9. 
& 36. 37. 
v Isa. 27. 12. 
chap. 24. 6. 
& 32. 37. 
z ch. 14. 14. 
&28. 2. 
ver. 21, 24. 
2 Pet. 2. 1. 
ach. 22.22 
& 24. 10. 
b chap. 24. 
8,12. 

a Heb. or 
a commo- 
tion, 

Dt. 28. 24. 
2Chr.29. 8. 
chap. 15. 4. 
& 24. 9. & 
34. 17. 
c ch. 26. 6. 
d ch. 7. 13. 
e verse 4. 
f2 Peter 2. 
1. 

g Sg. 2. 15. 
hTsa.65.15. 
i Ruth 4. 11. 
k ch. 28. 4, 
11. 



your 



4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto R e V . 19.90. 



all that are carried away captives, whom I have g caused 
to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon ; 

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and plant gar 
dens, and eat the fruit of them ; 



1 Mt. 7. 16. 
m Pr. 5. 21. 
ft Or, 

Dreamer, 
verses 18, 
31,32. 
nlKj.21.8. 



captives of Babylon. 

_ and beget sons and daughters ; and 
take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to 
husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that 
ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 

* 7 And seek the k peace of the city whither I have caused 
you to be carried away captives, and ' pray unto the Lord 
for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 

p 8 % For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the 
midst of you, m deceive you, neither hearken to 
dreams which n ye cause to be dreamed. 

« 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name : I 
have ° not sent them, saith the Lord. 

r 10 ^[ For thus saith the Lord, That after p seventy 
years be q accomplished at Babylon I will r visit you, and 
perform my good word toward you, in causing you to 
return to this place. 

* 11 For I know s the thoughts that I think toward you, 
saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give 
you ' an expected end. 

d 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and 
pray unto me, and I will "hearken unto you. 
d *13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall 
search for me x with all your heart. 
h 14 And I will be found o\ you, saith the Lord : and I 
will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from 
all the nations, and from all the places whither I have 
driven you, saith the Lord ; and I will y bring you again into 
the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. 
/ 15 % Because z ye have said, The Lord hath raised us 
up prophets in Babylon ; 

16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sit- 
teth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that 
dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not 
gone forth with you into captivity ; 

w 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Behold, I will send 
upon them the a sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and 
will make them like b vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they 
are so evil. 

18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the 
famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them " to 
be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be c a 
curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, 
among all the nations whither I have driven them : 
c 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith 
the Lord, which d I sent unto them by my servants the 
prophets, rising up early and sending them ; but ye would 
not hear, saith the Lord. 

/ 20 ^[ Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, e all ye of 
the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon : 
'•21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of 
f Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of 
Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name ; 
Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon ; and heshall g slay them before 
your eyes ; 

22 And of them shall be taken up h a curse by all the 
captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, the Lord 
make thee * like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the, king 
of Babylon k roasted in the fire ; 

c 23 Because they have committed ' villany in Israel, and 
have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and 
have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not 
commanded them; even m I know, and am a witness, saith 
the Lord. 

/ 24 *|[ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the b Ne- 
helamite, saying, 

25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
saying. Because thou hast sent letters n in thy name unto 

4.S8 



r acob is comforted. 
all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to 



JEREMIAH 



Zephaniah 
the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 

26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Je- 
hoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house 
of the Lord, for every man that is p mad, and maketh him- 
self a prophet, that thou shouldest q put him in prison, and 
in the stocks. 

27 Now therefore why hast thou not "reproved Jeremiah 
of Anathoth, which s maketh himself a prophet to you ] 

28 For therefore l he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, 
This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; 
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 

29 And u Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the 
ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 

30 ^[ Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, 
saying, 

c 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying Thus saith 
the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite ; Because 
that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and x I sent him 
not, and he caused you to trust in 5 a lie : 
w 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will pu- 
nish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed : he shall not 
have a man to dwell z among this people ; neither shall 
a he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith 
the Lord ; because he hath b taught rebellion against the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER XXX. 
God sheweth Jeremiah the return of the Jews, 1. After their trouble they 

shall have deliverance, 4. He comforteth Jacob, 10: Their return shall 

be gracious, 18. Wrath shall fall on the wicked, 23. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, 
saying, 
2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, a Write 
thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 
T 3 For lo, b the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
,: bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, 
saith the Lord : and I will cause them to return to the 
land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. 
/4 f And these are the words that the Lord spake con- 
cerning Israel, and concerning Judah. 

5 For thus saith the Lord ; We have heard a voice of 
d trembling, of fear, and e not of peace. 

6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth f travail 
with child 1 wherefore do I see every man with his hands 
on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned 
into paleness 1 

7 Alas ! for that day is e great, so that h none is like it : 
it is even the ' time of Jacob's trouble, but k he shall be 
saved out of it. 

>> 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord 
of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and 
will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall ' 
themselves of him : 

9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and m David 
their king, whom I will n raise up unto them. 

r 10 T[ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, 
saith the Lord ; neither be dismayed, O Israel : for lo, I 
will ° save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of 
their captivity ; and Jacob shall return, and shall be p in 
rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 

6 1 1 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee : 
though I make a full end of all nations whither I have 
scattered thee, yet will I not make q a full end of thee 
but I will correct thee r in measure, and will not leave 
thee altogether unpunished. 

12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy 6 bruise is incurable, 
«nd thy wound is grievous. 

1 3 There is ' none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest 
be bound up : thou hast u no healing medicines 

1 4 AlUhy Movers have forgotten thee; they seek thee 



2 Kings 
25.18. 
p 2 Kings 
" 11. 

Acts 26. 24. 
q ch.22. 2. 
rActs 5.40. 
s Nu. 16. 3. 
chap. 43. 2. 
2 Tim. 3. 8. 
t Ps. 109.4. 
verse 5. 
u ch. 21. 1. 
Sc 37. 3. 
x ch. 28. 15. 
ver. 9, 23. 
y Ne. 6. 12. 
z ch. 7. 17. 
a ch. 17. 7. 
Job 7. 7. 
b ch. 26. 16. 
a Job 19.23. 
Rom. 15. 4. 
Rev. 1. 19. 
b Ezek. 38. 
8. 

Hos. 3. 5. 
c Ezek. 37. 
16. 

Amos 9. 
14, 15. 
Ro. 11. 25. 
d Dan. 5. 6. 
e Rev 7. 16. 
& 18. 10. 
flsa. 66. 7. 
chap. 46. 5. 

Joel 2. 11. 
hDan. 12. 1. 

Zech. 14. 
2 3. 
kRev. 7. 14. 

1 Isa. 60. 18. 
m Ezek. 34. 
23. 

n Acts 2.30. 
o ch. 3. 18. 
p Hos. 2. 18. 
q Dan. 2. 35 
r Isa. 27. 8. 
s 2 Chron. 
36. 15. 
tMt.9.36. 
u ch. 46. 11. 
X 2 Chron. 
28. 11. 



no more serve 



B. Christ 
cir. 599. 



B. Christ 
cir. 606. 



•Job 13.24. 

sa. 62. 5, 
z Hos. 5. 14. 
a La. 3. 39. 
Micah 7. 9. 
b chap. 5. 6. 
c Is. 10.5,12. 
ch. 10. 25. 
Rev. 13. 10. 
d Isa. 14. 2. 
Rev. 19. 17, 
18. 

Isa. 62. 4 
f Lam. 2. 15. 
g Lam.l. 2. 
Phil. 2. 21. 
h Isa. 11. 12. 
verso 3. 
Obadiah 
verse 20. 

i Ps. 102. 13. 
kRv. 19.1,2. 

1 Isa. 60.3,5. 
mch. 33.11. 
a Hcb. his 
glorious 
one, 

Titus 2. 13, 
n Heb. 4. 14, 
oHeb.7.22, 
p Dent. 7. 6. 
q ch. 23. 19, 
20. 

r Rev. 15. 1 
a Acts 2.29. 
b Ex. 33. 17. 
cF.x. 13.22. 
d Isa. 63. ll 
o Hul. I. 3. 
t'Ro. 8. 39, 
ix Bo. 8. 30. 
h Am. 9. 1 1 

i Kv. I'!. 7. 

k Csa.65.Sl 
1 2 Cor. 2.6 






The restoration oj Isr 

not ; for I have wounded thee with the wound of t 

enemy, with the chastisement of z a cruel one, for the 
multitude of thine iniquity ; because thy sins were increased. 

15 Why a cries.t thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is 
incurable for the b multitude of thine iniquity : because thy 
gins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. 

16 Therefore all they that c devour thee shall be de- 
voured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them shall 
go into captivity ; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, 
and all that prey upon thee will I d give for a prey. 

17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal 
thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord ; because they called 
thee e an Outcast, saying, t This is Zion, whom g no man 
seeketh after. 

t 18 If Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, h I will bring again 
the captivity of Jacob's tents, and ' have mercy on his 
dwelling-places ; and the city shall be builded upon her 
own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner 
thereof. 

6 19 And out of them shall proceed k thanksgiving and the 
voice of them that make merry : and I will multiply them, 
and they shall not be few ; I will also glorify them, and 
they ' shall not be small. 

20 Their children also shall be m as aforetime, and their 
congregation shall be established before me, and I will 
punish all that oppress them. 

6 21 And their "nobles shall be of themselves, and their 
governor shall proceed from the midst of them ; and 1 
will cause him to draw near, and he shall u approach unto 
me : for who is this that ° engaged his heart to approach 
unto me 1 saith the Lord. 

b 22 And ye shall be p my people, and I will be your God. 

w 23 Behold, the q whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with 
fury, a continuing whirlwind : it shall fall with pain upon 
the head of the wicked. 

24 The r fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until 
he have done it, and until he have performed the intents 
of his heart : in the latter days ye shall consider it. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

The restoration of Israel, 1 : The publication thereof, 10. Rachel mourn- 
ing is comforted, 15. Ephrai7ii repenting, is brought home again, 18. 
Christ is promised, 22: His care over the cliurch, 27 : His new covenant, 
31. The stability, 35, and amplitude of the church, 36. 

T the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God a of 
all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 
2 Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of 
the sword b found grace in the wilderness ; even Israel, 
when I went to cause him c to rest. 
t 3 The Lord hath appeared of old d unto me, saying, 
Yea, I have c loved thee with f an everlasting love : there- 
fore e with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. 
r 4 Again I will h build thee, and thou shalt be built, O 
virgin of Israel : thou shalt again be adorned with thy 
' tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that 
make merry. 

g 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of 
Samaria : the planters shall u plant, and shall eat them as 
common things. 

<i 6 For there shall be ' a day, that the m watchmen upon 
the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and " let us go up 
to Zion unto the Lord our God. 

d 7 For thus saith the Lord ; ° Sing with gladness for 
Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations : publish 
ye, praise ye, and say, Lord, save thy people, the rem- 
nant of Israel. 

»-8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and 
"il^als gather them from the p coasts of the earth, and with them 
Micah ft: I the '•blind and the lame, the woman with child and her 
Rc^'i^ao. that travaileth with child together : a great company shall 
p «%& return thither. 

439 



Christ is promised. 

9 They shall come with r weeping, and with 3 supplica- 
tions will I lead them ; I will cause them to walk by the 
rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall 'not 
stumble : for I am a father of Israel, and Ephraim is my 
first-born. 

UO if Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and 
declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered 
Israel will u gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth 
his flock. 

1 1 For the Lord hath x redeemed Jacob, and ransom- 
ed him from the hand of him that was y stronger than he. 
6 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the z height of 
Zion, and shall flow together to the a goodness of the 
Lord, for b wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the 
young of the flock and of the herd : and their souls shall 
be as°a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any 
more at all. 

13 Then shall the c virgin rejoice in the dance, both 
young men and old together : for I will turn their mourn- 
ing into joy, and will comfort them, and make them re- 
joice from their d sorrow. 

b 14 And I will e satiate the soul of the priests with fat- 
ness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, 
saith the Lord. 

t 1 5 if Thus saith the Lord ; A voice was heard in f Ra- 
mah, lamentation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping 
for her children refused to be comforted for her children, 
6 because they were not. 

16 Thus saith the Lord; h Refrain thy voice from 
weeping, and thine eyes from tears : for thy work shall 
be i rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall k come 
again from the land of the enemy. 

b 17 And there is l hope in thine end, saith the Lord, 
that thy m children shall come again to their own border. 

* 18 if I have surely heard "Ephraim bemoaning him- 
self thus; Thou hast ° chastised me, and I was chastised, 
as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and 
I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. 

* 19 Surely p after that I was turned, I repented; and 
after that I was q instructed, I smote upon my thigh : I 
was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear 
the r reproach of my youth. 

*' 20 Is Ephraim my s dear son 1 is he a pleasant child 1 
for since I spake against him, I do earnestly ' remember 
him still : therefore my bowels are u troubled for him ; I 
will surely x have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 
d 21 Set thee up y way-marks, make thee ' high heaps : 
a set thy heart toward the highway, even- the way which 
thou wentest : turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again 
to these thy cities. 

22 if How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding 
daughter 1 for the Lord hath created a new thing in the 
earth, b A woman shall compass a man. 
d 23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; As 
yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in 
the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity ; 
The Lord c bless thee, d O habitation of justice, and 

* mountain of holiness. 
b 24 And there shall f dwell in Judah itself, and in all the 

cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth 
with flocks. 

25 For I have satiated the s weary soul, and I have re- 
plenished every sorrowful soul. 

26 Upon this I h awaked, and beheld ; and my ! sleep 
was sweet unto me. 

r 27 if Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the 
seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 
6 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched 



JEREMIAH 



B.Christ 

cir. 606- 
TchTbO. 4. 
3 Zech. 12. 
10. 

t John 8. 12. 
& 12. 35. 
u Ezek. 34. 
13. 

x Gal. 3. 13. 
1 Pet. 1. 18. 
Kv. 14.3,4. 
y Luke 11. 
21,22. 
Col. 1. 13. 
z Isa. 2. 2. 
a Hos. 3. 5. 
b Ezek. 36. 
35. 

Hos. 2. 21. 
Joel 3. 18. 
c lsa. 51. 5. 
d Rev. 21. 4. 
e Is. 66. 21. 
fJos.18.18. 
g Bit. 2. 16. 
hlTh.4.13. 
i Heb. 6. 10. 
k ver. 4, 5. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
1 Rom. 11. 
23,29. 
mis. 29. 23. 
ii Isa. 7. 2. 
o Ps. 94. 12. 
chap. 6. 8. 
p Hos. 14. 1. 
q Lu. 15. 17. 
r chap. 2.2. 
s Song 2. 14. 
Luke 15. 32. 
t Ro. 11.28. 
u Bit. 9. 36. 
Luke 15. 29. 
x Isa. 49. 15. 
Hos 1. 11. 
y Ezek. 39. 
19. 

z Song 3. 6. 
a ch. 50. 5. 
b Isa. 7. 14. 
Matt. 1. 21. 
cPs. 122.6,7. 
d Isa. 60. 21. 
Rev. 21. 27. 
o Isa. 11. 9. 
f Obadioh 
ver. 15, 19. 
g Bit. 5. 6. 
h Zech. 4. 

1,2. 

i Ps. 127. 2. 

klPt.1.23. 



B. Christ 
cir. 606. 



I ch. 44. 27. 
m ch. 24. 6. 
n La. 5. 7. 

Ezek 6. 9. 
& 36. 31. 
Gal. 6. 5, 7. 
p ch. 32. 40. 
Ezek. 37.26. 
Heb. 8.6, 13. 

1 John 2. 7, 
8. 
q John 1. 17. 

2 Co. 3.3,6. 
r Isa. 51. 1. 
ch. 11. 7, 8. 
Ro. 11. 20. 
s2Co.l.20. 
Jam. 1. 17. 
t Ps. 51. 6- 
ch.32.40. 
u2Cor.3.3. 
Heb. 8. 10. 
x Isa. 9. 8, 9. 
y ch. 50. 20. 
z Gen. 1.16. 
a Isa. 51. 15. 
b Isa. 54. 9. 
c Psa. 72. 5, 
15. 

Blatt. 5. 18. 
d ch. 33. 22. 
e Ro. 11. 5. 
f Ezek. 36.2. 
g Ezek. 40. 
2 3. 

R'ev. 21. 9. 
h Zech. 14. 
16. 

i Zech. 14. 
20. 

k Bit. 16.18. 
a 2 Kings 
24. 18, 20. 
b ch. 51. 1 
Dan. 1. 2. 
c Isa. 26. 11. 
d Bft. 5. 12. 
e Ex. 5. 4. 
ch.36.29. 
fob. 34. 2, 3. 
• Job 34. 19. 
Ezek.3.7,6. 
h2Kg.25.C. 
Zech. 1. «. 



Jeremiah's imprisonment. 
over them, to ' pluck up, and to break down, and to 
throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict ; so will I watch 
over them, to m build and to plant, saith the Lord. 

29 In those days they shall say no more, n The fathers 
have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set 
on edge. 

30- But every one shall die ° for his own iniquity : every 
man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on 
edge. 

31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
make p anew covenant with the house of Israel, and with 
the house of Judah : 

g 32 Not according q to the covenant that I made with 
their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to 
bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant 
r they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith 
the Lord : 

*> 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with 
the house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord, s I 
will put my law in then' ' inward parts, and ™ write it in 
their hearts ; and will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 

*■ 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neigh- 
bour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord : 
for they shall all x know me, from the least of them unte 
the greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will y forgive 
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 

E 35 if Thus saith the Lord, which z giveth the sun for a 
light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the 
stars for a light by night, which a divideth the sea when 
the waves thereof roar ; The Lord of hosts is his name : 

36 If b those ordinances c depart from before me, saith 
the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from 
being a nation before me for ever. 

37 Thus saith the Lord ; If heaven above can be 
measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out 

beneath, I will also cast off e all the seed of Israel f for all 

that they have done, saith the Lord. 

* 38 if Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the 

s city shall be built h to the Lord from the tower of Hana- 

neel unto the gate of the corner. 

s 39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over 

against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about 

to Goath. 

40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the 

ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the 

corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be i holy 

unto the Lord ; it shall k not be plucked up, nor thrown 

down any more for ever. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

Jeremiah being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy, 1, buyeth Ha 
nameeVs field, 6. Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the 
people's return, 13. Jeremiah in his prayer complaineth to God, 16 
God confirmeth the captivity for their sins, 26, and promiseth a gra- 
cious return, 36. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord to 
the a tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which 
was the b eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 

g 2 For then the king of Babylon's army c besieged Jeru- 
salem : and Jeremiah the prophet d was shut up in the 
court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. 
3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying 
e Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the 
Lord, Behold, f I will give this city into the hand of the 
king of Babylon, and he shall take it ; 

r 4 And s Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out 
of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be deliver- 
ed into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall h speak 
with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his 
eves ; 

440 



Jeremiah complaineth to God. 

5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there 
shall he be '* until I visit him, saith the Lord : though ye 
fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall k not prosper 1 ? 
/ 6 ^[ And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

rl Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum thine uncle 
shall come unto thee, saying, ' Buy thee my field that is 
in Anathoth : for the m right of redemption is thine to 
buy it. 

a 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the 
court of the prison, according to the word of the Lord, 
and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in 
a Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin : for the 
right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine ; 
buy it for thyself. ° Then I knew that this was the word 
of the Lord. 

/9 And I bought the field of Hanameel mine uncle's 
son, that was in Anathoth, and p weighed him the money, 
even seventeen shekels of silver. 

10 And I subscribed the evidence, and q sealed it, and 
took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the ba- 
lances. 

1 1 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that 
which was sealed according r to the law and custom, and 
that which was open : 

12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto 6 Ba 
ruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight 
of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the 
witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before 
all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. 

13 ^f And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 

14* Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both 
which is sealed, and this evidence which is open ; and 
put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue 
many days. 

r 15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Houses and fields and vineyards shall be ' possessed again 
in this land. 

16 ^f Now when I had delivered the evidence of the 
purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, U I prayed unto 
the Lord, saying, 

t 17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven 
and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, 
and there is " nothing too hard for thee : 
' 18 Thou shewest y loving-kindness unto thousands, and 
recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom 
of their children after them : The z Great, The Mighty 
God, The Lord of hosts, is his name ; 
t 19 a Great in counsel, and mighty b in work: for thine 
'' eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men ; 
d to give every one according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings : 

s 20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of 
Cgypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among 
other men ; and hast made thee c a name, as at this day ; 

21 And hast f brought forth thy people Israel out of the 
land of Egypt with 6 signs, and with wonders, and with a 
strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great 
terror ; 

22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst 
swear to their fathers to give them, h a land flowing with 
milk and honey ; 

c 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they ' obeyed 
not thy voice, neither walked in thy law ; they have done 
nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do : there- 
lore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them : 
24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to 
and the city k is given into the hand of the Chal- 



JEREMIAH. 



B. Christ 
cir. 590. 



i ch. 27. 22. 
k Pr. 21. 30. 
ch. 5. 10. 
1 Nu. 35. 2. 
mLv. 25.24, 
Ruth 4. 4. 
nLv.25.32, 
chap. 1. 1. 
o verse 7. 
Acts 16. 7. 
pGn.23.16. 
Zech. 11.12, 
q 2 Co. 8. 21, 
Phil. 4. 8. 
r Da. 6. 4. 5 
Col. 4. 5. 
sell. 36. 3, 4. 
tLv. 26.44. 
ch. 4. 27. 
ver. 37, 43. 
u2Sa.7.18, 
Ezek. 36. 7, 
Dan. 9. 12. 
x Gen. 18.4. 
Job 42. 2. 
Luke 1.37. 
y Ex. 34. 7. 
z Ps. 145. 3. 
Titus 1. 13. 
a Isa. 28.29. 
bRv. 19.20. 
& 20. 1, 2. 
c 2Chron. 
16. 19. 
d Ps. 62. 12. 
e Ex. 9. 16. 
Ps. 9. 16. & 
83. 17, 18. 
Isa. 63. 12. 
f Ex. 6.6. 
Ps. 136. 10, 
II. 

g Dt. 4. 34. 
h Ex. 3. 8. 
Deut. 6. 1. 
iNeh. 9.26. 
Dan. 9. 10. 
k ch. 9. 1. 
& 37. 10. 



B. Christ 
cir. 590. 



take it 



in 



3 K 



1 Zech. 1. 6. 
m 2 Kings 
5.7. 

Ps. 77. 19. 
Isa. 55. 8. 
Mt. 16. 24. 

2 Cor. 5. 7. 
n Nu. 16.22. 
chap. 45. 5. 
Rom. 3. 20. 

Gn. 18. 4. 
Ps. 115. 3. 
verso 17. 
p Isa. 5. 5. 
verse 3. 
John 19. 11. 
] ch. 37. 10. 
r ch. 19. 13. 
s chap. 2.2. 
t Isa. 65. 5. 
u Isa. 1.4,6. 
")an.9. 8. 
Mt.7.13,14. 
X Pr. 1. 24. 
chap. 7. 13. 
y2Kg.21.4. 

hap. 7. 30. 
Ezek. 8.5,6. 
z chap. 7. 

" & 19. G. 
&. 20. 2. 
a Isa. 8. 16. 
& 66. 2. 
b Ezek. 37. 
21. 

Ro. 11. 25. 
CCh. 33. 16. 
Zech. 10.12. 
(1 ch. 24. 7. 
6 Ezek. 11. 
19. 

Acts 2. 1. 
fch. a 16: 
Acts 4. 32. 
John 14. 6. 
Bph.4.3,6. 
ech. 31.31. 
Ezek. 39.29. 
Rom. 8. 30. 
hMt.16.18. 
John 8. 30. 
iZoph.3.17. 
a Hcb. tit 
truth, 
Hns. 2. 20. 
Am. 9. 15. 
k Ch. 33. 10. 



A gracious return promised. 
deans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of 
the famine, and^of the pestilence : and what thou hast 
spoken ' is come to pass ; and behold, thou seest it. 

25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee 
the field for money, and take witnesses ; for m the city is 
given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 % Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, 
saying, 

* 27 Behold, I am the Lord, n the God of all flesh : is 
there ° any thing too hard for me 1 
s 28 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, p I will give 
this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand 
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it : 
i- 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall 
come and q set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, 
r upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, 
and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke 
me to anger. 

c 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah 
s have only done evil before me from their youth : for the 
children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with 
the work of their hands, saith the Lord. 

31 For this city hath been to meas ' a provocation of 
mine anger and of my fury from the day th»i +hey built 
it even unto this day; that I should remove \\ from before 
my face, 

t 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and 
of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke 
me to anger, "they, their kings, their princes, their priests, 
and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem. 

33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not 
the face : though I taught them, x rising up early and 
teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive 
instruction. 

p 34 But they y set their abominations in the house which 
is called by my name, to defile it. 

v 35 And they z built the high places of Baal, which are 
in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and 
their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech ; 
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my 
mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah 
to sin. 

r 36 If And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God 
of Israel, concerning this city, whereof a ye say, It shall 
be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the 
sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence ; 
r 37 Behold, I will b gather them out of all countries, 
whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, 
and in great wrath ; and I will bring them again unto this 
place, and I will cause them to dwell c safely : 
b 38 And they shall be d my people and I will be their God : 
39 And I will give them e one heart and f one way, that 
they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of 
their children after them : 

h 40 And I will make s an everlasting covenant with them, 
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but 
I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall h not de- 
part from me. 

41 Yea, I will ; rejoice over them to do them good, and 
I will plant them in this land " assuredly with my whole 
heart and with my whole soul. 

42 For thus saith the Lord ; Like as I have brought all 
this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them 
all the good that I have promised them. 

43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye 
say, // is '' desolate without man or beast ; it is given into 
the hand of the Chaldeans. 

g 44 Men shall buy fields for monev, and subscribe evi 

411 



Christ the Branch of righteousness. 

dences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of 
Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the 
cities of Judah, and ' in the cities of the mountains, and in 
the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south : for 
I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 
God promiseth to the captivity a gracious return, 1, a joyful state, 9, a 
settled government, 12, Christ the Branch of righteousness, 15, a con- 
tinuance of kingdom and priesthood, 17, and a stability of a blessed 
seed, 20. 

^|/|"OREOVER the word of the Lord came unto Jere- 
lfJL miah the a second time, while he was yet shut up in 
the court of the prison, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord the b maker thereof, the Lord 
that formed it, to c establish it ; The Lord is his name ; 
d 3 d Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and'shew thee 
e great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. 

4 For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concern- 
ing the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of 
the kings of Judah, which are f thrown down by the mounts, 
and by the sword ; 

5 s They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to 
fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom h I have slain 
in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wicked- 
ness I have hid my face from this city. 

b 6 Behold, ' I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure 
them, and will k reveal unto them the abundance of peace 
and truth. 

7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the cap- 
tivity of ' Israel to return, and will m build them, as at the 
first. 

8 And I will " cleanse them from all their iniquity, 
whereby they have sinned against me ; and I will pardon 
all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby 
they have transgressed against me. 

b 9 1J And it shall be to me ° a name of joy, a praise, and 
an honour, before all the nations of the earth, which shall 
hear all the good that I do unto them : and they shall p fear 
and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity 
that I procure unto it. 

10 Thus saith the Lord ; Again there shall be heard in 
this place, which q ye say shall be desolate without man and 
without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets 
of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without 
inhabitant, and without beast, 

r 11 The r voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the 
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the 
voice of them that shall say, s Praise the Lord of host 
for the Lord is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : 
and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the 
house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivi- 
ty of the land, ' as at the first, saith the Lord. 

12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Again in this place, 
which is desolate without man and without beast, and in 
all the cities thereof, shall be n a habitation of shepherds 
causing their flocks to lie down. 

r 13 * In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the 
vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Ben- 
jamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities 
of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of 
him that y telleth them, saith the Lord. 

14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
z perform that good thing which I have promised unto the 
house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 
r *15 ^f In those days, and at that time, will I cause the 
* Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David ; and he 
shall b execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 
h l \\ ^ U ttlose davs slla ^ Judah be saved, and Jerusalem 
shall dwell safely : and this is the name wherewith she 
shall be c called, d The Lord our Righteousness. 



B. Christ 
cir. 590. 



JEREMIAH. ZedekiaVs captivity foretold 

17 For thus saith the Lord ; e David shall never want 
a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel ; 

18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man be- 
fore me f to offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle meat-offer- 

ngs,.and to do sacrifice continually. 

/ 19 f And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, 

saying, 

20 Thus saith the Lord ; If ye can e break my covenant 
of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there 
should not be day and night in their season ; 

21 Than may also my covenant be broken with David 

my servant, that he should not have a son h to reign upon 

his throne; and with the Levites the * priests, my ministers. 

r 22 As the k host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither 

the sand of the sea measured : so will I multiply the ' seed 
of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 

23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, 
saying, 

24 Considerest thou not what m this people have spoken, 
saying, u The two families which the Lord hath chosen, 
he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my 
people, that they should be °no more a nation before them. 

6 25 Thus saith the Lord ; If my covenant be not with 
clay and night, and if I have not p appointed the ordinan- 
ces of heaven and earth ; 

26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my 
servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be q rulers 
over the r seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob : for I will 
cause their captivity to return, and 3 have mercy on them. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity of Zedekiah and the city, 1. The 
princes and the people having dismissed their bond- servants, contrary 
to the covenant of God, reassume them, 8. Jeremiah, for their diso- 
bedience, giveth them and Zedekiah into the hands of their enemies, 12. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, 
a when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his 
army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, 
and all the people fought against Jerusalem, and against 
b all the cities thereof, saying, 

r 2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; Go and speak 
to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the 
Lord ; Behold, ° I will give this city into the hand of the 
king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire : 

g 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt 
surely be taken, and delivered into his hand ; and thine 
eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he 
shall speak with thee d mouth to mouth, and thou shalt 
go to Babylon. 



lch. 17.26. 

ach.32. 1,2. 
bHb.11.10. 
c Jit. 11.18. 
d Ezek. 36. 
37. 

e Isa. 48. 6. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Luke 11.13. 
flsa.22.10. 
ch. 32. 24. 
g Isa. 31.1. 
h tsa. 5. 5. 
& 10. 5. 
i Isa. 58. 8. 
Hah. 3. 2. 
k Ps. 85. 8. 
Isa. 39. 8. 
John 1. 12. 
1 Isa. 1 1 . 12. 
chap. 3. 12. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
inHos.2.18. 
Joel 3. 18. 
n Ezek. 36. 
25. 

Micah 7.18. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
Heb. 9. 11. 
o Isa. 62. 7. 
ch.13. 11. 
p Est. 8. 17. 
tsa. 60. 3. 5. 
Acts 5. 11. 
q ch. 32. 43. 
r IIos. 2. 15. 
Zee IV. 10. 7. 
sEv. 15.3. 
t ch. 30. 20. 
uch.3I.24. 
x Obadiah 

erse 15. 
yjohnl0.3. 
z2Co.l.20. 
Titus 1. 2. 
a Isa. 11. 1. 
ch. 13. 5. 
b Ps. 72. 2. 
Isa. 11.2. 

\cts2.39. 
d ch. 23. 



B. Christ 
cir. 590. 



e 1 Kg. 2. 5. 
Luke 1. 32. 
f Ro. 12. I. 
Rev. 1.6. 
gch. 31. 36. 
h Isa. 9. 6. 
Dan. 7. 14. 
i Rev. 1. 6. 
kGn. 13.15. 
I Isa. 35. 8, 
10. 

Dan. 7. 14. 
Rev. 7. 9. 
mch. 50. 7. 
nch. 31. 16. 
o Neli. 4. 2. 
Psa. 71.11. 
pPs. 104.19. 
q Ezra 2. 1. 
Neh. 2. 4. 
r Gal. 3. V 
s Hos. I. 7 
a2Kg.25 
b ' 
cch.21. 10. 

& 32. 3, 29. 
dlSa. 12.15, 

Job 34. 19. 

ch. 32. 4. & 

52.9,11. 

e ch. 32. 5. 

Hab. 3. 2. 

f2Chr. 16. 

14. & 21. 19. 

g rh. 22. 18. 

h2Sa.l2.7. 

lKg.21. 19. 

Ezek. 2. 7. 

Matt. 14. 4. 

i Jos. 10. 31. 

2 Kg. 14. 19. 

k chap. 4.5. 

& 8. 14. 

a Heb. cu£, 

Ps. 78. 34. 

1 Ex. 21. 2. 

Isa. 61. 1. 

verses 11, 

13, 14. 

m ch. 27. 7. 

& 30. 8. 

n Lv.25. 45. 



r 4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of 
Judah ; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt e not die 
by the sword : 

a 5 But thou shalt die in peace : and with the f burnings 
of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, 
c£ g if. D .5^so shall they burn odours for thee ; and they will s lament 
thee, saying, Ah lord ! for I have pronounced the word, 
saith the Lord. 

f 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words 
unto h Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 
si When the king of Babylon's army fought against 
Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were 
left, against ! Lachish, and against Azekah : for these k de- 
fenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. 
/8 If This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the 
Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had • made a cove- 
nant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to pro- 
claim ' liberty unto them ; 

9 That every man should let his man-servant, and 
every man his maid-servant, being a Hebrew or a He- 
brewess, go free; that none m should save himself of them 
to wit, of a Jew n his brother. 

442 



Zedekiah delivered up to the enemy, 

10 Now when all the princes, and all the people which ■ 
entered into the covenant, heard that 



JEREMIAH. 

which was above 



B. Christ 
cir. 590. 



had entered into the covenant, heard that every one ^Tir^jShallum, the keeper of the door 
should let his man-servant, and everyone his maid-servant, f#?jw 
go free, that none should serve themselves of them any!*- 1 ' 



The Rechabites^ obedience 
the chamber of Maaseiah the son of 



Xeh. 5. 5. 
Ps. 73. 36. 

a pt. a, 2a. 

q Ex 20.1,2. 
Dt. 15. 15. 
r Ex. 21. 3. 



more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 

1 1 But "afterwards they turned, and caused the servants 
and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, 
and p brought them into subjection for servants and for \lf^ •£;■ 
handmaids. 

/ 12 ^[ Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jere- 
miah, from the Lord, saying, 

ff 13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; I made a 
covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought t em 
forth out q of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bond- 
men, saying, 

l 14 r At the end of seven years, let ye go every man his 
brother a Hebrew, which hath been 5 sold unto thee ; and 
when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go 
free from thee ; but your fathers hearkened not unto me, 
neither inclined their ear. 

^ 15 And ye were l now turned, and had done right in my 
sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour ; 
and ye had made a covenant before me in u the house 
which is called by my name ■ 

V 16 But ye turned and * polluted my name, and caused 
every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, 
whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, 
and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for ser- 
vants and for handmaids. 

*» 17 Therefore thus saith the Lopd ; Ye have not heark- 
ened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his 
brother, and every man to his neighbour : behold, 1 5 pro- 
claim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to 
the pestilence, and to the famine ; and I will make you 
to be z removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 
o 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my 
covenant, which have not performed the words of the co- 
venant which they had made before me, when they a cut 
the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 

19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, 
the eunuchs, and the b priests, and all the people of the 
land, which passed between the parts of the calf ; 
«> 20 I will even give them into the hand of their ene- 
mies, and into the hand of them that seek their life : and 
their c dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the 
heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 
e 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will i 
give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of 



Matt. 15 
u ch. T. 10. 
s Ex. 20. 7. 
Lev. 19. 12. 
Mai. 2. 7,12. 
y Jgs. I. 7. 
Matt. 7 2. 
1 Th. 4. 6. 
Gal. 6 7. 
Eph. 6. 4. 
J^m 2. 13. 
zDt.28. 64. 
a Gn. 15. 17, 
18. 

Neh. 10. 29. 
Psa. 51.5. 
Mt. 24. 51. 
b Mai. 2. 8. 

1 Pet. 5. 3. 
c ch. 7. 33. 
& 16. 4. & 
19.7. 

d ch. 37. 5, 
8, 11 
e2Sa. 16.10. 

2 Kg. 24. 2. 
2Chr.36.17. 
ch. 49. 14. 
ach 1.3. 
Ezek. 30.10. 
b Jgs. 1. 16. 
&4. 11. 

1 Chr. 2. 55. 
c 1 Kg.6.5.6. 

2 Chr. 3. 11 



5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechab- 
ites, pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, 
h Drink ye wine. 

6 But they said, We will drink no wine : for ' Jonadab 
ti.e son of Rechab our father k commanded us, saying, 
Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons 'for ever: 

7 Neither shall ye m build house, nor sow seed, nor 
plant vineyard, nor have any : but all your days ye shall 
dwell in tents; that ye may n live many days in the land 
where ye be strangers. 

8 Thus have we ° obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son 
of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to 
drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor 
our daughters ; 

9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in : p neither have 
we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done 
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 

s 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and 
let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chalde- 
ans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians : so we dwell 
at Jerusalem. 

12 ^j Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, 



flTm 6.11. 
gNu.3. 32 
1 Cor. 12. 



B. Christ 
cir. 607. 



them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of 
Babylon's army, which are d gone up from you. 
«> 22 Behold, c I will command, saith the Lord, and cause 
them to return to this city; and they shall light against it, 
and take it, and burn it with fire : and I will make the 
cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

fit] the obedience of the Rechabites, \, Jeremiah condemneth the disobe- 
dience of the Jews, 12. God blesseth the Recluibites for their obedience, 
18. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, 
in the days of a Jehoiakim the 900 of Josiah king of 
Judah, saying, 

2 Go unto the house of the b Rechabites, and speak 
unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord,.'; 1 .; 
into one of the c chambers, and give them wine to drink. 

3 Then J I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son i,'; 
of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the ' 
whole house of the Rechabites ; 

/4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into <« 
the chamber of the sons of 8 Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, Hm. io.«. 
1 a man of God, which tffas by the chamber of the e princes, l r : h ,T' '' 



saying, 

<U3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Go 
QPs.*iT2.*5.|and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
eicw.24.5.|lem, Will 1 ye not receive instruction to hearken to my 
words 1 saith the Lord. 

e 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he 
commanded his sons not to drink wine, are r performed ; 
for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's 
commandment: notwithstanding s I have spoken unto you, 
rising early and speaking ; but ye hearkened not unto me. 
« 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the pro- 
phets, rising up early and sending them, saying, l Return 
ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your 
doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and 
ye shall u dwell in the land which I have given to you and 
to your fathers : but ye have not inclined your ear, nor 
hearkened unto me. 

c 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have 
performed the commandment of their father, which he com- 
manded them ; but this people hath not hearkened unto me : 
«> 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the 
God of Israel ; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon 
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have 
pronounced against them ; x because I have spoken unto 
them, but they have not heard ; and 5 I have called unto 
them, but they have not ' answered. 
d 18 % And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechab- 
ites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab 
your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according 
unto all that he hath commanded you : 
i> 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel ; Jonadab the son Rechab ■ shall not want a man to 
'stand before me for ever. 



b verse 16. 
2 Cur. ■■>. 9. 
i: 8. 24. 
i 2 Kings 
10. 15. 
k Lev. 4. 2. 
verse 7. 
Mt. 11. 18. 
HCor.8.13. 
m 2 Kings 



1 Cor. 7. 29. 
oh. 45. 5. 
n Ex. 20. 12. 
Eph. 6. 2. 
o Mai. 1. 6. 
p I 'I'm. G.6. 
<] Dent. 7. 6. 
ch. 32.33. 
i 111. 29. 26. 
ver. 16, 18. 
s 2 Chr. 36. 
15. 

ch. 7. 13. 
& 11.7. 
i oh. 18.21. 
-. 25. ;.. 
uPs..'S7.27. 
ha. 1. I". 
\ I'r. 1.24. 

v eh. IS, 19. 



& 13.3. 
I Th. 2. 13. 

i.. a. i7. 

81. 11. 

a III), linn: 
ahall not 
i>r a man 

Mil 

i 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

Jeremiah can scth Baruch I o write his prophecy, 1, and publicly to read iL 
5. The princes having wift lligence tin reoj l»/ Imchaiah, Bend Jehudt 
to fetch the roll, and read it, 11. They desire Baruch tn hide himself 
and Jeremiah, 19. The king Jehoiakim In \ng certified thereof, hear- 
eth part of it, and burnetii the roll, 20. Jeremiah denounceth his judg- 
ment, 27. Baruch writeth a new copy, 32. 

f k ND it came to pass in the " fourth year of Jehoiakim 

.ijL the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word come 

unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saving, 

413 



Baruch wnteth JeremialCs prophecy. 

2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein b all the 
words that I iiave spoken unto thee against Israel, and 
against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I 
spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even " unto 
thks day. 

d 3 c It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the 
evil which I purpose to do unto them ; that they may 
return every man from his d evil way ; that I may forgive 
their iniquity and their sin. 

/ 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah 
and Baruch e wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the 
words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon 
a roll of a book. 

/ 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am f shut 
up, I cannot go into the house of the Lord : 

6 Therefore go thou and read in the roll, which thou 
hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the 
ears of the people in the Lord's house upon the g fasting 
day : and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Ju 
da h that come out of their cities. 

7 It may be they will h present their supplication before 
the Lord, and will * return every one from his evil way 
for great is the anger and the fury that the Lord hath 
pronounced against his people. 

/ 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that 
Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the 
book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house. 
g 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim 
the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that 
they proclaimed k a fast before the Lord to all the people 
in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the 
cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 

/ 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jere 
miah in the house of the Lord, in the ' chamber of Gema- 
riah the son of Shaphan m the scribe, in the n higher court, 
at the entry of the ° new gate of the Lord's house, in the 
ears of all the people. 

/ 11 If When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of 
Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the 
Lord, 

12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the 
p scribe's chamber : and lo, all the princes sat there, even 
Elishamathe scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and 
Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of 
Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the 
princes. 

13 Then Michaiah q declared unto them all the words 
that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears 
of the people. 

/ 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Ne- 
thaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of. Cushi, unto Ba- 
ruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast 
read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the 
son of Neriah r took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. 

15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in 
our ears. So Baruch read it s in their ears. 
/ 16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the 
words, they were ' afraid both one and other, and said unto 
Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, u Tell us now, How 
didst thou write all these words at his mouth 1 

18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all 
these words unto me with his mouth, and I x wrote them 
with ink in the book. 
y tv. 9 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go hide thee, 

thou and Jeremiah ; and let no man know where ye be. 
f z ^l f nd tne Y wer >t in to the king into the court, but 

% a up the ro11 in tne chamber of Elishama the 
scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 



JEREMIAH. Siege of the Chaldeans raised. 

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll : and he took 
it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read 
it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes 
which stood beside the king. 

/ 22 Now the king sat in the a winter-house in the ninth 
month : and there was afire on the hearth burning before 
him. 

23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three 
or four leaves, he b cut it with the penknife, and cast it into 
the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was con- 
sumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 
c 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor c rent their garments, 
neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these 
words. 

25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah 
had d made intercession to the king that he would not 
burn the roll : but he would not hear them. 
t 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Ham- 
melech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the 
son of Abdeel, e to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah 
the prophet : but the Lord f hid them. 
/ 27 *(f Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, 
s after that the king had burned the roll, and the words 
which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 

28 h Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the 
former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim 
king of Judah hath burned. 

29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus 
saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, i Why 
hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon 
shall k certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause 
to cease from thence man and beast 1 

r 30 Therefore thus saith the Lord, of Jehoiakim king of 
Judah ; He shall have l none to sit upon the throne of Da- 
vid : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the 
heat, and in the night to the frost. 

w 31 And I will m punish him and his seed and his servants 
for their iniquity ; and I will bring upon them, and upon 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, 
all the evil that I have pronounced against them ; but 
they hearkened not. 

/ 32 % Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to 
Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah ; who wrote therein 
from the n mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book 
which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire : and 
there were added besides unto them many like words. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 
The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah 
sendeth to Jeremiah to pray for the people, 1. Jeremiah prophesieth 
the Chaldeans' 1 certain return and victory, 6. He is taken for a fugi- 
tive, beaten, and put in prison, 11. He assureth Zedekiah of the cap- 
tivity, 16. Entreating for his liberty, he obtaincth some favour, 18. 

g jk ND king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead 
j^L. of a Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 
c 2 But neither he, b nor his servants, nor the people of 
the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which 
he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 

/ 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shele- 
miah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the 
prophet Jeremiah, saying, c Pray now unto the Lord our 
God for us. 

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the 
people : for they had not put him into prison. 
s 5 Then d Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt : 
and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard 
tidings of them, they e departed from Jerusalem. 
/ 6 % Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet 
Jeremiah, saying, 

7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; Thus shall 

444 



B. Christ 
cir. 607. 

b ch. 1. 17. 

Mt. ]8. 20. 

Acts -JO. 27. 

a That is, 

23 years, 

chap. 25. 3. 

cDt.5. 29. 

John 2. 24. 

d ch. J8. 8. 

e Est. 4. 16, 

verse 18. 

Mt. 16. 24. 

Hb. 11.27. 

fNu.19.11. 

1 Sa. 21. 7. 

Neh. 6. 10. 

gLv.23.27. 

ch. 14. 1, 2. 

verse 9. 

hch. 37.20. 

Jam. 4. 9. 

ilsa.58.3,5. 

ch. 12. 12. 

Jonah 4. 8. 

1 Tm. 4. 8. 
k Ps. 78. 34, 
Isa. 58. 3, 

4 5. 

ch. 4. 5, 6. 
verse 6. 
11 Kg. 6.5,6, 
mEzek.7.6 
n2Chr.4 9, 
o 2 Kings 
15. 35. 
plKgs.4.3 
alSa.25.17. 
Jonah 4. G. 
r Ezek. 3 6 
Mk. 10.28. 
s Ex. 19. 16, 

2 Kg. 22. 19, 
Pr. 28. 13. 
Isa. 66. 2. 
Ezek. 9. 14. 
t ch. 34. 15. 
Acts 5. 11. 
& 24. 25. 
uJgs. 14.12 
Mk. 23. 23, 
x verse 4. 
Mt. 10. 32. 
Rom. 1. 16. 
yPs.121.3,8. 
verse 26 
Matt. 2. 13. 
Acts 23. 16. 
z 2 Chron 
20. 10. 

ch. 37. 21. 
Rev. 6. 4. 



B. Christ 
cir. 606. 



a Jgs. 3. 20. 
blKg.22.8. 
verse 29. 
Amos 7. 12, 
13. 

2 Tim. 4.3. 
Isa. 36. 12. 
& 37. 1. 
dEph.5.11 
e lKg.19.14. 
f Ps. 27. 5. 
verse 19. 
g Pr. 21. 30. 
Acts 5. 29, 
h Isa. 55.10. 
ch.28.13,14. 
Zcch. 1.5,6. 
2 Tim. 2. 9. 
i ch. 32. 3. 
ver. 19, 26. 
k 2 Kg. 24.1. 
12Kgs.24. 
8, 12, 17. 
ch. 22. 30. 
mch.23.34. 
n Ex. 4. 15. 
Ro. 16.3,22. 
Phil. 4. 3. 
Jude 
ver. 1, 2. 
a2Kg.24.8. 
ch. 22. 24. 
b 2 Chron. 
36. 12. 
Pr. 29. 12. 
c Ex. 8. 28. 
2 Kg. 13. 6. 
Acts 8. 24. 
d 2 Kg. 24.7. 
Isa. 36. 1. 
verse 7. 
e Isa. 26. 10. 
ch. 34. II. 



Jeremiah is imprisoned. 

ye say to the king of Judah, that f sent you unto me to in- 
quire of me ; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth 
to help you, snail s return to Egypt into their own land. 

8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against 
this city, and h take it, and burn it with fire. 

9 Thus saith the Lord ; L Deceive not yourselves, say- 
ing, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us : for they 
shall not depart. 

1 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the 
Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but 
wounded men among them, k yet should they rise up every 
man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. 

/ 1 1 1[ And it came to pass, that when the army of the 
Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of 
Pharaoh's army, 

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go 
into the land of Benjamin, to ' separate himself thence in 
the midst of the people. 

13 And when he was in the m gate of Benjamin, a cap- 
tain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the 
son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah ; and he took Jere 
miah the prophet, saying, Thou n fallest away to the Chal 
deans. 

1 4 Then said Jeremiah, It is " false ; I fall not away to 
the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him : so Irijah 
took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 

15 Wherefore the princes ° were wroth with Jeremiah, 
and p smote him, and put him in prison in the house of 
q Jonathan the scribe : for they had made that the prison. 
/ 16 *\ When Jeremiah was entered into the r dungeon, 
and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there 
many days ; 

r 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and s took him out : and 
the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there 

any word from the Lord 1 And Jeremiah said, There 
Is : for, said he, thou shalt be u delivered into the hand of 
the king of Babylon. 

18 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, x What 
have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or 
against this people, that ye have put me in prison ? 

19 y Where are now your prophets which prophesied 
unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come 
against you, nor against this land 1 

h 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the 
king : let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before 
thee ; that thou cause me not to return to the house of 
Jonathan the scribe, z lest I die there. 

/ 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should 
: ' commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that 
they should give him daily b a piece of bread out of the 
baker's street, until all the bread in the city were spent. 
Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

Jcrcmw.h, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Mahhiah, 1. 

Ebed-melech, by suit, getteth him some enlargement, 1. Upon secret 

conference he counselleth the king, by yielding to save his life, 14. By 

the king's instructions he concealeth the conference from the princes, 24. 

THEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan; and Gedaliah the 
son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and 
Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard a the words that Jere- 
miah had spoken b unto all the people, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, c He that remaineth in this city 
shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pesti- 
lence : but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall 
live ; for he shall have d his life for a prey, and shall live. 

3 Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be e given 
into the hand Of the king of Babylon's army, which shall 
take it. 

' 4 Therefore the f princes said unto the king, We beseech 
*hoe. let this man be e put to death: for thus he h weaken- 
n<2 



JEREMIAH. 



His counsel to Zedekiah. 



B. Christ 
cir. 590. 



i'ch. 21. 9. 
verse 3. 
g Pa. 33. 10. 
Fr. 21. 30. 
h ch. 38. 18. 
i ch. 17. 21. 
Gal. 6. 3. 
klsa.40.29. 
eh. 49,20. 

1 ver. 15, 16. 
Matt. 10. 16, 
17. 

m 1 Thess. 
5.22. 
Phil. 4. 8. 
n Ps. 35.11. 
ch. 20. 10. 
1 Cor. 13. 
5, 6, 7. 
a Heb. 
falsehood, 
or, lie, 
Noh. 6. 8. 
oGn.39. 19, 
p ch. 39. 6. 
q chap. 26. 
20, 21. 
ver. 11, 20. 
r Mt. 5. 12. 
Acts 16. 24. 
sGn.12.15. 
t Mk. 6. 20. 
u Mt. 11. 7. 
x Dan. 6. 22. 
y 2 Kg. 3.13, 
chap. 28. 4. 
z Job 2. 4. 
Eph. 5. 29. 
Heb. 12. 11. 
a Pr. 10. 12. 
bPs.33. 19. 
& 37. 19. 

2 Cor. 6. 4. 
a Mic.2. 11. 
Acts 4. 2. 
& 13. 45. 
bch. 37.21. 
Acts 28. 30. 
c ch. 21. 9. 
dGn. 19. 17. 
e ch. 32. 4. 
flsa. 1. 10. 
1 Cor. 1. 26. 
gch.26. 11. 
h Ex. 5. 4. 
John 11.28. 



B. Christ 
cir. 589. 



i Acts 17. 6. 
& 24. 5. 
klSa.29.9. 
Eccl. 10. 16. 

1 ch. 41. 7. 

2 Co. 4.8,9. 
Heb. 11. 36. 
m Luke 10. 
33 

n Phil. 4. 12. 
o Mt. 8. 10. 
p Job 31. 34. 
Pr. 30. 9, 10. 
verse 1. 
n Estli. 5. 2. 
Prov. 21. 1. 
Rev. 12. 16. 
r Jgs. 5. 26. 
Isa.51.6. 
& 04. 6. 
Mk. 12. 42. 
ICor. 1.27. 
s Mt. 26. 13. 
Eph. 4. 32. 
tch.37. 21. 
verse 6. 
uch.37. 17. 
x I Kg. 10.5. 
2Kg.l6. 18. 
y ch. 37. 17. 
zlKg.22.10. 
chap. 42. 4. 
a Acts 23. 

bch. 42.2,5. afraid 

Ezek. 2. 7. 



eth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, 
and the hands of yall the people, in speaking such words 
unto them : for this man ! seeketh not the welfare of this 
people, but the hurt. 

c 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your 
hand : for the king is not he that k can do any thing 
against you. 

/ 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the l dun- 
geon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the 
court of the prison : and they let down Jeremiah with 
cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire : 
so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 

/ 7 % Now when Ebed-melech the m Ethiopian, one of the 
eunuchs which was ° in the king's house, heard that they 
had put Jeremiah in the dungeon ; the king then sitting 
in the gate of Benjamin ; 

8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and 
spake to the king, saying, 

e 9 My lord the king, p these men have done evil in all 
that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they 
have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger 
in the place where he is : for there is no more bread in 
the city. 

/ 10 Then the king q commanded Ebed-melech the Ethio- 
pian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and 
take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before 
he die. 

11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went 
into the house of the king under the treasury, and took 
thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them 
down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 

12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, 
Put now these old cast clouts and r rotten rags 'under thine 
arm-holes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 

/ 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him 
up out of the dungeon : and Jeremiah remained in the 
court of the ' prison. 

/ 14 ^[ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and u took Jeremiah 
the prophet unto him into the x third entry that is in the 
house of the Lord : and the king said unto Jeremiah, I 
will ask thee y a thing ; z hide nothing from me. 

15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare if 
unto thee, wilt thou not surely a put me to death 1 and if 1 
give thee counsel, wilt thou b not hearken unto me? 

16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, 
saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will 
not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the 
hand of these men that seek thy life. 

17 Then said Jeremiah unto'Zedekiah, Thus saith the 
Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel ; If thou wilt 
assuredly c go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, 
then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned 
with fire ; and thou shalt live, and thy house : 

r 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's 
princes, then shall this city be given info the hand of the 
Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt 
'' not escape out of their hand. 

/19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, e I ana 
of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest 



caKg'i4.j2, they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 



chap. 39. 3 
Mt. 16. 25. 
(I Lv.26. 14. 
Psa. 101. 1. 
e Jgs. 9. 54. 

1 8a. 31. 4. 
Pr. 29. 15. 
f Dan. 4. 27. 

2 Cor. 5.20. 
Philemon 
vorao 9. 
gl Cor. 11. 
23. 

h2Kga.24. 
14, 15. 
2Ch.36. 13. 



d 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. 
Obey, I f beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which 1 
speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy 
soul shall live. 

21 But if thou refuse to go forth, p this is the word that 
the Lord hath shewed me : 

22 And behold, all the h women that are left in the king 
of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Ba- 
bylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends 

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Zedekiah is sent to Babylon. 

nave set thee on, and have prevailed against thee : thy 
feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 
23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy '' chil- 
dren to the Chaldeans : and thou shalt not escape out of 
theii hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of 
Babylon : and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with 
fire. 

/ 24 If Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man 
know these words, and thou shalt not die. 

25 But if k the princes hear that I have talked with thee, 
and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto 
us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from 
us, and we will not put thee to death ; also what the king 
said unto thee : 

26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I l presented my 
supplication before the king, that he would not cause me 
to return to m Jonathan's house, to die there. 

/ 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked 
him : and he told them n according to all these words that 
the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with 
him ; for the matter was not perceived. 

23 So Jeremiah ° abode in the court of the prison until 
the day that Jerusalem was taken : and he was there when 
Jerusalem was taken. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 
Jerusalem is taken, 1. Zedekiah is made blind, and sent to Babylon, 7. 
The city ruined, 8. The people captivated, 9. Nebuchadrezzar's charge 
for the good usage of Jeremiah, 11. God's promise to Ebed-mctech, 15. 

„"||IS the a ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the 
J| tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 
« 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the b fourth 
month, in the ninth day of the month, the c city was bro- 
ken up. 

3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, 
and sat in d the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Sam- 
gar-! lebo, 
mag, with all 



JEREMIAH 



B. Christ 
cir. 589. 



i 2 Kgs. 25. 

4,6. 

chap. 39. 6. 
&41. 10. & 
43.6. 
k ver. 1, 5. 

1 chap. 3fi. 
7,20. 

mch.37.1,5. 
nMt.10.16. 
Acts 23. 6. 
Col. 4. 6. 
oPs.23.4.& 
118. 12, 13. 
tsa. 28. 16. 
verse 3. 
ch. 39. 14. 

2 Tm. 4. 17. 
a-JKg.25.1. 
chap. 53. 4. 
Zech. 1. 6. 
bZech.8.19. 
cMic.3. 11. 
IZeph.l.lO. 
; Am. 2. 14. 
f"2Kg.25.4. 

2 Kings 

3.33. 
h ch. 4. 12. 
& 52. 9. 

ch. 38. 4. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
Jam. 2. 13. 
k Psa. 107. 
10, 11. 
Prov. 5. 11. 
ch. 38. 20. 
12 Kg. 25. 9. 
fsa. 5. 8, 9. 
chap. 5. 37. 
m 2 Kings 
25. 1 1 . 
verses 6. 7. 
n No. 25. 4. 
ch. 5. 4, 6. 
Ezek. 34. 
17,22. 
Kev. 19. 19, 
20. 

oPr. 11.4. 
chap. 40. 2, 
3,4. 

Dan. 1. 9. 
pPs.105.15. 

1 Peter 3. 3. 

2 Peter 2. 9. 



Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab 
the residue of the princes of the king of 
Babylon. 

/4 f And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king 
of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then e they 
fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way 
of the king's garden, f by the gate betwixt the two walls : 
and he went out the way of the plain. 

g- 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and 
overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho : and when they 
had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar 
king of Babylon to g Riblah in the land of Hamath, where 
he h gave judgment upon him. 

/ 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah 
in Riblah before his eyes : also the king of Babylon slew 
ali the ; nobles of Judah. 

a 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him 
* with chains, to carry him to Babylon. 

« 8 Tf And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and 
the l houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the 
walls of Jerusalem. 

a 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried 
away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that 
remained in the city, and those that fell away, that m fell 

to him, with the rest of the people that remained. 

/ 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard n left of 

the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of 

Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same 

time. 

f 11 % Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge 

° concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 

guard, saying, 

12 Take him, and look well to him, and p do him no 

harm ; but do unto him even as he shall sav unto thee. 



B. Christ 
588. 



1 ch. 38. 28. 
r2Kg.25.22. 
s ch. 1. 1. 
t ch. 38. 7. 
u Ps. 91. 8. 
xls.3. 10,11. 

2 Pet. 3. 9. 
y 1 Chr. 5. 
20. 

2Ch.14.ll, 
13. 

Ps. 37. 40. 
ach. 41. 7. 
b ch. 39. 14. 
c ch. 39. 11. 
d Deut. 29. 
24, 25. 
ch. 39. 16. 
Dan. 4. 37. 
e Acts 12. 7. 
f chap. 39. 
11,12. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
Rev. 12. 16. 
g Gen. 13.9. 
h ch. 31. 14. 
i Neh. 2. 6. 
Prov. 21. 1. 
ch. 42. 12. 
Matt. 6.33. 

ikPr. 15. 17. 
ch. 52. 34. 
1 lSa.2.30. 
mJos.18.16. 
n 2 Kings 
25. 23. 
olsa. 26.10 
chap. 41. 1. 
Micah 7. 5. 
p 1 Chr. 2. 
54. 

qlChr.8.29. 
& 9. 35. 
r 2 Kings 
25.24. 
s ch. 38. 20. 
a Heb. to 
stand be- 
fore them, 
Dout. 1. 38 
lKinffsl.2. 
ch. 15" 19. 



Jeremiah goeth to Gedahah. 

13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and 
Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, 
and all the king of Babylon's princes ; 

14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah 4 out of the court 
of the prison, and committed him unto r Gedahah the son 
of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry s him 
home : so he dwelt among the people. 

/ 15 ^f Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah. 
while he was shut up in the court of the prison, "saying, 

16 Go and 'speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopia"^, say- 
ing, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Be- 
hold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not 
for good ; and they shall be accomplished in that day "be- 
fore thee. 

17 But I will x deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: 
and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of 
whom thou art afraid. 

18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall 
by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee : 
because thou hast y put thy trust in me, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER XL. 
Jeremiah being set free by Nebuzar-adan, goeth to Gedaliah, 1. The 
dispersed Jeios repair to him, 7. Johanan revealing IshmaeVs conspi- 
racy, is not believed, 13. 

F| HE word a which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, 
?_!_ after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had 
let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being 
bound b in chains among all that were carried away cap- 
tive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away 
captive unto Babylon. 

/ 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said 
unto him, The Lord thy God hath c pronounced this evil 
upon this place. 

3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according 
as he hath said : because ye have d sinned against the 
Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing 
is come upon you. 

/ 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains 
which were upon e thy hand. If it seem good unto thee to 
come with me into Babylon, come ; and I will f look well 
unto thee : but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me 
into Babylon, forbear: behold, s all the land is before thee : 
whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, 
thither go. 

5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go 
back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Sha- 
phan, whom the king-of Babylon hath made governor over 
the cities of Judah, and dwell with him !> among the peo- 
ple: 'or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee 
to go. So the captain of the guard gave k him victuals 
and ' a reward, and let him go. 

/ 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
to m Mizpah ; and dwelt with him among the people that 
were left in the land. 

7 ^f Now wr en all the n captains of the forces which 
were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the 
king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, 
and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, oi 
them that were not carried away captive to Babylon ; 
e 8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even ° Ish- 
mael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the 
sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and 
the sons of Ephai the PNetophathite, and Jezaniah the son 
of a q Maachathite, they and their men. 

9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan 
r sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to 
serve the Chaldeans : dwell in the land, and serve the kinsr 
of Babylon, and it s shall be well with you. 

10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, "to serve 

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hhmael killeth Gedaliah and others. JEREMIAH. Johanan's request to Jeremiah 

the Chaldeans, which will come unto us : but ye, 'gather B -^ ist jof the people that were in Mizpah, even the n king's daugh- 



ye wine, and su a ier fruits, and oil, and put them'ui your 
vessels, and dwell in your cities "that ye have taken. 

g 11 Likewise when all the Jews that were*'m Moab, and 
among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all 
the countries, heard tliat the king of Babylon had left a 
remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah^' 
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan ; 

12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither 
they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Ge- 
daliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits 
very much. 

/13 ^[Moreover, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 
the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to 
Gedaliah to Mizpah, 

14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that 
Baalis the king of the Ammonites y hath sent Ishmael the 
son of Nethaniah * to slay thee 1 But Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam believed them not. 

15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah 
in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I 
will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall 
know it : wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews 
which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the 
remnant in Judah perish 1 

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan 
the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing : for thou 
speakest c falsely of Ishmael. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

Ishmael treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposeth with the re- 
sidue to flee unto the Ammonites, 1. Johanan recovereth the captives, 
andmindeth to flee into £gypt, 11. 

^TOW it came to pass in the a seventh month, that Ish 
iy( mael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of 
the b seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men 
with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Miz 
pah; and there they did c eat bread together in Mizpah.. 

2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the 
ten men that were with him, and a smote Gedaliah the son 
of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew 
him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over 
the land. 

g 3 Ishmael also slew e all the Jews that were with him, 
even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that 
were found there, and the men of war. 

4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain 
Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 

s 5 That there came certain from r Shechem, from s Shi- 
loh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their 
h beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut 
themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to 
bring them to the J house of the Lord. 
« 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from 
Mizpah to meet them, k weeping all along as he went : and 
it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come 
to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 

7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the 
city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah "slew them, and 
cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that 
were with him. 

K 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto 
Ishmael, Slay us not : for we have treasures in the field, 
of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he 
forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 
/9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast ' all the dead 
bodies of the men, whom he had slain b because of Geda- 
liah, was it which m Asa the king had made for fear of 
Baasha king of Israel : and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 
filled it with them that were slain. 

10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue 



588. 
t Dt. 16. 1. 
chap. 39. 2. 
ucli.51.£9. 
x Isa. 16. 4. 
j Job 6. 14. 
Lam. 1 2. 
Zech. 1. 15. 
b Hcb. to 
trike thee 

soul, 
Nu. 35. 11. 

Heb 
falsehood, 
or, a lie 
Psa. Hi i. 
ch. 45. 2 
Pr. 14. 15. 
Jit. 10. 16, 
17. 

1 Co. 13.3,4. 
a Zech. 7. 
& 8. 19. 
}en. 37. 3. 
1 Sa. 18. 8. 
Pr. 13. 10. 
Dan. 1. 3. 
c Ps. 41. 9. 
dPs. 78.31. 
Lam. 1.1. 

Psa. 52. 

1 2. 
f Jgs. 6. 13 . 

los. 18. 1. 

Lv. 19.27. 
Dcut. 14. 1. 
i 2 Kg. 25. 9. 
k 2 Sa. 1. 2. 
Prov 6. 12. 
ch. 50. 10. 
a Or, cut 
their 
throats, 
Rom. 2. 15. 
1 ver. 3, 5. 
b Heb. by 
the hand, 
or, side of, 

etc.. 

1 Sa. 19. 3. 
m 1 Kings 
15.22. 
Isa. 22. 9. 



B. Christ 
588. 



n ch. 38. 23. 
& 39. 6. 
o Neh. 6. 
17, 18. 
ch. 40. 14. 
Acts 20. 29, 
30. 

p ch. 40. 8. 
qGn.14. 14. 
r2Sa.2. 13. 
s Dt. 32. 36. 
Pea. 124. 6. 
tlCo.7.21, 
Ga!. 5. 1. 
uJob21.30. 
x Job 27. 16. 
Tsa. 9. 16. 
Pr. 12. 27. 
c Heb. men 
•oldiers, 
Jgs. 4.4. 
y Gn. 37. 36. 
z 2 Sum. 19. 
38. 

Ezck. 46.17. 
d Hcb. 
From the 
face of, 
1 Sam. 30. 
17, 18. 
a ch. 40. 1? 
fc II. II. 
b Ml. 15. 8. 
c 1 Sa. 7. 8. 
Isa. 37. 4. 
dLv. 26.22. 

Ezra 8.21. 
f2Kg.22.26. 
Ps. 87. 30. 
Matt. 2. 8. 
g 1 Kings 
22. 14. 
ch. 38. 14. 
h ch. 26. 2. 
Acta 20. 27. 
i Ex.20. 7. 
Pr. 14.5,15. 
Eov. 3. 14. 
kDt.5. 28. 

1 Kings 22. 
8,28. 

I Dout. 6. 3. 
inch. 40. 1. 
n verse 1. 
Titus 1.8. 



iters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom 
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to 
I Gedaliah the son of Ahikam : and Ishmael the son of Ne- 
thaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go 
over to the ° Ammonites. 

/ 1 1 «ff But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the 
p captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the 
evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 

12 Then they took all the men, and went to q fight with 
Ishmael the sou of Nethaniah, and found him by the r great 
waters that are in Gibeon. 

/ 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which 
were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and 
all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they 
were s glad. 

g 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away 
captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and ' went 
unto Johanan the son of Kareah. 

/15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah u escaped from 
Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 
s 16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the 
captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant 
of the people whom he had x recovered from Ishmael the 
son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain 
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even c mighty men of war, 
and the women, and the children, and the y eunuchs, whom 
he had brought again from Gibeon : 

17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of 
1 Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into 
Egypt, 

18 d Because of the Chaldeans : for they were afraid of 
them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain 
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon 
made governor in the land. 

CHAPTER XLII. 
Johanan desireth Jeremiah to inquire of God, promising obedience to his 
will, 1 : Jeremiah assureth him of safety in Judea, 7, and destruction in 
Egypt, 13. He reproveth their hypoensy, in requiring of the Lord that 
which they meant not, 19. 

THEN all the captains of the forces, and a Johanan the 
son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, 
and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, 
b came near, 

d 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech 
thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and c pray 
for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant ; 
(for we are left but d a few of many, as thine eyes do be- 
hold us :) 

3 That the Lord thy God may shew us ° the way 
wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may f do. 

d 4 Then. Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have 
heard you ; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God 
according to your words ; and it shall come to pass, that 
e whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will de- 
clare it unto you ; I will h keep nothing back from you. 

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a ' true 
and faithful witness between us, if we do not even accord- 
ing to all things for the which the Lord thy God shal 
i end thee to us. 

d 6 Whether it he k good, or whether it he evil, we wi. 
obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we seno 
thee; that it may be ' well with us, when we obey the 
voice of the Lord our God. 

fl And it came to pass m after ten days, that the word 
of the Lord came unto Jeremiah. 

8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the 
captains of the forces which were with him, and all the 
people from the "least even to the greatest, 

9 And said unto them, Thus saith ° the Lord, the Goe 

Ml 



B. Christ 
538. 



JudaJi's hypocrisy reproved. JEREMIAH 

of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your suppli- 
cation before him ; 

6 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will 
you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and 4 wrt|jjf *J 
pluck you up : for I r repent me of the evil that I have 
done unto you. 

1 1 s Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye 
are afraid ; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord : for I am 
' with you, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. |i sa . 3o'"i. 

12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that u he mayjj E h z n e ii n 4 f 
have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your,^ 44 - 12 ' 

own land. l^Td 7 ' 

13 % But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land,]eua.'65.i5. 
neither * obey the voice of the Lord your God, j&baVi' 

14 Saying, y No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, l^;*!;* 
where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trum-M'- 4 - 2 |- 
pet, nor have hunger of bread : and there will we dwell 



p Ex. 1. 21. 

I p linild i p "- 53 - 5 - 

1 UUllU| T p» inr;4S 



uPr. 21. 1. 
xch.44. 16. 
vPr.35. 7. 
ch. 14. 13. 
j z Luke 9. 

for I am\5i 



Luke 12.47. 

15 And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye | Acts 20.26. 
remnant of Judah ; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 



faces a to enter 



mtoiPr 

Mt 



of Israel ; If ye wholly z set your 
Egypt, and go to sojourn there ; 

w lti Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which b ye 
feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and 
the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close 
after you there in Egypt ; and there ye shall die. 

17 * c So shall it be with all the men that set their faces 
to go into Egypt to sojourn there ; they shall die d by the 
sword, by the" famine, and by the pestilence : and none of 
them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring 
upon them. 

«« 18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; so shall my fury be poured 
forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt : and ye 
shall be e an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, 
and a reproach ; and ye shall see this place no more. 

/ 1 9 ^[ The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye rem- 
nant of Judah ; go ye not into Egypt : know certainly that 
I have f admonished you this day. 

c 20 For ye s dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me 
unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the 
Lord our God ; and according unto all that the Lord our 
God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 

21 And now I have this day h declared it to you ; but 
ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor 
any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 
10-22 Now therefore 'know certainly that ye shall k die by 
the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the 
place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. 

CHAPTER XLIII. 
Johanan discrediting Jeremiah's prophecy, carrieth Jeremiah and others 
into Egypt, 1. Jeremiah prophesieth by a type the conquest of Egypt 
by the Babylonians, 8. 

/ A ND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an 
J\_ end of speaking unto all the people all the words of 
the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had 
sent him to them, even all these words, 

c 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan 
the son of Kareah, and all the a proud men, saying unto 
Jeremiah, Thou speakest b falsely : the Lord our God 
hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn 
there : 

3 But c Bai-uch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against 
us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that 
a they might put us to death, and carry us away captives 
into Babylon. 

<■■ 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of 
the forces, and all the people, e obeyed not the voice of 
the Lord, to f dwell in the land of Judah. 

/ 5 But s Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains 



Ezek. 33. 
31. 32. 
i. 22. 
22. 18. 
Gal. C. 7. 
hi Ft. 3. 15. 
i verse 19. 
k verse 17. 
Ezek. 6. 11. 
a Ex. 5. 2. 
Psa. 12. 4. 
Mai. 3. 13. 
bGCLron. 
35. 16. 
Ps. 109. 4 
e Ps. 15. 3. 
Ml. 5. 11. 
d Isa. 10. 4. 
ch. 2. 10, 13. 
verse 12. 
e Eccl. 9. 
16. 

ch. 44. 5. 
Mai. 3. 5. 
f Ps. 37. 22. 
ch.42. 11. 
g ch. 40. 11. 



B. Christ 
588. 



h ch. 41. 10. 
i Ps. 36. 6. 
Eccl. 8. 14. 
& 9. 1, 2. 
Lam. 3. I. 
John 21. 18 
k 1 Kings 
11. 19. 
ch. 2. 16. 
1 ch. 42. 14 
Mt. 28. 20. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
1 Tm. 2. 9. 
m verse 10, 
n Isa. 10. 5. 
ch. 25. 9. 
o Dn. 2. 21. 
pch.46. 13. 
q Job 20. 29. 
chap. 15. 2. 
r Isa. 19. 1. 
s Ex. 11 
a Ex. 14. 2. 
b ch. 43. 7. 
c Isa. 19.16. 
dGn.10.14. 
ech.4.7,20. 
Mi. 3. 12. 
fch.7. 18. 
g ch. 19. 4. 
hch.7. 25. 
& 25. 3. & 
26. 5. & 29. 
19. & 32. 33. 
i Ne. 13. 18 
chap. 7. 12. 
Dan. 9. 12. 
Zech. 1.5,6. 
ICor. 10.11. 
kch. 25.18. 
lch. 18.6. 
Ezek. 1S.32. 
m Nu. 16.38. 
chap. 7. 19. 
n ch. 25. 6. 
o ch. 42. 18 



The desolation of Judah 

of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were re 
turned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to 
dwell in the land of Judah ; 

6 Even men, and women, and children, and the h king's 
daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
tain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
kam the son of Shaphan, and 'Jeremiah the prophet, and 
Baruch the son of Neriah. 

s 7 So they came into the land of Egypt : for they obey- 
ed not the voice of the Lord : thus came they even to 
k Tahpanhes. 

/ 8 % ' Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah 
in Tahpanhes, saying, 

9 Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the 
clay in the brick-kiln, which is m at the entry of Pharaoh's 
house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 

r . 10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Behold, I will send and take Nebu 
chadrezzar the king of n Babylon, my servant, and will 
set his throne upon these stones that I have hid ; and he 
shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 

w 11 And when he cometh, he shall p smite the land of 
Egypt, and deliver q such as are for death to death ; and 
such as are for captivity to captivity ; and such as are for 
the sword to the sword; 

12 And I will kindle a fire in the r houses of the gods of 
Egypt ; and he shall burn them, and carry them away 
captives : and he shall array himself with the land of 
Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment ; and he 
shall go forth from thence 3 in peace. 

g 13 He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, 
that is in the land of Egypt ; and the houses of the gods of 
the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. 

CHAPTER XLIV. 
Jeremiah expresseth the desolation of Judah for their idolatry, 1. He 
prophesieth their destruction who commit idolatry in Egypt, 11. The 
obstinacy of the Jeivs, 15. Jeremiah threateneth them for the same, 20, 
and for a sign prophesieth the destruction of Egypt, 29. 

— HE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the 
Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell 
at a Migdol, and at b Tahpanhes, and at c Noph, and in the 
country of d Pathros, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Ye 
have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, 
and upon all the cities of Judah ; and behold, this day they 
are e a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein ; 
v 3 Because of their wickedness which they have com- 
mitted f to provoke me to anger, in that they went to 
g burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew 
not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 
t 4 Howbeit, I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, 
h rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this 
abominable thing that I hate. 

« 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn 
from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 
s 6 Wherefore ' :i my fury and mine anger was poured 
forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the 
streets of Jerusalem ; and they are wasted and desolate, 
k as at this day. 

v 7 Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; ' Wherefore commit ye this great evil 
m against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, 
child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to 
remain ; 

8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the "works 
of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the 
land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might 
cut yourselves off, and that ye might be ° a curse and a 
reproach among all the nations of the earth 1 

9 Have ve forgotten the wickedness of vour fathers, 

448 



B. Christ 
587. 



pNe.13.26. 
verse 6. 
2 Pet. 2. 4. 
oHeb. 
contrite, 
Ps. 51. 17. 
q Pr.28. 14. 
Hos. 3. 5. 
r Am. 9. 4. 
s ch. 42. 15. 
t ch. 26. 6. 
& 29. 22. & 
42. 1, 8, 17. 
b Hb. visit, 
ch. 11. 22. 
& 12. 22. 



The Jews are threatened. - -JEREMIAH 

and the wickedness of the p kings of Judah, and the wick- 
edness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the 
wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in 
the land of Judah, arid in the streets of Jerusalem ? 
c 10 They are not "humbled even unto this day, neither 
have they feared, q nor walked in my law, nor in my sta- 
tutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. 
»11 f Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel ; Behold, I will r set my face against you for evil, 
and to cut off all Judah. 

m 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have 
' set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn 
there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the landlciTSri?. 
of Egypt ; they shall even be consumed by the sword and ul 
by the famine : they shall die, from the least even unto 
the greatest, by the sword and by the famine : and they 
shall be ' an execration, and an astonishment, and a 
curse, and a reproach. 

gl3 For I will 'punish them that dwell in the land of 
Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by 
the famine, and by the pestilence : 

14 So that noiie of the remnant of Judah, which are 
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, ' shall escape 
or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, 
to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there : 
for none shall return but such as shall escape. 
/ 15 ^} Then u all the men x which knew that their wives 
had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women 
that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that 
dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jere- 
miah, saying, 

c 16 Jis for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the], 
name of the Lord, y we will not hearken unto thee. 

17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing z goeth 
forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the 
a queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto 
her, as we have done, we, and b our fathers, our kings, 
and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets 
of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of c victuals, and 



were well, and saw no evil. 
° 18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of 
heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have 
e wanted all things, and have been consumed by the 
sword and by the famine. 

19 And r when we burned incense to the queen of 
heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we 
make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offer- 
ings unto her, g without our men 1 

/ 20 Tj Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the 
men, and to the women, and to all the people which had 
given him that answer, saying, 

21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, 
and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your 
kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not 
the Lord h remember them, and came it not into his mind? 
■><> 22 So that the Lord could no ' longer bear, because of 
the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations 
which ye have committed ; k therefore is your land a deso- 
lation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an in- 
habitant, as at this day. 

.23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye 
have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the 
voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his sta- 
tutes, nor in his testimonies ; therefore this evil is hap- 
pened unto you, as at this day. 

/ 24 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to 
all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah that 
are in 'the land of Egypt: 

25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel 

113 3L 



2Chr.28.22. 
chap. 5. 3. 
Mt. 7. 13. 
xB.o. 1.23. 
y ch. 6. 16. 
z Dt. 12. 8. 
Phil. 3. 19. 
a ch. 17. 18. 
b Ezek. 20. 
8. 

1 Pt. 1. 18. 
c Isa. 48. 5. 
Ezek.16.49. 
d ch. 22. 15. 
e Mai. 3. 14. 
fch. 7. 18. 
g Gn. 3. 16. 
Acts 13. 50. 
h 2 Kgs. 23. 
26. 

Hos. 2. 7. 
i 2 Chron. 
36. 16. 
/sa. 3. 24. 
Luke 18. 7. 
k Lam. 1.8. 
1 Lev. 26. 
44. 45. 
Ps. 94.12. 
Hab. 3. 2. 



B. Christ 
587. 



m Job 15. 5. 
chap. 3. 5. 
Jude 
verse 13. 
nlsa.28. 15. 
Matt. 14. 9. 
oGn.22.16. 
Amos 6. 6. 
p Ps. 50. 16. 
Mai. 1.9,10. 
Mat. 3. 9. 
q l's. 56. 6. 
chap. 1. 12. 
& 20. 10. 
r lsa. 10.19. 
& 27. 13. 
Ezek.17.16. 
s Ps. 33. 11. 
verso 29. 
t Ps. 57. 7. 
Dan. % 21. 
uch.46. 13. 
Ezek.28.19. 
&30. 10, 11. 
x ch. 39. 5. 
B chap. 3G. 
4,26. 

b ch. 35. 1. 
c 2 Cor. 1.4. 
d Ps. 120. 5. 
& 121. 1. 
e Ps. 69. 27. 
Acts 20.23. 
f Ps. 52. 5. 
g Ps. 4. 6. 
hOn.6. 12. 
i ch. 39. 18. 
aZech.2.13. 
b2 Kg. S3. 
29. " 
i-2 K;;. •'.'.;. 7. 
dch.51. 11. 
Joel 3. 9, 12. 
e 1 Kin"* 
18.44. 
2 Kg. 10. 3. 
fMic. I. 7. 
"Ch. C.2.-.. 
Hov. U. l.Y 
liAm.'J. 14. 
i l>»ii. 33. 
15, 17. 
ch. 9. 23. 



Baruch comforted by Jei tmmh . 
saying ; Ye and your wives have both m spoken with your 
mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely 
perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to 
the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto 
her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely 
n perform your vows. 

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah 
that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have ° sworn by 
my great name, saith the Lord, that p my name shall no 
more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all 
the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth. 
«» 27 Behold, I will i watch over them for evil, and not for 
good : and all the men of Judah that are in the land of 
Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, 
until there be an end of them. 

28 Yet r a small number that escape the sword shall 
return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah; 
and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land 
of Egypt to sojourn there, shall s know whose words shall 
stand, mine, or theirs. 

29 ^[ And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, 
that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that 
my words shall surely stand against you for evil : 

r 30 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, ' I will give Pharaoh- 
hophra king of Egypt into the hand of u his enemies, and 
into the hand of them that seek his life ; as I gave x Zede- 
kiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. 

CHAPTER XLV. 
Baruch being dismayed, 1, Jeremiah instructeth and comforteth him, 4. 

rf^HE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto 
Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written 
these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the 
b fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, 
saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of. Israel, c unto thee, 
O Baruch; 

3 Thou didst say, d Wo is me now ! for the Lord hath 
e added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I 
find no rest. 

r 4 f Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith 
thus ; Behold, that which I have built will I f break down, 
and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this 
whole land. 

p5 And seekest thou great things for thyself 1 ? g seek 
them not : for behold, I will bring evil h upon all flesh, saith 
the Lord : but thy life will I give unto thee ' for a prey in 
all places whither thou goest. 

CHAPTER XL VI. 
Jeremiah propkesieth the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates, I, 
and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar, 13. He comforteth 
Jacob in their chastisement, 27. 

THE word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the 
prophet against the a Gentiles ; 
s 2 Against Egypt, against the army of b Pharaoh-necho 
king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Car- 
chemish,. which Nebuchadrezzar c king of Babylon smote in 
thefourth yearof Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. 

3 d Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to 
battle. 

o 4 Harness the horses; and "get up, ye horsemen, and 
stand forth with your helmets ; furbish the spears, and put 
on the brigandines. 

5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned 



/ 



away back ? and their mighty 



ones are 
not back 



beaten down, 
for e fear was 



and are lied apace, and look 
round about, saith the Lord. 

g 6 Let not the h swift flee away, nor the ' mighty man 
escape : they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by 
the river Euphrates. 

449 



Xhc conquest of Egypt. 

7 k Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters 
are moved as the rivers ? 

* 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved 
like the rivers ; and ' he saith, I will go up, and will cover 
the earth ; I will destroy m the city and the inhabitants 
thereof. 

9 Come up, ye horses ; and rage, ye chariots ; and let 
the mighty men come forth : the Ethiopians and the 
n Libyans, that handle the shield ; and the Lydians, that 
handle and bend the bow. 

« 10 For this is ° the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day 
of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries : 
and the p sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and 
made drunk with their blood : for the Lord God of hosts 
hath q a sacrifice in the north country by the river Eu- 
phrates. 

s 1 1 Go up into Gilead, and r take balm, O virgin, the 
daughter of Egypt : in vain shalt thou use many 9 medi- 
cines ; for thou shalt not be cured. 

12. The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry 
hath filled the land : for the ' mighty man hath stumbled 
against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. 
/ 13 If The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the 
prophet, u how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should 
come and x smite the land of Egypt. 
s 14 y Declare ye in Egypt, and publish z in Migdol, and 
publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes : say ye, Stand fast, and 
prepare thee ; for the sword shall a devour round about 
thee. 

•* 15 Why are thy valiant men b swept away? they stood 
not, because c the Lord did drive them. 

16 He made many to fall, d yea, one fell upon another : 
and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, 
and to the land of our nativity, from the e oppressing sword. 

17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but f a 
noise ; he hath passed the time appointed. 

# 18 As I live, saith the King, s whose name is The Lord 
of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as 
Carmel by the sea, h so shall he come. 

M9 O thou daughter ' l dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself 
to go k into captivity : for Noph shall be waste and deso- 
late without an inhabitant. 

20 Egypt is like l a very fair heifer, but destruction 
cometh ; it cometh out of m the north. 

21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted 
bullocks ; for they also are ° turned back, and are fled 
away tegether : they did not stand, because the ° day of 
their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their 
visitation. 

r 22 The p voice thereof shall go like a serpent ; for they 
shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, 
as hewers of wood. 

23 They shall cut down her q forest, saith the Lord, 
though it cannot be searched ; because they are more 
fhan the grasshoppers, and are r innumerable. 

r 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall 
be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 

w 25 1'he Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith ; Behold, 
I will punish the multitude of ' No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, 
with their ' gods, and their u kings ; even Pharaoh, and all 
them that trust in him : 

r 26 And I will x deliver them into the hand of those that 
seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants : and after- 
ward it shall be » inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the 

Lord. 

r Y*a- ^ ^ ut z ^ ear no *- thou, O my servant Jacob, and be 
not dismayed, O Israel : for behold, I will save thee from 
alar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and 



B. Chriat 
cir. 607. 
kExod. 15. 1 S 
9,10. 
Isa. 8. 7. 
ver*e 3. 
IRv .5.7,8. 
m Ps. 7. 15. 
nGn.10.13. 
o Tsa. 61. 2. 
p Isa. 34. 6. 
qRv. 19.17. 
r ch. 8. 22. 
ech.51.8,9. 
t ver. 10, 16. 
u Isa. 19. I. 
x Isa. 10. 5. 
y Joel 3. 9. 
zch. 44. 1. 
a 2 Kings 
24.7. 

b Jgs.5.21. 
c Jos. 21.44. 
dLv.26.37. 
eRev. 6. 15. 
fEx. 15.9. 
g Isa. 47. 4. 
& 48. 2. 
h Titus 1. 2. 
i Rev. 17. 7, 
kEzek.12.4. 
lHos. 10.11. 
m ch. 1. 14. 
nRv. 18.8,9. 
o Ps. 37. 13 
ch. 50. 27. 
p Ps. 29. 4. 
Isa. 51. 1. 
ch. 50. 11. 
q Isa. 10.18. 
r Jgs. 6. 3. 
Rev. 13. 3. 
9 Nah. 3. 8. 
t Ex .!12. 12. 
u ch. 50. 41. 
& 52. 28. 
xch.44.30. 
ych.50.39. 
Micah7.11. 
Zech.10.10. 
zlsa.41.13. 



JEREMIAHr ' The judgment of Moab foe their 

Jacob shall a return, and b be in rest and at ease, and none 
shall make him afraid. 

b 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord : 
for I am with thee ; for I will make a full end of all the 
nations whither I have driven thee : but I will c not make 
a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure ; yet will I 
not leave thee wholly unpunished. 

CHAPTER XL VII. 
The destruction of the Philistines. 

THE word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the 
prophet against the Philistines, a before that Pharaoh 
smote Gaza. 

r 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, b waters rise up out ot 
the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall 
overflow the land, and all that is therein ; c the city, and 
them that dwell therein : then the men shall cry, and all 
the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 

3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his d strong 
horses, at the e rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling 
of his wheels, the f fathers shall not look back to their chil- 
dren for feebleness of hands ; 

g 4 Because of the day g that cometh to spoil all the Philis 
tines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every h helper 
that remaineth : for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, 
the remnant of the country of ' Caphtor. 

»■ 5 k Baldness is come upon Gaza ; Ashkelon is cut off 
with the remnant of their valley : how long wilt thou ' cut 
thyself? 

E 6 m O thou sword of the Lord, n how long will it be ere 
thou be quiet 1 put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and 
be still. 

7 How can it be ° quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it 
a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore % 
there hath he p appointed it. 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 
The judgment of Moab, 1, for their pride, 1, for their security, 11, for 
their carnal confidence, 14, and for their contempt of God and his 
people, 26. The restoration of Moab, 47. 

e k GAINST Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
J\_ of Israel ; Wo unto a Nebo ! for it is spoiled : Kiria- 
thaim is confounded and taken : b Misgab is confounded 
and dismayed. 

r 2 There shall be c no more praise of Moab : in Heshbon 
they have d devised evil against it ; come, and let us cut 
it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, 
O Madmen ; the sword shall pursue thee. 

3 A voice of crying shall be e from Horonaim, spoiling 
and great destruction. 

4 Moab is f destroyed ; her little ones have caused a 
cry to be heard. 

5 For in the going up of g Luhith h continual weeping 
shall go up ; for in the going down of Horonaim the ene- 
mies have heard a cry of destruction. 

6 i Flee, save your lives, and be like the k heath in the 
wilderness. 

r 7 ^ For because thou hast ' trusted in thy works and 
in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and m Chemosh 
shall go forth into captivity with his "priests and his princes 
together. 

8 And the ° spoiler shall come upon every city, and no 
city shall escape : the valley also shall perish, and the 
plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken. 

* 9 Give p wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get 
away : for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any 
to dwell therein. 

w 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord de- 
ceitfully, and q cursed be he that keepeth back his sword 
from blood. 

11 IF Moab hath been r at ease from his youth, and he 
hath s settled on his lees, and hath ' not been emptied from 

450 



B. Christ 
cir. 607. 



a Ezek. 37. 
21,22. 
Am. 9. 14. 
b Isa. 60. 18. 
Hos. 2. 18. 
cch.10.24. 
& 30. 11. 
a 2 Kings 
23.29. 
ch. 23. 29. 
b Isa. 8. 7. 
Rev. 17. 15. 
cch. 40. 8. 
I. 16. 
e Nah. 3. 2. 
f La. 4.3,4. 
Ps. 37. 13. 
hRv. 19.18. 
iGn.10. 18. 
k ch. 16. 6. 
lLv. 10. 18. 
mDt.32.41. 
n Isa. 16. 11. 
olSa.3.12. 
p Mic. 0. 9. 
aNu.32.38. 
Isa. 15.2. 
bNu.21.20. 
clCo. 1.E9. 
d Isa.25. 13. 
e Ne. 2. 10. 
foh. 51.28. 
g Isa. 15. 5. 
h Rev. 18- 9. 
ich.51- 6. 
k ch. 17. 6. 
1 Ps. 52. 7. 
& 115. 8. 
ni Judges 
11. 24. 
Isa. 2. 20. 
nch.49. 3. 
o ch. 6. 26. 
p Ps. 55. 6. 
q 1 Sa. 15. 
3,9. 

r Amos 6. 1. 
s ch. 12 3. 
t Ps. 73. 4. 



contempt of God and his people. 

vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity : there- 
fore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. 
r 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him 
u to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and " break their 
bottles. 

13 And Moab shall y be ashamed of Chemosh, as the 
house of Israel was ashamed of z Beth-el their confidence. 

14 If How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for 
the war 1 

r 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and 
his a chosen young men are gone down to the b slaughter, 
saith the King, c whose name is The Lord of hosts. 

16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his afflic- 
tion d hasteth fast. 

• 17 All ye that are about him e bemoan him ; and all ye 
that know his f name, say, How is the s strong staffbroken, 
and the beautiful rod ! 

g 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, h come down 
from thy glory, and sit ' in thirst ; for the spoiler of Moab 
shall come upon thte,andhe shall destroy thy strong holds. 

e 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy ; 
h ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, 
1 What is done ? 

* 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down : m howl 
and cry ; n tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 

g 21 And ° judgment is come upon the plain country ; 
upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 

#22 And upon Dibon, and uponNebo, and upon Beth- 
diblathaim, 

s 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and 
upon Beth-meon, 

e 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the 
cities of the land of Moab, far or near. 

25 The p horn of Moab is cut off, and his q arm is broken, 
saith the Lord. 

r 26 ^[ Make ye him r drunken; for he magnified himself 
' against the Lord : Moab also shall l wallow in his vomit, 
and he also shall be in derision. 

27 For was not Israel a u derision unto thee 1 was he 
5 found among thieves 1 for since thou spakest of him, thou 
- v skippedst for joy. 

28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell 
in the z rock, and be like the a dove that maketh her nest 
in the sides of the hole's mouth. 

c 29 b We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding 
proud,) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and 
the haughtiness of his heart. 

30 I know his wrathj saith the Lord ; but it shall c not 
be so ; his d lies shall not so effect it. 

s 31 Therefore will e I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for 
all Moab ; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. 

S 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the 
weeping of Jazer : thy plants are gone over the sea, they 
reach even to the sea of Jazer : f the spoiler is fallen upon 
thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 

33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful 
field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine 
to fail from the wine-presses : none shall tread with shout- 
ing ; their shouting shall be B no shouting. 

s 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and 
even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar 
even unto Horonaim, '' as a heifer of three years old : for 
the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. 

35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the 
Lord, him that offereth in the ! high places, and him that 
burnetii incense to his gods. 

36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, 
and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir- 



JEREMIAIL 

heres 



B. Christ 
_cin600. 

ifchTiTaoT 

x Psa. 2. 9. 
ch. 51. 34. 
y Isa. 2. 20. 
&. 15. 1. 
z 1 Kings 

12. 28. 

a Ex. 15. 4. 

b Isa. 34. 7. 

c ch. 46. 18. 

d Mai. 3. 5. 

e Rev. 18. 

9, 18. 

f Gen. 6. 4. 

g Ezek. 19. 

11. 

h Isa. 47. 1. 

i Num. 21. 

13, 14. 
klSa.4.13. 
1 Ps. 46. 8. 
m Isa. 16.7. 
n Num. 21. 
13. 

o Dt. 19. 6. 
p Ps. 75. 4. 
q Job 22. 9. 
rch. 25.17. 
s Acts 9. 4. 
t Isa. 19. 14. 
u Jgs. 1. 7. 
x ch. 2. 26. 
y Ps. 22. 7. 
zJgs. 20.45. 
a Sg. 2. 14. 
b Isa. 16. 6. 
cZeph.2.8. 
d Ps. 7. 15. 
ch 50. 36. 
e Isa. 16. 7. 
f Rev. 14. 
15,18. 
g ch. 51. 14. 
Rev. 18. 9, 
10. 

h Isa. 15. 5. 
ch. 46. 20. 
i Nu. 25. 3. 



B. Christ 
cir. 600. 



kPr. 11.4. 
Isa. 15. 7. 
ch. 17. 11. 
Mt. 19. 20. 
lGn.37.34. 
chap. 16. 6. 
Ezek. 5. I, 
11. 

mch. 22.28. 
n Rev. 18. 
16, 17. 

fit. 28. 49. 
Psa. 18. 10. 
chrrp. 4. 13. 
Ezek. 17.3. 
Hosoa 8. 1. 
Han. 1. 8. 
p Isa. 21. 3. 
ch. 49. 22. 
Micah 4. 9, 
10. 

q Ps. 83. 4. 
Isa. 7. 8. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
rlsa.24. 17. 
s 1 Kings 
19. 17. 
Amos 5. 19. 
tEccl.7.12. 
uNu. 21.26. 
x Ps. 72 9. 
ch.46. 26. 
Rev. 21.24. 
yMic. 2.2. 
a Jgs. 11.24. 
uNu. 32.34. 
cch. 48.21. 

ios 1.13. 
d Ro. 11.26. 
Rev. 11. 15. 
c Rv.18.19. 
f Isa. 2. 21. 
g Pr. 11.4. 
h Ps. 52. 7. 
i Gen. 4. 14. 
kPn.27. 10. 

1 ch. 48. 47. 
mis. 21. 11. 
n Rom. 1. 
22,23. 
o llos. 9. 9. 
p Mai. 1. 3. 
q Obadiah 
verse 5. 



The restoration of the Ammonites. 
he hath gotten k are 



because the riches that 
perished. * 

T 37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard ' clip- 
ped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the 
loins sackcloth. 

38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the 
house-tops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have 
broken Moab like m a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith 
the Lord. 

39 They shall howl, saying, n How is it broken down ! 
how hath Moab turned the back with shame ! so shall 
Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 

40 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, he shall fly ° as an 
eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. 

s 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, 
and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be 
p as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 

42 And Moab shall be q destroyed fi om being a people, 
because he hath magnified himself against the Lord. 
«> 43 r Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, 
O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord. 

44 He that fleeth s from the fear, shall fall into the pit ; 
and lie that getteth up out of the pit, sha 1 be taken in the 
snare : for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year 
of their visitation, saith the Lord. 

e 45 They that fled stood f under the shadow of Heshbon 
because of the force : but a fire shall come forth out of 
Heshbon, arid a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall 
devour the corner of Moab, and the u crown of the head 
of the tumultuous ones. 

46 Wo be unto thee, O Moab ! the people of Chemosh 
perisheth : for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daugh- 
ters captives. 

r 47 % Yet will * I bring again the captivity of Moab in 
the y latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judg- 
ment of Moab. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 
The judgment of the Ammonites, 1 : Their restoration, 6. The judg- 
ment o/Edom, 7, of Damascus, 23, of Kedar, 28, of Razor, 30, and of 
Elam, 34. 7Vte restoration of Elam, 39. 

^MONCERNING the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord ; 

\J a Hath Israel no sons'? hath he no heir"? why then doth 
their king b inherit Gad, and his people c dwell in his cities'? 
2 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah 
of the Ammonites ; and it shall be a desolate heap, and 
her daughter shall be burned with fire : then shall Israel 
d be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord. 

s 3 c Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled : cry, ye daugh- 
ters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth ; lament, f and run 
to and fro by the hedges ; for their king shall go into cap- 
tivity, and his priests and his princes together. 

c 4 Wherefore g gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing 
valley, O backsliding daughter 1 that h trusted in her trea- 
sures, saying, Who shall come unto me ? 

w 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord 
God of hosts, from all those that be about thee ; and ye 
shall be l driven out every man right forth ; and k none 
shall gather up him that wandereth. 

6 And ' afterward I will bring again the captivity of the 
children of Ammon, saith the Lord. 

?7 f Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts : 
m Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from 
the prudent r l is their wisdom " vanished 1 

r 8 Flee ye, turn back, ° dwell deep, O inhabitants of De- 
dan ; for I will bring p the calamity of Esau upon him, the 
time that I will visit him. 

9 If i grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not 
leave some gleaning-grapes 1 if thieves by night, they wi!B 
destroy till they have enough. 

451 



JEREMIAH 



B.Chrisl 
cir. 600. 



The judgment of Damascus, &c. 

10 But I have made Esau r bare, I have uncovered his 
"secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: 
his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, j^l 5 ' 3 ' 
and ' he is not. . juK^I 

6 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will "preserve f Aewij Jonah* u. 
alive ; and let thy widows x trust in me., |yi)t.ia& 

12 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, they whose judg-j&J^ 
ment y was not to drink of the cup, have assuredly drunk-i^aia,. 
en ; and are thou he that shall altogether go unpunished 1 ai».ai. 
thou shalt not go z unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink 
of it. 

*> 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that_ 
Bozrah shall become a a desolation, a reproach, a waste, jeEril'g. 
and a curse ; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual gAm.>.2,3 
wastes. 

14 1 have b heard a rumour from the Lord, and an Em- 
bassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye to- 
gether, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 

f 15 For lo, I d will make thee small among the heathen, 
and despised among men. 

16 Thy e terriblenesshath deceived thee, and the f pride 
of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, 
that holdest the height of the hill : though thou shouldestj^^f 
make thy g nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee downji co^i 
from thence, saith the Lord. 

r\l Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that 
goeth by it shall h be astonished, and shall hiss at all the 
plagues thereof. 

S" 18 As in the overthrow of i Sodom and Gomorrah and 
the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall 
abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 

r 19 Behold, k he shall come up like a lion from the ■ swell- 
ing of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I 
will m suddenly make him run away from her : and who is 
n a chosen man, that I may appoint over her 1 for who is 
like me 1 and who will appoint me the time 1 and who is 
that shepherd that will ° stand before me 1 

g 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he 
hath taken against Edom ; and his purposes, that he hath 
purposed against the inhabitants of Teman : Surely the 
p least of the flock shall draw them out : surely he shall 
make their habitations desolate with them. 

g 21 The earth is q moved at the noise of their fall, at the 
cry the noise thereof was heard in the r Red sea. 

r 22 Behold, he shall come up s and fly as the eagle, and 
spread his wings over Bozrah : and at that day shall the 
heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a 
woman in her pangs. 

s 23 % Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, 
and Arpad : for they have heard evil tidings : they are 
faint-hearted ; thereis sorrow on the sea; it cannot be 'quiet. 

24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to 
flee, and fear hath seized on her : anguish and sorrows 
have taken her, u as a woman in travail. 

25 How is the * city of praise y not left, the city of my joy ! 
r 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, 

and all the z men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith 
the Lord of hosts. 

27 And I will a kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and 
it shall consume the palaces of b Ben-hadad. 
e 28 % Concerning c Kedar,and concerningthe kingdoms 
of d Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall 
smite, thus saith the Lord ; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and 
spoil the men of the e east. 

r 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away : 

they shall take to themselves their f curtains, and all their 

vessels, and their * camels ; and they shall cry unto them, 

Fear is on every side. 

30 f Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants 



Mai. 1 . 4. 
bver. 1,2,3. 
cch. 25. 9. 
& 34. 22. 
verse 28. 
d Mic. 6. 9, 



Obadiah 
verse 4. 
hen. 18. 16. 
& 50. 13. 
iGn. 19.25. 
Dt.29.23. 
Hos. 11. 8. 
k Ps. 45. 3. 
Rev. 5. 5. 
lZech.11.3. 
mRv. 18.8. 
nRv.17.14. 
o Ps. 76. 7. 
Rev. 6. 15. 



1.27 
qjtv. 11.13. 
r Rv. 18. 10. 
s chap. 48. 
40,41. 
tlsa.57.20. 
u Ps. 48. 6 
Isa. 13. 8. 
x Dan. 4. 30. 
y Ps. 37. 36. 
Rev. 17. 16. 
z Rv. 19. 18. 
a Amos 1.4. 
b 1 Kings 
15. 18, 20. 
cGn.25.13. 
d Jgs. 4. 2. 
e Jgs. 6. 3. 
Job 1. 3. 
flsa. 54. 2. 
g Job 1. 3. 
h ch. 6. 25. 



B. Christ 
cir. 600. 



i ch. 22. 21. 
Amos 6. 1. 
kJgs.18.27. 

I Mic. 7. 14. 
m Isa. 6. 2. 
n Ezek. 5. 
10. 

o Ps. 50.62. 
pch.9. 11. 
qGn. 10.22. 
rch.27.1,3. 
sPs. 18.34. 
& 46. 9. 
ch. 51. 56. 
t verse 32. 
Dan. 7. 2. 
uch.25. 37. 
x ch. 48. 2. 
y Dan. 7. 9 
11. 

z Isa. 2. 2. 
a Acts 1. 9. 
a Rev. 17.5 
b2Th.2.8, 
Rev. 14. 8. 
c 2 Thess. 
2. 9, 10. 
A Isa. 13. 17. 
eRv. 18.12. 
f Hos. 3.5. 
g Hos. 1.11 
h ch. 31. 9 
Zech.12.10 
i ch. 6. 16. 
kch.31.33. 

II Pet. 2.25. 
m Ezek. 34, 
8. 

nMt.11.28. 
o Ps. 14. 4, 
p Ps.72.11. 
chap. 2. 3 
q Pa. 22. 3,4. 
rise. 48.20. 
Rev. 18. 4. 
sRv. 17.16. 
t2Sa. 1.32. 
uKv. 19.17. 



The judgment of Babylon, 
of Hazor, saith the Lord ; for Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath con- 
ceived a purpose against you. 

r- 31 Arise, get you up unto s the wealthy nation, that 
dwelleth k without care, saith the Lord, which have neither 
gates nor bars, which ' dwell alone. 

32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the m multitude 
of their cattle a spoil : and I will scatter into n all winds 
them that are in the utmost corners ; and I will bring their 
calamity ° from all sides thereof, saith the Lord. 

r 33 And Hazor shall be a p dwelling for dragons, and a 
desolation for ever : there shall no man abide there, nor 
any son of man dwell in it. 

/ 34 If The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the 
prophet q against Elam r in the beginning of the reign of 
Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, • 

g 35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Behold, I will break 
the 3 bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 

r 36 And upon Elam will I bring the ' four winds from the 
four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all 
those winds ; and there shall be no nation whither the out- 
casts of Elam shall not come. 

37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their 
enemies, and before them that seek their life : and I will 
bring evil upon them, even my u fierce anger, saith the 
Lord ; and I will send x the sword after them, till I have 
consumed them : 

38 And I will set y my throne in Elam, and will destroy 
from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord. 

6 39 % But it shall come to pass in the z latter days, that 
I will a bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord 

CHAPTER L. 
The judgment of Babylon, 1, 9, 21, 35. The redemption of Israel, 3, 17, 33. 

THE word that the Lord spake against a Babylon and 
against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the 
prophet. 

r 2 b Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set 
up a standard ; publish, and conceal not : say, Babylon is 
taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces ; 
c her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 

r 3 For out of the north there cometh up d a nation 
against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none 
shall dwell therein : they shall remove, they shall depart, 
e both man and beast. 

r 4 ^| f In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, 
the s children of Israel shall come, they and the children 
of Judah together, going and h weeping : they shall go, 
and seek the Lord their God. 

d 5 They shall * ask the way to Zkm with their faces thi- 
therward, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the 
Lord k in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 

p 6 My people hath been ] lost sheep : their m shepherds 
have caused them to go astray, they have turned them 
away on the mountains : they have gone from mountain 
to hill, they have forgotten their n resting-place. 

E 7 All that found them have ° devoured them : and their 
adversaries said, We p offend not, because they have sinned 
against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, 
q the hope of their fathers. 

s 8 r Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forht 
out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats 
before the flocks. 

r 9 % For lo, I will raise and cause to come up against 
Babylon an assembly of 3 great nations from the north 
country : and they shall set themselves in array against 
her ; from thence she shall be taken : their arrows shall 
be as of a mighty expert man ; none shall return ' in vain. 
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall 
be " satisfied, saith the Lord. 

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The judgment of Babylon, 
«> 11 Because ye were * glad, because ye rejoiced, y O ye 
destroyers of my * heritage, because ye are a grown fat as 
the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls ; 
i 12 Your b mother shall be sore confounded; she that 
bare you shall be ashamed : behold, the c hindermost of 
the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert, 
w 13 Because of the d wrath of the Lord it shall not be in- 
habited, but it shall be wholly desolate : everyone that goeth 
by Babylon shall be astonished, and e hiss at all her plagues. 
£ 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: 
all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, f spare no arrows : 
for she hath s sinned against the Lord. 

15 Shout against her round about : she hath given her 
hand : h her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown 
down : for it is the i vengeance of the Lord : take ven- 
geance upon her ; k as she hath done, do unto her. 

16 Cut off the ' sower from Babylon, and him that hand- 
leth the m sickle in the time of harvest : for fear of the 
oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, 
and they shall flee every one to his own land. 

E 17 % Israel is n a scattered sheep; the lions have driven 
him away : first the ° king of Assyria hath devoured him ; 
and last this p Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath bro- 
ken his bones. 

e 18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel ; Behold, I will q punish the king of Babylon and his 
land, r as I have punished the king of Assyria. 

* 19 And I will s bring Israel again to his habitation, and 
he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be 
satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 

t 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the 
iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be 
none ; and the sins of Judah, and they shall ' not be found : 
for I will u pardon them whom I reserve. 

e 21 ^f Go up against the land of "Merathaim, even against 
it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly 
destroy after them, saith the Lord, and * do according to 
all that I have commanded thee. 

r 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great y de- 
struction. 

23 How is the z hammer of the whole earth cut asunder 
and broken ! a how is Babylon become a desolation among 
the nations ! 

c 24 b I have laid a c snare for thee, and thou art also taken, 

Babylon, and thou wast not aware : thou art found, and 
also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord. 

E 25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath 

1 brought forth the weapons of his indignation : for this is 
the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the 
Chaldeans. 

26 Come against her from the e utmost border, f open 
her storehouses : cast her up as heaps, and destroy her 
utterly : let nothing of her be left. 

27 Slay all her B bullocks ; let them go down to the 
slaughter : wo unto them ! for their h day is come, the 
time of their visitation. 

t 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the 
land of '' Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the 
Lord our God, the vengeance of his k temple. 

<•■ 29 Call together the archers against Babylon : all ye 
that bend the bow, camp against it round about ; let none 
thereof escape : ' recompense her according to her work ; 
according to all that she hath done, do unto her : for she 
hath been proud m against the Lord, against the Holy One 
of Israel. 

r 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, 

and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith 

the Lord. 

31 Behold, I am against thee, " thou most proud, saith 

114 



JEREMIAH. 



B. Christ 
595. 



and redemption of Israel. 



x La. 2. 16. 
Rev. 11. 12. 
y Rev. 13. 7. 
zlPet.5. 3. 
a Dt. 3^.15. 
b Rev. 17. 5. 
c ch. 30. 10. 
d Fs. 2. 12. 
e ch. 49. 17. 
fRv. 17.16. 
Isa. 10. 7. 
hRv.16.10. 
i Rev. 17.1. 
k Rev. 18.6. 
1 ch. 51. 9. 
mRv.18.22. 
nMt.10.16. 

2 Kings 
15. 19. 
p 2 Kings 
24. 14. 
q Dan. 5. 20. 
rlaa. 37.36. 
sRo. 11. 26. 
tch. 31. 34. 
u Ro. 9. 27. 
a Or, The 
two rebels, 
Rv. 19. 20. 
xRv. 17.16. 
y ch. 51. 55. 
zch.51. 20. 
a Rv. 18. 16. 
b Rev. 18.8. 
c Dan. 5. 
30, 31. 
Luke 21. 35. 

1 Th. 5. 3. 
d Dan. 2. 34. 
! Th. 2. 8. 
Rev. 15. 1. 
e 16a. 13. 5. 
fKv. 18.11. 

;Ps.22.12, 
ea. 34. 7. 
Rev. 19. 17, 

ia 

h Isa. 63. 4 
i Pe. 79. 8. 
Rv. 19. 1, 6. 
kLukel8.7, 
Rev. 18.24, 

1 verse 15. 
Lam. 3. 64. 
m Acts 9.4. 
Rev. 13. 6. 
JHeb. 
thou pride, 

2 Th. 2. 4. 



B. Christ 
595. 



nRv. 18.21. 
oRv. 18.18. 
& 19. 3. 
p2Kg.l7.7. 
qRv. 14.17. 
r Rev. 18.8. 
s Isa. 60. 18. 
t2Th. 1.6,7. 
c lib. bars, 
Isa. 44. 25. 
& 47. 12,13. 
uch. 51. 50. 
x chap. 51. 
35, 36. 
Rev. 16. 12. 
y Dan. 3. 1. 
Rev. 13. 14. 
/. Ihu. 13.21. 
& 34. 14. 
Rev. 18.2. 
a ch. 49. 18. 
2 Pet. 2. 6. 
b Ch. 27. 14. 
Ps. 137.8. 
Isa. 13. 17, 
18. 

Rov. 16. C. 
dch. 51.31. 
Dan. 5. 25. 
a Isa. 13.7. 
fliouSL 11. 
ch. 49. 19. 
verso 21. 
gch.49.24. 
Rov. 18. 6. 
Ii Is. 14. 24. 
i ch. 49. 20. 
'/ lib. voice, 
Rov. 11. 15. 
kRv.ll. 18, 
aZeoh.5.8 
bP«.83. 13 
c ch. 15. 7. 
<i rerw 34. 



the Lord God of nosts: for thy day is come, the time that 
I will visit thee. * 

32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and "none 
shall raise him up : and I will ° kindle a fire in his cities, 
and it shall devour all round about him. 

33 ^| Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; The children of 
Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed p together : 
and all that took them captives held them fast ; they ire- 
fused to let them go. 

34 Their Redeemer r is strong ; the Lord of hosts is 
his name : he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he 
may give s rest to the land, and ' disquiet the inhabitants 
of Babylon. 

35 ^f A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, 
and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, 
and upon her wise men. 

36 A sword is upon the c liars ; and they shall dote : a 
sword is upon her mighty men ; and they shall be dis- 
mayed 

37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chari- 
ots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst 
of her ; and they shall become u as women : a sword is 
upon her treasures ; and they shall be robbed. 

r 38 x A drought is upon her waters ; and they shall be 
dried up : for it is the land of graven images, and they are 
y mad upon their idols. 

r* 39 Therefore z the wild beasts of the desert with the 
wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls 
shall dwell therein : and it shall be no more inhabited for 
ever ; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to 
generation. 

s 40 As God overthrew a Sodom and Gomorrah and the 
neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man 
abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 

41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a 
great nation, and many b kings shall be raised up from the 
coasts of the earth. 

42 They shall hold the bow and the lance : they are 
c cruel, and will not shew mercy : their voice shall roar 
like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put 
in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daugh- 
ter of Babylon. 

43 The king of Babylon hath d heard the report of them, 
and his e hands waxed feeble : anguish took hold of him, 
and pangs as of a woman in travail. 

£ 44 Behold, f he shall come up like a lion from the 
e swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but 
I will make them suddenly run away from her : and who 
is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her 1 for who is 
like me 1 and who will appoint me the time 1 and who is 
that shepherd that will stand before me 1 

45 Therefore hear ye the h counsel of the Lord, that he 
hath taken against Babylon ; and his purposes, that he 
hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans : Surely 
1 the least of the flock shall draw them out : surely he 
shall make their habitation desolate with them. 

46 At the "noise of the taking of Babylon k the earth 
is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. 

CHAPTER LI. 
Tlie severe judgment of God against Babylon in revenge of Israelj I. 
Jeremiah deltverelh the book of this prophecy toSeraiah, to be r 
Euphrates, in token of the perpetual i ' 



T 



cast into 
sinking of Babylon, 59. 

HUS saith the Lord"; Behold, I will raise up against 
Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst 
of them that rise up " against me, b a destroying wind ; 
m 2 And will send unto Babylon, c fanners that shall fan 
her, and shall d empty her land : for in the day of trouble 
they shall be against her round about. 

3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, 
and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine : 

453 



man h his soul : be not cut off in her iniquity ; for this is 

the i time of the Lord's vengeance ; he will render unto 

her a recompense. 

i 7 Babylon hath been K a golden cup in the Lord's hand, 

that J made all the earth drunken : the nations have 

drunken of her wine ; therefore the nations are mad. 

* 8 Babylon is to suddenly fallen and destroyed : u howl 

for her ; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 

9 ° We would have healed Babylon, but she p is not 

healed : forsake her, and q let us go every one into his 

own country : for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, 

and is lifted up even to the skies. 

d 10 The Lord hath r brought forth our righteousness : 
come, and let us *■ declare in Zion the work of the Lord 
our God. 

*■* 1 1 Make bright the arrows ; gather the shields : the 
Lord hath ' raised up the spirit (A the kings of the Medes : 
for his device is against Babylon to destroy it ; because 
it is the u vengeance of the Lord the vengeance of his 
temple. 

g 12 Set up the "standard u 
the watch strong, set up tli 
bushes : for the Lord hatl? 
which he spake against th 



B. Christ 
595. 



on he vails of Babylon, make 
! w tchm »n, prepare the am- 
bo a dev sed and done that 
in! -ibitants of Babylon. 
»13 O thou that dwellest upon many - waters, abundant 
in treasures, thine end is come, and tho z measure of thy 
covetousness. 

r 14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, 
Surely I will fill thee with men, as with a caterpillars ; and 
they shall b lift up a shout against thee. 
E 15 He hath c made the earth by his power, he hath es- 
tablished the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out 
the heaven by his understanding. 

16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of 
waters in the heavens ; and he causeth the d vapours to 
ascend from the ends of the earth : he maketh lightnings 
with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 

17 Every man is e brutish by his knowledge ; every 
founder is confounded by the graven image : for his molten 
image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 

18 They are vanity, the work of errors : in the time of 
their f visitation they shall perish. 

* 19 g The Portion of Jacob is. h not like them ; for he is 
the former of all things : and Israel is the rod of his inherit- 
ance : the Lord of hosts is his name. 

E 20 Thou art my i battle-axe, and weapons of war : for 
with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee 
will I destroy kingdoms ; 

21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his 
rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the k chariot and 
his rider ; 

22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman ; 
and with thee will I break in pieces ' old and young ; and 
with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid ; 

23 I will also break in pieces with thee m the shepherd 
and his flock ; and with thee will I break in pieces the hus- 
bandman and his yoke of oxen ; and with thee will I break!* Jr^: 39. 
in pieces captains and rulers. 

s 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabit- 
ants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done n in Zion 
■in yhur sight, saith the Lord. 



B. Christ 
595. 



GooVs severe judgment against Babylon JEREMIAH. 

and " spare ye not her young men ; destroy ye utterly all 
her host. 

r 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, 
and they that are thrust through in her streets 
t 5 For Israel hath not been " forsaken, nor Judah of his 
God, of the Lord of hosts ; though their land was f 
with sin against the Holy One of Israel. 
A 6 « Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver eyery 



e Dt. 32. 34. 
ch. 50. 21. 
Jam. 2. 13. 
a. Or, left 
in widow- 
hood, 

Lam 1.1. 
fell. 16. 18. 
gch.50.37. 
h Mt. 16.25. 
Rev. 18. "4. 
i Isa. 59. 17, 
18. 

Rv. 18.6,7. 
kRev. 17.4. 
1 ch. 25. 16. 



n Rev. 18.9, 
oSv.18. 10, 
pch. 2. 23. 
q sa.13.14. 
r r 8 . 37. 6 
Micab.7. 9. 
s Rev. 15. 3. 
t Ezra 1. 1. 
uch.50.!S. 
x Ps. 50. 2. 
yRv.17.15. 
z On. 15. 16. 
a A ah. 3. 15. 
b Pa. 74. 4. 
cch. 10. 12. 
(1 Pa. 135. 7. 
ech. 10. 14. 
rch 48.7. 
&. 50. 2. 
g ch. 10. 16. 
h Pa. 115.3. 
&. 135. 6. 
i Isa. 10. 5. 
ch. 23. 29. 
& 50. 24. 
John 19. 10. 
k 2 Sam. 10. 
18. 

1 2 Chron. 
36. 17. 
Ezek. 9.6,7. 
mch.50. 16. 
n chap. 50. 
15, 20. 
Amos 1. 2, 
3, 6, 9, 13. 
Luke 18. 7. 
Rev. 18. 21. 



in revenge of Israel 

r 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying ° mountain, 
saith the Lord, which * destroyest all the earth : and I 
will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down 
from the q rocks, and will make thee r a burnt mountain. 
26 And they shall not take of thee a 5 stone for a corner, 
nor a stone for foundations ; but thou shalt be desolate for 
ever, saith the Lord. 

8 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet 

among the nations, ' prepare the nations against her, call 

together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and 

9 Ashchenaz ; appoint a captain against her; cause the 

niiev 5 i8Vi norses t0 come U P as the rough caterpillars. 

r 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the 
Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and 
all the land of his dominion. 

«> 29 And the u land shall tremble and sorrow; for x every 
purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, 
to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an in- 
habitant. 

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, 
they have remained m their y holds : their z might hath 

'ailed ; they became as women : they have burned her 
dwelling-places ; her a bars are broken. 
r* 31 b One post shall run to meet another, and one mes- 
senger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that 
his city is taken at one end, 

32 And that the passages are stopped, and the c reeds 
they have burned with fire, and the d men of war are af- 
frighted. 

• 33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel : 
The daughter of Babylon is like e a threshing-floor, it is 
time r to thresh her : yet a little while, and the time of her 

: harvest shall come. 

e 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath b devoured 

me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty ves 
sel, he hath swallowed me up like * a dragon, he hath filled 
his k belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 

g 35 The ' violence done to me and to my flesh be upon 
Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, m My blood 
upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 

r 36 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, n I will plead 
thy cause, and take vengeance for thee ; and I will dry 
up her sea, and make ° her springs dry. 

r 37 And Babylon shall become p heaps, a dwelling-place 
for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an 
inhabitant. 

38 They shall q roar together like lions : they shall yell 
as lions' whelps. 

* 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make 
them r drunken, that they may 9 rejoice, and sleep a per- 
petual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord. 

40 I will bring them down ' like lambs to the slaughter, 
like rams with he-goats. 

41 How is Sheshach taken ! and how is the u praise of 
the whole earth surprised ! how is Babylon become an 
astonishment among the nations ! 

r 42 The x sea is come up upon Babylon : she is covered 
with the multitude of the waves thereof. 

43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilder- 
ness, a land wherein no man y dwelleth, neither doth any 
son of man pass thereby. 

•g 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring 
forth out of his mouth that which he hath z swallowed up : 
and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him : 
yea, the Avail of Babylon shall fall. 

d 45 My people, a go ye out of the midst of her, and de- 
liver ye every man his soul from the b fierce anger of the 
Lord. 
46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour 

454 



oZech.4.7. 
pRv. 13.14. 
& 17. 3, 4, 5. 
q Iaa. 14. 
13.15. 

Rv. 17. 16. 
a Ezra 4. 3. 
2 Cor. 6. 14. 
t Isa. 13. 3. 
chap. 6. 4. 
u Isa. 13.8. 
ch. 50. 43. 
x Iaa. 14.17. 
y 1 Sam. 14. 
U. 

z Pa. 76. 5. 
Rev. 18. 10. 
a Psa. 107. 
16. & 147. 
13. 

blSa.4.16. 
2 Sa. 18.19. 
c Pa. 114. 8. 
dRv.19.18. 
e Dan. 2. 35. 
Joel 3. 14. 
flsa. 63. 6. 
Micah4.13. 
gRv. 14.15. 
hch.50.17, 
Hab. 1.13. 
k Job 15. 
20,23. 
Rev. 17. 6, 

ja. 9. 24. 
Obadiah 
verse 10. 
mRv.6.10. 
nch.50.34. 
o Rev. 16. 
13. 

p Iaa. 13.22. 
q ch. 48. 33. 
verse 14. 
r Da. 5. 2, 3. 
a 1 Sam. 
25.37. 
t Ps. 49. 14. 
u Rv. 18.10. 



Ezek. 1. 7. 

Rev. 18. 11, 

24. 

ach. 50. 8. 

b Rev. 14. 

9,11. 



God's judgments on Babylon. 

that shall be heard in the land ; a rumour shall both come 
one year, and after that in c another year shall come a ru- 
mour, and violence in the land, d ruler against ruler, 
w 47 Therefore behold, the days come, that I will do judg- 
ment upon the graven images of Babylon : and her whole 
land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the 
midst of her. 

48 Then the e heaven and the earth, and all that is there- 
in, shall sing for Babylon : for the spoilers shall come unto 
her from the north, saith the Lord. 

49 As Babylon f hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, 
so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. 

d 50 Ye that have B escaped the sword, go away, h stand 
not still : remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem 
come into your mind. 

51 We are i confounded, because we have heard re 
proach : shame hath covered our faces ; for k strangers 
are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house 

w 52 Wherefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will do judgment upon her graven images : and 
through all her land the wounded shall groan. 

53 Though Babylon should ' mount up to heaven, and 
though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet 
from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord. 

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great 
m destruction from the land of the Chaldeans : 

55 Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and de- 
stroyed out of her the " great voice : when her waves do 
roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered : 

56 Because the ° spoiler is come upon bp.r, Mien upon 
Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their 
bows is broken : for the Lord God p of recompences shall 
surely q requite. 

«> 57 And I will make r drunk her prinees, and her wise 
men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men : 
and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith 
the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 

g 58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; The s broad walls of 
Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall 
be burned with fire ; and the people shall labour ' in vain, 
and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. 
/ 59 ^| The word which Jeremiah the prophet command- 
ed Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when 
he went with u Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon 
in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was * a 
quiet prince. 

g 60 So Jeremiah wrote y in a book all the evil that should 
come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written 
ngainst Babylon. 

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to 
Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words ; 

r 62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken 
against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in 
it, z neither man nor beast, but that it shall be a desolate 
for ever. 

g 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of read- 
ing this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it 
into the midst of Euphrates : 

r 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon b sink, and 
shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her : and 
they shall be c weary. d Thus far are the words of Jere miah. 

CHAPTER LII. 
Zedekiah rebelleth, 1. Jerusalem is besieged and taken, 4. Zedekiah's 
sotis killed, and his own eyes put out, 8. .\"ebuzar-adan burneth and 
spoileth the city, 12 : He. carrieth away the captives, 24. Evil-mero- 
duch advan-ceth Jehoiathin, 31. 

^r^EDEKIAH was a one and twenty years old when he 
M.A began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- 
salem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter 
of Jererniah of Libnah. 



B. Christ 
595. 



c Rv. 14. 15 
d Dan. 5.30, 
31. 

Rev. 12. 7, 
12. & 16. 14. 
elsa.44.23. 
Rev. 18. 20. 
& 19. 1,2, 5. 
f Rev. 13. 7. 
_ch. 44.28. 
h Ps. 126.4. 
i Ps. 137.1,6. 
verse 50. 
kPsa.70. 1, 
2. & 74. 3, 4. 
Lam. 2. 10, 
lGen. 11.4" 
ch. 50. 15. 
Amos 9. 2. 
Obadiah 
verse 4. 
men. 50.22. 
nch.48.45. 
oRv.17.16. 
p Ps. 94. 1. 
q 2Th. 1. 6. 
r ch. 25. 16. 
s ch. 5. 10. 
tHab.2.13. 
a ch. 29. 3. 
x Ps. 120. 7. 
yEx.16.33. 
Job 19. 23. 
1 Th. 4. 18. 
z ch. 50. 3. 
a veise 26. 
ch. 48. 34. 
blsa. 26.14. 
& 34. 14. 
ch. 50. 39. 
Rev. 18.21. 
c verse 56. 
Mai. 1. 4. 
Rev. 16. 13 
dch.48.47 
a 2 Kgs. 24. 
18. 

2Chr.36.ll, 
chap. 25. 1 



B. Christ 
599. 



JEREMIAH. Jerusalem taken and spoiled. 

c2 And he did that which was evil b in the eyes of the 
Lord, c according to all that .Tehoiakim had done. 

3 For d through the anger of the Lord it came to pass 
in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his 
e presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of 
Babylon. 

« 4 % And it came to pass in the f ninth year of his reign, 
in the g tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, 
against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts 
against it round about. 

/ 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of 
king Zedekiah. 

« 6 And in the h fourth month, in the ninth day of the 
month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was 
1 no bread for the people of the land. 
/ 7 Then k the city was broken up, and all the men of war 
fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of 
1 the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's 
garden ; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about :) 
and they went by the way of the plain. 
/ 8 % But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the 
king, and m overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho ; 
and all his army was scattered from him. 
g 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto 
the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath ; 
where he ■ gave judgment upon him. 
/ 10 And the king of Babylon n slew the sons of Zedekiah 
before his eves : he slew also all the princes of Judah, in 
Riblah. 

a 1 1 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah ; and the king 
of Babylon bound him °in chains, and carried him to 
Babylon, and put him in prison p till the day of his death. 
/ 12 % Now in the q fifth month, in the r tenth day of the 
month, which was the s nineteenth year of Nebuchadrez- 
zar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the 
guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, 
a 13 And ' burned the u house of the Lord, and the king's 
house ; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses 
of the great men, burned he with fire : 
a 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with 
the captain of the guard, x brake down all the walls of 
Jerusalem round about. 

/ 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried 
away captive certain of the y poor of the people, and the 
residue of the people that remained in the city, and those 
that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the 
rest of the multitude. 

16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left 
certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for 
husbandmen. 

17 Also the z pillars of brass that were in the house of 
the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in 
the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried 
all the brass of them to Babylon. 

18 The a caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuf- 
fers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels 
of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 

/ '9 And the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and 
th»-, caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and 
tho b cups; that which was of gold in gold, and thai which 
was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. 

20 The c two pillars, one sea, and twelve brazen bulls 
that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made 
in the house of the Lord : the brass of all these vessels 
was d without weight. 

21 And concerning the "pillars, the height of one pillar wo* 
eighteen cubits ; and f a fillet of twelve cubits did compasa 
it ; and the thickness thereof was four fingers : itwas hollow. 

455 



b2Sa. 11.27. 

2Kgs.20.3. 

c 2 Kings 

23.37. 

dPs.81.11. 

Ezek. 17.15. 

Rom. 1.21. 

ePs. 42. 2. 

f 2 Kings 

25.1. 

gZech.8.10 

h Zech. 8. 

10. 

i Psa. 107. 

11,12. 

chap. 38. 9. 

k Ps. 127. 2. 

ch. 39. 2, 3. 

1 ch. 49. 4. 
mPs. 50.21, 
22. 

Amos 2.14. 
aHeb. 
spake with 
him judg- 
ment, 

chap. 4. 12. 
&39. 5. 

ch. 39. 6. 
verse 11. 
oPs. 107.40. 
p Ezek. 17. 
16. 

Zech. 7. 3. 
& 8. 19. 
r 2 Kg. 25.8. 
chap. 25. 1. 
sell. 25. I. 
t ch.7.9,13. 
u 2 Kings 
25. 19. 
chap. 41. 1. 
x Nch. 1. 3. 
y 2 K*ings 

24. 14. 
chap. 10. 7. 
z2 Kings 

25. 13. 
ch.27.19,22. 
a Ex. 27. 3. 
lKgs. 7.45. 
b Ex. 25. 29. 
Num. 4. 7. 
c 1 Kings 
7. 15, 25. 
verso 17. 
ill Kg. 7.51. 
lChr.22.3. 
2Chr. 4. 18. 
clKg.7.15. 

2 Kg. 25. 17. 
2Chr.3.15. 
flKg.7.15., 



The misery of Jerusalem 

22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it ; and the height 
of one chapiter was s five cubits, with net-work and pome- 
granates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. 
The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like 
unto these. 

23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a 
side ; and all the pomegranates upon the net-work were a 
hundred round about. 

/ 24 If And the h captain of the guard took Seraiah the 
chief priest, and ! Zephaniah the k second priest, and the 
three keepers of the door : 

25 He took also out of the city a eunuch, which had 
the charge of the men of war; and ' seven men of them 
that "were near the king's person, which were found in 
the city ; and the principal scribe of the host, who mus 
tered the people of the land ; and threescore men of 
the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the 
city 

g 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, 
and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah 

27 
to 



LAMENTATIONS. 

/28 This 



m 1 Kings 
15. 95, 28. 
2 Kg 24.12. 
chap. 25. 1. 
verse 29. 
n2Kg.24.16. 
chap. 6. 9. 
c Heb.^owZs, 
Gen. 12. 5. 
o ch. 4i. 2. 
pch.25. 11. 
q2Kg.25.27. 
rGn.41. 42. 

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them |s | Sa g|^- 

death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judahph.t5.11.' 

was carried away captive out of his own land. Us* &3.1io.' 



Her complaint and confession. 

s the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried 
away captive : in the m seventh year three thousand Jews 
and three and twenty : 

29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried 
away captive n from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and 
two 'persons : 

/30 In the "three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, 
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away cap- 
tive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons : all 
the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 

/ 31 % And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth 
year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the 
twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, 
that p Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of 
his reign q lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, 
and brought him forth out of prison, 

32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above 
the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 

33 And r changed his prison garments: and he did 
continually s eat bread before him all the days of his life. 

34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given 
him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the 
day of his death, all the days of his life. 



f THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH. 



n 



CHAPTER I. 

The miserable estate of Jerusalem by reason of her sm, 1 : She complain- 
eth of her grief , 12, and confesseth God's judgment tn be righteous, 18. 

OW doth the a city sit solitary, that was full of peo- 
ple ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was 
great among the nations, and b princess among the pro- 
vinces, how is she become c tributary ! 

2 She d weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on 
her cheeks : among e all her lovers she hath none to com- 
fort her : all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, 
they are become her enemies. 

* 3 Judah f is gone into captivity because of affliction, and 
because of great servitude : she g dwelleth among the 
heathen, she findeth no rest : all her persecutors overtook 
her between the h straits. 

4 * The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to 
the solemn feasts : all her gates are desolate : k her priests 
sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness, 
i * 5 Her adversaries are the ' chief, her enemies prosper ; 
for the Lord hath afflicted her for the m multitude of her 
transgressions : her children are gone into captivity before 
the enemy. 

! 6 And from the daughter of Zion n all her beauty is 
departed : her princes are become like harts that find ° no 
pasture, and they are gone without strength before the 
pursuer. 

i s 7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction 
and of her miseries all her p pleasant things that she had 
in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of 
the enemy, and none did help her : the adversaries saw 
her, and did q mock at her sabbaths. 
i a 8 Jerusalem hath r grievously sinned ; therefore she is 
removed : all that honoured her despise her, because they 
have seen her s nakedness : yea, she sigheth, and turneth 
backward. 

i 9 Her ' filthiness is in her skirts ; she u remembereth 
not her last end ; therefore she came down wonderfully : 
she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction : 
for the enemy hath x magnified himself. 
1 E 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her 
pleasant things : for she hath seen that the y heathen 
/? ter t d into ner sanc tuary, whom thou didst command 
that they should 7 not enter into thy congregation. 



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cir. 588. 



d Jer. 9. 1 

& 13. 17. 

eMicah7.5. 

Obadiah 

verse 7. 

fDt. 28. 31. 

g chap. 2. 9. 

h Jer. 52. 8. 

iMicah3:i2. 

kch. 4. 18. 

1 Dt. 28. 13. 

mJer.30.14. 

Dan. 9. 7, 8. 

n Jer. 52. 13. 

o Am. 8. 11. 

p chap. 2. 4. thCV 

qLv.-.'6.34. - - J 

Psa. 137. 3. 

r I Kg. 8. 46. 

s Ezek. 16. 

37. 

tEzek.24.7. 

uDt. 32.29. 

xDt. 32.27.1 

yjer.51.51. 

z Acts 21. 



11 All her people sigh, they seek a bread ; they have 
a Ps. 48. a. given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul : 
bEz?a4 4 2o. see, O Lord, and consider ; for I am become b vile. 

i *\Z *j\ Is it nothing to you, all ye that c pass by ? behold, 
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which 
is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in 
the day of his fierce anger. 

E 13 From d above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it 
prevaileth against them : he hath spread e a net for my 
feet, he hath turned me back : he hath made me desolate 
and faint all the day. 

14 The f yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand : 
are g wreathed, and come up upon my neck : he 

hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered 
me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. 

15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my h mighty 
men in the midst of me : he hath called an assembly 
against me to ! crush my young men : the Lord hath 
trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as k in a wine- 
press. 

16 For these things I weep ; ' mine eye, mine eye run- 
neth down with water, because the "comforter that should 
relieve my soul is far from me : my children are desolate, 
because the enemy "prevailed. 

17 Zion "spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to 
comfort her : the Lord hath commanded concerning 
Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him : 
Jerusalem is p as a menstruous woman among them. 

d 18 % The Lord q is righteous; for I have rebelled 
against his r commandment : hear, I pray you, all people, 
and behold my sorrow : my 5 virgins and my young men 
are gone into captivity. 

19 I called for my lovers, but they * deceived me : my 
u priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, 
while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. 

c 20 Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress : my bowels 
are x troubled ; my heart is turned within me ; for I have 
grievously rebelled: y abroad the sword bereaveth, at 
home there is as .death. 

c 21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to com- 
fort me : all mine enemies have heard of my trouble ; 
they z are glad that thou hast done it : thou wilt bring a the 
day that thou hast called, and they shall be Mike unto me. 

J 456 



B. Christ 
cir. 588. 



a Jer. 38. 9. 
b Ps. 12. 8. 
cDan. 9. 12. 
Luke 10. 30. 
dJer.25.30. 
Rom. 1. 18. 
e Ezek. 12. 
13. & 17. 20. 
fDt. 28. 47. 
Mt. 11. 30. 
g Pr. 5. 22. 
Eccl. 4. 12. 
h 2 Kings 
24. 14. 
i Hos. 9. 13. 
Zeph. 1.7,8. 
k Rev. 14. 
1'9, 20. 

1 Jer. 13. 17. 
m Isa. 40. 1. 

2 Cor. 1. 3. 
n Est. 3. 15. 
& 4. 16. 

o Jer. 4. 31. 
plSa.2.30. 
q Dan. 9. 7. 
rPs. 119.72. 
s Dt. 28.49. 
tJer. 14. 14. 
u ch. 4. 1. 
x Isa. 16. 11. 
y Dt. 32. 25. 
z Ps. 137. 7. 
a Ps. 37.13. 
Pr. 24. 17. 
b Jet. 51. 49. 



LAMENTATIONS. 



B. Christ 
cii. 588. 



hath n swallowed 
palaces : he hath 
increased in the 



c Pa. 109.15. 
a Lam. 3. 
2,44. 

*b 1 Sa. 4. 21. 
c Pa. 99. 5. 
& 132. 7. 
d Micah 3. 
12. 



klsa.63.10. 
IPs. 79. 6. 
Jer. 6. 11. 
mPr.21.30. 
Jer. 30. 14. 
n 2 Kg. 25. 9. 
Jer. 9. 21. 
o Ps. 80. 13. 
Isaiah 5. 5. 
p lSa.12.25. 
Jer. 52. 9. 
chap. 4. 16. 
qlsa. 1.11 
Jer. 7. 22. 
r Ps. 74. 3. 
s Isa. 5. 5. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
t2Kg.21.13. 
Isa. 34. 11. 
u2Kg.24.14. 
x 2 Chron. 
15.3. 

Amos 7. 11. 
y Ps. 74. 9. 
Ezek. 7. 26. 
z Ps. 122. 5 
a Luke 21. 
28. 

b Psa. 6- 7. 
c Isa. 57. 16. 
d ch. 4. 4. 
e Da. 9. 12. 
f Job 9. 11. 
Jer. 51. 42. 
gilt. 19.26. 
h Isa. 58. 1, 
i chap. 1. 8. 



Jerusalem's misery lamented. 

22 c Let all their wickedness come before thee, and do 
unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my trans- 
gressions: lor my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. 
CHAPTER II. 

Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem, 1 : He complaineth thereof, 

to God, 20. 

OW hath the Lord a covered the daughter of Zionif^l^: 
with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven jjp^; ;f*- 
unto the earth the b beauty of Israel, and remembered!; Job «.' pi 
not his c footstool in the day of his anger! 

2 The Lord hath d swallowed up all the habitations of 
Jacob, and hath not pitied : he hath thrown down in his 
wrath the e strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath 
brought them down to the ground : he hath f polluted the 
kingdom and the princes thereof. 
t 3 He hath cut off in his g fierce anger all the horn of 
Israel : he hath h drawn back his right hand from before 
the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a naming 
fire, which devoureth round about. 

4 He hath bent his bow like ! an enemy : k he stood with 
his right hand as an adversary and slew all that were 
pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of 
Zion : ' he poured out his fury like fire. 
a- 5 The Lord was m as an enemy : he 
up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her 
destroyed his strong holds, and hath 
daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. 

6 And he hath violently ° taken away his tabernacle, as 
if it were of a. garden : he hath destroyed his places of the 
assembly : the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and 
sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the 
indignation of his anger the p king and the priest. 
« 7 The Lord hath cast off his q altar, he hath abhorred 
his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the ene- 
my the walls of her palaces ; they have made r a noise in 
the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast. 

8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the s wall of the 
daughter of Zion : he hath stretched out * a line, he hath 
not withdrawn his hand from destroying : therefore he 
made the rampart and the wall to lament ; they languish- 
ed together. 

9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroy- 
ed and broken her bars : u her king and her princes are 
among the Gentiles : * the law is no more: her y prophets 
also find no vision from the Lord. 

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the 
' ground, and keep silence ; they have cast up dust upon 
their heads : they have girded themselves with sack- 
cloth : the virgins of Jerusalem a hang down their heads 
to the ground. 

c 11 b Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, 
my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of 
the daughter of my people; because the children and the 
sucklings c swoon in the streets of the city. 

12 They say to their mothers, Where fs* d corn and wine? 
when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the 
city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' 
bosom. 

13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what 
thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem ? 
What shall e I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O 
virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like f the 
sea : e who can heal thee ? 

P 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for 
thee : and they have h not discovered thine iniquity, to 
turn away thy captivity ; but have seen for the false bur- 
dens and causes Of banishment. 

c 15 All that pass by, * clap their hands at thee ; they hiss 
and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,;™^ 



B. Christ 
cir. 588. 



k Pa. 48. 2. 

1 Pa. 56. 2. 
m Pa. 35. 21. 
nLv.26.16. 
Zech. 1. 6. 

Pa. 38. 16. 
&. 89. 42. 

p Isa. 26. 

9,16. 

q2Kg.24.10. 

verses 7, 8. 

r Jer. 9. 1. 

s Psa. 119. 

147. 

t verse 19. 

chap. 3. 4. 

u Isa. 64. 9. 

xLv.26.29. 

2 Kg. 6. 28. 
y verse 17. 
chop. 3. 43. 
z Jer. 10. 3, 
10. 

a Ps. 31. 13. 
Jer. 6.25. 
b Hos'ea 9. 
12, 13. 
a Jer. 5. 12. 
bJer. 10.5. 
cPa. 112.4. 
A Isa. 38.13. 
Jer. 50. 17. 
e Job 19. 12. 
fPs.88. 6. 
gJob 19.8. 
flos. 2.6. 
h Ps. 22. 2. 
verse 44. 
i Ps. 88. 8. 
k Lev. 26. 
27,28. 

1 I-:.. 38, I.'!. 

Hon. 5. 14. 
m lies. 6. 1. 
n Jeb 7. 20. 
o Job 6. 4. 
■p 1 Cor. 4. 9. 
<|Jcr.25.17. 
i Pr. 20. 17. 



115 



M 



The faithful bewail their calamities. 

Is this the city that men call the k Perfection of beauty, 
the Joy of the whole earth ? 

16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against 
thee : they hiss and gnash the teeth : they say, We have 
1 swallowed her up : certainly this is the day that we look- 
ed for; we have found, we have m seen it. 

1 17 The Lord hath done that which he had n devised ; 
he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the 
days of old : he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied : and 
he hath caused thine enemy °to rejoice over thee, he hath 
set up the horn of thine adversaries. 

18 Their heart p cried unto the Lord, q O wall of the 
daughter of Zion, Let r tears run down like a river day and 
night : give thyself no rest ; let not the apple of thine 
eye cease. 

d 19 Arise, cry out in the 9 night : in the beginning of the 
watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of 
the Lord : lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy 
' young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every 
street. 

d 20 ^[ Behold, O Lord, and u consider to whom thou 
hast done this. Shall the women x eat their fruit, and 
children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet 
be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord ? 

21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the 
streets ; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the 
sword ; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger ; 
thou hast y killed, and not pitied. 

22 Thou hast called z as in a solemn day a my ter- 
rors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger 
none escaped or remained : those that I have sw r addled 
and brought up, hath mine b enemy consumed. 

CHAPTER III. 
The faithful bewail their calamities, 1. By the mercies of God they 
nourish their hope, 22. They acknoivledge God's justice, 37. They 
pray for deliverance, 55, and vengeance on their enemies, (54. 

M JIM the man that hath a seen affliction by the b rod of 
Jl. his wrath. 

2 He hath led me, and brought me into c darkness, but 
not into light. 

3 Surely against me is he turned ; he turneth his hand 
against me all the day. 

4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old ; he hath 
broken my bones. 

5 He hath e builded against me, and compassed me with 
gall and travail. 

6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be f dead 
of old. 

* 7 He hath g hedged me about, that I cannot get out : he 
hath made my chain heavy. 

8 Also when I cry and shout, h he shutteth out my 
prayer. 

9 He hath i enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath 
made my paths k crooked. 

10 He was unto me as a ' bear lying in wait, and as a 
lion in secret places. 

1 1 He hath turned aside my ways, and m pulled me in 
pieces : he hath made me desolate. 

i 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as " a mark for the 
arrow. 

13 He hath caused the "arrows of his quiver to enter 
into my reins. 

14 I was p a derision to all my people ; and their song 
all the day. 

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me 
q drunken with wormwood. 

10 He hath also r broken my teeth with gravel-stones, 
he hath s covered me with ashes. 

17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from ' peace : 
I forgat prosperity. 

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The faithful acknowledge God's justice. 

c 18 And u I said, My strength and my hope is perished 
from the Lord : 

19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the 
* wormwood and the gall. 

20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is 
y humbled in me. 

21 This I recall to my mind; therefore have z I hope. 
d 22 // is of the Lord's mercies that we are a not con- 
sumed, because his compassions fail not. 

23 They are new b every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 
i 24 The Lord is c my portion, saith my soul ; therefore 
will I hope in him. 

* 25 The Lord is good unto them that d wait for him, to 
the soul that seeketh him. 

d 26 It is good that a man should both hope and c quietly 
wait for the salvation of the Lord, 

27 It is good for a man that f he bear the yoke in his 
youth. 

28 He sitteth alone, and s keepeth silence, because he 
hath borne it upon him. 

d 29 h He putteth his mouth in the dust ; if so be there 
may be hope. 

30 He giveth his ! cheek to him that smiteth him : he is 
filled full with reproach. 

* 31 For the Lord will k not cast off for ever : 

32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have l com- 
passion according to the multitude of his mercies. 

t 33 For he doth not afflict m willingly, nor grieve the 
children of men. 

34 To crush under his feet all the n prisoners of the 
earth, 

35 ° To turn aside the right of a man before the face of 
the Most High, 

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord p approve th 
not. 

37 ^f Who is he that q saith, and it cometh to pass, when 
the Lord commandeth it not 1 

t 38 Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not 
' evil and good 1 

p 39 Wherefore doth a living man s complain, a man for 
the ' punishment of his sins 1 

d 40 Let us u search and try our ways, and turn again to 
the Lord. 

41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands x unto God in 
the heavens. 

e 42 We have transgressed and have y rebelled : thou 
hast not pardoned. 

43 Thou hast z covered with anger, and persecuted us : 
thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our 
prayer should a not pass through. 

45 Thou hast made us as the b off-scouring and refuse in 
the midst of the people. 

46 All our enemies have c opened their mouths against us. 

47 Fear and d a snare is come upon us, desolation and 
destruction. 

d 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the 
e destruction of the daughter of my people. 

49 f Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without 
any intermission, 

* 50 Till the Lord g look down, and behold from heaven. 

51 Mine eye affeeteth my heart because of all the 
n daughters of my city. 

52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, l without 
cause. 

53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast 
a stone upon me. 

54 » Waters flowed over my head ; then I said, I am 
cut off. J 



LAMENTATIONS. Zion bewaileth her pitiful estate. 

d 55 1 1 called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the m low 
dungeon. 

56 Thou n hast heard my voice : hide not thine ear at 
my breathing, at my cry. 

57 Thou ° drewest near in the day that I called upon 
thee : thou saidst, Fear not. 

6 58 O Lord, thou hast p pleaded the causes of my soul ; 
thou hast redeemed my life. 

59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong : judge thou my 
q cause. 

60 Thou hast seen all their r vengeance and all their 
imaginations against me. 

61 Thou hast heard their s reproach, O Lord, and all 
their imaginations against me ; 

62 The ' lips of those that rose up against me, and their 
device against me all the day. 

63 Behold their u sitting down, and their rising up ; I 
am their music. 

D 64 % x Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, ac- 
cording to the work of their hands. 

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. 

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from y undea" 
the heavens of the Lord. 



B. Christ 
cir. 588. 



rn Jonah 2. 
II. 

n Psa. 116. 
1,2. 

Isa. 37. 15. 
o Jam. 4. 8. 
p Ps. 35. 4. 
Jer. 51.36. 
q Psa. 9. 4. 
& 43. 1. 
r Rev 13. 
7, 17. 

s Isa. 37.4. 
t Ps. 57. 7. 
u Isa. 37.28. 
x Ps. 28. 4. 
Jer. 5. 29. 
2Tm.4.14. 
yDt.25. 19. 
a Jer. 39. 8. 
Matt. 24. 4. 
b Isa. 30. 14. 
2 Cor. 4. 7. 
c Deut. 28. 
53, 54. 
Ezek. 19. 2. 
Rom. 1. 31. 
d ch. 1. 11. 
& 2. 11, 12. 
Amos 8. 
11, 12. 
e Job 24. 8. 

Luke 15.16. 
I'Luke 12. 
48. 
John 9. 11. 

? Nah. 2. 2, 
3. 

h Ps. 102. 4. 

chap. 5. 10. 

iLv. 26.39, 

kPs. 109.24 

Jer. 37. 10. 

11 Kg. 3. 26. 

Isa. 49. 15. 

m2Kg.6.29. 

chap. 2. 20. 

n Jer. 10.25. 

o Dt. 32. 22. 

Jer. 21. 14. 

pPs.48.1,3. 

q Jer. 5. 31. 

& 14. 14. 

rEv. 18.34. 

s Isa. 59. 10. 

Jer. 2. 34. 

tlsa. 52.11. 



CHAPTER IV. 

Zion bewaileth her pitiful estate, 1 : She confesseth her sins, 13. Edom it> 
threatened, 21. Zion is comforted, 22. 

fOW is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine 
gold changed ! the stones of the sanctuary are 
poured out in the top of every street. 

2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, 
how are they esteemed b as earthen pitchers, the work of 
the hands of the potter ! 

3 Even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they give 
suck to their c young ones : the daughter of my people is 
become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. 

4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof 
of his mouth for thirst : the young children d ask bread . 
and no man breaketh it unto them. 

5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets , 
they that were brought up in scarlet embrace e dunghills. 
g 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of 
my people is greater f than the punishment of the sin of 
Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no 
hands stayed on her. 

7 Her s Nazarites were purer than snow, they were 
whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than ru- 
bies, thetr polishing was of sapphire : 

8 Their visage is h blacker than a coal ; they are not 
known in the streets : their skin cleaveth to their bones ; 
it is withered, it is become like a stick. 

k 9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they 
that be slain with hunger : for these ' pine away, k stricken 
through for want of the fruits of the field, 
s 10 The hands of the ' pitiful women have m sodden their 
own children : they were their meat in the destruction of 
the daughter of my people. 

<U1 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath 
n poured out his fierce anger, and hath ° kindled a fire in 
Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. 
g 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the 
world, would not have believed that the adversary and the 
enemy should have p entered into the gates of Jerusalem. 
* 13 % For the q sins of her prophets, and the iniquities 
of her priests, that have shed the r blood of the just in the 
midst of her, 

14 They have wandered s as blind men in the streets, 
they have polluted themselves with bfood, so that men 
could not touch their garments. 
c 15 They cried unto them, * Depart ye; it is unclean 

45S 



EzekieVs vision of the cherubims, 



depart, depart, touch not : when they fled away and |M*™' 
wandered. u they said among the heathen, They shall no dm.38.i6. 
more sojourn there. E 6, 

t 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will ^f^.^ 
no more regard them : they x respected not the persons 
of the priests, they favoured not the elders. 

17 As for us, our eyes as yet y failed for our vain help : 
in our z watching we have watched for a nation that could 
not save us. 

18 They hunt our steps, that a we cannot go in our 
streets : our end is near, our days aTe fulfilled ; for b our 
end is come. 

i 19 Our persecutors are c swifter than the eagles of the 
heaven : they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid 
wait for us in the wilderness. 

20 The d breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, 
was taken in their e pits, of whom we said, Under his sha- 
dow we shall live among the heathen. 

21 f Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that 



y Jer. 4. 14. 
z Is. 20. 5, 6. 
a2Kg.25.4. 
b Ezek. 7. 
2,3. 

C Ani. 2. 14. 
d 2 Kings 
24. 12, 15. 
e Jer. 52. 8. 
f Ps. 60. 8. 
gJer.25.18. 
h Isa. 40. 2. 
i Ezek. 37. 
25. 

klsa. 10.12. 
a P*. 39. 50. 
b Ps. 79. 1. 
c Hos. 14. 3. 
d Isa. 55. 1. 



dwellest in the laud of Uz; the s cup also shall pass through B -. c ij™ t 
unto thee : thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself pgjr 
naked. 

»* 22 ^[ The punishment of thine iniquity is h accomplished, 
O daughter of Zion ; he will no £ more carry thee away 
into captivity : he will k visit thine iniquity, O daughter of 
Edom ; he will discover thy sins. 

CHAPTER V. 
Jt pitiful complaint of Zion, in prayer unto God. 

EMEMBER, O Lord, what is come upon us : consi- 
der, and behold our a reproach. 
2 Our inheritance is turned b to strangers, our houses 
to aliens. 

i 3 We ai e c orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as 
widows. 

4 We have drunken our water for money ; our wood 
d is sold unto us. 



R' 



EZEKIEL. and of the four wheels, 

5 e Our necks are under persecution : we f labour, and 
have no rest. •* 

6 We iiave given the hand to'the Egyptians, and to the 
Assyrians, to be g satisfied with bread. 

t 7 h Our fathers have sinned, i and are not; and we have 
k borne their iniquities. 

8 l Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth 
deliver us out of their hand. 

9 We gat our bread with the m peril of our lives because 
of the sword of the wilderness. 

i 10 n Our skin was black like an oven because of the 
terrible famine. 

1 1 They ° ravished the women in Zion, and the maids 
in the cities of Judah. 

12 p Princes are hanged up by their hand : the faces of 
elders were not honoured. 

13 They took the young men q to grind, and the chil- 
dren fell under the wood. 

14 The elders have ceased from the r gate, the young 
men from their music. 

15 The s joy of our heart is ceased; bur dance is turned 
into mourning. 

<M6 The ' crown is fallen from our head : n wo unto us, 
that we have sinned ! 

17 For this our heart is faiitf ; for these things our * eyes 
are dim. 

18 Because of the y mountain of Zion, which is desolate, 
the z foxes walk upon it. 

19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy a throne 
jG°n. 34. 2o. I from generation to generation, 
t fV.'s9. 39! I 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us b for ever, and forsake 

us so long time 1 

<* 21 c Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be 
turned ; d renew our days as of old. 

22 But thou hast utterly rejected us ; thou art e very 



f Mt. 11.28. 
jta. 57.9. 
hJer.31.39. 
i Zech. I. 5, 
6. 

IcMt.23.30. 
1 Pr. 30. 22. 
Isa. 19. 4. 
m 2 Sa. 23. 
17. 

n ch. 4. 8. 
o Isa. 13. 16. 
pPs. 107.40.1 
qjgs. 16.21.1 



u Isa. 3. 9 
ilSa.14.29. 
yMic.3.12. 
z Ps. 63. 10. 
a Ps. 45. 6. 
b Psa. 13. 1. 
c Jer. 31. 18. 

ei H pt b 4 3 'i7'.jwroth against us. 



IT THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL. 



CHAPTER I. 

The time of EzekieVs prophecy at Chebar, 1 : His vision of four cheru- 

hims, 4, of the four ivheels, 15, and of the, glory of GOD, 26. 

3^TOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth 
J3I month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among 
the captives by the river of Chebar, that the a heavens 
were opened, and I saw b visions of God. 

2 In the fifth day of the month, which ivas the fifth year 
of king Jehoiachin's captivity, 

e 3 The word of the Lord c came expressly unto Ezekiel 
the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the d Chaldeans 
by the river Chebar ; and the ° hand of the Lord was 
there upon him. 

* 4 ^| And I f looked, and behold, g a whirlwind came out 
of h the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and 
a s brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as 
the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 

5 Also out of the k midst thereof came the likeness of 
1 four living creatures. And this was their appearance ; 
they had the likeness of a man. 

6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four 
■ wings. 

7 And their feet were n straight feet; and the sole of 
their feet was like the sole of a ° calf's foot ; and they 
sparkled like the colour of p burnished brass. 

8 And they had the q hands of a man ""under their wings on 
their four sides ; and they four had their faces and their wings. 

9 Their wings were ' joined one to another ; they 
1 turned not when they went ; they went every one 
a straight forward. 



a Mt. 3. 16. 
b ch. 8. 3. 
c Heb. 5. 4. 
d2Tm.2.9. 
e 1 Co. 12. 4. 
fDan. 8. 3. 
Nab. 1.3. 
hHab.1.8,9. 
i Psa. 51. 4. 
kllv. 4.6,7. 
"2 Kg. 6. 17. 
m Isa. 6. 2. 
Dan. 9. 21. 
nHli 12.13 
o2Cu.10.lti. 
p Rev. 1.15. 
■I ESool.9.10. 
rJgs. 13.17. 
Paa. 115. J. 
s Pa. 122 3. 
ICor. 1. 10. 
t Luke 9.62. 
u Phil. 3. 13. 



B. Christ , 
cir. 505. 



B. Christ 
cir. 595. 



x Luke 15. 
10. 

y 2 Co. 1.16. 
z Pa. 103 20. 
a P*. 18. 10. 
bZoch.4.6. 
Malt. 4. 1. 
c Ml. 28. 33. 
d vorge 13. 
John 15. 5. 
c Da 9.21. 

iv .i, a i 

Mt. I". Ill, 
g ch. 10. 13. 
n John 16. 
33. 

Jam. I. 17. 
i Hot. 2. 21. 
Amoa 3. 6. 
kRo. 11.33. 
12Chr.l6.9. 



10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the 
face of x a man and the face of 5 a lion, on the right side 
and they four had the face of an z ox on the left side ; they 
four also had the face of a an eagle. 

11 Thus were their faces : and their wings were stretched 
upward ; two wings of every one were joined one to ano- 
ther, and two covered their bodies. 

12 And they went every one straight forward ; whither 
the b spirit was to go, they went ; and they turned not 
when they went. 

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, theii 
appearance was like c burning coals of fire, and like the 
appearance of lamps : d it went up and down among the 
living creatures ; and the fire was bright, and out of the 
fire went forth lightning. 

14 And the living creatures "ran and f returned as the 
appearance of a flash of lightning. 

* 15 ^f Now as I beheld the liv : ig creatures, behold u ' one 
wheel upon the h earth by the living creatures, with his 
four faces. 

1 16 The appearance ' of the wheels and their work was 
like unto the colour of a beryl : and they four had one 
likeness : and their appearance and their work was as it 
were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 

17 When they went, they went upon their four sides : 
and they turned not when they went. 

18 As for their rings, they were so k high that they were 
dreadful ; and their rings were ' full of eyes round about 
them four. 

19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels 

459 



The commission of Ezekiel. EZEKIEL. 

went m by them: and when the living creatures were lifted 



up from "the earth, the n wheels were lifted up. 
* 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thi- 
ther was their spirit to go : and the wheels were lifted up 
over against them : for the spirit of the living creature 
was in the wheels. 

21 When those went, these went ; and when those 
stood, these stood ; and when those were lifted up from 
the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them : 
for p the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 

22 And the likeness of the q firmament upon the heads 
of the living creature was as the colour of ' the terrible 
crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 

23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, 
the one toward the other : every one had two, which 
s covered on this side, and every one had two, which cover- 
ed on that side, their bodies. 

t 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their 
wings, like the noise of * great waters, as the voice of 
u the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of a host : 
when they stood, they let down their wings 

25 And there was * a voice from the firmament that was 
over their heads, when they y stood, and had let down their 
wings. 

v 26 % And above the firmament that was over their 
heads was the likeness of a z throne, as the appearance of 
a sapphire stone : and upon the likeness of the throne was 
the likeness as the appearance of a man above a upon it. 

27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance 
of b fire round about within it, from the appearance of his 
loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins 
even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, 
and it had e brightness round about. 

* 28 As the appearance of the d bow that is in the cloud 
in the day of e rain, so was the appearance of the bright- 
ness round about. This was the appearance of the like- 
ness • f the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, f I fell 
upon my face, and I B heard a voice of one that spake. 

CHAPTER II. 
EzekieVs commission, 1 : His instruction, 6 : The roll, 9. 

AND he said unto me, a Son of man, b stand upon thy 
feet, and I will speak unto thee. 
2 And the spirit c entered into me d when he spake unto 
me, and e set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake 
unto me. 

c 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, f I send thee to 
the children of Israel, to a rebellious a nation that hath re 
belled against me : they and g their fathers have trans 
gressed against me, even unto this very day. 

4 For they are impudent children and h stifT-hearted. I 
do send thee unto them ; and thou shalt say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God. 

5 And they, ' l whether they will hear, or whether they 
will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet k shall 
know that there hath been a prophet among them. 

d 6 ■jf And thou, son of man, l be not afraid of them, 
neither be afraid of their words, though m briers and thorns 
be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions : be 
not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, 
though they be a rebellious house. 

** 7 And thou shalt speak n my words unto them, whether 
they will hear, or whether they will forbear : for they are 
* most rebellious. 

8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee ; Be 
not thou rebellious like that rebellious house : open thy 
mouth, p and eat that I give thee. 

* 9 If And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto 
me ; and lo, a roll of a book was therein ; 

10 And q he spread it before me : and it was written 



[ B. Christ 
cir. 595. 



m Is. 65. 11 
n Ezra 1. 5. 
& 4. 24. 
ol Co. 19.6. 
Eph. 1. 11. 
p Rom. 8. 2. 
1 Cor. 3. 5. 
qEpll. 1.20. 
Phil. 2. 9. 
r Heli. 4. 15. 

1 Tm. 6. 16. 
a Ps. 80. 7. 
Isa- 6. 2. 
t Ps. 46. 3. 
Rev. 1. 15. 
u Ps. 29. 3. 
Micah 6. 9. 
x 2 Pt. 1. 17. 
Rev. 1. 10. 
y 2 Cor. 3. 5. 
z Mt.25.3L 
Rev 3. 21. 
a Isa 9. 6. 
b Ps. 50. 3 
e Mt. 17. 2 
d Rev 
ePs. 11.6. 
&37. 13. 
f Dan. 8. 17. 
Rev. 1. 17. 
g Acts 9. 4. 
alCo.15.10. 

2 Cor. 12.7. 
b Eph. 6.14. 
c Acts 6. 3. 
(1 Acts 10. 
44. 

e John 15. 5. 
f Mt. 9. 38. 
oHeb. 
Goiim, 
Qentiles, 
Rev. 2. 9. 
g ch. 20. 18. 
h Acts 7.51. 
ich. 3. 11. 
k 2 Co. 2. 16. 
lHb. 11.27. 
m Acts 13. 
45. 

nMt.28.20. 
oJer.44.18. 
p Rev. 10. 8. 
qActs8.30. 
2 Cor. 2.14. 



B. Christ 
cir. 595. 



rlsa. 3. 11. 
a Luke 5. 5. 
2Tm. 3.16. 
b ch. 2. 10. 
c2Tm.l.6. 
(12 Cor. 3. 5. 
e 1 Tim. 4. 
15. 

f Col. 3. 16. 
John 6. 45. 
Heb. 4. 2. 
h Ps. 19. 10. 
Rev. 10. 9. 
i Isa. 33. 19. 
kMt. 11.21. 
Uer. 44716. 
m Isa. 3. 9. 
n Ro. 8. 31. 

Luke 21. 
15. 

p Acts 20. 
27. 

qPs. 119.11. 
r Ex. 32. 7. 
s chap. 2. 5. 
t Acts 8. 39. 
u Isa. 6. 3. 
xlKg.8.13. 
y2Sa.5.24. 
z Gal. 4. 17. 
a Ex. 3. 11. 
b Isa. 8. 11. 
c Psa. 137. 
1,2. 

(1 Psa. 25. 
16, 17. 
e Jam. 1.19. 
t'Pr. 19.21. 
gJer.23.30. 
h 1 Cor. 12. 
28. 

i Isa. 21. 11. 
k Mt. 17. 5. 

1 Isa. 58. 3. 
m 2 Co. 5.20. 
nl Co. 1.18. 
o Ro. 6. 23. 
p Acts 20. 
26. 

q James 5. 
20. 

t Mt. 9. 13. 
s ch. 33. 13. 
t2Th.2.:i. 
ulCo.9.16. 



The rule of prophecy. 

i within and without: and there was written therein r lamen- 
tations, and mourning, and wo. 

CHAPTER III. 
Ezekiel eateth the roll, 1. God encourageth him, 4. God sheweth him 

the rule of prophecy, 15. God shutteth and openeth the prophet's 

mouth, 22. 

OREOVER he said unto me, Son of man, eat that 
thou findest; a eat this b roll, and go speak unto the 
house of Israel. 

2 So I c opened my mouth, and he d caused me to eat 
that roll. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause e thy belly 
to eat, and f fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee, 
Then did I s eat it; and it was in my mouth h as honey 
for sweetness. 

<*4 f And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto 
J 7 4 - 1 the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 

5 For thou art not sent to a people of ' l a strange speech 
and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel ; 

6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard 
language, whose words thou canst not understand. Sure- 
ly, had I sent thee to them, k they would have hearkened 
unto thee. 

c 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee ; 
for they will not hearken ' unto me : for all the house ol 
Israel are m impudent and hard-hearted. 

8 Behold, I have made thy n face strong against their 
faces, and th# forehead strong against their foreheads. 

t 9 As an adamant, ° harder than flint have I made thy 
forehead : fear them not, neither be dismayed at then 
looks, though they be a rebellious house. 

d 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, p all mj 
words that I shall speak unto thee receive in q thy heart, 
and hear with thine ears. 

1 1 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the 
children of r thy people, and speak unto them, and tell 
them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 3 whether they will hear, 
or whether they will forbear. 

12 Then the ' spirit took me up, and I heard behind me 
a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the u glory 
of the Lord from x his place. 

13 / heard also the noise of the wings of the living 
creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the 
wheels over against them, and a noise of a y great rushing. 

M 4 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I 
went z in bitterness, a in the heat of my spirit ; but the 
b hand of the Lord was strong upon me. 

s 15 % Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, 
that dwelt by c the river of Chebar, and I sat where they 



astonished among them 



seven 



sat, and remained there 
days 

16 And it came to pass f at the end of seven days, that 
s the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

d 17 Son of man, h I have made thee * a watchman unto 
the house of Israel : therefore hear the word k at my 
mouth, and give them ' warning m from me. 

w 18 When I say unto the Avicked, Thou shalt surely die ; 
and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the 
wicked from his wicked way, n to save his life ; the same 
wicked man shall ° die in his iniquity ; but his p blood will 
I require at thy hand. 

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his 
wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his 
iniquity ; but thou hast delivered q thy soul. 

» 20 Again, When r a righteous man doth turn from his 
8 righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay * a stum- 
bling-block before him, he shall die : because thou hast 
not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his 
righteousness which he hath done shall not be remember- 
ed ; but his blood will I require at u thy hand. 

460 



cii. 11.23 
ii Isa. 29.21. 
i chap. .1. 7. 
k lit. 13. 9. 
1 Rv.92. 11. 
a Josh. 6. 4. 

1 Cot. 1. 27. 
h Jer. 13. 1. 
c Ps. 127.2. 
(1 2 Kings 
25. I. 

e Lv. 17. 10. 
f Gen. 15. 
13, 16. 

2 Chr. 36. 
15. 

Luke 19. 
42, 44. 
grh 16. 46. 
h2 Kings 
18. 9, 10. 
Ps 69. 27. 
a From 
Rekoboam 
to the de- 
struction 
of Jerusa- 
lem were 
390 years, 
2 Pet. 3. 8. 
i Rom. 9. 5. 
k 2 Kings 
22 3. 

ltsa.'52.10. 
m ch. 3. 25. 
n 2 Kg.25.3. 
6 La. 5. 4, 9. 
pLv. 19.36. 
n Hos. 9. 3. 
r2Chr.21.2. 
s Lv. 19. 19. 
Dt. 23. 12. 
t Dan. 1. 8. 
Acts 10.14. 



The type of a siege. EZEKIEL 

21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the righteous man, that 
the righteous * sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely 
y live, because he is warned ; also thou hast delivered thy 
soul. 

d 22 % And the z hand of the Lord was there upon me ; 
and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I 
will a there talk with thee. 

23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain 
behold, the b glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory 
which I saw by the river of Chebar : and I c fell on my face. 

24 Then the d spirit entered into me, and set me upon 
my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut 
thyself within thy house. 

r 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, e they shall put bands 
upon thee, and shall f bind thee with them, and thou shalt 
not go out among them : 

26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy 
mouth, that tiiou shalt s be dumb, and shalt not be to them 
! ' a reprover : for they are a rebellious house. 
d 27 But when I speak with thee, I will l open thy mouth, 
and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
He that k heareth, let him hear ; and he that ' forbeareth, 
let him forbear : for they are a rebellious house. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Under the type of a siege, is shewed the time from the defection of Jero- 
boam to' the captivity, 1. By the provision of the siege is shewed the 
hardness of the famine, 9. 

THOU also, son of man, take thee a a tile, nd lay it 
before thee, and b pourtray upon it the city, even 
'■ Jerusalem ; 

o 2 And d lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, 
and cast a mount against it ; set the camp also against it, 
and set battering rams against it round about. 

3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it 
for a wall of iron between thee and the city : e and set thy 
face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay 
siege against it. This shall be f a sign to the house of Israel. 

d 4 Lie thou also upon thy g left side, and h lay the iniquity 
of the house of Israel upon it : according to the number 
of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their 
iniquity. 

r 5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, 
according to the number of the days, " three hundred and 
ninety days : so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house 
of Israel. 

6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on 
' thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house 
of Judah k forty days : I have appointed thee each day for 
a year. 

7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of 
Jerusalem, ' and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou 
shalt prophesy against it. 

8 And behold, I will lay m bands upon thee, and thou 
shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast 
ended the days of thy siege. 

d 9 % Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and 
beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them 
in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to 
the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side ; 
three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 

10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, 
* twenty shekels a day : from time to time shalt thou eat it. 

1 1 Thou shalt drink also ° water by measure, the p sixth 
part of a hin : from time to time shalt thou drink. 

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt 
bake it with q dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 

13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall r the children of 
Israel eat their s defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither 
f will drive them. 

14 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! behold, l my soul hath 



The type of hair. 

for from my youth up even till now 

or is torn in 



B - C 9 h 5 rist not been polluted 

xiJohirsTihave I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, 
y'p 9 ;.28. i3. P^ces ; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth- 
r^ts'io 3 '! ° 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee "cow's 
44. ' dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread 

bJnhn 1.14...1 •ii i i j 

cJam.4.i.itherewith. 

e versl'is. ! T * 6 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I 
md Act* 9. hs. w ni break x the staff of bread in Jerusalem : and they shall 
" eat bread by weight, and with care ; and they shall drink 
water by measure, and with astonishment : 

17 That they may 3 want bread and water, and be 
astonished one with another, and z consume away for 
their iniquity. 

CHAPTER V. 



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B. Christ 
595. 



u Pr. 27. 7. 
Lam. 4. 10 
xLv.26.26. 
y La. 1. 11. 
Amos 4. 8. 
zLv.26.39. 
ch. 23. 24. 
a Isa. 7. 20. 
b Isa. 26. 7. 
Dan. 5. 25. 
Rev. 19. 11. 
c 2 Kg. 25. 4. 
Isa. 24. 18. 
<1 Lv. 26. 33. 
Amos 2. 13. 
&9. 1,3. 
e Isa. 1. 9. 
Jer. 52. 16. 
fJer. 44. 4. 
gchap. 4. 1. 
h Dt. 4. 6. 
i Jer. 2. 11. 
k ch. 16. 46. 
1 ch. 16. 25. 
m Jer. 2. 10. 
Rom. 1. 32. 
n Isa. 10. 5. 
Jer. 25. 9. 
Amos 3. 6. 
o Dt. 9. 12. 
Lam. 4. 6. 
pDt.28.53. 
Lam. 2. 20. 
.| Jer. 49. 32. 
Zcch. 2. 6. 
rLv. 26.31. 
Jer. 11. 13. 
slSa.24.10. 
chap. 7. 4. 
t Ps. 91. S. 
u Lam. 4.9. 
x Dt. 32. 42. 
Jer. 12. 12. 
y Isa. 10. 25. 
7. Isa. 1.24. 
a chap. 6. 7, 
10. & 10. 42. 
bNeh.3. 17. 
cl,v.26.31. 



Under the type of hair, 1, is shewed the judgment of Jerusalem for their 
'rebellion, 5, by famine, sword, and dispersion, 12. 

ND thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take 
thee a barber's a razor, and cause it to pass upon thy 
; jhead and upon thy beard : then take thee balances to 
weigh, and divide the hair. 

2 Thou shalt c burn with fire a third part in the midst of 
the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled : and 
thou shalt take a third \mrt,and smite about it with a knife : 
and a third part thou shalt d scatter in the wind ; and 1 will 
draw out a sword after them. 

3 Thou shalt also take thereof e a few in number, and 
bind them in thy skirts. 

4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the 
midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire : for thereof 
shall f a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 

r 5 if Thus saith the Lord God ; This is e Jerusalem ; I 
h have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that 
are round about her. 

e 6 And she hath { changed my judgments into wicked- 
ness k more than the nations, and my statutes more than 
the countries that are round about her : for they have 
refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not 
walked in them. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye 
'multiplied more than the nations that are round about 
you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have 
kept my judgments, neither have done m according to the 
judgments of the nations that are round about you ; 

» 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold n I, even 
I, am against thee, and will execute judgments \o the 
midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 

9 And I will do in thee that which I have not "done, and 
whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all 
thine abominations. 

r 10 Therefore the fathers shall r eat the sons in the midst 
of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers ; and I will 
execute judgments in thee, and the q whole remnant of 
thee will I scatter into all the winds. 

v 1 1 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God ; Surely, 
because thou hast r defiled my sanctuary with all thy de- 
testable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore 
will I also diminish thee ; neither shall ' mine eye spare, 
neither will I have any pity. 

r 12 1 A third part of thee shall die with the ' pestilence, 
and with u famine shall they be consumed in the midst ot 
thee : and a third part shall fall by the x sword round about 
thee ; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and 
I will draw out a sword after them. 

13 Thus shall mine 5 anger be accomplished, and I will 
cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be z com- 
forted : and they shall "know that I the Lord have 
spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury 
in them. 

«> 14 Moreover, I will make b thee waste, and c a reproach 

461 



dl Co. 10.11. 
e Dt. 32. 23. 
fDt,32. 24. 
2 Kg. 6.25. 
Isaiah 3. 1. 
h 2 Kings 
17. 24. 
Lev. 26. 22. 
ch. 34. 28. 
a Isa. 53. 1. 
chap. 13. 7. 
& 20. 4. 
b 2 Chron. 
15. 17. 
Pa. 125. 1. 
cMic. 6.1,2. 
dLv.26.30. 
1 Kgs. 12.31. 
& 14. 23. 
c 2 Kings 
23. 11. 
Isa. 44. 17. 
f2Kg.23.16. 
_ Hos. 16. 5. 
ha Kings 
22. 17. 
Ps. 106. 29. 
i Jer. 9. 12. 
k Jer. 5. 13 
•h. 11. 10. 

1 Hab. 3. 2. 
Kom. 9. 15. 
m Am. 2.13. 
n Jer. 2. 2. 
o2Tet.2.14. 
p Jer. 31. 19. 
Hos. 14. 8. 
qZech. 1.6 
r ch. 21. 17. 
3 ch. 21. 12. 
tchap. 9. 4 
Am. 5. 16. 
u Isa. 37.38. 
x 1 Kings 
14. 23. 

2 Kgs. 16.4. 
y Isa. 5. 25. 
& 65. 2. 
Jur. 51. 25. 



B. Christ 

594. 



f 



Israel's idolatry threatened. EZEKIEL 

among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight 
of all that pass by. 

15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, d an instruction 
and an astonishment unto tne nations that are round about 
thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger, 
and in fury, and in e furious rebukes. I the Lord have 
spoken it. 

1 6 When I shall send upon them the evil f arrows of 
famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I 
will send to destroy you : and I will increase the famine 
upon you, and will break your g staff of bread : 

w 17 So will I send upon you famine and h evil beasts, and 
they shall bereave thee ; and pestilence and blood shall 
pass through thee ; and I will bring the sword upon thee. 
I the Lord have spoken it. 

CHAPTER VI. 

The judgment of Israel for their idolatry, I. A remnant shall be saved, 

8. The faithful are exhorted to lament their calamities, 11. 

f k ND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
j\ 2 Son of man, a set thy face toward the b mountains 

of Israel, and prophesy against them, 
-E3 And say, Ye c mountains of Israel, hear the word of 

the Lord God : Thus saith the Lord God to the moun- 
tains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys ; 

Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will 

destroy your d high places. 
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your e images 

shall be broken : and I will cast down your slain men 

before your idols. 
*> 5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of 

Israel before their idols ; and I will f scatter your bones 

round about your altars. 

6 In all your dwelling-places the cities, shall be s laid 
waste, and the high places shall be desolate ; that your 
altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols 
may be broken and cease, and h your images may be cut 
down, and your works may be abolished. 

7 And the slain shall ' fall in the midst of you, and ye 
shall k know that I am the Lord. 

b 8 % Yet will I leave ' a remnant, that ye may have 
some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when 
ye shall be scattered through the countries. 

« 9 And they that escape of you shall remember me 
among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, 
because I am m broken with their n whorish heart, which 
hath departed from me, and with their ° eyes which go 
a whoring after their idols : and they shall p loathe them 
selves for the evils which they have committed in all their 
abominations. 

10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that 
I have q not said in vain that I would do this evil unto 
them. 

1 1 H Thus saith the Lord God ; r Smite with thy 
hand, and s stamp with thy foot, and say, ' Alas, for all 
the evil abominations of the house of Israel ! for they 
shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pesti- 
lence. 

w 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence ; and he 
that is near shah fall by the sword ; and he that remaineth 
and is besieged shall die by the famine : thus will I accom 
plish my fury upon them. 

13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their 
slain men shall be "among their idols round about their 
altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the moun 
tains, and under every x green tree, and under every thick 
oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all 
their idols. 

<h 1 i 4 ^° ,7 iU l stretcl1 out m Y nand y u P°n them, and make 
„ne land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness 



B. Christ 
594. 



The repentance of them tnat escape. 
Diblath, in all their habitations : and they shall 



2 
the ' 
four 

3 



z Jer. 48. 22. 
a 2 Chron. 
15. 17. 
bLam.4,18, 
Amos. 6. 3. 
c Jer. 26. 16. 
chap. 9. 10. 
Zech. 1. G. 
uch.5. 11. 
elSa.26.8. 
Nah.1.9. 

f ch. ia. ii. 

a Pet. 2. 3. 
g Ps. 101. 8. 
1 Th. 5. 3. 
h Ps. 37. 13. 
Isa. 22. 5. 
Zeph. 1. 14. 
i ch. 25. 30. 
k ch. 20. 8. 
1 Isa. 10.5. 
m Isa. 3. 9. 
n Isa. 5. 7. 
o Jer. 16. 6. 
p Lnke 17. 



ql Co. 7.30. 
r a Chron. 
38. 13. 
s Am. 6. 31. 
t Ps. 127. 1. 
ulSa.17.10. 
Rev. 18. 10. 
xDt.32.25. 
Lam. 1. 20. 
y Isa. 38.14. 
&49. 11. 
z Pr. 5. 11. 
Hos. 14. 2. 
a Isa. 13. 7. 
Jer. 6. 24. 
b Job 21. 6. 
Rev. 6. 15. 
c Isa. 3. 24. 
Micahl.16. 
dPr. U. 4. 
Rev. 18. 17. 
ech.21. 15. 
fPs. 48. 2. 



toward 

know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER VII. 

The final desolation of Israel, 1 : The mournful repentance of them thai 
escape, 16. The enemies defile the sanctuary hecause of the Israelites'' 
abominations, 20. Under the type of a chain is shewed their miserable 
captivity, 23. 

OREOVER the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto 

land of Israel ; b An end, the end is come upon the 

corners of the land. 

Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine 
anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy 
ways, and will c recompense upon thee all thine abomina- 
tions. 

w 4 And d mine eyes shall not spare thee, neither will I 
have pity : but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and 
thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee : and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord. 

5 Thus saith the Lord God ; An evil, e an only evil, 
behold, is come. 

6 An end is come, the end is come : it ' watcheth for 
thee; behold, it is come. 

7 s The morning is come upon thee, O thou that dwellest 
in the land : the time is come, the h day of trouble is near, 
and not the 'sounding again of the mountains. 

w 8 Now will I shortly k pour out my fury upon thee, and 
accomplish mine anger upon thee : and I will judge thee 
according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all 
thine abominations. 

* 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity : 
I will recompense thee according to thy ways, and thine 
abominations that are in the midst of thee ; and ye shall 
know that I am. the Lord that smiteth. 

E \0 Behold the day, behold, it is come; the morn- 
ing is gone forth; the 'rod hath blossomed, m pride hath 
budded. 

1 1 n Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness : 
none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor 
of any of theirs : neither shall there ° be wailing for them. 

12 The p time is come, the day draweth near : let not 
the q buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn : for wrath r is 
upon all the multitude thereof. 

13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, 
although they were yet alive : for the vision is touching the 
whole multitude thereof, which shall not return ; neither 
shall any 'strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. 

14 They have blown the trumpet, even 'to make all 
ready ; but "none goeth to the battle : for my wrath is upon 
all the multitude thereof. 

w 15 The x sword is without, and the pestilence and the 
famine within : he that is in the field shall die with the 
sword ; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence 
shall devour him. 

16 ^[ But they that escape of them shall escape, and 
shall be on the mountains like y doves of the valleys, all of 
them z mourning, every one for his iniquity. 

17 a All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak 
as water. 

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and 
b horror shall cover them ; and shame shall be upon all 
faces, and c baldness upon all their heads. 

t 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their 
gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall 
d not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of 
the Lord : they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill 
their bowels : because it is the e stumbling-block of their 
iniquity. 

20 % As for the f beauty of his ornament, he set it io 

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EzekiePs vision at Jerusalem. 

majesty : but they made the images of their abominations 
and of their g detestable things therein : therefore have I 
set it far from them. 

w 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for 
a prey, and to the h wicked of the earth for a spoil ; and 
they shall 'pollute it. 

22 My face will k I turn also from them, and they shall 
pollute my secret place ; for the ' robbers shall enter into 
it, and defile it. 

23 "fl Make m a chain : for the land is full of n bloody 
crimes, and the city is full of violence, 
w 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and 
they shall possess their houses : I will also make the pomp 
of the strong to cease, and their ° holy places shall be 
defiled. 

25 Destruction cometh ; and they shall seek peace, and 
there shall be none. 

w 26 p Mischief snail come upon mischief, and rumour 
shall be upon rumour ; then shall they seek a vision of the 
prophet ; but the law q shall perish from the priest, and 
counsel from the ancients. 

27 The r king shall mourn, and the prince shall be 
clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the 
laud shall be troubled : I will do unto them after their way, 
and 3 according to their deserts will I judge them, and they 
1 shall know that 1 am the Lord. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem, 1, is shewed the image of jea- 
lousy, 5, the chambers of imagery, 7, the mourners for Tammuz, 13, the 
worshippers towards the sun, 15. God's wrath for their idolatry, 18. 

/A ND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth 
il. month, in the fifth day of the month, as a I sat in my 
house, and the elders of Judah sat b before me, that the 
c hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. 
" 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance 
of d fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, 
fire ; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance 
of 'brightness, as the colour of amber. 

3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by 
a lock of my head ; and the f spirit lifted me up ? between 
the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions 
of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that 
looketh toward the north ; where was the seat of the 
" image of jealousy, which ' provoketh to jealousy. 

4 And, behold, the k glory of the God of Israel was there 
according to the vision that I ' saw in the plain. 

» 5 ^ Then said he unto me, Son of man, ,n lift up thine 
eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine 
eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at 
the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry 

C He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou 
what they do? even the great abominations that the house 
of Israel committed here, that n I should go far oft" from 
my sanctuary ? but turn thee yet again, and thou shall 
see greater abominations. 

" 7 ^f And he brought me to the ° door of the court ; and 
when I looked, behold p a hole in the wall. 

8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, '' dig now in the 
wall : and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. 

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked 
abominations that they do Jiere. 

•4 10 So I went in and saw ; and behold every form of 
creeping things, and r abominable beasts, and all the " idols 
of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round 
about. 

11 And there stood before them seventy men of the 

ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them 

stood Jaazaniah the son ' of Shaphan, with every man his 

censer in his hand ; and a thick cloud of ' incense went up 

« 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen 



2 Kings 
25. 13. 
k Vs. 51. 11. 
lActs21.27. 
mNa.3. 10. 
n 2 Kings 
21. 16. 
o Jer. 7. 4. 
p Dt. 32. 23. 
q 1 Sam. 23. 
15. 

Psa. 74. 9. 
Lam. 2. 9. 
Cliron. 
36. 13. 
Jer. 36. 25. 

Sit. 7. 2. 
tlsa.26. 11. 
a Luke 10. 
39. 

Acts 5. 42. 
& 10. 33. 
b2Kg 6.32. 
Mai. 2. 7. 
cchap. 1.3. 
Acts 10. 44. 
d Rev. 1.14. 
e John 1. 14. 
Titus 2. 13. 
f ch. 1. 12. 

'Co. 12. 4. 
Fi Jer. 7. 30. 
i L.\. 30. 5 
k Jor. 2. 11. 
Co. 3. 18. 
mUn 13.10. 

Amos 3. 3. 
o 1 Kg. 7. 12. 
2 Kg. 21. 5. 
pch.40. 10. 
q 1 Chron. 
23. 28. 
r Lev. 11.4. 
aHeb. 

ay 

gods, 
Lev. 26. 30. 

2 Kings 

I. 12. 
t Ex. 25. 6. 



EZEKIEL, Some preserved and the rest destroyed. 

what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the u dark, 

g zeph.3.7.'every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, 

■ h 2 P Kings 14 lThe Lord "seeth us not ; the Lord hath » forsaken the 

earth. 

» 13 % He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and 
thou shalt z see greater abominations that they do. 

14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the 
Lord's house which was toward the north ; and behold, 
there sat a women weeping for b Tammuz. 

A 15 ^f Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son 
of man ? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater 
abominations than these. 

;' 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the 
Lord's house, and behold, at the door of the temple of 
the Lord, ° between the porch and the altar, were about 
d rive and twenty men, with their ° backs toward the temple 
of the Lord, and their faces toward the east ; and they 
worshipped the ' sun toward the east. 

17 11 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son 
of man ? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that 
they commit the abominations which they commit g here ? 
for they have h filled the land with violence, and have re- 
turned to provoke me to anger : and lo, they put the 
branch * to their nose. 

l ° 18 Therefore will I also deal k in fury : mine eye shall 
not spare, neither will I have pity : and though they ' cry 
in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. 

CHAPTER IX. 
A vision, whereby is shewed the preservation of some, 1, and the destruc- 
tion of the rest, 5. God will not be entreated for them, 8. 

1TE cried also a in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, 
Cause them that b have charge over the city to draw 
near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his 
hand. 

2 And behold, six c men came from the way of the 
higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man 
11 a slaughter-weapon in his hand ; and c one man f among 
them was clothed with linen, with a writer's s inkhorn by 
his side : and they went in and stood beside the brazen 
altar. 

» 3 And the h glory of the God of Israel was gone up from 
the cherub whereupon he was, to the ' threshold of the 
house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, 
which had the writer's inkhorn by his side ; 

•A 4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst 
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set k a 
mark upon the foreheads of the men that ' sigh and that 
cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst 
thereof. 

5 % And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye 
m after him through the city, and smite : let not your eye 
spare, neither have ye pity : 

*° 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little 
children, and women : but n come not near any man 
upon whom is the mark; and ° begin at my sanctuary. 
Then they began at ■' the ancient men which were before 
the house. 

7 And he said unto them, q Defile the house, and fill 
the courts with the slain : go ye forth. And they went 
forth, and slew in the city. 

«* 8 1 And it came to pass while they were slaying them, 
and I was left, that r I fell upon my face, and cried, and 
said, "Ah Lord God ! wilt thou destroy all the 'residue of 

Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? 

e 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of tho house of 

Israel and Judah is u exceeding great, and the land is full 
of x blood, and the city full of perverseness : for they say, 
The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord y seeth 
not. 

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B. Christ 
594. 



uch. 16.51. 
John 3. 20. 

Ps. 10.11. 
y 2 Chron. 
28. 23. 
Jer. 44. 18. 
aTm.3.13 

2 Kings 

23. 12. 
Hos. 9. 10. 
b N'u. '25. 3. 

1 Kg 1 1.5,7. 
c J..cl2. 17. 
<1 2 Chron 

24. 19. 

e Jer. 32.33. 
f Dt. 4. 19. 
Jer. 44. 17. 
gPs. 100.19. 
hMic.6.12. 
i verse 16. 
kNah. 1.2. 
lMicah3. 4. 
a Amos 3.7. 
b Da. 10.21. 
c Gen. 18. 2. 
.IPs. 103.21). 
el Tim. 2.5. 
f Rv. 19. 11. 

Mul. 3. 16. 
h Ps. 09. 1. 

ch 10. 4. 
&.U. 23. 
k 2 Co. 1.22. 
Rov. 7. 3. 
IPs. 119.53. 

2 Co. 12.21. 
m Gn. 19.32. 
n Rev. 7. 3. 
ol Pot. 4.17. 
pch. 8. 11. 
q 2 Kings 
23. 10. 
2Chr.36.17. 
Lam. 3. 7. 

r Nu. 14. 4,5. 
Josh. 7. 6. 
b Jer. 9. 1 
tlChr.21 
uch. 16.25. 
X 3 Kings 
21. 16. 
yliia.29.15. 



The vision of the coeds and cherubims, - EZEXIEL 

«> iO And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither 
will 1 have pity, but I will z recompense their way upon 
their head. 

d 11 And behold, the man clothed with linen, which km 
the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I 
have a done as thou hast commanded me. 

CHAPTER X. 

Tlie vision of the coals of fire to be scattered over the city, 1. The vision 

of the cherubims, 8. 

THEN I a looked, and behold, in the firmament that 
was above the head of the cherubims there appeared 
over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance 
of the likeness of a b throne. 

2 And he spake unto c the man clothed with linen, and 
said, Go in betwee?i the wheels, even under the cherub, 
and fill thy hand d with coals of fire from between the 
cherubims, and e scatter them over the city. And he 
went in in my sight. 

3 Now the cherubims f stood on the s right side of the 
house, when the man went in; and the cloud h filled the 
inner court. 

•4 4 Then the ' glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, 
and stood over the threshold of the house ; and the house 
was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the 
brightness of the Lord's glory. 

* 5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard 



even to the k outer court, as the 'voice of the Almighty 
God when he speaketh. 

6 And it came to pass, that when m he had commanded 
the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from be- 
tween the wheels, from between the cherubims ; then he 
went in, and n stood beside the wheels. 

t 7 If And one cherub stretched forth his hand from be- 
tween the cherubims unto the fire that was between the 
cherubims, and took thereof, and ° put it into the hands of 
him that was clothed with linen : who took it, and went out. 

v 8 1f And there appeared in the cherubims the p form of 
a man's q hand under their wings. 

9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the 
cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel 
by another cherub : and the appearance of the r wheels 
was as the colour of a beryl stone. 

t 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one 
likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 

11 When they 3 went, they went upon their four sides ; 
they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the 
'head looked they "followed it; they turned not as they went. 

A 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their 
hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were x full of eyes 
round about, even the wheels that they four had. 

13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my 
hearing, y O wheel ! 

t 1 4 And 2 every one had four faces : the first face was 
the face of a a cherub, and the second face was the face 
of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth 
the face of an eagle. 

s 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the liv- 
ing creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 

16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by 
them : and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to 
mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not 
from beside them. 

17 When they stood, these stood ; and when they were 
lifted up, these lifted up themselves also : for the spirit of 
the b living creature was in them. 

18 Then the c glory of the Lord d departed from off the 
threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 

19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mount- 
ed up from the earth in my sight : when they went out, 



B. Christ 
594. 
zlPr. 10.6. 
a Ps. 10. 8. 
Rev. 16. 17. 
a Ps. 85. 8. 
Hab. 2. 1. 
b Isa. 66. I 
c chap. 9.3. 
d Luke 12. 
49. 

e 2 Kg. 25.9. 
Micali 1.12. 
fHeb. 1.13. 
glPet.1.12. 
b Rev. 15. 6. 
i chap. 9. 3. 
Hag. 2. 9. 
John 1. 14. 
k 1 Kgs.7.9. 
IPs. 29. 3, 5. 
Rev. lb. 2. 
m verse 4. 
Mt. 12. 18. 
John 14.31. 
n Isa. 10. 6. 
Jer. 25. 29 
Hos. 5. 10. 
oPs. 103.20. 
chap. 1. 11. 
p chap. 1. 8. 
Acts 5. 19. 
q Ps. 115. 1, 
1 Co. 15. 10. 
r ch. 1. 15. 
s chap. 1. 9. 
t Mt. 8. 9. 
John 15. 5. 
uRv. 19.14. 
x ch. 1. 18. 
Rev. 4. 8. 
y Ps. 119. 9. 
& 147. 18. 
zch. 1. 10. 
aPs. H. 10. 
b Gii. 1.2,3. 
Job 26. 13. 
chap. 1. 12, 
20, 21. 
c ch. 1. 28. 
&9. 3. 
d Jer. 6. 7, 8. 
Hos. 9 12. 



B. Christ 
594. 



echap. 9. 3. 
fPs. 137. 1. 
chap. 1. 2. 
&3. 15. 
g Ps. 18. 30. 
chap. 1. 9. 
a chap. 2. 2. 
b ch. 8. 16. 
c 1 Chr. 31. 
13. 

d Isa. 1. 10. 
e Jer. 18. 18. 
f Nu.25. 18. 
g 2 Pt. 3. 4. 
h ch. 24. 4. 
i Isa. 64. 3. 
verse 3. 
k ch. 1. 3. 

1 Ex. 4. 12. 
m Luke 24. 
38. 

n ch. 7. 23. 
oGn. 6. 11. 
p Mi. 3. 3. 
q Ps. 50. 22. 
r Isa. 5. 5. 
s chap. 5. 8. 
t 1 Kings 
8.65. 

2 Kg. 25. 6. 
Jer. 52. 10. 
u Ps. 9. 16. 
x Lev. 13. 
3,24. 

Dt. 12. 29. 
y 1 Kings 
13.4. 

chap. 37. 7. 
z 1 Kings 
19. 17. 
Hos. 6. 5. 
a 2 Sa. 6. 9. 
Ps. 119. 12. 
b Psa. 103. 
13, 14. 
verse 13. 
c John 16.2. 
d Isa. 66. 5. 
e Mi. 3. 11. 
flsa.45.6,7. 
Micahl.12. 
? Gn. 8. 1. 
Jer. 29. 5,7., 



The princes' sin and judgment. 
the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at 
the door of the e east gate of the Lord's heuse ; and the 
glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 
g 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God 
of Israel by the river of f Chebar ; and I knew that they 
were the cherubims. 

21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one 
four wings ; and the likeness of the hands of a man was 
under their wings. 

22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces 

which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and 

themselves : g they went every one straight forward. 

CHAPTER XI. 
The presumption of the princes, 1. Their sin and judgment, 4. Ezc 
kiel complaining, God sheioeth him his purpose in saving a remnant, 
13, and punishing the wicked, 21. The glory of God leaveth the city, 
22. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity, 24. 

" spirit lifted me up, and brought me 



IOREOVER, the 
unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which look 
eth eastward : and behold at the door of the gate b five and 
twenty men ; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of 
Azur, and Pelatiah the son of c Benaiah, a princes of the 
people. 

2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the 
men that e devise mischief, and give f wicked counsel in 
this city : 

c 3 Which say, It is s ixoi near ; let us build houses : this 
city is the caldron, and we be the h flesh. 

4 If ■ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O 
son of man. 

1 5 And the k Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said 
unto me, ' Speak ; Thus saith the Lord ; Thus have ye 
said, O house of Israel : for I m know the things that come 
into your mind, every one of them. 

6 Ye have D multiplied your slain in this city, and ye 
have ° filled the streets thereof with the slain. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Your p slain 
whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, 
and this city is the caldron : but q I will bring you forth 
out of the midst of it. 

w 8 Ye have feared the sword ; and I will bring a sword 
upon you, saith the Lord God. 

9 And r I will bring you out of the midst thereof, ana 
deliver you into the hands of s strangers, and will execute 
judgments among you. 

10 Ye shall fall by the sword ; I will judge you in the 
' border of Israel ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

1 1 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye 
be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in 
the border of Israel : 

12 And ye shall u know that I am the Lord : for ye have 
not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judg- 
ments, but have done x after the manners of the heathen 
that are round about you. 

/ 13 *ff And it came to pass, when I y prophesied, that 
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah z died. Then fell I a down 
upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah 
Lord God ! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of 
Israel 1 

14 b Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the 
men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are 
they c unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 
d Get you far from the Lord : unto e us is this land given in 
possession. 

i> 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although 
I have f cast them far off among the heathen, and al- 
though I have scattered them among the countries, yet 
will I be to them as s a little sanctuary in the countries 
where they shall come. 

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The type of Ezekiel's removing. 

r 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God ; I will even 
h gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the 
countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give 
you the land of Israel. 

18 And they shall come thither, and they shall ! take 
away all the detestable things thereof, and all the abomi- 
nations thereof from thence. 

* 19 And I will give them k one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you ; and I will take the stony heart out 
of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: 

* 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine 
ordinances, and ' do them : and they shall be my people, 
and I will be their God. 

c 21 But as for them m whose heart walketh after the 
heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I 
will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the 
Lord God. 

» 22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the 
wheels beside them ; and the glory of the God of Israel 
was over them above. 

23 And the n glory of the Lord went up from the midst 
of the city, and ° stood upon the mountain which is on the 
east side of the city. 

■b 24 Tf Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me 

in a vision by the p Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the 

captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 

25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity q all the 

things that the Lord had shewed me. 

CHAPTER XII. 
The type of Ezekiel's removing, 1, sheweth the captivity of Zedekiah, 8. 
Ezekiel's trembling sheweth the Jews' desolation, 17. The Jews' pre- 
sumptuous proverb is reproved, 21. The speediness of the vision, 26. 

THE word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, 
c 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a a re- 
bellious house, which have eyes to see, and b see not ; 
they have ears to hear, and hear not : for they are a re- 
bellious house. 

d 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for 
removing, and remove c by day in their sight ; and thou 
shalt remove from thy place to another place in their 
sight ; it may be they will consider, though they be a re- 
bellious house. 

4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their 
sight, as stuff for removing : and thou shalt go forth d at 
even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. 

5 e Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry 
out thereby. 

6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, 
and carry it forth in the twilight : thou shalt f cover thy 
face, that thou see not the ground : for I have set thee for 
" a sign unto the house of Israel. 

d 7 And I '' did so as I was commanded : I brought forth 
my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I 
digged through the wall ' with my hand ; I brought it 
forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in 
their sight. 

78 ^[ And in Die morning came the word of the Lord 
unto me, saying, 

9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebel 
lious house, said unto thee, k What doest thou"? 
g 10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This 
burden concerne/h the "' prince in Jerusalem, and all the 
house of Israel that are among them. 

11 Say, I am n your sign : like as I have done, so shall 
h. be done unto them : they shall ° remove and go into 
captivity. 

12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon 
his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth : they shall 
dig through the wall to carry out thereby : he shall cover 
his face, that he see not the ground with his eves. 

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EZEKIEL. 

r*13 My Pnet also will 



B. Christ 
594. 



h Jer. 3. 12. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
i Hos. 14. 8. 
Joel 3. 17. 
l;Jer.3a.39. 
ch. 36. 27. 

1 Psa. 105. 
43, 45. 
mMt. 13.30. 
n ch. 8.4.& 
9. 3. & 10. 4. 
verse 22. 

Hos. 11.8. 
Zcch.14.14. 
p ch. 4. 4. 

2 Cor. 12. 3. 
q Acts 20. 
20. 

a ch. 2. 3. 
& 3. 26. 
b Isa. 6. 9. 
John 9. 41. 
c Jer. 28. 3. 
(1 2 Kg. 25.4. 
Jer. 39. 4. 
& 52. 7. 
e 2 Kings 
25.7. 
Jor. 52. 7. 
f2Sa. 15.30. 

Isa. 8. 18. 
ch. 24. 24. 
hMt. 16.24. 

1 Cor. 1. 23. 
i 2 Kg. 25. 4. 
k Neh. 4. 2, 
3. 
1 Cor. 1. 2. 

1 1 Kg.9.25. 
Isa. 13. I. 
Mai. 1. 1. 
m 2 Chron. 
36. 11. 
n verse 6. 

2 Cor. 5. 13. 
Heb. 1.1. 
o 2 Kings 
25. 4, 7. 



The reproof of lying prophets 

I spread upon him, and he shall 
be taken in my*snare : and I will bring him to Babylon to 
the land of the Chaldeans, yet shall q he not see it, though 
he shall die there. 

14 And I will "scatter toward every wind all that are 
about him to help him, and all his bands ; and I will draw 
out the sword after them. 

15 And they shall s know that I am the Lord, when I 
shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them 
in the countries. 

16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, 
from the famine, and from the pestilence ; that they may 

declare all their abominations among the heathen whither 
they come ; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

/17 ^[Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, 
saying, 

18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink 
thy water with u trembling and with carefulness ; 

19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the 
Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land 
of Israel ; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and 
drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be 

desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence 
of all them that dwell therein. 

w> 20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, 
and the land shall be desolate • and ye shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

f2l% And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the 
land of Israel, saying, y The days are prolonged, and every 
vision faileth 1 

23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God ; I 
will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more 
use it as a proverb in Israel ; but say unto them, The 
'• days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 

24 For there shall be no more any a vain vision nor 
b flattering divination within the house of Israel. 

1 25 For I am the Lord : I will speak, and the word that 
I shall speak shall c come to pass ; it shall be no more pro- 
longed : for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the 
word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God. 

/ 26 If Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 
27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say. 
The vision that he seeth is for d many days to come, and 
he prophesieth of the times that are far off. 

t 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; 
There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, 
but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAPTER XIII. • 
Tlie reproof of lying prophets, 1, and their untempcred mortar, 10. 
prophetesses and their pilloics, 17. 

fA ND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
j^L v 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets 
Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy 
a out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 
v) 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; b Wo unto the foolish pro- 
phets,that follow their own spirit, and have seen c nothing! 

4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the d loxes in the deserts. 

5 Ye have not gone up into e the gaps, neither made up 
the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle 
in the day of the Lord. 

p 6 They have seen s vanity and lying divination, saying, 

The Lord saith : and the Lord hath not sent them : and 

they have made b others to hope that they would confirm 

the word. 

7 Have ye not seen i a vain vision, and have ye not 

«ciua«: spoken a lying divination, whereas ye sav, The Lord saith 

fet^UV, albeit I have not spoken 1 

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B. Christ 
594. 



Of 



of 



women that sew d pillows to all arm-holes, and e make 
kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls ! 
Will ye f hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the 
souls alive that come unto you ] 

19 And will ye pollute me among my people for e hand 
fuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that 
should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not 
live, by your lying to my people h that hear your lies 1 
w 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am 
against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls 
* to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, 
and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to 
make them fly. 

21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people 
out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand 
to be hunted ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 
p 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the 
righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and ! strength- 
ened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return 
from his wicked way, by k promising him life ; 

23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor ! divine 
divinations : for I will deliver my people out of your hand : 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
God answereth idolaters according to their own heart, 1 : They are ex- 
horted to repent for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets, 6. 
^od s irrevocable sentence of famine, 12, of noisome beasts, 15, of the 
sword, 17, and of pestilence, 19. A remnant shall be reserved for ex- 
ample of others, 22. 

nn HEN ca «ie certain of the elders of Israel unto me, 
JJL and a sat before me. 



Of prophetesses and their pillows. EZEKIEL 

w 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye have 
spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, k I 
against you, ' saith the Lord God. 

9 And my hand shall be upon the prophets that see 
vanity, and that divine lies : they shall not be in the ° as- 
sembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the 
m writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they n enter 
into the land of Israel ; and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord God. 

p 10 If Because, ° even because they have p seduced my 
people, saying, Peace ; and there was no peace ; and one 
built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with q untempered 
mortar : 

wll Say unto them which daub it with untempered mor- 
tar, that it shall fall: there shall be an r overflowing 
shower ; and ye, s O great hailstones, shall fall ; and a 
stormy wind shall rend it. 

12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not ' be said unto 
you, Where is u the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 

£ 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I will even rend 
it with a stormy wind in my fury ; and there shall be an 
overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones 
In my fury to consume it. 

14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed 
with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, 
so that the x foundation theieof shall be discovered, and it 
shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof : 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

15 Thus will I y accomplish my wrath upon the wall, 
and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mor- 
tar, and will say unto you, The wall is z no more, neither 
they that daubed it ; 

g 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy con- 
cerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of a peace for 
her, and there is no b peace, saith the Lord God 

p 17 % Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against 
the c daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their 
own heart ; and prophesy thou against them, 

w 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Wo to the 



B. Christ 
591. 
am'klar.Vl.rj. 

1 Jer. 23. 21. 
a Or, secret 
counsel, 
Amos 3. 7. 
mRv. 13.8. 
nRv.91.-27. 
oGn.41.32 
pEph.4 14. 
q Jer. 29. 9. 
r Isa. 8. 7, 

8. & 25. 4. 
ch. 33. 22. 
s Tsa. 21. 1 
Jer. 23. 19. 
ch. 30 19. 
t La. 2. 15. 
u Jer. 7. 4. 
& 28. 1. &: 

19.31. 

xPs. 137.7. 
Micah 1. 16. 
yPs. 50.22. 
zGn.42.13. 
Prov. 12. 7. 
a Jer. 6. 14. 
& 28. 9. 
b 2 Kings 

9. 22. 

Is. 57. 20,21. 
c Ex. 32. 7. 
Jer. 6. 2. 
Rev. 2. 20. 
d Isa. 30. 10. 

2 Tim. 4.3. 
e2Sa.15.30. 
fPr. 6.28. 
_2Pt.2.2,3. 
h Pr. 19. 27. 
b Hh. to the 
gardens, 
Tsa. 65. 5. 
i Jgs. 9. 24. 
2 Sa. 23. 6 
Jer. 23. It. 
k2Pt.2. 19. 
1 Dt. 18. 20. 
alsa.29. 18. 
eh. 33. 31, 
32. 



B. Christ 
594. 



b Jer. 17. 1 

c 1 Kings 

12. 29. 

Zeph. 1. 3. 

d Isa. 66. 3. 

Hos. 8. 13 

1 Kings 
22.21. 
2Th.2. 10. 
fch. 12. 13. 
2Th. 2. 11. 
g Acts 11 
18. 

2Tm.2. 25. 
h Pr. 4. 14, 
& 23. 31. 
iJer. 12. 13. 
Hos. 9. 14. 
k 1 Sa. 9. 9. 
2 Kgs. 8. 8. 

1 Dt. 28. 37. 
m Lv. 20. 3. 
n2Sa.12.12. 
oE.\orl.7.5. 
p Lev. 5. 1. 
ch. 20. 17, 
19. 
qMt.18.12, 

2 Pet. 2. 15. 
r Ezra 9. 11. 
Mt. 15. 18. 
Heb. 9. It. 
Jam. 1. 27. 
sLv.26.26. 
Isaiah 3. 1. 
t Jer. 15. 1 
u Gen. 7, I. 
xDan.9.21. 
v Job 42. 8. 
z Pr. 11. 4. 
aLv.26.22. 
Num. 21. 6 

1 Kg. 12.26. 

2 Kgs. 2. 24. 
chap. 5. 17. 
b Lev. 26. 6. 
c Gen. 2. 1. 
Deut. 4. 26. 
Matt. 8. 9. 
d Ps. 91. 5. 
cchap.7.8. 
fGn.37. 26. 
2Sa.24.15. 
g Ex. 3. 5 
chap 5. 17. 
Amos 3. 6. 
& 1. 1(1. 



God's irrevocable sentence of famine, &c. 

2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their 
b heart, and put the c stumbling-block of their iniquity be- 
fore their face : should I be d inquired of at all by them 1 

w 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Every man of the house of Israel 
that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stum- 
bling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to 
the prophet ; I the Lord will e answer him that cometh 
according to the multitude of his idols ; 

5 That I may f take the house of Israel in their own 
heart, because they are all estranged from me through 
their idols. 

d * 6 ^[ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; s Repent, and turn yourselves from you- 
idols ; and turn away your h faces from all your abomina- 
tions. 

7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangei 
that sojourneth in Israel, which * separateth himself from 
me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the 
stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh 
to k a prophet to inquire of him concerning me ; I the Lord 
will answer him by myself: 

W 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make 
him ' a sign and a proverb, and I will m cut him off from 
the midst of my people ; and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

d 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken 
a thing, I the Lord n have deceived that prophet, and I 
will ° stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him 
from the midst of my people Israel. 

10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity : 
the punishment p of the prophet shall be even as the pu- 
nishment of him that seeketh unto him; 

p 11 That the house of Israel may go no more q astray 
from me, neither be r polluted any more with all their 
transgressions ; but that they may be my people, and I 
may be their God, saith the Lord God. 

/ 1 2 % The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 
13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by 
trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand 
upon it, and will break 9 the staff of the bread thereof, and 
will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast 
from it : 

c 14 Though l these three men, u Noah, x Daniel, and 
y Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls 
z by their righteousness, saith the Lord God. 

w 15 % If I cause a noisome beasts to pass through the 
land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man 
may pass through because of the beasts : 

16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith 
the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daugh- 
ters ; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be 
desolate. 

17 % Or if I bring b a sword upon that land, and c say. 
Sword, go through the land ; so that I cut off man and 
beast from it : 

w 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith 
the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daugh- 
ters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 

19 H Or if I send d a pestilence into that land, and 
e pour out my fury upon it f in blood, to cut off from it man 
and beast : 

» 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, 
saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor 
daughter ; they shall but deliver their own souls by their 
righteousness. 

w 21 For thus saith the Lord God ; How much more when 
I send 5 rny four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the 

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EZEKIEL 

and the 



B. Christ 
594. 



h-2Ch.36.S0. 
i Ps. 119. 16. 
kJer. 22.8,9. 
aDt. 1. 31. 

& 



c Mt. 5. 13. 

Luke 14.35. 

dJer. 2. 21. 

e Isa. 5. 1,2. 

fLv. 17.10. 

glsa. 24.18. 

Amos 5. 19. 

h Luke 13. 

6,9. 

a chap. 33. 

8.9. 

1 Tim. 5.20. 

b Isa. 1. 10. 
IHos. 12.8. 
|c Jos. 24. 2. 
I Hos. 2. 3,15. 
!dMk. 9. 49. 



than a branch which is among the trees ofjlomifv 34 ' 

IfGal. 3. 22. 
Gn.12.1,3. 



kHos.2. 15. 
Rev 3. 17. 
a Hub 
looes, 
John 3. 16. 
1 Ex. 19. 5. 
1 Pet. 2. 9. 
m Lev. 1. 5. 
Heb. 9. 14. 
n 1 John 2 
20. 



I 



sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, 
pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast 1 
b 22 % Yet, behold, therein shall be left h a remnant that 
shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters : behold, & 
they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way h os ! 9." 13. 
and their doings : and ye shall be ' comforted concerning 1 " 
the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even con- 
cerning all that I have brought upon it. 

23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways 
and their doings ; and ye shall know that I have not done 
k without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XV. 
By the unfitness of the vine-branch for any ivork, 1, is shewed the rejec- 
tion of Jerusalem, 6. 

fk ND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
f\ i 2 Son of man, What is the a vine-tree more than 
any tree, or than a 
the forest 1 

3 Shall wood be taken thereof b to do any work ? or \\\Vi% Ex.f. 'i. 
men take a pin or it to hang any vessel thereon < 

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel ; the lire devour- 
eth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is 
it meet for any work 1 

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work : 
a how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when 
the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned 1 

r 6 % Therefore thus saith the Lord God; e As the vine- 
tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to 
the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

. 7 And I will f set my face against them ; they shall go 
out from g one fire, and another fire shall devour them ; 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face 
against them. 

m 8 And I will make the land h desolate, because they 
have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Under the similitude of a wretched infant, is shewed the natwal state of 
Jerusalem, 1. God's extraordinary love towards her, 6. Her monstrous 
whoredom, 15. Her grievous judgment, 35. Her sin, matching her 
mother, and exceeding her sisters Sodom and Samaria, calleth for 
judgments, 44. Mercy is promised her in the end, 60. 

fk 'GAIN the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
J\, d 2 Son of man, a cause Jerusalem to know her 
abominations, 

s 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem ; 
Thy b birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan ; thy 
father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite. 
E 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast c born 
thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water 
to supple thee ; thou wast not d salted at all, nor swaddled 
at all. 

5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to 
have compassion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out in the 
open field, to the e loathing of thy person, in the day that 
thou wast born. 

} 6 IT And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted 
in thine own r blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy 
blood, Live ; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy 
blood, g Live. 

7 I have caused thee to h multiply as the bud of the field, 
and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art 
come to excellent ornaments : thy ' breasts are fashioned, 
and thy hair is grown, whereas thou wast k naked and bare. 

£8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, 
behold, thy time was the time of " love ; and I spread my 
skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness : yea, I Bware 
unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the 
Lord God, and thou becainest ' mine. 
9 Then m washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly 

washed away thy blood from thee, and I n anointed thee 

with oil. 



B. Christ 
594. 



Num. 24. 
5,6,7. 
pEph.5.16. 
q Sor.g 5. 7. 

1 Cor. 11. 5. 
r Sg. 1. 10. 
s Pr. 4. 9. 
t 1 Kings 
10. 16. 
u Ps. 48. 2. 
xlKg.4.29. 
ylCor.4.7. 
z Dt. 32. 15. 
Isa. 5. 27. ' 
a Jgs.2. 17. 
Hosea 1. 2. 
b Jer. 2. 22. 
c Ua.r.7. 7. 
d Ex. 32.2,3. 
2Cbr.2834. 
Hosea 2. 8. 
eGn.28. 18. 
f Ex. 30. 3,4. 
g Gon. 17. 
7,11. 
ch. 23. 37. 
h 2 Kg. 1G.3. 
Ps. 106. 37. 
i2Kg.23.10. 
k vor&e 4. 
Ps. 106. 21. 

1 Isa. I. 24. 
&3. 11. 
ml. v. 20.30 
n Pr. 8. 2. 
Isaiah .'). !), 
oNu. 23.21 
Pr. 14. 34. 
p Isa. 30. 2. 
q Jcr. 2. 11. 
rEph.4. 19. 
o 2 Kings 
1G. 7. 

2 Chron. 
28. 16. 
teh. 23. 14. 
vi Pr. 7. 20. 
t Jrr. 2. 1?. 



Her monstrous whoredom. 

10 I clothed-Ahee also with °broidered work, and p shod 
thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine 
linen, and I q covered thee with silk. 
e 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put brace- 
lets upon thy hands, and r a chain on thy neck. 

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and ear-rings in 
thy ears, and s a beautiful crown upon thy head. 
•^13 Thus wast thou l decked with gold and silver.; and 
thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered 
work; thou didst eat fine flower, and honey, and oil; and 
thou wast exceeding "beautiful, and thou didst prosper into 
a kingdom. 

14 And thy x renown went forth among the heathen for 
thy beauty : for it was perfect through my comeliness, 
which y I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. 
p 15 T[ z But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and 
a playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and b pour- 
edst out thy fornications on every one that passed by ; his 
it was. 

16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst 
thy c high places with divers colours, and playedst the har- 
lot thereupon : the like things shall not come, neither shall 
it be so. 

17 Thou hast also d taken thy fair jewels of my gold and 
of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thy- 
self images of men, and didst commit whoredom with 
them. 

18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and cover- 
edst them : and thou hast set mine e oil and mine f incense 
before them. 

a 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, 
and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it be- 
fore them for a sweet savour : and thus it was, saith the 
Lord God. 

20 Moreover, thou hast taken thy sons and thy daugh- 
ters, whom thou hast g borne unto me, and these hast thou 
h sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy 
whoredoms a small matter, 

21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them 
to cause them Ho pass through the fire for them 1 

22 And in all thine abominations and thy whore 
doms thou hast k not remembered the days of thy youth, 
when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy 
blood. 

w 23 And it came to pass, after all thy wickedness, (' wo, 
wo unto thee ! saith the Lord God,) 

24 That thou hast also built unto thee m an eminent 
place, and hast made thee a high place in every street. 

25 Thou hast built thy high place at every n head of the 
way, and hast made ° thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast 
opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied 
thy whoredoms. 

26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the 
p Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh ; and hast in- 
creased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 

* 27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand 
over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and 
delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the 
daughters of the Philistines, which are q ashamed of thy 
r lewd way. 

28 Thou hast played the whore also with the * Assyri- 
ans, because thou wast unsatiable ; yea, thou hast played 
the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 

s 29 Thou hast, moreover, multiplied thy fornication in 
the land of Canaan unto ' Chaldea; and yet thou wast not 
satisfied herewith. 

i 30 How u weak is thy heart, saith the Lord God, seeing 
thou doest all these things, the x work of an imperious, 
whorish woman ; 

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the 



B Christ 

594. 



& 8. 9. 
z Jer. 2. 25. 
aHos.2.19. 
2 Cor. 11.2. 
b2Kg.21.4. 
Isa. 57. 7. 
Hosea 8. 9. 
c Ex. 4. 22. 
& 19. 6. 
Isa. 1. 10. 
Jer. 2. 21. 
Rev 17.5. 
d Jej. 2. 36. 
&3. 1. 
e ch. 23. 9. 
Hos. 2. 10. 
Rev. 17. 16. 
f Isa. 10.4. 
Nah. 3. 5. 
gDt.22.22. 
Hel>. 13. 4. 
h Pr. 6. 34. 
ilKg. 12.28. 
k Husea 2. 
3,9. 

1 Hah. 1.6. 
mDt. 22.24. 

|n2Kg.25.9. 
|Mic. 3. 12. 

o Isa. 32. 9, 

11. 

Lam. 1.8. 

I> ch. 5. 13. 

q Jos. 7. 26. 

2Sa.21.14. 

r Ps. 78. 42. 

si Kg. 14.7. 

Prov. 29. 9. 

t ch. 9. 10. 

u Dt. 18. 9. 

Rev. 17. 5. 

xDt.32.32. 

Isa. 1. 10. 

yLv. 18.25. 

2 Kg. 10.18. 
& 21. 25, 26. 
ch. 18. 17. 
z2Kg.21.9. 
Mt. 10. 15. 
& 11. 24. 
a Am. 6. 4,6. 
2 Th. 2. 11. 
Jam. 4. 6. 



Jerusalem's judgments and sins. 

31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in 
head of every way, and makest thy high place in every jy 
street ; and hast not been as a y harlot, in that thou scorn- 
est hire ; 

32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which 
taketh z strangers a instead of her husband ! 

k 33 They give gifts to all whores : but thou givest thy 
gifts to all b thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may 
come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. 

34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy 
whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit 
whoredoms : and in that thou givest a reward, and no re- 
ward is given unto thee ; therefore thou art contrary. 

35 % Wherefore, c O harlot, hear the word of the 
Lord : 

36 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thy filthiness was 
poured out, and thy d nakedness discoveied through thy 
whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy 
abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which 
thou didst give unto them ; 

™ 37 Behold, therefore, I will e gather all thy lovers, with 
whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou 
hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated ; I will even 
gather them round about against thee, and will dis- 
cover thy nakedness f unto them, that they may see all thy 
nakedness. 

38 And I will judge thee, e as women that break wed- 
lock and shed blood are judged ; and I will give thee blood 
in fury and h jealousy. 

w 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they 
shall throw down thine { eminent place, and shall break 
down thy high places : they shall k strip thee also of thy 
clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee na- 
ked and bare. 

40 They shall also bring up l a company against thee, 
and they m shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee 
through with their swords. 

41 And they shall "burn thy houses with fire, and exe- 
cute judgments upon thee in the ° sight of many women : 
and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and 
thou also shalt give no hire any more. 

t 42 So will I make my fury toward thee p to rest, and my 
jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will q be quiet, and 
will be no more angry. 

w 43 Because thou hast r not remembered the days of 
thy youth, but hast s fretted me in all these things ; be- 
hold, therefore, I also will * recompense thy way upon thy 
head, saith the Lord God : and thou shalt not commit this 
lewdness above all thine abominations. 

44 ^[ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use 
this proverb against thee, saying, As is the u mother, so is 
her daughter. 

c 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her 
husband and her children ; and thou art the sister of thy 
sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children : 
your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 

i 46 And thine x elder sister is Samaria, she and her 
daughters that dwell at thy left hand : and thy younger 
sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her 
daughters. 

47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor 
done after their abominations : but as if that were y a very 
little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they, in all thy 
ways. 

48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath 
not done, she nor her daughters, z as thou hast done, thou 
and thy daughters. 

c 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, 
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in 



God promiseth her mercv. 



B. Christ 
594. 



bGn. 13. 13. 
& 18. 20. & 
19.5. 
c 1 Kings 
12. 28. 
Hob. 4. 1,2. 
d Jer. 3. 11. 
Matt. 12. 
41, 42. 
e Lam. 4. 6. 
f Isa. 5 f 2,3. 
ch. 5. 9, 12. 
gNu.31.12 
h ch. 14. £2. 
i ch. 7. 4. 
& 15. 7. 
k Jer. 7. 12 
12Chron. 
28. 18, 19. 
mlSa.2.30 
Ps. 107. 40. 
nDt.27. 15. 
Ps. 78. 37. 
oPs.102.12. 
pHeb.8. 10. 
q ch. 20. 42. 
r Song 8. 8. 
s Gal. 4. 26. 
t Gal. 4. 24. 
u Hos. 2. 19. 
x John 7.17. 
ych. 29. 21. 
zlJolm2.2. 
a Mt. 13.13. 
b Dan. 3. 3. 
&4. 1,22. 
c 2 Kings 
24. 12. 
Amos 2. 9. 
(12Kg.24.12. 
Rev. 18. 11. 
c Ps. 75. 6. 
& 113. 8. 
f Isa. 5. 1,2. 
ch.20. 6. 
g Jer. 29. 3. 
ch. 19. II. 
&31.3, 5, 
10. 

h 2 Kings 
20. 14. I 

Jer. 59. 3. I 



her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the 
hand of the poor and needy. 

50 And they were b haughty, and committed abomi- 
nation before me: therefore I took them away as I saw 
good. 

c 51 Neither hath c Samaria committed half of thy sins : 
but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than 
they, and hast d justified thy sisters in all thine abomina- 
tions which thou hast done. 

52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, e bear thine 
own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more 
abominable than they : they are more f righteous than 
thou : yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, 
in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 

53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the g captivity 
of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria 
and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of 
thy captives in the midst of them : 

54 That thou mayestbear thine own shame, and may est 
be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art 
h a comfort unto them. 

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall 
return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daugh- 
ters shall return to their former estate, ' then thou and thy 
daughters shall return to your former estate, 

56 For thy sister Sodom was k not mentioned by thy 
mouth in the day of thy pride, 

57 ' Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the 
time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all 
that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, 
which m despise thee round about. 

58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abomina- 
tions, saith the Lord. 

m! 59 For thus saith the Lord God ; I will even deal with 
thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the n oath in 
breaking the covenant. 

b 60 % Nevertheless, I will ° remember my covenant with 
thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee 
p an everlasting covenant. 

d 61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be 
q ashamed, when thou shalt receive r thy sisters, thine 
elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for 
s daughters, but not by thy ' covenant. 

62 And I will u establish my covenant with thee ; and 
thou shalt x know that I am the Lord : 

•# 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, 
and y never open thy mouth any more because of thy 
shame, when I am z pacified toward thee for all that thou 
hast done, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, 1, is shelved God's judgment 
upon Zedekiah for his revolt, fyc. 11. 

ND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable 
unto a the house of Israel ; 

i 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; A great eagle 
with great wings, b long-winged, full of feathers, which had 
divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the c highest 
branch of the cedar : 

4 He d cropped off" the top of his young twigs, and car- 
ried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. 

5 He took also of e the seed of the land", and planted it 
in a f fruitful field ; he placed it by great waters, and set 
it as a willow-tree. 

6 And it g grew, and became a spreading vine of low 
stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots 
thereof were under him : so it became a vine, and brought 
forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 

i 7 There was also h another great eagle with great wings 

468 



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B. Christ 
594. 



i 2 Chron. 
28. S3. 
verse 15. 
k lsa. 8. 10. 
Jer. 35. 5. . 

6. 

njrs 

18. 
Jer. 39. G. 
verse 3. 
Gn.41. 6. 

3.15. 



The cedar of the gospel promised. 

and many feathers : and behold, this vine did £ bend her 
roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward 
him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plan- 
tation. 

8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that itNw|>6. 
might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, j 25. 7JI 
that it might be a goodly vine. 

9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God ; Shall it k pnos-)^ 
per 1 shall ' he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off]nJer.Ui7 
the fruit thereof, that it wither 1 it shall wither in all t&ejflK 2 ' 
leaves of her spring, even without great power or many " 
people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it 
not utterly wither, when the m east wind toucheth it 1 it 
shall wither in the furrows where it grew. 

/ 11 If Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

s 12 Say now to the "rebellious house, Know ye not 
what these things mean ? Tell them, Behold, ° the king 
of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king- 
thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him 
to Babylon ; 

13 And hath taken of the p king's seed, and made a 
covenant with him, and hath taken q an oath of him : he 
hath also taken the a mighty of the land : 

14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not 
lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might 
stand. 

s '15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambas- 
sadors into Egypt, that they might give him r horses and 

shall he escape that 
break the covenant, 



Shall he prosper 1 



things ? 



or, shall he 



much people 

doeth such 

and be delivered 1 

16 Jls I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place 
where the king dwelleth that made him king, ' whose oath 
he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him 
in the midst of Babylon he shall u die. 

17 Neither shall x Pharaoh, with his mighty army and 
great company, make for him in the war, by casting up 
mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons : 

18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the cove- 
nant, when lo, he had y given his hand, and hath done all 
these things, he shall not escape. 

w 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; As I live, sure- 
ly z mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant 
that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his 
own head. 

s 20 And I will spread my a net upon him, and he shall 
be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and 
will b plead with him there for his trespass that he hath 
trespassed against me 
«> 21 And all his c fugitives with all his bands shall fall by 
the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered to 
ward all winds : and ye shall know that I the Lord have 
spoken it. 

i 22 1" Thus saith the Lord God, I will also take of the 
highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it ; I will 
crop off from the top of his young twigs a d tender one, and 
will plant it upon a c high mountain and eminent : 

23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant 
it : and it shall bring forth boughs, and f bear fruit, and be 
a E goodly cedar : and h under it shall dwell all fowl of 
every wing ; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall 
they dwell. 

24 And all the trees of the field shall 'know that I the 
Lgrd have k brought down the high tree, have exalted 
the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made 
the ' dry tree to flourish : I the Loud have spoken and 
have done it. 

11s 



24. 13. 
p 1 Chron. 
3. 15. 
q 2 Chron. 
36. 13. 
aUeb.ram. 
ch.31. 11. 
Dan. 8. 20. 
r 2 Chron. 
28. 20. 
lea. 31. 1. 
9 Ps. 15. 4. 
&55. 23. 
t 2 Chr. 24. 
20, 22. 
Eccl. 8. 2. 
u 2 Kings 
25.6. 

x Jam. 4.12. 
y 2 Chron. 
30.8. 

z Jos. 9. 19. 
2Sa.21.1. 
aJos.10.16. 
2 Pa. 18. 9. 
ch. 12. 13. 
b 2 Kings 
25.6. 
c 2 Kings 
25.5. 

d lsa. 11. 1. 
Zech. 3. 8. 
e Psa. 2. 6. 
Rev. 14. 1. 
f Ps. 72. 12. 
Jer. 23. 5. 
gRv.ll. 15. 
his. 60.2,8. 
i Psa. 9. 16. 
k Dan. 2. 44. 
1 Luke 1.52. 




forth upon p usury, neither 
hath q withdrawn his hand 



God's justice in punishing. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
God reproveth the vAjust parable of sovr gi-apes, 1 : He sheu'cth how he 
deuleih with njustfather, 5, with, a wicked son t>fu just father, 10, ivith 
a just son of a wicked father, 14, with a wicked man repenting, 19, with, 
a just man revolting, 24 : He defendelh his justice, 25, and exhorttih to 
repentance, 31. 

T3HE word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 
2 a What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concern- 
ing the land of Israel, saying, b The fathers have eaten 
sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge ? 

3 fls I live, saith the Lov:l God, ye shall not have occa- 
sion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 

t 4 Behold, all souls are mine ; c as the soul of the father, 
so also the soul of the son is mine : the soul d that sinneth, 
it shall e die. 

c 5 If But if a man be r just, and do s that which is lawful 
and right, 

P 6 find hath h not eaten upon the mountains, neither 
hath ; lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, 
neither hath k defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath 
come near to a menstruous woman, 
d 7 And hath not ' oppressed any, but hath restored to 
the debtor his m pledge, hath n spoiled none by violence, 
hath given his "bread to the hungry, and hath covered 
the naked with a garment ; 

8 He that hath not given 
hath taken any increase, that 

from iniquity, hath 'executed true judgment between man 
and man, 

d 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judg- 
ments, to 5 deal truly ; he is just, he shall surely live, saith 
the Lord God. 

10 ^f If he beget a son that is a robber, ' a shedder of 
blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 
p 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even 
hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's 
wife, 

12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by 
violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up 
his eyes to the idols, hath committed u abomination, 
w 13' Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken in- 
crease : shall he then live ? he shall not live : he hath done 
all these abominations; he shall surely *die; his y blood 
shall be upon him. 

14 ^f Now lo, if he z beget a son, that a seeth all his 
father's sins which he hath done, and b considereth, and 

doeth not such like, 

15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither 
hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, 
hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, 

16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden 
the pledge, neither hath spoiledby violence, buthath given 
his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with 
a garment, 

d 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that 
hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my 
judgments, hath walked in my statutes ; he shall not die 
for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 

w 18 Jls for his father, because he '' cruelly oppressed, 
spoiled his brother by violence, and did l/ial which it noi 
good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 

b 19 ^f Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son hear the ,; ini- 
quity of the father ? When the son hath done that which 
is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and 
hath done them, he shall surely live. 

< 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. f The son shall 
not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father 
bear the iniquity of the son : the B righteousness of the 
righteous shall be upon him, and the " wickedness of the 
wicked shall be upon him. 

469 



m 



up a lamentation fox* the 



B. Christ 
594. 



j cli. 14. 6. 
kHb.J0.17. 
lRom.3. 
24, 28. 
Gal. 2. 16. 
mRo.9. 17. 
n Mt. 23.28. 
Luke 18. 9. 

ch. 3. 20. 

1 John 3. 9. 
pi Co. 9. 24. 

2 Pet. 2. 20. 
q Mai. 3.14. 
r Ito. 5. 12. 
s Isa. 1. 4. 
Jer. 2. 13. 

a Heb. 
quicken Iris 
own soul. 
Ps. 22. 29. 
t verse 14. 
u chap. 7. 3. 
x Rev. 2. 5, 
y Ex. 3. 20. 
zEph.4.22. 
aEph.4.23. 
Col. 2. 12. 
!> verse 23. 
Micah7.18. 
2 Pet. 3. 9. 
c Isa. 45. 22. 
Luke 15. 18. 
a ch. 2. 10. 
b 2 Kings 
23.31. 
c Zeph. 3. 
1,2. 

dch. 16.24. 
e 2 Kings 
23. 31. 
f2Chr'.36.1. 
gPr. 11.7. 
h 2 Kings" 
23. 34. 
i Jer. 20. 17. 
k 2 Chron. 
36. 19. 
1 Pr. 19. 12. 
m 2 Kings 
24.2. 



Parable of the lion's whelps. EZEKIEL. 

« 21 But if the wicked will ' l turn from all his sins that he 
hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that 
which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall 
not die. 

b 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they 
shall not be k mentioned unto him : l in his righteousness 
that he hath done he shall live. 

h 23 Have I any m pleasure at all that the wicked should 
die? saith the Lord God : and not that he should return 
from his ways, and live ? 

D 24 "[[ But when n the righteous turneth away from his 
righteousness, and ° commhteth iniquity, and doeth ac- 
cording to all the abominations that the wicked man 
dbeth, shall he live ? All his p righteousness that he hath 
done shall not be mentioned : in his trespass that he hath 
trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them 
shall he die. 

« 25 ^f Yet q ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. 
Hear now, O house of Israel ; r Is not my way equal? are 
not s your ways unequal ? 

d 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his 
righteousness, and coinmitteth iniquity, and dieth in 
them ; for his iniquity that he hath done, shall he die. 

c 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which 
is lawful and right, he shall " save his soul alive. 

28 Because he ' considereth and turneth away from all 
his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely 
live, he shall not die. 

« 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord 
is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal ? 
are not your ways unequal ? 

<**30 Therefore, I will "judge you, O house of Israel, 
every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. 
* Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions ; 
so iniquity shall not be y your ruin. 

d * 31 % z Cast away from you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed : and make you a a new 
heart and a new spirit : for why will ye die, O house of 
Israel ? 

h 32 For I have b no pleasure in the death of him that di- 
eth, saith the Lord God : wherefore c turn yourselves, and 
live ye. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under the parable q/h'o?is' tvhelps 
taken in a pit, 1 : and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted 
vine, 10. 

OREOVER, take thou 
b princes of Israel, 

* 2 And say, What is thy mother? c A lioness : she lay 
down among d lions, she nourished her c whelps among 
young lions. 

3 And she brought up f one of her whelps : it became 
a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured 
men. 

s 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their 
pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of 
Egypt. 

* 5 Now when she saw that she had s waited, and her 
hope^was lost, then she took h another of her whelps, and 
made him a young lion. 

6 And he went up and down among the lions, he be- 
came a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, i and 
devoured men. 

7 And he knew their 1; desolate palaces, and he laid waste 
their cities ; and the land was desolate, and the fulness 
thereof, by the noise of his ' roaring 

8 Then the m - nations set against him on every side from | l Lev- Is. 
the provinces, and spread their net over him : he was takenixNu™ m. 
in their pit. 



B. Christ 
594 



a That is 
intendedsOy 
Jer. 22. 18. 
&. 36. 30. 
n Isa. 5. 1. 
o 2 Chron. 
32.23. 
p Isa. 47. 6. 
ch. 16. 15. 
qDt.28.25. 
r 2Kgs. 17. 
4. & 24. 1. 
s Dt. 28. 47. 
Ps. 107. 34. 
t 2 Kings 
24. 20. 
2Chr.36.13. 
u Jer. 41. 1, 
2. & 52. 10. 
a 1 Kings 
22. 15. 
Mt. 22. 1C. 
bch. 33. 31. 
c Pr. 10. 29. 
& 11.20. 
d Jer. 5. 28. 
el Kg. 13.7. 
f Deut. 4. 
37. & 7. 6. 
g Gen. 14. 
16, 22. 
h Ex. 3. 2. 
Deut. 4. 34. 
i Deut. 11. 
10, 12. 
Heb. 11. 9. 
k Dt. 8. 7. 
Zech. 7. 14. 
12Clir.l5.8. 
ch. 18.31. 
m Lv. 17. 7. 
2 Clir. 20. 
16. 

chap. 5. 11. 
n 2 Chron. 
36. J5. 
Noli. 9. 16. 
chap. 7. 11. 
oPs. 106.23. 
pRo. 9.23. 
q Ex. 14.18. 
Psa. 126. 2. 
r Ex. 13. 3. 
s Ex. 14.11. 



n 



Dt. 3.25. 



j21. 

!)• Pr. 1. 25, 



IsraeVs manifold rebellions. 
g 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and ° broug 
him to the king of Babylon : they brought him into hold 
that his voice should no more be heard upon the moun 
tains of Israel. 

i 10 Tf Thy mother is like n a vine in thy blood, pi. ; 
by the waters : she was fruitful and full of branches by 
reason of many waters. 

1 1 And she had ° strong rods for the sceptres of them 
that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the 
thick branches, and she p appeared in her height with the 
multitude of her branches. 

12 But she was q plucked up in fury, she was cast down 
to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit : her 
strong rods were broken and withered; r the fire consumed 
them. ' 

i 13 And now she is planted in s the wilderness, in a dry 
and thirsty ground. 

14 And * fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which 
hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath u no strong rod 
to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall 
be for a lamentation. 

CHAPTER XX. 
God refuseth to be consulted by the elders of Israel, 1. He sheweth the 
story of their rebellions in Egypt, 5, in the wilderness, 10, and in the 
land, 27. Be promiseth to gather them by the gospel, 33. Under the 
name of a forest, he sheweth the destruction of Jerusalem, 45. 

' ND it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth 
month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of 
the elders of Israel came a to inquire of the Lord, and 
b sat before me. 



2 Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, 
w 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say 
unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Are ye come to 
inquire of me ? Jls I live, saith the Lord God, c I will not 
be inquired of by you. 

4 d Wilt thou judge them, son of man ? wilt thou judge 
them ? e cause them to know the abominations of their 
fathers : 

5 % And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; f In 
the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto 
the e seed of the house of Jacob, and h made myself known 
unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand 
unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God ; 

6 In the day that I lifted up my hand unto them, to 
bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I 
had s espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which 
is the k glory of all lands : 

d 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the 
1 abominations of his eyes, and m defile not yourselves with 
the idols of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 

c 8 But they rebelled against me, and would "not hearken 
unto me : they did not every man cast away the abomi- 
nations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of 
Egypt: then I said, C I will pour out my fury upon them, to 
accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the 
land of Egypt. 

t 9 But I wrought for my p name's sake, that it should not 
be polluted q before the heathen, among whom they were, 
in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bring- 
ing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 

g 10 1[ Wherefore, r I caused them to go forth out of the 
land of Egypt, and brought them into the s wilderness. 

/ 1 1 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my 
judgments, which if a man do, he shall even 'live in them. 

d 1 2 Moreover, also I gave them my sabbaths, to be u a 
sign between me and them, that they might know that I 
am the Lord that sanctify them. 

c 13 But the house of Israel x rebelled against me in the 
wilderness : they walked not in my statutes, and they 
y despised mv judgments, which if a man do, he shall even 

470 



B.Chris 
593. 



The history of Israel's EZEKIEL. 

live in them: and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then 
I said, I would z pour out my fury upon them in the wil- 
derness, to consume them. 

t 14 But a I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not 
be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought 
them out. 

15 Yet also I b lifted up my hand unto them in the wil- 
derness, that I would not bring them into the land which 
I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is 
the glory of all lands ; 

c 16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked 
not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their 
c heart went after their idols. 

/ 17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying 
them, neither did I make d an end of them in the wilderness. 
d 18 But 1 said unto their children in the wilderness, e Walk 
ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their 
judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols : 
d*19 I am the Lord your God; f walk in my statutes, 
and keep my judgments, and do them ; 

20 And s hallow my sabbaths ; and they shall be a sign 
between me and you, that ye may know that I am the 
Lord your God. 

c 21 Notwithstanding, the children h rebelled against me : 
they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judg- 
ments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live 
in them : they polluted my sabbaths : then I said, I would 
pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger 
against them in the wilderness. 

t 22 Nevertheless, ; I withdrew my hand, and wrought for 
my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight 
of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. 

23 * I lifted up my hand unto them also in the wilder 
ness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and 
disperse them through the countries ; 

24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but 
had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, 
and their ' eyes were after their fathers' idols. 
d 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were m not 
good, and judgments whereby they should not live ; 

26 And I n polluted them in their own gifts, in that they 
caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, 
that I might make them desolate, to the end that they 
might know that I am the Lord. > 
« 27 % Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of 
Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Yet 
in this your fathers have ° blasphemed me, in that they 
iiave committed a trespass against me. 

28 For when I p had brought them into the land, for 
the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, q then 
they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they 
offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the 
provocation of their offering : there also they made their 
sweet savour, and poured out there their r drink-offerings. 
p 29 Then I said unto them, What is the 8 high place 
whereunto ye go? and the name thereof is called Bamah 
unto this day. 

30 Wherefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Are ye polluted ' after the manner of your 
fathers 1 and commit ye u whoredom after their abomi- 
nations ? 

p 31 For when ye offer * your gifts, when ye make 7 your 
sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with 
all your idols, even unto this day : and shall I be inquired 
of by you, O house of Israel 1 Jls I live, saith the Lord 
Sod, I will not be z inquired of by you. 

32 And that which * cometh into your mind shall b not " ■><•'•■'<'■ 4. 
be at all, that ye say, c We will be as the heathen, as the VGSZvA. 
families of the countries, to serve wood and stone, to.lw 



zNu 14.29. 
a verso 9. 
bNu.14.28. 
c 1 Kings 
11.5. 

Prov. 4. 23. 
d Ex. 32. 28. 
Jor. 4. 27. 
ch. 11. 13. 
e 1 Kings 
15. 26. 
fDt. 5. 32. 
Neh. 9. 13. 
Psa. 19.8. 
g No. 13. 15. 
Jer. 17.22. 
Luke 4. 16. 
hDt. 1. 16. 
Nch. 9. 26. 
Ps. 107. 7. 
i Ps. 78. 38. 
kLv.26.33. 
Dout.4.26. 
Psa. 106. 
26, 27. 
verse 56. 
1 Jer.22. 17. 
& 31. 7. 
chap. 6. 9. 
m Pr. 14. 12. 
2Th. 2. 11. 
n Isa. 1. 13. 
chap. 43. 3. 
Mt. 23. 13. 
o Ro. 2. 24. 
Titus 1. 16. 
p Titus 1.2. 
q Jer. 2. 7. 
r Ps. 16. 4 
Amos 5. 21, 
22, 24. 
s 2 Chron 
34.3. 

tl Co. 11.1. 
Eph. 6. 1. 
u Lev. 20. 5. 
Hosea 2. 2, 
x ch. 16. 18. 
yLv. 20.21. 
Ps. 106.37 
ver. JO, 21. 
z2Kg. 1.2. 
verse 3. 
Hosea 8. 2. 
Matt. 6. 24. 
ach. 11.5. 
b Job 5. 13. 
c 1 Sa. 8. 5 



B. Christ 
593. 



il Jer. 21 . 5. 

ch. 8. 18. 
f Ho. 10.38 
g Amos 9. 
2,4. 

h ch. 19. 13. 
i ell. 19. 10 
k Ex. 32. 7 
lLv.27.32, 
in Mt. 25.32. 
nRv.21.27. 
oJgs.10.14. 
p Isn. 1. i3. 
q Psa. 2. 6. 
r Rom. 4. 6, 
7. &. 11.26. 
e Is*. 60.7. 
Zech. 8. 20. 
M..I. I. 1(1. 
tlCo. 2. 15. 
Eph. 7. 2. 
Phil. 4. 18. 

ii John 7.17. 

1 John 2. 4. 
& 5. 3. 
xeh. M. 11. 
& Hi. 6J. 
Mica!i7.18. 
y ch. 6. 9. 
Zech. 18.10. 
?. Ro. 3. 21. 
a Acln4. 19. 
I, In. 32.2, 
C I.uko 23. 
31. 

il eh. 12. 4. 
o Gn. 6. 12. 
fJi i. IS. I- 
chop. 17. l. 

a r.h. 4. 3,7. 



manifold rebellions. 

™ 33 Jls I live, saith the Lord God, surely with d a mighty 
hand, and with af stretched-out arm, and with e fury poured 
out, will I f rule over you : 

34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will 
s gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, 
with a mighty hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and 
with fury poured out. 

35 And I will bring you into the h wilderness of the 
people, and there will I ' plead with you face to face. 

36 Like as I k pleaded with your fathers in the wilder- 
ness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith 
the Lord God. 

37 And I will cause you ' to pass under the rod, and I 
will bring you into the bond of the covenant : 

38 And I will m purge out from among you the rebels, 
and them that transgress against me : I will bring them 
forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall 
n not enter into the land of Israel : and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

v 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord 
God ; c Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter 
also, if ye will not hearken unto me : but pollute ye my 
holy name no more with your v gifts, and with your idols. 

i> 40 For in my q holy mountain, in the mountain of the 
height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the 
r house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there 
will I accept them, and there will I require your 'offerings, 
and the first fruits of your oblations, withall your holy things. 
41 I will accept you with your 'sweet savour, when I 
bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the 
countries wherein ye have been scattered ; and I will be 
sanctified in you before the heathen. 

r 42 And ye shall "know that I am the Lord, when I 
shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country 
for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. 
d * 43 And there shall ye " remember your ways, and all 
your doings wherein ye have been defiled ; and ye shall 
y loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that 
ye have committed. 

44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have 
wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to 
your z wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, 
O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 

/45 *[\ Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

46 Son of man, a set thy face toward the south, and 
h drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against 
the forest of the south field ; 

» 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of 
the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle 
a fire in thee, and it shall devour every c green tree in 
thee, and every dry tree : the flaming flame shall not be 
quenched, and d all faces from the south to the north shall 
be burned therein. 

48 And e all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled 
it : it shall not be quenched. 

49 Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he 
not speak f parables 1 

CHAPTER XXI. . ... 

Ezekiel prophesie.th against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing, 1. 77<e 
sharp ana bright sword, 8, against Jerusalem, 18, against the king- 
dom, 25, and against the ./Immonitcs, 28. 

fk ND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
j^L s 2 Son of man, :, sct thy face toward Jerusalem, and 
drop thy word toward b the holy places, and prophesy 
against the land of Israel, 

»"3 And say to the land of Israel, Tims saith the Lord; 
Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword 
out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the c righteous 
and the wicked. 

471 



A prophecy against the Ammonites. EZEKIEL. 

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteousi B 
and the wicked, therefore shall my d sword go forth out of 
his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north : 

5 That all flesh may knov 
forth my sword out of his sheath : e it shall not return any 
more. 

d 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the f breaking 
of thy loins ; and with g bitterness sigh before their eyes. 

7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore 
sighest thou ] that thou shalt answer, For the h tidings, 
because it cometh : and every heart shall i melt, and k all 
hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all 
knees shall be weak as water : behold, it cometh, and shall 
be brought to pass, saith the Lord God. 

/ 8 ^1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord ; 
Say, ' A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished : 



593. 
IdLv. 16.33. 
Isa. JO. 5. 
jch. 20.-47. 

that I the Lord have drawni^^ -jj 

Jer. 4. 19. 

2KV.4.27. 
hPs.ll.2,7. 

Dt. 1. 28. 
k Ps. 76. 5. 
1 Lev. 26. 6. 
mRv. 19.17. 
nDt.33. 41. 
o Is. 23. 4,5. 
p Isa. 5. 10. 
q ch. 9. 8. 
r La. 5. 12. 
sell. 6. 11. 
t 3 Kgs. 33. 
33. & 24. 1. 
uLv.26.2I. 
Dt. 28. 63. 
x 1 Kings 
30. 30. 
Am. 9. 2, 3. 
yGn.22. 17. 
zver.10,28. 
a Dt.28. 62. 
verse 14. 
b Isa. 1. 24. 
chap. 5. 13. 
c verse 21. 
ch. 4. 1, 2. 
d2 Sam. 12. 
26. 

Jer. 49. 2. 
e Ps. 48. 12. 
& 125. 1. 
f Isa. 41. 22. 
& 46. 9. 
g Pr. 16. 10. 
Hos. 4. 12. 
hPs. 119.24. 
a Hb. rams, 
chap. 4. 2. 
i Jer. 51. 14. 
k Job i8. 3. 
I25g.24.20 
m Ex.3 1.7. 
n Jer. 20. 5. 
Mt. 23. 37. 
o Jer. 22.28. 
& 52. 2. 
p Job 18. 20. 
Psa. 37. 13. 



10 It is sharpened to make m a sore slaughter, it is " fur- 
bished that it may glitter ; should we then ° make mirth 1 
it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 

11 And p he hath given it to be furbished, that it may 
be handled : this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to 
give it into the hand of the slayer. 

1 2 q Cry and howl, son of man : for it shall be upon my 
people, it shall he upon all the r princes of Israel : terrors 
by reason of the sword shall be upon my people : s smite 
therefore upon thy thigh. 

13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn 
even the rod ] it shall be ' no more, saith the Lord God. 

14 Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite 
thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the 
" third time, the sword of the slain : it is the sword of 
the great men that are slain, which entereth into their 
x privy chambers. 

15 I have set the point of the sword against all their 
y gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be mul- 
tipled : ah ! it is z made bright, it is wrapped up for the 
slaughter. 

16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, 
or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. 

e 17 a I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause 
b my fury to rest : I the Lord have said it. 
f\8 ^| The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 

19 Also, thou son of man, c appoint thee two ways, that 
the sword of the king of Babylon may come : both twain 
shall come forth out of one land : and choose thou a place, 
choose it at the head of the way to the city. 
s 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to d Rab- 
bath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the 
e defenced. 

21 For the f king of Babylon stood at the parting of the 
way, at the head of the two ways, to use s divination ; he 
made his arrows bright, he consulted wtth images, he 
looked in the h liver. 

s 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, 
to appoint " captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, 
to i lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering 
rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. 

23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination k in 
their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call 
to ' remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. 
c 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because ye 
have made m your iniquity to be remembered, in that your 
transgressions' are discovered, so that in all your doings 
your sins do appear ; because, / say, that ye are come to 
remembrance, ye shall be n taken with the hand. 
c 25 ^f And thou, ° profane wicked prince of Israel, whose 
* day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, 
r 26 Thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and 



B. Christ 
593. 



n2Kg.25.27 
r2Kg.!5.6. 
s Dan. 2. 35. 
t Heb. 1. 2. 
uMt. 28.18. 
xch. 25. 6. 
yPs.37. 14. 
z Jer. 27.3,9. 
a Jer. 27. 7. 
bGn.15.14. 
c chap. 7. 8. 
& 14. 19. 
d chap. 20. 
47. 

c Mai. 4. 1. 
fch. 25. 10. 
a 2 Kings 
21. 16. 

Nah. 3. I. 

b Isa. 3. 9. 
c Job 15. 32. 

chap. 7. 7. 

Micah 6. 6. 

dDt. 28.36. 

Jer. 18. 15. 

Lam. 2. 15. 

fiEph.5.11. 

f Isa. 63. 10. 

g Isa. 1.23. 

ftlic. 3. 1,3. 

Zeph. 3. 3. 

hl)t.27. 16. 

i Ex. 22.21. 

k Isa. 58.13. 

ch. 20. 13. 

1 Lv. 19. 16. 

m ch. 18. 6. 

n ch. 16. 43. 

oLv. 18.6,7. 

ii Lev. 18.9. 

'1 Ex. 23. 8. 

Dt. 16. 19. 

r Psa. 106. 

19, 20. 
iBcfi.Sl. 13. 

t Pr. 1.19. 

Amos 8. 4. 
|u Jer. 13.9, 
123. 
1 Zepfi. 3. 2. 



A catalogue of Jerusalem's sins. 

take off the crown : this shall not be the same: * exalt him 
that is low, and r abase him that is high. 
A 27 I will s overturn, overturn, overturn it : and it shall 
be no more, until he come 'whose right it is ; and a I will 
give it him. 

28 *\ And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus 
saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and con- 
cerning their x reproach ; even say thou, The sword, the 
sword is y drawn : for the slaughter it is furbished, to con- 
sume because of the glittering : 

p 29 While they see z vanity unto thee, while they divine 
a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that 
are slain, of the wicked, whose a day is come, when their 
iniquity shall have an end. 

30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath 1 I will 
b judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the 
land of thy nativity. 

* 31 And I will c pour out mine indignation upon thee, I 
will d blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and de- 
liver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to 
destroy. 

i 32 Thou shalt be for e fuel to the fire ; thy blood shall 
be in the midst of the land ; thou shalt be no more f re- 
membered : for I the Lord have spoken it. 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, 1. God will burn them as dross in his 

furnace, IS. The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and 

people, 23. 

^j4/§TQREOVER the word of the Lord came unto me, 

If J. saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou 
judge the a bloody city 1 yea, thou shalt shew her all her 
abominations. 

3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God ; The city 
sheddeth blood in the b midst of it, that c her time may 
come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. 

r 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast 
shed ; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast 
made ; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and 
art come even unto thy years : therefore have I made 
thee d a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all 
countries. 

5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, 
shall mock thee, which art e infamous and f much vexed. 

6 Behold, the s princes of Israel, every one were in thee 
to their power to shed blood. 
v 7 In thee have they h set light by father and mother: in 

the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the 
stranger : in thee have they vexed * the fatherless and the 
widow. 

v 8 Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned 
my k sabbaths. 

9 In thee are men that ! carry tales to shed blood: and 
in thee they m eat upon the mountains : in the midst of thee 
they commit n lewdness. 

p 10 In thee have they "discovered their fathers' naked- 
ness : in thee have they humbled her thaVwas set apart 
for pollution. 

11 And one hath p committed abomination with his 
neighbour's wife ; and another hath lewdly defiled his 
daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his 
sister, his father's daughter. 

v 12 In thee have they 'taken gifts to shed blood; thou 
hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily 
gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast r forgotten 
me, saith the Lord God. 

w 13 % Behold, therefore I have 9 smitten my hand at thy 
dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy ' blood 
which hath been in the midst of thee. 
a 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thv n hands be strong 

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The whoredoms oj 

in the days that x I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have 
spoken it, and will do it. 

r 15 And I will y scatter thee among the heathen, and 
disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthi- 
ness out of thee. 

16 And thou shalt z take thine inheritance in thyself in 
the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt a know that I am 
the Lord. 

/17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
i 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become 
b dross : all they are c brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in 
the midst of the furnace ; they are even the dross of silver. 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because ye are 
all become dross, behold, therefore I will a gather you into 
the midst of Jerusalem. 

i 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, 
and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon 
it, e to melt it ; so will I gather you in mine anger and in 
my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. 

21 Yea, I will gather you, and f blow upon you in the fire 
of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 
t 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so 
shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know 
that I the Lord have s poured out my fury upon you. 
/ 23 ^ And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is 
h not cleansed, nor ' l rained upon in the k day of indignatio.n. 

25 There is \ a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst 
thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey ; they have 
m devoured souls ; they have taken the treasure and pre- 
cious things ; they have made her many widows in the 
midst thereof. 

v 26 Her priests have n violated my law, and have pro- 
faned my holy things : they have put no difference ° be- 
tween the holy and profane, neither have they shewed 
difference between the unclean and the clean, and have 
hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among 
them. 

v 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like p wolves 
ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to 
get dishonest gain. 

v 28 And her prophets have q daubed them with untem- 
pered mor'»ir, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, 
saying, r Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath 
not spoken. 

v 29 The people of the land have used s oppression, and 
' exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : 
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 

30 And I ° sought for a man among them, that should 
make up the hedge, and stand in the * gap before me for 
the land, that I should not destroy it : but I found none. 
r 31 Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon 
them ; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath : 
their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith 
the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
The whoredoms of Aholah and Jlholibah, 1. Aholibah is to be plagued 
by her lovers, 22. The prophet reproveth the adulteries of them both, 36, 
and sheweth their judgments, 45. 

THE word of the Loud came again unto me, saying, 
* 2 Son of man, there were a two women, the daugh- 
ters of one mother : 

3 And they b committed whoredoms in Egypt ; they 
committed whoredoms in their c youth : there were their 
breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their 
virginity. 

4 And the names of them were Aholah the d elder, and 
Aholibah her sister ; and they were c mine, and they bare 
sons and daughters. Thus were their names ; 
Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. 



B. Christ 
593. 



119 



f2Kg.15.I9. 
Ho9.8.9,10. 
g Iaa. 3. 9. 
h 1 Kings 
12. 28. 
2 Kge. 17. 4. 
verse 3. 
i 2 Kg. 17. 3. 
& 18. 9, 10. 
Isaiah 5. 5. 
k cli. 1G. 37. 
& 20. 4. 
12 Kg. 17. 5. 
mJer.3.8,11. 

h. 16. 47. 
n 2 Kings 
10. 7,8. 
eh. J6.28. 
oGen.6. 12. 
Psalm 1. 1. 
verse 31. 
pcli.8. 10. 
qjer.22.14. 
r Gen. 6.2. 
2Sa. 11.2. 
2Kg.20. 12. 
2 Pet. 2. 14. 
s2Kg. 10.10. 
t 2 Kings 
24. 1, 10. 
verses 18, 
22, 28. 
u2Chr.l5.2. 
Jer. 6. 8. 
chap. 5. 8. 
Hosea 7. 9. 
x Jer. 9. 3. 
2 Tm. 3. 13. 
ych 20.7. 
a Ilcb. cun- 
cubivc8, 

h. 1G. 26. 

Isa. 10.5. 

ch. 10. 37. 

1 Jar. 60.21. 

bltv.27. 17. 

. c'2fia.24 .14. 

Samaria is ant. 32.21. 

I Prov. 6. 34. 
och. r>. 16. 



xlsa.28.29. 
yDt.28.25. 
ch. 12. 14. 
z Isa. 43. 28. 
Hosea 3. 3. 
a Psa.9. 16. 
bPs. 119.19. 
Isa. 1. 22. 
c Isa. 3. 9. 
chap. 3. 7. 
d eh. 11.7. 
e Rev. 2 22. 
f ch. 21. 13. 
g ch. 20. 33. 
h Isa. 9. 18. 
Jer. 41. 4. 
il Kg. 18.5. 
k Jer. 52. 4. 
Zeph. 1. 14, 
15. 

1 Jer 20. 2. 
mMic.3.11. 
Mt. 23. 14. 

2 Pet. 2. 1,2 
n Mai. 2. 7. 
Mt. 15. 6. 
o Hag. 2. 

11, 13. 

p 2 Kings 
21. 16. 
Zeph. 3. 3. 
q ch. 13. 10. 
Micah3.11. 
r Jer. 5. 12, 
& 28. 10. 
ch. 13. 6, 7, 
s Jer. 5. 31. 
Hosea 4. 9. 
t ch. 18. 12. 
u Jer. 5. 1 
x Ex. 32. 10. 
a 1 Kings 

12. 16. 
Jer. 3 8, 10. 
chap. 16. 
44, 45. 

b Lev. 17. 7. 
chap. 20. 8. 
c Jer. 2. 2. 
Hos. 2. 2. 
d ch. 16. 36. 
e ch. 8. 12. 



3 O 



EZEKIEL* Aholah and Aholibah. 

5 And Aholah flayed the harlot when she was mine ; 
and she doted on her lovers, on the f Assyrians her neigh- 
bours, 

6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, 
all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon 
horses. 

7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, g with 
all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all 
on whom she doted; with all their idols she defiled herself. 

8 Neither left she her whoredoms h brought from Egypt: 
for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the 
breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon 
her. 

9 Wherefore, I have ! delivered her into the hand of her 
lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. 

10 These k discovered her nakedness : they took her 
sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword : and 
she became ' famous among women ; for they had exe- 
cuted judgment upon her. 

11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was 
m more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her 
whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. 

12 She n doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, cap- 
tains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding 
upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they look both 
one way ; 

14 And that she increased her whoredoms : for when 
she saw men p pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of 
the Chaldeans pourtrayed with q vermilion, 

15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in 
dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, 
after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land 
of their nativity : 

16 And as soon as she r saw them with her eyes, she 
doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into 
Chaldea. 

17 And the s Babylonians came to her into the bed of 
love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she 
was polluted with them, and her ' mind was alienated from 
them. 

18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered 
her nakedness : then my mind was alienated from her, 
like as my mind was u alienated from her sister. 

19 Yet she * multiplied her whoredoms, y in calling to 
remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had 
played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 

20 For she doted upon their ° paramours, whose flesh 
is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue 
of horses. 

21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of 
thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the 
paps of thy youth. 

r 22 TJ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, z I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from 
whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them againsl 
thee on every side ; 

23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, a Pekod,and 
Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them : all of 
them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great 
lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 

24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, 
waggons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, 
which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet 
round about : and b I will set judgment before them, and 
they shall judge thee c according to their judgments. 

25 And I will set my d jealousy against thee, and they 
shall deal furiously with thee : they shall take away thy 

nose and thine ears ; and thy remnant shall fall by the 

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593. 



B. Christ 
593. 



pch.22. 4,5. 
qch.8. 17. 
r Ps. 75. 8. 
Isa t 51.7. 
s Jer. 25. 16. 
t Ps. 9. 17. 
u Neh.9.26. 
x Isa. 58. 1. 
chap. 2. 7. 
y ch. 16. 20, 
21, 36. 
z 2 Kings 
21.4. 

Jer. 11. 15. 
a 2 Kings 
21.4. 

b Pr. 7. 16. 
Mt. 23. 27. 
c Pr. 7. 16. 
dch. 16. 16. 
Hos. 2. S, 9. 
e Dt. 32. 15. 
Ptov. 7. 12. 
Hosea 4. 7. 
Matt. 23. 15. 
fPr. 2. 19. 
Jer. 13. 23. 
gch. 5. 6,7. 
& 16. 27. 
verse 46. 
Luke 18. 14. 
hDt.22.21. 
ch. 16. 38. 
John 8. 5, 7. 
i ch. 16. 40. 



Judgments on Aholah and Aholibah. EZEKIEL 

sword : they shall take thy sons and thy daughters ; and 
thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. 

26 They shall also f strip thee out of thy clothes, and 
take away thy fair jewels. 

27 Thus will I make thy s lewdness to cease from thee, 
and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt : so 
that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor re- 
member Egypt any more. 

r 2S For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will deliver 
thee into the hand of them h whom thou hatest, into the 
hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated : 

29 And they shall deal with thee i hatefully, and shall 
take away k all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and 
bare : and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be dis- 
covered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 

30 I will do ' these things unto thee, because thou hast 
gone a whoring m after the heathen, and because thou art 
polluted with their idols. 

31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister ; therefore 
will I give her " cup into thy hand. 

«> 32 Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy 
sister's cup ° deep and large : thou shalt be p laughed to 
scorn and had in derision ; it containeth much. 

33 Thou shalt be q filled with drunkenness and sorrow, 
with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup 
of thy sister Samaria. 

34' Thou shalt even drink it and r suck it out, and thou 
shalt break the sherds thereof, and 3 pluck off thine own 
breasts : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou 
hast l forgotten me, and a cast me behind thy back, there- 
fore bare thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 
/ 36 % The Lord said, moreover, unto me ; Son of man, 
wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah 1 yea, * declare unto 
them their abominations ; 

37 That they have committed adultery, and y blood is 
in their hands, and with their idols have they committed 
adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare 
unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them, 
v 38 Moreover, this they have done unto me : they have 
z defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned 
my sabbaths. 

39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, 
a then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane 
it ; and lo, thus have they done in the midst of my house. 

40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come 
from far, unto whom a messenger was sent ; and lo, they 
came : for whom thou didst wash thyself, b paintedst thy 
eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, • 

41 And sattest upon c a stately bed, and a table pre- 



TVie destruction of Jerusalem shewn 

47 And the company shall k stone them with stones, 
ch. i6. i6. ; and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their 

22 -£ sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. 

48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, 
that all ' women may be taught not to do after your lewd- 



hch. 1«. 
i Dt. 28. 47.1 
k Dt.28. 51. 
Ps. 128. 2. 
1 isa. 5. 5. 

mch. 6.9. ;ness. 

"j S ob2i l .'2 2 6.i 49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon vou, 

1 ^% U S - 6 - and ye "shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know 

isa. 51.22. that I am the Lord God. 

ivjsf- 15 ' I CHAPTER XXIV. 

Lam. 4. 9. | Under the parable of a boiling pot, 1, is shewed the destruction of Jeru- 

°W-'3 « 2 ' sce / m > 6 - . By thc si S n °f Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his 

Luke 12.47 I w tyi 15 i * s shewed the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow, 19. 

Rev. i8.V[/ & GAIN in the a ninth year, in the tenth month, in the 
tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came 



B. Christ 
593. 



pared before it, whereupon thou hast set d mine incense 
and mine oil. 

42 And a voice of a multitude being e at ease was with 
her : and with the men of the common sort were brought 
Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon 
their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. 

43 Then said I unto her that was f old in adulteries, 
Will they now commit whoredoms with her, gnd she with 
them ? 

44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a 
woman that playeth the harlot : so went they in unto 
Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. 

w 45 % And the g righteous men, they shall judge them 
after the manner of adulteresses, and h after the manner 
of women that shed blood ; because they are adulteresses, 
and blood is in their hands. 

46 For thus saith the Lord God ; i I will bring up a 
company upon them, and will give them to be removed 
and spoiled. 



kch. 16.41. 

1 Dt. 13. 11. 
Judg. 8. 16. 

2 Pet. 2. 6. 

mLv. 26.36. 

verse 35. 

a2Kg.24.12. 

chap. 1. 1. 

b2Kg.25.1. 

Jer. 39. 1. 

c Jer. 1. 13. 

chap. 11. 3. 

il Mi. 3. 3. 

Matt. 7. 2. 

e Rv. 19. 18. 

fJer 52.9. 

Rev. 19. 20. 

g 1 Sa. 3. 12. 

h 2 Kings 

21. 16. 

Nail. 3. 3. 

i Rev. 17. 

2,5. 

k ch. 9. 5, 6. 
1 Isa. 3. 9. 
m Da. 9. 12. 
nRv. 19. 17. 

Ezra 9.11 
p Mai. 2. 17. 
q 2 Chron. 
36. 15. 
Jer. 3. 13. 

r 2 Chron. 
31. 16. 
sPs. 81. 11, 
12. 

Luke 13. 7. 
Rev. 22. 11 
t Titus 1. 2. 
u Ezra 9. 
5,6. 

x Jer. 13.22. 
y Gen. 2. 18. 
Pr. 16. 14. 
z Nu.20. 29. 

1 Th. 4. 13 
aJer.22.18. 
b2Sa. 15.30. 
c Lv. 13. 45. 
Micah 3. 7, 
d Jer. 16. 7. 
e Ps. 126. 6. 
1 Cor. 7. 29. 
f Pr. 16. 32. 
Mt. 16. 24. 



unto me, saying, 

s 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of 
this same day : the king of Babylon b set himself against 
Jerusalem this same day. 

3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say 
unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Set on c a pot, set 
it on, and also pour water into it : 

4 d Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every e good 
piece, the thigh, and the shoulder ; fill it with the choice 
bones. 

5 Take the f choice of the flock, arid burn also the bones 
under it, and make it g boil well, and let them seethe the 
bones of it therein. 

y> 6 % Wherefore thus saith the Lord God ; Wo to the 
h bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose 
1 scum is not gone out of it ! bring it out piece by piece ; 
k let no lot fall upon it. 

7 For her blood is in the midst of her ; she set it upon 
the ' top of a rock ; she poured it not upon the ground, to 
cover it with dust ; 

8 That it might cause fury to come up m to take ven- 
geance ; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that 
it should not be covered. 

w 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Wo to the bloody 
city ! I will even make the pile for fire great. 

10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, 
and spice n it well, and let the bones be burned. 

1 1 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the 
brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the ° filthi- 
ness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be 
consumed. 

12 She hath wearied herself with p lies, and her great 
scum went not forth out of her : her scum shall be in the 
fire. 

13 In thy filthiness is lewdness : because q I have purged 
thee, and thou wast r not purged, thou shalt 9 not be purged 
from thy filthiness any more till I have caused my fury to 
rest upon thee. 

*14 I the Lord ' have spoken it: it shall come to pass, 
and I will do it ; I will not go back, neither will u I 
spare, neither will I repent ; "according to thy ways, and 
according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the 
Lord God. 

/15 IT Also the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

f 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee y the de- 
sire of thine eyes with a stroke : yet neither shalt thou 
z mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 

17 Forbear to cry, make a no mourning for the dead, 
bind b the tire of thy head upon thee, and put on thy shoes 
upon thy feet, and cover not thy c lips, and eat not d the 
bread of men. 

« 18 So I spake unto the people in the morning : and at 
e even my wife died ; and I did in the morning f as I was 
commanded. 

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EZEKIEL. 



Tyrus is threatened. 



B. Ohri, 
590. 



/ 19 1 And the people said unto me, g Wilt thou not tell 
us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? g C h. 21. 7. w 

20 Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came h'jeriVb, upon them; 
unto me, saying. 



hath dealt against the house of Judah by q taking ven- 
geance, and Hath greatly 'offended, and revenged himself 



k Jer. 16.4,8, 
1 Isa. 53. 6. 



chtp. 7. 20.J 

Mt. 24. 1. L. 

oJer.52.6.!Ed0m 

Ch. 33. 21. 

p ch. 3. 26. 

q ch. 4 I. 

a ch.6. 2. 

bGn. 19.38. 

2Chr. 20. 1. 

c P3. 35. 13. 

Obadiah 

ver. 10, 15. 



according to all Jfpk* 

dJer. 49. 28. 
e Pr. 17. 5. 
fDt. 2. 19. 
2Sa. 17.27. 
2 Sa. 12. 

Isa. 13. 19. 
h La. 2. 15. 

i Pr. 24. 17. 
chap. 36. 5. 
Zeph. 2. 8. 
k Zeph. 1.4. 
IGn. 19.37. 
mGn. 36.20. 
n 2 Kings 
18. 33. 
Jer. 48. 26. 
o Jer. 48.25, 
p ch. 21. 32 



.10, 
ch. 8. 5, 6. 

w 21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord j^»-* 
God ; Behold, I will h profane my sanctuary, the excel 
lency of your strength, the i desire of your eyes, and that m 'i 
which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters j; * f%\f?- 
whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. 

22 And ye shall do as I have done : k ye shall not cover 
your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 

w 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your 
shoes upon your feet : ye shall not mourn nor weep; but 
ye shall pine away l for your iniquities, and mourn one 
toward another. 

24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you m a sign 
that he hath done shall ye do : and when this cometh, ye 
shall know that I am the Lord God. 

«> 25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day 
when I take from them D their strength, the joy of their 
glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they 
set their minds, their sons and their daughters, 

26 That he that ° escapeth in that day shall come unto 
thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears 1 

27 In that day shall thy p mouth be opened to him which 
is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb : 
and thou shalt be q a sign unto them ; and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXV. 
God's vengeance for their insolence against the Jews, upon the Ammon- 
ites, 1, upon Moab and Seir, 8, upon Edom, 12, and upon the Phi- 
listines, 15. ; 
THE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 
2 Son of man, a set thy face against the b Ammon- 
ites, and prophesy against them ; 

« 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of 
the Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou 
saidst, c Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was pro- 
faned ; and against the land of Israel, when it was deso- 
late ; and against the house of Judah, when they went 
into captivity; 

» 4 Behold, therefore will I deliver thee to the d men of 
the east for a possession, and they shall e set their palaces 
in thee, and make their dwellings in thee : they shall eat 
thy fruit, and they f shall drink thy milk. 

e 5 And I will make E Rabbah a stable for camels, and the 
Ammonites a couching-place for flocks : and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

c6 For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast 
" clapped thy hands, and stamped with the feet, and 
rejoiced s in heart with all thy despite against the land of 

Israel ; 

«> 7 Behold, therefore I will k stretch out my hand upon 

thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen ; and 

I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee 

to perish out of the countries : I will destroy thee ; and 

thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 
«8f Thus saith the Lord God; Because that 1 Moab and 

" Seir do say, Behold, the " house of Judah is like unto all 

the heathen ; 
g 9 Therefore, behold, I will ° open the side of Moab 

from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, 

the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-mcon 

Kiriathaim, 



10 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, andW 



will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may 
p not be remembered among the nations. 

w 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they ^- 'pi 
shall know that I am the Lord. ffiUk 

12 1 Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom''" 8 ^ 18 ' 



13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I will also 
stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will 3 cut off man and 
beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; 
5 3 a 3 \/ 3 and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. 

14 And 1 will 'lay my vengeance upon Edom by 

the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in 

according to mine anger and according to my 

fury ; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord 

God. 

15 1 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the Philis- 
tines have dealt *by revenge, and have taken ven- 
geance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the y old 
hatred ; 

v> 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will 
stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut 
off the z Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea 
coasts. 

17 And I will execute a great vengeance upon them 
with b furious rebukes ; and they shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
Tyrus for insulting against Jerusalem is threatened, 1. The poiver oj 
JYebuchadrezzar against her, 7. The mourning and astonishment oj 
the sea at her fall, 15. 

ND it came to pass in the a elev&nth year, in the first 
day of the month, that the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

c 2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against 
Jerusalem, b Aha, she is broken that ivas the gates of the 
people : she is turned c unto me : I shall be replenished, now 
she is laid waste : 

g 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am 
against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause d many nations to 
come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to 
come up. 

r 4 And they shall destroy the c walls of Tyrus, and break 
down her towers : I will also scrape her dust from her, and 
make her like the top of a rock. 

5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the 
f midst of the sea : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God : 
and it shall become a spoil to the nations. 

6 And her e daughters which are in the field shall 
be slain by the sword ; and they shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

r 7 If For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will bring 
upon Tyrus, Nebuchadrezzar h king of Babylon, a king of 
kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and 
with horsemen, and companies, and much people. 

8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the 
field : and he shall - 1 make a fort against thee, and cast 
a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler 
thee. 

»■ 9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and 
with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 

10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust 
shall cover thee : thy walls shall shake at the noise of the 
horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he 
shall enter into thy gates/as men enter into a city wherein 
is made a breach. 

11 Willi the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all 
thy streets : he shall slay thy people by the sword, and 
thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. 

' 12 And they shall make k a spoil of thy riches, and 
make a prey of thy ' merchandise : and they shall break 
down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses : and 
they shall lay thy stones, and thy timber, and thy dust, in 
the midst of the water. 

475 



B. Christ 
590. 



qGn.27.41 
2Chr.18.13. 
r rs. 137. 7. 
Am. 1. 11. 
Obadiah 
verse 10. 
s Isa. 31. G 
Mai. 1. 3. 
t Dt. 32. 35. 
Ro. 12. 19. 
u Isa. 11.14, 
Jer. 19.2. 
x 2 Chron. 
28. 18. 
Joe] 3. 4. 
y2Sa.5.2l, 
I Kg. 14.30, 
zlSa.8. 18. 
Zeph. 2.5. 6. 
a ver. 11, 14. 
.l.r.M. II 
a Jer. 52. 6. 
chr.p.24. 1. 
1> Lam. 1. 1. 
chap. 25. 3. 
& 3(i. 2. 
cl'hil.l.2I. 
d Pa. 22. 28. 
Isa. 5. 26. 
Jer. 10. 7. 
& 50. 9. 
ePa. 127. & 
Isa. 23. 12. 
Jer. 5. 10. 
chap. 21. 7. 
flfeg.5.1. 
ch. 27. 38. 
g 2 Kings 
19. II. 
h Dan. 2. 

cllU1 | i2f--n.20.I5. 
\a Heb. ac- 
cording to 



trance of a 
city broken 

"P, 

\"i <■ I., 



against 



The rich supply cf Tyrus. 

13 And I will cause the noise of thy m songs to cease ; 
and the sound of thy u harps shall be no more heard. 

14 And I -vill make thee like the top of a rock : thou 
shalt be a place to spread nets upon ; thou shah be built 
no more : for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord 
God. 

/ 15 f Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus ; Shall not 
the ''isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the 
wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of 
thee ? 

16 Then all the q princes of the sea shall come down from 
their thrones, and iay away their r robes, and put off their 
broidered garments : they shall clothe themselves with 
8 trembling ; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall 
tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. 

r 17 And they shall take up a c lamentation for thee, and 
say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited 
of sea-faring men, the u renowned city, which wast strong 
in tlie sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their ter- 
ror to be on all that haunt it ! 

18 Now, shall trie isles tremble in the day of thy fall ; 
yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be x troubled at thy 
departure. 

r 19 For thus saith the Lord God ; When I shall make 
thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited ; 
when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and y great wa- 
ters shall cover thee ; 

20 Wnen 1 shall bring thee down with them that de- 
scend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall 
set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of 
old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not 
inhabited ; and I shall set z glory in the land of the living ; 

21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be a no more: 
though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found 
again, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
The rich supply of Tyrus, 1 : The fall thereof, 26. 

THE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 
2 Now, thou son of man, take up a a lamentation for 
Tyrus ; 

g 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the 
b entry of the sea, which art c a merchant of the people for 
many isles, Thus saith the Lord God ; O Tyrus, thou hast 
said, I am of perfect beauty. 

4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy d builders 
have perfected thy beauty. 

s 5 They have made all thy ship-boards of fir-trees of 
e Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make 
masts for thee. 

s 6 Of the f oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars ; 
the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of 
ivory, brought out of the isles of g Chittim. 

s 7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that 
which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple 
from the isles of h Elishah was that which covered thee. 

s 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mari- 
ners : thy * wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were 
thy pilots. 

g- 9 The ancients of k Gebal and the wise men thereof 
were in thee thy calkers : all the ships of the sea with their 
mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. 

s 10 They of Persia, and of 'Lud, and of m Phut, were in 
thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and 
nelrnet in thee ; they set forth thy comeliness. 

11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy 
walls round about, and the a Gammadims were in thy 
towers : they hanged their shields upon thy walls round 
i?ii ey have made th Y beauty perfect. 

n Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multi- 



B. Christ 
588. 



m Isa. 23.7. 
Jer. 25. 10. 
n Isa. 23. 6. 
Jer. 7. 34. 
Rev. 18.22. 
o Isa. 23. 18. 
Mt. 15. 21. 
p Ex. 15. 14. 
Ps. 72. 10. 
ch. 27. 35. 
Rev. 18. 9, 
10. 

q ch. 27. 35. 
Rev. 18. 17. 
r2Kgs.fi.30. 
Jonah 3. 6. 
3 Dan. 5. 0. 
t Rev. 18.9. 
u Isa. 23. 8. 
xRv. 18.16 
yRv. 17.15. 
& 18. 21. ~ 
z Isa. 4. 5. 
Zeoh. 2. 8. 
Mai. 3. 17. 
a Ps. 37. 35, 
36. 

Rev. 19. 20. 
a Isa. 15. 5, 
Rev. 11. 13. 
b 1 Kg. 5.1. 
c Is. 23. 3. 7. 
Rev. 18.7. 
(11 Kg. 5. 6 
Isa. 43. 13. 
e Dt. 3. 9. 
f Dt. 3. 13. 
Isa. 3. 13. 
g Gen. 10. 4. 
Nu. 24. 24. 
hi Kg. 9.28. 
i 1 Kings 5. 
6. & 9. 27. 
2Chr.2. 14. 
klKg.5.18. 
Psa. 83. 7. 
IGn. 10. 13. 
Jer. 46. 9. 
m Gn. 10. 6. 
a Or, 
Gomed, 
Judg. 3. 16, 
armstrong. 
nGen. 10.4. 



e 12 



EZEKIEL. Her great and irrevocable fall 

tude of all kind of riches ; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, 
they traded in thy fairs. 

s 13 ° Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy mer- 
chants : they traded the persons of men and vessels of 
brass in thy market. 

14 They of the house of p Togarmah traded in thy fairs 
with horses and horsemen and mules. 
s 15 The men of q Dedan were thy merchants; many isles 
were the merchandise of thy hand : they brought thee for 
a present, horns of ivory and ebony. 
/ 16 "Syria v)as thy merchant by reason of the multitude 
of the wares of thy making : they occupied in thy fairs 
with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, 
and coral, and agate. 

s 17 r Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy mer- 
chants : they traded, in thy market, wheat of 3 Minnith and 
Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 
g 18 'Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the 
wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the 
wine of Helbon, and white wool. 

g 19 u Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy 
fairs : bright iron, "cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. 
s 20 y Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for 
chariots. 

g 21 ? Arabia, and all the princes of a Kedar, they occupied 
with thee in lombs, and rams, and goats : in these were 
they thy merchants. 

s 22 The merchants of b Sheba and Raamah, they were 
thy merchants : they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all 
spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 
g 23 c Haran, and d Carmen, and e Eden, the merchants 
of { Sheba, g Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 

24 These were thy merchants in all soils of things, in 
blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich 
apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy 
merchandise. 

g 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market ; 
and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the 
midst of the seas. 

26 % Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters : 
the h east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. 
w 27 Thy * riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy 
mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of 
thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, 
and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall 
fall into the midst of the seas, in the day of thy ruin. 

28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of 
thy pilots. 

r 29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the 
pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they 
shall stand upon the land ; 

30 And shall cause their voice to be heard 'against 
thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up k dust upon 
their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes : 
° 31 And they shall make themselves utterly ' bald for 
thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep 
for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 
e 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation 
for thee, and lament over thee, saying, m What city is like 
Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea 1 

33 When thy "wares went forth out of the seas, thou fill- 
edst many people ; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth 
with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 

34 In the time when thou shalt ° be broken by the seas 
in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy 
company in the midst of thee shall fall. 

35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be p astonished 
at thee, and their q kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be 
troubled in their countenance. 

476 



B. Christ 

588. 



Gen. 10. 2. 
Dan. 8. 21. 
Joel 3. 6. 
p Gen. 10.3. 
chap. 38. 6. 
nGen. 10.7. 
Jer. 25. 23. 
b Heb. 
Jlram, 
Gn. 10. 22. 
2 Sam.'8. 5. 
&10. 6. 
r Acts 12. 
20. 

sJgs. 11.33. 
t Isa. 7. 8. 
uJos.19.47. 
x Ex. 30. 24. 
y Gen. 25. 3. 
z 2 Chron. 
17. 11. 
aGn.25. 13. 
bGen. 10.7. 
Psa. 72. 10. 
cGn. 11.31. 
Acts 7. 4. 
dGn. 10. 10. 
e 2 Kings 
19. 12. 
fflob 1. 13. 
gGn.10.22. 
Isa. 5. 10. 
h Ex. 10. 13. 
Psa. 48. 7. 
i Pr. 11. 4. 
Rev. 18. 9. 
c Or, for 
thee, over 
thee, 
verse 11. 
Rev. 18. 11. 
k2Sam.l.2. 
Rev. 18. 19. 

1 Jer. 16. 6. 
mRv.18.18. 
n Rev. 18. 
12, 14. 
o Isa. 8. 7, 8. 
&28. 2. 
ch. 26. 19. 
pch.29. 15. 
Rev. 18. 2. 
q Rev. 18. 9. 



The prince of Tyrus judged. EZEKIEL. The desolation of Egypt, 

w 36 The merchants among the people shall r hiss at thee;] B • ° h 8 Hst j e 21 Son of maji, set thy face against c Zidon, and pro- 



verses 3, 4. 
Acta 12. 22. 
c2Th.9.4. 



thou shalt be a terror, and never shall be - any more. |rpr. n. 5. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. sR^fsai 

God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride, l.u p,.' is.' 12! 

A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by sin, 11. The judgment b Obadiah 

of Zidon, 20. The restoration of Israel, 24. 

T ""'.". 

saith the Lord God ; Because a thy heart is lilted up, and 
thou hast said, b I am a God, I c sit in the seat of God, 
the midst of the seas ; yet thou art a d man, and not God, 
though thou set tlvy heart as the heart of God : 



HE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 
g 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus lochia'!: 



there is f no 



flCor.8.2. 
g Dt. 17. 17. 
ID i Prov. 10. 4. 
h 2 Chron. 
25. 19. 
i Isa. 2. 11. 
verse 2. 
Acts 5. 35. 
k eh. 29.20. 
1 Pr. 28. 17. 
m Ps. 9. 10. 



1 Sa. 17. 26. 
ch. 31. 18, 
& 32. 19, 
21, 25, 27, 



p Ps. 4. 6, 7 
Ich. 27. 16. 

thoui Mat - 6 - 32 - 

U q ch. 30. 26. 
r Psa. 75. 6. 
Prov. 8. 15. 
Dan. 2. 21. 
s Pr. 14. 34, 
t Psa. 36. 3. 
Jer. 2. 20. 
chap. 26. 2. 
u Pr. 10. 19. 
Isa. 23. 8. 
2 Pet. 2. 15. 
x Pr. 11. 2. 
James 4. 6. 
y 2 Pet. 2.6. 
z Pr. 16. 12. 
a Job 30. 8. 
b Ps. 76. 12. 
ch. 26. 21. 
& 27. 38. 



B. Christ 
588. 



c 3 Behold, thou art e wiser than Daniel 
secret that they can hide from thee : 

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thouj&^iV" 
hast g gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver 1 "' 
into thy treasures : 

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic, hast thou in-, E 
creased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up h because of jock 27:1 
thy riches : 

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; i Because 
hast set thy heart as the heart of God ; 
«» 7 Behold, therefore I will bring k strangers upon thee, 

the terrible of the nations : and they shall draw their 
swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall 
defile tny brightness 

8 They shall bring thee down to the ' pit, and thou shalt 
die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the 
seas. 

9 Wilt thou m yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am 
God 1 but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of 
him that slayeth thee. 

m 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the n uncircumcised by 
the hand of strangers : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord 
God.- 

/ 11 % Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

12 Son of man, ° take up a lamentation upon the king of 
Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou 
sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty 
g 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God : every 
» precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and 
the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sap- 
phire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold : the 
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes, was prepared 
in thee in the day that thou wast created. 

14 Thou art the q anointed cherub that covereth ; and 
r I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of 
God ; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the 
stones of fire. 

15 Thou wast s perfect in thy ways from the day that 
thou wast created, ' till iniquity was found in thee. 
™ 16 By the "multitude of thy merchandise they have 
filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sin- 
ned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the moun- 
tain of God : and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, 
from the midst of the stones of fire. 

17 Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou 
hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness : I 
' will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, 
that they may y behold thee. 

r 18 Thou hast defiled thy z sanctuaries by the multitude 
of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic ; therefore 
will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall 
devour thee, and I will bring thee to a ashes upon the 
earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 

w 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be 



astonished at thee : thou shalt be b a terror, and never 
shalt thou be any more. 

f 20 % Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
120 



cGen. 10.15. 
Jer. 25. 22. 
chap. 27. 8. 
A Ex. 14. 4. 
& 15. 1. 
Isa. 5. 16. 
Rev. 19.12. 
e Psa. 9. 16. 
& 83. 17,18. 
f Josh. 23. 
13. 
Song 2. 2. 

Zech. 14, 
21. 

h Isa. 11.12. 
Hosea. 3. 5. 
Ro. 11. 26. 
i Jer. 20. 3. 
Amos 9. 13. 
k Isa. 5. 10. 
Jer. 50. 34. 
Rev. 18. 20. 
ach. 26. 1. 
b chap. 6. 2. 
c Isa. 19. 1. 
Jor. 1.17,18. 
deb. 28.22. 

Ps. 74. 13. 
f Isa. 37. 20. 
chap. 38. 4. 
g2Sa.13.I7. 
Psa. 74. 14. 
hGen.14.10. 
2 Chron. 14. 
12. 

Ps. 110.5,0. 
i Psa. 9. 16. 
k 2 Kings 
18. 31. 
Isa. 31. 3. 
Lam. 4. 17. 

1 Isa. 30. 1. 
Jer. 37. 5. 
m 2 Chron. 
16.7. 

n Amos 3. 6. 
o Ps. 107.34. 
p Jcr.50.39. 
Rev. 18. 2. 

Isa. 23.15. 
W. 17. C. 
& 40. 26. 
Uan. 2. 21. 



phesy against it, 

22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am 
against thee, O Zidon ; and I will be d glorified in the midst 
of thee : and they shall e know that I am the Lord, when 
I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be 
sanctified in her. 

'« 23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into 
her streets ; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst 
of her by the sword upon her on every side ; and they 
shall know that I am the Lord. 

24 *i] And there shall be no more f a pricking brier 
unto the s house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all 
that are round about them that despised them ; and tney 
shall know that I am the Lord God. 

25 Thus saith the Lord God ; When I shall have 
gathered the h house of Israel from the people among 
whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them 
in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their 
land that I have given to my servant Jacob. 

26 And they ' shall d\\ ell safely therein, and shall build 
houses, and plant vineyards ; yea, they shall dwell with 
confidence, when I have k executed judgments upon all 
those that despise them round about them ; and they shall 
know that I am the Lord their God. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

The judgment of Pharaoh, for his treacher-y to Israel, 1. The desolation 
of Egypt, 8. The restoration thereof after forty years, 13. Egypt the 
reward of Nebuchadrezzar, 17. Israel shall be restored, 21. 

N the a tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth 
day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

g 2 Son of man, b set thy face against Pharaoh king of 

Egypt, and prophesy against him, and c against all Egypt: 

; 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 

1 am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great 
dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath 

said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 
w 4 But I will put f hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the 
fish of thy rivers to stick unfo thy scales, and I will bring 
thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of 
thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 

5 And I will leave thee thrown into s the wilderness, 
thee and all the fish of thy rivers : thou shalt fall upon the 
open fields ; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gather- 
ed : I have given thee for meat to the beasts of h the field 
and to the fowls of the heaven. 

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt J shall know that I 
am the Lord, because they have been k a staff of reed to 
the house of Israel. 

7 When they ' took hold of thee by thy hand, thou 
didst break, and rend all their shoulder : and when they 
leaned upon thee, thou m brakest, and madest all their 
loins to be at a stand. 

8 1 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, ° I 
will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast 
out of thee. 

9 And the land of Egypt shall be ° desolate and waste ; 
and they shall know that I am the Lord : because he hath 
said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 

10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against 
thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt p utterly 
waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto 
the border of Ethiopia. 

r 11 No foot of man shall pass through if, nor foot of 
beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be q inhabited 
forty years. 

d 12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the 
midst of the countries that are lesolate, and her cities 

477 



Egypt made desolate 

among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty 
years : and I will ' scatter the Egyptians among the na- 
tions, and will disperse them through the countries. 

13 If Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the s end of forty 
years will 1 gather the Egyptians from the people whither 
they were scattered : 

r 14 And 1 will bring again the ' captivity of Egypt, and 
will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into 
the land of their habitation ; and they shall be there a base 
kingdom. 

r 15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms ; neither shall 
it u exalt itself any more above the nations : for I will di- 
minish them, that they-shall no more rule over the nations. 

16 And it shall be no more x the confidence of the house 
of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, 
when they shall y look after them : but they shall know 
that I am the Lord God. 

/17 *[} And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth 
year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the 
word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused 
his z army to serve a great service against Tyrus : every 
head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled : yet 
had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service 
that he had served against it : 

r 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, a I will 
give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby 
Ion ; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, 
and take her prey ; and it shall be the wages for his army 

20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his b labour 
wherewith he served against it, because they wrought 
c for me, saith the Lord God. 

& 21 ^[ d In that day will I cause the horn of the house 
of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the e opening 
of the mouth in the midst of them ; and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

The desolation of Egypt and her helpers, 1. The arm of Babylon shall 
be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt, 20. 

THE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 
w 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; a Howl ye, b Wo worth the day ! 

3 For the day is c near, even the day of the Lord is 
near, a cloudy day ; it shall be the time of the d heathen. 

g 4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain 
shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and 
they shall take away e her multitude, and her f foundations 
shall be broken down. 

g 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the s mingled 
people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, 
shall fall with them by the sword. 

r 6 Thus saith the Lord ; They also that h uphold Egypt 
shall fall ; and the ' pride of her power shall come down : 
from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, 
saith the Lord God. 

7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the coun- 
tries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst 
of the cities that are wasted. 

8 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I 
have k set a fire in Egypt, and when all her l helpers shall 
be destroyed. 

9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in chips 
to make the m careless Ethiopians afraid, n and great pain 
shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt : for. lo, it 
8 cometh. 

\ 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will also make the mul- 
titude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon. 
L 1 1 r He and his people with him, the terrible of the na- 



B. Christ 

588. 



EZEKIEL. by the strength of Babylon, 

tions, shall « be brought to destroy the land: and they shall 
draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with 
the slain. 

12 And I will make the rivers r dry, and sell the land 
into the hand of the 3 wicked : and I will make the land 
waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers : I 
the Lord have spoken it. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will also destroy the 
idols, and I will cause their a images to cease out of Noph; 
and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt : 
and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 

s 14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in 
Zoan, and will execute judgments in l No. 
s 15 And I will u pour my fury upon Sin, the strength ol 
Egypt ; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 
■>■ 16 And I will set "fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great 
pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have 
distresses daily. 

g 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall 
by the sword : and these cities shall go into captivity. 
s 18 At y Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, 
when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt : and the 
pomp of her strength shall cease in her : as Tor her, a cloud 
shall cover her, and hei daughters shall go into captivity, 
w 19 z Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they 
a shall know that I am the Lord. 

/20 *}| And it came to pass in b the eleventh year, in the 
first month, in the seventh day of the month, that, the word 
of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

21 Son of man, I have c broken the arm of Pharaoh 
king of Egypt; and lo, it shall d not be bound up to be 
healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold 
the sword. 

w 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am 
against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will e break his arms, 
the strong, and that which was broken ; and I will cause 
the sword to fall out of his hand. 

23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, 
and will disperse them through the countries. 

t 24 And I will f strengthen the arms of the king of Ba- 
bylon, and put g my sword in his hand: but I will break 
Pharaoh's arms, and he shall h groan before him with the 
groanings of a deadly-wounded man. 

25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Baby 
Ion, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down ; and they 
shall ' know that I am the Lord, when I shall put my 
sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall 
stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 
w> 26 And I will k scatter the Egyptians among the nations, 
and disperse them among the countries ; and they shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 
A relation unto Pharaoh, 1, of the glory of Jissyria, 3, and the fall there- 
of for pride, 10. Tfie like destruction of Egypt, 18. 

/A ND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third 
J%> month, in the first day of the month, that the word 
of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and 
to his multitude ; a Whom art thou like in thy greatness 1 
i 3 1 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with 
fair branches, and with b a shadowing shroud, and of a high 
stature ; and his top Avas among the thick boughs. 

4 The c waters made him great, the deep set him up on 
high with her rivers running round about his plants, and 
set out her d little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 

5 Therefore, his height was exalted e above all the trees 
of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branch- 



r Jer. 25. 9. 
chap. 30. 7. 
Dan. 2. 35. 
s Isa. 19. 23. 
Jer. 46. 25. 
t Isa. 19. 23. 
u 2 Kings 
23. 33. 
Dan. 4. 37. 
x Isa. 30. 1. 

h. 17. 15. 
y 2 Chron. 
16.7. 

z chap. 26. 
27.28. 

2 Kings 
10.30. 
Dan. 2. 21. 

Amos 3. 7. 
b 2 Chron. 

15.7. 

Jer. 22. 13. 

c Isa. 10. 6. 

Jer. 25. 9. 

ch. 30. 12. 

(1 Isa. 5.16. 

& 10. 26. 

e Ps. 51. 15. 

ch. 3. 24. 

Am. 5. 13. 

a Isa. 65. 14 

Rev. 18. 10. 

b Rev. 6. 17. 

c Zeph. 1. 7. 

Heb. 10. 37. 

d Jer. 25. 15. 

Joel 3. 11. 

Rev. 14. 15. 

e ch. 29. 19. 

f Ps. 11. 3. 

g Jer. 25.20. 

h Job 9. 13. 

i Rev. 18.7. 

kch. 28. 18. 

1 verse 6. 

Rev. 19. 19, 

20. 

m Zeph. 2. 

15. 

n Ps. 48. 6. 

] Th. 5. 3. 

oDt.32.40. 

Mai. 4. 1. 

plSa.12.25. 

Rev. 19. 18. 



B. Christ 
572. 



q Ps. 75. 7. 
Isa. 10. 5. 
r Rv. 16. 12. 
s Ps. 37. 35. 
ch. 29.20. 
a Heb. 
Elihim 
notkintrs, 
1 Cor. 8. 4. 
t Nah. 3. 8. 
u Ps. 11. 6. 
Rev. 16. 1. 
xch. 23. 18. 
Am. 1.4, 7. 
y Jer. 2. 16.' 
z Am. 4. 12. 
a Ps. 10. 16. 
b ch. 29. 17. 
o Jer. 46. 11. 
dPs.37.36. 
Isa. 27. 7. 
Dan. 2. 35. 

m. 3. io. 

Rev. 18. 21. 
e Ps. 37. 19. 
& 76. 5. 
f Ezra 1.2. 
Isa. 45. I. 
g Isa. 10. 5. 
Jer. 47 6. 
h Job 24. 12. 
ch. 26. 15. 
i Psa. 9. 16. 
& 83. 18. 
Isa. 26. 11. 
k Ps. 68. 1. 
a Isa. 14. 13. 
& 28. 13. 
Nah. 3. 8. 
Rev. 18.7. 
b Jgs. 9. 15. 
Psa. 78. 72. 
Dan. 4. 10. 
c ch. 17. 5. 
Rev. 17. 15. 
(1 Est. 1. 1. 
Pr. 14. 28. 
Dan. 6. 1. 
e Ts. 12. 8. 
& 37. 35. 



es became long because of the multitude of waters, when 

he shot forth. 

478 



EZEKIEL. 

his 



B. Christ 
588. 



■J Th. 2. 4. 
m Ps. 75. 7 
Dan. 2. 21. 
2 Th. -2. 8. 

7. 

35 
Matt, 
o Isa. 34. 6. 
Rev. 19. 17, 
18. 
p Deut. 13. 



Ps. 119. 120. 
Dan. 5. 19, 



lCor.10.11. 
2 Pet. 2. 6. 
q2Sa.15.30. 
r Isa. 14. 8, 
10. 

ch*. 14.21. 
& 16. 54. & 
32. 31. 
Hah. 2. 17. 
s 2 Chron. 
28. 22. 
Psa. 52. 7. 
a ch. 15. 1. 
h Pr. 28. 15. 
c Rv. 17. 15. 
dEx. 1.22. 
2 Kg. 23.33. 
e ch 12. 13. 
& 17. 20. 
Hos. 7. 12. 
f ch. 30. 11, 
24. 

Amos 9. 1, 
2,3. 



A lamentation for the 

6 All the f fowls of heaven made their nests in 
boughs, and uuder his branches did all the beasts of the f Dan. 4. 12. 
field bring fortn ttieir young, and under his g shadow dwelt f^f. 4 /.' 9 - 
all great nations. chf^i's. ' 

7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his ir). 127.1. 
branches : for his root was by great waters. Psa.37.1. 

8 The cedars in the h garden of God could not hide him : fnt.^2. k. 
the fir-trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut- Jjj^'f-g' 
trees were not like his branches ; not any tree in the gar- Hah'. 2'. 4 ' 
den of God was like unto him in his beauty. 

9 ' I have made him fair by the multitude of his branch 
es : so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden » Jg*- 1 
of God, k envied him. 

i 10 % Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou 
hast ' lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top 
among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his &£ 13 
height , 

11 m I have therefore delivered him into the hand of thejo 3 a 
mighty one of the heathen ; he shall surely n deal with 
him : I have driven him out for his wickedness. 

12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut 
him off, and have left him : upon the mountains and in all 
the valleys his branches are fallen, and Ins boughs are 
broken by all the rivers of the land ; and all the people of 
the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left 
him. 

13 Upon his ruin shall all "the fowls of the heaven remain, 
and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches : 

14 p To the end that none of all the trees by the waters, 
exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their 
top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up 
in their height, all that drink water : for they are all de- 
livered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the 
midst of the children of men, with them that go down to 
the pit. 

™ 15 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day when he went 
down to the grave I caused a mourning : q I covered the 
deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the 
great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn 
fbr him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 

16 1 made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, 
when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into 
the pit : and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of 
Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be r comforted in the 
nether parts of the earth. 

17 They also went down into hell with him, unto them 
that be slain with the sword ; and they that were his arm, 
that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. 

to 18 % To whom art thou thus like in glory and in great- 
ness among the trees of Eden 1 yet shalt thou be brought 
down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the 
earth : thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised 
with (hem that be slain by the sword. ' This is Pharaoh 
and all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXXII 

A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt, 1 : The sword of Babylon ^;';, 117 
shall destroy it, 11 : It shall be brought doivn to hell among all the un- 
circumcised nations, 17. 

/ A ND it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth 
j^L month, in the first day of the month, that the word 
of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, take up a a lamentation for Pharaoh king 
of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art b like a young lion 
of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas : and 
thou earnest forth with thy rivers, and troublcdst the c wa- 
ters with thy feet, and d fouledst their rivers. 
w 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will therefore spread out 
my c net over thee with a company of many people ; and If 
they shall f bring thee up in my net. 
• 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast theel*i!!aaia 



B. Christ 
cir.587. 



g Ps. 83. 10. 
chap. 29. 5. 
h Rv. 19. 17. 
iPs. 74. 14. 
Joel 3. 14. 
k Ex. 1.22. 
Rev. 16. 4. 

I Job J 8. 5. 
Ps. 37. 36. 
Prov. 10. 7. 
mlsa.13.10. 
n Ex. 10.21. 
Rev. 16. 10. 
0Rv.ll.l8. 
& 18. 10, 15. 
p Ex. 15. 15. 
qLv.20.36. 
r ch. 29. 19. 
sch.28. 7. 
tch. 29. 11. 

II Jos. 23. 1. 
Pr. 11.10. 
ch. 34. 18. 
rPs. 107.34. 
ch. 39. 17. 



7. 2 Sa. 1.24. 
2Chr. 35.25. 
Jer. 9. 17. 
a Th. 1.3.18. 
b Ps. 37. 35. 
Jer. 1. 10. 
Lam. 3. 55. 
chap. 3. 18. 
&20. 19. 
cch. 31.2. 
(1 Jor. 15. 3. 
chap. 30. 
24. 

o Isa. 14. 9. 
Luke 16.23. 
f Job 28. 13. 
Ps. 27. 13. 
Gen. 10. 



(Dan. 8. 2. 
h ch. 26. 19. 
I&31. 14. 



fearful fall of Egypt 
forth upon the * Open field, and will cause all h the fowls 
of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts 
of the whole earth with ttiee. 

5 And I will lay thy l flesh upon the mountains, and fill 
the valleys with thy height. 

6 *I will also water with k thy blood the land wherein thou 
swimmest, even to the mountains ; and the rivers shall be 
full of thee. 

* 7 And when I shall 'put thee out, I will cover the heaven, 
and make the stars thereof dark ; I m will cover the sun 
with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make n dark over 
thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God. 

9 I win also ° vex the hearts of many people, when I 
shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the 
countries which thou hast not known. 

"> 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and 
their kings shall be horribly p afraid for thee, when I shall 
brandish my sword before them ; and they shall q tremble 
at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of 
thy fall. 

1 1 ^f For thus saith the Lord God ; The sword of the 
king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 

i- 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause r thy mul- 
titude to fall, s the terrible of the nations, all of them : and 
they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude 
thereof shall be destroyed. 

13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside 
the great waters ; neither shall the ' foot of man trouble 
them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 

14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their 
rivers to run u like oil, saith the Lord God. 

15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and 
the country shall be * destitute of that whereof it was full, 
when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall 
they know that I am the Lord. 

16 y This is the lamentation wherewith they shall la 
ment her : z the daughters of the nations shall lament her : 
they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her 
multitude, saith the Lord God. 

/ 17 % It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the 
fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, a wail for the multitude of Egypt, b and 
cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous 
nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that 
go down into the pit. 

19 Whom dost thou pass in c beauty ? go down, and be 
thou laid with the uncircumcised. 
v> 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by 

the sword : she is d delivered to the sword : draw her and 
all her multitudes. 

21 The strong among the mighty shall e speak to him 
out of the midst of hell with them that help him : they are 
gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 

22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are 
about him : all of them slain, fallen by the sword : 

23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her 
company is round about her grave : all of them slain, fallen 
by the sword, which caused terror in f the land of the living. 

g 24 There is e Elam and all her multitude round about 
her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which 
are gone down uncircumcised into the ■ nether parts of the 
earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living ; 
yet have they borne their shame with them that go down 
to the pit. 

25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with 
all her multitude : her graves are round about him : all 
of them ' uncircumcised, slain by the sword : though their 

479 



Ezekiel admonished of his duty '. 

terror was caused in the k land of the living, yet have they 
borne their shame with them that go down to the pit : he 
is put in the midst of them that be slain. 
g 23 There is ' Meshech, m Tubal, and all her multitude : 
her graves are round about him : all of them uncircum- 
cised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror 
in Lite land of the living. 

27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen 
of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell " with 
their weapons of war : and they have laid their swords un- 
der their heads, but n their iniquities shall be upon their 
bones, though they were tiie terror of the mighty in the 
land of the living. 

28 Yea, thou shalt be ° broken in the midst of the uncircum- 
cised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 
g 29 There is p Edom, her kings, and all her q princes, 
which with their might are laid by them that were slain by 
the sword : they snail lie with the uncircumcised, and with 
them that go down to the pit. 

30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and 
all the r Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain ; 
with their terror they are ashamed Of their might ; and 
they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, 
and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 

31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be 9 comforted 
over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain 
by the sword, saith the Lord God. 

*> 32 For I have ' caused my terror in the land of the liv- 
ing : and he shall be laid in the midst of the ui. circumcised 
with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and 
all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

According to the duty of a watchman, in warning the people, I, Ezekiel 
is admonished of his duty, 7. God sheweth the justice of his waye_ to- 
wards the penitent, and towards revolters, 10 : He maintaineth his jus- 
tice, 17. Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem, he prophesieth the 
desolation of the land, 21. God's judgment upon the mockers of the 
prophets, 30. 

/ A GAIN the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
_£BL i 2 Son Of man, speak to the children of a thy people, 
and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, 
if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and 
set him for their b watchman : 

3 If when he c seeth the sword come upon the land, he 
blow the trumpet, and d warn the people ; 

4 Then, whosoever e heareth the sound of the trumpet, 
and taketh not warning ; if the sword come and take him 
away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 

* 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not 
warning ; f his blood shall be upon him. But he that 
g taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 

i 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow 
not the trumpet, and the people be not warned ; if the 
sword come, and take any person from among them, he 
is taken away h in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require 
at the watchman's hand. 

d 7 % So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman 
unto the house of Israel ; therefore thou shalt hear the 
word ; at my mouth, and warn them from me. 

t 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou 
shalt surely die ; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked 
from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; 
but his blood will I require at thy hand. 

d 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to 
turn from it ; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die 
in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

c 10 «|[ Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the 
house of Israel ; Thus ye speak, saying, k If our trans- 
gressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in 
them, how should we then live 1 



M. Christ 
587. 



EZEKIEL. God maintaineth his justice. 

h 1 1 Say unto them. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have 
m no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; n but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live : turn ye, turn ye from 
your evil ways ; for why will ye die, O house of Israel 1 

d 12 Therefore, thou son of man, sav unto the children of 
thy people, The righteousness of the ° righteous shall not 
deliver him in the day of his transgression : as for the 
wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the 
day that he p turneth from his wickedness ; neither shall 
the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the 
day that he q sinneth. 

13 When I shall say to the righteous, thathe shall surely 
r live ; if he 9 trust to his own righteousness, and commit 
iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered ; 
but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die 
for it. 

t 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt 
surely ' die ; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is 
u lawful and right ; 

15 // the wicked "restore the pledge, give again that 
he had robbed, walk in y the statutes of life, without com- 
mitting iniquity ; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be 
mentioned unto him : he hath done that which is lawful 

and right ; he shali surely live. 

c 17 ^| Yet the children of thy people say, The a way of 
the Lord is not equal : but as for them, their way is not 
equal. 

* 18 When the righteous * turneth from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 

* 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do 
that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 

t 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O 



k Ps. 5a. 5, 
& 142. 5., 
1 Gn. 10. 2. 
mGn. 10.2. 
a Hb. with 
weapons of 
their war, 
Isa. 54. 17. 
n Lv. 5. 10. 
Ps. 40. 14. 
ch. 18. 20. 

Ps. 37. 35. 
verse 2. 
Dan. 2. 35. 
pGn. 25.30. 
Isa. 63. 1, 4. 
Mai. 1. 3,4. 
qGn. 36.40. 
rJgs.10. 12. 
ch. 21.21. 

s Isa. 14. 8. 
oh. 21. 16. 
Hab. 2. 17. 
t Jer.25.15. 
Zeph. 1. 15. 
ach. 3. 11. 
b Isa.21. 11. 
chap. 3. 17. 
Hosea 9. 8. 
Heb. 13. 17. 
c Mt. 15. 14. 

1 Tm. 3. 6. 
(1 Ps. 19. 11. 
e Ja. 1. 26. 
f Acts 20. 
26. 

gActs2.37. 
hEzra3. 18. 

2 Th. 1. 8. 

i Jer.23.21, 
22. 

Mt. 28. 20. 
1 Co. 11.23. 
k Lpv. 5. 1. 
Lam. 5. 7. 
ch. 24. 23. 
&32. 27. 
1 Isa. 49. 14. 
ch. 37. 11. 
Rev. 16. 9. 



B. Christ 
587. 



mNu.14.23. 
Larn. 3. 33. 
ch. 18. 32. 
Hos. 11.8. 
nMic.7. 18. 
Luke 15.20. 

ch. 3. 20. 
Matt. 9. 13. 
Phil. 3. 9. 
pMt. 10.22. 
Heb. 10. 38. 
q2Chr.7.14, 
Jer. 4. 1. 
r Rev. 2. 10. 
sRom. 10.3. 
t Luke 13. 3, 
u Mic. 6. 8. 
x Dt. 24. 12. 
y Ps. 19.11. 
z Ps. 79. 8. 
a ch. 18. 25. 
b2Tm.4.10. 
2 Pet. 2. 20, 
21. 

c Ps. 75. 7. 
ch. 18. 30. 
John 5. 22. 
d Acta 10. 
34. 

2 Cor. 5. 10. 
e Ps. 62. 12. 
Mt. 16. 27. 
f Jer. 29. 10. 
chap. 24. 1. 
g Zech. 8. 
10. 

h chap. 1. 3. 
i ch. 3. 26. 
k Isa. 51.2. 

1 2 Chron. 
28. 22. 
Jer. 7. 4. 
Mic. 3. 11. 
Matt. 3. 9. 
John 8. 33. 
mGcn. 9. 4. 
n John 8.39. 
o Ps. 44. 3. 
verse 24. 
pch.7. 24. 
& 24. 21. 
n Ps. 9. 16. 
Isa. 26. 11. 
r 2 Chron. 
3fi. 16. I 



ye house of Israel, I will c judge you d every one e after 
his ways. 

/21 % And it came to pass in f the twelfth year of our 
captivity, in the s tenth month, in the fifth day of the 
month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came 
unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 

22 Now the h hand of the Lord was upon me in the 

evening, afore he that was escaped came ; and had 

1 opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; 

and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 

/ 23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the 
land of Israel speak, saying, k Abraham was one, and he 
inherited the land : but ' we are many ; the land is given 
us for inheritance. 

v 25 Wherefore, say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Ye eat with the m blood, and n lift up your eyes 
toward your idols, and shed blood : and shall ye possess 
the land? 

p 26 ° Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, 
and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife : and shall 
ye possess the land 1 

™ 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
J2s I live, surely they that are in the wastes, shall fall by 
the sword, and him that is in the open field, will I give to 
the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts 
and in the caves, shall die of the pestilence. 

28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the p pomp 
of her strength shall cease ; and the mountains of Israel 
shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 

29 Then shall they q know that I am the Lord, when I 
have laid the land most desolate because of all their abo- 
minations which they have committed, 

/30 «H Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people 
still are r talking against thee by the walls and in the doors 
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his 

48.0 



The judgment on bad shepherds. EZEKIEL. 

brother, saying, Come, I-pray you, and hear what is the B -^" 8t 
word that cometh forth from the Lord. i 8C han.ai. 

c31 And they come unto thee 'as the people cometh, ^IV^.i. 
and they sit before thee as my people, and ' they hear %££& 
thv words, but they will not do them : for with their & rise. 
mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after xfe.n, 
their u covetousness. usa-sau. 

c 32 And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song *%£§*$ 
of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well ori;ao. 16. k' 
an instrument : for they hear thy words, but they dojc john2i 3 ' 
them not. ' ! Acts 20. as. 

33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then 1 |et.s. 2. 
shall they know that * a prophet hath been among them. Is, if ' 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 
A reproof of the shepherds, 1. God's judgment against them, 7: 
providence for his flock, 11. The kingdom of Christ, 20. 

Ik ND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
JM. w 2 Son of man, prophesy against the a shepherds off}^ 
Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord ^ -^ J 
God unto the shepherds , Wo be to the shepherds of Israelii Jy 23'. i 
that do feed b themselves ! should not the shepherds feed^ch.as; 
the c flocks 1 

« 3 Ye eat the d fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye!^ s 
e kill them that are fed : but ye feed not the flock. 
d 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have 



c Mi. 3. 2, 3. 
[Rev. 17. 4. 
w . fMt.9.36. 
■""Luke 15.4. 
|g2Co.l.24. 
I h Zech. 12. 
1 7. 

Matt. 9. 36 
2.14 



n eh. 3. 18. 
Heb. 13. 17. 
2 Co. 7. 12. 
11.28. 
1 Tim. 3.5. 
p Ps. 23. 1. 
John 10.11 
1 Pet. 5. 3. 



ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up i|^gi.7 
that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that! ;fl%\ s 



which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which & 23'. a 
was f lost ; but with 6 force and with cruelty have ye ruled " 



ch. 37. 
22. 

s Ps. 23. 1 
[sa. 8. 20. 
2 Cor. 2. 17. 
2Th.2.9,10 
Titus 1. 9. 
1 Pet. 2. 2. 
t Song 1. 7. 



B. Christ 
587. 



u Dt. 32. 15. 
Ps. 22. 29. 
Isa. 5. 17. & 
10. 15. 
Amos 4. 11. 
x Ps.62.11, 
12. 

Jer. 10. 24. 
V ch. 20. 37. 



them 

i 5 And they were scattered, because there is h no shep- 
herd : and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, 
when they were scattered. 

6 My sheep '' wandered through all the mountains, and 
upon every high hill : yea, my flock was scattered upon 
all the face of the earth, and none did k search or seek 
after them. 

7 Tf Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the 
Lord ; 

i 8 Jls I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock 
became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast 
of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did 
my l shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed 
themselves, and fed not my flock ; 

9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; 
«> 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, m I am against 
the shepherds ; and I will n require my flock at their hand. 
and cause them to cease from feeding the flock ; neither 32^33." 
shall the shepherds feed themselves any more ; for I will lutofcii. 
deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be Jghnio.ii, 
meat for them. i> im. 49. o. 

6 11 IT For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I, even I, cis 9 b.i4,'i5. 
will both ° search my sheep, and seek them out. ? M n t .it 26. 

12 p As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that XJi.M 
he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek& 33 Vj-' 
out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where Ho»\ 2.%. 
they have been scattered in the q cloudy and dark day. Igpgfaa 6 ' 
7 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather! Jcf^fe^ 
them from the countries, and will bring them to their ' own ia°».'6.9. 
land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the n°GoL6.i6! 
rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. Lljohnsia 

M4 I will feed them s in a good pasture, and upon the, ^Gcn'aG "9 
high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall! ° Am! i.ii! 
they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed e a' "if.* 
upon the mountains of Israel. 

15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to 
down, saith the Lord. God. 

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that ipviosuf 
which was driven away, and will bind up that which was ze^i 0, 

121 3 P 



The judgment of mount Seir. 

broken, and will strengthen that which was sick : but I 
will destroy n the fat and the strong ; I will feed them with 
x judgment. 

i 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the 
rams and the y he-goats. 

* 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have z eaten up 
the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet 
the residue of your pastures ? and to have drunk of the 
deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feef? 

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have 
trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have 
fouled with your feet. 

* 20 % Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them ; 
Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and 
between the lean cattle. 

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, 
and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have 
scattered them abroad ; 

22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more 
be a prey ; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 

r 23 And I will set up a one Shepherd over them, and he 
shall feed them, even my b servant David ; he shall feed 
them, and he shall be their shepherd. 

24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant 
David c a prince d among them ; I the Lord have spoken it. 

25 And I will make with them e a covenant of peace, 
and will cause the f evil beasts to cease out of the land : 
and they shall dwell e safely in the wilderness, and sleep 
in the woods. 

b 26 And I will make them and the places round about 
h my hill a '' blessing; and I will cause the shower to come 
down in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing. 

e 27 And the k tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and 
the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe 
in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I 
have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them 
out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. 

28 And they shall ' no more be a prey to the heatHen, 
neither shall the beasts of the land devour them ; but they 
shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 

29 And I will raise up for m them a plant of renown, and 
they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, 
neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 

30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am 
with them, and that they, even the n house of Israel, are 
my people, saith the Lord God. 

i' 31 And ye my ° flock, the flock of my pasture, are men. 
and I am your '' God, saith the Lord God. 
CHAPTER XXXV. 
Tlie judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel. 

[OREOVER the word of the Lord came unto 



me 



israinst b mount Seir, and 



g Ps. 137. 7. 
1 ljplOhadiah 

1 ^IviTHfllO. 

h Mt. 7. 2. 



saying, 
g 2 Son of man, a set thy face a< 
: prophesy against it, 

3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold 
O mount Seir, I am d against thee, and I will stretch out 
my hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. 

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate 
and thou shalt c know that I am the Lord. 

e 5 Because thou hast had f a perpetual hatred, and has! 
s shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the 
sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that, iheii 
iniquity had an end : 

w 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will '' pre 
pare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee : since 
thou hast ' not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 
7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut 
off from it him that u passeth out and him that returneth. 

481 



The land of Israel comforted. 

8 And I will l fill his mountains with his slain men : in 
. thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they 



EZEKIEL. The blessing of Christ's kingdom. 

they shall increase and bring fruit : and I will ° settle you 



B. Christ 

587. 



fall that are slain with the sword 

9 I will make thee m perpetual desolations, and thy cities 
shall n not return : and ye shall know that I am the Lord 

10 Because thou hast said, ° These two nations and 
these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it ; 
whereas p the Lord was there 
w 1 1 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even 

do q according to thine anger, and according to thine envy 
which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and 
I will make myself known r among them, when I have 
judged thee. 

12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that 
1 have s heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken 
against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid de- 
solate, they are given us to consume. 
c 13 Thus with your mouth ye have l boasted against me, 
and have multiplied your words against me : I have heard 
them. 

14 Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth 
"rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 
s 15 x As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house 
of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee : 
thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even 
all of it : and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of the heathen, who 
spitefully used it, 1, and by the blessings of God promised unto it, 8. 
Israel was rejected for their sin, 16, and shall be restored ivithout their 
desert, 21. The blessings of Christ's kingdom, 25. 

e A LSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto the a mountains 
Z^_ of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the 

word of the Lord : 
c 2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy hath 

said against you, Aha, even the b ancient high places c are 

ours in possession : 

3 Therefore, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Because they have made you desolate, and d swal- 
lowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession 
unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in 
the e lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people : 

4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of 
the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, 
and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the 
desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which 
became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen 
that are round about ; 

s 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Surely in the 
f fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of 
the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed 
s my land into their possession with the joy of all their 
heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 

6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, 
and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, 
and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I 
have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye 
have borne the h shame of the heathen : 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I have lifted up 
my hand : Surely the heathen that are about you, they 
shall i bear their shame. 

° 8 % But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall k shoot forth 
your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; 
for they are at hand to come. 

9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, 
and ye shall ' be tilled and sown : 

r 10 And I will m multiply men upon you, n all the house 
of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, 
and the wastes shall be builded : 

1 1 And I will multiply upon you man and beast ; and 



I eh. 31. 12. 
mMal.1.3,4. 
n Isa. 27. 7, 
& 45. 8. 

Ps. 81. 4, 
12. 

chap. 36. 5. 
p Ps. 48. 1, 
3. & 132. 
13, 14. 
q Mt. 7. 2. 
Jam. 2. 13. 
r Isa. 26. 1. 
Rv. 19. 1, 2. 
3 2 Kings 
10. 28. 
t Rev. 13. 6. 
u Isa. 65. 13. 
Rev. 18. 19. 
x ch. 26. 2. 
veise 11. 
a eh. 6. 2,3. 
Joel 2. 18. 
b Ps. 78. 69. 
Hab. 3. 6. 
c Isa. 37. 24. 
d Obadiah 

erse II. 
e Ps. 44. 13. 
&140. 11. 
Lam. 2. 15. 
fDt.4. 24. 
chap. 5. 13. 
g Ps. 68. 10. 
Tlosea 9. 3. 
h Psa. 123. 
3, 4. 

cli. 34. 29. 
i Jer.25. 15. 
kHos.2.21. 
Am. 9. 13. 

1 Joel 3. 18. 
mJer.31.27. 
rich. 37.10. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
Eph. 2. 12. 



B. Christ 
587. 



Obadiah 
. 19, 20. 

p Isa. 24.23. 
Joel 3. 17. 
Heb. 8. 7. 
& 9. 16. 
. Am. 9. 14. 
Obadiah 
verse 15. 
r Jer. 15. 7. 

h. 37. 25. 
Am. 9. 15. 
sNu. 13.32. 
ch. 37. 22. 
t Isa. 25. 8. 

h. 37. 25. 
u Isa. 49. 23. 
Zeph. 3. 19. 
x Jer. 2. 7. 
yLv. 15.19. 
z Ps. 79. 6. 
a Isa. 1. 15. 
a Heb. 
dungy 
gods, 

Lev. 26. 30. 
b Isa. 5. 5. 
c Isa. 25. 5. 
Rom 2. 24. 
d La. 2. 15. 
Mai. 2. 17. 
e Psa. 106. 
7,8. 

ch. 20. 14. 
verse 22. 
fPs. 115. 1. 
gcli. 28.23. 
hch. 37.21. 
i Isa. 11. 12. 
Jer. 3. 13. 
Ro. 11. 25. 
k Beb. 9. 14. 

1 Pt. 1.2,19. 
lch. 37.23. 
Zech.13.1,2. 
mJcr.32.39. 

h. 11. 19. 
n Jer. 10.23. 

Gen. 17. 1. 
Deut. 7. 6. 
p Joel 3. 17. 
Ro. 11. 26. 
qlTm.4.8. 
r ch. 34. 27. 
s chap. 6.9. 
IIos. 14. 8. 
t Jer. 31. 18. 
&59. 4. 



after your old estates, and will p do better unto you than at 
your beginnings : and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 
12 Yea, I will cause q men to walk upon you, even my 
people Israel ; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt 
be their inheritance, and thou shalt r no more henceforth 
bereave them of men. 

p 13 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because they say unto 
you, Thou land 9 devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy 
nations ; 

14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no more, neither 
1 bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God. 

6 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame 
of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear u the 
reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause 
thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God. 
/16 % Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their 
own land, they * defiled it by their own way and by their 
doings : their way was before me y as the uncleanness of 
a removed woman. 

w 18 Wherefore, I z poured my fury upon them for the 
a blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their 
a idols wherewith they had polluted it : 

t 19 And b I scattered them among the heathen, and they 
were dispersed through the countries : according to their 
way and according to their doings I judged them. 

20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither 
they went, they profaned c my holy name, when they said 
to them, d These are the people of the Lord, and are 
gone forth out of his land. 

* 21 % But, I had pity e for my holy name, which the 
house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither 
they went. 

22 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith 
the Lord God : I do not this f for your sakes, O house of 
Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which ye have pro- 
faned among the heathen, whither ye went. 

b 23 And I will e sanctify my great name, which was 
profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in 
the midst of them ; and the heathen shall know that I am 
the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified 
in you before their eyes. 

r 24 For I will h take you from among the heathen, and 
gather you out of all countries, and will ' bring you into 
your own land. 

i> 25 «j[ Then will I k sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
ye shall be clean : from all your ' filthiness, and from all 
your idols, will I cleanse you. 

' 2G m A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit 
will I put within you : and I will take away the stony heart 
out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 

* 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and n cause you 
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, 
and do them. 

b 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your 
fathers ; and ye shall be ° my people, and I will be your 
God. 

29 I will also r save you from all your uncleanness : and 
I will i call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no 
famine upon you. 

30 And I will r multiply the fruit of the tree, and the in. 
crease of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach 
of famine among the heathen. 

«*31 s Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and 
your doings that were not good, and shall ' loathe your- 
selves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your 
abominations. 

482 



saith the Lord God. 
and confounded for 



EZEKIEL. 

/15 1 



B. Christ 
587. 



The resurrection of dry bones. 

b 32 a Not for your sakes do I this, 
be it known unto you : be ashamed 
your own ways, O house of Israel. 

t 33 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day that I shall 
have cleansed you from all your Iniquities I will also cause 
ijou to * dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 

34 And the desolate land shall be y tilled, whereas it lay 
desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 

35 And l they shall say, This land that was desolate is 
become like the a garden of Eden; and the waste and 
desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are in- 
habited. 

36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall 
b know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant 
that that was desolate : I the Lord have c spoken it, and 
I will do it. 

d 37 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will yet for this be d in- 
quired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will 
increase them e with men like a flock. 
c 38 As the f holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her 
solemn feasts ; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks 
of men : and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 
By the resurrection of dry bones, 1, the dead hope of Israel is revived, 11. 
By the uniting of two sticks, 15, is shewed the incorporation of Israel 
with Judah, 18. The promises of Christ's kingdom, 21. , 

THE a hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me 
out b in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in 
the midst of the valley which was c full of bones, 

2 And caused me to pass by them round about : and 
behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and lo, 
they were very dry. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, & can these bones 
live 1 and I answered, O Lord God, e thou knowest. 

d 4 Again he said unto me, f Prophesy upon these bones, 
and say unto them, s O ye dry bones, hear the word of the 
Lord. 

5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones ; Behold, 
h I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live : 

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh 
upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, 
and ye shall live ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

d 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded : and ' as I pro- 
phesied, there was a noise, and behold k a shaking, and 
the bones came together, bone to his bone. 

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came 
up upon them, and the skin covered them above : but 
there ivas no breath in them. 

d 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the ' wind, 
prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Come from the m four winds, O breath, and 
breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 

d 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath 
came into them, and they lived, and n stood up upon their 
feet, ° an exceeding great army. 

/ 11 °i\ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones , 

|;\m J 14 

are the p whole house of Israel : behold, they say, Our|hHoB.'i.io, 
bones ''are dried, and our hope is lost: we are r cut off'u" 
for our 



u verse 22. 
Dan. 9. 19. 
Ro. 11.28. 
xJer.3. 18 
&23.8. 
ch. 37. 21. 
Amos 9. 14, 
15. 

y verse 9. 
z Fs. 126. 2. 
a ch. 28.13. 
b Am. 4. 7. 
c ch. 27. 24. 
d Mt. 7. 7. 
e John 10. 
16. 

fRo. 12. 1. 
a chap. 1. 3. 
b Luke 4. 1. 
clsa.26. 19. 
d John 6. 4. 
5. 

e Gn. 23. 4. 
] Co. 15. 19. 
f Jer. 1. 10. 
g ch. 36. 1. 
li ver. 8, 10. 
i Acts 10.44. 
kcli.38. 19. 
1 Acts 2. 2. 
m ch. 5. 10. 
nRv.11.11. 
o Rev. 14. 1. 
p verses 16, 
19. 

Hos. 1. 11. 
qPs.141.7. 
Isa. 49. 14. 
Jer. 2. 25. 
r John 15.2. 
Ro. 11. 17. 
s Isa. 26. 19. 
Dan. 12. 2. 
Hos. 13. 14. 
John 5. 28, 
29. 

t Jer. 3. 18. 
Am.9.14,15. 
u Isa. 26. 12. 
& 61. 8. 
Jer. 31. 37. 
ch. 11. 19. 



B. Christ 
587. 



x 2Chron. 
11. 12. 
y Isa. II. 13. 
Jer. 50. 4. 
ver. 22, 24. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
z Zeph. 3. 9. 
Phil. S. 2. 
a chap. 3. 1. 
blChr.9.3. 
Mt. 28. 19. 
Ro. 11.25. 
Eph. 2. 13. 
c Jer. 23. 2. 
eh. 12. 3, 4. 
d verse 12. 
Gal. 4. 25, 
26. 

Heb. 12. 29, 
e tea, 11.13. 
ver. 14, 15. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
f John 10. 
10. 

1 'I'm. 6. 15. 
Itov. II. 15. 
ff Isa. 49. 12. 



parts. 



i Jer. 23. 5. 
OBoa 3. 5. 
Ik John 10. 

I 16. 



12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith J 1 "?-- 80 ^? 1 
the Lord God; Heboid, O my people, I will "open your U°m. 9. i& 



nich. 30.37. 
n Rev.21.3. 
och. 11.20. 
nch.aO. li 



graves, and cause you lo come up out of your graves, and 
bring you into the 'land of Israel. 

13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have^l^s-as 
opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out 5,3.° 
of your graves, 
' 14 And shall "put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, 



The army and malice of Gog. 

The word of the Lord came again unto me, 
saying, 

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and 
write upon it, For "Judah, and for the children of Israel 
his companions : then take another stick, and write upon 
it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house 
of Israel his companions : 

17 And y join them one to another into one stick; and 
they shall become z one in thy hand. 

18 ^ And when the children of a thy people shall speak 
unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou mean- 
est by these? 

r 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 
b I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of 
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put 
them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make 
them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 

20 ^f And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in 
thy hand c before their eyes. 

r 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, I will take the children of Israel from among the 
heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on 
every side, and d bring them into their own land : 

22 And I will make them e one nation in the land upon 
the mountains of Israel; and f one king shall be king- 
to them all : and they shall be no more two nations, 
neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more 
at all : 

b 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with 
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any 
of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all 
their s dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will 
cleanse them : so shall they be h my people, and I will be 
their God. 

1 24 And ! David my servant shall be king over them; 
and they all shall have k one shepherd: they shall also 
walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do 
them . 

25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given 
unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt, 
and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, 
and their children's children 'forever: and my servant 
David shall be their prince for ever. 

b 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with 
them ; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them : 
and I will place them, and "multiply them, and will set 
my n sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 

i> 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them : yea, I will be 
their God, and they shall be my people. 

28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do 
p sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst 
of them for evermore. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

The army, 1, and malice of Gog, 8 : God's judgment against him, 11. 

f k ND'the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
J^L e 2 Son of man, set thy face against a Gog, the land 
of Magog, the chief b prince of Meshcch and Tubal, and 
prophesy against him, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord -God ; Behold, I am 
c against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshcch and 
Tubal : 

'" 4 And I will d turn thee back, and put hooks into thy 
jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses 
and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of ar- 
mour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all 



Ucv. 20. 8. 
IbGn. 10.2. 

r,j':;;' ,','.!; of them handling swords 



jtfld I shall place you in your own land : then shall ye know :); '; :, -' | ^ S 5 Persia, Etl 
mat I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Re».'ie.i6.|with shield and 
''°nn. IrSS^i* « e Confer, 8 



Ethiopia, and Lybia with them ; all of them 
" helmet : 
and all his bands; the house of f Togarmah 

48<? 



R. Christ 
cir. 587. 

gPs.2.1,3,4. 

Isa.8.9, 10. 

Joel 3. 9, 11. 

Rev. 16. 14. 

h [lab. 2. 3. 

i Hos. 3. 5. 

kZech.14.2. 

1 oh. 37. 21. 

m Hos. 2. 8. 

nZech.14.2. 

Rev. 16. 14. 

& 20. 8. 

oPs.83.3,4. 

Isa. 10. 7. 

p Ex. 14. 3. 

Psa. 10.9. 

q 2 Kings 

24. 13. 

eli. 29. 19. 

1 Tim. 6. 10. 

rGn.26. 14. 

Neh. 6. 1,2. 

s Ps. 50. 18. 

tEx.14.3,4. 

Zech 2. 5, 8. 

Rev. 16. 15. 

u 2 Chron. 

20. 2, 3. 

Ps.2. 1,2. 

x Dan. 12.1. 

y Ex. 14-4. 

Lev. 10. 3. 

cli. 28. 22. 

z Isa. 25. 10. 

& 66. 24. 

Dan. 12. 1. 

Zech. 14. 1, 

20. 

a Pa. 78. 65. 

hZech.14.4. 

Rev. 16. 20. 

c Psa. 21. 

9, 10. 

Nali. 1.4,6. 

d Ps. 75. 8. 

e Jgs. 7. 22. 

2Chr.20.23. 

f Dan. 12.1. 

Zech. 14. 3, 

5. 

g Ps. 11. 6. 

Rev. 16.21. 

h verso 16. 
v. 15. 3,4. 



God's judgment against Gog. EZEKIEL. 

of the north quarters, and all his bands : and many people 
with thee. 

7 Be thou g prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and 
all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou 
a guard unto them. 

r 8 If h After many days thou shalt be visited: in the 
1 latter years thou shalt k come into the land that is 
'brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of. 
many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have 
been always waste : but it is brought forth out of the na- 
tions, and they shall dwell m safely all of them. 

9 Thou shalt "ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt 
be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, 
and many people with thee. 

p 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; It shall also come to pass, 
that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and 
thou shalt think ° an evil thought : 

1 1 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of p un- 
walled villages ; I will go to them that are at rest, that 
dwell safely, and of them dwelling without walls, and 
having neither bars nor gates, 

12 To take q a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thy 
hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and 
upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, 
which have r gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the 
midst of the land. 
g 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, 

with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, 3 Art 
thou come to take a spoil ? hast thou gathered thy com- 
pany to take a prey ? to carry away silver and gold, to 
take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? 

14 ^[ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto 
Gog, Thus saith the Lord God ; In that day when my 
people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou ' not know it? 
r 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the 
north parts, thou, and "many people with thee, all of 
them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty 
army: 

16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, 
as a cloud to cover the land ; it shall be in the " latter 
days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the 
heathen may know me, when I shall be y sanctified in 
thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 

17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he " of whom I 
liave spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of 
Israel, which prophesied in those days many years, that I 
would bring thee against them? 

18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when 
Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord 
God, that my fury shall come a up in my face. 

19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have 
I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be b a great shaking 
m the land of Israel ; 

i 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the 
heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things 
that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon 
the face of the earth, c shall shake at my presence, and the 
mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places 
shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 

v> 21 And I will d call for a sword against him throughout 
all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword 
shall be e against his brother. 

22 And I will f plead against him with pestilence and 
with blood ; and I will g rain upon him, and upon his bands, 
and upon the many people that are with him, an overflow- 
ing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 

vus will I ''magnify myself, and sanctify myself; ieV.~i9.~9. 



The feast of the fowls 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

God's judgment upon Gog, 1. Israel's victory, 8. Gog's burial in Ha- 
mon-gog, 11. The feast of the fowls, 17. Israel having beenplaguea 
for their sins, shall be gathered again with eternal favour, 23. 

PfjlHEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against 
g A. Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Gon ; Behold, a I 
am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and 
Tubal : 

r 2 And I will b turn thee back, and leave but the sixth 
part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north 
parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 

3 And I will smite thy c bow out of thy left hand, and 
will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 

4 Thou shalt d fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, 
and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee j I will 
give thee unto the "ravenous birds of every sort, and to 
the beasts of the field, to be devoured. 

5 Thou shalt fall upon the "open field: for I have spoken 
it, saith the Lord God. 

«>6 And I will send f a fire on Magog, and among them 
that dwell carelessly in the g isles: and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

t 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of 
my people Israel ; and I will not let them h pollute my 
holy name any more : and the heathen shall know that I 
am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 

8 ^f Behold, ! it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord 
God ; this k is the day whereof I have spoken. 

9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall 'go 
forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the 
shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the 
handstaves, and the spears, and they shall m burn them with 
fire seven years : " 

r 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, 
neither cut down any out of the forests ; for they shall 
burn the weapons with fire : and they shall n spoil those 
that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith 
the Lord God. 

r ll 1f And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will 
give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley 
of the passengers on the ° east of the sea : and it shall stop 
the noses of the passengers : and there shall they bury 
Gog and all his multitude : and they shall call it The vaf- 
ley of " Hamon-gog. 

12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be bury- 
ing of them, that they may p cleanse the land. 

13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them : and 
it shall be to them c a renown the day that I shall be q glo- 
rified, saith the Lord God. 

14 And they shall r sever out men of continual employ- 
ment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers 
those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse 
it : after the end of seven months shall they search. 

15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when 
any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it. 
till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 
^16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. 
Thus shall they cleanse the land. 

E 17 «~[ And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God , 
Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of 
the field, Assemble yourselves, and come ; gather your- 
selves on every side to my s sacrifice that I do sacrifice 
for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Is- 
rael, that ye may * eat flesh, and drink blood. 

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the 
blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and 

FT- "&?I-iof goats, of bullocks, all of them u fatlings of Bashan. 

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood 



B. Christ 
cir. 587. 



a ch. 38. 2. 
Rev. 18. 8. 
b Isa. 37. 29. 
chap. 38. 4. 
c Ps. 76. 3. 
Ho3. 1.5,6. 
ilch.38. 21. 
e Isa. 24. 6. 
Rev. 19. 17. 
a Heb. the 
face of the 
field. 

fch. 38. 19. 
Amos 1. 4. 
g Ps. 72. 10. 
ch. 38. 13. 
hLv. 18.21. 
chap. 20. 9. 
i Psa. 12. 6. 
Rev. 18. 2. 
k ISa. 26.10. 
i. 37. 13. 
1 Psa. 111. 
2,3. 

Isa. 66. 24. 
Mai. 1. 5. 
mRv. 19.20. 
n Mt. 7. 2. 
Rev. 13. 10. 
& 18. 6. 
over. 14,15. 
b That is, 
The multi- 
tude of 
Qo<r. 

pDt.21.23. 
cHeb. 
a vame, 
ch. 34.29. 
q rh. 28. 22. 
rNu. 19.11. 
s Isa. 3-1. 6. 
Jer. 46. 10. 
Zeph. 1.7, 



4nd I will be known in the eyes of manv nations, and they r^/kJtill ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed 
• shall know that I am the Lord. - fell & (for you. 



484 



B. Christ 
cir. 587. 



EzeMeVs description EZEKIEL. 

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with x horses and 
chariots, " with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith 
the Lord God. 

*■ 21 y And I will set my glory among the heathen, and 
all the heathen shall z see my judgment that I have exe- 
cuted, and a my hand that I have laid upon them. 

22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord 
their God from that day and forward. 

23 If And the heathen shall know that the house of Is- 
rael went into captivity for their b iniquity : because they 
trespassed against me, c therefore hid I my face from 
them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies : so 
fell they all by the sword. 

* 24 According to their uncleanness and according to 
their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my 
face from them. 

& 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; d Now will I 
bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon 
the e whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my 
holy name ; 

26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their 
f trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, 
when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them 
afraid. 

27 When 1 have brought them again from the people, 
and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am 
e sanctified in them in the sight of many nations ; 

* 28 Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, 
which caused them to be led into captivity among the 
heathen : but I have h gathered them unto their own land, 
and have left none of them any more there. 

* 29 Neither will I hide my face £ any more from them : 
for I have k poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, 
saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XL. 
The lime, manner, and end of the vision, 1. The description of the east 
gate, 6, of the north gate, 20, of the south gate, 24, of the east gate, 32, 
and of the north gate, 35. Eight tables, 39. The chambers, 44. The 
porch of the house, 48. 

M "N the a five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the 
M. beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, 
in the fourteenth year b after that the city was smitten, in 
the self-same day the c hand of the Lord was upon me, 
and brought me thither. 

"2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of 
Israel, and set me upon d a very high mountain, by which 
was as the frame of e a city on the south. 

3 And he brought me thither, and behold, there was r a 
man, whose appearance was like the appearance of e brass, 
ith h a line of flax in his hand, and ' a measuring reed ; 



and he stood k in the gale. 

d 4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with 
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and ' set thy heart 
upon all that I shall shew thee ; for to the intent that I 
might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither : de- 
clare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. 

5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round 
about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cu- 
bits long by the cubit and a hand-breadth : so he measured 
ra the breadth of the building, one reed : and the " height, 
one reed. 

*6 f Then came he unto the ° gate which looketh to- 
ward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measur- 
ed the p threshold of the gate, which luas one reed broad ; 
and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed 
broad. 

7 And every q little chamber was one reed long, and 
9ne reed broad ; and between the little chambers were five 
cubits : and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the 
gate within was one reed. 

122 



x 2 Sa. 8. 4. 
d Heb. 
champion, 
man of 
war, 

1 Sa. 17. 4. 
Rev. 19. 18. 
y Psa. 9. 16. 
zJob21.20. 
a Gn. 33.20. 
Job 13. 21. 
b2Ch. 15.2. 
Isa. 10. 5. 
Lam. 3. 39. 
c Dt. 13. 17. 
Psa. 27. 9. 
Isa. 59. 1. 
d Hos.3. 5. 
& 10. 3. 
eHos. 1. 10. 
Ro. 11. 25. 
f Lev. 5. 1. 
& 26. 40. 
g ch. 38. 16. 
h Jer. 3. 18. 
i ch. 37. 25. 
k Joel 2.28. 
a 2 Kings 
24. 12. 
b 2 Kings 
25.1,3. 
ch. 33. 21. 
c ch. 1. 3. 
d Isa. 2. 3. 
Rev. 21. 10. 
e Gal. 4.26. 
Rev. 21.2. 
fZech.6.12. 
g Psa. 102. 
27, '28. 
Rev. 1. 15. 
hZech.2.1. 
Rev. 21. 15. 
i Gal. 6. 16. 
Rev. 11. 1. 
k John 10.2. 
Heb. 1. 2. 
Rev. 3. 7. 
llCo.11.23. 
mEph.3.18. 
Phil. 2. 7. 
n 1 Co. 13.9 
Eph. 4. 12. 
o Mt. 7. 13. 
pRv.21.27. 
q John 14.2. 



B. Christ 
574. 



r Joel 3. 17. 
s Ps. 65. 4. 
& 84. 2, 3. 
& 87. 4. & 
100. 4. 
Isa. 51. 2. 
& 60. 8. & 
62. 9. 
a Heb. 
shut, or, 
closed, 
verse 25. 
t Isn. 4.4,5, 
& 32. 2. 
rse 29. 
Mt. 16. 18. 
John 14. 2. 
u2Cbr.7.3. 
Esth. 1. 6. 
chap. 42. 3 
xZech.13.1 
b Heb. 
face so 
after. 
cHeb. 
whose face 

no, 

verse 22. 
y Ps. 84. 7. 
ver. 38, 41. 

1 Cor. 13. 9 

2 Pet. 1. 5. 
?. ch. 41.15 
Isa. 8. 20. 
ch. 3. 17,19. 
Acts 7. 44. 
Phil. 3. 16. 
n 1 Kgs.0.4. 
Isa. 4a. 6. 
& 4.1. C. & 
m. 19, 20. 
John 1.7,8. 
& 8. 12. 
Rev. 21. 23, 
21. 

b 2 Kings 
33. 21. 
lCh.28. 11, 
12, 13. 
2Ch.3t, 11. 
Noli. 13. 5, 
9,11, 12. 
Jer. 35. 2, 4 
& 36. 10. 



of the temple. 

f 8 He measured also the porch of the gate r within, one 
reed. 

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cu- 
bits ; and the posts thereof, two cubits ; and the porch of 
the gate was inward. 

10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were 
three on this side, and three on that side ; they three were 
of one measure : and the posts had one measure on this 
side and on that side. 

/ 11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, 
ten cubits ; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 

12 The space also before the little chambers was one 
cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that 
side : and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, 
and six cubits on that side. 

13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one lit- 
tle chamber to the roof of another ; the breadth was five 
and twenty cubits, door against door. 

14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto 
the post of the 3 court round about the gate. 

15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto 
the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. 
/ 16 And there were a narrow windows to the little cham- 
bers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and 
likewise to the arches : and windows were round about 
inward : and upon each post were palm-trees. 

® 17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and Io. 
there were * chambers, and a pavement made for the court 
round about : thirty chambers were upon the u pavement. 

18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over 
against the length of the gates was the * lower pavement. 

19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of 
the lower gate unto the b forefront of the inner court with- 
out, a hundred cubits eastward and northward. 
/ 20 % And the gate of the outward court that « looked 
toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the 
breadth thereof. 

21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this 
side and three on that side ; and the posts thereof and the 
arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate : 
the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five 
and twenty cubits. 

22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm- 
trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh to- 
ward the east : and they y went up unto it by seven steps ; 
and the arches thereof were before them. 

23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the 
gate toward the north, and toward the east : and he 
z measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits. 

» 24 If After that he brought me toward the south, and 
behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the 
posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these 
measures. 

25 And there were a windows in it and in the arches 
thereof round about, like those windows : the length was 
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 

26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the 
arches thereof were before them : and it had palm-trees, 
one on this side, and another on that side, upon the post* 
thereof. 

27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the 
south : and he measured from gate to gate toward the 
south a hundred cubits. 

28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south 
gate : and he measured the south gate according to these 
measures ; 

29 And the little b chambers thereof, and the posts there- 
of, and the arches thereof, according to these measures : 
and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof 

485 



B. Christ 
574. 



Tne porch of ine house. EZEKIEL. 

round about : it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty 
cubits broad. 

30 And the " arches round about were five and twenty 
cubits long, and five cubits broad. 

31 And the arches thereof were toward the outer court ; 
and c palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the 
going up to it had eight steps. 

■o 32 *jf And he brought me into the inner court toward 
the east : and he measured the gate according to these 
measures. 



dOr, 
galleries, 
porches, 
Song 7. 5. 
'cPs. 93.12, 
13. 

.Sg. 7. 7, 8. 
Rev. 7. 9. 
<1 Ps. 84. 7. 
Hosea 6. 1. 
Mt. 13. 23. 
1 Cor. 13. 9, 
10, 12. 
Eph. 4. 13, 
14,15 



33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, apii.Vs. 
and the arches thereof, were according to these measures :k ; 
and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof 



it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty 



3.18. 

Co. 8. 11. 
Titus 3. 5. 
Heb. 10. 22, 
23. 

James 4. 3. 
flsa.53. 7. 
& 66. 20. 
Ro. 15. 15. 
1 Co. 11. 24. 
Gal. 3. 1, 3. 
Heb. 10. 1, 
4,5. 

gRo. 12. f. 
1 Cor. 12. 5. 
Eph. 4. 11. 
& 5. 19. 
Col. 2. 16. 
h Lev. 8. 35. 
Num. 3. 7. 
2Kgs.23.9. 
IChr. 23.27. 
chap. 44. 8. 
i Lev. 6. 12, 
13. 

ch.44. 15. 
kl Kg. 2.35. 
IRo. 1.9,10. 
Eph. 1. 17. 
CoL 4. 12. ' 
mJer.41.10. 
John 10. 9. 
&14.6. 



B. Christ 
574. 



round about 
cubits broad. 

34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward 
court ; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on 
this side, and on that side : and the going up to it had 
d eight steps. 

» 35 ^[ And he brought me to the north gate, and measur- 
ed it according to these measures ; 

36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and 
the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about : 
the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twen- 
ty cubits. 

37 And the posts thereof were toward the outer court ; 
and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, 
and on that side : and the going up to it had eight steps. 

38 And the chambers, and the entries thereof were by 
the posts of the gates, where they e washed the burnt- 
offering. 

t 39 % And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this 
side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt- 
offering, and the sin-offering, and the f trespass-offering. 

40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the en- 
try of the north gate, were two tables ; and on the other 
side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. 

41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that 
side, by the side of the gate ; eight tables, whereupon 
they slew their sacrifices. 

42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the 
burnt-offering, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and 
a half broad, and one cubit high : whereupon also they 
laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offer- 
ing and the sacrifice. 

43 And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened round|"c^ia 
about : and upon the tables was the flesh of the offeriug o 

» 44 % And without the inner gate were the chambers of piSilae, 
the " 6 singers in the inner court, which was at the side of j& Iatt 
the north gate ; and their prospect was toward the south 
one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward!} 
the north. ■ 

45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect John is 2 !' 
is toward the south, is for the priests, the h keepers of the ~ 
charge of the house. 

46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward 
north, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the 
1 altar : these are the sons of k Zadok among the sons of fpsfsff 
Levi, which come ' near to the Lord to minister unto him. song-.s. 

i j sa go 4 

47 So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, ho S af-ia 
and a hundred cubits broad, four-square; and the altar a 
that was before the hous 

c 48 51 And he brought me to m the perch of the house, ^£1.- J; 
and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this Ps.92.12. 
side, and five cubits on that side : and the breadth of the EpiiVia 
gate was three cubits on this side 
side. 

49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the 
toreadth eleven cubits ; and he brought me bv the 



nl Kg. 7.21, 
Rev. 3. 11. 
a ch. 40. 3. 
2 Cor. 3. 5. 
b 2 Co. 6. 16 
Rev. 21. 3. 
c Ex. 26. 23. 
verse 4." 
d John 10.9. 
& 14. fi. 
e Ex. 26. 31 
2 Chr. a 14. 



1 Kings 
6. 5, 6. 

"20. 
.24. 
16. 18. 
John 4. 4. 
& 6. 39. 
Co. 15. 58. 
Pet. 1. 5. 
Ps. 84. 7. 



Eph. 4. 13. 
Phil. 1.9. 
|Heb. 6. 1. 
, 2 Pet. 3. 18. 
the kls.2.2,3. 
& 11. 11. & 
CO. 11 



John 14. 23. 

ev. S>2. 3. 

ml Kg. 6. 4 

ch. 10. 10. 



and three cubits on that ~££ ^ 

p ch. 1. 5v 
Luke 15. 7, j 
10. 

steps ^.U 1 - 



The ornaments of the temple. 

jwhereby they went up to it : and there were n pillars by the 
posts, one on this side, and another on that side. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple. 

" A FTERWARD a he brought me to the b temple, and 
J\. measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, 
and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the 
c breadth of the tabernacle. 

2 And the breadth of the d door was ten cubits ; and the 
sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five 
cubits on the other side : and he measured the £ length 
thereof, forty cubits : and the breadth, twenty cubits. 

3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the 
door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth 
of the door, seven cubits. 

T 4 So he measured the length thereof, f twenty cubits ; 
and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple : and 
he said unto me, This is the most holy place. 

5 After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubits ; 
and the breadth of every s side-chamber, four cubits, round 
about the house on every side. 

6 And the side-chambers were three, one over another, 
and thirty in order; and they h entered into the wall which 
was of the house for the side-chambers round about, that 
they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall 
of the house. 

■^7 1 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about 
still upward to the side-chambers : for the winding about 
of the house went still upward round about the house ; 
therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and 
so * increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by 
the midst. 

"8 I saw also the height of the house round about : the 
foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six 
great cubits. 

9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side- 
chamber without, was five cubits : and that which was left 
was the place of the side-chambers that were within. 

10 And between the chambers was the wideness of 
twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 

11 And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the 
place that vias left, k one door toward the north, and ano- 
ther door toward the south : and the breadth of the place 
that was left was five cubits round about. 
/ 12 Now the building that was before the separate place 
at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad ; and 
the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about., 
and the length thereof ninety cubits. 

13 So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; 
and the separate place, and the building, with the walls 
thereof, a hundred cubits long; 

14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the 
separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits. 

15 And he measured the length of the building over 
against the separate place which was behind it, and the 
1 galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a 
hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches 
of the court ; 

16 The door-posts, and the m narrow windows, and the 
galleries round about on their three stories, over against 
l the door, sealed with wood round about, and from the 
ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered ; 

17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, 
and without, and by all the wall round about within and 
without by measure. 

* 18 And it wtts made with cherubims and D palm-trees, 
so that a palm-tree was between a cherub and a cherub ; 
land every ° cherub had two faces ; 
j 19 So that the p face of a man was toward the palm-tree 

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on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the 
paim-tree on the other side : it was made through all the 
house round about. 

20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims 
and palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple. 

21 The q posts of the temple were squared, and the 
face of the sanctuary ; the appearance of the one as the 
appearance of the other. 

22 The r altar of wood was s three cubits high, and the 
length thereof two cubits ; and the corners thereof, and 
the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood : 
and he said unto me, This is the ' table that is before t" 
Lord. 

23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors 

24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning 
leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the 
other door. 

25 And there were made on them, on the u doors of the 
temple, cherubims and palm-trees, like as were made upon 
the walls ; and there were thick planks upon the face of 
the porch without. 

26 And there were narrow windows and palm-trees on 
the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the 
porch, and upon the * side-chambers of the house, and 
thick planks. 

CHAPTER XLII. 

The chambers for the priests, 1. The use thereof, 13. The measures 
of the outward court, 19. 

THEN a he brought me forth into the b outer court, the 
way toward the north : and he brought me into the 
chamber that was over against the separate place, and 
which was before the building toward the north. 

2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north 
door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 

3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the 
inner court, and over against the pavement which was for 
the outer court, was " gallery against gallery in three 
stories. 

4 And before the chambers was d a walk of ten cubits 
breadth inward, a way of one cubit ; and their doors to- 
ward the north. 

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter : for the gal- 
leries were e higher than these, than the lower, and than 
the middlemost of the building. 

6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as 
the pillars of the courts : therefore the building was strait- 
ened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the 
ground. 

7 And the f wall that was without over against the 
chambers, toward the outer court on the forepart of the 
chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubffs. 

8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer 
court was fifty cubits : and lo, before the temple were a 
hundred cubits. 

9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the 
cast side, as one goeth into them from the outer court. 

10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of 
the court toward the east, over against the separate place, 
and over against the building. 

11 And the way before them was like the appearance 
of the chambers which ivere toward the north, as long as 
Ihey, and as broad as they : and all their goings out were 
both according to their fashions, and according to their 
doors. 

12 And according to the doors of the chambers that 
were toward the south ivas a door in the head of the way, 
even the way directly before the wall toward the cast, as 
one entereth into them. 

q 19 If Then said he unto me, The north chambers and'? 



A 1 



EZEKIEL. God's glory relurneth into the temple. 

_ the south chambers which are before the separate place, 

1 ™ V 9 V - they be holy chambei 's> where the priests that approach 

• unto the Lord shall « eat the most holy things : there 

shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat-offering, 

and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering , for the 

place is holy. 

14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not 
go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there 
they shall lay their h garments wherein they minister ; for 
they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall 
approach to those things which are for the people. 
"15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the 
inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose 
prospect is toward the east, and ' measured it round about. 

16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, 
five hundred reeds, with the k measuring reed round about. 

17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, 
with the measuring reed round about. 

18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, 
with the measuring reed. 

19 If He turned about to the west side, and measured 
five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 

20 He measured it by the four sides : it had a wall round 
about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to 
make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane 
place. 

CHAPTER XLIII. 
The returning of the glory of God into the temple, 1. The sin of Israel 
hindered God's presence, T. The prophet exhorteth them to repentance, 
and bbservation ofthelaw ofthehouse, 10. The measures, 13, and the 
ordinances of the altar, 18. 

FTERWARD he brought me to the gate, even the 
gate that looketh toward the east : 
* 2 And behold, a the glory of the God of Israel came 
from the way of the east : and his b voice was like a noise 
of many waters : and the c earth shined with his glory. 
v 3 And it was d according to the appearance of the vision 
which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when 
I came e to destroy the city : and the visions were like the 
vision that I saw by the river Cheber ; and I fell upon my 
face. 

4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the 
way of the gate whose "prospect is toward the east. 
»5 So the f spirit took me up, and brought me into the 
inner court ; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the 
house. 

6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; 
and the man stood by me. 

7 % And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of g my 
throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will 
h dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and 
my holy name, shall the house of Israel ' no more defile, 
neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by 
the carcasses of their kings in their high places. 

8 In their setting of their k threshold by my thresholds, 
and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and 
them, they have even defiled my holy name by their 
abominations that they have committed : wherefore I have 
consumed them in mine anger. 

o 9 ' Now, let them put away their whoredom, and the 
carcasses of their kings, far from mc, and I will dwell in 
the midst of them for ever. 

& 10 Tf Thou son of man, ,n shew the house to the house 
of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: 
and let them measure the pattern. 

c 11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, 
"shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, 
and the goings out thereof, and the comings in therepf, 
and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof,' 
and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and. 

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B. Christ 
574. 



g Lev. 2. 3, 

10. & 6. 16, 
26. & 7. 1. 
ch. 40. 39. 
hPe.45. 13. 
Song 4. 11. 
Isa. 61. 10. 
Gal. 3. 27. 

1 Tim. 4. 12. 
i ch. 40. 5. 
Joel 3. 17. 
Zech. 14. 
20,21. 
Rev. 21. 27. 
& 22. 3. 
k chap. 6.3. 
&40. 3. & 
47.3. 
Zoch. 2. 1. 
Rev. 11. 2. 
& 21. 15. 
ach. 1.28. 
Mai. ;;. 1. 
b Rev. 1. 15. 
c Rev. 18. 1. 
il chap, i . 4. 
« oh, 9. 10. 
a I'eh. /ace, 
eh. 10. 19. 

2 Cor. 5. 17. 
fch. 3.23. 
g Rv. 3. 21. 
h John 14. 
23. 

Rev. 21.3. 
& 28. :i. 
i Hos. 2. 16, 
17. & 14. 8. 
Joel 3. 17. 
Zech. 14. 
20,21. 
klKg.lH.2I. 
2 Kings Hi. 

1 1. & 21. 7. 
Ih. 20. 13. 
ch. 8. 7, 10. 

1 Ho«.3. 5. 

2 Cor. 7. 1. 
m ch. 10. 1. 
Rev. SI. 9. 
n Ps. 25. 13. 
Mt.3l.fc7. 
6. & 28. 20. 
I Cor. 11.23. 
Eph.2. 20, 

Tet. 2. 4. 



1 Kg. 18.32. 
9 ch. 40. 46. 
& 44. 15. 

t 2 Cor. 5. 

21. 

uch.40.39. 

2 Cor. 3. 6. 
&-4. 5,7. 
Gal. 3. 1. 
Hb. 9. 9,24. 
x Heb. 13. 
11, 12. 

y Lv. 2. 13. 
Nu. 18. 19. 
2 Chr. 13. 7. 



Mark 9. 49 
50. 

Col. 4. 6. 
c Heb. Jill 
their 
hands, 
Lev. 7. 37. 
& 8. 33. 
z ch. 40. 39. 
aLuke2.10. 
Rom. 5. 2. 
Eph. 1.6. 
& 2. 3, 4. 
Col. 1. 19, 
20. 

Heb. 10. 20. 
a Ex. 12. 12. 
Dt. 29. 29. 
Ps. 131.2. 
Ro. 11.36. 
b chap. 43. 
2, 4. 

cJer.30.21. 
Dan. 12. 1. 
Mt. 11. 27. 
lTm.6. 15. 
Rev. 3. 7. 
d Luke 22. 
30. 



The ordinances of the altar. EZEKIEL. 

write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form 
thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 
d 12 This is the law of the house; Upon the Hop of the 
mountain the ° whole limit thereof round about shall be 
p most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. 

13 And these are the measures of the q altar after the 
cubits : The cubit is a cubit and a hand-breadth ; even 
the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and 
the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be 
a spaa: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. 

14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the 
lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; 
and from the lesser settle even to the -greater settle shall 
be tour cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 

15 So the altar shall be four cubits ; and from the altar 
and upward shall be four horns. 

16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve 
broad, square in the four squares thereof. 

17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and 
fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border 
about it shall be half a cubit ; and the bottom thereof shall 
be a cubit about ; and his r stairs shall look toward the east, 

18 ^[ And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the 
Lord God ; These are the ordinances of the altar in the 
day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings there- 
on, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 

l 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that 
be of the 8 seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to 
minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for 
4 a sin-offering. 

20 And thou shalt take of the u blood thereof, and put 
it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the 
settle, and upon the border round about : thus shalt thou 
cleanse and purge it. 

21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin-offering, 
and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, 
s without the sanctuary. 

£ 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the 
goats without blemish for a sin-offering ; and they shall 
cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 

23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou 
shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out 
of the flock without blemish. 

24 And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the 
priests shall cast y salt upon them, and they shall offer them 
up for a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 

25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for 
a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and 
a ram out of the flock, without blemish. 

l 26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it ; 
and they shall c consecrate themselves. 

*> 27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that 
upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall 
make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your z peace- 
offerings : and I will a accept you, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XLIV. 

The east gate assigned only to the prince, 1. The priest reproved for pol- 
luting of the sanctuary, 4. Idolaters incapable of the priest's office, 9. 
The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto, 15. Ordinances for the priests, 
17. 

IHEN he brought me back the way of the gate of the 
outward sanctuary whicli looketh toward the east ; 
and it was shut. 

2 Then said the Lord unto me ; This gate shall be 
'shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by 
it ; because the Lord the God of Israel b hath entered in 
by it, therefore it shall be shut. 

3 It is for the c prince ; the prince, he shall sit in it to d eat 
bread before the Lord ; he shall enter by the way of the 
porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. 



Ordinances for the priests. 



^IT 51 i s 4 t Tnen brought he me the way of the north gate be- 
b Hb. wjfore the house: and I looked, and behold, the glory of the 

Psa. 15. 1. It __— £ii.j h — i: c.i -* .-„.. * 

Gal. 4. 26. 
o ch. 42. 17. 
p Rv. 21. 2. 



Lord filled the house of the Lord : and I fell upon my face. 
d 5 And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, £ mark well, 

?pe b t 1 2 1 5°'! and behold witn thine e Y es > and hear with thine ears all 

rEx.'2o'.26.ithat I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the 

'" house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark 

well the entering in of the house, with every going forth 

of the sanctuary. 

6 And thou shalt say to the f rebellious, even to the 
house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God ; O ye house of 
Israel, let it s suffice you of all your abominations ; 
p 7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary h strangers, 
uncircumcised in 5 heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to 
Ma«.'5 13 i3: De iri m y sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye 
"offer k my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have 
broken my covenant because of all your abominations. 

8 And ye have not kept the ' charge of my holy things f 
but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for 
yourselves. 

c 9 1| Thus saith the Lord God ; m No stranger, uncir- 
cumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter 
into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

10 And the "Levites that are gone away far from me, 
when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me 
after their idols ; they shall even ° bear their iniquity. 

1 1 Yet they shall be p ministers in my sanctuary, having 
charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the 
house : they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice 
for the people, and they shall stand before them to minis- 
ter unto them. 

v 12 Because they ministered unto them before their 
idols, and caused the house of Israel q to fall into iniquity ; 
therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the 
Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity. 

13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the 
office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my 
"holy things, in the most holy place : but they shall bear 
their shame, and their abominations which they have com- 
mitted. 

14 But I will make them r keepers of the charge of the 
house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be 
done therein. 

d 15 % But the priests the Levites, the sons of s Zadok, 
that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of 
Israel went astray from me, they shall 'come near to me 
to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to 
offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God. 
1 6 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall 
come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall 
u keep my charge. 

L 17 ^[ And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in 
at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with 
"linen garments; and no y wool shall come upon them, while 
they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 

18 They shall have z linen bonnets upon their heads, 
and shall have linen breeches upon their loins ; they shall 
not gird themselves with any thing that causeth a sweat. 

19 And when they go forth into the outer court, even 
into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their 
garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the 
holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments ; and 
they shall b not sanctify the people with their garments. 
l 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their 
locks to grow c long ; they shall d only poll their heads. 

d 2 1 Neither shall any priest e drink wine, when they enter 
into the inner court. 

22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor 

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B. Christ 
574. 



e ch. 40. 4. 
fch. 2.5. 
g ch. 45. 9. 
1 Pet. 4. 3 
h Acts 21. 
28. 

i Dt. 10. 16. 
Jer. 4. 4. 
k Mai. 1. 12. 
1 Phil. 2.21. 
mPs.50.16. 
& 93. 5. 
Acts 3. 41. 
Titus 1. 6. 
n ch. 40. 46. 
& 43. 19. 
ver. 13, 15. 
olSa.2.30. 
pi Chr. 23. 
28. 

verse 14. 
q Isa. 9. 13. 
ch. 14. 3, 4. 
Hos. 5. 1. 
a Heb. holi' 
nasses in 
the holi- 
nesses of 
holinesses, 
r Lv. 21. 17. 
ch. 40. 45. 
verse 11. 
s Num. 25. 
13. 

ISa. 2. 31. 
1 Kg. 2. 27. 
t ch. 40. 46. 
1 Tin. 3. 10. 
uLv. 8. 15. 
Num. 3. 7. 
Dt.33.9,10. 
x Rev. 4. 4. 
& 7. 13. 
y Phil. 4. 11. 

1 Tim. 6. 8. 
z Ex.28. 40. 
lCor.11.10. 
allt. C.4,6. 

2 Cor. 2. 17. 
bMt.6.5,6. 
c 1 Cor. 11. 
14. 

<1 Titus 1.8. 
e Lv. 10. 9. 



The divisions of the land. 

her that is f put away : but they shall take g maidens of 
the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest 
before. 

^ 23 And they shall teach my people the difference h be- 
tween the holy and profane, and cause them to discern 
between the unclean and the clean. 
d 24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment ; 
and they shall judge it * according to my judgments : and 
they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine as- 
semblies ; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 
d 25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile 
themselves : k but for father, or for mother, or for son, or 
for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no 
husband, they may defile themselves. 

26 And ' after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto 
him seven days. 

L 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, 
unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall 
offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord God. 

28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance ; m I am 
their inheritance : and ye shall give them no possession in 
Israel : I am their possession. 

29 They shall eat the meat-offering, and the sin-offer- 
ing, and the trespass-offering ; and every n dedicated thing 
in Israel shall be theirs. 

L 30 And the first of all ° the first-fruits of all things, and 
every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall 
be the priest's : ye shall also give unto the priest the first 
of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in 
thy house. 

31 The priests shall p not eat of any tiling that is dead 
of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. 

CHAPTER XLV. 

The portion of land for the sanctuary, 1, for the city, 6, and for the 

prince, 7. Ordinances for the prince, 9. 

MOREOVER, when ye shall divide by lot the land a for 
inheritance, ye shall b offer an oblation unto the 
Lord, a holy portion of the land : the length shall be the 
length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth 
shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the bor- 
ders thereof round about. 

2 Of this there shall be for the c sanctuary five hundred 
in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about ; 
and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. 

3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length 
of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thou- 
sand : and in it shall be the sanctuary and the " most holy 
place. 

a 4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests 
the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to 
minister unto the Lord : and it shall be a place for their 
houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary 
d 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the 
d ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the mi- 
nisters of the house, have for themselves, for a possession 
for twenty chambers. 

6 ^[ And ye shall appoint e the possession of the city 
five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, 
over against the oblation of the holy portion : it shall be 
for the whole house of Israel. 

d 7 % And a portion shall be for the f prince on the one 
side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy por- 
tion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation 
of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, 
from the g west side westward, and from the east side 
eastward : and the length shall be over against one of the 
portions, from the west border unto the east border. 

8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and "my 



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574. 



f Lv.21. 13. 
: 1 Cor. 7. 

a 

1 Tim. 3. 
4. 

h Mai. 2. 7. 
i Dt. 17. 8. 

2 Chr. 19. 
10,11. 

k John 11. 
33,35. 
lTh.4. 13. 
1 Num. 6. 9. 
& 19. 11. 
milt. 10.11. 
1 Co. 9. 4,7. 
n Lev. 27. 
21. 

Ex. 13. 2. 
Nu. 18. 11. 
Dt. 14. 29. 
Neh. 10. 37. 
p Ex. 22.31. 
Mt. 23. 25. 

1 Tim. 3. 3. 
a Ps. 16. 5. 
Mt. 25. 34. 
b Ex. 29.27. 
Nu. 15. 19. 
Rom. 12. 1. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
c ch. 48. 18. 
Heb. 12. 22, 
24. 

a Heb. holy 
of koli- 
nesses, 
Ex. 26. 33. 
Lev. 4. 6. 
den. 48. 13. 
e ch. 40. 2. 
fXsa. 9.6,7. 

53. 12. 
chap. 44.3. 
Rev. 11. 15. 

Ps. 72. 8. 
Oan. 7. 14. 
Phil. 2. 9. 
h Ps. 45. 16. 
& 49. 14. 
Dan. 7. 27. 
Luke 19. 17. 
1 Cor. 6.2. 
Rev. 2. 26. 
& 5. 10. 
i Ps. 72. 2. 
Isa. 11.3.& 
29. 18, 20. 
& 42. 1,3,4. 
Zeph. 3. 13. 



EZEKIEL. Ordinances for the prince 

of the land shall they give to the house of Israel accord- 
ing to their tribes. 

d 9 f Thus saith the Lord God ; Let it k suffice you, O 
princes of Israel : 'remove violence and spoil, and execute 
judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my 
people, saith the Lord God. 

d 10 Ye shall have m just balances, and a just ephah, and 
a just bath. 

11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, 
that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and 
the ephah the tenth part of a homer : the measure thereof 
shall be after the homer. 

12 And the shekel shall be twenty n gerahs : twenty 
shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be 
your maneh. 

13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth 
part of an ephah of a homer of wheat, and ye shall give 
the sixth part of an ephah of a homer of barley ; 

14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye 
shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is 
a homer of ten baths : for ten baths are a homer : 

L 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, 
out of the ° fat pastures of Israel, for a meat-offering, and 
for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make re- 
conciliation for them, saith the Lord God. 

16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for 
p the prince in Israel. 

17 And it shall be the prince's part * to give burnt-offerings, 
and meat-offerings, and drink-offerings, in the feasts, and 
in the new-moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of 
the house of Israel: he shall prepare the r sin-offering, and 
the meat-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace- 
offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. 

18 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the first month, in the 
first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock 
without blemish, and s cleanse the sanctuary : 

t 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offer- 
ing, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the 
four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts 
of the gate of the inner court. 

20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month 
for every one that ' erreth, and for him that is simple : so 
shall ye reconcile the house. 

J 21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, 
ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days ; unlea- 
vened bread shall be eaten. 

t 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for him- 
self and for all the people of the land * a bullock for a 
sin-offering. 

23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt- 
offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams 
u without blemish daily the seven days ; and a kid of the 
goats daily for a sin-offering. 

24 And he shall prepare a meat-offering of x an ephah 
for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil for 
an ephah. 

t 25 In the y seventh month,- in the fifteenth day of the 
month, shall he do c the like in the feast of the seven days, 
according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt-offer- 
ing, and according to the meat-offering, and according to 
the oil. 

CHAPTER XLVI. 
Ordinances for the prince in his worship, 1, and for the people, 9. An 
order for the prince's inheritance, 16. The covrts for boiling and 
baking, 19. 

THUS saith the Lord God ; The gate of the inner court 
that looketh toward the east, shall be * shut the six 
working days ; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and 
in the day of the b new-moon it shall be opened, 
and the rest ^US's* 2 And the c prince shall enter bv the way of the por 

3 Q 489 



B. Christ 
574. 



k chap. 4. 6. 
1 Pot. 4. 3. 
1 Isa. 1. 17. 
& 57. 14. 
mPr. 11.1. 
Matt. 7. 12. 
nLv. 27.25. 
Num. 3. 47. 
o Ps. 72. 7. 
& 92. 12. 
p Isa. 16. 1. 
q John 1.10. 
& 15. 5. 
Ro. 11. 36. 
r2Co.5.21, 
Gal. 3. 13. 
j Gal. 3. 23. 
&4. 1,3. 
Hob. 9. 8. 
t Mt. 16. 19. 
Hl 18. 18. 
John 20. 23. 
Rom. 14. 1, 
10. 

// Hob. a 
bullock of 
sin t 

Lev, 4. 3. 
verse 17. 
u Isa. 53. 9. 
2Cor. 5. 81, 
xLv. 19.30 
yNu.29.12. 
c Heb. ac- 
cording to 
that on the 
feast of se- 
ven days. 
Zech. 14.16. 
alCo.13.12. 
b Isa. 66.23. 
cch. 44>J. 



Ordinances for the people. 

of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the 
gate, and the d priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and 
his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold 
of the gate : then he shall go forth ; but the gate shall 
e not be shut until the evening. 

I 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the 
f door of this gate before the l,ord in the sabbaths and in 
the new-moons. 

•* 4 And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto 
the Lord in the sabbath day shall be g six lambs without 
blemish, and a ram without blemish. 

5 And the meat-offering shall be an ephah for a ram, 
and the meat-offering for the lanms " as he shall be able 
to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 
a 6 And in the day of the new-moon it shall be a young 
bullock without blemish, and h six lambs, and a ram : they 
shall be without blemish. 

7 And he shall prepare a meat-offering, an ephah for a 
bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs ac 
cording ' as his hand shall attain unto, and a hin of oil to 
an ephah. 

8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by 
the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by 
the way thereof. 

d 9 % But when the people of the land shall come before 
the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the 
way of the north gate to worship, shall go out by the way 
of the south gate ; and he that entereth by the way of the 
south gate, shall go forth by the way of the north gate : 
he shall k not return by the way of the gate whereby he 
came in, but shall go forth over against it. 

10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go 
in, l shall go in ; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 

d 11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat- 
offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ( 
ram, and to the lambs m as he is able to give, and a hin of 
oil to an ephah. 

1 12 Now, when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt- 
offering or peace-offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one 
shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, 
and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace- 
offerings, as he did on the sabbath day : then he shall go 
forth ; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 

d 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt-offering unto the 
Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish : thou 
shalt prepare it * every morning. 

d 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat-offering for it every 
morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of 
a hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour ; a meat-offering 
continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the Lord. 

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat- 
offering, and the n oil, every morning for a continual 
burnt-offering. 

16 % Thus saith theLord God ; If the prince give a gift 
unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his 
sons' ; it shall be their possession by inheritance. 

17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his 
servants, then it shall be his to the ° year of liberty ; after, 
it p shall return to the prince : but his inheritance shall be 
his sons' for them. 

18 Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people's 
inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their pos- 
session ; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his 
own possession : that my people be not scattered every 
man from his possession. 

v 19 H After, he brought me through the entry, which 
was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the 
priests, which looked toward the north : and behold, there 
was. a place on the two sides westward. 



EZEKIEL. The vision of the holy waters. 

20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the 
priests shall c boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offer- 
ing, where they shall bake the meat-offering ; that they 
bear them not out into the outer court, to sanctify the 
people. 

» 21 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and 
caused me to pass by the four corners of the court ; and 
behold, in every comer of the court there was a court. 

22 In the four corners of the court there were courts 
joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad ; these four cor- 
ners were of one measure. 

23 And there was a row of building round about in 
them, round about them four, and it was made with boil- 
ing-places under the rows round about. 

24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them 
that q boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the 
r sacrifice of the people. 

CHAPTER XL VII. 

The vision of the holy ivaters, 1 : the virtue of them, 6. Ttie borders oj 
the land, 13 : the division of it by lot, 22. 

v A FTERWARD he brought me again unto the door of 
A the a house ; and behold, waters issued out from un- 
der the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront 
of the house stood toward the east, and the b waters came 
down from under from the right side of the house, at the 
south side of the c altar. 

2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate north- 
ward, and led me about the way without unto the outer 
gate by the way that looketh eastward ; and behold, there 
ran out waters on the right side. 

•#3 And when the man that had the line in his hand, 
went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and 
he brought me through the waters ; the waters were to 
the d ankles. 

4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me 
through the waters ; the waters were to the knees. Again 
he measured a thousand, and brought me through ; the 
waters were to the loins. 

5 Afterward he measured a thousand ; and it was a 
river that I could not pass over : for the waters were risen, 
waters e to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. 

6 ^[ And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen 
this ? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to 
the brink of the river. 

t 7 Now, when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the 
river were very many f trees on the one side and on the 
other. 

8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out towaro. 
the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into 
the sea : which being brought forth into the sea, the wa- 
ters shall be healed. 

a 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth ; 
which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall 
live : and there shall be s a very great multitude of fish, 
because these waters shall come thither : for they shall 
be healed: and every thing shall live whither the river 
cometh. 

g 10 And it shall come to pass, that the h fishers shall 
stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim ; they 
shall be a place to spread forth nets ; their fish shall be 
according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, ex- 
ceeding many. 

a 1 1 But the £ miry places thereof and the marshes there- 
of shall not be k healed ; they shall be given to salt. 

T 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side 
and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf 
shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed : 
it shall bring forth ' new fruit according to his months, be- 
cause their waters they issued out of the sanctuary : and 

490 



B. Christ 
574. 



c Heb. boll 
the tres- 
pass and 
sin, 

ch. 44. 19. 
verse 24. 
Acts 20. 28. 
q Mt.24.45. 
John 21. 15, 
17. 
Col. 4. 17. 

1 Tim. 3. 
13. & 4. 16. 

2 Tim. 4. 2. 

1 Pet. 5. 2. 
r Ro. 12. 1. 
Heb. 13. 16, 
a Isa. 2. 3. 
Zech. 14. 8. 
Luke 24. 
47, 49. 
Rev. 22. 1. 
b Ps. 46. 4. 
Isa. 9. 11. 
& 35. 7. 
Jor. 31. 9. 
Joel 2. 28. 
& 3. 18. 
John 7. 28. 
c John 1.16. 
& 19. 34, 35. 
Heb. 13. 10. 
A Pr. 4. 18. 
Mt. 13. 23. 

2 Pet. 3. 8. 
eRo. 11.32. 
Eph. 3. 18. 
f Psa. 1. 3. 
& 92. 12. 
Rev. 22. 7. 
g Ps. 72. 8. 
Acts 2. 4. 
h Mt. 4. 19. 
& 13. 47. 
i Rev. 21. 8. 
& 22. 11. 
k Acts 13. 
48. 

2 Cor. 2. 15. 
11 Cor. 6. 7. 
Gal. 5. 23. 
Rev. 22. 2. 



B. Christ 
574. 



The portion of the twelve tribes, EZEKIEL. 

the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for 
m medicine. 

13 ^f Thus saith the Lord God ; This shall be the bor- 
der, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the 
twelve tribes of Israel : Joseph shall have two n portions. 

14 And ye shall inherit it, ° one as well as another 
concerning the which I lifted up my hand to give it unto 
your fathers : and this land shall fall unto you for inherit- 
ance. 

g 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the 

north side, from the great sea, the way of p Hethlon, as 

men go to Zedad ; 

g 16 q Hamath, r Berothah, Sibraim, which is between 

the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath ; Ha- 

^ar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. 

g 17 And the border from the sea shall be s Hazar-enan, 

the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the 

border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 

s 18 And the ' east side ye shall measure from Hauran, 
and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land 
of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. 
And this is the east side. 

s 19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to 
the u waters of strife in Kadesh, the x river to the great 
sea. And this is the south side southward. 

e 20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the 
border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is 
the west side. 

21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the 
tribes of Israel. 

d 22 If And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by 
lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that 
sojourn among you, which shall beget children among 
you : y and they shall be unto you as born in the country 
among the children of Israel ; they shall have inheritance 
with you among the tribes of Israel. 

23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the 
z stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inherit- 
ance, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 
The portions of the twelve tribes, 1, 23, of the sanctuary, 8, of the city and 

suburbs, 15, and of the prince, 21. The dimensions and gates of the 

city, 30. 

^OW these are the names of the tribes. From the 
north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one 
Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus 
northward, to the coast of Hamath ; (for these are his 
sides a east and west ;) b a portion for Dan. 

2 And by the border of c Dan, from the east side unto 
the west side, a portion for Asher. 

3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even 
unto the west side, a. portion for Naphtali. 

4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto 
the west side, a portion for Manasseh. 

5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side 
unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. 

G And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even 
unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. 

7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto 
the west side, a portion for Judah. 

d 8 ^f And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto 
the west side, shall be the d offering which ye shall offer 
of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length 
as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west 
side : and the sanctuary shall be in the e midst of it. 

9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be 
of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand 
in breadth. 

d 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy 
oblation ; toward the north five and twenty thousand in 






goeth to Hamath 



m Rv. 



Col. 1. 12. 

Acts 10. 3. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
Col. 3. 11. 
lPt. 2.9,10, 
p Nu. 34. 8. 
qNu. 13.21, 
r 2 Sa. 8. 8 
3 Nu. 34. 9' 
tZech. 14.8. 
u Num. 20. 
13, 14. 
x Josh. 13. 
3. & 15. 47. 
y Acts 25. 
7,9. 

Ro. 3. 29. 
&4. 11. & 
JO. 12. & 
15.9. 

1 Co. 12. 13. 
Gal.3.28,29. 
Eph. 3. 6. 
Col. 1. 12. 
&3. 11. 
Rv. 7. 9, 10, 
z Col. 2. 11. 
a Ps. 72. 8. 
verse 28. 
Dan. 7. 14. 
Mt. 11. 8. 
1 Co. 15. 24. 
1 Tm. 6. ti. 
Rev. 11. 15. 
b eh. 43. 13. 
& 47. 14. 
verse 23. 
c Rv. 7. 5. 
Dan is 
left out, 
Jgs. 18. 30. 
1 Kings 12. 
28, 29. 
lChr.3.3,7. 
dch. 45.1,2. 
e Pr. 8. 15. 
Song 5. 10. 
Isa. 2. 2. &. 
11.10.&33. 
22. & 53. 7. 
& 60. 7. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
Hag. 2. 7. 
Mt. 3. 17. 
John 12. 32. 
Ro. 15. 12. 
Heb. 7. 14. 
Re? 2. 1. 



B. Christ 
574. 



fLv.27. 10. 
s. 11.24. 
lKgs.21. 2. 
Jer.2. 11,13. 
chap. 5. 6. 

1 Co. 15. 58. 
&I6.13. 
Gait 5. 1. 
2Tm. 1.14. 

2 John 

verso 8. 

Rev. 3. II. 

gDt.20.6. 

Jer. 31.5,40 

ch. 42.20. 

Hosea 6. 6. 

Rov. 21. 3. 

a llb.brcad, 

Gen. 3. 19. 

Ps. 104. 4. 

Mt. 6. 11. 

Luke 15.13. 

h Dt.12. 19. 

Mt. 10. 10. 

1 Cor. 9. 9. 

Gal. 6. 6. 

1 Tin. 5. 17. 

ich.45. 2. 

kNu.23.23, 

Isa. 33. 20. 

Mt. 10.14. 
Heb. 12. 27. 
Rev. 21: 16. 
I Rev. 7. 7. 
Joseph's 
name is 
here omit' 
ted, 

Gen. 48. 13, 
Dt.27. 12. 
1 Kg. 11.26. 
Psa. 78. 65. 



of the city, suburbs, and of the prince, 
_ length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and 
22 2.| toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the 
south five and twenty thousand in length ; and the sanc- 
tuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof. 
d 11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the 
sons of Zadok ; which have kept my charge, which went 
not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the 
Levites went astray. 

12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be 
unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 
d 13 And over against the border of the priests, the Le- 
vites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and 
ten thousand in breadth : all the length shall be five and 
twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 
d 14 And they shall not sell of it, neither f exchange, nor 
alienate the first-fruits of the land : for it is holy unto the 
Lord. 

15 T] And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth 
over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be * a 
profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs, 
and the city shall be in the midst thereof. 

16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north 
side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side 
four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four 
thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand 
and five hundred. 

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north 
two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred 
and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and 
toward the west two hundred and fifty. 

18 And the residue in length over against the oblation 
of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and 
ten thousand westward : and it shall be over against the 
oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall 
be for ■ food unto them that serve the city. 

19 And they that h serve the city shall serve it out of 
all the tribes of Israel. 

20 All the oblation shall be ' l five and twenty thousand 
by five and twenty thousand : ye shall offer the holy ob- 
lation k four square, with the possession of the city. 

d 21 % And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one 
side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the pos- 
session of the city, over against the five and twenty thou- 
sand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward 
over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west 
border, over against the portions for the prince : and it 
shall be the holy oblation ; and the sanctuary of the house 
shall be in the midst thereof. 

22 Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and 
from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that 
which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and 
the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 

23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto 
the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. 

24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side 
unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. 

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto 
the west side, Issachar a portion. 

26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side 
unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. 

27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side 
unto the west side, Gad a portion. 

g 28 And by the border of ' Gad, at the south side south- 
ward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters 
of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. 

29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the 
tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, 
saith the Lord God. 

30 Tf And these are the goings out of the city on the 

491 



Daniel, &c. refuseth the king's meat. DANIEL. 

north side, four thousand and five hundred m measures. B -g^ i3t 

31 And the n gates of the city shall be after the names;™ ch. 40.5. 
of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of[ nMai.;i.;n. 
Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. \vmb. 

32 And at the east side four thousand and five hun-»^ 
dred: and three gates : and one gate of Joseph, one gatejMrt^ 
of Benjamin, one gate of Dan 

33 



10. 

Luke 19, 12. 

And at the south side four thousand and five hundred iRet! w. 2 !: 



Of Nebuchadnezzar's dream. 

measures : and three gates ; one gate of Simeon, one gate 
01' Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. 

34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, 
with their three gates : one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, 
one gate of Naphtali. 

n 35 It ivas round about eighteen thousand measures : 
and the name of the city from that day shall be, * The 
Lord is there. 



f THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 



CHAPTER I. 
Jehoiakim's captivity, 1. Ashpenaz taketh Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, 
and Azariah, 3. They refusing the king's portion, do prosper with 
pulse and water, 8. Their excellency in ivisdom, 17. 

IN the a third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Ju- 
dah came b Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto c Je- 
rusalem, and besieged it. 

/ 2 And the Lord d gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his 
hand, with e part of the vessels of the f house of God : which 
he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and 
he brought the vessels into the g treasure-house of his god. 
/3 ^j And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of 
his eunuchs, that he should h bring certain of the children 
of Israel, and of the * king's seed, and of the princes ; 

4 Children in whom was no blemish, but k well favour- 
ed, and 1 skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, 
and understanding science, and such as had m ability in 
them n to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might 
teach the ° learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 

5 And the king appointed them a p daily provision of 
the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank : so 
nourishing them q three years, that at the end thereof they 
might stand before the king. 

/6 Now, among these were of the r children of Judah 
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah : 

7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs 8 gave names : 
for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar ; and to 
Hananiah, of Shadrach ; and to Mishael, of Meshach ; and 
to Azariah, of Abed-nego. 

«8 t But Daniel ' purposed in his heart that he would not 
u defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with 
the wine which he drank : therefore, he requested of the 
prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 
1 9 Now God had brought Daniel "into favour and tender 
love with the prince of the eunuchs. 

10 And the prince of the eunuchs y said unto Daniel, z I 
fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and 
your drink : for why should he see your faces worse liking 
than the children which are of your sort 1 then shall ye 
make me a endanger my head to the king. 
/ 11 Then b said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the 
eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and 
Azariah, 

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, c ten days ; and 
let them give us d pulse to eat, and water to drink. 

13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before 
thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the 
portion of the king's meat : and as thou seest, e deal with 
thy servants. 

14 So f he consented to them in this matter, and proved 
them ten days. 

/15 And at the end of ten days their countenances ap- 
peared g fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children 
which did eat the portion of the king's meat. 

16 Thus Melzar h took away the portion of their meat, 
and the wine that they should drink ; and gave them pulse. 
'17 Tf As for these four children, s God gave them know- 
ledge and skill in all k learning and wisdom : and Daniel 
nad understanding in all l visions and dreams. 



B. Christ 
607. 



a Jer. 25. 1. 
&52. 11. 



18 Now at the m end of the days that the king had said 
he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs 
bp^ss. brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 
dj%*!'i4'' ^ 19 And the king n communed with them: and among 
e ^"'27.19'. | them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, 
g isam. 31. an( j Agaric : therefore,, stood they before the king. 

20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that 
the king inquired of them, he found them " ten times better 
than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his 
realm. 

21 And Daniel continued even unto the ° first year of 
king Cyrus. 

CHAPTER II. 

Nebuchadnezzar forgetting his dream, requireth it of the Chaldeans, by 
promises and threatenings, 1. They acknowledging their inability, 
are judged to die, 10. Daniel obtaining some respite, findeth the 
dream, 14: He blesseth God, 19j_//e staying the decree, is brought to 



g Hab. 1. 16. 
h Luke 2. 6. 
i Isa. 39. 7. 
kPr. 11.22. 

1 Acts 7. 22. 
Ex. 16.21. 

nl Kg. 10.8. 

Acts !9.9. 
p Ex. 5. 13. 
ql Tim. 3.6. 
rlSa.16.18. 
sGn.41. 45. 

2 Kg. 24.17. 
t Ruth 1. 
18. 

Acts 11. 23. 
2 Cor. 9. 7. 
uLv.11.17. 
Matt. 18. 7. 
Ro. 14. 17. 

1 Th. 5. 22. 
xPs. 106.46. 
y 1 Sam. 25. 
17. 

z John 12. 
43. 

a Pr. 29.25. 
b Pr. 18. 1. 
c Ro. 4. 18. 
d Dt. 8. 3. 
e Isa. 26. 3. 
f Ps. 1.3. 
_ Pr. 17. 1. 
Matt. 4. 4. 
h 2 Kings 
10. 16. 
John 6. 26. 
i Isa. 28.29. 
James 1.17. 
k Col. 2. 8. 
Titus 1. 15 
1 Nu. 12. 6. 



The interpretation, 36. DaniePs ad- 



's. Christ 
606. 



m verse 
Matt. 9. 



the king, 24. The dream, 31. 
vancement, 46. 

/A ND in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnez- 
/% zar, Nebuchadnezzar a dreamed dreams, wherewith 
his b spirit was troubled, and his sleep c brake from him. 
° 2 Then the king commanded d to call e the magicians, 
and the astrologers, and the f sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, 
for g to shew the king his dreams. So they came and 
stood before the king. 

/3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a 
dream, and my spirit was troubled h to know the dream. 

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, O 
king, live for ever : ! tell thy servants the dream, and k we 
will shew the interpretation. 

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The 
thing is gone from me : if ye will not make known unto 
me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be 
1 cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 

6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation 
j 5 j; 6 jthereof, ye shall receive of me m gifts and rewards and 

iTim.3.6.' great honour : therefore, shew me the dream, and the in- 

nlSa.19.20. ° , ,. ,, c 

terpretation thereof. 

/ 7 They n answered again and said, Let the king ° tell his 

servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 

8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that 
ye would a gain the time, ¥ because ye see the thing ib 
gone from me. 

9 But, if ye will not make known unto me the dream. 
there is but q one decree for you : for ye have prepared 
r lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the 
3 time be changed : therefore tell me the dream, and I 
shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. 

/10 1[The Chaldeans answered before the king, and 
said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew 
the king's matter : therefore there is no king, lord, nor 
ruler, l that asked such things at any magician, or astrolo- 
ger, or Chaldean. 

11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and 
there is none other that" can shew it before the king, ex 
cept the gods, whose dwelling u is not with flesh. 

s 12 For this cause the king was angry and * very furious, 
and commanded to destroy y all the wise men of Babylon. 

492 



a Heb. ten 
hands, 
Gen. 43. 34. 

ch. 6. 28. 
&8. 1. 
a Gen. 41.1. 
b Gen. 4. 6. 
cEsth.6.1. 
d Matt. 2. 4. 
eGen.41.8. 
fEx. 7. 11. 
g verse 25. 
John 11. 6. 
h Acts 2. 
38. 

i Isa. 44. 25. 
kl Cor. 8.1. 

1 Pr. 18. 14. 
mNu.22.17. 
chap. 5. 7 
11 Pr. 15. 28. 
Rom. 1. 22. 
o Eccl. 10.4 
verse 9. 
a Heb. buy 
Eph. 5. 15. 
p John 2.24 
Eph. 4. 14. 
q2Sa.19.29. 
Esth. 4. 11 
r lKg.22.G. 
s John 7. 51. 
t Mt. 19. 10. 
u Ro. 1. 20. 
xPr. 12.16. 
y Pss 76. 10- 



B, Christ 
603. 



Daniel Jindeth the dream, DANIEL. 

13 And the z decree went forth that the wise men 
should be slain ; and they a sought D.aniel and his fellows 
to be slain. 

/14 "|f b Then Daniel answered c with counsel and wis- 
dom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was 
gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon : 

' 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, 
Why is the decree so hasty from the king % Then Arioch 
d made the thing known to Daniel. 

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he 
would give him e time, and that he would f shew the king 
the interpretation. " 

17 Then Daniel went to his g house and made the thing 
h known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his com- 
panions : 

d 18 That they would i desire mercies of the God of hea- 
ven concerning this secret ; that Daniel and his fellows 
should not perish k with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 

» 19 'Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night 
vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven 

' 20 Daniel answered and said, m Blessed be the name of 
God for ever and ever : n for wisdom and might are his : 

1 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons ; he ° re- 
moveth kings, and setteth up kings ; he giveth p wisdom 
unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know under- 
standing : 

22 He q revealeth the deep and secret things : he 
r knoweth what is in the darkness, and the 8 light djjrell- 
eth with him. 

d 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my 
fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast 
made known unto me now what ' we desired of thee : for 
thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. 

/24 If Therefore, Daniel "went in unto Arioch, whom 
the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon : 
he went and said thus unto him ; * Destroy not the wise 
men of Babylon : bring me in before the king, and I will 
shew unto the king the interpretation. 

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in 
haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the 
y captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king 
the interpretation. 

26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name 
teas Belteshazzar, z Art thou able to make known unto 
me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation 
thereof? 

' 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and 
said, The secret which the king hath demanded a cannot 
the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the sooth- 
sayers, shew unto the king; 

t 28 But, there is b a God in heaven that revealeth se- 
crets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar 
what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the 
visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these ; 

29 As for thee, O king, thy c thoughts came into thy 
mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter : 
and he that revealeth secrets maketh d known to thee 
what shall come to pass. 

** 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me c for 
any wisdom that I have more than any living, * but for 
their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the 
king,and that thou mightestknow the thoughts of thy heart. 

» 31 1 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great f image. 
This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood 
before thee; and the form thereof was g terrible. 

_ 32 This h image's head was of fine gold, his breast and 
his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 



z Pr. 28. 17. 
aEph.5. 11. 
bGn.22.14. 
Ex. 14.9, 14. 
c Acts 27. 
37. 

d 2 Sam. 15. 
36. 

e Matt. 7. 7. 
fRo. 4. 18. 
Mt. 6. 6. 
h Acts 12.5. 
Ro. 15. 30. 
i Ezek. 36. 
37. 

kGn. 18.25. 
2 Pet. 2. 9. 
1 Gn. 22. 14. 
mPs. 113. 1. 
n Col. 1.9. 
James 1. 5. 
oPs.^ 6,7. 
Prov. 8. 15. 
p Mt. 13. 12. 
James 1. 5. 
qPs.25. 14. 
rHeb.4.13. 
s Ps. 36. 9. 
1 Tim. 6. 16. 
t Matt. 7. 7. 

1 John 5. 15. 
uPs. 119.60. 
Isa. 21. 10. 
x Acts 28. 
24. 

Ro. 10. 12. 
yl Co. 1.27. 
zlSa.17.33. 
2Kgs 4. 11. 
a Isa 44.25. 
Jonah 2. 8 
bGn.41.16. 
Ps. 115.3, 
c Eccl. 5. 2. 
d Ro. 15. 4. 
e 1 Co. 15.8. 
b Or, but 
that the se- 
cret might 
be made 
known, 

2 Cor. 4. 15 
f chap. 7. 3. 
g Mt. 10. 18. 
h Jer. 27. 7. 
chap. 7. 3. 

i Isa. 40. 6. 

k Luke 21. 

24. 

IPs. 118.22. 

ver. 44, 45. 

m Zech. 4. 

6. 



B. Christ 
603. 



33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of 'clay 
r 34 Thou sawest k till that ' 

124 



a stone was cut out m with 



n Psa. 2. 8. 

Ps. 37. 36. 
p Isa. 2. 2. 
q Ps. 72. 8. 
r 2 Co. 12.5. 
s Jer. 25. 15. 
t Ezra 1. 2. 
uch. 3. 1. 
x ch. 5. 30. 
y verse 32 
z ch. 8. 21. 
a John 11 
48. 

bch.7. 7. 
c ch. 12. 7. 

1 Pa. 39. 5. 
verso 34. 
e 1 Kings 

12.26. 

f chap. 7.7. 

Rev. 13.4. 
h2Th.2.8. 
i oh. 1. 0, 7. 
k Luke 19. 
12. 

1 Ps.2.9,10. 
ml Cor. 15. 
24. 

n Isa. 28. 16. 
verse 3*1 
Zech. 12. 3. 
o 1 Sa. 2. 8. 
Luke 17.20. 
pTitus3.8. 

2 Pet. 1.19. 
q Acta 10. 
25, 20. & 14. 
13. 

r Rom. I. 
19. 20. 
s Ex. 9. 28. 
tOt.32.3I. 
U ISa. 2.7. 
x Pr. 28. 12. 
ylsa.49.14. 
a Ps. 61. 9. 
&. 146. 3. 
I> ch. 2. 38. 
c Rv. 13.3,4. 



and giveth the interpretation. 
out hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were 
of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, 
and the gold, n broken to pieces together, and became like 
the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wsnd 
carried them away, that ° no place was found for them : 
and the stone that smote the image became p a great 
mountain, and q filled the whole earth. 

36 ^f This is the dream; and we will tell the interpreta- 
tion thereof before the king. 

* 37 Thou, O king, art 5 a king of kings : for the God of 
heaven hath ■ given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, 
and glory. 

38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the 
beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he 
given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them 
all. Thou art this u head of gold. 

39 And after thee shall arise x another kingdom y infe- 
rior to thee, and another z third kingdom of brass, which 
shall bear rule over all the earth. 

r 40 And the a fourth kingdom shall be b strong as iron: 
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdue tn all 
things : and as iron that c breaketh all these, shall it break 
in pieces and bruise. 

'■ 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of 
d potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be e di- 
vided ; but there shall be in it of f the strength of the 
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry 
clay. 

42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part 
of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly g strong, and partly 
h broken. 

43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, 
they : shall mingle themselves with the seed of men : but 
they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not 
mixed with clay. 

r * 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of 
heaven set up ''akingdom, which shall never be destroyed : 
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it 
shall 'break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, 
and it shall m stand for ever. 

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the n stone was cut 
out of the mountain ° without hands, and that it brake in 
pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the 
gold ; the great God hath made known to the king what 
shall come to pass hereafter : and the dream is p certain, 
and the interpretation thereof sure. * 
/ 46 "|f Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, 
and q worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should 
r offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 

47 The king 8 answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth 
it is, that ' your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, 
and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this 
secret. 

g 48 Then the king made Daniel u a great man, and gave 
him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole 
province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all 
the wise men of Babylon. 

/ 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he * set 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-ncgo, over the affairs of 
the province of Babylon : but Daniel sat in the >' gate of 
the king. 

CHAPTER III. 
Nebuchadnezzar dedicalelh a golden image in Dura^ I. Shadrach, Me- 
shach, andMed-nego, are accused for not worshipping the image, 8. 
Tliey being threatened, make a good confession, 13. God delivereth 
them out of the furnace, 19. Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle, bless- 
eth God, 26. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR R the king made b an image of 
gold, whose height was c threescore cubits, and the 

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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 

breadth thereof six cubits : he set it up hi the d plain 
Dura, in the province of Babylon. 
/ 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent e to gather to- 
gether the princes, the governors, and the captains, the 
judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and 
all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the f dedica- 
tion of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had 
set up. 

3 Then the s princes, the governors, and captains, the 
judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all 
the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto 
the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king 
had set up; and they h stood before the image that Ne- 
buchadnezzar had set up. 

/ 4 Then a herald i cried aloud, To you it is k commanded, 
O people, nations, and languages, 

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, 
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and ' all kinds of 
music, ye m fall down and worship the golden image that 
Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up. 

6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall 
the n same hour be cast into the midst of a ° burning fiery 
furnace. 

7 Therefore, at that time, when all p the people heard 
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and 
all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the lan- 
guages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that 
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 

/ 8 ^1 Wherefore q at that time certain Chaldeans came 
near, and r accused the Jews. 

9 They spake and said s to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 
O king, l live for ever. 

10 Thou, O king, hast made a u decree, that every man 
that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sack- 
but, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall 
down and worship the golden image : 

11 And * whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that 
he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 

c 12 There are y certain Jews whom thou hast set over 
the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abed-nego ; z these men, O king, have a not regarded 
thee : they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden 
image which thou hast set up. 

/ 13 % Then Nebuchadnezzar in his b rage and fury com- 
manded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 
Then they c brought these men before the king.. 

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, d Is it 
true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye 
serve e my gods, nor worship the golden image which I 
have set up ? 

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the 
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dul- 
cimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship 
the image which I have made ; well : but if ye worship 
not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a 
burning fiery furnace ; and f who is that God that shall de- 
liver you out of my hands? 

c 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, e answered and 
said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, h we are not careful 
to answer thee ; in this matter. 

« 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve k is able to de- 
liver us from the burning fiery furnace, and 'he will deliver 
us out of thy hand, O king. 

18 But if m not, be it "known unto thee, O king, ° that 
we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image 
which thou hast set up. 

/ 19 y Then was Nebuchadnezzar p full of fury, and the 

hh h A visa & e was changed against Shadrach, Me- 
shach, and Abed-nego : therefore he spake, and command- 



DAN1EL. 

of 



B. Christ 
cir. 580. 



d 1 Kings 
26. 23. 
e 1 Kings 

12. 32. 
Pr. 29. 12. 
fRev.17.2. 
g Acts 19. 
34. ' 

h Jgs. 3. 20. 
i Frov. 9. 

13, 15. 

klTh.5.21, 

Rev. 13. 16. 

1 2 Pet. 2.18. 

mMt.4. 9. 

Rev. 13. 16. 

n Mk. 6. 27. 

Rom. 3. 15. 

nRv. 13. 15. 

p 1 John 5. 

19. 

Rev. 13. 3. 

q Mk. 3. 2. 

r Ezra 4. 5. 

Esth. 3. 6. 

s Hos. 7. 3. 

t Acts 24. 

2,3. 

u Ezek. 13. 
22. 

Rom. 1. 23. 

x John 19.7. 
y 1 Sa. 18. 
9. &. 22. 19. 
z Acts 17.6. 
a Acts 17.7. 
b Pr. 17. 12. 
c Mt. 10. 18. 
d Pr. 18. 13. 
e ch. 2. 47. 
t'Ex. 5. 2. 
glPt.3.15. 
hMt. 10.29. 
Acts 20. 24. 
i Gen. 39. 9. 
Ex. 20. 5. 
kRo. 4. 21. 
1 1 Sa. 17.37. 
2Tm,4. 18. 
m Acts 21. 
13. 

nPs. 119.46 
o Acts 4. 19 
Heb. 11.25 
p Ex. 5. 5. 
Acts 7. 54. 



B. Christ 
cir. 580. 



q Pr. 21. 24. 
r Acts 12. 4, 
7. & 16. 24. 
s Ezra 4. 23. 
t Pr. 21. 18. 
chap. 6. 24. 
u Ps. 34. 19. 
chap. 6. 16. 
x ch. 6. 26. 
yPs. 91.3. 
Isa. 43. 2. 
Heb. 11. 34. 

Or, a. 
z Job 1. 6. 
Psa. 34. 7. 
Heb. 1. 14. 
a Dt. 34. 5. 
b Isa. 52. 12 
1 Put. 1. 7. 
c Isa. 26. 11. 
dMk.16.18. 
Heb. 11. 34. 
eMt. 10.30. 
f Job 27. 9. 
Ro. 11. 36. 
g Jer. 17. 7. 
h Ezra 6.11. 
Prov. 21. 1. 
iActs21.13. 
k Ex. 20. 5. 
1 Mt. 4. 10. 
m Ps. 3. 8. 
& 76. 18. 
n ch. 6. 12. 
a Acts 9.31. 
b ch. 6. 25. 
c Jos. 7. 19. 
d Num. 23. 
4,5. 

e Psa. 106. 
13. 

fRo. 11.33. 
g Ps. 90. 2. 
h Ps. 30. 6. 
i Job 20. 5. 
k ch. 2. 1. 
I 1 Cor. 12. 
21. 

mlSa.28.8. 
nlsa. 44.25. 
chap. 2. 4: 



are cast into the fiery furnace. 

led that they should heat the furnace one q seven times 
more than it was wont to be heated. 

20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were 
in his army to r bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 

21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their 
hosen, and their hats, and their overgarments, and 'were 
cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 

22 Therefore because the king's commandment was 
urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the 
fire 'slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego: 

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego, u fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery 
furnace. 

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was "astonished, and 
rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, 
Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the 
fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O 
king. 

** 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, 
walking in the midst of the fire, and they have y no hurt : 
and the form of the fourth is like ° the 2 Son of God. 

m 26 If Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth 
of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Sha- 
drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, a ye servants of the most 
high God, b come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, 
Mesfcach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the 
fire. 

27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the 
king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw c these 
men, upon whose bodies the fire had d no power, nor was 
e a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats 
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 

d 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, f Blessed be 
the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath 
sent his angel, and delivered his servants that e trusted in 
him, and have h changed the king's word, and i yielded 
their bodies, that they might k not serve nor worship any 
god, except ' their own God. 

/ 29 Therefore, I make a decree, That every people, nation, 
and language, which speak any thing amiss against the 
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut 
in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghillf: be- 
cause there is no other god that m can deliver after this sort. 
30 Then the king n promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Nebuchadnezzar confesseth God's kingdom, 1, maketh relation of his 
dream, which the magicians could hot interpret, 4. Daniel heareth the 
dream, 8 : He interpreted it, 19 : The story of the event, 28. 

3&JEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, a unto all people, na- 

r^ tions, and languages, that dwell in all the earth ; 
b Peace be multiplied unto you. 

2 c I thought it good to shew d the signs and wonders 
that the high God hath wrought e toward me. 

t 3 How great are his signs ! and f how mighty are his 
wonders ! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his 
dominion is s from generation to generation. 

4 f I Nebuchadnezzar was h at rest in my house, and 
1 flourishing in my palace : 

» 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts 
upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 

s 6 Therefore made I \ a decree to bring in all the wise 
men of Babylon before me, that m they might make known 
unto me the interpretation of the dream. 

7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the 
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers : and I told the dream 
before them, but they did n not make known unto me the 
interpretation thereof. 

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Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream. 

t 8 IT But ° at the last Daniel came in before me, whose 
name was Belteshazzar, according to the p name of my 
god, and in whom is the q spirit of the holy gods : and 
before him I told the dream, saying, 

9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I 
know that the spirit of the holy gods is r in thee, and no 
secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream 
that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. 

■b 10 Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, 
and behold r a tree in the midst of the earth, and the 
height thereof was ' great. 

11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height 
thereof u reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to 
the end of all the earth : 

12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof 
much, and in it was meat for all : the x beasts of the field 
had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in 
the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. 
E 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and be- 
hold, y a watcher and z a holy one came down from heaven ; 

14 He cried a aloud, and said thus, b Hew down the tree, 
and cut off his branches, shake off" his leaves, and scatter 
his fruit : let the beasts c get away from under it, and the 
fowls from his branches. 

15 Nevertheless, d leave the stump of his roots in the 
earth, even with e a band of iron and brass, in the tender 
grass of the field ; and let it be wet with the dew of hea- 
ven, and let his f portion be with the beasts in the grass of 
the earth. 

16 Let his B heart be changed from man's, and let a 
given unto him ; and let h seven times 



beast's heart be 
pass over him. . 

t 17 This matter is by the i decree of the watchers, and 
the demand by the word of the holy ones : to the intent 
that the living may k know that the Most High ruleth in 
the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, 
and setteth up over it the ' basest of men. 

t 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now 
thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, 
forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are m not 
able to make known unto me the interpretation : but 
" thou art able ; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. 
/ 19 If Then Daniel, whose name was "Belteshazzar, was 
r astonished for one hour, and his thoughts ''troubled in him. 
The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, 
or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar 
answered, and said, My lord, the dream be to them that 
r hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 

20 The s tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was 
strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the 
sight thereof to all the earth ; 

21 Whose l leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, 
and in it was meat for all ; under which the beasts of the 
field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the 
heaven had their habitation : 

22 It is u thou, O king, that art grown and become 
strong : for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto 
heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. 

* 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy 
one x coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree 
down, and destroy it ; yet leave the stump of the roots 
thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, 
in the tender grass of the field ; and let it be wet with the 
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of 
the field, till seven times pass over him ; 

t 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the 
decree of y the Most High, which is come upon my lord 
the z king : 

r 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwell- 



B. Christ 
cir. 570. 



DANIEL, Belshazzar's impious feast. 

ing shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall 
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee 
with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over 
thee, till thou a know that the Most High ruleth in the 
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 
r 26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of 
the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, b after 
that thou shalt have known that the c heavens do rule. 
<**27 d Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable 
unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and 
thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may 
be e a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 
/ 28 *|f f All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 
g 29 At the s end of twelve months he walked in the h pa- 
lace of the kingdom of Babylon. 

c 30 The king i spake, and said, k Is not this great Baby- 
lon, that ' I have built for the house of the kingdom m by the 
might of my power, and for the n honour of my majesty ? 
m 3i "While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell 
p a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, q to 
thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee : 
t 32 And they shall r drive thee from men, and thy dwell- 
ing shall be with the beasts of the field : they shall make 
thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over 
thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the 
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 
«■ 33 The s same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebu- 
chadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did ' eat 
grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of hea- 
ven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his 
nails like birds' claws. 

t 34 And u at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar 
x lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and y mine understand- 
ing returned unto me, and I l blessed the Most High, and 
I praised and honoured him that a liveth for ever, whose 
dominion is an b everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is 
from generation to generation : 

«35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed °as 
nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of 
heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none 
d can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou 1 
a 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me: and 
for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness 
returned unto me ; and my ° counsellors and my lords 
sought unto me ; and I was established in my kingdom, 
and excellent majesty was f added unto me. 
d 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour 
the King of heaven, all whose works e are truth, and his 
ways judgment : and those that walk '' in pride he is able 
to abase. 



Mk. 5. 26. 
p Isa. 46. 1. 
qGal. 4. 15. 
r Phil. 4. 13. 
Rev. 3. 9. 

s Pa. 37. 35. 
Ezek.31. 3. 
t Jer. 12. 2. 
chap. 2. 37. 
uMt.ll.B3. 
x Ezek. 31. 
6. &. 39. 7. 
Rev. 19. 17. 
yPs. 103.20. 
z Jos. 5. 14. 
chap. 8. 13. 
a Rev. 18. 
1,21. 

b Pa. 37. 38. 
Matt. 3. 10. 
c Jer. 51. 6. 
d Ezek. 29. 
13. 

Hab. 3. 2. 
e ch. 2. 21. 
& 11.27. 
f Jer. 22 18. 
glSa.25.37. 
hch. 11.13. 
i 1 KgB. 22. 
29. 
k Ps. 9. 16. 

1 Ps. 12. 8. 
m Job 13. 4. 
verse 7. 
nlKg.14.2. 
ol Cor .9.19. 
p Eccl- 8.17. 
q Jer. 4. 19. 
rlTim.2.1. 
sver. 10,11. 
t Ex. 29. 18, 
19. 

u2Sa. 12.7. 
Job 20. 5. 
chap. 2. 38. 
x Psa. 9. 4. 
Amos 3. 6. 
Rom. 1. 18. 
y Ps. 39. 9. 
Titus 1. 2. 
z Job 34. 19. 
Ps. 107. 40. 



B Christ 
570. 



a Ps. 83. 18. 

b Hab. 3.2,3. 

cMt.21.25. 

Luke 15.21. 

d 2 Cor. 5. 

11. 

e 1 Kings 

21. 29. 

Isa. 58. 7,8, 

9. 

f Isa. 45. 19. 

glsa.26.10. 

h Mt. 4. 8. 

i Ps. 73. 8. 

Pr. 16. 18. 

k verse 27. 

1 Gn. 10. 10. 

m 2 Chron. 

20. 11, 12. 

■ Hab. 1.16. 

o Luke 12. 

30. 

pPs.29.3,9. 

rse23. 
n, 1 Sa. 13. 
13. 

rl Kg. 1.11. 
bNu.25. 8. 
Jer. 20. 5. 
Ps. 33. 8, 9. 
t verse 1G. 
Nnh. 1.3. 
u verse 26. 
x Ps. 25. 1. 
y Psa. 32. 
8,9. 

/. 2 Chron. 
12. 11. 
a Rv. 4. 10. 
b ch. 7. 14. 
r. lsa.40. 12. 
ilJob31.29. 
r Pr. 16. 7. 
&21. 4. 



CHAPTERR V. 

Belshazzar , s impious feast, 1. A hand-writing , unknown to the magi - 
icin 



cians, troubleth the king, 5. Jit the commendation of the queen, Daniel 
is brought, 10: He reproving^ the king of pride and idolati-y, 17, read- 
elh and interpreleth the writing, 25. The monarchy is translated to 
the Medes, 30. 

ELSHAZZAR the king made a a great feast to a thou- 
sand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 
e 2 Belshazzar, while he h tasted the wine, commanded 
to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father 
o Nebuchadnezzar had c taken out of the temple which was 
"Cor.^:!?: in Jerusalem ; that the king, and his princes, his wives, 

'drink therein'. 



B 



g Pa. 92. 15. 

Itr-v. 15. 3. 
lil'.x.lH.il 
a Est. 1. 3. 



and his concubines, might 

3 Then e they brought the golden vessels that were 
Eccuo. i6.| taken out f the temple of the house of God which was at 
cj'er'.s'.i 1 !). Jerusalem ; and f the king, and his princes, his wives, and 
chap°3 2 7.|his concubines, drank in them. 

an. J9.4J c 4 They drank wine, and e praised the gods of gold, and 
Mt.'s4.35. of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 



i Ex. 8. 24 
Micnh 6. 9, 



m 5 If In the ■ same hour 



came forth 

495 



fingers of a man's 



B.Christ 

civ. 538. 



Daniel reproveth Belsliazzar. DANIEL 

land, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the 
* plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw 
the part of the hand that wrote. 

/ 6 Then the king's 1 countenance was changed, and his 
thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were 
loosed, and his m knees smote one against another. 

g 7 The king cried aloud n to bring in the astrologers, the 
Chaldeans, and the sooth-sayers. And the king spake 
and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read 
this writing, aud shew me the interpretation thereof, shall 
be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his 
neck, and shall be the ° third ruler in the kingdom. 

8 Then came in all the king's wise men : but they could 
not p read the writing, nor make known to the king the 
interpretation thereof. 

9 Then was king Belshazzar q greatly troubled, and his 
countenance was changed in him, and his r lords were 
astonished. . 

/ 10 *|f Now, the queen by reason of the words of the king 
and his lords came into the banquet-house : and the queen 
spake and said, O king, live for ever: 3 let not thy thoughts 
trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed : 

11 There is 'a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the 
spirit of the holy gods ; and in the days of thy father "light 
and understanding and wisdom, * like the wisdom of the 
gods, was found in him ; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar 
thy father, the king, J say, thy father, made y master of 
the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and sooth-sayers : 
« 12 Forasmuch as z an excellent spirit, and knowledge, 
and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of 
hard sentences, and. a dissolving of doubts, were found in 
the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar : now 
let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. 
/ 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And 
the king spake and said unto Daniel, b Art thou that Daniel, 
which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom 
the king my father brought out of Jewry 1 

14 1 have even c heard of thee, that the d spirit of the 
gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and ex- 
cellent wisdom is found in thee. 

15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been 
brought in before me, e that they should read this writing, 
and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but 
they could not f shew the interpretation of the thing : 

16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make in- 
terpretations, and dissolve doubts : now if thou canst read 
the writing, and make known to me the interpretation 
thereof, thou shalt be s clothed with scarlet, and have a 
chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler 
in the kingdom. 

e* 17 If Then Daniel answered and said before the king, 
Let thy h gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to ano- 
ther ; i yet I will read the writing unto the king, and 
make known to him the interpretation. 

* 18 k O thou king, the most high God ' gave Nebuchad- 
nezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and 
honour : 

19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, 
nations, and languages, m trembled and feared before him • 
whom he would he slew ; and whom he would he n kept 
alive ; and whom he would he setup; and whom he would 
he put down. 

v 20 But when his ° heart was lifted up, and his mind har- 
dened in pride, he was p deposed from his kingly throne, 
and they took his glory from him : 

* 21 And he was q driven from the sons of men ; and his 
heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with 
the wild asses : they fed him with grass like oxen, and his 
body was wet with "the dew of heaven : till he knew that 



klsa.26.11. 
Hos. 5. 6. 
Hab. 2. 2. 

1 Job 8. 13. 
Pea. 39. 11. 
Matt. 27. 3, 
4,5. 

mPr.17.22. 
Nah. 2. 10. 
John 16.22. 
Rev. 6. 15. 
n Ps. 49. 7. 
ch. 2. 2. &. 

,4.6,8. 

Est. 10. 23. 
chap. 6. 2. 
p2Chion. 
3.14. 

Un. 29. 10. 

2 Cor. 3. 14. 
q Pr. 18. 14. 
Mk. 5. 26. 

r Mt. 2. 3. 
Jude 
verse 7. 
9 Pr. 16. 24. 
t Eccl. 10. 7. 
a 2 Kg. 5. 3. 
x2Ft. 1. 19. 
y ch. 2. 48. 
z Col. 1. 29. 
a chap. 4. 9. 
b ch. 2. 48. 
c Mk. 7. 25. 
d verse 11. 
eIsa.S9.ll. 
flCo.2.14. 
Eph. 4. 18, 
g Num. 22. 
16, 17. 
Acts 8. 18. 
h 2 Kg. 5. 16. 
Matt. 10. 8. 

1 Cor. 9. 15. 
i 2 Cor. 11.7. 
k Ps. 2. 10. 
Ezek.31.14. 
1 ch. 4. 25. 
m John 19. 
11. 

1 Pet. 2. 13. 
n lSa.8.11. 
o ch. 4. 30. 
Rev. 18. 7. 
plsa.14.11 
Luke 1. 52. 
q Gen. 3. 24. 
chap. 4. 23. 



B. Christ 
cir. 538. 



not humbled 



r Joel 2. 13. 
s Jam. 4. 17. 
tlSa.5.1,9. 
u Ro. 2. 22. 
x Psa. 115. 
5,6". 

Jer. 10. 3. 
yHeb.4.13. 
zPs. 50.23. 
a ch. 9. 14. 
Acts 10. 12. 
b Acts 15. 
18. 

c Isa. 13. 19. 
d Ps. 62. 9. 
e Jer. 6. 30. 
f verse 31. 
chap. 6. 28. 
g Job 18. 17. 
h Pr. 25. 27. 
i Ps. 37. 9. 
verses 1, 2. 
k2 Chron. 
36. 20. 
a Ex. 18.21. 
Esth. 1. 1. 
blSa.2.30. 
verse 3. 
c Luke 15.2. 
d Pr. 3 35. 
& 24. 35. 
eGn. 41.38. 
Nell. 7. 2. 

f Eccl. 4. 4. 

g Jer. 20.10, 

hi Pet. 2. 12. 

ilSa. 18.14. 

klSam.24. 

17. 

1 Esth. 3. 8. 

m Pr. 1. 11. 

nJohnl9.7 

o verse 2. 

p Ps. 36. 4. 

qlTm.1.13. 

r Est. 3. 12. 

s Est. 8. 5. 

tPs.60. 11. 

& 118. 9. 

n Acts 13. 

46. 

xMt.10.32. 

ylKg.8.48. 

z Ps. 55. 17. 

a Phil. 4. 6. 

b Acts 4. 18. 

Kev. a 13. 



A conspiracy against Daniel I 
the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and thai 
he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. i 

* 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast 
thy heart, though thou 8 knewest all this ; 
p 23 But hast « lifted up thyself against the Lord of 
heaven ; and they have u brought the vessels of his house 
before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives and thy 
concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast 
praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, 
and stone, which * see not, nor hear, nor know : and the 
God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are y all thy 
ways, hast thou z not glorified. 

24 a Then was the part of the hand sent from him ; and 
this writing was written. 

25 ^f And this is the writing that was written, MENE, 
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 

r 26 This is the interpretation of the thing : MENE ; 
God hath b numbered thy kingdom, and c finished it. 

a 27 TEKEL ; Thou art d weighed in the balances, and 
art e found wanting. 

r 28 PERES ; Thy kingdom f is divided, and s given to 
the Medes and Persians. 

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed 
Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his 
neck, and h made a proclamation concerning him, that he 
should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 

a 30 % i In that night was Belshazzar the king of the 
Chaldeans slain. 

31 And k Darius the Median took the kingdom, being 
about threescore and two years old. 

CHAPTER VI. 
Daniel^ is made chief of the presidents, 1. They conspiring against him, 
obtain an idolatrous decree, 4. Daniel accused of the breach thereof, 
is cast into the lion's den, 10. Daniel is saved, 18, his adversaries de 
voured, 24, and God magnified by a decree, 25. 

~T pleased Darius a to set .over the kingdom a hundred 
and twenty princes, which should be over the whole 
kingdom ; 

2 And over these three presidents ; of whom Daniel 
was b first : that the princes might give c accounts unto 
them, and the king should have no damage. 

3 Then this Daniel was d preferred above the presidents 
and princes, e because an excellent spirit was in him ; and 
the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 

4 ^f Then f the presidents and princes g sought to find 
occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom ; but they 
could h find none occasion nor fault ; forasmuch as he was 
faithful, neither was there any £ error or fault found in him. 

5 Then said these men, We k shall not find any occa- 
sion against this Daniel, except we find it against him 
concerning the ' law of his God. 

6 Then these presidents and princes m assembled to- 
gether D to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, 
live for ever. 

7 ° All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, 
and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have 
p consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to 
make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of 
any q god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he 
shall be cast into the den of lions. 

8 Now, O king, r establish the decree, and sign the 
writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of 
the Medes and Persians, which ' altereth not. 
/ 9 Wherefore king Darius ' signed the writing and the 
decree. 

c* 10 Now when Daniel u knew that the writing was sign- 
ed, he went into his house ; and his * windows being open 
in his chamber y toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his 
z knees three times a day, and prayed, a and gave thanks 
before his God, b as he did aforetime. 

496 



his kingdom that which skill p not 



every dominion of my 
before the God of Da- 
steadfast for ever, and 
be destroyed, and his 



B. Christ 
cir. 537. 



Daniel is saved and avenged. DANIEL 

d 1 1 Then these men assembled, and c found Daniel pray 
ing and making supplication before his God. 

12 d Then they came near, and spake before the king 
concerning the king's decree ; Hast thou not signed a de- 
cree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any god 
or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be 
cast into the den of lions 1 The king answered and said, 
e The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and 
Persians, which altereth not. 

13 Then answered they and said before the king, That 
Daniel, which is of the f children of the captivity of Judah, 
? regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou 
hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 

c 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore 
displeased with himself, and h set his heart on Daniel to 
deliver him : and he laboured * till the going down of the 
sun to deliver him 

15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said 
unto the king, Know, O king, that the k law of the Medes 
and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king 
established may be changed. 

« 16 ' Then the king commanded, and they brought Da 
niel, and " cast him into the den of lions. Noiv the king 
spake and said u.ito Daniel, n Thy God whom thouservest 
continually, he will deliver thee" 

/ 17 And p a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth 
of the den ; and the king sealed it with his own signet, 
and with the signet of his lords ; that the purpose might 
not be q changed concerning Daniel 

/ 18 ^f Then the king r went to his palace, and passed the 
night s fasting : neither were instruments of music brought 
before him : and his l sleep went from km. 

19 Then the king arose "very early in the morning, 
and went in haste unto the den of lions. 

20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a la- 
mentable voice unto Daniel : and the king spake and said 
to Daniel, O Daniel, * servant of the living God, is thy 
y God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee 
from the lions 1 

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for 
ever. 

m 22 My God hath sent his z angel, and a hath shut the 
lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me : forasmuch as 
b before him innocency was found in me; and also c before 
thee, O king, have I done no hurt. . 

23 Then was the king d exceeding glad for him, and 
commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the 
ilen. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and e no 
manner of hurt was found upon him, because he f believed 
in his God. 

/ 24 Tf And the king commanded, and they brought 
g those men which had accused Daniel, and they b cast 
them into the den of lions, them, their ' children, and their 
wives ; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake 
all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom 
of the den. , 

f25% Then king Darius k wrote unto all people, nations, 
and languages, that dwell in all the earth ; ' Peace be 
multiplied unto you. 

< 26 I make a decree, That in 
kingdom men tremble "' and fear 
niel: for he is the " living God, and 



c Acts 7. 57. 
d ch. 3. 8. 
e 2 Sam. 21. 
1,2. 

Pr. 29. 25. 
fEsth. 3.8. 
chap. 3. 12. 
g Ps. 12. 2. 
h Pr. 31. 8. 
i Am. 1.11. 
kJohnl9.7. 
12Sa.3.39. 
Mt. 27. 24. 
mPs.37.32. 
n Eo. 13. 3. 
o Acts 26.7. 
pMt. 27.62. 
q Eo. 3. 7. 
t Eo. 2. 15. 
s 1 Kings 
21. 27. 
2 Cor. 7. 10, 
t Gen. 4. 14. 
u Mt. 28. 7. 
ITh. 1.3. 
x ch. 3. 17. 
y ch. 3. 15. 
z Ps. 91. 13. 
aHb.11.33. 
b Eev. 14. 5. 
c Acts 24. 
16. 

d Ex. 18. 9 
e Jonah 2. 
10. 

fHb. 11. 33. 
g Dt. 19. 19. 
hEst.7. 10. 
i Est. 9. 10. 
k ch. 3. 29. 
&4. 1. 
11 Tim. 2. 2. 
m Ps. 99. 1. 
Phil. 2. JO. 
n Acts 17. 
25. 
o Jam. 1. 17. 

fa. 2. 44. 
q20o. 1-10. 

r Acts 4. 16. 
s Heb. 13. 5. 



B. Christ 
cir. 555. 



dominion shall be even unto the end 

27 He q delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh r signs 
and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered 
Daniel from the power of the lions. 

•^ 28 So s this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and 
in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. 

125 3 r 



a Amos 3. 7. 

b Eo. 15. 4. 

c Acts 14. 

22. 

d Eev. 7. 1. 

eTsa.57.20. 

fch. 2.31. 

Eev. 13. 1. 
h ch. 2. 32. 
iJer. 51.30. 
k ch. 2. 39. 
1 Eev. 13. 2. 
m ch. 8. 4. 
D I'sa. 103. 
20. 

oEv. 19. 18. 
pch.2. 39. 
1 ch. 4. 22. 
r John 11. 
48. 

3 Jit. 23. 38. 
t EeV. 13.1. 
u2Th.2.7. 
xLukulG.8. 
v 2 Thcss. 
2.4. 

a Or, set up, 
Rev.SO. i 
7. Vs. 90. 2. 
aEzek.1.15. 
h Ps. 50. 3. 

Rev. 5. 11. 
dRv.20. 12. 
9 2TJi.2.8. 
Rev. 19.2ft 
fvei. 4, 5,6. 

ch..',. So. 

Ii I BS ni. 

13. 1, 11. 

rim. 2.5. 
IIpv. 1. 13. 
k II. I.. 1. 6. 
I Psa. 2.8. 
Luke 19. 12 
m2Pt.l.lO, 
n Pr. 2. 3, l. 
oMt.28.1,2. 
Heb. I. n. 
Rov. 1.1. 
p oh. 2. 88. 
q 1 Cor. 15. 
17, 48. 
r Rei-.2. 27. 
&. 3. 31. 



His vision of the four beasts. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Daniel's vision of four beasts, 1, of God's kingdom, 9. The interpreta- 
tion thereof, 15. 

/¥N the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel 

A had a a dream and visions of his head upon his bed : 
then he b wrote the dream, c and told the sum of the mat- 
ters. 

» 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, 
and behold, the d four winds of the heaven strove upon the 
e great sea. 

3 And f four great beasts s came up from the sea, di- 
verse one from another. 

r 4 The first ivas h like a lion, and had eagle's wings ; I 
beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted 
up from the earth, and l made stand upon the feet as a 
man, and a man's Heart was given to it. 

r 5 And behold another beast, k a second, like to J a bear, 
and it raised up itself on one side, and it had m three ribs 
in the mouth of it between the teeth of it : and n they said 
thus unto it, Arise, ° devour much flesh. 

r 6 After this, I beheld, and lo, p another, like a leopard, 
which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl ; the. 
beast had also q four heads ; and dominion was given to it 

r 7 After tliis I saw in the night visions, and behold r a 
fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; 
and it had s great iron teeth : it devoured and brake in 
pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it : and 
it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it ; and 
it had * ten horns. 

8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came 
up among them another "little horn, before whom there 
were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and 
behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and 
x a mouth y speaking great things. 

' 9 % I beheld till the thrones were "cast down, and the 
z Ancient of days did sit, whose garment teas white as 
snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his 
throne was like the fiery flame, and a his wheels as burn 
ing fire. 

■s 10 b A fiery stream issued and came forth from before 
him : c thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten 
thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judg- 
ment was set, and the d books were opened. 

11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great 
words which the horn spake : I beheld even till the beast 
was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the e burn- 
ing flame. 

12 As concerning the f rest of the beasts, they had their 
s dominion taken away : yet their lives were "' prolonged 
for a season and time. 

13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the 
Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to 

the Ancient of days, k and they brought him near before 
him. 

** 14 And there was given him ' dominion, and glory, and 
a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should 
serve him : his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which 
shall not pass away, and his kingdom, that which shall not 
be destroyed. 

/ 15 ^ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of 
my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 

1G I '"came near unto one of them that stood by, and 
n asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and "made 
me know the interpretation of the things. 
r 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four r kings, 
which shall « arise out of the earth. 

t 18 But the saints of the Most High shall take the king- 
dom, and 'possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and 
ever. 

-197 



DANIEL. 



Rev. 13. 7 
& 19. 17,18. 
x Mt. 19.28. 
1 Co. 6. 9,3. 
y Isa. 63. 4. 
z ch. 2. 40. 
Luke 2. 1. 
a ch. 12. 7. 
Mt. 24. 2G. 
bPsa.2.1,2. 
& 73. 6,7,8. 
c Rev. 13.6. 
(1 1 Tim. 4. 

3. 
e Rev. 1. 14. 
f verse 18. 
Zech. 14.3. 

Luke 12. 
37. 

li verse 15. 
iLuke2.51. 
a ch. 9. 23. 
lCo.15.8,9. 
b Hab. 2. 2. 
cEzek.8.3. 
dGn. 10.22. 
e Pr. 8. 34. 
fch. 7. 5. 
verse 20. 
gZech.1.21. 
Iich. 7.3,5. 
il Co. 15.32. 
k Psa. 4. 4. 
1 ch. 2. 32. 
verse 21 . 
m Ps. 37 35, 
n Ps. 10. 18 
o chap. 7. 2. 
p Pr. 6. 34. 



Daniel's vision of the ram, and he-goat. 

19 Then I would know 5 the truth of the fourth beast,! %™g* 
which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dread-|iph!u3ric 
fill; whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; whichtf e c £.tid. 
devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue withj^-p- 
his feet ; 

20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of 
the other which came up, and before whom three fell ; 
even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake 
very great things, ' whose look ivas more stout than his 
fellows. 

c 21 I beheld, and the same horn "made war with the 
saints, and prevailed against them ; 

< 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was 
given to the saints of the Most High ; and y the time came 
that the saints possessed the kingdom. 

r 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the z fourth 
kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all king- 
doms, and shall a devour the whole earth, and shall tread 
it down, and break it in pieces. 

24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are b ten 
kings that shall arise : and another shall rise after them; 
and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue 
three kings. 

t 25 And he shall speak great words c against the Most 
High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and 
think to d change times and laws : and they shall be given 
into his hand e until a time and times and the dividing of 
time. 

26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall f take 
away his dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the 
end. 

b 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness 
of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be s given 
to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose king- 
dom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall 
serve and obey him. 

/ 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me 
Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my h coun- 
tenance changed in me : but I kept the matter in my 
' heart. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Daniel's vision of the ram, and he-goat, 1. 77ie two thousand three 
hundred days of sacrifice, 13. Gabriel Comforteth Daniel, and inter 
preteth the vision, 15. 

f lN the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision 
J. appeared unto me, a even unto me Daniel, b after that 
which appeared unto me at the first, 
g- 2 And I saw in a vision ; and it came to pass, when I 
saw, that I c was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the 
province of d Elam ; and I saw in a vision, and I was by 
the river of Ulai. 

® 3 Then I e lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, 
there stood before the river f a ram which had e two horns : 
and the two horns were high ; but one was higher than the 
other, and the higher came up last. 

4 I saw the ram pushing h westward, and northward, 
and southward ; so that no ' beasts might stand be- 
fore him, neither was there any that could deliver out of 
his hand ; but he did k according to his will, and became 
great. 

r * 5 And as I was considering, behold, a ' he-goat came 
from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched 
m not the ground : and the goat had n a notable horn be- 
tween his eyes. 

6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I 
had seen standing before the river, and ° ran unto 
the fury of his power. 

7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was 
p moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and 



Gabriel inter preteth the vision. 

and there was q no power in the ram 
but he r cast him down to the ground, 



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q Nu. 14. 9. 
r Job 20. 5. 
s ch. 4. 31. 
t chap. 7. 6. 
& 11. 4. 
u chap. 7.5. 
& 11. 18. 
x Ps. 48. 2. 
y Isa. 11. 13. 
z Rev. 1. 20. 
a ch. 7. 25. 
b ch. 9. 20. 
c Isa. 59. 14. 
d Jer. 12. 1. 
e 1 Pt. 1. 12. 
a Heb. 
Palmoni, 
the won- 
derful 
mimbercr, 
Isa. 9. 6, 7. 
John!. 18. 
fver. 13,26. 
chap. 9. 17. 
g Isa. 1. 25. 
hi Pet. 1.10. 
iLukel.26. 
kMt.16.17. 
1 John 15.5. 
in Hab. 2.1. 
n ch. 9. 24. 
oMt. 13.38. 
p chap. 7. 7. 
verse 5. 
q Gn. 10.2. 
r ch. 10. 10. 
s Mt. 12. 26. 
t Vt. 28. 50. 
verse 9. 
ulSa.5.11. 
x ch. 7. 25. 
y Ps. 74. 3. 
zch. 11.25. 
a Pr. 24. 6. 
b Rev. 18.7 
c Acts 12. 

him inl-p- „ . 

d Rom. 3. 4. 
elsa.8. 16. 
|fch. 7. 28. 
g chap. 6. 4, 
5. 
[h Vs. 39. 1 



brake his two horns 
to stand before him, 

and stamped upon him: and there was none that couTd 
deliver the ram out of his hand. 

r * 8 Therefore, the he-goat waxed very great: and when 
he was s strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it, 
came up 'four notable ones toward the four winds of 
heaven. 

9 And out of one of them came forth u a little horn, 
which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and to- 
ward the east, and toward the x pleasant land. 

10 And it waxed great, even to the y host of heaven ;. 
and it cast down some of the host and of the z stars to the 
ground, and stamped upon them. 

Ml Yea, he magnified himself even to the a prince of the 
host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, b and 
the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 

12 And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice 
by reason of transgression, and it cast down Q the truth to 
the ground ; and it practised, and d prospered. 

» 13 ^f Then I heard e one saint speaking, and another saint 
.said unto ° that certain saint which spake, How long shall 
be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the trans- 
gression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the 
»'ost to be trodden under foot 1 

* 14 And he said unto me, Unto f two thousand and three 
hundred days ; then shall the sanctuary be g cleansed. 

8 15 "|f And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had 
seen the vision, h and sought for the meaning, then behold, 
there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 
e 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of 
Ulai, which called, and said, i Gabriel, k make this man to 
understand the vision. 

c 17 So he came near where I stood : and when he came, 
I was afraid, and fell upon my face : but he said unto me, 
Understand, O son of man : for at the time of the end shall 
be the vision. 

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep 
sleep on my face toward the ground : but he 'touched me, 
and m set me upright. 

19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what 
shall be in the "last end of the indignation: for at the time 
appointed the end shall be. 

r 20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are 
the ° kings of Media and Persia. 

r 21 And the p rough goat is the king of q Grecia : and the 
great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 

»•* 22 Now that being broken, whereas r four stood up for 
it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but 
5 not in his power. 

23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when 
the transgressors are come to the full, l a king of fierce 
countenance, and "understanding dark sentences, shall 
stand up. 

»* 24 And his "power shall be mighty, but not by his own 
power : and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall pros- 
per, and practise, and shall y destroy the z mighty and the 
holy people. 

* 25 And through his a policy also he shall cause craft to 
prosper in his hand ; and he shall b magnify himself in his 
heart, and by peace shall destroy many : he shall also 
stand up against the Prince of princes ; but he shall be 
broken c without hand. 

26 And the vision of the evening and the morning 
which was told d is true : wherefore e shut thou up the vi- 
sion ; for it shall be for many days. 
/ 27 And I Daniel f fainted, and was sick certain days ; 
afterward I rose up, and did the e king's business ; and I 
was astonished at the vision, h but none understood it. 

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DANIEL. 



He beholdeth a vision 



CHAPTER IX. 

Daniel considering the time of the captivity, 1, maketh confession of sins, 
3, and prayethfor the restoration of Jerusalem, 16. Gabriel informeth 
him of the seventy weeks, 20. 

IN the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the 
seed of the Medes, which was made king over the 
realm of the Chaldeans; 

2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood a by 
books the number of the years, whereof the word of the 
Lord came to Jeremiah.the prophet, that he would ac- 
complish b seventy years in the c desolations of Jerusalem. 
<^3 f And I set my face unto the Lord God, d to seek by 
prayer and«supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and 
ashes : 

t 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and e made 
my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful 
God, keeping the covenant and f mercy to them that love 
him, and to them that keep his commandments ; 
c 5 We have e sinned, and have committed iniquity, and 
have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by depart- 
ing from thy precepts and from thy judgments : 

6 Neither have we h hearkened unto thy servants the 
prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our 
princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 
ii7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth ' unto thee, but unto 
U£ k confusion of faces, as at this day ; to the men of Ju- 
dah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all 
Israel, that are ' near, and that are far off, through all the 
countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their 
trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 

8 O Lord, m to us belongeth confusion of face, to our 
kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have 
sinned against thee. 

t 9 To the Lord our God n belong mercies and forgive- 
nesses, ° though we have rebelled against him ; 
d 10 Neither have we obeyed r the voice of the Lord our 
God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his 
servants the prophets. 

p 11 Yea, q all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by 
departing, that they might not obey thy voice ; therefore 
the r curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is writ- 
ten in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we 
have sinned against him. 

g 12 And he hath s confirmed his words, which he spake 
against us, and against our judges that judged us, by 
bringing upon us a great evil : ' for under the whole 
heaven hath not been done as hath been done u upon Je- 
rusalem. 

c 13 As it is x written in the law of Moses, all this evil is 
come upon us : y yet made we not our prayer before the 
Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and 
understand thy truth. 
1 14 Therefore hath the Lord z watched upon the evi 
and brought it upon us : for the Lord our God is righteous 
in all his works which he doeth : for we obeyed not a his 
voice. 

d 15 And now, O Lord our God, that b hast brought thy 
people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, 
and hast gotten thee c renown, as at this day ; we have 
sinned, we have done wickedly. 

8 16 *[[ O Lord, according to all J thy righteousness, I be- 
seech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away 
from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain : because for 
our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, e Jerusalem 
and thy people are become a reproach to all that arc 
about us. 

d 17 Now therefore, O our f God, hear the prayer of thy 

servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine 

npon thy sanctuary that is desolate, g for the Lord's sake. 

^18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine 



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a Psa. 119 
24,79. 
Jer. 25. 11. 
b Ps. 90. 10. 
Hab. 2. 3. 
c Jer. 25.11. 
Mic. 3. 12. 
dPs. 102.17. 
Ezek.36.37. 
e Jet. 14. 7. 
fEx. 20. 6. 
g Ps. 106. 6. 
Isa. 64. 5, 
6,7. 

h 2 Chron. 
36. 15, 16. 
Zech. 7. 8. 
iPs. 51.4. 
k Ro. fi. 21. 
1 2 Kg. 17.6 

m E«a Q. 4 

n Psa. 130. 
3,7. 

o Isa. 03. 15. 
plTh.2.13. 
2 Pet. 1. 19. 
u Isa. 1.5,6. 
Jer. 8. 5. 
r Lv. 26. 14. 
Dt. 27. 15 
s Zech. 1. 6. 
Matt. 5. 18. 
t Lam. 1. 6. 
u Amos 3.2. 
Mt. 24. 21. 
x Dt.28. 15. 
y Jer. 2. 30. 
Hos. 7. 7. 
zJer.31.28. 
2 Pet 2.3- 
a Isa. 9. 13. 
Micah 6. 9. 
bISam. 17. 
37. 

2 Cor. 1.10. 
cEx. 9. 16. 
& 15.6,7, 11. 
d2Th. 1.6. 
e La. 2. 15. 
flKg.8.35. 
Ps. 80. 17, 
19. 
g Eph. 1. 6. 



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h Jer. 36.7. 
i Ro. 3. 27. 
k Isa. 48. 9. 
1 Mt. 11.26. 
m Acts 1. 
31. & 13.2. 
n Pa. 103.20. 
o Ex. 29. 39. 
Acts 3. 1 
p ch. 8. 15. 
Gal. 3. 19. 
q Jam 5. 17. 
a Hcb. a 
man of de- 
sires, 

Luke 1.28. 
b Or, seal 
up, 

Col. 2. II. 
r2Co,5. 21. 
s I!rh. 9. 12. 
t John 3. 3 1. 
ii Mt. 4. 15. 
x Ezra 1. 1. 
y John 1.42. 
z Isa. 53. P. 
:i Luke 19. 
11. 

U Ro. 5. 1.'.. 
c Mt. 8. 11. 
ii.Mt.24. 15. 

lsa.28. 22. 
nMt.I3.19. 
b Isa. 44. 7. 
.'.Mt. 13.51. 
cl Jer. 9. 1. 
.•La. 2.0,10. 
I'J.r. :<l :). 
Luko Id. 1. 
D Ex. 12.8. 
hGen.2.14. 
An, lft 4. 

i Jos. 5. 13. 
chap, 12. 6. 
k Rev. 1.13. 
& 15.6 

1 Mt. 17 2. 
Rev. l. it. 
& in. is. 

m Acts 9. 7. 
1 Pot. 1.19. 
nGcn. 3. 10. 



eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is 
called by thy name : for we do not present our supplica 
tions before thee h for our righteousnesses, but for 
great mercies. 

*■ 19 O Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive ; O Lord, hearken 
and do ; k defer not, for ' thine own sake, O my God : for 
thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 

/20 ^[ And m while I was speaking, and praying, and con- 
fessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and pre- 
senting my supplication before the Lord my God for the 
holy mountain of my God ; 

» 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man 
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 
being caused to fly n swiftly, touched me about the time of 
the ° evening oblation. 

22 And he p informed me, and talked with me, and said, 

Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and un- 
derstanding. 

6 23 At the q beginning of thy supplications the com- 
mandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee ; for 
thou art "greatly beloved: therefore understand the mat- 
ter, and consider the vision. 

24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and 
upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to 

make an end of sins, and to make r reconciliation for ini- 
quity, and to bring in s everlasting righteousness, and to 
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to 'anoint the Most 
Holy. 

25 u Know therefore and understand, that from the 

1 going forth of the commandment to restore and to build 
Jerusalem unto the y Messiah the Prince shall be seven 
weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall 
be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 

r * 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah 
be 2 cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the 
prince that shall come shall "destroy the city and the sanc- 
tuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto 
the end of the war desolations are determined. 

27 And he shall b confirm the covenant with many for 
one week : and in the midst of the week he shall c cause 
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the over- 
spreading of abominations, d he shall make it desolate, 
even until the consummation, and that e determined shall 
be poured upon the desolate. 

CHAPTER X. 
Daniel having humbled himself seeth a vision, 1 : being troubled with 
fear, he is comforted by the angel, 10 

N the third year of Cyrus kin 

revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belte- 
shazzar ; and the thing was true, but the time appointed 
was b long : and he c understood the thing, and had under- 
standing of the vision. 

2 In those days I Daniel was J mourning three full 
weeks. 

3 I ate no c pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine 
in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, f till three 
whole weeks were fulfilled. 

s 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the E first month, 
as I was by the side of the great river, which is h Hiddekel ; 

o 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold ; a 
certain man k clothed in linen, whose loins were girded 
with fine gold of Uphaz : 

6 His body also was like the beryl, and his ' face as the 
appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and 
his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and 
the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 

"•7 And I Daniel m alone saw the vision : for the men 
that were with me saw not the vision ; but a great quak- 
ing fell upon them, so that they " fled to hide themselves 

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of Persia a a thing was 



The overthrow of Persia. 

c 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and 
there remained ° no strength in me : for my comeliness was 
turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 

9 p Iet heard I the voice of his words : and when I 
heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep 
on my face, and my face q toward the ground. 

/ 10 If And behold, a hand r touched me, which set me 
upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands, 

c 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, s a man greatly be- 
loved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and 
* stand upright : for unto thee am I now sent. And when 
he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 

d 12 Then said he unto me, u Fear not, Daniel : for x from 
the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, 
and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were 
heard, and I am come for thy words. 

13 But the y prince of the kingdom of Persia z with- 
stood me one and twenty days : but lo, a Michael, one of 
the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there 
with the kings of Persia. 

14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall 
befall thy people in the b latter days : for yet the vision is 
for many days. 

/ 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set 
my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 

"16 And behold, one like the similitude of the sons of 
men c touched my lips : then I opened my mouth, and 
spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, 
d by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have 
retained no strength. 

c 17 Foi how can the e servant of this my lord talk with 
this my lord 1 for as for me, straightway there remained 
no strength in -me, neither is there f breath left in me. 

/ 18 Then there came g again and touched me one like 
the appearance of a man, and he h strengthened me, 

d 19 And said, ' l O man greatly beloved, fear not : peace 
be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had 
spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord 
speak ; for thou hast strengthened me. 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto 
thee ? and now will I return k to fight with the prince of 
Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia 
shall come. 

6 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the 
1 scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me 
in these things, but Michael your prince. 

CHAPTER XI. 
The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia, 1. Leagues and conflicts 
between the kings of the south and of the north, 5. The invasion and 

• tyranny of the Romans, 30. 

fjL LSO I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, even a I, 
t\ stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 
r 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there 
shall stand up yet three kings in Persia ; and the fourth shall 
be far richer than they all : and by his strength b through 
his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of c Grecia. 
- r 3 And d a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule 
with e great dominion, and do according to his will. 
»*4 And when he shall f stand up, his kingdom shall be 
broken, and shall be g divided toward the four winds of 
heaven ; and h not to his posterity, nor according to his 
dominion which he ruled : for his kingdom shall be pluck- 
ed up, even for others ' besides those. 

* 5 *f And the king of the south shall be strong, and one 
of his princes ; and he shall be k strong above him, and 
have dominion ; his dominion shall be a great dominion. 

6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves 
together ; for the king's daughter of the south shall come 
*Z ni k* n ^ °^ tne norln to ma -ke an agreement : but she 
not retain the power of the arm ; neither shall he 



DANIEL. Leagues and conflicts between kings, #r 

stand, nor his arm 



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2 Cor. 12. 
2,3. 

p 2 Co. 5.11. 
qlsa. 6.5,6. 
r Heb. 4. 15. 
s ch. 9. 23. 
t Neh. 8. 8. 
u 1 John 4. 
18. 

x Acts 10.4. 
y verse 20. 
Eph. 1. 22. 
z Eph. 6. 12. 
a ch. 12. 1. 
bHos.3.4,5. 
Hab. 2. 3. 
c Ps. 51. 15. 
Isa. 6. 7. 
Jer. 1. 9. 
dEccl.1.18. 
e Dt. 5- 24. 

1 John 1.23. 
flsa. 2. 22. 
Rbv. 1. 17. 
g Psa. J03. 
13, 14. 

2 Cor. 4. 7. 
h Ps. 94. 19. 
1 Cor. 12. 9. 
iMt. 15.28. 
k Isa. 37. 36. 
Acts 12.23. 
IPs. 139. 16. 
a Pr. 8. 15. 
chap. 5. 31. 
b Ps. 73. 6. 
Pr. 14. 10. 

c Est. 1. 1. 
d chap. 7. 6. 
&8. 5. 
e Isa. 7.6,7. 
verse 23. 
fJob20.5,7, 
Prov. 11. 4. 
g Job 27. 13. 
16. 

chap. 8. 8. 
hEccl.4.8. 
i ch. 8. 25. 
k Luke 16.8. 
1 Job 12. 13. 
ch. 8. 7, 8, 



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24. 23, 24. 
Ps. 5. 6. & 
55.23. 
Acts 28. 4. 
n Ex. 12.^2. 

1 Sara. 5.1. 
Isa. 37. 19. 
& 46. 1. 

a Keb. ves^ 
sclsof their 
desire, 

2 Kg. 25. 13. 
ch. 1. 2, 3 

Job 29. 
14, 17. 
Psa. 11. 7. 
pjgs. 11.12. 
q 2 Chron. 

25. 18. 

r 2 Chron. 
20.23. 
s Jgs. 4. 13. 
t Dt. 32. 15. 
u 3 John 
ver. 9, 10. 
x ch. 8. 25. 
y Rev. 9. 14, 
15. 

z 2 Chron. 
35. 21. 
a Job 5. 5. 
b Jer. 5. 10. 
cPs. 147.10. 
d 2 Chron. 
25. 10. 
e ch. 8. 8. 
flsa. 5.8. 
_ Neh. 6. 9. 
h Gen. 10.4. 
i 2 Tim. 3. 
2,3. 

k Igs. 1. 7. 
Matt. 7. 2. 

1 Ps. 52. 7. 
m2Kg.3.13. 
Psa. 15. 4. 
Luke 16. 15. 
n2Sa.l5.6. 
Psa. 12. 2. 
& 65. 21. 

o Job 12. 6. 
chap. 7. 25. 
p 2 Chron 
2S. 16. 
Micah 7. 5. 
q Ps. 37. 21. 
r ch. 8. 25. 
s2Sa.20.9. 
t Jgs. 9. 4. 
u Ps. 26. 4. 
Prov. 6, 14, 



but she shall be given up, and they 
that brought her, and he that begat her, and he tha/ 
strengthened her in these times. 

7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one m stand up 
in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall 
enter into the fortress of the king of the nort'h, and shall 
deal against them, and shall prevail : 

8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt n their gods, 
with their princes, and with their/precious vessels of silver 
and of gold ; and he shall continue ° more years than the 
king of the north. 

r 9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, 
and shall return into his own land. 

10 But his sons shall be r stirred up, and shall assemble 
a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly 'come, 
and overflow, and pass through : then shall he return, and 
be stirred up, even to his fortress. 

1 1 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, 
and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king 
of the north : and he shall set forth r a great multitude ; 
but the multitude shall be 8 given into his hand. 

12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, *his 
heart shall be lifted up ; and he shall u cast down many ten 
thousands : but he shall x not be strengthened by it. 

'13 For the king of y the north shall return, and shall set 
forth a multitude z greater than the former, and shall cer- 
tainly come after certain years with a great army and 
with much riches. 

14 And in those times there shall many stand up against 
the king of the south : also the a robbers of thy people shall 
exalt themselves to establish the vision ; but they shall fall 

15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast- up a 
mount, and take the most b fenced cities : and the arms 
of the south shall not withstand, neither his c chosen peo- 
ple, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. 

r 16 But he that cometh against him shall do according 
to his own will, and d none shall stand before him : and he 
shall stand in the e glorious land, which by his hand shall 
be consumed. 

17 He shall also f set his face to enter with the strength 
of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him ; thus 
shall he do : and he shall give him the daughter of women, 
e corrupting her : but she shall not stand on his side, nei- 
ther be for him. 

18 After this shall he turn his face unto the h isles, and 
shall take many : but a prince * for his own behalf shall 
cause the reproach offered by him to cease ; without his 
own reproach he shall cause it k to turn upon him. 

19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own 
land : but he shall stumble and fall, and ' not be found. 

r 20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in 
the glory of the kingdom : but within few days he shall be 
destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 

21 And in his estate shall stand up m a vile person, to 
whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom : but 
he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom " by 
flatteries. 

22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown 
from ° before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the 
prince of the p covenant. 

23 And after the league made with him he shall q work 
deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong 

with a small people. 

r 24 He shall enter s peaceably even upon the fattest 
places of the province ; and he shall do that which his fa- 
thers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall 

scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, 
and he shall u forecast his devices against the strong holds, 
even for a time. 

500 



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cir. 534. 



The invasion and tyranny of the Romans. 

25 And he shall stir up his power and Ms courage against 
the king of the south with x a great army ; and the king of 
the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great 
and mighty army ; but he shall not stand : for they shall 
forecast devices against him. 

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall 
y destroy him, and his army shall overflow : and many 

- shall fall down slain. 

c 27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, 
and they shall speak z lies at one table ; but it shall a fiot 
prosper : for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. 

28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; 
and his heart shall be against the b holy covenant ; and he 
shall do exploits, and return to his own land. 

29 At the time c appointed he shall return, and come 
toward the south ; but it shall not be d as the former, or as 
the latter. 

g 30 1f For the ships of e Chittim shall come against him : 
therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have f in- 
dignation against the holy covenant : so shall he do ; he 
shall even return, and g have intelligence with them that 
forsake the holy covenant. 

31 And h arms shall stand on his part, and they shall 
pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the 
daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that 
maketh desolate. 

c 32 And such as k do wickedly against the covenant shall 
he corrupt by flatteries : but the people that do l know 
their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 

33 And they that ""understand among the people shall 
instruct many : yet they shall n fall by the sword, and by 
flame, by captivity, and by spoil, ° -many days. 

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with p a 
little help : but many shall cleave to them with q flatteries. 

35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, r to try 
them, and to purge, and to make" them white, even to the 
time of the end : because it is yet for a s time appointed. 
#36 And b the king shall do according to his will; and he 
shall exalt himself, and ' magnify himself above every god, 
and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, 
and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished : for 
that that is determined shall be done. 

37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor 
the u desire of women, nor regard x any god : for he shall 
magnify himself above alL 

38 But in his estate shall he honour the god of forces : 
and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour 
y with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and 
" pleasant things. 

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a^?. V 7? 25 5 ' 
a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase 
with glory : and he shall cause them to rule over many, 
»nd shall divide the land for c gain. 

r 40 And at the b time of the end shall the c king of the 
south push at him : and the d king of the north shall come 
against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horse- 
men, and with many ships ; and he shall enter into the 
countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 

8 41 He shall enter also into the "glorious land, and many 



►SEA. Daniel informed of the times, 

countries shall be overthrown : but these shall escape out 



x 2 Chrort. 
24.24. 
ylSa.29.4. 
zPsa.12.2. 
&62. 9. 
Jer. 9. 3. 
aPr. 19. 21. 
Isa. 57. 21. 
Mt. 4. 3, 4. 
b verse 22 
e Acts 1. 7.' 
d Job 20. 6. 
eNu.24.24. 
fPr. 19. 19. 
Neh.6.16. 
li Est. 3. 6,7. 
ich. 8.11. 
Zech. 9. 12. 
kNeh.6.10. 
1 Job 6. 6, 7. 
mJVlt. 13.52. 
nMt.20.29. 
Heb. 11. 25. 
o Rev. 2. 10. 
pRv.12. 16. 
q2Tm.L15. 
rlPt. 1.6,7. 
s ch. 8. 27. 
b This fol- 
lowing is 
applied by 
many to 
the fourth 
kingdom^ 
Rev. 13. 1. 
t 2 Th. 2. 4. 
u 1 Tm. 4. 3. 
x2Th. 2.4. 
y Rv. 16. 13. 
zRv. 18.12. 
a-Rv. 13. 14. 

Heb. 
price j 
Rev. 18. 9. 
b Rev. 6. 11. 
cRv.17.16. 
d2Th.2.8. 
e ch. 8. 9. 
& 11. 16. 



B. Christ 
cir. 534. 



f Rev. 17.6. 

_ 1 Tm.6.9. 

h Zech. 9. 

13. 

Ro. 11. 26. 

Rev. 16. 14. 

i Job 20. 5. 

Ezelc. 28. 8. 

Rev. 19. 20. 

kPs. 50.22 

Rev. 18. 10. 

aEzek.38.8. 

b ch. 10. 13. 
cRo. 11.26. 
d Phil. 4. 3. 
e Ezek. 37. 
12. 

f JohnS. 29. 
g Isa. 66.5, 
24. 

hch. 11.33. 
i Jam. 5. 19. 
k Rev. 10. 4. 
IMt. 11.12. 
mis. 29. 18. 
n 1 Pf. 1. 12. 
oEph.3.10. 
pPs.29. 10. 



of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the 
children of Amnion. 

42 He shall f stretch forth his hand also upon the coun- 
tries : and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 

43 But he shall have power over the E treasures of gold 
and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt : 
and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 

44 But h tidings out of the east and out of the north shall 
trouble him : therefore he shall go forth with great fury 
to destroy, and utterly to make away many. 

w 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace 
between the seas in the glorious holy mountain : yet he 
shall ' come to his end, and u none shall help him. 
CHAPTER, XII. 

1. Daniel is informed 



A 1 



s Dt. 32. 36. 
t Acts 1. 7. 
u Ro.12. 3. 
xRv.22.10. 
ych. 11.35. 
zRv.22. 11. 
a John 3. 19. 
bch. 11.32. 
cch.9. 26. 
& 11.31. 
d 2 Pet. 3. 8. 
e Rom. 11. 
11, 12. 
f isa. 57. 2. 
K 1 Cor. 15 
23. 



Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles, 
of the times, 5. 

ND a at that time shall b Michael stand up, the great 
prince which standeth for the children of thy people: 
and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was 
since there was a nation even to that same time : and at 
that time thy people shall be c delivered, every one that 
shall be found d written in the book. 
** 2 And many of them that e sleep in the dust of the earth 
shall awake, some to f everlasting life, and some to shame 
and everlasting e contempt. 

6*3 And they that be h wise, shall shine as the brightness 
of the firmament ; and they that l turn many to righteous- 
ness, as the stars for ever and ever. 

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and b seal the 
book, even to the time of the end : many shall ' run to and 
fro, and knowledge shall be m increased. 
/ 5 ^[ Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other 
two, the n one on this side of the bank of the river, and the 
other on that side of the bank of the river. 

6 And ° one said to the man clothed in linen, which was 
p upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the 
end of these wonders 1 

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon 
the waters of the river, when he q held up his right hand 
and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liv- 
eth for ever, that it shall be for r a time, times, and a half; 
and when he shall have accomplished 3 to scatter the power 
of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 

8 And I heard, but I ' understood not : then said I, O 
my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? 

9 And he said, u Go thy way, Daniel : for the words are 
closed up and sealed x till the time of the end. 

10 Many shall be y purified, and made white, and tried ; 
but the wicked shall do z wickedly : and a none of the 
wicked shall understand ; but the b wise shall understand. 

1 1 And ° from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be 
taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate 
set up, there sJiall be A a thousand two hundred and ninety 
days. 

6 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, "and e cometh to the 
thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 

o 13 But go thou thy way till the end be : for thou shalt 
f rest, and stand in thy g lot at the end of the days. 



H HOSEA. 



CHAPTER I. 
Hosea, to shew God's judgment for spiritual lohoredom, taketh Gomer, 
and hath by her Jezreel, 1, Lo-ruhamah, 6, and Lo-ammi, 8. The re- 
storation of Judah and Israel, 10. 

THE word of the Lord that a came unto Hosea, the 
son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, 
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jero- 
boam the son of Joash king of Israel. 
126 



a2Cor.4.4, 
7. Sl 5. 20. 
IPet. 1.21. 



a Or, in. 

2Cor. 13.3. 

b2Kg.12.28, 

cSChron. 

33. 9. 

2 Th. 2. 10. 



2 The beginning of the word of the Lord ■ by Hosea. 
And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife ot 
whoredoms and children of whoredoms ; for the land hath 
committed b great whoredom, c departing from the Lord. 

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; 
which conceived, and bare him a son. 

w 4 And the Lord said unto him. Call his name Jezreel; 

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kingdom of the 

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I 



The idolatry of the people. HOSE A. God's judgments on them* 

for yet u little while, and I will avenge the blood of i Jez- ^jg* with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her 
reel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the a 2 Kings lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord. 

-'• M4 f a Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring 
her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 

15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and 
the b valley of Achor for a door of hope : and she shall sing 
there, as in the days df her c youth, and as in the day when 
she came up out of the land of Egypt. 

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou 
shalt call me d Ishi ; and shalt call me no more e Baali. 

17 For I will take away f the names of Baalim out of 
her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by 
their name. 

18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them 
with the g beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, 



8, 11, 17. 
Will eSKg 15.10. 
,f2Kg.l7.4. 
Jsa.54. 17. 
igRo. 9.25. 



i Jer. 23. 6, 
k2Kgl5.29. 
Zech. 4. 6, 
llsa. 66. 11. 
m 2 Kg. 17. 
6, 18, 23. & 
18.9,10,11. 
n Ro. 9. 24. 
Gal. 1. 28. 
oJohnl. 12. 
p Jer. 3. 18. 
Rom. 11. 
12, 15. 
q ch. 3. 5. 
a Pa. 126 3, 



house of Israel. 
5 And it 
f break the bow of Israel in "the valley of Jezreel 
»6 *|J And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. 'h2K g.i5.29. 
And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah : fori " 
I will g no more have mercy upon the house of Israel;; 
but I will h utterly take them away. 

* 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and 
will save them * by the Lord their God, and will not save 
them k by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, 
nor by horsemen. 

8 *}f Now when she had ' weaned Lo-ruhamah, she con- 
ceived, and oare a son. 

n 9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi : for ye are 
m not my people, and I will not be your God. . 

* 10 *)| Yet the number of the " children of Israel shall be 
as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor num- 
bered ; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where 
it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall 
be said unto them, Ye are the ° sons of the living God. 

11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of 
Israel be p gathered together, and appoint themselves 
q one head, and they shall come up out of the land : for 
great shall be the day of Jezreel. 

CHAPTER II. 

The idolatry of the people, 1. God's judgments against them, 6. His 

promises of reconciliation with them, 14. 

/C[AY a ye unto your brethren, Ammi ; and to your sis- 
»C? ters, Ruhamah. 

2 b Plead with your mother, plead ; for she is not c my 
wife, neither am I her husband : let her therefore put 
away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries 
from between her breasts 

3 Lest I d strip her naked, and set her as in the day that 
she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her 
like a dry land, and slay her with e thirst. 

4 And I will not have mercy upon her children ; for 
they be the children of f whoredoms. 

5 For their g mother hath played the harlot : she that 
conceived them hath done shamefully : for she said, h I 
will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my 
water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 

a 6 ^[ Therefore, behold, I will ! hedge up thy way with 
thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her 
paths. 

7 And she shall k follow after her lovers, but she shall 
1 not overtake them ; and she shall seek them, but shall 
not find them : then shall she say, I will go and return to 
m my first husband ; for then was it n better with me than 
now. 

8 For she did ° not know that I gave her corn, and 
wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which 
they p prepared for Baal. 

w 9 Therefore, wilLI q return, and r take away my corn 
in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, 
and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her 
nakedness. 



Am. 8. ] 1. 
f John 8. 44. 
g ch. 4. 5. 

1 Jer. 44.17. 
Lam. 3. 2. 

Luke 15. 20. 

k 2 Chron. 

28.22. 

lea. 51. 22. 

1 Jer. 2. 36. 

Ezek.16.37. 

m Ezek. 16. 

8. 

nPr. 5. 11. 

1 Tim. 4.8. 
o 2 Cor. 4. 4. 

2 Pet. 3. 5. 
p Isa. 46. 6. 
q ch. 5. 15. 
r Ezek. 23. 
29. 

verse 3. 
s Ezek. J6. 
37. & 23. 29. 
tlKg.12.32. 
chap. 3. 4. 
uLukeI3.7. 
xch. 9. 1. 
y Ps 80. 13. 
zJer.2.8,23. 



B. Christ 
cir. 785. 



10 And now will I 9 discover her lewdness in the sight 
of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand 

111 will also cause all her mirth to cease, her ' feast 
days, her new-moons, and her sabbaths,«and all her solemn 
feasts. 

12 And I will destroy her vines and her u fig-trees, 
whereof she hath said, These are my * rewards that my 
lovers have given me : and I will make them y a forest, 
and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 

3 And I will visit upon her the days of z Baalim, where- 
in she binned incense to them, and she decked herselfl 



b Mt. 23 23. 

iTm.5:2ol|and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will 
dEzek.'i6.'|break the h bow and the sword and the battle out of the 
earth, and will make them to lie down { safely. 

* 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, 1 
will k betroth thee unto me in ' righteousness, and in judg- 
ment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. 

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in m faithfulness : 
and thou " shalt know the Lord. 

-E21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, 
saith the Lord, I will ° hear the heavens, and they shall 
rear the earth ; 

22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and 
the oil ; and they shall p hear Jezreel. 

* 23 And I will q sow her unto me in the earth ; and I will 
have mercy upon, her that r had not obtained mercy ; and 
I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my 
people ; and they shall say, Thou art my God. 

CHAPTER III. 

By the expiation of an adulteress, 1, is shewed the desolation of Israel 
before their restoration, 4. 

1HEN said the Lord unto me, a Go yet, love a woman 
/JL beloved of her b friend, yet an adulteress, according 
to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who 
look to other gods, and c love flagons of wine. 

2 So I d bought her to me for e fifteen pieces of silver, 
and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley : 

3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt f abide for me many- 
days ; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be 
for another man : so will g I also be for thee. 

r 4 For the children of Israel shall abide h many days 
without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacri- 
fice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and 
without teraphim : . 

d 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek 
the Lord their God, and ; David their king ; and shall 
k fear the Lord and his goodness in the l latter days. 

CHAPTER IV. 
God's judgments against the sins of the people, 1, and of the priests, &, 
and against their idolatry, 12. Judah is exhorted to take teaming hy 
Israel's calamity, 15. 

HEAR the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for 
the Lord hath a a controversy with the inhabitants 
of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
b knowledge of God in the land: 

P 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and 
committing adultery, they c break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 



a Jer. 16.14. 
Mic. 2. 12. 
b Jos. 7. 25. 
c Jer. 2. 2. 
d verso 19. 
Rev. 21. 2. 
eLukel.74. 
Rom. 8. 5. 
f Ex. 23. 13. 
g Job 5. 23. 
h Isa. 2. 4. 
i Lev. 26. 5. 
Jer. 23. 6. 
kEph.5.25. 

1 Ps. 85. 10. 
Rom. 3. 20. 
mRo. 3.38. 
n Jer. 3 1.34. 
John 17. 3. 
2Tm. 1. 12. 
o Ro. 8. 12. 
p ch. 1. 4. 
Rom. 9. 24. 
qJer.31.27. 
r Ro. 9. 24. 
ach.1.2,3. 

2 Tim. 4.2. 
b Jer. 3. 20. 
cRv.18.13. 
d 1 Sam. 18. 
25. 

e Zech. 11. 
.12. 

fDt. 21. 13. 
gJohn.1.22. 
hRo. 11.25. 
i Ezek. 31. 
23. 

Jer. 30. 9. 
k Mic. 7. 17. 
1 Mic. 4. 1. 
a Amos 7.4. 
Micah 6. 2. 
b Jer. 4. 23, 
&5.4. 
c Psa. 12. 4. 
d Jer. 4. 25. 
& 12. 4. 
c Am. 5. 16. 
Nah. 1. 4. 
f Gen. 6. 3. 
Mic. 2. 11. 
Matt. 7. 6. 
g Dt. 17. 12. 
Rom. 2. 8. 
h 1 Th. 5. 3. 
i Mic. 3. 6. 



i 3 Therefore, shall the land d mourn, and every one that 
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, 
and with the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea 
also shall be e taken away. 

4 Yet let no man f strive, nor reprove another : for thy 
people are as they that strive g with the priest. 
" 5 Therefore, shalt thou fall in the h day, and the prophet 
also shall fall with thee in the ' l night, and I will destroy 
thv mother. 

5.02 



God's judgments against the people, &c. 

i«6 f My people are destroyed for k lack of knowledge : 
because thou hast ' rejected knowledge, I will also reject 
thee, that thou shalt be m no priest to me : seeing thou 
hast ibrgotten the law of thy God, I will also n forget thy 
children. 

7 As they were ° increased, so they sinned against me : 
therefore will I change their p glory into shame. 

c 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their 
heart on their iniquity. 

■"> 9 And there shall be, q like people, like priest : and I will 
punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 
10 For they shall eat, and not have r enough : they 
shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase : because 
they have s left off to take heed to the Lord. 

^ 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the 
1 heart. 

v 12 TI My people u ask counsel at their stocks, and their 
staff declareth unto them : for the * spirit of whoredoms 
hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring 
from under their God. 

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the y mountains, and 
burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and 
elms, because the shadow thereof is good : z therefore 
your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses 
shall commit adultery. 

14 1 will a not punish your daughters when they com- 
mit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adul- 
tery : for themselves are b separated with whores, and 
they sacrifice with harlots : therefore the people that doth 
not understand shall fall. 

s 15 1 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, c yet let not 
Judah offend ; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye 
up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth. 

16 For Israel slideth back as d a backsliding heifer : 
now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in e a large place. 

w 17 Ephraim is joined to idols : f let him alone. 

18 Their drink is g sour : they have committed whore- 
dom continually : her rulers with shame do love, h Give ye. 

19 The wind hath ! bound her up in her wings, and they 
shall be k ashamed because of their sacrifices. 

CHAPTER V. 
God's judgments against the priests, the people, and the princes of Israel, 



B. Christ 
cir. 780. 



k Pr. 21. 18. 

2 Cor. 4.4. 

IPs. 81. 11. 

Jer. 44. 17. 

m Zech. 11. 

17. 

n 1 Sa. 2.30. 

1 Kg. 2. 27. 
o Dt. 32. 15. 
chap. 11.2. 
p Mai. 2. 9. 
q Jer. 5. 31. 
rPr. 13.25. 
si Pet. 2.20. 
t Isa. 28. 7. 
u2Tli.2.10. 
xRv. 17.2,3. 
y Isa. 57 5. 
z Nuro 25. 

2 3. 

aHeb. 12.9. 
b Pr. 2. 16. 
cEph.6.11. 
d Zech. 7. 
11. 

eLv. 36.33. 
fMt.15.14. 

Isa. 1. 22. 
iiMic.7. 3. 
2Kg.15.29. 
k Jer. 2. 27. 
a ch. 4. 6. 
b ch. 6. 9. 
&7. 1. 
c Isa. 29. 15. 
d2Jtg.15.13. 
e Rv. 3. 15. 
fRo. 1.29, 
30. 

Ps. 36. 2. 
hch.7. 10. 
ITim. 6. 4. 
i ISa 28.6 
Isa. 1. 15. 
k Mum. 11. 
lZeeh.11.8. 
Judg. 19 
13. 

Isa. 58. 2. 
n Acts 17. 
16. 

o Ezek. 22. 
20. 

Mai. 4. 6. 
p Zech. 1.6. 



H 



for their manifold sins, 1, until they repent, 15 

EAR ye this, a O priests ; and hearken, ye house of 
Israel ; and give ye ear, O house of the king ; 



judgment is toward you, because ye have been b a snare 
on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 

2 And the revolters are c profound to make slaughter, 
though I have been d a rebuker of them all. 

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is e not hid from me : for 
now, O Ephraim, thou committest f whoredom, and Israel 
is defiled. 

c 4 They will 6 not frame their doings to turn unto their 
God : for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, 
and. they have not known the Lord. 

» 5 And the pride of Israel doth h testify to his face : 
therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity ; 
Judah also shall fall with them. 

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds 
to seek the Lord ; but they shall ' not find him; he hath 
withdrawn himself from them. 

7 They have dealt treacherously against the Lord : for 
they have begotten k strange children : now shall ' a 
month devour them with their portions. 

s 8 m Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in 
Jiamah : cry aloud at "Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin 

w 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the ° day of rebuke : 
among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which 
shall p surely be. 



HOSE A. A reproof for manifold sins. 

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove 
the q bound : therefore I will pour out my wrath upon 
them like water. 

1 1 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, be- 
cause he willingly walked after the r commandment. 

12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as s a moth, and to 
the house of Judah as rottenness. 

y> 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his 
' wound, then went Ephraim to the u Assyrian, and sent 
to king Jareb : yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of 
your wound. 

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as * a lion, and as a young 
lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go 
away ; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. 
d\5 "|[ I will go and return to my place, till they y ac- 
knowledge their offence, and seek my face : in their afflic- 
tion they will z seek me early. 

CHAPTER VI. 
An exhortation to repentance, 1. A complaint of their untowardness and 

iniquity, 4. 

d ^iOME, and a let us return unto the Lord : for he hath 
\j torn, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will 
bind us up. 

2 b After two days will he revive us : in the third day 
he will raise us up, and we shall c live in his sight. 

3 Then shall we know, if we d follow on to know the 
Lord : his c going forth is prepared as the morning ; and 
he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former 
rain unto the earth. 

s4 f O Ephraim, f what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, 
what shall I do unto thee 1 for your goodness is as g a 
morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 

5 Therefore have I h hewed them by the prophets ; I 
have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judg- 
ments are as the light that goeth forth. 

d 6 For I desired mercy, and ' not sacrifice ; and the 
k knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. 

7 But they like men have ' transgressed the covenant : 
m there have they dealt treacherously against me. 

e 8 Gilead is n a city of them that work iniquity, and is 
polluted with blood. 

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the 

company of priests murder in the way by consent : for 
they commit lewdness. 

10 I have seen p a horrible thing in the house of Israel: 
there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set q a harvest for thee, when 

1 r returned the captivity of my people. 

CHAPTER VII. 

A reproof of manifold sins, 1. God's torath against the people for their 

hypocrisy, 11. 

WHEN I would have a healed Israel, then the iniquity 
of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of 
Samaria: for they commit falsehood ; and the b thief cometh 
in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 

2 And they consider not in their hearts, that C I remem- 
ber all their wickedness : now their own doings have beset 
them about ; they are d before my face, 
e 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and 
the princes with their c lies. 

4 They are all adulterers, f as an oven heated by the 
baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the 
dough, until it be g leavened. 

5 In the h day of our king the princes have made him 
sick with l bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with 
scorners. 

6 For they have ''made ready their heart like an oven, 
while they ' lie In wait : their baker sleepeth all the night; 
in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 

« 7 They are all m hot as an oven, and have devoured 

503 



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cir. 780. 



qlKg.12.28. 
r lKg.12.28. 
sJob 13.28. 
Prov. 12. 4. 
Isa. 50. 9. 
t Jer. 30. 13, 
u 2 Kings 
15. 19. 
x 2 Kg. 17.9. 
y Lev. 26. 
40, 41. 
Jam. 4. 9. 
zJer.29.12. 
Lam. 3. 44. 
a Ezek. 36. 
37. 
hap. 5. 15. 
b 1 Co. 15.4. 
c Isa. 26. 20. 
d Mt. 13. 12. 
e Pr. 4. 18. 
2 Cor. 3. 18. 
f Isa. 5. 4. 
Luko 19.43. 
g Ps. 78. 34. 
h Jer. 23.29. 
i Mt.9. 13. 
k John 17.3. 
l Job 31. 33. 
mEzra9.ll. 
nIKg. 15.29. 
och. 5. 1,2 
p Jer. 5. 30. 
qRv.14.15. 
rZepb.3.18. 
a Jer. 51. 9. 
b John 10. 
1, 10. 

c Jor. 17. 1. 
d Ps. 90. 8. 
ol Kg. 22.6. 
fRo. 1.21. 
g Luko 12.1. 
El Kg. 12.31. 
i lwi. 28. 1. 
k Mi. 2.1. 
IPs. 10.8. 
ch. 5. 1, 2. 
mCn. 19.4. 



Israel threatened for their impiety. 
their judges ; all their n kings are fallen 



n 2 Kings 
15. 14, 27. 

Ezek. 22. 
30. 

p2Kg.17.21. 
q2Kg.15.19. 
r Isa. 9. 13. 
s chap. 5. 5. 
t Pr. 23. 35. 
u Jer. 2. 13. 
x S Kg. 17.4. 
y Ezek. 12. 
13. 

z 2 Chr. 28 
18. 

a2Kg.14.27. 
b Jer. 44. 17. 
c Isa. 29.13. 
d Isa. 57. 7. 
e2Kg.13.25. 
f Ps. 109. 4. 
g2Kg.10.31. 
h Ps. 73. 3. 
lTm. 1.20. 
a 2 Kg. 17.6. 
b Isa. 48.18. 
c Ps. 78. 34. 
tlTitusl.16. 
e Mt. 19. 17. 
flKg.11.31. 
glsa. 31. 1. 
hlKg.12.28. 
i ch. 10. 6. 
k Jer. 13.27. 

1 Ex. 32. 4. 
Isa. 44. 10. 
m Mt. 15. 9 
n 2 Kg. 18.9. 
o2Kg.15.19. 
p Jer. 22. J 8. 
2Tim.2.21. 
<] Jer. 2. 36. 
r Ezok. 16. 
33. 

s Ezek. 16. 
37. 

1 2 Kg. 17. 4. 
ulKg.15.26. 
x Psa. 147. 
U9, 20. 
y Jer. 7. II. 
z Dt. 28. 68. 
a Isa. 29.23. 
b Ezek. 20. 
32. 



HOSEA. 

there is nonei ^^ 
among them that ° callelh unto me : 

8 Ephraim, he hath p mixed himself among the people ; 
Ephraim is a cake not turned. 

9 Strangers nave q devoured his strength, and he know 
eth it not : yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, 
yet he r knoweth not. 

c 10 And the s pride of Israel testifieth to his face : and 
they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him 
1 for all this. 

* 1 1 IT Ephraim also is like u a silly dove without heart : 
they call x to Egypt, they go to Assyria. 

12 When they shall go, I will spread my y net upon 
them ; 1 will bring them down as tne fowls of the heaven ; 
I will ciiastise them, as their congregation z hath heard. 

to 13 Wo unto them ! for they have fled from me : de 
structioa unto them ! because they have transgressed 
against me ; though I have a redeemed them, yet they 
have b spoken lies against me. 

c 1 4 And they have c not cried unto me with their heart 
when they howled upon their d beds: they assemble them, 
selves for com and wiue, and they rebel against me. 

15 Though I have e bound und strengthened their arms, 
yet do they imagine mischief f against me. 
«>16 They return, but g not to the Most High: they are 
like a deceitful bow : their princes shall fall by the sword 
for the h rage oi their tongue : this shall be their derision 
in the land of Egypt. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Destruction is threatened for their impiety, 1, 12, and idolatry, 5. 

GfBT the trumpet to thy mouth. a He shall come as an 

™ eagle against the house of the Lord, because they 
have transgressed b my covenant, and trespassed against 
Tny law. 

a 2 Israel shall c cry unto me, My God, d we know thee 

c 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is e good: the enemy 
shall pursue him. 

v 4 They have f set up kings, but not by me : they have 
made princes, and I g knew it not: of their silver and 
their gold have they h made them idols, that they may be 
cut off. 

s 5 ^f ' Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine 
anger is kindled against them : k how long will it be ere 
they attain to innocency 1 

w 6 For from Israel was it also : the workman made it ; 
therefore it is i not God : but the calf of Samaria shall be 
broken in pieces. 

* 7 For they have m sown the wind, and they shall reap 
the whirlwind : it hath no stalk : the bud shall yield no 
meal: if so be it yield, the "strangers shall swallow it up. 

8 Israel is "swallowed up : now shall they be among the 
Gentiles as a vessel wherein is p no pleasure. 
g 9 For they are gone up q to Assyria, a wild ass alone by 
himself: Ephraim hath r hired lovers. 

10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, 
now will I "gather them, and they shall sorrow a ' little for 
the burden of the king of princes. 

^11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars u to sin, 
altars shall be unto him to sin. 

/■ 12 I have written x to him the great things of my law, 
but they were counted as a strange thing. 

13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offer- 
ings, and eat it ; but the Lord y accepteth them not ; now 
will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins : they 
shall return z to Egypt. 
t c 14 For Israel hath forgotten his a Maker, and buildefthfe- £| 

temples/, and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities : but ihf^ i&a' 
will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour thepala-'kov.fs.a 
ces thereof. 



B. Christ 
cir. 760. 



a Ezek. 20. 
32. 

Amos 3. 2. 
b Jer. 44.17. 
cLv.25.23. 
Psa. 37. 3. 
dEzek.4.13. 
Dan. 1. 8. 
e Jer. 6. 20. 
Mai. 3. 4. 
fZech.7.5, 
6. 

g La. 2. 22. 
h Isa. 32. 13. 
i 2 Kg. 17.24. 
Ps. 107. 34. 
k La. 2. 14. 
1 Mi. 2. 1J. 
m Isa. 21. 
11. &62. 6. 
nlKg.18.19. 
Lam. 4. 13. 
oJgs.19. 18. 
ch. 8. 13. & 
10.9. 

p Dt. 32. 10. 
Micah 7. 1. 
q Nu. 25. 3. 
r Ps. 127. 5. 
s Job 27. 1-1. 
t I Sam. 28. 
13, 15. 
uDt.28.41. 
x verse 13. 
y Luke 23. 
29. 

z Jos. 12. 23. 
er. 3, 17. 
b Job 18. 16. 
c 2 Chron. 
36. 15. 
dlKg.I4.15. 
Pr. 27. 8. 
chap. 7. 13. 
a2Kg.15.19. 
bZoch.7.5. 



Their distress and captivity. 

CHAPTER IX. 

The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins and idolatry. 

p"0 EJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, a as other people : for 
JX thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast 

loved b a reward upon every corn-floor. 

2 The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and 

the new wine shall fail in her. 

«>3 They shall not dwell in c the Lord's land; but 



un= 



but 
and 



.18.21, 

.17.6. 

■-,Rov. J 

'c-h. 9. 17. 

! flit. 5. 33. 



Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat 
clean things in Assyria. 

4 They shall not offer wine-offerings to the Lord, 
neither shall they be e pleasing unto him : their sacrifices 
shall be unto them as the bread of mourners ; all that eat 
thereof shall be polluted : for their bread f for their soul 
shall not come into the house of the Lord. 

5 What will ye do in the g solemn day, and in the day oi 
the feast of the Lord 1 

g 6 For lo, they are gone because of destruction : Egypt 
shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them : the 
pleasant places for their silver, h nettles shall possess them : 
1 thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 

w 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recom- 
pense are come ; Israel shall know it : the k prophet is a 
fool, the ' spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine 
iniquity, and the great hatred. 

8 m The watchman of Ephraim was with my God 
the prophet is " a snare of a fowler in all his ways 
hatred in the house of his God. 

c 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the 
days of " Gibeah : therefore he will remember their iniqui- 
ty, he will visit their sins. 

i 10 I found Israel like p grapes in the wilderness ; I saw 
your fathers as the first ripe in the fig-tree at her first 
time : but they went to *» Baal-peor, and separated them- 
selves unto that shame ; and their abominations were ac- 
cording as they loved. 

1 1 Jls for Ephraim, r their glory shall fly away like a 
bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the 
conception. 

«> 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I s be- 
reave them, that there shall not be a man left : yea, wo 
also to them when 1 1 depart from them \ 

s 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant 
place : but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the 
u murderer. 

14* Give them, O Lord : what wilt thou give 1 give 
them y a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 

w 15 All their wickedness is in z Gilgal : for there I hated 
them : for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them 
out of a my house, I will love them no more : all their 
princes are revolters. 

16 Ephraim is smitten, their b root is dried up, they shall 
bear no more fruit : yea, though they bring forth, yet will 
I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. 

c 17 My God will cast them away, because they did ^not 
hearken unto him : and they shall be d wanderers among 
the nations. 

CHAPTER X. 
Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry. 

/ITSRAEL is a an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit b unto 
J. himself: according to the multitude of bis fruit he hath 
increased the altars; according to the goodness of his 
land they have made goodly images. 
t 2 Their heart is c divided ; now shall they be found 
faulty : he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil 
their images. 

3 For now they shall say, We have d no king, because 
we "' feared not the Lord ; what then should a king do to 
us? . 

p 4 They have spoken f words, swearing falsely in making 

504 



Israel's ingratitude for God's mercies. 



a covenant : thus s judgment springeth up as hemlock in 
the furrows of the field. 

e 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the 
calves of Beth-aven : for the people thereof shall mourn 
over it, and the "priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the 
glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 

r 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria, for a present to 
king h Jareb : Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel 
shall be ashamed of his * own counsel. 

7 As for Samaria, k her king is cut off as the foam upon 
the water. 

v 8 The high places also of Aven, the ' sin of Israel, shall 
be destroyed : the thorn and the thistle shall come up on 
their altars ; and they shall say to the mountains, m Cover 
us ; and to the hills, Fall on us. 

« 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned "from the days of Gibeah : 
there they stood : the battle in Gibeah against "the chil- 
dren of iniquity did not overtake them. 

10 It ism p my desire that I should chastise them ; and 
the people shall be gathered against them, when they 
shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 

* 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught, and loveth 
q to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair 
neck : I will make Ephraim r to ride ; Judah shall plough, 
and Jacob shall break his clods. 

d 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy ; 
•break up your fallow ground : for it is 'time to seek the 
Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 

* 13 Ye have u ploughed wickedness, ye have reaped ini- 
quity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies : because thou didst 
trust in thy way, in the "multitude of thy mighty men. 

g 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, 
and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled 
Beth-arbel in the day of battle : the y mother was dashed 
in pieces upon her children. 

15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great 
wickedness : in a z morning shall the king of Israel ut- 
terly be cut off. 

CHAPTER XI. 

The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits, 1 : His judgment, 5. 

God's mercy towards them, 8. 

j^ll^HEN Israel was a child, then a I loved him, and called 
T T b my son out of Egypt. 

p 2 As c they called them, so they went from them : 
they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven 
images. 

3 I taught Ephraim also d to go, taking them by their 
e arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. 
'«4I drew them with f cords of a man, with bands of 
love : and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on 
their jaws, and I g laid meat unto them. 
s 5 II He shall h not return into the land of Egypt, but 
the Assyrian shall be ! his king, because they refused to 
return. 

w G And the k sword shall abide on his cities, and shall 
consume his branches, and devour them, because of their 
own ' counsels. 

6 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me : 
though m they called them to the Most High, none at all 
would exalt him. 

h 8 n How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? hoiv shall I 
deliver thee, Israel ? how shall I make thee as Admah ? 
how shall I set thee as Zeboim? °my heart is turned 
within me, my repentings are kindled together. 

I will p not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I 
not return to destroy Ephraim : for q I am God, and 

" I will 



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'9 

will 



not man ; the Holy One in the midst of thee : and 
not enter into the city. 

d 10 They shall walk r after the Lord : he shall roar like 
127 3 s 



g Isa. 5. 7. 
Am. 6. 12. 
alleb. 
CUemarim, 
- Kg. 23. 5. 
Zeph. 1. 4. 
I. ch. 5. 13. 
i) Kg. 12.28. 
! Kg. 17.21. 
ki Kg. 17.6. 
lDt. 9. 21. 
m Rv.6. 16. 
nJgs.19. 4. 
oJge.20.13. 
Zeph. 3. 6,7. 
p Ezek. 5. 
13 

q Dt. 25. 4. 
Phil. 2. 11. 
r-2Kg 14.13, 
sJer.4.3,4. 
t P?. 32. 6. 
Isa. 55. 6. 
u Joh 4. 8. 
Pr. >.0. 17. 
Gal. 6. 7. 
x Ps. 33. 16 
vGn.32.11. 
7 2 Kg. 17. 5. 
Ps. 101. 8. 
a Jer. 2. 2. 
b Mt. 2. 15. 
c 2 Chron. 
36. 15. 
d Ex. 13. 20. 
cEzek.19.4, 
flSa.7.14, 
Song 1.4. 
2 Cor. 5.14 
g John 6.27 
h2Kg.18.ll, 
i isa. 10. 5. 
chap. 8. 9. 
k Lv. 26. 7, 
lch. 10.6. 
ra verse 2. 
n ch. 6. 4. 
o Isa. 63. 15, 
Jer. 31. 20. 
p Ps. 78. 39 
q Ezek. 16. 
60. 

r ch. 3. 5. 
Rev. 14. 4. 



HOSE A. The glory of Ephraim vamsheth. 

a lion : when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble 
from the west. 

s 11 They shall 5 tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as 
a dove out of the land of Assyria : and I will place them 
in their houses, saith the Lord. 

c 12 Ephraim compasseth me about 'with lies, and the 
house of Israel with deceit : but Judah yet u ruleth with 
God, and is faithful with the saints. 

CHAPTER XII. 

A reproof of Ephraim. Judah, and Jacob, 1. By former favours he ex- 

horteth to repentance, 3. Ephraim's sins provoke God, 7. 

PHRAIM feedeth on a wind, and followeth after the 
east wind : lie daily increaseth lies and desolation ; 
and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and b oil 
is carried into Egypt. 

4 2 The Lord hath also a controversy with c Judah, and 
will punish Jacob according to his ways ; d according to 
his doings will he recompense him. 

3 ^| He took his brother e by the heel in the womb, and 
by his strength he had f power with God : . 
/ 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed : he 
wept, and made supplication unto him : he found him in 
s Beth-el, and there he spake h with us ; 

5 Even the Lord God of hosts ; the Lord is his ! me- 
morial. 

d 6 Therefore, turn thou to thy God : k keep mercy and 
judgment, and ' wait on thy God continually. 
i 7 ^f He is a merchant, the "balances of deceit are in 
his hand : he loveth to oppress. 

c 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become n rich, I have 
found me out substance : in all my labours they shall 
find ° none iniquity in me that were sin. 

9 And I that am the Lord thy God p from the land of 
Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in 
the days of the solemn feasts. 

f\0 a l have also spoken by the prophets, and I have 
multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry 
of the prophets. 

£■11 Is there iniquity in Gilead 1 surely they are vanity : 
q they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal ; yea, their altars are as 
heaps in the furrows of the fields. 

/ 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel 
served for a r wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 

13 And by s a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of 
Egypt, and by a prophet was he ' preserved. 

14 Ephraim" provoked him to anger most bitterly: 
therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his re- 
proach shall his Lord x return unto him. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
Ephraim's glory, by reason of idolatry, vanisheth, 1. God's anger for 
their unkindness, 5. Jl promise of God's mercy, 9. A judgment for 
rebellion, 15. 

HEN Ephraim spake a trembling, he b exalted him- 
self in Israel ; but when he offended in Baal, he 
c died. 

v 2 And now they sin d more and more, and have made 
them molten images of their silver, and idols according to 
their own e understanding, all of it the work of the crafts- 
men : they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss 
the calves. 

* 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as 
the early dew that passeth away, as the f chaff thai is 
driven with a whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke 
out of the chimney. 

t 4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, 
and thou shalt know no God but me : for there is B no 
saviour besides me. 

5 If I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land o! 
great h drought. 

c G According to their pasture, so were they filled ; the] 

505 




s Ps. 2. 11. 
2 Cor. 7. 4. 
t Isa. 44. 20 
u Ro. 0. 12. 
1 Pet. 2. 16. 
a Job 15. 2. 
Jer. 22. 22. 
b 2 Kg. 17. 4. 
c 2 Chron. 
28. 10. 
dlsa. 3. 11. 
oGn. 25. 26. 
fGn. 32.24. 
gGn.28.I2. 
h Ps. 66. 6. 
Rom. 15. 4. 
i Ex. 3. 15. 
k Mic. 6. 8, 
1 Ilab. 2. 8. 
m Lv. 19.13 
n Pr. 13. 7. 
o Tit. 1. 16 
p Jer. 2. 2. 
a Or, mil 
speak, 
chap. 2. 14. 
Acts 2. 17, 
18. 

>| i-h.4. 17. 
& 9. 15. 
Amos 4. 4. 
r6n.S0.Sa 
a Ex. 12.50. 
t Pa. 77. 20. 
u 2 Kg. 17.9. 
xl Si. 2.30. 
alKg.11.26 
bl Kg. 12.20. 
olKg.1410. 
Jr. 15. 27. 
d2Tm.3.13. 
o Mt. 15. 9. 
Col. 3.25. 
f Dan. 2. 35. 
g Acts 4. 12. 
hDt.8. 10. 
& 32. 10. 



Joel declareth GocPs judgments. 



JOEL 



were filled, and their heart was exalted : therefore have 
they l forgotten me. 

w 7 Therefore I will be unto them k as a lion : as a leo- 
pard by the way will I observe them. 

8 I will meet them as ' a bear that is bereaved of her 
whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will 
I devour them like a lion : the wild beast shall tear them. 

t 9 U O Israel, thou hast m destroyed thyself; butin n me 
is thy help. 

10 I will be °thy king: where is any other that may 
save thee in all thy cities 1 and thy judges of whom thou 
saidst, p Give me a king and princes 1 

/ll 1 gave thee q a king in mine anger, and took him 
away in my wrath. 

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is r bound up ; his sin is hid. 

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon 
him : he is an s unwise son ; for he should not stay long 
in the place of the ' breaking forth of children. 

b 14 I will "ransom them from the power of the grave ; 
I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy 
plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction : x repentance 
shall be hid from mine eyes. 

w 15 % Though he be y fruitful among his brethren, z an 
east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up 
from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and 
his fountain shall be dried up : he shall a spoil the treasure 
of all pleasant vessels. 

16 Samaria shall become b desolate ; for she hath re- 
belled against her God : they shall fall by the sword : 



B. Christ 
cir. 725. 



i Dt. 8. 7, 8. 
k Jer. 5. 6. 
12Kg.17.25. 
Pr. 17. 12. 
m 1 Kings 
12. 28. 
n Jer. 3. 12. 
oDt. 32.38. 
p 1 Sa. 8. 19. 
1 Kings 12. 
16, 20. 
(1 1 Sa. 8. 5. 
r Job 14. 17. 
Lam. 1. 14. 
s Pr. 22. 3. 
t Isa. 37. 3, 
John 3. 5. 
u Ezck. 37. 
22. 

ICo. 15.45. 
xRo. 11.29. 
yGn. 48. 19. 
z Ezek. 19. 
12. 

a Lk. 11.21. 
b 2 Kg. 17.6. 



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cir. 725. 



c Isa. 13.16. 
a Joel 2. 11. 
bLk. 15.19. 
Rom. 8. 26. 
c John 1.20. 
Heb. 9. 28. 
d Ps. 143. 3. 
ePs. 102.13. 
t'Eph. 1. 6. 
g Jn. 14. 17. 
h Ps. 92. 12. 
i 1 Jn 2. 20. 
k 2 Co. 2. 14. 
IPs. 91. 1. 
mJn. 12.24. 
n Jr.hn4.24. 
o John 1. 16. 
p Da. 12. 10. 
q John3. 19. 



He prescribeth a fast, 

I their infants shall be c dashed in pieces, and their women 
with child shall be ripped up. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Jin exhortationto repentance, 1. A promise of God's blessing, 4. 

ISRAEL, a return unto the Lord thy God ; for thou 
hast fallen by thine iniquity. 

d* 2 Take with you b words, and turn to the Lord : say 
unto him, c Take away all iniquity, and receive us gra 
ciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. 

t 3 Asshur shall d not save us ; we will not ride upon 
horses : neither will we say any more to the work of our 
hands, Ye are our gods : for in thee the e fatherless findeth 
mercy. 

6 4 % I will heal their backsliding, I will love them 
f freely : for mine anger is turned away from him. 

i 5 I will be as the g dew unto Israel : he shall h 
the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 

E 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as 
the ' olive-tree, and his k smell as Lebanon. 

7 They that dwell under his ' shadow shall return ; they 
shall "revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent 
thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 

c 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I n to do any more with 
idols 1 I have heard him, and observed him : I am like a 
green fir-tree. From me ° is thy fruit found. 

6 9 Who is wise, and he shall r understand these things ? 
prudent, and he shall know them 1 for the ways of the 
Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them : but the 
transgressors shall q fall therein. 



grow as 



f 



CHAPTER I. 



Joel declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorteth to observe (hem, 1, and 
to mourn, 8 : He prescribeth a fast for complaint, 14. 

THE a word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of 
Pethuel. 
2 b Hear this, ye old men, and give eai',all ye inhabitants 
of the land. Hath this been in c your days, or even in the 
days of your fathers 1 

d 3 Tell ye d your children of it, and let your children tell 
their children, and their children another generation. 

4 That which the palmer-worm hath left e hath the lo- 
cust eaten ; and that which the locust hath left hath the 
canker-worm eaten ; and that which the canker-worm 
hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. 

5 f Awake, ye drunkards, and weep ; and howl, all ye 
drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is s cut 
off from your mouth. 

r 6 For h a nation is come up upon ' my land, strong, and 
without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and 
he hath the k cheek teeth of a great lion. 

7 He hath laid my l vine waste, and m barked my fig- 
tree : he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away ; the 
branches thereof are made white. 

o 8 Lament like a ? virgin girded with sackcloth for the 
husband of her youth. 

d9 The ° meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off 
from the house of the Lord ; the p priests, the Lord's 
ministers, mourn. 

E 10 The field is wasted, q the land mourneth ; for the corn 
is wasted : the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 

11 r Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye 
vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley ; because 
the harvest of the field is perished. 

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth ; 
the pomegranate- tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple- 
tree, -even all the trees of the field, are withered : because 
9 joy is withered away from the sons of men. 



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cir. 800. 



a2Ch.33.10. 
Psa. 94. 12. 
b Mic. 6. 9. 
c Ps.111.2. 
Isa. 3. 12. 
dGn. 18,19. 
Ex. 13. 14. 
e Dt. 28. 38. 
1Kb* 17.1. 
fLukc21.34. 
Eph. 5. 14. 
g Pr. 16. 26. 
Isa. 3. 24. 
h2Kg.24.2. 
Pr. 30. 25. 
i Ps. 107. 34. 
Hosea 9. 3. 
kRv.9.8,10. 
1 Isa.5.3,4. 
m Hns.2. 8. 
n Isa. 22. 12. 
oZeph.3.18. 
p Lev. 10.6. 
n Jer. 12.11. 

Isa. 9. 3. 
s Psa. 4. 7. 




^13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests : howl, ye 
f ministers of the altar : come, u lie all night in sackcloth, 
ye ministers of my God : for the meat-offering and the 
drink-offering x is withholden from the house of your God. 

d 14 ^f Sanctify ye y a fast, call a solemn assembly, 
gather the elders and all the z inhabitants of the land into 
the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, 

15 a Alas for the day! for the b day of the Lord is at 
hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 

16 Is not the c meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy 
and gladness from the house of our God 1 

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, a the garners 
are laid desolate, the berns are broken down ; for the corn 
is withered. 

18 How do the e beasts groan ! the herds of cattle are 
perplexed, because they have no pasture ; yea, the flocks 
of sheep are made desolate. 

d 19 O Lord, f to thee will I cry : for the fire hath de- 
voured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath 
burned all the trees of the field. 

20 The beasts of the field g cry also unto thee : 'for the 
rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured 
the pastures of the wilderness. 

CHAPTER II. 
He sheweth unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment, 1. He exhorteth 
to repentance, 12, prescribeth a fast, 15, andpromiseth a blessing there- 
on, 18 : He comfortelh Zion with present 21 and future blessings, 28. 

iOLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and a sound an alarm in 
JO my holy mountain : let all the inhabitants of the land 

"tremble : for the day of the Lord eometh, for it is nigh 

ni c 1 1 find * 
r 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of d clouds 

and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the 

mountains: e a great people and a strong ; there hath not 

been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even 

to the years of many generations. 

w 3 A fire f devoureth before them ; and behind them a 

flame burnetii : the land is s as the garden of Eden before 

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cir. 800. 



h Ps. 107.34 
i Nah. 3. 2. 
Hab. 1.8. 
Rev. 9. 9. 

Heb. a 

the tops oi mountains >»*, 
of a flame of fire that [Lam! 4. 1?' 
stubble, as a strong people set in battle- jeffg!™' 2 ' 

1 Pr. 30. 27. 
Rev. 9. 11. 

mlSa.6.12. 
n Jer. 9. 21. 
John 10. 1 



,-Cor. 6. 2. 
lu Ps. 34. !8, 
xLam.3.33. 
2 Pet. 3. 9. 
y2Kg.18.31. 
Isa. 65. 8. 
Hog. 2. 19. 
z Exod. 19. 
10,22. 
a 2 Chron. 
20. 13. 
bZech.8.19. 
1 Cor. 7. 5. 
clKgs.6.3. 
d Ex 32.12. 
e Ps. 42. 3, 
10. & 79. 10. 
f Dt. 4.24. 
Zeeh. 1. 14. 
&8. 2. 
gPs. 103.13. 
h Ps. 21. 4. 
& 65. 2. 
i Mt. 6. 33. 
k.Dl.22.39, 
chap. 1. 4. 
1 1 John 4. 
18. 

m Is. 28.29. 
n ch. 1. 18, 



A blessing is promised. JOEL. 

Ihem, and behind them h a desolate wilderness 
nothing shall escape them. 

4 The appearance of them is as the appearance 
1 horses ; and as horsemen so shall they run. 

5 Like the noise of chariots on 
shall they leap, like the noise 
devouretii the 
array. 

6 Before their face the people shall be much pained 
all faces shall gather ° blackness. 

7 They shall run like mighty men ; they shall k climb l£jj^f; 2 7 9 
the wall like men of war ; and they shall * march every In J >s -^-3. 

111 1 1 ,1 1 jrJer. 50.34 

one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks : ;Rev. is. a. 

8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk k^'Ifa 3, 
every one m in his path : and when they fall upon the sword, lo Isa 
they shall not be wounded. 

9 They shall run to and fro in the city ; they shall run 
upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses ; they 
shall enter in at the n windows like a thief. 

10 The earth shall ° quake before them ; the heavens 
shall tremble : the p sun and the moon shall be dark, and 
the stars shall withdraw their shining : 

* 1 1 And the Lord shall q utter his voice before his 
army : for his camp is very great : for he is T strong that 
executeth his word : for the day of the Lord is great and 
very terrible ; and 3 who can abide it ? 

d *l2 if Therefore also 'now, saith the Lord, Turn ye 
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with 
weeping, and with mourning 

* 13 And u rend your heart, and not your garments, and 
turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and mer 
ciful, x slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth 
him of the evil. 

14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and 
■' leave a blessing behind him ; even a meat-offering and a 
drink-offering unto the Lord your God 1 

d 1 .5 if Blow the trumpet in Zion, z sanctify a fast, call a 
solemn assembly : 

16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assem- 
ble the elders, gather the a children, and those that suck 
the breasts : let the b bridegroom go forth of his chamber, 
and the bride out of her closet. 

d * 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep c be- 
tween the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare 
thy d people, O Lord, and give not thy heritage to re- 
proach, that the heathen should rule over them: where- 
fore should they say among the people, c Where is their 
God] 

18 if Then will the Lord be f jealous for his land, and 
6 pity his people. 

6 19 Yea, the Lord will '' answer and say unto his peo- 
ple, Behold, I will send you ' l corn, and wine, and oil, and 
ye shall be satisfied therewith : and I will no more make 
you a reproach among the heathen : 

r 20 But I will remove far off from you the l( northern 
army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, 
with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part 
toward the utmost sea ; and his stink shall conic up, and 
his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great 
things. 

£21 if ' Fear not, O land ; be glad and rejoice : for the 
Lord will do m great things. 

22 Be not afraid, n ye beasts of the field : for the pas- 
tures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree bearetli her 
fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. 

6 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the 
Lord your God : for he hath given you the former rain 
moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the 
rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 



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Mt. 6. 33. 

1 Tim. 4. 8. 
p Isa. 60.10 
Zcch. 10.6. 
qlCo.10.31. 
1 Tm. 4. 4,5. 
r Rom. 5. 5. 
sZeph.1.14. 
Rev. 2. 3. . 
t Hos. 3. 5. 
Heb. 2. 5. 
u Isa. 44. 3. 
John 7. 39. 
Acts 2. 17. 
x 1 Cor. 4. 
1 5. 

Sal. 3. 28. 
jrMt.24.29. 
Luke 21.25. 
zRcv.fi. 12. 
allal>2. 12. 
Mai. 4. 5. 
I. Rom. 10. 
12, 13. 
c Ro. 9. 27. 
a Isa. 11.14, 
15. 

Rom. 11. 
25, 27. 
bZoch.14.1. 
Rev. 16. 14, 
Ifi. 

cZech.1.21. 
James 1. 1. 
1 Am. 1.7,8. 
Nuh. 2. 10. 
e Acts 9. 4. 
I' Luke 18.8. 
S 1 Sa. 5. 2. 
h Lain. 2. 1. 
i Jam. 2. 13. 
It John 11. 
51. 

I P.v. 1.'!. in. 
mJudff. 1.7. 
i Sa. 15.33. 

ii Is.H. II, 111. 

Rov. 16. 11. 

o/.IT.h.l I.I. 

Eev. 19. 12. 
p hn. 13. 3. 

ttsv. i'!. a 

Ps.99. 1. 
II. 18. 
t Acts 17. 
31. 

Rev. 3. 21. 
i Rev. M. 
15, 19. 



12 



God's judgment on his enemies. 

24 And the floors shall be ° full of wheat, and the fats 
shall overflow with wine and oil. 

25 And I will p restore to you the years that the locust 
hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the 
palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. 

6 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and' 1 praise 
the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrous- 
ly with you : and my people shall never be r ashamed. 

27 And ye shall know that I am in the s midst of Israel, 
and that I am the Lord your God, and none else : and my 
people shall never be ashamed. 

r* 28 if And it shall come to pass ' afterward, that I will 
u pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and 
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream 
dreams, your young men shall see visions : 

29 And also upon the * servants and upon the hand- 
maids in those days will I pour out my Spirit. 

30 And I will shew 5 wonders in the heavens and in the 
earth, blood, and fire,, and pillars of smoke. 

31 The * sun shall be turned into darkness, a and the 
moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of 
the Lord come. 

6 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall b call 
on the name of the Lord shall be delivered : for in mount 
Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord 
hath said, and in the c remnant whom the Lord shall call. 

CHAPTER III. 

God's judgments against the enemies of his people, 1. God will be known 
in his judgment, 9. His blessing upon the church, IS. 

OR behold, in those days, and in that time, when I 
shall a bring again the captivity of Judah and Jeru- 
salem, 

2 I will also b gather all nations, and will bring them 
down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with 
them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, 
whom they have c scattered among the nations, and part- 
ed my land. 

3 And they have a cast lots for my people ; and have 
given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they 
might drink. 

g 4 Yea, and what have ye to do e with me, O Tyre, and 
Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine 1 will ye render me 
a recompense 1 and if ye recompense me, ' swiftly and 
speedily will I return your recompense upon your own 
head ; 

5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and 
have carried into s your temples my goodly pleasant things. 

6 h The children also of Judah and the children of Je- 
rusalem have ye *■ sold unto the Grecians, that ye might 
remove them far from their border. 

7 Behold, I will raise them k out of the place whither ye 
have sold them, and will return your ' recompense upon 
your own head : 

8 And I will m sell your sons and your daughters into 
the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them 
to the Sabeans, to a people far off : for the Lord hath 
spoken it. 

E9 if " Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare 
war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw 
near ; let them come up : 

10 Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your prun- 
ing-hooks into spears : let the weak say, I am strong. 

11 ° Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, 
and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause 
thy p mighty ones to come down, O Lord. 

12 Let the heathen be '■ wakened, and come up to the 
valley of Jehoshaphat : for there will ' I sit to judge all the 
heathen round about. 

13 Put ye in the sickle, for " the harvest is ripe : come, 

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get you down ; for the press is full, the fats overflow; fori ^^jf 
their wickedness is great. 

14 * Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for 
the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 

15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the 
stars shall withdraw their shining. 

b 16 The Lord also shall u roar out of Zion, and utter his 
voice from Jerusalem ; and the heavens and the earth 
shall shake : but the Lord will be the « hope of his people, 
and the strength of the children of Israel. 

5 17 So shall ye "know that I aw the Lord your God dwelling 
in Zion my holy mountain : then shall Jerusalem be holy, 
and there shall no y strangers pass through her any more. 



t 2 CI. rem. 
20. 24. 
uJcr.25.30. 
Amoa 1.2. 
allcb.placc 
of repair, 
or, harbour, 
Isa. 33. 1G. 
x HI a 1.3. 18. 
yZech.14.2. 
"lit. 13. 30. 



7. Psa. 72. 3. 
Amos 9. 13. 
a Ps. 40. 4. 
Rov. 22. 1. 
bJor. 51.35. 
2 Th. 1. 6. 
c Jor. 3. 18. 
ilEz. 48.35. 



GocVs wrath against Moab. 
i 18 ^[ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the 
z mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall 
flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with 
waters, and a a fountain shall come forth of the house of 
the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 
s 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a 
desolate wilderness, for the b violence against the children 
of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their 
land. 

20 But Judah shall dwell for c ever, and Jerusalem from 
generation to generation. 

i> 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not 
cleansed : for the Lord d dwelleth in Zion. 



11 AMOS. 



CHAPTER I. 

Amos sheweth God's judgments upon Syria, 2, upon the Philistines, 6, 1 
upon Tyrus, 9, upon Edom, 11, upon Amnion, 13. 

THE words of Amos, who was among the a herdmen of 
b Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days; 
of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son 
of Joash king of Israel, two years before the c earthquake. 
g 2 And he said, d The Lord will e roar from Zion, and 
utter his voice from Jerusalem ; and the habitations of the 
shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. 
g 3 Thus saith the Lord ; For f three transgressions of 
Damascus, and for g four, I will not turn away the punish- 
ment thereof; because they h have threshed Gilead with 
threshing instruments of iron : 

w 4 But * I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which 
shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 
g- 5 I will break also the k bar of Damascus, and cut off 
the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that hold- 
eth the sceptre from the house of Eden : and the people 
of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord. 
s 6 % Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of 
Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof: because they l carried away captive the whole 
captivity, to deliver them up to Edom : 
y> 7 But I will send m a fire on the wall of Gaza, which 
shall devour the palaces thereof : 

g- 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and 
him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will 
a turn my hand against Ekron : and the ° remnant of the 
Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God. 
? 9 | Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of 
Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof : because they delivered up the whole captivity 
p to Edom, and remembered not the q brotherly covenant: 
w 10 But I will send a fire on r the wall of Tyrus, which 
shall devour the palaces thereof. 

« 11 ^f Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions 
of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof: because he did s pursue his brother with the 
sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear per- 
petually, and he kept his wrath for ever : 
^12 But I will send a fire upon ' Teman, which shall de- 
vour the palaces of Bozrah. 

13 5f Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions 
of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn 
away the punishment thereof : because they have u ripped 
up the women with child, of Gilead, that they might " en- 
large their border : 

to 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it 
shall devour the palaces thereof, with y shouting in the day 
of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind : 

15 And their z king shall go into captivity, he and his 
princes together saith the Lord, 



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Matt. 4. 18. 

1 Cor. 1.27. 
b2Sa. 14.2. 
c 2 Kg. 15.5. 
Zech. 14. 5. 
c!2Tm.3.16. 

2 Pet. 1.20. 
e Psa. 2. 5. 
Joel 3. 16. 
f Job 5. 19. 
& 33. 29. 
gEcel.8.11. 
h 2 Kings 8. 
12. & 10.32. 
iRo. 12.19. 
Ha. 2. 9, 12. 
kl Kg. 16.9. 
Pr. 21. 30. 
1 2 Chr. 21. 
16. & 28.18. 
m Pa. 94. 1. 
n2Sam.8.3. 

Is. 27. 7, 8. 
p Joel 3. 4,6. 
ql Kg. 5.1. 
r Jer. 27. 1. 
& 47. 4. 
Ezek. 29.18. 
s Ps. 137. 7. 
Obacliah 
verse 11. 
t lsa. 03. 1. 
Jer. 49. 7. 
ulSam. 11. 
12. 

Jer. 49. 1. 
x Isa. 5. 8. 

1 Tim. 6.10. 
V Ps. 140. 7. 
chap. 2. 2. 
z 1 Sam. 12. 
25. 
Job. 21. 18. 



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a2Kg.3.27. 
Prov. 15. 3. 
b Isa. 16.14. 
Jer. 48. 42. 
c Ps. 37. 37, 
38. 

A 2 Kg. 1.1. 
Jer.48.7,11. 
e Psa. 147. 
19, 20. 
f Ezra 20. 

18, 20. 

g Jer. 52.13. 
Lam. 1. 1,2. 
hIKg.12.lG. 
i 2 Chr. 19.7. 
chap. 8. 6. 
k 1 Kings 
21.2,4. 
1 1 Cor.5. 1. 
m Ro. 2. 14. 
n 1 Cor. 8. 
10. &10.21. 
o J ml g. 2.1. 
pPs. 33.16, 
Jer. 9^23. 
q Mai. 4. 1. 
r Ps.77. 20. 
Isa. 63. 13. 
s Psa. 147. 

19. 20. 

t Isa. 1. 18, 
ulsa.30.10, 
xlsa. 1.24 
y Ps. 76. 5. 
Eccl. 9. 11. 
Jer. 9. 23. 
z Ps. 33. 17, 
& 147. 10. 
a Jg9. 4. 17 
Micah 1. 8. 



CHAPTER II. 

God's icrath against Moab, 1, upon Judah, 4, and upon Israel, 6. God 

complaineth of their unthankfulness, 9. 

THUS saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of 
Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punish- 
ment thereof, because he burned the a bones of the king 
of Edom into lime : 

s 2 But b I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour 
the palaces of Kirioth : and Moab shall die c with tumult, 
with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet : 

3 And I will cut off the d judge from the midst thereof, 
and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord. 

4 ^[ Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of 
Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof: because they have despised e the law of the 
Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their 
lies caused them to err, after the which f their fathers have 
walked : 

w 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour 
the B palaces of Jerusalem. 

c 6 ^[ Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of 
h Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof: because they ' sold the righteous for silver, and 
the poor for a pair of shoes ; 

p 7 That k pant after the dust of the earth on the head of 
the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek : and a ' man 
and his father will go in unto the same maid, to m profane 
my holy name : 

8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to 
pledge n by every altar, and they drink the wine of the con- 
demned in the house of their god. 

/ 9 «[[ Yet ° destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose 
p height was like the height of the cedars, and he ivas strong 
as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his q fruit from above, and 
his roots from beneath. 

10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, anil 
r led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess 
the land of the Amorite. • 

11 And I raised up of your sons for s prophets, and of 
your young men for Nazarites. l Is it not even thus, O ye 
children of Israel 1 saith the Lord. 

p 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and com- 
manded the prophets, saying, " Prophesy not. 

13 Behold, I am x pressed under you, as a Qart is pressed 
that is full of sheaves. 

«> 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and 
the y strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall 
the mighty deliver himself : 

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow ; and 
he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither 
shall he that z rideth the horse deliver himself. 

16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall 
flee awav a naked in that day, saith the Lord. 

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Israel reproved for oppression. AMOS 

CHAPTER III. 
The necessity of God's judgment against Israel, 1 

it, with the causes thereof, 9. iay. 

E^EAR a this word that the Lord hath spoken againstl^^-' 
i_ you, O children of Israel, against the b whole iamilyjJEzeK'.ab.' 
which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 
"> 2 c You only have I known of all the families of the' 
earth : therefore I will d punish you for all your iniquities. 
t 3 Can e two walk together, except they be agreed ? 
e 4 Will a lion f roar in the forest, when he hath no 
prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken 
nothing ? 

5 Can s a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no 
gin is for him ? shall one take up a snare from the earth, 
and have taken nothing at all ? 

* 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people 
h not be afraid ? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord 
hath ' not done it ? 

t 7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he k reveal- 
eth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 
s 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God 
hath spoken, ' who can but prophesy ? 

9 ^f m Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the 
palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble your- 
selves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the 
great tumultsjn the midst thereof, and the oppressed in 
the midst thereof. 

c 10 For they n know not to do right, saith the Lord, who 
store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 
'«11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; p An adversary 
there shall be even round about the land ; and he shall 
bring down thy q strength from thee, and thy palaces shall 
be spoiled. 

6 12 Thus saith the Lord : As the shepherd taketh out 
of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear : 
' so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell 
in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a 
couch. 

d 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, s saith the 
Lord God, the God of hosts, 

'"14 That, in the day that I shall visit the transgressions 
of Israel upon him, I will also visit the l altars of Beth-el : 
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the 



32. 

e Hos. 9. 8. 

3 Cor. 6. 14 

febap. 1.2. 

gMt. 10.29. 

Acts 17.25. 

hlsa. 6G.2. 

i Isa. 45. 7. 

k Gen. IS. 

17. 

Uer. 1.17. 

1 Cor. 9. 16. 
m Isa. 4. 5. 
Jer. 2. 10, 
11. 

Ezck. 16.46. 
Mt.11.21. 
n Jer. 4. 22. 

2 Pet. 3. 5. 
oHab.2. 11. 
12. 

Rom. 2. 5. 
James 5. 3. 
p 2 Kings 
17. 5, 6. 
q Pr. 10.2. 
lTim.6.17. 
rl Sam. 17. 
34. 

slCo.11.23. 
t2Kg.23.16. 
uJgs.3.20. 
1 Kg. 22.39. 
aDt.32. 15. 
Psa. 22. 12. 
bMic.3.1,2. 
c Jer. 16. 16. 
d Dt. 28. 66. 
Ezek. 12.5. 
eEx.20.4,5. 
Ezek.20.39. 
f Dt. 14. 28. 
g Pr. 9. 17. 
Mia 6. 6, 7. 
Rv. 17. S, 3. 
h 1 Kgs. 17. 
1, 8, 9. 
2Kgs.6.24. 



ground. 

15 And I will smite the "winter-house with the sum- 
mer-house ; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the 
yreat houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER IV. 
He reprovelh Israel for oppression, 1, for idolatry, 4, and for their incor- 
rigibleness, 6. 

e¥¥EAR this word, ye a kine of Bashan, that are in the 
"JLl. mountain of Samaria, which b oppress the poor, which 
crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and 
let us drink. 

t 2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, 
the days shall come upon you, that he will c take you 
away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks. 

3 And ye shall go out at the d breaches, every cow at 
that which is before her ; and ye shall cast Mew' into the 
palace, saith the Lord. 

v 4 *J[ Comedo Beth-el and e transgress: at Gilgal multiply 
transgression ; and bring your sacrifices every morning, 
and your tithes after f three years : 

5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, andloz^ua 
proclaim and publish the free-offerings : for e this liketh Jifclaji: 
you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God. p^ka 

c G ^| And I also have given you h cleanness of teeth inkf^FjT; 
all your cities, and want of bread in all your places : yet iip-so .4* 
have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. mSS*™. 

'- 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when fe 1 VI 

123 



B. Christ 
787. 
i Jgs. 6. 37. 
chap. 8. 11. 
Acts 14. 17. 
kl Kg. 18.5. 
1 Isa. 26. 10. 
Jer. 5. 3. 
mDt. 28.22. 
n Pr. 24. 31. 
Joel 1.4. 
o Ex. 9. 3,6. 
Psa. 1 8. 50. 
Joel 2. 20. 
p2Kg.l3.3. 
q Job 19.20. 
Jude 
verse 23. 
r verse 3. 
s Ex. 20. 24. 
Jam. 4. 8, 9. 
t Ps. 139. 2. 
Eecl. 12. 14. 
John 2. 25. 
u Ex. 10.22. 
Ml. 27. 45. 

i Bzek. [9. 

14. 

I. Luke 18. 

11. 

c Hos. 3. 5. 

llo. 11.20. 

d Jer. 29. 13. 

e Prov. 3. 2. 

f20o.6. 10. 

a Mai. 4. 1. 

h Isa. 1. 10. 

i Isa. 5.7. 

chap. 6. 12. 

k Job 9. 9. 

UKg.18.44. 

mPi>.57.7,8. 

n 1 Kg.22.8. 



A lamentation for Israel. 

\there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused 
it to rain upon one ciLy, and ! caused it not to rain upon 
another city : one piece was rained upon, and the piece 
whereupon it raised not withered. 

« 8 So two or three cities k wandered unto one city, to 
drink water ; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye ' not 
returned unto me, sa4th the Lord. 

d 9 I have smitten you with m blasting and mildew • 
when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees 
and your olive-trees increased, the n palmer-worm de- 
voured them : yet have ye not returned unto me, saith 
the Lord. 

c 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the man- 
ner ° of Egypt : your young men have I slain with the 
sword, and have taken away your horses ; and I have 
made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nos- 
trils : yet have ye not returned unto me, saitli the Lord. 

/ll I have overthrown p some of you, as God overthrew 
Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire-brand pluck- 
ed out of the burning : yet have ye not returned unto me, 
saith the Lord. 

d 12 Therefore, r thus will I do unto thee, O Israel : and 
because I will do this unto thee, prepare s to meet thy 
God, O Israel. 

* 13 For lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth 
the wind, and declareth unto man what is his ' thought, 
that maketh the morning "-darkness, and treadeth upon 
the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of 
hosts, is his name. 

CHAPTER V. 

A lamentation for Israel, 1. Jin exhortation to repentance, 4. God re- 

jecteth their hypocritical service, 21. 

EAR ye this word which I take up against you, even 
a a lamentation, O house of Israel. 
The b virgin of Israel is fallen ; she shall c no more 
: she is forsaken upon her land ; there is none to raise 
her up. 

3 For thus saith the Lord God ; The city that went out 
by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went 
forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 
d * 4 *|[ For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, 
d Seek ye me, and ye shall c live : 

g 5 f But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass 
not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivi- 
ty, and Beth-el shall come to nought. 
d 6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live ; lest he break out 
like e fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there 
be none to quench it in Beth-el. 

v 7 h Ye who turn judgment to 'wormwood, and leave off 
righteousness in the earth, 

£ 8 Seek him that maketh the seven I; stars and Orion, 
and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and 
maketh the day dark with night : that ' calleth for the 
waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of 
the earth : The Loud u his name : 

9 That strengthened the '" spoiled against the strong, 
so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 
« 10 They hate him that rcbuketh in the gate, and they 
abhor him that D speaketh uprightly. 
v 1 1 Forasmuch, therefore, as " your treading is upon the 
poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat : ye have 
built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall p not dwell in 
them ; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall 
not drink wine of them. 

t 12 For q I know your manifold transgressions and your 
mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and 
they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 

13 Therefore, the 'prudent shall keep silence in that 
time ; for it is ' an evil time. 

50§ 



2 
rise 



Israel threatened ivith desolation. 

d 14 ' Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live : and sp 

the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have 

"spoken 

d 15 "Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish 
judgment in the gate : it may be that the Lord God of 
hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. 

«> 1 G Therefore, the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, 
saith thus ; Wailing shall be in all streets ; and they shall 
say in all the highways, y Alas ! alas ! and they shall call 
the husbandman to mourning, and such as are z skilful of 
lamentation to wailing. 

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing : for I will a pass 
through thee, saith the Lord. 

» 18 Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! b to 
what end is it for you ! the day of the Lord is darkness, 
and not light. 

* 1 9 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; 
or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, 
and c a serpent bite him. 

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be d darkness, and not 
light 1 eveii very dark and no brightness in it ! 

'21 % e I hate, I despise your feast-days, and I will not 
smell in your solemn assemblies. 

22 Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat- 
offerings, I will f not accept them ; neither will I regard 
the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 

23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs ; 
for I will not hear the g melody of thy viols. 

d 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteous- 
ness h as a mighty stream. 

25 Have ye offered £ unto me sacrifices and offerings 
in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel ! 

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your k Moloch 
and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye 
made to yourselves. 

»■ 27 Therefore, will I cause you to go into captivity 'be 

yond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God 

of hosts. 

CHAPTER VI. 

The wantonness of Israel, 1, shall be. plagued with desolation, 7, and their 
incorrigibleness, 12. 

WO to them that are a at ease in Zion, and trust in the 
mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the 
nations, to whom the house of Israel came ! 
g 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and b see ; and from thence go 
ye to Hamath the great : then go down to Gath of the 
Philistines : be they c better than these kingdoms ! or their 
border greater than your border ! 

c 3 Ye that d put far away the evil day, and cause the 
seat of violence to come near ; 

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and e stretch themselves 
upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, 
and the calves out of the midst of the stall ; 

5 That chant to the f sound of the viol, and invent to 
themselves instruments of music, like David 

c 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with 
the chief ointments : but they are s not grieved for the 
affliction of Joseph. 

w 7 T[ Therefore, now shall they go captive with the h first 
that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched 
themselves shall be removed. 

* 8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord 
the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and 
hate his palaces : therefore will I deliver up the city with 
all that is therein. 

9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ' ten men 
in one bouse, that they k shall die. 



AMOS 




Israel's rejection signified 
shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house 
there yet any with thee! and he shall 
shall he say, Hold thy tongue : for 
mention of the name of the Lord. 

11 For behold, the Lord D commandeth, and he will 
smite the great house with breaches, and the little house 



Is 

say, No. Then 
we may not make 



Jer - a £iwith clefts 



| * 12 51 Shall horses °run upon'the rock ! will one plough 
there with oxen ! for ye have turned judgment into gall, 



a Ex. 12. 12. 
Nah. 1. 10. 
I) Job 38. 2, 
1 Pet. 4. 18, 

jer. a 48.44.'jand the fruit of righteousness into p hemlock . 
Hah. I/I: i ' c !3 Ye which rejoice in a thing of i nought, which say, 
i S a!'i 21 if 7 ' Have we not taken t0 us horns b v r our own strength ! 
fisa.|6.3. e 14 But behold, s I will raise up" against you a nation, O 
6oi. a is! house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they 
!m b ft'n:, sha11 afflic t you from the entering in of Hamath unto the 
Ezefc.24.i3, river of the wilderness. 

16. 

k--iKg.23.10. 
Acts 7. 42, 



Luke 12. 17, 
19. 

h Jer. 2. 10, 
Nah. 3. 8. 
c Nu. 14. 7. 
dMt.24.48. 
Rev. 18. 7. 
e Rom. 13. 
13, 14. 
f Eccl. 2. 8. 
Isa. 5. 12. 
chap. 5. 23. 

Gn. 37.23. 
&42. 21. 

r. 4. 6. & 
30.7. 
Ro. 12. 15. 
h 2 Kg. 24. 

12. #-.25. 18. 
i 2 Kings 

13. 2, 3, 4. 
Zech. 8. 23. 
It ch. 5. 19. 
HSa.31.12. 



B. Christ 
787. 



CHAPTER VII. 

1 2 C Kg.'i7.6. The judgments of the grasshoppers, 1, and of the fire, are diverted by the 
a Pr. 1. 3'. j prayer oj Jimos, 4. By a wall and a plumb-line is signified the rejec- 
tion of Israel, 7. Amaziah complaineth of Amos, 10. Amos sheiveth 
his culling, 14, and Amaziah's judgment, 16. 

THUS hath the Lord God shewed unto me ; and be- 
hold, he formed a grasshoppers in the beginning of 
the shooting up of the latter growth ; and lo, it was the 
latter growth after the king's mowings. 

2 And it came to pass, that when they had made b an 
end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, c O Lord 
God, forgive, 1 beseech thee : by whom shall Jacob arise! 
for he is d small. 

#3 The Lord e - repented for this: It shall not be, saith 
the Lord. 

4 1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me : and 
behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it de- 
voured the f great deep, and did eat up a part. 
d 5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: s by 
whom shall Jacob arise ! for he is small. 

6 The Lord repented for this : This also shall not be, 
saith the Lord God. 

«H Thus he shewed me : and behold, the Lord stood 
upon a wall made by a plumb-line, h with a plumb-line in 
his hand. 

8 And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou! 
and I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I 
will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel : I 
will ' not again pass by them any more : 
r 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and 
the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste ; and I will 
rise against the k house of Jeroboam with the sword. 

10 ^f Then Amaziah the ' priest of Beth-el sent to Jero- 
boam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath m conspired against 
thee in the midst of the house of Israel : the land is not 
able n to bear all his words. 

1 1 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall ° die by the 
sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of 
their own land. 

12 Also, Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go 
p flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat 
bread, and prophesy there : 

c 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el : for it 
is the (1 king's chapel, and it 'is the king's court. 
/ 14 1 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was 
r no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ; hut I was B a 
herdman, and a gatherer of ' sycamore fruit : 

15 And the Lord took me " as I followed the flock, and 
the Lord said unto me, x Go, prophesy unto my people 
Israel. 

«> 16 H Now, therefore, hear y thou the word of the Lord : 
Thou sayest, z Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not 



m ch. 5. 13 
Zeph. 1; 7. 
n ch. 3. 7. 
Nah. 1. 14. 
o Isa. 55. 11. 
Zcch. 1. 6. 
p Hos. 10. 4 
q Pr. 23. 5. 
r Dan. 4.30 
s Isa. 5. 5. 
Jer. 5. 16. 
a Joel 1. 4. 
Nah. 3. 15. 
b 1 Sa. 3.12 
Rev. 9. 4. 
cEx. 32. 11, 
Jam. 5. 18. 
d Dt. 32. 36. 
Psa. 12. 1. 
e Jam. 5. 18. 
f2Kgs. 15, 
16. & 16. 9, 
gPs.102.17. 
Jer. 11. 9. 
li2Kg.21.13, 
chap. 8. 2. 
i2Kg.21.I3. 
Isa. 34. 11. 
k2Kg.15.10. 
11 Kg. 12.32. 
Jer. 20.2,3. 
mEzra4.15. 
Luke 23. 2. 
n Esth.3.8. 
Acts 17. 16. 
o2Kg.15.10. 
Psa. 56. 5. 
verse 9. 
p Luke 12. 
31. 

qlKg.12.29. 
rlSa.m.5. 
si Co. 1.21. 
tl Tim. 6. 
6,8. 

u chap. 1,1. 
x Gal. 1.1. 
y Mt. 14. 4 



o 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that lmc'a.1'. thy word against the house of Isaac 
'burnetii him ■ 



to bring out the bones out of the house, and 



a Jer. 28. 12. | 
Lam. 4. 11. 



17 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; 

510 



Thy wife shall be 



Oppression of the poor reproved. OBADIAH. 

a harlot in the city, and thy soils and thy daughters shall B -i^ ri5t last of them with the sword 
fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; 
and b thou shaft die in a polluted land : and Israel shall 
surely go into captivity forth of his land. 
CHAPTER VIII. 

By a basket of summer fruit is shelved the propinquity of Israel's end, 

1 Oppression is reproved, 4. A famine of the word threatened, 11. 

THUS hath the Lord God shewed unto me : and be- 
hold a a basket of summer fruit. 

2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou 1 And I said, A 
basket b of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, 
c The end is come upon my people of Israel ; I will not 
again pass by them any more. 

w 3 And the d songs of the temple shall be howlings in that 
day, saith the Lord God : there shall be e many dead bodies 
in every place ; they shall cast them forth with silence. 

? 4 1f Hear this, O ye that f swallow up the needy, even 
to make the poor of the land to fail, 

c 5 Saying, When will the s new-moon be gone, that we 
may sell corn 1 and the sabbath, that we may set forth 
wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and 
falsifying the balances by deceit 1 

6 That we may h buy the poor for silver, and the needy 
for a pair of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat 1 

* 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, 
Surely I will never forget any of their works. 

8 Shall not the ' laud tremble for this, and every one 
mourn that dwelleth therein 1 and it shall rise up wholly 
as k a flood : and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by 
the flood of Egypt. 



b2Kgs. 15. 

29. & 17. 6. 

a Jer.5. 27., 

bRv.14.20.1 *> 2 

& 19. 15. 

c Jer. 5. 11. 

Ezek.7.6,7. 

Rev. 10. 6. 

d ch. 5. 23. 

e Ps. 79. 2. 

fPs. 14.4. 

Jam. 5. 6. 

g 2 Kg. 4.23. 

I'salm 2. 3. 

Isa. 58.3,13. 

Mai. 1. 13. 

hLv.25.39. 

Neh..5. 1,5. 

chap. 2. 5, 

i Psa. 60. 2. 

Jer. 9. 12. 

Hos. 4. 1,2. 

kEzek.29.3. 

1 Ps. 37. 13. 

1 Th. 5. 3. 

m Mic. 3 6. 

n Jam. 5. 5. 

o Ezek. 27. 

30,31. 

p verse 5. 

q Dan. 12. 4. 

r Isa. 5. 5, 6. 

s Pr. 11. 22. 

tIKg.12.29. 

uPr. 29. 1. 

Rev. 18. 21. 

a 1 Kings 

13. 1, 2. 

Ezek. 9. 1. 



The tabernacle is restored. 

he that fleeth of them shall 
not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be 




W i1| & 8. 8. 

VVI1, |i2Co.l2.2. 

the endlkGen. 2.i. 

1 1 Jer. 3. 13. 
m verse 4. 



I 



£ 9 And it shall come to pass ' in that day, saith the Lordi e p s . w.i 
God, that I will cause the sun to go down m at noon, andjf D 9 t ^; 63 
I will darken the earth in the clear day : ife^'e ' 

10 And I will turn your feasts n into mourning, and all j& 44.11.' 
your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth^^e 22 ' 
upon all loins, and baldness upon every head ; and 
make it as the mourning of an only son, and 
thereof as a ° bitter day. 
'« 11 If Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that l. n 6 Act915 - 
will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor ij^'il 2, 
a thirst for water, p but of hearing the words of the Lord : 

12 And they shall q wander from sea to sea, and from 
the north even to the east ; they shall run to and fro to 
seek the word of the Lord, and shall r not find it. 

13 In that day shall the 'fair virgins and young men 
faint for thirst. 

» 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy 
god, 'O Dan, liveth ; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liv- 
eth ; even they u shall fall, and never rise up again. 

CHAPTER IX. 
The certainty of the desolation, 1. The restoring of the tabernacle of 

David, 11. 

I SAW the Lord standing upon the a altar : and he said, 
Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: 
and cut them in the head all of them ; and I will slay the 



Mt. 3. 12. 
p Isa. 33.14. 
q chap. 6. 3. 
r Hos. 3. 5. 
s Acts 15. 
16. 

tlsa.19.25. 
Obadiah 
verse 19. 
Rom. 9. 25. 
u Ezek. 30. 
35. 

Hos. 2.20. 
Joe! 3. 18. 
Zech.14.10. 
John 4. 35. 
t Isa. G1.3, 
11. & 65.21. 
Jer. 3. 12. 
Rzek. 37.16. 
Hos. 1. 11. 
Bo. 11.26. 
y Isa. 30. 29. 
& 35. 10 St. 
60. 21. 
Joel 3. 20. 



delivered. 

Though they c dig into hell, thence shall my hand 
take them ; though they climb up to heaven, thence will 
I bring them down : 

3 And though they d hide themselves in the top of Car- 
mel, I will search and take them out thence ; and though 
they be hid e from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence 
will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them : 

4 And though they go into captivity before their ene- 
mies, thence will I f command the sword, and it shall slay 
them : and I will set mine eyes upon them g for evil, and 
not for good. 

i 5 And the Lord God of hosts is he that h toucheth the 
land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall 
mourn : and it shall rise up wholly like a flood ; and shah 
be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 

t 6 It is he that buildeth his ' stories in the heaven, and 
hath founded his k troop in the earth ; he that calleth for 
the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face 
of the earth : The Lord is his name. 

g 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians 'unto me, O 
children of Israel 1 saith the Lord. Have not I brought 
up Israel out of the land of Egypt 1 and the Philistines 
from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir 1 

w 8 Behold, m the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sin- 
ful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the 
earth ; saving that I will n not utterly destroy the house 
Of Jacob, saith the Lord. 

9 For lo, I will command, and I will ° sift the house of 
Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, 
yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 

w 10 All the p sinners of my people shall die by the sword, 
which say, The evil shall q not overtake nor prevent us. 

* 1 1 If r In that day will I " raise up the tabernacle of 
David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; 
and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the 
days of old : 

12 That they may 'possess the remnant of Edom, and 
of all the heathen which are called by my name, saith the 
Lord that doeth this. 

* 13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the 
"ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the (reader of 
grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall 
drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 

6 1.4 And I will "bring again the captivity of my people 
of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit 
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine 
thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit 
of them. 

15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall 
y no more be pulled up out of their land which I have 
given them, saith the Lord thy God. 



f OBADIAH. 



Tfie destruction of Edom, 1, for their pride, 3, and for theit wrong unto 
Jacob, 10. The salvation and victory of Jacob, 17. 

THE visJMttof Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God con- 
cernin^^dom ; a We have heard a rumour from the 
Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, 
" Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 

2 Behold, I have made thee ''small among the heathen : 
thou art greatly despised. 

~~ 3 ^f The pride of thy heart hath a deceived thee, thou 
that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is 
high ; that ° saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down 
to the ground 1 



B. Christ 
cir. 587. 



a Jer. 49.14, 

Ezok.25.12, 
Mai. 1. 3. 
1> lSa.5.9. 
c Dan.2.35, 
dJor. 49.16. 
Hob. 3. 13. 
o Rv. 18.7. 



It. Cliriit 

cir. 5K7. 



flua. 14. 13. 
tc Jer. 49. '.). 
hilt,. 24. 31. 
a Or, pos- 
t.rrtti/, 
I'.. 137.9. 
i I'-. 55. 13. 
U Jer. 38.92 



i w 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though 
thou set thy f nest among the stars, thence will I bring 
thee down, saith the Lord. 

i 5 g If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how 
art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had 
enough? if the grape-gatherers came to thee, would they 
h not leave some grapes » 

6 How are the "things of Esau searched out ! how are 
his hidden things sought up ! 

c 7 All the men of thy ' confederacy have brought thee 
even to the border : the men that were at peace with thee 
have k deceived thee, and prevailed against thee ; they 

541 



B. Christ 
cir. 587. 



1 Job 5. 12. 
m 1 Sam. 
28. 20. 
Psa. 76. 6. 
n Ps. 137. 7. 
Jer. 51. 35. 
Am. 1 . 11. 
o Mai. 1. 4. 



Mt. 27. 39. 
s Job 31. 29. 
t Pa. 137. 7. 
Zech. 12. 2. 



Jonah commanded to go to Nineveh. JONAH 

that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee : there is 
none understanding in him, 

e 8 Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy 
1 the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the 
mouth of Esau 1 

9 And thy m mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, 
to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cuij^fy 
off by slaughter. jjVifV* 

w 10 % For thxj "violence against thy brother Jacob, >ah.3.io. 
shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off ° for jBckhVI 
ever. 

11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, 
in the day that the p strangers carried away captive 
his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and 
q cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou toast as one of 
them. 

p 12 But thou shouldest not have "looked on the day of 
thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither 
shouldest thou have 'rejoiced over the children of Judah 
in the day of their destruction ; neither shouldest thou have 
spoken proudly in the day of distress. 

13 Thou shouldest 'not have entered into the gate of 
my people in the day of their calamity ; yea, thou shouldest 
not hive looked on their affliction in the day of their ca- 
lamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day 
of their calamity ; 

14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the cross-way, 
to cut off those of his that did escape ; neither shouldest 



B. Christ 
cii. 587. 



ulsa.63.!,2. 
x Jam. 2.13. 
y Jer. 25.15. 
zlPt.4.17. 

5 Isa. 14. 2. 
Joel 3. 19. 
Am. 9. 12. 
Zech. 10.11. 
b Dt. 14. 24. 
Isa. 10. 17. 

6 39. 6. 
Joel 3. 19. 
Hsb. 12. 29. 
c Isa. 29.23. 
.ier. 33. 13. 
?.Hcah7.11. 
Ko. 1 1. 25. 
d Jer. 17.26. 
*-. 32. 44. 

o Joel 3. 11. 
Rev. 14: 1. 
f Ps. 72. 8. 
Dan. 7. 14. 
2 Tim. 4. 1. 



He is thrown into the sea. 

thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the 
day of distress. 

«> 1 5 For the a day of the Lord is near upon all the 
heathen : x as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee : 
thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 

16 For as, y ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so 
shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall 
drink, and they shall z swallow down, and they shall be as 
though they had not been. 

h 17 ^ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and 
there shall be holiness ; and the house of Jacob a shall pos- 
sess their possessions. 

w 18 And the b house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the 
house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stub- 
ble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them ; and 
there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau ; 
for the Lord hath spoken it. 

19 And they of the south shall possess the c mount of 
Esau ; and they of the plain the Philistines : and they shall 
possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria : 
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 

g 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel 
shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; 
and the captivity of Jerusalem, d which is in Sepharad, shall 
possess the cities of the south. 

^ 21 And e saviours shall come up on mount Zion to 
judge the mount of Esau ; and f the kingdom shall be the 
Lord's. 



it 



CHAPTER I. 

Jonah sent toNineveh,jleeth to Tarshish, 1 : He is bewrayed by a tempest, 
4, thrown into the sea, 11, and swallowed by afish, 17. 

OW the word of the Lord came a unto Jonah the son 
of Amittai, saying, 
2 Arise, go to Nineveh, b that great city, and cry against 
for their wickedness is come up c before me. 
« 3 But Jonah rose up d to flee unto Tarshish e from the 
presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and he 
found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare there- 
of, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish 
from the presence of the Lord. 

/ 4 ^f But tire Lord f sent out a great wind into the sea, 
and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the 
ship was like to be broken. 

c 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man 
s unto his god, and h cast forth the wares that were in the 
ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was 
gone down into the sides of the ship ; and he lay, and was 
1 fast asleep. 

^6 So the ship-master came to him, and said unto him 
'* What meanest thou, O sleeper 1 arise, ] call upon thy 
God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish 
not. 

/ 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let 
us m cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil 
is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot n fell upon Jonah. 
8 Then said they unto him, °Tell us, we pray thee, for 
whose cause this evil is upon us ; What is v thine occupa- 
tion 1 and whence comest thou'] what is thy country? and 

of what people art thou 1 

c 9 And he said unto them, I ^am a Hebrew ; and r I fear 

the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea 

and the dry land. 

10 Then were the men exceedingly s afraid, and said 

unto him, Why hast Hhou done tins'? For the men knew 

that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had 

told them. 



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cir. 862. 



a2Kg.14.25. 
Mt." 12. 40. 
b Ps. 127. 2. 
Zcph.2. 15. 
cGn. 18.20. 
Jam. 5. 4. 
d Neb. 6. 11. 
Jam. 5, 17. 
e Gn. 16. 8. 
Philemon 
verse 15. 
f Pr. 10. 9. 
Am. 4. 13. 
g Ro. 1. 10. 
h Acts 27. 
18. 

i Jgs. 16. 19. 
Ps. 51, title. 
kRo.13. II. 
1 Ps. 66. 18. 
m 1 Sam. 
14.41. 
nPs.94. 15. 
o Jos. 7. 19. 
pEpb.4.28. 
qRo.3.1,2. 
r Acts 27. 
23. 

slPt.4.17. 
t Gn. 39. 9. 



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cir. 862. 



u 1 Sa. 6. 2. 
2 Sa. 24. 12. 
x John 11. 
50. 

yEccl.9.18. 
Acts 27. 24. 
?. 1 Cor. 9. 
22. & 13. 7. 
aPr.21.30. 
bPs. 115.3. 
c Ro. 3. 13. 
d Ps. 89. 9. 
Esth. 7. 10. 
e verse 10. 
Acts 5. 11. 
:Gn. 8. 10. 
gGn.22.14. 
hMt. 22.40. 
a Ps. 130. 1. 
& 142. 3. 
b Ps. 65. 2. 
2Clir.33.12. 
c Ps. 32. 4. 
d Ps. 42. 7. 
e Ps. 31. 22. 
f2Chr. 6. 
38. 

g Ps. 69. 1. 
& 102. 3, 4. 
hdn.2a.14, 



/ 11 If Then said they unto him, u What shall we do unto 
thee, that the sea may be calm unto us 1 for the sea 
wrought, and was tempestuous. 

12 And he said unto them, x Take me up, and cast me 
forth into the sea ; so shall the sea be calm unto you : for 
I know that y for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 

13 Nevertheless the men z rowed hard to bring it to the 
land ; but they a could not : for the sea wrought, and was 
tempestuous against them. 

a 14 Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We 
beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish 
for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for 
thou, O Lord, hast done b as it pleased thee. 

m 15 So they took up Jonah, and c cast him forth into the 
sea : and the sea d ceased from her raging. 
/ 16 Then the men e feared the Lord exceedingly, and 
f offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows. 

m 17 *if Now the Lord had g prepared a great fish to swal- 
low up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three 
days and h three nights. 

CHAPTER II. 
The prayer of Jonah, 1 : He is delivered from thefsh, 10. 

Fil HEN Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God a out of the 
djL fish's belly, 

2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the 
Lord, and he b heard me ; out of the belly of hell cried I, 
and thou heardest my voice. 

3 For thou hadst cast c me into the .deep, in the midst of 
the seas; and the floods d compassed me|J|ut: all thy 
billows and thy waves passed over me. 

c 4 Then. 6 1 said, 1 am cast out of thy sight; yet I will 
f look again toward thy holy temple. 

5 The e waters compassed me about, even to the soul : 
the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped 
about my head. . 

6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains ; the 
earth with her bars was about me for ever : h yet hast thou 
brought unmv life from corruption, O Lord my God. 

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Jonah preacheth to the Ninevites. 

* 7 When my soul fainted within 
the Lord : and my prayer came 
holy temple. 

V 8 They that observe lying vanities, k forsake their own 
mercy. 

d 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of 'thanks 
giving ; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is 
of the Lord. 

m 10 % And the Lord m spake unto the fish, and it vomit 
ed out Jonah upon the dry land. 

CHAPTER I'll. 

Upon their repentance, 



B. Christ 
cir. 862. 



Jonah sent again, preacheth to the Ninevites, 1 
5, God repenteth, 10. 

f k ND the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the 

J\ a second time, saying, 

g 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach 
unto it the preaching b that I bid thee. 

d 3 So Jonah arose, and c went unto Nineveh, according 
to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding 
great city of three days' journey. 

w 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's jour- 
ney, and he cried, and said, d Yet forty days, and Nineveh 
shall be overthrown. 

d 5 1[ So the 'people of Nineveh believed God, and pro-'j^gjk* 
claimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of L«*e'i&ia 

b Jer 20 7 

them even to the least of them. 

c 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and f he 
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, andl^rlo.'ik 
covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. I w 1.19. 

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and g published! |a«s 20V 
through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles ° 
saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, 
any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water. ! m ? os 12 6I r 

d * 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, andj02Ja.15.25; 
cry mightily unto God : yea, let them h 
from his evil way, and from the violence 
hands. 

9 



MICAH. Micah sheweth God's wrath. 

d 10 f And God k saw their works, that they turned from 
their evil way ; and God repented of the evil that he had 
said that he would do unto them ; and he did it not. 

CHAPTER IV. 
Jonah repining at God's mercy, 1, is reproved by the type of a gourd 4 

/"OUT it a displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very 
^ angry. 

2 And he b prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, 

asSsJlw'IO Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my 

'• country ] c Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish : for I 

knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to 

anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 

Therefore now, O Lord, d take, I beseech thee, my 

for it is e better for me to die than to live. 




67,71. 

Isa. 28. 29. 

(1 2 Kings 

20. 1, 6. 

Jer. 18. 8. 

e Mt. 11. 31. 

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away from his fierce anger, that we perish notl !& J 4°o b 5. 24 ' 



je^sM: ! S 4 If Then said the Lord, f Doest thou well to be angry? 
foifd S m' 5 So Jonah - e went out of the city, and sat on the east 
2Chr.'2o.3.jside of the city, and there h made him a booth, and satun- 
jo^h n 7 6 'io 2 '^er it in the shadow, till he might see what would become 

chatty the cit y- 

/ 6 And the Lord God ' prepared a gourd, and made it to 
come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his 
head, to deliver him from his k grief. So Jonah was l ex- 
ceeding glad of the gourd. 

-4 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose 
the next day, and it m smote the gourd that it withered. 

/ 8 And it came to pass, when the n sun did arise, that 
God prepared a vehement east wind ; and the sun beat 
upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and ° wished in 
himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. 

u 9 And God said to Jonah, p Doest thou well to be angry 
for the gourd 1 And he said, q I do well to be angry, even 
unto death. 

10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast r had pity on the 
gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest 
it grow ; which came up in a night, and perished in a night : 

s 11 And should not I 3 spare Nineveh, that ' great city, 
wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that 
cannot discern between their u right hand and their left 
hand, and also much cattle 1 



1 Pet. 3. 7. 
cMt. 20.15. 
d 2 Kg. 19.4. 



134. 
ich. 1. 



CHAPTER I. 

Micah sheweth the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry, 1 : He ex- 
horteth to mourning, 10. 

THE word of the Lord that came to a Micah the 
b Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Heze- 
kiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria 
and Jerusalem. 

•E 2 Hear, c all ye people ; hearken, O earth, and all that 
therein is : and let the Lord God d be witness against you, 
the Lord from his holy temple. 

3 For behold, the Lord c cometh forth out of his place, 
and will come down, and f tread upon the high places of 
the earth. 

4 And the s mountains shall be molten under him, and 
the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as 
the waters that are poured down a steep place. 

g 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the 
sins of the house of Israel. h What is the transgression 
of Jacob 1 is it not ' Samaria 1 and what are the high places 
of Judah 1 are they not k Jerusalem 1 
<» 6 Therefore, I will make Samaria as ' a heap of the 
field, and as plantings of a vineyard : and I will pour down 
the stones thereof into the valley, and I will '" discover the 
foundations thereof. 

7 And all the n graven images thereof shall be beaten 
!o pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with 
the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate : for 
H9 s T 



11 MICAH. 

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cir. 750. 



a 2 Chron. 
3G. 15. 
Jer. 26. 18. 
b Jos. 15.44. 
cDt. 32. 1. 
Psa. 50. 1. 
d Ps. 50. 7. 
c Isa. 26.21. 
flsa. 63.3. 
Rev. 14. 19.1 
gNa. 1.4,5. 
Hab. 3. 6. 
li Ma). 2.17. 
ilKg.12.29. 
k 2 Chron. 
28. 21. 
12Kg.I7.5. 
chap. 3. 12. 
in Kzck. 13. 
14. 

n Isa. 27. 9. 
Rev. 9. 20. 



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cir. 750. 



Rv. 18. 10. 
p Isa. 22. 4. 
n2Kg.18.I3. 
Isa. 8.7, 8. 
r2Sa. 1.20. 
s Jer. 6. 29. 
t Isa. 20. 4. 
u Isa. 47. 3. 

1 Am. 3. 7. 
y2K 6 .U19. 
zRi-v. 17.2. 
&. 19. 20. 
a2Kg.23.35. 
!>2Kr. 14.19. 
o3 Kings 
17. 4. &. 18. 
14. &. 23. 4. 
d Isa. 3. 24. 
Jer. 16. fi. 

e Dam. 4- » 



turn to the hire of a harlot. 

8 Therefore, I will p wail and howl ; I will go stripped 
and naked : I will make a wailing like the dragons, and 
mourning as the owls. 

9 For her wound is incurable ; for q it is come unto Ju- 
dah ; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Je- 
rusalem. 

s 10 1" r Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all : in 
the house of Aphrah 9 roll thyself in the dust. 

1 1 ' Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having u thy 
shame naked : the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in 
the mourning of Beth-ezel ; he shall receive of you his 
standing 



t 12 
good 



For the inhabitant of Marolh waited carefully for 

: but evil came down x from the Lord unto the gate 

of Jerusalem. . ' 

a 13 O thou inhabitant of » Lachish, bind the chariot to 

the swift beast : she is the ■ beginning of the sin to the 

daughter of Zion : for the transgressions of Israel were 

found in thee. . .„ . .. 

14 Therefore shall thou a givo presents to Moresheth- 
gath : the houses of Achzib shall be b a lie to the kings of 

Israel 

15 Yet will I bring c an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of 
Mareshah : he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. 

o 16 '' Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy e delicate- 

513 



a Est. 3. 8,9. 
Rom. 1. 30. 
bNoh. 5.1,2. 
Prov. 3. 27. 
c 1 Kg.21.2. 
Isa. 5. 8. 
d Ps. 18. 26. 
verse 1. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
ePs.50.21. 
fEzek. 7.5. 
Am. 5. 13. 
(T2K 0, 17 24 

so they oppress a man hj e r.' 2.11! 
and his house, even a man and his heritage. &7 m i^"i3. 

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, against this 

not re- 



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cir. 730. 



The cruelty of the princes, MICAK 

children ; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle ; for they are 
gone into captivity from thee. 

CHAPTER II. . ; 

Against oppression, 1. A lamentation, 4. A reproof of injustice and 
idolatry, 7. A promise of restoring Jacob, 12. 

WO to them that a devise iniquity, and work evil upon 
their beds,! when the morning is light, they prac 
tise it, because it is in the b power of their hand. 
v 2 And they c covet fields, and take them by violence 
and houses, and take them away 



The glory of the church. 



family do I d devise an evil, from which ye shall 

move your necks ; neither shall ye go haughtily : for this 

time is f evil. 
r 4 If g In that day shall one take up a parable against 

you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We 

be utterly spoiled : he hath h changed the portion of my 

people : how hath he removed it from me ! turning away 

he hath divided our fields. 

5 Therefore, thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord 

by lot in the congregation of the Lord. 
j, 6 * Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy 

they shall k not prophesy to them, that they shall not take 

shame. 
* 7 If O thou that art\ named The house of Jacob, is the 

Spirit of the Lord m straitened 1 are these his doings 1 do 

not my words do " good to him that walketh uprightly 1 
c 8 Even of late my people is ° risen up as an enemy : 

ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass 

by securely as men averse from war. 

9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their 

pleasant houses ; from their children have ye taken away 

my glory for ever. 

•#*10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your p rest : be- 
cause it is q polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore 
destruction. 

11 If a man T walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, 
saying, I will prophesy unto thee of s wine and of strong 
drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people 
s 12 % I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee ; I will 
surely * gather the remnant of Israel ; I will put them to 
gether as the sheep of u Bozrah, as the flock in the midst 
of their fold : they shall make great noise by reason of the 
multitude of men. 

13 The * breaker is come up before them : they have 
broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are 

.gone out by it ; and y their king shall pass before them, 
and the Lord on the head of them. 
CHAPTER III. 

The cruelty of the princes, 1. The falsehood of the prophets, 5. The se- 
curity of them both, 8. 

AND I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and 
ye princes of the house of Israel : Is it not a for you 
to know judgment 1 

V 2 Who b hate the good, and love the evil ; who c pluck 
off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their 
bones ; 

•" 3 Who also a eat the flesh of my people, and flay their 
skin from off them ; and they break their bones, and chop 
them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the cal- 
dron. 

4 4 Then shall they e cry unto the Lord, but he will not 
hear them : he will even hide his face from them at that 
time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. 

p 5 % Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that 
make my people err, that f bite with their teeth, and cry, 
Peace ; and he that e putteth not into their mouths, thev 
oven prepare war against him : 

r 6 Therefore. h night shall be unto you, that ye shall not 



klsa. 8. 16. 
Matt. 7. 6. 
1 John 8. 40. 
Rom. 2. 17. 
m2Pt.l.2l. 
n lea. 39. 8. 
o Isa. 9. 21. 
p Hob. 4. 5. 
q Jer. 3. 2. 
r Ezek. 13.3. 
s verse 6. 
chap. 3. 5. 
tHos. 1.11. 
u Isa. 63. 1. 
x Dan. 2. 34 
35. 

y Ezek. 38. 
18,23. 
Hosea 3. 5. 
a 2 Chron 
19. 10. 
Jer. 5. 4, 5. 
b Ps. 15. 4. 
Rom. 12. 9 
c Am. 5. 12 
d Ps. 14. 4. 
Hab. 2. 12. 
e Pr. 1. 28. 
Isa. 11. 5. 
f Acts 20. 
29, 30. 
g Isa. 56.11. 
Ezek. 13.18. 
h Isa. 29. 7, 
Ezek.12.22 
& 13.3,6,7. 



B. Christ 

710. 

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1 Job 32. 18 
Isa. 50. 4. 
m Ezek. 22. 
27. 

Hab. 2. 12, 
Zeph.3. 3. 
n Titus 1. 
11. 
Jude 

erse 11. 

Jer. 7. 6, 
9, 10. 

pPs. 107.34. 
Jer. 20. 18. 
Matt. 24. 3. 
a Isa. 2.2,5. 
Dan. 2. 35. 
bPs. 110.3. 
Isa. 60. 8, 
c Dan. 7. 14. 
Rev. 11. 15. 
d Luke 24. 
51. 

Acts 1. 8. 
e Isa. 9. 6. 

1 Tim. 6. 15 
f Rv. 19. 19 
& 20. 2. 

Ps. 72. 7. 
h Jer. 1.5. 
i Zech. 10. 
12. 
klsa. 35. 3. 

1 Jer. 3. 18. 
Ezek. 37. 
21 22. 
mis. 33. 16. 
n Isa. 9. 6. 
o 1 Sa. 30. 6. 
Ps. 119. 94. 
p La. 4. 20. 
Hosea 3. 4. 
q John 16. 
15. 

2 Cor. 4. 17. 
r Isa. 66. 9. 
s Hos. 10. 3. 
t Hos. 3. 3. 
u Rev. 18. 7. 
xDt.32.36, 
yEzek.32.2. 
Dan. 12. 1. 
Zech. 14. 1, 
z Isa. 55. 8. 
Ro. 11. 33. 
a Joel 2. 12. 



have a vision ; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall 
not divine ; and the sun shall go clown over the prophets, 
and the day shall be dark over them. 

7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners 
confounded: yea, they shall all cover their ' lips; for there 
is no k answer of God. 

t 8 ^1 But truly I am 1 full of power by the Spirit of the 
Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Ja- 
cob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 
p 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, 
and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, 
and pervert all equity. 

g 10 They build up Zion m with blood, and Jerusalem with 
iniquity. 

p\\ The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests 

thereof a teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine 

for money : yet will they ° lean upon the Lord, and say, 

Is not the Lord among us 1 none evil can come upon us. 

r 12 Therefore, shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as 

a field, and Jerusalem shall become p heaps, and the 

mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. 

CHAPTER IV. 

The glory, 1, peace, 3, kingdom,, 8, and victory of the church, 11. 

rTTjUT in the last days it shall come to pass, that the 
*M3 a mountain of the house of the Lord shall be esta- 
blished in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted 
above the hills ; and b people shall flow unto it. 

d 2 And c many nations shall come, and say, Come, and 
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the 
house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his 
ways, and we will walk in his paths : for the law shall go 
forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord d from Jerusalem. 
3 ^[ And he shall e judge among many people, and re- 
buke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their 
swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning- 
hooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, 
neither shall f they learn war any more. 

l> 4 But they shall s sit every man under his vine and 
under his fig-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for 
the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. 

d 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of 
h his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord * our 
God for ever and ever. 

6 In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that 
k halteth, and I will gather her that is ' driven out, and her 
that I have afflicted ; 

b 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her 
that was cast far off m a strong nation: and the "Lord shall 
reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for 
ever. # 

8 1[ And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold 
of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the 
first dominion ; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of 
Jerusalem. 

9 Now, why dost thou ° cry out aloud 1 is there p no king 
in thee 1 is thy counsellor perished? for q pangs have taken 
thee as a woman in travail. 

g 10 r Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter 
of Zion, like a woman in travail : for 3 now shalt thou go 
forth out of the city, and thou shalt ' dwell in the field, and 
thou shalt u go even to Babylon ; * there shalt thou be de- 
livered ; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand 
of thine enemies. 

11 % Now also y many nations are gathered against 
thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look 
upon Zion. 

c 12 But they know not the ^thoughts of the Lord. 
neither understand they his counsel : for he shall a gather 
them as the sheaves into the floor. 

514 



B. Christ 
710. 



The birth of Christ, frc. MIC AH 

» 13 Arise and b thresh, O daughter of Zion : for I will 
make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and 
thou shall beat in pieces many people : and I will c conse- 
crate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto 
the Lord of the whole earth. 

CHAPTER V. 
The birth of Christ, 1 : his kingdom, 4 : his conquest, 8. 

NOW a gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops : 
he hath laid siege against us : they shall smite the 
Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 
r *2 But thou, Beth-lehem Epliralah, though thou be 
b little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall j^ 3 ^^ 
c he come forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel ;jiRev.'i3. 7. 
whose goings forth have been from of old, d from ever 



blsa.41.15. 

Dan. 2. 35, 

44. 

i: Zcch. 14. 

20. 

a Ps. 2.1,2. 

bTs. J 13. 7. 

Matt. 2. 6. 

c Mt. 1. 21. 

d John 1. 1. 

eHos.3.3,4. 

flsa. 7. 14. 

g John 10. 

16. 

h John 10. 

28. 



mRv. IS. 1. 
n Psa. 149. 
6,7. 
o2Th.2.8. 



The churctis complaint. 
redeemed thee out of the f house of servants ; and I sent 
before thee g Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 

s 5 O my people, remember now what h Balak king o r 
Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor an- 
swered him from Shittim unto Gilgal ; that ye may know 
the righteousness of the Lord. 

s 6 t l Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and 
bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him 
with k burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old 1 

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or 
with ten thousands of rivers of oil 1 shall I give my first- 
born for my transgression, the ' fruit of mv body for the 
sin of my soul ? 

^8 He hath m shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and 



q Luke 1.71 
r Psa. 72. 6. 

1 Cor. 3. 6. 

2 Cor 2. 15. 
s Ps. 45. 16. 
1 2 Co. 10.4. 

1 John 5. 4. 
Rev. 5. 5. 
u Gen. 49.8. 
Ps. 45. 3, 5. 
xRv. 14.16. 
y Zech. 14. 
15. 

z Pr. 10. 18. 
Ezek.38.11. 
a Is. 1.25.27. 
Gal. 3. 1. 
Rev. 18.23. 
bHos.2.16. 
cPs. 119.7. 
dlsa 26.11. 

2 Th. 1. 8. 
a Ileb. 4. 7. 
b Hosea 4. 
1. &5. 3,4. 
c Job 9. 4, 5. 
>1 Jer. 3. 5. 
e Ps. 51. 4. 
Isa. 5. 3. 



^Therefore, will he e give them up, f until the time|2j^|^ tdo&toeLQ ^ 

!• to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God 1 

9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man 
of wisdom shall see thy name : hear ye the °rod, and who 
hath appointed it. 

E 10 ^f Are there yet the p treasures of wickedness in 
the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is 
abominable ? 

1 1 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, 
and with the bag of deceitful weights 1 
e 12 For the rich men thereof 1 are full of violence, and 
the inhabitants thereof have spoken r lies, and their tongue 
is deceitful in their mouth. 

13 Therefore, also will I make thee s sick in smiting 
thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. 
w 14 Thou shalt l eat, but not be satisfied ; and thy cast- 
ing down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take 
hold, but shalt not deliver ; and that which thou deliverest 
will I give up to the sword. 

15 Thou shalt u sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt 
tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil ; 
and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 
e 16 ^[ For the x statutes of Omri are kept, and all the 
1 works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their coun- 
sels ; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inha- 
bitants thereof a hissing : therefore ye shall bear the re- 
proach of my people. 

CHAPTER VII. 
The church complaining of her small number, 1, and the general corrup- 
tion, 3,putteth her confidence not in man, but in God, 5. She triumpheth 
ovfr her enemies, 8. God comforteth her by promises, 14, by confusion 
of the enemies, 16, and by his mercies, 18. 

~0 is me ! for I am as when they have gathered the 
summer fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vin- 
tage : there is no cluster to eat: my a soul desired the first 
ripe fruit. 

c 2 The b good man is perished out of the earth : and there 
is none upright among men : they all lie in wait for blood ; 
c they hunt every man his brother with a net. 
v 3 *|f That they may do evil with d both hands earnest- 
ly, the c prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward : 
and the great man, he utterelh his mischievous desire : 
so (hey wrap it up. 

4 f The best of them is as a brier : the most upright is 
sharper than a thorn-hedge: the day of thy watchmen and 
thy visitation cometh ; e now shall be their perplexity. 



B. Christ 

710. 



that she which travaileth hath brought forth : then g the 
remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of 
Israel. 

M t And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the 
Lord, in the h majesty of the name of the Lord his God ; 
and they shall abide : for now shall he be ' great unto the 
ends of the earth. 

5 And this man shall be the v peace, when the ' As- 
syrian shall come into our land : and when he shall tread 
in our palaces, then shall we raise against him m seven 
shepherds, and u eight principal men. 

g 6 And they shall ° waste the land of Assyria with the 
sword, and the land of p Nimrod in the entrances there- 
of : thus shall he q deli 1 er us from the Assyrian, when he 
cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our 
borders. 

* 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of 
many people as r a dew from the Lord, as the showers 
upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for 
the sons of men. 

8 ^f And the remnant of Jacob shall be among s the 
Gentiles in the midst of many people l as a lion among the 
beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of 
sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and 
teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 

t 9 ° Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, 
and all thine enemies shall be x cut off*. 
» 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, 
that I will cut off thy ! horses out of the midst of thee, and 
I will destroy thy chariots : 

11 And I will cut off the 7 cities of thy land, and throw 
down all thy strong holds : 

/12 And I will cut off * witchcrafts out of thy hand ; and 
thou shalt have no more sooth-sayers : 

13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy stand- 
ing images out of the midst of thee ; and thou shalt no 
more worship the b work of thy hands. 

14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of 
thee : so will I destroy thy cities. 

w 15 And I will ° execute vengeance in anger and fury 
upon the heathen, such as they have not d heard. 

CHAPTER VI. 

God's controversy for unkindness, 1, for ignorance, 6, for injustice, 10, 

and for idolatry, 16. 

HEAR a yc now what the Lord saith ; Arise, contend 
thou before the mountains, and lot the hills hear thy 
voice. 

2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's b controversy, 
and ye c strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord 
hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with 
Israel. 

3 O my people, *" what have I done unto thee ? and 
wherein have I wearied thee 1 ° testify against me. 

g 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and 



f Dt.4. 20. 
g Ps. 103. 7. 
h Num. 22, 
23, 24, 25, 
chapters. 
■ John 6.28. 
k Tsa. 1. 13. 
[2Kg.23.10. 
Jor. 7. 13. & 
19.5,6. 
m lit. 10. 12. 
Eccl. 12.13. 
nGn. 18.19. 
Matt. 7. 12. 
2 Cor. 7. 11. 
Col. 3. 12. 
o Isa. 10. 5. 
La. 3.7,35. 
p IV. II. 1. 
Jer. 5. 27. 
Hos. 12. 8. 
Amos 8. 5. 
q2Tm.3.13. 
r Jer. 9. 3. 
s Lv.2«. 16. 
Ps. 107. 17, 
IX. 

Isa. 1. 5. 
t Lv.26.20. 
Isa. 62.9. 

U lll.2H.3S. 

Zenh. 1.13. 

x 1 Kin^s 
16. 16,25. 
Ilos. 5. 11. 
vl.uko7.30. 
a Isa. 28. 4. 
lies. 9. 10. 
ii Psa. 12. i. 

Isa. 57. 1. 
nlOzek.19.3. 
>1 Jer. 3. 5. 
ellnp. 4 18. 
fEzek.2.6. 
2Tm. 3 '-'.">. 
g Hos. 10.3. 
Ii Jer. 9. 4. 
Ml. 10. 16. 
i Mi. 10.35. 
2Tm.3 3,4. 
k Pro. 73. 



V 5 IP Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence m 
a guide : keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth 
in thv bosom. 

G For the son ' dishonoured the father, the daughter 
riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against 
her mother-in-law ; a man's enemies are the men of his 
own house. 

i 7 Therefore I will k look unto the Lord ; I will wait for 
the God of my salvation ; my God will hear me. 

A 8 If Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : when I 

515 



NAHUM 

sit in darkness, the Lord 



The majesty of God. 

1 fall, I shall m arise ; when I 
shall be a light unto me. 

d 9 I will bear the n indignation of the Lord, because I 
have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and 
execute judgment for me : he will bring me forth to the 
light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 

10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and 
shame shall cover her which said unto me, ° Where is the 
Lord thy God ? p mine eyes shall behold her : now shall 
she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 

r 11 In the day that thy q walls are to be built, in that 
day shall r the decree be far removed. 

12 In that day also a he shall come even to thee from 
Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from 3 the fort- 
ress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from 
mountain to mountain. 

13 Notwithstanding, the land shall be 'desolate because 
of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. 

s 14 % Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy 
u heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst 



B. Christ 
710. 



1 Pr.24. J6. 
mPs. 37.24. 
Rev. 18.21. 
n Ps. 39. 9. 
Lam. 1. 18. 
o Ps. 79. 10. 
& 1 15. 2. 
p Pa. 58. 10. 
Mai. 1. 5. 
qAm.9. 11. 
r Psa. 2. 7. 
chap. 4. 1. 
a Or, it, 
verse 11. 
s Ps. 72. 8. 
t Dan. 9.26. 
chap. 3. 12. 
uZech.11.7. 
John 10. 3. 



x Rev. 16. 1, 
2 3. 

y'lsa.26.11. 
7lsa.ll.14. 
& 24. 2. 
a Ps. 72. 9. 
b Ex. 3. 4, 6. 
& 15. 11. 
Neh. 9. 31. 
c Ps. 33. 5. 
dPs. 103.11. 
e Luke 1.70. 



The armies of God against Nineveh. 

of Carmel : let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the 
days of old. 

g 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land 
of Egypt will I shew unto him x marvellous things. 

16 f The nations shall * see and be confounded at all 
their might; they shall z lay their hand upon their mouth, 
their ears shall be deaf. 

17 They shall a lick the dust like a serpent, they shall 
move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall 
be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee. 

t 18 Who is a God Mike unto thee,that pardoneth iniquity, 
and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his 
heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he 
c delighteth in mercy. 

b 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon 
us ; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou wilt d cast all 
their sins into the depths of the sea. 

20 Thou wilt perform the e truth to Jacob, and the mer- 
cy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers 
from the days of old. 



H 

CHAPTER I. 
The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his 



THE burden of a Nineveh. 
Nahum the Elkoshite. 



The book of the vision of 
s JL Nahu 

t 2 God is b jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord 
revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance 
on his adversaries, and he resevveth wrath for his enemies 

t 3 The Lord is c slow to anger, and great in power, and 
will not at all acquit the wicked : the Lord hath his way 
in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the 
dust of his feet 

g 4 He d rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth 
up all the rivers : Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and 
the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 

* 5 The e mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and 
the earth is burned at his presence, yea, f the world, and 
all that dwell therein. 

6 e Who can stand before his indignation ? and who can 
abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is h poured out 
like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 

* 7 The Lord is * good, a strong hold in the day of trouble ; 
and he k knoweth them that trust in him. 

t 8 'But, with an overrunning flood he will make an utter 
end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his 
enemies. 

9 What do ye m imagine against the Lord? he will make 
an utter end : affliction shall not rise up the second time. 

» 10 For while they be n folden together as thorns, and 
while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devour- 
ed as stubble fully dry. 

11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil 
against the Lord, a ° wicked counsellor. 

12 Thus saith the Lord; Though they be p quiet, and 
likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he 
shall pass through. Though I have q afflicted thee, I will 
afflict thee r no more. 

r 13 For now will I s break his yoke from off thee, and 
will burst thy bonds in sunder. 

14 And the Lord hath 'given a commandment con- 
cerning thee, that no more of thy "name be sown : out of 
the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and 
the molten image : I will make thy grave .; for thou art 

<*.15 Behold upon the * mountains the feet of him that 
hnngeth * good tidings, that publisheth peace ! O Judah, 



B. Christ 
713. 



aJonah310, 
Zeph. 2. 13, 
b Ex. 20. 5. 
Rev. 15. 7. 
c Job 9. 4. 
2 Pet. 3. 9. 
d Ex. 14.22 
Matt. 8. 26, 
eZech.14.4 
fGen.7.11, 
2 Pet. 3. 10. 
gPs.90. 11. 
Mai. 3. 2. 
h Rev. 16.1 
i Mt. 19. 17, 
k Ps. 90. 2, 
14. 

2Tim.2.19. 
1 Isa. 3. 11. 
Dan. 2. 35. 
m Psa. 2. 1. 
Isaiah 8. 9. 
n2Sa.23.7. 
Psa. 68. 1. 
o2Kg. 18.35. 
Rev. 13. 16. 
p Rev. 18.7. 
q Dan. 7. 26. 
r Isa. 60. 21, 
Rev. 10. 6. 
s Ezek. 1.4. 
t Isa. 13. 3 
Rev. 18. 6. 
u Pr. 10. 7. 
xRo.10.Io. 
yJer.50.28. 
verse 11 



B. Christ 
713. 



als. 10.8.11. 
-fe 14. 16, 17. 
bJer.51.11. 
Joel 3. 9, II. 
c Jer. 25.29. 
(1 Ps. 80. 13. 
Rev. 18. 22, 
23. 

e Isa. 13. 3. 
& 63. 1. 
f Jer. 50. 15. 
&51. 6. 

Isa. 13. 9. 
h Rev. 14.1. 
& 17. 14. 

Dt. 11. 25. 
Rev. 18. 8. 
kRv. 16.12. 
a Or, the 
queen, 
Rev. 18. 9, 
12, 14. 
1 John 4. 12. 
m Rv. 6. 35. 
nRv. 19.17. 
o Isa. 13. 7. 
plsa. 14.16. 
q Psa. 10. 8. 
Ezek. 19. 2. 
r Isa. 52. 12. 
Rev. 18. 8. 
sJob 20.20. 
Rev. 8. 6. 
t 2 Kgs. 18. 
17,19. 



keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows : for the wicked 
shall no more pass through thee : he is utterly cut off. 
CHAPTER II. 

The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh. 

E that a dashetyi in pieces is come up before thy face t 
b keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins 
strong, fortify thy power mightily. 

i 2 For the Lord hath turned away c the excellency of 
Jacob, as the excellency of Israel : for the d emptiers have 
emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. 

3 The shield of his e mighty men is made red, the valiant 
men are in scarlet : the chariots shall be with flaming 
torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir-trees shall 
be terribly shaken. 

w 4 The f chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall 
justle one against another in the broad ways : they shall 
seem like s torches, they shall run like the lightnings. 

5 He shall recount his h worthies : they shall stumble 
in their walk ; they shall 'make haste to the wall thereof, 
and the defence shall be prepared. 
r 6 The k gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the 
palace shall be dissolved. 

7 And " Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be 
brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice 
of doves, tabering upon their breasts. 
g 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of ' water : yet they 
shall flee away. m Stand, stand, shall they cry ; but none 
shall look back. 

9 Take ye the "spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold : 
for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the 
pleasant furniture. 

10 She is empty, and void, and waste : and the heart 
melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is 
in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 

i 11 p Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feed- 
ing-place of the young lions, where the lion, even the 
old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made 
them afraid ? 

12 The lion did Hear in pieces enough for his whelps, 
and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with 
prey, and his dens with ravin. 

w 13 Behold, I am ""against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, 
and I will s burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword 
shall devour thy young lions : and I will cut off thy prey 
from the earth, and the voice of thy 'messengers shall no 
more be heard. 

516 



HABAKKUK. 



The judgment upon them. 



W 



cir^'ia her y° u "g children also were * dashed in pieces at the top 



The fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans. 

CHAPTER III. 

The miserable, ruin of Nineveh. aRev. n.e.of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable 

O to the a bloody city ! it is all b full of lies and rob- ^^j men, and all her great men were ° bound in chains, 
bery; the prey departeth not ; tS'^lai ** Thou also shalt be x drunken : thou shalt be *hid, 

2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of ■di/a'.ce.Vi thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy, 
the c wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jump- K'lu » 12 All thy strong holds shall be like z fig-trees with the 
ing chariots. I wiJI 4rst ripe figs : if they be shaken, they shall even fall into 

r 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword, and jfjgjjj;^ the a mouth of the eater. 

the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, andjUudV '"[*>. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee b are women : 
a great number 



d of carcasses; and there is none end of mRv.iaio. 1 the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine 



their corpses ; they stumble upon their corpses : 

4 Because of the multitude of the e whoredoms of the 
well-favoured harlot, the f mistress of witchcrafts, that 
s selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families 
through her witchcrafts. 

w 5 Behold, I am h against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; 
and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will 
shew the nations thy ' nakedness, and the kingdoms thy 
shame. 

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make 
k thee vile, and will set thee as ' a gazing-stock. 
s 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon 
thee shall m flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid "waste : 
"who will bemoan her; whence shall I seek comforters 
for thee 1 

s 8 Art thou better than p populous No, that was situate 
1 among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, 
whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 
g 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was in- 
finite ; Put and Lubim were thy r helpers. 

10 Yet was she s carried away, she went into captivity : 



n Rev. 18.2.1 
o Jer. 15. 5. 
p Ezek. 30. 
14. 1G. 
q Ps. 33. 17. 
r Isa. 8. 9. 
s Jer. 46.25, 
26. 



B. Christ 
cir. 713. 



t Isa. 13. 16. 

a Ps. 149.8. 

x Jer. 25.15, 

27. 

y Hos. 10. 8. 

Luke 23. 30. 

z Rev. 6 13. 



enemies : the fire shall devour thy ° bars. 

14 Draw thee waters for the siege, d fortify thy strong 
holds : go into e clay, and tread the mortar, make strong 
the brick-kiln. 

w 1 5 There shall the f fire devour thee ; the sword shall 
cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm : 
make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself 
many as the locusts. 

16 Thou hast multiplied thy s merchants above the stars 
of heaven : the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away. 

17 Thy h crowned are as the locusts, and thy i captains 
17, w! J ' |as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in 
je^ S 5i' 8 3o 9 ' jthe cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and 
Sp^iI^I their place is not known where they are. 

f^Th'tLa r ^ ^ n y k shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy 
Rev.'ia 'nobles shall dwell in the dust : thy people is ' scattered 
upon the mountains, and no man gather eth them. 

19 There is no healing of thy bruise ; thy wound is 
grievous : all that hear the bruit of thee shall m clap the 
hands over thee : for upon whom hath not n thy wickedness 



12, 15 

h Rev. 9.7. 
i Jer. 51. 27. 
k Isa. 49. 19. 
HKg.22.17. 
mRv. 18.20. 
& 19. 1, 6. 
n Rev. 13. 7. 
&; 17. 2. 



passed continually ? 



f HABAKKUK. 



CHAPTER I. 
Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land 1, is shelved 
the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans, 5: He complaineth that ven- 
geance should be executed by them who are far icorse, 12. 

THE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did a see. 
2 O Lord, b how long shall I cry, and thou wilt c not hear ! 
even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save ! 

* 3 Why dost thou d shew me iniquity, and cause me to 
behold grievance 1 for spoiling and violence are before 
me : and there are that raise up strife and contention. 

4 Therefore, the law is e slacked, and judgment cloth 
never go forth : for the wicked doth f compass about the 
righteous ; e therefore, wrong judgment proceedeth. 

w 5 *[\ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and 
wonder marvellously : for I will h work a work in your 
days, which ye will ' not believe though it be told you. 

r 6 For lo, "I raise up the v Chaldeans, that bitter and 
1 hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of 
the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 

7 They are terrible and dreadful : their judgment and 
their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and 
are more fierce than the m evening wolves : and their 
horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen 
shall come from far ; they shall fly as the " eagle that, 
hasteth to eat. 

9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup: 
up as the ° east wind, and they shall gather the captivity 
as the sand. 

10 And they shall scoff p at the kings, and the princes 
shall be a scorn unto them : they shall deride every strong' 
hold ; for they shall q heap dust, and take it. 

r 11 Then shall T his mind change, and he shall pass over, 
and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. 

1 12 ^[ Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God,i 
my Holy One 1 We shall ' not die. I/ORd, thou hastl 

130 



B. Christ 
cir. 626. 



a Isa. 1. 1. 
Heb. 1. 1. 
b Job 21. 7. 
Jer. 20. 8. 
c La. 2. 8. 
d Ezek. 9. 4. 
e Isa. 59. 4. 
f Ps. 12. 8. 
gPs.94.20. 
h Dan. 9. 12. 
i 2Chron. 
36. 15. 
Acts 13. 41. 
k Jer. 50. 23. 
1 Isa. 5. 26. 
Jer. 25. 38. 
m Jer. 5. 6. 
Zeph. 3. 3. 
n Jer. 4. 13. 
Bzek.17.I0. 
o Isa. 27. 8. 
Jonah 4. 8. 
p2Kg.25.10. 
n Isa. 03. 13. 
Jer. 35. 22. 
rlsa. 14.13. 
s chap. 3. 2. 



t Is. HI. 5,6. 
u Isa. 21.2. 
xEzek.7.24. 
yjg». '1.25. 
e Dan. 4. 17. 
a Job 31.37. 
Isa. 10.7. 
13. & 37.24. 
&. 45. 4, 5. 
b Pr. I. 32. 
e. Jer. 25. 9. 
Rev. 17.2. 
a Paa. 73. 
10, 17. 
Isa. 21.8. 
a Or, Vn me, 
Psn. 85. 8. 
Hosca 1. 2. 
b Isa. 8. I. 
&30. 8. 
t Don. 19.7. 
dPs. 102.13. 
Hob. 10. 37. 
eLu. 18.11. 
Phil. 3.6,8. 
f Ro. 1. 17. 
Hob. 10. 3. 
g La. 21. 5. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
h Isa. 5. 14. 
Nail. 1.9. 



ordained ' them for judgment ; and, O mighty God, thou 
hast established them for correction. 

t 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst 
not look on iniquity : wherefore lookest thou upon them 
that u deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the 
wicked x devoureth the man that is more righteous than he ? 
14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the 
creeping things, that have y no ruler over them 1 

i 15 They take up all of them with the z angle, they catch 
them in their net, and gather them in their drag : there- 
fore they rejoice and are glad. 

16 Therefore they 'sacrifice unto their net, and burn 
incense unto their drag ; because by them their b portion 
is fat, and their meat plenteous. 

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare 
continually to c slay the nations 1 

CHAPTER II. 
Unto Habakkuk waiting for an answer, is shelved that he must wait 6y 
faith. I. The judgment upon the Chaldeans for insahableness, 5, for 
covetousness, 9, for cruelty, 12, for drunkenness, 15, and for idolatry, 18. 

M WILL stand upon mv a watch, and set me upon the 

i tower, and will watch to see what he will say "unto 
me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 

d 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vi- 
sion, and make it plain upon b tables, that he may run that 
readeth it. 

3 For the vision is yet for c an appointed time, but at 
the end it shall speak, and not lie : though it tarry, wait 
for it ; because it will surely d come, it will not tarry. 

c 4 Behold, his soul which "is e lifted up, is not upright in 
him : but the f just shall live by his faith. 

5 1 Yea also, because he transgresseth E by wine, he is 
a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who h enlargetb 
his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, 
but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto liim 

all people : 

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-,.Is.l4.9,10. 
x «k 1 Kings 

6.9, 10. 

1 Rev. 18. 8. 

m Jer.50.9. 

nJer.22.13. 

o Ps. 49. 11. 

Obadiah 

verse 4. 

p Ps. 52. 5. 

verse 11. 

qlsa.50.11. 

Jer. 51. 58. 

r Isa. 9. 11. 

s Rev. 17.2. 

t Gen. 9.22. 

uPhil.3.19. 

Rev. 18. 2. 

x Jer. 25.26. 

27. 

y Ezek.27.3 

&31. 16. 

z Jer. 10. 4. 

Zech. 10.2. 

aPs. 115.5. 

b Ps. 35. 23. 

Isa. 44. 9. 

c Am. 6. 10. 

Zech. 2. 13. 

aPs.7,tit!e. 

bPs. 85. U 

& 9o.i3, i7. oaths 

cPsa. J 03. 
9, 11. 
Jer. 14. 7. 
Lam. 3. 55 



God's severe judgment against ZEPHANIAH 

*> 6 Shall not all these take up * a parable against him, 
and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Wo to him 
that increaseth that which is not his ! how long 1 and to 
him that ladeth himself k with thick clay ! 

7 Shall they not rise up ' suddenly that shall bite thee, 
and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for 
booties unto them 1 

8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the rem- 
nant of the people shall spoil thee ; because of men's 
blood, and for the m violence of the land, of the city, and 
of all that dwell therein. 
»9 f Wo to him tiiat n coveteth an evil covetousness to 

his house, that he may set his ° nest on high, that he may 
be delivered from the power of evil ! 

10 Thou hast consulted p shame to thy house by cutting 
off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 
E 1 1 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam 
out of the timber shall answer it. 

12 Wo to him that build eth a town with blood, and 
establisheth a city by iniquity ! 

13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people 
shall labour in the q very fire, and the people shall weary 
themselves for very vanity 1 

»"*14 For tiie r earth shall be filled with the knowledge of 
the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

w 15 % Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that 
putiest thy bottle to him, and makest him s drunken also, 
that thou mayest 'look on their nakedness ! 

16 Thou art filled with "shame for glory: "drink thou 
also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered : the cup of the 
Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shame- 
ful spewing shall be on thy glory. 

g 17 For the y violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and 
the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of 
men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, 
and of ail that dwell therein. 

18 ^j What profile th the graven image that the mak€r 
thereof hath graven it ; the molten image, and z a teacher 
of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to 
make a dumb idols 1 

v 19 Wo unto him that saith to the wood, b Awake ; to 
the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach ! Behold, it is laid 
over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in 
the midst of it. 

s 20 But the Lord is in his holy temple : let all the earth 
keep c silence before him. 

CHAPTER III. 

H&bakkuk in his prayer, trembleth at God's majesty, 1 : The confidence 

of his faith, 17. 

A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet upon a Shigionoth. 
d 2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech and was afraid : 
O Lord, b revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the 
midst of theyearsmakeknown; c inwrathremember mercy. 



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d Ex. 19. 16. 

2 Cor. 3. 7. 

e2Sa.l8.4. 

f Nu. 14. 12. 

g Acts 17. 

26. 

h Nu. 22. 3. 

i Ex. 14.14. 

k Num. 20. 

10,11. 

1 Cor. 10. 4. 

1 Josh. 10. 

12, 13. 

m Am. 1.3. 

Mic. 4. 13. 

n 2 Sa. 5.18. 

Psa. 77. 20. 

Jgs. 7. 22. 
Isa. 18. 2. 
pjgs. 7.2,3, 
Psa. 10. 7. 
q Jos. 3. 13. 
Psa. 77. 19. 
r Psa. 119. 
120. 

1 Pet. 4.17. 
a Ileb. lie, 
Isa. 58. 11. 
s Rom. 8. 
3,28. 

1 Cor. 4.17. 
& 10. 13. 
James 1. 2. 
t Ps. 27. 1. 
u 2 Sam. 
3. & 22. 34. 



Judah for sundry sins* 

s 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount 
Paran. Selah. d His glory covered the heavens, and the 
earth was full of his praise. 

4 And his brightness was as the light ; he had e horns 
coming out of his hand ; and there was the hiding of his 
power. 

5 Before him went the f pestilence, and burning coals 
went forth at his feet. 

•s 6 He stood, and s measured the earth : he beheld, and 
drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains 
were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow : his ways are 
everlasting. 

^71 saw the tents of Cushan h in affliction : and the cur- 
tains of the land of Midian did tremble. 

8 Was the Lord displeased against the rivers 1 was 
thine anger against the * rivers 1 was thy wrath against 
the sea, that thou didst ride upon thy horses, and thy 
chariots of salvation ? 

9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the 
of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst 

k cleave the earth with rivers. 

s 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the 
overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his 
voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 

11 The ' sun and moon stood still in their habitation : at 
the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of 
thy glittering spear. 

12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, 
thou m didst thresh the heathen in anger. 

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, 
even for salvation with thine "anointed; thou woundedst 
the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering 
the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 

14 Thou didst ° strike through with his staves the head 
of his villages : they came out as a whirlwind to scatter 
me : their rejoicing was as to p devour the poor secretly. 
e 15 Thou didst q walk through the sea with thy horses, 
through the heap of great waters. 

16 When I heard, my belly r trembled ; my lips quivered 
at the voice : rottenness entered into my bones, and I 
trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble : 
when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them 
with his troops. 

UT ^ Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive "shall 
fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be 
cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : 

18 Yet I will s rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God 
of my salvation. 

19 The Lord God is my ' strength, and he will make 
u my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk 
upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed 
instruments. 



f 
CHAPTER I. 

God's severe judgment against Judah for divers sins. 

IHE a word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah 
/ A the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Ama- 
riah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of 
Amon, king of Judah. 

w 2 I will utterly fc consume all things from off the land, 
saith the Lord. 

3 I will consume ° man and beast ; I will consume the 
fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the 

stumbling-blocks with the wicked ; and I will cut off man 
from off the land, saith the Lord. 

» 4 I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah and upon 



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all the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and I will cut off the 
remnant of e Baal from this place, and the name of the 
Chemarims with the priests ; 

v 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the 
house-tops ; and them that worship and that f swear by 
the Lord, and that swear by Malcham ; 

c 6 And them that are s turned back from the Lord ; and 
those that have h not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him, 

d 7 i Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God : 
for the day of the Lord is at hand : for the Lord hath 
prepared k a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 

w 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's 
sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the ' king's 

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Judgment of the Philistines, &c 

children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 

9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap 
on the threshold, which m fill their masters' houses with 
violence and deceit. 

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that 
there shall be the n noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a 
howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 
g\\ ° Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant 
people are cut down ; all they that bear silver are cut off. 

c 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will 
p search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that 
are q settled on their lees : that say in their heart, The 
Lord will not r do good, neither will he do evil. 

™ 13 Therefore, their goods 5 shall become a booty, and 
their houses a desolation : they shall also build houses, but 
not inhabit thtm ; and they shall plant vineyards, but not 
drink the wine thereof. 

14 The ' great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and 
hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord : 
the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 

* 15 u That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and 
distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of dark- 
ness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 
16 A day of the * trumpet and alarm against the fenced 
cities, and against the high towers. 

w 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall 
walk like y blind men, because they have sinned against 
the Lord : and their blood shall be z poured out as dust, 
and their flesh as the dung. 

t 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall a be able to 
deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath ; but the 
whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy : 
for he shall make even a b speedy riddance of all them 
that dwell in the land. 

CHAPTER II. 

An exhortation to repentance, 1. The judgment of the Philistines-, 4, 

o/Moab ana Amnion, S, of Ethiopia and Assyria, 12. 

GATHER yourselves together, yea, gather together, 
O nation a net desired ; 
t 2 Before the b decree bring forth, before the day pass as 
the chaff, before the c fierce anger of the Lord come upon 
you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. 
d 3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye d meek of the earth, which 



lSa.2.15. 
Acts 16.19. 
n Jcr. 39. 3. 
Ilab. 2. 9. 

Jam. 5. 1. 
Rev. 18.11, 
12. 

p Ohadiah 
verse 6. 
q Ps 1 19.70. 
Jer. 48. 11. 
Amos t". 1. 
r Isa. 49. 15. 
Lcv.26.32. 
t Rev. 6. 17. 
u Jer. 30. 5. 
Am. 5. 18. 
x Rev. 8. 7. 
& 9. 1, 13. 

6. 11. 15. 
yDt.28.28. 

7. Ps. 79. 3. 
& 83. 10. 
aPr. 11.4. 
Ezek. 7. 19. 
bRv.I8.17. 
a Psa. 119. 
119. 

Isa. 1. 13. 
1)2 Kings 
23.26,27. 
Eccl. 8. 11. 
c Psa. 50. 
21,22. 
Mai. 4. 1. 
d Ps. 149. 4. 
e Gen. 7. 1. 
Ezek. 9. 4,5. 
f Jer. 6. 4. 
Luke 12. 
47, 48. 

Ezek. 25. 
16. 

h Jos. 13. 3. 
i Jer. 47. 1. 
klsa.11.14. 

1 Acts 8. 26. 
m Col. 2.14. 
n Jer. 48.27. 
a Ps. 107.34. 

ilsa.11.14. 
Joel 3. 19. 
<1 Isa. 16. 6. 



have wrought his judgment ; seek righteousness, seek 
meekness : it may be ye shall be e hid in the day of the 
Lord's anger. 

g 4 ^1 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a deso- 
lation : they shall drive out Ashdod at the f noon-day, and 
Ekron shall be rooted up. 

w 5 Wo unto the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the nation 
of the B Cherethites ! the word of the Lord 



cottages 



is against 
you ; b O Canaan, the land of the ' Philistines, I will even 
destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 

6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings, and 
for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 

g 7 And the coast shall be for the k remnant of the house 
of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of 'Ash- 
kelon shall they lie down in the evening : for the Lord 
their God shall visit them, and m turn away their captivity, 
e 8 ^f I have heard the "reproach of Moab,andthcrevilings 
of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached 
my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 

g 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel, Surely ° Moab shall be as Sodom, and the chil- 
dren of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, 
and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my 
people shall p spoil them, and the remnant of my people 
shall possess them. 

« 10 This shall thev have for their q pride, because they 



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ZEPHANIAH. The restoration of Israel 

have reproached and magnified themselves against the 
people of the Lord of hosts. 

1 1 The Lord will be terrible unto them ; for he will r fa- 
mish all the gods of the earth ; and men shall worship him, 
every one from his s place, even all the isles of the heathen. 
«> 12 ^f Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be l slain by my sword. 

13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, 
and destroy u Assyria ; and will make Nineveh a desola- 
tion, and dry like a wilderness. 

r 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the 
"' beasts of the nations : both the cormorant and the bittern 
shall lodge in the upper lintels of it ; their voice shall sing 
in the windows ; desolation shall be in the thresholds : for 
he shall uncover the cedar work. 

15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt y carelessly, that 
said in her heart, z I am, and there is none besides me : 
how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie 
down in ! every one that passeth by her shall a hiss, and 
wag his hand. 

CHAPTER III. 
A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins, 1. An exhortation to wait 
for the restoration of Israel, S, and to rejoice for their salvation by 
God, 14. 

O to her that is filthy and polluted, to the a oppress- 
ing city ! 

c 2 She obeyed not the voice ; she received not correction ; 

she trusted not in the Lord ; she b drew not near to her God. 

3 Her princes within her are roaring lions ; her judges are 

c evening wolves ; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 

p 4 Her prophets are u light and treacherous persons : 
her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done 
e violence to the law. 

t 5 The just Lord is in the f midst thereof; he will g not 
do iniquity : every morning doth he bring his judgment to 
light, he faileth not ; but the unjust knoweth h no shame. 
6 I have ! cut off the nations : their towers are deso- 
late ; I made their streets waste, that 1[ none passeth by : 
their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that 
there is none inhabitant. 

c 7 I said, Surely thou wilt ' fear me, thou wilt receive 
instruction ; m so their dwelling should not be cut off, how- 
soever I punished them : but they rose early, and corrupt- 
ed all their doings. 

< 8 ^f Therefore, n wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, un- 
til the day that I rise up to the prey : for my determination 
is to ° gather the nations, that I may assemble the king- 
doms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my 
fierce anger : for all the earth shall be devoured with the 
fire of my jealousy. 

d 9 For p then will I turn to the people q a pure language, 
that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve 
him with one consent. 

g 10 From r beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants., 
cum the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 

« 11 "In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy 
doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me : for 
then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that 
1 rejoice in thy pride, and thou shaJt no more be haughty 
because of my holy mountain. 

d 12 I will also leave in the ° midst of thee "an afflicted and 



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r Hos.2.17, 
s Mai. 3. 11. 
ltim. 2. 8. 
t Hos. 6. 5. 
u Neh. 2. 8. 
& 3. 15. 
x Is. 13. 21, 
22. & 23. 11. 
y Jcr. 49, 
31,22. 
z Isa. 36.20. 
Rr-v. 13.2. 
& 18.7. 
a Ps. 52. 7. 
Ezek.27.36. 
a Jer. 5. 26. 
Mic.3.2,12. 
1. Is. 29. 13. 
c Jcr. 5. 6. 
Hah. 1.8. 
dLam.2.14. 
e Mai. 2. 8. 
f Mic.3. 11. 
\m. 3.2,3. 
li Jcr. 3. 3. 
i 1 Co. 10. 0. 
kch.2.5, 6. 
I Psa. 119. 
120. 

in Psa. 81. 
13, 14. 
n Mic. 7. 7. 
o Joel 3. 12. 
Rev. 10. 14. 
p Isa. I. 25. 



I'lsa 're.i& poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 

13 The remnant of Israel shall y not do iniquity, nor 

neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in 

for thev shall feed and lie down, and none 



Ho*. 2. 16. 
r Hn.m. 4. 
Arts 8. 27. 
■ Hos. 3.8. 
t Jer. 7. 4. 

u°i«a.M.32.|8haH make them afraid 

x Jam. 9.5. 

y Isn. 63, 8. 



speak lies 
their mouth 



they 



14 If z Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad 
!ul!'3o 3 29i and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 
b 15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath 
cast out thine enemy: the "King of Israel, even the Lord, 



so. 30. 29. 
Jt 35. 10. 
nRv. 19.20. 
1) Ezek. 48. 

iTime i3 is in the midst of thee : thou shalt not see evil any more 

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Haggai reproveth the people. HAGGAI. 

! 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thorn B c \°^ 
not : and to Zion, Let not thy hands be slack. Lisa. 6a. 5. 

b 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty ; fet 3 17? 5 
he will save, he will c rejoice over thee with joy ; he will L Hos - lu 
d rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 
i 18 1 will e gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn 



assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was 
a burden. 



He inciteth them to work. 

19 Behold, at that time I will f undo all that afflict thee : 

and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was 

driven out ; and I will get them s praise and fame in every 

land where they have been put to shame. 

' 20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time 

that I gather you : for I will make you a name and a 

Ezek.37 ifi. praise among all people of the earth, when I h turn back 

• your captivity before your eyes, ! saith the Lord. 



risa.a5.10. i 

Joel 3. 2. 
g Isa. 60. 20. 
hlsa. 11.12. 



Titus 1. 2. 



it 



CHAPTER I. 



/ 



Haggai reproveth the people for neglecting the building of the house, 1 : 
He inciteth them to the building, 7 : He promiseth God's assistance to 
' them being forward, 12. 

— N the a second year of Darius the king, in the sixth 
month, in the first day of the month, came the word of 
the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto b Zerubbabel the 
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to c Joshua the 
son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 

c 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people 
d say, The e time is not come, the time that the Lord 
house should be built. 

/3 f Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the 
prophet, saying, 

4 Is it e time for you, O ye, to dwell h in your ceiled 
houses, and this house lie waste ? 

d 5 Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts ; ' Con- 
sider your ways. 

* 6 Ye have k sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but 
ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not filled with 
drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that 
earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 

d 7 % Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; ' Consider your ways. 
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and m build 
the house ; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glo- 
rified, saith the Lord. 

/ 9 Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when 
ye brought it home, I did "blow upon it. Why? saith the 
Lord of hosts. ° Because of my house that is waste, and 
ye run every man unto his own house. 

10 Therefore, the p heaven over you is stayed from 
dew, and the earth is stayed from, her fruit. 

11 And q I called for a drought upon the land, and upon 
the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, 
and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bring- 
eth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all 
the labour of the hands. 

/ 12 ^pThen Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua 
the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant 
of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, 
and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their 
God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord. 
13 Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the 
Lord's message unto the people, saying, 5 1 am with you, 
saith the Lord. 

* 14 And the Lord 'stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel 
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of 
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit 
of all the remnant of the people ; and they came and "did 
work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 

15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in 

the second year of Darius the king. 

CHAPTER II. 
He encourageth the people to the work, by promise of greater glory to the 
second temple than ivas in the first, 1. In the type of holy things and 
unclean,he^ sheweth their sins hindered the loork, 10. God's promise to 



a Ezra4.24. 
&5. 1. 
b Ezra 1.8. 
& 2. 63. 
c Zech. 3. 2. 
d Pr. 2(5 16. 
e Ezra J 23. 
f Mk. 3. 5. 
gPhil.2.33 
h2Sa.7. 2, 
i Jer. 8. 6. 
k Dt. 28. 38. 
Mic. 6. 14. 

1 La. 3. 40. 

2 Cor. 13.5. 
m Ne. 3. 20. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
n Mai. 2. 2. 

Mt. 6. 33. 
p Lv. 16. 19, 
Dt. 28. 23. 
ql Kg. 18.1. 
r Ezra 5. 2 
Isa. 55. 10, 
11. 

Jer. 23. 28, 
29. 

1 Th. 1. 5. 
s 2 Ch. 15.2. 
Rom. 8. 31. 
Rev. 2. 1, 
t Ps. 1 10. 3, 
Isa. 26. 12. 
Phil. 4. 13. 
u Ezra 5. 3. 
Neh. 3. 5. 
Tit.U9,lG. 
a ch. 1. 15 



I 



20. 



Zerubbabel 

N the a seventh month, in the one and twentieth day 
of the month, came the word of the Lord by the pro- 
phet Haggai, saying, 



fka 2 b Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, go- 
vernor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech the 
high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 
. 3 Who is c left among you that saw this house in her 
first glory ? and how do ye d see it now ? is it not in your 
eyes in comparison of it as e nothing ? 
d 4 Yet now '"be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord ; 
and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech the high priest ; 
and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, 
and e work : for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts : 

5 According to the word that I covenanted with you 
when ye came out of Egypt, so h my Spirit remaineth 
among you ; fear ye not. 

r 6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Yet once, it is *a 
little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, 
and the sea, and the dry land ; 

r * 7 And I will shake all nations, and k the Desire of all 
nations shall come : and I will 'fill this house with glory, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

* 8 The m silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

r 9 The glory of this latter house shall n be greater than 
of the former, saith the Lord of hosts : and in this place 
will I give ° peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 
/ 10 ^f In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, 
in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord 
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 

d 11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, p Ask now the priests 
concerning the law, saying, 

12 If one bear q holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, 
and with his skirt do r touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or 
oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered 
and said, s No. 

L 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by * a dead 
body touch any of these, shall it be unclean ? And the 
priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 

14 Then answered Haggai, and said, u So is this peo- 
ple, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord ; and 
so is every x work of their hands ; and that which they 
offer there is unclean. 

15 And now, I pray you, consider y from this day an<$ 
upward, from before z a stone was laid upon a stone in the 
temple of the Lord : 

/ 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of 
twenty measures, there were but ten : when one came to 
the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, 
there were but twenty. 

c 17 % I smote you with a blasting and with mildew and 
with hail in all the labours of your hands ; b yet ye turned 
not to me, saith the Lord. 

18 Consider now from c this day and upward, from the 
four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the 
day that the d foundation of the Lord's temple was laid. 
consider it. 

b 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, 
and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, 
hath not brought forth : from this day will e I bless you. 
/ 20 If And { again the word of the Lord came unto 

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cir. 520. 



b Acts 14. 

22, 23. 

Heb. 13. 20. 

c Ezra 6.21. 

d Ezra 3.12. 

e Ezra 6. 3. 

Zech. 4. 10. 

f Zech. 8. 9. 

1 Co. 16. 13. 

g lCo.15.58. 

2Trn.4.7,8. 

hlsa. 63.11 

Rom. 8. 26. 

iHb. 12.26. 

kGn.49.10. 

lTm.3. 16 

IPs. 24. 7,8. 

Mai. 3.1. 

inEzra4 12. 

Ps. 50. 10, 12. 

Isa. 66. 1. 

n Isa. 2. 3. 

John 1. 14. 
o Eph. 2. 14. 
p Lv. 10. 10. 

Mai. 2. 7. 
q L«v. 7. 15. 
r Lv. 23. 2.5. 
Mt.2I.27. 
Rom. 1. 18. 
tLv. 19.S8. 
ii Tit. 1. 15. 
x Eph. 1.0. 
y Gn. 32.10. 
verse 19. 
z Ezra 4. 5. 
aDt.28.22. 
b Am. 4. 4,8. 
c 1 Chron. 
12. 33. 
dEzta3.ll. 
e Mt. 6. 33. I 
f verse 10. 
2 Tim. *2. 1 



The vision of the horses. 

Haggai m the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 

21 Speak 10 Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 1 
will s shake the heavens and the earth; 

22 And I will overthrow the h throne of kingdoms, and 
I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen ; 
and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in 



ZECHARIAH. 



B. Christ 
cir. 5-20. 



g Heb. 2. 5. 
& 12. 27. 
hRv. 19.17. 



i JMt. 24. 7. 
2 Th. 2. 8. 
k Isa. 42. 1. 
Mk. 3. 17. 



The promise of God's presence 

them ; and the horses and their riders shall come down, 
1 every one by the sword of his brother. 
b 23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, 
O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the 
Lord, and will make thee as a signet; for I have k chosen 
thee, saith the Lord of hosts. 



H ZECHARIAH. 



CHAPTER I. 
Zechariah exhorteth to repentance, 1. The vision of the horses, 7. At 
the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem, 12. 
The vision of the four horns, and the four carpenters, 18. 

f "IN the a eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came 

M. the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of b Ba- 
rachiah, the sou of Iddo the prophet, saying, 
2 The Lord hath been c sore displeased with your fathers. 

d 3 Therefore, say thou ui:to them, Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts ; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and d I 
will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

c 4 Be ye not e as your fathers, unto whom the former 
prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil do- 
ings : but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith 
the Lord. 

5 Your fathers, f where are they 1 and the prophets, do 
they live for ever 1 

« 6 But, my words and my statutes, which I commanded 
my servants the prophets, did they not g take hold of your 
fathers 1 and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of 
hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and 
according to our doings, h so hath he dealt with us. 

/7 f Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh 
month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of 
D his., came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the 
son of Barachiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 

» 8 I saw by night, and behold ! a man riding upon k a red 
horse, and he stood among the ' myrtle-trees that were in 
the bottom ; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, 
and white. 

9 Then said I, O my Lord, m what are these ? And the 
angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee 
what these be. 

10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees 
answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath 
"sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 

11 And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood 
among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have ° walked to 
and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth p sit- 
teth still, and is at rest. 

s 12 ^ Then the q angel of the Lord answered and said, 
O Lord of hosts, r how long wilt thou not have mercy on 
Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou 
hast had indignation these 3 threescore and ten years ? 

13 And the Lord answered the angel that talked with 
me with ' good words and comfortable words. 

14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, 
Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; I am 
"jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 

■M5 And I am * very sore displeased with the heathen 
that are at ease : for I was but a little displeased, and they 
y helped forward the affliction. 

6 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; z I am returned to 
Jerusalem with mercies : a my house shall be built in it, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be*stretched forth 
upon Jerusalem. . 

b 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; My 
cities through prosperity shall yet be b spread abroad ; and 
the Lord shall vet comfort Zion, and shall vet choose 
Jerusalem. 

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cir. 520. 



a Hag. 1. 1. 
bPr. 17.6. 
Mt. 23. 35. 
c La. 1. 15. 
Dan. 9. 12. 
d Luke 15. 
21, 22. 
Jiim. 4. 8. 
Chron. 
36. 15, 16. 
Jer. 44. 17. 
f Pr. 10. 7. 
Eccl. 12. 5. 
g Ps. 50. 21. 
Dan. 9. II. 
h Isa. 55. 10, 
11. 

Lam. 1. 18. 
i Jos. 5. 13. 
Rev. 19. 13. 
k Isa. 63. 1. 
1 Rev. 14. 1. 
& 17. 14. 
m Pr. 2. 2. 
Jam. 1 . 5. 
nPs.91.11. 
Heb. 1. 14. 
<> P8. 68. 17. 
p verse 15. 
I Th. 5. 3. 
q Isa. 63. 9. 
Mai. 3. 2. 
r Psa. 102. 
13, 14. 
Dan. 12. 6. 
Heb. 4. 15. 
s Jcr. 25. 3, 
12.&29. 10. 
t ver. 14, 15. 
John 12. 27, 
28. 

u Pr. fi. 34. 
Isa. 9. 7. 
x Dt. 29 28. 
y Jer. 25. 3. 
z Isa. 12. I. 
Hos. 5. 15. 
aHab.1.13. 
b Isa. 60. 19, 
20. 



B. Christ 
c ir. 519 . 

c verse 19. 

d Dan. 12. 7, 

e Obadiah 

verse 21. 

f Isa. 35. 5. 

g Ps. 75. 4. 

a Ezek. 40. 

3. 

Rov. 11.2. 

b Psa. 54. 2. 

Rev. 21. 15. 

16. 

c ch. 1.8,9. 

Heb. 10. 22. 

d Jer. 3. 18. 

Amos 3. 14. 

e Isa. 2G. 1. 

& 60. 18. 

f Isa. 48. 20 

Rev. 18. 4. 

gilt. 28.64 

h Gn. 19.22. 

Mic. 4. 10. 

i Isa. CO. 12. 

k Rev. 18. 1 

I Acts 0.4. 

m Isa. 27. 1 

n Ihq. 14.2. 

oRv.19.20 

p La. 2. 2,3 

q Rom. 11. 

28, 29. 

r I lab. 2. 20. 

s Psa. 12. 5, 

& 78. 65. 

a Ex. 34. 8 

1 John 2. 1 

b Psa. 109. 

6,31. 

B8V. 12. 19. 

c Judo 

vorsc 9. 

d Dan. 12. 1, 

Rev. 7. 17. 

o Isa. 61. 6, 

verso 4. 

fPs.32. I.} 

Gal. 3. 27. 



° 18 ^i Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold 
c four horns. 

19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, 
What be these 1 And he answered me, These are the 
horns which have Scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 

20 And the Lord shewed me four e carpenters. 

21 Then said I, What come these to do 1 ? And he spake, 
saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, 
so that f no man did lift up his head : but these are come 
to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which 
lifted up their s horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. 

CHAPTER II. 

God in the care of Jerusalem, sendeth to measure it, 1. The redemption 
of Zion, 6. The promise of God's presence, 10. 

Tjf LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold 
! a man with a a measuring line in his hand. 

g 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou % And he said unto 
me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the b breadth 
thereof, and what is the length thereof. 

3 And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, 
and c another angel went out to meet him, 

4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, 
saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as d towns without 
walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein : 

b 5 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her e a wall of fire 
rou? d about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. 

6 % Ho, ho, come forth, and f flee from the land of the 
north, saith the Lord : for I have e spread you abroad as 
the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. 

s 7 h Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daugh- 
ter of Babylon. 

* 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts : After the ' glory 
hath he sent me unto the k nations which spoiled you : for 
he that ' toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. 

9 For behold, I will m shake my hand upon them, and 
they shall be n a spoil to their servants : and ye shall know 
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. 

b 10 % "Singand rejoice, O daughter of Zion : for lo, I 
come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 
11 And p many nations shall be joined to the Lord in 
that day, and shall be my people : and I will dwell in the 
midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts 
hath sent me unto thee. 

6 12 And the Lord shall q inherit Judah his portion in the 

holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 

1*3 r Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord : for he is 

'raised up out of his holy habitation. 

CHAPTER III. 

Under the type -of Joshua, the restoration of the church, 1, Christ the 

Branch is promised, 8. 

■o A ND he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing 
_i?L before the a angel of the Lord, and b Satan standing 
at his right hand to resist him. 

a 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord c rebuke 
thee, O Satan , even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem 
rebuke thee: is not this d a brand pluck d out of the fire? 

i 3 Now Joshua was clothed with c filthy garments, and 
stood before the angel. 

4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood 
before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from 
him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have r caused thine 

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ZECHARIAH. 



iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee 
s change of raiment. 

5 And I said, Let them set h a fair mitre upon his head. 
So they set a fair mitre upon Ids head, and clothed him 
with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by. 

6 And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, 
saying, 

d 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; If thou wilt 'walk in 
my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt 
also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, arid I 
will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. 

r* 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy 
fellows that sit before thee : for they are men k wonder- 
ed at : for behold, I will bring forth my servant The 
'BRANCH. 

9 For behold the m stone that I have laid before Joshua ; 
upon one stone shall be n seven eyes : behold, I will ° en- 
grave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I 
will p remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 

6 10 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every 
man his neighbour q under the vine and under the fig-tree. 

CHAPTER IV. 

By the golden candlestick is foreshewed the good success of ZerubbabeVs 
foundation, 1. By the two olive-trees the two anointed ones, 11. 

AND the angel that talked with me came again, and 
a waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 
» 2 And said unto me, What seest thou ? And I said, I 
have looked, and behold a b candlestick, all of gold, with 

a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven d lamps thereon, 
and seven * pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the 
f top thereof : 

3 And g two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of 
the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 
d 4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with 
me, saying, h What are these, my lord 1 

5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and 
said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be 1 and I said, 

1 No, my lord. 

t 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This 
is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, k Not by 
might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

A 7 Who art thou, ' O great mountain 1 before Zerubba- 
bel thou shalt become a plain : and he shall bring forth the 
headstone thereof m with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace, 
unto it. 

8 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

r 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of 
this house ; his hands shall also n finfsh it ; and thou shalt 
know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. 

< 10 For who hath despised the "day of small things 1 for 
they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand 
of Zerubbabel with those seven ; they are the p eyes of 
the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth. 
11 If Then answered I, and said mnto him, What are 
these two q olive-trees upon the right side of the candle- 
stick and upon the left side thereof? 

* 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be 
these two olive branches which through the two golden 
r pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves 1 

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not 
what these be ? And I said, No, my lord. 

D 14 Then said he, These are the two " anointed ones, 
that stand by the Lord of the s whole earth. 
CHAPTER V. 

By the flying roll, is shewed the curse of thieves and sivearers, 1 : By a 
woman pressed in an ephah^ thefinal damnation of Babylon, 5. 

THEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, 
and behold a a flying roll. 
2 And he said unto me, What seest thou 1 And I an- 



wrfth sr 



the flying roll, and four chariots. 



g Luke 15. 
22. 

Rev. 19. 8. 
hi Pet. 2. 9. 
i Luke 1.74. 
Ti. 3.11,1a 
k Ps. 71.7. 
Isa. 8. 18. 

1 Isa. 11. 1. 
m Ps. 118. 
22. 

n Rev. 5. 7. 

John 1.14. 
p Heb. 9. 12. 
q 1 Kg. 4.25. 
aDan.8.17. 
bRev.1.12. 
c Mt. 25. 4. 
d Mt. 25. 1. 
eRo. 16. 17. 
fJohul. 16. 
g Rev. 11.4. 
hMt.16. 17. 

2 Cor. 3. 5. 

i Pr. 30. 2,3. 
Dan. 4. 13. 
k 1 Co. 1.27. 
2 Cor. 10. 4. 

1 Dan. 2. 35. 
Rev. 16. 14. 
m Psa. 118. 
26. & 134.3. 
nEzia3.10. 
o Hag. 2. 3. 
p 2Chron. 
16. 9. 

qGen.8.11. 
r verse 14. 
ch. 12. 10. 

a Heb. sons 
of oil. 
Gen. 49.21. 
Ex. 29. 29. 
Rev. 11. 4. 
s Ps. 87. 2. 
chap. 3. 7. 
a Ezek. 2. 9. 



swered, I see a flying roll ; the "length thereof is twenty 
cubits, and the c breadth thereof ten cubits. 

"> 3 Then said he unto me, This is the d curse that goeth 
forth over the face of the whole earth : for every one that 
stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it ; 
and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that 
side, according to it. 

4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it 
shall e enter into the house of the thief, and into the house 
of him that sweareth falsely by my name : and it shall re- 
main in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with 
the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 

" 5 1f_ Then the angel that talked with me went forth, 
up now thine eyes, and see what 



and said unto me, f Lift 

is this that goeth forth. 

6 And I said, What 

ephah. that goeth forth. 



B. Christ 
cir. 519. 



bRev. 18.5. 
c.Gen 6 11. 
Rev. 17. 2. 
d Lev. 26. 
16, 43. 
Mai. 4. 1, 6. 
Rev. 14. 9. 
e Job 18. 14, 
15. & 20. 23. 
Luke 19.44. 
f Psa. 119. 
120. 

gDt.25. 14. 
Mt. 23. 32. 
h Ex. 15. 10. 
Amos 2. 13. 
i Rev. 17. 3. 
k2Th.2.3. 

1 Ps. 50. 22. 
Rev. 19. 20. 
mPs. 101.1. 
n Isa. 52. 6. 

2 Pet. 2. 1. 
oGn. 10.11. 
p Rev. 17. 5. 
& 18. 24. 

a 2 Kg. 6. 17. 
Psa. 68. 17. 
b Pr. 19. 21. 
c Rev. 6. 4. 
d Rev. 6. 5. 
e Rev. 6. 2. 
1'Hb. 1.7,14. 
g Dan. 7. 10. 
h Rev. 18. 1. 
i Isa. 43. 6. 
Rev. 18. 4. 
k Isa. 43. 6. 
Dan. 8. 4,9. 
a. Or, those 
strong, 
Isa. 10. 34. 
verse 3. 
1 Heb. I. 6. 
mch. 1.9,10. 
n Jos. 7. 26. 
29a. 21. 14. 
o Nu. 16. 2. 
p Is. 30. 18. 
q Sg. 3. 11. 
Rev. 19. 12. 
rlTim.&S. 
s chap. 3. 8. 
tMt. 16.18 



is it 1 And he said, This is e an 
He said moreover, This is their 
resemblance through all the earth. 

7 And behold, there was lifted up a h talent of lead : and 
this is ' a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 
E 8 And he said, This is k wickedness. And he cast it 
into the midst of the ephah ; and he cast the weight of 
lead upon l the mouth thereof. 

9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, 
there came out m two women, and the wind was in their 
wings; for they had "wings like the wings of a stork: and 
they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. 

10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither 
do these bear the ephah ? 

s 11 And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land 
of ° Shinar : and it shall be established, and set p there upon 
her own base. 

CHAPTER VI. 

The vision of the four chariots, 1. By the crowns of Joshua are shewed 

the temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch, 9. 

ND I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and 
behold, there came four a chariots out from between 
two mountains ; and the mountains were mountains of "brass. 

2 In the first chariot vjere c red horses ; and in the 
second chariot d black horses ; 

3 And in the third chariot e white horses ; and in the 
fourth chariot grizzled and bay horses. 

4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked 
with me, What are these, my lord ? 

-D5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These 
are the four f spirits of the heavens, which go forth from 
s standing before the Lord of all the earth. 

6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the 
h north country; and the ' white go forth after them ; and 
the grizzled go forth toward the k south country. 

7 And the " bay went forth, and ' sought to go that they 
might walk to and fro through the earth : and m he said, 
Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So 
they walked to and fro through the earth. 

8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, 
Behold, these that go toward the north country have 
n quieted my spirit in the north country. 

9 1f And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
g 10 ° Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of 
Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, 
and come thou p the same day, and go into the house of 
Josiah the son of Zephaniah ; 

11 Then take silver and gold, and make q crowns, and 
set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the 
high priest ; 

r*12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the 
Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the r man whose name is 
The 9 BRANCH ; and he shall grow up out of his place, 
and he shall ' build the temple of the Lord : 

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b 13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he 
shall bear the u glory, and shall x sit and rule upon his 
throne : and he shall be a priest upon his throne : and 
the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 

14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, 
and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for y a 
memorial in the temple of the Lord. 

d 15 And they that are 'far off shall come and build in 
the temple of the Lord ; and ye shall know that the 
Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall 
come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the 
Lord your God. 

CHAPTER VII. 

The captives inquire of fasting, 1. Zechariah reproveth their fasting, 
4. Sin the cause of their captivity, 8. 

/ A ND it came to pass in the a fourth year of king Darius, 

7^ that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in 

the fourth day of the ninth month, even in. b Chisleu 

2 When they had c sent unto the house of God, Sherezer 
and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, 

3 And to speak unto the d priests which were in the 
house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, 
Should I e weep in the f fifth month, s separating myself, 
as I have done these so many years 1 

4 ^f Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto 
me, saying, 

c 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the 
priests, saying, When ye h fasted and mourned in the fifth 
and ' seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at 
all k fast unto me, even to me 1 

6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not 
ye eat ' for yourselves, and drink for yourselves ? 

7 Should ye not m hear the words which the Lord hath 
cried by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inha 
bited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about 
her, when men inhabited the south and the plain ? 

8 % And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, 
saying, 

d 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute 
n true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every 
man to his brother : 

p 10 And ° oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the 
stranger, nor the poor ; and let none of you imagine evil 
against his brother in your heart. 

11 But they refused to hearken, and p pulled away the 
shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 
' 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an '' adamant stone, 
lest they should hear the law, and the words which the 
Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets : 
therefore came r a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 
r 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and 
they would not hear; 9 so they cried, and I would not hear, 
saith the Lord of hosts : 

14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the 
nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was ' deso- 
late after them, that no man passed through nor returned : 
for they laid the pleasant land desolate. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
The restoration of Jerusalem, 1. They are encouraged to the building 
by God's favour to them, 9. Good works are required of them, 16. 
Joy and enlargement are promised, 18. 

f k GAIN the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, 
J\_ saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was a jealous for 
Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with 
b great fury. 

4 3 Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and 
will c dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall 
be called, d A city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord 
of hosts, The holy mountain. 



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D. Christ 
519. 



Joy and enlargement are promised. 

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; There shall yet e old 
3 . ,men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and 
* sa ,;™ 24 3 every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 
Eph':». i4.'| 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and 
yis'a.b.3o. girls playing in the. streets thereof. 

¥uts7.'i9'\ 6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; If it be marvellous f in the 
bNeTi 1 '/ i e Y es °f tfte remnant of this people in these days, should it 
c Mai. 'a. 7* i also be marvellous in mine eyes'? saith the Lord of hosts. 
r 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will g save my 
people from the east country, and from the west country; 
o 8 And I will bring them, and they shall h dwell in the 
midst of Jerusalem : and they shall be my people, and I 
will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. 
d 9 If Thus saith the Lord of hoste ; ! Let your hands be 
strong, ye that hear in k these days these words by the 
mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the 
foundation of the house of the Lord ov 'losts was laid, 
that the temple might be built. 

/ 10 For before these days there was 'no hire for man, 
nor any hire for beast ; neither ivas there any m peace to 
him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for 
I set n all men every one against his neighbour. 

1 1 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people 
as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts. 
i> 12 For the seed shall be prosperous ; the vine shall give 
her fruit, and the ground shall give her p increase, and the 
heavens shall give their dew ; and I will cause the rem- 
nant of this people to possess all q these things. 
d 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were r a curse 
among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Is- 
rael ; so will I save you, and ye shall be s a blessing: fear 
not, but let your hands be strong. 

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; As I thought to 
punish you, when l your fathers provoked me to wrath, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and I u repented not : 
r 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well 
unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah : fear ye not. 
^*16 ^f These are the things that ye shall x do; Speak ye 
every man the y truth to his neighbour; execute the judg- 
ment z of truth and peace in your gates : 
p 17 And let none of you a imagine evil in your hearts 
against his neighbour ; and love no false oath : for all 
these are things that I hate, saith the Lord. 
/ 18 ^f And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, 
saying, 
<i 19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; The fast of the b fourth 



dDt.33. 10. 
verse 2. 
e Joel 2. 15. 
f2Kg.25.9. 
g Joel 2. 15. 
1 Cor. 7. 5. 
h Isa. 58. 5. 
i2Kg.U5.25. 
Jer. 41. 2. 
k Isa. 1. 12. 
Dan. 9. 13. 
1 Ro. 14. 17. 
ICo. 10.31. 
m Isa. 58. 3, 
n Mi. 6. 8. 
Mt. 23. 23. 
o Ex. 22. 22. 
Isa. 1. 17. 
p Ne. 9. 29. 
Hos. 4. 16. 
Acts 7. 57. 
n Ne. 9. 29. 
Jer. 5. 3. 
Acts 7. 51. 
r Da. 9. 12. 
Micali3. 12. 
s Tsa. 1. 15. 
Micah 3. 4. 
t La. 1.1,2. 
Da. 9. 16. 
aDt.7.7,8. 
ch. 1. 14, 16. 
b Na. 1 2. 
c 2 Cor. 6. 
16. 

dlsa. 1. 21. 
Rev. 21. 27. 



B. Christ 

518. 



e Isa. 65. 

20,22. 

Zeph. 3. 5. 

fGn. 18. 14. 

Mt. 19. 25. 

g Ezek. 37. 

16, 19. 

Ro. 11. 25, 

27. 

h Jer. 3. 18. 

Am. 9. 14. 

i Hag. 2. 4. 

2 John 

verse 8. 

k Ezra 3. 8. 

I Hag. 2. 6, 

16. 

m 2 Chron. 

15.5. 

n No. 5. 1,2. 

Isa. 45. 7. 

Vs. 103. 9. 
Isa. 12. 1. 
p Dt.28. 8.- 
1'sa. 67. 6. 
q Mt. 6. 23. 

1 Tra. 4. 8. 
r Dt.28. 37. 
Jer. 42. 18. 

Hg. 2. 19. 
t Ezek. 20. 
10. 

u 2 Chron. 
36. 15. 

hnp. 1. 6. 
x Ps. 15. 5. 
yEph.425. 
zHb.13.14. 
Jam. 3. 17. 
a Jer. 4. 11 
chop. 7. 9. 
b2Rg.25.1 
■chap. 7. 3. 
I chap. 7.5. 
f Jor. 52.4. 
f Est. 8. 17. 
ba. 35. 10. 
g Mt.8. 11, 
h Jer. 50. 4. 
Micah 4. 1. 

I»a. 60. 3, 
8,9. 

k Isa. 3. 3. 
&. 60. 3. 
I Jer. 3. 18. 
pi ba. 1.'). I. 
Jer. 23. 33. 



month, and the fast of the 
venth, and the fast of the 



fifth, and the fast of the d se- 
tenth, shall be to the house of 



Judah f joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts ; therefore 
love the truth and peace. 

20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts : It shall yet come to 
pass, that there shall e come people, and the inhabitants 
of many cities : 

<^*21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, 
saying, h Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and 
to seek the Lord of hosts : I will go also. 

r 22 Yea, ' many people and strong nations shall come to 
seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before 
the Lord. 

r 23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; In those days if shall 
come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all lan- 
guages of the nations, even shall take hold of the '' skirt 
of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you : for 
1 wc have heard that God is with you. 

CHAPTER IX. 
God dffendeth his church, 1. Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming 
of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom, 9. God's promises cf victory 
and defence, 12. 

HE u burden of the word of the Lord in the land of 
Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof; 

523 



T 



from * 



God is to be sought unto, and not idols. 

when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall 
be b toward the Lord. 

g 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby ; Tyrus and 
Zidon, though it be c very wise. 

3 And Tyrus did build herself a d strong hold, and heaped up 
silver e as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 

w4 Behold, the Lord will f cast her out, and he will smite 
her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 
• s 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear ; Gaza also shall see 
it, and be s very sorrowful, and Ekron ; for her expecta- 
tion shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish 
Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 

r 6 And h a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut 
off the pride of the Philistines. 

7 And I will ' take away his blood out of his mouth, and 
his abominations from between his teeth : but he that re- 
maineth, even he, shall be k for our God, and he shall be 
as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 

8 And I will ' encamp about my house because of the 
army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him 
that returneth : and no m oppressor shall pass through 
them any more : for now have I seen with mine eyes. 
»"*9 5T Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O 
daughter of Jerusalem : behold, n thy King cometh c unto 
thee : he is just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

10 And I will cut off the p chariot from Ephraim, and 
the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle-bow shall be cut 
off: and he shall speak q peace unto the heathen : and his 
dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river 
even to the ends of the earth. 

«11 As for thee also, by the r blood of thy covenant I 
have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no 
water. 

d 12 % Turn you to the 'strong hold, ye prisoners of hope : 

even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee ; 

13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled l the bow with 

Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, 

O Greece, and u made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 

i 14 And the Lord shall be x seen over them, and his y ar- 
row shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall 
blowthe trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 
15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them ; and they shall 
* devour and subdue with sling-stones ; and they shall 
drink, and make a noise as through wine ; and they shall 
be filled like bowls, and as the a corners of the altar 

* 16 And the Lord their God shall save them in that day 
as the b flock of his people : for they shall be as the stones 
of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 

17 For c how great is his goodness, and how great is 
his beauty ! corn shall make the young men d cheerful, 
and new wine the maids. 

CHAPTER X. 

God is to be sought unto, and not idols, 1. As he visited his Jlodc for 
sin, so he will save and restore them, 5. 

dk SK ye of the Lord rain in the time of the a latter rain; 
J\_ so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them 
showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. 
p 2 For the idols have spoken b vanity, and the diviners 
have seen a lie, and have told false dreams ; they comfort 
in vain : therefore they went their way as a flock, they 
were troubled because there was no c shepherd. 

* 3 Mine -anger was kindled against the d shepherds, and 
I punished the e goats : for the Lord of hosts hath visited 
his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his 
goodly horse in the battle. 

4 Out of him came forth the f corner, out of him the 
8 nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every op- 
pressor together. 



ZECHARIAH. The destruction of Jerusalem 

5 1" And they shall be as h mighty men, which tread 
down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle : 
and they shall fight, because the Lord is l with them, and 
the riders on horses shall be confounded. 
b 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will 
save the house of Joseph, and I will k bring them again to 
place them ; for I ' have mercy upon them : and they 
shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the 
Lord their God, and will hear them. 

7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a m mighty man, 
and their heart shall rejoice as n through wine : yea, their 
children shall see it, and be glad ; their heart shall rejoice 
in the Lord. 

for them, and gather them ; for I have 
and they shall p increase as they have 



B. Christ 
cir. 587. 



8 I will ° hiss 
redeemed them 
increased. 

9 And I will 
shall remember 



q sow them among the people : and they 
me in far countries ; and they shall r live 
with their children, and turn again. 

10 1 will bring them again also out of the land of s Egypt, 
and gather them out of Assyria ; and I will bring them 
into the land of Gilead and Lebanon ; and place shall ' not 
be found for them. 

* 1 1 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and 
shall u smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the 
river shall dry up : and the pride of Assyria shall be brought 
down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 

i> 12 And I will strengthen them * in the Lord ; and they 
shall walk up and down in his y name, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER XI. 
The destruction of Jerusalem, 1. The elect being cared for, the rest are 
rejected, 3. The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection 
_ of Christ, 10. The type and curse of a foolish shepherd, 15. 

PEN thy doors, O a Lebanon, that b the fire may de- 
vour thy cedars. 

2 Howl, fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen ; because the 
c mighty are spoiled : howl, O ye oaks of Bashan ; for the 
forest of the vintage is come down. 

3 % There is a voice of the howling of the d shepherds ; 
for their e glory is spoiled : a voice of the roaring of young 
lions ; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 

d 4 Thus saith the Lord my God ; f Feed the flock of the 
slaughter ; 

5 Whose s possessors slay them, and hold themselves 
h not guilty : and they that ' sell them say, k Blessed be 
the Lord ; for I am rich : and their own shepherds pity 
them not. 

w 6 For I will no more ' pity the inhabitants of the land, 
saith the Lord : but !o, I will deliver the men every one 
into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his m king : 
and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will 
not deliver them. 

b 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O 
n poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves ; the 
one I called ° Beauty, and the other I called p Bands; and 
I fed the flock. 

8 q Three shepherds also I cut off in one month ; and 
my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 

9 Then r said I, I will not feed you : that that dieth, s let 
it die ; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and 
let the rest eat, every one the flesh of another. 

i 10 ^ And I took my staff, even Beauty, and ' cut it asun- 
der, that I might break my covenant which I had made 
with all the people. 

1 1 And it was broken in that day : and so the u poor of 
oLukl'isA the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the -word 

of the Lord. 

* 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my 
price ; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price 
x thirty pieces of silver. 



hGn. 49.24. 
Psa. 18. 41. 
i Ro. 8. 31. 
k Jer. 3. 18. 
&. 23. 8. 
Uer. 16.13. 
llosea 1. 7. 
m Pa. 78. 9. 
nEph.5.18. 
oMt.ll.28. 
plsa.49.19. 
q Hos.2.23. 
tHb. 10.36. 

SISB.11. 11. 

t Isa. 49. 19. 
iillv. 16.12. 
x Hos. 3. 5. 
John 15. 5. 
y Mic. 4. 5. 
a 1 Kgs. 7. 
2. & 10. 17. 
bEzek.17.3. 
Luke 19. 
43, 44. 
cEzek.27.2. 
d Mt. 15. 6, 
14. 

e Rev. 18. 
11,16. 
f Rv. 12. 6. 
g Acts 13.1. 
h John 16.2. 
i 2 Pt. 2. 3.' 
kMi. 3. 11. 
1 Ja. 2. 13. 
m Mt. 2. 1. 
n verse 4. 



pMt. 13.30, 
q Mt. 3. 7. 
r Mt. 27. 37. 
a Rv. 22.11. 
tRo.41.S0. 
u Mt. 11. 5. 
xMt.26.15. 



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The repentance of Jerusalem. 

13 And i he Lord said unto me, 
lev : a z goodly price that I was prized at of them 



ZECHAE 

Cast it unto the y pot- 1 



And 



B. Christ 

cir. 587. 



I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the pot 
ter in the house of the Lord. 

14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that 
I might a break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 

15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the 
instruments of a b foolish shepherd. 

r 16 For lo, I will raise up c a shepherd in the land, which 
shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek d the 
young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that 
standeth still : but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and 
tear their claws in pieces. 

w 17 Wo to the e idle shepherd that leaveth the flock ! 
the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye : 
his f arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall 
be utterly darkened. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself, 1, and a burdensome stone to her 

adversaries, 3. The victorious restoring of Judah, 6. The repentance 

of Jerusalem, 9. 

THE burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith 
the Lord, which a stretcheth forth the heavens, and 
layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit 
of man within him. 

2 Behold, I will make b Jerusalem a c cup of trembling 
unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the 
siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem, 
w 3 % And in that day will I make Jerusalem d a burden- 
some stone for all people : all that e burden themselves 
with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the 
earth be gathered together against it. 

4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will f smite every horse 
with astonishment, and his rider with madness : and I will 
s open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite 
every horse of the people with blindness. 

5 And the h governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 
The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the 
Lord of hosts their God. 

i«6 f In that day will I make the governors of Judah like 
' a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire 
in a sheaf; and they shall k devour all the people round 
about, on the right hand and on the left : and Jerusalem 
shallbe inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 
b 7 The Lord also shall ' save the tents of Judah first, 
that the m glory of the house of David and the glory of the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against 
Judah. 

8 In that day shall the Lord " defend the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem ; and he that is ° feeble among them at that 
day shall be as David ; and the house of David shall be p as 
God, as the angel of the Lord before them. 
»9 t And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will 
•seek to destroy q all the nations that come against Jeru- 
salem. 

b 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the r spirit of grace and of 
supplications : and they shall * look upon me whom they 
have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourn- 
eth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as 
one that is in bitterness for his first-born. 
g 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jeru- 
salem, as the mourning of ' Hadadrimmon in the valley 
of u Megiddon. 

r 12 And the " land shall mourn, every family apart ; the 
family of the house of David apart, and their wives* y apart ; 
the family of the house of z Nathan apart, and their wives 
apart ; 

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives 
apart ; the family of a Shimei apart, and their wives apart ; 

132 



y Mt. 27. 9. 
zGn.37.28. 
a Hosea 1. 
6,8. 

Ro. 11.20. 
bEzek.34.2. 
Mk. 7. 3, 4. 
c Mt. 23. 2. 
2 Thess. 2. 
3,4. 

d Ezek.34.2. 
eEzek.34.2. 
John 10. 13 
flSa.2.31 
a Ps. 24. 2. 
Isa. 42. 5. 
b Gal. 4.26. 
c Isa. 51.22. 
Rev. 16. 1 
d Da. 2. 35. 
Luke 20. 18. 
e Rv. 17. 14. 
& 16. 13, 14. 
f Ps. 75. 5. 
&33. 17. 
gJer.30.17. 
& 39. 12. 
h Obadiah 
verse 14. 
Psa. 62. 8. 
i Ps. 48. 4. 
kch. 10.11. 

1 Jer. 3. 18. 
m ICor. 1. 
31. 

n cl>. 2. 5 
Rev 2. 1. 

Jer. 50. 45. 
p John 10. 
29. 

q Hag. 2. 22. 
r Joel 2. 28. 
s John 19. 
34. 

Rev. L 7. 
tch. 14. 19. 
u2Kg.23.29. 

2 Chr.35.22. 
xRo. 11.15. 
y Nu. 20.29. 

1 Cor. 7. 5. 
z2Sa.5. 14. 
Luke 3. 31. 
a lChr.6.29. 



B. Christ 
cir. 587. 



a John 19. 
34. 

Rv. 1. 5, 6. 
b 1 Pt. 1. 18. 
cHos.2. 16. 
i 2 Pet. 2. 
1,2. 

e Dt. 13. 6. 
Nu. 25. 8. 
f 1 Tm.4.2. 
g Pr. 7. 26. 
I. 21. g. 1.8. 
Matt. 7. 15. 
i Jos. 7. 19. 
2 Th. 3. 10 
klKg.18.28. 
Prov. 27. 5. 
IMt.26. 31. 
m lib. 13.20. 
n Mt. 26.31. 
oMt. 18.10, 
14. 

John 18. 8. 
pRo.11.22. 
q Mt. 1.21. 
rch. 13.2. 
John 20. 
28. 

a Ezek. 38. 
4, 5, 6. 
Dun. 12. 1. 
blua. 13.16. 
C Rv. 11.7. 
il ch. 13. 8. 
e Ezek. 38. 
23. 

Dan. 12. 1. 
Rev. 19. 11 
12. 

f'Rv. 14. 1. 
e Ac is 14a 
h Isa.66.23. 
i Mi. 4. 3. 
k Joel 3.11. 

.Ill.fr; 15, 

1 Isa. 6(1. 19. 
Rev. 21. 23. 
in Rv. 22. 5. 
n Mt.-M.36 
o Isa. CO. 20. 
Hosoa 3. 5. 
|>Ezek.47.1 
Rev. 22. 1. 



The coming of Christ. 

14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and 
their wives apart. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem, 1, from idolatry and false 
prophecy, 2. The death of Christ, and the trial of a third part, 7. 

r|l N tha-t day there shall a be a fountain opened to the 
J[ house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for 
b sin and for uncleanness. 

'« 2 *([ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the 
Lord of hosts, 'that I will cut off the c names of the idols 
out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered : 
and also I will cause the d prophets and the unclean spirit 
to pass out of the land. 

3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet 
prophesy, then his e father and his mother that begat him 
shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live ; for thou speakest 
f lies in the name of the Lord : and his father and his 
mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he 
prophesieth. 

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets 
shall be s ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath 
prophesied ; neither shall they wear h a rough garment to 
deceive : 

5 But he shall say, I am no k prophet, I am a husband- 
man ; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 
a 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these k wounds 
in thy hands 1 Then he shall answer, Those with which I 
was wounded in the house of my friends. 

<■* 7 % ' Awake, O sword, against my m Shepherd, and 
against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of 
hosts : n smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scat- 
tered ; and I will turn my hand upon the ° little ones. 

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith 
the Lord, p two parts therein shall be cut off and die ; but 
the q third shall be left therein. 

b 9 And I will bring the third part r through the fire, and 
will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as 
gold is tried : they shall call on my name, and I will hear 
say, It is my people ; and they shall say, 
my God. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed, 1. The coming of .Christ, and 
the graces of his kingdom, 4. The plagues of Jerusalem's enemies, 12. 
The remnant shall turn to the Lord, 16, and their spoils shall be holy, 20. 

EIIOLD, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil 
shall be divided in the midst of thee. 
2 For I will a gather all nations against Jerusalem to 
battle ; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, 
and the b women ravished ; and c half of the city shall go 
forth into captivity, and the d residue of the people shall 
not be cut off from the city. 

w 3 Then shall the Lord e go forth, and fight against those 
nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 
r 4 TI And his feet f shall stand in that day upon the 
s mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, 
and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof 
toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be 
h a very great valley ; and half of the mountain shall re- 
move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the ' mountains ; for 
the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal : yea,, 
ye shall flee like as ye fled from before the earthquake in 
the davs of Uzziah king of Judah : and the Lord my God 
shall come, and all the '' saints with thee. 

6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light 
shall not be ' clear, nor dark : 

7 But, it shall be m one day n which shall be known to 
the Lord, not day, nor night : but it shall come to pass, 
that ° at evening time it shall be light. 

a 8 And it shall be in that day, that p living waters shall 

525 



them : I will 
The Lord is 



Ofirrehgion and prof uneness. MALACHI. The priests sharply reproved. 

go out from Jerusalem ; half of them toward the formeri B c ™"^ \ 15 And so shall be the e plague of the horse, of the 

in summer q -H^rriT mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts 
15 - that shall be in these tents, as this plague. 

i 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left 
of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall 
even go up from year to year to f worship the King, the 
Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 

17 -And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all 
the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship- the 
s King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be h no 
rain. 

*> 1 8 And if the i family of Egypt go not up, and come 
not, that have no rain ; there shall be the plague, where- 
with the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to 
keep the feast of tabernacles. 

19 This shall be the a punishment of Egypt, and the 
punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the 
feast of tabernacles. 

»* 20 «[f In that day shall there be upon the bells of the 
horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD ; and the k pots 
in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be 
holiness unto the Lord of hosts : and all they that sacri- 
fice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein : and 
in that day there shall be no more the ' Canaanite in the 
house of the Lord of hosts. 



r Is.i. 2. 2. 

chap. 4. 7. 

s ch. 12. 6. 

tJer. 31.38, 

39. 

u Jer. 23, 6. 

Rev. 22. 3, 

xPs. 90. 11. 

y Acts 12. 

23. 

z Acts 13. 

II. 

a Luke 16. 

24. 

b2Sa.5.24. 

c Jgs. 7. 22. 

(1 Ezek. 39. 

10. 



sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea 
and in winter shall it be. 

r 9 And the Lord shall be q King over all the earth : in 
that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one 

s 10 All the land shall be turned r as a plain from Geba to 
Rimmon, south of Jerusalem : and it shall be lifted up, and 
s inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the 
place of the first gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the 
tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine-presses 

11 And men shall ' dwell in it, and there shall be u no 
more utter destruction ; but Jerusalem shall be safely in 
habited. 

«> 12 % And this shall be the x plague wherewith the Lord 
will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusa- 
lem ; Their y flesh shall consume away while they stand 
upon their feet, and their z eyes shall consume away in 
their holes, and their a tongue shall consume away in their 
mouth. 

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great 
b tumult from the Lord shall be among them , and they 
shall c lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, 
and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour, 
w 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem ; and the 
d wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered 
together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. ly^su^fr. 



B. Christ 

cir. 587. 



e Num. 31. 

22, 23. 
Isa. 30. 22. 
verse 12. 
flsa.66.23. 
_ Phil. 2. 9 
h Deut. 28. 

23, 24. 
Isa. 30. 23. 
Micah 7. 5. 
i Isa. 19.22. 
& 65. 13. 
a Or, sin, 
John 3. 19. 
k Isa. 60. 7. 
Ezek. 46.22. 
Mai. I. 11. 



11 MALACHI. 



CHAPTER I. 

Malachi complaineth of Israel's unkindness, 1, of their irreligiousness, 6, 

and profaneness, 12. 

THE burden of the word of the Lord to a Israel by 
Malachi. 
t 2 I have b loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, 
Wherein hast thou d loved us 1 Was not Esau Jacob's 
brother 1 saith the Lord : yet I loved Jacob, 

3 And I e hated Esau, and laid f his mountains and his 
heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 

4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but h we 
will return and build the desolate places ; thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down ; 
and they shall call them, The ' border of wickedness, and, 
The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for 
ever. 

5 And k your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord 
will be l magnified from the border of Israel. 

co t A son m honoureth his father, and a servant his 
master : if then I be a n father, where is my honour 1 and 
if I be a master, where is my fear 1 saith the Lord of hosts 
unto you, ° O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, 
Wherein p have we despised thy name 1 

7 Ye offer q polluted bread upon mine altar ; and ye say, 
Wherein have we polluted thee 1 In that ye say, r The ta- 
ble of the Lord is contemptible. 

p 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, s is it not evil ] 
and if ye offer the 'lame and sick, is it not evil 1 offer it 
now unto thy governor ; will he be pleased with thee, or 
accept thy person 1 saith the Lord of hosts. 

9 And now, u I pray you, beseech God that he will be 
gracious unto us : this hath been by your means : will he 
x regard your persons 1 saith the Lord of hosts. 
*> 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the 
doors for nought ? neither do ye kindle fire y on mine altar 
for nought. I have z no pleasure in you, saith the Lord 
of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 
r * 1 1 For, from the rising of the sun even unto the going 
down of the same, my name shall be great a among the 
Gentiles ; and b in every place incense shall be offered 



B. Christ 
397. 



alChr.9.3. 
b Dt. 7. 7. 
c La. 5. 22. 
dRo.9. 13. 
e Jer. 31. 36. 
fMic. 1. 4. 
g Jer. 49. 7. 
h Isa. 9. 9. 
i Rv. IS. 2. 
kPs.59. 10. 
1 Ps. 35. 26, 
27. 

m Ezek.20. 
12. 

nlPt.1.17. 
o Hos. 5. 1. 
pHos. 12. 8. 
q Dt. 15. 21. 
r Isa. 65. 11. 
s 1 John 3. 
20. 

t Pr. 21.27. 
u Isa. 47.12. 
xlSa.1.30. 
ylCo.9.13. 
z Isa. 1. 13. 
■a Isa. CO. 5. 
blTm.2.8. 



unto my name, and a pure offering : for my name shall be 
great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. 

12 ^| But c ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The ta- 
ble of the Lord is d polluted ; and the fruit thereof, even 
his meat, is contemptible. 

c 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a e weariness is it ! and 
ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts ; and ye 
brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick ; 
thus ye brought an offering : should I accept this of your 
hand ? saith the Lord. 

w 14 But cursed be the f deceiver, which hath in his flock 
a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a cor- 
rupt thing : for I am a great s King, saith the Lord of 
hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. 

CHAPTER II. 

He sharply reproveth the priests for neglecting their covenant, 1 ; and 

the people for idolatry, 11, for adultery, 14, and for infidelity, 17. 

ND now, O ye a priests, this commandment is for 
you. 

w 2 If ye will b not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, 
to c give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosis, I 
will even send a curse upon you, and I will d curse your 
blessings ; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye 
do not lay it to heart. 

3 Behold, I will corrupt c your seed, and f spread dung 
upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts ; and 
one shall take you away with it. 

4 And ye shall s know that I have sent this command- 
ment unto you, that h my covenant might be with Levi, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

5 My covenant was with him '* of life and peace ; and 1 
gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, 
and was k afraid before my name. 

d 6 The ' law of truth was in his mouth, and m iniquity 
was not found in his lips : he walked with me in peace 
and equity, and did " turn many away from iniquity. 
d* 7 For the priest's ° lips should keep knowledge, and 
they should p seek the law at -his mouth : for he is the 
messenger of the Lord of hosts. 

v 8 But ye are q departed out of the way ; ye have caused 

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slSa.2.30. 
t Mi. 3. 5. 
u Eph. 4. 6. 
x Jer. 9. 4. 
y Ho.11.12. 
z Ezra 9. 1. 
a lSa.2.23, 
b Jer. 8.8. 
c2Tm.3.13, 
d I Sam. I, 
6,10. 

eOn.31.44. 
Prov. 2. 17. 
Hob. 13. 5. 
f Mt. 19. 4. 
g Ezra 9. 
1,2. 

1 Cor. 7. 14. 
hi Cor. 7.5. 
iDt.24. 15. 
Mt.5. 31. 
k Isa. 43.24 
Amos 2. 13. 
IPs. 37. 3,5. 
chap. 3. 15. 
m Job 20. 5 
&21. 11. & 
27. 8, 23. 
aMt. 11.10. 
Luke 1. 76. 
bJohn5-. 14. 
c Hag. 2. 3. 
Gal. 4. 4. 
dNu 14.2. 
chap. 4. 1. 
Rv.6.15,16. 
e Eph. 5. 27. 
fHb. 13.16 
g2Th. 1.7,8. 
h Ro. 3. II. 
i Jam. 1. 17. 
k La. 3. 22. 



The majesty ana grace of Christ. MALACH1. 

many to stumble r at the law ; ye have corrupted the 
covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 

9 Therefore have I also made you s contemptible and 
base before all the people, according as ye have not kept 
my ways, but have been ' partial in the law. 

v 10 Have we not all u one father 1 hath not one God ere 
ated us? why do we deal "treacherously every man against 
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers 1 

« 11 If y Judaii hath dealt treacherously, and an abomina- 
tion is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem ; for Judal 
hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, 
and hath z married the daughter of a strange god. 

12 The Lord will a cut off the man that doeth this, the 
master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob 
and him that b offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts 

13 And this have ye done c again, covering the altar ol 
the Lord with d tears, with weeping, and with crying out, 
insomuch that lie regardeth not the offering any more, or 
receiveth it with good will at your hand. 

* 14 If Yet ve say, Wherefore ? Because the Lord hath 
oeen e witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, 
against who a thou hast dealt treacherously : yet is she 
thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 

V 15 And did not he f make one 1 ? Yet had he the residue 
of the Spirit. And wherefore one 1 That he might seek 
a godly g seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and 
let none h deal treacherously against the wife of his youth 
16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth 
'putting away : for one covereth violence with his garment 
saith the Lord of hosts : therefore take heed to your 
spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 

c 17 If Ye have k wearied the Lord with your words. 
Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him ? When ye say, 
Every one that ' doeth evil is good in the sight of the 
Lord, and he delighteth in them ; or, Where is the God 
of m judgment ? 

CHAPTER III. 
Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ, 1. Of the rebellion, 1, 
sacrilege, 8, and infidelity of the people, 13. The promise of blessing 
to them that fear God, 16. 

r T>EHOLD, I will send my a messenger, and he shall 
_M3 prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom 
ye seek, shall suddenly come to his b temple, even the 
messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in : behold, 
lie c shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 
E 2 But who may d abide the day of his coming ? and who 
shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's 
fire, and like fullers' soap. 

3 And he shall sit e as a refiner and purifier of silver : 
and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as 
gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an 
offering in righteousness. 

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem f be 
pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in 
former years. 

v 5 And I will e come near to you to judgment : and I 
will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against 
the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against 
those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, 
and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from 
his right, and h fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. 

' 6 For I am the Lord, '' I change not; therefore ye sons 
of Jacob are k not consumed. 



Elijah's coming and office. 



b. Christ ] d 7 ^ Even from the days of ' your fathers ye are gone 
risa.2.i7. away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Re- 
turn unto me, and I will return m unto you, saith the Lord 
of hosts. But ye said, n Wherein shall we return 1 
c 8 Tf Will a man ° rob God 1 Yet ye have robbed r rae, 
But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee 1 In tithes and 
offerings. 

9 Ye are q cursed with a curse : for ye have robbed me, 
even this whole nation. 

d 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the r store-house, that 
there may be meat in my house, and 8 prove me now here- 
with, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the 
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there 
shall not be room x enough to receive it. 

11 And I will rebuke the devourer u for your sakes, and 
he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground ; neither 
shall your * vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

* 12 And all nations shall call you y blessed : for ye shall 
be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts. 
c 13 ^f Your words have been 7 stout against me, saith 
the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much 
against thee 1 

«* 14 Ye have said, a It is vain to serve God : and what 
profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we 
have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts 1 

15 And now we call the b proud happy ; yea, they that 
work wickedness are c set up ; yea, they that tempt God 
are d even delivered. 

c* 16 ^f e Then they that feared the Lord f spake often 
one to another : and the Lord g hearkened, and heard it: 
and a book of remembrance was written before him for 
them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his 
name. 

^17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in 
that day when I make up my h jewels ; and I will ' spare 
them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 

18 Then shall k ye return and 'discern between the 
righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God 
and him that serveth him not. 

CHAPTER IV. 
God's judgment on the wicked, 1, and his blessing on the good, 2. He 
exhorteth to the study of the law, 4, and telleth of Elijah's coming and 
office, 5. 

OR behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an 
oven ; and all the b proud, yea, and all that do wick- 
edly, shall be stubble : and the day that cometh shall burn 
them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them 
neither root nor branch. 

b 2 If But unto you that fear my name, shall the c Sun of 
righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall 
go forth, and d grow up as calves of the stall. 

3 And ye shall e tread down the wicked ; for they shall 
be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that f I 
shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. 
d 4 ^f B Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, 
which I commanded unto him in Iloreb for all Israel, with 
the statutes and judgments. 

r5 t Behold, I will send you h Elijah the prophet before 
the coming of the ' great and dreadful dny of the Lord : 

6 And he shall ■ turn the heart of the fathers to the 
children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest 
I come and ' smite the earth with a curse. 

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B. Christ 
cir. 397. 



1 Acts 7. 51. 
mZech.1.3. 
nRo. 10.21. 

Ne. 13. 10 
pMt.25.45. 
Acts 9. 4. 
q Hag. 1. 6. 
r Ne. 10. 38. 
& 13.11, 13. 
s Ps. 37. 3. 
t Mt. 6. 33. 

2 Cnr. 9. 6. 
uPr 3.9,10. 
xDt. II. 14. 
Hag. I. 10. 
y Dt. 23. 3. 
Joh 29. II. 
z Joh 22. 13. 
Psa. 7.'!. 11. 
Zeph. 1.12. 
a Job 21. 15. 
b Ps. 73. 12. 

P«. 12. 8. 
<1 Job21.30. 
& 36. 6. 
e(ion. 0. 14. 
f Heb.3. 13. 

Ph. 139.4. 

R Ex. 19.5,6. 

Pe. 103. 13. 

kver. 14,15. 

1 Ps.58. II. 
Da. 4. 32,33. 
a2Th.l.7,8. 
I) [bo. 2. 17. 

Lukol.78, 
John 1. 14. 
I John 15.2. 

Ps. 49. 14. 
Ro. 16. 20. 
f2Th.2. 8. 
a Ex. 20. 4. 
John 5. 45. 
h Mt. 11.11. 
i Joel 2.31. 
kLnkol.17. 

1 Zech. 14. 
12. 
Rev. 16. 1. 



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APRIL. 






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11. LES. 


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Matt. 2 


UChr...; 


Psalmsl,3 


1 


Exodus 5 


Nehem. 2 


Psalms 44 


1 


Ueuter. 7 


Luke 20 


Job 41 


fsa. 84,85 


1 




Acts 8 


Jeiem 


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l's.l23to5 






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— ; 


— < 


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— 41 


—86,87 


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— 41 








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— i. 


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- 5,6 


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— 8 


— 8 


— 4 


— 46,17 


3 


— 9 


— 22 


Prov. 2 


• — 88 


:• 


— 14 


— : 10 


— 43 








4 


— 4 


— s 


- t 


- 7,8 


4 


— 9 


— 9 


— 5 


— 48 


4 


— 10 


— 23 


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- 89 


4 


— 15 


— 11 


— 47 








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— t 


— t 


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— 9 


i 


— 1( 


— K 


— 6 


— 49 


5 


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— 2< 


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— 90 


.", 


— 16 


— 12 


— 48 


— 135 
136 






t 


— 7 


— i 


- 12 


— 10 


b 


— 11 


— 11 


— t 


— 50 


6 


- 12 


John 1 


— 7 


- 91 


i> 


I Sam. 1 


— 13 


— 49 






, 


— 8 


- £ 


- 1! 


—11,12 


7 


— 12 


— 12 


— 8 


— 51 


7-13 


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-92,93 


7 


— 2 


— 14 


— 52 


137, 138 
— 139 






t 


— 12 


- s 


— 1< 


13,14,15 


f 


— 13 


— 13 


— 9 


—52,53 


8 — 15 


- 4 


Eccl. 1,2 


- 94 


f 


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— 15 








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— 1; 


— 10 


— 10 


-16,17 


y 


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— 10 


— 54,55 


9 - 16 


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- 3,4 


—95,96 


fl 


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— 16 


— 2 








u 


— 15 


— 1 


- 18 


— 18 


it 


— 15 


— 15 


— 11 


—56,57 


10 — 17 


— 6 


— 5,6 


-97,98 


10 


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— 17 


— 3 


142,' 143 






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— 17 


— 1- 


— 1< 


- 19 


u 


— It 


— It 


— 12 


— 58 


U - 18 


— 7 


— 7 


99 to 101 


11 


— 7 


— 18 








I-. 


— 22 


- 13 


— 21 


-20,21 


12 


— 17 


Luke 1 


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— 59 


121 - 19 


- £ 


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— 102 


19 


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— 19 


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- 22 


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Esther 1 


—60,61 


13! — 26 


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— 103 


13 


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— 20 










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— 3t 


- 15 


- 25 


-23,24 


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— 2 


—62,63 


141 — 29 


- 11 


—11,12 


— 104 


14 


— 10 


— 21 


— 8 








j.'i 


— 32 


- 17 


- 26 


- 25 


15 


— 20 


— 5 


— 3 


—64,65 


15 — 30 


— 12 


Sol. S. 1,2 


- 105 


15 


— 11 


— 22 


— 9 


148 to 150 






lb 


— 3c 


— 18 


— 27 


- 26 


It 


— 21 


— 6 


— 4 


—66,67 


16 — 31 


— 13 


— 3,4 


— 106 


16 


— 12 


— 23 


— 10 


— 35 






1/ 


— 37 


— 19 


- 28 


— 27 


1; 


— 23 


— 7 


— 5 


— 68 


17 - 32 


— 14 


- 5,6 


— 107 


17 


— 13 


— 24 


- 11 


—60,61 
69 






If 


— 41 


— 21 


- 32 


-28,29 


It 


— 24 


— 8 


— 6 


— 69 


18 — 33 


— 15 


- 7,8 


— 108 


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— 25 


— 12 






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— 26 


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21 


— 42 


— 22 


- 36 


- 31 


21 


— 34 


— 10 


— 8 


— 72 


20 Joshua 1 


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-20,2, 


110,111 


20 


— 16 


— 27 


— 16 


— 108 






21 


— 43 


— 2i 


Ezra 1 


- 32 


2; 


Numb. 22 


— 11 


— 9,10 


— 73 


21 — 2 


- It 


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112-114 


21 


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— 28 


— 17 


— 109 






2-. 


— 44 


- 24 


- 2 


- 33 


33 


— 23 


— 12 


Job 3 


— 74 


22! - 3 


— 19 


— 23 


— 115 


22 


— 18 




— 19 


— 136 






93 


— 45 


— 25 


— 3 


- 34 


23 


— 24 


— 13 


— 6 


—75,70 


23 


— 4 


— 20 


— 31 


116,117 


93 


— 19 


— 3 


— 22 








24 


— 47 


- 26 


— 4 


- 35 


24 


Deut. 1 


— 14 


— 7 


— 77 


2 1 


- 6 


— 21 


— 47 


- 118 


24 


— 30 


— 4 


— 23 


16 






2,> 


— 48 


— 27 


- 5 


- 36 


2.. 


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— 15 


— 10 


— 78 


2.) 


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Acts 1 


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119 1/. 33 


95 


— 22 


— 5 


— 24 


Luke 3 






''J.! 


— 48 


— 2? 


- 6 


- 37 


26 


— 3 


— 16 


— 22 


— 79 


36 


— 8 


- 2 


Jerem. 13 


v. 33-65 


26 


— 23 


— 6 




John 2 






27 


— 50 


Mark 1 


- 7 


- 38 


2, 


— 4 


— 17 


— 30 


— 80 


37 


— 23 


- 3 


— 20 


v. 65-97 


9.7 


— 24 


— 10 


— 20 


— 8 






28 


Exodus 1 


- 2 


- 8 


— 39 


at 


— 5 


— 18 


— 38 


— 81 


28| - 24 


— 4 


— 21 


v. 97 121 


W 


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— 27 








23 


— 2 


- 3 


— 9 


— 40 


29 


— 6 


— 19 


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29 (Judges 4 


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v. 121-145 


29 


— 27 


— 12 


— 28 


— 6 






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— 4 


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30 - 5 


— 6 


— 24 


v. 145-176 


3(1 


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— 13 


— 30 


— 7 






31 


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I. LES. I II. LES. 


MORN. 


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I John 3 


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Num. .7 


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1 


I Sam. 29 


Rom. 14 


[ie!3l 


Ephes. 1 
I Tim. 1 


1 


I Kings 201 Galat. 4 


Genesis25 


Rev. 21 


1 


ll Chro. 15 


11 Tim. 3 


Levit. 3 


Mark 1 


1 


Job 38 






a 


— 30 


— 15 


- 32 


a 


— 2a — 5 


— 26 


- 23 


2 


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Titus 1 


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O 


— 29 


— 3 


— 8 


— 17 






3 


- 31 


1 Cor. 1 


- 35 




A 


II Kings 1 - 6 


— 27 


Matth. 1 


3 


— 20 


- 2 


— 5 


— 3 


3 


— 31 


— 4 


— 9 


— 18 






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II Sam. 1 


— 2 


- 38 


— 7 


4 


— 3lEphes. 2 


- 29 


- 2 


4 


- 23 


- 3 


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4 


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— 10 


— 19 






;> 


— 2 


— 3 


- 39 


- 8 


5 


— 3; — 3 


— 30 


— 3 


Jl 


— 24 


Philem. 


— 7 


— 5 


5 


— 33 


II John 


— 11 


— 20 






b 


— 3 


— 4 


— 40 — 


6 


— 4; — 4 


— 31 


— 4 


ti 


— 29 


Hebrewsl 


— 8 


- 6 


6 


— 34 


III John 


— 12 


— 31 






i 


— 4 


— 8 


— 41 


— 16 


7 


- 5 - 5 - 


— 34 


— 5 


7 


- 30 




— 9 


— 7 


7 


— 35 


Psahnsl.S 


— 13 


— 22 






b 


— 7 


— 9 


— 42 


II Tim. 3 


H 


— 6 


— 6 


— 35 


— 6 


8 


- 31 


- 3 


- 10 


— 8 


8 


— 36 


— 3,4 


— 14 


— 23 






y 


- 9 


- 10 


- 43 


— 4 


i) 


— 7 


Philip. 1 


— 36 


- 7 


9 


- 34 


— 4 


- 11 


- 9 


'1 


— 37 


— .5,6 


— 15 


— 24 






1U 


- 12 


- 11 


— 44 


II Peter 2 


lll 


— 11 


— 2 


- 38 


— 8 


1(1 


- 35 


- 5 


— 12 


- 10 


lll 


*-< 42 


— 7,8 


— 16 








ii 


- 14 


— 12 


— 45 




11 


— 12 


- 3 


— 39 


— 9 


II 


Job 1 


— 6 


- 13 


- 11 


11 




— 9 


— 17 


— 2 






12 


— 15 


- 13 


- 46 


Rev. 1 


12 


— 13 


— 4 


— 46 


- 10 


12 


- 2 


— 7 


— 14 


— 12 


w 


— 3 


— 10 


— 18 


— 3 






i:i 


— 16 


- 14 


- 47 


— 2 


13 


- 19 


Colos. 1 


Exodus 6 


— 11 


ill 


— 4 


- 8 


- 15 


- 13 


13 


— 4 


—11,13 


— 19 


— 4 






14 


— 17 


— 15 


- 48 


- 3 


U 


— 20 


— 2 


— 22 


— 12 


14 


— 5 


— 9 


— 16 


— 14 


14 


— 8 


13,14,15 


— 20 


— 5 






lb 


- 18 


- 16 


Dan. 5 


— 4 


15 


- 22 


- 3 


— 25 


- 13 


15 


- 8 


- 10 


— 17 


— 15 


15 


— 9 


—16,17 


— 21 


- 6 






IN 


— 19 


[I Cor. 1 


— 7 


— 5 


16 


— 23 


- 4 


— 26 


— 14 


Ih 


— 9 


— 11 


— 18 


— 16 


Hi 


— 10 


— 18 


— 25 


— 7 






17 


— 20 


- 2 


- 8 


— 6 


17 


- 24 


IThess. 1 


— 27 


- 15 


17 


- 11 


— 12 


- 19 


Luke 1 


17 


— 11 


— 19 


— 26 


— 8 






IH 


— 22 


- 3 


- 10 




18 


— 25 


— 2 


- 28 


- 16 


18 


— 12 


- 13 


- 20 


— 3 


18 


— 12 


—30,21 


- 27 


— 9 






19 


— 24 


— 4 


- 11 


— 8 


19 


IChro. 10 


- 3 


— 29 


— 17 


19 


- 13 


James 1 


- 21 


— 3 


19 


— 13 


- 23 


- 28 


- 10 






21) 


I Kings 3 


— 5 


— 12 


— 9 


20 


- 13 


— 4 


— 30 


- 18 


211 


- 14 


— 2 


- 22 


— 4 


an 


— 14 


—23,24 


— 29 


— 11 






21 


— 5 


— 6 




- 10 


21 


— 16 


— 5 


— 31 


— 19 


21 


- 15 


- 3 


- 23 


— 5 


91 


— 15 


— 25 


- 30 


- 13 






22 


— 6 


— 7 


— 9 


— 11 


22 


— 17 


IIThcss.l 


— 33 


- 30 


22 


- 16 


— 4 


- 24 


— 6 


90 


— 16 


— 26 


- 31 


- 13 






23 


— 7 


— 8 


— 10 


— 12 


23 


- 28 


— 2 


— 35 


21 


aa 


- 17 


— 5 


- 25 


— 7 


"3 


— 17 


— 37 


- 32 


- 14 






<iA 


- 8 


— 9 


— 11 


— 13 


24 


— 29 


— 3 


- 36 


- 22 


94 


— 18 


I Peter 1 


- 26 


— 8 


94 


— 18 


—28,29 


— 33 


- 15 






2.» 


- 9 


- 10 


— 14 


— 14 


2.) 


II Chro. 1 


lTirn. 2 


— 37 


- -23 


2.5 


— 19 


o 


— 27 


— 9 


<>i 


— 19 


— 30 


- 34 


- 16 






2K 


— 10 


— 11 


- 16 


— 15 


26 


o 


- 3 


- 38 


— 24 


2fi 


- 20 


- 3 


Num. 1 


— 10 


•'li 


— 20 


— 31 


— 35 


- 17 






2, 


- 12 


- 12 


- 18 


— 16 


2, 


— 6 


— 4 


- 39 


- 35 


97 


- 21 


- 4 


- 3 


— 11 


97 


- 21 


— 32 


— 36 


— 18 






28 


— 13 


— 13 


- 19 


— 17 


2.-' 


— 7 


- 5 


— 40 


— 26 


28 


— 23 


- 5 


- 3 


— 13 


98 


— 22 


- 33 


Deut. 14 


- 19 






29 


— 17 


3alat. 1 


— 20 


— 18 


29 


— 9 


— 6 


Levit. 1 


— 27 


2»l 


- 24 


II Peter 1 


— 4 


— 13 


TO 


— 23 


— 34 


- 20 


— 20 






30 


— 18 


- 2 


— 21 


— 19 


30 


— 10 


II Tim. 1 


— 2 


— 28 


30 


-25,26 


- 3 


— 5 


— 14 


30 


- 24 


— 36 


— 21 


- 31 






31 


— 19 


- 3 


- 24 


— 20 






I 




31 


- 27 


Uohn 1 


— 6 


— 15 


31 — 25 


— 37 


— 22 


Romans 1 






SEPTEMBER. 


OCTOBER. 


NOVEMBER. 


DECEMBER. 






FAMILY. 


PRIVATE. 


FAMILY. 


PRIVATE. 


FAMILY. PRIVATE. 


FAMILY. 


PRIVATE. 






MORN. 


EVEN. 


1. LEJ. 


II. LES. 


MORN. 


EVEN. 


I. LES. 


ir. LES. 


MORN. 


EVEN. ! I. LES. 


11 . LES. 


MORN. 


EVEN. 


I. LES. 


II. LES. 






1 


Prov. 26 


PsalmB 38 


Deut. 23 


Romans 7 


1 


Isaiah 39 


Psalms 81 






1 


Jerem. 9 


Psa.l26-8|lIKingsl6 


11 Tim. 4 


1 1 Lament. 1 


Acts 18 


Amos 1,2 


11 Peter 3 








— 27 


- 39 


— 24 


— 8 


<> 


— 40 


—84,85 


- 20 


o 


2 


— 10 


129-1311 - 17 


Titus 1 


2 — 2 


— 19 


— 3,4 


I John 1 






a 


— 28 


— 40 


— 25 


— 9 


3 


— 41 


— 86 


— 21 


— 3 


3 


— 11 


132-134: — 18 


— 2 


3 


— 3 


— 20 


— 5 


— 2 






4 


— 29 


— 41 


— 27 


— 16 


4 


— 42 


—87,88 


Ruth 1 


— 4 


■1 


— 12 


— 135l — 21 


- 3 


4 


— 4 


- 21 


— 6 


— 3 






b 


- 31 


—42,43 


— 28 


I Cor. 5 


5 


— 43 


— 89 


— 2 


— 5 


ft 


- 14 


137,138 IIChron.1 


I'lulem. 1 
Hebrewsl 


1) 


— 5 


— 23 


— 7 


— 4 






(i 


Isaiah 1 


— 44 


Joshua 5 


— 6 


fi 


— 44 


— 90 


— 3 


— 6 


6 


— 15 


- 139 


— 3 


« 


Ezekiel 6 


- 23 


— 8.9 


— 5 






7 


— 2 


— 45 


— 9 


— 7 


7 


— 45 


— 91 


— 4 


Philip. 1 


7 


— 16 


140,141 


— 3 


- 2 


7 


-14,15 


- 34 


Obadiahl 


II John 






H 


- 3,4 


—46,47 


— 10 


— 13 


R 


— 46 


—92,93 


I Sain. 5 


— 2 


8 


— 17 


142,143 


— 4 


- 3 


8 


— 18 


— 25 


Jonah 1,2 


III John 






H 


— 5 


— 48 


— 11 


— 14 


9 


— 48 


— 94 


— 21 


— 3 


'1 


- 18 


— 144 


— 5 


— 4 


9 


— 20 


— 26 


— 3,4 


Jude 






HI 


— 6 


- 49 


— 12 


— 15 


10 


— 49 


—95,96 


— 25 


— 4 


lll 


— 19 


— 145 


— 6 


— 5 


10 


— 21 


— 27 


Micah 1,2 


Rev. 1 






ll 


- 7 


- 50 


— 13 


— 16 


11 


— 50 


—97,98 


II Sam. 5 


Colos. 1 


11 


— 22 


— 146 


— 7 


— 6 


11 


— 29 


— 28 


— 3,4 


— 3 






12 


— 8 


- 51 


— 14 


II Cor. 1 


1° 


— 51 


99-101 


— 6 


— 2 


12 


— 23 


— 147 


— 6 


— 7 


12 


— 33 


Romans 2 


— 5,6 


— 3 






13 


- 9 


-52,53 


— 15 


- 2 


13 


—52,53 


— 102 


— 8 


— 3 


13 


— 25 


148-150 


— 9 


— 8 


13 


— 34 


— 3 


— 7 


— 4 






14 


- 10 


—54.55 


- 16 


— 3 


14 


— 54 


— 103 


— 10 


— 4 


14 


- 26 


Acts 1 


— 11 


— 9 


14 


— 36 


— 4 


Nah. 1,2 


— 5 






15 


—11,12 


-56,57 


— 17 


— 4 


15 


— 55 


— 104 


— 11 


I Theas. 1 


1ft 


- 28 


— 2 


— 12 


— 10 


15 


— 37 


— 5 


— 3 


— 6 

— 7 






Hi 


— 13 


— 58 


— 18 




lfi 


— 56 


— 105 


— 13 


— 2 


Ih 


— 30 


— 3 


— 14 


— 11 


16 


Daniel 1 


— 6 


Hab. 1,2 






17 


— 14 


— 59 


— 19 


— 6 


17 


— 58 


— 106 


— 21 


— 3 


17 


— 31 


— 4 


— 15 


— 13 


17 


— 2 


— 10 


— 3 


— 8 






18 


—15,16 


—62,63 


— 20 


— 7 


18 


*• 59 


— 107 


— 23 


— 4 


18 


— 32 


— 5 


— 18 


— 13 


18 


— 3 


— 11 


Zeph. 1,2 


— 9 

- 10 






111 


—17,18 
— 24 


-64,65 
-66,67 


— 21 

- 22 


— 8 

— 9 


19 

90 


- 60 

—61,62 




— 5 
IIThess.l 


19 


— 33 


— 6 


—19.2C 




I'l 


— 4 


— 12 


— 3 






211 


112-114 


"-r 2 


20 


— 34 




- 31 


— 3 


20 


— 6 


- 13 


Haggai 1 


- 11 

- 12 

- 13 






21 


—25,26 


- 68 


Judges 1 


— 10 


<>1 


—03,64 


— 115 


— 4 


— 2 


21 


— a5 


— 8 


— 22 


— 3 


21 


— 9 


— 14 








ift 


— 27 


-70,71 


— 2 


— 11 


"9 


— 65 


116,117 


— 11 


— 3 


22 


- 36 


— 9 


— 2; 


— 4 


22 


Hosea 7,8 


— 15 


Zech. 1 






a? 


- 28 


— 72 


— 3 


— 12 


9? 


— 66 


— 118 


— 14 


I Tim. 1 


93 


— 37 


- K 


— 24 


— 5 


23 


— 9,10 


I Cor. 1 


— 2,3 


— 14 






24 


— 29 


— 7? 


— c 


— 13 


94 




119 v. 3; 


— 15 


o 


34 


- 38 


- 11 


— 25 


I Peter 1 


24 


—11,12 




— 4,5 


— 15 






25 


- 30 


- 74 


— £ 


Galat. 1 


n 5 


o 


v. 33-05 


— 16 


- 3 


2ft 


— 3S 


— 12 


— 26 


— 3 


2., 


—13,14 


— 3 


— 6,7 


— 17 

— 18 
• - 19 

— 20 

— 21 

— 22 






2h 


-31,32 


—75,76 


— 1C 


— 2 


an 


— 3 


v. 65-97 


— 21 


— 4 


26 


— 42 


— 13 


— 27 


— 3 


21, 


Joel 1 


— 4 


— 11 






27 


- 33 


— 77 


— 11 


— 3 


97 


— 4 


v. 97-121 


II Kings 8 


— 5 


37 


— 44 


— 14 


Hosea 1 


— 4 


27 


— 2 


— 8 


—12,13 






» 


—34,35 


— Ti 


— 12 


— 4 


"8 


— 5 


v. 121-145 


— 9 


— 6 


"i- 


—45,46 


— K 


— 2 


— 5 


9s 


— 3 


— 9 


— 14 






.,., 


— 37 


— 79 


— 17 


— 5 


Of 


— 6 


v. 145-176 


— 10 nTim. 1 


2! 


- 5C 


— 16 


— 3,< 


II Peter 1 


23 


Zech. 8 


— 10 


Malachi 1 






» 


— 3t 


— S( 


— 18 


— 6 


31 


— 7 


120-122 


— 141 - 2 


31 


- 51 


— 17 


— 5,C 


— 3 


311 


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— 11 


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PROPER WESSONS 


PROPER JLESSONS 






FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP ON SUNDAY MORNINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 


FOR PARTICULAR D 


KB. 

LESSON. 






DAY. 


I. LES. 


II.LES. I 


>AY. 


I. LES. 


II. LES. 


DAY. 


I. LE3. II.LES. E 


AY. 


I. LES. 


11. LES. 


DAY. 

Sop. 
o 

3 
4 
5 


I. LES. 


II.LES. E 


AY. 

tov. 

3 

4 

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I. LES. 

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— 55 

— 61 
Jer. 8 
Ezek. 18 


II.LES. 


Cit 

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DAYS. 


I. LESSON. 








Jan. 
2 
3 
4 
5 


Gen. 

— 4 

— 4 

— 4 


John 1 
? — 3 
) - 4 

1 — 5 

2 — 6 


Mar. 
2 
3 
4 
5 


Exod.15 

— 16 

— 18 

— 20 
Num. 22 


John 14 

— 15 

— ir> 

— 17 

— IS 


May 
2 
3 
4 
5 


Deut. 11 
Josh. : 

— f 
2^ 

— 24 


IMatt. 8 

— 9 

— 13 

— 34 

— 20 


July 
2 
3 

* 
5 


lriiini.17 

— 26 
IISam.1 

- 18 
I Kin. 18 


Mark 5 

— 6 

— 9 

— 10 
Luko 4 


Prov. 10 

— 15 

— 27 
Isa. 37 

— 4t 


Luke 15 I 

— 16 

— ^ 

— 19 

— 20 


Acts 5 

— 8 

— 9 

— 10 

— 12 


cumcision 
m Sunday 
od Friday 
ptcr Sunday 
lit Sunday 


Genesis 17 
Zecbariah9 
Genesis 22 
Matthew 28 
Joel 24 


Matthew 21 
John 19 
Romans 6 
Acts 2 
Luke 2 






Fob. 
2 


— 4 

— 4 


1 — 7, 
i - 9 


\pril 
2 


- 23 

— 24 


— 20 

— 21 


June Judgcs4 

c 


— 22/ 

— 23 


Lug. 


11 Kin. 4 
— 5 


— 7 

— 8 


Oct. 
2 


— 4- 

— 4: 


1 — 21 ] 
— 22 


Dec 
2 


— 33 

— 34 


— 13 

— 15 


Thanksgiving Day 


Esther Jd Philipp- | 
loial, 58 Matthew 6 






3 


— 4 


5 — 10 


3 


Deut. 5 


Matt. 5 


51 — K 


— 24 


3 


— 6 


— 11 


3 


— 44 


— 24 


3 


— 36 


— 16 


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Li 


Exod. 
— 1 


J — 11 
2 — 13 


4 
5 


— 6 

— 8 


— 6 


4|ISam. 5 
51 - 15 


— 35 

— 26 


4 

5 


— 20 


- 12 

— 13 


4 
5 


— 4? 

— 5) 


Acts 3 
— 4 


4 

5 


— 37 
Dan. 3 


— 35 

— 26 





f I. ESDSAS, 



CHAPTER I. 

AND Josias held the a feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his 
Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first 
month ; 

2 Having set the priests according to their daily courses, being 
arrayed in long garments in the temple of the Lord. 

3 And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that 
they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of 
the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built : 

4 And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: 
now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people 
Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds, 

5 According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according 
to the magnificence of Solomon his son : and standing in the temple 
according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, 
who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel, 

6 Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for 
your brethren, and keep the passover according to the command- 
ment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses. 

7 And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thou- 
sand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves : these things were 
given of the king's allowance, according as he promised to th peo- 
ple, to the priests, and to the Levites. 

8 And Helkias, Zacharias, and - Syelus, the governors of the tem- 
ple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand six hundred 
3heep, and three hundred calves. 

9 And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and 
Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the 
Levites for the passover five thousand sheep, and 'seven hundred calves. 

10 And when these things were done, the priests and Levites having 
the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the 
kindreds, 

11 And according to the several dignities of the fathers before the 
people, to offer to the Lord, as it was written in the book of Moses : 
b and thus did they in the morning. 

12 And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth: as for the 
sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots, and pans, c with a good savour, 

13 And set them before all the people : and afterward they prepared 
/for themselves, and for the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron. 

14 For the priests offered the fat until night : and the Levites pre- 
pared for themselves, and the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron. 

15 The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, ac- 
cording to the appointment c of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias, and 
Jeduthun, who was of the king's retinue. 

16 Moreover, the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for any 
to go from his ordinary service : for their Drethren the Levites prepared 
for them. 

17 Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord ac- 
complished in that day, that they might hold the passover, 

IS And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord, according to the com- 
mandment of king Josias. 

19 So the children of Israel whicli were present held the passover at 
that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days. 

20 And such a passover was not kept in Israel since the time of the 
prophet Samuel. 

21 Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and 
the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were 
found dwelling at Jerusalem. 

22 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept. 

23 And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord, with a heart 
full of godliness. 

24 As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in 
former times, concerning those that sinned, and d did wickedly against the 
Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him e exceed- 
ingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel. 

25 e Now after all these acta of Josias it came to pass, that Pha- 
cir. oio. raoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis upon 
Euphrates : and Josias went out against him. 

26 But the king of Egypt sent to him, Baying, What have I to do with 
thee, O king of Judea ? 

27 I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee ; for my war is upon 
Euphrates : and now the Lord is with me, yen, the Lord is with me hasting 
me forward : depart from mc, and be not aguinst the Lord. 

28 Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook 
i.o fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy, spoken 
by the mouth of the Lord : 

29 But joined battle with him in the plain of Mcgiddo, and the princes 
came against king Josias. 

30 Then said the king unto his servants, Carry mc away out. of the bat- 
'le ; for I am very weak. And immediately his servants took him away 
out of the battle. 

31 Then gat he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to 
ferusalem died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre. 

32 And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias, yea, Joremv the pro- 

\ 



| B. Christ 
cir. 623. 



a 2 Kings 
23.21. 
2 Chr. 35. 1 
a Or, Jehiel 
b Or. five 
hundred 
calves, 
2 Chr. 35. 9. 
b 2 Chr. 35. 
12. 

and so of 
the bul- 
locks, 
c Or, with 
good speed, 
or, willing- 
ly, 

2Chr.35.13. 
c 2 Chr. 35. 
15. of Da- 
vid and 
Asaph. 
d 2 Chr. 35. 
15. the 
king's seer, 
d Or, were 
ungodly, 
t Or, sensi- 
bly. 

e 2 Chr. 35. 
20. 



B. Christ 
cir. 610. 

f 2 Kings 

23.30. 

2 Chr. 36. 1. 

g 2 Chr. 36. 

4, 5, Jehoi- 

akim, or, 

Eliakim. 

hJer.25.10. 

& 29. 10. 

/Or, keep 

sabbuth. 

a 2 Chr. 36. 

22. 

Ezr. l.l,&c. 

a Or, this. 



phet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made 
lamentation for him unto this day : and this was given out for an ordi- 
nance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel. 

33 These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings 
of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and 
his understanding in the law of the Lord, and the things that he had 
done before, and the things now recited, are reported in the book of 
the kings of Israel and Judea. 

34 f And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king 
instead of Josias his father, when he was twenty and three years old. 
cir 6io 3 ^ ■^■ n< ^ ^ e reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three months : 

' and then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in 
Jerusalem. 

36 And he set a tax upon the land of a hundred talents of silver 
and one talent of gold. 

37 The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of 
Judea and Jerusalem. 

38 And he bound Joacim and the nobles : but Zaraces his brother 
he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt. 

. G , 39 Five and twenty years old was S Joacim when he was 
'made king in the land of Judea and Jerusalem ; and he did evtf 
before the Lord. 

cir 606 40 Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Baby- 
lon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried 
him into Babylon. 

41 (Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and" 
carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.) 

42 But those things that are recorded of him, and of his unclean- 
ness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings. 

. „„ 43 And Joacim his son reigned in his stead : he was made 

cir. 599. , • , . • , . ,f 

king being eighteen years old ; 

44 And reigned but three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and 
did evil before the Lord. 

45 So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be 
brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord, 
cir 599 4B And made Zedechias king of Judea and Jerusalem, when 

'he was one and twenty years old ; and he reigned eleven years : 
47 And he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for 
the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the 
mouth of the Lord. 
48 And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the 
name of the Lord, he forswore himself and rebelled, and hardening his 
neck and his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel. 
49 The governors also of the people and of the priests did many 
things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, 
and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem. 

50 Nevertheless, the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call 
them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also. 

51 But they had his messengers in derision ; and look, when the Lord 

spake unto them, they made a sport of his prophets : 
590. 52 So far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their 
great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come 
up against them ; 

53 Who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the 
compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old 
man nor child, among them ; for he delivered all into their hands. 

54 And they took all the holy vessels of the Lora, both great and small, 
with the vessels of the ark of God, and the king's treasures, and carried 
them away into Babylon. 

. 55 As for the house of the Lord, they burnt it, and brake down 

or.oss. t j ie wa ]j s f Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers : 

56 And as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had con- 
sumed and brought them all to nought: and the people that were not slain 
with the sword, he carried unto Babylon : 

57 Who became servants to him and his children, till the Persians reign- 
ed, to fulfil the h word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremy : 

58 Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths, the wholo time" of her 
desolation shall she / rest, until the full term of seventy years. 

CHAPTER II. 

IN the a first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of 
the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the 
mouth of Jeremy ; 

2 The Lord raised up (lie spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and 
he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing, 

3 Sayinsr, Tims saitli Cyrus king of the Persians ; The Lord of Israel, 
the most high Lord, hath made mc king of the whole world, 

4 And commanded me to build him B house at Jerusalem in Jewry. 

5 If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, 
even his Lord.be with him," and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in 
Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: for " he is the -Lord 
that dwelleth in Jerusalem. 

6 Whosoever then dwell in the places about, let them help him (those 
I say that are his neighbours) with gold, and with silver, 

1 



593. 



cir. 536. 



Apocrypha. 



I. ESDRAS. 



B. Christ 
cir. 536. 



b Hub. sub 
stance, 
Ezra 1. 6. 
cGr. 

Shashbai- 
tar : the . 
Jirst part of 
the xoord is 
corruptly 
joincdtotke 
word going 
before, 
Ezra 1. 8. 
d Hub. 
knives, 
Ezra 1. 9. 
b Ezr. 1. 10. 
but four 
hundred 
and ten. 
c Ezr. ]. 11. 
but five 
thousand 
four hun- 
dred. 

cl Ezr. 4. 7. 
e Bahumus 
and the 
namewhich 
followeth is 
but an epi- 
thet to the 
former, 
Ezr. 4. 9. 
f Shimshai, 
Ezr. 4. 8. 
gOr,agrcat 
number of 
soldiers. 



B. Christ 
Cir. 520. 



7 With gifts, with horses, and with cattle, and other things, which 
have been set forth by vow, for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem. 
' 8 1T Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribe of Ben- 
jamin stood up : the priests also and the Levites, and all they whose 
mind the Lord had moved to go up, and to build a house for the Lord 
at Jerusalem. 

9 And they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all 
things with silver and gold, with '• horses and cattle, and with very 
many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto. 

10 King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels which Nabucho- 
donosor had carried away from Jerusalem, and had set up in his tem- 
ple of idols. 

11 Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, 
he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer : 

12 And by him they were delivered to ' Sanabassar the governor 
of Judea. 

13 And this was the number of them ; A thousand golden cups, and 
a thousand of silver, d censers of silver twenty-nine, vials of gold 
thirty, and of silver, b two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thou- 
sand other vessels. 

14 So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried 
away, were c five thousand four hundred three-score and nine. 

. ™ 15 These were brought back by Sanabassar, together with 
• " them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem. 

16 d But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians, Belemus, 
and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and e Rathumus, Beeltethmus, and 
/Semellius the secretary, with others that were in commission with 
them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against 
them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following ; 

17 To king Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants Rathumus the story- 
wiiter, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the 
judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice. 

15 Be it now known to the lord the king, that the Jews that are 
come up from you to us, being come into Jerusalem (that rebellious 
and wicked city) do build the market-places, and repair the walls of 
it, and do lay the foundation of the temple. 

19 Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they 
will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings. 

20 And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in 
hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter, 

21 But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be 
thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers : 

22 And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concern- 
ing these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, trou- 
bling both kings and cities : 

23 And that the Jews were rebellious, and raised always wars therein ; 
for the which cause even this city was made desolate. 

24 Wherefore now we do declare unto thee, (O lord the king) that if 
this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from 
henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice. 

25 Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the story-writer, to 
Beeltethmus, to Semellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commis- 
sion, and dwellers in Samaria, and Syria, and Phenice, after this manner : 

26 I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me ; therefore I 
commanded to make diligent search, and it hath been found, that that 
city was from the beginning practising against kings ; 

27 And the men therein were given to rebellion and war : and that 
mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted 

tributes in Celosyria and Phenice. 
cir.520. 28 Now therefore I have commanded tohinderthosemenfrombuild- 
ing the city, and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it ; 

29 And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance 
of kings. 

30 Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semel- 
lius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing 
in haste towards Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen, and £a multitude 
of people in battle-array, began to hinder the builders ; and the building 
of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of 
Darius king of the Persians. 

CHAPTER III. 
"N\TOW when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, 
XT! and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia, 

2 And to all the governors, and captains, and lieutenants that were under 
him, from India unto Ethiopia, of a hundred twenty and seven provinces. 

3 And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were gone 
home, then Darius the king went into his bed-chamber, and slept, and 
soon after awaked. 

4 Then three young men that were of the guard, that kept the k ng's 
body, spake one to another ; 

5 Let every one of us speak a sentence : he that shall overcome, and 
whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king 
Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory : 

6 As, to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, 
and a chariot with bridles of gold, and a headtire of fine linen, and a 

. chain about his neck : 

7 And he shall sit next to Darius, because of his wisdom, and shall be 
called Darius his cousin. . 

8 And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under 
King Darius Lis pillow. 

« v ^ i? a ^ l * lat ' wnen tne king is risen, some will give him the writings; 
ana ot whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge 



Apocrypha, 

that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, a<s 
was appointed ; 

10 The first wrote, Wine is the strongest. 

11 The second wrote, The king is the strongest. 

12 The third wrote, Women are strongest : But above all things 
truth beareth away the victory. 

13 Now when the king was risen up, they took their writings, and 
delivered them unto him, and so he read them : 

14 And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and 
Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and 
the chief officers ; 

15 And sat him down in the ° royal seat of judgment ; and the 
writings were read before them. 

16 And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their 
own sentences. So they were called, and came in. 

17 And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the 
writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine ; 

18 And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine ! it 
causeth all men to err that drink it: 

19 It maketh the mind of the king, and of the fatherless child, to 
be all one : of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and 
of the rich : 

20 It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a 
man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt : 

21 And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth nei- 
ther king nor governor ; and it maketh to speak all things by talents ; 

22 And when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to 
friends and brethren, and a little after draw out swords : 

23 But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they 
have done. 

24 O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus ': 
And when he had so spoken, he held his peace. 

CHAPTER IV. 

THEN the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, 
began to say, 

2 O ye men, do not men excel in strength, that ° bear rule over sea 
and land, and all things in them? 

3 But yet the king is more mighty : for he is lord of all these things, 
and hath dominion over them : and whatsoever he commandeth them 



a Or, coun- 
sel. 

a Or, hdve 
the com- 
mand. 

I u^f^f they do 

force. * " 4 If he bid them make war the one against the other, they do it : 

dOr,groicn\tf he send them out against the enemies, they go, and break down 

desperate, ; mountains, walls, and towers. 

5 They slay and are slain, and transgress not the king's command- 
ment : if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil, 
as all things else. 

6 Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, 
but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, 
they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king 

7 And yet he is but one man : if he command to kill, they kill ; if he 
command to spare, they spare ', 

8 If lie command to smite, they smite ; if he command to make desolate, 
they make desolate ; if he command to build, they build ; 

9 If he command to cut down, they cut down ; if he command to plant. 
they plant. 

10 So all his people and his armies obey him : furthermore he lieth 
down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest: 

11 And these keep watch round about him, neither ''may any one de- 
part, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing. 

12 O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort 
he is obeyed ? And lie held his tongue. 

13 If Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this 
was Zoiobabel) began to speak. 

14 O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither 
is it wine that c excelleth : who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the 
lordship over them ? are they not women ? 

15 Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea 
and land. 

16 Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted 
the vineyards from whence the wine cometh. 

17 These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; 
and without women cannot men be. 

18 Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any- 
other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour 
and beauty ? 

19 And 'letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with 
open mouth fix their eyes fast on her ; and have not all men more desire 
unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever ? 

20 A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own 
country, and cleaveth unto his wife. 

21 He sticketli not to spend his life with his wife, and remembereth 
neither father, nor mother, nor country. 

22 By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you : do 
ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman ? 

23 Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, 
to sail upon the sea and upon rivers ; 

24 And looketh upon a lion, and goeth m the darkness; and whenJie 
hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love. 

25 Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than lather or mother. 

26 Yea, many there be that have d run out of their wits for women, and 
become servants for their sake*. 

2 



s Jos. An- 
tiq. 1. 11. 
cap. 4. 
Rabsaces, 
Thcmasux 
fOr t hereat. 
g Or, be 
friends 

th him. 
h Or, prais- 
eth the 
truth, 
Atlianasius 
(Or, 

steward, 
k Or, por- 
tions of 
land. 



Apocrypha. 

27 Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women. 

28 And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his 
power? do not all regions fear to touch him? 

29 Yet did I see him and Apame the king's concubine, the daughter 
of the admirable ' Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king, 

30 And taking the crown from the king's head, and setting it upon 
her own head ; she also struck the king with her leit hand. 

31 And yet / for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with 
open mouth : if she laughed upon him, he laughed also : but if she 
took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she 
might s be reconciled to him again. 

32 O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing 
they do thus ? 

33 Then the king and the princes looked one upon another : so he 
began to speak of the truth. 

34 O ye men, are not women strong ? great is the earth, high is 
the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the 
heavens round about, and fetching his course again to his own place 
in one day. 

35 Is he not great that maketh these things ? therefore great is the 
truth, and stronger than all things. 

36 All the earth calleth upon the truth, and the heaven blesseth it: 
all works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing. 

37 Wine is wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked, all the 
children of men are wicked, and such are all their wicked works ; and 
there is no truth in them ; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish. 

38 As for the truth, it endureth, and is always strong ; it liveth and 
conquereth for evermore. 

39 With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she 
doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and 
wicked things ; and all men do well like of her works. 

40 Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness ; and she is the 
strength, kingdom, power, and majesty of all ages. Blessed be the 
God of truth. 

41 And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shout 
ed, and said, Great is truth, and mighty above all things. 

42 Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is ap 
pointed in the writing, and we will give it thee, because thou art found 
wisest ; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin. 

43 Then said he unto the king, Remember thy vow, which thou hast 
vowed to build Jerusalem, in the day when thou earnest to thy kingdom, 

44 And to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of 
Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, 
and to send them again thither. 

45 Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Edom- 
ites burned, when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees. 

46 And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which 
I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thy- 
self: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance 
whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven. 

47 Then Darius the king stood up and kissed him, and wrote let- 
ters for him unto all the treasurers, and lieutenants, and captains, and 
governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and 
all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem. 

48 He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria, 
and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar- 
wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the 
city with him. 

49 Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm 
up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no 
lieutenant, nor ' treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors ; 

50 And that all the country which they hold should be free without 
tribute ; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the 
Jews which then they held : 

51 Yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the 
building of the temple, until the time that it were built ; 

52 And other ten talents yearly, to maintain the burnt-offerings upon 
the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen : 

53 And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should 
have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests 
that went away. 

54 He wrote also concerning the charges, and the priests' vestments 
wherein they minister ; 

55 And likewise for the charges of the Levitos, to be given them; 
until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up. 

56 And he commanded to give to all that kept the city * pensions 
and wages. 

57 He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had 
•^ot apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment the same 
charged lie also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem. 

59 Now when this young mini was gone forth, he lifted up his face 
to heaven, towards Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven, 

59 And said, From thee conieth victory, from thee coineth wisdom, 
and thine is the glory, and I am thy servant. 

60 Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: for to thee I give 
thanks, O Lord of our lathers. 

61 And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Baby- 
lon, and told it all his brethren. 

62 And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given 
them freedom and liberty 

63 To go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called 



B. Christ 
cir. 520. 



B. Christ 
cir. 536. 



1. ESDRAS. Apocrypha 

by his name : and they feasted with instruments of music and glad- 
ness seven days. 

CHAPTER V. 

a Joachim and Zorobabel. This place is corrupt : for Joachim was the son of Josedech, Neh- 
13. 10. and not Zorohabel who was of the tribe of Judah. — a Zorobabel. — b Saraiah. — c Or, Mis' 
par. — d Or, Reelaiah. 

A FTER this were the principal men of the families chosen ac- 

' x^ cording to their tribes, to go up with their wives, and sons, and 

daughters, with their men-servants, and maid-servants, and their cattle. 

2 And Dauius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had 
brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical [instru- 
ments] tabrets and flutes. 

3 And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together 
with them. 

4 And these are the names of the men which went up, according to 
their families among their tribes, after their several heads. 

5 The priests, the sons of Phinees the son of Aaron: Jesus the 
son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and a Joacim the son of Zorobabel, 
the son of Salathiel of the house of David, out of the kindred of 
Phares, of the tribe of Judah ; 

6 a Who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in 
the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first 
month. 

7 And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, 
where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of 
Babylon had carried away unto Babylon. 

8 And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of 
Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with 
Jesus, Nehemias, and b Zacharias, and Reesaias, Enenius, Mar- 
docheus, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, d Roelius, Roimus, and Baana, their 
guides. 

9 The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of 
e Phoros, two thousand a hundred seventy and two ; the sons of 
f Saphat, s four hundred seventy and two : 

10 The sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty and six : 

11 The sons of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundred and 
twelve : 

12 The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four : the 
sons of h Zathui, nine hundred forty and five : the sons of J Corbe, 
seven hundred and five : the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight : 

13 The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three : the sons of 
k Sadas, three thousand two hundred twenty and two : 

14 The sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven : the sons 
of ' Bagoi, two thousand sixty and six : the sons of Adin, four hun- 
dred fifty and four : 

15 The sons of m Aterezias, ninety and two : the sons of Ceilan 
and Azetas, threescore and seven : the sons of Azuran, four hundred 
thirty and two : 

16 The sons of Ananias, a hundred and one: the sons of Arom, 
thirty-two : and the sons of" Bassa, three hundred twenty and three: 
the sons of Azephurith, a hundred and two : 

17 The sons of Meterus, three thousand and five : the sons of Beth- 
lomon, a hundred twenty and three : 

18 They of Netophah, fifty and five : they of Anathoth, a hundred 
fifty and eight : they of P Bethsamos, forty and two : 

19 They of ■: Kiriathiarius, twenty and five : they of Caphira and 
Beroth, seven hundred forty and three : they of Pira seven hundred : 

20 They of Chadias and Ammidioi, four hundred twenty and two : 
they of r Cirama and s Gabdes, six hundred twenty and one : 

21 hey of ' Macalon, a hundred twenty and two : they of u Beto- 
lius, fifty and two : the sons of - Nephis, a hundred fifty and six : 

22 The sons of >' Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty and 
five: the sons of Jerechus, two hundred forty and five : 

23 The sons of '- Annaas, three thousand three hundred and thirty. 
21 The priests: the sons of a Jeddu, the son of Jesus, among the 

sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy and two : the sons of b Meruth, 
a thousand fifty and two : 

25 The sons of r Phassaron, a thousand forty and seven : th". sons 
of d Carme, c a thousand and seventeen. 

26 The Levites : the sons of f Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas. 
and Sudias, seventy and four. 

27 The holy singers : the sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. 

28 The porters : the sons of e Salum, the sons of •' Jatal, the sons 
of Talmon, the sons of' Dacobi, the sons of' Teta, the sons of 'Sami. 
in all a hundred thirty and nine. 

2!) The servants of the temple : the sons of m Esau, the sons of 
" Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of ° Ccras, the sons of P Sud, 
the sons of n Phalcas, the sons of Labnna, the sons of r Graba, 

30 The sons of s Acua, the sons of Uta, the sons of ' Cctab, the 
sons of Agaba, the sons of " Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of 
* Cathua, the sons of y Geddur, 

31 The sons of '• Airus, the sons of » Daisan, the sons of h Noeba. 
the sons of Chaseba, tlie sons of c Gazera, Hie sons of <> A/.ia, the sons 
of e Phinees, the sons of Azara, the sons of 'Baslai, the sons of eAsana, 
the sons of'Meani, the sons of * Naphisi, the sons of k Acub, the 
sous of i Acipha, the sons of °> Assur, the sous of Pharacini, the sons 
of " Basaloth, 

32 The sons of » Mecda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of p Charea, 
the sons of 'i Charcus, the sons of r Asercr, the sons of 3 Tliomoi, the 
sous of l Nasith, the sons of Atipha. 

:::! The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of "Azaphion, 



e Parosh, 
Ezra 9. 3. 
Neh. 7, 8. 
where for 
brevitylook 
for the true 
numbers of 
the particu- 
lars follow- 
ing: for here 
they vary 
much, and 
the names 
much more, 
f Shepha- 
tiah. 

g Or, three 
hundred 
seventy- 
two. 

h Zattu. 
i Zacchai. 
k Asgar. 
1 Sigui. 
m Jlterhe- 
zekiah. 
n Bezai. 

Bethle- 
hem. 
pj3zma- 
veth. 

q Kiriath- 
jarim. 
r Rama. 
s Qaba. 
tMiclimai 
u Bethel. 
x Maghbis. 
y Lodnadid. 
z Senaah. 
a Jedaiah. 
b Immar. 
c Pashur. 
d Harim. 
c Or, two 
hundred 
and seven- 
teen, ac- 
cording to 
somecopies 
f Thus it is 
read, Ezra 
2. 40, the 
sons of Je 
skua, and 
Cadmirl, of 
the sons of 
liodaviuh. 
g Shall am 
li Atcr. 
i Akknh. 
k Ualila. 

1 Shobai. 
in ZUh. 
n fiatupha 
o Kcros. 
p Sialia. 
c| Padon. 
r Agaba. 
*. Akkab. 
t flu guli. 
it S'lumlui. 
x Qidttcl. 
y Gahar. 
■/■ Reuiah. 
'a Rriiii. 
b A'ecodah 
c Qazam. 
d J/uzza. 
c Pase.ak. 
(Besai. 
g Asnnk. 
li Meunim. 
iJVV phusim 
k Bakbuli. 

flm upa 

m /iurliur. 
n Bailuth. 
ii Mehida. 
p Harsh a. 
i| Barcos. 

h 'I'humui. 
t A'cziah. 
nHi'phereth 



Apocrypha. 

the sons of * Pharira, the sons of y Jeeli, the sons of z Lozon, the sons 
of *> Isdael, the sons of b Sapheth. 

34 The sons of c Hagia, the sons of d Phacareth, the sons of Sabi, 
^he sons of Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of 
Addus, the sons of Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, 
the sons of Sabat, the sons of Allom. 

35 All the ministers of the temple, and the sons of the servants of 
Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two. 

36 These came up from Thermeleth, and Thelersas, Charaathalar 
leading them, and Aalar ; 

37 Neither could they shew their families, nor their stock, how they 
were of Israel : the sons of e Ladan, the sons of ' Ban, the sons of 
s Necodan, six hundred fifty and two. 

38 And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and 
were not found : the sons of h Obdia, the sons of » Accoz, the sons of 
k Addus, who married Augia, one of the daughters of Berzelus, and 
was named after his name. 

39 And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought 
in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing 
the office of the priesthood ; 

40 For unto them said b Nehemias and Atharias, that they should not 
be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up a high priest clothed 
with c doctrine and truth. 

41 So of Israel from them of twelve years old and upward, they 
were all in number forty thousand, besides men-servants and women- 
servants, two thousand three hundred and sixty. 

42 Their d men-servants and handmaids were seven thousand three 
hundred forty and seven: the singing-men and singing-women, two 
hundred forty and five : 

43 Four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty and 
six horses, two hundred forty and five mules, ' five thousand five hun- 
dred twenty and five ''beasts used to the yoke. 

44 And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the 
temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in 
his own place according to their ability, 

45 And to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds 
of gold, five thousand of silver, a hundred priestly vestments. 

46 And so dwelt the priests, and the Levites, and the people in Jeru- 
salem, and in the country, the singers also and the porters ; and all 
Israel in their villages. 

47 But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of 
Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one 
consent into the open place of the first/gate which is towards the east. 

48 Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the 
priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made 
ready the altar of the God of Israel, 

49 To offer burnt-sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly com- 
manded in the book of Moses the man of God. 

50 And there were gathered unto them out of the other nations of 
the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all 
the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them ; 
and they offered sacrifices according to the time, and burnt-offerings 
to the Lord both morning and evening. 

51 Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the 
iaw, and offered sacrifices daily, as was meet : 

52 And after that, the e continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the 
s'abbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts. 

53 And all they that had h made any vow to God began to offer 
sacrifices to God, from the first day of the seventh month, although 
the temple of the Lord was not yet built. 

54 And they gave unto the masons and carpenters, money, meat, and 
drink with cheerfulness. 

55 Unto them of Sidon also and Tyre they gave cars, that they 
should bring cedar-trees from Libanus, which should be brought by 
floats to the haven of Joppe, according as it was commanded them by 
Cyrus king of the Persians. 

56 And in the second year and second month after his coming to the 
temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and 
Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the 
Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity: 

57 And they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day 
Of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry 
and Jerusalem. 

.. 58 > And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over 

Clt '° 'the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and bre- 
thren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of 
Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one 
accord * setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in 
the house of God. So the workmen built the temple of the Lord. 

59 And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instru- 
ments and trumpets ; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals, 

60 Singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, ' according as 
David the king ot Israel had ordained. 

61 And they sung with loud voices songs to the praise of the Lord, be- 
cause his mercy and glory is for ever in all Israel. 

_ 62 And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, 
singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house 
of the Lord. 

63 ™ Also of the priests and Levites, and of the chief of their families, 
tneancients who had seen the former house, came to the building of this 
with weeping and great crying- 



I. ESDRAS 



B. Christ 
cir. 536. 



x Peruda. 
y Jaalah. 
z Darcun. 
a Giddel. 
b Shepha- 
tiah. 
c Hatti. 
d Phoce- 
reth, llaz- 
zebaim, 
Ezra a. 57. 
e Delajah. 
f Tobiah. 
g Necodah. 
h Hobajah. 
i Cos. 

k JBarzclai. 
b Nehemi- 
as, who 
also is 
Jltharias : 
two -of one : 
Ezra 2. 63. 
Neh. 8. 9. <Sc 
10.1. 
cHeb. 
Urim and 
Thummim. 
d See Neh. 
7.67. 

lEzra2.67. 
e Or, asses. 
/Or, before 
the cast 
gate. 

g Or, daily 
sacrifice. 
AGr. hal- 
lowed. 

See Ezra 
3.9. 

h Or, over- 
seers, or, 
encoura- 
gers of 
them that 
wrought 
in the 
house of 
the Lord. 
I Or, after 
the manner 
of David 
king of 
Israel. 
m Ezra 3. 
12, 13. 



B. Christ 
cir. 535. 



m Or, dis- 
cerned, 
n Or, Ksar- 
haddon. 
Exra 4. 2. 
o Or, until 
the second 
year of 
Darius, 
Ezra 4. 5, 
6,7. 

a Or, Iddo. 
b Or, which 
was called 
on them. 
a Ezra 5. 3. 
c Or. Tat- 
na,i. 

dOv. She- 
Iherboziu'.i. 
e Or, Zo- 
robabel, 
which is 
also Sana- 
bassar the 
ruler, so as 
Zorobabel 
seemeth to 
be added to 
the text, 
Ezra 1. 8. 
/Or, rolls, 
g Or, place. 



Apocrypha 

64 But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice, 

65 Insomuch that the trumpets might not be '"heard for the weeping 
of the people : yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was 
heard afar off. 

66 Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin 
heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean. 

67 And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build 
the temple unto the Lord God of Israel. 

68 So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the 
families, and said unto them, We will build together with you. 

69 For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto 
him from the days of » Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who 
brought us hither. 

70 Then Zorobabel and Jesus, and the chief of the families of Israel 
said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together a house unto 
the Lord our God. 

71 We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according 
as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us. 

72 But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of 
Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building ; 

73 And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commO' 
tions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king 
Cyrus lived : so they were hindered from building for the space of two 
years, » until the reign of Darius. 

CHAPTER VI. 
cir 520 l^T^^ in tne secon( l y ear °f the reign of Darius, Aggeus, and 
' 1™ Zacharias the son of a Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto 
the Jews, in Jewry and Jerusalem, in the name of the Lord God of 
Israel * which was upon them. 

2 Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son 
of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the 
prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them. 

3 a At the same time came unto them • Sisinnes, the governor of Syria 
and Phenice, with ■' Sathrabuzanes, and his companions, and said unto 
them, 

4 By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and 
perform all the other things ? and who are the workmen that perform 
these things ? 

5 Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the 
Lord had visited the captivity. 

6 And they were not hindered from building, until such time as 
signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer 
received, 
cir 519 7 ^ ne 9°P V 0I " tne letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria 

' and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers 
in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius ; To king Darius, 
greeting : 

8 Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come 
into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem, we 
found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of 
the captivity, 

9 Building a house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and 
costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls. 

10 And those works are done with great speed, and the work goethon 
prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made. 

11 Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment 
build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works ? 

12 Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee 
by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and w? 
required of them the names in writing of their principal men. 

13 So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord 
which made heaven and earth. 

14 And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a'king 
of Israel, great and strong, and was finished. 

15 But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against 
the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the 
power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees ; 

16 Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the 
people captives unto Babylon. 

17 But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of 
Babylon, Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house. 

IS And the holy vessels of gold and of silver that Nabuchodonosor 
had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in 
his own temple, those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the 

temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to « Zorobabel and to Sana- 

bassarus the ruler. 

19 With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and 
put them in the temple at Jerusalem ; and that the temple of the Lord 
should be built in his place. 

20 Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations 
of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and from that time to this being 
still a building, it is not yet fully ended. 

21 Now, therefore, if "it seem good unto the king, let search be made 
among the /records of king Cyrus : 

22 And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at 
Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord 
the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof. 

23 Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Baby- 
lon : and so at Ecbatanafhe palace, which is in the country of Media, there 
was found a s roll wherein these things were recorded. 

24 In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, king Cyrus commanded that 

4 



cir.512. 



X 1 



Apocrypha. 

the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they 
do sacrifice with continual fire : 

25 Whose height shall be sixty cubits, and the breadth sixty cubits, with 
three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country ; 
and the expenses thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus : 

26 And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold 
and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took cut of the house at Jerusalem, 
and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, 
and be set in the place where they were before. 

27 And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and 
Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which 
wore appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to 
meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, 
and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house 
of the Lord in that place. 

28 I have commanded also to have it built up whole again ; and that 
they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, 
till the house of the Lord oe finished : 

29 And out of the tribute of Celosyria, and Phenice, a portion care- 
fully to be given these men, for the sacrifices of th<3 Lord, that is, to 
Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs ; 

30 And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year 
without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem 
shall signify to be daily spent : 

31 That * offerings may be made to the most high God, for the king, 
and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives. 

32 And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make 
light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a 
tree be taken,and Tie thereon be hanged,and all his goodsseized for the king. 

33 The Lord, therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly 
destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or 
endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem. 

34 I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things 
it be done with diligence. 

CHAPTER VII. 
JHEN a Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, 
and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the 
commandments of king Darius, 

2 Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients 
of the Jews and governors of the temple. 

3 And so the holy works prospered when Aggeus and Zacharias the 
prophets prophesied. 

4 And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord 
God of Israel, and with ° the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, 
kings of Persia. 

5 And thus was the holy house finished in *the three and 
twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius 
king of the Persians. 

6 And the children-of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others 
that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to 
the things written in the book of Moses. 

7 Ana to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered a 
hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs ; 

8 And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number 
of the • chief of the tribes of Israel. 

9 The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, 
according to their ,; kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, 
according to the book of Moses : and the porters at every gate. 

10 And the children of Israel « that were of the captivity held the 
passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests 
and the Levites were sanctified. 

11 They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together : 
but the Levites were all sanctified together. 

12 And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and 
for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 

13 And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, 
even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of 
!he people of the land, and sought the Lord. 

14 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making 
merry before the Lord. 

15 For that he had turned the /counsel of the king of Assyria towards 
them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
• 4-7 /& ^^ after these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the 
cir 4o7. jq Persians reigned, came Esdras the son of Saraias, the son 
of a Ezerias, the son of Helchiah, the son of Salum, 

2 The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the 
son of '' Ezias, the son of ,: Meremoth, the son of Zarias, the son of 
* Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the 
son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron ,: the chief priest. 

3 This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready 
in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel. 

4 And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in 
all his requests. 

5 There went, up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of 
the priests, of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and /ministers 
of the temple, unto Jerusalem. 

6 In 8 the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month, 
this was the king's seventh year ; for they went from Babylon, in the 
first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the 
11 prosperous journey which the Lord gave them. 

2 



I. ESDRAS 



B. Christ 
cir. 519. 



It Vr,drink- 
ojferings. 
u Ezra U. 13. 
a Or, the 
decree. 
ftHeb the 
third day, 
Ezra 6. 15. 
c Or, tribes, 
d Heb. di- 
visions. 
Ezra 6. 18. 
e Or, with 
those that, 
SfC. 

/Or, mind, 
a Azarias. 
b Ozias. 
c Jifcra ioth. 
d Uzzi. 
Some co- 
pics want 
these three 
names. 
eHeb. was 
first Ezra 
7. ]. 

/Or, JVc- 
thinims. 

See Ezra 
7. 7, 8, 9. 
A Or, suc- 



B. Christ 
cir. 457. 



i Or, decree, 
k Or, got. 
I Ox, with 
the rest of 
Ezra 7. 18. 
m Or, mea- 
sures, or, 
salt, Ezra 
7.22. 
n Hob. of 
bhose that 
know, 
Ezra 7. 25. 
aEzra7.2C. 
o Or, 
Daniel. 
pOx, Chat- 
tus. 

b Ezra 8. 3, 
of the sons 
of Shecha- 
niah,of the 
sons of 
Parosh. 
q Zera- 
chaiah. 
r Or, of the 
sons of 
Shechani- 
ah the son 
ofJahaziel 
s Her,, fifty 
men. 

t Or, Mha- 
liah. 

U Or, Zeba 
diali. 

x Or, four- 
score men. 
y I )r, Oba- 
dinh. 

zOx,Jehiel. 
a Or, 
cirrf, teen, 
men. 

bOr, of the 
sons of She- 
lomitheson 
ofjosiphia. 
c Or, Az- 

rrrld. 

dOr, Catan. 

e Or, Shc- 

maiah. 

/Or, sixty 

men. 

g Heb. 

Birrvai. 

h Or, to the 
river call- 
ed Ahova, 
Ezra 8. 15. 
i Or, he 
numbered 
the people 
and the 

prieets: 
but 'found 

none of 
the sons 
of l.cri. 
k Ox, Ariel, 

Mir, Shr- 

maio/i. 

m.Ox,Jnrih. 

T!i' -' ini nV 

nnmCH nrc 
rightly diS' 
tingnuhed. 
Ewa B. 16. 



Apucrijplia. 

7 For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the 
law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances 
and judgments. 

8 Now the copy of the « commission which was written from Ar- 
taxerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law 
of the Lord, is this that followeth ; 

9 King Artaxerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of tne law of 
the Lord sendeth greeting : 

10 Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such 
of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites being within our 
realm, as are willing and desirous, should go with thee unto Jerusalem. 

11 As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart with 
thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the 
counsellors ; 

12 That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, 
agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord ; 

13 And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I 
and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the 
country of Babylon can be A " found, to the Lord in Jerusalem, 

14 With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the 
Lord their God at Jerusalem : and that silver and gold may be coDected 
for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining ; 

15 To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the 
altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem. 

16 And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do 'with the silver and 
gold, that do, according to the will of thy God. 

17 And the holy vessels of the Lord which are given thee for the 
use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set be- 
fore thy God in Jerusalem. 

18 And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of 
the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king's treasury. 

19 And I king Artaxerxes have also commanded the keepers of the 
treasures in Syria and Phenice, that whatsoever Esdras the' priest and 
the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for, they should 
give it. him with speed, 

20 To the sum of a hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat 
even to a hundred m cors, and a hundred pieces of wine, and other 
things in abundance. 

21 Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto 
the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king 
and his sons. 

22 I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposi 
tion of any of the priests or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, oi 
ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and 
that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them. 

23 And thou, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God, ordain judges 
and justices, that they may judge in all Syria, and Phenice n all those 
that know the law of thy God ; and those that know it not thou shalt teach. 

24 And a whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God, and of the 
king, shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other 
punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprisonment. 

25 II Then said Esdras the scribe. Blessed be the only Lord God of 
my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to 
glorify his house that is in Jerusalem : 

26 And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsel- 
lors, and all his friends, and nobles. 

27 Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and 
gathered together men of Israel to go up with me. 

28 And these are the chief according to their families and several digni- 
ties, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artaxerxes : 

29 Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson : of the sons of Ithamar, ° Gamael : 
of the sons of David, v Lettus b the son of Sechenias. 

30 Of the sons of Pharez, Zccharias; and with him were counted a 
hundred and fifty men: 

31 Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of i Zaraias, and 
with him two hundred men: 

32 r Of the sons of Zathoe, Sechenias the son of Jezelus, and with 
him three hundred men: of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son of Jonathan, 
and with him s two hundred and fifty men: 

33 Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of 'Gotholias, and with him 
seventy men : 

34 Of the sons of Saphatias, " Zaraias son of Michael, and with him 
threescore and ten men : 

35 Of the sons of Joab, v Abadias son of - Jezelus, and with him two 
hundred and " twelve men : 

36 ' Of the sons of Banid, Assalimoth son of Josaphias, and with him 
a hundred and threescore men: 

37 Of the sons of Babi, Zecharias son of Bebai, and with hirn twenty 
and eight men : 

38 Of the sons of <■■ Astath, Johannes son of d Acatan, and with him 
a hundred and ten men : 

39 Of the sons of Adonicnm the last, and these are the nnnici of them, 
Eliphnlot, Jcuel, and « Samaias, and with them /seventy men: 

40 Of the sons of s Bago, Uthi the son of Istnlcutua, and with him 
seventy men. 

41 And these I gathered together Ho the river cnlkd 4 boras, where 
we pitched our tents three days : and then ' I surveyed them. 

42 Hut when I had found there none of the priests and Levites, 

43 Then sent I unto Eleazar, and A Iduel, and 'Mnsman, 

44 And Alnathan, and Mainaiae,and "' Joribas, and Nnthan, Eunatait, 
JZechariaSj and Mosollamon, principal men and learned. 



B. Christ 
cir. 457. 



Apocrypha. I« ESDRAS. 

45 And I bade them that they should go unto " Saddeus the captain, 
o who was in the place of P the treasury : 

46 And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus, and 
to 1 his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such 
men as might execute the priest's office in the house of the Lord. 

47 And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful 
men of the sons of r Molithe son of Levi, the son of Israel, s Asebebia, 
and his sons, and his brethren who were eighteen. 

48 ' And Asebia, and Annuus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of 
Charmuneus, and their sons, were twenty men. 

49 And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained, and 
the principal men for the service of the Levites (to wit) the servants of 
the temple, two hundred and twenty, the catalogue of whose names 
were shewed. 

50 And there I "vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, 
to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were 
with us, for our children, and for the x cattle : 

51 For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and 
conduct for safeguard against our adversaries. 

52 For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord I nr 
God should be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways. 

53 And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and 
found him favourable unto us. 

54 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, v Esebrias, 
and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them : 

55 And I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels 
of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his, council, and the 
princes, and all Israel, had given. 

56 And when I had weigned it, I delivered unto them six hundred 
and sixty talents of silver, and silver vessels of a hundred talents, and 
a hundred talents of gold, 

57 And twenty golden vessels, and z twelve vessels of brass, even of 
fine brass, glittering like gold. 

58 And Isaid unto them, Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the 
vessels are holy, and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the 
Lord of our fathers. 

59 Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the 
priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel, 
m Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God. 

60 So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver, and 
the gold, and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem into the temple 
of the Lord. 

61 And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first 
month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which 
was with us; and from the a beginning of our journey the Lord deliver- 
ed us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem. 

62 And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that 
was weighed was delivered in the house of our Lord on the fourth day 
6 unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri. 

63 And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them 
were Josabad the son of Jesu, and c Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites 
all was delivered them by number and weight. 

64 And all the weight of them was written up the same hour. 

65 Moreover, they that were come out of the captivity offered sacri- 
fice unto the Lord God of Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, 
fourscore and sixteen rams, 

66 d Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace-offering, twelve ; 
all of them a sacrifice to the Lord. 

67 And they delivered the king's commandments unto the king's 
stewards, and to the governors of Celosyria and Phenice ; and they 
honoured the people and the temple of God. 

68 Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said, 

69 The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have 
not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollu- 
tions of the Gentiles, to wit, of the Canaanites, Ilittites, Pheresites, 
Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites. 

70 c For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, 
and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land ; and 
from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have 
been partakers of this iniquity. 

71 And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and 
the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard, 
and sat me down sad and very heavy. 

72 So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God' 
of Israel, assembled unto me, whilst I mourned for the iniquity : but I sat 
still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice. 

73 Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent, 
and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord, 

74 Isaid, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face ; 

75 For our sins e are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have 
reached up unto heaven. 

76 For ever since the time of our fathers, we have been and are in great 
sin, even unto this day. 

_ 77 And for our sins and our fathers' we with our brethren and our kings 
and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth, to the sword, and 
to captivity, and for a prey with shame, unto this day. 

Cit* J V 1< ^ now * n some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, 
U J-.ord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy 
sanctuary ; * J 

79 And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God. and 
to gi/e us./ food in the time of our servitude. 



n Or, lddo. 
u Or, of. 
p Or, Ca- 
siphia. 
q Or, the 
JVethi- 
nims at the 
place of 
Casiphia. 
rOr, 
Machli. 
s Or, She- 
rebiah. 
Ezra 8. 18. 
t Or, Mlso 
Hashabiah, 
and with 
him Jesha- 
iah of the 
sons of 
Merari 
with his 
brethren, 
Ezra 8. 19. 
u Or, pro- 
claimed. 
rHeb. 
substance, 
y Serebias 
and Has- 
sibias. 
i Heb. two 
vessels, 
Ezra 8. 27. 
a Or, dan- 
gers in the 
to ay. 

b Or, unto 
Merimoth 
the son of 
Uriah the 
priest, 
c Or, Noa- 
diah the 
son of 
Binnui. 
d Heb. Se- 
venty-se- 
ven lambs, 
twelve he- 
goats for 
a sin-of- 
fering, 
Ezra 8. 35. 
cEzra 9. 1. 
e Or, have 
abounded. 
/Heb. life, 
Ezra 9. 8, 



B. Christ 
cir. 457. 



g Or, Be 

not angry, 
S(C. 
ft Or, 
exalted, 
Deut.28.13. 
Bar. 2. 5. 
i Heb. and 
all Israel, 
Ezra 10. 5. 
a Or, utter- 
ly destroy- 
ed, 

Josh. 10. 8. 
4 Or, 
stand. 
cOr, 
jVaasias. 
d Or, Jarib. 
e Or, Geda 
liah. 
/Heb. a 
ram. 

g Or, puri 
Jication. 
a Harim. 
b Maasah. 
c Jehieh 
id Uziiah. 
:e Pasltur. 
I f Joiabad. 
Elasah. 



Apocrypha, 

80 Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our 
Lord ; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that thev 
gave us food ; 

81 Yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate 
Zion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem. 

82 And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we 
have transgressed thy commandments which thou gavest by the hand 
of thy servants the prophets, saying, 

83 That the land which ye enter into to possess as a heritage, is a 
land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they 
have filled it with their uncleanness. 

84 Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, 
neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons. 

85 Moreover, ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye 
may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may 
leave the inheritane of the land unto your children for evermore. 

86 And all that is befallen, is done unto us for our wicked works, and 
great sins : for thou, O Lord didst make our sins fight, 

87 And didst give unto us such a root ; but we have turned back 
again to transgress thy law, and to mingle ourselves with the unclean- 
ness of the nations of the land. 

8S S Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst 
left us neither root, seed, nor name ? 

89 O Lord of Israel, thou art true : for we are left a root this day. 

90 Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot 
stand any longer by reason of these things before thee. 

91 And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying 
flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from 
Jerusalem a very great multitude of men, and women, and children : 
for there was great weeping among the multitude. 

92 Then Jecnonias the son of Jeelus, one of the sons of Israel, called 
out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have 
married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel 
A aloft. 

93 Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our 
wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children, 

94 Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the 
Lord. 

95 Arise, and put in execution : for to thee doth this matter apper- 
tain, and we will be with thee : do valiantly. 

96 So Esdras arose, and took an oath of the chief of the priests and 
Levites ' of all Israel to do after these things : and so they sware. 

CHAPTER IX? 

THEN Esdras, rising from the court of the temple, went to the 
chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib, 

2 And remained there, and did eat no meat, nor drink water, mourn 
ing for the great iniquities of the multitude. 

3 And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all 
them that were of the captivity, that they should, he gathered together 
at Jerusalem: 

4 And that whosoever met not there within two or three days, ac- 
cording as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be 
seized to the use of the temple, and himself a cast out from them that 
were of the captivity. 

5 And in three days were all they of the tribe of Juda and Benjamin 
gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month. 

6 And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the tem- 
ple because of the present foul weather. 

7 So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have trangressed the 
law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel. 

8 And now by confession give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers, 

9 And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the 
land, and from the strange women, 

10 Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like 
as thou hast spoken, so will we do. 

11 But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so 
that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, 
seeing our sin in these things is spread far : 

12 Therefore let the rulers of the multitude b stay, and let all them ol 
our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed, 

13 And with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn 
away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter. 

14 Then Jonathan the son of Azael, and Ezechias the son of Theo- 
canus, accordingly took this matter upon them: and Mosollam, and 

Levis, and Sabbatheus helped them. 

15 And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things 

16 And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of then 
families, all by name : and in the first day of the tenth month they sat to- 
gether to examine the matter. . 

17 So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the 
first day of the first month. 

18 And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, 
there were found ; 

19 Of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec,and his brethren: <= Matthelas, 
and Eleazar, and <* Joribus, and *Joadanus. 

20 And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to oiler / rame 
to make reconcilement for their = errors. 

21 And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and ^Eanes, »ba- 
meius, and c Iliereel, and d Azarias. 

22 And of the sons of e Phaisur; Elionas, Massias, Ismael, and Nathanael, 
and r Ocidelus. and ?Tnlsas. 



Apocrypha. II. ESDRAS. 

23 And ot the Levites ; Jozabad, and Semis, and h Coiius, who wasl 
called ' Calitas, and k Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas. 

24 Of the holy singers ; ' Eleazurus, Bacchurus. 

25 Of the porters ; Sallumus, and '" Tolbanes. 

26 Of them of Israel, of the sons of - Phoros ; ° Hiermas, and 
p Eddias, and Melchias, and iMaelus, and Eleazar, and r Asibias, and 
Baanias. 

27 Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zecharias, and ! Hierielus, and 
Hieremoth, and 'Aedias. 

28 And of the sons of "Zamoth; x Eliadas, rElisymus, 7 Othonias, 
Jarimoth, and * Sabatus, and Sardeus. 

29 Of the sons of Bebai ; Johannes, and Ananias, and c Josabad, 
and d Amatheis. 

30 Of the sons of c Mani; f 01amus, s Mamuchus, h Jedeus, Jasubus, 
' Jasael, and Hieremoth. 

31 A And of the sons of Addi ; Naathus, and Moosius, Lacunus, and 
Naidus, and Mathanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas. 

32 And of the sons of Annas ; Elionas, and Aseas, and Melchias, 
and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus. 

33 And of the sons of Asom ; k Altaneus, and ' Matthias, and 
m Bannaia, Eliphalat, and Manasses, and Semei. 

34 And of the sons of Maani ; Jeremias, Momdis, Omaerus, Juel, 
Mabdai, and Pelias, and Anos, Carahnsion, and Enasibus, and Mam- 
nitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias: and 
of the sons of Ozora ; Sesis, Esril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambis, Josephus. 

35 And of the sons of Ethma; Mazitias, Zabadaias, Edes, Juel, 
Banaias. 

. 36 All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away 
c,r - 456 with their children. 

37 And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel dwelt 
in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: 
so the children of Israel were in their 'habitations. 

38 ■ And the whole multitude came together with one accord 
cir.45l. int0 ^ j, roac i place of the holy porch towards the east: 

39 And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would 
bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel. 

2 Or Maasiak. m Or, Pedaiah. — n Or, Ilashum. — o See Neh. 8. 4. — p Heb. above them all. — a Or, Hodijah. 

said unto all the people, Neh. 8. 9. — s Or, the poor. 



k Or, Ilil- 
kiah. 



Apocrypha, 

40 So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole mul- 
titude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear the law in the 
first day of the seventh month. 

41 And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morn 
ing unto mid-day, before both men and women ; and all the multitude 
gave heed unto the law. 

42 And Esdras the priest, and reader of the law, stood up upon a 
pulpit of wood, which was madeybr that purpose. 

43 And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Aza 
rias, Urias, k Ezecias, l Balasamus, upon the right hand : 

44 And upon his left hand stood "'Phaldaius, Misael, Melchias, 
"Lothasubus, and "Nabarias. 

45 Then took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude : for 
he sat v honourably in the first place in the sight of them all. 

46 And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Esdras 
blessed the Lord God Most High, the God of hosts, Almighty. 

47 And all the people answered, Amen ; and lifting up their hands 
they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord. 

48 Also Jesus, Anus, Sarabias, Admus, Jacubus, Sabatteas, ° Auteas, 
Maianeas, and Calitas, Azarias, and Joazabdus, and Ananias, Biatas, 
the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, making them withal to un- 
derstand it. 

49 r Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader, 
and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying, 

50 This day is holy unto the Lord : (for they all wept when they 
heard the law.) 

51 Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to 
s them that have nothing ; 

52 For this day is holy unto the Lord : and be not sorrowful ; for the 
Lord will bring you to honour. 

53 So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This 
day is holy to the Lord ; be not sorrowful. 

54 Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and make 
merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and tomake great cheer ; 

55 Because they understood the words wherein they were instruct- 
ed, and for the which they had been assembled. 

— r Then Nehemiah and Ezra the priest and scriie and the Levites that instructed the people. 



IT II. ESDRAS. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE second book of the prophet a Esdras, the son of Saraias, the 
Son of Azarias, the son of Helchias, the son of a Sadamias, the 
son of Sadoc, the son of Achitob, 

2 The son of Achias, the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the son 
of Amarias, the son of Aziei, the son of Marirnoth, the son of Arna, 
the son of Ozias, the son of Borith, the son of Abisei, the son of 
Phinees, the son of Eleazar, 

3 The son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi ; which was captive in the 
land of the Medes, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians. 

4 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

5 Go thy way, and b shew my people their sinful deeds, and their 
children their wickedness which they have done against me ; that 
they may tell their children's children : 

6 Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them: for they 
have forgotten me, and have offered unto strange gods. 

7 Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage ? but they have provoked me unto wrath, 
and despised my counsels. 

8 Pull thou off' then the hair of thy head, and cast all evil upon them, 
for they have notbeen obedient unto my law, but it is a rebellious people. 

9 How long shall I forbear them unto whom I have done so much good : 

10 Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes ; c Pharaoh with his 
servants, and all his power have I smitten down. 

11 d All the nations have I destroyed before them, and in the east I 
have scattered the people of two provinces, even of Tyrus and Sidon, 
and have slain all their enemies. 

12 Speak thou therefore unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord, 

13 " I led you through the sea, and in the beginning gave you a large 
andsafe 4 passage : ' I gaveyouMoscsforaleader,and Aaronfor a priest. 

14 *I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I 
done among you ; yet have ye forgotten me, saith the Lord. 

15 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, The h quails were as a token to you ; 
I gave you tents for your safeguard : nevertheless ye murmured there, 

16 And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your ene- 
mies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur. 

17 Where are the benefits that I have done for you? When yc were 
hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, ' did ye not cry unto me, 

18 Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it 
had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this 
wilderness. 

19 Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat ; 
k so ye did eat angels' bread. 

20 'When yc were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed 
out c to your till ? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees. 

21 I divided among you a fruitful land, I cast out the Canaanites, the 
Pherczites, and the Philistines, before you : ,n what shall I yet do more for 
you? saith the Lord. 

22 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, When ye were, in the wilderness, rf in 
'lie river of the Amoritcs, being athirst, and blaspjihming my name, 



a Ezra 7. 1. 
a Or, 
Shallum. 
b Isa. 58. 1. 
c Ex. 14. 28. 
d Numb. 21. 
24. 

Josh. 8. 
& 10. & 12. 
e Ex. 14. 
29. 

Or, street. 
f Ex. 3. 10. 
& 4. 14. 
g Ex. 13. 
21. 

h Ex. 16. 
13. 

Ps. 105. 40. 
i Numb. 14. 
3. 

k Wisd. 16. 
20. 

1 Numb. 20. 
11. 

Wisd. 11. 4. 
c Or, abun- 
dantly. 
in Ina. 5. 4. 
d Or, at the 
bitter wa- 
ters, or wa- 
ters of 
Jlltlrah, 
Ex. 15. 23. 



n Ex. 32. 8. 

<> Isa. 1. 15. 

c Or, as I 

am i/aur 

Qoi, 

I> Matt. 23. 

37. 

(i Isa. 1. 

13. 

r Mai. 3. 1. 



23 I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the 
water, and made the river sweet. 

24 What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob ? thou "Juda wouldest not 
obey me : I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give 
my name, that they may keep my statutes. 

25 Seeing ye have forsaken me, I will forsake you also ; when ye 
desire me to be gracious unto you, I shall have no mercy upon you. 

26 "Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye 
have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit 
manslaughter. 

27 Yeliave not as it were forsaken me, but for your own selves, saith 
the Lord. 

28 Thus saith the Amighty Lord, Have I not prayed you as a father 
his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her young babes, 

29 That ye would be my people, e and I should be your God ; that 
ye would be my children, and I should be your father. 

30 pI gathered you together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under 
her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out 
from my face. 

31 <i When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you : for your 
solemn feast-days, your new moons, and your circumcisions have I 
forsaken. 

32 I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken 
and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will require 
of your hands, saith the Lord. 

33 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your house is desolate, I will cast 
you out as the wind doth stubble. 

34 And your children shall not be fruitful ; for they have despised 
my commandment, and done the thing that is evil before me. 

35 Your houses will I give to a people that shall come ; which not 
having heard of me yet shall believe me : to whom I have shewed no 
signs, yet they shall do that I have commanded them. 

36 They have seen no prophets, yet tlicy shall call their sins to re- 
membrance, and acknowledge them. 

37 I take to witness the grace of the people to come, whose little 
ones rejoice in gladness : and though they hnve not seen me With 

bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe the thing that I say. 

38 And now, brother, behold what glory ; and sec the people that come 
from the east : 

39 Unto whom I will give for lenders, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 
Oseas, Amos, and Micbeas, .loci, Abdias, and Jones. 

40 Nahurn, and Abacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zachury, and Malachy, 
which is called also an ' angel of the Lord. 

CHAPTER II. 

THUS saith the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage, and I 
gave them my commandments by my servants the prophets ; whom 
they would not hear, but despised my counsels. 

2 The mother that bare them, saith unto them, Go your way, ye chil- 
dren ; for I am a widow and forsaken. 

3 I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have 



Apocrypha. 



II. ESDRAS. 



crament, 
or, oath. 
a Gen. 19. 
24. 

b Or, bring 
them up 
with glad- 
ness^ as a 
dove jviake 
their feet 
fast : for, 

src. 

c Or, thy 
name, O 
Israel. 
b Tobit 1. 
8, 17. 

d signing, 
bury them. 
epr, 
preach. 
/Or, for. 
g Lat. con- 
clude. 
c Itev. 7. 9. 
h Or, Lord. 



eGen 

f Gen. 17. 5. 



h Gen. 25. 
25,26. 
i Mai. 1.2,3. 
Rom. 9. 13. 
k Ex. 19. 1. 
Deut. 4. 10. 
a Or, and to 
all the ge- 
neration 
of Israel, 
that they 
should 
keep it withl 
diligence. 



I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, and done , a ° r i sa 
that thing that is evil before him. 

4 But what shall I now do unto you ? I am a widow and forsaken 
o-o your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord. 
°5 As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother 
of these children, which would not keep my covenant, 

6 That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, 
that there may be no offspring of them. 

7 Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names 
be put out of the earth: for they have despised my "covenant. 

8 Wo be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee ! 

thou wicked people, remember a what I did unto Sodom and Go- 
morrah ; 

9 Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes : even so 
also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the Almighty Lord. 

10 Thus saith the Lord unio Esdras, Tell my people, that I will give 
them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel. 

11 Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these the ever- 
lasting tabernacles which I had prepared for them. 

12 The}' shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour; 
they shall neither labour nor be weary. 

13 Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they 
may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch. 

14 Take heaven and earth to witness; for 1 have broken the evil 
in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord. 

15 Mother, embrace thy children, and * bring them up with glad- 
ness, make their feet as fast as a pillar : for I have chosen thee, saith 
the Lord. 

16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and 
bring them out of the graves : for I have known c my name in Israel. 

17 Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, 
saith the Lord. 

18 For thy help will I send my servants, Esay and Jeremy, after 
whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees 
laden with divers fruits, 

19 And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven 
mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I 
will fill thy children with joy. 

20 Do right to the widow, judge for the fatherless, give to the poor, 
defend the orphan, clothe the naked, , 

21 Heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, 
defend the maimed, and let the blind man come in to the sight of my 
clearness. 

22 Keep the old and young within thy walls. 

23 b Wheresoever thou findest the dead rf take them and bury them, 
and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection. 

24 Abide still, O my people, and take thy rest, for thy quietness shall 
cfome. 

25 Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse ; stablish their feet. 

26 As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of 
them perish ; for I will require them from among thy number. 

27 Be not weary : for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh, others 
shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry, and have abundance. 

28 The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing 
against thee, saith the Lord. 

29 My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell. 

30 Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children ; for I will deliver thee, 
saith the Lord. 

31 Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the 
sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them : for I am merciful, saith the 
Lord Almighty. 

32 Embrace thy children until I come, and «shew mercy unto them : for 
my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail. 

33 I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I 
should go unto Israel ; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, 
and despised the commandment of the Lord. 

34 And therefore 1 say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and under- 
stand, Look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest ; for he 
is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world. 

35 Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light 
shall shine upon you for evermore. 

36 Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory : 

1 testify my Saviour openly. 
3"7 O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto 

him that hath called you to the heavenly kingdom. 

38 Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed /in the 
feast of the Lord ; 

39 Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have re- 
ceived glorious garments of the Lord. 

40 Take thy number, O Sion, and ffshut up those of thine that are 
clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 

41 The number of thy children whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled : be- 
seech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from 
the beginning, maybe hallowed. 

42 C I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not 
number, and they all praised the Lord with songs. 

it 3 h! 1 ^ * n t ^' e m ^ st or * them there was a young man of a high stature, 
.aiier nan all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, 



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mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name 
ol God : now are they crowned, and receive palms. 

46 Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crown- 
eta them, and giveth them palms in their hands ? 

47 So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom 
they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend 
them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord. 

48 Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people 
what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God 
thou hast seen. 

CHAPTER III. 

IN the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city, I was in Babylon, and 
lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart: 

2 For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that 
dwelt at Babylon. 

3 And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full 
of fear to the Most High, and said, 

4 O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when 
thou dmst plant the earth (and that thyself alone) and commandedst 
the people, 

5 * And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the work- 
manship of thy hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, 
and he was made living before thee. 

6 And thou leddest him into paradise, which thy right hand had 



a Gen. 2. 7. 
b Gen. 6. 12. 
c Gen. 7. 10. 

di Pet.^3 ; 2.jplanted, before ever the earth came forward. 

7 And unto him thou gavest commandment to love thy way: which 



g Gen'.2L2Jhe transgressed, and immediately thou appomtedst death in him and 
in his generations, of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds, 
out of number. 

8 b And every people walked after their own will, and did wonder- 
ful things before thee, and despised thy commandments. 

9 c And again in process of time thou broughtest the flood upon those 
that dwelt in the world, and destroyedst them. 

10 And it came to pass in every of them, that as death was to 
Adam, so was the flood to these. 

11 Nevertheless, one of them thou leftest, namely, d Noah with his 
household, of whom came all righteous men. 

12 And it happened that when they that dwelt upon the earth began 



diligence. . ,.• n y i~Tj , J »nv.. upu mi, vuui ucgou 

li Sam. 16. to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great 



13. 

m 2 Sam. 5. 
2. & 7. 5, 13. 
b Or, I con- 
ceive. 
cOr, 
abound. 



and was more exalted ; which I marvelled at greatly 

44 bo 1 asked the angel, and said, h Sir, what are t 

45 lie answered and said nnto mr». Tl lf .«„ hn ti,™ 



these ? 
be they that have put off the 



people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first. 

13 Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, e thou didst choose 
thee a man from among them whose name was ' Abraham. 

14 Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will: 

15 And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him 
that thou wouldest never forsake his seed. 

16 s And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and h unto Isaac also thou gavest 
Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou • didst choose him to thee, and put by 
Esau : and so Jacob became a great multitude. 

17 And it came to pass that when thou leddest his seed out of Egypt, 
k thou broughtest them them up to the mount Sinai. 

18 And bowing the heavens, thou didst set fast the earth, movedst the 
whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and troubledst the men of 
that age. 

19 And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of earthquake, 
and of wind, and of cold ; that thou mightest give the law unto the seed 
of Jacob a and diligence unto the generation or Israel. 

20 And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy 
law might bring forth fruit in them. 

21 For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart; transgressed, and was 
overcome ; and so be all they that are born of him. 

22 Thus infirmity was made permanent ; and the law (also) in the heart 
of the people with the malignity of the root: so that the good departed 
away, and the evil abode still. 

23 So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end : 
1 then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David : 

24 m Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to offer 
incense and oblations unto thee therein. 

25 When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city 
forsook thee. 

26 And in all things did even as Adam and all his generations had done : 
for they also had a wicked heart : 

27 And so thou gavest thy city over into the hands of thine enemies. 

28 Are their deeds then any better that inhabit Babylon, that they 
should therefore have the dominion over Sion ? 

29 For when I came thither, and had seen impieties without number, then 
my soulsawmany evil-doers in this thirtieth year, so that my heartfailedme. 

30 For I have seen how thou sufferest them sinning, and hast spared 
wicked doers: and hast destroyed thy people, and hast preserved thine 
enemies, and hast not signified it. 

31 * I do not remember how this way may be left : Are they then of 
Bahylon better than they of Sion ? 

32 Or is there any other people that knoweth thee besides Israel ? or 
what generation hath so believed thy covenants as Jacob ? 

33 And yet their reward appeareth not, and their labour hath no fruit : 
for I have gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they 
c flow in wealth, and think not upon thy commandments. 

34 Weigh thou therefore our wickedness now in the balance, and theirs 
also that dwell in the world ; and so shall thy name no where be found but 
in Israel. 

35 Or when was it that they which dwell upon the earth have not sinned 
in thy sight 3 or what neople hath so kept thy commandments ? 

S 



a Or, incor- 
rupt ion. 
a Jud. 9. 8. 
2 Chron. 
25. 18. 
b Or, the 
land. 
cOr, 
waves, 
d Or, the 
land. 

hlsa.55.8,9. 
John 3. 31. 
I Cor. 2. 14. 
e Or, no 
where. 
f Or, floor, 
g Or, Jcre- 
miel. 



A Or, mea- 
sure, 
i Or, who 
shall be! 
Manu- 
script. 
a Or, shall 
be found 
with great 
wealth. 
a Matt. 24. 
12. 

b Or, that 
tkou tread- 
est upon 
and seest. 
cOr, flaked, 
d Or, be di- 
rected. 



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36 Thou shalt find that Israel by name hath kept thy precepts ; but 
not the heathen. 

CHAPTER IV. 

AND the angel that was sent unto me, whose name was Uriel, gave 
me an answer, 

2 And said, Thy heart hath gone too far in this world, and thinkest 
thou to comprehend the way of the Most High ? 

3 Then said I, Yea, my Lord. And he answered me, , and said, I am sent 
to shew thee three ways, and to set forth three similitudes before thee : 

4 Whereof if thou canst declare me one, I will shew thee also the 
way that thou desirest to see, and I shall shew thee from whence the 
wicked heart cometh. 

5 And I said, Tell on, my lord. Then said he unto me, Go thy way, 
weigh me the weight of the fire, or measure me the blast of the wind, 
or call me again the day that is past. 

6 Then answered I and said, What man is able to do that, that thou 
shouldest ask such things of me ? 

7 And he said unto me, If I should ask thee how great dwellings 
are in the midst of the sea, or how many springs are in the beginning 
of the deep, or how many springs are above the firmament, or which 
are the outgoings of paradise ; 

8 Peradventure thou wouldest say unto me, I never went down into 
the deep, nor as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven. 

9 Nevertheless nowhavel asked thee butonly of thefire and wind, and 
of the day wherethrough thou hast passed, and of things from which thou 
canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them. 

10 He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, and such as are 
grown up with thee, canst thou not know ; 

11 How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of 
the Highest, and the world being now outwardly corrupted, to under- 
stand the ° corruption that is evident in my sight ? 

12 Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than 
that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know 
wherefore. 

13 He answered me, and said, I went into a forest into a plain, and the 
■ trees took counsel, 

14 And said, Come, let us go and make war against the sea, that it may 
depart away before us, and that we may make us more woods. 

15 The floods of the sea also in like manner took counsel, and said, Come, 
let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may 
make us another country. 

16 The thought of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it. 

17 The thought of the floods of the sea came likewise to nought, for 
the sand stood up and stopped them. 

18 If thou wert judge now betwixt these two, whom wouldest thou begin 
to justify ? or whom wouldest thou condemn? 

19 I answered and said, Verily it is a foolish thought that they both 
have devised, for * the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also 
hath his place to bear his c floods. 

20 Then answered he me, and said, Thou hast given a right judgment, 
but why judgest thou not thyself also ? 

21 For like as rf the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his 
floods : even so b they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing 
but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens 
may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens. 

22 Then answered I and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, let me have 
understanding : 

23 For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such 
as pass by us daily, namely, wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to 
the heathen, and tor what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given 
over unto ungodly nations, and why the law of our forefathers is brought 
to nought, and the written covenants come e to none effect, 

24 And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is 
astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy. 

25 What will he then do unto his name whereby wc are called ? of these 
things have I asked. 

26 Then answered he me, and said, The more thou searchest, the more 
thou shalt marvel ; for the world hasteth fast to pass away, 

27 And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous 
in time to come : for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities. 

28 But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell 
thee ; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come. 

29 If therefore that which is sown be not turned upside down, and if 
the place where the evil is sown pass not away, then cannot it conic that 
ts sown with good. 

30 For the grain of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of Adorn from 
the beginning, and how much ungodliness hath it brought up unto this time? 
and how much shall it yet bring forth until the /time of threshing come ? 

31 Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness the grain of 
evil seed hath brought forth. 

82 And when the ears shall be cut down, which are without number, how 
great a floor shall they fill ? 

:j:J Then I answered and said, How, and when shall these things come 
to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil ?. 

34 And he answered me, saying, Do not thou hasten above the Most. 
Highest: for thy haste is in vain to be abave him, for thou hast much 
exceeded. 

35 Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things 
m their chambers, saying, How long shall I hope oh this fashion ? when 
Cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward ? 

36 And unto these things s Uriel the nrr-hangel gave them answer, and 

3 B 



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said, Even when the number of seeds is filled in you : for he hath 
weighed the world in the balance. 

37 By measure hath he measured the times, and by number hath he 
numbered the times ; and he doth not move nor stir them, until the 
said measure be fulfilled. 

38 Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, even we 
all are full of impiety. 

39 And for our sakes peradventure it is that the floors of the righteous 
are not filled, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth. 

40 So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, 
and ask of her when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if her womb 
may keep the birth any longer within her. 

41 Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, 
In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman : 

42 For like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the 
necessity of the travail : even so do these places haste to deliver those 
things that are committed unto them. 

43 From the beginning, look, what thou desirest to see, it shall be 
shewed thee. 

44 Then answered I and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, 
and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore, 

45 Shew me then whether there be more to come than is past, or 
more past than is to come. 

46 What is past I know, but what is for to come I know not. 

47 And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall 
expound the similitude unto thee. 

48 So I stood, and saw, and behold a hot burning oven passed by 
before me : and it happened, that when the flame was gone by I 
looked, and behold, the smoke remained still. 

49 After this there passed by before me a watery cloud, and sent 
down much rain with a storm ; and when the stormy rain was past, 

the drops remained still. 

50 Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more 
than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke ; but the drops 
and the smoke remain behind : so the A quantity which is past did more 
exceed. 

51 Then I prayed, and said, May I live, thinkest thou, until that time ? 
or * what shall happen in those days ? 

52 He answered me, and said, As for the tokens whereof thou askest 
me, I may tell thee of them in part : but as touching thy life, I am not sent 
to shew thee ; for I do not know it. 

CHAPTER V. 

NEVERTHELESS as concerning the tokens, behold, the days shall 
come, that they which dwell upon earth a shall be taken in a great 
number, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren 
of faith. 

2 But » iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou seest, or 
that thou hast heard long ago. 

3 And the land, l> that thou seest now to have root, shalt thou see wasted 
suddenly. 

4 But if the Most High grant thee to live, thou shalt see after the third 
trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon 
thrice in the day : 

5 And blood shall drop out of the wood, and the stone shall give his 
voice,' and the people shall be troubled : 

6 And even he shall rule whom they look not for that dwell upon the 
earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together. 

7 And the Sodomitish sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the 
night, which many have not known: but they shall all hear the voice 
thereof. 

8 There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be 
oft c sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and 
menstruous women shall bring forth monsters : 

9 And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall 
destroy one another ; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding with- 
draw itself into his secret chamber, 

10 And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found : then shall un- 
righteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth. 

11 One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh 
a man righteous gone through thee? audit shall say, No. 

12 At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain : they shall 
labour, but their ways shall not ''prosper. 

13 To shew thee such tokens I have leave ; and if thou wilt pray again, 
and weep as now, and fast seven days, thou shalt hear yet greater things. 

14 Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my 
body, and inv mind was troubled, so that it fainted. 

15 So the 'angel that was come to talk with me held me, comforted me, 
and set me upon my feet. 

16 And in the second night it came to pass, that Salatluel the captain 
of the people came unto me, saying, Where hast thou been? and why is 
thy countenance so heavy ? 

17 Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee m the land ol 
their captivity ? 

IS Up then, and eat bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd that 
leavetli his (lock in the hands of cruel wolves. 

19 Then said I unto him, Go thy ways from me, and come not nigh me. 
And he heard what. 1 said, and went from me. 

20 And so I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, like as Uriel the 
angel commanded me. 

21 And after seven days so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were 
verv ticvous unto mo again, 

" 'i 



e Or, over, 
a Or, circle 
of the earth. 



a Gen. 25. 
28. 

b Or, from 
the begin- 
ning. 

c Or, earth- 
quake. 
dOr^seatcd. 
e See ch. 
13. ver. 52. 
b Gen. 1.1. 



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22 And my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began 
to talk with the Most High again. 

23 And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, 
and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine : 

24 And of all lands of the whole world thou hast chosen thee one 
pit: and of all the flowers thereof one lily : 

25 And of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled thee one river : 
and of all builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thyself: 

26 And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove : 
and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep : 

27 And among all the multitude of peoples thou hast gotten thee 
one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a 
law that is approved of all. l 

28 And now, O Lord, why hast thou given this one people over unto 
many ? and e upon the one root hast thou prepared others, and why hast 
thou scattered thine only one people among many ? 

29 And they which did gainsay thy promises, and believed not thy 
covenants, have trodden them down. 

30 If thou didst so much hate thy people, yet shouldest thou punish them 
with thine own hands. 

31 Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the 
night afore was sent unto me, 

32 And said unto me, Hear me, and I will instruct thee ; hearken to the 
thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more. 

33 And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then said he unto me, Thou art 
sore troubled in mind for Israel's sake : lovest thou that people better than 
he that made them ? 

34 And I said, No, Lord : but of very grief have I spoken : for my 
reins pain me every hour, while I labour to comprehend the way of the 
Most High, and to seek out part of his judgment. 

35 And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, 
Lord ? whereunto was I born then ? or why was not my mother's womb 
then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail "of Jacob, and the 
wearisome toil of the stock of Israel ? 

36 And he said unto me, Number me the things that are not yet come, 
gather me together the drops that are scattered abroad, make me the 
flowers green again that are withered, 

37 Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds 
that in them are shut up, shew me the image of a voice : and then I will 
declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know. 

38 And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, who may know these things, 
but he that hath not his dwelling with men ? 

39 As for me, I am unwise : i.ow may I then speak of these things 
whereof thou askest me ? 

40 Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that 
I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end 
the love that I have promised unto my people. 

41 And I said, Behold, O Lord, yet art thou nigh unto them that be re- 
served till the end: and what shall they do that have been before me, or 
we that be now, or they that shall come after us ? 

42 And he said unto me, I will liken my judgment unto a ring : like as 
there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first. 

43 So I answered and said, Couldest thou not make those that have been 
made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once ; that thou mightcst 
shew thy judgment the sooner ? 

44 Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above 
the maker ; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created 
therein. 

45 And I said, As thou hast said unto thy servant, that thou which givest 
life to all, hast given life at once to the creature that thou hast Created, and 
the creature bare it : even so it might now also bear them that now be pre- 
sent at once. 

46 And he said unto me, Ask the womb of* a woman, and say unto her, 
If thou bringest forth children, why dost thou it not together, but one after 
another? pray her therefore to bring forth ten children at once. 

47 And I said, She cannot: but must do it by distance of time. 

48 Then said he unto me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to 
those that be sown in it in their times. 

49 For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong 
to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created. 

50 And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will 
proceed to speak before thee : for our mother, of whom thou hast told me 
that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age. 

51 He answered me and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and 
she shall tell thee. 

52 Say unto her, Wherefore are not they whom thou hast now brought 
forth, like those that were before, but less of stature? 

53 And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the strength of 
youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age,"when 
the womb faileth, are otherwise. 

54 Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature that those 
chat were before you. 

55 And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures 
which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth. 

56 Then safd I, Lord, I beseech thee if I have found favour in thy sight, 
shew thy servant by whom thou visitest thy creature. 

A CHAPTER VI. 

f fi. sa i d unto me ' * n tne beginning) when the a earth was made, be- 
tore the borders of the world stood, or ever the winds blew, 
were laid" thundered and lightened, or even the foundations of paradise 



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3 Before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the moveable powers 
were established, before the innumerable multitude of angels vrere 
gathered together, 

4 Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures 
of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot, 

5 And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the in- 
ventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed 
that have gathered faith for a treasure: 

6 Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through 
me alone, and through none other : by me also they shall be ended, 
and by none other. 

7 Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of 
the times : or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of 

it that followeth. ? 

8 And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau 
were born of him, a Jacob's hand held * first the heel of Esau. 

9 For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that 
followeth. 

10 The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand : other question 
Esdras, ask thou not. 

11 1' I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found 
favour in thy sight, 

12 I beseech thee, shew thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof 
thou shewedst me part the last night. 

13 So he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and hear 
a mighty sounding voice. 

14 And it shall De as it were a great c motion ; but the place where thou 
standest shall not be moved. 

15 And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid : for the word is of the 
end, and the foundation of the earth is understood. 

16 And why ? because the speech of these things trembleth and is 
moved : for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed. 

17 And it happened that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feetj 
and hearkened, and behold, there was a voice that spake, and tne sound of 
it was like the sound of many waters. 

18 And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh. 
and to visit them that dwell upon the earth, 

19 And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have 
hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sior 
shall be fulfilled ; 

20 And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be d finish- 
ed, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be opened before the 
firmament, and they shall see all together : 

21 And the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the wo- 
men with child shall bring forth untimely children of three or four months 
old, and they shall live, and be raised up. 

22 And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full store- 
houses shall suddenly be found empty : 

23 And the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, 
they shall be suddenly afraid. 

21 At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and 
the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of 
the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run. 

25 Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, 
and see my salvation, and the end of your world. 

26 And the men that are received shall see it, who have not tasted death 
from their birth : and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and 
turned into another meaning. 

27 For evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be quenched. 

28 As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be overcome, and the 
truth which bath been so long without fruit, shall be declared. 

29 And when he talked with me, behold, I looked by little and little upon 
him before whom I stood. 

30 And these words said he unto me ; I am come to shew thee the time 
of the night to come. 

31 If thou wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee 
greater things' 6 by day than I have heard. 

32 For thy voice is heard before the Most High: for the Mighty hath 
seen thy righteous dealing, he hath seen also thy chastity, which thou hast 
had ever since thy youth. 

33 And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to 
say unto thee, Be of good comfort, and fear not. 

34 And hasten not with the times that are past, to think vain things, that 
thou mayest not hasten from the latter times. 

35 And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days 
in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me. _ 

36 And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I 
began to speak before the Most High. 

37 For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress. 

38 And I said, O Lord, thou spakest from the beginning of the creation, 
even the first day, and saidst thus ; i> Let heaven and earth be made ; and 
thy word was a perfect work. 

39 And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side ; 
the sound of man's voice was not yet formed. ■_ " _ 

40 Then commandedst thou a fair light to come forth of thy treasures, 
that thy work might appear. . . 

41 Upon the second day thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and 
commandedst it to part asunder, and to make a division betwixt the waters, 
that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath. 

42 Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should oe 
gathered in the seventh part of the earth ; six oarts hast thou dried up, and 



Apocrypha. II. 

kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of God and 
tilled might serve thee. 

43 For as soon as thy word went forth the work was made. 

44 For immediately there was great and innumerable fruit, and many 
and divers pleasures for the taste, and flowers of unchangeable colour, 
and odours of wonuerful smell : and this was done the third day. 

45 c Upon the fourth day thou commandedst that the sun should 
shine, and the moon give her light, and the stars should be in order: 

46 And gavest them a charge to do d service unto man that was to be 
made. 

47 Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, e where the 
waters were gathered, that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls 
and fishes : and so it came to pass. 

48 For the dumb water and without life brought forth living things 
at the commandment of God, that all people might praise thy wondrous 
Works. 

49 Then didst thou ordain two living creatures, the one thou calledst 
/Enoch, and the other Leviathan ; 

50 And didst separate the one from the other : for the seventh part, 
namely, where the water was gathered together, might not hold them 
both. 

51 Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day, 
that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills : 

52 But unto Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely, the moist; 
and hast kept him to be devoured of whom thou wilt, and when. 

53 Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that 
before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things : 



ESDRAS. 



Apocrypha 



cGen.l. 14. 
(1 Gen. 1. 15. 
Deut. 4. 19. 
eGen. 1.20. 
/ Behe- 
moth, 
a Or, steep 
place, 
b Or, 
greater. 
a Deut.3.4. 



created, 
i Or, con 
tempts. 



c Or, Jirst 
beginning. 
b Gen. 1 8.23. 
c Ex.32. 11. 
d Ox^Jlchor. 
d 2 Sam. 
24.17. 
e 2 Chron. 
6. 14. 
fl Kings 

17. 21. & 

18. 42, 55. 
g 2 Kings 

19. 15. 
h Ro. 5. 18. 
e Or, a 
chaste life. 
/Or, 

; fulness. 
jOrjntent. 
i Deut. 30. 
19. 
k Rom. 2. 4. 

54 And after these, Adam also, whom thou madest lord of all thycrea-jAOf; 
tures: of him come we all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen. '* 

55 All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest 
the world for our sakes. 

56 As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that 
they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance 
of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel. 

57 And now, O Lord, behold, these heathen, which have ever been re- 
puted as nothing, have begun to be lords over us, and to devour us. 

58 But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy first-born, thy only- 
begotten, and thy fervent lover, are given into their hands. 

59 If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an 
inheritance with the world ? how long shall this endure? 

CHAPTER VII. - 

AND when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent 
unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore : 

2 And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come 
to tell thee. 

3 And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set 
in a wide place, that it might be deep and great. 

4 But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river ; 

5 Who then could go into the sea to look upon it, and to rule it ? if he 
went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad ? 

6 There is also another thing ; A city is builded, and set upon a broad 
field, and is full of all good things : 

7 The entrance thereof is narrow, and set in a ° dangerous place to fall, 
like as if there were a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water : 

8 And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the 
water, so small that there could but one man go there at once. 

9 If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never 
shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance ? 

10 And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he unto me, Even so also is 
Israel's portion. 

11 Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam trans- 
gressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done. 

12 Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow 
and travail : they are but few and evil, full of perils, and very painful. 

13 For the entrances of the b elder world were wide and sure, and 
brought immortal fruit. 

14 If then they that live, labour not to enter these strait and vain things, 
they can never receive those that are laid up for them. 

15 Now therefore why disquietest thou thyself, seeing thou art but a 
corruptible man ? and why art thou moved, whereas thou art but mortal ? 

16 Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, 
rather than that which is present ? 

17 Then answered I and said, O Lord that bcarcst rule, thou hast ordain- 
ed in thy " law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the 
ungodly should perish. 

18 Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait thing.,-, and hope for 
wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and 
yet shall not see the wide. 

19 And he said unto me, There in no judge above God, and none tffat 
hath understanding above the Highest. 

20 For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law 
of God that is set before them. 

21 For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they 
should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid 
punishment. 

22 Nevertheless, they were not obedient unto him ; but spake against 
him, and imagined vain things ; 

23 And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds ; and said of the 
Most High, that he is not ; and knew not his ways : 

24 But his law have they despised, and denied nis covenant ; in his statutes 
iave they not been faithful, ami have not performed his works 



25 And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for 
the full are the full things, 

26 Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told 
thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming 
forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth. 

27 And whosoever is delivered from the foresaid evils shall see my 
wonders. 

28 For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, 
and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years. 

29 After these years shall my son Christ die, and all men that have life. 

30 And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like 
as in the <-' former judgments : so that no man shall remain. 

31 And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be 
raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt. 

32 And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so 
shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall 
deliver those souls that were committed unto them. 

33 And the Mos*. High shall appear upon the seat of judgment, and 
misery shall pass away, and the long-suffering shall have an end : 

34 But judgment only shall remain, truth shall stand, and faith shaH 
wax strong : 

35 And the work shall follow, and the reward shall be shewed, and the 
good deeds shall be of force, and wicked deeds shall bear no rule. 

36 Then said I, b Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and l Moses 
for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness : 

37 And Jesus after him for Israel in the time of d Achan : 

38 And Samuel and d David for the destruction : and e Solomon for 
them that should come to the sanctuary : 

39 And f Helias for those that received rain ; and for the dead, that 
he might live : 

40 And b Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib : and 
many for many. 

41 Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, 
and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly : wherefore shall it not be 
so now also ? 

42 He answered me, and said, This present life is not the end where 
much glory doth abide ; therefore have they prayed for the weak. 

43 But the day of doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning 
of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is past, 

44 Intemperance is at an end, infidelity is cut off, righteousness is grown, 
and truth is sprung up. 

45 Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress 
him that hath gotten the victory. 

46 I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had 
been better not to have given the earth unto Adam : or else, when it was 
given him, to have restrained him from sinning. 

47 For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heavi- 
ness, and after death to look for punishment ? 

48 O thou Adam, what hast thou done ! for though it was h thou that 
sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee. 

49 For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, 
whereas we have done the works that bring death ? 

50 And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves 
being most wicked are made vain ? 

51 And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, 
whereas we have lived wickedly ? 

52 And that the glory of the Most High is kept to defend them which have 
led « a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all ? 

53 And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for 
ever, wherein is /security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it? 

51 (For we have walked in unpleasant places.) 

55 And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine 
above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness ? 

56 For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we 
should begin to suffer for it after death. 

57 Then answered he me, and said, This is the s condition of the battle, 
which man that is born upon the earth shall fight ; 

58 That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said : but if he 
get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say. 

59 For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while lie 
lived, saying, • Choose thee life, that thou mayest live. 

60 Nevertheless, they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, 
no, nor me which have spoken unto them, 

61 That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall 
be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation. 

62 I answered then, and said, 1 know, Lord, that the MostHighiscalledmer- 
I'iful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are notyetc^nie into the world. 

6:5 And upon those also that turn to his law; 

61 And that '' ho is patient, and long suffercth those that have sinned as 
his creatures ; 

65 And that he is bountiful, fin- he is ready to give where ll ncedetli; 

(i« And that he is of great mercy, for 'lie multiplied] more and more 
mercies to them that arc present, and that are past, and also to them which 
are to come. 

67 For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue 
with them that inherit therein. 

68 And he pardoneth; for it" he did not so of his goodness, that they 
which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth 
part of men should not remain living. 

69 And being judge, if lie should not forgive them that are * cured with 
his word, and put out the multitude of 'contentions. 

11 



Apocrypha. II. ESDRAS. 

70 There should be very few left peradventure in an innumerable a Matt. 20. 
multitude. \,' OT ,„ 

CHAPTER VIII. l|wJ. 

AND he answered me, saying, The Most High hath made this world ^j^w 
for many, but the world to come for few. 



the body 
fashioned. 
.]> Job 10. 8. 



6CC 

c Or, are 

sick. 

d Or, he 

willing, 

c 1 Kings 

8.46. 

'2 Chron. 6. 

36. 

eOr, 

substance. 

d Gen. 4. 4. 



2 I will teli thee a similitude, Esdras ; As when thou askest the 
earth, it shall say unto thee, that it givethmuch mould whereof earthen jPs.139. 14 
vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the 
Course of this present world. 

3 a There be many created, but few shall be saved. 

4 So answered I and said, Swallow them down, O my soul, under- 
standing, and devour wisdom. 

5 For thou hast agreed to give ear, and art willing to prophesy : for 
thou hast no longer space than only to live. 

6 O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before 
thee, and a thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our under- 
standing, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that 
is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man ? 

7 For thou art alone, and we all one workmanship of thy hands, like 
as thou hast said. 

8 For when the body is fashioned now in the mother's womb, and 
thou givest it members, thy creature is preserved in fire and water, 
and nine months doth thy workmanship endure thy creature which is 
created in her. 

9 But that which keepeth and is kept shall both be preserved: and 
when the time cometh, the womb preserved delivereth up the things 
that grew in it. 

10 For thou hast commanded out of the parts of the body, that is to 
say, out of the breasts, milk to be given, which is the fruit of the breasts. 

11 That the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, 
till thou disposeth it to thy mercy. 

12 Thou broughtest it up with thy righteousness, and nurturedst it 
in thy law, and reformedst it with thy judgment. 

13 And thou shalt mortify it as thy creature, and quicken it as thy work. 

14 If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great b labour 
was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, 
that the thing which was made might be preserved. 

15 Now therefore, Lord, I will speak ; touching man in general, thou 
knowest best ; but touching thy people, for whose sake I am sorry; 

16 And for thine inheritance, for whose cause I mourn ; and for Israel, 
for whom I am heavy ; and for Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled ; 

17 Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for 
them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land. 

18 But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come. 

19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall 
speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, 
before he was taken up : and I said, 

20 O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness, which beholdest 
from above things in the heaven and in the air ; 

21 Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be compre- 
hended ; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling, 

22 Whose service is conversantinwind and fire; whose word is true, and 
sayings constant ; whose commandment is strong, and ordinance fearful ; 

23 Whose look drieth up the depths, and indignation maketh the 
mountains to melt away ; which the truth witnesseth : 

24 O hear the prayer of thy servant, and give ear to the petition of thy 
creature. 

25 For while I live I will speak, and so long as I have understanding I 
will answer. 

26 O look not upon the sins of thy people ; but on them which serve thee 
in truth. 

27 Regard not the wicked inventions of the heathen, but the desire of 
those that keep thy testimonies in afflictions. 

28 Think not upon those that have walked feignedly before thee : but 
remember them, which according to thy will have known thy fear. 

29 Let it not be thy will to destroy them which have lived like beasts ; 
but to look upon them that have clearly taught thy law. 

30 Take thou no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts ; 
but love them that always put their trust in thy righteousness and glory. 

31 For we and our fathers c do languish of such diseases: but because 
of us sinners thou shalt be called merciful. 

32 For if thou d hast a desire to have mercy upon us, thou shalt be called 
merciful, to us namely, that have no works ot righteousness. 

33 For the just, which have many good works laid up with thee, shall 
out of their own deeds receive reward. 

34 For what is man, that thou shouldest take displeasure at him ? or what 
is a corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so bitter toward it ? 

35 c For in truth there is no man among them that be born, but he hath 
dealt wickedly ; and among the faithful there is none which hath not done 
amiss. 

36 For in this, O Lord, thy righteousness and thy goodness shall be de- 
clared, if thou be merciful unto them which have not the e confidence of 
good works. 

37 Then answered he me, and said, Some things hast thou spoken aright, 
and according unto thy words it shall be. 

_ 38 For indeed I will not think on the disposition of them which have 
sinned before death, before judgment, before destruction: 

39 But d I will rejoice over the disposition of the righteous, and I will 
remember also their pilgrimage, and the salvation, and the reward, that they 
snail have. ° 

40 Like as I have spoken now, so shall it come to pass. 



e Rom. 5. 
7,8. 

t'Jam. 4. 10. 
g-JTim.3.1. 
hlsa.22,22. 
/Or, the 
grave. 
i 2 Tim. 1. 
10. 

k 2 Tim. 2. 
23. 

1 Ps. 14. 1. 
Ik. 53. 1. 
m Pro. 16. 4. 
n Kev. 1. 7. 
o Acts 1. 7. 
a Matt. 24. 
15. 

b Matt. 24. 
7. 

c Jude 14. 
d Isa. 46. 9, 
10. 

c 1 Peter 1. 
5,9. 

a Or, they 
shall mar- 
vel. 

fltev. 14. 
11. & 19.3. 
g Matt. 25. 
46. 

2Thes.l.8, 
9. 

h Acts 2.37. 
& 16. 30. 
i Matt. 7. 
13, 14. 
k Prov. 8. 
26, 27. 
b Jind now 
because 
the time of 
the world 
was come, 
when I ioas 
^preparing 
\the world, 
U-c. 



Apocryp a. 

41 For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and 
planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season 
cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root : even so is it 
of them that are sown in the world ; they shall not all be saved. 

42 I answered then and said, If I have found grace, let me speak. 

43 Like as the husbandman's seed perisheth, if it come not up, and 
receive not thy rain in due season: or if there come too much rain, and 
corrupt it : 

44 Even so perisheth man also, which is formed with thy hands, and 
is called thine own image, because thou art like unto him, for whose 
sake thou hast made all things, and likened him unto the husbandman's 
seed. 



45 Be not wroth with us, but spare thy people, and have mercy upon 
thine own inheritance : for thou art merciful unto thy creature. 

46 Then answered he me, and said, Things present are for the pre- 
sent, and things to come for such as be to come. 

47 For thou e comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love my 
creature more than I : but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee, and 
unto it, but never to the unrighteous. 

48 In this also thou art marvellous before the Most High : 

49 In that thou hast f humbled thyself, as it becometh thee, and hast 
not judged thyself worthy to be much glorified among the righteous. 

50 For many great miseries shall be done to them that in the e latter 
time shall dwell in the world, because they have walked in great pride. 

51 But understand thou for thyself, and seek out the glory for such as 
be like thee. 

52 For unto you is paradise h opened, the tree of life is planted, the 
time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a city is builded, 
and rest is allowed, yea, perfect goodness and wisdom. 

53 The root of evil is sealed up from you, weakness and the moth is 
hid from you, and corruption is fled into /hell to be forgotten; 

54 Sorrows are passed, and in the end is shewed the treasure of 
1 immortality. 

55 And therefore ask thou no more k questions concerning the multi- 
tude of them that perish. 

56 For when they had taken liberty, they despised the Most High, 
thought scorn of his law, and forsook his ways. 

57 Moreover they have trodden down his righteous, 

58 And ' said in their heart, that there is no God ; yea, and that 
knowing they must die. 

59 For as the things aforesaid shall receive you, so thirst and pain 
are prepared for them: for it was not his will m that men should come 
to nought : 

60 But they which be created have defiled the name of him that 
made them, and were unthankful unto him which prepared life for them. 

61 And therefore is my judgment n now at hand. 

62 These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and 
a few like thee. Then answered I and said, 

63 Behold, O Lord, now hast thou shewed me the multitude of the 
wonders, which thou wilt begin to do in the last times : ° but at what 
time thou hast not shewed me. 

CHAPTER IX. 
E answered me then, and said, Measure thou the time diligently 
in itself; and when thou a seest part of the signs past, which ] 
have told thee before, 

2 Then shalt thou understand, that it is the very same time, wherein the 
Highest will begin to visit the world which he made. 

3 Therefore when there shall be seen b earthquakes and uproars of the 
people in the world: - . 

4 Then shalt thou well understand, that-the Most High spake of those 
things c from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning. 

5 For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, 
and the end is manifest: 

6 d Even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonders 
and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs. ■ 

7 And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his 
works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed, 

8 Shall be e preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in 
my land, and within my borders : for 1 have sanctified them for me from 
the beginning. 

9 Then "shall they be in pitiful case, which now have abused my ways: 
and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell ' in torments. 

10 For such as in their life have received benefits, and have not known me; 

11 And they that have loathed my law, while they had yet liberty, and 
when as yet place of repentance was open unto them, understood not, but 
despised it ; 

12 s The same must know it after death by pain. 
. 13 And therefore be thou not curious how "the ungodly shall be punished, 
and when : h but inquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the worlu 
is, and for whom the world is created. 

14 Then answered I, and said, 

15 I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter. 
1 that there be many more of them which perish, than of them which shall 
be saved : 

IS Like as a wave is greater than a drop. . 

17 And he answered me, saying, Like as the field is, so is also the seed : 
as the flowers be, such are the colours also ; such as the workman is, such 
also is the work ; and as the husbandman is himself, so is his husbandry also : 
for it was the time of the world. 

18 k b And now when I prepared the world which was not yet made, 
even for them to dwell in that nsw live, no man spake against me. 

n 



Apocrypha. 

19 For then every one obeyed: c but now the manners of them 
which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a per- 
Detual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves. 

20 So I considered the world, and behold, there was peril because 
of the devices that were come into it. 

21 And I saw, and spared it greatly, and have kept me a d grape of 
the cluster, and a plant of a great people. 

22 Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain ; and let 
my " grape be kept, and my plant ; for with great labour have I made 
it perfect. 

23 Nevertheless, if thou wilt cease yet seven days more (but thou 
shalt not fast in them, 

24 But go into a field of flowers, where no house is builded, and eat 
only the flowers of the field ; taste no flesh, drink no wine, but eat 
flowers only ;) 

25 And pray unto the ' Highest continually, then will I come and 
talk with thee. 

26 So I went my way into the field which is called Ardath, m like as 
he commanded me ; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of 
the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me. 

27 After seven days I sat upon the grass, and my heart was vexed 
within me, Q like as before : 

28 And I opened my mouth, and began to talk before the Most 
High, and said, 

29 O Lord, thou that shewest thyself unto us, thou wast ° shewed 
unto our fathers in the wilderness, in a place where no man /treadeth, 
in a barren place, when they came out of Egypt. 

30 And thou spakest, saying, p Hear me, O Israel ; and mark my 
words, thou seed of Jacob. 

31 For behold, I sow my law in you, and it shall bring fruit in you, 
and ye shall be honoured in it for ever. 

32 But our fathers, which received the law, kept it not, and observed 
not thine ordinances : and though the fruit of thy law did not perish, 
neither could it, for it was tiiine ; 

33 Yet they that received it 1 perished, because they kept not the 
thing that was sown in them. 

34 And lo, it is a custom, when the ground hath received seed, or 
the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, that, that being perished 
wherein it was sown or cast into, 

35 That thing also which was sown or cast therein, or received, 
doth perish, and remaineth not with us : but with us it hath not 
happened so. 

36 For we that have received the law r perish by sin, and our heart 
also which receiveth it. 

37 Notwithstanding, 8 the law perisheth not, but remaineth in his 
force. 

38 And when I spake these things ' in my heart, I looked back with 
mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a ' woman, and behold, she 
mourned and wept with aloud voice, and was much grieved in heart, 
and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head. 

39 Then let I my thoughts go that I was in, and turned me unto her, 

40 And said unto her, " Wherefore weepest thou ? why art thou so 
grieved in thy mind ? 

41 And she said unto me, Sir, let me alone, that I may bewail 
myself, and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind, and 
brought very low. 

42 And I said unto her, What aileth thee ? tell me. 

43 She said unto me, I thy servant have been barren, and had no 
■hild, though I had a husband thirty years. 

44 And those thirty years I did nothing else y day and night, and 
every hour, but make my prayer to the Highest. 

45 After thirty years God heard me, thy handmaid, looked upon my 
misery, considered my trouble, x and gave me a son: and I was very 
* glad of him, so was my husband also, and all my neighbours : and 
we gave great honour unto the Almighty. 

46 And I nourished him with great travail. 

47 So when he grew up and came to the time that he should have a 
wife, 1 1 made a feast. 

CHAPTER X. 

AND it came to pass, that when rny son was entered into his 
wedding a chamber, he fell down, and died. 

2 Then we all overthrew the lights, and all my "neighbours rose up 
to comfort me : so I took my rest unto the second day at night. 

3 And it came to pass, when they had all left off to comfort me, to 
the end I might be quiet; then rose I up by night, and fled, and came 
hither into this field, as thou scest. 

4 And I donowpurposenottorcturnintothecity, but here toptay, ''and 
neither to eat nor drink, but continually to mourn and to fast until I die. 

5 Then left I the 'meditations wherein I was, and spake to her in 
anger, saying, 

6 Thou foolish woman above all other, seest thou not our mourning, 
and what happeneth unto us ? 

7 How that Sion c our mother is full of all heaviness, and much 
humbled, mourning very sore ? 

8 And now seeing we all mourn and are d sad, for we are all in 
heaviness, art thou grieved for one son? 

9 For ask the earth, and she shall tell thee, that it is she which 
ought to mourn for the fall of so many that grow upon her. 

10 For ° out of her came all at the first, and out of her shall all 
others come, and behold, they walk almost all into destruction, and a 
multitude of them is utterly c rooted out. 



II. ESDRAS 



c But when 

the world 
was made, 

biitk 71020 

and then 
the man- 
ners of 
every one 
created 
were cor- 
rupted by 
a never- 
fading 
harvest, 
and a law 
unsearch- 
able. 

dOi, grain, 
e Or, grain. 
Ps. 72. 16. 
Ac 80. 8, 9, 
10, 11. 

I ver. 2, 6. 
m ver. 24. 
n ch. 6. 36, 
37. 

o Ex. 19. 9. 
&. 24. 3. 
Deut. 4. 12. 
/Or, 
comet/i. 
pDeut. 6.4. 
q 1 Cor. 10. 
5,10. 
r 2 Cor. 2. 
15, 16. 
s Matt. 5. 
17, 18. 

I I Sam. 1. 
13. 

u ct>. 10. 44. 
xSee John 
-•0. 13. 
y Luke 2.37. 
Acts 26. 7. 
See 1 Tim. 
5. 5 

z Rev. 12. 2. 
a John 16. 
21. 

b Judges 
14. 10. 

.-. Juu. 15. 1. 
a Or, coun- 
try men. 
Lat. 
citizens. 
bJer.31.15. 
Matt. 2. 18. 
4 Or, 
speeches. 
c Gal. 4.26. 
dNeh.2. 1, 
2,3. 

e Gen. 2. 7. 
& 3. 19. 
c Or, abo- 
lished. 



f Gen. 3. 16. 
dBut the 
earth after 
the manner 
of the earth 
ichcrcinto 
the present 
multitude 

gone 
again as it 
came out. 
g Job 1. 21. 
Ii Jonah 4. 
3 8. 

i Vs. 74. 3, 
C, 7, 8, 9. 
& 79. 1,2, 3. 
f.am. 1. & 
2. & 4. & 5. 
k See 1 Sam. 
4. 21, 22. & 
14.3. 

1 John 16.22. 
m Hag. 2. 6. 
Heb. 12. 26. 
n cha p. 4. 1. 
c Or, into 
the multi- 
tude in a 
trance. 
oRcv. 1.17. 
pRev. 1. 17. 
q ch. 5. 20. 
r Aits 9. C. 
s2Cor.l2.4. 
/Or, 
trance. 
t Amos 3.7. 
g Or, pur- 
pose. 

u Amos 6. 
1,6. 

X verse 7. 
V vrrs«' 15. 
// 1 >r, inlrr 
prf lotion. 
z Vs. 48. 2. 
alKings6.1. 
hlKings8.5. 
c 2 Kings 
24. 10, Ui 



Apocrypha. 

11 Who then should make more mourning than she that hath lost so 
great a multitude ; and not thou, which art sorry but for one ? 

12 But if thou say est unto me, My lamentation is not like the earth's, 
because I have lost the fruit of my womb, which ' I brought forth 
with pains, and bare with sorrows ; 

13 rf But the earth not so: for the multitude present in it, according 
to the course of the earth, is gone, as it came : 

14 Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with 
labour ; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever 
since the beginning unto him that made her. 

15 Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thyself, and bear with a good 
courage that which hath befallen thee. 

16 For if thou shalt » acknowledge the determination of God to be 
just, thou shalt both receive thy son in time, and shalt be commended 
among women. 

17 Go thy way then into the city to thy husband. 

18 And she said unto me, That will I not do : I will not go into the 
city, h but here will I die. 

19 So I proceeded to speak further unto her, and said, 

20 Do not so, but be counselled by me : for how many are the adver 
sities of Sion ? be comforted in regard of the sorrow of Jerusalem. 

21 For thou seest that ' our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken 
down, our temple destroyed ; 

22 Our psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our 
rejoicing is at an end, the light of our candlestick is put out, the ark 
of our covenant is spoiled, our holy things are defiled, and the name 
that is called upon us is almost profaned : our children are put to 
shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into* captivity, our 
virgins are defiled, and our wives ravished ; our righteous men carried 
away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in 
bondage, and our strong men are become weak ; 

23 And, which is the greatest of all, the seal of Sion hath now lost 
her k honour ; for she is delivered into the hands of them that hate us 

24 And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away thr 
multitude of sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful unto thet 
again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour 

25 And it came to pass, while I was talking with her, behold ' hfej 
face upon a sudden shined exceedingly, and her countenance glistered 
so thai, I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be. 

26 And behold, suddenly she made a great cry, very fearful : so that 
the m earth shook at the noise of the woman. 

27 And I looked, and behold, the woman appeared unto me no more, 
but there was a city builded, and a large place shewed itself from the 
foundations : then was I afraid, and cried with a loud voice, and said, 

28 Where is ° Uriel the angel, who came unto me at the first ? for 
he hath caused me to fall c into many trances, and mine end is turned 
into corruption, and my prayer to rebuke. 

29 And as I was speaking these words, behold, he came unto me 
and looked upon me. 

30 And lo, I lay ° as one that had been dead, and mine understand- 
ing was taken from me : and he took p me by the right hand, and com- 
forted me, and set me upon my feet, and said unto me, 

31 What aileth thee ? and why art thou so disquieted ? and why is 
thine understanding troubled, and the thoughts of thy heart? 

32 And I said, Because thou hast forsaken me, and yet I did accord- 
ing to thy i words, and I went into the field, and lo, I have seen, and 
yet see, that I am not able to express. 

33 And he said unto me, Stand up manfully, r and I will advise 
thee. 

34 Then said I, Speak on, my lord, in me ; only forsake me not, lest 
I die frustrate of my- hope. 

35 For I have seen that I knew not, 5 and hear that I do not know. 

36 Or is my sense deceived, or my soul in a dream ? 

37 Now therefore, I beseech thee, that thou wilt shew thy servant 
of this /vision. 

38 He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform 
thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid : for the Highest will 
reveal many ' secret things unto thee. 

39 He hath seen that thy «way is right: for that thou sorrowest 
continually for thy people, " and makest great lamentation for Sion. 

40 This therefore is the meaning of the vision which thou lately 
sawest : 

41 Thou sawest x a woman mourning, and thou y begannest to com- 
fort her : 

42 But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more, but there 
appeared unto thee a city builded. 

43 And whereas she told thee of the death of her son, this is the 
I solution : 

44 This woman, whom thou sawest, is Sion : and whereas she said 
unto thee, even she whom thou seest z as a city builded, 

45 Whereas, / say, she said unto thee, that she hath been thirty 
years barren : those'are the thirty years wherein there was no offering 
made in her. 

46 But after thirty years * Solomon builded the city, h and offered 
offerings: and then bare the barren a son. 

47 And whereas she told thee that she nourished him with labour: 
that was the dwelling in Jerusalem. 

48 But whereas she said unto thee, That my son coming into his 
marriage-chamber happened to have a fall, and died: c this was the 
destruction that came to Jerusalem. 

49 And behold, thou sawest her likeness, and because she mourned 

13 



1 9, 10, 11 
verse 27. 
verse 31. 
h See Luke 
1.28. 
i Or, art 
called to be 
with, &c. 
i verse 37. 
k Or, last 
tilings. 
a ch. 12.11. 
b verse 1. 
c verse 1. 
a Lat. she. 
d Dan. 2.37, 
38. 

e verse 3. 
f verse 5, 6. 
g 1 Cor. 7. 
31. 

h Ps. 75. 4, 
5, 6, 7. 
i James 4. 
13, 14. 
k ver. 3. 11. 
1 verse 1. 
m verse 1. 
o Sec verse 
1,3. 

o ver. 14, 16, 
18, 19, 20. 
p verse 23. 
q verse 28. 
r ver. 5, 6. 
s verse 26. 



Apocrypha. II. ESDRAS 

for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these things which ^d^ 1 ^ 
have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee. jg e 

50 For now the d Most High seeth that thou art grieved unfeignedly,f 
and sufferest from thy whole heart for her, so hath he shewed thee the 
brightness of her glory, and the comeliness of her beauty : 

51 And therefore I bade thee remain in the field where no house 
was builded : 

52 For I knew that the Highest e would shew this unto thee. 

53 Therefore I commanded thee to go into the field, where no foun- 
dation of any building was. 

54 For in the place wherein the Highest beginneth to shew his city, 
there can no man's building be able to stand. 

55 And therefore ' fear not, let s not thy heart be affrighted, but go 
thy way in, and see the beauty and greatness of the building, as much 
as thine eyes be able to see: 

56 And then shalt thou hear as much as thine ears may comprehend. 

57 For thou art blessed h above many other, and ' art called with the 
Highest; and so are but few. 

5S But to-morrow at night thou shalt remain here ; 

59 And so shall the Highest shew thee ' visions of the k high things, 
which the Most High wfll do unto them that dwell upon earth in the 
last days. So I slept that night and another, like as he commanded me. 
CHAPTER XI. 

THEN saw I a dream, and behold, there came up from the sea, an 
'' eagle, which had twelve feathered wings, and three heads. 

2 And I saw, and behold, she spread her wings over all the earth, 
and all the winds of the air blew on her, and were gathered together. 

3 And I betield, and out of her '■ feathers there grew other contrary 
feathers ; and they became little feathers and small. 

4 But her ' heads were at rest: the head in the midst was greater 
than the other, yet rested a it with the residue. 

5 Moreover I beheld, and lo, the eagle flew with her feathers, and 
reigned upon earth, and over them that dwelt therein. 

6 d And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and 
no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth. 

7 And I beheld, and lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, and spake to 
her feathers, saying, 

8 Watch not all at once : sleep every one in his own place, and watch 
by course : 

9 But let the heads be preserved for the last. 

10 And I beheld, and lo, the voice went not out of her heads, but 
from the midst of her body. 

1 1 And I numbered her e contrary feathers, and behold, there were 
eight of them. 

12 And I looked, and behold, on the right side there arose one feather, 
f and reigned over all the earth ; 

13 And so it was that when it reigned, the end of it came, and S the 
place thereof appeared no more : so the next following stood up and 
reigned, and had a great time ; 

14 And it happened, that when it reigned, the end of it came also, 
like as the first, so that it appeared no more. 

15 Then came there a voice unto it, and said, 

16 h Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto 
thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more, 

17 There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half 
thereof. 

IS Then arose the third, and reigned as the other before, and appeared no 
more also. 

- 19 So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one 
reigned, » and then appeared no more. 

20 Then I beheld, and lo, in process of time the feathers k that followed 
stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also ; and some of them 
ruled, but within a while they appeared no more : 

21 For some of them were set up, but ruled not, 

22 After this I looked, and behold, the ' twelve feathers appeared no 
more, nor the two little feathers : 

23 And there was no more upon the eagle's body, but m three heads that 
rested and six n little wings. 

24 Then saw I also that two little feathers divided themselves from the 
six, and remained under the head that was upon the right side : for the 
four continued in their place. 

25 And I beheld, and lo, the feathers that were under the wing thought to 
set up themselves, and to have the rule. 

26 And I beheld, and lo, there was one set up, but shortly, ° it appeared 
no more. 

27 And the second was sooner away than the first. 

28 And I beheld, and lo, the two that remained thought also in them- 
selves to reign : 

29 And when they so thought, behold, there awaked one p of the heads 
that were at rest, namely, it that was in the midst ; for that was greater 
than the two other heads. 

30 And then I saw that the two other heads were joined with it. 

31 And behold, the head was turned with them that were with it, and 
did eat up the qtwo feathers under the wing that would have reigned. 

32 But this head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all 
those r that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression ; and it had the 
S °o| rnan j Ce of the world more than a11 the wings that had been. 

33 And after this I beheld, and lo, the head that was in the midst sudden- 
y appeared no more, like as the win<r S . 



t Zech. 5. 1. 
&6. 1. 
u Gen. 49. 9. 
Rev. 5. 5. 
x verse 32. 
y Ps. 82. 5. 
z Ps. 14. 2. 
& 33. 13. 
a ver. 1. 
b Ps. 101. 1. 
c Gen. 1. 1. 
Pro. 16. 4. 
a ch. 11. 37. 
b ch. 11. 14, 
16, 18, 19, 
20, 26. 
c Job 11. 7. 
d Dan. 4. 35. 
e ch. 10. 37. 
f J)an. 7. 7. 
g ch. 11. 32. 
h ch. 11. 1. 
ich. 11. 10 
k ch. 11. 11. 
Ich. 11.28. 
rach. 11.1. 
n ch. 11.24. 
o ch. 11. 37. 



\,t o S: J e rema ined the two heads, which also in like sort ruled upon 
• he earth, and over those that dwelt therein. 



Apocrypha 

35 And I beheld, and lo, the head upon the right side devoured it that 
was upon the left side. 

36 Then I heard a voice, which said unto me, ' Look before thee, 
and consider the thing that thon seest. 

37 And I beheld, and lo as it were a roaring u lion chased out of the 
wood : and I saw that he sent out a man's voice unto the eagle and said, 

38 Hear thou, I will talk with thee, and the Highest shall say unto thee, 

39 Art not thou it that remainest of the four beasts, whom I made to 
reign mmy world,that the end of their times might come through them? 

40 And the fourth came, and overcame all the beasts that were past, 
and had power over the world with great fearfulness, " and over the 
whole compass of the earth with much wicked oppression ; and so long 
time dwelt he upon the earth with deceit. 

41 > For the earth hast thou not judged with truth. 

42 For thou hast afflicted the meek, thou hast hurt the peaceable, 
thou hast loved liars, and destroyed the dwellings of them that brought 
forth fruit, and hast cast down the walls of such as did thee no harm. 

43 Therefore is thy wrongful dealing come up unto the Highest, and 
thy pride unto the Mighty. 

44 The Highest also hath z looked upon the proud times, and behold 
they are ended, and his abominations are fulfilled. 

45 And therefore appear no more, a thou eagle, nor thy horrible 
wings, nor thy wicked feathers, nor thy malicious heads, nor thy hurt- 
ful claws, nor all thy vain body : 

46 That all the earth may be refreshed, and may return, being de- 
livered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the b judgment 
and mercy of him c that made her. 

CHAPTER XII. 

AND it came to pass, while the "lion spake these words unto the 
eagle, I saw, 

2 And behold, the head that remained, and the four wings appeared 
no more, and the two went unto it, and set themselves up to reign, and 
their kingdom was small and full of uproar. 

3 And I saw, and behold, h they appeared no more, and the whole 
body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear : then 
awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my mind, and from great 
fear, and said unto my spirit, 

4 Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in that thou c searchest out the 
ways of the Highest. 

5 Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit ; and 
little strength is there in me, for the great fear wherewith I was 
affrighted this night. 

6 Therefore wfll I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort mc 
unto the end. 

7 And I said, Lord d that bearest rule, if I have found grace before 
thy sight, and if I am justified with thee before many others, and if my 
prayer indeed be come up before thy face ; 

8 Comfort me then, and e shew me thy servant the interpretation and 
plain difference of this fearful vision, that thou mayest perfectly com- 
fort my soul. 

9 For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times. 

10 And he said unto me, This is the interpretation of the vision : 

11 The eagle whom thou sawest come up from the sea, is the kingdom 
which was seen in the f vision of thy brother Daniel. 

12 But it was not expounded unto him, therefore now I declare it unto thee. 

13 Behold, the days will come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon 
earth, and it shall be e feared above all the kingdoms that were before it. 

14 In the same shall twelve kings reign one after another : 

15 Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time 
than any of the twelve. 

16 And this do the twelve wings signify, h which thou sawest. 

17 As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest ' not 
to go out from the heads, but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the 
interpretation : 

18 That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, 
and it shall stand in peril of falling : nevertheless, it shall not then fall, but 
shall be restored again to his beginning. 

19 And whereas thou sawest the k eight small under-feathers sticking to 
her wings, this is the interpretation : 

20 That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but 
small, and their years swift. 

• 21 And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall 
be kept until their end begin to approach : but two shall be kept unto the end. 

22 And whereas thou sawest ' three heads resting, this is the interpre- 
tation : 

23 In his last days shall the Most High raise up three kingdoms, and re- 
new many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth, 

24 And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those 
that were before them : therefore are they called the m heads of the eagle. 

25 For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that shall 
finish his last end. 

26 And whereas thon sawest that the great head appeared no more, it 
signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pam. 

27 For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword. 

28 For the sword of the one shall devour the other : but at the last shall 
he fall through the sword himself. 

29 And whereas thou sawest » two feathers under the wings passing over 
the head that is on the right side ; 

30 It signifieth that these are they whom the Highest hath kept unto 
their end : this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou sawest. 

31 And the lion, "whom thou saw«st rising up out of the wood, and 

14 



p Ps. 2. 2. 

q Ps. 50. 21 
r Ps. 106. 
43, 45. 



t Isa. 30. 8 
Hab. 2. 2. 
u ch. 9. 23, 
27. 

a Or, peo- 
ple. 

x 1 Kings 
18. 22. & 19. 
10, 14. 
Rom. 11. 3. 
y Ps. 74. 7. 
zlsa.49.15. 
a Ps. 130.23. 
b verse 39. 
ach. 11. 1. 
a A certain 
man as the 
wind, Ju- 
nius. 
b Clouds. 
b See Hab. 
3.10. 

c Ezek. 37. 
9. 

d verse 5. 
e Rev. 11.5. 
f verse 5. 
g verse 6. 
h Ezra 3. 
12 13. 
c Junius, 
of the 
things that 
were offer- 
ed. 

i ch. 12. 10. 
klPet.l. G 
1 2 Cor. 6. 
4,5. 

d Or, this 
day. 



Apocrypha. II. ESDRAS. 

roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her unrighte- 
ousness with all the words which thou hast heard ; 

32 This is the ? anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them and 
for their wickedness unto the end : he shall 1 reprove them, and shall isa. 54. 7. 
upbraid them with their cruelty. 

33 For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall re- 
buke them and correct them. 

34 For the rest of my people shall he r deliver with mercy, those that 
have been preserved upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful 
until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto 
thee from the beginning. 

35 This is s the dream that thou sawest, and these are the interpre- 
tations. 

36 Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest, 

37 Therefore ' write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, 
md hide them : 

38 And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou 
knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets. 

39 But wait thou here thyself yet a seven days more, that it may be 
shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee. 
And with that he went his way. 

40 And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days 
were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all 
.ogether from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and said, 

41 What have we offended thee ? and what evil have we done against 
ihee. that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place ? 

42 For of all the a prophets thou x only art left us, as a cluster of the 
vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship pre 
served from the tempest. 

43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient ? 

44 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if 
we also had y been burned in the midst of Sion ? 

45 For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept 
with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said, 

46 Be of good comfort, O Israel, and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob: 

47 For the Highest hath you z in remembrance, and the Mighty hath 
not forgotten you in temptation. 

48 As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from 
you : but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, 
and that I might seek mercy for the a low estate of your sanctuary. 

49 And now go your way home every man, and after these days will 
I come unto you. 

50 So the people went their way into the city, like as I commanded 
them: 

51 But I remained still in the field seven days, as b the angel com- 
manded me ; and did eat only in those days of the flowers of the field, 
and had my meat of the herbs. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

AND it came to pass after seven days, I a dreamed a dream by night: 
2 And lo, there arose ° a wind from the sea, that it moved all the 
waves thereof. 

3 And I beheld, and lo, that man waxed strong with the b thousands 
of heaven : and when he turned his countenance to look, b all the 
(hings trembled that were seen under him. 

4 And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned 
that heard his voice, like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire. 

5 And after this I beheld, and lo, there was gathered together a 
multitude of men, out of number, from c the four winds of the heaven, 
to subdue the man that came out of the sea. 

6 But I beheld, and lo he had graved himself a great mountain, and 
flew up upon it. 

7 But I would have seen the region or place whereout the hill was 
graven, and I could not. 

8 And after this I beheld, and lo, all they which were gathered to- 
gether to d subdue him were sore afraid, and yet durst fight. 

9 And lo, as he saw the violence of the multitude that came, he neither 
lifted up his hand, nor held sword, nor any instrument of war : 

10 But only I saw that he sent e out of his mouth as it had been a biast of 
fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast out 
sparks and tempests. 

11 And they were all mixed together ; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, 
and the great tempest; and fell with violence upon the multitude which was 
prepared to fight, and burned them up every one, so that upon a sudden of 
an ' innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but o*nly dust and 
smell of smoke : when I saw this I was afraid. 

12 Afterward I saw the same man come down « from the mountain, and 
call unto him another peaceable multitude. 

13 And there came much people unto him, b whereof some were glad, some 
were sorry, some of them were bound, and other some brought c of them 
that were offered : then was I sick through great fear, and I awaked and said, 

14 Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and 
hast counted me worthy that thou shouldest receive my prayer: 

15 Shew me now yet ' the interpretation of this dream. 

16 For as I conceived in mine understanding, wo unto them that shall be 
left in those days ! and much more wo unto them that arc not left behind ! 

17 For they that were not left were in k heaviness. 
13 Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which 

shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind. 

19 Therefore are they come into great ' perils and many necessities like 
aj these dreams declare. 

20 Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into rf these tilings. 



m verse 15. 
n Matth. 
24. 13. 
o verse 21. 
p ch. 12. 32. 
q verse 10. 
r verse 9. 
s 2 Chron. 
15.6. 

Matt. 24. 7. 
t Rom. 1. 4. 
u Rev. 14. 1. 
x lsa. 11. 4. 
y Matth. 
15. 19. 
z verse 12. 
a 2 Kings 
17.3. 

b Josh. 24. 
2, 3, 15. 
c Genesis 
15. 18. 
d Exodus 
14. 21. 
Josh. 3.15, 
16. 

e Or, Ara- 
rath, 
Gen. 8. 4. 
e Rev. 16.12. 
fJer.30. 11. 
&. 46. 28. 
_ Ps. 77. 19. 
<Sc 10 1. 24, 
25. 

h ch. 12. 12. 
i ch. 9. 24. 
kch. 11. 1. 
aExod.3.4. 



Apocrypha 

than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things 
that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said, 

21 ,n The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will 
open unto thee the thing that thou hast required. 

22 Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the 
interpretation : 

23 He that shall » endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: 
they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith 
toward the Almighty. 

24 Know this, therefore, that they which be left behind are more 
blessed than they that be dead. 

25 ° This is the meaning of the vision : Whereas thou sawest a man 
coming up from the midst of the sea : 

26 The same is he whom God the Highest p hath kept a great season, 
which by his own self shall deliver his creature : and he shall order 
them that are left behind. 

27 And whereas thou sawest, 1 that out of his mouth there came as 
a blast of wind, and fire, and storm ; 

28 And that he held r neither sword, nor any instrument of war, but 
that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to 
subdue him ; this is the interpretation : 

29 Behold, the days come, when the Most High will begin to deliver 
them that are upon the earth. 

30 And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth. 

31 And s one shall undertake to fight against another, one city against 
another, one place against another, one people against another, and one 
realm against another. 

32 And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and 
the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall ' my 
Son be declared, whow thou sawest as a man ascending. 

33 And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their 
own land leave the battle they have one against another. 

34 And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as thov 
sawest them, willing to come, and to overcome him by fighting. 

35 But he shall u stand upon the top of the mount Sion. 

36 And Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men, being pre- 
pared and builded, like as thou sawest the hill graven without hands. 

37 And this my Son shall x rebuke the wicked inventions of those 
nations, which for their wicked life are fallen into the tempest ; 

38 And shall lay before them their y evil thoughts, and the torments 
wherewith they shall begin to be tormented, which are like unto a 
flame : and he shall destroy them without labour by the law which is 
like unto fire. 

39 And whereas thou sawest that he gathered another z peaceable 
multitude unto him ; 

40 Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners oat 
of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom a Salmanaser 
the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the 
b waters, and so came they into another land. 

41 But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would 
leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, 
where never mankind dwelt, 

42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept 
in their own land. 

43 And they entered into c Euphrates by the narrow passages of the 
river. 

44 For the Most High then shewed d signs for them, and held still 
the flood, till they were passed over. 

45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, 
of a year and a half : and the same region is called « Arsareth. 

46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time ; and now when they 
shall begin to come, 

47 The Highest shall c stay the springs of the stream a.gain, that they 
may go through : therefore sawest thou the multitude with peace. 

48 But those that be left behind of thy people, are they that are 
found within my borders. 

49 Now when he destroyed the multitude of the nations that are 
gathered together, f he Bhall defend his people that remain. 

50 And then he shall shew them great wonders. 

51 Then said I, O Lord that bearest rule, shew me this : Wherefore have 
I seen the man coming up from the midst of the sea ? 

52 And he said unto me, e Like as thou canst neither seek out or know the 
things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see 
my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day-time. 

53 This is the interpretation of the dream which thou sawest, and whereby 
thou h only art here lightened. 

54 For thou hast forsaken thine own way, and applied thy diligence unto 
my law, and sought it. 

55 Thy life hast thou ordered in wisdom, and hast culled understanding 
thy mother. 

56 And therefore have I shewed thee the treasures of the Highest: after 
other three days I will speak other things unto thee, and declare unto thee 
mighty and wondrous things. , 

57 Then went I forth into ' the field, giving praise and thanks greatly 
unto the Most High because of his wonders which he did in time ; 

58 And because he governcth the same, and such things as fall in their 
seasons : and there I sat k three days. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

AND it eame to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and behold, 
there came a voice • out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdrae, 
Esdras. 

15 



ech.ll. ]. 
f Isa.57. 1. 
g Psalm 
102.26. 
hlsa.38. 1. 
1 Mac. 9. 
55. 

i Matt. 24. 
7,8. 

k verse 8. 
1 See chap. 
12.37,38. 
in John 16. 
13. 

n Ex.24. 18. 
a Ur, box- 
tables to 
write on, 
See ver. 44. 
4 Or, 
Banus. 
o Rev. 31. 9. 
p verse 24. 
q Deut.C. 4. 
r Gen. 47. 4. 
s Acts 7. 53. 
t Josh. 13. 6. 
& 14. 1, 2. 
u Ps. 137. 
1,2,3,4. 
x 2 Tim. 1. 
18. 

y verse 23. 
z verse 24. 
aEzek.3.3. 
b Ps. 51. 15. 
Isa. 22. 22. 
erse 24. 
d verse 23. 
e Ps. 22. 2. 
c Or, nine 
hundred 
and four. 



Apocrypha. II. ESDRAS 

2 And I said, Here am I, Lord. And I stood up upon my feet. jb E "- 3.2, 

3 Then said he unto me, b In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself; c '£ x _ ]9 j 
unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt : jd Psalm 

4 And I sent him, and led my people out of Egypt, and brought himjii9.ia 
up to the c mount of Sinai, where I held him by me a long season, 

5 And told him many J wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets 
of the times, and the end ; and commanded him, saying, 

6 These words shaltthou declare, and these shaltthou hide. 

7 And now I say unto thee, 

8 That thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed, and 
the e dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou 
hast heard : 

9 For thou shalt be f taken away from all, and from henceforth thou 
shalt remain with my Son, and with such as be like thee, until the 
times be ended. 

10 For the world hath lost his youth, s and the times begin to wax old. 

11 For the world is divided into twelve parts, and the ten parts of 
it are gone already, and half of a tenth part: 

12 And there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth part : 

13 Now therefore h set thy house in order, and reprove thy people, 
comfort such of them as be in trouble, and now renounce corruption. 

14 Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of man, 
put off now the weak nature, 

15 And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and 
haste thee to flee from these times. 

16 For ' yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen 
shall be done hereafter. 

17 For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so 
much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein. 

18 For the truth has fled far away, and leasing is hard aj; hand : for 
now hasteth the vision to come, k which thou hast seen. 

19 Then answered I before thee, and said, 

20 Behold, Lord, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and reprove 
the people which are present : but they that shall be born afterward, 
1 who shall admonish them ? thus the world is set in darkness, and they 
that dwell therein are without light. 

21 For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that 
are done of thee, or the works that shall begin. 

22 But if I have found grace before thee, m send the Holy Ghost 
into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since 
the beginning, which were written in thy law, that men may find thy 
path, and that they which will live in the latter days may live. 

23 And he answered me, saying, Go thy way, gather the people to- 
gether, and say unto them, that they seek thee not n for forty days. 

24 But look thou prepare thee many a box-trees, and take with thee 
Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, b Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are 
ready to write swiftly ; 

25 And ° come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in 
thy heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be performed which 
thou shalt begin to write. 

26 And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish, and 
some things shalt thou shew secretly to the wise : to-morrow this hour 
shalt thou begin p to write. 

27 Then went I forth as he commanded, and gathered all the people 
together, and said, 

28 Hear these words, lO Israel. 

29 r Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from 
whence they were delivered 

30 5 And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye 
also have transgressed after them. 

31 Then was the land, even the land of Sion, * parted among you by 
lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, 
and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you. 

32 And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in 
time the thing that he had given you. 

33 And now u are ye here, and your brethren among you. 

34 Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, 
and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive, and after death ye 
shall * obtain mercy. 

35 For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live 
again : and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and 
the works of the ungodly shall be declared. 

36 Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these 
i forty days. 

27 So I took z the five men, as he commanded me, and we went into 
the field, and remained there. 

38 And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying; Esdras, 
' open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink. 

39 Then opened I my mouth, and behold, he reached me a full cup, ' 
which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire. 

40 And I took it, and drank : and when I had drunk of it, my heart 



f verse 26. 
_ verse 26. 
h Dan. 12.3. 
d Or, the 
light of 
knowledge. 
a Jor. 1. 9. 
b Jer. 1. 17. 
c Prov. 14. 
32. 

d Deut. 28. 
59. 

e Ps. 50. 3. 
fEev.6. 10. 
& 19. 2. 
g Isa. 53. 7. 
Acts 8. 32. 
h Ex. 3. 20. 
i Matt. 18.7. 
k Matt. 24. 
6,7. 

1 Jud". 5. 6, 
7. 

m Luke 21. 
16, 17. 
n Mai. 1. 11 
o Matt. 7.1, 
2. 

Rev. 18. 5, 
6,8. 

p Heb. 12. 
29. 

q fsa. 3. 11 
r 2 Pet. 2. 
9,10. 

s verse 20. 
t Ps. 48. 4, 
5,6. 

u verse £9. 
x verse 14, 
15, 16. 
a Or, ' 
against. 
y verse 28. 
z Matt. 24. 
29. 

a Rev. 14. 
20. 

b Or, pat- 
tern, or, 
litter. 
b verse 29, 
33. 
c verse 31. 

the 



uCtered understanding, and 
strengthened my memory 



wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit 



41 And my b mouth w r as opened, and shut no more. 

42 The Highest gave understanding unto the five men, c and they wrote 
f.he wonderful visions of the night that were told, which they knew not: 
■and they sat d forty days, and they wrote in the day, and at night they ate 

* 3 As for me, I spake in the day, e and I held not my tongue by night. 

a j y days the y wrote ° two hundred and four books. 
45 And i*- -am« tj> p. ass . when the forty days were fulfilled, that the 



Apocrypha. 

Highest spake, saying, The first that thou hast written f publish openly, 
that the worthy and unworthy may read it : 

46 But keep the seventy last, e that thou mavest deliver them only 
to such as be h wise among the people: 

47 For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of 
wisdom, and d the stream of knowledo-e. 

48 And I did so. 
CHAPTER XV. 

EHOLD, speak thou in the ears of my people the words of 
prophecy, a which I will put in thy mouth, saith the Lord: 

2 And cause them to be written in paper : forthey are faithful and true. 

3 " Fear not the imaginations against thee ; let not the incredulity 
of them trouble thee, that speak against thee. 

4 For all the unfaithful shall die ' in their unfaithfulness. 

5 Behold, saith the Lord, I will bring d plagues upon the world ; 
the sword, famine, death, and destruction. 

6 For wickedness hath exceedingly polluted the whole earth, and 
their hurtful works are fulfilled. 

7 Therefore saith the Lord, 

8 e I jwill hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness, 
which they profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in those things 
in which they wickedly exercise themselves: behold, the 'innocent 
and righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the just complain 
continually. 

9 And therefore, saith the Lord, I will surely avenge them, and re- 
ceive unto me all the innocent blood from among them. 

10 Behold, my people is eled as a flock, to the slaughter : I will not 
suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt: 

11 But I will bring them with a mighty hand and a stretched-out 
arm, and h smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all 
the land thereof. 

12 Egypt shall mourn, and the foundation of it shall be smitten with 
the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it. 

13 They that till the ground shall mourn: for their seeds shall fail 
through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful constellation. 

14 • Wo to the world, and them that dwell therein ! 

15 For the sword and their destruction draweth nigh, k and one peo- 
ple shall stand up to fight against another, and swords in their hands. 

16 For there shall be sedition among men, and invading one ano- 
ther; they shall not regard their kings nor princes, and the course of 
their actions shall stand in their power. 

17 A man shall desire to go into a city, ' and shall not be able. 

18 For because of their pride the cities shall be troubled, the houses 
shall be destroyed, and men shall be afraid. 

19 m A man shall have no pity upon his neighbour, but shall destroy 
their houses with the sword, and spoil their goods, because of the 
lack of bread, and for great tribulation. 

20 Behold, saith God, I will call together all the kings of the earth 
to reverence me, n which are from the rising of the sun, from the south, 
from the east, and Libanus ; to turn themselves one against another, 
and repay the things that they have done to them. 

21 ° Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, so will I do also, 
and recompense in their bosom. Thus saith the Lord God, 

22 My right hand shall not spare the sinners, and my sword shall 
not cease t>ver them that shed innocent blood upon the earth. 

23 The fire is gone forth from his wrath, r and hath consumed i: e 
foundations of the earth, and the sinners, like the straw that is kindled. 

24 q Wo to them that sin, and keep not my commandments ! saith the 
Lord : 

25 I will not spare them: go your way, ye children, from the power, 
defile not my sanctuary. 

26 For the Lord knoweth all them that sin against him, r and there- 
fore delivereth he them unto death and destruction. 

27 For now are the plagues come upon the whole earth, and ye 
shall remain in them: for God shall not deliver you, because ye have 
sinned against him. 

28 Behold ahorrible vision, andthe appearance thereof from » the east : 

29 Where the nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with 
many chariots, and the multitude of them shall be carried as the wind 
upon earth, ' that all they which hear them may fear and tremble. 

30 Also the Carmanians raging in wrath shall go forth as the wild 
boars of the wood, and with great power shall they come, and join battle 
with them, and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians. 

31 And then shall the u dragons have the upper hand, remembering 
their nature ; and if they shall turn themselves, conspiring together 
in great power to persecute them, 

32 Then these shall be troubled, and keep silence through their 
power, and shall flee. 

33 And from the land of the Assyrians shall the enemy besiege 
in, and consume some of them, and in their host shall be fear and dread, 

x and strife ° among their kings. 

34 Behold clouds from the east and from the north unto the south, and 
they are very y horrible to look upon, full of wr3 Ji and storm. 

35 They shall smite one upon another, and ;hey shall smite down a 
great multitude 2 of stars upon the earth, even their own star ; a and bloo'l 
shall be from the sword unto the belly, 

36 And dung of men unto the camel's ''hough. 

37 And there shall be great h fearfulness and trembling upon earth : and 
they that see the wrath shall be afraid, and trembling shall come upon them. 

38 And then shall there come great c storms from the south, and froir 
the north, and another part from the west. 

16 



d chap. 13. 
2. 

e verse 37. 
IPs. 148.8. 
c Or, de- 
stroy, 
Isa. 47. 1. 
g Rev. 18. 
18. 

d Or, like 
unto Baby 
Ion* 

h Rev. 18.4. 
i Rev. 18. 8. 
k Psalm 
102. 11. 
1 Isa. 47. 6. 
Zech. 1. 15. 
e La t. 
death. 
m Deut. 33. 
35. 

Romans 12. 
19. 

Heb. 10. 30. 
n See Deut. 
28. 53. 

verse 46. 
p Mai. 4. 1. 
/Or, ble- 
mish. 

a ch. 15. 60. 
b ch. 15. 46. 
c ch. 15. 10. 
d Isa. 17. 3. 
e Joel 1. 8. 
fch. 15. 49. 
g Job 9. 4. 
h Ps. 407. 
25, 26, 27. 
i verse 5. 
k verse 6. 

1 Isa. 6. 5. 
m Matt. 21. 
8. 



Apocrypha. 

39 And strong A winds shall arise from the east, and shall open it ; 
and the cloud which he raised up in wrath, and the star stirred to 
cause fear towards the east and west wind, shall be destroyed. 

40 The great and mighty clouds shall be lifted up full of wrath, 
and the star, c that they make all the earth afraid, and them that dwell 
therein ; and they shall pour out over every high and eminent place 
a horrible star, 

41 ' Fire, and hail, and flying swords, and many waters, that all 
fields may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of great waters. 

42 And they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and 
hills, trees of the wood, and grass of the meadows, and their corn. 

43 And they shall go steadfastly unto Babylon, and c make her afraid. 

44 They shall come to her, and besiege her, the star and all wrath 
shall they pour out upon her : then shall the dust and s smoke go up 
unto the heaven, and all they that be about her shall bewail her. 

45 And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that 
have put her in fear. 

46 And thou, Asia, that art d partaker of the hope of Babylon, and 
art the glory of her person : 

47 Wo be unto thee, thou wretch, because thou hast made thyself 
b like unto her ; and hast decked thy daughters in whoredom, that 
they might please and glory in thy lovers, which have always desired 
to commit whoredom with thee ! 

48 Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inven- 
tions: therefore saith God, 

49 I will send ' plagues upon thee ; widowhood, poverty, famine, 
sword, and pestilence, to waste thy houses with destruction and death. 

50 And the glory of thy power shall be dried up k as a flower, when 
the heat shall arise that is sent over thee. 

"' 51 Thou shalt be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as 
one chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be 
able to receive thee. 

52 Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith the 
Lord, 

53 ' If thou hadst not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke 
of thy hands, and saying over their « dead, when thou wast drunken, 

54 Set forth the beauty of thy countenance ? 

55 The reward of thy whoredom shall be in thy bosom, therefore 
shalt thou receive recompense. 

56 Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, m even 
so God shall do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief. 

57 Thy children shall die of hunger, and thou shalt fall through 
the sword : thy cities shall be broken down, and all thine shall perish 
with the sword in the field. 

58 They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, n and eat 
their own flesh, and drink their own blood, for very hunger of bread, 
and thirst of water. 

59 Thou as unhappy shall come through the sea, and receive 
plagues again. 

60 And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city, and shall 
destroy some portion of thy land, and consume part of thy glory, and 
shall return to ° Babylon that was destroyed. 

61 And thou shalt be cast down by them as stubble, and they shall 
be unto thee as fire ; 

62 And t shall consume thee, and thy cities, thy land, and thy moun- 
tains ; all thy woods and thy fruitful trees shall they burn up with fire. 

63 Thy children shall they carry away captive, and look, what thou 
hast, they shall spoil it and /mar the beauty of thy face. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

WO be unto thee, a Babylon, and b Asia ! wo be unto thee, c Egypt, 
and d Syria ! 

2 e Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your 
children, and be sorry ; for your destruction is at hand. 

3 A sword is sent upon you, and who may turn it back? 

4 A fire is sent among you, and who may quench it ? 

5 f Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them away ? 

6 May any man drive away a hungry lion in the wood ? or may any one 
quench the fire in stubble, when it hath begun to burn ? 

7 May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer ? 

8 The S mighty Lord sendeth the plagues, and who is Tie that can drive 
1hem away ? 

9 A fire shall go forth from his wrath, and who is he that may quench it ? 

10 He shall cast lightnings, and who shall not fear ? he shall thunder, 
and who shall not be afraid ? 

11 The Lord shall threaten, and who shall not be utterly beaten to 
powder at his presence ? 

12 The earth quaketh, and the foundations thereof; h the sea ariseth up 
with waves from the deep, and the waves of it are troubled, and the fishes 
thereof also, before the Lord, and before the glory of his power : 

13 For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrow»s that he 
shooteth are sharp, and ihall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the 
ends of the world. 

14 Behold, the plagues are sent, ' and shall not return again, until they 
come upon the earth. 

15 The fire is kindled, k and shall not be put out, till it consume the 
foundation of the earth. 

16 Like as an arrow which is shot of a mighty archer rcturneth not 
backward : even so the plagues that shall be sent upon cartli shall not re- 
turn again. 

17 l Wo is me ! wo is me ! who will deliver me in those days? 

18 m The beginning of sorrows and great, mournings ; the beginning of 

5 C 



II. ESDRAS. 



n Rom. 2. 9. 
a Or, 
plagues. 

Lev. 26. 
25,26. 
pPs. 79.2,3. 
q Isa. 1. 7. 
& 3. 25, 26. 
r Isaiah 2. 
19,21. 
s Isa. 4. 1. 
t Ps. 135. 1. 
u verse 8. 
x verse 18, 
19. 

y Hebrews 
11. 13. 
z 1 Corin. 
7.29. 
a Deuter. 
28.51. 
b Deuter. 
28.41. 
c Jeremiah 
17. 10. 
d 1 John 1. 
8,10. 

e Luke 16. 
15. 

f Gen. 1. 1. 
g Ps. 147. 4. 
h Job 26. 7. 
i Isa. 41.18. 
& 43. 19. 
k Gen. 2. 7. 

1 Gen. 1. 2. 
in 1 Cor. 2. 
10. 



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famine and great death ; the beginning of wars, and the powers shall 
stand in fear; the beginning of evils! what shall I do when these 
evils shall come ? 

19 Behold, famine and plague, n tribulation and anguish, are sent 
as scourges for amendment. 

20 But for all these things they shall not turn from their wicked- 
ness, nor be always mindful of thy scourges. 

21 Behold, victuals shall be so good, "cheap upon earth, that they 
shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then shall a evils 
grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great confusion. 

22 ° For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine ; 
and the others that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy. 

23 And the dead shall p be cast out as dung, and there shall be no 
man to comfort them : for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shaU 
be cast down. 

24 There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it. 

25 The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them ? 

26 The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? qfor all 
places shall be desolate of men : 

27 So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice. 

28 For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, which 
shall hide themselves in the thick groves, r and in the clefts of the rocks. 

29 As in an orchard of olives upon every tree there are left three 
or four olives ; 

30 Or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some clusters 
of them that diligently seek through the vineyard : 

31 Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them 
that search their houses with the sword. 

32 And the earth shall be laid waste, and the fields thereof shall 
wax old, and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of thorns, 
because no man shall travel there-through. 

33 B The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms ; the women 
shall mourn, having no husbands ; their daughters shall mourn, having 
no helpers. 

34 In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their 
husbands shall perish of famine. 

35 Hear now these things, and understand them, ' ye servants of the 
Lord. 

36 Behold the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the gods of 
whom the Lord spake. 

37 Behold, the u plagues draw nigh, and are not slack. 

38 As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her 
son, within two or three hours ofher birth great pains compass her womb, 
which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment : 

39 Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth, and 
the world shall mourn, x and sorrows shall come upon it on every side 

40 O my people, hear my word : make you ready to the battle, and 
in those evils be even >' as pilgrims upon the earth. 

41 He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away : and he that 
buyeth, as one that will lose : 

42 He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it : 
and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein : 

43 He that soweth, as if he should not reap : so also he that planteth 
the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes : 

44 2 They that marry, as they that shall get no children : and they 
that marry not, as the widowers. 

45 And therefore they that labour, labour in vain : 

46 a For strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, over- 
throw their houses, b and take their children captives, for in captivity 
and famine shall they get children. 

47 And they that occupy their merchandise with robbery, the more they 
deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons : 

48 The more will I be angry with them for their sin, saith the Lord. 

49 Like as a whore envieth a right honest and virtuous woman: 

50 So shall righteousness hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, 
and shall accuse her to her face, when he cometh that shall defend him 
that diligently c searcheth out every sin upon earth. 

51 And therefore be ye not like thereunto, nor to the works thereof. 

52 For yet a little, and iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth, 
and righteousness shall reign among you. 

53 Let not the sinner say d that he hath not sinned : for God shall burn 
coals of fire upon his head, which saith before the Lord God and his glory, 
I have not sinned. 

54 Behold, the Lord knoweth all the works of men, c their imaginations, 
their thoughts, and their hearts : 

55 Which spake but the word, Let the earth be made ; ' and it was 
made : Let the heaven be made ; and it was created. 

56 In his word were the stars made, and lie knoweth the * numbcrof tlieni. 

57 He searcheth the deep, and the treasures thereof; lie hath measured 
the sea, and what it contaiueth. ... 

58 He hath shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word 
hath he ''hanged the earth upon the waters. 

59 Ho sprcadeth out the heavens like a vault; upon the waters hath he 
founded it. 

60 In ' the desert hath lie made springs of water, and pools upon the tops 
of the mountains, that the floods might pour down from the high rocks to 
water the cartli. 

61 k lie made man and put his heart in the midst of the body, and gate 
him breath, life, and understanding. 

62 ¥"ea, and the ' Spirit of Almighty God, which made all things, " alio 
searcheth out all hidden things in the secrets of the earth, 

IT 



Apocrypha. TOBIT. 

63 Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your n Job Zi - 
hearts, even them that sin, n and would hide their sin. 

64 Therefore hath the Lord exactly searched out all your works, 
and he will put you all to shame. 

65 And wnen your sins are brought forth, ye shall be ashamed be- 
fore men, and your own sins shall be your accusers in that day. 

66 What will ye do ? ° or how will ye hide your sins before God and 
his angels ? 

67 Behold, p God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from 
your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them for 
ever : so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble. 

68 For behold the burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled 
over you, and they shall take away certain of you, and feed you, b being 
idle, with things offered unto idols. 

69 And they that consent unto them shall be had in derision, and in 
reproach, and trodden under foot. 

70 9. For there shall be in every place, and in the next cities, a great 
insurrection upon those that fear the Lord. 



o Ps. 139. 
3, 12. 

p Ps. 50. 6. 
& 75. 7. 
b Or, being 
unable to 
resist. 
q Acts 21. 
27, 30. 



r Ps. 66. 10. 

Zech.13.9. 

1 Pet. 1. 6. 

7. 

s Xsa.41. 10. 

t Ps. 48. 14. 

c Or, shut 

out. 

u Heb. 6. 8. 



Apocrypha. 

71 They shall be like mad men, sparing none, but still spoiling and 
destroying those that fear the Lord. 

72 For they shall waste and take away their goods, and cast them 
out of their houses. 

73 Then shall they be known who are my chosen ; r and they shal' 
be tried as the gold in the fire. 

74 Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days o' 
trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same. 

75 s Be ye not afraid, neither doubt ; for God is your guide, 

76 And the ' guide of them who keep my commandments and pre- 
cepts, saith the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let 
not your iniquities lift up themselves. 

77 Wo be unto them that are bound with their sins, and covered 
with their iniquities, like as a field is covered over with bushes, 
and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel 
through ! 

78 It is e left undressed, and is cast into the fire u to be consumed 
therewith. 



f TOBIT. 



CHAPTER I. 

a Or, acts.— a Genesia 49. 21.— Deut. 33. 23.— b 2 Kings 17. 3,6.— b Or, Kcdes of JVepkthali in 
Oalilee.—Judg. 4. 6.— c 1 Kings 12. 16.— d Deut. 12. 5.— c Or, to the pouter of Baal, or, the god 
Baal.—e 1 Kings 12. 28, 30.— f Ex. 22. 29. Deut. 12. 6.— d Or, Levi.—g See Jud. 4. 4.— h Numb. 
36. 7.— i Gen. 43. 32. 

THE book of the "words of Tobit,son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, 
the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asael, of 
the tribe * of Nephthali; 

2 Who in the time of b Enemessar king of the Assyrians was led 
captive out of Thisbe, which is at the right hand of that city, which 
is called * properly Nephthali in Galilee above Aser. 

3 I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the way of truth 
and justice, and I did many alms-deeds to my brethren, and my nation, 
who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians. 

4 And when 1 was in mine own country, in the land of Israel, being 
but young, c all the tribe of Nephthali my father fell from the house 
of Jerusalem, a which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that 
all the tribes should sacrifice there, where the temple of the habitation j!£' c ^ us 

18,21.' 

1 Mac. 7. 41. 

2 Mac. 8. 19. 
m Matt. 10. 
23. 

n 2 Kings 
19. 37. 
2Chron.32. 
21. 

k Or, Esar- 
haddon. 
o verse 3. 
p Neb. 1.11. 
( Or, Esar- 
haddon. 
a ch. 1. 20. 
b Exod. 34. 



e Gr. my 
soul, 
Dan. 1. 8. 
/ Gr. buyer. 
gOr, in the 
land or 
country of 
Media, 
h Gr. the 
ways of 
whom 
were un- 
settled. 
k Matt. 25. 
35. 

* Or, be- 
hind the 
walls. 
1 2 Kings 
19. 35, 36. 
Isaiah 37. 
36, 37. 



of the Most High was consecrated and built for all ages. 

5 Now all the tribes which together revolted, and the house of my 
father Nephthali, sacrificed c unto the e heifer Baal. 

6 But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was 
ordained unto all the people of Israel by an everlasting decree, f having 
the first-fruits and tents of increase, with that which was first shorn; 
and then gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron. 

7 The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of d Aaron, 
who ministered at Jerusalem : another tenth part I sold away, and 
went and spent it every year at Jerusalem : 

8 And the third I gave unto them to whom it was meet, s as Deborah 
my father's mother had commanded me, because I was left an orphan 
by my father. 

9 Furthermore, when I was come to the age of a man, I married 
Anna of mine h own kindred, and of her I begat Tobias. 

10 And when we were carried a way captives to Nineve, all my brethren 
and those that were of my kindred did eat of the ' bread of the Gentiles. 

11 But I kept c myself from eating ; 

12 Because I remembered God with all my heart. 

13 And the Most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar, 
so that I was his /purveyor 

14 And I went into Media, and left in trust with Gabael, the brother 
of Gabrias, s at Rages, a city of Media, ten talents of silver. 

15 Now when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in 
his stead ; A whose estate was troubled, that I could not go into Media. 

16 And in the time of Enemessar I gave many alms to my brethren, 
k and gave my bread to the hungry, 

17 And my clothes to the naked : and if I saw any of my nation 
dead, or cast { about the walls of Nineve, I buried him. 

IS And if the king Sennacherib had slain any, when he was come and 
1 fled from Judea, I buried them privily ; for in his wrath he killed many: 
but the bodies were not found, when they were sought for of the king. 

19 And when one of the Ninevites went and complained of me to 
the king that I buried chem, and hid myself ; understanding that I was 
sought for to be put to death, m I withdrew myself for fear. 

20 Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there 
any thing left me, besides my wife Anna and my son Tobias. 

21 And there passed not five and fifty days before two of his sons 
■ killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararath ; and A ' Sar- 
chedonus his son reigned in his stead ; who appointed over his father's 
accounts, and over all his affairs, Achiacharus my brother Anael's son. 

22 And Achiacharus entreating for me I returned to ° Nineve. Now 
Achiacharus was p cup-bearer and keeper of the signet, and steward, 
and overseer of the accounts : and 'Sarchedonus appointed him next 
unto him : and he was my brother's son. 

CHAPTER II. 

NOW when I was come home again, and 
restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pente- 
cost, which is b the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good 
dinner prepared me, in the which I sat down to eat. 

55 And when I saw abundance of meat, I said to my son, Go and 
wring what « poor man soever thou shalt find out of our brethren, who 
19 mindful of the Lord ■ and lo, I tarry for thee. 



Deut. 16. 9, 
10, 11. 
och. 1.16,17. 



d Amos 8. 
10. 

e ch. 1. 17. 
fch. 1. 19. 
g Num. 19. 
11. 

a Or, swal- 
lows. 

b Or, white 
films, 
c Or, was 
hired to 
spin in the 
women's 
rooms, 
d Or, her 
work. 
h Ex. 23. 4. 
Deut. 22. 1. 
i Job 2. 9. 
k ch. 1 8, 
16,17.' 
e Or, lo, all 
things are 
known to 
thee. 

a ch. 2. 7. 
bPs.145.17. 
c Ex. 20. 5. 
d Deut. 28. 
15, 37. 
e Rev. 19.2. 
f 1 Sam. 3. 
18. - 

a Or, dis- 
missed, 
or, deli- 
vered. 

my wife Anna was g Luke 16.9. 

h See Matt. 
22. 25, 26. 
i verse 8. 
k Dan. 6. 10. 
IPs. 145. 10. 
m Jonah 4. 
3,8. 
n ver. 10 



3 But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, 
and is cast out in the market-place. 

4 Then before I had tasted of any meat, I started up, and took him 
up into a room until the going down of the sun. 

5 Then I returned, and washed myself, and ate my meat in heavi- 
ness, 

6 Remembering that prophecy of d Amos, as he said, Your feasts 
shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation. 

7 Therefore I wept : and after the going down of the sun I went 
e and made a grave, and buried him. 

8 But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid 
to be put to death for this matter : f who fled away ; and yet lo, he burieth 
the dead again. 

9 The same night also I returned from the burial, and slept by the 
wall of my court-yard, s being polluted, and my face was uncovered : 

10 And I knew not that there were " sparrows in the wall, and mine 
eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and 
4 a whiteness came in mine eyes; and I went to the physicians, but 
they helped me not: moreover, Achiacharus did nourish me, until I 
went into Elymais. 

11 And my wife Anna c did take woman's works to do. 

12 And when she had sent d them home to the owners, they paid her 
wages, and gave her also besides a kid. 

13 And when it was in my house, and began to cry, 1 said unto her, 
From whence is this kid? is it not stolen? render it to the owners ; 
h for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stolen. 

14 ' But she replied upon me, It was given for a gift more than the 
wages. Howbeit I did not believe her, but bade her render it to the 
owners : and I was abashed at her. But she replied upon me, k Where 
are thine alms and thy righteous deeds ? e behold, thou and all thy 
works are known. 

CHAPTER III. 

THEN I being grieved a did weep, and in my sorrow prayed, saying, 
2 O Lord, thou art just, b and all thy works and all thy ways are 
mercy and truth, and thou judgest truly and justly for ever. 

3 Remember me, and look on me, punish me not for my sins and 
ignorances, c and the sins of my fathers, who have sinned before thee : 

4 For they obeyed not thy commandments : wherefore thou hast de- 
livered us for a spoil, and unto captivity, and unto death, d and for a 
proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed. 

5 And now thy e judgments are many and true : deal with me accord- 
ing to my sins and my fathers : because we have not kept thy com- 
mandments, neither have walked in truth before thee. 

6 Now therefore deal with me f as seemeth best unto thee, and com- 
mand my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be ° dissolved, and be- 
come earth : for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because 
I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command 
therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into 
the % everlasting place : turn not thy face away from me. 

7 It came to pass the same day, that in Ecbatane a city of Media, 
Sara the daughter of Raguel was also reproached by her father's maids; 

8 Because that she had been married to h seven husbands, whom 
Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed before they had lien with her. 
Dost thou not know, said they, that thou hast strangled thy husbands? 
thou hast had already seven husbands, neither wast thou named after 
any of them. 

9 Wherefore dost thou beat us for them ? if they be dead, go thy 
ways after them, let us never see of thee either son or daughter. 

10 When she heard these things, she was very sorrowful, so that 
she thought to have ' strangled herself; and she said, I am the only 
daughter of my father, and if I do this, it shall be a reproach unto him, 
and I shall bring his old age with sorrow unto the grave. 

11 Then k she prayed towards the window, and said, Blessed art 
thou, O Lord my God:, and thy holy and glorious name is blessed and 
honourable for ever: ' let all thy works praise thee for ever. 

12 And now, O Lord, I set mine eyes and my face towards thee, 

13 And say, m Take me out of the earth, that I may hear no more 
the reproach. 

14 Thou knowest, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man, 

15 And that I never^ollutcdmy name, nor the name of °my father 

18 



TOBIT. 



brother. 
ver. 13. 



a ch. 1. 14. 
b ch. 3. 13, 
15. 

c Ex. 20. 12. 
Ecclus. 7. 
27. 

(IPs. 78. U. 
Mai. 3. 16. 
e Mic. 6. 8. 
fProv. 3. 9. 
Ecclus. 4. 1. 
& 14. 13. 
Luke 14. 13. 
g Ecclus. 
35. 10. 
hMatt.5.20. 
i Ecclus. 
29. 13. 
k 1 Thess. 
4.3. 

1 Neh. 13. 
23,25. 
mRom.9.3. 
& 10. 1. 
1 Pet. 2. 17. 
n Lev. 19. 
13. 

Deut 24. 14. 
15. 

oEph.5.15. 
pMatt.7.12. 
Luke 6. 31. 
q Luke 14. 
13. 

r Matt. 6. 1. 

sPs. 103. 1, 

2,20,21,22. 

19.5. 



x Eccles. 
12. 13. 
a ch. 1. 9. 
b ch. 4. 20. 
c ch. 5. 20. 
etch. 4. 1,20. 



Apocrypha. 

m the land of my captivity: I am the only daughter of my father, nei-j* Or. 
ther hath he any child to be his heir, neither any 6 near kinsman, nor;'™^ ^ 
any son of his alive, to whom I may keep myself for a wife : my seven i p p s .'65?2. 
husbands are already dead ; ° and why should I live ? but if it pleaselqch- 9 -!"- 
not thee that I should die, command some regard to he had of me, andi" v " s s ° y 
pity taken of me, that I hear no more reproach. 

16 So the prayers of thern both p were heard before the majesty of 
the great God. 

17 And Raphael was sent to heal them both, that is, to scale away 
the 1 whiteness of Tobit's eyes, and to give r Sara the daughter of 
Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit; and to bind * Asmodeus 
the evil spirit; because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance. 
The self-same time came Tobit home, and entered into his house, and 
Sara the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber. 

CHAPTER IV. 

IN that day Tobit remembered the a money which he had committed 
to Gabael in Rages of Media, 

2 And said within himself, I have wished for death ; wherefore do I 
not call for my son Tobias, that I may signify to him of the money be- 
fore I die ? 

3 And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead, 
bury me ; and despise not thy mother, c but honour her all the days of 
thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not, 

4 Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when 
thou wast in her womb ; and when she is dead, bury her by me in one 
grave. 

5 My son, d be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days, and let not 
thy will be set to sin, or to transgress his commandments: do e upright- 
ly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness. 

6 For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to 
thee, and to all them that live justly. 

7 f Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not 
thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and. the face 
of God shall not be turned away from thee. 

8 If thou hast abundance, e give alms accordingly : if thou have butju ch. 1. 14. 
a little, be not afraid to give according to that little : 

9 For thou layest up a good h treasure for thyself against the day of 
necessity. 

10 ' Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to 
come into darkness. 

11 For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the 
Most High. 

12 Beware of all k whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the 
seed of thy fathers, and take not a Strange woman to wife, which is 
not of thy father's tribe : for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob : remember, my son, that our fathers from the 
beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and 
were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land. 

13 Now therefore, my son, love m thy brethren, and despise not in thy 
heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a 
wife of them : for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewd- 
ness is decay and great want : for lewdness is the mother of famine. 

14 Let not the n wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, 
tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand : for if thou serve God, he 
will also repay thee : be ° circumspect, my son, in all things thou doest, 
and be wise in all thy conversation. 

15 p Do that to no man which thou hatest : drink not wine to make 
thee drunken : neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey. 

16 aGive of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them 
that are naked ; and according to thine abundance r give alms ; and let 
not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms. 

17 Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to 
the wicked. 

IS Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that 
is profitable. 

19 • Bless the Lord thy God always, and desire of him that ' thy ways 
may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper : for 
every nation hath not counsel ; but the Lord himself giveth all good 
tilings, and he humbleth whom ho will, as he will ; now therefore, my son, 
remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind. 

20 And now I signify this to thee, that u I committed ten talents to 
Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media. 

21 And fear not, my son, that we are made poor : for thou hast much 
wealth, if thou "fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is 
pleasing in his sight. 

CHAPTER V. 
' rWlOBIAS then answered and said, Father, I will do all tilings which 
~M- thou hast commanded me : 

2 But how can I receive the b money, seeing I know him not. ? 

3 Then he gave him the hand-writing, and said unto him, Seek thee tCen 1 ™'!' 
a man whicii may go with thee, while I yet live, and I will give him id Or, 'vein- 
wages : and go and receive the money. ' \mently. 

4 Therefore when he went to seek a man, ho found Raphael that was an 
angel. 

5 But he knew not; and he said unto him, Canst thou go with me to 
' Rages? and knowest thou those places well ? 

6 To whom the angel said, I will go with thee, and I know the way well : 
tor I have lodged with our brother « Gabael. 

7 Then Tobias said unto him, Tarry for me, till I tell my father. 
S Then he said unto him, Go, and tarry not. So he went in and said to 

his lather, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then lie said, 



e Phil. 4.21. 

f verse 8. 
g ch. 1. 6. 
h ch. 1. 4, 5. 
iSeever. 11. 
k See Gen. 
24. 12. 
1 Ex. 23. 20. 
m ch. 1. 9. 
a Or, let 
not money 
fie added, 
but be the 
offscouring 
of our son. 
bOr.so loner 

God 
hath grant- 
ed us to 
live, this is 
sufficient. 
nPs. 121.7 
8. 

a Gen. 28. 
11. 

b ch. 3. 17. 
a Or, cast it 
noon the 
land. 
c ch. 3. 7. 

h. 5. 12. 
e ch. 2. 10. 
&3. 17. 
fch. 3. 7. 
S ch. 3. 7. 
b Or, in- 
heritance. 
h Num. 27. 
8. & 3G. 8. 
i ch. 3. 8. 
k Pee ch. 5 
17. 

1 ch. 3. 8. 
in ch. 4. 13. 
n verse 14. 
tOr, 
embers. 
o vor. 4. 7. 
p Phil. 1. fi. 



Apocrypha 

Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he 
be a trusty man to go with thee. 

9 So he called him, and he came in, and they e saluted one another. 

10 Then Tobit said unto him, Brother, shew me of what tribe and 
family thou art. 

11 To whom he said, Dost thou seek for a tribe or family, or a hired 
man to go with thy son ? Then Tobit said unto him, f I would know, 
brother, thy kindred and name. 

12 Then he said, I am Azarias, the son of Ananias the great, and of 
thy brethren. 

13 Then Tobit said, Thou art welcome, brother ; be not now angry 
with me, because I have inquired to know thy tribe and thy family; for 
thou art my brother, of an honest and good stock : for I know Ananias 
and Jonathas, sons of that great Samaias, as we s went together to 
Jerusalem to worship, and offered the first-born, and the tenths of the 
fruits ; and they were not seduced h with the error of our brethren : my 
brother, thou art of a good stock. 

14 But tell me, » what wages shall I give thee ? wilt thou a drachm a 
day, and things necessary, as to mine own son ? 

15 Yea, moreover, if ye return safe, I will add something to thy wages. 

16 So they were well pleased. Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thy- 
self for the journey, k and God send you a good journey. And when 
his son had prepared all things for the journey, his father said, Go thou 
with this man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, 
and the ' angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, 
and the young man's dog with them. 

17 But m Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, Why hast thou 
sent away our son ? is he not the staff of our hand, in going in and out 
before us ? 

18 " Be not greedy to add money to money, but let it be as refuse in 
respect of our child. 

19 For that which the Lord hath given us to live with, doth suffice us. 

20 Then said Tobit to her, Take no care, my sister ; he shall return 
in safety, and thine eyes shall see him. 

21 For the good angel will keep him company, and his journey shall 
be prosperous, n and he shall return safe. 

22 Then she made an end of weeping. 
CHAPTER VI. 

ND as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the 
river Tigris, a and they lodged there. 

2 And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped 
out of the river, and would have devoured him. 

3 Then the b angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young 
man laid hold of the fish, and a drew it to land. 

4 To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the 
liver and the gall, and put them up safely. 

5 So the young man did as the angel commanded him ; and when 
they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their 
way, till they drew near to c Ecbatane. 

6 Then the young man said to the angel, Brother d Azarias, to what 
use is the heart and the liver and the gall of the fish ? 

7 And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil 
or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the 
man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed. 

8 As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath e whiteness in 
his eyes, and he shall be healed. 

9 And when they were come near to Rages, 

10 The angel said to the young man, Brother, to-day we shall lodge 
with f Raguel, who is thy cousin ; he also hath one only daughter, named 
s Sara ; I will speak for her, that she may be given thee for a wife. 

11 For to thee dotli the b h right of her appertain, seeing thou only 
art of her kindred. 

12 And the maid is fair and wise : now therefore hear me, and I will 
speak to her father ; and when we return from Rages we will celebrate 
the marriage : for I know that Raguel cannot marry her to another ac- 
cording to the law of Moses, but he shall be guilty of death, because the 
right ol* inheritance doth rather appertain to thee than to any other. 

13 Then the voung man answered the angel, I have heard, brother 
Azarias, ' that this maid hatn been given to seven men, who all died in 
the marriage-chamber. 

14 k And now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest, 
if I go in unto her, i die, as the other before : for a ' wicked spirit lovetli 
her, which hurteth nobody, but those which come unto her: wherefore 
I also fear lest I die, and bring my father's and my mother's life, be- 
cause of me, to the grave with sorrow: for they have no other son to 
bury them. 

15 Then the angel said unto him, m Dost thou not remember the pre- 
cepts which thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife o( 
thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall 
bo given thee to wife ; and make thou no reckoning of the " evil spirit; 
for this same night shall she lie given thee in marriage. 

16 And when thou shalt come into the marriage-chamber, thou shaft, 
take the c ashes of perfume, ° and shalt lay upon them some of the heart and 
liver of the fish, and shalt make a smoke with it:' 

17 And the devil shall smell it, and flee away, and never come again any 
more : but when thou shalt come to her, rise up both of you p and pray to 
God q which is merciful, who will have pity on you, and save you: fear not, 
for she is appointed unto thee from the beginning ; and thou shalt preserve 
her, and r she shall go with thee. Moreover, I suppose that she shall bear 
thee children. Now when Tobias had heard theso things, he loved her, 
and his heart was rf cffectuailv joined to hef. 

19 



a ch. 6. 5. 
b See Gen. 
24. 15. 
cch. I. 1. 
d ch. 1. 10. 
e ch. 1. 9. 
fch. 2. 10. 
g verse 2. 



k ch. 5. 8, 
b Or, law. 
1 See Gen. 
24. 57. 
m Numb. 
36.0. 
n verse 7. 
oSeever.ll. 
p ch. 6. 16. 
cOr, licked. 
qActsl7.24. 
a ch. 7. 11. 
a Or, em- 
bers. 
b ch. 6. 7. 
c ch. 5. 21. 
d ch. C. 17. 
e Gen. 2. 7. 
f 1 Thess. 
4.4,5. 

1 Cor. 14. 
16. 
h ch. 7. 2. 

P3. 147. 1. 
k Eccles.7. 
14. 

1 verse 4. 
m Judges 
11.10. 
Matt. 22. 1, 
11. 

John 2. 1, 
10. 

n See Jud. 
14.12. 



Apocrypha. TOBIT. 

CHAPTER VII. 

AND when they were come to a Ecbatane, they came to the house 
of Raguel, b and Sara met them ; and after they had saluted one 
another, she brought them into the house. 

2 Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man 
to Tobit my cousin ! 

3 And Raguel asked them, From whence are ye, brethren? To aOr,a suck- 
whom tney said, We are of the sons of c Nephthali, d which are cap-j^£ m > or ' 
tives in Nineve. [Junius. 

4 Then he said to them, Do ye know Tobit our kinsman ? And they h ch. 3. 17. 
said, We know him. Then said he, Is he in good health ? 12. ' ' ' 

5 And they said, He is both alive and in good health : and Tobias ■ 
said, ' He is my father. 

6 Then Raguel leaped up, and kissed him, and wept, 

7 And blessed him, and said unto him, Thou art the son of an honest 
and good man : but when he had heard that Tobit f was blind he was 
sorrowful, and wept. 

8 And likewise e Edna his wife and Sara his daughter wept. More- 
over, they entertained them cheerfully ; and after that they had killed 
" a ram of the flock, they set store of meat on the table. Then said 
Tobias to b Raphael, Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which 
thou didst talk in the way, and let this business be despatched. 

9 So he communicated the matter with Raguel : and Raguel said to 
Tobias, Eat, and drink, and make merry : 

10 For it is ' meet that thou shouldest marry my daughter : never- 
theless, I will declare unto thee the truth. 

11 I have given my daughter in marriage to k seven men, who died 
that night they came in unto her: nevertheless for the present be 
merry. But Tobias said, I will eat nothing here, till we agree and 
swear one to another. 

12 Raguel said, Then take her from henceforth according to the 
b manner, for thou art her cousin, and she is thine, and the merciful 
God give you good success in all things. 

13 Then he 'called his daughter Sara, and she came to her father, 
and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, say- 
ing, Behold, take her after m the law of Moses, and lead her away to 
thy father. n And he blessed them ; 

14 And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an in- 
strument of covenants, ° and sealed it. 

15 Then they began to eat. 

16 After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, 
prepare another v chamber, and bring her in thither. 

17 Which when she had done as he had bidden her, she brought her 
thither : and she wept, and she c received the tears of her daughter, 
and said unto her, 

IS Be of good comfort, my daughter; the 1 Lord of heaven and earth 
give thee joy for this thy sorrow : be of good comfort, my daughter. 
CHAPTER VIII. 

AND when they had * supped, they brought Tobias in unto her. 
2 And as he went he remembered the words of Raphael, and 
took the ° ashes of the perfumes, and put the heart and the liver of 
the fish thereupon, b and made a smoke therewith. 

3 The which smell when the evil spirit had smelled, he fled into the 
utmost parts of Egypt, and c the angel bound him. 

4 And after that they were both shut in together, Tobias rose out 
of the bed, and said, Sister, arise, d and let us pray that God would 
nave pity on us. 

5 Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, 
and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever ; let the heavens 
bless thee, and all thy creatures. 

6 e Thou madest Adam, and gavest him Eve his wife for a helper 
and stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, it is not good that 
man should be alone ; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. 

7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, f but uprightly 
therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together. 

8 And she said with him, e Amen. 

9 So they slept both that night. And Raguel arose, and went and 
made a grave, 

10 Saying, I fear lest he also be dead. 

11 But when Raguel was come into his house, 

12 He said unto his h wife Edna, Send one of the maids, and let her 
see whether he be alive : if he be not, that we may bury him, and no 
man know it. 

13 So the maid opened the door, and went in, and found them both 
asleep. 

14 And came forth, and told them that he was alive. 

15 Then Raguel ' praised God, and said, O God, thou art worthy to 
be praised with all pure and holy praise ; therefore let thy saints praise 
thee with all thy creatures ; and let all thine angels and thine elect praise 
thee for ever. 

16 Thou art to be praised, k for thou hast made me joyful; and that is 
not come to me which I suspected ; but thou hast dealt with us according 
to thy great mercy. 

17 Thou art to be praised, because thou hast had mercy of \ two that 
were the only-begotten children of their fathers : grant them mercy, O 
Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy. 

18 T^ 1611 ^ a S ue l bade his servants to fill the grave. 

19 And he kept the '" wedding-feast fourteen days. 

20 r or before the days of the marriage were finished, Raguel had said 
unto him by an oath, that he should not depart till " the fourteen days of 
the mamasre were exnired ; 



a ch. 5. 4. 
b ch. 4. 1. 
c ch. 1. 14. 
a Or, Qa- 
had bless- 
ed Tobias 
and his 
ic if c, Ju- 
nius. 
a ch. 9. 4. 
b 1 Sam. 
10.2. 

c Phil 4. C. 
d ch. 8. 20. 
e Gen. 24. 
54, 56. 
f Genesis 
24. 60. 
g Genesis 
24. 59. 
h Exodus 
20. 12. 
i Job 42. 16. 
a Or, to be 
safely kept. 
a Acts 8. 39, 
bGen.10.11. 
c ch. 9. 1. 
d ch. 5. 16. 

ch. 5. 8. 
fch. 2. 10. 
g Gen. 46. 
29. 

hGen.46.30 
i verse 8. 
k Psa. 103. 
13. 

1 verse 1. 
m verses 11, 
12, 13. 
a verso 14. 
b Junius, 
who is also 
called 
Nasbas. 
o Judges 
14. 12. 
a chap. 5. 
14,15. 



were expired 



Apocrypha. 

21 And then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety tc 
his father ; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead. 
CHAPTER IX. 
HEN Tobias called a Raphael, and said unto him, 

2 Brother Azarias, take with thee a servant and two camels, 
and go to b Rages of Media, to Gabael, and bring me the money, and 
brino; him to the wedding. 

3 For Raguel hath sworn that I shall not depart. 

4 But my father counteth the days-, and if I tarry lone, he will be 
very sorry. 

5 So Raphael went out, and lodged with c Gabael, and gave him the 
hand writing : who brought forth bags which were sealed up, and 
gave them to him. 

6 And early in the morning they went forth both together, and 
came to the wedding : and a Tobias blessed his wife. 

CHAPTER X. 
~j%TOW Tobit his father a counted every day: and when the days of 
1^1 the journey were expired, and they came not, 

2 Then Tobit «aid, Are they detained ? or is Gabael dead, and there 
is no man to give him the money ? 

3 Therefore he was very sorry. 

4 Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayetb. 
long ; and she began to bewail him, and said, 

5 Now b I care for nothing, my son, since I have let thee go, the light 
of mine eyes. 

6 To whom Tobit said, Hold thy peace, c take no care, for he is safe. 

7 But she said, Hold thy peace, and deceive me not ; my son is dead. 
And she went out every day into the way which they went, and did eat 
no meat on the day-time, and ceased not whole nights to bewail her son 
Tobias, until d the fourteen days of the wedding were expired, which 
Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. Then Tobias said to 
Raguel, e Let me go, for my father and my mother look no more to see me. 

8 But his father-in-law said unto him, Tarry with me, and I will send 
to thy father, and they shall declare unto him how things go with thee. 

9 But Tobias said, No ; but let me go to my father. 

10 Then Raguel arose, and gave him Sara his wife, and half his 
goods, servants, and cattle, arid money : 

11 And ' he blessed them and e sent them away, saying, The God 
of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children. 

12 And he said to his daughter, h Honour thy father and thy mother- 
in-law, which are now thy parents, that I may hear good report of 
thee. And he kissed her. Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of 
heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant ' that I may see thy 
children of my daughter Sara before I die, that I may rejoice before 
the Lord : behold, I commit my daughter unto thee a of special trust ; 
wherefore do not entreat her evil. 

CHAPTER XI. 

AFTER these things Tobias a went his way, praising God that he 
had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and 
Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew near unto b Nineve. 

2 Then c Raphael said to Tobias, Thou knowest, brother, how thou 
didst leave thy father : 

3 Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house. 

4 And take in thy hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way 
J and the dog went after them. 

5 Now Anna sat looking about toward the way for her son. 

6 And when she espied him coming, she said to his father, Behold, 
thy son cometh, and e the man that went with him. 

7 Then said Raphael, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes. 

8 Therefore anoint thou* his eyes with the gall, and being pricked 
therewith, he shall rub, and f the whiteness shall fall away, and he 
shall see thee. 

9 Then Anna ran forth, and s fell upon the neck of her son, and 
said unto him, Seeing I have seen thee, my son, from henceforth h I am 
content to die. And they wept both. 

10 Tobit also went forth toward the door, and stumbled ; but his son 
ran unto him, 

11 And took hold of his father ; and he strake of the gall on his 
father's eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father. 

12 And when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them; 

13 And ■ the whiteness pilled away from the corners of his eyes 
and when he saw his son, he fell upon his neck. 

14 And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed iu 
thy name for ever ; and blessed are all thy holy angels : 

15 For thou hast scourged, k and hast taken pity on me : for behold, 
I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his 
father the great things that had happened to him in Media. 

16 Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of 
1 Nineve, rejoicing, and praising God : and they which saw him go mar- 
velled m because he had received his sight. 

17 But Tobit gave thanks before them, because God had mercy on him. 
And when he came near to Sara his daughter-in-law, he blessed her, sav- 
ing, Thou art welcome, daughter: n God be blessed, which hath brought 
thee unto us, and Messed be thy father and thy mother. And there was joy 
among all his brethren which were at Nineve. 

18 And Achiacharus, b and Nasbas his brother's son, came. 

19 And Tobias's wedding was kept ° seven days with great joy. 
CHAPTER XII. 

THEN Tobit called his son Tobias, and said unto him, My son, » see that 
the man have his wages, which went with thee, and thou must give 
him more. 

20 



Apocrypha. JUDITH. 

2 And Tobias said unto him, O father, it is no harm to me to give1]?cb J.n. 
him half of those things which I have brought : feu. 9. 1. 

3 For he hath brougnt me again to thee in safety, h and made whole a verse a 
my wife, c and brought me the money, and likewise healed thee. e Ps. in. l. 

4 Then the old man said, It is due unto him. w'«r "* 

5 So he called the angel, and he said unto him, d Take half of all that jfip e t. 3.13. 

|gPs.37.16. 



b Gr. to go 
and bury, 
chap. 2. 4. 
1 ch. 3. 17. 
m Judges 
13. 20. 
n Gen. 18. 
8. & 19. 3. 
Judges 13. 
16. 

Acts 8. 39. 
a Dcut. 32. 
39 

1 Sam. 2. 6. 
Wisd. 16. 
13. 

b Ps. 18. 49. 
Rom. 15. 9. 
c 1 Kings 
8. 47, 51. 
d Joel 2. 14. 
e Ps. 67. 5. 
a Or, he 
will lay a 
scourge up- 
on the 
loorte of 
thy chil- 
dren. 
f Ps. 106. 1. 



ye have brought, and go away in safety. 

6 Then he took them both apart, and said unto them, Bless GodJ? 1 ^™^ 3 ^ 

E raise him, and magnify him, and praise him for the things which he k Acts 10.4 
ath done unto you in the sight of all that live. c It is good to praise 
God, and exalt his name, and a honourably to shew forth the works of 
God ; therefore be not slack to praise him. 

7 It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honourable to re- 
veal the works of God. Do that which is good, 'and no evil shall touch you. 

8 Prayer is good with fasting, and alms, and righteousness, s A little 
with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is 
better to give alms than to lay up gold : 

9 For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin. 
Those that exercise alms and righteousness shall be filled with life 

10 But they that sin h are enemies to their own life. 

11 ' Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was 
good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to 
reveal the works of God. 

12 Now therefore, when thou didst pray, and Sara thy daughter-in- 
law, k I did bring the remembrance of your prayers before the Holy 
One : and when thou didst bury the dead, I was with thee likewise. 

13 And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, 
Ho go and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hid from me: but I 
was with thee. 

14 And ' now God hath sent me to heal thee and Sara thy daughter- 
in-law. 

15 I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the 
prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the 
Holy One. 

16 Then they were both troubled, and m fell upon their faces : for 
they feared. 

17 But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you ; 
praise God therefore. 

18 For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came ; 
wherefore praise him for ever. 

19 n All these days I did appear unto you ; but I did neither eat nor 
drink, but ye did see a vision. 

20 Now therefore give God thanks ; for I go up to him that sent me ; 
but write all things wnich are done in a book. 

21 And when they arose, ° they saw him no more. 

22 Then they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and 
how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

THEN Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said, Blessed be God 
that liveth for ever, and blessed be his kingdom. 

2 a For he doth scourge, and hath mercy : he leadeth down to hell, and 
bringeth up again : neither is there any that can avoid his hand. 

3 ^Confess him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israel: for he 
hath scattered us among them. 

4 There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living : 
for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father for ever. 

5 And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again, 
and will gather us out of all nations, among whom he hath scattered us. 

6 c If ye turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole 
mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you, and 
will not hide his face from you. Therefore see what he will do with 
you, and confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of 
might, and extol the everlasting King. In the land of my captivity do 
I praise him, and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation. O 
ye sinners, turn and do justice before him: d who can tell if he will 
accept you, and have mercy on you ? 

7 I will extol my God, and my soul shall praise the King of heaven, 
and shall rejoice in his greatness. 

8 Let all men speak, c and let all praise him for his righteousness. 

9 O Jerusalem, the holy city, a he will scourge thee for thy children's 
works, and will have mercy again on the sons of the righteous. 

10 Give praise to the Lord, 'for he is good : and praise the everlast- 



b Or, to 
make. 
g Isa, 2. 3. 
h Ps. 72. 10. 
i Ps. 122. 6. 
c Or, pros- 
perity. 
k Psa. 103. 
1,2. 

1 Rev. 21. 
19. 

m ver. 18. 
Rev 21. 21. 
a Acts 10.2. 
a Or, did 
more and 
more fear. 
b Gen. 49.1. 
c Jonah 1.1. 
d ch. 1. 14. 
e Ezra 3. 8. 
& 6. 14. 
f Ezra 3 
12, 13. 
b For ever 
is not in 
the Roman 
copy. 

gHos.14.8. 
h Gen. 19. 
12, 13. 
i Mic. 6. 8. 
k ch. 1. 21, 



c Or, pre- 

scrred. 

d Junius 

roadcth 

Nitzba. 
Roman, 
kick he 

had set. 

I ch. 1. 16. 

Acts 10. 2. 

/■Or, they. 

inch. 7.1. 

nch. 11. 1. 

g Or, pos- 
sessed, 

o Job 42. 17. 

p verse 4. 



Apocrypha 

ling King, that his tabernacle rr.av be luiled m thee again with joy, and 
r let him make joyful there in -Jiee those that are captives, and love in 
thee for ever those that are miserable. 

11 6 Many nations stall come from far to the name of the Lord God 
h with gifts in their hmds, even gifts to the King of heaven ; all gene- 
rations shall praise thee with great joy. • 

12 Cursed are all they which hate thee, and blessed shall ail be which 
love thee for ever. 

13 Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be 
gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just. 

14 O blessed are ' they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy 
c peace : blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy 
scourges ; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy 
glory, and shall be glad for ever. 

15 Let k my soulliless God the great King. 

16 For Jerusalem shall be built up with ' sapphires, and emeralds, and 
precious stone: thy walls, and towers, and battlements, with pure gold. 

17 And '"the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl, and 
carbuncle, and stones of Ophir. 

18 And all her streets shall say, Alleluia ; and they shall praise him, 
saying, Blessed be God, which hath extolled it for ever. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
SJO Tobit made an end of praising God. 

k5 2 And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, 
which was restored to him after eight years : " and he gave alms, and 
he a increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him. 

3 And when he was very aged, h he called his son, and the six sons 
of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children ; for behold, I am 
aged, and am ready to depart out of this life. 

4 Go into Media, my son, for I surely believe those things which 
c Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown ; and 
that for a time peace shall rather be in d Media ; and that our brethren 
shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land : and Jerusalem 
shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shaL" 
be desolate for a time ; 

5 e And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them 
again into the land, where they shall build a temple, f but not like to 
the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled ; and afterward they shall 
return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem glori- 
ously, and the house of God shall be built in it b for ever with a glorious 
building, as the prophets have spoken thereof. 

6 And all nations shall turn and fear the Lord God truly, e and shall 
bury their idols. 

7 So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God. 
and the Lord shall exalt his people ; and all those which love the Lord 
God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren. 

8 And now, my son, h depart out of Nineve, because that those things 
which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass. 

9 But keep thou the law and the commandments, ■ and shew thyself 
merciful and just, that it may go well with thee. 

10 And bury me decently, and thy mother with me ; but tarry no 
longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled k Achia- 
charus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into dark- 
ness, and how he rewarded him again : yet Achiacharus was c saved, 
but the other had his reward : for lie went down into darkness. d Ma- 
nasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death e which they had 
set for him : but Aman fell into the snare and perished. 

11 Wherefore now, my son, > consider what alms doeth, and how 
righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave 
up the ghost in the bed, being a hundred and eight and fifty years old ; 
and /he buried him honourably. 

12 And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his 
father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to m Ecbatane 
to n Raguel his father-in-law, 

13 Where he became old with honour, and he buried his father and 
mother-in-law honourably, and he s inherited their substance, and his 
father Tobit's. 

14 And he died at Ecbatane in Media, ° being a hundred and seven 
and twenty years old. 

15 But before he died he heard of p the destruction of Nineve, which 
was taken by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus : and before his death he 
rejoiced over Nineve. 



5 

CHAPTER I. 

IN the twelfth year of the reign of • Nabuchodonosor, who reigned in 
Nineve, b the great city ; in the days of Arphaxad, which reigned 
over the Medes in IScbatane, 

2 And built in Ecbatane c walls round about of stones hewn three 
cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall 
seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits : 

3 And set the towers thereof upon the gates of it, a hundred cubits 
high, and the breadth thereof in the foundation threescore cubits : 

4 And lie made the gates thereof, even gates that were raised to the 
height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for 
the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in array of his 
footmen : 

5 Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Ar- 
phaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau. 

6 And there came unto him all they that dwelt in the hill-countrv, 

6 



is. 

b Jonah 1. 

2. & 3. 2, 

3. 

c Ps. 127. 

verse 14. 



JUDITH. 

a Tobit 14. an ,i a n they that dwelt by J Euphrates, and Tigris, and Hydaspcs, and 
the plain of Arioch the king or the Elymeans, and very many nations 
of the sons of Chelod, assembled themselves to the battle. 

7 Then Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians sent unto all that 
dwelt in • Persia, and to all that dwelt westward, and to those that 
dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus, and Antilibanus, and to 
all that dwelt upon the sea-coast, 

8 And to those among the nations that, were of Carmcl, and Galaad, 
and the higher ' Galilee, and the great plain of Esdrelom, 

9 And to all that were in * Samaria and the cities thereof, and beyond 
Jordan unto Jerusalem, and Betanc, and Chellus, and Kadcs ; >' and the 
river of Egypt, and Taphnes, and Ramcsse, and all the land of Gesem, 

10 Until ye come beyond Tanis and Memphis, and to all the inha- 
bitants of Egypt, until ye come to the borders of ' Ethiopia. 

11 But all the inhabitants of the land made light of the command- 
ment of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assvrions, neither went they 

21 



d Gen. 2. 

14. 

c Dan. 10. 

1. 

f John 4.3. 

g John 4. 

4. 

h Gen. 15. 

18. 

i Acts 8. 

27. 



k Acts 2-2.3. 
1 Acts 9. 2. 
m Isa. 7. 1. 
n verse 3. 

verse 13. 
p verse 1. 
a See ch. 1. 
1. 

bch. 1.12. 
c 1 Sam. 20. 
7. & 25. 17. 
d verse 1. 
a Gr. se- 
cond man. 
b After the 
manner of 
the kings 
of Persia, 
to whom 
earth and 
water were 
wont to be 
given, to 
acknow- 
ledge that 
they were 
lords of 
land and 
sea. Hero- 
dotus. 
eEx. 15.9. 
f Gen. 42.15 
g ch. 1. 12. 
h verse 2. 
i verse 5. 
kJudg.6.5. 

1 verse 7. 
m Jud. G. 5. 
n Gen. 10.6, 
oGn. 10.22. 
pGn.16. 15. 
q Acts 7. a 
r Ex. 2. 15. 



Apocrypha. JUDITH 

with him to the battle ; for they were not afraid of him : yea, he was 
oefore them as one man, and they sent away his ambassadors from them 
without effect, and with disgrace. 

12 Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angry with all this country, 
and sware by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged 
upon all those coasts of k Cilicia, and ! Damascus, and m Syria, and that 
he would slay with the sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, 
and the children of Ammon, and all Judea, and all that were in Egypt, 
all ye come to the borders of the two seas. 

13 Then he marched in battle-array with his power against king 
Arphaxad in the seventeenth year, and he prevailed in his battle : for 
ne overthrew all the power of Arphaxad, and all his horsemen, and all 
his chariots,. 

14 And became lord of his cities, and came unto Ecbatane, and took 
the n towers, and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned the beauty 
thereof into shame. 

15 He took also ° Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, and smote 
him through with his darts, and destroyed him utterly that day. 

16 So he returned afterward to p Nineve, both he and all his com- 
pany of sundry nations, being a very great multitude of men of war, 
and there he took his ease, and banqueted, both he and his army, a 
hundred and twenty days. 

CHAPTER II. 
ND a in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first 
u month, there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the 
Assyrians, that he should, b as he said, avenge himself on all the earth. 

2 So he called unto him all his officers, and all his nobles, and com- 
municated with them his secret counsel, and c concluded the afflicting 
of the whole earth out of his own mouth. 

3 Then they decreed to destroy d all flesh that did not obey the com- 
mandment of his mouth. 

4 And when he had ended his counsel, Nabuchodonosor king of the 
Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was 
a next unto him, and said unto him, 

5 Thus saith the great king, the lord of the whole earth, Behold, 
thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that 
trust in their own strength, of footmen a hundred and twenty thou- 
sand ; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand. 

6 And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they 
disobeyed my commandment. 

7 And thou shalt declare unto them that they prepare for me * earth 
and water : for I will go forth in my wrath against them, and will cover 
the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army, and I will give 
them for a spoil unto them : 

8 So that their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks, and the river 
shall be filled with their dead, till it overflow : 

9 And e I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth. 

10 Thou therefore shalt go forth, and take beforehand for me all their 
coasts : and if they will yield themselves unto thee, thou shalt reserve 
them for me till the day of their punishment. 

11 But concerning them that rebel, let not thine eye spare them ; but 
put them to the slaughter, and spoil them wheresoever thou goest. 

12 For f as I live, and e by the power of my kingdom, whatsoever I 
have spoken, that will I do by my hand. 

13 And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the command- 
ments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded 
thee, and defer not to do them. 

14 Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and 
called h all the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of 
Assur ; 

15 And he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had 
commanded him, ' unto a hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve 
thousand archers on horseback ; 

16 And he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war. 

17 k And he took camels and asses for their carriages, a very great 
number ; and sheep, and oxen, and goats without number for their 
provision : 

18 And plenty of victual for every man of the army, and very much 
gold and silver out of the king's house. 

19 Then he went forth in all his power to go before king Nabuchodo- 
nosor in the voyage, and ' to cover all the face of the earth westward 
with the chariots, and horsemen, and their chosen footmen. 

20 A great multitude also of sundry countries came with them like 
locusts, and like the sand of the earth : for the multitude was m without 
number. 

21 And they went forth of Nineve three days' journey towards the plain 
of Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the 
left hand of the upper Cilicia. 

22 Then he took all his army, his footmen, and horsemen, and chariots, 
and went from thence into the hill-country ; 

23 And destroyed n Phud and ° Lud, and spoiled all the children of Rasses, 
and the children of r Ismael, which were towards the wilderness at the 
south of the land of the Chellians. 

2t Then he went over Euphrates, and went through ".Mesopotamia, and 
destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, till ye come 
to the sea. 

2 , 3 And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, 
ana came to the borders of Japheth, which were towards the south, over 
against Arabia. 

HhprSnw mpa f ed • ! l lso a11 the children of ' Madian, and burned up their 
tabernacles, and sr , 0lled theh . sheen -cotes. 



great king 



s Ruth 2. 23. 
t Isa. 23. 4, 
15. 

uActs8.40. 
a ch. 2. 5. 
b ch. 2. 27. 
c ch. 2. 4. 
d Acts 14. 
13. 

e Ps.150. 4. 
a Or, Es- 
drelom. 
bOr,Dotea, 
Dothan, 
Junius, 
Gen. 37. 17. 
c Gr. great 
saw. 

a ch. 3. 8. 
b ch. 2. 28. 
c Psa. 137. 
5,6. 

a Or, out of 
Judea. 
d Ps. 74. 7. 
&79.1. 
Dan. 9.27. 
1 Mac. 1. 
31, 39. 
b Or, Es- 
drelom. 
c Or, plain, 
d Or, two 
against all. 
e Or, go- 
vernors. 
e Ezek. 8. 
11. 

f Jonah 1. 5. 
g Zecli. 12. 
12. 

h Jonah 3. S. 
iZeph.3. 9. 
kPs.106.4!. 
1 Joel 2. 17. 
m Ex.28. 4. 
a ch. 4. 1. 
b ch. 4. 7. 
a Gr. all 
the top. 
c ch. 1. 12. 
d Luke 1.30. 



Apocrypha 

27 Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of 
s wheat-harvest, and burned up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks 
and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their coun- 
tries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword. 

28 Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants 
of the sea-coasts, which were in ' Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt 
in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Jemnaan ; and they that dwelt 
in u Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly. 

CHAPTER III. 
CJO they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying 
k5 2 Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor a the gre; 
lie before thee ; use us as shall be good in thy sight. 

3 Behold, our houses, and all our places, b and all our fields of wheat, 
and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy 
face ; use them as it pleaseth thee. 

4 Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy ser- 
vants ; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee. 

5 So the men came to c Holofernes, and declared unto him after this 
manner. 

6 Then came he down toward the sea-coast, both he and his army, and 
set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them chosen men for aid. 

7 So they and all the country round about received them with d gar- 
lands, with e dances, and with timbrels. 

8 Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: 
for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations 
should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that all tongues and tribes 
should call upon him as god. 

9 Also he came over against "Esdraelon near unto 'Judea, over 
against the c - great strait of Judea. 

10 And he pitched between Geba an I Scythopolis, and there he tar- 
ried a whole month, that he might gather together all the carriages of 
his army. 

CHAPTER IV. 
WOW the children of Israel that dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holo- 
V% femes, the chief captain of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyri- 
ans had done to the nations, a and after what manner he had spoiledi all 
their temples, and brought them to nought. 

2 b Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were c troubled 
for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God : 

3 For they were newly returned from the captivity., and all the peo- 
ple <• of Judea were lately gathered together : and the vessels, and the 
altar, and the house, were sanctified d after the profanation. 

4 Therefore they sent into all the coasts of Samaria, and the villages, 
and to Bethoron, and Belmen, and Jericho, and to Choba, and Esora, 
and to the valley of Salem: 

5 And possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high 
mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up 
victuals for the provision of war : for their fields were of late reaped. 

6 Also Joacimthe high priest, which was in those days in Jerusalem, 
wrote to them that dwelt in Bethulia, and Betomestham, which is over 
against b Esdraelon towards the c open country, near to Dothaim, 

7 Charging them to keep the passages of the hill-country : for by 
them there was an entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them 
that would come up, because the passage was strait, d for two men at 
the most. 

8 And the children of Israel did as Joacim the high priest had com- 
manded them, with the ea ancients of all the people of Israel, which 
dwelt at Jerusalem. 

9 Then every man of Israel f cried to God with great fervency, and 
with great vehemency did they humble their souls : 

10 Both they, s and their wives, and their children, h and their cattle, 
and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, 
put sackcloth upon their loins. 

11 Thus every man and woman, and the little children, and the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast ashes upon their 
heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also 
they put sackcloth about the altar, 

12 And cried to the God of Israel all ' with one consent earnestly, 
that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a 
spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary 
to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at. 

13 k So God heard their prayers, and looked upon their afflictions : 
for the people fasted many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the 
sanctuary of the Lord Almighty. 

14 And Joacim the high priest, ' and all the priests that stood before the 
Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins girt with 
sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt-offerings, with the vows and free 
gifts of the people, 

15 And had ashes on their m mitres, and cried unto the Lord with all 
their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel graciously. 

CHAPTER V. 

THEN was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of 
Assur, that » the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had 
b shut up the passao-es of the hill-country, and had fortified <*all the tops of 
the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries: 

2 Wherewith c he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, 
and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea-coast, 

3 And he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Chanaan, who this 
people is that dwelleth d in the hill-country, and what are the cities that they 
inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power 
and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army; 



e ch. 3. 1. 

fch. 6.5,9, 
11. 

g verse 9. 

hGcn.11.31. 

i Josh. 24. 

15. 

ft Or, went 

out of. 

k Gen. 12. 1. 

& 15. 7. 

Neh. 9. 7. 

1 Gen. 46.5, 

6,7. 

m Ex. 1.7. 

nEx. 1.8, 

9,10. 

o Ex. 1. 11 

p Ex. 12.31, 

33 

q Ex. 14. 21 

r Ex. 19. 1. 

c Gr. into 

the way of 

the wilder- 
ness of 

Sinai. 

s Josh. 12. 

7,8. 

t Hab. 1.13, 

u Judg. 2. 

11. & 3. 8. 

x 2 Kings 
25. 1, 11. 
yEzr. 1.1,5. 

d Or, have 

their 

dwellings. 

z verse 3. 

a 1 Kings 

8.46. 

b Rom. 8.31. 

c verse 3. 

eGi. 

_ ainst a 
mighty 
army. 
ach. 5. 22. 
b See Isa. 
36.18,19,20. 
c ch. 5. 24. 
u oh. 2. 8. 
e verse 2. 
fch. 5. 12, 
13. 

g verse 6. 
h ch. 4. 7. 



Apocrypha. JUDITH. 

4 And why are they determined not to come and meet me, e more 
than all the inhabitants of the west. 

5 r Then said Achior, e the captain of all the sons of Amnion, Let 
my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will 
declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth 
near thee, and inhabiteth the hill-countries : and there shall no lie 
come out of the mouth of thy servant. 

6 This people are descended of the Chaldeans : 

7 h And they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they 
would not follow ' the gods of their fathers, which were in the land 
of Chaldea, 

8 For they *left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the 
God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out 
from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and 
sojourned there many days. 

9 Then k their God commanded them to depart from the place where 
they sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, 
and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle 

10 But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan, ' they went 
down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, 
m and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number 
their nation. 

11 Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, n and dealt 
subtilly with them, and brought them low with labouring in ° brick, 
and made them slaves. 

12 Then they cried unto their God, and he smote all the land of 
Egypt with incurable plagues : so the r Egyptians cast them out of 
their sight. 

13 And iGod dried the Red Sea before them, 

14 And r brought them c to mount Sina, and Cades-Barne, and cast 
forth all that dwelt in the wilderness. 

15 So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed 
by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing over Jordan they 
possessed all the hill-country. 

16 s And they cast forth before them the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, 
the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the Gergesites, and they 
dwelt in that country many days. 

17 And whilst they sained not before their God, they prospered, be- 
cause the God ' that hateth iniquity was with them. 

IS u But when they departed from the way which he appointed them 
they were destroyed in many battles very sore, x and were led cap- 
tives into a land that was not theirs, and the temple of their God was 
cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies. 

19 But y now they are returned to their God, and are come up from 
the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, 
where their sanctuary is, and d are seated in z the hill-country ; for it 
was desolate. 

20 Now therefore, my lord and governor, a if there be any error in 
this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this 
shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them. 

21 But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass 
by, lest their Lord defend them, and l their God be for them, and we 
become a reproach before all the world. 

22 And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people stand- 
ing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, 
and all that dwelt by the sea-side, and in Moab, spake that he should 
kill him. 

23 For say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of 
Israel : for lo, it is c a people that have no strength nor power e for a 
strong battle. 

24 Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be 
a prey to be devoured of all thine army. 

CHAPTER VI. 

AND when the ■ tumult of men that were about the council was 
ceased, Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Assur said un- 
to Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other nations, 

2 And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that thou 
hast prophesied among us as to-day, and hast said, that we should not 
make war with the people of Israel, because their God will defend 
them ? b and who is God but Nabuchodonosor? 

3 He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the 
earth, and their God shall not deliver them : but we his servants c willl" vorFe ' 9 - 
destroy them as one man ; for they arc not able to sustain the powerl pvcr 
of our horses. 

4 For with them we will tread them under foot, and J their mountains 
shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their 
dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they 
shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth ; for 
he said, None of my words shall be irfvain. 

6 And thou, Achior, e a hireling of Ammon, which hast spoken these 
words in the day of thine iniquity, shalt see my face no more from this 
day, till I take vengeance of this nation ' that came out of Egypt. 

6 And then shall the sword of mine army, and the multitude of them 
that serve me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slain, 
when 1 return. 

7 Now therefore e my servants shall bring thee back into the hill-country, 
and shall set thee in one of the cities h of the passages : 

5 And thou shalt not perish, till thon be destroyed with them. 
9 And if thou persuade thyself in thy mind that they shall not be taken, 

lot not thy countenance fall : I have spoken it, and none of my words shall 
ue in vain. 



Apocrypha 

10 Then Holofernes commanded his servants, that waited in his 
1 tent, to take Achior, and bring him to Bethulia, and deliver him unto 
the hands of the children of Israel. 

11 So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into 
k the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill- 
country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia. 

12 And when the men of the city saw them, they took up their 
weapons, and went out of the city to the top of the hill : and every 
man that used ' a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones 
against them. 

13 Nevertheless, having gotten privily under the hill, they bound 
Achior, and cast him down, and left him at the foot of the hill, and 
returned to their m lord. 

14 But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, 
and loosed him, and brought him into n Bethulia, and presented him 
to the governors of the city : 

15 Which were in those days Ozias the son of Micha, of the tribe 
of Simeon, and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of 
Melchiel. 

16 And they called together all ° the ancients of the city, and all 
their youth ran together, and their women, to the assembly, and they 
set Achior in the midst of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of 
that which was done. 

17 And he answered and declared unto them the words of p the 
council of Holofernes, and all the words that he had spoken in the 
midst of the princes of Assur, and whatsoever Holofernes had spoken 
proudly against the house of Israel. 

18 Then the people 1 fell down and worshipped God, and cried unto 
God, saying, 

19 O r Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low 
estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are sanctified 
unto thee this day. 

20 Then ' they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly. 

21 And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house, and 
made a feast to the elders ; ' and they called on the God of Israel all 
that night for help. 

CHAPTER VII. 

THE next day Holofernes commanded all his army, and all his peo- 
ple which were come to take his part, that they should remove 



i ch. 5. 22. 

k verse 7. 

1 1 Sam. 17 

40. 

m ch. 5. 24. 

n verse 10. 

oEzk.8.11. 

p verse 1. 

qPs.72. 11. 

r ch. 5. 8. 

s verse 19. 

tPs.50. 15. 

a ch. 6. 14. 

b See ch. 2. 

5. 

cch. G. 11. 

a Or , from 

Dothaim, 

Junius. 

ft Gv.bcan- 

fieli. 

d Num. 22. 

1. 

e Hal). 2. 1. 

fch. 4. 7. 

ch.6. 11. 
h 1 Sam. 17. 
45. 

Ps. 20. 7. & 
33. 10, 17. 
i verso 7. 
k Ex. 17. 2. 
I Ex. 16. 3. 
m ch.2. 11. 
nch.3.1. 



their camp against a Bethulia, to take aforehand the ascents of the 
hill-country, and to make war against the children of Israel. 

2 Then their strong men removed their camps in that day, and the 
army of the men of war was b a hundred and seventy thousand foot- 
men, and twelve thousand horsemen, besides the baggage, and other 
men that were afoot among them, a very great multitude. 

3 And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia, c by the foun- 
tain, and they spread themselves in breadth " over Dothaim even to 
Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia unto h Cyamon, which is over 
against Esdraelom. 

4 Now the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, 
were greatly troubled, and said every one to his neighbour, d Now will 
these men lick up the face of the earth ; for neither the high moun- 
tains, nor the valleys, nor the hills are able to bear their weight. 

5 Then every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had 
kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and e watched all that 
night. 

6 But in the second day Holofernes brought forth all his horsemen 
in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia ; 

7 And viewed ' the passages up to the city, and came to s the fouru 
tains of their waters, and took them, and set garrisons of men of war 
over them, and he himself removed toward his people. 

8 Then came unto him all the chief of the children of Esau, and all 
the governors of the people of Moab, and the captains of the sea-coast, 
and said, 

9 Let our lord now hear a word, that there be not an overthrow in 
thine army. 

10 For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their 
spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, be- 
cause it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains. 

11 Now therefore, my lord, fight not against them in battle-array, 
and there shall not so much as one man of thy people perish. 

12 Remain in thy camp, and keep all the men of thine army, and let 
thy servants get into their hands ' the fountain of water, which issueth 

forth of the foot of the mountain : 

13 For all the inhabitants of Bethulia have their water thence- 'so 
shall thirst kill them, and they shall give up their city, and we and our 
people shall go up to the tops of the mountains that arc near, and will 
camp upon them, to watch that none go out of the city. 

14 So they and their wives and their children shall be consumed > with 
famine, and 'before the sword come against them, they shall be overthrown 
in the streets where they dwell. 

15 Thus shalt thou render them an evil reward ; because they m rebelled, 
and " met not thy person peaceably. , 

16 And these words pleased Holofernes and all lus servants, and he ap- 
pointed to do as they had spoken. 

17 So the camp of the children of Ammon departed, and with them five 
thousand of the Assyrians, and they pitched in the valley, and ° took the 
waters, and the fountains of the waters of the children ot Israel. 

18 Then the children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon, and 
camped in the hill-country over against p Dothaim: and they sent some of 
them toward the south, and toward the east, over against Lkrebel, which 

2R 



Apocrypha. JUDITH. 

is near unto Chusi, that is upon the brook Mochmur ; and the rest of 
the army of the Assyrians camped in the plain, and 1 covered the face 
of the whole land ; and their tents and carriages were pitched to a 
very great multitude. 

19 Then the r children of Israel cried unto the Lord their God, be- 
cause their heart failed, for all their enemies had compassed them 
round about, and there was no way to escape out from among them. 

20 Thus all the company of Assur remained about them, both their 
footmen, chariots, and horsemen, four and thirty days, 8 so that all 
their vessels of water failed all the inhabitants of Bethulia. 

21 And the ^ cisterns were emptied, and they had not water to drink 
their fill for one day ; for they gave them drink by measure. 

22 Therefore their young children were out of heart, and their 
women ' and young men fainted for thirst, and fell down in the streets 
of the city, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no longer 
any strength in them. 

23 Then all the peopled assembled to " Ozias, and to the chief of 
the city, both young men, and women, and children, and cried with a 
loud voice, and said before all the elders. 

24 God be * judge between us and you : for ye have done us great 
injury, t in that ye have not required peace of the children of Assur. 

25 For now we have no helper: z but God hath sold us into their 
hands, that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and 
great destruction. 

26 Now therefore call them unto you, and deliver the whole city for 
a spoil to the people of Holofernes, and to all his army. 

27 For it is better for us to be made a spoil unto them, than to die 
for thirst : for we will be his servants, that our souls may live, and not 
see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wives nor our 
children to die. 

28 • We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth, and 
our God and Lord of our fathers, which punisheth us according to our 
sins and the sins of our fathers, <*that he do not according as we have 
said this day. 

29 Then "there was great weeping with one consent in the midst of 
the assembly ; and they cried unto the Lord God with a loud voice. 

30 Then said ' Ozias to them. Brethren, be of good courage, let us 
yet endure five days, in the which space the Lord our God may turn 
his mercy toward us ; c for he will not forsake us utterly. 

31 And if these days pass, and there come no help unto us, I will do 
according to your word. 

32 And he dispersed the people, every one to their own charge ; and 
they went unto the walls and towers of their city, and sent the women 
and children into their houses: d and they were very low brought in 
the city. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

NOW at that time Judith heard thereof, which was the daughter of 
a Merari, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of Oziel, the son 
of Elcia, the son of Ananias, the son of Gideon, the son of Raphaim, the 
son of Acitho, the son of Eliu, the son of Eliab, the son of Nathanael, 
the son of a Samael, the son of Salasadai, the son of Israel. 

2 And Manasses was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who 
died in b the barley-harvest. 

3 For c as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, 
the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in the 
city of Bethulia : and they buried him with his fathers in the field be- 
tween d Dothaim and Balamo. 

4 So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months 

5 And she made her a tent upon the top of her house, and put on 
sackcloth upon her loins, and ware her widow's apparel. 

6 And e she fasted all the days of her widowhood, save the eves of 
the sabbaths, and the sabbaths, and the eves of the new moons, and the 
new moons, and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel. 

7 She was also of a goodly countenance, and very beautiful to be- 
hold : and her husband Manasses had left her gold, and silver, and 
men-servants, and maid-servants, and cattle, and lands ; J and she re- 
mained upon them. 

8 And there was none that gave her an ill word ; for she feared 
God greatly 

9 Now when she heard f the evil words of the people against the 
governor, that they fainted for lack of water ; for Judith had heard all 
s the words that Ozias had spoken unto them, and that he had sworn 
to deliver the city unto the Assyrians after five days; 

10 Then she sent her waiting-woman, that had the government of 
all things, that she iiad, to call Ozias and b Chabris and Charmis, ■ the 
ancients of the city. 

11 And they came unto her, and she said unto them, Hear me now, O ye 
governors of the inhabitants of Bethulia: for your words that ye have 
spoken before the people this day are not right, touching this k oath which 
ye made and pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver 
the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turn to help you. 

12 And now who are ye that have ' tempted God this day, and stand 
instead of God among the children of men ? 

13 And now try the Lord Almighty, but ye shall never know any thing. 

14 For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye per- 
ceive the things that lie thiukcth : m then how can ye search out God, that 
iiath made all these things, and know his mind, or comprehend his purpose ? 
r\ay, my brethren, provoke not the Lord jur God to anger. 



p Genesis 

49. 18. 

d Or, town. 

q Judg. 2. 

11. & 4. 1. 

&. 6.1. 

r Ps. 125. 1. 

s Ps. 74. 7. 

e Or, fear. 

t Deiiter. 

28. 37. 

u verse 21. 

x Gen. 22. 1. 

yGen.28.7. 

z Prov. 3. 

12. 

a verse 10. 

b ch. 7. 22. 

c James 5. 

14, 15, 1C, 

17, 18. 

d Luke 1. 

68. 

e Mark 5. 

34. 

a Josh. 7. 6. 

b Ps. 141. 2. 

c Gen. 34. 

2,25. 

d Deuter. 

5. 18. 

e Genesis 

34. 29. 

f Ezra 9. 2. 

g Ps. 68. 5. 

iiEph.1.11. 

i ch. 2. 15, 

16, 17. 

k ch. 8. 21. 

1 Judg. 4. 

11. & 5. 26. 

m Judges 

7.2. 

2Chron.l4. 

11. & 16. 8. 

& 20. 6. 



tend i if he , wili " ot nel P u s within these five days, ■> he hath power to de- 
-ifi tL W J 1 } e - ^X' 11 ' even ever y da \'> or t0 destroy us before our enemies. 
ib jjo not « bind the counsels: of the Lord our God : for ° God is not as 



Apocrypha 

man, that he may be threatened ; neither is he as the son of man, that 
he should be wavering. 

17 Therefore let us t wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to 
help us, and he will hear our voice, if it please him. 

18 For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these 
days, neither tribe nor family, nor "people, nor city, among us, which 
worship gods made with hands, q as hath been aforetime. 

19 For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for 
a spoil, and had a great fall before our enemies. 

20 But we know none other God, therefore r we trust that he will 
not despise us, nor any of our nation. 

21 For if we be taken so, all Judea shall lie waste, s and our sanc- 
tuary shall be spoiled ; and he will require the profanation thereof at 
our mouth. 

22 And the ' slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the 
country, and the desolation of our inheritance, will he turn upon our 
heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage ; ' and 
we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us. 

23 For our servitude shall not be directed to favour: but the Lord 
our God shall turn it to dishonour. 

24 Now therefore, O brethren, let us shew an example to our bre- 
thren, because their hearts depend upon us, u and the sanctuary, and 
the house, and the altar, rest upon us. 

25 Moreover, let us give thanks to the Lord our God, which trieth 
us, even as he did our lathers. 

26 Remember what things he did to x Abraham, and how he tried 
Isaac, and what happened to y Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when 
lie kept the sheep of Laban his mother's brother. 

27 For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the exami- 
nation of their hearts, neither hath he taken vengeance on us : 2 but the 
Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish them. 

2S Then said • Ozias to her, All that thou hast spoken, hast thou spoken 
with a good heart, and there is none that may gainsay thy words. 

29 For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested ; 
but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy un- 
derstanding, because the disposition of thy heart is good. 

30 ' But the people were very thirsty, and compelled us to do unto 
them as we have spoken, and to bring an oath upon ourselves, which 
we will not break. 

31 Therefore now c pray thou for us, because thou art a godly 
woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall 
faint no more. 

32 Then said Judith unto them, Hear me, and I will do a thing which 
shall go throughout all generations to the children of our nation. 

33 Ye shall stand this night in the gate, and I will go forth with my 
waiting-woman : and within the days that ye have promised to deliver 
the city to our enemies, the Lord will a visit Israel by my hand. 

34 But inquire not ye of mine act : for I will not declare it unto you. 
till the things be finished that I do. 

35 Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, e Go in peace, and the 
Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies. 

36 So they returned from the tent, and went to their wards. 
CHAPTER IX. 

THEN Judith a fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, ana 
uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about 
the time h that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem, 
in the house of the Lord, Judith cried with a loud voice, and said, 

2 O Lord God of my father c Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword 
to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid 
to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her 
virginity to her reproach ; d for thou saidst, It shall not be so ; and yet 
they did so : 

3 Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed 
their bed in blood, being deceived, and smotest the servants with their 
lords, and the lords upon their thrones ; 

4 " And hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be 
captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy dear children : 
which were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred f the pollution of their 
blood, and called upon thee for aid : O God, O my God, hear me also 
" a widow. 

5 For thou hast wrought not only those things, but also the things 
which fell out before and which ensued after; thou hast thought upon 
the things which are now, and which are to come. 

6 Yea, h what things thou didst determine were ready at hand, and 
said, Lo, we are here : for all thy ways are prepared, and thy judg- 
ments are in thy foreknowledge. 

7 For behold, the Assyrians ' are multiplied in their power; they are 
exalted with horse and man ; they glory in the strength of their footmen ; 
they trust in shield and spear, and bow and sling ; and know not that thou 
art the Lord that breakest the battles : the Lord is thy name. 

8 Throw down their strength in thy power, and bring down their force 
in thy wrath : k for they have purposed to defile thy sanctuary, and to pollute 
the tabernacle where thy glorious name resteth, and to cast down with the 
sword the horn of thine altar. 

9 Behold their pride, and send thy wrath upon their heads: give into my 
hand, which am a widow, the power that I have conceived. 

10 ' Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the 
prince with the servant : break down their statelmess by the hand of a 
woman. , . , , ."..'. 

11 m For thy power standeth not in multitude, nor thy might m strong 
men : for thou art a God of the afflicted, a helper of the oppressed, an 

24 



r Dan. 6. 26. 
a ch. 9. 1. 
b ch. 8. 33. 
c ch. 8.5. 
a Gr. mitre. 
d ch. 8. 2. 
e Genesis 
24. 22. 
b 6i, 
wrapped, 
or, packed. 
fch. 8. 35. 
g verse 3. 
h Acts 24. 
J 4. 

ich. 6 11. 
k ch. 9 7. 
] chap. 9. 
10, 13. 
m verse 7. 
n verse 13. 
c Or. and 
thet, pre- 
pared a 
char itd for 
her. 

o verse 14. 
p ch. 5. 23. 
q verse 18. 
r ver. 14, 19. 
s See Psa. 
72. 9. 

Isa. 49. 23. 
a ch. 10. 16. 
b ch. 6. 4. 
c ch. 5. 3. 
d verse 1. 



h 



Apocrypha. JUDITH 

upholder of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a saviour of themnGen.32.9. 
that are without hope. J24 

12 I pray thee, I pray thee, n O God of my father, and God of the , P verse 10. 
inheritance of Israel, "Lord of the heavens and earth, Creator of thejq Ps.48. 2. 
waters, King of every creature, hear thou my prayer : 

13 And make my speech and p deceit to be their wound and stripe, 
who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy hallow- 
ed house, and against the top of 1 Sion, and against the house of the 
possession of thy children. 

14 And make r every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art 
the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that 
protecteth the people of Israel but thou. 

CHAPTER X. 
T^TOW after that she had ceased a to cry unto the God of Israel, and 
lH had made an end of all these words, 

2 She rose where she had fallen down, and called her maid, and 
went down into the house, in the which she abode in the sabbath-days, 
and in her feast-days. 

3 And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the 
garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, 
and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of 
her head, and put on a ' tire upon it, and put on her garments of glad- 
ness, wherewith she was clad during- the life of d Manasses her husband. 

4 And she took sandals upon Ker feet, and e put about her her 
bracelets, and her chains, and her rings, and her ear-rings, and all her 
ornaments, and decked herself bravely, to allure the eyes of all men 
that should see her. 

5 Then she gave her maid a bottle of wine, and a cruse of oil, and 
filled a bag with parched corn, and lumps of figs, and with fine bread ; 
so she * folded all these things together, and laid them upon her. 

6 Thus they went forth to the gate of the city Btthulia, and found 
standingthere ' Ozias, and- the ancients of the city, Chabris and Charmis. 

7 <Yna when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, ' and 
her apparel was changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, 
and said unto her, 

8 The God, h the god of our fathers, give thee favour, and accom- 
plish thine enterprises to the glory of the children of Israel, and to 
the exaltation of Jerusalem. Then they worshipped God. 

9 And she said unto them, Command the gates of the city to be 
opened unto me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof 
ye have spoken with me. So they commanded the young men to open 
unto her, as she had spoken. 

10 And when they had done so, Judith went out, she and her maid 
with her ; and the men of the city looked after her, until she was 
gone down the mountain, ' and till she had passed the valley, and could 
see her no more. 

11 Thus they went straight forth in the valley : and the first watch 
of the k Assyrians met her, 

12 And took her, and asked her, Of what people art thou ? and 
whence comest thou ? and whither goest thou ? ' And she said, I am a 
woman of the Hebrews, and am fled from them: for they shall be 
given you to be consumed : 

13 And I am coming before Holofernes the chief captain of your 
army, to declare words of truth ; and I will shew him a way whereby 
he shall go, and win all the hill-country, without losing the body or 
life of any one of his men. 

14 Now when the men heard her words, and beheld her counte- 
nance, m they wondered greatly at her beauty, and said unto her, 

15 Thou hast saved thy*life, in that thou hast hasted to come down to 
the presence of our lord: now therefore come to his tent, and some 
of us shall conduct thee, until they have delivered thee to his hands. 

16 And when thou standest before him, be not afraid in thy heart, but 
shew unto him n according to thy word ; and he will entreat thee well. 

17 Then they chose out of them a hundred men c to accompany her 
and her maid ; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes. 

18 Then was there a concourse throughout all the camp: for her com- 
ing was noised among the tents, and they came about her, as she stood 
without the tent of Holofernes, till they told him of her. 

19 "And they wondered at her beauty, and admired the children of Israel 
because of her, and every one said to his neighbour, r Who would despise 
this people that have among them such women? surely it is not good that 
one man of them be left, who being let go might deceive the whole earth. 

20 And they that lay near Holofernes went°out, and all his servants, and 
ihey brought her into 'ithe tent. 

21 Now Holofernes rested upon his bed under a canopy, which was 
woven with purple, and gold, and emeralds, and precious stones. 

22 So they shewed him of her ; and he came out before his tent with 
silver lamps going before him. 

23 And when Judith was come before him and his servants, r Ihey all 
marvelled at the beauty of her countenance ; ' and she fell down upon her 
face, and did reverence unto him : and his servants took her up. 

CHAPTER XI. 

THEN said Holofernes unto her, Woman ■ be of good comfort, fear 
not in thy heart: for I never hurt any that was willing to serve Nabu- 
'hodonosor, '■ the king of all the earth. 

2 Now therefore, if thy people c that dwelleth in the mountains had not 
«ct light by me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them: but 
they have done these things to themselves. 

3 But now tell me wherefore thou art fled from them, and art come unto 
us ; for thou art come for safeguard ; d be of good comfort, thou shalt. live 
this night, and hereafter: D 

7 



e ch. 10. 13. 
f verse 1. 
g ch. 9. 10, 
13. 

a Or, in 
favour. 
fa ch. 5. 5. 
b Or, gat 
him. 

i Ps. 37. 31. 
&. 119. 11. 
k ch. 7. 22. 
1 Matt. 12. 4. 
m verse 11. 
n verse 3. 
o Luke 2.37. 
Acts 26. 7. 
p 2 Kings 
6.19. 

q Ex. 11. 7. 
c Or, bark, 
d Or, these 
things 
have I 
spoken. 
r See ver. 8. 
s ch. 10. 19. 
t Gen. 45. 5. 
u Ruth 1. 
16. 

a Dan. 1. 5. 
b Genesis 
32. 43. 
Dan. 1. 8. 
Tobit 1. 11. 
c ch. 10. 12. 
d ch. 10. 23. 
ech. 11. 17. 
fch. 13. 10. 
g verse 5. 
li ch. 10. 12. 



Apocrypha 

4 For none shall hurt thee, but entreat thee well, as they do the 
servants of king Nabuchodonosor my lord. 

5 Then Judith said unto him, Receive the words of thy servant, and 
suffer thy handmaid to speak in thy presence, e and I will declare no 
lie to my lord this night. 

6 And if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, God will bring 
the thing perfectly to pass by thee ; and my lord shall not fail of his 
purposes. 

7 As Nabuchodonosor f king of all the earth liveth, and as his power 
liveth,- ' who hath sent thee for the upholding of every living thing : 
for not only men shall serve him by thee, but also the beasts of the 
field, and the cattle, and the fowls of the air, shall live by thy power 
under Nabuchodonosor and all his house. 

8 For we have heard of thy wisdom and thy policies, and it is re- 
ported in all the earth, that thou only art a excellent in all the king- 
dom, and mighty in knowledge, and wonderful in feats of war. 

9 Now as concerning the matter, h which Achior did speak in thy 
council, we have heard his words ; for the men of Bethulia 'saved 
him, and he declared unto them all that he had spoken unto thee. 

10 Therefore. O lord and governor, reject not his wore 1 ; but : lay it up 
in thy heart, for it is true ; for our nation shall not be punished, neither 
can the sword prevail against them, except they sin against their God. 

11 And now, that my lord be not defeated and frustrate of his pur- 
pose, even death is now tallen upon them, and their sin hath overtaken 
them, wherewith they will provoke their God to anger, whensoever 
they shall do that which is not fit to be done : 

12 For their victuals fail them, ,r and all their water is scant, and they 
have determined to lay hands upon their cattle, and purposed to con- 
sume all those things, that God hath forbidden them to ea.Lby his laws: 

13 And are resolved to spend the first-fruits of the corn, and the 
tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, ' and reserved for 
the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God ; the 
which things it is not lawful for any of the people so mucli as to touch 
with their hands. 

14 For they have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell 
there have done the like, to bring them a license from the senate. 

15 Now when they shall bring them word, they will forthwith do it 3 
m and they shall be given thee to be destroyed the same day. 

16 Wherefore I thy handmaid, knowing all this, " am fled from their 
presence ; and God hath sent me to work things with thee, whereat 
all the earth shall be astonished, and whosoever shall hear it. 

17 For thy servant is religious, and serveth the God of heaven ° day 
and night : now therefore, my lord, I will remain with thee, and thy 
servant will go out by night into the valley, and I will pray unto God, 
and he will tell me when they have committed their sins : 

18 And I will come and shew it unto thee : then thou shalt go forth 
with all thine army, and there shall be none of them that shall resist thee. 

19 And p I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou 
come before Jerusalem ; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; 
and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and f ia dog- 
shall not so much as c open his mouth at thee : for "these things were 
told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto 
me, and I am sent to tell thee. 

20 Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants ; and 
they marvelled at r her wisdom, and said, 

21 There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the 
other, both s for beauty of face, and wisdom of words. 

22 Likewise Holofornessaid unto her, l God hath done well to send 
thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands, and de- 
struction upon them that lightly regard my lord. 

23 And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in 
thy words : surely if thou do as thou hast spoken, " thy God shall be 
my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of king Nabuchodonosor. 
and shalt be renowned through the whole earth. 

CHAPTER XII. 
HEN he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set : and bade 
that they should prepare for her a of his own meats, and that she 
should drink of his own wine. 

2 And Judith said, I '• will not cat thereof, lest there be an offence : but 
provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought. 

3 Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should 
we give thee the like ? for there be none with us of c thy nation. 

4 Then said Judith unto him, As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid 
shall not spend those things that. I have, before the Lord work by my hand 
the things that he hath determined. 

5 Then J the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she 
slept till midnight, and she arose when it was towards the morning watch. 

6 And sent to Holofernes, saying, Let my lord now command that thy 
handmaid c may go forth unto prayer. 

7 Then Holofernes commanded 'his guard that they should not stay her 
thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the 
valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain ot water by the camp. 

8 And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct 
her way to the raising up of the children of her people. 

9 So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her 
meal at evening. 

10 And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to s his own servants 
only, and called none of the officers to the banquet. 

11 Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he 
had, Go now, and persuade this h Hebrew woman which is with theej that 
she come unto 08, and eat and drink with US', 



10.3 



Apocrypha. JUDITH 

12 For lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let •suchjj_<*- U-?M 
a woman go, not having had her company ; for if we draw her not unto j £ h '' n .03. 
us, she will laugh us to scorn. . |mi Sam. 

13 Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to'18.18. 
her, and he said, k Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my lord, and;£ c ' 
to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be merry with us,| verse 11. 
and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, > which p verse 13. 
serve in the house or Nabuchodonosor. ?ve"e is. 

14 Then said Judith unto him, m Who ami now, that I should gain-| a ch. ra. io. 
say my lord ? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and itrb Eecius. 
shall be my joy unto the day of my death. 

15 So sh"e arose, r and decked herself with her apparel, and all her 
woman's attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for 
her over against Holofernes, which she had received of ° Bagoas for 
her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them. 

16 Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes' heart was 



ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her 
company ; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had 
seen her. 

17 Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, r and be merry with us. 

18 So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is mag- 
nified in me this day more than all the days since I was born. 

19 Then she took and ate and drank before him what 1 her maid had 
prepared. 

20 And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank much more 
wine than he had drunk at any time in one day r since he was born. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

NOW when the evening was come, a his servants made haste to de- 
part, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters 
from the presence of his lord ; and they went to their beds : for they 
were all weary, because the feast had been long. 

2 And Judith was left alone in the tent, and Holofernes lying along 
upon his bed : for he was filled with b . wine. 

3 Now Judith had commanded her maid to stand without her bed- 
chamber, and to wait for her coming forth, as she did daily : for she 
said she would go forth c to her prayers, and she spake to Bagoas ac- 
cording to the same purpose. 

4 So all went forth, and none was left in the bed-chamber, neither 
little norgreat. Then Judith, standing by his bed, said d in her heart, 
O Lord God of all power, look at this present upon the works of my 
hands for e the exaltation of Jerusalem. 

5 For now is the time to help thine inheritance, and to execute mine 
enterprises to the destruction of the enemies which are risen against us. 

6 Then she came to the pillar of the bed which was at Holofernes' 
head, and took down his fauchion from thence, 

7 And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, 
and said f Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day. 

8 s And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she 
took away his head from him, 

9 And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the 
canopy from the pillars, and anon after she went forth, and gave Holo- 
fernes' head to h her maid ; 

10 And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together 
according to their custom unto prayer: and when they passed the 
camp, they compassed ' the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia. 
and came to the gates thereof. 

11 Then said Judith afar off to the watchmen k at the gate, Open, 
open now the gate : God, even our God, is with us, to shew his power 
yet in Jerusalem, and his forces against the enemy, as he hath even 
done this day. 

12 Now when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to 
go down to the gate of their city, and they called > the elders of the city. 

13 And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was 
strange unto them that she was come: so they opened the gate, and 
received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round about them. 

14 Then she said to them with a loud voice 
praise God, I say, for he hath not taken away his mercy from the house 
of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by my hands this night. 

15 So n she took the head out of the bag, and shewed it, and said unto 
them, Behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of 
Assur, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in his drunkenness ; and 
the Lord hath smitten him ° by the hand of a woman. 

16 As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my 
countenance hath r deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not 
committed sin with me, ito defile and shame me. 

17 Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed them- 
selves, and worshipped God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, O 
our God, which hast this day brought to nought the enemies of thy people. 

18 Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, ' blessed art thou of the most 
high God above all the women upon the earth : and s blessed be the Lord 
God, ' which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed 
thee to the cutting off the head of the chief of our enemies. 

19 For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which 
remember the power of God for ever. 

_ 20 And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee 
in good things, because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of 
c° U a nat ' on > but hast revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our 
tj0d ' An d all the people said, So be it, so be it. 

T„ CHAPTER XIV. 

*v. a Juchl-h unto them, Hear me now, my brethren, and take this 
nead,and hang it upon the highest pjace of your wallsr 



b See Ezek. 
9. 1. 

d 1 Sam. 17. 
52. 

Heb. 11. 34. 
e ch. 5. 5. 
& 6. 5. & 
11.9. 

fRev. 1. 17. 
gch. 13.18. 
h Ezra 3. 
II. 

i Jer. 50. 5. 
a Or, 
ascents, 
see ch. 5. 1. 
k verse 3. 
lch. 12. 11. 
m Judges 3. 
25. 

n ch. 13. 8. 
b Then. 
o Job 1. 20. 
pch. 10. 19. 
q verse 3. 
r verse 16. 
a ch. 14. 3. 
b Lev. 26. 
7,8. 

c ch. 13. 18. 
d veise 2. 
e verso 4. 
a Or, over- 
came. 
f 2 Kings 
7.16. 
g verse 6. 
h ch. 4. 6. 
i Ezek. 8. 
11. 
kch. 13. 4. 

Praise, praise God,! Icl >- 13 - 18 - 



31 20,25. 

c ch. 12. 6. 

d 1 Sam. 1. 

13. 

e ch. 10. 8. 

f Judges 16. 

28. 

g See Jiidg. 

4.21. 

h verse 3. 

i ch. 12. 7. 

k ch. 10. 9. 

1 eh. 7. 23. 

m Ps. 107. 

8,15,21,31. 

n verse 10. 

o See Jud. 

5.24,25,26, 

27. 

p ch. 9. 10, 

13. 

q ch. 12. 16. 

r Genesis 

14. 19. 
s Gen. 14.20. 
& 24. 27. 
t Gen. 1. 1. 
u ch. 8. 20. 
a 2 Mac. 

15. 35. 



Apocrypha 

2 And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall come 
forth upon the earth, take ye b every one his weapons, and go forth 
every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain over them, as 
though ye would go down into the field toward ° the watch of the As- 
syrians ; but go not down. 

3 Then they shall take their armour, and shall go into their camp, and 
raise up the captains of the army of Assur, and they shall run to the 
tent of Holofernes, but shall not find him : then fear shall fall uDon 
them, d and they shall flee before your face. 

4 So ye, and all that inhabit the coast of Israel, shall pursue them, 
and overthrow them as they go. 

5 But before ye do these things, call me e Achior the Ammonite, 
that he may see and know him that despised the house of Israel, and 
that sent him to us, as it were to his death. 

6 Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias : and when he 
was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man's hand in the as- 
sembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed. 

7 But when they had recovered him, f he fell at Judith's feet, and 
reverenced her, and said, s Blessed art thou in all the tabernacle of 
Juda, and in all nations, which hearing thy name shall be astonished. 

8 Now therefore tell me all the things that thou hast done in these 
days. Then Judith declared unto him in the midst of the people all 
that she had done, from the day that she went forth until that hour she 
spake unto them. 

9 And when she had left off speaking, h the people shouted with a 
loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city. 

10 And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, 
he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, 
and was ' joined unto the house of Israel unto this day. 

11 And as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holo- 
fernes upon the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went 
forth by bands unto the "straits of the mountain. 

12 But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to k their leaders, which 
came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers. 

13 So they came to Holofernes' tent, and said to ' him that had the 
charge of all his things, Waken now our lord : for the slaves have been 
bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly 
destroyed. 

14 Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent ; for 
he thought that he had slept with Judith. 

15 But because none answered, m he opened it, and went into the 
bed-chamber, and found him cast upon the floor dead, n and his head 
was taken from him. 

16 b Therefore he cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and sighing, 
and a mighty cry, ° and rent his garments. 

17 After, he went into the tent where Judith lodged : and when he 
found her not, he leaped out to the people, and criea, 

18 p These slaves have dealt treacherously ; one woman of the He- 
brews hath brought shame upon the house of king Nabuchodonosor : 
for behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head. 

19 When <ithe captains of the Assyrians' army heard these words, 
they rent their coats, and their minds were wonderfully troubled, and 

there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp 
CHAPTER XV. 
| ND when they that were in the tents heard, they were astonished 
a. at the thing that was done. 

2 And * fear and trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man 
that durst abide in the sight of his neighbour, but rushing out all toge- 
ther, they fled into every way of the plain, and of the hill-country. 

3 They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia 
fled away. b Then the children of Israel, every one that was a warrior 
ammiff them, rushed out upon them. 

4 Then sent c Ozias to Betomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and 
Cola, and to all the coasts of Israel, such as should tell the things that 
were done, and that all should ° rush forth upon their enemies to de- 
stroy them. 

5 "Now when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell upon them 
with one consent, and slew them unto c Chobai : likewise also they that 
came from Jerusalem, and from all the hill-country, (for men had told them 
what things were done in the camp of their enemies,) and they that were in 
Galaad, and in Galilee, » chased them with a great slaughter, until they 
were passed Damascus and the borders thereof." 

6 And the residue, that dwelt in Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assur. 
f and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched. 

7 And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter, had that 
which remained ; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains 
and in the plain, ' gat many spoils : for the multitude was very great. 

8 Then Kloacim the high priest, and 'the ancients of the children ol 
Israel that dwelt in Jerusalem, came to behold the good things that God 
had showed to Israel, and to see Judith, and to salute her. 

9 And when they came unto her, they blessed her with one accord, and 
said unto her, Thou art the k exaltation of Jerusalem, thou art the great 
glory of Israel, thou art the great rejoicing of our nation : 

10 Thou hast done all these things by thy hand: thou hast done much 
good to Israel, and God is pleased therewith: 'blessed be thou of the 
Almighty Lord for evermore. And all the people said, So be it. 

11 And the people m spoiled the camp the space of thirty days : and 
they gave unto Judith Holofernes' tent, and all his plate, and beds, and 
vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it, and laid it on her mule ; and 
made ready her carts, and laid them thereon. 

12 Then all the women of Israel ran together to see her •end blesseC 

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ESTHER. 



d Ps. 33. 10, 
e eh 10.3,4. 
c Gr. mitre. 
f verse 7. 
d Or, con- 
fqun dcd. 
e The As- 

yriani-s. 

■ ch. 14. 19! 
& 15. 2. 



Apocrypha. 

her, and made a dance among; them for her : and she took n branches " Ma«- ' 
in her hand, and gave also to the women that were with her. 

13 And they put - a garland of olive upon her and her maid that was 
with her, and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all 
the women : and all the men of Israel followed in their armour with 
garlands, and with songs in their mouths. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

THEN ' Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all 
the people sang after her "this song of praise. 

2 And Judith said, Begin unto my God with timbrels, sing unto my 
Lord with cymbals : tune unto him a * new psalm : exalt him, and call 
upon his name. 

3 For God breaketh ihe battles : for among the camps in the midst 
of the people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that per- 
secuted me. 

4 Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten 
thousands of his army, the b multitude whereof c stopped the torrents, 
and their horsemen have covered the hills. 

5 He bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young 
men with the sword, and dash the sucking children against the grouna, 
and make mine infants as a prey, and my virgins as a spoil. 

6 But the Almighty " Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a 
woman. 

7 For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the 
sons of the Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him : but Judith, the *| 76. 28 i 
daughter of Merari, weakened him with the beauty of her countenance. liisa. 66. 

8 For e she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation 24. 
of those that were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with Mark 9 - 
ointment, and bound her hair in a ■-' tire, and took a linen garment to 
deceive him. 

9 Her sandals ravished his eyes, '"her beauty took his mind prisoner, 
and the fauchion passed through his neck. 

10 The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were ^daunt-io'at 
ed at her hardiness. ig- Or, se- 
ll Then my afflicted shouted for joy, and my weak ones cried aloud ;? Genesis 

but e they were astonished : s these lifted up their voices, but they were 50. 10. 

Overthrown. s Isaiah 38. 

12 The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded \ Jer 32 
them as fugitives' children : they perished by the battle of the Lord. 37. 



Apocrypha. 
13 I will sing unto the Lord /a new song : O Lord, thou art great 
o Acts 14. | and glorious, wonderful in strength, and invincible. 
13. ' 14 Let all creatures serve thee ; h for thou spakest, and they were 

i E hI' ^'i 1 ' i maiie > tnou didst send tortn th y spirit, and it created them, and there is 
a of this none that can resist thy voice. 

praising-. 15 For ' the mountains shall be moved from their foundations with 
b Or.psafmjthe waters, the rocks shall melt as wax at thy presence : k vet thou art 

p"f^98 a 'f 'l merciful t0 them that fear thee - 

bch.2.19. | 16 For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savour unto thee, and all 
cehap^2.8. the fat is not sufficient for thy burnt-offering : but he that feareth the 
Lord is great at all times. 

17 Wo to the nations that rise up against my kindred ! the Lord 
Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in 
putting '-fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and 
weep tor ever. 

. *1S Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped the 
Lord; and as soon as the people '"were purified, they offered their 
burnt-offerings, and their free-offerings, and their gifts. 

19 " Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people 
had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken out of nis 
bed-chamber, for a gift unto the Lord. 

20 So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary 
for the space ot three months, and Judith remained with them. 

21 After this time every one returned to his own inheritance, and 
Judith went to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was 
in her time ° honourable in all the country. 

22 And many desired her, but none p knew her all the days of her 
life, after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his 
people. 

23 But c ishe increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in 
her husband's house, being a hundred and five years old, and made her 
maid free ; so she died in Bethulia : and they buried her in the s cave 
of her husband Manasses. 

24 And the house of Israel lamented her r seven days : and s before 
she died, she did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest 
of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to them that were the nearest 
of her kindred. 

25 And ' there was none that made the children of Israel any more 
afraid in the days of Judith, nor a long time after her death. 



/Or, asont 

of praise, 

verse 2. 

h Ps. 33. 6, 

9. 

i Ps. 46. 2. 

k Genesis 



m Mai. 3. 3 
n ch. 15. 11 

1 Sam. 2. 
30. 
p Gen. 4. 1 . 

1 Luke 2. 



IT The rest of the Chapters of the Book of ESTHER, 

WHICH ARE FOUND NEITHER IN THE HEBREW, NOR IN THE CHA1DEE. 



Part of the Tenth Chapter after the Greek. 

THEN Mardocheus said, •■ God hath done these things. 
5 For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, 
and nothing thereof hath failed. 

6 b A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, 
and much water : this river is Esther, whom the king married, and 
made queen. 

7 And the two dragons are I and Aman. 

8 And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the 
name of the Jews : 

9 And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, c and were saved : 
for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us 
from all those evils, J and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, 
which have not been done among the Gentiles. 

10 Therefore hath he made e two lots, one for the people of God, 
and another for all the Gentiles. 

11 And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of judg- 
ment, before God among all nations. 

12 So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance 

13 Therefore those days shall be unto them in ' the month Adar, 



a Paalm 
126. 2, 3. 
b See Estli. 
2. 7, 15, 16, 
17. 

C Psalm 
106. 44. 
d Psalm 
105. 27. 
e Isaiah 3. 
10, 11. 
f Est h. 9.21. 
a Ezra 7. 1. 
Neli. 2. 1. 
1> ch. J0. 4. 
c ch. 10. 5. 
d ch. 10. 7. 
e Psalm 
118.20. 
Isa 26. 2. 
f Joel 2. 2. 



; ch. 10. 6. 
h ch. 10. 6. 
a Esth. 2. 
, 21. 

the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, j!> Esth. 2. 
and joy, and with gladness before God, according to the generations ai - & 6/ 
for ever among his people. 

CHAPTER XI. 
TNthe fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and^ Cleopatra, Dosi- 



c Matt. 5. 
21. 22. 
1 John 3. 15. 
d Esth. 6. 3. 

theus, who said he was a priest and Levitc, and Ptolemeus his son,i Jo c j'^ t 7 - 
brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that lib.'ii, 
Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had inter- ''"i 1 - ti- 
pped it. I|; j^j;- >•,',• 

2 In the second year of the reign of n Artaxerxes the great, in the|oOr,miW.' 
first day of the month Nisan, '■ Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son cch.m 7. 
of Semel, the son of Cisai of the tribe of Benjamin, c had a dream ; j£^jf' a , 

3 Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man, being Esth.Ys! 
a servitor in the king's court. \bOr,bc 

4 He was also one of the captives, which Nabuchodonosor the king \i e p tl 'fon ■■ 
of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Judca°; \eOt,see'onk 
and this was his dream. \frum us, 

5 Behold, a noise of a tumult, with thunder, and earthquakes, and , ver8c3, 
uproar in the land : 

G And behold, "two great dragons came forth ready to fight, and their 
cry was great. 

7 And at their cry all nations were prepared to battle, that they might 
tight against ■ the righteous people. 

8 And lo, a day of f darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, 
affliction and great uproar, upon the earth. 

9 And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own evils 
and were ready to perish. 



10 Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, s as it were from 
a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water. 

11 h The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted, and 
devoured the glorious. 

12 Now when Mardocheus, who had seen this dream, and what God 
had determined to do, was awake, he bare this dream in mind, and 
until night by all means was desirous to know it. 

CHAPTER XII. 

AND Mardocheus took his rest in the court a with Gabatha and 
Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace. 

2 *> And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes, 
and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artaxerxes the 
king ; and so he certified the king of them. 

3 Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they had 
confessed it, c they were strangled. 

4 And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus 
also wrote thereof. 

5 So the king commanded Mardocheus to serve in the court, b and 
for this he rewarded him. 

6 Howbeit « Aman the son of Amadathus, the Agagite, who was in 
great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus and his peo- 
ple because of the two eunuchs of the king. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
HE copy of the letters was this : The great king Artaxerxes 
write th these things to the princes and governors that are under him 
from ■ India unto Ethiopia, in a hundred and seven and twenty provinces. 

2 After that I became lord '' over many nations, and hud dominion 
over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority, 
but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to 
settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom 
"peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace 
which is desired of all men. 

3 Now when I asked my counsellors how th.s might be brought to 
pass, • Aman, that excelled in wisdom among us, and was approved 
for his constant good will, and steadfast fidelity, >' and had the honour 
of the second place in the kingdom, 

4 Declared nnlo us, that in all nations throughout the world there 
Was scattered c a certain malicious people, that had laws contrary 

to all nations, and continually despised the commandments ot kings, so 
as the uniting of our kingdoms, honourably intended by us, cannot 'go 

forward. , . , . ;, 

5 Secino- then we understand that this people alone is continually in 
opposition unto all men, differing in the strange manner of their laws, and 
evil-affected to our slate, ' working all the mischief they can, that our 
kingdom may not be firmly established : _ ■ , • 

6 Therefore have we commanded, that all they that are signified in 
writinff unto you by Aman, who is ordained over the affairs, and is r next 

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gEsth.9.21. 
Ill's. 115. 13. 
i Dan. 4.35. 
k Est h. 3.2,5. 
]SceRom.9. 
2,3. & 10.1. 
tn Joel 2. 17. 
n Deutcr. 
32. 9. 

o~Ps.118.17. 
rfOr, shot, 
or, stop not. 
eCr. 

mightily. 
a Esth. 4. 
15, 16, 17. 
1) See Esth. 
5.1. 

c ch. 13. 8. 
d 1 Sam. 
28. 21. 
Job 13. 14. 
Ps 119. 109. 

Ps. 71. 17. 
& 78. 3, 4. 
fPs. 78. 5. 

Ps. 79. 1. 
h Dan. 5. 4. 
a Gr. vain 
things. 
bGr. be not. 
i Ps. 89. 50. 
c Or, gods. 
k verse 3. 
1 Ps. 15. 4. 
d Gr. every 
stranger, 
e Gr. pride, 
f Gr. quiet, 
ox, private. 
m ch. 13. 6. 
"■Gr. of my 
change. 
n Proverbs 
14. 10. 
over. 14, 16. 
a See Estli. 
5. 1. 

b Nell. 2. 4. 
Phil. 4. 6. 
a Or, deli- 
cately. 



Apocrypha. ESTHER 

unto us, shall all with their wives and children be utterly destroyed by 
the sword of their enemies, without all mercy and pity, the fourteenth 
day of the twelfth month s Adar of this present year: 

7 That they who of old and now also are malicious, may in one day 
with violence go into the grave, and so ever hereafter cause our affairs 
to be well settled, and without trouble. 

8 Then Mardocheus b thought upon all the works of the Lord, and 
made his prayer unto him, 

9 Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Almighty : for the whole world 
1 is in thy power, and if thou hast appointed to save Israel, there is no 
man that can gainsay thee : 

10 For thou hast made heaven and earth, and all the wondrous 
things under the heaven. 

11 Thou art Lord of all things, and there is no man that can resist 
thee, which art the Lord. 

12 Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, k that it was 
neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that I did 
not bow down to proud Aman. 

13 For ' I could have been content with good will for the salvation 
of Israel to kiss the soles of his feet. 

14 But I did this that I might not prefer the glory of man above the 
glory of God : neither will I worship any but thee, O God, neither will 
I do it in pride. 

15 And now, O Lord God and King, m spare thy people : for their 
eyes are upon us to bring us to nought ; yea, they desire to destroy the 
inheritance that hath been thine from the beginning. 

16 Despise not " the portion which thou hast delivered out of Egypt 
for thine own self. 

17 Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance : turn our 
sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, ° and praise thy name : and 
d destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O Lord. 

18 All Israel in like manner cried most e earnestly unto the Lord, 
because their death was before their eyes. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
, UEEN Esther also, being in fear of death, a resorted unto the 
Lord : 

2 b And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments of 
anguish and mourning : and instead of precious ointments, she cover- 
ed her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body greatly, 
and all the places of her joy she filled with her torn hair. 

3 And ,; she prayed unto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my Lord, 
thou only art our King : help me, desolate woman which have no helper 
but thee : 

4 d For my danger is in my hand. 

5 c From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family, that 
thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers 
from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast 
performed whatsoever thou didst promise them. 

6 And now we have sinned before thee : therefore hast thou given 
us into the hands of our enemies, 

7 Because we worshipped their gods : O Lord, thou art righteous. 

8 Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captivity : 
but they have stricken hands with their idols, 

9 That they will abolish the thing f that thou with thy mouth hast 
ordained, and destroy s thine inheritance, and stop the mouth of them 
ihat praise thee, and quench the glory of thy house, and of thine altar, 

10 And open the mouths of the heathen b to set forth the praises of 
the ° idols, and to magnify a fleshly king for ever. 

11 O Lord, give not thy sceptre unto them that ''be nothing, and let 
them not laugh at our fall; but turn their device upon themselves, and 
make him an example, that hath begun this against us. 

12 ' Remember, O Lord, make thyself known in time of our afflic- 
tion, and give me boldness, O King of the c nations, and Lord of all 
power. 

13 Give me eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion : turn his 
heart to hate him that fighteth against us, that there may be an end 
of him, and of all that are like-minded to him: 

14 But deliver us with thy hand, and help me that k am desolate, and 
which have no other helper but thee. 

15 Thou knowest all things, O Lord ; thou knowest ' that I hate the 
glory of the unrighteous, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised, and 
of d all the heathen. 

16 Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my e high 
estate, which is upon my head in the days wherein I shew myself, and 
that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear it not when I am 
'private by myself. 

17 And that thy handmaid hath not eaten at m Aman's table, and that 
/ have not greatly esteemed the king's feast, nor drunk the wine of the 
drink-offerings. 

18 Neither had thy handmaid any joy since the day ffthat I was 
brought hither to this present, n but in thee, O Lord God of Abraham. 

19 O thou mighty God above all, hear the voice of the ° forlorn, and 
deliver us out of the hands of the mischievous, and deliver me out of 
my fear. 

CHAPTER XV. 

A ND » upon the third day, when she had ended her prayer, she laid 
"9 a™?? ■ mourn ing garments, and put on her glorious apparel. 
?<» th* £!a£?S gloriously adorned, b after she had called upon God, who 
I A „j holde '? nd saviour of all things, she took two maids with her : 
4 A«rt tr^.iT 6 °?% she teaned, as carrying herself « daintily. 
4 And the other followed, bearing up her train. 



b Or, rose 
coloured, 
c Or, ami- 
able, or, 
smiliniT. 
cEsth.4.16, 
d Esth. 5. 1. 
d Or, with 
her, or, by 
her. ' 
ePs. 21.1. 
e Gr. in an 
agony. 
fEsth.4.16. 
f Or, as well 
thine as 
mine. 

g Esth. 5.2. 
h verse 7. 
g Or, she 
fell in a 
swoon. 
i verse 8. 
Jos. Ant. 
lib. 11, c. 6. 
a Or, well- 
affected to 
our state, 
b Gr. their 
benefactors 
a Esther 3. 
8,9, 10. & 5. 
9, 13, 14. 
c Or, needy. 
A Or, that 
never tast 
ed pros- 
perity. 
e Or, of our 
friends put 
in trust to 
manage the 
affairs. 
b Esther 3. 
10, 11. 
c Esth. 3. 1 
dl Tim. 2.2. 
e Esth. 3. 1. 
f'ch.l2.6.& 
13.4,5,6,7 
g See ch. 

13. 4, 5. 
/'Or, pros- 
pered. 
h Esther 3. 
12. 

i Esther 7. 
9,10. 

It Esther 8 
8,9, 10, 11, 
12, 13, 14. 
1 Esther 9. 
17, 18, 19. 
m verse 13, 

14, 15. 
n See Dan. 
3.29 



Apocrypha 

5 And she was ' ruddy through the perfection of her beauty, and 
her countenance was cheerful and c very amiable : «but her heart was 
in anguish for fear. 

6 1 hen having passed through all the doors, she stood before the 
king, <• who sat upon his royal throne, and was clothed with all his 
robes of majesty, all glittering with gold and precious stones ; and he 
was very dreadful. 

7 Then lifting up his countenance that shone with majesty, he looked 
very fiercely upon her : and the queen fell down, and was pale, and 
fainted, and bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went d be- 
fore her. 

8 Then e God changed the spirit of the king into mildness, who «in 
a fear leaped from his throne, and took her in nis arms, till she came to 
herself again, and comforted her with loving words, and said unto her, 

9 Esther, what is the matter ? I am thy brother, be of good cheer : 

10 Thou shalt not die, though f our commandment be /general : 
come near. 

11 And e so he held up his golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, 

12 And embraced her, and said, Speak unto me. 

13 Then said she unto him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, 
and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty. 

14 For wonderful art thou, lord, and thy countenance is full of grace. 

15 And as she was speaking, ffshe fell down for faintness. 

16 Then the king was troubled, and all his servants ' comforted her, 
CHAPTER XVI. 

HE great king Artaxerxes unto the princes and governors of a 
hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto Ethiopia, 
and unto all ° our faithful subjects, greeting. 

2 Many, the more often they are honoured with the great bounty of 
''their gracious princes, the more proud they are waxen, 

3 And endeavour * to hurt not our subjects only, but not being able 
to bear abundance, do take in hand to practise also against those that 
do them good : 

4 And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also 
lifted up with the glorious words of c lewd persons, rf that were never 
good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth all things, and 
hateth evil. 

5 Oftentimes also fair speech ~ e of those that are put in trust to manage 
their friends' affairs, hath caused many that are in authority to be par- 
takers of innocent blood, and hath enwrapped them in remediless ca- 
lamities : 

6 Beguiling with the falsehood and deceit of their lewd disposition 
b the innocency and goodness of princes. 

7 Now ye may see this as we have declared, not so much by ancient 
histories, as ye may, if ye search what hath been wickedly done of late 
through the pestilent behaviour of them c that are unworthily placed in 
authority. 

8 And we must take care for the time to come, that our kingdom 
may be d quiet and peaceable for all men, 

9 Both by changing our purposes, and always judging things that 
are evident with more equal proceeding. 

10 For Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadatha, being indeed a 
stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our goodness, and 
as a stranger received of us, 

11 e Had so far forth obtained the favour that we shew toward every 
nation, as that he was called our father, and was continually honoured 
of all men, as the next person unto the king. 

12 But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive us of 
our kingdom and life : 

13 f Having by manifold and cunning deceits sought of us the de- 
struction as well of Mardocheus, who saved our. life, and continually 
procured our good, as also of blameless Esther, partaker of our king- 
dom, with their whole nation. 

14 For by these means he thought, finding us destitute of friends, to 
have translated the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians. 

15 But we find that the Jews, whom this wicked wretch hath delivered 
to utter destruction, e are no evil-doers, but live by most just laws : 

16 And that they be children of the most high and most mighty 
living God, who hath /ordered the kingdom both unto us and to our 
progenitors in the most excellent manner. 

17 Wherefore ye shall do well not to put in execution h the letters 
sent unto you by Aman the son of Amadatha. 

18 For he, that was the worker of these things, 'is hanged at the 
gates of Susa with all his family : God, who ruleth all things, speedily 
rendering vengeance to him according to his deserts. 

19 k Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, 
that the Jews may freely live after their own laws. 

20 And ye shall aid them, that even the same day, being the thirteenth 
day of the twelfth month Adar, they may be avenged on them, who in 
time of their affliction shall set upon them. 

21 For Almighty God hath turned to joy unto them ' the day wherein 
the chosen people should have perished. 

22 Ye shall therefore among your solemn feasts keep it a high day 
witli all feasting : 

23 That both now and hereafter there may be safety to us, and the 
well-affected Persians ; '" but to those which do conspire against us, a 
memorial of destruction. 

24 " Therefore every city and country whatsoever, which shall not 
do according to these things, shall be destroyed without mercy, with fire 
and sword, and shall be made not only unpassable for men, but alsc 
most h"ateful to- wild beasts and fowls for ever. 

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U The "WISDOM of SOLOMON. 



CHAPTER I. 

a Deut. 1. 16. 1 Kings 3. 3. Isa. 56. 1.— b Ps. 95. 9.— c Deuter. 4. 29. 2 Chron. 15. 4.— a Or, 
maketh manifest. — d Jer. 4. 22. — b Or, is rebuked,oi, sheweth itself. — a Gal. 5. 22. — c Or, lips. — 
d Or upholdeth. — f Jer. 23.24. — e Or, reproving. — g 1 Corin. 10. 10.— /Or, slandercth. — h Deut. 4. 
23 24.— i Ezekiel 33. 11.— k Rev. 4. 11.— 1 Rom. 5. 12.— a Job 7. 1.— b Matth. 22. 23. 1 Corinth. 
15.' 32.— c Eccles. 3. 20. 

LOVE a righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth : think of the 
Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him. 

2 For he will be found of them b that tempt him not ; and sheweth 
himself unto such as do not c distrust him. 

3 For froward thoughts separate from God : and his power, when it 
is tried, a reproveth the unwise. 

4 For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter ; nor dwell in the 
body that is subjeet unto sin. 

5 d For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from 
thoughts that are without understanding, and 'will not abide when 
unrighteousness cometh in. 

6 For wisdom is a e loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer 
of his c words : foF God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of 
his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. 

7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world : and that which d con- 
taineth all things, hath knowledge of the voice. 

8 Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things f cannot be hid: 
neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him. 

9 For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly 
and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the e manifes 
tation of his wicked deeds. 

10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of mur 
murings is not hid. 

11 Therefore beware of f murmuring, which is unprofitable; and 
refrain your tongue from backbiting : Tor there is no word so secret, 
that shall go for nought : and the mouth that i belieth, slayeth the soul 

12 Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon your 
selves h destruction with the works of your hands. 

13 For God made not death: ' neither hath he pleasure in the de- 
struction of the living. 

14 For k he created all things, that they might have their being : 
and the generations of the world were healthful ; and there is no 
poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth : 

15 (For righteousness is immortal :) 

16 ' But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for 
when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and 
made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it. 

CHAPTER II. 

FOR the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, 
a Our life is short and tedious, b and in the death of a man there 
is no remedy : neither was there any man known to have returned from 
the grave. 

2 For we are born at all adventure : and we shall be hereafter, as 
though we had never been : for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, 
and a little spark in the moving of our heart : 

3 Which being extinguished, c our body shall be turned into ashes, 
and our spirit shall vanish as the a soft air, 

4 And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have 
our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of 
a cloud, and shall be dispersed as the mist that is driven away with the 
beams of the sun, and * overcome with the heat thereof. 

5 d For our time is a very shadow that passeth away ; and after our 
end there is no returning : for c it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh 
again. 

6 Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things e that are present : 
and let us d speedily use the creatures like as in youth. 

7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no 
flower of the spring pass by us : 

8 Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, f before they be withered. 

9 Let none of us go without his part of our e voluptuousness : Jet us 
leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place : e for this is our portion, 
and our lot is this. 

10 h Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the 
widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged. 

11 Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble 
is found to be nothing worth. 

12 Therefore, ■ let us lie in wait for the righteous ; because he is not 
for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings : he upbraideth us 
with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transo-res 
sions of our education. 



a Or, moist, 
b Or, op- 
pressed. 
d 1 Chron. 
29. 15. 
c Or, he. 
e Jsa. 22. 
13. & 56. 12. 
1 Corin. 15. 
32. 
<ZOr, 

earnestly. 
f Isa. 40.'7. 
e Or, jolli- 
ty. 

g Ps. 17. 14. 
h Isa. 1. 17. 
i Psa. 10. 9. 
k Romans 
1.22. 

! John 7. 7. 
Eph. 5. 13. 
m Isa. 53. 3. 
/Or, false 
coin. 

nPs.37. 37. 
oPs.22. 9. 
Matt. 27. 
43. 
p Jer. 11.19. 



qPs.50. 21. 
r 2 Thess. 
1.8. 

gGr. pre- 
ferred, or, 
esteemed 
thereward. 
s Gen. 1.26, 
27. & 5. 1. 
Ecclus. 17. 
3. 

t Gen. 3. 13. 
a Deuter. 
33.3. 

b chap. 5. 4. 
c Romans 
8.24. 

2 Cor. 5. 1. 
1 Pet. 1. 13. 
a Or, bene- 
fitted. 
d Ex. 16. 4. 
Deut. 8. 2. 
b Or, meet. 
e 1 Pet. 1. 7. 
f Matthew 
13. 43. 
g Matthew 
19.28. 
] Cor. fi. 2. 
c Or, and 
such as be 
faithful 
shall re- 
main with 
him inlove. 
h Matthew 
25.41. 
i Isa. 55. 2. 
dOr, light. 
or, un- 
chaste. 
k Isa. 56. 5: 
1 Isaiah 
56. 4, 5. 
e Gr. the 
chosen. 
fQi,among 
the people. 
mPs.lC.ll. 
g Or, be 
partakers 
of holy 

Llliiury. 

n Prov. 14. 
32. 

Ii Or, hear- 
ing. 

a § Pet. 1.5 
a Or, ap- 
proved. 
Ii 2 Tim. 4. 



c Matt. 7. 

19. 

d Romans 

13 k He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth iGtafaaw. 
himself the child of the Lord. |e isa. 57. 2' 

fPs. 15.4. 



14 He was made to ' reprove our thoughts. 



15 m He is grievous unto us even to behold : for his life is not like ifieh"i 1." 5^' 
other men's, his ways are of another fashion. 1, Gal. 3. i. 

16 We are esteemed of him as /counterfeits: he abstaineth from''"- G^ •J'«■- 
our ways as from filthiness : he pronounceth "the end of the just to Jor sanc . 
be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father. \i\fied, or, 

17 Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall 'cmsum. 
happen in the end of him. ih'h'lb 23 

18 For if the just man be the ° son of God, he will help him, and^Ps.103. 
deliver him from the hand of his enemies. ru' 18- -, 

19 Let us p examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we k Matt l" 
may know his meekness, and prove his patience. '41.42. 

8 



20 Let us condemn him with a shameful death : for by his own say- 
ing he shall be respected. 

21 Such things they did imagine, 1 and were deceived : for their own 
wickedness hath blinded them. 

22 As for the mysteries of God, r they knew tnem not : neither hoped 
they for the wages of righteousness, nor s discerned a reward for 
blameless souls. 

23 For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an 
3 image of his own eternity. 

24 ' Nevertheless, through envy of the devil came death into the 
world : and they that do hold of his side do find it. 

CHAPTER III. 
UT a the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there 
shall no torment touchlhem. 

2 b In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : and their departure 
is taken for misery, 

3 And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in 
peace. 

4 For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their c hope 
full of immortality. 

5 And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly a reward- 
ed : for God d proved them, and found them 'worthy for himself. 

6 e As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as 
a burnt-offering. 

7 And in the time of their visitation, f they shall shine, and run to 
and fro like sparks among the stubble. 

S They s shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, 
and their Lord shall reign for ever. 

9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth : c and 
such as be faithful in love shall abide with him : for grace and mercy 
is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect. 

10 But the h ungodly shall he punished according to their own imagi- 
nations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord. 

11 For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their 
hope is vain, ' their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable : 

12 Their wives are d foolish, and their children wicked : 

13 Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that 
is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed : she k shall have 
fruit in the visitation of souls. 

14 And blessed is the ' eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought 
no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God : for unto him 
shall be given e the special gift of faith, and an inheritance /in the 
temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind. 

15 For m glorious is the fruit of good labours : and the root of wis- 
dom shall never fall away. 

16 As for the children of adulterers, they shall not s come to their 
perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out. 

17 For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: 
and their last age shall be without'honour: 

18 Or, if they die quickly, n they have no hope, neither comfort in 
the day of ''trial. 

19 For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation. 
CHAPTER IV. 

BETTER it is to have no children, and a to have virtue : for the 
memorial thereof is immortal : because it is a known with God, 
and with men. 

2 When it is present, men take example at it ; and when it is gone. 
they desire it : it weareth u a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having 
gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards. 

3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor 
take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation. 

4 For though they flourish in branches for a time ; c yet standing 
not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of 
winds they shall be rooted out. 

5 d The imperfect branches shall be broken oft*, their fruit unprofita 
ble, not ripe to eat, yea, meet for nothing. 

6 For children begotten of unlawful b beds, are witnesses of wicked- 
ness against their parents in their trial. 

7 But though the righteous be prevented with death, " yet shall he 
be at rest. 

8 For f honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time^ 
nor that is measured by number of years. 

9 But wisdom is the gray hair unto"men,and an unspotted life is old age. 

10 « He pleased God, and was beloved of him : so that living among 
sinners he was translated. 

11 Yea, speedily was lie taken away, lest that wickedness should 
alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. 

12 For h the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are 
honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth 'undermine the 
simple mind. --,,., 

13 He, being made <* perfect in a short timc,fufilled a long time: 

14 For his soul pleased the Lord : therefore hasted he to take him 
a way from among the wicked. 

15 This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up 
this in their minds, ' That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and 
that he hath respect unto his chosen. 

16 Thus the righteous k that is dead shall condemn the Ungodly 
which are living; and youth that is soon perfected, the many yearB 
land old age of the unrighteous. 

W 1 



Apocrypha. 

17 For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand 
what God in his counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the 
Lord hath set him in safety. 

18 They shall see him, and despise him; but > God shall laugh them 
to scorn : and they shall hereafter be a vile carcass, and a reproach 
among the dead for evermore. 

19 For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they 
shall be speechless ; and he shall shake them from the foundation ; and 
they shall be utterly laid waste, and be in sorrow ; and their memorial 
shall perish. 

20 And e when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come 
with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face 

CHAPTER V. 

THEN shall the righteous man stand in » great boldness before the 
face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his 
labours. 

2 When they see it, >' they shall be troubled with terrible fear and 
shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all 
that they looked for. 

3 And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say 
within themselves. This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, 
and a a proverb of reproach : 

4 r We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without 
honour : 

5 How is he numbered i among the children of God, and his lot is 
among the saints ! 

6 Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of 
righteousness hath not shined unto us, and e the sun of righteousness 
rose not upon us. 

7 We ' wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruc 
tion: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no wity: but 
as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it. 

8 f What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our 
vaunting brought us ? 

9 All those "things are » passed away like a shadow, and as a post 
that hasteth by ; 

10 And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which, 
when it is gone by the trace thereof cannot be found, h neither the 
pathway of the keel in the waves. 

11 ' Or as when a bird c hath flown through the air there is no token of 
her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of'her 
wings, and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed 
through, and therein afterward no sign where she went is to be found ; 

12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, 
which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know 
where it went through : 

13 Even so we in like manner, k as soon as we were born, began to 
draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew ; but were con- 
sumed in our own wickedness. 

14 ' For the hope of the ungodly is like rf dust that is blown away 
with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm ; 
like as the e smoke which is m dispersed here and there with a tempest, 
and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a 
day. 

15 " But the righteous live for evermore ; their reward also is with 
the Lord, and the care of them is with the Most High. 

16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious /kingdom, and a beautiful 
crown from the Lord's hand : for with his right iiand shall he cover 
them, and with his arm shall he protect them. 

17 He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make 
the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies. 

18 He shall put on ° righteousness as a breast-plate, and true judg- 
ment instead of a helmet. 

19 He shall take s holiness for an invincible shield. 

20 His p severe wrath shall be sharpen for a sword, and the world 
shall fight witli him against the unwise 

21 Then shall the right-aiming thunderbolts go abroad, and from the 
clouds, as from a well-drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark. 

22 1 And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone-bow, 
and the -water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall 
cruelty drown them. 

23 Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, r and like a storm 
shall blow them away : thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, 
and ill-dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty. 

CHAPTER VI. 

HEAR therefore » O ye kings, and understand ; learn, ye that be 
judges of the ends of the earth. 

2 Give car, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of 
nations. 

3 For h power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the 
Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels. 

4 Because, being c ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged 
aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God ; 

5 d Horribly and speedily shall lie come upon you : for a sharp judg- 
ment shall be to them that be in high places. 

6 For mercy will soon pardon the meanest : but mighty men shall 
be mightily tormented. 

1 7 ii F >° r he t wl j i ?' 1 is Lortl °ver all shall fear no c man's person, neither 
^fiii „ I ln awe of an y man ' s greatness : for he hath made the 

"mall and great, and careth for all alike. 

8 Uut a sore trial shall come upon the mighty 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 



1 Ps. 2. 4. & 
37. 13. 
Prov. 1. 26. 
e Or, to the 
casting up 
of the ac- 
count. 
a 1 Tim. 3. 
13. 

b Ps. 11. 6. 
a Or, para- 
ble. 

cch. 3.2. 
<1 John 1.12. 
e Mai. 4. 2. 
b Or, filled 
ourselves, 
or, surfeit- 
ed. 

f Jam. 4. 6. 
g 1 Chron. 

29. 15. 
chap. 2. 5. 
hPs. 77. 19 
i Proverbs 

30. 19. 

c Or, fiie'h. 
k Ps. 58. 3. 

1 Job 8. 9. 
d Gr. this- 
tledown. 

c Or, chajf] 
mPs. 1. 4. 
& 103. 14. 
n John 14. 
19. 

/Or, pa- 
lace, un- 
less the 
word be 
taken im- 
properly, 
as 2 Mac. 
2.17. 
o Isa. 59. 
16, 17. 

g ° r > 
equity. 
pPs. 90.11. 
q Job 38. 
22, 23. 
r Ps. 11. 6. 
a Ps. 2. 10. 
b Romans 
13. 1, 2. 
c Bom. 13.4. 
dRev. 1.7. 
e Deuter. 
10. 17. 

2 Chr. 19. 7. 
Job 34. 19. 
Eccl. 35. 
12, 16. 



fverse 1. 
gRev.22.11 
a Or, justi- 
fied. 

b Or, a de- 
fence. 
h Matt. 7. 7. 
i Prov. 8. 17. 
c Or, nur- 
ture. 

k Romans 
13 8,10. 
1 ch. 5. IS. 
m Ps. 78. 2. 
n Isa. 6. 13. 

Prov. 1. 3. 
a Gen. 2. 7. 
bJoblO.10. 
c Luke 2. 7. 
d Job 1.21. 

1 Tim. 6. 7. 
e 1 Kings 
3. 11, 12. 
aGr. stove 
ofinestima- 
ble price. 
Prov. 3. 14, 
15. 

flKgs.3.13. 
Matt. 6. 33. 
b Gr. with- 
out guile, 
c Gr. with- 
out envy, 
d Or, enter 
friendship 
withGod. 
e Or, God 
grant. 
/Or, are to 
be spoken 
of- 

g Col. 2. 3. 
hHeb.11.3. 
iGen. 8. 22. 
k Ps. 19. 6. 
1 Deuter. 
29. 29. 

Gr. only 
begotten 



yaw. 

iOr. stream. 



Apocrypha. 
O kings, do I speak, that ye may learn wis- 



9 Unto you therefore 
dom, and not fall away: 

10 For they that keep holiness holily, g shall be « judged holy : and 
they that have learned such things shall find b what to answer. 

11 Wherefore set your affection upon my words ; desire them, and ye 
shall be instructed. s 

12 Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away : yea, she is easily 
seen of them that love her, b and found of such as seek her. 

13 She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first known 
unto them. 

14 Whoso seeketh her ■ early shall have no great travail : for he 
shall find her sitting at his doors. 

15 To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom: and whoso 
watcheth for her shall quickly be without care. 

16 For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth 
herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every 
thought. 

17 For the very true beginning of her is the desire of c discipline; 
and the care of discipline is love : 

18 k And love is the keeping of her laws ; and the giving heed unto 
her laws is the assurance of incorruption ; 

19 And incorruption maketh us near unto God : 

20 Therefore ' the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom. 

21 If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the 
people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore. 

22 As for wisdom, what siie is, and how she came up, m I will tell 
you, and will not hide mysteries from you : but will seek her out from 
the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into 
light, and will not pass over the truth. 

23 Neither will I go with consuming envy ; for such a man shall have 
no fellowship with wisdom. 

24 But ■ the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and 
a wise king is the upholding of the people. 

25 ° Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do 
you good. 

CHAPTER VII. 
Jf~ MYSELF also am a mortal man, like to all, and the offspring of 
-* him ' that was first made of the earth ; 

2 And in my mother's womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of 
ten months, being compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the 
pleasure that came with sleep. 

3 And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the 
earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was 
crying, as all others do. 

4 I was nursed in c swaddling-clothes, and that with cares. 

5 For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth. 

6 d For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out. 

7 ° Wherefore, I prayed, and understanding was given me : I called 
upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. 

8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches 
nothing in comparison of her. 

9 Neither compared I unto her any ■ precious stone, because all gold 
in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay 
before her. 

10 I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead 
of light : for the light that cometh from her never goeth out. 

11 f All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable 
riches in her hands. 

12 And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them : 
and I knew not that she was the mother of them. 

13 I learned 'diligently, and to communicate her c liberally: I do 
not hide her riches. 

14 For she is a treasure unto men, that never faileth : which they 
that d use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts 
that come from learning. 

15 e God hath granted me to speak as I would, and to conceive as is 
meet for the things that /are given me : because it is he that leadeth 
unto wisdom, and d.irecteth the wise. 

16 For in his hand are both we and our words ; s all wisdom also, 
and knowledge of workmanship. 

17 For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, 
namely, to know how h the world was made, and the operation of the 
elements : 

18 The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations 
of the turnings of the sun, and ' the change of seasons : 

19 The k circuits of years, and the positions of stars: 

20 The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts : 
the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men : the diversities of 
plants, and the virtues of roots : 

21 And all such things as are ' either secret or manifest, them I 
know. 

22 For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me : for in 
her is an understanding spirit, holy, sone only, manifold, subtil, lively 
clear,. undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, 
quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good. 

23 m Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, 
John lis. i overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure and 
m Ps. 8. 4. I most subtil spirits. 

& 144. 3. 24 For wisdom is more moving than any motion : she passeth and 
! goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. 

25 For she is the h breath of the power of God, and a pure ' influence 

30 



Apocrypha, 

flowing from the g-ory of the Almighty ; therefore can no defiled thing 
fall into her. 

26 For she is the ° brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted 
mirror of the power of God, and ° the image of his goodness. 

27 And being but one, she can do all things : and remaining in her 
self, she * maketh all things new : and in all ages entering into holy 
souls, she maketh them friends of God and prophets. 

28 I'For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom 

29 For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of 
stars : being compared with the light, she is found before it 

30 For after this cometh night: but vice shall not prevail against 
wisdom. 

CPIAPTER VIII. 
TT¥/*ISD (Mf reacheth from one end to another mightily : and a sweet 
*' ly doth she order all things. 

2 I loved her, a and sought her out from my youth : I desired b to 
make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty. 

3 In that she is conversant with God, she magmfieth her nobility : 
yea, h the Lord of all things himself loved her. 

4 For she is c privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and 
a d lover of his works. 

5 If riches be a possession to be desired in this life ; c what is richer 
than wisdom, that worketh all things ? 

6 And if d prudence work ; who of all that are, is a more cunning 
workman than she ? 

7 And if a man love righteousness, her labours are e virtues : for she 
teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude : which are 
such things, as men can have nothing more profitable in their life. 

8 If a man desire much ' experience, she knoweth things of old, and 
conjectureth aright what is to come : she knoweth the subtilties of 
speeches, and can expound dark sentences ; she foreseeth signs and 
wonders, and the events of s seasons and times. 

9 Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, knowing 
that she « would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares 
and grief. 

10 For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude, and 
honour with the h elders, though I be young. 

Ill shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment and shall be ad- 
mired in the sight of great men. 

12 ' When I hold my tongue, they shall abide my leisure, and when I 
speak, they shall give good ear unto me : If I talk much, they shall k lay 
their hands upon their mouth. 

13 Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave 
behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me. 

14 I shall /set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject 
unto me. 

15 Horrible tyrants shall be afraid when they do but hear of me; I 
shall s be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war. 

16 A After I have come into my house, I will repose myself with her: 
for her conversation hath no bitterness ; and to live with her hath no 
sorrow, but mirth and joy. 

17 Now, when I considered these things in myself, and ' pondered 
them in my heart, how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality ; 

18 And great pleasure it is to have her friendship ; and in the works 
of her hands are m infinite riches ; and in the exercise of conference 
with her, prudence ; and in talking with her, » a good report; I went 
about seeking how to & take her to me. 

19 For I was a witty child, and had a good spirit. 

20 Yea rather, being good, I came into a body undefiled. 

21 Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain 
her, n except God gave her me ; and that was a point of wisdom also to 
know whose gift she was ; I 'prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, 
and with ° my whole heart I said, 

CHAPTER IX. 
GOD of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, a who hast made all things 
with thy word, 

2 And ordained men through thy wisdom, that lie should h have do- 
minion over the creatures which thou hast made, 

3 And order the world according to equity and righteousness, and 
execute judgment with an upright heart : 

4 Give c me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne ; and reject me not 
from among thy children : 

5 For I J thy servant, and son of thy handmaid, am a feeble person, and 
of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws. 

6 For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, 
yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded. 

7 Thou hast chosen me to be a c king of thy people, and a judge of 
thy sons and daughters : 

8 Thou hast commanded me to ' build a temple upon thy holy mount, 
and an altar *in the city wherein thou dwellest; a resemblance of the 
holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning. 

• 9 And s wisdom was with thee : which knoweth thy works," and was 
present when thou madest the world, and knew what was acceptable 
in thy sight, and right in thy commandments. 

10 O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy 
glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know 
what is pleasing unto thee. 

11 For she knoweth and understandeth all things, and she shall lead 
me soberly- in my doings, and preserve me ° in her power. 

12 So shall my works be acceptable, and then shall I judge thy peo- 
ple righteously, and be worthy to sit in my father's seat. 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON 



n Heb. 1. 3. 

Heb. 1. 3. 
i Or, creat- 
eth. 

Rev. 21. 5. 
pPs. 18.25, 
26, 27. 
a Or,profit- 
ably. 

a Prov. Q. 4. 
b Or, to 
marry her 
to myself. 
b Ps. 45. 7. 
c Or ^teach- 
er. 
dOr, 
chooser. 
c Prov. 3. 
14, 15. 
d Ex. 31.3,6. 
e 2 Pet. 1. 

5, 6, 7. 
fRom. 5. 4. 
gActs 1 7. 
e Gr. will. 
h Ex.24. 1. 
i Job 29. 8, 
9, 10. 

k Job 40. 4. 
fOr,rrovcm 
gOr,appcar. 
h Or, bcint 
entered in 
tomy house. 

1 Pr. 3. 3. & 

6. 21. & 7. 3. 
m Pr. 8. 18. 
i Or, fame 
k Or, mar- 
ry her. 

n Jam. 1.17. 
I Or, went. 
o Ps. 138. 1 
a Rev. 4. 11. 
b Gen. 1.28. 
clKgs.3.9. 
dPs.116.16, 
& 119. 125. 
& 143. 12. 
elChr.28.5. 
2Chr. 1. 9. 
f2Chron. 
1. 1, 4. 
sPr.8.22. 
John 1.1,2. 
3, 10. 

h Pr. 8. 27, 
28,39,30,31. 
a Or, by her 
power, or. 
glory. 



ilsa.40. 13 
Rom. 11.34 
1 Cor. 2. 16, 
b Or, f ear- 
ful- 

k 2 Cor. 5.1. 
c Gr. at 
hand. 
1 Job 11. 7. 
mlsa.63.11, 
a Lu. 3. 38, 
b Gen. 1.23 
c Gen. 4. 8. 
d Gen. 7.21. 
e Heb. 11.7. 
f Ren. 11.9. 
gGcn.22.10. 
a Or, in. 
hGen.J9.10. 
b Gr. Pcn- 
tapolis. 
i Gen. 14. 8. 
kGen.19.26. 
I Genesis 
28. 5, 12. 
mGen.31.1. 
n Gen. 32. 
24. 

o Gen. 37. 
28. & 39. 7. 
Ants 7. 10. 
c Or, the 
power of 
them that 
ruled over 
him. 

Or, holy. 
p Ex. 1. 12. 
<\ Ex.5. 1. 
cOr, flame. 
r Ex. 14. 
21,22. 
Ps. 78. 13. 
s Ex.14. 38 
t Ex. 15. L 
u Isa. 35. (i. 
a Acts 7. 37. 
b Ex. 16. 1. 
c Ex. 17. 10, 
11,13. 

(1 Ex. 17. 6. 
o Ex. 7. 17. 
f Ex. 1. 22. 

Ex. 7. 20. 

Exodus 
1. 38, 23. 



Apocrypha 

13 For ' what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who 
can think what the will of the Lord is ? 

14 For the thoughts of mortal men are b miserable, and our devices 
are but uncertain. 

15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and k the earthly 
tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many thino-s. 

16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon eartS, and 
with labour do we find the things that are c before us : ' but the things 
that are in heaven who hath searched out? 

17 And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and 
send thy m Holy Spirit from above ? 

18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, 
and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were 
saved through wisdom. 

CHAPTER X. 
<£|HE preserved a the first-formed father of the world, that was 
K3 created alone, and brought him out of his fall, 

2 And ' gave him power to rule all things. 

3 c But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger, he 
perished also in the fury wherewith he murdered his brother. 

4 For whose cause the earth d being drowned with the flood, wis- 
dom again preserved it, c and directed the course of the righteous in 
a piece of wood of small value. 

5 Moreover, f the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confound- 
ed, she found out the righteous and preserved him blameless unto 
God, and s kept him strong a against his tender compassion toward 
his son. 

6 When the ungodly perished, '■ she delivered the righteous man, 
who fled from the fire which fell down upon b the ' five cities. 

7 Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh 
is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness - 
and a k standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul. 

8 For regarding not wisdom, they gat not only this hurt, that they 
knew not the things which were good ; but also left behind them 
to the world a memorial of their foolishness : so that in the things 
wherein they offended they could not so much as be hid. 

9 But wisdom delivered from pain those that attended upon her. 

10 ' When the righteous fled from his brother's wrath, she guided 
him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him 
knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied 
the fruit of his labours. 

11 m In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, 
and made him rich. 

12 She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those 
that lay in wait, n and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory ; that 
he might know that godliness is stronger than all. 

13 ° When the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, but deliver- 
ed him from sin : she went down with him into the pit, 

14 And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the 
kingdom, and c power against those that oppressed him: as for them 
that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him per- 
petual glory. 

15 She delivered the ''righteous people and blameless seed r from 
the nation that oppressed them. 

16 She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, and 1 with- 
stood dreadful kings in wonders and signs ; 

17 Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them 
in a marvellous way, and was unto them for a covert by day, and a 
e light of stars in the night season ; 

18 r Brought them through the Red sea, and led them through 
much water •: 

19 But s she drowned their enemies, and cast them up out of the 
bottom of the deep. 

20 Therefore the righteous spoiled the ungodly, and ' praised thy 
holy name, O Lord, ana magnified with one accord thy hand that fought 
for them. 

21 For wisdom " opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the 
tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent. 

CHAPTER XI. 

SHE prospered their works in the hand of a the holy prophet. 
2 b They went through the wilderness that was not inhabited, and 
pitched tents in places where there lay no way. 

3 c They stood against their enemies, and were avenged of their 
adversaries. 

4 When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, J and water was 
given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of 
tlie hard stone. 

5 For by what things their enemies were punished, by Hie same 
they in their need were benefited. _ 

6 For instead of a fountain of a perpetual running river • troubled 
with foul blood, 

7 For a manifest reproof of that commandment, ' whereby the in- 
fants were slain, thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a 
means which they hoped not for: . • 

8 Declaring by that thirst then * how thou hadst punished their ad 
versarics. . . - ., 

9 For when they were tried, albeit but m mercy chastised, they 
knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, thirsting 
in another manner than the just. 

10 For these thou didst admonish and try, b as a father: but the 
Other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish. 



Apocrypha. 

11 Whether they were absent or present, they were vexed alike. 

12 For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the re- 
membrance of things past. 

13 For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be 
benefited, they " had some feeling of the Lord. 

14 For whom they rejected with scorn, when he was long before 
thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they 
saw what caine to pass, they admired. 

15 But for > the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being 
deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou 
didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance ; 

16 That they might know, that k wherewithal a man sinneth, by the 
same also shall he be punished. 

17 For thine Almighty hand, that made the world of matter ' without 
form, v. anted not means to send among them a multitude of bears, or 
fierce lions, 

18 Or unknown ra wild beasts, full of rage, newly created, breathing 
out either a fiery vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, or shooting 
horrible sparkles out of their eyes : 

19 Whereof not only the harm might despatch them at once, but also 
the terrible sight utterly destroy them. 

20 Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one 
blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the 
breath of thy power : but thou hast ordered all things in measure and 
number and weight. 

21 For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou 
wilt ; and who may withstand '• the power of thine arm ? 

22 For the whole world before thee is as a b little grain of the balance, 
yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth. 

23 But thou hast mercy upon all ; for thou canst do all things, and 
winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend. 

24 For thou lovest all the things that are, p and abhorrest nothing 
which thou hast made :" for never wouldest thou have made any thing, 
if thou hadst hated it. 

25 And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been thy 
will ? or been preserved., if not called by thee ? 

26 But , thou sparest aft: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls. 

CHAPTER XII. 

FOR thine incorruptible a Spirit is in all things. 
2 Therefore b chasten thou them by little and little that offend, 
and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have 
offended, thatleaving their wickedness they may believe on thee,OLord. 

3 For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both 
those " old inhabitants of thy holy land, 

4 Whom thou hatest for doing most odious works of h witchcrafts, 
and wicked sacrifices ; 

5 And also those c merciless murderers of children, and devourers 
of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood, 

6 With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and 
the parents that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help: 

7 That the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, might re- 
ceive a worthy ° colony of God's children. 

8 Nevertheless, even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send 
u wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little. 

9 e Not that thou wast unable to bringothe ungodly under the hand 
of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, 
or with one rough word : 

10 But executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, f thou 
gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a 
naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that 
their cogitation would never be changed. 

11 For it was a s cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst 
thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein 
they sinned. 

12 For who shall say, h What hast thou done ? or who shall with- 
stand thy judgment? or who shall accuse thee for the nations that 
perish, whom thou hast made ? or who shall come to stand d against 
thee, to be e revenged for the unrighteous men ? 

13 For neither is there any God but thou that ■ careth for all, to 
whom thou mightest shew that thy judgment is not unright, 

14 k Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee 
for any of whom thou hast punished. 

15 For so much then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all 
things righteously : ] thinking it not agreeable with thy power to con 
demn him that hath not deserved to be punished. 

16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou 
art the Lord of all, m it maketh thee to be gracious unto all. 

17 For when men will not believe that thou art of a /full power, 
thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest 
their boldness manifest. 

18 But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest 
us with great favour : " for thou mayest use power when thou wilt. 

19 But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man 
should be "merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope 
that thou givest repentance for sins. 

20 For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the con- 
demned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place 

?V \^>i f y might be de ^vered from their malice : 
P ,f n +n , ,x!i ~ g , Te&t circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, 
premises? th ° U hast ?worn ' and made covenants of good 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON 



a Or, per- 
ceived, 
Ex. 14. 25. 
i Horn. 1. 
21,22,23. 
k cli. 12. 23. 
) Gen. 1. 2. 
m Lev. 26. 
22. 

Deuter. 32. 
24. 

2 Kings 
17. 25. 
n Ps. 89. 13. 
b Or, little 
weight, 
Isa. 40. 15. 

Acts 17. 
30. 

p Gen. 1. 31. 
q ch. 12. 16. 
a Genesis 
1. 2. 

b Ps. 39. 11. 
a Or, an- 
cient. 

b Or, sorce- 
ries, 

Lev. 20. 6. 
c ch. 14. 23. 
c Or, new 
inhabit- 
ants. 

rl Ex.23. 28. 
Deut. 7. 20. 
e ch. 11. 20. 
f2 Pet. 3.9. 
g Gen. 9. 25. 
h Rom. 9. 
20. 

d Or, in thy 
presence, 
e Or, a re- 
venger. 
i 1 Pet. 5. 7. 
k Job 9. 4. 

1 Job 10. 2. 
m Ps. 145. 
9. 

/Or, per- 
fect. 

n Job 34. 1. 
o Matt. 5. 7. 
p Ps. 105, 
8, 9, 10. 



q Prov. 3. 
U,12. 
g Or, abo- 
minable 
idols. 

rch. 11. 15, 
Rom. 1. 23. 
s Prov. 1.26. 
t Rom. 2. 2. 
u 2 Thess. 
1.8. 

a Romans 
1.19. 
b Deut. 4. 
19. & 17. 3. 
c Gen. 1. 14, 
15, 16. 
dPe. 111.2 
e Romans 
1.20. 

f See Rom. 
1.21. 

a Or, seek, 
g Romans 
1.20. 

h verse 18. 
i Ps. 115. 4 
k Isa. 44. 
13. 

Jer. 10. 3. 
bOi,timbcr 
wright. 
c Or, chips. 
1 Isa. 44. 13, 
m Romans 
1.23. 

n 1 Samuel 
5.3. 

Isa. 19. 1. 
& 46. 1, 2. 
.o Ps. 115. 
5,6. 

d Gr. that 
hath no ex- 
perience at 
all. 

pPs. 115. 7. 
a Or, ship, 
b Or, ves- 
sel, or, ship. 
a Exodus 
14.22. 
b See Ps. 
89.9. 

c Gen. 6. 4. 
d Heb. 11. 
7. 

e Ps. 115. 
8. 

Baruch 6. 
4. 

f Ps. 5. 5. 
g v.erse 8. 



Apocrypha 

22 Therefore, a whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our 
enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge we 
should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are 
judged, we should look for mercy. 

23 Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously 
thou hast tormented them with their own s abominations. 

24 r For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held 
them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were 

| despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding. 

25 Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, 
thou didst send a judgment to B mock them. 

26 But they that would not be reformed by that correction wherein 
he dallied with them, shall feel a : judgment worthy of God. 

27 For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, 
that is, for them whom they thought to be gods ; [now] being punished 
in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the°true God, 
whom before they denied u to know; and therefore came extreme 
damnation upon them. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
URELY vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and 
could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is : 
neither, by considering the works, did they acknowledge the work- 
rnaster ; 

2 b But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of 
the stars, or the violent water, or c the lights of heaven, to be the gods 
which govern the world. 

3 With whose beauty if they d being delighted took them to be gods ; 
let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first 
author of beauty hath created them. 

4 But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them 
understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them. 

5 For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures, proportionably 
the maker of them e is seen. 

6 But yet for this they are the less to be blamed : for they peradven 
ture err, seeking God, and desirous to find him. 

7 For being f conversant in his works, they ° search him diligently 
nd believe their sight : because the things are beautiful that are seen 

8 Howbeit, e neither are they to be pardoned. 

9 For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the 
world ; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof? 

10 But miserable are they, and in h dead things is their hope, who 
called them gods ' which are the works of men's hands, gold and 
silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for 
nothing, the work of an ancient hand. 

11 k Now a 'carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down 
a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round 
about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit 
for the service of man's life ; 

12 And after spending the c refuse of his work to dress his meat, 
hath filled himself ; 

13 And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, 
being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it dili- 
gently, when he had nothing else to do, ' and formed it by the skill of 
his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man ; 

14 Or made it like some m vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, 
and with paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein ; 

15 And when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall, 
and made it fast with iron : 

16 For he provided for it that it might n not fall, knowing that it was 
unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help : 

17 Then maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, 
and is not ashamed to speak to that ° which hath no life. 

18 For health, he called upon that which is weak: for life, prayeth 
to that which is dead: for aid, humbly beseecheth rf that p which hath 
least means to help : and for a good journey, he asketh of that which 
cannot set a foot forward: 

19 And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, 
asketh ability to do, of him that is most unable to do any thing. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

AGAIN, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through 
the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood, more rotten than 
the °vessel that carrieth him. 

2 For verily desire of gain devised b that, and the workman built it 
by his skill. 

3 But thy prov/dence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast »made 
a way in the sea, and a safe path in the waves ; 

4 Shewing that thou canst save from all danger: b yea, though a 
man went to sea without art. 

5 Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom 
should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece 
of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved. 

6 c For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the 
hope of the world, governed by thy hand, d escaped in a weak vessel, 
and left to all ages a seed of generation. 

7 For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh. 

8 But e that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that 
made it: he, because he made it; and it, because being corruptible, it 
was called God. 

9 ' For the uno-odlyandhisungodliness are both alike hateful unto God. 

10 For e that which is made shall be punished together with him that 
made it. 

32 



Apocrypha. 

11 Therefore even c upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a 
visitation : because in the creatures of God they are become an abomi- 
nation, and h d stumbling-blocks to the souls of men, and a e snare to 
the feet of the unwise. 

12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornica- 
tion, and the invention of them the corruption oflife. 

13 For neither were they from ' the beginning, neither shall they be 
for ever. 

14 For by the vain-glory of men they entered into the world, and 
therefore shall they come shortly to an end. 

15 For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made 
k an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, 
which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under 
him ceremonies and sacrifices. 

16 Thus /in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was 
kept as a law, ' and graven images were worshipped by the command- 
ments of s kings. 

17 Whom men could not honour " in presence, because they dwelt far 
off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an ex- 
press image of a king m whom they honoured, to the end that by this 
their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were 
present. 

18 Also the singular diligence of " the artificer did help to set for- 
ward the ignorant to more superstition. 

19 For he, peradventure, willing to please one in authority, forced 
all his skill to make the resemblance *of the best fashion. 

20 And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him 
now for a god, which a little before was but honoured as a man. 

21 And this was an occasion to ° deceive the world : for men, serving 
either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the in- 
communicable 4 name. 

22 Moreover, this was not enough for them, that they erred in the 
knowledge of God ; but whereas they lived in the great war of igno- 
rance, those so great plagues called they peace. 

23 For whilst they t slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret 
ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites ; 

24 They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled : but 
either one slew another traitorously, or grieved him by adultery. 

25 So that there reigned in all men 'without exception, <i blood, man- 
slaughter, theft, and dissimulation, corruption, unfaithfulness, tumults, 
perjury, 

26 Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, defiling of 
souls, changing of r " kind, disorder in marriages, adultery, and shame 
less uncleanness. 

27 For the worshipping of idols " not to be named is r the beginning, 
the cause, and the end, of all evil. 

28 For either they are mad when they be merry, or prophesy lies, or 
live unjustly, or else lightly forswear themselves. 

29 For insomuch as their trust is in idols B which have no life ; though 
they swear falsely, yet they look not to be hurt. 

30 Howbeit, for both causes shall they be justly punished : both be- 
cause they thought not well of God, ° giving heed unto idols, and also 
unjustly swore in deceit, l despising holiness. 

31 For it is not the power of them by whom they swear : but it is the just 
vengeance of sinners, thatpunisheth always the offence of the ungodly. 

CHAPTER XV. 

BUT a thou, O God, art gracious and true, long-suffering, and in 
mercy ordering all things. 

2 For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power : b but we will not 
sin, knowing that we are * counted thine. 

3 For to know thee is perfect righteousness: yea, to know thy power 
is the root of immortality. 

4 For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor 
an image spotted with divers colours, the painter's fruitless labour; 

5 The sight whereof a enticcth fools to lust after it, and so they de- 
sire the form of a dead image that hath no breath. 

6 Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that 
worship them, are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have sucl 
things to trust upon. 

7 For the <> potter, tempering soft earth, fashioncth every vessel witl 
much labour for our service : yea, of the same clay he maketli e both 
the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve 
to the contrary : but what is the use of cither sort, the potter himself 
is the judge. 

8 And employing his labours lewdly, ho maketh a vain god of the 
same clay, even he f which a little before was made of earth himself, 
and within a little while alter returnoth to the same, out of the which 
he was taken, when his s life which was lent him shall be demanded. 

9 Notwithstanding his care is, not that lie shall '-have much labour, 
nor that his life is short : but striveth to excel goldsmiths and silver- 
smiths, and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth 
it his glory to make counterfeit things. 

10 His heart is ashes, h his hope is more vile than earth, and bis life 
of less value than clay : 

11 Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into 
him an active soul, ' and breathed in a living spirit. 

12 But they counted our life a pastime, and our ''time here ;i mnxkel 
for gain : for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by 
evil means. 

13 <iFor this man, that of earthly matter maketh u Iwittlo vessels and 
graven images, knoweth himself to offend above all others. 

9 E 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 



:Or,io,or,&7/ 
h Jer. 10. b. 
Hab. 2. IS. 
d Or. san. 
dqjs. 

e fJr, trap. 
i Gen. 1. 1. 
h. 13. 13. 
fGr.intime. 
1 Dan. 6. 9. 
gOr, 
tyrants. 
k Or, in 
sight. 

iRom.1.25. 
n Isa. 40. 
18, 19. 
i Gr. to the 
better. 
o Gen. 3. 13. 
Rev. 12. 9. 
li Or, of 
God, 

Isa. 45. 22. 
pDeut. 18.10 
Jer. 7. 9. & 
19.4. 
i Or, con- 
fusedly. 
q John 8.44. 
in Or, sex. 
reGr. 
nameless. 
Ex. 23. 13. 
rver.12,13. 
s ch. 13. 10. 
o Or, de- 
voted. 
tHeb.12.14. 
a Ex. 34. G. 
b Gen. 39. 9. 
c Ps. 87. 6. 
a Or, turn- 
etk a re- 
proach to 
the foolish. 
dRom. 12.21 
e '■ im.2.20 
flCor.15.47. 
gLuk.12.20 
b Or, on 
sichyOTidie. 
h ch. 13. 10. 
i Gen. 2. 7. 
c Or, life, 
d Or, so. 
k verse 7. 



e Or, air. 
1 Ps. 115. 4, 
5, 6, 7, 8. 
m chap. 13. 
iO, 18. 
n Rom. 1.23. 
a ch. 12. 23. 
b Nu. 21. 6. 
chap. 11. 
15, 1G. 
c Numb. 
11.31. 
deli. 11.17, 
18, 19. 
i Oi, thy 

eflBi i . 

e Numb. 

21. G. 

1 Cor. 10. 9. 

f Numb. 

21.9. 

gls a. 45.22. 

li Ex. 8. 24. 

&10. 4. 

Rev. 9. 3. 

IPs. 107. 20. 

bGr. stung. 

c Or, never 

drama 

t'rinn. 

k Dout. 32. 

39. 

1 Sara. 2. 6. 

lEccl.12.7. 

m Ex.9. 23. 

Josh. 10. 11. 

nJudg.5.20. 

Rev. 12. 1G. 

ocb. 11.17, 

18. 

p Ex.l6.l4. 

Num. 11. 7. 

Pa." 

John <i. 31. 

q Judg.G.4. 

d Or, 

mi! into. 

c Of, iras 
tempered. 
r ch. 19.30. 
■ P«. 33. Lft 
&37. 19. 
fOi, things. 
tOt,ot 

thrill thill 

prayed. 
I Deut.8.3. 

Matt. 4. -l 



Apocrypha 

14 And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, 
are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes. 

15 For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods : which 
neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw e breath, nor 
ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle ; and as for their feet, 
they are slow to go. 

16 For ' man made them, and he that borrowed his own spirit fashion- 
ed them ; but no man can make a god like unto himself. 

17 For being mortal, he worketh m a dead thing with wicked hands : 
for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth : where- 
as he lived once, but they never. 

IS Yea, they worshipped those ■ beasts also that are most hateful: 
for being compared together, some are worse than others. 

19 Neither are they heautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of 
beasts ; but they went without the praise of God and his blessing. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
^FinHEREFORE by the like were they punished worthily and by 

Ja. the multitude of beasts tormented. 

2 Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own 
people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even r quails 
to stir up their appetite: 

3 To the end that they, desiring food, might, ,; for the ugly sight of 
the beasts sent among them, loathe even that which they must needs 
desire ; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made 
partakers of a strange taste. 

4 For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should 
come penury, which they could not avoid : but to these it should only 
be shewed how their enemies were tormented. 

5 For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon "these, and 
they perished with the e stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured 
not for ever : 

6 But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be ad- 
monished, having a ' sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of 
the commandment of thy law. 

7 For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing 
that he saw, buf by thee, * that art the Saviour of all. 

8 And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who 
deliverest from all evil : 

9 For h then the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was 
there found any remedy for their life ; for they were worthy to be 
punished by such. 

10 But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame : 
for thy mercy was ever by them, ' and healed them. 

11 For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words : 
and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they 
might be " continually mindful of thy goodness. 

12 For it was neither herb nor mollifying plaster that restored them 
to health : but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things. 

13 For thou hast power of life and death : thou k leadest to the gates 
of hell, and bringest up again. 

14 A man indeed killeth through his malice : and the spirit, when it is 
gone forth, returneth not; > neither the soul received up cometh again. 

15 But it is not possible to escape thy hand. 

16 m For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by 
the strength of thine arm : with strange rains, hails, and showers, 
were they persecuted, that they could not avoid ; and through fire 
were they consumed. 

17 For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in 
the water, that quencheth all things : for the world " fighteth for the 
righteous. 

IS For some time the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up 

the beasts that were sent against the ungodly ; but themselves might 
see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God. 

19 And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above 
the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land. 

20 i' Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels' 
food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their 
labour, able to content every man's delight, and agreeing to every taste. 

21 For thy <i d sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children 
and serving to the appetite of the cater, e tempered itself to every man's 
liking. 

22 ' But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that (hoy 
might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did 
destroy the fruits of the enemies. 

23 But this again did even forget his own strength, that ' the rig-lit 
cous might be nourished. 

2 4 For the creature that scrveth then, who art the Maker, increas 
eth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment, and abal- 
eth his strengh for the benefit, of such as put their trust in thee. 

25- Therefore even then was it altered into all J fashions, and was 
obedient to thy grace, that, nourisheth all things, according to the 
desire S of them that had need : 

26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that 

1 it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man : but that it is thy 
word which preservetn them that put their trust in thee. 

27 For that which was not destroyed of the fire, " being warmed 
w i!li n little sun-beam, soon melted away : 

28 That it might be known « that we must prevent the sun to give 



,', e".m 2i I hee thanks, and at the day-spring pray unto thee. 
i' 5.S.& L'ft For the hope of the unthankful shall melt a.\ 



ISO, a 



inc ot me unuianKiui snail men away as the winter's 
Ihoar frost, and snail run away as unprofitable water 

33 



Apocrypha. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

FOR a great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore 
a unnurtured souls have erred. 

2 For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation ; 
they being shut up ''in their houses, ''the prisoners of darkness, and 
fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] c exiled from the 
eternal providence. 

3 For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were 
scattered d under a dark vail of forgetfulness, being horribly astonish- 
ed, and troubled with [strange] c apparitions. 

4 For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: 
but noises [as of waters] falling down sounded about them, and c sad 
visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances. 

5 No power of the fire might give them light : d neither could the 
bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night. 

6 Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dread- 
ful : for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw 
to be worse than the sight they saw not. 

7 e As for the illusions of art magic, they were put down, and their 
vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace. 

8 For they that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a 
sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at. 

9 For though no terrible thing did fear them ; yet being scared 
' with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents, 

10 They died for fear, /denying that they saw the air, which could 
of no side be avoided. 

11 For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, e is very timorous, 
and being pressed with conscience, always forcasteth grievous things. 

12 For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which 
reason offereth. 

13 And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the igno- 
rance more than the cause which bringeth the torment. 

14 But they sleeping the same sleep that night, e which was indeed in- 
tolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell, 

15 Were partly vexed with h monstrous apparitions, and partly faint- 
ed, ■ their heart failing them : for a sudden fear, and not looked for, 
came upon them. 

16 So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a 
prison without iron bars. 

17 For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in 
the A field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could 
not be avoided: for they were all bound with k one chain of darkness. 

IS Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds 
among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running 
violently, 

19 Or a * terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could 
not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of ' most savage 
wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains ; m these 
things made them to swoon with fear. 

20 For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were 
hindered in their labour : 

21 Over them only was spread n a heavy night, an image of that 
darkness which should afterward receive them : but yet were they 
unto themselves more grievous than the darkness. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

NEVERTHELESS thy saints had a very great a light, whose voice 
they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had 
not suffered the same things, they counted them b happy. 

2 But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been 
jvronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for 
-hat they had been enemies. 

3 c Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both 
to be a guide of the unknown journey, and a harmless sun to entertain 
them honourably. 

4 For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in 
darkness, who had kept thy i sons shut up, by whom the a uncorrupt 
light of the law was to be given unto the world. 

5 e And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, 
'• one child being cast forth and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest 
away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether 
in a mighty water. 

6 e Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly 
knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might after- 
ward be of good cheer. 

7 So of thy people was accepted both '■ the salvation of the righte- 
ous, and ' destruction of the enemies. 

8 For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou 
didst glorify us, whom thoujiadst called. 

9 k For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, 
and with one consent made * a holy law, that the saints should be alike 
partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the 
songs of praise. 

10 But on the other side there sounded an ill-according cry of the 
enemies, ' and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that 
were bewailed. 

1 1 m The master and the servant were punished after one manner : 
and like as the king, so suffered the common person. 

, 12 _ So they altogether n had innumerable dead with one kind of 

death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them; for in one 

moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed. 

lo t or whereas they would not believe any thin" I 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON 



1 by reason of ° the 



Apocrypha 

enchantments ; upon the destruction of the first-born, they acknow- 
ledged this people to be the sons of God. 

14 For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in 
the midst of her swift course, 

15 Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal 
throne, as a fierce i> man of war into the midst of a land of destruction, 

16 And brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and 
standing up filled all things with death ; and it touched the heaven, but 
it stood upon the earth. 

17 i Then suddenly c visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, 
and terrors came upon them unlooked for. 

18 And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the 
cause of his death. 

19 For the dreams that troubled them did r foreshew this, lest they 
should perish, and not know why they were afflicted. 

20 Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there 
was a destruction of the s multitude in the wilderness : but ' the wrath 
endured not long. 

21 For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend 
them ; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, 
and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so 
brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant. 

22 So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor 
force of arms, but with a word subdued he him that punished. u al- 
leging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers. 

23 For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, 
1 standing between, he stayed the wrath, and ^parted the way to the living. 

24 y For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four 
rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Ma- 
jesty upon the diadem of his head. 

25 Unto these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them : 
for it was enough that they only tasted of 2 the wrath. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

AS for the ungodly, a wrath came upon them without mercy unto 
the end : for he knew before what they would do ; 

2 How that having given them leave to depart, and sent them hastily 
away, b they would repent, and pursue them. 

3 For whilst they were c yet mourning and making lamentation at 
the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued 
them as fugitives, whom they had a entreated to be gone. 

4 For the destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this 
end, and made them forget the things that had already happened, that 
they might fulfil the punishment which was wanting to their torments : 

5 And that thy people might pass d a wonderful way : but they might 
find a strange death. 

6 For e the whole creature in his proper kind was fashioned again 
anew, serving the peculiar commandments that were given unto them, 
that thy children might be kept without hurt : 

7 As namely, f a cloud shadowing the camp ; and where water stood 
before, dry land appeared ; and out of the Red sea s a way without 
impediment ; and out of the violent stream a green field: 

8 Wherethrough all the people went that were defended with thy 
hand, seeing thy marvellous strange wonders. 

9 For they went at large like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising 
thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them. 

10 For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while 
they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth * flies 
instead of cattle, and how h the river cast up a multitude of frogs 
instead of fishes. 

11 But afterward they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being 
led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats. 

12 For quails came up unto them from the sea, for their c contentment. 

13 And punishments came upon the sinners, not without former signs 
by the force of thunders : for they suffered justly according to their 
own wickedness, insomuch as they used a more hard and hateful be- 
haviour toward strangers. 

14 For '- the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not 
when they came : but these brought friends into bondage, that had 
well deserved of them. 

15 And not only so, but peradventure some respect shall be had of 
those, because they used strangers not friendly : 

16 But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received 
with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with 

ithem. 

17 Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, k as those were 
at the doors of the righteous man : when, being compassed about with 
horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors. 

18 For the elements were changed rf in themselves by a kind of har- 
mony, like as, in a psaltery, notes change the name of the tune, and 
yet are always sounds ; which may well be perceived by the sight ot 
the things that have been done. 

19 ' For earthly things were turned into watery, and the things that 
before swam in the water, now went upon the ground. 

2 Kgs.6.18". 20 m The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue : and 
Acts 13. ii. 'the water forgat his own quenching nature. ■■■_■,-., 
f, Gr - b 'J 21 On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corrupti 

fpXioHble living things, though they walked therein; » neither melted they 
34, 35. the icv land of heavenly meat, that was of nature apt to melt. 
mc MHl-\ 22 For in all things, O Lord, thou didst ° magnify thy people, and 
oPskim glorify them, neither didst thou lightly regard them: but didst assist 
148.14, jthem in every time and place. 

34 



a Ps. 36. 61. 

a Or, souls 
that will 
not be re- 
formed, 
b Or, under 
their roofs. 
b Ex. 10. 29. 
c Or, fugi- 
tives, 
d Or, in, 
eOr, sights. 
c See Job 4. 
13. & 33. 15. 
d Joel 2. 10. 
e Ex.7. 12. & 
8. 7, 18, 19. 
f chap. 11. 
18, 19. 
/ Or, refus- 
ing to 
look upon, 
g Dan. 5. 6. 
gOi, 
wherein 
they could 
do nothing. 
h verse 3. 
i Luke 
21. 26. 
h Or, de- 
sert. 

k2Pet.2.4. 
i Or, hide- 
ous. 

1 verse 9 
m ver. 3, 4, 
6,8,9,10,15. 
n verse 2. 
a Ex. 10. 23. 
b Deuter. 
33. 29. 
cEx. 13. 21. 
& 14. 24. 
Ps. 78. 14. 
& 105. 39. 
d Ex. 4. 22, 
23. 

a Or, incor- 
ruptible. 
e Ex. 1. 16. 
fEx. 2. 2. 
gEx.ll. 4,5. 
h Ex. 15. 2. 
i Ex. 15. 4. 
k See Ex. 
12. 21, 28. 
60r, acoue- 
nant of 
God, or, 
league : 
see Ps. 50. 
5. 

lEx. 12.30. 
mEx. 11.5. 
& 12. 29. 
n Ex. 12.30. 
o Ex. 7. 11. 



p Ex. 15. 3. 
qch. 17.3,4. 
c Or, ima- 
ginations. 
rch. 17. 11. 
s Numb. 16. 
46. 

t Heb. 4. 3. 
u Ps. 105. 

9,10. 
Rom. 9. 4. 
xPs. 106.30. 
dOt, cutoff. 
y Ex. 28. 6, 
9,36. 

z verse 20. 
a 1 Thess. 
2.16. 

b Ex. 14. 5. 
c Ex. 12. 30. 
a Or, cast 
out by en- 
treaty. 
Ex. 12. 31, 
32, 33. 
d Ex. 14. 28, 
29. 

e See ch. 
16. 24, 25. 
f 1 Cor. 10. 
1,2. 

g Ps. 78. 13. 
b Or, lice. 
h Ex. 8. 5. 
c Or, com- 
fort. 

Ex. 16. 13. 
i Genesis 
19. 4, 5. 
k Genesis 
19. 11. 



f The Wisdom of JESUS the Son of SIRACH, or ECCLESIASTICXTS. 



THIS 
pie 

Some refer 
this Pro- 
logue to 
Athana- 
sius, be- 
cause it is 
found in his 
Synopsis. 
a Or, col- 
lected. 



A Prologue made by an uncertain Author. 

Jesirs was the son of Sirach, and grandchild to Jesus of the same name with him : this man therefore lived in the latter times, after the peo- 
had been led away captive, and called home again, and almost, after all the prophets Now his grandfather Jesus, as he himself witnesseth, 
was a man of great diligence and wisdom among the Hebrews, who did not only gather the grave and short sentences of wise men, that 
had been before him, but himself also uttered some of his own, full of much understanding and wisdom. When as therefore the first 
Jesus died, leaving this book almost "perfected, Sirach his son receiving it after him, left it to his own son Jesus, who having gotten it into 
his hands, compiled it all orderly in one volume, and called it Wisdom, entitling it both by his own name, his father's name, and his grand- 
father's ; alluring the hearer by the very name of Wisdom, to have a greater love to the study of this book. It containeth therefore wise 
sayings, dark sentences, and parables, and certain particular ancient godly stories of men that pleased God ; also his prayer and song ; more- 
over, what benefits God had vouchsafed his people, and what plagues he had heaped upon their enemies. This Jesus did imitate Solomon, 
and was no less famous for wisdom and learning, both being indeed a man of great learning, and so reputed also. 

The Prologue of the Wisdom of JESUS, the son of SIRACH. 

WHEREAS many and great things have been delivered unto us by th.e law and the prophets, and by others that have followed their steps, for 
the which things Israel ought to be commended for learning and wisdom ; and whereof not only the readers must needs become skilful them- 
»Or of selves, but also they that desire to learn be able to profit them which are b without, both by speaking and writing : my grandfather Jesus, 
another when he had much given himself to the reading of the law, and the prophets, and other books of our fathers, and had gotten therein good 
nation. judgment, was drawn on also himself to write something pertaining to learning and wisdom ; to the intent that those which are desirous to 
learn, and are addicted to these things, might profit much more in living according to the law. Wherefore let me entreat you to read it with favour 
and attention, and to pardon us, wherein we may seem to come short of some words which we have laboured to interpret. For the same things 
cGr pro- uttered in Hebrew, and translated into another tongue, have not the same force in them : and not only these things, but the law itself, and the 
pkecies. c prophets, and the rest of the books, have no small d difference, when they are spoken in their own language. For in the eight and thirtieth 
d Or excel- y ear coming into Egypt, when Euergetes was king, and continuing there some time, I found a «book of no small learning: therefore I 
"iri33. thought it most necessary for me to bestow some diligence and travail to interpret it ; using great watchfulness and skill in that space to 
t Or jkeip'of bring the book to an end, and set it forth for them also, which in a strange country are willing to learn, being prepared before in manners to 

learning. ]j ve a ft er the law. 

B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



CHAPTER I. 

ALL a wisdom cometh from the Lord, and is with him for ever. 
2 '• Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, 
and the days of eternity ? 

3 Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the 
earth, and the deep, and wisdom? 

4 Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understand 
ing of prudence from everlasting. 

5 The word of : God most hign is the fountain of wisdom ; and her 
ways are everlasting commandments. 

6 d To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed ? or who hath 
known her wise counsels ? 

7 [Unto whom hath the knowledge of wisdom been made manifest? 
and who hath understood her great experience ?] 

8 There is e one wise and greatly to be feared, the Lord sitting upon 
his throne. 

9 He created her, and saw her, and numbered her, and poured her 
out upon all his works. 

10 She is with all flesh according to his gift, ' and he hath given 
her to them that love him. 

11 The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a 
crown of rejoicing. 

12 The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart, and giveth joy, and 
gladness, and a long life. 

13 Whoso feareth the Lord, it shall go well with him at the last, 
and he a shall find favour in the day of his death. 

14 kTo fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was 
created with the faithful in the womb. 

15 She hath built an everlasting foundation with men, and she shall 
continue h with their seed. 

16 Tofearthe Lord is fulness of wisdom, and filleth men with her fruits. 

17 She filleth all their house with things desirable, and the garners 
with her increase. 

18 The fear of the Lord is ■ a crown of wisdom, making peace and 
perfect health to flourish ; both which are the gifts of God : and it 
enlargeth their rejoicing that love him. 

19 Wisdom raineth down skill and knowledge of understanding, 
and exalteth them to honour that hold her fast. 

20 The root of wisdom is k to fear the Lord, and the brandies there- 
of are long life. 

21 The fear of the Lord driveth away sins : and where it is present, 
it turneth away wrath. 

22 A furious man cannot He justified; for the sway of his furv 
shall be his destruction. 

23 ' A patient man will bear for a time, and afterward joy shall 
spring up unto him. 

24 He will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall de- 
clare his wisdom. 

25 The parables of knowledge are in the treasures of wisdom : but 
godliness is an abomination to a sinner. 

26 If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, m and the Lord 
shall give her unto thee. 

27 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faitli 
and meekness are his delight. 

28 c Distrust not the fear of the Lord when thou art poor : and come 
not unto him with a double heart. 

29 Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and take good heed what 
thou speakest. 

30 Exalt not thyself, n lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy 
soul, and so God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst 
of the congregation, because thou earnest not in truth to the fear of 
*hc Lord, but thy heaTt is full of deceit. 



a 1 Kings 

3. 9. 

bGen. 13. 
16. & 15. 5. 
c Genesis 
14. 20. 

d Romans 
U. 34. 
1 Cor. 2. 16. 
e Jude 25. 
f James 1. 
17. 

Or, shall 
be blessed. 
g Psalm 
111.10. 
Prov. 1. 7. 
h Psalm 
103. 17. 

i verse 11. 
k Eccles. 
12.13. 
bOr, escape 
punish- 
ment. 

1 James 1. 

4. & 5. 7, 8, 
11. 

m James 1. 

5. 

cOr, Bcnot 

disobedient 

to. 

u James 4. 

6. 

1 Pet. 5.5,0. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



a Matt. 4.1. 
2Tim.3.12. 
I Pet. 4. 12. 
a Or, haste 
not. 

b Job 42. 12. 
c Wisdom 
3.6. 

Prov. 17. 3. 
d Ps. 37. 3. 
e Ps. 37. 25. 
f Ps. 40. 1. 
gSeevcr.8. 
h John 14. 
23. 

i Ileb. 8. 
10. 

k 2 Sam. 
24. 14. 
1 Chron. 
21.31. 
a Prov. 4. 1. 
b Ex. 20. 12. 
Deut. 5. 10. 
a Or, judg- 
ment, 

Prov. 0. 20. 
c Deut. 4. 
40. &5. 10. 
dEiih. 0. 1, 

erse 2. 
fGcn.27.27. 
Dcut. 33. 1. 
gGcn.9.2:!. 
b Or, in nil 
thine abih 

vor<<e C. 



CHAPTER II. 

Y son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul a for 
temptation. 

2 Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and ° make not haste 
in time of trouble. 

3 Cleave unto him, and depart not away, b that thou mayest be in- 
creased at thy last end. 

4 Whatsoever is brought^ipon thee, take cheerfully, and be patient 
when thou art changed to a low estate. 

5 c For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of 
adversity. 

6 Believe in him, and he will help thee ; order thy way aright d and 
trust in him. 

7 Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy ; and go not aside, lest 
ye fall. 

8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe him ; and your reward shall not fail. 

9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and 
mercy. 

10 Look at the generations of old, and see ; e did ever any trust in 
the Lord, and was confounded ? or did any abide in his fear, and was 
forsaken ? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him ? 

11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, long-suffering, 
and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, ' and saveth in time of affliction. 

12 Wo be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that 
goeth two ways ! 

13 Wo unto him that is faint-hearted ! s for he believe.th not ; there- 
fore shall he not be defended. 

14 Wo unto you that have lost patience ! and what will ye do when 
the Lord shall visit you ? 

15 They that fear the Lord will not disobey his word ; and h they 
that love him will keep his ways. 

16 They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well-pleasing 
unto him ; and they that love him ' shall be filled with the law. 

17 They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble 
their souls in his sight, 

18 Saying, k We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into 
the hands of men : for as his majesty is, so is his mercy. 

CHAPTER III. 

HEAR a me your father, O children, and do thereafter, that ye may 
be safe. 

2 For the Lord hath given the b father honour over the children, and 
hath confirmed the "authority- of the mother over the sons. 

3 Whoso honoureth his father maketh an atonement for his sins : 

4 And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up treasure. 

5 Whoso honoureth his father shall have joy of his oiun children ; 
and when he maketh Lis prayer, he shall be heard. 

6 Ho that honoureth his father ' shall have a long life ; and he that 
is obedient unto the Lord shall be a comfort to his mother. 

7 He that feareth the Lord "will honour his father, and will do 
service unto his parents, as to his masters. 

8 e Honour thy father and mother both in word and deed, that n 
blessing may come upon thee from them. 

9 For f the blessing of the father establishoth the houses of chil- 
dren ; but the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations. 

10 Glory not in the dishonour of thy father ; for thy father's disho- 
nour is no glory unto thee. 

lie For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father ; and a 
mother in dishonour is a reproach to the children. 

12 My son, help thy father in his age, and grieve him not as long as 
he liveth. 

13 And if his understanding fail, have patience with him; and de 
spisc him not when thou art '' in thy full strength. 

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Apocrypha. 

14 For the relieving of thy father shall not be forgotten : and instead 
of sins it shall be added to build thee up. 

15 In the day of thine affliction it shall be h remembered ; thy sins 
also shall melt away, as the ice in the fair warm weather. 

16 He that forsaketh his father is as a blasphemer; and he that 
angereth his mother is cursed of God. 

17 My son, go on with thy business in meekness ; so shalt thou be 
beloved of him that is approved. 

18 > The greater thou art, the more humble thyself, and thou shalt 
find favour before the Lord. 

19 Many are in high place, and of renown : k but mysteries are re- 
vealed unto the meek. 

20 For the power of the Lord is great, and he ishonouredofthe lowly. 

21 ' Seek not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search 
the things that are above thy strength. 

22 But what is commanded thee, think thereupon ivith reverence ; for it 
is not needful for thee to see ivith thine eyes the things that are in secret. 

23 m Be not curious in unnecessary matters : for more things are 
shewed unto thee than men understand. 

24 For many are deceived by their own vain opinion; and an evil 
suspicion hath overthrown their judgment. 

25 Without eyes thou shalt want light : n profess not the knowledge 
therefore that thou hast not. 

26 A stubborn heart shall fare evil at tlifc last ; and he that loveth 
danger shall perish therein. 

27 An obstinate heart shall be laden with sorrows : ° and the wicked 
man shall heap sin upon sin. 

28 c In the punishment of the proud there is no remedy; for the plant 
of wickedness hath taken root in him. 

29 The heart of the prudent will understand a parable ; and an 
attentive ear is the desire of a wise man. 

30 Water will quench a flaming fire ; p and alms makcth an atone- 
gnent for sins. 

31 And he that requiteth good turns is mindful of that which may 
come hereafter ; and 1 when ne falleth, he shall find a stay. 

CHAPTER IV. 

MY son, a defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the 
needy eyes to wait long. 

2 Make not a hungry soul sorrowful ; neither provoke a man in his 
distress. 

3 Add not more trouble to a heart that is vexed ; b and defer not to 
give to him that is in need. 

4 Reject not the supplication of the afflicted ; neither turn away thy 
face from a poor man. 

5 Turn not away thine eye from <*the needy, and give him none 
occasion to curse thee : 

6 For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, c his prayer shall 
be heard of him that made him. 

7 Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a 
great man. 

8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give 
him a friendly answer with meekness. 

9 d Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor ; 
and be not faint-hearted when thou sittest in judgment. 

10 Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of a husband unto 
their mother : so shalt thou be e as a son of the Most High, and he 
shall love thee more than thy mother doth. 

11 Wisdom exalteth her children, andlayeth hold of them that seekher. 

12 He that loveth her loveth life ; and they that f seek to her early 
shall be filled with joy. 

13 He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory ; and wheresoever 
she entereth, the Lord will bless. 

14 They that serve her shall minister f to the Holy One : and them 
that love her the Lord doth love. 

15 Whoso giveth ear unto her, " shall judge the nations : and he that 
attendeth unto her shall dwell securely. 

16 If a man commit himself unto her he shall inherit her ; and his 
generation shall hold her in possession. 

17 For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, and 
bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, 
until she may trust his soul, h and try him by her laws. 

18 Then will she return the straight way unto him, and comfort 
him, and shew him her secrets^ 

_ 19 But if he go wrong, she will forsake him, and • give him over to 
his own ruin. 

20 Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil ; and be not ashamed 
when it concerneth thy soul. 

21 For there is a shame that bringeth sin ; k and there is a shame 
which is glory and grace. 

22 Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of 
any man cause thee to fall. 

23 And refrain not to speak, c when there is occasion to do good, 
and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty. 

24 For by speech wisdom shall be known : and learning by the word 
of the tongue. 

25 In no wise speak against the truth ; but be abashed of the error 
ot thine ignorance. 

26 Be not ashamed * to confess thy sins ; d and force not the course 
ot the river. 

27 Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man ; neither accept, 
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B. Christ 
cir. 200. 

h Neh. 137" 

14,22,31. 

i Phil. 2. 3. 

James 4. 6. 

1 Pet. 5. 5. 

k Ps. 25. 9, 

14. 

1 Proverbs 

25.27. 

Rom. 12. 3. 

m Ueuter. 

29.29. 

Col. 2. 18. 

n 1 Cor. 1. 

26, 27, 28, 
29*31. 

Rom. 2. 5. 
c Or, The 
proud man 
is not heal- 
ed by his 
■punish- 
ment. 
p Ps. 41. 1. 
Dan. 4. 27. 
Matt. 5. 7. 
q Mic. 7. 8. 
a Jam. 5. 4. 
b Prov. 3. 

27, 28. 
a Or, him 
thataskcth, 
Matt. 5. 42. 
c Jam. 5. 4. 
<1 Isa. 1. 17. 
Jer. 22. 3. 
e Eph. 5. 1. 
f Prov. 8. 
17. 

b Or, in the 
sanctuary, 
g Ps. 49. 14. 
& 149. 6, 7, 
8,9. 

h Psalm 66. 
10. 

i Ps. 81. 12, 
k Acts 5. 
41. 

.; Gr. in 
time of 
saving. 
Gal. 6\ 10. 

1 Proverbs 
28.13. 
dOr, and 
strive not 
against the 

trcam. 



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Apocrypha 

23 Strive for the truth m unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee 

29 Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss. 

30 Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantic among thy servants. 

31 Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou 
shouldcst « repay. 

CHAPTER V. 

SET not thy heart upon thy goods ; and say not, a I have enough for 
my life. 

2 Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways 
of thy heart: 

3 And say not, b Who shall control me for my works ? for the Lord 
will surely revenge thy pride. 

4 Say not, I have sinned, c and what harm hath happened unto me ? 
for the Lord is long-suffering, he will in no wise let thee go. 

5 Concerning propitiation, d be not without fear to add sin unto sin ; 

6 And say not, His mercy is great ; he will be pacified for the multi- 
tude of my sins : e for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indig- 
nation resteth upon sinners. 

7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to 
day : f for suddenly snail the wrath of the Lord come forth, and in thy 
security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance. 

8 s Set not thy heart upon goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not 
profit thee in the day of calamity. 

9 Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way : for so 
doth the sinner that hath a double tongue. 

10 h Be steadfast in thine understanding ; and let thy word be the same. 

11 Be swift to hear ; and let thy life tie sincere ; and with patience 
give answer. 

12 If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour ; if not, k lay 
thy hand upon thy mouth. 

13 Honour and shame is in talk : and the tongue of man is his fall. 

14 Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue : 
for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation ' upon the 
double tongue. 

15 Be not ignprant of any thing in a great matter or a small. 

CHAPTER VI. 

INSTEAD of a friend become not an enemy; [for thereby] thou 
shalt inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a 
sinner a that hath a double tongue. 

2 Extol not thyself in the counsel of thine own heart ; that thy soul 
be not torn in pieces as a bull [straying alone.] 

3 Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, and lose thy fruit, and leave thyself 
as b a try tree. 

4 A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him 
to be laughed to scorn of his enemies. 

5 ° Sweet language will multiply friends : and a fair speaking tongue 
will increase kind greetings. 

6 Be in peace with many : nevertheless have but one counsellor of 
a thousand. 

7 If thou wouldest get a friend, * prove him first, and be not hasty 
to credit him. 

8 For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide 
in the day of thy trouble. 

9 And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity and strife, will 
discover thy reproach. 

10 c Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not 
continue in the day of thine affliction. 

11 But in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over 
thy servants. * 

12 If thou be brought low, d he will be against thee, and will hide 
himself from thy face. 

13 Separate thyself from thine enemies, and take heed of thy friends. 

14 A faithful friend is a strong defence : and he that hath found 
such a one hath found a treasure. 

15 Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend, and his excellency is 
invaluable. 

16 A faithful friend is the medicine of life ; and e they that fear the 
Lord shall find him. 

17 Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright : for as 
he is, so shall his neighbour be also. 

18 My son, gather instruction from thy youth up : so shalt thou find 
wisdom till thine old age. 

19 Come unto her as one that plougheth and eoweth, f and wait for 
her good fruits: for thou shalt not toil much in labouring about her. 
but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon. 

20 She is very unpleasant to the unlearned : he that is without c un- 
derstanding will not remain with her. 

2JL She will lie upon him as a s mighty stone of trial ; and he will 
cast her from him ere it be long. . 

22 For wisdom is according to her name, and she is not manifest 
unto many. • ■ : '■ ■•- . 

23 Give ear, my son, receive mine advice, and refuse not » my couns,eJ, 

24 And put thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her <* chain. 

25 Bow i down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not grieved with 
her bonds. , , , ... ., 

26 Come unto her with thy whole heart, and keep her ways with all 

thy power. , -, , ^ j 

27 k Search, and seek, and she shall be made known unto thee : and 
when thou hast got hold of her, let her not go. 

23 For at the last thou shalt find her rest, and that shall be turned 
.tothyjoy. 

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e Or, a ri 
band of 
blue silk, 
.Numbers 
13. 38. 
1 Prov. 2. 1. 
m ch. 8. 9. 
n Ps. 78. 2. 
o P3. L 2. 
a 1 Pet. 3.13. 
b Job 4. 8. 
Prov. 22. 8. 
c Job 9. 20. 
Ps. 143. 2. 
Eccl. 7. 16. 
Luke 18. 11. 
d Matt. 18. 
7. . 
e Tsa. 1. 11 



^focrypha 

29 Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and her 
chains a robe of glory. 

30 For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are 
•purple lace. * 

31 Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour, and shalt put her about 
thee as a crown of joy. . 

32 My son, ' if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught : and if thou wilt 
apply thy mind, thou shalt be prudent. 

33 If thou love to hear, thou shalt receive understanding : and if 
thou bow thine ear, thou shalt be wise. 

34 Stand in the multitude of the m elders ; and cleave unto him that 
is wise. 

35 Be willing to hear every godly discourse ; and let not the n pa- 
rables of understanding escape thee. 

36 And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto 
him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door. 

37 Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord, and ° meditate't'Lukeis.i. 
continually in his commandments : he shall establish thy heart 
give thee wisdom at thine own desire. 

CHAPTER VII. 

DO no evil, " so shall no harm come unto thee. 
2 Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee. 

3 My son, b sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou 
shalt not reap them seven-fold. 

4 Seek not of the Lord pre-eminence, neither of the king the seat 
of honour. 

5 « Justify not thyself before the Lord ; and boast not of thy wisdom 
before the king. 

6 Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity ; lest 
at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, and lay a stumbling- 
block in the way of thine uprightness. 

7 d Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt 
not cast thyself down among the people. 

8 Bind not one sin upon another ; for in one thou shalt not be un- 
punished. 

9 Say not, God will look upon the e multitude of mine oblations, and 
when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it. 

10 Be f not faint-hearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect 
not to give alms. 

11 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul : for there is 
one which humbleth and exalteth. 

12 a Devise not a lie against thy brother : neither do the like to thy 
friend. 

13 Use not to make any manner of lie : for the custom thereof is 
not good. 

14 Use not many words in a multitude of elders, s and make not 
4 much babbling when thou prayest. 

15 Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the Most 
High hath c ordained 



and|?, Gr - , , 

g Matt. 6. 
5,7. 

I b Or, vain 
repetition, 
c Gr. cre- 
ated, 
hlsa. 66. 
24. 

Ps. 45. 9. 
k Levit. 19 
13. 

1 Deuter. 
25.4. 

m Eph. 6. 4. 
nGen.2.24. 
d Or, hate- 
ful. 

o Ex. 20. 
12. 

p Matthew 
22. 37. 
q Deuter. 
15. 10. 
e Or, thy 
liberality. 
r Matt. 25. 
36,43. 
a Matt. 5. 
25. 
bch.31. 6. 



Apocryplia. 

3 Strive not with a man that is ° full of tongue, and heap not wood 
upon his fire. 

4 Jest not with a rude man, lest thine ancestors be disgraced. 

5 c Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we 
!are all worthy of punishment. 

6 d Dishonour not a man in his old age : for even some of us wax old. 

7 e Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember 
that we die all. 

S Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint thyself with 
their '"proverbs : for of them thou shalt learn instruction, and how to 
serve great men with ease. 

9 ' Miss not the discourse of the elders : for they also learned of 
their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give 
answer as need requireth. 

10 Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame 
of his fire. 

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a Or, of an 
eviltonrrue. 
c 2 Cor. 2. 6, 
Gal. 6. 2. 
d Levit. 19. 
32. 

f6 Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember | chla'af.' 
that wrath will not tarry long. | g ch. 6. 34. 

' r : h for the ventreance of the unrrodlv isi" 

thy mouth. 
h Prov. 11. 
15. 
tOr, 
opinion. 
i Gen. 4. 8. 
k Prov. 22. 
24. 

1 Gen. 4. 8. 
m Mid 7.5. 
a 1 Conn. 
13.5. 

a Or, play- 
eth upon in- 
struments. 
b Mutt. 5. 
28. 
cGcn.31.2. 

2 Sam. 11. 



17 Humble thy soul greatly : h for the vengeance of the ungodly is *Or,/i 
tire and worms. 

18 Change not a friend for any good, by no means ; neither a faith- 
ful brother for ' the gold of Ophir. 

19 Forego not a wise and good woman : for her grace is above gold. 

20 k Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor 
the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee. 

21 Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty. 

22 > Hast thou cattle ? have an eye to them : and if they be for thy 
profit, keep them with thee. 

23 Hast thou children ? m instruct (hem, and bow down their neck 
from their youth. 

24 Hast thou daughters ? have a care of their body, and shew not 
thyself cheerful toward them. 

25 Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty 
matter: but give her to a man of understanding. 

26 Hast thou a wife after thy mind ? n forsake her not : but give not 
thyself over to a d light woman. 

27 ° Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the 
sorrows of thy mother. 

23 Remember that thou wast begotten of them, and how canst thou 
recompense them the things that they have done for thee ? 

29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests. 

30 p Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not 
his ministers. 

31 Fear the Lord, and honour the priest ; and give hirn his portion,! L <^'" > 9 - 
as it is commanded thee ; the first-fruits, and the trespass-offering, i^p,.,,,, 3 
and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and '34. & 29. 23. 
the first-fruits of the holy things. | 

32T And stretch thy hand unto the poor, that 5 thy blcssinn- may be perfected. 

33 A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living', and for the dead 
detain it not. 

34 Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn. 

35 r Be not slow to visit the sick : for that shall make thee to be beloved. 

36 Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt 
never do amiss. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

STRIVE not with a mighty man, lest thou fall into his hands. 
2 * Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for 
gold b hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings. 



Judith 10. 
19. 

dEv.Q0.14. 
e Ps. 37. 6. 
fell. 8. 15. 
16. 

gch. 8.8,9. 
h Jam. 3. 2, 
n Prov. 29. 
12. 

bPs.75.6,7. 
a Or, face. 



11 Rise not up [in anger] at the presence ( 
lest he lie in wait * to entrap thee in thy words. 

12 Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself: for if thou 
lendesthim, count it but lost. 

13 h Be not surety above thy power : for if thou be surety, take care 
to pay it. 

14 Go not to law with a judge, for they will judge for him according 
to his honour. 

15 ' Travel not by the w r ay with a bold fellow, lest he become griev- 
ous unto thee : for he will do according to his own will, and thou shalt 
perish with him through his folly. 

16 k Strive not. with an angry man, and go not with him into a soli- 
tary place : for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no 
help, ' he will overthrow thee. 

17 Consult not with a fool, for he cannot keep counsel. 

18 Do no secret thing before a stranger ; for thou knowest not what 
he will bring forth. 

19 m Open not thy heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a 
shrewd turn. 

CHAPTER IX. 
E a not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an 
evil lesson against thyself. 

2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance. 

3 Meet not with a harlot, lest thou fall into her snares. 

4 Use not much the company of a woman that ■ is a singer, lest thou 
be taken with her attempts. 

5 b Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are 
precious in her. 

6 Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance. 

7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander 
thou in the solitary places thereof. 

8 c Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon 
another's beauty ; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a 
woman ; for herewith love is kindled as a fire. 

9 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine 
arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine ; d lest thy heart 
incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction. 

10 Forsake not an old friend ; for the new is not comparable to him : 
a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with 
pleasure. 

11 Envy not the glory of a sinner: e for thou knowest not what 
shall be his end. 

12 Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in : but 
remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave. 

13 f Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill ; so shalt 
thou not doubt the fear of death : and if thou come unto him, make no 
fault, lest he take away thy life presently : remember that thou goest 
in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of 
the city. 

14 As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and e consult with 
the wise. 

15 Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the 
law of the Most High. 

16 And let just men eat and drink with thee : and let thy glorying 
be in the fear of the Lord. 

17 For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended : and 
the wise ruler of the people for his speech. 

18 h A man of an ill tongue is dangci 
rash in his talk shall be hated. 

CHAPTER X. 

A WISE judge will instruct his people ; and the government of a 
prudent man is well ordered. 
2 » As the judge of the people is himself, so arc his officers ; and what 
manner of man Ihe ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell 
therein. 

3 An unwise king destroyeth his people ; but through the prudence of 
them which are in authority, the city shall be inhabited. 

4 b The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he 
will set over it one that is profitable. 

5 In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the "person of 
the scribe shall tic lay his honour. 

6 c Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong ; and do nothing at 
all by injurious practices. 

7 <• Pride is hateful before God and man : and by both doth one commit 
iniquity. 

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igerous in his city ; and he that is 



Apocrypha. 

8 Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, 
the kingdom is translated from one people to another. 

9 e Why is earth and asiiet proud ? There is iiot a more wicked thing 
than a covetous man : for such a one setteth his own soul to sale ; be- 
cause while he liveth, he casteth away his bowels. 

10 The physician cutteth off a long disease ; and he that is to-day a 
king, to-morrow shall die. 

11 For when a man is dead, f he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, 
and worms. 

12 The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his 
heart is turned away from his Maker. 

13 For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour 
out abomination : and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange 
calamities, and overthrew them utterly. 

14 s The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set 
up the meek in their stead. 

15 The Lord hath plucked up "the roots of the proud nations, and 
planted the lowly in their place. 

16 h The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed 
them to the foundations of the earth. 

17 He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made 
their memorial to cease from the earth. 

18 Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are 
born of a woman. 

19 They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him 
1 an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable 
seed; they that transgress the commandments are a Receivable seed 

20 Among brethren he that is chief is honourable ; k so are they that 
fear the Lord, in his eyes. 

21 The fear of the Lord goeth before c the obtaining of authority : 
but roughness and pride is the losing thereof. 

22 Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the 
Lord. 

23 ' It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding ; 
neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man. 

24 m Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured ; yet 
is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord. 

25 " Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service : 
and he that hath knowledge ° will not grudge when he is reformed. 

26 Be not overwise in doing thy business ; and boast not thyself in 
the time of thy distress. 

27 p Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he 
that boasteth himself and wanteth bread. 

28 My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according 
to the dignity thereof. 

29 Who will justify him 1 that sinneth against his own soul ? and who 
will honour him that dishonoureth his own life ? 

30 The poor man is honoured for his skill, and r the rich man is 
honoured for his riches. 

31 He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches ? and he 
that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty ? 

CHAPTER XI. 
r ISDOM lifteth up the head ° of him that is of low degree, and 
" maketh him to sit among great men. 

2 Commend not a man for his beauty, neither abhor a man for his 
outward appearance. 

3 The bee is little among such as fly; but her fruit b is the chief of 
sweet things. 

4 c Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, and exalt not thyself in 
the day of honour : for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his 
works among men are hidden. 

5 Many 'kings have sat down upon the ground; and one that was 
never thought of hath worn the crown. 

6 d Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced ; and the honour- 
able delivered into other men's hands. 

7 e Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first, 
and then rebuke. 

8 f Answer not before thou hast heard the cause : neither interrupt 
men in the midst of their talk. 

9 Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not; and sit not e in 
judgment with sinners. 

10 My son, meddle not with many matters : for if thou meddle much, 
thou shalt not be innocent : and if thou follow after, thou shalt not 
obtain, neither shalt thou d escape by fleeing. 

lis There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, 
and is so much the more behind. 

12 Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, want- 
ing ability, and full of poverty ; h yet the eye of the Lord looked upon 
him for good, and set him up from his low estate, 

13 And lifted up his head from misery ; so that many that saw it 
marvelled at him. 

14 ■ Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come 
of the Lord. 

15 k Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the 
Lord : love, and the way of good works, are from him. 

W Error and darkness had their beginning together with sinners 
evil shall wax old with them that glory therein. 

17 The gift of the Lord remaineth with the godly, and ! his favour 
Mingeth prosperity for ever. 

+v ,^U'" ere "I that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this is 
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e Genesis 
18. 27. 
flsa. 14.11. 
g Ps. 75. 7. 
Dan. 2. 21. 
h Gen. 19. 
24, 25. 
i Prov. 12. 
26. 

b Or, unsta- 
ble genera- 
tion. 

kMal.2.17. 
c Or, prin- 
cipality. 
HPet.2.17. 
mRo.13.7. 
n Prov. 17. 
2. 

2 Sam. 12. 
S3. 

p Prov. 12. 
9. 

q Prov. 8. 
35. & 20. 2. 
rJam. 2. 2, 
3,4. 

a Or, of the 
lowly. 
a Genesis 
41. 40. 
Dan. 6. 3. 
b Judges 
14. 18. 
c Acts 12. 
21. 
AGr. 
tyrants. 
u 1 Sam. 
15 28. 
Esth. 6. 10. 
e Deut. 13. 
14. & 17. 6, 
7. 

fProv. 18. 
13. 

John 7. 51. 
c Or, in the 
judgment 
of sinners, 
d Or, escape 
hurt. 

g Prov. 10. 
3. 
Matt. 19.22. 

1 Tim. 6. 9. 
h Job 42. 10. 
i Job 1. 21. 
Ezek.28. 4 
k Jam. 1.17. 
1 Ps. 106. 4. 



ra Luke 12. 

19. 

e Or, pass. 

n Matt. 10. 

22. 

Gal. 6. 9. 
f Or, for 
reward. 
p Mai. 3. 14. 
q Ps. 30. 6. 
r Rev. 22. 
12. 

s Rev. 11. 
13. 

t Jam. 3. 5, 
6. 

u Ps. 10. 5. 
a Matt. 7. 6. 
b Matt. 25. 
40. 

c Ps. 12. 1. 
dRo. 12. 19. 
e 2 Pet. 2. 9. 
f Prov. 17. 
17. 

a Or, brass. 
g verse 16. 
h See Ps. 
110. 1. 
4 Or, 
mingled. 
iPs.12.2,3. 
k Jer. 41. 6. 

1 verse 8. 
c Or, sup- 
plant. 
a Deut. 7. 2. 
bPs. 55. 22. 
a Gr. this 
shall smite 
against it 
and be 
broken. 
c ch. 12. 16. 



and 



Apocrypha. 

19 Whereas he saith, m I have found rest, and now will eat continu- 
ally of my goods ; and yet he knoweth not what time shall « come upon 
him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die. 

20 " Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and 
wax old in thy work. 

21 Marvel not at the works of sinners ; but trust in the Lord, ° and 
abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord, on 
the sudden to make a poor man rich. 

22 The blessing of the Lord is /in the reward of the god'ly, and 
suddenly he maketh his blessing to flourish. 

23 Say not, i What profit is there of my service ? and what good 
things shall I have hereafter ? 

24 Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, and 
what evil can come to me hereafter? 

25 1 In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction : and 
in the day of affliction there is no more remembrance of prosperity. 

26 For it is an easy thing unto the Lord in the day of death r to re- 
ward a man according to his ways. 

27 The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure : and in 
his end his deeds shall be discovered. 

28 Judge s none blessed before his death : for a man shall be known 
in his children. 

29 Bring not every man into thy house : for the deceitful man hath 
many trains. 

30 Like as a partridge taken [and kept] in a cage, so is the heart of 
the proud ; and like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall: 

31 For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, and in things 
worthy praise will lay blame upon thee. 

32 Of a spark of fire, a heap of coals is kindled : and a sinful man 
layeth wait for blood. 

33 Take heed of a mischievous man, u for he worketh wickedness , 
lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot. 

34 Receive a stranger into thy house, and he will disturb thee, and 
turn thee out of thine own. 

CHAPTER XII. 
HEN thou wilt do good, know to whom thou doest it ; so shalt 
thou be thanked for thy benefits. 

2 Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompense ; and 
if not from him, ' yet from the Most High. 

3 There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, 
nor to him that giveth no alms. 

4 Give to the c godly man, and help not a sinner. 

5 Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly ; hold 
back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee there- 
by : for [else] thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good 
thou shalt have done unto him. 

6 For the Most High hateth sinners, d and will repay vengeance 
unto the ungodly, c and keepeth them against the mighty day of their 
punishment. 

7 Give unto the good, and help not the sinner. 

8 f A friend cannot be known in prosperity : and an enemy cannot 
be hid in adversity. 

9 In the prosperity of a man, enemies will be grieved : but in his 
adversity, even a friend will depart. 

10 Never trust thine enemy : for like as a iron rusteth, so is his 
wickedness. 

11 Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed 
and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped 
a looking-glass, and thou shalt know that his e rust hath not been alto- 
gether wiped away. 

12 Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he 
stand up in thy place ; neither let him h sit at thy right hand, lest he 
seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and 
be pricked therewith. 

13 Who will pity the charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any 
such as come nigh wild beasts ? 

14 So one that goeth to a sinner, and is * defiled with him in his 
sins, who will pity ? 

15 For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he 
will not tarry. 

16 ■ An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he 
imagineth how to throw thee into a pit : he will k weep with his eyes, 
but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood. 

17 l If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first ; and 
though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he c undermine thee. 

18 He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, 
and change his countenance. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

HE that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and "he that 
hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. 

2 b Burden not thyself above thy power while thou Iivest ; and have 
no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself : for 
how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together ? for « if the one 
be smitten against the other, it shall be broken. 

3 The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal : the 
poor is wronged, and he must entreat also. 

4 If thou be for his profit, he will use thee : but if thou have nothing, he 
will forsake thee. .-,'-, , ... , ,, 

5 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee : yea, he will make thee 
bare, and will not be sorry for it. . 

6 If he have need of thee, c he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee 

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and put thee in hope ; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantestj B : Cb ' i ^ t \ 
thou? 

7 And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry j 
twice or thrice, and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn : afterward, 
when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and d shake his head at thee. 

8 Beware that thou be not deceived, and brought down ■'- in thy jollity. 

9 If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much 
the more will he invite thee. 

10 Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back ; stand not far off, 
lest thou be forgotten. 

11 c Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, <?and believe not 
his many words : for with much communication will he tempt thee, 
and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets : 

12 But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do 
thee hurt, and to put thee in prison. 

13 e Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy 
overthrowing : when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep. 

14 f Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation. 

15 Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbour. 

16 All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to 
his like. 

17 What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb ? sso the sinner 
with the godly. 

18 What agreement is there between a hyena and a dog ? and what 
peace between the rich and the poor ? 

19 As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness : h so the rich 
eat up the poor. 

20 As the proud hate humility : so doth the rich abhor the poor. 

21 A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends : but a poor 
man being down is thrust also away by his friends. 

22 When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers : he speaketh 
things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him : the poor man slipped, 
and yet they rebuked him too ; ' he spake wisely, and could have no place. 

23 k When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and 
look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds : but if the poor man 
speak, they say, What fellow is this ? and if he stumble, they will help 
to overthrow him. 

24 Riches are ' good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil 
in the mouth of the ungodly. 

25 m The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be 
for good or evil : and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. 

26 A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity ; 
and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind 

CHAPTER XIV. 

BLESSED a is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is 
not pricked with the a multitude of sins. 

2 Blessed is he whose b conscience hath not condemned him, and 
who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord. 

3 Riches are not comely for a niggard : and what should an envious 
man do with money ? 

4 He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul, c gathereth for 
others, that shall spend his goods riotously. 

5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good ? he shall not 
take pleasure in his goods. 

6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a 
recompense of his wickedness. 

7 And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly ; and at the last he 
will declare his wickedness. 

8 d The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, 
and despiseth men. 

9 A e covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion ; and the 
iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul. 

10 ' A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his tabic. 

11 My son, according to thy ahility do good to thyself, and give the 
Lord his due offering. 

12 Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the 
covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee. 

13 s Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy 
ability stretch out thy hand, and give to him. 

14 Defraud not thyself of * the good day, and let not the part of a 
good desire overpass thee. 

15 h Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours 
to be divided by lot ? 

16 Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul ; for there is no seeking of 
dainties in the grave. 

17 ' All flesh waxeth old as a garment: k for the covenant from the 
beginning is, Thou shaft die the death. 

18 As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; 
so is the generation of flesh and blood, • one cometh to an end, and 
another is born. 

19 Every work rottcth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall 
go withal. 

20 m Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and 
that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding. 

21 He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understand- 
ing in her secrets. 

22 Go after her as one that tracetli, n and lie in wait in her ways. 

23 He that pryeth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors. 

24 He that doth lodge near ° her house shall also fasten a c pin in her walls. 

25 He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging 
where good things are. 



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d ch. 12. 18. 
&Or, by thy 
si7nplicity, 

Prov. i. aa 

c Or, For- 
bear not. 
d Or, but. 
eEph.5. 15. 
f Matt. 22. 
37, 38. 
g Pe. 1. 5. 
h Ps. 56. 1. 
James 2. 6. 
i Eccles. 9. 
15,16. 
k James 2. 
2,3. 

Judo 16. 
1 1 Tim. 
4.4. 

Tit. 1. 15. 
m Prov. 15. 
13. 

a ch. 19. 16. 
&25. 8. 
Jam. 3. 2. 
a Or, sor- 
row. 

b 1 John 3. 
21. • 
c ch. 11. 19. 
verse 15. 
d verse 3. 
e Proverbs 
27.20. 
f Proverbs 
23. 6, 7. 
g Tobit 4. 
7. 

Luke 14. 
13. 

b Or, the 
feast-day, 
Eccl. 5. 18. 
& 6. 1, 2. 
h verse 4. 
i Isa. 46. 6. 
Jam. 1. 10. 
1 Pet. 1. 24. 
k Gen. 2. 17. 
& 3. 19. 
1 Eccl. 1. 4. 
m Ps. 1. 2. 
n Proverbs 
8. 34. 

o Prov. 9. 1 
c Or, stake 



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p Isa. 4. 6. 

a Ps. 37. 3. 

b Isa. 55. 2 

c Proverbs 

12. 26. 

d Isa. 56. 5. 

a Or, A 

parable. 

bO:,hewas 

not sent off, 

&c. 

c Or, rather, 

a parable. 

e Ps. 45. 7. 

f Gen. 1. 26. 

g Gen. 2. 16, 

17. 

li Deuter. 

M0. 19. 

i Jer. 21. 8. 

k Ps. 33. 18. 

a Or, tribe. 

a ch. 21. 9. 

iOr, hath 

been. 

b Gen. 6. 4. 

c Genesis 

19. 2-1. 

il Num. 14. 

15. & 16. 20. 

&. 21. 6. 

c ch. 5. 6. 

S Or, 

strong par- 

titinn. 

f 1 Kings 8. 

27. 

2 Chron. 6. 

18. 

2 Pet. X 10. 



26 He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under 
her branches. 

27 By her he shall be p covered from heat, and in her glory shall he 
dwell. 

CHAPTER XV. 
E that feareth the Lord a will do good; and he that hath the 
knowledge of the law shall obtain her. 

2 And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife 
married of a "virgin. 

3 With b the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him 
the water of wisdom to drink. 

4 He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved ; and shal. 
rely upon her, and shall not be confounded. 

5 c She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the 
congregation shall she open his mouth. 

6 He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause 
him to inherit d an everlasting name. 

7 But foolish men shall not attain unto her, and sinners shall not see her. 

8 For she is far from pride, and men that are liars cannot remember her. 

9 " Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for * it was not sent 
him of the Lord. 

10 For c praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it. 

11 Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou 
oughtest not to do the things e that he hateth. 

12 Say not thou, He hath caused me to err : for he hath no need o, 
the sinful man. 

13 The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not 

14 He himself f made man from the beginning, e and left him in the 
hand of his counsel ; 

15 If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform accepta- 
ble faithfulness. 

16 h He hath set fire and water before thee : stretch forth thy hand 
unto whether thou wilt. 

17 » Before man is life and death ; and whether him liketh shall be 
given him. 

18 For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, 
and beholdeth all things : 

19 And ; his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every 
work of man. 

20 He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, neither hath he given 
any man license to sin. 

CHAPTER XVI. 
ESIRE not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight 
in ungodly sons. 

2 Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the 
Lord be with them. 

3 Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude : for- 
one that is just is better than a thousand ; and better it is to die without 
children, than to have them that are ungodly. 

4 For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished . 
but the a kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate. 

5 Many such things have I seen with mine eyes, and mine ear hath 
heard greater things than these. 

6 a In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled ; and 
in a rebellious nation wrath * is set on fire. 

7 b He was not pacified toward the old giants who fell away in the 
strength of their foolishness. 

8 c Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred 
them for their pride. 

9 He pitied not the people of perdition, who were taken away in 
their sins : 

10 d Nor the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered to- 
gether in the hardness of their hearts. 

11 And if there be one stiff-necked among the people, it is marvel 
if he escape unpunished : for e mercy and wrath are with him ; he is 
mighty to forgive and to pour out displeasure. 

12 As his mercy is great so is his correction also : he judgeth a man 
according to his works. 

13 The sinner shall not escape with his spoils : and the patience of 
the godly shall not be frustrate. 

14 Ma"ke way for every work of mercy : for every man shall find 
according to his works. 

15 The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that 
his powerful works might be known to the world. 

16 His mercy is manifest to every creature ; and he hath separated 
his light from the darkness with an r adamant. 

17 Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord : shall any remem- 
ber me from above ? I shall not be remembered among so many people: 
for what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures ? 

18 f Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the 
earth, and all that therein is, shall be moved when he shall visit. 

19 The mountains also and foundations of the earth shall be shaken 
with trembling when the Lord lookcth upon them. 

20 No heart can think upon these things worthily : 
conceive his ways ? 

21 It is a tempest which no man can sec : for the most part of his worki 
arc hid. 

22 Who can declare the works of his justice ? or who can endure them? 
for his covenant is afar off, and the trial' of all things is in the end. 

23 He that wanteth understanding, will think upon vain things: and * 



and who is able tft 



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24 My son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge, and mark my 
words with thy heart. 

25 I will shew forth doctrine in weight, and declare his knowledge! i?m ' in ^ s 
exactly. _ a Gen. l, 

26 The works of the Lord are done in judgment from the beginning : J ^7,-.^. 5 ^, 2 - 
and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof. [ss.&T.i, 

27 He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the d chiefs. 

bGen. 1.26. 

1 Cor. 11. 7. 

Col. 3. 10. 

aOr t ofhim. 

c Ex. 20. & 

21. & 22. &. 

23. 

d Deuter. 

32. 8, 9. 

e Romans 

13.1. 

Deut. 4. 
20. & 10. 15. 
g eliap. 29. 
12, 13. 
h Matt. 25. 
34, 35. 
i Acts 3. 19. 
k Jer. 3. 12. 
b Or, lessen 
thy offence, 
c Or, illu- 
mination. 
1 Ps. 6. 5. 
Isa. 38. 18, 
19. 

m Job 25. 5, 
6. 

a Gen. 1. 1. 
b Lev. 10. 
10. 

c Psalm 
106. 2. 



Apocrypha 



of them unto all generations 
cease from their works 

28 None of them hindereth another, and they shall never disobey 
his word. 

29 After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with his 
blessings. 

30 With all manner of living things hath he covered the face there- 
of; and they shall return into it again. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
!HE Lord ■ created man of the earth, and turned him into it again. 
2 He gave them few days and a short time, and power also over 
the things therein. 

3 He endued them with strength by themselves, and b made them 
according to his image. 

4 And put the fear "■ of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion 
over beasts and fowls. 

5 [They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in 
the sixth place he imparted fhem understanding, and in the seventh 
speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof.] 

6 Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart gave he them 
to understand. 

7 Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and 
shewed them good and evil. 

8 He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the 
greatness of his works. 

9 He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they 
might declare his works with understanding. 

10 And the elect shall praise his holy name. 

11 Besides this, he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for 
a heritage. 

12 He made an everlasting covenant with them, and shewed them 
his judgments 

13 Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his 
glorious voice. 

14 And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he 
c gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour. 

15 Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his 
eyes 

16 Every man from his youth is given to evil ; neither could they 
make to themselves fleshly hearts for stony 

17 For d in the division of the nations of the whole earth, he set a 
e ruler over every people ; but f Israel is the Lord's portion 

18 Whom, being his first-born, he nourisheth with discipline, and 
giving him the light of his love, doth not forsake him. 

19 Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes 
are continually upon their ways 

20 None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their 
sins are before the Lord. 

21 But the Lord being gracious, and knowing his workmanship, nei- 
ther left nor forsook them, but spared them. 

22 The e alms of a man is as a signet with him, and he will keep the 
good deeds of man as the apple of the eye, and give repentance to his 
sons and daughters. 

23 h Afterward he will rise up and reward them, and render their 
recompense upon their heads. , 

24 ■ But unto them that repent, he granted them return, and comforted 
those that failed in patience. 

25 k Return unto the Lord, and forsake thy sins, make thy prayer before 
his face, and * offend less. 

26 Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity : for he 
will lead theo out of darkness into the c light of health ; and hate thou 
abomination vehemently. 

27 ' Who shall praise the Most High in the grave, instead of them which 
live and give thanks ? 

28 Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the 
living arid sound in heart shall praise the Lord. 

29 How great is the loving-kindness of the Lord our God, and his com- 
passion unto such as turn unto him in holiness ! 

30 For all things cannot be "in men, because the son of man is not immortal. 

31 m What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth : and 
flesh and blood wilfimagine evil. 

32 He vieweth the power of the height of heaven, and all men are but 
earth and ashes. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
[E that liveth for ever a created all things in general. 

2 The Lord only is righteous, and there is none other but he. 

3 Who governeth the world with the palm of his hand, and all things 
obey his will : for he is the King of all, by his power b dividing holy things 
among them from profane. 

4 To whom hath he given power to declare his works ? c and who shall 
nnd out his noble acts ? 

5 Who shall number the strength of hi 
out his mercies ? 

6 As for the wondrous works 



d Ps. 90. 10. 
e 2 Pet. 3. 8. 
fch. 41. 22. 
g 1 Cor. 11. 
28,31. 
li chap. 7. 
17, 36. 
i Proverbs 
28. 14. 
k Rom. 6. 
6. & 13. 14. 
aJoshua22. 
11. 

a Or, of 
friend or 
foe. 

b Or, shew 
his hatred, 
c Or, heart: 
b Levit. 19. 
L7. 

Matthew 
18. 15. 
d Or, Re- 
prove. 
e Or, wil- 
lingly. 
c Jam. 3. 2. 
/Or, Re- 
prove, 
g Or, of re- 
ceiving 
him. 



lis majesty ? and who shall also tell 



from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the 
ground of them be found out. 

7 When a man hath done, then he beginneth ; and when he leaveth 
oft, then he shall be doubtful. 

. 8 What is man, and whereto serveth he ? what is his P-ood, and what 
is his evil ? ° 

9 d The number of a man's days at the most are a hundred years. 

10 Asa drop of water unto the sea, and a gravel-stone in comparison 
)t the sand ; so are a e thousand years to the days of eternity. 

11 Therefore is God patient with them, and poureth forth his mercy 
upon them. } 

12 He saw and perceived their end to be evil; therefore he multi- 
plied his compassion. 

13 The mercy of man is toward his neighbour ; but the mercy of 
the Lord is upon all flesh : he reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth 
and bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock. 

14 He hath mercy on them that receive discipline, and that diligent- 
ly seek after his judgments. 

15 ' My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable 
words when thou givest any thing. 

16 Shall not the dew assuage the heat ? so is a word better than a gift. 

17 Lo, is not a word better than a gift ? butboth are with a gracious man. 

18 A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth 
the eyes. 

19 Learn before thou speak, and use physick or ever thou be sick. 

20 Before judgment e examine thyself, and in the day of visitation 
thou shalt find mercy. 

21 Humble thyself before thou be sick, and in the time of sins shew 
repentance. 

22 Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy vow in due time, and defer not 
until death to be justified. 

23 Before thou pray est, prepare thyself; and be not as one that 
tempteth the Lord. 

24 b Think upon the wrath that shall be at the end, and the time of 
vengeance, when he shall turn away his face. 

25 When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger : and 
when thou art rich, think upon poverty and need. 

26 From the morning until the evening the time is changed, and all 
things are soon done before the Lord. 

27 ■ A wise man wxll fear in every thing, and in the day of sinning 
he will beware of offence : but a fool will not observe time. 

28 Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give 
praise unto him that found her. 

29 They that were of understanding in sayings, became also wise 
themselves, and poured forth exquisite parables. 

30 k Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites. 

31 If tliou givest thy sou! the desires that please her, she will make 
thee a laughing-stock to thine enemies that malign thee. 

32 Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the ex- 
pense thereof. 

33 Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou 
hast nothing in thy purse : for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life, 
and be. talked on. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
LABOURING man that is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: 
and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little. 

2 Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away : 
and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent. 

3 Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, and a bold man shall 
be taken away. 

4 a He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded ; and he that sinneth 
shall offend against his own soul. 

5 Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned: but he that 
resisteth pleasures crowneth his life. 

6 He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife; and he thathateth 
babbling shall have less evil. 

7 Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt 
fare never the worse. 

8 Whether it be a to a friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives ; and 
if thou canst without offence reveal them not. 

9 For he heard and observedthee, and when time cometh he will 8 hate thee. 

10 If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee ; and be bold, it will 
not burst thee. 

11 A fool travaileth. with a word, as a woman in labour of a child. 

12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a 
fool's c belly. 

13 b Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it : and if he have 
done it, that he do it no more. 

14 d Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it : and if he have, 
that he speak it not again. 

15 Admonish a friend : for many times it is a slander, and believe not 
every tale. 

16 There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not c from his heart ; and 
who is he that hath not offended with his c tongue ? . 

17 /Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being 
angry give place to the law of the Most High. 

IS The fear of the Lord is the first step sto be accepted [of him,] and 



wisdom obtaineth his love. 

19 The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of 
life : and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the 
the Lord, there may nothing be taken tree of immortality. 



Apoprypha. 



WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 



20 The fear of the Lord is all wisdom ; and in all wisdom is the * Or, judg 



performance of the law, and the knowledge of his omnipotency. 



eth. 
i Or, in 



21 If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee ; 'black. 



a Or, sea- 
sonable. 
a chapter 
30. 20. 
b Eecles. 3. 
7. 

c ch. 32. 4. 
d chap. 6. 5. 



though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him 

22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time 
fhe counsel of sinners prudence. 

23 There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination : and there 
is a fool wanting in wisdom. 

24 He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than 
one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the Most High. |* Or, plea, 

25 There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust ; and there 
is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear ; and there is a wise 
man that ''justifieth in judgment. 

26 There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head » sadly ; but 
inwardly he is full of deceit, 

27 Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not : 
where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware. 

28 And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when 
he findeth opportunity he will do evil. 

29 A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understand- 
ing by his countenance, when thou meetest him. 

30 A man's attire, and excessive laughter, and gait, shew what he is. 

CHAPTER XX. 

THERE is a reproof that is not a comely : again, some man holdeth 
his tongue, and he is wise. 

2 It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly : and he 
that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt. 

3 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance ! for 
so shalt thou escape wilful sin. 

4 As is the lust of a a eunuch to deflour a virgin ; eo is he that 
executeth judgment with violence. 

5 There is one that keepeth silence, and is found wise : and another 
by much babbling becometh hateful. 

6 Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer : and 
some keepeth silence, b knpwing his time. 

7 A wise man will hold his c tongue till he see opportunity : but a 
babbler and a fool will regard no time. 

8 He that useth many words shall be abhorred ; and he that taketh 
to himself authority therein shall be hated. 

9 There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things ; and there 
is a gain that turneth to loss. 

10 There is a gift that shall not profit thee ; and there is a gift whose 
recompense is double. 

11 There is an abasement because of glory ; and there is that lifteth 
up his head from a low estate. 

12 There is thatbuyeth much for a little, and repayeth it seven-fold. 

13 d A wise man by his words maketh himself beloved : but the 
4 graces of fools shall be c poured out. 

14 The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it ; neither 
yet of the envious for his necessity: d for he looketh to receive many 
things for one. 

15 He giveth little, and upbraideth much ; he openeth his mouth like 
a crier ; to-day he lendeth, and to-morrow will he ask it again : such 
a one is to be hated of God and man. 

16 The fool saith, I have no friends, 1 have no thanks for all my good 
deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me. 



Apocrypha. 
the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, 

whereof cannot 
thus the house of projid 



sant cun 
ceils, 
c Or, lost, 
or, spilt, 
d Gr. /or 
his eyes are 
many for 
one to re- 
ceive, 
e Or, An 
unpleasant 
fellow. 
/Gr. shall 
not be 
pricked. 
e ch. 25. 2. 
g Or, igno- 
miny. 
f Prov. 12. 
11. & 28. 19. 
g Ex. 23. 8. 
Deuteron. 
16. 19. 
h Or, as a 
muzzle in 
the mouth. 
a Ps. 41. 4. 
Luke 15. 21. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



b Exod. 3. 
9. & 22. 23. 
a Gr. be 
converted. 
cch. 16. 6. 
o Or, witty. 
d Eccles. 1. 
18. 
cOr, 
subtilty. 
e ch. 38. 5. 
f Prov. 9. 9. 
d Or, not to 
be inquired 
after. 

g ch. 19. 30. 
h ch. 28. 13. 
aPr.13. 22. 
a Or, shall 
be the heir 
of her 
husband. 
bOr,anart. 
b ch. 38. 16. 
c ch. 12. 12. 
c Or, when 
he shakes 
off his filth. 

17 How oft, "and of how'many shall he be laughed to scorn! for helwearied, 
knoweth not aright what it is to have ; and it is Si one unto him as if Id Pr- 27. 3. 
he had it not. 

18 To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue : so the 
fall of the wicked shall come speedily. 

19 e An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise. 

20 A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's 
mouth ; for he will not speak it in due season. 

21 There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when 
he taketh rest, he /shall not be troubled. 

22 There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by 
accepting of persons overthroweth himself. 

23 There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him 
his enemy for nothing. 

24 c A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the 
untaught. 

25 A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie : but they both 
shall have destruction to heritage. 

26 The disposition of a liar is s dishonourable, and his shame is ever 
with him. 

27 A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words : and he 
that hath understanding will please great men. 

28 ' He that tilleth his land shall increase his heap : and he that pleaseth 
great men shall get pardon for iniquity. 

= 29 e Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and h stop up his mouth 
(hat he cannot reprove. 

30 Wisdom that his hid, and treasure that is hoarded up, what profit is in 
them both ? 

31 Better is he that hideth his folly than a man that hidetli his wisdom. 

32 Necessary patience in seeking the Lord is better than he that leadeth 
his life without a guide. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

MY son, hast thou sinned ? do so no more, but a ask pardon for thy for- 
mer sins. 
2 Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too 
11 F 



near it, it will bite thee : 
slaying the souls of men. 

3 All iniquity is as a two-edged sword, the wounds 
be healed. 

4 To terrify and do wrong will waste riches : 
men shall be made desolate. 

5 b A prayer out of a poor man's mouth reacheth to the ears of God. 
and his judgment cometh speedily. 

6 He that hateth to be reproved is in the way of sinners : but he 
that feareth the Lord will " repent from his heart. 

7 An eloquent man is known far and near ; but a man of understand- 
ing knoweth when he slippeth. 

8 He that buildeth his house with other men's money is like one that 
gathereth himself stones for the tornb of his burial. 

9 c The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together : 
and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them. 

10 The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end 
thereof is the pit of hell. 

11 He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understanding 
thereof: and the perfection of the fear of the Lord is wisdom. 

12 He that is not h wise will not be taught: d but there is a c wisdom 
which multiplieth bitterness. 

13 The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood : and his 
counsel is like a pure fountain of life. 

14 e The inner parts of a fool are like a broken vessel, and he will 
hold no knowledge as long as he liveth. 

15 If a skilful man hear a wise word, he will commend it, and f add 
unto it : but as soon as one of no understanding heareth it, it dis- 
pleaseth him, and he casteth it behind his back. 

16 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way : but grace shall 
be found in the lips of the wise. 

17 They inquire at the mouth of the wise man in the congregation, 
and they shall ponder his words in their heart. 

IS As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool : and the 
knowledge of the unwise is as talk d without sense. 

19 Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on 
the right hand. 

20 eA fool lifteth up his voice with laughter ; but a wise man doth 
scarce smile a little. 

21 Learning is unto a wise man as an ornament of gold, and like a 
bracelet upon his right arm. 

22 A foolish man's foot is soon in his [neighbour's] house : but a 
man of experience is ashamed of him. 

23 A fool will peep in at the door into the house : but he that is well 

nurtured will stand without. 

24 It is the rudeness of a man to hearken at the door : but a wise 
man will be grieved with the disgrace. 

25 The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto 
them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in 
the balance. 

26 The heart of fools is in their mouth : but the mouth of the wise 
is in their heart. 

27 When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul. 

28 h A whisperer defileth his own soul, and is hated wheresoever he 
dwelleth. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

A SLOTHFUL man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one 
will hiss him out to his disgrace. 
2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man 
that takes it up will shake his hand. 

3 An evil-nurtured son is the dishonour of his father that begat him : and 
a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss. 

4 * A wise daughter a shall bring an inheritance to her husband : but 
she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness. 

5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they 
both shall despise her. 

6 A tale out of season [is as] music in mourning : but stripes and cor- 
rection of wisdom are never out of time. 

7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and 
as he that waketh one from a sound sleep. 

8 He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber : when he 
hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter ? 

9 If children live honestly, and have * wherewithal, they shall cover the 



baseness of their parents. 

10 But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture 
do stain the nobility of their kindred. 

11 b Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the 
fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for 
he is at rest : but the life of the fool is worse than death. 

12 Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead ; but for a fool and 
an ungodly man all the days of his life. 

13 Talk not much with a" fool, and go not to him that hath no understand- 
ing : c beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be de- 
filed c with his fooleries : depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and 
never be d disquieted with madness. 

14 What is heavier than lead ? and what is the name thereof, but a fool ? 

15 d Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear than a man 
without understanding. 

16 As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed 
with shaking ; so the heart that is established by advised counsel shall 
fear at no time. 

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B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



e Or, of a 
polished 
wall. 

e Ps. 141. 3. 
a Or, a 
giant-like. 
a Ex. 20. 7. 
cli'. 27. 14. 
Matt. 5. 33, 
34. 

b Gr. jits- 
ttfied. 

b 2 Sam. 16. 
7. 

c Prov. 9. 
17. 

4 Job 24. 15. 
Isa. 29. 15. 
e Lev. 20. 
10. 

Deut. 22.22. 
c Or, c 
stranger. 
fEx.20.14. 
dOi ^visita- 
tion. 

g Wisdom 
3. 



Apocrypha. 

17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plas- 
tering « on the wall of a gallery. 

18 Pales set on a high place will never stand against the wind : so a 
fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear. 

f 9 He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall : and he that 
pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge. 

20 Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away : and he 
that upbraiueth his friend breaketh friendship. 

21 Tliough thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not : for 
there may be a returning [to favour.] 

22 If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not ; for 
there may be a reconciliation : except for upbraiding, or pride, or dis- 
closing of secrets, or a treacherous wound : for, for these tilings every 
friend will depart. 

23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest re- 
joice in his prosperity : abide steadfast unto him in the time of his 
trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage : for a mean 
estate is not always to be contemned : nor the rich that is foolish to be 
had in admiration. 

24 As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire ; so 
reviling before blood. 

25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend ; neither will I hide my- 
self from him. 

26 And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it 
will beware of him. 

27 e Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom 
upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue de- 
stroy me not ? 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
LORD, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not 
to their counsels, and let me not fall by them. 

2 Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wis- 
dom over my heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and 
it pass not by my sins : 

3 Lest mine ignorances increase, and my sins abound to my destruc- 
tion, and I fall before mine adversaries, and mine enemy rejoice over 
me, whose hope is far from thy mercy. 

4 O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but 
turn away from thy servants always a a haughty mind. 

5 Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and thou shalt 
hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee. 

6 Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of 
me ; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind. 

7 Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth 
it shall never be taken in his lips. 

8 The sinner shall be left in his foolishness : both the evil speaker 
and the pioud shall fall thereby. 

9 a Accustom not thy mouth to swearing ; neither use thyself to the 
naming of the Holy One. 

10 For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a 
blue mark : so he that sweareth andnameth God continually shall not 
be faultless. 

11 A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the 
plague shall never depart from his house : if he shall offend, his sin shall be 
irponhim: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double of- 
fence : and if he swear in vain, he shall not be * innocent, but his house 
shall be full of calamities. • 

12 There is a word that is clothed about with death : God grant that it 
be not found in the heritage of Jacob ; for all such things shall be far from 
the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins. 

13 Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of 
sin. 

14 Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great 
men; Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a 
fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy na- 
tivity. 

15 b The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be re- 
formed all the days of his life. 

16 Two sorts of men multiply sin, and the third will bring wrath : a hot 
mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till.it be consumed : a for- 
nicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he hath kindled a fire. 

17 c All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die. 

18 A man that breaketh wedlock, saying thus in his heart, d Who seeth 
me ? I am compassed about with darkness, the walls cover me, and nobody 
seeth me ; what need I to fear ? the Most High will not remember my sins : 

19 Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the 
eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, "beholding 
all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts. 

20 He knew all things ere ever they were created ; so also after they 
Avere perfected he looked upon them all. 

21 e This man shall be punished in the str'eets of the city, and where he 
suspecteth not he shall be taken. 

22 Thus shall it p-o also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and 
liringeth in an heir by c another. 

23 For first she hath disobeyed the f law of the Most High ; and second- 
ly, she hath trespassed against her own husband ; and thirdly, she hath 
played the whore in adultery, and brought children by another man. 

24 She shall be brought out into the congregation, and a inquisition shall 
be made of her children. 

25 Her s children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth 
ao fruit 



Apocrypha. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 
The praise 
ofVVisdom. 
a Or, a 
mist. 

a SohSSHA. 
b Proverbs 
8.22. 
c Exodus 
31.3. 
d Psa. 132. 

b Or, holy. 
cOr, Cades. 
d Or, in the 

water. 
e Ex. 30. 3-1. 
f John 15. L 
c Or, 

chosen. 

g Ps. 19. 10, 

11. 

h Exod. 20. 

1. & 24. 3. 

Dent. 4. 1. 

&2". 1. 

i Gen. 2. 11. 

k Jos. 3. 15. 
/Or, drain, 

or, ditch. 

1 ch. 33. 17. 

a Or, 

gloried. 

a Gen. 13.8. 

Rom. 12. 10. 



26 She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her reproach shall 
not be blotted out. 

27 And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than 
the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed 
unto the commandments of the Lord. 

28 It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be received of him is 
lono- life. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
ISDOM shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her 
people. 

2 In the congregation of the Most High shall she open her mouth, 
and triumph before his power. 

3 I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth 
as a a cloud. 

4 a I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar. 

5 I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom 
of the deep. 

6 In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people 
and nation, I got a possession. 

7 With all these I sought rest : and in whose inheritance shall I abide? 

8 So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that 
made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, Let thy dwelling be in 
Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel. 

9 He b created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall 
never fail. 

10 in the = holy tabernacle I served before him ; and so was I es- 
tablished in Sion. 

11 d Likewise in the * beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem 
was my power. 

12 And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the 
Lord's inheritance. 

13 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress-tree upon 
the mountains of Hermon. 

14 I was exalted like a palm-tiee in c Engaddi, and as a rose-plant in 
Jericho, as a fair olive-tree in a plaasant field, and grew up as a plane- 
tree (/ by the water 

15 I gave a sweet smell like c; raamon and aspalathus, and I yielded 
a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet 
btorax, and as the fume of frankincense in the e tabernacle. 

16 As the turpentine-tree I stretched out my branches, and my 
branches are the branches of honour and grace. 

17 '■ As the vine brought I forth a pleasant savour, and my flowers 
are the fruit of honour and riches. 

18 I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy 
hope : I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are 
e named of him. 

19 Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves 
with my fruits. 

20 For my memorial is " sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance 
than the honeycomb. 

21 They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me 
shall yet be thirsty. 

22 He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by 
me shall not do amiss. 

23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, 
even the h law which Moses commanded for a heritage unto the congrega- 
tions of Jacob. 

24 Faint not to be strong in the Lord : that he may confirm you, cleave 
unto him : for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and besides him there is no 
other Saviour. 

25 He fillath all things with his wisdom, as ' Phison and as Tigris in the 
time of the new fruits. 

26 He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as k Jor- 
dan in the time of the harvest. 

27 He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon 
in the time of vintage. 

28 The first man knew her not perfectly : 



no more shall the last find her 



out. 

29 For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder 
than the great deep. 

30 I also came out as a / brook from a river, and as a conduit into a gar- 
den. 

31 1 said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my 
garden-bed : and lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea. 

32 I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth 
her light afar off. 

33 I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for 
ever. 

34 > Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that 
seek wisdom. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

fN three tilings I a was beautified, and stood up beautiful both before 
God and men: the a unity of brethren, the love of neighbours, a man 
and a wife that agree together. 

2 Three sorts of men my soul hateth, and I am greatly offended at then- 
life : a poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, and an old adultorex 
that doteth. • . . 

3 If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth, how canst thou find any 
thing in thine age ? . 

4 O how comely a thing is judgment for gray hairs, and for ancient meR 
to know counsel ! 

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Apocrypha. 

5 O how comely is -the wisdom of old men, and understanding and 
counsel to men of honour ! 

6 Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is 
their glory. 

7 There be nine things which I have judged in my heart to be 
kappy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue : A man that hath 
joy of his children; and he that liveth to see the fall of his enemy: 

8 Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that 
hath not "slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man 
more unworthy than himself: 

9 Well is him that hath found * prudence, and he that speaketh in 
the ears of them that will hear : 

10 O how great is he that findeth wisdom ! yet is there none above 
him that feareth the Lord. 

11 But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination : he 
that holdeth it, c wherete shall he be likened ? 

12 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love : and faith is 
the beginning of cleaving unto him. 

13 [Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart : and any 
wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman : 

14 And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me : and 
any revenge, but the revenge of enemies. 

15 There is no head above the head of a serpent ; and there is no 
wrath above the wrath of an enemy. 

16 c I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house 
with a wicked woman. 

17 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face and darkeneth 
her countenance "Hike sackcloth. 

18 Her husband shall sit among his neighbours; and when he hear- 
eth it shall sigh bitterly. 

19 All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman : let 
the portion of a sinner fall upon her- 

20 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is 
a wife e full of words to a quiet man. 

21 d Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for 
pleasure. 

22 A woman, if she maintain her husband, in full of anger, impu- 
dence, and much reproach. 

23 A wicked woman abateth the courage, maketh a heavy counte- 
nance and a wounded heart : a woman that will not comfort her hus- 
band in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees. 

24 Of e the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we 
all die. 

25 Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to 
gad abroad. 

26 If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy 
flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 
>LESSED is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of 
his days shall be double. 

2 A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the 
years of his life in peace. 

3 A good wife is a good portion, which shall be given in the portion 
of them that fear the Lord. 

4 Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward 
the Lord, he shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance. 

5 There be three things that my heart feareth ; and for the fourth I 
wa3 sore afraid : " the slander of a city, and gathering together of an 
unruly multitude, and a false accusation : all these are worse than death 

6 But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over 
another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth 
with all. 

7 An evil wife is ° a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of 
her is as though he held a scorpion. 

8 A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and 
she will not cover her own shame. 

9 The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks 
and eyelids. 

10 * If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she 
abuse herself through overmuch liberty. 

11 Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass 
against thee. 

12 She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a 
fountain, and drink of every water near her ; by every c hedge she will sit 
down, and open her quiver against every arrow. 

13 The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will 
fatten his bones. 

14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord ; and there is nothing 
so much worth as a mind well instructed. 

15 A shamefaced and a faithful woman is a double grace, and her con- 
tinent mind cannot be valued. 

16 As the sun when it ariseth '' in the high heaven ; so is the beauty of 
a good wife in the 'ordering of her house. 

17 As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick ; so is the beauty of 
the face /in ripe age. 

18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver ; so arc the s fair 
feet with a constant * heart. 

19 My son, keep the flower of thine age sound ; and give not thy strength 
to strangers. 

20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow 
it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock. 



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b chap. 14. 
Lit 19. 16. 
James 3. 2. 
4 Or, a 
friend. 
c Or, to 
whom. 
c Proverbs 
31. 19. 
<iOr, like a 
bear. 
eOr, 
scohtintr 
d2Sam.il. 
2. 

ch. 42. 12. 
e Gen. 3. 6. 
1 Timothy 
2.14. 
a Gr. an 
evil report. 
6 Or, a 
yoke of 
oxen. 

a ch. 42. 11. 
c Or, stake. 
d Gr. in the 
highest 
places of 
the Lord, 
e Or, orna- 
ment. 
/Or, in 
constant 
atre. 
gOr, 
comely. 
A Or. 
breast. 



i Or, a 
swine. 
a Proverbs 
28.21. 
a Or, a 
thing in- 
different. 
b Proverbs 
23.4. 

1 Tim. C. 9. 
ft Or, 
thought. 
c Proverbs 



Apocrypha. 

21 So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the 
conhience of their good descent. 

22 A harlot shall be accounted as ' spittle, but a married woman is a 
tower against death to her husband. 

23 A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a 
godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord. 

24 A dishonest woman»contemneth shame : but an honest woman 
will reverence her husband. 

25 A shameless woman shall be accounted as a dog ; but she that is 
shamefaced will fear the Lord. 

26 A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of 
all; but she that dishonoured him in her pride shall, be counted un- 
godly of all. 

27 A loud crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive 
away the enemies. 

23 There be two things that grieve my heart ; and the third maketVi 
me angry : a man of war that suffereth poverty ; and men of under- 
standing that are not set by ; and one that returneth from righteous- 
ness to sin ; the Lord prepareth such a one for the sword. 

29 A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong : and a 
huckster shall not be freed from sin. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

L'g ANY " have sinned for " a small matter ; and he that b seeketh for 

r_2L abundance will turn his eyes away. 

2. As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones ; so doth 
sin stick close between buying and selling. 

3 Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his 
house shall soon be overthrown. 

4 As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth ; so the 
filth of man in his b talk. 

5 c The furnace proveth the potter's vessels ; so the trial of man is 
in his reasoning. 

6 d The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed ; so is the 
utterance of a conceit in the heart of man. 

7 Praise no man before thou hearest him speak ; for this is the trial 
of men. 

8 If thou followest righteousness, thou shalt obtain her, and put her 
on, as a glorious long robe. 

9 The birds will resort unto their like ; so will truth return unto 
them that practise in her. 

10 As the lion lieth in wait for the prey ; so sin for them that werk 
iniquity. 

11 p The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom ; but a 
fool changeth as the moon. 

12 If thoa be among the indiscreet observo the time ; but be con- 
d Mat. 7. 17. tinually among men of understanding. 

13 The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is in the wan- 
tonness of sin. 

14 f The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand up- 
right ; and their brawls make one stop his ears. 

15 The strife of the proud is blood-shedding, and their revilings are 
grievous to the ear. 

16 Whoso discovereth secrets loseth his credit ; and shall never find 
a friend to his mind. 

17 Love thy friend, and be faithful unto him: e but if thoubewrayest 
his secrets, follow no more after him. 

18 For as a man hath destroyed his enemy ; so hast thou lost the 
love of thy neighbour. 

19 As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let th] 
neighbour go, and shalt not get him a^ain. 

20 h Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe 
escaped out of the snare. 

21 As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may 
be reconcilement: but he that bewray eth secrets is without hope. 

22 He ' that winkcth with the eyes worketh evil : and he that know- 
cth him will depart from him. 

23 When thou art present he will speak sweetly, and will admire thy 
Mark 11. 35. | words: but at the last he will c writhe his mouth, and slander thysayings. 

24 I have hated many things, but nothing like him ; for the Lord 
will hate him. 

1 25 Whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head ; and 
a deceitful stroke shall make wounds. 

26 k Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that scttcth a trap 
shall be taken therein. 

27 He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not 
know whence it comclh. 

28 Mockery and reproach are from the proud ; but ' vengeance as a 
lion, shall lie in wait for them. 

29 "' They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the 
snare ; and anguish shall consume them before they die. 

30 Malice and wrath, even these are abominations ; and the sinful man 
shall have them both. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
E * that reveno-eth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will 
surely keep his sins [in remembrance.] 

2 i= Forn-ivc thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall 
thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest. 

3 c One man beareth hatred against another, and doth he seek pardon 
from the Lord ? 

4 He shewoth no mercy to a man, which is like himself: and doth he ask 
forgiveness of his own sins ? 

43 



Mai. 3. 16. 
fch.23. 9. 
Matt. 5. 33, 
34. 

s chap. 22. 
22. &41. 
23. 

h verse 17. 
i Proverbs 
10. 10. 
c Or, alter 
his speech, 
Psahn 50. 
19, 20. 
k Ps. 7. 15. 
Prov.26.27. 
Eccl. 10. 8. 

1 Dcut. 32. 
33. 

Romans 12. 
19. 

in Micab 7. 
8. 

a Dcut. 30. 
35. 

Rom. 12. 19. 
b Matt. 6. 
11. 



like 6. 3' 
13. 23. 



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cir. 200. 



d Deut. 32. 

29. 

e Mai. 4. 4. 

f chap. 8. 1. 

g Proverbs 

26. 21. 

h Jam. 3. 5. 

i ohap. 21. 

28. 

a Or, third. 

k Lev. 19. 

16. 

Psa. 15. 3. 

Pom. 1. 30. 

1 Pet, 2. 1. 

1 Job 5. 21. 

m Psa. 140. 

3. 

nPs. 31.20. 

Ps. 141. 3. 
p 1 Cor. 10. 
12. 

a Ps. 37. 26. 

b Deut. 15. 

8. 

Mat. 5. 42. 

Luke 6. 35. 

c Ps. 37.21. 

a Or, If he 

be able. 

d Ps.35. 12. 

&. 38. 20. & 

109. 3, 4, 5. 

Jer. 18.20. 

e Dout. 15. 

II. 

fchap. 20. 

30. 

? Dan. 4. 

27. 

Mat. 6. 20. 

Luke 11.41. 

& 12. 33. 

Acts 10. 4. 

1 Tim. 6. 
18, 19. 
hTobit4.8, 
9, 10. 

* Or, fail. 
i Prov. 11 
15.&22.26. 



Apocrypha. ECCLESIAS' 

5 If he that is but flesh nourish. hatred, who will entreat for pardon 
of his sins ? 

6 d Remember thy end and let enmity cease ; [remember] corruption 
and death, and abide in the commandments. 

7 e Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to thy 
neighbour : [remember] the covenant of the Highest, and wink at 
ignorance. . 

8 f Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins : for a , ; m 
man will kindle strife. 

9 A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them 
that be at peace. 

10 e As- the matter of the fire is, so it burneth : and as a- mans 
strength is, so is his wrath ; and according to his riches his anger 
riseth ; and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will 
be inflamed. •• 

11 A hasty contention h kindleth a fire : and a hasty fighting shed- 
deth blood. 

12 If thou blow the spark, it shall burn : if thou spit upon it, it shall 
be quenched : and both these come out of thy mouth. 

13 ' Curse the whisperer and double-tongued : for such have de- 
stroyed many that were at peace. 

14 A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from 
nation to nation : strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown 
the houses of great men 

15 A ° k backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and de- 
prived them of their labours. 

16 Whoso hearkeneth unto it shall never find rest, and never dwell 
quietly 

17 The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh : but the stroke 
of the tongue breaketh the bones. 

18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword : but not so many as 
have fallen by the tongue. 

19 Well is he ' that is defended from it, and hath not passed through 
m the venom thereof; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath 
been bound in her bands. 

20 For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are 
bands of brass. 

21 The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it. 

22 n It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall 
they be burned with the flame thereof. 

23 Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in 
them, and not be quenched ; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and 
devour them as a leopard. 

24 Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind 
up thy silver and gold : 

25 And weigh thy words in a balance, ° and make a door and bar 
for thy mouth. 

26 Beware thou slide not by it, p lest thou fall before him that lieth 
in wait. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

HE a that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour ; and he that 
strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments. 

2 ' Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, and pay thou thy 
neighbour again in due season. 

3 Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, and thou shalt al- 
ways find the thing that is necessary for thee. 

4 Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and 
put them to trouble that helped them. 

5 Till he hath received, he will kiss a man's hand ; and for his 
neighbour's money he will speak submissly : c but when he should 
repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and com- 
plain of the time/ 

.6 "If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half, and he will count 
as if he had found it : if not, he hath deprived him of his money, and 
he hath gotten him an enemy without cause: "he payeth him with 
cursings and railings ; and for honour he will pay him disgrace. 

7 Many therefore have refused to lend for other men's ill dealing, 
fearing to be defraude,d. . 

8 Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not 
to shew him mercy. 

9 e Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not 
away because of his poverty. 

10 Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, f and let it not 
rust under a stone to be lost. 

11 e Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the 
Most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold. 

12 Shut up alms in thy h storehouses ; and it shall deliver thee from 
all affliction. 

13 It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty 
shield and strong spear. 

14 An honest man is surety for his neighbour : but he that is im- 
prudent will b forsake him. 

15 Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life 
v or thee. 

16 A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety 



and clothing, and 



hold thee contented, that thou hear not the 



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k 2 Cor. 8. 

12. 

1 chap. 39. 

26. 

1 Tim. 6. 8. 

m Heb. 13. 

5. 

n Ps. 41. 9. 

See Jam. 
2. 1, 2, 3. 
Of children, 
a Prov. 13. 

24. & 23. 13. 
a Or, good 
by him. 

b Or, kins- 
folk. 

b Deut. 6. 7. 
&11. 19. 
Psa. 78. 4, 

6. 
c Ps. 128. 3, 
6. & 144. 12. 

1 Proverbs 

18. 24. 
tOr, 

astonished, 
Prov. 10. 1. 
e ch. 7. 28. 
Eph. 6. 4. 

f verse 9. 

Deut. 8. 5. 
Heb. 12. 7, 
" 9. 

Of health, 
h Rev. 9. 6. 
d Or, af- 
flicted. 
i chap. 20. 
4. 
k Prov. 12. 

25. & 15. 13. 
& 17.22. 

e Or, ex- 
ultation. 
1 2 Cor. 7. 
10. 

f Or, Jl 
noble. 
a 1 Tim. 6. 

10. 
b'Phil. 4. 6. 
1 Pet. 5. 7. 



c Mat. 6. 

17 And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him [in danger] J^Mi 
that delivered him. 

18 > Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them 
*u ^ }t a ' ve of the sea: mi gbty men hath it driven from their houses, so 
I hat they wandered among strange nations. 

19 A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord 



d chap. 8. 

2. 

c Luke 6. 

24. 

1 Tim. 6. 6, 

7,8. 

f Job 23. 10. 



ApocrypJia.. 

shall fall into suretiship : and he that undertaketh and followeth other 
men's business for gain shall fall into suits. 

20 Help thy neighbour * according to thy power, and beware that 
thou thyself fall not into the same. 

21 The » chief thing for life is water, and bread, 
a house to cover shame. 

22 Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate 
fare in another man's house. 

23 Be it little or much, 
reproach of thy house. 

24 For it is a miserable life to go from house to house : for where 
thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth. 

25 Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks : moreover, 
n thou shalt hear bitter words : 

26 Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that 
thou hast ready. 

27 ° Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man ; my brother 
cometh to be lodged, and I have need of my house. 

28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding ; the up 
braiding of house-room, and reproaching of the lender. 

CHAPTER XXX. 
E a that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod, that he may 
have joy of him in the end. 

2 He that chastiseth his son shall have a joy in him, and shall rejoice 
in him among his * acquaintance. 

3 He that b teacheth his son grieveth the enemy : and before his 
friends he shall rejoice of him. 

4 Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead : for 
he hath left one behind him that is like himself. 

5 While he lived, he c saw and rejoiced in him : and when he died 
he was not sorrowful. 

6 He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one that 
shall d requite kindness to his friends. 

7 He that maketh too much of his son shall bind up his wounds ; 
and his bowels will be troubled at every cry. 

8 A horse not broken becometh headstrong : and a child left to him- 
self will be wilful. 

9 d Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee c afraid: play with 
him, and he will bring thee to heaviness. 

10 Laugh not with nim, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou 
gnash thy teeth in the end. 

11 e Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies. 

12 Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the sides 
while he is a child, lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient unto thee, 
f and so bring sorrow to thy heart. 

13 e Chastise thy son, and hold him to labour, lest his lewd behaviour 
be an offence unto thee. 

14 Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a 
rich man that is afflicted in his body. 

15 Health and good estate of body are above all gold, and a strong 
body above infinite wealth. 

16 There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy 
of the heart. 

17 h Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness. 

18 Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up, are as messes of meat 
set upon a grave. 

19 What good doeth the offering unto an idol ? for neither can it 
eat nor smell: so is he that is d persecuted of the Lord. 

20 He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, ■ as a eunuch that embraceth 
a virgin and sigheth. 

21 k Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in 
thine own counsel. 

22 The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the «joyfulness 
of a man prolongeth his days. 

23 Love thine own soul, and comfort thy heart, remove sorrow far 
from thee : > for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit 
therein. 

24 Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age 
before the time. 

25 /A eheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet. 
CHAPTER XXXL 

ATCHING for « riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof 
driveth away sleep. 

2 b Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease 
breaketh sleep. 

3 The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together ; and when 
he resteth, he is filled with his delicates. 

4 The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, 
he is still needy. 

5 " He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth 
corruption shall have enough thereof. 

6 d Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present 

7 It is a stumbling-block unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every 
fool shall be taken therewith. ■ 

Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not 
gone after gold. , - „ ,,.,,. 

9 Who is he ? and we will call him blessed : for wonderful things 
hath he done among his people. ' 

10 Who hath been f tried thereby, and found perfect .' then let him 
glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and 
hath not done it f 



Apocrypha. 

11 His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare 
hi9 alms. 

12 If thou sit at a bountiful table, e <*be not greedy upon it, and say 
not, There is much meat on it. 

13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing : and what is created 
more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth * upon every occasion. 

14 Stretch not thy hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not 
with him into the dish. 

15 " Judge of thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point. 

16 Eat, as itbecometh a man, those things which are set before thee ; 
and devour not, lest thou be hated. 

17 Leave off first for manner's sake ; ' and be not unsatiable, lest 
thou offend. 

18 k When thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all. 

19 A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, c and he fetch- 
eth not his wind short upon his bed. 

20 Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating : he riseth early, and his 
wits are with him : ' but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs 
of the belly, are with an unsatiable man. 

21 And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and 
thou shalt have rest. 

22 My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt 
find as I told thee : m in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sick- 
ness come unto thee. 

23 ■> Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and 
the report of his good house-keeping will be believed. 

24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall 
murmur ; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of. 

25 Shew not thy valiantness in wine ; t for wine hath destroyed many. 

26 The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts 
of the proud by irunkenness. 

27 i Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately : 
what is life then to a man that is without wine ? for it was made to make 
men glad. 

28 Wine measurably drunk and in season, bringeth gladness of the 
heart, and cheerfulness of the mind : 

29 But r wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, 
with brawling and quarrelling. 

30 Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend : it di- 
minisheth strength, and maketh wounds. 

31 Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his 
mirth: give him no despiteful words, e and press not upon him with 
urging him fto drink.l 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

IF thou be made a the master [of a feast,] lift not thyself up, but be 
among them as one of the rest, take diligent care for them, and so 
sit down. 

2 And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place that thou 
mayest be merry with them, and receive a crown for thy well-ordering 
of the feast. 

3 b Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with 
sound judgment ; and hinder not music. 

4 c Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not 
forth wisdom out of time. 

5 A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle 
set in gold. 

6 As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody 
of music with pleasant wine. 

7 Speak, young man, if there be need of thee : d and yet scarcely 
when thou art twice asked. 

8 Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words ; be 
as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue. 

9 If thou be among great men, make not thyself equal with them ; 
and when ancient men are in place use not many words. 

10 Before the thunder goeth lightning ; and before a shamefaced 
man shall go favour. 

11 Rise up betimes, and be not the last ; but get thee home without 
delay. 

12 There take thy pastime, and do what thou wilt : ' but sin not by 
proud speech. 

13 And for these things bless him e that made thee, and hath re- 
plenished thee with his good things. 

14 Whoso feareth the Lord will receive his discipline ; and they 
that h seek him early shall find favour. 

15 He that seeketh the law shall be filled therewith : but the hypocrite 
will be offended thereat. 

16 They that fear the Lord shall find judgment, and shall kindle 
justice as a light. 

17 A sinful man will not be reproved, but findeth an excuse accord- 
ing to his will. 

18 A man of counsel will be ' considerate ; but a strange and proud 
man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done with- 
out counsel. 

19 Do nothing without advice ; and when thou hast once done, re- 
pent not. 

.20 Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, k and stumble not 
amono; the stones. 

21 Be not confident in a plain way. 

22 And beware of thy own children. 

23 In every good work trust thy own soul ; for this is th£ keeping of 
■ he commandments. 

12 



ECCLESIASTICUS. 



B. Christ 
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g Pea. 141. 
4. 

Prov. 23. 1, 
2,3. 

a Gr. open 
not thy 
throat upon 
it. 

b Or, be- 
fore every 
thing that 
is present- 
ed. 

h Matt. 22. 
39. 

i Prov. 23. 
1, 2, 3. 
kch. 37.29. 
r. Or, and 
' eth not 
puffing 
nd blow- 

1 Cuke 21. 

34. 

m Eccl. 9. 

10. 

n Prov. 22. 

9. 

o Isa. 5. 22. 

p Judith 13. 

2.8. 

q Psalm 

104. 15 

Proverbs 

31.6,7. 

r Eph 5. 18. 

s Prov. 20.1. 

Isa. 28. 7. 

a John 2. 8, 

9. 

b Job 32. 7. 

o Eccl. 3.7. 

chap. 20. 7. 

d Jam. 1.19. 

e Job 32. 6. 

f Jam. 3. 2. 

g Pa. 100. 3. 

Ii Ps. 63. 1. 

i Hag. 1. 5, 

7. 

k Ps. 121. 3. 



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a Or, shall 
not be hurt, 
Isa. 3. 10. 
a Prov. 12. 
21. 

1 Pet. 3. 13. 
b 2 Pet. 2.9. 
a Or, as the 
asking of 
C/rim. 
bGr.bowcls. 
c chap. 21. 
14, 16. 
d Gen. 1.16. 
eGen. 1. 14. 
c Or, or- 
dained for 
the number 
of days. 
fGen. 1.27. 
&2. 7. 
g Romans 
i). 21. 

fiOr, stand- 
ings. 

h lea. 45. 9. 
Horn. 9. 20, 
21. 

i Deutcr. 
30. 15. 
kch. 42.24. 
e Or,glean- 
cth. 

Ich.24.34. 
in Pa. 22. 1. 
f Or, sell 
lot. 

r Or, look 
to their 
hands. 
n Isa. 38. 1. 
Of servants. 

verae 28. 

verses 24, 
26. 

h.7. 20. 
h Gr. in 
blood. 
r Eph. fl. 9. 
Of drenms. 
a Eccl. 5. 7. 
a Or, hath 
his mind 
upon. 
b Prov, 27. 
19. 

c Job 14. 4. 
d Eccl. 5. 7. 
bOr,regard 
them not. 
oP«-19. 7. 



Apocrypha 

24 He that believeth in the Lord taketh heed to the commandment : 
and he that trusteth in him ° shall fare never the worse. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. 

THERE a shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord ; b but 
in temptation even again he -will deliver him. 

2 A wise man hateth not the law ; but he that is a hypocrite therein 
is as a ship in a storm. 

3 A man of understanding trusteth in the law ; and the law is faith- 
ful unto him, a as an oracle. 

4 Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt be heard : and bind up in- 
struction, and then make answer. 

5 The 4 heart of the c foolish is like a cart-wheel ; and his thoughts 
are like a rolling axle-tree. 

6 A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, he neigheth under every 
one that sitteth upon him. 

7 Why doth one day excel another, when as d all the light of every 
day in the year is of the sun? 

8 By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished : and he 
altered e seasons and feasts. 

9 Some of them hath he made high days, and hallowed them, and 
some of them hath he c made ordinary days. 

10'And all men are from the ground, and f Adam was created of 
earth. 

11 In much knowledge the Lord hath divided them, and made their 
ways diverse. 

12 Some of them hath he blessed and exalted, and some of them 
hath he sanctified, and set near himself: but some of them hath hs 
cursed and brought low, and turned out of their d places. 

As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure ; 
so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as 
liketh him best. 

14 ' Good is set against evil, and life against death : so is the godly 
against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly. 

15 So look upon all the works of the Most High ; and there are k two 
and two, one against another. 

16 I waked up last of all, as one that e gathereth after the grape- 
gatherers : by the blessing of the Lord I profited, and filled my wine- 
press like a gatherer of grapes. 

17 ' Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them 
that seek learning. 

18 Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your 
ears, w ye rulers of the congregation. 

19 Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over 
ee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another : lest it re- 
pent thee, and thou entreat for the same again. 

20 As long as thou livest and hast breath in thee, /give not thyself 
over to any. 

21 For better it is that thy children should seek to thee, than that 
thou shouldest s stand to their courtesy. 

22 In all thy works keep to thyself the pre-eminence ; leave not a 
stain in thine honour. 

23 At the time when thou shalt end thy days, and finish thy life, 
distribute thine inheritance. 

24 Fodder, a wand, and burdens, are for the ass ; and bread, correc 
tion, and work, for a servant. 

25 If ° thou set thy servant to labour, thou shalt find rest : but if 
thou let him go idle, he shall seek liberty. 

26 A yoke and a collar to bow the neck : so are tortures and tor- 
ments for an evil servant. 

27 Send him to labour, that he be not idle ; for idleness teacheth 
much evil. 

28 Set him to work, as is fit for him : if he be not obedient, put on 
more heavy fetters. 

29 But be not excessive toward any ; and without discretion do 
nothing. 

30 1 1f thou have a servant, let him be unto thee as thyself, because 
thou hast bought him '■ with a price. 

31 If thou have a servant, r entreat him as a brother : for thou hast 
need of him, as of thine own soul : if thou entreat him evil, and he run 
from thee, which way wilt thou go to seek him ? 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 
HE hopes of a man void of understanding arc vain and false : and 
a dreams lift up fools. 

2 Whoso «regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, 
and followeth after the wind. 

3 The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, 
even as the b likeness of a face to a face. 

4 c Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed ? and from that thing 
which is false what truth can come ? 

5 A Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain : and the 
heart fancieth, as a woman's heart in travail. 

6 If they be not sent from the Most High in thy visitation, 'set not 
thy heart upon them. 

7 For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put 
their trust in them. 

8 c The law shall be found perfect without lies : and wisdom is per- 
fection to a faithful mouth. 

9 A man that hatli travelled knoweth many things ; and he that. hath 
much experience will declare wisdom. 

10 He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hatn 
travpllp'l io fujl of prudence 

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saw many tilings ; and I understood more 
yet I was delivered because 



Apocrypha. 

11 When I travelled, I 
than 1 can express. 

12 I was oft-times f in danger of death 
of these things. 

13 The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live ; e for their hope 
is in him that saveth them. 

14 Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid ; for he is his 
hope. 

15 Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord : to whom doth 
he look ? and who is his strength ? 

16 For h the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, ! he is 
their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, k and a 
cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and a help 
from falling. 

17 He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes : he giveth health, 
life, and blessing. 

18 ' He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is 
ridiculous; and c the gifts of unjust men are not accepted. 

19 m The Most Hio-h is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked ; 
neither is he pacifiecf for sin by the multitude of sacrifices 

20 Whoso bringeth an offering of. the goods of the poor, doeth as 
one that killeth the son before his father's eyes. 

21 The bread of the needy is their life : n he that defraudeth him 
thereof is a man of blood. 

22 He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; and he 
that ° defraudeth the labourer of his hire is ablood-shedder. 

23 When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have 
they then but labour ? 

24 When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the 
Lord hear ? 

25 p He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if 
he touch it again, what availeth his washing ? 

26 So it is with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and 
doeth the same : 1 who will hear his prayer ? or what doth his humbling 
profit him ? 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

HE • that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh 
heed to the commandment offereth a peace-offering. 

2 He that requiteth a good turn offereth fine flour ; and he that giveth 
alms b sacrificeth praise. 

3 To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord ; and 
to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation. 

4 Q Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord. 

5 For all these things [are to be done] because of the commandment. 

6 The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the sweet 
savour thereof is before the Most High. 

7 d The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable, and the memorial there- 
of shall never be forgotten. 

8 Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the 
first-fruits of thy hands. 

9 e In all thy gifts shew a cheerful countenance, and ° dedicate thy 
tithes with gladness. 

10 f Give unto the Most High according as he hath enriched thee ; 
and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye 

11 For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much. 

12 * Do not think to corrupt with gifts ; s for such he will not receive : 
and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices ; for the Lord is judge, and with 
him is h no respect of persons. 

13 He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear 
the prayer of the oppressed. 

14 He will not despise the supplication of the ■ fatherless ; nor the 
widow, when she poureth out her complaint. 

15 Do not the tears run down the widow's cheeks ? and is not her 
cry against him that causeth them to fall ? 

16 He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his 
prayer shall reach unto the clouds 

17 k The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds : and till it come 
nigh, he will not be comforted ; and will not depart, till the Most High 
shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment. 

18 For the Lord will not be ' slack, neither will the Mighty be patient 
toward them till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, 
and repaid vengeance to the heathen ; till he have taken away the 
multitude of the c proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous ; 

19 Till he have rn rendered to every man according to his deeds, and 
to the works of men according to their devices ; till he have judged 
the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy. 

20 Mercy is ^ seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain 
in the time of drought. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

HAVE mercy upon us, a O Lord God of all, and behold us : 
2 And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee. 

3 b Lift up thy hand " against the strange nations, and let them see 
thy power. 

4 As thou wast c sanctified in us before them : so be thou magnified 
among them before us. 

5 And d let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is 
no Go.i but only thou, O God. 

W J i e j V > new si £ RS > and make other strange wonders : glorify thy 
nana and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works/ 
„' Q a '? e , u P mdignation, e and pour out wrath : take awav the adver- 
sary, and destroy the enemy. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 

f 2~Cor. lTT 

23. 
Ps. 43. 5. 

hPs.33.18. 
Ps. 61.2,3, 

4. & 91. 1,2. 

k Isa. 4. 6. 

1 Pr. 21. 27. 
c Or, the 
mockeries. 
m Pr. 15. 8. 
n Jam. 5. 4. 

Deut. 24. 
14, 15. 
chap. 7. 20. 
p Num. 19. 
11, 12. 

q Ps. 66. 18. 
a 1 Samuel 
5.22. 
Jer. 7. 3, 5, 
8,7. 

b Hebrews 
13.16. . 
c Ex. 23. 15. 
Deut. 16.16. 
d Gen. 4. 4. 
e 2Cor.9.7. 
a Or, set 
apart. 
f Tobit 4. 8. 
b Or, Di- 
minish 
nothing of 
thy offer- 
ings, 
g Lev. 22. 
21, 22. 
Deut. 15.21. 
h Deut. 10. 
17. 

2 Chron. 
9. 7. 

Job 34. 19. 
Wisd. 6. 7. 
Acts 10. 34. 
Rom. 2. 11. 
Gal. 2. 6. 
i Ps. 68. 5. 
k Ps. 56. 2. 

1 2 Pet. 3.9. 
c Or, cruel 
oppressors. 
m Rom. 2.6. 
d Gx.fair. 
Heb. 4. 16. 
a Zech. 4. 
14. & 6. 5. 

b Jer. 10.25. 
a Or, upon. 
K Ezek. 20. 
41.&28.25. 
& 36. 23. 
d 1 Kings 
8. 43, 60. 
e Ps. 79. 6. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



f Matthew 
24. 22. 
b Gr. oath, 
g Isa. 49. 6. 
h Ex. 4. 22. 
c Or, that it 
may mag- 
nify thine 
oracles, 
d Or, pro- 
phecies. 
i 1 Cor. 4.2. 
e Or, sup- 
pliants. 
k Numbers 
6. S3. 

IPs. 98. 2, 3 
mJob 34.3. 
n Ps. 18. 26. 
&101.4. 
/ Or, com- 
mon. 
g Or, to 
thrive. 

Gen. 2. 18. 

1 Cor. 11.9. 
aMic. 7.5. 
b Ps. 55. 12, 
13, 14. 
cch. 6. 10. 
aOx,inpre- 
senceofthe 
enemy. 

d Jer. 9, 4. 
&.12 6. 
6 Or, what 
use there i 
of him. 
e Cant. 8.6. 
f verse 7. 
gPr. 13.20 
h Prov. 3. 6 
i Deut. 30. 
15. 

c Or, wis- 
dom. 

k John 3.27. 
1 Prov. 9. 12. 



Apocrypha, 

8 f Make the time short, remember the 'covenant, and let them 
declare thy wonderful works. 

9 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire ■ and 
let them perish that oppress the people. 

10 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, 
There is none other but we. 

11 e Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, 
as from the beginning. 

12 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, 
and upon Israel, h whom thou hast named thy first-born. 

13 O he merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy 
rest. 

14 Fill Sion c with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with 
thy glory. 

15 Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the be- 
ginning, and raise up d prophets that have been in thy name. 

16 Reward them that wait for thee, and » let thy prophets be found 
faithful. 

17 O Lord, hear the prayer of thy « servants, according to the k bless- 
ings of Aaron over thy people, ! that all they which dwell upon the 
earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God. 

18 The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another. 

19 m As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth a heart 
of understanding false speeches. 

20 " A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience 
will recompense him. 

21 A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than 
another. 

22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man 
loveth nothing better. 

23 If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort in her tongue, then 
is not her husband /like other men. 

24 He that getteth a wife, beginnetb! s a possession, ° a help like 
unto himself, and a pillar of rest. 

25 Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that 
hath no wife will wander up and down mourning. 

26 Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to 
city ? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth 
wheresoever the night taketh him ? 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

EVERY friend saith, I am his friend also, but there is a friend 
a which is only a friend in name. 

2 Is it not a grief unto death, b when a companion and friend is 
turned to an enemy ? 

3 O wicked imagination, whence earnest thou in to cover the earth 
with deceit ? 

4 c There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a 
friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him. 

5 There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and 
taketh up the buckler « against the enemy. 

6 Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in 
thy riches. 

7 Every counsellor extolleth counsel; but there is some that coun- 
selleth for himself. 

8 d Beware of a counsellor, and know before * what need he nath ; 
for he will counsel for himself; lest he cast the lot upon thee. 

9 And say unto thee, Thy way is good : and afterward he stand on 
the other side, to see what shall befall thee. 

10 Consult not with one that suspeeteth thee : and hide thy counsel 
from such as envy thee. 

11 Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is 
c jealous ; neither with a coward in matters of war ; nor with a mer- 
chant concerning exchange ; nor with a buyer of selling ; nor with an 
envious man of thankfulness ; nor with an unmerciful man touching 
kindness ; nor with the slothful for any work ; nor with a hireling for 
a year of finishing work ; nor with an idle servant of much business : 
f hearken not unto these in any matter of eounsel. 

12 s But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to 
keep the commandments of the Lord, whose mind is according to thy 
mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry. 

13 And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no 
man more faithful unto thee than it. 

14 For a man's mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven 
watchmen, that sit above in a high tower. 

15 And b above all this pray to the Most High, that he will direct 
thy way in truth. 

16 Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel before every 
action. 

17 The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart. 

IS Four manner of things appear : i good and evil, life and death : 
but the tongue ruleth over them continually. 

19 There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is unprofit- 
able to himself. - ■ . ; 

20 There is one that sheweth wisdom in words, and is hated : he 
shall be destitute of all c food. ■ . 

21 k For grace is not given him from the Lord ; because he is de- 
prived of all wisdom. . 

22 Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding arc 
commendable in his mouth. ■, > ■ . ■■ 

23 A wise man instructed his people ; ' and the fruits of his under- 
standing fail not. 

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B. Christ 
cir. 300. 



r Acts 18.3. 
aPs. 1.2. 
b Ps. 78. a 
ch. 38. 32. 
c Acts 6. 4. 
d Psa. 119. 
97, 98. 
e Isa 2. 3. 
f ch. 44. 15. 
a Or, gain 
unto it. 
g Job 32. 18. 
b Or, rivers 
of water, 
Psalm 1. 3. 
h Hob. 14. a 
Heb. 13. 15. 
i Gen. 1.31. 
Mark 7 37. 
k Dan. 4.35. 
1 Ps. 135. 6. 
m.Hc-b.4.13. 
n Pr. 16.4. 

Hos. 14.9. 
p Clin in. 
40. i), 10. 
qch. 29.21. 
r Horn. 8. 
28. 

1 Tim. 4. 4. 
s Deut. 33. 
35. 



c Or, vi- 

I pers. 

and is diligent to giver Eccl - 1 - 3 - 
for 



mlSa.2.30. 
dOr, credit. 
eOr,variety 
of meats. 
n Luke 21. 
34. 

a Ro. 13. 7. 
a Or, a gift. 
b 1 Sam. 2. 

7. 
e Ex. 15.25. 
tl Ps. 103 3. 
e Isa. 38. 2. 
flsaiah 1. 
16, 17. 
b Or, as a 
dead man. 

verse 4. 
cOr,cwrm<r. 
hch.22. 11 



k 1 Tl.ess. 
4. 13, 14. 
dOr, the 
sentence 
upon him. 
1 2 Samuel 
12. 20. 
m Isa. 57. % 
Rev. 14. 13. 
e Gr. of the 
breed of 
bullocks? 
n Gen. 4. 2. 
& 9. 20. 
oGen.2.22. 
p Jer.18 6. 
Rom. 9. 21. 
f Or, tem- 
pereth it 
with his 
feet 

q Ps. 82. 1 . 
1 Cor. 7. 20, 
21 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



Apocrypha. 

24 A wise man shall be filled with blessing ; and all they that see 
him shall count him happy. 

25 The days of the lite of man may be numbered : but the days of 
Israel are innumerable. 

26 m A wise man shall inherit d glory among his people, and his 
name shall be perpetual. 

27 My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and 
give not that unto it. 

28 For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every 
soul pleasure in every thing. 

29 Be not unsatiable in any dainty thing, nor too greedy upon 
meats : 

30 For e excess of meats bringeth sickness, and surfeiting will turn 
into choier. 

31 n By surfeiting have many perished ; but he that taketh heed 
prolongeth his life. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

HONOUR a a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses 
which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him. 

2 For of the Most High cometh healing, and he shall receive 
a honour of the king. 

3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head : and in the sight 
of great men he shall be in admiration. 

4 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth ; and he that 
is wise will not abhor them. 

5 c Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof 
might be known ? 

6 And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his 
marvellous works. 

7 With such d doth he heal [men,] and taketh away their pains. 

8 0|" such doth the apothecary make a confection ; and of liis works 
there is no end ; and from him is peace over all the earth. 

9. My son, in thy sickness be not negligent.: but e pray unto the 
liord, and he will make thee whole. 

10 f Leave off from sin, and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy 
heart from all wickedness. 

♦ 11 Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a 
fat offering, P as not being. 

12 Then give place to the physician, e for the Lord hath created 
him : let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him. 

13 There is a time when in their hands there is good success. 

14 For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper 
that which they give for ease and 'remedy to prolong life. 

15 He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of 
the physician. 

16 My son, h let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, 
as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body 
according to the custom, and neglect not his burial. 

17 Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as 
he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and 
then comfort thyself for thy heaviness. 

18' For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the ' heart 
breaketh strength. 

19 In affliction also sorrow remaineth : and the life of the poor is 
the curse of the heart. 

20 k Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and remember the 
last end. 

21 Forget it not, for there is no turning again : thou shalt not do 
him good, but hurt thyself. 

22 Remember d my judgment : for thine also shall be so ; yesterday 
for me, and to-day for thee. 

23 ' When the dead is w at rest, let his remembrance rest ; and be 
comforted for him, when his spirit is departed from him. 

24 The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: 
and he that hath little business shall become wise. 

25 How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth B° mana 12 
iu the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and 
whose talk is e of bullocks? 

26 " He giveth his mind to make furrows 
1 he kine fodder. 

27 So every carpenter and workmaster, that labourcth night and day : 
and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, 
nnd give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work : 

28 The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering ° the iron work, 
the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the 
furnace : the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his 
eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh ; he setteth his 
mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly : 

29 So doth the p potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about 
with his feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and maketh all his 
work by number ; 

30 He fashioneth the clay with lu3 arm, and /bowcth down his strength 
before his feet ; he applieth himself to lead it over ; and he is diligent to 
make clean the furnace : 

31 All these trust to their hands : and every one is wise in his work. 

32 Without these cannot a city be inhabited : and they shall not dwell 
where they will, nor go up and down: 

33 They shall not be sought for in public council, nor sit high 'i in the 
congregation : they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the 
■sentence of judgment.: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and 
thev shall not be found where parables arc spoken. in earth and ashes 



Apocrypha . 



34 But they will maintain the state -of the world, and [all] their de- 
sire is in the work of their r craft. 

TTm , , . CHAPTER XXXIX. 

UT he that giveth his mind a to the law of the Most High, and is 
occupied in the meditation thereof, will seek out the wisdom of 
all the ancient, and be occupied in prophecies. 

2 He will keep the sayings of the renowned men : and where subti 
6 parables are, he will be there also. 

3 He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conver- 
sant in dark parables. 

4 He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes ; he 
will travel through strange countries ; for he hath tried the good and 
the evil among men. 

5 He will c give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, 
and will pray before the Most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, 
and make supplication for his sins. 

6 When the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of 
Jp^- 4 ,i 3 -|understanding: he shall pour out wise sentences, and give thanks unto 
I3.&i7.22.! tne Lord in his prayer. 

7 He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and in his secrets shall 
he d meditate. 

8 He -shall shew forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in 
the e law of the covenant of the Lord. 

9 Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world 
endureth it shall not be blotiea out ; bis memorial shall not depart 
away, and his name shall live from generation to generation. 

10 ' Nations shall show forth his wisdom, and the congregation shall 
declare his praise. 

11 If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand : and if 
he live, he shall " increase it. 

12 Yet have 1 more to say, which I have thought upon ; s for I am 
filled as the moon at the full. 

13 Hearken unto me ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose grow- 
ing by the 6 brook of the field : 

14 And give ye a sweet savour as frankincense, and flourish as a 
lily, -send forth a smell, and sing a song of praise, bless the Lord in all 
his works. 

15 Magnify his name, and shew forth his praise h with the songs of 
your lips, and with harps, and in praising him ye shall say after this 
manner : 

16 ' All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and whatsoever 
he commandeth shall be accomplished in due season. 

17 And none may say, k What is this ? wherefore is that ? for a time 
convenient they shall all be sought out : at his commandment the waters 
stood as a heap, and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters. 

18 At his commandment is done ' whatsoever pleaseth him ; and none 
can hinder when he will save. 

19 The works of all flesh are before him, m and nothing can be hid 
from his eyes. 

20 He seeth from everlasting to everlasting ; and there is nothing 
wonderful before him. 

21 A man need not to say, What is this ? wherefore is that ? " for he 
hath .made all things for their uses. 

22 His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood. 

23 As he hath turned the waters into saltness : so shall the heathen 
inherit his wrath. 

24 ° As his ways are plain unto the holy ; so are they stumbling- 
blocks unto the wicked. 

25 For the good are good things created from the beginning : p so 
evil things for sinnejs. 

26 •iThe principal things for the whole use of man's life are water, 
fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheat, honey, milk, and the blood of the 
grape, and oil, and clothing. 

27 '• All these things are for good to the godly : so to the sinners 
they are turned into evil. 

28 There be spirits that are created for vengeance, which in their 
fury lay on sore strokes ; in the time of destruction they pour out their 
force, and appease the wrath of him that made them. 

29 Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these were created 
vengeance ; 

30 Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, c serpents, and the sword, punish 
ing the wicked to destruction. 

31 They shall rejoice in this commandment, and they shall be ready 
upon earth, when need is ; and when their time is come, they shall not 
transgress his word. 

32 Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon 
these things, and have left them in writing. 

33 All the works of the Lord are good : and he will give every needful 
thing in due season. 

34 So that a man cannot say, This is worse than that : for in time they 
shall all be well approved. 

35 And therefore praise yc the Lord with the whole heart and mouth, 
nnd bless the name of the Lord. 

CHAPTER XL. 

G1REAT " travail is created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon 
C the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mother's 
womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things. 

2 Their imagination of things to come, and the day of death, [trouble j 
their thoughts"ind [causo] fear of heart ; _ , 

3 From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, unto him that is humblec: 



ECCLES1AST1CUS. 



B. Christ 

err. 200. 



Apocrypha. 

4 From bim that weareth purple and a crown, * unto him that is 
clothed vrith a linen frock. •"- ,i a 

5 Wrath, and envy, trouble, and unquietness, fear of death, and i port ^- r- 
anger, and strife, and in the time of rest upon his bed, his night-sleep, lb chap. 39. 
to change his knowledge. I29 30. 

6 A little or nothing is his rest, and afterward he is in his sleep, as:i{* enesis '• 
in a day of keeping watch, troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he j a Gen. 3. 19, 
were escaped out of a battle 



ch. 41. 10. 



Vwlienallissafe^eawaketh.andmarvelleththatthefearwasnothing.^l^jJ 
8 [Such things happen] unto all flesh, both man and beast, and that f j b8.ii. 



is seven-fold more upon sinners. 

9 b Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, calamities, famine, 
tribulation, and the scourge ; 

10 These things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came 
the c flood. 

11 d All things that are of the earth shall turn to the earth again: 
and that which is of the e waters doth return into the sea. 

12 All * bribery and injustice shall be blotted out : but true dealing 
shall endure for ever. 

13 The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall 
vanish with noise, like a great thunder in rain. 

14 While he openeth his hand he shall rejoice : so shall transgress- 
ors come to nought. 

15 The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches 
but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock. 

16 f The weed growing upon every water and e bank of a river, 
shall be pulled up before all grass 

17 Bountifuiness is as '•a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness 
endureth for ever, 

18 To labour, and to h be content with that a man hath, is a sweet 
life : but he that findeth a treasure is above them both. 

19 Children and the building of a city continue a man's name : but 
a blameless wife is counted above them both. 

20 Wine and music rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is 
above them both. 

21 The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody : but a pleasant 
tongue is above them both. 

22 Thine eye desireth favour and beauty : but more than both, corn 
while it is green. 

23 A friend and companion never meet amiss : but above both is a 
wife with her husband. 

24 Brethren and help are against time of trouble : but alms shall 
deliver more than them both. 

25 Gold and silver make the foot stand sure : but counsel is esteem- 
ed above them both. 

26 Riches and strength lift up the heart : but the fear of the Lord 
is above them both : there is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it 
needeth not to seek help. 

27 The fear of the Lord is <*a fruitful garden, and ' covereth him 
above all glory. 

28 My son, lead not a beggar's life ; for better it is to die than to beg. 

29 The life of him that dependeth on another man's table is not to 
be counted for a life ; for he polluteth himself with other men's meat : but 
a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof. 

30 Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless : but in his belly there 
shall burn a fire. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

O DEATH, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth 
at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, 
and that hath prosperity in all things : yea, unto him that is yet able to 
receive meat ! 

2 O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him 
\vhose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and a is vexed with all 
things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience ! 

3 Fear not the sentence of death, remember them that have been before 
thee, and that come after ; for this is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh. 

4 And why art thou against the pleasure of the Most High ? there is 
no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or a hundred, or a 
thousand years. 

5 The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are 
conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly. 

6 The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and their posterity 
shall have a perpetual reproach. 

7 The children will complain of an ungodly father, because they shall 
be reproached for his sake. 

8 Wo be unto you,_ ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the 
most high God ! for if ye increase it shall be to your destruction : 

9 And if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse : and if ye die, a curse 
shall be your portion. 

10 a All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again : so the ungodly 
shall go from a curse to destruction. 

11 The mourning of men is about their bodies : but an ill name of sin- 
ners shall be blotted out. 

12 Have regard to thy name ; for that shall continue with thee above a 
thousand great treasures of gold. 

13 A good life hath but few days : but a good name endureth for ever. 

14 My children keep discipline in peace : for wisdom that is hid, and a 
treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both ? 

15 A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his 
wisdom. 

16 Therefore be shamefaced according to my word : for it is not good 



& 18. 16. 
gGen. 41.3. 
c Or, a gar- 
den that is 
blessed. 
h Phil. 4.11. 
1 Tim. 6. G. 
d Or, a gar- 
den that is 
blessed. 
i Isa. 4. 5, 
a Or, to 
whom 

everything 
is trouble- 
some. 
ach.40. 11 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



a Or, Of 
thy part- 
ner's 
speech, 
b Or, com 
panions. 
c Or, of 
the giving, 
d Or, with- 
out profit, 
e Or, deal- 
est for. 
/Or, 
rebuke, 
g Or, that 
is accused 
of fornica- 
tion. 

a ch. 25.21. 
b Gen. 3. 6. 
h Or, wick- 
edness, 
i Or, the 
Highest. 
c Job 42. 2. 
Isa. 29. 15. 
aOr,vessel. 
b Or, he 
stayeth his 
course. 
aGen. 1.16. 
b Ex. 12. 2. 



Apocrypha. 

to retain all shamefacedness; neither is it altogether approved in every 

17 Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother: and of a 
lie before a prince and a mighty man ; 

18 Of an offence before a judge and ruler ; of iniquity before a con- 
gregation and people ; of unjust dealing before thy partner and friend • 

19 And of theft in regard of the place where thou sojournest, and 
in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; and to lean with thine 
elbow upon the meat ; and of scorning to give and take. 

20 And of silence before them thatsalute thee; and to look upon a harlot ■ 

21 And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman ; or to take away a' 
portion or a gift ; or to gaze upon another man's wife ; 

22 Or to be over-busy with his maid, and come not near her bed • 
or of upbraiding speeches before friend s ; and after thou hast given! 
upbraid not; 

23 Or of iterating and speaking again that which thou hast heard ; 
and of revealing of secrets. 

24 So shalt thou be truly shamefaced, and find favour before all men 
CHAPTER XLII. 

F these things be not thou ashamed, and accept no person to sin 
thereby : 

2 Of the law of the Most High, and his covenant ; and of judgment 
to justify the ungodly ; 

3 " Of reckoning with thy partners and * travellers ; or «of the gift 
of the heritage of friends; 

4 Of exactness of balance and weights ; or of getting much or little ; 

5 And of merchants' d indifferent selling ; of mucn correction of 
children ; and to make the side of an evil servant to bleed. 

6 Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is ; and shut up, where 
many hands are. 

7 Deliver all things in number and weight ; and put all in writing 
that thou e givest out, or receivest in. 

8 Be not ashamed to /inform the unwise and foolish, and the ex- 
treme aged s that contendeth with those that are young : thus shalt 
thou be truly learned, and approved of all men living. 

9 The father waketh for the daughter, when no man knoweth ; and 
the care for her taketh away sleep : when she is young, lest she pass 
away the flower of her age ; and being married, lest she should be hated: 

10 In her virginity, lest she should be defiled and gotten with child 
in her father's house ; and having a husband, lest she should misbehave 
herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren. 

11 Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, lest she "make thee 
a laughing-stock to thine enemies, and a by-word in the city, and a re- 
proach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude. 

12 Behold not every body's * beauty, and sit not in the midst of women. 

13 For from garments eometh a moth, and b from women wickedness. 

14 Better is the * churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a 
woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach. 

15 I will now remember the works of the Lord, and declare the 
things that I have seen : In the words of the Lord are his works. 

16 The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work 
'thereof is full of the glory of the Lord. 

17 The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his mar 
vellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is, 
might be established for his glory. 

18 He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their crafty 
devices: for ! the Lord knoweth all that may be known, and he beholdeth 
the signs of the world. 

19 He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and revealeth 
the steps of hidden things. 

20 c No thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden from him. 

21 He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, and he is from 
everlasting to everlasting : unto him may nothing be added, neither can he 
be diminisned, and he hath no need of any counsellor. 

22 O how desirable are all his works ! and that a man may see even to a 
spark. 

23 All these things live and remain for ever for all uses, and they are all 
obedient. 

24 All things are double one against another: and he hath made nothing 
imperfect. 

25 One thing establisheth the good of another : and who shall be filled 
with beholding his glory ? 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

THE pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, 
with his*glorious shew ; 

2 The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous "in 
strument, the work of the Most High : 

3 At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat 
thereof? 

4 A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burnetii the 
mountains three times more ; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth 
bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes. 

5 Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment *it runneth 
hastily. 

6 a He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of 
times, and a sign of the world. 

7 b From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in hei 
perfection. . . ,*.„.» 

8 The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her 
changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firma- 
ment of heaven"; 

48 



Apocrypha. 

9 The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving 
iight in the highest places of the Lord. 

10 At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their 
order, and never faint in their watches. 

11 c Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very beau- 
tiful it is in the brightness thereof. 

12 It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the 
A hands of the Most High have bended it. 

13 By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and send- 
eth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. 

14 Through this the treasures are opened : and clouds fly forth as 
fowls. 

15 By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones 
are broken small. 

16 At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south 
wind bloweth. 

17 The noise of the thunder maketh the earth c to tremble : so doth 
the northern storm and the whirlwind : as birdsflying he scattereth the 
snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers : 

18 The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and 
the heart is astonished at the raining of it. 

19 The hoar-frost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being con- 
gealed, d itlieth on the top of sharp stakes. 

20 When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed 
into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth 
the water as with a breastplate. 

21 It devoureth the mountains, and burnetii the wilderness, and con 
sumeth the grass as fire. 

22 A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily : a dew coming 
e after heat, refresheth. 

23 By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein. 

24 e They that sail on the sea, tell of the danger thereof; and when 
we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat. 

25 Tor therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds 
of beasts and whales created. 

26 By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word 
all things consist. 

27 We may speak much, and yet come short: wherefore in sum, he 
is all. 

28 How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all 
his works. 

29 eThe Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous in his power. 

30 When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can ; for even 
yet will he far exceed : and when ye exalt him, put forth all your 
strength, and be not weary ; for ye can never go far enough. 

31 £ Who hath seen him that he might tell us? and who can magnify 
him as he is ? 

32 There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen 
but a few of his works. 

33 For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he 
given wisdom. 

CHAPTER XLIV. 

LET us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. 
2 The Lord hath wrought great glory by them througli his great 
power from the beginning. 

3 Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their 
power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies : 

4 Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of 
learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions : 

5 Such as found out musical tunes, and recited "verses in writing : 

6 Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habita 
tions : 

7 All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of 
their times. 

8 There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises 
might be reported. 

9 And some there be, which have no memorial; "who are perished, as 
though they had never been ; and are become as though they had never 
been born ; and their children after them. 

10 But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been for- 
gotten. 

11 With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their 
children are within the covenant. 

12 Their seed standetli fast, and their children '-for their sakes. 

13 Their seed shall remain for ever,and their glory shall not be blotted out. 

14 Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore. 

15 l The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew 
forth their praise. 

16 c Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, being an example of re- 
pentance to all generations. 

17 i! Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was 
taken in exchange [for the world ;] therefore was he left as a remnant 
unto the earth, when the flood came. 

18 An c everlasting covenant was made with him, that all flesh should 
perish no more by the flood. 

19 Abraham was a ' great father of many people : in glory was there none 
like unto him ; 

20 Who kept the law of the Most High, and was in covenant with him : 
he established the covenant in «his flesh ; and when he was proved he was 
found faithful. 

21 Therefore he assured him by an h oath, that he would bless the nations 

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B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



c Gen. 9.13. 
d Isaiah 40. 
12, &c. 
c Or, to 
groan as a 
woman in 
her travail, 
d Or, it is 
as the point 
of sharp 
stakes. 
e Or, upon 
the heat. 
e Ps.107.23. 
f Ps. 104. 
25,26. 
g Ps. 96. 4. 
hPs. 106.2 
John 1. 18. 
The praise 
of the fa- 
thers, 
a Or ditties. 
a Gen. 7. 22. 
b Or, after 
them. 

bch.39. 10. 
c Gen. 5. 24. 
Heb. 11. 5. 
a Gen. 6. 9. 
&7. 1. 
Heb. 11. 7. 
e Gen. 9. 11. 
f Gen. 12.2, 
3. & 15. 5. 
&. 17. 4. 
g Gen. 91.4 
h Gen. 22. 
16, 17, 18. 
Gal. 3. 8. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 
i Gen. 26.28. 
& 28. 14. 
a Ex. 11.3. 
b Ex. 7, 8, 
9,10. 
chapters, 
c Numbers 
19.3. 

d Ex. 19. 7. 
e Ex. 4. 14. 
a Gr.he 
blessed. 
b Gr. ves- 
sels, or, in- 
struments- 
fEx.28.35. 
g Pent. 17. 

10. & 21. 5. 
h Numbers 

1. 
i Numbers 
17.8. 

k Deut. 12. 
12. & 18. 1, 

1 Num. 25. 

11, 12, 13. 
1 Mac. 2. 
54. 

a Numbers 
27. 18. 
Deut. 34. 9. 
Josh. I. a 
& 12. 7. 



Apocrypha- 

in his seed, and that he would multiply him as the dust of the earth, and 
exalt his seed as the stars, and cause them to inherit from sea to sea. 
and from the river unto the utmost part of the land. 

22 With Isaac did he establish likewise [for Abraham his father's 
sake] the blessing of all men, and the covenant, 

23 And made it rest upon the head of 'Jacob. He acknowledged him 
in his blessing, and gave him a heritage, and divided his portions 
among the twelve tribes did he part them. 

CHAPTER XLV. 

AND he brought out of him a merciful man, which found favour in 
the sight of all flesh, even a Moses, beloved of God and men, whose 
memorial is blessed. 

2 He made him like to the glorious saints, and magnified him, so that 
his enemies stood in fear of him. 

3 By his words he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glo- 
rious in the sight of kings, and gave him a commandment for his peo- 
ple, and shewed him part of his glory. 

4 c He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness, and chose him 
out of all men. 

5 He made him to hear his voice, and brought him into the dark cloud, 
and d gave him commandments before his face, even the law of life and 
knowledge, that he might teach Jacob his covenants, and Israel his 
judgments. 

6 He "exalted Aaron, a holy man like unto him, even his brother, of 
the tribe of Levi. 

7 An everlasting covenant he made with him, and gave him the priest- 
hood among the people; "he beautified him with comely ornaments 
and clothed him with a robe of glory. 

8 He put upon him perfect glory ; and strengthened him with 6 rich 
garments, with breeches, with along robe, and the ephod. 

9 And he compassed him with pomegranates, and with many golden 
bells round about, that as he went there might be a f sound,and a noise 
made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children 
of his people ; 

10 With a holy garment, with gold, and blue silk, and purple, the 
work of the embroiderer, with a breastplate of judgment, and with Urim 
and Thummim; 

11 With twisted scarlet, the work of the cunning workmen, with 
precious stones graven like seals, and set in gold, the work of the jewel- 
ler, with a writing engraved for a memorial, after the number of the 
tribes of Israel. 

12 He set a crown of gold upon the mitre, wherein was engraved 
Holiness, an ornament of honour, a costly work, the desires of the eyes* 
goodly and beautiful. 

13 Before him there were none such, neither did ever any stranger 
put them on, but only his children and his children's children perpetually. 

14 Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice con- 
tinually. 

15 Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil : this was 
appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant, and to his seed, so long 
as the heavens should remain, that they should minister unto him, and 
execute the office of the priesthood, and bless the people in his name. 

16 He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifice to the Lord, 
incense, and a sweet savour, for a memorial, to make reconciliation for 
his people. 

17 s He gave unto him his commandments, and authority in the 
statutes of judgments, that he should teach Jacob the testimonies, and 
inform Israel in his laws. 

18 h Strangers conspired together against him, and maligned him in 
the wilderness, even the men that were of Dathan's and Abiron's side 
and the congregation of Core, with fury and wrath. 

19 This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indie 
nation were they consumed : he did wonders upon them, to consume them 
with the fiery flame. 

20 'But he made Aaron more honourable, and gave him a heritage, and 
divided unto him the first-fruits of the increase ; especially he prepared 
bread in abundance : 

21 For they ate of the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave unto him and 
his seed. 

22 k Howbeit, in the land of the people he had no inheritance, neither had 
he any portion among the people : for the Lord himself is his portion and 
inheritance. 

23 ' The third in glory is Phinees the son of Elcazar, because he had zeal 
in the fear of the Lord, and stood up with good courage of heart when the 
people were turned back, and made reconciliation for Israel. 

21 Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he 
should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people, and that he and his 
posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood forever: 

25 According to the covenant made with David the son of Jesse, of the 
tribe of Juda, that the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity 
alone: so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed. 

26 God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteous- 
ness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may en- 
dure for ever. 

CHAPTER XLVI. 

JESUS "the son of Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor 
of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for 
the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that 
rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance. 

2 How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched oift 
his sword against the cities'. 

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b Josh. 10. 
12, 13, 14. 
c Numbers 
26. 65. 
Dt. 1.35,36 
d ch. 49. 10. 
e ISam. 10. 

I. & 16. 13. 
flSam.7.9. 
g 1 Sa. 12. 3. 
li 1 Sam. 28. 
18, 19. 
a 2Sa. 12. 1. 
a Or, He 
dmotelions. 
b I Sam. 
17. 34. 
c 1 Sam. 17. 
49, 50, 51. 
dlSa. 18.7. 
e2Sam.5.7. 
b Or, con- 
temned. 
f 1 Chron. 
16.4. 
c Or, per- 
fectly. 
g 2 Sam. 
12. 13. 
d Or, of a 
kingdom, 
h 1 Kings 4. 
21, 24. 
i 1 Kings 4. 
29, 30. 
k 1 Kings 
4. 31 32. 
1 1 Kings 
10. 27. 
in 1 Kings 

II. 1. 
e Or, in. 
n 1 Kings 
12.15,16,17. 



B. Christ 
ch. 200. 



Apocrypha. 
S Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought hisi B -. cl "'„ st 

. , ■ ° cir. 200. 

enemies unto him. 

4 b Did not the sun go back by his means ? and was not one day as 
long as two ? 

5 He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed 
Upon him on every side ; and the great Lord heard him. 

6 And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall 
violently upon the nations, and in the descent [of Beth-horon] he 
destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their 
strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed 
the Mighty One. 

7 In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb 
the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the congregation, and with- 
held the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring. 

8 c And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were pre- 
served to bring them into the heritage, even unto the land that floweth 
with milk an honey. 

9 The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him 
unto his old a°-e : so that he entered upon the high places of the land, 
and his seed obtained it for a heritage : 

10 That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow 
the Lord. 

11 And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart 
went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be 
blessed : 

12 Let their bones J flourish out of their place, and let the name of 
them that were honoured be continued upon their children. 

13 -■ Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, establish- 
ed a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people. 

14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the 
Lord had respect unto Jacob. 

15 By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word 
he was known to be faithful in vision. 

16 He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon 
him on every side, when he offered the f sucking lamb. 

17 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise 
made his voice to be heard. 

18 And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes 
of the Philistines. 

19 And before his long sleep he made s protestations in the sight of 
the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much 
as a shoe : and no man did accuse him. 

20 And after his death h he prophesied, and shewed the king his 
end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to bW. out the 
wickedness of the people. 

CHAPTER XLVII. 

AND after him rose up a Nathan to prophesy f. the time of David. 
2 As is the fat taken away from ..ne peace-offering, so was 
David chosen out of the children of Israel. 

3 a He played with ! lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs. 

4 c Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young ? and did lie not 
take away reproach from * -a people, when he lifted up his hand with 
the stone in the sling ' .*i beat down the boasting of Goliath ? 

5 For he called upon the most high Lord ; and he gave him strength 
in his right hand to slay that mighty warrior, and set up the horn of 
his people. 

6 So the people honoured him with d ten thousands, and praised him 
in the blessings of the Lord, in that he gave him a crown of glory. 

7 For e he destroyed the enemies on every side, and h brought to 
nought the Philistines his adversaries, and brake their horn in sunder 

nto this day. 

8 In all his works he praised the Holy One most high with words 
of glory; with his whole heart he sung songs, and loved him that made 
him. 

9 f He set singers also before the altar, that by their voices they 
might make sweet melody, and daily sing praises in their songs. 

10 He beautified their feasts, and set in order the solemn times until 
r the end, that they might praise his holy name, and that the temple 
might sound from morning. 

11 s The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever : he 
gave him a covenant of kings, and the throne of d glory in Israel. 

12 After him rose up a wise son, and for his sake he dwelt at large. 

13 h Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was honoured ; tor 
God made all quiet round about him, that he might build a house in his 
jjame, and prepare his sanctuary for ever. 

14 ' How wise wast thou in thy youth, and, as a flood filled with un 
derstanding ! 

15 Thy soul covered the whole earth and thou filledst it with dark 
parables. 

16 Thy name went far into the islands ; and for thy peace thou wast 
beloved. 

17 k The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs, and proverbs, 
and parables, and interpretations. 

18 By the name of the Lord God, which i3 called the Lord God of 
Israel, thou didst > gather gold as tin, and didst multiply silver as lead. 
. 19 m Thou didst bow thy " 

lght into subjection 



22 



20 Thou didst stain thy honour, and pollute thy seed : so that thou 

proughtest wrath upon thy children, and wast grieved for thy foil v. 

*„>tl i • i e kin ?aom was divided, and out of Ephraim ruled a rebel- 
lious Kingdom. 



Apocrypha 

But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any 
of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, 
and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away : wherefore 
he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David. 

23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, and of his seed he left 
behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that 
had no understanding, who p turned away the people through his 
counsel. There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who q caused 
Israel to sin. and shewed Ephraim the way of sin : 

24 And their sins were multiplied exceedingly, that they were driven 
out of the land. 

25 For they sought out all wickedness, till the vengeance came upon 
them. 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 

THEN stood up » Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like 
a lamp. 

2 He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminish- 
ed their number. 

3 By the word of the Lord he ° shut up the heaven, b and also three 
times brought down fire. 

4 O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds ! and 
who may glory like unto thee ! 

5 Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the 
'place of the dead, by the word of the Most High: 

6 d Who broughtest kings to destruction, and honourable men from 
their c bed: 

7 Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, c and in Horeb the 
judgment of vengeance: 

8 f Who anointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to succeed 
after him : 

Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of 
fiery horses : 

10 Who wast d ordained h for reproofs in th p ir times, to pacify the 
wrath of the Lord's judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to 
turn the heart of the lather unto the son, and to " restore the tribes of 
Jacob. 

11 Blessed are they that saw thee, and /slept in love ; for we shall 
surely live. 

12 ' Elias it wns, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus 
was filled wi'.h nis spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the 
presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection. 

13 s No word could overcome him ; k and after his death his body 
prophesied. 

14 He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works mar 
vellous. 

15 For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from 
their sins, ' till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and 
were scattered through all the earth : yet there remained a small 
people, and a ruler in the house of David : 

16 Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God and some 
multiplied sins. 

17 Ezekias fortified his city, and m brought in water into the midst 
thereof: he digged the hard rock with iron, and made wells for waters. 

18 In his time n Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted 
up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly. 

19 Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, as 
women in travail. 

20 But they called upon the Lord which is merciful, and stretched 
out their hands toward him : and immediately the Holy One heard 
them out of heaven, and delivered them by the h ministry of Esay. 

21 ° He smote the host of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed them. 

22 For Ezekias haddone the thing that^ pleased the Lord and was 
strong in the ways of David his lather, as HiSay the prophet, who was 
great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him. 

23 p In his time the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's 
life. 

24 He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the 
lust, and he comforted them that mourned in Sion. 

25 He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things 
or ever they came. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 

THE remembrance of* Josias is like the composition of the perfume 
that is made by the art of the apothecary : it is sweet as honej- 
in all mouths, and as music at a banquet of wine. 

2 He a behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and 
took awav the abominations of iniquitv. 

3 b He "directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the un- 
godly he established the worship of God. 

4 All, except David, and Ezekias, and Josias, were defective : for 
they forsook the law of the Most High, even the kings of Juda failed. 

5 Therefore he gave their sjjower unto others, and their glory to a 
strange nation. 

6 c They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets 
desolate, c according to the prophecy of Jeremias. 

7 For they d entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, 
e sanctified in his mother's womb, that he might root out, and afflict, 
and destroy ; and that he might build up also, and plant. 

8 f It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, which was shewed 
him upon the chariot of the cherubims. 

9 For he smade mention of the enemies under the figure of the ram, 
and ^-directed them that went right. 

50 



B.Christ 
cir. 200. 



li cli. 46. 12. 
i Ezra 3. 2. 
H.ig. 2. 23. 
k Ezra 3. 2. 
Hag. 1. 12. 
& 2. 2. 
Zcch. 3. 1. 
1 Neh. 7. 1. 
m Gen 5.24. 
Heb. 11.5. 
nGn. 41.44. 
&. 42. 6. & 
45.8 

o Gen. 5. 3. 
& II. 10. 
a 1 Kg. 7.23. 
a Gr. £/ic 
house of 
the vail.' 
6 Or, 
trumpets 
beaten 
forth with 
the ham- 
mer. 



B. Christ 
cir. 200. 



a Gr. the 
gnash ing 
ofthcteeth. 
h Or, be- 
cause my 
prayer, 
c Or, went 
astray. 
dOr, I got 
under- 
standing. 
eOr,bowels. 
a Isa. 55. 1. 
b ch. 6. 19. 



Apocrypha. BARUCH 

10 And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed, and let 
• their bones flourish again out of their place : for they comforted 
Jacob, and delivered them by assured hope. 

11 How shall we magnify ' Zorobabel ? even he was as a signet on 
the right hand : 

12 So was k Jesus the son of Josedec : who in their time builded the 
house, and set up ajioly temple to the Lord,, which was prepared for 
everlasting glory. 

13 ' And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who 
raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and 
the bars, and raised upon ruins again. 

14 But upon the earth was no man created like m Enoch ; for he was 
taken from the earth. 

15 Neither was there a man born like unto n Joseph, a governor of 
his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the 
Lord. 

16 ° Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was 
Adam above every living thing in the creation. 

CHAPTER L. 

SIMON the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired 
the house again, and in his days fortified the temple : 

2 And by him was built from the foundation the double height, the 
nigh fortress of the wall about the temple : 

3 In his days the < cistern to receive water^being in compass as the 
sea, was covered with plates of brass:. 

4 He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified 
the city against besieging : 

5 How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming 
out of " the sanctuary ! 

6 He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the 
moon at the full : 

7 As the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, and as the 
rainbow giving light in the bright clouds : 

8 And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, as lilies by 
the rivers of waters, and as the branches of the frankincense tree in 
the time of summer : 

9 As fire and incense in the censer, and as a vessel of beaten gold set 
with all manner of precious stones : 

10 And as a fair olive tree budding forth fruit, and as a cypress tree 
which oroweth up to the clouds. 

11 When he put on the robe of honour, and was clothed with the per- 
fection of glory, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the garment 
of holiness honourable. 

12 When he took the portions out of the priests' hands, he himself stood 
by the hearth of the altar, compassed with his brethren round about, as a 
young cedar in Libanus ; and as palm trees compassed they him round about. 

13 So were all the sons of Aaron in their glory, and the oblations of the 
Lord in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel. 

14 And finishing the service at the altar, that he might adorn the offer- 
ing of the most high Almighty. 

15 He stretched out his hand to the cup, and poured of the blood of the 
grape ; he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweet-smelling savour unto 
the most high King of all. 

16 Then shouted the sons of Aaron, and sounded the 'silver trumpets, 
and made a great noise to be heard, for a remembrance before the Most 
High. 

17 Then all the people together hasted, and fell down to the earth upon 
their faces to worship their Lord God Almighty, the Most High. 

18 The singers also sang praises with their voices, with great variety 
of sounds was there made sweet melody. 

19 And the people besought the Lord, the Most High, by prayer before 
him that is merciful, till the solemnity of the Lord was ended, and they 
had finished his service. 

20 Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congre- 
gation of the children of Israel, to give the blessing of the Lord with his 
Tips, and to rejoice in his name. 

21 And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time, that 
they might receive a blessing from the Most High. 

22 Now therefore bless ye the God of all, which only doeth wondrous 
tilings every where, which exalteth our days from the womb, and dealeth 
with us according to his mercy. 

23 He grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in 
Israel for ever : 

24 That he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at. his time ! 

25 There be two manner of nations which my heart dbhorreth, and the 
third is no nation : 



Apocrypha. 

26 They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, and they that dwell 
among the Philistines, and that foolish people that dwell in Sichem. 

27 Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem hath written in this book 
the instruction of understanding and knowledge, who out of his heart 
poured forth wisdom. 

28 Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things; and he that 
layeth them up in his heart shall become wise. 

29 For if he do them, he shall be strong to all things : for the light 
of the Lord leadeth him, who giveth wisdom to the godly. Blessed be 
the Lord for ever. Amen, Amen. 

CHAPTER LI. 
IT A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. 

I WILL thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise thee, O God _ny 
Saviour : I do give praise unto thy name : 

2 For thou art my defender and helper, and hast preserved my body 
from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and 
from the lips that forge lies, and hast been my helper against mine 
adversaries : 

3 And hast delivered me, according to the multitude of thy mercies 
and greatness of thy name, from "the teeth of them that were ready 
to devour me, and out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and. 
from the manifold afflictions which I had : 

4 From the choking of fire on every side, and from the midst of the 
fire which I kindled not; 

5 From the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue, and 
from lying words. 

6 By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue, my soul 
drew near even unto death, my life was near to the hell beneath. 

7 They compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help 
me : I looked for the succour of men, but there was none. 

S Then thought I upon thy mercy, O Lord, and upon thine acts of 
old, how thou deliverest such as wait for thee, and savest them out of 
the hands of the enemies. 

9 Then lifted I up my supplication from the earth, and prayed for 
deliverance from death. 



10 I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not 
leave me in the days of my trouble, and in the time of the proud, when 
there was no help. 

11 I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praise with thanks- 
giving ; '> and so my prayer was heard : 

12 For thou savedst me from destruction, and deliveredst me from the 
evil time : therefore will I give thanks, and praise thee, and bless thy name, 
O Lord. 

13 When I was yet young, or ever I c went abroad, I desired wisdom 
openly in my prayer. 

14 I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the 
end. 

15 Even from the flower till the grape was ripe, hath my heart delighted 
in her : my foot went the right way, from my youth up sought I after her, 

16 I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much 
learning. 

17 I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe the glory unto him that giveth 
me wisdom. 

18 For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is 
good; so shall I not be confounded. 

19 My soul hath wrestled with her, and in my doings I was exact : I 
stretched forth my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances 
of her. 

20 rfl directed my soul unto her, and I found her in pureness: I have had 
my heart joined with her from' the beginning, therefore shall I not be for- 
saken. 

21 My 'heart was troubled in seeking her: therefore have I gotten a 
good possession. 

22 The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise 
him therewith. 

23 Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, and dwell in the house of learning. 

24 Wherefore are ye slow, and what say ye of these things, seeing 
your souls are very thirsty ? 

25 1 opened my "mouth, and said » Buy her for yourselves without money 

26 Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction : 
she is hard at hand to find. 

27 '■ Behold with your eyes, how that I have had but little labour, and 
have gotten unto me much rest. 

28 Get learning with a great sum of money, and get much gold by her. 

29 Let. your soul rejoice in his mercy, and be not ashamed of his praise. 

30 Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward. 



IT BARUCH, 



CHAPTER I. 

4ND these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of 
Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Asa- 
dias, the son of Chelcias, wrote in Babylon. 

2 In the fifth year, and in the sevenih day of the month, what time 
as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burnt it with fire. 

3 And Baruch did read the works of this book in the hearing of 
Jechonias the son of "Joachim king of Juda, ami in the cars of all the 
people that came to hear the book, 

4 And in the hearing of the nobles, and of the king's sons, and in 
the hearing of the elders, and of all the people, from the lowest 



«Or, 
Jottcim. 



a P*alm 
137.1. 
* Or, and 
rowed 
vows. 
r. Or, 
Joaeim, 
b2 Kings 
84. 13. 
■' Citron. 
36, 10. 



unto the highest, even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river 
Sud. 

5 Whereupon they " wept, fasted, * and prave- 1 before the Lord. 

6 They made also a collection of money according to every man's power: 

7 And they sent it to Jerusalem unto r Joachim the high priest, the 
son of Chelcias, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people 
which were found with him at Jerusalem, 

8 At the same time, when he received the vessels of the house of 
the Lord, '' that were carried out of the temple, to return them into 
the land of Juda, the tenth day of the month Sivan, namely, silver 

[vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made. 

51 



BARUCH. 



Apocrypha 

9 After that Nabuehodonosor kmg of Babylon had carried away ■<**>£"- 
echonias, and the princes, and the d captives, and the mighty men, *"£.,_ c ' or . 

and the people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them unto jruytly for 
Babylon. 

10 And they said, Behold, we have sent you money to buy you burnt 
offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare ye manna, and 
offer upon the altar of the Lord our God ; 

11 c And pray for the life of Nabuehodonosor king of Babylon, and 
for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as 
the days of heaven: 

12 And the Lord will give us strength, and lighten our eyes, and we 
shall live d under the shadow of Nabuehodonosor king of Babylon, and 
under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and we shall serve them many 
days, and find favour in their sight. 

13 Pray for us also unto the Lord our God, for we have sinned against 
the Lord our God ; and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath 
is not turned from us. 

14 And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you, to make 
confession in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts and solemn days. t 

15 And ye shall say, "To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, L am-2 . & < 
hut unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto 
them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 

16 And to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our 
prophets, and to our fathers : 

17 For we have f sinned before the Lord, 

18 And disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the 
Lord our God, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly: 

19 e Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the 
land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto 
the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing 1 his voice. 

20 h Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the 
Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our 
fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk 
and honey, like as it is to see this day. 

.21 Nevertheless we have ' not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord 
our God according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent 
unto us ; 

22 But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, 
to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God. 
CHAPTER II. 

THEREFORE the Lord hath a made good his word, which he pro- 
nounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, 
and against our Icings, and against our princes, and against the men of 
Israel and Juda, 

2 To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the 
whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things 
that were written in the law of Moses ; 

3 That a man should h eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of 
his own daughter. 

4 Moreover he hath delivered them to be c in subjection to all the 
kingdoms that are round about us, to be as d a reproach and desolation 
among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them. 

5 Thus we ° were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sin- 
ned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his 
voice. 

6 e To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness : but unto us and 
to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day. 

7 For all these plagues are come upon us, f which the Lord hath pro- 
nounced against us. 

8 er Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every 



mincha, 
that is, a 
■meat offer- 
ing. 

c Ex. 6. 10. 
Jer. 29. 7. 
d Ezek. 31. 
6. 

Dan. 4. 19, 
21. 

ech.Q. 6. 
f Dan. 9. 5. 
g Ezra 9. 7, 
8,9. 

h Deut. 28. 
15. 

Dan. 9. 11. 
i Dan. 9. 10. 
a Dan. 9. 
12, 13. 
b Deut. 28. 



& 4. 10. 

c 2 Kings 

24. 2. 

d Isa. 43. 

28. 

a Gr. were 

beneath 

and not 

above, 

Deut. 28. 

43, 44. 

ech. 1.15. 

f verse 1. 

g Dan. 9. 13. 

h Dan. 9. 15. 

i Dan. 9. 16. 

k Jer. 42. 2. 

I Is. 37. 20. 

4Gr. thy 

name is 

calledupon 

Israel. 

m Dan. 26. 

19. 

n Deut. 26. 

15. 

Isa. 63. 15. 

o Ps. 6.5. & 

115. 17. 

Isa. 38. 18, 

19. 

cGr. spirit, 

or, life. 

p Dan. 9. 18 



one from the imaginations of his wicked heart. 

9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath 
brought it upon us : for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he 
nath commanded us. 

10 Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the com- 
mandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us. 

11 h And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out 
of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, 
and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a 
name, as appeareth this day : 

12 O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have 
dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances. 

13 ' Let thy wrath turn from us : k for we are but a few left among the 
heathen, where thou hast scattered us. 

14 Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for 
thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led 
us away : 

15 'That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, be- 
cause h m Israel and his posterity is called by thy name. 

16 O Lord, "look down from thy holy house, and consider us : bow down 
thine ear, O Lord, to hear us. 

17 Open thine eyes and behold ; for the ° dead that are in the graves, 
whose c souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither 
praise nor righteousness : 

18 But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, 
and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righte- 
ousness, O Lord. 

■t iV Th ® re / or ,e we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O 

<m w VL° ' l or the r ighteousness-of our fathers, and of our kings. 
«™L„ iL v£ u sent ? ut th y wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast 
apoken by thy servants the prophets, saying, 



q Je. 27. 11. 
r Jer. 7. 34. 
& 16. 9. & 
25. 10. 
s Jer. 8. 1, 
2. 

t Jer. 36. 30. 
u Hob. 3. 5. 
x Lev. 26. 
14. 

Dt. 28. 15. 
d Gr. this 
great 
swarm, 
e Or, come 
to them- 
selves. 
y Mai. 3.16. 
/ Gr. bar,!:. 
z Jer. 32.43. 
Ileb. 6. 13. 
a Ps. 73. i . 
b Ezek. 37. 
1,14. 

e Ps. 79. 8. 
d Dt. 30. 1. 
e Psa. 79. 
4. 

fPs.28. 1. 
g Psa. 61. 
13, 14, 15, 
16. 

jh Job 28. 
12, 20. 
i 1 Tim. 6. 
17. 
kEpcl. 1.4. J 



Apocrypha 

21 i Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the 
king of Babylon : so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto youj 

fathers. . 

22 But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king o* 
Babylon, 

23 r I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and from without 
Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the 
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride : and the whole land shall be 
desolate of inhabitants. 

24 But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of 
Babylon: "therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest 
by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and 
the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their places. 

25 And lo, they are cast out ' to the heat of the day, and to the frost 
of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and 
by pestilence. 

26 And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, 
as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and 
the house of Juda. 

27 O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, 
and according to all that great mercy of thine, 

28 As thou spakest by thy 'servant Moses in the day when thou didst 
command him to write thy law before the children of Israel, saying, 

29 "If ye will not heetr my voice, surely this very great multitude 
shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will 
scatter them. 

30 For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiff 
necked people : but in the land of their captivities they shall « remember 
themselves, 

31 And shall know thatl am the Lord their God : for I will give them 
a heart, and ears to hear : 

32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and ?think 
upon my name, 

33 And return from their stiff /neck, and from their wicked deeds: 
for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before 
the Lord. 

34 And I will bring them again into the land which I promised 
with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they 
shall be lords of it : and I will increase them, and they shall not be 
diminished. 

35 z And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their 
God, and they shall be my people : and I will no more drive my people 
of Israel out of the land that I have given them. 

CHAPTER III. 

OLORD Almighty, God of a Israel, the soul in anguish, the troubled 
spirit, crieth unto thee. 

2 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy ; for thou art merciful : and have 
pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee. 

3 For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly. 

4 O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of b the 
dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, 
and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God : for the which 
cause these plagues cleave unto us. 

5 c Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers : but think upon 
thy power and thy name now at this time. 

6 For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise. 

7 And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent 
that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity : 
for d we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sin- 
ned before thee. 

8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scat- 
tered us, for e a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, 
according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the 
Lord our God. 

9 Hear, Israel, the commandments of life : give ear to understand 
wisdom. 

10 How happeneth it, Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that, 
thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the 
dead, 

11 f That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave ? 

12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom. 

13 For s if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldesthave 
dwelled in peace for ever. 

14 Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understand- 
ing ; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where 
is the light of the eyes, and peace. 

15 h Who hath found out her place ? or who hath come into her trea- 
sures? 

16 Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the 
beasts upon the earth; 

17 They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that 
hoarded up silver and gold, -wherein men trust, and made no end ot their 
getting? 

18 For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works 
are unsearchable, 

19 They are vanished and gone down to the grave, k and others are come 
up in their steads. 

20 Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth : but the way 
of knowledge have they not known, 

21 Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children 
were far off from that way. 



Apocrypha 

22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen 
a ' Theman. 

23 The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of 
Meran and of Theman, the " authors of fables, and searchers out of un- 
Aerstanding ; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remem- 
bered her paths. 

24 O Israel, '"how great is the house of God! and how large is the 
place of his possession! 

25 Great and hath none end ; high, and unmeasurable 



BARUCH. 



1 Jer. 49. 7. | 
a Or, ex- 
pounders. 
mGn.28.17. 



Apocrypha 

27 D Be of good comfort, O my children, and crv unto God : for ye 
shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you. 

28 For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, 
n Gen. ts. 4.! see k him ten times more. 
o^Deut. 30. 29 For he that hath i, r0U g ht these pi a g Ues upon you o g^aii jj ring you 

p Psaim [everlasting joy again with your salvation. 

■ 1J i 9 ' 9I o= n i 30 Take a g 00a heart, O Jerusalem : for he that gave thee that name 

!?Pr!'s si i wi11 comfort thee. 



26 There were the " giants famous from the beginning, that were ofja i J ° hn 3 



u'O great stature, and so expert in war. 

27 Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of know- 
ledge unto them: 

28 But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and 
perished through their own foolishness. 

.29 ° Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her 
down from the clouds ? 

30 Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her 
for pure gold ? 

31 No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path. 

32 But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her 
out with his understanding : he that prepared the earth for evermore 
hath filled it with four-footed beasts: 

:ZZ He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, Pand it 
obeyeth him -with fear. 

34 The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced : when he calleth 
them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed 
light unto him that made them. 

35 •> This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in 
comparison of him. 

36 He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it 
unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved. 

37 r Afterward did he shew himself upon earth and conversed with 
men. 

CHAPTER IV. 

THIS is the book of a the commandments of God, and the law that 
enduretb for ever : all they that keep it shall come to life ; but such 
as leave it shall die. 

2 Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk °in the presence of 
the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated. 

3 Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable 
unto thee, to a strange nation. 

4 O Israel, happy are we : b for things that are pleasing to God are 
made known unto us. 

5 Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel. 

6 c Ye were sold to the nations, not for [your] destruction : but be- 
cause ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies. 

7 For ye provoked him that made you by d sacrificing unto devils, and 
not to God. 

8 Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up ; and ]2 
ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you. ; a } e . 27. 12. 

9 For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said,;b Jer. 29. 5, 
Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion : God hath brought upon me greati^- ]]5 4 
mourning ; j fia . 4 i. 8, 9', 

10 For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the 10.& 46.5,7. 
-- Everlasting brought upon them. ldDt'o\3°' 

11 With joy did I nourish them ; but sent them away with weeping eEx'.es. 26. 
and mourning. If Ps. 135.16. 

12 Let no man rejoice over me, f a widow, and forsaken of many, who i ra ^^; /,"'"/'' 
lor the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed ItZmiteivet 



31 Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall. 

32 Miserable are the cities which thy children served : miserable is 



\a Gr. to 
^shining be- 
'fore the 
\ light 
[thereof. 

b Ps. 147. 

19, 20. 

c Isa. 50. 1. 

&. 52. 3. 

d 1 Cor. 10. 

20. 

e verse 8. 

f Isa. 47. 8. 

Lam. 1. 1. 

b Or, of his 

discipline 

in right- 
eousness. 

g Deut. 28. 

49, 50. 

h Hosea 6. 

1,2. 

c Or, pros* 

perity. 

d Or, in the 

time of 

mine 

affliction. 

i Ps. 116. 2. 

& 137. 7. 

k Isa. 9. 6. 

IPs.126.5,6. 

m Mic. 7. 9. 

e Or, my 

darlings. 



( ; ie jshe that received thy sons. 



33 For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall ; pso shall 
she be grieved for Tier own desolation. 

34 For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her 
pride shall be turned into mourning. 

35 For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure , 
and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time. 

36 O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and qbehold the joy 
that cometh unto thee from God. 

37 Lo, r thy sons come, whom thou sentest away ; they come gathered 
together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, re- 
joicing in the glory of God. 

CHAPTER V. 

PUT off, O Jerusalem, a the garment of thy mourning and affliction, 
and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for 



n Isaiah 40. 

1,2. 

o Isaiah 54. 

7,8. 

p Psa. 137. 

8,9. 

Isa. 47. 1. 

q Isa. 25. 9. 

r Isa. 43. 6. 

a Isa. 61. 3. 

b Isa. 60. 1. 

c ch. 4. 36. 

d Mt.13.38. 

e Isa. 40. 4. 

f Isaiah 63. 



from the law of God. lopcnly. 

13 They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his com- |? £f" "j^ 7, 
mandments, nor trode in the paths *of discipline in his righteousness, ^'o^;,,,.^, 

14 Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the cap-jiJfrs. 18.24. 
t ivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath broughti c< ^ r -* it ' ,:c '' 
upon them. 

15 For e he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, 
and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child. 

16 These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, ;uid 
left her that was alone desolate without daughters. 

17 But what can I help you? 

18 For h he that brought these plagues upon you, will deliver you from 
the hands of your enemies. 

19 Go your way, O my children, go your way : for I am left desolate. 

20 I have put off the clothing of ' peace, and put upon me the sackcloth 
of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting < 1 ' in my days. 

21 Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he shall de- 
liver you from the power and hand of the enemies. 

22 For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you : and joy is 
come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon 
come unto you from k the Everlasting our Saviour. 

23 For I sent you out with mourning and weeping : 'but God will give 
you to me again with joy and gladness for ever. 

24 Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity : so shall 
they see shortly your salvation from our God, which shall come upon you 
with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting. 

25 My children, m suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from 
God : for thine enemy hath persecuted thee ; but shortly thou shalt see his 



destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck 
26 «My delicate ones have goi 



flock caught of the enemies. 
.14 



gone rough ways, and were taken away asa 



2 Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh 
from God ; and set a diadem on thy head of the glory of the Everlasting. 

3 For God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven. 

4 Fcr thy name shall be called of God for ever, The peace of righte- 
ousness, and, The glory of God's worship. 

5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and r look about toward 
the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east 
by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God. 

6 For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their 
enemies : but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as 
d children of the kingdom. 

7 For God hath appointed e that every high hill, and banks of long 
continuance, should be cast down, and vallies, filled up, to make even 
the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God. 

8 Moreover even the woods and every sweet-smelling tree shall over 
shadow Israel by the commandment of God. 

9 For God shall f lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with 
the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him. 

CHAPTER VI. 
IT A copy of an epistle which Jeremiah sent unto them which were to 
be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to cer- 
tify them as it was commanded him of God. 

BECAUSE of the sins which ye have committed before God, ' ye 
shall be led away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king 
of the Babylonians. 

3 So when ye be come unto Babylon, b ye shall remain there many 
years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations : and after that 
I will bring you away peaceably from thence. 

4 c Now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of 
wood, borne upon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear. 

5 Beware therefore that ye in no wise be like to strangers, neither 
be ye afraid of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind 
them, worshipping them. 

(5 But say ye in your hearts, O Lord, d we must worship thee. 

7 For ''mine angel is with you, and I myself caring for your souls. 

8 As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they them- 
selves are gilded and laid over with gold; yet are they but false, f and 
cannot speak. 

9 And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they 
make crowns for the Tieads of their gods. 

10 Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and 
bestow it upon themselves. 

11 Yea, they will give thereof to the a common harlots, and deck them as 
men with garments, [being] gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood. 

12 Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moths, though 
they be covered with purple raiment. 

13 They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there 
is much upon them. 

14 And he that, cannot put to death one that offendcth him, holdeth a 
sceptre, as though he were a judge of the country. 

15 lie hath also in his right hand a dagger and an axe : out 1 cannot de- 
liver himself from war and thieves. 

16 Whereby they are known not to be gods : therefore fear them not. 

17 For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is 
broken: even so it is with their gods: when they be setup in the temple, 
their eyes bo b full of dust through the feet of them that come in. 

18 And as the ''doors are made sure on every side upon him that offend- 
cth the king, as being committed to suffer death : even so the priests make: 
fast their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, ' lest their gods be spoiled 
with robbers. 

•19 They light thorn candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof. they 
cannot seo one. 

20 They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts 
are « gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth ; and when they ca 
them and their clothes, they feel it not. 

.53 



Apocrypha 

21 Their faces are blacked through the smoke that cometh out of 
the temple. 

22 Upon their bodies and heads sit bats, swallows, and birds, and 
the cats also. 

23 By this ye may know that they are no gods : k therefore fear 
them not. 

24 Notwithstanding the gold that is about them to make them beau- 
tiful, except they wipe off the rust, they will not shine : for neither 
when they were molten did they feel it. 

25 The things wherein there is no breath are bought for a ''most 
high price. 

26 ' They are borne upon shoulders, having no feet, whereby they 
declare unto men that they be nothing worth. 

27 They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the 
ground at any time, m they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, 
if one set them upright, can they move of themselves : neither, if they 
be bowed down, can they make themselves straight : but they set e gifts 
before them, as unto dead men. 

28 As for the things that are sacrificed unto them, their priests sell 
and /abuse; in like manner their wives lay up part thereof in salt; 
but unto the poor and impotent they give nothing of it. 

29 Menstruous women, and women in child-bed n eat their sacrifices: 
by these things ye may know that they are no gods : fear them not. 

30 For how can they be ° called gods ? because women set meat be- 
fore the gods of silver, gold, and wood. 

31 And the priests sit in their temples, having their clothes rent, 
and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads. 

32 They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when 
one is dead. 

33 The priests also take off their garments, and clothe their wives 
and children. 

34 Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they p are 
not able to recompense it : they can neither set up a king, nor put 
him down. 

35 In like manner they can neither give riches nor money : though a 
man make a vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it. 

36 1 They can save no man from death 
from the mighty. 



SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN 



k verse 16. 
d Or', arty 
price. 
1 Is*: 46. 7. 
verse 4. 
m 1 Sam.» 
5. 3, 4. 
eOr, 

offerings, 
f Or, spend. 
n Lev. 12.4. 
olCor.8.5. 
p Isa. 45. 
20. & 46. 7. 
q Seel Sam. 
2.6. 

r verses 8 
9. 10, 11. 
*f Or, bid 
him- call 
upon Bel 
s 1 Ki"gs 
18. 26. 
h Or, sense. 
t Isa. 44. 12. 



u verse 15. 
x Ps. 115. 4. 
Wisdom 
13. 10. 
y Ps. 115.4 
7. See Psa. 
75. 7. 
a verse 39. 
p 1 Esdr-as 
4. 1, 12. 
i Or, the 
same wind. 
cPs.119.91. 
d verse 54. 
c Luke 21. 
11. 

f verses 16, 
29, 65. 
g verse 52. 
/cOr, purple 
and bright- 

neither deliver the weak hHo' s .i4. a 



Apocrypha 

47 For they left lies and reproaches to them that come after. 

48 For when there cometh any war or plague upon them, the priests 
consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them. 

49 How then cannot men perceive that they be no gods, » which can 
neither save themselves from war nor from plague ? 

50 • For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with silver and 
gold, it shall be known hereafter that they are false : 

51 And it shall manifestly appear to all nations and kings that they 
are no gods, i but the works of men's hands, and that there is no work 
of God in them. 

52 Who then may not know that they are no gods ? 

53 For neither can they set up a king in the land, z nor give rain 
unto men.. 

54 Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, 
being unable : for they are as crows between heaven and earth. 

55 Whereupon when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or 
laid over with gold or silver, their priests will flee away, and escape ; 
but they themselves shall be burned asunder like beams. 

56 Moreover they cannot withstand any king or enemies : how can 
it then be thought or said that they be gods ? 

57 Neither are those ■ gods of wood, and laid over with silver or 
gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers. 

58 Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, 
they that are strong do take, and go away withal : neither are they 
able to help themselves. 

59 Therefore it is better to be a king b that sheweth his power, or 
else a profitable vessel in a house, which the owner shall have use of^ 
than such false gods ; or to be a door in a house, to keep such things 
safe as be therein, than such false gods ; or a pillar of wood in a palace, 
than such false gods. 

60 For sun, moon, and stars, being bright, and sent to do their 
offices, are obedient. 

61 In like manner the lightning when it breaketh forth is easy 
to be seen ; and « after the same manner the wind bloweth in every 
country. 

62 And when God commandeth the clouds to go over the whole 
world, c they do as they are bidden. 

63 And the fire sent from above to consume hills and woods doeth 



37 They cannot restore a blind man to his sight, nor help any man in his I ae it is commanded : but these are like unto them neither in shew nor 



distress 

38 They can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless. 

39 Their gods of wood, and which are r overlaid with gold and silver, 
are like the stones that be hewn out of the mountain : they that worship 
them shall be confounded. 

40 How should a man then think and say that they are gods, when even 
the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them ? 

41 Who, if they shall see one dumb that cannot speak, they e bring him, 
s and entreat Bel that he may speak, as though he were able to understand. 

42 Yet they cannot understand this themselves, and leave them : for they 
have no * knowledge. 

43 The women also with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn 
bran for perfume : but if any of them, drawn by some that passeth by, lie 
with him, she reproacheth her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy 
as herself, nor her cord broken. 

44 Whatsoever is done among them is false : how may it then be thought 
or said that they are gods ? 

45 They are made of ' carpenters and goldsmiths : they can be nothing 
else than the workmen will have them to be. 

46 And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how 
should then the things that are made of them be gods ? 



power. 

64 Wherefore it is neither to be supposed nor said that they are gods, 
seeing ll they are able neither to judge causes, nor to do good unto men. 

Co Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not. 

66 For they can neither curse nor bless kings: 

67 Neither can they shew ' signs in the heavens among the heathen, 
nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon. 

68 The beasts are better than they : for they can get under a covert, and 
help themselves. 

69 It is then by no means manifest unto us that they are gods : f there- 
fore fear them not. 

70 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing : so 
are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold. 

71 And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, 
are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon ; as 
also to a dead body that is cast into the dark. 

72 s And ye shall know them to be no gods by the * bright purple that 
rotteth upon them: and they themselves afterward shall be eaten, and 
shall be a reproach in the country. 

73 Better therefore is the just man h that hath none idols : for he shall 
be far from reproach. 



f THE SONG OF THE THEEEHOLY CHILDREN, 



Which followeth in the third Chapter of Daniel after this place, — "fill down bound into the midst of the burning fery furnace." 
not in the Hebrew, to wit, "And they walked," — unto these words, " Tlien JYebuchadnezzar, verse 24. 



That which followeth is 



ND a they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and bless- 
l ing the Lord. 

2 Then Azarias stood up, and prayed in this manner ; and opening 
his mouth in the midst of the fire, said, 

3 b Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers : thy name is worthy 
to be praised and glorified for evermore : 

4 For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us : yea, 
true are all thy works, thy ways are right, and c all thy judgments truth. 

5 In all the things which thou hast brought upon us, and upon the 
holy city of our fathers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed true judg- 
ment : for according to truth and judgment didst thou bring all these 
things upon us because of our sins. 

6 For we d have sinned md committed iniquity, departing from thee. 

7 In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy command- 
ments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, that 
it might go well with us. 

8 Wherefore all tnat thou hast brought upon us, and every thing 
that thou hast done to us, e thou hast done in true judgment. 

, 9 And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, f most 
nateful forsakers of God, and to an unjust king, and the most wicked in all 
the world. 

rcl\ - d now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and 
reproacn to thy servants, and to them that worship thee. 

thou thfcovenantT "* " P Wh ° Ily ' f ° r ^ name ' S sake ' S 



a Dan. 3.25. 

b See Dan. 

3.28. 

c Ps. 25. 10. 

Dan. 9. 5. 

d Dan. 9. 5. 

e Dan. 9. 7, 

8,9. 

fDt. 28. 48. 

? Ps.89. 33, 

34, 35, 36. 



hGn.22.17. 
i Ps. 51. 17. 
k Psa. 125. 
1,2. 

1 Ps. 51. 1. 
a Or, by thy 
power and 
might. 



s neither disannul 



12 And cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for thy beloved 
Abraham's sake, for thy servant Isaac's sake, and for thy holy Israel's 
sake ; 

13 To whom thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest 
multiply their seed h as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lietli 
upon the sea shore. 

14 For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept 
under this day in all the world because of our sins. 

15 Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt- 
offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to sacrifice before 
thee, and to find mercy. 

16 Nevertheless in a ' contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be 
accepted. 

17 Like as in the burnt-offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as 
in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this 
day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee : k for they shall not 

I be confounded that put their trust in thee. 

18 And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek 
thy face. 

19 Put us not to shame : but deal with us after thy loving-kindness, and 
according to the > multitude of thy mercies. 

20 Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to 
thy name, O Lord : and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed ; 

21 And let them be confounded "in all their power and might, and let 
their strength be broken : 

54 



Apocrypha. 

22 And let them know that thou art Lord, the only God, and glorious 
m over the whole world. 

23 And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make 
the oven hot with * rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood ; 

24 So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and 
nine cubits. 

25 And it passed through, and n burned those Chaldeans it found 
about the furnace. 

26 But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with 
Azarias and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven ; 

27 And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist 
c whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt 
nor troubled them. 

28 Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and bless- 
ed God in the furnace, saying, 

29 " Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers : and to be praised 
and exalted above all for ever. 

30 And t blessed is thy glorious and holy name : and to be praised 
and exalted above all for ever. 

31 Blessed art thou in the <\ temple of thy holy glory : and to be 
praised and glorified above all for ever. 

32 Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and r sittest upon the 
cherubims : ami to be praised and exalted above all for ever. 

33 Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: and to 
be praised and glorified above all for ever. 

34 Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven : and above all to 
be praised and glorified for ever. 

35 O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt 
^him above all for ever. 

36 ' O ye heavens, bless ye the. Lord : praise and exalt him above 
all for ever. 

37 O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

38 O all » ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord : 
praise and exalt him above all for ever. 

39 O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

40 O ye y sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

41 O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

42 O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

43 O z all ye winds, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above all 
for ever. 

44 O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above all 
for ever. 

45 O ye a winter and summer, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 



SUSANNA. 



mPs. 113.3. 

6 Or, naph- 
tha, which 
is a certain 
kind of fat 
and chalky 
clay, Plin. 
lib. 2 cap. 
105. 

a Dan. 3. 22. 
e Or, cool. 
o verse 3. 
pPs.72. 19. 
q Jonah 2. 4. 
r Ps. 80. 1. 
s Gen. 1. 4, 
7,8. 

d Or, high- 
ly exalt : 
and so in 
the rest. 
t Ps. 143. 4. 
u Ps. 103.20. 
x Ps. 148. 4. 
y Ps. 148. 3. 
z Matt. 8. 
26, 27. 
a Gen. 8. 
22. 



b verse 42. 
c Gen. 1. 3, 
4. 

d Ps. 148. 8. 
e Job 38.25. 
f Ps. 103.22. 
g Matt. 12. 
40. 
eGr. 
heaven. 
hPs. 107.8, 
15,21,31. 
i Ps. 115. 9. 
k Psalm 
115. 10. 
1 Ps. 135. 1 
f Or, saints. 
m Dan. 1.6. 
g Or, the 
grave. 
n Dan. 3.26. 
o Ps. 136. 1. 



Apocrypha 

46 O ye b dews and storms ol snow, bless ye the Lord : praise and 
exalt him above all for ever. 

47 O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

48 O ye • light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exal- 
him above all for ever. 

49 O ye ice and cold, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above 
all for ever. 

50 O ye '• frost and snow, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

51 O ye e lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

52 O let the earth bless the Lord : praise and exalt him above all for 
ever. 

53 O ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord : praise and 
exalt him above all for ever. 

54 O f all ye things that grow on the earth, bless ye the Lord : 
praise and exalt him above all for ever. 

55 O ye fountains, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above 
all for ever. 

56 O ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

57 O ye e whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord : 
praise and exalt him above all for ever. 

58 O all ye fowls of the « air, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

59 O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

60 O u ye children of men, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him 
above all for ever. 

61 ■ O Israel, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above all -for 
ever. 

62 k O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

63 ' O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt 
him above all for ever. 

64 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise 
and exalt him above all for ever.. 

65 O ye /holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise 
and exalt him above all for ever. 

66 O m Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord : praise and 
exalt him above all for ever: for he hath delivered us from £hell, and 
saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the 
furnace and burning flame : even n out of the midst of the fire hath he 
delivered us. 

67 O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is gracious : for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

68 O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him 
and give him thanks : " for his mercy endureth for ever. 



f THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA, 

Set apart from the Beginning of Daniel, because it is not in the Hebrew, as neither the J\Tarration of a Bel and the Dragon. 
HERE dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim: aGr Bel's ig And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and 



T 



2 And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter 
of Chelcias, a * very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord. 

3 Her 'parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter ac- 
cording to the law of Moses. 

4 Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining 
unto his house : and to him resorted the Jews ; because he was more 
honourable than all others. 

5 The same year were appointed two of °the ancients of the people 
to be judges, such as the Lord spake of, that wickedness came from 
Babylon from ancient judges, who seemed to govern the people. 

6 These kept much at Joacim's house : and all that had any suits in 
law came unto them. 

7 Now when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went into 
her husband's garden ti walk. 

8 And the two elders saw her going in every day, and walking ; 
i so that their lust was inflamed toward her. 

9 And they perverted their own mind, and turned away their eyes, 
that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments. 

10 And albeit they both were wounded with her love, yet durst not 
one shew another his grief. 

11 For they were ashamed to declare their lust, that they desired 
to have to do with her. 

12 Yet they watched diligently from day to day to see her. 

13 And the one said to the other, Let us now go home : for it, is 
dinner time. 

14 So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and 
turning back again they came to the same place; and after they had asked 
one another the cause, c they acknowledged their ' lust: then appointed 
they a time both together, when they might find her alone. 

15 And it fell out, as they watched a fit time, she went in *as before 
with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden: 
for it was hot. 

16 And there was no body there save the two eiders, that had hid them- 
selves, and watched her. 

17 Then she said to her maids, Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut 
v.he garden doors, e that I may wash mc. 



dragon. 
a Gen. 24. 
16. & 26. 7. 
b Luke 1.6. 
c Ezck. 8. 
11. 

d Mt. 5. 28. 
e verse II. 
f James 1. 
14,15. 
h Gr. as 
yesterday 
and the day 
before, 

! 



went out themselves at privy doors to fetch the things that she had 
commanded them : but they saw not the elders, * because they were hid. 

19 Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, 
and ran unto her, saying, 

20 Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and 
we are in love with thee : therefore consent unto us, ' and lie with us. 

21 If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young 
man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids 
from thee. 

22 Then Susanna '< sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side : 
2°Sam.ii.if° r if I do this thing, it is death unto me : and if I do it not, 1 cannot 

escape your hands. 

23 It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not to do it, than ' to 
sin in the sight of the Lord. 

24 With that Susanna cried with a loud voice : and the two ciders 
cried out against her. 

25 Then ran the one, and opened the garden door. 

26 So when the servants of the house 'heard the cry in the garden, 
they rushed in at m a privy door, to see what was done unto her. 

27 But when the elders had declared their matter, the servants were 
greatly ashamed: for there never was such a report made of Susanim. 

28 And it came to pass the next day, when the people were assembled 
to her husband Joacim, the two elders came also full of " mischievous 
imagination against Susanna to put her to death ; 

29 And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter pf 
Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent. 

30 So she came with her father and mother, her children, and all her 
kindred. 

31 Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and ° beauteous to behold, 

32 And these wicked men commanded to uncover her face, (for she wps 
covered) that they might be filled with her beauty. 

33 Therefoie her friends and all that saw her wept. 

34 Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, Pand laid 
their hands upon her head. 

35 And she weeping looked up toward heaven: for her heart, trusted .ip 



e. Or, side 

doors. 

h verse 16. 

i 2 Sam. 13. 

II. 

kFMf.9.4. 

1 Genesis 

39.9. 

m verso 18. 

n Psalm 52. 

2 

o vcrr-fi 2. 
p Dcut. 17. 
7. 



the Lord- 



55 



Apocrypha. 

36 And the elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, this wo- 
man came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent the 
maids away. 

37 Then a young man, who there was hid, came unto her, and lay 
with her. 

38 Then we that stood in a corner of the garden, seeing this q wick- 
edness, ran unto them. 

39 And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold : for 
he was stronger than we, and opened the door, and leaped out. 

40 But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, 
but she would not tell us : r these things do we testify. 

41 Then the assembly believed them, as those that weTe the elders 
and judges of the people : so they condemned her to death. 

42 Then Susanna s cried out w'ith a loud voice, and said, O everlasting 
God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things before they be : 

43 Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and 
behold, I must die ; whereas I never did such things as these men have 
maliciously invented against me. 

44 And the l Lord heard her voice. 

45 Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up 
the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel : 

46 Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman. 

47 Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean 
these words that thou hast spoken ? 

48 So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, * ye sons 
of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have 
condemned a daughter of Israel ? 

49 Return agam to the place of judgment : for they have yborne false 
witness against her. 

50 Wherefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said 
unto him, Come, sit down among us, and shew it us, seeing God hath given 
thee the honour of an elder. 

51 Then said Daniel unto them, Put these two aside one far from ano- 
ther, 2 and I will examine them. 



BEL AND THE DRAGON 



q Gen. 39. 9. 
r Ex.20. 16. 
s Ps. 50. 15. 
t 1 Sam. 16. 
1,2. 

uMt. 27.24. 
xPr.14.15. 
y Ex.20. 10. 
verse 40. 
z Pr. 16. 20. 
& 18. 17. 



Apocrypha 

52 So when they were put asunder one from another, he called one 
of them, and said unto him, O thou tbat art waxen old in wickedness 
now thy sins which thou hast committed aforetime are come to light 

53 For thou hast pronounced false judgment, and hast condemned 
the innocent, and hast let the guilty go free ; albeit the Lord saith 
The a innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay. 

54 Now then, if thou hast seen her, tell me, Under what tree 3awest 
thou themcompanying together? Who answered, Under a c mastick tree. 

55 And Daniel said, Very well ; " thou hast lied against thine own 
head ; for even now the angel of God hath received the sentence of 
God to cut thee in two. 

56 So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said 
unto him, O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath de- 
ceived thee, and c lust hath perverted thy heart. 

57 Thus have ye dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear 
accompanied with you : but the daughter of Juda would not abide your 
wickedness. * 

58 Now therefore tell me, Under what tree didst thou take them com- 
panying together ? Who answered, d Under a d holm tree. 

59 Then said Daniel unto him, Well ; thou hast also lied against 
thine own head : for the angel of God waiteth with the sword to cut 

thee in two, that he may destroy you. 

60 With that all the assembly e cried out with a loud voice, and praised 
God, who saveth them that trust in him. 

61 And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them 
of false witness by their own rriouth : 

62 And according to the law of Moses f they did unto them in such 
sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbour: and they but 
them to death. Thus the innocent blood was saved the same day. 

63 Therefore Chelcias and his wife praised God for their daughter Su- 
sanna, with Joacim her husband, and all the kindred, ^because there was 
no dishonesty found in her. 

64 Prom that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight ot 
the people. 



a Ex. 23. 7. 
c Gr. len- 
tisk-tree. 
b See Acts 
5. 3, 4. 
c ver. 8, 14. 
d See Mark 
14. 56. 
dOr, kind 
of oak. 
e verse 46. 
fDt. 19. 19. 
Prov. 19. 5. 
g verse 27. 



f The History of the Destruction of a MMIa and the DRAGON, 

CUT OFF FROM THE END OF DANIEL. 



AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and a Cyrus of Per 
sia received his kingdom. 

2 And Daniel a conversed with the king, and was honoured above all 
his friends. 

3 Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent 
upon him every day twelve measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and 
six vessels of wine. 

4 And the king worshipped it, and went daily to adore it : b but 
Daniel worshipped his own God. And the king said unto him, Why 
dost not thou worship Bel ? 

5 Who answered and said, Because I may not worship idols made 
with hands, but the living God, c who hath created the heaven and the 
earth, and hath sovereignty over all flesh. 

6 Then said the king unto him,Thinkest thou not that Bel is a living 
god ? seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day ? 

7 Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is 
but clay within and brass without, and did never d eat or drink any thing. 

8 So the king was wroth, and called for his priests, and said unto them, 
If ye tell me not who this is that devoureth e these expenses ye shall die. 

9 But if ye can certify me that Bel devoureth them, then Daniel shall 
die : for he hath spoken blasphemy against Bel. And Daniel said unto 
the king, Let it be according to thy word. 

10 Now the priests of Bel were threescore and ten, besides their 
wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple 
of Bel. 

11 So Bel's priests said, Lo, we go out: but thou, O king, set on the 
meat, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast, and seal ' it with 
thine own signet ; 

12 And to-morrow when thou comest in, if thou findest not that Bel 
hath eaten up all, we will suffer death ; or else Daniel, that speaketh 
falsely against us. 

13 And they little regarded it : s for under the table they had made 
a privy entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed 
those things. 

14 So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before Bel. 
Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they 
strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone : 
then went they out and shut the door, and sealed it with the -king's 
signet, and so departed. 

15 Now in the night came the priests h with their wives and children, 
as they were wont to do, and did eat and drink up all. 

16 In the morning betimes the king arose, and Daniel with him. 

17 And the king said, Daniel, are the ' seals whole ? And he said, 
Yea, O king, they be whole. 

18 And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon 
table, and cried with aloud voice, k Great art thou, O Bel, and with thee is 
no deceit at all. 

19 Then laughed Daniel, and held the king that he should not go in, 
and said, Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps are 

20 And the king said, I see th<? footsteps 'of men, women, and children. 
Ana then the king was angry, 



a Gr. Bel's 
dragon. 
aEzral.1,2. 
Dan. 10: 1. 
b Or, lived 
with the 
king. 

b Daniel 6. 
10. 

c Acts 17. 
24, 29. 
d Ecclus. 
30. 19. 
e verse 3. 
fDan.6. 17. 
g verse 7. 
h verse 10. 
i vetse 11. 
k Acts 19. 
28, 34. 
1 verse 15. 



m Deut. 12. 
3. 

c Some add 
this title, 
Ofthe 
dragon. 
n Romans 
1.23. 

o Matthew 
4.10. 
d Or, be- 
hold what 
ye worsliip. 
[) 1 Kings 
19. 2. 

n Daniel 6. 
16. 

r Dan. 6. 16. 
e Or, two 
slaves, 

Heb. 1 . 1. 
/ Or, sod. 
t Hb. 1. 14. 
u Ezekicl 
8.3. 

x I Kings 
17.4. 

y Job 5. 19. 
z verse 31. 
a Jer. 37. 
17. 

Daniel 6. 
23. 

b Daniel 6. 
24. 
i ,. 



21 And took the priests with their wives and children, who shewed 
him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as 
were upon the table. 

22 Therefore the king slew them, and delivered Bel into Daniel's 
power, m who destroyed him and his temple. 

23 c And in that same place there was a great "dragon, which they of 
Babylon worshipped. 

24 And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is. of 
brass ? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh ; thou canst not say that 
he is no living god ; therefore worship him. 

25 Then said Daniel unto the king, ° I will worship the Lord my 
God: for he is the living God. 

26 But give me leave, O king, and I shall slay this dragon without 
sword or staff. The king said, I give thee leave. 

27 Then Daniel took pitch, ana fat, and hair, and did seeth them 
together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon's mouth, 
and so the dragon burst in sunder : and Daniel said, d Lo, these are the 
gods ye worship. 

28 When they of Babylon heard that, p they took great indignation, 
and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and 
he hath destroyed Bel, he hath slain the dragon, and put the priests 
to death. 

29 So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we 
will destroy thee in thy house. 

30 Now when the < king saw that they pressed him sore, being con- 
strained, he 1 delivered D ame l unt o them: 

31 r Who cast him into the lion's den : where he was six days. 

32 And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them 
every day f two carcasses, and two sheep : which then were not given 
to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel. 

33 Now there was in Jewry ■ a prophet, called Habbacuc, who had 
/made pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl, and was going into 
the field, for to bring it to the reapers. 

34 But 'the angel of the Lord said unto Habbacuc, Go, carry the 
dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel, who is in the lions' den 

35 And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon ; neither do I 
know where the den is. 

36 Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and "bare him 
by the hair of his head, and through the vehemency of his spirit set him 
in Babylon over the den. 

37 And Habbacuc cried, saying, O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner 
x which God hath sent thee. 

38 And Daniel said, Thou hast remembered me, O God : r neither 
hast thou forsaken them that seek thee and love thee. 

39 So Daniel arose, and did eat ; and the angel of the Lord set Habbacuc 
in his own place again immediately. 

40 Upon the z seventh day the king went to bewail Daniel : and when he 
came to the den, he looked in, and behold, Daniel was sitting. 

41 Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great art thou, O Lord 
God of Daniel, and there is none other besides thee. 

42 a And he drew him out, and b cast those that were the cause of his de- 
struction into the den : and they were devoured in a moment before his face 

56 



11 THE PRAYEB OF MANASSE8, KING- OF JUDAU, 

WHEN HE WAS HOLDEN CAPTIVE IN BABYLON. 

OLORD, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; who hast made heaven and earth, with all the 
ornament thereof; who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious 
B. Christ name ; whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power ; for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening toward 
cir. G76. ' sinners is importable : but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable ; for thou art the most high Lord, of great compassion Ion? 
rjfferin<», very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men. Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness 
to themlhat have sinned against thee : and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners, that they may be saved. Thou therefore 
O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against 
thee ; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner : for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions 
O Lord, are multiplied : my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of minemquities 
« Or nei- I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up my head, " neither have any release : for I have provoked thy wrath, and done 
tkertake evil before thee : I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments : I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences. Now there- 
mybreath. f ore j how the knee of my heart beseeching thee of grace. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities : where- 
fore I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving 
evil for me ; neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth. For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent ; and in me thou wilt shew 
all thy goodness ; for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life ; 
for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



f THE FIM8T BOOK OF THE MACCABEES. 



CHAPTER I. 

AND it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, 
who came out of the land " of Chettim, had smitten Darius a king 
of the Persians and Medes, that ho reigned in his stead, the first over 
Greece, 

2 And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the 
kings of the earth, 

3 b And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of 
many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him ; where- 
upon 4 he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. 

4 And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, 
and nations, an i '' kings, who became tributaries unto him. 

5 And after tnese thmgshe fell sick, and perceived •'that he should die. 

6 Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and 
had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom 
among them, while he was yet alive. 

v 7 So Alexander reigned twelve years, and then died. 

8 And his servants bare rule every one in his place. 

9 And after his death they all put c crowns upon themselves; so did 
their sons after them many years : and evils were multiplied in the earth. 

10 And there came out of them d a wicked root, Antiochus surnamed 
Epiphanes,son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, 
and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the king- 
dom of the Greeks. 

11 In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, e who per- 
suaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen 
that are round about us ; for since we departed from them, e we have 
had much sorrow. 

12 So this device pleased them well. 

13 Then certain of the people were so forward herein, that they went 
to the king, ' who gave them license to do after the ordinances of the 
heathen : 

14 Whereupon they /built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according 
to the customs of the heathen : 

15 And s made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy cove- 
nant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and h were sold to do mis- 
chief. 

16 Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he 
thought to reign over Egypt, that he might have the dominion of two 
realms. 

17 Wherefore ' he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with 
chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy, 

18 And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt : but Ptolemee 
was afraid of him, and fled ; and many were wounded to death. 

19 Thus they jrot the strong cities in the land of Egypt, and he took 
the spoils thereof. 

20 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again 
in the hundred forty and third year, ''and went up against Israel and 
Jerusalem with a. great multitude,' 

21 And 'entered proudly into the sanctuary,and took away the golden 
altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof. 

22 And the table of the shew-bread, and the pouring vessels, and tT'ie 
vials, and the censers of gold, and the vail, and the crowns, and the 
golden ornaments that were before the temple, S all which lie pulled oil'. 

23 He took also the silver and the gold, and the '• precious vessels: 
also he took the hidden treasures which lie found. 

24 And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, 
having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly. 

25 Therefore there was '" great mourning in Israel, in every place 
where they were ; 

26 So" that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young 
men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed. 

27 Every bridegroo ii took up lamentation, and she that sat in the 
marriage-chamber was in heaviness. 

28 The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the 
house of Jacob was covered with "confusion. 

29 And after two years fully expired, the king sent his chief col- 

15 H 



B. Christ 
cir. 323. 



a Or, 

Chethiim. 
a Ez. 4. 24. 
&6. 1,2. 
b Dan. 8. 5, 
21. & 11. 3, 
4. 

6 Or, his 
heart xoas 
exalted 
and lifted 
up. 

c Or, king- 
doms which 
became, lk.c. 
dGt. that 
he diclh. 
c Dan. 8. 22. 
d Dan. 8. 24. 
e Dan. 8. 
25. 

e Gr. many 
evils have 
found us. 
f Dan. 8.10, 

11,12. 
/Or, setup 

a n open 

school at 

Jerusalem, 
2 Mac. 4 

12. 

g lCorin.7. 

18. 

h 1 Kings 

21. 25. 

i Da. 11.25. 

k Da. 8. 12. 

1 Da. 11.31. 

o-.Or, he 

pilled all 

things. 

h Gr. de- 
sirable. 

mZe. 12.11. 

nZc. 12.12. 

oDaa.9.7, 

8. 



B. Chri3t 
cir. 1G8. 



p l's. 10. 7. 
il Fs. 79. 1 . 
r Isa. 1. 4. 
9 Pa. 74. 3. 
t Pec Lain. 
I. 1,4. 
□ verse 15. 
x P«a. 10li. 
28,29. 
i Or, the 
taws and 
rites of the 
strangers 
of the fund. 

v ' . . I ' • . 
Z Con. 17. 
i), 14. 

a Soo Dcut. 
12. <;. 

It Or, And 
they made 
Israel huh 

1 . .:■ 

in holes in 
cnery place 
of succour. 

33. 3. 4, 5, 
6, 7. ' 

J Gr. the 
king's ' -I',',' 
utuZj . 
putllim to 
death. 



lector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with 
a great multitude ; 

30 And spake peaceable words unto them, but all teas deceit : P for 
when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city and 
smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel. 

31 And when he had taken the spoils of the city, ihe set it on fire, 
and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side. 

32 But the women and children took they captive, and possessed 
the cattle. 

33 Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong 
wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them. 

34 And they put therein a r sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified 
themselves therein. * 

35 They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had 
gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and 
so they became a sore snare : 

36 For it was a place to lie in wait against the 'sanctuary, and an 
evil adversary to Israel. 

37 Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, 
and defiled it: 

38 Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them : 
whereupon the city was made the habitation of strangers, and became 
strange to those that were born in her ; and her own children left her. 

39 ' Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were 
turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honour into 
contempt. 

40 As had been her glory, so was her dishonour increased, and her 
excellency was turned into mourning. 

41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that u all 
should be one people, 

42 And every one should leave his laws : so all the heathen agreed 
according to the commandment of the king. 

43 Yea, x many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and 
sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath. 

44 For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the 
cities of Juda, that they should follow the 'strange laws of the land, 

45 And forbid burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and drink-offerings, in 
the temple ; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days : 

46 And pollute the sanctuary and y holy people : 

47 Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine'.-) 
flesh, and unclean beasts: 

48 That they should also leave 2 their children uncircumcised, and 
make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and pro- 
fanation : 

49 To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances. 

50 And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of 
the king, he said, he should die. 

51 In the selfsame manner wrote he to his whole kingdom, and ap- 
pointed overseers over all the people, commanding the cities of Juda to 
sacrifice, " city by city. 

52 Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit, every 
one that forsook the law ; and so they committed evils in the land ; 

53 * And drove the Israelites into secret places, even wheresoever 
they could flee for succour. 

64 Now the fifteenth day of the month Caslcu, in the hundred forty and 
fifth year, b they sot up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, 
and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on every side ; 

55 And burnt incense at the doors of.thoir houses, and in the streets. 

56 And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they 
found, they burnt them witli fire. 

57 And wheresoever was found with any the book of the testament, or 
if any consented to the law, 'the king's commandment was, that they 
should put. him to death. 

58 Thus did they by their authority unto the Israelites every month, 
to as many as were found in the cities. 

59 PJow the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice 
unto the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God. 

57 



Apocrypha. 

60 At which time according to the commandment they put to death 
tertain women, m that had caused their children to be circumcised. 

61 And they hanged the infants about their necks, and rifled their 
nouses, and slew them that had circumcised them. 

62 Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in 
themselves not to eat any unclean thing. 

63 Wherefore they chose rather to die, that they might not be defiled 
with meats and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then 
ihey died. 

64 And there was very great wrath upon Israel. 

CHAPTER II. 

IN those days a arose Mattathias, the soil of John, the son of Simeon, 
a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem and dwelt in Modin. 

2 An I he had five sons, Joannan, "called "Caddis : 

3 Simon, called Thassi : 

4 Judas who was called Maccabeus: 

5 Eleazar, called 'Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus. 
<> And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Juda 

and Jerusalem, 

7 He said, Wo is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of 
my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was de- 
livered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of 
strangers ? 

8 Her temple is become as a man a without glory. 

9 b Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants 
are slain in the streets, heryoung men with the sword of the enemy. 

10 What nation hath not had a part in her kingdom, and gotten of her 
spoils ? 

11 All her ornaments are taken away ; of a free woman she is be 
come a bond slave. 

12 And behold, our e sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, is 
laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned it. 

13 To what end therefore shall we live any longer ? 

14 Then Mattathias and his sons c rent their clothes, and put on 
sackcloth, and mourned very sore. 

15 In the mean while the king's d officers, such as compelled the 
people to revolt, came into the city Modin, to make them sacrifice, 

16'And when many of Israel came unto them, Mattathias also and 
Iris sons came together. 

17 Then answered the king's officers, and said to Mattathias on this 
wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honourable and great man in this city, 
and strengthened with sons and brethren : 

18 Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king's command- 
ment, like as all the heathen have done, yea, and the men of Juda also 
and such as remain at Jerusalem : so shalt thou and thy house be in 
the number of the king's friends, and thou and thy children shall be 
honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards. 

19 Then Mattathias answered and spake with e a loud voice, Though 
all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall 
away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to 
his commandments : 

20 Yet will I f and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant 
of our fathers. 

21 God forbid that we should forsake £ the law and the ordinances. 

22 We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, 
either on the right hand, or the left. 

23 Now when he had left speaking these words, there came one of 
the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at 
Modin, according to the king's commandment. 

24 Which thing when Mattathias saw, he was h inflamed with zeal 
and his reins trembled, neither could he forbear to shew his anger 
according to judgment: wherefore he ran, and 'slew him upon the 
altar. 

25 Also the king's commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice, 
he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down. 

26 Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God, like as Phinees k did 
unto Zambri the son of Salom. 

27 And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, say- 
ing, Whosoever is zealous of the law, and maintaineth the covenant, 

et him follow me. 

23 So he and his sons fled into '• the mountains, and left all that ever 
.Iiey had in the city. 

29' Then many that sought after justice and judgment went down 
.nto the wilderness, to /dwell there : 

30 Both they, and their children, and their wives, and their cattle ; 
Decause s afflictions increased sore upon them. 

31 Now when it was told the king's servants, and m the host that 
was at Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had 
oroken the king's commandment, were gone down into the secret 
Dlaces in the wilderness, 

32 They pursued after them a great cumber, and having overtaken 
-hem, they camped against them, and made war against them on the 
Sabbath day. 

33 And they said unto them, Let that which ye have done hitherto 
suffice ; come forth, and do according to the commandment of the 
sing, and ye shall live. 

34 But they said, <• We will not come forth, neither will we do the 
41 "f s commandment, to profane the sabbath day. 

H ti° th ,f n - the y 5 ave * tkem the battle with all speed. 
db nowbeit they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at 
aem, nor stopped the places where they lay hid ; 



1. MACCABEES 



B. Christ 
cir, 167, 
m Gr. that 
had cir- 
cumcised 
their chil- 
dren, 
verso 48. 
a Or, Mat- 
tathias the 
sun of John 
&.c. arose 
from Jeru- 
salem, or, 
oat of Je- 
rusalem, 
b Or, mho 
was called: 
and so af- 
terward in 
the lest. 
cOr, 
Gaddis. 
d Or, Ava- 
ron, or, 
Abaron. 
a 1 Sam. 4. 
21, 22. 
b 2 Chr. 36. 
18, 19. 
e Or, holy 
thing, 
;hap. 1. 48. 

c Ezra 9. 3. 
1 chap. 1. 

41,44. 

e Tsa. 58. 1. 

f Jos. 24. 15. 

g ch. 1. 49. 

liNum. 11. 

i Num. 25. 

11,15. 

k Num. 25. 

7,8. 

i Het). U. 

38. 

/ Gr. sit, 

or, abide. 

'j Gr. evils 

weremulti- 

plied upon 

them. 

in chapter 

1. 33, 34, 

35. 

n Daniel 3. 
IK, 17, 18. 

h Or, the 

Jews. 



B. Christ 
cir. 168. 



i Gr. sim- 
plicity. 
oHeb. 11. 
37. 

ft Gr. souls 
of men. 
p Ps. 83. 4. 
q verso 31. 
r See Matt. 
24. 16. 

eh. 1. 47. 
I Or, by 
force. 
t See chap. 
1. 56. 

Gr. aart 
they the 
hern to the 
sinner. 
u Hob. 12.4. 
ft Gr. gene- 
rations. 

Gen. 22. 
9, 10. 

y Rom. 4.3 
zGn.41.40. 
a Num. 25. 
13. 

Ecclus. 45. 
23, 24. 
b Jos. 1. 2. 

Nu. 14.6,7. 
Jos. 14. 13. 
d2Sm.2.4. 
e2Kg.2.11. 
I'Dan. 3. 16, 
1.7, 18,26. 
gDa. 6.22. 
i Luke 12. 
4,5. 

i Ps. 146. 4. 
k Da. 11. 32. 
o Or, fight 
ye the hat- 
tie of the 
icople. 

Gen 49. 
29, 33. 
m 2 Chron. 
35. 24, 25. 
a ch. 2. 4. 
b Psa. 144. 
1,2. 

e 2 Sam. 
23. 20. 
dPsa.l 3. 



Apocrypha. 

37 -P u } sai(i > ^ et us die al l in our » innocency : heaven and earth shall 
testify for us, that ye put us to death wrongfully. 

33 So they rose up against them in battle on the sabbath, ° and they 
slew them, with their wives and children, and their cattle, to the number 
of a thousand k people. 

39 Now when Mattathias and his friends understood hereof, thev 
mourned for them right sore. . 

40 And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren 
have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, 
they will now quickly p root us out of the earth. 

41 At that time therefore they decreed, saying, Whosoever shall 
come to make battle with us on the sabbath day, we will fight against 
him ; neither will we die all, as our brethren that were murdered in 
9 the secret places. 

42 Then came there unto him a company of Assideans, who were 
mighty men of Israel, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto 
the law. 

43 Also "all they that r fled for persecution joined themselves unto 
them, and were a stay unto them. 

44 So they joined their forces, and smote sinful men in their anger, 
and wicked men in their wrath: but the rest fled to the heathen for 
succour. 

45 Then Mattathias and his friends went round about and pulled 
down * the altars : 

46 And what children soever they found within the coast of Israe 
uncircumcised, those they circumcised 'valiantly. 

47 They pursued also after the proud men, and the work prosperea 
in their hand. 

48 So they recovered ' the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and 
out of the hand of kings, neither m suffered they the sinner to triumph. 

49 Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die, he said 
unto his sons, Now hath pride and rebuke gotten strength, and the 
time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 

50 Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, " and give 
your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 

51 Call to remembrance what acts our fathers did in their "time ; 
so shall ye receive great honour and an everlasting name. 

52 Was not " Abraham found faithful in temptation, 7 and it was 
imputed unto him for righteousness ? 

53 Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, z and 
was made lord of Egypt. 

54 Phinees our father in being zealous and fervent obtained ths 
covenant of an everlasting priesthood. 

55 b Jesus for fulfilling the word was made a judge in Israel. 

56 c Caleb for bearing witness before the congregation received the 
heritage of the land. 

57 d David for being merciful possessed the throne of an everlasting 
kingdom. 

58 e Elias for being zealous and fervent for the law was taken up 
into heaven. 

59 f Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, by believing were saved out of 
the flame. 

60 s Daniel for his innocency was delivered from the mouth of lions 

61 And thus consider ye throughout all ages, that none that put their 
trust in him shall be overcome. 

62 h Fear not then the words of a sinful man : for his glory shall be 
dung and worms. 

63 To day he shall be lifted up, and to morrow he shall not be found, 
because he is i returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing. 

64 Wherefore, ye my sons, be valiant, k and shew yourselves men in 
the behalf of the law ; for by it shall ye obtain glory. 

65 And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel, 
give ear unto him always : he shall be a father unto you. 

66 As for Judas Maccabeus, he hath been mighty and strong, even 
from his youth up : let him be your captain, and fight ° the battle of 
the people. 

67 Take also unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye 
the wrong of your people. 

68 Recompense fully the heathen, and take heed to the command- 
ments of the law. ' 

69 So he blessed them, and '' was gathered to his fathers. 

70 And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons 
buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modin, m and all Israel 
made great lamentation for him. 

CHAPTER III. 
HEN a his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead. 
2 And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held 
with his father, and b they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel. 

3 So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breast-plate as a 
giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, 
protecting the host with his sword. 

4 In his acts he was c like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for 
his prey. , 

5 For he pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and Durnt up 
those that vexed his people. 

6 Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers 
of iniquity were troubled, because salvation d prospered in his hand. 

7 He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, 
and his memorial is blessed for ever. ,, , , - 

8 Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the un- 
godly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel; 

JJ3 



I. MACCABEES. 



B. Christ 
cir. 168. 



oGr. 

gathered 
together. 



Joa. 10.10 
& 16. 3, 5. 
hjgs.7.4,7. 
1 Sa. 14. 6. 
2Chr.I4.ll 
i Psa. 33. 
16, 17. 
b Or, unto 
us. 

c Gr. in 
multitude 
of pride, or, 
envy and 
iniquity. 
k verse 13. 
d Gr. in 
the going 
down. 
1 Gen. 35. 6. 
Ex. 15. 16. 
Josh. 2. 9. 
m Ps. 83.2. 
e Gr. at 
every need. 
/Gr. that 
the collect- 
ors of tri- 
bute in the 
country 
were few. 
g Or, for 
the taking 
away of 
the laws, 
h Gr. that 
he should 
not have. 
n Ps. 2. 4,5. 
oGn.15. 18. 
pch. 1.38. 
i Gr. a city 
of his 
kingdom. 
q ch. 2. 18. 
r Luke 24. 
13. 

A Or, 
fetters. 
I Or, of 
strangers. 
s verse 39. 



apocrypha. 

9 So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and 
ie "received unto him such e as were ready to perish. 

10 Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great 
host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel. 

11 Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, y sa - 2 J-^ 
and so he smote him, and slew him : many also fell down slain, but the ^", JJ-'j 
rest fled. 

12 Wherefore Judas took their spoils, and Apollonius' sword also, 
and therewith he fought all his life long. 

13 Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that 
Judas had gathered unto him a ' multitude and company of the faithful 
to go out with him to war ; 

14 He said, I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom; for I 
will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, who despise the 
king's commandment. 

15 So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty 
host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of 
Israel. 

16 And when he came near to the going up of e Beth-horon, Judas 
went forth to meet him with a small company. 

17 Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said urito 
Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a 
multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all 
this day ? 

18 Unto whom Judas answered, h It is no hard matter for many to 
be shut up in the hands of a few ; and with the God of heaven it is all 
one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company : 

19 For the victory of battle standeth not 'in the multitude of a host; 
»ut strength cometn from heaven. 

20 They come h against us c in much pride and iniquity to destroy 
us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us: 

21 But we fight for our lives and our laws. 

22 Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face : 
and as for you, be ye not afraid of them. 

23 Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leaped suddenly upon 
them, and so k Seron and his host were overthrown before him. 

24 And they pursued them d from the going down of Beth-horon unto 
the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them ; and 
the residue fled into the land of the Philistines. 

25 ' Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren, and an exceed- 
ing great dread, to fall upon the nations round about them : 

26 Insomuch as his fame came unto the king, and all nations talked 
of the battles of Judas. 

27 Now when king Antiochus heard these things, he was full of 
indignation : m wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces 
of his realm, even a very strong army. 

28 He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, 
commanding them to be ready e whensoever he should need them. 

29 Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed 
and /that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dis- 
sension and plague which he had brought upon the land, sin taking 
away the laws which had been of old time ; 

30 He feared h that he should not be able to bear the charges any 
longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before : for 
he had abounded above the kings that were before him. 

31 Wherefore, being greatly " perplexed in his mind, he determined 
to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to 
gather much money. 

32 So he left Lysias, a nobleman, and one of the blood royal, to 
oversee the affairs of the king from ° the river Euphrates unto the 
borders of Egypt : 

33 And to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again. 

34 Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the 
elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, 
as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem: 

35 To wit, that he should send an army against them, to destroy 
and root out the strength of Israel, and the v remnant of Jerusalem, 
*nd take away their memorial from their place ; 

36 And that he should place strangers in all their quarters, and 
•fie their land by lot. 

S7 So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and de- 
parted from Antioch, 'his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh 
year; and having passed the river Euphrates, he went through the 
high countries. 

38 Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, 
and Gorgias, mighty men n of the king's friends: 

39 And with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand 
horsemen, to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, as the king com- 
manded. 

40 So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by 
' Rmmaus in the plain country. 

41 And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took 
silver and gold very much, with * servants, and came into the camp to buy 
the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land 
J of the Philistines joined themselves unto them. 

42 Now when Judas and his brethren saw that miseries were multiplied, 
and that the forces did encamp themselves in their borders ; for they knew 
how 9 the king had given commandment to destroy the people, and utterly 
abolish them ; 

43 They said one to another, Let us restore the decayed estate of our 
people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary. 



t 2 Kings 
19.14. 
u chap. 1. 
38, 39. 
x Ps. 74. 3. 
m Or, 
Mitzpa. 
n Or, for 
the which 
the heathen 
had made 
diligent 
search that 
they might 
paint there- 
in the like' 
ncs« of 
their idols. 
y Nu. 6. 2. 
z I.am. 1.4. 
a 2 Chron. 
20. 12. 
Ps. 124. 1, 

3. 
b Dt. 20 5, 
c Jwlg. 7. 3. 
1 verse 40. 
e Pre Ex. 
32. 3». 
fl Sam. 3. 
18. 

a ch. 3. 38. 
brh.3. 40. 
c ch. 2. 28. 
a Or, 
targets. 
t Gr. 4*- 
sarcmoth. 



Apocrypha. 

44 Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might 
be ready for battle, ' and that they might pray, and ask mercy and 
compassion. 

45 Now Jerusalem lay " void as a wilderness, there was none of her 
children that went in or out: * the sanctuary also was trodden down, 
and aliens kept the strong hold ; the heathen had their habitation in that 
place ; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased. 

46 Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and 
came to m Maspha, over against Jerusalem ; for in Maspha was the 
place where they prayed aforetime in Israel. 

47 Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloui, a."id cast ashes 
upon their heads, and rent their clothes, 

48 And laid open the book of the law, "wherein the heathen had 
sought to paint the likeness of their images. 

49 They brought r - ~> the prlsst's garments, and the first-fruits, and 
the tithes : and the y nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished 
their days. 

50 Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What 
shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away ? 

51 z For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests 
are in heaviness, and brought low. 

52 And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy 
us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest. 

53 ■ How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O 
God, be our help ? 

54 Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice. 

55 And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even cap- 
tains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens. 

56 But as for such as b were building houses, or had betrothed wives, 
or were planting vineyards, or c were tearful, those he commanded that 
they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law. 

57 So the camp removed, and pitched upon the south side of 
d Emmaus. 

58 And Judas said, Arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that 
ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these 
nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our 
sanctuary : 

59 e For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calami- 
ties of our people and our sanctuary. 

60 Nevertheless, f as the will of God is in heaven, so let him do. 
CHAPTER IV. 

THEN took a Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the 
best horsemen, and removed out of camp by night ; 

2 To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite 
them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides. 

3 Now when Judas heard thereof, he himself removed, and the 
valiant men with him, that he might smite the king's army which was 
at b Emmaus, 

4 While as yet the forces were dispersed from the camp. 

5 In the mean season came Gorgias by night into the camp of Judas : 
and when he found no man there, he sought them c in the mountains : 
for, said he, These fellows flee from us. 

6 But as soon as it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with 
three thousand men, who nevertheless had neither "armour nor swords 
to their minds. 

7 And they saw the camp of the heathen, that it was strong and 
well harnessed, and compassed round about with horsemen ; and these 
were expert of war. 

S Then said Judas to the men that were with him, Fear ye not their 
multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault. 

9 Remember how our fathers were delivered in the Red Sea, when 
Pharaoh pursued them with an army. 

10 Now therefore let us cry unto heaven, if peradventure the Lord 
will have mercy upon us, and remember the covenant of our fathers, 
and destroy this host before our face this day : 

11 That so all the heathen may know that there is one who deliver- 
cth and saveth Israel. 

12 Then the strangers lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming 
over against them. 

13 Wherefore -they went out of the camp to battle; but they that 
were with Judas sounded their trumpets. 

14 So they joined battle, and the heathen being discomfited fled into 
the plain. 

15 Howbeitall the hindmost of them were slain with the sword: for 
they pursued them unto 6 Gazera, and unto the plains of Idumea, and 
Azotus, and Jamnia, so that there were slain of them about three 

thousand men. 

16 This done, Judas returned again with his host from pursuing them, 

17 And said to the people, Be not greedy of the spoils, inasmuch as there 
is a battle before us, ■ 

18 And Gorgias and his host are here by us in the mountain: but stand 
ye now against our enemies, and overcome them, and after this yc may 
boldly take the spoils. 

19 As Judas was yet speaking these words, there appeared a part of 
them looking out of the mountain : 

20 Who when they perceived that the Jews had put their host to flight, 
and were burning the tents; for the smoke that was seen declared what 
was done : 

21 When therefore they perceived these things, they were sore afraid 
and seeing also the host of Judas in the plain ready to fight, 

22 They fled every one into the land of strangers. 

59 



B. Christ 
cir. 166. 



Apocrypha. 



I. MACCABEES. Apocrypha 

B - C1 1 'rr t : stron g towers round about, lest the Gentiles should come and tread it 



23 Then Judas returned to spoil the tents, where they got much gold, 
and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, and great riches. —^ — j=- 'down, as they had done before. 

24 After this they went home, and sung a song ot thanksgiving, and j^lf' ". 
praised the Lord in heaven : because it is good, because his mercy en- c 6r, 
dureth for ever. f'titit' 

25 Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day. j 3 \^ 

26 Now all the strangers that had escaped came and told Lysias a fir. melt. 
what had happened : ^ !f &fao e a& 



61 And they set there a garrison to keep It, and fortified Bethsura 
to preserve it ; that the people might have a defence against Idumea. 

CHAPTER V. 

WOW when the nations round about heard that the altar was built, 

l^J and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much. 

2 Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that 

27 Who, when he heard thereof, was confounded and discouraged, '„( of 5 was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the 



people. 

i 3 Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Ara- 
ibattine, "because they besieged Israel : and he gave them a great over- 



29 So they came into Idumea, and puched their tents at Bethsura, ijfi^'"^' 
and Judas met them with ten thousand men. u.or. 

30 And when he saw that mighty army, he prayed, and said, Blessed! dedicated. 
art thou, O Saviour of Israel, d who didst quell the violence of theK^j v '£ de 
mighty man by the hand of thy servant David, and gavest the host of; t ™' 5 
c strangers into the hands of e Jonathan the son of Saul, and his armour 
bearer ; 

31 Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them 
be confounded in their power and horsemen: 



B. Christ 
cir. 165. 



a Or, 



r/tonc, or, 

Jlrabattan 

or, Akra- 

batline. 

b Or, 

malice. 

cOr, 



d Or, cap- 
tive Jews. 
eOr, 
Basorra. 
/Or, 
Chascor, 
or, Cas- 
phon, as 
verse 30. 
ff Or, the 
heathen. 
hQi,Bosor 
i Gr. lift up 
their eyes, 
k Or, the 
heathen 
assaulted 
the Jews. 



32 Make them to be of no courage, and cause the boldness of their! • /} ' a4a '- 
strength to rf fall away, and let them quake at their destruction: 

33 Cast them down with the sword of them that love thee, and let 
all those that know thy name praise thee with thanksgiving. 

34 So they joined battle ; and there were slain of the host of Lysias 
about five thousand men, even before them were they slam. 

35 Now when Lysias saw his army put to flight, and the manliness! #«'''°n- 
of Judas' soldiers, and how they were ready either to live or die valiantly, ^™ n 3 g 3 27 ' 
he went into Antiochia, and gathered together a company of strangers, 3 i',"!j2. 
and having made his army greater than it was, he purposed to come 
again unto Judea. 

.36 Then said Judas and his brethren, Behold, our enemies are dis- 
comfited : let us go up to cleanse and « dedicate the sanctuary. 

37 Upon this all the host assembled themselves together, and went 
up into mount Sion. 

38 And when they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar pro 
faned, and the gates burned up, and shrubs growing in the courts as in 
the forest, or in one of the mountains, yea, and the priests' chambers 
pulled down ; 

39 They rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast 
ashes upon their heads, 

40 And fell down flat to the ground upon their faces, and blew an 
alarm with the trumpets, and cried toward heaven. 

41 Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those that were in 
the fortress, until he had cleansed the sanctuary. 

42 So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure 
in the law : 

43 Who cleansed the sanctuary, and bare out the defiled stones unto an 
unclean place. 

44 And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt-offer- 
ings, which was profaned ; 

45 They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to 
them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down, 

46 And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient 
place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with 
them. 

47 Then they took whole stones f according to the law, and built a new 
altar according to the former ; 

43 And made up the sanctuary, and the things that were within the tem- 
ple, and hallowed the courts. 

49 They made also new holy vessels, and into the temple they brought the 
candlestick, and the altar of burnt-offerings, and of incense, and the table. 

50 And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon 
the candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the temple. 

51 Furthermore they set the loaves upon the table, and spread /out the 
vails, and finished all the works which they had begun to make. 

52 Now on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is called 
the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and eighth yoar, they rose up be- 
times in the morning, 

53 And offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of burnt- 
offerings, which they had made. 

54 Look, at what time and what day the heathen had profaned it, even in 
that was it dedicated with songs, and citherns, and harps, and cymbals. 

55 Then all the people fell upon their faces, worshipping and praising 
the God of heaven, who had given them good success. 

56 And so they kept the dedication of the altar eight days, and offered 
surnt-offerings with gladness, and sacrificed the sacrifice of s deliverance 
and praise. 

67 They decked also the fore front of the temple with crowns of gold, 
and with shields ; and the gates and the chambers they /( renewed, and 
1 hanged doors upon them. 

53 Thus was there very great gladness among the people, for that the 
reproach of the heathen was put away. 

59 Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of 
Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept 
in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five 
^twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness. 

80 At that time also they builded up the mount Sion with high walls and 



because neither such things as he would were done unto Israel, norij os . 8. 31. 
such things as the king commanded him were come to pass. jor, spread 

28 The next year therefore following, Lysias gathered together] ^"^7 
threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand horsemen, [ t,uangcd |throw, and abated their courage, and took their spoil 
that he might subdue them. \upthevaiis.'. 4 Also he remembered the h injury of the children of Bean, c who had 

been a snare and an offence unto the people, in that they lay in wait for 
them in the ways. 

5 He shut them up therefore in the towers, and encamped against 
them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned the towers of that plact 
with fire, and all that were therein. 

6 Afterward he passed over to the children of Amnion, where he found 
a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain. 

7 So he fought many battles with them, till at length they were dis- 
comfited before him ; and he smote them. 

8 And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, 
he returned into Jiuiea. 

9 Then the heathen that were at Galaad assembled themselves to- 
gether against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy 
them, but they fled to the fortress of Dathema, 

10 And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, The heathen that 
are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us : 

11 And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto 
we are fled, limotheus being captain of their host. 

12 Come now therefore, and deliver us from their hands, for many of 
us are slain : 

13 Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to 
death : their wives and their children also they have carried away cap- 
tives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about 
a thousand men. 

14 While these letters were yet reading, behold, there came other 
messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this 
wise, 

15 And said, They of Ptolemais, and of Tyrus, and Sidon, and of 
Galilee of the Gentiles, are assembled together against us to consume us. 

16 Now when Judas and the people heard these words, they assem- 
bled a great congregation together, to consult what they should do for 
their brethren, that were in trouble, and assaulted of them. 

17 Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men and. go 
and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother 
will go into the country of Galaad. 

18 So he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the 
people, with the remnant of the host in Judea to keep it. 

19 Unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Take ye the charge of 
this people, and see that ye make not war against the heathen until the 
time that we come again. 

20 Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, 
and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad. 

21 Then went Simon into Galilee, where he fought many battles with 
the heathen, so that the heathen were discomfited by him. 

22 And he pursued them unto the gate of Ptolemais ; and there were 
slain of the heathen about three thousand men, whose spoils he took. 

23 And '' those that were in Galilee, and in Arbattis, with their wives and 
their children, and all that they had, took he away ivith him, and brought 
them into Judea with great joy. 

24 Judas Maccabeus also and his brother Jonathan went over Jordan, 
and travelled three days' journey in the wilderness, 

25 Where they met with the Nabathites, who came unto them in peace- 
able manner, and told them every thing that had happened to theii brethren 
in the land of Galaad : 

26 And how that many of them were shut up in ''Bosora, and Bosor, and 
Alema,/Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim ; all these cities are strong and 
great: 

27 And that they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the country of 
Galaad, and that against to morrow s they had appointed to bring their hosts 
against the forts, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one day. 

°28 Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilder- 
ness unto * Bosora ; and when he had won the city, he slew all the males 
with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city 
with fire. 

29 From whence he removed by night, and went till he came to the 
fortress. 

30 And betimes in the morning they 'looked up, and behold, there was 
an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war, to take 
the fortress : for * they assaulted them. 

31 When Judas therefore saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry 
of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets, and a great sound, 

32 He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren. 

33 So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their 
trumpets, and cried with prayer. _ - - _ 

34 Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled 
from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter ; so that there 
were killed of them that day about eight thousand men. 

60 



1. MACCABEES. 




B. Christ 
cir. 164. 



b Or, 

arm i nr. 
c Or, he 
should, take 
his sou 
Antiochus 
to him . 
d Or, stir- 
ring them, 
up, and be- 
ing com- 
passed 
with the 
ranks, or, 
defended 
with the 
valleys. 



Apocrypha. 

35 This done, Judas turned aside to Maspha ; and after he had as- 
saulted it, he took it, and slew all the males therein, and received the 
spoils thereof, and burnt it with fire. 

36 From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the 
other cities of the country of Galaad. 

37 After these things gathered Timotheus another host, and en- 
camped against Raphon beyond the brook. 

3S So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, say- 
ino-, All the heathen that be round about us are assembled unto them, 
even a very great host. 

39 He hath also hired the Arabians to help them, and they have 
pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against 
thee. Upon this Judas went to meet them. 

40 Then Timotheus said unto the captains of his host, When Judas 
and his host come near the brook, if he pass over first unto us, we shall 
not be able to withstand him ; for he will mightily prevail against us : 

41 But if he be afraid, and camp beyond the river, we shall go over 
unto him, and prevail against him. 

42 Now when Judas came near the brook, he caused the scribes of 
the people to remain by the brook : unto whom he gave commandment, 
saying, Suffer no man to remain in the camp, but let all come to the 
battle. 

43 So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him : 
then all the heathen, being discomfited before »him, cast away their 
weapons, and fled unto the temple that was at Carnaim : 

44 But 'they took the city, and burned the temple with all that were 
therein. Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any 
longer before Judas. 

45 Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the 
country of Galaad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, 
and their children, and their stuff, a very great host, to the end they 
might come into the land of Ju ;ea. 

46 Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the 
way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, 
either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the 
midst of it. 

47 Thenthey of the cityshutthem out, and stopped up the gateswith stones. 

48 Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let 
us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do 
you any hurt" we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not 
open unto him. 

49 Wherefore Judas commanded a proclamation to be made throughout 
the host, that every man should pitch his tent in the place where he was. 

50 So the soldiers pitched, and assaulted the city all that day and all that 
night, till at length the city was delivered into his hands : 

61 Who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the 
city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that 
were slain. 

52 After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan. 

53 And Judas gathered together those that m came behind, and " exhorted 
the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Judea. 

54 So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they 
offered "burnt-offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had 
returned in peace. 

55 Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and 
Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais. 

56 Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the garrisons, 
heard of tne valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done. 

57 Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against 
I lie heathen that are round about us. 

53 So when they had given charge unto the garrison that was with them, 
Hiey went toward Jamnia. 

59 Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city v to fight against them. 

60 And so it was, that Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and pursued 
unto the borders of Judea : and there were slain that day of the people of 
Israel about two thousand men. 

61 Thus was there a great overthrow among the children of Israel, be- 
cause they were not obedient unto Judas and his brethren, but thought to 
do some valiant act. 

62 Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand dc- 
iiverance was given unto Israel. 

63 Howbeit the man Judas and his brethren were greatly renowned in 
the sight of all Israel, and of all the heathen, wheresoever their name was 
heard of; 

64 Insomuch as the people assembled unto them with joyful acclamations. 
Co Afterward went Judas forth with his brethren, and fought against 'he 

children of Esau in the land toward the south, where lie smote IIeT>ron, and 
the 1 towns thereof, and pulled down the fortress of it, and burned the towers 
thereof round about. 

66 From thence he removed to go into the land of r the Philistines, and 
passed through Samaria. 

67 At that time certain priests, desirous to shew their valour, were slain 
in battle, for that they went out to fight unadvisedly. 

63 So Judas turned to Azctus in the land of the Philistines, and when he 
had pulled down their altars, and burned their carved images with fire, and 
spoiled their cities, he returned into the land of Judea. 
CHAPTER VI. 

ABOUT that time king Antiochus travelling through the high countries 
heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a city greatly 
renowned for riches, 6ilver, and gold ; 
2 And that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were " coverings of] being harnessed 



Apocrypha 



B "- ir'f £ old > and breastplates, and & shields, which Alexander, son of Philip the 
Macedonian king who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there. 

3 Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it: but 
he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof. 

4 Rose up against him in battle : so he fled, and departed thence with 



l Judas \ 
and his 
company. 

m Or, went i 

hindincst, „_„„♦. i -* w . -n -i V 

Nu. io. 25. great heaviness, and returned to Babylon. 

5 Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia, that 
the armies, which went against the land of Judea, were put to flight: 

6 Ana that Lysias, who wont forth first with a great pow er,was driven 
away of the Jews ; and that they were made strong by the armour, and 
power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of the armies, whom 
they had destroyed : 

7 Also that they had pulled down the abomination, which he had set 
up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the 
sanctuary with high walls, as before, and his city Bethsura. 

8 Now when the king heard these words, lie was astonished and sore 
moved : whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, ana fell sick for 
grief, because it had not befallen him as be looked for. 

9 And there he continued many days -. for his grief was ever more 
and more, and he made account that he should die. 

10 Wherefore he called for all his fri< nds, and said unto them. The 
sleep is gone from mine eyes, and my heart, faileth for very care. 

11 And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come, and 
how great a flood of misery is it, wherein novv I am ! for I was bountiful 
and beloved in my power. 

12 But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem, and that I 
took all the vessels of gold and silver that were therein, and sent to 
destroy the inhabitants of Judea without a cause. 

13 I perceive therefore that for this cause these troubles are come 
upon me, and behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land. 

14 Then called he for Philip, one of las friends, v. horn he made ruler 
over all his realm, 

15 And grave him the crown, and his robe, and his signet, to the end 
he should bring up his son Antiochus, and nourish nim up for the 

kingdom. 

16 So king Antiochus died there in the hundred forty and ninth year. 

17 Now when Lysias knew that the king was dead, ne set up Antiochus 
his son, whom he had brought up, being young, to reign in his stead, and 
his name he called Eupator. 

18 About this time they that were in the tower shut up the Israelites 
round about the sanctuary, and sought always their hurt, and the strength- 
ening of the heathen. 

19 Wherefore Judas, purposing to destroy them, called all the people to- 
gether to besiege them. 

20 So they came together, and besieged them in the hundred and fiftieth 
year, and he made mounts for shot against them, and other engines. 

21 Howbeit, certain of them that were besieged got forth, unto whom 
some ungodly men of Israel joined themselves: 

22 And they \ ,-nt unto the king, and said, How long will it be ere thou 
execute judgmeir . ind avenge our brethren? 

23 We have been willing to serve thy father, and to doashe would hav» 
us, and to obey his commandments ; 

24 For which cause they of our nation besiege the tower, and are alienat 
ed from us : moreover as many of us as they could light on the)' slew, anc 
spoiled our inheritance. 

25 Neither have they stretched out their hand against us only, but also 
against all their borders. 

26 And behold, this day are they besieging the tower at Jerusalem, to 
take it: the sanctuary also and Bethsura have they fortified. 

27 Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do greater 
things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them. 

28 Now when the king heard this, he was angry, and gathered together 
all his friends, and the captains of his army, and those that had charge ot 
the horse. 

29 There came also unto him from other kingdoms, and from isles of the 
sea, bands of hired soldiers. 

30 So that the number of his army was a hundred thousand footmen, ano. 
twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty elephants exercised in battle. 

31 Those went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura, which 
they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they of Bethsura 
came out, and burned them with fire and fought valiantly. 

32 Upon this Judas removed from the tower, and pitched in Balhzacha 
rias, over against the king's camp. 

33 Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his host toward 
Bath zacharias, where his armies made them ready "to battle and soundea 
the trumpets. 

34 And to the end they might provoke the clcphnnts to fight, they shewec 
them the blood of grapes and mulberries. 

.35 Moreover they divided the beasts among the nrinics, and for eveK' 
elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and win . 
helmets of brass on their heads; and besides this, for every beast were or- 
dained five hundred horsemen ofthe best. 

36 These were ready at every occasion: wheresoever the beast was, ano 
whithersoever the beast went, the v went also, neither departed they from him 

37 And upon the beasts weretliero strong towers of wood, which covcrer. 
every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices: there were 
also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, be- 
sides the Indian that ruled him, 

33 As for the remnant of the horsemen, they set them on this side and 
that side at the two parts ofthe host, ''giving them signs what to do, and 
I being harnessed all over amidst the ranks. 

5J 



I. MACCABEES. 



ed them- 
selves, 
h Or, made 
there 

mounts for 
shot, 
i Or, the 
Jews, 
k Gr. give 
hunds. 
a Or, 
Tripolis, 
Jos. Ant. 
lib. 12. c. 
J 6. 

b Gr. house 
of the king- 
dom of his 
father. 
c Or, 
officers, 
governors, 
chief men, 
or, men in 
authority. 



Apocrypha. 

39 Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the 
mountains glistered therewith, and shined like lamps of fire. 

40 So part of the king's army being spread upon the high mountains, 
and part on the valleys below, they marched on safely and in order. 

41 Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the 
marching of the company, and the rattJing of the harness, were moved: 
for the army was very great and mighty. 

42 Then Judas and his host drew near, and entered into battle, and 
there were slain of the king's army six b»n (lre d men. 

43 Eleazar also, surnamed Savaran, perceiving that one of the beasts, 
armed with royal harness, was higher than all the rest, and supposing 
that the king was upon him, . 

44 Put himself in jeopaidy, to the end he might deliver his people, 
and get him a perpetual name: 

45 Wherefore he ran upon him courageously through the midst ot 
the battle, slaying on the right hand and on the left, e so that they 
were divided from him on both sides. 

46 Which done, he crept under the elephant, and thrust him under, 
and slew him : whereupon the elephant fell down upon him, and there 
he died. 

47 Howbeit, the rest of the Jeivs seeing the strength of the king, and 
the violence of his forces, turned away from them. 

48 II Then the king's army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and 
the king pitched his tents /against Judea, and against mount Sion. 

49 But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace : for «they 
came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the 
siege, it being a year ef rest to the land. 

50 So the king took Bethsura, and set a garrison there to keep it. 

51 As for the sanctuary, he besieged it many days : and ■'■ set there 
artillery with engines and instruments to cast fire and stones, and 
pieces to cast darts and slings. 

52 Whereupon ' they also made engines against their engines, and 
held them battle a long season. 

53 Yet at the last, their vessels being without victuals, (for that it 
was the seventh year, and they in Judea that were delivered from the 
Gentiles, had eaten up the residue of the store ;) 

54 There were but a few left in the sanctuary, because the famine 
did so prevail against them, that they were fain to disperse them- 
selves, every man to his own place. 

55 At that time Lysias heard say, that Philip, whom Antiochus the 
kiiig, while he lived, had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, that 
he might be king, 

56 Was returned out of Persia and Media, and the king's host also 
that went with him, and that he sought to take unto him the ruling of 
the affairs. 

57 Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the 
captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals 
are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs 
of the kingdom lie upon us: 

53 Now therefore let us * be friends with these men, and make peace 
with them, and with all their nation ; 

59 And covenant with them, that they shall live after their laws, as 
they did before : for they are therefore displeased, and have done all 
these things, because we abolished their laws. 

60 So the king and the princes were content : wherefore he sent 
unto them to make peace ; and they accepted thereof. 

61 Also the king and the princes made an oath unto them: where- 
upon they went out of the strong hold. 

62 Then the king entered into mount Sion; but when he saw the 
strength of the place, he brake his oath that he had made, and gave 
commandment to pull down the wall round about. |jj'- 

63 Afterward departed he in all haste, and returned unto Antiochia, ~ or^'fe 
where he found Philip to be master of the city : so he fought against|^ e «,s. 
him, and took the city by force. 

CHAPTER VII. 

IN the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus 
departed from Rome, and came up with a few men unto " a city of the 
sea coast, and reigned there. 

2 And as he entered into the h palace of his ancestors, so it was, that his 
forces had taken Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them unto him. 

3 Wherefore, when he knew it, he said, Let me not see their faces. 

4 So his host slew them. Now when Demetrius was set upon the throne 
of his kingdom, 

5 There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having 
Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain: 

6 And they accused the people to the king, saying, Judas and his bre- 
thren have slain all thy friends, and driven us out of our own land. 

7 Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest, and let him go and 
see what havoc he hath made among us, and in the king's land, and let 
liim punish them with all them that aid them. 

8 Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond 
the flood, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king. 

9 And him he sent with that wicked Alcimus, whom he made high priest, 
and commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel. 

10 So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of 
Judea, where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peace- 
able words deceitfully. 

11 But they gave no heed to their words ; for they saw that they were 
come with a great power. 

12 Then did there assemble unto Alcimus and Bacchides a companv of 
^scribes, to require justice. 



Apocrypha. 

13 Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel 
that sought peace of them : 

14 For, said they, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come 
with this army, and he will do us no wrong. 

15 So he spake unto them peaceably, and sware unto them, savin o- 
We will procure the harm neither of you nor your friends. 

16 Whereupon they believed him : howbeit he took of them three- 



c Or, so that 
he cut them 
in pieces. 
f Or, in 
Judea. 
g Add oat 
of Jos. and 

they yield- |score men, and slew them in one day, according to the word which ho 
wrote, 

17 ' The flesh of thy saints have they cast out, and their blood hav« 
they shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 

IS Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the peopie 
who said, There is neither truth nor <> righteousness in them ; for thej 
have broken the covenant and oath that they made. 

19 After this removed Bacchides from Jerusalem, and pitched hit 
tents in Bezeth, where he sent and took many of the men that had for 
saken him, and certain of the people also, and when he had slain them 
he cast them into the great pit. 

20 Then committed he the country to Alcimus, and left with him z 
power to aid him : so Bacchides went to the king. 

21 But Alcimus e contended for the high priesthood. 

22 And unto him resorted all such as troubled the people, who, aftej 
they had gotten the land of Juda into their power, did much hurt ir 
Israel. 



23 Now when Judas saw all the mischief that Alcimus and his com 
pany had done among the Israelites, even above the heathen, 

24 He went out into alLthe coasts of Judea round about, and took 
vengeance of them that had /revolted from him, so that they durst no 
more r go forth into the country. 

25 On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company 
had h gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able Ho abide 
their force, he went again to the king, and said all the worst of them 
that he could. 

26 Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honourable princes, a 
man that bare deadly hate unto Israel, with commandment to destroy 
the people. 

27 So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force ; and sent unto 
Judas and his brethren deceitfully with friendly words, saying, 

28 Let there be no battle between me and you ; I will come with a 
few men, that I may ' see you in peace. 

29 He came therefore to Judas, and they saluted one another peace- 
ably. Howbeit the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by 
violence. 

30 Which thing after it was known to Judas, to wit, that he came 
unto him with deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and would see his face 
no more. 

31 Nicanor also, when he saw that his counsel was discovered, went 
out to m fight against Judas beside " Capharsalama : 

32 Where there were slain of Nicanor's side about five thousand 
men, and the rest fled into the city of David. 

33 After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion, and there came out of 
the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the elders of the 
people, to salute him peaceably, and to shew him the burnt-sacrifice 
that was offered for the king. 

34 But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused ° them 
shamefully, and spake proudly. 

35 And sware in his wrath, saying, Unless Judas and his host be 
now delivered into my hands, if ever I come again p'm safety, I will 
burn up this house : and with that he went out in a great rage. 

36 Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the 
temple, weeping, and saying, 

37 Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by thy name, 
and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people : 

38 Be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the 
sword : remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any 
longer. 

39 So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Beth 
horon, where a host out of Syria met him. 

40 But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he 
prayed, saying, 

41 b O Lord, when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians 
blasphemed, thine angel went out, and smote a hundred fourscore and five 
thousand of them. 

42 Even so destroy thou this host before us this day, that the rest may 
know that he hath spoken blasphemously against thy sanctuary, and judge 
thou him according to his wickedness. 

43 So the thirteenth day of the month Adar the hosts joined battle: 
but Nicanor's host was discomfited, and he himself was first slain in the 
battle. 

44 Now when Nicanor's host saw that he was slain, they cast away their 
weapons, and fled. 

45 Then mhey pursued after them a day's journey, from Adasa untc 
Gazera, sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets. 

46 Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea rouna 
about, and closed them in ; so that they, turning back upon them that pur- 
sued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of them was left. 

47 Afterward they took the spoils and the prey, and smote off Nicanor's 
head, and his right hand, which he stretched out so proudly, and brought 
them away, and hanged them up toward Jerusalem. 

48 For this cause the people rejoiced greatly, and they kept that day* 
dav of ereat cladness 



ApGCi/pAa 



1. MACCABEES 



49 Moreover, they ordained to keep yearly this day, being the ^..Christ 



a Or, 

French* 
men. 

60r, every 
place, 
c Or, Mace- 
donians. 



B. Chiist 
cir. 161. 



thirteenth cf \dar. 
50 Thus the land of Juda was in rest a little while. 
CHAPTER VIII. 

NOW Judas had heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were 
mighty and valiant men, and such as would lovingly accept all 
that joined themselves unto them, and make a league of amity with 
all that came unto them ; 

2" And that they were men of great valour. It was told him also of 
their wars and noble acts which they had done among the Galatians, 
a and how they had conquered them, and brought them under tribute ; 

3 And what they had done in the country of Spain, for the winning 
of the mines of the silver and gold which is there. 

4 And that by their policy and patience they had conquered * all the 
place, though it were very far from them ; and the kings also that came 
against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had dis- 
comfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did 
give them tribute every year : 

5 Besides this, how they had discomfited in battle Philip, and Per 
seus, king of the Citims, with others that lifted up themselves against 
them, and had overcome them: 

6 How also Antiochus, the great king of Asia, that came against 
them in battle, having a hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen, 
and chariots, and a very great army, was discomfited by them ; 

7 And how they took him alive, and covenanted that he and such as 
reigned after him should pay a great tribute, and give hostages, and 
that which was agreed upon, 

8 And the country of India, and Media, and Lydia, and of the good- 
liest countries, which they took of him, and gave to king Eumenes : 

9 Moreover how the Grecians had determined to come and destroy 
them; 

10 And that they, having knowledge thereof, sent against them a 
certain captain, and fighting with them slew many of them, and car- 
ried away captives their wives and their children, and spoiled them, 
and took possession of their lands, and pulled down their strong holds, 
and brought them to be their servants unto this day 

11 It was told him besides, how they destroyed and brought under 
their dominion all other kingdoms ana isles that at any time resisted 
them ; 

12 But with their friends and such as relied upon them they kept 
amity: and that they had conquered kingdoms both far and nigh, in- 
somuch as all that heard of their name were afraid of them : 

13 Also that, whom they would help to a kingdom, those reign ; and 
whom again they would, they displace : finally, that they were greatly 
exalted : 

14 Yet for all this none of them wore a crown, or was clothed in 
purple, to be magnified thereby : 

15 Moreover now they had made for themselves a senate-house, 
wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in council daily, consulting 
■always for the people, to the end they may be well ordered : 

16 And that they committed their government to one man every year, 
who ruled over all their country, and that all were obedient to that one, 
und that there was neither envy nor emulation among them. 

17 In consideration of these things, Judas chose Eupolemus the son 
of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them 
to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them, 

IS Andto entreat them that they would take the yoke from them ; for they 
saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude. 

19 They went therefore to Rome, which was a very great journey, 
and came into the senate, where they spake and said, 

20 Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the JcwsJ" 1 ;?,! 
have sent us unto yon, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and| Ambrl. 
that we might be registered your confederates and friends. 

21 So that matter'"plcased the Romans well. 

22 And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again 
on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by 
them a memorial of peace and confederacy. 

23 Good success be to the Romans, and to the people of the Jews, by 
sea and by land for ever : the sword also and enemy be far from them. 

24 If there come first any war upon the Romans or any of their con- 
federates throughout all their dominion, 

25 The people of the Jews shall help them, as the time shall be appoint- 
ed, with all their heart: 

26 Neither 9hall they give any thing unto them that make war upon 
them, or aid them with victuals, weapons, money, or ships, as it hath seem- 
ed good unto the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants without 
taking any thing therefore. 

27 In the same manner also, if war come first upon the nation of the 
Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the 
time shall be appointed them : 

'i$ Neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them, 
or weapons, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans ; 
b.' they shall keep their covenants, and that without deceit. 

29 According to these articles did the Romans make a covenant with 
the people of the Jews. 

30 Howbeit, if hereafter the one party or the other 9hall think meet to 
add or diminish any thing, they may do it at their pleasures, and whatso- 
ever they shall add or take away shall be ratified. 

31 And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews, we have 
written unto him, saying, Wherefore hast thou made. thy yoke heavy upon 
«ur friends and confederates the Jews ? 



Apocrypha. 

32 If therefore they complain any more against thee, we will do 
them justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land. 
CHAPTER IX. 

FURTHERMORE, when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his 
host were i slain in battle, "he sent Bacchides and .\lcimus into 
the land of Judea the second time, and with them the * chief strength 
of Ids host : 

2 Who went forth by the way that leadeth to c Galgala, and pitch- 
ed their tents before Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and after they had 
won it they slew much people. 

3 Also the first month of the hundred fifty and second year they 
encamped before Jerusalem: 

4 Erom whence they moved and went to rf Berea, with twenty thou- 
sand footmen, and two thousand horsemen. 

5 Now Judas had pitched his tents at Eleasa, and three thousand 
chosen men with him : 

6 Who seeing the multitude of the other army to be so great, were 
sore afraid ; whereupon many conveyed themselves out of the host, 
insomuch as there abode of them no more but eight hundred men. 

7 When Judas therefore saw that his host slipped away, and that 
the battle pressed upon him, he was sore troubled in mind, * and much 
distressed, for that he had no time to gather them together. 

8 Nevertheless, unto them that remained, he said, Let us arise and 
go up against our enemies, if peradventure we may be able to fight 
with them. 

9 But they dehorted him, saying, We shall never be able: 'let us 
now rather save our lives, and hereafter we will return with our bre- 
thren, and fight against them : for we are but tew. 

10 Then Judas said, 'God forbid that I should do this thing, and 
flee away from them ; if our time be come, let us die manfully tor our 
brethren, and /let us not stain our honour. 

11 With that the host of Bacchides removed out of their tents, and 
stood over against ?them, their horsemen being divided into two troops, 
and their slingers and archers going before the host, and they that 
marched in the forward were all mighty men. 

12 As for Bacchides, he was in the right wing: so the host drew 
near on the two parts, and sounded their trumpets. 

13 They also of Judas' side, ° even they sounded their trumpets 
also, so d that the earth shook at the noise of the armies, and the battle 
continued from morning till night. 

14 Now when Judas perceived that Bacchides and the strength of 
his army were on the right side, he took with him all the hardy men, 

15 Who discomfited the right wing, and pursued them unto the 
mount Azotus. 

16 But when they of the left wing saw that they of the right wino- 
were discomfited, they followed upon Judas and those that were with 
him hard at the heels from behind : 

17 Whereupon there was a sore battle, insomuch as many were slain 
on both parts. 

IS e Judas also was killed, and the remnant fled. 

19 Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried 
him in the sepulchre of his fathers in '"Modin. 

20 Moreover e they bewailed -him, and all Israel made great lamen- 
tation for him, and mourned many days, saying 

21 h How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel ! 

22 As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the 
noble acts which ho dia, and his greatness, they are not written: for 
they were very many. 

23 If Now after the death of Judas, the wicked began to put fortli 
their heads in all the coasts of Israel, and there arose up all such as 
wrought iniquity. 

24 In those days also was there a very great famine, by reason 
whereof the country revolted and went with ' them. 

25 Then Bacchides cfiose the wicked men, and made them lords of the 
country. 

26 And they made inquiry and search for Judas' friends, and brought them 
unto Bacchides, who took vengeance of them, and ' used them de.->pitefully. 

27 So was there a great affliction in Israel, ' the like whereof was not 
since the time that a prophet was not seen among them. 

28 For this cause all Judas' friends came together, and said unto 
k Jonathan, 

29 Since thy brother Judas died, we have no man like him to go forth 
against our enemies, and Bacchides, and against them of our nation that 
are adversaries to us. 

30 Now therefore we have chosen thee this day to be our prince and 
captain in his stead, that thou mayest fight our battles. 

31 Upon this Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and 
arose up instead of his brother Judas. 

32 But when Bacchides gat knowledge thereof, he sought for to slay him. 

33 Then Jonathan, and ' Simon his brother, and all that were with hi pi, 
perceiving that, fled into the wilderness of Thecoe, and pitched their tents 
by the water of the pool A.sphar. 

34 * Which when Bacchides understood, he came near to Jordan with 
all his host upon the sabbath day. 

35 Now Jonathan had sent his brother 'John, a captain of the people, tc 
pray his friends the Nabathites, "'that they might leave with them their 
carriage, which was much. 

36 But the children of " Jambri came out of Medaba, and took John, and 
all that he had, and went their way with it. 

37 After this came word to Jonathan and Simon his brother, that tfce 
children of Jambri mad£ a great marriage, and were bringing the brid.e 

53 



a Gr. he 
added, or, 
proceeded 
to send. 
bQr, 
the right 
win trs. 
cOr, 
Galileo, 
d Or; Ber- 
retho, Jos. 
a 1 Samnel 
30.6. 
e Wc fol- 
low here 
the Roman 
copy. 

b See Rom. 
3.31 

/Gr. let vs 
not leave 
an y just 
cause be- 
hind us, 
why our 
glory 
should be 
spoken 
against. 
g Or, the 
Jews. 

c Josh. 6.4. 
d Va. J 8. 7. 
e verso 10. 
fch. 2.1. 
gch.13.26. 
li 2 Sam. 
1. 19, 25. 
h Bacchi- 
des and his 
company. 
iGr. 
mocked 
them. 
i See Dan. 

12. 1. 

Mat. 24. 21. 
k ch. 2. 5. 
1 ch. 2. 3. 
7c Or, 

Which 

when Bac- 
liides un- 
derstord on 
the sabbath 
day, he 
came near. 
I Joseph 
Antiq. 1, 

13, c. I. 
m Gr. that 
he might 
leave with 
them their 
carriage, 

tgff. 



Apocrypha. 



1. MACCABEES. 



14. 9, 10. 
s Exodus 
14. 15. 
r Two 
thousand 
men, Jos. 
Ant. lib. 
13. c. 1. 
s Or, built. 
Joseph. 
t Tecou. 
u Gr. the 
city in 
Bethsura, 
chap. 6. 7. 
t Ps. 74. 6. 
u chap. 6. 
12, 13. 
x ch. 7. 50. 
y Ps. 83. 3. 
z See 2 Sm. 
15.31. 
averse 1. 
xOr,to 
such of the 
country as 
icere his 
friends to 
take his 
part. 

y Or, Odo- 
marra. 
h verse 64. 
c verses 
58, 59. 
d Heb. 12. 
14. 

e verse 71. 
l fir added 
h e to come 
any more. 



B. Christ 
cir. 153. 



from ° Nadabatha with a great train, as being the daughter of one of, B-. 01 , 1 ™ 51 
the great princes of Chanoa ■■. 

3S Therefore they re: lembered John their brother, and went up, and 
hid themselves under the covert of the mountain : 

39 Where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, there 
was mich ado and r great carriage : and the bridegroom came forth, 
and his friends and brethren, to meet them with drums, v and « instru- 
ments or music, ana many weapons. 

40 Then Jonathan ;.n ; they that were with him rose up against them 
from the place where they Jay in ambush, and made a slaughter of them 
in such sort, as many fell down dead, and the remnant fled into the 
mountain, and they took all their spoils. 

41 Thus was p the .riarnage turned into mourning, and the noise of 
their 1 melody into lamentation. 

42 So when they had avenged fully the blood of their brother, they 
turned again to the marsh of Jordan. 

43 Now when Bacchi : es heard hereof, he came on the sabbath day 
unto the banks of Jordan with a great power. 

44 Then Jonathan said to his company, Let us go up now and fight 
for our lives, for it standeth not with us to day as in time past: 

45 For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us, and the water 
of Jordan on this side and that side, the marsh likewise and wood, 
neither is there place fo us to turn aside. 

46 Wherefore = cry ye now unto heaven, that ye may be delivered 
from the hand of your enemies. 

47 With that they joined. battle, and Jonathan stretched forth his 
hand to smite Bacchides, but he turned back from him. 

43 Then Jonathan and they that were with him leaped into Jordan, 
and swam over unto the farther bank : howbeit the other passed not 
over Jordan unto them. 

49 So there were slain of Bacchides' side that day about a r thou- 
sand men. 

50 Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem, and repaired s the 
strong cities in Judea; the fort in Jericho, and Emmaus, and Beth- 
horon, and Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoni, and * Taphon, these did 
he strengthen with high walls, with gates, and with bars. 

51 And in them he set a garrison, that they might work malice upon 
Israel. 

52 He fortified also "the city of Bethsura, and Gazara, and the tower, 
and put forces in them, and provision of victuals. .' 

53 Besides, he took the chief men's sons in the country for hostages, 
and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept. 

54 Moreover in the hundred fifty and third year, in the second 
month, Alcimus commanded that the wall of the inner court of the; a Gr.ju 
sanctuary should be pulled down; he pulled down also the works of|fver. 58,69. 

the prophets. a Joseph 

55 And as he began ' to pull down, even at that time was Alcimus j^*^"/, 1 ^ 
u plagu°d, and his enterprises hindered : for his mouth was stopped, and} Epiphanes. 
he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak any thing,jjL rtra -p'er5. 
nor give order concerning his house. 

56 So Alcimus died at that time with great torment. 

57 Now when Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, he returned to 
the king ; whereupon the land of Judea "was in rest two years. 

58 Then ail the ungodly men held a council, saying, Behold, Jona- 
than and his company are at ease, and dwell without care : now there- 
fore we will bring Bacchides hither, who shall take them all in one 
night. 

59 So they went and y consulted with him. 

60 Then removed he, and came with a great host, and sent letters 
privily to nis adherents in Judea, that they should take Jonathan and 
.nose that were with him : howbeit they could not, z because their coun- 
sel was known unto them. 

61 Wherefore they took of the men of the country, that were authors 
of that mi-schief, about fifty persons, and slew them. 

62 Afterward Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, got 
them away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and they repaired 
the decays thereof, and made it strong. 

63 Which thing" when Bacchides "knew, he gathered together all 
nis * host, and sent word x to them that were of Judea. 

64 Then went he and laid siege against Bethbasi ; and they fought 
against it a long season, and made engines of war. 

65 But Jonatlian left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth him- 
self into the country, and with a certain number went he forth. 

66 And he smote J/Odoriarkes and his brethren, and the children of 
Phasiron in their tent. 

67 And when he began to smite them, and came up with his forces, 
Simon and his company went put of the city, and burned up b the en- 
gines of war, 

63 And fought against Bacchides, who was discomfited by them, and 
they afflicted Kim sore : for his counsel and travail was in vain. 

69 Wherefore he was very wroth at the c wicked men that gave him 
counsel to come into the country, insomuch that he slew many of them, and 
purposed to return into his own country. 

70 Whereof when Jonathan had knowledge, he sent ambassadors unto 
nim, * to the end he should make peace with him, and deliver them the 
prisoners 

71 Which thing he accepted, and did according to his demands, and 
aware unto him that he would never do him harm all the days of his life. 

72 When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had 
taken aforetime out of the land of Judea, he returned and went his way 
• nto his own land, <= neither * came he anv move into their borders. 



Apocrypha 



I 73 Thus tne swerd ceased from Israel : but Jonathan dwelt at Mach- 

:mas, and began to « govern the people ; and he destroyed the f ungodly 

Imen out of Israel. & ' 

CHAPTER X. 

|"N the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander, « the son of Antio- 

chus surnamed Epiphanes, went up and took ' Ptolemais : for the 



o Or, 
Medaba. 
o verse 35. 
2>Or, 
timbrels. 

musicians, ipeople had received him, by means whereof he reio-ned there 

a v«S ™ i 2 N ?. w when k , in » Demetri "s heard thereof, he gathered together an 

r Pee Ex exceeding great host, ana went forth against him to fight. 

3 Moreover, Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words 



so as he magnified him. 

For, said he, b Let us first make peace with him, before he join with 



55. 

h chap. 9. 
71, 74. 
c verse 2. 
dch.6. 18. 

verse 6. 
fch. 1.31. 
g verse 6. 
h verse 1. 
i ch. 2. 18. 
k chapters. 
14. 

1 verse 15. 
m See cb. 
9.71. 

ji verse 24. 
o See chap. 
S. 2, 4. 
p Nch. 11.1, 
18. 

q ver. 6, 7. 
r verse 29. 
si Tim. 
2.2. 

t Daniel 2. 
49. 



Alexander against us : 

5 Else he will remember all the evils that we have done ao-ainst him 
and against his brethren and his people. 

6 Wherefore he gave him authority to c gather together a host, and 
to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle : he commanded 
also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him. 

7 Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the au- 
dience of all the people, and of them that were in the d tower: 

8 Who were sore afraid, when they heard that the king had given 
him authority to gather together a host. 

9 Whereupon they of the tower e delivered their hostages unto Jona- 
than, and he delivered them unto their parents. 

10 This done, Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem, and began to 
build and repair the city. 

11 And he commanded the workmen to build r the walls and the mount 
Sion round about with square stones for fortification; and they did so. 

12 Then the strangers, that were in the fortresses which Bacchides 
had built, fled away ; 

13 Insomuch as every man left his place, and went into his own 
country. 

14 Only at Bethsura certain of those that had forsaken the law and 
the commandments remained still : for it was their place of refuge. 

15 Now when king Alexander had heard what promises Demetrius 
shad sent unto Jonathan : when also it was told him of the battles and 
noble acts which he and his brethren had done, and of the pains that 
they had endured, 

16 He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will 
make him our friend and confederate. 

17 Upon this he wrote a letter, and sent it unto him, according to 
these words, saying, 

18 King b Alexander to his brother Jonathan sendeth greeting : 

19 We have heard cf thee that thou art a man of great power, and 
meet to be our friend. 

20 Wherefore now this day we ordain thee to be the high priest of 
thy nation, and to be called ' the king's friend ; (and therewithal he sent 
him k a purple robe and a crown of gold:) and require thee to take our 
part, and keep friendship with us. 

21 So in the seventh month of the hundred and sixtieth year, at the 
feast of the tabernacles, Jonathan put on the holy robe, and gathered 
together forces, and provided much armour. 

22 Whereof when Demetrius heard, he was very sorry, and said, 

23 What have we done, that Alexander hath prevented us in making 
amity with the Jews to strengthen himself? 

24 I also will write unto them words of encouragement, > and pro- 
mise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid. 

25 He sent unto them therefore to this effect : King Demetrius unto 
the people of the Jews sendeth greeting : 

28 Whereas ye have kept m covenants with us, and continued in our 
friendship, not joining yourselves with our enemies, we have heard 
hereof, and are glad. 

27 Wherefore now continue ye still to be faithful unto us, and we will 
well recompense you lor the things ye do in our behalf, 

28 And will grant you many immunities, "and give you rewards. 
- 29 And now do I free you, and for your sake I release all the Jews. 
from tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from crown taxes, 

30 And from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third 

part of the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from 

this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judea, nor of the 

three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Sama 

ria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore. 

31 Let r Jerusalem also be holy and free, with the borders thereof, botl: 
from tents and tributes. 

32 And as for <i the tower which is at Jerusalem, I yield up my authority 
over it, and give it to the high priest, that he may set in it such men as he 
shall choose to keep it. 

33 Moreover I freely set at liberty every one of the Jews that were car- 
ried captives out of the land of Judea into any part of my kingdom, and 1 
will that all my officers remit the 'tributes even of their cattle. 

34 Furthermore I will that all the feasts, and sabbaths, and new moons, 
and solemn days, and the three days before the feast, and the three days 
after the feast, shall be all days of immunity and freedom for all the Jews in 
my realm. 

35 Also no man shall have authority to meddle with them, or s to molest 
any of them in any manner. 

36 Iicill further, that there be enrolled among the king's forces about 
thirty thousand men of the Jews, unto whom pay shall be given, as belongs 
eth to all the king's forces. 

37 And of them some shall be placed in the king's strong holds, of whom 
also some shall be 'set over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: 

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Apocrypha. 

and 1 will that their overseers and governors be of themselves, and that 
they b live after their own laws, even as the king hath commanded in 
land of Judea. 

38 And concerning " the three governments that are added to Judea 
from the country of Samaria, let them be joined with Judea, that they 
may be reckoned to be under one, nor bound to obey other authority 
than the high priest's. 

S9 As for 'Ptolemais, and the land pertaining thereto, I give it as a 
free gift to the sanctuary at Jerusalem for the necessary expenses c of 
the sanctuary 

40 Moreover I give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver out 
of the king's accounts from the places appertaining. 

41 And all the overplus, which the officers payed not in as in former 
time, from henceforth shall be given toward the works of the >' temple. 

42 And besides this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they 
took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year, even 
those things shall be released, because they appertain to the priests 
that minister. 

43 And whosoever they be that flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or 
be within the liberties thereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any 
other matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm. 

44 For the building also and repairing of the works of the z sanc- 
tuary, expenses shall he given of the king's accounts. 

45 Yea, and for the building of ' the walls of Jerusalem, and the forti 
fying thereof round about, expenses shall be given out of the king's 
accounts, as also for the building of the walls in Judea. 

46 Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave 
no credit unto them, nor received them, because they remembered the 
great evil that he had done in Israel ; b forhe had afflicted them very sore. 

47 But with Alexander they were well pleased, because he was the 
first that entreated of true peace with them, and they were confederate 
with him always. 

- 48 Then gathered king Alexander great forces, and camped over 
against Demetrius. 

49 And alter the two kings had joined battle, Demetrius' host fled : 
but Alexander followed after him, and c prevailed against them. 

50 And he continued the battle very sore until the sun went down: 
and that day was Demetrius slain. 

51 Afterward Alexander sent d ambassadors to Ptolemee king of 
Egypt with a message to this effect : 

52 Forasmuch as I am come again to my realm, and am set in the 
throne of my progenitors, and have gotten the dominion, and overthrown 
Demetrius, and recovered our country; 

53 For after I had joined battle with him, both he and his host was 
discomfited by us, so that we sit in the throne of his kingdom : 

54 Now therefore let us make a league e of amity together, and give 
me now thy daughter to wife : and I will be thy son in law, and will 
give both thee and her gifts according to thy dignity. 

54 Then Ptolemee the king gave answer, saying, Happy be the day 
wherein thou didst return into the land of thy fathers, and sattest f in 
the throne of their kingdom. 

56 And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me there- 
fore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another ; for I will marry my 
daughter to thee s according to thy desire. 

57 So Ptolemee went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra, and 
they came unto Ptolemais in the hundred threescore and second year : 

58 Where king Alexander meeting him, gave unto him his daughter 
Cleopatra, and celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais with great glory, 
11 as the manner of kings is. 

59 Now king Alexander had written unto Jonathan, that lie should 
come and meet him. 

60 Who thereupon went honourably to Ptolemais, where he met the two 
kings, who gave them and their friends silver and gold, and many presents, 
ana' found favour in their sight. 

61 At that time certain pestilent fellows of Israel, k men of a wicked life, 
assembled themselves against him, to accuse him : but the king would not 
hear them. 

62 Yea more than that, the king commanded to take off his garments, 
ind clothe him in 'purple : and they did so. 

63 Also he made him sit by himself, and said unto his princes, Go with 
him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man com- 
plain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any man- 
ner of cause. 

64 Now when his m accusers saw that lie was honoured according to the 
proclamation, and clothed in purple, they fled all away. 

65 So the king honoured him, and wrote liiin among his chief friends, 
and made him a duke, and ''partaker of his dominion. 

66 Afterward Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness. 

67 Furthermore in the hundred threescore and fifth year came Deme- 
trius son of Demetrius out of" Crete into the land of his fathers: 

68 Whereof when king Alexander heard tell he was right sorry, and re- 
turned into Antioch. 

69 Then Demetrius made Apollonius the governor of Celosyriahis gene- 
ral, who gathered together a great host, and camped in Jamnia, and Bent 
unto Jonathan the high priest, saying, 

70 Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and ° I am laughed to scorn 
'or thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against 
us in the mountains ? 

71 Now therefore, if thou trustcst in thine own strength, come down to 
us into the plain field, and there let us try the matter together : for with me 

the power of the cities. 

17 ( 



I. MACCABEr-a. 



bGr. walk. 
u verso 30. 
x verse 1. 
c Or, of 
the holy 
things. 
y Ezra 1.2, 
z chapter 9, 
54. 
aNchcmiah 

3. 
b chapter 7. 
9. 

c 1 Sam. 
17. 50. 
dch.9. 79. 
e ch. 8. 17. 
f verso 53. 
g verse 54. 
li Sec Estli 
1. 7. 

i Genesis 
39.4. 

k chapter 6. 
21.&7.5. 
Ich. 8. 14. 
m verse 61 
d Or, go- 
vernor of a 
province. 
n Titus 1.5. 
oPsa. 22.7. 



B. Christ 
cir. 148. 



p Psa.20.7. 

q Isa. 37. 1. 

r ch. 5. 68. 

e Or, as 

though he 

would pass 

through it. 

f Or, fed his 

company. 

s See Jgs. 

20. 33, 36, 

37. 

g Joseph. 

Anti([.1.13. 

c. 8. 

t verso 77. 

u verse 83. 

x 1 Sam. 6. 

17. 

y verse 65. 

a Jgs. 7. 12 

uch. 10.58. 

c chap. 10. 

83, 84. 

d ch. 10 86. 

uGr. slept. 

e Ps. 83. 3, 

4. 

Teh. 10.58. 

g Psa. 120. 

2,3. 

h ch. 8. 14. 

iGal. 1.17. 

b Gr and 

those that 

were in the 

holds were 

slain of 

those that 

were in the 

holds. 



Apocrypha 

72 Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they 
shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face ; for thy 
fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land. 

73 Wherefore now thou shjilt not be able to abide rthe horsemen and 
so great a power in the plain, where is neither stone nor flint, nor place 
to flee unto. 

74 So when Jonathan heard these words of Apollonius, <ihe was 
moved in his mind, and choosing ten thousand men, he went out of Je- 
rusalem, where Simon his brother met him for to help him. 

75 And he pitched his tents against Joppe : but they of Joppe shut 
him out of the city, because Apollonius had a garrison there. 

76 Then Jonathan laid siege unto it: whereupon they of the city let 
him in for fear : and so Jonathan won Joppe. 

77 Whereof when Apollonius heard, he took three thousand horse 
men, with a great host of footmen, and went to r Azotus e as one thai 
journeyed, and therewithal /drew him forth into the plain, because he 
had a "Teat number of horsemen, in whom he put his trust. 

78 Then Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, where the armies 
joined battle. 

79 Now * Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen in ambush. 

80 And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him ; 
for they had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people from 
morning till evening. 

81 But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and 
so the s enemies' horses were tired. 

82 Then brought Simon forth his host, and set them against the 
footmen (for the horsemen were spent,) who were discomfited by him. 
and fled. 

83 The horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to 'Azotus, 
and went into Beth-dagon, their idol's temple, for safety. 

84 But Jonathan set fire on Azotus, and the cities round about it, and 
took their spoils ; and the ' temple of Dagon, with them that were fled 
into it, he burned with fire. 

85 Thus there were burned and slain with the sword well nigh eight 
thousand men. 

86 And from thence Jonathan removed his host, and camped against 
' Ascalon, where the men of the city came forth, and met him with 
great pomp. 

87 After this returned Jonathan and his host unto Jerusalem, having 
many spoils. 

88 Now, when king Alexander heard these things, he honoured 
Jonathan yyet more, 

89 And sent him a buckle of gold, as the use is to be given to such 
as are of the king's blood : he gave him also Accaron with the borders 
thereof in possession. 

CHAPTER XI. 

4ND the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the 
H sand that lieth upon the sea-shore, and many ships, and went 
about through deceit to get Alexander's kingdom, and join it to his own. 

2 Whereupon he took his journey into Syria in peaceable manner, 
so as they of the cities opened unto him, and met him : for king Alex- 
ander had commandedthem so to do, b because he was his father in law 

3 Now as Ptolemee entered into the cities, he set in every one o! 
them a garrison of soldiers to keep it. 

4 And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the c temple 
of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus and the suburbs thereof that were 
destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and them that he had 
burnt in the battle ; for they had make heaps of them by the way where 
he should pass. 

5 Also they told the king whatsoever Jonathan had done, to the in- 
tent he might blame him: but the king held his peace. 

6 Then Jonathan met the king d with great pomp at Joppe, where they 
saluted one another, and <* lodged. 

7 Afterward Jonathan, when he had gone with the king to the river 
called Elculhcrus, returned again to Jerusalem. 

8 King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by 
the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea-coast, imagined K wicked counsels 
against Alexander. 

9 Whereupon he sent ambassadors unto king Demetrius, saying, Come, 
let us make a league betwixt us, and I will give thee f my daughter whom 
Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign hi thy father's kingdom : 

10 For I repent that I gave my daughter unlo him, for he sought to slay me. 

11 Thus did he e slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdom 

12 Wherefore he took his daughter from him, and gave her to Demetrius 
and forsook Alexander, so that their hatred was openly known. 

13 Then Ptolemee entered into Antioch, where he sat two ''crowns upon 
his head, the crown qf Asia and of Egypt. 

14 In the mean season was king Alexander in Cilicia, because those that 
dwelt, in those parts had revolted from him. 

15 But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him : 
whereupon king 1'tolemce brought forth his host, and met him with a 
mighty power, and put him to flight. 

16 So Alexander fled into '< Arabia, there to be defended, but king Pto 
lemee was exalted : 

17 For Zabdiel the Arabian, took off Alexander's head, and sent it unto 
Ptolemee. 

18 King Ptolemee also died the third day after, f and they that were in 
the strong holds were slain one of another. 

19 By Ihis means Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and 
seventh year. 

20 At the same time Jonathan gathered together them that were iT. 

65 



MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha. 

Judea, to take the k tower that was in Jerusalem : and he made many, b. Christ 
engines of war against it. ci r - J4fi - 

21 Then certain ungodly persons, who hated their own people, went '-' ' 
unto the king, and toln him that Jonathan besieged the tower. 

22 Whereof when he heard, he was angry, and immediately remov- 
ing, he came to ' Ptolemais, and wrote unto Jonathan, that he should 
not iay siege to the tower, but come and speak with him at Ptolemais 
in great haste. 

23 Nevertheless Jonathan, when he heard this, commanded to 



Apocrypha. 

54 After this returned '. Tryphon, and with him the d young child 
Antiochus, who reigned, and was crowned. 

55 Then there gathered unto him all the men of war, whom Deme- 
ich. 10.58. trius had put away, and they fought against Demetrius, who turned 
m Est. 5.2, his back and fled. 

nchap io. 56 Moreover Tryphon took the -elephants, and won Antioch. 
61. 57 At that time young Antiochus wrote unto Jonathan, saying, e I 

n e rif m'ao ?. onfirm thee ln the hi g h priesthood, and appoint thee ruler over the 

~ r x.^.w^^o »vi«.™»u, wucii iic ucaiu ...no, uuui.uai.utu ^ ° f£ ,£•££■ four governments, and to be one of the king's friends, 
besiege it still : and he chose certain of the elders of Israel, and the| q cn ; jo'.so'. 58 Upon this he sent him golden vessels /to be served in and gave 
priests, and put himself in peril ; (verse 57. him leave to drink in gold, and to be clothed in f purple, and' to wear a 

24 And took silver and gold, and raiment,and divers presents besides, |^„°j ,ep ]i [ golden buckle. 



13. cap. 8. 
r chap. 10. 
28, 29, 30, 
31. 



u verse 38. 

x verso 20. 

y verse 26, 

27. 

z See verse 

43. 

a verse 45. 

rf Or, Be 

friends 

with us. 

b verse 48. 



B. Christ 
cir. 144. 



and went to Ptolemais unto the king, " where he found favour in his sight 

25 And though certain n ungodly men of the people had made com- 
plaints against him, 

26 Yet the king entreated him as his predecessors had done before, 
and promoted him in the sight of all his friends, 

27 And confirmed him in ° the high priesthood, and in all the honours 
that he had before, and gave him pre-eminence among his chief friends. 

23 Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make <■ Judea free 
from tribute, as also the i three governments, with the country of Sa- 
maria ; and he promised him three hundred talents. 

29 So the king consented, and wrote letters unto Jonathan of all 
these things after this manner: 

30 King Demetrius unto his brother Jonathan, and unto the nation 
of the Jews, sendeth greeting : 

31 We send you here a copy of the letter which we did write unto 
our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye might see it. 

32 King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting: 

33 We are determined to do good unto the people of the Jews, who 
are our friends, and keep covenants with us, because of their good 
will toward us. 

34 c Wherefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea ; 
with the three governments of Apherema and Lydda and Ramathem, 
that are added unto Judea from the country of Samaria, r and all things 
appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, in- 
stead of the payments which the king received of them yearly afore 
time out of the fruits of the earth and of trees. 

35 And as for other things that belong unto us, of the tithes and 
customs pertaining unto us, as also the salt-pits, and the crown taxes, 
which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief 

36 And nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth for ever. 

37 Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let 
it be delivered unto Jonathan, and set upon * the holy mount in a con- 
spicuous place. 

38 After this, when king Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before 
him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his 
forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of strangers, 
whom he had gathered from the l isles of the heathen: wherefore all 
the forces of his fathers hated him. 

39 Moreover, there was one Tryphon, that had been of Alexander's 
part afore, who, seeing that all the host murmured against Demetrius, 
went to Simalcue the Arabian, that brought up Antiochus the young- 
son of Alexander. 

40 And lay sore upon him to deliver him this young Antiochus, that 
he might reign in his father's stead : he told him therefore all that 
Demetrius had done, and " how his men of war were at enmity with 
him ; and there he remained a long season. 

41 In the metn time Jonathan sent unto king Demetrius, that he 
would cast those of * the tower out of Jerusalem, and those also in the 
fortresses : for they fought against Israel. 

42 So Demetrius sent unto Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this 
for thee and thy people, but I will y greatly honour thee and. thy na- 
tion, if opportunity serve. c chap. 8 

43 Now therefore thou shalt do well, if thou send me men to help ®>) 32. 
me ; for all my forces have gone from me. 

44 Upon this Jonathan sent him three thousand strong men unto 
Antioch: and when they came to the king, the king was very glad of 
their coming. 

45 Howbeit, they that were of the city gathered themselves toge- 
gether into the midst of the city, to the number of a hundred and 
twenty thousand men, '■ and would have slain the king. 

46 Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the city kept 
the passages of the city, and began to fight. 

47 Then the king called to the Jews for help, who came unto him 
all at once, and dispersing themselves through the city, slew that day 
in the city to the number of a hundred thousand. 

48 Also they set fire on the city, and gat many spoils that day, and a de-'* 
livered the king. 

- 49 So when they of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they 
would, their courage was abated : wherefore they made supplication to the 
king, and cried, saying, 

50 d Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us and the city. 

51 With that they cast away their weapons, and made peace ; and the 
Jews were honoured in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that 
were in his realm ; and they returned to Jerusalem, having h great spoils. 

52 So king Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land 
was quiet before him. 

53 Nevertheless, he dissembled in all that ever he spake, and estranged 
M?v*Tt. 2 m Jonatnan ) neither rewarded he him according to the benefits 
*nicn ne had received of him, but troubled him very sore. 



c verse 39. 
d verse 39, 
40. 

eGr. beasts. 
e eh. 10. SO. 
& 14. 38. 
/Gr. and 
service. 
f chap. 10. 
20, 62. 
g Or, went 
beyond the 
river, and 
passed 
through 
the cities, 
or, went 
and passed 
beyond the 
river, and 
through the 
cities, 
Greek. 
h Or, the 
places 
thereabout, 
i Gr. he 
gave them 
the right 
hand. 

k Or, to re- 
move him 
from the 
affairs of 
the king- 
dom. 

g ch. 10. 14, 
h chap. 10. 
79, 80. 
i verse 67. 
k Ps. 32. 6. 
1 ver. 63. 
achap. 8. 
1,20. 
b chap. 8. 
15, 19 



cl verse 2. 

a .Sreus. 

See Joseph 

Ant. Jib. 13 

cap. 8. 

J Or, 

kindred, 

Jos. Antiq 

e Acts 17. 

11. 

f ver. L.& 

g 2 Cor. 4. 

8. 

li Tsa. 122. 

1,2. 



59 His brother Simon also he made captain from the place called 
The ladder of Tyrus, unto the borders of Egypt. 

60 Then Jonathan e went forth, and passed through the cities beyond 
s2Pt. 1.18. the water, and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves unto him 
tGeti.io.5. for to help him: and when he came to Ascalon, they of the city met 

'■ 'him honourably. 

61 From whence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out, 
wherefore he laid siege unto it, and burned ''the suburbs thereof with 
fire, and spoiled them. 

62 Afterward, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, 
1 he made peace with them, and took the sons of their chief men for 
hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed through the country 
unto Damascus. 

63 Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius' princes were come 
to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great power, purposing k to re- 
move him out of the country, 

64 He went to meet them, and left Simon his brother in the country. 

65 Then Simon encamped against e Bethsura, and fought against it 
a long season, and shut it up : 

66 But they desired to have peace with him, which he granted them, 
and then put them out from thence, and took the city, and set a garri- 
son in it. 

67 As for Jonathan and his host, they pitched at the water of Gen- 
nesar, from whence betimes in the morning they gat them to the plain 
of Nasor. 

68 And behold, the host of strangers met them in the plain, who 
having laid h men in ambush for him m the mountains, came themselves 
over against him. 

69 So when they that lay in ambush rose out of their places, and 
joined battle, all that were of Jonathan's side fled ; 

70 Insomuch as there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the 
son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, the captains of ' the host. 

71 Then Jonathan rent his clothes, and cast earth upon his head, 
k and prayed. 

72 Afterward turning again to battle, he put them to flight, and so 
they ran away. 

73 Now when his own men that were fled saw this, they turned 
again unto him, and with him pursued them to ' Cades, even unto their 
own tents, and there they camped. 

74 So there were slain of the heathen that day about three thousand 
men : but Joathan returned to Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XII. 

WOW when Jonathan saw that the time served him, he chose certain 
men, and sent them to Rome, a for to confirm and renew the friend- 
ship that they had with them. 

2 He sent letters also to the Lacedemonians, and to other places, for 
the same purpose. 

3 So they went unto Rome, and entered into b the senate, and said, 
Jonathan the high priest, and the people of the Jews, sent us unto you, 
to the end ye should renew the friendship c which ye had with them, 
and league, as in former time. 

4 Upon this the Romans gave them letters unto the governors of every 
place, that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably. 

5 And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote unto the 
d Lacedemonians : 

6 Jonathan the high priest, and the elders of the nation, and the 
priests, and the other people of the Jews, unto the Lacedemonians 
their brethren send greeting : 

7 There were letters sent in times past unto Onias the high priest 
from ° Darius, who reigned then among you, to signify that ye are our 
brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify. 

8 At which time Onias entreated the ambassador that was sent 
honourably, and received the letters, wherein declaration was made 
of the ''league and friendship. 

9 Therefore we also, albeit we need none of these things, for that 
we have the e holy books of scripture in our hands to comfort us, 

10 Have nevertheless attempted to send unto you f for the renewing of 
brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers unto you 
altogether : for there is a long time passed since ye sent unto us. 

11 We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and other 
convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in 
our prayers, as reason is, and as it becometh us to think upon our brethren : 

12 And we are right glad of your honour. 

13 As for ourselves, we have had great troubles s and wars on every 
side, forasmuch as the kings that are round about us have fought against us. 

14 Howbeit we would not be troublesome unto you, nor to others of our 
confederates and friends, in these wars.: 

15 For we have h help from heaven that succoureth us, so as we are de 
livered from our enemies, and our enemies are brought under foot 

«.6 _ 



I. MACCABEES. 



B. Christ 
cir. 1 14. 



Apocrypha 

16 For this cause we chose Numenius the son of Antiochus, and 
Antipater the son of Jason, ■ and sent them unto the Romans, to renew 
the amity that we had with them, and the former league. k ve[se2 

17 We commanded them k also to go unto you, and to salute you, and| c Read out 
to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of our brotherhood. <*f Joseph. 

IS Wherefore now ye shall do well to give us an answer thereto. 

19 And this is the copy of the letters c which Oniares sent. 

20 Areus king of the Lacedemonians to Onias the high priest, 
greeting : - . 

21 It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are bre 
thren, ' and that they are of the stock of Abraham : 

22 Now therefore, since this is come to our knowledge, ye shall do 
well to write unto us of your ' prosperity. 

23 We do write back again to you, m that your cattle and goods are 
ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore our ambassadors 
to make report unto you on this wise. 

24 Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius' princes were come to 
fight against him with a greater host than afore, 

25 He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis: 
for he gave them no respite « to enter his country. 

26 He sent spies also unto their tents, who came again, and told him 
that they were appuinted to come upon them in the night season. 

27 Wherefore so soon as the sun was down, Jonathan commanded 
nis men to watch, ° and to be in arms, that all the night long they might 
ce ready to fight: also he sent forth centinels round about the host. 

28 But when the adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were 
ready for battle, they feared, and trembled in their hearts, and /they 
kindled fires in their camp. 

29 Howbeit Jonathan and his company knew it not till the morning : 
for they saw the lights burning. 

30 Then Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not : for 
they were gone over ° the river Eleutherus. 

31 Wherefore Jonathan turned to the Arabians, who were called 
Zabadeans, S ant! smote them, and took their spoils. 

he came to Damascus, and so passed 



Apocrypha. 



and passed through the country unto 
adjoining, from whence he turned aside 



32 And removing thence, 
through all the country. 

33 Simon also went forth, 
Ascalon, and the holds there 
to Joppe, and won it. 

34 For he had heard that they would deliver the hold unto them that 
took Demetrius' part ; wherefore he set a garrison there to keep it. 

35 After this came Jonathan home again, and calling I the elders of 
the people together, he consulted with them about building strong 
holds in Judea, 

36 And making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great 
mount between <i the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, 
that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it. 

37 Upon this they came together to build up the city, forasmuch '' as 
part of the wall toward the brook on the east side was fallen down ; 
and they repaired that which was called Caphenatha. 

33 Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates 
and bars. 

39 Now ' Tryphon went about to get " the kingdom of Asia, and to 
kill Antiochus the king, that he might set the crown upon his own head. 

40 Howbeit, he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and 
that he would fight against him ; wherefore he sought a way how to take 
Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Bethsan. 

41 Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men 
choson for the battle, and came to Bethsan. 

42 Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with so great a 
force, he durst not stretch his hand against him. 

43 But received him honourably, ' and commended him unto all 
friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his men of war to be as obe- 
dient unto him, as to himself. 

44 Unto Jonathan also he said, Why hast thou put all this people to so 
great trouble, seeing there is no war betwixt us ? 

45 Therefore send them now home again, and choose a few men to wait 
on thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for I will give it thee, and 
the rest of the strong holds and forces, and all that have any charge : as 
for me, I will return and depart: for this is the cause of my coming. 

46 So Jonathan, " believing him, did as he bade him, and sent away his 
host, who went into the land of Judea. 

47 And with himself he retained but three thousand men, of whom he 
•sent two thousand into Galilee, and one thousand went with him. 

48 Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais 
shut the gates, and took him, and all them that came with him they slew 
with the sword. 

49 Then sent Tryphon a host of footmen and horsemen into * Galilee, 
and into the great plain, to destroy all Jonathan's company. 

50 But when they knew that Jonathan and they that were with him were 
taken and slain, they encouraged one another, and went close together, 
prepared to fight. 

51 They therefore that followed upon them, perceiving that tlioy were 
ready to fight for their lives, turned back again. 

52 Whereupon they all came into the land of Judea peaceably, and there 
they i bewailed Jonathan and them that were with him, and they were sore 
afraid ; wherefore all Israel made great lamentation. 

•53 Then all the heathen that were round about them sought to destroy 
them: for, said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now 
therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from 
among men. 



JLrcus sent 
to Ontas. 
1 verse 10. 
d Gr. peace. 
m Acts 4. 
32. 

e Or, to set 
foot in ftis 
country : 
or, to in- 
vade his 
country. 
n Neh. 4. 
13. 

/ Joseph. 
Antiq. 1. 
13, c. 9. 
they went 
away. 
och. 11.7. 
g Joseph. 
Gr. A'a- 
batheans, 
or, Zaba- 
theans. 
p Ex. 4. 29. 
q eh. 11. 20. 
h Or, ac- 
cording to 
the Roman 
reading, 
and he 
came near 
to the wall 
of the brook 
toward the 
east. 

r ch. 11.39. 
s chap. 8. 6. 
t chap. 7. 
10. 

u Prov. 14. 
15. 

chap. 7. 10. 
i Gr. left 
two thou- 
sand in 
Galilee. 
x verse 47. 
y 2 Sam. 1. 
12. 



B. Christ 
cir. 144. 



a Or, for 
the affairs, 
or, offices 
that he 
had, or, the 
necessary 
uses which 
he had. 
b Gr. in 
the strong 
holds, 
c Gr. all 
Tryphml's 
doings 
were rob- 
beries. 



his 



CHAPTER XIII. 

MOW when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a 
great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it, 

2 And saw that the people was in great trembling and fear, he went 
up to Jerusalem, and gathered the people together, 

3 And gave them exhortation, saying, Ye yourselves know what 
great things I, and my brethren, and my father's house, have done for 
the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we 
have seen. 

4 By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel's sake, and 
I am left alone. 

5 Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own 
life in any time of trouble : for I am no better than my brethren. 

6 Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our 
wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy 
us of very malice. 

7 Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived. 

8 And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our 
leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother. 

9 Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever thou commandest us, that 
will we do. 

10 So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste 
to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about 

11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great 
power, to Joppe : who casting out them that were therein, remained 
there in it. 

12 So Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great power to in- 



vade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him in ward. 

13 But Simon pitched his tents at Adida over against the plain. 

14 Now when Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of 
his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, he sent mes- 
sengers unto him, saying, 

15 Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money 
that he is owing unto the king's treasure, ° concerning the business 
that was committed unto him. 

16 Wherefore now send a hundred talents of silver, and two of his 
sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, 
and we will let him go. 

17 Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spake deceitfully 
unto him, yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he 
should procure to himself great hatred of the people : 

18 Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the 
children, therefore is Jonathan dead. 

19 So he sent them the children and the hundred talents: howbeit. 
Tryphon dissembled, neither would he let Jonathan go. 

20 And after this came Tryphon to invade the land, and destroy it. 

foing round about by the way that leadeth unto Adora: but Simon and 
is host marched against him in every place, wheresoever he went. 

21 Now they that were in the tower sent messengers unto Tryphon. 
to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilder- 
ness, and send them victuals. 

22 Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that 
night : but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came 
not. So he departed, and came into the country of Galaad. 

23 And when he came near to Bascama, he slew Jonathan, who was 
buried there. 

24 Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land. 

25 Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, 
and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers. 

26 And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him 
many days. 

27 Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his 
brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone, behind and before. 

28 Moreover, he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his 
father, and his mother, and his four brethren. 

29 And in these he made cunning devices, about the which he set great 
pillars, and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual 
memory, and by the armour ships carved, that they might be seen of all 
that sail on the sea. 

30 This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standoth yet 
unto this day. 

31 Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and 
slew him. 

32 And he reigned in his stpad, and crowned himself king of Asia, and 
brought a great calamity upon the land. 

33 Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them 
about with high towers, and grf.at walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up 
victuals { therein. 

31 Moreover, Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end 
lie should give the land an immunity, because 'all that Tryphon did was to 
spoil. 

35 Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote afler this manner: 

36 King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as 
also unto the elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting- 

37 The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent \into us, we 
have received : and we are ready to make a steadfast peace with you, yea, 
and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have 
granted. 

38 And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand ; and 
the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own. 

39 As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive 

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st, and the crown tax also, which ye owe us : and if there were anyj B -. c ^' 
other tribnte paid in Jerusalem, it shall no more be paid. U|J- — — 

40 And look who are meet among you to be in our court, let them t , i -,' e t t l em 

his right 
hand, 
e Or, to 
make peace 
with them, 
a Or, the 
wealth of 
the land. 
al Kings 
4. 25. 



be enrolled, and let there be peace betwixt us. 

41 Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken away from Israel in the 
hundred and seventieth year. 

42 Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and 
contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and 
leader of the Jews. 

43 In those days Simon camped against Gaza, and besieged it round 
about ; he made also an engine of war, and set it by the city, and bat- 
tered a certain tower, and took it. 

44 And they that were in the engine leaped into the city ; whereupon 
there was a great uproar in the city. 

45 Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed 
upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud 
voice, beseeching Simon ^to grant them peace. 

46 And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, 
but according to thy mercy. 

47 So Simon was appeased toward them, and fought no more against 
them, but put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the 
idols were, and so entered into it with songs and with thanksgiving. 

48 Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed such men there 
as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and 
built therein a dwelling place for himself. 

49 They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they 
could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell : 
wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great 
number of them perished through famine. 

50 Then cried they to Simon, beseeching him e tobe at one with 



B. Christ 
cir. 141. 



b Or, Jeru- 
salem, 
peradven- 
ture by 
corruption 
and trans- 
position of 
letters 
as some 
think, the 
common 
hall where 
they met to 
consult of 
matters of 
state, 
c Or, the 
men of war, 
dOt, 
weapons, 
..,,., , , , . ...,,.,,...■ i ,. .. ».. e Or, Gaza. 

them: which thing he granted them; and wnen he had put them out ■£^. i " nt0 
from thence, he cleansed the tower from pollutions 

51 And entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, 
in the hundred seventy and first year, with thanksgiving, and branches of 
palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and 
songs : because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel. 

52 He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with glad- 
ness. Moreover, the hill of the temple that was by the tower he made 
Stronger that it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company. 

53 And when Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man, he made 
him captain of all the host ; and he dwelt in Gazara. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

NOW in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Demetrius ga- 
thered his forces together, and went into Media, to get him help to 
fight against Tryphon. 

2 But when Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Deme- 
trius was entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take 
him alive : » 

3 Who went and smote the host of Demetrius, and took him, and brought 
him to Arsaces, by whom he was put in ward. 

4 As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon ; for he 
sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority 
and honour pleased them well. 

5 And as he was honourable in all his acts, so in this, that he took Joppe 
for a haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea, 

6 And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country, 

7 And gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion 
of Gazara, and Bethsura, and the tower, out of the which he took all unclean- 
ness, neither was there any that resisted him. 

8 Then did they till their ground in peace, and the earth gave her in- 
crease, and the trees of the field their fruit. 

9 The ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of" good 
things, and the young men put on glorious and warlike apparel. 

10 He provided victuals for the cities, and set in them all manner of mu- 
nition, so that his honourable name was renowned unto the end of the world. 

11 He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy : 

12 For a every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was 
none to fray them : 

13 Neither was there any left in the land to fight against them : yea, the 
lungs themselves were overthrown in those days. 

14 Moreover, he strengthened all those of his people that were brought said. 
low: the law he searched out ; and every contemner of the law and wicked 
person he took away. 

15 He beautified the sanctuary, and multiplied the vessels of the temple. 

16 Now when it was heard at Rome, as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was 
dead, they were very sorry. 

17 But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest 
in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein : 

18 They wrote unto him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and 
league which they had made with Judas and Jonathan his brethren : 

19 Which writings were read before the congregation at Jerusalem. 

20 And this is the copy of the letters that the^Lacedemonians sent ; The 
rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and 
the elders, and the priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our bre- 
thren, senrf greeting : 

21 The ambassadors that were sfilit unto our people certified us of your 
glory and honour : wherefore we were glad of their coming. 



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23 And it pleased the people to entertain the men honourably, and to 
put the copy of their ambassage in public records, to the end the peopla 
of the Lacedemonians might have a memorial thereof: furthermore we 
have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest. 

24 After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of 
gold of a thousand pound weight, to confirm the league with them. 

25 Whereof when the people heard, they said, What thanks shall we 
give to Simon and his sons ? 

26 For he and his brethren and the house of his father have esta- 
blished Israel, and chased away in fight their enemies from them, and 
confirmed their liberty. 

27 So then they wrote it in tables of brass, which they set upon pil- 
lars in mount Sion : and this is the copy of the writing ; The eighteenth 
day of the month Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being 
the third year of Simon the high priest, 

28 At * Saramel in the great congregation of the priests, and people, 
and rulers of the nation, and elders of the country, were these things 
notified unto us. 

29 Forasmuch as oftentimes there have been wars in the country 
wherein for the maintenance of their sanctuary, and the law, Simon 
the son of Mattathias, of the posterity of Jarib, together with his bre- 
thren, put themselves in jeopardy, and, resisting the enemies of their 
nation, did their nation great honour : 

30 (For after that Jonathan, having gathered his nation !ogether, and 
been their high priast, was added to his people, 

31 Their enemies purposed to invade their country, that they might 
destroy it, and lay hands on the sanctuary: 

32 At v'aich time Simon rose up, and fought for his nation, and spent 
much of his own substance, and armed c the valiant men of his nation, 
and gave them wages, 

33 And fortified the cities of Judea. together with Bethsura, that 
lieth upon the borders of Judea, where the d armour of the enemies had 

been before ; but he set a garrison of Jews there : 

34 Moreover, he fortified Joppe, .which lieth upon the sea, and e Gazara, 
that bordereth upon Azotus, where the enemies had dwelt before : but he 
placed Jews there, and furnished them with all things convenient for the 
reparation thereof.) 

35 The people therefore, seeing the acts of Simon, and unto what glory 
he thought to bring his nation, made him their governor and chief priest, 
because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which 
he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to exalt his peopla 

36 For in his time things prospered in his hands, so that the heathen 
were taken out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David 
in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower, out of which they issued, 
and polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much hurt/ in the holy place : 

37 But he placed Jews therein, and fortified it for the safety of the country 
and the city, and raised up the walls of Jerusalem. 

38 King Demetrius also confirmed him in the high priesthood according to 
those things, 

39 And made him one of his friends, and honoured him with great honour. 

40 For he had heard say, that the Romans had called the Jews their 
friends and confederates and brethren; and that they had entertained the 
ambassadors of Simon honourably ; 

41 Also that the Jews and priests were well pleased that Simon should 
be their governor and high priest for ever, until there should arise a faithful 
prophet ; 

42 Moreover, that he should be their captain, and should take charge of 
the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over 
the armour, and over the fortresses, that, I say, he should take charge of 
the sanctuary ; 

43 Besides this, that he should be obeyed of every man, and that all the 
writings in the country should be made in his name, and that he should be 
clothed in purple, and wear gold : 

44 Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to 
break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an as- 
sembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a 
buckle of gold: 

45 And whosoever should do otherwise, or break any of these things, he 
should be punished. 

46 Thus it liked all the people to deal with Simon, and do as hath been 



22 And did register the things that they spake in the council of the 
people in this manner, Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of 
J ^, on > the Jew's'ambassadors, came unto us to renew the friendship they 
mad with us. 



47 Then Simon accepted hereof, and was well pleased to be high priest, 
and captain and governor of the Jews and priests, and to defend them all 

48 So they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass 
and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary in a 
conspicuous place ; 

49 Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury, to the 
end that Simon and his sons micht have them. 

CHAPTER XV. 
OREOVER Antiochus, son of Demetrius the king, sent letters from 
the isles of the sea unto Simon the priest and prince of the Jews, and to 
all the people ; 

2 The contents whereof were these : King Antiochus to Simon the high 
priest and prince of his nation, and to the people of the Jews, greeting : 

3 Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our 
fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the 
old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers 
together, and prepared ships of war ; 

4 My meaning also being to go through the country, that I may be 
avenged of them that have destroyed it, and made many cities in the feing ■ 
dom desolate: 



Apocrypha. II. MACCABEES 

5 Now therefore I confirm unto thee all the oblations which thei B-.c^™ 1 



Jirathts. 
b Or, 

Sampsaces. 
Lot. Lamp- 
acits* 
cOr, 
Basili$. 
dGr. 
bringing 
his forces 
to it. 
eOr, 

except the 
borders fac. 
f Or, sub- 
due you in 

fight. 



aOr, Which 
when he 
had set on 
fire, they 
Jied unto 
the towers 
in the fields 
ofJzotus; 
and they 
were slain, 
Sec. 
bGr. 



kings before me granted thee, and whatsoever gifts besides they granted.! -^1: 13! 

6 I give thee leave also to coin money for thy country with thine a 
own stamp. 

7 And as concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary, let them be free ; 
and all the armour that thou hast made, and fortresses that thou hast 
built, and keepest in thy hands, let them remain unto thee. 

8 And if any thing be, or shall be, owing to the king, let it be for- 
given thee from this time forth for evermore. 

9 Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour 
thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your 
honour shall be known throughout the world. 

10 In the hundred threescore and fourteenth year went Antiochus 
into the land of his fathers : at which time all the forces came together 
unto him, so that few were left with Tryphon. 

11 Wherefore being pursued by king Antiochus, he fled unto Dora 
which lieth by the sea-side : 

12 For he saw that troubles came upon him all at once, and that his 
forces had forsaken him. 

13 Then camped Antiochus against Dora, having with him a hundred 
and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen. 

14 And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined 
ships close to the town on the sea-side, he vexed the city by land and 
by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in. 

15 In' the mean season came Numenius and his company from Rome, 
having letters to the kings and countries ; wherein were written these 
things : 

16 Lucius, consul of the Romans, unto king Ptolemee, greeting : captains of 

17 The Jews' ambassadors, our friends and confederates, came unto thousands. 
us to renew the old friendship and league, being sent from Simon the high 
priest, and from the people of the Jews : 

18 And they brought a shield of gold of a thousand pound. 

19 We thought it good therefore to write unto the kings and countries, 
that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or 
countries, nor yet aid their enemies against them. 

20 It seemed also good to us to receive the shield of them. 

21 If therefore there be any pestilent fellows, that have fled from their 
country unto you, deliver them unto Simon the high priest, that he may 
punish them according to their own law. 

22 The same things wrote he likewise unto Demetrius the king, and At- 
talus, to a Ariarathes, and Arsaces, 

23 And to all the countries, and to 6 Sampsames, and the Lacedemonians, 
and to Delus, and Myndus, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samos, and Pam- 
phylia, and Lycia, and Halicarnassus, and Rhodus, and c Phasclis, and Cos, 
and Side, and Arados, and Gortyna, and Cnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene. 

24 And the copy hereof they wrote to Simon the high priest. 

25 So Antiochus the king camped against Dora the second day, d as- 
saulting it continually, and making engines, by which means he shut up 
Tryphon, that he could neither go out nor in. 

26 At that time Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to aid him ; 
silver also, and gold, and much armour. 

27 Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants 
which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him. 

28 Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to com- 
mune with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppe and Gazara, with the tower 
that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm. 

29 The borders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, 
and got the dominion of many places within my kingdom. 

30 Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the tributes 
of the places whereof ye have gotten dominion 'without the borders of 
Judea: 

31 Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver ; and for tiie 
harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred 
talents : if not, we will come and/fight against you. 

32 So Athenobius the king's friend came to Jerusalem; and when lie 
saw the glory of Simon, and the cupboard of gold and silver plate, and his 
great attendance, he was astonished, and told him the king's message. 

33 Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken 
other men's land, nor holden that which appcrtaineth to others, but the in- 
heritance of our fathers, which our enemies had wrongfully in possession 
a certain time. 

34 Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our fathers. 

35 And whereas thou demandest Joppe and Gazara, albeit they did great 
liarrn unto people in our country, yet will we give a hundred talents for 
them. Hereunto Athenobius answered him not a word ; 

36 But returned in a rage to the king, and made report unto him of these 
speeches, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen : where- 
upon the king was exceeding wroth. 



Apocrypha, 

37 In the mean time fled Tryphon by ship unto Ortnosias. 
33 Then the king made Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and eave 
him a host ot footmen and horsemen, 

39 And commanded him to remove his host toward Judea: also he 
commanded him to build up Cedron, and to fortify the gates, and to war 
against the people ; but as for the king himself, he pursued Tryphon 

40 So Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the peo- 
ple, and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slav 
them. J 

41 And when he had built up Cedron, he set horsemen there, and a 
host of footmen, to the end that issuing out they might make outroads 
upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

THEN came up John from Gazara, and told Simon his father what 
Cendebeus had done. 

2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and 
said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father's house, have ever 
from our youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel , and 
things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered 
Israel oftentimes. 

3 But now I am old, and ye, by God's mercy, are of a sufficient age : 
be ye instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, 
and the help from heaven be with- you. 

4 So lie chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with 
horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at 
Modin. s 

5 And when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, be- 
hold, a mighty great host both of footmen and horsemen came against 
them: howbeit there was a water brook betwixt -them. 

6 So he and his people pitched over against them : and when he saw 
that the people were afraid to go over the watei brook, he went first over 
himself, and then the men seeing him, passed through after him. 

7 Tliat done, he divided his men, and set the horsemen in the midst of 
the footmen : for the enemies' horsemen were very many. 

8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and 
his host were put to flight, so that many of them were slain, and the rem- 
nant gat them to the strong hold. 

9 At that time was Judas, John's brother, wounded ; but John still fol- 
lowed after them, until he came to Cedron, which Cendebeus had built. 

10 « So they fled even unto the towers in the fields of Azotus;; wherefore 
he burned it with fire : so that there were slain of them about two thousand 
men. Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace. 

11 Moreover, in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus 
made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold : 

12 For he was the high priest's son in law.' 

13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to 
himself, and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to 
destroy them. 

14 Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and takino- 
care for the good ordering of them ; at which time he came down himself to 
Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and 
seventeenth year, in the eleventh month, called Sabat: 

15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold 
called Docus, which he had built, made them a great banquet : howbeit he 
had hid men there. 

16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemee and his men 
rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon Simon into the banqueting 
place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants. 

17 In which doing he committed a great treachery, and recompensed evil 
for good. 

18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should 
send him a host to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and 
cities. 

19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill John : and unto the 'tribunes 
he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, 
and rewards. 

20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the 
temple. 

21 Now one had run afore to Gazara, and told John that his father and 
brethren were slain, and, quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also. 

22 Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished : so he laid hands on 
them that were come to destroy him, and slew them ; for he knew thai, 
they sought to make him away. 

23 As concerning the rust of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy 
deeds which lie did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his 
doings, 

24 Behold, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from 
the time he was made high priest after his father. 



IT THE SECOND BOOK OF THE MACCABEES. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, 
wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt, health 
and peace : 

2 God be gracious unto you, and remember his covenant that he made 
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants; 

3 And give you all a heart to serve him, and to do his will, with a good 
courage and a willing mind ; 

4 And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you 
peace, 

18 



5 And hear your prayers, and lie at one with you, and never forsake you 
in time of trouble. 

6 And now -we be here praying for you. 

7 What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth 
year, we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came 
upon us in those years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted 
from the holy land and kingdom, 

8 And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood : then we prayed unto 
the Lord, and were neard ; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and 

i lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. 

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a Lev. 23. 
34. 

b Lev. 23. 
Num. 29. 
a Or, 
Neetaias 
his com- 
pany. 



Apocrypha. 

9 And now see that ye keep the feast of a taoernacles in the month 
Casieu. 

10 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were 
at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting 
and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the 
stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt: 

11 Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank 
him highly, as having been in battle against a king. 

12 For he cast them out that fought within the holy city. 

13 For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with 
him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by 
the deceit of Nanea's priests. 

14 For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the 
place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name 
of a dowry. 

15 Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was 
entered with a small company into the compass of the temple, they 
shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in : 

16 And opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones like 
thunderbolts, and struck down the captain, hewed them in pieces, 
smote off their heads, and cast them to those that were without. 

17 Blessed be our God in all things, who hath delivered up the un- 
godly. 

18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification 
of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month ' Casieu, 
we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that ye also might keep 
it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us 
when Neemias offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the temple 
and the altar. 

19 For when our fathers were led into Persia, the priests that were 
then devout took the fire of the altar privily, and hid it in a hollow place 
of a pit without water, where they kept it sure, so that the place was un- 
known to all men. 

20 Now after many years, when it pleased God, Neemias being sent 
from the king of Persia, did send of the posterity of those priests, that had 
hid it, to the fire : but when they told us they found no fire, but thick water ; 

21 Then commanded he them to draw it up, and to bring it ; and when 
the sacrifices were laid on, Neemias commanded the priests to sprinkle the 
wood and the things laid thereupon with the water. 

22 When this was done, and the time came that the sun shone, which 
afore was hid in the cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that every 
man marvelled. 

23 And the priests made a prayer whilst the sacrifice was consuming, / 
say, both the priests, and all the rest, Jonathan beginning, and the rest 
answering thereunto, as Neemias did. 

24 Ana the prayer was after this manner ; O Lord, Lord God, Creator 
of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and 
the only and gracious King. 

25 The only giver of all things, the only just, almighty, and everlasting, 
thou that deliverest Israel from all trouble, and didst choose the fathers, 
and sanctify them : 

26 Receive the sacrifice for thy whole people Israel, and preserve thine 
own portion, and sanctify it. 

. 27 Gather those together that are scattered from us, deliver them that 
serve among the heathen, look upon them that are despised and abhorred, 
and let the heathen know that thou art our God. 

28 Punish them that oppress us, and with pride do us wrong. 

29 Plant thy people again in thy holy place, as Moses hath spoken. 

30 And the priests sung psalms of thanksgiving. 

31 Now when the sacrifice was consumed, Neemias commanded the 
water that was left to be poured on the great stones. 

32 When this was done, there was kindled a flame : but it was consum- 
ed by the light that shined from the altar. 

33 So when this matter was known, it was told the king of Persia, that 
in the place, where the priests that were led away had hid the fire, there 
appeared water, and that ° Neemias had purified the sacrifices therewith. 

34 Then the king, enclosing the place, made it holy, after he had tried 
he matter. 

35 And the king took many gifts, and bestowed thereof on those whom 
he would gratify. 

36 And Neemias called this thing Naphthar, which is as much as to say, 
A cleansing : but many men call :'t. Nephi. 

CHAPTER II. 

IT is also found in the records, that Jeremy the prophet commanded them 
that were carried away to take of the fire, as it hath been signified: 

2 And how that the prophet, having given them the law, charged them 
not to forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in 
their minds, when they see images of silver and gold, with their ornaments. 

3 And with other such speeches exhorted he them, that the law should 
not depart from their hearts. 

4 It was also contained in the same writing, that the prophet, being warn- 
ed of God, commanded the tabernacle and the ark to go with him, as he 
went forth into the mountain, where Moses climbed up, and saw the heritage 
Of God. 

5 And when Jeremy came thither, lie found a hollow "cave, wherein he laid 
the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door. 

6 And some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but they 
jould not find it. 

7 Which when Jeremy perceived, he blamed them, saying, As for that 
place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather his pr-ople again 
together, and receive them unto mercy. 



B. Christ 
cir. 144. 



B. Christ 
cir. 144. 



a Gr. Now 
God it is 
that saved 
ail. his peo- 
ple, and 
rendered 
the herit- 
age, and 
the king- 
dom, and 
the priest- 
hood, and 
the sanctu- 
ary, as he 
promised 
in the law : 
for we hope 
in Qod that 
he will 
shortly, 
&c. 

b Or, to de- 
serve well 
of many. 



Apocrypha 

8 Then shall the Lord shew them these things, and the glory of the 
Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shewed unto Moses, 
and as when Solomon desired that the place might be honourably 
sanctified. 

9 It was also declared, that he being wise offered the sacrifice of 
dedication, and of the finishing of the temple. 

10 And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down 
from heaven, and consumed the sacrifices ; even so prayed Solomon 
also, and the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt- 
offerings. 

11 And Moses said, because the sin-offering was not to be eaten, 
it was consumed. 

12 So Solomon kept those eight days. 

13 The same things also were reported in the writings andcommen- 
taries of Neemias ; and how he, founding a library, gathered together 
the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles 
of the kings concerning the holy gifts. 

14 In like manner also Judas gathered together all those things that 
were lost by reason of the war we had, and they remain with us. 

15 Wherefore if ye have need thereof, send some to fetch them 
unto you. 

16 Whereas we then are about to celebrate the purification, we have 
written unto you, and ye shall do well, if ye keep the same day. 

17 a We hope also, that the God that delivered all his people, and 
gave them all a heritage, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and 
the sanctuary, 

18 As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and 
gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place ; 
for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the 
place. 

19 Now as concerning Ju^as Maccabeus, and his brethren, and the 
purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar, 

20 And the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his son, 

21 And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved 
themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism : so that, being but a few 
they overcame the whole country, and chased barbarous multitudes, 

22 And recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and 
freed the city, and upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord 
being gracious unto them with all favour: 

23 All these things, I say, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five 
books, we will assay to abridge in one volume. 

24 Fo considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they 
find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety ol 
the matter, 

25 We haw been careful, that they that will read might have delight, 
and that the} that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and 
that all into whose hands it cometh might have profit. 

26 Therefore to us, that have taken upon us this painful labour of 
abridging, it was not easy, but a matter of sweat and watching ; 

27 Even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh 
the benefit of others : yet b for the pleasure of many we will undertake 
gladly this great pains ; 

28 Leaving to the author the exact handling of every particular, and 
labouring to follow the rules of an abridgment. 

29 For as the master builder of a new house must care for the whoh 
building ; but he that undertaketh to set it out, and paint it, must seek out 
for tilings for the adorning thereof: even so I think it is with us. 

30 To stand upon every point, and go over things at large, and to be 
curious in particulars, belongeth to the first author of the story : 

31 But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be - 
granted to him that will make an abridgment. 

32 Here then will we begin the story : only adding thus much to that 
which hath hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long pro- 
logue, and to be short in the story itself. 

CHAPTER III. 

MOW when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws 
were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high 
priest, and his hatred of wickedness, 

2 It came to pass that even the kings themselves did honour the place, 
and magnify the temple with their best gifts ; 

3 Insomuch that Seleucus king of Asia, of his own revenues, bare all 
the costs belonging to the service of the sacrifices. 

4 But one Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who was made governor of 
the temple, fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city. 

5 And when he could not overcome Onias, he gat him to Apollonius the 
son of Thraseas, who then was governor of Celosyria and Phenice, 

6 And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of infinite sums 
of money, so that the multitude of their riches, which did not pertain to 
the account of the sacrifices, was innumerable, and that it was possible to 
bring all into the king's hand. 

7 Now when Apollonius came to the king, and had shewed him of the 
money whereof he was told, the king chose out Heliodorus his treasurer, 
and sent him with a commandment to bring him the aforesaid money. 

8 So forthwith Heliodorus took his journey, under a colour of visiting 
the cities 'of Celosyria and Phenice, but indeed to fulfil the king's purpose. 

9 And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously re- 
ceived of the hich priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was 
given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these 
things were so indeed. r 

10 Then the high priest told him that there was such money laid up tar 
the relief of widows and fatherless children : 

70 



Apocrypha. 



II. MACCABEES. 



Apocrypha. 



11 And that some of it belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a mam B - ch " 7 5t 
of great dignity, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed : the 1 



cation 
b Gr. ex- 
pectation. 
c Or, Lord 
of our 
fathers. 



B. Christ 
cir. 174. 



a Or, the 
Discus, 
which was 
a etone 
with a 
hole in the 
midst. 
b Gr. _ 
who were 
religious 
ambassa- 
dors 
cOr, 

enthroniz- 
ing. 



sum whereof in all was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred |^2.'e «ne- 

Of gold : I ral suppli 

12 And that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should 
be done unto them, that had committed it to the holiness of the place, 
and to the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honoured over 
all the world. 

13 But Heliodorus, because of the king's commandment given him, 
•*aid, That in any wise it must be brought into the king's treasury. 

14 So at the day which he appointed he entered in to order this mat- 
3r : wherefore there was no small agony throughout the whole city. 

15 But the priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in the 
.est's vestments, called unto heaven upon him that made a law con- 
cerning things given to be kept, that they should safely be preserved 
for such as had committed them to be kept. 

16 Then whoso had looked the high priest in the face, it would have 
tvounded his heart : fcjr his countenance and the changing of his colour 
declared the inward agony of his mind. 

17 For the man was so compassed with fear and horror of the body, 
that it was manifest to them that looked upon him, what sorrow he 
had now in his heart. 

18 Others ran flocking out of their houses " to the general supplica- 
tion, because the place was like to come into contempt. 

19 And the women, girt with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in 
the streets ; and the virgins that were kept in, ran, some to the gates, and 
some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows. 

20 And all holding their hands toward heaven, made supplication. 

21 Then it would nave pitied a man to see the falling down of the multi- 
tude of all sorts, and the * fear of the high priest, being in such an agony. 

22 They then called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things com- 
mitted of trust safe and sure for those that had committed them. 

23 Nevertheless, Heliodorus executed that which was decreed. 

24 Now as he was there present himself with his guard about the treasu- 
ry, the c Lord of spirits, and the Prince of all power, caused a great appari- 
tion, so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the 
power of God, and fainted, and were sore afraid. 

25 For there appeared unto them a horse with a terrible rider upon him, 
and adorned with a very fair covering, and he ran fiercely, and smote at 
Heliodorus with his fore feet, and it seemed that he that sat upon the horse 
had complete harness of gold. 

26 Moreover, two other young men appeared before him, notable in 
strength, excellent in beauty, and comely in apparel, who stood by him on 
either side, and scourged him continually, and gave him many sore stripes. 

27 And Heliodorus fell suddenly unto the ground, and was compassed 
with great darkness : but they that were with him took him up, and put 
him into a litter. 

28 Thus him, that lately came with a great train and with all his guard 
into the said treasury, they carried out, being unable to help himself with 
his weapons : and manifestly they acknowledged the power of God : 

29 For he by the hand of God was cast down, and lay speechless with- 
out all hope of life. 

30 But they praised the Lord, that had miraculously honoured hfs own 
place : for the temple, which a little afore was full of fear and trouble, 
when the Almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and gladness. 

31 Then straightway certain of Heliodorus' friends prayed Onias, that 
he would call upon the Most High, to grant him his life, who lay ready 
to give up the ghost. 

32 So the high priest, suspecting lest the king should misconceive that 
•ome treachery had been done to Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a sacri- 
fice for the health of the man. 

33 Now as the high priest was making an atonement, the same young 
men in the same clothing appeared and stood beside Heliodorus, snying, 
Give Onias the high priest great thanks, insomuch as for his sake the Lord 
hath granted thee life : 

34 And seeing that thou hast been scourged from heaven, declare unto 
all men the mighty power of God. And when they had spoken these 
words, they appeared no more. 

• 35 So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made 
great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned 
with his host to the king. 

36 Then testified he to all men the works of the great God, which he 
had seen with his eyes. 

37 And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be 
sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said, 

38 f f thou hast any enemy or traitor, send him thither, and thou shalt re- 
ceive him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no 
doubt, there is an especial power of God. 

39 For he that dwelleth in heaven hath his eye on that place, and de- 
fendeth it ; and he beateth and destroyeth them that come to hurt it. 

40 And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the trea- 
sury, fell out on this sort. 

CHAPTER IV. 

THIS Simon now, of whom we spake afore, having been a bewrayer of 
the money, and of his country, slandered Onias, as if lie had terrified 
Heliodorus, and been the worker of these evils. 

2 Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved well of the 
city, and tendered his own nation, and was so zealous of the laws. 

3 But when their hatred went so far, that by one of Simon's faction 
murders were committed, 



being the governor Celosyria and Phenice, did rage, and increase 
Simon's malice, 

5 He went to the king, not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but 
seeking the good of all, both public and private : 

6 For he saw that it was impossible that the state should continue 
quiet, and Simon leave his folly, unless the king did look thereunto. 

7 But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, called Epiphanes, 
took the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias laboured underhand to 
be high priest ' 

8 Promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and three- 
score talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents : 

9 Besides this, he promised to assign a hundred and fifty more, if 
he might have license to set him up a place for exercise, and for the 
training up of youth in the fashions of the heathen, and to write them 
of Jerusalem by the name of Antiochians. 

10 Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten into his 
hand the rule, he forthwith brought his own nation to the Greekish 
fashion. 

11 And the royal priveleges granted of special favour to the Jews 
by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went ambassador 
to Rome for amity and aid, he took away ; and putting down the govern- 
ments which were according to the law, he brought up new customs 
against the law: 

12 For he built gladly a place of exercise under the tower itself, and 
brought the chief young men under his subjection, and mad-e them wear 



4 Onias aeeing the danger of th ; s contention, and that Apollonius, as 



a hat. 

13 Now such was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of heathenish 
manners, through the exceeding profaneness of Jason, that ungodly wretch, 
and not high priest ; 

14 That the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but 
despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers 
of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of 
Discus called thein forth ; 

15 Not setting by the honours of their fathers, but liking the glory of 
the Grecians best of all. 

16 By reason whereof sore calamity came upon them : for they had them 
to be their enemies and avengers, whose custom they followed so earnest- 
ly, and unto whom they desired to be like in all things. 

17 For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God : 
but the time following shall declare these things. 

18 Now when the game that was used every fifth year was kept at 
Tyrus, the king being present, 

19 This ungracious Jason se» 'special messengers from Jerusalem, who 
were Antiochians, to carry thre*. \undred drachms of silver to the sacrifice 
of Hercules, which even the beaitis thereof thought fit nottobestow upon 
the sacrifice, because it was not convenient, but to be reserved for other 
charges. 

20 This money then, in regard to the sender, was appointed to Hercules' 
sacrifice ; but because of the bearers thereof, it was employed to the 
making of galleys. 

21 Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt 
for the c coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, understand- 
ing him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety : 
whereupon he came to Joppe, and from thence to Jerusalem : 

22 Where he was honourably received of Jason, and of the city, and 
was brought in with torch light, and with great shoutings : and so after- 
ward went with his host unto Phenice. 

23 Three years afterward Jason sent Menelaus, the aforesaid Simon's 
brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to put him in mind of certain 
necessary matters. 

24 But he being brought to the presence of the king, when he had mag- 
nified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood to 
himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver. 

25 So he came with the king's mandate, bringing nothing worthy the 
high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a 
savage beast. 

26 Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being undermined 
by another, was compelled to flee into the country of the Ammonites. 

27 So Menelaus got the principality: but. as for the money that he had 
promised unto the king, he took no good order for it : albeit Sostratus the 
ruler of the castle required it: 

28 For unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore 
they were botli called before the king. 

29 Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his <?*ead in the priest- 
hood ; and Sostratus left Crates, who was governor of the Cyprinns. 

30 While those tilings were in doing, they of Tarsus and Mallos made 
insurrection, because they were given to the king's concubine, called 
Antioohis. 

31 Then came the king in all haste to appease matters, leaving Androni- 
cus, a man in authority, for his deputy. 

32 Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a convenient, time, stole 
certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave some of them to 
Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyrus and the cities round about. 

33 Which when Onias knew of a surety, he reproved him, and withdrew 
himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that heth by Antiochia. 

84 Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus opart, prayed him to get 
Onias into his handrfj who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to 
Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oath ; and though he were 
suspected by lam, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: 
whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice. 

35 For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of cthet 

7J 



Apocrypha. 



II. MACCABEES. 



nations, took great indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust | B ir cl J^ at 
mur ler of the man 



Apocrypha 



3f And when the king was come again from thej>laces about Cilicia, y^'annws. 



a Or, 

staves. 
ft Or, eze 
cutioner 



B. Christ 

cir. 168. 



c Gr. who 
was the 
tenth, 
a JZutiocli, 
the Latin 
interpre- 
ters. 

b Out of 
Joseph, 
lib. 12. 
cap. 7. or, 
as they 
were. 
cGi. 
Grecians. 



the Jews that were in the city, and certain of the Greeks that abhorred 
the fact also, complained because Omas was slain without cause. 

37 Therefore Antiochus was heartily sorry, and moved to pity, and 
wept, because of the sober and modest behaviour of him that was dead. 

38 And being kindled with anger, forthwith he took away Androni- 
cus his purple, and rent off his clothes, and leading him through the 
whole city unto that very place, where he had committed impiety 
against Onias, there slew he the cursed murderer. Thus the Lord re- 
warded him his punishment as he had deserved. 

39 Now when many sacrileges had been committed in the city by 
Lysimachus with the consent of Menalaus, and the bruit thereof was 
spread abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together against Ly- 
simachus, many vessels of golu being already carried away. 

40 Whereupon the common people rising, and being filled with rage, 
Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and began first to offer 
violence ; one d Auranus being the leader, a man far gone in years, 
and no less in folly. 

41 They then seeing the attempt of Lysimachus, some of them 
caught stones, some clubs, others taking handfuls of dust, that was 
next at hand, cast theui altogether upon Lysimachus, and those that sat 
upon them. 

42 Thus many of them they wounded, and some they struck to the 

f round, and all of them they forced to flee : but as for the church robber 
imself, him they killed beside the treasury. 

43 Of these matters therefore there was an accusation laid against 
Menelaus. 

44 Now when the king came to Tyrus, three men that were sent from 
the senate pleaded the cause before him : 

45 But Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the son of 
Dorymenes, to give him much money, if he would pacify the king towards 
him. 

46 Whereupon Ptolemee taking the king aside into a certain gallery, as 
it were to take the air, brought him to be of another mind : 

47 Insomuch t(iaf, he discharged Menalaus from the accusations, who 
notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief: and those poor men, who, if 
they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should have been 
iudged innocent, them he condemned to death. 

48 Thus they that followed the matter for the city, and for the people, 
and for the holy vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment. 

49 Wherefore even they of Tyrus, moved with hatred of that wicked 
deed, caused them to be honourably buried. 

50 And so, through the covetousness of them that were of power, Mene- 
laus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great 
traitor to the citizens. 

CHAPTER V. 
BOUT the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into 
l Egypt: 

2 And then it happened, that through all the city, for the space almost of 
forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, 
and armed with lances, like a band of soldiers, 

3 And troops of horsemen in array, encountering and running one against 
another, with shaking of shields, and multitude of pikes, a and drawing of 
swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden ornaments, and har- 
ness of all sorts. 

4 Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good. 

5 Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus 
had been lead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made 
an assault upon the city ; and they that were upon the walls being put 
backhand the city at length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle: 

6 But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to 
get the day of them of his own nation would be a mist unhappy day for 
nim; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, 
whom he conquered. 

7 Howbeit, for al. this he obtained not the principality, but at the last re- 
ceived shame for the reward of his -reason, and fled again into the country 
of the Ammonites. 

8 In the end therefore he had an unhappy return, being accused before 
Aretas the king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued of all 
men, hated as a forsaker of the laws, and being had in abomination as an 
open b enemy of his country and countrymen, he was cast out into Egypt. 

9 Thus he that had driven many out of their country, perished in a 
strange land, retiring to the Lacedemonians, and thinking there to find suc- 
cour by reason of his kindred : 

10 And he that had cast out many unburied had none, to mourn for him, 
nor any solemn funerals at all, nor sepulchre with his fathers. 

11 Now when this that was done came to the king's ear, he thought that 
ludea had revolted: whereupon removing out of Egvpt in a furious mind, 
he took the city by force of arms, 

12 And commanded his men of war not to spare such as tney met, and to 
slay such as went up upon the houses. 

13 Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, wo- 
men, and children, slaying of virgins and infants. 

14 And there were destroyed within three whole days fourscore thou- 
sand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold 
than slain. 

15 Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most 
holy temple of all the world; Mcnrlaus; that trnitor to the laws, and to his 
own country, jenrg las guide : 



16 And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with pro- 
lane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings 



to the augmentation and glory and honour of the place, ne "gave "them 
away. ° 

17 And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not 
that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in 
the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place. 

18 For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man, 
as soon as he had come, had forthwith been scourged, and put back 
from his presumption, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the kino- sent 
to view the treasury. 

19 Nevertheless, God did not choose the people for the place's sake 
but the place for the people's sake. 

20 Arid therefore the place itself, that was partaker with them of the 
adversity that happened to the nation, did afterward communicate in 
the benefits sent from the Lord: and as it was forsaken in the wrath of 
the Almighty, so again, the great Lord being reconciled, it was set up 
with all glory. 

21 So when Antiochus had carried out of the temple a thousand and 
eight hundred talents, he departed in all haste unto Antiochia, weening 
in his pride to make the land navigable, and the sea passable by foot ; 
such was the haughtiness of his mind. 

22 And he left governors to vex the nation : at Jerusalem, Philip, for his 
country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him 
there ; 

23 And at Garizim, Andronicus ; and besides, Menelaus, who worse than 
all the rest bare a heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind 
against his countrymen the Jews. 

24 He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of 
two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in 
their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort : 

25 Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the 
holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he com 
manded his men to arm themselves. 

26 And so he slew all them that were gone to the celebrating of the sab- 
bath, and running through the city with weapons slew great multitudes. 

27 But Judas Maccabeus c with nine others, or thereabout, withdrew him- 
self into the wilderness, and lived in the mountains after the manner of 
beasts, with his company, who fed on herbs continually, lest they should be 
partakers of the pollution. 

CHAPTER VI. 
"teXOT long after this the king sent an old man of a Athens to compel the 
I 1 ! Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the 
laws of God : 

2 And to pollute also the temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of 
Jupiter Olympius ; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of stran- 
gers, * as they did desire that dwelt in the place. 

3 The coming in of this mischief was sore and grievous to the people : 

4 For the temple was filled with riot and revelling by the Gentiles, who 
dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the 
holy places, and besides that brought in things that were not lawful. 

5 The altar also was filled with profane things, which the law forbiddeth 

6 Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient feasts, 
or to profess himself at all to be a Jew. 

7 And in the day of the king's birth, every month they were brought by 
bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices ; and when the feast of Bacchus 
was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carry- 
ing ivy. 

8 Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the c hea- 
then, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should 
observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices : 

9 And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gen 
tiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present 
misery. 

10 For there were two women brought, who had circumcised their 
children; whom when they had openly led round about the city, the babes 
hanging at their breasts, they cast them down headlong from the wall. 

11 And others, that had run together into caves near by, to keep the sab- 
bath day secretly, being discovered to Philip, were all burnt together, 
because they made a conscience to help themselves for the honour of the 
most sacred day. 

12 Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged 
for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for 
destruction, but for a chastening of our nation. 

13 For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not 
suffered any long time, but forthwith punished. 

14 For not as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to 
punish, till they be come to the fulness of their sins, so dealeth he with us, 

15 Lest that, being come to the height of sin, afterward he should take 
vengeance of us. 

16 And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us : and though 
he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people. 

17 But let this that we have spoken be for a warning unto us. And now 
will we come to the declaring of the matter in few words. 

18 Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well fa- 
voured countenance, was constrained to openhis mouth, and to eat swine s 
flesh. 

19 But he, choosinn- rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such 
an abomination, spit Tt forth, and came of his own accord to the torment, 

20 As it behoved them to come, that are resolute to stand out against 
such thino-s as are not lawful for love of life to be tasted. 

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II. MACCABEES. 



21 But they that had the charge of that wicked feast, for the old ac- 
quaintance they had with the man, taking him aside, besought him to 
bring flesh of his own provision, such as was lawful for him to use, and 
make as if he did eat of the flesh taken from the sacrifice commanded 
by the king; 

22 That in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the 
Did friendship with them find favour. 

23 But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the 
excellency of his ancient years, and the honour of his gray head, whereunto 
he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy 
law made and given by God : therefore he answered accordingly, and 
willed them straightways to send him to the grave. 

24 For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby 
many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old 
and ten, were now gone to a strange religion ; 

25 And so they through my hypocrisy, and desire to live a little time and 
a moment longer, should be deceived by me, and I get a stain to mine old 
age, and make it abominable. 

26 For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punish- 
?nent of men : yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither 
alive nor dead. 

27 Wherefore now, manfully changing this life, I will shew myself such 
a one as mine age requireth, 

23 And leave a notable example to such as be young, to die willingly and 
courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said 
these words, immediately he went to the torment : 

29 They that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before 
into hatred, because the aforesaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, 
from ''a desperate mind. 

30 But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is 
manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I 
might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by 
being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because 
I fear him. ■'" 

31 And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble 
courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all 
his nation. 

CHAPTER VII. 

IT came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, 
and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine's flesh, and 
were tormented with scourges and whips. 

2 But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or 
learn of us ? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our 
fathers. 

3 Then the king, being in a rage, commanded pans and caldrons to be 
made hot : 

4 Which forthwith being heated, he commanded to cut out the tongue of 
him that spake first, and to cut off the utmost parts of his body, the rest of 
his brethren and his mother looking on. 

5 Now when he was thus maimed in all his members, he commanded him 
being yet alive to be brought to the fire, and to be fried in the pan : and as 
the vapour of the pan was for a good space dispersed, they exhorted one 
another with the mother to die manfully, saying thus, 

6 The Lord God looketh upon us, and in truth hath comfort In us, as 
* Moses in his song, which witnessed to their faces, declared, saying, And 
he shall be comforted in his servants. 

7 So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the second 
.0 make him a mocking stock : and when they had pulled off" the skin of 
his head with the hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat, before thou be pu- 
nished throughout every member of thy body ? 

S But he answered in his own language, and said, No. Wherefore lie 
also received the next torment in order, as the former did. 

9 And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us 
out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who 
have died for his laws, unto everlasting life. 

10 After him was the third made a mocking stock : and when he was re- 
quired, he put out his tongue, and that right soon, holding forth his hands 
manfully, 

11 And said courageously, These I had from heaven ; and for his laws I 
despise them ; and from him I hope to receive them again. 

12 Insomuch that the king, and they that were with him, marvelled at the 
young man's courage, for that he nothing regarded the pains. 

13 Now when this man was dead also, they tormented and mangled the 
fourth in like manner. 

14 So when he was ready to die, he said thus, It is good, being put to 
death by men, to look for hope from God to be raised up again by him : as 
for thee, thou shalt have no resurrection to life. 

15 Afterwards they brought the fifth also, and mangled him. 

16 Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, 
thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our na- 
tion is forsaken of God ; 

17 But abide awhile, and behold his great power, how he will torment 
thee and thy seed. 

IS After him also they brought the sixth, who, being ready to die, said, 
Be not deceived without cause : for we suffer these things for ourselves, 
having sinned against our God : therefore marvellous things are done 
unto us. 

19 But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou 
shalt escape unpunished. 

20 But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable 
memory : for when she saw her seven sons slain within the space of one 

19 K 



B. Christ 
cir. 107. 



Apocrypha , 



dOr, 

inannes.-t, 
nr, pride. 
a Dcut. 32. 
30. 



day, she bare it with a good courage, because of the hope that she had 
in the Lord. 

21 Yea, she exhorted every one of them in her own language, filled 
with courageous spirits ; and stirring up her womanish thoughts with 
a manly stomach, she said unto them, 

22 I cannot tell how ye came into my womb ; for I neither gave you 
breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you ; 

23 But doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of" 
man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy 
give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your ownselves for his 
laws' sake. 

24 Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a 
reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort 
him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both 
a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers ; and 
that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs. 

25 But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him, the king 
called his mother, and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man 
to save his life. 

26 And when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised him 
that "she would counsel her son. 

27 But she, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to 
scorn, spake in her country language on this manner ; O my son, have pity 
upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee suck three 
years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured 
the troubles of education. 

28 I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all 
that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; 
and so was mankind made likewise. 

29 Fear not this tormentor, but, being worthy of thy brethren, take' thy 
death, that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy brethren. 

30 While she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom 
wait ye for ? I will not obey the king's commandment : but I will obey the 
commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses. 

31 And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the He- 
brews, shalt not escape the hands of God. 

32 For we suffer because of our sins. 

33 And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our 
chastening and correction, yet shall he be at one again with his servants. 

34 But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted 
up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy nand 
against the servants of God : 

35 For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who 
seeth all things. 

36 For our brethren, who have now suffered a short pain, are dead under 
God's covenant of everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God 
shalt receive just punishment for thy pride. 

37 But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our 
fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our na- 
tion ; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess, that he alone 
is God ; 

38 And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is 
justly brought upon all our nation, may cease. 

39 Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, 
and took it grievously that he was mocked. 

40 So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord. 

41 Last of all, after the sons, the mother died. 

42 Let this be enough now to have spoken concerning the idolatrous 
feasts, and the extreme tortures. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

THEN Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily 
into the towns, and called their kinsfolk together, and took unto them 
all such as continued in the Jews' religion, and assembled about six thou- 
sand men. 

2 And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people 
that was trodden down of all ; and also pity the temple profaned of un 
godly men ; 



3 And that he would have compassion upon the city, sore defaced, and 
"ie made even with the ground; and hear the 
unto him, 



ready to be made even with the ground ; and hear the blood that cried 



4 And remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blas- 
phemies committed against his name ; and that he would shew his hatred 
against the wicked. 

5 Now when Maccabeus had his company about him, he could not bo 
withstood by the heathen : for the wratli of the Lord was turned into mercy. 

6 Therefore he came at unawares, and burned up towns and cities, and 
got into his hands the most commodious places, and overcame and put to 
flight no small number of his enemies. 

7 But specially took the advantage of the night for such privy attempts, 
insomuch that the bruit of his manliness was spread every where. 

8 So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little, and 
that things prospered with him still more and more, he wrote unto Ptolc- 
meus, the governor of Celosyria and Phenicc, to yield more aid to the 
king's affairs. 

9 Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special 
friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under 
him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined 
also Goro-ias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience. 

10 So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the captive Jews, as 
should defray the tribute of two thousand talents, which the king was to 
pay to the Roman?. 

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II. MACCABEES 



B. Christ 
cir. 166. 



That is, 
the ene- 
mies' ar- 
mour, 
b Or, 

lamed with 
tortures. 
cOr, 
lamed. 
a Or, 
disorderly. 




11 Wherefore immediately lie sent to the cities upon the sea coast, 
proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews, and promising that they should 
have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent; not expecting the ven- 
geance that was to follow upon him fio.n the Almighty God. 

12 Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor's coming, 
and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was 
at hand, 

13 They that were fearful, and distrusted the justice of God, fled, 
and conveyed themselves away. 

14 Others sold all that tlley had left, and withal besought the Lord 
to deliver them, being sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met 
together : 

15 And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had 
made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name's sake, by 
which they were called. 

16 So Maccabeus called his men together, unto the number of six 
thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the 
enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came 
wrongfully against them ; but to fight manfully, 

17 And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done 
to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city, whereof they made 
a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers: 

18 For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness ; but our con- 
fidence is in the Almighty God, who at a beck can cast down both them 
that come against us, and also all the world. 

19 Moreover, he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had 
found, and how they were delivered, when under Sennacherib a hundred 
fourscore and five thousand perished. 

20 And he told them of the battle that they had in Babylon with the 
Galatians, how they came but eight thousand in all to the business, with 
four thousand Macedonians, and that the Macedonians being perplexed, the 
eight thousand destroyed a hundred and twenty thousand, because of the 
help that they had from heaven, and so received a great booty. 

21 Thus when he had made them bold with these words, and ready to 
die for the laws and the country, he divided his army into four parts; 

22 And joined with himself his own brethren, leaders of each band, to 
ivit, Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving each one fifteen hundred men. 

23 Also he appointed Eleazar to read the holy book : and when he had 
given them this watchword, The help of God ; himself leading the first 
band, he joined battle with Nicanor. 

24 And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of 
their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanor's host, 
and so put all to flight ; 

25 And took their money that came to buy them, and pursued them far : 
but lacking time they returned : 

26 For it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no 
longer pursue them. 

27 So when they had gathered a their armour together, and spoiled their 
enemies, they occupied themselves about the sabbath, yielding exceeding 
praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them unto that day, 
which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them. 

2S And after the sabbath, when they had given part of the spoils to the 
'' maimed, and the widows, and orphans, the residue they divided among 
themselves and their servants. 

29 When this was done, and they had made a common supplication, they 
besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with his servants for ever. 

30 Moreover, of those that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who 
fought against them, they slew abovo twenty thousand, and very easily got 
high and strong holds, and divided among themselves many spoils more, 
and made the c maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in 
spoils with themselves. 

31 And when they had. gathered their armour together, they laid them 
up all carefully in convenient places, and the remnant of the spoils they 
brought to Jerusalem. 

32 They slew also Philarchcs that wicked person, who was with Timo- 
theus, and had annoyed the Jews many ways. 

33 Furthermore, at such time as they kept the feast for the victory in 
their country, they burnt Callisthenes, that had set fire upon the holy wates, 
who had fled into a little house ; and so he received a reward meet for his 
wickedness. 

34 As for that most ungracious Nicanor, who had brought a thousand 
merchants to buy the Jews, 

35 He was, through the help of the Lord, brought down by them of 
whom he made least account ; and putting off his glorious apparel, and 
discharging his company, he came like a fugitive servant through the 
midland unto Antioch, having very great dishonour, for that his host was 
destroyed. 

36 Thus he, that took upon hnnto make good to the Romans their tribute 
by means of the captives in Jerusalem, told abroad, that the Jews had God 
to fight for them, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they fol- 
lowed the laws that he gave them. 

CHAPTER IX. 

ABOUT that time came Antiochus 1 with dishonour out of the country 
of Persia. 
2 For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob 
the temple, and to hold the city ; whereupon the multitude, running to de- 
fend themselves with their weapons, put them to flight ; and so it happened, 
that Antiochus, being put to flight of the inhabitants, returned with shame. 
•3 Now when he came to Ecbatane, news was brought him what had 
I P Th e Unto Nicanor and Timotheus. 
■4 i hen swelling with anger, he thought to avenge upon the Jews the 



Apocrypha. 

disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore com- 
manded he his chariot man to drive without ceasing, and to despatch 
the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had 
spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem, and 
make it a common burying place of the Jews. 

5 But the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, smote him with an in- 
curable and invisible plague: for as soon as he had spoken these words, 
a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore 
torments of the inner parts ; 

6 And that most justly : for he had tormented other men's bowels 
with many and strange torments. 

7 Howbeit, he nothing at all ceased from his bragging, but still was 
filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage againsfthe Jews, and 
commanding to haste the journey : but it came to pass that he fell 
down from his chariot, carried violently; so that having a sore fall, all 
the members of his body were much pained. 

8 And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the 
waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and 
weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and 

carried in a horse litter, shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God. 

9 So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and 
while he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness 
of his smell was noisome to all his army. 

10 And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars 
of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink. 

11 Here therefore being plagued, he began to leave off his great prido 
and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain 
increasing every moment. 

12 And when he himself could not abide his own smell, he said these 
words, It is meet to be subject unto God, and that a man that is mortal 
should not proudly think of 1 himself, as if he were God. 

13 This wicked person vowed also unto the Lord (who now no more 
would have mercy upon him) saying thus, 

14 That the holy city (to which he was going in haste to lay it even with 
the ground, and to make it a common burying place,) he would set at 
liberty : 

15 And as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy to be so 
much as buried, but to be cast out wi Ji their children to be devoured of the 
fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals with the citizens of 
6 Athens : 

16 And the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish 
with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out 
of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices : 

17 Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through 
all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God. 

18 But for all this his pains would not cease : for the just judgment of 
God was come upon him : therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto 
the Jews the letters underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, 
after this manner : 

19 Antiochus, king and governor, to the good Jews his citizens, wisheth 
much joy, health, and prosperity : 

20 If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your con- 
tentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven. 

21 As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your 
honour and good will. Returning out of Persia, and being taken with a 
grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety 
of all: 

22 Not distrusting my health, but having great hope to escape this 
sickness. 

23 But considering that even my father, at what time he led an army 
into the high countries, appointed a successor, 

24 To the end that, if any thing fell out contrary to expectation, or if 
any tidings were brought that were grievous, they of the land, knowing to 
whom c the state was left, might not be troubled : 

25 Again, considering how that the princes, that are borderers and 
neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall 
be the event, I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often com- 
mitted and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high 
provinces ; to whom I have written as followeth : 

26 Therefore I pray and request you to remember the benefits that I 
have done unto you generally, and in special, and that every man will be 
still faithful to me and my son. 

27 For I am persuaded that he, d understanding my mind, will favourably 
and graciously yield to your desires. 

28 Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously 
as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange coun- 
try in the mountains. 

29 And Philip, that was brought up with him, carried away his body, 
who also, fearing the son of Antiochus, went into Egypt to Ptolemeus 
Philometor. 

CHAPTER X. 

WOW Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered 
the temple and the city : 

2 But the altars which the heathen had built in the open street, and also 
the chapels, they pulled down. , . 

3 And having cleansed the temple, they made another altar, and striking 
stones they took fire out of them, and offered a sacrifice after two years, 
and set forth incense, and lights, and shew bread. . 

4' When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that 
they might come no more into such troubles ; but if they sinned any more 
against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that 

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Apocrypha. 

they might not he delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous 
nations. 

5 Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, 
on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth 
day of the same month, which is Casleu. 

6 And they kept eight days with gladness, as in the feast of the 
tabernacles, remembering that not long afore they had held the feast 
of the tabernacles, when as they wandered in the mountains and dens 
] ike beasts. 

7 Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, 
and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleans- 
ing his place. 

8 They ordained also by a common statute and decree, That every 
year those days should be kept of tne whole nation of the Jews. 

9 And this was the end of Antiochus, called Epiphanes. 

10 Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was 
the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the 
wars. 

11 So when he was come to the crown, he set one Lysias over the 
affairs of his realm, and appointed him chief governor of Celosyria 
and Phenice. 

12 For Ptolemeus, that was called Macron, choosing rather to do 
justice unto the Jews for the wrong that had been done unto them, 
endeavoured to continue peace with them. 

13 Whereupon being accused of the king's friends before Eupator, 
and called traitor at every word, because he had left Cyprus, that 
Philometor had committed unto him, and departed unto Antiochus 
Epiphanes, " and seeing that he was in no honourable place, he was so 
discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died. 

14 But when Gorgias was governor of the <> holds, he hired soldiers, 
and nourished war continually with the Jews: 

15 And therewithal the Idumeans, having gotten into their hands 
the most commodious holds, kept the Jews occupied, and receiving 
those that were banished from Jerusalem, they went about to nourish" war. 

16 Then they that were with Maccabeus made supplication, and be- 
sought God that he would be their helper ; and so they ran with violence 
upon the strong holds of the Idumeans, 

17 And assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all 
that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed 
no fewer than twenty thousand. 

18 And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were 
fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things 

i convenient to sustain the siege, 

19 Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zaccheus also, and them that 
were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself 
unto those places which more needed his help. 

20 Now c they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were 
persuaded for money through certain of those that were in the castle, and 
took seventy thousand drachms, and let some of them escape. 

21 But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the 
trovernors of the people together, and accused those men that they had 
sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against 
them. 

22 So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took the 
two castles. 

23 And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in 
hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand. 

24 Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had 
fathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a 
few, came as though he would take "Jewry by force of arms. 

25 But when he drew near, ''they that were with Maccabeus turned 
themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and 
girded their loins with sackcloth, 

26 And fell down at the foot of the altar, and besought him to be merci- 
ful to them, and to be * an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to 
their adversaries, as the law declareth. 

27 So after the prayer, they took their weapons, and went on further 
from the city: and when they drew near to their enemies, they kept by 
themselves. 

28 Now the sun being newly risen, they joined both together ; the one 
part having, together with their virtue, their refuge also unto the Lord for 
a 'pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage 
leader of their battle. 

29 But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared unto the enemies 
from heaven five comely men upon horses, with bridles of gold, and two 
of them led the Jews, 

30 And took Maccabeus betwixt them, and covered him on every side 
with their weapons, and kept him safe, but shot arrows and lightnings 
against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness, and full of 
trouble, they were killed. 

31 And there were slain of footmen twenty thousand and five hundred, 
and six hundred horsemen. 

32 As for Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold, called 
Gazara, where Chercas was governor. 

33 But they that were with Maccabeus laid siege against the fortress 
courageously four days. 

34 And they that were within, trusting in the strength of the place, 
blasphemed exceedingly, and uttered wicked words. 

35 Nevertheless, upon the fifth day early, twenty young men of Macco 
heus's company, inflamed with anger because of thV bit 



B. Christ 
cir. ]t>4. 



a Or, and 
not bear- 
ing his 
authority 
as becom- 
cth a noble- 
man. 
b Or, 
strong 
places. 
cOr. 
Simon. 
dOr, 

.Maccabeus 
and they 
that were 
with him. 
a Deut. 28. 
27. 
eOr, 
warrant, 
or, surety. 



IS. Christ 
cir: 164. 



a Gr. tutor, 
b Or, 
Grecians, 
e Or, Mac- 
cabeus and 
his com- 
pany. 
dOr, 

Viotcoros. 
e Or, give 
them assu- 
rance. 
/Or, 
Jlpril. 



the wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed al 



asphemies-, assaulted 
that tliev met withal. 



Apocrypha. 

36 Others likewise ascending after them, while they were busied 
with them that were within, burned the towers, and kindlino- fires, 
burned the blasphemers alive ; and others broke open the o- a tes, and 
having received in the rest of the army, took the city, 

37 And killed Timotheus, that was hid in a certain pit. and Chereas 
his brother, with Apollophanes. 

38 When this was done, they praised the Lord with psalms and 
thanksgiving, who had done so great things for Israel, and given them 
the victory. 

CHAPTER XI. 
T^TOT long after this, Lysias the king's « protector and cousin, who 
L% also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the things that 
were done. 

2 And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the 
horsemen, he came against the Jews, thinking to make the city a 
habitation of the b Gentiles, _^ 

3 And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other chapels of the 
heathen, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year : 

4 Not at all considering the power of God, bat puffed up with his ten 
thousands of footmen, andhis thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore 
elephants. 

5 So he came to Judea, and- drew near to Bethsura, which w s a 
strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs ; e he 
laid sore siege unto it. 

6 Now when they that c were with Maccabeus heard that he besj> _ed 
the holds, they and all the people with lamentation and tears besought 
the Lord that he would send a good angel to deliver Israel. 

7 Then Maccabeus himself first of all took weapons, exhorting the 
other that they would jeopard themselves together with him to help their 
brethren : so they went forth together with a willing mind. - 

8 And as they were at Jerusalem, there appeared before them on 
horseback one in white clothing, shaking his armour of gold. 

9 Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, 
insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most 
cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron. 

10 Thus they marched forward in their armour, having a helper from 
heaven : for the Lord was merciful unto them. 

11 And giving a charge upon their enemies like lions, they slew eleven 
thousand/ooJmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, and put all the other to 
flight. 

12 Many of them also being wounded, escaped naked; and Lysias him- 
self fled away shamefully, and so escaped. 

13 Who, as he was a man of understanding, casting with himself what 
loss he had had, and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome, 
because the Almighty God helped them, he sent unto them, 

14 And persuaded them to agree to all reasonable conditions, and promised 
that he would persuade the king that he must needs be a friend unto them. 

15 Then Maccabeus consented to all that Lysias desired, being careful 
of the common good ; and whatsoever Maccabeus wrote unto Lysias con- 
cerning the Jews, the king granted it. 

16 For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this 
effect : Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting: 

17 John and Absalom, who were sent from you, delivered me the petition 
subscribed, and made request for the performance of the contents thereof. 

18 Therefore what things soever were meet to be reported to the king, I 
have declared them, and he hath granted as much as might be. 

19 If then ye will keep yourselves loyal to the state, hereafter also will 1 
endeavour to be a means of your good. 

20 But of the particulars I have given order both to these, and the others 
that came from me, to commune with you. » 

21 Fare ye well. The hundred and eighth and fortieth year, the four 
and twentieth day of the month "'Dioscorinthius. 

22 Now the king's letter contained these words: King Antiochus unto 
his brother Lysias sendeth greeting : 

23 Since our father is translatedunto the gods, our will is, that they that 
arc in our realm live quietly, that every one may attend upon his own 
affairs. 

24 We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father for 
to be brought unto the custom of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their 
own manner of living : for the which cause they require of us, that we 
should suffer them to live after their own laws. 

25 Wherefore our mind is, that this nation shall be in rest, and we have 
determined to restore them their temple, that they may live according to 
the customs of their forefathers. 

26 Thou shalt do well therefore to send unto them, and grant Mhcin 
peace, that when they are certified of our mind, they may be of good com- 
fort, and ever go cheerfully about their own affairs. 

27 And the letter of the king unto the nation of the Jews was after tins 
in-inner: King Antiochus sendeth greeting unto the council, and the rest 
of the Jews: 

28 If ye fare well, we have our desire ; we are also in good health. 

2!) Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and 
to follow your own business: 

30 Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thir- 
tieth day of Xanthicus with security. 

SI And the Jews shall use their own kind of meats and laws, as before ; 
and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things igno- 
rantly done. 

32 I have sent also Menelaus, that he may comfort you. 

33 Fare ye well. In the hundred forty and eighth year, and in the 
fifteenth day oflfie month /'Xanthicus. 

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34 The Romans also sent unto them a letter containing these words : 
Quintus Memmius and Titus Manlius e ambassadors of the Romans, 
send greeting unto the people of the Jews. 

35 Whatsoever Lysiasthe king's cousin hath granted, therewith we 
also are well pleased. 

36 But touching such things as he judged to be referred to the king, 
after ye have advised thereof, send one forthwith, that we may declare 
as it is convenient for you : for we are now going to Antioch. 

37 Therefore send some with speed, that we may know what is your 

38 Farewell. This hundred and eight and fortieth year the fifteenth 
day of the month Xanthicus. 

CHAPTER XII. 
HEN these covenants were made, Lysias went unto the king. 
and the Jews were about their husbandry. 
But of the governors of several places, Timotheus, and Apollomus 
„ son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and besides 
them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be 
quiet, and live in peace. 

3 The men of Joppe also did such an ungodly deed : they prayed the 
Jews that dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the 
boats which they had prepared, as though they had meant them no hurt. 

4 Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city, 
as being desirous to live in peace, and suspecting nothing: but when 
they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no less than two hun- 
dred of them. 

5 When Judas heard of this cruelty done unto his countrymen, he 
commanded those that were with him to make them ready. 

6 And calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against thoseautie re- 
rnurderers of his brethren, and burned the haven by night, and set the\spitc. 
boats on fire, and those that fled thither he slew. 

7 And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as "if he would 
return to root out all them of the city of Joppe. 

8 But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like man- 
ner unto the Jews that dwelt among them, 

9 He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven 
and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalam two hundred 
and forty furlongs off. 

10 Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their jour- 
ney towards Timotheus, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five 
hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him. 

11 Whereupon there was a very sore battle : but Judas's side, by the 
help of God, gat the victory ; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being over- 
come, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to 
pleasure him otherwise. ' 

12 Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many 
chings, granted them peace : whereupon they shook hands, and so they 
,; departed to their tents. 

13 He went also about to make a bridge to a certain strong city, which 
was fenced about with walls, and inhabited by people of divers countries ; 
and the name of it was Caspis. 

14 But they that were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls 
and provision of victuals, that they behaved themselves rudely towards them 
that were with Judas, railing and blaspheming, and uttering sucli words as 
were not to be spoken. 

15 Wherefore Judas with his company, calling upon the great Lord of 
the world, who without any rams or engines of war did cast down Jericho 
in the time of Joshua, gave a fierce assault against the walls, 

16 And took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaugh- 
ters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, 
being filled full, was seen running with blood. 

17 Then departed they from thence seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and 
came to Characa unto the Jews that are called Tubieni. 

18 But as for Timotheus, they found him not in the places : for before 
he had despatched any thing, he departed from thence, having left a very 
strong garrison in a certain hold. 

19 Howbeit, Dositheus and Sosipater, who were of Maccabeus's captains, 
went forth, and slew those that Timotheus had left in the fortress, above 
ten thousand men. 

20 And Maccabeus ranged his army by bands, and set them c over the 
bands, and went against Timotheus, who had about him a hundred and 
twenty thousand men of foot, and two thousand and five hundred horsemen. 

21 Now when Timotheus had knowledge of Judas's coming, he sent the 
women and children and the other baggage into a fortress called Camion: 
for the town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the 
straitness of all the places. 

22 But when Judas his first band came in sight, the enemies, being smit- 
ten with fear and terror through the appearing of him that seeth all things, 
fled amain, one running this way, another that way, so as that they were often 
hurt of their own men, and wounded with the points of their own swords. 

23 Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked 
wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men. 

24 Moreover Timotheus himeelf fell into the hands of Dositheus and 
Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, 
because he had many of the Jews' parents, and the brethren of some of 
them, who, if they had put him to death, should not be regarded. 

25 So when he had assured them with many words that he would restore 
them without hurt, according to the agreement, they let him go for the 
saving of their brethren. 
a a* *- n Maccat>e us marched forth to Camion, and to the temple of 

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27 And after he had put to flight and destroyed them, Judas removed 
the host towards Ephron, a strong city, wherein Lysias abode, and a 
great multitude of divers nations, and the strong young men kept the 
walls, and defended them mightily : wherein also was great provision 
of engines and darts. 

28 But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God, 
who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the 
city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within. 

29 From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hun- 
dred furlongs from Jerusalem. 

30 But when the Jews that dwelt there had testified that the Scytho- 
politans dealt lovingly with them, and entreated them kindly in the time 
of their adversity : 

31 They gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still unto 
them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks ap- 
proaching. 

32 And after the feast called Pentecost, they went forth against Gor 
gias the governor of Idumea, 

33 Who came out with three thousand men of foot, and four hundred 
horsemen. 

34 And it happened, in their fighting together, a few of the Jews 
were slain. 

35 At which time, Dositheus, one of Bacenor's company, who was on 
horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking hold 
of his coat drew him by force ; and when he would have taken that 
cursed man alive, a horseman of Thracia coming upon him e smote off 
his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa. 

36 Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and were 
weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would shew himself to be 
their helper and leader cf the battle. 

37 And with that he began in his own language, and sung psalms 
with a loud voice, and rushing unawares upon Gorgias's men, he put them 
to flight. 

3S So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of Odollam. And 
when the seventh day came, they purified themselves, as the custom was 
and kept the sabbath in the same place. 

39 And upon the day following, /as the use had been, Judas and his com- 
pany came to take up the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them 
with their kinsmen in their fathers' graves. 

40 Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found tilings 
consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by 
a the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they 
were slain. 

41 All men therefore praising the Lord, the righteous Judge, who had 
opened the things that were hid, 

42 Betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin eom 
mitted might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas 
exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forasmuch as they saw 
before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that 
were slain. 

43 And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the 
sum of two thousand drachms of silver, he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin 
offering, doing therein very well and honestly, in that he was mindful of 
the resurrection : 

44 For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen 
again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead. 

45 And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for 
those that died godly. (It was a holy and good thought.) Whereupon he 
made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

fN the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas that Antiochus 
Eupator wascoming with a great power into Judea, 
•2 And with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having 
either of them a Grecian power, of footmen a hundred and ten thousand, 
and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and 
twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks. 

3 Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation 
encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he 
thought to have been made governor. 

4 But the King of kings moved Antiochus's mind against this wicked 
wretch, and Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of al' 
mischief, so that the king commanded to bring him unto Berea, and to put 
him to death, as the manner is in that place. 

5 Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of ashes ; 
and it had a round instrument, which on every side hanged down into the 
ashes. 

6 And whosoever was condemned of sacrilege, or had committed any 
other grievous crime, there did all men thrust him unto death. 

7 Such a death it happened that wicked man to die, not having so much 
as burial in the earth ; and that most justly: 

8 For insomuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose 
fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes. 

9 Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse 
to the Jews, than liad been done in his father's time. 

10 Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to 
call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would 
now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their 
country, and from the holy temple: 

11 And that he would not suffer the people, that "had evennow been but 
a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations. 

12 So when they had all done this together, and besought theTnercifu! 

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king's host should enter into Judea, and get the city, to go forth and | a Or 
try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord. ™""i t 

14 So when he had committed all to the b Creator of the world, andi Um pie. 
exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, U Or, _ 
the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by \f "'J^ n 
Modin : 

15 And having given the watchword to them that were about him, 
Victory is of God ; with the most valiant and choice young men, he 
went into the king's tent by night, and slew in the camp about four 
thousand men, ana the chiefest of the elephants, with all that were 
upon him. 

16 And at last they filled the camp with fear and tumult, and de- 
parted with good success. 

17 This was done in the break of the day, because the protection of the 
Lord did help him. 

18 Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, 
he went about to take the holds by policy, 

19 And marched towards Bethsura which was a strong hold of the Jews : 
but he was put to flight, failed, and lost of his men : 

20 For Judas had conveyed unto them that were in it such things as were 
necessary. 

21 But Rhodocus, who was in the Jews' host, disclosed the secrets to the 
enemies ; therefore he was sought out, and when they had gotten him, they 
put him in prison. 

22 The king treated with them in Bethsura the second time, gave his 
hand, took theirs, departed, fought with Judas, was overcome ; 

23 Heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in Antioch, <■ was des- 
perately bent, confounded, entreated the Jews, submitted himself, and sware 
to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured 
the temple, and dealt kindly with the place, 

24 And accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from 
Ptolemais unto the Gerrhenians ; 

25 Came to Ptolemais : the people there were grieved for the covenants ; 
for they stormed because they would make their covenants void : 

26 Lysias went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in de- 
fence of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned 
to Antioch. Thus it went touching the king's coming and departing. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

AFTER three years was Judas informed, that Demetrius, the son of 
Selucus, having entered by the haven of Tripolis with a great power 
and navy, 

2 Had taken the country, and killed Antiochus, and Lysias his protector. 

3 Now one Alcimus, who had been high priest, and had defiled himself 
wilfully in the times of their mingling with, the Gentiles, seeing that by no 
meanshe could save himself, nor have any more access to the holy altar, 

4 Came to king Demetrius in the hundred and one and fiftieth year, pre- 
senting unto him a crown of gold, and a palm, and also of the boughs 
which were a used solemnly in the temple : and so that day he held his peace. 

5 Howbeit, having gotten opportunity to further his foolish enterprise, 
and being called into council by Demetrius, and asked how the Jews stood 
affected, and what they intended, he answered thereunto : 

6 Those of the Jews that be called Assideans, whose captain is Judas 
Maccabeus, nourish war, and are seditious, and will not let the realm be 
in peace. 

7 Therefore I, being deprived of mine ancestors' honour, I mean the high 
priesthood, am now come hither : 

8 First, verily for the unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the 
king ; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own coun- 
trymen: for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised 
dealing of thcrn aforesaid. 

9 Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, be careful 
for the country, and our nation, which is pressed on every side, according 
to the clemency that thou readily shewest unto all. 

10 For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that flic state should be 
quiet. 

11 This was no sooner spoken of him, but others of the king's friends, 
being maliciously set against Judas, did more incense Demetrius. 

12 And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, 
and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth, 

13 Commanding him to slay Judas, and to scatter them that were with 
him, and to make Alcimus high priest of the great temple. 

14 Then the heathen, that had fled out of Judea from Judas, came to 
Nicanor by flocks, thinking the harm and calamities of the Jews to be their 
welfare. 

15 Now when the Jews heard of Nicanor's coming, and that the heathen 
'were up against them, they cast earth upon their heads, and made suppli- 
cation to him that had established his people for ever, and who always 
helpeth his portion with manifestation of his presence. 

16 So at the commandment of. the captain they removed straightways 
from thence, and came near unto them at the town of Dessau. 

17 Now Simon, Judas's brother, had joined battle with Nicanor, but was 
somewhat discomfited through the sudden silence of his enemies. 

18 Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the manliness of thein that wore 
with Judas, and the courageousness that they had to fight for their country, 
durst not try the matter by the sword. 

19 Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotus, and Mattathias, to 
makepeace. 

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20 So when they had taken long advisement thereupon, and the cap- 
tain had made the multitude acquainted therewith, and it appeared that 
they were all of one mind, they consented to the covenants, 

21 And appointed a day to meet in together by themselves : and when 
the day came, and stools were set for either of them, 

22 Judas placed armed men ready in convenient places, lest some 
treachery should be suddenly practised by the enemies : so they made 
a peaceable conference. 

23 Now Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no hurt, but sent away 
the people that came flocking unto him. 

24 And he would not willingly have Judas out of his sight : for he 
loved the man from his heart. 

25 He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he 
married, was quiet, and c took part of this life. 

26 But Alcimus, perceiving the love that was betwixt them, and con- 
sidering the covenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told 
him that Nicanor was not well affected towards the state ; for that he 

had ordained Judas, a traitor to his realm, to be the king's successor. 

27 Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of 
the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much dis- 
pleased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Mac- 
cabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch. 

28 When this came to Nicanor's hearing, he was much confounded in 
himself, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles which 
were agreed upon, the man being in no fault. 

29 But because there was no dealing against the king, he watched his 
time to accomplish this thing by policy. 

30 .Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be 
churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was 
wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered 
together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor. 

31 But the other, knowing that he was notably prevented by Judas's 
policy, came into the great and holy temple, and commanded the priests, 
that were offering their usual sacrifices, to deliver him the man. 

32 And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was 
whom he sought, 

33 He stretched out his right hand towards the temple, and made an oath 
in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as ''a prisoner, I will lay 
this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, 
and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus. 

34 After these words he departed. Then the priests lifted up their hands 
towards heaven, and besought hirn that was ever a defender of their nation, 
saying in this manner; 

35 Thou, O Lord of all things, who hast need of nothing, wast pleased 
that the temple of thy habitation should be among us: 

36 Therefore now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep this house ever un- 
defiled, which lately was cleansed, and stop every unrighteous mouth. 

37 Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis, one of the elders of 
Jerusalem, a lover of his countrymen, and a man of very good report, who 
for his kindness was called a father of the Jews. 

38 For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the 
Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body 
and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews. 

39 So Nicanor, willing to declare the hate that he bare unto the Jews, 
sent above five hundred men of war to take him : 

40 For he thought by taking him to do the Jews much hurt. 

41 Now when the multitude would have taken the tower, and violently 
broken into the outer door, and bade that fire should be brought to burn it, 
he being ready to be taken on every side, fell upon his sword ; 

42 Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the 
wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth : 

43 But missing his stroke through haste, the multitude also rushing within 
the doors, he ran boldly up to the wall, and cast himself down manfully 
amongthe thickest of them. 

44 But they quickly giving back, and a space being made, he fell down 
into the midst of the void place. 

45 Nevertheless, while there was yet breath within him, being inflamed 
with anger, he rose up ; and though "his blood gushed out like spouts of wa- 
ter, and his wounds were grievous, yet he ran through the midst of the 
throng ; and standing upon a steep rock, 

46 When as his blooa was now quite gone, he plucked out his bowels, 
and taking them in both his hands, he cast them upon the throng, and call- 
ino' upon the Lord of life and spirit to restore him those again, he thus died. 

CHAPTER XV. 
"■3UT Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong 



places about Samaria, resolved without any danger to set upon them 
on the sabbath day. . 

2 Nevertheless the Jews that were compelled to go with him said, O 
destroy not so cruelly and barbarously, but give honour to that day, which 
he, that seeth all things, hath honoured with holiness above other dnys. 

3 Then the most ungracious wretch demanded, if there were a Mighty- 
One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept, 

4 And when they snid, There is in heaven a living Lord, and mighty, 
who commanded the seventh day to be kept: 

5 Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command 
to take arms, and to do the king's business. Yet he obtained not to have 
his wicked will done. 

6 So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtiness determined to set up 
a public monument of his victory over Judas and them that were with him. 

7 But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him: 

8 Wherefore he exhorted his people not. to fear the coming of the hea- 

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then against them, but to remember the help which in former times they I 3! . c ^'/ t (send thine angel 'in the time of Ezekias king of Judea, and didst slay 
had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid,|-^ — —{in the host of Sennacherib a hundred fourscore and five thousand : 
whicn should come unto them from the Almighty. 

9 And so comforting them out of the law and the prophets, and withal 
putting them in mind of the battles that they won afore, he made them more 
cheerful. 

10 And when he had stirred up their minds, he gave them the charge, 
shewing them therewithal the falsehood of the heathen, and the breach 
of oaths. 

11 Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields 
and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and besides that, he told 
them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did 
not a little rejoice them. 

12 And this was his vision : Tha„ Onias, who had been high priest, a vir- 
tuous and a good man, reverend in conversation, gentle in conJ^ion, well 
spoken also, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, holding up 
his hands, prayed for the whole body of the Jews. 

13 This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and 
exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty. 

14 Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who 
prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the 
prophet of God. 

15 Whereupon Jeremias holding forth his right hand, gave to Judas a 
sword of gold, and in giving it, spake thus, 

16 Take this holy sword, a gift from God with the which thou shalt 
wound the adversaries. 

17 Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas, which were very 
good, and able to stir them up to valour, and to encourage the hearts of the 
young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but courageously to set 
upon°them and manfully to try the matter by conflict, because the city and 
the sanctuary and the temple were in danger. 

18 For the care that they took for their wives, and their children, their 
brethren and kinsfolks, was in least account with them: but the greatest 
and principal fear was for the holy temple. 

19 Also they that were in the city took not the least care, being troubled 
for the conflict abroad. 

20 And now, when as all looked what should be the trial, and the ene- 
mies were already come near, and the army was set in array, and the beasts 
conveniently placed, and the horsemen set in wings, 

21 Maccabeus, seeing the coming of the multitude, and the divers prepa- 
rations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands 
towards heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing 
that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he 
giveth it to such as are worthy : 

22 Therefore in his prayer lie said after this manner ; O Lord, thou didst 



23 Wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send a good angel before 
us for a fear and dread unto them; 

24 And through the might of thine arm let those be stricken with ter- 
ror, that come against thy holy people to blaspheme. And he ended thus. 

25 Then Nicanor and they that were with him came forward with trum- 
pets and songs. 

26 But Judas and his company encountered the enemies with invocation 
and prayer. 

27 So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their 
hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through 
the appearance of God they were greatly cheered. 

28 Now when the battle was done, returning again with joy, they knew 
that Nicanor lay dead in his harness. 

29 Then they made a great shout and a noise, praising the Almighty in 
their own language. 

30 And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in 
body and mind, and who continued his love towards his countrymen all his 
life, commanded to strike orTNicanor's head, and his hand with his shoul 
der, and bring them to Jerusalem. 

31 So when he was there, and had called them of his nation together, 
and set the priests before the altar, he sent for them that were of the tower, 

32 And shewed them vile Nicanor's head, and the hand of that blas- 
phemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy tern 
pie of the Almighty. 

33 And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor, he 
commanded that they should give it by pieces imto the fowls, and hang up 
the reward of his madness before the temple. 

34 So every man praised towards the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, 
Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 

35 He hanged also Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and mani- 
fest sign unto all of the help of the Lord. 

36 And they ordained all with a common decree, in no case to let that 
day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the 
twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before 
Mardocheus's day. 

37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had 
the city in their power. And here will I make an end. 

38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I 
desired : but if slenderly end meanly, it is that which I could attain unto. 

39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone ; and as wine min- 
gled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste : even so speech 
finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the storv And here 
shall be an end. 

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OF OUR 



LORD AND SAVIOUR 

JESUS CHRIST: 

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK; 



AND WITH THE FORMER 



TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. 



WITH 



CANNES MARGINAL REFERENCES 



ALSO 

REFERENCES AND A KEY SHEET OF QUESTIONS, 

GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL, PRACTICAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL 

DESIGNED TO 

FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE IN BIBLE CLASSES, 
SUNDAY SCHOOLS, COMMON SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE FAMILIES. 



BY HERVEY WILBUR, A. M. 

THE TEXT CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD 

OF THE . 

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 



STEREOTYPED BY JAMES CONNER, NEW-YORK. 

NEW-YORK: 

PUBLISHED BY WHITE, GALLAHER AND WHITE. 
No. 108 PEARL STREET- 
1831. 



REMARKS. 



The present Key Sheet will be found considerably enlarged, when compared with 
the one first used in the Testament I. yet that would elicit a fulness of meaning in 
the oracles of God, not to be conceived, without witnessing the practical effects of 
using it. Perhaps the characters are yet too limited. It is desirable, however, not 
to have them greatly multiplied. Some texts contain both doctrines and duties ; 
and might be marked for either, e. gm. Mark vi. 12. repentance is a doctrine : it 
is the minister's duty to preach it, and the duty of all to exercise it. Sometimes the 
same passage inculcates more than one doctrine, or enjoins more than one duty. 
In that case, questions should be repeated. Some passages are designedly left 
without marking them ; and the pupil should never pass over one jot or tittle of 
inspiration, without endeavours to know the mind of the Spirit there revealed. 
Usually one letter is intended to apply till another letter occurs. When », or c, 
or u, follows/, while they suggest additional questions, they should not supersede 
such other questions as might be appropriately asked with only/ at the beginning 
of the paragraph. Whenever the name of a country, city, river, or other subject 
of geographical, statistical, or chronological remarks, occurs, the pupil ought to 
be prepared to answer any important question which might be proposed. When i 
is used before a parable, it is expected that the leading truths intended to be taught 
by that passage, should be distinctly and particularly stated. It will be useful often 
to inquire what parallel texts can be named. It should not be understood by pupils 
that all the questions apply where a letter occurs, but several of them will. Nor 
should the instructor fail to ask other important questions which may occur. It 
is confidently believed that, if pious parents would question their families in some 
such manner respecting the chapters which should be read for prayer Sabbath 
evenings, and then have a free conversation respecting the truths they had read, 
and their application to family and personal circumstances, important benefits 
would be realized. 

It is recommended that instructors and pupils avail themselves of important 
advantages, which they may derive from connecting with the Key Sheet, a careful 
examination of the annexed general outlines of the plan for instructing Bible 
classes, recommended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, a 



few years since, originally drawn by Dr. Romeyn, and politely communicated to 
me, in his own hand-writing. 



OUTLINES FOR BIBLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION. 
" I. The historical part of the portion of scripture, which constitutes the lesson 
— including the two great divisions, the church and the world. 

II. The biographical part, including the two great classes, believers and 
unbelievers ; with the effects which their good and bad example have had upon 
the church and the world. 

III. The doctrinal part, including the nature and perfections of God the 

character, person, offices, and work of Christ — the actual' state of man by the 
fall, &c. &c. — marking distinctly the gradual increase of knowledge on thess 
points from age to age, through the patriarchal and levitical dispensations, till the 
Christian dispensation furnished mankind with the clear, full developement of 
God's gracious purposes towards our fallen state. 

IV. The preceptive part, including the whole range of our duties, according to 
the moral law. 

V. The positive ordinances, including the sacraments, types, sacrifices, the 
priesthood, the temple service ; distinguishing between these positive institutions, 
and moral duties — the first dependant on the will of God, and therefore mutable — 
the last on hi3 nature, and therefore immutable : marking the changes of the first 
from time to time, with the reasons for the change, and unfolding the influence 
which they obviously were intended to have upon the spiritual exercises of our 
hearts, and our obedience to the moral law. 

VI. The practical lessons which the historical and biographical parts furnish 
for the regulation of human conduct, in all the relations of life." 

N. B. In these outlines it will be understood that general questions should b<* 
asked the pupils ; and full instruction given by the Pastors under each division. 



KEY. 



A 



i What ANALOGIES between sensible and spiritual things may 



here be traced? 



( What prophecy is here ACCOMPLISHED ? Where is it found? 



d 



How many years had it been written? 

fWhat BLESSING is here sought ; or acknowledged ; or pro- 
mised ? How great ? How durable ? For whom sought ? By 
whom acknowledged ? To whom promised ? On whose ac- 
count was this blessing promised, or received ? 
What trait of moral CHARACTER is here given ? Is it morally 

^ good or evil ? Does it belong to a natural, or to a renewed 

( state ? What advantages or disadvantages attended it ? 

i What DUTY is here enjoined ? On whom ? Is it taught by pre- 



1 






cept, by example, or by inference ? How enforced ? 
What DIFFICULTY attends the exposition of this passage ? 

How can it be reconciled with some other passages ? 
What EVANGELICAL EXPERIENCE, or what EXHOR- 
TATION, is here given ? 
What particular strain of ELOQUENCE can you point out in 

this paragraph ? 
What FACTS are here related ? Is any doctrine or duty con- 
J nected with them ? 
J S What can you discover here that is commendable or censurable 
|_ in deed, word, or motive ? What advantages or evils attended? 

{What GEOGRAPHICAL information is known of this country, 
province, city, or river. &c. ? 
( What HEAVENLY DISPOSITION is here manifested ? 
\ What corresponding affections does it demand ? 
What INSTITUTION or ordinance was here appointed of God? 
or was here recognised as previously appointed of him ? What 
Avas its nature and design ? and how was it to be observed ? 
Who wtre under obligations to observe it ? Is it still obligatory 
on any ? Is there any connexion or correspondence between 
this and any other institution or ordinance ? 



h 



\ 



i What INSTRUCTIONS are imparted in this parable ? or m 

\ . this metaphor ? What is their practical tendency ? 

i What KNOWLEDGE, or want of knowledge of human nature 

( is here particularly manifested ? 

i What statute, rite, service, or appendage of the LEVITICAL 

\ DISPENSATION is here mentioned ? Why appointed ? 

i What LOFTY FLIGHTS of devotional fervour ? What long- 

\ ings after intimate communion with God are here manifested ? 

(What MIRACLE is here recorded? By whom, and for what 
purpose wrought ? In whose name, and by whose authority ? 
What effect had it on the witnesses ? 

What is worthy of particular notice in this NAME ? 
( What ORIENTAL or ancient custom may here be learned ? or 
\ what do you know of one which will elucidate this passage ? 
( What PROHIBITION is here directly or indirectly made? Why 
( is this deed, or word, or thought forbidden ? 
( What prophecy is here RECORDED ? At what period of time? 
\ Has it been fulfilled ? How ? When ? 

( What affecting SCENE is here exhibited ? What feelings should 
\ it produce ? 

( What SUBLIMITY of thought or of language is here ? What 
( inference follows ? 

} What doctrinal TRUTH is here inculcated ? Is it directly or in 
< directly taught ? How illustrated ? How applied ? What prac- 
( tical influence should it have ? 

i What TYPE of Christ, or typical transaction can be distinctly 
\ traced here ? 

\ What UNJUSTIFIABLE action in a virtuous character ? Or 
\ what unusual excellence in one not pious, is here recorded ? 

What VISION is here described ? To whom and why given ? 
c What WO is here denounced or executed ? or warning given ? 
\ What is its import? Against whom denounced, or to whom 
( given ? 



* Denotes the propriety of profound attention. 



T THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. 



CHAPTER I. 
The genealogy of Christ from Abraham to Joseph, 1 : He was conceived 
by the Holy Ghost.., and born of the Virgin Mary, when she was espoused 
to Joseph, 18. The angel satisfieth the misdeeming thoughts of Joseph', 
and interpreteth the. names of Christ, 19. 

THE a book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son 
of David, the son of Abraham. 

2 b Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and 
Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 

3 c And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar ; and 
Phares begat Esrom ; and Esrom begat Aram ; 

4 d And Aram begat Ammadab ; and Aminadab begat 
Naasson ; and Naasson begat Salmon ; 

5 e And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab ; and Booz begat 
Obed of Ruth ; and Obed begat Jesse ; 

6 f And Jesse begat David the ki.g ; and David the king 
begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias ; 

7 s And Solomon begat Roboam ; and Roboam begat 
Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 

8 hAnd Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; 
and Joram begat Ozias ; 

9 ' l And Ozias begat Joatham ; and Joatham begat Achaz ; 
and Achaz begat Ezekias ; 

10 k And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat 
Amon ; and Amon begat Josias ; 

g \\ ■ And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about 
the time they were carried away to a Babylon : 

/ 12 m And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias 
begat Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel ; 

13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat Elia- 
kim ; and Eliakim begat Azor ; 

14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim ; and 
Achim begat Eliud ; 

15 And Eliud begat Eleazar ; and Eleazar begat Matthan ; 
and Matthan begat Jacob ; 

16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom 
was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 

/17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are 
fourteen generations ; and from David until the carrying 
away into Babylon are fourteen generations ; and from the 
carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen 
generations. 

1 18 If n Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise : 
When a3 his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before 
they came together, she was found with child of the Holy 
Ghost. 

c 19 ° Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and 
not willing to make her a public example, was minded to 
put her away privily. 

■» 20 p But while he thought on these things, behold, the 
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 
* Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary 
thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. 

t 21 q And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call 
his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their 
sins. 

a 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 
n* 23 r Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring 
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which 
being interpreted is, God with us. 

/24 Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the 
angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him Iris 
wife : 

25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her first- 
born son : and be called his name JESUS. 



Gen. 12. 3.1 
& 22. 18. 
comp. with 
Gal. 3. 16. 
" . 132. 11. 
Isa. 11. 1. 

Vets 13. 23. 
Jer. 23. 5. 
ch. 22. 42. 
Luke 3. 23. 
^Gen.21. 3. 
& 25. 25. & 
29.35. 
<= Gen. 38. 27. 
Num. 26. 1. 
Ruth 4. 18. 
1 Chr. 2. 4, 
5,9. 

■I Num.7. 12. 
Rut4. 4. 19, 
20. 

1 Chr. 2. 

10, 11. 

e Ruth 4. 

13. 21, 22. 
lChr.2. 
10,11, 12. 
'Ruth 4. 22. 

1 Sum. IK. 
! . & 17. 12. 

2 Sam. 12. 
24. 

1 Chr. 2. 15. 
£ 1 Kings 

11. 43. & 

14. 31. & 
15.8. 

1 Chr. 3. 10 

2 Chr. 14. 1. 
h 1 Kings 

15. 24. 

2 Kings 8. 
16,24. 

1 Chr. 3. 

10, 11. 

2 Chr. 17. 
1.&21.1. 
i 2 Kings 
15. 7, 38. & 
16.20. 

1 Chr. 3. 

11, 12, 13. 

2 Chr. 26. 
23. & 27. 9. 
& 28. 27. 

k 2 Kings 

20. 21. & 

21. 18, 24. 
lChr.3. 
13,14. 

2 Chr. 32. 
33 & 33. 
20,25. 
12Kings 
23. 30, 34. 
& 24. 16. 

1 Chr. 3. 
15,16. 

2 Chr. 36. 
1, 4, 8. 

a Here thry 

werecarried 

four times 

captives, 

2Chr.33.11. 

&■ 36. 9, 11. 

Dan. 1. 1, 

2,3. 

«• 1 Chr. 3. 

17, 19. 

Hag. 1.1. 

Ezra 3. 2. 

&5. 2. 

Neh.'12. 1. 

n Luke 1. 

27,35. 

° Deut. 24. 

1,22. 

I' Luke 1. 

35. 

* The Fifth 

Year be- 

foro the 

common 

Account 

called Arum 

Domini. 

q Luke I. 

31. & 2.21. 

Acta 4. 12. 

& 5.31 .t 

13. 23, 32, 

38. 

r I»a. 7. 14. 



♦TlicFourth 
Seai 

beforo the 
common 
Account 
called Anno 

Domini. 
■ Luke 2. 
4, 6, 7. 
''Num. 24. 

Is'ii. 60. 3. 
- MicnhS 2. 
John 7. 42. 

'I P». 72. 
10, 15. 

iKn.no. r,. 

<■■ Num. 24. 8. 

Hn«. II. 1. 

'I I 1 11,1 
f Jer. 31. 15. 
►The Third 
Year before 
the common 
Account 
called Anno 
Domini. 
CEx.4.19. 



t HAr'TER II. 

The wise men out of the east are directed to Christ by a star, 1. They wor- 
ship him, and offer their presents, 1 1 . Joseph Jleeth into Egypt with 
Jesus and his mother, 14. Herod slayeth the children, 16. Himself 
dieth, 20. Christ is brought back again into Galilee to Nazareth, 23. 

OW * a when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea 
in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came 
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 

/ 2 b Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews 1 
for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to wor- 
ship him. 

« 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was 
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 

4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and 
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them 
where Christ should be born. 

g 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea : for 
thus it is written by the prophet, 

« 6 c And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda, art net the 
least among the princes of Juda : for out of thee shall come 
a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 

fl Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, 
inquired of them liligently what time the star appeared. 

g 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and 
search diligently for the young child ; and when ye have 
found him, bring me word again, that I may come and 
worship him also. 

m 9 When they had heard the king, they departed ; and 
lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, 
till it came and stood over where the young child was. 

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceed- 
ing great joy. 

/ll If d And when they were come into the house, they 
saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, 
and worshipped him : and when they had opened their 
treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frank- 
incense, and myrrh. 

» 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should 
not return to Herod, they departed into their own country 
another way. 

v 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of 
the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and 
take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, 
and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will 
seek the young child to destroy him. 

g 1 4 V| hen he arose, he took the young child and his 
mother "by night, and departed into Egypt : 

ffl 15 e And was there until the "death of Herod: that it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the 
prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. 

s 16 ^f Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of 
the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and 
slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the 
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to 
the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 

« 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy 
the prophet, saying, 

g 18 f In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and 
weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her 
children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. 

» 19 If * But, when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of 
the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 

20 g Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mo- 
ther, and go into the land of Israel : "for they are dead which 
sought the young child's life. 

7 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his 
mother, and came into the land of Israel. 

3 



(fore the 
[common 



Christ fasteth and is tempted. ST. MATTHEW. 

g 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judeaj/ e '; e r j™ rd 
in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : " 
notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he 
turned aside into the parts of Galilee : . 

a 23 b And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth : 
that it might bp ' lied which was spoken by the prophets, 
He shall be ca> . . a Nazarene. 



CHAPTER ill. 

John preacheth : His office, life, and baptism, 1 . He reprehendeth the 
Pharisees, 7, and baptizeth Christ in Jordan, 13. 

/TN a those days* came John the Baptist preaching in the 

JL wilderness of Judea., 

d 2 b And saying, Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven 
is at hand. 

« 3 c For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet 
Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness. 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 

/ 4 d And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, 
and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was 
locusts and wild honey. 

g 5 e Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and 
all the region round about Jordan, 

6 f And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing 
their sins. 

1 7 If s But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O gene 
ration of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the 
wrath to come ? 

a 8 h Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : 

* 9 * And think not to say within yourselves, We have 
Abraham to our father : for I say unto you, that God is able 
Of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 

t 10 k And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the 
trees : therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good 
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 

Ul 'I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : 
but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes 
I am not worthy to bear : he shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost, and with fire : 

t 12 m Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly 
purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner ; but 
he will burn up the chaff" with unquenchable fire. 

£ 13 If n Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. 

/ 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be bap- 
tized of thee, and comest thou to me 1 

<U5 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so 
now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 
Then he suffered him. 

«* 16 ° And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straight- 
way out of the water : and lo, the heavens were opened 
unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a 
dove, and lighting upon him : 

»» 17 p And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my 
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Christ fasteth, and is tempted, 1. The angels minister unto him, 11. H 
dwelleth in Capernaum, ] 3, beginneth to preach, 17, calleth Peter and 
Andrew, 18, James and John, 21, and healeth all the diseased, 23. 

THEN a was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilder- 
ness to be tempted of the devil. 
m 2 b And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, 
ne was afterward a hungered. 

/ 3 c And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be 
the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 
d 4 d But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not 
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God. 

/5 e Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and 
setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 



I called Anno 
Domini. 
b Judges 
13.5. 
Isa. 11. 1. 

*A. D.26. 
a Mark 1. 4. 
Luke 3. 2, 3. 
John 1. 28. 
b Mai. 4. 5, 6. 
Mark 1. 4. 
Luke 1 . 16, 
17 & 3. 3. 
c Isa. 40. 3. 
Mark 1. 3. 
Luke 1. 76. 
& 3. 4, 5,6. 
John 1. 15, 
23. 

d 2 Kings 
1.8. 

Zech. 13. 4. 
Mark 1. 6. 
e Mark 1. 5. 
Luke3.3,7. 
fMarkl.5. 
% ch. 12. 34. 
& 23. 33. 
Luke 3. 7. 
Rom. 5.9. 
IThess.l.lO. 
b Luke 3. 8. 

ch.8. 11. 
John 8. 33, 
39. 

Acts 13. 26. 
k Deut. 20. 
20. 

ch. 7. 19. 
Luke 3. 9. 
&23.31. 
John 15.2,6. 
1 Pet. 4. 17, 
18. 

' Isa. 4. 4. 
Mai. 3. 2, 3. 
Mark 1.7,8 
Luke 3. 16. 
John 1. 15, 
26, 33. &.I. 
38, 39. 
Acts 1. 5. & 
2. 4. & 10. 
45.&11. 15, 
16. & 13. 25. 
&19.4.& 
24. 17. 

1 Cor.12. 13. 
m Job 21. 18. 
Mic. 4. 12. 
Mai. 3. 3. 
&4. 1. 
ch. 13. 30. 
Luke 3. 17. 
n Mark 1.9. 
Luke 3. 21. 
oMarkl.10. 
Luke 3. 21, 
22. 

John 1. 32, 
33. 

pPsa.2.7. 
Isa. 1.4, 21. 
ch. 12. 18. 
&17.5. 
Mark 1.11. 
Luke 3. 22. 
&9.35. 
Col. 1.13. 

2 Pet. 1.17. 
1 Kings 18. 

12. 

Ezek. 3. 14. 

&8.3.&11. 

1, 24. & 40. 

2. & 43. 5. 
Mark 1. 12, 
13. 

Luke 4. 1,2. 
Acta 8. 39. 
b Ex. 34. 28. 
Deut. 9. 9, 
18. 

lKingsl9.8. 
Mark 1. 13. 
Luko 4. 2. 

Luke 4. 3. 
dDeut. 8. 3. 
Luke4. 4. 
e Neh. 11. 1. 
Tsa. 48.2. & 
52.1. 

Dan. 9. 16. 
ch. 5. 35. & 
27. 53. 
Luke 4. 9. 
Rev. 11. 2. 
&21.2. 



A.D.27. 



fPs. 91. II, 
12. 

Luko 4. 9, 
10,11. 
g Deut. 6.16. 
Luke 4. 12. 
b Luke 4, 5. 
■ Luke 4.6,7. 
1 Deut. 6. 13. 
& 10. 20. 
Luke 4. 8. 
lMarkl.13. 
Luke 4. 13. 

tA.D.30. 
mMarkl.14 
Luke 3. 19, 
20. & 4. 14. 
John 4. 43. 
n Mark 6. 1, 
4, &c. 
Luke 4. 16, 
30, 31. 

Isa. 9. 1, 2. 



He beginneth his sermon in the mount. 

6 f And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast 
thyself down : for it is written, He shall give his angels 
charge concerning thee .- and in their hands they shall bear 
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot, against a stone. 
d 7 s Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt 
not tempt the Lord thy God. 

/ 8 b Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high 
mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, 
and the glory of them, 

9 ! And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if 
thou wilt fall down and worship me. 
d 10 k Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan : 
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and 
him only shalt thou serve. 

™ 1 1 1 Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came 
and ministered unto him. 

/12 1 m Now,t when Jesus had heard that John was cast 
into prison, he departed into Galilee ; 
g 13 n And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Caper- 
naum, which is upon the sea-coast, in the borders of Zabu- 
lon and Nephthalim; 

« 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias. 
the prophet, saying, 

g 15 ° The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by 
the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: 

1 6 p The people which sat in darkness, saw great light ; 
and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, 
light is sprung up. 

d 17 % q From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,*" 
Repent ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
/ 18 % r And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two 
brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, 
casting a net into the sea ; for they were fishers. 
d 19 s And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make 
you fishers of men. 
/ 20 ' And they straightway left their nets, and followed him, 

21 "And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, 
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship 
with Zebedee their father, mending their nets : .and he 
called them. 

d 22 x And they immediately left the ship, and their father, 
and followed him. 

■m 23 *|[ y And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,"and 
healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease 
among the people. 

h 24 2 And his fame went throughout all Syria : and they 
brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers 
diseases and torments, and those winch were possessed 
with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that 
had the palsy ; and he healed them. 
/ 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from 
Galilee, and from Decapolis, and/row Jerusalem, and from 
Judea, and from beyond Jordan. 

CHAPTER V. 

Christ beginneth his sermon in the mount, 1 : declareth who are blessed, 3, 
who are the salt of the earth, 13, the light of the world, the city on an 
hill, 14: the candle, 15 : that he came to fulfil the law, 17. What it is 
to kill, 21, to commit adultery, 27, to swear, 33: exhorteth to suffer 
wrong, 38, to love even our enemies, 4A, and to labour after perfectness, 48. 

/A ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: 
J\ and when he was set, his disciples came unto him. 

2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 
i> 3 a Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the king- 
dom of heaven. 

h 4 b Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be com.- 
forted. 



Pisa. 42.7. |r Mark 1.16. 
qch. 3. 2. & Luke 5.2. 
10.7. I John 1.42. 

M^rkl. 14,|sMnrkl. 17. 
157 Luke 5. 10. 

Luke 9. 2. |U Kings 19. 



19,20. |y Dan. 2. 44. Isa. 61. 1. 

Mark 1.18. ch. 9. 35. ch.11.5,25. 
Luke 5.11 iMavkl. 23. I&13. 16. 
u Mark 1.19. Luke 4. 31. Luke 6. 20, 
x Mark 1. 20. U Luke 4. 15. 24. & 14. 21, 
Luke 5. 11. hPs.51. 17. 133. 



John 7. 48. I25.&16.25. 2Thes. 1.7. 
lCor.1.26. John 16. 20. James 1. 12 
bProv.14.13.2Cor. 1. 7. Rev. 7. 14, 
Eccl.2.2. &6.10. 17.&21.4. 
Is. 35. 10. 1 Thee. 4.17, 
Luke«21, 18. 



What it is to commit adultery. 



ST. MATTHEW. 



Of alms and also of prayer. 



righteousness : for they shall be filled. 

b 7 e Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 

j 8 f Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 

6 9 s Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall be call- 
ed the children of God. 

* 10 h Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteous- 
ness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

6 11' Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and per 
secute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you 
falsely, for my sake. 

d 12 * Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for great is your 
reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets 
which were before you. 

1 13 H ' Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have 
lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted 1 it is thence- 
forth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden 
under foot of men. 

1 14 m Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on 
a hill cannot be hid. 

d\5 "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a 
bushel, but on a candlestick : and it giveth light unto all 
that are in the house. 
d 16 "Let your lignt so shine before men, that they may 
see your good works, and glorify your Father which is 
in heaven. 

1 17 Tf p Think not that I am come to ° destroy the law, or 
the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

* 18 q For verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth 
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the 
law, till all be fulfilled. 

< 19 'Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least 
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called 
the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall 
do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

* 20 9 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness 
shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Phari- 
sees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
v 21 If *Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill, shall be in 
danger of the judgment : 

22 u But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with 
his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judg 
merit : and whosoever shall say to his brother, * Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou 
fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. 
d 23 * Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and 
there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, 

24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy 
way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and 
offer thy gift. 

d 25 y Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art 
in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary de- 
liver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the 
officer, and thou be cast into prison. 
1 26 l Verily, I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means 
come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 
p 27 «[[ a Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : 

28 b But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a 
woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her 
in his heart. 

d 29 c And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and 
cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of 
thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body 
should be cast into hell. 
d 30 c And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast 

134 



A. D.31. 



<MDeut.24.1. 
Jer.3.1. 
eh. 19.7. 
Ma. 10.4, 11. 
Luke 16. 18. 
Rom. 7. 3. 
1 Cor. 7. 10, 
11. 

■= Ex. 20. 7. 
Lev. 19. 12. 
Num. 30.2. 
Deut. 5. 11. 
&23.2I.C3. 
■'Isn. 01). I. 
James 5. 12. 
kI'h. 4H.2.& 
87.2. 
[sa.66. 1. 
>'2Cui.l.l7, 
18. 

James 5. 12. 
i Ex. 21. 24. 
Lev. 24 20. 
Deut. 19.21. 
k Prov. 20. 
22. &. 24. 29. 
I»a. 50.fi. 
Lnm.3. 30. 
Hob. 114. 
Luke fi. 29. 
Rom. 11. 17, 
19. 

1 Cor. 6. 7. 
1 Then. 5.15. 
1 Pet. 3.9. 



it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy 
members should perish, and not that thy whole body should 
be cast into hell. 

31 d It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement : 
p 32 d But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away 
his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to 
commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is 
divorced, committeth adultery. 

33 f e Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by 
them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt 
perform unto the Lord thine oaths : 
p 34 f But I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither by 
heaven ; for it is God's throne : 

35 e Nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by 
Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King : 

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou 
canst not make one hair white or black : 

d 37 h But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: 
for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 

38 i Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an 
eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 

d 39 k But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but who- 
soever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the 
other also. 

40 ' And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take 
away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go 
with him twain. 

d 42 m Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that 
would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. 

43 % " Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy : 
d 44 ° But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them 
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you ; \ 
h 45 p That ye may be the children of your Father which 
is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and 
on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

46 q For if ye love them which love you, what reward 
have ye 1 do not even the publicans the same 1 

47 r And if ye salute your brethren only, what do you 
more than others ? do not even the publicans so 1 

d 48 9 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which 
is in heaven is perfect. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Christ continueth his sermon in the mount, speaking of alms, improver, S, 
forgiving our brethren, 14, fasting, 16, where our treasure is to be laid 
up, 19, of serving God and mammon, 24 : exhorteth not to becarefulfor 
worldly things, 25 ; but to seek God's kingdom, 33. 

TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be 
seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward of your 
Father which is in heaven. 

d 2 a Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound 
a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the syna- 
gogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of 
men. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward. 

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know 
what thy right hand doeth ; 

* 4 b That thine alms may be in secret : and thy Father 
which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. 
P 5 *H c And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the syna- 
gogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be 
seen of men. Verily, I say unto you, They have then re- 
ward. 



lLuke6.29.16.&23.4,5. 
">Peut. 15. Deut. 82. 1. 
8,10. &34.11. 12. 

Luke 6. 30,lLev. IB. 28, 
31,34,35. 29. & 19. 17, 
Rom. 12.20. 1H.& 20. 10. 
oEx. ]7.14,l&24.14. 



Num. 35.30, 

31. 

Deut. 7. 1,2. 

&. 13. fi. & 

22.22. &23. 

3.6.&25.17 

Ps 139.21,22 



&23. 24. Luke 6. 35. cli. 10. 12. 
Acta 7.60. iLukofi. 32. Luke 10. 5. 
Rom. 12. 14>Ex. 23. 4,5.1b Lev. 11.44, 
20.21. Lov. 19. 17.I& 19. 2. & 

1 Cor. 4. 13. 18. 20.7,26. 

1 Pet. 3. 9. iDeuL 15. 7,!mke 6.36. 



]Cor.l4.20.,aKom.l2.?. 
Eph. 5. 1. b Luke 14. 
Col. 1. 28. & 14. 
4.12. JcMarkIl.35 

James 1.4. lLuko 18.11 
1 Pet. 1. 15,1 
16. 4 



Exhortation to avoid worldly care. ST. MATTHEW. Christ reproveth rash judgment. 

dQ d But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, ^-^ your heavenly Father kno./eth that ye have need of all 
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which e&a2/| these ^things 1 
is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall ii^.&m 



10. & 148, 
throughout. 



reward thee openly. 

i»7 e But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as thej{^' k ' e ii' 2 2. 
heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their 1 * 1 
much speaking. 

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father 
knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. 
<*9 f After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 

10 s Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it 
is in heaven. 

1 1 h Give us this day our daily bread. 

12 ! And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

13 k And lead us not into temptation., but deliver us from 
evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever. Amen. 

(> 14 ' For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly 
Father will also forgive you : 

15 m But, if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither 
will your Father forgive your trespasses. 

16 ^[ n Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, 
of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that 
they may appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, 
They have their reward. 

d 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and 
wash thy face ; 

18 That thou appear not unto men, to fast, but unto thy 
Father, which is in secret : and thy Father, which seeth in 
secret, shall reward thee openly. 

d 19 % °Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break 
through and steal : 

20 p But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do 
not break through nor steal. 

. 21 q For where your treasure is, there will your heart be 
also. 

b 22 r The light of the body is the eye : if therefore thine 
eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full 
of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be dark- 
ness, how great is that darkness ! 

* 24 % s No man can serve two masters : for either he will 
hate the one, and love the other; or else he will 'hold to the 
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

f 25 l Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your 
life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for 
your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than 
meat, and the body than raiment ? 

26 "Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither 
do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly 
Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they"? 
- 27 x Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit 
unto his stature ? 

28 y And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the 
lilies of the field how they grow ; they toil not, neither do 
they spin ; 

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his 
glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

30 z Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field 
which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall 
he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith 1 
v 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we 
eat ? or what shall we drink 1 or wherewithal shall we be 
clothed 1 

-32 a (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for 



Isa. 2. 2,3. 
ci> 16. 28. & 
26. 42. 
Luke 11.2. 
ActB21.14. 
hProv.30.8. 
Luke 11.3. 
John 6. 33, 
34. 

1 Tim. 6. 8. 
i ch. 18. 21, 
22. 

Luke 11.4. 
k Ps. 47. 2, 
7. &. 96.7, 8. 
& 135. 6. 
ch. 13. 19. & 
26.41. 
Luke 11. 4. 
& 22. 40, 46. 
John 17. 15. 

1 Cor. 10.13. 

2 Cor. 12.7, 
9. 

1 Pet. 5.8. 

2 Pet. 2. 9. 
Rev. 3. 10. 
I ch. 18. 23, 
&c. 

Mark 11.25. 
m ch. 18. 35. 
Mark 11. 26. 
nlsa. 58. 5. 
Joel 2.12,13. 

ich. 9. '4. 
I Luke 18. 12, 

14. 

och. 19.21. 

Luke 12.34, 

1 Tim. 6. 9, 

17. 

Heb. 13.9. 

James 5. 2. 

pch. 19.21. 

Luke 12. 33. 

& 18. 22. 

1 Tim. 6. 18, 

19. 

q Luke 12. 

34. 

r Luke 11. 

34, 36. 

sLukel3.16. 

t Ps. 55. 23. 

Luke 12.22, 

23. 

Phil. 4. 6. 

1 Tim. 6.8. 

1 Pet. 5. 7. 

u Job. 38.41. 

& 39.-29. 

Ps. 104. 27, 

28. & 147. 9. 

Luke 7. 12, 

24. 

xLuke 12. 

25,26. 

y Luke 12. 

27. 

zLukel2.28. 

r Luko 12. 

30. 



A. D. 31. 



b 1 Kings 3. 
11, &c. 
Ps. 34.9, 10. 
& 37. 8, 19, 
°5 29 

Mark 10. 30. 
Luke 12. 31. 
1 Tim. 4. 8. 
c Ex. 16. 19, 
20. 

verse 11. 
aaPs. 41.2. 
Prov. 10. 12. 
Isaiah 65. 5. 
Mark 4. 24. 
Luke 6. 37, 
38. & 16. 15. 
& 18. 9, 11. 
Rom.2. 1.& 
14.3,4,10,13 
1 Cor. 4. 3, 
4, 5. & 13. 7. 
Gal. 6. 1. 
James 2. 13 
& 3. 1, 2. & 
4.11,12. 
bLuke6.41. 
r Luke 6.42. 
ci Exod. 22. 
31. 

Prov. 9. 7. 
ch. 10. 11, 
14. & 11. 95 
& 15. 26. 
Acts 13.45, 
46. 

Phil. 3. 2. 
cGen.32.26. 
27, 28. 
Ps. 116.5. & 
123. 2. 
ch.2l.22. 
Mark 11.24 
Luke 11. 9 
&18. l.&c. 
John 14. 13, 
& 15. 7. & 
16. 23, 24, 
2Cor.13.8A 
Heb. 4. 1- 
James 1.5.6. 
1 John 3.22. 
ffLuke 11. 
11. 



d 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righte- 
ousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

34 c Take therefore no thought for the morrow : for the 
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Suffi- 
cient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Christ endeth his sermon in the mount, reproveth rash judgment, l,forbid- 
deth to cast holy things to dogs, 6, exhorteth to prayer, 7, to enter in at 
the strait gate, 13, tobeware of false prophets, 15, not to be hearers 
only, but doers of the word, 21 , like houses buildpd on arock, 24, and not 
on the sand, 26. 

f UDGE a not, that ye be not judged. 
I 2 a For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be 
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be meas- 
ured to you again. 

3 b And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy bro- 
ther's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine 
own eye ? 

4 c Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the 
mote out of thine eye ; and behold a beam is in thine own 
eye? 

d 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own 
eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote 
out of thy brother's eye. 

d 6 % d Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them 
under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 

d 7 ^[ e Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall 
find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : 

t 8 For every one that asketh, receiveth ; and he that seek- 
eth, findeth ; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 

9 f Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask 
bread, will he give him a stone ? 

10 f Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent 1 
•^11 g If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts 
unto your children, how much more shall your Father which 
is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ? 

d * 12 h Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law 
and the prophets. 

d * 13 ^[ * Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for wide is the gate, 
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many 
there be which go in thereat : 

U4 Because, strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, 
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

d 15 «J[ k Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 

16 l Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather 
grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 

1 17 >« Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; 
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 

18 n A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can 
a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

U9 " Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. 

20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them. 

t 21 5[ p Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the 
will of my Father Avhich is in heaven. 

22 i Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we 
not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out 
devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 

23 r And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 



sLu.11.13. 
Heb. 12. 10. 
h cb. 22. 39, 
40. 

Luko 6. 31. 
with Titus 
3. 2, 3. 
Ko. 33.8, 10. 



Gnl. 5. 14. Mark 13. 22. Luko 6. 43, 
ITim. 1.5. Acts 20. 29,44. 
iLukel3.24.30. 2Tim. 3.1. 

k Mic. 3. 5. iRom. 16. 18. 2 Peter 2. 
Zech. 13. 4.12 Tim. 3. 5. throughout 
verse 22. 2Pet.2.1,2. Jude 1, 20. 
ch. 24. 4, 5, 1 John 4.1. m cb. 12.33. 
11,24. 'lver. 20,23. 



n ch. 6. 22, 

23, &. 12.24, 

35. 

o Dcut. 20, 

20. 

ch.3. 1U. 

Luke 3. 9. 



John 15.2,6. 
p Hos. 8. 2. 
chap. 5. 19. 
Luke 6. 46. 
Kom.2. 13. 
James 1. 22. 
qch. 12.27. 



Luke 13. 25, 
36. 

2Thes.2.9. 
rPs. 1.6. & 
5. 5. & 6. 8. 
Prov. 15. 29. 
Hab. 1. 13. 



ch. 25.12,41. 
Luke 6. 46. 
& 13. 26, 27. 
1 Cor. 8. 3. 
& 13. 2. 
Galat. 4. 9. 
2Tim.2.19, 



. ss Luke 6 

and doeth them, I will hken him unto a wise man, which l«.«- 13 ^ 
built his house upon a rock : SaA^a*. 

25 'And tne rain descended, and the floods came, and the f^ff-gg. 
winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not . for ^\ 1R & 
it was founded upon a rock. i Li 1 ^ 5 1 il?' 

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine,!^? larkL4: > 
and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, ^^,^% 
which built Ins house upon the sand : 

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and 
great was the fall of it. 

/ 28 ' And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these 
sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine. 

29 ' For he taught them as one 1 aving authority, and not 
as the scribes. ■ 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Christ cleanseth the leper, 2, healeth the centurion's servant, 5, Peter's kg 1 29 
mother-in-law, 14, and many other diseased, 16 : sheweth how he is to he ' 
followed, 1 9 : stilleth the tempest on the sea, 23, driveth the devils out of 
two men possessed,' 28, and suffereth them to go into the swine, 32. 

WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. 
2 a And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, 
saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 
m 3 b And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, say- 
ing, I will ; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy 
was cleansed. 

d 4 c And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but 
go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift 
that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 
/5 If d And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there 
came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 

6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the 
palsy, grievously tormented. 

7 Arid Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 
c 8 e The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not 

worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak 
the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 

9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under 
me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to ano- 
ther, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, 
and he doeth it. 

f 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them 
that followed. Verily I say unto you, I have not found so 
great faith, no, not in Israel. 

t 11 f And I say unto you, That many shall come from 
the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and 
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven : 

12 e But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out 
into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 

"»13 h And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; 
and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And 
his servant was healed in the self-same hour. 

/ 14 % ' l And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he 
saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of -a fever 

«» 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her : and St89.a' ' 

Lake ; J . 85. 
uMark 5. I 
LO-.8.26.27. 
t Luke 8. 
31. willi 
Rev. 20. I. 
2 Pet. 2. 4. 
Juilp 6. 
a ch. 4. 13, 



3. & 14. 3, 

4. 10. 

Mark 1. 43, 
44. 

Luke 5. 14. 
d Luke 7. 1. 
e Luke 15. 
19, 21. 
fGen.28.14. 
Isa. 2. % 3. 
& 11.10. & 
42. 6. & 49. 
6. with 
Acts 13. 46, 
47. & 15. 3. 
Mul. 1. 11. 
ch. 3. 9. & 
19. 28, 30. 
Luke 13. 



Acts 10. 45. 
&. 11. 1, 18. 
& 14. 27. &. 
15. 14. & 18. 
6. & 22. 21. 
& 26. 23. &. 
28. 28. 
Rum. 15. 9. 
Eph.3.6. 
Sfch.3.10,11. 
& 13. 42, 50. 
&21.43. & 
22. 13. & 24. 
51.&25.30. 
Luke 13. 
28, 30. 
Rom. 9.4. 
2 Pet. 2. 17. 
Jude 13. 
hM:,rk9.2;t. 
i Mark 1. 29. 
Luke 4. 38. 
a Or, unto 
hint, 

John 5. 8, 9. 
k Mark 1.32. 
Luke 4. 40. 
I Isa. 53. 4. 
1 Pet.2. 24. 
mMarkl.33. 
n Luke 9.57. 



Chnst healeth a number of persons. ST. MATTHEW. He eateth with publicans and sinners. 

i 24 ^['Tnerefore, whosoever heareth these saymgs of mine, |^Ai^ the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath 

not where to lay his head. 

c 21 "And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, 
suffer me first to go and bury my father. 

d 22 ? But Jesus said unto him, Follow me ; and let the 
dead bury their dead. 

/ 23 ^[ p And when he was entered into a ship, his disci- 
ples followed him. 

24 And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea, 
insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves : but 
he was asleep. 

25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, say- 
ing, Lord, save us : we perish. 

■«■ 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of 
little faith ? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the 
sea ; and there was a great calm. 

27 r But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of 
man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him ! 

/ 28 ^[ 3 And when he was come to the other side, into 
the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two pos- 
sessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding 
fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 

t 29 'And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to 
do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither 
to torment us before the time ? 

/30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of 
many swine, feeding. 

31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us 
out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. 

™ 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were 
come out, they went into the herd of swine : and behold, 
the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place 
into the sea, and perished in the waters. 

/ 33 And they that kept them, fled, and went their ways 
into the city, and told every thing ; and what was befallen 
to the possessed of the devils. 

t 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus : 
and when they saw him, they besought him that he would 
depart out of then coasts. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Christ curing- one sick of the palsy, 2, calleth J[Ialtheic, 9, eateth with pub- 
licans and sinners, 10, defendcth his disciples for not fasting, 14, curelh 
the bloody issue, 20, raiseth from death Jairus's daughter, 23, giveth sight- 
to two blind men, 27, healeth a dumb man possessed of a devil, 32, and 
hath compassio/i on the multitude, 36. 

/ A ND a he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came 
jfsL into his own city. 

2 b And behold they brought to him a man sick of the 
palsy, lying on a bed : and Jesus, seeing their faith, said 
unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins 
be forgiven thee. 

3 ° And behold certain of the scribes said within them- 
selves, This man blasphemeth. 

<4 And Jesus, "knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore 
think ye evil in your hearts? 

5 For whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; 
or to say, Arise, and walk? 

t 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power 
on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of tin- 
palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. 
™7 And lie arose, and departed to his house. 

fS But when the multitudes saw if, they marvelled, and 
jfcgjg '.£'! glorified God, which had given such power unto men. 

'/ 9 If '' And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a 
man named Matthew, silting at the receipt of custom : and 
he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and fol- 
lowed him. 

10 ^[ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the 
house, behold many publicans and sinners came and sat 
down with him and his disciples. 



A.T).3I. 



o Luke 9.59. 
p Lev. 21. 
10. 11. 
Num.0. 6, 7. 
Luke 9. 60. 
a Mark 4.35 



she arose, and ministered unto "them. 

m 16 ^[ k When the even was come, they brought unto him 
many that were possessed with devils : and he cast out the 
spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick ; 

a 17 ' That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias 
the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare 
our sicknesses. 

/ 18 m Nov/ when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, 
he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 

/ 19 n And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Mas- 
ter, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 

' 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and 



is, as, 27. 

Lu.5.18,8tc 
John 5. 11. 
&9. 2. 
1 Cor. 11.30 

1 mii-t 5. 1.1 
c Job 11. 4. 
Na. 43. 25. 
jt 44. 23. 

Pe. 139.2. 
d Mark 2. 
11, 14. 
Lu.5.27,28. 



A.D. 31. 



eGen.43.32. 
Ps. 101. 5. 
Dan. 1. 8. 
ch. 11. 19. 
Luke 5. 30. 
& 15. 2. 
John 4. 9. 
Acts 10. 28. 

1 Cor. 5. 11. 

2 John 
verse 10. 
f 1 Sam. 15. 
22 

Prb.21.3,27. 
Bccl.5. 1. 
Isa.l.ll,&c 
Hosea 6. 6. 
Mic.6.6,7,8. 
chap. 12. 7. 
Mark 2. 17. 
Luke 5. 32. 
& 15. 7, 10, 

29, &c, with 
ch. 18. 13. 
Luke 19. 10. 
g ch. 6. 16. 
& 11. 19. 
Mark 2. 18. 
Luke 5. 33. 
&. 18. 12. 
h Acts 10. 

30. & 13. 2, 
3. & 14. 23. 
1 Cor. 7. 5. 
i Mark 5. 
22, 23, &c. 
Luke 8. 41, 
42, &c. 
k ch. 12. 23. 
with 

John 7. 31. 
I Lu. 11. )4. 
m Mark 12. 
22,23. 
n ch. 12. 24. 
Mark 3. 22. 
Luke 11. 15. 
o Dan. 2. 44. 
chap. 4. 23. 
Mark 6. 6. 
Luke 13. 22. 
pNu.27. 17. 
IKgs. 22.17. 
Jer. 50. 6. 
Ezek. 34. 2. 
Zech. 10. 2. 
chap. 10. 6. 
Mark 6. 34. 



A 1 



A.D. 31. 



Christ healeth a dumb man. ST. MATTHEW. 

1 1 e Aiici when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his 
disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners ? 

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They 
that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 

d 13 f But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have 
mercy, and not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the 
righteous, but sinners to repentance. 
/ 14 H e Then came to him the disciples of John, saying. 
Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples 
fast not? 

1 15 h And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the 
bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with 
them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall 
be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 
•D 1 6 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old gar- 
ment : for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the 
garment, and the rent is made worse. 
o 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else 
the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bot- 
tles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and 
both are preserved. 

/18 % 'While he spake these things unto them, behold, 
there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, 
My daughter is even now dead : but come and lay thy 
hand upon her, and she shall live. 

19 And Jesus arose, and followed liim, and so did his 
disciples. 

/ 20 ^[ (And behold, a woman which was diseased with an 
issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched 
the hem of his garment. 

c21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his 
garment, I shall be whole. 

«* 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, 
he said, Daughter, be of good comfort : thy faith hath 
made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from 
that hour.) 

"/23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and 
saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 

24 He said unto them, Give place : for the maid is not 
dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 
«* 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and 
took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 
/26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 
/ 27 % k And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men 
followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have 
mercy on us. 

* 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind 
men came to him : and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye 
that I am able to do this ? They said unto him, Yea, Lord 

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your 
faith, be it unto you. 

m 30 And their eyes were opened ; and Jesus straitly 
charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his 
fame in all that country. 

/ 32 ^f ' As they went out, behold, they brought to him a 
dumb man possessed with a devil. 

™33 m And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: 
and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen 
in Israel. 

/ 34 "But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils, through 
the prince of the devils. 

m 35 ° And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, 
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing every sickness, and every 
disease among the people. 

*«? ^ P ^ ut wnen ne saw the multitudes, he was moved 
+* COI !i Passion on them > because they fainted, and were 
scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 



q Luke 10.2. 
John 4. 35. 
Acts 16. 9, 

10. & 18. 10. 
2 Thes. 3. 1. 
r Luke 6. 
12,13. 
a Mark 3. 
13. & 6. 7. 
Luke 6. 13. 
&9. 1. 
b Actsl. 13. 
c Isa. 53. 6. 
with 

1 Pet. 2. 25. 
Jer.50.6,17. 
Ezek. 34. 4, 
5, 16, with 
verse 23. 
Zech. 11.17. 
ch. 9. 36. & 
15. 24. & 
22 1 

Lu. 1.54, 55. 
John 1. 11. 
Acts 3. 25, 
26. & 13. 46. 
Rom. 15. 8. 
<1 Dan. 9. 25. 
Mai. 3. 1. 
ch. 3. 2. & 
4.17. 
Luke 9. 2. 
& 10. 9. 
ech. 11.5. 
Acts 20. 33, 
34, 35. 

1 Cor. 9. 12, 
15, 18. 

2 Cor. 11. 
3, 12. &. 12, 

13, 14. 
f Mark 6. 8. 
Luke 9. 3. 
& 22. 35. 
gLev.19.13. 
Deut. 24. 

14, 15. 
Luke 10. 7. 
1 Cor. 9. 7, 

11, 14. 
1 Tim. 5. 18. 
h Ps. 35, 13. 
fsa. 55. 11. 
i Mark 6- 11 
Luke 9. 5. 
& 10. 10, 11. 
Actsl8.6.& 
20, 26. with 
13.50,51. 
k ch. 11. 24. 
I Gen. 3.1. 
Luke 10. 3. 
Rom. 16. 19. 
lCor.14.20. 
Eph.5.15,16 
Phil. 2. 15. 
Col. 4. 5. 
m ch. 24. 9. 
Mark 13. 9. 
Luke 12. 11. 
&21.12. 
Acts 2. 40. 
n Mark 13.9. 
Luke 21. 
12, 13. 
Acts 12. 1. 
& 25. 23. 
2Tim.4.16. 



He sendeth out his twelve apostles. 

37 •» Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly 
is plenteous, but the labourers are lew. 
d38 r Pi ay ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he 
will send forth labourers into his harvest. 

CHAPTER X. 

Christ sendeth out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do mira- 
cles, 1, giveth them their charge, teacheth them, 5, comforteth them against 
persecutions, 1 6, and promiseth a blessing to those that receive them, 40. 

ND a when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, 
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast 
them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all man 
ner of disease. 

2 b Now the names of the twelve apostles are these ; 
The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his bro- 
ther ; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother ; 

3 Philip, and Bartholomew ; Thomas, and Matthew the 
publican ; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose 
surname was Thaddeus ; 

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also 
betrayed him. 

d 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, 
saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any 
city of the Samaritans enter ye not. 
6 c But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

d 7 d And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of hea- 
ven is at hand. 

8 e Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast 
out devils : freely ye have received, freely give. 

9 f Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your 
purses ; 

10 g Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, nei- 
ther shoes, nor yet staves : (for the workman is worthy of 
his meat.) 

1 1 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire 
who in it is worthy ; and there abide till ye go thence. 
12 And when ye come into a house, salute it. 

13 h And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon 
it : but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 

14 l And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your 
words, when ye depart out of that house, or city, shake off 
the dust of your feet. 

w 15 k Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for 
the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, 
than for that city. 

d 1 6 % 'Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves : 
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

»"-1.7 m But beware of men: for they will deliver you up 
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their syna- 
gogues. 

18 n And ye shall be brought before governors and kings 
for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 

d 1 9 ° But when they deliver you up, take no thought how 
or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that 
same hour what ye shall speak. 

20 p For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your 
Father which speaketh in you. 

»"21 q And the brother shall deliver up the brother to 

death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise 

up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 

22 r And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's 

sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

<*23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into 
another : for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone 
over the cities of Israel till the Son of man be come. 

24 " The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant 
above his lord. 

25 * It is enough for the disciple that he be as his mas- 
ter, and the servant as his lord : if they have called the 



o Jer. 1. 6, 7. 
Luke 12. 11. 
& 21. 14, 15. 
pEx.4.12,15. 



2 Sam. 23. 2. 
Acts 2. 4, 
16, 17. & 4. 
8, 31. & 6. 



10,15. |Luke21.16. 

q Deut.13.6. r Dan. 12. 
Mic. 7. 5. 6. 12, 13. 
verse 21. ch. 24. 13. 



Mark 13. 13. & 15. 20. 
Luke 21. 17. tch.9.24. 
sLuko6.40. & 10.24. 
John 13. 16. ' 

8 



Mark 3. 22. |&8. 48,52 
Luke 11. 16. & 10. 20 ft 
John 7. 20. 115.20. 



Christ's testimony concerning John. 

master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they 
call them of his household 1 

d 26 u Fear them not therefore : for there is nothing 
covered, that shall not be revealed ; and hid, that shall not 
be known. 

27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light : and 
what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house-tops. 

d 28 * And fear not them which kill the body, but are not 
able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to 
destroy both soul and body in hell. 

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing 1 and one of 
them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 

< 30 y But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

<*31 Fear ye not therelore, ye are of more value than 
many sparrows. 

d*32 z Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, 
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I 
also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 

r 34 a Think not that 1 am come to send peace on earth ; 
I came not to send peace, but a sword. 

35 For I am come to " set a man at variance against his 
father, and the daughter against her mother, and the 
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 

36 b And a man's-foes shall be they of bis own household. 
t 37 c He that loveth father or mother more than me, is 

not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter 
more than me, is not worthy of me. 

38 d And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after 
me, is not worthy of me. 

39 e He that findeth his life shall lose it . and he that 
loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. 

40 f He that receiveth you, receiveth me ; and he that 
receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, 
shall receive a prophet's reward ; and he that receiveth a 
righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive 
a righteous man's reward. 

b 42 s And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these 
little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a dis 
ciple, verily, I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his 
reward. 

CHAPTER XI. 

John sendeth his disciples to Christ, 2. Christ's testimony concerning 
John, 7. The opinion of the people, both concerning John, and Christ, 1 8. 
Christ upbraideth the unthankfulness and impenUency of Chorazin, Beth- 
saida, and Capernaum, 20 : and praising his Father's wisdom in reveal- 
ing the gospel to the simple, 25, he callelh to him all such as feel the 
burden of their sins, 28. 

fk ND it came to pass when Jesus had made an end of 
f\ commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence 
to teach and to preach in their cities. 

2 a Now when John had heard in the prison the works of 
Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 

3 b And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or 
do we look for another 1 

4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John 
again those things which ye do hear and see : 

m 5 c The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the 
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised 
up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 
&-6 d And blessed is he", whosoever shall notbe offended inme. 

7 ^[ e And, as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the 
multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the 
wilderness to see 1 a reed shaken with the wind 1 

8 But what went ye out for to see ? a man clothed in 
soft raiment ? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in 
kings' houses. 

9 f But what went ye out for to see 1 A prophet? yea, I 
say unto you, and more than a prophet. 

135 3 Y 



ST. MATTHEW 



A. ». 31. 



u Job 12. 22. 
Mark 4. 22. 
Luke 8. 17. 
& 12. 2. 
x 19.8.12,13. 
& 51. 7, 8. 
Jer. 1.8. 
1 Pet. 3. 14. 
y 2 Sam. 14. 
11. 

Luke 21. 18. 
Acts 27. 34. 
z Mark 8. 38. 
Luke 9. 26. 
& 12.8. 
2Tim.2. 12. 
Rev. 3. 5. 
a Luke 12. 
49, 5L 
a Gr. divide, 
or, cut in 
two, 

Micah 7. 6. 
b Mic. 7. 6. 
verse 21. 
cLu. 14.26. 
d ch. 16. 24. 
Mark 8. 34. 
Luke 9. 23. 
& 14. 27. 
e ch. 16. 25. 
Mark 8. 35. 
Luke 9. 24. 
& 17. 33. 
John 12. 25. 
f ch. 18. 5. 
Luke 10. 16. 
John 5. 23. 
&. 12. 44. 
& 13. 20. & 

14. 21, 24. 

g Mark 9.41. 
a ch. 14. 3. 
Luk.-7. 11, 
12. witli 
ver„esl8,19. 
bGen.49.10. 
Isa. 35. 4. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
John 6. 14. 
c Ps. 146. 8. 
Isa. 29. 19. 
& 35. 5. & 
42.7.&61.1. 
ch. 10. 8. 
Luke 4. 18. 
John 2. 23. 
& 3. 2. & 5. 
36 &. 10 25, 
38. & 14.11 
James, 2. 5 
d Isa. 8. 14, 

15, vvilh 
Rt,in. 9. 32, 
33. & 

I Pet. 2. 8. 
cli. 13. 57. & 
21.44. & 24. 
10. & 26.31. 
Luke 2. 34. 
John 6. 60, 
66. 

1 Cor. 1. 23 
& 2. 14. 
e ch. 3. 5. 
Luke 7. 24. 
fch. 14. 5. 
&21.26. 
Luke 1.70. 



The Pharisees complain of his disciples. 

a 10 s For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send 
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy 
way before thee. 

11 h Verily, I say unto you, Among them that are born 
of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the 
Baptist : notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom 
of heaven, is greater than he. 

t 12 * And from the days of John the Baptist, until now, 
the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent 
take it by force. 

13 k For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 

14 ' And if ye will receive it, this is Elias which was for 
to come. 

15 m He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

i 16 % D But whereunto shall I liken this generation 1 It 
is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto 
their fellows, 

17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have 
not danced ; We have mourned unto you, and ye have not 
lamented. 

18 ° For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they 
say, He hath a devil. 

19 p The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they 
say, Behold, a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend 
of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her 
children. 

20 % *» Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most 
of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. 
w21 Wo unto thee, Chorazin ! wo unto thee, Bethsaida ! 
for if the mighty works which were done in you had been 
done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long 
ago in sackcloth and ashes. 

g 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for 
Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 

w 23 r And thou Capernaum, which art exalted unto hea- 
ven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works 
which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, 
it would have remained until this day. 

24 s But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable 
for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment than for thee. 

* 25 ^[ ' At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank 
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou 
hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast 
revealed them unto babes. 

26 u Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. 

t 27 x All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and 
no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth 
any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever 
the Son will reveal him. 

d 28 ^[ y Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy 
laden, and I will give you rest. 

i> 29 z Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me : for I am 
meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto your 
souls. 

30 a For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

CHAPTER XTT 

Christ reproveth the blindness if the. Pharisees concerning the breach of 
the sahbiitli, I , by scripture, 3, by reason, 10, and by a miracle, 13. tie 
healeth the man possessed that was blind and dumb, 22. Blasphemy 
against Hip Holy Ohott shall never be forgirt n . 31. Account shall be 
made of idle words, riG. lie rehukelh' the unfaithful who seek after a 
sign, 38, and shewclh who in his brother, sister, and mother. *& 

fA T" that time Jesus went on the sabbath-day through 
J\ the corn, and his disciples were a hungered, and be- 
gan to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, 
Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon 
the sabbath-day. 



oh. 13. 11. I&4.3. Uolm 1. 18. I13.3.&17.2. 

Lake l'i 21 nil ... -.1.21. & 3. 35. A 5. I (.'or. 15.24, 
ICor. 1.26 x ch.28 1H. 27. fc 6. 40. fri. 27. 
SCor.3. 11 ,I.ukcl0.22J&10. 15. ft. y John 7. 



37.38. IZecli. 9. 9. |AcU 15. 10. la Dt. 23. 25 

8. 16, Phil. 2. 7, 8. Gal. 5. I. Mark2.2B. 
w.ih 31 . 25. la Pr. 3. 17. 1 John 5. 3. Lulro fi, I. 



ST. MATTHEW 



A D. 31. I 



_ 32. 
& 24. G, 9. 
1 Sam. 21 6 
cNtmi.28.9. 
dMal. 3. I. 
elSa.15.22. 
Eccles. 5. t. 
Isa. 1. 11. 
Hos. 6. G. 
Mic. 6. 6, 7. 
chap. 9. 13. 
f Mark 3. 1. 
Iitike 6. 6. 

Luko 13. 

4. & 14. 3. 
John 9. 16. 
« Gr. differ- 
ent. 

h 1 Kings 
J3. 6. 

i Mark 3. 6. 
Luke 6. 11. 
John 10. 39. 
& 11. 53. 
k Isa. 42. 1. 
ch. 3. 17. 
& 17. 5. 
1 Jol) 3li. 7. 
Isa. 61. 1. 
Lam.5.-20. 
Ezek.34. 16 
Amos 8. 7 
mLu.11.14. 
n ch. 9. 33. 
John 3. 2. 
& 7.31. 
och.9. 34. 
Mark 2. 22. 
Luke 11. 15. 
p ch. 9. 4. 
Mark 3. 24. 
Luke II. 16. 
John 2. 25. 
Rev. 2. 23. 
a Dun. 2. 44. 
&4.34.&7. 
14. with 
Luko 1.33. 
16. 11, 20. 
Heh. 11.28. 
r Isa. 49. 24, 
25. 
John 16. 11. 



Christ healeth one blind and dumb. 

3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what Davidi & _ 
did when he was a hungered, and they that were with him ; ^H 

4 b How he entered into the house of God, and did eat 
the shew-bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nei- 
ther for them which were with him, but only for the priests 1 

5 c Or have ye not read in the law how that on the sab- 
bath-days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, 
and are blameless 1 

6 d But I say unto you, that in this place is one greater 
than the temple. 

7 e But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have 
mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the 
guiltless. 

* 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath-day. 
/ 9 f And when he was departed thence, he went into 
their synagogue. 

10 ^[ s And behold, there was a man which had his hand 
withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal 
on the sabbath-days 1 that they might accuse him. 

1 1 And he said unto them, What man shall there be 
among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a 
pit on the sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift 
it out 1 

12 How much then "is a man better than a sheep? 
Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath-days. 
™ 13 h Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. 

And he stretched it forth ; and it was restored whole, like 
as the other. 

/ 14 ^[ * Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council 
against him, how they might destroy him. 

™ 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from 
thence : and great multitudes followed him, and he healed 
them all. 

16 And charged them that they should not make him 
known : 

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias 
the prophet, saying, 
a 18 k Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my 

beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased : I will put my 
Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gen- 
tiles. 

19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man 
hear his voice in the streets. 

h 20 l A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking 
flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto 
victory. 

21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust 
»» 22 % m Then was brought unto him one possessed with 
a devil, blind and dumb ; and he healed him, insomuch 
that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 
/23 n And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not 
this the son of David 1 

c 24 ° But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fel- 
low doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince 
of the devils. 

t 25 p And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, 
Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desola 
tion ; and every city or house divided against itself, shall 
not stand. 

26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against 
himself ; how shall then his kingdom stand 1 
1 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do 
your children cast them out ? therefore they shall be your 
judges. 

m 28 i But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the 
kingdom of God is come unto you. 

29 r Or else, how can one enter into a strong man's 
house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong 
man ? and then he will spoil his house. 



a. n. m. 



sLukell.23. 
tlSam.2.25, 
Mark 3. 28. 
I.uke 12. 10. 
Heb. 6. 4. 
& lil. 26. 

1 John 5. 10. 
u ch. 11. 19. 
& 13. 55. 
John7. 12,52 
x ch. 7. 17. 
LukeG. 44. 
y ch. 3. 7. 
& 23. 33. 
Luke 6. 45. 
z Ex. 20. 7, 
with 

Lev. 19. 12. 
Eph. 5. 4, 6. 
a ch. 16. 1. 
Mark 8. 11. 
Luke 11. 

16, 29. 
ICor. 1.22. 
hch.16. 4. 
Mark 8. 38. 
John 4. 48. 
c Jonah 1. 

17. & 2. 2. 
d Ezek. 16. 
5, 52. 

Jonah 3. 5. 
Luke 11.32. 
e 1 Kings 
10.1. 

2Chr. 9. 1. 
Luke 11. 31. 
fLnkell.24. 
8 Heb. 6. 4. 
& 10. 26. 

2 Pet. 2. 
20,21. 
h Mark 3. 31. 
Lnke 8. 19. 
a Mark 4. 
1, &c. 
Luke 8. 4 



He rebuketh the unfaithful. 

30 s He that is not with me, is against me ; and he that 
gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad. 

1 31 <ff ' Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and 
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy 
against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 

t 32 u And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of 
man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh 
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither 
in this world, neither in the world to come. 

t 33 x Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or 
else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : for the 
tree is known by his fruit. 

< 34 > O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 
speak good things ? for out of the abundance of the heart, 
the mouth speaketh. 

35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, 
bringeth forth good things : and an evil man, out of the 
evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. 

t 36 7 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men 
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of 
judgment. 

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy 
words thou shalt be condemned. 

/38 ^[ a Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees 
answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 
39 b But he answered and said to them, An evil and 
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall 
no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. 

r 40 c For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the 
whale's belly : so shall the Son of man be three days and 
three nights in the heart of the earth. 

g 41 a The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with 
this generation, and shall condemn it : because they re- 
pented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater 
than Jonas is here. 

r 42 e The queen of the south shall rise up in the judg 
ment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she 
came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the 
wisdom of Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than Solomon 
is here. 

t 43 f When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he 
walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth 
none. 

44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from 
whence I came out ; and when he is come, he findeth it 
empty, swept, and garnished. 

45 e Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other 
spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and 
dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than 
the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked gene- 
ration. 

/ 46 % h While he yet talked to the people, behold, his 
mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak 
with him. 

47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy 
brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 
t 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him ; 
Who is my mother 1 and who are my brethren 1 

49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, 
and said, Behold my mother and my brethren ! 
b 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which 
is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and 
mother. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
The parable of the sower and the seed, 3: the exposition of it, 18. The 
parable of the tares, 24, of the mustard-seed, 31, of the leaven, 33, of the 
hidden treasure, 44, of the pearl, 45, of the draw-net cast into the sea, 47 : 
and how Christ is contemned of his own countrymen, 53. 

HE a same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat 



T 



/JL by the sea-side. 



10 



D. 31. 



b Gen.26.12. 
cDeut.2 .4. 
ch. 11. 15. 
Mirk 4. 9. 
Luke?. 8. 



The parable of the tares and 

fZ And great multitudes were gathered together unto 
him, so that lie went into a ship, and sat ; and the whole 
multitude stood on the shore. 

i 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables,^" 1 ^ 
saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; 

4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way-side, 
and the fowls came and devoured them up-: 

5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much 
earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no 
deepness of earth : 

6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and 
because they had no root, they withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns ; and the thorns sprung 
up, and choked them : 

8 b But other fell into good ground, and brought forth 
fruit, some a hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty- 
fold. 

9 c Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 
/10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why 

speakest thou unto them in parables ? 

* 1 1 d He answered and said unto them, Because it is given 
unto you to k;iow the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, 
but to them it is not given. 

12 e For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he 
shall have more abundance : but whosoever hath not, from 
him shall be taken away even that he hath. 

< 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables : because 
they seeing, see not ;. and hearing, they hear not ; neither 
do they understand. 

« 14 r And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which 
saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; 
and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : 

15 f For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their 
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; 
lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear 
with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and 
should be converted, and I should heal them. 

b 16 g But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your 
ears, for they hear. 

17 h For, verily, I say unto you, That many prophets and 
righteous men have desired to see those things which ye 
see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things 
which ye hear, and have not heard them. 

IS ^ ' Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 

t 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, 
and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, 
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This 
is he which received seed by the way-side. 

20 k But he that received the seed into stony places, the 
same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy re- 
ceiveth it ; 

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : 
for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the 
word, by and by he is offended. 

m 22 ' He also that received seed among the thorns is he 
that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the 
deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh 
unfruitful. 

d 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he 
that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also 
heareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundred-fold, 
some sixty, some thirty. 

* 24 % Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed 
good seed in his field : 

25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed 
tares among the wheat, and went his way. 

26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth 
fruit, then appeared the tares also. 



ST. MATTHEW. of the net cast into the sea. 

27 m So the servants of the householder came and said 
unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field 1 
from whence then hath it tares ? 

28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The 
servant said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather 
them up 1 

29 But he said, Nay ; lest while ye gather up the tares, 
ye root up also the wheat with them. 

•^30 n Let both grow together until the harvest: and in 
the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye 
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn 
them . but gather the wheat into my barn. 

i 31 ^T ° Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, 
which a man took, and sowed in his field : 

32- Which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is 
grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a 
tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the 
branches thereof. 

* 33 % f Another parable spake he unto them ; The king- 
dom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and 
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

34 q All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in 
parables ; and without a parable spake he not unto them : 

a 35 r That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by tne 
prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables ; I will 
utter things which have been kept secret from the founda- 
tion of the world. 

/ 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into 
the house : and his disciples came unto him, saying, De- 
clare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 

' 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the 
good seed is the Son of man ; 

38 s The field is the world ; the good seed are the children 
of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wick- 
ed one; 

39 'The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest 
is the end of the world ; and the reapers are the angels. 

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in 
the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. 

t 41 u The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they 
shall gather out of his kingdom all tilings that offend, and 
them which do iniquity ; 

42 x And shall cast them into a furnace of fire : there 
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

' 43 J Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in 
the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

» 44 % z Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure 
hid in a field ; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, 
and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and 
buyeth that field. 

? 45 ^f Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a mer- 
chant-man seeking goodly pearls : 

16 a Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, 
went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 

* 47 IT Again, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, 
that was cost into the sea, and gathered of every kind : 

48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat 
down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the 
bad away. 

i 49 b So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels 
shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 
50 c And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there 
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 
/51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these 
things 1 They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 
i 52 d Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe 
which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like 

11 



e Mark 6. 1 
I Luke 4. 16. 
flsa. 49. 7. 



John 4. 44. 
h Mark 6. 5. 
a Mark6.14. 
Luke 9. 7. 
* A. D. 32. 
bch. 11.2. 
Mark G. 17. 
Luke 3. 19, 
21). 

cLev. 18. G, 
16. & 20.21. 
dch. 217 26. 
Luke 20. 6. 

. se 5. 
f Mark 6.32. 
Luke 9. 10, 
John 6. 2. 

Mark 6.35. 
_^uke 9. 12, 
John 6. 5. 
h 2 Kings 4. 
43. 

i ch. 15. 36 
& 26. 26. 



The miracle of the loaves and fishes. 

unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out 

of his treasure things new and old. 

/58 If And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished j f ol ol 46. 

these parables, he departed thence. chttpiuJ: 

54 e And when he was come into his own country, he fjg|^|£- 
taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were 
astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, 
and these mighty works *? 

55 f Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother 
called Mary 1 and his brethren, James, and Joses, and 
Simon, and Judas 1 

56 And his sisters, are they not all with us 1 Whence 
then hath this man all these things ? 

c 57 g And they were offended in him. But Jesus said 
unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his 
own country, and in his own house. 

p5S h And he did not many mighty works there, because 
of their unbelief. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Herod's opinion of Christ, 1 . Wherefore John Baptist was beheaded, 3. 
Jesus departeth into a desert place, 13: where he feedeth five thousand 
men with five loaves and two fishes, 15. He walketh on the sea to his dis- 
ciples, 22; and landing at Gennesaret, healeth the sick by the touch of the 
hem of his garment, 34. 

j A T a that time* Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of 

/% Jesus, 

2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist ; 
he is risen from the dead ; and therefore m ghty works do 
shew forth themselves in him.' 

/3 Tf b For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, 
and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's 
wife. 

4 c For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to 
have her. 

5 d And when he would have put him to death, he feared 
the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet 

/ 6 But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of 
Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 

P 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her 
whatsoever she would ask. 

8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, 
give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. 

9 e And the king was sorry : nevertheless for the oath's 
sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded 
it to be given her. 

/10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. 

1 1 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to 
the damsel : and she brought it to her mother. 

12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and 
buried it, and went and told Jesus. 

/ 13 % f When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship 
into a desert place apart : and when the people had heard 
thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 

h 14 s And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, 
and was moved with compassion toward them, and he 
healed their sick. 

J 15 % And when it was evening, his disciples came to 
him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now 
past ; send the multitude away, that they may go into the 
villages, and buy themselves victuals. 

16 b But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; 
give ye them to eat. 

17 And they said unto him,' We have here but five 
loaves, and two fishes. 

18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 
d 19 * And he commanded the multitude to sit down on 

the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, 
and, looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and 
gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the 
multitude. * r 



ST- MATTHEW. Christ reproveth the scribes and Pharisees. 

m 20 And they did all eat, and were filled : and they took 
up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 

21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand 
men besides women and children. 

/22 «j[ And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to 
get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, 
while he sent the multitudes away. 

d 23 k And when he had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the eve- 
ning was come, he was there alone. 

/ 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed 
with waves : for the wind was contrary. 

m 25 ' And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went 
unto them, walking on the sea. 

26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, 
they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit ; and they cried 
out for fear. 

27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be 
of good cheer ; «it is I ; be not afraid. 
/ 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, 

bid me come unto thee on the water. 
»»29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come 
down out of the ship, he walked on the wate* - , to go to Jesus. 

30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; 
and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 

31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and 
caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, where- 
fore didst thou doubt ? 

32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind 
ceased. 

t* 33 m Then they that were in the ship came and worship- 
ped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 
/ 34 % And when they were gone over, they came into 
the land of Gennesaret. 

35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of 
him, they sent out into all that country round about, and 
brought unto him all that were diseased ; 
»» 36 n And besought him that they might only touch the 
hem of his garment : and as many as touched were made 
perfectly whole. 

CHAPTER xv. 
Christ reproveth the scribes and Pharisees for transgressing God's com- 
mandments through the 'r own traditions, 3 ; teacheth how that which 
goeth into the mouth doth not defile a man, 11: He healeth the daughter 
of the woman of Canaan, 21 , and other great multitudes, 30 : and with 
seven loaves, and a few little fishes, feedeth four thousand menf besides 
women and children, 32. 

THEN a came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which 
were of Jerusalem, saying, 
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the 
elders 1 for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 
p 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also 
transgress the commandment of God by your tradition 1 

4 b For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and 
mother : and, He that curseth father or mother, let him 
die the death. 

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his 
mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited 
by me ; 

6 c And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be 
free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of 
none effect by your tradition. 

a 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 

8 d This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, 
&2L18. 1 and honoureth me with their lips ; but their heart is far 

from me. 

9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines 
the commandments of men. 

/ 10 % e And he called the multitude, and said unto them, 
Hear, and understand : 

12 



k Mark 6.46. 
John 6. 26. 
1 Job 9. 8. 
a Or, / am. 
mPe.2.6,7. 
ch. 16.16. & 
26. G3. 
John 1. 50. 
n ch. 9. 20. 
a Mark 7. 1. 
b Ex. 20. 12. 
&21. 17. 
Lev. 19. 3. 
& 20. 9 



27. 16. 
Prov.20.20. 
& 23. 22. & 

30. 17. 
Eph. 6.2. 
c Prov.1.25. 
dlsa.29. 13. 
Mark 7. 6. 
Col. 2. 22. 
eMark7.14. 



Christ feedeth a great multitude. ST. MATTHEW. He sheweth his death and resurrection. 

1 1 f Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; f- D -f- 38 And they that did eat were tour thousand men, besides 



f Acts 10.14, 
15. 

Rom. 14. 14. 
1 Cor. 8. 4. 
& 10.25. 
1 Tim. 4.4. 
Titus 1. 15. 
g John 15. 2. 
I Cor. 3. 12. 
h Isa. 3.6, 8. 
& 9. 16. & 
42.19. 
Jcr. 5. 31. 
ch. 23. 16. 
Luke 6. 39. 
i Mark 7. 17 
k ch. 16. 9. 
Mark 7. ia 
Uarnes 3.6. 
m Gen. G. 5. 
&8. 21. 
Mark 7. 21. 
n Mark 7.24. 

Isa. 53. 6, 
with 

1 Pet. 2. 25. 
Jer.50.6,17. 
Ezek. 34. 5, 
6, with 
verse 23. 
Zech. 11.17. 
ch. 9. 36. & 
10. 5, 6. 
Luke 1. 54, 
55. 

John 1. 11. 
Acts3.25,26. 
& 13. 46. 
Rom. 15. 8. 
p. ch. 7. 6. 
qMark7.31. 
r Isa. 35. 5. 
s Mark 8. 1. 
1 2 Kings 4. 
43. 



A. D. 32. 



but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man 
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest 

thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard 

this saying 1 
1 13 g But he answered and said, Every plant, which my 

heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 
14 h Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind. 

And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 

/15 ' Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare 

unto us this parable. 

16 k And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without under- 
standing 1 

17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth 
in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into 
the draught 1 

18 'But those things which proceed out of the mouth 
come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man. 

1 19 m For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, 
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : 
20 n These are the things which defile a man : but to eat 
with unwashen hands defileth not a man. 

/21 % Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the 
coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 

' 22 And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same 
coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O 
Lord, thou son of David ; my daughter is grievously vexed 
with a devil. 

/ 23 But he answered her not a word." And his disciples 
came and besought him, saying, Send her away ; for she 
crieth after us. 

t 24 ° But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto 
the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

1 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, 
help me. 

26 p But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the 
children's bread and to cast it to dogs. 

c 27 And she said, Truth, Lord : yet the dogs eat of the 
crumbs which fall from their master's table. 

■>n 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, 
great is thy faith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And 
her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 

/29 q And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh 
unto the sea of Galilee ; and went up into a mountain, and 
sat down there. 

™ 30 r And great multitudes came unto him, having with 
them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and 
many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet ; and he 
healed them : 

31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they 
saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame 
to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God 
of Israel. 

/32 ' Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, 
I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue 
with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I 
will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 

33 * And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we 
have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a 
multitude 1 

34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have 
ye 1 And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 

35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the 
ground. 

36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and sS£ 7 j$; 
gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and ~ 
the disciples to the multitude. 

™37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took 
up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 

136 



ach. 12. 38. 
& 19. 3. & 
22.18. 
Mark 8. 11. 
Luke 11. 15. 
& 12. 54. 
John 4. 48. 
1 Cor. 1.22 
b Jonah2. 1 
ch. 12. 39. 
c Mark 8.14. 
Luko 12.1. 
rl ch. 14. 17, 
20. 

John 6.9,12. 
e ch. 15. 34. 
f Pa. 8. 4, 5, 
with 

Heb. 2. 5. 
Dan. 7. 13, 
14. 

Mark 8. 27. 
Luke 9. 18. 
gch.14. 2. 
Luke 9. 8. 
!. Pa. 2. 6, 
with 

Heb .1.5. 
ch. 26. 63. 
Johnl.42.& 
6.69. & 11. 
27. 

Acta 8. 37. 
& 9. 20. 
1 John 4. 15. 
&5. 5. 
i Pa. 56. 4. 
rh. U.27.& 
24.22. 
John 1.14. 
Rom. 3. 20. 
& 8. 3. 
1 Cor. 1.29. 
& 2. 10. 
On!. 1.16. 
I John 4. 15. 
&.■>. 5. 
kJob.3H.17 
IV 9. 13. fc. 
107. 18. 
I»a. 38. 10. 
I.uko22.31, 
•<<2. 

John 1. 42. 
Eph. 2. 20. 
H.v. 21. 14, 
10. 

I ch. 13. 18. 
Mark 16.15. 
John 20. 23. 
Horn. 1. IS, 



Luko 9. 21 
n ch. 10. 17. 
MarkS. 31. 
Luke 9 22. 
o 2 Sam. 23, 
17 



wome:. and children. 

/39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and 

came into the coasts of Magciala. 

CHAPTER xvi. 

The Pharisees require a sign, 1 . Jesus warnelh his disciples of the leaven 
of the Pharisees and Sadducees, 6. The people's opinion of Christ, 13, 
and Peter's confession of him, 16. Jesus for esheweth his death, 21, re- 
proving Peter for dissuading him from it, 23 : and admonisheth those 
that will follow him, to bear the cross, 24. 

HE a Pharisees also and the Sadducees came, and, 
tempting, desired him that he would shew them a 
sign from heaven. 

2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, 
ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red. 

3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day : 
for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can 
discern the face of the sky ; but can ye not discern the 
signs of the times 1 

* 4 b A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a 
sign ; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign 
of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. 

/ 5 c And when his disciples were come to the other side, 
they had forgotten to take bread. 

6 If Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware 
of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, ft is 
because we have taken no bread. 

* 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye 
of little faith, why. reason ye among yourselves, because 
ye have brought no bread ? 

9 d Do yc not yet understand, neither remember the five 
loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye 
took up 1 

10 e Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and 
how many baskets ye took up 1 

1 1 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not 
to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the 
leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees ? 

' 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not 
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

/13 ^f f When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea 
Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men sav 
that I, the Son of man, am 1 

14 g And they said, Some say that thou art John the 
Baptist : some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the 
prophets. 

15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am 1 
t* 16 h And Simon Peter answered and'said, Thou art the 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

* 17 i And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed ail 
thou, Simon Bar-jona : for flesh and blood hath not revealed 
it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 

M8 k And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and 
upon this rock I will build my church : and the gates of 
hell shall not prevail against it. 

19 ' And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom 
of heaven : and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth, shall 
be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shah loose on 
earth, shall be loosed in heaven. 

20 m Then charged he his disciples that they should tell 
no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 

*■ 21 If "From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto 
his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and 
suffer many things of the elders, and chief priests, and 
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 

22 ° Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, say- 
ing, Be it far from thee, Lord : this shall not be unto thee, 
p SSiJe. 1 ?: 1 23 p But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind 

13 



ST. MATTHEW. 



Christ healeth the lunatic. 

me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me : for thou savour- 
est not the things that be of God, bui those that be of men. _ 
d 24 <fl q Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will $ 27 - &17 - 
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow me. 

25 Tor whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. 

26 s For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole 
world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul 1 

r 27 ' For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his 
Father, with his angels ; and then he shall reward every 
man according to his works. 

28 u Verily 1 say unto you, There be some standing here, 
Avhich shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man 
coming in his kingdom. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

The transfiguration of Christ. I : He healeth the lunatic, 14, foretelleth 

his own passion, 22, and payeth tribute, 24 

f k ND a after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James, and 
J\ John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high 
mountain apart. 

t* 2 b And was transfigured before them : and his face did 
shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 

3 And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias 
talking with him. 

4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is 
good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here 
three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and 
one for Elias. 

t 5 c While he yet spake, behold a bright cloud oversha- 
dowed them : and behold, a voice out of the cloud, which 
said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased : 
hear ye him. 

/6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, 
and were sore afraid. 

7 d And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, 
and be not afraid. 

/8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no 
man, save Jesus only. 

9 e And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus 
charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man until the 
Son of man be risen again from the dead. 

10 f And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say 
the scribes, that Elias must first come 1 

1 1 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly 
shall first come, and restore all things : 

t\% s But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and 
they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever 
they listed: likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them 
13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto 
them of John the Baptist. 

/ 14 ^[ h And when they were come to the multitude, there 
came to him a certain man kneeling down to him, and 
saying, 

15 Lord, have mercy on my son ; for he is lunatic, and 
sore vexed, for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft 
into the water. 

16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could 
not cure him. 

'17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and per- 
verse generation, how long shall I be with you 1 how long 
shall I suffer you 1 Bring him hither to me 
™ 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil, and he departed out of 
him : and the child was cured from that very hour. 

•f 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said 
Why _could not we cast him out ? 

* 20 * And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief 
verily I say unto you, If ve have faith' 



q ch. 10. 38 
Mark 8. 34. 
Luke9.23.& 



rch.10. 39. 
Mark 8. 35. 
John 12. 25. 
s Job 2. 4. 
Matk 8. 36. 
Luke 'J. 25. 
&. 12. 20. 
tJob34. 11. 
Ps. 62. 12. 
Prov. 24. 12. 
.lor. 17. 10. 
it 32. 19. 
Llan. 7. 10. 
ZiiCD. 14. 5, 
wilh Rev. 
17 14 &.19. 

14, 20. 

ch. 25.31. & 
26. 64. 
Murk 8. 33. 
Luke 9. 26. 
John 17. 5. 
Rom. 2. 6. 

1 Cor. 3. 8. 

2 Cor. 5. 10. 

1 Pel. 1. 17. 
Jude ver.14. 
Rev.2.23.& 
22. 12. 

u ch. 26. 64. 
Mark 9.1. 
Luke 9. 27. 
& 22. 18. 
Hcb. 2. 9. 
a Mark 9. 2. 
Luke 9. 28. 
b£x.34.2y, 
35. 

chap. 28. 3. 
John 1.14. 

2 Pet. 1. 16, 
17. 

c Deut. 18. 

15, wilh 

A els 3. 22. 
Isa. 42. 1. 
ch.3. 17. 
Mark 1. 11. 
John 1.34. 
Eph. 1. 21. 
Phil. 2. 9. 
Col. 1. 13. 
2 Pet. 1. 17. 
Dan. 8. 18. 
& 9. 21. & 
10 10. 18. 
ec I.. 16.20. 
Mark 8. 30. 
f Mai. 4. 5. 
ch. 11.14. 
Mark 9. 11. 
gch. 3.7.& 
14. 3. & 16. 
21.&21.25. 
h Mark9.17. 
Luke 9. 38. 
ich. 21.21. 
Mark 11.23. 
Luke 17. 6. 
1 Cor. 13.2. 



A. D. 32. 



for 



k ch. 16. 
21. & 20. 18. 
Mark 8. 31. 
& 9. 31. & 
10.33. 
Luke 9. 22, 
44. & 18.31! 
&24. 26. 
John 10. 18. 
&19. 11. 
Acts 2. 23. 
1 Ex. 30. 13. 
a ch. 20. 21. 
Mark 9. 33. 
Luke 9. 46. 
b ch. 19. 14. 
Mark 10. 14. 
Luke 18. 16. 
1 Cor. 14.20. 
1 Pet 2. 1,2. 
cPs.131.2. 
ch.20.26.& 
23. 11. 
Luke 9. 48. 
d ch. 10. 42. 
eMark9.42, 
Luke 17. 1. 
f Luke 17.1 

1 Cor. 11. 19. 
g Deut. 13.6, 
ch. 5. 30. 
Mark 9. 43. 
h Gen. 32. 
1,2. 

2 Kings 6. 
16, 17 
Ps. 34. 8. 
Dan. 7. 16. 
Lukel. 19. 
Heb. 1. 14. 
Rev. 8. 2. 
ich. 10.6. & 
15.24. 
Luko 9. 56. 
& 19. 10. 
John 3. 17. 
& 12. 47. 
ICor. 8. 11. 
k Jer. 50. 6. 
Luke 15. 4. 
I Lev. 19. 17. 
Luke 17. 3. 
I Cor. 9. 19 
James 



n JameB ». 19. 

as a grain otiPeter3. 1. 



He requireth humility. 
mustard-seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove 
hence to yonder place ; and it shall remove ; and nothing 
shall be impossible unto you. 

<*21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out, but by prayer and 
fasting. 

22 «ff k And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto 
them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of 
men : 

23 And they shall kill him, and the third day tie shall be 
raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. 

/ 24 ^J ' And when they were come to Capernaum, they 
that received tribute-money, came to Peter, and said, Doth 
not your master pay tribute 1 

25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the 
house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, 
Simon ? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or 
tribute 1 of their own children, or of strangers '/ 

26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto 
him, Then are the children free. 

27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou 
to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first 
cometh up : and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou 
shalt find a piece of money : mat take, and give unto them 
for me and thee. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

Christ war neth his disciples to be humble and harmless, I ; to avoid offences, 
and not to despise the little ones, 7 : teacheth how we are to deal with 
our brethren when they offend us, '15, and how oft to forgive them, 21 ; 
which he setteth forth by a parable of the king that took account of his 
servants, 23, and punished him who shewed no merry to his fellow, 32. 

/A T a the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, say- 
ing, Who is the greatest in the kinguom of heaven 1 
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him 
in the midst of them. 

t* 3 b And said, Verily, I say unto you, Except ye be con- 
verted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 

4 c Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this 
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

5 d And whoso shall receive one such little child in my 
name, receiveth me. 

t 6 e But, whoso shall offend one of these little ones which 
believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were 
hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the 
depth of the sea. 

w 7 ^[ f Wo unto the world because of offences ! for it 
must needs be that offences come ; but wo to that man by 
whom the offence cometh ! 

d 8 g Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut 
them off, and cast them from thee ; it is better for thee to 
enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two 
hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. 

t 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it 
from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with one 
eye, rather than having two eyes^ to be cast into hell-fire. 

d 10 h Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 
ones : for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do 
always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 

t 1 1 * For the Son of man is come to save that which was 
lost. 

12 k How think ye 1 If a man have a hundred sheep, and 
one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety 
and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that 
which is gone astray 1 

13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he 
rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine 
which went not astray. 

t 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in 
heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 
d* 1 5 % ' Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against 

14 



A.D. 3-2. 



in Num. 35. 

30. 

Deut. 17. 6. 

& 19. 15. 

? Kings 21. 

10. 

John 8. 17. 

2 Cor. 13. 1. 

Heb. 10. 28. 

n Rom. 10. 

17. 

1 Cor. 5. 5,0. 

2 Cor. 2. 6. 
2 TDes. 3. 
0,14. 

1 Tim. 5. 20. 

2 John 
verse 10. 

ch. 16. 19. 
John 20. 23. 
y John 9.31. 
James 5. 10. 

1 John 3.22. 
& 5. 14. 
q Luke 17.4, 
with verse 3. 
r Gen. 4. 24. 
s2 Kings 4. 

a Or, 

denary. 
The Roman 



pence balf- 



AGr. 

throated 
him, or, 
choaked, 
Phil. 2. 21. 
t Prov. 21. 
13. 

eh. 6. 14. 
Mark 11.26. 
James 2. 13, 
A. D. 33. 
a Mark 10. 
1, &c. 

John 3.22. & 
10. 40. 



Christ healeth the sick. 

thee, go and tell him his fault hetween thee and him alone : 
if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother 

rf 16 m But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one 
or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses 
every word may be established. 

d 17 n And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the 
church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let liim be 
unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. 

t 18 "Verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
earth, shall be bound in heaven : and whatsoever ye shall 
loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. 

6 19 p Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree 
on earth, as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall 
be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 

** 20 For where two or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

/21 % q Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft 
shall my brother sin against me, and 1 forgive him? till 
seven times 1 

d 22 r Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven 
times : but, Until seventy times seven. 

* 23 If Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto 
a certain king which would take account of his servants. 

24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought 
unto him which owed him ten thousand talents. 

25 s But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lord com 
manded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all 
that he had, and payment to be made. 

26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, 
saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee 
all. 

27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with com- 
passion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 

28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his 
fellow-servants, which owed him °a hundred pence : and he 
laid hands on him, and h took him by the throat, saying, 
Pay me that thou owest. 

29 And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and be- 
sought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay 
thee all. 

30 And he -would not: but went and cast him into 
prison, till he should pay the debt. 

31 So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, 
they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord 
all that was done. 

32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto 
him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that deb*t,||fch.i8.3. 
because thou desiredst me: 

d 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy 
fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee 1 

34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to tin 
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 

1 35 'So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto 
you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his 
brother their trespasses. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Christ heahtli the sicic, 2 : answereth the Pliarise.es concerning divorce- 
ment, 3 : sheweth when marriage is necessary, 10 : receiveth little children, 
13: instructeth the young man how to attain eternal life, 16, and how to 
be perfect, 21 : lelleth his disciples how hard it is for a rich man to enter 
into the kingdom of God, 23: and promiseth rexoardto those that forsake 
any thing to follow him, 27. 

f k ND* a it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished 
: i\. these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came 
into the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan : 

m 2 And great multitudes followed him, and he healed 
them there. 

/3 If The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, 
and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away 
his wife for every cause ? 



ST. MATTHEW How to attain eternal life. 

4 b And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not 



A.D. 33. 



b Gen. 1.27. 
&5. 2. 
Mai. 2. 15. 
cGon.2.24. 
Ps. 45. 10. 
1 Cor. 6. 16. 
& 7. 11. 
Enh. 5. 31. 
d Deut. 24.1. 
ch. 5. 31. 
eJer.3. 8. 
ch.5. 32. 
Mark 10. 11. 
Luko 16.18. 
1 Cor. 7. 11. 
f Prov. 21. 
19. 

glCor.7.2, 
7, 9, 17. 
his. 50.3,4, 
5. 

1 Cor. 7. 7, 
32, 31. U 9. 
" , 15. 
iGi n.48.14, 



.Mark 10. H. 
Luke 18. 15. 
1 Cor. 14. 20. 
I Dan. 7. 18. 
Mark 10.17. 
Luke 18. 18. 
m James 1. 
17. 

nKx.20. 13.i 
flout. 5. 17 

Lev. 19. 
18. 

ch. 15. 4. & 
22. 39. 
Rom. 13. 9 
Gal. 5. )4. 
Eph. 6. 2. 
James 2. 8. 
p ch. 0. 20. 
Luke 12.33. 
Acts 2. 44. 
& 1. 32, 34. 
<i Murk 10. 
24. 

1 Cor. 1. 26. 
I Tim. (i. <J, 
10. 

James 2. 5. 
r Job 10. 13. 
ic 42. 2. 
.lor. 32 17. 
Zoch. 8. 6. 
Luke 1. 37. 
i Deut. 33. 9. 

h. 5. 3. 
Mark 10. 2R. 
Luke 18.28. 
t Isa. 65. 17. 
&. fiti. 22. 
Luke 22. 29, 
30. 
Acts. 3.21. 

2 Co. 5. 17. 
2 Pet. 3. 13. 
Rev. 21 1 



read, that he which made them at the beginning, made 
them male and female, 

5 c And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and 
mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall 
be one flesh? 

t 6 Wherefore* they are no more twain, but one flesh. 
What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put 
asunder. 

7 d They say unto him, Why did Moses then command 
to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away 1 

8 He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness 
of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives : but 
from the beginning it was not so. 

p 9 e And I say unto you, W hosoever shall put away his 
wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put 
away, doth commit adultery. 

10 If f His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man 
be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 

1 1 e But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this 
saying, save they to whom it is given. 

12 h For there are some eunuchs, which were so born 
from their mother's womb : and there are some eunuchs, 
which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, 
which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of 
heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him re- 
ceive it. 

f* 13 *|f 'Then were there brought unto him little children, 
that he should put his hands on them, and pray : and the 
disciples rebuked them. 

d 14 k But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them 
not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of 
heaven. 

/ 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 

* 16 ^f ! And behold, one came and said unto him, Good 
Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eter- 
nal life 1 

1 17 m And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? 
there is none good but one, that is God : but if thou wilt 
enter into life, keep the commandments. 

<M8 "He saith unto him, Which 1 Jesus said, Thou shalt 
do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt 
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 

<^19 ° Honour thy father and thy mother : and, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

/ 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have 
I kept from my youth up : what lack I yet ? 

^21 p Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and 
sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt 
have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. 

c 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went 
away sorrowful : for he had great possessions. 

t 23 If q Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily, I say 
unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the king- 
dom of heaven. 

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to 
go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

/ 25 When his disciples heard if, they were exceedingly 
amazed, saying, Who then can be saved ? 

t 26 r But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With 
men this is impossible, but with God all things are pos- 
sible. 

<27 ^f 'Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Behold, 
we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall we 
have therefore ? 

b 28 ' And Jesus said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, 
That ve which have followed me in the regeneration, when 

15 



Mark 10. 
29,30. 
Luke 18.29, 
30. 

x ch. 20. 16, 
Mark 10.31. 
Luke 13. 30, 
with ch. 8. 
11,12. & 21. 
31, 32. 
Luko 7. 29, 
30. , 
a Isa. 5. 1. 
ch. 21. 33. 
b Phil. 1.7, 
Col. 4. 1. 
2 Pet. 1. 13. 
c 1 Cor. 15. 
26. 

d Ruth 2. 19. 
a Gr. Fellow 
1 Cor. 3. 9. 
ech.2.14.& 
19. 30. & 22. 
14. 

Mark 10.31. 
Luke 13.30, 
with ch. 8. 
11. & 21. 31. 
Luke 7. 29. 
& 12. 32. 
f ch. 16. 21. 
Mark 10. 32. 
Luke 18.21. 
g ch. 21. 38. 
&27.3. 
Mark 24. 64. 
hJohnl8.32. 
Acta 4. 27. 
i ch. 4. 21. 
Mark 10.35. 
k 1 Kings 2. 
19. & 22. 19. 
Ps. 45. 9. 
ch. 16. 27,28. 
Heb. 12. 2. 
1 ch. 26. 39, 
42. 

Mk. 14. 36. 
Lu. 12. 50. 
& 22. 42. 
Jn. 17. 11. 



Christ foretelleth his passion 

the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye alsoj- A - : 
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. 

h 29 u And every one that hath forsaken houses, or bre 
thren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, 
or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, 
and shall inherit everlasting life. 

30 x But many that are first shall be last, and the last 
shall be first. 

CHAPTER xx. 
Christ, by the similitude of the labourers in the vineyard, sheweth that God 

is debtor unto no man, 1 ; foretelleth his passion, 17 ; by answering the 

mother of Zebedee s children, teacheth his disciples to be lowly, 20 ; and 

gi.veth tiro blind men their sight, 30. 

^TraOR 3 the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is 
Ml a householder, which went out early in the morning 
to hire labourers into his vineyard. 

2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a 
penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 

3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others 
standing idle in the market-place, 

4 b And said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; 
and whatsoever is right, I will give you. And they went 
their way. 

5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and 
did likewise. 

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found 
others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye 
here all the day i.ile 1 

7 They say unto him, Because ne> man hath hired us. 
He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; and 
whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. 

8 So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard 
saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them 
their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 

9 c And when they came that were hired about the 
eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they 
should have received more ; and they likewise received 
every man a penny. 

ell And when they had received it, they murmured 
against the good man of the house, 

12 d Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, 
and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne 
the burden and heat of the day. 

13 But he answered one of them, and said, a Friend, I 
do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a 
penny? 

14 Take that thine is, and go thy way : I will give unto 
this last, even as unto thee. 

1 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine 

own 1 Is thine eye evil because I am good ? 

16 e So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many 

be called, but few chosen. 
/ 17 ^[ f And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve 

disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 
r 18 s Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of 

man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the 

scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 
1 19 h And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and 

to scourge, and to crucify him : and the third day he shall 

rise again. 
/ 20 ^[ i Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's 

children, with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a 

certain thing of him. 
c 21 k And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith 
unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one 
on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy king- 
dom. 
t 



But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye 



ST. MATTHEW. He ndeth into Jerusalem. 

ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, 
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized 
with % They say unto him, We are able. 

t 23 m And he baith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my 
cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized 
with : but to sit, on my right hand, and on my left, is not 
mine to give, * but it shall be given to them for whom it is 
prepared of my Father. 

/ 24 n And when the ten heard it, they were moved with 
indignation against the two brethren. 

25 ° But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know 
that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over 
them, and they that are great exercise authority upon 
them. 

4 26 But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will 
be great among you, let him be your minister ; 

d 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be 
your servant : 

t 28 p Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 

/ 29 q And as they departed from Jericho, a great multi- 
tude followed him. 

/30 ^[ r And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way- 
side, when they beard that Jesus passed by, cried out, say- 
ing, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Soi oi David. 

d 31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should 
hold their peace ; but they cried the more, saying, Have 
mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 

32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What 
will ye that I shall do unto you ? 

1 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 

m 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their 
eyes : and immediately their eyes received sight, and they 
followed him. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Christ rideth into Jerusalem upon an ass, 1 , driveth the buyers and sellers 
out of the temple, 12, curseth the Jig-tree, 17, putteth to silence the priests 
and elders, 23, and rebuketh them by the similitude of the two sons, 28, 
and the husbandmen who slew txt-h as were sent unto them, 33. 

ND a when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were 

come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then 

sent Jesus two disciples, 

r 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against 

you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt 

with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. 

3 And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The 
Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send 
them. 
a 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, saying, 

5 b Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King 
cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a 
colt the foal of an ass. 

/ 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded 
them, 

7 And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their 
clothes, and they set him thereon. 

8 c And a very great multitude spread their garments 
in the way ; others cut down branches from the trees, and 
strewed them in the way. 

d 9 d And the multitudes that went before, and that fol- 
lowed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David : Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord : Hosanna in 
the highest. 

s 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city 
was moved, saying, Who is this 1 

s\\ e And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of 
Nazareth of Galilee. 

/ 12 % f And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast 
out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and over- 



A. D. 33. 



ra ch. 25. 34. 
Acts 12. 2. 
Rom. 8. 17. 

1 Cor. 2. 9. 

2 Cor. 1. 7. 
Hb. 11. 16. 
Rev. 1. 9. 
b Gr.unless, 
or, save to 
tkem, &c, 
John 5. 19. 
nMk. 10.41. 
Lu. 22. 24. 

Mark 10. 
42. 

Lu. 22. 25. 
p Isa. 53. 10, 
11. 

Dan. 9. 24. 
ch. 26. 23. 
Lu. 22.27. 
Jn. 11. 51. 
& 13.4, 5. 
Phil. 2. 7. 

1 Tim. 2. 6. 
Titus 2. 14. 
Heb. 9. 28. 
1 Pet. 1. 19. 
gMk.10.46. 
Lu. 18. 35. 
rch.9.27. 
& 12. 23, 
with John 
7.31. 

a Mark 11. 
],&c. 
Lu.19.29. 
b Isa. 62.11. 
Zech.9. 9. 
John 12. 15 
c Lv. 23. 40 
2Kgs. 9.13 
John 12. 13. 
d Psa. 118. 
24,25. 
ch. 23. 39. 
e ch. 2. 23. 
& 16. 14. 
Luko 7. 16. 
& 24. 29. 
John 6. 14. 
& 7. 40, 52 
& 9. 17. 
fDt. 14. 25 
Mk. 11. 15. 
Lu. 19. 45. 
John 2. 13. 



"a" 
16 



Christ rebuketh the priests and elders. ST. MATTHEW 

threw the tables of the money-changers, and the seats ofj^P^ 
them that sold uoves, 



;60. 
I Jer. 7.11. 



John 6. 15 
kMk.11.1 
Heb. 6. 8 
lMk. 11.20. 
mcli. 17.20. 
Luke 17. 6. 
James 1^6. 
n cliap. 7. 7. 
& 18. 19. 
Mk. 11.34. 
Luke 11. 9. 
John 14. 13. 
&. 15. 7. 
& IB. 24. 
Jurnes 5. 16. 
1 Jn. 3. 22. 
o ch. 7. 29. 
Mark 11.27. 
Luk B 20. I. 
I> cli 17. 12. 
.Mark 9. 13. 
Luke 1. 76. 
&. 7. 30. 
q ch. 14. 5. 
Mark 6. 20. 
Lulu 20 6. 
r Luke 7. 
29, 30. 
s Luke 3. 12, 
13. 

t2(.'hrou. 
'11. 15. 
P.-u. 80. 9. 
S.nigrt. 11, 
12 

Isa. 5. 1. 
Jer. 2.21. 
«arkl2. 1. 
Luke 20. l J. 




a 13 s And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be {$£&£. 
called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of 
thieves. 

m 14 And the blind and tiie lame came to him in the tem- 
ple ; and he healed them. 

1 15 And wiieu the crnef priests and scribes saw the won- 
derful things tiiat he did, and the children crying in the 
temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David ; they 
were sore displeased, 

« 16 h Aiid said unto him, Hearest thou what these say " 
And Jesus saitli unto them, Yea : have ye never read, Out of 
the mouth of babes and suckli.igs thou iiast perfected praise! 
/1 7 % ' l And he left them, and went out of the city into 
Betha.iy, and he lodged there. 

18 k Now, in the morning, ad he returned into the city, 
he hungered. 

m 19 And when he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to 
it, and fou id nothing thereon, but leaves only, a .. saw 
unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. 
And presently tne fig-tree withered away. 

20 ' And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, say- 
ing, How soo.i is tiie fig-tree withered away ! 

t 21 m Jesus a iswered and said unto them, Verily, I say 
unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only 
do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall 
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast 
into the sea ; it shall be done. 

b 22 n And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
believing, ye shall receive. 

/23 ^f ° And when he was come into the temple, the chief 
priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he 
was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these 
things 1 and who gave thee this authority 1 

24 p And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will 
ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will 
tell you by what authority I do these things. 

25 The baptism of John, whence was it 1 from heaven, 
or of men 1 Ami they reasoned with themselves, saying, 
If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why 
did ye not then believe him 1 

26 q But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people : 
for all hold John as a prophet. 

27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. 
And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority 
I do these things. 

i 28 ^[ But what think ye 1 A certain man had two sons ; 
and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in 
my vineyard. 

29 He answered and said, I will not ; but afterwards he 
repented, and went. 

30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And 
he answered and said, I go, sir : and went not. 

1 31 r Whether of them twain did the will of his father 1 
They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots 
go into the kingdom of God before you. 

32 ' For John came unto you in "the way of righteous- 
ness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the j$£i5 V 
harlots believed him : and ye, when ye had seen it, repent- * 
ed not afterward, that ye might believe him. 

i 33 ^[ ' Hear another parable; There was a certain house- 
holder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round 
about, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and 
let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country : 

34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent 
his servants to the husbandmen, that thev might receive 
the fruits of it. 

137 a z 



u lKg.22.24. 
2 Chron. 24. 
21. &36. 16. 
Neh.9. 26. 
Jer. 35. 15. 
ch. 5. 12. & 
23. 34, 37. 
>cts7.52. 
1 Th. 2. 15. 
Heb. 11.36. 
x ch. 26. 3. 
&27. 1 
John 1 I 53. 
y Hb. 13 .2. 
zch. 24. 13 
Acts 13. 46 
&15.7.& 18 
0. & 28. 28. 
ri Ps. 1 18. 22, 
Isa. 28. 16. 
Mark 12 10 
Lake 20.17. 
.\.:lb4. II. 
Rum. 9. 33. 

1 Ph. 2. 7. 
b Psa. 47. 9 
Dan. 2 41. 
chap. 3. 2. 

tci.n. & 

10.7. 

John 9. 39. 
Acts 13.46. 
& 28.23,28 

2 Cor 3. 14. 
&4. 3. 
els. 8. 14,15 
Dan. 2. 41. 
Luke20. 18. 
I Pet-2.7. 

Est. 1.3,5. 
Prov. 9. 2. 
ch. 25. 10. 
Luke i l. Ifl 
Rev. 19.7,9. 
b Heb. 2. 3. 
■•ch. 23. 37 
Luke 13. II. 
.1c 19. 27, 43. 
'I chop. 10. 
II, 13. 
Vis 13.46. 
h. 13. 17. 
21.43. 
r2Cor.5.3. 
Eph. 1.34 
Col.3. 10,12. 



a Gr. 
muzzled, 
Horn. 2. 15. 

A: 13. 42. al 
24.Sl.tc 

25. 30. 

.In.!.- 13. 
h ch. 19. 30. 
& 20. lfi. 
Mark 10. 31. 
Luko 7. 20. 
&. 12 32. Sl 
13. 28, with 
chap.fl.ll. 
&21.31. 



The parable of the marriage feast 

35 u And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat 
one, and killed another, and stoned another. 

36 Again he sent other servants more tiian the first : and 
they did unto them likewise. 

37 But last oi all, he sent unto them his son, saying, 
They will reverence my son. 

38 x But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said 
among themselves, This is the heir ; come, let us kill lnm, 
and let us seize on his inheritance. 

t 39 J And they caught him, and cast him out of the vine- 
yard, and slew mm. 

40 VV hen the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, 
what will he d(funto those husbanamen? 

( 41 z They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those 
wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other hus- 
bandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 

t 42 a Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the 
scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same 
is become the head of the corner : this is the Lord's doing, 
and it is marvellous in our eyes 1 

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall 
be b taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth 
the truits thereof. 

<44 c And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be 
broken : but on whomsoever it shall fail, it will grii d him 
to powder. 

45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard 
his parables, they perceived that he spake oi them. 
/46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they 
feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

The parable of the marriage of the king's son, I. The vocation of the 
Gentiles, 9. The punishment of him that wanted the wedding-gar- 
ment, 12. Tribute ought to be paid to Cesar, 15. Christ amfuteth the 
Sadducees concerning the resurrection, 23, answereth the lawyer, which 
is the first and great commandment, 34. 

AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by 
parables, and said, 
i 2 a The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, 
which made a marriage for his son, 

3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bid- 
den to the wedding: and they would not come. 
t4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them 
which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my 
oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready : 
come unto the marriage- 

5 b But they made light of it, and went their ways, one 
to his farm, another to his merchandise. 

6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them 
spitefully, and slew them, 

t 7 c But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth : and 
he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, 
and burned up their city. 

8 a Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, 
)ut they which were bidden were not worthy. 

9 e Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as 
ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 

10 So those servants went out into the highways, and 
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and 
good : and the wedding was furnished with guests. 

til ^ f And when the king came in to see the guests, he 
saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment : 

12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in 
hither, not having a wedding-garment? And he was 

speechless. 

1 13 s Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand 
and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter dark- 
ness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

1 14 h For many are called, but few are chosen, 

17 



Doctrine of the resurrection. ST. MATTHEW. 

/15 1 * Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel howl- A 
they might entangle him in his talk. 



iMarkl2.13. 
, Luke 20. 20. 
k Ezra 4. 13. 



Against ambition and hypocrisy 

CHAPTER XXili. 



«16 And they sent out unto him their disciples, with the^f^ 
Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true,!^;^ 
and teachest tiie way of God in truth, neither carest thoufe e |,°| 7 
for any man : for thou regard est not the person of men. j'&ff 

17 k Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou 1 ? Is it lawful Jtfg&SjgjSt Moses' seat: 



to give tribute unto Cesar, or not 1 

io 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why 
tempt ye me, ye hypocrites 1 

19 Shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto 
him a penny. . 

20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image, and 
superscription 1 

d*21 'They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto 
them, Render therefore unto Cesar, the things which are 
Cesar's , and unto God the things that are God's. 

/22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, 
and left him, and went their way. 

/23 ^[ m The same day came to him the Sadducees, which 
say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 

24 n Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no 
children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed 
unto his brother. 

25 Now, there were with us seven brethren : and the 
first, when he had married a wife, deceased ; and having 
no issue, left his wife unto his brother. 

26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the 
seventh. 

27 And last of all the woman died also. 

28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she 
be of the seven 1 for they all had her. 

29 ° Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not 
knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 

1 30 p For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor 
are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in 
heaven. 

* 31 But, as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye 
not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 

t 32 q I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob 1 God is not the God of the dead, but 
of the living. 

33 r And when the multitude heard this, they were asto- 
nished at his doctrine. 

* 34 ^ s But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put 
the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 

35 Then one of them which was a lawyer, asked him a 
question, tempting him, and saying, 

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 
^37 'Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy 

God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 

38 This is the first and great commandment. 
d 39 u And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. 

/41 ^[ * While the Pharisees were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them, 

42 Saying, What think ye of Christ 1 whose son is he 1 
They say unto him, The son of David. 

43 y He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit 
call him Lord, saying, 

a 44 * The l ord sajd un t mv Lord, Sit thou on my right 
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool 1 

45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son ? 

/ 46 a And no man was able to answer him a word, neither 
durst any man, from that day forth, ask him any more 
questions. 



44, 49, 52. 
qGen. 17.7. 
&28.2i,witli 
Hcb. 11. 10. 
Ex. 3. 6, 16. 
Lev. 26. 12. 
Mark 12. 20. 
Luke 30. 37. 
Acts 7. 32. 
rch. 7. 28. 
sMarkl2.28. 
Luke 10.25. 
tDeut.6.5. 
& 10. 12. & 
M. 6. 

Luke 10. 27. 
u Lev. 19.18. 
chap. 7. 12. 
Mark 12. 31. 
Luke 10. 27. 
Rom. 13. 9. 
Gal. 5. 14. 
1 Tim. 1. 5. 
James 2. 8. 
xMk. 12.35. 
Luke 20.41. 
y2Sa.23.2. 
Acts 1.16. 
& 2. 30. 
zPsa. 110.1. 
Acts 2. 34. 
1 Cor. 15. 25. 
Hcb.l.l3.& 
10. 12, 13. 
a Mk. 12.34. 
Luke 14. 6. 
& 20. 40. 



Christ admomshelh the people to follow the good doctrine, not the evil exam- 
ples of the scribes and Pharisees, 1 : His disciples must beware of their 
ambition, 5. He denounceth eight woes against their hypocrisy and blind- 
ness, 13; and prophesieth of the destruction of Jerusalem, 34. 

HEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 
2 a Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in 



A. D. 33. 



a Neh. 3. 4. 
b Isa. 10. 1. 
Luke 11. 46. 
Acts 15. 10. 
Gal. 6. 13. 
oNu. 15.38. 
Deut. 6.8. 
& 22. 12. 
ch.5. 16. & 
6. 1.2. & 25. 
27,28. 
Mark 12.38. 
dMk. 12.38. 
Luke 11.43. 
& 20. 46. 
3 John 9. 
e eh. 17. 5. 
1 Cor. 3. 4. 
James 3. 1. 
fMal.l. 6. 
John 6. 45. 
I Thcs. 4. 9. 
s. chap. 20. 
26, 27. 
h Job 22. 29. 
Pr. 15. 33. 
& 29. 23. 
Luke 14. 11. 
& 18. 14. 
James 4. 6. 

1 Pet. 5. 5. 
iE?.. 22.35. 
Luke 11. 12. 

2 Tim. 3. 6. 
Titus 1. 11. 
kMk.12.40. 
Luke 20. 47. 

1 chap. 5. 33, 
34. & 15. 14. 
mEx. 29.37. 
nlKgs.8.13. 

2 Cbr. 6. 2. 
Psa. 20. 8. 
& 132. 14. 
o 1 Sain. 15. 
22. 

Hosea 6. 6. 
Micah 0. 8. 
chap. 9. 13. 
& 12. 7. 
Lu. 11. 42. 
P ch. 15. 20. 
Mark 7. 4. 
Lu. 11. 39. 
q Ti. 1. 15. 



dS All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe that 
observe and do : but do not ye after their works : for they 
say, and do not. 

4 b For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be 
borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but they them- 
selves will noi move them with one of their fingers. 

c 5 c But all their works they do for to be seen of men : 
they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the bor- 
ders of their garments, v 

6 d And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the 
chief seats in the synagogues, 

7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, 
Rabbi, Rabbi. 

8 e But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, 
even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. 

9 f And call no man your father upon the earth : for one 
is your Father which is in heaven. 

10 Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Mas- 
ter, even Christ. 

^11 s But he that is greatest among you, shall be your 
servant. 

t\% h And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased ; 
and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. 

w 13 % ' l But wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : 
for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that 
are entering, to go in. 

w 14 k Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make 
long prayer : therefore ye shall receive the greater dam- 
nation. 

w 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when 
he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell 
than yourselves. 

w 16 'Wo unto you, ye blind guides! which say, Whoso- 
ever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but whoso- 
ever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 

u> 17 Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gold, 
or the temple that sanctifieth the gold ? 

18 And Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing ; 
but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is 
guilty. 

w> 19 m Ye fools, and blind ! for whether is greater, the gift, 
or the altar that sanctifieth the gift 1 

20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth 
by it, and by all things thereon. 

21 n And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by 
it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 

t 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the 
throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 

u> 23 ° Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have 
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, 
and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave 
the other undone. 

w 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow 
a camel. 

■*» 25 p Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, 
but within they are full of extortion and excess. 

d 26 i Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is 

18 



Destruction of the temple foretold. ST. MATTHEW- The signs of Chrisfs coming 

within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may r ^; n - | 33 44 *• 1 1 i And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive 



r Lu. 11.44. 
Acts 23. 3. 
8 Lu. 11. 47. 
t [sa. 1. 15. 
u ch. 3. 7. 
x 2 Cfar. 36. 
15. 

Neh. 9. 26. 
Lu. 11. 49. 
Acts 5. 40. 
& 7. 52, 59. 
&12.2. & 
22. 19. 
2 Cor. 11. 
24,25. 
Rev. 18. 24. 
y Gen. 4. 8. 
2Chron. 24. 
21,22. 
Heb. 11. 4. 
1 Jn. 3. 12. 
zDeut.22. 
11, 12. 
Lu. 13. 34. 
a Ps. 118. 26. 
chap. 22. 9. 
a Mk. 13. 1. 
Luke 21. 5. 
blKgs.9.7. 
Jer. 26. 18. 
Mic. 3. 12. 
Lu. 19. 44. 
c Mk. 13, 5. 
Eph. 5. 6 
Col. 2. 8. 
2Thes.2. 3. 
1 Jn. 4. 1,3. 
dLu. 24.21. 
e Jer. 4. 27 
&5. 10, 18. 
verses 8, 14, 
f Acts 11.28. 



name's sake 
10 h 



Lu. 21. 12. 
Jn. 15. 20. 
& 16. 2. 
Acts 4. 1,3 
5. & 5. 18. 
&7.59.& 
12. 4. &. 16 
22 

1 Pet. 4. 16. 
Rev.2.10. 
hch. 11.6. 
& 13. 57. 

2 Tim. 1. 15 
& 4. 10, 16. 



A. D. 33. 



be clean also 

w 27 r Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear 
beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, 
and of all uncleanuess. 

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto 
men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 
w 29 3 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish 
the sepulchres of the righteous, 

30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, 
we would not have been partakers with them in the blood 
of the prophets. 

31 Wherefore, ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye 
are the children of them which killed the prophets. 
w 32 * Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 

33 u Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye 
escape the damnation of hell 1 

34 % x Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and 
wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and 
crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your syna-jy^v," 
gogues, and persecute them from city to city : 

35 y That upon you may come all the righteous blood 
shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto 
the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew 
between the temple and the altar. 

36 Verily, I say unto you, All these things shall come 
upon this generation. 

h 37 z O Jerusalem* Jerusalem, thou that killest the pro- 
phets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy children together, even 
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye 
would not ! 

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 

39 a For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, 
till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple, 1 : What and how great 
calamities shall be before it, 3 : The signs of his coming to judgment, 29 : 
And because that day and hour is unknown, 36, we ought to watch, like 
good servants, expecting every moment our master's coming, 42. 

ft ND a Jesus went out, and departed from the temple : 
il and his disciples came to him for to shew him the 
buildings of the temple. 

* 2 b And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? 
Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one 
stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 

/3 ^[ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disci- 
ples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall 
these things be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, 
and of the end of the world ? 

d 4 c And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed 
that no man deceive you. 

5 d For many shall come in my name, saying, I am 
Christ ; and shall deceive many. 

r 6 e And ye shall hear of wars", and rumours of wars : see 
that ye be not troubled : for all these things must come to 
pass, but the end is not yet. 

7 f For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom 
against kingdom : and there shall be famines, and pesti- 
lences, and earthquakes in divers places. 

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 

i 9 i. 8 ,^n en sha11 thev Oliver you up to be afflicted, and 
shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for rav 



And then shall many be offended, and shall betray 
one another, and shall hate one another. 



i chap. 7. 15. 
Acts 20. 29. 
ICo. 11. 19. 
2 Co. 11.13. 

1 Tim. 4.1. 

2 Tim. 2. 17. 
2 Pet. 2. 1. 
Jude 4, 18. 
k2Ti.4. 16 
Heb. 10. 25 

1 Da. 12. 12 
Rev. 2. 10. 
mRo.10.18 
Col. 1.6,23. 
n Ban. 9. 25, 
27. & 22. 11. 
Mk. 13. 14, 
Luke 21. 
20. with 
ch. 19. 43. 

Lu. 23. 29. 
p Ex. 16. 29. 
Acts 1. 12. 
qDa. 12.1. 
Joel 2. 2. 
rMk. 13.21. 
Lu. 17. 23. 
&21.8. 
s ch. 7. 15. 
Mk. 13. 22. 

2 Pet. 3. 17. 
t Job 39. 33 
Luke 17. 37 
ulsa.]3. 10 
13. & 34. 4. 
Ezek. 32. 7 
Joel2. lit, 

31. & 3. 15 
Amos. 5.20. 
&fl. 9. 
Zeph, I. 15, 
Mark 13. 24, 
26. 

Lu. 21.25. 
Acts 2. 20. 
x Ua. 7. 13. 
Zech. 12, 
If). 12, 
ch. I(i. 07, 
& 26. 64. 
Mk. II. 62. 
Rev. i,7. 
9 ch. 13.41 
ICor.15.52. 

1 Th. 4. 10. 
/..la. 5.0. 
ii rh. I I. II) 
Sl 16.28. & 
23. 36, 
Mirk 13. 
30,31. 
Luke 21. 

32, 33. 
bPealra 102. 

bo. 51. 6. 

ch. 5. 19. 

.' I',l. r, 3.7, 

10. 

c verses 42, 

II. 

It. 13.3 
Acts. 1.7. 

1 Thou.: 5. 2. 

2 Pot. 3. 10. 

4,5. &7.'5. 
Lake 17.26, 

1 Pdt. 3. 20 



many. 

12 k And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many 
shall wax cold. 

d 13 l But he that shall endure unto the end, the same 
shall be saved. 

14 m And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 
in all the world, for a witness unto all nations ; and then 
shall the end come. 

15 n When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of 
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the 
holy place, (wh/>so readeth, let him understand,) 

^ 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the moun- 
tains : 

17 Let him which is on the house-top not come down to 
take any thing out of his house : 

18 Neither let him which is in the field ieturn back to 
take his clothes. 

19 ° And wo unto them that are with child, and to them 
that give suck in those days ! 

20 v But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, 
neither on the sabbath-day : 

21 q For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not 
since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever 
shall be. 

1 22 And except those days should be shortened, there 
should no flesh be saved : but for the elect's sake those 
days shall be shortened. 

23 r Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is 
Christ, or there ; believe it not. 

24 s For there shall arise false christs, and false prophets, 
and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if 
it were possible, they should deceive the very elect. 

25 Behold, I have told you before. 

d 26 Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in 
the desert ; go not forth : behold, he is in the secret cham- 
bers ; believe it not. 

t 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and 
shineth eVen unto the west ; so shall also the coming of 
the Son of man be. 

28 * For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles 
be gathered together. 

29 % u Immediately after the tribulation of those days, 
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers 
of the heavens shall be shaken . 

t 30 x And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, 
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of 
heaven with power and great glory. 

t 31 y And he shall send his angels with a great sound of 
a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from 
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 

32 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree ; When his branch 
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that sum- 
mer is nigh : 

33 z So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, 
know that it is near, even at the doors. 

34 a Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not 
pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 

35 b Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words 
shall not pass away. 

t 36 If c But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, 
not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 

37 d But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming 
of the Son of man be. 

38 For as in the days that were before the flood, they 
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, 
until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

19 



A. D. 33. 



The parable of the talents, ST. MATTHEW. 

39 And kuew not until the flood came, and took them 
all away : so shall also the coming ^of the Son of man be. 

40 e Then shall two be in the held ; the one shall be 
taken, and tne other left. 

o 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; the one 
shall be taken, and the other left. 

- d 42 «fi f Watch therefore ; for ye know not what hour 
your Lord doth come 



had knowst in what watch the thief would come, he would 
have watched, and would not have suffered his house to he 
broken up. 

d 44 h Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an hour as 
ye think not the Son of man cometh. 

45 l Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his 
lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat 
in due season 1 

b 46 k Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he 
cometh, shall find so doing. 

47 ' Verily, I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler 
over all his goods. 

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My 
lord delayetii his coming ; 

49 And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to 
eat and drink with the drunken ; 

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he 
looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 

w 51 m And snail cut him asunder, and appoint him his 
portion with the hypocrites : there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

The f arable of the ten virgins, I , and of the talents, 14. Also the descrip- 
tion of the last judgment, 31. 

THEN a shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto 
ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to 
meet the bridegroom. 
c 2 b And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no 
oil with them : 
t 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 

5 c While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered 
and slept. 

6 d And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the 
bridegroom cometh : go ye out to meet him. 

7 e Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil : 
lor our lamps are gone out. 

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; lest there be 
not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that 
sell, and buy for yourselves. 

t 10 f And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; 
and they that were ready went in with him to the mar- 
riage : and the door was shut. 

11 e Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 
Lord, Lord, open to us. 

12 h But he answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, 
I know you not. 

d 13 'Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor 
the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

» 14 ^[ k For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling 
into a far country, who called his own servants, and de- 
livered unto them his goods. 

15 'And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, 
and to another one ; to every man according to his 
several ability ; and straightway took his journey. 
; * 16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and 
traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 

d 17 And likewise he that had received two> he also gain- 
ed other two. 



33, 35. 
Lu. 21. 34. 

g Lu. 12. 39. 
IThess.5.2. 
2 Pet. 3. 10. 
Rev. 3. 3. 
& 16. 15. 
h 1 Th. 5. G. 
2 Pet. 3. 12. 
iLu 12.42. 
Jti. 21. 15. 
Acts 20. 2. 

43 g But know this, that if the good man of the house gS?«.uo* 

■ Heb. 3. 5. 
kH.ev.lli.15. 
1 Gen. 39. 4. 
ch 25. 21. 
Luke 12. 44. 
& 22. 29,30. 
m uh. 8. 12. 
& 13. 42, 50. 
& 22. 13. & 
25. 30. 
a Ps. 45. 14. 
Rev. 19. 7. 
b eh. 13. 47. 
& 22. 10. 
c Mk. 13.35. 
Ro. 13. 11. 
James 3. 2. 
dch. 24. 31. 
1 Th. 4. 16. 
e Lu. 12.35. 
fLukel3.25. 
gch.7. 21. 
nPs 1.6. & 
5. 5. & 6. 8. 
Hab. 1. 13. 
ch. 7. 23. 

1 Gor. 8. 3. 
Gal. 4. 9. 

2 Tim. 2. 19. 
ch.24.42. 

Mark 13. 33, 

35. 

Luke 21. 34, 

36. 

1 Cor. 16.13. 

1 Pet. 5. 8. 

Rev. 16. 15. 

. Luke 19. 

12. 

I Rom. 12.0. 

1 Cor. 12. 

7, 11, 29. 

Eph.4. 11. 



Description of the last judgment 

t 18 But he that had received one, went and digged bi 
foh£ as." 13." | the earth, and hid his lord's money. 

19 After a long time the Lord of those servants cometh, 
and reckoneth with them. 

20 And so he that had received five talents, came and 
brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst 
unto me five talents : behold, I have gained besides them 
five talents more. 

6 21 m His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, 
I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into 
the joy of thy lord. 

22 He also that had received two talents came, and 
said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents : behold, I 
have gained two other talents besides them. 
b 23 u His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful 
servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will 
make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the 
joy of thy lord. 

c 24 Then he which had received the one talent came, 
and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reap- 
ing where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou 
hast not strewed : 

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the 
earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine, 
w 26 ° His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked 
and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I 
sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed . 

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to 
the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have 
received mine own with usury. 

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto 
him which hath ten talents. 

t 29 p For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he 
shall have abundance : but from him that hath not, shall 
be taken away even that which he hath. 

t 30 q And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer 
darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

t 31 *[j r When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the 
throne of his glory : 

32 8 And before him shall be gathered all nations : and 
he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats : 

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the 
goats on the left. 

b 34 ' Then shall the King say unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom 
prepared for you from the foundation of the world : 

35 u For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat : I 
was tliirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and 
ye took me in : 

36 Naked, and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited 
me : I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, 
when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and 
gave thee drink ? 

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in 1 or 
naked, and clothed thee? 

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came 
unto thee 1 

40 x And the King shall answer and say unto them, 
Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

t 41 y Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, 
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for the devil and his angels : 

42 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I 
was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 

20 




m Gen. 39. 4, 
6. 

[sa. 61. 7. 
ch. 24. 47. 
verses 34, 46. 
Luke 12.44. 
& 22. 29, 30. 
2Cor.ll.7. 
2 Tim. 2. 12. 

1 Pet. 1. 8. 
n verse 21. 
o2Tim.2.2. 
pch.13. 12. 
Mark 4. 25. 
Luke 8. 18. 
&. 19. 26. 
John 15. 2. 
Rev. 22. 11. 
q ch.8. 12. & 
13.42. &22. 
13. & 24.51. 
Lu. 17. 10. 
r Ze. 14. 5. 
ch. 16.27. & 
19. 28. 
Mark 8. 38. 
Acts 1.11. 
ITh. 4. 16. 

2 Thes. 1. 7. 
Jude 14. 
Rev. 1.7. 

IsEz. 20. 38. 
& 34. 17, 22. 
ch. 13. 49. 
Rom. 14. 10. 
-I Cor. 5. 10. 
Rev. 20. 12. 
t ch. 20. 23. 
Rom. 8. 17. 
1 Cor. 2. 9. 
Heb. 11. 16. 

1 Pet. 1. 34). 
Itev. 21.7. 
u Isa. 58. 7. 
Ezek.18.7. 
Jam. 1.27. 
xPr. 14.31. 
&19.17. 
ch.10. 42. 
Mark 9. 41. 
Heb. 6. 10. 
y Ps. 6. 9. 
chap. 7. 23. 
Lu. 13. 27. 

2 Pet. 2. 4. 
with Jude 6. 



17. 
i Acis 9. 5. 
J a Dan. 12. 2. 
John 5. 29. 
Rev. 14. 11. 
& 20. 10. 
a Mk. 14. 1. 
Luke 22. 1. 
Ju.ll.55. & 
13. 1. 

b Psa. 2. 2. 
with 

Ada 4. 26. 
Jn. 11. 47. 
c Psa. 41. 7. 
d Jn. 7. 12. 
40. 

eMk. 14.3. 
Luke 7. 37. 
Jolin 11.2. 
& 12. 3. 
fDt. 15. 11. 
ch. 18.20.& 
28. 20. 
Jn. 12. H. &. 
13. 33. & 14. 
19. & 16. 5, 
28. &. 17. 11. 
e ch. 10. 4. 
Mk. 14. 10. 
Luke 22. 4. 
hZe. )M2. 
i Ex. 12. 6. 
Mark 14.12. 
Luke 22. 7. 
k Psa. 41. 9, 
with 

Jn. 13. 18. 
.Mk. 14. 18. 
Lu. 22. 14. 
Jn. 13. 21. 
Acta 1. 16. 
I Mk. 14 20. 
m Psa. 3C. 
lea. 55 3. 
Dan. 9 26. 
Luke 24. 26, 
46. 

Jn. 17 12 
Acts 17. 3. 
& 26. 23. 



Christ eateth the passover. ST. MATTHEW. He is betrayed by Judas. 

43 I was a stranger, arid ye took me not in : naked, and|-|j^|- wo unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! 
ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me^-5. jit had been good for that man if he had not been born 
not. 

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when 
saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, 
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee 1 

45 z Then snail he answer them, saying, Verily, I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of 
these, ye did it not to me. 

**46 a And these shall go away into everlasting punish- 
ment : but the righteous into life eternal. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

The rulers conspire against Christ, 1. The woman anointeth his head, 7. 
Judas selleth him, 1 4. Christ eateth the passover, 1 7 : instituteth his 
holy supper, 26 : prayeth in the garden, 3b : and being betrayed with a 
kiss, 47, is carried to C ' daphas, 57, and denied of Peter, b9. 

f k ND a it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these 
.xjL sayings, he said unto his disciples, 

t 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the pass- 
over, and the So.; of man is betrayed to be crucified. 

/ 3 b Then assembled together the chief priests, and the 
scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the 
high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 

4 c And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, 
and kill him. 

5 a But they said, Not on the feast-day, l est there be an 
uproar among the people. 

g 6 *[f e Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of 
Simon the leper. 

/ 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster- 
box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head 
as he sat at meat. 

8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignafion, 
saying, To what purpose is this waste 1 

9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and 
given to the poor. 

10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why 
trouble ye the woman 1 for she hath wrought a good work 
upon me. 

1 1 f For ye have the poor always with you ; but me ye 
have not always. 

12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my 
body, she did it for my burial. 

13 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall 
be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that 
this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 
/14 ^[ s Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, 
went unto the chief priests, 

c 15 h And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I 
will deliver him unto you ! And they covenanted with himj^i?^ 
for thirty pieces of silver. 

16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray 
him. 

f\7 ^[ ; Now, the first day of the feast of unleavened 
bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where 
wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover 1 

18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say 
unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand ; I will 
keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them ; 
and they made ready the passover. 

/20 Now, when the even was come, he sat down with 
the twelve. 

21 k And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, 
That one of you shall betray me. 

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every ikim jf'f 
one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it 17 p„"i8-u'2 

23 ' And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand ladtck?' 
with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. IC V 4": 9 & 

t 24 m The Son of man goeth, as it is written of him : butl»&o. 

138 



A. D. 33. 
n John 13.2. 
verse 64. 
with 

Mk. 14. 62 
oMk. 14.22. 
Lu. 22. 19. 
JCor.11.24. 
pi Cor. 10.4. 



Rom. 5 15 
III. 41. 9. 22. 
rMk. 14.25. 
Lu. 22. 18. 
Acts 10. 41. 
s John 18. 4. 
t Ze. 13. 7. 
ch. 11.6. 
Mk. 14. 27. 
John B. 32. 
u ch. 28. 16. 
Mk. 14. 28. 
& 16. 7 

30. 

Lu 22.34. 
J n 13. 38. 
/. Mk.14.32 
Lu. 22 39. 
John 18. 1. 
a ch. 4. 21. 
Jn. 12. 27. 
h Ps. 1 16. 3. 
c ch. 50. 22. 
John 5. 30. 
& 6. 38. &; 
12 27. 
Phil. 2. 8. 
rich 5. 7, 8. 
I Ml,. 14.43. 



25 " Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and 
said, Master, is it 1 1 He said unto him, Thou hast said. 

1 26 *\\ ° And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and 
said, Take, eat ; this is my body. 

d 27 p And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave 
it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it ; 

28 i For this is my blood of the new testament, which is 
siied for many for the remission of sins. 

29 r But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of 
this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with 
you in my Father's kingdom. 
s 30 8 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out 

into the mount of Olives. 

r 31 ' Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended 
because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the 
Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered 
abroad. 

t 32 u But after I am risen again, I will go before you into 
Galilee. 

33 x Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men 
shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be 
offended. 

*• 34 y Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, That 
this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, 
yet will not I deny thee. Likewise also said all the dis- 
ciples. 

g 36 If z Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called 
Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while 
I go and pray yonder. 

37 a And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of 
Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 

38 b Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sor- 
ro \ ful, even unto death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. 

**39 c And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and 
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them 
asleep, and saith unto Peter, What ! could ye not watch 
with me one hour 1 

^41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

d 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, 
saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from 
me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 

/43 And he came and found them asleep again : for their 
eyes were heavy. 

44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed 
the third time, saying the same words. 

45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, 
Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold, the hour is at 
hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of 



46 Rise, let us be going : behold, he is at hand that doth 
betray me. 

/47 Tf (1 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the 
twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords 
and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 
48 e Now, he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, say- 
ing, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he ; hold him fast. 
*49 f And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, 
Master ; and kissed him. 

/50 And Jesus said unto him, ■ Friend, wherefore art thou 
come 1 Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and 
took him. 

/51 ff And behold, one of them which were with Jesus 

21 



66 ' What think ye 1 They answered and said, He is 
guilty of death. 

s* 67 u Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him ; 
and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 

68 x Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, who is he 
that smote thee 1 

/ 69 ^[ y Now Peter sat without in the palace : and a 
damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus 
of Galilee. 

70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not 
what thou sayest. 

71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another 
maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This 
fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 

u 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the 
man. 

73 z And after a while came unto him they that stood by, 
and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them ; for 
thy speech bewrayeth thee. 

»74 a Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I 
know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 

a 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which 
said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me 
tbrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly 



. D. 33. 



Peter denieth Christ. ST. MATTHEW. 

stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a 
servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear. 

52 h Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword 
into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish 
with the sword. 
1 53 * Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, 
and he shall presently give me more tiian twelve legions 
of angels 1 

54 k But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that 
thus it must be ] 

55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are 
ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for 
to take me 1 I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, 
and ye laid no hold on me. 

a 56 ' But all tills was done, that the scriptures of the 
prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook 
him, and fled. 

/57 % m And they that had laid hold on Jesus, led him 
away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and 
the elders were assembled. 

58 -But Peter followed him afar off, unto the high priest's 
palace, and went in, and sat with the servants to see the 
end. 

c 59 n Now, the chief priests, and elders, and all the 
council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to 
death ; 

60 ° But found none : yea, though many false witnesses 
came, yet found they none. At the last came two false 
witnesses, 

61 p And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the 
temple of God, and to build it in three days. 

62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answer- 
est thou nothing 1 what is it which these witness against 
thee 1 

/ 63 q But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest 
answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living 
God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ the Son 
of God. 

t 64 r Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : nevertheless, 
I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sit- 
ting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds 
of heaven. 

65 s Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He 
hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of 
witnesses 1 behold, now we have heard his blasphemy. 



hGen.9. 6. 
Lzek. 35. 5. 
Rom. J2. 19. 
lPt.4.1B,19. 
Rev. 13. 10. 
i2Kgs.6.17. 
Dan. 7. 10. 
k Paalm 22. 
Isa. 53. 3, 7. 
&8. 10. 
Dan. &. 26. 
Luke 24. 26, 
46. 

Acts 17. 3. 
& 26. 23. 
1 Jn. 18. 28. 
mMlt.14 53. 
Luko22. 54. 
Jn. 18.12, 24. 
n Pea. 27. 12. 
& 35. 11. 
Mark 14. 55. 
o Dt. 19. 15. 
p eh. 27. 40. 
John 2. 19. 
Acts 6. 13. 
q Isa. 53. 7. 
with Acts 8. 
32. & 13. 32. 
ch. 16. 16. 
John 1. 50. 
Heb. 1. 15. 
r Psa. 110. 1. 
Dan. 7. 13. 
ch. 16. 27. 
&24.30. & 
25. 31. 
Luke 21. 27. 
John 6. 62. 
Acts 1. 11. 
Rom. 14. 10. 
lThes.4.16. 
Rev. 1. 7. 
s2Kgs.l9.]. 
t Lev. 24. 10. 
u Isa. 50. 6. 
& 53. 3. 
h. 27. 30. 
xMk. 14.66. 
Luke 22. 64. 
John 18. 16. 
yMk.14.66. 
Luke.22.55. 
Jn.18.17,25. 
z Lu. 22. 59. 
a Mk. 14.71. 
b verse 34. 
Luke 22. 61. 




2 So. 1. 16. 



Pilate attests his innocence. 

CHAPTER XXVII 
Christ is delivered bound to Pilate, 1. Judas hangeth himself, 3. Pilate 
admonished of his wife, I9,washeth his hands, 24, and looseth Bar abbas, 
26. Christ is crowned with thorns, 29, is crucified, 35, reviled, 40, dieth, 
and is buried, 50 : his sepulchre is sealed and watched, 66. 



HEN a the morning was come, all the chief priests and 
elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to 
put him to death. 

2 b And when they had bound him, they led him away, 
and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 
/3 ^[ c Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he 
saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought 
again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and 
elders, 

4 d Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the 
innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see 
thou to that. 

5 e And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, 
and departed, and went and hanged himself. 

/ 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, 
It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because 
it is the price of blood. 

7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the 
potter's field, to bury strangers in. 

8 f Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, 
unto this day. 

« 9 g Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy 
the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of 
silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the 
children of Israel did value ; 

10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord 
appointed me. 

/ll h And Jesus stood before the governor: and the 
governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the 
Jews 1 And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 

12 l And when he was accused of the chief priests and 
elders, he answered nothing. 

13 k Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how 
many things they witness against thee 1 

c 14 * And he answered him to never a word ; insomuch 
that the governor marvelled greatly. 

1 5 m Now at that feast, the governor was wont to release 
unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 

16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barab- 
bas. 

17 n Therefore, when they were gathered together, 
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto 
you 1 Barabbas, or Jesus, which is called Christ 1 

18 ° (For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.) 
/*19 % When he was set down on the judgment seat, his 
wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with 
that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in 
a dream, because of him. 

20 p But the chief priests and elders persuaded theaiiul- 
titude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 

21 q The governor answered and said unto them, Whe- 
ther of the twain will ye that I release unto you 1 They 
said, Barabbas. 

22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with 
Jesus, which is called Christ 1 They all say unto him, Let 
him be crucified. 

23 And the governor said, Why ! what evil hath he 
done 1 But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be 
crucified. 

/* 24 ^[ r When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, 
but that rather a tumult was made, be took water, and 
washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am inno- 
cent of the blood of this just person : see ye to it. 
c 25 s Then answered all the people, and said, His blood 
be on us, and on our children. 

22 



The crucifixion of Christ. 



ST. 



26 If * Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when t f lk D 15 3:i 15 



Lu. 23. 24. 

Juhn 19. 1. 
u !sa. 50. 6. 
cii. 2G. 67. 
xNu 15.35.1 
1 Kir. 21.13. 
Mk. 15. 21. 
Lu. 23. 26. 
Jn. 19. 17. 



he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified, 
/ 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the 

common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of 

soldiers. 

28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 
* 29 ^[ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they 

put it upon his head, and a reed hi his right hand : and 

they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, 

Hail, King of the Jews ! 

30 u And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and 
smote him on the head. 

31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the 
robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led 
him away to crucify him. 

g 32 * And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, 
Simon by name : him they compelled to bear his cross. 

33 y And when they were come unto a place called Gol- 
gotha, that is to say, a place of a scull, 

« 34 z They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall : 
and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 

«35 a And they crucified him, and parted his garments, 
casting lots : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 
by the prophet; They parted my garments among them, 
and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 

36 b And sitting down, they watched him there : 

/37 c And set up over his head his accusation written, 
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

38 d Then were there two thieves crucified with him : 
one on the right hand, and another on the left. 

39 ^[ e And they that passed by, reviled him, wagging 
their heads, 

c 40 f And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and 
buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son 
of God, come down from the cross. 

41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the 
scribes and elders, said, 

42 He saved others ; himself he cannot save. If he be 
the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, 
and we will believe him. 

43 g He trusted in God ; let him deliver him now if he 
will have him : for he said, I am the Son of God. 

44 h The thieves also which were crucified with him, cast 
the same in his teeth. 

45 i Now, from the sixth hour there was darkness over 
all the land unto the ninth hour. 

* 16 k And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani 1 that is to say, 
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me 1 

47 'Some of them that stood there, when they heard 
that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 

48 m And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, 
and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave 
him to drink. 

49 The rest said, Lef be, let us see whether Elias will 
come to save him. 
/ 50 ^f " Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, 

yielded up the ghost. 

51 ° And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain 
from the top to the bottom : and the earth did quake, and 
the rocks rent ; 

™52 And the graves were opened, and many bodies of JSJj^ £?■ 
saints which slept arose, \'jn.V.'& 

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and 'idol'is. s, 
went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 
i 54 p Now, when the centurion, and they that were with 
him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things 
that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was 
the Son of God. 



MATTHEW. His resurrection is declared. 

f 55 q And many women were there (beholding afar off) 
which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him : 
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the 
mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's 
children. 

757 ^| r When the even was come, there came a rich man- 

who also himself was Jesus' 



Acts 7. 58. 

x Mk is 2"' °f Arimathea, named Joseph, 

ki ¥'] disciple: 

witf, John 2 , 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 

29 p?22.h). ,Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 

59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it 
in a clean linen cloth, 
/60 * And laid it in his own new tomb, 



Mk. 15. 24. 
Lu. 23. 34. 
Jn. 19.23. 
b verse 54. 
cMk. 15.26 
Lu. 23. 38. 
Jn. 19. 19. | 

di8a.53.i2.|out in the rock 

§2 kings i9. i the sepulchre, and departed. 

Ps. 22. 8. 
& 109. 25. 
[sa. 37. 22. 
Jer. 18. 16. 
Lam. 2. 15. 
f ch. 4. 3, 6. 
&26. 61. 
verses43,54. 
with 

Lu. 23. 35. 
e Psa. 22. 9. 
& 18. 19., 
ch. 26. 64. 
h Lu. 23. 39. 
i Amos 8. 9. 
k Psa. 22. 2. 

1 Mai. 4. 5. 
ch. 17. 10. 
m Ps. 69. 22. 
Mark 15. 36. 
Luke 23. 36. 
John 19. 29. 
nMk.15.37. 
Luke 23. 46. 
John 19. 30. 
Heb. 5. 7. 
oEx.26. 31. 

2 Chr. 3. 14. 
Heb. 10. 19 
P ver. 
Mark 
Luke 23. 47. 



which he had hewn 
and he rolled a great stone to the door of 



A 



A.D. 33 



Murk lti.il. 
Jn. 20.11. 16. 
f Psa. 22.22. 
wilhHeb.2. 
II. 

verse 7. 
John 20. 17. 
Acts 1.3. - 
Rihii.R. 20. 
glJ.ibn3.l9. 



61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, 
sitting over against the sepulchre. 

62 Now, the next day that followed the day of the pre- 
paration, the chief priests and Pharisees came together 
unto Pilate, 

63 ' Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, 
while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 

64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure 
until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and 
steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from 
the dead . so the last error shall be worse than the first. 

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a ° watch : go your 
way, make it as sure as ye can. 

/66 u So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing 
36,4| the stone, and setting a watch. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

Christ's resurrection is declared by an angel to the women, 1 : He himself 
appeareth unto them, 9. The chief priests give the soldiers money to say 
that he was stolen out of his sepulchre, 1 1. Christ appeareth to his dis- 
ciples, 16, and sendeth them to baptize, and teach all nations, 19. 

~N a the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward 
the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and 
the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 
™ 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake : for the 
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and 
rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 
mS b His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment 
white as snow. 

4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became 
as dead men. 

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear 
not ye: for I know that yc seek Jesus, which was crucified. 

' 6 c He is not here : for he is risen, as he said. Come, 
see the place where the Lord lay. 

g 7 d And go quickly, and tell his disciples, that he is risen 
from the dead, and behold, he goeth before you into Gali- 
lee ; there shall ye see him : lo, I have told you. 

8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with fear 
and great joy ; and did run to bring his disciples word. 

d 9 *f[ c And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus 
met them, saying, All hail. And they came, and held him 
by the feet, and worshipped him. 

»-10 f Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid ; go tell 
my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall 
they see me. 

f\\ *\\ Now, when they were going, behold, some of the 
watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests 
all the things that were done. 

12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and 
had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 

13 Saying-, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and 
stole him away while we slept. 

14 e And if this come to the governor's ears, we will per- 
suade him, and secure you. 

1 5 So thev took the money, and did as thev were taught : 

23 



n r.ukea 2. 
rMk. 15. 42. 
Luke 23. 50. 
John 19. 3P. 
b Iiit. 53. II. 
t oh. 26. 61. 
F.uke 23. 2. 
John 2. I!). 
k 1. 12. 
u Or, guar J, 
Acts 4. 1. 
u IMn.li. 17. 
n ch. 27. 56. 
Mark 16. I. 
Luko24, l. 
John 20. 1. 
bl Ian. 10.5. 
c ch. 12. 40. 
& 16. 21. & 
17. 23. 

dch. 26.32. 
rse Hi. 



Peter, Andrew, James, and John called. 



ST. 



and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews 
until this day. 

/ 1 6 % h Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, 
into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 

17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him : but 
some doubted. 

1 18 ! And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All 
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 



MARK 

dl9 «ft k 



A.D.33. 



h cli. 26. 32. 
i Don. 7. 13. 
ch. 11.27. 
& 16. 28. 
Luke 1. 32. 
John 3.35.& 
13.3.&17 •-'. 
Acts 2. 36. 
Rom. 14. 9. 
1 Cor. 15.24. 
Ep. 1.10,20. 
Philip. 2. 9. 
Col. 1.16. 
Heb. 1.2. 
&2.8. 



Christ healeth many diseased persons. 
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, ana of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost ; 

d 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I 
have commanded you : and, lo, I am with you always, even 
unto the end of the world. Amen. 



1 Pot. 3. 22. 116.20. & 17.1k Isa. 2. 3. 
Rev. 13, 114. & 19. 16.I&. 52. 10. 



|Markl6. 15.1 Acts 2. 38. 
lLuke24.47.l&H. 12. 



iRom. 10. 18 l& 10. 2. withlCol. 1. 23. 
llCo.l.l3,15.|Ex. 14. 31. I 



H THE C^OSPjEjL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK. 



CHAPTER I. 

The office of John the Baptist, i. Jesus is baptized, 9, tempted, 12: He 
preacheth, 14, calleth Peter, Andrew, James, and John, 1 6 : healeth one 
that hnd a devil, 23. Peter's mother-in-lavj, 29, many diseased persons, 
32: and cleanseth the leper, 41. 

THE a beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son 
of God ; 

a 2 b As it is written in the prophets, Behold, 1 send my 
messenger before my face, which shall prepare thy way 
before thee ; 

3 c The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare 
ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 

t 4 d John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 

g 5 e And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, 
and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the 
river of Jordan, confessing their sins. 

/6 f And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a 
girdle of a skin about his loins ; and he did eat locusts and 
wild honey ; 

t 7 s And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier 
than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not wor- 
thy to stoop down and unloose. 

* 8 h I indeed have baptized you with water : but he shall 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 

/9 ' And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus camefrom 
Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. 

1 10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw 
the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending 
upon him. 

1 1 1 k And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou 
art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

/ 1 2 ' And immediately the spirit driveth him into the 
wilderness. 

1 13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, 
tempted of Satan ; and was with the wild beasts ; and the 
angels ministered unto him. 

/ 14 m Now, after that John was put in prison, Jesus came 
into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. 

d 15 "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom 
of God is at hand : repent ye, and believe the gospel. 

/16 "Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw 
Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea : 
for they were fishers. 

d 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I 
will make you to become fishers of men. 

/18 p And straightway they forsook their nets, and fol- 
lowed him. 

19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw 
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also 
were in the ship mending their nets. 

20 And straightway he called them : and they left then- 
father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and 
went after him. 

<* 21 ' And they went into Capernaum ; and straightway on 

the sabbath-day he entered into the synagogue and taught. 

22 r And they were astonished at his doctrine : for he 

taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 



A. D. 26. 
,i Pm. 2. 6. 
■Malt. 3.2, 17. 
Sc 17. 11. 
John I. 49. 
& 10. 36. 
.Mai. 3.1. 
Matt. 11.10. 
i .uke 7. 27 
<■ Isa. 40. 3. 
Matt. 3.3. 
■,uke I. 76. 
& 3. 4. 
Jn. 1.15,23. 
n Mai. 4. 5. 
Matt. 3. 1. 
Luke 3. 3. 
John 1.31. 
e Matt. 3. 5. 
f Lev. 11.22. 
2 Kings J. 8. 
Zech. 13. 4. 
Matt. 3. 4 
g Matt. 3. 11 
Luke 3. 16. 
J.ilin 1.27. 
& 7. 38. 
h ActB 1. 5. 
& 2: 4, 17. 
& 10. 45. & 
H.16.&13. 
25. & 19. 4. 
1 1 'or. 12. 13. 
i Matt. 3. 13. 
Luke 3. 21. 
John 1.32. 
k Psa.2. 7. 
Isa. 42. 1. 
Matt. 3. 17. 
& 17. 5. 
chap. 9. 7. 
Col, 1. 13. 
2 Pet. 1. 17. 
1 Job 5. 22. 
Mat.4.1,11. 
Luke 4. 1. 
m Mat. 4. 12. 
Luke 3. 19. 
& 4. 14. 
John 4. 43. 
n Matt. 3. 2. 
& 10.7. 
o Mai. 4. 18. 
Luke 5. 2. 
John 1.42. 
plKg.19.19. 

A. D. 31. 
qMi.4 13,23. 
lM](e4. 16, 
31.&13. 10. 
Acts 13. 14, 
21, 44. & 15. 
21. & 17. 2. 
& IK 4. 
rMatt.7.28. 
& 13. 54. & 
21. 23. 
ch. II. 28. 
Lu. 4. 32. & 
7.16. & 20. 2. 



A. P. 31. 



Lu. 4. 33. 

. Psa.16. 10. 

with Acts 2. 

31. 

Dan. 9.24. 

Matt. 8. 29. 

verse 34. 

Luke 1. 35. 

&4. 4L 

u ch. 5. 25. 

x Mt. 8. 14. 

Luke 4. 38. 
It Mt. 8. Ifi 

Luke 4. 40'. 
\z ch. 3. 11. 
[Luke 4. 41. 
lActs 10. 17, 
,18. 
la Lu. 4.42. 

bin. 4. 43. 

Jn. 16. 28. 

c Matt. 8.8. 
1 Luke 5. 12. 

<] Lev. 13.2. 

& 14. 2. 

ech. 2. 13. 

Luke 5. 15. 



/23 s And there was in their synagogue a man with an 
unclean spirit ; and he cried out, 
t 24 ' Saying, Let us alone ; what have we to do with thee } 
thou Jesus oi Nazareth ] art thou come to destroy us % I 
know thee who thou art, the Holy Ore of God. 

25 u And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and 
come out of him. 

m 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried 
with a loud voice, he came out of him. 
1 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they ques- 
tioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this 1 what 
new doctrine is this 1 for with authority commandeth he 
even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. 
g 28 And immediately Ids fame spread abroad throughout 
all the region round about Galilee. 

/ 29 x And forthwith, when they were come out of the 
synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and An- 
drew, with James and John. 

, 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever ; and 
anon they tell him of her. 

m 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted 
her up ; and immediately the fever left her, and she minis 
tered unto them. 

/32 y And at even when the sun did set, they brought 
unto him all that were diseased, and them that were pos- 
sessed with devils. 

33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 
™ 34 z And he healed many that were sick of divers dis- 
eases, and cast out many devils ; and suffered not the devils 
to speak, because they knew him. 

I d 35 a And in the morning, rising up a great while before 
[day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and 
'there prayed. 

36 And Simon, and they that were with him, followed 
I after him. 

37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, 
All men seek for thee. 

38 b And he said unto them, Let us go into the next 
towns, that I may preach there also : for therefore came 
I forth. 

m 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all 
Galilee, and cast out devils. 

d 40 c And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and 
kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, 
thou canst make me clean. 

t 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his 
hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will ; be 
thou. clean. 

m42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the 
leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 

43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him 
away ; 

i 44 d And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any 
man ; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer 
ibr thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, 
for a testimony unto them. 

/ 45 c But he went out, and began to publish it much, and 
to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no 

24 



Christ eateth with publicans and sinners. ST. MARK. 

more openly enter into the city, but was without in deserti ^ 11 - 3 ^ 
places : and they came to him from every quarter 



CHAPTER II. 
Christ healeth one sick of the palsy, 3, calleth Matthew from the receipt of Acuw.^ 
customs, 14, eateth with publicans and sinners, 15, excuseth his disciples 
for notfasting, 18, and for plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath-dat/,23. 



& 15. 1. 
Matt. 9. 1. 
26.61. 



b Dt. 28. 15 
22. 

ver. 10, __ 
John 5. 14. 
6c. y. 2. 
1 Cor. 11. 30. 
Jam. 5. 15. 
c Job 14. 4. 
Isa. 43. 25. 
&. 44. 22. 
d Jn. 2. 24. 
&6.64. 
Acts 1. 24. 
Rev. 2. 23. 
with ver. 18. 
e Malt. 9. 9. 
Luke 5. 2?. 
fMatt.9.13. 
& 18. 13. 
Luke 5. 31. 
& 15. 7. 
& 19. 10. 
1 Tim. 1.15. 
gMt.9. 14. 
&6. 16. 
&11. 19. 
Luke 5. 33. 
& 18. 12. 
h Acts 10. 
30. & 13. 2. 
&14.23. 



S k ND a again he entered into Capernaum, after some 

J\ days ; and it was noised that he was in the house. 

f2 And straightway many were gathered together, in- 
somuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not 
so much as about the door : and he preached the word 
unto them. 

3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the 
patey, which was borne of four. 

o 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the 
press, they uncovered the roof where he was : and when 
they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the 
sick of the palsy lay. 

t* 5 b when. Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of 
the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee 

6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and 
reasoning in their hearts, 

t 7 c Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies 1 who 
can forgive sins but God only 1 

/ 8 d And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit 
that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, 
Why reason ye these things in your, hearts 1 

9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up 
thy bed, and walk 1 

t* 10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath- 
power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the 
palsy,) 

1 1 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go 
thy way into thy house. 

™ 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went 
forth before them all ; insomuch that they were all amazed, 
and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. 
/ 13 And he went forth again by the sea-side ; and all the 
multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 

d 14 e And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Al- 
pheus, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, 
Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 
/ 15 And it came to pass, that as Jesus sat at meat in his 
I louse, many publicans and sinners sat also together with 
Jesus and his disciples ; for there were many, and they 
followed him. 

16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat 
with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, 
Mow is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and 
sinners 1 

ill f When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that JShn'o. «. 
are whole, have no need of the physician, but they that 
are sick : I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to 
repentance. 

/ 18 e And the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees, used 
to fast: and they come, and say unto him, Why do the|««'r G ' 
disciples of John, and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disci- "" 
pies fast not 1 

1 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the 
bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? 
As long as they have the bridegroom with them they can- 
not fast. 

20 h But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall 
be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those 
days. 

t 21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old 
garment : else the new piece that filleth it up, taketh away 
from the old, and the rent is made worse. 

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles : else 

139 4 A 



He chooseth his twelve apostles. 

the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, 

and the bottles will be marred : but new wine must be put 

into new bottles. 

/23 ' And it came to pass, that he went thiough the corn- 
jj"' fields on the sabbath-day ; and his disciples began, as tney 
"' went, to pluck the ears of corn. 

c 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do 

they on the sabbath-daj that which is not lawful ? 

25 k And he said unto them, Have ye never read what 
David did, when he had need, and was a hungered, he and 
they that were with him 1 

26 ' How he went into the house of God, in the days of 
Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shew-bread, which 
is not lawful to eat, but for the priests, and gave also to 
them which were with him 1 

t 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for 
man, and not man for the sabbath : 

28 Therefore, the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 




CHAPTER IH. 

Christ healeth the withered hand, 1, and many other infirmities, 10: re- 
buketh the unclean spirits, 11: chooseth his twelve apostles, 13: con- 
vinceth the blasphemy of casting out devils by Beelzebub, 22 : and sheweth 
who are his brother, sister, and mother, 31. 

fk ND a he entered again into the synagogue ; and there 
j3l was a man there which had a withered hand. 
c 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him 
on the sabbath-day ; that they might accuse him. 

3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered 
hand, Stand forth. 

4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the 
sabbath-days, or to do evil 1 to save life, or to kill 1 but 
they held their peace. 

m 5 b And when he had looked round about on them with 
anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he 
saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he 
stretched it out : and his hand was restored whole as the 
other. 

/6 c And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took 
counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might 
destroy him. 

/7 d But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the 
sea : and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and 
from Judea, 

S 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from 
beyond Jordan ; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great 
multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, 



i Dt. 23. 25, 
Matt. 12 1. 
Luke 6. 1. . 

i k Ex Sa 29 1 32'' came un to him 

Lev. 8. 31. ' 
& 24. 5, 0,9. 
Ml. 12. 9. 
chap. 1. 21 
I.uke 6. 6. 
& 13. 14. & 



LlKft.13.fi. 
c Mt. 12. 14. 
&Z2. 16. 
Jn. 10. 39. 
& 11.53. 
il Ml. 4. 25 
& 12. 15. 
I.uke fi. 17 



tourers. 

Hob. 12.0. 

e I'sn. 2. 7. 
Mt. 111. 1G. 
& 28, 03, 
I.uke 4. 41. 
John I. 511. 
Acts 13. 32. 

Heb, l 5. 
fMt. 12. IB. 
cb.ip. I. 25. 
1 Ml. 10. 1. 
chap. fi.7. 
Luke fi. 12. 
&9. I. 
John 15. 16. 
Acta 1.84. 
& 14. 23. 
Gal. I. 1. 
Rnh. 1. 1. 
I.Mt. 16, 18. 
John 1. 43. 
b That i«, 
Sons of 
thunder, 
Ili-iil. 3. 18. 
Isa. 58.1. 



9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should 
wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should 
throng him. 

m 10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed 
upon him for to touch him, as many as had " plagues. 

n 1 e And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down 
before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 

12 f And he straitly charged them, that they should not 
make him known. 

1 13 e And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto 
him whom he would : and they came unto him. 
/14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with 
him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 

15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast 
out devils. 

n 16 h And Simon he surnamed Peter. 
n 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother 
of James, (and he surnamed them * Boanerges, which is, 
The sons of thunder,) 

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Mat- 
thew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and 
Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 

25 



The parable of the sower ST. MARK. and of the mustard-seed. 

19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and . ^ p ; 31 ^ hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any 



they went into a house. 

/20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that 
they could not so much as eat bread. 

21 * And when his friends heard of it, they went out to 
lay hold on him : for they said, He is beside himself. 
* 22 If k And the scribes which came down from Jerusa- 
lem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the 
devils casteth he out devils. 

23 ' And he called them unto him, and said unto them 
in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan 1 

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that king- 
dom cannot stand. 
p 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house 

cannot stand. 

26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, 
he cannot stand, but hath an end. 

27 m No man can enter into a strong man's house, and 
spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; 
and tiien he will spoil his house. 

28 n Verily, I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven 
unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever 
they shall blaspheme : 

t 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost 
hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damna- 
tion: 

30 ° Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 

/SI If p There came then his brethren and his mother, 
and standing without, sent unto him, calling him. 

32 And the multitude sat about him ; and they said unto 
him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek 
for thee. 

33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, 
or my brethren 1 

34 And he looked round about on them which sat about 
him, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren ! 

t 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is 
my brother, and my sister, and mother. 

CHAPTER IV. 

The parable of the sower, 1, and the meaning thereof, 14. We must com- 
municate the light of our knowledge to others, 21. The parable of the 
seed growing secretly , 26, and of the mustard-seed, 30. Christ stilleth the 
tempest on the sea, 35. 

/A ND a he began again to teach by the sea-side : and 
J\. there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so 
that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea ; and the 
whole multitude was by the sea, on the land. 

2 And he taught them many things by parables, and 
said unto them in his doctrine, 
» 3 Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower to sow. 

4 And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the 
way-side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 

5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much 
earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no 
depth of earth : 

6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; and be- 
cause it had no root, it withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, 
and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 

8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that 
sprang up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirty 
and some sixty, and some a hundred. 

9 b And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

10 c And when he was alone, they that were about him, 
with the twelve, asked of him the parable. 

* 11 d And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know 
the mystery of the kingdom of God : but unto them that 
are without, all these things are done in parables : 

12 e That seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and 



i Jn. 10. 20. 
k Mt. 9. 34. 
& 10. 25. 
& 12. 24. 
Lu. 11. 15. 
John?. 20. 
& H. 48, 52. 
& 10 20. 
lMt. 12.25. 
m la. 49. 24. 
Matt. 12. 29. 
Lu. 11. 21. 
Jolin 16. 11. 
nlSa. 2. 25. 
Matt. 12. :tl. 
La. 12. 10. 
Heb. 6. 4. 
& 10. 26. 
Un. 5. 16. 

verse 22. 
pMt. 12.46. 
Luke 8. 19. 
a Matt. 13. 
Luke 8. 4. 
bMt. 11.15. 
cMt. 13. 10. 
Luke 8. 9. 
dMt. 11.25. 
& 16. 17. 
verse 33. 

1 Cor. 2. 10. 
&5. 12. 
Colos. 4. 5. 

1 Th. 4. 12. 
e Isa. 6. 9. 
Ezek. 12.2. 
Mat. 13. 14. 
Luke 8. 10. 
John 12. 40. 
Acts 28. 26. 
Ro. 11. 8,25. 

2 Cor. 3. 14. 



« Isa. 2. 2. 
Mical.4. 1. 
Mat. 13.31. 
Luke 13. 
1H, 19. 
Acts ». 41. 
&4. 4. & 5. 
14. 

r Mt. 13. 34. 
verse 11. 
s Matt. 8. 
18, 23. 
Luke 8. 22. 



time they should be converted, and their sins should be 
forgiven them. 

13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable 1 
and how then will ye know all parables 1 

14 The sower soweth the word. 

* 15 f And these are they by the way -side, where the word 
is sown ; but when they have heard, Satan cometh imme- 
diately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their 
hearts. 

i 16 s And these are they likewise which are sown on 
stony ground ; who, when they have heard the word, im- 
mediately receive it with gladness ; 

17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but 
for a time : afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth 
for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. 

i 18 h And these are they which are sown among thorns; 
such as hear the word, 

19 ' And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of 
riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the 
word, and it becometh unfruitful. 

d 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground ; 
such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, 
some thirty-fold, some sixty, and some a hundred. 

d 21 1| k And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be 
put under a bushel, or under a bed 1 and not to be set on a 
candlestick 1 

22 ' For there is nothing hid, which shall not be mani- 
fested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it 
should come abroad. 

23 m If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 

d 24 n And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear : 
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: 
and unto you that hear shall more be given. 

25 ° For he that hath, to him shall be given : and he 
that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he 
hath. 

i 26 ^f p And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 
should cast seed into the ground ; 

27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the 
seed should spring and grow up, he knowethnot how. 

•# 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first 
the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he 
putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. 

i 30 ^f q And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the king- 
dom of God 1 or with what comparison shall we compare if? 

31 It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is 
sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the 
earth : 

32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh 
greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches ; 
so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow 
of it. 

33 ' And with many such parables spake he the word 
unto them, as they were able to hear it. 

34 But without a parable spake he not unto them : and 
when they were alone, he expounded all things to his 
disciples. 

/35 s And the same day, when the even was come, he 
saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 

36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they 
took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also 
with him other little ships. 

/37 8 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the 
waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 

38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on 
a pillow : and they awake him, and say unto him, Master. 
carest thou not that we perish 1 

26 



The legion of devils cast out. ST. 

»» 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto 
the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there 
was a great calm. 

40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful 1 how 
is it ye have no faith 1 ? 

1 41 \ And they feared exceedingly, and said one to 
another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind 
and the sea obey him ] 

CHAPTER V. 

Christ delivering the possessed of the legion of devils, 1 , they enter into the 
swine, 13. He healeth the woman of the bloody issue, 25, and raiseth 
from death Jairus's daughter, 35. 

g k ND a they came over unto the other side of the sea, 

J\ into the country of the Gadarenes. 

/ 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately 

there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean 

spirit, 

3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs ; and no man 
could bind him, no, not with chains : 

t 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters 
and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by 
him, and the fetters broken in pieces : neither could any 
man tame him. 

5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, 
and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 

6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worship- 
ped him, 

t 7 b And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I 
to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God 1 I 
adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 

8 (For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou 
unclean spirit.) 

9 And he asked him, What is thy name 1 And he 
answered, saying, My name is Legion : for we are many. 

10 And he besought him much that he would not send 
them away out of the country. 

11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a 
great herd of swine feeding. 

* 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into 
the swine, that we may enter into them. 

13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the un- 
clean spirits went out, and entered into the swine : and the 
herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they 
were about two thousand) and were choked in the sea. 

14 c And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the 
city, and in the country. And they went out to see what 
it was that was done. 

»* 15 d And they come to Jesus, and see him that was pos- 
sessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and 
clothed, and in his right mind : and they were afraid. 

16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him 
that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the 
swine. 

c 17 e And they began to pray him to depart out of their 
coasts. 

/ 18 f And when he was come into the ship, he that had 
been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might 
be with him. 

d 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, 
Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the 
Lord hatli done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 
s 20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis 
how great things Jesus had done for him. And all men 
did marvel. 

/ 21 g And when Jesus was passed over again by ship 
unto the other side, much people gathered unto him : and 
he was nigh unto the sea. 

/22 h And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the 
synagogue, Jairus by name ; and when he saw him, he 
fell at his feet, 




MARK- The daughter of Jairus raised. 

* 23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daugh- 
ter lieth at the point of death : / pray thee, come and lav 
thy hands on her, that she may be healed ; and she shall 
live. 

/ 24 And Jesus went with him ■ and much people followed 
him, and thronged him. 

/ 25 l And a certain woman which had an issue of blood 
twelve years, 

t 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, 
and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, 
but rather grew worse, - 

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press 
behind, and touched his garment : 

* 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall 
be whole. 

™ 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried 
up ; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that 
plague. 

* 30 k And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that Mr- 
tue had gone out of him, turned him about in the p^as, 
and said, Who touched my clothes 1 

c 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the mul- 
titude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me 1 
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done 
this thing. 

* 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what 
was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told 
him all the truth. 

* 34 ' And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith " hath made 
thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 

/ 35 m While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the 
synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is 
dead : why troublest thou the Master any further 1 

d 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, 
he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, 
only believe. 

/ 37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, 
and James, and John the brother of James. 

38 n And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the syna- 
gogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and 
wailed greatly. 

39 ° And when he was come in, he saith unto them, 
Why make ye this ado, and weep 1 the damsel is not dead, 
but sleepeth. 

c 40 p And they laughed him to scorn. But, when he had 
put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of 
the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in 
where the damsel was lying. 

41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto 
her, Talitha-cumi : which is, being interpreted, Damsel, (I 
say unto thee,) arise. 

m 42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked ; for 
she was of the age of twelve years. And they were asto- 
nished with a great astonishment. 

43 q And he charged them straitly that no man should 
know it ; and commanded that something should be given 
her to cat. 

chapter vr. 

Christ is contemned of his countrymen, I. Tie giveth the twelve power 
over unclean spirits, 7. Divers opinions of Christ, 14. John Baptist 
is beheaded, 27, and buried, '20. The apostles return from preaching, 30. 
The miracle of five loaves and two fishes, 34 Christ wullcclh on the 
sea, 48 : and healeth all that touch him, 53. 

f k ND a he went out from (hence, and came into his own 
/% country ; and his disciples follow him. 
t 2 b And when the sabbath-day was come, he began to 
teach in the synagogue : and many hearing him were asto- 
nished, saying, From whence hath this man these things 1 
and what wisdom is this, which is given unto liim, that even 
such mighty works are wrought by his hands 1 

27 



A.D. 31. 



i Lev. 15.25. 
Matt. 0. 20. 
Luko e. 43. 
k liU. 8. 19. 

& 8. 45. 
I Matt. 0.22. 
chap. 2. 1. 
& 10. S2. 
a C,c. saved 
thee, 2 Cor. 
20. 20. 
verso 20. 
Malt. 8. 13. 
Acta 14.0. 

Heb. 11.32. 

1 Pot. 5. 8. 
.1, Lu. 8 40 
n Jar. i. 8. 
s 25 34. & 

47. 2. 

o Jn. 11. 11. 

P Acta 9. 40. 

iclrnp. 8. 7. 
in. IB. 
a Mt 13. 1*4. 
Luko 4. 16. 
John 6. 24. 
b Mat. 7. 2d. 
chap. 1.22. 
Luke 4. 32. 
.John , fi. 30, 
41,02. 



John the Baptist beheaded. ST- 

c 3 c Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother 
of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon 1 and are not 
his sisters here with us 1 And they were offended at him. 

4 a But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without 
honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin 
. and in his own house. 

m 5 e And he could there do no mighty work, save that he 
lai ' his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 

d6* And he marvelled because of their unbelief. Ar 
he went round about the villages teaching. 

/7| B And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to 
send them forth by two and two ; and gave them power 
over unclean spirits ; 

d 8 h And commanded them that they should take nothing 
for their journey, save a staff only ; no scrip, no bread, no 
money in their purse : 

9 * But be shod with sandals ; and not put on two coats. 

10 k And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter 
into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 

d 1 1 ' And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, 
when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet, 
for a testimony against them. Verily, I say unto you, It 
shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the 
day of judgment, than for that city. - 

1 12 m And they went out, and preached that men should 
repent. 

»» 13 n And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil 
many that were sick, and healed them. 

/1 4 ^[ "And king Herod heard of him; (for his name 
was spread abroad,) and he said, That John the Baptist 
was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do 
shew forth themselves in him. 

15 p Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That 
it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 

1 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, 
whom I beheaded : he is risen from the dead. 

17 q For* Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon 
John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his 
brother Philip's wife : for he had married her. 
p 18 r For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for 
thee to have thy brother's wife. 

c 19 3 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and 
would have killed him ; but she couW not : 

c 20 l For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just 
man and a holy, and observed him : and when he heard 
him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. 
/21 "And when a convenient day was come, that Herod 
on his birth-day made a supper to his lords, high captains, 
and chief estates of Galilee ; 

22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came 
in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with 
him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever 
thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 

o 23 x And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask 
of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 

24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, 
What shall I ask 1 And she said, The head of John the 
Baptist. 

25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the 
king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me, by and 
by, in a charger, the head of John the Baptist. 

c 26 y And the king was exceeding sorry ; yet for his oath's 
sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not 
reject her. 

/ 27 z And immediately the king sent an executioner, and 
commanded his head to be brought : and he went and 
beheaded him in the prison, 

28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the 
aamsel ; and the damsel gave it to her mother. 



MARK. 



Christ walketh cm the sea. 



A.D. 31. 




16. 14. 
Lu. 24. 15. 
nMt. 14.34. 



/29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and 
took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 
/30 a And the apostles gathered themselves together unto 
Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, 
and what they had taught. 

31 b And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart 
into a desert place, and rest awhile : for there were many 
coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat 
/32 c And they departed into a desert place by ship pri- 
vately. 

33 d And the people saw them departing, and many knew 
him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent 
them, and came together unto him. 
h 34 e And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, 
and was moved with compassion toward them, because 
they were as sheep not having a shepherd : and he began 
to teach them many things. 

/35 f And when the day was now far spent, his disciples 
came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now 
the time is far passed : 

36 Send them away, that they may go into the country 
round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves 
bread : for they have nothing to eat. 

37 e He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to 
eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy twe 
hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat 1 

38 h He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye 1 
go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and 
two fishes. 

39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by 
" companies upon the green grass. 

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 
d 41 ' And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two 

fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the 
loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them ; 
and the two fishes divided he among them all. 
™ 42 And they did all eat and were filled. 

43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the frag- 
ments, and of the fishes. 

/44 And they that did eat of the loaves, were about five 
thousand men. 

g 45 k And straightway he constrained his disciples to get 
into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Beth- 
saida, while he sent away the people. 
d 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a 
mountain to pray. 

/ 47 ' And when even was come, the ship was in the midst 
of the sea, and he alone on the land. 
m 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing ; for the wind was 
contrary unto them : and about the fourth watch of the 
night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea,, and 
would have passed by them. 

t 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they 
supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out. 

50 (For they all saw him, and were troubled.) And im- 
mediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be 
of good cheer : it is I ; he not afraid. 
"»51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the 
wind ceased : and they were sore amazed in themselves 
beyond measure, and wondered. 

c 52 m For they considered not the miracle of the loaves ; 
for their heart was * hardened. 

g 53 n And when they had passed over, they came into the 
land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 
f 54 And when they were come out of the ship, straight- 
way they knew him, 

55 And ran through that whole region round about, and 
began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where 
they heard he was. 



Meat defileth not the man. ST. MARK. Christ feedeth the people. 

«56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, i _££*-! an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and tell at his 
or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Ug^ ' jfeet : 

him that they might touch, if it were but the border of hisl^! a.i g 26 (The woman was a Greek, -a Syrophemcian by na- 
earment- and as many as touched him, were made whole, jj ££«>.* tion,) and she besought him that he would cast iorth the 
~„.™™ mr id Mat. is. 9. 1 devil out of her daughter. 



CHAPTER VII. 



I Col. 2. 18. 

" 14.1 



The Pharisees find fault with the disciples, for eating with unwashenlf^J^ 27 ° But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be 
hands, i. They break the commandment of God by the \ traditions .°/|^ c |«- 22 13 filled : for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and 



men, S. Meat "defileth not the man, 14 : He healeth the Syrophenician\ E J{ u 9 _ 
woman's daughter of an unclean spirit, 24, and one that was deaj and f E|°d.2jJ. 
stammered in his speech, 31. I Lev- 19. 3. 



to cast it unto the dogs. 
c 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord 



THEN a came together unto him the Pharisees, and Klie. yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs, 
certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. |||if; \ m 29 And he said unto her, For tins saying, go thy way ; 
' « 2 And when they saw some of hie disciples eat bread \&§f ltn < ,ut of th Y daught 

with defiled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, they ~ 



Man. 15. 4. 
Eph. 6. 2. 
c Thai is, 
^ gift, 
MatL 15. 5. 
f Matt. 15. 6. 
g Mt. 15. 10. 
h veree 19. 



Mat. 15. 19. 
nMt. 15.21. 



gone out ot thy daughtt 
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the 
devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the beu. 
g"31 «tf p And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre 
and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the 
midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 

/32 q And they bring unto hhn one that was. deaf, and 
had an impediment in nis speech ; and they beseech him 
to put his hand upon him. 

33 r And he took him aside from the multitude, and put 
his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue : 

34 s And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto 
him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 

m 35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the 
String of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 

36 l And he charged them that they should tell no man : 
but the more he charged them, so much the more a great 
deal they published it ; 

t 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He 
hath done all things well ; he maketh both the deaf to 
hear, and the dumb to speak. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Christ feedeth the people miraculously, I : refuseth to give a sign to the 
Pharisees, 10: admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod, 14: giveth a blind man his 
sight, 22 : acknoioledgeth that he is the Christ, who should suffer and 
rise again, 27 : and exhorteth to patience in persecution for the profes- 
sion of the gospel, 34. 

/•TN a those days, the multitude being very great, and ha- 

JL ving nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, 
and saith unto them, 

h 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they 

have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat : 

3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, 

they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 

m 4 b And his disciples answered him, From whence can 
•a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness 1 
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye 1 And 
they said, Seven. 

d 6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the 
ground : and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, 
and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; 
and they did set them before the people. 

7 c And they had a few small fishes : and he blessed, and 
commanded to set them also before them. 
»» 8 So they did eat, and were filled : and they took up of 
the broken meat that was left, seven baskets. 
/ 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand : 
and he sent them away. 

g 10 % d And straightway he entered into a ship with his 
disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 

c 1 1 c And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question 
with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 
h 12 f And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why 
doth this generation seek after a sign 1 Verily, I say unto 
you, There shall no sign be given to this generation. 
/ 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again, 
departed to the other side. 

14 If g Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, 
/ 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had ' Vhi'^neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 



found fault. 

3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash 
their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 

/ 4 b And when they come from the market, except they Qgtfffi 
wash, they eat not. And many other tilings there be,;f Cor612 
which they have received to hold, as the washing of cupsjf^ 2 ^- 3 
and pots, and brasen vessels, and tables. Partfii. 1 ??. 

5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk|&JH ; 9 . 
not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, jfAVs.e 5 ' 
but eat bread with unwashen hands 1 '& 8. e ai. ' 

a 6 c He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias feTivS 14 
prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people 
honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 
7 d Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching for 
doctrines the commandments of men. 
P 8 For, laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold 
the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups : and 
many other such like things ye do. 

9 And he said unto them, " Full well ye reject the com- 
mandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 

d 10 e For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother ; 
and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death : 

V 1 1 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, 
It is * Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou 
mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free. 

12 And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father 
or his mother ; 

13 f Making the word of God of none effect through your 
tradition, which ye have delivered : and many such like 
things do ye. 

d 14 Tf e And when he had called all the people unto him, 
he said unto them, Hearken- unto me every one of you, 
and understand. 

t 15 h There is nothing from without a man, that entering 
into him, can defile him : but the things which come out 
of him, those are they that defile the man. 

16 ; If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 

17 k And when he was entered into the house from the 
people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 

18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without under- 
standing also"? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing! a. n. re. 
from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him :jpKif.'la 

19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the 3£ la, ' r 9 18 ' 
belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats ?iiu p ii'!i4.' 

20 'And he said, That which cometh out of the Man, 5$nJ»&" 
that defileth the man. KlV-i; 6 

t 21 Tor from within, out of the heart of men, proceed ig^Jf-ff 
evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, -'^'vM 3 - 

o ' -ill.,-. cell. 5. 43. 

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lascivious- £ M ( t ' ,;\-v> 
ness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness ; 11%. i?" 38 

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile i;',i; n ll i r 'i;f 
the man. jft|ft a 
s 24 % n And from thence he arose, and went into the bor-'£ hi"'. 
ders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and Matfj^ 
would have no man know it : but he could not be hid 



i chnp. 3. 5. 
Ivcr.23, 2fi. 



140 



29 



Christ exhorteth to patience m persecution. ST. MARK. He casteth out a dumb and deaf spirit, 

d 15 h And he charged them, saying, °Take heed, beware h ^ 6 taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come 



of the leaven of tlie Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod. 
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is 
because we have no bread. 
1 17 * And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why 
reason ye, because ye have no bread 1 perceive ye not yet, 
neither understand 1 have ye your heart yet hardened 1 

18 Having eyes, see ye not 1 and having ears, hear ye 
not 1 and do ye not remember 1 

19 k When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, 
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up 1 They say 
unto him, Twelve. 

20 ' And when the seven among four thousand, how many 
baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 

21 m And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not 
understand 1 

f22 % n And he cometh to Bethsaida ; and they bring a 
blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 

23 ° And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him 
out of the town ; and when he had spit upon his eyes, and 
put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 

•A 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees 
walking. 

™ 25 After that, he put his hands again upon his eyes, and 
made him look up : and he was restored, and saw every 
man clearly. 

p 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go 
into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. 

/ 27 1[ p And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the 
towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way ne akeci his 
disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that 1 am? 

28 And they answered, John the Baptist : but some say, 
Elias ; and others, One of the prophets. 

29 q And he saith unto them, But who say ye that I am ? 
And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the 
Christ. 

30 And he charged them that they should tell no man 
of him. 

1 31 r And he began to teach them, that the Son of man 
must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and 
o/the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after 
three days rise again. 

32 s And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took 
him, and began to rebuke him. 

p 33 ' But when he had turned about, and looked on his 
disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, 
Satan : for thou savourest not the things that be of God, 
but the things that be of men. 

d*S4 % u And when he had called the people unto him 
with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will 
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow me. 

35 x For whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; but 
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's 
the same shall save it. 

i* 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own soul 1 

37 y Or what shall a man give in exchange for. his soul 1 

t 38 z Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and 

of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation ; of 

him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh 

in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Jesus is transfigured, 1. He instructeth his disciples concerning the coming 
of Elias, 11 : casteth forth a dumb and deaf spirit, 14: foretelleth his 
death and resurrection, 30 : exhorteth his disciples to humility, 33 : bid- 
ding them not to prohibit such as be not against them, nor to srive offence 
to any of the faithful, 38. 

A ^D a he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That 



h Mai. 16. 6. 
Luke 12. 1. 
a Gr. see ye, 
1 Th. 5. 21. 
i chap. 3. 5. 
&. 6. 52. 
kMt. 14.19. 
chap. 6. 41. 
Luke 9. 13. 
John G. 11. 

1 Mt. 15. 34. 
verse 5, 8. 
in Mt. 16. 11. 
nch. 6. 56. 
{> chap. 7. 
32, 33. 
verse 16. 
John 9. 6. 
pMt. 16.13. 
Luke 9. 18. 
u John 1. 42. 
& 6. 69. 
& 11. 27. 
r Mt. 16. 21. 
& 17. 22. 
& 20. 18- 
.hap. 9. 31. 
&l 10. 33. 
Luke 9. 22. 
& 18. 31. 
& 24. 7. 
s Jn. 16. 25, 
29. with 2. 
19. & 3. 14. 
&6.51. 
t2Sa. 19.22. 
u Mat. 10. 

38. & 16. 24. 
Luke 9. 23. 
& 14. 27. 

Matt. 10. 

39. & 16. 25. 
Luke 9. 24. 
&. 17. 33. 
Jn. 12. 25. 
y Job 2. 4. 
Psa. 49. 9. 
z Mat. 10.33. 
Luke 9. 26. 
& 12. 8, 9. 
Rom. 1. 16. 

2 Tim 2. 12. 
1 Jn. 2. 23. 
a Da. 7. 13. 
Mat. 16. 28. 
& 24. 30: & 
25 31.&26. 
64. 

Luke 9. 27. 
&l 22. 18. 
Acts 1. 6. 




b Mat. 17. 1 
Luke 9. 28 
c Ex. 34. 29 
Mat. 28. 3. 
John 1. 14. 
2 Pet. 1. 16 
dlPet.1.10 
e Dt. 18. 19 
Isa. 42. 1. 
Mat. 3. 17. 
& 17. 5. 
chap. 1. 11. 
Luke 3. 22. 
& 9. 35. 
John 1. 34. 
Acts 3. 22. 
Eph. 1.21. 
Philip. 2. 9. 
Col. 1. 13. 
Hob. 1. 4. 
2 Pet 1. 17. 
f Mat. 16. 
20. & 17. 9. 
chap. 8. 30. 
ver. 30,31. 

Luke 9. 30. 

g Mai. 4. 5. 

Mat. 17. 10. 

h Ps. 22. 7. 

Isa. 53. 3. 

Dan. 7. 13. 

& 9 26. 

Lu. 23. 11. 

i 2 Kines 1. 

8. with Mai. 

3.4,7.&11. 

14. & 14.3. 

& 17. 10. 

Luke 1. 17. 

kMat.17.14. 

Lu.9.37,38. 

I Isa. 13. 16. 

Mat. 17. 14. 

ver. 20, 22. 

Luke 9. 38. 

m eh. 1. 20. 

n Matt. 17. 

20. &21.22. 

ch. 11. 23. 



-_, j j 7 , Luke 17. 6. 

there be some of them that stand here which shall nodlS&fcfi 



with power. 

/Ml" And after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter, 
and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high 
mountain apart by themselves ; and he was transfigured 
before them. 
* 3 ° And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as 
snow ; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 

4 d And there appeared unto them Elias, with Moses : 
and they were talking with Jesus. 

5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is 
good for us to be here : and let us make three tabernacles ; 
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 

6 For he wist not what to say : for they were sore afraid. 
t*>j a A nc j there was a cloud that overshadowed them : and 

a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved 
Son : hear him. 

/8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, 
they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with them- 
selves. 

t 9 f And as they came down from the mountain, he 
charged them that they should tell no man what things 
they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. 
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, ques- 
tioning one with another what the rising from the dead 
should mean. 

/ 11 1| 6 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes 
that Elias must first come 1 

t 12 h And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh 
first, and restoreth all things ; and how it is written of the 
Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set 
at nought. 

13 * But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come, and 
they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is 
written of him. 

/14 If k And when he came to his disciples, he saw a 
great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning 
with them. 

15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld 
him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, saluted him. 

16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with 
them'? 

/ 17 ' And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, 
I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 

1 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him ; and 
he foameth and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away; 
and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, 
and they could not. 

c 19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, 
how long shall I be with you ] how long shall I suffer youl 
Bring him unto me. 

20 m And they brought him unto him : and when he saw 
him, straightway the spirit tare him ; and he fell on the 
ground, and wallowed, foaming. 

21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this 
came unto him 1 And he said, Of a child. 

c 22 And oft-times it hath cast him into the fire, and into 
the. waters to destroy him : but if thou canst do any thing, 
have compassion on us, and help us. 

t 23 n Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things 
arc possible to him that believeth. 

c 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, 
and said with tears, Lord, I believe ; help thou mine un- 
belief. 

25 ° When Jesus saw that the people came running to- 
gether, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou 
dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and 
enter no more into him. 

™ 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came 

30 



&24.7. 
r Mai. 4. 13. 
&I8. 1.& 
20. 31. 
Luke 9. 46. 
&. 22. 24. 



John 3. 22. 
& 10. 40. 



Necessity of mortification and self denial. ST. 

out of him : and he was as one dead ; insomuch that many 
said, He is dead. 

27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up ; 
and he arose. 

28 p And when he was come into the house, his disciples 
asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out 1 

d 29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by 
nothing, but by prayer and fasting. 

/30 q And they departed thence, and passed through Ga- 
lilee ; and he would not that any man should know it. 

t 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son 

of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall 

kill him ; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 

32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid 

to ask him. 

/33 T| r And he came to Capernaum: and being in the 
house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among 
yourselves by the way 1 

34 But they held their peace : for by the way they had 
disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 

d 35 s And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith 
unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be 
last of all, and servant of all. 

36 ' And he took a child and set him in the midst of them : 
and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 

d 37 u Whosoever shall receive one of such children in mviLSk a J'4 9 i7 

. . . i 11 • J 1 Tnhn 3 99 

name, receiveth me : and whosoever shall receive me, 
receiveth not me, but him that sent me. 
/38 ^f x And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw 
one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not 
us ; and we forbade him, because he followeth not us. 

* 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man 
which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak 
evil of me. 

40 y For he that is not against us, is on our part. 

d 41 z For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink 
in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto 
you, he shall not lose his reward. 

t 42 a And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones 
that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were 
hanged about his neck, and he were cast into tne sea. 

d 43 b And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands 
to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : 

t 44 c Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. 

dAo And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for 
thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast 
into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : 

i 46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. 

d 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better 
for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eve, 
than having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire : 

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. 

< 49 d For every one shall be salted with fire, and every 
sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 

50 c Salt is good : but if the salt have lost his saltness, 
erewith will ye season it ? Have salt in yourselves, and 
e peace one with another.. 

chapter x. 

•ifit disputeth with the Pharisees touching divorcement, 2: blesseth the 
hildren that are brought unto him, 13: rciolveth a rich man henv he 



MARK. Christ sheweih the danger of riches. 

2 pie resort unto him again ; and, as he was wont, he taught 



pMt. 17.19. L, 

s/tVI ! them a s ain 

£%t™ I c 2 11 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is 



44 u &i 9 8.3i:!^ l awm l f° r a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses 

command you 1 

£ 4 b And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce- 
^Jo^^lment, and to put her away. 

P 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the 



A.D.33. 



■i 



6 ° But from the beginning of the creation, God made 
them male and female. 

7 d For this cause shall a man leave his father and mo- 
ther, and cleave to his wife ; 

8 And they twain shall be one flesh : so then they are 
no more twain, but one flesh. 

d 9 e What therefore, God hath joined together, let not 
man put asunder. 

10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of 
the same matter. 

P 11 f And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, and marry another, committetli adultery against 
her. 

P 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be 
married to another, she committeth adultery. 

d 13 ^f s And they brought young children to him, that he 
should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that 
brought them. 

d\4 h But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, 
and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto 
me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. 

< 15 ! Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter 
therein. 

16 k And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon 
them, and blessed them. 

/'17 ^f ' And when he was gone forth into the way, there 
came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, 
Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life 1 

«18 m And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good] 
there is none good, but one, that is God. 

d 1 9 n Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit 
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false wit- 
ness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. 

20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these 
have I observed from my youth. 

d 21 ° Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto 
liim, One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever 
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have trea- 
sure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me. 

f 22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved : 
for he had great possessions. 

< 23 If p And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his 
disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter 
into the kingdom of God ! 

p 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But 
Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how 
hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the 
kingdom of God ! 

25 It is easier for a "camel (o go through the eye of a 
needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying 
among thenibelves, Who then can be saved 1 

t 27 q And Jesus looking upon them, saith, With men it is 
impossible, but not with God : for with God all things are 
possible. 

^ 28 If r Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have 
left all, and have followed thee. 

29 ' And Jesus answered and said, Verilv, I say unto you, 

31 



Christ restoreth to Bartimeus his sight. 



A. D. 33. 



There is no man that hath left house, ot brethren, or stea- 
lers, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for &20. }§■. ' 

' ' . ' ' ' ' ( Lukel3..;0. 

my sake, and the gospel's, n*&si t ii: 

6 30 But he shall receive a hundred-fold now in this timeJ^ 67 - 25 *-' 



He curseth the fruitless fig tret 



ST. MARK. 

hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his 
sight, and followed Jesus in the way. 

CHAPTER XI. 



honsps and brethren and sisters and mothers and chU-™- 1 ^-'^"*' ^ eth wit ^^ u ^ ^o Jerusalem, \, curseth the fruitless fig 
nouses., ana oreinren, ana sisters, ana momers, ana cnu- & , tree ]2: ^^ the temple, 15 : exhorteth his disciples tosteadfasih?,, 



wnrlrl to 2017 
WOllU l-U |C hap.8. 31. 



&9. 31. 
Luke 9. 22. 
& 18. 31. & 
24.7. 

xjohn 18.32. 
y Ml. 20. 30. 
z 1 Kgs.2.19. 
& 22. 19. 
Psa. 45. 9. , 
Matt. IB. 27. 1 
Heb. 12. 2. 
aMt.20.22. 
& 2li. 39. 
ch. 14. 36. 
Luke 12. 50. 
& 22. 42. 
John 18. 11. 
b Acts 12. 2. 
Rom. 8. 17. 
2 Cor. 1. 7. 
Rev. 1. 9. 
c Mt. 25. 34. 
1 Cor. 2. 9. 
Heb. 11. 16. 
clMt.20. 24. 
e Mt 20. 25. 
Luke 22. 25. 
f Luke 9. 48. 
gch. 9. 35. 
1 Pet. 5. 3. 
hlsa.53.10. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Mat. 11. 29. 
& 26. 28. 
John 11. 52. 
& 13. 4, 14. 
Eph. 1. 7. 
Phil. 2. 7. 
Col. 1. 14. 
1 Tim. 2. 6. 
Titus 2. 14. 
Heb. 9. 28. 
i Mt. 20. 29. 
Luke 18. 35. 
kMt.9.27.& 
12. 23. with 
John 7. 31. 
a Gt.Ralr 
boni, John 
20. 16. 

:::att.9.22 

chap. 5. 34. 



dren, and lands, with persecutions ; and in the 
come, eternal life. 

• 31 ' But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. 
32 ^[ u And they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem ; 
and Jesus went before them : and they were amazed ; and 
as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the 
twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen 
unto him, 

*• 33 x Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the 
Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and 
Unto the scribes ; and they shall condemn him to death, 
and shall deliver him to the Gentiles ; 

t 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and 
shall spit upon him, and shall kill him : and the third day 
he shall rise again. 

35 *([ y And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come 
Unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do 
for us whatsoever we shall desire. 

36 z And he said unto them, What would ye that I should 
do for you 1 

c 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, 
one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in 
thy glory. 

38 a But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask : 
Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized 
With the baptism that I am baptized with 1 

39 b And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said 
unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink 
of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall 
ye be baptized : 

40 c But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand, is 
not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it 
is prepared. 

« 41 d And when the ten heard it, they began to be much 
displeased with James and John. 

p 42 e But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, 
Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the 
Gentiles, exercise lordship over them; and their great 
ones exercise authority upon them. 

d 43 f But so shall it not be among you : but whosoever 
will be great among you, shall be your minister : 

44 e And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be 
servant of all. 

1 45 h For even the Son of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many 
/ 46 % \ And they came to Jericho : and as he went out 
of Jericho with his disciples, and a great number of people, 
blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway 
side begging. 

t 47 k And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, 
he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, 
have mercy on me. 

d 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace : 
but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, 
have mercy on me. 

d49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be 

called : and they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be 

of good comfort, rise ; he calleth thee. 1&1T54. & 

50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and camejl3: 45 ' &2 "~ 

to Jesus. iffi- 54 

* 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou. j uk n e 7.'i 3 l: 
that I should do unto thee 1 The blind man said unto himJkM^i.'lo: 

1 Hr-I, 6. 8. 
mWt.17.Q0. 




_ disciples to steadfaslnes. 
of faith, and to forgive their enemies, 20 : and defendeth the lawfulnes. 
of his actions, by the witness of John, who was a man sent of God, 27. 

ND a when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Beth 
phage, and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he send 
eth forth two of his disciples, 

/2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over 
against you : and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall 
find a colt tied, whereon never man sat ; loose him, and 
bring him. 

3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this "? say 
ye that the Lord hath need of him ; and straightway he 
will send him hither. 

4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by 
the door without, a in a place where two ways met ; and 
they loose him. 

5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them> 
What do ye, loosing the colt 1 

6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had command- 
ed : and they let them go. 

a 7 b And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their 
garments on him ; and he sat upon him. 

/8 And many spread their garments in the way: and 
others cut down branches off the trees, and strewed them 
in the way. 

t 9 c And they that went before, and they that followed, 
cried, saying, Hosanna : Blessed is he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord. 

10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that 
cometh in the name of the Lord : Hosanna in the highest. 
/ll d And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the 
temple : and when he had looked^ round about upon all 
things, and now the even-tide was come, he went out unto 
Bethany, with the twelve. 

g 12 ^[ e And on the morrow, when they were come from 
Bethany, he was hungry. 

13 And seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, 
if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he 
came to it, he found nothing but leaves : for the time of 
figs was not yet. 

14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat 
fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 

f\5% f And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went 
into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and 
bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the 
money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves ; 

16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any 
vessel through the temple. 

d 17 e And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, 
My house shall be called, of all nations, the house of prayer? 
but ye have made it a den of thieves. 

c 18 h And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and 
sought how they might destroy him : for they feared him, 
because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. 

19 ' And when even was come, he went out of the city. 
™ 20 TI k And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw 
the fig-tree dried up from the roots. 

21 ' And Peter, calling to remembrance, saith unto him, 
Master, behold the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered 
away. 

d 22 And Jesus answering, saith unto them, Have faith 
in God. 

23 m For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say 
unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast 



* Lord, that I might receive my sight. 
»SS 'And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith' Luke 17.6. ,into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall 



Parable of the wicked husbandmen. 

believe tnat tnose tilings wtiich tie saith shall come to pass;i- 
he shall have iiatsoever he saitii. 
*24 "Therefore 1 SclV unto you, What 



ST. MARK. 



&123. 2. 
Matt. 7. ' 
& 21. 22. 



ye|Ji c 14 i And when 



The question about the resurrection. 
. J 13 % h And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees, 
Jh*} 1 !:" 5 - iand of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 

they were come, they say unto him, 
Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no 
man : for thou regardest not the person of men, but teach- 

Is it lawful to give tribute to 
Cesar, or not] 

1 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give 1 But he, knowing 
their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me 1 bring 
me a penny, that I may see it. 

16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose 
is this image and superscription ? And they said unto him, 
Cesar's. 

d * 17 k And Jesus answering, said unto them, Render to 
Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things 
that are God's. And they marvelled at him. 
/18 ^f iThen come unto him the Sadducees, which say 
there is no resurrection ; and they asked him, saying, 
L 19 m Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother 
die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, 
that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed 
unto his brother. 

20 Now, there were seven brethren : and the first took 
a wife, and dying left no seed. 

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any 
seed : and the third likewise. 

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed : last of all 
the woman died also. 

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, 
whose wife shall she be of them 1 for the seven had her 
to wife. 

24 n And Jesus answering, said unto them, Do ye not 
therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither 
the power of God 1 

* 25 ° For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither 



Heb. 4. 16, 
James 1.5.6. 
1 John 3. 22. 
&5. 14. 
o Mat. 6. 14. 
& 18. 23. 
Eph.4.32. 
Col. 3. 13. 
p Mat. 7. 29. 
& 21. 23. 
Luke 20. 1. 
q Ex. 2. 14, 
Acts 4 7. & 
7.27. 

r Mt 17. 12. 
chap.!). 13. 
Luke 7. 30. 
a Mat. 3. 5. 
with John 1. 
•-•5. 

Matt. 11. 9. 
& 14. 5. 
chap. 6. 30. 
Luke 7. 26. 
a 2 Chron. 
.:6. 15. 
Psa. g0. 9. 
isaiih 5. 1. 
Jer. 2. 21. 
& 12. 10. 
Mat. 21.33. 
Luke 20. 9. 
hi Kg. 22.24. 
2Chr.24.21. 
Neh. 9. 26. 
Jc. 3'.. 15. 
Matt. 5. 12. 
& 23 34. 
\ , 7. 52. 
i lies. 2.15 
Heb. 11.36. 
cGen.37.18. 
Psalm 2. 8 
Matt. 26. 3. 
& 27. 1. 
John 11. 53. 
Heb. I. 2. 
d Heb. 1 3. 12. 
eMat.24.!5. 
Acts 10. 34. 
& 13. 46. & 
15. 7 & 18. 
6. & 28. 28. 
fPsa.118.12. 
Isa. 28. 16. 
Matt. 21. 42. 
Luke 20. 17. 
Acta 4. 11. 
Rom. 9. 33. 



things soever 
desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and yejj^ e '} L9 - 
shall have them. \t\l l tt 

d 25 ° And vvnen ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aughtj^*; i 2 . 8 Jest the way of God in truth 
against any . that your Fatner also which is in heaven " 
may forgive you your trespasses. 

26 But, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father 
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 
/27 % p And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he 
was walking iu tne temple, there come to him the chief 
priests, and the scribes, and the elders, 

28 q And say unto nim, By what authority doest thou 
these things ? and wtio gave thee this authority to do these 
things ? 

29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also 
ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell 
you by what authority I do these things. 

30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men ] 
answer me. 

31 r And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we 
shall say, From heaven ; he will say, Why then did ye not 
believe him? 

32 s But if we shall say, Of men ; they feared the people . 
for all men counted John, tnat he was a prophet indeed. 

'33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot 
tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I 
tell you by what authority I do these things. 

CHAPTER XII. 

In a parable of the vineyard let out to unthankful husbandmen, Christ fore- 
telleth the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles, 1 . 
He avoideth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tri- 
bute to Cesar, 13: convinceth the error of the Sadducees, who denied the 
resurrection, 18, reso/veth the scribe, who questioned of the first com- 
mandment, 28 : refuteth the opinion that the scribes held of Christ, 35 : 
bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy, 38 : and 
commendeth the poor widow for her two mites above all, 41. 

i A ND a he began to speak unto them by parables. A 

ra certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about 

it, and digged a place for the wine-fat, and built a tower, 

and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a ser- 
vant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the 
fruit of the vineyard. 

3 b And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him 
away empty. 

4 And again, he sent unto them another servant : and at 
him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and 
sent him away shamefully handled. 

5 And again he sent another ; and him they killed, and 
many others ; beating some, and killing some. 

6 Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, lie 
sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence 
my son. 

7 c But those husbandmen said among themselves, This 
is the heir ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall 
be ours. 

' 8 d And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out 
of the vineyard. 

9 e What shall therefore, the lord of the vineyard do ? 
He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give 
the vineyard unto others. 

" 10 ' And have ye not read this scripture ; The stone which 
the builders rejected is become the head of the corner : 

11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in 
our eyes 1 

12 s And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the 
people ; for they knew that" he had spoken the parable 
against them : and they left him, and went their way. 

Ml 4 B 




1 Pet. 2. 7. . 

^jh.iLia'marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels 
which are in heaven. 

1 26 p And as touching the dead, that they rise ; have ye 
not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake 
unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God 
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob 1 

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the 
living: ye therefore do greatly err. 

/ 28 % q And one of the scribes came, and having heard 
them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had 
answered them well, asked him, Which is the first com- 
mandment of all ? 

1 29 r And Jesus answered him, The first of all the com- 
mandments is, Hear, O Israel ; The Lord our God is one 
Lord : 

d 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with 
all thy strength : this is the first commandment. 

d 31 ' And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself : there is none other command- 
ment greater than these. 

t 32 l And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou 
hast said the truth : for there is one God ; and there is 
none other but he : 

<*38 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the 
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, 
and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole 
burnt-offerings and sacrifices. 

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he 
said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. 
And no man after that durst ask him any question. 
735 1 u And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in 
the temple, How sav the scribes that Christ is the son ef 
David ? 

33 



hMat.22.15 
Luke 20. 20 
i Ezra 4. 12. 
Neh. 2. 18. 
Matt. 17.25. 
Ada 5. 37. 
kMnt. 17.25. 
v 22.91, 
I. ukc 211 2.1. 
II. .m. 13.7. 
IM it. 22.23, 
I. ok.- 20 27. 
Acta -j:i ». 
mGi i 18 
Deut.25.5,6. 
n John 20. 9. 
u Ml. 2 1.30 
Luke 20.36 
I (.'or. 15.42. 
19, 52. 

p Gen. 17. 7, 

,v.>- -.'l, 
K.xod. 3. 6. 
Lev. 2i'.. |g. 
Ut.22.3l,32. 
Lulu- 20. 37. 
A.l, ',.32. 
II-;. II. 16. 
qMat.2S.34. 
Luke 10. 25. 
Di-ul. 6. 4. 
fc 10. 12. &. 

Lulu 10. 27. 
»Lav. in. h.i 
M.i. 7. 12, 
* 22. 30. 

kelO. 27. 
Rom. 13. 9. 
Gal. 5. 14. 
I Tim. 1.5. 
Jnmc8 2. 8. 
I rVnt.4.39. 
Sc i; 4. 
I»a.45.6,!4. 
.^ 40. D. 
uMnt.32.41. 
r.uV-20. fl. 



Persecutions for the gospel. ST 

1 36 x For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord 
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand till I make 
thine enemies thy footstool. 

1 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord, and whence 
is he then his son ? And the common people heard him 
gladly. 

d 38 ^ y And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware 
of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love 
salutations in the market-places, 

39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the upper- 
most rooms at feasts : 

P 40 z Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 
make long prayers : these shall receive greater damnation. 
f 41 % a And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and 
beheld how the people cast money into the treasury : and 
many that were rich cast in much. 

d 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw 
in two mites, which make a farthing. 

43 b And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto 
them, "Verily, I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast 
more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury 

44 For all they did cast in of their abundance : but she of 
her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple, 1 : the persecutions for the 
gospel, 9 : that the gospel must be preached to all nations, 10 : that great 
calamities shall happen to the Jews, 14 : and the manner of his coming 
to judgment, 24 : the hour whereof being known to none, every man is to 
watch and pray, that we be not found unprovided, when he cometh to each 
one particularly by death, 32. 

fk ND a as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples 
_£lL saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones, 
and what buildings are here ! 

r2 h And Jesus answering, said unto him, Seest thou these 
great buildings'? there shall not be left one stone upon 
another, that shall not be thrown down. 
/ 3 c And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, over against 
the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, 
asked him privately, 

4 d Tell us, when shall these things be 1 and what shall 
be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled 1 

d 5 e And Jesus answering them, began to say, Take heed 
lest any man deceive you : 

r 6 f For many shall come in my name, saying, I am 
Christ ; and shall deceive many. 

7 And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars, 
be ye not troubled : for such things must needs be ; but 
the end shall not be yet. 

r8 e For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom 
against kingdom : and there shall be earthquakes in divers 
places, and there shall be famines, and troubles : these are 
the beginnings of sorrows. 

9 % ** But take heed to yourselves ; for they shall deliver 
you up to councils ; and in the synagogues ye shall be 
beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings 
for my sake, for a testimony against them. 

10 * And the gospel must first be published among all 
nations. 

\d 11 k But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, 
take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither 
do ye premeditate ; but whatsoever shall be given you in 
that hour, that speak ye : for it is not ye that speak, but 
the Holy Ghost. 

12 ' Now, the brother shall betray the brother to death, 
and the father the son : and children shall rise up against 
their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 

1 13 m And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's 
sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same 
shall be saved. 

a 14 a But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, 



A. D. 33 



MARK. A conspiracy against ChrisL 

spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought 
not, (let him that readeth understand) then let them that 
be in Judea flee to the mountains : 

15 And let him that is on the house-top not go down into 
the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of 
his house : 

16 Arid let him that is in the field not turn back again 
for to take up his garment. 

17 ° But wo to them that are with child, and to them 
that give suck in those days ! 

18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 

19 p For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not 
from the beginning of the creation which God created 
unto this time, neither shall be. 

t 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, 
no flesh should be saved : but for the elect's sake, whom 
ne hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 

d 21 q And then, if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is 
Christ , or lo, he is there ; believe him not. 

22 r For false Christs, and false prophets shall rise, and 
shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, 
even the elect. 

23 3 But take ye heed : behold, I have foretold you all 
things. 

24 % t But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun 
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 

25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers 
that are in heaven shall be shaken. 

t 26 u And then shall they see the Son of man coming in 
the clouds with great power and glory. 

* 27 x And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather 
together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost 
part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 

i 28 y Now learn a parable" of the fig-tree: When her 
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know 
that summer is near : 

29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things 
come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 

30 z Verily, I say unto you, That this generation shall 
not pass, till all these things be done. 

t 31 a Heaven and earth shall pass away : but my words 
shall not pass away. 

32 ^[ b But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, 
but the Father. 

d 33 c Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye know not 
when the time is. 

i 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, 
who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to 
every man his work ; and commanded the porter to watch. 

d 35 d Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the 
master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at 
the cock-crowing, or in the morning. 

36 Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 

d 37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

A conspiracy against Christ, 1. Precious ointment is poured on his head 
by a ivoman, 3. Judas selleth his Master for money, 10. Christ him- 
self foretelleth how he shall be betrayed of one of his disciples, 12: after 
the passover prepared, and eaten, instituteth his supper, 22 : declareth 
aforehand the flight of all his disciples, and Peter's denial, 26. Judas 
betrayeth him with a kiss, 43. He is apprehended in the garden, 46, 
falsely accused, and impiously condemned of the Jews' council, 55, shame- 
fully abused by them, 65, and thrice denied of Peter, 66. 

fk FTER a two days was the feast of the passover, and 
JlL of unleavened bread : and the chief priests, and the 
scribes, sought how they might take him by craft, and put 
him to death. 

2 b But they said, a Not on the feast-day, lest there be 
an uproar of the people. 

" \before, 
|Rom. 3. 14. 



x2Sa.23.-2. 
Psa. 110. 1. 
Acts 1. 16. 
& 2. 30,34. 

1 Cor. 15.25. 
Heb. 1. 13. 
& 10. 13. 
y Mat. 23. 3. 
Luke 11.43. 
& 20. 46. 
zEz. 20.25. 
Matt. 23. 14. 
Luke 20.47. 

2 Tim. 3. fi. 
Titus 1. 11. 
a2Kgs.l2.9. 
Luke 21. 1. 
b2Cor.8.12. 
aMatt.24.1. 
Luke 21. 5. 
b 1 Kgs. 9. 
7,8. 

Jer. 26. 18. 
Mic. 3. 12. 
Luke 19.44. 
c Mat. 24. 3. 
Luke 21. 7. 
d Acts 1. 6. 
e Jer. 29. 8. 
Malt. 21. 4. 
Luke 21. 8. 
Eph. 5. 6. 
Col. 2. 8. 
2 Thes. 2. 3. 

1 John 4. 1. 
f Jer. 14.14. 
& 23. 21. 
e Isa. 19. 2. 
Acts 11. 28. 
h .Mat. 10.17. 
& 24. 9. 
Luke 21.12. 
John 15. 19. 
& 16. 2. 
Acts 4. 1,3. 
&5.18.&7. 
59. & 12. 1. 
& 16. 22. 
Rev. 2. 10. 
i Mt. 24. 14. 
Rom. 10.18. 
Col. 1. 6, 23. 
k Ex. 4. 12. 

2 Sam. 23. 2. 
Jer. 1. 6. 
Matt. 10. 19. 
Luke 12.11. 
& 21. 14. 
Acts 2.4,17. 
&4.8.31.& 
6. 10, 15. 
IDeut. 13.6 
Ezek. 38.21 
Mic. 7. 5, 6. 
m Da. 12. 12. 
Matt. 10. 22. 
& 24. 13. 
Luke 21. 19. 
1 Pet. 4. 10. 
Rev. 2.7,10. 
& 3. 10. 
n Dan. 9. 27 
&12.11. 
Matt. 24. 15 
Luke 21 20, 
21. 



A. D. 33. 



oLu.2I.23. 
& 23. 19. 
p Dan. 12.1. 
Joel 2. 2. 
q Mat.24.23. 
Luke 17.23. 
& 21. 8. 
rDeut.I3.1. 
2Thes.2.11. 
Mat. 7. 15. 
2 Pet. 3. 17. 
t Isa. 13. 10, 
13. 

Ezek. 32. 7. 
Joel 2. 10, 
31. & 3. 15. 
Amos 5. 20. 
&S.9. 
Zeph. 1. 15. 
Matt. 24. 29. 
Luke 21. 25. 
Rev. 6. 12. 
u Dan. 7. 10, 
13. 

Ze. 12. 12. 
Matt. 16.27. 
& 24. 30. & 
26. 64. 
ch/14. 62. 
Luke 21.27. 
Actsl. II. 
lTh-4. 16. 
2 Th. 1. 10. 
Rev. 1. 7. 
xMt.13.41, 
1 Co. 15. 52 

1 Th. 4. 16. 
yMt.24.32 
Luke 21.29 
zMt. 11.16. 
& 16. 28. & 
23. 36. & 24 
34. 

Luke 21. 32 
a Ps. 102. 27 
Isa. 40. 8. & 
51.6. 

Matt. 5. 18. 
Heb. 1. 11. 

2 Peter 3. 7 
10. 

b Mt. 24. 36 
Acts 1. 7. 
1 Thes. 5.2. 
c Mt. 24. 42. 
& 25. 13. 
ver. 35, 37. 
Luke 12. 40 
& 21. 36. 
1 Thes. 5. 6 
aMt.25.13 



Luke 12.39.|Rora. 3. H.IEph. 5. 14. IRev. 3. 3. &|a Mat.26. l.ljohn 11. 55.140. & 13. 1, 
& 21. 34. II Co. 15. 34. (2 T«t. 3. 10.|l6. 15. (Luke 22. 1. |b John 7. 12.U Gr. But 

34 



Christ instituteth his supper. ST 

d 3 % c And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the 
leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an 
alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very precious ; and 
she brake the box, and poured it on his head. 

c 4 And there were some that had indignation within 
themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment 
made? 

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hun- 
dred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they 
murmured against her. 

6 And Jesus said, Let her alone ; why trouble ye her 1 
she hath wrought a good work on me. 

d 7 d For ye have the poor with you always, and whenso 
ever ye will ye may do them good : but me ye have not 
always. 

d 8 She hath done * what she could ; she is come afore- 
hand to anoint my body to the burying. 

9 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall 
be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she 
hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her. 

/ 10 ^[ e And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto 
the chief priests, to betray him unto them. 

c 1 1 And when they heard it, they were glad, and pro- 
mised to give him money. And he sought how he might 
conveniently betray him. 

/ 12 ^[ f And the first day of unleavened bread, when they 
killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt 
thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the 
passover ? 

r 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith 
unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you 
a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him. 

14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good- 
man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest- 
chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 

15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished 
and prepared : there make ready for us. 

a 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, 
and found as he had said unto them : and they made ready 
the passover. 

17 e And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 
/ 18 h And as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say 
unto you, One of you which eateth with me, shall betray me. 

d 19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him 
one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I ? 

20 And he answered and said unto them, // is one of the 
twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 

*■ 21 " The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : 
but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! 
good were it for that man if he had never been born. 

/22 ^[ k And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, 
and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat : this 
is my body. 

23 ' And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, 
lie gave it to them : and they all drank of it. 

24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for many. 

25 m Verily, I say unto you, I will drink no more of the 
fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the 
kingdom of God. 

g 26 ^[ n And when they had sung a hymn, they went out 
into the mount of Olives. 

*• 27 ° And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended 
because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the 
Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 

g 28 p But after that I am risen, I will go before you into 
Galilee. 

c 29 i But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be of- 
fended, yet will not I. 



A. D. 33. 



c Mt. 26. 6. 
Lu. 7. 37. 
John 11. 2. 
& 12. 3. 
d Dt. 15. 11. 
Mat. 16. 21. 
John 13. 33. 
& 14. 19. & 
16. 5, 28. 
& 17. 11. 
b Gr. that 
she had, 
Malt. 12. 42. 
eMt. 26. 14, 
Luke 22. 4. 
fEx. 12. 17. 
Deut. 16. 5. 
Mat. 26. 17. 
Luke 22. 7. 
g Mt. 26. 20. 
Lu. 22. 14. 
John 13.21. 
h Ps. 41. 10. 
Acta 1. 16. 
i Paalm 22. 
I«a. 53. 3. 
Dan. 9. 26. 
Matt. 26. 24. 
Lu. 22. 22. 
John 13. 18. 
& 17. 12. 
Acts 17. 3. 
&2t>.23. 
k Mt. 26. 26. 
Lu. 22. 19. 
ICo. 11.24. 
1 1 Cu. 10. 4. 
m Ac. 10.41. 
n Mt. 26. 30. 
Lu. 22. 39. 
John 18. 1. 
o Ze. 13. 7. 
Mat. 26. 31. 
Lu. 22.31. 
Jn. 16. 32. 
p Matt. 26. 
S2.&28. 10. 
chap. 16. 7. 
qMt.26.33. 
Lu.22. 33. 
John 13. 37. 



MARK. Judas betrayeth him with a kiss. 

r 30 r And Jesus saith unto him, Verily, I say unto thee. 
That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow 
twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 

/ 31 s But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die 
with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also 
said they all. 

g 32 ' And they came to a place which was named Geth- 
semane : and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I 
shall pray. 

* 33 And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, 
and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy ; 

34 u And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrow- 
ful unto death-: tarry ye here, and watch. 

35 * And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, 
and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass 
from him. 

d 36 » And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible 
unto thee ; take away this cup from me . nevertheless, not 
what I will, but what thou wilt. 

37 z And he cometh, a>id findeth them sleeping, and saith 
unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou ? couldest not thou watch 
one hour ? 

d 38 a Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 
The spirit truly is ready but the flesh is weak. 

39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the 
same words. 

40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, 
(for their eyes were heavy;) neither wist they what to an- 
swer him. 

* 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, 
Sleep on now, and take your rest : it is enough, the hour 
is come ; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the 
hands of shiners. 

42 Rise up, let us go ; lu, he that betrayeth me is at hand. 

/43 b And immediately while he yet spake, cometh Judas, 
one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with 
swords and staves, from the chief priests, and the scribes, 
and the elders. 

c 44 And he that betrayed him, had given them a token, 
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he ; take him, 
and lead him, away safely. 

* 45 c And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway 
to him, and saith, c Master, Master ; and kissed him. 

46 ^j And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 
/ 47 And one of them that stood by, drew a sword, and 
smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 

48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye 
come out as against a thief, with swords and with staves 
to take me? 

49 d I was daily with you in the temple, teaching, and ye 
took me not : but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 

a 50 e And they all forsook him and fled. 

/51 And there followed him a certain young man, having 
a linen cloth cast about his naked body ; and the young 
men laid hold on him : 

52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 
53' % f And they led Jesus away to the high priest : and 
with him were assembled all the chief pnesis, and the 
elders and the scribes. 

/ 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace 
of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and 
warmed himself at the fire. 

55 s And the chief priests, and all the council, sought 
for witness against Jesus to put him to death ; and found 
none : 

56 For many bare false witness against him, but then- 
witness agreed not together. 

57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness 
against him, saving, 

" 35 



A. D. 33. 



r Mt. 26. 34. 
Lu. 22. 34. 
Jn. 13. 38. 
. "n. 13. 37. 
t Mt. 26. 36. 
Lu. 22. 39. 
John 18. 1. 

Mt.2fi.38. 
Lu. 22. 44. 
Jn 12. 27. 
x Matt. 20. 
22. & 20. 42. 
"ii. 22. 41. 
I'liilip. 2. 8. 
Heb. 5. 7, 8. 
v John . r >. 
30. & 0. 38. 
zMt. 26. 40. 
Lu. 22. 45. 

Oal. 5. 17. 
I> Ml. 26. 47. 
Lu. 22. 47. 
John 18. 3. 
Ada 1. Ifi. 

29a. 30.8 
cGt. liabbt, 
Itabl/i, 
Matt. 26. 49 

1 l>«. 22. 7. 
&09. 10. 
Ua. 53. 12. 
Mat 26. 5li. 
Lu. 24. 25. 

i-.l.ih I'). 13. 

I*sn. 68. 9. 

f Ml. 26. 57. 

Lu.22. 51. 

n. 18. 13, 

21. 

r>. 27. 12. 

35. 11. 

Mat. 20.59. 

A cUO. 13. 



Jesus accused before Pilate. ST 

58 h We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is 
made with hands, and within three days I will build another 
made without hands. 

59 But neither so did their witness agree together. 

60 * And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked 
Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing] what is it which 
these witness against thee 1 

t 61 k But he held his peace, and answered nothing. 
Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art 
thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed 1 

t 62 i And Jesus said, I am : and ye shall see the Son of 
man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the 
clouds of heaven. 

63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, 
What need we any further witnesses 1 

64 Ye have heard the blasphemy : what think ye 1 And 
they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 

* 65 m And some began to spit on him, and to cover his 
face, and to buffet him, arid to say unto him, Prophesy : 
and the servants did strike him with the palms of their 
hands. 

/66 ^[ n And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there 
cometh one of the maids of the high priest : 

67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she 
looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus 
of Nazareth. 

a 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand 
I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch ; and 
the cock crew. 

69 ° And a maid saw him again, and began to say to 
them that stood by, This is one of them. 

w 70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that 
stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them : 
for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto 

u 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know 
not this man of whom ye speak. 

d 72 p And the second time the cock crew. And Peter 
called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before 
the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And 
when he thought thereon, he wept. 

CHAPTER XV. 

Jesus brought bound and accused before Pilate, 1. Upon the clamour of 
the common people, the murderer Barabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered 
up to be crucified, 15. He is crowned with thorns, 1 7, spit on and mocked, 
19: fainteth in bearing his cross, 21 : hangeth between two thieves, 27: 
suffereth the triumphing reproaches of the Jews, 29 : but confessed by 
the centurion to be the Son of God, 39 : and is honourably buried by 
Joseph, 43. 

f k ND a straightway in the morning the chief priests held 
jfm. a consultation with the elders and scribes, and the 
whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and 
delivered him to Pilate. 

2 b And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 
And he answering, said unto him, Thou sayest it. 

3 And the chief priests accused him of many things : 
but he answered nothing. 

4 c And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou 
nothing'? beholdhow many things they witness againstthee. 

5 But Jesus yet answered nothing ; so that Pilate mar- 
velled. 

/6 a Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, 
whomsoever they desired. 

7 e And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound 
with them that had made insurrection with him, who had 
committed murder in the insurrection. 

8 And the multitude crying aloud, began to desire him 
to do as he had ever done unto them. 

9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I re- 
lease unto you the King of the Jews ? 

10 (For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him 
for envy.) 



h ch. 15. 29. 
John 2. 19. 
iMt. 26.62. 
k Psa. 2. 7. 
Isa. 53. 7. 
Matt. 16.16. 
John 1. 50. 
Acts 8. 32. 
& 13. 32. 
Heb. 1.5. 
IPs. 110. 1. 
Da.7. 10,13 
Mat. 16. 27. 
& 24. 30. 
& 25. 31. 
& 26. 64. 
I,u. 21. 27 
& 22. 69. 
John 6. 62. 
Acts. 1. 11. 
1 Th. 4. 16. 
2Th. I. 10. 
Rev. 1. 7. 
m Job 16. 10, 
11. 

Isa. 50. 6. & 
53. 3. 

Matt 26. 67. 
& 27. 30 
l.u. 22. 63. 
John 19. 3. 
n Matt. 26. 
58,69. 
Lu. 22. 55. 
John 15. 16, 
19. 

oMt. 26.71. 
Lu.22.58. 
Jn. 18. 25. 
p Mt. 26. 75. 
Lu.22. 61. 
Jn. 13. 38. 
& 18. 27. 

Psa. 2. 2. 
.Matt 27. 1. 
Lu. 22. 66. 
Sc 23. 1. 
Jn.18. 28. 
Ai*ts3.13.& 

: 26. 

bMt.27. 11. 
I Luke 23. 3. 
John in. 33. 
I Tim. 6. 13. 
c Mt. 27. 13. 
Jn. !9. 10. 
d Mat. 26. 2, 
5. & 27. 15. 
Lu.23. 17. 
John 2. 13. 
& 4. 45. 
& 18. 39. 
e Mt. 27. 16. 
Lu. 23. 19. 
John 18. 40. 



mingled with 



MARK. He is condemned and crucified. 

| c 11 f But the chief priests moved the people that he 
should rather release Barabbas unto them. 

12 And Pilate answered, and said again unto them, 
What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call 
the King of the Jews 1 

13 And they cried out again, Crucify him 
s 14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he 

done 1 And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify 
him. 

c 15 ff g And so Pilate, willing to content the people, re- 
leased Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he 
had scourged him, to be crucified. 

16 h And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called 
Pretorium ; and they call together the whole band ; 

17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a 
crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 

18 And began to salute him, Hail, Kirg of the Jews! 

* 19 * And they smote him on the head with a reed, and 
did spit upon him, and, bowing their knees, worshipped him. 

20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the 
purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led 
him out to crucify him. 

/21 k And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed 
by, coming out of the country , the father of Alexander and 
Rufus, to bear his cross. 

g 22 ' And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which 
is, being interpreted, The place of a scull. 

* 23 m And they gave him to drink, wine 
myrrh : but he received it not. 

24 "And when they had crucified him, they parted his gar 
ments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 

25 ° And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 

26 p And the superscription of his accusation was written 
over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

27 q And with him they crucify two thieves, the one on 
his right hand, and the other on his left. 

a 28 r And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he 
was numbered with the transgressors. 

c 29 s And they that passed by, railed on him, wagging 
their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the tem- 
ple, and buildest it in three days, 

30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. 

31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking, said among 
themselves with the scribes, He saved others ; himself he 
cannot save. 

c 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the 
cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were 
crucified with him, reviled him. 

»» 33 ' And when the sixth hour was come, there was dark- 
ness over the whole land, until the ninth hour. 

s 34 u And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, 
saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being in- 
terpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 

35 x And some of them that stood by, when they heard 
it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 

36 y And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and 
put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone ; 
let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 

* 37 z And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the 
ghost. 

a 38 a And the veil of the temple was rent in twain, from 
the top to the bottom. 

t 39 % b And when the centurion which stood over against 
him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he 
said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 

/ 40 c There were also women looking on afar off, among 
whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 
James the less, and of Joses, and Salome ; 

g 41 d Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, 

36 



A. D. 33 



f Ml 27. 20. 
Lu 23. 18. 
Jn. !8. 40. 
Acts 3. 14. 
g ML 27. 26. 
John 19. 1. 
h Mt. 27.27. 
John 19. 1. 
i Isa. 50. 6. 
Ma t. 26. 67. 
& 27. 29. 
k Mt. 27. 32. 
Lu. 23. 26. 
Jn. 19. 17. 
I Mt. 27. 33. 
Lu. 23. 33. 
with Jn. 19. 
17. 

mPs. 69.21. 
John 19. 28. 
n Ps. 22. 19. 
Mt. 27. 35. 
Lu. 23. 34. 
Jn 19.23. 
oMt.27. 45. 
Luke 23. 44. 
John 19. 14. 
pMt.27. 37. 
Luke 23. 38. 
John 19. 19. 
q Mt. 27. 38. 
Luke23.32. 
r Isa. 53. 12. 
Lu. 22. 37. 
s Psa. 22. 8. 
& 69. 21. & 
109. 25. 
Mt. 27. 39. 
ch. 14. 58. 
Luke 23. 35 
John 2. 19. 
t Mt. 27. 45. 
Luke23. 44. 

"■sa. 22. 1. 
Mat. 27. 46. 
x Mai. 4. 5. 
Mt 17. 10. 
y Ps. 69. 22. 
John 19. 29. 

Mt.27. 30. 
Luke 23. 48. 
Jn. 19. 30. 
Heb. 5. 7. 

Ex. 26. 31. 
2 Cor. 3. 14. 
Mat. 27.51. 
Luke 23. 45. 
Hr.b. 10. 19. 
b Ml 27. 54. 
Luke23. 47. 
c Pe. 38. 12. 
Mat. 27. 55. 
Luke 23. 49. 
dLu. 8.2,3. 



The birth and character of ST 

and ministered unto him ; and many other women which 
came up with him unto Jerusalem. 

42 % e And now, when the even was come, (because it 

was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,) 

c 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which 

also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in 

boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 

44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead : and 
calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he 
had been any while dead. 

45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the 
body to Joseph. 

/ 46 f And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and 
wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which 
was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door 
of the sepulchre. 

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses 
beheld where he was laid. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

An angel declareth the resurrection of Christ to three women, 1. Christ 
himself appear eth to Mary Magdalene, 9 : to two going into the coun- 
try, 12. then to the avostles, 14, whom he sendeth forth to preach the] 
gospel, 1 5 : and ascendeth into heaven, 1 9. 

fk ND a when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, j 
J$L and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had 
bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 

2 b And very early in the morning, the first day of the 
week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun : 

3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us 
away the stone from the door of the sepulchre 1 

4 (And when they looked, they saw that the stone was 
rolled away,) for it was very great. 

- « 5 c And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young 
man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white gar- 
ment ; and they were affrighted. 
t 6 d And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted : ye seek 
Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified : he is risen ; he is 
not here : behold the place where they laid him. 



LUKE. 



John the Baptist areforetoid. 



& 24. 1. 
bMatl-28.1. 
Luke 24.1. 
John 20. 1. 
c Dan. 10.5. 
Mt. 23. 1, 2. 
John 20. 12. 
dMat.28.5. 
Luke 24. 5. 



A. D. 33. 



nsrww\ s 7 * But S° y° ur wa y» tel1 his disci P les and Peter, that he 
jofiif'i *S oetn Defore y°u into Galilee : there shall ye see him, as 

& M aH. 1 ii 4 &' ne sa '°- unto y° u - 

LutoWaJ f 8 f Aad tne Y went out quickly, and fled from the sepul- 

aLnJra:*: cnre ' f° r tne y trembled, and were amazed : neither said 

they any thing to any man ; for they were afraid. 

1 9 *\ g Now, when Jesus was risen early, the first day of 
the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of 
whom he had cast seven devils. 

10 h And she went and told them that had been with 
him, as they mourned and wept. 

w 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, 
and had been seen of her, believed not. 

/ 1 2 % ' After that, he appeared in another form unto two 
of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 

13 And they went and told it unto the residue : neither 
believed they them. 

« 14 % k Afterward he appeared unto the eleven, as they 
sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and 
hardness of heart, because they believed not them which 
had seen him after he was risen. 

rf *15 ' And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to every creature. 

t* 1 6 m He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved ; 
but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 

17 n And these signs shall follow them that believe : In 
my name shall they cast out devils ; they shall speak with 
new tongues ; 

18 ° They shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any 
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall Jay hands 
on the sick, and they shall recover. 

n 9 % p So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, 
he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand 
of God. 

/20 q And they went forth, and preached every where, the 
Lord working with them, and confirming the word with 
signs following. Amen. 



eMt.26.32. 
& 28. 10. 
chap. 14.28. 
John 20. 19 
&21.1. 
Actsl. 3. & 
10. 41. & 13. 
31. 

1 Cor. 15. 5. 
fMatt.28.8. 
Luke 24. 9 
John 20. 18. 
g Luke 8. 2. 
Jn. 20. 14,16. 
hLu.24. 10. 
iLu. 16.31. 
&24. 13. 
kLu.24.36. 
ICo. 15.5,7. 
1 Isa. 2. 3. & 
52. 10. 
Matt. 28. 19. 
verse 22. 
Luke 24. 47. 
John 15. 16. 
Ro. 10. 18. 
Col. 1. 23. 
m John 3. 5, 
18, 36. & 12. 
48. 

Acts 2. 38. 
& 8. 37. 
1 Pet. 3. 21. 
nLu.10. 17. 
Acts 2. 4. & 
5. 16.&8.7. 
& 10. 46. 
& 16. 18. &. 
19.6. 
1 Cor. 12. 10. 

Lu. 10. 10. 
Ac. 28. 3, 8. 
Jam. 5. 14. 
p Ps. 110. 1. 
Luke 24. 50, 
51. 

Ac. 1.2, 3,9. 
q Acts 1. 4. 
& 14. 3. 

1 Cor. 3. G. 
& 15. 10. 
Heb. 2. 4. 



* THE GOSPEL, ACCORDING TO ST. LURE. 



CHAPTER I. 

The preface of Luke to his whole gospel, 1. The conception of John the 
Baptist, 5, and of Christ, 26. The prophecy of Elisabeth, and of Mary, 
concerning Christ, 39. The nativity and circumcision of John, 57. The 
prophecy of Zacharias both of Christ, 67, and of John, 76. 

/■jlORASMUCH a as many have taken in hand to set forth 
jT in order a declaration of those things which are most 
surely believed among us, 

2 h Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the 
beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word ; 

3 c It seemed good to me also, having had perfect un- 
derstanding of all things from the very first, to write unto 
thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 

4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things 
wherein thou hast been instructed. 

THERE d was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, 
a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of 
Abia : and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her 
name was Elisabeth. 

c* 6 e And they were both righteous before God, walking 
in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord 
blameless. 

7 f And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was 
barren ; and they both were noio well stricken in years. 

8 And it came to pass, that, while he executed the 
priest's office before God in the order of his course, 

9 e According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot 
was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the 
Lord. 

142 



a John]. 14. 
Acts 1. 3. & 
4.20. 

2 Pet. I. 16. 
b Heb. 2. 3. 
1 John 1. 1. 
c Acts 1. 1. 
Before the 
account 
called Anno 
Domini the 
sixth year. 
(1 1 Chr. 24. 
10, 19. 
Noli. 12. 4, 
17. 

Matt. 2.1. 
ejob 1.1, b. 
& 2. 3. 
Philip. 8. 6. 
fGon. I -.11 
&2I. I. 
Josh. 13. 1. 
1 Kings 1. I. 
K Ex. 30. 7. 
Lot. Hi. 17. 
Hcb.9.6. 



Bofbra the 

account 
called Anno 
Domini the 

I v|i, . r 1 i . 

h Ex. 30. 1. 

i .lud;:<-s' 13 
32, 

Dan. 10. H. 
kJudg.6.23. 
Dan. 10. 12. 
,fT. 30, 60. 
Rev. i. 17. 
I V0IS0 r><^. 
John 5. 35. 
ni Lv. 10. 9. 
Num. li. 3. 
Jodg. 13. 4. 
Jut. 1. 5. 
Gal. l. i">. 

n l»n. 40.3. 
Mai. 4. 5. 
Matt. 3. 3. &. 
11.9, It. 
& 17. 12. 
Malk 1.3. 
verso 70. 
o Mai. 4. 6. 



d 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying 
without at the time of incense. 

» 11 h And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord, 
standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 

12 ' And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and 
fear fell upon him. 

»• 13 k But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias : 
for thy prayer is heard ; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear 
thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 

14' And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many 
shall rejoice at his birth. 

<15 m For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and 
shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be 
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 

16 n And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to 
the Lord their God. 

17 "And he shall go before him in the spirit and power 
of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, 
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just ; to make 
ready a people prepared for the Lord. 

18 p And Zacharias said unto the angel, 'Whereby shall I 
know this 1 for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken 
in years. 

19 q And the angel answering, said unto him, I am Ga- 
briel, that stand in the presence of God ; and am sent to 
speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. 

r20 r And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to 

Matt. 3.1... p Gen. 15.8. & 17. 17. « Da. 8. 16. & 9.21. Mat. 18. 10. Heb. 1. 14, rGn. 18. !• 

37 



Mark 9. 12. 



ST. LUKE. 



Mary visits her cousin Elisabeth. 

speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, 
because thou believest not my words, which shall be ful- 
filled in their season. 

/21 Anrf the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled j^-,% 1 
that he tarried so long in the temple. 

a 22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them : 
and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple ; 
for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. 

23 And it came to pass, that as soon as the days of his 
ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own 
house. • 

24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, 
and hid herself five months, saying, 

25 6 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein 
he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. 
/26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent 
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 

27 ' To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, 
of the house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary. 
/28 u And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou 
that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art 
thou among women. 

29 And when she saw him she was troubled at his saying, 
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation thisshould be. 

30 x And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary : for 
thou hast found favour with God. 

31 y And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and 
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 

t 32 z He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the 
Highest ; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne 
t of his father David. 

* 33 a And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; 
and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, 
seeing I know not a man 1 

t 35 b And the angel answered and said unto her, The 
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the 
Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy 
thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son 
of God. 

36 And behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also con 
ceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month 
with her who was called barren : 

t 37 c For with God nothing shall be impossible. 

d 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be 
it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed 
from her. 

39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the 
hill-country with haste, into a city of Juda, 

40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted 
Elisabeth. 

41 And it came to pass, that when Elisabeth heard the 
salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb : and 
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. 

42 d And she spake out with a loud voice, and said 
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of 
thy womb. 

43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my 
Lord should come to me 1 

44 For lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded 
in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 

b 45 e And blessed is she that believed : for there shall be 
a performance of those things which were "told her from 
the Lord. 

46 f And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 
d 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 

48 e For he hath regarded the ° low estate of his hand- 
maiden : for behold, from henceforth all generations shall 
call me blessed. 



John's nativity and circumcision. 

49 h For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; 
and holy is his name. 

* 50 * And his mercy is on them that fear him, from gene- 
ration to generation. 

51 k He hath shewed strength with his arm ; he hath 
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 

52 ' He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and 
exalted them of low degree. 

53 m He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the 
rich he hath sent empty away. 

54 n He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance 
of his mercy ; 

55 ° As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his 
seed for ever. 

56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and 
returned to her own house. 

57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be 
delivered ; and she brought forth a son. 

58 p And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the 
Lord had shewed great mercy upon her ; and they rejoiced 
with her. 

1 59 q And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they 
came to circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacha- 
rias, after the name of his father. 

60 r And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he 
shall be called John. 

61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred 
that is called by this name. 

62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have 
him called. 

/ 63 And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, 
His name is John. And they marvelled all. 
™ 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his 
tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. 

65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them : 
and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all 
the hill-country of Judea. 

66 And all they that heard them, laid them up in their 
hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be ! And 
the hand of the Lord was with him. 

* 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 

*■ 68 s Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath 
visited and redeemed his people, 

69 l And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the 
house of his servant David : 

70 u As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which 
have been since the world began : 

71 x That we should be saved from our enemies, and 
from the hand of all that hate us ; 

72 y To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and 
to remember his holy covenant ; 

73 z The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 

74 a That he would grant unto us, that we, being deli 
vered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him 
without fear, 

d* 75 b In holiness and righteousness before him, all the 
days of our life. 

t* 76 c And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the 
Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to 
prepare his ways ; 
t 77 a To gj ve k now i e dge of salvation unto his people, by 
the remission of their sins, 

78 e Through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby 
the day-spring from on high hath visited us, 

79 f To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the 
Lv k s!"*! : shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. 



Before thb 
account 
called Anno 
Domini the 
sixth year. 
sGn. 30. 23. 



t Mat. 1. 18. 
chap. 2. 4. 
u Judg. 5. 
24. & 6. 12. 
Ruth 2. 4. & 
3. 10. 

ver. 30, 42. 
Tim. 4. 22. 
x Gen. 6. 8. 
& 18. 3. & 
39. 4. 

ver. 13, 28. 
y Isa. 7. 14. 
Matt. 1. 21. 
chap. 2. 21. 
z2Sa.7.12. 
Ps. 132. 11. 
Is.9.b.&lG. 
5. &54.5. 
Amos 9. 11. 
a 1 Chron. 
22.10. 
Ps. 45. 6, 7. 
& 89. 37. & 
132. 12. 
Is. 9. 7. & 14. 
1. & 16.5. 
Jcr. 23. 5. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
& 7. 14, 27. 
Micah 4. 7. 
1 Cor. 15.24. 
Heb. 1. 8. 
& 12. 28. 
b Dan. 9. 24. 
Matt. 1. 20. 
c Gn. 18. 14. 
Job 10.13. 
& 42. 2. 
Jw.32. 17. 
Zech. 8. 6. 
Matt. 19. 2b\ 
Mark 10.27. 
ch. 18. 27. 
d verse 28. 
ech. 1). 28. 
Jn. 20. 29. 

1 Pet. 1.8. 
flSa.2.1. 
Ps. 34. 3. & 
35.9. 
Heb. 3. 18 
gGn.30.13. 
Judg. 5. 24 
ISa. 1.11. 

2 Kg. 14.26. 
Psa. 25. 18. 
& 102. 17. 
a Or, lowli- 
ness, 
Isa. 66. 2. 
1 Pet. 5. 5. 



Before the 
account 
called Anno 
Domini the 
sixth year. 



h Ps.71. 19. 
& 111.9. & 
126. 2. 
i Gen. 17. 7. 
Ex. 20. 6. 
Ps. 103. 17, 
k 1 Sam. 2. 
1,3. 

2 Sa. 15. 34. 
Ps. 33.10. & 
77. 15.&80. 
13. & 98. 1 
& 118. 15. 
Isa. 29. 15. 
& 40. 10. & 
51. 9. & 52. 
10. 

I Pet. 5. 5. 

I I Sam. 2. 
7,8. 

Job 5. 11. & 
12. 18.&19. 
21. 

Psa. 113. G 
Isa. 66. 2. 
mlSa.2.5 
Psa. 34. 11 
n Psa. 98. 3 
Isa. 30. 18. 
& 41. 8. & 
54. 5. 

Jor.31.3,20, 
verse " 2. 
oGen. 17.19 
&22.18. 
Ps. 132.11. 
Ro. 11. 28. 
p verse 14. 
qGn. 17. 12. 
Lev. 12. 3. 
r verse 13. 
s Ex. 3. 16. 
&4. 31. 
Psa. 72. 18. 
& 106. 18. 
& 111.9. 
Matt. 1.21. 
ch. 2. 30. & 
7. 16. 
t Psa. 132. 
17, 18. 
Ez. 29.11. 
Zech. 12. 8. 
u Ps. 72. 12. 
Jer. 23. 6. & 
30. 10. 
Dan. 9. 27 



Deut. 5. 30. 
.Mall. 10. 6. 
'& 15.24. 

verse 54. 



Acts 3. 25. I.Tev. 31. 33. IDeut.12.10. Heb.2.15. 1 Pet. 1. 15 

Ro. 11. 28. Heb. li. 33. Jer. 23. 6. & 9. 14 S'^iA - ? 
zGn.22. 16.aUn.22. 17.!!?om. «. I8,jb Jer 32 39. Mnl. 3. 1. & 
Psa. 105. 9. rLfv. 25. 18.122. & 8. 15.iEph. 4. 24. 14. 5. 



Matt. II. 8 
verse 17. 
(1 Mark 1. 4 
chap. 3. 3. 



e Zech. 3.8. 
& 6. 12. 
Mai. 4. 2. 
flsa.9.2.& 



42.7.&43.8. 
& 49. 9. & 
60. 1. 

Matt. 4. 16 



Before Che 
account, 
called Anno 
Domini the 
fifth year. 



g Matt. 3. 1. 
& 11.7. 
ch. 2. 40, 52. 
a ISa. 16.4. 
Micah 5. 2. 
Matt. 1.1. 
& 2. 4, 5. 
chap. 3. 23. 
John 7. 42. 
bMat.l. 24. 
a It seems 
this was not 
in winter, 
Pr. 27. 25. 
cch. 1.26. 
& 9. 31. 
ICo. 15.41. 
2 Cor. 3. 7. 
dJudg.6.23. 
Dan. 10. 12. 
ch. 1. 13,30. 
Rev. 1. 17. 

Zech. 9.9. 
Matt. 1.21. 
chap. 1. 31, 
54,68. 
ffian. 7. 10. 
Rev. 5. 11. 
t' Isa. 2. 4. 
& 44. 23. & 
49. 13. & 57. 
19. 

Micah 4. 3. 
chap. 1. 79. 
& 19. 38. 
Rom. 5. 1. 
Eph. 1. 5. 
& 2. 27. 
h verse 51. 
iGn. 17. 12. 
Lev. 12. 3. 
Matt. 1. 21. 
chap. 1. 31. 
John 7. 22. 
k Lev. 12.2. 
&27. 26. 
1 Ex. 13. 2. 
& 22. 29. 
& 34. 19. 
Num. 3. 13. 
& 8. 16, 17. 
& 18. 15. 
m Lev. 12. 
6,8. 

nMk.15.43. 
verse 38. 
ch. 19. 11. 
Acts 1. 6. 



The nativity of Christ. ST. LUKE. 

/80 g And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and| 
was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. 

CHAPTER II. 

Augustus taxeth all the Roman empire, 1 . The nativity of Christ, 6. An 
angel relateth it to the shepherds, 8 : Many sing praises to God for it, 
13. Christ is circumcised, 21. Mary purified, 22. Simeon and Anna 
prophesy of Christ, 28 : who increaseth in wisdom, 40, questioneth in 
the temple with the doctors, 46, and is obedient to his parents, 51. 

fk ND it came to pass in those days, that there went out 
_oL a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world 
should be taxed. 

g 2 {And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was 
governor of Syria.) 

/ 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 

S 4 a And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the 
city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which 
is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and 
lineage of David,) 

5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great 
with child. 

6 And so it was, that while they were there, the days 
were accomplished -that she should be delivered. 

7 b And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrap- 
ped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him in a manger ; 
because there was no room for them in the inn. 

f* 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abid- 
ing in the " field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 

v 9 c And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and 
the glory of the Lord shone round about them ; and they 
were sore afraid. 

10 d And the angel said unto them, Fear not : for behold, 
I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all 
people. 

1 1 1 e For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, 
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

12 And this shall be a sign unto you ; Ye shall find the 
babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger. 

-£"13 f And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude 
of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 

d 14 s Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, 
good will towards men. 

f\5 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away 
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, 
Let us now go even unio Bethlehem, and see this thing 
which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known 
unto us. 

16 And they came with haste, and found Mary and 
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 

17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad 
the saying which was told them concerning this child. 

18 And all they that heard it, wondered at those things 
which were told them by the shepherds. 

19 h But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them 
in her heart. 

d 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising 
God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it 
was told unto them. 

'21 * And when eight days were accomplished for the cir 
cumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which 
was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the 
womb. 

22 k And when the days of her purification according to 
the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to 
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; 

23 ' (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male 
that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;) 

24 m And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is 
said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two 
young pigeons. 

1 2$ n And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose 



Before the 
account 
called Anno 
Domini the 
fourth year. 



oPs. 16. 10. 
& 89. 48. 
Heb. 11. 5. 
pGen. 15. 2, 
15. &46.30. 
Nu. 20. 29. 
2Kb. 22. 20. 
PsaTm 4. 8. 
Philip. 1.23. 
d 1 Sa. 2. 1. 
Psa. 98. 2. 
Isa. 52. 10. 
verse 11. 
chap. 1.31 
54. & 3. 6. 
rlsa. 9.2.& 
41. 6. & 46 
13. & 49. 6. 
& 60. 3. 
Matt. 4. 14. 
chap. 1.68. 
Acts 13. 47 
& 28. 28. 
Rom. 1. 17. 
& 9. 4. 
sis. 8. 14,18 
Mat. 21. 44 
John 3 20. 

6 9. 39. 
Acts 23. 22. 
Ro 9.32,33. 

1 Cor. 1.83, 
24. 

2 Cor. 2. 16 
lPet.2. 7, 8 
tJn. 19 2.i 
u Ex. 38. 8. 
1 Pa. 1. 22. 
I Tim. 5. 5 
x ch. I. Ml. 

rorse 52, 
b Or, by the 
spirit, 
chap. I. 80 
V Ex. 23. IS, 
17. & 34. 23 
Lev. 23. 5. 
Pout. 16. 1 
* A. I). 8. 

7 Mat. 7. 28, 
Mark I. 22 
ch. 4.22, 32 
Jn. 7. 13,46 
a Mnl. 3. 1 
b ch. 9. 45. 
& 18. 34. 
cGn. 37. 11 
Dan. 7. 28. 
verse 19. 

d 13a. 2. 26. 
chap. 1. e0. 
verse 40. 



He disputeth in the temple. 

name was Simeon; and the same man was just and de- 
vout, waiting for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy 
Ghost was upon him. 

t 26 ° And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that 

he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 

27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple ; and 

when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him 

after the custom of the law, 

/ 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, 
and said, 

i 29 p Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, 
according to thy word : 

30 q For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 

31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all 
people ; 

32 r A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy 
people Israel. 

33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things 
which were spoken of him. 

r 34 9 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his 
mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again 
of many in Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken 
against ; 

35 ' (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul 
also ;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. 
/ 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter 
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and 
had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity ; 

37 u And she was a widow of about fourscore and four 
years, which departed not from the temple, but served God 
with fastings and prayers night and day. 

t 38 And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise 
unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for 
redemption in Jerusalem. 

s 39 And when they had performed all things according 
to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their 
own city Nazareth. 

/ 40 * And the child grew and waxed strong h in spirit, 
filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon him. 

'41 y Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at 
the feast of the passover. 

s 42 And when he was twelve years old,* they went up to 
Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 

/ 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they re- 
turned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and 
Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 

44 But they, supposing him to have been in the com- 
pany, went a day's journey; and they sought him among 
their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 

/ 45 And when they found him not, they turned back 
again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 

1 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found 
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both 
hearing them, and asking them questions. 

47 z And all that heard him were astonished at his under- 
standing and answers. 

48 And when they saw him, they were amazed : and 
his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt 
with us 1 behold, thy father and I have sought thee sor- 
rowing. 

1 49 a And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought 
mel wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business'? 
50 b And they understood not the saying which he spake 
unto them. 

d 51 c And he went down with them, and came to Naza- 
reth, and was subject unto them : but his mother kept all 
these sayings in her heart. 

t 52 d And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favour with God and man. 

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15. 



A. D 26. 



Herod imprisoneth John the Baptist. 

CHAPTER III. 
The preaching and baptism of John, i . His testimony of Christ, 
Herod imprisoneth John, -Zi). Christ baptized, receiveth testimony J 
heaven, 21. The age and genealogy of Christ from Joseph upwards 

J&TOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius 
°±% Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and 
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip 
tetrareh of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Ly 
sanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 

/2 a Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word 
of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the 
wilderness, 

1 3 b And he came into all the country about Jordan, 
preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of 
sins ; 

« 4 c As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the 
prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 

5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and 
hill shall be brought low ; and the crooked shall be made 
straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth ; 

6 d And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 
t 7 e Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be 

baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned 
you to flee from the wrath to come 1 

d 8 f Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, 
and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham 
to our father : for I say unto you, That God is able of these 
stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 

«9 S And'now also the axe is laid unto the root of the 
trees : every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good 
fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 

10 h And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do 
then 1 

d\\ * He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath 
two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he 
that hath meat, let him do likewise. 

12 k Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said 
unto him, Master, what shall we do 1 

d\$ 'And he said unto them, Exact no more than that 
which is appointed you. 

d 14 m And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, 
And what shall we do 1 And he said unto them, Do vio- 
lence to no man, neither accuse any falsely ; and be con- 
tent with your wages. 

f 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men 
mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the 
Christ, or not; 

t 16 n John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed bap- 
tize you with water ; but one mightier than I cometh, the 
latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he 
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire : 

1 17 "Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly 
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner ; 
but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 

18 And many other things in his exhortation preached 
he unto the people. 

/19 p But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for 
Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils 
which Herod had done, 

20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in 
prison. 

d 21 1 Now, when all the people were baptized, it came to 
pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the hea- 
ven was opened, 

t 22 r And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape 
like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, 
which said, Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well 
pleased. 

/23 9 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty yearsjoMau.'f.'a 



aJn. 11.49, 
51. & 18. 13. 
Acts 4. C. 
b Matt. 3. 1. 
Mark 1. 4. 
John 1. 31. 
c Isa. 40. 3. 
Matt. 3. 3. 
Mark 1. 3. 
John 1. 23. 
d Psa. 98. 2. 
Isa. 52. 10. 
cli. 2. 11, 30. 
e Matt. 3. 7. 
& 12. 34. 
& 23. 33. 
f Matt. 3. 9. 
&8. 11. 
Jn. 8. 33, 39. 
Acts 13. 20. 
g Mat. 3. 10. 
& 7. 19. 
ch. 23. 31. 
Jn. 15. 2, 6. 

1 Pet. 4. 17. 
h Acts 2. 37. 
i ch. 11. 14. 

2 Cor. 8. 41. 
James 2. 15, 
16. 

1 Pet. 4. 8. 
1 Jn. 3. 17. 
& 4. 20. 
kMt. 21. 32. 
1 chap. 19.8. 
m Lev. 19. 
11, 13. 
n Isa. 44. 3. 
Joel 2. 28. 
Mai. 3. 2. 
Matt. 3. 11. 
Mk. 1. 7, 8. 
Jn. 1. 15,20, 
33. & 7. 38. 
Acts 1. 5. & 
2. 4, 17. & 
10..45.&11. 

16. & 13. 25. 
& 19. 4. 

1 Co. 12. 131 
oMi. 4. 12. 
Mai. 3. 3. 
& 4. 1. 
Matt. 3. 12. 
&13.30. 

Mat. 14. 2. 
Mark 6. 17. 
dMt.3.5.13. 
Mk. 1. 5, 9. 
John I. 32. 
r Psa. 2. 7. 
Tsa. 42. 1. 
Matt. 3. 16, 

17. & 12. 18. 
& 17. 5. 
Mark 9. 7. 
chap. 9. 35. 
Col. 1. 13. 

2 Pet. 1. 17. 
s Mt. 13. 55. 

Mark 6. 3. 
chap. 4. 22. 
John 6. 42. 



A. D. 27. 



tMatt. 1. 1. 
a These 14 
from Joseph 
to Rhesa 
were 
Christ's 
natural 
fathers ,• but 
Abihud, 
another son 
of Zoroba- 
bel, and the 
rest, Mat. 1. 
13, 14, were 
Christ's 
kindred and 
fathers by 
right of 
overn- 
ment. 

u2Sa.5.14. 
1 Chr. 3. 5. 
Zech.12. 13. 
x Ruth 4. 18. 
1 Chr. 2. 10. 
y Gen. 11.24, 
25, 26. 
z Gen. 5. 6. 
& 11. 10. 
b This name 
isnotfouvd, 
Gen. 10. 24. 
& 11. 12, 
but in the 
Greek 
translation . 
Some think 
Arphaxud 
should beget 
Sala bu his 
son Cainan, 
I Chr. 2. 5. 
a Gen. 5. 3. 
alKe.18.12. 
Ez. 3. 14. & 
8. 3. &11.1, 
24. & 40. 2. 
& 43. 5. 
Matt. 4. 1. 
Mark 1.12. 
ch. 2. 27. 
verse 14. 
Acts 8. 39. 
b Ex. 34.5)8. 
Dt. 9. 9, 18. 
1 Kb. 19. 8. 
c Matt. 14. 
33. & 26. C3. 
&. 27. 40. 
verse 41. 
Jn. 1.34,50 



The temptation and fasting of Christ. 

of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which 
was the son of Heli, 

24 l Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of 
Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of 
Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 

25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son 
of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son 
of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 

26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son ol 
Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son 
of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 

27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of 
"Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son 
of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 

28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of 
Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of 
Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 

29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of 
Eliezer, winch was the son of Jorim, which was the son 
of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 

30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of 
Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of 
Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 

31 u Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of 
Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son 
of Nathan, which was the son of David, 

32 x Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of 
Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of 
Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 

33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son 
of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son 
of Phares, which was the son of Juda, 

34 y Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of 
Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son 
of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 

35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of 
Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of 
Heber, which was the son of Sala, 

36 z Which was the son of " Cainan, which was the son 
of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son 
of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 

37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son 
of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son 
of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, 

38 a Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of 
Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the sOn of 
God. 

CHAPTER IV. 

The temptation and fasting of Christ, 1. He overcomelh the devil, 13: 
beginneth to preach, 14. The people of Nazareth admire his gracious 
words, 16. He cureth one possessed of a devil, 33, Peter's mother-in-law, 
38, and divers other sick persons, 40. The devils acknowledge Christ, 

. and are reproved for it, 41 : he preacheth through the cities, 43. 

/ A ND a Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from 
cIL Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 
t 2 b Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those 

days he did eat nothing : and when they were ended, he 

afterward hungered. 

c And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son oi 

God, command this stone that it be made bread. 
d 4 d And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That 

man , shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of 

God. 

5 e And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, 
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a 
moment of time. 

6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give 
thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me, 
and to whomsoever I will, I give it. 

7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 

40 



Christ overcomcth the devit. ST. LUKE 

</8 'And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee 



The miraculous draught of fishes. 



A. D. 27 



oehind me, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the f^^ 3 come out of him 

F ^V : ,? : the midst 



_ ^35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and 
g come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in 
he came out of him, and hurt iiim not. 
t 36 And they were all amazed, and spaKe among them- 



Mark 6. 1. 

John 4. 43. 
„ -J nlsa. 42. 7. 
SaiCI, & 61. 1, 



Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 

9 e And ne brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a [^"'i|;]| 
pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the ft e &„ 4 4 i5 ^ selves, saying, What a word is this ! for with authority and 
Son of God, cast thyself down from hence. Ki"^ power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come 

out. 

37 And the fame of him went out into every place of 
the country round about. 

38 ^f b And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered 
into Simon's house. And Simon's wile's mother was 
taken with a great fever ; and they besought him for her. 

™ 39 c And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever ; and 
it left her : and immediately she arose and ministered unto 
them. 

w40 «([ d Now, when the sun was setting, all they that had 
any sick with divers diseases, brought them unto him : and 
he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 

t 41 e And devils also came out of many, crying out, and 
saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he, rebuking 
[them, suffered them not to speak : for they knew that he 
was Christ. 
| J '42 f And when it was day, he departed, and went into a 



John 4. 43. 

a 10 h For it is written, He shall give his angels charge * c £ Dr- 
over thee to keep thee : mNeh.8,5, 
1 1 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at & ft f^' 
any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
d 12 * And Jesus answering, said unto him, It is 
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ' KS& 
13 k And when the devil had ended all the temptation, frS^iaal: 
he departed from Uim for a season. fit. 13.54. 
/14 If 'And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit chap! J: 47.' 
into Galilee : aim there went out a fame of him through all oHjmmjs. 
the region round about. tmlalsi. 
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified John 4.^ 

Of all. kmesS 17^ 

d 16 ^f m And he came to Nazareth, where he had been fMs.5.14: 

* u John o. oy. 

brought up: and, as his custom was, lie went into the f$[- ™ l3 

synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up for to read. jJ^S&.aa. 

f 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the |^ rk221 . 



prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he J '^ s k -jJ;f|; desert place ; and the people sought him, and came unto 



Dan. 9. 24. 
Malt. S. 20. 



Acts 2. 31. 



found the place where it was written, 
U8 " The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath^V;^ 
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath * 
sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance 
to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set 
at liberty them that are bruised, 

19 ° To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the 
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that 
were in the synagogue were fastened on him 

a 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this 
scripture fulfilled in your ears. 

22 p And all bare him witness, and wondered at the 
gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And 
they said, Is not this Joseph's son 1 

23 q And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me 
this proverb, Physician, heal thyself : whatsoever we have 
heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 

24 r And he said, Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is 
accepted in his own country. 

1 25 ' But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in 
Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up 
three years and six months, when great famine was 
throughout all the land : 

g 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto 
Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 

t 27 ' And many lepers were in Israel in the time of 
Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, 
saving Naaman the Syrian. 

c 28 And all they in 'the synagogue, when they heard these 
things, were filled with wrath, 

29 And rose up, and thurst him out of the city, and led 
him unto the brow of the hill, (whereon their city was 
built,) that they might cast him down headlong. 

m Z0 u But he, passing through the midst of them, went 
his way. 

d $l x And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, 
and taught them on the sabbath-days. 

'32 7 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his 
word was with power. 

/33 ^ z And in the synagogue there was a man which had a 
spirit of an unclean devil ; and he cried out with a loud voice, 

t 34 a Saying, Let us alone ; what have we to do with 
thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth 1 art thou come to destroy 
us 1 I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 

143 4 c 



A.D. 31. 



OMat.H. II. 
Mk.l. 20,30. 
c2Sn. l.O. 
d Mai. 8. 10. 
Mark 1.32. 
&7. 32. & 8. 
23, 2. r ,. 
n Mark 1.34. 
&3.11. 
vpthc M. 
f Marl, 1.35. 
a Job I'.'. 3 
& 21. 27 
Malt. 13. 2 
Mark 4. 1. 
Arts 27. 211. 
h Mat. 4.18. 
Mark 1. 10. 
c .lohnSl.li. 
il Jer. 10. 10. 
Kz. 47. 10. 
Mall. 4. 19. 
Mark 1. 17. 
olKiiiKBl9. 
10. 

Mt. 4. 20. &. 
10.27. 
Mark 1. IS. 
& 10. 2*. 
eh. 18. 28. 
fMnt. 8. 2. 
Mark 1. 40. 



Iiim, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. 
43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom 

of God to other cities also, for therefore am I sent. 

§■44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. 
CHAPTEB v. 

Christ teacheth the people out of Peter's ship, 1 ; in a miraculous taking of 
fishes, sheweth how he will make him and his partners fishers of men, 4 ; 
cleanseth the leper, 12; prayeth in the wilderness, 16; healeth one sick 
of the palsy, 18 ; calleth Matthew the publican, 27 ; eateth with sinners 
as being the physician of souls, 29 ; foretelleth the fastings and afflictions 
of the apostles after his ascension, 34: and likeneth faint-hearted and 
weak disciples to worn garments and old bottles, 36. 

fk ND a it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon 
J\_ him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake ol 
Gennesaret, 

2 b And saw two ships standing by the lake : but the fish- 
ermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets 

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Si 
mon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little 
from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people 
out of the ship. 

4 c Now, when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, 
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a 
draught. 

5 And Simon answering, said unto him, Master, we have 
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, 
at thy word I will let down the net. 

in 6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great 
multitude of fishes : and their net brake. 

7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in 
the other ship, that they should come and help them. 
And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they be- 
gan to sink. 

c 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying, Depart from me ; for I am a sinful man, O 
Lord. 

9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at 
the draught of the fishes which they had taken : 

10 J And so was also James and John the sonsof Zebedce. 
which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto 
Simon, Fear not : from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 

d\{ v And when they had brought their ships to land, they 
forsook all, and followed him. 

/12 If f And it came to pass, when he was in a certain 
city, behold, a man full of leprosy : who seeing Jesus, fell 
on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, 
thou canst make me clean. 

41 



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A. D. 31. 



g Lev. 13.2. 
& 14. 2, 21, 
22. 

Matt. 8. 4. 
h Mt. 4. 23. 
Mark 3. 7. 
John 6. 1 . 
i Mt. 14. 23. 
Mark 6. 46. 
k Mt. 14. 34. 
Mark 6. 54. 
I Dt. 28. 15, 
22, 27. 
Matt. 9. 2. 
Mark 2. 3. 
John5.14.& 
9.2. 

Acts 9. 33. 
1 Cor. 11. 30. 
James 5. 15. 
m Job 14. 4. 
Psa. 32. 5. 
Isa. 43.25. & 
44. 22. 
n Matt. 9. 5. 

Matt. 9. 9. 
Mark 2. 14. 
p Matt. 9.10. 
Mark 2. 15. 
chap. 15. 1. 
qGen.43.32. 
Psa. 101. 5. 
Dan. 1.8. 
chap. 7. 39. 
John 4. 9. 
Acts 10.28. 

1 Cor. 5. 11. 

2 John 
verse 10. 

r Mat. 9. 12, 
13. 

Mark 2. 17. 
" 7. & 



s 1 Tim. 1. 
15. 

t lea. 62. 5. 
Matt. 9. 14. 
& 11. 18. 
Mark 2. 18. 
& 6. 16. 
ch. 18. 12. 
Acts 10.30. 
& 13. 2. & 
14.23. 

1 Cur. 7. 5. 

2 Cor. 11. 2. 
u Mat. 9. 16, 
17. 

Mark 2. 21, 
22. 



A. D.31. 



Christ answers the question about fasting. 

»U3 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I 
will : be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy de- 
parted from him. 

14 s And he charged him to tell no man : but go, and 
shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, 
according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto 
them. 

m 15 h But so much the more went there a fame abroad 
of him : and great multitudes came together to hear and 
to be healed by him of their infirmities. 

d 16 <§ i And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed. 

g 17 k And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was 
teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the 
law sitting by, which were come out of every town of 
Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem : and the power of the 
Lord was present to heal them. 

/ 18 % ' And behold, men brought in a bed, a man which 
was taken with a palsy : and they sought means to bring 
him in, and to lay him before him. 

o 19 And when they could not find by what way they 
might bring him in, because of the multitude, they wentfp| 
upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling 
with his couch, into the midst before Jesus. 

w*20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, 
thy sins are forgiven thee. 

t 21 m And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, 
saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies 1 Who 
can forgive sins but God alone ? 

* 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answer- 
ing, said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts 1 

t 23 n Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven 
thee ; or to say, Rise up and walk 1 

24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath 
power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of 
the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, 
and go unto thy house. 

^25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took 
up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, 
glorifying God. 

d 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, 
and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange 
things to-day. 

d 27 % ° And after these things he went forth, and saw a 
publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom : and 
he said unto him, Follow me. 

28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 

/29 p And Levi made him a great feast in his own house ; 
and there was a great company of publicans, and of others 
that sat down with them. 

30 q But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against 
his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with pub- 
licans and sinners 1 

t 31 r And Jesus answering, said unto them, They that 

are whole need not a physician ; but they that are sick. 

32 s I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to 
repentance. 

33 ^J l And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of nMt.14.j6. 
John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the dfc-|ch|p.|J4fiC 
ciples of the Pharisees ; but thine eat and drink 1 (re^ 1 -?-* 

34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children ofJMk"^3= 3 & 
the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them 1 f^ri^ 

35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be )%Zikf: 
taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days, ^^f-. 1 ^ 

* 36 ^[ u And he spake also a parable unto them : No man fl^ef ill; 
T>utteth a piece of a new garment upon an old : if other- licSrA. z" 
wise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece thatifoVii^- 
was taken out of the new, agreeth not with the old. \}?£i \l; 

o 37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ; else'n ev &2i 14 4. 



a Dt. 23. 25. 
Mat. 12. 5. 
Mark 2. 23. 
b Ex. 20. 10, 
& 23. 12. &. 
31. 15. & 35, 
2. 

clSa.21.6 
(i Ex. 29. 32 
33. 

Lev. 8. 32. & 
24. 6, 9. 
e Mat. 12. 8. 
Mark 2. 2* 
f Matt. 12. 9, 
10. 

Mark 1. 21. 
&3. 1. 
ch. 13. 14. & 
14.3. 

John 9. 16. 
gMk.3.3,4. 
hi Kg. 13.6. 
i Mt. 14. 13. 
Mark3.7,13. 
& 6. 46. 
Acts 1. 24. & 
•6.4. & 13.3. 
fcMt. 10. 1. 
Mark 3. 13. 
&.G. 7. 
chnp. 9. 1. 
1 Mt. 16. 18. 
John 1. 42. 
Jude 1. 
oSomethink 
the word is 
Syriac, and 
signifies a 
defection, or 
turning 
back for 
wages, 
Ac. 1.18,19. 
others a bag, 
or, scrip, 
John 12. 6. 
m Mt. 4. 25. 



He chooseth his twelve apostles. 

the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and 
the bottles shall perish. 

38 But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both 
are preserved. 

39 No man also having drunk old wine, straightway 
desireth new : for he saith, The old is better. 

CHAPTER VI. 

Christ reproveth the Pharisees' blindness about the observation of the sab- 
bath, by scripture, reason, and miracle, 1 : chooseth twelve apostles, 13 : 
healeth the diseased, 1 7 : preacheth to his disciples before the people of 
blessings and curses, 20 : how we must love our enemies, 27 ; and join 
the obedience of good works to the hearing of the word, lest in the evil 
day of temptation we fall like a house built upon the face of the earth 
without any foundation, 46. 

f\ ND a it came to pass on the second sabbath after the 
first, that he went through the corn-fields ; and his 
disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing 
them in their hands. 

2 b And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do 
ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days 1 

3 c And Jesus answering them, said, Have ye not read 
so much as this, what David did, when himself was a 
hungered, and they which were with him ; 

4 d How he went into the house of God, and did take and 
eat the shew-bread, and gave also to them that were with 
him, which it is not lawful to eat, but for the priests alone % 

t 5 e And he said unto them, That the Son of" man is Lord 
also of the sabbath. 

d 6 f And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he 
entered into the synagogue, and taught : and there was a 
man whose right hand was withered : 

c 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether 
he would heal on the sabbath-day ; that they might find an 
accusation against him. 

* 8 s But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man 
which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in 
the midst. And he arose, and stood forth. 

9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing , 
Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil ? 
to save life, or to destroy it ? 

m\0 h And looking round about upon them all, he said unto 
the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so : and his 
hand was restored whole as the other. 

ell And they were filled with madness ; and communed 
one with another what they might do to Jesus. 

^ 12 'And it came to pass in those days, that he went 
out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in 
prayer to God. 

/13 k And when it was day, he called unto him his dis- 
ciples : and of them he chose tw r elve, whom also he named 
Apostles ; 

n 14 l Simon (whom he also named Peter) and Andrew 
his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, > 

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, 
and Simon called Zelotes, 

16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas "Iscariot, 
which also was the traitor. 

g 17 % m And he came down with them, and stood in the 
plain ; and the company of his disciples, and a great mul- 
titude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from 
the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, 
and to be healed of their diseases ; 

™18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits : ana 
they were healed. 

19 n And the whole multitude sought to touch him ; for 
there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. 

o 20 % ° And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and 
said, Blessed be ye poor ; for yours is the kingdom of God. 

b 21 p Blessed are ye that hunger now : for ye shall be 
filled. Blessed are ye that weep now : for ye shall laugh. 

42 






Christ enforces the love of our enemies. 



ST. LUKE. 



He heals the centurion's servant. 



b 22 « Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when 



47 r Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, 



they shall separate you from their company, and shall l^^jand doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like 
reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Spn.j&a' a j g . 48 He is like a man which built a house, and digged 
of man's sake. i£fi 14 *'deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the 

23 r Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for behold, jj^H; flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, 
your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner gj*y -f'^ 



did their fathers unto the prophets. 

«>24 8 But wo unto you that are rich ! for ye have received 
your consolation. 

u>25 * Wo unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Wo 
unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. 

w 26 " u Wo unto you when all men shall speak well of you ! 
for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 
<**27 1f *But I say unto you which hear, Love your ene- 
mies, do good to them winch hate you, 

28 y Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which 
despitefully use you. 

29 z And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, 
offer also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloak, 
forbid not to take thy coat also. 

dSO a Give to every man that asketh of thee ; and of him 
that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again 
d*&\ b And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye 
also to them likewise 

c 32 c For if ye love them which love you, what thank 
have ye 1 for sinners also love those that love them 

c 33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, 
what thank have ye 1 for si-users also do even the same. 

c 34 d And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive 
what thank have ye 1 for sinners also lend to sinners, to 
receive as much again 

d 35 e But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, 
and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind 
unto the unthankful and to the evil 

d 36 f Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is 
merciful. 

d 37 g Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn 
not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall 
be forgiven : 

d 38 h Give, and it shall be given unto you ; good mea- 
sure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running 
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same 
measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you 
again. 

i 39 ' And he spake a parable unto them ; Can the blind 
lead the blind 1 shall they not both fall into the ditch 1 

40 k The disciple is not above his master : but every one 
that is perfect, shall be as his master. 

d 41 ' And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy 
brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine 
own eye ? 

42 m Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, 
let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou 
thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own 
eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye. 

t 43 " For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit ; 
neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

44 ° For every tree is known by his own fruit : for of 
thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble-bush ga- 
ther they grapes. 

1 45 p A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, 
bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of 
the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is 
evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 
46 ^ q And why call ve me Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say ? 



37. 18. 
Acts 5. 41 



Col. 1. 24. 
1 Th. 2. J 5. 
James 1. 2. 
& 5. 10. 
sAm.6.1,8. 
t Pr. 14. 13. 
Eccles. 2. 2. 
&. 7. 3. 
Isa. 65. 13. 
ch. 16. 25. 
James 4. 9. 
&5. 1. 
u Isa. 30. 1(1. 
John 7: 7. 
1 Jn. 4. 5,6. 
x Ex. 23. 4. 
Prov. 25.21. 
1 Cor. 4. 12. 
1 Pet. 3. 9. 
y ch. 23. 34. 
Acts 7. 60. 
z Isa. 50. 6. 
Matt. 5. 39. 
Ro. 12. 17. 
1 Cor. 6. 7. 
a Dt. 15. 7. 
Ps. 112. 9. 
Pr. 21.26. 
Matt. 5. 42. 
b Mt. 7. 12. 
c Mt. 5. 46. 
ri Dt. 15. 8. 
Malt. 5. 42. 
e Ps. 37. 26. 
Matt. 5. 44. 
fEx. 34. 3. 
Matt. 5. 48. 
ePr. 10. 12 
Matt. 7.1. 
chap. 16. 15. 
& 18. 9. 
Rom. 2. 1. 
&. 14. 3, 10. 
1 Cor. 4. 5 
& 13. 7. 
Gal. 6. 1. 
James 3. 1. 
& 4. 11. 
h Pr. 10. 22. 
& 19. 17. 
Matt. 7. 2. 
Mark 4. 24. 
James 2. 13. 
i Isa 9. 16. 
& 42. 19. 
Jer. 5. 31. 
Matt. 15.14. 
kMt. 10. 24 
John 13. 16. 
& 15. 2(1. 
1 Matt. 7. 3. 
mPr.18. 17. 
nMat. 7. 17. 
& 12. 33. 
oMat. 7.16. 
pMatt. 12. 
34, 35. 

Mai. 1.6. 

latt. 7. 21. 
&25. 11. 
chap. 13. 23 
Rom. 2. 13. 
James 1.22. 



and could not shake it : for it was founded upon a rock. 
i 49 But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that 
pmh'i 5 '29. without a foundation built a house upon the earth, against 
which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it 
fell, and the ruin of that house was great. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Christ find 'eth a greater faith in the centurion a Gentile, than in any of the 
Jews, 1; healeth his servant being absent, 10; raiseth from death the 
widow's son at Nain, 1 1 ; answereth John's messengers with the declara- 
tion of hia miracles, 1 9 ; testifieth to the people what opinion he held of 
John, 24 ; inveigheth against the Jews, who with neither the manners 
of John nor of Jesus could be won, 30 ; and sheweth by occasion of Mary 
Magdalene, how he is a friend to sinners, not to maintain them in sins, 
but to forgive them their sins upon their faith and repentance, 36. 

g!j&kj OW, when he had ended all his sayings in the audi- 
lyi ence of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 
/ 2 a And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto 
him, was sick, and ready to die. 

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the 
elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come 
and heal his servant. 

4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him in- 
stantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should 
do this : 

5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a syna- 
gogue. 

d 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now 
not far from the house, the centurion sen t friends to him, 
saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself : for I am not 
worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof; 

7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come un 
to thee ; but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. 

< 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having un- 
der me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; 
and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, 
Do this, and he doeth it. 

9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, 
and turned him about and said unto the people that followed 
him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, 
not in Israel. 

™ 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, 
found the servant whole that had been sick. 
/ 11 If And it came to pass the day after, that he went 
into a city called Nain : and many of his disciples went 
with him, and much people. 

* 12 Now, when he came nigh to the gate of the city, 
behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of 
his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the 
city was with her. 

a 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on 
her, and said unto her, Weep not. 

14 b And he came and touched the bier : And they that 
bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto 
thee, Arise. 

m 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak : 
And he delivered him to his mother. 

16 c And there came a fear on all : and (hey glorified 
God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us ; 
and, That God hath visited his people. 

17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all 
Judea, and throughout all the region round about. 
/18 d And the disciples of John shewed him of all these 
things. 

19 % "And John calling unto him two of his disciples, 
sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? 




r Mat. 7. 24. 
a Mat 7. 28. 
&8. 5. 
h Ez. 37. 4. 
Acta 9. 40 
Rom. 4. 17. 

: Uk. 7. 87. 

hap. 1. 65, 
68. &24. 19. 
John 4. 19. 
&6. 14. & 
9. 17. 
Act, 2. 22. 
d MaUll. 2. 
e Gn. ». 10. 
ha. 35. 4. 

?o n h n n'6. it' or look we for another"? 



43 



42.7.&61. 1. 
Matt. 10. 8. 
&. 11. 4. 
chap. 4. 18. 
&7. 11, 17. 
John 2. 23. 
& 3. 2. & 5. 
36. & 10. 25, 
36. & 14.11. 
James 2. 5. 
g Isa. 8. 14. 
Matt. 13. 57. 
& 21. '44. & 
24. 10. & 26. 
31. 

chap. 2. 34. 
Jn. 6.60,66. 
Rom. 9. 33. 
1 Cor. 1. 23. 
&2. 14. 
1 Pet. 2. 8. 
h Matt. 3. 0. 
& 11. 7. 
i Matt. 4. 5. 
& 2. 26. 
chap. 1. 76. 
k (sa. 40. 3. 
Mai. 3. 1. 
Matt. 3. 3. 
& 11. 10. 
Mark 1. 2. 
1 Mt. 13. 17. 
chap. 1. 15. 
& 3. 16. 
John 1. 15, 
27, 30. 
Ro. 16. 25. 
Eph. 1. 9. 
Col. 1. 26. 
2Tim. 1.10. 
1 Pet. 1. 20. 
m verse 35. 
a ch. 10. 16. 
Jn. 12. 48. 
oMc. 11.16. 
p Mat. 3. 4. 
Mark 1. 6. 
chap. 1. 15. 
John 10. 20. 
q Mat. 26. 6. 
Mark 14. 3. 
John 11. 2. 
& 12. 3. 
r Gen. 18. 4. 
& 19. 2. 
Jes. 19. 21. 
l"Sa.2.5. 41. 
chap. 15. 2. 
1 Tim. 5. 10. 



/ 



Mary anointeth Christ's feet. ST. LUKE 

20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John f ^ a D 14 g'g 
Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that !l i%^ l % 
should come 1 or look we for another ] 

m 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infir- 
mities, and plagues, and of evil spirits ; and unto many 
that were blind he gave sight. 

d 22 f Then Jesus answering, said unto them, Go your 
way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard ; 
how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are 
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor 
the gospel is preached. 

& 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended 
in me. 

24 % e And when the messengers of John were departed, 
he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What 
went ye out into the wilderness for to see 1 A reed shaken 
with the wind 1 

25 h But what went ye out for to see 1 A man clothed in 
soft raiment 1 Behold, they which are gorgeously apparel- 
led, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. 

26 i But what went ye out for to see "? A prophet 1 Yea, 
I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 

p 27 k This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, J. send my 
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way 
before thee. 

t 28 ' For I say unto you, Among those that are born of 
women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Bap- 
tist : but he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater 
than he. 

29 m And all the people that heard him, and the publi- 
cans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 
p 30 n But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the coun- 
sel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 
31 ^[ ° And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken 
the men of this generation 1 and to what are they like 1 

* 32 They are like unto children sitting in the market- 
place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have 
piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourn- 
ed to you, and ye haVe not wept. 

33 p For John the Baptist came neither eating bread, 
nor drinking wine ; and ye say, He hath a devil. 

34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking ; and 
ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a 
friend of publicans and sinners ! 

35 But Wisdom is justified of all her children. 
/ 36 % « And one of the Pharisees desired him that he 

would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, 
and sat down to meat. 
d 37 And behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, 
when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's 
house, brought ah alabaster-box of ointment, 

38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began 
to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the 
hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them 
with the ointment. 

39 r Now, when the Pharisee which had bidden him, saw 
it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a 
prophet, would have known who, and what manner of 
woman this is that toucheth him : for she is a sinner. 

c 40 And Jesus answering, said unto liim, Simon, I have 
somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 

41 There was a certain creditor, which had two debtors: 
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 

42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave 
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love 
him most 1 

48 Shnon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom 
He forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast right- 
ly judged; 



A. D. 31. 



s Matt. 9. 2. 

t Malt. 9. 3. 

Mark 2. 7. 

u Mt. 9. 22. 

Maik 5. 34. 

& 10. 52. 

chap. 8. 48. 

&. 18. 42. 

a Matt. 27. 
,55,56. 
I Mark 16. 9. 

John. 19. 25. 

h Mt. 13. 3. 

Mark 4. 3. 

c Mat. 13.10. 

Mark. 4. 10. 

d Isa. 6. 9. 

Ezek. 12. 2. 

Matt. 11.25, 

26. & 13. 11, 

14. & 16. 17. 

Mark 4. 12. 

John 12. 40. 

Acts 28. 26. 

Rom. 11. 8 

1 Cor. 2. 10. 

2 Cor 3. 5, 
14. 

1 John 2. 2' 
e Mt. 13. 18. 
Mark 4. 13. 
James 1 . 21 . 
f Isa. 58. 2. 
Ez. 33. 31. 
Mt. 13. 20. 
Mark 4 16. 
John 5. 35. 

2 Tim. 1.15. 
e Malt. 13. 
22. & 19. 23. 
Mark 4. 18. 
& 10. 23. 
ch. 18. 24. 

1 Tim. 6. 9. 

2 Tim. 4. 10, 
16. 

h Mat. 5. 15. 
Mark 4. 2], 
ch. 11. 33. 



The parable of the sower. 
d 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, 
Seest thou this woman 1 ? I entered into thv nouse. thou 
gavest me no water for my feet r but she hath washed 
my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her 
head. 

45 Thou gavest me no kiss : but this woman, since the 
time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 

46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman 
hath anointed my feet with ointment. 

t 47 Wherefore, I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, 
are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is 
forgiven, the same loveth little. 

48 s And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 

49 ' And they that sat at meat with him, began to say 
within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also 1 

d 50 u And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved 
thee ; go in peace. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Women minister unto Christ of their substance, 1 . Christ, after he had 
preached from place to place, attended with his apostles, propoundeth the 
parable of the sower, 4, and of the candle, 16 ; declareth who are his 
mother, and brethren, 21 ; rebuketh the winds, 22; casteih the legion of 
devils out of the man into the herd of swine, 26 ; is rejected of the Gada- 
renes, 37 ; healeth the woman of her bloody issue, 43 ; and raisethfrom 
death Jairus' daughter, 49. 

ND it came to pass afterward, that he went through- 
out every city and village, preaching and shewing the 
glad tidings of the kingdom of God : and the twelve were 
with him, 

2 a And certain women, which had been healed of evil 
spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom 
went seven devils, 

d 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and 
Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of 
their substance. 

4 ^[ b And when much people were gathered together, 
and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a 
parable : 

i 5 A sower went out to sow his seed : and as he sowed, 
some fell by the way-side ; and it was trodden down, and ^ 
the fowls of the air devoured it. 

6 And some fell upon a rock ; and as soon as it was 
sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 

7 And some fell among thorns ; and the thorns sprang 
up with it, and choked it. 

8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and 
bare fruit a hundred-fold. And when he had said these 
things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

9 c And his disciples asked him, saying, "What might this 
parable be 1 

1 10 d And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mys- 
teries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; 
that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might 
not understand. 

1 1 e Now the parable is this : The seed is the word of God. 

12 Those by the way-side, are they that hear; then 
cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of then- 
hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 

13 f They on the rock are they, which, when they heai, 
receive the word with joy ; and these have no root, which 
for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 

14 g And that which fell among thorns, are they, which, 
when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, 
and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to 
perfection. 

cl5 But that on the good ground are they, which in 
an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep 
it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 

d 16 "ft h No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth 
it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed ; but setteth it 
on a candlestick, that they which entej in mav see the light 

44 



Christ casts out a legion of devils. ST. 

1 17 ' For notning is secret, that shall not be made mani- 
fest ; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known, and 
come abroad. 

d 18 k Take heed therefore how ye hear : for whosoever 
hath, to him shall be given ; and whosoever hath not, from 
him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. 

/ 19 % ' Then came to him his mother and his brethren, 
and could not come at liim for the press. 

20 And it was told him by certain, which said, Thy mo- 
ther and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. 

d 21 m And he answered and said unto them, My mother 
and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, 
and do it. 

/ 22 If n Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he 
went into a ship with his disciples : and he said unto them, 
Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they 
launched forth. 

23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep : and there came 
down a storm of wind on the lake ; and they were filled 
with water, and were in jeopardy. 

m24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, 
Master, Master, we perish. Then he rose, and rebuked 
the wind, and the raging of the water : and they ceased, 
and there was a calm. 

* 25 ° And he said unto them, Where is your faith 1 And 
they being afraid, wondered, saying one to another, What 
manner of man is this ! for he commandeth even the winds 
and water, and they obey him. 

g 26 % v And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, 

tvhich is over against Galilee. 

/ 27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out 

of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and 

ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the 

tombs. 

t 28 q When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down be- 
fore him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do 
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high 1 I beseech 
thee torment me not. 

29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come 
out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him : and 
he was kept bound in chains, and in fetters ; and he brake 
the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) 

30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name 1 
And he said, a Legion : because many devils were entered 
into him. 

' 31 And they besought him, that he would not command 
them to go out into the deep. 

/32 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding 
on the mountain : and they besought him that he would 
suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 

33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered 
into the swine : and the herd ran violently down a steep 
place into the lake, and were choked. 

31 When they that fed them saw what was done, they 
fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. . 

m 35 Then they went out to see what was done ; and 
came to Jesus, and found the man out of whom the devils 
were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in 
his right mind : and they were afraid. 

36 They also which saw it, told them by what means he 
•that was possessed of the devils was healed. 
t*37 % T Then the whole multitude of the country of the 
Gadarenes round about, besought him to depart from them ; 
for they were taken with great fear. And he went up into 
the ship, and returned back again. 

3S s Now, the man out of whom the devils were departed, 
besought him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent 
him away, saying, 
<*39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great 



A. D. 31. 



i Job la. 22. 
Mt. 10.26. 
Mark 4. 22. 
chap. 12. 2. 
kMt. 13. 12. 
& 25. 29. 
Mark 4. 23. 
& 10. 42. 
ch. 19. 26. 
John 15. 2. 
1 Co. 10. 12. 
& 14. 37. 
Rev. 22. 11. 

1 Mt. 12. 46. 
& 13. 55. 
Mark 3. 31. 
mJn. 15.14. 

2 Cor. 5. 16. 
n Mt. 8. 23. 
Mark 4. 35, 
36. 

ojob26.12. 
Psa.65.7.& 
89. 9. & 107. 
25. 

p Mt. 8. 28. 
Mark 5. 1. 
q verse 31. 
2 Pet. 2. 4. 
Jude 6. 
a Some sal/ 
it consisted 
e/6100/oo/- 
men,und72' 
horsemen. 
Matt. 26. 53 
r Ac. 16. 39 
s Mk. 5. 18 



LUKE. He sends his apostles to preach- 

things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way 
and published throughout the whole city, how great things 
Jesus had done unto him. 

40 And it came to pass, that when Jesus was returned, the 
people gladly received him : for they were all waiting for him. 
/ 41 H * And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and 
he was a ruler of the synagogue : and he fell down at Jesus' 
feet, and besought him that he would come into his house : 

42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of 
age, and she lay a dying. But as he went, the people 
thronged him. 

43 If u And a woman having an issue of blood twelve 
years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, nei- 
ther could be healed of any, 

m 44 Came behind him and touched the border of his gar- 
ment : and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 

45 And Jesus said, W T ho touched me 1 When all denied, 
Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, the mul- 
titude throng thee, and press thee, and sayest thou, Who 
touched me 1 
t 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me : for 1 
perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 

47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she 
came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared 
unto him before all the people for what cause she had 
touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 
t 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort : 
thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace. 

49 ^f x While he yet spake, there cometh one from the 
ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daugh- 
ter is dead : trouble not the Master. 
d 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, 
Fear not : believe only, and she shall be made whole. 

51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no 
man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the 
father and the mother of the maiden. 

52 y And all wept and bewailed her : but he said, Weep 
not : she is not dead, but sleepeth. 

c 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she 
was dead. 

54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, 
and called, saying, Maid, arise. 

m 55 z And her spirit came again, and she arose straight- 
way : and he commanded to give her meat. 

56 And her parents were astonished : but he charged 
them that they should tell no man what was done. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Christ sendeth his apostles to work miracles, and to preach, 1. Herod 
desireth to see Christ, 7. Christ feedeth five thousand, 13: inquircth 
what opinion the world had of him : foretelleth his passion, 1 8 : proposcth 
to all the pattern of his patience, '23 : The transfiguration, 20 : he healcth 
the lunatic, 37 : again foreivarnclh his disciples of his passion, 43 : 
commendcth humility, 46: biddcth them to shew mildness towards all. 
without desire of revenge, 51. Divers would follow him, but upon con- 
ditions, 57. 

HEN * a he called his twelve disciples together, and 
gave them power and authority over all devils, and to 
cure diseases. 

2 b And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and 
to heal the sick. 

d 3 c And he said unto them, Take nothing for your jour- 
ney, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; 
neither have two coats apiece. 

4 d And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, 
and thence depart. 

w 5 e And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out 
of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a 
testimony against them. 

m 6 f And they departed, and went through the towns, 
preaching the gospel, and healing every where. 
/ ? t 5 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done 

45 



a. n. 31. 



I Mntt.il. 18. 

Mark 5. 32. 
■1 Lev. 15.25. 

Mali. (I. CO. 
Mnrk 5. 25. 
xMli. 5.35. 
yficn.23. 2. 
1 So. 25. 1. 
z John 11.4, 
11,13. 
*A. D. 32. 
nMnt.10. 1. 
Mnrk 3. 13. 
& (i. 7. 
Chop. 6. 13. 
h Mi. in. 7. 
c. Ml. 10. 0. 
Mark 6.8. 
chnp. 10. 4. 
& 22. 35. 
(1 Mk. n. 10. 
ch. 10. 5, (!. 

r Ml. 10. 14. 

Mnrk 6. 11. 

chap. 10. II. 

Acts 13.51. 

Ic 18. 6. & 
120.26. 
I f verso 10. 

KMt. 14. I. 
I Mark 6. J4. 



Christ forelelleth his passion. ST 

by him : and he was perplexed, because that it was said of 
some, that John was risen from the dead ; 

8 h And of some, that Elias had appeared ; and of others, 
that one of the old prophets was risen again. 

9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded; but who 
is this of whom I hear such things 1 And he desired 
to see him. 

g 10 % i And the apostles, when they were returned, told 
him all that they had done. And he took them, and went 
aside privately into a desert place, belonging to the city 
called Bethsaida. 

■m 1 1 And the people, when they knew it, followed him : 
and he received them, and spake unto them of the king- 
dom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 
/12 k And when the day began to wear away, then 
came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude 
away, that they may go into the towns and country round 
about, and lodge, and get victuals : for we are here in 
a desert place. 

13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And 
they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes ; 
except we should go and buy meat for all this people. 

14 (For they were about five thousand men.) And 
he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties 
in a company. 

15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. 

d 16 lr Then he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, 
and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and 
gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 
»»17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was 
taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. 
g 18 % m And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, 
his disciples "were with him ; and he asked them, saying, 
Who say the people that I am 1 

19 n They answering, said, John the Baptist ; but some 
say, Elias ; and others say, that one of the old prophets is 
risen again. 

* 20 "He said unto them, But who say ye that I am? 
Peter answering, said, the Christ of God. 

21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them 
to tell no man that thing, 

t 22 p Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, 
and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, 
and be slain, and be^raised the third day. 

d 23 % q And he said to them all, If any man will come 
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, 
and follow me. 

24 r For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it : but 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall 
save it. 

25 s For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole 
world, and lose himself, or be cast away 1 

1 26 ' For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my 
words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he 
shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of 
the holy angels. 

27 u But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing 
here which shall not taste of death till they see the king- 
dom of God. 

/ 28 % x And it came to pass, about an eight days after 
these sayings, he took Peter, and John, and James, and 
went up into a mountain to pray. 

s 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance 
was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 

* 30 And behold there talked with him two men, which 
were Moses and Elias : 

31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his 'decease 
which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. 

32 y But Peter, and they that were with him were heavy 



A. D. 32. 



h Matl. 16. 
14. & 17.10. 
Mark 6. 15. 
& 8.28. 
verse 19. 
John 1. 19. 
i Mt. 14. 13. 
Mark 6. 30. 
verse 6. 
k Ml. 34. 15. 
Mark 6. 35. 
John 6. 5. 
1 1 Sa. 9. 16. 
mMt.16.13. 
Mark 8. 27. 
a Or, only 
being. 
n Mt 14. 2. 
& 16. 14. 
Mark 6. 14. 
&8.28._ 
verse 8V ~" 

Psa. 2. 6. 
Mat. 26. 6i. 
John 1. 42, 
50. & 6. 69. 
&. 11. 27. 
Acts 8. 37. 
Heb. 1. 5. 
pMt. 16.21. 
& 17. 22. & 
20. 18. 
Mk. 8. 31. & 
9. 31. & 10. 
33. 

ch. 18. 31. & 
24. 7, 26. 
qMt. 10.38. 
& 16. 25. 
Mark 8. 34. 
cli. 14. 27. 
r Mi. 10. 39. 
& 16. 24. 
Mark 8. 35. 
ch. 17. 33. 
John 12. 25. 
s J..b 2. 4. 
i Lap. 13. 21). 
t Mt. 10. 33. 
Mark 8. 38. 
chap. 12. 9. 
2 Tim. 2. 12. 

1 Jn. 2. 23. 
Etv. 3. 5. 
ii Mi. IP. 28. 
&. 26. 64. 
Murk 9. 1. 
ch. 22. 18. 
x Mt. 17. 1. 
Mark 9. 2. 
b tir. going 
forth. 
Col. 2. 15. 
y Dan. 8. 18. 
& 10. 9. 



LUKE- The disciples contend respecting superiority. 

with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his 
glory, and the two men that stood with him. 
« 33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, 
Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good lor us to be here : 
and let us make three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one 
for Moses, and one for Elias : not knowing what he said. 

34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and over- 
shadowed them : and they feared c as they entered into 
the cloud. 

' 35 z And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, 
This is my beloved Son : hear him. 

36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. 
And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any 
oi those things which they had seen. 
/37 U a And it came to pass, that on the next day, when 
they were come down from the hill, much people met him. 

38 And behold, a man of the company cried out, say- 
ing, Master, I beseech thee look upon my son : for he is 
mine only child. 

39 And lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth 
out ; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising 
him, hardly departeth from him. 

40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out, and 
they could not. 

41 And Jesus answering, said, O faithless and perverse 
generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you 1 
Bring thy son hither. 

™42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him 
down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, 
and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. 

/ 43 If And they were all amazed at the mighty power of 
God. But while they wondered every one at all things 
which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 

t 44 b Let these sayings sink down into your ears : for the 
Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 

45 c But they understood not this saying, and it was 
hid from them, that they perceived it not : and they 
feared to ask him of that saying. 

46 % d Then there arose a reasoning among them, which 
of them should be greatest. 

47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, 
took a child, and set him by him, 

* 48 e And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this 
child in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall 
receive me, receiveth him that sent me : for he that is 
least among you all the same shall be great. 

u 49 *f[ f And John answered and said, Master, we saw 
one casting out devils in thy name ; and we forbade him 
because he followeth not with us. 

t 50 g And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not : for he 
that is not against us, is for us. 

g 51 ^f h And it came to pass, when the time was come 
that he should be received up, he d steadfastly set his face 
to go to Jerusalem, 

52 And sent messengers before his face : and they 
went and entered into a village of the Samaritans to make 
ready for him. 

53 « And they did not receive him, because his face was 
as though he would go to Jerusalem. 

u 54 k And when his disciples James and John saw this, 
they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come 
down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? 

55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know- 
not what manner of spirit ye are of. 

56 * For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's 
lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. 

57 ^J m And it came to pass, that as they went in the 
way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee 




c That is, 
Moses and 
Elias. 
z Deut. 18. 
15, 19. 
Isa. 42. 1. 
Mt. 3. 17. & 
17.5. 

Mark 1. 11. 
&9. 7. 
chap. 3. 22. 
John 1. 34. 
Acts 3. 22. 
Eph. 1. 21. 
Phil. 2. 9. 
Col. 1. 13. 
2 Pet. 1. 17. 
a Mt. 17. 14. 
Mark 9. 14, 
17. 

bMt.16.21. 
& 17. 22. 
Mark 9. 31. 
verse 22. 
ch. 18. 32. 
Acts 2. 23. 
c Mk. 9. 32. 
chap. 2. 50. 
& 18. 34. 
d Mt. 18. 1. 
Mark 9. 33. 
ch. 22. 24. 
e Mt. 10. 40. 
& 18. 5. & 
23.11. 
Mark 9. 37 
ch. 10.16. & 
14. 11. & 18. 
14. 

Jn. 5. 23. & 
12. 44. & 13. 
20. & 14.21. 
1 Th. 4. 8. 
fNu.11.27. 
Mark 9. 38. 
gMt.12.30. 
Mark 9. 40. 
ch. 11. 23. 
Phil. 1. 18. 
h Mk. 16.19. 
Acts 1. 2. 
d Gr. confir- 
med. 

Ezek. 4. 3. 
Acts 21. 13. 
iJn.4.4,9. 
k 2 Kings 1. 
10. 12. 
lJn.3.17.& 
9. 3D. & 12. 
47. 
m Mt. 8, 19. 



whithersoever thou goest. 



46 



60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead : 
but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 

61 ° And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee ; but 
let me first go bid them farewell which are at home at 
my house. 

« 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man having put his 
hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the king- 
dom of God. 

CHAPTER X, 

Christ sendeth out at once seventy disciples to work miracles, and to preach, |4. 17. 
1 : admonisheth them to be humble, and wherein to rejoice, 17 : thankethl ^i^Q/n.' 
his Father for his grace, 21 : magnifieth the happy estate of his church,\^p-^ ^ 
23 : teachetk the lawyer how to attain eternal life, and to take every O7ie!&]g6.&20. 
for his neighbour that needeth his mercy, 25 : reprehendeth Martha, andffi^ff-^f 

k Isa. 23. 1. 
Ezek. 3. 6. 
& 27. 26. & 
28.7. 

lGen. 11.4. 
Deut. 1. 28. 
Isa. 14. 13. 
Jer. 51. 53. 
Ezek. 26. 20. 
& 32. 18. 23. 
mEx.16.ia 
Nu. 14.2,11, 
27. & 16. 11. 
Matt. 10.40. 
& 18. 5. 
Mark 9. 37. 
chap. 9. 48. 
Jn. 5. 23. & 
12. 44. & 13. 
20. & 14.21. 
IThes. 4.8. 
n Jn. 12. 31. 
& 16. 11. 
Heb. 2. 14. 
Rv. 12. 8, 9. 
& 20. 10. 
o Psa. 91. 3. 
Isa. 11. 8. 
Mk. 16. 18. 
Acts 28. 5. 
Bo. 16. 20. 



The seventy disciples sent out. ST. LUKE. Christ is entertained by Martha. 

58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, andl ^° 2 ^ | 20 p Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits 
birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not M ^-|i|b J are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your 
where to lay his head. _ ^ ' 19: | names are written in heaven. 

d 59 "And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said,^^™ 1 - * 21 ^[ q In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I 
Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. |john l 4.^35 7 ' tnank tnee > ° Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou 

fejViV (hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast 
revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it 
seemed good in thy sight. 

22 r All things are delivered to me of my Father : and 
no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who 
the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will 
reveal him. 
h 23 % s And he turned him unto his disciples, and said 
privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that 
ye see. 

24 For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have 
desired to see those things which ye see, and have not 
seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and 
have not heard them. 
* 25 ^[ l And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and 
tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit 
eternal life 1 

26 He said unto him, What is written in the law 1 how 
readest thou 1 

d 27 u And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour 
as thyself. 

28 * And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right : 
this do, and thou shalt live. 

29 y But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus^ 
And who is my neighbour ? 

i 30 And Jesus answering, said, A certain man went down 
from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which 
stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and depart- 
ed, leaving him half dead. 

31 z And by chance there came down a certain priest 
that way ; and when he saw him, he passed by on the 
other side. 

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, 
came and looked on him, and passed by on the other 
side. 

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was : and when he saw him, he had compassion 
on him, 

34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring 
in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought 
him to an inn, and took care of him. 

35 a And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out 
two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, 
Take care of him : and whatsoever thou spendest more, 
when I come again, I will repay thee. 

36 "Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neigh- 
bour unto him that fell among the thieves ? 

d 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then 
said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 
/ 38 % b Now it came to pass, as they went, that he en- 
tered into a certain village : and a certain woman, named 
Martha, received him into her house. 

39 c And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at 
Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 

u 40 d But Martha was cumbered about much serving, 
and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that 
my sister hath left me to serve alone ? bid her therefore 
that she help me. 

V 41 And Jesus answered, and said unto her, Martha, Mar- 
tha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things : 

d 42 But one thing is needful ; and Mary hath chosen that 
good part, which shall not be taken away from her. 

47 



A. D. 32. 



commendeth Mary her sister, 41. 

fk FTER a these things, the Lord appointed other seventy 
/% also, and sent them two and two before his face into 
every city, and place, whither he himself would come. 
d*2 * Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is 
great, but the labourers are few : pray ye therefore the 
Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers 
into his harvest. 

A 3 c Go your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs 
among wolves. 

P 4 d Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes : and salute 
no man by the way. 

d 5 e And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace 
be to this house. 

6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall 
rest upon it : if not, it shall turn to you again. 

7 f And in the same house remain, eating and drinking 
such things as they give : for the labourer is worthy of his 
nire. Go not from house to house. 

8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive 
you, eat such things as are set before you. 

9 s And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto 
them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 

10 h But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive 
you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, 
and say, 

«>11 Even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on 
us, we do wipe off against you : notwithstanding, be ye 
sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh 
unto you. 

12 ' But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable 
in that day for Sodom than for that city. 
wl3 k Wo unto thee, Chorazin ! wo unto thee, Bethsaida ! 
for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 
which have been clone in you, they had a great while ago 
repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes 

14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at 
the judgment, than for you 

10 15 ' And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, 
shalt be thrust down to hell. 

16 m He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that 
despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despise th me 
despiseth him that sent me. 

/17 H And the seventy returned again with joy, say 
ing, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through 
thy name. l&A 

t 18 n And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning.^uVJk 
fall from heaven. , !!jn. ff.?: 

19 ° Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents fj?^ 
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy : and a S£. i&Ij 
nothing shall by any means hurt you. ISSif&ao. 



i Ex. 32. 32. 

saiah 4. 3. 
Dan. 12. 1. 
Phil. 4. 3. 
Rev. 13. 8. 
q Ps. 25. 9. 
Isa. 29. 14. 
&32.4. 
& 44. 18. 
& 61. 10. 
Ml. 11. 25. 
&13. 11. 

1 Co. 1. 19, 
21, 26. & 2. 
6,7. 

2 Co. 3. 14. 
&4. 3. 

r Psa. 8. 7. 
Mt. 11. 27. 
& 28. 18. 
John 1. 18. 
&3.3S.&5. 
27. & 6. 46. 
& 10. 15. & 
13.3. &. 14. 
8. & 17. 2. 
1 Co. 15.27. 
Eph. 1. 21, 

Phil. 2. 9. 
Hob. 2. 8. 
■ Mt. 13. 16. 
I Pet. l. 10. 
t Mt. 22. 35. 
Mk. 12. 28. 
n Lv. 19. 18. 
Ilont. 6. 5. 
& 10. 12. 
fc 30. 6. 
Matt. 7. 12. 
Rom. 13. 9. 
Gal 5. 14. 
1 Tim. 1. 5. 
James 2. 8. 
x Lev. 18.5 
Neh. 9. 29. 
Ezek. 30. II, 
13. 
R.rni. 10. 5. 



The blasphemous Pharisees rebuked. 

CHAPTER XI. 
Christ teacheth L pray, and that instantly, 1 : assuring that God so will 

five us good things, 11. He, casting out a dumb devil, rebuketh the 
lasphemous Pharisees, 14 : and sheweth who are blessed, 28 : preacheth 
to the people, 29 : and reprehendeth the outward shew of holiness in the 
Pharisees, scribes, and lawyers, 37. 

fA ND it came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain 
,z!l place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto 
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 
d* 2 a And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our 
Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 

3 b Give us day by day our daily bread. 

4 c And forgive us our sins ; for we also forgive every 
one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil. 

* 5 d And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto 
him, Friend, lead me three loaves: 

6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and 
I have nothing to set before him 1 

7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me 
not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in 
bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. 

d 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, 
because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity 
he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 

d 9 e And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you ; 
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened 
unto you. 

10 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that 
seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be 
opened. 

•#11 f If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a 
father, will he give him a stone 1 or if he ask a fish, will he 
for a fish give him a serpent t 

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion 1 ? 

* 13 g If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 
unto your children : how much more shall your heavenly 
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? 

»» 14 Tf h And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. 
And it came to pass when the devil was gone out, the 
dumb spake , and the people wondered, 
c 15 5 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through 
Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. 

16 k And others tempting him, sought of him a sign 
from heaven. 

* 17 l But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, 
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desola- 
tion ; and a house divided against a house, falleth. 

18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall 
his kingdom stand 1 because ye say that I cast out devils 
through Beelzebub. 

19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do 
your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges 

20 m But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no 
doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. 

i 21 n When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his 
goods are in peace : 

22 ° But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, 
and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour 
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 

t 23 p He that is not with me is against me : and he that 
gathereth not with me, scattereth. 

i 24 q When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he 
walketh through dry places, seeking rest : and finding none 
he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and gar- 
nished. 

26 r Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits 



ST. LUKE. 



Against outward shew of holiness. 

aPs"' i 3 » i more wicked tnan himself; and they enter in, and dwell 

" there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. 

27 ^f "" And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a 

certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and 

said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the 

paps which thou hast sucked. 

b 28 ' But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they that hear 
the word of God, and keep it. 

/ 29 ^[ » And when the people were gathered thick to- 
gether, he began to say, This is an evil generation t they 
seek a sign ; and there shall no sign be given it, but the 
sign of Jonas the prophet. 

30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall 
also the Son of man be to this generation. 

w 31 x The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment 
with the men of this generation, and condemn them : for 
she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the 
wisdom of Solomon ; and behold, a greater than Solomon 
is here. 

g 32 y The men of Nineveh shall. rise up in the judgment 
with this generation, and shall condemn it : for they re- 
pented at the preaching of Jonas ; and behold, a greater 
than Jonas is here. 

d 33 z No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it 
in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candle- 
stick, that they which come in may see the light. 

34 a The light of the body is the eye: therefore when 
thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ; but 
when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 

35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee 
be not darkness. 

36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no 
part darkj the whole shall be full of light ; as when the 
bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. 

/ 37 H And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him 
to dine with him : and he went in and sat down to meat. 

38 b And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that 
he had not first washed before dinner. 

39 c And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees 
make clean the outside of the cup and the platter ; but your 
inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 

t 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, 
make that which is within also 1 

d 41 d But rather give alms of such things as ye have ; 
and behold, all things are clean unto you. 

w 42 e But wo unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint, and 
rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and 
the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to 
leave the other undone. 

w 43 f Wo unto you, Pharisees ! for ye love the uppermost 
seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 

w 44 e Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that 
walk over them are not aware of them. 

45 •[[ Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto 
him, Master, thus saying, thou reproachest us also. 

w 46 h And he said, Wo unto you also, ye lawyers ! for ye 
lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye your- 
selves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 

«, 47 i Wo unto you ! for ye build the sepulchres of the 
prophets, and your fathers killed them. 

48 Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of 
your fathers : for they indeed killed them, and ye build 
their sepulchres. 

49 u Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send 
them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall 
slay and persecute : 

50 ' That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed 

2C-.11.24. IJa. 5. 10. IRev. 18.24.11 Gen. 4. 8.12 Ch. 24.23. Mat. 23. 35.lHeb. 11.4. '1 Jn. 3. 12. 
HeO. 11. 35. 1 

48 



11. 4. & 103. 
20. & 111. 
9. & 145. 9. 
&148. 
Eccles. 5. 2. 
Isa. 2. 2. 
& 56. 1. 
Mutt. G. 9. 
& 16. 28. 
& 26. 42. 
Acts 2. 14. 
b Pr. 30. 8. 
John 6. 33. 
1 Tin.. 6. 8. 
c Mt. 6. 12. 
& 18. 21. 
& 26. 41. 
ch. 22. 40. 
Jn. 17. 15. 

1 Co. 10. 13. 

2 Co. 12. 7. 

1 Pet. 5. 8. 

2 Pet. 2. 9. 
Rev. 3. 10. 
d ch. 18. 1. 
a Gr. impu- 
dence sake, 
Gen. 32. 26. 
Mat. 15. 22, 
28. 

Luke 18. 1. 
Ro. 15. 30. 
e Gn. 32. 26. 
Psa. 118. 5. 
& 123. 2. 
Matt. 7. 7. 
&2I.22. 
Mk. 11.24. 
Jn. 14. 13. 
& 15. 7 & 
16. 23, 24. 
2 Co. 12. 8. 
Hen. 4. 16. 
Ja. 1. 5, 6. 
I Jr.. 3. 22. 
I Mntt. 7. 9. 
' Hu. 12.10. 
Mt. 9. 32. 
& 1.22. 
i Ml. 9. 34. 
&. 10 25. 
&. 12. 24. 
Mark 3. 22. 
John 7. 20. 
& 8. 48, 52. 
& 10. 20. 
k Mt. 12. 38. 
&. 16. 1. 
Mark 8. 11. 
verse 29. 
1 Cor. 1. 22. 

1 Matt 9. 4. 
& 12. 25. 
Mark 3 24. 
Join 2. 25. 
Rov. 2. 23. 
in Ex. 8. 19. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
&4.34.&7. 
14,22. 
chap. 1. 33. 
Heb. 12. 28. 
n Is. 49. 24. 
Mt. 12. 29. 
Mark 3. 27. 
Jn. 16. 11. 

o Is. 53. 12. 
Col. 2. 15. 
pMt. 12.30. 
q Mt. 12. 43. 
rjn. 5. 14. 
Heb. 6. 4. & 
10.26. 

2 Pet. 2. 20. 



A.D.33. 



sen. 1." 28, 
30, 48. 
t Mt. 7. 21. 
& 12. 49. 
chap. 8.21. 
Rom. 2. 13. 
Ja. 1. 22, 25. 
u Jon. 2. 1. 
Mt. 12. 39. 
xlKg.10.1. 
2 Chr. 9. 1. 
Mt. 11. 42. 
yEz. 16.51. 
Jonah 3. 5. 
z Mt. 5. 15. 
Mark 4. 21. 
chap. 8. 16. 
a Mt. fi. 22. 
b Mk. 7. 3. 
c Mt. 23.25. 
Titus 1. 15. 
d Isa. 1. 17. 
& 58.7. 
Dan. 4. 27. 
chap. 12.33 
1 Pet. 4. 8. 
clSa. 15.22. 
Hosea 6. 6. 
Micah 6. 8. 
Matt. 9. 13. 
& 12. 7. & 
23.23. 
f Mt. 23. 6. 
Mk. 12. 38. 
ch. 20. 46. 
B Mt. 23. 27. 
Acts 23. 3. 
h Isa. 10. 1. 
Matt. 23. 4. 
Gal. 6. 13. 
i Mt. 23. 20. 
k 2 Chr. 36. 
15. 

Neh. 9. 26. 
Matt. 10. 16. 
& 23. 34. 
chap. 10. 3. 
John 16. 2. 
Acts 5. 40. 
&7. 51, 52. 
&■ 12. 2. & 
22. 19. 



Against hypocrisy and covetousness. 



ST. LUKE. 



We must not distrust the goodness of God^ 



from the foundation of the world, may be required of this a^_||_i goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, 

a.Max.v&.6.\and be merry 

Mark 8. 15, % n m t» . /. 



generation ; 

51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, j>Jf ^ | 
which perished between the altar and the temple : Verily, 
I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 
«, 52 m Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away the 
key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them 
that were entering in ye hindered. 
c 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes 
and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to 
provoke him to speak of many things ; 

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something 
out of his mouth that they might accuse him. 

CHAPTER XII. 

Christ preacheth to his disciples to avoid hypocrisy and fearfulness in pub- 
lishing his doctrine, 1 : warneth the people to beware of covetousness, by 
the parable of the rich man who set up greater barns, I 3. JVc must not 
be over-careful of earthly things, 22 ; but seek the kingdom of God, 31 ; 
give alms, 33 ;. be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he 
cometh, 36. Christ's ministers are to see to their charge, 41 , and look 
for persecution, 49 The people must take this time of grace, 54 ; because 
it is it fearful thing to die without reconciliation, 58. 

yf N a the mean time, hen mere were gathered together 
J- an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they 
trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples 
first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which 
is hypocrisy. 

t 2 *> For there is nothing covered, that shall not be re- 
vealed ; neither hid, that shall not be known. 

3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, 
shall be heard in the light ; and that which ye have spoken in 
the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops. 

d 4 c And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them 
that kill the body, and after that, have no more that they 
can do. 

d 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear 
him, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into 
hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 

6 d Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not 
one of them is forgotten before God 1 

t 7 e But even the very hairs of your head arc all num- 
bered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than 
many sparrows. 

d 8 f Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me 
before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before 
the angels of God. 

P*9 But he that denieth me before men, shall be denied 
before the angels of God. 

1 10 e And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son 
of man, it shall be forgiven him : but unto him that blas- 
phemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. 

d 1 1 h And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and 
unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or 
what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say : 

12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour 
what ye ought to say. 

/13 % And one of the company said unto him, Master, 
speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 
14 ' And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge, 
or a divider over you 1 

p 15 k And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of 
covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abun- 
dance of the things which he possesseth. 

i 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The 
ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully : 

17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I 
do, because I have no room where lo bestow my fruits ? 

18 And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, 
and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and 
my goods. 

19 ' And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much 

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20 m But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy 
soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things 
be which thou hast provided 1 

21 n So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is 
not rich toward God. 

d 22 If ° And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say 
unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; 
neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 

23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more 
than raiment. 

24 p Consider the ravens : for they neither sow nor reap : 
whicn neither have store-house, nor barn ; and God ieed- 
eth them. How much more are ye better than the fowls'? 

25 q And which of you with taking thought can add to 
his stature one cubit? 

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, 
why take ye thought for the rest 1 

27 Consider the lilies how they grow. They toil not, 
they spin not ; ai d yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all 
his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in 
the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven ; how much 
more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith '.' 

d 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 

30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek 
after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these 
things. 

d 31 % r But rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all 
these things shall be added unto you. 

b 32 s Fear not, ° little flock ; for it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

d 33 ' Sell that ye have, and give alms : provide yourselves 
bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that 
faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth cor- 
rupteth. 

34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be 
also. 

d 35 u Let your loins be girded about, and your lights 
burning ; 

36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their 
lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that, when he 
cometh and knocketli, they may open unto him immediately. 

b 37 x Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when 
he cometh shall find watching : verily, I say unto you, that 
he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, 
and will come forth and serve them. 

b 38 y And if he shall come in the second watch, or come 
in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those 
servants. 

39 z And this know, that if the good man of the house 
had known what hour the thief would come, he would have 
watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken 
through. 

d 40 a Be ye therefore ready also : for the Son of man 
cometh at an hour when ye think not. 

41 % Then Peter said unto him, Lord, spcakest thou this 
parable unto us, or even to all 1 

42 b And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and 
wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his 
household, to give them I heir portion of meat in due season? 

b 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 
cometh shall find so doing. 

44 c Of a truth I say unto you, That he will make him 
ruler over all that he hath. 

45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord de- 
layeth his coming ; and shall begin to beat the men- 

49 



The fruitless Jig-tree may not stand ST. 

servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be 
drunken ; 

w 46 d The lord of that servant will come in a day when 
he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, 
and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion 
with the unbelievers. 

"» 47 e And that servant which knew his lord's will, and 
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall 
be beaten with many stripes. 

48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy 
of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whom- 
soever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and 
to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask 
the more. 

r 49 ^J f I am come to send fire on the earth, and what 
will I if it be already kindled 1 

50 s But I have a baptism to be baptized with ; and how 
am I * straitened till it be accomplished ! 

51 h Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? 
I tell you, Nay ; but rather division : 

52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house 
divided, three against two, and two against three. 

53 £ The fatner shall be divided against the son, and the 
son against the father ; the mother against the daughter, 
and the daughter against the mother ; the mother-in-law 
against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against 
her motner-in-law. 

* 54 ^f k And he said also to the people, When ye see a 
cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh 
a shower ; and so it is. 

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There 
will be heat ; and it cometh to pass. 

56 l Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, 
and of the earth ; but how is it, that ye do not discern 
this time 1 

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what 
is right 1 

d 58 % m When thou goest with thine adversary to the 
magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that 
thou may est be delivered from him ; lest he hale thee to 
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and 
the officer cast thee into prison. 

t 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast 
paid the very last mite. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Christ preacheth repentance upon the punishment, of the Galileans, and 
others, 1. The fruitless jig-tree may not stand, 6. He healeth the crooked 
woman, 1 1 : sheweth the powerful working of the ivord in the hearts of 
his chosen, by the parable of the grain of mustard-seed, and of leaven, 
18 : exhorteth to enter in at the strait gate, 24 : and reprovelh Herod and 
Jerusalem, 31. 

THERE were present at that season some that told 
him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled 
with their sacrifices. 

g 2 And Jesus answering, said unto them, Suppose ye 
that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, 
because they suffered such things 1 

t 3 I tell you, Nay ; but except ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish. 

S 4 a Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam 
fell, and slew them, think ye that they were "sinners above 
all men that dwelt in Jerusalem 1 

d 5 I tell you, Nay ; but, except ye repent, ye shall all 
"likewise perish. 

* 6 If b He spake also this parable : A certain man had a 
fig-tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and sought 
fruit thereon, and found none. 

7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, 
these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and 
find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground 1 



A.D.33. 



dMt.24.51. 

I)t. 25. 2. 
John 0. 41. 
&. 15. 22. 
Acts 17. 30. 
James 4. 17. 

1 Pet. 4. 10. 
f Mt. 10 34. 
f Ml. 20. 22. 
Mark! 0.38. 
b Gr. press- 
ed, pained, 
Psa. 40. 8. 
Acts 21. 13. 
h Mic. 7. 6. 
Mat. 10. 34. 
i ML 10. 35. 
k Mt. IB. 2. 
I Ml. 24. 32. 
Julin 4. 35 
m Pr. 25. 8. 
Matt. 5. 25. 
a ch. 11. 4. 
a Gr. debt- 
ors. 

Mat. 18.24. 
b !sa. 5. 2. 
Mat. 21. 19. 



LUKE. Salvation must be earnestly sought 

8 And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone 
this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : 

9 And if it bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that 
thou shalt cut it down. 

dlO And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on 
the sabbath. 

1 1 ^f And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit 
of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and 
could in no wise lift up herself. 

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and 

said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 

™\3 And he laid his hands on her : and immediately she 

vas made straight, and gloiified God. 

c 14 c And the ruler of the synagogue answered with 

indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath- 
day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which 
men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, 
and not on the sabbath-day. 

15 d The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypo- 
crite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox 
or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering 1 

16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of 
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen 
years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day 1 

17 And when he had said these things, all his adver- 
saries were ashamed : and all the people rejoiced for all 
the glorious things that were done by him. 

* 18 ^f e Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God 
like 1 and whereunto shall I resemble it t 

19 It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, 
and cast into his garden, and it grew, and waxed a great 
tree ; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 

* 20 f And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the 
kingdom of God 1 

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three 
measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 
g 22 g And he went through the cities and villages, teach- 
ing, and journeying toward Jerusalem 

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be 
saved 1 And he said unto them, 

d 24 *ff h Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I 
say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 
t 25 * When once the Master of the house is risen up, 
and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, 
and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto 
us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not 
whence ye are : 

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk 
in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 

27 k But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence 
ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 

* 28 l There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, 
when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all 
the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves 
thrust out. 

p 29 m And they shall come from the east, and from the 
west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall 
sit down in the kingdom of God. 

30 And behold, there are last, which shall be first ; and 
there are first, which shall be last. 

/31 Tf The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, 
saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence ; for 
Herod will kill thee. 

32 n And he said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, 
Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to- 
morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 

33 Nevertheless, I must walk to-day and to-morrow, 
and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet 



A. D. 33.! 



50 



The parable of the great supper, the ST. LUKE. 

h 34 ° O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, i-^. things 



«t 118. 2(3. 
Isa. 1. 7. 
Jev. 7. 23. 
Alicah 3. 12. 
Matt. II. 9. 
& 23. 38. 
Acts 1. 20. 
a Alt. 12. 10. 
ch. 13. 14. 
b Ex. 23. 5. 
Deut. 22. 4. 
ch. 13. 15. 
a Gr. called, 
verae 10. 
c Prov. 25. 
6,7. 

d Job 22. 29. 
Psa. 18. 27. 
Prov. 15.33. 
& 18. 12. & 
29.23. 
Alat. 23. 12. 
ch. 1. 51. & 
18. 14. 
Jam. 4. 6, 10 
1 Pet. 5. 5. 
eNeh.8.12. 
Pr. 3.9,28. 
f Jn. 6. 34. 
Isa. 25. 6. 
,latt. 22. 2. 
Rev. 1». 9. 
hPr. 9. 2,5. 
i Mat. 22. 3. 
John 1. 11. 
& 5. 40. 
k Alatt. 5. 3 
& 11. 5. 
James 2. 5 



,„Dt. 32. 11. 

and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how often|rp i i7.8.& 
would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth ^;ijg. 
gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! 

35 p Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. And 
verily, I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time 
come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Christ healeth the dropsy on the sabbath, 2 : teacheth humility, 8 : to feast 
the poor, 1 2 : under the parable of the great supper, sheweth how worldly- 
minded men, who contemn the word of God, shall be shut out of heaven, 
17. Those who will he his disciples, to bear their cross, must make their 
accounts aforehand, lest with shame they revolt from him afterward, 25, 
and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that hath lost his savour, 34. 

fjk ND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one 
,_A_ of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath- 
day, that they watched him. 

2 And behold, there was a certain man before him 
which had the dropsy. 

3 a And Jesus answering, spake unto the lawyers and 
Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day 1 
"i 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and 
healed him, and let him go : 

5 b And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have 
an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway 
pull him out on the sabbath-day 1 

6 And they could not answer him again to these things. 
* 7 ^[ And he put forth a parable to those which were 

bidden, "when he marked how they chose out the chief 
rooms ; saying unto them, 

8 c When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit 
not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man 
than thou be bidden of him ; 

9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, 
Give this man place ; and thou begin with shame to take 
the lowest room. 

10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the 
lowest room , that when he that bade thee cometh, he 
may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then shalt 
thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat 
with thee. 

11 a For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, 
and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

dl2% e Then said he also to him that bade him, When 
thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor 
thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neigh- 
bours ; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense 
be made thee 

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the 
maimed, the lame, the blind : 

b 14 And thou shalt be blessed : for they cannot recom- 
pense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed at the rcsur 
rcction of the just. 

b 15 ^[ f And when one of them that sat at meat with him 
heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that 
shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 
* 16 e Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great 
supper, and bade many : 

17 h And sent his servant at supper-time, to say to them 
that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. 
c 18 i And they all with one consent began to make excuse. 
The first said unto him I have bought a piece of gound, 
and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me 
excused. 

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, 
and I go to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. 

20 And another said, I have married a wife : and there- 
fore I cannot come. 



A.D. 33. 



21 k So that servant came, and shewed his lord these J^bral 



b thai i . 
with carvrst 
andcontinu- 
ttl urptrig, 
Gen 33. 11. 
2 Kines 4.8. 
ch.at.3S. 
Acta 16. 15. 
2C.iv. : 5.20. 
At in. 3. 
2 Tiro. 4. 2. 

1 Ht21. 43. 
He 22. 8. 
John l. 12. 
AclsKl. 4(i. 
m l>i 33. '.I 

fc :iii. (;. 
Mit. in. :it 
nMt. in. 3*. 
Jfc 16. 24. 
Mark 8. 34. 
olmp. rt. 23. 

2 Tim 3.12. 
.. I'v. 20. B, 
pMnt.. r >. 13 
M.irk 9. 50. 
n Mnt.9. in. 
Mirk 2. 15. 
chap. 5.29. 
b Acts 11. 

Mt, IR 12. 
il vcrBO 10. 

1 I VI. 2. 25. 



lost sheep, and the piece of silver. 

Then the master of the house being angry, said 
to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of 
the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, 
and the halt, and the blind. 

22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast 
commanded, and yet there is room. 

23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the 
highways and hedges, and b compel them to come in, that 
my house may be filled. 

t 24 ' For I say unto you, that none of those men which 
were bidden, shall taste of my supper. 

25 ^| And there went great multitudes with him : and 
he turned, and said unto them, 

d 26 m If any mem come to me, and hate not his father, 
and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sis- 
ters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 

d 27 n And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come 
after me, cannot be my disciple. 

* 28 For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth 
not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have 
sufficient to finish it ? 

29 Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and 
is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock 
him, 

30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able 
to finish. 

* 31 ° Or what king, going to make war against another 
king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be 
able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against 
him with twenty thousand 1 

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way ofF, he 
sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 

33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh 
not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. 

t 34 % p Salt is good : but if the salt have lost his savour, 
wherewith shall it be seasoned "? 

35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill ; 
but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

CHAPTER XV. 

The parable of the lost sheep, 1 : Of the piece of silver, 8 : Of the prodi- 
gal son, 11. 

HEN a drew near unto him all the publicans and sin- 
fJL ners for to hear him. 

2 b And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, 
This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 

* 3 «[[ And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 

4 c What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose 
one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wil- 
derness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it 1 

5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his 
shoulders, rejoicing. 

6 d And when he cometh home, lie calleth together his 
friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with 
me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 

t 7 e I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven 
over one sinner thatrepenloth, more than over ninety and 
nine just persons which need no repentance. 

* 8 "|f Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, it 
she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the 
house, and seek diligently till she find il ? 

9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends 
and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me ; 
for I have found the piece which I had lost. 
t 10 Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence 
of the angels of God over one sinner that repentcth. 
i 11 If And he said, A certain man had two sons : 

12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, 
give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he 
divided unto them his living. 

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Parable of the unjust steward. 

13 And not many day3 after, the younger son gathered 
all together, and took his journey into a far country, and 
there wasted his substance with riotous living. 

14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty 
famine in that land ; and he began to be in want. 

15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that 
country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks 
that the swine did eat ; and no man gave unto him. 

c 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many 
hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to 
spare, and I perish with hunger ! 

18 1 will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 

19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make 
me as one of thy hired servants. 

h 20 f And he arose, and came to his father. But when 
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had 
compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 

c 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy 
to be called thy son. 

22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the 
best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand 
and shoes on his feet : 

23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let 
us eat, and be merry : 

24 s For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he 
was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 

25 Now his elder son was in the field : and as he came and 
drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. 

26 And he called one of the servants and asked what 
these things meant. 

27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy 
father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received 
3iim safe and sound. 

c 28 And he was angry, and would not go in ; therefore 
came his father out, and entreated him. 

29 And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many 
years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time 
thy commandment ; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, 
that I might make merry with my friends : 

30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath 
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him 
the fatted calf. 

31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me ; 
and all that I have is thine. 

32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : 
for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was 
lost, and is found. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

The parable of the unjust steward, I . Christ reproveth the h ypocrisy of the 
covetous Pharisees, 14. The rich glutton, and Lazarus the beggar, 19. 

i k ND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain 
J%- rich man which had a steward ; and the same was 
accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 

2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I 
hear this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship : for 
thou mayest be no longer steward. 

3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do ? 
for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship : I can- 
not dig ; to beg I am ashamed. 

4 I am resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the 
stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 

c 5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, 
and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 

6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said 
unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 

7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou ? 



ST. LUKE. The rich man and Lazarus. 

3 - And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said 



f Acts 2. 39, 
Ep. 2. 12,17. 
e verse 32. 
Eph. 2. 1. 
& 5. 14. 
Uol. 1. 13. 
Rev. 3. 1. 



A. D. 33. 



a Eph. 5. 8. 
1 Thea. 5. 5. 
b Gn. 25. 8, 
17. & 35.29. 
& 49. 33. 
Matt. 6. 19. 
& 29. 21. 
1 Tim. 6. 19. 
c Mt. 15. 21. 
eh. 19. 17. 
d Mat. 6. 24. 
e Mt. 23. 14. 
flSa. 16.7. 
Psa. 7. 10. 
eft. 10. 29. 
& 19. 17. 

Mai. 4. 4. 

[att.3.2,5. 
& 11. 12, 13. 
chap. 1. 16, 
76. & 7. 29. 
h.Ios.23.14. 

1 Sa. 3. 19. 
Ps. 102. 27. 
Isa. 40. 8. & 
51.6. 

Matt. 5. 18. 
Rom. 9. 6. 

2 Pt. 2.7, 10. 
i Mat. 5. 32. 
& 19. 9. 
Mk. 10. 11. 
1 Cor. 7. 10. 
k Zech. 14. 
12. 

Mark 9. 44. 
1 Job 21. 13. 
m laa. 8. 20. 
& 34. 1Q. 
John 5. 39, 
45. 

Acts 15. 21. 
& 17. H. 



unto him, take thy bill, and write four-score. 

8 a And the lord commended the unjust steward, because 
he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in 
their generation wiser than the children of light. 
d 9 b And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of 
the mammon of unrighteousness ; that when ye fail, they 
may receive you into everlasting habitations. 

10 c He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful 
also in much ; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust 
also in much. 

1 1 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous 
mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is ano- 
ther man's, who shall give you that which is your own ! 

t 13 % d No servant can serve two masters: for either he 
will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold 
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God 
and mammon. 

c 14 e And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, hearc 
all these things, and they derided him. 

t 15 f And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify 
yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : foi 
that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination 
in the sight of God. 

16 E The law and the prophets were until John: since 
that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man 
presseth into it. 

t 17 h And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than 
one tittle of the law to fail. 

P 18 £ Whosoever putteth away his wife, andmarrieth an- 
other, committeth adultery ; and whosoever marrieth her 
that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. 

i 19 % There was a certain rich man, which was clothed 
in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every 
day: 

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, 
which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell 
from the rich man's table : moreover, the dogs came and 
licked his sores. 

t 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich 
man also died, and was buried : 

t 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, 
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 

24 k And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy 
on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his 
finger in water, and cool my tongue : for I am tormented 
in this flame. 

25 ' But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus 
evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tor- 
mented. 

t* 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a 
great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence 
to you, cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would 
come from thence. 

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou 
wouldest send him to my father's house : 

28 For I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto 
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 

29 m Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the 
prophets ; let them hear them. 

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one wenl 
unto them from the dead, they will repent. 

* 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and 
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one 
rose from the dead. 

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ST. 



A. D. 33. 



b Lv. 19. 17, 
Pr. 17. 10. 
Mat. 18. 15, 
21. 

Jam. 5. 19. 
cJUt.17.20. 
&21.21. 
Mark 11. 23. 
d Job 22. 3. 
& 35. 7. 
Pea. 16.2. 
Rom. 11.35 
1 Cor. 9. 1G. 
e ch. 9. 51. 
John 4. 4. 
f Lev.] 1.46. 
g Lev. 13.2. 
& 14. 2. 
Matt. 8. 4. 
chap. 5. 14 



iap. . 
Mat. 



9.22. 



Mark 5. 34 
& 10. 52. 
chap. 7 50. 
& §. 48. & 
18.42. 
i Mt. 12. 28. 
& 21. 43. & 
24.23. 
Mark 13. 21. 
chap. 21. 8. 
a Or, in the 
midst of 
vau, 

John 1. 26 
kMt.24.23. 
Mark 13. 21. 
1 Mt. 24. 27. 
m Matt. 16. 
21. & 17. 22. 
& 20. 18. 
Mark 8. 31. 
& 9. 31. & 
10. 33. 
chap. 9. 22. 
& 18. 31. & 
24. 7, 26. 
n Gen. 6. 2. 
&7. 7. 
Mat. 24. 37. 
1 Pet. 3. 20. 



Of the coming of the Son of man. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

_ _ „ . . ., . |a Matt. 18. 

Christ teacheth to avoid occasions of offence, I . One to forgive another, 3. , 6, 7. 
The power of faith, 6. How we are bound to God, and not he to us, 7. j oo. ji- 19. 
He healeth ten lepers, 11. Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of 
the Son of man, 22. ...,,, 

THEN a said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but 
that offences will come : but wo unto him through 
whom they come ! 

2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged 
about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he 
should offend one of these little ones. 
d 3 ^ b Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him 
d*4 b And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, 
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I re 
pent ; thou shalt forgive him. 
d 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 

6 c And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of 
mustard-seed, ye might say unto this sycamine-tree, Be 
thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; 
and it should obey you. 

7 But which of you having a servant plowing, or feeding 
cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from 
the field, Go and sit down to meat? 

8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready where- 
with I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have 
eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink 1 ? 

9 Doth he thank that servant, because he did the things 
that were commanded him i I trow not. 

d 10 d So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those 
tilings which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable 
servants : we have done that which was our duty to do'. 

g 1 1 % e And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, 
that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 

/ 12 f And as he entered into a certain village, there met 
him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 

d 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Mas- 
ter, have mercy on us. 

tn 14 e And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew 
yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as 
they went, they were cleansed. 

d 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, 
turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him 
thanks : and he was a Samaritan. 

17 And Jesus answering, said, Were there not ten 
cleansed 1 but where are the nine 1 

c 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to 
God, save this stranger. 

19 h And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way : thy faith 
hath made thee whole. 

20 % And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, 
when the kingdom of God should come, he answered 
them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with 
observation. 

t 21 * Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, Lo there ! for 
behold, the kingdom of God is a within you. 

22 And he said unto his disciples, The days will come, 
when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of 
man, and ye shall not see it. 

r 23 k And they shall say to you, See here ! or, See there ! 
go not after them, nor follow them. 

24 ' For as the lightning that lighteneth out of the one 
part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under hea- 
ven ; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 

25 m But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected 
of this generation. 

26 n And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also 
in the days of the Son of man. 

27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they i {£.;,! 22 



LUKE. The Pharisee and the publican. 

were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into 
the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 

28 ° Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot : they did 
eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they 
builded ; 

29 p But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it 
rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed 
them all. 

r 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man 
is revealed. 

31 q In that day, he which shall be upon the house-top, 
and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take 
it away : and he that is in the field, let him likewise not 
return back. 

w 32 r Remember Lot's wife. 

33 s Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it ; 
and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it. 

34 ' I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in 
one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 

35 Two women shall be grinding together ; the one shall 
be taken, and the other left. 

36 Two men shall be in the field ; the one shall be taken, 
and the other left. 

37 u And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? 
And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither 
will the eagles be gathered together. 

chapter xvm. 

Of the importunate widow, 3. Of the Pharisee and the publican, 9. Chil- 
dren brought to Christ, 15 : A ruler that would follow Christ, but is 
hindered by his riches, 18. The reward of them that leave all for his 
sake, 28. He foresheweth his death, 31, and restoreth a blind man to his 
sight, 35. 

d A ND a he spake a parable unto them to this end, that 
JM. men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; 
c 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not 
God, neither regarded man. 

3 And there was a widow in that city ; and she came 
unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 

4 And he would not for a while : but afterward he said 
within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; 

5 b Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge 
her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 

6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 
t 7 c And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry 

day and night unto him, though he bear long with them 1 
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Never- 
theless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith 
on the earth ? 

i 9 d And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted 
in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one 
a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 
ell e The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself. 
God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extor- 
tioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 

12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I 
possess. 
d 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not 




gMt.24.17. 
Murk 13. 



lift up 
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon hie 
breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 

14 f I tell you, This man went down to his house justified 
rather than the other : for every one that exaltcth himself 
shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 

f\5 B And they brought unto him also infants, that he 
would touch them : but when his disciples saw it, they 
rebuked them. 
t 16 h But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer 
little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for 
of such is the kingdom of God 

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Christ restores a blind man to sight. ST. 

d 17 * Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter 
therein. 

18 k And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, 
what shall I do to inherit eternal life 1 

t 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good'? 
none is good, save one, that is God. 

d 20 ' Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit 
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false wit- 
ness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 

21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 

d 22 m Now, when Jesus heard these things, he said unto 
him, Yet lackest thou one thing : sell all that thou hast, and 
distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come, follow me. 

23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful : for 
he was very rich. 

w 24 n And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, 
he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into 
the kingdom of God ! 

25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's 
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

26 And they that heard it, said, Who then can be saved 1 
1 27 ° And he said, The things which are impossible with 

men, are possible with God. 

d 28 p Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed 
thee. 

29 q And he said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, There 
is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or 
wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, 

b 30 r Who shall not receive manifold more in this present 
time, and in the world to come life everlasting. 

g 31 % s Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto 
them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that 
are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man 
shall be accomplished. 

r 32 ' For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall 
be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on ; 

33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death : 
and the third day he shall rise again. 

34 And they understood none of these things : and this 
saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things 
which were spoken. 

/ 35 % u And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto 
Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging ; 

36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what 
it meant. 

37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 
d 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have 

mercy on me. 

39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he 
should hold his peace : but he cried so much the more, 
Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 

40 And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought 
unto him : and when he was come near, he asked him, 

41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee 1 
And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 

42 x And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight : thy 
faith hath saved thee. 

»» 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed 
him, glorifying God : and all the people, when they saw 
it, gave praise unto God. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Of Zaccheus a publican, 1. The ten pieces of money, 13. Christ rideth 
into Jerusalem with triumph, 28 : Weepeth over it, 41 : Driveth the buy 
ers and sellers out of the temple, 45 : Teacheth daily in it : the rulers 
would have destroyed him, but for fear of the people, 47. 

? A N ^ Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 

-z*_ / 2 And behold there ivas a man named Zaccheus, 

which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 



A. D. 33 



i Mk. 10. 15. 
k Da. 7. 18, 
27. 

Mat. 19. 16. 
Mark 10. 17. 
1 Exod. 20. 
12, 13. 
l)t.5. 16, 17. 
Matt. 15. 4. 
& 19. 18. 
Mark 7. 10. 
& 10. 19. 
Rom. 13. 9. 
Eph. 6. 2. 
CBI. 3. 20. 
m Mt. 6. 19. 
& 19. 21. 
chap. 12. 33. 
& 16. 9. 
1 Tim. 6.19. 
n Pr. 11. 28. 
Mt. 19. 23. 
Mark 10.23. 
1 Cor. 1. 26. 
1 Tim. 6. 9. 
James 2. 5. 
o Job 10. 13. 
&. 42. 2. 
Jer. 32. 17. 
Zech. 8. 6. 
chap. 1. 37. 
p Mat. 4. 20. 
& 19. 27. 
Mark 10.28. 
chap. 5. 11. 
q Dt. 33. 9. 
r Job 42. 12. 
s Psa. 22. 7. 
& 53. 7. 
Mat. 16. 21. 
& 17. 22. & 
20. 17. 
Mark 8. 31. 
& 9. 31. & 
10.32. 
chap. 9. 32. 
&24. 7. 
t Mot. 27. 2. 
chap. 23. 1. 
John 18. 28. 
Acts 3. 13. 
u Mt 20.29. 
Mark 10. 46. 
x ch. 7. 19. 



LUKE. Parable of the ten pieces of money, 

3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was ; and could 
not for the press, because he was little of stature. 

4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore- 
tree to see him ; for he was to pass that way. 

5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and 
saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and 
come down : for to-day I must abide at thy house. 

c 6 And he made haste, and came down, and received 
him joyfully. 

7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, 
That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. 

d 8 a And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, 
Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have 
taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore 
him four-fold. 

b 9 b And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come 
to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. 

1 10 c For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that 
which was lost. 

1 1 And as they heard these things, he added and spake 
a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because 
they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately 
appear. 

12 d He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a 
far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 

13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them 
ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 

c 14 e But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after 
him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 

15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, 
having received the kingdom, then he commanded these 
servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the 
money, that he might know how much every man had 
gained by trading. 

16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath 
gained ten pounds. 

17 f And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant : be- 
cause thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou 
authority over ten cities. 

18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath 
gained five pounds. 

19" And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five 
cities. 

20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold here is thy 
pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : 
c 21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: 
thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that 
thou didst not sow. 

22 g And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will 
I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I 
was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and 
reaping that I did not sow : 

23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the 
bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own 
with usury 1 

24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him 
the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 

25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 

26 h For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath, 
shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that he 
hath shall be taken away from him. 

1 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I 
should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them 
before me. 

f28% l And when he had thus spoken, he went before, 
ascending up to Jerusalem. 

s 29 k And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to 
Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of 



A. D. 33. 



a Ex. 22. 1. 
2 Sa. 12. 6. 
b ch. 13. 16. 
cMat. 10.6. 
& 15. 24. & 
18. 11. 
Acts 13. 46. 
rJMt.25. 14. 
Mk. 13. 34. 
cJn. 1.11. 
fMt. 25. 21. 
chap. 16. 10. 
verse 19. 
g2Sa.l. 16. 
Job 15. 6. 
Matt. 12. 37. 
h Mt. 13. 12. 
& 25. 29. 
Mark 4. 25. 
chap. 8. 18. 
iMk. 10. 32. 
k Mt. 21. 1 
Mark II. 1 



Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 

54 



upon kim, 
Arts 36. 14. 
a Mt. 21.23. 
Mk. 11.27. 
Acts 4. 7. & 
7. 27. 
b Mt. 14. 5. 

6 17. 12. 
Mark 9. 13. 
oh. 1. 76. & 

7 30. & 15. 
18. 

c. 1 Kgs. 22. 
24. 

2Chr.36.15. 
Nell. 9. 26. 
Isaiah 5. 1. 
Jer. 2. 2J.& 
12. 10. & 37. 
17. 

Matt. 5. 12. 
&21.33. & 
23. 34, 37. 
Mark 12. 1. 
Acts 7. 52. 
lTh.2. 15 
Hol>. 11. 36. 



The question concerning the authority of ST. LUKE. 

30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you ; in 
the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, where- 
on yet never man sat : loose him, and bring him hither. 

31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus 
shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of hhn. 

a 32 And they that were sent went their way, and found 
even as he had said unto them. 

33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof 
said unto them, Why loose ye the colt ? 

34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him. 

35 ' And they brought him to Jesus : and they cast their 
garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 

36 And as he went, they spread tiieir clothes in the way. 
d 37 And when he was come nigii, even now at the des- 
cent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the 
disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, 
for all the mighty works that they had seen ; 

a 38 m Saying blessed be the King that cometh in the name 
of the Lord : Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 

39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude 
said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 

40 n And he answered and said unto them, I tell you, 
that if these should hold their peace, the stones would im- 
mediately cry out. 

* 41 *fl And when he was come near, he beheld the city, 
and wept over it, 

42 ° Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in 
this thy day, the tilings which belong unto thy peace ! but 
now they are hid from thine eyes. 
r 43 p For the days shall come upon thee, that thine ene- 
mies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee 
round, and keep thee in on every side, 

44 q And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy 
children within thee : and they shall not leave in thee one 
stone upon another : because thou knewest not the time 
of thy visitation. 

45 r And he went into the temple, aud began to cast out 
them that sold therein, and them that bought. 

d 46 9 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the 
house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. 

47 ' And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief 
priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people sought 
to destroy him, 

48 And could not find what they might do : for all the 
people "were very attentive to hear him. 

CHAPTER XX. 

Christ avoucheth his authority by a question of John's baptism, 1. The 
parable of the vineyard, 9. Of giving tribute to Cesar, 1 9. He con- 
vinceth the Sadducees that denied the resurrection, 27. How Christ is 
the son of David, 41 : He warneth his disciples to heware of the scribes, 45. 

/A ND a it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he 
jfV taught the people in the temple, and preached the 
gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him, 
with the elders, 

2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, By what autho- 
rity doest thou these things'] or who is he that gave thee 
this authority? 

3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask 
you one thing ; and answer me : 

4 b The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 

5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we 
shall say, From heaven ; he will say, Why then believed 
ye him not ? 

6 But and if we say, Of men ; all the people will stone 
us : for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 

7 And they answered, That they could not tell whence 
it was. 

8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what 
authority I do these things. 

* 9 c Then began he to speak to the people this parable : 



Christ and concerning the resurrection 



a A K "' 9 33 13 A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to hus 

John 12.' 14' * 




bandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 

10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husband- 
men, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard : 

: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 

1 1 And again he sent another servant : and they beat 
him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him 
away empty. 

12 And again he sent a third : and they wounded him 
also, and cast him out. 

13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? 
I will send my beloved son : it may be they will reverence 
him when they see him. # 

14 d But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned 
among themselves, saying, This is the heir : come, let us 
kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 

t 15 ' So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 

What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them ? 

16 He shall come and destroy these" husbandmen, and 

shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard 

it, they said, God forbid. 

t 17 f And he beheld them, and said, What is this then 
that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the 
same is become ihe head of the corner? 

t* 18 s Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken: 
but o whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 

/ 19 If And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour 
sought to lay hands on him ; and they feared the people : 
for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against 
them. 

c 20 h And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which 
should feign themselves just men, that they might take 
hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the 
power and authority of the governor. 

21 * And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that 
thou say est and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the 
person of any, but teachest the way of God truly : 

22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no ? 

23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said urrto them, 
Why tempt ye me ? 

24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription 
hath it ? They answered and said, Cesar's. 

d* 25 k And he said unto them, Render therefore unto 
Cesar the things which be Cesar's, and unto God the tilings 
which be God's. 

26 And they could not take hold of his words before the peo- 
ple : and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. 

/ 27 If ' Then came to him certain of the Sadducees (which 
deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him, 

28 m Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's 
brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that 
his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his 
brother. 

29 There were therefore seven brethren : and the first 
took a wife, and died without children. 

30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 

31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven 
also : and they left no children, and died. 

32 Last of all the woman died also. 

33 Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of them is 
she ? for seven had her to wife. 

1 3-1 And Jesus answering, said unto them, The children of 
this world marry, and are given in marriage : 

35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain 
that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither 
marry, nor are given in marriage: 

36 " Neither can they die any more : for they are equal 
unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the 
children of (ho resurrection. 

55 



Christ foretells the destruction of Jerusalem. ST. LUKE. Satan prepareth Judas to betray him. 

t 37 ° Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed n ^;°-ff 7 ; d 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 

20 p And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with 



at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abra 
ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 

38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for 
all live unto him. 

39 % Then certain of the scribes answering, said, Mas 
ter, thou hast well said. 

40 And after that, they durst not ask him any question 
at all, 

41 p And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is 
David's son 1 

1 42 q And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The 
Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 

43 Till I make thine enemies tny footstool. 

44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his 
son? 

45 Then in the audience of all the people, he said unto 
his disciples, 

P 46 r Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long 
robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest 
seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts ; 

47 " Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make 
long prayers : the same shall receive greater damnation. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Christ commendeth the poor widow, 2. He foretelleth the destruction of the 
temple, and of the city Jerusalem, 5 : The signs also vthich shall be before 
the last day, 25. He exhorteth them to be watchful, 34 

AND a he looked up and saw the rich men casting their 
gifts into the treasury. 
d 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow, casting in thither 
two mites. 

3 b And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, That this poor 
widow hath cast in more than they all. 

4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the 
offerings of God : but she of her penury hath cast in all the 
living that she had. 

5 ^[ c And as some spake of the temple, how it was 
adorned with goodly stones, and gifts, he said, 

f 6 d As for these things which ye behold, the days will 
come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon 
another, that shall not be thrown down. 

7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall 
these things be ? and what sign will there be when these 
things shall come to pass 1 

d8 e And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for 
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and 
the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. 

9 f But when ye shall hear of wars, and commotions, be 
not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but 
the end is not by and by. 

10 g Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against 
nation, and kingdom against kingdom : 

11 h And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, 
and famines, and pestilences : and fearful sights, and great 
signs shall there be from heaven. 

d 12 '* But before all these they shall lay their hands on 
you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the syna- 
gogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and 
rulers for my name's sake. 

13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 

14 k Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate 
before what ye shall answer. 

6 15 J For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all 
your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 

*• 18 m And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and 
brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall 
they cause to be put to death. 

■17 n And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 

* 18 8 But there shall not a hair of your head perish. 



o Gen. 17.7. 
& 28. 21. 
Exod. 3. 6. 



b&V ii:! armies ' tnen know tnat th e desolation thereof is nigh. 
""Si si 6 ! 21 Tnen let them which are in Judea flee to the mount- 
"m;.22.4i: ains > and let them which are in the midst of it depart out, 
qKNm. 3 r:|and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 

22 q For these be the days of vengeance, that all things 
which are written may be fulfilled. 

23 r But wo unto them that are with child, and to them 
that give suck in those days ! for there shall be great dis- 

MuMiifc [tress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 

r 24 s And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and 
shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem 
shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of 
the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

25 % ' And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the 
moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of 
nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring ; 

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking 
after those things which are coming on the earth : for the 
powers of heaven shall be shaken. 

1 27 u And then shall they see the Son of man coming in 
a cloud, with power and great glory. 

28 * And when these things begin to come to pass, then 
look up, and lift up your heads : for your redemption draw- 
eth i igh. 

i 29 y And he spake to them a parable ; Behold the fig- 
tree, and all the trees ; 

30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your 
own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 

31 So likewise ye, wher ye see these things come to 
pass, know ye that the kh;gdom of God is nigh at hand. 

32 Verily, I say unto you, This generation shall not pass 
away, till all be fulfilled. 

33 z Heaven and earth shall pass away : but my words 
shall not pass away. 

p 34 % a And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunken- 
ness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you 
unawares. 

35 b For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell 
on the face of the whole earth. 

d 36 c Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may 
be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall 
come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 

g 37 d And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple ; 
and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is 
called the mount of Olives. 

38 And all the people came early in the morning to him 
in the temple, for to hear him. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

The Jews conspire against Christ, 1. Satan prepareth Judas to betray 
him, 3. The apostles sent to prepare the passover, 7. Christ instituteth 
his holy supper, 19 : covertly foretelleth of the traitor, 21 : dehorteth the 
rest of his apostles from ambition, 24 : assureth Peter his faith should not 
fail, 32, and yet he should deny him thrice, 34 : He prayeth in the mount, 
and sweateth blood, 39 : is betrayed with a kiss, 47 : he healeth Jifalchus's 
ear, 50. He is thrice denied of Peter, 54, shamefully abused, 63, and 
confesseth himself to be the Son of God, 66. 

■V'OW a the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which 

-L^l is called the Passover. 
2 b And the chief priests and scribes sought how they 
might kill him : for they feared the people. 

t 3 % c Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, 
being of the number of the twelve. 

4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief 
priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. 

5 d And they were glad, and covenanted to give him 



Acts 2. 34 
1 Cor. 15. 25. 
Heb. 1. 13. 
& 10. 13. 
rMt.23.5.6. 
Mark 12.33, 
39. 
ch. 11.43. 



2 Tim. 3. 6. 
Titus 1. 11. 
a2 Kg. 12.9. 
Mark 12.41. 
b Mk.7. 11. 
2 Cor. 8. 12. 
c Mat. 24. 1. 
Mark 13. 1. 
d 1 Kings 9. 
7,8. 

Jer. 26. 18. 
Micah 3. 12. 
ch. 19. 44. 
e Jer. 14. 14. 
& 23. 21. & 
29. 8. 

Matt. 24. 4. 
Mark 13. 5. 
Eph. 5. 6. 
Col. 2. 18. 
2Th.2.2,3. 
1 John 4. 1. 
f Jer. 4. 27. 
& 5. 10, 18. 
Mat. 24. 14. 
g Isa. 19. 2. 
h Ac. 11.28 
i Mat. 10. J 7. 
& 24. 8. 
Mark 13 9. 
John 15. 20. 
<fc 16. 2. 
Acts 4. 2. & 
5. 18. & 7. 
58. & 12. 1, 
4. & 16. 24. 
& 25. 23. 
Rev. 2. 10. 
k Mt. 10. 19. 
Mark 13.11. 
ch. 12. 12. 
1 Ex. 4. 12. 
Isa. 54. 17. 
Jer. 1. 6. 
ActB2.4,37. 
& 4. 1, 17, 
32. & 5. 13. 
& 6. 10. 
m Mic. 7. 6. 
Acts 7. 59. 
& 12. 2. 
nMt. 10.22. 
Mark 13.13. 
1 Pet. 4. 16. 
o 1 Sam. 14. 
45. 

2Sa. 14. 11. 
IKgs. 1.52. 
Mat. 10. 30. 
Acts 27.34. 



A.D. 33. 



p Dan. 9. 27. 
Mat. 24. 15. 
Mark 13. 14. 
ch. 19. 43. 
q Dan. 9. 26, 
27. 

Zech. 11. 1. 
Mat. 24. 16. 
Mark 13.14. 
r Mat. 3. 7. 
chap. 3. 7. & 
23. 29. 
8 Ro. 11. 25. 
t Isa 5.30. & 
8. 22. & 13. 
10, 13. & 24. 
19. & 34. 4. 
Ezek. 32. 7. 
Joel 2. 10, 
31. & 3. 15. 
Amos 5. 20. 
&8. 9. 
Zech. 1. 15. 
Mat. 24. 29. 
Mark 13.24. 
Acts 2. 20. 
2 Pet. 3. 10, 
12. 

Rev. 6. 12. 
u Dan. 7. 10. 
Mat. 16. 27. 
& 24. 30. & 
25. 31. & 26. 
64. 

Mark 13.26. 
& 14..62. 
Acts!. 11. 
2 Th. 1. 10. 
Rev. 1.7. 
x Ro. 8. 23. 
Matt. 16. 
J.&24.32. 
Mark 13.28. 
zPs.102.27. 
Isa. 51. 6. 
Matt. 5. 18. 
& 24. 35. 
Heb. 1. 11. 
2Pt.3.7, 10. 
aRo.13. 13. 
IThes. 5.6. 
1 Pet. 4. 7. 
b Isa. 24, 17. 

1 Thes.5. 2. 

2 Pet. 3. 10. 



/ 



money. 

Rev. 3.3. &I42.& 25.13.118.1. la Ex.12. 15.|Mark 14. 1. 

16. 15. Mark 13.33. 1 Thes.5. 6. Matt. 26. 1. b Psa. 2. 2. 

c Matt. 24. ch. 11. 40. & d Jn. 8. 1, 2. 

56 



LTohn 11. 47.1c Mt. 26. 14.kTn. 13. 2, 27. 
Acts 4. 27 iMark 14.10.ld Ze. ll.ljr 



13^ 



Christ foretells the denial of Peter. ST 

6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betrayi 
him unto them in the absence of the multitude. 

* 7 % e Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the 
passovef must be killed. 

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare 
us the passover, that we may eat. 

9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we 
prepare 1 

r 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered 
"into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher 
of water ; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 

11 And ye shall say unto the good man of the house, 
The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, 
where I shall eat the passover with my disciples 1 

12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: 
Ihere make ready. 

« 13 And they went and found as he had said unto them : 
and they made ready the passover. 

14 f And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the 
twelve apostles with him. 

15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to 
eat this passover with you before I suffer. 

16 s For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, 
until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 

17 And he took the a cup, and gave thanks, and said, 
Take this, and divide it among yourselves. 

1 8 h For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of 
the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 

/ 19 ^T 'And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake 
it, and gave unto them, saying, this is my body which is 
given for you : this do in remembrance of me. 

20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup 
is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. 

21 % k But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is 
with me on the table. 

" 22 ' And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined : 
but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed ! 

23 m And they began to inquire among themselves, which 
of them it was that should do this thing. 
c 24 ^[ n And there was also a strife among them, which 
of them should be accounted the greatest. 

25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles 
exercise lordship over them ; and they that exercise au- 
thority upon them are called benefactors. 

26 ° But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest 
among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is 
<:hief, as he that doth serve. 

27 p For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or 
lie that serveth 1 is not he that sitteth at meat 1 but 1 am 
among you as he that serveth. 

28 q Ye are they which have continued with me in my 
temptations ; 

* 29 r And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father 
hath appointed unto me ; 

30 9 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my king- 
dom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

1 31 % ' And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat : 

d 32 " But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not : 
and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with 
thee, both into prison, and to death. 

r 34 x And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not 
crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou 
knowest me. 

35 IT y And he said unto them, When I sent you without 
purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing 1 And 
they said, Nothing. 

36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a 

117 4 ft 



LUKE. He is apprehended, and Peter denies him. 

3 - purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that 
hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 
t 37 z For I say unto you, that this that is written must 
yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among 
the transgressors : for the things concerning me have 
an end. 

38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. 
And he said unto them, It is enough. 
/39 % a And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to 



e Dt. 16. 5. 
Matt. 26. 17. 
Mark 14. 12, 
13. 

f Gn. 31. 30. 
Matt. 26. 20. 
Mark 14.17. 
gMt.2B.29. 
Mark 14.25. 
Acts 10. 41. 
a T/iisjirst 
cup apper- 
tained to the 
passover, 
1 Cor. 11.25. 
vets. 19, 20. 
h Mt.2tt.29. 
Mark 14.25. 



Mt k 2B.'i: tne mount of Olives ; and his disciples also followed him. 



Mark 14.22. 
1 Cor. 10. IB. 
& 11.23,24. 
k Mat. B. 21, 
23. 

Mark 14.19. 
John 13. 21. 
1 Psa. 41. 10. 
John 13. 18. 
Acts 1. 16. 
& 2. 23. &. 
4.27. 

mMt.26.22. 
Mark 14.19. 
John 13. 21. 
n 1 Sa. 2. 8. 
Job 12. 21. 
& 21. 28. 
Mat. 20. 25. 
Mark 10.42. 

ch. 9. 48. 

1 Pet. 5. 3. 
p Mt. 20.23. 
John 13. 14. 
Phil. 2. 7. 
qMt. 19.27. 
ch. 18. 28. 
Heb. 2. 18. 
&. 4. 15. 

r Mt. 24. 47. 
ch. 12. 32. 

2 Cor. 1. 7. 
2 Tim. 2. 12. 
s Mt. 19. 28. 
1 Cor. 6. 2. 
Rev. 2. 26. 
& 3. 21. 

t Am. 9. 9. 
1 Pet. 5. 8. 
u Mt. 16. 18. 
Jn. 17.9,11, 
15. 

xMt.26. 34. 
Mk. 14. 30. 
John 13. 38. 
y Mt. JO. 9. 
Mark 6. 8. 
ch. 9. 3. & 
10.4. 



A. D. 33. 



z Isa. 53. 12. 
Mt. 15.28. 
a Mt. 20.30. 
Mk. 14. 32. 
John 8. 1.& 
18. 1. 

b Mt. fi. 13. 
&2G. 41. 
Mk. 14. 38. 
chap. 11.4. 
verso 46. 
c Mt. 26. 39. 
Mk. 14. 35. 
Ileb. 5. 7. 
rlMt.S10.SS, 
John 5. 30. 
& (i. 3,1 & 
12. 27. 

<>Mt. 4. 11. 
& 26. 58. 
("Ml. 26. 42. 
John 12. 27. 
rich. 5. 7. 
t-Mt.26. 47. 
Mk. 14. 43. 
Johu 18. 3. 
Ac-ml. 10. 
I, Ml. 20.51. 
Mk. 14, 47. 
John 18. 10. 
i Ml. 26. 55. 
Mk. 14. 48. 
chnp. 4. 16. 
k Ml. 26. 57. 
Mk 14.93. 
.In. 18. 12,21. 
I Mt. 26.69. 
M.,ik 14.54, 
iiil. 

.In. 18.16,25. 
in Ml. 26. 75. 
Mk. 14.71. 
nMt.26. 34, 

Mk. 11.30, 

72. 

.In. 13.38.& 

o Job 16 Id. 

l-m. ill 6. 
Mt. 26. 67. 

Mk. II. !.:>. 
.In. 1X.22.& 
19 ■?. 



40 b And when he was at the place, he said unto them, 
Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 

41 c Ana he was withdrawn from them about a stone's 
cast, and kneeled down and prayed, 

d 42 d Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup 
from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. 

* 43 e And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. 

s * 44n f And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly : 
and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling 
down to the ground. 

45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to 
his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 
d 46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye 1 rise and pray, 
lest ye enter into temptation. 

/47 ^f e And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and 
he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before 
them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 

* 48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the 
Son of man with a kiss 1 

P 49 When they which were about him, saw what would 
follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with 
the sword 1 

/50 ^f h And one of them smote the servant of the high 
priest, and cut off his right ear. 

Wl 51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. 
And he touched his ear, and healed him. 

52 * Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains 
of the temple, and the elders which were come to him, Be 
ye come out as against a thief, with swords and staves 1 

53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched 
forth no hands against me : but this is your hour, and the 
power of darkness. 

/54 k Then took they him, and led him, and brought 
him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed 
afar off. 

55 ' And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of 
the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down 
among them. 

56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, 
and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was 
also with him. 

«"57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 

58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, 
Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. 

59 And about the space of one hour after, another con- 
fidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this j'vllow also was 
with him ; for he is a Galilean. 

a 60 ■ And Petor said, Man, I know not what thou sayesl. 
And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 

61 " And the Lord tinned, and looked upon Peter. And 
Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said 
unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny mc thrice. 

d 62 And Peter wont out and wept bitterly. 

763 % "And the men that held Jesus, mocked him, and 
smote him. 

» 6-1 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him 
on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it 
that smote thee 1 

57 



Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod, 1 : Herod mocketh him, 
8. Herod and Pilate are made friends, 12. Barabbas is desired of the 
people, and is loosed by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified, 17: 
He telleth the women that lament him the destruction of Jerusalem, 27 : 
Prayeth for his enemies, 34 : Two evil-doers are crucified with him, 39 : 
His death, 46 : His burial, 50. 

/A ND a the whole multitude of them arose, and led him 
J\. unto Pilate. 

2 b And they began to accuse him, saying, We found 
this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give 
tribute to Cesar, saying, That he himself is Christ, a king. 

3 c And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of 
the Jews 1 And he answered him and said, thou sayest it 

4 d Then said Pilate to the chief priests, and to the peo- 
ple, I find no fault in this man. 

g 5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up 
the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from 
Galilee to this place. 

6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the 
man were a Galilean. 

7 e And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto 
Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself 
was also at Jerusalem at that time. 

c 8 % f And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding 
glad : for he was desirous to see him of a long season, be- 
cause he had heard many things of him ; and he hoped to 
have seen some miracle done by him. 

9 Then he questioned with him in many words ; but he 
answered him nothing. 

10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehe- 
mently accused him. 

* 11 s And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, 
and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, 
and sent him again to Pilate. 

c 12 % h And the same day Pilate and Herod were made 
friends together ; for before they were at enmity between 
themselves. 

/ 13 Tf ! And Pilate, when he had called together the chief 
priests, and the rulers, and the people, 

14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, 
as one that perverteth the people : and behold, I, having 
examined him before you, have found no fault in this man, 
touching those things whereof ye accuse him ; 

15 No, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ; and lo, 
nothing worthy of death is done unto him : 

16 k I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 

17 l (For of necessity he must release one unto them at 
the feast.) 

. 18 m And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with 
this man, and release unto us Barabbas : 

v 1 9 (Who, for a certain sedition made in the city, and for 
murder, was cast into prison.) 

6 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again 
to them. 



A. D.33. 



Jesus is accused before Pilate. ST. LUKE. 

65 And many other tilings blasphemously spake they 
against him. 

66 ff p And as soon as it was day, the elders of the peo- 
ple, and the chief priests, and the scribes came together, 
and led him into their council, 

67 i Saying, Art thou the Christ 1 tell us. And he said 
unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe. 

68 And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor 
let me go. 

1 69 r Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand 
of the power of God. 

70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God 1 
And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. 

71 And they said, What need we any further witness 1 
for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 



Barabbas released. 




Christ crucified. 
'* 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 

22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what 
evil hath he done 1 I have found no cause of death in him ; 
I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 

23 And they were instant with loud voices, jrequiring 
that he might be crucified : and the voices of them, and of 
the chief priests prevailed. 

c 24 n And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they 
required. 

25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and 
murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired ; but 
he delivered Jesus to their will. 

/ 26 ° And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one 
Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him 
they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 

/27 If And there followed him a great company of peo- 
ple, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 

28 But Jesus turning unto them, said, Daughters of 
Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, 
and for your children. 

29 p For behold, the days are coming, in the which they 
shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that 
never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. 

30 q Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall 
on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. 

31 r For if they do these things in a green tree, what 
shall be done in the dry 1 

/32 3 And there were also two others, malefactors, led 
with him to be put to death. 

g 33 ' And when they were come to the place which is 
called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefac- 
tors ; one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 

* 34 % u Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them : for they 
know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and 
cast lots. 

35 *And the people stood beholding. And the rulers 
also with them derided him, saying, He saved others ; let 
him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. 

* 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and 
offering him vinegar, 

37 And saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save 
thyself. 

38 y And a superscription also was written over him, in 
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE 
KING OF THE JEWS. 

c 39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed 
on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 

c 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, Dostnot 
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? 
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward 
of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. 

d 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when 
thou comest into thy kingdom. 

i> 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, 
To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

m 44 * And it was about the sixth hour, and there was 
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 

45 And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple 
was rent in the midst. 

/46 ^[ a And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he 
said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit : and 
having said thus, he gave up the ghost. 

47 * Now, when the centurion saw what was done, he 
glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 

c 48 And all the people that came together to that sight, 

eholding the things which were done, smote their breasts 
and returned. 

/49 ° And all his acquaintance, and the women that follow 
ed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these thing?. 

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The resurrection of Cnrisi. ST. LUKE. He appeared to his disciples. 

50 If d And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a d ^ 19 ° And he said unto them, What things 1 And they said 



counsellor : and he was a good man, and a just : 
g 51 e (The same had not consented to tU* counsel and 
feed of them :) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews ; 
tfho also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 

52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of 
Jesus. 

/53 f And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and 
iaid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never 
man before was laid. 
d 54 e And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath 
drew on 

s 55 h And the women also, which came with him from 
Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how 
his body was laid. 

/ 56 ' And they returned, and prepared spices and oint 
ments ; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the com- 
mandment. 

CHAPTER XXIV 

ChrisVs resurrection is declared btj two angels to the women that come to 
the sepulchre, i. These report it to others, 9. Christ himself appeareth 
to the two disciples that went to Emrnaus, 13. Afterward he appeareth 
to the apostles, and reproveth their unbelief ,3d : giveth them a charge, 47: 
promiseth the Holy Ghost, 49 ; and so ascendeth into heaven, 5 1 

J]VT OW a upon the first day of the week, very early in the 
J3I morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the 
spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 
m 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 

3 b And they entered in, and found not the body of the 
Lord Jesus 

v 4 c And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed 
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining 
garments 

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces 
to tire earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living 
among the dead 1 

* 6 d He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he 
spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 
« 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the 
hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise 
again. 

8 e And they remembered his words 

9 f And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these 
iliings unto the eleven, and to all the rest 
y 10 B It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the 
mother of James, and other women that were with them 
which told these things unto the apostles. 

1 1 h And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and 
they believed them not. 

12 ' Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre, and 
stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by them- 
selves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which 
was come to pass. 

f 13 % k And behold, two of them went that same day to 
a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about 
threescore furlongs. 

14 And they talked together of all these things which had 
iiappened 

15 



d Ml 27. 57 
Mark 15. 24. 
John 19. 38, 
e chap. 2. 25 
38 

fMt. 12. 40. 
&26. 12. & 
27. 59. 
Mark 15. 46. 
gMt.27.62. 
hchap. 8. 2 
i Ex, 20. 10 
a Milt. 28.1. 
Mark 16. 1 
chap. 23.56 
John 20. 1. 
b verse 23. 
John 20. 12. 
c Gen. 18. 2. 
& 19. 5. 
Josh. 5. 13. 
Acts 1. 10. 
d Mt. 16.21 
fc 17. 23. & 
20. 18. 
Mark 8. 31. 
& 9. 31. & 
10. 33. 
chap. 9. 22. 
& 18. 32. 
e Jn. 2. 22. 
fMt.28. 8. 
Mark 16. 10. 
John 20. 18. 
g chap. 8. 3. 
h verse 25. 
iJn.20.3,6. 
kMk.16.12. 
verse 18. 
1 Mt. 18. 20. 
verse 36. 
m Mark 16. 
12. 
n verse 13. 



A. D. 33. 



oMt. 21.11. 
chap. 7. 16. 
Jn. 3.2.&4. 

19. & 6. 14. 
Acts 2. 22. 
P ch. 1. 68. 
&2. 25. 
Acts 1.6. 

Mt. 28. 8. 

:ark 16. 10. 
John 20. 18. 
r Isa. 50. 6. 
& chap. 53. 
Phil. 2. 7. 
Hob. 12. 2. 
1 Pet. 1.11. 
s Gen. 3. 15. 
& 22. 18. & 
26. 4. & 49 
10. 

Num. 21. 
Ps. 16. 8, 9 
10.fcch.22 
& 132. 11. 
Dan. 0. 24. 
John 3. 14. 
tGon.19. 3. 
Acts 16. 15 
Heb. 13. 2. 
ulCo.15.6. 
xMk.16.14. 
John 20. 19 
1 Co. 15. 5, 7. 
v John 20. 

20, 27. 
1 John I. 1. 
7. Jn. 21. 10. 
aMt. 16. 21. 
& 17. 22. & 
20. 1H. 
Mark 8. 31. 
& ft. 31. & 
10. 33. 
verses 6, 7. 
ch. 9. 22. & 
18. 31. & 
24.6. 
b Ac. 26.14. 



B Psn. 22. 7, 

And it came to pass, that, while they communed »on»a6.' 
together, and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went 
with them. 

16 m But their eyes were holden, that they should not 
know him. 

17 And he said unto them, What manner of communi- 
cations are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, 
and are sad 1 

A 18 n And the one of them, whose name was*Cleopas, 
answering, said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Je- 
rusalem, and hast not known the things which are come 
to pass there in these dnys ? 



unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a pro- 
phet mighty in deed and word before God, and all the people ; 

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him 
to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 

21 p But we trusted that it had been he which should 
have redeemed Israel : and besides all this, to-day is the 
third day since these things were done. 

22 q Yea, and certain women also of our company made 
us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre. 

t 23 And when they found not his body, they came, say- 
ing, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said 
that he was alive. 

24 And certain of them which were with us, went to the 
sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said ; 
but him they saw not. 

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart 
to believe all that the prophets have spoken ! 

t 26 r Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and 
to enter into his glory 1 

27 s And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he 
expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things con- 
cerning himself. 

28 And they drew nigh unto the village whither they 
went : and he made as though he would have gone further. 

29 ' But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us ; 
for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he 
went in to tarry with them. 

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he 
took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 

t 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him : 
and he vanished out of their sight. 

d 32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn 
within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he 
opened to us the scriptures 1 

/33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to 
Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and 
them that were with them, 

t 34 u Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared 
to Simon. 

35 And they told what things ivere done in the way, and 
how he was known of them in breaking of bread. 

736 T[ x And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the 
midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 

37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed 
that they had seen a spirit. 

38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled 1 and 
why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? 

39 y Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: 
handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, 
as ye see me have. 

40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his 
hands and his feet. 

41 z And while they yet believed not for joy, and won- 
dered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat 1 

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of 
a honey-comb. 

43 And he took /'/, and did eat before them. 

44 a And he said unto them, Those are the words which 
I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things 
must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, 
and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 

t 45 b Then opened he their understanding, that they might 
understand the scriptures, 

46 c And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it be- 
hoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 

d 47 d And that repentance and remission of sins should 
be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at 



Acts 2. 25. 
fc 13. 35. & 
17. 3. 

<1 Ps. 2. 6, 8. 
&22 22,27. 
& 110. 2. 
Isa. 2. 3. & 
II. 10.&2R 
10. & 40. ft 
fc 40. 1, (1, 
22. &53. 12. 
fc 59. 20. & 
00.9.&6I.1. 
Jer. Jl. 31. 
Dnn. 7. 14. 
fcft '- 1 ! 
Hos. 2. 23. 
.Tool 2. 32. & 
3. 11. 
Micah 4.9. 
7m. VI. 10. 

™mp.Vfe 'Jerusalem. 



59 



Divinity, humanity, and office of Jesus Christ. ST. 

4S e And ye are witnesses of these things. 

49 % f And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon 
you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be en- 
dued with power from on high. - 

s 50 % s And he led them out as far as to Bethany : and 
he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 



JOHN. The call of Peter, Philip, and Nathanael. 

/ 51 h And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was 



e Jn. 15. 27 



rfe 1- *£ f' P arted from them, and carried up into heaven. 

t 52 And the^ worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem 
with great joy : 

d 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and 
blessing God. Amen. 



Jer. 31. 33, 
Ez. 36. 20. 
John 14. 25. 
& 16. 7. 
Actsl.4.&2. 
g Lev. 9. 22 
Acts 1. 12. 
hMk.lli 19 
Ac. 1.9,12 



THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. 



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CHAPTER I. 

The divinity, humanity, and office of Jesus Chrut, 1. The testimony of 
John, 15. The calling of Andrew, Peter, £fc, 39. 

the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
with God, and the Word was God. 
2 b The same was in the beginning with God. 
t 3 All things were made by him ; and without him was 
not any thing made that was made. 
1 4 In him was life ; and the life was the light of men. 

5 c And the light shineth in darkness ; and the darkness 
comprehended it not. 

/6 If d There was a man sent from God, whose name 
was John. 

7 e The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the 
Light, that all men through him might believe. 

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of 
that Light. 

9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man 
that cometh into the world. 

1 10 f He was in the world, and the world was made by 
him, and the world knew him not. 

1 1 s He* came unto his own, and his own received him not. 
1 12 h But as many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe 
on his name : 

*13 * Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 
t* 14 k And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only be- 
gotten of the Father^) full of grace and truth. 
fl5 % 1 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This 
was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me, is pre- 
ferred before me ; for he was before me. 
c 16 m And of his fulness have all we received, and grace 
for grace. 

c 17 n For the law was given by Moses, but grace and 
truth came by Jesus Christ. 

tlS ° No man hath seen God at any time ; the only be- 
gotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath 
declared him. 

f 19 % p And this is the record of John, when the Jews 
sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who 
art thou 1 

20 q And he confessed, and denied not ; but confessed, I 
am not the Christ. 

21 r And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? 
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet ? And he 
answered, No. 

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? that we 
may give an answer to them that sent us. What say est 
thou of thyself? 

a 23 5 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilder- 
ness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the pro- 
phet Esaias. 

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 

25 ' And they asked him, and said unto him, Why bap- 
tizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither 
that prophet ? 

26 u John answered them, saying, I baptize with water : 
out there standeth one among you, whom ye know not : 



aProv.8.23, 
27, 30. 
Luke '.2. 
chap. 1(1.33, 
36. & 17. 5. 
Uolm 1. 1, 
2. & 5. 12. 
Rev. 19. 13. 
b Ps. 33. 6. 
verse 10. 
clmp. 5. 26. 
&8. 12.&9. 
&. 12. 46. 
Eph. 3. 9. 
Col. 1. 17. 
Heb. 1. 2. 
Uohn5. 11. 
c ch. 3. 19. 
& 12. 35. 
d Mai. 3. 1. 
Matt. 3. 1. 
&11. 10. 
Mark 1.2. 
Luke 3. 3. & 
7.17. 

ActB IS. 24 
e Isa. 49. 6. 
Luke 2. 32. 
verse 9. 
ch. 8. 12. & 
9.5.&12.46. 
Acts 19. 4. 

1 John 2. 8, 
f verse 3. 
Eph. 3. 9. 
Col. 1. 16. 
Heb. 1.2. 
* A. D. 26. 
a Mt. 10. 6. 
Ic 15. 14. & 
22. 1. 

Luke 19. 14. 
Acts 3. 25. 
& 13. 46. 
Rom. 15. 8. 
h Ro. 8. 15. 
Gal. 3. 26. 

2 Pet. 1.4. 

1 John 3. 1. 
i ch. 3. 5. 
Jam. 1. 18. 
IPet. 1. 23. 
k Psa. 56. 4. 
Isa. 40. 5. & 
49. 26. & 66. 
16, 23. 
Joel 2. 28. 
Matt. 1. 16. 
& 17. 2. & 
24.22. 
Luke 1. 31. 
&2. 7. 
verse 16. 
chap. 2. 11. 
& 12. 23. 

2 Cor. 3. 9. 
Co!. 1.19. 
1 Matt. 3. 11. 
Murk 1.7. 
Luke 3. 16. 
mver, 14,17. 
Eph. 1. 6. 
Col. 1.19. 
n Ex. 20. 1. 
Deut. 5. 6. 
chap. 4. 23. 
o Ex.33. 20. 
Deut. 4. 12. 
Matt. 11.27. 
Luke 10.22 
p ch. 5. 33. 
qLuke3.15. 
chap. 3. 28. 
Acts 13. 25. 
r Dt. 18. 15 
Matt. 16. 14. 
s lea. 40. 3. 
Matt. 3. 3. 
Mark 1.3. 
Luke 3. 4. 
verse 15. 
t Dl. 18. 15. 
u Mai. 3. 1. 
Matt. 3. 11. 
Mark 1.7. 
Luke 3. 16. 
ver. 15, 33. 
Ac.l.S.&ll 
16. & 19. 4. 



A. D. 30. 



x ch. 10. 40 
y Ex. 12. 3. 
Isa. 53. 7. 
verse 36. 
Acts 8. 32. 
1 Pet. 1. 19. 
zvcr. 15, 27, 
ach.7. 4.& 
21.1. 

b Mat. 3. 16. 
Mark 1.10. 
Luke 3 21. 
c Mat. 3. 11. 
verse 31. 
Acts 1. 5. 
(1 vereo 29. 
e Mat. 4. 18. 
t Isa. 61.1. 
eMt. 16.18. 
Fieri. 12.21. 



c 27 He it is, who coming after me, is preferred before 
me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 
g 28 * These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jor- 
dan, where John was baptizing. 
t 29 % y The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 
and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the 
sin of the world ! 

30 z This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man 
which is preferred before me ; for he was before me. 

31 a And I knew him not : but that he should be made 
manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with 
water. 

t 32 b And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit de- 
scending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 

t 33 c And I knew him not : but he that sent me to baptize 
with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt 
see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same 
is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 

t 34 And I saw and bare record, that this is the Son of 
God. 

/ 35 % Again the next day after, John stood, and two of 
his disciples ; 

1 36 d And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, 
Behold the Lamb of God ! 

37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they 
followed Jesus. 

/38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and 
saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, 
Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where 
dwellest thou ? 

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and 
saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day : for it 
was about the tenth hour. 

40 e One of the two which heard John speak, and follow- 
ed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 

n> 41 f He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith 
unto him, We have found the Messias ; which is, being 
interpreted, the Christ. 

1 42 s And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus 
beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou 
shalt be called Cephas; which is, by interpretation, a stone. 
g 43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, 
and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. 
g 44 h Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew 
and Peter. 

/ 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have 
found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, 
did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 

« 46 £ And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good 
thing come out of Nazareth ? Philip saith unto him, Come 
and see. 

c 47 k Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of 
him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! 

* 48 ' Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? 
Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called 
thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. 

*49 m Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, 
thou art the Son of God ; thou art the King of Israel. 

Luke24.25.|T.ul;c2.4. II Ps. 32.2. |& 9. 6. 
chap. 21. 3. chop. 7. 41, chap. 8. 39. m Mt. 21. 5, 
k Mat. 2. 23. 42,52. Rom. 3. 28. & 37. 11, 42 



i Gen. 3. 15.j2Sam.7.13.|Jer.23. 5.& 
& 33. 18. & Is. 7.14. &9. 33. 14. 
49. 10. 6. & 40. 10, Ezek.34.23. 

Deut. 18. 15.111. & 53. 1. 1& 37. 24. 



Dan. 9. 24. 
Micah 5. 2. 
Zech 6. 12. 
&9.9. 



60 



ST. JOHN. 

Because I said' a -p-3q. 



Many believe in the name of Christ. 

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, 
unto thee, I saw 

thou shalt see greater things than these. 
* 51 n And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 



& 19. 22. 
2Kgs.3.13. 

c Matt. 7. 3. 
d ch. 4. 46. 
e Gn. 43. 34. 
fch.]. 31, 52. 
e Ex. 13. 15, 
17. 

Dent. 16. 1. 
Luke 2. 41. 
I. Dt. 14. 25. 
Matt. 21. 12. 
Mack 11.15. 
Luke 19.45. 
i Luke 2. 49. 
k Ps. 611. 10. 
I Mat. 12.38. 
&1H.1. 
Mark 8. 11. 
Luke 11.29. 
chap. 6.30. 

1 Cor. 1.22. 
m Matt. 26. 
61. & 27. 40. 
Mark 14.58. 
& 15. 29. 
n 1 Cor. 3. 
16. & 6. 19. 

2 Cor. 6. 16. 
Colos. 2. 9. 

Ps. 16. 8. 
Isa. 55. 3. 
Malt. 12. 39. 
& 16. 21. & 
17. 23. & 20. 
17. 

Lu.24.8,25. 
Act's 2. 25. 
& 13. 32, 33, 
34. & 26. 22. 
Heb. 1.5. & 
5.5. 

1 Pet. 1. 10. 



A. D.30. 



thee under the fig-tree, believest thou ? Ma « : < ; \£ 

o L,uke22. 23. 

& 24. 4. 
Acts 1. 10. 
a ch. 1. 44. 
lbJo3.22.24. 

Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of Gk>d||g^g;i| 
ascending and descending upon the Son of man. 

CHAPTER II. 
Christ turneth water into wine, I , departeth into Capernaum, and to Jeru 
salem, 12, where he purgeth the temple of buyers and sellers, 14 : Hi 
foretelleth his death and resurrection, 19 : JUany believed because of his 
miracles, but he would not trust himself with them, 23. 

gk ND a the third day there was a marriage in Cana of 
.J\ Galilee ; and the mother of Jesus was there. 
d 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples to the 
marriage. 

/ 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith 
unto him, They have no wine. 

4 b Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with 
thee 1 mine hour is not yet come. 

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he 
saith unto you, do it. 

o 6 c And there were set there six water-pots of stone, 
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing 
two or three firkins apiece. 

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. 
And they filled them up to the brim. 

8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto 
the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 
m 9 d When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that 
was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the 
servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of the 
feast called the bridegroom, 

10 e And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning 
doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drunk, 
then that which is worse : but thou hast kept the good 
wine until now. 

* 1 1 f This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of 
Galilee, and manifested forth his glory ; and his disciples 
believed on him. 

g 12 % After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and 
his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples ; and they 
continued there not many days. 

/ 1 3 % e And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus 
went up to Jerusalem, 

14 h And found in the temple those that sold oxen, and 
sheep, and doves, and the changers of money, sitting : 

15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he 
drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the 
oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and over- 
threw the tables ; 

p 1 G ' l And said unto them that sold doves, Take these 
things hence: make not my Father's house a house of 
merchandise. 

« 17 k And his disciples remembered that it was written, 

The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 

18 ^f ' Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, 
What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest 
these things 1 

*• 19 m Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy tins 
temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this 
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up "in three days ? 

21 n But he spake of the temple of his body. 
J 22 ° When therefore he was risen from the dead, his dis- 
ciples remembered that he had said this unto them : and 
they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had 
said. 

g 23 Now, when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in 
the feast-day, many believed in his name, when thev saw 
the miracles which he did. 

148 



The discourse of our Lord with Nicodemus. 

24 r But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, be- 
cause he knew all men, 
t 25 * And needed not that any should testify of man: for 
he knew what was in man. 

CHAPTER III. 

Christ teacheth JVicodemus the necessity of regeneration, 1 : Of faith in his 
death, 14. The great love of God towards the world, 16. Condemna- 
tion for unbelief, 18. The baptism, witness, and doctrine of John con- 
cerning Christ, 23. 

THERE a was a man of the Pharisees named Nicode- 
mus, a ruler of the Jews : 

b 



D Mat. 9. 4. 
Mark 2. 8. 
Luke 5. 22. 
ch. 14. 22. 
q ch. 6. 64. 
Acts 1. 24. 
Rev. 2. 23. 
a ch. 7. 50. 
& 19. 39. 
Acts 2. 22. 
bch. 9.16,33. 
Acts 10. 38. 
c2Cor.5.17. 
Gal. 6. 15. 
Titus 3. 5. 
James 1. 18. 
1 Pet. 1.23. 
1 John 3. 9. 
d verso 3. 
Eph.5.26. 
Heb. 10. 23. 
e verse 31. 
Rom. 8. 5. 
1 Cor. 2. 14. 
& 15. 47. 
1 John 3. 9. 
fEc. 11.5. 
1 Cor. 2. 11. 
Col. 3. 3. 
a Gr. spirit, 
Mt. 20. 15. 
Acts J. 1,2. 
g ch. 6. 52, 
60. 

h ch. 1. 18. 
&7. 16.&8. 
28. fc 12.49. 
&. 14. 24. 
verse 32. 
i Dt. 30. 12. 
Prov. 30. 4. 
Mat. 11.27. 
ch. 6.33,38, 
51, 62. 
Act* 2. 34. 
I Cor. 15.47. 
Eph. 4. 9. 
k Nu. 21.9. 
2Kgs. 18.4. 
Mat. 26. 54. 
Mark 8. 31. 
Luku-9. 22. 
&. 17. 25. & 
24. 7, 26. 46. 
<-h. ». 28* &. 

2.32. 
I Lu. 10.10. 

erse 16, 36. 



2 b The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him. 
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God : 
for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except 
God be with him. 

<*3 c Jesus answered and said unto him, Veriiy, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see 
the kingdom of God. 

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born 
when he is old 1 can he enter the second time into his 
mother's womb, and be born 1 

1 5 d Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Ex- 
cept a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

' 6 e That which is born of the flesh, is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 

1 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 

A 8 f The "wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest 
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit 

9 s Nicodemus answered and said uhto him, How can 
these things be? 

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master 
of Israel, and knowest not these things 1 

t\ 1 h Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do 
know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not 
our witness. 

12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not. 
how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ? 

' 13 ' And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he 
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which 
is in heaven. 

14 If k And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- 
ness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : 

'15 ' That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 
but have eternal life. 

M6 % m For God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not 
perish, but have everlasting life. 

17 "For God sent not his Son into the world, to con- 
demn the world, but that the world through him might 
be saved. 

'18 ^f ■ He that believeth on him, is not condemned : but 
he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he 
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son 
of God. 

' 19 f And this is the condemnation, that light is come into 
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, be- 
cause their deeds were evil. 

.. c 20 q For every one that doeth evil hatelh the light, nei- 
^f ^ 5 - 8 - ther cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 

ftobf} 2 !..! c21 rBut ne that (loeth trutM > cometh to the light, that 
ci^'n :J,j r ^ his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought 
in God. 



12. 47. 

1 Jn. 4. 14. 

& c 6 h 40 47 /22 % ' After these things came Jesus and his disciples 

& 20. 31 
pcli. 1.(1,10 

ii. & 8 . r 



into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them. 



jjrtli'w. and baptized. 



r Ep. 3.5,8. 
■ chap. 4. 1. 

MV^e.io.jSalim, because there 
fluke 3.7': came, and were baptized 



g 23 % l And John also was baptizing in JEnon, near to 
was much water there : and thev 



fit 



Christ talketh with a woman of Samaria. 

24 u For John was not yet cast into prison. 
f%h H Then there arose a question between some of John's 
disciples and the Jews, about purifying. 

26 * And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he 
that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest wit- 
ness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 
1 27 y John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, 
except it be given him from heaven. 

28 l Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am 
not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 

29 a He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the 
friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, 
rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice: this 
my joy therefore is fulfilled. 

c 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 

31 b He that cometh from above is above all : he that is 
of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth : he that 
cometh from heaven is above all. 

32 c And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth ; 
and no man receiveth his testimony. 

33 d He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his 
seal that God is true. 

34 e For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of 
God : for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 

35 f The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things 
into his hand. 

1 36 g He that belie veth on the Son hath everlasting life 
and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life ; but 
the wrath of God abideth on him. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Christ talketh with a woman of Samaria, and revealeth himself unto her, 
1. His disciples marvel, 27. He declareth to them his zeal for God's 
glory, 31. Many Samaritans believe on him, 39. He departeth into 
Galilee, and healeth the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum, 43. 

WHEN a therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees 
had heard that Jesus made and baptized more dis- 
ciples than John, 

2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 
s 3 He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. 

4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 
g 5 b Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called 
Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to 
his son Joseph. 

/6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being 
wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well : and it was 
about the sixth hour. 

f7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water : 
Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to 
buy meat.) 

o 9 c Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is 
it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a 
woman of Samaria 1 for the Jews have no dealings with 
the Samaritans. 

10 d Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest 
the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me 
to drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would 
have given thee living water. 

1 1 e The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing 
to draw with, and the well is deep : from whence then 
hast thou that living water 1 

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave 
us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, 
and his cattle 1 

•^13 f Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever 
drinketh of this water, shall thirst again : 

'14 GBut whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall 
give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give 
nim, shall be in him a well of water springing up into ever- 
lasting life. 



A. D. 30. 



u Mat. 14. 3. 
x Matt. 3.11. 
Mark I. 7. 
Luke 3. 16. 
ch. 1. 7, 15, 
26,34. 
y 1 Cor. 4. 7. 
Heb. 5. 4. 
James 1. 17. 
z Mai. 3. 1. 
Matt. 11.10. 
Mark 1. 2. 
Lu. 1. 17. & 
7.27. 

ch. 1. 20,28, 
30. 

a Mat. 22. 2. 
2 Cor. 11. 2, 
Epli. 5. 25, 
27. 

b Mt. 28. 18. 
verses 6, 35. 
ch. 8. 23. & 
17.2. - 
Rom. 9. 5. 
1 Cor. 15.47. 
Epb. 1. 21. 
Phil. 2. 9. 
1 Pet. 3. 22. 
c verse 11. 
ch. 5. 20. & 
8. 26. &; 12. 

49. & 14. 10. 
& 15. 15. 
d Rom. 3.4, 
1 John 5.10. 
e ch. 1. 16. 
&. 7. 16. &. 
8.46. 

Eph. 4. 17. 
fDan.7. 14. 
Matt. 11.27. 
& 28. 18. 
Luke 10. 22. 
ch. 1. 18. & 

5. 22. & 13. 
3. & 17. 2. 
verse 31. 
Heb. 2. 8. 
g ch. 1. 12. 

6. 6. 47. 
verse 15. 
1 John5.1J. 
a ch. 3. 1, 2, 
22,26. 
bGn. 33.19. 
& 48. 22. 
Josh. 24.32. 
c2Kg. 17.24. 
Lu. 9.52, 53. 
chap. 8. 48. 
Acts 10. 28. 
d Isa. 12. 3. 
& 44. 3. & 
58.11. 
ch. 6. 35. & 

7. 38, 39. 
e Jer. 2. 13. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
&14. 8. 
f ch. 6. 53. 

; ch. 6. 27, 
J5, 68. & i. 
38, 39. & 12. 

50. & 17.3. 
& 20. 31. 
Rom. 5. 21. 
& 6.22. 
1 John 5. 20. 



ST. JOHN. Many Samaritans believe on him. 

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, 
that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go call thy husband, and come 
hither. 

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. 
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband : 

1 18 For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou 
now hast, is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly. 

19 h The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou 
art a prophet. 

20 i Our fathers worshipped in this mountain ; and ye 
say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to 
worship. 

r 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the houi 
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet al 
Jerusalem, worship the Father. 

22 k Ye worship ye know not what : we know what we 
worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 

d 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor- 
shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for 
the Father seeketh such to worship him. 
d* 24 ' God is a spirit : and they that worship him, must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 

n 25 m The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias 
cometh, which is called Christ ; when he is come, he will 
tell us all things. 

1 26 n Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 

727 % "And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled 
that he talked with the woman : yet no man said, What 
seekest thou 1 or, Why talkest thou with her 1 

28 p The woman then left her water-pot, and went her 
way into the city, and saith to the men, 

' 29 i Come, see a man which told me all things that ever 
I did : is not this the Christ 1 

30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. 
/31 U In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, 
Master, eat. 

32 r But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye 
know not of. 

33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any 
man brought him aught to eat 1 

d 34 8 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of 
him that sent me, and to finish his work. 

35 ' Say not ye, There are yet a four months, and then 
cometh harvest 1 ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, 
and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 

< 36 u And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gather- 



A. D. 30. 



hl.uke7.16.i 
&. 24. 19. J 

6 i4.'&7.40.jeth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth, and 

i Gen. 12. 6.>. 
& 33. 18. 
Dt. 12.5,11 

1 Kings 9. 3. 

2 Chr. 7. 12. 
k2Kfr.17.29. 
Isa. 2. 3. 
Luke 24.47. 
Rom. 3. 2. & 
9.4. 

1 2 Cor.3.17. 
Phil. 3. 3. 
in verses 29, 
39. 

n ch. 9. 35. 
o verse 8. 
p verse 7. 
q verse 25. 
rPsa.19.10. 
verse 34. 
s Job 23. 12. 



he that reapeth, may rejoice together. 

37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and 
another reapeth. 

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no la- 
bour : other men laboured, and ye are entered into their 
labours. 

/39 % x And many of the Samaritans of that city believed 
on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He 
told me all that ever I did. 

40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they 
t 3 Ma't.9 7 .'37.|besought him that he would tarry with them : and he 

abode there two days. 

41 And many more believed, because of his own word ; 
d 42 y And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not be- 
cause of thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and 
know that this is bdeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 

£48. % Now, after two days he departed thence, and went 
into Galilee. 

44 z For Jesus himself testified that a prophet hath no 
honour in his own country. 

g 45 * Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans 

62 



Luke 10. 2. 

a That is, 

from the 

Passover, 

Lev. 23. 10. 

u Heb. 11. 

40. 

x verses 29, 

42. 

y Gn.49. 10. 

ch.17.S. 

zMt. 13. 57. 

Mark 6. 4. 

Luke 4. 24. 

chap. 7. 1. 

a Ex. 23. 15, 

17. & 34. 18, 

23. 

Dent. Ifl. ,. 

chap. 2. 23. 

&3. 2. 



A. D. 30. 



bch.2.l, 11. 
AGr. kingly, 
Hoeea 5. 15. 
Phil. 4. 22. 
cch.2. 18. 
* A. D. 31. 
1 Cor. 1. 22. 
a Lev. 23. 2. 
Dcut. 10. 1. 
b Neh. 3. 1. 
& 12. 39. 
c Matt. 9. 6. 
Mark 2. 11. 
Luke 5. 24. 
d ch. 9. 14. 
e Ex. 20. 10. 
Deut. 5. 14. 
Neh. 13. 9. 
Jer. 17. 21. 
Matt. 12. 2. 
Mark 2. 24. 
Luke 6. 2. 
verse 18. 
f2Kg.2.24. 
& 23. 16. 
g Mt. 12. 45. 
chap. 8. 11 



A. D. 31. 



Christ heals the infirm man, and vindicates ST. JOHN 

received him, having seen all the things that he did at Je- 
rusalem at the feast : for they also went unto the feast. 

S 46 b So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he 
made the water wine. And there was a certain * noble- 
man, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 

/47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea 
into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he 
would come down, and heal his son : for he was at the 
point of death. 

48 c Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and 
wonders, ye will not believe. 

d 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere 
my child die. 

50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way ; thy son liveth. 
And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken 
unto him, and he went his way. 

51 And as he was now going down, his servants met 
him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 

52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began 
to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the 
seventh hour the fever left him. 

m 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in 
the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth : and him 
self believed, and his whole house. 

S 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when 
he was come out of Judea into Galilee. 
chapter v. 

Jesus, on the sabbath-day, cureth him that was diseased eight and thirty 
years, 1. The Jews therefore cavil, and persecute him for it, 10. He 
answer -eth for himself, and reproveth them, shewing by the testimony of 
his Father, 17, of John, 32, of his works, 36, and of the scriptures, who 
he is 39. 

f k FTER * a this there was a feast of the Jews : and Jesus 
Jm. went up to Jerusalem. 

5- 2 b Now there is at Jerusalem, by the sheep market, a 
pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, 
having five porches. 

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of 
blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 
»*4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the 
pool, and troubled the water : whosever then first, after 
the troubling of the water, stepped in, was made whole 
of whatsoever disease he had. 

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity 
thirty and eight years. 

^6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been 
now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou 
be made whole ? 

7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, 
when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool : but 
while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 

8 c Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 
m9 d And immediately the man was made whole, and took 
up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the 
sabbath. 

10 *[\ ° The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, 
It is the sabbath-day ; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy 
bed. 

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the 
same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. 

12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said 
unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk 1 

13 f And he that was healed wist not who it was : for 
Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in 
that place. 

14 e Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saidl^^. 90 
unto him, Behold, thou art made whole : sin no more, lest! it 5%' '"*' 
a worse thing come unto thee. 

15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was 
lesus which had made him whole. 



h verse 10, 
i verse 21. 
chap. 9. 4. it 
14. 10. 
kNu.15.33 
verse 16. 
ch.7.19.&8 
38. & 9. 4,7, 
16. & 10. 33 
Philip. 2. 6 

1 ver. 21, 30. 
chap. 8. 38. 
m Mt. 3. 17 
it 12. 18. it 
17.5. 

Luke 9. 35 
ch. 1. 18. & 
3.35.&S.28. 

2 Pet. 1. 17, 
n Luke 7. 14. 
&8. 54. 
verse 25. 
ch. 11.25,43, 
oMt.11.27, 
& 28. 18. 
chap. 3. 35. 
& 17. 2. 
Acts 17. 31. 
1 Peter 4. 5. 
plJn.2.23. 
qLu.23.43. 
chap. 3. 18, 
36. & 6. 40, 
47. & 8. 51. 
& 20. 31. 
Rom. 8. 24. 
Eph. 2. 6. 
1 John 3. 2. 
it 5 .11. 
r Mat. 8. 22. 
Luke 9. 60. 
& 15. 24, 32. 
ver. 21, 28. 
Ro. 6. 8, 13. 
Gal. 2. 20. 
Eph. 2.1. & 
5.14. 
Col. 2. 13. 
1 Tim. 5. 6. 
Rev. 3. 1. 
s Dan. 7. 13. 
t Isa. 26. 19. 
Dan. 12. 2. 
Mat. 2 r i. 46. 
verse 25. 
1 Cor. 15. 52. 
1 Th. 4. 16. 
il Isa. 11. 4. 
Mat. 26. 39. 
Mark 14.36. 
Lnko22.42. 
ch. 4. 34. & 
0.33.&.8.28. 
vciso 19. 
x ch. 8. 13. 
uThnt is, yc 
mivhl doubt 
of it, 

llcv. 3. 14. 
y Isa. 42. 1. 
Matt. 3. 17. 
& 17. 5. 
verso 33. 
7. ch. 1.7.19. 
a Mutt. 3. 5. 
fc 21. 88. 
Mnrk 6. 20. 
h Ex.20. 19. 
it 33. 20. 
Dcut. 4. 12. 
Mutt. 3. 17. 
it 17. 5. 
Murk 1. 11. 
&9.7. 
I.iikn 3. 22. 
ft li. 35. 
chnp. 1. 33. 
fc :i. 8. & B. 

27. it 8. 18. 

* :i 32. .v 

10. 25. St 12. 
2J. it 14. 11. 
& 15. 21. 

1 Tim. 6. 16. 

2 Pot. 1.17. 
1 John4. 12. 
C l)i. 18, 15. 
Inn. 8.20. & 
31.16 



Asia 17. 11 
.1 Hi. I. 11. 
it 3. 19. 
e vcr*i' 34. 
I ch. 12. 43, 
tlotn. 8 '."i 



himself against the cavils of the Jews. 

c 16 h And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and 
sought to slay him, because he had done these things on 
the sabbath-day. 

1 17 *f ! But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh 
hitherto, and I work. 

1 18 k Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, 
because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also, 
that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 

19 ' Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, 
but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever 
he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 

20 m For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all 
things that himself doeth : and he will shew him greater 
works than these, that ye may marvel. 

t 21 n For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quick- 
eneth them ; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 

1 22 ° For the Father judgeth no man ; but hath commit- 
ted all judgment unto the Son : 

rf*23 p That all men should honour the Son, even as they 
honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, 
honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 

t 24 q Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my 
word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting 
life, and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed 
from death unto life. 

1 25 r Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, 
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son 
of God : and they that hear shall live. 

26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he 
given to the Son to have life in himself; 

27 s And hath given him authority to execute judgment 
also, because he is the Son of man. 

t 28 ' Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the 
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 

t 29 And shall come forth ; they that have done good, 
unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation. 

30 u I can of mine own self do nothing : as I hear, I 
judge : and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine 
own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 

31 x If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not a true. 

32 IF y There is another that beareth witness of me, and 
I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 

33 z Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 
34 But I receive not testimony from man : but these 
things I say, that ye might be saved. 
d 35 a He was a burning and a shining light : and ye were 
willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 

36 % b But I have greater witness than that of John : for 
the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the 
same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father 
hath sent me. 

37 And the Father himself which hath sent me, hath 
borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at 
any time, nor seen his shape. 

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you : for whom 
he hath sent, him ye believe not. 

d 39 % c Search the scriptures ; for in them ye think ye 

have eternal life : And they are they which testify of me. 

<40 d And ye will not come to me, that yc might have life. 

41 ° I receive not honour from men. 
c 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in 
you. 

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me 
not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will 
receive. 

c 44 r How can ye believe, which receive honour one of 
another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? 

63 



g Gen. 3. 15. 
& 22. 18. & 
49. 10. 
Deut. 18. 15. 
Acta 3. 22. 
& 7. 37. 
* A. D. 32. 
a Lu. 9. 10. 
verael5. 
b Ex. 12. 18. 
Lev. 23. 5. 
Num.28. 16. 
Deut. 16. 1. 
a This was 
the third 
after his 
baptism, 
chap. 2. 13. 
&.S. 1. 
c Mt. 14. 15. 
Mark 6. 35. 
Luke 9. 12. 
dNu. 11.21. 
2 Kgs. 4. 43. 
elSa. 9.13. 
Mat. 26. 27. 
fGn. 49.10. 
Deut. 18.15. 
Isa. 35. 4. 
Matt. 11. 3. 
& 17. 11. 
Lu.7.16,19. 
& 24. 19. 
chap. 1.31. 
& 4. 19, 25. 
& 7. 40. 
g Mt. 14.23. 
Mark 6. 46. 
chap. 2. 25. 
verse 3. 
hMt.14.22. 
Mark 6. 47. 
b A furlong 
is the length 
ofl Q 25paces. 
Luke 24. 13. 
i verse 11. 



A. D. 32. 



Christ feeds Jive thousand miraculously, ST. JOHN. and declares himself to he the bread of life. 

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : g A G ^^ s 24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not 

' there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and 
came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. 

25 And when they had found him on the other side of the 
sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when earnest thou hither 1 
t 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, 
but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 
d 27 k Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for 
that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the 
Son of man shall give unto you : for him hath God the 
Father sealed. 

28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we 
might work the works of God 1 

d 29 l Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work 
of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 

30 m They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest 
thou then, that we may see, and believe thee 1 what dost 
thou work? 

a 31 n Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is 
written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 

32 ° Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my 
Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 

* 33 p For the bread of God is he which cometh down from 
heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 

34 q Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us 
this bread. 

\ 35 r And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life : 
he that cometh to me, shall never hunger ; and he that 
believeth on me, shall never thirst. 

36 8 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and 
believe not. 

1 37 ' All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me ; 
and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. 

d 38 u For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own 
will, but the will of him that sent me. 

1 39 x And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, 
that of all' which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, 
but should raise it up again at the last day. 

° 40 y And this is the will of him that sent me, that every 
one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have 
everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. 

c 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I 
am the bread which came down from heaven. 

42 z And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, 
whose father and.mother we know 1 how is it then that he 
saith, I came down from heaven 1 

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Mur- 
mur not among yourselves. 

* 44 a No man can come to me, except the Father which 
hath sent me draw him : and I will raise him up at the last 
day. 

a 45 b It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all 
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, 
and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 

46 c Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he 
which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 

b 47 d Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on 
me hath everlasting life. 

* 48 e I am that bread of life. 

49 f Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and 
are dead. 

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, 
that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 

51 s I am the living bread which came down from hea- 
ven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : 
and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give 
for the life of the world. 

€.4 



there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust 

46 s For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed 
me ; for he wrote of me. 

47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye be- 
lieve my words ? 

CHAPTER VI. 

Christ feedeth Jive thousand men with Jive loaves and twojishes, 1 . There- 
upon the people would have made him king, 15. But withdrawing him- 
self, he wallceth on the sea to his disciples, 1 6 : reproveth the people 

Jlocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word, 26 : declareth 
himself to be the bread of life to believers, 32. Many disciples depart 

from him, 66. Peter confesseth him, 68. Judas is a devil, 70. 

sk FTER * these things Jesus went over the sea of Gali- 
JlL lee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 

/2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw 
his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 

3 a And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat 
with his disciples. 

1 4 b And the ° passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 
S 5 Tf c When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a 
great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence 
shall we buy bread that these may eat 1 

6 (And this he said to prove him : for he himself knew 
what he would do.) 

7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of 
bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may 
take a little. 

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, 
saith unto him, 

9 d There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, 
and two small fishes : but what are they among so many? 

10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. (Now there 
was much grass in the place.) So the men sat down in 
number about five thousand. 

m 1 1 e And Jesus took the loaves ; and when he had given 
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to 
them that were set down ; and likewise of the fishes, as 
much as they would 

^12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, 
Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost 

13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled 
twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, 
which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. 

14 f Then those men, when they had seen the miracle 
that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that 
should come into the world. 

/15 % g When Jesus therefore perceived that they would cSi'M;A 
come and take him by force, to make him a king, he de- 
parted again into a mountain himself alone. 

16 h And when even was now come, his disciples went 
down unto the sea, 

g 17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward 
Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not 
come to them. 

18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. 
m. 19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or 
thirty * furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and 
drawing nigh unto the ship : and they were afraid. 

20 But he saith unto them, It is I ; be not afraid. 
™21 Then they willingly received him into the ship : and 
immediately the ship was at the land whither they went, £%f£ 18 - 
/22 "[[ The day following, when the people which stood ]Jj n |H; 
on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other fgffe 316 - 
boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples werefe.&p, 
entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into thepfe^n, 
boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone ; Num. n. 7. 

S 23 ( i Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh feSs. 24. 
unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Hcb. r 3.'?6, 5 ' 
Lord had given thanks :) l s 9 ch & 3 4 'i:i. 



k Matt. 3. 
17. & 17. 5. 
Mark 1. 11. 
&9. 7. 
Luke 3. 22. 
& 9.35. 
ch.l. 32. & 

4. 10, 14. & 

5. 37. & 6. 
35, 40, 54, 
63. & 7. 38. 
& 8. 18. 
Acta 2. 22. 

1 Cor. 6. 13. 
Col. 2. 22. 

2 Pet. 1. 17. 
1 1 Jn. 3. 23. 
m Matt. 12. 
38. & 16. 1. 
Mark 8. 11. 
Luke 11.29. 

, 1 Cor. 1. 22. 
in Ex. 16.4 
1 14. 

Num. 11. 7. 

Neh. 9. 15. 

Paa. 78. 24. 

1 Cor. 10. 3 

chap. 1.9. 
versea 27, 
33,35. 

1 Cor. 10. 3 
p chap. 1. 4 
q ch. 4. 15. 

r Isa. 55. 1. 



& 7. 37 
a verse 26. 
t verse 45. 
uMt.26.39. 
Mark 14. 36. 
Luke 22.42, 
chap. 4. 34. 
& 5. 30. 
x ch. 10. 28. 
& 17. 12. & 
18.9. 

ych.3.15,16. 
z Mt. 13. 55. 
Mark 6. 3. 
Luke 3. 23. 
& 4. 22. 
a verses 37, 
39,65. 
b isa. 54. 13. 
Jer.31.34. 
Micah 4. 2. 
verses 37, 
44, 56. 
Heb. 8. 10. 
& 10. 16. 
cMt. 11.27. 
Luke 10.22. 



ch. 3. 9. & 
4.14. 
verse 56. 



Christ reproveth his kinsmen. ST. JOHN. He teacheth in the temple. 

52 h The Jews therefore strove among themselves, say- h * h "f & / 10 *|f But when his brethren were gone up, then went he 

also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 

1 1 i Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, 
Where is. he 1 

12 k And there was much murmuring among the people 
concerning him : for some said, He is a good man : others 
said, Nay ; but he deceiveth the people. 



iog, How can this man give us his flesh to eat ? 

d 53 i Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto [gkf[|f 
you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink l*^^ 9 
his blood, ye have no life in you 

b 54 k Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath 
eternal life ; and 1 will raise him up at the last day 

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink ;"*h:3"'i|. 
indeed. '"m ' 

56 ' He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, jig 
dwelleth in me, and I in him 

57 m As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by theiJi h cor.3.6 
Father : so he that eateth me, even he* shall live by me. 



15. 1 

verses 33,58, 
63. 

1 1 John 3. 
2-i..k-!. 16. 
Dt. a. 26. 



!,6B. 

_ (i. 19. 
Luke 24. 51. 

1.2.&3. 
13. 
Acts 1.9 



r ch. 2. !&). 
&13. 11. 

& 58 n This is that bread which came down from heaven ;|tl*a7tsft. 

verse 63. 



not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that, ac°s 5.20. 
eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 
S 59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught 
in Capernaum. 

60 ° Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard 
this, said, This is a hard saying ; who can hear it 1 




Ma k 8. 29. 
Luke 9. 20. 
ch. 11.27. 
xLukeB. 13. 
chap. 8. 44. 
a chap. 6. 1. 
oLev. 23.34. 
e Ml. 12.46. 
Mark 3. 31. 
| chap. 6. C6. 

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples mur-;^ 1 ;^; 
mured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? j&*$'.ao. i9- 

t 62 p What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend upk^/e'/so 1 ' 
where he was before ? i c i4. 3 i7?& 

63 q It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth! n 5 i"£ 630 . 
nothing : the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, ch 
and they are life. 

t 64 r But there are some of you that believe not. For 
Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that be- 
lieved not, and who should betray him. 

*■ 65 s And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no 
man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of 
my Father. 

c 66 «[ From that time many of his disciples went back, 
and walked no more with him. 

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go 
away! 

68 ' Then Simon Peter answered himJLord, to whom 
shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. 

1 69 u And we believe, and are sure that thou art that 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

< 70 x Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, 
and one of you is a devil ? 

71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the so?i of Simon : for he 
it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. 

CHAPTER VII. 
Jesus reproveth the ambition and boldness of his kinsmen, 1 : goelh upfront 
Galilee to the feast of tabernacles, 10 : teacheth in thetemple, 14. Divers 
opinions of him among the people, 40. The Pharisees are angry that 
their officers took him not, and chide with Nicodemus for taking his 
part, 45. 

AFTER a these things Jesus walked in Galilee : for he 
would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought 
to kill him. 
72 b Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. 



ich. 11.56. 
k Ml. 21. 46. 
Luke 7. 16. 
ciuip. 6. 14. 
& 9. 16. & 
10. 19. 
verse 40. 
I chap. 3. 2. 
&9.22.&12. 
42. & 19.38. 
mMt. 13.54. 
Mark 6. 3. 
Luke 4. 16. 
n ch. 8. 28. 
&. 12. 49 & 
M. 10,24. 
o ch. 3. 2. & 
8.47.&10.4, 
27.4c If*. 37. 
pch. 5.41. 

i. 24. 3. 
lleut. 33. 4. 
Matt. 12.14. 
Murk 3. 6. 
ch. 5. 16, 18. 
& 111. 39. & 
11.53. 

U'a7. f.3. 
rch.5 6. & 
8. 48, ."j2 & 

ID. 20,81. 
■ Go. 17. 10. 

Lev. 12.3. 
tllrtlt. l.lfi, 

17.41 IS. 10. 

Prov.24.23. 
chap. H 15- 
Jorooa 2. i. 

x Mi. 13. 55. 
M:irk 6. 3 



13 Howbeit, no man spake openly of him, for fear of 
the Jews. 

14 1| m Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up 
into the temple and taught. 

1 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this 
man letters, having never learned ? 

16 n Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not 
mine, but his that sent me. 

d 17 ° If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doc- 
trine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 

18 p He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory : 
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is 
true, and no uniighteousness is in him. 

19 q Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of 
you keepeth the law 1 Why go ye about to kill me ? 

c 20 r The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil : 
who goeth about to kill thee ? 

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one 
work, and ye all marvel. 

I 22 s Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision, (not 
because it is of Moses, but of the fathers ;) and ye on the 
sabbath-day circumcise a man. 

23 If a man on the -sabbath-day receive circumcision, 
that the law of Moses should not be broken ; are ye angry 
at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on 
the sabbath-day ? 

d 24 ' Judge not according to the appearance, but judge 
righteous judgment. 

g 25 u Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this 
he whom they seek to kill ? 

26 But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing 
unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the 
very Christ? 

27 x Howbeit, we know this man whence he is : but 
when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 

28 y Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, say- 
ing, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am : and I 
am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom 
ye know not. 

, 29 z But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath 
sent me. 

30 a Then they sought to lake him : but no man laid 
hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 

31 b And many of the people believed on him, and said. 
When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than tin 
which this man hath done? 

32 ^| c Thc Pharisees beard that the people murmured 



3 c His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, Luke 4' si such things concerning him ; and the Pharisees and the 
and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the 8. a'i&se, chief priests senl officers to take him. 
works that thou doest. Rmn.'3.4. rSS ''Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am 1 

. A -n . i • .7 . -i .i .>• • zHl 11.87. . . ... . . . . , 



ch.3.8 fc& 



4 d For there is no man that docth any tiling in secret, -'i ,'" 

" 1 ,il K 11 I 

and he himself seeketh to he known openly. If thou do 1 ^Se]i- ti 
these things, shew thyself to the world. ^ .,_ 

5 ( c For neither did his brethren believe in him.) 

6 f Then Jesus said unto them, My lime is not yet come: 
but your time is always ready. buffi Ipersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles ? 

c 7 g The world cannot. hate you; but meit halclh, because 36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall 

I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. i utn ii' seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, fhif/u, 

8 h Go ye up unto this feast : I go not up yet unto this u. in.- 1 ^ ye cannot come ? 
feast; for my time is not yet full come. ' :)7 ' In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus 

g-9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode stood and cried, saying, If anv man thirst, let hkn come 

still in Galilee. &■ * ".Junto me. and drink. 

149 4 F 65 



with you, and thrrtml go unto him that sent me. 

S 1 ' Ye shall seek ine, and shall not find me : and where 
I am, thither ye cannot come. 

35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will 
' :: '' he go, that we shall not find him ? will he go unto the dis- 

c h. 7. 19 

M i 



Christ is the light of the world. ST 

38 s He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, 
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 

1 39 h (But tliis spake he of the Spirit, which they that be- 
lieve on him should receive, for the Holy Ghost was not 
yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

40 «[[ s Many of the people therefore, when they heard 
this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 

c 41 k Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, 
Shall Christ come out of Galilee 1 

g 42 ' Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of 
the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where 
David was 1 

43 m So there was a division among the people because 
of him. 

44 n And some of them would have taken him ; but no 
man laid hands on him. 

/45 ^f Then came the officers to the chief priests and 
Pharisees ; and they said unto them, Why have ye not 
brought him ? 

1 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also 
deceived *? * 

48 ° Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees believed 
on him 1 

49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 

50 p Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus 
by night, being one of them,) 

51 q Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, 
and know what he doeth ? 

g 52 r They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of 
Galilee ] Search, and look : for out of Galilee ariseth no 
prophet. 

53 And every man went unto his own house. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Chrisl delivereth the woman taken in adultery, 1 : He preacheth himself 
the light of the world, and justifieth his doctrine, 12 ; answereth the Jews 
that boasted of Abraham, 33, and conveyeth himself from their cruelty, 59. 

,? "JESUS went unto the mount of Olives : 
%3 /2 And early in the morning he came again into the 
temple, and all the people came unto him ; and he sat down 
and taught them. 

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a 
woman taken in adultery : and when they had set her in 
the midst, 

4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in 
adultery, in the very act. 

5 a Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such 
should be stoned : but what sayest thou 1 

c 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to 
accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger 
AVrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 

k 7 b So when they continued asking him, he lifted up 
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among 
you, let him first cast a stone at her. 

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 

»»9 c And they which heard it, being convicted by their own 
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, 
even unto the last : and Jesus was left alone, and the 
woman standing in the midst. 

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but 
the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those 
thine accusers ? hath no man condemned thee 1 

d 1 1 d She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, 
Neither do I condemn thee : go and sin no more. 
'12 % e Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am 

the light of the world : he that followeth me shall not walk 

in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

13 f The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bear- 

est record of thyself ; thy record is not true. 



JOHN. 



The Jews boast of Abraham. 



A. D. 32. 



g lea. 12. 3. 
ifc35.6.«t44. 

3. &58. 11. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
chap. 4. 14. 
h Joel 2. 28. 
chap. 16. 7. 
Acts2.27,33, 
38.&4.31.& 
". 17. & II). 
44. & 19. 2. 
Eph. 4. 10. 
i lit. 18. 15. 
Matt. 21. 46. 
Luke 7. 10. 
&24. 19. 
ch. 1.21.& 

4. 19, 42. &. 
6. 14. 
verse 31. 
k ch. 1. 46. 
verse 52. 
1 1 Sa. 16. 1, 
4. & 17. 12, 
15. 

Psa. 132.11. 
Micah 5. 2. 
Matt. 2. 5. 
Luke 2. 4. 
m verse 12. 
ch. 9. 16. & 
10. 19. 
n verse 30. 

ch. 12. 42. 
Acts 6. 7. 

1 Cor. 1. 20. 
&2. 8. 
p chap. 3. 2. 
q Ex. 23. 1. 
Lev. 19. 15. 
Dt.l. 17. & 
17. 4, 8. & 
19. 15. 
rlsa. 9. 1,2. 
Matt. 4. 15. 
chap. 1. 40. 
verse 4 1 . 
aLev.20. 10. 
Dt. 22. 22. 
Ez. 10.38,40. 
bDeut. 7.7. 
Rom. 2. 1. 
cRom.2.22. 
d Lu. 9. 50. 
chap. 3. 17. 
e Isa. 49. 6. 
Luke 2. 32. 
ch. I.5.9.& 
3. 19. & 9. 5. 
& 12. 46. 
fch. 5.31. 




g ch. 7. 24. 
h Dt. 17. 6. 
& 19. 15. 
Matt. 18. 16. 
2 Cor. 13. 1. 
Heb. 10. 28 
i ch. 3. 2. & 
5. 36. 

k verse 27. 
I ch. 7.8,30 
m ch. 7. 34 
& 13. 33. 
verse 24. 
n ch. 3. 3, 6, 
31. & 15.9. 
Col. 3. 1. 

ch. 3. 32. 
&7. 28 
pch. 3. 14. 
& 5. 19. & 
12.32. 
verse 26. 

q Mt. 26. 39. 
Mark 14. 36. 
Luke 22. 42. 
ch.4.34.&5. 
30. & 6. 38. 
& 16. 32. 
r Isa. 42. 7. 
& 61.1. with 

1 Pet. 3. 19. 
Luke 4. 18. 
vsrse 36. 
Rom. 6.14. 
18.22.&8.2, 
15. 

.lames 1.25. 
& 2. 12. 
s Prov. 5.22. 
Rom. 6. 16. 

2 Pet. 2. 19. 
tGn. 21. 10. 
Gal. 4. 30. 

u Mat. 3. 9 
ch. 7. 19, 25. 
verse 39. 
Acts 13. 26. 
x ch. 3. 32. 
verse 26. 
y Ro. 4. 16. 
Gal. 3.7,29. 
z ch. 16. 27. 
& 17. 8, 25. 



14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear 
record of myself, yet my record is true ; for I know whence 
I came, and whither I go : but ye cannot tell whence I 
come, and whither 1 go. 
p 15 « Ye judge after the flesh, I judge no man. 

16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true : for I am 
not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 

17 h It is also written in your law, that the testimony of 
two men is true. 

18*1 am one that bear witness of myself; and the 
Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 

* 19 k Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father'? 
Jesus answered, Ye neither know me nor my Father : if 
ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. 

t 20 l These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he 
taught in the temple : and no man laid hands on him, for 
his hour was not yet come. 

*21 m Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, 
and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins : whither I 
go, ye cannot come. 

22 Then said the Jews, will he kill himselfl because he 
saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 

t 23 n And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath ; I am 
from above : ye are of this world ; I am not of this world. 

™24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your 
sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in 
your sins. 

25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? And Jesus 
saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from 
the beginning. 

26 ° I have many things to say, and to judge of you: 
but he that sent me, is true ; and I speak to the world those 
things which I have heard of him. 

27 They understood not that he spake to them of the 
Father. 

r 28 p Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up 
the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that 
I do nothing of fhyself; but as my Father hath taught me, 
I speak these things. , 

29 q And he that sent me is with me : the Father hath not 
left me alone ; for I do always those things that please him. 

c 30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 

^31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on 
him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples 
indeed ; 

b 32 r And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall 
make you free. 

c 33 ^f They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and 
were never in bondage to any man : how sayest thou, Ye 
shall be made free 1 

34 " Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin. 

1 35 ' And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, 
but the Son abideth ever. 

i> 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be 
free indeed. 

37 u I know that ye are Abraham's seed ; but ye seek 
to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 

38 * I speak that which I have seen with my Father : 
and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 

39 ? They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our 
father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's chil- 
dren, ve would do the works of Abraham. 

40 z But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told 
i'you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not 
Abraham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to 
him, We be not born of fornication ; we have one Father, 
even God. 

66 



A blind 'Man restored to sight. ST. JOHN 

42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye a ^ Jn D 3 32 8 - 
would love me : for I proceeded forth and came from God; jj u ^\' 2 l 
neither came I of myself, but he sent me. iJch^'io^ 

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because j l° ei ^- 5 l 
ye cannot hear my word. '«. c &7.".&' 

1 44 a Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your!f£ h - °- 40 
father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning,^ - 



fZech. 1.5. 
cli.3.27. 

and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth mjf§.3i.$;it 
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for 



When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own 
he is a liar, and tiie lather of it. 

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 

46 Which of you conviuceth me of sin ? And if I say the 
truth, why do ye not believe me ? 

c 47 b He that is of God, heareth God's words : ye there 
fore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 

48 c Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say 
we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil ? 

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil ; but I honour my 
Father, and ye do dishonour me 

50 d And I seek not mine own glory : there is one that 
seeketh and judgeth. 

* 51 e Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my say 
ing, he shall never see death. 

52 f Then said- the Jews unto him, Now we know that 
thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and 
thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste 
of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is 
dead ? and the prophets are dead : whom makest thou 
thyself? 

54 s Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is 
nothing : it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye 
say, that he is your God. 

55 h Yet ye have not known him ; but I know him: and 
if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto 
you : but I know him, and keep his saying 

c 56 ' Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day : and 
he saw it, and was glad. 

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty 
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? 

t 58 k Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Before Abraham was, I am. 

™ 59 ' Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus 
hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the 
midst of them, and so passed by. 

CHAPTER IX. 

The man that was horn blind restored to sight, 1 : He is brought to the 
Pharisees, 13: They are offendedat it. n>, and excommunicate him, 34 : 
but he is received of Jesus, and confesseth him, 35. Who they are whom 
Christ enlightenelh, 39. 

/A ND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind 
/\ from his Birth. 

2 a And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did 
sin, this man, or his parents, that be was born blind ! 

3 Jesus answered, Neither hafh this man sinned, nor his 
parents: but that the works of God should be made mani- 
fest in him. 



14. & 17. 5. 
verse 41. 
Acts 3. 13. 
hch. 1 18. 
verse 29. 
i Gen. 1-2. 3. 
& 15. (i. 
Gal. 3. 6, 8, 
Ifi. 

Heb. 11 13. 
I: ch. 6. 33. 
& IB. 27. & 
17. 24. 
I ch. 10. 31. 
a verse 34. 
b ch. 4. 34. 
& -5. 19. & 
12. 35. &. 
17. 4. 

r ch. 1. 5, 9. 
&3. 19.&& 
12. & 12.35, 
46. 



The Pharisees consequently offended. 

9 Some said, This is he : others said, He is like him : but 
he said, I am he. 

10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes 
opened ? 
g 11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus, 

made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go 
to the pool of Siloam, and wash : and I went and washed, 
and I received sight. 

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I 
know not. 

/ 13 % They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime 
was blind. 

14 And it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the clay 
and opened his eyes. 

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had 
received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon 
mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 

16 d Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is 
not of God, because hekeepeth not the sabbath-day. Others 
said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And 
there was a division among them. 

17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou 
of him, that he hath opened thine eyes ? He said, He is a 
prophet. 

c 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he 
had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the 
parents of him that had received his sight. 

19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who 
ye say was born blind ? How then doth he now see ? 

20 His parents answered them and said, We know that 
this is our son, and that he was born blind : 

21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not ; or 
who hath opened liis eyes, w"e know not : he is of age ; ask 
him : he shall speak for himself. 

c 22 e These words spake his parents, because they feared 
the Jews : for the Jews had agreed already, that if any 
man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out 
of the synagogue. 

23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age ; ask him. 

24 f Then again called they the man that was blind, and 
said unto him, Give God the praise : we know that this 
man is a sinner. 

1 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or 
no, I know not : one thing I know, that, whereas I was 
blind, now I see. 

26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee ? 
how opened he thine eyes ? 

27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye 
did not hoar: wherefore would you hear it again? will 
ye also be his disciples ? 

28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disci- 
ple ; but we are Moses' disciples. 

29 * We know dial God spake unto Moses; as for this 
fellow, we know not from whence lie is. 

30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein 
is a marvellous thing, thai ye know not from whence he is. 



4 b I must work the works of him that sent me, while il /" ' ; ;u U \ yet he hath opened mine eyes. 



• b in. 

;'i \ . , 



is day: the night comcth, when no man can work 

< 5 c As long as I am in the worJ 
world. \ - >,._n 5 

•i 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, j<g» j; ; - ' 
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes o( '£'..:' 
the blind man' with the clay, 

7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, 



'31 '' Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if 
I am the light of the ; any man be a worshipper of God, and docth his will, him 

he heareth. 

' :)1 ' Since the world began was it not heard that any 
man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 

33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 
/34 k They answered and said unto him, Thou wast alto- 
( which is by interpretation, Sent.) lie went his way there- V: .';' »•* gether born in sins, and dost thou teach us ? And they cast 
fore, and washed, and came seeing 



I... 1 15 
i l.i 

and they which before fjSl.* 



/8 ^[ The neighbours therefore 

had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat SJm \i 

and begged ? 



him out. 



&. he 
i.60. I In 



35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out : and when 



had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on 
Son of God'' 

67 



mMt. 11.25. 
Lu. 10. 21. 
chop. 3. 19. 
& 12. 47. 
ver. 25, 30. 
2 Cor. 3. 14. 

ch. 7. 49. 
ver. 2d 34. 
Rom. 2. 19. 

ch. 15. 22. 
a Je'. 23. 1. 
&.50. (i. 
Ezek. 34. 2. 
h Ez. 34. 14. 
Rom. 5. 1. 
Heb. 10. 19. 
clsa.40. 11. 
Ez.34.23.& 
37. 24. 
Micah 5. 4. 

1 Pet. 2. 25. 
&5. 4. 
dEz.34. 11. 
verse 1 1 . 
2Tim. 2. 19. 
eEz.37.22. 
flsa.53. 11. 
ver. 11, 15. 
s ch. ± 19, 
21. & 5. 21. 
h ch. 9. 16. 
icliup.7.20. 
& 8. 48, 52. 



Christ is the door and the good shepherd. ST. JOHN 

36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might A - D 
believe on him 1 

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, 
and it is he that talketh with thee. 

d 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped 
him. 

t 39 If m And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into 
this world ; that they which see not might see, and that 
they which see, might be made blind. 

40 n And some of the Pharisees which were with him 
heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also 1 

t 41 ° Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should 
have no sin : but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin 
remaineth. 

CHAPTER X. 

Christ is the door, and the good shepherd, 1 : Divers opinions of him, 19 : 
He proveth by his works, that he is Christ the Son of God, 25 : Escapeth 
the Jews, 39, and goeth again beyond Jordan, where many believe on 
him, 40. 

yERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that entereth not by 
the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some 
other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 

* 2 But he that entereth in by the door, is the shepherd 
of the sheep. 

3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his 
voice : and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth 
them out. 

4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth 
before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his 
voice. 

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from 
him : for they know not the voice of strangers. 

6 This parable spake Jesus, unto them : but they under- 
stood not what things they were which he spake unto them. 

t 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 

8 a All that ever came before me are thieves and rob- 
bers : but the sheep did not hear them. 

b 9 b I am the door : by me if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, 
and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and 
that they might have it more abundantly. 

« 11 c I am the good shepherd ; the good shepherd giveth 
his life for the sheep. 

12 But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose 
own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth 
the sheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them, and 
scattereth the sheep. 

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and 
careth not for the sheep. 

14 d I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and 
am known of mine. 

' 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the 
Father . and I lay down my life for the sheep. 

t 16 e And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold 
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and 
there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 

17 f Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay 
down my life, that I might take it again. 

* 18 e No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my 
self. I have power to lay-it down, and I have power to take 
it again. This commandment have I received of my 
Father. 

19 ^f h There was a division therefore again among the 
Jews for these sayings. 

e 20 l And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad ; 
why hear ye him 1 

21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath 
a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind 1 



Account of the sickness of Lazarus. 

g 22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, 
and it was winter. 
/ 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 

24 k Then came the Jews round about him, and said un- 
to him, How long dost thou make us to doubt 1 If thou be 
the Christ, tell us plainly. 

25 l Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed 
not : the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear 
witness of me. 

t '26 m But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, 
as I said unto you. 

c 27 n My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they 
follow me : 

t 28 ° And I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall 
never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. 

t* 29 J> My Father, which gave them me, is greater than 
all ; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's 
hand. 

t 30 q I and my Father are one. 

31 r Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 

32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I 
shewed you from my Father ; for which of those works do 
ye stone me 1 

33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work 
we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy, and because that 
thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 

34 s Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, 
I said, Ye are gods 1 

35 ' If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God 
came, and the scripture cannot be broken ; 

36 u Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and 
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I 
am the Son of God 1 

37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 

38 x But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the 
works : that ye may know and believe that the Father is 
in me, and I in him. 

39 Therefore they sought again to take him ; but he 
escaped out of their hand, 

g 40 y And went away again beyond Jordan, into the place 
where John at first baptized ; and there he abode. 

41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no 
miracle ; but all things that John spake of this man were 
true. 

d 42 And many believed on him there. 

CHAPTER XL 
Christ raiseth Lazarus four days buried, \ . Many Jews believe, 45. The 
chief priests and Pharisees gather a council against Christ, 47. Caia- 
phas prophesieth, 49. Jesus hideth himself, 54. At the passovcr they 
inquire after him, and lay wait for him, 55. 

«W a cer ^ n man was sick, named Lazarus, ol 

°XtI Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 
/2 a (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with 
ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother 
Lazarus was sick.) 

3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, be- 
hold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 

* 4 b When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not 
unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God 
might be glorified thereby. 

b 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 
G When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he 
abode two days still in the same place where he was. 

7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into 
Judea again. 

8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late 
sought to stone thee' ; ai«d goest thou thither again 1 

d 9 c Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the 
day 1 If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, be- 
cause he seeth the light of this world. 

68 



d ch. 12. 35. 
e ch. 10. 24. 
& 16. 25. 
fch. 9. 30. 
gLu. 14. 14. 
chap. 5. 29. 
h ch. .i. 21. 
& 6. 39, 44. 
i chap. b. 35. 
kMat.11.3. 
& 16. 16. & 
17. 11. 
ch. 4. 4" & 
C. 14, 69. 
1 verse 19. 
m verse 21. 
chap. 9. 6. 
o verse 4. 
Rom. 0. 4. 



A. D. 33. 



Account of the death of Lazarus. ST. JOHN 

10 d But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, becaus e 
there is no light in him. 

1 1 These things said he : and after that he saith unto 
them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go that I may 
awake him out of sleep. 

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do 
well. 

13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death : but they thought 
that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 

14 e Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 

1 5 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, 
to the intent ye may believe ; nevertheless, let us go 
unto him. 

/16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his 
fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. 
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in 
the grave four days already. 

s 18 (Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen 
furlongs off:) 

/19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, 
to comfort them concerning their brother. 

20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was 
coming, went and met him : but Mary sat still in the house. 

21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been 
here, my brother had not died. 

c 22 f But I know that even now, whatsoever thou wilt 
ask of God, God will give it thee. 

23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 

t 24 g Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise 
again in the resurrection at the last day. 

t 25 h Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the 
life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet 
shall he live : 

b 26 ' l And whosoever liveth, and believeth in me, shall 
never die. Believest thou this 1 

c 27 k She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou 
art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the 
world. 

28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and 
called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, 
and calleth for thee. 

29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and 
came unto him. 

30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was 
in that place where Martha met him. 

/31 J The Jews then which were with her in the house, 
and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose up 
hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto 
the grave to weep there. 

32 m Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and 
saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, 
if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the 
Tews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in 
the spirit, and was troubled, 

34 And said, Where have ye laid him ? They say unto 
him. Lord come and see. 

* 35 Jesus wept 

36 Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him ! 

37 n And some of them said, Could not this man, whicl 
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this 
man should not have died 1 

38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to|jJ*^'^3 
the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. '"i',' i';i"'n 

^39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the ','„i. ■!",.'.'"• 
s'ster of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this ',;""'"" ■ :: " 
lime he stinkcth : for he hath been dead four days. 



a. n. na . 

I. 1 



II rliri|, 

II. IK 



■. Mr. 98 6 
Mnrk II. 3 



40 ° Jesus saith unto her, said I not unto thee, that if ■.„ ?. 
Llvon wouMest believe, thou shouldest see the glorv of God? ri'Xi:. 1 <.•? 

J3G 



I. I,m. in 40 
I. u 7. 37 

bap, 11 .2 



Christ raiseth him from the dead. 

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where 
the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, 
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me : 

42 And I knew that thou hearest me always : but be- 
cause of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may 
believe that thou hast sent me. 

43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud 
voice, Lazarus, come forth. 

™ 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and 
foot with grave-dothes : and his face was bound about 
with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let 
him go. 

45 p Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and 
had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 

46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, 
and told them what things Jesus had done. 

/ 47 ^[ i Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees 
a council, and said, What do we 1 for this man doeth many 
miracles. 

48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : 
and the Romans shall come, and take away both our place 
and nation. 

49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high 
priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing 
at all, 

50 r Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one 
man s-hould die for the people, and that the whole nation 
perish not. 

51 And this spake he not of himself : but being high 
priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for 
that nation ; 

52 8 And not for that nation only, but that also he should 
gather together in one the children of God that were scat- 
tered abroad. 

53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together 
for to put him to death. 

g 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the 
Jews ; but went thence unto a country near to the wil- 
derness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued 
with his disciples. 

J 55 % ' And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand : and 
many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the 
passover, to purify themselves. 

56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among them- 
selves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he 
will not come to the feast ? 

57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had 
given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he 
were, he should shew it, that they might take him. 

CHAPTER XII. 
Jesus cxcuselh JITary anointing his feet, I. The people flock to see Laza- 
rus, 0. The chief priests consult to kill him, 10. Christ rideth into 
Jerusalem, 12. Greeks desire to see Jesus, 20 : he foretelleth his death, 23. 
Tlic Jews are generally blinded, :»7 : yet many chief rulers believe, but 
do not confess him, 42: therefore Jesus calleth earnestly for confession 
ef faith, 44. 

THEN tt Jesus, six days before the passover, came to 
Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been (lead. 
whom he raised from the dead. 

2 b There they made him a supper ; and Martha served: 
hut Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 

3 c Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, 
very eo>tly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his 
feet with her hair : and the house was filled with the odour 
of the ointment. 

4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, SimonV 
son, which should betray him, 

5 Why was not this 'ointment sold for three hundred 



pence, and given to the poor 1 
c 6 d This he said, not that he cared for the poor ; but be- 

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The people hear a voice from heaven. ST 

cause he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was 
put therein. 

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone : against the day of 
my burying hath she kept this. . 

8 e For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye 
have not always. 

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was 
there : and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that 
they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from 
the dead. 

c 10 il But the chief priests consulted that they might put 
Lazarus also to death ; 

11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews 
went away, and believed on Jesus. 

12 ^[ f On the next day, much people that were come 
to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to 
Jerusalem, 

« 13 s Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to 
meet him, and cried, Hosanna ; Blessed is the King of 
Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 

14 Aud Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat there 
on ; as it is written, 

a 15 h Fear ;tot, daughter of Sion : behold, thy King cometh, 
sitting on an ass's colt. 

16 These things understood not his disciples at the first : 
but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that 
these things were written of him, and that they had done 
these things unto him. 

17 The people therefore that was with him when he 
called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the 
dead, bare record. 

18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they 
heard that he had done this miracle. 

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Per 
ceive ye how ye prevail nothing] behold, the world is gone 
after him. 

f 20 % l And there were certain Greeks among them, that 
came up to worship at the feast. 

§•21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of 
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired Mm, saying, Sir, we would 
see Jesus. 

22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew : and again, An- 
drew and Philip tell Jesus. 

t 23 *ft And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is 
come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 

a 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat 
fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone : but if it die, 
it bringeth forth much fruit. 

25 k He that loveth his life shall lose it ; and he that 
hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal. 

d 26 l If any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where 
I am, there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, 
him will my Father honour. 

27 m Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? 
Father, save me from this hour : but for this cause came I 
unto this hour. 

t 28 Father, glorify thy name- Then came there a voice 
from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glo- 
rify it again. 

29 The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said 
that it thundered. Others said, An angel spake to him. 

30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not be- 
cause of me, but for your sakes. 

31 n Now is the judgment of this world : now shall the 
prince of this world be cast out. 

1 32 ° And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all 
men unto me. 

33 (This he said, signifying what death he should die.) 

34 p The people answered him, We have heard out of 



A.D. 33. 



e Dt. 15. 11 
Mat. 26. 11 
Mark 14. 7 
CMt. 21. 8. 
Mark 11. 8 
Luke 19. 38 
s Psa. 118. 
25,26. 
h Zech. 9. 9. 
ilKg.8. 41. 
k Mt. 10.39. 
& 16. 25. 
Mark 8. 35. 
I. uke 9. 24. 
& IT. 33. 
luh. 14. 3. & 
17.24. 

1 Th. 4. 17. 
m Mt. 26. 39. 
Heb. 5. 7. 
ncli. 5.22, 
27. & 14. 30. 
&16. 11. 
Acts 26. 18. 

2 Cor. 4. 4. 
EjjIi. 2, 2.& 
6. 12, 

o ch. 3. 14. 
p2Sa. 7. 13. 
Psa. 89. 30, 
37. & 110.4. 
Isa. 9. 6, 7. 
Ez. 37. 25. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
& 7. 14, 27. 
Luke 1. 33. 



JOHN. Jesus washeth his disciples 1 feet. 

the law that Christ abideth for ever : and how sayest thou, 
The Son of man must be lifted up ? Who is this Son of 
man ? - 

35 i Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the 
light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest dark- 
ness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness 
knoweth not whither he goeth. 

d 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may 
be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and 
departed, and did hide himself from them. 

c 37 ^J But though he had done so many miracles before 
them, yet they believed not on him : 

» 38 r That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be ful 
filled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? 
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 

39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias 
said again, 

« 40 s He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their 
heart ; that they should not see with their eyes, nor un- 
derstand with their heart, and be converted, and I should 
heal them. 

41 ' These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, 
and spake of him. 

42 % u Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many 
believed on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did 
not confess him,, lest they should be put out of the syna- 
gogue : 

c 43 * For they loved the praise of men more than the 
praise of God. 

44 IT y Jesus cried, and said, He that believeth on me, 
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me : 

45 And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. 

46 z I am come a light into the world, that whosoever 
believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 

47 a And if any hear my words, and believe not, I judge 
him not : for I came not to judge the world, but to save 
the world. 

* 48 b He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, 
hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, 
the same shall judge him in the last day. 

49 c For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father 
which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should 
say, and what I should speak. 

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting : 
whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said 
unto me, so I speak. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Jesus washeth his disciples' feet, 1 : exhorteth them to humility and charity, 
14 : He foretelleth and disco-vereth to John by a token, that Judas should 
betray him, 18 : commandeth them to love one another, 31 : and fore- 
warneth Peter of his denial, 36. 

"~OW a before the feast of the passover, when Jesus 
knew that his hour was come that he should depart 
out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own 
which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 

2 b And supper being ended, (the devil having a now put 

into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,) 

t 3 c Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things 

{■jinto his hands, and that he was come from God, and went 



A.D. 33. 



q ch. 1.9. & 
11.9. 

r lea. 53. 1. 
Rom. 10. 16. 
s Isa. 6. 9. 
Matt. 13. 14. 
Mark 4. 12. 
Luke 8. 10. 

Acts 28. en. 

Rom. It. 8. 
tlsa.fi. 1. 
u ch. 3. 2. St. 

22. 
xchap.5.44. 
yl Pet. 1.21. 
zch. 1. 5. (1. 
&3.10. &8. 
12. & 9. 5. 
aMk.16.lG. 
chap. 3. 17. 
& 8. 15. 
2 Pet. 3. 9. 
b Dt. 18. 19. 
ch. 15. 22. 

ch. 14. 10. 

Mat. 26. 
Mark 14. *., 
Luke 22. J. tn God 
ch. 12.23. &' LV 
17. 1, 11. 
b verse 27. 
a Gr. cast, 
Acts 5. 3. 
Eph. 6. IS. 

Mt.11.27. 
& 23. 18. 
ch. 1. 18. & 
3.13.35.&5. 
27. & 8. 42. 
& 17. 2. 
Acts 2. 36. 
Heb. 1.2. & 
2.8. 

il Luke 17. 8. 
& 22. 2" 



4 d He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments ; 
and took a towel, and girded himself. 

5 After that, he poureth water into a bason, and began 
to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel 



wherewith he was girded. 



6 e Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith 
unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet 1 
t 7 l Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou 
Luke | "'jknowest not now ; but thou shalt know hereafter. 

8 s Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. 

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verso 12. 
Mut.3.U. 



hch.15.3. 
Acts 15. 9. 
i ch. 6. 64. 

not my feet only, jv«}W,|i : 

8, in. 

Luke 6. 46. 
1 Cot. 8. ti. 
I Mt. 11. 29, 
Ro. 12. 10. 
Phil. 2. 3, 5. 

1 Pet. 5. 5. 
mMt.lO.24. 
Luke 6. 40. 
ch. 15. 20. 

Jam. 4. 17. 

Ps. 41. 10. 
chap. 0. 64. 
vei. 11, 21. 
pMt. 10. 40. 
& 25. 40. 
a Mf. 26.21. 
Mark 14. 18. 
Lu. 22. 21. 
i ch. 19. 26. 
&. 21. 7, 10. 
b That is, 
softly to 
John alone, 
verse 28. 
s Lu. 22. 3. 
verse 2. 
t ch. 12. 6 
uch. 7. 18. 
& 8. 54. & 
12. 23, 28. 

2 Cor. 4. 4. 
Col. 1. 15. 
Heb. 1. 3. 
xlSa. 2.30. 
y ch. 7. 34. 
& 8. 21. 
zLv. 19. 18. 
Mat. 22. 39. 
ch. 15.12,17. 
Gal. 6. 2. 
Eph.5. 2. 
lThes.4.9 
James 2. 8. 

1 Pet. 1. 22. 
1 John 2. 7. 
&3. 11, 16, 
23. & 4- 21. 
a Acts 4. 32. 
b ch. 21. 18 



Christ gives his disciples a new commandment. ST. 

Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part 
with me. 

9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord 
but also my hands and my head. 

10 h Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not 
save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit : and ye are 
clean, but not all. 

t 11 ! For he knew who should betray him : therefore said 
he, Ye are not all clean. 

12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his 
garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, 
Know ye what I have done to you 1 

13 k Ye call me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for 
so I am. 

d 14 l If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your 
feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

15 For 1 have given you an example, that ye should do 
as I have done to you. 

16 m Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not 
greater than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than 
he that sent him. 

17 n If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 
t 18 % ° I speak not of you all ; I know whom I have 

chosen; but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that 
eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me. 

19 Now I tell you before it come, that when it is come 
to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 

d 20 p Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth 
whomsoever I send, receiveth me ; and he that receiveth 
me, receiveth him that sent me. 

r 21 1 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, 
and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that 
one of you shall betray me. 

22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting 
of whom he spake. 

/23 r Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom, one of his 
disciples, whom Jesus loved. 

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he 
should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 

25 He then, lying on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, 
Lord, who is it? 

26 Jesus * answered, He it is to whom I shall give a 
sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the 
sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot the son of Simon. 

27 ' And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then 
said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. 

28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he 
spake this unto him. 

29 l For some of them thought, because Judas had the 
bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that 
we have need of against the feast ; or, that he should give 
something to the poor. 

30 He then, having received the sop, went immediately 
out : and it was night. 

'<81 ^f u Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, 
Now is the Son of daan glorified, and God is glorified in him. 

32 " If God lie glorified in him, God shall also glorify him 
in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 

33 * Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye 
shall seek me; and, as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, 
ye cannot come, so now I say to you. 

<i' 34 z A new commandment I give unto you, That ye 
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love 
one another. 

r - 35 a By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, 
if ye have love one to another. 



A.D.33. 




36 If b Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goes! ;',?' ',.{ .]','• 



thou] Jesus answered him, Whither 1 go, thou canst not 
follow me now ; but thou shalt follow me afterward. 



JOHN. He promiseih the Holy Ghost the Comforter. 

37 c Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee 
now 1 I will lay down my life for thy sake. 

r 38 d Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for 
my sake 1 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall 
not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Ckriit comforteth his disciples with the hope of heaven, 1 : professeth him- 
self the way, the truth, and the life ; anclone with the Father, 6 : assureth 
their prayers in his name to be effectual, 1 3 : requesteth love and obedi- 
ence, 15: promiseih the Holy Ghost the comforter, 16: and leaveth his 
peace with them, 27. 

ET a not your heart be troubled : ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. 
2 b In my Father's house are many mansions : if it were 
not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place 
for you. 

b 3 c And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there 
ye may be also. 

4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither 
thou goest ; and how can we know the way 1 

t 6 d Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, 
and the life : no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

t 7 e If ye had known me, ye should have known my 
Father also : and from henceforth ye know him, and have 
seen him. 

*8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it 
sufficeth us. 

9 f Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with 
you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip 1 he that hath 
seen me, hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, 
Shew us the Father 1 

1 10 Belie vest thou not that I am in the Father, and the 
Father in me 1 the words that I speak unto you, I speak 
not of myself: but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he 
doeth the works. 

11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father 
in me : or else believe me for the very works' sake. 

12 g Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on 
me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works 
than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. 

d 13 h And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will 
I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son., 
14 If ye shall ask any tiling in my name, I will do it 

c 15 If ' If ye love me, keep my commandments : 

& 16 k And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever ; 
17 ' Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot 
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : 
but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be 
in you. 

6 18 m I will not leave you a comfortless : I will come to you. 

19 n Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; 
but ye see me : because I live, ye shall live also. 

20 ° At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, 
and you in me, and I in you. 

d 21 p He that hath my commandments, and keepeth (hem, 
he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest 
myself to him. 

22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord, * how is ii 
that thou wilt manifest, myself unto us, and not unto the 
world ? 

l> 23 * Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love 
me, he will keep my words : and my Father will love him. 
and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 
24 r He that loveth me not, kcopcth not my sayings : 
and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father' 
which sent me. 

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T.4.7. 



Itev. 3. 20. 
t ch. 7. 2.°. 
fc 8. 28. & 
12 49. 



Similitude of the vine and its branches 

25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet 
present with you. 

t 26 s But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatso- 
ever I have said unto you. 

b 27 * Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you : 
not as the world givetb, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

28 u Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and 
come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, 
because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is 
greater than I. 

29 x And now 1 have told you before it come to pass, 
that when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 

30 y Hereafter I will not talk much with you : for the 
prince of this Avorld cometh, and hath nothing in me. 

31 z But that the world may know that I love the 
Father ; and as the Father gave me commandment, even 
so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 

CHAPTER XV. 
The consolation and mutual love between Christ and his members, under 
the 'parable of the vine, 1. A comfort in the hatred and persecution of 
the world], 18. The office of the Holy Ghost, and of the apostles, 26- 

a AM the true vine, and my Father is the husband- 
man. 
t 2 b Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh 

away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, 

that it may bring forth more fruit. 

3 c Now ye are clean through the word which I have 

spoken unto you. 

d 4 d Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot 

bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine : no more 

can ye, except ye abide in me. 

A 5 e I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth 

in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit : 

for without me ye can do nothing. 

6 f If a mar: abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, 
and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into 
the fire, and they are burned. 

7 s If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye 
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 
d*8 h Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much 
fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : 
continue ye in my love. 

b 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my 
love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, 
and abide in his love. 

11 ! These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy 
might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 
d 12 k This is my commandment, That ye love one ano- 
ther, as I have loved you. 

13 l Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay 
down his life for his friends. 

c 14 m Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command 
you. 

15 "Henceforth I call you not servants ; for the servant 
knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you 
friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I 
have made known unto you. 
'16 ° Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and 
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and 
that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask 
of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 
d 17 p These things I command you, That ye love one 
another. 

'-' 18 i If the world hate you, ye know thai it hated me 
before it hated you. 
1 19 r If ye were of the world, the world would love his 



ST. JOHN. 



A, 0. 33. 

sLu. 24.49. 

cli. 2. 22. & 

12. lfi. & 15. 

26. & 16. 7. 

t verse 1. 

uLu.24.51. 

chap. 10.29. 

&. 16. 6. 

ver. 12, 18. 

x ch. 13. 19. 

& 16. 4. 

y ch. 12. 31. 

& 16. 11. 

z Isa. 50. 5. 

clmp. 10. 18. 

Philip. 2. 8. 

Hob. 10. 5. 

a Mt. 21. 33. 

eh. 1. 9. & 

6. 32, 55. 

verse 5. 

1 Cor. 3. 9. 

b Ml. 15.13. 

Gal. 5. 22. 

Epli. 5. 9. 

c chap. 13. 

10. & 17. 17. 

Eph. 5. 26. 

d 1 .In. 2. 6. 

. ch. 6. 68. 

Acts 4. 12. 

Philip. 4. 13. 

f Matt. 3. 10. 

& 7. 19. 
; ch. 14. 13, 
4.& 16.23. 

/arse 16. 

I John 3. 22 

hMa(.5.16. 

chap. 8. 31. 

& 13. 35. 

1 Cor. 6. 10. 

i ch. 17. 13. 

1 John 1. 4. 

k ch. 13. 34. 

Eph. 5. 2. 

1 Thes. 4. 9. 

1 John 3. 11, 

16. &. 4. 21. 

Ich. 10.11, 

15. 

Rom. 5. 6. 

ra verse 10. 

n ch. 17. 26. 

Acts 20. 27. 

Epli. 1. 9.& 

3.5. 

Col. 1. 26. 

Matt. 13. 
10. & 21 22. 
& 28. 19. 
Mark 16.15. 
chap. 4. 36. 
& 6. 70. & 
13. 18. 
verses 7, 19. 
Acts 13. 47. 
& 20. 28. 

1 Tim. 2. 7. 
1 John 3.21. 
p verse 12. 
q Mt. 10. 25. 
1 Jn.3.1,13. 
rfph.5. 13. 
1 John 4. 5. 



A. D 33. 



s Mt. 10. 24. 
& 22. 15. & 
26. 61. 
Mark 12. 13. 
& 14. 58. 
Luke 6. 40. 
&. 11. 53. & 
20. 20. 
ch. 2. 19. & 

5. 18. & 8. 
38. & 13. 16. 

6. 19. 7. 
Ac. 7.37,48. 
t Matt. 10. 
22. & 24. 9. 
chap. lfi. 3. 
u Mat. 7. 28. 
chap. 7. 46. 
&9. 41. 
verse 24. 
Acts 17. 30. 
James 4. 17. 
x ch. 5. 38. 
y ch. 3. 2. & 
7.31.&9.32. 
verse 22. 
Acts 2. 22. 
& 10. 38. 
zPsa.35.19. 
& 69. 5. 

ch. 10.34.& 
12 3-1. 
a Ln.24.49. 
ch. 14. 20. 
& 16. 7. 
1 John 5. 6. 
b Mark 1.1. 
Luke 1.2. 
Ac. 1. 8, 21. 
&2.32.&S. 
15. &. 4. 20, 
33. & 5. 32. 
& 10. 39. & 

13. 31. 

1 Peter 5. 1. 
I Jn. 1. 1, 2. 
aMt.5.12.& 
11. 6. & 24. 
10. & 26. 31. 
verses 4. 6. 
h Lji. 6. 22. 
Acts 8. 1.& 
9 1. &23. 

14. & 26. 9. 
c Mat. 24.9. 
ch. 15. 21. 
Rem. 10. 2. 
1 Tim. 1.13. 
(1 Mat. 9. 15. 
Mark 2. 19. 
l.uke 5. 34. 
ch. 14. 1,27. 



The great office of the Holy Spirit. 
own ; but because ye are not of the world, but I have 
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 

20 s Remember the word that I said unto you, The serv- 
ant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted 
me, they will also persecute you : if they have kept my 
saying, they will keep yours also. 

21 ' But all these things will they do unto you for my 
name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. 

22 u If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had 
not had si:i : but now they have no cloak for their sin. 

c 23 x He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 

24 >' If I had not done among them the works which none 
other man did, they had not had sir; : but now have they 
both seen, and hated both me and my Father. 

« 25 z But this cometh to pass, that the word might be ful- 
filled that is written in their law, They hated me without a 
cause. 

b 26 a But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send 
unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. 

27 b And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have 
been with me from the beginning. 

CHAPTRP XVT. 

Christ comforteth his disciples against tribulation by the promise of the 
Holy Ghost, and by his resurrection and ascension, 1 ; assureth their 
prayers made in his name to be acceptable to his Father, 23. Peace in 
Christ., and, in the world affficttor., 33. 

THESE a things have I spoken unto you, that ye should 
not be offended. 
*• 2 b They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the 
time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he 
doeth God service. 

3 c And these things will they do unto you, because they 
have not known the Father, nor me. 

4 d But these things have I told you, that when the time 
shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them 
And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, 
because I was with you. 

5 e But now I go my way to him that sent me, and none 
of you asketh me, Whither goest thou 1 

6 f But because I have said these things unto you, sor- 
row hath filled your heart. 

''7 s Nevertheless, I tell you the truth : It is expedient 
for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Com- 
forter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send 
him unto you. 

1 8 h And when he is come, he will reprove the world of 
sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment . 

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me ; 

10 * Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and 
ye see me no more ; 

1 1 k Of judgment, because the prince of this world is 
judged. 

1 2 ' I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye can- 
not bear them now. 

b 13 m Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he 
will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of him- 
self; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 
and he will shew you things to come. 

14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and 
shall shew it unto you. 
* 15 n All things that the Father hath are mine : therefore 
said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto 
you. 

16 "A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, 
a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the 
Father. 



e ch. 7. 33. 
& 8. 14,21. 
& 14. 28. 
ver. 10, 16,28 
f chan. 14.1, 



_. chap. 7. 
39. & 14. 16, 
26. & 15.26. 
Acts 2. 33. 
h Acts 2. 4, 
22. & 3. 12. 



&4. 1. 
i 2 Th. 1. 6 
Heb. 6. 10. 
k Lu. 10. 18. 
ch. 12. 31. 
Colos. 2-. 5. 



Hob. 3. 14. lActs II. 28 II Tim. 4.1. In Mt. 11. 27.|r> verses 5. 
I 1 Cor. 3. 1. & 13. 1. & 2 Tim. 3. 1. chap. 3. 35. 17, 18. 
Heb. 5. II. 20.29.&21.lHpb. 8. 10. & 13. 3. & chap. 7. 33 
mchap. 14. II. 12 Pet. 1. 14. 17. 10. & 13.3,33 

26. fc 15. 26. Eph. 4. 11. Ichap. 2. 27. iverse 14. I& 14. 19. 
verse 14. 

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hrist prayetn to his Fatha . ST. JOHN. 

17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves ' A -' 



'jpMt. 27.27. 

What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye]g&eS3 ; 27. 
shall not see me : and again, A little while, and ye shall rai 2 ^. 
see me : and, Because I go to the Father 1 lli^ho. 

13 They said therefore, >Vhat is this that he saith, A little i&ill&fu: 
while 1 we cannot tell what he saith. r£i%£m. 

t 19 Now Jesus kaew that they were desirous to ask him, f Pcler L8 . 
and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that!2i M k> 7 ' 7 ' te 
I said, a little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, affi^itf!' 
little while, and ye shall see me 1 |i!':"# fc 

20 p Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weepj^Actfiifi, 
and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be 
sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 

21 A woman whew she is in travail hath sorrow, because 
her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the 
child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that 
a man is born into the world. 

22 q And ye now therefore have sorrow : but I will see 
you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no 
man taketh from you. 

l> 23 r And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father 
in my name, he will give it you. 

( l 24 s Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name . ask, 
and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 

25 'These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: 
but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you 
in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 

26 a At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say 
not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : 

° 27 x For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have 
loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 

28 y I came forth from the Father, and am come into 
the world : again, I leave the world, and go to the Father 
/29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou 
plainly," and speakest no proverb. 

* 30 z Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and 
needest not that any man should ask thee : by this we 
believe that thou earnest forth from God. 

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe ? 

32 a Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye 
shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave 
me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is 
with me. 
& 33 b These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye 

might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, 
but be of good cheer : I have overcome the world. 
chapter xvir. 

Christ prayelh to his Father to glorify him, 1 : to preserve his apostles, 6, 
in unity, 11, and truth, 17: to glorify them, and all other believers with 
him in heaven, 20. 

THESE a words spake Jesus, and lifted up Ins eyes to 
heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come ; glorify 
thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee : 

1 2 b As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he 

should give eternal life to as many as thou hast, given him. 

3 c And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, 

the only true Cod, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 

'M d I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished 
the work which thou gavest me to do. 

1 5 e And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own 
self, with the glory which I had with thee before the 
world was. 

'6 f I have manifested thy name unto the men which 
iliou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and 
thou gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. 

7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou 
hast given me are of thee : 

8 e For I have given unto them the words which thou 
gavest me ; and they have received them, and have known^M' 



&c. 
tver. 12,18. 
u eft. 8. 42. 
& 13. 3. & 
14.21,23. 
Rom. 5. 6. 
&8. 32. 
xch. 17.8,2."). 
y ch 1. 9. & 
3. 19. & 6. 
14. &. 7. 33. 
Sl 8. 14, 21. 
& 9. 30. & 
11. 27. & 12. 
46. &. 14. 28. 
vel.5, 10,16. 
a Or.upcnly, 
Acts 1. 3. 
z ch. 17. 8. 
a Mt. 26. 31, 
56. 

Mark 14.27. 
chup. 8. 29. 
bl Co. 15.57. 
1 John 4. 4. 
&5. 4. 
a Mark 14. 
35,41. 
Luke 22. 5 . 
ch. 7. 30. & 
8. 20. & 12. 
23, 27,28. & 

13. 1,31. & 
16. 4, 32. 

I) Dan.7.!3. 
Matt. 11.27. 
& 28. 18. 
Luke 10.22. 
ch. 3. 31. Ik 
5. 22, 27. &. 
13.3. 

Heb. 1. 2. &. 
2.8. 

c Isa. 61. 1. 
Mark 9. 37. 
Lu.4. 18,43. 
& 9. 48. 
ch. 3. 16,34. 
&5. 36. & 6. 
29,57. & 7. 
i9. &. 8. 42. 
& 10. 36. &. 
11. 42. 
ver.S, 18,21. 
1 Cor. 8. 4. 
1 Thes. 1. 9. 
d Mat. 9. 8. 
& 11.31. 
Mark 2. 12. 
Luke 5. 26. 
& 18. 43. 
ch. 1. 35. & 

5. 36. &9.3. 
HI. 4,40. 

6. 12. 28. Ik 

14. 13. 

b chap. 1.1. 
verse 24. 
1 Pet 1. 20. 
Kev.5. 12.& 
13.8. 
I'M i. 12.49. 

11, 12,14.16, 

24. 

ch. 10.29. & 

15. 19. &. 18. 

9. 

1 John 4. 5. 

- ch. Hi. 27, 

30. 

verso 25. 



A. 1). 33. 

, i i, [8 i 

i ch. hi. :«). 

verse 21. 
Bom. 12.16. 
Ac 15. 5. 
I Cor. I. 10. 
2Cor.I3.ll 
Phil. 2. 8. *c 
3. IS, 

I- Pg. 109. R. 
chap. IR 9. 
Von I. 20. 
I ch. 15. ll. 
m rer. B. HI. 
i h. 9. 23. & 
15. 18. 
i John 3. 13. 
v I 5. 
n Mi. 16. 13. 
i ,!ohn5. 19 
n l ■,-, I I 

142,151. 
vorn 19. 

II - 
^ 13, lo. (<. 
14. 8 

q Ui. 01. 1. 

Eph. 8. SO. 
r Eph. 5. 25. 
Hub. ». 14. 



He is betrayed by Judas. 

surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed 
that thou didst send me. 

9 I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for them 
which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. 
UO h And all mh<e are tliiue, and thine are mine ; and I 
am glorified in them. 

11 * ^nd now I am no more in the world, but these are 
in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep 
.through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, 
that they may be one, as we are. 

1 12 k While I was with them in the world, I kept them 
in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and 
none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the 
scripture might be fulfilled. 

13 'And now come 1 to thee, and these things I speak in the 

world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 

c 14 m I have given them thy word; and the world hath 

hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I 

am not of the world. 

15 n I pray not that thou should est take them out of the 
world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 
c 16 ° They are not of the world, even as I am not of the 
world 
** 1 7 p Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word is truth. 

18 q As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have 
I also sent them into the world. 

19 r And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also 
might be sanctified through the truth. 

20 8 Neither pray I for these alone ; but for them also 
which shall believe on me through their word : 

21 'That they all may be one ; as thou, Father, art in 
me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that 
the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 

22 u And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given 
them , that they may be one, even as we are one ; 

23 * I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made 
perfect in one ; and that the world may know that thou 
hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. 

t 24 > Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given 
me be with me where I am ; that they may behold my 
glory which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me 
before the foundation of the world. 

t 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee : 
but I have known thee, and these have known that thou 
hast sent me. 

26 z And I have declared unto them thy name, and will 
declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, 
may be in them, and I in them. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
Judas betrayeth Jesus, 1. The officers fall lo the ground, 6. Peter 
smitelh off Jilatchus' ear, 10. Jesus is taken and led unto Annas and 
Caiaphas, 12. Peter's denial, 15. Jesus examined before Caiaphas, 19. 
His arraignment before Pilate, 28. His kingdom, '36. The Jews ask 
Rarabbas to be let loose, 40. 

HEN a Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth 
with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was 
• i garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 

2 b And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: 
for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his disciples. 
/3 "Judas then, having received a hand of men and offi- 
cers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither 
with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. 
<4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come 
upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith 
unto them, I am he. And Judas also, wliich betrayed him, 
stood with them. 

i (i As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they 
went backward, and fell to the ground. 

Rom. 12. 5. I& 14, 10. llMorkG.7.&140 Sl 14. 10, 40.-4. 12 23 11 Tit 
16.17. |12.| 

ch. 2. ll.felHmi 



151 



Eph. 4. 3. I John 1. 3 

i 35. 10. 30, & 3.24. 

3D. It. 13.35. u Ml. 10. 1. '5. 20. It 1 



Hum. 6 1. 

i Heb. II. 



4 G 



73 



ITheo 4.17.|Mark 14.32.|r Mi.2fi.47. 
irverjed. |zch, 15. 15. il. nkc22. .'19. Mark 14.43. 
ch. iSreOrt n28o.l5.28.rj l.u 21.37 I,uk«22. 47. 
14.3. I.Mofl 26. 30. l & 22. 39. IacUJ.16. 



A. D. 33. 



d ch. 17. 12. 
e lit. '20. 22. 
&20. 30,42, 



Mark 10. 38. 
& 14.30,47. 
Luke 22.42, 
50. 

fJMl. 26. 57. 
Mark 14. 53. 
Luke 22. 54. 
g Luke 3. 2. 
Iich. 1J.50. 
i Mt. 26. 58. 
Mark 14.54. 
Luke 22.54. 
k verse 25. 
I Luke 2. 46. 
& 4. 15. 
chap. 7. 13, 
26.& 11.54. 
Uol. 2. 15. 
mch.7. 46. 
n Mt. 26.57. 
Mark 14,53. 
Luke 22. 54. 
o Mt. 26. 69. 
Mark 14.66. 
Luke 22. 55. 
verse 18. 
p Mat. 27. 1. 
Mark 15. 1. 
Luke 23. 1. 
Acts 10. 28. 
&11. 3. 
q Mt. 20. 19. 
Mark 10.33. 
Lake 18. 32. 



Pilate questions the Jews concerning Christ. ST. JOHN 

7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye ? And 
they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 

8 Jesus answered, 1 have told you that I am he. If 
therefore ye seek me, let these go their way 

a 9 d That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, 
Of them which thou gavest me, have I lost none. 

/10 e Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and 
smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. 
The servant's name was Malchus. 

d 1 1 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into 
the sheath : the cup which my Father hath given me, shall 
I not drink it? 

12 f Then the band, and the captain, and officers of the 
Jews took Jesus, and bound him. 

13 e And led him away to Annas first, (for he was father- 
in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same 
year.) 

14 h Now Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the 
Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for 
the people. 

/15TpAnd Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did 
another disciple. That disciple was known unto the high 
priest, and went in with Jesus, into the palace of the high 
priest. 

16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out 
that other disciple which was known unto the high priest, 
and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. 

« 17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, 
Art not thou also one of this man's disciples ? He saith, I 
am not. 

18 k And the servants and officers stood there, who had 
made a fire of coals ; (for it was cold) and they warmed 
themselves : and Peter stood with them, and warmed 
himself. 

/19 ^[ The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, 
and of his doctrine. 

20 ' Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world ; 
I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither 
the Jews always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. 

21 m Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, 
what I have said unto them : behold, they know what I said. 

/ 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers 
which stood by, struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, 
saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 

d 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear wit- 
ness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me ? 

24 n (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the 
high priest.) 

« 25 ° And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They 
said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disci- 
ples ? He denied it, and said, I am not. 

26^)ne of the servants of the high priest (being his kins- 
hose ear Peter cut off) saith, Did not I see thee in 
the garden with him ? 

« 27 Peter then denied again : and immediately the cock 
crew. 

/28 % p Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the halljMSIs'.je: 
of judgment : and it was early ; and they themselves went |y Acts su* 
not into the judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled ; but " 
that they might eat the passover. 

29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What 
accusation bring ye against this man 1 



Mat. 20. 19. 
& 27. 26. 
Mark 10. 34. 
& 15. 15. 
Luke 18. 33. 
h Mt. 26. 67. 
iMarkl4.65. 
Luke 22. 63. 



30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a f^see. 



malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee 
31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge 
him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto 
him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death : 
« 32 i That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which jS a si 7 ; 
he spake, signifying what death he should die, ^u.t.! 



chap. IB. 38. 
(1 verse 15. 
Acts 3. 13. 
eLv.24. 14. 
Peut.J8.20. 
chap. 1. 50. 
& 10.31,36. 
f Isa. 53 ~ 



He is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten. 

33 r Then Pilate entered into the judgment-hall again, 
and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of 
the Jews ? & 

34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thy- 
self, or did others tell it thee of me ? 

35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, 
and the chief priests, have delivered thee unto me. What 
hast thou done ? 

t 36 s Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world : 
if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants 
fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now 
is my kingdom not from hence. 

c 37 ' Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? 
Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this 
end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that 
is of the truth heareth my voice. 

c 38 u Pilate saith unto him, What is truth ? And when 
he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and 
saith unto them, I find in him no fault at alt. 

39 * But ye have a custom that I should release unto you 
one at the passover : will ye therefore, that I release unto 
you the King of the Jews ? 

40 y Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but 
Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Christ is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten, 1. Pilate is desirous 
to release him, but being overcome with the outrage of the Jews, he de- 
livereth him to be crucified, 4. They cast lots for his garments, 23. He 
commendeth his mother to John, 26. He dieth, 28. His side is pierced, 31 
He is buried by Joseph and Jficodemus, 38. 

HEN a Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 
* 2 b And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and 
put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 

3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews ! and they smote him 
with their hands. 

4 c Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, 
Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I 
find no fault in him. 

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, 
and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold 
the man ! 

* 6 d When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, 
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate 
saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find 
no fault in him. 
t 7 e The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by 
our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son 
of God. 

/8 ^ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was 
the more afraid ; 

9 f And went again into the judgment-hall, and saith 
unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no 
answer. 

10 s Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto 
me ? knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, 
and have power to release thee ? 

t 1 1 h Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all 
against me, except it were given thee from above : there- 
fore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 

12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him : 
but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou 
art not Cesar's friend : whosoever maketh himself a king, 
speaketh against Cesar, 
c 13 *H When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought 
Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in a place 
that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about 
the sixth hour : and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your 
King ! 

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The inscription on the cross of Christ. 

* 15 x But they cvied out, Away with him, away with him, 
crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your 
King 1 The cliief priests answered, We have no king but 
Cesar. 

16 k Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be 
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 
/17 ! And he bearing his cross went forth into a place 
called the place of a scull, which is called in the Hebrew, 
Golgotha : 

18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him, 
on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 
/19 % And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. 
And the writi .g was, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE 
KING OF THE JEWS. 

20 This title then read many of the Jews : for the place 
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city : and it was 
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 

21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate 
Write not, The King of the Jews ; but that he said, I am 
King of the Jews. 

22 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written. 
/23 % m Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus 

took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a 
part ; and also his coat : now the coat was without seam, 
woven from the top throughout. 
a 24 D They said therefore among themselves, Let us not 
rend it, but cast lots for it whose it shall be : that the scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment 
among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These 
things therefore the soldiers did. 
f25% Now there stood by the cross, of Jesus, his mother, 
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and 
Mary Magdalene. 

* 26 ° When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the dis- 
ciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, 
Woman, behold thy son ! 

d 27 p Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother ! 
And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 

« 28 % i After this, Jesus knowing that all things were 
now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, 
saith, I thirst. 

29 r Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar : and they 
filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and 
put it to his mouth. 

**30 ' When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he 
said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up 
the ghost. 

/31 ' The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, 
that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the 
sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was a high day) be- 
sought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they 
might be taken away. 

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the 
first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was 
dead already, they brake not his legs : 

« 34 " But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced bis side, 
and forthwith came thereout blood and water. 

35 And he that, saw //. bare record, and his record is true : 
and he knoweth that he saith true, that yc might believe. 

« 36 x For these things were done, that the scripture should 
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 

«37 y And again another scripture saith, They shall look 
on him whom they pierced. 

/38 ^f l And after this, Joseph of Ariinalhea (being a dis- 
ciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought. 
Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus ; and 
Pilate gave him leave. Tie came therefore and took the 
body of Jesus. 



ST. JOHN. 

°39 



A. D. 33. 



13. 
Acts7. 58. 
Hub. 13. 12. 
mMt.27.35 



ii.6. 1 
chap. 16. 32. 
q Ps. 69. 22. 
verse 30. 
r Mt. 27. 48. 
s Ec. 12. 7. 
t Dt. 21. 23. 
Isa. 1. 13. 
u 1 .In. 5. 8. 
x Ex. 12. 46. 
Num.9. 12. 
Psa. 34. 20. 
y P». 22. 16. 
Zo. 12. 10. 
Mat. 26. 64. 
Rev. I. T. 
z Mt. 27. 57. 
Mark 15.42. 
Luke 23. 50. 
chap. 9. 22. 
fcl2 42. 



He appears to Mary and his disciples. 

And there came also Nicodemus (winch at the first 
k/ Mpr 27. j came to Jesus by night) and brought a mixture of myrrh 
Mkrki5.i5 , a nd aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. 
Lukc23.25, 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in 
litf-gfoi 5 ' j linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is 
to bury. 

41 b Now in the place where he was crucified, there was 
LukepJlja garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was 
SfThip^. 1 !: never man yet laid. 

fo/i:&2? /42 There laid they Jesus therefore, because of the Jews' 
p|st. 5. io. I preparation- rfay S f° r the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 

CHAPTER XX 

J\Iary cometh to the sepulchre, 1 : so do Peter and John, ignorant of the 
resurrection, 3. Jesus appenreth to Mary Magdalene, 11, and to his 
disciples, 19. The incredulity and confession of Thomas, 24. The 
scripture is sufficient to salvation, 30. 

?*|nHE a first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene 
/.!_ early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and 
seeth the stone taken away from the sepulc* re. 

2 b Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and 
to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, 
They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and 
we know not where they have laid him. 

3 c Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, 
and came to the sepulchre. 

4 So they ran both together : and the other disciple dm 
outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 

5 And he stoopi g down, and looking in, saw the linen 
clothes lying ; yet went he not in. 

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went 
into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie ; 

7 d And the napkin that was about his head, not lying 
with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by 
itself. 

c 8 Then went in also that other disciple which came first 
to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must 
rise again from the dead. 

10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own 
home. 

/ll ^f e But Mary "stood without at the sepulchre weep- 
ing : and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into 
the sepulchre, 

»»12 And seeth two angels in white, sitting, the one at 
the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of 
Jesus had lain. 

h 13 f And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? 
She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my 
Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 

14 s And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, 
and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou ? 
whom scekest thou ? She, supposing him to be the gar- 
dener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, 
tell me where thou hast laid him, and 1 will take him awaj 

s 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and 
saith unto him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master. 

17 '' Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not: for I am no! 
yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and 
say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Fgrfher, 

and to my God and your God. 

18 Mary Magdalene came and told Ihe disciples that she 
had seen the Lord, and thai he had spoken these things 
unto her. 

tf 19 If ' Then the same day at evening) being the firel 
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the dis- 
ciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, 
and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto 

you. 

c 20 k And when he had so said, he shewed unto Ihem his 

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A. n. 33 . 

i >'Ii:im :i I 
& 7. 50. 
Ii I. a. S3. 0. 
n Mnt.28. I. 
Mark 16. I. 
Luka 24. I. 
bch. 13. S3. 
& 21. 7, 2(1. 
c I,n. 24. 12. 

\i t -r IV 

.1 eh. ll.li. 
a Mark 16. 5. 
a That i«. 

i - turned 
h ith l/u 

oOu r 

MnU. 23. 5. 

M.rk lit. S. 
fvorso 15. 

link 16.9. 

i. ,,i i (4.16 
l< IV 22. 23. 

I Mi. 2. II. 
i Mk. 16 11 
Uikc 24.36. 

i .''■ 

Cor. IS 5. 

I .l.ilm I. I. 



The introduction to the Acts refers to 



Then were the disciples glad when 



hands and his side, 
they saw the Lord. 

b 21 ' Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : 
as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 

* 22 m And when he had said this, he breathed on them, 
and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 

23 n Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto 
them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

24 % But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, 
was not with them when Jesus came. 

p 25 ° The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have 
seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see 
in Ins hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into 
the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I 
will not believe. 

/26 If p And after eight days again his disciples were 
within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, the 
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace 
be unto you. 

h 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and 
behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it 
into my side ; and be not faithless, but believing. 
< 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord 
and my God. 

6 29 i Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast 
seen me, thou hast believed : blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have believed. 

30 ^f r And many other signs truly did Jesus in the pre- 
sence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 
d 31 s But these are written, that ye might believe that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing ye 
might have life through his name. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Christ appearing again to his disciples, was known of them by the great 
draught of fishes, 1. He dineth with them, 12; earnestly commandeth 
Peter to feed his lambs and sheep, 15 ; foretelleth him of his death, 18 ; 
rebuketh his curiosity touching John, 22. The conclusion, 25. 

g k FTER a these things Jesus shewed himself again to 
_£3l the disciples at the sea of Tiberias : and on this wise 
shewed he himself. 

2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called 
Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons 
of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 
/ 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say 
unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and 
entered into a ship immediately ; and that night they caught 
nothing. 

4 b But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on 
the shore; but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 

5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any 
meat 1 They answered him, No. 

m 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side 
of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and 
now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of 
fishes. 

7 c Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto 
Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that 



ACTS. many infallible proofs of Christ's resurrection 
it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he 
was naked) and did cast himself into the sea. 



D. 33. 



/ 8 And the other disciples came in a little ship (for they 
were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits) 
dragging the net with fishes. 

9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a 
fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 

10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have 
now caught. 

™ 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full 
of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three : and for all 
there were so many, yet was not the net broken. 

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none 
of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that 
it was the Lord. 

13 d Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth 
them, and fish likewise. 

14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself 
to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. 

s 15 *ff So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 
Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these 1 He 
saith unto him, Yea, Lord : thou knowest that I love thee. 
He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 

16 e He saith to him again the second time, Simon so?i 
of Jonas, lovest thou me 1 He saith unto him, Yea, Lord : 
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed 
my sheep. 

U7 f He saith unto him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me 1 Peter was grieved because he said unto 
him the third time, Lovest thou me 1 And he said unto him, 
Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love 
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

r 18 g Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast 
young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou 
wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch 
forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee 
whither thou wouldest not. 

d 19 h This spake he, signifying by what death he shoulct 
glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto 
him, Follow me. 

20 * Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom 
Jesus loved, following; (which also leaned on his breast at 
supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee 1) 

21 Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall 
this man do ? 

d 22 k Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee 1 Follow thou me. 

23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, 
that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto 
him, He sball not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, 
what is that to thee 1 

24 ' This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and 
wrote these things : and we know that his testimony is true. 

25 m And there are also many other things which Jesus 
did, the which, if they should be written every one, I sup- 
pose that even the world itself could not contain the books 
that should be written. Amen. 



THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 



CHAPTER I. 
Christ preparing his apostles to the beholding of his ascension, galhereth 
them together into the mount Olivet, commandeth them to expect in Jeru- 
salem the sending down of the Holy Ghost, promiseth aflerftw days to 
send it; by virtue whereof they should be witnesses unto him, even to the 
vttermost parts of the earth, 1. After his ascension they are warned by 
*w> angels to depart, and to set their minds upon his second coming, 9. 
They accordingly return, and giving themselves to prayer, choose Mat- 
thias, 12. 

THE a former treatise have I made, O Theophikis, of all 
that Jesus began both to do and teach 



a Gen. '2. 3. 
Matt. 12. 1. 
Lukol.3.& 
11. 29. 
chap. 2.4. 
bMt.28. 19. 
Mk.lG.15,19 
Luke 24. 51. 
John 20.31. 
ch. 10.41,42. 
verse 9. 
e ch. 13. 31. 
d Luke 24. 
25, 33, 49. 
John 14. 2fi. 
& 15. 26. & 
20. 19,26. & 
21.1,14. 
cjiap. 2. 33. 



t 2 b Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he 
through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto 
the apostles whom he had chosen : 

/ 3 c To whom also he shewed himself alive after his pas- 
sion, by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty 
days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom 
of God : 

d 4 d And being assembled together with them, command- 
ed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but 

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Matthias is chosen to the apostleship 



THE ACTS. 



A. I). 33. 



wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have, 

, , c l ' ' ' J e Mat. 3. 11. 

heard of me. | Mark i. s. 

t 5 c For John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall be'^nVa;." 
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Icii.'ix&n 



G f When they therefore were come together, they asked '.^ 
of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again ^l|-"|p 



16. & 19. 4. 

" .7.27. 

Amo3 9. 11. 



the kingdom to Israel 1 



times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own 
power. 

r 8 h But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost 
is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me, 
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and 
unto the uttermost part of the earth. 
™ 9 * And when he had spoken these things, while they 
beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud received him out of 
their sight. 

»>«■ 10 k And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven, as 
lie went up, behold, two men stood by them in white ap- 
parel ; 

1 11 ' Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye Ll 
gazing up into heaven 1 this same Jesus which is taken upi^-f j 4a ' 

&<>.4.' 
p Rev. 3. 4. 
& U. 13. 
gPs. 41. 10. 
Rial. 22, 43. 
John 13. 18. 
& 18. 3. 
chap. 2. 30. 
rMt. 10. 1,4. 
Mark 3. 14. 
&0. 7. 
Luke 6. 13. 
&.9. 1. 
verse 25. 
sMt.26. 15. 
& 27. 5. 
t Psa.60.26. 
& 109.8. 
a Gr. over- 
seer's ojjice, 
Psa. 109. 8. 
chap. 20.28. 
u verse 8. 
ch.2.32. &. 
13. 3!. 
x Luke 18.1 
y verse 17. 
7. 1 Chron. 
24.5. 



every man in our own tongue, 



A. D. 33. 



as ye suppose, seeing it 



from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye 
have seen him go into heaven. 

s 12 m Then returned they unto Jerusalem, from the mount 
called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's 
journey. 

/ 13 n And when they were come in, they went up into an 
upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, 
and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Mat- 
thew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and 
Judas the brother of James. 

d 14 ° These all continued with one accord in prayer and 
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of 
Jesus, and with his brethren 

/15 % p And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of 
the disciples, and said, (the number of the names together 
were about a hundred and twenty,) 

« 16 * Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have 
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of 
David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to 
them that took Jesus. 

17 r For he was numbered with us, and had obtained 
part of this ministry. 

D 18 ' Now this man purchased a field with the reward of 
iniquity ; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the 
midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 

« 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; 
insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, 
Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. 

« 20 • For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habit- 
ation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein : and, His 
bishoprick a let another take. 

21 u Wherefore of these men which have companied 
with us, all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out 
among us, 

22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same ffi!f.$:£k. 
day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained}^ sag 
to be a witness with us of his resurrection. !'„;,",''io v 
/23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who Jjfljj&V 
was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. liirkiAsi 

24 x And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which know- //I'^'.m ^i 
est the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou ;jjj T^V-i^i?" ! a n< J foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hast chosen, 

t 25 y That he may take part of this ministry and apostle- 
ship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might 
go to his own place. 

/26 z And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon 
Matthias ; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 
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a Neh. 4. 8. 
&6. 2. 
Luke 24.53 
chap. I. 13. 
verse 40. 
h Mat. 3.11. 
cMk. 16.17. 
eh. 1. 5. 6c 
10.46.&19.6. 
verse 14. 

1 Cor. 12. 10, 
28. & 14. 2. 
<l ver. 7 12 
ochap. 1.11. 
rchnp. 1.22, 
& 3. 13. 
verso 24. 

or Job 32.11, 
Psalm 5. 1. 
h verso 13. 
t Isn. 44. 3. 
Joel 2. 28. 
John 7. 38. 
ch. !). 10. & 
11.28. & 16. 
9. & 21.9. 
lTim.4. 1. 

a Tii... 3. i 
iir-u 1. 1. 

2 Pol. 3. 3. 

k Mt.24.2S). 
Murk 13.24 
Luke 21.2! 
Mat. 24. 
Botll. 10.13. 
in Ml. 11.4. 
Luke 7. 10. 



The apostles speak divers languages. 

CHAPTER II. 

The apostles filled with the Holy Ghost, and speaking divers languages 
are admired by some, and derided by others, I . Peter's sermon, 14 He 
baptizethagreat number that were converted, 37, who afterwards devoutly 
and charitably converse together: the apostles working many miracles, 
and God daily increasing his church, 41 . 

fk ND a when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they 
JrL. were all with one accord in one place. 
»» 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of 
a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where 
they were sitting. 

3 b And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like 
as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 

« 4 c And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. 

/ 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout 
men, out of every nation under heaven. 

6 d Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude 
came together, and were confounded, because that every 
man heard them speak in his own language. 

7 e And they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying 
one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak, 
Galileans 1 

8 And how hear we 
wherein we were born ? 

s 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers 
in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, 
and Asia, 

g 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts 
of Lybia about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and 
proselytes, 

11 f Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our 
tongues the -wonderful works of God. 

12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying 
one to another, What meaneth this 1 

c 13 Others mocking, said, These men are full of new wine. 

/14 % e But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up 
his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea,. and all ye 
that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and 
hearken to my words : 

1 5 h For these are not drunken, 
is but the third hour of the day 

16 'But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, 
« 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, 

I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons 
and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men 
shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams : 

18 And on my servants, and on my handmaidens, I 
will pour out in those days of my Spirit ; and they shall 
prophesy : 

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs 
in the earth beneath ; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke. 

20 k The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the 
moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the 
~jord come. 

<1 21 ' And it shall come lo pass, that whosoever shall call, 
on that name of the Lord, shall lie saved. 

22 m Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of 
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles, 
and wonders, and signs, which God did by him in the midst 
of you, as ye yourselves also know : 

t 23 n Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 



SV&'i io hands have crucified and slain 

24 "Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains 
because it was not possible that he should be 
g$$$:|holden of it. 
TOrse:!"" I " 25 r For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the 

Rom. 4.21. 1 Cor. 6. 14.12 Cor. 4. H.|Gal. ]. 1. |Eph. I, 20. |Col. 2. 18. UThca. 1. lO.IIIeb. f 13. 20.!pPsa. 10.8 
& 8. 11. Ac 1 » 1 ■ I 

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John 2. 19. 
(c III. 17. 

JSfc'£*lof death 



The happy stale of the primitive Christians. THE ACTS. Peter exhorteth the people to repentance 

Lord always before my face ; for he is on my right hand, n1 A K ° 9 33 m / 2 And a certain man lame irom his mother's womb was 



that 1 should not be moved 

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was 
glad ; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope: 

* 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither 
wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 

c 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life ; thou 
shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 

29 q Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of 
the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his 
sepulchre is with us unto this day. 

30 r Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God 
had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, 
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on 
his throne ; 

* 31 8 He seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of 
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh 
did see corruption. 

32 ' This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are 
witnesses. 
t 33 a Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, 
and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy 
Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear 

* 34 x For David is not ascended into the heavens, but he 
saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my 
right hand, 

35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, 
that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have cruci- 
fied, both Lord and Christ. 

/37 | y Now when they heard this, they were pricked 
in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the 
apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do 1 

d 38 z Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the 
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

39 a For the promise is unto you, and to your children, 
and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our 
God shall call. 

d 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, 
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 

/ 41 4 b Then they that gladly received his word, were 
baptized : and the same day there were added unto them, 
about three thousand souls. 

42 c And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doc- 
trine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in| C h'.2 5 23.&5. 
prayers. 

43 d And fear came upon every soul : and many won- 
ders and signs were done by the apostles. 

44 e And all that believed were together, and had all 
things common ; 

45 f And sold their possessions and goods, and parted 
them to all men, as every man had need. 

d 46 g And they, continuing daily with one accord in the 
temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat 
their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 

47 h Praising God, and having favour with all the people. 
And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be 
saved. 

CHAPTER III. 
Peter preacheth to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his 
feet, 1 , and professeth the cure not to have been wrought by his or John's 
own power, or holiness, but by God, and his Son Jesus, and through faith 
in his name, 12: withal reprehending them for crucifying Jesus, 13: 
which because they did it through ignorance, and that thereby were ful- 
filled God's determinate counsel, and the scriptures, 17, he exhorteth 
them by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins, and salvation 
in the same Jesus, 19. 

d^T"OW a Peter and John went up together into the tem- 



qlKg.2 10. 
ch. 13. 36. 
r2Sa.7.12. 
lChr.22.20. 
Psa. 132.11. 
Mat. 23. 43. 
Luke 1.69. 
ch. 2. 16. & 
13. 34. 
verBe 31. 
s Psa. 16. 10. 
ch. 13. 35. 
verse 27. 
t Lu. 24. 48. 
ch. 1. 8, 22. 
&3. 15. & 5. 
32. & 10.39 
& 13. 31. 
verse 24. 
uLu.24.49. 
John i4. 16, 

26. & 15.26. 
& 16. 7, 13. 
ch. I.4.8.&. 
Ik 10. 45. 
verse 17 
xPsa. :10.i. 
Mat. 22. 44. 
Mark 12.36. 
Luke 20.42. 
Heb. 1 13. 
y Gen. 34.7. 
zLu. 14.47. 
chip. 10. 6. 
aJel.31. 34. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
ch. 3. 25. & 

9. 15. & 10. 
34, 44. & 11. 
1, 18. & 13. 
31,46. & 14. 

27. & 15 3, 
8, 14. & 22 
21. & 28.2* 
bchap. 1.15. 
cch. 1.4, 14 
& 2. I. &6 
4. & 20. ' . 
verse 46. 
Eo.n. 12. 12. 
Eph. 6. 18. 
Col. 4. 2. 
Htb. 10. 25 
JudelO. 
d ch. 3 6.& 
4 30. &5.5, 

10. 15. & 8. 
7, 13.&9.34, 
40.&13. 11. 
&. 14. 10. & 
16. 18. & 19. 

11. & 28. 8. 
e chap. 4.32, 
&. 5. 14. 
f chap. 4. 34. 
gLu.24.53. 
chap. i. 14 
&2. 1. &6 
4. & 20. 7. 
verses 1, 42. 
h ch. 4. 33. 
& 5. 14. & 
11.24. 
verse 41. 
a Lu. 24.53 



pie, at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 



carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple 
which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered 
into the temple ; 

3 Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the tem- 
ple, asked an "alms. 

4 And Peter fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, 
Look on us. 

d 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive 
something of them. 

6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none ; but 
such as I have give I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ 
of Nazareth, rise up and walk. 

7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him upl- 
and immediately his feet and ai cle-bones received strength. 
m 8 b And he, leaping up, stood, and walked, and entered 
with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and prais- 
ing God. 

9 c And all the people saw him walking and praising God : 

10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at 
the Beautiful gate of the temple : and they were filled with 
wonder and amazement at that which had happened 
unto liim. 
/ 11 d And as the lame man which was healed held Peter 

and John, all the people ran together unto them in the 
porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 

12 ^[ e And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the 
people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this 1 or why 
look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or 
holiness we had made this man to walk 1 

t 13 f The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, 
the God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus ; whom 
ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, 
when he was determined to let him go. 

1 14 e But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and de- 
sired a murderer to be granted unto you ; 

15 h And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised 
from the dead ; whereof we are witnesses. 

16 ' And his name, through faith in his nume, hath made 
this man strong, whom ye see and know : yea, the faith 
which is by him, hath given him this perfect soundness in 
the presence of you all. 

17 h And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance 
ye did it, as did also your rulers. 

18 ' But those things which God before had shewed by 
the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he 
hath so fulfilled. 

dl9 % m Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord ; 

20 n And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was 
preached unto you : 

21 ° Whom the heaven must receive, until the times of 
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the 
mouth of all his holy prophets, since the world began. 

a 22 p For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet 
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, 
like unto me ; him shall ye hear in all things, whatsoever 
he shall say unto you. 

w 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will 
not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the 
people. 

24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those 
that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise 
foretold of these days. 

25 q Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the cove 
nant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abra- 

2ha%f.'39: ham, And in thv seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be 

Rom. 15. 8. \i i t 

blessed. 

78 



AD. 33 



b Isa. 35. 6. 
c chap. 4. 16. 
d Jn. 10. 23. 
e verse 10. 
f Mat. 27. 3, 
17. 

Mk. 15.1,9. 
Lu. 23. 1,14. 
John 7. 39. 
& 13. 16. & 
18. 30. & 19. 



8 Ml. 27.20. 
Mark 15.11. 
Luke 23. 18. 
John 18. 40. 
ch. 13.28. 
h John I, 4. 
& 3. 15, 36. 
& 5. 21,26. 
& 6. 40. & 
10. 10, 28. & 
11. I5.&14. 
6. & 17. 2. 
ch. 1.8. &2 
24, 32. & 5 
30, 32. & 7. 
52. & 10. 39. 
& 13.30,31. 
verse 26. 
Col. 3. 4. 
2Tim. 1. 10. 
1 John 5. 11. 
i ver. 6, 12. 
kMk. 15.29. 
Luke 23.34. 
John 7. 2«, 
48. & 16. 3. 
chap. 13.27. 

1 Cor. 2. 8. 

2 Cor. 3. 14. 
ILu. 24. 44. 
ch. 26. 22. 
mRo.11.25. 
n ver. 22, 24. 
1 Pet. 1. 10. 
o ch. 1. 11. 
P Dt. IP. 15. 
chap. 7. 37. 
q Gen. 12.3. 
fc 18. 18. & 
22. 18.&26. 



Gal. 3. 8. 



The persecution of the apostles. 



THE ACTS. 



The hypocrisy of Ananias and Sapphira. 



b 26 r Unto you first, God having raised up his Son Jesus, t ^\f s and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said 

&i5.'sm.' '.unto them. 



sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you 
from his iniquities. 

CHAPTER IV. 
7Vie rulers of the Jews offended with. Peter's sermon, 1, {though thousands 
of the people were converted that heard the word) imprisoned him and 
John, 4. After, upon examination, Peter boldly avouching the lame man 
to be healed by the name, of Jesus, and that by the same Jesus only we 
must be eternally saved, 5, they command him and John to preach no 
more in that name, adding also threatening, 13. Whereupon the church 
Jleeth to prayer, 23 : And God, by moving the place where they were 
assembled, testifieth that he heard their prayer, confirming the church 
with the gift of the Holy Ghost, and with mutual love and charity, 31 

fk ND a as they spake unto the people, the priests, and 
J\_ the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came 
upon them 

«2 b Being grieved that they taught the people, and 
preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead 

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold 
unto the next day : for it was now even-tide 

d 4 c Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, be- 
lieved ; and the number of the men was about five thousand. 
5 % And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, 
and elders, and scribes, 

/ 6 d And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, 
and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the 
high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 

7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, 
By what power, or by what name have ye done this 1 

1 8 e Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto 
them, Ye rulers of the people, and eiders of Israel, 

9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to 
the impotent man, by what means he is made whole ; 

1 10 f Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of 
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, 
whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even 
by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 

1 1 g This is the stone which was set at nought of you 
builders, which is become the head of the corner. 

1 12 h Neither is there salvation in any other : for there is 
none other name under heaven given among men whereby 
we must be saved. 

13 If ! Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and 
John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant 
men, they marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, 
that they had been with Jesus. 

14 k And beholding the man which was healed standing 
with them, they could say nothing against it. 
/15'But when they had commanded them to go aside 
out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 

16 m Saying, What shall we do to these men! for that 
indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is mani- 
fest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot 
deny it. 

17 "But that it spread no further among the people, let 
us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no 
man in this name. 

18 And they called them and commanded them not to 
speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. 

d 19 ° But Peter and John answered and said unto them, 
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto 
you more than unto God, judge ye. 

20 p For we cannot but speak the things which we have 
seen and heard. 

21 i So, when they had further threatened them, they 
let them go, finding nothing how they might punish themJ^jj/ 5 - 
because of the people : for all men glorified God for that ?2,\'?', 7 p 
which was done. 




24 And when they heard that they lifted up their voice 
to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which 
hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in 
them is ; 

25 ' Who, by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, 
Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain 
things ? 

« 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were 
gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 
27 u For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom 
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with 
the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered to- 
gether, 

t* 28 Y For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel de- 
termined before to be done. 

29 y And now, Lord, behold their threatenings : and grant 
unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak 
thy word, 

30 z By stretching forth thy hand to heal ; and that signs 
and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child 
Jesus. 

m 31 "U a And when they had prayed, the place was shaken 
where they were assembled together ; and they were all 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God 
with boldness. 

d 32 b And the multitude of them that believed were of 
one heart, and of one soul : neither said any of them that 
aught of the things which he possessed was his own ; but 
they had all things common. 

o 33 c And with great power gave the apostles witness of 
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus : and great grace was 
upon them all. 

d 34 d Neither was there any among them that lacked : 
for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold 
them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 
35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet : and distri- 
bution was made unto every man according as he had need. 

g 36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Bar- 
nabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) 
a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 

37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid 
it at the apostles' feet. 

CHAPTER V. 
After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife, for their hypocrisy, at Peter's 
rebuke, had fallen down dead, I, and that the rest of the apostles had 
wrought many miracles, 12 ; to the increase of the faith, 14 : The apostles 
are again imprisoned, 17: but delivered by an angel, bidding them to 
preach openly to all, 19 : when, after their teaching accordingly in th< 
temple, 21, and before the council, 29, they are in danger to be killed ; 
through the advice of Gamaliel, a grent counsellor among the Jews, they 
be kept alive, 33, and arc but beaten : for which they glorify God, anil 
cease no day from preaching, 40. 

UT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his 
wife, sold a possession, 

2 a And kept back part of the price, (his wife also being 
privy to it,) and brought a certain pari, and laid it at the 
apostles' feet. 

<*3 b But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the 
price of the land ? 

4 While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it 
was sold, was it. not in thine own power? why hast thou 
conceived this tiling in thy heart? thou hast not lied unto 
men, but unto God. 



B 



m 5 c And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and 
• Dmut&'S'. gave up the ghost. And great fear came on all them that 
2 r For the man was above forty years old on whom fSgfi&x heard these things. 

6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried 



this miracle of healing was shewed 
/ 23 % • And being let go, thev went to their own companv, 



John 13. 27. 
vcr. 8.4.U. 
c ch. 2. 43. 
vemo II 



him out, and buried him. 



79 



An angel releases the apostles from prison. 



THE 



7 And it was about the space of three hours after, wheni^^f 

e verse 5. 



14.3.8.&16 
16. & 19. 6: 

11. & 20. 9. 

&28. 8. 



his wife, not knowing what was done, came m. !f C h.3:u& 

8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether yej£j^|;| 
Sold the land for so much] And she said, Yea, for so 
much. 

9 d Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye havejf&Via il: 
agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold rgfrgfo. 
the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the \^ p ;%«. 
door, and shall carry thee out. h ch. 3.'*i'' 

his feet, andjf ? ch ^p 4 - 4 4 , 

'kch. 12. JO 
1 John 12.50, 

& 17. 3. 



and ;kch1210 

ch. 4. 5. 
1 ver. 17, 20 
ill verse 19. 
aGx.pricstt 



p veise 13. 
qch.2.33,36. 
& 3. 13. Jfe 4. 
18. & 7 52. 
verse 30. 
r ch. 4. 19. 
sch.2.24.& 
3 13, 15. 
tLu. 24.47. 
ch. 13 38. 
Heb. 2. 10. 
& 12. 2. 




w* 10 Then fell she down straightway at 

yielded up the ghost. And the young men came in," 

found her dead, and carrying her forth, buried her by her 

husband. 

11 e And great fear came upon all the church, and upon^r^: 
as many as heard these things. 

m 1 2 ^f f And by the hands of the apostles were many 
signs and wonders wrought among the people ; (and they 
were all with one accord in Solomon's porcSi. 

13 e And of the rest durst no man join himself to them : 
but the people magnified them. 

d 14 h And believers were the more added to the Lord, 
multitudes both of men and women ;) 

15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the 
streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the 
least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow 
some of them 

™ 1 6 There came also a multitude out of the cities round 
about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which 
were vexed with unclean spirits ; and they were healed 
every one. 

fl7*% l Then the high priest rose up, and all they that 
were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and 
were filled with indignation, 

18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in 
the common prison. 

»*19 k But the angel of the Lord by night opened the 
prison-doors, and brought them forth, and said, 

20 T Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all 
the words of this life. 

/ 21 m And when they heard that, they entered into the 
temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high 
priest came, and they that were with him, and called the 
council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, 
and sent to the prison to have them brought. 

22 But when the officers came, and found them not in 
the prison, they returned, and told, 

23 n Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, 
and the keepers standing without before the doors : but 
when we had opened, we found no man within. 

24 Now, when the a high priest, and the captain of the & IV 2i. I 35. 1 & 
temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they I likrk'12.5 
doubted of them v/hereunto this would grow. 

25 
men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and 
teaching the people. 

26 p Then went the captain with the officers, and brought! rich. w%. 
them without violence : for they feared the people, lest' * 
they should have been stoned. 

27 And when they had brought them, they set them 
before the council : and the high priest asked them, 

28 q Saying, Did not we straitly command you, that ye __ 
should not teach in this name 1 and behold, ye have filled | ^ ch-' |«^ 6 
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's | V °- fi f s f',o: 
blood upon us. ' l&ls-V 24 ' 

<* 29 ^[ r Then Peter and the other apostles answered and $%*■ u - 

said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 1?™™/.'^' 

30 s The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye %$&&. 

slew and hanged on a tree : jftSi: 

1 31 ' Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a.SK/a 



Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the lb Mat. 5.10 



11,12. 
Horn. 5. S. 
2 Cor. ti. 10, 
& 12. 10. 
Phil. 1. 29 



lest 1 Pet. 1. 6. 
I& 4.13. 
cch.1.14. 

& 2. 42, 40. 
vorse 12. 
arh.2.41,43, 
47.&4.4,34: 
& 5. 14, 28. 
verse 7. 
bch. 5. 14 



ACTS. Deacons chosen to provide for the poor, 

Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and 
forgiveness of sins. 
* 32 u And we are his witnesses of these tilings ; and so is 
also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that 
obey him. 

33 % When they heard that they were cut to the heart, 
and took counsel to slay them. 

/ 34 x Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, 
named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation 
among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles 
forth a little space ; 

35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to 
yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men : 

36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting him- 
self to be somebody ; to whom a number of men, about 
four hundred, joined themselves : who was slain ; and all, 
as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought tc 
nought. 

37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days 
of the taxing, and drew away much people after him : he 
also perished ; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were 
dispersed. 

d 38 y And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, 
and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be ot 
men, it will come to nought : 

39 z But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it ; lest 
haply ye be found even to fight against God. 

40 a And to him they agreed : and when they had called 
the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they 
should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 
/ 41 ^f b And they departed from the presence of the coun- 
cil, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame 
for his name. 

42 c And daily in the temple, and in every house, they 
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. 

CHAPTER VI. 

The apostles desirous to have the poor regarded for their bodily sustenance, 
as also careful themselves to dispense the word of God, the food of the 
soul, 1, appoint the office of deaconship to seven chosen men, 3 : of whom 
Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, is one, 5: who is 
taken of those whom he confounded in disputing, 12, and after falsely 
accused of blasphemy against the law and the temple, 13. 

f k ND a in those days, when the number of the disciples 
J\ was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Gre- 
cians against the Hebrews, because their widows were 
neglected in the daily ministration. 

2 b Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples 
unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave 
the word of God, and serve tables. 

t 3 c Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven 
men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, 
whom we may appoint over this business, 

d 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and 
to the ministry of the word. 

/ 5 ^[ d And the saying pleased the whole multitude : and 
they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy 
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, 
and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch, 

d 6 e Whom they set before the apostles : and when they 
had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 
/ 7 f And the word of God increased ; and the number ol 
the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ; and a great 
company of the priests were obedient to the faith. 

c 8 g And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great won- 
ders and miracles among the people. 

s 9 % Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which 
is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, 
and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, dis- 
puting with Stephen. 

10 h And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the 
spirit bv which he spake. 

90 



& 13. 9. 
Luke 20 10 
chap. 4. 18 



An abstract qftne History of Joseph. THE 

/ 1 1 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard 
him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against 
God. 

12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the 
scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought 
him to the council, 

13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man 
ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy 
place, and the law : 

14 i For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Naza- & 
reth shall destroy tins place, and shall change the customs '*" 
which Moses delivered us. 

15 And all tnat sat in the council, looking steadfastly on 
him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. 

CHAPTER VII. 
Stephen permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy, 1 , sheweth that 
Abraham worshipped God 
before JHoses was born 



A.D. 33. 



j) 40 5 
49 32. 
ni Gn. 23. 6 
& 33. 19. & 
47 30 & 49 
29. &50. 13 
Josh. 24. 32 
n Ex. 1. 7, 
12,20 
Psa. 105. 24 



i Dan. 9. 26. 

Mai. 1. 11. 
ch. 7. 37,48. 
a Gen. 12. 1 
& 15. 7. 
Neh. 9. 7. 
bGn. 12.17 
& 13. 15. & 
15. 3, 18. & 
17.8.&26.3. 
Ex. 6. 4, 8. 
Dcut. 34. 4 
cGn.15.13 
& 50. 24. 
Ex. 3. 12. 
d Gen. 17. 9. 
&21.2.&25, 
24. & 29. 32 
& 30. 5. & 
35. 23. 
e Gen. 37. 4, 
8, 11,28. & 
39. 2,21. 
Psa. 105. 17. 
f Gen. 41. 
37. & 42. 6. 
Psa. 105. 21. 
eGD.41.S4, 
Psa 105 IS 
hGn. 42. 1. 
,iGn.45.3,ll). 

htly, and how God chose the fathers, 2,J27 G &4G27' 
ind before the tabernacle and temple were built, [Deal. 10. W. 
20: that Jlloses himself witnessed of Christ, 37: and that all outward'^^ 
ceremonies uereordtined according to the heavenly pattern to last but for 
a time, 44: reprehend ng their rebellion, and murdering of Christ., the 
Just One, whom the prophets foretold sltould come into the world, 51 : 
whereupon they stone him to death : He commendeth his soul to Jesus, 
and humbly prayeth for them, 54. 

THEN said the high priest, Are these things so 1 
g 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; 
The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when 
he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 

3 * And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and 
from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall 
shew thee. 

S 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and 
dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his father was 
dead, he removed him into this land wherein ye now 
dwell. 

5 b And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so 
much as to set his foot on : yet he promised that he would 
give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, 
when as yet he had no child. 

6 c And God spake on this wise, That his seed should so- 
journ in a strange land ; and that they should bring them 
into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. 

7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will 
I judge, said God : and after that shall they come forth, 
and serve me in this place. 

/ 8 d And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And! 
so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth 
day ; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat the twelve 
patriarchs. 

c 9 e And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph 
into Egypt : but God was with him, 

10 f And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave i'&.o.^ 
him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king ofj?|f;|;ji; 
Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and alllsSs." 
his house. 



in.- 



. 2. 15. 
. 3. 
1 1 Ex. 3. 2. 
n EX. 3. 10. 

s 1 1 g Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt «u.V 9 jb 
and Chanaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no|wil°§ 

\ BxoduB 

rhjipli'is 7, 

8, '.i. io, n, 
I4.&15. 38. 

fc it;, as. 

Nu. 14. 33. 

,t sa i3. 

Ch. i:i. ia 

[i II-., I. If. 
i:., 18. 

nlia|» 3. 22. 
/I\ I'.i .3. 80, 
in. :>.'. 17. 
gal.S 12,19. 
II, ib. '-' J. 

'.,', '■ 5't. 
n Ex. 32. 1. 
Deal. B. Hi. 
2K (a. 17 16 
Nell. 9. 16. 
IV 106. 19. 
19. 

Hi. 

:,:t. 



sustenance. 

12 h But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, 
he sent out our fathers first. 

13 ' And at the second time Joseph was made known to 
his brethren : and Joseph's kindred was made known unto;i- 
Pharaoh. 

/ 14 k Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, 
and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 

15 ' So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and 
our fathers, 

16 m And were carried over intoSychem, and laid in thejtjrS: 
sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the 1"t: £ 
aGiiS Of Emmor, the father of Sychem. ,2 a,™,. 

17 n But when the lime of the promise drew nigh, whichJAmoW" 

153 4 II 



ACTS. The deliverance of Israel by Moses. 

God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied 
in Egypt, 

18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 

19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil- 
entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young 
children, to the end they might not live. 
/ 20 ° In which time Moses was born, and was exceed- 
ing fair, and nourished up in his father's house three 
months : 

21 p And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took 
him up, and nourished him for her own son. 

22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the 
Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 

/ 23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into 
his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 

24 q And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended 
him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the 
Egyptian : 

25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood 
how that God by his hand would deliver them : but they 
understood not. 

26 r And the next day he shewed himself unto them as 
they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, 
Sirs, ye are brethren ; why do ye wrong one to another 1 

27 But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him 
away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 

28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday] 
g 29 s Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger 

in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. 

30 ' And when forty years were expired, there appeared 
to him in the wilderness of Mount Sina, an angel of the 
Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 

m 31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight ; and 
as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came 
unto him, 
t 32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 
Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 

33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from 
thy feet: for the place where thou standestis holy ground. 
/34 I have se,en, I have seen the affliction of my people 
which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and 
am come down to deliver them. And noAv come, I will 
send thee into Egypt. 

35 u This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made 
thee a ruler and a judge 1 the same did God send to be a 
ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which ap- 
peared to him in the bush. 

36 * He brought them out, after that he had shewed 
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red 
Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 

t 37 *\\ y This is that Moses, which said unto the children 
of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto 
you of your brethren, like unto mc ; him shall ye hear 

38 ' This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness 
with the angel which spake to him in the Mount Sina, and 
with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give 
unto us : 

39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him 
from them, and in their hearts turned back again into 
Egypt, 

10 •' Baying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us : 
for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of 
Egypt, we wot not what is become of him 
c 41 And they made, a calf in those days, and offered sa- 
crifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own 
hands. 

t 42 b Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the. 
host of heaven ; as it is written in the book of the prophets, 

81 




Ex. 2. 2. 

1 Sa. IB. 12 
Jonah 3. 3 



A. D. 33 



A general persecution against the church. THE 

O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and 
sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness 1 
g 43 Yea, he took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the 
star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to wor- 
ship them : and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 

44 c Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the 
wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, 
that he should make it according to the fashion that he had 
seen, 

45 d Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in 
with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God 
drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of|L 2 6 C i8 2 6 

t-v • i J I h Isa. 66. : 

David ; iiE|. 33. : 

46 e Who found favour before God, and desired to find atiwJ I'. 6. 
tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 

47 f But Solomon built him a house. 

48 g Howbeit, the Most High dwelleth not in temples 
made with hands ; as saith the prophet, 

* 49 h Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool : 
what house will ye build me 1 saith the Lord : or what is 
the place of my. rest? 

50 Hath not my hand made all these things 1 
c 51 ^[ l Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers 
did, so do ye. 

t 52 k Which of the prophets have not your fathers perse- 
cuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of 
the coming of the Just One ; of whom ye have been now 
the betrayers and murderers ; 

53 ' Who have received the law by the disposition of an- 
gels, and have not kept it. 

54 % m When they heard these things, they were cut to 
the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 

t 55 n But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stead- 
fastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus 
standing on the right hand of God, 

56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the 
Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 
/ 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped 
their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 

58 ° And cast him out of the city, and sloped him : and 
the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's 
feet, whose name was Saul. 

* 59 p And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit 

d 60 And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, 
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had 
said this, he fell asleep. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

By occasion of the ■persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in 
Samaria, 1 , by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and bap- 
tized many, among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the 
people, 5 : Peter and John come to comfirm and enlarge the church ; 
where, by prayer and imposition of hands, giving the Holy Ghost, 14, 
when Simon would have bought the like power of them, 18, Peter sharp 
ly reproving his hypocrisy, and covetousness, and exhorting him to re- 
pentance, together with John, preaching the word of the Lord, return to 
Jerusalem, 20. But the angel sendelh Philip to teach and baptize the 

: Ethiopian eunuch, 26. 

AND* a Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that 
time there was a great persecutionagainst the church 
which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered 
abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria ex 
cept the apostles. 

/ 2 b And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and 
made great lamentation over him. 

3 c As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering 
into every house, and haling men and women, committed 
them to prison. 

4 a Therefore they that were scattered abroad went 
every where preaching the word. 



c Ex. 25. 10. 
& 26. 30. 
Heb. 8. 5. 
d Ex. 34.24. 
Dt. 4. 38. & 
7. 1,2-2. & 8. 
20. & 11.23. 
Josh. 3. 14. 
Psa. 78. 55. 
ch. 13. n. 
e 1 Sam. 16. 
12. 13. 
2 Sam. 7. 1. 
1 Kgs. S. 17. 
] Ohr. 17. 12. 
Psa. 89. 19. 
&. 132. 5. 
ch. 13. 22. 
fl Kgs. 0.1. 
& 8. 27. 
ch. 17. 24. 



Jer. 6. 10. & 
7. 26. & 9. 
25, 26. 
Kzek. 24. 9, 
chap. 6. 10. 
k 2 Chr. 30 
16. 

Neh. 9. 26. 
Matt. 5. 12. 
& 23. 31. 
Lu. 13. 34. 
1 Th. 2. 15. 
chap. 2. 23. 
& 5. 30. 
I Ex. 19. 3. 
Gal. 3. 19. 
Heb. 2. 2. 
verso 38. 
m ch- 5. 33 
nch.6.5,10. 

Dt. 13. 9. 
& 17. 5, 7. 

1 Kg. 21. 10. 
ch. 6. 11. & 
22. 20. 
p Mat. 5. 44 
Luke 6. 28. 
& 23. 34, 46 

*A. D.34. 
ach.l.l3.& 
2. 1.&7.58. 
& 9. 28, 31. 
& 11.19,22. 
&22. 20. 
ver.4, 14,25. 
b chap. 2. 5. 
c ch. 7. 58. 
& 9. 1, 13, 
21. & 22. 4. 
& 26. 10,11. 
1 Cor. 15. 9. 
Gall. 13,23. 
Phil. 3. 6. 
1 Tim. 1.13. 
d ch. 11. 19. 



ACTS. Philip sent to the Ethiopian eunuch. 

f 5 e Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and 
preached Christ unto them. 
d 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those 
things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles 
which he did. 

7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out 
of many that were possessed with them : and many taken 
with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 

8 And there was great joy in that city. 
/ 9 f But there was a certain man, called Simon, which 

beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched 
the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was. some 
great one : 

10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the 
greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. 

11 And to him they had regard, because that of long 
time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 

12 g But when they believed Philip, preaching the things 
concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus 
Christ, they were baptized both men and women. 

13 Then Simon himself believed also : and when he was 
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding 
the miracles and signs which were done. 

/ 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem 
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they 
sent unto them Peter and John : 

* 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them 
that they might receive the Holy Ghost : 

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them : only they 
were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 

t 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they recei- 
ved the Holy Ghost. 

18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the 
apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them 
money, 

19 h Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomso- 
ever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. 

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, 
because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be pur- 
chased with money. 

c 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy 
heart is not right in the sight of God. 

d 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God. 
if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. 

t 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness., 
and in the bond of iniquity. 

24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord 
for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken 
come upon me. 

/ 25 And they, when they had testified and preached the 
word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the 
gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. 

g 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying. 
Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth 
down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 

/ 27 And he arose, and went : and behold, a man of 
Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace 
queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her trea- 
sure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 

28 Was returning ; and sitting in his chariot, read Esaias 
the prophet. 

29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near and join 
thyself to this chariot. 

30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the 
prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou 
readest 1 

31 And he said, How can I, except some man should 
guide me 1 And he desired Philip that he would come up. 
and sit with him. 

82 



e ch. 6. 5. & 
21. 8. 
fell. 5. 36. 
veree 11. 
gMt. 28.19, 
chap. 21. 8. 
ver.5,35,40 
h Mat. 10. 8. 
ch. 2. 38. & 
10. 45. & 11 
17. 



THE ACTS. 



Ananias has a vision concerning Saut. 

t 32 ' The place of the scripture which he read was this,L- I AD 
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; and like a lambj*, 
dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth 



35. 

ach. H. 3.& 
19. 9, 23. & 
22. 4, 19. & 
24.22. & 26. 



erse 
Cor. 15. 8. 
2 Uor. 12. 2. 
cDnn.10.7. 
ch. 22. 9. & 
26.13. 
dch. 21.39. 
&22.3. 
e ver. 1, 2. 



a. 33. 7. 

: Mr.. 28. 19. 

| Mark 16. 16. 

1 1 1 Kings 18. 
12. 

33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away : and™ £■$■& 
who shall declare his generation 1 for his life is taken from 
the earth. 

34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray,^ rsea 
thee, of whom speaketii the prophet this 1 of himself, or of 1( 
some other man 1 

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same 
scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 

36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a 
certain water : and the eunuch said, See, here is water ; 
what doth hinder me to be baptized 1 

d 37 k And Pnilip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, 
thou mayest. Aud he answered and said, I believe that 
Jesus Christ is tne Son of God. 

38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still : and 
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the 
eunuch ; and he baptized him. 

™ 39 1 And when they were come up out of the water, the 
Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw 
him no more : aud he went on his way rejoicing. 
g 40 m But Piiilip \Vas found at Azotus : and passing through, 
he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Saul going towards Damascus, 1, is stricken down to the earth, 4, is called 
to the apostleship, 10, and is baptized by Ananias, 18 : He preacheth 
Christ boldly, 20. The Jews lay wait to kill him, 23 ; so do the Gre- 
cians ; but he escapeth both, 29. The church having rest, Peter healeth 
Eneas of the palsy, 31, and restoreth Tabitha to life, 36. 

AND * a Saul, ye t breathing out threatenings and slaughter 
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high 
priest, 

g 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the syna- 
gogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they 
were men or women, he might bring them bound unto 
Jerusalem. 

>»3 b And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus : and 

suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven : 

4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying 

into him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 

< 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord 1 And the Lord said, 
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to 
kick against the pricks. 

d 6 And he trembling, and astonished, said, Lord, what 
wilt thou have me to do ? And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what 
thou must do. 

7 c And the men which journeyed with him stood speech- 
less, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 

8 And Saul arose from the earth ; and when his eyes 
were opened, he saw no man : but they led him by the 
hand, and brought him into Damascus. 
»»9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did 
eat nor drink. 

/lO^And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, 
named Ananias ; and to him said the Lord in a vision, 
Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 

c 11 d And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the 
street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of 
Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus : for behold, he prayeth, 

12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, 
coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might 
receive his sight. 

13 e Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by- 
many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy 
saints at Jerusalem : 

14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests, to 
bind all that call on thv name. 



Saul is baptized and he preaches Christ. 
>• 15 f But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is 
a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the 
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. 

16 s For I will shew him how great things he must suf- 
fer for my name's sake. 

17 h And Ananias went his way, and entered into the 
house : and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, 

Gai. i,i3. the Lord (even Jesus that appeared unto thee in the way 
f Tim.'i.'i3. as thou earnest) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive 
^iaithy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 

- ' "i 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had 
been scales : and he received sight forthwith, and arose, 
and was baptized. 

19 ! And when he had received meat, he was strength- 
ened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which 
were at Damascus. 
t 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the syna- 
gogues, that he is the Son of God. 

21 k But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is 
not this he that destroyed them which called on this name 
in Jerusalem, and carne hither for that intent, that he might 
bring them bound unto the chief priests 1 

22 ! But Saul increased the more in strength, and con- 
founded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that 
this is very Christ. 

f2S% And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews 
took counsel to kill him. 

24 m But their laying wait was known of Saul. And they 
watched the gates day and night to kill him. 

25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him 
down by the wall in a basket. 

/26 % "And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assay- 
ed to join himself to the disciples : but they were all afraid 
of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. 

27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the 
apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the 
Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how 
he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 

28 And he was with them coming in and going out at 
Jerusalem. 

d 29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
and disputed against the Grecians : but they went about 
to slay him. 

g 30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him 
down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 

31 ° Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, 
and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified : and walking 
in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy 
Ghost, were multiplied. 

32* ^[ And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout 
all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt 
at Lydda. 

/33 And there he found a certain man named Eneas, 
which had kept hisbed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. 
m 34 And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh 
thee whole : arise, and make thy bed. And he arose im- 
mediately. 

35 And all that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and 
turned to the Lord. 

c\3G ^[ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named 
Tabitha, which, by interpretation is called Dorcas; this 
woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. 

37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, 
and died : whom when they had washed, they laid her in 
an upper chamber. 

38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the 
disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto 
him two men. desiring him that he would not delay to come 
to them. 

S3 



A. P. 35. 

f ch. 22. 14. 
& 23. LI. dc 

20. 17. 
ver. 20, 28. 

i: i . I'.i. 

Gul. 8. 7. 
Bnh.3.8. 

1 Tim. 2. 7. 

2 Tim. I. II. 
g ch. 20. 23. 
fcSl. II. 

2 Cor. 11.23. 
Ii ch. 22. 13. 
venen :i. hi. 
i ch.95. 20. 
vem 22. 
k chap. 3.1. 

Gal. I L3.23 

I eh, 20. III. 

in 2 Cur. II. 

32. 

ii ch. 82, 17. 

Gal. J. 17. 

" <-hup. H. I. 

' \ D 39. 



Peter is directed to go to Cornelius. 

39 Then Peter arose, and went with them. 



THE ACTS. 



He preaches to Cornelius and his company 



When he , A ; °; ?, 



*A.D. 41. 



21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent 
unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom 
ye seek : what is the cause wherefore ye are come 1 
c 22 m And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, 
and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the 



was come, they brought him into the upper chamber : jj^"- 4 ^ 

and all the wido\vs stood by him weeping, and shewing the \ ^% 3 % 

coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was f^% 

with them. SS&K . 

m40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and ^•^■. 11 j nation of the Jews, was warned Irom God by a holy angel 

prayed ; and turning him to the body, said, Tabitha, arise. iS&iftjE to send for theeinto Ins house, and to hear words of thee 

And she opened her eyes : and when she saw Peter, she g&v.'iiS, 

sat up 



41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up ; and 
when he had called the saints and widows, he presented 
her alive. 

42 And it was known throughout all Joppa : and many 
believed in the Lord. 

43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in 
Joppa with one Simon a tanner. 

CHAPTER X. 

Cornelius, a devout man, 1, being commanded by an angel, sendeth for 
Peter, 5 : who by avision, 11, is taught not to despise the Gentiles, 15, 20. 
As he preacheth Christ to Cornelius and his company, 34, the Holy 
Ghost falleth on them, 4A, and they are baptized, 48. 

THERE* was a certain man in Cesarea, called Cornelius, 
a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 

c % & J1 devout man, and one that feared God with all his 
house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to 
God always. 

»»3 He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of 
the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto 
him, Cornelius. 

d 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, 
What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and 
thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 

S 5 b And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon 
whose surname is Peter : 

6 c He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is 
by the sea-side : he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. 

c 7 d And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was 
departed, he called two of his household servants, and a 
devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; 

8 e And when he had declared all these things unto them, 
he sent them to Joppa. 

/9 ^[ f On the morrow, as they went on their journey, 
and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the 
house-top to pray, about the sixth hour : 

10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten : 
but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 

*> 11 s And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel de- 
scending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the 
four corners, and let down to the earth : 

12 Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the 
earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of 
the air. 

13 h And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter ; kill, 
and eat. 

14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord ; for 1 have never eaten 
any thing that is common or unclean. 

\d\5 'And the voice spake unto him again the second 
time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 
r 16 This was done thrice : and the vessel was received 
up again into heaven. 

17 Now, while Peter doubted in himself what this vision 
which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which 
were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's 
house, and stood before the gate, 

18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was 
aurnamed Peter, were lodged there. 

/ 19 % k While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said 
unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 

Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with 



«20 



them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them 



13, 23. & "20. 
•J5. 

Dcut. J 4. 3. 
Ezek. 4. 14. 
i Ml. 15. 11. 
chap. 11.9. 
verses 28,34. 
Rom. 14.14, 
20. 

1 Cor. 10.25, 
1 Tim. 4. 3. 
Titus 1. 15. 
k ver. 7, 17. 
I ch. 15. 7. 



A. D. 41. 



raver. 2, 3,5. 
n ch. 9. 42. 
& 11. 12. 

verse 27. 
p ch. 14. 15. 
q verse 24. 

r Mat. 9. 12. 
til. 19. 
Luke 7. 39. 
& 10. 31. 
Jn. 4. 9, 27. 
chap. II. 2. 
ver. 15, 34. 
sch. 3. 1.& 
11. 13. 
verse 3. 
t Dt. 10. 17. 
2 Chr. 19. 7. 
Job 34. 19. 
Rom. 2.11. 
Gal. 2. 6. 
Eph.6.9. 
Col. 3. 25. 

1 Pet. 1. 17 
u ch. 15.9. 
Rom. 2. 25. 
& 3. 22, 29. 
1 Cor. 12. 13 
Gal. 3. 28. 
Eph.l.lO.fe 
2. 11.&.3.5 
Philip. 3. 3. 
Col. 1. 2G. 

x Mat. 10.6 
& 28. 18. 
ch.ll. 19.-& 
13. 40. 
Eph. 1. 20. 
& 2. 17. 
Philip. 2. 9. 
Col. 1. 16. 
1 Pet. 3. 22. 
Rev. 17. 14. 
y Lu. 4. 14. 
chap. 1. 22. 
z Isa. 61. 1. 
Malt. 3. 17. 
Luke 4. 18. 
.lohn3.2. & 
11. 42. 
ch. 2. 22. & 
4.27. 
Heb. 1. 9. 
a ch. 1.8, 22. 
& 2. 22, 32. 
&3. 15.&7. 
52. & 13. 31. 
verse 41. 
bMk. 16.34. 
Luke 24. 6. 
John 2. 19. 
& 10. 17. & 
20. (14, 19. 
ch. 1.3.&2. 
•24. & 3. 13, 
26. & 4. 10. 
& 17.31. 
Rom. 4. 24. 
&8. 11. 

1 Cor. 6. 14. 
& 15. 15. 

2 Cor. 4. 14. 
Gal. 1.1. 
Eph. 1. 20. 
Col. 2. 12. 

1 Th. 1. 10. 
Heb. 13. 20. 

1 John 1. 1. 
c Luke 24. 
iO, 41,48. 
John 14.22. 
&21. 13. 

h 13.31. 
d Ml. 25. 31. 
John 5. 27. 
ch. 17.31. 
Horn. 14. 10. 

2 Cor. 5. 10. 
2Tim.4.I,8. 
I Pet. 4. 5. 

c Isa. 53. 4. 
& 59. 20. 
Jer. 31.34. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Micah7. 18. 
Zech. 13. 1. 
Mai. 4. 2. 
Matt. 26. 28. 
Luke 24.25. 
chap. 3. 18. 
f ch. 11. 15. 
g ch. 9. 42. 
ic 11.3. 18. 



23 n Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on 
the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain bre 
thren from Joppa accompanied him. 
d 24 ° And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. 
And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his 
kinsmen and near friends. 

25 % And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him 
and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 
p 26 p But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up : I mysell 
also am a man. 

27 q And as he talked with him, he went in, and found 
many that were come together. 

28 * And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an 
unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or 
come unto one of another nation ; but God hath shewed 
me that I should not call any man .common or unclean. 

29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as 
soon as I was sent for : I ask therefore for what intent ye 
have sent for me 1 

30 s And Cornelius said. Four days ago I was fasting until 
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and 
behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 

31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine 
alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose 
surname is Peter ; he is lodged in the house of one Simon 
a tanner, by the sea-side : who, when he cometh, shall 
speak unto thee. 

d 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee ; and thou hast 
well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all 
here present before God, to hear all things that are com- 
manded thee of God. 

1 34 *|[ ' Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth 
I perceive that God is no respecter of persons : 

35 n But in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh 
righteousness, is accepted with him. 

t 36 x The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, 
preaching peace by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord of all :) 

37 y That word, / say, ye know, which was published 
throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the 
baptism which John preached ; 

t 38 z How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power : who went about doing good, ancl 
healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was 
with him. 

39 a And we are witnesses of all things which he did, 
both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom 
they slew and hanged on a tree : 

t 40 b Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him 
openly ; 

/ 41 c Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen 
before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him 
after he rose from the dead. 

1 42 d And he commanded us to preach unto the people, 
and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be 
the Judge of quick and dead. 

t 43 c To him give all the prophets witness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remis- 
sion of sins. 

1 44 ^[ i While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy 
Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 
45 e And they of the circumcision which believed, were 

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Peter, being accused, makes his defence. THE 

astonished, as many as came wii.ii Peter, because that on 
the Gentiles also was poured out tne gift of the Holy Ghost 

46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and mag- 
nify God. Then answered Peter, 

47 h Can any man forbid water, that these should not be 
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 

d 48 ' And he commanded them to be baptized in the 
name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry cer 
tain days. 

CHAPTER XI. 
Peter being accused for going in to the Gentiles, 1, maketh his defence, 5, 
which is accepted, 18. The gospel being spread into Phenice, and Cy- 
prus, and Antioch, Barnabas is sent to confirm them, 1 9. The disciples 
there are first called Christians, 26. They send relief to the brethren in 
Judea in time of famine, 27. — 

fk ND a the apostles and brethren that were in Judea, 
_zm. heard that the Gentiles had also received the word 
of God. 

2 b And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that 
were of the circumcision contended with him, 

3 c Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and 
didst eat with them. 

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning 
and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 

5 d I was in the city of Joppa praying : and in a trance 
I saw a vision, A certain vessel descending, as it had been 
a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners ; and 
it came even to me : 

6 Upon the winch when I had fastened mine eyes, I con 
sidered, and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild 
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 

7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter ; 
slay, and eat. 

8 But I said, Not so, Lord : for nothing common or un 
clean hath at any time entered into my mouth. 

9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What 
God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 

1 And this was done three times : and all were drawn 
up again into heaven. 

11 And behold, immediately there were three men 
already come unto the house where I was, sent from Ce- 
sarea unto me. 

t 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubt- 
ing. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me, and 
we entered into the man's house : 

13 And. he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his 
house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, 
and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter ; 

14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy 
house shall be saved. 

15 e And as 1 began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on 
them, as on us at the beginning. 

16 f Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that 
lie said, John indeed baptized with water ; but ye shall be 
baptized with the Holy Ghost. 

17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he 
did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what 
was I, that I could withstand God 1 

< 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, 
and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gen- 
tiles granted repentance unto life. 

s 19 ^[ g Now they which were scattered abroad upon the 
persecution that arose about Stephen, travelled as far as 
Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to 
none but unto the Jews only. 

20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, 
which when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the 
Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 
/ 21 h And the hand of the Lord was with them : and a 
great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 

191 



A. D. 41. 



h ch. 2. 4. & 
15.8. 

i ch. 2. 38. 
Rom. C. 3. 
Gal. 3. 27. 
a ch. 10. 44. 
b ch. 15. 1. 
c ch. 10. 23. 
d ch. 10. 9. 
e ch. 2. 4. 
fMat.8. 11. 
Mark 1. 8. 
J,uke 3. 10. 
John 1. 26. 
ch. 1. 5. & 
19.4. 

g ch. 8. 1. & 
Id. 28. 
h verse 24. 




ACTS. King Herod persecutes the Christians* 

22 % Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of 
the church which was in Jerusalem : and they sent forth 
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. 

<i 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, 
was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart 
they would cleave unto the Lord. 

c* 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, 
and of faith : and much people was added unto the Lord. 
25 * i Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul : 
/*26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto 
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they 
assembled themselves with the church, and taught much 
people. And the disciples were called Christians first in 
Antioch. 

s 27 k And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem 
unto Antioch. 

r 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and 
signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth 
throughout all the world : which came to pass in the days 
of Claudius Cesar. 

d 29 ' Then the disciples, every man according to his 
ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which 
dwelt in Judea. « 

30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the 
hands of Barnabas and Saul. 

CHAPTER XII. 
King Herod persecuteth the Christians, killeth James, and imprisoneth 
Peter, whom an angel deliver eth upon the prayers of the church, 1. In 
his pride, taking to himself the honour due to God, he is stricken by an 
angel, and dieth miserably, 20. After his death the word of God pros- 
pereth, 24. 

yj^TOW about that time, Herod the king, stretched forth 
±^1 his hands to vex certain of the church. 

2 a And he killed James the brother of John with the 
isword. 

3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded 
further to take Peter also. Then were the days of unlea- 
vened bread. 

4 b And when he had apprehended him, he put him in 
prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers 
to keep him ; intending after Easter to bring him forth to 
the people. 

d 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison : but prayer was 
made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 

6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the 
same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound 
with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the 
prison. 

7 And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and 
a light shined in the prison ; and he smote Peter on the 
side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his 
chains fell off from his hands. 

»»8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on 
thy sandals : and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast 
thy garment about thee, and follow me. 

9 And he went out, and followed him, and wist not that 
it was true which was done by the angel ; but thought he 
saw a vision. 

m 10 When they were past the first and the second ward, 
they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city ; 
which opened to them of his own accord : and they went 
out. and passed on through one street; and forthwith the 
angel departed from him. 

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now 
I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and 
hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from ah 
the expectation of the people of the Jews. 
d 12 c And when he had considered the thing, he came to 
the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was 
Mark ; where manv were gathered together, praving. 

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d Gil. 48. 16. 
Mat. 18. 10. 
Luke 22. 59. 
e 1 Kings 5. 
9,11. 
ik 27. 17. 
flsa. 55.11. 
chap. 6.7. & 
19. 20. 
Col. 1. 6. 
g ch. 11. 29. 
* A. D. 45. 
ach. 11.25. 
& 12. 25. & 
14. 26. & 15. 

And when they had l ' b B3 jr u . 8 .ii. 

1 Matt. 9. 88. 

chap. 9. 15 

" 21. 



A. D. 43. 



f Ex. 7. 11 
2 Tim. 3. 8. 



A. D. 45. 



Paul and Barnabas go to the Gentiles 
f 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a dam- 
sel came to hearken, named Rhoda. 

14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not 
the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood 
before the gate. 

* 15 d And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she 
constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It 
is his angel. 

16 But Peter continued knocking, 
opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. 

b 17 But he beckoning unto them with the hand to hold R„m.i.i.& 
their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought J Gau. is. & 
him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things ip^s- g. ? 
unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, aWT™.'.u: 
went into another place. _ Ih 8 ^' ** 

/18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir d j^as. 
among the soldievs, what was become of Peter. 

e 19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him 
not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they 
should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to 
Cesarea, and there abode. 

g 20 % e And Herod was highly displeased with them of 
Tyre and Sidon. But they came with one accord to him, 
and having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their 
friend, desired peace, because their country was nourished 
by the king's country. 

c 21 And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, 
sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 

22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice 
of a god, and not of a man. 

/23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, 
because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of 
worms, and gave up the ghost. 

24 % f But the word of God grew and multiplied. ; 

/ 25 g And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem 
when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them 
John, whose surname was Mark. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles, 1. Of Sergius Pau- 
lus, and Elymas the sorcerer, 7. Paul preacheth at Antioch, that Jesus 
is Christ, 14. The Gentiles believe, 42 ; but the Jews gainsay, and blas- 
pheme, 45 : whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, 46. As many as were 
ordained to life, believed, 48. 

^J^TOW * a there were in the church that was at Antioch 
'±H certain prophets and teachers ; as Barnabas, and 
Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and 
Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the te- 
trarch, and Saul. 

t 2 b As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy 
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work 
whereunto I have called them. 

d 3 c And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their 
hands on them, they sent them away 

1 4 % So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed 
unto Seleucia ; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus 

g 5 d And when they were at Salamis, they preached the 
word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they 
had also John to their minister. 

/6 e And when they had gone through the isle unto Pa- 
phos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, 
whose name was Bar-Jesus : 

d 7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius 
Paulus, a prudent man : who called for Barnabas and Saul, 
and desired to hear the word of God. 

c 8 ' But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by inter- 
pretation) withstood them, seeking to turn awav the deputy 
from the faith. 

t 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul) filled with the 
oly Ghost, set his eyes on him, 



THE ACT^. Paul preacheth Christ at Antioch 

c 10 g And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou 
child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou 
not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord 1 
y> 1 1 And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, 
and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season 
And immediately there fell on him a mist and a dark- 
ness ; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the 
hand. 

/12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, be 
lieved, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. 

g 13 h Now when Paul and his company loosed from Pa- 
phos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia : and John departing 
from them, returned to Jerusalem. 

d 14 ^j But when they departed from Perga, they came to 
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the 
sabbath-day, and sat down. 

15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, 
the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye 
men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for 
the people, say on. 

c 16 ' Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand,, 
said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 

17 k The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, 
and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in 
the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought he them 
out of it. 

18 ' And about the time of forty years suffered he their 
manners in the wilderness. 

19 m And when he had destroyed seven nations in the 
land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 

/20 " And after that, he gave unto them judges, about the 
space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the 
prophet. 

21 ° And afterward they desired a king : and God gave 
unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Ben- 
jamin, by the space of forty years. 

t 22 p And when he had removed him, he raised up unto 
them David to be their king : to whom also he gave testi- 
mony, and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a 
man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 

t 23 q Of this man's seed hath God, according to his pro- 
mise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus : 

24 r When John had first preached, before his coming, 
the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 

c 25 s And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Who think 
ye that lam? I am not he. But behold, there cometh 
one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to 
loose. 

b 26 l Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, 
and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word 
of this salvation sent. 

27 u For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, 
because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the pro- 
phets which are read every sabbath-day, they have fulfilled 
them in condemning him. 

28 * And though they found no cause of death in him, 
yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 

29 y And when they had fulfilled all that was written of 
him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him.'m a 
sepulchre. 

* 30 z But God raised him from the dead : 
gSl a And he was seen many days of them which came 
up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his wit- 
nesses unto the people. 

32 b And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the 
promise which was made unto the fathers, 
« 33 c God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in 
that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written ir 

John 20. 19. & 21.1. cli. !. 3, 22. & 2.32. & 3. 15. & 5. 32. | b Gen. 3. 15. 1 c Psa. 2. 7 

S6 



Mt. 13.38 
. ohn 8. 44. 
1 John 3. 8 
h ch. 15. 38 
i ch. 12. 17 
& 19. 33. & 
21.40. 
kEx. 1.1.& 
6.6 & 12.31. 
& 13. 14. 
1 Exod. 16. 
2, 35. 

Nu. 14. 34. 
Psa. 78. 38, 
&. 95. 10. 

Ex. 3. 8 
& 34. 11. 
Nu. 26. 55. 
& 33. 54. 
Deut. 1. 8, 
21. & 7.1. 
& 31. 3. 
Josh. 3. 10. 
& 11. 15. &. 
14. 1, 2. 
Psa. 78.55. 
n Judges 2. 
16. &3. 9. 

01 Sa. 8.5. 
& 9. 15. & 
10.1. 

Hos. 13. 11. 
plSa.13.14. 
&. 15.28. & 
10. 12. & 28. 
17. 

lChr.10-13. 
Psa. 78. 70. 
& 89. 21. 
chap. 7. 46. 
q2Sa.7.12. 
lChr.17.11. 
Psa. 89. 35. 
& 132. 11. 
Isa. 11.1. 
Jer. 23. 5. 
Matt. 1.1. 
Lu. 1.32, 69. 
r Mai. 3. 1. 
Mat. 3.1,5. 
Mark 1.2,5. 
Luke 3. 3. 
John 3. 23. 
sMt. 3. II. 
Mark 1.7. 
Luke 3. 16. 
John 1. 20, 
26, 27. 
ch. 20. 24. 

2 Tim. 4. 7. 
t Mat. 10. 6. 
& 22. 8. 
chap. 3. 26. 
&. 13. 46. 
u Ne. 8. 1. 
Mark 15.29. 
Luke 23. 34. 
& 24. 20. 
John 7. 26, 
48. & 15.21. 
& 16. 3. 
ch. 3. 17. & 
15. 21. & 26. 
22. & 28. 23. 
Rom. 11. 26. 

1 Cor. % 8. 

2 Cor. 3. 14. 
lTim.1.13. 
xMt.27.20. 
Mark 15.11. 
Luke 23. 18. 
John 19. 6. 
chap. 3. 14. 
y Mi. 27. 59. 
Mark 15.46. 
Luke 23. 53. 
John 19. 38. 
■/. John 2. 19. 
& 10. 17. 
ph. 2. 24, 32. 
oc 3. 13, 26. 
fe4. 10. &5. 
30. &1 0.40. 
& 17. 31. 
Rom. 4. 24. 
&8. 11. 

1 Cor. fi. 14. 
& 15. 15. 

2 Cor. 4. 14. 
aMt.27.55. 
&. 28. 2, 16. 
Mk. 16. 9,14. 
J,uke 24. 36. 



ten thee 

34 d And as concerning that he raised him up from the 
dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this 
wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 
a 35 e Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou 
shalt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 

36 f For David, after he had served his own generation 
by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his 
fathers, and saw corruption : 

37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. 
t 38 % s Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, 

that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness 
of sins ; 

b 39 h And by him all that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of 
Moses. 

w 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is 
spoken of in the prophets ; 

a 41 * Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for 
I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no 
wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. 
/42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, 
the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached 
to them the next sabbath. 

1 43 k Now, when the congregation was broken up, many 
of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Bar- 
nabas ; who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue 
in the grace of God. 

/44 ^f And the next sabbath-day came almost the whole 
city together to hear the word of God. 

c 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were 
filled with envy, and spake against those things which were 
spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 

c 46 ' Then Paid and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It 
was necessary that the word of God should first have been 
spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge 
yourselves unworthy of everlasting fife, lo, we turn to the 
Gentiles : 

« 47 m For so hath the Lord commanded us, sayitig, I have 
set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest 
be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. 

* 48 n And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, 
and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were 
ordained to eternal life, believed. 

49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout 
all the region. 

/ 50 ° But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable 
women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecu- 
tion against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of 
I heir coasts. 

51 p But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, 
and came unto Iconium. 

t 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the 
Holy Ghost. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium, 1. M Lystra Paul 
healeth a cripple; whereupon they are reputed as gods, P,. Paul is 
stoned, 19. They pass through divers churches, confirming the disciples 
in faith and patience, 21 : Returning to Antioch, they report what God 
had done with them, 26. 

fk ND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both 
J\. together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so 
spake, that a great multitude, both of the Jews, and also 
of the Greeks, believed. 

c 2 a But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, 
and made their minds evil-affected against the brethren. 

d 3 b Long time thereforea bode they speaking boldly 
in the Lord, which gave testimonv unto the word of his 



d Isa. 55. 3. 
e Ps. 16. 10. 
chap. 2. 27. 
flKg.2. 10. 
Psa. 78. 72. 
chap. 2. 29. 

Isa.,53.12. 

. 5<J. 20. 
.Icr. 31. 34. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Ze. 12. 10. 
Luke 24. 47. 
chap. 2. 38. 
&4. 12. 
h Rom. 8. 3. 
i Gn. 27. 12. 
Pr. 13. 15. 
Isa. 23. 14. 
Hah. 1. 5. 
k Ml. 23. 15. 
chap. 11.23. 
& 14. 22. & 
20. 24. 
Titus 2. 11. 
Heb. 12. 15. 
1 Pet. 5. 12. 
1 Ex. 32. 10. 
Dt. 32. 21. 
Isa. 55. 5. 
Matt. 8. 12. 
& 10. 6. & 
15.24 & 21, 
2, 8. 43. 
cn.l.8.&.5 
25. & 13. 26 
& 18. 6. & 
28.28. 
Ro. 10. 19. 
m Isa. 42. 6. 
& 49. 6. 
Luke 2. 32, 
n ch. 2. 14. 
o 2 Tim. 3, 
II. 

pMat.10.14. 
Slarfc 6. 11. 
Luke 9. 5. 
ch. 14.6,11. 
& 18. 6. 
a 2 Tim. 3. 
10. 

bMk.16.20. 
ch. 19.11.& 
20. 24. 
Heb. 2. 4. 



* A. D. 46, 



Paul and Barnabas preach at Iconium. THE ACTS. The Jews stone Paul at Lycaoma. 

the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begot- d * a D 55 45 3 grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their 

' hands. 
f 4. But* the multitude of the city was divided: and part 
held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 

5 c And when there was an assault made both of the 
Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with their rulers, • to use 
them despitefully, and to stone them, 
g 6 d They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and 
Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth 
round about : 

d 7 And there they preached the gospel. 
/ 8 e And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in 
his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who 
never had walked. 

9 f The same heard Paul speak : who steadfastly behold 
ing him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 
m io s Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. 
And he leaped and walked. 

/ 1 1 h And when the people saw what Paul had done, they 
lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, 
The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 

12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mer- 
curius, because he was the chief speaker. 

13 i Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their 
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would 
have done sacrifice with the people. 

/ 14 k Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard 
of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, 
crying out, 

d 15 ! And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things 1 We also 
are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you, 
that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, 
which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things 
that are therein : 

1 6 m AVho in times past suffered all nations to walk in 
their own ways. 

t 17 " Nevertheless he left not himself without, witness, in 
that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruit- 
ful seasons, filling our hearts With food and gladness. 

18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the 
people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. 

/ 19 ^ ° And there came thither certain Jews from An- 
tioch, and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having 
stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had 
been dead. 

™ 20 p Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, 
he rose up, and came into the city : and the next day he 
departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 

g 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, 
and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and 
lo Iconium, and to Antioch, 

* 22 q Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting 
them to continue in the faith, and that we must through 
much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 

/23 r And when they " had ordained them elders in every 
church, and had prayed with fasting, (hey commended them 
to the Lord, on whom they believed. 

g 24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they 
came to Parnphylia. 

25 And when they had preached Ihe word in Perga, 
they went down into Attalia : 

d 26 ' And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they 
had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work 
which they fulfilled. 

b 27 l And when they were come, and had gathered the 
church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with 
them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the 
Gentiles. 

28 And there they abode lonsr time with the disciples 

87 



c 2 Tim. 3. 
11. 

dMt. 10. 23 
chap. 8. I. 
c chap. 3. 2. 
fMat. 9. 28. 
g Isa. 35. 6. 
h ch. 8. 10, 
&28. 6. 
i Dan. 2. 46. 
k Ml. 26.25, 
lGen. 1. 1. 
1 Pa. 12. 21 
IKeb. 16.13. 
Pb. 33. 6. & 
121. 8. & 

146. 6. 
Amos 2. 4. 
ch. 10. 26. 
Rom. 1. 21 
1 Cor. 8. 4. 
Kph. 4. 17. 

,f: v 5. 17 

Rev. 14. 7. 
&19. 10. & 
22. 9. 

in Pb. 81. 13 
& 147. 20. 
ch. 17. 30. 
Enh. 3. 5. 
nLev. 20. 4 
Deut.11.14 
&28. 12. 
JobS 10. 
P«.65. 10.& 
88. ». fe 

147. 8. 
Jor. 14. 22. 
Matt. 5. 45 
oh. 17. 25. 
OCh. 7. 58. 
& 13. 45. 

'.!<•<. i. ii as, 

STim.3. ll. 
IM>. 13. 12. 
p2Cor. 1.8. 
U4. 10. 
a Matt 10. 
38. & 16.24, 
l.ultnM.a* 
29. &. 24.26, 
chap. 2, 11. 

23. 33. 43. 
Rom. 8. 17, 
2Tim.2. 11 
& 3. 15. 
r ch. 1. 26. 
V 11.26,30. 
& 13. 2. St 
15. 36. 
Titpi 1. 5, 
a fir. with 
lifting up of 
It mills It ml 
chosrntttrm, 

Ul ii 
■ch, 13, I, 3. 
i ch. 15. I. 
A. 21. 19. 
l Cor. I6.D. 
2 ''or. 2. 12. 
Colon. 4. 3. 
r.ov. 3. 8. 



The apostles consult about circumcision. 

CHAPTER XV. 
Great dissension ariseth touching circumcision, 1 : The apostles consult i,ev. 12. 2. 
about it, 6, and send their determination by letters to the churches, 22. 
Paul and Barnabas thinking to visit the brethren together, fall at strife, 
and part asunder, 36. 

f k ND a certain men which came down from Judea, taught 
J\ the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised 
after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 

2 b When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small f 6 }% -?■ & 
dissension and disputation with them, they determined that 
Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go 
up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about tliis 
question. 

c 3 And being brought on their way by the church, they 
passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the con- 
version of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all 
the brethren. 

4 c And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were 
received of the church, and of the apostles arid elders, and 
they declared all things that God had done with them. 
/ 5 d But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees, 
which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise 
them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 

6 ^| And the apostles and elders came together for to 
consider of this matter. 

7 e And when there had been much disputing, Peter 
rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know 
how that a good while ago, God made choice among us, 
that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of 
the gospel, and believe. 

« 8 f And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them wit- 
ness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us : 

c 9 s And put no difference between us and them, purify- 
ing their hearts by faith. 

10 h Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke 
upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers 
nor we were able to bear 1 

t 11 ' But we that believe, through the grace of the Lord 
Jesus Christ, 'we shall be saved, even as they. 

12 II k Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave 
audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles 
and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by 
them. 

f\S % l And after they had held their peace, James an- 
swered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me. 

14 m Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit 
the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets ; as it is 
written, 

a 16 "After this I will return, and will build again the 
tabernacle of David which is fallen down ; and 1 will build 
again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up : 

17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, 
and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith 
the Lord, who doeth all these things. 
1 18 Known unto God are all his works from the begin- 
ning of the world. 

d 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, 
which from among the Gentiles are turned to God : 
d 20 ° But that we write unto them that they abstain from ^ l £\f 
pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things 
strangled, and from blood. 

21 p For Moses of old time hath in every city them that 
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath- 
day. 

/ 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the 
whole church, to send chosen men of their own company 
to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas ; namehj, Judas sur- 
named Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren : 
s 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner ; 



THE ACTS. Paul associates with himself Timothy. 

The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting unto 



John 7. 22. 
ch. 8. I. & 
10.28. & 11. 
I, J9. 

Gal. 2. 4. & 
5. 1, 2. 
Philip. 3. 2. 
Col. 2.8, 11, 
16. 

Titus 1. 10. 
bch. 11.3U. 



Gal. 2. 1 
c ch. 14. 3, 
26. 

(1 ch. 6. 7. 
e ch. 10. 20. 
&11. 1, 13. 
f 1 Ch>. 28. 
9. & 29. 17. 
Psa. 7. 10. 
Jer. 11.30. 
& 17. 10. & 
20. 12. 
ch.10.43. & 
11. 15. 
I Cor. 1. 2. 
B ch. 10. 15, 
28.&11. 17. 
k. 12. 24. & 
13. 48. & 14. 
1, 27. 

IPet. 1. 22. 
h Mai. 23. 4. 
Gal. 5. 1. 
i Rom. 8. 3. 
Gal 2.21.& 

3. 21. 

Eph. 2. 4,8. 
Titus 2. 11. 
&3. 4. 
k ch. 13. 11, 
48. & 14. 1, 
10. 

1 Jer. 32. 41. 
ch. 12. 17 
m2Pet. 1.1. 
n Amos 9. 

i», a. 

Gen. i). 4. 
Ex. 34. 15. 
Lev. 3. 17. 
& 7. 26. & 
17. 14. & 19. 
26. 

Deut. 12. 16, 
23. & 15. 23. 

1 Sa. 14. 32. 
Dan. 1. 8. 
Mai. 1. 7. 
ch. 21. 25. 
verse 29. 
Rom. 1. 24. 
1 Oor. 5. 1, 
9. & 8. I, 6. 
& 10. 7, 14, 
20, 28. 
Eph. 2. 2. & 

4. 17. 

I Thes. 4.3. 
Heb. 12. 15. 
1 Pet. 4. 3. 
Rev. 2. 14, 
20. 
pNe. 8. 1. 

h. 13. 27. 



A.D.52. 



q ch. 8. 1. 
verses 1, 10. 
Gal. 2. 4. & 
5. 12. 
Titus 1. 11. 

1 John 4. 19. 
r ch. 13. 50. 
& 14. 19. 

s ch. 16. 4. 
&21. 25. 
verse 20. 
t ch. 14. 22. 
& 18. 23. 
a eh. 13. l. 
x ch. 13. 4, 
13. & 14. 1, 
21, 23. 
* A. D. 53. 
y ch. 12. 12, 
25. & 13. 5. 
Col. 4. 10. 

2 Tim. 4. 11. 
Philem. 24. 
z ch. 13. 13. 



b ch. 16. 5, 
Gal. 1. 21. 
a ch. 14. 6, 
20. & 17. 14. 
& 19. 22. & 
20.4. 

Rom. 16.21. 
1 Cor. 4. 17. 
Phil. 2. 19. 
1 Thes. 3. 2. 

1 Tim. 1. 2, 
18. & 5. 23. 
& 6. 12. 

2 Tim. 1. 5. 
& 3. 10, 14. 
h ch. 6. 3. 
cl Cor. 9.20. 
Gal. 2 3. 

d ch. 15. 2, 
6, 20, 29. 



the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and 
Syria, and Cilicia. 

24 f i Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which 
went out from us, have troubled you with words, subverting 
your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the 
law ; to whom we gave no such commandment : 

c 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one 
accord, to send chosen men unto you, with our beloved 
Barnabas and Paul : 

c 26 r Men that have hazarded their lives for the name ol 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall 
also tell you the same things by mouth 

t 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and tous, to lay 
upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 

d 29 3 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and 
from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: 
from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare 
ye well. 

30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch : 
and when they had gathered the multitude together, they 
delivered the epistle. 

31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the 
consolation. 

d 32 \ And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, 
exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed 
them. 

33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were 
let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. 

34 Notwithstanding, it pleased Silas to abide there still. 

35 u Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teach- 
ing and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others 
also. 

/ 36 % x And some days after, *Paul said unto Barnabas, 
Let us go again and visit our brethren, in every city where 
we have preached the word of the Lord, and seehowtheydo. 
37 y And Barnabas determined to take with them John, 
whose surname was Mark. 

S 38 z But Paul thought not good to take him with them, 
who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not 
with them to the work. 

c 39 a And the contention was so sharp between them, 
that they departed asunder one from the other : and so 
Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus. 

<i 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recom- 
mended by the brethren unto the grace of God. 

g 41 b And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming 
the churches. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Paul having circumcised Timothy, 1, and being called by the Spirit from 
one country to another, 1, converteth Lydia, 14, casteth out a spirit of 
divination, 16 : For which cause he and Silas are whipped and im- 
prisoned, 19. The prison doors are opened, 26. The jailer is converted, 
31, and they are delivered, 37. 

Pip HEN a came he to Derby and Lystra : and behold, a 
/JL certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son 
of a certain woman which was a Jewess, and believed, 
but his father ivas a Greek : 

s 2 b Which was well reported of by the brethren that 
were at Lystra and Iconium. 

3 c Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took 
and circumcised him, because of the Jews which were in 
those quarters : for they knew all that his father was a 
Greek • 

4 d And as they went through the cities, they delivered 
them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the 
apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. 

d 5 And so were the churches established in the faith, .and 
increased in number daily. 

88 



THE ACTS. 



A. D. 53. 



Paul and Silas are cast into prison. 

t 6 % Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and 1 ^ 

the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost|cor^'.i|. do to be saved 1 
to preach the word in Asia ; 



They are sent by night unto Berea. 
d 30 r And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must 1 



f cl>. 10. 
& 20. 19 



a&| d 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 



gl After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to gQJg jjj£j^j|jthou shalt be saved, and thy house 



into Bithynia : but the Spirit suffered them not 

8 e And they passing by Mysia, came down to Troas. 
d 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night : There 



& 33. 11 

Judges 19. 

Matt. 1 
Luke 24.29. 

chap. 8. 12. 



32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and 
(l n to all that were in his house. 

d 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and 



stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come '"itk% 2 7. washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his 



over into Macedonia, and help us. 

10 f And after he had seen the vision, immediately we 
endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering, 
that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto 
them. 

g 11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a 
straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to 
Neapolis ; 

g 12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city 
of that part of Macedonia, and a colony : and we were in 
that city abiding certain days. 

d 13 e And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a 
river side, where prayer was wont to be made ; and we 
sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 

1 14 % And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of 
purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, 
heard us : whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended 
unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 

d 15 '' And when she was baptized, and her household, she 
besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to 
the Lord, come into my house, and abide there : And she 
constrained us. 

/ 16 % ' l And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a cer- 
tain damsel possessed with a spirit of ^divination, met us, 
which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : 

c 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, 
These men are the servants of the most high God, which 
shew unto us the way of salvation. 

m 18 k And this did she many days. But Paul being grieved, 
turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name 
of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the 
same hour. 

c 19 % ' And when her masters saw that the hope of their 
gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them 
into the market-place unto the rulers, 

20 m And brought them to the magistrates, saying, 
These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 

21 And teach customs which are not lawful for us to 
receive, neither to observe, being Romans. 

22 n And the multitude rose up together against them: 
and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded 
to beat them. 

23 ° And when they had laid many stripes upon them, 
they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them 
safely. 

24 Who having received such a charge, thrust them 
into the inner prison, and made their feel fast in the stocks. 

d 25 % ''And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sane: ': 
praises unto God : and the prisoners heard them. 



£53% straightway. 



Dent. "18. 10. 
kMk.16. 17. 
1 2 Cor. 5. 6. 
m 1 Kings 
18. 17. 
chap. 17. 6. 
n 2 Cor. 11. 
25. 

Phil. 1.13. 
IThes. 2.2. 
oLu. 10.30. 
Rev. 22. 18. 
pch.4. 31. 
&5. 41. 
q ch. 5. 19. 
&12.7. 



d 34 s And when he had brought them into his house, he 
set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with 
all his house. 

/35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the Ser- 
jeants, saying, Let those men go. 

36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, 
The magistrates have sent to let you go : now therefore 
depart; and go in peace. 

37 'But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly 
uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; 
and now do they thrust us out privily ? nay verily ; but let 
them come themselves and fetch us out. 

38 And the Serjeants told these words unto the magis- 
trates : and they feared when they heard that they were 
Romans. 

39 u And they came and besought them, and brought 
them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. 
/ 40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into 
the house of Lydia : and when they had seen the brethren, 
they comforted them, and departed. 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Paul preacheth at Thessalonica, I . where some believe, and others perse- 
cute him, 4 : He is sent to Berea, and preacheth there, 10 : Being perse- 
cuted ai Thessalonica , 13, he covieth to Athens, and disputtih nnd 
preacheth the living God to them unknown, 15, whereby many are con- 
verted unto Christ, 34. 

OW when they had passed through Amphipolis, and 
Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a 
synagogue of the Jews. 

d 2 a And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, 

and three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the 

Scriptures, 

t 3 b Opening and "alleging, that Christ must needs have 

suffered, and risen again from the dead ; and that this 

Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 

c 4 c And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul 

and Silas: and of ihe devout Greeks a great multitude, and 

of the chief women not a few. , 

' 5 ^f But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, 

took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and 

& k 3*'i6; I gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and, 

; ! !::,p 2 :n. assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out 

John s. id. to the people. 

I .i.L-.. \ (Ml _ ■ \ » 



go, 



I 

r. I jiikr 
& ID. B 

i ch. 22. 2.7. 
'i M ii. H 34. 

13.5.14.40. 

.v II i. ,t 



in .. 
\tt 21. I. 
Bcul i '' 
l*sn °° 7 

"*26 q And suddenly there was n great earthquake, sq [»«i'nh?ii.si. 

J - - . Moll IB, 21. 

39, 
(4.20, 
I i 40. 

John I 12, 

' nGl telling 



6 '' And when they found them not, they drew Jason 
and certain brethren unto the rulers of tile city, crying, 
These that have turned the world upside down, are come 

tig hither also; 

7 '' Whom Jason hath received : and these all do < 
trary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is anolhei 
king, one Jesus. 

8 And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the 
city, when they heard these things. 

) And when they had taken security of Jason and of the 



that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and im-£ 
mediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bands|jf 
were loosed. 

27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, other, they l 

and seeing the prison-doors open, he drew out his sword, ;'.-,, .,", " 
and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners 
had been fled. 

« 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, do thyself | 
no harm : for we are all here. 

29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came [ISE :?, ft and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those thinffs 
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas ; *Tit.* were so. s 



ml and 
ent into 



HO If f And the brethren immediately sent awaj l\i 
Jj Silas by nighl unto Berea; who coming thither, w« 
J the synagogue of the Jews. 

1 1 The e were more noble than those iii Thessalonica, 
ntVJ^: in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, 

lut. 34.10. • • ■ - — - 



155 



•1 I 



m 



The effects of Paul's preaching at Athens. 

12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable 
women which were Greeks, and of men not a few. 

g 13 h But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge 
that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they 
came thither also, and stirred up the people. 

14 * And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, 
to go as it were to the sea : but Silas and Timotheus abode 
there still. 

g 15 k And they that conducted Paul brought him unto 
Athens : and receiving a commandment unto Silas and 
Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. 

/16 % ' Now,* while Paul waited for them at Athens, his 
spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given 
to idolatry. 

17 "Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the 
Jews, and with the devout persons, and'in the market daily 
with them that met with him. 

1 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and 
of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will 
this babbler say ? other some, He seemeth to be a setter 
forth of strange gods : because he preached unto them 
Jesus, and the resurrection. 

19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, 
saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof 
thou speakest, is ? 

20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears ; 
we would know therefore what these things mean. 

21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, 
spent their time in nothing else but either to tell, or to hear 
some new thing.) 

g 22 % Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, 
Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too 
superstitious. 

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found 
an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. 
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I un- 
to you. 

*24 n God that made the world, and all things therein, 
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in 
temples made with hands ; 

b 25 ° Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though 
he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, 
and all things ; 

t 26 p And hath made of one blood all nations of men for 
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habita- 
tion; 

d 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might 
feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from 
every one of us : 

* 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being ; 
as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also 
his offspring. 

e 29 q Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we 
Ought not to think that the Godhead is like unlo gold, or 
silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 

d 30 r And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but 
now commandeth all men everywhere to repent : 

*31 'Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he 
will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom 
he hath ordained : whereof he hath given assurance unto 
all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

/ 32 % And when they heard of the resurrection of the 
dead, some mocked : and others said, We will hear thee 
again of this matter. 

33 So Paul departed from among them. 

34 Howbeit, certain men clave unto him, and believed : 
among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite] and a 
woman named Damaris, and others with them. 



THE ACTS. 



He is accused before Gallio, but dismissea. 



A. D. 53. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 
Paul laboureth with his hands, and preacheth at Corinth to the Gentiles, 3 
The Lord encourageth him in a vision, 9 : He is accused before Gallio 
the deputy, but is dismissed, 12 : Afterwards passing from city to city, he 
strengtheneth the disciples, 18. Apollos, being more perfectly instructed 
by Aquila and Priscilla, 24, preacheth Christ with great efficacy, 28. 

/A FTER these, things, Paul departed from Athens, and 
J\. came to Corinth ; 

g 2 a And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in 
Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, (be- 
cause that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart 
from Rome) and came unto them. 

3 b And because he was of the same craft, he abode with 
them, and wrought, (for by their occupation they were 
tent-makers.) 

d 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and 
persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 

1 5 c And when Silas and Timotheus were come from 
Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to 
the Jews, that Jesus was Christ. 

c 6 d And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, 
he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be 
upon your own heads : I am clean : from henceforth I will 
go unto the Gentiles. 

7 % And he departed thence, and entered into a certain 
man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, 
whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 

d 8 e And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, be- 
lieved on the Lord with all his house : and many of the 
Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized. 

9 f Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, 
Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace : 

<10 g For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, 
to hurt thee : for I have much people in this city. 
/ 1 1 And he continued there a year and six months, teach- 
ing the word of God among them. 

g 12 % And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the 
Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and 
brought him to the judgment-seat, 

13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God 
contrary to the law. 

14 h And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, 
Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong, or 
wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should 
bear with you : 

15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of 
your law, look ye to it : for I will be no judge of such 
matters. 

16 And he drave them from the judgment-seat. 

17 ' l Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler 
of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. 
And Gallio cared for none of those things. 

/ 18 % k And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, 
and then took Ms leave of the brethren, and sailed thence 
into Syria, and with him Priscilla, and Aquila; having shorn 
his head in Cenchrea : for he had a vow. 
s- 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there : but 
he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with 
the Jews. 

20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with 
them, he consented not : 

d 21 l But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means 
keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem : but I will return 
again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. 
g 22 And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up and 
saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. 
/ 23 m And after he had spent some time there, he departed 
and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in 
order, strengthening all the disciples. 
g 24 If n And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alex 

90 



A. D. 56. 



) ch. 19. 3. 
Rom. 12.11. 
pRoni.12.3. 
1 Cor. 3. 6, 
1 10. & 15. 10 



oh. 10. 44. 
c Mat. 3. 11. 
& 11.3. 
Mk. 1. 4, 8. 
Luke 3. 16. 
John 1. 26. 
cli.l.S.&U. 
16. & 13 24. 
dch.2.4. & 
6. fi. & 8. 1? 
& 10. 46. & 
11.15. 
e ch. 18. 4. 
& 28. 23. 
*A D. 57 
fch. 16.17. 
& 18. 25. & 
22. 4. & 24. 
22. 

2Tim. 1. 15. 
2 Pet. 2 2. 
g ch. 20. 31. 
BMk 16.20. 
ch. 13. 11. & 
14. 3, 10. & 
16. Id. 
i Jn. 14. 12. 
chap. 5. 15. 
k Mt. 12. 27. 
Mark 9. 38. 
Luke 9. 49 
chap. 8. 18, 



The Jews blaspheme PauVs doctrine. THE ACTS 

andria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, j- 
came to Ephesus. 

c 25 ° This man was instructed in the way of the Lord 
and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught dih^j^-g^ 
gently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism ?' fco t i 12 
of John. bJn - 7 - 39 

26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue : 
Whom, when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him 
unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more 
perfectly. 

' 27 p And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the 
brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him : 
who, when he was come, helped them much which had 
believed through grace. 

28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that pub- 
licly, shewing by the scriptures, that Jesus was Christ. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

The Holy Ghost is given by Paul's hands, 6. Tlie Jews blaspheme his 
doctrine, which it confirmed by miracles, 9. The Jewish exorcists, 13, 
are beaten by the devil, lb. Conjuring books are burnt, 19. Demetrius, 
for love of gain, raiseth an uproar against Paul, 24, which is appeased 
by the town-clerk, 35. 

AND * it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, 
Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came 
to Ephesus ; and finding certain disciples, 
< 2 * He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost 
since ye believed 1 And they said unto him, We have not 
so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 

3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye bap- 
tized 1 And they said, Unto John's baptism. 

4 c Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism 
of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should 
believe on him which should come after him, that is, on 
Christ Jesus. 

/ 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name 
of the Lord Jesus. 

* 6 d And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the 
Holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake with tongues, 
and prophesied. 

7 And all the men were about twelve. 
/ 8 e And* he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for 
the space of three months, disputing and persuading the 
things concerning the kingdom of God. 
c 9 ' But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but 
spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed 
from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in 
the school of one Tyrannus. 

10 8 And this continued by the space of two years ; so 
that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the 
Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 

*«■ 11 h And God wrought special miracles by the hands of 
Paul: 

12 ' So that from his body were brought unto the sicl 
handkerchiefs, or aprons, and the diseases departed from 
them, and the evil spirits went out of them. 

<13 ^[ k Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, 
took upon them to call over them which bad evil spirits, 
the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by 
Jesus whom Paul prcacheth. 

14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew, and 
chief of the priests, which did so. 

' 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, 
and Paul I know ; but who are ye 1 

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on 
them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so 
that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 
S 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also 
dwelling at Ephesus : and fear fell on them all, and the 
name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 



Demetrius raiseth an uproar against him. 

d\S l And many that believed came, and confessed, and 
shewed their deeds. 

19 Many also of them which used curious arts, brought 
their books together, and burned them before all men; and 
they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand 
pieces of silver. 

20 m So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed. 
/21 f[ n After these things were ended, Paul purposed in 
the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia, and 
Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been 
there, I must also see Rome. 

g 22 "So he sent into Macedonia two of them that minis- 
tered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus ; but he himself 
stayed in Asia for a season. 

23 p And the same time there arose no small stir about 
that way. 

/ 24 q For a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-smith, 
which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain 
unto the craftsmen ; 

25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like 
occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we 
have our wealth : 

f 26 r Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, 
but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded 
and turned away much people, saying, that they be no gods 
which are made with hands : 

27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set 
at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess 
Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be 
destroyed, whom all Asia, and the world worshippeth. 

c 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of 
wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephe- 
sians. 

29 9 And the whole city was filled with confusion : and 
having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, 
Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord 
into the theatre. 

30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the peo- 
ple, the disciples suffered him not. 

/31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his 
friends, sent unto him desiring him that he would not ad- 
venture himself into the theat-e. 

32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another : 
for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew 
not wherefore they were come together. 
/33 ' And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the 
Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned 
with the hand, and would have made his defence unto 
the people. 

/34 P>ut when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one 
voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana 
of the Ephesians. 

35 And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, 
he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there thatknow- 
eth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a Worshipper of 
the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down 
from Jupiter 1 

36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken 
against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 

37 For ye nave brought hither these men, which are 
neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your 
goddess. 

38 Wherefore, if Demetrius, and (he craftsmen which 
are with him, have a matter against any man, the law 
is open, and there arc deputies : let them implead one 
another. 

39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, 
it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. 

40 For we arc in danger to be called in question 'or th'. c 

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Eulychus is restored to life by Paul. 



THE ACTS. 



day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give 

an account of this concourse. 
41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the 

assembly. 

CHAPTER xx. 

Paulgoeth to Macedonia, 1 . He celebraleth the Lord's supper, and preach- 
eth, 7. Eutychus being killed by a fill, 9, is raised to life, 10. At Mi- 
letus Paul calleth the elders together, telleth them what shall befall to 
himself 17, committeth God "s flock to them, 28, warneth them of false 
teachers, Z9,commendeth them to God, 32,.prayeth with them, and goelh 
his way, 36. 

fk ND a after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him 
J?3L the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to 
go into Macedonia. 

2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given 
them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 

3 b And there abode three months. And when the Jews 
laid wait for hiin, as he was about to sail into Syria, he pur- 
posed to return through Macedonia. 

g 4 c And there accompanied him into Asia, Sopater of 
Berea ; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secun- 
dus ; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus ; and of Asia, 
Tychicus and Trophimus. 

5 These going before, tarried for us at Troas. 

6 And we sailed away from Philippi, after the days of 
unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five 
days ; where we abode seven days. 

d 7 d And upon the first day of the week, when the disci- 
ples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto 
them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his 
speech until midnight. 

8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, 
where they were gathered together. 

t 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named 
Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep : and as Paul was 
long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down 
from the third loft, and was taken up dead. 

10 e And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing 
him, said, Trouble not yourselves ; for his life is in him. 

11 When he therefore was come up again, and had 
broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till 
break of day, so he departed. 

ml2 And they brought tbe young man alive, and were 
not a little comforted. 

13 Tf And he went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, 
there intending to take in Paul : for so had he appointed, 
minding himself to go afoot. 

g 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, 
and came to Mitylene. 

15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over 
against Chios ; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and 
tarried at Trogyllium; and the nextdaywe came to Miletus 

16 f For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because 
he would not spend the time in Asia : for he hasted, if it 
were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pen 
tecost. 

17 «[f And * from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called 
the elders of the church. 

18 s And when they were come to him, he said unto 
them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, 
after what manner 1 have been with you at all seasons, 

d 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with 
"many tears and temptations, which befell me by the lying 
tn wait of the Jews : 

d 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto 

you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, 

and from house to house, 
< 21 h Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, 

repentance toward God, and faith toward out Lord Jesus 

Christ. 



A.D.59. 



u ch. 39. 20, 
40. & SI. 6. 
Kom. IB. IB. 
lCov.1U.20. 
2 Cor. 13. 12. 
1 Th. 5. 2B. 

1 Tim. I. 3. 
bcli.9.23.t 
13. 45. & 14. 
2, 5. & 17. 5. 
&26. 21. 

2 Cor. 11. 26. 
och.16. 1.& 
19.29. &21. 

9. &. 27. 2. 

1 Cor. 1. 14. 
Eph. 6. 21. 
Col. 4. 7, 10. 

2 Tim. 4. 12, 
20. 

Titus 3. 12. 
d ch. 2. 42, 
4G. 

lCor.10.lfi. 
&11. 20. & 
16.2. 

Rev. 1. 10. 
el Kings 17. 
21 

2 Kgs. 4. 34. 
fell. 18.21. 
& 19. 21. & 
21.4,12. 
*A.D. CO. 
g ch. 19. 10. 
h Mk. 1. 15. 
Luke 24. 47. 



A. D. 60. 
i cli. 18. 21. 
&19. 21. 
k ch. 9. 16. 
& 21. 4, 11. 
1 Th. 3. 3. 

1 ch. 21. 13. 
Rom. 8. 35. 
lCor.15.31. 

2 Cor. 1. 8. 
&4.8.16.& 
6. 4, 9. & 7. 
4. & 11. 23. 
& 12. 10. 
Gal. 1. 1. & 
6. 14. 

Eph. 3. 13. 
& 6. 20. 
Phil. 1. 12. 
& 4. 12. 
Col. 1.24. 

1 Th. 2. 2. 
&c 3. 3. 

2 Tim. 2. 9. 
&3. 11. &4. 
"16. 
Titus 1.3. 
Heb. 10.34. 
fc 12. 1. &. 
13.7. 

ni ch. 18. 6. 
n Lu. 7. 30. 
Eph. I. 11. 

Ex. 23. 21. 
Isa. 53. 10. 
John 21. 15. 
chap. 13. 2. 
&14.23. 
Eph. 1.7,14. 
Philip. 1. 1. 
Col. 1. 14. 

1 Tim. 3. 1, 

2. & 4. 10. 

1 Pet. 1. 19. 
&5. 2. 
Rev. 5. 9. 
pMt.7. 15. 

2 Pet. 2. 1. 
q Ps. 41. 10. 
Mat. 20. 21. 
chap. 1. 17. 
1 John 2. 19. 
Rev. 2. 6. 

r ch. 19. 10. 
Heb. 13. 17. 
sch. 9. 31. 
Eph. 1. 18. 
tl Sa. 12.3. 

1 Cor. 9. 12. 

2 Cor. 7. 2. 
&11. 9. & 
12. 13. 

u ch. 18. 3. 
1 Cor. 4. 12. 
lTh.2. 9.& 
4.11. 
2Tb. 3.8. 
x Mt. 10. 8. 
Eph. I. 28. 

1 Th. 5. 14. 

2 Th. 3. 7. 
y ch. 21. 5. 
zGn.45.14. 
& 46. 29. 
nch. 13. 1. 
& 16. 11. & 
18. 21. & 20. 

3, 13. & 27, 
4,12. 

a Gr. gotten 

chap. 20. 37, 
1 Cor. 4. 15. 
b ch. 20. 23. 
& 21. 12. 
e ch. 16. 13, 
& 20. 36. 



Paul sails from Miletus to Tyre. 

22 ' l And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jeru- 
salem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : 

t 23 u Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, 
saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. 

d 24 ' But none of these things move me, neither count I 
my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course 
with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the 
Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 

25 And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I 
have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my 
face no more. 

d 26 m Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am 
pure from the blood of all men, 

d 27 "For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the 
counsel of God. 

a* 28 ^f ° Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you 
overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath pur- 
chased with his own blood. 

*"29 p For I know this, that after my departing shall 
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 
30 q Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking 
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 

d 31 r Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space 
of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and 
day with tears. 

b 32 9 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to 
the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and 
to give you an inheritance among all them which are 
sanctified. 

d 33 ' I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 
34 u Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have minis- 
tered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 

d 35 x I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring 
ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give 
than to receive. 

cZ 36 ^[ y And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, 
and prayed with them all. 

/37 z And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and 
kissed him, 

38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, 
that they should see his face no more. And they accom- 
panied him unto the ship. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Paul will not by any means be dissuaded from going to Jerusalem, J. 
Philip's daughters, prophetesses, 9. Paul cometh to Jerusalem, 17: 
where he is apprehended, and in great danger, 27 ; but by the chief cap- 
lain is rescued, and permitted to speak to the people, 31. 

ND a it came to pass, that after we were a gotten from 
them, and had launched, we came with a straight 
course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and 
from thence unto Patara : 

2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we 
went aboard, and set forth. 

3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on 
the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre : 
for there the ship was to unlade her burden. 

4 b And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days : 
who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go 
up to Jerusalem. 

d 5 c And when we had accomplished those days, Ave de- 
parted, and went our way ; and they all brought us on oui 
way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city : 
and Ave kneeled doAvn on the shore, and prayed. 

6 And when Ave had taken our leave one of another, we 
took ship ; and they returned home again. 

/7 And when Ave had finished our course from Tyre, we 
came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode 
Avith them one day. 

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14. & 28.29. 
Eph.6.20. 
Ph. 1. 7, 13. 
Col. 4. 18. 
2 Tim. 2. 9. 
Heb. 10. 34. 
hMt. 16.22. 
i ch. 20. 24. 
Rom. 8. 35. 

1 Cor. 4. 9. 
At 15. 31. 

2 Cor. 4. 10. 
& 11.23. 
Gtal. 6. 17. 

k Mat. 6. 10. 
& 20. 42. 
Luke 11. 2. 
& 22. 42. 

1 ch. 13. 4. 
inch. 15.13. 
Gal. 1.19. 

n ch. 20. 24. 
oMt. 13.31. 
chap. 22. 3. 
Roin. 10. 2. 
Gal. 1. 14. 
p Nu. 6. 2, 
13, 18. 
ch. 18. 18. & 
24. 18. 
gch. 15. 20, 

rNu. 6. 13. 
ch. 24. 18. 
s ch. 24. 5. 
tch. 20.4. 

2 Tim. 4. 20. 
u ch. 26. 21, 



Hie Jews raise a tumult against Paul. THE ACTS. He declareth how he was converted. 

' g 8 * And the next day we that were of Paul's company Aj^f^j together: and they took Paul and drew him out of the 
departed, and came unto Cesarea; and we entered into 
the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the 
seven ; and abode with him. 

9 e And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which 
did prophesy. 

flO f And as we tarried there many days, there came 
down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. 
r 1 1 e And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's 
girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus 
saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind 
the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into 
the hands of the Gentiles. 

12 h And when we heard these things, both we and they 
of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 
d 13 ' Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and 
to break my heart 1 for I am ready not to be bound only, 
but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus 
d 14 k And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, 
saying, The will of the Lord be done. 

15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and 
went up to Jerusalem. 

/ 16 ' There went with us also certain of the disciples of 
Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, 
an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. 
s 17 And when we were come to. Jerusalem, the brethren 
received us gladly. 

18 m And the day following Paul went in with us unto 
James : and all the elders were present. 

19 n And when he had saluted them, he declared parti- 
cularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles 
by his ministry. 

e 20 ° And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, 
and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thou- 
sands of Jews there are which believe ; and they are all 
zealous of the law : 

21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all 
the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, 
saying, That they ought not to circumcise their children, 
neither to walk after the customs. 

22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come 
together: for they will hear that thou art come. 

23 p Do therefore this that we say to thee : We have four 
men which have a vow on them ; 

24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at 
charges with them, that they may shave their heads : and 
all may know that those things whereof they were informed 
concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also 
walkest orderly, and keepest the law. 

d 25 q As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have 
written and concluded that they observe no such thing, 
save only that they keep themselves from things offered to 
idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from forni- 
cation. 

26 ' Then Paul took the men, and the next day purify- 
ing himself with them, entered into the temple, to signify 
the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that 
an offering should be offered for every one of them. 

/ 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the 
Jews, which were of Asia, when they saw him in the 
temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, 

c 28 s Crying out, Men of Israel, help. This is the man 
that teacheth all men every where against the people, and 
the law, and this place : and further, brought Greeks also 
into the temple ; and hath polluted this holy place. 

29 ' (For they had seen before with him in the city, 
Trophimus, an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul 
had brought into the temple.) 

30 u And all the city was moved, and the people ran 



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l P 5 i;¥i?- j tem P le - And forthwith the doors were shut 
ch J a p el iff- f U And as the Y went ab °ut to kill him, tidings came 
1% Aol' unto tae cnief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was 
«$.£& m an "Proar ; 

32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and 
ran down unto them. And when they saw the chief 
captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. 
/ 33 * Then the chief captain came near and took him, and 
commanded him to be bound with two chains: and demand- ' 
eel who he was, and what he had done. 

34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the 
multitude : and when he could not know the certainty for 
the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. 

35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he 
was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 

36 y For the multitude of the people followed after, cry- 
ing, Away with him. 

/37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said 
unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee 1 Who said, 
Canst thou speak Greek ? 

38 Art not thou that Egyptian which before these days 
madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four 
thousand men that were murderers ? 

39 z But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tar- 
sus, a city- in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city : and I be- 
seech thee suffer me to speak unto the people. 
/40 a And when he had given him license, Paul stood on 
the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. 
And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto 
them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 

CHAPTER XXII. 
Paul declareth at large, how he was converted to the faith, 1, and called 
to his aposlleship, 17 : At the very mentioning of the Gentiles, the people, 
exclaim on him, 22 : He should have been scourged, 24 : but claiming the 
privilege of a Roman, he escapeth, 25. 

EN, a brethen, and fathers, hear ye my defence which 
I make now unto you. 

2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew 
tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 
g 3 b I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, 
a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of 
Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of 
the law of the fathers, and was zealous towards God, as ye 
all are this day. 

4 c And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding 
and delivering into prisons both men and women. 
g 5 d As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all 
the estate of the elders; from whom also I received letters 
unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them 
which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. 
/ 6 ° And it came to pass, that, as 1 made my journey, and 
was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there 
shone from heaven a great light round about me. 

7 f And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying 
unto me, Saul, Saul, why peraecutesl thou me? 

8 And I answered, Who ail thou, Lord? And lie said 
unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutes! 

9 g And they that were with me saw indeed the light, 
and were afraid; but they ■ heard not the voice of him thai 
spake to me. 

d 10 '' And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord 
said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it 
shall be told thee of all tilings which are appointed for thee 
to do. 

11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, 

being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came 

into Damascus. 

c 12 ' And one Ananias, a devout man according to the 

??'h!§: 17. law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 



a. n. GO. 



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&21. 11. 
yLu.23. 18, 
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ch. 22. 22. 
zch. 'J. 11, 
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h ch. 5. 31. 
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Ac 18. 25. & 
l.l. B. & 24, 
II. &S6.9. 
I Cor. 15.9. 
Gnl. I. 13. 
Philip. 3. B, 

1 Tim. 1.13. 
rich.0.2.& 

20, 12. 

& 26. 12. 
i Cor. 15.8. 

2 Cor. 12.9. 

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93 



26. 17 
Rom.l.5.& 
11. 13. & 15. 
16. 

Gal. 1. 15. & 
2. 8. 

Eph. 3. 8. 
1 Tim. 2. 7. 
2Tim. 1.11. 
q eli. 21. 36. 
rGn. 12. 17. 
s eh. 16. 37. 
b Or, tortu- 
red him, 
verse 25. 
Heb. 11.35. 
a ch. 24. 16. 

1 Cor. 4. 4. 

2 Cor. 1. 12. 
& 4. 8. 

2 Tim. 1. 3. 
Heb. 13. 18. 
b 1 Kgs. 22. 
24. 

Jer. 20. 2. 
John 18. 22. 
cLev. 13.35. 
Deut. 17. 4, 
9. & 25. 12. 
John ■ . 51. 
d Ex. 22. 28. 
Ec. 10. 22. 
2 Pet. 2. 10. 
Jude 8. 



Direction of Ananias to smite Paul. THE ACTS. 

13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Br other ; k A ch D 3 f 4 
Saul receive thv sight. And the same hour I looked .upj&^fc j} : 

upon him. ie-le. 11 '* 

t 14 k And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen U^- 1 - 

thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just * Jft- J | 2 - 

One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. |&3 oh 7 n2 ' L 

15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what^-, 3 4 U - 

thou hast seen and heard. jmdf.llo. 

d 16 ' And now wtiy tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, S cn : fd: 

and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.lp* c 8 h ;.y.i 5 . 
17 m And it came to pass, that, when I was come again - 

to Jerusalem, even while 1 prayed in the temple, 1 was in 

a trance ; 
c 18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get 

thee quickly out of Jerusalem ; for they will not receive 

thy testimony concerning me. 

19 n And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and 
beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee : 

20 ° And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was 
shed, 1 also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, 
and kept the raiment of them that slew him. 

21 p And he said unto me, Depart : for I will send thee 
far hence unto the Gentiles. 

/ 22 q And they gave him audience unto this word, and 
then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow 
from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live. 

23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and 
threw dust into the air, 

24 r The chief captain commanded him to be brought 
into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by 
scourging , that he might know wherefore they cried so 
against him. 

/ 25 s And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto 
the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge 
a man that is a Roman, and uncondemnned 1 

26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the 
chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest ; for this 
man is a Roman. 

27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell 
me, art thou a Roman 1 He said, Yea. 

28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum 
Obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free- 
born. 

29 Then straightway they departed from him which 
should have * examined him : and the chief captain also 
was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and 
because he had bound him. 

/ 30 On the morrow, because he would have known the 
certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed 
him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and 
all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set 
him before them. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
As Paul pleadeth his cause, 1 , Ananias commanded them to smite him, 2 : 
Dissension among his accusers, 7 : God encouragethhim, 11. The Jews 
lying in wait for Paul, 14, is declared unto the chief captain, 20: He 
sendeth him to Felix the governor, 27. 

c A ND a Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men 




e ch. 24. 15, 
21. & 26. 5 
6. & 28. 20. 
Phil. 3. 5. 
f Mt. 22. 23. 
Mark 12. 18. 
Luke 20.27. 
g ch. 5. 39. 
&0.4.& 16. 
9. & 22. 7, 
17, 18. & 25. 
25. & 26.31. 
h ch. 18. 9. 
&19.21. 
i Mt. 26. 74. 
verses 20,30. 
k ch. 25. 3. 
1 verse 12. 
a Or, untlcr 
a curse. 



and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience cE%i«A 
before God until this day. 

2 b And the high priest Ananias commanded them that 
stood by him, to smite him on the mouth. 
w 3 c Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou 
whited wall : for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and 
commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law 1 

4 And they that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's high 
priest? 

D 5 d The,n said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the 
high priest : for it is written. Thou shalt not speak evil O&Sfittt 
the ruler of thy people. 



■matisan. 
that is, 
swure they 
would be a 
curse before 
God, if they 
did cat, or 
drink till, 
&-c, 

Mat. 26. 74. 
Rom. 9. 3. 
J Or, 
archers. 
The word 
signifies 
them that 
takewiththc 
right hand. 
that is, 
javelins to 

I cast or shoot 
them upon 

I the enemy. 



More than forty conspire to kill him. 

* 6 e But when Paul perceived that the one part were 
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the 
council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a 
Pharisee : of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am 
called in question. 

7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension 
between the Pharisees and the Sadducees : and the mul- 
titude was divided. 

8 f For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, 
neither angel, nor spirit : but the Pharisees confess both. 

9 g And there arose a great cry : and the scribes that 
were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We 
find no evil in this man : but if a spirit or an angel hath 
spoken to him, let us not fignt against God. 

/10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief 
captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces 
of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take 
him by force from among them, and to bring him into the 
castle. 

s 1 1 h And the night following the Lord stood by him, and 
said, Be of good cheer, Paul : for as thou hast testified of 
me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. 

c 12 i And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded 
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, 
that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed 
Paul. 

1 3 And they were more than forty which had made this 
conspiracy. 

714 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and 
said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that 
we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 

15 k Now therefore ye with the council signify to the 
chief captain, that he bring him down unto you to-morrow, 
as though ye would inquire something more perfectly con- 
cerning him : and we, or ever he come near, are ready to 
kill him. 

1 6 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in 
wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. 

/ 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and 
said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain ; for he 
hath a certain thing to tell him. 

18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, 
and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed 
me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something 
to say unto thee. 

/19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand and 
went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is 
that thou hast to tell me 1 

20 ' And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee, 
that thou wouldest bring down Paul to-morrow into the 
council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him 
more perfectly. 

21 But do not thou yield unto them : for there lie in wait 
for him of them more than forty men, which have bound 
themselves "with an oath, that they will neither eat nor 
drink till they have killed him : and now are they ready, 
looking for a promise from thee. 

22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, 
and charged him, See thou tell nojman that thou hast 
shewed these things to me. 

/23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make 
ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen 
threescore and ten, and "spearmen two hundred, at the 
third hour of the night ; 

24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on.. 
and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. 

25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 

26 Claudius Lysias, unto the most excellent governor 
Felix, sendeth greeting. 

94 v 



A. D. 80. 



mch. 21.33. 
& 23. JO, 23. 
n ch. 22. 30. 
o ch. 18. 15. 
& 24. 19. 
pch.24. 8. 
& 25. 10. 
qch.24. 1. 
& 23. 16. 
c The word 
signifieth a 
palace of the 
supreme 
commander, 
whether 
prince, 
governor, 
or general, 
Mat. 27. 27. 
a ch. 23. 2, 
30. 

b ch. 16. 20. 
& 17. (i. fa 
21.28. 
aGx.apcst, 
lKgs.18.17. 
chap. 16. 20. 
cch.23. 30. 
& 25. 16. 
d ch. 21.26. 
ech. 25. 8. 
& 28. 17. 
fch.3.23.& 
5. 30. & 7.32 
& 22. 14. & 
26. 22. & 28. 
22. 



P-aul defends himself against Tertullus. THE 

27 ro This man was taken of the Jews, and should have 
been killed of them : then came I with an army, and res- 
cued him, having understood that he was a Roman. 

28 n And when I would have known the cause wherefore 
they accused him, I brought him forth into their council : 

29 ° Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of 
their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of 
death, or of bonds. 

30 p And when it was told me how that the Jews laid 
wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave 
commandment to his accusers also, to say before thee 
what they had against him. Farewell. 

/31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, to< 
Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. 

32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with 
him, and returned to the castle : 

S 33 Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the 
epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him 

34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked 
of what province he was. And when he understood that 
he was of Cilicia ; 

/35 q I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are 
also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's 
judgment-hall/ 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
Paul being accused by Tertullus the orator, I , answerelh for his life and 
doctrine, 10 : He preacheth Christ to the governor and his wife, 24. The 
governor hopeth for a bribe, but in vain, 26 : At last, going out of his 
office, he leaveth Paul in prison, 27. 

fjL ND U after five days, Ananias the high priest descended 
J\ with the elders, and with a certain orator named Ter- 
tullus, who informed the governor against Paul. 

2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to 
accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great 
quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this 
nation by thy providence, 

3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble 
Felix, with all thankfulness. 

4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto 
thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldest hear us of thy cle- 
mency a few words. 

5 b For we have found this man a a pestilent fellow, and 
a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the 
world, and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarenes : 

(J Who also hath gone about to profane the temple : 
whom we took, and would have judged according to our 
law : 

7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with 
great violence took him away out of our hands, 

8 c Commanding his accusers to come unto thee : by 
examining of whom, thyself mayest take knowledge of all 
these things whereof we accuse him. 

9 And the Jews also assented, saying, That these things 
were so. 
b 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned 

unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that 
thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I 
do the more cheerfully answer for myself: 

11 d Because that thou mayest understand, that there 
are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for 
to worship. 

12 c And they neither found me in the temple disputing 
with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the 
synagogues, nor in the city : 

13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now 
accuse me. 
<IU f But this I confess unto thee, that after the way L&JIsJS 

which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, iters, 1 ! 
believing all things which are written in the law and in the fA. u 
prophets: " || ?i,-. 24 & 



5. 28, 2!l. 



.III ■'. *.,. 
ch. 23. 6. & 
20. 6. & 28. 
20. 

h cb.33. I. 
ICor.4.4. 
2 Cor. 1. 12. 
&4.2. 
2 Tim. 1.3. 
Hob 13. 18. 
i ch. 11.80. 
Ham. 15. 85. 
GaTS. 10. 
kLukol2.1. 
ch 81.80,87. 
& 26. 12. 
I ch. 23. 30. 
U. 85. 16. 
m ch.23. 6. 
St 26. 6. & 
8.30. 

nrh.27.3.& 
28. 16. 
n ch. 12. 3. 
/t 25.0, li. 
» A. D. 08 
p ch, -'l. I. 
I. ch. 23. 1 



ACTS. He answers for Jtimself before Festus. 

tl5 s And have hope toward God, which they themselves 
also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, 
both of the just and unjust. 

<* 16 h And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a 
conscience void of offence toward God, and toward man. 
<i 17 * Now, after many years, I came to bring alms to my 
nation, and offerings. 

18 k Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me puri- 
fied in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult : 

19 'Who ought to have been here before thee, and 
object, if they had aught against me. 

20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found 
any evil-doing in me, while I stood before the council, 

* 21 m Except it be for this one voice, that I cried, stand- 
ing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I 
am called in question by you this day. 
/22 And when Felix heard these things, having more 
perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, 
When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know 
the uttermost of your matter. 

23 n And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and 
to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of 
his acquaintance to minister, or come unto him. 
/24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his 
wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and 
heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 

25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, 
and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go 
thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, 
1 will call for thee. 

c 2G He hoped also that money should have been given 
him of Faul, that he might loose him : wherefore he sent 
for him the oftener, and communed with him. 

27 "But after two years* Porcius Festus came into Felix's 
room : and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, 
left Paul bound. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

The Jews accuse Paul before Festus, 2 : He answerethfor himself, 8, and 
appealeth unto Cesar, 1 1 ; Afterwards Festus openeth his matter to king 
Agrippa, 14, and he is brought forth, 23 : Festus declareth him, to Imve 
done n'othing worthy of death, 25. 

^J^TOW when Festus was come into the province, after 
■"x^l three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem. 

2 a Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews 
informed him against Paul, and besought him, 

3 b And desired favour against him, that he would send 
for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. 

4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at 
Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. 

5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, 
go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any 
wickedness in him. 

6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten 
days, he went down unto Cesarea ; and the next day sitting 
on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought. 
ft And when he was come, the Jews which came down 
from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and 
grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not 
prove ; 

8 c While he Inswered fur himself, Neither against the 
law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against 
Cesar have I offended any thing at all. 

9 But Festus, willing to do the .lews a pleasure, answered 
Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be 
judged of these things before me'.' 

10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgment-seat, 
where I ought to be judged : to the Jews have I done no 
wrong, as thou very well knowest. 

1 1 * For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing 
worthy of death, I refuse not to die : but if there be none 

95 



Hon. 12.2 



THE ACTS 



Paul's defence of himself before Agrippa 

of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may A ' 
deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar. 

12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the coun- 
cil, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar 1 unto Cesar 
shalt thou go. 

/13 And after certain days, king Agrippa and Bernice 
came unto Cesarea, to salute Festus. 

14 e And when they had been there many days, Festus 
declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a cer- 
tain man left in bonds by Felix : 

15 f About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief 
priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to 
nave judgment against him. 

16 s To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the 
Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is 
accused have the accusers face to face, and have license 
to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. 

17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any 
delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment-seat, and com- 
manded the man to be brought forth ; 

18 Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they 
brought none accusation of such things as I supposed : 



b Gen. 3. 15. 
& 22. 18. & 
28. 4. & 4tf. 
10. 

19 h But had certain questions against him oi' their own! rieut. l&k 



ech.24. 27. 
fell. 24. 1. 
g Dt. 17. 4. 
h chap. 18. 
15. & 23. 29. 
a Gr. much 
phantasy, 
Eceles. 1. 2. 
1 Cor. 7.31. 
1 Pet. 1.24. 
ich.22. 22. 
& 24. 5. 
k ch. 23. 9. 
&26. 31. 
I ch. 12. 6. 
& 26. 3. 
b Gr. the 
lord. 

Job 32. 21. 
a Gr. a 
knowcr, 
Deut. 17. 18. 
1 Cor. 13. 7. 
a ch. 22. 3. 
&23.G. 
Phil. 3. 5. 



A. D. 62. 



superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul 
affirmed to be alive. 

20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, 
I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there 
be judged of these matters. 

21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the 
hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I 
might send him to Cesar. 

22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the 
man myself. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. 

/ 23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and 
Bernice, with a great pomp, and was entered into the place 
of hearing, with the chief captains and principal men of the 
city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth. 

24 ' And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which 
are here present with us, ye see this man about whom all 
the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at 
Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live 
any longer, 

25 k But when I found that he had committed nothing 
worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Au- 
gustus, 1 have determined to send him 

26 l Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto b my 
lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and 
specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that after examina 
tion had, I might have somewhat to write. 

27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, 
and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

*>aul in the presence of Agrippa declareth his life from his childhood, 2, 
and how miraculously he was converted, and called to his apostleship, 12, 
Festus chargeth him to be mad, whereunto he answereth modestly, 24 
Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a Christian, 28. The whole company 
pronounce him innocent, 31. 

THEN Agnppa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to 
speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, 
and answered for himself : 

2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall 
answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the 
things whereof I am accused of the Jews : 
& 3 Especially, because I know thee to be ° expert in all 
customs and questions which are among the Jews : where- 
fore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 

4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the 
first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the 
Jews, 

5 a Which knew me from the beginning, (if they would 



2 Sam. 7. 12. 
Psa. 132.11. 
Isa. 4. 2. & 
7. 14. & 9. 6. 
& 40. 10. & 
54 10. 
Jer. 23. 5. & 
33.14. 
Ez. 34. 23. 
& 37. 24. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Micah 7. 20. 
Matt 22.31. 
ch. 2. 39. & 
3.26.&5.31. 
& 13. 6, 23, 
32. & 24. 15, 
21. & 28.20. 
Rom. 15. 8. 
Gal. 3. 16. 



who is almost persuaded to be a Christian. 

testify,) that after the most straitest sect of our religion, I 
lived a Pharisee. 

6 b And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the 
promise made of God unto our fathers : 

7 c Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serv- 
ing God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's 
sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. 

1 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, 
that God should raise the dead ] 

9 d I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many 
things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 

10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the 
saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority 
from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, 
I gave my voice against them. 

c 1 1 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and 
compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly 
mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange 
cities. 

g 12 e Whereupon, as I went to Damascus, with authority 
and commission from the chief priests, 
m 13 At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from 
heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round 
about me, and them which journeyed with me. 

14 And when Ave were all fallen to the earth, I heard a 
voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, 
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? It is hard for thee 
to kick against the pricks. 

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord 1 And he said, I am 
Jesus whom thou persecutest. 

r 16 f But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared 

unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a 

u»Vi3 witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and ol 

c oli. 23. 8. " 
& 24. 15. 
Phil. 3. 11. 
d ch. 7. 58. 
& 8. 3. & 9. 
1,14. & 22. 
4, 19. 

John 16. 2. 
1 Cor. 15. 9. 
Gal. 1.13. 
PKil. 3. 6. 

1 Tim. 1.13. 
eLu. 12. 1. 
ch.9.2.&22. 
6. & 24. 18. 
fch.9.15,17. 
&13. 2, 31. 
&.18.9.&22. 
10.&23. 11. 

2 Cor. 12. 2. 
g Isa. 35. 5. 
&42.7.&60. 
1. &61. 1. 
Luke 1. 77. 
& 2. 30. 
John 1.9. & 
3.19.&8.12. 
&9.5.&12. 
35. 

ch. 20. 32. 
2 Cor. 4. 4. 
Eph. 1.18. 
& 4. 17. & 
5. 8, 11. 
Col. 1. 13. 
1 Thes. 5. 4. 
lPet.2.9,25. 
h Isa. 50. 5. 
chap. 16. 9. 
i Matt. 3. 8. 
chap. 9. 20, 
28. & 11.26. 
& 13. 14, 49. 
& 14. 1, 15. 
& 15. 35. & 
16. 13,32. & 

17. 2, 17. & 
18.4, 19. & 
19. 8. ifc 20. 

18. & 22. 17, 
21. 

kch.9.23.& 
21. 30. fc 23. 
12. & 25.3. 
I Lu. 24. 27, 
ch. 24. 14. 
m Psa. 22. 7, 
16. 

Isa. 42. 6. & 
chap. 50. 
throughout. 
Dan. 9. 26. 
Zech.12.10, 
Luke 2. 32. 
verse 18. 
ch. 13.32,46 
1 Cor. 15. 20, 
Col. 1. 18. 
Rev. 1. 5. 
n Jn. 10. 20 
1 Cor. 1. 23. 
& 2. J4. 
o.In. 18. 20. 
pi Cor, 7. 7 



those things in the which I will appear unto thee ; 

17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gen- 
tiles, unto whom now I send thee, 

1 18 s To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness 
to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they 
may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among 
them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

19 h Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient 
unto the heavenly vision : 

d 20 * But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at 
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then 
to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, 
and do works meet for repentance. 

21 k For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, 
and went about to kill me. 

t 22 l Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue 
unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying 
none other things than those which the prophets and Moses 
did say should come": 

1 23 m That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the 
first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light 
unto the people, and to the Gentiles. 

24 n And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a 
loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning 
doth make thee mad. 

25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus ; but 
speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 

k 26 ° For the king knoweth of these things, before whom 
also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of 
these things are hidden from him ; for this thing was not 
done in a corner. 

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? I know 
that thou believest. 

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest 
me to be a Christian. 

29 p And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou 

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A. D. 62. 



Paul's dangerous voyage towards Rome. 

but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and 

altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 

/ 30 i And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, 

and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with 

them : 

31 r And when they were gone aside, they talked be- 
tween themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy 
of death, or of bonds. 

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have 
been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cesar 

CHAPTER XXVII. 
Paul shipping towards Rome, I , foretelleth of the danger of the voyage, 1 0, 
but is not believed, 11. They are tossed to and fro with tempest, 14, and 
suffer shipwreck, 41 ; yet all come safe to land, 22, 34, 44. 

fk ND a when it was determined, that we should sail 

_A. into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other 

prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' 

band. 

g 2 b And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launch 

ed, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia, one Aristarchus, a 

Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 

3 c And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius 
courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto 
his friends to refresh himself. 

4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed 
under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 
g 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and 

Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 

6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria 
sailing into Italy ; and he put us therein. 
/ 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce 
were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, 
we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone : 
g-8 And hardly passing it, came unto a place which is 
called, The fair havens ; nigh whereunto was the city of 
Lasea. 

/ 9 Now, when much time was spent, and when sailing 
was now dangerous, because the fast was now already 
past, Paul admonished them, 

10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage 
will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading 
and ship, but also of our lives. 

1 1 Nevertheless, the centurion believed the master and 
the owner of the ship more than those things which were 
spoken by Paul. 

g" 12 And because the haven was not commodious to win- 
ter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any 
means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter ; 
which is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south-west 
and north-west. 

/ 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that 
they had obtained their purpose, loosing lhence t they sailed 
close by Crete. 

14 But not long after there arose against it "a tempes- 
tuous wind, called Euroclydon. 

15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear 
up into the wind, we let her drive. 

/16 And running under a certain island which is called 
Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat : 

17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, 
undergirding the ship ; and fearing lest they should fall 
into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. 

18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, 
the next day they lightened the ship ; 

19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands 
the tackling of the ship. 

20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days ap-ljEJVij. i 
peared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we ' 
should be saved was then taken away. 

157 4 K 



THE ACTS. He suffers shipioreck on an island. 

21 But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the 



midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened 
unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have 



q chap. 23. 
24.&25.12. 
i ch. 23. 9. 
& 24. 12. & 
25 25 

LlS i*25' g ame d this harm and loss 

b eh.' 19. 29' 

& 20. 3, 4. 
2Cor.ll.26. 
& 16. 11. & 
18. 21. 
Col. 4. 10. 
Philem 24. 
c ch. 24. 23. 
& 28. 16. 
aGr. a turn- 
ing wind, 
Esth. 7. 10. 
Psa.37.35. 
Eccles. 11.9. 
chap. 12.22. 



.I.ihn 6. 1 1. 
1 Tim. 4. 3. 



I Pet X 20. 
m eh. 28. I. 

n2Cor. 11. 



22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer : for 
there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of 
the ship. 
* 23 d For there stood by me this night the angel of God, 
whose I am, and whom I serve, 

24 e Saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought 
before Cesar : and lo, God hath given thee all them that 
sail with thee. 

25 ' Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer : for I believe 
God, that it shall be even as it was told me. 

*• 26 g Howbeit, we must be cast upon a certain island. | 

g 27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were 
driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen 
deemed that they drew near to some country ; 

28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms : and 
when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, 
and found it fifteen fathoms. 

/ 29 Then fearing lest they should have fallen upon rocks, 
they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for 
the day. 

30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the 
ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under 
colour as though they would have * cast anchors out of the 
foreship. 

d 31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Except 
these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. 

32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and 
let her fall off. 

33 h And while the day was coming on, Paul besought 
them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth 
day that ye have tarried, and continued fasting, having 
taken c nothing. 

34 ; Wherefore I pray you to take some meat ; for this 
is for your health : for there shall not a hair fall from the 
head of any of you. 

d 35 k And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and 
gave thanks to God in presence of them all ; and when he 
had broken it, he began to eat. 

36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took 
some meat. 

/37 ' And we were in all in the ship two hundred three- 
score and sixteen souls. 

38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the 
ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. 

39 m And when it was day, they knew not the land : but 
they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the 
which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in 
the ship. 

40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they com- 
mitted themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder-bands, 
and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward 
shore. 

41 D And falling into a place where two seas met, the.} 
ran the ship aground ; and the forepart stuck fast, and 
remained unmovdhble, but the hinder part was broken with 
the violence of the wines. 

42 And the soldiers' council was to kill the prisoners, 
lest any of them should swim out, and escape. 

43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them 
from their purpose, and commanded that they which could 
swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and get 
to land : 

a 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken 
pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they 
escaped all safe to land. 

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A 



Paul commendeth his calling to the 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 
Paul after his shipwreck is kindly entertained of the barbarians, 1 : The 
viper on his hand hurteth him not, 5 : He healeth many diseases in the 
island, 8 : They depart towards Rome, 1 1 : He declareth to the Jews the 
cause of his coming, 17 : After his preaching some were persuaded, and 
some believed not, 24 ; Yet he preached there two years, 30. 

g A ND a when they were escaped, then they knew that 
J\ the island was called Melita. 

2 b And the barbarous people shewed us no little kind- 
ness : for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, 
because of the present rain, and because of the cold. 
/3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and 
laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, 
and fastened on his hand. 

4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast 
hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt 
this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the 
sea, yet vengeance sufTereth not to live. 
m 5 c And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no 
harm. 

6 d Howbeit, they looked when he should have swollen, 
or fallen down dead suddenly : but after they had looked a 
great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed 
their minds, and said that he was a god. 
ft In the same quarters were possessions of the chief 
man of the island, whose name was Publius ; who received 
us, and lodged us three days courteously. 
™ 8 e And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay 
sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux : to whom Paul enter- 
ed in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed 
him. 

«9 So when this was done, others also which had diseases 
in the island, came, and were healed : 

10 f Who also honoured us with many honours; and 
when we departed, they laded us with such things as were 
necessary. 

fll And after three months* we departed in a ship of 
Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was 
Castor and Pollux. 

S 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days 
gl3 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came 
to Rhegium : and after one day the south wind blew, and 
we came the next day to Puteoli : 

14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry 
with them seven days *. and so we went toward Rome. 
e 15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, 
they came to meet us as far as Appii-Forum, and The 
Three Taverns ; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, 
and took courage. 
g 16 g And when we came to Rome, the centurion deliver- 



ROMANS. Romans, and his desire to visit them. 

ed the prisoners to the captain of the guard : but Paul was 



A. D. 62. 



;27.3. 




suffered to dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him. 

17 h And it came to pass, that after three days, Paul 
called the chief of the Jews together. And when they 
were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, 
though I have committed nothing against the people, or 
customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from 
Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans : 

18 'Who when they had examined me, would have let 
me go, because there was no cause of death in me. 

19 k But when the Jews spake against it, I was con- 
strained to appeal unto Cesar ; not that I had aught to 
accuse my nation of. 

t 20 ' For this cause therefore have I called for you, to 
see you, and to speak with you : because that for the hope 
of Israel I am bound with this chain. 

21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters 
out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren 
that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. 

22 m But we desire to hear of thee, what thou thinkest : 
for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it 
is spoken against. 

t 23 n And when they had appointed him a day, there 
came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expound- 
ed and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them con- 
cerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the 
prophets, from morning till evening. 

24 ° And some believed the things which were spoken, 
and some believed not. 

1 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they 
departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake 
the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 

° 26 p Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye 
shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall 
see, and not perceive. 

/ 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their 
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; 
lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their 
ears, and understand with their heart, and should be con- 
verted, and I should heal them. 

28 q Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation 
of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it 

29 And when he had said these words, the Jews de- 
parted, and had great reasoning among themselves. 

30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired 
house, and received all that came in unto him, 

d 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those 
things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all con- 
fidence, no man forbidding him. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE KOMANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

Paul commendeth his calling to the Romans, 1, and his desire to come to 
them, 9: what his gospel is, and the righteousness which it sheweth, 16. 
God is angry with all manner of sin, 18. What were the sins of the 
Gentiles, 21. 

C XJ AUL, a a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, 
Jl separated unto the gospel of God, 

2 (Which b he had promised afore by His prophets in the 
holy scriptures,) 

3 c Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was 
made of the seed of David according to the flesh ; 

* 4 a And declared to be the Son of God with power, ac- 
cording to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from 
the dead : 

d 5 e By whom we have received grace and apostleship, 
for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name : 
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ : 
f To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be 



il 



saints : Grace to you, and peace from God out Father, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

e 8 g First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you 
all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole worid. 

d 9 h For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit 
in the gospel of his Son, that without ceadng I make men- 
tion of you always in my prayers. ~ 

b 10 * Making request (if by any rnear* i now at length I 
might have a prosperous journey by the will of God) to 
come unto you. 

1 1 k For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you 
some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established ; 



Heb. 8. 8. 
1 Peter 1.31. 
c2Sa.7.]2. 
Ps. 132. 11. 
Mat. 1.1. & 
3.17.&9.27. 
& 12. 23. & 
15. 22. & 17. 
5. & 20. 30. 
& 31. 9, 15. 



Markl0.47.|John 10. "0.111.13. & 15 



Luke 1. 32, | A els 2. 22. 
69. & 2. 4.&&13. 32. 
3.23, 31. &|Heb. 1.5.& 
18. 38. 5. 5. 

Acts2.30.&e Ml. 28.19 
13.23. I#cts6.7. & 

2 Tim. 2.8.9. 15. & 13. 
2 Pet. 1. 17.46. &22.21. 
d Pea. 2. 7. Ich. 3. 29. & 



la & is. is. 

I& 16. 26. 

1 Cor. 5. 10. 

2 Cor. 30. 5. 
Gal.l.l5.& 
2.9. 

Eph. 3. 8. 
1 Tim. 1. 9. 
& 2. 7. 



2Tim.l.ll.|Eph. 5.20. Ithroughout. 
fLukel0.5. lThcss.1.8.2 Cor. 123, 
John 14. 27. Heb. 13. 15. & 4. 18. & 
&20. 19. 1 Peter 2. 5.111.31. 
chap. 9. 24. h John 4. 23. Gal. 1.20. 
1 Cor. 1. 2. Acts 24. 14. Philip. 3. 3. 
Eph. 1.1. chap.9.1.&|lThess.2.5, 
lThess.4.7. 12. 1. & 15. 17. & 3. 10. 
gch. 16. 19.l23.&ch.l6.l2Tim. 1.3. 



i Ac. 19.21. 
&23. 11. 
chap. 15. 23, 
32. 

lTh.3.10. 
James 4. 15. 
kcb.14.1.& 
15.1,23,29. 
& 1C. 18. 



98 



] ch. 15. 32 
3 John 3. 
m John 15.8 
ch. 15. 18,23 
Philip. 4. 17 



The Jew inexcusable who condemns the Gentiles. 

d 12 ' That is, that I may be comforted together with you, 
by the mutual faith both of you and me. 

13 m Now 1 would not have you ignorant, brethren, that 
oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (but was let hither- 
to) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as 
among other Gentiles. 

14 D I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barba- 
rians ; both to the wise, and to the unwise. 

g 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the 
gospel to you that are at Rome also. 

d 16 ° For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for 
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that be- 
lieveth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 

t 17 p For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from 
faith to faith : as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 

1 18 q For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven 
against all ungodliness, and unrighteousness of men, who 
hold the truth in unrighteousness. 

19 r Because that which may be known of God, is mani- 
fest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them 

* 20 5 For the invisible things of him from the creation of 
the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things 
that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so 
that they are without excuse : 

«21 * Because that when they knew God, they glorified 
him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 

22 "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools ; 

23 x And changed the glory of the incorruptible God 
into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, 
and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. 

c 24 y Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, 
through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour then- 
own bodies between themselves : 

25 z Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and wor- 
shipped and served the creature a more than the Creator, 
who is blessed for ever. Amen. 

26 a For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections. 
For even their women did change the natural use into that 
which is against nature : 

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use 
of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another ; 
men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiv- 
ing in themselves that recompense of their error which 
was meet. 

* 28 b And even as they did not like to retain God in their 
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do 
those things which are not convenient : 

c 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, 
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, 
murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, 

c30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, 
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 

c31 Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without 
natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : 

e 32 ■ Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they which jpfi^.1 
commit such things are worthy of deatli ; not only do the v'''' 1 '^ 
same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 

CHAPTER II. 

They that sin, though they condemn it in others,cunnol > reuse tliemselvee, I. Prov.ai. is 
and much less escape the judgment of Ood, 6, whether they be Jews or ;' ! .';.,'" 
Gentiles, 9. The Gentiles cannot escape, I I. nor vet the Jews, 17, whew 
Jteir circumcision shall not profit, if they keep not the Im "'• ffy 

1EREFORE a thou art 'inexcusable, () man, whoso- ife'?; 



ROMANS. Circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit. 

' which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt 
escape the judgment of God 1 

4 c Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and for- 
nAdt9.il: Abearance, and long-suffering; not knowing that the good- 
' ness of God leadeth thee to repentance 1 

« 5 d But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, trea- 
l?V. 4o.'w: surest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and 
revelation of the righteous judgment of God ; 

6 e Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 
7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, 
seek for glory, and honour, and immortality ; eternal life : 
w 8 f But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey 
the truth, but obey unrighteousness : indignation and wrath, 
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that 
doeth evil ; of the Jew first, and also of the Gemile ; 
6 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that 
worketh good ; to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile ; 
11 s For there is no respect of persons with God. 
t 12 h For as many as have sinned without law, shall also 
perish without law : and as many as have sinned in the 
law, shall be judged by the law, 

'13 s (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, 
but the doers of the law shall be justified. 

14 For when the Gentiles, which have hot the law, do 
by nature the things contained in the law, these having not 
the law, are a law unto themselves. 

15 Which shew the work of the law written in their 
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their 
thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one 
another ;) 

f 16 k In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men 
by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 

17 } Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the 
law, and makest thy boast of God, 

18 m And knowest his will, and approvest the things that 
are more excellent, being instructed out of the law, 

19 n And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of 
the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 

20 ° An instructer of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which 
hast the form of knowledge, and of the truth in the law : 

p2l p Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest 
thou not thyself? thou that preachest, a man should not 
steal, dost thou steal ! 

v 22 q Thou that say est, a man should not commit adultery, 
dost thou commit adultery 1 thou that abhorrest idols, dost 



Isa. 42. 6. 
Malt. 10. 5. 
& 15. 24. 
Mark 8. 38. 
Luke 9. 26. 
Acts 13. 26, 
46. 

chap. 3. 2. & 
9.4. 

1 Cor. 1. 18, 
23. & 15. 2. 

2 Tim. 1. 8. 
p Hab. 2.4. 
John 3. 36. 
chap. 3. 81. 
&4. 3. 
Gal. 3. 11. 
Phil. 3. 9. 

I Heb. 10. 38. 
& 11. 7. 
q Acts 17. 30 
r Acts 14. 14. 
& 17. 24. 
a Psa. 19. 2. 
& 148. 3. 
t Deut 28. 
28,29. 
2Kgs. 17.15. 
J.r.2. 5. 
1 Cor. 3. 20. 
Eph. 4. )8. 
ITh. 4.5. 
uJer. 10. 14. 
1 Cor. 1. 19. 
x Deut. 4.15. 
2Kgs. 17.29. 
Psa. 106. 20. 
Im. 40. 17, 

Jer. 2. 11. 
1 Cor. 12. 2. 
lThcss.1.9. 
1 Tim. 1. 17. 
1 Peter 4. 3. 
y Ps. 81. 13. 
Acta 14. 16. 
& 17. 29. 
1 Cor. 6. ia 
Eph. 4. 14. 
1 Th. 4. 4. 
2Th. 2. 11. 
1 Peter 4. 3. 
z Isa. 28. 15. 
& 44. 10. 
Jer. 10. 14. 
& 13. 25. & 
23.14. 
2Cor.ll. 31. 
1 These. 1.9. 
1 John 5. 20, 
21. 

Or, bc- 
sides, 

EjcoH. 32. 5. 
2Kes.17.23. 
a L.-V. 18. 
22,23. 
Eph. 5. 11, 

Juile 10. 
b Kph. 5. 3. 

c Huh. 7. 3. 
ch.2.2.&.0. 
21. 

a2Sn.l2.5. 
Mat. 7. 1.& 

23. :t. 

I.uke fi. 37. 
&. 14. 3. 
John 7. 49. 

1 Cur. A. 5. 

Jiillll' 3. I. 

& 4. 11. 
bJam.2. 13. 



A.D.00. 



thou commit sacrilege ? 



law. 



through 



c l«n.»0. IP. 
1 Pel. 3. 9, 
15. 

J Kx. n:i. 3. 
tt 34. 0. 
in. 5.6. B. 
At Hi. 16. At. 
31. 27. fc 39. 
34. 

I'rnv. I. 18. 
U 



a. l»7.51. 
clii p 0.22. 

Job34 n 



P 23 r Thou that makest thy boast of the 
breaking the law dishonourest thou God 1 
V 24 * For the name of God is blasphemed among the 
Gentiles, through you, as it is written. 

25 ' For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the 
law ; but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision 
is made uncircumcision. 

20 ■ Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the righteous- 
ness of the law, shall not bis uncircumcision be counted 
for circumcision 1 

27 " And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if 
it fulfil the law, judge Ihee, who bj the letter and circum- 
cision dost transgress the law'? 

i 28 > For lie is nut a Jew, \\ hich is one outwardly ; neither 
18 thai circumcision, which is outward in the llesh : 
t 29 ' Bui he is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circum- 
cision is ilxti of the heart, in the spirit, and nol in the let- 



JL ever thou art, that judgest: for wherein thou judgest £%V\j ter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God 

another thnn rnnrtmv-infvcr tlnreolf. for- IKah (!,.,( ;',,.l, . " ''■ lohjp.S.B. 

cuiumci, uiou concicmiitsi tnyseii , tor thou that. iui</e>.t, , ,,„ h .., (3 . ( 

doest the qamp flimn-c- How II. Phil. 1.10 

uuc&i me same tilings. , ,, , „i.., is.io.moi i Mat. hi 



' 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according 
to truth, against them which commit such thii 
w3° And thinkest thou this, O mam thai judge.-l them 



11. 1 Hi I Pel I 17. .v 12. I-. I 10 I. At I 

S>1.5 12. I Lu.12 13. 14. A 31.13. 23. 

■JTh.l 
• I" 111 17. 

I 
■' 

99 



n 

io. 

Mi. IS. II. 

i oi :i B. 
v Matt 3. '.i 

'John 8. 3!>. 



'Imp. 0. 7. 

lit v j o 

/ u.ut. in 

IH. 4. 30. 6. 
Jer. 4. 4. 
lCnr. 4.5 

Col. 2, II. 

1 Th. 2. I. 
1 Peter 3. i. 



Jews and Gentiles are justified by faith . 



ROMANS. 



Abraham's faith, imputed for righteousness. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Jews' ■prerogative, 1 ; which they have not lost, 3. Howbeit, the law 
convinceth them also of sin, 9 : therefore no flesh is justified by the law, 20, 
but all, without difference, by faith only, 28 : and yet the law is not 
abolished, 31. 

WHAT a advantage then hath the Jew ? or what profit 
is there of circumcision ? 
& 2 b Much every way : chiefly, because that unto them 
were committed the oracles of God. 

* 3 c For what if some did not believe ? shall their unbelief 
make the faith of God without effect ? 

4 d God forbid : yea, let God be true, but every man a 
liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy 
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged 
t 5 e But if our unrighteousness commend the righteous- 
ness of God, what shall we say ? Is God unrighteous who 
taketh vengeance ? (I speak as a man,) 

6 f God forbid : for then how shall God judge the world ? 

7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through 
my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 

8 g And not rather (as we be slanderously reported, and 
as some affirm that we say) Let us do evil, that good may 
come ? whose damnation is just. 

t* 9 h What then 1 ? are we better than they? No, in no wise 
for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that 
they are all under sin ; 

10 ' As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one : 

* 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that 
seeketh after God. 

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together 
become unprofitable : there is none that doeth good, no, 
not one. 

13 k Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues 
they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their 
lips: 

14 ' Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. 

15 m Their feet are swift to shed blood. 

16 Destruction and misery are in their ways : 

17 And the way of peace have they not known. 
t* 18 n There is no fear of God before their eyes. 

19 ° Now we know that what things soever the law saith, 
it saith to them who are under the law : that every mouth 
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty be- 
fore God. 

t 20 p Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no 
flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the know- 
ledge of sin. 

21 q But now the righteousness of God without the law 
is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets ; 

t 22 r Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of 
Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe ; for 
there is no difference : 

t* 23 s For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of 
God; 

* 24 l Being justified freely by his grace, through the re- 
demption that is in Christ Jesus : 

t 25 u Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through 
faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the re- 
mission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of 
God; 

t 26 To declare, / say, at this time his righteousness : that 
he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth 
in Jesus. 

27 x Where is boasting then ? It is excluded. By what 
law ? of works ? Nay ; but by the law of faith. 

1 28 y Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by 
faith without the deeds of the law. 

29 * Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the 
Getrtiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also : 



A. D. 60. 



a Eo.l.3.& 
3. I9.&6.8. 
Dan. 5. 14. 

66. 3. 
bDt. 4.7,8. 
Ps. 78. 5. & 
147. 8, 9. 
chap. 2. 18. 
&9. 4. 
Eph. 2. 12. 
cNu.23.19. 
ch. 9. 6. & 
11.29. 
2Tim.2.13. 
Heb. 4. 2. 
il Ps. 51. 6. 
& 62. 10. & 
88 through- 
out. & 116. 
11. 

Job 40. 8. 
John 3. 33. 
e Psa. 7. 11. 
1 Cor. 9. 8. 
Gal 3. 15. 
fGn. 18.25. 
Job 8. 3. & 
34. 17. 
g ch. 5. 20. 
&6. 1, 15. 

67. 7. 
h Gal. 3. 22. 
i Gen. 5. 11. 
Psa. 14.3. & 
53 4 

k Psa. 5. 10. 
& 14. 3. & 
140. 3. 
Jer. 5. 16. 
1 Psa. 10. 7. 
m Pr. 1. 16. 
Isa. 59. 7. 
n Psa. 36. 4. 

Job 5. 16. 
Pea. 107.42. 
Ez. 16. 63. 
Jn. 10.34. & 
15. 25. 
ch. 1. 20. & 

2. 1 
1 

ch. 4. 5: & 

7. 7. 

Acts 13. 39. 

1 Cor. 14. 21. 
Gal.2.16.& 

3. 10. 
Titus 3. 5. 
q Gen. 15.6. 
Psa. 32. 2. 
Isa. 28. 16. 
John 5. 46. 
Acts 15. 11. 
&26. 22. 
chap. 1. 17. 
Heb. ch. 11. 
1 Pet. 1. 10. 
rch.10. 12. 
Gal. 3. 28. 
Col. 3. 11. 
sch.l.l8.& 
4.2.&11.32. 
Gal. 3. 22. 
t Isa. 55. 1. 
Matt. 20. 28. 
John 3. 16. 
ch.6.6. &8. 
32. 

1 Cor. 1.30. 
Eph. 1. 7.& 
2.8. 

Col. 1. 14. 
1 Tim. 2. 6. 
Titus 3.5,7. 
Hob. 9. 12. 

1 Pet. 1. 18. 
uLev. 16.15. 
Acts 13. 38, 
39. & 17. 30. 
chap. 15. 8. 

2 Cor. 5. 19. 
Gal. 4. 4. 
Col. 1. 20. 
1 Tim. 1.15. 



( Cnr 11. 31. 
) Psa. 143.2. 



t 30 a Seeing it is one God which shall justify the circum- 
cision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 

31 b Do we then make void the law through faith? God 
forbid : yea, we establish the law. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteousness, 1, before he was 
circumcised, 10. By faith only, he and his seed received the promise, 13. 
Abraham is the father of all that believe, 16. Our faith also shall be 
imputed to us for righteousness, 24. 

HAT a shall we then say that Abraham, our father 
as pertaining to the flesh, hath found ? 
2 b For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath 
whereof to glory, but not before God. 
1 3 c For what saith the scripture ? Abraham believed God, 
and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 

4 d Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned 
of grace, but of debt. 
t 5 e But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him 
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteous- 
ness. 

6 f Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the 
man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 

* 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, 
and whose sins are covered. 

& 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute 
sin. 

t 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision 
only, or upon the uncircumcision also ? For we say that 
faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 

10 How was it then reckoned ? when he was in circum- 
cision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in 
uncircumcision. 

* 11 s And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of 
the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being un- 
circumcised : that he might be the father of all them that 
believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness 
might be imputed unto them also ; 

12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not 
of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of 
that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet 
uncircumcised. 

* 13 h For the promise that he should be the heir of the 
world was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, 
but through the righteousness of faith. 

* 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made 
void, and the promise made of none effect. 

15 l Because the law worketh wrath : for where no law 



fjdhna'2. is, there is no transgression. 

t* 16 k Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; 



& 4. 10. 
x ch. 2. 17, 
23. & 4. 2. 
1 Cor. 1. 31. 
Eph. 2. 9. 
y Ac. 13. 38. 
Gal. 2. 16. 
zGen. 17. 5. 
& 22. 11. 
chap. 2. 10. 



A. D. 60. 



ach. 4. 11. 
b ch. 10. 4. 
Gal. 3. 24. 
a Isa. 51. 2. 
Matt. 3. 9. 
John 8. 39. 
Gal. 3. 7, 29. 
Philip. 3. 4. 
b Eph. 2. 8. 
cGen. 15.6. 
Gal. 3. 6. 
Heb. 11. 17. 
James 2. 23. 
(1 Mat. 20.7, 
14. 

chap. 11. 6. 
e.Tosh. 24. 2. 
chap. 5. 6. 
fPsa.32.1,2. 
gGen.17.11. 
Gal. 3. 7. 
ii Gen. 12.3. 
& 15. 0. & 
17. 2. 
Gal. 3. 18. 
i.Iohnl5.22. 
ch. 3. 20. & 
5. 13, 20. & 
IT. 8, 10, 



to 



the end the promise might be sure to all the seed : not to 
that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of 
the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 
a 17 (As ' it is written, I have made thee a father of many 
nations) before him whom he believed, even God, who 
quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, 
as though they were. 

18 m Who against hope believed in hope, that he might 
become the father of many nations ; according to that 
which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 

19 n And being not weak in faith, he considered not his 
own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years 
old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb. 

d 20 ° He staggered not at the promise of God through 
unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; 

21 p And being fully persuaded, that what he had pro- 
mised, he was able also to perform. 

22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness 

lCor.15.56.lkch. 9. 11. 118. 30. „ JHeb. 11. 12|n Gn.T) '.17.jHeb. 11. H,|oHeb ^l^fj £ 
2Cor.3.7,9.&11.29. lGen. 17. 3.]mGn.la.4,5.l& 18. 11. 12. p Fs. 1K>. .5 l^uice i. .1' 

Gal. 3. Iff. |Gal.3.16.&l 

100 



qch. 15. 4. 
1 Cor. 10. 6, 
11. 

r Isa. 53. 5. 
Acts 2. 24. 
s ch. 3. 25. 
& 5. 6. & 8. 
32. 

1 Cor. 15.17. 

2 Cor. 5. 21, 
IPet. 1.21. 
& 2. 24. 
1 John 1. 7. 
& 2. 2. 
a ch. 3. 20. 
& 4.5.11. 
Eph. 2.13, 
14. 

Col. 1. 20. 
bJohn 10.9. 
& 14. 6. 
1 Cor. 15. 1. 
Eph. 2. 18. 
Sc. :i. 12. 
Hob. 3. 6. & 
10. 19. & 12. 
18. 

c Mat. 5.11. 
Acts 5. 41. 

1 Cor. 15. 31. 

2 Cor. 6. 10. 
&7. 4. &8. 
2. & 12. 10. 
Phil. 1. 2<t. 
Heb. 10. 34. 
Ja. 1. 2, 12. 
lPet.J.6. &. 
3.14.&4.13. 
d Jn. 16. 20. 
James 1. 3. 
e Psa. 22. 5. 
2Cor. 1. 21. 
Eph. 1. 14. 
fch.4.25.& 
8. 3. 

Gal. 4. 3,4. 
Eph. 2. 1. 
Col. 2. 13. 
Heb. 7. 18. 
& 9. 10, 15. 
1 Pet. 3 18. 
e Jn. 15. 13. 

1 Jn. 3.16. 
h ch. 2. 5, 8. 
& 3. 34. 
ITh. 1. 10. 
i ch. 4. 25. 

2 Cor. 5. 18. 
Col.1.21,22. 
k Gen. 2. 17. 
&3. 6. 
chan e -2^' 
1 Cor. 15. 21. 
1 ch. 4. 15. 
m 1 Cor. 15. 
21, 45, 55. 
n Jn. 1. 16. 
Eph. 1. 6. 
of Cor. 4.8. 
2 Tim. 2. 12. 
Rcv.5.10.& 
20.4.&22.5. 
p Isa 53. II 
Philip. 2.8. 
q Lii. 7. 47. 
ch. 3. 20. &. 
4. 15. & 6.1, 
15. &. 7. 8. 
Gal.3.19,23 



Sin reigns unto death ; grace unto eternal life. ROMANS. 

23 * Now, it was not written for his sake alone, that it was A E 
imputed to him ; 

d 24 r But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we 
believe on him tnat raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. 

t 25 " Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised 
again for our justification. 

CHAPTER V. 

Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, 1 , and joy in our hope, 2 ; 
that since we were reconciled by his blood, when we were enemies, 8, we 
shall much more be saved being reconciled, 10. As sin and death came 

. by Adam, 12, so much more righteousness and life by Jesus Christ, 17. 
Where sin abounded, grace did superabound, 20. 

THEREFORE a being justified by faith, we have peace 
with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: 

e 2 b By whom also we have access by faith into this 
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory 
of God. 

c 3 c And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also ; 
knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; 

4 d And patience, experience ; and experience, hope : 

t 5 e And hope maketh not ashamed : because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which 
is given unto us. 

1 6 f For when we were yet without strength, in due time 
Christ died for the ungodly. 

7 s For scarcely for a righteous man will one die : yet 
peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 

h 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that 
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

t 9 h Much more then, being now justified by his blood, 
we shall be saved from wrath through him. 

10 * For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled 
to God by the death of his Son; much more, being recon 
ciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

ell And not only so, but we also joy in God, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the 
atonement. 

t 1 2 k Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, 
and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for 
that all have sinned : 

13 ' (For until the law, sin was in the world : but sin is 
not imputed when there is no law. 

t 14 m Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, 
even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of 
Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to 
come. 

t 1 5 D But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For 
if through the offence of one many be dead, much more 
the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one 
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 

t 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift. 
For the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the 
free gift is of many offences unto justification. 

17 ° For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; 
much more they which receive abundance of grace, and 
of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus 
Christ.) 

D 18 Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment, came 
upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteous- 
ness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justifica- 
tion of life. 

19 p For as by one man's disobedience many were made 
sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made 
righteous. 

20 i Moreover the law entered, that the offence might 
abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more 
abound: 

i * 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might 
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

156 



A. D. 60. 



a chap. 3. 8. 
& 5. 20. 
b Gal. 6. 14 
Col. 3. 3. 
1 Pet. 2. 24 
c. Gal. 3. 27. 
d Joha2.11. 
& 11. 40. & 
17. 22. 

1 Cor. 6. 14 

2 Cor. 2. 17 
Gal. 6. 15. 
Eph. 4. 22. 
Col. 2. 12. & 
3. !), 10. 
Heb. 12. 2. 

1 Pet. 2. 1. 
&4. 1. 

2 Pot. 1. 3. 
oeh. 8. 11. 
Philip. 3. 10. 
t'ch.7. 24. 
Gnl.S.SU.fc 
5.24.&CM. 
Eph. 4. 22. 
Col. 2. 11. t 
3. 5 '.). 

■ I Pw.4, i 
h 2 Tim. 2. 

i Rev. I, 1ft. 
k Lu.90.88, 

Hob, y. li, 

27. 

ivt. a si 

I Go 1. 3. 19. 

Pra.19.13. 

«c im. 133. 

clnp, 5. 11. 
U I. n. 1.71. 
eh. 7. 5. It 

1 

Gal. 2. 20. 
Col.. 'I. 5. 
Hell. !l. 14. 
1 Pot 2.21. 
ft 4. 2. 
a Gr. wea- 
pon*. 

Acts 5. 39. 
o eh. 5. 20. 
fc-7.8, II. 
p1Cor.fl.21. 
Gal. 2. 18. & 
5. 18. 

-iMt.fi 21. 
John 8. 34 



The law binds a man as long as he lives. 

CHAPTER VI. 

We may not live in sin, 1, for we are dead unto it, 2, as appeareth by our 
baptism, 3. Let not sin reign any more, 12, because we have yielded our- 
selves to the service of righteousness, 18, and for that death is the wages 
of sin, 23. 

HAT a shall we say then 1 Shall we continue in sin, 
that grace may abound "? 

2 b God forbid : how shall we, that are dead to sin, five 
any longer therein 1 ? 

3 c Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into 
Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death 1 

d 4 d Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into 
death . that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by 
the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in 
newness of life. 

5 e For if we have been planted together in the likeness 
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resur- 
rection : 

d 6 f Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, 
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we 
should not serve sin. 

7 g For he that is dead is freed from sin. 

e 8 h Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we 
shall also live with him : 

t 9 ' Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth 
no more ; death hath no more dominion over him. 

10 k For in that he died, he died unto sin once : but in 
that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 

rfll ' Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead 
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

d 1 2 m Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that 
ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 

d 13 n Neither yield ye your members as instruments of 
unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, 
as those that are alive from the dead, and your members 
as a instruments of righteousness unto God : 

M4 ° For sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye 
are not under the law, but under grace. 
p 15 p What then 1 shall we sin, because we are not under 
the law, but under grace 1 God forbid. 

16 q Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves serv- 
ants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether 
of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness ? 

d 17 r But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of 
sin ; but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doc- 
trine which was delivered you. 

« 18 ' Being then made free from sin, ye became the 
servants of righteousness. 

d 19 I speak after the manner of men, because of the in- 
firmity of your flesh : for as ye have yielded your members 
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, unto iniquity; even 
so now yield your members servants to righteousness, 
unto holiness. 

t 20 ' For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free 
from righteousness. 

21 ° What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye 
are now ashamed ? for the end of those things is death. 
b 22 " But now being made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the 
end everlasting life. 

23 y For the wages of sin is death : but the gift of God 
is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
CHAPTER vii 

No law hath power over a man hunger than lir liveth, I . lhtt irr are dead 
to the law, 4. Yet is not the law sin, 7, but holy, just, and good, 12, at~t 
acknowledge, who am grieved because j cannot keep it, ir>. 

MT NOW 1 ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know 

JV the law) how that the law hath dominion over a man 

as long as he liveth ? 

2 Pet. 2.19. h-ln. 8.32 IQal. 5.1. It .In. 8. 34. 133. & 7. .-.. \j Gen. 2.17.1ft. 5. 12. ffl.3.fcW.I. 
r2Tim.ll3 1 Cor. 7 . S.'l Pel. 0. 10 'n ell. 1.24. Ix eh. 5 17. Icbsp. 8. 7. la ch.6. 14. «tl 

101 



The blessedness of those who believe in Christ. 

2 b For the woman which hath a husband, is bound by 
the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the hus- 
band be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 

3 c So then, if while her husband liveth, she be married 
to another man, she shall be calledan adulteress: but if her 
husband be dead, she is free from that law ; so that she is 
no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 

« 4 d Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to 
the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to 
another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we 
should bring forth fruit unto God. 

c 5 e For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, 
which were by the law, did work in our members to bring 
forth fruit unto death : 

c 6 f But now we are delivered from the law, that being 
dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in new- 
ness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 

7 s What shall we say then 1 Is the law sin ] God forbid. 
Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not 
known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 

e 8 h But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, 
wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For with- 
out the law sin was dead. 

e 9 * For I was alive without the law once : but when the 
commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 

10 v And the commandment which was ordained to life, 
I found to be unto death. 

11 ' For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, de- 
ceived me, and by it slew me. 

1 12 m Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment 
holy, and just, and good. 

1 13 n Was then that which is good made death unto me 1 
God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death 
in me by that which is good ; that sin by the command- 
ment might become exceeding sinful. 

1 4 ° For we know that the law is spiritual : but I am 
carnal, sold under sin. 

c 15 p For that which I do, I a allow not : for what I would 
that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. 

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the 
law that it is good. 

c 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwell- 
eth in me. 

1 18 i For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth 
no good thing : for to will is present with me ; but how to 
perform that which is good, I find not. 

c 19 For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil 
which I would not, that I do. 

20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do 
it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 

c 21 I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is 
present with me. 

c 22 r For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man : 
23 * But I see another law m my members warring 
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity 
to the law of sin which is in my members. 

c 24 O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me 
from the body of this death 1 

e 25 t I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So 
then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God ; but 
with the flesh the law of sin. 

CHAPTER VIII. 
They that are in Christ, and live according to the Spirit, are free from 
condemnation, 1. What harm cometh of the flesh, 5, 13, and what good 
of the Spirit, 6, 14, and what of being God's children, 17 : Whose glori- 
ous deliverance all things long for, 19. It was beforehand decreed from 
God, 29. What can sever us from his loue, 38. 

is therefore now no condemnation to them 
. Jesus, who walk not after the 
flesh, but after the Spirit. 



A. D. 60. 



ROMANS. The Holy Spirit makes intercession for us. 

e 2 h For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath 
made me free from the law of sin and death. 

* 3 c For what the law could not do, in that it was weak 
through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness 
of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh : 

d 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in 
us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

c 5 d For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things 
of the flesh : but they that are after the Spirit, the things 
of the Spirit. 

6 e For to be carnally minded is death ; but to be spirit- 
ually minded is life and peace : 

t* 7 f Because the carnal mind is enmity against God : for 
it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

t 8 g So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 

9 h But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be 
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have 
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 

10 ' And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of 
sin ; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 

t\ 1 k But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the 
dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead 
shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that 
dwelleth in you. 

12 i Therefore, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, 
to live after the flesh. 

13 m For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die : but if ye 
through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye 
shall live. 

* 14 B For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are 
the sons of God. 

c 15 ° For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again 
to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, where- 
by we cry, Abba, Father. 

1 16 p The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that 
we are the children of God : 

h 17 q And if children, then heirs : heirs of God, and joint- 
heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we 
may be also glorified together. 

18 r For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time 
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall 
be revealed in us. 

19 3 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth 
for the manifestation of the sons of God. 
£>20 ' For the creature was made subject to vanity, not 
willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same 
in hope ; 

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered 
from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of 
the children of God. 

22 u For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and 
travaileth in pain together until now : 

c 23 x And not only they, but ourselves also, which have 
the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within 
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption 
of our body. 

24 y For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, 
is not hope : for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 

c 25 z But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with 
patience wait for it. 

b 26 a Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities : for 
we know not what we should pray for as we 'ought: but the 
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which 
cannot be uttered. 

t 2? b And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is 



b Nu. 5. 29. 
Pr. 6. 24,29. 
1 Cor. 7. 2, 
10, 39. 
cLev.22.12. 
Num. 30. 6. 
Jude. 14. 16. 
Ruth 1. 13. 
Matt. 5. 32. 
d Paa. 127. 
3. & 132. 11. 
Luke 1. 42. 
ch. 6. 14. & 
8.2. 

1 Cor. 7. 33. 

2 Cor. II. 2. 
Gal. 2.19,20. 
& 5. 18, 22. 
ch. 2. 15. & 
5.25. 
Col. 2. 14. 
ech. 3. 20. 
& 5. 20. & 
6. 2, 21. & 
13. 19, 21. 
Gal. 2.19,20. 
&3.3.&5.19. 
Philip. 3. 3. 
Hub. 9. 10. 
James 1. 15. 
f ch. 2. 29. 
& 6. 2, 19. 
2 Cor. 3.6,7. 
Gal. 3.3,23. 
& 5. 24. 

Ex. 20. 17. 

eut. 5. 22. 
chap. 3. 20. 
h Jn. 15. 22. 
ch. 4. 15. & 
5.20. 

lC'or 15.56. 
Gal. 3. 19. 
i ch. 10. 5. 
Gal. 3. 10. 
k Lev. 18. 5. 
Neh. 9. 29. 
Psa. 119. 1, 
116, 144. 
Ez.20.11,13. 
1 Heb. 3. 13. 
m Psa. 19. 8. 
& 119. 39, 
137. 

1 Tim. 1. 8. 
n ch. 3. 20. 

1 Kgs. 21. 
20,25. 

2 Kg. 17.17. 
Isa. 50. 1. 

1 Tim. 1.8. 
nP-u. 1.6. 
Matt. 7. 23. 
Gal. 5. 17. 

2 Tim. 2. 19. 
a Gr. know, 
Psalm 1.6. 
q Gen. 6. 5. 
&8.21. 
r Psa. 1.2. 
2 Cor. 4. 16. 
Eph. 3. 16. 
Colos. 3. 9. 
s ch. 6.13,19 
Gal. 5. 17. 
1 1 Cor. 15. 
57. 

a ch. 6. 23. 
Gal. 5.16,25. 



nnHERE 

M. which are in Christ 



A. D. 60. 



b Jn. 6. 63. 
& 8. 36. 
ch. 6. 18,22. 
& 7. 6, 25. 

1 Cor. 15. 45. 

2 Cor. 3. 6. 
Gal. 2. 19. & 
5. 1. 

c John 3. 17. 
Acts 13. 39. 
2 Cor. 5.21. 
Gal. 3. 13. & 
4.9. 
Eph. 2. 14, 

Heb. 7. 19. 
& 9. 15. 
d John 3. 6. 
1 Cor. 2. 14. 
e ch. 15. 21. 
& 7. 10, 24. 
Gal. 6. 8. 
f James 4. 4. 
g 1 Cor.2.14. 
h John 3. 34. 
1 Cor. 3. 10. 
& 6. 19. 
Gal. 4. 6. 
Philip. 1.19. 
1 Pet. 1. 11. 
i ch. 5. 12. 
1 Cor. 15. 45. 
Gal. 4. 19. 
k Acts 2. 24, 
32. & 3. 15, 
26. & 4. 10. 
& 5. 30. & 
10. 40. & 13. 
30. & 17. 31. 
ch.l.4.&4. 
24. &6. 4. 

1 Cor. 6. 14. 
& 15. 15. 

2 Cor. 4. 14 
& 5. 4. 
Gal. 1.1. 
Eph. 1. 14, 
20. & 2. 5. 
Col. 2. 12. 
IThet.l.lO. 
Heb. 13. 20. 
1 Pet. 3. 18. 
I ch. 6.7, 18. 
m Gal. 6. 8. 
Eph. 4. 22. 
& 5. 3. 
Col. 3. 5, fi. 
nLu.20.36. 



Gal. 5. 18. II Jolm4.18.|2Tim.2.11,|lJohn3.-l,2.2Pet.3.10. 1 John 3. 2. 

oMk.14.3fi. p 2 Cor. 1. i 12. s Isa. 65. 17.:u Jn. 16. 21. y 2 Cor. 5. 7. 

1 Cor. 2. 12. 22. & 5. 5. r Mat. 5. 12. Acts 3. 21. x Lu. 21. 28. z 2 Cor. 4. 
Gnl.3.26.&Eph. 1. 13. 2 Cor. 4. 7. !» Pet. 3. 13. |2 Cor. 5. 2,4; 18. 

4. 5, 6. |& 4. 30. |Phil.3.10,21.|Rov. 21. 1. |Fph. 1. 14. Heb. 11. 1. 

2 Tim. I. 7. ci Ac. 14.22. 1 Pet. 1. 6. 1 Gen. 3-. 17.I& 4. 30. la Ze. 12. 10. 
Ueb. 2. 15. IGal. 4. 7. I jc 4. 13. 

102 



Matt. 20. 22. 


2 Cor. 


12. 8. 


Eph. 6. 6. 


James 


4.3. 


blCh 


28.9. 


Psa. 7 


It). 



Jer. 11. 20 & 

17. 10. & 20. 

12. 

Acts 1. 24. 

1 John 5. 14. 

Rev. 2. 23 



A. D. 60. 



Paul expresses his sorrow for the Jews. ROMANS 

the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for 
the saints, according to the will of God. 
i 28 c And we know that all things work together for good, 
to them that love God, to them who are the called accord- 
ing to his purpose. 

1 29 d For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate 
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be 
the first-born among many brethren. 

1 30 e Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also 
called : and whom he called, them he also justified : and 
whom he justified, them he also glorified. 

31 f What shall we then say to these tilings 1 If God be 
for us, who can be against us ] 

6 32 g He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him 
up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us 
all things 1 

1 33 h Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's 
elect 1 It is God that jiistifieth : 

34 * Who is he that condemneth 1 It is Christ that died, 
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right 
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 

35 k Who shall separate us from the love of Christ 1 shall 
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or naked- 
ness, or peril, or sword ? 

« 36 J As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the 
day long ; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 

b 37 m Nay, in all these things we are more than conquer- 
ors, through him that loved us. 

t 38 n For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor 
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor tilings present, 
nor things to come, 

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall 
be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 

CHAPTER IX. 
Paul is sorry for the Jews, 1. All the seed of Abraham were not the 
childrenof the promise, 7. God hath mercy upon whom he will, 18. The 
potter may do with the clay what he lists, 21 . The calling of the Gen- 
tiles, and rejection of tKe Jews were foretold, 25. The cause why so few 
Jews embraced the righteousness of faith, 32. 

iT a SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also 
m. bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 

2 b That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in 
my heart. 

D 3 c For I could wish that myself were accursed from 
Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : 

4 d Who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adop- 
tion, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of 
the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; 
i* 5 e Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning 
the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for 
ever. Amen. 

6 f Not as though the word of God hath taken none 
effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel : 

7 g Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are 
(hey all children : but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

<8 h That is, They which are the children of the flesh, 
these are not the children of God ; but the children of the 
promise are counted for the seed. 

9 ' For this is the word of promise, At this time will I 
come, and Sarah shall have a son. 

10 k And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had con- 
ceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 

' 11 (For 1 the children being not yet born, neither having '.'io 1 ' 10 '*' 
done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to 
election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;) 

12 m It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the 
younger. 

13 "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have|jh|S«fc: 
1 hated. 



c ch. 2. 2S. 
& 3. 20. & 
4. 11, 16. & 
9. 6, 2.1. & 
11.2,5.' 
d Ex. 33.12, 
17. 

Psalm 1. 6. 
Jer. 1. 5. 
Matt. 7. 23. 
chap. 11.2. 
2 Cor. 3. 18. 
Eph. 1.5, 11. 
Phil. 3. 21. 
Col. 1. 18. 
2 Tim. 2. 19. 
Heb. 1.6. 
I Pet. 1. 2. 
1 John 3.2. 
Rev. 1. 5. 
e Acts 13.38. 
chap. 1.6. & 
3. 26. & 5.9. 
&9. 24. 
1 Cor. 1. 24. 
&6. 11. 
Gal. 2. 16. 
Eph. 2. 4. & 
4.4. 

Titus 3. 7.- 
Heb. 9. 15. 
1 Peter 2. 9. 
&3. 9. 
f Num. 14.9. 
2Kinee6.16. 
Psa. 56. 12. 
& 118. 6., 
: Gen. 22.12. 
eaiah 53. 5. 
Malt. 6. 33. 
John 3. 16. 
ch. 3. 25. & 
4.2S.&5.6.9. 

1 Tim. 4. 8. 

2 Peter J . 3. 
Ii ha. 50.8,9. 
Rev. 12. 10. 
i Job 34. 29. 
PsalmllO. 1. 
Mark 16. 19. 
chap.4.25.& 
5.10. 

Cor. 15.17. 
Eph. 2. 5. 
Col. 3. 1. 
Heb. 1.3.4k 
7. 25. & 8. 1. 
Si 9. 24. & 
12. 2, 24. 
1 Pet. 3. 22. 

1 John 2.1. 
kJohnl0.28. 
& 13. 1. 

2 Cor. 11.23. 
I Pa. 44. 23. 

1 Cor. 4. 9. 

2 Cor. 4. 11. 
& 11. 31. 

m 1 Cor. 15. 
57. 

2 Cor. 2. 14. 
&4.8, 16. & 
12. 10. 
1 John 4. 4. 
A 5. 4, 5. 
Rev. 12. 11. 
n Eph. 1.21. 
&6.12. 
Col. 2. 15. 
1 Peter 3. 22. 
ach. 1. 9. & 
3. 15. it 8.10. 
1 Cor. 1.23. 
& 11.31. A 

12. 19. 
Gal. 1.20. 
Eph. 4. 17. 
Philom. 1,8. 
1 The*. 3.5. 
&5. 27. 

1 Tim. 2. 7. 
bcliap. 10.1. 
.-. Bx.S2.33. 
1 Cor. 12. 3. 
& 10. 23. 
Gal. l.H. 
<1 Ex. 4. 22. 
A. 34. 27. 
Dont. 7.6.4. 
in I.,... i i i 
1 Sam. 4. 21. 
1 King 18 hi 
IV 03. 2. * 
78.61. & 147. 
10. 

Ju.31.ft31. 
r\ot*3.25.4k 

13. 32. 
chnp. 2. 17. 
:i 2, :i. 
Eph. -J. IS, 
11. 1. 8. 8. 

Inn. 7. 14. 
A 0. 6. 
.lor. 23. 0. 
Mat 1. ija. 
Luke :i S3, 
John I. l.A 
:i. 31. 

\< •!* 111. 30. 
A. 20. 28. 
chap. 1. 3. 
All 3rl 
Eph.] 10,20 
« I in 

Phil. 3 '.I 



1.2,4, 

-. h>. 

1 JohnS 20 
r..v i :,.i.'. 
i Gen. 17.7. 
IA.22. 1*. 
Noro.33 19. 



.l.A. 4. 12.10. 
,Gul- 6. 16. 



The calling of the Gentiles was foretold. 

14 ° What shall we say then ! Is there unrighteousness 
with God 1 God forbid. 

« 15 p For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom 
I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 
will have compassion. 

16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that 
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 

17 *> For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this 
same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my 
power in thee, and that my name might be declared 
throughout all the earth. 

* 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have 
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 

c 19 r Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find 
fault 1 for who hath resisted his will 1 

20 s Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against 
God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, 
Why hast thou made me thus 1 

1 21 ' Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the 
same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another 
unto dishonour 1 

22 u What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make 
his power known, endured with much long-suffering the 
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : 

23 T And that he might make known the riches of his 
glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore pre- 
pared unto glory, 

24 y Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews 
only, but also of the Gentiles 1 

a 25 z As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, 
which were not my people ; and her beloved, which was 
not beloved. 

26 a And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it 
was said unto them, ye are not my people ; there shall 
they be called, The children of the living God. 

1 27 b Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the 
number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, 
a remnant shall be saved : 

28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in right- 
eousness : because a short work will the Lord make upon 
the earth. 

t 29 c And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sa- 
baoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and 
been made like unto Gomorrha. 

30 u What shall we say then 1 That the Gentiles which 
followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteous- 
ness, even the righteousness which is of faith : 

31 °But Israel, which followed after the law of righteous- 
ness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 

32 f Wherefore ? Because they sought if not by faith, 
but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled 
at that stumbling-stone ; 

« 33 g As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling- 
stone, and rock of offence : ami whosoever believeth on 
him shall not be ashamed. 

(II U'TKR X. 
The scripture shnn/th the tlifl't rim < betwixt the righteousness of the law, 

and /his of faith, 4 ; and th<it nil. both Jew u»d Qentile, that belimt, 
shii/l imi he confounded. 1 1 ; "nd thai the Gentile* shall receive the word, 
and believe, 18. I§rve» vtat not igno^rtmt of then Mngt, I9i 

RETHREN/ my heart's desire and prayer to God for 
Israel is, that they might be Baved. 
2 b For I bear them record iliat they have a zeal of God. 
but not according to knowledge. 

I Prior LlO.Uor. 50 40 Ihn H 14 A 
nllnmttl lfl.ri.nin. 3 23 

•; V.7<-I;.lfi 4«'Mnt. 21. 
■I rh 4. 11 



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lGen.2l.12.lDcut.2r. l.VlJobB, 3. A 
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m G4Q. 2.>. 
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Mm 1(1 37 |l> It. 33 IB. 
I.nko 14.211 h F.x. «. IB. 
John 12. 35. fc 14. 4, 17. 

'r On Ml HI 

: — [2«'l. r . 80.6 

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JobO 12.4 
CI. 13. A 33 

i n i,. 

Il.m 4. 35. 

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nohnp. 2 111 Pi-tor 2.10.1 

i r.i. i •:. m. ■ 
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C.I. 1.87. 
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A; 2. 21. , 

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Aoin 21.20 
U 23. 3. 
ohnp. 9 ni 
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103 



A. D. 60. 



God hath not cast off all Israel KOMAJNS- 

c 3 c For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and 
going about to establish their own righteousness, have not 
submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 

1 4 d For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to 
every one that believeth. 

5 e For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of 
the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live 
by them. 

* 6 f But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on 
this wise, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into 
heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above :) 

7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring 
up Christ again from the dead.) 

8 s But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy 
mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith, which 
we preach : 
d 9 h That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord 

Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised 
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

10 For with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness; 
and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. 

1 1 i For the scripture saith, Whosoever beiieveth on him 
shall not be ashamed. 

* 12 k For there is no difference between the Jew and the oh 
Greek : for the same Lord over all, is rich unto all that J!'"%So 

s isa. 65. 2. 
a I Sa. 12.22. 
Psa. 05. 3. 
Jer. 31. 37. 
Acts 22. 3. 
chap. 10. 20. 
2 Cor. 11.22. 
Phil. 3. 5. 
b Ps. 94. 10. 
ch. 8. 29. & 
9.6. 

cl Kings 19. 
10, 14. 
dlKg.19.18. 
Jer. 2. 8. &. 
11. 13. & 19. 
5. & 23. 27. 
& 32. 35. 
Hosea 2. 8. 
Zeph.1.4. 
e ch. 9. 27. 
fDeut. 9. 4. 
ch. 4. 4, 5. 
Gal. 5. 4. 



cch.3.31.& 
8. 4. & 9. 30. 
Phil. 3. 9. 
d Dt. 18. 15, 
18. 

Mat. 5. 17. 
Acts 13. 38. 
2 Cor. 3. 13. 
Gal. 3. 24. 
e Lev. 18. 5. 
Neh. 9. 29. 
Ezek.20.11. 
chap. 8. 3. 
Gal 3. 12. 
fDeut. 30. 
11,12. 
s Dt. 30. 14. 
h Dt. 30. 2. 
Mat. 10. 32. 
Luke 12. 8. 
Usa. 28. 16. 
& 49. 23. 
Jer. 17. 7. 
chap. 9. 33. 
k Acts 10.34, 
35. & 15. 9. 
chap. 3. 22, 
29. & 15. 8. 
Eph. 1.7. & 
2. 4, 7. 
1 Tim. 2. 5. 
1 Joel 2. 32. 
Acts 2. 21. 
mJn 15.22. 
n Isa. 52. 7. 
Nahum 1. 
15. 

o Jsa. 53. I. 
John 12. 38. 
Heb. 4. 2. 

Psa. 19. 5. 

latt.24. 14. 
&28. 19. 
Mark 16. 15. 
Col. 1. 6, 23. 
q Deut. 4. 6. 
&. 32. 21 



call upon him. 

6 13' For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord 
shall be saved. 

d 14 m How then shall they call on him in whom they have 
not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a 
preacher 1 

a 15 n And how shall they preach, except they be sent? 
as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that 
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 
things ! 

16 ° But they have not all obeyed the gospel. 
Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report ? 

1 17 So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God. 

18 p But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their 
sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the 
ends of the world. 

19 q But I say, Did not Israel know ? First, Moses saith, 
I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, 
and by a foolish nation I will anger you. 

20 r But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of 
them that sought me not ; I was made manifest unto them 
that asked not after me. 

c 21 8 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched 
forth my hands unto a disobedient .and gainsaying people. 

CHAPTER XI. 
God hath not cast off all Israel, 1. Some were elected, though the rest 
were hardened, 7. There is hope of their conversion, 16. The Gentiles 
may not insult upon them, 18 : for there is a promise of their salvation, 
26. God's judgments are unsearchable, 33. 

I a SAY then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. 
For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of 
the tribe of Benjamin. 

1 2 b God hath not cast away his people which he fore- 
knew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias ? how 
he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 

3 c Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down 
thine altars ; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 
c 4 d But what saith the answer of God unto him ? I have 
reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not 
bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 
< 5 e Even so then at this present time also there is a rem- 
nant according to the election of grace. 
' 6 f And if by grace, then is it no more of works : other- 



A. D. 60. 



gJn.12.40 
Acts 28. 27. 
ch. 9. 31. & 
10.3. 

2 Cor. 3. 14. 
h Dt. 29. 4. 
Isa. 6. 9. & 
29. 10. 
Jer. 5. 21. 
Ezek. 12. 2, 
Mat. 13. 14. 
Mark 4. 12. 
Luke 8. 10. 
John 12. 40. 
Acts 28. 26, 
i Ps. 69. 23. 
k Ac. 13.46, 
& 18. 6. & 
28.25. 
chap. 10. 19 
\ Acts 9. 15 
&. 13. 2. & 
22.21. 
chap. 15.16 
Gal. 1. 16. 
&2. 7, 8. 
Eph. 3\ 8. 

1 Tim. 2. 7. 

2 Tim. 1.11. 
in ch. 9. 3. 

1 Cor. 7. 16. 
&9 22 
1 Tim. 4. 16. 
James 5. 20. 
n2Cor.5.19. 

Lev. 23. 
10. 

Num. 15. 17. 
p Jer. 11. 16. 
Acts 2. 39. 
Eph. 2. 12. 
q 1 Cor. 10. 
12. 

rPr.28.14. 
Isa. 66. 2. 
^hap. 12.16. 
Phil; 2. 12. 
s John 15.2. 

1 Cor. 15.2. 
Heb. 3. 6, 14. 
t2Cor.3.16. 
u.Ier.11.16. 
xLu.21.24. 
chap. 12. 16. 
" Cor. 3. 14. 
yLev.26.44. 
Deut. 4. 29. 
Psa. 14. 7. 
Isa. 45. 25. 
& 59. 20. & 
60.21. 

Ez. 20. 49. 
z Isa. 27. 9. 



There is a hope of their salmtioth 

wise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then 
is it no more grace : otherwise work is no more work. 

<7 sWhat then? Israel hath not obtained that which he 
seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest 
were blinded. 

a 8 h (According as it is written, God hath given them the 
spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears 
that they should not hear ;) unto this day. 

« 9 l And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, 
and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense unto 
them : 

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, 
and bow down their back always. 

11 k I say then, Have they stumbled that they should 
fall ? God forbid : but rather through their fall salvation is 
come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 

d 12 Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, 
and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles ; 
how much more their fulness ? 

13 ' For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the 
apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office : 

14 m If by any means I may provoke to emulation them 
which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 

15 n For if the casting away of them be the reconciling 
of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life 
from the dead ? 

16 ° For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy s 
and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 

d\l i' And if some of the branches be broken off, and 
thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in among them, 
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the 
olive-tree ; 

18 q Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, 
thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 

19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, 
that I might be graffed in. 
P 20 r Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and 

thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : 

21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed 
lest he also spare not thee. 

t 22 8 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God ; 
on them which fell, severity ; but toward thee, goodness, 
if thou continue in his goodness : otherwise thou also shalt 
be cut off. 

o 23 ' And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall 
be graffed in : for God is able to graff them in again. 

24 u For if thou wert cut out of the olive-tree which is 
wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a 
good olive-tree ; how much more shall these, which be the 
natural branches, be graffed into their own olive-tree ? 

25 x For I would not, brethren, that ye should be igno- 
rant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own 
conceits) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until 
the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 

26 y And so all Israel shall be saved : as it is written, 
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn 
away ungodliness from Jacob : 

27 z For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall 
take away their sins. 

t 28 a As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your 
sakes : but as touching the election, they are beloved for 
the fathers' sakes. 

t 29 b For the gifts and calling of God are without repent- 
ance. 

30 c For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet 
have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; 

31 Even so have these also now not believed, that 
through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 

Jer. 31. 3L IHeb. 8. 8.&|aLev.26.44.|Deut.7.7.&|Jer. 4.27.&IU. &30. 11.1c Eph. 2.2. |Titns3. 3. 
2 Cot 3. 10. TO 16 !bNu. 23. 19.b.5.&l(hl5.l5. 10. & 15.I& 46. 28. 'Col. 3, 6. 

104 



We must overcome evil with good. ROMANS. 

32 & For God hath concluded them all in unbelie Jiatj 
ne might have mercy upon all. 



We should bear with the weak in faith* 



A. P. 60. 
i chap. 3. 'J. 
| Gal. 3. 32. 

* 33 e ~0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom ahd|f- Jp-g&'n. 
knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, j^ej^ ' 
and his ways past finding out ! 

34 f For who hath known the mind of the Lord ] or who 
hath been his counsellor 1 

35 g Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recom- 
pensed unto him again 1 

t 36 h For of him, and through him, and to him are all 
things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen. 

CHAPTER XII. 

God's mercies must move us to please God, 1 . JVb man must think too well 
of himself , 3, but attend every one on that calling, wherein he is placed, 6. 
Love and many other duties are required of us, 9. Revenge is specially 
forbidden, 19. 

jl" a BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies 
JL of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacri- 
fice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable 
service. 

p 2 b And be not conformed to this world : but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may 
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will 
of God. 

d 3 c For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every 
man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly 
than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as 
God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 

4 a For as we have many members in one body, and all 
members have not the same office : 

5 e So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every 
one members one of another. 

dQ f Having then gifts, differing according to the grace 
that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy ac- 
cording to the proportion of faith ; 

7 s Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering : or he 
that teacheth, on teaching : 

8 h Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, 
let him do it with simplicity : he that ruleth, with diligence ; 
he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 

d 9 " Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which 
is evil ; cleave to that which is good. 

d 10 k Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly 
love ; in honour preferring one another ; 

d\\ l Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving 
the Lord 

d 12 m Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation; continuing 
instant in prayer ; 

d*13 n Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to 
hospitality 

d 14 ° Bless them which persecute you ; bless, and curse 
not. 

dl5 p Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with 
them that weep. 

d 16 q Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not 
high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not 
wise in your own conceits. 

d 17 r Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things 
honest in the sight of all men. 

d*\8 s If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peace- 
ably with all men. 

did 'Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather 
give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is 

mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

20 u Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he 

thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals 

of fire on his head. 

d2l "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil \ 

good. 



if Job 15. 8. 
& 36. 22. 
Psa. 32. 6. 
Isa. 40. 13. 
Jer. 23. 18. 
1 Cor. % 16. 
g Job 35. 7.1 
to 41. 2. 
h Pr. 16. 4. 
1 Cor. 8. 0. 
Col. 1. it), 
a Lev. 1.9. 
Llcui. 14.21. 
oh. 6. 4, il, 
13, 16, 19. & 
9. 23. & 10. 
12. & 11.11, 
30. 

1 Cor. 6. 20. 

2 Cor. 10.1. 
1 Thee. 4. 3. 
lTeter2. 5. 
bEz 20.25. 
Eph. 1. 18. 
to 4. 23. & 
5. '0, 17. 
Col. 1.21, 
22. &3. 10. 
lThes.4. 3. 
1 Peter 1.14. 
1 John 2. 15. 
e Dt. 29. 29. 
Prov. 25.27. 
Eccles.7.16. 
chap. 1.5. & 
11.20. to 
15. 15. 
1 Cor. 3. 10. 
to 12. 7. 1J. 
to 15. 10. 
Gal. 1. 15. 
& 2.9. 
Eph. 3. 2,8. 
to 4. 7. 
d 1 Cor. 12. 
12. 

Eph. 4. 16. 
e 1 Cor. 10. 
17. to 12. 20, 
27. 

Eph. 1. 23. 
to 4. 16, 25. 
&5. 23. 
Col. 1. 24. 
f Actsll 27 
to 13. 1. to 
15. 32. & 
21. 9. 

1 Cor. 12. 4. 
& 10. 28. to 
12. 10. to 13 

2. & 14. 1,6, 
26,27. 
SCor.10 13. 
Eph. 3. 5. to 
4. 11. 
1 Pet. 4. 10 

5 Acts 13. 1 
I Cor. 12. 5 
28. 

Eph. 4. 11, 
K. 

1 Tim. 3. 8 
h Dt. 15. 7. 
Prov. 22. 8 
Matt. 6. 1, 

2 3 

A'ctB 13. 15. 
to 20. 28. 
lCor.12.28, 
to 14. 3, 31. 
2Coi 8. 2. 
to 9. 7, 13. 
Gal. 8. 8. 
I Tim. '; ! 

to r >. 17. 
Hob 13.7, 
17, 24. 
Jjinefl 1. 5. 
I Peler 5. 2. 
i pgn.34.14. 
.v 38. 5. 4 
9-.ll) & mi. 

3. to I39.SU 

A .,. IS 

! . ! 

I Tun. I. 5. 
I Pet. I. 22. 

6 4.8. 
l< Ml. 20 26. 
Eph, 4. 3. 
I'lnl. 2. 3. 
Hob. 13. I. 
I Pot I 23, 
& 2. 17. 4 
1, H. to 5. 5, 

' PotOI I. i 

I 
■ 

in Luke in. 
20. to |H. |. 
\.i I. 14. 
St 2.42,40, 
£ 8. 4. 

15. 13. 
Eph. 6. I?. 

I 1. 

Col. 3. 16. & 
I, ■:. 
nlCor.16.1. 

I Tim. 3 2. 

to I.I. 2, 16. 
I Potoi 1.0. 
1. 1., hint. 17. 
o Mat. 5. 44 
' 

i Cot. I. 12 
lPoter2.23. 
to 3 9. 



CHAPTER XIII. 
Subjection, and many other duties we owe to the magistrates, 1. Love is the 
fulfilling of the laiv, 8. Gluttony, and drunkenness, and the works of 
darkness, are out of season in the time of the gospel, 11. 

M ET a every soul be subject unto the higher powers. 
JLd For there is no power but of God : the powers that 
be, are ordained of God. 

2 b Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth 
[the ordinance of God : and they that resist shall receive to 
[themselves damnation. 

I <* 3 c For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the 
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power 1 do that 
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : 

4 d For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But 
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not 
the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger 
to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 

5 e Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for 
wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 

d 6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are 
God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 

d 7 f Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom 
tribute is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom 
fear ; honour to whom honour. 

d 8 e Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : for 
he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 

9 h For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt 
not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false 
witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other 
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, 
namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

t 10 * Love worketh no ill to his neighbour : therefore love 
is the fulfilling of the law. 

11 k And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time 
to awake out of sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. 

d 1 2 ' The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us 
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on 
the armour of light. 

V 1 3 m Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in rioting 
and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not 
in strife and envying. 

14 " But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not 
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

CHAPTER xiv. 

J\Ien mm/ not contemn nor condemn one the other for things indifferent, 3 ; 
but take herd thai they give no offence in them, \3.for that the apostle 
proveth unlawful by many reasons, 15. 

IM a that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to 
doubtful disputations. 
2 b For one believeth that he may eat all things ; another, 
who is weak, catcth herbs. 

pS c Let not. him that eateth, despise him that eateth not ; 
and let not him which eateth not. judge him that eateth : 
for God hath received him. 

p4 d Who art thou that judged another man's servant? 
to his own master he standeth or falleth : yea, he shall be 
hold en up : for God is able to make him stand. 

5 c One man esteemeth one day above another: and. 
ther esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully 
persuaded in his own mind. 

6 '' lie that regardeth the day, lfgaidelh it unto the 



I Cor. 12 Matt, • 30 llrb, 10. 30 IDan. ". !1. I«G 

3.14 i 'il 



1. 1 Cor.fl.' 

n |'„ |31. I ' i ■ 

20. 15.4 !0. 1 1 

Im. 5*91 

12. 14 
!5.lLov. 10, If. 
} 1 ,. 5, l)i 
1 Cor. I in Prov. 10 
"Ml. 2.2.4 t 



I , I, . 
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Unll • II IJolin 10, ll.J " 

St 2.4 5 I; 
ii 'i 1.35. 1 Pol 

Ii I .- 1.4.4. 3 

A Jo, > , f r>i in 5 i : !Coi 1 6. n Pr.23.90. 

clPcierS II. Gal.3.97. 

,ih i; 15 ,n .to :i ■ ' ' ' li to 5. 10. 

., i Kii II. Id J ■ • I l 13.4 Eph. 4.94. 

1. 31. 412. 15.4 27. 6 Col. 3.10. 

■ i. 2. 11. 



159 



4 1, 



3. in. i ' 16. '-'. 1 Pol 3, 13. Gal 5. 14, 

- Mali 5. 39 I ./. ■•. I 12 1 Mt. 22 21.1 Tiro. I 5. 

rPr.3 ; lark 12. 17. J 

20. '.'2. 'to 'J. 55. Isaiah 15, I I lCo.15.34 

105 



I .1. .1.11 J. H. n I 

inl,u.21.34.Kz.34. 10. 
I oi (i 1(1 Mat. 1(1.20. 
i 4 ! ch.l5. 1,7. 



II. 4 9.98 
I. i Cor, in 

I Tim. 4. 3 
Tilun 1. MS 

Acti 1" 
31,44. 
Col. 2. Iti. 
,1 Jnm. 4. 1<? 
c P«o. 45. 7. 
chnp. 1.25. 
finl.4. 10. 
Col. 2. 10 
CM'. 14. 10 
fe V>. 36. * 
26 26. 



The scriptures written for our instruction. 

Lord : and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he 
doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, 
for he giveth God thanks ; and he that eateth not, to the 
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 

d 7 s F or n one of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to 
himself. 

e 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord ; and 
whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live 
therefore, or die, we are the_ Lord's. 

t 9 h For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, 
that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 

1 10 ! But why dost thou judge thy brother'? or why dost 
thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before 
the judgment-seat of Christ. 

11 k For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee 
shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 

1 12 ' So then every one of us shall give account of him- 
self to God. 

p 13 m Let us not therefore judge one another any more : 
but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, 
or an occasion to fall, in his brother's way. 

14 n I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that 
there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth 
any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 

e 15 ° But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now 
walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy 
meat, for whom Christ died. 

16 p Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 

« 17 q For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but 
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

18 For he that in these things serve th Christ, is accept- 
able to God, and approved of men. 

d 19 r Let us therefore follow after the things which make 
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 

20 s For meat destroy not the work of God. All things 
indeed are pure ; but it is evil for that man who eateth 
with offence. 

21 *■ It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor 
any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or 
is made weak. 

22 u Hast thou faith ? have it to thyself before God. 
Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that tiling 
which he alloweth. 

23 * And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because 
he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 

CHAPTER XV. 

The. strong must bear with the weak, 1. We maij not please ourselves, 2, 
, for Christ did not so, 3 : but receive one the other, as Christ did us nil, 7, 
I both Jews, 8, and Gentiles, 9. Paul excuselh his writing, 15, and pro- 
W' miseth to see them, 28, and requesteth their prayers, 30. 

WE a then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities 
of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 
' d 2 b Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good 
to edification. 

3 Q For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is 
written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell 
on me. 

4 d For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were 
written for our learning, that we through patience and 
comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 

& 5 e Now the God of patience and consolation grant you 
to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ 
Jesus : 

I 6 f That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify 
God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
,'^7 g Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also 
received us, to the glory of God. 
M 8 h Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the 
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises 
made unto the fathers : 



ROMANS. Paul solicits the prayers of the church. 

a 9 * And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy ; 
as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among 
the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 

10 k And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his 
people. 

1 1 l And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles ; and 
laud him, all ye people. 

« 12 m And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of 
Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles ; in 
him shall the Gentiles trust. 

b 13 n Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 
in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

14 ° And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, 
that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, 
able also to admonish one another. 

15 p Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more 
boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, be- 
cause of the grace that is given to me of God, 

<16 q That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the 
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering 
up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by 
the Holy Ghost. 

17 1 have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus 
Christ, in those things which pertain to God. 

1 18 r For I will not dare to speak of any of those things 
which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gen- 
tiles obedient, by word and deed, 

g 19 9 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power 
of the Spirit of God ; so that from Jerusalem, and round 
about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of 
Christ. 

20 l Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not 
where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another 
man's foundation : 

21 u But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, 
they shall see : and they that have not heard shall under- 
stand. 

22 x For which cause also I have been much hindered 
from coming to you. 

23 y But now having no more place in these parts, and 
having a great desire these many years to come unto you ; 
g 24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come 
to you : for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be 
brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be some- 
what filled with your company. 
g 25 z But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the 

saints. 

26 a For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia 
to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which 
are at Jerusalem. 

d 27 b It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they 
are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of 
their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto 
them in carnal things. 

28 c When therefore I have performed this, and have 
sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 
d 29 d And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall 
come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. 
' e 30 e Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus 
Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive 
together with me in your prayers to God for me ; 
g 31 f That I may be delivered from them that do not 
believe in Judea ; and that my service which / have for 
Jerusalem, may be accepted of the saints ; 



g 1 Cor. 1. 
19. 

'2 Cor. 5. 15. 
Gal. 3. 20. 
Rph. 1. 12. 
h Ac. 10. 42. 
2 Cor. 5. 15. 
i Ec. 12. 14. 
Matt. 25. 31. 
2 Cor. 4. 15. 
klsa.45.23. 
Phil. 2. 10. 
I Mat. 12.36. 
Heb. 13. 17. 
1 Pet. 4. 5. 
m Mat. 13.7. 

1 Cor. 8. II. 

2 Cor. 6. 3. 
nMt. 15.11. 
Acts 10. 15. 
1 Cor. 8. 4, 
7,10. 

1 Tim. 4. 4. 
Titus 1. 15. 

1 Cor. 8. 
11. & 13. 4. 
p ch. 12. 17. 
q ch. 5. 2. & 
12. 12, 18. & 
15. 13. 

1 Cor. 8. 8. 
Gal. 5. 22. 

1 Tries. 5.11. 
Heb. 13. 9. 
rPsa.34.14. 
ch. 12. 18. & | 
15.2. 

1 Cor. 14. 12, 

2 Cor. 12. 19. 
Eph. 4.29. 

1 Tries. 5. II. 
I Pet. 3.1). 
sMat. 15.11. 
Acts 10. 15. 
1 Cor. 3. 9. 
IS. & 8. 10. 
Eph. 2. 10. 
Titus 1. 15. 
tlCor.8. 13. 
ulJn.3.21. 
xTitusl.15. 
a Ex. 23. 5. 
chap. 14. 1. 
1 Cor. 9. 22. 
Gal. G. 1. 
b ch. 14. 19. 
1 Cor. 9. 19. 
& 10. 24,33. 
& 13. 5. 
Phil. 2. 4, 5. 
cPsa.69.10. 
Isa. 53. 4. 
Malt. 26. 39. 
John 5. 30. 
& 6. 38. 
d ch. 4. 23, 
24.&5.3.& 
8.25. 

1 Cor. 9. 9. 
& 10.11. 
Gal. 4. 22. 

2 Tim. 3. 16. 
e ch. 12. 6. 

1 Cor. 1.10 

2 Cor. 1.3. 
Phil. 2. 2. & 
3. 15, 16. 

f Acts 2. 1. 
& 4. 32. 
2 Mt. 12.20. 
John 17. 24. 
ch. 5. 2. &. 
14. 1, 3. 
hMt. 15.24. 
John 1.11. 
Acts 3. 25, 
26. & 13. 46, 
chap. 3. 3. & 
9.4. 
2 Cor. 1.20 



10. & 21. 19. 
& 22. 14. & 
23. 11.&2G. 
16,&28.5,a 
2 Cor. 12. 12. 
Gal. 2. 8. 



Col. 1.25. 

2 Tim. 4. 7 

tlCor.3.),5 

2 Cor. 10.15, 

16. 

Eph. 2. 20. 



u Isa. 52.15. 
x Ac. 19.21. 
&23. 11. 
cl.np. 1. 13. 
1 Th. 2. 17, 
18. 



ych.l.lO.&20.22.&24.|Gal. 2.9.10.|d ch. ]. 11. |2d.&21.27. 
15.32. 17. bch. 11.17. e2Cor.l.ll. lCor.16.15 

1 Thcs.3.10. Gal. 2. 10. 1 Cor. 9. ll.iPhil. 2. 1. 2 Cor. 8 4. 
2Tim. 1.4. al Cor. 16.1. Gal. 6.6. Col. 4. 12. &9.1.12. 
z Ac. 18. 21 . 2 Cor. 8. 1. c Phi). 4.17. f Acts 20. 3, 12 Thes. 3. 2. 
& 19. 21. && 9. 2, 12. I 

106 



Paul exhorteth the Corinthians to unity, I. CORINTHIANS 

32 s That I may come unto you with joy by the will ofi 
God, and may with you be refreshed. 
b 33 h Now the God of peace be with you all 



Amen. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Paul willeth the brethren to greet many, 3 : and adviseth them to take heed 
of those which cause dissension and offences, 17 : and endeth with praise 
to God, 21. 

COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a serv- 
ant of the church which is at Cenchrea : 
d 2 a That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, 
and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath 
need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and 
of myself also. 

3 b Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus : 
c 4 c Who have for my life laid down their own necks : 
unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches 
of the Gentiles. 

g 5 d Likewise greet the church that is in their house. 
Salute my well-beloved Epenetus, who is the first-fruits of 
Achaia unto Christ. 

6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. 
« 7 e Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my 
fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who 
also were in Christ before me. 

8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord 

9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my 
beloved. 

10 f Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them 
which are of Aristobulus's household. 

c 1 1 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be 
of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 

c 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the 
Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in 
the Lord. 

13 s Salute Rums chosen in the Lord, and his mother 
and mine. 

14 Salute Asyncritus, Plilegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Her- 
mes, and the brethren which are with them. 

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, 
and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. 



A. D. 60. 
g Ac. 18.21. 
cliap. 1. 10. 
& 15. 25. 
1 Cor. 4. 19. 
James 4. 15. 
h cli. 16. 20. 

1 Cor. 14. 33. 

2 Cor. 13.11. 
Phil. 4. 19. 

1 Th. 5. 23. 

2 Tli. 3. 16. 
Heb. 3. 20. 
a Phil. 2. 29. 

3 John 6. 
b Acts 18.2, 
26. 

2Tim.4.19 
cAc. 18. 17, 
d Mt. 18. 20. 
1 Cor. 16. 15, 
ID. 

Col. 4. 15. 
Philcm. 2. 
el Cor. 15.6. 
Gal. 1.22. 
fch. 5. 3. 
e Mt. 15.21. 
John 19. 27. 



A.D. 60. 



h 1 Cor. 16. 
20. 

2Cor.13.12. 
lThes.5.26. 
) Pet. 5. 14. 
i Mat. 18. 8, 
17. 

Arte 15. 1. 
5, 24. 

lCor.5.9,11. 
Gal. 4. 9. &. 
5. «.). 

Phil. 3. 2. 
Col. 2. 8. 
2Thes. 3.6, 
14. 

1 Tim. C. 3. 
Titus 3. 10. 

2 John 10. 
kEz. 13.18. 
2 Cor. 2. 17. 
Phil. 3. 18, 
19. 

Col. 2. 4. 
1 Thee. 2. 3. 
2Thes. 1.8, 

1 Tim. G. 5. 

2 Tim. 2. 17. 
& 3. 2. 6. 
1 Mt. 10. 16. 
Luke 10. 3. 
chap. 1. 8. 
1 Cor. 14.20. 
m Gn. 3. 15. 
clt. 15. 33. 
1 Cor. 16.23. 
Phil. 4. 23. 
lThes.5.28. 
Rev. 22. 21. 
n Ac. 13.1. 
ft 16.1. ft 17. 
5. ft 20. 4. 
chap. 9. 3. 
Phil. 2. 19. 
Col. 1. 1. 
1 Thca. 3. 2. 
1 Tim. 1. 2. 



and reproveih their dissensions. 

16 h Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches 
of Christ salute you. 

d 17 * Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which 
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which 
ye have learned ; and avoid them. 

18 k For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair 
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 

c 19 ' For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I 
am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have 
you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning 
evil. 

b 20 m And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under j our 
feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you. Amen. 

21 n Timotheus my work-fellow, and Lucius, and Jason, 
and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. 



22 
Lord, 

23 
you. 



1 Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the 



Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, salute tli 
Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and 
Quartus a brother. 
24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
Amen. 

d 25 p Now to him that is of power to stablish you accord- 
ing to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, 
according to the revelation of the mystery, which was 
kept secret since the world began, 

26 q But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of 
the prophets, according to the commandment of the ever- 
lasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience 
of faith : 

27 r To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for 
ever. Amen. 

IF Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of 
the church at Cenchrea. 



Ac. in. 22. 

1 Cor. 1. 14. 

2 Tim. 4.20. 
Is. 42.9,16 



Halt. 11. 25. 10. 



ph. 1.5.ft2.|Gal.l. 12,16.1ft 3.13. ITitusl.2. 
16. & 14. 4. Kph. l.il. ft,2Th. 2. 14, I P.M. 1.20. 
&15.18. 13. 3, 5,9,20.117. & 3 3. & 5. 10. 
1 Cor. 2. 7, Col. 1. 26. 2 Tim. 1. 10. Jutle 24. 



Il Thcs. 1.0V&2. 8. 



Iq Acts 6. 



ch. 1.2,5. & 
3. 21. & 15. 
9, 18. 
Eph. 1. 9. ft 



3. 5, 9. 
2 Tim. 1.10 
Titus 1. 2. 
1 Pet. 1. 20, 



1 John 1.1 
rlTim.1.17. 
Heb. 13. 15 
Judo 25. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL,, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE CORINTHIANS. 

a. D.59. if ia i there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be pei- 



I D 
I I' 



CHAPTER. T. 
After his salutation and thanksgiving, I, he exhorteth them to unity, 10, 
and reproveth their dissensions, I '2. Qod destroy eth the wisdom of the 
wise, 18, by the foolish ness of preaching, 21 ; and calleth not (he wise, 
mighty, and noble, 26, but the foolish, weak, and men of no account, 27, 

(AUL, a called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through 
the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 

g 2 b Unto the church of Cod which is at Corinth, to them 
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with 
all' that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord, both theirs and ours : 

h 3 c Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, 
and from tiie Lord Jesus Christ. 

4 d I thank my Cod always on your behalf, for the grace 
of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 

Ij 5 c That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all ':;"].'- 
utterance, and in all knowledge ; 
6 f Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you : 

d 7 s So that ye come behind in no gift; wailing for the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ : 

b 8 h Who shall also confirm you unto the ond, thai yc may 
be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

' 9 ; God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fel- 
lowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

d 10 k Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and 



1 Pot. I. 2. 
.1 Rom. 1.8. 
eon. 4.8,10. 

.v< e i. a in. 

IV ft 12.8. 
.v 1 1. 20. 

2 Cor. 8. 7. 
Cnloi. 1.0. 
fch. 2. I. 
2Cor. 1.21 

I'm, I I. III. 



ft II. 21 

Phil. 3. 20. 
Col. 3. I. 
TitiuS, 13 
Heb. in 35. 
2 Pot. 3. 12. 
h Col 1.22 

1 Thou. 3.13. 

i ha. 41). 7. 
John [5. r,. 
ft 17, 21. 
Horn. 3. 2. 
ph. 10 13. 
ft 12 13. 
OM. 2-20. 
Enh, 3. 0. 

2 Toot- 3- 3. 

rich. 10. 23. 



fectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same 
judgment. 

P 11 ' For it hath been declared unto me of you, my 
brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that 
there are contentions among you. 

12 "' Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of 
Paul ; and I of Apolios; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 

13 "Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or 
were ye. baptized in the name of.Paul ? 

14 ° I thank Cod that I baptized none of you, but Crispus 
and Gaius ; 

15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own 

name. 

</ 16 p And I baptized also the household of Stephanas, 
besides I know not whether I baptized any oilier. 

r, i For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the 
gospel : not will) wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ 
should he made of none effect. 

is ' For (he preaching of the cross is to them that perish, 
foolishness ; hut unlo us which arc saved, it is the power 
of Cod. 

19 "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the 

I .I„l,n 1. 3.|cu II. 1*. 13. 15. 16. IAcuj.18.94. |n?Cor.ll.4.|Rorn.l6 SS.IAolJ 10. 4R|Rom. I. 16 
&4.I3. SCot. 13. 0,1 Tot 3. 8. & 1». 1. Gal. 1 I : .1,4, 13. • Job 5. 12. . 

I, Rom. 12 II. l2Cor.ll.20.ch.3.4. ft Epb.4. 5. ch. 16. 15,17.6 Pot 1. IB. l»a.99. I4n 

fat 1.5. Phil. 2.2. & ,u .In. I. 12.' ir,. 12. fontH ■ l0Bl7.18.|Jor. 9. 9. 

107 



Paul's manner of preaching. 1. CORINTHIANS 

wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of thel ^ 5 ^ 
prudent. . fc2$fta- 

20 ' Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where **te.-iip: 
the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the 
wisdom of this world ? 

t 21 u For after that in the wisdom of God the world by 
wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness 
of preaching to save them that believe. 

22 * For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek 
after wisdom : 

c 23 y But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a 
stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; 
c 24 z But unto them which are called, both Jews and 
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men ; 
and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 

t 26 a For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not 
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many 
noble are called: 

27 b But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world 
to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak 
things of the world to confound the things which are 
mighty ; 

* 28 c And base things of the world, and things which are 
despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, 
to bring to nought things that are : 

29 d That no flesh should glory in his presence. 
t 30 e But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is 
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctifica 
tion, and redemption : 

31 f That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, 
let him glory in the Lord. 

CHAPTER IT. 
Paul declareth that his preaching-, though it bring not excellency of speech, 
1, or of human wisdom, 4; yet consisteth in the power of God, 5; and so 
Jar excelleth the wisdom of this world, 6, and human sense, 9, as that the 
' natural man cannot understand it, 14. 

fjk ND a I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with 
_A_ excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring unto 
you the testimony of God. 

d 2 b For I determined not to know any thing among you, 
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified 
/ 3 c And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in 
much trembling. 

d 4 d And my speech and my preaching ivas hot with en- 
ticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit, and of power : 

5 e That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of 
men, but in the power of God. 

6 f Howbeit, we speak wisdom among them that are 
perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the 
princes of this world, that come to nought: 

* 7 s But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even 
the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world 
unto our glory ; 

8 h Which none of the princes of this world knew : for 
had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord 
of glory. 

b 9 * But as it is Avritten, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for them that love him. 

* 10^ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; 
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of 
God 

1 11 ' For what man knoweth the things of a man, save 



Luke 10. 2 1 
Rom. 1. 19, 
21, 28. 

Matt. 12. 
33. & 16. 1. 
Mark 8. 11. 
Lukell.16. 
John 4. 48. 
y Isa. 8. 14. 
Matt. 11. 6. 
Ik. VS. 57. & 
•21 10. 
Luke 2. 34. 
J ii. 6. GO, C6. 
Acts 17. 18. 
Rom. 9. 32. 
Gal. 5. 11. 

1 Pet. 2. 7. 
z Rom. 1. 4, 
16. 

Col. 2. 3. 
a Matt. 11. 
25. & 18. 3. 
& 19. 23. 
John 7. 48. 
James 2. 5. 
Rev. 6. 15. 
bPsa. 8. 2. 

2 Cor. 10. 5. 
cRom.4. 17. 
chap. 2. 6. 
dRom.3.27. 
Eph. 2 9. 

e let. •;'.(. 5. 
John 1. 12, 
18 &17. 19. 
Rom. 4. 25. 
& 9. 30. 
ch.3. 5. &6. 
11. 

2 Cor. 5. 21. 
Eph. 1. 7. 
Phil. 3. 9. 
Col. 2. 3. 
flSa.2. 10. 
Isa. 65. 16. 
Jer.9.23,24. 
a ch. 1. 17. 
&2. 4, 13. 
2Cor.10.10. 
&I1. 6. 
2Thes.l.l0. 
2 Tim. 1. 8. 
2 Pet. 1.16. 
bch.1.6,23. 
&. 15. 3. 

2 Cor. 2.1. 
& 10. 10. & 
11.6. 

Gal. 6. 14. 
Phil. 3. 8. 
Titus 3. 12. 
c Acts 18. 1, 

3 9 

ch. 1.27. & 
4. 10. 
2 Cor. 4. 7. 
&7.5.&10. 
1, 10. & 11. 
30. & 12. 5, 
9. & 13.4,9. 
Gal. 4. 13. 
(1 Rom. 15. 
19.. 

ch.l. 17.&2. 
13. & 4. 20. 
Col. 2. 4. 
ech.l.l7.& 
3.0. 

2 Cor. 4. 7. 
&6. 7. 
fPs.2.2,4,9. 
ch. 1.20,28. 
&2 1.19.& 
14. 20. & 15. 
24. 

2 Cor. 1.12. 
Eph. 4. 13. 
Phil. 3. 15. 
Hob. 5. 11. 
& 6. 1. 
James 3. 15. 
gRo. 16. 25. 
chnp. 4. 1. 
Eph. 3. 5, 8. 
Col. 1.26. 
2 Tim. 1.9. 
h Alt. 11.25. 
Luke 23. 34. 
John 7. 48. 
& 16. 3. 
Acts 3. 17. 
& 13. 27. 
2 Cor. 3. 14 

1 Tim. 1.13 
ilsa. 64. 4. 
verse 14. 

k Mi. 13. 11. 
& 16. 17. 
John 14. 26. 
& 16. 13. 

2 Cor. 3. 18. 
1 John 2. 27. 
I Pr. 20. 27 
&27. 19. 
Jcr. 17. 9. 
Rom. 11. 33. 
m Ro. 8. 15 



n Gen. 40. 8, 
16. &41. 12. 
tj ,Dan. 5- 12. 

tne spirit of man which is in him? even so the things ofgV&^-f 

2' Pet. I.jfi! 
oAIt. 16.23. 
Rom. 8. 7. 
Jude 14. 
p Pr. 27. 19, 
& 28. 5. 
lThcs.5.21. 
1 John 4. 1. 



God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 
t* 12 m Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, 
but the Spirit which is of God ; that we might know the 
things that are freely given to us of God. 



Christ is the true foundation 

dl3 n Which things also we speak, not in the words which 
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teach- 
eth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 

t 14 ° But the natural man receive th not the things of the 
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither 
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

15 r But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he 
himself is judged of no man. 

16 q For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he 
may instruct him ? But we have the mind of Christ. 

CHAPTER III. 
Milk is ft for children, 2. Strife and division are arguments of a fleshly 
mind, 3. He that plantcth and he that watereth, is nothing, 7. The 
ministers are God 's fellow-workmen, 9. Christ the only foundation, 11. 

c & ND a I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto 
XiL. spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in 
Christ. 

2 b I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for 
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are 
ye able. 

p 3 c For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among 
you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, 
and walk as men ? 

4 d For while one saith, I am of Paul ; and another, 1 
am of Apollos ; are ye not carnal ? 

5 e Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers 
by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every 
man? 

t 6 f I have planted, Apollos watered : but God gave the 
increase. 

7 s So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, neither 
he that watereth : but God that giveth the increase. 

* 8 h Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: 
and every man shall receive his own reward, according to 
his own labour. 

9 i For we are labourers together with God : ye are 
God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 

10 k According to the grace of God which is given unto 
me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, 
and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take 
heed how he buildeth thereupon. 

* 11 * For other foundation can no man lay than that is 
laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

12 m Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, 

silver, precious stones, wood, bay, stubble ; 

t 13 n Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the 

day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire ; 

and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. 

14 ° If any man's work abide which heliath built there- 
upon, he shall receive a reward. 

15 p If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer 
loss : but he himself shall be saved ; yet so as by fire. 

t\Q q Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that 
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

w 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God 
destroy : for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye 
are. 

18 r Let no man deceive himself. If any man among 
you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a 
fool, that he may be wise. 

19 s For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 
For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 



q Job 15. 8. 
Isa. 40. 13. 
Jer. 23. 18. 
John 15. 15. 
Rom. 11.34. 
ach.2.0, 14, 
15. &8.7.& 
14. 20, 37. 
Enh. 4. 13, 

Heb. 5. 11, 
14. & 6. ]. 



Heb.5.12.& 
13. ]. 

1 Pet. 2. 2. 
cch. 1. 11. 

2 Cor. 12.20. 
Gal. 5. 19,20. 
James 3. 16. 
tl ch. 1. 12. 
&4. 6. 

Acts 18.24, 
27.&19. 1. 
Ro. 12. 3, 6. 



b.ln. 16. 12Jch.l.l3. 
IThes. 2.7.|1. & 16. 13. 



15. & 9.1. |13. 5. 
2 Cor. 3. 2. n Isa. 8. 20. 
Gal. 2. 7, 9. & 48. 10. 
Enh. 2. 20. Jer. 23. 29. 



•;nli 
Pe 



1 Pet. 4.11 



Cor. 1. 24.130. & 9.1. ilso. 5.1.& 
k. 3. 3. & 4. 2 Cor. 3. 5. 61.3. 
1.&6. 4. &12. 11. 2Cor.fi. 1 
lPct.4. 11. Gal. 6. 3. Eph. 2. 20. 
f Ps. 92. 13. |h Ps. 62. 13. Col. 2. 7. 
fsa. 55. 10. Jer. 17. 10. Heb. 3. 3, 4. Rev 21. 14 
Acts 18.4,8, & 32. 59. 1 Pet. 2 5. I lea. 28. lb. 
11, 26, 27. & Mat. 16. 27.3John 8. iMatt. 16.18. 
19! 1. Rom. 2. 6. Ik Acts 18. [chnp. 1. 13. 

ch.4.4.&9.4, 8. Gal. 1.7. 

17. Rom. 1.5. Eph. 2. 20. 

Gal. 6. 5. |& 12. 3. & m2Cor. 2. 

Rev. 2.23. 15.20. 17. & 4.2. 

&22. 12. Ich. 1.6. &4. & 11.13. & 

108 



h. 1. 30. & 
4. 35. &9.1 
7.11.&15.1 
2 Cor. 3. 2. 

«h. 1. 28, 



chap. 4. 5. 
2Thes. 1.7. 

1 Pet. 1. 7. 
& 4. 12. 

2 Pet. 1. 19. 
&3. 7. 

o ch. 4. 5. 
pAmos4.11 
Zech. 3. 1. 
Rom, 8. 11 



& 14. 20. 
Jude 23. 
q ch. 6. 19. 
2 Cor. 6. 16. 
Eph. 2. 21. 
Heb. 3. 6. 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
r Prov. 3. 7 
Isa. 5. 21. 
chap. 4. 10. 
Col. 2. 3. 
s Job 5. 13. 
chap. J. MO 



Sufferings and labour of the apostles. CORINTHIANS. 

20 • And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the A 
wise, ttiat they are vain. 

p 21 u Therefore let no man glory in men : for all things 
are yours ; 

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, 



Who shall not inherit God's kingdom 



all 



P $L 



or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; 
are yours ; 

23 y And ye are Christ's: and Christ is God's 

CHAPTER IV. 

In what account the ministers ought to be had, 1. The apostles, spectacles 
to the world, angels, and men, 9 ; the filth and off-scouring of the world, 
13; yet our fathers in Christ, 15, whom we ought to follow, 16 

IT ET a a man so account of us, as of the ministers of 
M-A Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 

d 2 b Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be 
found faithful 

c 3 c But with me it is a very small thing that I should be 
judged of you, or of man's judgment : yea, I judge not 
mine own self. 

4 d For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby 
justified : but he that judgeth me is the Lord 

<5 e Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the 
Lord come, who botti will bring to light the hidden things 
of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the 
hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God. 

6 f And these things, brethren, I have in a figure trans- 
ferred to myself, and to Apollos, for your sakes : that ye 
might learn in us not to think of men above that which is 
written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against 
another. 

i 7 e For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and 
what hast thou that thou didst not receive 1 now if thou 
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not 
received it ? 

8 h Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as 
kings without us : and I would to God ye did reign, that 
we also might reign with you. 

9 ' For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles 
last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a 
spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 

-e 10 k We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in 
Christ ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honour- 
able, but we are despised. 

11 'Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and 
thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no cer- 
tain dwelling-place ; 

c 12 "And labour, working with our own hands. Being 
reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it ; 

13 "Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the 
filth of the world, and arc the off-scouring of all things unto 
this day. 

14 ° I write not these tilings to shame you, but as my 
beloved sons I warn you. 

f\5 Tor though ye have ten thousand instructers in 
Christ, yet have, ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I 
have begotten you through the gospel. 

d 16 q Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 

c 17 Tor this cause have I sent unto yon Tiinotheus, who 
is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring 
you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as 
I teach every where in every church. 

18 * Now some are puffed up, as though 1 would not 
come to you. 

19 ' But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and 
will know, not the speech of them which arc puffed up, but 
the power. 

t 20 u For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 
21 x What will ye ] shall I come unto you with a rod, or 
m love, and in the spirit of meekness 1 

160 



IPs. 94. 11. 
uch. 1.12,29 
x Rom. 8.28. 
ch. 9. 6. & 
11. 3. 
Gal. 2. 7. 
yRotn.14.8. 
ch.8.G.&ll. 
:i. & 15. 38. 
Epli. 1. 10. 
a Mt. 24. 45. 
ch. 3. 5, 22. 

5 Cor. 4. 5. 
bMt.25. 21. 
Luke 12.42. 
chap. 7. 25. 
2 Cor. 1. 12. 

6 2. 17. & 
4.2. 

Col. 1. 7. &. 
4.7. 

Hcli. 3. 5. 
c ch. 3. 13. 
d Kx. 34. 7. 
Job 9. 2. & 
27. 6. 

Psa. 130. 3. 
Rom. 3. 20 

1 John 3.20, 
21. 

c Dan. 7. 10. 
Mat. 7. 1.& 
25.21. 
Rom. 2. I, 
10. 29. & 14. 
4, 10. 
chap. 3. 13. 

2 Cor. 5.10. 
Rev. 20. 12. 
fProv. 3. 7. 
Rom. 12.3. 
ch. 1.12, 30. 
& 3. 4, 22. 
& 5. 2, 0. 
2Cor. 12.20. 
g John 3.27. 
Rom. '.2. 6. 
ch. 7. 7. & 
12. 11. 
James 1. 17. 

1 Peter 4 10. 
h Rev. 3. 17. 
i Vs. 44. 23. 
Rom. 8. 36. 
ch. 15. 8, 9, 
10, 30. 

2 Cor. 1. 8. 
&4.11.&G. 
9. &.11.5. 
Kph. 3. 8.& 
fi. 12. 

Heb. 10. 33. 
kAct9l7.18. 
2 Cor. 4. IS. 

1 Acta 23. 2. 
Rom. 8. 35. 

2 Cor. 4.8. 
Ml 5.44. 

LukoB.88. 
Rom. 12.14. 
Pel. 2. 23. 
n I, am. 3.45. 
o 2 Cor. 12. 
15. 

lThes.2.11. 
P Acta 18.4, 
11. 

2Co( 3.2. 
i Pel, 1.23. 

ch. 17. 1. 
Kph. 5. 1. 
Phil. 3. 17. 
IThes. 1.0. 
2Thns. 3.0. 

h. Hi. 10. 
Phil. 2. 10. 

1 '11:.. 3.2. 

1 Tim. 1.2, 

2 Tin, I. 2. 

Aclal -.21. 
,v 10. !l. 
aom. 15.32 
oh. It;. 5. 7. 
2 Cor. I. 15, 
Heb. B .1. 
Jam! „ 4. 15 
d Ro. 15. 10 
chop. 2. I. 
i Thoi. 1.5 

p i | 

\2C,r. ill. 
2. ,' 13 III. 



CHAPTER V. 
The incestuous person, 1, is cause rather of shume unto them, than of 
rejoicing, 6. The old leaven is to be purg'ed out, 7. Heinous offenders 
are to be shunned, 10. 

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n Lev. 19.8. 
PL 22. 30. £ 

I 

: , 

& 12.21. 
,l Ml. Irk 10. 
John 20. 23. 

2 Cor. 2. III. 

2 Cor. 2. 7. 
fc I0.0.8.& 

13 0. 

I Tim. 1 20. 

rch.a.2i.& 

I. IS, tc 15. 

:i:i 

i. 1 1 5.0. 

2Tlm 2.17. 

' 
■ Ex. 12. 15. 
« 13. 6. ft. 
23. 15.4:34. 

CSV 2. ii 
pent. 16. 3. 

Inn. 53. 7. 
John 1.0. 
Acts 8. 32. 
char- 15. 3. 



is reported commonly that there is fornication among 
you, and such fornication as is not so much as named 
among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 

2 b And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, 
that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from 
among you. 

3 £ For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, 
have judged already as though I were present, concerning 
him that hath so done this deed, 

4 d In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye arc 
gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, 

d 5 c To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction 
of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the 
Lord Jesus. 

6 f Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little 
leaven leaveneth the whole lump 1 

die p ur ge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be 
a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our 
passover is sacrificed for us : 

d 8 h Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, 
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with 
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

9 ' I wrote unto you in an epistle, not to company with 
fornicators : 

10 k Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, 
or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters : for 
then must ye needs go out of the world. 

d*ll x But now I have written unto you not to keep com- 
pany, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an 
extortioner : with such a one no not to eat. 

12 m For what have I to do to judge them also that are 
without ? do not ye judge them that are within ] 

13 n But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore, 
put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 

CHAPTER VI. 

The Corinthians must not oex their brethren, ingoing to law with them, 
especially undo- infidels, I : The unrighteous shall not inherit the king 
dom of God, 9. Our bodies arc the numbers if Christ, 15, and temples 
of the Holy Ghost, 19: They must not therefore be defiled, 1C, 17. 

ARE any of you, having a matter against another, go 

to law before the unjust, and not before the saints 1 

t 2 a Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? 

and if the world shall be judged hy you, are ye unworthy 

to judge the smallest matters 1 

< 3 b Know ye not that we shall judge angels 1 how much 

more, things that pertain to this life I 

4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this 
life, set them to judge who are leasl esteemed in the 
church. 

~> I speak to your shame. Is it so, thai there is not a 

wise man among VOU ! no, not one that shall he able to 

ljudge between his brethren '. 

6 '' Bui brother goeth to law with brother, and thai 
before the unbelievers. 

I p 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, 

because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not 

rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer ijm/rsi/n.- 
lo be defrauded. 

8 Nay ye do wrong, and defraud, and thai your brethren 

t «) ''Know ye not thai the unrighteous shall not inherit the 

kingdom of God 1 Be not deceived; neither fornicators, 



il',' i 10 

Ii Ex. 12 3, 
15. 

LeV.23.6, 
Dcut. 18. 3. 

, mi l- n 

vcraci 2, 7. 



14 IJohn 5. 10.18 John in. 121. AS 
lj,h. ;>. Ii I ! Pol. 2. 4 



2 the. 3.14 IV, nil ... Col I 



Tlnii. 7. IB. JudoO. 



I. , h 1" 27, - I'll,,, 1.12 Mm 111 2R Rct, 20, in 

* 12. 2. iMnlt. IM 17.; | Tim ' 

Kph. 2. 3. U Rom. in 17 „ln 13 5.& K<s .' 
I. 17. . i . i 

1 Po(cr4 I II 

109 



Rom. 12.17, 

1 Thru. 4.0. 
I , i I 
Peter 3.0. 

rh 5. 11 



Epb. 

Col. 3.5. 
I The«. 4.G 
1 Tim, 1.0. 
llcb. 12. H. 
&13. 1 



I0 iRcv. 22 14. 



Husbands and ivives must not separate. 



1. CORINTHIANS. 



nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 
of themselves with mankind, 

c 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, 
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom oi God. 

* 11 e And such were some of you : but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the 
Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 

12 f All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not 
expedient : all tilings are lawful for me, but I will not be 
brougiit under the power of any. 

13 g Meats for the beily, and the belly for meats : but 
God shall destroy both it and tbem. Now the body is 
not for fornication, but for the Lord ; and the Lord for the 
body. 

1 14 h And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also 
raise up us by his own power. 

p 15 i Know ye not, that your bodies are the members of 
Christ 1 shall I then take the members of Christ, and make 
them the members of a harlot 1 God forbid. 

16 k What ! know ye not that he which is joined to a 
harlot is one body '? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 

17 ' But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 

P 18 m Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth, is 
without the body ; but he that committeth fornication, sin- 
neth against his own body. 

t 19 n What ! know ye not that your body is the temple 
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, 
and ye are not your own 1 

d* 20 ° For ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 

CHAPTER VII 

He treuteth of marriage, 2, shewing it to be a remedy against fornication, 
4; and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved, 10. Every 
•man must be content with his vocation, 18, 20. Virginity wherefore to 
be embraced, 25. And for what respects we may either marry, or abstain 
from marrying. 35. 

"OW a concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto 
me : It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have 
his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 
d 3 b Let the husband render unto the wife due benevo- 
lence : and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 

4 c The wife hath not power of her own body, but the 
husband : and likewise also the husband hath not power 
of his own body, but the wife. 

5 d Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with con- 
sent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and 
prayer ; and come together again, that Satan tempt you 
not for your incontinency. 

6 e But I speak this by permission, and not of command- 
ment. 

7 f For I would that all men were even as I myself. But 
every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this man- 
ner, and another after that. 

8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good 
for them if they abide even as I. 

9 s But if they cannot contain, let them marry : for it is 
better to marry than to burn. 

d 10 h And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the 
Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband : 

11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or 
be reconciled to her husband : and let not the husband put 
away his wife. 

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord, If any brother 
hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell 
with him, let him not put her away. 

13 * And the woman which hath a husband that believeth 
not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not 
leave him. 

*14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the 



A.D.59. 



ech. 1.30. 
& 5. 11. & 
12.2. 

Eph. 2. 1,2, 
3. &4.17.& 
5.8. 

Col. 3. 7. 
Titus 3. 3. 
Heb. 10. 22. 

1 Pet. 4.2,4. 
f ch. 10. 23. 
g Mt. 15. 17. 
ic 22. 30. 
Rom. 6. 13, 
1U.&7.4.& 

14. 17. 

ch. o. IS. & 
0. 19,20 & 

15. 50. 

2 Cor. 11.2. 
Eph. 5. 23. 
Col. 2.22,23. 

1 Thes. 4. 3. 
h Acts 2. 24. 
Rom. 0.5, 8, 
SlS.U. 

2 Cor. 4. 14, 
Eph. 1. lit. 

i Rom. 12. 5. 

ch. 11. 3. & 

12. 27. 

Eph. 1. 22 

& 4. 12, 15 

lli. & 5. 23, 

30. 

k Gen. 2. 24 

Matt. 19. 5. 

Mark 10. 8. 

Eph. 5. 3. 

i John 3. 6. 

& 17. 31,22. 

23 

Eph. 4. 4. & 

5.30. 

m Ro. 1. 24. 

1 Thes. 4. 4. 
Heb. LI. 4. 
n Ro. 14. 7. 
chap. 3. 16. 

2 Cor. 6. 16. 
Eph. 2. 21. 
Heb. 3. 6. 

1 Pet. 2. 5. 

Ac. 20. 28. 
chap. 7. 23. 
Gal. 3. 13. 
Heb. 9. 12. 

1 Peter 1. 1, 
18. 

2 Peter 2.1. 
Rev. 5. 9. 

a Gen. 20. 6 
Ruth 2. 9. 
Prov. 6. 29. 
hGen. 1.28, 
1 Peter 3. 7, 
c chap. 5. 1. 
d Ex. 19. 15. 
1 Sa. 21. 4. 
Joel 2. 16. 
Zech. 7. 3. 
e 2 Cor. 11. 
17. 

f Mat. 19.12. 
Acts 26. 29. 
ch. 9. 5. & 
12.1. 

ElTim.5.14. 
b Mai. 2. 14, 
Matt. 5. 32. 
& 19. 6, 9. 
Mark 10. 11, 
12. 

Luke 16. 18. 
i Ezra 9. 2, 
& 10. 2, 3. 



A. D. 59. 



k Rom. 12. 
18. & 14. 19. 
ch. 14. 33. 
Heb. 12. 14 
1 1 Pet. 3. 1 
m Acts 15. 
1, 19. 
Gal. 5. 2. 
n Gal. 5. 6. 
&6. 15. 
Col. 3. 11. 
oEph. 4. 1. 
Philip. 1. 27. 
Col. I. 10. 
lThes.2.12. 
p Gal. 3. 28. 
q John 8. 36. 
Ro. 6. 18,22. 
chap. 9. 21. 
Gal. 5. 13. 
Eph. 6. 6. 
Philem. 16. 

1 Pet. 2. 111. 
rLev.25.42. 
chap. 6. 20. 
Heb. 9. 12. 
lPet.].8,19. 

2 Pet. 2. 1. 
s ch. 4. 2. 

2 Cor. 2. 17. 
& 4. 2. & 8. 
8. & 11. 17. 
lThes.4.1,8. 
t Job 15. 24. 
Ps. 119. 143. 
,Ier. 9. 15. & 
15. 4& 16.2. 
Zeph. 1. 15. 
Mat. 24. 19. 
Luke21.23. 
u Ac. 20.29. 
xlsa. 24.2. 
Ezek. 7. 12. 
Rom. 13. 11. 
chap. 9. 18. 
& 10. II. 
J Pet. 4. 7. 
2 Pet. 4. 8, 9. 
y Ps. 39. 7. 
tea. 24. 4. & 
40. 6. 



The difference of the married and single. 

wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : 
else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy. 
15 k But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A 
brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases; but 
God hath called us to peace. 

« 16 ' For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt 
save thy husband 1 or how knowest thou, O man, whether 
thou shalt save thy wife 1 

17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the 
Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so 
ordain I in all churches. 

18 m Is any man called being circumcised 1 let him not 
become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision 1 
let him not be circumcised. 

19 n Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is no- 
thing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 

d 20 ° Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he 
was called. 

21 p Art thou called being a servant 1 care not for it; but 
if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 

d 22 4 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is 
the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called, being 
free, is Christ's servant. 

t 23 r Ye are bought with a price ; be not ye the servants 
of men. 

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein 
abide with God. 

25 8 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment 
of the Lord : yet I give my judgment as one that hath ob- 
tained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 

26 ' 1 suppose therefore that this is good for the present 
distress ; J say, that it is good for a man so to be. 

27 Art thou bound unto a wife 1 seek not to be loosed 
Art thou loosed from a wife 1 seek not a wife. 

28 u But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned : and if 
a virgin marry she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such 
shall have trouble in the flesh ; but I spare you. 

e 29 x But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It re- 
maineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they 
had none ; 

30 And they that weep, as though they wept not ; and 
they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they 
that buy, as though they possessed not ; 

d 31 y And they that use this world, as not abusing it. For 
the fashion of this world passeth away. 

d 32 2 But I would have you without carefulness. He that 
is unmarried, careth for the things that belong to the Lord, 
how he may please the Lord : 

33 But he that is married, careth for the things that are 
of the world, how he may please his wife. 

34 a There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. 
The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord 
that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit : but she 
that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she 
may please her husband. 

35 b And this I speak for your own profit ; not that I may 
cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and 
that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 

36 But it' any man think that he behaveth himself un- 
comely toward "his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age 
and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth 
not : let them marry. 

37 Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, 
having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and 
hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, 
doeth well. 

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well ; 
bat he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 

Jamesl.l0.|l Pet. 1.24.11 .Tn. 2. 17. laLu.lO. 40.|Luke 8. 14. |& 10. 41. &K1. 34. ,C Heb..I3. 4 

4. 14. l& 4. 7. {■/. 1 Tim. 5. 5.|b Mat. 6.31.1 ' 

no 






The minister should live by the gospel. 



d 39 d The wifeJs bound by the law as long as her husband A - D ; sa - 
liveth; but ii' her liusband be dead, she is at liberty to be acof.e.'i! 
married to whom she will: only in the Lord. \ acb'is. 

40 c But she is happier if she so abide, after my judg-:}^m.'i4. 3, 
ment : and I think also that I have the Spirit of God 

CHAPTER VIII. 
To abstain from meats offered to idols, 1. We must not abuse our Chris- 



INTHIANS. The sacraments of the Jews types of ours. 

10 h Or saith he it altogether for our sakes ? For our 

sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plougheth 

should plough in hope ; and that he that thresheth in hope 



bchap. 13. 
8, 12. 
Gul. 6. 3. 
2Tim.2.19. 

tian liberty, to the offence of our brethren ; but must bridle our knowledge Num. id. 5. 

' Nah. 1. 7. 

1 Matt. 7. 27. 

NOW a as touching things offered unto idols, we know &2&&n.f 
that we all have knowledge.- Knowledge puffetli up, fri? s?'i2. 

i 2 Tim. 2. 19. 
dDeut.4.39. 
&H. 4. 
1 Sa. 12. 21. 
Ez. 14. 11. 
Isa. 41. 24. 
& 44. 8, 9. 
Jer. 2. 5, 11, 
20. 

Hub. 2. 18. 
Mk. 12. 29. 
Rom. 14. 14. 
chap. 10. 19. 
Eph. 4. 6. 
1 Tim. 2. 5 
e Dt. 3. 24. 
& 10. 17. 
1'Mal. 2. 10. 
John 13. 13. 
Acts 2. 36. 
& 17.23. 
Rom. 11. 36. 
chap. 3 23. 
& 12. 3. 
Eph. 4. 3, 6. 
Phil. 2. 11. 
Col. 1. 16. 
Heb. 1. 2. 
;Eom. 14. 

14, 23. 
ch. 10. 28. 
h Ro. 14. 17. 
iRom. 11 
10, 20. 
Gal. 5. 13. 
k Amos 2. 8. 
chap. 10. 20. 

. I Rom. 14. 

15, 20. 

2 Put. 2. 1. 
mRo.14.18. 
nRo. 14.21. 
2 Cor. 11.29. 
a Acts 9. 3, 
17. & 18. 9. 
& 22. 14,17, 
ia & 23.11. 

10 k For if any man see thee, which hast knowledge, sit'^j^.Vgis. 
at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of 
him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things 



with charity, 8, 9 

"OW a as touching things offered unto idols, we know 
that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffetli up, 
but charity edifieth. 

2 b And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he 
knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 
b 3 c But if any man love God, the same is known of liim. 

4 d As concerning therefore the eating of those tilings 
that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an 
idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other 
God but one. 

5 e For though there be that are called gods, whether 
in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords 
many ;) 

t 6 r But to lis there is but one God, the Father, of whom 
are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ 
by whom are all tilings, and we by him. 

7 s Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge 
for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it 
as a thing offered unto an idol : and their conscience, being 
weak, is defiled 

8 b But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither if 
we eat are we the better ; neither if we eat not, are we 
the worse 

« 9 i But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours 
become a stumbling-block to them that are weak 



should be partaker of his hope. 
^ 1 1 * If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a 
great thing if we shall reap your carnal things ? 

12 k If others be partakers of this power over vou, are 



which are offered to idols ; 

I'll 1 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother 

perish, for whom Christ died ? 

12 m But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound 
their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 
d 13 n Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I 
will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my 
brother to offend. 

CHAPTER IX. 
He shewelh his liberty, 1, and that the minister ought to live by the gospel, 
7; yet that himself hath of his own accord abstained, 15; to be either 
• chargeable unto them, 18, or offensive unto any in matters indifferent, 22. 
Our life is like unto a race, 24. 

M a I not an apostle '? am 1 not free 1 have I not seen 
Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ve my work in 'he 
Lord ? 

2 b If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless 1 am 
to you : for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 

3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this ; 

4 c Have we not power to eat and to drink ? 

5 d Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as i£ft£V 
well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and 'i.^i.'f & 
Cephas 1 ft.n.7, 

6 c Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to for- iV : i 2U & 

i „ i ■ ii l I Thi n. ! 

bear working ? a. i. 

d 7 r Who goeth a warfare any time at bis uwu charges ?!$**?• S- 
who planteth a vineyard, and eatetli not of the fruit there- J>«"| ' j" ■'■'■ 
of? or who feedeth a flock, and cateth not of the milk ofm L< " " 
the flock? Qn'-SHl 

_ „ Matt, I" 10. 

o feay I these things as a man ? or saith not the law the s]| k Ve ~ 
same also ? ' vV&'l 

- _, . . n Act* 18.3. 

9 * For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not $3&Vio 
muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the c<m f&J&g 
Doth God take care for oxen ? ;. T 



2 Cor. fl.5. 
& 12.2, 11 
Gnl. 1.1, 12 
& 2. 2, 7. 

1 Tim. 2. 7 

2 Tim. 1.11 
b 2 Cor. 3. 2. 
& 12. 12. 
cLukel0.7. 
ch.6. 12. & 
8.8. & 9. 14. 

1 Thes. 2. 9. 

2 Thee. 3. 9. 
d Mat. 8. 14. 
& 12. 46. & 
13. 55. 
Mark Ii. 3. 
I.uke 4. 38. 
John 2. 12. 
Aclsl. 14. 
Gal. 1. 19. 

1 Tim. 4. 3. 
eAcl»20.34. 
chap. 4. 12. 

2 Thes. 3. 9, 
ID. ut.20.fi. 
I'rnv. 27.18. 
John 21. 15. 
Acts 20. 28. 
2Cor. 10. I 
I Tim. I. IB. 
&fi. 12. 
J Tun. 2. 3, 

a i. 7. 

I Pet 5, 2. 
d in 25. i 
Prov, IS 10, 

1 Tun.: -..18. 



not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this 
power : but suffer all tilings, lest we should hinder the 
gospel of Christ. 

13 ' Do ye not know that they which minister about holy 
things live of the things of the temple, and they which 
wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?" 
d 14 m Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which 
preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 

15 D But I have used none of these things: neither have 
I written these things, that it should be so done unto me : 
for it were better for me to die, than that any man should 
make my glorying void. 

™ 16 ° For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to 
glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, wo is unto 
me, if I preach not the gospel ! 

17 p For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but 
if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed 
unto me. 

18 « What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach 
the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, 
that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 

19 r For though I be free from all men, yet have I made 
myself servant unto all, that I might gain* the more. 

20 s And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might 
gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under 
the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ; 

21 ' To them that are without law, as without law, (being 
not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that 
I might gain them that are without law. 
d 22 u To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain 
the weak : I am made all things to all men, that I might 
by all means save some. 

23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be 
partaker thereof with you. 

d 24 * Know ye not, that they which run in a race, run all, 
but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 
l> 25 y And every man that striveth for the mastery is tem- 
perate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corrupti- 
ble crown ; but we an incorruptible. 
d 26 z I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not 
as one that bealcth the air: 

d 27 a But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjec- 
tion: lest that by any means when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast-away. 

CHAPTER X. 
The sacraments of the Jews, I, art types of ours, 6, anil their pymah- 
ments,7, examples for us, II. We mustjlee from idolatry, 14. We must 
not make the Lords table tht tablt of devils, 91 ; and in things indiffer- 
ent w< must hare regard of our bnthrin, 2 I. 

OREOVER, : ' brethren. I would not thai ye should be 
ignorant how that all our fathers were under the 
cloud, and all passed through the sea; 

2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in 
the sea; 

3 b And did all eat the same spiritual meal ; 

' I ' And did all drink the same spiritual drink : (for they 

i 



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\cl D 'i, 17.;. i ch. 7. :<l 
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Sc 1 1 . / . S Cof. 3* 0* !■ 

rMot.lt 1 I I k in 31. t'K 

Rom. II II u Rom II 'fit IS, 1 ijor.l D. 18. H. 

I Pol. 3. I. M.A IV I. I Boh 5. Ill k 14. 14. & N.-l 

■ I, ch. 7. 10. & i Tin, D 12.1)9 u B 13 :i:i. B, 20. 

34 k 10. 3.M0.33. l-'Tim ! I Ichnp, 4. II. fnout. I. X). P.. 78. 15. & 

U l& 18. ottSCor.l 1.89.15. & 4. 7, 8.feCor.ll.!B .lot,'. 4.33, tOS. 4 1 
.•I 20, 23. Gnl. O.J. iJamcil. 12.&13. 6 



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1.20. 

- 15 A 
105. 41. 
Isn.43. 20. 
John 4. 14 
&7.-37 



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We must not stumole the weak. 



I. CORINTHIANS- 



drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them : and that 
Rock was Christ.) 

* 5 d But with many of them God was not well pleased : 
for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 
p 6 e Now these things were our examples, to the intent 
we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 

p7 f Neither be ye idolaters, as vjere some of them : as it 
is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose 
up to play. 

p 8 g Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them 
committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 
V 9 h Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also 
tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 
p 10 * Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmur- 
ed, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 

11 k Now all these things happened unto them for en- 
samples : and they are written for our admonition, upon 
whom the ends of the world are come. 
d 12 l Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take 
heed lest he fall. 

b 13 m There hath no temptation taken you but such as is 
common to man : but God is faithful, who will not suffer 
you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with 
the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be 
able to bear it: 
d. 14 n Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 

15 ° I speak as to wise men ; judge ye what 1 say. 

16 p The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the com- 
munion of the blood of Christ 1 The bread which we break, 
is it not the communion of the body of Christ 1 

' 17 q For we being many are one bread, and one body : 
for we are all partakers of that one bread. 

18 r Behold Israel after the flesh : are not they which 
eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar 1 

19 " What say I then 1 that the idol is any thing, or that 
which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing 1 

t 20 * But / say, that the things which the Gentiles sacri- 
fice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would 
not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 

21 u Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of 
devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of 
the table of devils. 

22 x Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy 1 are we stronger 
than he 1 

23 y All things are lawful for me, but all things are not ex. 

pedient : all things are lawful for me, but all tilings edify not 

d 24 t Let no man seek his own, but every man another's 

wealth. 

25 a Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking 
no question for conscience' sake : 

26 b For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 

27 c If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, 
and ye be disposed to go ; v, latsoever is set before you," 
eat, asking no question for conscience' sake. 

28 d But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacri- 
fice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for 
conscience' sake : for the earth is the Lord's, and the ful- 
ness thereof: 

29 e Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other : 
for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience 1 

30 f For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken 
Of for that for which I give thanks 1 

d*si e Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever 
ye do, do all to the glory of God : 

32 h Gi ve none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the 
©entiles, nor to the church of God. 

d 33 l Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking 
mine own profit, but the profit of raanv, that thev may be 
saved. 



Of the institution of the Lord's supper. 



A D. 59. 



d Num. 14. 
23, 37. &. 26. 
G4, 65. 
Ps. 10G. 26. 
Heb. 3. 17. 
Jude 5. 
e Num. 11. 
4,33. 

Psa. 73. 20. 
&106. 14. 
f Gen. 26.8. 
& 39. 14. 
Ex. 32. 6. 
Judg. 19.2.5. 
ch. 5. 11. & 
t 7. 

Uohn5.21. 
Num. 25. 
9. 
Psa. 106.28. 
chap. 6. 18. 
Rev. 2. 14. 
li Ex. 14. 12. 
& 17. 2, 7. 
Nu. 21.5,6. 
Deut. 6. 16. 
Psa. 78. 18, 
56. & 95. 9. 
& 1U6. 14. 
Heb: 11. 26. 
Jude 5. 

Ex. 12. 23. 
Sl 16. 2. & 
17.2. 

Num. 14. 2, 
12, 29,36. & 
16.3,11,41, 

6. 

Psa. 106. 16, 
25. 

Philip. 2.14. 
Heb. 11.28. 
1 Pet. 4. 9. 
Jude 16. 
k Rom. 15.4. 
ch. 7. 29. & 
9. 10. 

Philip. 4. 5. 
Heb. 10. 25, 
37. 

1 Pet. 4. 2. 
1 John 2. 18. 

1 Rom. 11. 
20. 

m 2 Sam. 7. 

14. 

Psa. 125. 3. 

Jer. 29. 11. 

lThes.5.24. 

2Tlics.3. 3. 

Heb. 12. 4. 

2 Pet. 2. 9 
n ch. 8. 10. 
2 Cor. 6. 17. 

1 John 5. 21. 
Rev. 2. 14. 
och. 1. 5 &. 
2. 15. fc 8.1. 
pMl. 26.26. 
Acts 2. 42. 
q Lev. 21.6 
John 6. 33. 
Rom. 12. 5. 
ch. 12. 27. 

r Lev. 3. 3. 
& 7. 14. 
s Ro. 14. 14. 
chap. 8. 4. 
Titus 1.15. 
tLev. 17. 7 
Deut. 32. 17 
Ps. 96. 5. & 
106. 37. 
Isa. 65. 11. 
u Deut. 32. 
18, 37. 

2 Cor. 6. 15. 
x Dt. 32. 21. 
Job 9. 19. 
&37.23. 
Ez. 22. 14. 

y ch. 6. 12. 
&8.8. 
z Rom. 15. 
1,2. 

chap. 13. 5. 
Phil. 2.4,20. 
a ch. 9. 3. 
1 Tim. 4. 4. 
Titus 1. 15. 
b Ex. 19. 5. 
Deut. 10. 14. 
Job 41. 21. 
Ps. 24. 1. & 
50. 12. 
verse 28. 
c Luke 1 0.7 
chap. 8. 7. 
dcbap.8.10 
11. & 10.26 
e Ro. 14. 16 
fRom.14.6 
g Col. 3. 17 
hRo. 14. 13 
i Rom. 15.2. 
ch.9. 19, 22. 
2Cor.12.19. 



A. D. 59. 



a ch. 4. 16. 
Eph. 5. 1. 
Phil. 3. 17. 

1 Thes. 1. 6, 

2 Thes. 3. 9. 
b ch. 4. 17. 
& 15. 1. 

2 Th. 2. 15. 
&3. 6. 
c Gen. 3.16. 
John 14. 28, 
Ro. 14.9,11. 
oh. 3. 23. & 
14. 34. & 15. 
27, 28. 
Eph. 5. 23. 
Phil. 2. 7. & 
8.9. 
1 Tim. 2. 11. 
1 Pel. 3. 1,6. 



CHAPTER XI. 

He reproveth them, because in holy assemblies, 1 , their men prayed with 
their heads covered, and, 4, women with their heads uncovered, 6 : ana 
because generally their meetings were not for the better, but for the worse, 
17 ; as, namely, in ■profaning with their own feasts the Lord's supper, 21. 
Lastly, he calleth them to the first institution thereof, 23. 

pE a ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 

O d 2 b Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember 
me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered 
them to you. 

1 3 ° But I would have you know, that the head of every 
man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; 
and the head of Christ is God. 

4 d Every man praying or prophesying, having his head 
covered, dishonoureth his head. 

5 c But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with 
her head uncovered, dishonoureth her head . for that is 
even all one as if she were shaven. 

6 f For if the woman be not covered, let her also be 
shorn : but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or 
shaven, let her be covered. 

d 7 6 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, foras- 
much as he is the image and glory of God : but the woman 
is the glory of the man. 

8 h For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of 
the man. 

9 Neither was the man created for the woman, but the 
woman for the man. 

10 i For this cause ought the woman to have power on 
her head, because of the angels. 

11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, 
neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 

12 k For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man 
also by the woman ; but all things of God. 

13 Judge in yourselves: Is it comely that a woman pray 
unto God uncovered 1 

14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man 
have long hair, it is a shame unto him 1 

15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her : 
for her hair is given her for a covering. 

P 16 l But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no 
such custom, neither the churches of God. 

17 Now in this that I declare unto you, I praise you not, 
that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 
p 18 m For first of all, when ye come together in the 
church, I hear that there be divisions among you ; and I 
partly believe it. 

19 u For there must be also heresies among you, that 
they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this 
is not to eat the Lord's supper. 

21 ° For in eating every one taketh before other his own 
supper : and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 

22 p What ! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in 1 
or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have 
not 1 What shall I say to you ? shall I praise you in this ? I 
praise you not. 

/ 23 q For I have received of the Lord, that which also I 
delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in 
which he was betrayed, took bread : 

d 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, 
Take, eat : this is my body, which is broken for you : this 
do in remembrance of me. 

d 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he 
had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my 
blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance 
of me. 



d ch. 12. 10. 
& 14. 1. 
e Acts 2. 17. 
& 21. 9. 

r'JMum.5.18. 



Deut. 22. 5. 118, 21. 
KGen. 1.26, iEc. 5. 6. 
27.&2.23. |kRo.ll.3G. 
&5.1.&9.6.11Tim.«.4. 
h Genesis 2.1m ch. 1.10, 



11, 12.&3.3. & 17. J. |o2Pet.2.13. 



n Dt. 13. 3 

Matt. 10.34 
& 18. 7. 
Luke 2. 35. 

112 



Acts 20. 30. |Judel2. 

1 Tim. 4.1. lpLev.19.30. 

2 Pet. 2.1. James 2. 6. 
Uohn2. 19.1 



n Mr. 26. 26. 
Mark 14.22. 
Luke 22. 19. 
Acts 2. 12. 



&20. 11. 
chap. 10.16. 
& 15. 3. 
Gal. J. 1, It 



CORINTHIANS. 

But 



y I 
He 



Agreement of the members of the body. I. 

26 r For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup 
ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 

27 8 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink 
this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body 
and blood of the Lord. 

d 28 ' But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat 
of that bread, and drink of that cup. 

29 u For he that eateth and drmketh unworthily, eateth 
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the 
Lord's body. 

30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, 
and many sleep. 

31 x For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be 
judged. 

6 32 y But when we are judged, we are chastened of the 
Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 

33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to 
eat, tarry one for another. 

34 z And if any man hunger, let him eat at home : that 
ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest 
will I set in order when I come. 

CHAPTER XII. 

Spiritual shifts, 1 , are diverse, 4, yet all to profit withal, 7 ; and to that end. 
are diversely bestowed, 8 ; that by the like proportion, 12, as the members 
of a natural body tend all to the mutual decency, 16, service, 22, and 
succour of the same body, 26 ; so we should do one for another, to make 
up the mystical body of Christ, 27. 

NOW a concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not 
have you ignorant. 
2 b Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto 
these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 
t 3 c Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man 
speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed : and 
that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the 
Holy Ghost. 

4 d Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 

5 e And there are differences of administrations, but the 
same Lord. 

t 6 f And there are diversities of operations, but it is the 
same God which worketh all in all. 

7 6 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every 
man to profit withal. 

8 h For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; 
to another, the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; 

9 ' To another, faith by the same Spirit ; to another, the 
gifts of healing by the same Spirit ; 

10 k To another, the working of miracles ; to another, 
prophecy ; to another, discerning of spirits ; to another, 
divers kinds of tongues ; to another, the interpretation of 
tongues : 

i"\\ ' But all these worketh that one and the self-same 
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as lie will. 

12 m For as the body is one, and hath many members, pfeormiis, 
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one KK 
body : so also is Christ. 

13 n For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, 
whether vjc be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or 
free ; and have been all made to drink into our Spirit. 

i 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 

15 If the foot shall Bay, Because I am not the hand, I 
am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body 1 

16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am nol the eye, I 
am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body 1 

17 If the whole body were an eye, where were 
hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the 
smelling 1 

18 ° But now hath God set the members every one of ,' ;:';.' ,',! 
them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 

19 And if they were all one member, where were the h, 1 ']. 1 ) 
bodv? 

161 4 M 



A, D. 5S). 
r Mt. 24. 50. 
& 25. 13, 27. 
& 26. 64. 
John 14. 3. 
Acts 1. 11. 
ch. 4. 5. & 
15.23. 
1 Th. 4. 15. 
2Th. 1. 10. 
2Pet. 3.4,12. 
Jude 14. 
Rev. 1. 7. 
sNum.9.13. 
Jn. 6. 51,63, 
64. & 13. 27. 
ch. 10. 21. 
Heb. 6.6. & 
10.29. 
t2Cor.l3.5. 
Gal. 6. 4. 
u Ro. 13. 2. 
x Psa. 32. 5. 
Pr. 18. 17. 
Jer. 6. 8. 

Ps. 94. 13. 

eb. 12. 5, 
10. 
z ch. 7. 17. 
Titus 1.5. 
a ch. 1. 4, 7. 
& 14. 1, 38. 
bch. 6. 11. 
Eph. 2. 11, 

12. & 4. 17. 
IThes. 1.9. 
Titus 3. 3. 

1 Pet. 4. 3. 

c Mt. 16. 17. 
Mark 9 39. 
John 13. 13. 
& 15. 26. 
chat>. 8. 6. 

2 Cor. 3. 5. 
& 11. 4. 

1 John 4. 2. 
riRtim.12.tS. 
Eph. 4. 4. 
Heb. 2. 4. 

1 Pet. 4. 10. 
e Rom. 12. 
6, 7, 8. 
Eph. 4. 11. 
f Jn. 10. 25, 
37. & 14. 10 
Eph. 1. 23. 
&4. 6. 

e ch. 14. 26. 
hch. 1.5. & 
2. 6. & 13.2, 
8 & 14. 6. 

2 Cor. 8. 7, 

i Mt. 17. 19. 
Mark 16.18 
chap. 13. 2. 
2 Cor. 4. 13 
Heb. 11. 33 
James 5. 14 
k Mark 16. 
17, 18. 
Acts 2. 4. & 
10.46.& 11. 
27. & 16.16. 
Rom. 12. 6. 
chap. 11. 4. 
& 13. 1,2, 8. 
&. 14. 1, 5, 

13, 29, 32. 
2Cor 11.13. 
Gal. 3. 5. 

1 Th. 5. 20. 
1 John 4. 1 
Rev. 2.2. 

1 John 3. 8, 
Itom. 12.3,6. 
chap. 7. 7: 

2 Cor. 10. 13. 
Eph. 4. 7. 
Heb. 2. 4. 

m Rom. 12. 
1.5. 

l!ph. 4.4,10. 
ii Mat.3. II. 
John 6. 83. 
&7. 37. 
Rom. Ii. 5. 
chap. 10. 2. 
fill. 3. 28. 
Eph. 2. 11, 
i.>. IS. 
Col. 3. 11. 
o chap. 3.5. 



one 



eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no 
nor again the head to the feet, I have no 



23, 30. 
Col, l.'M. 

, Aola 13 I 
Ro, 13. 0,8. 
chap. n. 3. 
ft 11 33. 

Rph.2.30 St 

I S,& ill. 

i i ■..,, s r, 

rch.8. 1.4 

13.1 '-Ml 

1 
fc 17. 21). & 
21.31. 

Mark 11.23. 
Lata ii. B 
Rom 

I iir : ' '-'•*■ ^ 
D in, 

» <i 1 1, 

1,6. 

I. Pr. 35. J I 
Matt.0. l 



.' 



tnp. 12, 
I John 3, 16. 
in. is. 
Ic 

,3. 3. fc«. B. 

I is. & 5. a, 6. 



Importance of love to God and man. 

20 But now are they many members, yet but 
body. 

21 And the 
need of thee 
need of you. 

22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which 
seem to be more feeble, are necessary : 

23 And those members of the body, which we think to 
be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant 
honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant 
comeliness. 

24 For our comely parts have no need : but God hath 
tempered the body together, having given more abundant 
honour to that part which lacked : 

25 That there should be no schism in the body ; but 
that the members should have the same care one for 
another. 

26 And whether one member suffer, all the members 
suffer with it ; or one member be honoured, all the mem- 
bers rejoice with it. 

* 27 p Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in 
particular. 

28 q And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, 
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, 
then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of 
tongues. 

29 Are all apostles 1 are all prophets 1 are all teachers 1 
are all workers of miracles 1 

30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with 
tongues 1 do all interpret 1 

<*31 r But covet earnestly the best gifts. And yet shew I 
unto you a more excellent way. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

All gifts, I, how excellent soever, are nothing loorlh without charily, 2, 3. 

The praises thereof, 4, and prelation before hope and faith, 13. 

THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of 
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sound 
ing brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 

2 a And though I have the gift of prophecy, and under 
stand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have 
all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not 
charity, I am nothing. 

3 b And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, 
and though I give my body to be burned, and have not 
charity, it profiteth me nothing. 

«4 c Charity sufiereth long, and is kind ; charily envieth 
not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 

5 d Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not 1km 
own, is not easily provoked, thinkelh no evil ; 

6 c Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in (he (ruth ; 
e7 r Bcareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all 

things, enduretb all things. 
< 8^ Charity never faileth : but, whether there be prophe- 
cies, they shall fail ; whether there be tongues, they shall 
cease ; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away 
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then thai 
which is in part shall bo done away. 

d 1 1 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood 
as a child, I thoughl as a child : but when I beraine a man 

I put away childish things. 

6 12 b Pot now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then 
face to face : now I know in part; but then shall I know 
even as I also am known. 

IS And now ah'uleth faith, hope, charity, these three; 
but the greatest of these is charity. 



Jamc«3. 1 II V 29. 2*. Ill tl, mush-lit 15. 4. & IITr.lO IS. 
& 4. 5. |Jer. 32. 37. Inut.4c.14.40 19.10 Rom 18 I. 

I Peter 4 Rom I I I P p, 3. 4. Rom. I. 32. i hap. 9 i .'. 

i i . 'h. 10.21. ft'cl'ta. 10. 3. 2 John 4. k: > 

fell ' ''• 

113 



2Tim 'J.aj.tNum. 12. 8.I& 5. 7. 
I IYi.4.K Rnm. 8. 28. Rnl. 4.9. 
I !Pel I ID •<.,», 9. 2Tim.2. 19 
h Et. 3. 11. '2 Cor. 3. IB. 1 John 3.2 



Of giving thanks in an unknown tongue. I. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Prophecy is commended, 1, and preferred before speaking with tongues, 2, 
3, 4, by a comparison drawn from musical instruments, 6. Both must be 
referred to edification, 12, as to their true and proper end, 22. The true 
use of each is taught, 26, and the abuse taxed, 29. Women are forbidden 
to speak in the church, 34. 

d "|^OLLOW a after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but 

J? rather that ye may prophesy. 

2 b For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh 
not unto men, but unto God : for no man understandeth 
him ; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 

d 3 c But he that prophesieth, speaketh unto men to edifi- 
cation, and exhortation, and comfort. 

4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth him- 
self; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 

5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that 
ye prophesied : for greater is he that prophesieth than he 
that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the 
church may receive edifying. 

6 d Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with 
tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to 
you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophe- 
sying, or by doctrine ? 

i 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether 
pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, 
now shall it be known what is piped or harped ? 

8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall 
prepare himself to the battle ? 

9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words 
easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is 
spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air. 

10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the 
world, and none of them is without signification. 

1 1 Therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I 
shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that 
speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 

d 12 e Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual 
gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 

13 f Wherefore, let him that speaketh in an unknown 
tongue, pray that he may interpret. 

14 s For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit pray- 
eth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 

d 15 h What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I 
will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the 
spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. . 

16 * Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall 
he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at 
thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what 
thou sayest ? 

17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is 
not edified. 

18 k I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than 
ye all : 

19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five, words with 
my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others 
also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 

d 20 l Brethren, be not children in understanding : how- 
beit, in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 

21 m In the law it is written, With men of other tongues 
and other lips will I speak unto this people ; and yet for all 
that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 

22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that 
believe, but to them that believe not : but prophesying 
serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which 
believe. 

23 If therefore the whole church be come together into 
one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in 
those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say 
that ye are mad ? 

24 n But if all prophesy, and there come in one that be- 



CORINTHIANS. The witnesses of Christ's resurrection 

'• lieveth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he fe 
judged of all : 

25 • And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; 
and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, and 
report that God is in you of a truth. 
d 26 p How is it then, brethren ? when ye come together, 
every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a 
tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all 
things be done unto edifying. 

27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by 
two, or at the most by three, and that by course ; and let 
one interpret. 

28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence 
in the church ; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 

29 q Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the 
other judge. 

d 30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by r 
let the first hold his peace. 

31 r For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may 
learn, and all may be comforted. 

32 s And the " spirits of the prophets are subject to the 
prophets. 

t 33 ' For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, 
as in all churches of the saints. 

p 34 u Let your women keep silence in the churches ; for 
it is not permitted unto them to speak : but they are com- 
manded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 

35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask theii 
husbands at home ; for it is a shame for women to speak 
in the church. 

36 What ! came the word of God out from you? or came 
it unto you only ? 

37 x If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, 
let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto yeu 
are the commandments of the Lord. 

38 y But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 

39 z Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid 
not to speak with tongues. 

d 40 a Let all things be done decently, and in order 



a Ex. 7.1. 
Nu. 11. 28. 
chap. Jl. 4. 
& 12. 10, 28, 
31. 

bGen.11.7 
& 42. 27. 
Dt. 28.49. 
Isa. 36. 11. 
Mark 4. 33. 
Acts 2. 4. & 
10. 46. & 
22 9 

c Acta 13.15. 
Rom. 12. 8. 
& 15. 4. 
dch. 11.4. 
Eph. 1. 17. 
e ch. 12. 7, 
31. 

f ch. 12. 10. 
gLu.24.25. 
Rom. 14. 5. 
chap. 1.10. 
2 Thea. 2. 2. 
h Psa. 47. 7. 
Eph. 5. 19. 
Col. 3. 16. 
i Dt. 27. 15. 
lChr.16.3S. 
Ps. 106. 48. 
k Ro. 15. 19. 
I Ps. 131. 2 
Mat. 11. 25. 
& 18. 3. & 
19. 14. 
Ro. 16. 19. 
ch. 2. 6, 13 
&3. 1. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
Heb. 5. 12, 
14. 

1 Peter 2. 2 
mDt.28.49 
Isa. 28.11, 
12. 
n ch. 2. 15. 



A. D. 59. 



Isa. 45. 14. 
Zech. 8. 23. 
p ch. 12. 8, 
9,10. 

2 Cor. 12.19. 
Eph. 4. 12. 
q ch. 2. 15. 
& 12. 10. 
r Ro. 12. 7. 
s ch. 12. 10. 
lThes.5.20. 

1 John 4. 1. 
a That is, 
the doctrine 
1 John 4. 1. 
tch. 11.16. 
& 12. 25. 
uGen. 3.16. 
chap. II. 3. 
Eph. 5. 22. 
Col. 3. 18. 
1 Tim. 2. 11, 
12. 
Titus 2. 5. 

1 Peter 3. 1. 
xch. 7. 25. 

2 Cor. 10. 7. 

1 John 4. 6. 
y ch. 11.16. 
z ch. 12. 31. 
ach. 11.34. 
a Acts 18. 
4,8. 

ch. 1.4,8. 
& 10. 12. 

2 Cor. 1. 24. 
Gal. 1. 11, 
12. 

b Ro. 1. 16. 
chap. 1. 21. 
fell. 2. 
Gal. 3. 4. 
c Ps. 22. 16, 
17. 

Isa. 53. 5. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Hosea 6. 2. 
Zech. 13.7. 
Luke 24. 25. 
Acts 26. 22. 
chap. 1. 23. 
&5.7.&11. 
2,23. 

Gal. 1.1, 11. 
1 Pet. 1. 11. 
& 2. 24. 
d Psa. 2. 7. 
& 16. 10. 
Isa. 53. 9. 
Hosea 6. 2. 
Jonah 2. 1. 
Matt. 12. 40. 
Luke 24. 26. 
Acts 2. 25. 
& 13.33,36. 
& 26. 22. 
Rom. 1.4. 
& 10. 8. 

1 Pet. 1.11. 
eMk.16.14. 
Luke 24.34. 
John 20. 19. 
Acts 10. 41. 
f Mt. 26. 32. 
&28. 8. 
gLu.24.50. 
Acts 1.4, 12. 
& 14. 4, 14. 
Rom. 16. 7. 
chap. 9.5. 
h Acts 9. 3, 
17. & 1?. 9. 
& 22. 14. & 
23. 11. & 26. 
16. 
chapter!).]. 

2 Cor. 12. 2. 
' Acts 7. 58. 
& 8. 3. & 9. 



CHAPTER XV. 

By Christ's resurrection, 3, he proveth the necessity of our resurrection 
against all such as deny the resurrection of the body, 12. The fruit, 21, 
and manner thereof, 35, and of the changing of them that shall be found- 
alive at the last day, 51. 

MOREOVER, a brethren, I declare unto you the gospel 
which I preached unto you, which also ye have re- 
ceived, and wherein ye stand ; 

2 b By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory 
what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 

t 3 c For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also 
received, how that Christ died for our sins according to 
the scriptures ; 

t 4 d And that he was buried, and that he rose again the 
third day according to the scriptures : 
/ 5 e And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve : 

/6 r After that, he was seen of above five hundred 
brethren at once ; of whom the greater part remain unto 
this present, but some are fallen asleep. 
/7 g After that, he was seen of James; then of all the 
apostles. 

/8 h And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born 
out of due time. 

c 9 ' For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet 
to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church 
of God. 

HO k But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his 
grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain ; but 

1. & 22. 4. &I2 Cor. 2. 16.|Eph. 3. 7, 8.1k Mt. 10. 20.|Rom. 15. 18,15, 10. &4.12,|& 11. 5, 23.|Eph. 3. 7. 
Phil. 3. 6. |Acts.9. 16. 29. 15. & 9. 19. & 12. 11. Phil. 2. 16. 

lTim.l.l3.!&20. 18. Ich. 1.5.&3.'2 Cor. 3. 5. lGal.2. 2, 8. llTim.1.12 

114 



26.9. 
chap. 4. 9. 



& 3. 5. 
16a). J J3. 



Ajguments in proof of the resurrection. 

I laboured more abundantly than they all 
the grace of God which was with me. 

11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, 
and so ye believed. 
e 12 1 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the 
dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrec- 
tion of the dead 1 

13 m But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is 
Christ not risen : 

14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, 
and your faith is also vain. 

1 5 n Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God ; 
because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ : 
whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 

16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 

17 "And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye 
are yet in your sins. 

18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are 
perished. 

19 p If in this life only, we have hope in Christ, we are 
of all men most miserable. 

t 20 q But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become 
the first-fruits of them that slept. 

21 r For since by man came death, by man came also 
the resurrection of the dead. 

t 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all bejM a M°ii 2 '27. 
made alive. \%ti%. 

23 * But every man in his own order: Christ the first 
fruits ; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 



I. CORINTHIANS. Concerning contributions for poor Christians 
yet not I, but ,*-° 17 59 13 j 41 * There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of 



&S. 11 
2 Cor. 4. 14. 
lThes.4.14. 
1 Peter 1. 3. 
d Job 13. 7. 
Aclsl.22.t 
2. 24, 32. & 
4. 10, 33. & 
13. 30. 

Acts 5.31. 
& 13. 38. 
R.-in. 4. 25. 
& 5. 12. 
p2Tim.3.12. 
qActs 26.23. 
Rom. 8. 11. 
t 11. 16. 
verse 23 
Col. 1. 18. 

1 Peter 1. 3. 
Rev. 1. 5. 
r Gen. 2. 17. 
&3. 6. 
John (i. 39, 
54. & 11.25. 
Rom. 5. 12, 
18. & 6. 23. 
s Rom. 14.9. 
verse 20. 
lThes.4.15, 

i 16, 17. 

l Dan. 7. 14, 

27. 

chap. 2. 6. 
I I Tim. 6. 15. 

Rev. 1. 5, 

u Ps 110. 1. 

4cts2. 34 

Eph. 1. 20. 

Col 3. 1. 

Heb. 1 13. 

& 10. 13. 

xHeb.S 14. 

Rev. 20. 14 

y Psu. 8. 



Phil. 2. 9 
I Heb. 1. 13.& 
•2. 8. & 10. 
!l3. 

24 'Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered '<i\\^ix*. 

chap.. 3. 23 

. 1. 10. 
a 2 Cor. 11. 
26. 

Gal. 5. 11. 
bRom.8.36, 
chap. 4. I- 
2 Cor. 1. 8. 
<fc 4. 10. & 
11 23 

;twh enlJL h M 

& 56. 12. 
2 Cor. 1.8. 
d Ro. 13. 11. 
chap. 6. 5. 
l:ph. 5. 14. 
e Ez. 37. 3. 
f Jn. 12. 24 



up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shalljtii.3: 
have, put down all rule, and all authority, and power. 

25 ° For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under 
his feet. 

26 z The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 

27 y For he hath put all things under his feet 
fie saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he 
is excepted which did put all things under him. 

' 28 z And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then 
shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all 
things under him, that God may be all in all. 
■D29 Else what shall they do, which are baptized for the 
dead, if the dead rise not at all 1 why are they then bap- 
tized for the dead ? 
30 a And why stand we in jeopardy every hour 1 

« 31 b I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ 
Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 
g 32 e If after the manner of men I 



fGun. 1.16 
Ian. 12. 13. 
Phil 3. 20. 
h6en.S.7. 
::.., ., ., M. 
■J i lor. l. It), 
i Gen. 3. in. 
Jn. 3.13,31. 
k John :i. 6. 
i Geo. 5. 3. 
John 3. 31. 
Rom. 8. an. 

have fought with i'Ar '* 
beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise V'.i'.'.i,.' rf 
not 1 let us eat and drink ; for to-morrow we die. 



V 33 Be not deceived 
manners. 



Evil communications corrupt good 



i.i Ml IB 17. 
Johnl.13.4 
3 :i. S, 
Ho. 14. 12. 
chap, 6. 13. 
Si lor. 5. 1. 

& 34 J Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have Lj't';,^ i. 
not the knowledge of God. I speak (his to your shame. W'yl.n 

t 35 ° But some man will say, How are tfce dead raised Soft 
np ? and with what body do they come ? 

36 f Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened i 

. . . ... "' h- -■ '''■ 

^XCept it dlC : rRoiSi""'! 

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest nol thai \%P- h 
body that shall be, bul bare grain ; it. may chance of wheat, '' 
or of some other grain ; 

«38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and 
to every seed his own body. 

39 All flesh is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind\f)]ffi , 
of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, £„ ! ,\1; ,';(■ 
and another of birds. ,'£',;; 

40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial 
but the glory of the cclesti;,] is one, and the glory of the n, „'". 
terrestrial is another. 'Ian."" 



JjSbtS: tne m °on> and another glory of the stars ; for one star dif- 
f £M:Jfereth from ano(her star in glory. 

1 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in 
corruption, it is raised in incorruption: 

43 It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : it is sown 
in weakness, it is raised in power : 

44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 

45 h And so it is written, The first man Adam was made 
a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening 
spirit. 

<46 Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but 
that which is natural; and afterward th&L which is 
spiritual. 

t 47 ' The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second 
man is the Lord from heaven. 

* 48 k As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy : 
and as is the heavenly, such ate they also that are 
heavenly. 

b 49 ' And as we have borne the image of the earthy, 
we shall also bear the image of the heaveidy. 

50 m Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood can- 
not inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption 
inherit incorruption. 

t 51 n Behold, I shew you a mystery ; We shall not all 
sleep, but we shall all be changed, 

52 ° In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last 
trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 

b 53 p For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and 
this mortal mus( put on immortality. 

54 q So when this corruptible shall have put on incor- 
ruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then 
shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death 
is swallowed up in victory. 

55 O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy 
victory 1 

56 r The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is 
the law. 

b 57 ' Bul thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

d 58 ' Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, 
immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Ih exhnrlrlh them to relieve the wants of the brethren at Jerusalem, 1 ; 
rnmmendeth Timothy, 10; and after friendly admonitions, 13, shutteth 
up his epistle with clivers salutations, 16. 

NOW" concerning the collection for the saints, as I 
have given order to the churches of Galatia, even 
so do ye. 

d 2 b Upon Hie first daij of (he week let every one of you 
lay by him in store, as Qod hath prospered him, that their 
be no gatherings when 1 come. 

3 "And when I come whomsoever ye shall approve 
by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality 
unto Jerusalem. 

4 And if il be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. 
g 5 '' Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through 
Macedonia : for I do pass through Macedonia. 

6 \nd it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with 
you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever 
I go. 

c 7 f For I will not sec you now by the way ; but I trust 
to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 
g 8 g But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost 

13. tl Tim. ) 3. It 17. 4. IS, It 21 5 BOor. I l.'»,'fAci»18.91.lI«m8f4.1J 
;e Acu 13. 3.'t 20. 3,38. |Rom .18 'chop. 4, 19. (c ACU19S1 

115 



A. D. 59. 



1 John .".- 5 
i chnp. :i. B. 
Col. 1.93. 

, \. i ii 

* --'1 17 
Rom.lS.13. 



I" 21 



chnp. 4. in. |t 2. 
JOS I 10'". 5. 



A. D. 59. 



Paul's heavy persecutions in Asia. II. CORINTH1AJNS 

! 9 h For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, 
and there are many adversaries. 

c 10 ' Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you 
without fear ; for he workeththe work of the Lord, asl also do. 

1 1 k Let no man therefore despise him : but conduct 
him forth in peace, that he may come unto me : for I look 
for him with the brethren. 

12 ' As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired 
him to come unto you with the brethren : but his will was 
not at all to come at this time ; but he will come when he 
shall have convenient time. 

d 13 m Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, 
be strong. 

d 14 n Let all your things be done with charity. 

c 15 °I beseech you, brethren ■, (ye know the house of 
Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they 
have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 

d 16 p That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every 
one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. 



h Ac. 14.27. 
&I9 1,9,23. 
chap. 15.32. 
2 Cor. 1. 8. 
& 2. 12. 
Col. 4. 3. 
Rev. 3. 8. 
i Ro. 16. 21. 
chap. 4. 17. 
Phil. 2. 19. 
1 Thes. 3. 2. 
klTim.4.2. 

1 Acts 18.24. 
& 19. 1. 

ch. 1. 12. & 
3.5. 

Titus 3. 13. 
m Mat. 24. 
42. & 25.13. 
&26. 41. 
Acts 20. 31. 
ch. 1. 5. & 
11.2.&15.1. 

2 Cor. 1. 24. 
Gal. 5. 1. 
Eph. 6. 10, 
14. 

Phil. 1.27.& 
4.1. 

Col. 1.11. & 
4. 2, 12. 
1 Thess. 3. 
8. & 5. 6. 
2Th. 2. 15. 
1 Peter 5. 8. 
Rev. 3. 2. & 
16. 15. 



Why he did not come to Corinth. 

17 q I am glad of the coming of Stephanas, and Fortu- 
natus, and Achaicus : for that which was lacking on your 
part, they have supplied. 

e 18 r For they have refreshed my spirit and yours : there- 
fore acknowledge ye them that are such. 

1 9 s The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Pris- 
cilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is 
in their house. 

20 ' All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another 
with a holy kiss. 

21 u The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. 
™* 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be 
anathema, maran-atha. 

b 23 x The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.' 
e 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

IT The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, by 
Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus and Timotheus. 

Heb.6. 10. 

pch.4.8,12. 



n ch. 8. 1. &|& 16. 5. 

12.31.& 13. chap. 1.16. 

1. &14. 1. 2 Cor. 8. 4.&9. 7. 

oRo. 15.31. |& 9.1. IPhilip.2.29. 



1 Thes. 5.12. 
1 Tim. 5. 17. 
Heb. 13. 17. 
q2Cor.ll.9. 



Philip. 2.30.1s Actsl8.19.]tRo. 16. 16. 
Col. 4. 18. Ro. 16. 5,23. SCor. 13.12. 
Philem. 13. Col. 4. 15. 1 Th. 5. 26. 
r 1Tb. 5. 12.|Philemon 2.|l Peter 5.14. 



u Col. 4. 18. 
2Th. 3.17. 
xRo.1.30. 



11 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE CORINTHIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 
The apostle encourageth them against troubles, by the comforts and deliver- 
ances which God had given him, as in all his afflictions, 3, so particularly 
in his late danger in Asia, 8 : and calling both his own conscience and 
theirs to witness of his sincere manner of preaching the immutable truth 
of the gospel, 12, he excuseth his not coming to them, as proceeding not 
of lightness, but of his lenity towards them, 15. 

PAUL, a an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, 
and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God 
which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all 
Achaia : 

6 2 b Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 3 c Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; 

6 4 d Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may 
"be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the 
comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 

b 5 e For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our 
consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 

6 f And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation 
and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same 
sufferings which we also suffer : or whether we be com- 
forted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 

6 7 g And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye 
are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the 
consolation. 

8 h For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of 
our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed 
out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despair 
ed even of life : 

9 ! But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that 
we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which- raiseth 
the dead : 

10 k Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth 
deliver : in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us : 

11 ' Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for 
the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, 
thanks may be given by many on our behalf. 

M 12 m For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our con- 
science, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with 
fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our 
conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 
13 For we write none other things unto you, than what 
ye read or acknowledge ; and I trust ye shall acknowledge 
even to the end ; 



A. D. 60. 



a Rom. 1. 1. 
Gal. 1. 15. 
Phil. 1. 1. 
Colos. 1. 1. 

1 Thes. 1. 1. 

2 Thes. 1.1. 
b Rom. 1. 7. 
ICor. 1.3. 
Gal. 1. 3. 
Eph. 1. 2. 
Phil. 1. 2. 

1 Pet. 1. 2. 
Judc 2. 

c Ex. 34. 6. 
Rom. 15. 5. 
Eph. 1. 3. 

2 Th. 2. 16. 
1 Pet. 1.3. 
d Acts 9.31. 
& 16. 25. & 
18.9. 

ch. 7. 4, 6. 

1 Thes. 3. 7. 
ePsa.34.20. 
& 94. 19. 
Acts 9. 4. 
chap. 4. 10. 
Col. 1.24. 
fch.4.15,17. 
g Rom. 5. 3. 
& 8. 17. 

2 Th. 2. 13. 
Heb. 0.9, 10. 
h Ac. 19. 23. 
1 Cor. 15. 2. 
& 16. 9. 
chap. 4. 7. 
iJer.17.5,7. 
k 1 Cor. 15. 
31. 

ch. 11.23. 
1 Ro. 15. 30. 
chap. 4. 15. 
Phil. 1. 10. 
Philem. 22. 
m 1 Cor. 2. 
4, 13. & 4. 4 
& 9. 15. 
ch.2. 17. & 
4. 2. & 7. 14. 
&11.6. 



A. D.C0. 



rich. 5. 12. 
Phil. 2. 16. 
&4. 1. 
1 Th. 2. 19, 
20. 

Rom. 1.11. 

1 Cor. 4. 19. 
& 16. 5. 

p 1 Cor. 4. 
19. & 10. 33. 
chap. 10. 2. 
q Mat. 5. 37. 
James 5. 12. 
rActsl5.40. 
& 10. 17. & 
18.5. 

s 1 John 2. 
20, 27. 
tRoin.8.1G. 
chap. 5. 5. 
Eph. 1. 13. 
& 4. 30. 

2 Tim. 2. 19. 
Rev. 2. 17. 
n Rom. 1.9. 
&9. 1. 

1 Cor. 4. 21. 
ch.2. 3. fell. 
31. & 12. 20 
& 13. 2, 10. 
Gal. 1. 20. 
Philip. 1. 8. 
1 Thes. 2. 5 

1 Tim. 5. 21 

2 Tim. 4. 1. 
xRo. 11.20 
,1001. 35. 



e 14 n As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we 
are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of 
the Lord Jesus. 

15 ° And in this confidence I was minded to come unto 
you before, that ye might have a second benefit ; 

$•16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again 
out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my 
way toward Judea. 

17 p When I therefore was thus minded, did I use light- 
ness ? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according 
to the flesh, that with me there should be yea, yea, and 
nay, nay *? 

18 q But as God is true, our word toward you was not 
yea and nay. 

1 19 r For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached 
among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, 
was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 

1 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in 
him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 

b 21 s Now he which established us with you in Christ, 
and hath anointed us, is God ; 

t 22 ' Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of 
the Spirit in our hearts. 

23 u Moreover, I call God for a record upon my soul, that 
to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 

t 24 x Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but 
are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand. 

CHAPTER II. 

Having shewed the reason why he came not to them, 1, he requireth them 
to forgive and to comfort that excommunicated person, 6, even as himself 
also, upon his true repentance, had forgiven him, 10 : declaring ivithal 
why he departed from Troas to Macedonia, 12, and the happy success 
which God gave to his preaching in all places, 14. 

UT a I determined this with myself, that I would not 
5 come again to you in heaviness. 



~ b For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh 
me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me 1 

3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I 
should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice ; 
having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 
c 4 c For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote 
unto you with many tears ; not that ye should be grieved,, 
but that ye might know the love which I have more abun- 
dantly unto you. 

&15.1. 14.5. lalCor.4.21.|&13. 10. |ch.5.14.&8.|Gal.5. 10. |& H. 8. & 112. H. 

ch.S.l.fc llPet.5.3. jehap. 1.23. lblCor.9.1.l22.&12.21.|c chap. 7.8.1 

116 



Epb. 4. 19, 
32. 



el4 



Ministry of the laiv and gospel. II. CORINTHIANS. The tribulations of the apostles. 

5 d But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, ^^;^ 13 k And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, 
but in part : that I may not overcharge you all. ki cores', that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the 

6 e Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which ^-^i 13 ' end of that which is abolished 
was inflicted of many. 

7 f So that contrariwise, ye ought rather to forgive him, 
and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swal- 
lowed up with over much sorrow. 

8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your 
love toward him. 

9 g For to this end also did I write, that I might know the 
proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 

c 10 h To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also : for 
if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes 
forgave I it in the person of Christ ; 

11 £ Lest Satan should get an advantage of us : for we 
are not ignorant of Ms devices. 

12 k Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's 
gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 

13 ' I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus 
my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from 
thence into Macedonia. 

b 14 m Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us 
to triumph in Christ, and maketh manhje_st the savour of 
his knowledge by us in every place. 

' 15 n For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in 
them that are saved, and in them that perish : 

16 ° To the one we are the savour of death unto death : 
and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is 
sufficient for these things 1 

d 17 p For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of 
God : but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God 
speak we in Christ. 

CHAPTER ill. 
Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain-glory, he shewclh the 

faith and graces of the Corinthians to be sufficient commendation of his 

ministry, 1. Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of 

the law, and of the gospel, 6, he proveth that his ministry is so far the 

more excellent, as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the 

law of condemnation, 12. 

DO a we begin again to commend ourselves 1 or need f !£f\f 
we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, J?;f 7 1G 6 £ 
or letters of commendation from you 1 GnKiio.si. 

e 2 b Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and ^SaVa 
read of all men : 0i;.'"i8. r & 

t3 c Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the if'J,'. 1 t34 
• ■pistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but I Kan: 
with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tables of stone, 
but in fleshly tables of the heart. 
4 d And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 
t 5 " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any 
thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 
b 6 f Who also hath made us able ministers of the new 
testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter 
killeth, but the spirit givelh life. 

7 E But if the ministration of death, written and en 
graven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of] 
Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses forSSi3.ii 
the glory of his countenance ; which glory w;is to he done 



i chap. 4. 2, 
13. &.7. 4. 
Epb. 6. 19. 



nlCor.3.10 
John 4. 21. 
k B, 63. 

. bap i 13, 

<. It... B. sS 
liw 13.18 

much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed ! t "';"j„ l - 7 

in 

, 1 1 ... 7 ::, 



away : 

t 8 How shall not tire ministration of the Spirit he rather 
glorious 1 ? 

9 h For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, 



in glory. 

10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory .v',;! '' ^ 
in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. ,' /^ 

11 For if that which is done away teas glorious, much|i^j ic 
more that which remaineth is glorious. 

a 12 ' Seeing then that we have such hope, we u^e great.n.&o 
plainness of speech: BphVUik 



But their minds were blinded: for until this day 
coh2.i3.fc remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of 
fucoVs 2 :?. the old testament ; which vail is done away in Christ. 

15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail 
is upon their heart. , 

16 m Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the 
vail shall be taken away. 

U7» Now the Lord is that Spirit : and where the Spirit 
msZsd: of the Lord is, there is liberty. 

* 18 ° But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass 
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image 
from - glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

CHAPTER IV. 

He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful diligence in preach- 
ing the gospel, 1 ; and how the troubles and persecutions which he daily 
endurethfor the same did redound to the praise of God's power, 7, to the 
benefit of the church, 12, and to the apostle's own eternal glory, 16. 

THEREFORE, a seeing we have this ministry, as we 
have received mercy, we faint not ; 
d 2 b But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; 
not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God 
deceitfully ; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending 
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 

t 3 c But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 

1 4 d In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds 
of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious 
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine 
unto them. 

d 5 e For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the 
Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 

t 6 f For God, who commanded the light to shine out of 
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of 
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

t 7 e But we have tills treasure in earthen vessels, that 
the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 

c 8 h We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; 
we are perplexed, but not in despair ; 

9 ' Persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not 
destroyed ; 

e 10 k Always bearing about in the body the dying of the 
Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made mani- 
fest in our body. 

1 1 ' For we which live are always delivered unto death 
for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made 
manifest in our mortal flesh. 

12 m So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 

13 n We having the same spirit of faith, according as it 
is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken ; we 
also believe, and therefore speak ; 

* 14 c Knowing, that he which raised up the Lord Jesus. 
shall raise up us also by .(csiis, and shall present t's with 
you. 

I' 1.3 ' for all things arc for your sakes, that the abundant 
grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to 
the glory of God. 

d \G i For which cause we faint not ; hut though our out- 
ward man perish, yet the inward wan is renewed day by 
day. 

(> 17 r For our light affliction, which is hut for a moment, 



i Lu. 22. 31 

1 Cor. 7. 5. 
chap. 11. 3. 
Eph. 6. 11. 

2 Tim. 2.25. 
1 Pet. 5. 8. 
k Acts 16.8, 
&20. 6. 

1 Cor. 16. 9 
Colos. 4. 3, 



Rom. 8. 37 
Col. 1. 27. 
nlCor.1.18. 
chap. 4. 3. 

Lu. 2. 34. 
John 9. 39. 
Acts 13. 46. 

1 Cor. 15. 9. 
ch. 3. 5, 6. 
& 12. 11. 
plsa. 1.22. 
ch. 1. 12. & 
4.2.&11.13. 

1 Tim. 6. 5. 
Titus 1. 11. 

2 Pet. 2. 3. 

a 1 Cor. 2. 6, 
12. & 3. 10. 
& 4. 15. & 
9.1,12,19. 
& 10. 33. 
ch. 1.12. & 
2. 17. & 4. 2. 
& 5. 12. & 

10. 8, 12. & 

11. 5, 13. & 

12. 11. 

b 1 Cor. 3. 
10. & 4. 15. 
& 9. 2, 3. 
cch. 7. 3.& 
11. 11. & 12. 
15. 

Philip. 1. 7. 
Ex. 24. 12. & 
31.18. & 32. 
16. & 34. 1. 
Psa. 40. 8. 
Jer. 31.33. 
Ez. 11. 19. 
& 36. 26. 
1 Cor. 3. 5. 
chap. 4. 1. 
Heb. 8. 10. 
d ch. 2. 14. 
c John 15.5. 
1 Cor. 15. 10. 
chap. 2. 16. 
Philip. 2. 13. 
f Dt. 27. 26, 
Jer. 31.31. 
Matt. 26. 28. 
John 6. 63. 
Ro. 1. 16. & 



A. I). 00. 



k Ex. 34. 33. 

B Hi 1. 

Gal. 3. S3. 
Bib, 1". 1. 
1 Isa. 0. 10. 
Bzek. 12. 2, 

Ml. 13.11. M. 
M;irk 4. 19. 
I.i.l,.- l-i. 10. 

John 9. 3d. 
k IS I" 

Ro II 9,25 
Ex.34. 34. 



Cor. 5. 1. 

ch. 1. 12. & 



5. 3. 1?- 145. .'. 14 
lTh.S.3 1 S.3n.* HI. Il.fcft 19. & 
c Mt. 11.21 rh 3 -.11 

1 Cor. 1. H II. 16 • hap. I. 24. 
ch. 2.15. k Eph. 2. 2 

.'I. II. Vim,.. .1. 7. 

2 To. ». 10. Philip. 2. 6. Eph. 5. 8. 
illi.a. 6. 1(1. Vol. 1 15. Ikh. 1.3. 
M ill II 27 II. l. I 3. I Pet. 2.9. 
John 1. 18. o 1 Cpl I 'I' ' i IS 
fcK.SI.HVU. 23. tr 



I ( ... 1 28.|hch. 1.P.& 
.rlinp. 3, 



& 

l.k 6.7. 
ft IS. B. 
Eph, 3 P. 
Colo*. 8. 3. 

1 The 4. 4. 
S Tim. I. 8. 
fc 2. 20. 



D Irhnp. 5. 17 
7.:.. J Pel. 4. 13. n P. in. M. Eph. 3. 16. 

i Pa. 37. 24.1 IV ii S3, ch 3. 12, 17 Col. 3. in. 



chap. I lo Mat. .'. n 

■ Rom. f 
II. I.. 13 .V I C.r. 4. 9 



n *ct»8 24. 1 IMci 3< 
1 ir P«a. 30. « 



ll C 



i, i ! Mail 



gMt. 13.4.4.1 Tel. 3.7. 

117 



12 

k Horn. 8.17 &15. 31,49. pi (.or 3.21 Kom. 8. 18. 

lCor.15.31. chap. 6.9. oh. I, «. U.chap. 5. 1. 

ch. I 9 " Col 3, i Col, tM il Pat 1.6. 

Gal. 0.17. ml ('or. J. 2Tim.2. in. &. 5. W. 

Philip 3.10.10. l (jRom.7.2?.'UohD3.2. 



18 



A. D. GO. 



The glorious ministry of reconciliation. II. CORINTHIANS. 

worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight 
of glory ; 

While we look not at the things which are seen, but 



An exhortation to holiness of life. 



s Rom. 8. 24. 

Heb. 11. 1, 

2,0. 

a Job 4. 19. 

Mark 14.58. 

chap. 4. 7. 

Philip. 1 23. 



at the things which are not seen : for the things which are 

seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are^f^^ 

eternal 



CHAPTER V. 
That in his assured hope of immortal glory, 1, and in expectance of it, and 
of the general judgment, he laboureth to keep a good conscience, 9 ; not 
that he may herein boast of himself, 1 2, but as one that having received 
life from Christ, endmvoureth to live as a new creature to Christ only, 14, 
and by his ministry of reconciliation, io reconcile others also in Christ to 
God, 18. 

C T71 OR a we know that if our earthly house of this taber- 
JD nacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a 
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

e 2 b For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed 
upon with our house which is from heaven : 

3 c If so be that being clothed we shall not be found 
naked. 

« 4 d For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being 
burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed 
upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 

* 5 e Now, he tliat hath wrought us for the self-same 
thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of 
the Spirit. 

* 6 f Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, 
whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from 
the Lord : 

d 7 s (For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 

t 8 h We are confident, / say, and willing rather to be 
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 

d 9 * Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or ab- 
sent, we may be accepted of him. 

t* 10 k For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of 
Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his 
body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good 
or bad. 

d 1 1 ' Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we per- 
suade men ; but we are made manifest unto God ; and I 
trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 

12 m For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but 
give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have 
somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and 
not in heart. 

13 n For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God ; 
or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 

c 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we 
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead : 

d 15 ° And that he died for all, that they which live should 
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which 
died for them, and rose again. 

16 p Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the 
flesh : yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, 
yet now henceforth know we him no more. 

e 17 i Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new crea- 
ture : old things are passed away ; behold, all things are 
become new. 

1 18 r And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry 
of reconciliation ; 

t 19 9 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world 
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them ; and 
hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 

d 20 4 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by us : we pray you in Christ's stead, 
be ye reconciled to God. 

* 21 u For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew t$:l\n. 
no sin ; that we might be made the righteousness of God^Va 
m him. 1^1$ 



14. 

b Rom. 8.23. 
10or.15.47. 
c Mt. 22. 11. 
Ga!. 3. 27. 
Rev. 3. 18. 
& 16. 15 
d Ro.8. 11. 
1 Cor. 15.53, 
54, 55. 
.? Isa. 29. 23. 
Horn. 8. 16, 
23 

chap. 1. 22. 
Eph. 1. 13. 
& 2. 10. &. 
4.30. 

flChr. 29. 
15. 

Psa. 39. J3. 
& 119. 19. 
Heb. 11. 13. 
1 Pet. 2. 11. 
g Rom. 9. 
24,25. 
1 Cor. 13. 12. 
ch. 3 18. & 
4. J 8. 
Heb. 11. 1, 
13. 

h Phil. 1.23. 
iRo 15.20. 
lThes.4.11. 
k.Iob34.11. 
Psa. 62. 13. 
Be. 12. 14. 
Jer. 17. 10. 
& 32. 19. 
Mai. 16.27. 
&25. 32. 
Acts 10. 42. 
& 17. 31. 
Rom. 2. 6,7. 
& 14. 10, 12. 
1 Cor. 3. 8. 
& 4. 5. 
Gal. 6. 5. 
Eph. 6. 8. 
Col. 3.24,25. 
Rev. 2. 23. 
& 22. 12. 
Uob31.23. 
cb. 1. 12. & 
2. 17. & 4. 2. 
& 11. 6. 
Heb. 10. 31. 
Jude 23. 
m ch. 1. 14. 
& 3. 1. & 10. 
8. & 1) 12. 
nch. 11. 1, 
16, 17. & 12. 
6, 11. 

Ro. 5. 15. 
& 6. 11, 12. 
& 14. 7. 

1 Cor. 6. 19. 
Gal. 2. 20. 
lThes.5.10. 
1 Pet. 4.2. 
pMat. 12.5. 
John 15. 14. 
1 Cor. 16. 18. 
Gal. 5. 6. fe 
6.15. 

Phil. 3. 8, 14. 
Col. 3. 11. 
lThes.5.12. 
qlsa.43.18, 
19. &65. r 
Rom. 6.4. & 
8. 9, 10. 
chap. 4. 16. 
Gal. 6. 15. 
Eph. 3. 9. 
Rev. 21.5. 
r Rom. 5. 10. 
Col. 1. 20. 
1 John 2. 2. 
& 4. 10. 
s Rom. 3. 
24,25. 
t Mat. 2. 7. 
chap. 3. 6. 
ii Isa. 53. 6, 
9,12. 

John 8. 46. 
Rom. 5. 19. 
&8.3. 
Gal. 3. 13. 
1 Pet. 2. 22. 
1 John 3. 5. 



A.D. 60. 



a John 1.17. 
1 Cor. 3. 9. 
chap. 5. 19. 
Titus 2. 11. 
Heb. 12. 15. 
b Isa. 49. 8. 
&61.2. 
Luke 4. 19. 
& 19. 44. 
Rom. 13.11. 
Heb.3.7,13. 
&4. 7. 
cRo.14. 13. 
1 Cor. 8. 9. 
13. & 9. 12, 
22. & 10. 32. 
rl 1 Cor. 4. 
1.9. 
5h. 1.4,1' 



CHAPTER VI. 

That he hath approved himself a faithful minister of Christ, both by his 
exhortations, 1, and by integrity of life, 3, and by patient enduring all 
kinds of affliction and disgraces for the gospel, 4. Of which he speuketh 
the more boldly among them, because his heart is open to them, 10, and 
he expecteth the like affection from them again, 13 : exhorting to flee the 
society and pollution of idolaters, as being themselves temples of the living 
God, 14. 

E a then, as workers together with him, beseech you 
also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 

e 2 b (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted 
and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee : behold, 
now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of sal- 
vation.) 

d3 c Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be 
not blamed •. 

d 4 d But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers 
of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in 
distresses, 

5 e In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in 
watchings, in fastings ; 

*6 f By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by 
kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love ui. feigned, 

7 g By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the 
armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 

8 h By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good 
report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; 

e 9 i As unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and be- 
hold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; 

e 10 k As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, yet 
making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing 
all things. 

11 ' O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our 
heart is enlarged. 

12 m Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in 
your own bowels. 

13 n Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as unto 
my children,) be ye also enlarged. 

P 14 ° Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : 
for what fellowship hath righteousi ess with unrighteous- 
ness 1 and what communion hath light with darkness 1 

15 p And what concord hath Christ with Belial 1 or what 
part hath he that believeth with an infidel 1 

b 1 6 q And what agreement hath the temple of God with 
idols 1 for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath 
said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be 
their God, and they shall be my people. 

d 1 7 r Wherefore come out from among them, and be 
ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean 
thing ; and I will receive you-; 

6 18 s And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my 
sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

CHAPTER VII. 

He proceedeth in exhorting them to purity of life, 1, and to bear him like 
affection as he doth to them, 2. Whereof, lest they might seem to doubt, 
he declareth vjhat comfort he took in his afflictions, by the report which 
Titus gave of their godly sorrow which his former epistle had wrought 
in them, 3, and of their loving-kindness and obedience towards Titus, 
answerable to his former boastings of them, 13. 

elTjrAVING a therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let 
JlJl us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh 
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

2 b Receive us ; we have wronged no man, we have cor- 
rupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 



& 14. 5, 19 
& 16. 22, 23 
&17. 5. & 
18. 12.&19 
23. & 20. 35. 
1 Cor. 4. 11, 
12. & 15. 10, 
58. 

chap. 11.23, 
27. 

Philip. 4. 12. 
Col. 1. 29. 
1 Thes. 2. 9. 
&3. 5. 

Tim. 4. 10. 
fl Cor. 4. 12. 



fc7. 

22. 

chap. 4. 2 & 

11. 2.28. & 

12. 14. 

1 Tim. 5. 22 

2 Tim. 3.10. 
1 Cor. 2. 4. 
hap. 1. 12 

&4.2.&10. 

4. & 12. 12. 

Eph. 6. 11, 

13. 

2 Tim. 4. 7. 

hMt.27.63. 

John 7. 12 



&9. iPs. 118.18. 
Isa. 26. 19. 
Rom. 8. 36 
I Cor. 4. 9. 
& 15.31. 
ch. 1.8.&4. 
" 10, 11. & 
5.11.&11.6. 
Gal. 6. 17. 
k Prov. 13. 
7. & 17. 6. 
Mat. 5. 12. 
& 6. 32. 
Mark 10.29. 
Luke C. 23. 
& 18. 29. 



Acts 5. 41. 

Rom. 5. 3. 

1 Cor. 1. 5. 

&3. 21. 

ch. 8. 9. & 

11. 8. &12. 

20. 

Philip. 4. 11, 

18. 

Heb. 10. 34. 

lames 1 . 2. 

1 cha 

&7. 



Lev. 19. 
19. 

Deut. 7. 2. 
& 22. 9. 

1 Sa. 5. 1, 2. 
1 Kg. 18. 21. 
Psa. 106.35. 
Pr. 29. 27. 
1 Cor. 5. 9. 
p Deut. 14. 
27. & 18. 1. 

2. 3. 'Josh. 22. 2J __ 

lKgs. 18.21. |Eph. 2 



Lev. 26. 12 
1 Sam. 5. 2 
Jer. 31.33. 
& 32. 38. 
Ezek. 11.20. 
& 36. 28. & 
37. 26. 
Zech. 8. 8. 
& 13. 9. 
1 Cor. 3. 16. 
& 6. 19. & 



r Ex. 29. 45. 
Isa.' 52. 11. 
Jer. 51. 6. 
1 Cor. 10. 20. 
chap. 7. 1. 
Rev. 18. 4. 
s Jer. 31. 1, 
9,33. 
Rev. 21. 7. 
alCor.6.20. 



1 Cor. 9. 12, 
18. & 10. 33. 
ch. 1. 12. & 
2. 17. & 4.2. 
& 6. 12. & | 
11.7,13.1 
Gal. 4. 17. 
lThcs.2.5 

2 Thes. 3. 8 
1 Tim. 6. 5. 



10. 7, 14. 1 
2. II Kgs. 18.21. lEph. 2.21. 1 

m ch. 12. 15.lActs 8. 21. Heb. 3. 6. 



1 Cor. 4. |q Ex. 6. 7. Il Pet. 2. 5. 
14. 

118 



chap. 6. 16. 2 Tim. 3. 2. 
" Tim. 4. 8. Titus 1. 10. 
John 3. 3. 2 Peter 2. 3. 
b Ac. 20. 33. 14. 
Rom.16.18.IJu.de II. 16 



Laberal disposition of the Macedonians. 



II. CORINTHIANS. 



3 c I speak not this to condemn you : for I have said 



The Corinthians exhorted to liberality. 



15. 
& 4. 15. 
i2Sa.12.13 
Pr. 17. 22. 
Mat. 26. 75 



c ch 3 ° & 

before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. ^\y§'}f 
I e 4 d Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great gj*\<§- 
is my glorying of you : I am filled with comfort, I am ex- J h Co / | ^ 
ceeding joyful in all our tribulation. ifoM 2 &£: 

«5 e For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh p h ^ 2 12 i 7 10 
had no rest, but we were troubled on every side ; without JdV^ss. 
were fightings, within were fears. a cls 16 ' 19, 

b 6 f Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast LSlJ;. 3 - 
down, comforted us by the coming of Titus ; S!&V&£ 

7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation lii'lu. 23 
wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your s.'ml 1 "*'* 
earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward jch 1 a ( i>?2. 4 4 18 
me ; so that I rejoiced the more. 

8 s For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not 
repent, though I did repent : for I perceive that the same i« .j| 
epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a|«6 
season. nco^i. 

d 9 h Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ft^Vv'i 
ye sorrowed to repentance : for ye were made sorry after^f 6.'r 

9.13. 

ch.2. 9.& 
10.1. 

Philip. 2.12 
2 Thos. 3. 4 
Philem.3,21 
a Ro. 15.25 
Gal. 2. 10. 
biMk. 12.44 
Rom. 5. 3. & 
12. 8. 12. 
ch. 7. 5. &. 
SI. 11. 

1 Thes. 1. 6. 
& 2. 14. 
James 1. 5. 
c Ac. II. 29. 
& 12.25. 

Rnm. l.i.M 

lCor.16.lT5. 
chapter 9. 1. 

ill Cor .16.1. 
chap. 12.18. 
e 1 Cor. 1.5 
verse 11. 
chap.9.8.& 



a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in 
nothing. 

« 10 ' For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation 
not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh 
death 

d 1 1 k For behold this self-same tiling, that ye sorrowed 
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, 
what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, 
what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, 
what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves 
to be clear in this matter. 

12 ' Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, / did it not for 
his cause that had done the wrong, nor for bis cause that 
suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of 
God might appear unto you. 

13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort : yea, 
and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, 
because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 

14 " For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am 
not ashamed ; but as we spake all things to you in truth, 
even so our boasting, which / made before Titus, is found 
a truth. 

c 15 "And liis inward affection is more abundant toward 
you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how 
with fear and trembling ye received him. 

16 ° I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in 
all things. 

chapter vnr. 

He slirrelh Ihem up to a liberal contribution for the poor saints til J< ru- 
salem, by the example of the Macedonians, I, bi/ < ommi ndation of thin- 
former forwardness, 7, by the example of Christ, 9, and by the spiritual 
profit that shall redound to themselves thereby, 14 : commending to them 
the integrity and vrillingneti of Titus, and those other brethren, who 
upon his request, exhortation, and commendation, were purposely come 
to them for this business, 16. 

MOREOVER,* brethren, we do you to wit of the grace EYS 
of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 



A. D. 60. 
fl Cor. 7.6, 

■Hotaao. 

I, like 9. SB. 

Philip. 2. 8. 
h Pr. 19. 17. 

Matt. 10. 42. 
1 Cor. 7. 7. 

a. /t in 2. 

chap. 9. 2. 
I Tun. 6. IS. 
Hob. 13. 16. 

. Pr. :i 23. 
Mark I! 43 
Lukrj 21 3 
i Paler i. to. 

in ch 19. 18 



V ■ I . W 
.. I Cor. 10 
3, l. 



in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 
8 f I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the 
forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your 
love. 

1 9 g For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
though, he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, 
that ye through his poverty might be rich. 

10 h And herein I give my advice : for this is expedient 
for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also 
to be forward a year ago. 

d 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there 
ivas a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also 
out of that which ye have. 

' 12 *For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted 
according to that a man hath, and not according to that he 
hath not. 

13 k For / mean not that other men be eased, and you 
burdened : 

14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abund- 
ance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance 
also may be a supply for your want : that there may be 
equality : 

15 'As it is written, He that had gathered much had 
nothing over ; and he that had gathered little had no lack. 

16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest 
care into the heart of Titus for you. 

17 m For indeed he accepted the exhortation ; but being 
more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. 

18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise 
is in the gospel throughout all the churches ; 

19 " And not that only, but who was also chosen of the 
churches to travel with us with this grace, which is ad- 
ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and decla- 
ration o/your ready mind : 

20 ° Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this 
abundance which is administered by us : 

(i 21 p Providing for honest things, not only in the sight 
of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 

22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we 
have often times proved diligent in many things, but now 
much more diligent, upon the great confidence which / 
have in you. 

23 '' Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner 
and fellow-helper concerning you : or our brethren be 
inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and 
the glory of Christ. 

24 r Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the church- 
es, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf 

CHAPTER IX. 

lie yieldeth the reason why, though he knew their forwardness, yet he tent 
Titus and hie brethren beforehand, I : andheproceedeth in turfing them 
up to a bountiful aim*, at being out a kind of touring of seed, 6, uhich 

sliu/l return a great increase to Ihrm, 10, and occasion a great sacrifice 
of thanktgivingt unto God, IS. 

OR" as touching the ministering to the saints, it is 

superfluous for me to write to you : 
2 b For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which 
J boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was 



f" 



the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering 



d 2 b How that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance >iw :i i 
of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded unto the raSp/ik" 
riches of their liberality. ready ;i year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many 

3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond pwiS^.«.k 3 • Vet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you 
their power, they were willing of themselves ; ' M should be in vain in lliis behalf; that, as I said, ye maj be 

4 c Praying us with much entreaty, that we would receive ]V" ',; -': ready : 

■i ■' Leaf haply if they of Macedonia come with me, an. J 

find you unprepared, we (thai we say not, ye) should be 

ashamed in this same confident boasting. 

d 6 •Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the bre- 
thren, that they would go before* unto you, and make up 
beforehand your "bounty, whereof ye Dad notice before, 
that the same might be ready, as a matter 0/ bounty, and 

not as of covetousness. 

119 



it;. •_'. 
■ 1 

to the saints. ,''1 <■„,.„,,. 

d 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their h''i- 7 .J/ *■ 
own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God : ;!,;!:„'!, ',, 
6 d Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, ; ! X. <£: Vf. 
so he would also finish in you the same grace also. j? h K - 

dl e Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and .Vowa^ 11 



d 



Paul vindicates ms ministry. II. 

6 6 f But this / say, He which soweth sparingly, shall reap 
also sparingly ; aiid he which soweth bountifully, shall reap 
also bountifully. 

d 7 8 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, 
so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God 
loveth a cheerful giver. 

b 8 h And God is able to make all grace abound towards 
you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, 
may abound to every good work : 

« 9 l (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad ; he hath 
given to the poor : his righteousness remaineth for ever. 

t> 10 k Now, he that ministereth seed to the sower, both 
minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, 
and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) 

1 1 ' Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, 
which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 

12 m For the administration of this service not only sup- 
plieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many 
thanksgivings unto God; 

c 13 n While by the experiment of this ministration they 
glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of 
Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and 
unto all men ; 

«14 ' And by their prayer for you, which long after you, 
for the exceeding grace of God in you. 

1 15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 

CHAPTER X. 

Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of his person and 
bodily presence, he setteth out the spiritual might and authority with 
which he is armed against all adversary powers, 1 , assuring them that 
at his coming he will be found as mighty in word, as he is now in writing 
being absent, 7 : and withal taxing them for reaching out themselves 
beyond their compass, and vaunting themselves in other men's labours, 12. 

OW a I Paul myself beseech you, by the meekness 
and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base 
among you, but being absent am bold towards you 

2 b But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I 
am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be 
bold against some, which think of us as if we walked 
accordistg to the flesh : 

« 3 c For though we walk in the flesh, we do not \ 
after the flesh : 

t 4 d (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but 
mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds ;) 
e 5 e Casting down imaginations, and every high thing 
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and 
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of 
Christ ; 

6 f And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, 
when your obedience is fulfilled. 

7 g Do ye look on things after the outward appearance 1 
If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of 
himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are 
we Christ's. 

8 h For though I should boast somewhat more of our 
authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and 
not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed : 

9 * That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by 
letters. 

10 k For his letters (say they) are weighty and power- 
ful ; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech con- 
temptible. 

11 1 Let such a one think this, that such as we are in 
word by letters when we are absent such will we be also 
indeed when we are present. • 

p 12 m For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or 
compare ourselves with some that commend themselves : 
but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and com- 
paring themselves among themselves, are not wise. 

* 13 n But we will not boast of things without our measure 



I 



CORINTHIANS. The character of false apostles. 

muM j but accordin g to the measure of the rule which God hath 
& i9. i7. &] distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. 

14 • For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, 
as though we reached not unto you ; for we are come as 
far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ : 

15 r Not boasting of things without our measure, that 
is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your 
faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you, accord- 
ing to our rule abundantly, 

16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and 
not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to 
our hand. 

d 17 q But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

18 r For not he that commendeth himself is approved, 
but whom the Lord commendeth. 

CHAPTER XI. 

Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, who seemed to make more account 
of the false apostles than of him, he entereth into a forced commendation 
of himself, 1, of his equality with the chief apostles, 5, of his preaching 
the gospel to them freely, and without any their charge, 7 : shewing that 
he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative, 
1 3 ; and in the service of Christ, ana in all kind of sufferings for his minis- 
try, far superior, 23. 

OULD a to God ye could bear with me a little in my 
folly : and indeed bear with me. 
e 2 b For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy : for 
have espoused you to one husband, that I may present 
you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 

™ 3 c But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled 
Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupt- 
ed from the simplicity that is in Christ. 
w 4 d For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom 
we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which 
ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have 
not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 

5 e For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chief- 
est apostles. 

6 f But though / be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge ; 
but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you 
in all things. 

7 s Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that 
ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the 
gospel of God freely 1 

8 h I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do 
you service. 

c 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was 
chargeable to no man : for that which was lacking to me 
the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied : and in 
all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto 
you, and so will I keep myself. 

10 £ As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop 
me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 

11 ''Wherefore 'I because I love you not? God knoweth. 

12 ! But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off 
occasion from them which desire occasion ; that wherein 
they glory, they may be found even as we. 

c 13 m For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, trans- 
forming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 

1 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into 
an angel of light. 

15 n Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also 
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose 
end shall be according to their works. 

16 ° I say again, Let no man think me a fool ; if other- 
wise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a 
little. 



Ezek. 34.26. 
Gal. 6. 8. 

Ex. 35. 2. 

35. 5. 
Deut. 15. 7. 
Prov. 11.25. 
& 22. 8. 
Rom. 12. 8. 
chap. 8. 12. 
h Ps. 37. 16. 
Prov. 11. 24. 
& 15. IB. & 
19. 17.&28. 
27. 
ch. 6. 10. & 

1, C, 19. 
Philip. 4.11. 
1 Tim. 6. 6. 
i Ps. 112. 9. 
k lea. 55. 10. 
Hoseal0.12. 
I Rom. 12. 8. 
chap. 1. 11. 
&4.15.&8. 
2 

m ch. 8. 14. 
Philip. 2. 25. 
n Mai. 5. 16. 
Rom. 15. 26. 
ch.2.9.&7. 
15. & 8. 4. 
Heb. 13. 16. 

01 Cor. 1.5. 
& 12. & 14. 
chapters, 
chapter 8. 7. 
a 1 Cot. 2. 3. 
& 4. 10, 21. 
ch. 11.21,30. 
So 12. 5, 9. & 
13. 4, SI. 
Gal. 4. 13. 
bi Cor. 4.21. 
oh. 1. 17. & 
2. 17. & 4 2. 
& II. 3, 10, 
22.&l2\2li. 

6. 13. 2, 10. 
Philip. 2. 3. 
clTim.1.18. 

2 Tim. 2. 3. 
dJer. 1.10. 
1 Cor. 1. 18, 
24. & 2. 5. 
chapter 6.7. 
Eph. 6. 13. 
lThcs.5.8. 
c Acts 19.17. 
1 Cor. 1. 19. 
& 3. 19. 
f Nu. 16.26 
Acts 5. 5. & 
8. 20. & 13. 
10. 

1 Cor. 5. 3. 
ch. 2.9.&7. 
15. & 9. 13 
1 Tim. 1.20. 
gJn. 7. 24. 
Acts 9. 6, 15 
&22.10, 14. 
& 26. 16 
1 Cor. 9. 1. 
& 14. 37 
ch. 5. 12. & 
11. 18, 23.& 
12. 11. & 13. 
3. 

Gal. 1.1,11 
& 2. 2, 8. 

1 John 4. 6. 
hi Cor .4.21. 
& 5. 3, 5. 
ch. 2. 6. & 

7. 14. & 12. 
6, 20. & 13. 
2,10. 

2 Th. 3.15. 
1 Tim. 1.20. 
il Cor. 5.9, 
11. 

k 1 Cor. 1. 
17.&2.1.13. 
ch. 4. 5. & 
11.6,21,30. 
& 12. 5, 9. 
1 ch. 12. 20. 
& 13. 2. 10. 
m ch. 3. 1. 
& 5. 12. 
n 1 Cor. 12. 
11. 

chap. 11. 18. 
& 12. 5, 6. 
Eph. 4. 7. 



A. D. 60. 



ICor. 3. 5, 
10. & 4. 15. 
&9. 1. 
pRo. 15.20. 
q Jsa. 65. 16. 1 
Jer. 9.23,24. 

1 Cor. 1. 31. 
r Pr. 27. 2. 
Rom. 2. 29. 
1 Cor. 4. 5. 
a ch. 5. 13. 
& 11. 16. & 
12.6. 

bLev.21.13. 
Prov. 19.14. 
Isa. 62. 4. 
Rosea 2. 19. 
Gal. 4. 17. 
Eph. 5. 25. 
cGn.3.4,13. 
John 8. 44. 
Rom. 16.8. 
ch.2. 17. & 
4.2. 

Gal. 1.6. & 
2.4.&3.1.& 
4.S1.&5.10. 
Ppil. 1. 15. 
& 3. 2, K. 



Col. 2. 4,8, IHeb. 13.9. Ich. 12. 11. 



18. 

1 Th. 2. 3, 5. 
2Th.3.2,6. 
lTim.l.3.& 
4.1. & 6.3,20. 

2 Tim.-2. 16. 
&3. 2. 
Titus 1. 10. 



2Pet.2.1,14.Gal.2. 6, 9. 
&3. 3, 7. fl Cor. 1.17 
I John 4.1. lie 2.1, 13. 
Jade 4. |ch.l.l2.&2. 
dch. 10. 10.1 14. & 4. 2. & 
Gnl. 1, 8. &|5. 11. & 10. 
3.2. 10. &. 12. 12. 

elCor.lS.lo'Epl). 3. 4. 



Ac. 18. 3. 112. 13. 

Cor. 4. I0.1Thes.2.9. 
& 9. 6, 12. 2 Thes. 3. 8. 
ch. 6. 12. & Phil.4.10,15. 



7. 2. & 12. 
13, 18. 
h Ac. 20. 33. 
ch. 6. 5. & 



. Rom. 9. 1 
I Cor. 9. 15. 
kch.6. 11. 
& 12. 15. 



11 Cor. 9. 12. 
m Acts 15. 
1,24. 

Rom. 16. 18 
chap. 2. 17. 
&4. 2. 
Gal. 1. 7. & 
2. 4- & 4. r 



&6. 12. |2 Tim. 2. 17 
Eph. 4. 14. &3. 5. 
Phil. 1.16.& Titus 1.10. 
2. 21. & 3. 2, 2 Peter 2.1. 
18. 1 John 4. 1. 

Col. 2.4,8. Jude4. , 
lTim.l.3.&nPhil.3.19 
4. 1. & 6. 3-lo ch. 13. 6. , 



120 



Paul caught up to the third heaven. 

17 p That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, 
but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 

18 i Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory 



H. CORINTHIANS. 



For ye suffer fools giadiy, seeing ye yourselves are 



A. D. 60. 



p ch. 9. 4. 
q ch. 10. 13, 
& 12. 5, 6. 
Pl.il. 3. 3. 4. 
ri Cor. 4. 10, 
s Ro. 16. 17. 
1 I or. ,. 18; 
chap. 1. 24. 
Gal.2.4.&4. 
9.&5. 1, 10. 
& 6. 3, 12. 
Philip. 3. 19. 
1 Thes. 2. 5. 

1 Tim. 6. 5. 

2 Tim. 3. 6. 
Titus 1. 10. 
James 2. 1. 
2 Pel.2.3,14. 
Judo 16. 
tch. 10.2,10. 
Phil. 3. 4, 5. 
u Ac. 21. 39. 
&. 22. 2. . 
Rom. II. 1. 
Philip. 3. 5. 
x Acisil. 16, 
23. & 13.50. 
& 14. 19. &. 
16. 22. &. 20. 
20, 23. & 21. 
11, 31. & 23. 
10. & 26. 21. 
& 2A 20. 
lCor.4.9,12. 
& 15. 10, 31. 
ch. 1.5,8, 
10. &. 4. 8, 
11.&6.4.9. 
&7.5.&I2. 
10, 15. 
Eph. 6. 20 



also. 

19 ' 
wise. 

20 s For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a 
man devour you, h a man take of you, if a man exait him- 
self, if a man smite you on the face. 

21 * I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had 
been weak. Howbeit, whereinsoever any is bold, (1 speak 
foolishly) I am bold also. 

22 u Are they Hebrews'? so am 1. Are they Israelites? 
so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I. 

23 * Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I 
am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above mea- 
sure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 
/24 y Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save 
one. 

/ 25 * Thrice was 1 beaten with rods, once was I stoned, 
thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been 
in the deep ; 

26 In journeyiugs often, in perils of waters, in perils of 
robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the 
heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in 
perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; 

27 a In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in 
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 

28 b Besides those tilings that are without, that which 
cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 

e 29 c Who is weak, and I am not weak 1 who is offended, 
and I burn not 1 

30 d If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things 
which concern mine infirmities. 

31 c The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 
/ 32 f In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king 
kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous 
to apprehend me : 

33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by 
the wall, and escaped his hands. 

CHAPTER XII. 

For commending of his apostle-skip, though he might glory of his wonderful 
revelations, I , yet he rather chooselh to glory of his infirmities, 9, blaming 
them for forcing him to this vain boasting, 1 1. Fie promiseth Id come, to 
them again ; but net altogether in the affection of a father, 14, although 
hefearelhhe sluifl to his grief find many offenders, and public disordt ri 
there, 20. 

IT a is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will 
come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 
/2 b I knew a in;in in Christ above fourteen years agOj 
(whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the 
body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such a one caught up 
to the third heaven. 

3 And I knew such ;i man, (whether in (he body, or OUl 
of the body, I cannot tell : Cod knoweth ;) 
m 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard 
unspeakable words, which H is not lawful fin- a man to utter. ■' •< 

5 c Of such a one will I glory : yet of myself I will not ?j'£<» n 9 $ 
glory, hut in mine infirmities. 

G ' a For though I would desire to glory, I .-hall no! he ;i 
fool; for I will say the truth : hut now \ forbear, lest any 
man should think of me above that which 
he, or that he heareth of me. 
«7 

(he abundance of the revelations, there 
thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, 
lest I should be exalted above measure. 



Philip. 1. 7, 
13. & 2. 17. 
Col. 1.24,29. 
y Dt. 25. 3. 
z Acts 14. 5, 
19.& 16.22, 
& 27. 21. 
a Ac. 16, 25. 
& 20.7, U, 31 
ICor 4. 11. 
chap. 6. 5. 
Philip. 4. 12. 
2 Thes. 3. 8. 
b Ac. 20. 18. 
c 1 Cor. 8. 
13. &. 9. 22. 
d ch. 12. 5. 
eRom. 1.9. 
&9. 1. 
chap. 1. 23. 
Gal. 1. 20. 
Philip. 1.8. 
1 Thes. 2. 5 
f Acts 9 24 
a Gal. 1.12 
&2. 2. 
b Acts 9. 3. 
& 22. 17. 
Rom. 16. 7. 
1 Cor. 15. 8. 
chap. 5. 17. 
Gal. 1.22. 
c ch. II. 30 
' ib. 10. 8. 
& 11. 10. 
a Job 2. 6. 
Ez. 23. 24. 
f Dt. 3. 23. 
.Mall, 26. 44. 



geh. II. 30. 
i Pet. 1 ii. 

i Rum. 5. 3. 
ehtfo i 3, 
. I Cor. 4.9. 
& 15.8,9,10. 

h. 3. I , &. 

i i,:.. 
fob. 3. a 
k Ho. 15. 19, 
1 1 lor. '<■ •-'. 
!b.4.8.fc6. 
I.fc 116. 
llOo i i 
A 'J IS, 
chap. ii. 9. 

h. 12 14. 
i\ Ac. 80.33. 

c,„ I, II, 
«. Ml. 33. 

i 

a Jn in. ii. 

ch. 1.6 U. 
6. 12, 13. 

c„i. 1.84. 
ITIi 

UTim.8. in, 
olCnr.HS.IO 



23.*, Ill .33 

ch, HI. S.& 
. 13.8,10. 

'ih me to -,;./■"."•. r il 

13 



:1 \ u Xt. 30, 

And lest I should be exalted above measure through l']'.', ! 



was given lo me 



A. II I 

Mall. 18. Hi. 
John 8, 17. 
Ch, I.', II. 
Il.l.. in 28, 

.v III .2. II 



8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it misrht fjBsw. 
depart from me. .! ' ,", r & 4 

163 4 N 



An exhortation to self examination 

& 9 s And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: 
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly 
therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the 
power of Christ may rest upon me. 

c 10 h Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproach- 
es, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's 
sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong. 

11 ' I am become a fool in glorying ; ye have compelled 
me : for I ought to have been commended of you : for in 
nothing am 1 behind the very chiefest apostles, though I 
be nothing. 

12 k Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among 
you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 

13 * For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other 
churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome 
to you 1 forgive me this wrong. 

d 14 m Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you , 
and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, 
but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the pa- 
rents, bat the parents for the children. 

c 15 n And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you ; 
though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 

1 6 But be it so, I did not burden you : nevertheless, be- 
ing crafty, I caught you with guile. 

17 ° Did I make a gain of you by any Of them whom I 
sent unto you 1 

18 ^ I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did 
Titus make a gain of you 1 walked we not in the same 
spirit 1 walked we not in the same steps 1 

19 q Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves u to you? 
we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly 
beloved, for your edifying. 

P 20 r For I* fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you 
such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such 
as ye wouldoot: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, 
strifes, backbith.gs, whisperings, swellings, tumults : 
/' 21 * Jlnd lest, when I come again, my God will humble 
me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have 
sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness, 
and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have com- 
mitted. 

CHAPTER XIII. 
He threalcnelh severity, and the power of his a/inst/cship against ob.stuuili 
sinners, i : and admsing them to a trial qf their faith, 5, and to reform- 
ation of their sins before his coming, 7, he com halt Ih hit i/iist/e with u 
general exhortation and a prayer, 11. 

THIS ■ is the third time I am coming to you : In the 
mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word 
be established. 

2 b I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were pre- 
sent, the second time; and being absent now I write to 
them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, 
if I come again, I will not spare : 

3 ° Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which 
lo you-ward is not weak-, but Is mighty in you. 

' i '' For though he was crucified through weakness, yet 

he liveth h\ the power of God. For we also are weak in 

him, but we shall live with him by the power of God to- 
ward yon. 

d 5 c Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; 

prove your own selves. BJ10W ye nol your own selves, 

now thai Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobati 

G But 1 (rust thai ye shall know that we aie not repro- 
bates. 

7 f Now I pray to God thai ye do no evil ; not that we 
should appear approved, but thai ye should do that which 
is honest, thougn we be as reprobates 

8 E For we can dc nothing against the truth, but for the 
truth. 

8.11 Pet. 3. 18.lolCor.11.88>li. 12 12. ifrh. 9 lglTun.1.9 



Hi, in. in. rhip. 10. 3, PhD -'. 

.1 Rom, 8 I 



121 



Paul mentions his different journeys. 



GALAT1ANS. 



His opposition to Peter at Antioch. 



& 9 h For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are 
strong : and this also we wish, even your perfection. 

10 l Therefore I write these things being absent, lest 
being present I should use sharpness, according to the 
power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and 
not to destruction. 

d 1 1 k Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good 
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you. 



A, 1)60. 



hlCor.1.10. 
ch.ll.30.& 
12. 5, 9, 10. 
i 1 Cor. 4. 
21. & 5. 5. 
ch.2.3,7.& 
10. 2, 8. & 
12. 20, 21. 
kRo.12.16, 
18. & 15. 5. 
1 Cor. 1. 10. 
Philip. 2. 2. 
& 3. 15, 16. 
Heb. 12. 14. 
1 Pet. 3. 8. 
1 Ro. 16. 16. 
1 Cor. ii. 20. 



12 ' Greet one another with a holy kiss. 

13 All the saints salute you. 

b 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love oi 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be witli you 
all. Amen. 

IT The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city 
of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas. 

lTh.5. 26. 1 Pet. 5. 14. 



H THE EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE GAL.ATIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

He wondereth that they have so soon left him and the gospel, 6 ; and ac- 
curseth those that preach any other gospel than he did, 8. He learned 
the gospel not of men but of God, 11 : and sheweth ichat he was before 
his calling, 13, and what he did presently after it, 17. 

PAUL, a an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but 
by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him 

"Ffoyyi thf 1 florin *^ 

2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the 
churches of Galatia : 

1 3 b Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and 
from our Lord Jesus Christ, 

t 4 c Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver 
us from this present evil world, according to the will of 
God and our Father : 

d 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

6 d I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that 
called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel : 

c 7 e Which is not another; but there be some that trouble 
you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 

m> 8 f But though we, or an angel from heavem preach any 
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached 
unto you, let him be accursed. 

9 s As we said before, so say I now again, If any man 
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have re 
ceived, let him be accursed. 

P 10 h For do 1 now persuade men, or God 1 or do I seek 
to please men 1 for if I yet pleased men, I should not be 
the servant of Christ. 

Ml 1 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which 
was preached of me is not after man : 

* 12 k For I neither received it of man, neither was 1 taught 
it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

13 l For ye have heard of my conversation in time past 
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I perse- 
cuted the church of God, and wasted it ; 

14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my 
equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zeal- 
ous of the traditions of my fathers. 

1 15 m But when it pleased God, who separated me from 
my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 

d 16 n To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him 
among the heathen ; immediately I conferred not with flesh 
and blood : 

g 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were 
apostles before me : but I went into Arabia, and returned 
again unto Damascus. 

/ 18 ° Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to 
see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. 

19 p But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the 
Lord's brother. 

20 i Now the things which I write unto you, behold, 
oefore God, I lie not. 

g 21 r Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and 
Cflicia ; 



A. D. 58. 



a Acts 2. 24, 
32. & 3. 15. 
&4.10.&9. 
6, 15. & 10. 
40. & 13. 30, 
35. & 17. 31. 
& 22. 10, 15. 
& 20. 16. 
Rom. 4. 24. 
&8. 11. 

1 Cor. 6. 14. 
&. 15. 15. 

2 Cor. 4. 14. 
chap. 1. 11, 
12. & 2. 7. 
Eph. 1. 20. 
Col. 2. 12. 
1 Thes. 1.10. 
Titus 1. 3. 
Heb. 13. 20. 
b Rom. 1. 7. 
1 Cor. 1. 3. 
Eph. 1.2. 

1 ret. 1. 2. 

2 John 3. 
Jude 2. 
c Mt. 20. 28. 
John 3. 16. 
& 10. 15. & 
15. 19. & 17. 
14. 

Rom. 4. 25. 
& 8. 32. 
chap. 2. 20. 
Eph. 5. 2. 
Titos 2. 14. 
Heb. 9. 14. 

1 John 5. 19 
Rev. 14. 3. 
u chap. 5. 8 
e Acts 15. 1 
& 19. 24. 

2 Cor. 2. 17. 
&4.2.&11 
4. 13. 

ch. 2.4.&5. 
10, 15. 
Heb. 13. 8. 
flCor.16.22. 
2 Cor. 11.14. 
gDt. 4. 2.& 
12. 32. 
Prov. 30. 6. 
Rev. 22. 18. 
hlSam.24.7 
1 Thes. 2. 4 
James 4. 4. 
i 1 Cor. 15. 
1,3. 

chap. 1. 1. 
k ch. 2. 2, 8. 
Eph. 3. 3. 
I Acts 8. 3. 
&9. 1, 21. 
& 22. 4. & 
26. 9. 

1 Cor. 15. 9. 
Philip. 3. 6. 
ITim. 1.13. 
m Isa. 49. 1. 
Jer. 1. 5. 
Matt. 11. 26. 
Acts 9. 15. 
& 13. 2. &. 
22. 21. 
Rom. 1. 1 

1 Cor. 1. 21 
nMat.16.17. 

2 Cor. 4. 6. 
ch. 2. 2. 8. 
Eph 3. 8. 

Acts 9. 26. 
pMt. 13.55. 
Murk 6. 3. 
q Rom. 1. 9. 
&9. 1,2. 
2 Cor. 1. 23. 
& 11. 31. 

1 Thes. 2. 5. 
ITim. 5. 21. 

2 Tim. 4. 1. 
r Acts 9. 30. 
& 21. 39. & 
22. 3. 



A. D. 58. 



a Acts 15. 2. 
chap. 1. 10. 
a That is, 17 
pears after 
his conver- 
sion, 
Gal. 1. 18. 
b Mic. 7. 5. 
Acts 15. 2, 
12. & 19.21. 
Philip. 2. 16. 
c Acts 16. 3. 
1 Cor. 9. 21. 
dActal5.24. 



22 And was unknown by face unto the churches ol 
Judea which were in Christ : 

23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted 
us in times past, now preacheth the faith which once he 
destroyed. 

d 24 And they glorified God in me. 

CHAPTER II. 

He sheweth when he went up again to Jerusalem, and for what purpose, 1 ; 
and that Titus was not circumcised, 3 : and that he resisted Peter, and 
told him the reason, I 1 , why he and others, being Jews, do believe in 
Christ to be justified by faith, and not by works, 14 : and that they live 
not in sin, who are so justified, 20. 

THEN a fourteen ■ years after I went up again to Jeru- 
salem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 

2 b And I went up by revelation, and communicated 
unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, 
but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any 
means I should run, or had run, in vain. 

3 c But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, 
was compelled to be circumcised : 

4 d And that because of false brethren unawares brought 
in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have 
in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage : 

d 5 e To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for 
an hour ; that the truth of the gospel might continue with 
you. 

t 6 f But of those, who b seemed to be somewhat, whatso- 
ever they were, it maketh no matter to me : God accept- 
eth no man's person : for they who seemed to be somewhat, 
in conference added nothing to me : 

7 g But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of 
the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel 
of the circumcision was unto Peter ; 

t 8 h (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the 
apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighiy in 
me toward the Gentiles:) 

t 9 * And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to 
be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, 
they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship ; 
that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the 
circumcision. 

d 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; 
the same which I also was forward to do. 

g 1 1 k But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood 
him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 

/12 ' For, before that certain came from James, he did 
eat with the Gentiles : but when they were come, he with- 
drew, and separated himself, fearing them which were of 
the circumcision. 

p 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him ; 
insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their 
dissimulation. 



&16. 3. 

2 Cor. 11. 20, 

26. 

ch. 3. 24. &. 

4. 3,9,24. & 

5. 1, 13. 



ch. 3. 1. & 
4. 16. 

1 Thes. 2.17. 
Philem. 15. 
f Dt. 10. 17. 

2 Chr. 19. 7. 



Acts 10. 34. 
Rom. 2. 11. 
Eph. 6. 9. 
Col. 3. 25. 
1 Pet. 1. 17. 
b Gr. acre 



e2Cor.ll.26|Job34. 19. esteemed, 



lThes.5.13 
g Acts 9. 15 
& 13. 46. 
Rom. 1. 5. 
& 11. 13. 
chap. 1. 16. 
lTim.2.7. 



2Tim. 1.11. 
h Acts 9. 15. 
& 10. 2. & 
22. 21. 
Eph. 3. 8. 
i Mat. 16. 18. 
Rom. 1.5. 



&12. 3. & |& 21. 14, 19. 
15. 15. kActsll.30. 

chap. 1. 19.I& 12. 85. & 
Eph. 2. 20. 124. 17. 
&3. 8. Rom. 15. 25. 

Rev. 3. 12. 1 Cor. 16. 1. 



2 Cor. 8. 1. 
&9. 1. 
lThes.2.14. 
Heb. 10. 34. 
I Acts 15. 5. 
&2-1. 20 



122 



GALATIANS. 

made. 



Doctrine of justification by faith. 

14 m But when I saw that they « walked not uprightly ' 
according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter be- 
fore them all, If thou,being a Jew, livest after the manner 
of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou 
the Gentiles to live as do the Jews 1 

15 n We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the 
Gentiles, 

<16 ° Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of 
the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have 
believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the 
faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the 
works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 

17 p But if, wliile we seek to be justified by Christ, we 
ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the 
minister of sin 1 God forbid. 

18 For if I build again the things which I d destroyed, I 
make myself a transgressor. 

d 19 q For I through the law am dead to the law, that I 
might live unto God. 

« 20 r I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; yet 
not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now 
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

t 21 ' I do not frustrate the grace of God : for if righteous 
ness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 

CHAPTER III. 

He askeih what moved them to leave the faith, and hang upon the law, 1. 
They that believe are justified, 6, and blessed with Abraham, 9, 
this he sheweth by many reasons, 10. 

O* FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that 
ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes 
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among 
youl 

t 2 b This only would I learn of you, Received ye the 
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? 

3 c Are ye so foolish 1 having begun in the Spirit, are ye 
now made perfect by the flesh ] 

4 d Have ye suffered so many things in vain 1 if it be yet 
in vain. 

5 e He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and 
worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of 
the law, or by the hearing of faith 1 

t 6 r Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted 
to him for righteousness. 

7 K Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the 
same are the children of Abraham. 

1 8 h And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify 
the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto 
Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 

9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faith- 
ful Abraham. 

w 10 ' For as many as are of the works of the law, are under 
the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that con 
tinueth not in all things which are written in the book of 
the law to do them. 

' 11 k But that no man is justified by the law in the sight 
of God, it is evident : for, The just shall live by faith 

12 ' And the law is not of faith : but, The man that doeth 
them shall live in them. 

t 13 m Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law 
being made a curse for us : for it is written, Cursed is l( 
every one that hangcth on a tree : ; *?$ 

& 14 n That the blessing of Abraham might come on th< 
Gentiles through Jesus Christ ; that we might receive the 
promise of the Spirit through faith. 

15 ° Brethren, I speak after the manner of men ; Though 
it be but a man's covenant ; yet if it be confirmed, no man 
disanulleth or addeth thereto. 

M6 p Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises 



m Acts 10.28 
chap. 3. 1. 
1 Tim. 5. 20. 
c Or, set not 
their feet 
right, 

IRgs. 18.21. 
n Acta 15.10. 
11. 

Eph. 2. 12. 
oPs. 143.2. 
Acts 13. 38. 
Rom. 1.17, 
* 3. 20, 28. 
*8. 3. 
chap. 3. 11. 
Heb. 7.18,19 
p Ro. 3. 19, 
20. *5. 1.* 
6. 1. 

1 Jn. 3. 8, 9. 
d Gr. dis- 
solved. 
Gal. 5. 12. 
qRom.6.1], 
14. *7. 4, 6. 
**.2 &14.7 

2 for. 5. 15 
lThes.5. 10. 
Hcb. 9. 14. 

1 Pet. 5. 2. 
r Rom. 6. 6 
&7. 4. 
ch. 1.4.&5. 
24. & 6. 14. 
Eph. 5. 2. 
Col. 2. 13. & 
3.4. 

Titus 2. 14 
sch.3.21.& 
5. 2. 

Heb. 7. 11 
a ch. I. 6. & 
2.5, 14. & 4. 
9, 16. &5.7. 
b Acta 2. 39. 
&8.15.&10 
47. & 15. 8 

1 Cor. 12, 14 
chapters. 

2 Cor. 11. 4. 
Eph. 1. 13. 
cch. 4.9,21. 
&5.7. &6. 
12. 

Heb. 7. 16. 
& 9. 10. 
d 2 John 8. 
e Heb. 6. 4. 
fGen. 15.6. 
Rom. 4. 3, 9, 
22. 

James 2. 23. 
e Jn. 8. 39. 
Rom. 4. 11. 
& 12. 16. 
h Gen. 12. 3. 
& 18. 18. & 
22. 18. & 26. 
4.* 28. 14. 
Ps. 72. 17. 
Acts 3. 25. 
Rom. 9. 17. 
i Dt. 27. 26, 
Jcr. 11. 3. 
k Hab. 2. 4. 
Rom. 1. 17. 
&3. 20. 
ch. 2.16,20. 
Heb. 10. 38. 

1 Lev. 18. 5. 
Neh. 9. 29. 
Ez. 20. 11. 
Rom. 4.4, 5. 
& 10. 5,6. & 
11. 6. 

mDt- 21.23 
Rom. 8. 3. 

2 Cor. 5. 21 
chap. 4. 5. 
nlaa.32. 15. 
& 44. 3. 
Jer. 31. 33. 
& 32. 40. 
Ez. 11.19. & 
30.27. 
Jool 2. 28. 
Zoch.12. 10. 
Arts :> 85. 
oHeb.9. 17. 
i. (7.n. 12.7. 
& 15. 5. * 
17. 2. * 21. 

is.acsB.ia 

chap. 3. 8. 



A. D. 5*. 



The privileges of God's children. 

He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of 
one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 

17 1 And this I say, That the covenant that was confirmed 
before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred 
and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make 
the promise of none effect. 

18 r For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of 
promise : but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 
U9 ' Wherefore then serveth the law 1 It was added be- 
cause of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom 
the promise was made ; and it was ordained by angels in 
the hand of a mediator. 

t 20 Now, a mediator is not a mediator of one ; but God 
is one. 

21 Is the law then against the promises of God 1 God 
forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have 
given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 
' 22 ' But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that 
the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to 
them that believe. 

23 But. before faith came, we were kept under the law, 
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 
t 24 u Wherefore the law was our school-master "to bring 
us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under 
a school-master. 
' 26 x For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ 
Jesus. 

27 y For as many of you as have been baptized into 
Christ, have put on Christ. 

28 z There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither 
bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are 
all one in Christ Jesus. 

b 29 a And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, 
and heirs according to the promise. 

CHAPTER IV. 

We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under his guardian 
till he be of age, 1. But Christ freed us from the law, 5 : therefore we 
are servants no longer to it, 7. He remembereth their good will to him, 
and his to them, 14; and sheweth that we are the sons of Abraham by 
the free-woman, 22. 

OW a I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, 
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord 
of all ; 

2 But is under tutors and governors until the time 
appointed of the father. 

3 b Even so we, when we were children, were in bond- 
age under the elements of the world : 

t 4 c But when the fulness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. 
5 d To redeem them that were under the law, that we 
might receive the adoption of sons. 

'6 c And because ye arc sons, God hath sent forth the 
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

o 7 f Wherefore thou art no more a servant, hut a son ; 
and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

c 8 g Ilowheit then, when ye knew not God, ye did serv ice 
unto them which by nature are no gods. 

<9 '' But now, after thai ye have known God, or ralliei 
are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and 



N' 



^ 15. Li 16 

Ei 19 iii.ii 
Acts 7. tf. 
i Bom in 
14. & 8. 17. 
'•lirili. 3. 81. 

Hob. i',. i.v 
■Ex 10.3,20 

D 
33. 

Jn. .. 

7.ap,53. bondage '. 



n. *! beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be 



in 



IIr-t>. 2. 2. 

t Pt.M.4U3. 

Uo. 3. «. 19, 

£ :. 80. fc 1 1 1 

ii. as. 

u Mm S II 
Acts 13 31. 

Kuril. HI 1 

or, mCo 
Cftrist. 
Mat. 11. 13, 



10 ' Ye observe days, and months, and lime.-, and yi 

1 1 k I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you 
labour in vain. 

Rob. 



10 Rom III l«.|ch. I 7.88 'In? 18. I\ri.".:m 1-1, r, I3.9n.|« Arii 17 29 <\,| 2.20. 

lCor.13 13. Eph 3 B. ,paD.ll -I Rom I .1 1 m, : I u.3.11 

nl.n.M :, chapter 5.0 II. '• 11 I- ' Enh 1 Hi lllrb !i 1 ■ - I 1 

Jobnl IJ Eph. 3. 14.* 11 ch. 3.38. * 3. 13 * 5. Philip 3. 7. I IVn , 1 1- Eph 1 1 Her, 

Rom 8.13 1 4. 15.* 6 Ben. 3 23. 17. Hrh -' 11 I John 3 1 1 1 ' 1 10. 1. 

1.5.8 Work 1.13 to. 10 'li " r, 1. J,, in 11 1 .1. hrH.lo 

I John 3.1 rCol.3.11. »"o|. 2.8,80 l.nkr 1 :<l d Mt.9n.2H.irRoro.8. 10, Rom. 8.3. iRom.H.S 

1.3.0 Gn. 18 18 llli-h H <i. ft.8.7,27. Mark 10.45 I" I. Col I 18 

* 13. 14. Rom 7. c Gen. 3. 15 John) II. John I 18. chip 3 8<> A 13 II .lAaiHI 

7. .In 17. 21.1*8. 17. 1*49. 10 I 

123 



The Galatians exhortea to steadfastness. 



GALATTANS. 



Paul teaches the doctrine of forbearance 



12 ' Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; 
ye are : ye have not injured me at all. 

13 m Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I 
preached the gospel unto you at the first. 

d 14 n And my temptation which was in my flesh ye de- 
spised not, nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of 
God, even as Christ Jesus 



bear you record, that if it had been possible, ye would have 
plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. 

c 16 ° Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell & G ff 
you the truth 1 

17 PThey zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they 
would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 

a 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a 
g jod thing, and not only when I am present with you. 

>' 1 9 i My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, 
until Christ be formed in you, 

20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change 
my voice ; for I stand in doubt of you. 

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye 
not hear the law? 

22 r For it is written, that Abraham had two sons ; the 
one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. 

c 23 s But he who was of the bond-woman, was born after 
the flesh ; but he of the free-woman was by promise. 

24. 'Which things are an allegory: for these are the two 
covenants ; the one from the mount Sinai, which gender- 
eth to bondage, which is Agar. 

g 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answer- 
eth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her 
children. 

26 u But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the 
mother of us all. 

27 x For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that barest 
not ; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not : for the 
desolate hath many more children than she which hath a 
husband. 

b 28 y Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children 
of promise. 

c 29 z But as then he that was born after the flesh perse- 
cuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 
d 30 a Nevertheless, what saith the scripture 1 Cast out 
the bond-woman and her son : for the son of the bond- 
woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. 
31 b So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond- 
woman, but of the free. 

CHAPTER v. 
He moveth them to stand in their liberty, 1, and not to observe circumcision, 
3; but rather love, which is the sum of the law, 13 : He reckoneth up the 
; works of the flesh, 19, and the fruits of the Spirit, 22; and exhorteth to 
walk in the Spirit, 25. 



(/C<TAND a fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ 
the yoke of bondage 



hath made us free, and be not entangled again with 

if ye be circum- 



2 b Behold, I Paul say unto you, that 
clsed, Christ shall profit you nothing. 

3 c For I testify again to every man that is circumcised 
that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 

4 d Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of 
you are justified by the law ; ye are fallen from grace. 

* 5 e For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of right- 
eousness by faith. 

J 6 f For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth 
any thing, nor uncircumcision ; but faith which worketh 
by love. 

* 7 e Ye did run well ; who did hinder you that ye should 
not obey the truth 1 

8 * This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 
« 9 ' A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 



A.D. 53. 



k Acts 15. 1, 
24. 

1 Cor.5.4,13. 

2 Cor. 2. 3. 
& 8. 22. 
ch. 1. 7. & 
6. 12. 

1 1 Cor. 1.23. 
chap. 4. 29. 
& 6. 17. 
m Dent. 13. 
6. &17. 7. 
Josh. 7. 25. 
1 Cor. 5. 13. 
chapter 1.7. 
nl Cor. 8.9. 
& 9. 19. 
chapter 6. 2. 
1 Peter 2. 16. 
2Petcr2.19. 
Jude 4. 
oLev. 19.18. 
Matt. 7. 12. 
& 22. 39. 
Mark 12. 31. 
Rom. 13. 9. 
Col. 3. 14. 
James 2. 8. 
P 2 Cor. 12. 
20. 

n Rom. 6. 12. 
& 8. 1,4,12. 
& 13. 14. 
1 Peter 2. 11. 
rFom.7. 15. 
&8. 6. 
sRom.G.14. 
&8. 2. 
1. 1 Cor. 3. 3. 
&6. 9. 
Eph. 5. 3, 5. 
Col. 3. 5. 
James 3. 14. 
ulCor.G.9, 
10. 

Eph. 5.5. 
Col. 3. G. 
Rev. 22. 15. 
x chap. 1. 6. 
Eph. 5. 9. 



10 k I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye 
will be none otherwise minded : but he that troubleth you 
shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. 

1 1 l And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why 
do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross 
ceased. 

12 m I would they were even cut off which trouble you 
d 13 n For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; 

only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by 

love serve one another. 

14 ° For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, 

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

p 15 p But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed 

that ye be not consumed one of another. 
d 16 q This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not 

fulfil the lust of the flesh, 
c 17 r For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the 

Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to 

the other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 
18 9 But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under 

the law. 
1 1 9 * Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are 

these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, 

wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 
* 21 u Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and 

such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also 

told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 

not inherit the kingdom of God. 
1 22 x But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 

23 y Meekness, temperance : against such there is no law. 
1 24 z And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, 

with the affections and lusts. 

d 25 a If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 
p 26 b Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one 

another, envying one another. 

CHAPTER VI. 

He moveth them to deal mildly with a brother that hath slipped, I , and to 
bear one another 's burdens, 2 ; to be liberal to their teachers, 6, and not 
weary of well doing, 9 : He sheweth what they intend that preach circum- 
cision, 12 : He glorieth in nothing save-in the cross of Christ, 14. 

JOBETHREN, a if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which 

JO are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meek- 
ness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

d 2 b Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law 
of Christ. 

3 c For if a man think himself to be something, when he 
is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 

d 4 d But let every man prove his own work, and then 
shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 
5 e For every man shall bear his own burden. 

t" 6 f Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto 
him that teacheth in all good things. 

7 s Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatso- 
ever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 

t% h For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap 
corruption : but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the 
Spirit reap life everlasting. 

d 9 '* And let us not be weary in well-doing : for in due 
season we shall reap if we faint not. 

d 10 k As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good 
unto all men, especially unto them who are of the house- 
hold of faith. • 



Col.3.12. |aUom.l4.1.n4.&.15.12.|&12.11. & 14. 12. Lnkel625. i Mat.24.13 
yr.hap. 3.9.&15. 1. Rom. 14. 1. rlLu. 18.11. 1 Cor. 3. 8. Rom. 2. G. Rom. 18. 11. 
1 Tim. 1. 9. II Cor. 2. 15. & 15. 1. llCor. 11.28. 2 Cor. 5. 10. 1 Cor. 6. 9. 1 tor. 3. 8 
z Rom. 6. 6.1& 3. 1. & i. chap, 5. 14. 12 Cor. 13. 5.(Rev. 2 2J.,2 Cor. b .9. |& 15. 58. 
& 13. 14. 121. & 9. 22. lThes.5.14. ePsa.62.13.|& 22. 12. h Job 4 8. 2 Cor. 4. 16. 
ch. 2. 20. &|2Thes.3.15.1 John 4.21. Jer. 17 10. fRom.l5.27.|Prov. 11.18. 2Thcs.3.13. 
6. 14. James 5. 19. c John 15.5. & 32. 19. 1 1 Cor. 9. 7.|& 22. a He > 3. 6,14. 

1 Pet. 2. 11. !l John 5. 16.ll Cor. 8. 2. Matt. 16. 27. & 11. 14. Rom. 8. 13. & 10. 35 
aRom. 8.5.]bMat.ll.29.2Cor. 3 5. iRodi 2. 6.lg Job 13. 9. (James 3. 18. Rev.2, . ,10 
bPhilip.2.3.|John 13. 14.1 

1 «4 



& 3. 5, 12. ■ 
k Jn. 9.4.& 
12.35. 
Rom. 12.11. 
Ep.2.10,19 
1 Tim. 5. 8. 
& 6. 18. 
TitiiB 3. 8. 
Heb.3 6,14 



The Ephesians sealed with the Spirit. 

11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you 
with mine own hand. 

12 ' As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, 
they constrain you to be circumcised ; only lest they should 
suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 

13 m For neither they themselves who are circumcised 
keep the law ; but desire to have you circumcised, that 
they may glory in your flesh. 

d 14 n But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified 
unto me, and I unto the world. 



EPHESIANS. 



A. D. 5-*. 



1 chap. 2. 14. 
&5. 11. 
Philip. 3.18. 
in Mt. 23. 3, 
15, 23. 
i] Rom. 6. 6. 
2Cor. 11.30. 
& 12. 5, 9. 
ch. 2. 20. & 
5.24. 

Philip. 1. 29. 
& 3. 3, 7. 

Mt. 12. 50. 
John 15 14. 

1 Cor. 7. 19. 

2 Cor. 5. 16. 
ch. 3. 28. &■ 
5.6. 

Col. 3. 11. 
p Pea. 125. 



Their state before conversion described. 

1 15 ° For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth 
any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 

6 16 p And as many as walk according to this rule, peace 
be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 

17 'From henceforth let no man trouble me : for I bear 
in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 

1 18 r Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 
with your spirit. Amen. 

IT Unto the Galatians, written from Rome. 

Rom. 2. 29. iPhilip. 3. 3,16. iq2Cor.l.5.lchap. 5. 11. iCol. 1. 24. Ir 2 Tim. 4.22. irhilem. 25. 
ch. 3. 7, 29. t 



IF THE EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE EPHESIANS. 

b 19 s And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 



A. D. 64. 



CHAPTER I. 

After the salutations, 1, and thanksgiving for the Ephesians, 3, he treateth 
of our election, 4, and adoption by grace, 6, which is the true and proper 
fountain of man's salvation, 1 1 : And because the height of this mystery 
cannot easily be attained unto, 13, he prayeth that they may come, 16, to 
the full knowledge, 18, and possession thereof in Christ, 20. 

PAUL, a an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, 
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful 
in Christ Jesus : 

62 b Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, 
rxndfrom the Lord Jesus Christ. 

b 3 c Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in 
heavenly places in Christ : 

t" 4 d According as he hath chosen us in him, before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and with- 
out blame before him in love : 

t 5 e Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children 
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will, 

6 f To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he 
hath made us accepted in the Beloved : 

t 7 s In whom we have redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace ; 

8 h Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom 
and prudence ; 

t 9 l Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, 
according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in 
himself: 

10 k That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he 
might gather together in one all things in Christ, both 
which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 

Ml ' In whom also we have obtained an a inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will : 

12 m That we should be to the praise of his glory, who 
lirst trusted in Christ. 

M3 n In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the aS&^w 
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also, J2-JA 7 j 
after that ye believed, ye were scaled with that holy Spirit 
of promise, 

14 ° Which is the earnest of our inheritance until 



a Rom. 1.7. 

1 Cor. 1.2. 

2 Cor. 1.1. 
Phil. 1. 1. 
Colos. 1. 1. 
1 Tim. 1. 1. 
b Gal. 1.3. 
I Thes. 1. 1, 
2Thes. 1.2. 
Titus 1. 4. 

1 Peter 1. 2. 

2 Peter 1.2. 
c Lev. 26. 4. 
Dl. 2. 7. & 
7. 13. & 8. 7. 
Rom. 8. 32. 
2 Cor. 1. 3. 
chap. 2. 4. 
Phil. 3. 20. 
1 Peter 1. 3 
ilIiU.1.75. 
Ro.8.29,30. 
chap. 5. 27. 
Colos. 1. 22 

1 Thes. 4. 7. 
2Thes.2.13. 

2 Tim. 1.9. 
Titus 1. 12. 
James 2. 5. 

1 Pet. 1.1,2. 

Ml. 11.26. 
Luke 12.32. 
John]. 12. 
Rom. 8. 15, 
29. 30. 
lCor. 1.21. 

2 Cor. 6. 18. 
Gal. 4. 5. 

1 John 3. 1. 
fMat. 3. 17. 
John 3. 35. 
Rom. 5. IS. 
g Ac.20.2A 
Rom. 2. 4. 
h 1 Cor. 1.5. 
i Ro. 16. 25. 
chap. 2. 17. 

2 Tim. 1. 9. 
Titus 1.2. 
k Gn. 49. 10. 
Dan. !'. 21. 
Mark I. 15. 
I Isa. 46. 60. 

V! tl & 

Rom. a 17. 
Ac'.i. ID. 
Gal. 3. 29. & 
1.7. 

Colon. 1.12 
Tittu3.7. 
Bab. 1.5.& 
5. 13. 

JamaiS. 5. 
i Peti i I I 
■v :: B. 
llr a lot, 
Jo h i:i. 5. 

in Ro .11.16. 
J Th. 2. 13, 
Jamefl 1. 18. 

„.ln I IT 
It,, B. 15, 16. 

■C,,r. I. S3. 



10 

1)001.1 6. 
| \cu 

torn. H. S3. 

(|] ( > 2Coi 1.29. 

i ■...„., 2i (| 



I Pi 



redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of ';: "- 
his glory. 

e 15 p Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the 
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 

d 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention 
of you in my prayers : 



•;, lip, i :: 

I Th< ■ i - 
nJn.20. 17. 
I Cor. 12. P. 
r V '.V !H. 
cn.3.7, 12. 



\ l> 64 



I. 



I Pi - 7, " 
Molt- 28. in 
John 111 
Ram I 



h 17 i That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father jg >'$ 
of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and reve- (,; 
lation in the knowledge of him : J7;!,' 1 , \ ilc \ 

b 18 r The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; ]",..'• \ -• ':' 
that ve may know what is the hope of his calling, and what tW&i ftsV&tfefl ix 

IS 10. 115.19 *S. ll.Jn.H.4l.«t 



to us- ward who believe, according to the working of his 
mighty power, 
t 20 ' Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him 
from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the 
heavenly places, 

21 u Far above all principality, and power, and might, 
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in 
this world, but also in that which is to come : 
t 22 * And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him 
to be the head over all things to the church, 
1 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all 
in all. 

CHAPTER II. 
By comparing what we were by 1 nature, xcith what ice are 3 by grace, 5. 
he declareth, that we are made for good works ; and 10 being brought 
near by Christ, slvould not live as 13 Gentiles, and 1 1 foreigners in (inn 
past, but as 12 citizens with the saints, and the family of God. 19. 

tjk ND a you hath he quickened, who were dead in tres- 
_/m. passes and sins ; 

2 b Wherein in time past ye walked according to the 
course of this world, according to the prince of the power 
of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of 
disobedience : 

t 3 c Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of 
the flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children 
of wrath, even as others. 

h 4 d But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love 
wherewith he loved us, 

t 5 e Even when we were dead in Bins, hath quickened us 
together with Christ ; (by grace ye arc saved ;) 

&6 f And hath raised us up together, and made us sii 
together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus : 

7 e That in the ages to come he might shew the exceed- 
ing riches of his grace in his kindness toward us, through 
Christ Jesus. 

/ 8 '' For by grace are ye saved, through faith ; and thai 
not of yourselves : it is the gifl of God : 

9 ' Not of works, lest any m;in should boast 

MO u For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus 
unto good works, which God hath before ordained thai we 
should walk in them. 

11 '.Wherefore remember, thai ye being in time past 
Gentiles in the flesh, who are culled Uncircumcision by 
that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made bj 
hands; 

M2 m That at thai time ye were without Christ, being 
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers 



the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 
164 



1.1 ,23,30. 



II 130.* 16. II Id Bom i. 4. If rhnp. 3. f ' • 
( ,i i i m I i ,., r, ii I ■' 11.17 130 ICi 

5.6.ic i-h ' ' I" '" l X IS 

II. 6. 12 ■ ■ M I 'in .- .t 5 r.h. 1.4. it 

tl.lt It.. .". |-..H.|fi |t„ .1 J| A k III 
3 6.7. '.ii . - I Ii, P a 1011 ii 

Titai3, 3 ! & 8 II l<l<ihp n.A IHoi 12.2. 

3 Col.S 12.13. Tun. 3 .V 43 14*44 .h3.l*:>> 
I Jn 5 III IA 3 1,3 iUo i 20 -. !\ I. SI.* 

Ral. 2. IS ITiIih 3. 5. I* 4 2 * I' John 1 3. S 2 13. 



12. 31.fc ll.chno. 1. 17 



foli. 1. .3, !> II. & 11 ' 

12>5 






m E« IX (1 

.i„hn in IK 

■ 

rh. I. 18. A 
I \». 
Cnl. 1.21. 

ITb.tXtf 



Paul's prayer for the church at Ephesus. 

from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and with- ' 
out God in the world : 

f> 13 n But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were 
far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

14 ° For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and 
hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; 



EPHES1ANS. Various offices in the church of Christ. 

d 17 p That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that 
ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 

c 18 q May be able to comprehend with all saints what is 
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; 

U9 r And to know the love of Christ, which passe th 



n Acts 2. 39. 
o Isa. 9. 5, 6. 
Micah 5. 5. 
Jn. 10.16. & 
16.33. 
Acts 10. 36. 
Rom. 5. 1. 
Gal. 3. 29. 
Col. 1. 20. 



g!i c £ is! 7 ! knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of 
15 p Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the l^.!^ JGocL 
law of commandments contained in ordinances: for to ^ 0, j ;*•■'■ 20 s Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abund- 



make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace ; 
U6 q And that he might reconcile both unto God in one 
body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby : 

17 r And came and preached peace to you which were 
afar off, and to them that were nigh. 

18 s For through him we both have access by one Spirit 
unto the Father. 

b 19 * Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreign- 
ers, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the house- 
hold of God ; 

1 20 u And are built upon the foundation of the apostles 
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner- 
stone ; 

* 21 x In whom all the building fitly framed together, 
groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord : 

22 y In whom ye also are builded together, for a habita- 
tion of God through the Spirit. 

CHAPTER III. 

The hidden mystery, 5, that the Gentiles should be saved, 6, was made 
known to Paul by revelation, 3 : and to hint was that grace given, that 8 
he should preach it, 9. He desireth them not to faint for his tribulation, 
13, and prayeth 14 that they may perceive the great love of Christ 
towards them, 19. 

;|"*OR a this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for 
\F you Gentiles, 

2 b If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of 
God which is given me to you-ward : 

3 c How that by revelation he made known unto me the 
mystery, as I wrote afore in few words ; 

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my know- 
ledge in the mystery of Christ, 

1 5 d Which in other ages was not made known unto the 
sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles 
and prophets by the Spirit ; 

b 6 e That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the 
same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the 
gospel : 

1 7 f Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift 
of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual work 
ing of his power. 

c 8 g Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is 
this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ ; 

9 h And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the 
mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been 
hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ : 

1 10 'To the intent that now unto the principalities and 
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church 
the manifold wisdom of God, 

' 1 1 k According to the eternal purpose which he purposed 
in Christ Jesus our Lord : 

b 12 'In whom we have boldness and access with conn 
dence by the faith of him. 

13 m Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribute 
tions for you, which is your glory. 

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, 

15 n Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
named, 

b 16 ° That he would grant you, according to the riches ofjcoi 1 . i 4 '27!' 
his glory, to be strengthened Avith might by his Spirit in the 
inner man ; 



Rom. 6. 6. 

Col. 1.20. & 

2. 14. 

r Ps. 148. 14. 
Isa. 57. 19. 
Zech. 9. 0. 
Ac. 2. 39. & 
10. 36. 
1 Peter 3. 13. 
s John 10. 9. 
& 14. 6. 
Rom. 5. 2. 
1 Cor. 12. 13. 
ch. 1. 13. it. 

3. 12. & 4.4. 
Heb. 4. 16.& 
10. 19, 20. 
t Gal. 6. 10. 
Philip. 3.20. 
Heb. 3. 6. & 
12. 22, 23. 
uPs.lia.22. 
Isa. 28. 16. 
Matt. 16. IP. 
lCor.3.9,10. 
& 12. 28. 
Gal. 2. 9. & 
4.26. 
ch. 3. 5. & 
4.11. 

1 Pet. 2. 4, 5. 
Rev. 21. 14. 
xlCor.3.17. 
& 6. 19. & 
12. 12,27. & 
14.33. 

2 Cor. 6. 16. 
chap. 4. 16. 
Col. 2. 19. 
y 1 Pet. 2. 5. 
a Ac. 21. 23. 
& 26.23,29. 
& 28. lY. 
Gal. 5. 11. 
ch.2.3,ll.& 
4. 1. &. 6. 20. 
Phil. 1.7, 13, 

14, 16, 30. 
Col. 1. 24. & 

4. 3, 18. 
2 Tim. 1. 8. 
& 2. 10. 
Philem. 1. 
bAc.9.15.& 
13.2.46.&22 
21. & 26. 17 
Ro. 1. 5. & 
11. 13. & 12. 
3. & 15. 15. 
1 Cor. 3. 10. 
&4. 1. 
Gal. 1.15. & 
2.9. 

chap. 3. 8. 
Col. 1. 25. 
ITim.l.ll. 
&2. 7. ' 
c Ac. 22. 17, 
21. & 26. 16, 
17. 

Rom. 16.25. 
Gal. 1.11,12. 
&2. 2. 
ch. 1.9,10. 
Col. 1.26. & 
2.11. 

d Jn. 16. 13. 
Acts 10. 28. 
& 15. 32. & 
21. 10. 
1 Cor. 2. 12. 
e Ro. 8. 15. 
& 15. 8. 

1 Cor. 12. 12, 
27. 

f Rom. 1. 5. 
& 15. 18. 

2 Cor. 3. 6. 
g Acts 9. 15. 
I Cor. 15. 9. 
Gal. 1. 16. 
Col.l.27.& 
2.2. 
1 Tim. 1.13, 

15. &2.7. 
2Tim.l.U. 
h Judg. 13. 
8,23. 

2Kgs. 12.2. 
Isa. 65. 17. 
i Rom. 8. 38. 
1 Cor. 2. 7. 

1 Pet. 1. 12. 
& 3. 22. 
kch.l. 4, 9. 

2 Tim. 1.9. 
1 John 10. 9. 
Rom. 5. 2. 
cnart 2. 18. 
Hei 10.19. 
m2Cor.l.6. 
verse 1. 
Phil. 1. 14. 
Col. 1. 24. 

1 Thes. 3. 3. 

2 Tim. 2. 10, 
neb. 1.10,21. 
Philip. 2. 9. 
n2Cor.4.16. 
ch.l.7.&2. 
7. & 6. 10 



A. D. 64. 
IpJn. 11.23. 



I 



antly above all that we ask or think, according to the power 
that worketh in us, 

21 * Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus 
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. 

CHAPTER IV. 

He exhorteth to unity, 1 ; and declareth that God therefore giveth divers 7 
gifts unto men, that his church might be 1 1 edified, and 1 3 grown up in 
Christ, 16. He calleth them from the impurity of the Gentiles, 18, to 
put on the new man, 24, to cast off lying, and 25 corrupt communication, 29. 

a THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech 
you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye 

are called, 
e 2 b With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, 

forbearing one another in love ; 

3 c Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the 
bond of peace. 

4 d There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are 
called in one hope of your calling ; 

5 e One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 

6 f One God and Father of all, who is above all, and 
through all, and in you all. 

7 B But unto every one of us is given grace according to 
the measure of the gift of Christ. 

t 8 h Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, 
he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 

9 ' Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also 
descended first into the lower parts of the earth 1 

10 k He that descended is the same also that ascended 
up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. 

1 1 l And he gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets , 
and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; 

12 m For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the 
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 

t 13 n Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the 
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the 
measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ : 

p 14 ° That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by 
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they 
lie in wait to deceive : 

d 15 p But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into 
him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : 

i 16 q From whom the whole body fitly joined together and 
compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according 
to the effectual working in the measure of every part, 
maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in 
love. 

d 17 r This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye 
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity 
of their mind, 

t 18 5 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated 
from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, 
because of the blindness of their heart : 



chap. 2. 22. 
q Job 11. 7. 
ch. 1. 18. & 
2.20. 

Col. 1.23. & 
2. 7. 

rJn. 1.16. 
ch. 1.23. & 
4.10. 
Col. 2. 2. 
sRo.16. 25. 
Col. 1. 29. 
Jnde 24. 
tRo. 11.36. 
& 16. 27. 
1 Tim. 1. 17. 



Heb. 13.21. 
a Gen. 17. 1. 
1 Cor. 7. 20. 
ch. 3. 1, 13. 
& 6.20. 
Phil. 1. 27. 
Col. 1. 10. 
1 Thes. 2 4. 
Philem. 9. 
b Ac. 20. 19. 

1 Cor.13.4.7. 

2 Cor. 6. 6. 
Gal. 5. 22. 
Philip. 2. 3. 
Col. 1.11. & 
3.12. 



1 Th. 5. 14. 1 Cor. 8. 6 
clCor.12.13 " 
(1 Ac. 15. 11. 
Ro. 12.5,10. 

1 Cor. 12. 4, 
11. 

2 Cor. 11.4. 
ch. 1. 18,23. 
&2.46. 
cl Cor. 1.13. 
& 8. 4, 6. & 
12.5. 

2 Cor. 11.4. 
Gal. 1.7. 
Inde 3 



;Colos. 1. 19.|ch. 1. 23. & ICol. 2. 4, 7 

& 12. 6. Il Tim. 3. 16. 5. 23. Titus 1. 10. 

Ro.l2.3.6.|Heb.4.14.& Colos. 1.24. Heb. 13.9. 



f Mai. 2. 10 



Cor.12.il 
ch. 1. 3, 9. 
h Judg.5. 12. 
Psn.68. 19. 
Colos. 2. 15. 
i John 3. 13. 
& 6. 33. 62. 
It Acts 1.11. 
& 2. 33. 
2Cor. 15.24. 
ch. 1.20,23. 
&2.6.&3.19 
Philip. 3. 20. 



7. 26. & 8. 1. nlCor.14.202 Peter 2. 3. 



& 9. 12, 24. chap. 2. 15. 
IAc.l3.1.&Col.l.28.& 
15.32. &2I .82. 10. 
Ro. 12. 6.7. o2Sa.19.27. 



1 Cor. 12.28. 
& 14. 29. 

2 Tim. 4. 5. 
ch. 2. 20. & 
3.5. 



Isa. 28. 9. 

Matt 11. 7. 

Rom. 16. ffi. 

1 Cor. 14.20. 

2 Cor. 2. 17 



126 



mKom.12.5.&4.2.&ll. 

1 Cor. 12. 7,|l3. 

27. & 14. 26.) 



p2Cor.4.2. 
Gal.2.5,14. 
&3.1.&4.16. 
ch. 1.10,13, 
22. & 2. 21. 
& 5. 23. 
Col.l. 10,18. 
& 2. 10, 19. 
2 Tim. 2. 18. 
& 3.7. & 4.4. 
Titusl.1,14. 



qRom.12.ri 
1 Cor. 12.27 
chap. 2. 21. 
Colos. 2. 10. 
r Rom. 1. 9. 
&. 18. 21. 
ch. 2.1, 11. 
lPet.4. 3. 
3 Acts 26.18 
Rom. 1. 21. 
Gal. 4. 8. 
ch. 2. 12. & 
5.8. 

Colos. 1.13 
1 Thes. i 5k 



The impure and unholy cannot inherit glory. EPHESIANS. The duty of children toward their parents. 



themselves 
uncleanness with 



19 ' Who, being past feeling, have 
over unto lasciviousness, to work all 
greediness. 

20 But ye have not so learned Christ ; 

21 u If so be that ye have heard him, and have been 
taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus : 

d 22 x That ye put off concerning the former conversation 
the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; 
23 7 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; 

d 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is 
created in righteousness and true holiness. 

d 25 z Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man 
truth with his neighbour : for we are members one of 
another. 

p 26 a Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down 
upon your wrath : 

27 b Neither give place to the devil. 

d 28 c Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let 
him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, 
that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

d 29 d Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that 
it may minister grace unto the hearers. 

* 30 e And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

P 31 f Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and cla- 
mour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all 
malice : 

d 32 g And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, for- 
giving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath 
forgiven you. 

CHAPTER V. 
After general exhortations to love, 2, to flee fornication, 3, and all un- 
cleanness, 4, not to converse with the wicked, 7, to walk warily, and to 
be 15 filled with the Spirit, 18, he descendeth to the particular duties, 
how wives ought to obey their husbands, 22, and husbands ought to love 
their wives, as Christ his church, 25. 

r/TlE a ye therefore followers of God as dear children ; 
JD h 2 * And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, 
and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to 
God for a sweet-smelling savour. 

p3 c But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, 
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints ; 
P*4 d Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, 
which are not convenient : but rather giving of thanks. 
c 5 e For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any in- 
heritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 
w 6 f Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because 
of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children 
of disobedience. 

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 
d 8 s For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light 
in the Lord : walk as children of light ; 

9 h (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and 
righteousness, and truth ;) 

10 ' Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 

1 1 k And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of 
darkness, but rather reprove them. 

12 l For it is a shame even to speak of those tilings 
which are done of them in secret. 

13 m But all tilings that are reproved, are made manifest 
by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 

d 14 n Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and 
arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 

d 15 ° See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fool?, 
but as wise, 

d 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 

d 17 p Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding 
what the will of the Lord is. 



a. D.m. 



tRo.1.24,26. 
lTim.4.2. 

1 Peter 4. 3. 
■1 ch. 1. 13. 

X Horn. 6. 6. 

Gal. 6. 8. 

chap. 2. 2, 3. 

Col. 2. 11. & 

3 9 

iieb. 12. 1. 

lPet.2.1.& 

4.3. 

y Rom. 6. 4. 

& 12. 2. 

2 Cor. 4. 16. 
ch. 2. 10, 15. 
Colos. 3. 10. 
z Isa. 58. 7. 
Zech. 8. 16. 
Rom. 12.5. 
1 Cor. 10.17. 
Colos. 3. 9. 
a Dt. 24. 15. 
Psalm 4. 5. 
t>2Cor.2.10. 
James 4. 7. 
1 Peter 5. 9. 
c Ac. 20. 34. 
ITh. 4. 11. 
2Th.3.8,12. 
d Psa. 45. 2. 
Prov. 10.32. 
Luke 4. 22. 
1 Cor. 14. 5, 
19. 

eCol. 3. 16 

1 Th. 5. 11 
Micah 2. 7. 

2 Cor. 1. 22 
f Col. 3. 8. 
K Mat. 6. 14 
Mark 11. 25. 
a Mt. 5.45,48 
Luke 6. 36. 
chap. 4. 32. 
b Gen. 8. 21 
Lev. 1. 9.A. 
3. 16. 
Num. 28. 6, 
13,27. & 29. 
2, 8, 16. 
John 13. 34. 
& 15. 12. 
Rom. 8. 32. 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
Gal. 1. 4. & 
2.20. 

1 Thes.4.9. 
Titus 3. 14. 
Hob. 8. 3. & 
7.27. & 9. 14, 
26. & 10. 10, 
12. 

1 Pet. 3. 18. 
IJn.3.11,16, 
23. &. 4.21. 
cMk.7. 21. 
Rom. 1. 24. 
&6. 19. 
1 Cor. 6. 15. 
2Cor. 12.21. 
Gal. 5. 19. 
chap. 4. 19. 
Colos. 3. 5. 
Thes. 4. 3. 
<] Mt. 12. 36. 
Rom. 1.28. 
chap. 4.29. 
Col. 1.12. & 
3.8,15.Ar.4.2. 
e Mat. 6. 24. 
1 Cor. 8. 10. 
Gal. 5. 19. 
Colos. 3. 5. 
Rov. 22. 15. 
TJer. 29. 8. 
Mall. 24. 4. 
Mark 13. 5. 
Luke 21. 8. 
Gal. 6. 7. 
chap. 2. 2. 
Colos. 3. 6. 
2ThoH. 2. 3. 
K I i. 'I. 2. 
Mutt. 4. 14. 
Luke 16. 8. 
.l.i 8. 12. & 
12. 36, 46. 
Acts 20. 18. 
Rom. 1. 21. 
U 13. 12. 
i i !oi 18, 8, 
2Cor.3.1R& 
4.li. At 6. 14. 
Onl. 4. 8. 
chap 1.I8.& 
2.12.4t4.|H. 
Philip. 2. 15. 
Coins. 1.13. 
ITh. Ill 
&4.S.&5.4. 
i Potei ': !i. 
I John 2. 8. 

bad. r,.':>. 

i Rom. 12.2. 
Philip l in 

1 Thcn.5.21. 
1.1,. v.19 1" 
Unit. IB. 17. 
Lnk.. 17. 3. 
Rom. 6. 21. 
fc 13. 12. 

i i ',., .. -, 
13 At. 111.20. 

2 Cor. 6. 14. 
Gal. 6. 8 
.!, 
2T! 

I Ttm.;>. 
1 1. 1. ». 14 

Rom I H 
in Jn 3.20,21 
llr-h. 4. lit. 
n Inn. 26. 19 
At 60. 1. 
John 5. 23. 
Bom, iv ..:, 
k 13. II. 
ICor.15.34 
rrmp 2 5. 



up. 4. 22. 
Ch. 3.6,14 



SO 



d 18 q And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but 
be filled with the Spirit ; 

d 19 r Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and 
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart 
to the Lord, 

d 20 ■ Giving thanks always for all things unto God and 
the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 

d 21 * Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of 
God. 

d 22 u Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, 
as unto the Lord. 

23 * For the husband is the head of the wife, even as 
Christ is the head of the church : and he is the Saviour of 
the body. 

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let 
the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 

d 25 y Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved 
the church, and gave himself for it ; 

1 26 z That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the 
washing of water by the word, 

27 a That he might present it to himself a glorious church, 
nut having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it 
should be holy and without blemish. 

d 28 So ought men to love their wives, as their own 
bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but 
nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 

30 b For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and 
of his bones. 

31 c For this cause shall a man leave his father and 
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two 
shall be one flesh. 

32 This is a great mystery : but I speak concerning 
Christ and the church. 

d 33 d Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so 
love his wife even as himself: and the wife see that she 
reverence her husband.- 

CHAPTER VI. 

77ie duty of children toward their parents, 1, of scn-ants toward their 
masters, 5. Our life is a warfare, 10, not only against flesh and blood, 
but also spiritual enemies, 12. The complete armour of a Christian, 13, 
and how it ought to be used, 18. Tychicus is commended, 21. 

^/"^IHILDREN, ■ obey your parents in the Lord : for this 
„ \J is right. 

2 b Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first 
commandment with promise,) 

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live 
long on the earth. 

d 4 c And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath : 
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the 
Lord. 

d 5 d Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters 
according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in single- 
ness of your heart, as unto Christ ; 

6 e Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but as the 
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart ; 

7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not 
to men : 

8 f Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, 
the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he fcbond 
or free. 

d 9 K And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, for 

Coins. 3.1. |Tmi. S.ll,22.'uOrn.3. I6.|r An»20.28. rhnp. i 4 

I II, . II I.nko'.'l :M.|l«'or. ll.M.Onl. 1. 4. *. 
.. 1). 2. lirAct»18.2S.PoT.3. IH 2.80 

ii 13.8. llCor. 14.36, [Tim. 8.18. chap. 5.8. 

Sal. I. 4. 
rhnp. 6. 13. 

C,|.,H. I. ."I 

p Rom. 13.3 



1 Thcs. 4. 3. 



AD. 04 



nPr.20. I. 
& 23. 29. 



1. 86. Col. 3. 80, 

I i.20 18. 
Iti.m. 12. .Villi. ■■ 10 A 
Colos. 3. IB.iTiiu. 2. .V |Onl. 3.18. I Cor. T>. 15.1*7. 16. 

. IVi. 34. I.l| P.i.r 3 I I I. . r 3 1 At 12. 27. |ji 

.It 18 5 «Jp.3 ' J3 l> 22.7.1.', 

ICm II. 3 . 13.3.fc 17 17 At I Ii. Malt. 13. 4 

A 12. 27. rruos3. 5. c On. 2. 24.|Mnik 7. 10 



l»n. 63. 7 
Colo.. 3. 17 
ill... I 
2Th<-. 1.3 
II. I. I 1 13 
1 Pet. 2. 5. 
fc4. 11. 
I Philip. 2.3. 
i pan 9 i 



-, Pi "1 

rt I Chi 89. 
17. 

Col :i 81. 

I Tim i. 1 

Tiiu«2.n. 

■ 



h,i|- 



III. If. I>. 10.22. 



jp. 1 . 
22.26. * 2. 1 P.' 3 ii 
16. Ai3.ll.Ai In ma 10. 
I 13, IV Song 4. 7. 



Col 
lTira.2.U)l 



.2 Cor. 113. 



* I .ft .33 43 
111. 10. 17. 
.M'l.r IB. 7 

Mull. H P.I 
At 10. 23 
. John 13. 13 
IIVI.2 Ill/A cU 10. 34 



f H.un 2 OiRom. 2. II 
c.r. 7. 22. lCnr.7. 23 
Coi 5 10. Gt 2. 6. 

Gal. 3.38. |l'ol. 3.35, 



Vmi. 17 .'. c III 4.0 A. 

Mark 10 7. 1,7. At 11.111. 

1 Cor. 6. 16. P«n 7H ). ,,.«,. ••■ -»-• !■>"• •»• -"J 

ilfnl. 3 10 Pi I" 8. AtC.1.3. 11.&38 *4. 1. 

1 Peter 3. 7. 226.At.2fl.17 t 34. 'l Tct. 1 W 



127 



Different motives of those who preach Christ. 

bearing threatening : knowing that your Master also is in 
heaven ; neither is there respect of persons with him. 

d 10 h Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in 
the power of his might. 

d 1 1 * Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be 
able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12 k For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but 
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of 
the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in 
high places. 

d i3 ' Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, 
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having 
done all, to stand. 

* 14 m Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with 
truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness ; 

15 n And your feet shod with the preparation of the 
gospel of peace ; 

16 ° Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye 
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 

l > p And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of 
the Spirit, which is the word of God : 



PHILIPPIANS. 



A. D. 64. 



h Col. 1.11. 
i Ro. 13. 12. 
2 Cor. 2. 11 
&G. 7. 
Col. 3. 19- 
1 Tlies. 5. 8. 
kLu.22.53. 
I2Cor. 10.4. 
mlsa. 11. 5. 
& 59. 17. 
Lu. 12. 35. 
q Isa. 52. 7. 
Rom. 10. 15, 

1 Pet. 5. 8 

1 John 5. 4 
p Isa. 411. 2. 
& 59. 17. 
IThes. 5.8. 
Heb. 4. 12. 
Rev. 1. 16. 
& 2. 16. & 
19. 15. 



A. D. 64. 



q Mt. 24. 42. 
&. 25. 13. 
Mk. 13. 33. 
Luke 18. 1. 
Rom. 12. 12. 
chap. 1. 16. 
Phil. 1. 4. 
Col. 4. 2. 
1 Th. 5. 17. 

1 Tim. 2 1. 
r Acta 4. 29. 

2 Cor. 3. 12. 
Col. 4. 3. 
2 The*,. 3. 1. 
sAc. 26. 29. 



An exhortation to fortitude in persecution. 
18 i Praying always with all prayer and supplication in 
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supplication for all saints ; 

d 19 r And for me, that utterance may be given unto me. 
that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the 
mystery of the gospel, 

20 8 For which 1 am an ambassador in bonds : that therein 
I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 

21 l But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, 
Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, 
shall make known to you all things : 

22 u Whom I have "sent unto you for the same purpose, 
that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort 
your hearts. 

23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from 
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

b 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus 
Christ in sincerity. Amen. 

IT Written from Rome unto the Ephesians, by Tychicus. 



& 28.20, 31.|ch. 3. 1,13. 120. 

2 Cor. 3. 12. & 4. 1. Col. 4. 18. 

&5. 20. Thil. 1.7, 13,1 



|2Tim.l.l6.|PhiIein. 10. ICol. 4. 7. |Titus3. 12. ICol. 4. 8. 
I&2.9.- !t Acts 20. 4.l2Tim.4. 12.|u Phil. 1.14.|2Tim. 4.12 



M THE EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE PHIL.IPPIAN8. 



CHAPTER I. 

He testifieth his thankfulness to God, and his love toward them, for the 

fru'!> of their faith, and fellowship in his sufferings, 3, daily -praying t< 

him for their increase in grace, 9: he sheweth what good the faith o, 

Christ had received by his troubles at Rome, 12, and how ready he is to Gal! "3! 



a 1 Cor. 1.2. 
b Rom. 1.7. 
1 Cor. 1. 3. 



of 2 Cor. 1. 2. 
V |1P< 



glorify Christ, either by his life or death, 21 : exhorting them to unity, 
27, and to fortitude in persecution, 28. 

jjrjAUL a and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to 
"JL all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with 
the bishops and deacons : 

2 b Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, 
and from, the Lord Jesus Christ. 
3 c I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 

c 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making 
request with joy, 

5 d For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day 
until now ; 

t 6 e Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath 
begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of 
Jesus Christ : 

7 ' Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, be- 
cause I have you in my heart ; inasmuch as both in my 
oonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, 
ye all are partakers of my grace. 

«8 S For God is my record, how greatly I long after you 
all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 

d 9 h And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more 
and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; 

d 10 ' That ye may approve things that are excellent ; that 
ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; 

b 1 1 k Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which 
are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 

12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the 
things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto 
the furtherance of the gospel ; 

/ 13 ' So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the 
palace, and in all other places ; 

14 m And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing con- 
fident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word 
without fear. 

15 n Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; 
and some also of good will. 

16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, 
supposing to add affliction to my bonds : 

: 17 ° But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the 
defence of the gospel. 



jsph. 1. a. 
cRo. 1.9,10. 
ICor. 1.4. 
Eph. 1. 15. 
& 6. 18. 
Col. 1. 3. 

1 Thes. 1. 2. 
2Thes.l.3. 
dRo.12.13. 
& 15. 26. 

2 Cor. 8. 4. 
&9. 13. 
Gal. 6. 6. 
chap. 4. 14. 
1 Tim. 6. 18. 
Heb. 13. 16. 
e John 6. 29. 

1 Thes. 1.3. 
f2Cor.3.2. 
&7. 3. 
Eph. 3.1. & 
4.1. 

Col. 4.3,18. 

2 Tim. I. 8. 
& 4. 16. 
Heb. 12. 3. 
gRom. 1. 9. 
&9.1. 

2 Cor. 1. 23. 
&11.31. 
Gal. 1. 20. 
chap. 2. 24. 
&4. 1. 
IThes. 2.5. 

1 Tim. 5.21. 

2 Tim. 4. 1 
h Eph. 1. 8. 
iActs24.1fi. 
Rom. 2. 18. 
& 12. 2. 

1 Cor. 10. 32. 
Eph. 5. 10. 
1 Thess. 3. 
13. & 5. 23. 
kMt.15.16. 
John 15. 4, 
5,8. 

Eph. 1. 12, 
20. & 2. 10. 
Col. 1.6, 16. 

1 ch. 4. 22. 
m Eph. 3.13. 
IThes. 3. 3. 
n 2 Cor. 2. 
17. &4. 2. 
Gal. 1. 7. & 
2. 4.&5. 8, 
12. & 6. 12. 
ch.3.2. 17. 
olCor.9.17. 

2 Tim. 4. 16. 



A. D.64. 



p Job 13. 10. 
Rom. 8. 9. 
2 Cor. 1.11. 
q Rom. 5. 5. 
r Gal. 2. 20. 
a Or ; For 
Christismy 
gain in. life 
andindeatk. 
Acts 20. 24. 
sJob 34.25. 
1 2 Cor. 5. 8. 
2 Tim. 4.6. 
u eh. 2. 24. 
x2Cor. 1. 
14. & 5. 12. 
chap. 2. 16. 
y Gen. 17.1. 



18 What then 1 notwithstanding, every way, whether 
in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached ; and I therein 
do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 

t 19 p For I know that this shall turn to my salvation 
through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus 
Christ, 

c 20 q According to my earnest expectation, and my hope, 
that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all bold- 
ness, as always, so now also, Christ shall be magnified in 
my body, whether it be by life, or by death. s 

e 21 r For a to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 

22 s But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour : 
yet what I shall choose I wot not. 

23 * For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to 
depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : 

24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful 
for you. 

25 u And having this confidence, I know that I shall 
abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and 
joy of faith ; 

26 * That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus 
Christ for me by my coming to you again. 

d 27 y Only let your conversation be as it becometh the 
gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else 
be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in 
one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of 
the gospel ; 

28 z And in nothing terrified by your adversaries : which 
is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of sal- 
vation, and that of God. 

t 29 a For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not 
only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 

30 b Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and 
now hear to be in me. 

CHAPTER II. 
He exhorteth them to unity, and to all humbleness of mind, by the example 
of Christ's humility and exaltation, I: to a careful proceeding in the way 
of salvation, that they be as lights to the wicked world, 12, and comforts 
to him their apostle, who is now ready to be offered up to God, 16. He 
hopcth to send Timothy to them, whom he greatly commendcth, 19, as 
Epaphroditus also, whom he presently sendeth to them, 25. 

MF a there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any 
Jl comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any 
bowels and mercies, 

ICor.l. lO.lchap. 2. 24.11 Thess. 2. IzRom. 8.17.12 Thes. 1. 5.1a Acts5.41.|b Ac .16. 19.11 Thes. 2.2. 
&7. 20. & 4. 3. 12. & 4.1. Icli. i. 2, 18.l2Tim.2.11.|Rom. 5. 3. ICol. 1. 29. |a Co). 3. IS 
Eph. 4. l,3.!Col. 1. 10. Uude3. 

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The high character of Timothy and Epaphroditus. PHILIPPIANS. Our bodies shall be changed in the resurrection. 
2 b Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the r £^%> chapter hi. 

Same love, being Of Oi.e accord, Of One mind. m^il'™' He warneth them . t0 beware of the false teachers of the circumcision, I. 



P 3 c Let notuing be done through strife or vain glory ; but |gy-^g 
in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than ^J^. & 

1 - Peter3. a 

cLu.14.10. 
10 



themselves. 
d£ d Look not every man on liis own things, but every ?^ r j| 20 



man also on the tilings of others. 



shewing that himself hath greater cause than they to trust in the right- 
eousness of the law, 4 : which notwithstanding he counteth as dung and 
loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness, 7, therein acknowledging his 
own imperfection, 12. He exhorteth them to be thus minded, 15, and to 
imitate him, 11, and to decline the ways of carnal Chi-istians, 18. 



1T^ INALLY, a my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To 
_F write the same tilings to you, to me indeed is not 



Gal. 5.26. 
Eph. 5. 21. 

d 5 e Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: jftt&gH' 

t*6 f Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery JW 5. 5 j grievous, but for you it is safe. 

to be equal with God : U.K. & 10 | «> 2 b Beware of dogs, beware of evil-workers, beware oi 

7 s But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him "ah: n. 29.1 the concision. 



the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men : ieS&st 
h 8 h And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled } / n oh i n fj: 
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death fg 5 33.& 
of the cross. "dot. 4. 4. 

9 ' Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and Heb.V.x' 
given him a name which is above every name : IfsaHa. i.k 

10 k That a at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, |i'«.& & 
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under ez'-^.sb. 
the earth; tf£tii% 

t 11 1 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus ^^^ : 
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father 
d\2 



John 1. 14. 
Rom. 1.3. 
& 8. 3. &. 
, 15. 3, 8. 
in 1 Gal. 4.4. 
11 H«-b. 2. 14, 



Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, 
not as in my presence only, but now much more 
my absence/work out your own salvation with fear andj^,, ^ 
trembling. |john 2 io.i8 

< 13 n For it is God which worketh in you both to will and; ft^'il 
to do of his good pleasure. \%% H ' & _ 

dl4 ° Do all things without murmurings and disputings tj'i^iyf 

15 p That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons " 
of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and per- 
verse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world ; 

16 q Holding forth the word of life ; that I may rejoice 
in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither 
laboured in vain. 

e 17 r Yea, and if I be * offered upon the sacrifice and ser- 
vice of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 

18 ' For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice 
with me. 

19 ' But 1 trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus 
shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when 
I know your state. 

20 ° For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally 
care for your state. 

c21 'For all seek their own, not the things which are 
Jesus Christ's. 

22 y But ye know the proof of him, that as a son with 
the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 

23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I 
shall see how it will go with me. 

24 x But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come 
shortly. 

_25 a Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphro- 
ditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and Fellow- 
soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my 
wants. 

26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, 
because that ye had heard that lie had been sick. 
/27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: hut Go 
had mercy on him ; and not on him only, but on me also, 
lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 

28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when 
ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the 
less sorrowful. 

d29 b Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; 
and hold such in reputation. 

c30 c Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto 
death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service 
toward me. " 

. I€?5 » O 



c 3 c For we are the circumcision, which worship God in 
the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confi- 
dence in the flesh. 

4 d Though I might also have confidence in the flesh 
If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might 
trust in the flesh, I more : 

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of 
the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews ; as 
touching the law, a Pharisee ; 

6 e Concerning zeal, persecuting the church ; touching 
the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 

e 7 r But what things were gain to me, those I counted 
loss for Christ. 

c 8 E Yea doubtless, and 1 count all things but loss for the 
excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for 
whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count 
them but dung, that I may win Christ, 

' 9 h And be found in him, not having mine own right- 
eousness, which is of the law, but that which is through 
the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God b\ 
faith : 

10 i That I may know him, and the power of his resur- 
rection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made 
conformable unto his death ; 

11 k If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection 
of the dead. 

12 ' Not as though I had already attained, either were 
already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend 
that for which also I am apprehended of Christ .Jesus. 

d 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : 
hut this one thing / do, forgetting those things which art 
behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are 
before, 

14 m I press toward the mark for the prize of the high 
calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

15 n Let us therefore, as many as he perfect, be thus 
minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, I 
shall reveal even this unto you. 

16 " Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, lei 
us walk bv (lie same rule, let us mind the s;une thing. 

17 '' Brethren, be followers together of me, and mail 
them which walk so as ye have as lor an eiisample. 

c 18 '' (For many walk, of whom 1 have told you often, an. 1 
'■';-' now tell you even weeping, that they an the enemir 

M I . 55. I... . f ° 

ihc cross ol Chrisl : 
j,., 1 '"' ' * 1 if) r Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, 
'Hand whose glory is in their shame, who mind earth!) 



Philemon '! 

rhnp. 4. 1*. 
Col 1.7. M 

I 14 

I 

1 V.m B 14. 

.v le is 
c,i r,. B. 

Hob. 13. 17. 
r I Cor, 10, 

17 

chap. 4. 10. 



things.) 

1 10 ■ For our conversation is in heaven ; from whence 
also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Chrisl : 

b 31 ' Who shall change OUI file body, that it may be 



ch. 1 in. <a> '•• 1 oi- ' ! 1 •■• n 1 nn t 

10 - R01 
4 4. I IX ft. 5.. 

,, i-,, I it ij 1 Tim I 13 SCoi 4 in II 



II for 1 24 1 f'01 1 1(1 I. 

Oil 1. II, • II .'. » 12 . 1 • 



• j. 4 •: 1 11.. 



.I*,,,,.. I ?. '.ir.n 17 ■ ■' '> 1 * I.' I I ' 

: 11, n 11,, IS 1 p I Cor 1 Ifi ih 

II <: If.., ] or.ll 19, 

arhi n in ■■■ 1. .i I ■ ; 1 

e Deul in Rom 11.1 John 17. X ik An. ST. 7 ■ ■ ' 6 13 

ITin fl 18 '• I it 2 II ,1'l'nn fi .. 

.1. r i I .1 22 U Rom I I" II. i, 12 23 Urn '■ II I ilm 1 11 

A. D. c ; m P.. I:, 11 .. Ko U ir. I P. i '■ 3 J Pol, i 2 ), 

» 5vrr . i i ,; 

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ol 
THui 2 13 

A. II II 
I I C.r 1.1 

i,.i, i n 

C.l .1 4 



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jr.ht, : 



A D. 64. 



Prayer for the prosperity of the church. COLOSSI AIMS. 

fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the 
working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto 
himself. 

CHAPTER IV. 

From particular admonitions, 1, he proceedeth to general exhortations, 4, 
shewing how he rejoiced at their liberality towards him lying in prison, 
not so much for the supply of his own wants, as for the grace of God in 
them, 10; and so concluaeth with prayer and salutation, J 9. 

THEREFORE, a my brethren dearly beloved and longed 
for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my 
dearly beloved. 

2 b I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they 
be of the same mind in the Lord. 

b 3 c And I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help those 
women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement 
also, and with other my fellow-labourers, whose names are 
in the book of life. 

d 4 d Rejoice in the Lord always : and again I say, Rejoice. 

d 5 e Let your moderation be known unto all men. The 
Lord is at hand. 

d 6 f Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing by prayer 
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be 
made known unto God. 

b 7 s And the peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
ing, shall keep your liearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

d 8 h Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, what- 
soever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, 
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, 
whatsoever things are of good report ; if there he any virtue, 
and if there be any praise, think on these tilings. 

b 9 * Those things which ye have both learned, and re- 
ceived, and heard, and seen in me, do : and the God of 
peace shall be with you. 

10 k But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the 
last your care of me hath nourished again ; wherein ye 
were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 



a IOor.15.1. 
2 Cor. 1. 14, 
34. 

ch. 1. 8, 27. 
& 2. 16. 
lTh.2. 19,20 
1 Pet. 5. 12. 
b chap. 2. 2. 
& 3. 16. 
c Ex. 32. 33. 
Psa. 69. 29. 
Dan. 12. 1. 
Luke 10.20. 
Rom. 16. 2. 
chap. 1. 27. 
Heb. 12. 23. 
Rev. 3. 5. & 
13. 8. & 20. 
I2.& 21.27. 
(I Ro. 12. 12. 
2Cor.-13.il. 
ch. 2. 18. & 
3. 1. 

1 Th. 5. 16. 
elCor.10.11 
Titus 3. 2. 
Heb. 10. 25. 
James 5. 9. 

1 Pet 4. 7. 

2 Pet. 3. 8, 9. 
Rev. 1. 3. & 
22. 10. 

t Ps. 55. 22. 
Prov. 16. 3. 
Ml. 6. 25, 34. 
Luke 12.22. 
1 Cor. 7. 32. 
lTim.6.8,17 
1 Pet. 5. 7. 
s Jn. 14. ifl. 
Rom. 5. 1. 
Epli. 2. 14. 
h Ml. 5. 16. 
Rom. 12. 17. 
& 13. 13. 
Eph. 4. 19. 
lTh.4.3,4,5. 
i Ro. 15. 33. 
& 16. 20. 
lCor.4.16.& 
11.1.& 14.33 
2Cor.13.ll. 
chnp. 3. 17. 
1 Th. 5. 23. 
Heb. 13. 20- 
k2Cor.ll.9. 



A. D. 64. 



HTim.6.8,9 
mlCor.4.11. 
2 Cor. 6. 10. 
& 11. 27. 
n2Cor.l2.9. 
och. 1.7. 
P Ac. 16. 12. 
& 17. 14 
2Cor.1l.8.9. 
q Ro.15.28. 



Paul describeth the true Christ. 

1 1 x Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learn 
ed, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 
d 12 m I know both how to be abased, and I know how to 
abound : every where and in all tilings I am instructed 
both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to 
suffer need. 
' 13 u I can do all things through Christ which strength- 
eneth me. 

14 ° Notwithstanding, ye have well done that ye did 
communicate with my affliction. 

s 15 p Now ye Philippians, know also, that in the begin- 
ning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no 
church communicated with me as concerning giving and 
receiving, but ye only. 

16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto 
my necessity. 

17 q Not because I desire a gift : but I desire fruit that 
may abound to your account. 

18 r But I have all, and abound : I am full, having re- 
ceived of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from 
you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, 
weli-pleasing to God. 

6 19 s But my God shall supply all your need according to 
his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 

20 Now unto God and our Father he glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren 
which are with me greet you. 

22 * All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are ol 
Cesar's household. 

b 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
Amen. 

IT It was written to the Philippians from Rome, by Epaphroditus. 

ICor. 9. 12,|2Cor.l2.14.'r2Cor.9.12.|Heb. 13. 16.|sPsa.23. 1. 12 Cor. 9. 8. |Eph.3.16. |tch.l.l2 
15. (Titus 3. 14. chap. 2. 25. 1 



1 THE EPISTLES OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE COLOSSIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

After salutation, he thanketh God for their faith, 1 , confirmelh the doctrine 
of Epaphras, 1 , pray eth further for their increase in grace, 9; describeth 
the true Christ, 14; encouragelh them to receive Jesus Christ ; and com- 
mendeth his own ministry, 21, 

PAUL, a an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, 
and Timotheus our brother, 
g 2 b To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are 
at Colosse : Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our 
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 c We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 
c 4 d Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the 
love which ye have to all the saints, 
b 5 e For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, 
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the 
gospel : 

6 f Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world ; and 
bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye 
heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth : 
d 7 g As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow-serv- 
ant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ ; 

8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. 
e 9 h For this cruse we also, since the day we heard it, do 
not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be 
filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and 
spiritual understanding ; 

d -10 ' That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all 
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing 
in the knowledge of God ; 




1 1 k Strengthened with all might, according to his glori- 
ous power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy- 
fulness ; 

b 12 ! Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light ; 

' 13 m Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, 
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son : 

'14 n In whom we have redemption through his blood. 
even the forgiveness of sins : 

' 15 ° Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born 
of every creature : 

'* 16 p For by him were all things created, that are in hea- 
ven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether 
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers : 
all things were created by him, and for him: 

t 17 q And he is before all things, and by him all things 
consist, 

18 r And he is the head of the body, the church : who is 
the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; that in all 
things he might have the pre-eminence. 

'19 s For it pleased the Father that in him should all ful- 
ness dwell ; 

' 20 ' And, having made peace through the blood of his 
cross, by him to reconcile all things unto liimself ; by him, 
I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 

'21 u And you, that were sometime alienated and ene- 



n Ac. 13.38. 
Rom. 3. 24. 
Eph. 1.7. 
Heb. 9. 14. 
1 Pet. 1. 19. 
o Fs. 89. 27. 



&110.3. 
John 14. 9. 
2 Cor. 4. 4. 
Philip. 2. 6. 
Heb. 1. 3. 
Rev. 3. 14. 



p.lohn 1. 3. 
Rom. 8. 38. 
& 11. 36. 
1 Cor. 8. 6. 
Eph. 1. 21. 
&3. 9. 



chap. 2. 15. 
Heb. 1. 2. 
1 Pet. 3. 22. 
qjn. 1.1,3. 
& 17. 5. 
r Ac. 26. 23. 



lCor.l5.26,|&3. 34, 35. 
23. lEph. 4. 10. 

Etph. 1. 10, Ichaf). 2. 9. 
22. & 4. 15. &3. 11. 
Rev. 1.5. t lea. 9. 5,6. 
sJohnl.lG.Luke2. 14. 

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John 6. 33. iF.ph. 1. 10. 
& 16. 33. I&. 2. 14, 16. 
Acts 10. 36. II Jn. 4. 10. 
Ro. 5. l,16.uEph.2.1,2. 



2 Cor. 5. 18ll2,19.&4.i? 



l-Jpli 

,1!'. 



h 



x Lu. 1. 75. 
Eph. 1.4. & 
2.15.&5.26, 



z Rom. 5. 3. 
& 12. 5. 

1 Cor. 12. 27. 

2 Cor. 1.5,6. 
&. 4. 10, 11. 
&7. 4. 
Eph. 1. 23. 
&3. 1, 13. 
Phil. 2. 17. 
&3. 10. 
2Tim. 1.2,8, 



The hand-writing of ordinances blotted out. 

mies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he 
reconciled, 

6 22 x In the body of his flesh through death, to present'f^ 4 7 
you holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable, in his sight :j|^,fi?|; 

d 23 y If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and $£*£■}*■ 
be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye'^jfj 5 - 
have heard, and which was preached to every creature if.S'&^ia 
which is under heaven ; whereof I Paul am made a minister ; jck^W 8 ' 

24 z Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill upiainSljSii. 
that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh 
for his body's sake, which is the church : 

25 a Whereof I am made a minister, according to the 
dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil 
the word of God 

26 b Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages, loV&afii 
and from generations, but now is made manifest to his ~ 
saints : 

e 27 c To whom God would make known what is the riches 
of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles ; which is 
Christ in you, the hope of glory : 

28 d Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching 
every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man 
perfect in Christ Jesus : 

29 e Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his 
working, which worketh in me mightily. 

CHAPTER II. 

He still exhnrteth them to be constant in Christ, 1 , to beware of philosophy, 
and vain traditions, 8, worshipping of angels, 18, and legal ceremonies, 
which are ended in Christ, 20. 

FOR a I would that ye knew what great conflict I have 
for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many 
as have not seen my face in the flesh ; 

'' 2 b That their hearts might be comforted, being knit 
together in love, and unto al! riches of the full assurance of 
understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of 
God, and of the Father, and of Christ ; 

1 3 c In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 

4 d And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with 
enticing words. 

.5 "For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with'^'V' j 
you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the' 
steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 

d G f As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, 
so walk ye in him : 

d 7 g Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, 
as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanks- 
giving. 

d8 h Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy ||jj<[ hn jj[%j[jj 
and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudi- 
ments of the world, and not after Christ. 

'" 9 ' For in him dwellcth all the fulness of the Godhead 
bodily. 

' 10" '' And ye are complete in him, which is the head of | a j .'; 27 
all principality arid power : 

Ml 'In whom also ye are circumcised with the circum- 
cision made without hands, in putting off the body of the 
sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ : 

12 "Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are 



COLOSSIANS. An exhortation to charity and other duties. 

16 q Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, 
or in respect of a holy day, or of the new-moon, or of the 
sabbath-days : 

17 r Which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body 
is of Christ. 

e 18 9 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a volun- 
tary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into 
those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by 
his fleshly mind, 

* 19 ' And not holding the Head, from which all the body 
by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and 
knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. 

20 u Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudi- 
ments of the world, why as though living in the world, are 
ye subject to ordinances, 

21 (Touch not ; taste not ; handle not ; 

22 "Which all are to perish with the using;) after the 
commandments and doctrines of men ? 

23 y Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will- 
worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body ; not in 
any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. 

CHAPTER III. 
He shewelh where we should seek Christ, 1 : He exhorteth to mortification, 
5, to put off the old man, and to put on Christ, 10 ; exhorting to charity, 
humility, and other several duties, 12. 



_. 25. 
Rom. 15. 19. 

1 Cor. 4. 1. 
Gal. 2. 7. 
Eph. 3. 2. 

2 Tim. 4. 5. 
bMt. 13. 11. 
Rom. 16.25. 

1 Cor. 2. 7. 
Eph. 1.9. & 
3. 9. 

2Tim.l.l0. 
TituB 1. 3. 
IPet.l. 10,20 
c Ro. 9. 23. 

2 Cor. 2. 14 
Eph. 1.7,18 
& 3. 8. 

1 Tim. 1. 1 
d ActB 20. 
20, 27. 

2 Cor. 11.2 
Eph. 4 13. 
olCor.15.in 
Phil. 1. 30. 
& 2. 16. 
chtip. 2. 1. 

a Eph. 3. I. 
Phil. 1. 30. 
ch 1.21. & 
4.12. 

1 Tbes 2. 2. 
h Isn.53. 11. 
Jcr. 9. 23. 
.lohn 17. 3. 

2 Cor. 1.6. 
Phil. 3. 8. 
chop. 1. 9. 
clCor.1.24. 
Eph. 1.8. 
ch. 1.9, 19. 
il Cen 29.25 
Rom. 16.18. 
2Cor. 11.13. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
& 5. 6. 
chnp. 2. 18. 

1 Cor. 5. 3. 
& 14. 40. 
chapter 1. 4. 
l'I'hes.2.17. 

1 Petei 5. 9. 



I lf'nr. 1 
Eph. 1. 21. 
22. & 2. 3, 
IH. St 3. 17. 
I, Mat.15.2. 
Rom. 16. L7. 
Gal. Ill M 

i :i. B. 

Eph. 4. 4. A 

5, II. 

,ei !0. " 

11,1,. l.i ». 

i.lt,l,M I II 

1 C,,r. II. 3. 

chop, I. 19, 



r„r. 15.84, 
Eph. I. 21. 

a a 19. 

i ivi.-i3.22. 
I In in. 16. 
I ,, i, 
Joi i I 

U 2. 29. 



h.4. 22. 
Philip. 3. 3. 

oh 3 -. 9. 

Bom '• i. i 
Eph I.IU.4 

nEph.2.1.11 

.. Rom B II 

& 7. I 

risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, ESiJ: 9 7?'i?: 
who hath raised him From the dead. lo.tio. n fl 

,,<;,„ :i i • 



raised 
'13 " And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircum- i 
cision of your flesh, hath he quickened together witn film, iSm- is ■-< 
having forgiven you all trespasses; 

14 "Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that 
was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out 
of the way, nailing it to his cross ; 

/"15 r And having spoiled principalities and powers, he 
openly, triumphing over them in it. 



made a shew of them 
162 



IH 

.til 22 

John 12. 31. 
& 111. II. 
Eph. 4. 8. A 
n. 12. 
Bob. 2. II. 



F a ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which 
are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand ot 
God. 

d 2 b Set your affection on things above, not on things on 
the earth. 

* 3 c For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ 
in God. 

o 4 d When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall 
ye also appear with him in glory. 

d 5 e Mortify therefore your members which are upon the 
earth ; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry : 
m 6 f For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on 
the children of disobedience 



7 g In the which 
lived in them. 

8 h But now ye also 



ye also walked sometime, when ye 

put off all these ; anger, wrath, 
malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 

d 9 ' Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put oft 
the old man with his deeds; 

c 10 k And have put on the new ?nan, which is renewed 
in knowledge after the image of him that created him : 

1 1 ' Where there is neither Creek nor Jew, circumcision 
nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: 
but Christ is all, and in all. 

d 12 '"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, 
meekness, long-suffering ; 

d 13 n Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, 
if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ for- 
gave you, so also do ye. 

d II '"And above all these thirjgS put On charily, which is 

the bond of perfectness. 

6 15 ''And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the 

which also \ e are called in one body i and be ye thankful. 
d Ifi «Le1 the word of Christ dwell in yon richly in all 

teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, 

13. 



10 

wisdom 
ii. i,ii ii,i, i 



K,»m 



fa 

I ),„ i R|| ICoi <■■ in Hob, I' 1 I i' i; ■' II ''•■' . 

■<■„, 3 in ' hom r, n. m„. ea 14 fcH.n i ■ .'■,„ 

Phi.i, 

!■., ,. i ■ | i . . , n l:.- : I 17.14 I'""'" IP 

12 k ] ••. 23 I ph 2. I. ik< ] '' .'.''■ \\ 



. IS 13 

(3 1.4.10. ■ '■ 

I Pi loi ii *"*■ 84, 

fcli.li.i in. • lip", -' M «■• 2 '■ 

13 |chpj 



Jct.OT. a Mi. 15 ". 

E/.-k. 



I, pfil ip 2 13 

'i:i.3 Rom i 

I ICoi 6 13 f. B 24 >'■',-- £'•' ■■' 

7. ,* J. 3.S. |h Rom- «.< 
Cl.9.20. iThof. i 
ij„i,m t. I. ITrin.4 58.!cb»pler 1.5.1 



\, li 64 



H pi 

II iKpl, I 23 
,, v ,i ii >:, p(,ilip..4..7. 



23 



,.|. I in ilnik ll. -• ■ row-". ■■ 
ip. 1.28. 



I 

1 t'oi 

22 & 1 .' I ' 
(;«1. 3. 26 



23 



Good estate of the Thessalonia?is. I. THESSALONIANS. How the apostles preached Christ. 

and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your r * u ° ^ d 6 f Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with 



hearts to the Lord 

d*ll T And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in 

the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the 
Father by him. 

d 18 s Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, 
as it is fit in the Lord. 

d 19 l Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against 
them. 

d 20 u Children, obey your parents in all things : for this 
is well-pleasing unto the Lord. 

d%\ x Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest 
they be discouraged. 

d 22 y Servants, obey in all things your masters according 
to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but 
in singleness of heart, fearing God : 

d 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, 
and not unto men; 

b 24 z Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the 
reward of the inheritance : for ye serve the Lord Christ. 

25 a But he that doeth wrong, shall receive for the 
wrong which he hath done : and there is no respect of 
persons. 

CHAPTER IV. 

He exhorteth them to be fervent in prayer, 1, to walk wisely towards them, 
that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ, 5. He saluteth 
them, and wisheth them all prosperity, 10 

"|Bl/|" ASTERS,* give unto your servants that which is 

ItX just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master 
in heaven. 

d 2 b Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving ; 

d 3 c Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto 
us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for 
which I am also in bonds : 

4 d That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 

d 5 e Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, 
redeeming the time. 



r Rom. 1. 8. 
1 Cor. 10.31 
Eph. 5 4,20 
1 Th. 5. 18. 
2Thes. 13 
Heb. 13. 15 
b Gen. 3. 16. 
1 Cor. 11. 3. 
1 Tim. 2. 12. 
Titus 2. 5. 
1 Pet. 3. 1,5. 
t Eph. 5. 25, 
28. 

u Eph. 6.1. 
x Eph. 6. 4. 
y Eph. 6. 5. 
1 Tim. 6. 1. 
Titus 2. 9. 
1 Pet. 2. 18. 
zl Cor 7.22. 
a Ac. 10. 34. 
Rom. 2. 11. 
Eph. 6. 9. 
1 Pet. 1. 17. 
a Lev.25.43. 
1 Cor. 7. 22. 
Eph. 6. 9. 
b Luke 18.1. 
Rom. 12.12. 
Eph. 5. 4, 
20. & 6. 18. 
chap. 3. 15. 
lThes.5.17, 
18. 
c Mt. 13. 11. 

1 Cor. 4. 1. 
& 16. 9. 

2 Cor. 2 12. 
Eph.3.1,13. 
&4. 1. &6. 
19,20. 
Philip. 1. 7, 
13. 

ch. 1. 26. & 
2.2. 

2Thes. 3. 1. 
d 1 Cor.9.16. 
2 Cor. 2. 14. 
& 3. 12. & 
4.2. 

e Dan. 2. 8. 
Eph. 5. 15, 

IThes. 4. 12. 



A. D. 64. 



f Psa, 45. 2. 
Pr. 10. 32. 
Ec. 10. 12. 
Mark 9. 50. 
Luke 4. 22. 
chap. 3. 16. 
1 Pet. 3. 15. 

Acts 20.4. 

ph. 6. 21. 



2Tim.4. 12. 
hPhilem.10. 
i Acts 15. 37. 
& 19. 29. & 
20.4. & 27.2. 
2 Tim. 4. 11. 
.Pliilem.24. 
kRo.15.30. 



ye may know how ye ought to answer every 



salt, that 
man. 

d 7 e All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is 
a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant 
in the Lord : 

8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, 
that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts ; 

c 9 h With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who 
is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things 
which are done here. 

1 J Aristarchus, sny fellow-prisoner, saluteth you, and 
Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye re- 
ceived commandments : if he come unto you, receive him;) 

1 1 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the cir- 
cumcision. These only are my fellow- workers unto the 
kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. 

b 1 2 k Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, 
saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, 
that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will 
of God. 

g 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal 
for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in 
Hierapolis. 

14 ' Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 

15 m Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and 
Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. 

g 16 n And when this epistle is read among you, cause 
that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans ; and 
that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 

d 17 ° And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry 
which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 

18 p The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remem- 
ber my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. 

IT Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus. 



1 Cor. 2. 6,|& 3. 15. IHeb. 5. 14. iPhilem. 24. |nlTh.5.27.|2 Tim. 4. 5,lp 
15. & 14:20. chapter 1.7.1 2 Tim. 4. m Ro. 16. 5. o Ro.15.19. 17. (21 

Philip. 2.25..Phhem. 23. 110,11. llCor.16. 19.lchap. 1. 25. |Philem.22. 



4. 5,|plCor. 16.|2Thes.3.17 
IHeb. 13. 3. 



H THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE THESSAiLONIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

The Thessalonians are given to understand both how mindful of them St. 
Paul was at all times in thanksgiving, and prayer, 1 ; and also how well 
he was persuaded of the truth and sincerity of their faith and conversion 
to God, 5. 

PAUL, a and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church 
of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father, and 
in the Lord Jesus Christ : Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 b We give thanks to God always for you all, making 
mention of you in our prayers ; 

d 3 c Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, 
and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus 
Christ, in the sight of God and our Father ; 

t 4 d Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 

1 5 e For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but 
also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assu- 
rance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among 
you for your sake. 

e 6 f And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, 
having received the word in much affliction, with joy of 
the Holy Ghost : 

g 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Mace 
donia and Achaia. 

e 8 g -por from you sounded out the word of the Lord not 
only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your 
faith to God-ward is spread abroad ; so that we need not 
to speak any thing. 



A. D. 54. 



a Ac. 15.40. 
& 18. 5. 
Rom. 1. 7. 

1 Cor. 1.3. 

2 Cor. 1. 2. 
Gal. 1.3. 
Eph. 1. 2. 
Philip. 1. 2. 
Col. 1. 1. 

1 Peter 1.2. 
& 5. 12. 
bRom. 1.8. 
Eph. 1. 16. 
Philip. 1.3. 
Col. 1. 3. 
2T!ies. 1.3. 
c John 6.29. 
Acts 17. 7. 
Gal. 5. 6. 
chap. 2. 14. 
2Thea. 1. 3. 
James 2. 17. 
d Col. 3. 12. 

2 Th. 2. 13. 
eMk.16.20. 
Rom. 15. 18. 

1 Cor. 1. 6. 

62. 4. 
chap. 12. 14. 

2 Cor. 6. 6. 
Gal. 3. 2, 5. 
ch. 2. 1, 13. 
& 5. 19. 
2Thes.3.P. 
f Acts 5. 21, 
41. & 17.5. 

1 Cor. 4. 16. 
&11. 1. 
Phil. 3. 17. 
ch. 2. 14. & 
3.3. 
2Thes.l. 5. 

63. 9. 
Heb. 10. 34. 
g Rom. 1.8. 
chap. 4. 10. 

2 Thes. 1. 4. 



d 9 h For they themselves shew of us what manner of 
entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God 
from idols, to serve the living and true God ; 

t 10 ; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he 
raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from 
the wrath to come. 

CHAPTER II. 

In what manner the gospel was brought and preached to the TTiessalonians, 
and in what sort also they received it, 1 . A reason is rendered, both why 
Saint Paul was so long absent from them, and also why he was so desirous 
to see them, 18. 

FOR a yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto 
you, that it was not in vain : 
g 2 b But even after that we had suffered before, and were 
shamefully entreated, as ye know at Philippi, we were bold 
in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much 
contention. 

p 3 c For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of unclean^ 
ness, nor in guile ; 

d 4 d But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with 
the gospel, even so we speak ; not as pleasing men, but 
God, which trieth our hearts. 

5 e For neither at any time used we flattering words, as 
ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness ; God is witness 



hlCor.12.2. 
,Gal. 4. 8. 
lchaD.2.2. 



i Matt. 3. 7 
Acts 1.1*. 
& 2. 24. 
Rom. 1. 18. 
& 2. 5, 8. & 
5.9. 



Eph. 5. 6. 
Phil. 3. 20. 
Col. 3. 6. 



Rev. 1.7. 

rh. 1.5,9 
2 Thes. 3.1 
b Acts 16. 



[2Peter3J2. 



:hap. 4. 16. _ . 
!Th.l.7,10. 22. & 17..2 



Phil. 1. 30. 



Col. 1.20. 
&2. 1. 
ch,3.3,7. 
c 2 Cor. 2. 
17. & 4. 2. 
5.&7.2. & 



11. 13. 


& 2.7. 


2 Pet. 1.16. 


1 Tim. 1.11, 


dl Cor. 4.1. 


12. 


& 7. 25. & 


TituBl.3. 


9.17. 


e Ac. 20. 33. 


Gal. 1. ID. 


Bom. 1. 9. 



&9. 1. 

2 Cor. 1.23. 

&2.17.&4. 

2. & 7. 2. & 

11. 3. & 12- 

17. 



Gal. 1. 10. 
Phil. 1. 8 
lTim.5.2l 
2 Tim 4.1. 



132 



PauVs great love to the Thessalonians. I. THESSALOISIANS. A brief description of the resurrection- 

c 6 f Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yel; ^", 5 ^ for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our 
of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the f^£ff\God; 
apostles of Christ. ISJoSllll b 10 f Night and da y P ravin g exceedingly that we might 

dl e But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse \f^' K 1 |see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in 
cherisheth her children : llrfP"* 2 y our faith q - 

c8 h So being affectionately desirous of you, we were Jp^% 3 ^[ _ U Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus 
willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God; h 5 ~ Coria - 
only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.! 1 ^ 13 ^ 8 3 - 



Christ, direct our way unto you. 

b 12 e And the Lord make you to increase and abound in 
9 1 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail :;2Cor.9.ii;il° ve one toward another, and toward all men, even as we 



for labouring night and day, because we would not be 
chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the 
gospel of God. 

d 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and 
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you 
that believe : 

d 1 1 k As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and 
charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 

t 12 ' That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called 
you unto his kingdom and glory. 

d 13 m For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, 
because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard 
of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is 
in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also 
in you that believe. 

14 » F or ye 5 brethren, became followers of the churches 
of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus : for ye also have 
suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they 
have of the Jews : 

c 15 ° Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own pro- 
phets, and have persecuted us ; and they please not God, 
and are contrary to all men : 

16 p Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they 
might be saved, to fill up their sins always : for the wrath 
is come upon them to the uttermost. 

17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short 
lime in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more 
abundantly to see your face with great desire. ' 

18 r Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I 
Paul, once and again ; but Satan hindexed us. 

b 19 r For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? 
Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ 
at his coming 1 

20 For ye are our glory and joy. 

CHAPTER III. 

Saint Paul testifieth his great love to the Thessalonians ; partly by sending 
Timothy unto them to strengthen and comfort them ; partly by rejoicing 
in their well-doing, 1 ; and partly by praying for them, and desiring a 
safe coming unto them, 10. 

WHEREFORE, when we could no longer forbear, we 
thought it good to be left at Athens alone 
d 2 a And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of 
God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, to 
establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith : 

3 b That no man should be moved by these afflictions : 
for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 

4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you be- 
fore that we should suffer tribulation ; even as it came to 
pass, and ye know. 

5 c For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent 
to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have 
tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 

c 6 d But now, when Timotheus came from you unto us, 
and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and 
that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring 
greatly to see us, as we also to see you : 

7 e Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in 
all our affliction and distress by your faith : 

8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 

3 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, 
166 



l £'n. l »M')do toward you : 



& 12. 10, 13 
Gal. 4. 11. 
Pliil.2. 16. 
chap. 3. 5. 
2 Thee. 3. 8. 
1 Tim. 4. 10. 
kRom.:J.24. 
I Gen. 17. 1. 

1 (.'or. 1. 9. 
& 7. 20. 
Gal. I 6. & 
5.8. 

Eph.4. 1. 
Philip. 1.27. 
Col. 1. 10. 
chap 5. 24. 
2Thes.2.14. 

2 Tim. 1. 9. 

1 Pet. 1. 15. 
& 5. 10. 
mJJt. 10.40. 
Gal 4. 14. 
chap. 4.8. 

2 Pel. '. 2. 
n Acts 17.5, 
13. 

ch.ip. 1. 6. 
Heb 10.34. 

Mat. 5. 12. 
& 23. 34, 37. 
Luke ti. 23. 
& 13. 33. 
Acts 2. 23, 
36. & 3. 15. 
&5.30.&7 
52. & 8. 4. 
fell. 19. 
pGcu.15.16. 
Ma;. 23. 32. 
Luke 11.52. 
Acts 13. 50. 
& 14. 8, 19. 
& 18. 12. & 
19. 9. & 22. 
21. 22. 
2Thcs. 1.6 
q Rom. I. 
13. & 15. 22 
rPr.16. 31. 
Ruck. 16.12. 
& 23. 42. 
2 Cor. 1 14 
Philip. 2. 16 
&4. 1. 
a Acts 16. 1. 
&. 17. 4. 
Rom.lG.21. 

1 Cor. 16.10 

2 Cor. 1.19. 
Philip. 2.19. 
b Arts 9. 15. 
& 14. 22. & 
17. 5. St. 21. 
11. 

F.ph. 3. 13. 
Philip. 1.14 



"F 



im. i. 

2. 2, 



2Tiin.X12. 
1 Pet. 3. 21. 

r Phil 'J. 16. 
cbr.p. 2. 9. 
>1 Acts 18. 5. 
echnp. 2. 2, 
15. 



A. I). 51. 

B ii 10, 

11. & 15 23. 

fcW 9 
hZe.M, 5. 

1 C.,r. l.H. 
Philip. I. 10. 
chap. 5. 23. 
2Thei.S.17. 
Jude 14, 
a Phil. 1.27. 
chnp. 2. 12. 

i. 6*. so. n. 

Mail. 5. 27. 
Horn. 6. 19, 
28. ic 12. 2. 

1 Cor. 5. 11. 
& Ii. !l. 15. 

i. . 5 IB, 'i 
Eph. 4. 20. 
fc 5.3, 17,87. 
Philip. I. k. 
Col. 3. 5, 
c Rom. 1.84. 

1 Cor. 6. IH. 

2 Cor. I. 7. 
il Ro. 1.21. 
1 Cor. 15.34. 
Gal. 4.8. 
Eph. 2.12. 

& i. ir, ih, 
yn,r. i.a 

b Lor. 9. II. 

1 Cor. ft, 8. 

Hub. IS. 14. 
I Put, I. 15 

fl.iv. 11.44. 

*. p.) a. 

John 17. 19. 
1 Cor. 1 . 2. 
(1,11.10.16. 
1 Cor. 2. 10. 
Sc 7. 40. 
I John3.24 



b 13 h To the end he may establish your hearts unblama- 
ble in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming 
of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 

CHAPTER IV. 

He exhorteth them to go forward in all manner of godliness, 1 , to live holily 
and justly, 6, to love one another, 9, and quietly to follow their own busi- 
ness, II : and last of all. to sorrow moderately for the dead, 13; and 
unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief description of the resurrec- 
tion, and second coming of Christ to judgment, 15. 

URTI-1ERMORE a then we beseech you, brethren, 
and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have 
received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so 
ye would abound more and more. 

2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by 
the Lord Jesus. 

d 3 b For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, 
that ye should abstain from fornication : 

4 c That every one of yon should know how to possess 
his vessel in sanctification and honour ; 

5 d Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles 
which know not God : 

d 6 e That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in 
any matter : because that the Lord is the avenger of an 
such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 

7 f For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but 
unto holiness. 

8 s He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but 
God who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 

d9 h But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I 
write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to 
love one another. 

g 10 * And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which 
are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, that 
ye increase more and more ; 

d 11 k And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own 
business, and to work with your own hands, as we com- 
manded you ; 

d\2 ' That ye may walk honestly toward them that arc 
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 

13 "' But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, 
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not. 
even as others which have no hope. 

t 14 n For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring 
with him. 

15 ° For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, 
that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the 
Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 

t 16 p For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with 
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the 
trump of God : and the dead in Clnist shall rise first: 

* 17 i Then we which are alive and remain shall be caughl 
up together with them in the clouds, to meel Hie Lord ii, 
the air: and so shall we ever he with the Lord. 

d 18 r Wherefore, comfort one another with these words. 



bLoT.19.ia 
Jor, 31.34. 
Mat. 22. 311 
John 6. 45. 
A. 13. 34. & 
14. 20. k 



15. 12. 
Bpb, 5. 2. 
ch. 3. 12. & 
5. 8, 15. 
Hrh.8. 11. 
lTet. 4.B. 



1 .Iolm2.0n 
& 3 11,23. 
&. 4.21. 
i chop. 1. 7 
k Ac 20 34 
Eph. 4. 28. 



2Tlir««. 3. |m Lor. 19. 
7, 12 28. 

I Prt. 4. 15. Drill. 14. 1 
IHn. 13. 13.12 Pa. 12.20 
1 Cor. 14. llfton, 2. 12. 
Coloi. 4.5. l2fhc«.2.16 

133 



n I Cor. 15.11 Cor. IS. 5 lArtu I. 9. 
13.18. «TW 17.11" n IS 

o I Cor. ISJnJohn 12. Irch 5. II. 
22. (26 oc 14.3. |2Thc I, 

\Il 17. 24. 10 



p Ml 94. 3X1 



110. 4.2. )! 



A. f>. 54. 



a Mat. 24. 3, 
36. 

b Mat. 24. 
42, 43. & 
25. 13. 
Mark 13. 34. 
Luke 12. 39. 
& 21 . 34. 
2 Pet. 3. 0. 
Rev. 3. 3.& 
10. 15. 
e Jsa. 13. 8. 
Jer. 13. 21. 
Hos. 13. 13. 
Luke 21 34. 
2 Thes. 1. 9. 
d Eph. 5. 8. 
e Luke 16. 8. 
Rom. 13. 12. 
Eph. 5. 8. 
f.Vi at. 24.42. 
&. 25. 13. 
Luke 21. 34. 
Rom. 13.11. 
1 Cor. 15.34. 
Eph, 5. 14. 

1 Pet. 5. 8. 
g Ro. 13. 13. 
h lea. 59. 17. 
Rom. 13. 12. 
Eph. 6. 14. 

i Rom. 9. 22. 

2 Th. 2. 14. 
2 Tim. 2. 20. 

1 Pet. 2. 8. 
Jude 4. 

k Ro. 14. 8. 

2 Cor. 5. 15 
Ich. 4.10,18. 
m Mat. 9.50. 
Rom. 15.27. 
lCor.9. 11. 
& 16. 18. 
Gal. 6. 6. 
Philip. 2. 2. 
1 Tim. 5 17. 
Heb. 13. 7. 



Manifestation of Christ in the great day. II. THESSALONIANS. 

CHAPTER V. 

He proceedeth in the former description of Christ's coming to judgment, I, 
and giveth divers precepts, 12, and so concludeth the epistle, 23. 

BUT a of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have 
no need that I write unto you. 
t 2 b For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the 
Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 

3 c For when they shall say, Peace and safety ; then 
sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a 
woman with child ; and they shall not escape. 

4 d But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day 
should overtake you as a thief. 

* 5 e Ye are all the children of light, and the children of 
the day : we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 

d 6 f Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us 
watch and be sober. 

7 e For they that sleep, sleep in the night ; and they that 
be drunken, are drunken in the night. 

d 8 h But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on 
the breast-plate of faith and love ; and for a helmet, the 
hope of salvation. 

9 ' For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain 
salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 

t 10 k Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, 
Ave should live together with him. 

d 1 1 ! Wherefore, comfort yourselves together, and edify 
one another, even as also ye do. 

d 12 m And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which 
labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and ad- 
monish you ; 



A. D. 54. 



nRom. 14.1. 
& 15. 1. 
2 Cor. 6. 6. 
Gal. 6. 1, 2. 
Eph. 4. 2. 
Col. 3. 12. 
2Thes. 3. 1, 
6.11, 12. 
oLev. 19.18. 



Departure fi om the faith foretold. 

13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their 
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 

d 14 n Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are 
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be 
patient toward all men. 

d\b° See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but 
ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, 
and to all men. 

d 16 p Rejoice evermore. 

d 17 q Pray without ceasing. 

d 18 r In every thing give thanks : for this is the will of 
God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 

d 1 9 s Quench not the Spirit. 
20 ' Despise not prophesyings. 

d 21 u Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good. 

d 22 x Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

t 23 y And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and 
I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be pre- 
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

* 24 z Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 

d 25 * Brethren, pray for us. 
26 b Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. 

c 27 c I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read 
unto all the holy brethren. 

b 28 d The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 6e with you. Amen. 

IT The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens. 



Pr. 17. 13. & 
20. 22. 
Mat. 5. 39. 
Rom. 12. 17 
1 Cor. 6. 7. 
Gal. 6. 10. 
chap. 3. 12. 



IPet. 3. 9. iqEe. 8. 22. 
p Mat. 5. 12|Luke 18. 1, 
LukelO. 20. Rom 12. 12. 
Rom. 12. 12. Eph 6. 18. 
2 Cor. 6. W.iColos. 4.2. 
Phil. 2. IS. 1 Pet. 4. 7. 
1 Pet. 4. 13. lrEph.5.4,20, 



Col. 3. 15. |2Thes.2. 15.11 Cor. 1.8. la Col. 4.3. Id Ro. 16. 20 
slCor.14 30.ll John 4. 1. 2Cor. 13.11. 2 Thes. 3. 1.124. 
Eph. 4. 30. ix Philip. 4.8.lPhilip. 4. 9. b Ro. 16. 16.ilCor.10.23 
lTim..4. 14. chap. 4. 12. iz 1 Cor. 1. 9.1] Cor. 16.20.12 Cor. 13. 13 
tlCor. 14.1. y Ro. 15.33.;2Cor. 1. 18. l Pet. 5. 14. Gal. 6. 18. 
u 1 Cor.2.11.l& 16. 20. 12 Thes. 3. 3.1c Col. 4. 16. Philip. 4. 23 



IF THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 



TO THE THESS 



CHAPTER I. 



Saint Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which he had of their faith, 
love, and patience, 1 ; and therewithal useth divers reasons for the com- 
forting of them in persecution, whereof the chief est is taken from the 
righteous judgment of God, 1 1 . 

|AUL, a and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church 
of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord 
Jesus Christ : 

b 2 b Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

c 3 c We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, 
as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, 
and the charity of every o'ne of you all toward each other 
aboundeth ; 

c 4 d So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of 
God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions 
and tribulations that ye endure : 

5 e Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment 
of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of 
God, for which ye also suffer : 

t 6 f Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense 
tribulation to them that trouble you ; 

t 7 s And to you, who are troubled, rest with us, when the 
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 

* 8 h In naming fire taking vengeance on them that know 
not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ: 

<* 9 i Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction 
from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his 
power ; 

* 10 k When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and 
to be admired in all them that believe (because our testi- 
mony among you was believed) in that day. 



A. D. 54. 



a ITh. 1.1 
h 1 Cor. 1.3 
2 Cor. 1. 2. 
Gal. 1. 3. 
Eph. 1. 2. 
Philip. 1. 2. 
Colos. 1. 2. 
1 Thes. 1.1 
1 Pet. 1. 2. 
cRom. 1.8. 
ICor. 1.4. 
Eph. 1. 15. 
Philip. 1. 3 
Colos. 1. 3. 
1 Thes. 1. 2 
&3.6.&4.9 
d2Cor.7.14, 
&9. 2. 
1 Thes. 1. 3, 
6. &2. 14,19 
& 3. 4, 7. 
ePhil. 1. 28 

1 Th. 2. 14. 
Jude 6. 
fZech. 2. 8 
Rev. 6. 10. 
silt. 5. 11. 
& 25. 34. 
Rom. 8. 17. 

2 Cor. 4. 17. 
ITh. 4.16. 
2Tim. 2.12 
1 Peter 1. 6 
&5. 10. 
hPs.79. 6. 
Mat. 25. 41. 
Rom. 2. 8. 
ICor. 15.34 
Gal. 4. 8. 
Eph. 2. 12. 

1 Thes. 4. 5. 
Heb. 12. 29. 

2 Pet. 3. 7. 
i Isa. 2. 19. 
Rom. 2. 8,9. 
Jude 9, 10. 
k Acts 1.11. 
1 Th. 1. 10 
& 4. 16. 
Rev. 1. 7. 



AD. 54. 



1 ITh. 1. 3. 
aMt.24.31. 
Murk 13.27. 

1 Thes. 4.15. 
b Jer. 2!). 8. 
Mt.24.4,21. 
Knh. 5. fi. 
Col. 2. 18. 
chap. 3. 14. 

2 Tim. 3. 1. 
2 Pet. 2. 1. 
&3. 1. 

1 John 4. 1. 
c Mr. 24. 23. 
Luke 18. 8. 



AL.ONIANS. 

b ll 1 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God 
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the 
good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with 
power : 

12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glo- 
rified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our 
God, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

CHAPTER II. 

He willeth them to continue steadfast in the truth received, 1 ; shewelh that 
there shall be a departure from the faith, 3, and a discovery of anti- 
christ, before the day of the Lord come, 8 : and thereupon repeateth his 
former exhortation, and pray eth for them, 15. 

OW a we be beseech you, brethren, by the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together 
unto him, 

2 b That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, 
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as 
that the day of Christ is at hand. 

*■ 3 c Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day 
shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and 
that man of sin be. revealed, the son of perdition ; 

4 a Who'opposeth and exalte th himself above all that is 
called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sit- 
teth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 

5 Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I 
told you these things 1 

6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be 
revealed in his time. 

7 e For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only 
he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 

r 8 f And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the 
Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall 
destroy with the brightness of his coming: 

Eph. 5. 6. IJnde 4, 17. 1,1 Ez. 28. 2, |& O. 36 I] I Jn. 2. 18. IF Job 4. 9. IHosea 6. 5. |jfc 19.15.90, 
1 Tim. 4. 1. Rev. 13. 11. R, 9. Rev. 13. 6. ]& 4. 3. Ilsa. 11. 4. |Rev. 2. 16. |21. 

1 John 2.18. & 17.8. IPan. 7. 25. leAcls20.29.l 

134 



The right use ana end of the law. 

9 g Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, 
with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 

10 h And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in 
them that perish ; because they received not the love of 
the truth, that they might be saved. 

t 1 1 * And for this cause God shall send them strong delu- 
sion, that they should believe a lie : 

12 k That they all might be damned who believed not 
the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

t 13 1 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for 
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifica- 
tion of the Spirit, and belief of the truth : 

14 Whereunto tie called you by our gospel, to the ob- 
taining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ 

e 15 



I. TIMOTHY. 



A. D. 54. 



g Dt. 13. 1. 

Mat. 24. 24. 
John 8. 41. 
2 Cot. 4. 4. 
Eph. 2, 2. 
Rev. 13. 13. 
& 19. 20. 
h2Cor.2.15. 
&4 3. 
UKgs.22.22. 
2Chr. 18.22. 
Prov. 1. 29. 
Ez. 14. 9. 
Mat. 24. 5, 
11, 24. 
Mark 13. 6. 
Luke 21. 8. 
Rom. 1. 24 
1 Tim. 4. 1. 
k Ro. 1. 32. 
1 Eph. 1.4. 
1 Thes 1. 4. 
chap. 1. 3. 

1 Pet. 1.2. 
m 1 Cor. 11. 
2. & 16. 13. 
Philip. 4. 1. 
chap. 3. 6. 

j n 1 Th. 4. 13 

r Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions <^Tii.3.w. 
which ye have been taught, whether by word, or ourepistle.ji pV^ «>. 
6 16" Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even \hfo- ia ; ' 
our Father, which hath loved us, and hatii given us ever-:J T , h ; 1 5 1 - Jj; 

John 6. 44. ' 
Ac. 2. 41). & 
13. 45, 50. & 
17. 5, 13. & 
28.4. 

Rom. 10. 16. 
& 15.31. 

2 Cor. 4. 3. 
1 Th. 2. 18. 
c Jn. 17. 15 
1 Cor. 1. 9. 
& 10. 13. 
ITh. 3. 3.& 
5.24. 
chap. 2. 2. 
1 John 5. 18. 
dl Cor .7.16, 
Gal. 5. 10. 
1 Th. 4. 10. 
&5. II. 
chap. 2. 15. 



lasting consolation and good hope through grace, 

17 ° Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good 
word and work. 



CHAPTER III. 
He craveth their prayers for himself, I, testifieth what confidence he hath 
in them, 3, malcetli request to (Jod in their behalf, 5, giveth them, divers 
precepts, especially to shun idleness and ill company, 6 ; anil last of all, 
concludeth with prayer and salutation, 16. 

'T^INALLY, a brethren, pray for us, that the word of the 
_T Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as 
it is with you ; 

2 b And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and 
wicked men : for all men have not faith. 
b 3 c But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and 
keep you from evil. 

4 d And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that||^,g 
ye both do and will do the things which we command you 



A. D. 54. 



olChr.29.18 
1 Thcs. 1. 3. 
& 3.3. & 4.1 
fRo. 16. 17 
1 Cor. 5. 9, 



4. 11. 
&5. 14. 
ch. 2. 15. & 



Paul's calling to be an aposhe. 

e 5 e And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, 
and into the patient waiting for Christ. 
d 6 f Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every 
brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition 
which he received of us. 

7 g For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us : for 
we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 
/ 8 h Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought ; but 
wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we 
miglit not be chargeable to any of you : 

9 ' Not because we have not power, but to make our- 
selves an ensample unto you to follow us. 

10 k For even when we were with you, this we command- 
ed you, that if any would not work, 1 either should he eat. 

p 11 ' For we hear that there are some which walk among 
you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 

d 12 m Now them that are such we command and exhort 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with .quietness they work, 
and eat their own bread 

« 13 n But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. 

14 " And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, 
note that man, and have no company with him, that he 
may be. ashamed. 

d 15 p Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him 
as a brother. 

& 16 q Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace 
always by ail means. The Lord be with you all. 

17 r The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which 
is the token in every epistle : so I write. 

b 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
Amen. 

IT The second epistle to the Thcssalonians, was written from Athens. 

gl Cor.4.1G.|hAct9 18.3.11' Thcs. 2.9.|Philip.3. U.IIlTim. 5.13,11 Cor 5.9,11.11 Th. 5. M.IPhilip. 4. 9. 
Sell. 1. &20. 34. iMot.10. 10. IThca. 1.6. mEph.4.28.1chap. 3. «. ulto. 15. 33. 1 The. 5.23. 
ITh. l.C. |1 Cor. 4. 12.ll Cor. 4. lfi.'& 2. 6. 1TIhb.4. 11 V I.i v 19.17 .!& 1U. 211. lrlCor.lH.2l 

&2. 10.& 4.12 Cor. 1J.9.&9. 3. 6. &|lTim. 5, lB.ln Gal, 6. 9. 8 Cor, 10. 8.11 Cor. l4.33.iQol, 4. IK 
11. I&.12. 13. 11.1. lkGcn.3. 19.loMut.18.17.l4t 13. 10. ISCoi. 13.11. Ichnp. 2. 2 



11 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 

TO TIMOTHY. 



A.D. 65. 



CHAPTER I. 
Timothy is put in mind of the charge which was given unto him by Paul, 
at his °-otng to Macedonia, I. Of the right use and end of the law, 5. 
Of Saint Paul's calling to be an apostle, 1 1 : and of Hymenals and 
Alexander, 20. 

PAUL, a an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment 
of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is 
our hope ; 

b 2 b Unto Timothy, mtj own son in the faith ; Grace, 
mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

g 3 c As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I 
went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that 
they teach no other doctrine, 

V 4 a Neither give heed to fables and. endless genealogies, 
which minister questions, rather thai! godly edifying which 
is in faith ; so do. 
d 5 " Now the end of the commandment is charity out of & -\"\." 
a pure heart, and oj a good conscience, and of hull) un 
feigned: 



n AeUO. 15- 
&13.2&22. 
2I.&23. 11. 
&26. 18, 
Gal. 1.1,11. 
Eph. 3. 2, 7. 
CoL 1.2327. 
ch. 2. 3, 7. 

2 Tim. 1. 9. 
Tituil.3.* 

3 in .fc 3.4. 
Judo 25. 
h Arm 16. 1. 
i Coi i i, 
Gal I 3, 
Philip. 2. 19. 
I Th, ». 3. 2. 

rr j 

TilUB 1. 4. 

1 Pol, I, 2, 
. Vi .11 13, 
20. 
Gil, 1.6, 7. 

rM, 1,0,11. 

A- 5 7. fc 6. 
3. 17, 2(1. 

2 Tim. 2.14 
&4.2. 
Tftoi I. 13. 

• I r| t 7 

A 5. t. in 



Ac 3. 9 

oRom.13.8. 
GoJ, 5. 1 1 , 

G r From which some having swerved, have turned aside */j"\'-j. ; * 
unto vain jangling; ',;",,,. 

7 g Desiring to be teachers of Hie law; understanding j 
neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 

8 h But we know that the law is good, if a man use i( jfejjl 
lawfully ; 
P 9 ' Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous 



I 'In : : I 

nRo.7. ir 



a. n r.-> 



man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for Hie ungodly kci,o P o 



and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers ol 
fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 
p 10 k For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves 
with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured per- 
sons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to 
sound doctrine, 

Ml 1 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God 
which was committed to my trust. 

12 "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath 
enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me 
into the ministry ; 
c 13 "Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, 

and injurious : hut 1 obtained mercy, because I did it 
ignorantly in unbelief: 

14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant 
with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus 

I 15 "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accepta- 
tion, that Cbrist Jesus came into the ipoi Id to sa\ e Binni 

of whom 1 am chief. 

16 Ilowheil, for Ihis cau.-e I obtained inerc\, that in me 

first Jesus Christ mighl shew forth all long-suffering, for a 
pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to 
life everlasting. 

1 17 r No\v unto Ihe King eternal, immortal, invisible, the 

'.'Tim 1 13 Irh. 2. 7. A"2Cor.3.l, |Ad I" >. Cnl 1 13. !!!. m. .".. P. II Join 3. .1. IRom. 1.2.1 
Jt4. 3 ft. IS cli»pl*r 8.7. H.3.*9. 1.5. Philip. 3.1 

Tilui 1.9.fcS Tim. 1 ILBTim I 1" 1:1 ■ B n rl, ;i. I f. \\* in 16. chip, fl in 

j l mAr.uli.22. n I.u. 23 At I4.'i. 13. |H.I,. 1 1 27 



l2Cor. 4.A.I1 ('•■' i 30.1 j Cnr. 2. P I . !■ 

I &4'.'(tV.l" 'I I Id 3 it 15 9 • 

135 



'Tim B.T1 Il..n7 9. 14.11 John 4 l» 

, liin. :i B. Ji.im I. in. Modi 



Of the qualifications of bishops and deacons. 1. TIMOTHY. 
God, be honour and glory for ever and ever 



d 



only wise 
Amen. 

18 q This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, 

according to the prophecies which went before on thee, 

that thou by them mightest war a good warfare ; 

d 19 r Holding faith and a good conscience ; which some 

having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck : 

20 s Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander ; whom I 
have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to 
blaspheme. 

CHAPTER II 

That it is meet to pray and give thanks for all men, and the reason why, 
1. How women should be attired, 9. They are not permitted to teach, 12. 
They shall be saved notwithstanding the testimonies of God's wrath, in 
child-birth, if they continue in faith, 15. 

EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made 
for all men : 

2 a For kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and 
honesty. 

1 3 b For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God 
our Saviour ; 

d 4 ° Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto 
the knowledge of the truth. 

t 5 d For there is one God, and one mediator between God 
and men, the man Christ Jesus ; 

1 6 e Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in 
due time. 

7 f Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, 
(1 speak the truth in Christ, and lie not,) a teacher of the 
Gentiles in faith and verity. 

d 8 g I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting 
up holy hands, without wrath and doubting 

d 9 h In like manner also that women adorn themselves 
in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; not 
with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, 

10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) 
with good works. 

d 1 1 » Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 

P 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp 
authority over the man, but to be in silence. 

13 k For Adam was first formed, then Eve, 

14 1 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being 
deceived was in the transgression. 

b 15 m Notwithstanding, she shall be saved in child-bear- 
ing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with 
sobriety. 

CHAPTER III. 

How bishops, and deacons, and their wives should be qualified, 1 ; and to 
what end Saint Paul wrote to Timothy of these things, 14. Of the church, 
and the blessed truth therein taught and professed, 15. 

— HIS a is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a 
bishop, he desireth a good work. 
c 2 b A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one 
wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, 
apt to teach ; 

P 3 c Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy 
lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler, not covetous ; 
d 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children 
in subjection with all gravity ; 

5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, 
how shall he take care of the church of God 1) 
P 6 Not a "novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall 
into the condemnation of the devil. 

7 d Moreover, he must have a good report of them which 
are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the 
devil. 

d & e Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double- 
tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthv 
lucre ; 



A. D. 65. 



q Phil. 2. 25. 
ch. 4. 14. & 
6.12. 

2 Tim. 2. 3. 
&4. 7. 
Philcm. 1. 
r chap. 3. 9. 
si Cor. 4.21. 
&5.5. &11. 
32. 

2 Cor. 13. 7, 
10. 

2 Tim. 2. 17. 
& 4. 14. 
a Ez. 6. 10. 
Jer. 29. 7. 
bch. 1.1.& 
4.10.&5. 4. 
2 Tim. 1. 9. 
Titus 1.3. 
c Ez. 18. 23. 
John 3. 16. 
2 Peter 3. 9. 
d John 17.3. 
Rom. 3. 30. 
& 10. 12. 
Gal. 3. 19, 
20. 

Heb. 8.6.& 
9. 15. 

eMt. 20.28. 
Mark]0..45. 
Luke 24.21. 

1 Cor. 1. 6. 
Gal. 4. 4. 
Eph. 1.7,9. 
&3.5. 
Col. 1. 14. 

2 Th. 1. 10. 
Titus 2. 14. 
Heb. 9. 12. 

1 Pet. 1. 18. 
Rev. 5. 9. 
f Acts 9. 15. 
& 13. 2. & 
22.21. 
Rom. 1.9.& 
9. 1. & 11. 
13. &15.16. 
Gal. 1. 16. 
& 2. 7, 8. 
Eph. 3. 8. 
ch. 1. 1, 11. 

2 Tim. 1.11. 
; Ps. 134. 2. 
sa. 1. 15. 

Mai. 1.11. 
Mat. 5. 24 
& 6. 12. 
John 4. 21. 
Philip. 2. 14. 
James 1. 6. 
h Tit. 2. 3,5 
1 Peter 3. 3. 
i Gen. 3. Ifi 
1 Cor. 14.34. 
Eph. 5. 24. 
k Gen. 1.27 
& 2. 18. 22. 

1 Cor. 11. 8 
9. 
lGn.3.6,13 

2 Cor. 11.3. 
m chap. 4. 3. 
& 5. 10. 
Titus 2. 5. 
a Acts 20.28. 
Philip. 1.1. 
ch. 1.15. & 
4.9. 

2 Tim. 2. 11 
Titus 3. 8. 
b2Tim.2.24. 
Titus 1.6,7. 
cl Pet. 5.2. 
a Or, slan- 
derer, 

2Samr2.24. 
2 Peter 2. 2. 
rllCor.5.12. 
1Tb. 4. 12. 
e Lev. 10.9 
Ez. 44. 21. 
Acts 6. 3. 



A.D. 65. 



f chap. 1.19. 
eMt. 25. 21. 
h ch. 4. 13. 
i2Tim.2.20. 
k Mt. 3. 16. 
&28. 2. 
Mark 16. 5, 
17, 18. 
Luke 2. 13. 
& 3. 22. & 
24.4,23,51. 
John 1. 14, 
& 20. 12. 
Acts 1.9. 
Rom. 1. 4 
& 10. 18. 
Eph. 3. 5, 6, 
10. ■ 
1 Peter 1.12 
& 3. 18. 

1 John 1. 2. 
a Gen. 49.1. 
Isaiah 2. 2, 
Dan. 2. 28, 
& 10. 14. 
Joel 3. 1. 
Mat. 20. 21, 
24. 

Acts 2. 17. 
Si. 20. 29. 

2 Thes. 2. 3. 
2Tim. 3. 1. 
Heb. 1.1. 

1 Pet. 1. 20 
2Pet. 2.1,15. 
&3.2,3, 17 
1 John 2. 18 
Judo 3, 18. 
b.5!at7.I5 
Rom. j-S-'Ift 
cli 1 5, 19, 
Tuj -i. 



Paul gives several directions to Timothy. 

9 f Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 

10 And let these also first be proved ; then let them use 
the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 

d 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers- 
sober, faithful in all things. 

d 1 2 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling 
their children and their own houses well. 

13 s For they that have used the office of a deacon well, 
purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness 
in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

14 h These things write I unto thee, hoping to come 
unto thee shortly : 

15 i But if I tarry long, that thou may est know how thou 
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is 
the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the 
truth. 

t* 1 6 k And without controversy, great is the mystery oi 
godliness : God was' manifest in the flesh, justified in the 
Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed 
on in the world, received up into glory. 

CHAPTER IV. 

He foretelleth that in the latter times there shall be a departure from the 
faith, 1. And to the end that Timothy might not fail in doing his duty, 
he furnisheth him with divers precepts belonging thereto, 6. 

OW a the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter 
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed 
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 

2 b Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience 
seared with a hot iron ; 

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain 
from meats, which God hath created to be received with 
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth 

4 d For every creature of God is good, and nothing to 
be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : 

5 For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer. 

d 6 e If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these 
things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus- Christ, nour- 
ished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, where- 
unto thou hast attained. 

7 f But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise 
thyself rather unto godliness. 

o 8 s For bodily exercise profiteth little : but godliness is 
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that 
now is, and of that which is to come. 

9 h This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accepta- 
tion. 

* 10 'For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, 
because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour ot 
all men,, especially of those that believe. 

1 1 These things command and teach. 

d 12 k Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an 
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in 
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

d 13 ' Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhorta- 
tion, to doctrine. 

14 m Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given 
thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the 
presbytery. 

d 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to 
them ; that thy profiting may appear to all. 

d 1 6 n Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine ; 
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save 
thyself, and them that hear thee. 



c Gen. 1.30. 
& 9. 3. 
Rnm.14.fi. 
I Cor. 10. 20. 
chap. 2. 15. 
<! Gen. 1.31. 
Acts 10. 15. 
Rom. 14. 14, 
20. 
1 C/>r. IB. 25. 



145. 19. 132. 17. 12 Tim.2. Jl.Ichnp. 5. 22. leh. 1. 18. & 

Pr. 3. 1, Ifi. Matt. fi. Ifi, i Ps. 36. 7.& Titus 2. 7,5.22. 

&P.35. &9.S3.& 19.29. 107. 2,10. 15. 2 Tim. 1.6. 

11. & 10. fi, ! Rr.m. P. 28,'Aris 14. 17.1 Peter 5. 3Jn Ez. 33. 9. 

24. & J2.21.I&14. 17. |& 17.25. II oh. 3. 14. Dan. 12. 3. 

& 13. 25. &1 Cor. 8 8. 1 Cor 4. 11. 2 Tim. 3. 15. Acts 20. 28. 
6.20. J10.&97. 11. 22. 4. & 28. Col. 2. 23. !& 9 26. m Acts 6. 6. Rom. 11. 14. 

2Tim.2.16, & 112. 2,3.110. Ichaptcr 6. fi.ik 1 Cnr. 16J.& 8. 17. &1 Cor. 9.22 

23. &4. 4. & 119. 165. Ec. 8. 12. h oh. 1. 15. 10-, 11. 13.3.&19.6. 1 James 5.20 

Tilus 1. 14. & 128.1. &'lsa.3.10.&!&3. 1. '2 Cor. 6. 6 I 

136 



Titus 1.15. |&3. 9. 
e2Tim.l.5. ff Dt. 28.8, 
&3. 10, 14, 12. & 30. 9. 
15. Psa. 1. 3. & 

fl Cor. 9.24.(37. 4, 29. & 
ch. 1. 4. &84. 11.&91. 



n 



Several directions to Timothy. 

CHAPTER V. 

Rules to be observed in reproving, 1. Of widows, 3. Of elders, 17. A 
precept for Timothy's health, 23. Some men's sins go before unto judg- 
ment, and some men's do follow after, 24. 

EBUKE a not an elder, but entreat him as a father ; 
and the younger men as brethren ; 

2 b The elder women as mothers ; the younger as "sis 
ters, with all purity. 

3 c Honour widows that are widows indeed. 
<J 4 d But if any widow have children or nephews, let 

them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite 
their parents : for that is good and acceptable before 
God. 

c 5 e Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trust- 
eth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers 
night and day. . 

6 But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead while she 
liveth. 

7 f And these things give in charge, that they may be 
blameless. 

8 g But if any provide not for his own, and especially for 
those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is 
worse than an infidel. 

9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under three- 
score years old, having been the wife of one man, 

c 10 h Well reported of for good works; if she have brought 
up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have 
washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, 
if she have diligently followed every good work. 

1 1 But the younger widows refuse : for when they have 
begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry ; 

12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their 
first faith. 

Pl3 ! And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about 
from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also, 
and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 
d 14 k I will therefore that the younger women marry, 
bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the 
adversary to speak reproachfully. 

15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. 
d 16 ! If any man or woman that belie veth have 'widows, 
let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; 
that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 
d 17 m Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of 
double honour, especially they who labour in the word and 
doctrine. 

18 n For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the 
ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is wor- 
thy of his reward. 

19 ° Against an elder receive not an accusation, but 
before two or three witnesses. 

d 20 p Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also 
may fear. 

i 21 q I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and the elect angels, that thou observe these things with- 
out preferring one before another, doing nothing by par- 
tiality. 

d 22 r Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker 
of other men's sins : keep thyself pure. 

23 s Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy 
stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities. 

1 24 ' Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before 
to judgment : and some men they follow after. 

25 Likewise also the good works of some are mani- 
fest beforehand ; and thev that are otherwise cannot be 
hid. 

167 4 P 



I. TIMOTHY. 



We should trust in the living God 

CHAPTER VT 

Ye ter 5.1: °f lhc duty of servants, 1 . JVbt to have fellowship with newfangled teach- 



a Lev. 19.32. 

1 " 

b 2 Cor. 6.6. 

cb.aptcr4.12. 



ers, 3. 



Godliness is great gain, b- and love of money the root of all evil, 
cAcfa«.K W- What Timothy is to fee, and what to follow, 11; and whereof to 
M»u ifi 4 6 1 adm ? n Mh the ,™h, 17. To keep the purity of true doctrine, and to avoid 
1 profane janghngs, 20. 

ET a as many servants as are under the yoke count 
their own masters worthy of all honour, that the 
name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 

2 And they that have believing masters, let them not 
despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do 
them service, because they are faithful and beloved, par- 
takers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 

3 b If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to 
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, 

V 4 c He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about ques- 
tions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, 
railings, evil surmisings, 

p 5 d Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and 
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : 
from such withdraw thyself. 

b 6 e But godliness with contentment is great gain. 

7 f For we brought nothing into this world, and it is 
certain we can carry nothing out. 

d 8 % And having food and raiment, let us be therewith 
content. 

w 9 h But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and a 
snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown 
men in destruction and perdition. 

10 '' For the love of money is the root of all evil : which 
while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, 
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 

d 11 k But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and 
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, 
meekness. 

d 12 ' Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, 
whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good 
profession before many witnesses. 

13 m I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quick- 
eneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pon- 
tius Pilate witnessed a good confession ; 

14 " That thou keep this commandment without spot, 
unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 
!■* 15 "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed 

and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords ; 
1 G p Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which 
no man can approach unto: whomnoman hath seen, nor can 
see; to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 
d 17 ' Charge them that are rich in this world, that the) 
be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the 
living God, who giveth us richly all tilings to enjoy ; 

18 r That they do good, that they be rich in good works, 
ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; 

19 'Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation 
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 

d 20 l O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thj 
Cmel, avoiding profane and. vain babblings, and Oppositions 
of science falsely so called ; 

21 " Which some professing, have erred concerning the 
faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. 



Mark 7. 10. 
Eph.6. 1, 2. , 
e Lu. 2. 36. \d 
& 18. 1. 

1 Cor. 7. 32: 
f chap. 1.3. 
& 4. 11. & 
6. 17. 

g Isa. 58. 7. 
Lu. 12. 48. 
Gal. 6. 10. 

2 Tim. 3. 5. 
Titus 1. 16. 
h Gn. 18. 4. 
& 19. 2. 
Lu.7.3S.44. 
Jn. lcS.5, 14. 
Acta 16. 15. 
Heb. 13. 2. 
1 Peter 4. 9 
i Titus 2. 3. 
k 1 Cor. 7. 9. 
Titus 2. 8. 
1 verso 3. 
m2Kgs.2.9. 
Prov. 3. 9. 
Isa. 40. 2. 
Jer.l6.18.& 
17. 18. 
Zech. 9. 12. 
Ro. 12. 8. & 
15.27. 
I Cor. 9. 11. 
& )2. 28. 
Gal. 6. 6. 
Phil. 2. 29. 
1 Th. 5. 12. 
Heb. 13.7,17 
n Dt. 24. 14. 
& 25.4. 
Lev 19. 13. 
Matt. 10. 10. 
Luke 10. 7. 
1 Cor. 9. 9. 

Dl. 19. 15. 
pGal 2. 11, 
14. 

Titus 1. 13. 
q Dt. 17. 4. 
tc 19. IP. 
Gal. 1. 20. 
Philip. 1. 8. 

1 Thes.2. 5. 
& 5.27. 
chap. 6. 13. 

2 Tim. 2. 14. 
&4. 1. 
r Ac. 6. 6. & 
8. 17. & 13. 
3. & 19. 6. 
ch. 4. 12,14. 
2 Tim. 1. 6. 
b Ps. 104. 15. 
t Gul. 5. 19. 



A. D. 65. 



,fc 28. 20. 
Mull. 13. '."J. 
Mark 4. IB. 

Jnmcp 5. 1. 

, I . J l - 



. SB. 

Phil J i. Mi 



ihui 16. 19, ch I. i- 4 
15. 16. 8 ID 



ch 1. Ii |p, 
2 Tim. 3. 0. 
Turn I. II. 



1 I I.J 

1 1 Fnm. 2. 6. 



k9fim.3.23 Matt. 27. II. 



IR :c Rei 17 II chap 1 17 IN ii 

chap. 5.21, 4 IB. 16 - Pol 3 If- M 

It.-v 1.5. ilnl7x.33.2ll I .In 4 12,20 IMnck 4 I- 

.1. II. i I ' .lu.lr J3. I* HI -'I 

ii Phil 1.0,10 John 1 IH. It. v I p 4 I. .il,.- B II 
1 Th 3 1.1. 4.6 46. I 1 1.4 
4.5.23. Horn. 16.27. 4.7. 10. An. It 17. 

och.l. 11.17. Eph. 3.21. :qJob31.24.'4. 17 25 

137 



I The. l.n.l.lnmc.2 .1. |4. 7. 
■ I. :i 13, A< ■ Mm 6 -VI '-'Tim. 1 11 
I -. I" 4 III 21. 49 2.14,16 

i I". 1.1 7 l.nk, 12 l-.Tiiu.l.O.H 
Mbu. S 42 33 \- 16 B <. i 'i 
Luke 12.21. PhiL 3. 19. R«r. 3 3. 

- 13. rnnr 12 i.rh 

Till. 3 . H. tch. 1 i kilr 
llcb. 13. 16 I 



-* THE SECOXD EPISTLE OF PAUL,, THE APOSTLE, 

TO TIMOTHY. 



A. D. 66. 



CHAPTER I. 

PauV's love to Timothy, and the unfeigned faith which was in Timothy 
himself, his mother, and grandmother, I : He is exhorted to stir up the 
gift of God which was in him, 6, to be steadfast and patient in persecu- 
tion, 8, and to persist ill the form and truth of that doctrine which he had 
learned of him, 13. Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like are noted, 
and Onesiphorus is highly commended, 15. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, 
according to the promise of life which is in Christ 
Jesus, 

t> 2 a To Timothy, my dearly beloved son : Grace, mercy, 
and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 
« 3 b I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with it^/s: 10. 
pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance 
of thee in my prayers night and day; 

4 c Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy 
tears, that I may be filled with joy ; 
t 5 d When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that 
is in thee, which dwell first in thy grandmother Lois, and 
thy mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 
6 e Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir 
up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of 
my hands. 

c 7 f For God hath not given us the spirit of fear ; but of 
power, and of love, and of a sound mind 
d 8 s Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of 
our Lord, nor of me his prisoner : but be thou partaker of 
the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 
t 9 h Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, 
not according to our works, but according to his own pur 
pose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before 
the world began ; 

b 10 ' But is now made manifest by the appearing of our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath 
brought life and immortality to light through the gospel : 

1 1 k Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apos- 
tle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 
'12 ' For the which cause I also suffer these 
nevertheless I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have 
believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that 
which I have committed unto him against that day. 
d 13 m Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast 
heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus 
1 14 n That good thing which was committed unto thee 
keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us 

15 ° This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia 
be turned away from me ; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. 

/ 16 p The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesipho 
rus ; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my 
chain : 

17 i But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very 
diligently, and found me. 

1 18 r The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy 
of the Lord in that day : and in how many things he minis- 
tered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. 

CHAPTER II. 

He is exhorted again to constancy and perseverance, and to do the duty of 



tilings 



alCor.4.17. 
Gal. 1. 3. 
Phil. 2. 22. 
lTim.1.2,18 
chap. 2. 1. 
1 Pet. 1.3. 
b Ac. 22. 3. 
&23.1.&24. 
14. & 26. 4, 
9. & 27. 23. 
Ro. 1. 8, 9. 
Gal. 1. 14. 
Eph 1. 16. 
1 Thcs. 1. 2. 
& 3. 10. 
1 Tim. 1.10. 
cch. 4. 9, 21. 
d Ac. 16. 1. 
o Ac.6.6.& 
8. 17. & 13. 
2. & 19. 6 



&5.22. 

chap. 2. 1. 

f Lu. 24.29. 

Acts 1. 8. & 

9. 22, 29. & 

14. :: & 18. 

9. &.21.13. 

Rom. 8. 15. 

1 Cor. 10. 13. 

2Cor.l 3,10, 

11.&4.I.&. 

6. I.&l 10.4. 

Gal. 4. 3, 7. 

Col. 1.11. 

ch. 2. 1. & 

4. 17. 

Heb. 2. 15. 
Mt. 10. 33, 
lark 8. 38. 

Acts 21. 33. 

& 28. 20. 

Rom. 1. J6. 

1 Cor. 1. 6. 

&2. 1. 

Eph. 3. 1. & 

4 1.&6.20. 

Philip. 1. 7. 

& 4. 14. 

Col. 4. 18. 
Tim. 1.18. 

chap. 2.3,9. 

&4 5. 

Phil. 1.9.13. 

Rev. 1. 2. 

h Ro. 8. 29. 

&9. 11. 

Eph. 1. 4.& 

2. 8. & 3. 11. 

lTim.l.l.fe 

2. 3. & 4. 10. 
Tieus 1.2,3. 
&2. J0.&3. 
4, 5, 6. 
.luile 25. 
i Isa. 25. 8. 
Rom. 16 25. 
1 Cor. 15.54, 
55. 
Eph. 1 9.& 

3. 9. 

Col. 1. 26. 
Titus 1. 2. 
Heb. 2. 14. 
1 Pet. 1.20. 
k Ac. 9. 15. 
fc 13. 2. & 
22.21. 
Gal.l. 15. & 
2.8. 

Eph. 3. 8. 
1 Tim. 2. 7. 
chap. 4. 17. 
I Eph. 3. 1. 

1 Tim. 6. 20 
chap. 2. 10. 
m Ro. 6. 17 
ITim. 1. 10 
&6. 3, 14,20 

2 John C. 
.lude 3. 
n Ro. 8. 11. 
o Ac. 9. 10. 
ch. 4. 10,16 
p Ac. 28. 20. 
Eph. 6. 20. 
chap. 4. 19. 
q Ac. 28. 16. 
r Ro. 15. 25 
2 Th. 1. 10. 
chap. 4. 8. 
Heb. 6. 10. 
alTim.1.2 
ch.1.7, 14. 
b ITim. 3.2. 
& 6. 12. 
ch. 1. 13. & 
3. 10. 
Titus 1. 5. 



A. D.66. 



a faithful servant of the Lord, in dividing the word aright, and shun-\ffi?°fj ^ 
ning profane and vain babblings, 1. Of Hymeneus and Phyletus, 17. 
The foundation of the Lord is sure, 19. He is taught whereof to beware, 
and what to follow after, and in what sort the servant of the Lord ought 
to behave himself, 22. 

THOU a therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that 
is in Christ Jesus, 
c 2 b And the things that thou hast heard of me among 
many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful menJffJ^o^ 
who shall be able to teach others also. IH'is 24 ^ 



ch.l.8.&4.5. 
<11 Cor. 9.25. 
elCor.9.10. 
f2Sa. 7.12. 
Psa. 132. 1L 
Isa. 11.1. 
Matt. 1.1. 
Acts 2. 30. 
& 13. 23. 
Rom. 1. 3. 
lCor.15.1,4. 
E Eph. 3. 1, 
v 3. & 4. 1. 



d 3 c Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of 
Jesus Christ. 

*4* d No man that warreth entangleth himself with the 
affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen 
him to be a soldier. 

o 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not 
crowned, except he strive lawfully. 

i 6 e The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker 
of the fruits. 

7 Consider what I say ; and the Lord give thee under- 
standing in all things. 

t 8 f Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, 
was raised from the dead, according to my gospel : 

9 E Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil-doer, even unto 
bonds ; but the word of God is not bound. 

f 10 h Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, 
that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ 
Jesus with eternal glory. 

11 ■ It is a faithful saying : For if we be dead with him, 
we shall also live with him : 

b 12 k If we suffer, we shall also reign with him : if we 
deny him, he also will deny us : 

13 ' If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful : he cannot 
deny himself. 

14 m Of these things put them in remembrance, charging 
them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no 
profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 

d 15 n Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a work- 
man that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth. 

16 ° But shun profane and vain babblings : for they will 
increase unto more ungodliness. 

17 p And their word will eat as doth a canker : of whom 
is Hymeneus and Philetus ; 

18 q Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that 
the resurrection is past already ; and overthrow the faith 
of some. 

d 19 r Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, 
having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. 
And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart 
from iniquity. 

* 20 s But in a great house there are not only vessels of 
gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some 
to honour, and some to dishonour. 

21 ' If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall 
be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the mas- 
ter's use, and prepared unto every good work. 

d 22 u Flee also youthful lusts : but follow righteousness, 
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out 
of a pure heart. 

p 23 x But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing 
that they do gender strifes. 

d 24 y And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but 
be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; 

t 25 * In meekness instructing those that oppose them- 
selves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth ; 

26 a And that they may recover themselves out of 
the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at 
his will. 



ch.l. 8,12.1811 Tim. 1.15. 
h2Cor. 1. & 3.1 & 4.9. 
4, 6. Titus 3. 8. 

Eph. 3.1, 13.1 Pet. 4. 13. 
Phil. 2. 17. k Mt. 10. 33. 
Col. 1.24. IMark8. 33. 
i Rom. 6. 5. Luke 9. 26. 
& 8. 17. & 12. 9. 
2 Cor. 4. lO.lRom. 8. 17. 



2 Cor. 4. 10. 
Phil. 3. 10. 
1 Pet. 4. 13. 

1 Nu. 23. 19. 
Rom. 3. 3. 
&9.6. 

2 Cor. 1. 20. 
m 1 Tim. 1. 
4. & 5. 21. 



& 6. 4, 13. 
chap. 4. 1. 
Titus3.9,ll 
2 Peter 2. 1. 
nTitus2.7,8. 
o ITim.l. 
4. & 4. 7. & 
6.20. 
Titus 1. 14 



& 3. 9. 

p 1 Tim. 1. 

20. 

q 1 Cor. 15. 

12. 

1 Tim. 1.6. 

& 6. 21. 

r Num. 16. 

5,26. 

138 



Nah. 1.7. 
Matt. 24. 24 
John 10. 14, 
27. 

Rom. 8. 35 
l.lohn2.19 
s Rom. 9.21 
t Isa. 52. 11. 
chap. 3. 17. 



ul Cor. 1.2. 
1 Tim. 6. 1. 
x 1 Tim. 1. 
4.&4.7.& 
6. 4, 20. 
Titus 1. 14. 
&3. 9. 



z Gen.27.12. 
Acts 8. 22. 
Gal. 6. 1. 
lTiro.6.11 
1 Pet. 3. 15 
a 2 Cor. 2. 



110. 
ITim. 3. 2.1 Tim. 3.? 
'itusl.S. I 



The apostle's statement of his hope. 

CHAPTER III. 

He adverhseth him of the times to come, 1, describeth the enemies of the 
truth, 6, propoundeth unto him his own example, 10, and commendeth the 
holy scriptures, 16. 

THIS a know also, that in the last days perilous times 
shall come. 

c 2 b For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, 
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, un- 
thankful, unholy, 

c 3 c Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false ac- 
cusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 

c 4 d Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures 
more than lovers of God ; 

c 5 e Having a form of godliness, but denying the power 
thereof : from such turn away. 

6 f For of this sort are they which creep into houses 
and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away 
with divers lusts 

7 Ever learning and never able to come to the know- 
ledge of the truth. 



A. D. 66. 



c 8 g Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do 
these also resist the truth : men of corrupt minds, repro- 
bate concerning the faith. 

9 h But they shall proceed no further : for their folly shall 
be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 

c 10 * But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of 
life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience, 

g 11 k Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at 
Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra ; what persecutions I en 
dured : but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 

*• 12 ' Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall 
suffer persecution. 

c 13 m But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and 
worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 

d\4° But continue thou in the things which thou hast 
learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou 
hast learned them ; 

1 5 ° And that from a child thou hast known the holy 
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salva- 
tion through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

t 16 p All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in- 
struction in righteousness : 

17 q That the man of God may be perfect, throughly 
furnished unto all good works. 

CHAPTER IV. 
He exhorteth him to do his duty with all rare and diligence, 1 ; rerlifieth 
'iim of the nearness of his death, 6 ; willeth him to come speedily unto 
him, 9, and to bring- Mark with him, and certain thing* which he xorole 
for, 11 ; warneth him to beware of Alexander the smith, 14; infnrmeth 
him what had befallen him at his first answering, 16 : and soon after he 
conr/udeth, 19. 

,T a CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord 
J. Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead 
at his appearing and his kingdom ; 

d 2 b Preach the word ; be instant in season, out of sea- 
son 
doctrine 



TITUS. For what end Titus was left in Crete. 

r 3 c For the time will come when they will not endure 
sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap 
to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 

c 4 d And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, 
and shall be turned unto fables. 

d 5 e But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the 
work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 

6 f For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of 
my departure is at hand. 

c 7 s I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, 
I have kept the faith : 

b 8 h Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of right- 
eousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give 
me at that day : and not to me only, but unto all them 
also that love his appearing. 

9 ' Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me : 

c 10 k For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this 
present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica ; Cre- 
scens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 

11 ' Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him 
with thee : for he is profitable to me for the ministry. 

g 12 m And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 

13 fhe cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when 
thnu corniest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially 
the parchments. 

14 n Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil : the 
Lord reward him according to his works : 

15 Of whom be thou ware also ; for he hath greatly 
withstood our words. 

/16 c At my first answer no man stood with me, but all 
men forsook me : / pray God that it may not be laid to 
their charge. 

17 p Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me, and 
strengthened me ; that by me the preaching might be fully 
known, and that all the Gentiles might hear : and I was 
delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 
r 18 q And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, 
and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom ; to whom 
be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

19 r Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of 
Onesiphorus. 

g 20 " Erastus abode at Corinth : but Trophimus have I 
left at Miletum sick. 

21 ' Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus 
greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and 
all the brethren. 
b 22 u The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be 
with you. Amen. 



_Gen.49.1. 
Isaiah 2. 2. 
Dan. 2. 28. 
b. 10. 14. 
Joel-3. 1. 
Acts 2. 17. 
1 Tim. 4.1. 
Heb. 1. 1. 

1 Ptt. 1.20. 

2 Peter 2. 1. 
&3. 3. 

1 John 2. 18. 
Judel8. 

h Phil. 2. 21. 
Tims I. 11. 

2 Peter 2. 3, 
12. 

Jude 11, 16. 
c2Petr2.10. 
Jude 4,8,12. 
d Phil. 3. 19. 
e Mat. 7. 15. 
& 18. 17. 
Rom. 16. 17. 
2TheSr. 3.6. 

1 Tim. 4. 7. 
& 5.8. 
ch.2.16,23. 
Titus 1. 16. 
& 3. JO. 

2 John 10. 
fMt. 23. 14, 
Mark 12. 40. 
Titus 1. 11. 
e Ex. 7. 11. 
Rom. 1.28. 

Tim. 6.5. 
Titus 1. 16. 
h Ex. 7. 12 
& 8. 18. & 
9.11. 

chap. 2. 19. 
i Phil. 2. 22. 

1 Tim. 4. 6. 
k Ps. 34. 20. 
Acts 13. 45, 
50. &> Id 9. 
19, 22. 

2 Cor. 1.10. 
I Mat. 16.24. 
Luke 24. 26. 
John 17. 14. 
Acts 14. 22. 
lThes.3. 3. 
mlTim4.1. 
chap. 2. 16. 
n ch. 1. 13. 
& 2.2. 

John 5. 39. 
Rom. 15. 4. 

1 Tim. 4. 6. 
clmp. 1.5. 
p 2 Peter 1. 
19. 20. 
q 1 Tim. 6. 
11. 

chap. 2. 21. 
a John 5. 22. 
Acta 10. 42. 
& 17. 31. 
Rom.l.9.& 
9. I. & 14.9. 

2 Cor. 1.23. 
& II. 31. 
Gal. 1.20. 
Philip. 1. 8 
1 Thes. 2.5. 
1 Tim. 5. 21. 
& fi. 13. 
chop. 2. 11 
b ch. 2. 24. 
& 3. 10, 16. 
Tit. 1.9,1 
& 2. I.".. 



season, 
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and jj i"< : , 



A. D. 66. 



c 1 Tim. 1. 
3, 10. & 4.1. 

.«-• 6. .'., 20. 
rlmp. 2. 30. 
&. 3 5. 
.1 I Tim. 1. 
4. & 4. 7. 
Tit. 1. 10,14. 
i Ant.. 21. K 
I:, in 15 10 
Eph 1 il 
Col. 1.25.4c 
4. 17. 
I Then. 5.6. 

1 Tun. 3. 2, 
rhnp. 1.8. Ac 

2. :i. 

i Pet 5. h. 

fPhil. 1.23 
h 2. 17. 

2 Pat i. it 

'or 9. 

Philip! 3. 14. 



H The second tpistle unto Timothcus, ordained tlie first bishop of the r-liurcli 
of tho KphcBinnn, was written from Rome, when Paul wa» brouehl beforo 
Nero tho second timo. 



ITim. 6 12.1 ivi.r :.. Ili-lmp. I. IS.iEpb. 6. 21. lArt. ID. 33.14. J27. 83. |lTm fl 10 k 20. 4. 4 
Rob. 12.1 R-v.2 HI. I Ac. 15.31 Col I I 20. I Tim. 1.12 

nH'or.9.25 i chap I i « • ■ I 10 Titoa 3. 12 R«». 18.B. chap. 1 7. II 16.3 (tor 

SThea. I i. I, PI.. I. 2 I ..I'ln'. in 24 och. 1.15 n R 0:5. chap I Ifl.ilrhap 1.4 

.1 inn- I. 12 < i.l. 4. 14. tin Ar .20. I Pia. 2K -I pAc.S 



f THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS. 



CHAPTER I. 
For what end Titu* ims hfi in Crete, \, 6, How they that arc to be rhosrn 
minister* ought to hr qualified, (>. The mouth* of evil teachers to be itop- 

prd, 1 I : and whnl manner of men they be, 12. 

,TJAUL, a a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, 
ML according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknow- 
ledging of the truth which is after godline 

b 2 b In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, 
promised before the world began ; 

1 3 c But hath in due times manifested his word through 
preaching, which is committed unto me, according to the 
commandment of God our Saviour : 



A. I). 05. 



n I Tcm. 3. 

I.Nu.23.19. 
Rom. 1.2. fc 

SCor. 1. 90. 

Eph. 1.4,9. 
.v :i 'i 
Col. 1.86. 
ITim i 
10. & 2. 13, 
rhnp. 3. 7. 
i Pat l 80. 
cAo.SO. 84. 
n.mi in 26. 

SCoi. 2. 12 
fc4.13.fc7. 

14.4.8.0,16. 
Hal 1.1,11. 



/!»4 d To Thus, mine own sun after tho common faith; 
Grace, mercy, and peace, from (■<"! Hie Father, and tin- 

Lord JesUS Christ our Saviour. 
g-fi r For this cause left 1 tlieo in Crete, that thnu slmuld- 

est set. in order the things thai arc wanting, and ordain 
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 

6 ' If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having 
faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. 
<ll K For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of 

& 2 3, 7. fc|2, 5. 7. |ll.fc2.0. Ifolo.. 1 2 12 T.m 2 2 ',!> 41 21 

4 4. Pol. 1.86. left. 15. I Tim. 1.2. fl Tim. 3. Mat. 94. 4_. . 

Eph.1.9.10.llThm.2.4.2Tim.l.in .1 IVlor 1. 2 2. 4. lCor.4.1. 15 

4:2 7 &3 ITim. 1 l.d Bpfa. 1.2 n Ac. 14.23. t Lcr. 10.9. 2 Cor. 6. 3. 

139 



I ', 5. 18. , 2Tim.2.24. 
3,11 Peter 5. 2. 



Salutation to the church at Philemon's house, PHILEMON, The apostle's commendation of Philemon. 

God : not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, naj^^L-j <* 13 k Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious ap- 
striker, not given to filthy lucre ; • lifThess. appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; 

d 8 h But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, ^If 1 ;. 10 - 14 l Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us 



just, holy, temperate ; 

9 ' Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, 
that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and 
to convince the gainsayers. 

c 10 k For there are many unruly and vain talkers andjf| 
deceivers, especially they of the circumcision : 
p 11 ! Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole | 
houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy * 
lucre's sake 

c 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, 
The Cre-tians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 

13 m This witness is true : wherefore rebuke them 
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith ; 
P 14 n Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and command- 
ments of men that turn from the truth. 

15 ° Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them 
that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even 
their mind and conscience is defiled. 
« 16 p They profess that they know God ; but in works 
they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and 
unto every good work reprohate. 

CHAPTER IL 

Directions given unto Titus both for his doctrine and life, 1. Of the duty 

of servants, and in general of all Christians, 9. 

rf TTJUT a speak thou the things which become sound 

_M3 doctrine : 

d 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound 
m faith, in charity, in patience ; 

d 3 b The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour 
as becometh holiness ; not false accusers, not given to 
much wine, teachers of good things ; 

d 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, 
to love their husbands, to love their children, 

d 5 c To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, 
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be 
not blasphemed. 

d 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded. 

d 7 d In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works : 
in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 

8 e Sound speech that cannot be condemned ; that he 
that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no 
evil thing to say of you. 

d 9 f Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own mas- 
ters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering 



|Tim-J • is. j from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
p£jjil:i: J zealous of good works. 

15 "These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with 



Rom. 16. 17 
1 Tim. 1.6 



2 Mt n 23.'i: iall authority. Let no man despise thee. 



iTiml&kj CHAPTER III. 

m2T?m.4.2!J Titus is yet further directed by Paul, both concerning the things he should 
u't"'% Is' teac h, and not teach, 1 : He is willed also to neject obstinate heretics, 10: 
Matt.' 15. 9.\ which done, he appointeth him both time and place, wherein he should 
rTim?'4 I come unto him ; and so concludeth, 12. 

&4.7.&e. | <z 'jjiUT a them in mind to be subject to principalities and 
offlfSsSi I mT powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good 

|jkeU.39,| workj 

Acts 10. 15 ' 



'I 



Kom .14.14,! 2 b To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but 

fbft'.ti .12. i gen tie, shewing all meekness unto all men. 

rrfmS: 1 3 c For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, dis- 

pRom.1.28 
2Tim. 3.5,8. 
Jude 4. 
a 1 Tim. 1. 
10. & 6. 3. 
ch. 1. 9, 13. 
blTim.2.9 
&3. 11. & 
5.13. 

1 Pet. 3. 3. 
c Gen. 3. 16. 



10 s Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity ; that 
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all 
things. 

1 1 h For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 

d 12 ' Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly 
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this 
present world ; 



obedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, 
living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

1 4 d But after that the kindness and love of God our 
Saviour toward man appeared, 

* 5 e Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 
kFTm '€ [ but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of 
■■ I regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 

1 6 f Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus 
Christ our Saviour ; 

' 7 g That being justified by his grace, we should be made 
heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

d 8 h This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that 
thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in 
God might be careful to a maintain good works. These 
things are good and profitable unto men. 
p 9 * But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and 
contentions, and strivings about the law ; for they are un- 
profitable and vain. 

d 10 k A man that is a heretic, after the first and second 
admonition, reject ; 

11 Knowing that he that is such, is subverted, and sin- 
neth, being condemned of himself. 

g 12 ' When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, 
be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis : for I have deter- 
mined there to winter 

13 m Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their jour- 
ney diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. 
d 14 n And let ours also learn to maintain good works for 
necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. 

15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that 
ove us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. 

IT It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the 
Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia. 



A D. 63. 



k Ac. 24. 15. 

1 Cor. 1. 1. ■ 
Philip. 3.20. 
Col. §. 4. 
2Tim. 4.1,8. 
Heb. 9. 28. 

2 Pet. 3. 12. 
1 John 3. 2. 
I E.v. 19. 5. 
Deut.7.6.& 
14. 2. & 26. 
18. 

Eph. 2. 10. 
& 5. 2. 
Gal. 1.4. & 
2.20. 

chapter 3.8. 
Heb. 7. 26. 
& 9. 11, 14. 
& 10.12,24. 
m 1 Cor. 16. 
11. 

1 Tim. 4.12. 

2 Tim. 4. 2. 
ch. 1.9, 13. 






Eph. 2. 10. 125. & 3. 2. 13. & 4. lO.IGal. 2.16. 
1 Tim. 2. 1. chap. 1. 10. ch. 1. 3. & Eph. 1. 4.& 
chap. 2. 14. !elCor.6.U. 2. 10, 11. 2. 4, 9. & 5 



ActB 2. 33. 

& 10. 45. 

Rom. 5. 5. 
1 Pet. 2. 13. Gal. 4. 3. e Jn. 3. 3, 5. 26. g Rom. 5. 1. 

b Gal. 6.1. Eph. 2. 1.& Acta 15. 11. 2 Tim. 1.9.^8.23,24. 
Eph. 4. 2. 5. 8. (Rom. 2. 20, f Ex. 36. 25. Gal. 2. 16. 

Philip. 4. 5. Col. 1. 21. &I28. & 4. 2, 6.LloeI 2. 28. I h Eph. 2. 10. 
Col. 3. 12. 13. 7. & 9. 11. &|Jn.l.lfi.&6. 1 Tim.1.15. 

1 Thee. 2.7.11 Peter4. 3. 11. 6. l 45. & 7. 39.I&3. 1.&4.9. 



aRom.i3.i.l2Tim.2.24.1d 1 Tim. 2.1 



2Tim. 2. U.lRh.ip. 1. 14. 2 Tim. 4. 12. 
chap. 1. 14. k Mt.18. 17. m Acts 18. 
a Gr. go be- Rom. 16. 17. 24. 
fore. 2 Thea. 3. 6. 1 Cor. 1. 12. 

i 1 Tim. 1.4.12 Tim. 3. 5. nlCor.4.12. 
& 4. 7. & 6.12 John 10. Eph. 4. 28. 
4,20. 1 Acts 20.4. 1 Thes. 2.9. 

2 Tim. 2.14, Eph. 6. 21. B Thes. 3. S. 
23. Col. 4. 7. Ichap. 1. 14. 



f THE EPISTL.E OF PAUL TO PHILEMON. 



Herejoiceth to hear of the faith and love of Philemon, 4: whom he desirelh 
to forgive his servant Onesimus, and lovingly to receive him again, 9. 

PAUL, a a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our 
brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow- 
labourer," 

2 b And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow- 
soldier, and to the church in thy house : 
6 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

e 4 c I thank my God, making mention of thee always in 
nay prayers, 



A. D. 64. 



aEpb.3.1.& 
4. 1.&6.20. 
Phi'.. 1.7, 13. 
Col. 4. 3,18. 
2 Tim. 1 . 8. 
b Rom. 16.5. 
ICor.lG. 19. 
Philip. 2.25. 
Col. 4. 15,17. 
c Rom. 1.8. 
Eph. 1. 16. 
Philip. 1. 3. 
Col. 1. 3. 

1 TheB. 1.2. 

2 Thes. 1. 3. 
d Eph. 1.15. 
Col. 1. 4. 
eRo. 12.13. 
2 Cor. 8. 4. 
& 9. 13. 



c 5 d Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward 
the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints ; 

6 e That the communication of thy faith may become 
effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which 
is in you in Christ Jesus. 

e 7 f For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, 
because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, 
brother. 

8 e Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ 
to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 

Philip. 1 5. & 4. 14. Titus 2. 14. Heb. 6. 10. & 10. 24. & 13. 16. f 2 Cor. 7. i, 13. glTh.2.5. 

140 



Christ is preferred before the angels. 

/9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such 
a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus 
Christ. 

10 h I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have 
begotten in my bonds : 

* 1 1 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now 
profitable to thee and'to me : 

12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive 
him, that is, mine own bowels : 

13 * Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy 
stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of 
the gospel : 

fcl4 k But without thy mind would I do nothing; that 
thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but 
willingly. 

15 ' For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, 
that thou shouldest receive him for ever ; 

16 m Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a 
brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more 
unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord 1 



HEBREWS. 



A. D. 64. 



hlCor.4.15 
Gal. 4. 19. 
Col. 4. 9. 
i 1 Cor. -18. 
17. 

Philip. 2 30 
k 2 Cor. 9.7 
IGon. 45. 5 
m Mt. 23. 8. 
lTim.6. 2. 




He takes upon himself human nature. 

17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as 
myself. 

18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put 
that on mine account ; 

19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will 
repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto 
me even thine own self besides. 

20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord : 
refresh my bowels in the Lord. 

k 21 n Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto 
thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. 

22 ° But withal prepare me also a lodging : for 1 trust 
that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. 

23 p There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner m 
Christ Jesus ; 

24 q Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow 
labourers. 

b 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your 
spirit. Amen. 

IT Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant. 



11 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL. THE APOSTLE, 

TO THE HEBREWS. 



A. D. 64. 



CHAPTER I. 

Christ m these last times coming to us from, the Father, 1 , is preferred 
ahoiie the angels, both, in person and office, 4. 

^T"1 OD, a who at sundry times and in divers manners spake 
\Jf in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

t 2 b Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, 
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also 
he made the worlds , 

t 3 c Who being the brightness of his glory, and the ex- 
press image of his person, and upholding all things by the 
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our 
sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 

4 d Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath 
by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 

5 e For unto which of the angels said he at any time, 
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And 
again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me 
a Son? 

1 6 f And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten 
into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God wor- 
ship him. 

7 e And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels 
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 

i* 8 h But unto the Son, he saith, Thy throne, O God, is 
for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre 
of thy kingdom ; 

9 ' Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity ; 
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the 
oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

10 k And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the 
foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of 
thy hands. 

Ml They shall perish; but thou remaincst : and they 
all shall .wax old as doth a garment ; 

t 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they 
shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years 
shall not fail. 

13 ' But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit 
on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 

' 14 m Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to | !.! !'94.». 
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ? 

CHAPTER II. 

We ought to be obedient to Christ Jesus, I, and that because lie vouchsafed 
to take our nature upon him, 5, as it was necessary, 14. 

THEREFORE" we ought to give the more earnest 
heed to the things which we have heard, lest at anylsS 7 *'™ 
time we should let them slip. l"b*.8:ia. 



a Num. 22. 

6, a 

John 1. 17. 
& 15. 25. 
Gal. 4. 4. 
Eph. I. 10. 
ch. 2. 3, 12. 
& 3. 1, 6. & 

7. 22. & 8. 
6.9. & 9. 15. 
& 10. 16. & 
12. 24. 
IP.terl. 11. 
b Pta. 2. 8. 
Iaaiab 9. 6. 
Malt. 11. 2. 
& 21.38. & 
28.18. 
Luke 2. 11. 
John 1.3. * 
3. 35. & 13. 
3. & 16. 15. 
& 17. 2. 
Acts 2. 36. 
& 10. 36. 
Rom. 8. 17. 

1 Cor. 8. 6. 
& 15. 27. 
Gal. 4. 4. 
Eph. I. 10, 
2a & 3. !l 
Philip. 2. 11. 
Col. 1. 16. 
c P». 110. 1. 
John 1. 14. 
& 14.0. 

2 Cur. 1. 1. 
Eph. 1.7. 
Philip. 2. 6. 
Col. 1.14,15. 
17. 

rh. I, II, 4. 
7.26. & 8.1. 
& 0. I2„ 28. 

* 10. 12. * 
12.2. 

1 Peter 3.22. 
Kov. 4. 11. 

* 5. 12. 
(I Eph; 1.21. 
Phil. 2.0, 10. 
■■.hnp.2.0.* 
7.7. 

Ba.7.14. 
2Chr.22.10. 
A 28 B, 
IVilin 2. 7. 
Acu 13. 33. 
baplei 5, 9. 
i' In. 82. 43. 
I'-.ii.n ri- ft 
Bom. 8. 28. 
Col. I. IB. 
I PclorS 22. 
■ :. v i .. 
I I- 104 I. 

a o 7. 

iH'llflll (it. I, 

Luko i. 31. 

Acto 4.27.6c 

in .i 

h. 2. II. & 

.1. 1 1. 

i Ac. 10. 3R 
k P.. I02.2K. 
Inn. 34. 4.4; 

i i. 



Rov, 21. I. 

1 P.. 110. I. 

Mat, 22. 44. 
Murk 12.38. 

Acta 2. 34. 

Bob. 1.90. 



2 b For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and 
every transgression and disobedience received a just re- 
compense of reward ; 

«> 3 c How shall we escape, if we neglect so great sal- 
vation ; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, 
and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 

t 4 d God also bearing them witness, both with signs and 
wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost, according to his own will ? 

5 e For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection 
the world to come whereof we speak. 

6 f But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is 
man, that thou art mindful of him ? or the son of man, that 
thou visitest him ? 

ft E Thou madest liima little lower than the angels; thou 
crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him 
over the works of thy hands ; 

8 b Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. 
For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left 
nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not 
yet all things put under him : 

9 ' But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than 
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory 
and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste 
death for every man. 

t 10 k For it became him, for whom arc ;ill things, and bj 
whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to 
make the Captain of their salvation perfect through suf- 
ferings. 

ell 1 For both he that saiictilielh, and they who are sane 
tified, ore all of one : for which cause he is not ashamed to 
call them brethren, 

a 12 '" Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, 
in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee*. 

"13 " And again, I will pul nay tnisl in him. And again, 
Behold, I, and the children which God hath given me. 

t 14 ° Forasmuch then as the children are partaken of 

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A. D.64. 



The rest of Christians is attained by faith. HEBREWS 

same ; that through death he might destroy him that had 
the power of death, that is, the devil ; 

15 p And deliver them, who, through fear of death, were 
all their life-time subject to bondage. 

t 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels ; 
but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 

t 17 q Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made 
like unto his brethren ; that he might be a merciful and 
faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make 
reconciliation for the sins of the people. 

18 r For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, 
he is able to succour them that are tempted. 

CHAPTER ill. 
Christ is more worthy than Moses, 1 : therefore if we believe not in him, 

we shall be more worthy of punishment than hard-hearted Israel, 7. 

WHEREFORE, a holy brethren, partakers of the hea- 
venly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest 
of our profession, Christ Jesus ; 

2 b Who was faithful to him that appointed turn, as also 
Moses was faithful in all his house. 

t 3 c For this man was counted worthy of more glory than 
Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house, hath 
more honour than the house. 

t 4 d For every house is builded by some man ; but he that 
built all things is God. 

5 e And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a 
servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be 
spoken after : 

t 6 f But Christ as a Son over his own house : whose house 
are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of 
the hope firm unto the end. 

t 7 s Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day if ye will 
hear his voice, 

p 8 h Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the 
day of temptation in the wilderness : 

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw 
my works forty years. 

10 l Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and 
said, They do always err in their hearts ; and they have 
not known my ways. 

«> 1 1 k So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into 
my rest. 

« 12 ' Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an 
evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 
d 13 m But exhort one another daily, while it is called To- 
day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness 
of sin. 

« 14 n For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the 
beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end ; 

15 ° While it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, 
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 
g 16 p For some, when they had heard, did provoke : how- 
beit, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 

17 q But with whom was he grieved forty years 1 was it 
not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the 
wilderness 1 

w 18 r And to whom sware he that they should not enter 
into his rest, but to them that believed not 1 

19 9 So we see that they could not enter in because of 
unbelief. 

CHAPTER IV. 

The rest of Christians is attained by faith, 1 . The power of God's word, 
12. By our High Priest Jesus the Son of God, subject to infirmities, but 
not to sin, 14, we must and may go boldly to the throne of grace, 16. 

LET a us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of 
entering into his rest, any of you should seem to 
come short of it. 

2 b For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto 
them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being 
mixed with faith in them that heard it. 



p Lu. 1. 74. 
Rom. 8. 15. 
2 Tim. 1. 7. 
q Phil. 2. 7. 
eh.3.1.&4. 
15. & 5. 2. 
rch.4.15,16. 
a Ml. 15. 24. 
John 1. 11. 
Rom. 1. 7. 
& 15. 8. 

1 Cor. 1. 2. 
2Cor. 1. 3. 
Eph. 1. 1. 
Phil. 3. 14. 
Col. 1. 2. 

2 Th. 1. 11. 
2 Tim. 1.9, 
ch. 2. 17. k 
4. 14. & 5. 5. 
&6.20. &7. 
26.&8.1. & 
9. 11. & 10. 
23. 

Rev. 1. 13. 
b Nu. 12. 7. 
1 Sa. 12. 6. 
chap. 2. 17. 
c Ze. 6. 12. 
Mat. 16. 18 
d2Cor.5.17. 
Eph. 2. 10. 
ch. 1. 2, 10. 
e Ex. 14.31. 
Num. 12. 7. 
Deut. 3. 24. 
Josh. 1. 2. 
fPs. 2.6,7. 
Mat. 10. 22. 

1 Cor. 3. 16. 

2 Cor. 6. 16. 
Eph. 2. 21. 
Col. 1. 23. 
lTim.3. 15. 
chap. 1. 1. 
1 Pot. 2. 5. 
g2Sa.23.2. 
Psa. 95. 7. 
Mat. 22. 43. 
Acts 1. 16. 
h Ex. 17. 2. 
Num.20. 13. 
Deut. 29. 2. 
Paa. 78. 18, 
41, 56. 
1 Cor. 10. 9. 
iNu. 32.13: 
k Num. 14. 
21. & 32. 10, 
Deut. 1. 34. 
1 Sa. 14. 45. 
Ps. 89. 36. 
Mark 8. 12. 
lch.2.1.&4. 

. 11. & 10, 
23. & 12. 1, 
15. 

m Ro. 7. 11. 
Eph. 4. 22. 
ch. 10. 24. 
James 1. 14. 
n Ro. 8. 17. 
Eph. 5. 30. 
chap. 1. 9. 

chap. 3. 7. 
p Nu. 14. 4, 
11, 22, 31. & 
26. 6a. & 32. 
12. 

Deut. 1. 36. 
qNu.14.22, 
37. & 26. 65. 
Psa. 106.26. 

1 Cor. 10. 5. 
Jude 5. 

r Nu. 14. 30. 
Deut. 1. 34. 
s Nu. 20.12. 
a ch. 3. 19. 
& 12. 15. 
bch.3.7,12. 



The honour of our Saviour's priesthood 

e 3 e For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he 
said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into 
my rest : although the works were finished from the found- 
ation of the world. 

1 4 d For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day 
on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his 
works. 

5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 

6 e Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter 
therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered 
not in because of unbelief : 

e 7 f (Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To 
day, after so long a time ; as it is said, To-day, if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 

8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not 
afterward have spoken of another day. 
9 g There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of 
God. 

10 h For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath 
ceased from his own works, as God did from his.) 
d 11 ' l Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest 
any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 

* 12 k For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and 
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the 
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and 
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of 
the heart. 

t 13 l Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in 
his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the 
eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

d 14 m Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that 
is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us 
hold fast our profession. 

15 n For we have not a high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all 
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

d 16 ° Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of 
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help 
in time of need. 



A. D.64. 



JVegligence in 



c Ps. 95. n. 

ch. 3.11, 14. 
d Gen. 2. 2. 
Ex. 20. 11. 
& 31. 17. 
e ch. 3. 17. 
f Ps. 96. 7. 
ch. 3. 7, 15 
gRev. 7. 14 
& 14. 13. & 
21. 3. 
h ch. 6. 10. 
ich.3. 19. 
k Prov. 5. 4. 
Ec. 12. 11. 
Isu. 49. 2. & 
55. 11. 
Jer. 23. 29. 
1 Cor. 14.24. 
2Cor.l04,5. 
Eph.fi. 17. 
oh. 2. 2. & 
3. 7. 

IPet. 1.23. 
Rev. 3. 16. 
& 2. 12, 16. 
& 19. 13. 

1 Job 26. 6. 
&34. 21. 
Ps. 33. 13,14, 
15. & 34. 16. 
& 90. 8. & 
139. 13, 12. 
Prov. 35. 11. 
m ch. 2. 17. 
& 3.1,6. 14 
& 6. 11, 20 
&7.2fi.&8. 
1. & 9. 33, 
24. & 32. 3. 
12. & 13. o: 
n Isa. 53. 3. 
Luke 22. 28. - 

2 Cor. 5.21 'oRo.3. 25, 
Philip. 2. 7. 
ch. 2. 17. & 



CHAPTER V. 

The authority and honour of our Saviour's priesthood, 1. 
the knowledge thereof is reproved, 11. 

^ OR a every high priest taken from among men, is 
ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he 
may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins : 

2 b Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on 
them that are out of the way ; for that he himself also is 
compassed with infirmity. 
t 3 c And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so 
also for himself, to offer for sins. 

4 d And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he 
that is called of God, as was Aaron. 

h 5 e So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high 
priest ; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day 
have I begotten thee. 

6 f As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest 
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 
s 7 s Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up 
prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto 
him that was able to save him from death, and was heard, 
in that he feared ; 

d 8 h Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by 
the things which he suffered ; 
t 9 { And being made perfect, he became the author of 
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him ; 

7.26.&9.2S |cr,,2, 37. &|&_4. 15. &|d.Es.28.; IJActB 1,3.33 Wh^'l^.^itljt- 8. 



. 1. 5. 53. & 27. 



|& 3. 32. lb ch. 2. 18. !9. 7. iJolin 8. 54. ,g Psa. 22. l.| 

142 



Hope is the anchor of the soul. HEBREWS 

10 k Called of God a high priest, after the order of Mel 



chisedec. 

c 11 l Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to ^^f f|;|-; 
be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. - !? |c° r - 3 - 

m 12 m For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, yeigj-f^ 1 - & 
have need that one teach you again which be the first prin- 1 J, fco^.'a 2 ^ 
ciples of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have I^AJ 

20. 
Eph.4.13 r 14 



A. D. 64, 

kch. 6^ 20. j Christ Jesus is a 

1 Mat. 13.15 



16. 
I&19. 6. 
I chap. 9.27 
I c Acts 18.21. 
llCor. 4. 19. 



The priesthood of Christ is unchangeable 

CHAPTER VII. 

hrist Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, 1, and so far more 
excellent than the priests of Aaron's order, 1 1. 

]J^OR a this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the 
JP most high God, who met Abraham returning from 
the slaughter of the kings, and blessed-him ; 

e 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all ; firsi 
being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after 
that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace ; 

D 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, 
having neither beginning of days nor end of life , but made 
like unto the Son of God ; abideth a priest continually. 

4 b Now consider how great this man was, unto whom 
even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 

L 5 c And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who 
receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment 
to take titlies of the people according to the law, that is, 



need of milk, and not of strong meat. 

i 13 n For every one that useth milk, is unskilful in the £fn£.§*6. 
word of righteousness . for he is a babe. itphlfV 

14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full &*& Vfi 
age, even those who by reason of use have their senses ^Mt/ikm 
exercised to discern both good and evil. 

CHAPTER VI. 
He exhorteth, not to fall back from the faith, 1, but tobe steadfast, 11, dili- ifj^^jj 15 
gent and patient to wait upon God, 12, because God is most sure in his id Mt. 12.31 
promise, 13. 

THEREFORE a leaviag the principles of the doctrine l&if is: 31 -! 7v*"k" ' ".' 
c nu ■ i i j. j. c i.- * i U Pit. 2 jo. A Oral lam : 

of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying^,, ? .io. 6 a But he whose descent is not counted from them 

received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the 
promises 

7 e And without all contradiction the less is blessed of 
the better 

8 r And here men that die receive tithes ; but there he 
receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 

9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receh ed tithes, 

(Rom. 3. "I! 



|ch^io 3 2§3£ °f their brethren, though they come out of the loins of 



agrain the foundation of repentance from dead works, and;«isa. 9 6. 

?. ..i . j /-, , l 1 Cor. 12.11 

of faith toward God, Gal 2 3 - 5 - 

t 2 b Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of handeJfcL 10.29. 

and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. §er.J6.'6.& 

3 c And this will we do, if God permit. |{*? kl k 2 l- 

.... , * * ■ _ nPsa.20.3, 

w 4 For it is impossible tor those who were once enhght- j^, 1 *-^ 
ened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made|^ a 2 r ^ 41 
partakers of the Holy Gnost, .John 13. 26. 



5 e And have tasted the good word of God, and the f^f ri ^;, 5 
powers of the world to come, 

D 6 f If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto re- 
pentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of 
God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 

* 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh 
oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by 
whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : 

' 8 g But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, 
and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned. 

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, 
and things that accompany salvation, though we thus 
speak. 

e 10 h For God is not unrighteous to forget your work ami 
labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in 
that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 

b 11 'And we desire that every one of you do shew 
Hie same diligence to the full assurance of hope untoibGnMIw: 

x e Num. 18. 

the end : ik.rlSs. 1 

d 12 k That ye be not slothful, but followers of them wholJ"*."^ 
through faith and patience inherit the promises. 'Khoi'o.a 

13 ' For when God made promise to Abraham, because!^:" ,';-£ 
he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 



.Rom. 4. 13. 

* 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multi- JgJ£ W 
plying I will multiply thee. ;L c o u 2o 5 ' ' 

15 m And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained j^j'.lSV- 
the promise. ISpllU'V 

16 "For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath LJItiV 1 ' 
for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 

t 17 "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto 
the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, con- 
firmed it by an oath : 

i 18 p That by two immutable things, in which it was im- 
possible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, 
who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set 
before ua : 

d 19 q Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both 
sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the 
veil ; 

20 r Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even^'t^ 
Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Mel-ig c i5 V* 
chisedec. lft„.si.as. 



I,ukc 3. 33. 
Eev. 5. S. 

k chap. 5.11 

k6. in. 
1 iv 110 1. 

rhtipt'T 5. 6, 
10. k 6. 20. 
mlV5l. 16 
Ni. i 11 
Knm. 8. 3. 
«nl. 4. 9. 
n .In. I. 1". 
Act* 13. 311. 
Rom. 3. 21. 
28. k5.2.k 
B 3, 



payed tithes in Abraham. 

10 g For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Mel- 
chisedec met him. 
1 11 b If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priest- 
hood, (for under it the people received the law,) what fur- 
ther need was there that another priest should rise after the 
order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of 
Aaron 1 

12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of 
necessity a change also of the law. 

13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to 
another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar 

/14 £ For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda ; 
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood 

15 k And it is yet far more evident: for that after (lie 
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 

16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal command- 
ment, but after the power of an endless life. 

17 ' For lie testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the 
order of Melchisedec. 

18 m For there is verily a disannulling of the command- 
ment going before, for the weakness and unprofitableness 
thereof. 

t 19 "For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in 
of a better hope did ; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 

20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made 
priest : 

21 ° (For those priests were made without an oath ; bnl 
this with an oath, by him that said unlo him, The Lord 
sware, and will not repent, Thou art a pries! for ever after 
the order of Melchisedec :) 

22 p By so much was Jesus made a surety of a bettej 
testament 

23 q And they truly were many priests, because they 
were not suffered to continue by reason of death : 

i 21 But this man, because be oontinueth ever, hath an 



bA 2. in unchangeable priesthood. 
Iph'. a.' is. t 25 ' Wherefore he is ab 



le also to save (hem to the utter- 

ii.'Vih. almost that come unto God by him, seeing he over liveth to 

«. If. fc d.l . r .i 

H & n.y. u make intercession for them. 

c 26 ' For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harm- 

124. kin. 12 
11 Pet. 2.2* 



S3 .9.|I,uko». 51.13. 51. Irl.np. 2. 10 Ik. ». ., 

Tim_2^5.|; F.i.j?. >UMerk 16. 19.Uclj 1. O.fc'Rora. 8. 34.1k f 14, 15. k 0. 1-. H. 

143 



rRo. 8. 34. II Jn. 2. I. 2|l»ninh 
ITim 2. .'»■ F.i. 28.3 ' 
chap. 9. 24. lUv. 22. 3 



Of the first covenant and its ordinances. 

less, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher t ffi* 7 

& 16. "6, 11. 
Rom. 6. 10. 
oh. 5. 3. & 
8. 3. & 9. 7, 
12, 28. &. 10. 
12. 



than the heavens ; 

f 27 'Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to 
offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the 
people's : for this he did once, when he offered up himself. lt\%$; 

1 28 u For the law maketh men high priests which have 
infirmity ; but the word of the oath, which was since the 
law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

By the eternal priesthood of Christ, the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is 
abolished, I ; and the temporal covenant with the fathers, by the eternal 
covenant of the gospel, 7. 

NOW a of the things which we have spoken this is the 
sum : We have such a high priest, who is set on the 
right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens .; 

2 b A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true taber- 
nacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 
1 3 c For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and 
sacrifices : wherefore it is of necessity that this man have 
somewhat also to offer. 

4 d For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, 
seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to 
the law : 

5 6 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly 
things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was 
about to make the tabernacle : for, See (saith he) that 
thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to 
thee in the mount. 

t 6 f But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, 
by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, 
which was established upon better promises. 

7 e For if that first covenant had been faultless, then 
should no place have been sought for the second. 

a 8 b For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the 
days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new cove- 
nant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah : 

g 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their 
fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand to lead 
them out of the land of Egypt ; because they continued 
not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the 
Lord. 

1 10 'For this is the covenant that I will make with the 
house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord ; I will put 
my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : 
and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a 
people : 

r 11 k And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, 
and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord : for all 
shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 

b 12 ' For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and 
their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 

13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the 
first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old, is 
ready to vanish away. 

CHAPTER IX. 

The description of the rites and bloody sacrifices of the law, \,far inferior 
to the dignity and perfection of the blood and sacrifice of Christ, 1 1 . 

THEN a verily the first covenant had also ordinances of 
divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. 
/2 b For there was a tabernacle made ; the first wherein 
was the candlestick, and the table, and the shew-bread ; 
which is called the Sanctuary. 

T 3 c And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is 
called the Holiest of all ; 

f\ d Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the 
covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the 
golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, 
and the tables of the covenant ; 

5 e And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the 
mercy-seat ; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 



HEBREWS. Christ appears in God's presence for us. 

6 f Now when these things were thus ordained, the 
priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing 
the service of God : 

/ 7 g But into the second went the high priest alone once 
every year, not without blood, which he offered for him- 
self, and for the errors of the people : 

* 8 h The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into 
the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the 
first tabernacle was yet standing : 

9 /Which was a figure for the time then present, in 
which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not 
make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the 
conscience ; 

10 k Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers 
washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until 
the time of reformation. 

1 1 ' But Christ being come a high priest of good things 
to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not 
made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; 
**12 "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by 

his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, 
having obtained eternal redemption for us. 

13 n For if the blood of bulls arid of goats, and the ashes 
of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the puri- 
fying of the flesh . 

*14 ° How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to 
God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the 
living God 1 

° 15 p And for this cause he is the mediator of the new 
testament, that by means of death, for the redemption o, 
the transgressions that were under the first testament, they 
which are called might receive the promise of eternal 
inheritance. 

16 For where a testament is, there must also of neces- 
sity be the death of the testator. 

17 i For a testament is of force after men are dead: 
otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 
/ 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated 
without blood. 

19 r For when Moses had spoken every precept to all 
the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves 
and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, 
and sprinkled both the book and all the people, 

20 " Saying, This is the blood of the testament which 
God hath enjoined unto you. 

21 ' Moreover, he sprinkled likewise with blood both the 
tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 

t 22 u And almost all things are by the law purged with 
blood ; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 
/ 23 * It was therefore necessary that the patterns of 
things in the heavens should be purified with these ; but 
the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than 
these. 

* 24 y For Christ is not entered into the holy places made 
with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into hea- 
ven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us : 

25 z Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the 
high priest entereth into the holy place every year with 
blood of others ; 

t 26 a For then must he often have suffered since the 
foundation of the world : but now once in the end of the 
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of 
himself. 

t 27 b And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after 
this the judgment : 



a Epii.1.20. 
Col. 3. 1. 
ch. 1. 3, 13. 
&3. 1. Li. 
14. & 6. 20 
& 7. 26. & 
9. 11. & 10 
12. &. 12. 2. 
bch.9.8,11. 
24. &. 10.21 
c Eph. 5. 2. 
ch. 5. 1. & 
7. 27. & 9. 
24. & 10. II. 
d chap. 7.11. 
& 12. 25. 
e Ex. 25.40. 
& 26. 30. & 
27.8. 
Num. 8. 4. 
Acts 7.44. 
Col. 2. 17. 
ch. 9. 23. & 
10.1. 

f2Cor.3.6. 
Gal. 3. 19. 
chap. 7. 1C, 
22. & 9. 15. 
e ch. 7. 11, 
18. 

IiJer. 31.31. 
i Jer. 31. 33. 
Zech. 8. 8. 
2 Cor. 3. 3,7. 
chap. 10. 16. 
k Isa. 54. 13. 
Jn. fi.45,65. 
Un.2.20,27. 
! Ro. 11. 27. 
chap. 10. 17. 
a Ex. 25. 8. 
& 36. 8. 
ch- 8. 2, 13. 
b Ex. 17. 23. 
& 25. 23, 30. 
& 26.30,35. 
& 31. 8. & 
35.13. 14. & 
36. 1. & 37. 
10, 17. & 39. 
36, 37. tk. 40. 
2,4. 

Lev. 24. 3. 
Num.7.1.& 
8.4. & 9. 15. 

1 Kgs.7. 48. 
c Ex. 26.31. 
& 35. 12. & 
36. 35. & 40. 
21. 

2 Chr. 3. 14. 
dEx 16.33. 
& 25. 10,21. 
& 26. 33. & 
30. i. <fc 31. 
7. & 34. 29. 
& 35. 12, 15. 
& 37. 1, 25. 
& 39. 35, 38. 
& 40. 3, 5, 
20, 26. 
Num. 17. 10. 
Dt. 10. 2, 5. 

1 Kg. 8.9,21. 

2 Chr. 5. 10. 
e Ex. 25. 18. 
& 26. 34. & 
31.7.&37.7. 
Lev. 16. 2. 

1 Kg. 8.6,7. 



AD. 64. 



fNu. 28. 3. 

Dan. 8. 11. 

g Ex.30. 10. 

Lev. 16. 2, 

12, 15, 34. 

ch. 5. 3. & 

7.27. 

h Jn. 14. 6. 

ch. 10 19,20. 

i Ac. 13. 39. 

Gal. 3. 21. 

ch. 2. 5. & 

6.5.&7.11, 

19. & 10. 1, 

11. & 11.16. 

k Lev. 11.2. 

Num. 19. 7. 

Rom. 14. 17. 

Col. 2.16,20. 

chap. 7. 16. 

1 ch. 2. 17. 

&3. 1. &4. 

14. & fi. 20. 

&8.1.&10.1. 

m Ac. 20.28. 

Eph. 1. 7. 

Col. 1. 14. 

ch. 10.4,10. 

1 Pet. 1. 19. 

Rev. 1. 5.& 

5.9. 

n Lev. 16. 

14, 16. 

Num. 19. % 

4,12. 

chap. 10. 4. 

oLev.22.20. 

Nu. 19.2,11. 

Deut. 15.21. 

& 17. 1. 

Luke 1. 75. 

Rom.l.4.&, 

6.13.&8.11.I6. 1.&7.27. 



Gal. 1. 4. & 
2.20. 
Eph. 5. 2. 
Titus 2. 14. 
ch. 1. 3. & 



& 10. 22 
1 Pet.l.l9.& 
3. 18. & 4. 2. 
1 John 1. 7. 
Rev. 1. 5. 



p Ac. 13. 39.18. 6.&, 12.24.149. & 16. 14, 19. & 16. 14. 
Rom. 3. 25. 1 Pet. 3. 18. 15, 18. uLev.17.11. 

& 5. 6. q Gal. 3. 15.|s Ex. 24. 8. '& 22. 6. 

1 Tim.2.5.|rEx. 12. 22. 1 Matt. 26. 23. Num. 31 23, 
ch.2.10.&3. & 24. 5, 6. t Ex. 29. 36. x ch. 8. 5. 
l.&7.22.&'Lev. 14. 4, ! Lev. 8. 15, I 

144 



y Ro. 8. 34. |Lev.l6.2,34|Gal. 4. 4. 
ch.6.20.&7. chap. 9. 7. Eph. 1. 10. 
25.&8.2,5. l aMat.24-.3.|ch. 7. 27. & 
1 John 2. 2.|Rom. 6. 9. 10. 10. 
zEx.30. 10.llCor.10.ll.ibch. 6 2 



An exhortation to holdfast the faith. 



HEBREWS. 



r 28 c So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many ; 



A. V. 64. 



and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second rA*?^' 
time without sin unto salvation. 



CHAPTER X. 



Fruits of it in the fathers of old time. 

28 u He that despised Moses' law, died without mercy 
under two or three witnesses : 

w 29 x Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall 

he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the 

Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, 

wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath 

done despite unto the Spirit of grace 1 

1 30 y For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belong- 

. eth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And 

those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually, fcV 3 ?. again, The Lord shall judge his people 

make the comers thereunto perfect. 

2 For then would they not have ceased 
because that the worshipped 
no more conscience of sins 



1 15. & 6. 10. 
Ich. 4. 15. & 

17.26. 
1 Pet. 2. 2. 

|&3. 18. 

The weakness of the law-sacrifices, 1 The sacrifice of Christ's body once ch.7.ii.&8. 
offered, 10, Jar ever hath taken away sins, 14. An exhortation to hold jb£vJi%.a! 
fast the faith, with patience and thanksgiving, 19. ; Phil. 7. 27. ' 

the law having a shadow of good things to come, ^ v }§' 4 4 - 

11. K.' 



¥ 



OR 

and not the very image of the things, can never withjjjfj^ 



| & 50. 8. 
Isa. 1. 11. & 



; I Jer. 6. 20. 



once purged should have hadj^J^^JI 



I Psa. 40. 8. 
Ads 13. 22. 

3 b Lut in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again 1 " 



made of sins every year. 

4 c For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of 
goats should take away sins. 
a 5 d Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith ; 



Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast 
thou prepared me : 

6 In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had 
no pleasure. 

7 e Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it 
is written of me) to do thy will, O God. 

8 Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt 
offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither 
hadst pleasure therein ; which are offered by the law ; 

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He 
taketh away the fir^i, that he may establish the second. 

1 10 f By the which will we are sanctified through the offer- 
ng of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

11 g And every priest standeth daily ministering and 
offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never 
take away sins : 

*12 h But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for 
sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; 

13 From heuceforth expecting till his enemies be made 
his footstool. 

1 14 ' For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them 
that are sanctified. 

t 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us : for 
after that he had said before, 

t 16 k This is the covenant that I will make with them after 
those days, saith the Lord ; I will put my laws into their 
hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 

17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 

18 Now, where remission of these is, there is no more 
offering for sin. 

19 ' Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter inlo 
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 

20 m By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated 
for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh ; 

21 n Ami having a high priest over Hie bouse of God ; 
d 22 ° Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance 

of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure water. 

d 23 p Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without 
wavering; for he is faithful that promised : 

^24 (| And let us consider one another, to provoke unto i 
love, and to good works : 

d 25 r Not forsaking'lhe assembling of ourselves together, 
as the manner of some is; bul exhorting one ainotha 
so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

to 26 ' For if we sin wilfully after thai, we have received the jj , ;; ill i:, l -. 
knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice , / i , l "|.. l ;« l 
for sins, 

27 l But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and ' 
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 
169 t Q 



& 9. 13. 28, 
& 13. 12. 
e Nu. 28. 3. 
ch. 7. 11. & 
9 9 

hPsa. 110.1. 
Acts 2. 3. 
1 Cor. 15.25. 
Eph. 1. 20. 
Colos. 3. 1. 
ch. 1. 3, 13. 
&4. 14.&6, 
19. & 7. 26. 
& 8. 1. &. 9, 
11,24. 
ich. 7. 17, 
25 St. 9. 12. 
k Jer. 31. 33. 
Bom. 11. 27. 
ch. 8. 8, 10. 
I John 10. 9. 
& 14 6. 
Rem. 5. 2. 
Eph. 2. 13, 
)& &. 3. 12. 
ch. 4. 16. & 

9. 8, 12. 
rrfCTim.l.lO 
chap. 9. S. 
n I Tim. 3. 15 
ch. 2. 17. St. 
3. 1 , 6. & 4. 

14, 16. & 5. 
10.&6.20.& 
7. 17. & 8.1. 
&9.11. 
Ez. 36. 25. 

Jn. 4. 23. 
Eph. 3. 12. 
James 1. 6. 

1 John 3. 21. 
pLcv. 16.4. 
lCor.l.9.&. 

10. 13. 
2('.,r. 7. 1. 

1 Th. 5. 24. 

2 Thes. 3. 3. 
ch. 4. 14. & 
11.11. 
1 Pet. 3. 14. 
■ i ch B, hi 
& 12. 14. U 
13. 1 

rRo. 13.11. 
chap. 3. 13. 

1 I'd. 4. 7. 

2 Pet. 3. 11. 
.In, !• III. 
i Nu 15.30. 
Mall 12 13. 
K, .in. 6. 10. 
ch. B. 4, 6. 
.t 0. SO. 
j Pot 2.20. 
I .In. 5. 16. 
i Lev, 10. S. 
Nu, 16. 35. 
l-'.zi-l. . 30. 5. 
Zoph. 1.18. 

ft !l. H. 
ch. 8. 8. St 

15. 85, !0. 
8Pot.S. 3, 



A II 64. 
ill 111.31 
A; 22. 18,20, 
2ft* 31.14. 
t 32 -.'7. 
Lv.34.lM4. 
Num. 4. 5, 

.1 

iii. 13. 0, B. 
•v 17 O.St 10. 
15 St. 87.80. 
I Sn.fl. 10. 

I Kh.21.10. 

I II 



JC.r. 13, 1. 
-iii,) • ICor.11 80 



31 z It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the 
living God. 

t 32 a But call to remembrance the former days, in which, 
after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of 
afflictions ; 

33 b Partly, while ye were made a gazing-stock both by 
reproaches and afflictions ; and partly, while ye became 
companions of them that were so used. 

A 34 c For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and 
took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in your- 
selves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring 
substance. 

d35 d Cast not away therefore your confidence, which 
hath great recompense of reward. 

36 e For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have 
done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 

r 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will 
come, and will not tarry. 

d 38 Now the just shall live by faith : but if any man draw 
back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 

c 39 f But we are not of them who draw back unto per- 
dition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. 

CHAPTER XI. 

What faith is, 1. Without faith we cannot please God, 6. The worthy 
fruits thereof in the fathers of old time, 7. 

tl^TOW a faith is the substance of things hoped for, the 
i_^l evidence of things not seen : 
2 For by it the eiders obtained a good report. 

<3 b Through faith we understand that the worlds were 
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen 
were not made of things which do appear. 

c 4 c By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent 
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he 
was righteous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he 
being dead yet speaketh 

c 5 d By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see 
death; and was not found, because God had translated him. 
for before his translation he had this testimony, that lie 
pleased God. 

' G ■ But without, faith it is impossible to please him : for 
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and llial he 
is» a re warder of them thai diligently seek him. 

c 7 r By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen 
as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of 
his house; by the which he condemned the world, and 
became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 

c 8 K By faith Abraham, when he was called to go oul into 

a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, 
Obeyed ; and he wenl out nol knowing Whither he went. 

9 '' By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in b 

Strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and 

Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise : 

10 ; for he looked for a city which halh foundations, 
whose builder and maker is Goo. 



Philip I 7, '',,! i ::, i-< 118. * I I, I 

St I. It. 'I Th 2. H M .. n i. i.,,i,:i i| 
2 n i -i I, 2. II I Tim B i 

/ I. ii. IS :.. cMl ■ 12.4 aTim I •■ ' I 



21 Philcm. 10, 
0.113. 
1 1 chap. 13. 3. 
i 
Eph :i I. A .1 Mm. 5. 12 
1. l.k i - 



14a 2.3,4.21. ;rh 
llni.2 
Mall. 10 

• :. in. 

i.ilkn IF 

.'c SI. 10. flTh 5.0. 



Phll.l 7,13 Ch.8.1.fc3 Ilnm. 1. I" 



14 

145 



i 

- 
i,<;m i i n in i. at. 

Pu.33 0. P». Hi. 4. It 
John i 3 10 10 

Jel 20 13. 

IPol 3 5. /..!.. H 22 
. On ii 
Mall. 23 






15 II At 17. .'i 
t. 11.7. 
i ■ 11.11 

. I. 1 ! 

■ .a ib.':, 

1 Pel :< 10 

! Pel. 2.5 ' it 13. 14 

I. II "in/. 

■ in, in. 



I.tiko 17.86.1* I 

I!..,,, :i 

Philip. ' 



The effects of faith among the ancients. HEBREWS. Chastening s, for the present, are not joyous. 

11 k Through faith also Sara herself received strength! ^"-ff- and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance ; that 



to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she;;], ^f- 
was past age, because she judged him faithful who had|^i3||5. 
promised. 

12 l Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as 
good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, 
and as the sand which is by the sea-shore innumerable, 
c 13 m These all died in faith, not having received the pro- 
mises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded 
of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were 
strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 

14 For they that say such things declare plainly that 
they seek a country. 

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country 
from whence they came out, they might have had oppor- 
tunity to have returned. 

e 16 n But now they desire a better country, that is, a hea- 
venly : wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their 
God : for he hath prepared for them a city. 

c 17 ° By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up 
Isaac : and he that had received the promises offered up 
his only-begotten son, 

18 p Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed 
be called : 

19 i Accounting that God was able to raise him up, 
even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in 
a figure. 

c 20 r By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning 
things to come. 

c 21 s By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both 
the sons of Joseph ; and worshipped, leaning upon the top 
of his staff. 

c 22 ' By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the 
departing of the children of Israel ; and gave command 
inent concerning his bones. 

c 23 u By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three 
months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper 
child ; and they were not a afraid of the king's command- 
ment. 

c 24 x By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused 
to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; 

25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of 
God, than to enjoy the pleasures rf sin for -a season ; 

« 26 y Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches 
than the treasures in Egypt : for he had respect unto the 
recompense of the reward. 

27 z By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of 
the king : for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 

28 a Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprink 
ling of blood, lest he that destroyed the first-born should 
touch them. 

g 29 b By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry 
land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 

g 30 c By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they 
were compassed about seven days. 

c31 d By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them 
that believed not, when she had received the spies with 
peace. 

82 e And what shall I say more ? for the time would fail 
me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and 
// Jephthae, of David also, and Samuel, and of the pro- 
phets : 

c 33 f Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought! ^ 7 "^ i: f|i;Vk 
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of 
lions, 

34 e Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of 
the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed 
valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 

/ 35 h Women received their dead raised to life again : 



they might obtain a better resurrection : 

36 j And others had trial of cruel mockingsand scourgings, 
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment : 
/ 37 k They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were 
tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about 
in sheep-skins, and goat-skins ; being destitute, afflicted, 
tormented ; 

38 1 (Of whom the world was not worthy :) they wan- 
dered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves 
of the earth. 

39 m And these all, having obtained a good report through 
Pet H i b i7. faith, received not the promise : 

b 40 n God having provided some better thing for us, that 
they without us should not be made perfect. 



ch. 10. 23 

1 Gn. 13. 16. 
& 15. 5. & 
18. 11. & 22. 

&26. 4. 
& 32. 12. 
Ex. 32. 13. 
Deut. 1.1. & 
10. 22. 

2 Sa. 24. 9. 
lChr.27.23. 
Rom. 4. 18. 
m Gen. 15. 
13.& 23.4.& 
28.4.&47.9. 
lChr.29.15. 
Psa. 39. 13. 
& 119. 19. 
John 8. 33. 
1 " 
& 

nEx. 3.6,15 
Mat. 22. 32. 
Mark 12. 26. 
Luke 20. 37. 
Acts 7. 32. 
chap. 13.. 14. 

Gen. 22.2. 
James 2. 21. 
pGn.21.12. 
Rom. 9. 7. 
Gal 3. 29. 

q Rom. 4.17. 
rGn. 27.27, 
39 

Gen. 37. 9. 
& 47. 31. & 
5,15,16, 
20. 

t Gn. 50. 24. 
Exod. 13.19. 
Josh. 24. 32. 
Acts 7. 16. 
u Ex. 1. 16. 
& 2. 2, 11. 
Acts 7. 20. 
a Or, deter- 
red by. 
x Ex. 2. 10, 
11. 

Psa. 84. 11. 
Ac.7.23,25. 
y ch. 10. 35. 
& 13. 13. 
zEx.3.2.& 
6. 3. & 10.28, 
29. & 12. 31. 
& 13. 17. 
a Ex. 12. 3. 
b Ex. 14.21, 
22. 

c Josh. 6.20. 
d Josh. 2.1. 
&6. 23. 
James 2. 25. 
e Judg. 4. 6 
& 6. 11. & 
11. 1. & 12. 
7. & 13. 24. 

1 Sam. 1.17. 
& 12. 17. & 
13. 14. & 16. 
3. & 17. 45. 
fjudg.14.6. 
1 Sa. 17. 34. 
& 19. 18. & 
27.8. 

2Sam.5.25. 
&8.1.&10. 
19. & 12. 29. 
Dan. 6. 22. 
gjudg.7.21. 
& 15. 15. 

1 Sam. 14.1. 
& 20. 1. 

2 Sam. 7. 12. 
1 Kings 9. 4. 
& 19. 1. 
2Kings6.16. 
& 20. 7. 

1 Chr. 22. 9. 
Job 42. 10. 
Pso.6.9.& 
89.20. 

Isa. 38. 21. 
Dan. 3. 25. 
hi Kings 17. 
17,23. 

2 Kg*. 4. 36. 
Acts 22. 25. 



A. D. 64. 



i Gen. 39. 20. 
Judg. 16.25. 
lKgs.22.24. 
2KgB. 2.23. 
Jer.20. 2.& 
37.15 
klSa.22.18. 

1 Kings 19. 
3, 10, 13. & 
21. 13. 

2 Kings 1.8 
& 2. 8, 13. 
2Chr. 14.21 
Jer. 26. 23. 
Mat. 3. 4. & 
21. 35. & 23. 
30,35. 
Mark 12. 4. 



CHAPTER XII. 
An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness, 1. A commenda- 
tion of the new testament above the old, 22. 

HEREFORE, a seeing we also are compassed about 
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 

every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, 

and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 
2 b Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our 

faith ; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured 

the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right 

hand of the throne of God. 
e 3 c For consider him that endured such contradiction oi 

sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in 

your minds. 

4 d Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against 
sin. 

5 e And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speak- 
eth unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou 
the chastening of the Lord, nor feint when thou art re- 
buked of him: 

b 6 f For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 

c 7 s If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as 
with sons : for what son is he whom the father chasteneth 
not? 

8 h But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are 
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 

9 ' Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh whicn 
corrected us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not 
much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, 
and live 1 

b 10 k For they verily for a few days chastened us after 
their own pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we might be 
partakers of his holiness. 

b 1 1 J Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be 
joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth 
the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are 
exercised thereby. 

d 12 m Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and 
the feeble knees ; 

13 n And make straight paths for your feet, lest that 
which is lame be turned out of the way ; but let it rather 
be healed. 

d 14 ° Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the Lord : 

d 1 5 p Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of 



8.6. & 12.23 



HSa.22. 1. & 16.24. & 
&23. 19. & 24. 13. 
24.1. Luke 9. 59. 

lKgs. 17.3. & 14.26,33. 
& 18. 13. Rom. 6. 4. 



chap. 2. 1.& 
3. 6,12. & 4. 
1,11. & 6. 
12. & 9. 28 
&10 

throughout. 
James 1. 3. 
. .1 Peter 2.1. 
2 Kings 6. 1. & 12. 12. & 4. 2. 
mLu.10.23.ll Cor. 9.24. bPs. 110.1. 
chap. 10.36. 2 Cor. 7. 1. Luke 24. 26, 
Eph. 4. 22. 46. 
Philip. 3. 13, Acts 3. 15. 
14. |& 5. 31. 

Col. 3. 8. Tlfilip. 2. 8. 



& 11. 2. 
1 Peter 1.12. 
ntto.16.26. 
oh. 7. 22. & 



ch. 1. 3, 13.id 1 Cor. 10 
& 2. 10. & 3. 13. 
fi. &5. 9. & chnp. 10. 32 
7.26.&8. l.le Job 5. 17. 
& 9. 12,24.iProv. 3. 11. 
& 10. 2. 12. 
1 Peter 1. 3, chap. 5. 11. 
11. & 3. 22. & 6. 11. 
cMt. 12.24. Rev. 3. 19. 
& 27. 39. f Pe. 94. 12. 
John 7. 12. & 119. 75. 
&8.48.&9.IProv. 3. 12. 
16. 



e Dent. 8.5. 
§ So. 7. 14. 
Prov.13.24. 
& 19. 18. & 



& 27. 16. ichap. 5. 11. ch. 2. 11. & 



; 10. 20. 
Si. 6. 9. 



lob 12. 10. n Pr. 4. 26. 
Ec. 12. 1,7. n Ex. 19. 10. 
._ Isa. 42.5. &IDeut.29.19. 
22. 15. & 23.157. 16. [Psa.34.14. 

13. & 29.15. Zech. 12. 1. Matt. 5.8. 
John 16. 20,. Mai. 1.6. Rom. 12. 18. 
33. Acts 17. 25J& 14. 19. 

Acts 14. 22. k Lev. 11. (1 Cor. 6. 9. 
1 Thes. 3 3.44. & 19. 2.12 Cor. 7. 1. 
1 Peter?. 20. Matt. 7. ll.lGal. 5.19. 
. hPs. 73. 14.llPeterl.l4.Eph.5.5,26. 
James 1. 12. 1 Peter 5. O.ilJam. 3. 18.1 Thes._4.3. 



'&5. 11. 
Rev. 3. 19. 



i Nu. 16. 22.1m Isa. 53. 3. 2Tim. 2.22. 



10.10,24. 

1 Peter 1.15 
&3. 1. 
Rev. 21. 27 
p Deut. 29. 
18. & 22. 15 
Acts 17. 13 

2 Cor. 6. ]. 
Gal. 5. 9, li 
2Tim.2.17 
chap. 2. 1. 
&3.12.&4 
1,11. 



146 



St. James directs his epistle 

God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you 
and thereby many be defiled ; 



qGen.2o.33. 
i 1 Cot. 10. 8. 
Eph. 5. 3. 

16 q Lest there be a;:y lornicator, or proiane person, asjCoy^o. 3 
Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. seS:']9.io: 

/ 17 r For ye know how that afterward, when he would !°g?-,J : 14 
have inherited the blessing, he was rejected : for he found f^uJil: 
no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with oiPls'ai 
tears. 

* 18 s For ye are not come unto the mount that might be 
touched, and that burned with tire, nor unto blackness, and 
darkness, and tempest, 

19 ' And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; 
which voice they tnat heard entreated that the word should 
not be spoken to them any more : 

20 u (For they could not endure that which was com- 
manded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it 
shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart : 

21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I ex- 
ceedingly fear and quake :) 

' 22 * But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city 
of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innu- 
merable company of angels, 

23 y To the general assembly and church of the first- 
born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge 
of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 

t 24 z And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and 
to the blood of sprinkling, that .speaketh better tilings than 
that of Abel. 

p 25 a See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if 
they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, 
much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from turn 
that speaketh from heaven : 

26 b Whose voice then shook the earth : but now he hath 
promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth 
only, but also heaven. 

r27 c And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the re- 
moving of those things that are shaken, as of things that 
are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may 
remain. 

d 28 d Wherefor- we receiving a kingdom which cannot 
be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God 
acceptably, with reverence and godly fear ; 

1 29 e For our God is a consuming fire. 

CHAPTER XIII. . 
Divers admonitions, as to charity, 1 , to honest life, 4, to avoid covetousness, 5, 
to regard God's preachers, 7, to lake heed of strange doctrines, 9, to con- 
fess Christ, 10, to give alms, 16, to obey governors, 17, to pray for the 
apostles, 18. The conclusion, 20. 

.T ET a brotherly love continue. 

' M-A d 2 b Be not forgetful to entertain strangers : for 
thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 
dS e Remember them that are in bonds, as hound with -,';■; 
them ; and them which suffer adversity, as being your- 
selves also in the body. Ift., 1 ,; 



& 18. 16 
u Fx. 19. 13. 
xDeut.33.2. 
Psa 68. 17. 
Gal. 4. 26. 
Rev. 3. 12. 
& 20. 9 & 
21.10. 
y Ex. 4. 22. 
Nu. I. 2. 16. 
Jer. 31-9. 
Dan. 3. 26. 
Luke 10.20. 
Rom. 8. 23. 
& 9. 4. 
Philip. 4. 3. 
ch. 6 10. & 
9. 27. & 10. 
29. & J I. 40. 
James I. 18. 
Rev. 13. 8. 
z Gen. 4. W. 
1 Tim. 2 5. 
ch. 7. 22. ft. 
8.6. & 9. 15. 
& 10. 22. & 
11.4. 

1 Peier 1.2. 
ach. 1.2.& 
2. 1, 3. & 3. 
17. &. 10. 28. 
b Ex. 19. 18. 
Hag. 2. 7,23. 
verso 19. 

c Pa. 102. 27. 
Mai. 24. 35. 

2 Peter 3. 10. 
Rev. 21. 1. 
(I Isa. 9. 7. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
& 7. 14. 
Luke 1. 33. 
1 Peter 2. 5. 
eEx. 19.18. 
Num. 11 1. 
& 16. 35. 
Deut. 4. 24. 
&U.3.&.32. 
22. 

Pa. .50. 3. & 
97.3 



JAMES. to the twelve tribes. 

6 f So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, 
and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 

d 7 e Remember them which -have the rule over you, who 
have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, 
considering the end of their conversation : 

t* 8 h Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and 
for ever. 

d 9 ' Be not carried about with divers and strange doc- 
trines : for it is a good thing that the heart be established 
with grace ; not with meats, which have not profited them 
that have been occupied therein. 

10 k We have an altar, whereof they have no right to 
eat which serve the tabernacle. 

1 1 ' For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought 
into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned 
without the camp. 

t 12 m Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the 
people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 

d 1 3 n Let us go forth therefore unto him without the 
camp, bearing his reproach. 

14 ° For here have we no continuing city, but we seek 
one to cohie. 

d 15 p By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise 
to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving 
thanks to his name. 

b 16 q But to do good, and to communicate, forget not : 
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 
. d 17 r Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit 
yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that 
must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not 
with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 

d 18 9 Pray for us : for we trust we have a good conscience, 
Damei t)>. in all things willing to live honestly. 

2 Then ) 8 o o * T 

chap. jag. 19 ' But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may 

aRo. 12. 10. L - . " J 

Ephea. i ( s !be restored to you the sooner, 
ia ' 

1 Pet. 1. 22. 
&2. 17. &3. 
8. ft. 4. 8. 
•1 Peter 1.7. 
bGu". 18. L 
Lev. 19. 34. 
I), in. 10.10. 
Iiaiah 58. 7. 
.Mat. 25. 35. 
Luke 14. 13. 

Rom. 12. 13. 

1 Tun. 3 8, 

Thru I. 8. 
I Pi ti r I 9. 
cMaI.35.36. 
Bom. IS 15. 
1 Cor. 13.28. 
Coloi, l 18. 
chui). 6. 10. 
.t III 84. 
I Peter 3. P. 

.1 I Cor. 6.9. 

Go). 5. 10.91. 

Eph. 5. 5. 

Col :i. 5. 
I In, i 2. 15, 
i hap, IS. n 
Rot, -•-' 15 

Bxod. '.'3 B 
li, ul 3.6,8 



t 20 u Now the God of peace, that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 

b 21 x Make you perfect in every good work, to do his 
will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, 
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word oi 
exhortation : for I have written a letter unto you in few 
words. 

23 y Know ye, that our brother Timothy is set at liberty , 
with whom, if he come shortly, I will sec you. 

2 1 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all 
the saints. They of Italy salute you. 
l> 25 Grace be with you all. Amen. 

IT Written to the Hebrews from Italy, by Timothy. 

?2 



ITIies. 5.11 Cor. 6. 13.11 Julin 4. l.Miap. 11. 10, 



Gal, 



ICoi 'i ia.il P«t. I 10.114. h 1 20 

Phil I If), ■ Acli 23 l.|Ar ' 



Ik K'.,r '.I 13 16 

Eph. 4. 14. I Ex.20. II. h lev 7 l-j 
.t 13 17.21 '* 5. B. I CV. I. I.' 

4 d Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: ft,,,,,, , ,, IJJjg^^'lte* -• '"i'^n : r ,• VI u 
but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. ', ' T "" * H - r ;;|, ', ',' fco. ■,. .;'■' ,'!*,.* 

- Rev.' l' I ft '■■ 20. mJn.W I- n 1 ' i , i .•. - 

Jer. 2!> w yr,i„ I i: ,i . I, ii :,, ii. . , , II :i Philip ISO. lPhilom.88 I C..r. 8. II 



d5" Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and 
be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, 
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 



■I,i.|i. 8. 10. A -.'I. III. & 3 13. 21. I'l'lie,. I. Ill 

r Km*. 3 ia!Bpm.l5.30.'A.4 In A S r-hni 

fc 33. 8.8 ,8 Cor. 1 19.130 A l<> m I Pet 
Art, 211 

i 17.31 PI 

19. A. (W I Cor I. I. I r.'ij 

n 1 Pel. .'. in 



\ n i,l 

! 

ft 118 9, 



Matt. 'Jl I A 8, '.'. la 
John 6, ■-•7. IA a M. 
Rom. 14.17. chap ft D 
& 16. 17. A i 



i ph , "ii n 

I IVi.-i-l. I I IThi 5 I- i 3 I" 

. M 

Philip. 3.90.1a !(,,. 18.13 wi 



t'ol I. I 

I /.I 31.23 M„, I II I'll 

i I Pluioa l 
John in II. ' 



%TWE GENERAL EPISTI.E OF JAMES. 



CHAPTER I. 
We are to rejoice under the cross, 1. To tuk wisdom of Qod, S, ond in 
our trials not to impute our weakness, or tint unto him, 13, but rather to 

hearken to the word, to meditate in it, <m<l t<> do thereafter, 19 1 other- 
wise men may seem, but never he truly religious, 20. 

T AMES, a a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, ' joim'jo 



\ ii oil BO 

\el« 3 .1. Ac 
8.0. ft ft, 1.4. 

A I ■ I I .-i 

,v.':i s»! 
Qal. i. 10, 

v .' 0, 



d i b My brethren, counl il all joy when y<' fall into divers 
temptations ; 

c 3 c Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh 
patience. 
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may 



to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, S&,*]| J be P erfect and entirc ' *"»*"»& nothing. 
greeting. I&fi^ l&SX ftfiTi^l^M! 1 l ,Pc '-' fl |k4 "'"' R ™ 53IP,M T 

147 



Christians sfwuld not be respective of persons. 



JAMES. They should not arrogantly reprove others. 

d 5 d If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that f^j— f i 4 c Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become 
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall |»^ D ^ M [judges of evil thoughts ? 

be given him. i&r&f ! ' 5 d Heark en, nay beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen 

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For h'efe« the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom 
that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the Kfrl 4 - 



wind and tossed. 

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any 
thing of the Lord. 

t 8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. 
>9 e Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is 
exalted : 

i 10 f But the rich, in that he is made low : because as the 
flower of the grass he shall pass away. 

1 1 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, 
but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, 
and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth : so also shall 
the rich man fade away in his ways. 

b 12 g Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for 
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which 
the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

1 13 h Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted 
of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither 
tempteth he any man : 
"p 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away 
of his own lust, and enticed. 

t 15 s Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth 
sin ; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 

t 17 k Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above 
and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is 
no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

t 18 ' Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, 
that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 

d 19 m Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be 
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath : 

20 n For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness 
of God. 

d 21 ° Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of 
naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted 
word, which is able to save your souls. 

d 22 p But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, 
deceiving your own selves. 

23 q For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, 
he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 

6 25 r But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and 
continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a 
doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 

26 9 If any man among you seem to be religious, and 
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this 
man's religion is vain. 

e 27 ' Pure religion and undefiled before God and the 
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their 
affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 

CHAPTER II. 
It is not agreeable to Christian profession to regard the rich, and to despise 
the poor brethren, 1: rather we are to be loving and merciful, 13; and 
not to boast of faith, where no deeds are, 14 : which is but a dead faith, 
17, the faith of devils, 19, not of Abraham, 21, and Rahab, 25. 

TY a brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 
i 2 For if there come unto your assembly, a man with a 
gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor 
man in vile raiment ; 

i 3 b And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay 
elothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place ; 
and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under 
mv footstool : 



JohnJ4. 13. 
Rom. 12. 8. 
2 Cor. 8. 2. 
1 Tim. 2. 8. 
chap. 3. 17. 
1 John 3. 22. 
e Rom. 8. 17, 
Phil. 3. 14. 
2Thes.l.ll. 
Hcb. 3. I: 
chap. 2. 5. 
1 Pet. 2. 9. 
Rev. 1. 6. 
f Job 14. 2. 
Ps. 10. 3, 15. 
& 37. 2. 10. 
& 73. 18. & 
90. 5, 6. & 
102. 12. & 
1U3. 15. 
Isa. 40. 6. 
1 Cor. 7.31. 
chap. 4. 14. 
1 Pet. 1. 24. 
l.lohn2.17. 
a Job 5. 17. 
Prov. 3. 11. 
Mat. 10. 22, 
& 19. 28, 29. 
Rom. 2.7.&. 
5. 3. 

1 Cor. 9. 25. 

2 Tim. 4. 8. 
Heb. 12. 5. 
chap. 2. 5. 

1 Pet. I. 7. 
&3. 14.&4 

12. & 5. 4. 
Rev. 2. 10.1 
& 3. 19. 
hlCor.10.13 
i Job 15. 35. 
Psa. 7. 14. 
Ro.6.21,23. 
kNu.23. 19. 
1 Sa. 15. 29. 
Prov. 2. 6. 
Isa. 14. 27. 
& 46. 10. 
Mai. 3. 6. 
John 3. 27. 
Rom. 11.29. 
1 Cor. 4. 7. 

1 Jer. 2. 3. 
John 4. 13. 
&3. 3. 
1 Cor. 4. 15. 
Gal. 4. 19. 
Eph. 1. 4. 
Heb. 12.23. 
1 PeL 1. 23. 
Rev. 14. 4. 
m Psa. 4. 5. 
Pr. 10. 19. & 

13. 3. & 14. 
17. & IB. 32 
&17. 127. 
Ec.5.2.&7.9 
Mat. 5. 22. 
Gal. 5.20.23, 
Eph. 4. 26. 
Cnl.3.8,15. 
1 Tim. 2. 5. 
ch. 3. 1, 13, 
n Ec. 7. 10, 

Ps. 25. 9. 
Acts 13. 26. 
Rom.]. 16. 
& 13. 12. 

1 Cor. 1. 21. 
& 15. 1. 
Eph. 1. 13. 
Col. 3. 8. 
Titus 2. 11. 
Heb. 2. 3. 

1 Pet. 1.9. 
&2. 1. 
pGen.29 25. 
Lam. 1. 19. 
Mat. 7. 21. 
Luke 6. 46. 
& 11. 28. 
Ro. 2. 3, 13. 
Col. 2. 4. 

1 John 3. 7. 
q Lu. 6. 47. 
chnp. 2. 14. 
r Mat. 5. 19. 
John 13. 17. 

2 Cor. 3. 6. 
Heb. 7. 19. 
&9. 9. 
chap. 2. 12. 
9 Ps. 34. 14. 
&39. 1. 
chap. 3. 6. 

1 Pet. 3. 10. 
t Isa. 1. 16. 
& 58. 6. 
Mat. 25. 36. 
John 17. 14. 
ch. 2. 15. 
l.Tohn2.15. 
aLev.19.15. 
Dent. 1. 17. 
& 16. 19. 
Pr.24.23. & 
28.21. 
Mat. 21. 16. 
1 Cor. 2. 8. 
srt 1. a 16. 
Jode 16. 
b Acts 22. 3. 



which he hath promised to them that love him 1 

6 e But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men 
oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats? 

7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which 
ye are called 1 

e 8 f If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well : 

9 E But if we have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and 
are convinced of the law as transgressors. 
t 10 h For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet 
offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 

1 1** For he that said, Do not commit adultery ; said also, 
Do not kill. Now, if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou 
kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 

12 k So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged 
by the law of liberty. 
* 13 ' For he shall have judgment without mercy that hath 
shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 

14 m What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say 
he hath faith, and have not works 1 can faith save him 1 

15 n If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily 
food, 

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be 
ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not 
those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it 
profit 1 

t 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have 
works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will 
shew thee my faith by my works. 

t 19 ° Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest 
well : the devils also believe, and tremble. 

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without 
works is dead 1 

21 p Was not Abraham our father justified by works, 
when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar 1 

t 22 q Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and 
by works was faith made perfect] 

23 r And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham 
believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteous- 
ness : and he was called the Friend of God. 

24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, 
and not by faith only. 

Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by 



2r> 



the 



and had 



A.D.cir.60. 



c Col. 3. 11. 
d Ex. 20. 6. 
1 Sam.2. 30. 
Prov. 8. 17. 



works, when she had received 
sent them out another way ? 
t 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith 
without works is dead also. 

CHAPTER III. 

We are not rashly or arrogantly to reprove others, 1 : bid rather tobridle 
the tongue, a little member, but a powerful instrument of much good, and 
great harm, 5. They who be truly wise, be mild and peaceable, without 
envying and strife, 13. 

~Y a brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we 
shall receive the greater condemnation. 
2 b For in many things we offend all. If any man offend 
not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to 
bridle the whole body. 

* 3 c Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they 
may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. 



envy i 

M 



Rev. ! 



Mat. 5. 3. & 
19.17. 
Luke 6. 20. 
& 12.21,32. 
John 7. 48. 

1 Cor. 1. 26. 
&2. 9. 

lTim.6. 18,lRo. 13.8, 9. 
19. IGal. 5. 14. 

2 Tim. 4. 8. Eph. 5.2. 
fcb. 1. 9, 12. 1 Thes. 4. 9. 



rLcv.19.15.IJob 22. 6. Icl.ap. 1. 23. 



eAc.13. 50.Deut. 1. 17. Prov. 21.13. 
lCor.11.22. & 16. 19. & 28. 27. 
chap. 5. 4. hDt.27. 26. Mt.5. 7.&6. 



fLev. 19.18. 
Mat. 22. 39. 
Mark 12. 31. 



Mt.5. 19,27. 15. & 18. 35. 
Gal. 3. 10. & 25. 41,42. 
Ex.20. 13,lMarkll.26. 
14. iLuke 16.25. 

Deut. 5. 17. chap. 5. 4. 
k ch. 1. 25. Il Jn.4.17,18. 
]Gen.42.2LmMt.7.26. 



Phil. 2. 10. j& 6. 23. |2Chr.6.36. 



nJob31.20. 2 Pet. 2. 4. Heb. 11. 31. Ps. 34. 14. 
Luke 3. 11. Jude 6. a Mat. 7. 1. Pr. 14. l.fc 
Gal. 6. 10. p Gen. 22. & 23. 8, 14..20.9.&25.8 
1 Tim. 6. 8. 9, 12. Luke 6. 37. jEc. 7. 20. 

l.Tn. 3.17,18. qHcb.ll. 17. Rom. 2. 1, Mat. 12. 37 
fiDcut. 6. 4. rGen. 15. 6. 20. 21. chap. 1. 26 

Mat. 8. 29. 2 Chr. 20. 7. 2Cor. J. 24. 1 Pet. 3. 10. 
Mark 1. 24. (isa. 41. P. I Pet. 5. 3. 1 John 1. 8. 
Luke 4. 34.!Rom. 4. 3. |blKgs.8.46.Jc Ps. 32. 9. 
Acts 16. 17. s Josh. 2. ].! 



148 



The origin of wars and contentions. JAMES. 

* 4 d Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, ^■ Pt ; ir ' :o - 
and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about " 
with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth 
great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire 
kindle th! 

t 6 e And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity : so is the 
tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole 
body, and setteth on fire the course of nature ; and it is set 
on fire of hell. 

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, 
and of tilings in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of 
mankind : 

/ 8 f But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly 
evil, full of deadly poison. 

9 s Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and there- 
with curse we men, which are made after the similitude of 
God. 

p 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and 
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 

1 1 Doth a fountain send forth at the same " place sweet 
ivater and bitter? 

* 12 Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? 
either a vine, figs ? so can no fountain both yield salt water 
and fresh. 

13 h Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge 
among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his 
works with meekness of wisdom. 

P 14 * But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your 
hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 

15 k This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is 
earthly, sensual, devilish. 

16 i For where envying and strife is, there is confusion 
and every evil work. 

d 17 m But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then 
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy 
and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

18 n And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of 
them that make peace. 

CHAPTER IV. 
We are to strive against covetousness, 1 , intemperance, 4, pride, 5, detrac- 
tion and rash judgment of others, 1 1 : and not to be confident in the good 
success of worldly business ; but mindful ever of the uncertainty of this 
life, to commit ourselves and all our affairs to God's providence, 1 3. 

ROM a whence come wars and fightings among you ? 
come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in 
your members ? 

2 b Ye lust and 
and cannot obtain : 
cause ye ask not. 

3 c Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that 
ye may consume it upon your lusts. 
p 4 d Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the 
friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever 
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 

5 e Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit 
that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy ? 

6 f But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God 
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 

d 7 g Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the 
devil, and he will flee from you. 

d8 h Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. 
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye. 
double-minded. 

9 ' Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter 
be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 

d 10 k Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he 
shall lift you up. 

p 11 ' Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that 



,p» 



have not: ye kill, and desire to have, 
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, be- 



& 15. 2. 
ePr. 16. 27. 
& 17.6. 
Matt. 15. 11, 
18, 19. 
Matk 7. 15, 
20, 23. 
fPs. 58. 4. 
& 140. 3. 
Ec. 10. 11. 
g Gen. 1. 27. 
&9. 6. 
a Gr. hole, 
verse 9. 
Pa. 50. 16. 
h Pr. 11. 2. 
Mat. 5. 16. 
Eph. 5. 8. 
2 Tim. 2. 24. 
chap. 1. 19. 
1 Pet. 3. 15. 
i Rom. 2. 17, 
23. & 13. 13. 
chap. 1.21. 
klCor.2. 7. 
Gal. 5. 19. 
Phil. 3. 19. 
Jude 19. 

1 1 Cor. 3. 3. 
Gal. 5. 20. 
m Mat. 5. 7, 
8. & 25. 34. 
Luke 6. 36. 
Rom. 12. 9. 

2 Cor. 6. 6. 
Gal. 5. 22. 
&6.9. 
lThes.4.3. 
1 Tim. 1. 5. 
ch. 1. 17, 19, 
26. & 2.1, 
13. & 4.1. 

1 Pet. 1. 22. 
&2 1. 
nPr. 11.18. 
Hos. 10. 15. 
Heb. 12. 1. 
aRo.7.2,3. 
Gal. 5. li. 
chap. 3. 17. 
1 Pet. 2. 11. 
bch. 1. 5.& 
5.6. 

1 Jn. 3. 15. 
c Job 27. 9. 
& 35. 12. 
Psa. 18. 42. 
& 66. 18. 
Prov. I. 28. 
Isa. 1. 15. 
Jer. 11. 11. 
& 14. 12. 
Ezek. 3. 18. 
Micah 3. 4. 
Zech. 7. 13. 
Matt. 20. 22. 
Rom. 8. 26. 
1 Jn. 3. 22. 
&5. 14. 
<1 Ps. 73. 27. 
John 15. 19. 
&. 17. 14. 
Rom. 8. 7. 
Gal. 1. 10. 
1 Jn. 2. 15. 
e Gen. 6. 5. 
&8.21. 
Num.11. 29. 
Prov. 21. 10. 
fJoh22.29. 
Psa. 138. 6. 
Prov. 3. 34. 
& 29. 23. 
Mntt.23. 12. 
I.ukc 1. 52. 
&. 14. 11. & 
18.14. 
I IYI. 5. 5. 
e Eph. 4. 27. 
hti. 11. 
1 Pot. 5. 9 
h2Chr.l5.2. 
fna. 1. 16. 
chnp. I. 8. 
1 Pot. I 22, 
l John 3. 3. 
i Matt. 5.4. 
chap. 5. 1. 
k Job 83.29. 
Prov. 20. 23. 
Malt. 23.12. 
Luke 14. 11. 
& 18. 14. 
I IM. :. i. 
I M ,n ", I 
Liiko f>. 37. 
linm. 2. 1. 
1 Cor. 4. 5. 



The elders are to pray with the sick 
eth evil of the law, and judge th the law : but if thou judge 
the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 

12 m There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to 
destroy : who art thou that judgest another ? 

c 13 n Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we 
will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, 
and sell, and get gain : 

i 14 ° Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth 
for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 

d 15 p For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall 
live, and do this, or that. 

16 "> But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such 
rejoicing is evil. 

17 r Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and do- 
eth it not, to him it is sin. 

chapter v. 

Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance, I. We ought to be patient 
in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job, 7 ; to forbear 
swearing, 12 ; to pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity, 13 ; to acknow- 
ledge mutually our several faidts, to pray one for another, 16; and to 
reduce a straying brother to the truth, 1 9. 

w {^ O a to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your 
\JM miseries that shall come upon you. 

2 b Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are 
moth-eaten. 

3 c Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of 
them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh 
as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the 
last days. 
p4 d Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped 

down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; 
and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into 
the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 

c 5 e Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been 
wanton ; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of 
slaughter. 

6 f Ye have condemned and killed the just ; and he doth 
not resist you. 

d 7 e Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of 
the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the pre- 
cious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until 
he receive the early and latter rain. 

d 8 h Be ye also patient ; establish your hearts : for the 
coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 

p 9 ' Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be 
condemned : behold, the judge standeth before the door. 

c 10 k Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken 
in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering afflic- 
tion, and of patience. 

1 1 ' Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye 
have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end 
of the Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender 
mercy. 

b 12 m But above all tilings, my brethren, swear not, nei- 
ther by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other 
oath : but let your yea, be yea ; and your nay, nay ; lesf 
ye fall into condemnation. 

d 13 n Is any among you afflicted ? lot him pray. Is any 
? let him sing psalms. 

Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders 
of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him 
with oil in the name of the Lord : 

15 '' And the prayer of faith shall Bave the sick, and the 
Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, 
they shall be forgiven him. 

Drill. 28. 



merry 

d 14 « 



LukoO. 21. IlLim. 2 S. 

e b, m tov.in.ia 

h Job I ! 28. Drill. 24 13. 

Ml 8. 19,20. Job 34. 10.11 
cPn.at9.fJor.33.J3. 

h.a.30. 27. Mai 3.6 
*33. 11. Ic Job 21. 13. 



AmnalJ. 4. |7.prli. 10. I 9Cpi 6 12 * 103.8. ICtn I IT. 

l.u. lfi.l9,2.VliUnr. lll.ll I Mi 5 IS linn. 12. IB. IP. 

fch.4.9 Ptiil.4 5 Hi*. 11.35 Mall 5. 11. n ML SO. 38 

r lit. II .14. Ili-b 10. 25,1 Nil n IH in Kx 20. 7. Acta .21. 5_ 

J*r. 5. 24. 37. Job I 21,33 Omit. 5. II. n Mk 0. 13 

Mown 0. 3. 'l Put. 4.7. fc 42. In. Mall. A. 34. A 

Joel 2. 23. i Ml, 21. 33 P.a. 91 [9 k 33 li 

149 



p Di 
15, 22 
Matt. 9 2 
John 5. 19 
& 9. 2 
H'nr II A 



Every man is judged according to his tvorks. I. PETER. 

d ]6 ' Confess your faults one to another, and pray one 
for anotlier, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent 
prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 
/ 17 r Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, 
ana he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained 
not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 
18 5 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and 
the earth brought forth her fruit. 



A.D. 


cir.60. 


9 Gn. 

&32 


20.17. 


•28. 


Num 


11.2. 


&21. 


7. 


Deut. 


4.29. 


Josh. 


10. 12. 


Judg. 


3. 15. 


& 10. 


12. 


ISara 


.10.19. 


1 Kss, 


. 13. 6. 


& 17 


21. 


2Kgs 


.4.33. 


2Clir 


14.11. 


&20 


3. 



Distinguishing privileges of genuine believers. 

d 19 ' Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and 
one convert him ; 

20 u Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner 
from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and 
shall hide a multitude of sins. 

Psa. 10. 17. |& 107. 6, 13,IEz. 14. 14. iMatt. 7. 8. II Jn. 3. 22. lActs 14. 15. It Mt. 18. 15.11 Cor. 9. 22. 
&34. 15. & 28.& 145.18. Dan. 2. 18. ,& 21. 22. r lKgs.17.1. Rev. 11. 16. u Pr. 10. 12. 1 Tim. 4. 16 
106. 3j), 34. Ijer. 15. ]. .Hosea 12. 4. John 9. 31. Luke 4. 25. lslKgs.l8.4l',Rom. 11. 4. I 



f THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER. 



CHAPTER I. 

He blesseth God for his manifold spiritual graces, 1 , shewing that the sal- 
vation in Christ is no news, but a thing prophesied of old, 10 : and ex- 
horteth them accordingly to a godly conversation, forasmuch as they are 
now born anew by the word of God, 13. 

JTJETER, a an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers 
to jL scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, 
Asia, and Bithynia, 

t*2 b Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience 
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ : Grace unto 
you, and peace, be multiplied. 

1 3 c Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath be- 
gotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of 
Jesus Christ from the dead, 

t 4 d To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and 
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 

* 5 e Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto 
salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. 

6 f Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season 
(if need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold tempt- 
ations : 

7 s That the trial of your faith, being much more precious 
than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, 
might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the 
appearing of Jesus Christ : 

d 8 h Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, though 
now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy un- 
speakable, and full of glory : 

b 9 * Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of 
your souls. 

10 k Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and 
searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should 
come unto you : 

11 l Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit 
of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified 
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that 
should follow. 

1 12 m Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto them- 
selves, but unto us they did minister the things which are 
now reported unto you by them that have preached the 
gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from 
heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into. 

d 13 n Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, 
and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought 
unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ : 

d 14 ° As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves 
according to the former lusts in your ignorance : 

d 15 p But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye 
holy in all manner of conversation ; 

16 q Because it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am holy. 

d 17 r And if ye call on the Father, who without respect 
of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass 
the time of your sojourning here in fear : 

'18 s Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver and gold,, from your vain 
conversation received by tradition from vour fathers : 



A.D.cir.60. 



a Isa. 65. 9. 
Acts 2. 9. & 
6.9.&8.1.4. 
Rom. 8. 33. 
& 16. 13. 
Col. 3. 12. 
2 Tim. 2. 10 
THub 1. 1. 
Heb. 11. 33. 
James 1. 1. 
chap. 2. 9. 
b Ex. 24. 8. 
Dan. 4. 1. & 
6.25. 

Rom. 1.7.& 
8.29.&U.2. 

1 Cor. 1. 3. 
Gal. 1. 3. 
Eph. 1. 2. 4. 

2 Th. 2. 13. 
Heb. 12. 24. 
2 Pet. 1. 2. 
Jude 2. 

c Jn. 3. 3, 5. 
Rom. 6. 23. 

1 Cor. 15. 20. 

2 Cor. 1. 3. 

1 Th. 4. 14. 
Titus 3. 5. 
James 1. 18. 
chap. 3. 21. 
d Mt. 6. 20. 
Colos. 1. 5. 

2 Tim. 1.12. 
&4. 8. 
eJn. 10. 28. 
& 17. 11. 
Heb. 1. 14. 

f Mat. 5. 12. 
Rom. 5. 3. 
& 12. 12. 
2 Cor. 4. 17. 
& 6. 10. 
Heb. 10. 37. 
James 1. 2. 
chap. 5. 10. 
glSa.2.30. 
Job 23. 10. 
Psa. 66. 10. 
Prov. 17. 3. 
Isa. 48. 10. 
Jer. 9. 7. 
Zech. 13. 9. 
Matt. 19. 27 
& 25.21,34 
Rom. 2. 10. 
&. 8. 17. 

1 Cor. 3. 13. 
&4. 5. 
Jam. 1.3, 12. 
chap. 4. 12. 
h Jn. 20. 29. 

2 Cor. 5. 7. 
Heb. 11 .1,27 

1 Jn. 4. 29. 

i Rom. 6. 22. 
kGn.49.10. 
Dan. 2. 44. 
Zcch. 6. 12. 
Matt. 13. 17. 
Luke 10.24. 

2 Pet. 1.19. 

1 Psa. 22. 7. 
Tsa. 53. 3. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
Luke 24.26. 
John 12. 41. 
mEx. 25.20. 
Dan. 9. 24. 
n Ex. 12. 1. 
Luke 12. 35. 
& 21. 34. 
Rom. 13. 13. 
Eph. 6. 14. 
lThes.5.6. 
oAc. 17. 30. 
Rom. 12. 2. 
chap. 4. 2. 
pLe»'.11.44. 
&. 19. 2. & 
20. 7. 

Lu. 1.74,75. 

2 Cor. 7. 1. 

1 Thes. 4. 3. 
Heb. 12. 14. 

2 Pet. 3. 1. 
q Lev.11.44. 
& 19. 2. & 
20.7. 

r Dt. 10. 17. 
2Chr. 19.7. 
Job 34. 19. 
Matt. 3. 9. 
John 15. 19. 
& 17. 16. 
Ac. 10.34,45 
Ro.2.10,11. 
2 Cor. 5. 6. 
&7. 1. 
Gal. 2. 6. 
Eph. 6. 9. 
Col. 3.11,25. 
Phil. 2. 12. 
& 3. 20. 
Heb. 11.13. 
& 12. 29. 
chap. 2. 11. 



19 * But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb 
without blemish and without spot : 

t 20 * u Who verily was foreordained before the foundation 

of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 

21 * Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up 

from the dead, and gave him glory ; that your faith and 

hope might be in God. 

d 22 y Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the 
truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the bre- 
thren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fer- 
vently : 

t 23 z Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but ol 
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth 
for ever. 

» 24 a For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as 
the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower 
thereof falleth away : 

25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And 
this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. 

CHAPTER II. 
He dehorteth them from the breach of charity, 1 ; shewing that Christ is the 
foundation whereon they are built, 4. He beseecheth them also to abstain 
from fleshly lusts, 11, to be obedient to magistrates, 13 ; and teacheth 
servants how to obey their masters, 18, patiently suffering for well-doing, 
after the example of Christ, 20. 

WHEREFORE, a laying aside all malice, and all guile, 
and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 

d2 As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the 
word, that ye may grow thereby : 

e 3 b If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious : 
4 c To whom coming as unto a living stone, disallowed 
indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 

* 5 d Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, 
a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable 
to God by Jesus Christ. 

a 6 e Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Be- 
hold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious : 
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 

e 7 f Unto you therefore which believe, he is precious : 
but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the 
builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the 
corner, 

c 8 e And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence even 
to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient : 
whereunto also they were appointed. 

d 9 h But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 
a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth 
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into 
his marvellous light : 



s Ez. 20. 18. 
1 Cor. 6. 20 
&7. 23. 
chap. 4. 3. 



A.D.cir.CO 



t Ex. 12. 5. 
Isa. 53. 7. 
Jn. 1.29,36 
Acts 20. 28 
1 Cor. 5. 7. 
Eph. 1. 7. 
Col. 1. 14. 
Heb. 4. 15. 
&7.26.&9. 
12, 14. 
chap. 2. 22. 



1 John 1. 7. 
Rev. 1.5.& 
5. 9. 

u Ac. 2. 23. 
& 4. 28. & 
13. 46. 
Ro. 3 25. & 
9.4. & 15.8. 
&1U.25. | 
Gal. 4. 4. 
Eph. 1.9. & 
3. 9, 11. 
Colos. 1. 26. 

1 Tim. 3. 16. 

2 Tim. 1. 9. 
Titus 1. 2. 
Heb. 1.2. &! 
9.26. 
Rev. 13. 8. 



|x Mt. 28. 18. 
Jn. 1. 14. & 
8. 54. & 12. 
16. & 13. 31. 

|& 16. 14. & 

17.5,24. 
lAc. 2.23,24. 

& 3. 13, 26. 
I&4.10.&5. 
130. & 10. 40. 
!& 13. 30. & 

In. 3i. 

jRo. 4.24. & 
5.2.&6.4. 
& 8. 11, 32. 

1 Cor. 6. 14. 
& 15. 15, 20. 

2 Cor. 4. 14. 
Gal. 1. 1. 



Eph. 1. 20. 
Philip. 2. 9. 
Colos. 2.12 
1 Th. 1. 10. 
1 Tim. 3. 16. 
Heb. 1.3. 
James 2. 1. 
chap. 3. 22. 
Rev. 5. 12. 
y Ac. 15. 9. 
Ro. 12.9, 10. 
Eph. 4. 9. 
1 Thes. 4.9. 
7. Jn. 1. 13. 
& 3. 3, 5. 
Titus 3. 5. 
James 1. 18. 
1 John 3. 9. 



aPs. 102.12, 
& 103. 15. 
Isa. 40. 6. 
1 Cor. 7. 31. 
James 1. 10. 
& 4. 14. 
1 Jn. 2. 17. 
a Mt. 18. 3. 
Mark 10. 15. 
Rom. 6. 4. & 
12.9. 

UCor.14.20. 
Gal. 5. 21. 
Eph. 2. 15. 
& 4. 32, 31. 
Col. 3.3,8,10 
Titus 3. 3. 
Heb. 12. 1. I 



James 1. 21. 
ch. 1. 3, 22. 
1 John 3. 18. 
b Psa. 34. 8. 
Heb. 6. 5. 
cPs.118.22. 
Dan. 2. 34, 
44. 

Mat. 21. 42. 
Mark 12. 10. 
Luke 20. 17. 
Acts 4. 11. 
Eph. 2. 20. 
d Isa. 61. 6. 
& 66. 21. 
Hosea 14. 2. 
Mai. 1.11. 
Rom 12. 1. 



1 Cor. 3. 16, 
& 6. 19. 

2 Cor. 6. 16 
Eph. 2. 21, 
22 

Philip. 4. 18. 
Heb. 3. 6. & 
12. 28. & 13. 
15. 

chap. 4. 11. 
Rev. 1. 0. & 
3. 12. & 5. 
10. & 20. 6. 
e Isa. 28. 16. 
Luke 2. 34. 
Rom. 9. 33. 
fPs 118.22. 
Isa. 8. 14. 



Mat. 21. 43. 
Luke 2. 34. 
Acts 4. 11 
Rom. 9. 33. 
e Ex. 9. 16. 
1 Cor. 1. 23. 
1 Thes. 3.3. 
&5. 9. 
h Ex. 13. 2, 
8, 21. & 19.5. 
Deut. 4. 29. 
&7.6.&10. 
15. & 14. 2. 
& 26. 18. & 
32.9. 

Psa. 135. 4. 
Jer. 10. 16. 
Mai. a 1?. 



150 



Rom. 9. 
k Gn. 23. 4 



IChr -29.15. 
Ps. 39: 13. & 



guile: 



The duty of wives and husbands. I. PETER. 

1 10 * Which in time past were not a people, but are now ADcir.eo 
the people of God : which had not obtained mercy, but 
now have obtained mercy. 

d 1 1 k Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and 
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the 
soul ; 

12 ' Having your conversation honest among the Gen- 
tiles : that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, 
they may by your good works, which they shall behold, 
glorify God in the day of visitation. 

d 13 m Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for 
the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; 

14 
him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of 
them that do well. 

15 ° For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye 
may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : 



An exhortation to cease from sin. 



) d 9 s Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing : but 
tnm.^as contrariwise, blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto 
3 called, that ye should inherit a blessing- 



knowing that ye 
mat ye snouid inherit a blessing. 
d io h For he that will love life, and see good days, let him 
Rom.W refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no 

Let him eschew evil, and do good : let him seek 



1 Cor. 7. 29, 

2 Cor. 5. 6. _ 
Gal. 5. 16,24. d 1 
Phil. 3. 20. ll 

Lukl" i 5 6a peace, and ensue it. 

&. 19. 44. i <r> k 



Rom. 12. n i* For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 
Phii^M 1 ' and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face o, 
Safe?* the Lord is against them that do evil. 
mMi.aM: 13 ! And who & he that will harm you if ye be followers 
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by J&^ali: of that which is good 7 

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy 



maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 
d 17 q Honour all men Love the brotherhood. Fear God. 
Honour the king. 

d 18 r Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; 
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 

19 s For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience 
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 

20 ' For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffetted for 
your faults, ye shall take it patiently 1 but if, when ye do 
well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is accept- 
able with God. 



Mt. 10. 16. 
Titus 2. 8. 
pjrj. 8. 32. 
Rom. 6. 18. 
q Pr. 24. 21. 
Matt. 22. 21. 
r Eph. 6. 5. 
Col. 3. 23. 

16 p As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak ofjiu&Vp^ 

4. 14, 15. ' 
uMt.16.24. 
John 13. 15. 
x Isa. 53. 9. 
Luke 23. 14. 
■; Isa. 50. 6. 
Matt. 27. 39. 
z Isa. 53. 4, 
5,11. 

Matt. 8. 17. 
a Isa. 40. 1. 
&53. fi. 
Ezek. 34. 6, 
23. & 37. 24. 
I.uke 15. 4. 
John 10. 11. 
Heb. 13. 20. 
chap. 5.4. 
a Gen. 3. 16. 
Matt. 18. 15. 

1 Cor. 7. 16. 
& 9. 19. & 

21 u For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ; Epi^s. 22. 

- Col. 3. 18. 
Titus 2. 5. 
b Isa. 3. 18. 

1 Tim. 2. 9. 
Titus 2. 3. 
c Ps. 45. 14 
Rom. 2. 29. 
&7. 22. 

2 Cor. 4. 16 
d Geu. 8. 12. 
&20.2. 
e Job 42. 8. 
Man. 5. 24. 
&. 18. 19. 
1 Cor. 7.3,5 
Sl 12. 23. 
Eph. 5. 25 
Colus. 3. 19. 
1 Tim. 2. 8. 
fRo. 12.5,10 
16. Sl 15. 5. 
I Cor. 1. 10. 
2Cor 13.11. 
Eph. 4. 32. 
Phil. 2. 1, 2. 
1 3.16. it 4.8 
Colo*. 3. 12. 
1 Then. 4. 9 
II. 1,. 10. 34 
Sl 13. 1. 
<-h I. 22. Sl 
2. I7.&.4.8. 
J Peti I i 7, 
1 Jn. 3. 17 



also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should 

follow his steps : 

t 22 x Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : 
d 23 y Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when 

he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to 

him that judgeth righteously : 
i 24 z Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on 

the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto 

righteousness : by whose stripes ye were healed. 

25 a For ye were as sheep going astray ; but are now 

returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 

CHAPTER ill. 
He leachelh the duly of wives and husbands to each other, 1 ; exhorting all 
■men to unity and love, 8; and to suffer persecution, 14. lie dcclardh 
also the benefits of Christ toward the old world, 19. 

M IKEWISE, * ye wives, be in subjection to your own 
'JLj husbands ; that, if any obey not the word, they also 
may without the word be won by the conversation of the 
wives ; 

2 While they behold your chaste conversation cou/ilnl 
with fear 



\ n i a i" 

Sl 



Mail 
U.St ».: 

3 b Whose adorning let it not be that outward attorning m',.'"'i"i. 



i I in I - 

p.taa. 



of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on [}j-'\^, 
of apparel ; 

c 4 c But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that 
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and 
quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 
f 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women 



are ye; and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; 

d 15 n But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be 
ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh 
you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness 
and fear. 

d 16 c Having a good conscience ; that, whereas they speak 
evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that 
falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer 
for well-doing, than for evil-doing. 

* 18 p For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just 
for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to 
death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : 
D 19 i By which also he went and preached unto the spirits 
in prison ; 

20 r Which sometime were disobedient, when once the 
long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the 
ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were 
saved by water. 

21 ■ The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also 
now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, 
but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the 
resurrection of Jesus Christ : 

t 22 ' Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand 
of God ; angels, and authorities, and powers being made 
subject unto him. 

CHAPTER IV. 

He exhorleth them to cease from sin by the example of Christ, and the 
consideration of the general end that noic approuchcth, 1 : and comfort- 
ith them against persecution, 12. 

XjlORASiMUCH * then as Christ hath suffered for us in 
r the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same 

mind : for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased 

from sin ; 
p 2 h That he no longer should live t lit* rest of his time in 



the flesh to the lusts of men, hut to the will of God. 

3 c For the lime past of our life may suffice us to have 
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in [as 
ei\ iousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banqueting.-, 
and abominable idolatries : 

4 d Wherein they think it strange thai ye run not with 
hem to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 
t 5 ' Who shall give account to him thai fa read) to judge 

the quick and the dead. 

G f For, for this cause was the gospel preached also t<' 

them that are dead, that they might he judged according 
to men in the llesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 
dl* But the end of all things i~ at hand: he ye therefore 



I. .'J. 1.22. 

i P.. 37. 27. 

I .. I 1'. 

,t 1 1. 10. 
Heb. 19. II. 
J John II. 
k Jo. 9.31. 

Pro*. |i. ' 



also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in 
subjection unto their own husbands : 

6 d Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord : 
whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not ,fc. ,, T:) 
afraid with any amazement. ""JM "' 

d 7 e Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according l<< 
knowledge, giving honour 
vessel, and as being heirs 
your prayers be not hindered 
d 8 f Finally, be ye all of one 
of another ; love as brethren 

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A.D.cir.60. 



yanous graces necessary to our satvation. II. PETER 

dS h And above all things have fervent charity among 
yourselves : for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 
5 Use hospitality one to another without grudging 



Exhortation to make our election sure 



dQ 

d 10 k As every man hath received the gift, even so minis- 
ter the same one to another, as good stewards of the 
manifold grace of Goal. 

d 11 * If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of 
God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth : that God in all things may be glorified 
through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen 

12 m Beloved, think it not strange, concerning the fiery 
trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing 
happened unto you: 
b 13 n But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's 
sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may 
be g ad also with exceeding joy. 
b 14 " If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy 
are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you 
On their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is 
glorified 

v 15 >' But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a 
thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's 
matters. 

16 1 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be 
ashamed ; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 

17 r For the time is come that judgment must begin at 
the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the 
end be of them that obey not the gospel of God 1 

1 18 s And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall 
the ungodly and the sinner appear 1 
d 19 t Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will 
of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him in well- 
doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

CHAPTER V. 

He exhorteth the elders to feed their flocks, 1 ; the younger to obey, 5 : and 
all to be sober, watchful, and constant in the faith, 8 ; to resist the cruel 
adversary the devil, 9. 

THE a elders which are among you I exhort, who am 
also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, 
and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed 



h Pr. 10. 12. 

1 Cor. 13. 7. 
Colos. 3. 14. 
Heb. 13. 1. 
ch. 1. 22. & 
2. 17. & 3. 8. 
James 5. 20. 

Ro. 12.8,13. 

2 Cor. 9. 7. 
Ph.l. 2. 14. 
Philem. 14. 
Heb. 13. 2. 
k Pr. 3. 28. 
Matt. 24. 45. 
& 25. 14. 
Luke 12.42. 
& 19. 12. • 
Ro. 12. 6, 7. 
lCor.4.1,2. 
& 9. 17. & 
12. 4, 7. 
2 Cor. 8. 11. 
Eph. 3. 2. & 
4.11. 
Titus 1. 7. 
1 Jer. 23. 22. 
Ro. 12.(5,7,8. 
1 eor. 3. 10. 
Eph. 5. 20. 
lTh.2. 13. 
m Ps. 17. 3. 
& 66. 10. 
lea. 48. 10. 
Jer. 9. 7. 
Dan. 12. 35. 
Zech. 13. 9. 

1 Cor. 3. 13. 
chap. 1. 7. 
n Mt. 5. 11. 
Acts 5. 41. 
Rom. 8. 17. 

2 Cor. 1. 7. 
& 4. 10. 
Gal. 6. 17. 
Phil. 3. 10. 
C0I03. 1.24, 
2 Tim. 2. 10, 
12. 

Heb. 10. 34. 
Jam. 1.2,11. 
ch.l.6.&3. 
14.&5.1.10. 
Rev. 1. 9. 
o Isa. 11. 2. 
Mt.5. 10,11. 
2 Cor. 12. 9. 
James 1. 12. 
ch. 2.12,20. 
& 3. 14, 16. 
p ch. 2. 20. 
q Phil. 1.29. 
r Isa. 10. 12. 
Jer. 25. 29. 
& 49. 12. 
Ezek. 9. 6. 
Dan. 7. 21. 
Mai. 3. 5. 
Ml. 24. 9, 14. 
Luke 21. 12. 
&23. 31. 
sPr. 11. 31. 
t Psa. 31. 6. 
Luke 23. 46. 
aLu.24. 48. 
Acts 1.8, 22. 
&2.32.&3. 
1, 5.&5.S2. 
& 10. 39. 
Ro.8.17,18. 
Philemon 9. 
Rev. 1. 9. 



d 2 b Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking 
the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not 
for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; 

d 3 c Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being 
ensamples to the flock. 

b 4 d And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall 
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 

d 5 e Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the 
elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be 
clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and 
giveth grace to the humble. 

d 6 f Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand 
of God, that he may exalt you in due time : 

1 7 g Casting all your care upon him ; for he careth for 
you. 

d 8 h Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary the 
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he 
may devour : 

d 9 5 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the 
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are 
in the world. 

b 10 k But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto 
his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered 
a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle 
you. 

1 1 l To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

c 12 m By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I sup- 
pose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that 
this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 

13 n The church that is at Babylon, elected together 
with you, saluteth you ; and so doth Marcus my son. 

6 14° Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace 
be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 



A.D.cir.60 



b Jn. 21. 15. 
Acts 20. 28. 
1 Cor. 9. 17. 
ITim. 3.3,8. 
Titus 1.7. 
c Ps. 33. 12. 
Ezek. 34. 4. 
Matt. 20.25. 

1 Cor. 3. 5. 

2 Cor. 1. 24. 



Philip. 3. 17. 
2Thes. 3.9. 
1 Tim. 4. 12. 
Titus 2. 7. 
d Isa. 40.11. 
Ezek. 34. 23. 
& 37. 24. 
John 10. II. 

1 Cor. 9. 25. 

2 Tim. 4. 8. 
Heb. 13. 20. 
James 1. 12. 



ch. 1. 4. &; 
2 25 

e' Job 37.24. 
Prov. 3. 34. 
& 6. 16. & 
15. 13.&16. 
5, 18. & 18. 
12. & 22. 4. 
& 29. 23. 
Isa. 2. 11. & 
;13. 11.&57 
15. & 66. 2. 



Mat. 23. 12. 
Lu. 1. 51. & 
14. 11. & 18. 
14. 

Ro.12.10,16. 
Eph. 5. 21. 
Philip. 2. 3. 
James 4. 6. 
f Job 22. 29. 
Jam. 4. 7, 10. 
s Psa. 37. 5. 
& 55. 23. 



Mt.6.25,26. 
Luke 12. 12. 
1 Cor. 9. 9. 
Philip. 4. 6. 
1 Tim. 6. 8. 
Heb. 13. 5. 
h Job 1.7. 
Luke 21. 3 
IThes. 5.6. 
ch. 1. 13. & 
4.7. 
Rev. 12. 9. 



i Ac. 14. 22. 
Eph. 4. 27. 
& 6. 11, 13. 

1 Thes. 3.3. 

2 Tim. 3. 12. 
James 4. 7. 
ch.l. 6.&2. 
21. & 3. 14. 
& 4. 1, 12. 
kRo.16.25. 

1 Cor. 1. 9. 

2 Cor. 4. 17. 



& 13. 11. 
2 Th. 2. 17. 
ITim. 6. 12. 
Heb. 10. 37. 
& 13. 21. 
chapter 1. 6. 
June 24. 
HTim.6.16. 



m Heb. 13 

22. 

ch. 1. 13. & 

2. 3. 

n' Acts 12. 

12,25. 

oRo.16.16 

1 Cor. 16.20 



2Tim.4.18.2Cor.l3.12 
chap. 4. 11. 1 Th. 5. 26 
Rev. 1.6. &| 
5. 13, I 



f THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER, 



CHAPTER I. 

Confirming them in the hope of the increase of God's graces, 1 , he exhort- 
eth them by faith and good works, to make their calling sure, 5 : Whereof 
he is careful to remember them, knowing that his death is at hand, 12 : 
and warneth them to be constant in the faith of Christ, who is the true 
Son of Grod, by the eyewitness of the apostles beholding his majesty, and 
by the testimony of the Father and the prophets, 16. 

' Q< IMON a Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, 

kJ to them that have obtained like precious faith with us 
through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ : 

2 b Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the 
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 

t 3 c According as his divine power hath given unto us all 
things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the 
knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : 

b 4 d Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and 
precious promises ; that by these ye might be partakers 
of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is 
in the world through lust. 

d 5 e And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your 
faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; 

6 And to knowledge, temperance ; and to temperance, 
patience ; and to patience, godliness ; 

7 f And to godliness, brotherly kindness ; and to bro- 
therly kindness, charity. 

« 8 g For if these things be in you, and abound, they make 



A. D. 66. 



a Ac. 11.17. 
& 15. 9. 
Rom. 1. 12. 
2 Cor. 4. 13. 
Eph. 4. 5. 
Titus 1. 4. 
1 Peter 1. 1. 
&5. 1. 
June 3. 
b Dan. 4. 1. 
&6. 25. 
Rom. 1. 7. 
1 Peter 1. 2. 
Jude 2, 
e John 17. 3. 

1 Peter 1. 4, 
9, 15. & 2. 
9,21. 

d Isa. 56. 3. 
John 1.12. 
Ro. 5. 15,32. 

2 Cor. 3. 18. 
Gal. 3. 26. 
Eph. 4. 24. 
Heb. 12. 10. 
1 Peter 1.22. 
chap.2. 18. 
1 John 3. 2. 
e Phil. 2. 18. 
f Gal. 6. 16. 
1 Th. 3. 12. 
& 5. 15. 

1 John 4.20. 
g Titus3.14. 



A. D. 66. 



h Isa. 59. 10. 
Eph. 5. 26. 
1. In. 2. 9, 11. 
i 1 Jn. 3. 19. 
Rev. 3. 11. 
k Ro. 15. 14. 
Philip. 3. 1. 
1 Peter 5. 9. 
ch. 3. 1, 17. 
1 John 2.21. 
Jude 5. 
12Cor.5.1,4. 
chapter 3.1. 



you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the 
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

9 h But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot 
see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from 
his old sins. 

d \o l Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to 
make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these 
things, ye shall never fall : 

b 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you 
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. 

d 12 k Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always 
in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, 
and be established in the present truth. 

13 l Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this taber- 
nacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance ; 

*" 14 m Knowing that shortly I must put off this my taber- 
nacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 

15 "Moreover, I will endeavour that ye may be able, 
after my decease, to have these things always in remem- 
brance. 

16 ° For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, 
when we made known unto you the power and coming of 

raDl. 4 21.12 Tim. 4. 6.|oMatt.l7.1.|John 1. 14. |& 2. 1,4, 13..2 Cor.2. ]7.|6. 7. _ II John 1. I 
&31.14. n2Tim.2.2.Mark9. 2. 1 Cor. 1. 17.1 & 4. 20. I& 4. 1, 5. &|chaptei3. 4.I& 4. 14 
Jn. 21. 18,19. chapter 3. 1. Luke 9. 28. 1 

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Vain pretensions of the false teachers. 



II. PETER 



our Lord 
majesty, 



Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his 



P Mt. 3. 17. 

&. 17. 5. 

7 p For he received from God the Father honour and!fc»-j- 3 ' o> 

& 9. 35! 
John 12.28. 



glory, when there came such a voice to him from the ex 
cedent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am welll^/^ 
Pleased. &H 

18 q And this voice which came from heaven we heard, l^i 1 7 h 6 9. 
when we were with him in the holy mount. 

d 19 r We have also a more sure word of prophecy, 
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light 
that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the 
day-star arise in your hearts : 

20 s Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture 
is of any private interpretation. 

t 21 ' For the prophecy came not in old time by the will 
of man : but holy men of God spake as they were moved 
by the Holy Ghost. 

CHAPTER II. 

Heforetelleth them of false tewhers, shewing' the impiety and punishment 
both of them and their followers, 1 : from which the godly shall be 
delivered, as Lot wis out of Sodom, 7 : and more fully describeth the 
manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers, whereby they may 
be the heft nine . , ,■! avoided, 10. 

/13UT a there were false prophets also among the people, 
M3 even as there shall be f alse teachers among you, who 
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift 
destruction. 

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by 
reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 

3 b And through covetousness shall they with feigned 
words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a 
longtime lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 
} 4 c For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but 
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of 
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment ; 

5 d And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the 
eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the 
flood upon the world of the ungodly ; 

s 6 e And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, 
into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making 
them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly ; 

c 7 f And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conver- 
sation of the wicked : 

8 s (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in 
seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to 
day with their unlawful deed.s ;) 

< 9 h The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of 
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished : 

p 10 '' But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the 
lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presump- 
tuous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak 
evil of dignities. 

11 k Whereas angels, which are greater in power and 
might, bring not railing accusation against them before the 
Lord. 



105. 

John 5. 35. 
Acta •>. 25. 
& 1U. 30. &. 
13. 30. 
Rom. 13. 12. 
2 Cor. 4. 6. 
Rev. 2. 28. 
& 22. 16. 
sRom. 12.6. 
t 2 Tim. 3. 
16. 

1 Peter 1.11. 
aOeut.13.1. 
Mat. 24. II. 
Acts 20. 29. 
1 Cor. 6. 20. 
& 11. 19. 
Gal. 3. 13. & 
4.5. 

Uph. 1. 7. 
Col. 1. 14. 
1 Tim. 4. 1. 
STim. 3.1.3. 

1 Pel. I. 18. 
ch.iprer 3. 3. 
Jude 14, 18. 
Rev. 5 9. & 
14.3. 

h Dt. 32. 35. 
linm. (i 18. 

2 Cor. 7. 2. 

1 Tim. 6. 5. 

2 Tim. 3 6. 
Titus 1. II. 

hap. 1. 16. 
Judc 4, 15. 
cJob4. 18. 
Luki-8. 31. 
John 8, 44. 
1 John 3. 8. 
Jude 6. 
Rev. 20. 2. 
d Gen. 6. 9. 
&7. 1.7,21. 
H-h tl.7. 
I Pet. 3. 19, 
20. 

haptcr3.6. 
e Gn. 19. 24 
Num. 26. 10. 
Dout.29.23. 
Isa. 13. 19. 
Jcr. 50. 40. 
Ez. 16. 49. 
Hoseall.8. 
Amos 4. 11. 
Zcph. 2. 9. 
Luke 17.29. 
Jude 7. 
fGen. 19.7, 
P, 15. 

B Paaln.119. 
139, 15H. 
Ezek. 9. 4. 
h 1 Cor. 10. 
13 

i Jude 4, 7, 
8, 10. 16. 
k Judc 9. 
I Jcr. 12 3. 
chapter 1. 4. 
Jade 10 
a Ho. n; ,18. 
I Cor. 11.20. 
Philip. 3. 19. 

2Tim.3. 6. 
Jude l-'. 11. 
hap. 3.3. 
Jude 4, II, 
IB, 

R»v. 2. 14 
o Nu. « 7, 
IB, 21. & 23. 
3 12, 26. to 
24. 2. & 31. 
Hi. 
Judo 13. 



T! 



\ n 66 
pjudi 1 1,13 
• I Arts 2. 40 

r John 8 :t| 

Rom. 6, Hi. 

I Pol. B. 16. 
Judo ii 

«> 12 ' But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken i.oV, 1; ■> 

i i 

I Lo 

b the reward of unrighteousness,!^ 



I Pi 



and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they under- 
stand not ; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption 

13 m And shall 
as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. Spots 
they are and blemishes, spoiling themselves with their own 
deceivings while they feast with you ; 

p 14 "Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease 
from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have 
exercised with covetous practices ; cursed children : 

c 15 "Which have forsaken the right way and are gone 
astray, following the waj of Balaam the son of Bosor, who 
loved the wages of unrighteousness ; 

117 « R 



as 

26 n 
h. I, 13. 

2Tim.3. I , 

I, J I. M 

.lorf.. I-. 

.1. ,. 17. IV 

NU .' it 

I.ukc 12 4.1 

2Tim.2. 17 
nCcil. 1.8,9. 

P.a.2472* 



The dissolution of the world by fire. 
/16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass, 
speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the 
prophet 

U7 p These are wells without water, clouds that are car- 
ried with a tempest ; to whom the mist of darkness is 
reserved for ever. 

18 i For when they speak great swelling words of 
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through 
much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from 
them who live in error. 

19 r While they promise them liberty, they themselves 
are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is over- 
come, of the same is he brought in bondage. 

w 20 s For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the 
world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Ciirist, they are again entangled therein, and over- 
come, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 

D<2\ ' For it had been better for them not to have known 

the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, 
to tun: from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 
22 u But it is happened unto them according to the true 
proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again ; and, 
The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 

CHAPTER III. 
He assureth them of the certainty of Christ's coming to judgment, against 
those scorners icho dispute against it, I ; warning the godly for the long 
patience of God, to hasten their repentance, ii. He describeth also the 
manner how the world shall be destroyed, 10: exhorting them, from Vie 
expectation thereof, to all holiness of life, 1 1. 

HIS a second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you, 
ii both which I stir up your pure minds by way of 
remembrance : 

2 b That ye may be mindful of the words which were 
spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the command- 
ment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour : 
r 3 c Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last 
days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 

4 d And saying, Where is the promise of his coming 1 for 
since the fathers fell asleep, all tilings continue as they were 
from the beginning of the creation. 

f 5 c For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the 
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth stand 
ing out of the water and in the water: 

6 f Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed 
with water, perished : 

i 7 e But the heavens and the earth, which arc now, by 
the same word are kepi in store, reserved unto fire against 
Hi*' day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 
t 8 '' But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that 
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thou- 
sand years as one day 

d 9 'The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as boom 
men count slackness ; but is long-sufiering to us-ward, not 

willing that any should perish, hut that all should COme V 

repentance. 

i 10 k But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the 
; ill the which the heavens shall pass awav with a 
noise, and the elements shall melt With fervent heat 

the earth also and the works that are therein shall be 

burned up. 

'/ 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, 

what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy convei 

sation and godlhn 
i i !' Looking for and basting unto the coming of the dan 

of Qod, w herein the heal ens being on lire shall bedissolved, 
and (he elements shall melt with fervent heal I 



nigh! 



:O.B.&l3fi.r,.lMiii. 13 ' l8.IBom.44. |K<-v. n, tu M.33.4.1 ->.li«a.64. 1. 

I I .... 1 I : I'- I' '. V .1, |. 4 

fliii.7.111.21. 11.4,. 1111.' ■ « 8. 

13. II.&4I. 1. iT.uk.- 12. IV 

1.10227 rlmp.3 10 .MP, 30 3 JTVi 1 * 

isa a I. 4.1 

153 



A I) 66. i 



Keeping the commandments a test of love to God. I. JOHIS. 

r 13 m Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for 
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous- 
ness. 

d 14 n Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such 
things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, 
without spot, and blameless. 

15 ° And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is 
salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according 
to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you ; 

c 16 p As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these 



mlsa. 65.17. 
& 66. 22. 
Rev. 21. 1,27 
n 1 Cor. 1.8. 
Eph. 5. 27. 
Philip. 1. 10. 
lThes.3.13. 
&5. 23. 
Titus 2. 13. 

Rom. 2. 4. 
Heb. 9. 23. 
& 10. 36. 
verse 9. 
pRom.8.19. 

1 Cor. 15.24. 
lThes.4.15. 
qMk. 13.23. 
ch. 1. 12. & 
2. 1. & 3. 1. 



Many antichrists are gone out into the world. 

tilings ; in which are some things hard to be understood, 
which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they 
do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 

d 17 q Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things 
before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error 
of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 

d 18 r But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and 
for ever. Amen. 

r Eph. 4. 15. | 2 Tim. 4.18. 1 1 P t. 2. 2. & 4. 11. | Rev. 1. 6. & 5. 13. 



11 THE FIRST EPISTLE G1MEBAL OF JOH^. 



CHAPTER I. 

He describeth the person of Christ, in whom we have eternal life by a com- 
munion with God, 1 : to which we must adjoin holiness of life, to testify 
the truth of that our communion and profession of faith, as also to assure 
us of the forgiveness of our sins by Christ's death, 5. 

THAT a which was from the beginning, which we have 
heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we 
have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the 
Word of life ; 

2 b (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, 
and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life which 
was with the Father, and was manifested unto us ;) 
e 8 c That which we have seen and heard declare we unto 
you, that ye also may have fellowship with us : and truly 
our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus 
Christ. 

4 d And these things write we unto you, that your joy 
may be full. 
* 5 e This then is the message which we have heard of 
Mm, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is 
no darkness at all. 

6 f If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk 
in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth : 

t 7 e But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we 
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus 
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

8 h If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. 

<l 9 x If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive 
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a 
liar, and his word is not in us. 

CHAPTER II. 

He comforteth them against the sins of infirmity, 1. Rightly to know God 
is to keep his commandments, 3, to love our brethren, 9, and not to love 
the world, 15. We must beware of seducers, 18 : from whose deceits the 
godly are safely preserved by perseverance in faith, and holiness of 
life, 20. 

JV1T a little children, these things write 1 unto you, that 
i.TX ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advo 
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous : 

t 2 * And he is the propitiation for our sins : and not for 
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 

e 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we 
keep his commandments. 

4 c He that saith, I know him. and keepeth not his com 
mandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 

c 5 d But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love 
of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in him. 

6 e He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so 
to walk, even as he walked. 

7 f Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, 
but an old commandment which ye had from the begin- 
ning : The old commandment is the word which ye have 
heard from the beginning. 

8 g Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which 
thing is true in him and in you : because the darkness is 
pastj and the true light now shineth. 



A. D. 90. 



aMat.13.16. 
Luke 24.39. 
John 1.1,14. 
& 20. 27. 
Acts 4. 20. 
2 Pet. 1. 16. 
ch. 2. 13. & 
4. 14. 

Rev. 19. 13. 
b Jn. 1.1,4, 
14.&3.13.& 

7. 34. & 11. 
25. & 14. 6. 
& 21. 24. 
Acts2.32.& 
3.15.&5.32. 
& 10. 41. 
Rom. 16. 26. 
Col. 1. 26. - 
lTim.3. 16. 
2Tim.l.l0. 
Titus 1. 2. 
cli.3.5.&4. 
14. &5. 11,20 
cJn. 15. 10. 
& 17. 21. 

1 Cur. 1. 9. 
dJn. 15. 11 
& 16. 24. 

2 John 12. 
eJn. 1. 9.& 
8. 12. & 9.5. 
& 12. 35,36. 
chap. 3. 11. 
f2Cor.6.14. 
chap. 2. 4. 
glCor.6. 11. 
Heb 9. 14. 

1 Pet. 1. 19. 
ch. 2.2, 12,24 
Rev. 1. 5. 
hi Kgs.8.46 

2 Chr. 6. 36 
Job9.2.&15. 
14. & 25. 4. 
Prov.20. 9. 
Ec. 7. 20. 
James 3. 2. 

i Ps 3. 2, 5 
&51. 1. 
Prov.28. 13. 
aRom.8.34 
1 Tim. 2. 5 
Heb. 7. 24, 
25. & 9. 24^ 

1 Pet. 3. 18. 
ch.l.5.&3. 
7,18. & 4. 4. 
& 5 21. 
b.!n.l.29.& 
4.42.&11.51 
Rom. 3. 25. 

2 Cor. 5. 18 
Col. 1.20. 
Heb. 2. 17. 
ch. 1. 7. & 
4. 10, 14 
cch. I. 6.& 
4. 20. 

d Jn. 13. 35 
& 14.21,23. 
ch.4. 12, 13. 
e Jn. 13. 15. 
& 15.4,5,10. 

1 Pet. 2. 21. 
fell. 3. 11. 

2 John 5. 

g Jn.I. 9.& 

8. 12. & 12. 
35. & 13. 34. 
& 15. 12. 
Rom. 13. 12. 
Eph. 5. 8. 
lThes.5.5,8. 
chap. 1. 7. 



A. D. 90. 



hlCor.13.2. 
2 Pet. 1. 19 
ch. 3.14, 15. 
i Jn. 12. 35. 
2 Pet. 1. 10. 
kLev. 19.7. 
John 12. 35. 
chap. 3. 14. 
I Lu. 24. 47. 
Acts 4. 12. 
& 10.43. & 
13. 38. 
chap. 1. 7. 
m ch. 1. 1. 
n Eph. 6.10. 
1 Pet. 5. 9. 
chap. 4. 4. 
o Mat. 6. 24. 
Luke 16. 13. 
Rom. 12. 2. 
Gal. 1. 10. 
James 4. 4. 
p Ps. 90. 10. 
Isa. 40. 6. 



c 9 h He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, 
is in darkness even until now. 

10 ' He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and 
there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 

11 k But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and 
walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, 
because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 

t 12 ' I write unto you, little children, because your shis 
are forgiven you for his name's sake. 

c 13 m I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known 
Mm that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young 
men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write 
unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 
14 n I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have 
known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto 
you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word oi 
God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 

d 15 c Love not the world, neither the things that are in 
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Fa- 
ther is not in him. 

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and 
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the 
Father, but is of .the world. 

1 17 p And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: 
but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 

18 q Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have 
heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many 
antichrists ; whereby we know that it is the last time. 

1 1 9 r They went out from us, but they were not of us ; 
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have con- 
tinued with us : but they went out, that they might be made 
manifest that they were not all of us. 

t 20 s But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye 
know all things. 

21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the 
truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the 
truth. 

t 22 * Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the 
Christ 1 He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the 
Son. 

23 u Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the 
Father : [but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father 
also.] 

24 * Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard 
from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the 
beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the 
Son, and in the Father. 

b 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, 
even eternal life. 

26 y These things have I written unto you concerning 
them that seduce you. 

27 z But the anointing which ye have received of Mm 



1 Cor. 7. 31.|Luke 21. 8. 
Jamcsl. lO.Uohn 5.43. 
& 4. 14. lActs 20. 29 
IPet. 1. 24.l|2Thes.2.3 
qMt. 24.5,2411 Tim. 4. I, 
Mk. 13.6 22 2Tim.3. 1. 



Heb. 1. 1. 
2 Pot. 2. 1. 
chap. 4. 3. 
2 John 7. 
r Dt. 13. 13 
Pe. 41. 10. 



Matt. 24. 24. Is Psa. 45. 8 
John 6. 37. & 133. 2. 
& 10. 28. IMatt. 11. 2o. 
Acts 20. 30. 1 John 14. 26 
lCor.ll.l9. ! &]6. 13. 
2Tim.2.19.2Cor. 1. 21 

154 



Heb. 1.9. I14.9.& 15.23)4. 6. 

chip. 4. 13.2Tim.S. 12. z Jer.31.33. 

t chap. 4. 3. chap. 4. 15. 34. 

2 John 7. Ix chap. I.3.iJn. 14.26.& 

uLukel2 9.2John 6. 16.13. 

Johu8.19.&Jy cb.3. 7. & Heb. 8.WJI 



He that hateth his brother is a murderer. 



I. JOHN. 



Believers dwell in God and he in them. 



abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you :j aMk D 8 ^ believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one 
but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is ^3. 2.^ j another, as he gave us commandment, 
truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall [gj^fcl 24 * And ne thal keepeth his commandments, dwelleth 

3 5 '&"iz25: m him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he 
e^n^akideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 

Statt&s ! CHAPTER IV. 

ill m "' 15' I ^ e wa '' net/l them not to believe all teachers who boast of the Spirit, but to 
try them by the rules of the catholic faith, 1 : and by many reasons ex- 
horteth to brotherly love, 7. 

ELOVED,* believe not every spirit, but try the spirits 

i whether they are of God : because many false pro- 

coK^i^'iphets are gone out ihto the world. 

2 b Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : Every spirit that 
coufesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of 
God: 

3 c And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus 
Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And this is that 
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should 
come ; and even now already is it in the world. 

c 4 d Ye are o! God, little children, and have overcome 
them : because greater is he that is in you, than he that is 
iPet.f22,24|in the world. 

ch l / cc4 i) 

3&Sb£n * 5 e They are of the world : therefore speak they of the 
s/|' n , 18 |0 9 - world, and the world heareth them 
tfr'&M c 6 f We are of God. He that kno 



& 18. 20. 
lC.ir. 13.12. 
& 15. 49. 
2 Cor. 4. 17. 
&5. 7. 
Gal. 3. 26. 
&4. 6. 



1 Pot. I. 23 
& 2. 2. 

Pet. 1.4. 
ch.4. 6.&5. 
1, 18. 

c Hub. 7. 26. 
& 12. 14. 
chap* 4. 17. 
d ch. 5. 17. 
elsa.53.4.9. 
Lukcr23.4l. 
John 8. 46. 
& 14 30. 

2 Cor. 5.21. 
1TM.1.15. 
Titus 2. 14. 
Heb. 1.3. & 
4. 15.&7.26. 
& 9. 2b. 



abide in him. 

d 28 a And now, little children, abide in him ; that when 
he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be 
ashamed before him at his coming. 
t 29 b If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every 
one that doeth righteousness is born of him. 

CHAPTER ITI. 

He declareth the singular lope of God toward us, in making us his sons, 1 : 
who therefore ought obediently to keep his commandments, and to love one 
another, 3. 

jEHOLD a what manner of love the Father hath be- 
stowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of 
God ! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew 
him not. 

1 2 b Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, when 
he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him 
as he is. 

d 3 c And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth 
himself, even as he is pure. 

4 d Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law ; 
for sin is the transgression of the law. 
* 5 e And ye know ihat he was manifested to take away 
our sins ; and in him is no sin. 

6 r Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not : whosoever 
sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 
c 7 e Little children, let no man deceive you : he that doeth 
righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 

8 h He that committeth sin is of the devil ; for the devil 
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of 
God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of 
the devil. 

9 ' l Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin ; for 
his seed remaineth in him ; and he cannot sin, because he 
is born of God. 

c 10 k In this the children of God are manifest, and the 
children of the devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness 
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 

<M1 'For this is the message that ye heard from the 
beginning, that we should love one another. 

12 m Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew 
his brother. And wherefore slew he him ? Because his 
own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 

13 n Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 
c 14 °We know that we have passed from death unto "i 

life, because wo love tire brethren. He that loveth not ,'.',', Vin' 
his brother, abideth in death. \h. 

15 p Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer : and V'n" ~ v ^ 
ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. * 

M6 q Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he 
laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down our 
lives for the brethren. 

e 17 r But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compas- 
sion from him, how dwelleth the love of Cod in him ! 

d 18 ' My little children, let us not love in word, neither 



w.oweth God, heareth us ; 
2 t john 1 7,'» |h e that is not of God, heareth not us. Hereby know we 
Maf. n il.'29: the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 

c 7 g Beloved, let us love one another : for love is of God ; 
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 
<8 h He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is 
love. 
t 9 ' In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the 
world, that we might live through him. 
1 10 k Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he 
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our 
sins. 



Mai. 2i. 41. 
ch. 2. 9, 10, 
II. 

pJUat.5.2], 

(5hI. 5. 21. 
R.v. 21. 8. 
& 22 IS 
q John 3. 16. 
& 15 13. 
Bom. 5.8. 

rhlipl.T 4 9. 
rl)i Ut.15.7. 

Luke 3. n 

rh. 4. 20. &. 

5. I. 

« Ho. 12. 9 

9 15. 



h 34. 10. fi. 

WUH.&.115. 

I-. 

I'r. 15.29. & 

-si.it. 7 B. 
fc 91. 22. 

Murk 11.21 
Lnko 11.9. 
John 9. 31. 
(fc II. 13, .V 

is. 7. &. 10 

23. 

Jllllll-. I. .'>. 

I 



in tongue, but in deed and in truth. v i.;, ioiH j s a j. ir 

19 'And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and JJ^f &L , h ' , imv ,..,„ he love QqA wnom il( . hath not seen' 



t 12 m No man hath seen God at any time. If we love 
one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected 
in us. 

t 13 n Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in 
us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 

14 "And we have seen and do testify, that the Father 
sent the Sou to he the Saviour of the world. 

1 15 p Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of 
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in Cod. 

t 16 q And we have known and believed the love that Cod 
bath to us. God is love : and he that dwelleth in love, 
dwelleth in God, and God in him. 

17 ' Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have 
boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are 
we in this world. 

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love castelli 
out fear : because fear hath torment. He that fearrth, \e 
noi made perfeel in love. 

19 We love him, because he first loved us. 
c 20 ' If a man Bay, I love God, ami hateth his brother, he 

For he that loveth not his brother, whom he 



eh. 4. 1 .'. !1 



shall assure our hearts before him. 

20 For if our heart condemn us, Cod is greater than our 
heart, and knoweth all things. 

21 "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have 
we confidence toward God. 

22 * And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because 
we keep his commandments, and do those things that are 
pleasing in his sight. 

d 23 y And this is his commandment ; That we should IioSmuSA 



i5.iifci7.3. d 21 'And this commandment have we from him, Thai 
ie who loveth God, love his brother also. 



\ D DO 
• In 14. S3 

t I , in 
Rom - •'. 
ch. 2. 20. «c 

j4 13. 



Tech. i:i JJehap. '-'. 18 
Mall 7 15, A 3 7. 
16 ft 94. I. I John 1. 



k M. go . ■ I , ,i ,, -i ir,. fclehu - ■' k , II 

II',. ii. John p. 47. a. 11 9 cb.8.< 

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"IVl.r J I .1.1,, IS 31.1 



I wlrh 9 ' 31 . i John 3 IR.lchiipUT 2. 2. n Jn. 14 'J<i I IVi. 1. 15. 1 

... •- ..- 9 5.4.3.1 V'Wri.9 

Jn.15.12,13 oj -!,i,l H 3, I9,oTS!cV 3 11.23 

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The apostle commendeth Gams 



H. JOHN. HI. JOHN. 



for his piety and hospitality 



chapter v. 

He that lovelh God, loveth his children, and keepeth his commandments, 1 
which to the faithful are light, and not grievous, 3. Jesus is the Son of 
God, able to save us, 9, and to hear our prayers, which we make for our- 
selves, and for others, 14. 

"HOSOEVER a believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is 



A. D. 90. 



born of God : and every one that loveth him that 
begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him. 

c 2 b By this we know that we love the children of God, 
when we love God, and keep his commandments. 

■« 3 c For this is the love of God, that we keep his com- 
mandments ; and his commandments are not grievous. 

c 4 d For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, 
even our faith. 

5 e Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that 
believeth that Jesus is the Son of God 1 

1 6 f This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus 
Christ ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it 
is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 

* 7 g For there are three that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these throe 
are one. 

8 h And there are three that bear witness in earth, the 
3pirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree 
in one. 

9 * If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God 
is greater : for this is the witness of God which he hath 
testified of his Son. 

e 10 k He that believeth on the Son of God hath the wit- 
ness in himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him 
a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave 
of his Son. 



,aJohnl.l2, 
J 13. & 15. 23. 
Ich. 2. 2-2,23. 
&4. 2. 15. 
b oh. 4. 20. 
cMicah6.8. 
Mt. 11.29,30. 
John 14. 15, 
2I.23.&15. 
10. 

chapter 2. 3. 
2 John 6. 
d Jn. 16. 33, 
Rom. 8. 35. 
2 Cov. 10. 4. 
Eph. 6. 16. 
ch. 2. 13. & 
3. 6. & 4. 4. 
e 1 Cor. 15 
57. 

ch. 4. 4, 15. 
f John 1. 14. 
& 14.17. & 
15.26. & 16. 
13. & 19.34 
g Mat. 3. 19, 
& 17. 5. & 
28. 19. 
.In. 1. 1, 32. 
& 5. 32, 36. 
& 8. 14, 18, 
54. & 10. 24, 
30. & 15.26. 
1 Cor. 12. 4, 

5, 6. 

1 Tim. 3. 6. 
Rev. 19. 13. 
hIUt.27.50. 
Mark 15.39. 
John 19. 30. 
i John 5. 37. 
& 8. 17, 18. 
k John 3. 16, 
33. 

Rorn^S. 16. 
Gal. 4. 6. 
I John 1. 4. 
■& 3. 36. 
chip. 2. 25. 
t 4. 9, 14. 
n Jn. 3. 36. 

& 5. 24. 
nJn. 20.31. 
oJer.20. 12. 
Mat. 7. 8. & 
21.22. 
Mark 11.24. 
Luke 11 9. 
John 14. 13. 

6. 15. 7. &. 
16..24. 
James 1. 5. 
chap. 3. 22. 
& 4. 17. 



1 11 'And this is the record, that God hath given to us 
eternal life : and this life is in his Son. 
b 12 m He that hath the Son, hath life ; and he that hath 
not the Son of God, hath not life. 

13 n These things have I written unto you that believe 
on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye 
have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of 
the Son of God. 

14 "And this is the confidence that we have in him, 
that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 

15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we 
ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired 
of him. 

d 16 p If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not 
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them 
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do 
not say that he shall pray for it. 

17 i All unrighteousness is sin : and there is a sin not 
unto death. 

18 r We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth 
not ; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and 
that wicked one toucheth him not. 

1 1 9 s And we know that we are of God and the whole 
world lieth in wickedness. 

1 20 ' And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath 
given us an understanding, that we may know him that is 
true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus 
Ciirist. This is the true God, and eternal life. 

d 21 n Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen, 



pNu.l5.30.|Jer. 7. 16. & 
Deut. 13. 5. 11.14. &14. 
1 Sam. 2.25. 11. & 15.1. 
Job 42. 8. 'Mat. 12. 31. 



Mark 3. 29. 
Luke 12. 10. 
Heb. 6.4. & 
10. 26. 



2 Pet. 2. 20. 
q chap. 3. 4. 
r ch. 3. 13. 
&3. 9. 



s Jn. 12. 31. 
& 16. 11. 
Eph. 2. 2. 
2Tim.2.26 



t Lu. 24. 45.I& 20. 28. 
John 1. 1,4. Rom. 9. 5. 
&17.30. 1 Tim. 3. 16. 
Acta 3. 15. Heb. 1. 8. 



chap. 2. 20. 
Rev. 3. 7. 14. 
u2Cor.8.10 
& 10. 7?14 



HTHE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN, 



He exhorteth a certain honourable matron, with her children, to persevere 
in Christian love and belief, lest they lose the reward of their former 
profession, 8 ; and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring 
not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus, 10. 

THE a elder unto the elect lady, and her children, whom 
I love in the truth ; and not I only, but also all they 
that have known the truth ; 

2 b For the truth's sake which dwelleth in us, and shall 
be with us for ever. 

1 3 c Grace be with you, mercy, and peace from God the 
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the 
Father, in truth and love. 

4 d I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walk- 
ing in truth, as we have received a commandment from 
the Father. 

d 5 e And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote 
a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had 
from the beginning, that we love one another. 

6 f And this is love, that we walk after his command- 
ments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard 
from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 



A.D. 



aGal.2.5,14. 
& 3. 1,5,7, 
Eph. 1. 13. 
Col. 1.5. 
2 Th. 2. 13. 
1 Tim. 2. 4. 
Heb. 10. 26. 
James 1. 18. 
& 5. 19. 

1 Peter 1.22. 
&5. 1,13. 

2 Peter 1.12. 
&2. 2. 

1 John 3. 18. 
3.Tn.l.3, 8. 
bl.ln.2. 14. 
cl Tim. 1.2. 

2 Tim. 1.2. 
d Phil. 4. 1. 
1 Th. 2. 19. 

3 John 3. 

e Jn. 13. 34. 
& 15. 11. 
Eph. 5. 2. 
1 Thee. 4. 9. 
1 Peter 4. 8. 
1 John 2. 7, 
R. & 3. 11, 

23. & 4 21. 
f Jn. 14. 15, 

21. & 15. 10. 

1 John 2. 5, 

24. & 5. 3. 

g Mat. 24.5, 
§4. 

2 Peter 2. 1. 
1. lohn 2. 18, 

22. & 4. 1, 
2,3. 



7 s For many deceivers are entered into the world, who 
confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is 
a deceiver, and an antichrist. 

d 8 h Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things 
which we have wrought, but that we receive a full re- 
ward. 

9 s Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doc- 
trine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doc- 
trine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 

V 10 k If there come any unto you, and bring not this doc- 
trine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him 
God speed : 

1 1 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his 
evil deeds. 

12 1 Having many things to write unto you, I would not 
write with paper and ink : but I trust to come unto you, 
and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 

13 m The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. 

hMarkl3.9.|i 1 Jn. 2. 23.ll Cor. 5.11.]Gal.l. 8, 9. |&4. 14. 'Uohn 17.13.12 Tim. 1.4. |3 John 13. 
Gal. 3. 4. 'kRo.l6.17.l&lG. 22. i2 Tim. 3. 5.lTitus3. 10. iRom. 1. 12.|l John 1. 4. |mlPet.5.K 
Heb. 10. 32. 



11 THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN. 



He commendeth Gaiusfor his piety and hospitality, 5, to true preachers, 7 ; 
complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the con- 
trary side, 9. whose evil example is not to be followed, 1 1 : and giveth 
special testimony to the good report of Demetrius, 12. Excuses himself 
from writing more fully, and proposes to pay him a visit shortly, 13, 14. 

THE a elder unto the well-beloved Gaius, whom I love 
in the truth. 
6 2 Beloved, 1 wish above all things that thou mayest 
iprosoer and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 
■3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and 



A.D. 90. 



a 1 Pet. 5. 1. 
Uohn 3. 18. 
2 John 1. 
b 2 John 4. 



A. D. 90. 



c 1 Cor. 4. 

15. 

Philem.10. 



testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest 
in the truth. 

d 4 c I have no greater joy than to hear that my children 
walk in truth. 

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest 
to the brethren, and to strangers ; 

6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the 
church : whom if thou bring forward on their journey after 
a godly sort, thou shalt do well : 

- 356 



REVELATION 



d 1 Cor. 9. 
12, 15. 
e Mt. 10. 14. 
Luke 10. 7. 



John writes his Revelation 

7 d Because that for his name's sake they went forth, 
taking nothing of the Gentiles. 

8 " We therefore ought to receive such, that we might 
be fellow-helpers to the truth. 

9 I wrote unto the church : but Diotrephes, who loveth 
to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. 
p 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds 
which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words : 
and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive 
the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth 
them out of the church. 



to the seven churches of Asia. 



A. D.OO. 



f Ps. 37. 27. 
Isaiah 1. 16. 
1 Peter 3.11. 
Uohn2.29. 
& 3. 6, 9. 
gl Tim. 3.7. 
h 2 .John 12. 



* 11 f Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which 
is good. He that doeth good is of God : but he that doeth 
evil hath not seen God. 

12 s Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the 
truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know 
that our record is true. 

13 h I had many things to write, but I will not with ink 
and pen write unto thee : 

14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall 
speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute 
thee. Greet the friends by name. 



IF THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE. 



He exhorteth them to be constant in the profession of the faith. False 
teachers are crept in to seduce them; for whose damnable doctrine and 
manners, horrible punishment is prepared, 4 : whereas the godly, by the 
assistance of the Holy Spirit, and prayers to God, may persevere and 
grow in grace, and keep themselves, and recover others out of the snares 
of' those deceivers, 20. 

JUDE, a the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of 
James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, 
and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called : 

b 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 

d 3 b Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto 
you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to 
write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly 
contend for' the faith which was once delivered unto the 
saints. 

f 4 c For there are certain men crept in unawares, who 
were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly 
men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and 
denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

g 5 d 1 will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye 
once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the peo- 
ple out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them 
that believed not. 

t 6 c And the angels which kept not their first estate, but 
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting 
chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 

1 7 f Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about 
them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, 
and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, 
-iifTering the vengeance of eternal fire. 

p 8 g Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, 
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 

9 h Yet Michael the archangel, when contending witli 
the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not 
bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord 
rebuke thee. 

'10 * But these speak evil of those things which they 
know not : but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, 
in those things they corrupt themselves. 

w ii k Wo unto them ! for they have gone in the way of 
(Jain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for 
reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 



A.D.cir.66. 



aLuke6.16. 
John 17. 11. 
Acts 1. 13. 
1 Peter 1. 5. 
b Phil. 1.27. 

1 Tim. 1.18. 
& 6. 12. 
2Tm.l.l3.& 
2. 1.&4. 7. 
Titus 1.4. 
2Peter2.21. 
c John 1.17. 
Acts 20. 32. 
Eo. 9.21,22. 
Gal. 2. 4. 

2 Tirn. 3. 6. 
Titus 1. 16. 
&2. 11. 
Heb. 12. 15 

1 Peter 2. 8. 

2 Peter 2. 1. 
& 3. 10, 19. 
d Nu. 14. 29. 
& 26. 64, 65. 
Psa. 106. 26. 
1 Cor. 10. 5. 
Heb. 3. 18, 
19. 

e. John 8. 44. 



& 19. 24. 
Deut. 29. 23. 
Isaiah 13.19. 
Jer. 20. 16. 
& 50. 40. 
L.am. 4. 6. 
Ezek.16.49. 
Hoseall.8. 
Amos 4. 11. 
Luke 17.29. 
2 Peter 2. 6. 
K Ex. 22. 28. 
2 Pcter2. 10, 
11. 

h Dan. 10. 
I3.&12. 1. 
Zech. 3. 4. 
2Pctcr2.11. 
Rev. 12. 7. 
i 2 Pet. 2. 12. 
k Gen. 4. 8. 
Nu. 16.1,32. 
& 22. 7,21. 
2P.im2.l5. 

I .|,,hn3. 12. 
Rev. 2. 14. 
I Pr. 25. M. 
Ez.'k. 34. H. 
Mot 15. 13. 

1 ('or. 11.21. 
Philip. 3. 19. 

2 Peter 2. 13, 
17. 

m U. 57. 20. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
Philip. 3. 1!). 

2 Peter 2. 14, 

17. 

n Gen. 5. 18. 

Dout.33.3. 

Dun. 7. 10. 
Zoch. 14.5. 
Mat 25. 31. 
Acti I. II 
1 Th. l. 10. 

2Th. 1. 111. 
Rev. l.T. 
,, 1 Si. 2. 3. 
Put 31. IS 1 . 
& 91. 4. 



i 12 ' These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they 
feast with you, feeding themselves without fear : clouds 
they are without water, carried about of winds ; trees 
whose fruit withereth, without fruit twice dead, plucked up 
by the roots ; 

13 m Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own 
shame : wandering stars, to whom is reserved the black- 
ness of darkness for ever. 

r 14 n And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophe- 
sied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten 
thousand of his saints, 

* 15 "To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all 
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds 
which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard 
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 
pic p Thooo avo murmurers, complainers, walking after 
their own lusts ; and their mouth spcakelh great swelling 
words, having men's persons in admiration because of 
advantage. 

d 17 q But, beloved, remember ye the words which were 
spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 

18 r How that they told you there should be mockers in 
the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 

19 9 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, 
having not the Spirit. 

^20 'But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your 
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the 
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 

22 And of some have compassion, making a difference ; 

23 u And others save with fear, pulling them out of the 
fire ; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 

& 24 x Now unto him that is able to keep ><>u from (ailing, 
and to present you faultless before (he presence of his glon 
with exceeding joy, 

25 'To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen 



MaL8. 13. |P«-i. 15.10. ;q2Pr.t.3<e.l&3.3 II. I. ,, '■' ' Tv . V. 

■j Tho». 1.7. Prov. if. r, \ Ao. 80. '.".'.,« Prov. 18. .4 10. 85. Inuyh W 6 
r. l.v. 19 5 hninh9.15. I Tim. 4 iJl'./.k H 7. tCoi.l 83 fii 
SChr.19.7 I Tim. 0.5.18 Tim 3.1 HnnciH 14. *8. 7, {,■,',{, 

I,, I, •!•' 23 "IVi.-r° 11 k -1 3. iti'.i. 10. TilunS.il ■" " " 

fc 31. 19. » 2 IV" r 2. 1 . I ( or 2. 1 1. 2 P< KB 3. 12. 1 T.m. 4.10. 



r Bo. 16.2: 



l.jfTiin 



Bgv.3 1 

* Rom ll I.I 

«i 10.25. |17.fcS 3 

; ... In. .j 1.3.*: 
3.4. 
Col. 122. I 



TITHE RJEVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE. 



CHAPTER I. 
John writelh his revelation to the seven churches of Asia, signified Ly the 
seven golden candlesticks, 4. Tlir, coming of Christ, 7. His glorious 
power and majesty, 14. 

THE a Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto 
him, to shew unto his servants things which must 
shortly come to pass ; and he sent and signified it by his 
angel unto his servant John : 

2 b Who bare record of the word of God, and of the tes- 
timony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 
b 3 c Blessed is he that readeth. and they that hear the 



A. D. 90. 



n John 3.1 32. 
& H. 20. *i 
12. 49. 
rh. 22.6, 10 
I. I Cor. 1.6 
I .1. .I,.. I. I 
c Lo. 11.88 
I!.,. 13. 11. 
.lainen 5. 8. 
I IVt.r I. 7. 

rh. 2. 5. 85, 
& 3. 11. & 
22. 7, 11). 
.1 Ex. 3. II. 

'/.••rh. 3. 9. 

Jc4. in. 

Oh. 1. H. 11. 

k 3.1*. 4.5. 

a & s. 6- * 



words of this prophecy, and keep those things winch are 
written therein : for the time is al hand. 
Af"OIlN a to the seven churches which arc in Asiai 
«J Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which k 

and which was, and which is to come ; and from the .sew i 

.Spirits which are before his throne; 

<5 'And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness, 
and the First-begotten of the dead, and the Prince of thl 

11 l7&10SIMnt 2P.l»:i5. 0. II Cor. 1520.|F,ph. 1. 20. IrVV. 0.12.11 1 1 John 1.7 0:5 0. & 17 

rlp'VU&: John 8. U. Art.20.28.lnal. 2. 80. [Col. I. in [l raUrf.lD.bY 3.H.k'M.*W lv 
lmi,-.h 5% 1.1* 13 M.fcl 



157 



A. D. 9G. 



Epistles to the churches of Ephesus, 

kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed 
us from our sins in his own blood, 

6 f And hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
his Father ; to him be glory and dominion for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

1 7 s Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye 
shall see him, and they also which pierced him : and all 
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, 
Amen. 

* 8 Mam Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end- 
ing, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is 
to come, the Almighty. 

g 9 £ I John, who also am your brother, and companion in 
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, 
was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, 
and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 
d 10 h I was Li the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard 

behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 
S 11 'Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the 
last : and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it ch 
unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, j^^uno 
and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, 
and unto Sardis, and unto Pniladelphia, and unto Laodicea. 

* 12 m And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. 
And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks ; 

13 n And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like 



t Ess. 19. 6. 
Ron,. 12. 1. 
1 Tim. 6. 16. 
Heb. 9. 14. 

1 Peter 1.19. 
&2.5,9.&4. 
11. & 5. 11. 

2 Pet. 3. 18. 
1 John 1. 7. 
ch. 4. 4.&5. 
10. & 20. 6. 
sis. 3. 13,14. 
Dan. 7. 13. 
Zecli. 12. 10. 
Mat. 24. 30. 
&. 25. 31. & 
26. 64. 
John 19. 37. 
Acts 1. 11. 

1 Th. 1. 10. 

2 Tli. 1. 10. 
JudeH. 
chap. 6. 16. 
& II. 18. & 
2-2. 10. 

h isa. 41. 4. 
& 44. 6. & 
48. 12. 
eh. 1. 4, 11, 
17. &2.S.& 
4. 8. & 11. 17. 
& 16. 5. & 
19.6. & 21. 
6. & 22. 13. 
i Rom. 8. 17. 
Phil. 1. 7. & 
4.14. 

2 Tim. 1.8. 
& 2. 12. 



unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the 
foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 

14 ° His head and his hairs were white like wool, as 
white as snow ; and ids eyes were as a flame of fire ; 

15 p And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned 
In a furnace ; and his voice as ttie sound 01 many waters. 

16 q And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out 
of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword : and his coun- 
tenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 

* 17 r And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And 
he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not ; 
I am the first and the last : 

18 "/« he that liveth, and was dead ; and behold, I am 
alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and 
of death. 

19 ' Write the things which thou hast seen, and the 
things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter ; 

20 " The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest 
in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The 
seven stars are the angels of the seven churches : and 
the seven candlesticks which thou sawest, are the seven 
churches. 

CHAPTER II 

What is commanded to be written to the angels (that is, the ministers) of the 
churches of Ephesus, 1 , Smyrna, 8, Pergamos, 12, Thyatira : and what 
is commended, or found wanting in them, 18. 

TTNTO a the angel of the church of Ephesus write : 
^J These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in u 
his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven $&{|'&f| 
golden candlesticks; 
c 2 b I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, 
and how thou canst not bear them which are evil ; and 
thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are 
not ; and hast found them liars : 

3 c And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's 
sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 

4 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because 
thou hast left thy first love. 

d 5 a Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, 
and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come 



REVELATION. Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira. 

b 7 e He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit 
saith unto the churches ; To him that overcometh will I 
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the micist of the 
paradise of God. 

SS f And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna, write ; 
These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, 
and is alive ; 

c 9 s I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but 
thou art rich) and / know the blasphemy of them which 
say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of 
Satan. 

r 10 h Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. 
Behold, the devil shall east some of you into prison, that 
ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. 
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown 
of life. 

b 1 1 ! He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit 
saith unto the churches ; He that overcometh, shall not be 
hurt of the second death. 

s 12 k And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write ; 
These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with 
two edges ; 

c 13 ] I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even 
where Satan's seat is : and thou holdest fast my name, and 
hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein An- 
tipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, 
where Satan dwelleth. 

14 m But I have a few things against thee, because thou 
hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who 
taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children 
of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit 
fornication. 

15 n So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the 
Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 

d 1 6 ° Repent ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and 
will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 

b 17 p He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit 
saith unto the churches : To him that overcometh will I 
give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white 
stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man 
knoweth, saving he that receiveth it. 

s 18 q And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write ; 
These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like 
unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass ; 

c 19 r I know thy works, and charity, and service, and 
faith, and thy patience, and thy works'; and the last to be 
more than the first : 

P 20 3 Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee, 
because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth 
herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants 
to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto 
idols. 

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication, 
and she repented not. 

«>22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that 
commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except, 
they repent of their deeds. 

t 23 * And I will kill her children with death ; and all the 
churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the 
and I will give unto every one of you 
according to your works. 

24 But unto you J say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, 



& 20. 
22. 17. 

1 Cor. 16. 2, 

2 Cor. 12. 2. 
chapter 4.2, 
1 Isaiah 41.4. 
& 44. 6. & 
48. 12. 

hap. 2. 8. & 
21.6. &. 22. 
13. 

m Ex. 25.37. 
Zech. 4. 2. 
n Ex. 27. 10. 
& 28. 42. & 
& 39. 5. 
Lev. 6. 10. 
& 16. 4, 32. 
Ezek. 1. 26. 
&9. 2. 

I»~„- ■?. 13. 

& 10. 5, 16. 
ch. 2. 1, !H. 
& 14. 14. & 
15.6. 

o Dan. 7. 9. 
& 10. 6. 
ch. 2. 18. &. 
19. 12 

p Ezek. 1. 7, 
24. & 40. 3 
& 43. 2. 
Dan. 10. 6. 
ch. 2. 18. & 
10. 1. & 14. 
2. & 19. 6. 
qlsa.49.2. 
Eph. 6. 17. 
Heb. 4. 12. 
ch. 1. 20. & 
2. 1, 12. & 
3. I. & 10.1. 
& 19. 15,21. 
r Isa. 41. 4. 
& 44. 6. & 
48. 12. 
Ezek. 1. 28. 
Dan. 8. 18. 
& 10. 10. 
verae 11. 
ch. 2. 8. & 
22.13. 
s Job 12. 14. 
Psa. 68. 21. 
Isa. 22. 22. 
Rom. 6. 9. 
ch. 3. 7. & 
20. 1, 12. 
t Dan. 2. 29. 
chap. 4. 1. 
u Mai. 2. 7. 
verse 1G. 
chap. 2. 1. 
a ch. 1. 11, 
13, 16, 20. 
b Psa. 1. 6. 



Gal. 1. 7. 
Eph. 4. 14. 
2 Tim. 2. 19. 
Heb. 6. 10. 
2 Peter 2. 1. 
1 John 4.1. 
ver.9.13,19. 
ch. 3. 1,8,15. 
c Gal. 6. 9. 
lU-b. 12. 5. 



ch.3. 5,1' 
21. & 13. 9. 
&21.7. & 

unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out ofiL'f^ 6& 
his place, except thou repent. * n -f 8 „ 

6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the 22' if & ' 

5 Mat. 6. 20. 



watfhTi5JAs many as have not this doctrine, and which have not 

& 13. 9, 43. 1 J 



Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. 



Rom. 2. 17, 

23. & 9. 6. 

Gal. 6. 12. 

rhil. 3, 2. 

1 Tim. 6. 6, 

.18. 

James 2. 5. 

ver.2,13.19. 

chap. 1. 9. & 

3. I, 8, 15. 
. .*,w. •,. -./. h Matt. 10. 
Luke 12.21. 22. & 24. 13. 



1 Cor. 9. 25. 

2 Tim. 2. 5. 
&4. 7, 8. 
Jam. 1.2,12. 

hap. 3. 11. 
&22. 5. 

Mat. 11. 15. 
& 13. 9. 
verse 7. 
ch. 3. 6, 13. 
22. & 13. 9 



& 20. 14. &il Cor.8. 9. 



19. 15, 21. I& 19. 12. II Cor. 8. 9. K20. 12. 

p Isa. 62. 6. q chap. 1.14, & 10. 19, 20. Mat. 16. 27. 

fc 65. 15. 15. 1 1 Sa. 16. 7. John 2. 24, 

Mat. 11. 15. r 2Cor. 9. l.il Chr. 28. 9. 25. 

& 13. 9, 43. 12. |& 29. 17. Acts. 1. 24. 

John4. 32. ch. 1. 9. & 2Chr.6. 30. Rom. 2.6. fc 
rriNum. 22.|Ep_h.6. 17. & 6. 33, 49, 3. 1, 8, 25. Psa. 7. 10. 8. 27. & 14 
23. &24. 14. 2 Thes. 2. 8. 58. 9 Ex. 34. 15. & 32. 19. & 12. 

&25.1.& Heb. 4.12. ;vcrses 7, 11.|1Kits.16.31.!('2. 13. 2 Cor. 5. 20 

31.16. ch. 1. 16. &ch. 3. 6, 12, 2Kinpa9. 7. ,ler. 11.20. Gal. 6. 5. 

Ac. 15. 1,29.3. 3,19. & 122. & 13. 9. 'Acts 15. 20.I&17. 10. & Ich. 20. 12. 



21.8. 12 Pet. 2. 15 

I: ch. 1. 11, June 11. 
16. & 2. 16. n Num. 25. 
&19. 15,21.|5. &31.8. 
1 chap. 3. l,|o Isa. 11. 4. 
~ 15. &49. 2 



15S 



Epistles to several Asiatic churches. REVELATION- The book sealed with seven seats. 

known the depths of Satan, as they speak ; I will put upon u ^;^; j c 17 n Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with 
you none other burden : bi^Vai 'goods, and have need of nothing ; and know est not that 

25 u But tuat which ye have already, hold fast till I come. & e i.l;jthou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and 
b 26 x And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works f°^, G (j % 
unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations : J^"^. 2 ! 

27 y (And he shall rule them with a rod of iron ; as the fplf.f |; 
vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers :) even f 2 4 Pei!?. 



as I received of my Father. a^ii:!!: 

28 z And I will give him the morning-star. «"; lln: 

29 a He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Sprit SalVi; 
saith unto the churches. K^: 

CHAPTER III. io'AV^ 

1 k * 9 13 & 
The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved, 1, exhorted to repent, and U'. f. &. 5. 6. 

threatened if he do not repent, 3. The angel of the chwch of Philadel-\ff-^%i 4<> 
phia, 8, is approved for his diligence and patience, 10. The angel of &25'. 13' 
Laodicea is rebuked, for being neither hot nor cold, 15, and admonished 
to be more zealous, 19. Christ standeth at the door, and knocketh, 20. 

§• A ND a unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; 
j^_ These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of 
God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou 
hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 

d 2 b Be watchful, and strengthen the things winch re- 
main, that are ready to die : for I have not found thy works 
perfect before God. 

w 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and 
heard, and hold fast and repent. If therefore thou shalt 
not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt 
not know what hour I will come upon thee. 

b 4 c Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have 
not defiled their garments ; and they shall walk with me 
in white : for they are worthy. 

b 5 d He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in 
white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the 
book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, 
and before his angels. 

6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith 
unto the churches. 

g 7 c And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write ; 
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that 
hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shut- 
teth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth : 

c 8 f I know thy works : behold, 1 have set before thee an 
open door, and no man can shut it : for thou hast a little 
strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my 
name. 

9 s Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, 
which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie ; behold, 
1 will make them to come and worship before thy feel, andl*^ , 
to know that I have loved thee. l " 

i> 10 b Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 1 
also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which 
shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon 
the earth. 

d\\ l Behold, I come quickly : hold that fast which thou 
hast, that no man take thy crown 



Murk 13.33. 
Luke 12.39, 
40. & 21. 36. 
Kom. 6. 17. 

1 Tim. 0. 20. 

2 Tiro. 1.13. 
lTh.5.2,6. 
2 Pel. 3. 10. 
&5. 8. 
verse 19. 
ch. 2. 5. &. 
16. 15. 

c Acts 1.15. 
Jude 23. 
chap. 4. 4. & 
6. 11.&7. 9, 
13. & 11. 13. 
&14.4. 
d Ex. 32. 32. 
Psa. 69. 29 
Mai. 10. 32. 
Luke 12.8. 
Philip 4.3. 
ch 13. 8. & 
17. 8. & 19. 
8. & 20. 12. 
& 21.27. 
e Johl2. 14. 
Isa. 22. 22. 
Luke 1. 32. 

1 John. i. 80. 
verse 14. 
ch. 1.11,18. 
& 5. 5. k 6. 

10. & 19 11. 
it 22. 16. 
I"l Cor. 16.9. 

2 Cor. 2. 12. 
C0I09. 4 3. 
chap. 2.2,9, 

13, 19. 
S lsa. 49. 23. 
ir. 60. 14. 
chnp. 2. 9. 
h 1 Cor. 10. 
13 

2 Pel or 2. 9. 
i Philip. 4.5. 
ch. 1.3. &2. 
5. 16, 25. 4c 
22.7.12,20. 
k 1 I Link, 7 
21. 

Gal. 2.9. & 
4.26. 

lleh. 12. 22. 
BTira.9.10. 
ch. 2. 7, 11, 
17. U 14. 1. 
ft 21. 2, 10, 

14. tL 22.4. 
ICul.l. 15. 
1 John 5. 20. 
.•hip. 1. 5. 

11. &3. 7. 
in Luke 12. 



A. I). DO, 

ii Hon. 12. H 

1 Cor. 4.H, 

ii La. .55. 1. 

Mai 13 II 

' § 

2 ( or. 5. 3. 
chip. 7. 13. 
* Hi. 15. *l 

19. H. 



naked : 

d 18 ° I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, 
that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment, that thou 
mayest be clothed, and that the shame ol thy nakedness 
do not appear ; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that ' 
thou mayest see. 

19 p As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zeal- 
ous, therefore, and repent. 

d 20 q Behold, I stand at the door, and knock . If any man 
hear my voice, and open the door, 1 will come in to him, 
and will sup with him, and he with me. 

b 21 r To liim that overcometh will I grant to sit with mo 
in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down 
with my Father in his throne. 

22 9 He that hath an ear, let liim hear what the Spirit 
saith unto the churches. 

CHAPTER IV. 

John scdh the throne of God in heaven, '2. The four and twenty elders, 4. 
The four beasts full of eyes before and behind, (j. The elders lay duicn 
their crowns, and icorship him that sal upon the throne. 10. 

v A FTER u this I looked, and behold, a door teas opened 
^nk. in heaven : and the first voice which I heard, was as 
it were of a trumpet talking with me ; which said, Come 
up hither, and I will shew the things which must be here- 
after 

2 ' And imrr" dialely I was in the Spirit : and behold, a 
throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 

3 c And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a 
sardine stone : and there ivas a rainbow round about the 
throne, in sight like unto an emerald 

»4 And round about the throne were four and twenty 
seats ; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders 
silting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on then 
heads crowns of gold. 

5 d And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and 
thunderings, and voices. And there were seven lamps of 
fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits 
of God. 

6 e And before the throne there was a sea of glass like 
unto crystal : And in the midst of the throne, and round 
about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and 
behind. 

7 r And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast 
like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the 
fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 

<8 g And the four beasts had each of them six wings 
about him; and they war full of eyes within: and thej rest 
'not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al- 
mighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 

9 And when those beasts give glory, and honour, and 
thanks to him that sat on the throne, 'who livelh for ever 
and ever, 

10 h The four and twenty elders (all down before him 



M2 k Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in tlie p j..i. 5. 17. 
temple of mv God, and he shall go no more out: and 1 .XY2 y.ithat sat on the throne, and worship Dim that Iivetll for 
will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of^'gf^lever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, 
the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh ;'^ i , 1 1 ,'•;', 
down out of heaven from my God : and I will write upon 
him mv new name 



Baying, 
Ml ' Thou art worthy, O Lord 



13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith '; r * ; ,;- 7 7 J 

1 1 17. 29. & 



unto the churches 

s 14 ' And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceane ?,/V* 
write 



These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true S^ift? 



Witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; 
c 15 m I know thy works, that thou art neither cold norjS^V'ra 
hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. 
w 16 So then, because 
cold nor hot, I will spue 



LukoB.3u.| Ml " inou an wormy, \j uuiu, to receive glory, and 
i •!•»'■'■. 8 '12. honour, and power: for thou has! crealed all things, and 
for thy pleasure they are and were crealed. 
CHAPTER V. 

Thr book trail d with srrrn sralt, I I whiih only th» Lamb that UU tlaiA 

is worthy to open, 9: Therefort the etdert praiit I <>», i :, and con/cm 
thai he redeemed them with hit blood, 0. 

AM) ' I saw in the right hand of him (hat sal on the 
throne a hook written wilhin and on the back side, 
sealed with seven seals. 



i in. 



K/.k 1 •.' 
A Pi I 



«M6 So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither Gwa^U h * a--,/- ,1 ' * ■": "Jl? £\i 

,, . r .1 to >'• II «c7 .1 I> I 84 * H 2. 5 «r|fc In. 18 

thee out of mv mouth ■ 9. 13. & 19 ch ut 110. 3ku.i».v 



; 1 :.. f i> 1 in. i* 11.17 ft Ii N.h 9. «. in I«» «. J» 

Ail-. 82 (Ui. 1 chap 5 12 lr> 8 I), U 

chnp. 15.8. • fa 9 11. I 

159 



The opening of the seals in order. 

v 2 b And I saw a strong angei proclaiming with a loud 
voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the 
seals thereof? 

3 c And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under 
the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look 
thereon. 

4 d And I wept much, because no man was found worthy 
to open, and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 

* 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not : 
behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, 
hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven 
seals thereof. 

* 6 e And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and 
of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a 
Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven 
eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all 
the earth. 

7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand 
of him that sat upon the throne. 

8 f And when he had taken the book, the four beasts, 
and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, 
having every one of them harps, arid golden vials full of 
odours, which are the prayers of saints. 

1 9 s And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy 
to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou 
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out 
of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation ; 

10 h And hast made us unto our God kings and priests : 
and we shall reign on the earth. 

1 1 » And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angeis 
round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: 
and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thou- 
sand, and thousands of thousands ; 

* 12 k Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that 
was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and 
strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 

13 • And every creature which is in heaven, and on the 
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and 
all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, 
and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the 
throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. 

14 m And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and 
twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for 
ever and ever. 



CHAPTER VI. 

The opening of the seals in order, and what followed thereupon; contain- 
ing a prophecy to the end of the world, 1. 

ND a I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, 
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of 
the four beasts, saying, Come and see. 

2 b And I saw, and behold, a white horse : and he that 
sat on him had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him : 
and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 
r 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the 
second beast say, Come and see. 

4 And there went out another horse that was red : and 
-power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from 
the earth, and that they should kill one another : and there 
was given unto him a great sword. 

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the 
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a 
black horse ; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances 
in his hand. 

6 c And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts 
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures 
of barley for a penny ; and see thou hurt not the oil and 
the wine. 

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the 
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see, 



b Isa. 29. 11. 

Phil. 2. 10 
chap. 5. 13. 
dGn.49.9,10 
Isa. 11. 1,10. 
Rom. 15. 12. 
Heb. 7. 14. 
chap. 4. 10. 
&. 22. 16. 

e Isa. 53. 7. 
Zech. 3. 9. 
& 4. 10. 
Jn. 1. 29,36. 
Acts 8. 32. 

1 Pel. 1. 19. 
ch. 1. 4, 7. 
& 3. 1. & 4. 

5. & 5. 12. 
& 7. 14. & 
8. 2. & 12. 
11. &I3. 8. 
f Ps. 141. 2. 
chap. 4 8, 
10. & 8. 3 
4T&14.2. 

g Ac. 20. 28. 
Kom. 3. 24 

1 Cor. 1. 30. 
& 6. 20. & 
7.23. 

Eph. 1.7. 
Col. 1. 14. 
Heb. 9. 12. 
& 10. 10. 
lPet.1.18,19 

2 Pet. 2. 1. 
1 John 1. 7. 
chap. 4. 11. 

6. 14. 3. 
hEx. 19. 6. 

1 Pet. 2. 5, 9. 
ch.l.6.&2. 
6. &. 22. 5. 
iDt 33. 5. 
Ps:i. 68. 17. 
Dan. 7. 10. 
Heb. 12. 22. 
kch. 4.11. 
llChr.29.11. 
Rom. 9. 5. 
&. 11. 36. & 
16. 27. 
Gal. 1. 5. 
Eph. 3. 21. 
Phil. 2. 10. 
& 4. 20. 

J Tim. 6. 16 

2 Tim. 4. 18. 
Heb 13. 31. 
IPet. 4. 11. 
2 Pet. 3. 18. 
Jude 25. 
chap. 7. 10. 
m ch. 4. 9. 
& 19. 14. 

a ch. 4. G.&. 
5. 5, 9. 
b ch. 14. 14. 
& 19. 11. 
c chap. 9. 8. 



REVELATION. An angel sealeth the servants of God. 

8 d And I looked, and behold, a pale horse : and his name 
that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him. And 
power was given unto them over the fourth part of the 
earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, 
and with the beasts of the earth. 

r 9 e And when he had opened the fifth seal, 1 saw under 
the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of 
God, and for the testimony which they held : 

10 f And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, 
O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our 
blood on them that dwell on the earth 1 ? 

1 1 g And white robes were given unto every one of 
them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest 
yet for a little season, until their fellow -servants also and 
their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should 
be fulfilled. 

12 h And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, 
and lo, there was a great earthquake ; and the sun be- 
came black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as 
blood : 

r 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as 
a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of 
a mighty wind. 

14 ' And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled 
together ; and every mountain and island were moved out 
of their places. 

r 15 k And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and 
the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, 
and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves 
in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ; 

16 ' And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and 
hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and 
from the wrath of the Lamb : 

1 1 7 For the great day of his wrath is come ; and who 
shall be able to stand 1 

chapter vn. 

An angel sealeth the servants of God in their foreheads, 3. The number 
of them that were sealed : of the tribes of Israel a certain number, 4, of 
all other nations an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne, 
clad in white robes, and palms in their hands, 9 : Their robes were washed 
in the blood of the Lamb, 14. 

ND a after these things I saw four angels standing on 
the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds 
of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, 
nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, 
having the seal of the living God : and he cried with a loud 
voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the 
earth and the sea, 

1 3 b Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the 
trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their 
foreheads. 

4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed : 
and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thou- 
sand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 

5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of 
the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of 
the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of 
the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. 
Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon ivere sealed twelve thousand. 
Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of 
the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 

*• 9 c After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which 
no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and 
people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before 

IGO 




dEz. 1.4,13. 
e ch. 1. 9. & 
8. 3. & 9. 13. 
& 12. 17. & 
14. 18. & 19. 

10. & 20. 4. 
12 Pet. 2.1. 
1 Jn. 5. 20. 
Jude 4. 
chap. 3. 14. 
"; 19.2. 

Heb.11.40. 
ch. 3. 5. & 
7. 9, 14. 
h Joel 2. 10, 
31. & 3. 15. 
Matt. 24. 29. 
Acts 2. 20. 
iPs. 102.27. 
Tea. 5. 25. & 
34.4. 
,Ter. 4. 24. 
Heb. 1. 12. 
ch. 16. 20. 
k Isa. 2. 19. 
1 Isa. 2. 19. 
Hosea 10. 8. 
Luke 23. 30. 
chap. 9. 6. 
a ch. 14. 1. 
bEzck.9.4. 
ch.6.6.&9. 
4. & 14. 1. 
cch. 3. 5, 18. 
& 4. 4. & 6. 

11. & 7. 14. 



REVELATION 

their 



A. P. 96. 
A Psa. 3. 9. 
Isa. 43. 11. 
Jet. 3.2... 



The opening of the seventh seal. 

the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in 
hands ; 

10 d And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our j|™°»/ 3 j : 3 4 ' 
God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. ftci'ia 
. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and ggj5^& 
about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the ch J a°J!" l 5^ 
throne on their faces, and worshipped God, £h a p.2i 5 3 6 ' 

d 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and f s f 9 ^ 2 }o 6 - 
thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto &^f. jP - 1, 
our God for ever and ever. Amen. 

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, 



Isa. 25. 8, 
John 10. 11. 
ch. 5. 6. & 
. 21. 4. 

What are these which are arrayed in white robes'? and L,Ske'i 8 "iu ' 
whence came they 1 
c 14 e And 1 said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he 



said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. 
said to me, These are they which came out of great tribu- 
lation, and have washed their robes, and made them white 
in the blood of the Lamb. 

b 15 f Therefore are they before the throne of God, and 
serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth 
on the throne shall dwell among them. 

16 g They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more ; 
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 

b 17 h For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne 
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains 
'of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their 
eyes. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

At the opening of the seventh seal, 1 , seven angels Have seven trumpets given 
them, 2. Four of them sound their trumpets, and great plagvesfollow, 
6. AnoVier angel putteth incense to the prayers of the saints on the 
golden altar, 3. 

AND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was 
silence in heaven about the space of half an hour 
2 * And 1 saw the seven angels which stood before God ; 
and to them were given seven trumpets. 
t 3 b And another angel came and stood at the altar, 
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him 
much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of 
all saints uponlhe golden altar which was before the throne. 
4 c And the smoke of the incense, which came with the 
prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the 
angel's hand. 

5 d And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire 
of the altar, and cast it into the earth : and there were 
voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 

6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets 
prepared themselves to sound. 

« 7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and 
fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth : 
and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass 
was burnt up. 

8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great 
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea : and the 
third part of the sea became blood ; 

9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the 
sea, and had life, died ; and the third part of the ships were 
destroyed. 

10 And the third angel Bounded, and there fell a great 
star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, 
upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of 
waters ; 

11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood ; and 
the third part of the waters became wormwood ; and many 
men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 

12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of 
the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and 
the third part of the stars ; so as the third part of them was 
darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and 
the night likewise. 
'"13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flving through the 

173 4 S 



6.9.&.9.13. 
& 14. 18. 
c Ps. 141. 2. 
dch. 11.19. 
&. 16. 18. 



.1 l.u.H. 31. 
rhnp. 17. b. 

fe m. i. 

I. Kv. 18.83, 

c Job 3 91. 

l-i. •_• Hi. 
.1.. ,8 :< 

Luko 23.30 
chap 0. 10. 

.1 Ej 10 I. 

..I... I 1.8. 

beh 

tn rtMprt I of 

I 
Christian*. 

■ I, 12 II) 

1 

[ch.S, M 8i 

6 6. & 7. 'J. 

P»a. 100.37. 



The fifth angel sounds his trumpet 

midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Wo, wo, wo, to 
the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices 
of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound ! 

CHAPTER IX. 

At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star fallelh from heaven, to whom is 
given the key of the bottomless pit, 1 : He openeth the pit, and there come 
forth locusts like scorpions, 2. The first wo past, 12. The sixth trum- 
pet soundelh, 13. Four angels are let loose, that were bound, 14. 

ND a the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fal: 
from heaven unto the earth : and to him was giver, 
the key of the bottomless pit. 

r 2 And he opened the bottomless pit ; and there arose a 
smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace ; and 
the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke 
of the pit. 

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the 
earth : and unto them was given power, as the scorpions 
of the earth have power. 

4 b And it was commanded them that they should not 
hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green tiling, neither 
any tree; but only those men which have not the seal ol 
God in their foreheads. 

5 And to them it was given that they should not kil 
them, but that they should be tormented five months : ane 
their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he 
strike th a man. 

r 6 c And in those days shall men seek death, and shall 
not find it ; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee 
from them. 

7 a And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses 
prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were 
crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 

8 e And they had hair as the hair of women, and then 
teeth were as the teeth of lions. 

9 f And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-plates 
of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound ol 
chariots of many horses running to battle. 

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions and there 
were stings in their tails : and their power was to hurt men 
five months. 

n 11 g And they had a king over them, which is the angel 
of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue 
is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name 
Apollyo'n. 

w 12 h One wo is ° past ; and behold, there come two woes 
more hereafter. 

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice 
from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 

g 14 ' Saying to the sixth angel which had (he trumpet, 

Loose the four angels which are bound in the great rivei 

Euphrates. 

15 And the four angels were b loosed, which were pre- 
paled for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for 
(o slay the third part of men. 

16 ■ And the number of the army of the horsemen teen 

two hundred thousand thousand : and I heard the numliei 

of them. 

r 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and Hun 

1 1 ;;i t sat OH them, having breast -plates ol lire, and of jacinth, 

and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the 

heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued lire, and 
smoke, and brimstone. 

18 By these three was (he third pari of men killed, by 

the fire, and by the -moke, and by the brimstone, whicfi 
issued "ui ol their mouths. 

19 ' For their power is in their month, and in their tails : 
for their tails were like unlo serpents, and had heads, and 
will) them they do hurt. 

20 m And the rest of (he men which were not killed by 
these plagues vet repented not of the works of their hand'.. 

101 



A. D. 96. 



a Ez. 1. 27. 
Mat. 17. 2. 
chap. 3. 16. 
& 14. 14. 
b Dan. 8. 28. 
& 12. 4, 9. 
c Dan. 12.7. 
d Nell. 9. 6. 
chap. 4. 11. 
ech. 11. 15. 
f verse 4. 
gJei . 15. 16. 
Ez. 2. 8. &. 
3. 1,2,3. 
aEz.40. 41, 
42, 43. 
ch. 21. 15. 
b Ez. 4. 17, 
19, 20. 
chap. 13. 5. 
cch. 12.6,14. 
dZech. 4.3, 
11, 14. 
e Isa. 11. 4. 
Jer. 5. 14. 
Hosea6. 5. 
2Thes. 2. 8. 
chap. 13. 10. 
f Ex. 7. 8, 9, 
10, 12. 
1 rigs. 17. 1. 
James 5. 7. 
K.Dan.7.21. 
Zcch. 14. 2. 
ch.7. 11. & 
13.1.&17.8. 



The two ivitnesses prophesy. 

that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and 
silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood : which neither can 
see, nor hear, nor walk : 

21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their 
sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. 

CHAPTER X. 
.9. mighty strong angel appearetk with a book open in his hand, 1 . He 
sweareth by him that livelhfor ever, that there shall be no more time, 6. 
John is commanded to take and eat the book, 9. 

tk ND a I saw another mighty angel come down from 
j3L heaven, clothed with a cloud : and a rainbow was 
upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his 
feet as pillars of fire : 

2 And he had in his hand a little book open : and he set 
his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth : 
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 

4 b And when the seven thunders had uttered their 
voices, I was about to write : and I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the 
seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 

5 c And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and 
upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven, 

* 6 d And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who 
created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the 
earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the 
things which are therein, that there should be time no longer. 

7 e But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, 
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should 
be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. 

8 f And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto 
me again, and said, Go, and take the little book which is 
open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea 
and upon the earth. 

9 s And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give 
me the little book. And he said unto me, Take % and eat 
it up ; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in 
thy mouth sweet as honey. 

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and 
ate it up ; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey : and 
as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 

r 1 1 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again be- 
fore many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. 

CHAPTER XL 

Tlie two witnesses prophesy, 3. They have power to shut heaven, that it 
rain not, 6. The beast shall fight against them and kill them, 7. They 
lie unburied, 8: and after three days and a half rise again, 11. The 
second wo is past, 14. The seventh trumpet soundeth, 15. 

AND a there was given me a reed like unto a rod : and 
the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the tem- 
ple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 
d 2 b But the court which is without the temple, leave out, 
and measure it not ; for it is given unto the Gentiles : and 
the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two 
months. 

3 c And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and 
they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three- 
score days, clothed in sackcloth. 

4 d These are the two olive-trees, and the two candle- 
sticks standing before the God of the earth. 

5 e And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out 
of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies : and if any 
man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 

6 f These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in gf.V&il 
the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters " 
to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all 
plagues, as often as they will. 

r 7 e And when they shall have finished their testimony, 
the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall 
make war against them, and shall overcome them, and 
feill them. 



REVELATION. A woman clothed with the sun 

8 h And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the 
great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, 
where also our Lord was crucified. 

9 And they of the people, and kindreds, and tongues, 
and nations, shall see their dead bodies three days and a 
half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in 



A. D. 9G. 



5. & 19. G. 
n ch. 20. 11. 

ch. 15. 5. 
& 16. 18,21. 
ach.l3.1.& 
17.3.&20.2. 
b Psa. 2. 9. 

1 Cor. 15.25. 
cnap. 2. 27. 
& 19. 15. 
c ch. 11. 3. 
dDan.10.13, 
21. & 12. 1. 

Ie9. 



Jude! 



10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over 
them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another ; 
because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on 
the earth. 

1 1 And after three days and a half the Spirit of life from 
God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; 
and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 

12 And they heard a great voice from Heaven, saying 
unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to 
heaven in a cloud ; and their enemies beheld them. 

13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, 
and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake 
were slain of men seven thousand : and the remnant were 
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 

w 14 * The second wo is past; and behold, the third wo 
cometh quickly. 

15 k And the seventh angel sounded; and there were 
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world 
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; 
and he shall reign for ever and ever. 

16 l And the four and twenty elders, which sat before 
God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped 
God, 

t\l m Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, 
which art, and wast, and art to come ; because thou hast 
taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 

*■ 18 n And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, 
and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and 
that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the 
prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, 
small and great ; and shouldest destroy them which destroy 
the earth. 

19 ° And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and 
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and 
there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an 
earthquake, and great hail. 

CHAPTER XII. 

A ivoman clothed with the sun travaileth, 1. The great red dragon stand- 
eth before her, ready to devour her child, 4. When she was delivered 
shefieeth into the wilderness, 6. Michael and his angels fight with the 
dragon, and prevail, 7. The dragon being cast down unto the earth, 
persecuteth the woman, 13. 

AND there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a 
woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her 
feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 

2 And she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth, 
and pained to be delivered. 

3 a And there appeared another wonder in heaven ; and 
behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten 
horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven 
d did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood be - 

fore the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to 
devour her child as soon as it was born. 

5 b And she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule 
all nations with a rod of iron : and her child was caught up 
unto God, and to his throne. 

6 c And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she 
hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her 
there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 

7 d And there was war in heaven : Michael and his 
angels fought against the dragon : and the dragon fought 
and his angels. 

162 



A beast riseth up out of the sea REVELATION 

8 e And prevailed not; neither was their place found any 
more in heaven. 

9 r And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, 
called the Devil, and Satan, winch deceiveth the whole 
world : he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were 
cast out with him. 

10 s And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is 
come salvation, aud strength, and the kingdom of our God 
and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our bre- 
thren is cast down which accused them before our God 
day and night. 

c 1 1 h And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, 
and by the word of their testimony ; and they loved not 
their lives unto the death. 

v> 12 '' Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in 
them. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea ! 
for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, 
because he kuoweth that he hath but a short time. 

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the 
earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the 
man-child. 

1 4 k And to the woman were given two wings of a great 
eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, 
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a 
time, from the face of the serpent. 

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood, 
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried 
away of the flood. 

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth 
opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the 
dragon cast out of his mouth. 

c 17 ' And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and 
went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which 
keep the commandments of God, "> and have the testimony 
of Jesus Christ. 



CHAPTER XIII. 
A beast riseth out of the sea tvtth seven heads and ten horns, to whom the 
dragon giveth his power, 1 . Another beast comcth up out of the earth, 
1 1 ; causeth an image to be made of the former beast, 14, and that men 
should worship it, 15, and receive his mark, 16. 

AND a I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast 
rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten 
horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads 
the name of blasphemy. 

r 2 b And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, 
and liis feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the 
mouth of a lion : and the dragon gave him his power, and 
his seat, and great authority. 

3 c And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to 
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world 
wondered after the beast. 

4 d And they worshipped the dragon which gave power 
unto the beast : and they worshipped the beast, saying, 
"Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with 
him 1 

5 e And there was given unto him a mouth speaking 
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto |%K*~' 
him to continue forty and, two months. 

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, 
to blaspheme his name, and bis tabernacle, and them that 
dwell in heaven. 

7 f And it was given unto him to make war with the 
saints, and to overcome them : and power was given him 
over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 

< 8 s And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, 
whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb 
slain from the foundation of the world. 

9 h If any man have an ear, let him hear. 

10 '' lie that leadelh into Captivity shall go into captivity: 



o Dan -2. 35. , 

t !"™ 1 ^- sword 

Luke 10.18. 
John 12. 31. 
2 Cor. 11. 3. 
chap. 20. 2. 
g Job 1. 9. 
&2. 5. 
Zech. 3. 1. 
chap. 5. 12. 
& 11. 15. 
h Rom. 8. 
33, 34,37. & 
16.20. 
i Pe. 96. 11. 
& 148. 1. 
Isa. 49. 13. 
chap. 8. 13. 
kDao.7.25. 
&. 12. 7. 
chap. 12. 6. 
1 1 Jn. 5. 10. 
chap. 6. 9. 
mEz. 1.1. 
Dan. 10. 4. 
a Dan. 7. 7. 
ch. 12. 3. & 
17. 3, 9. 12. 
b ch. 12. 9. 
c ch. 17. 8. 
d ch. 18. 18. 
c Dan. 7. 8, 
11. & 11.36. 
ch. 11. 2, 9. 
fDan. 7. 21. 
chap. 11. 7. 
a Ex. 32.33. 
Dan. 12. 1. 
Phil. 4. 2. 
ch. 1. 5, 18. 
& 2. 8. & 3. 

5. & 5. 9. & 
17. 8. & 20. 
22.&21.27 
bMt.ll. 15 
& 13. 9, 43. 
chap. 2. 7, 
11, 29. & 3. 

6, 13, 22. 
i Gen. 9 6. 
Isa. 33. 1. 
Dan. 12. 12. 
Matt. 26. 52. 
ch. 14. 12. 




k ch. 11.7. 

1 ch. 13. 3. 
& 19. 20. 
m Dt. 13. 2. 
Mm. 21. 21. 

2 Then. 2. 9. 
eh 16 ii 
n Di. 13. i. 
Malt. 84. 24. 
ch. 16. 14.4 
19. 20. 
.> ch. Ifl. 20. 
pch. 14. 11. 
n fh. I."). ',». 
L 17.0. 

a Ex. 9 i. 

II. I. 12. II 

ch. 7. :i. i. 
bch.1.15.* 
">.H. & 19.6. 
i ch 5 'P. 
I ICor.6.20, 

2 Cor. 11.2 
JaoiM l. ih. 

ch :t i. .<c 



Pn.32.2 

/■ ah :i 13 
Eph. 5. 27. 
rflan.l i 
Neb. 9. 6 

I'-:,. 33 6. 



An angel preacheth the gospel. 
he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the 
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 

11 k And I beheld another beast coming up out of the 
earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as 
a dragon. 

12 » And he exercise th all the power of the first beast 
before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell 
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was 
healed. 

13 m And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire 
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 

14 n And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the 
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the 
sight of the beast ; saying to them that dwell on the earth, 
that they should make an image to the beast, which had 
the wound by a sword, and did live. 

15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the 
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and 
cause that as many as would not worship the image of the 
beast should be killed. 

16 ° And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and 
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, 
or in their foreheads ; 

17 p And that no man might buy or sell, save he that 
had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number o( 
his name. 

-018 q Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding 
count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a 
man ; and liis number is Six hundred threescore and six. 



CHAPTER XIV. 
The Lamb standing on mount Sion with his company, 1 ; an angel preach- 
eth the gospel, 6. The fall of Babylon, 8. The harvest of the world, 
and putting in of the sickle, 15. The vintage and urine-press of tht 
wrath of God, 20. 

ND a I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount 
Sion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, 
having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 

2 b And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice ot 
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder : and I 
heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : 

3 c And they sung as it were a new song before the 
throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders : and no 
man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and 
four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 

c 4 a These are they which were not defiled with women . 
for they are virgins. These are they which follow the 
Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed 
from among men, being the first-fruits unto Cod and to the 
Lamb. 

c 5 ° And in their mouth was found no guile : for thej are 
without fault before the throne of God. 

rG And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 
having the everlasting gospel lo preach unto them thai 
dwell on the earth, and lo every nation, and kindred, ami 
tongue, and people, 

<*7 f Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glon 
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship 
him that made heaven, and earth, and the 3ea, and (he 
fountains of waters. 

8 s And there followed another angel, saying. Babylon is 
fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations 

k I drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 

9 '' And the third angel followed them, saying With a loud 



\cl» It. 15. 

& 17.24. 

c Inn. 13. 19. 
k 21 9. 
Jor. 51.8. 
ch. ifi. l!i * 
17. 2,5.6c 1& 
.'. 3. III. 18. 
21. ft 19.2. 
hrh.13.4.12. 
i Tua. 75. II. 
1.1.51. 17. 
Jcr. 85. 15. 
ch. 1C. 19. &. 
IH. r>. fc V> 



voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and 
receive hi8 mark In his forehead, or in his hand, 
' 10 ' The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath 01 
God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup ol 
his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and 
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the 



so: &2p. io. I presence of the Lamb ■ 



163 



hap. 13. 10 
m 1 Cor. 15. 
18. 

ITh. 4.14. 
n Ez. 1. 26. 
Dan. 7. 13. 
ch. 1. 13. 
o Joel 3. 13. 
Mm. 13. 39. 
pch. 8. 5. & 
11/5. 

q ch. 19. 15. 
r Isa. 63. 3. 
Lam. 1. 15. 
ach. 11. 14. 
b ch. 4. 6.& 
5. 8. & 14. 2. 
c Ex. 15. 1, 
6, 13. 



J 

& 22. 4. 

Ps. 111.2. & 

139. 14. & 

145. 17. 

Hos. 14. 9. 

ch. 16. 7. 

d Ex. 15. 2, 

7, 11, 15, 16. 

Isa. 66. 23. 

Jer. 10. 7. 

e Nu. 1. 50. 

Dan. 10. 5. 

ch. 1. 13. & 

II. 16. 

fch. 1. 13. 
ch 4.9.& 
14. & 10.6. 

h Ex.40. 34. 

1 Kes. 8. 10. 

2 Chr. 5. 14. 
lea. 6. 4. 



Seven angels commanded to pour out their vials. REVELATION. Judgment of the woman that sits on many waters. 

ell k And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up ior ^^P:^ ; r 2 a And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the 
ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who jf^j»j^_ 3 j] earth ; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the 

"men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them 
which worshipped his image. 

3 b And the second angel poured out his vial upon the 
sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man ; and every 
living soul died in the sea. 

4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers 
and fountains of waters: and they became blood. 

1 5 c And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art 
righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, be* 
Seut: 32. 4.! cause thou hast iudeed thus. 

Josh 14 7 a m 

c 6" For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, 
and thou hast given them blood to drink ; for they are 
worthy. 

7 e And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, 
Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 

8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun ; 
and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 

c 9 f And men were scorched with great heat, and blas- 
phemed the name of God, which hath power over these 
plagues : and they repented not to give him glory. 

10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat 
of the beast ; and his kingdom was full of darkness ; and 
they gnawed their tongues for pain, 

ell And blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their 
pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 

12 g And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the 
great river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried up, 
that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 

13 h And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out 
of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the 
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 

14 ' For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, 
which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole 
world, to gather them to the battle of that great day ot 
God Almighty. 

b 15 k Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watch 
eth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and 
they see his shame. 

g 16 And he gathered them together into a place called 
in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 

17 ' And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the 
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of 
heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 

1 8 m And there were voices, and th unders, and lightnings ; 
and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since 
men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and 
so great. 

19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and 
the cities of the nations fell : and great Babylon came in 
remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the 
wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 

20 u And every island fled away, and the mountains 
were not found. 

21 ° And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, 
every stone about the weight of a talent : and men blas- 
phemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the 
plague thereof Avas exceeding great. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand, 
sitteth upon the beast, 3, 4, which is great Babylon the mother of all 
abominations, 5. The interpretation of the seven heads, 9, and the ten 
horns, 12. The victory of the Lamb, 14. The punishment of the 
whore, 16. 

ND a there came one of the seven angels winch had 

the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, 

Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the 

great whore that sitteth upon many waters ; 

2 b With whom the kings of the earth have committed 

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worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth 
the mark of his name. 

12 ' Here is the patience of the saints : here are they 
that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 
-b 13 m And I heard a voice from heaven, saying untb me, 
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 
henceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labours ; and their works do follow them. 

14 n And I looked, and behold, a white clcud, and upon 
the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his 
head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 
i 15 ° And another angel came out of the temple, crying 
with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in 
thy sickle, and reap : for the time is come for thee to reap ; 
for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on 
the earth ; and the earth was reaped. 

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is 
in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 

18 p And another angel came out from the altar, which 
had power over fire ; and cried with a loud cry to him that 
had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, 
and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth ; for her 
grapes are fully ripe. 

19 q And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and 
gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great 
wine-press of the wrath of God. 

20 r And the wine-press was trodden without the city, 
and blood came out of the wine-press, even unto the 
horse-bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred 
furlongs. 

CHAPTER XV. 

The seven angels with the seven last plagues, 1 . The song of them that 
overcame the beast, 3. The seven vials full of the wrath of God, 1. 

ND a I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvel- 
lous, seven angels having the seven last plagues ; for 
in them is filled up the wrath of God. 

c 2 b And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire : 
and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and 
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number 
of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of 
God. 

■* 3 c And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, 
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous 
are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy 
ways, thou King of saints. 

r 4 d Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy 
name 1 for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come 
and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made 
manifest 

5 e And after that I looked, and behold, the temple of the 
tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened : 

6 f And the seven angels came out of the temple, having 
the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and 
having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 

7 s And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven an- 
gels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth 
for ever and ever. 

8 h And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory 
of God, and from his power ; and no man was able to enter 
into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels 
were fulfilled. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

The angels pour out their vials fall of wrath, 2: the plagues that follow 
thereupon, 6. Christ comethas a thief. Blessed are they that watch, 15. 

AND I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to 
the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the 
-vials of the wrath of God upon the earth-. 




REVELATION 



f ch. 13. 1. 
& 18. 24. 

Ex. 32. 32. 

an. 12. 1. 
Philip. 4. 3. 
ch. 3.S.&9. 
11. & 11. 7. 
& 13. 1,3, 8, 
10. &20. 12. 
& 21. 27. 
hch.13.1,18. 
iDan. 7. 20. 
ch. 13. 1. 
a That is, 
kingdoms, 
ch. 11. 13. 
k Dt. 10. 17. 
Psa. 2. 8. 
Dan. 7. 27. 
ITim. 6. 15. 
ch. 16.14. & 
18. 8. & 19. 
16. 

1 Isa. 8. 7. 
m ch. 18. 8. 
n ch. 16. 19. 
a Ex. 43. 2. 
b Isa. 13. 19, 
21. & 14.23. 
&21 9. & 
34. 11, 14. 
Jer. 50. 1,9, 
23,39, 45. & 
51. 8, 37. 
chap. 14. 8. 
c Isa. 47. 15. 
Jer. 51. 7. 
chap. 14. 8. 
& 17. 2, 



The proclamation that Babylon is fallen. 

fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been ^ 1 ^- 

made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Bef5 7 i 8 7 

3 c So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilder- l^/^Vf 
ness : and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-coloured;^". 14. j.'^ 
beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and f 9 \ i6 - & 
ten horns. 

4 d And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet- 
colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and 
pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations 
and filthiness of her fornication : 

5 e And upon her forehead was a name written, MYS- 
TERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF 
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 

6 f And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the 
saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and 
when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 

7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou 
marvel ? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of 
the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads, 
and ten horns. 

8 s The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not ; and 
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition : 
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose 
names were not written in the book of life from the found- 
ation of the world,) when they behold the beast that was, 
and is not, and yet is. 

9 h And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The 
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman 
sitteth. 

10 And there are seven kings : five are fallen, and one 
is, and the other is not yet come ; and when he cometh, 
he must continue a short space. 

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he k the 
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 

12 ' And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten "kings, 
which have received no kingdom as yet ; but receive power 
as kings one hour with the beast. 

13 These have one mind, and shall give their power 
and strength unto the beast. 

c 14 k These shall make war with the Lamb, and the 
Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and |Jc 
King of kings; and they that are with him are called, and J^y 
chosen, and faithful. 

15 ' And he saith unto me, The waters which thou saw- 
est, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, 
and nations, and tongues. 

16 m And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the 
beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her deso- 
late and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 

t 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and *'",';. j7-|f 
to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the !l,.|: ".-;(■' 
words of God shall be fulfilled. 



The lamentation over this fallen city. 



d 4 d And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come 
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, 
and that ye receive not of her plagues. 

5 e For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God 
hath remembered her iniquities. 

6 f Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double 
unto her double according to her works : in the cup which 
she hath filled, fill to her double. 

7 e How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deli- 
ciously, so much torment and sorrow give her : for she 
saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and 
shall see no sorrow. 

8 h Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, 
and mourning, and famine ; and she shall be utterly burned 
with fire : for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 

9 ' And the kings of the earth, who have committed 
fornication and lived deliriously with her, shall bewail her, 
and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her 
burning, 

10 k Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, 
Alas, alas ! that great city Babylon, that mighty city ! for 
in one hour is thy judgment come. 

11 ' And the merchants of the earth shall weep and 
mourn over her ; for no man buyeth their merchandise any 
more : 

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious 
stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, 
and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of 
ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and 
of brass, and iron, and marble, 

13 m And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and 
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, 
and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, 
and souls of men. 

14 n And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed 
from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly 
are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more 
at all. 

15 The merchants of these things which were made rich 
by her, shall stand afar off, for the fear of her torment, 
weeping and wailing, 

16 ° And saying, Alas, alas ! that great city, that wa- 
clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked 
with gold, and precious stones, and pearls ! 

17 p For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. 
And every ship-master, and all the company in ships, and 
sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 

18 q And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, 
saying, What city is like unto this groat city ! 

19 r And they cast dust mi their heads, and cried, weep- 
ing and wailing, saying, Alas, alas ! that great city, wherein 

i'r!/'.k"i? w were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of 
18 n And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, "•«";,. 31. her costliness ! for in one hour is she made desolate. 
which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Imk.s7.13. 20 ' Rejoice over her, thou hea\ en, and ye holy apostles 

CHAPTER xvili lie.9a a land prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her 

Babylon h fallen,*. The people of God rommnndedto depart out of her}\^X\' 21 ' And a 'U'S^V ***gd ,,)(,1 < "P » ■t«M| "V « great 
3. The lings of the earth, 9, with the merchants and mariner*, lament ni»n.:ii in mill-stone, and cast // inlo Hie sea, Baying, 1 hus With Vio- 
overlur, II. The taints rejoice/or the judgments of Cod upon her, 20. £16 A 3- ' leiice shall that, great city Babylon he thrown down, and 

AND a after these tlfuigs I saw another angel come down|is"M,'i 7 Vl shall be found no more at all. 
from heaven, having great power; and the earth was vY. '>V 
lightened with his glory 




d Gn. 19. 12. 
Isa. 48. 20. 
&S2. 11. 
Jer. SO. 8.& 
SI. 6,45. 
Zech. 2. 7. 
2 Cor. 8. 17. 
Hficn. 18.20. 



f Pi. 137. 8. 
Jar. 50. 15, 
SB. & 31. 
24, 49. 
2 Tim. 4. H. 
ch. 14. 10. 
k Inn. 47. 8. 
Ziph. 2. 15. 
h l*a. 47. 8. 
.Ir. 51. li. 

chn|.. 17. 10. 
i IV. k. 'Jli. 
10. &.27.30. 






22 
pipers, 



And 
and 



the voice 

trumpeter 



of harpers 

shall 



2 b And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, ^; |I .,)V- 1 thee ; and no craftsman, of what 



and 

heart 



Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the « 
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and 
a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 

3 c For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath 
of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have com- 
mitted fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth '• 
are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies 

374 



ii. 

i ii. 

CIWD. IS. H 

\ in hi 

i.i 'i - 
.i.m. 7. :n .v 

IH. 9. ,-i '.!". 

III. 
Eitrk.W n 



Ifi. D. & 
10. 
ichap 17 



musicians, and of 

no more at all in 
oever craft he br, shall 
be found any more in thee ; and the sound of a mill-stone 
shall be heard no more at all in thee ; 

23 ■ And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all 
in thee ; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride 
shall be heard no more at all in thee : for thy merchants 
were the great men of the earth ; for by thv sorceries 
were all nations deceived. 

165 



REVELATION. 



The angel will not be worshipped* 

24 y And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of AD 
saints, and of ail that were slain upon the earth. 
Chapter xix. 

God is praised in heaven for judging the great whore, and avenging the 
blood of his saints, 1. The marriage of the Lamb, 7 The angel will 
not be worshipped, 10. The fowls called to the great slaughter, 17. 

AND a after these things I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia : Salvation, and 
glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God : 

2 b For true and righteous are his judgments : for he 
hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth 
with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his 
servants at her hand. 

3 c And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose 
up for ever and ever. 

4 d And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts 
fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, say- 
ing, Amen ; Alleluia. 

d 5 e And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise 
our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both 
small and great. 

6 r And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, 
and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty 
thunderings, saying, Alleluia : for the Lord God omnipotent 
reigueth. 

d7 " Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him : 
for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 
made herself ready. 

c 8 h And to her was granted that she should be arrayed 
m fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the 
righteousness of saints. 

o 9 4 And lie saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which 
are called u>ito the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And 
he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 

t 10 k And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said 
unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellow-servant, 
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus : 
worship God : for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of 
prophecy. 

'11 l And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white 
horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and 
True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 

12 m His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head 
were many crowns ; and he had a name written, that no 
man knew, but he himself. 

1 13 n And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood : 
and his name is called The Word of God. 

14 ° And the armies which were in heaven followed 
him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and 
clean. 

15 p And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with 
it he should smite the nations : and he shall rule them with 
a rod of iron : and he treadeth the wine-press of the fierce- 
ness and wrath of Almighty God. 

t* 16 " And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name 
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

17 r And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he 
cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in jt 
the midst of heaven, Come, and gather yourselves together fjffi 
unto the supper of the great God ; 

18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of 
captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of 
horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all 
men, both free and bond, -both small and great. 

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and 
their armies, gathered together to make war against him 
thai sat on the horse, ana against his army. 

t 20 s And the beast was taken, and with him the ialse 
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he 



A new heaven and a new earth. 



a I deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, 
fw' 17 6 1 and tnem mat worshipped his image. These both were 
I?'io& :cast auve mto a take of fire burning with brimstone. 
bDtW.43, 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him 
16.' 7 5 & ia p na £ sat u P on tne horse, which sword proceeded out of his 
f Isa3410 j mouth : and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 

CHAPTER XX. 
Satan bound far a thousand years, 2. The first resurrection, 5 : They 
blessed that have part therein, 6. Satan let loose again, 7. Gog ana 
Magog, 8. The devil cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, 10. The 
last and general resurrection, 12. 

ND 



chap. 14. 11, 
& 18. 9, 18. 
d ch. 4. 4, 6. 
& 5. 14. 
e Ps. 134. 1. 
& 135. 1. 
fEzek.1.24. 
& 43. 2. 
ch. 1.8.&4. 
8. & 11. 15, 
17. & 12. 10. 
& 16. 14. & 
21. 22. 
g Mai. 22. 2. 
& 2.">. 10. 
Luke 14. 16. 
2 Cor. 11.2. 
Eph. 5. 32. 
ch. 21. 2, 9. 
h Ps. 45. 14, 
15. 

Ezek.16.10. 
chap. 3. 18. 
i Mat. 22. 2. 
Luke 14. IB. 
ch. 21. 5. & 
22.6. 
k Acts 10. 
26. & 14. 14. 
1 John 5. 10. 
chap. 12. 17. 
&. 22. 8, 9. 
1 chap. 3. 14. 

m -ch.~i.i4.; them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for 
n isa.d.2,3. the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, 
neither his 



I saw an angel come down from heaven, having 

the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his 

hand. 

t 2 b And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, 

which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand 

years, 

3 c And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him 
up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the 
i nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled ; 
and after that he must be loosed a little season. 

c 4 d And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and 
judgment was given unto them : and / saw the souls of 



John 1. 1. 

1 John 1. 1 
& 5. 7. 
o Mat. 28.3, 
ch. 4. 4. & 
7.9. 

p Psa. 2. 9. 
&76. 13. 
Isa. 11. 4. & 
63.3 

2 Thes. 2. 8. 
ch. 1. 16. & 
2.12, 16,27 
& 12. 5. & 
14. 19,20. 
&19. 21. 
q 1 Tim. 6. 
15. 

ch. 17. 14. 
r Isa. 25. 6. 
Jer. 12. 9. 
Ezek. 39.17. 
s Deut. 13. 1 
Dan. 7. 11. 
Mat. 24. 24. 
chap. 13. 12. 
& 14. 10. & 
16.13, 14. & 
20. 10. 



A. D. 96. 



a Luke 8. 31 
ch. 1. 18. & 
9. I, 11. 
b 2 Pet. 2. 4, 
Jude 6. 
chap. 12. 9, 
c Dan. 6. 17. 
chap. 16. 14, 
16. & 20. 8, 
d Dan. 7. 9 
22, 27. 
Mat. 19. 28. 
Luke 22. 30, 
Rom. 8. 17 

1 Cor. 6. 2, 3 

2 Tim. 2. 12. 
ch. 3. 16. & 
5. 10. & 6. 
9, 10, 11. & 
13. 12. 
c Isa. 61. 6, 

1 Peter 2. 9. 
ch.l.6.&2. 
11. &5. 10. 
&21.8. 
f Ezek. 38. 
2.15.&39.1. 
ch. 16. 14. 
g Dan. 7. II. 
ch.14. 10,11. 
& 19. 20. 
h Dan. 2.35. 

2 Pet. 3. 10. 
chap. 12. 8. 

,i Ex. 32.32. 
I Psa. 62. 13. 
I f_ en an 

ib. 

& 32. 19. 
Dan. 7. 10. 
Mat. 10. 27. 
Kom. 2. 6. 
& 14. 12. 

1 Cor. 3. 8. 

2 Cor. 5. 10. 
Ral.6. 5. 
Philip. 4. 3. 
ch. 2. 23. & 
3. 5. & 13. 8. 
&21.27. & 
■22. 12. 
k 1 Cor. 15. 
26, 51, 55. 
chop. 2. 11. 
& 21. 8. 
a Isa. 65.17. 
& 66. 22. 
2 Pet. 2. 13. 



image, neither had received his mark upon 
their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and 
reigned with Christ a thousand years. 

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thou- 
sand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 

b 6 e Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first 
resurrection : on such the second death hath no power, 
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall 
reign with him a thousand years. 

r 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall 
be loosed out of his prison, 

8 f And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in 
the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather 
them together to battle : the number of whom is as the 
sand of the sea. 

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and 
compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved 
city : and fire came down from God out of heaven, and de- 
voured them. 

w 10 g And the devil that deceived them was cast into the 
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false 
prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever 
and ever. 

t 11 h And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat 
on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; 
and there was found no place for them. 

* 12 * And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before 
God ; and the books were opened : and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged 
out of those things which were written in the books, ac- 
cording to their works. 

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it ; and 
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them : 
and they were judged every man according to their works. 

* 14 k And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. 
This is the second death. 

15 And whosoever was not- found written in the book 
of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

A new heaven and a new earth, 1. The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full 
description thereof, 10: She needeth no sun, the glory of God is her light, 
23 : The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her, 24. 

ND a I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the 
first heaven and the first earth were passed away 
and there was no more sea. 

166 



A full description of the new Jerusalem. 

2 b And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, com- 
ing down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
adorned for her husband. 

b 3 c And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, 
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will 
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God 
himself shall be with them, and be their God. 

b 4 d And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; 
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor cry- 
ing, neither shall there be any more pain : fn* the former 
things are passed away. 

5 e And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make 
all things new. And he said unto me, Write : for these 
words are true and faithful. 

1 6 f And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him 
that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 

b 7 s He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; and I 
will be his God, and he shall be my son. 

* 8 h But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, 
and murderers, and whoremongers, and scorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake 
which burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the se- 
cond death. <*» 

9 l And there came unto me one of the seven angels, 
which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, 
and talked with me, saying, Come hither, 1 will shew thee 
the bride, the Lamb's wife. 

c 10 k And he carried me away in the spirit to a great 
and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the 
holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 

1 1 Having the glory of God : and her light was like unto 
a stone most precious, even like a jasper-stone, clear as 
crystal ; 

12 'And had a wall great and high, and had twelve 
gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written 
thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the 
children of Israel. 

13 On the east, three gates ; on the north, three gates; 
on the south, three gates ; and on the west, three gates. 

14 m And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, 
and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the 
Lamb. ^m 

15 "And he that talked with me, had a golden reeu to 
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall 
thereof. 

16 "And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as 
large as the breadth : and he measured the city with the 
reed > a twelve thousand furlongs. The length, and the 
breadth, and the height of it are equal. 

17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and 
forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, 
I hat is, of the angeL 

* 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper : and 
the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 

19 p And the foundations of the wall of the city were. 
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first 
foundation was jasper ; the second, sapphire ; the third, a 
chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; 

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, 
chrysolite ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz ; the 
lenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, 
an amethyst. 

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every 
several gate was of one pearl ; and the street of the city 
was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 

1 22 And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God 
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 
23 *> And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the 



REVELATION. Concerning the river and the tree of life. 

|L-|moon, to shine in it : for the glory of Go* did lighten it, 



A. D. 96. 



b Isa. 52. 1. 

icOT.ii 2 l and tne Lamb is the light thereof. 

Hebii 26 ioJ 24 r And the nations of them wliigh arasaved shall walk 

w.i4. 12& i in tne n ght of it : and the kings of The 



rth do bring their 
21. io. 12 ' & io' or y and honour into it. w 

25 9 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day : 



A. D. 96. 



r Isa. fiO. 3, 
5. & 66. 12. 
b Isa. 60. 11, 

Ze'ch. 14. 7. 
ch. 3. 8. & 
22.5. 

t Ex. 31. 32. 
rsa.C9.29. 
leaiah 35. 8. 
Joel 3. 17. . 
Philip. 4. 3. H 
ch. 3. 5. & - 

13. 8. & 20. 
ISjfeSS, 14, 
15. 
b Ez 47. 1. 

TZcch. 14. 8. 
chaptor 4.H. 
b Gen. 2. 9. 
Ez 47. 12. 
ch. 2. 7 & 
21.21. 
c Zoch. 14 
11. 
■1 Malt. 5.8. 

1 Cor. 13. 12. 
I John 3. 2. 
ch. 3. 12.4. 

14. I. 

c iv. no. io. 

k. 84 II. 

I m. 1 1. 00. 1, 
19. 20. 
Zech.l4.<L7, 
H 5. 17. 

2 Tim. 2. 12. 
chap. 21. 23. 
f ch. 1. I.&. 
19. 9. & 21.5. 
e ch. 1. 3.U 
;i. II. 

h Ac. 10.26. 
*. 14. It. 
rhnp. 19.10 
. Dan. 8. SB. 

ft 12. I, 9. 
i hapten I :t 
k V.r.. 3. 27. 
Dan. I-', in. 
2 Tim. 3, 13. 

i 
&02. 11. 
Bo. 2. 8. k 
II. 12. 
chap. 30.18, 
in Ua. 41. 4. 
v II 6. ft 
48. 18. 
ch. 1.8,11. 
& 21.fi. 
nl .In. 3.23. 
chapter 2. 7. 
olCor.6 in 
gal. 5 19. 
Eph. 5. 5. 
Philip. 3. 2. 
Col. 3. fi. 
chop. 21. P. 
Nu.24. 17. 

■li.iii II 111 



26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the 
nations into it. 
* 27 ' And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or 
maketh a lie ; but they which are written in the Lamb's 
book of life. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

The river of the water of life, 1 . The tree of life, 2. The light of the 
city of God is himself 5. The angel wit! not be worshipped, 9. Nothing 
may be added to the word of God, nor taken therefrom, 18. 

t A ND a he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear 
j\ as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and 
of the Lamb. 

2 b In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of 
the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve 
manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : 
and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the 
nations. 

b 3 c And there shall be no more curse : but the throne 
of God and of the Lamb shall be in it ; and his servants 
shall serve him : 

b 4 d And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be 
in their foreheads. ^^^ 

5 e And there shall be no night there ; and they need 
no candle, neither light of the sun ; mrthe Lord God 
giveth them light : and they shall reign for ever and 
ever. 

6 f And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and 
true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his 
angel to shew unto his servants the things which must 
shortly be done. 

b 7 e Behold, I come quickly : blessed is he that keepeth 
the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 

8 h And I John saw these things, and heard them. And 
when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before 
the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 

p 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am 
thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and 
of them which keep the sayings of this book : worship 
God. 

10 £ And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the 
prophecy of this book : for the time is at hand." 

t 11 k He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he 
which is filthy, let him be filthy still : and be thai is right- 
eous, let him be righteous still : and lie that is holy, let him 
be holy still. 

12 l And behold, I come quickly ; and my reward is 
with ine, to give every man according as his work 
shall be. 

' 13 n 'I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, 
the first and the last 

b 14 "Blessed arc they that do his commandments, that 
they may have ri<rht to the dec of lite, and may enter in 
through the gates into the city. 

15 "For without arc dogs, and sorcerers, and whore- 
mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever 
lovcth and maketh a lie. 

16 r I Jesus have sen! mine angel to testify unto you 
these things in the chinches. 1 am (he root and the off- 
spring of David, and the bright and morning-star. 

b 17 q And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let 
him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirsi 

Rom.15.12. 3 Pet 1.10, chap.ll.t2 28.fc5. 5. lqT«ii.55 1 Jolm7,n7. eh. SI. 9,6,0 



167 



Nothing may be added to the REVELATION 

And whosoever will, let him take the water of life 



come, 
freely. 

w 18 r For I testify unto every man that heareth the words 
of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto 
these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are 
written in this book : 
v 19 • And if any man shall take away from the words of 



A.D.96. 



rDt. 4.2.& 
12.32. 
Prov. 30. 6. 
s Ex. 32. 33. 
Dt. 4. 2. & 

12. 32. 
Psa. 69. 29. 
Prov. 30. 6. 
ch. 3. 5. & 

13. 8. & 17. 
8. & 20. 12. 
& 21.27. 



word of God nor taken jrorn it. 
the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out 
of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the 
things which are written in this book. 
d 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come 
quickly : Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 
6 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 
Amen. 

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INDEX TO THE HOJL\ BIBLE; 



OR AN ACCOUNT OF 



THE MOST REMARKABLE PASSAGES IN THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 
Pointing to the Time wherein they happened, and to the Places of Scripture wherein they are recorded. 



THE FIRST AGE OF THE WORLD. 

B. C. 4004. — Gen. i, & ii. In the beginning God created 
the heavens and the earth, &c. and last of all man alter his 
own image. 

— Ch. iii. Man falls from his first state, but is promised 
a Saviour of the seed of the woman. 

4003. — Ch. iy, 1. The world first peopled after Adam and : 
Eve had left paradise. 

3375. — Ch. iv, 8. About this time Cain and Abel offer! 
sacrifice, and Abel is murdered by his brother. 

3874.— Ch. v, 3. Seth born. 

3769.— Ch. v, 6. Enos bom. 

— Ch. iv, 26. About this time men begin to call upon 
the name of the Lord 

3679— Ch. v, 9. Cainan born. 

3609.— Ch. v, 12. Mahalaleel born. 

3544. — Ch. v, 15. Jared born. 

3382. — Ch. v, 18. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, born. 

3317.— Ch. v, 21. Methuselah born. 

3130. — Ch. v, 25. Lamech, the father of Noah, born. 

3074.— Ch. v. 5. Adam dieth, aged 930*years. 

3017.— Ch.v, 23,24. Enoch, in the 365th year of his age, 
taken up to God. 

2952.— Ch. v, 8. Seth dieth, aged 912 years. 

2948.— Cii. v, 28. Noah, the father and patriarch of the 
new world after the flood, born. 

2864— Ch. v, 11. Enos, the third from Adam, dieth, aged 
905 vears. 

27*69.— Ch. v, 14. Cainan dieth, aged 910 years. 

2714.— Ch. v, 17. Mahalaleel, the fifth from Adam, dieth, 
aged 895 years. 

2582.— Ch v, 20. Jared, the sixth from Adam, dieth, 
aged 962 vears. 

2469.— Ch. vi, 3; 1 Pet. iii, 20. God commands Noah to 
preach repentance, and to build the ark, 120 years before 
the flood. 

2143.— Gen. v, 31. To Noah, aged 500 years, is born Ja- 
pheth, and two years after, Sbem. 

2353. — Gen. v,31. Lamech, the ninth from Adam, dieth, 
aged 777 years. He is the first man whom the Scriptures 
mention to have died a natural death before his father. 

2319.— Ch. v, 31, 27. Methuselah dieth a little before 
the flood, in the 969th year of his age. He was the oldest 
man. 

Ch. vii, 1 1 . The flood comes upon the earth in the 600th 
year of Noah's age. 

THE SECOND AGF. OF THE WORLD. 

B. C. 2348.— Gen. viii, 18, 20. ix, 9, 20. The flood ccas- 
cth, and Noah, with his family, and the creatures he carried 
in with him, comes out of the ark, and offers a burnt-offering. 
At the same time God makes a covenant with Noah and his 
seed, promising never more to destroy the world by water ; 
as a token whereof he placeth the rainbow in the cloud 
The same year Nonh begins to plant vineB, and is drunk. 
— Ch. xi. 10. Arphaxad born. 

2311.— Ch. xi, 12. Salah born. 

2281.— Ch. xi, 14. Eber born. 

2247. — Ch. xi, 16. Peleg born : so called, because in his 
days the earth was divided. 

2234. — Ch. x, 8. About this time Nimrod begini to exalt 
himself, by laying the G tion of the Assyrian mo- 

narchy. 

--Ch. x, 11. Nineveh, the metropolis of Assyria, built 

2233.— Ch. xi, 1,6,8,9. About this time the posterri. 
of Niinrod begin to build the city and tower of B 
called from the confusion of languages which God sent 
among the workmen. 

2217.— Ch. xi, f8. lieu born. 

218C. — Psa. cv,23; Tsn. ?:iv. 11. Mizraim. the grai 
of Ham, leads colonies into Egypt, and layeth the I 
tion of a kingdom, whit 

is called the land of Ha>. t Phai 

ed themselves to be the Bona i Ings. 

2135. — Gen. xi, 20. Senis b 
5165.— Ch. xi, 22. Nahor ,. 

2126.— Ch. xi. 24. Terah, Abram's father, born, 

2008.— Ch. xi, 19. Pclrr;, the sixth from Noah, dieth.. 

2007.— Ch. xi, 25. N inth from Noah, dieth. 

1998.— Ch. ix, 28. 29. Noah dieth, agi 
years after the flood. 

1996.— Ch. xi, 32, 26. Abram born: hi tars of 

age when his father Terah die!, oged 205 years; so that 
'lerah begat not Abraha 

Nahor and Haran, and tit tl is age begat 

Abram. Sec Acts vii. 4. 

177 I U 



1986.— Ch. xi : 29, 30, xvii, 17. Sarai, Abram's wife, (call- 
ed also Iscar) Haran, Abram's brother's daughter, born ten 
years after her husband. 

1978. — Ch. xi, 21. Reu, the seventh from Noah, dieth. 

1955.— Ch. xi, 23. Serug, the eighth from Noah, dieth. 

1925. — Ch. xiv, 1, 2, 3, &c. About this time Chedorlao- 
mer king of Elam subdueth the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, 
Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela ; who serve him twelve years. 

1922.— Ch. xi. SI. Terah with his family leaveth Ur of 
the Chaldeans, and dwells at Haran. 

THE THIRD AGE OF THE WOr.LD. 

B. C. 1921.— Gen. xii, 1, 2, 3. Abram, after his father's 
decease, in the 75th year of his age, is commanded by God 
to enter upon the land of Canaan, which God promised to 
give unto his seed and that in his seed (viz. Christ Jesus our 
Lord) all the families of the earth should be blessed. 

1920.— Gen. xii, 10; Gal. iii, 17. In the year following, 
a famine in the land of Canaan forceth Abram with his fa- 
mily to go into Egypt. From this first coming into Egypt 
to the departure of the children of Israel out of it, are 
reckoned 430 years. 

Exod. xii, 40; Gen. xiii. Abram and Lot in this same 
year return into Canaan ; but the land not being sufficient 
for both their flocks, they part asunder. Lot goeth to So- 
dom. God reneweth his promise to Abram; he removeth 
to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. 

1913.— Gen. xiv, 4,19,20. Bera the king of Sodom, n ith 
four other kings, rebel against Chedorlaomer, but are over- 
come by him in the valley of Siddim. Lot being taken p 
soner, Abram rescueth him, slayeth Chedorlaomer and his 
confederates, and in his return is blessed by Melchisedec 
king of Salem, and priest of God, to whom Abram gives 
tithe. The rest of the spoils, his partners having had their 
portions, he restorcth to the /ung of Sodom. 

Ch. xv, 2. Abram complaineth for want of an heir : 
God promiser.h him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 
Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign. 

1911. — Ch. xvi, 1, 2. Sarai, being barren, givcth Hagar 
her handmaid to Abram. 

1910. — Ch. xvi, 15. Ishmael, Ilagar's son, born. 

1908.— Ch. xi. 13. Arphaxad, the third from Noah, dieth. 

1897. — Ch. xvii, 5. God maketh a covenant with Abram, 
and in token of a greater blessing, changeth his name into 
Abraham. As a seal of this covenant, circumcision is or- 
dained. Sarai, her name also is changed into Sarah, and 
blessed. God promiscth them a son. and command- 
eth that his name be called Isaac; in him God promisethto 
establish his covenant. 

— Ch. xviii. Abraham entertaineth three angels, who re- 
new the promise to him of having a son. God revealeth to 
Abraham the destruction of Sodom, with whom Abraham 
intercedes for Lot and his fatnr'.y. See Gen. xi 

— Ch. xix. Lot is commanded for the preservation of 
him ' ill and his family, to get out of Sodom, and to dec to 

.imtain; but by much entreaty he obtaineth leave to 
!'" into Zoar. Sodom, Gomorrah, and all the cities in the 
?ale of Siddim, with ail the inhabitants of them, are foi the 
most horribh ad 'mm tone from hea- 
ven. The D mains amoi lent thereof nnto this 

day. Lot's wife for looking back upon Sodom, oanti 

command isl too pillar of sail ; and Loi 

self, rearing to continue at Zoar, lei in country, 

and betakes himself to the mountain, carrying hi I 
lers with him, 

6.— Ch. xxi, '.', xi\, 36. Isaac burn in the 100th 

of Abraham's age. Nol long alter, to Lot are born 
■ 
1892.— Ch. Mi, 9. Hagar and Ishl I 

forth. 
1878 Ch. xl, 15. Satoh, fne fourth II 
1871. — Ch. iiii. God tenrpterVi Vbrahara to offer I 

Abraham ah el h proof of hit faith I 

9 -I lb. • ciii, 8 i : febron inCa 

1 27th i ear of her agi*. 
I 
of Bethuel Vahor, in tl -■ 10th 

•■ i. 1 1 . Shi in. I • ■ '-'Ii. 

84. J icob at A 1 
• e ir of their fathei I 
1821.— Ch. ■ ■ . I \ ' 
1817.— Ch. xi, 17. 
from 1 ■ i . 

. I . : 
— ' 'h. xv.i, 34. I . lnarrieth 

Jndith the daughter of Bl 
(laughter of Elon thi 



1773.— Ch. xxv, 17. Ishmael dieth, aged 137 years 

1760.— Ch. xxvii, xxviii, xxix. Jacob by his mother's in- 
struction, obtaineth the blessing from Isaac his father which 
was designed for Esau. Upon which he is forced to flee into 
Mesopotamia, lo shun his brother's rage. Upon the way are 
foretold unto him in a vision the blessings of his posterity 
At length he cometh to his uncle Laban's house, and cove 
nanteth to serve him seven years for his daughter Rachel, 
but Laban deceiveth him with Leah; the marriage-week 
being completed . Rachel also is given him to wife, upon con- 
dition of serving seven years more. 

Of Leah are born, 

1753.— Ch. xxix, 32. Reuben, 

1757. — Ch. xxix, 33. Simeon, 

1756.— Ch. xxix, 31. Levi, 

1755. — Ch. xxix, 35. Jud ah, from whom the Jews receive 
their denomination. 

1745. — Ch. xxx, 23. Rachel, having been long barren, at 
length beareth Joseph : Jacob, desiring to depart, is per- 
suaded by Laban to serve six years more for some part of 
his flock. 

1739.— Ch. xxxi, xxxii. Jacob, after he had been twenty 
years in Mesopotamia, sets forward on his journey home- 
wards, without acquainting his father or his brothcrs-m-law. 
Rachel stealeth her father's gods, and is pursued by Laban 
Jacob by his prudence is reconciled to his brother Esau. 
He wrestleth with an angel at Pemel, and is called Israel. 

— Ch. xxxiv. About this time Dinah. Jacob's daughter 
is deflourredbySichemthe sonol'Hamor. Simeon and Levi. 
Dinah's brethren, revenge their sister's quarrel, 'i\ putting 
all the males of Sichem to the sword; for which thing Jacob 
reproveth them. 

Ch. xxxv, 16. Rachel is delivered of Benjamin on the. 
way betwixt Beth-el, or Lcth-lchein. and Epliratb, and dies 
in childbed. Some think that Job liveu" about this time. 

— Ch. xxxviii, 16. Judah licth with Tamar his daughter- 
in-law in disguise. 

1729 — Ch. xxxvii. Joseph is hated by his brethren, and 
is sold to merchantmen, Ishmaohtcs and Midianites, who 
carry him into Egypt, where he is sold to Potipbar an officer 
of Pharaoh, and by him made overseer of his nou 

171S. — ch. xx.vix, xl. Joseph resisteth the temptations oi 

his master's wife ; he is falsely accused by her. and cost into 
prison. He interpreteth the dreams of Pharaoh's butler and 
baker, which come to pass according to Ins interpretation. 

1716 — Genesis on, 

and is buried by bissons, Jacob and Eeoo. 

1715 — Ch. xii, 25. Joseph interpreteth Ph 
dreams; hegiveth Pharaoh counsel, and is made governor of 

the whole land of Iv p>1 ' 

— Ch. xii. 47, 60. Merc begin tl ■ 

in the land of Egypt . About th adEpnraim, 

Joseph's two sons, are born of Asenath, thi of I'o ■ 

tipherab, priest, of On. 

— ( 'h. n 1 1 . 51. I [ere I' 
1707. — Ch. zlii, 1, 2, 3 dethhiston 

ci. i a in Egj pi . i bey are impi ii onod bj .I* 
ore Bel al liberty on condition of bringing Benjamin 
Simi oi 

-Ch. nIih. tlv. Jacob is with mm h diffrcull 

I" I end Bl Dial .In 6ph ii 

leth for his fatl t r 
raoh. 
1706, — Ch. ilvi. Jacob, having offered 

Ii 
thi tliiid i oar of t ho famine and 

Ciii -.; — -i !h • U ii. .i 
and cattle, oft ho Egyptians ibr bread; only I 
ing to ii.- uuycth not. 

1 — Ch. sTviil, i . J 

I. tin 
I oftl oMi ' 

• vi nil on « in reof he i 

■ 

I IT. 

— ch. l. .' • cth onto 

his brethren their return to 4 ihnr 

to r an of I • iri. 

The! 

k of Job foil 
1619 

nd Anion. 
1671 
I • ' t, who knew not Joseph 

1 



1'he fourth Age 



INDEX TO THE HOLY BIBLE. 



of the World. 



I.574., — Ch. vii, 7. Aaron bora, three years before hisbro 
ther Moses, 83 years before the departure of the children of 
Israel oat of Egypt. 

157.3. — Vh. i, 15, 22. Pharaoh having in vain command- 
ed the Hebrew midwives to destroy all the males of the 
Israelites, sets forth an edict, charging that they be all cast 
into the river. 

— Ch. ii, 1, 5. Moses is born, who, being hid in the flags 
by the river's side, is found by Pharaoh's daughter ; and be-;by prayer pacifieth God, and 
comes her adopted son. 

1531. — Oh. ii, 11. Moses, in the 40th year of his age, hav- 
ing slain an Egyptian, whom he saw contending with a He- 
brew, fleeth into Midian, where he marrieth Zipporah the 
daughter of Reuel, or Jethro, a priest, and liveth with him 
forty years. 

1530.— Joshua xiv, 7, 10. Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, 
born. 

1491— Exodus iii, 1/2, &c. Whilst Moses keeps his fa- 
ther-in-law's sheep at mount Horeb, God appeareth to him 
in a burning bush, and sendeth him to deliver Israel. 

— Ch. v. Moses and Aaron having declared to Pharaoh 
the message on which they are sent unto him from God, are 
charged bv him as heads of a mutiny, and sent away with 
many bad "words ; and more grievous labours are forthwith 
laid upon the Israelites. 

— Ch. vii, 7. Psa. lxxviii, cv. Moses being now 80, and 
Aaron 83 years of age, urged thereunto by God, return 
again unto Pharaoh, where the magicians by their sorcery, 
imitating the miracles of Aaron's rod turned into a serpent, 
make Pharaoh more obstinate than he was before. Where- 
fore God by the hand of Moses lays ten plagues upon the 
Egyptians. 

THE FOURTH AGE OF THE WORLD. 

B. C. 1491. — Exodus xii, 11. Upon the fourteenth day 
of the first month, (which was May the fourth, upon Mon- 
day with us, in the evening, the passover is instituted. 

— Ch. xii, 29, 41. Numb, xxxiii. Upon the fifteenth of 
the same month, at midnight, the first-born of Egypt being 
all slain, Pharaoh and his servants make haste to send away 
tire Israelites ; and they, the self-same day wherein they 
were let go out of bondage, being the complete term of 430 
years from the first pilgrimage of their ancestors ; reckoning 
from Abraham's departure out of Charran, take their jour 
ney, and march away, being 600,000 men, besides children 
and come to Ra'meses, from whence by several encampings 
they come to the Red sea, the Lord conducting them in a 
pillar of a cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. They 
carry Joseph's bones with them. 

— Exod. xiv, xv. At the Red sea Pharaoh with his host 
overtakes them ; Moses divides the waters with his rod, and 
the children of Israel pass through on dry ground unto the 
desert of Ethan ; whom, when Pharaoh and his army would 
needs follow", they are all overwhelmed by the waters com 
ing together at the dawning of the day, whereby the Israel- 
ites are wholly freed from the bondage of the Egyptians ; 
whose carcasses when they see floating all the sea over, and 
cast upon the shore, they sing a song of praise and thanks- 
giving unto God. 

— Ch. xvi. Upon the fifteenth of the second month, (our 
June the fourth, being Thursday) the Israelites come to 
the wilderness of Zin, which lieth between Elyma and Si- 
nai, where, for want of food, they murmur against God and 
their leaders : about the even-tide God sends them quails, 
and the next morning rains upon them manna from heaven ; 
and upon that kind of bread they lived afterwards by the 
space of forty years, even till they came to the borders of 
the land of promise. An omcr of it is preserved for a me- 
morial. 

— Ch. xvii, 1. At Rephidim which was the eleventh place 
of their encamping, the people murmur for want of water : 
Moses gives them water by striking the hard rock in Horeb 
with his rod. 

— Ch. xvii, 8, 9. The Amalekites falling upon the rear 
of the Israelites are discomfited by Joshua, whilst Moses 
holds up his hands to God in prayer. 

— Ch. xx. God publisheth his Law, contained in the Ten 
Commandments, with a terrible voice from mount Sinai. 

— Ch. xxi, xxii, &c; xxiv. The people being in great 
fear, God gives them sundry other laws, all which being 
written in the book of the covenant, Moses proposeth them to 
the people : which done, rising early in the morning, hebuilds 
an altar at the foot of the mountain, and sets up twelve statues, 



ing the frame of the tabernacle, the priests' garments, their 
consecration, sacrifices, and other things comprised in this 
and the six following chapters. 

— Ch. xxxi, 18, xxxii. At the end of forty days God gives 
Moses the two tables of the Law in stone, made by God's 
own hand, and written with his own finger; bidding him 
withal quickly to get him down, for that the people had al 
ready made to themselves a molten calf to worship. Mose; 
by prayer pacifieth God, and goes down from, the mount, 
and seeing the people keeping a festival in honour of their 
idol in the camp, he breaks the tables of the law at the foot 
of the mount : for which the Jews keep a solemn fast unto 
this day. 

— Ch. xxxii, 20, 28. Moses having burnt and defaced the 
idol, puts 3000 of the idolaters to death by the hands of the 
Levites. 

— Ch., xxxiv. God commands Moses to frame new tables 
of stone, and to bring them with him into the mount : Moses 
brings them the next morning, and while he stands in the 
cleft of a rock, God passeth by and sheweth him a glimpse 
of his glory. 

— Ch. xxxiv, 10.' God renews his covenant with his peo- 
ple, and upon certain conditions gives them his laws again. 
1490. — Ch. xxxix. In the first six months of this year, 
the tabernacle, the ark of the covenant, the altar, the table 
of shew-bread, the priests' garments, the holy ointments, 
the candlestick, and other utensils and vessels belonging to 
the sacrifices, are finished in the desert at mount Sinai, and 
are brought unto Moses. 

- — Exodus xl. The tabernacle is set up and anointed with 
holy oil. Aaron and his sons are consecrated for the priest- 
hood. 

— Lev. x. Nadab and Abihu, for offering strange fire, 
are struck dead in the place by fire from heaven. 

— Numb. vii. The princes of the tribes present their of- 
ferings towards the dedication of the tabernacle. God 
speaketh to Moses from the mercy-seat. 

— Ch. ix. The second passover is instituted. 
— Ch. x. 29; Exod. xviii. — Jethrc, who is also called Ho- 
bab, brings his daughter Zipporah, with her two sons, Ger- 
sSiom and Eliezer, which were left with him, to his son-in- 
law Moses : and having congratulated his and the whole 
people of Israel's deliverance out of bondage, he openly de- 
clares his faith and devotion towards the true God. By his 
advice Moses imparts the government of the people to some 
others, and ordains magistrates for the deciding of lesser 
causes. 

— Numb. xi. Moses complains to God of the overgreat 
burden of his government; God, to ease him of his charge, 
gives him for assistance the court of 70 elders, 

— Ch. xi, 31. The people lust for flesh. God gives them 
quails in wrath ; and sends withal a most grievous plague 
among them 

— Ch. xii. God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and Aaron, 
and maintaineth Moses his right. 

— Ch. xiii. From the wilderness of Paran, near Kadesh 
barnea, twelve men are sent (among whom are Caleb and 
Joshua) to discover the land of Canaan. Returning, they 
bring with them a branch of a vine, with a cluster of grapes 
upon it ; ten of the twelve so sent speak ill of the country, 
declare it barren, and magnify the cities for their strength, 
and the giantly stature of the inhabitants. 

— Ch. xiv. The people, terrified with this relation, are 
about to return into Egypt, from which Caleb and Joshua 
endeavouring to dissuade them are like to be stoned. At 
this God is so provoked, that he threatens to destroy them; 
but is prevailed upon by Moses his prayers to spare them. 
Nevertheless he denounced] that all who are now 20 years 
old and upwards (except Caleb and Joshua) shall die in the 
wilderness. The men who raised the evil report are all de- 
stroyed by sudden death. Some endeavouring to enter upon 
the promised land, contrary to the command of God, are 
smitten by the Amalekites and Canaanites. 

1489. — Deut. i, 46. In this place, viz. Kadesh-barnea, 
the Israelites continue many days; but that in some places 
they continued many years, appeareth, for that in the space 
of 37 years there are but seventeen encampings mentioned. 
1471. — Numb, xxxiii, xvi, xvii. To their long continuance 
in Kadesh, and the encampings from thence, ail that we find 
delivered in the xvth and four next ensuing chapters of 
Numbers, seems to refer ; as how Korah, Dathan, and Abi- 
ram, for raising a mutiny against Moses and Aaron, were 
swallowed alive into the earth, and 250 of their associates; 



transgressing God's command, they are both debarred from 
entering into the land of Canaan. 

— Ch. xx, 23, 28. In the fifth month of this year Aaron 
dieth at Mosera, on the top of Mount Hor, at the age of 123 
years, leaving his sonEleazar his successor in the high 
priesthood. 

— Ch. xxi, 5, 9; John iii, 14; 1 Cor. x, 9. The people 
murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents, whereof many 
die ; upon their repentance God commands that a brazen 
serpent be made and lifted up upon a pole, that as many as 
look on it may live. 

— Numbers xxi. About the latter end of this year, all 
those who at Kadesh-barnea mutinied against God, being 
wholly extinct and dead, the Israelites passover Zared, and 
come to the borders of Moab at Ar, and at length arrive at 
Bamoth, a valley in the country of the Moabites, and pitch 
at mount Pisgah. , 

1452. — Numbers xxi, 21. Sihon, king of the Amorites, 
refusing them passage through his country, is slain, and the 
Israelites possess his land. 

— Ch. xxi, 33. Og, the king of Bashan, coming out against 
Israel, is destroyed'with all his people, not one left alive, 
and his country possessed by the Israelites. 

1451. — Numb, xxii, 1. 2, 3. After these victories the Is- 
raelites set forward, and encamp in the plains of Moab. 

— Josh, xxiv, 9. Balak, king of Moab, considering what 
the Israelites had done to the Amorites, fears, lest, under 
pretence of passing through his country, they should possess 
themselves of his whole kingdom ; takes counsel with the 
princes of the Midianites his neighbours, and sends for Ba- 
laam a soothsayer out of Mesopotamia to come and curse 
the Israelites, promising him great rewards for his labour ; 
purposing afterwards to make war upon them. 

Numb, xxii, 7, 35. Balaam, forewarned of God, refuseth 
at first to come ; but being sent for a second time, he im- 
portuneth God to let him go, and goes with a purpose indeed 
to curse Israel ; but God, offended thereat, makes the dumb 
ass of this wizard, on which he rode, speaking in a man's 
voice, to reprove his folly. 

— 2 Pet. ii, 15, 16 ; Numb, xxiii ; Deut. xxiii, 5. Balaam 
twice offers sacrifice, and would fain have cursed Israel, 
to gratify Balak therein ; but being forced thereto by the 
Spirit of God, instead of cursing, he blesseth them altoge- 
ther; foretelling what felicity attended them, and what ca- 
lamities should befall their enemies. 

— Josh, xxiv, 10 ; Numb, xxv, 1, 2, 3, &c; Deut. iv, 3; 
Psa. cvi, 28. By his advice the women of Moab and Midian 
are set on work to turn the Israelites away to idolatry. 
Wherefore God commands Moses first to take all the ring- 
leaders of this disorder, and to hang them up before the sun, 
and then gives order to the judges to put to death all such 
as had joined themselves to Baal-peor. Last of all, God 
sends a plague upon the people, whereof die 23,000 men in 
one day : which added to them which were hanged and 
killed with the sword, amount in all to 24,000. 

— Rev. ii, 14; 1 Cor. x, 8. Phinehas.the son of Eleazar. 
by killing Zimri, the chief of his father's family, and Coshi 
the daughter of Zur, a prince of the Midianites, appeaseth 
the wrath of God, and the plague ceaseth. God therefore 
settleth the high priesthood for ever upon the house of Phi- 
nehas, and commands that war be made upon the Midianites. 
— Numbers xxv; Psalm cvi, 30; Numbers xxv, 13, 17. 
Moses and Eleazar, by God's command, in the plain of Moab. 
near unto Jordan, over against Jericho, number the people ' 
from 20 years old and upwards, and find them to be 601,730 
men, besides the Levites, whose number, reckoning them 
from one month old and upwards, comes to 23,000; and then 
Moses receives command for the parting the land of promise 
among the Israelites. 

— Ch. xxvi, xxvii, 1,2. The daughters of Zelophehad have 
their father's land parted among them, for want of issue 
male ; this occasions the law for succession in heritages to 
be made. 

■Ch. xxvii, 12, 23; Deut. iii, 26, 27, 28. God signifies 
to Moses that he shall die, and Joshua is thereupon declared 
to be his successor; upon whom Moses lays his hands, and 
gives him instructions. Several laws are made. 

— Numb, xxxi; Josh, xiii, 21, 22. Twelve thousand of 
the Israelites under the command of Phinehas vanquish the 
Midianites, and put. to the sword all the males among them, 
with their five princes, and among them Zur, the father 
of Cozbi, and Balaam the wizard ; but they save the women 
alive ; at which Moses is wroth, and commands that every 



according to the twelve tribes of Israel, and sends twelve I and how the people, murmuring against Moses and Aaron imale child, and all the women, except such as be virgins. 



young men of the first-born, (whom the Lord hath conse 
crated to himself as ministers of those holy tilings, before 
the Levitical priesthood was ordained) which offer sacrifice, 
first for sin, and then for thanksgiving, to the Lord : and 
when Moses had read the book of the covenant, he takes 
the blood of the calves and goats so offered , and with water, 
scarlet wool, and hyssop, sprinkles the book therewith, and 
all the people, or those twelve statues representing them ; 
and so performs a solemn covenant between God and his 
people. 

— Ch. xxiv, 9, 18, xxv, &c. Moses and Aaron, Nadab 
and Abihu, and 70 men of the elders of Israel, go up into 
the mount, and there behold the glory of God : the rest re- 
turning, Moses with his servant Joshua abides there still, 
and waits six days, and upon the seventh day God speaks 
unto him, and there he continues forty davs and forty nights 
(reckoning those six days which he waited for the appearance 
of the Lord,) eating no meat allthat while, nor drinking wa- 
ter ; (Deut. ix,9.) where he receives God's command touch* 



for the calamity which had befallen their brethren, were 
destroyed by God to the number of 14,700 men; and how 
twelve rods being brought by twelve princes and laid in the 
sanctuary, Aaron's rod only budded, and brought forth 
almonds, and was laid up before the ark, for a memorial to 
those who should afterwards be given to rebellion 

1452. — Numb. xx. In these 37 years the Israelites by 17 
encampings, having compassed the hill-country of Seir and 
Edom, they come to the wilderness of Zin in the first month 
of the 40th year after their departure out of Egypt. 

— Ch. xx, 1. Here Miriam, the sister of Mo^es and Aaron, 
dieth. 

— Ch. xx, 2, 12. The people again for want of water 
murmur against Moses and Aaron, whom when God had 
commanded to call water out of the rock only by speaking 
to it, Moses, being moved in his mind through impatience 
and diffidence of the thing, speaks something, whatever it 
was, unadvisedly with his lips, and strikes the rock thrice 
with Aaron's rod, and thereby draws water from it; but for 



be killed. 

— Numb, xxxii; Deut. iii; Josh, xiii, & xxii. The lands 
which belonged to Sihon and Og, namely, all from the river 
Arnon to mount Hermon, Moses divides and gives to the 
tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ; 
so that their possessions lay on this side Jordan; neverthe- 
less, they assist the rest of the tribes in all their wars, till 
they have subdued the Canaanites, and possessed the pro 
mised land. 

— Deut. xxvii, xxviii. Moses commands the people, that 
in their passage over Jordan they shall set up great stones, 
and engrave the Ten Commandments on them, with the 
form of blessing upon mount Gerizim, and of cursing on 
mount Ebal; exhorting them to observe the law of God, 
by setting before their eyes the benefits that would ensue 
thereon. 

Deut. xxix, xxx. Ho also renews the covenant made 
by God with them and their children on mount Horeb, and 
again persuades them to keep that covenant by all the bless- 



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ngs and curses which would undoubtedly follow the keep- 

rs or breakers of it; yet with a promise of pardon and de- 
averance, if at any time, having broken it, they shall repent 
Jhem of their sin; and tells them farther, that God had 
therefore thus declared his will unto them, to the end that 
done hereafter offending shall pretend ignorance. 

— Ch. xxxi, xxxii. Moses, having written this law, de- 
livers it to the priests the sons of Levi, and the elders of the 
people, to be kept ; the same day also he writes his most 
excellent song, and teaches the same to the children of Is- 
rael to be sung; and having finished the book of the law, he 
takes order to have it laid up in the side of the ark. 

— Ch. xxxiii. Moses now drawing near to his end, blesseth 
every tribe in particular by way of prophecy, save only the 
tribe of Simeon. 

— Ch. xxxiv. In the twelfth month of this year he goes 
up to mount Nebo, and from thence beholds the land of pro 
mise, and there dieth, aged 120 years; the body of Moses 
God translates out of the place where he died, into a valley 
of the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor, and there buri- 
eth it ; nor doth any man know the place where he laid it 
unto this day. The Israelites mourn for him 30 days. 

Here ends the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses, con 
taining the history of 2552 years and a half, from the begin 
ning of the world; and the book of Joshua begins with the 
forty-first year after the departure of the children of Israel 
out of Egypt. 

— Joshua ii. Joshua, being confirmed in his government 
by God, sends forth spies from Shittim to the city of Jericho, 
who, being harboured l>\ Rahab, are privily sent away, when 
search is made for them. 

— Ch. iii, iv. Upon the tenth day of the first month, (April 
30) to wit, the same day that the Paschal Lamb was to be 
chosen out of the flock, the Israelites under the conduct of 
Joshua, a type of Jesus Christ, go up out of the river Jordan 
into the promised land of Canaan, a type of a more heavenly 
country. They oass through the river on dry ground, the 
waters being for the present divided, for a memorial of which 
miraculous passage, Joshua sets up twelve stones in tiie very 
channel of Jordan, and taking twelve other stones out of 
the midst thereof sets them up at Gilgal, the place where 
they next encamp. 

— Ch. v. The day following Joshua renews the use of 
circumcision, which had been omitted forty years. 

— Ch. v, 10. Upon the 14th day^f the same month, in 
the evening, the Israelites celebrate%heir first passover in 
the land of Canaan. 

— Ch. v, 11, 12. Next day after the passover manna 
ceaseth. 

Ch. v, 13. Our Lord Jesus, Captain of his Father's 

host, appears to Joshua, the typical Jesus, before Jericho, 
with a drawn sword in his hand, and promiseth there to de- 
fend his people. 

— Ch. vi. Jerichn, the ark of the Lord having been car- 
ried round about it, is taken the seventh day, the walls there- 
of falling down at the sound of the priests' trumpets; all 
the inhabitants are put to the sword, except Rahab and her 
familv. 

— Ch. vii, viii. The Israelites besiege Ai, and are smitten 
by their enemies, God having abandoned them for sacrilege 
committed by Achan ; Achan's sin being discovered by the 
casting of lots, and himself found guilty, he is stoned to 
death, and, together with his children and cattle, burned 
with fire. God being pacified hereby, Ai is taken by am- 
bushment and utterly destroyed. 

— Ch. viii, 30, 35. On mount F.bal, according to tin law 
made, is an altar erected, and the Ten Commandments en- 
graven on it; the blessings and cursings are repeated on 
mount Ebal and mount Gerizim, and the book of the law 
read in the ears of the people. 

— Ch ix. The kings of Canaan combine against Israel; 
only the Gibeonites craftily find a way to save their own live. 
by making a league with them ; but are afterwards deputed 
to the servile offices of the boose of God. 

— Ch. x. Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, with tlin kings 
of Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon, hearing that Gi- 
deon is fallen off from them, join their forces together and 
besiege it; but Joshua raiseth the siege, pursuoth those five 
kings, and smiteth them as far as Azekah, the Lord in the 
meanwhile killing more with hailstones from heaven, than 
the Israelites with their swords. Joshua commands thesun 
to stand still over Gihcon, and the. moon over the valley of 
Ajalon, by the space almost of one whole day. until 
raclitcs are fully avenged of their enemies. The five kind's 
hide themselves in a cave at Hakkedah ; from « hence they 
are brought forth, scornfully used, and bar 
1450.— Exodus xxiii, 10, II. From th 
ii wherein, after the failing of manna, they began to till 

ground, the rise of the sabbatical yean is t" be taken, 
l-[45. — Joshua xxiii. Joshua now grown old, is com- 
manded by God to divide all the hind en the; west of Jordan 
among the nine tribes remaining, and (he other half-tribe 
i if Manasseh. The Lord and his sacrifices are the inherit- 
ance of Levi. 

— Ch. xi. The rest of the kings, with whom Joshua had 
waged war for six yearB, resolve to set upon him with united 
lorces : but Joshua comes upon them unawares, slay s them. 
and possesaeth their countries. 

— Ch. xi, 21, xiv, xv. Joshua now roots out those giants 
the Anakims, with their citios, out of the hill-countrio oul 
of Hebron, Debir, and Anab. and generally out of all the 
mountains of Judah and all Israel. And having gotten tin- 
whole land into his hands, he divides it among the children 



'of Israel according to their tribes; and the land rested 
from war. 

1444. — The first sabbatical year, or year of rest ; from 
hence the year of Jubilee, or every fifty years' space, is to 
be reckoned. 

— Ch. xviii. The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh, (thought 
to be the same with Salem,) where it continued 328 years 

— Ch. xxii. The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe 
of Manasseh, with a blessing are sent home to their posses 
sions on the other side of Jordan. 

1443. — Ch. xxiii, xxiv. Joshua gathers together all Israel, 
exhorts them to obedience, briefly recites God's benefits to 
them, reneweth the covenant between them and God, and 
dieth 110 years old. 

1413. — judges ii, 7, iii, G, 7, 8. After the decease of 
Joshua, and the elders who outlived him, and who remem- 
bered the wonders which God had wrought for Israel, there 
succeeds a generation of men which forget God, and mingle 
themselves with the Canaanites by marriage,. and worship 
their idols. In this time of anarchy and confusion, when 
every man did that w-hich seemed right in his own eyes, all 
those disorders were committed, which are reported in the 
five last chapters of the Book of Judges; to wit, the idola- 
try of Micah, and the children of Dan; the war of the Ben- 
jamites, and the cause thereof. God, being highly provok- 
ed, gives them up into the hands of Cushan king of Meso- 
potamia ; which first calamity of theirs holds them but eight 
years. 

1405. — Ch. iii, 9, 10. Othniel,thesonof Kenaz, and son- 
in-law to Caleb, stirred up by God as a judge and avenger 
of his people, defeats Cushan, and delivers the Israelites out 
of bondage ; and the land rested forty years after the first 
rest which Joshua procured for them. 

1343._Ch. iii, 12. Othniel dying, the Israelites fell 
again to sin against God, and are given over into the hands 
of Eglon king of Moab, who, joining with the Ammonites 
and the Amalekites, overthrows 'the Israelites, and takes 
Jericho; and this second oppression continueth eighteen 
years. 

1325. — Ch. iii, 15, 30. Ehud the son of Gera is raised up 
by God to be an avenger of his people ; for feigning a mes- 
sage to Eglon, he runs him into the belly with his dagger; 
then getting away, he gathers all Israel into a body on mi it 
Ephroim, and slays 10.000 of the most valiant men of Moab: 
and the land resteth forty years after the former rest ob- 
tained by Othniel. 

— Ch. iii, 31. After him Shnmgar, the son of Anath, 
slaveth 600 Philistines with an ox goad, and he also aveng- 
eth Israel. 

1305.— Ch. iv, 1, 2, 3. The Israelites, after the death of 
Ehud, returning to their old sin, are given up by God into 
the hands of Jabin king of Canaan; and this thraldom of 
theirs continueth twenty years. 

1285. — Ch. iv, 4, v, 31. Deborah, the wife of Lapidoth, 
a prophetess, who at this time judgeth Israel in mount 
Ephraim, and Barak of the tribe of Naphtali, being made 
captain of the host of Israel, in sight of Megiddo, overcomes 
Siscra, captain of Jabin's army, whom Jael the wife of Heber 
the Kenite afterward kills In her own tent. For a Biemo- 
rial of which victory Deborah comnoseth a song ; and the 
land resteth forty years after the former rest obtained by 
Ehud. 

1252-1245.— Ch. vi, vii, viii. The Israelites Binning 
rue delivered into the hands of the Midianitcs ; 

which fourth thraldom listed seven years. Hereupoi 
they cry unto God fur help, and are reproved by a prophet. 
Then Gideon the son of Joash, of Manasseh, is by an angi I 
from God sent to deliver them. He first overturns the altar 
of Baal and burns his grove, and is called Jerubbaal. He 
out of 32,000 men, which come unto him, chooseth mil-. 
(God so commanding) .KK) ; but with them he put. t. 
dl the host of the Midianitcs, whom the Ephraimites 



wards pursue, and slay their pun 

(Icon having pacified tin 



i,. i l lull and Zil lb, Gi- 

who complain that 



they were not called to tin ' passcth the river 

Jordan, and i i i '' 1 "' Midionitish arm} ; 

he cboAiseth also the men of SuCCOth anil I'oiliiel. v. hi 

refused him victuals in In i 'n< ■. ; and shvyi the two kings 

of thoMidianiti i, Zcbah and Zolmunna. Afterwhicl I 

victories, the Israelii- ettle the h 1 upon 

him and his posterity, he reftueth ii ; but receiving their 
lis thereof an ephod, u Inch after- 
ward proves an occasion ofidolatry. Thi being 
iii. i vanquished, the land enjoys real fort) er tho 
former rest re tored to them in Deborah ami Barak, 

i ■ 16 Jud i Gidc lieth, ""' i; " ' 

falling bach again to idolatrj . woi hip Baal bi rith for their 
god. 

I ! ;:>.— Ch. ix, I, '. & " °> O'deon 

(begotten upon his concubine} pie]' '" '"'" oil 

ingdom which his lather had n 0th "/" ol his 

brothers all upon one stone ; and having 1a the help SI tin 

Shechomitc I to he made kmir. Jothara the v 

of Gideon, who only escaped Abimelech's fun .from the top 
of Mount Gerizim expostulates with them the wrong they 

hid done to his father's house; and In way "I a p 

I',, retell their mm v. Inch done . lie Hie. and dwells quietly 

i i 12.— Ch. ix, 2S, 60; 2 Sam. xi, 21 Abimelech, 

having reigned three years over I n iel. Gaal ■< Shechemite 

il/es against him; which In it "'■ '° him by 

Zebul. he utterly destroys the city ofShechem and puts all 
the inhabitants to the sword, and" burns the temple ol their 



god Berith with fire ; from thence he goeth and layeth siege 
to Thebez, where he is knocked on the head with a piece 
of a millstone, cast upon him by a woman from the walls, 
and then killed outright bv his armour-bearer. 

1210 —Judges x, 1, 2. Tola the son of Puah, after Abi 
melech, judgeth Israel 23 years. 

1206. — Ch. x. 3. Jair the Gileadite succeeds Tola, and 
judgeth Israel 22-years. 

1188-1187.— Ch. x, 8, 15; The Israelites forsaking again 
the true God, fall to worship the gods of several nations, 
and arc given up into the hands of the Philistines and Am- 
monites; which fifth thraldom lasteth eighteen years. Uoon 
their repentance, and abandoning their idols, at length they 
obtain mercy. 

— Ch. xi, xii, 6. Jephthah the Gileadite, being made 
captain of I he host of Israel, subdues the Ammonites : before 
the battle he vows his daughter unawares to be bffered in 
sacrifice, and afterwards performs it. He puts to the sword 
42,000 Ephraimites, who had behaved themselves insolently 
against him, and judgeth Israel six years. 

1182. — Ch. xii, 8. lbzan the Bethlehemite succeeds 
Jephthah, and judgeth Israel seven years. 

1175. — Ch. xii, 11. Elon the Zebulomtc succeeds lbzan, 
and judgeth Israel ten years. 

1164. — Ch xii, 13. Uxlon the Ephraimite succeeds Elon, 
and judgeth Israel eight years. 

1156. — 1 Samuel iv, 18; Judges xiii. 1, 2. Eli the high 
priest (in whom the high priesthood was translated from 
the family of Eleazar to Ithamar's) succeeds Alidon, and 
judgeth Israel HJ years. 1 he Israelites again provoke the 
Lord to anger, and he delivers them into the hands of the 
Philistines. This sixth thraldom begins seven months after 
Eli's entering upon the government, and lasteth 40 years, 
even till seven months alter his death, when the ark was 
brought back again. 

1155. — Ch. xiii, 21. Samson the Nazante, as an angel 
had foretold, is born at Zorah. 

1137. — (')i viv.4. Whilst Eli the high priest executeth 
the office of a judge in civil causes under the Philistines. 
Samson takes an occasion to quarrel witli them, by marry 
ing a woman of Timnath ; for having on the <1 iv of bis be- 
trothing propounded a riddle to the Philistines, and li id a 
wager, his wife tells them the meaning of it : enraged i . ; i ;it 
he goes and slays 30 men of Askelon, and gives them the 
suits of raiment which he had stripped off their bodies, in 
performance of the wager which he had lost, and returns 
home to his father. 

1136. — Ch. xv. Samson again in harvest-time goes to 
present his wife with a kid at her father's house, hut finds 
her given away in marriage to another man ; Samson resolves 
to be revenged; he catches 300 loves, and tying fire-brands 
to their tails, turns them all into the corn-fields of the Phi- 
listines, and into their, vineyards, and olivi -gardens, and sets 
them all on fire. The Philistines take Samson's wife and 
father-in-law, and bum them; Samson in revenge slays ,v 
great multitude of them, and sits clow n upon tin rock E thorn, 
from whence being taken In 3000 of the Jews, and by them 
delivered into the hands of the Philistines, he slays of thorn 
a thousand men with the jaw-bone (fan 088 J in which 
plate he is miraculously refreshed, when thirst} and ready 
to faint. 

1117. — Ch. xvi, Samson is betrayed by Delilah his eon 

cubine, bereaved of the haw of hisNozaritoship, and deliver 
ed to the Philistines; who put out his eyes, and bind him 
with cl The Philistines gather together to 

offer sacrifice to Dagon their god, and Samson is brought to 

make them sport ; whose hair being grown, and I 

in a great measure restored, he lakes bold of the two chl( : 

pillars v» hereon the house stood (wherein vi .. i ho ;•. mi - 

ol the Philistines, and a great multitude of people) and pull 

down the house, killic ' men at his death, thin he da l 

in all his life-time. So he died, having jut "tin 

days of the Philistines twenty yi 

II ii;.— 1 Samuel iv. The Israelites taki 
the I'i il v. ith von iH iui c< s, fer thoj lo t 4000 

men in one battle Tl ■ 1 for the ark ol the co 

I i nanl from Slut..' 
camp. The Philistines, seeing now all be at take, i i 

rage one another to behave I In In elves like ml B 
till \ lav Of the I | I 

'I 'he ark of God ii taken, and Hophniand Phineho i 

,m.I son of I ,li are • lam. of all which when lid < 

brought to old Eli, frighted thereat, he tall Imhii hi • ■ 

.mi in. ii. in net k,in I in- 98th root "i in 

— Ch. v, vi. vii. The I'h d ist i lie-, having brought ti • 

into A: bdod, nt It III the lion I ■ I ' 

when Dagon hid lion found two MVI al 1 11,11 . fallen gi" 

veiling before it, and broken in piece , and the inhabitant 
of the place sorely plagued, thoj remove it from thorn 
Gath. ami from thence to Ekron. Bui the same p) 
.mil judgments following wherever it went, after aovi 

1 ithsTby the advice of theii priest homo thi 

ark again with presents and gifts into tho 1 

ite . and it 1, brought to Bout hi me Ii. win re 

.ne mitten for looking into thi 

in il to the bo 

lieth his sou Elcaxar to keep it. 

1096.— Ch. Vii, 13. Mier tvvent;. .elites, by 

Bl i( Mizpl h. and. upon 

onvei ion, God by thunder from heavondeuveritheni 

l>, „ ,1 the i" unci, who are subdued, the 

hand of the Lord being against them all the days of Samuel 
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being grown old, takes for his assistance in the government 
his sons;, by whose ill management of affairs, the Israelites 
require a king to be given them : whereupon God giveis them 
a king in his wrath, to wit, Saul the son of Kish, after 
Samuel had judged Israel 21 years. Saul is privately anointed 
by Samuel, and afterward publicly proclaimed king at Miz- 
peh. About a month after, Jabesh-gilead is besieged by Na- 
hash king of the Ammonites, and the siege raised by Saul : 
whereupon the whole congregation of Israel, coming toge- 
ther at Gilgal, again proclaim Saul king. 

1085. — Ch. xvii, 12. David the son of Jesse theEphrath- 
ite, born at Beth-lehem-Judah 30 years before he succeeded 
Slaul in the kingdom. He was his father's youngest son. 

1063. — Ch. xvi, 11. God rejects Saul, and sends Samuel to 
Beth-lehem, there to anoint Dayid king, whom Saul ever 
after extremely persecuteth : 

— Ch. xxviii. Yet Jonathan, Saul's son, loveth him, and 
oftentimes rescueth him from Saul's cruelty. 

1061. — Ch. xxiv. David, having Saul twice in his power, 
forbears to hurt him. 

1056. — Ch. xxvi, xxvii. David, fearing he may some time 
or other fall into the hands of Saul, flies to Gath unto king 
Achish, carrying with him 600 men ; and; having obtained 
of him the town of Ziklag to dwell in, he continueth one 
year and four months in the land of the Philistines : from 
whence he invadeth the countries of the Geshurites, Gez- 
rites, and Amalekites, and puts to the sword all, both men 
and women, not leaving one alive to carry the news thereof 
to king Acliish. 

1055.— Ch. xxviii; 1 Chron. xii. Achish, proposing to 
make war upon the Israelites, takes David along with him 
in that expedition, to whom, whilst he is upon his march 
with his six hundred men, repair a great many others of the 
tribe of Manasseh, and join with him. 

— 1 Samuel xxviii. Saul, seeing the army of the Philistines, 
is in great fear, and (Samuel being now dead) goes to En- 
dor to consult with a witch there ; the wonjan raiseth an 
apparition of Samuel, and Saul receives from it that dread- 
ful doom, The Lord will deliver Israel, together with thy- 
self, into the hands of the Philistines. 

— Ch. xxix. The princes of the Philistines, growing jea- 
lous of David, he and his company early the next morning 
leave the army, and return to Ziklag. 

— Ch. xxxi. The armies join battle ; and the Israelites 
are defeated ; the three sons of Saul are slain, and he him- 
self falls on his own sword. 

— 2 Samuel i, ii ; 1 Chronicles xii, 23. Three days after, 
an Amalekite brings Saul's crown, and the bracelet that was 
upon his arm, and presents them to David, professing that, 
finding him fallen upon his sword, he had killed him out- 
right, and taken the crown from off his head : whereupon 
David causeth him to be put to death for stretching forth 
his hand to slay the Lord's anointed, and lamenteth the 
death of Saul and Jonathan his son in a funeral song. Da- 
vid, having asked counsel of God, goes up to Hebron, with 
those that are about him, where he is anointed king by the 
men of Judah, his own tribe, in the 30th year of his age; 
and there he reigns seven years and six months. 

— 2 Samuel ii, 8. Abner, who was captain of the host of 
Saul, carries Ishbosheth, Saul's son, to Mahanaim, and there 
makes him king over the rest of Israel. 

1053. — Ch. ii, 12. After two years there arisi; frequent 
and mortal skirmishes between a party of men on David's 
side, headed by Joab, David's nephew, and another party 
on Ishbosheth's side whereof Abner is chief; but the former 
still grows stronger and stronger. 

1048. — Ch. iii, 6. Abner, affronted by Ishbosheth, revolt- 
eth to David, and deals with the chief men of Israel to 
transfer the whole kingdom unto him,_and this in the hear- 
ing of the Benjamites. 

— Ch. iii, 22. He comes to David, and is kindly received ; 
returning, he is treacherously murdered by Joab. David 
much laments his unf imely death, and buries him at Hebron 
— Ch. iv, 2. Baanah and Rechab murder their lord and 
master Ishbosheth, as he lietli resting himself upon his bed 
They bring his head to David, who in detestation of their 
treason causeth them immediately to be put to death. 

— Ch. v. The captains and elders of all the tribes com- 
ing to Hebron, anoint David a third time, and make him 
king over all Israel. 

1047.— 1 Chronicles xi ; 2 Samuel v, 5, 6, 7, 9. David 
with all Israel marcheth to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, 
and taketh the fort of Zion, and calls it the city of David, 
and making Jerusalem the seat of his kingdom, reigneth 
there over all Israel thirty-three years. 

1045.— Ch. vi ; 1 Chronicles xvi ; 2 Chronicles i, 4. The 
ark of the csvenant, which in the first sabbatical year was 
brought from Gilgal to Shiloh, is this year, being also a sab- 
batical year, brought from Kirjath-jearim out of the house 
of Abinadab, and placed at Zion ; 30,000 choice men of Is- 
rael attending it, and singing the 68th psalm. 

1044.. — 2 Samuel vii; 1 Chrcnicles xvii, xxii; 2 Samuel 
viii; 1 Chronicles xviii ; Genesis xv, 18; Deut. xi, 24. Da- 
vid now dwelling in his house of cedar, which he had built, 
and living in a full and perfect peace, imparteih to Nathan 
the prophet his purpose of building a house for God; but is 
answered from God, that this was a work which should be 
done, not by him, because he was a man of blood, and train- 
ed up in war ; but by his son Solomon, a man of peace, which 
skc-uld be born unto him. The time which passeth from 
hence till the birth of Solomon is spent in wars ; wherein 
David subdues the Philistines, Edomites, Amalekites, Moab- 
Hcf, Ammonites, and Syrians, and extends his kingdom to 



the utmost bound of that land which had" been promised to 
the seed of Abraham, and never possessed by any of them, 
save.' only by David and his son Solomon. 

1035.— 1 Kings iv ; 2 Samuel xi ; 1 Chronicles xx. At the 
end of this year, Joab, going with the army against the Am- 
monites, besiegeth Rabbah, the metropolis of Ammon, whilst 
David takes his ease at Jerusalem, and there commits adul- 
tery with Bath-sheba the wife of Uriah the Hittite, who 
was then in the army, whom he also procures to be slain. 

1034. — 2 Samuel xii, 25. The child so gotten in adultery 
is born. David is convicted by Nathan the prophet of his 
sin, and he repents ; in testimony whereof he composeth 
the 51st Psalm. The child dieth. 

1033. — 1 Chronicles xxii, 9. Bath-sheba becomes now 
David's wife, and beareth him a son, unto whom, as unto 
one who should prove a man of peace, God gives the name 
of Solomon ; and, as to one beloved of the Lord, the name 
of Jedidiah. 

1032. — 2 Samuel xiii, 1. Amnon, David's eldest son, de- 
floureth his sister Tamar. 

1030. — Ch. xiii, 23. Absalom avengeth his sister Tamar, 
and killeth his brother Amnon ; for which thing he fleeth 
to Geshur in Syria, where he continues three years with 
king Talmai, his grandfather by the mother's side. 

1027-1025.— 2 Samuel xiv. After three years exile he 
returns to Jerusalem, where he continues two years, before 
the king his father admits him into his presence, and is re 
conciled to him. 

1024. — Ch. xv. This rebel son having got chariots and 
horses, and a guard to attend him, insinuates himself into 
the favoifr of the people, and steals away their hearts from 
his father David. 

1023. — Ch. xv, 7. The next year following, under pre- 
tence of a vow, he obtaineth leave to go to Hebron, where, 
by Ahithophel's counsel, he breaks out into open rebellion, 
and forceth his father to fly from Jerusalem. 

— Ch. xvii. Ahithophel, because his counsel in all matters 
is not followed by Absalom, hangs himself. 

— Ch. xviii. Absalom having lost 20,000 men fleeth, and 
the bough of an oak catching hold of him, he there hangs 
and is run through by Joab. 

1017. — Ch. xxiv ; 1 Chronicles xxi. David, tempted by 
Satan, commandeth Joab to number the people : God, of- 
fended thereat, sends a prophet to put three plagues to his 
choice, viz. the famine, sword, or pestilence. David choos- 
eth to fall into the hands of a merciful God, rather than into 
the hands of men. So God sends a pestilence ; whereof 
70,000 men die in one day. The angel being about to de 
stroy Jerusalem, God bids him hold his hand ; for he be- 
holds David repenting in sackcloth, and entreating him to 
spare the innocent people, and to turn his hand upon him- 
self, and upon his father's house. 

1016. — 1 Kings xiv, 21. Rehoboam is born unto Solomon 
by Naamah, an Ammonitish woman. 

1015. — Ch. i. David being now 70 years of age, and bro- 
ken with continual cares and wars, grows so weak and feeble 
that clothes can no longer preserve heat in him. Therefore 
Abishag, a young virgin, is appointed to keep him warm. 
Adonijah, seeing his father thus declining, by the assistance 
of Joab and Abiathar, makes himself king : which David 
understanding, he presently commands Zadok the priest 
and Nathan the prophet, with other great men, to anoint 
Solomon king. Adonijah hearing this, betakes himself to 
the sanctuary, and is pardoned. 

— Ch. ii. • David having given instructions to his son So 
lomon, dieth ; after he had reigned in Hebron seven years 
and six months, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem over all 
Israel. 

1014. — Ch. iii, 1. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, gives his 
daughter in marriage to Solomon. 

— 2 Chronicles viii, 11; 1 Kings iii, 5. The Lord ap 
pears to Solomon in a dream, and bids him ask what he will 
and it shall be given him. Solomon asketh wisdom ; God 
gives him wisdom from above, and adds thereunto riches 
and honour. _ Of this divine wisdom Solomon makes an emi- 
nent manifestation in judging between two harlots. 

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B. C. 1012.— 1 Kings vi, 1; 2 Chronicles iii, 1. Solomon 
layeth the foundation of the temple in the 480th year after 
the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt. 

1005. — 1 Kings vi, 38. Solomon's temple finished in the 
eleventh year of his reign ; having been seven years and a 
half in building. 

1004. — Ch. viii; 2 Chronicles v, vi, vii. Solomon this 
year (being the ninth Jubilee, and opening the fourth 
Millenary of the world) with great magnificence celebrates 
the dedication of the temple : at which time God givcth a 
visible sign of his favour. 

9.7.5. — 1 Kings xi ; 2 Chronicles ix. Solomon having, as 
it is-with reason believed, forsaken his lusts and vanities, to 
which he had been too intemperately addicted, and written, 
as a testimony of his repentance, his book called The 
Preacher, dieth. He reigned 40 years. 

— 1 Kings xii. The Israelites assemble at Shechem to 
crown Rehoboam, Solomon's son, king over all Israel. 
The people by Jeroboam sue unto him for a removal of some 
grievances; to whom Rehoboam, by the advice of young 
men, returning a harsh answer, alienates the hearts of ten 
tribes from him, who make Jeroboam king over them, and 
fall at the same time from the house of David, and from the 
true worship of God. 

— Ch. xii, 25, xiv, 17, xii, 26 Jeroboam, in the begin- 



ning of his reign, repairs Shechem, destroyed by Abimelecr 
258 years before, and there dwells ; afterward going over 
Jordan he builds Penuel, and at length makes Tirzah the 
seat of his kingdom. But fearing lest his new subjects by 
going to Jerusalem to worship, may be induced to revolt 
from him, he deviseth a new form of religion, setting up 
two golden calves, the one at Beth-el, the other at Dan, for 
the seduced people to bow down unto. 

975. — 1 Kings xiv ; 2 Chronicles xii. From the time of 
this dismal rent Rehoboam reigneth over Judah and Benja 
min 17 years, and Jeroboam over Israel, or the other ten 
tribes, 22 years. 

974. — Ch. xi, 17. The Priests and Levites, and other Is 
raelites who feared God, stick to Rehoboam, and maintain 
the kingdom of Judah, three years; after which time Reho 
boam falls to idolatry, and walketh no more in the ways of 
David and Solomon. 

1 Kings xii, 32, xiii, 2. Jeroboam sacrificing to his 
calf at Beth-el, a prophet is sent unto him from God, who 
foretels the judgment which should one day be executed upon 
that altar, and the priests (viz. those whom Jeroboam had 
made of the lowest of the people) that served at it» Which' 
prophecy then and there is confirmed by signs and wonders 
upon the king himself, and upon the altar. 

971.— Ch. xiv, 25; 2 Chronicles xii. Shishak king of 
Egypt spoileth Jerusalem and the temple ; but the king and 
the princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah the 
prophet, God gives them not over to utter destruction. 

958. — 1 Kings xv. Abijam the son of Rehoboam succeeds 
his father in the kingdom of Judah, and reigns three years. 

957. — 2 Chronicles xiii. He obtains a great victory over 
Jeroboam, killeth 500,000 men in one battle, and taketh 
Beth-el. 

955. — 1 Kings xv, 8. Asa in the twentieth year- of Jero. 
boam succeeds his father Abijam, and reigns 41 years. 

954. — Ch xv, 25. Nadab in the second year of Asa suc- 
ceedeth his father Jeroboam in the kingdom of Israel, and 
reigneth not full two years. 

953.— Ch. xv, 27. Nadab at the siege of Gibbethon (a 
town of the Philistines) is slain by Baasha of the tribe of 
Issachar in the third year of Asa ; and the same year having 
made himself king over Israel, he utterly destroyeth the 
whole race of Jeroboam, and reigneth 24 years. At this 
time lived the prophets Jehu, Hanani, and Azarias. 

951. — 2 Chronicles xiv, 9. Asa destroyeth idolatry, and, 
enjoying ten years of peace, strengthens his kingdom with 
forts and a standing army. 

941. — Ch. xv. Zerah the Ethiopian with an innumerable 
army invadeth Judah : Asa overcomes him, sacrificeth to 
God of the spoil, and maketh a solemn covenant with God 
He also deposeth Maachah his grandmother, a great patro 
ness of idolatry ; bringeth into the temple those things which 
his father and himself had consecrated unto God, and enjoys 
a long peace. 

930. — 1 Kings xvi, 6, 8. Elah the son of Baasha succeeds 
his father in the kingdom of Israel. 

929. — Ch. xvi, 9. In the second year of his reign, and 
the twenty-seventh of Asa's, Zimri, one of his captains, con- 
spires against him, kills him, and reigneth in his stead. As 
soon as he sits in the throne, he destroyeth the whole fa- 
mily of Baasha; but the army which then lay before Gibbe- 
thon makes Omri their king, who presently besiegeth Tir- 
zah, and taketh it ; which Zimri seeing, he sets on fire the 
king's palace, and perisheth in the flames. 

925. — Ch. xvi, 21, 22. The people of Israel are now di- 
vided into two factions ; one follows Tibni the son of Gi- 
nath, and endeavours to make him king; the other adheres 
to Omri ; but Tibni dying, Omri reigns alone in the 31st 
year of Asa. 

924. — Ch. xvi, 23, 24. Omri having reigned six years in 
Tirzah, removes the seat of his kingdom to Samaria, a place 
which he himself had built. 

918. — Ch. xvi, 29. Ahab succeeds his father in the king- 
dom of Israel, and reigneth 22 years in Samaria. He did 
evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. 

914. — 1 Kings xxii, 41. Jehoshaphat succeedeth his fa- 
ther Asa in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel, and 
reigneth 25 years in Jerusalem. 

912. — 2 Chronicles xx, 31, xvii, 7. Jehoshaphat being 
settled in his kingdom, and having demolished the higli 
places and groves, in the third year of his reign he sends 
Levites with the princes to instruct the people in the law. 
God in the mean time subdueth his enemies under him. 

901. — 1 Kings xx. Ben-hadad king of Syria layeth siege 
to Samaria, who by the direction of a prophet is beaten oft', 
and a vast number of the Syrians slain. 

899.— Ch. xxi. Ahab, not being able to persuade Naboth 
to sell him his vineyard, falls sick upon it; Jezebel his wife 
suborning false witnesses to accuse him of blasphemy, caus 
eth Naboth to be stoned, and puts the king in possession of 
the vineyard. Whereupon the prophet Elijah denounceth 
judgments against Ahab and Jezebel; wicked Ahab repent 
ing, God defers the judgment. 

898.— Ch. xxii, 51 ; 2 Kings iii, 1. Ahab in the seven- 
teenth year of the reign of Jehoshaphat maketh his son Aha- 
ziah his associate in the government of his kingdom. 

898. — 2 Kings i, 17. Jehoshaphat also maketh Jehoram 
his son co-partner with him ; whence it is, that Jehoram 
the son of Ahab, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah in the 
kingdom of Israel, in the 18th year of Jehoshaphat king of 
Judah, is said to have begun his reign in the second year of 
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat. 

897.— 1 Kings xxii; 2 Chronicles xviii. Ahab having got 
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Jehoshaphit to assist him in the siege of Ramoth-gilead, 
before he goes, he asketh counsel of 400 false prophets, who 
promise hiin victor- and success ; but by Jehoshaphat's ad- 
vice Micaiah, a true prophet of God, is consulted, who fore- 
tels his overthrow ; and according to his word Ahab is slain 
at Ramoth-gilead, and buried at Samaria. 

896. — 2 Kings i, 1, iii, 5; 2 Samuel viii, 2. Ahab being 
dead, the Moabites revolt from Israel, who had continued in 
subjection ever since king David's days. 

— 2 Kings i; 1 Kings xxii. Ahaziah king of Israel, lying 
ill of a fall, sends to consult Baalzebub the god of Ekron 
concerning his recovery. Elijah the prophet meeteth the 
messenger, and telleth him Ahaziah shall surely die ; where- 
upon two captains over fifty men apiece are sent to appre- 
hend him, and bring him before the king ; Elijah calleth for 
fire from heaven , and destroyeth both them and their com- 
panies. A third captain with his fifty men being sent and 
behaving himself submissively, Elijah goes along with him ; 
the prophet certifies the king that he shall not come down 
from his bed alive. So Ahaziah dieth, having governed (part- 
ly b\ himself, and partly together with his father) two years. 

—2 Kings iii, 1. Jehbram succeedeth his brother Ahaziah 
in the kingdom of Israel in the latter end of the eighteenth 
year of Jehoshaphat, and reigneth twelve years. 

— Ch. ii, 11. Elijah is taken up into heaven in a fiery- 
chariot. 

892.— 2 Chronicles xxi, 2, 3; 2 Kings viii, 1G. Jehoshaphat 
grown old gives to his sons many gifts with fenced cities in 
Judea ; but his eldest son Jehoram he now more absolutely 
investeth with the throne of the kingdom in the fifth year of 
Jehoram king of Israel. 

8S9. — 2 Chronicles xxi, 4, 5; Genesis xxs-ii, 40; 2 Chroni- 
cles xxi, 10, 11.- Jehoram now, by the death of his father, 
ha? the kingdom of Jndah to himself, which he holds four 
years. He is no sooner settled in his throne, but he puts 
all his brethren to the sword, with many of the princes of 
Israel. At this time the Edomjtes, who ever since king 
David's time had lived in subjection to Judah, revolt, and 
(as it was foretold by Isaac) they for ever shake off his yoke. 
Libna also, a city of the priests in the tribe of Judah, falls 
off from him about this time. 

888. — Ch. xxi, 12. Jehoram following the counsel of his 
wicked wife Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab king of Israel. 
sets up in Judah, and even in Jerusalem itself, the idolatroui 
worship of Baal, and compels his subjects thereto; a letter 
which- was left for him by Elijah the prophet comes to Ins 
hands, which reproves him, and denounces all those calami 
ties and punishments which afterwards befel him. 
• 885. — 2 Kings viii, 25. Ahaziah succeeds his father in the 
kingdom of Judah (having had part of the government be- 
stowed upon him the yerir before) in the twelfth year of 
Jehoram king of Israel, and reigneth one year in Jerusalem. 

881. — Ch. viii, 28, ix; 2 Kings x. Jehoram king of Israel, 
and Ahaziah king of Judah, lead their armies to Ramoth- 
gilead against Hazael, who had newly succeeded Ben-hadad 
m the kingdom of Syria; Jehoram is dangerously wounded, 
and retires himself to Jezreel to be cured. In the meantime 
Elisha sendeth a young prophet with instructions to anoint 
Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, at Ramoth- 
gilead, king over Israel, and to open to him the will of God 
for the rooting out of the house of Ahab ; who, being pro- 
claimed king by the soldiers, marcheth straight to Jezreel, 
and killeth Jehoram in the field of Naboth, and causcth Jczc- 
beel to be cast out at a window, where she is eaten by dogs, 
lie despatcheth letters also to Samaria, and causcth seventy 
nf Ahab's children to be beheaded. Then taking with him 
Jehonadab the son of Rechab, he comes himself to Samaria, 



father in the 27th year of Jehoash king of Judah, and reign-lhands; it is said, in the 20th year of Jotham. that is, from 
eth 16 years. the time that Jotham first began to reign, which is the same 

840. — 2 Chronicles xxiv ; 2 Kings xii. 20. Zechariah, the | with the 4th of Ahaz liis son. Hosl.ea, bv reason of the 
son of Jehoiada the high priest, for reproving the people of tumults and disorders which ensued, cannot' be said to have 
Judah that fall to idolatry after the decease of Jehoiada, is I reigned ti'.l nine years after, the state continuing all that 



stoned to death in the court of the house of the Lord by the 
commandment of king Jehoash, who the next year after is 
murdered by some of his servants, as he lay in his bed; and 
Amaziah his son succeedeth him. 

839. — Ch. xiii. Jehoahaz dieth, and Jehoash his son suc- 
ceedeth in the kingdom of Israel. Not long after his father's 
funeral he visits Elisha the prophet, then lying sick, and 
with many tears asketh counsel of him, who promiseth him 
victory over the Syrians. A dead man is brought to life by 
being laid in Elisha's grave. 

836. — Ch. xv, 1. Jeroboam the second, is this year taken 
into the consortship of the kingdom of Israel by his father 
Jehoash, going to war against the Syrians. This is gathered 
from Azariah king of Judah's beginning his reign in the 27th 
year of this Jeroboam. 

826. — Ch. xiv; 2 Chronicles xxv. Amaziah king of Judah. 
growing proud upon a victory obtained against the Edomites 
this 14th year of his reign, provoketh Jehoash king of Israel 
to battle. Jehoash overcomes him, and takes him prisoner, 
breaks down 400 cubits of the wall of Jerusalem, and having 
spoiled the temple and the king's house of a vast treasure, 
returns to Samaria. 

825. — 2 Kings xiv, 23. Jehoash dies fifteen years before 
Amaziah, and Jeroboam the second, his son, reigneth in 
Samaria 41 years. 

810. — Ch. xiv ; 2 Chronicles xxv ; 2 Kings xv. Amaziah. 
finding a conspiracy against him at Jerusalem, flies to La- 
chish, where he is murdered ; after whom comes his son Uz- 
ziah, or Azariah, in the 27th year of Jeroboam the second, 
and reigneth 52 years in Jerusalem. ' • 

808.— Ch. xiv", 25; Isaiah ix, 1. Now is held the 13th 



time m^ieat confusion, without any form of government. 

728. — Ch. xvii, 3. Shalmaneser. king of Assyria, comes 
up against Hoshea, and makes him to serve him, and pay 
him tribute. 

726.— Ch. xviii, 1 ; 2 Chron. xxix, xxx, xxxi. Hezekizh 
succeedeth his father Ahaz in the kingdom of Judah : be de- 
stroyeth idolatry, and prospers : he also celebiUtes a solemn 
passover, and reigneth 29) ears in Jerusalem; his father had 
made him in the last year of .his reign, his assistant in the 
government. 

725, 724-721.— 2 Kings xvii, 4. Hoshea king of Israel, 
having consulted with So king of Egypt, refuses to pay tri- 
bute to Shalmaneser ; provoked hereby, and jealous of some 
farther design in that confederacy of Hoshea with the king 
of Egypt, Shalmaneser layeth siege to Samaria, and toward^- 
the latter end of the third year taketh it, and carrieth away 
the Israelites captive into his own country. This was the 
end of the kingdom of Israel, when it had stood divided from 
the kingdom of Judah 254- years. 

713. — Ch. xviii. Sennacherib king of Assyria, coming up 
against Judah, besiegeth their fenced cities, and taketh mauv 
of them, but is pacified by a tribute. 

— Ch. xx; Isaiah xxxviii. Aboutthistime Hczekiah falls 
sick, and is told by Isaiah that he shall die; but pouring out 
his tears and prayers unto God, he recovereth his health. 
and ohiaincth a prolongation of his life and kingdom for 15 
years. For a sign whereof the sun goes ten degrees backward. 

710. — 2 Kings xix ; Isaiah xxxvii. Sennacherib, not ob- 
serving the articles of peace, layeth siege to Jerusalem, and 
sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hczekiah ; which he open- 
ing, and spreading before the Lord in the temple with many 



Jubilee under the two most flourishing kings; in whose]tears, craves assistance from God against the Assyrians- 
times live sundry great prophets in both kingdoms; Isaiah] V\ hereupon the prophet Isaiah assures him that God will 
and Joel in Judah ; Jonas, Hosca, and Amos, in Israel. deliver him, and defend that city. The self-same nigl ' an 

Jonah iii; Matthew xii,41. Jonas of Gath-hepher, a town angel of the Lord slays 185,000 men in the Assyrian army; 
belonging to the tribe of Zebulon in Galilee of the Gentiles, and the next morning Sennacherib departeth, and roturnsto 
(observe here the blindness of the Pharisees, John vii, 52,) Nineveh ; where not long after, whilst he is worshipping in 
was afterwards sent into Nineveh, the metropolis of Assyria, the house of Nisroch his god, he is slain by his own sons. 
where both king and people at his preaching repented. 698-677, — 2 Kings xxi ; 2 Chronicles xxxiii. nlanasseh.it 

784. — 2 Kings xiv, 29. Jeroboam king of Israel (under* twelve years of age succeedeth h 



whom that kingdom came to its full height of glory) dieth ; 
after his death all things fall into confusion, and the state is 
reduced to a plain anarchy, which lasteth eleven years and 
a half ; for such an interregnum or vacancy the synchronism 
of Kings requires, that the six months of Zachariah the son 
of Jeroboam may answer the 38 years and one month of 
Shallum, who murdered him in the 39th year of Azariah, or 
Uzziah, king of Judah. 

773. — Ch. xv, 8. Zachariah the son of Jeroboam, the 
fourth and last of the race of Jehu (as was foretold) begins 
his reign over Israel in the 38th year of Azariah, or Uzziah, 
king of Judah, and reigneth six months. 

772. — 2 Kings xv, 10 ; Amos vii, 9. Shallum the sou of 
Jabesh, at the end of six months, murders him in the sight 
of the people, and reigns one month, in the 39th year of 
Uzziah king of Judah. After Zachariah's death follow those 
direful calamities foretold by Amos the prophet. 

2 Kings xv, 11. JMenahcm the 6on of Godi going from 
Tirzah to Samaria, killeth Shallum, wasteth Tipbsah and 
the borders thereof, and been use the town would not open 
to him, he i rips up all the women with child. 



771 — Ch. xv. 19. 



uiu r:p 
While 



e I'eiialii in in these broils labours 



and destroys the whole family of Ahab, and all the priests to get the possession of the kingdom, Pul kin;: of Assyria 



of Baal. Nevertheless, having put down the worship of 
Baal, he departs not from the worship of Jeroboam's golden 
calves, but ni.-iint.iins that idolatry all the time of his reign, 
which was twenty-eight years. 

— Ch. ix, x. Jehu proceeds farther, and executes the di- 
vine vengeance upon the idolatrous house of Judah; he 
iziah, who (led towards Megiddo, ami ovei 

Ii him to be killed in his chariot. Going 
also to Sama meeteth with forty-two of Ahnziah's 

kinsmen, whom he causeth to be slain. 

884.— -2. Kings vi ; > Chronicles xxii. 10. Athaliah the 
daughter of Ahab, seeing her son Ahaziah dead, usurps the 
kingdom, destroying those that had right to the succi 
but Jo : daughter of king Jenoram, and wife t" Je- 

hoiada the Ii!l;Ii priest. I ikes Jehoash, being then an infant, 
and son toll \ baziah, and hides bim in the t< 

and so saves him from that massacre which was made of the 
he blood ro 

878. — 2 Kings xi ; 2 Chronicles xxiii. Jehoiada the high 
priest brings out Jehoash. now sevei and anoints 

him king; causeth Athaliah to be slain, and restoreth the 
worship of the true God, destroying the house of Baal, and 
commanding the idolatrous priest Matt in to be killed before 
his altars. Jehoash, now beginning his reign in the < 
year of Jehu, reigneth 40 years in Jerusalem. 

857. — 2 Kings xii.7. Jehoash. in the J.«l year of hisreign, 
givefh order for the repair of the temple, committing the 
charge thereof to Jehoiada the high priest. 

— Ch. xiii, 1, viii, 12. Jehoahaz succeedeth his father 
Jehu in the kingdom of Israel, and reigneth 17 years; during 



invadcih his country, to whom Menahem giveth 1000 talents 
of silver, ami afterwards reigneth quietly ten yean. 
761, — Ch. xv, .'.;. IVkuliiiii ucceedeth bis father Bfena- 

lieni in the 50th year ofUzziah king of Judah, and reigneth 

two rears, 

I.— Ch. xv, 25, 27. Pol ih, oni • as, kills him 

in in . own palace al Samaria, and reigneth twenty years. 

deth his Cither I 'zziah. 
in the kingdom of Judah at the age of ..~> years, and reigneth 
lem. 
— 2 Chronicles xx vii, 5; Micah i. I. .'• 
Ammo i In m tributary for three yeai 

derhim the prophets Micah and H 

offii •■ About i hi time lived the 
prophet Nahum, and prophesii d tl action of Nineveh 



father Hezckiah, and 
reigneth 55 years. He setteth up idolatry, and sheddelh 
much innocent blood. Wherefore God delivers him up into" 
the hands of the Assyrians, who in the 23d year of his reign 
carry him away captive to Babylon : but upon his repentance 
God restores him to his liberty and kingdom. 

C56. — Judith xiii. This \ear Nebuchodonosor king of As- 
syria, purposing to inake himself universal monarch. Bends 
Bolofernes his general against Judea, who layeth siege to 
Bethulia, and there hath'his head taken offby Judith, a wo- 
man of the tribe of Simeon. 

61.5— 2 Kings xxi, 19; 2 Chronicles xxxiii, 21, 22. Amor, 
aged 22 years, succeedeth his lather Manasseh, and reigneth 
two years. An idolater indeed, as his father, but no peni- 
tent : he is murdered by his own servants. 

641. — 2 Kings xxii, 1. Josiah.a child of eight wars old 
succeedeth Ins father Anion, and reigneth 31 years. In In- 
time lived Jeremiah and Zephaniah the prophets, and Hul- 
dah the prophetess. 

630. — 2 Chronicles xxxiv. In the 12th year of his reign, lie 
begins a reformation in Judah and Jerusalem, and carries it 
on successfully. 

021. — 2 Kings xxiii ; 2 Chronicles xvxiv. This year he 

giveth order for the repair of the temple Ihlkiah the high 

pries) having found a hook of the law. sends it to the king, 

who hears it read all over to linn ; and then upon asketh 

el of llnlilah the prophetess, who pniphesieth the ih 

ol Je u Jem, but not in hi ■! ij Je liah i dling 
to hiui the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, with the i i 
and prophets, causeth the book of the bin to bo read ovei 

II the people, and reneweth the covenant belv 
God mil his people ; he burneth also dead men's I meeapon 

Bel l-el n.i . tol. told j and ki Sjpi t!i . I 

sob nm passover. 

610.— 2 King* xxiii, 29; Zocb. xii, II : 2 Chron. um 
! 0. At this time a war i„,-,ks out h< 

tween the king of Egypt \ 

unadvised!} ongagcth in this war N'ccho 

Egypt, and i lam in the \ >l!,\ of Mogiddo 'I 1 ■•■ good 



i is good 

1 hi. I. Ahaz lucj-Jkingbeiog^ thus taken out of the world, whose lite only kepi 

th his father Jotham in tlie 17th year of Pi off thi Babylonish captivity from that nation, not only the 



nd reigneth 16 yi people then living bewailed bis death, bat even in iftet 

7IJ-7I1. — Isaiah vii. This year Rezin king_ of Syria and] time a public mourning for lnm was kept. The prophet 

■ dali, which Jeremy al o in rcmembranco thereof com| I mwn 

i great terror into that nation ; but unto I tationa ; wherein bowailing the calamities which wm 

> I ih.end. a. with a pro- shortly to befall that people, sj present before hi* eye*, in a 

eof i when the merriin- most compassionate manner he point . as it v.. 
lous king, being bid I I to do it) God gives finger, at the death of X o source and original of 

him thi oflmmonuel ofa virgin. Rexin all tl 

Vhaz, —2 Kings xxiii ; 2 Chromcli kfter the death Of 

but are beaten off; Ahu nor delivered from ii Josiab, the people anoint Shallum, one of hi younger sons, 

enemies, but "he forsakes God his deliverer, s dola- to be their king. Aftei : imposed 

try. Wherefore Go n over into the hand of the by Pharaoh Necbo, who makes Bliokim, his elder brother, 

.^ king of Israel, who slays of the men of Judah 1 20,000 in one king over Judah and Jei ad changes his name into 

all which time Hazael king of Syria oppresseth him. and 'day. with a sre it many of the nobility, nod carrieth away Jrhoiakim ; hut Jehoohoi he carries along with him captive 
exerciseth all those cruelties upon the Israelites, which 200,000 captives; bnt thi advice of the prophet into Egypt, where he andl his day*. 

Elisha the prophet had foretold. jOded, arc released and sent home. j — Ch XXZVi, S. .lehniakim, at 25 years of age, begins to 

811. — Ch. xiii, 10. Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz king of! 739-730. — 2 Kings xv, 30. Hoshea the son of Elah mur- reign, and he reigneth 1 1 years. 
Israel, is taken into the consortship of that kingdom by hisjders Pekah kingof l»nel and gets the kingdom into hisownl 009. — Jeremiah xxvi T.'riah and Jeremiah jirorihcsv 
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INDEX TO THE HOLY BIBLE. 



of the World, 



against Jerusalem; the former is put to death, the latter is 
acquitted, and set at liberty. About this time Habakkuk 
also prophesieth. 

607-606. — Ch. xxv, 1; 2 Chronicles xxxvi, 6; Jeremiah 
xxv, 11, xxix, 10. This year is Nebuchadnezzar the great 
made by his'father Nebopolazzar his associate in the king- 
dom of Assyria nr.d Babylon ; into whose hands God delivers 
up Jehoiakim, <vho is put in chains to be carried to Baby- 
lon ; but upon his submission and promises of obedience is 
left in his ' vn house, where he lives a servant to Nebuchad- 
nezzar three years. From which entering of the king and 
rjeople of the 'ews into tiie subjection and service of Nebu- 
chadnezzar are the 70 years of the- captivity of Babylon to 
be reckoned, which were foretold by the prophet Jeremy. 

— Daniel i, 3, 7; Isaiah xxxix, 7. Nebuchadnezzar gives 
order to Ashpenaz, master of the eunuchs, that he shall 
carry from thence of the children of Israel, both of the 
blood royal (as was foretold by the prophet Isaiah to Heze- 
kiah) and also of the nobility the choicest youth both for 
beauty and wit that he can fir.d ; who, being educated three 
years in the language and .sciences of the Chaldeans, may 
afterwards be fit to serve the king in his palace ; among 
whom,' of the tribe of Judah, are Daniel, called Belteshaz- 
zar ; Hannaiah, called Shadrach ; Mishael, called Meshach ; 
and Azariah', called Abed-nego; their names being thus 
changed by the master of the eunuchs. 

605. — Daniel i, 2; 2 Chronicles xxxvi, 7. Whilst Nebu- 
chadnezzar pursues his victories over the king of Egypt, his 
father dies, which coming to his knowledge, he gives order 
for the bringing away of the captives, and posts with a 
small company the nearest way to Babylon-, where he is re- 
ceived as the lawful successor to his father's dominions. He 
causeth to be brought to Babylon what he thinks fit of the 
vessels and furniture of the temple, and placeth them in the 
house of his god, viz. Belus. 

603 — 2 Kings xxiv, 1. Jehoiakim, having lived three 
years in subjection to the king of Babylon, falls off, and. re- 
bels against hirn. 

— Daniel ii. This year (being the second of Nebuchad- 
nezzar^ reign, taking it as it begun at his father's death,) 
Daniel recovers Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and interprets it 
to betoken the four chief monarchies ; whereupon he and 
his companions are highly advanced. 

600. 599.-2 Kings xxiv, 2; Jeremiah xxii, 13, xxxvi, 30. 
Nebuchadnezzar sends an army, consisting of Chaldeans, Sy- 
rians, Moabites, and Ammonites, against Jehoiakim; these 
' waste the whole country of Judea, and carry away from 
thence 3023 captives; Jehoiakim also is taken prisoner; 
whom they put to death, cause his carcass to be drawn out 
at the gate of Jerusalem (as was foretoid by the prophet 
Jeremiah) and leave it without the walls unburied. 

— 2 Kings xxiv, 8. Jehoiachin (called also Conias and 
Jeconias) at eighteen years of age succeeds his father Je- 
hoiakim, and reigns three months in Jerusalem. 

— 2 Chronicles xxxvi, 9; Isaiah xxxix, 6 ; Jeremiah xxiv, 
I ; Ezekiel xvii, 12, i, 2, 3 ; Baruch vi. Against him Nebu- 
chadnezzar leads an army, and beseigeth Jerusalem : Je- 
hoiachin with all his kindred and courtiers come out to meet 
him. Nebuchadnezzar, makes them all prisoners, enters Je- 
rusalem, and takes all the treasure he can find in the temple 
and the king's palace, breaking in pieces all the vessels of 
gold and furniture which Solomon had made for the temple ; 
he carrieth away captive to Babylon the king, his mother, 
wives, courtiers, magistrates, and 10,000 able men out of 
Jerusalem, leaving none behind but the poorer sort of peo- 
ple ; and out of the country round about he carried also 
away 8000 artificers; among the captives are Mordecai, and 
Ezekiel the priest; Ezekiel therefore in his prophecy reck- 
ons the time all along from the beginning of this captivity. 
An epistle, said to be Jeremiah's is now sent to the cap- 
tives, admonishing them to beware of the idolatry which 
they shall see in Babylon. 

— 2 Kings xxiv, 17; 2 Chronicles xxxvi. Nebuchadnez- 
zar before his departure from Jerusalem makes Mattaniah, 
.Tehoiachin's father's brother, king, changing his name into 
Zedekiah. 

588. — 2 Kings xxv ; Jeremiah i, 3, xxxix, lit. Zedekiah, 
beginning his reign at 21 years of age, reigneth 11 years; 
he, by rebelling against Nebuchadnezzar, or rather by con- 
tinuing in an open rebellion (as his fathers had done) 
against God, brought upon Jerusalem and the whole nation 
of the Jews those long deserved calamities which God had 
so often forewarned them of by his prophets ; for, in the latter 
end of the 11th year of Zedekiah, Jerusalem, after a long 
siege, is taken by Nebuchadnezzar, and his Chaldeans enter 
it. Zedekiah flees away by night, but, being pursued, is 
taken, and brought prisoner to Riblah. Nebuchadnezzar's 
head quarters : there having first seen his children slaugh- 
tered before his eyes, he has afterwards those- eyes put out, 
and being loaded with chains, is carried away captive to 
Babylon. About a month after the taking of the city, 
Nebuzar-adan , captain of the guard, sent by Nebuchadnez- 
zar, makes his entry into it, sets fire to the temple, the 
king's palace, and some noblemen's houses, and so layeth 
the whole city in ashes ; the walls of Jerusalem being razed 
to the ground, all that were left in the city, and those that 
a little before had fallen to the Chaldeans, with what trea- 
sure he can find, doth Nebuzar-adan carry with him into 
Babylon. 

— Ch. Hi, 26 ; 2 Kings xxv, 21. And thus was Judah car- 
ried out of her own land four hundred and sixty-eight years 
after David began to reign over it. three hundred and eigh- 



ty-eight years after the falling off of the ten tribes, and 134 
years after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel. 

— Jeremiah xlix, 7 ; Ezekiel xxv, 12. Obadiah the pro- 
phet denounceth God's judgments against the Edomites, 
,who now insult over the calamity of the Jews. The same 
do Jeremy and Ezekiel, and the author of the 79th and 137th 
Psalms, who wrote all about the same time. 

THE SIXTH AGE OF THE WORLD 

B. C. 569. The Baylonian empire.— Daniel iv, 29,* 33. 
Nebuchadnezzar, proud of his victories over Egypt, and his 
conquest of Judea and -other countries, and boasting the 
magnificence of his buildings, falls distracted, and is driven 
from the society of men. 

662. — Ch. iv, 34. After seven years spent among the 
beasts of the field, his understanding returning to him, he 
humbly acknowledgeth the power of God, and his goodness 
towards him : and is restored to his kingdom. A few days 
after he dies, having reig'ned about 20 months together with 
his father, and 43 years by himself. 

-=-2 Kings xxv, 27; Jeremiah lii, 31. Evil-merodach his 
son succeeds him in the 37th year of the captivity of Jehoia- 
chin, or Jeconiah, who presently gives order for the en- 
largement of Jehoiachin, and two days after changeth his 
prison clothes, sets him above all the princes of his court, 
and causeth him to eat at his own table. Jehoiachin dies 
about two years after. 

555 — Daniel vii, 1. Belshr.zzar, having removed some 
persons who had murdered his-father Evil-merodach. and 
usurped his throne, succeeds in the kingdom of Babylon. 
In the first year of this king's reign Daniel has the vision of 
the four beasts, signifying the four monarchies of the world, 
and of God delivering over all power and sovereignty to the 
Son of man. 

553. — Daniel viii, 1. In the .third year of Belshazzar, 
Daniel receives the vision of the ram and he-goat, betoken- 
ing the destruction of the Persian monarchy, and the great 
misery which Antiochus should bring upon the people-of 
God. 

538. — Ch. v; Jeremiah xxvii,7; Daniel v ; Isaiah xiii ; 
Habakkuk ii ; Jeremiah xxv. 12. This year Belshazzar 
makes a great feast for all his nobles, and causeth to be 
brought forth all the vessels of the house of the Lord, which 
Nebuchadnezzar his grandfather had brought away from Je- 
rusalem, to the glory of his idols, and dishonour of the true 
God. In the midst of all this jollity a hand appears writing 
on the wall of the room in which the king and his numerous 
guests sit drinking. The king, greatly terrified hereat, sends 
for his Chaldean astrologers and wizards, and commands 
them to read the writing, and give him the interpretation 
of it; but they not being able to do either, Daniel is sent 
for, who reads the writing, and gives the king the interpre- 
tation of it; whereupon Daniel is publicly proclaimed the 
third man in the kingdom. The same night Belshazzar is 
slain, Babylon taken by Cyrus, and the empire translated to 
the Medes and Persians, as had been sundry times foretold 
by the prophets. 

— Ch. 1, li ; Daniel v, 31. Cyrus having given the king- 
dom of Babylon to Darius the Mecle, reserving some palaces 
in the city for himself, he returns through Media into Persia. 

— Ch. vi, 6. Daniel's greatness raising envy in some 
principal courtiers and officers, these contrive his ruin : but 
finding nothing in his management of affairs whereof to ac- 
cuse him, they resolve to order matters so, that Daniel's 
piety towards God shall become an offence worthy of death. 
They move the king to make a decree, that for 30 days no 
petition shall be made to any god or man, but to himself 
only. Which decree Daniel breaks by making supplication 
to his God, and is for doing so cast into a den of lions : but 
being found to have received no hurt there, Darius com- 
mands the conspirators to be cast into the same den, who 
are presently devoured ; and the king publisheth a decree, 
that all persons throughout his dominions shall reverence 
and fear the God of Daniel. 

537. — Ch. ix; Jeremiah xxix, 10; Daniel ix. Towards 
the end of the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, to 
be reckoned from the subversion of the Babylonish empire, 
begins the 70th year of the captivity of the Jews, which, by 
Jeremiah's prophecy, was to be the last year of their cala- 
mity. Upon consideration of which time so near at hand, 
Daniel pours out most fervent prayers to God for the re- 
mission of his own sins, and those of his people ; and for 
that promised deliverance out of their captivity. To whom 
the angel Gabriel brings an answer not only of this, but also 
of the spiritual deliverance of the church by the death of 
the Messiah; uttering that memorable prophecy of the 
seventy weeks. 

' 536. The Persian empire. — Ezra i, 2 ; Isaiah xliv, 28, xliv, 
il, 13. Cyrus, his father Cambyses, and his father in law 
Cyaxares both dying, Persia falls to him by inheritance, ana 
Media by contract of marriage : and so he is possessed of 
the whole eastern empire ; from which time both Xenophon 
(Inst. lib. 8,) reckons the seven years of his reign, and the 
Holy Scripture out of the records of the Mcdes and Per- 
sians, reckons this his first year; for it teacheth us, that in 
this year came forth that renowned edict of his, Thus saith 
Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given 
me all thekingdoms of the earth, and hath charged me to 
build him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah, &c. At 
which time the 70 years of the Babylonish captivity being 
expired, (as was foretold by Isaiah and Jeremiah, the for- 
mer making mention of Cyrus by name) he gives leave to 



all the Jews, dwelling in all parts of his dominions, to re- 
turn to their own country, and commands them immediately 
to fall in hand with rebuilding of the temple. 

He restoreth also all the vessels of the house of God, 
which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from thence ; and con- 
tributes towards the building. 

— Ezra'i, 5, 6, ii ; Nehemiah vii; Acts xxvi, 7 ; Lamen- 
tations i, 1 ; Luke ii, 36. The Jews therefore' return into 
their own country ; the poorer sort having allowance made 
them to defray their charges upon the way. The number 
of the children of the province, or Hebrews born in Chal- 
dea, which with their captain Zerubbabel, and their high 
priest Jeshua, return out of captivity, is 42,360, besides pro- 
selytes, men servants, and maid, servants, to the number of 
7337. Now the particular sums of Ezra's catalogue bein*» 
cast up amount only to 29,818; and those in Nehemi h's 
account make but 31, 031, both which come far short of that 
universal sum of 42,360, which at the bottom of each cata- 
logue is said to be the number of the whole congregation. 
Wherefore the Hebrews in the xxix chapter of their great 
chronicle tell us, that to complete the full sum 42,369, we 
must cast in those of the other ten tribes of Israel, who came 
up out of the captivity with the Jews. For even till the 
last extirpation of the Jewish state there remained some re- 
lics of the other ten tribes,'not only in the dispersion, and 
at Jerusalem, and other cities of Judah ; but also of those 
who kept still in their own seats; for Shalmaneser swept 
not away all out of the whole ten tribes, but left a remnant 
of them in their own country, who were afterwards, together 
with the Jews, Benjamites, and Levites, carried away by 
Nebuchadnezzar into Babylon, and are now dismissed and 
sent back again by Cyrus. 

— Ezra iii, 8, 13. In the second year after their return 
from Babylon, in the second month, they appoint Levites 
to oversee the work of the house of God, and lay the foun- 
dation of the temple ; the old men lamenting, who 53 years 
before had seen the old temple standing, and the younger 
sort rejoicing to see the new one going up. 

— Ch. iv, 5. The Samaritans by the means of certain 
courtiers about Cyrus, whom they had bribed for that, pur- 
pose, disturb the Jews in their >vork of the temple. 

— Ch. iv, 6. In the beginning of the reign of Artaxerxes 
(called in profane story Cambyses) the Samaritans, who 
whilst Cyrus lived, had secretlv undermined the Jews, now 
openly frame a direct accusation in writing against the in- 
habitants of Judah and Jerusalem, and present it to the 
king, who presently forbids the Jews to proceed in the 
building. 

520. — Ch. v, 1. In the second year of king Darius HyV 
taspes 'the same with Ahasueres\ Zerubbabel and Jeshua, 
incited by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, set forward 
the building of the temple. 

— Haggai ii, 1, 9. Haggai prophesieth that the glory of 
this second temple shall be greater than that of the former; 
not as being a more magnificent structure, but in regard the 
blessed Messiah shall one day honour it with his presence 
and from thence propagate peace to all nations. 

519. — Zechariah i, 1, 6. About this time Zechariah the 
prophet exhorteth the Jews to repentance. 

518. — Esther i, ii. Ahasuerus puts away queen Vashti 
his wife, and not long after espouseth Esther, the niece of 
Mordecai the Jew. 

515. — Ezra vi. In the sixth year of Darius, or Ahasuerus, 
the temple is finished; the dedication whereof is celebrated 
with great joy and abundance of sacrifices, the Priests and 
Levites, every one in his place, attending on the ministry 
of the temple. The passover also is celebrated. 

510. — Esther iii; Deuteronomy xxv, 19. Haman an Aga- 
gite, of the race of the Amalekites, a great favourite of king 
Ahasuerus, offended at Mordecai, because he falls not down 
and adores him, as others do, resolves to be revenged on the 
whole nation of the Jews, (which was ever averse to his,) 
and to root it out; for the executing of which purpose, that 
he may find a successful time, he causeth Pur, that is, the 
lot, to be cast before him, for to know the day and month 
wherein the Jews shall be destroyed, and the lot falls on the 
12th month, Adar. 

— Esther iv. Haman obtains an edict from the king, that 
al. Jews, witnoul l-espect to sex or age, upon the thirteenth 
day of the month Adar, be put to death in all the provinces 
of the king's dominions. Hereupon Mordecai, Esther, and 
all the Jews, humble themselves before the Lord by fasting 
and prayer. 

510. — Esther vi. Ahasuerus hearing it read in the chroni- 
cles, that a conspiracy hid been discovered to him by Mor- 
decai, commandeth that he be publicly honoured, and that 
by Haman himself, his deadly enemy. 

509. — Ch. vii, ix. Esther, entertaining the king and Ha- 
man at a banquet, maketh suit for her own life, and her peo- 
ple's, and accuseth Haman. The king, understanding that 
Haman had provided a gallows for Mordecai, causeth him 
to be hanged thereon. In memory of this great deliverante 
the two days of Purim are made festival. 

467. — Ezra vii. Ezra the priest, a man skilled in the law 
of Moses, obtains a large commission from king Artaxerxes. 
to settle the Jewish commonwealth, and to reform the 
church at Jerusalem. 

— Ch. viii. In the seventh year of Artaxerxes, Ezra, with 
a great multitude of Jews, sets out from Babylon. 

455. — Ch. ix, x. Ezra ob'.igeth those who had taken stran 
gers to wife to send them back. 

—Nehemiah ii ; Daniel ix, 24. In the twentieth vear o. 
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king Art; e,xes, Nehemiah a Jew, one of his cup-bearers, [carried from thence half dead ; but by the prayers of Oniasi 1 Maccabees viii. 19- Jos. Ant. 1 18 c 17 Jonathan 
being ma<Jj governor of Judea, obtains leave to build the he is soon after restored to his health. Returning to Seleu- enters into an alliance w'ith the Remans, josephus observes 
walls of Jerusalem, and finish that great work. Here begin cus that sent him, he magnifies the holiness of the temple, that this was the first leamic that ever was known to be 
Daniel's 70 weeks to be fulfilled before the passion of our and the po»ver of God dwelling in it. , between- the Romans and ti"e ,'e- ~ 

Saviour. ! 17G. — 1 Maccabees i, 10. Antibchus Epiphanes succeeds I6Q.*El .Maccabees ix, 55, 70- Jos. Ant i 13 c " 

442. — Nehemiah v, 14. Nehemiah having governed Judea jSeleucus in the kingdom of Syria, and reigneth eleven [Whilst Alcimus commands the wall of" the inner court of 
12 years, returns to the king of Persia. J years, and sorfic months. Who- temple to be pulled down. God strikes him suddenly 

415.— Ch. xiii, 6. This year is the 21st Jubilee, the last i 175. — 2 Maccabeesiv, 7. Jason, by corrupting king An- with a palsv, so that without speaking a word he dies in 
that ever the prophets of the Old Testament saw; for tiochus, obtaineth the office of high priest. great torment. ° 

that place in Nehemiah, chap, xii, 22, is not to be under- j 172. — Ch. iv, 23, 24. Menelaus, brother to Simon the 153.— Jonathan having wearied Bacchides by war corn- 
stood of the last Darius, but of Darius Nothus, who now traitor, being employed by Jason to carry the money to the pelleth him to make a le'ague. and draw off his army! 
reigns in Persia; the full history of Nehemiah ending with king, prorniseth 300 talents of silver above what Jason had 1.53. — 1 Maccabees x, 1 ; Jos. Ant. i, IS. c* 3. Alexander 
the time of Artaxerxes Longimanus, father of this Darius sent, and getteth the priesthood to himself. r>alas, the son of kirn* Antiochus Epiphanes enters with an 

Nothus. ^ | 170. — Ch. iv. 27. Menelaus not paying the moirty he I army into Syria; the = garrison of Ptolemais set open their 

Hitherto (saith Eusebius in his Chronicle, to the 32d.had promised the king at his admission, is summoned to gates to him, by reason of their hatred to kin" Demetrius • 
year of Artaxerxes) the Divine Scriptures of the Hebrews .appear before Antiochus ; he substituteth Lysiiuachus his | who prepares himself for war. 
contain the annals of the times. Put those things which brother in his place 
were done among them afterwards we must deliver out of 
the nooks of the Maccabees, and out of the writings of Jo- 



sephus, who have delivered a general history of the Jewish 
affairs from thence down to the times of the Romans. 

— Ch. xiii; Malachi iv, 4; Lake i, 17; Matthew xi. 14, 
xvii, 12. That Malachi, the >ast of the prophets, was con- 
temporary with Nehemiah, appears from hence, that he no- 
where exhorts the people to the building of the temple, as 
Haggai and Zachary did; but, the temple being now built. 
he reproves those disorders, which Nehemiah at his second 
return with a new commission from Babylon saith he found 
in his absence to have crept in among the Jews ; as mar- 
riage with strange women, withholding of tithes, and 
abuses in the worship of God. And because a succession 
of prophets was not to be expected, as before, he exhort- 
eth the people constantly to adhere to the law of Moses, 
till Christ the chief Prophet should appear; whose fore- 
runner John the Haptist should come in the spirit and 



—1 Maccabees x, 3, 10; Jos. Ant. i, 13. c. 4. Demetrius 
— 1 Maccabees i, 21, 22; 2 Maccabees v ; Jos. Ant. i, 12. desireth an alliance with Jonathan, \aho makes use of this 
c. 7; Daniel xi, 23. Antiochus taketh Jerusalem, and occasion to repair 'the fortifications of Jerusalem. 



sacking it, pillagcth the temple, destroyeth 40,000 of the 
inhabitants, and selleth as many more. He endeavouretl 
also to abolish the worship of God, and forceth many Jew s 
to forsake their religion. The Samaritans now disown 
their relation to the Jews, to whom in prosperity they pre 
tended alliance, and consecrate the temple on mount Ge 
rizim to Jupiter. 

169. — 1 Maccabees viii, 5. Perseus, having made war 
upon the Romans, is this year overcome by them, and the 
kingdom of the Macedonians ends, when from Caranus it 
had stood 626 years. Nevertheless the relics of the Maccdo 
nian empire, while that of the Roman was rising, did yet 
survive in the Ptolemies of Egypt, and the kings of Syria 

167. — Ch. i, 45. King Antiochus, by a public edict, com- 
mands all nations that are subject unto him to observe the 
same way of divine worship, and laying aside their peculiar 



power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers unto their {customs, to profess the same religion with the Grecians; the 



children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just 
See 1 Mace, iv, 46, and ix, 17. 



punishment of death being threatened unto such as shall be 
disobedient; and he appoints overseers over every people 
and nation who shall compel them hereunto. Of the Jews 
many choose rather to undergo the most cruel torments, 
than to offer sacrifice unto idols ; "all which martyrdoms, 
with those glorious sufferings of the seven Maccabean bre- 
thren, are recorded in the two Books of Maccabees. 

Ch. ii ; 2 Maccabees vi ; Jos. Ant. i, 12. c. 8. Matt 
thias, a priest, with his live sons, slay those than are sent 
Samaria, revolteth from Darius, obtains leave of Alexan-lby king Antiochus to compel thein to offer abominable sa- 
der to build a temple on mount Gerizini, and makes Manas- 1 orifices; and alter betake themselves to the desert. They 
ses high priest thereof; to which resort all such as are en- are followed by many others, of whom a great number are 
tangled in unlawful marriage, with all such offenders as stilled in their caves, because they would not defend them 



B. C. 335. — Jos. Ant. i, 11. c. 8. Alexander the Great. 
king of Macedonia, passeth out of Europe into Asia, and 
begins to lay waste the Persian empire. 

332 — Id. ibid. Manasses. brother to Jaddus the high 
priest, refusing to put away his strange wife, is driven from 
the sacrifice : Sanaiiallath his father in law, governor of 



think themselves not safe at Jerusalem. This was the 
rise of that schismatical conventicle of the Samaritans 
See John iv, 20. 

— Jos. Ant. i, II. c.8; Daniel viii, 7, xi, 13. Alexander 
marcheth towards Jerusalem, intending to besiege it. Jad- 
dus the high priest, heariig of it, putteth on his priestly 
ornamcnts,~and accompanied with the people all in white, 
goeth out to meet hirn. Alexander, seeing his habit, falls 
prostrate before him, saying that, whilst he was in Mace- 
donia, a man appeared unto hirn in the very same habit, who 
invited him to come into Asia, and promised to deliver the 
Persian empire into his hands. After this he goes to the 
temple, and offers sacrifice according to the high nriest'9 
direction. They shew him the prophecy of Daniel, That 

• i in should come and destroy the Persians ; wh 

lie is mightily confirmed in his persuasion that he himself 

is the man. Lastly, he bestoweth on the Jews whatever 



selves on the Sabbath day. Mattathias abolishc-th that 
superstition, and exhorts his sons to assert their priviligcs, 
and deliver their country from bondage. 

166. — 1 Maccabees iii ; 2 Maccabees viii ; Jos Ant. i. 12. 
c. 9. Mattathias dies, and Judas Maccabeus takes upon 
him the management of this affair. He delivers his coun- 
try, and purgeth it from the abominations which had been 
committed in it. 

— 1 Maccabees iii; Jos. Ant. i. 12. c. 10. Apollonius, 
governor of Samaria, haying raised an army among the 
Gentiles and Samaritans, falls upon the Jews ; but is dis- 
comfited and shun by'Judas Maccabeus. 

— 1 Maccabees iii, 13; Joseph ut supra. Scroti also, 

governor of tl re up all the forces under 

nd, and invades Judea j him Judas Maccabeus 

encoun BOO of his men on the place, and puts the 



... g 1 1 1 . 
165.— 1 Ma< -7; Jos. Ant. i. 12. c. 1 I. 



.In/ 



Alexander Balas is no less careful to obtain the friendship 
of Jonathan, and, to oblige him, confers on him the high 
priesthood. 

152. — 1 Maccabees x, 15; Jos. Ant % i,13. c. 5; 1 Macca- 
bees x, 21 ; Id. ibid. Jonathan puts on the holy vestment 
on the seventh month of the I60th year of the kingdom of 
the Grecians, at the feast of tabernacles. He was the first 
high priest of the Hasmonean I 

150. — 1 Maccabees x, 'ID, 50; Joseph ubi supra. Deme 
trius and Alexander come to a battle, and Demetrius is 
slain. 

— 1 Maccabees x, 51 ; Jos. c. 7. Alexander Balas, fina- 
ing himself in the peaceable possession of the kingdom of 
Syria, espouseth ( lleopatra, the daughter of Ptolemeus Phi- 
lometor king of Egypt. Alexander highly honours Jona- 
than the high priest at his nuptials. 

143. — 1 Maccab. x, 75; Jos. Ant. i, 13. c. 8. Demetrius 
Nicanor, eldest son of Demetrius Soter, enters into Cilicia 
with an army. King Alexander 1'al.is gives the command 
of Syria to Apollonius, who sets upon Jonathan the high 
priest ; Jonathan defeats li'.m, anil takes Joppe and Azotus, 
and burns the temple of Dagoi: 

14ri. — 1 Maccab. xi ; Jos. loc. citat. Ptolemeus Philome- 
tor, king of Egypt, comes to the relief of king Alexander 
his son in law; Alexander ungratefully sets Ammonius to 
lie in ambush to kill him The treachery being discovered, 
Ptolemeus takes away his daughter from Alexander, and 
marrieth her to Demetrius. Alexander having been driven 
from Antioch, the inhabitants of that place make offer of 
the kingdom to Ptolemeus, bat he rofuseth it, and pcr- 
suadeih them to an epl ol Demetrius for their king. 

145. — 1 Maccab. xi. Alexander returns with a great ar- 
my. Ptolemeus and I)i metritis unite their forces, and 
overcome him in a pitched battle; but Ptolemeus dies of 
the wounds which he re r he had seen the head 

of Alexander sent to him by Zabdiel an Arabian prince. 
Jonathan besiegcth the citadel at Jerusalem, held by a gar- 
rison of Macedonians. Complaint hereof being made to 
l)< iiirtiiiis. Jonathan appeasctii him by presents, and ob- 
taineth new favours for the Jews Demetrius incurreththe 
hatred of his soldiers by abridging then pay in time ol 
peace. 

— Ch. xi. 51 i Jos. Ant. i. 13, c. P. Tryphon, with some 
that revolted from Demetrius', undertakes to 
tablish Antiochus. the son of Alexander Balas, in the king- 
dom of Sj i ii 

(44, — | Maccab. xi, 55. Demetrius is vanquished by 
voung Antiochus, and mule to fly into Seleucia. <• 



favours they desire, and departeth. 

I, The .Macedonian empire.— The Persians are o%<-r- defeats a great army, winch Antiochus sent honours aro by Antiochus conferred on Jonathan, who as- 

come, Darius slain, and Alexander remains universal mo- igainsl the Ji ' turne with a greater pov jnm against Demetrius, 

narchofthe eastern world. Juda kills 6000 of his men, and caueeth him to retreat. He — Ch. xn ; Jos. Ant. i, 13. c 9. c 10. Jonathan renew 

-Jos. Ant. i. 12.e. 1; 1 Mace. i. Alexander ha h tin- temple, and setteth u in order, after it had his alliance with the Romans and Lacedemonians, and for- 

rciemed six years and tet lieth : his arm lain desolate three years; and buildeth a wall about Sion. ti i Ji ilom. ...»». 

tntigonusin - 9; J " ' '" ' '°* ' ^ u " \ 

', Maccabees xiii. Antiochus is taken with a|tiochus, and i a in his lead but fearing Jon 



himself governor of Asia, Selencus of Babylon and Che 
bordei ■ Lysimachus hath the Hellespont ; • '■ 

sandcr. Macedon ; and Ptolemeus, the son of Lagus, gets 
Egypt 



1 - c i.i ■ 

■ pnm~rn"hi id i h i rottenm "■ "' ' '' "' ! " 1 " ' '"" '" l ''" 1, '" " 

his flesh thai ail ; he confes eth that he in with lum some lew ol I" • nmising to deliver that 

J for the wr done to Jem lem, and dieth in the|city into, hi ' nery, 



•l*Jo,-Jos. Ant i, 12.C..1. Ptolemeo*. sornamed So rearofthe kingdom of the Grecians. Hie son An-, e only with 1000 men to rryphon at Ptolemaisj bntas 

makes himselfmaster of Jerusalem by a stratagem; for be tator, a child about nine yean old, su iredthecity, rryphon commands the gates 

enters the city on d iy under pretence of offering |He moketh peace with the Jews, but quickly breaketh i!;,i.> .»• 
sacrifice; ana whilst the Jews suspect nothing, but spend Inepul to death Ucnclaus the high priest, and cdnfers that | put w 
the day in ease and idlem s, he surpriseth the city without i oui upon Ucimus or Jaciroos. 



nice, and makctb the citizens captives, lie -endi'li 
several colonics of Jews into Egypt, and puis groat confi- 
dence in them. 

1. — Jos. Ant. i. 12. c. 2. Ptolemeus Philadelphia 
of Ptolemeus Sotor.beingagreat favourer of learning, Inn Ids 
a most magnificent library at Alexandria. Demetrius Pha- 
lerius, to whom he had committed the care of procuring 

all sorts of books, and out of all countries, persuadi 

to employ 72 Jews in translating the Holy Script] ■ 
of the original Hebrew into the Greek tongue, which was 
done in the seventh year of his reign. The king also dis- 
misseth many captive Jews, and dedicates many piescnts 
to the temple of God at Jerusalem. 

177. — 2 Maccabees iii. One Simon, a man of the tribe 
of Benjamin, governor of the temple, falling out with Onina 
the high priest, goes to Apollonius the governor of Celo- 
syria, and informs him that there is a vast treasure in the 
temple : Apollonius acquaints king Selencus his master with 
it, who presently sends his treasurer Heliodorus to Jerusa- 
lem, to bring this money away. Heliodorus entering the 
Ismple, ;s by angels struck down in the very place, and 



but. Jonathan is taken prisoner, and all his nun 

i be word. 
i \i .. . . mii 1 Jos. Int. lib. 13 c. 10, M. The Jews 




—1" Maccabees vii, Demetrius Soter, the son of Seleu- Simon i lely monumonl for his lather ind I 

;r Rome, and comes Syria, where he brethren. 

h him elf to !»■ i rowned km};, and putteth to death 



Antiochus and Lysias 

161.— 2 Maccabees xiv; Jos. knt.i,12.c. 17. Demetrius, 
at the in tance of Alcimus, send Nicanor with d 
my again • luds Ma» ibeus, whom he cml. 

Tbey i battle, and Nicanor is slain. 

II, i, end the continued history of the second book of 
ing an abstract and breviary of the five book 

..n. B Jew of Cj n nc. 

— 1 Maccabees ix ;' foe. Am. i, 12. c. 1 I, 19, K 
meiriiis sends Bacchides with a new army, consisting of 

20,000 men. against Judas Mnrrahrui ; .hid r 

with nun bul ■■<*' men, rentnres to engage bim, and isslain. 
liis brother Jonathan is chosen general in his stead. 



i Maccab. riil,31 I, I3.c. 12. 1 ryphon 

murders the young Antiochus, ami puts the crown on his 
own head. 

—1 Maecab. vn. 18; Jos. tnt i. 13. c. 13. Tb« Ro 
mans and Lncodcmoniani renew thoii leagues with Simon, 
and wi ite ihcui in tables of bi 

142, — Simon has the government and higl pricsihood 
i on lum and bis hell ■ 
discharged from all manni mii ibub 
1 1, t ikes Sion, the fori oul r, t 'he 

nty all idolaters, cles , and 

placeth in the dtj sueii i oretrui worshipper ofOod. 

139, 138. — Jos. Ant. I, 13. o. I -'• Tryphon 1 * vies rendei 
him so odiouB to fun soldiers, that they submit thcrnerlTes 
7 



The seventh Age 



INDEX TO THE HOLY BIBLE. 



of the World. 



to Cleopatra, Demetrius's relict. She marrieth Antiochusi 26. — Jos. Ant. i, 18, c. 3. Towards the end of this year 
Soter, Demetrius's brother, and causeth him to be crowned! Pontius Pilate is sent to be procurator of Judea in the 



king. Antiochus drives Tryphon out of Syria, besiegeth 
hiir> in Dora, whence he flies to Apamea, where he is taken 
and slain. 

135. — 1 Maccab. xvi; Jos. Ant. i, 13, c. 14. Simon the 
high priest traversing the cities of Judea, and taking care 
for their orderly government, comes down with his two 
sons, Mattathias and Judas, to Jericho ; I'tolemeus, the son 
of Abubus, Simon's son in law, invites them to a castle 
which he had^fortified, called Dochus, and there, whilst he 
entertains them at a banquet, barbarously murders them. 
John Hircanus succeeds his father in the high priesthood. 

Here ends the first book of Maccabees, containing the 
history of forty years. 

130.— Jos. Ant, i, 13, c. 17. John Hircanus takes She- 
chem, and demolishe^h the temple on mount Gerizim 200 
years after it had been built by Sanaballat. 

107.— Jos. i, l,Bell. c. 3, Ant. lib. 13. c. 19, & lib. 20, 
c. 8. Judas, eldest son of Hircanus, otherwise called Aris- 
tobulus, and surnamed Philellen, succeeds his father in the 
government and the high priesthood ; lie was the first of 
any, that after the return from the captivity of Babylon, set 
a crown upo>i his head, and changed the state into a mo- 
narchy. 

88. — Luke ii, 37. Anna the prophetess, daughter of Pha- 
nuel, of the tribe of Asher 4 this year becoming a widow, 
departs not fiom the temple, but serveth God with fasting 
and prayer night and day, for 84- years together, until such 
time as she sees Christ in the temple. 

63. — Jos. Bell. c. 5, Ant. lib. 1-1, c. 8. Jerusalem is this 
year taken by Pompey ; who meddles not with any of the 
treasure which was in the temple, but makes the Jews tri- 
butary to the Romans. 

Here begins the empire of the Roman Cesars, when Ju- 
lius Cesar, having overthrown Pompey at the battle of 
Pharsalia, vias made perpetual dictator. 

B. C. 49. The Roman empire, 40. — Jos. i, 14, c. 25. He- 
rod, the son of Antipas, or Antipater, an Idumean, is this 
year by the Romans declared king of Judea. 

38, 37.— Id. ibid. c. 28. l, 1, BeH. c. 13. Herod, assisted 
by Sosius the Roman general, lays siege to Jerusalem, and 
takes it ; the soldiers fill all corners of the city with blood, 
rapine, and cruelty. Antigonus, the prince and high priest, 
is by Sosius carried away prisoner to Rome, and Herod put 
in full possession oi the kingdom. 

31. — About this time Hillel, a Babylonian, descended 
from David, flourished at Jerusalem; one of whose disci- 
ples was Jonathan, the son of Uzziel, the famous author of 
the Chaldee paraphrase. 

28, 27.— Dionys. lib. 52, Jos. Ant. lib. 20. Cesar Octa- 
vianus, nephew to Julius Cesar, in his fifth consulship, with 
the assent of the senate and people of Rome, assumes the 
title of emperor ; at which time the government among the 
Romans was legally changed from a republic into a monar- 
chy. The next year following he is by the senate surnamed 
Augustus. 

18. — John ii, 20. Herod this year begins to enlarge, or 
rather to rebuild, the temple at Jerusalem, 46 years before 
the first passover of the ministry of Christ, and in nine year; 
and a half finisheth that magnificent structure. 

6. — Luke i, 11. The angel Gabriel appears to Zachary 
the priest, as he is offering incense in the temple, telling 
him that a son shall be born unto him, whom he shall call 
John ; who also shall be a Nazarite, and the forerunner of 
the Lord in the spirit and power of Elias. 

5. — Ch. i, 26. In the sixth month after John was con- 
ceived, the same angel Gabriel is sent by God to Nazareth 
in Galilee, to the most blessed Virgin Mary (espoused to 
Joseph, a person of the house and lineage of David ;) the 
angel declares unto her, that she shall conceive by the 
overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, 
and call his name JESUS 

4. — Ch. i, 57. John the Baptist born six months before 
Christ. 

THE SEVENTH AGE OF THE WORLD. 

B. C. 4. — Luke ii, 6. Christ our Lord and Saviour in 
the fulness of time is born of the blessed Virgin Mary at 
Bethlehem, and laid in a manger. 

— Ch. ii, 21. On the eighth day after his nativity he is 
circumcised, and named JESUS. 

— Matt, ii, 1, 12. The wise men of the east bring pre- 
sents to the new-born king of the Jews. 

— Ch. ii, 14. Joseph flees into Egypt with the child Je- 
sus, and Mary his mother. 

— Ch. ii, 16. Herod commands the infants in and about 
Bethlehem to be slain. 

3.— Ch. ii, 19; Jos. Ant. i, 17, c. 17. Herod dieth, and 
his son Archelaus is by Cesar made tetrarch of Jud 
other dominions, which belonged to Herod, arc divided 
among his sons. 

— Matt, ii, 21, 23. Christ, by God's appointment is brought 
back out of Egypt into Nazareth. 

The first year of the vulgar Christian Kra begins. 

A. D. 8. — Luke ii, 46. By occasion of the passover our 
Lord goes up with his parents to Jerusalem, and tiiere dis- 
putes with the doctors in the temple. 

Augustus dies, and Tiberius succeeds him. 

14. — Josephus, called Caiaphas, is made high priest of the 
JeVs by the favour of Valerius Grat.us, the Roman governor. 



place of Valerius Gratus. 
27.— Matt, iii, 1 ; Mark 



2; Luke iii, 3;"John i, 7; 



—John xii, 3. Mary the sister of Lazarus anoints our 
Saviour's feet with costly spikenard, and wipeth them with 
the hair of her head. 

—Matthew xxi ; Mark xi ; Luke xix ; John xii ; Isaiah Hi ; 



Isaiah xii, 1. John the Baptist begins to preach and to bap- jZechariah ix, 9. Christ rideth in triumph into Jerusalem ; 
tize in the desert of Judea, thereby preparing the way of the multitude spread their garments in the way, and cry, 



the Lord, and doing his endeavour tljat Christ coming after 
him may be made known unto Israel. Unto John God gives 
a sign whereby he may know the Lord's Christ, that upon 
whom he shall see the Spirit descending and remaining on 
him, the same is he which shall baptize with the Holy 
Ghost. 

Matt, iii, 13; Mark i, 9 ; Luke iii, 22. Jesus, entering 
upon the thirtieth year of his age, comes from Galilee to 
Jordan, and is baptized of John ; at which time a most illus- 
trious manifestation is made of the blessed Trinity ; for the 
Son of God ascending out of the water, and praying, the 
heavens are opened, and the Spirit of God in the shape of 
a dove descends upon him ; and the voice of the father is 
heard from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased. 

— JohD i, 34. John sees it, and bears record that this is 
the Son of God. 

Matt, iv, 1 ; Mark i, 12. Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, 
returns from Jordan, and is led by the Spirit into the wil- 
derness, where he fasteth forty days and forty nights, and is 
tempted by the devil. 

"0. — Luke iv, 1, 14. After this our Lord returns into 
Galilee. 

— John i, 35, 47. John gives testimony to our Saviour 
passing by him; Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathaniel, 
acknowledge him to be the Messias, and become his dis- 
ciples. 

— Ch. ii, J. Christ at a marriage in Cana of Galilee, 
turneth water into wine ; this was his first miracle. 

The first passover of Christ's public ministry, from which 

the first year of the seventieth and last of Daniel's weeks 

begins. In which the covenant is confirmed with many, 

Dan ix, 27, compared v>ith Matt, xxvi, 28. 

A. D. 30. — John ii, 13. Jesus cometh to Jerusalem at 
the time of the passover, and entering into the temple, 
scourgeth out those that bought and sold there. The Jews 
require a sign of his authority : Christ bids them destroy 
that temple, (understanding the temple of his body) and in 
three days he will raise it up. 

—Matt, xiv, 3; Mark vi, 17; Luke iii, 19. Herod the 
tetrarch casteth John the Baptist into prison for reprehend- 
ing his incest with his brother Philip's wife, and other evils 
done by him. 

— John iv, 7, 42. Christ discovers himself to the woman 
of Samaria. 

. 31. — Luke iv, 43. He goes throughout all Galilee, 
teaching in the synagogues, and working miracles 

Matthew called to be a disciple. 

The second passover of Christ's ministry, John v, 1, com- 
pared with iv, 3, 5, from which the second year of the 
seventieth week of Daniel begins.,. • 
A. D. 31. — John v, 1. Jesus comes up to Jerusalem at 
the time of the feast, and heals on the sabbath-day a man 
that had an infirmity 38 years, lying at the pool of Bethesda. 
He makes a most divine apology to the Jews that sought to 
kill him, because he said that God was his father. 

Luke v, 13; Matt, v, vi, vii ; Luke vi, 20. Christ out 
of the multitude of his disciples chooseth twelve, whom he 
calleth Apostles ; namely, Peter, Andrew, James, John, 
Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of 
Alpheus, Simon called Zelotes, Judas the brother of 
James, and Judas Iscariot. To these our Saviour chiefly 
directs his discourse in that glorious, full, and admirable 
sermon on the mount. 

32. — Mark vi, 7; Matt, x, 1. Jesus sends his twelve 
apostles by two and two to preach, and heal the sick. 

— Mark vi, 35. John the Baptist is beheaded in prison 
by Herod's command. 

Luke ix, 12 ; John vi, 1, 15. Jesus feeds 5000 men, 
besides women and children, with five barley loaves and 
two little fishes. He refuses to be made a king. 

The third passover of Christ's ministry, John iv, 4. from 

which the third year of the seventieth week of Daniel 

begins. 

A. D. 32.— Matt, xvii, 1; Mark ix, 1,7; Luke ix, 28. 
Jesus is transfigured on the mount ; Moses and Elias are 
seen to talk with him; and a voice from heaven is heard a 
second time, saying this is my beloved son ; hear him. 

— Matt, xvii, 24. Christ payeth tribute to Cesar. 

— Luke ix, 51. A certain village of the Samaritans re- 
fuseth our Saviour entertainment in his way to Jerusalem : 
the disciples, desiring to call for fire from heaven to con- 
sume them, are severely reprehended. 

— Ch. x, 1. The seventy disciples are scat out by two 
and two to work miracles, and to preach. 

33. — Ch. x, 2. Christ teacheth his disciples to pray. 

— John xi, 1. Christ raiseth Lazarus, that had been bu- 
ried four days. 

A. D. 33. — John xi, 1. Caiaphas. high priest of the 
Jews, prophesieth concerning the death of Christ. 

— Luke xix, 1. Zaccheus a publican converted. 

— Mark x, 46. Cir.'ist restoreth to blind Bartimeus hi 
sight. 



Hosanna to the son of David. Coming near the city, he 
weeps over it, and foretels its destruction. He enters the 
temple, and casteth out those that bought and sold there; 
and heals the blind and lame. 

— Matthew xxi, 19. He curseth the fruitless fig tree, 
and the next morning it is found dried up and withered. 
Thence he takes occasion to shew the power of faith. 

The fourth passover, in which Christ our passover was 
sacrificed, 1 Cor. v, 7, and so an end is put to all legal 
sacrifices prefiguring this great expiation. The fourth 
or middle year of Daniel's last week begins, Dan. ix, 27- 
A. D. 33. — Matthew xxvi; Mark xiv; Luke xxii. On the 
first day.of unleavened bread, when the passover of the ' 
Jews was to be slain, (April 2,) in the evening, Jesus eat- 
eth the passover with his disciples, and institutes the sacra- 
ment of his body and blood in bread and wine. 

John xiii. Christ washeth his disciples' feet, and ex- 
horteth them to humility and charity. 

Ch. xviii. In the self-same night Christ is betrayed by 
Judas, mocked, buffeted, and spit upon, by the soldiers. 

— Matt, xxvii; Mark xv ; Luke xxiii ; John xix. Next day 
he is condemned by Pilate, and crucified ; the sun during 
the crucifixion is darkened, and the veil of the temple rent 
in the midst. Christ praying for his enemies gives up the 
ghost. Joseph of Arimathea begs the body, and lays it in 
a new sepulchre. 

— Psalm xxii; Matthew xxviii; Mark xvi; Luke xxiv; 
John xx. On the third day, the next after^the Jewish 
sabbath, (April 5,) Christ riselh from the dead, his resur- 
rection is declared by angels to the women that came to 
the sepulchre. Christ first appeareth to Mary Magdalene, 
and afterwards to his disciples, and dineth with them. 

— Actsi; Matt, xxviii. Christ bringeth his apostles to 
mount Olivet ; commandeth them to expect in Jeruselem 
the sending down of the Holy Ghost : sends them to teach 
and baptize all nations, and blesses them; and while they 
behold, he is taken up, and a cloud receives him out of 
their sight. After his ascension the disciples are warned 
by two angels to depart and to set their minds upon his se- 
cond coming; they accordingly return, and, giving them- 
selves to prayer, choose Matthias to be an apostle in the 
place of Judas. 

— Acts ii. On the day of Pentecost {May 24,) the Holy 
Ghost descendeth on the apostles in the form of cloven 
tongues, like as of fire, and enableth them to speak all lan- 
guages. Peter the same day preacheth Christ and the re- 
surrection, and about 3000 believers are added to the church. 
— Ch. iii. Peter by faith in Christ's name healethalame 
man. 

Ch. iv. The rulers of the Jews, offended at Peter's 
sermon, and his miraculous cure of the lame man, cast both 
him and John into prison ; upon their examination they 
boldly avouch the lame man to be healed by the name o. 
Jesus, and that by the same Jesus we must be eternally 
saved. After this the Jews forbid them to speak any more 
in that name ; but the apostles answer, That it is fit they 
should obey God rather than men. They are threatened, 
and let go. 

Ch. v, 1, 17. Ananias and his wife Sapphira for thci- 
hypocrisy are suddenly struck dead. 

The apostles are again cast into prison by the high priest ; 
but an angel sets them at liberty ; and bids them preach the 
Gospel to the people without fear : being taken agair 
teaching in the temple, they are brought before the coun- 
cil ; where by the advice of Gamaliel, a Pharisee, and doc- 
tor of the law, they are delivered. 

34. — Ch. vi, vii. The number of believers increasing at 
Jerusalem, the apostles ordain seven deacons, who should 
distribute the alms of the whole church to the widows and 
poorer sort of believers. Stephen, one of these deacons, 
having confounded some that disputed with him, is by them 
falsely accused of blasphemy, and brought before the coun- 
cil, where he reprehends their rebellion, and murdering of 
Christ. Whereupon they cast him out of the city, and 
stone him; he in the meantime praying for them. 

— Acts viii. A great persecution of the church at Jeru 
saiem follows after the death of the first martyr Stephen. 

Ch. viii, 5. Philip, one of the seven deacons, preach- 
eth at Samaria, and converteth many; worketh miracles, 
and healeth the sick. Simon the sorcerer, seeing the won- 
ders that are done by Philip, believeth, and is baptized. 

Ch. viii, 15. The apostles at Jerusalem, hearing that 
Samaria had received the faith, send thither Peter and 
John to confirm and enlarge the church. The apostles 
by prayer and imposition of hands confer the Holy Ghost 
on all believers. Simon Magus offers tJiem money, that he 
may receive the power of conferring the same, whose im- 
piety is sharply reproved by Feter. Having completed 
their ministry in those parts, they return to Jerusalem. 

35. Ch. viii, 26. An angel sendeth Philip to teach and 

baptize the Ethiopian eunuch. 

Ch. ix, 1. Saul, a violent persecutor of all that call 

on the name of Jesus, and one who consented to the death 
of Stephen, goes now towards Damascus with commission 
from the high priest and the council to apprehend all 
Christians in those parts, and to bring them bound to Jeru 



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mm 



salem; on the way he is miraculously converted by a voice apostles wil 
from heaven; and three days after baptized by Ananias at them that 
Damascus, where he preacheth the Gospel of Christ withlthere come 
great boldness, to the astonishment ot those that knew 'the people 
upon what design he was sent thither. Istoned and 

'38.— Ch. ix, 23; 2 Corinthians xi, 32; Galatians i, 18. 'disciples sti mpared with 
Saul having preached the Gospel at Damascus a long time, 'departs wit f meaning in 



the Jews lay wait to kill him, but he escapeth from thence, 
and comes to Jerusalem ; there he sees Peter, and James 
the brother of our Lord, and abides with them fifteen 
days. Here he speaks boldly in the name of Jesus, and 
disputes with the Grecians, or rather Jews that used the 



epistle to t 
"I Tim< . 



REMARKS. 



-- meaning in 
Ch. xn . ica i e g- ects f 
Paul w-as c howe not 
speakable v , , 

*s and duties ; 



a doctrine : it 



j w j, Sometimes the 
embraces tl nan one dut y. 

52. ActP es 'g ne dly left 

Judea to A jot or tittle of 
be circumc here revealed, 
and BarnabWhen g, or o, 
and others not supersede 
The decreelthe beginninff 

oj.-wi.i. other subject 
the c hurch pu u ou h J t to 
Barnabas a: ^ ^ • 
Syria and t . . . . , 

-Ch. xvt dtob ° t , au f ht 

homlbecf 611 ^ 1110 " 611 

father a Gef tood b > T P u P l]s 



Greek tongue. These also consult how they may kill him 
— Acts xxii, 17. While Saul prays in the temple, he is 
in a trance, and the Lord appears unto him, and bids him 
to depart from Jerusalem, because they will not receive 
his testimony ; adding that he will send him to the Gen- 
tiles. 

— Ch. ix, 30; Galatians i, 21. Saul leaving Jerusalem 
goes to his own country Tarsus, and from thence travels 
into Syria and Cilicia. 

— Acts ix, 32, 36. Peter visits the churches of Judea, 
Galilee, Samaria, &c. At Lydda he cureth Eneas of the 
palsy ; and at Joppa restoreth Tabitha to life. 

41. — Ch. x. At Cesarea, Cornelius a centurion, by pray- 
ers and alms finds favour in the sight of God, and is com- 
manded by an angel to send for Peter now at Joppa. God 

by a vision teacheth Peter not to despise the Gentiles, him along v3 m will. Nor 
Peter, being sent for by Cornelius, goes and preacheth into Macedpay occur. It 
Christ to him and a great company that were met at his part of MaJmilies in some 
house: while Peter preacheth, the Holy Ghost falls upon certain majraycr Sabbath 
them all ; and immediately the apostle baptizeth them. losing a coijthey had read, 

— Ch. xi. Pe:er, at his return to Jerusalem, is accused u - 
by those of the circumcision for conversing with the Gen 
tiles ; but he declares to them his vision, and the whole 
matter concerning Cornelius ; and they glorify God for 
granting to the Gentiles also repentance unto life. 

The believers, who ever since the martyrdom of Ste 
phen, and the persecution thereupon ensuing, had been 
dispersed throughout all Phenice and ( lyprus, come now to 
Antioch, and preach the Gospel to the Greeks there, hav- 
ing before preached to none but the Jews. The church at 
Jerusalem understanding this, and that the number of be- 
lievers increased exceedingly, sends Barnabas thither to 
confirm them ; he goes to Tarsus, and takes Saul along with 
him to Antioch, where they continue a whole year, con- 
verting multitudes to the faith. Here the disciples were 
first called Christians. 

4-1. — Ch. xii. About this time James the brother of John 
is beheaded by the command of Herod Agrippa. He also 
imprisoneth Peter, whom an angel delivers upon the pray- 
ers of the church. This same Herod, not long after, speak- 
ing to the people at Cesarea, some of them cry out, It is 
the voice of God, and not of man : and immediately an lio, procons 



before the J> r tant benefits 
and iinprisi 

and singing. of im p orta nt 
their bonds heet a careful 

h?, n r"? d Wting Bible 
his whole i /-,. & . 
selves, and > an Church, a 

54.— Ch. 
through Ai 
lonica, whe 
preacheth t 
cute him. 
soon after 
pliers, and 
whom the 
Dionysius t 

— Ch. 
Priscilla, n< 
Claudius 
thence wri* things may 

55.— Pau" 



few years since, originally drawn by Dr. Romeyn, and politely communicated to 
me, in his own hand-writing. 

— ©©©— 

OUTLINES FOR BIBLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION. 
" I. The historical part of the portion of scripture, which constitutes the lesson 
— including the two great divisions, the church and the world 

II. The biographical part, including the two great classes, believers and 
unbelievers ; with the effects which their good and bad example have had upon 
the church and the world. 

III. The doctrinal part, including the nature and perfections of God — the 
character, person, offices, and work of Christ — the actual state of man by the 
fall, &c. &c. — marking distinctly the gradual increase of knowledge on these 
points from age to age, through the patriarchal and levitical dispensations, till the 
Christian dispensation furnished mankind with the clear, full devclopement of 
God s gracious purposes towards our fallen state. 

IV. The preceptive part, including the whole range of our duties, according to 
the moral law. 

V. The positive ordinances, including the sacraments, types, sacrifices, the 
priesthood, the temple service ; distinguishing between these positive., institutions, 
and moral duties — the first dependant on the will of God, and therefore mutable — 
the last on his nature, and therefore immutable : marking the changes of the first 
from time to time, with the reasons for the change, and unfolding the influence 
which they obviously were intended to have upon the spiritual exercises of our 
hearts, and our obedience to the moral law. 

VI. The practical lessons which the historical and biographical parts furnish 
for the regulation of human conduct, in all the relations of life." 

N. B. In these outlines it will be understood that general questions should be 
asked the pupils ; and full instruction given by the Pastors under each division 



KEY. 



troversy ab 

judgment b< 

56.— Ch 



angel of the Lord smites him, because he gave not the 
glory to God; and he is eaten of worms, and dieth. 

45. — Ch. xiii. Barnabas and Saul set forward in their 
preaching of the Gospel. They plant the Christian faith eth to Epl 
in Seleucia, Cyprus, and other places. At Paphos they that he m 
preach the Gospel to Surgius Paulus, governor of that coun- 
try. Elymas, a sorcerer, withstanding them, and endea- 
vouring to turn away Sergius from the faith, is at Saul's re- 
buke struck blind. From this time Saul is always called 
by his new name Paul ; he preacheth at Antioch ; the 
Gentiles believe, but the Jews gainsay and blaspheme. 
Whereupon he and his assistants turn tb the Gentiles, and 
come to Iconium. 



eis it found? 



f' 



ed ; or pro- 
sought? By 
i whose ac- 



(loivn to A 
and I'hr, 
67.— CI 

the schooljls it morally 

"SCfil a icnewcd 

60.— At tl it? 



gain, raiseJiirrht by prc- 
46. — Acts xiv ; 2 Corinthians xi, 25. At Iconium theyjtlic town ck J? 
.-rsecuted and ready to he stoned From hence they — 1 Corir ' 
Hy to Lystra aud Derbe, cities of Lycaonia. At LyatraJarisetb in this passage ? 
Paul healing a cripple, the multitude cry out, that the cods in or aboutbg f 
are come down, and call Barnabas, Jupiter ; and Paul, thians. 
Mercurius; and would have sacrificed to them, had not the; — Acts x 



A EXIIOR- 



point out m 
or duty con- 

A TABLED censurable 

ils attended? 
wherein whosoever are it this country, 

A Man may not ?nnrri/ hi3 



1 Grandmother, 

2 Grandfather's wife, 

3 Wife's grandmother, 

4 Father's sister, 

5 Mother's sister, 

S Father's brother's wife, 
■> Mother's brother's wife 

8 Wife's father's sister, 

9 Wife's mother's sister. 

10 Mother, 

1 1 Stepmother, 

12 Wife's mother, 
. 3 Daughter, 

14 Wife's daughter. 
' 5 Son's wife, 
173 



16 Sister, 

17 Wife's sister, 

18 Brother'.i wife, 

19 Son '3 daughter, 



ested ? 

nted of God 1 
fhim? AVI, at 

20 Daughter's daiiglil c „l )s ,. rv ,.,| J 

21 Son's son's wife, ,, ,,. 

M Daughter's son's }" obligatory 

23 Wife's sons daugince between 

I Wife's daughter'! 

25 Brother's daugfit 

26 Sister's daughter 

27 Brother's son's w 

28 Sister's son's wil 

29 Wife's brother's 
90 Wife's sister's da 



1 the propriety of profound attention. 



'{ 

■{ 



r{ 



What INSTRCTIONS are imparted in this parable 1 or in this 
metaphor ? What is their practical tendency ? 

What KNOWLEDGE, or want of knowledge of human nature 
is here particularly manifested ? 

What statute, rite, service, or appendage of the LEVITICAL 
DISPENSATION is here mentioned ? Why appointed ? 

What LOFTY FLIGHTS of devotional fervour ! Whal long- 
ings after intimate communion with God are here manifested 

What MIRACLE is here recorded ? By whom, and for whal 
purpose wrought ? In whose name, and by whose authority? 
What effect had it on the witnesses ? 

What is worthy of particular notice in this NAME? 

What ORIENTAL or ancient custom may here bo learned? or 
what do you know of one which will elucidate this passage? 

What PROHIBITION is here directly or indirectly made? Wh\ 
is this deed, or word, or (hough) forbidden 1 

WI1.1i prophecy is here RECORDED? At what period of time'' 
Has it been fulfilled 1 How? Whenl 

What affecting SCENE is here exhibited ? What feelings should 
it produce ? 

What SUBLIMITY of thought or of language is here? What 
inference follows ? 

What doctrinal TRUTH is here inculcated ? Is it directly or in- 
directly taught 1 How illustrated 1 How applied! What prac- 
tical influence should it have I 

What TYPE of Christ, or typical transaction can be distinctly 
traced lure 1 

What. UNJUSTIFIABLE action in a virtuous character 1 Or 

What Unusual excellence ill one not pious, is here recorded I 
What VISION is here <h scribed ? To whom and why given ? 

What WO is here denounced or executed 1 or warning given 1 

What is its import? Against whom denounced, OT to whom 
given ? 



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INDEX TO THE HOLi BIBLE. 



oj the World 



wICDi: on the way ho is miraculously converted by 

from heaven; and three days after baptu.cd l^A^'i'^." 1 

PlIUMCOS, 



i) among them 



■ preacfieth the Gospel of Christ with 



■;m...t,l up i 



dive. Here he speak* bnhlly in Hie name nl Jcuu* a 
J 1 .p,H/. a with the GreCMiis, or rather Jew :! thai n,cl H 
iim-1, l-npun. Ttie>.' aUoconeiilt hoe. iheyirm kill hu 
— Acta tiii,. 17. While Saul prays 111 (he temple. '■-■ 
inn trance, and the Lord appeals unto him. ai 

lo itr'ii.irt from Jene .dcin, l>cca.i«c the- will 
.. .S^ -aas— .l.. i .:tl . fl| ,j f 



tstimony ; adding that ho « 



i, and bids bill 
rot receivt 
o tho Gen' 

— Ch, ix, 30; Galatians i, SI. Saul leaving Jerusalem 
ma to his own country Tarsus, and from thence travel; 

l atn Svrm and Cilicia. 

— Acta ix. 32, 36". Peter visits the churches of Judca, 
flahleo, Samaria, &c. At L'ydria he curcth Eneas of the 
palsy; and nl Joppa rc^n.reih Tihiiha to life. 

41.— Ch. i. At f'ceire;,, Cornelius ,i centurion. I-V pray- 
ers nnd alms finds fiumr in the sir-ht ..I" God, aod is com- 
mamlcd to an Jtigel to send for Peter now .it Joppa. God 
by a fiiloo teichoth Peter not to despise the Gentiles. 
I'ctci. Iicinr> pent h.r b) » 'orrieliun, (j«c9 and prencheth 
Chri"t to him nnd ;i great company ili.il ivcre met nl his 
limiEC : while 1'cter nrcachcUi, the Unit tiho-t falls upon 
them all i and immediately llic .iiiotlle loplmclh them 






thp'cunini 



glorify God fo 
into life. 
myrdom of Stc 
iniinff, had beci 



jjirus. 



■\iiliiii-li. and preach the (ins-pel lo M.c Greeks there, hav 
iin; licfiro pre i> hcl to none but the Jews. The church a' 
Jerusalem umlena .mduip tin-, and thai the number of be 
liovera increased > ■■■ ecdnii;lv. jcnd.H ll-.rn.ibas thither U 
ronlirin them ; he piM to 'I'rxri-up , md tike. Saul aim. i; wit I 
him lo Aiitioch, where they continue ;\ whole year, con 
nvliiir; multitude-, to the faith Mere the diticipk;; wen 
tint cille.i Christians. 
+1— Ch. lii. About this time James tho brother of John 

■ i beheaded by the command of Herod Agrippa. He also 

urijrin th feter, whom an angel delivers upon the prav- 

fra of the church This i. mie lie rod. not long after, speak- 
ing lu the people at (V are i. some of I hem cry out, It is 
the voice, of Cod. and not of man : nnd immediately an 
ir, t 'p.| ( ,f the Lord smite* liiia, because he gave not the 
glory to Gud ; and he is eaten of worms, nnd dieth. 

46. — Ch. aid. Barnaul and Saul tei forward in their 

Vrti- tune nl the Gospel. They piant the Christian faith 

-'-'■ i. 1. 1 I'vpniu. and other p)acc ; i. At I'aphi.a (hey 

■ ' ' i. 'lie <ii. !•■ 1 in Sill •in-. I 'iiul II':. |;.>V.-'rriOr "I" tint I fill II- 

trv I'lymaa. a eorccrer, v\ lUi.-aaDdini.' ihein, and endca- 
•■'iriii- to tarn a»vm Scn-nm from the hntli, is at Saul's re- 
buke struck blind From Una time Saul is always called 
ay bil new name P»ul *, he preachetb at Antioch ; the 
iipriiili-n believe, but the Jews gainsay and blaspheme. 
Wliorcijnm In- and his assistants turn to the Gentiles, and 

•Hi.— Acts xiv i 2 Corinthians xi, 25. At Iconiuin thoy 
KB ponecntcd and ready to he stoned From hence they 
ih in I.v-tra aud Derbe, cities of I.ycnonia. At Lyslm, 
Ci'il lieilui' a cripple. the multitude cry out, that the gods 
ire ennie down, and call Barnabas. Jupiter ; and Paul, 
Mctcurius; and would have sacrificed lo them, had not the 



, nd assured 

themselves. Soon afti 
there come Jews from Antmeh and It-nmnm, who excil 
[he people a L '.on-t Ihein. Paul is by the furious multitude 
stoned and drawn out of the city as dead ; but whilst the 
diiciplca aland about him. he riscth up, and the next day 
departj with Barnabas to Derbe. 

— Ch. lii. '2. In this vcar, perhaps at this very ti 

lie third heave", and heard 

years before he wrote his second 

lo to the Corinthi 

J Timothy i, 2, j. About this tune Timothy, though 
Id. v, ith his mother Eunice, and hu; ^raiiduinthcr Lois. 
aces the Christian faith prc.iohed by Paul. 
— Acts sv. Certain Jud.ii;i lit; t'ljnMiaiis conic from 
:i to Aiiltoeh, and leach that the Gentiles ought 
reutneised, and observe the law of Moses ; these Paul 
and Barnabas oppose, and a council ia held by the apostles 
and others nl Jerusalem to determine this controversy 
The decrees of the svnnd are sent to the churches. 

53.— Ch. iv, 3ti. Paul and Barnabas, ihinkiug to visil 
the churches lojetJier, fall at strife, and part asunder, 
Barnabas and Mark go into Cyprus; Paul and Silas into 
Svna and Cilicia. 

— Ch. nvi. Paul coming to Derbe finds there Timothy, 

whom (because his mother was a believing Jew. though his 

father a Gentile) he catisdh to be circumcised, and takes 

him along with him. He is by a vision admonished to gc 

Macedonia ; coming to Philippi, the chief city of that 

of Macedonia ; he converts Lydia : caslelh out of 

losing a consider ihle ir.-,m thereby, brings Paul and Silt 
before the magistrates; these cause (hem to be whipped 
and imprisoned; but at miduiiiht, Paul and Silas prayi — 
iiul smgui'i [isahns, the doors of the prison fly open, a 
their bounds are loused ; the jailer, ready lo hill himself, 
converted to the faith, and baptized the same night with 
s whole family. Next day the magistrates 
Ives, ami pra\ them to depart the city. 
54. — Ch. svii. From Philippi Paul takes his journey 
rough Amphipolis and Apollonia, and comes to Thessa- 
nica, where lie rind? a syuag.'gue of the Jews ; there he 
preachetb. three ' inhath-days. ; some believe, others perae- 
ite him. Leaving Thet-s alonica he comes to Berea, and 
ion after arrive:, at Athens, disputes with the philoso- 
phers, and declares unto them that UNKNOWN GOD, 
whom they had ignorantly worshipped. He converts 
Dionysius the Areopagite, and thence passeth to Corinth. 
— Ch. xviii. Paul at Corinth meets with Aoi'ila and 
Priscilla, not long before banished Rome by the decree of 
Claudius. Here he continues a year and six months, and 



-1'aule 



c ThcssalonianH, 
:cnsed by the Jews and brought before Gal 
Achain, who rcfuseth to be judge in a con 
:ligion, and so drives them away from th< 



udgment 

56.— Ch. xviii, 18. Paul departs from Corinth, and pass- 
:th to Ephesus; thence ho sct.s out towards Jerusalem 
that he may he at the feast; he lands at Cesarea, goes 
down to Antioch, and comes into the regions of Galatio 
and Phrv^ia, nonfirniiiiir the di-cipks in all those places. 
'** -Ch. lix. Paul returns r„ Lphesus. disputes dady in 
diool of Tyrannus, and continues preaching there 
and the parts thereabout. 

58.— He writes his epistle ta the Galatians. 
CO.— At Ephesus, Demetrius a silversmith, jealous of hit 
' ist Paul, which is appeased by 



he t. 



dork. 



1 Corinthians i, 11, xvi, 8. About this time a schism 
ariseth in the church at Cnnnl li , w Inch causeth Paul (now 
Ephesus) to write hi. Iir;t epistle to the Corin- 

t. Paul departs from Ephesus, and comes intc 
D OP THE INDEX TO THE BIBLE. 



intribution for the relief of the 



Macedonia, and gather 
ts at JcausaJem. 
2 Corinthians viij, 1, 2, 6, 19; 1 Counthians xvi, 6 
The apostle, having learnt from Titus the success of his 
first, writes now his second epistle to the Corinthians. 
Out of Macedonia he goes into Greece, and cornea to Co- 
niiHi, where ho write, his epistle to the Romans. 

— Acts ix, 3, 4. Paul purposing to go directly from 

(hence into Syria, that he may carry the collections to Jc- 

ilem, the Jews lay wait for hi in ; he understanding this, 

Macedonia tho same way ho 



and thcuco 
-Acts xx, 6. 
Paul sails from Pbili 
Eutychus 



After the days of-un leavened bread 






' Tn 



a ; ther 



tores Eutychus to lile. Having passed thr..ij..h several 

ies of Greece, he arrives at M.U.s; lr thence lie 

ids to call the .hlersol the ehurchof Ephesus, whom 
he earnestly exhorts to the ■lerforuianec nl llieir duty. 

— Ch. xxi. Paul comes to Jerusalem. i> aiiprcheiided in 
the temple, and secured in the castle; he claimeth the 
privilege of a Roman, and e-e meth scourging. 

Ch.xxii, xxiii. Paul ph.adeih his cnnso belorc Ana 
the high priest. The chief captain understanding 

above forty Jews had I nd n,-iieelves under a curse 

neither to cat nor drink till they had killed him, sends 
m to Felix the governor of the province, by whom he-is 
inrisoned at Cesarea. 

b-2.— Ch. xxiv. Paul is accused before Felix by Tertul- 
lus the orator : Felis goes out of his office, and, to gratify 
the Jews, leaves Paul in prison. Porcius Festus succeeds 
him in the government. 

— Ch. xxv. The Jews come to Cesarea, and accuse 
Paul before Festus. He answereth for himself, and ap- 
ar. King Agrippa comes to Cesarea, and 
e whole matter to him. 

Paul makes bis defence in the presence of 
Agrippa; who thereby is almost persuaded to be a Chris 
an, and the whole company pronouni e him innocent. 
C3.— Ch. xxviii. Paul comes to Rome, is a prisoner at 
reo, and prencheth there two years. 

Here ends the History of the Acts of Vic Apostta, writ- 
n by St. Luke, St Paul's beloved companion in hu tra- 
il. — Saint Paul from Rome writes his epistles, 

To Philemon. 

To the Colossians. 

To the Ephei 



I nl Italy ii 



lie 



ichell, 



Gospel in the isle of 
et things in order, and 



Crete, and loaves Titus there 
d mi elders in every city. 
GC. — St. Paul writes his epistles. 
To Timothy I. 
To Titus. 
To Timothy H. 
About this time the epistles of St. Peter, St. John, and 
Si Judo, seem to he written. 

C7.— Euaeb. Hist. Ec. 1. 2, c. S4. St. Peter and St 
Paul are said to have suffered martyrdom at Rome towards 
Iter end of Nero's reign. 

—Luke xix, 43, 44. This year Jerusalem (according 
in-i's prophecy) is besieged, taken, racked, and 
, by Titus, 1,100,000 of the Jews perish, 97,000 are 
taken prisoners , besides an innumerable company that in 
other places of Judca kill themselves, or perish through 
famine, banishment, or other miseries. 

96.— St. John is banished into the isle of Patmos by Do- 
iti.in, and there receives and writes Ins Revelation. 
After the death of Domitian, St John returns to Ephe- 
s, and at the requestor the church writes his Gospel. 



A TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY, 



WHOSOEVER. ARE RELATED, ARE FOllIlIDfiEN IN SCUirTI.'lIE TO MAKKV TOGETHER. 



Gnndmnther, 

>"- o„n, Hicr'u wire, 

Hif.'.i iTindmothor, 

Mather's sister, 
[ither - » brother's wife, 
M-thi-r'.-i brother's wif- 
).">■'" lather's sister, 

J' "' •' her's sister. 

Mother, 
Stepmother, 
Wife's mother, 
Daughter, 
Wifa'i daughter 
Sort wire, 
173 



.4 .Man may not marry hi; 









2 Grandmother's husband, 


111 ftruthor'B wife. 


3 Husband's grandfather, 




4 Father's brother. 


Sit Daughter's daughter, 


5 Mother's brother, 




Father's sister's hu=band. 




7 Mother'* sister s husband, 




8 Husband's lather :. brother, 


2+ Wife's daughter's daughter 


•J Husband's mother's brother 


25 Brother's daughter, 


10 Father, 


L 2ij Sister's daughter. 


11 Stepfather, 


27 Brother's son's wife, 


12 Husband's father 


28 Sister's son's wife, 


13 Son, 


■29 Wile's brother'^ daughter, 


14 Husbands son, 


30 Wife's sister's daughter. 


13 Daughter's hnsbirtd. 



i may not marry her 



Brother, 

riii.-.iini.r 


brother, 




L) ui'/hti r 


sson, 




Sni,-: .in 


;Mer s hus 
, il.iiifjhier 




niii.iM.-i 


s husband. 


Husband 






Hush in. 1 


daughter 




I'.n.ti.evVi 














daughter's 


hie-balld. 


SMer':. . 


lughter's husband. 




s brother's 




Husband 


S sister's so 





REMARKS. 



The present Key Sheet will he fcund considerably enlarged, when compared with 
the one first used in the Testament yet that would elicit a iiilncs : < of moaning in 
tho oracles of God, not to be conceived, without wiim'.^nifr tho practical effects of 
using it. IVi-hi'.- the characters arc yet too limited. Lt is desirable, however, not 
to have them ^really multiplied. Some texts contain both doctrines and duties ; 
nnd inii'lit bo marked for either, c. g. m Mark vi. 12. repentance is a doctrine : it 
■a the minister's duty to preach it, and the duty of all to oxerci=o it. Sometimes the 
same passage inculcates more than ono doctrine, or enjoins nioro than one duly. 
In that enso, questions should bo repeated. Soma passages aro designedly left 
without marking thom ; and tho pupil should never pass over one jot or tittle of 
inspiration, without endeavours to know tho mind of the Spirit lliero revealed. 
Usually ono letter is intended to opply till another letter occurs. When g, or o, 
or u, follows/, while they suggest additional questions, they should not supersede 
such other questions ua mightbo appropriately asked with only/at the beginning 
of the paragraph. Whenever the name of n. country, city, river, or oilier subject 
of geographical, statistical, or chronological remarks, occurs, the pupil might '" 
be prepared to answer any important question which iniyhl I"' premised. When i 
is used before a parable, it is expected that the leading I nit lis intended to he taught 
by that passa<«vdi..iilil be distinctly and particularly staled. It will be useful .alien, 
to inquire what parallel tests can be named. It should not be understood by pupils 
that all (he questions apply where a lottor occurs, but several of thom will. Nor 
should tho instructor fail to ask other important questions which may occur. It 
is confidently bol.eved that, if piunu parents would question their lannlie.s in some 
such manner respecting the chapters which should he read l..r prayer feubbat i 
evenings, and then have a free conversation respecting the truths they had read 
and their application to family and personal circumstances, important benefits 
would bo realized. . 

It is recommended that instructors and pupils avail iheinselve i nl important 
advantages, which they may derive from connect in;! with the key Hieet, a carelnl 
" n of the annexed general outlines of the plan lor instructing Bible 
iommended by the General Assembly of the Presbytc- ; — < ■ ■ 



Church, 



:o, originally drawn by Dr. Homey n, and politely communicated to 
i hand- writing. 



OUTLINES FOR BIBLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION. 
" I. The historical part of the portion of scripture, which constitutes tho losson 

including the two great divi.-ions, the elmrchiind the word. 

II. The bioi-raphical part, including tho two (.real classes, helievei-.n and 
inihuliever;, ; with the ell'ecls which their good and bad example have had upon 
the church and the world. 

III. The doctrinal part, including the nnturo nnd pcrlcclions ol (.od— Uie 
character, person, offices, and work of Christ — tho actual statu ol man by the 

fall, Ac. Ac -markup de, ;li) Hie .-r.-d mrr. , e ol I wled, , I .. -..■ 

p.imt.ln ...eloaee.rlin.uj.h tin, patriarchal. ,„d levil i, al dispensa n-ia, I d the 

Christian d, peusaiinn lurnisfied niuukuid with tho clear, full dovelopouiont of 
t.rnl s eraei.ne. [Hirp.-ses towards our lallen state. 

IV. The preceptive part, inolndilig the whole range oi our duties, according to 
tho moral law. .. ,, 

V Tho positive ordinances, iiieliulnn; the sacrament i, typos, s.o, ihees. tho 
priesthood, the te.nj.lo service; d^tii^.tinhing between tlu-o poahv o IHniiou,, 
and moral duties— the lirsl dopemh.nl oil Hie will ol do, I, and therelore i.ui aide— 

las nature, and therefore nniinil al.lo : nia.-kni;., I ■Iiaii,. ,-, ,.t ihe I, rat 

lrm.t li to lim,-. will, tho reasons for Iho chanoo, and nnlohhng leonco 

which they ohvioiislv wore intended to l.avo upon Iho spiritual exorcises ol our 
hwrts, and o„r obedience to the moral law. ,,. ... ... ., 

VI Tho practical lessons which the historical and l.iooraphn.al parlit lurnish 
for the regulation of human conduct, in all tho relations of life." 

N B In these outlines it will ho understood that gonoral questioni should he 
asked tin pupils ; and fuU instruction given by tho Pastors «"»-- ■ 



r ouch division. 



KEY. 



What ANALOGIES between sensible and spiritual things may 
here be traced! . , „ „ 

What prophecy is here ACCOMPLISHED? Where is it found) 
How many years had it been written! 

What BLESSING is here sought ; or acknowledged ; or pro- 
mised? Howgreat? How durable ? For whom sought! By 
whom acknowledged? To whom promised 1 On whose ac- 
count was this blessing promised, or received ■ 

What trait of moral CHARACTER is here given ! Is it morally 
good or evil ? Does it belong to a natural, or to a renewed 
state! What advantages or dimdvuntagi's attended it! 

What DUTY is here enjoined 1 On whom 1 Is it taught by pre- 
cept, by example, or by inference ? How enforced I 

Wliat DIFFICULTY attends the exposition ol tins passage l 
How can it be reconciled with some other P Msl, S es ' rrrv „ 

What EVANGELICAL EXPERIENCE, or what EXHOR- 
TATION, is here given? . . 

mat particular strain of ELOQUENCE can you point out in 

Wha't 3 FACTS' 'are here related? Is any doctrine or duty con- 
nected with them ? , , , , , 

What can you discover here that is commendable or cer.3tm.be 
indeed word, or motive? What advantages or evils attended? 

What GEOGRAPHICAL information is known of this country, 
orovince, city, or river, &c. ? ..... 

What HEAVENLY DISPOSITION is here manifested ? 

What corresponding affections docs it demand ? 

What INSTITUTION or ordinance was here appointed of God 
or was here recognised as previously appointed of him? Whn 
was its nature and design? and how was it to lie observed? 
Who mere under obligations to observe it? Is it still obligatory 
on any? Is there any connexion or correspondence between 
this and any other institution or ordinance ! 



. ( What INSTRCTIONS aro imparled in tills parable ? or in this 
'i metaphor? What is their practical tendency? 

1 What KNOWLEDGE, or want of knowledge of human nature 
M is here particularly manifested ? trriTirll 

. 1 What statute, rite, service, or appendage ol Ihe LHV1 1 IOA1. 
L i DISPENSATION is here mentioned I W by apiimliM 

l What LOFTY FLIGHTS of devotional k-rvour I Winn Ion* 

' 1 ings after inlimate communion with God are here inaml.sled 

What MIRACLE is here recorded? By whom, and lor ha 

m ) purpose wrought ? In whose name, and by whoso aulhonly ? 

( What effect had it on the witnesses? „.„_. 
,, What is worthy of particular notice in this NAME 1 

i What ORIENTAL or ancient custom may here bo learnou I or 
» J what do you know ol one which will eluci.lale Ihis P»««ag«» 

Wliat PROHIBITION is here direclly or indirectly made? Wh) 
P\ is this deed, or word, or .hough, forbidden . , 

, Wliat prophecy is here RECORDED) At what period of time? 
r 1 Has il been fullilledt Howt When! 

What affecting SCENE is here exhibited ? What feeling, should 

( mat 'SUBLIMITY of thought or of language is here? What 

\ W^at So" trina" TRUTH is hero inculcated 1 I. it directly or in- 
' (direcHy«"»h.? How illustrated) How applied 1 mat prac- 

w ;r type rchristi'oXLa, ,^^ ^ ** «.^ 

l wTuNdnSTIFIABLE ^^T^Zli?' 
! ' Whal a V.SION i?.:™ fecribTl^^whom and why given) 
" , Wha WO is here dennunccl or executed? or warning ; g.».nl 
„ { What is its import? Against whom denounced, or to whom 
( given t 



# Denotes the propriety of profound attention. 



A TABLE OF OFFICES AND CONDITIONS OF MEN. 



TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND COINS. 



A measure is a known quantity applied to another of the same kind that is less known, 
to make its dimensions better known, by help of numbers expressing the proportion that 
the known quantity bears to the unknown. The dimensions to be measured are three : 
1. Mere length, which hath but one dimension. 2. Surface which consists of length 
multiplied into breadth ; so it hath two dimensions, as it were interwoven . and this is 
always measured by some square surface already known, as by a square foot, or a square 
cubit, or any other square already known, by help of its side. Moses generally 
useth the square cubit. 3. Solidity or Capacity, which hath three dimensions multi- 
plied into each other : length, breaditi, and height, or depth. This is measured by a 
known cube. From solidity ariseth weight in all sublunary bodies : and by weight we 
measure the value of coins. Therefore I shall join weights and coins together in the 
fourth table. 

Tuse = to signify Equal; : : to express Proportion ; . is called Separatrix, parting 
decimals from integers. 

TABLE I. Measures of Length. 

I express the Cubit, and its Parts, both by Inch Measure, and by Foot Measure ; which 
deduce from Inches by this proportion : 



As 12. 1 

A Cubit is = to 

A Span the longer = \ a Cubit 

Span the less = \ of a Cubit 

A Hand's breadth = ■§• of a Cubit 

A Finger's breadth = ^ l x of a Cubit 



Inch Meas. Foot Meas. 
: : 21.888 1.824 

Inch Dec. Foot Dec. 
21.888=1.824 
=10.944= .912 
= 7.296= .608 
= 3.684= .304 
= .912= .076 



Measures of many Cubits Length I express only in Foot Measure. 

Feet Dec. 
A Fathom = 4 Cubits = 7.296 

Ezekiel's Reed = 6 Cubits =10.944 

■Schosnus. the Egyptian Line for Land Measure, which I think \ 

Scripture useth to divide Inheritances, Psalm xvi, 6, and ? Cubits, 

lxsviii, 55. T-hey used different Lengths, but the shortest ? ==80=145.92 
and most useful was, ' 

Herodotus mentions a Schrenus just 300 times as long : I judge that all the greater 
were made in proportion to the least. 
The Mile 

Stadium, tV of their Mile 
Parasang, 3 of their Miles 



= 4000 Cubits =7296 Feet. 

400 Cubits =729.6 
=1 2000 Cubits =4 English miles and 580 
feet. 



TABLE II. Measures of Surface. 

Moses hath described these by square Cubits. I here express them reduced to our 
square Feet. I first propose three clear examples given by Moses ; Secondly, I place 
six instances of greater difficulty. 

The clearest examples are, 
I. The Altar of Incense. Only two sides of it, viz. its length and breadth, are ex- 
pressed by Moses ; each of them is affirmed to be one Cubit. Yet he declares it was 
foursquare : whence we collect, that it was just one square Cubit. See Exod. xxx, 2. 



Now it is demonstrated that one Jewish square Cubit amounts to in surface three Eng 
lish squire Feet, and about 47 square Inches. 

II. Tne Table of Shew bread, Exod. xxv, 23. It is affirmed to be two Cubits in 
length, and one in breadth. None doubt but it was rectangular, containing two Jewish 
square Cubits. These amount to above six English square feet, and above half, viz 
94 Square inches. 

III. The boards of the Tabernacle, each 10 Cubits in length, and one and a half in 
breadth, Exodus xxvi, 16, being rectangulnr, must contain 15 square Cubits, (Jewish,) or 
very near 50 square Feet of English measure. 



TABLE III. 



Measures of Capacity. 

Wine Gal. Pints. Inch Sol 



Epha, or Bath 7 

Chomer, Homer in our translation 75 

Seah ^ of Epha 2 

Hin = F of Epha 1 

Omer y'o of Epha 

Cab T V of Epha 

Log >fV of Epha 
Metretes of Syria, Jn. ii, 6.=Cong. Rom. 
Cotyla, Eastern, rio of Epha 



15 

7 



1 

0.5 
10 
10 

3 
This Cotyla contains just 10 Ounces Avoirdupois of Rain water : Omer 100: Epha 
1000 : Chomer 10,000 : So by these Weights all these Measures of Capacity may be ex- 
peditiously recovered very near exactness. 



6 
3 
Oi 

Oi 



TABLE IV. Of Weights and Coins. 

The Jewish Weights are reduced to the Standard Grains of our Troy weight ; where- 
of 438 are equal to the BLoman - unce. and to our ancient English Avoirdupois ounce. 

The value of Jewish and Pvoman weights and Coins, at the present rate of silver and 
gold, expressed in Pence and Decimals of a Penny. 

Grains Dec. Pence Dec. I. s. d. q 
= 219 =28.2875 =0241 
= 109.5 =14.1437 = 1 ! |X 
= 10.95 =1.41437= 1 \X 
= 21900 

= 13140 =1697.25 = 7 15' 
= 657000=84862.5 = 353 11 10 
=5075 15 7 
seem to be ) 



Shekel is the original weight 
Bekah •§■ a Shekel 
Gerah 777 of Bekah 
Maneh=100 Shekel wt. 
Maneh in Coin = 60 Sh. 
Talent of silver = 3000 Sh. 
Talent of gold the same weight 
The Golden Darics, Ezra ii, 69, 



Coins of Darius the Mede. 12 Gerahs wt. 



= 131.4= 10 4 



Roman Money mentioned in the New Testament. 



Denarius, Silver 
Assis, Copper, 
Assarium, 
Quadrans, 
A Mite, 



Pence Farthings 
7 



3 
3 
l_i 



A TABLE OF OFFICES AND CONDITIONS OF MEN. 



Patriarchs, or fathers of families, such as Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob, and his sons. 

Judges, temporary supreme governors, immediately ap- 
pointed by God over the children of Israel. 

Kings, and they either of the whole nation, or after the 
falling off of the ten tribes, of Judah or Israel. 

Elders, senators, the LXX, or sanhedrim. 

Officers, provosts, sheriffs, or executioners. 

Judges, inferior rulers, such as determined controversies 
in particular cities. 

Israelites, Hebrews, descendants from Jacob. 

A Hebrew of Hebrews, an Israelite by original extrac 
tion. 

A proselyte of the covenant, who was circumcised, and 
submitted to the whole law. 

A proselyte of the gate, or stranger, who worshipped one 
God, but remained uncircumcised. 

OFFICERS DSDEE THE ASSYRIAN OR PERSIAN 
MONARCHS. 

Tirshatha, or governor appointed by the kings of Assyria 
or Persia. 

Heads of the captivity, the chief of each tribe or 
family, who exercised a precarious government during the 
captivity. 

UNDER THE GRECIAN MONARCHS. 

Superior Officers. 
Maccabees, the successors of Judas Maccabeus, high 
priests, who presided with kingly power. 

UNDER THE ROMAN EMPERORS. 

Presidents, or governors, sent from Rome with imperial 
power. 



Tetrarchs, who had kingly power in four provinces. 
Proconsuls, or deputies of provinces. 

INFERIOR OFFICERS. 

Publicans, or tax gatherers. 
Centurions, captains of a hundred men. 

ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICERS, OR SECTS OF MEN. 

High priests, who only might enter the Holy of Ho- 
lies. 

Second priests, or sagan, who supplied the high priest's 
office, in case he were disabled. 

High priests for the war, set apart for the occasion of 
an expedition. 

Priests, Levites of the sons of Aaron, divided into 
twenty-four ranks, each rank serving weekly in the tem- 
ple. 

Levites, of the tribe of Levi, but not of Aaron's family; 
of these were three orders, Gershonites, Kohathites, Mera- 
rites, several sons of Levi. 

Nethinims, inferior servants to the priests and Le- 
vites, (not of their tribe) to draw water and cleave wood, 

&.C.. 

Prophets, anciently called seers, who foretold future 
ivents, and denounced God's judgments. 

Children of the prophets, their disciples or scholars. 

Wise men, called so in imitation of the eastern magi, or 
Gentile philosophers. 

Scribes, writers and expounders of the law. 

Disputers, that raised and determined questions out of 
the law. 

Rabbies, or doctors, teachers of Israel. 

Libertines, freedmen of Rome, whom, being Jews 



or proselytes, had a synagogue or oratory for themselves 

Gaulonites, or Galileans, who pretended it unlawful to 
obey a heathen magistrate. 

Herodians, who shaped their religion to the times, and 
particularly flattered Herod. 

Epicureans, who placed all happiness in pleasure. 

Stoics, who denied tht liberty of the will, and pretended 
all events were determined by fatal necessity. 

Simon Magus, author of the heresy of the Gnostics, 
who taught that men, however vicious their practice was, 
should be saved by their knowledge. 

Nicolaitanes, the disciples of Nicolas, one of the first 
seven deacons, who taught the community of wives. 

Nazarites, .. ho under a vow abstained from wine, 
&c. 

Nazarenes, Jews professing Christianity. 

Zelots, Sicarii, or murderers, who, under pretence 
of the law,' thought themselves authorized to commit any 
outrage. 

Pharisees, Separatists, who, upon the opinion of their 
own godliness, despised all others. 

Sadducees, who denied the resurrection of the dead, 
angels, and spirits. 

Samaritans, mongrel professors, partly heathen, and 
partly Jews, the offspring of the Assyrians sent to Sama- 
ria. 

Apostles, missionaries, or persons sent ; they who were 
sent by our Saviour, from their number were called the 
twelve. 

Bishops, successors of the apostles in the government of 
the church. 

Deacons, officers chosen by the apostles to take care of 
the poor. 

10 



USEFUL TABLES 



OP 



SCRIPTURE NAMES, SCRIPTURE GEOGRAPHY, SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY, 



AND 



SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. 



INCLUDING 



VALUABLE HARMONIES OF THE SCRIPTURES. 



BY REV. G. TOWNSEND OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. 



PREPARED TO ACCOMPANY 



THE 



REFERENCE BIBLE 



BY HERVEY WILBUR, A. M. 



ST'.RI . JAUEH KOSWEU, WKW-TOR*. 



NEW-YORK : 

PUBLISHED BY WHITE, GALLAI1ER AND WHITE, 
No. 108 PEAR L STREET. 
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WALKER'S KEY TO THE VOWEL ACCENTS 






1, a. The long slender English a, as in fate, paper, &c 

2, a. The long Italian a, as in far, father, papa, mamma, 

3, a. The broad German a, as in fall, wall, water, 

4, a. The short sound of the Italian a, as in fat, mat, marry, 

1, e. The long e, as in me, here, metre, medium, 

2, §. The short e, as in mit, let, get, 

1, 1. The long diphthongal i, as in pine, title, 

2, i. The short simple i, as in p!n, tittle, 

1, h. The long open o, as in nd, note, notice, 



2, 6. The long close o, as in move, prove, 

3, 6. The long broad o, as in nSr, fSr, or ; like the broad a, 

4, &. The short broad o, as in not, hot, got, 

1, a. The long diphthongal w, as in tdbe, cipidt 

2, fi. The short simple u, as in tfrb, c&p, sup, 

3, u. The middle or obtuse u, as in bull, full, pull, 

Cf ? P <?> denotes the hard sound of these letters, as in give, copy, 
9lQf?, denotes the soft sound of these letters, as in gentry, city, 
doe?. 



AJY ALPHABETICAL TABLE, 

Containing all the Proper Xames of the Bible and Apocrypha, accented for pronunciation according to Walker's Key and Rules. 

N. B. The repetition of a word in Italic denotes that it should be pronounced according to the sound of the letters then used. Other Italic letters are silent. A, final, is the short sound 
of a, like a in umbrella, or in hallelujah, except in a few cases, where it is marked like a m fat. Where ti-a occurs, it should be pronounced like shS-a, and \ short after s, followed by us. 
ike shl-Ss. C is always either hard or soft, except in cA unmarked where it has the English sound, as in church. 



A'a-lar 

.di'ron [a'ron] 

^i'ron-ite 

A-bad'don 

Ab-a-dl'as 

A-hag'tha 

AT>al 

AVa-na 

At/a-rim 

AVa-ron 

Ab'ba 

Ab'da 

AVdi 

Ab-dl'as 

AbMi-el 

Ab'don 

A-bed'ne-go 

A'bei fa-chah 

A'bel-Beth-ma'- 

AT>el-Ma'im 

AT>el-Me-hoaath 

AT>el-Mis'ra-im 

A'bel-Shit'tim 

AVe-san 

Ab'e-sar 

A'bez 

ATri 

A-bi'a, or A-bl'aA 

A-bi-aTbon 

A-bl'a-saph 

A-bl'a-thar 

A'bib 

A-bl'daA 

AVi-dan 

A'bi-el 

A-bi-A'zer 

A-bi-ez'rite 

Ab'i-gail [gal] 

Ab-i-M'il 

A-bttiu 

A-bl'hud 

A-bl/jah 

A-bl'iam 

Ab-i-le'nc 

A-bim'a-el 

A-t.iin''.-leeh 

A-bin'a-dab 

A-bin'o-am 

A-bi'ram 

A-nis'a-i 

Ab'i-shag 

A-bish'a-i 

A-bish'a-har 

A-bi h'a-lom 
A-bish'u-a 

Ab'i-sliur 

Ab'i-sum 

Ab'i-tal 

At/i-tub 

Ab'i-ud 

Ab'ner 

A'bram, or 

V'brA-Aam 

\bsa-lom 

Y-biVbus 

Vr'cad 

\ a-ron 

ic'a-ian 

^ r.'vho 
Ac'pos 
\ ( or. 
A-cel'ila-ma 
Vchab 
Vr/had 
Y'chA-i-a 
\-chA'i-chus 
V'lian 
A'^har 
V<haz 
\9h'bor 

\rh-i-ach'a-rus 
A'chim 
A-9him'c-lcch 
A'<jhi-or 
A-phl'ram 
A'c-hish 
Ach'i-tob, or 
Aph'i-tub 
A-fhil'o-phcl 



Afh'me-tha 

A chor 

A9h'sah 

Ach'shaph 

Ach'zib 

Af'i-pha 

A9'i-tho 

A-9i'a 

A'cub 

Ada 

A'dad 

Ad'e-da, or 

Ad'a-daA 

Ad-ad-A'zer 

Ad-ad-rim'mon 

A'daA 

Ad-a-1'aA 

Ad-a-ll'a 

Ad'am 

Ad'a-ma, or 

Ad'a-niaA 

Ad'a-mi 

Ad'a-mi-N&'keb 

A'dar 

Ad'a-sa 

Ad'a-tha 

Ad'be-el 

Ad'dan 

Ad'dar 

Ad'di 

Ad'diu 

Ad'do 

Ad'dus 

A'der 

Ad'i-da 

A'di-el 

A'din 

Ad'i-na 

Ad'i-no 

Adl-nus 

Ad'i-tha 

Ad-i-lhi'im 

Ad'la-i 

Ad'm&A 

Ad'ma-tha 

Ad'na, or 

Ad'naA 

Ad-o-nl .as 

A-don-i-b^'zf k 

Ad-o-nl'ji.A 

A-don'i-kam 

Ad-o-nl'ram 

A-d«n-i-ze'dck 

A-drVra 

Ad-o-rA'uii 

A-do'ram 

A-dram'e-lerli 

Ad-ra-myt'ii-um 

AMri-a 

A'dri-el 

A-dA'el 

A-dul'lam 

A-dul'lam-ite 

A-dum'mim 

A-c-dl'as 

Ac'a-ba 

A^'a-bus 

A'$a$ 

A'^a^-lte 

A'^ar 

A^'c-e 

Af-fA'iis 

A-(jrip'pa 

A'eur 

A'hab 

A-har'aA 

A-har'al 

A-har'hrl 

A-has'a-i 

A-has'ba-i 

A-has-u-e'rus 

A-hi'va 

A'haz 

A-haz'a-i 

A-ha-zl'aA 

Ah'ban [J'ban] 

A'hcr 

A'hi 

A-hUfc 

180 



A-hl'am 
A-hl'an 
A-hi-e'zer 
A-hl1iud 
A-hl'jaA 
A-hl'kam 
A-hl'lud 
A-him/a-az 
A-hl'man 
A-him'e-lecli 
A'hi-moth 
A-hin'a-dab 
A-hin'o-am 
A-hl'o 
A-hl'ra 
A- hi 'ram 
A-hl'ram-ites 
A-his'a-ma9h 
A-hish'a-hur 
A-hl'sham 
A-hrshar 
A-hith'o-phel 
A-hl'tub 
A-hl'ud 
AA'lab [Aaah] 
AA 'lai [ala] 
A-ho'e, or 
A-hcVa/t 
A-ho'ite 
A-ln/laA 
A-hol'ba, or 
A-hoI'baA 
A-hrVli-ab 
A-hol'i-baA 
A-ho-lib'a-maA 
A-hiVma-i 
A-hi'zam 
A-huz'zaA 
A'i 

A-l'aA 
A-l'ath 
A-l'ja, or 
A-l'jaA 
Vi'ja-lon 



Am-a-rl'aA 

Am'a-sa 

A-mas'a-i 

Am-a-shl'aA 

Am-a-th£'is 

Am'a-this 

Am-a-zl'aA 

A'mi 

A-mit'tai 

A-miz'a-bad 

Am'mah 

Am-mad'a-tha 

Am'mi 

Am-mid'i-oi 

Am'mi-el 

Am'mi-hud 

Am-min'a-dab 

Am-mi-shad'da-i 

Am'mon 

Arn'mon-ites 

Am'non 

A'mok 

A'mon 

Am'o-rites 

A'mos 

A'moz 

Am-phip'o-lis 

Am-pli'as 

Am'ram 

Am'ram-ites 

Am'ran 

Am'ra-pbel 

Am'zi 

A'nab 

An'a-el 

A'naA 

An-a-hi'rath 

An-a-i'aA 

A'nak 

An'a-kims 

Aa'a-mim 

A-nam'e-le( h 

A'nan 

An'a-ni 



Aifc-lethShA'har An-a-nl'aA 
A'in An-a-m'as 



A'i-rus 

A'ja/i 

A'kan 

Ak'kub 

Ak-rab'bim 

A-lam'mc-lccli 

Al'a-in<:ili 

AI'a-limHi 

Al'ci-mus 

Al'e-ma 

A-M'inclh 

Al-fv-;in'.liTfegzl 

AI-ex-an'dra[i;g/J 

Al-cx-an'ilri- .1 

Al-cx-an'<lri-ans 

Al-r>x-an'dri-on 

A-ll'iA 

A -11 'an 

A-l|'on 

Al'lom 

Allon 

A|'|.i n .R:K']illlll 

Al-iin'i'ilad 
Al'mon [thi'im 

Al'„„m-I)il,-I..- 
M ii i-thnn 

A'!,,tl, 

Mj.i,:; 

\l-ia-n( l 'ii>" 
• hdlh 

Vl'i'i-kon 
'■, or 
Al'van 
Aluih 
A'inad 

A-mad'a-thu^ 
A'mal 
A-mal'da 

^ViD'a-lok 
Ani'a-luk-itc.i 
A'man 
Arn'a-na 



A-nan'i-el 
A'natli 
An'a-lholh 
An'i-iboth-ilc 
An'drcw 
An-dro-ni'cus 
A'norii, or A'nen 
A'nnr 
1,'ne 

A'nitli 

An'i-.mi 

Ajmri 

An'ii;i 

An'na-ai 

Ai/nai 

An-m'i'us 
A'ncis 
Aii-u-liii 
kn'ti- 

\ll-ll'i(-< 'hi* 

An-il'i)-chua 

An'h- 

An-ti|i'a-lri^ 

Au'li-|>li i 

An-i'. 

An-to-thl'jali 

\n'i<,'> 

A'nob 

Upel 

Atih-:i 

A'phir- 

V-jiIlIt 

A'|i|nk 
A-phi . 

A-|i|n ■ 

A-iilr 

A.pbl'.V. 

Aph'rah 

I 

\-iii' iv-pha 



Ap-ol-l6'ni-a 

A-pol'los 

A-pol'ly-on 

Ap'pa-irn 

Apphia faPe-a] 

ApphusjaPus] 

Ap'pi-i-Pi'rum 

Aquila [ak'we-la] 

A'ra 

A'rab 

Ar'a-baft 

Ar-a-bat'ti-no 

A-ri'bi-a 

A'rad 

A'rad-ite 

Ar'a-dus 

A'raA 

A'ram 

A'ram-ites fim 

A'ram-Na-hi'ra- 

A'ram-ZA'bl/t 

A'ran 

Ar'a-rat 

A-rau'nah 

Ar'ba or Ar'baA 

Ar'bal 

Ar'ba-thite 

Ar-be'la 

AKhite 

Ar-bo'nai 

Ar-che-la'us 

Ar-c lios'lra-tus 

Ar'^he-vitcs 

Ar'9hi 

Ar-9hi-at'a-roth 

Ar-phip'pus 

Ar^h'ites 

Arc-iu'rus 

Ar'dath 

Ard'itcs 

Ar'don 

A-reli 

A-reOites 

A-re-oj/a-gitn 

A-ro-op'a-gus 

A'res 

Ar'i-las 

A-re'tu 

Ar'cob 

Ar-col 

A'ri.l 

A-rid'a-i 

A-rid'a-tha 

A-rlVl, 

A'ri-el 

A-rl'i-l-ili'S 

A -i-raa-tbo't 

A'ri-'irli 
A-n 

■i t- In ■ 
Ai-i -■-••<-Iiij'Ihs 

Ark V 
Ar-ni:i-.' 

Ar-ma'ni-a 

Ar'iii'ui 

Ar'mo-ni 

Ar'pi.iii 

\> Do-pher 

\i 'noo 

A rod 

\r'n-ili 
Ar'n- t 

\-r , . r- it «- 

\ r'.in 

\i 'pad, or 

V j.li.nl 
Ar-pbu'ad 
Ar-U v 

\r\.nl 
Ar'va.i- 
Ar ii-lmili 

\rVa 
\ I 

V dl'oi 
I 

A.s'a-li'l 

As-a-1 



As'a-na 

A'saph 

As'a-phar 

As'a-ra 

A-sar'e-el 

A-a-reliA 

As-baz'a-retli 

As'c a-lon 

A-se'as 

As-e-bl'a 

A-seb-e-bl'a 

As'e-nath 

A'ser 

A-se'rar 

Ash-a-bl'aA 

A'shan 

Ash'be-a 

Asb'bel 

Ash'bel-itcs 

Ash'dod 

Ash'doth-ilcs 

Ash'doth-Pis'- 

A'she-an [gah 

A'sher 

A-sbi'ma 

Ash'i-math 

Ash'ke-naz 

Ash'nah 

A'shon 

Asb'pe-naz 

Ash'ri-el 

Ash'ta-roth 

A h'te-moth 

A-h-tcr'a-thites 

A- h'te-roth Kar- 

A-shu'ath [na'im 

A'shur 

A-shu'rim 

Ash'ur-itcs 

Ash'vath 

A'si-a [slif] 

As-i-bl'as 

A'si-el 

As'i-pha 

AsTto-lon 

.As'[ii;t-\ i |fa 

A^-ni'i-ilA'us- 

As-mo-ne'an? 
\ - i ip'per 

\. mi Ins 

Af Mill 

As'pa-tha 

phai 
At-phai 

A ..'m-i-I 
I 

i-motli 
•ni'oa 

\ - ,-■. 
As'nir 

-A - / - 1 ■ : 

\ - u'i-;i 
\ U-n.tll 
Vl.irnili A 
\ -lar'to 
As'inlli 
V- -iip'pini 

\ i id 

I -l ir'ga-ti . 
roth 

\'i. r 

\i-c -n 

\'ii. 

All,-., 

\|1,-., 
Alb- i-il'.i i 

Alll-r-ln'i I 
Alb 

\-i!n''ni-an^ 

Mh'ln 
At'ioth 
At '.ii 

i-ll'a 
v Uv-lnt 
Vl-thai »-U* 

\ -. . 



Av'a-ran 

A'ven 

Au'gi-a 

Au-gus'tus 

A'vim 

A'vites 

A'vith 

Au-ra-ni'tis 

Au-ri'nus 

Au-te'us 

Az-a-e'lus 

A'zaA 

A'zal 

Az-a-ll'aA 

Az-a-nl r a/t 

A-zi'phl-on 

Az'a-ra 

Az'a-reel 

Ax-a-rl'aft 

Az-a-rl'as 

A'zaz 

Az-a-zi'aA 

Az-baz'a-re(h 

Az'buk 

A-ze'kaA 

A'zd 

A'zcm 

Az-e-phu'ritb 

A-ze'tas 

Az'^ad 

A-zi'a 

A-zl'e-i 

A'zi-cl 

A-zl'za 

Az'ma-velh 

Az'mon 

Az'noUi-Ti'bor 

A'zor 

A-z/i'tus 

Az'ri-cl 

Az'ri-kam 

A-zA'baA 

A'zur 

Az'u-ran 

Az's?i/i 

Az'zan 

A/'/ur 

R. 
B.Val, or Bel 
Bi'al-lA 
Ba'al-alb 

Ba-al-aib'lif-ir 

B.-i-al-liA'rilb 

J.la 

ll.'i '.1-. Jad' 

H.'r.ii-ii.iui "ii 

H.','.i!-ll in'iian 
BA'al-Hi'wjr 

ItVal-lli i i 

ll.'l'al-i 

-im 
l!.'i'.,l-i< 
)!.\'..I-MA..m 
BA'al-PA'oi 

ll.'i al-l' 

Shal'i- l.i 
B&'al-TA'mu 

'■ i„,i, 

n L .,r 
-nS/l 

ll.'l'j-liill 
ll.'i'.i-nalli 
It i-a-nl 
ra 

1'n'i 
It.'ib.l 

nor 
Hru b 
II i' -i iiA'riM 

B -o'.ti 
I' 



Ba-hi'rum-ite 
Ba-hA'rim 

B4'j' lth 

Bak-bak'er 

Bak-bak'kar 

Bak'buk 

Bak-buk-1'aA 

Balaam [lam] 

Bal'a-dan 

Bi'laA 

Bi'lak 

Bal'a-mo 

Ba!'a-nus 

Bal-thi'sar 

BA'mlA 

Bi'moth 

B.Vmoth-Ba'al 

BA'ni 

Bi'md 

Ban-a-1'as 

Ban'nus 

Ban'u-as 

Ba-rab'bas 

BarVphel 

Bar-a-cbl'aA 

Bar-a- lil'as 

B.\'rak 

Bar-c a'nor 

Bar-L'r. 

Bar-Ki'mitcs 

Ba-rl'S/i 

Biir-jc'sus 

Har-|o'na 

Bar'kos 

BSr'na-bas 

Ba-r?'dis 

BSr'sa-bas 

Biir'ia-cus 

Bftr-thoVo-mew 

Bar-li-m3'us 

B.Vnich 

Bar-zil'la-i 

Bas'c a-ma 

Ba'sban, or 

Bas'san 

I!.Vslian-Ha' 
vulli-j;\'ir 

ltasli'i'-malb 

Bas'lith 

B math 

Bas'sa 

BaV(a-i 

Hal' i-lH- 

IS.i-i a'lii-n 

H.'.ll.a-I..lll 

K.\lb-rabl.Mii 
HHth'sln-1'i. 
Batb'shu-a 

II W ':i-l 
H.,/ Illll 

ll.-a-ll'S* 

n: t-iotfa 

H,b'a-i 

B i b/or 

Hi I h- 

Boch'ti-lelh 

lb J, I 

Bed-) 

1 

n. -.i-l'j-.i.i 

II, -r'.-l.ll, I 
lli-l 1 . 
Ill' IT 

I!.-. 
II. -i i 
I 
B*-w 

H.'-, ri 

lli^-i r-l:i-l..'i i-r..l 

II. -A'rolll 

B 

riA 

It,' 'be- in •!. 
I lift 

ll.l 

U.M.1 
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BeTiA 

Bela-ites 

Bel'e-mus 

Bel'ga-i 

BeTI-al 

Bel'ma-im 

Bel'men 

Bel-shaz'zer 

Bel-te-shaz'zar 

Ben 

Ben-a'aA 

Ben-am'mi 

Ben-eb'c-rak 

Ben-e-ji'a-kam 

BenTia-dad 

Ben-hill 

Ben-ha'nan 

Ben'ja-rn.n 

Ben'ja-mite[ 

Ben'i-nu 

Ben-ul 

Be'no 

Bc-no'ni 

Ben-zo'heth 

Be'on 

Be'or 

Bc'ra 

Ber'a-chab 

Bcr'a-9hnA 

Ber-a-(hl'aA 

Hcr-a-l'aA 

Bo-re'a 

Be'red 

He'r, 

Hc-rliA 

Be'ritaa 

Be'rith 

Ber-nl'90 

Be-r/i'dath-Bal- Hl'a-las 



Beth-mar / 9a- 

both 
Beth-me'on 
Beth-mm'ra/i 
Beth-o'ron 
Beth-palet 
Beth-paz'zer 
Beth-pe'or 
Beth-pria'|6 
Bcth'phe-let 
Beth'ra-baA 
Beth'ra-pha 
Beth'rc-hob 
lictb-si'i-da 
Beth'sa-mos 
Beth'shan 
Btth-sh^'an 
Belb'shi'-misli 
Bcih'fbe-m'te 
Beth slul'taA 
Beth'si-mos 
Belh-tap'pu-a 
Betli-sura 
Be-tb&'el 
Bethul 
Be-thu-ll'a 
Bclli'/or 
Bcth'7iir 
Bt-to'li-us 
Bct-o-mes'tharn 
Bct'o-nim 
Be-ii'lSA 
Be'zai 
Boz'a-leel 
Be'zck 
Be'zer, or 
Boz'ra 
H.W.ih 



a-dan 
Betroth 

Her'o-tbai 

Hi'-r,Vil,alli 

Be'rolh-itc 

Hir-z/'bis 

Be'sai 

i,"iaA 

H, l 'sor 

Bi'Ah 
Bh-tm 

Boih-ab'a-ra 

II. -ib-ali'a-raA 
H. Ib'a-i.alb 

Beth'a-notb 
Beth'a-ny 

II, th- 11 

llrlb'.l-raill 

H.'h-arb.'-l 
II, ■iIi-A'm 11 
lirlli-nr'm i-\ I 'b 
Hi lb-b. ■-al-1111*'- 

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It. lb-1 
llnb-bA'rnA 

II. ll, 1 

II,il,-l„r'.-i 
II, lb ( ar 
II, lll-.l' 
Both-dil 
II. il.'. I 
II. th'-l-ii.' 
Both-fl no K 
Bvihw 
II, il,-, 
ll.il, -■ 

I 'mul 

Both-hi ran 



II. Hi-l . 
Both-hi 

lli'ili-j. 

I '.'a-oll, 

.hem 

III in .In'- 

B 



Biob/ri 

BidT<nr 
Bif'tba 

BlIl'lll.MI 

Hif'iha-nu 

I 

Ilililail 

I 

Bu'cl/. 

1 

Hiriri. 

BilTiaA 

Bil'ban 

1 

B 

Bin •- 1 

Hin'nii-i 

Bir'nha 

Hir'/a-\iil. 

Ill'll I.MII 

lll-lbl . 

llilb'r.n 
Hi-ib\ ■ 

Hi/'liia 
Hbis'tus 
H.>-a-ii' 

1 

Boi 1, • 

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BO ban 

II 
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BofrtA 

n„Wk, 

link-:. 

Bui 

IliVnah 

Hun'ni 

H,,r 



PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY 



gat/bon 
abtiam 
pa'bvl 
Cad'dis 
Pa'des 
PA'desh 
yae'sar 
PAi'a-phas 
PAi'a-nan 
PAin 
PAi'nan 
pAi' rite 
CA'iaA 
Oal'a-mua 
Cal'col 
pal-dee3' 
pai-de'an? 
CA'leb 

pa'lebEph-ra'taft 
Cal'i-tas 
yal-a-mol'a-lus 
Cal'neth 
Pal'neft 
pal'no 
Pal'phi 
yal'va-ry 
Pa'mon 
PA'na 
PA'na-an 
PA'na-an-ites 
pan'aa-^a 

gan'neh 
an'veh 
ya-prir'na-um 
paph-ar-sal'a-ma 
pa-phen'a-tha 
pa-phl'ra 
Capii'tor 
paph'to-rirn 
paph'to-nms 
Cap-pa-dJ'fL-a 
pai--a-bA'si-on 
par'cha-rnis 
Car'che-mish 
Ca-re'aA 
PA'ri-a 
yir'kas 
par-mA'ni-ans 
par'me 
Car'mel 
Cai-'mel-ite 
C|r' nel-i-tess 
Qar'rai 
Car'raites 
par'na-im 
Par-she'na 
Pa-siph'i-a 
par'pus 
pas'leu 
paslu-bim 
pas'phor 
pas'pis, or 
Pas'phin i 
pas'tor 
Cath-A'a 

Vdrou 

erlan 
Pe-le-mi'a 
Oen'chre-a 
Qen-de-be'us 
pe'phas 
pA'ras 
pes-a-re'a 
gA'teb 
"Cha'bris 
pha'di-as 
phse're-as 
Chal'col 
Phal-dA'a 
Phal'de-an3 
PhA'nes 
phan-nu-nA'us 
pha-ra-alh'a-lar 
Phar'a-ca 
phar'a-sim 
phar'cus 
Oha're-a 
phar'mis 
Phar'ran 
Phas'e-ba 
phA'bar 

Phed-er-li'o-mer 
Ohelal 
phel'ci-as 
pliel'li-an 
Phel'lub 
phel'lus ] 
phi'Iod 
ChAlub 
Che-lA'bai 
Chern'a-rim? 



Qii' 



nhe'mosh 
Cbe-ni'a-naft 
Chen'a-ru n 
p.hen-a-ni'aA 
ChA'phar-Ha- 

am'mo-nai 
Chsph'i-raA 
Chfran 
Che're-as 
Cher'eth-ims, 
Chei'eth-ites 
ChA'rith, or 
Cherish 
Che'rub 
Ches'a-Ion 
Che'sed 
ChA'sil 
CbA'sud 
Che-sul'loth 
Chet'tim 
ChA'zib 
Chl'don 
ChU'e-ab 
Chi-ll'on 
Chil'mad 
Chim'ham 
Chin'ne-aA 
Chl'os 
Chis'leu 
Chis'lon 

Chls'Ioth-Ta'bor 
Chit'tim 
phi'un 
ChlA'e 
PhA'ba 
Pho-rA'sin, or 
Cho-rA'shan, or 

gho-ra'zin 
hos-a-me'us 
Pho-zA'ba 
Christ 
phrist'ians 
Chub 
Chun 
ChA'sa, or 
ChA'za 
phush'an-Rish- 

a-thA'ira 
Chu'si 
Ci-lif'i-a 
pin'ner-eth, o«- 
pia'ner-oth 
pir'a-ma 
Cis 
pl'sai 
pisleu 
pit'tims 
Clau'da 
plau'di-a 
Pl&u'di-us 
Plem'ent 
plA'o-pas 
PlA'o-phas 
PlA'e 
Cnl'dus 
Col-hA'zeh 
Polli-us 
Po-los'se 
Po-los'si-an3 
po-na-nl'a/( 
Co-nl'aA ' 
pon-o-nl'aft 
CA'os 
P8r 
CSr'be 
PA 're 
Por'inth 
po-rin'thi-anj 
Po-rin'thus 
Cor-nA'li-ua 
pA'sam 
Cou'tha 
Poz 
Poz'bi 
Cres'^etijf 
PrAte 
prA'ti-ans 
Pris'pus 
push 
CA'shan 

PA'shan-Rish-a- 
' thA'im 
Cu'shi 
puth 
CA'fna/i 
pA'thc-anj 
py'a-mon 
Py'prus 
py-rA'ne 
py-rA'ni-an 
py-rA'ni-us 
PyA-iis 



Dab'a-reh 

DaVba-sheth 

Bab'e-rath. 

Di'bri-a 

Da-cA'bi 

Dad-dtVus 

Di'eon 

Das'san 

Dal-a-1'afc 

Dal-ma-nA'tha 

Dal-mA'tf-a 

Dal'phon 

Dam'a-ris 

Dam-a-sfAnej' 

Da-rnas'fus 

Dan 

Dan'ites 

Dan-ja'an 

Dan'i-e! 

Dan'naA 

Dan'o-brath 

Da'ra 

DarMa 

Di'ri-an 

Da'ri-us 

Dar'kon 

Da'than 

Dath'e-maft, or 

Dath'man 

Da'vid 

Dd'bir 

DeVo-raft 

De-cap'o-lis 

D^'dan 

De'da-nirn 

De-Jii'vites 

De'kar 

Del-a-1'lA 

Dei'i-laA 

Di'mas 

De-mi'tri-us 

Der'be 

Des'sau 

De-i'el 

Deu-ter-on'o-my 

Di-4'na 

Dib'la-ira 

DiVlath 

Dl'bon 

D!'bon-Gad' 

Dib'ri 

Dib'za-hab 

Did'y-mus 

Dik'laA, or . 

Dil'dafc 

Dil'e-an 

Dim'naft 

Di'mon 

Di-mu'na/i 

Di'naA 

Dir.'a-ites 

Din'ha-baA 

Di-o-nys'i-us 

Di-ot're-pho3 

Dl'shan 

Dls'hon 

Diz'a-hab 

Di'cus 

Dod'a-i 

Dod'a-nim 

Dod'a-va/j 

DiS'do 

Di'eg 

Doph'kaA 

Dftr 

DA'ra 

D8r'cag 

Do-rym'c-nes 

Do-silh'e-us 

Di'fha-im 

Di'than 

Dru-sil'la 

Di'maft 

Du'ra 



E. 

E'a-nas 

E'bal 

E'bed 

E-bed'me-lech 

Eb-en-e'zer 

E'ber 

E-bl'a-saph 

E-bri'na/t 

E-ca'nus 

E c-bat'a-na 

Ep-cle-si-as'tes 

Ec-olc-sias'ti- 

Ed ' feus 

E'dar 

E'den 



E*<fer 

E'des 

E'di-as 

E'dom 

Ed'om-ites 

Ed're-i 

E?1aft 

Ef'la-im 

Ef'lon 

E'fypt 

E-fyp'ti-em 

E'hi 

E'hud 

E'ker 

Ek re-bel 

Ek'ron 

Ek'ron-ites 

E'la 

El'a-diA 

Elift 

Elam 

Elam-ites 

El'a-siA 

E'lath 

El-beth'el 

El'9i-a 

El'da-lA 

Ei'dad 

Ele-ad 

E-le-a'lch 

E-l^'a-sa/i 

E-le-a'zer 

E-le-a-zA'rus 

El-el-A'hels'ra-el 

Eleph 

E-lu'the-rus 

El-eu-zi'i 

El-h4'nan 

E'li- 

E-lI'ab 

E-ll'a-daft 

E-ll'a-das 

E-l4'a-dum 

E-U'a/i 

E-ll'ah-ba 

E-H'a-kim 

E-l.'a-Ii 

E-U'am 

E-ll'as 

E-ll'a-saph 

E-ll'a-shib 

E-ll'a-sis 

E-ll'a-tha, or 

E-ll'a-thS/j 

E-li-i'zar 

E-H'dad 

E-ll'el 

E-H-e'zer 

E-ll'ha-ba 

E-H-hi'reph 

E-!l'hu 

E-H'jlA 

El'i-ka 

E'lim 

E-lim'e-lech 

E-li-6'e-nai 

E-li-J'nas 

El'i-phal 

E-liph'a-leh 

E-liph'a-let 

El'i-phaz 

E-li^'a-betU 

El-i-s4'us 

E-ll'sha, or 

E-lfeshiA 

E-lisli'a-ma 

E-Hsh'a-[..liat 

E-'ish'e-ba 

El-i-shiVa 

E-Hs'i-mus 

E-ll'u 

E-ll'ud 

E-liz'a-phan 

E-U'zur 

El'ka-na/i 

El'ko-shite 

El'la-sar 

El-mi'dam 

El'na-am 

El'na-than 

E-16'i 

E'lon 

E'lon-ites [nan 

Elon-Beth'ha- 

E'bth 

El'pa-al 

El'pa-let 

El-pi'raii 

El'te-keh 

El'te-keth 

El'te-kon 

El'to-lad 

Elul 

E-lu'za-i 

El-y-ma'is 



El'y-mas 

El'za-bad 

El'za-phan 

Em-atci'el 

E'mims 

E-man'u-el 

Em'ma-us 

Em'mor 

E'nani 

E'nan 

En'dor 

E'ne-as 

En-e^-la'im 

En-e-mes'sar 

E-ni'ni-as 

En-^an'niiri 

En'ge-di 

En-had'dli/i 

En-hak'korre 

En-hi'zor 

En-mish'pat 

E'noch 

E'non 

E'nos 

E'nosh 

En-rim'mon 

En-ro'^el 

En'she-mesh 

En-tap'pu-a/i 

Ep'a-phras 

E-paph-ro-di'tus 

E-pen'e-tus 

E'phSft 

E'p na i . 

E'pher 

E'phes-dam-mim 

E-phd'si-an 

Eph'e-sus 

Eph'la 

E ; phod 

E'phor 

Eph'pha-tha 

E'phra-im 

E'phra-im-ites 

Eph'i-a-ta/s 

Eph'rath 

Eph'rath-ites 

E'phion 

Ep-i-cur'ianj 

E-pi'rus 

Er 

E'ran 

E'ran-ites 

E-ras'tus 

E're'ch 

E'ri ' 

E'ri-tes 

E'sa 

E-si'i-as 

E'car-had-don 

Esau 

EsMras 

Es-drg'lon 

Es'e-bon 

E-sd'bri-as 

E'sek 

Esh'ba-al 

Esh'ban 

Esh'col 

E'she-an 

E'shek . 

Esh'ka-lon 

Esh'ka-lon-ites 

Esh'ta-ol 

Esh'tau-lites 

Esh-tem'o-a 

Esh'te-motli 

Esh'tou 

Es'U 

Es-ma-clna/i 

E-so'ra 

Es'iil 

Es'rora 

Es-sines' 

Est'ha-ol 

Est'hei- 

E/tam 

E'tham 

E'than 

Eth'a-nim 

Eth'ba-al 

E-the-i'pi-a 

E-the-6'pi-an 

E'ther ' 

Eth'ma 

Eth'nan 

Eth'ni 

Eu-as'i-bus 

Eu-bu'lus 

Eve 

E'vi 

E'vil-mer-J'dach 

Ei'na-than 

Eu-ni'fe 

Eu-i'di-as.' 



Eu-phri'tes 

Eu-pol'e-mus 

Eu-ror^'ly-don 

Eu'ty-chus 

Ex'o-dus 

E'zar 

Ez'ba-i 

Ez'bon 

E-ze'ki-el 

Ez-e-kl'as 

E'zel 

E'zem 

E'zer 

Ez-e-n'as 

E-zi'as 

E'zi-on 

E'zi-on-Ga'ber 

Ez'nite 

Ez'ra 

Ez'rii-lute 

Ez'ri 

Ez'ri-el 

Ez'ril 

Ez'ron, or 

Hez'ron 

Ez'ron-ites 

F. 

Fair-ha'vens 
Fe'lix 
Fes'tus 
For-tu-na'tus 



G?i'al 

Pi'ash 

Pa'ba 

Pal/a-el 

Pab'a-tha 

(jab'bai 

Pab'ba-th 

Ga'bri-as 

Pi'6ri-el 

Pad 

Gad'a-ra 

Gad-a-rines' 

Gad'des 

Pad'di-el 

Pi'di 

Gad'ites 

Ga'ham 

Pa'har 

Pl'i-us 

Pal'a-ad 

Gi'lal 

Ga-li'ti-a 

Gal'e-ed 

Gal'fa-la 

Pal-i-le'an 

Gal'i-lee 

Gal'lim 

Pal'li-o 

Gam'a-el 

Ga-mi'li-el 

Gam'ma-dims 

Gi'mul 

GA'reb 

Gar'i-zim 

Gli-'mites 

Gash'mu 

G4'tam 

Path 

Gath-He'pher 

path-Rlm'mon 

Gdu'lan 

Gau'Ion 

«a'za 

Gaz'a-bar 

Ga-zi'ra 

Gi'zath-ites 

Ga'zer 

Ga-zd'ra 

Va'zez 

Gaz'ites 

Gaz'zam 

Ge'ba 

Pe'bal 

Ge'bar 

Ge'ber 

GJ'bim 

Ged-a-li'aA 

Ged'dur 

G'e'der 

Ge-de'raA 

Ged'e-rath-ites 

Ged'e-rites 

Ge-de'roth 

Ged-e-roth-a'im 

Pe'dir 

Ge'dor 

Ge-h'i'zi 

Gel'i-loth 

Ge-mal'h 



Gem-a-rl a/i 

Ge-ne'zar 

Ge-nes'a-reth 

Gen'e-sis 

Gen-ne'us 

G en- u' bath 

Gen'tiles 

GA'on 

Ge'ra 

Pe'rS/j 

G^'rar 

Gei-'a-sa 

Ger'^a-shi 

Ger'ga-shites 

Ger-fie-senes' 

Ger'i-zim 

Ge-rin'i-ans 

Ger-ras'ans 

per'shom 

Per'shon 

Ger'shon-ites 

Ger'shur 

Ge'sem 

Ge'shan 

G^'shem 

Ge'shur 

Gesh'u-ri 

Gesh'u-rites 

Gi'thur 

Geth-o-ll'as 

Geth-sem'a-ne 

Ge-u'el 

G^'zar 

Ge'zer-ites 

Gl'SA 

Gib'bar 

Gib'be-thon 

Gib'e-a 

Gib'e-aft 

Gib'e-ath 

Gib'e-on 

Gib'e-on-ites 

GiVlites 

Pid-dal'ti 

Gid'del 

Gid'e-on 

Gid-e-6'ni 

Gi'dom 

Gl'hon 

Gil'a-lai 

Pil'e-ad-ite 

Gil'gal 

Gi'loh 

Gl'lo-nite 

Gim'zo 

Gl'nath 

Gin'ne-tho 

Gin'ne-thbii 

Glr'ga-shi 

Gir'^a-shites 

Gis'pa 

Git'taA-He'phcr 

Git'ta-im 

Git'tites 

Git'tith 

Pl'zo-nite 

<?nl'dus 

Gi'ath 

Pob 

Path 

Ge'lan 

(^rol'go-tha 

$o-5'i* 

Go-ll'ath 

Go-mor'raA 

G6'pher-vvood 

Gor'fi-as 

Ggr'ty-na 

Gu'shen 

Gn-thon'i-el 

PJ-zan 

Gri'ba 

Greece 

Gre'ff-a 

Pri'fians 

Pud'go-daft 

PA'n] 

Gu'nites 

Gur 

Gur-ba'al 

Gil'bo-a 

Pil'e-ad 

H. 

Ha-a-hash'ta-ri 

Ha-bi'iS/i 

Hab'ak-kuk 

Hab-a-zi-nl'aA 

Ha'bor 

Hich-a-U'aft 

Haoh'i-laA 

Hach'mA-m 

Hach'mo-nite 

Ha Ma ' 



Ha'dad 

Ha'dad-e-zer 

Hi'dad-Rim'mon 

Ha'dar 

Had'a-shlft 

Ha-das'sa 

Ha-dat'taA 

HA'did 

Had'Ia-i 

Had-6'ram 

Had'rach 

Ha'gab 

Hag'a-blA 

Hasi'a-i 

Hangar 

Ha-gar-enes' 

Hi'gar-ites 

Hag'^a-i 

Hag'ge-ri 

Hag/gi 

Ha|- ? l'aA 

Ha^Vites 

Hag'gith 

Ha'i 

Hak'ka-ta 

Hak'koz 

Ha-kA'pha 

Ha'liA 

Hi'lak 

Hal'hul 

Ha'U 

Hal-li'esh 

Ham 

Ha'man 

Ha'math, or 

He'math 

HA'math-Ite 

Ha'math-Zft'baA 

Ham'raath 

Ham-med'a-tha 

Ham'e-lech ' 

Ham-mol'e-keth 

Ham'mon 

Ham'o-nl/e 

Hi'mon-Gog 

Ha'mor 

Ha'moth 

Ha'moth-D3r . 

Ham'u-el 

Ha'mul 

Ha'mul-ites 

Ham'u-tal 

Ha-nam'e-el 

Ha'nan 

Ha-*ian'e-el 

Han'a-ni 

Han-a-nl'SA 

HA'nes 

Han'i-el 

Han'naA 

Ha'na-thon 

Han'ni-el 

Ha'noch 

HA'noch-ites 

Ha'nun 

Haph-a-ra'im 

Ha'ra 

Har'a-da/( 

Har-a-1'a/t 

Hi'ran 

Hi'ra-rite 

Har-bi'na 

Ha'reph 

Hi'reth 

Har'has 

Hai'ha-ta 

Har'hur 

Hi'rim 

Ha'riph 

HSr'ne-phar 

Ha'ron 

Ha'rod-ite 

Har'o-eh 

Hi'ro-rite 

Har'o-sheth 

HSr'sha 

Ha'rum 

Ha-ru'maph 

Ha-ru'phite 

Hi, r 
a'ruz 

Has-a-dl'afc 

Has-e-nu'a/t 

Hash-a-bl'aA 

Hash-ab'nS/i 

Hash-ab'nl-a/i 

Hash-bad'a-na 

Ha'shem 

Hash-mi'na/t 

Hash'ub 

Hash-i'ba/( 

Hash'um 

Hash-u'pha 

Has'raA 

Has-se-nA'aA 

Has-u'pha 

14 



Ha'tach 

Ha'thah 

Hat'i-ta 

Hat'til 

Hat-tl'ph? 

Hat'tush 

Hav'i-li/i 

Ha'voth-Ji'ir 

Hau'ran 

Haz'a-el 

Ha-za'ilft 

Hi'za-Ad'dar 

Hi'za-E'nan 

Ha'zar-Gad'hiA 

Ha'zar-Hat'ti-pon 

Hi'zar-Ma'veth 

Ha-zi'roth 

Ha'zar-ShS'el 

HA'zar-Su'saft 

Hi'zar-Su'sim 

Ha'zel-El-pi'ni 

Hiz'e-rim 

Ha-ze'roth 

Ha'zer-Shu'sim 

Haz'e-zon-Ta'- 

mar 
Hi'zi-el 
Hi'zo 
Hi'zoi 
Haz'u-baA 
He'ber 
He'ber-ites 
Hebrews 
Hebron 
He'bron-ites 
Heg'a-i 
He?fe 

Him 

He'lam 

Hel'baA 

Hel'bon 

Hel-chl'aft 

Hel'da-i 

He'leb 

He'led 

He'lek 

He'lek-ites 

Hd'lem 

He'leph 

He'lez 

Hem 

HeMta-i 

HeWcath 

Hel'keth-Haz'zu- 

rim 
Hel-kl'as 
He'lon 
HA'man 
He'math, or 
Ha'math 
Hem'dan 
Hen 
He'na 
Hen'a-dad 
He'noch 
He'pher 
He'pher-ites 
Heph'zi~bci7i 
He'ram 
H^'rc3 
He'resh 
Her'mas 
Her'mes 
Her-mo|'e-nes 
Her'mon 
Hei-'mon-itcs 
Her'od 
He-ri'di-ans 
He-rA'di-as 
He-rJ'di-an 
He'seb 
He'se) 
Hesh'bon 
Hesh'mon 
Heth 
Heth'lon 
Hez'e-ki 
Hez-e-kl'aft 
He'zer, or 
He'zir 
He'zi-on 
Hez'ra-i 
Hez'ro 
Hez'ron 
Hez'ron-ites 
Hid'da-i 
Hid'de-kel 
Hl'el 

Hi-e-rap'o-lis 
Hi-er'e-el 
Hi-er'e-moth 
Hi-er-i-e'lus 
Hi-er'mas 
Hi-er-on'y-mus 
Hig-gi'jon 



Hl'len 

Hil-kl'aft 

HU'lel 

Hin'nom 

Hl'rSA 

Hl'ram 

Hir-ca'nus 

His-tl'jaA 

Hit'tites 

Hl'vites 

Hiz-ki'iA 

Hi'ba, or 

HHU 

H6'bab 

Hod 

Hod-a-M/, 

Hod-a-vl'aA 

Hj'dish 

Ho-dc'va 

Ho-de'vaA 

Ho-di'a/* 

Ho-dl'ilA 

HoglaA 

Hi'ham 

Hi'len 

Hol-o-fer'nes 

HVlon 

HA'man, or 

He'm an 

Hoph'ni 

Hoph'ra/. 

Hgr 

Hj'ram 

Ho'reb 

HJ'rem 

Hor-ha-gid'gad 

H6'ri ? 

H6'rims. 

Ho'rites'. 

Hgr'mlA 

Hor-o-nA'im 

Hor'o-nites 

H&'sa, 01 

Has'lA 

Ho-se'a 

Hosh-a-1'aft 

Hosh'a-ma 

Ho-she'a 

Ho'tham 

HA'than 

HA thir 

Huk'kok 

Hul 

Hul'daA 

Hum'taA 

HA/pham 

HA'pham-ite- 

Hup'paA 

Hup'pim 

Hur 

Hu'rai 

HA'ram 

HA'ri 

Hi'sh^A 

HA'shai 

Hu'sham 

Hu'shath-ite 

HA'shim- 

Huz 

HA'zoth 

Huz'zab 

Hy-das'peg 

Hy-men-A'us 

I and J. 



Jl'a-kan 

Ja-ak'o-ba/i 

Ja-a'Ia 

Ja-A'laA 

Ja-i'lam 

Ja'a-nai 

JA-ar-e-or'a- 

Ji'a-sEu 

Ja-as'i-el 

Ja-a'zaA 

Ja-as-a-nl'a/i 

Ja-A'zar 

Ja-i'zaA 

Ja-a-zl'3A 

Ja-az'i-el 

JA'bal 

Ja'bolc 

JA'besh 

JA'besh Gil'c-id 

JA'bez 

JA'bin 

Jab'neel 

Jab'neh 

Ja'chan 

JA'chin 

JA'chin-ites 

JA'pob 

.Ia-cA'bu« 

JA'cia 



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.Vden 

Jad-dA'a 

JA'don 

J4'el 

JA'gur 

Jiff 

Ja-hal'e-el 

j4-hal'el-el 

Ji'faath 

Ja'haz 

Ja-haz'iA 

Ja-ha-zl'aA 

Ja-haz'i-el 

Jah'da-i 

jAh'<ii-el 

jAh'do 

Jihle-el 

jihle-el-itee 

Jah'ma-i 

jkWzih 

j4h'ze-el 

Jah'ze-el-ites 

j4h'ze-raA 

J&h'zi-el 

j4'ir-ites 

j4'e'-rus 

j4'kan 

j4 / keh 

j4'klm 

Jaklrim 

j4'ion 

JanVbreg 

Jam'bri 

■lAme? 

.TA'min 

Ja'min-ites 

Jamie 9 h 

Jam'na-an 

Jam-nl'a 

Jam'nites 

Jan'na 

Jan'nes 

Ja-nA'&A 

Ja-nA'haA 

J.4'uum 

J4'phet 

J4'pheth 

j4-phl'iA 

Japn'let 

Japhle-ti 

j4'pho 

j4'raA 

j4'reb 

j4'red 

Ja-e-si'aA 

Jar'ha 

J4'rib 

JaVmuth 

Ja-rA'aA 

Jas'a-el 

Ji'shem 

Ji'shcn 

J4'sher 

J4-sho'be-am 

Jash'ub 

Jash'u-bi-LA'hem 

Jash'uh-ites 

Jas'i-el 

JA'son 

Ja-sA'bus 

Ji'tal 

.Tath'ni-rl 

.fat'til 

JA'van 

J.Vzar 

JA'zer 

Jaz'i-cl 

■ l.'l'/iz 

Ib'bar 

Il>'Ie-am 

Ib-nei'aA 

Ib-M'iaA 

Ib-nl'jaA 

Wn 

Ib'zan 

Ich'a-bod 

[-cA'ni-uin 

Id'a-laA 

Id'bash 

M'do 

Fd'u-el 

fd-u-maj'a 

M-u-msc'ana 

.le'a-rim 

•Tc-at'o-rai 

Jc-ber-e-chl'aA 

.TA'bns 

Je-bA'si 

.Tob'u-siles 

.Tec-a-ml'lA 

.Tcc-o-il'aA 

Jeij-o-nl'aA 

Jech-o-nl'as 

JodA'i-a 



Je-dA'iaA 

Jed-dA'us 

Jed'du 

Je-de'iaA 

Je-dl'a-el 

Jed'i-diA 

Jed-e-dl'aA 

Jed'i-el 

Jed'u-thun 

Je-Ali 

Je-A'zer 

Je-A'zer-ites 

JA'gar-Sa-ha-dA.'- 
tha 

Je-hal'e-el 

Je-hal'el-el 

Je-haz'i-el 

Jeh-dA'iaA 

Je-hA'i-el 

Je-hez'e-kel 

Je-hl'ab 

Je-hl'el 

Je-hl'e-Ii 

Je-hish'a-i 

Je-hish-kl'aA 

Je-nA'a-daA 

Je- ho-ad'dan 

Je-hA'a-haz 

Je-hA'ash 

Je-hAlia-daA 

Je-hA'a-nam 

Je-hA'a-nan 

Je-hoi'a-ohin 

Je-hoi'a-da 

Je-hoi'a-kim 

Je-hoi'a-rib 

Jo-hon'a-dab 

Je-Aon'a-than 

Je-hA'ram 

Je-ho-shab'e-ath 

Je-hosh'a-phat 

Je-hosh'e-ba 

Je-hosh'u-a 

Je-hA'vaA 

Je-h6'?ah-Jl'reth 

Je-h6'vah-Nis'si 

Je-hA'vah-Shal'- 

lom 
Je-hA'vah-Sham'- 

mah 
Je-hA'vah-Tsid'- 

ke-nu 
Je-hoz'a-bad 
Je-h8z'a-dak 
JA'hu 

Je-hub'baA 
Jl'hu-cal 
JA'hnd 
Je-hA'di 
Je-hu-di'jaA 
Je'hush 
Je-l'el 
Jc-kab'ze-el 
Jek-a-mA'am 
Jek-a-mi'aA 
Jc-kA'lhi-cl 
Jem- 1 'ma 
.Tem-A'el 
Jeph'thaA 
Je-phun'n3A 
jA'raA 
Je-raAmV-i:l 
jA-raAm 'e-el-itcs 
Jer'c-chus 
JA'red 
Jer'c-mai 
Jer-e-ml'a'i 
Jcr-c-inl'as 
Jcr'e-moth 
Jer'e-moutli 
.JiirV-my 

Jo-rl'S;; 

Jer'i-bai 

Jer'i-cho 

JoHi-el 

.Te-rl'jaA 

Jci'i-moth 

Jer'i-oth 

Jcr-o-bA'am 

Jcr'o-don 

Jer'o-ham 

Je-rnb'ba-al 

Jc-rub'e-slicth 

Jer'u-el 

Jc-nVsa-lcm 

Je-ru/sha 

Jc-sA'iaA 

Jesh-a'1-aA 

Jesh'a-naA 

Jcsh-ar'e-laA 

Jesh-cb'c-ab 

Jcsh-eb'e-aA 

Je'sher 

Jesh'i-mon 

•le-shisb'a-i 



Jesh-o-ha-l'aA 

Jesh'u-a 

Jesh'u-run 

Je-sl'aA 

Je-sim'i-el 

Jes'se 

Jes'u-a 

Jes'u-i 

Jes'u-ites 

Je'sus 

JA'ther 

Je'theth 

Jeth'laA 

JA'thro 

JA'tur 

Je'u-el 

JA'uslv 

JA'uz 

Jew 

Jew'ess 

Jevv'ry 

Jez-a-ni'aA 

Jez'a-bel 

Je-zA'lus 

JA'zer 

JA'zer-ites 

Je-zl'aA 

JA'zi-el 

Jez-ll'aA 

Jez'o-ar 

Jez-ra-hl'aA 

Jez're-el 

Jez're-el-ite 

Je2/re-el-i-tess 

I'fal 
If-dAli-aA 

Ig-e-ab'a-rim 

I^'e-al 

Jib'sam 

Jidlaph 

Jimla, or 

Imla 

Jim'na, or 

Jim'naA 

Jlm'nites 

I-je-A-bA'rim 

I'jon 

Jiph'taA 

Jiph'tha-hel 

Ik'kesh 

Mai 

Il-lyr'i-c»m 

InrilA 

Im'maA 

Im'mer 

Im'na, or 

Im'n4A 

Imfrlh 

Im'ri 

Im'u-aA 

In'di-a 

Ji'ab 

ji'a-ghaz 

Jo-a-dA'nus 

Jb'lh 

jA'a-haz 

J6'a-kim 

Jo-an'na 

Jo-an'nan 

J 6 'ash 

jA'a-tham 

Jo-a-zab'dus 

jAb 

Jft'bab 

Joph'e-bcd 

Ji'da 

jA'cd 

J AVI 
Jo-AliU 

Jo-A'zcr 

Jo^'bc-iA 

JoK'li 

JA'h4 

Jo-han'nan 

JoAn 

Joi'a-da 

Joi'a-kim 

Jf/i'a-nl) 

Jok'do-am 

jA'kim 

Jok'me-am 

Jok'ne-am 

Jok'shan 

Jok'tan 

Jok'thc-el 

jA'na 

Jon'a-dab 

JA'nS/. 

jA'nan 

jA'nas 
Jon'a-than 
jA'nath-Elcm- 
Rc-phA'c-him 
Jop'pa 
JA'ra 



jA'ra-i 

JA'ram 

JSr'dan 

Jor'i-bas 

JA'rim 

JSr'ko-am 

Jos'a-bad 

Jos'a-phat 

Jos-a-phl'as 

JA'se 

Jos'e-deoU 

Jos'e-el 

JA'^eph 

JA'ses 

Josh'a-bad 

JA'shaA 

Josh'a-phat 

Josh-a-vl'aA 

Josh-bek'a-sha 

Josh'u-a 

Jo-sl'iA 

Jo-sl'as 

Jos-i-bl'aA 

Jos-l-phl'aA 

Jo-sl'phas 

Jot'biA 

Jottath 

Jot'ba-tha 

JA'tham 

Joz'a-bad 

Joz'a-char 

Joz'a-dak 

Iph-e-dA'iaA 

IP 

I'ra 

Trad 
I'ram 

I'ri 

I-ri'jaA 

Ir'na-hash 

I'ron 

Ir'pe-el 

Ir-shA'mish 

I'm 

I'saap 

I-sAi'dA 

Is'94a 

Is-car'i-ot 

Is'da-el 

Ish'blA 

Ish'bak 

Ish'bi-BA'nob 

Ish'bo-sheth 

I'uhi 

I-shl'SA 

I-shl'j4A 

Ish'ma 

Ish'ma-el 

Ish'ma-el-Ues 

Ish-ma-1'iA 

Ish'me-rai 

I'shod 

Ish'pan 

Isli'tob 

Ish/u-a 

Ish'u-ai 

Is-ma-pM'aA 

Is-ma-1'aA 

Is'paA 

Ij'ra-cl 

I^'ra-el-iifis 

Is'sa-phar 

l9-tal-r;A'nii 

IiKu-aA 

Is'u-i 

Is'u-ilos 

It'a-i, o, 

Ith'a-i 

It'a-ly 

Ilb'u-innr 

Ilh'i-.l 

Ith'mti/i 

Iih'iini 

Itli'ra 

Ith'ran 

Itb/re-ani 

Itli'nli 

It'tah-KA'an 

H'la-i 

It-u-rd'a 

I'yiA 

.iii'b.il 

Jft'cal 

Jfl'da 

Jft'diA 

.ii'r.i i 

Jfldr. 

Ju-de'a 
Jft'dith 

J.ih-.i 

jaii-ui 

Jti'ni-a 

J&'pi-ter 

Ju-shab'hc-sod 



Jus'tus 

Jut'tiA 

Iz'e-har 

Iz'har 

Iz'har-ite 

Iz'ra-hite 

Iz-ra-l'4A, or 

Is-ra-1'iA 

Iz're-el 

Iz'ri 

Iz'rites 

K. 

Ka^ze-el 

KA'des 

KA'desh, or 

CA'desh [ne-a 

KA'desh-B4r'- 

Kad'mi-el 

Kad'mon-ites 

Kalla-i 

KA'niA 

Ka-rA'SA 

KArTia-a 

Kar-kor 

Kar'na-im 

K4r't4A 

Kar'tan 

Kat'tiA 

Kat'tath 

Ke'dar 

Ked'e-maA 

Ked'e-moth 

KA'desh 

Ke-hel'a-thaA 

KAi'laA • 

Ke-lA'i4A 

Kel'i-tlA 

Kem-A'el 

KA'nlA 

KA'na^ 

KA'nath 

KA'naz 

Ken'e-zite 

Ken'ites 

Ken'niz-itea 

Ker-en-hap'puch 

KA'ri-oth 

KA'ros 

Ke-tA'raA 

KA'zi-a 

KA'ziz 

Kib'roth-Hat-tA'- 

a-v&A 
Kib'za-im 
Kid'ron 
Kl'naA 
Kir 

Kir-liar-a'aeth 
Kir'he-resh 
Kir'i-ath, or 
Kir'jath 
Kir-i-A'tha-im 
Kir'jalh-Ar'ba 
Kir'iath-A'im 
Kir'jath-A'rim 
Kir{jath-A'ri-us 
Kir'jaih-BA'al 
Kir'jath-Hi'zolli 
Kir|atli-jA'a-rim 
Kir'iatli-S;.. ,',.',', 

Kirjath-Sd/phei 

Kir'i-oih 
Kish 
Kish'i 
Kish'i-on 

Ki'hIioii, or 

KI'hoii 

KilhOiih 

Kil'ron 

Kiiim, 
KA'a 
Kb ii 'Hi 

Km'Ii.i)! 

Kol-a-FW 

Kh'rAli 

Eo'rah-iU 

KA'ralli-iH:s 

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Lab'a-na 

La'fbiifa 

La-cA'nus 
I ..'> 'dan 
LAV1 
I.a'lia,] 



La-hAi'roi 

LA '''man 

LAh'mas 

LAh'mi 

LA'ish 

LA'kum 

LA'meph 

La-od-i-9A'a 

La-od-i-fA'ans 

Lap'i-dotli 

La-sA'a 

LA'shaA 

La-shA'ron 

Las'the-nes 

Laz'a-rus 

LA'lA 

Leb'a-naA 

Leb'a-non 

Leb'a-oth 

Leb-bA'us 

Le-bA'naA 

LA'cbiA 

LA'chiA 

LA'ha-bim 

LA'hi 

Lem'u-cl 

Les'bos 

LA'shem 

Let'tus 

Le-tA'shim 

LA'vi 

LA-vl'a-than 

Le'vis 

LA'vites 

Le-vit'i-cus 

Le-um'mim 

Lib'a-nus 

Lib'nSA 

Lib'ni 

Lib'nites 

Lig-nal'oe? 

Ll'^ure 

Lik'hi 

Ll'nus 

Lo-am'mi 

Lod 

Lod'e-bar 

LA'is 

LA-R&-h4'm5A 

Let 

Li'tan 

Loth-a-si'bus 

Li'zon 

LA'bim 

LA'bima 

LA'cas 

LA'91-fcr 

LA'ci-us 

Lud 

LA'dim 

LA'h.tli 

LAko 

Luz 

Lyb'i-a 

Ly9-a-o'ni-a 

Ly9'9a 

Ly9'i-a 

Lyd'da 

Lyd'i-a 

Ly-si'ni-as 

Iyys'i-a 

Lys'i-ns 

Lys'lra 

M. 

MA'a-r3« 
MA'a-9h&A 
Ma-a9li'a-lhi 
Ma-acb'a-llni'.s 
Ma-ad'ai 
.■Ma-n-dl'nA 
Ala-A 1 
Ma-al'nli-A( - 

rali'lnin 
MA'a-iiui 
MA'a-i 
Ma-a- ' 
Mi-a-sl'S'l 
Ma-a-sl'ai 
MA'ath 

Ha'az 

Ma-a-7.l'S'i 
,M.il. .I.1-1 
IMac n-l"il 
.Ma( ■'(■a-biTJ 

■ I | -I. . ii 

Mac-e-dA'ni-a 

Ma('li'l»'-n.a'i 
Mach ' 
MA'< i" 
Mi'i hir 

MA'i hi 

Mm -li'inaa 

Marh-na-dA'bai 



Ma9h- P A14A. 

Mach'he-loth 

MA'9ron 

Mad'a-i 

Ma-dl'a-bun 

Ma-dl'aA 

MA'di-an 

Mad-man'naA 

Mad-men'nlA 

MA'don 

MA-A'lus 

Ma^'bish 

Ma^'da-la 

Ma^'da-len, or 

Ma^-da-lA'ne 

Ma^'di-el 

MA'^o^ 

MA'gor-Mis'sa- 

bib 
Mae'pi-ash 
MA^ha-llA 
MA'ha-lath-Le- 

an'noth 
MA'ha-lath-Mas'- 

9hU 
Ma-hal'a-leel 
MA'ha-U 
Ma-ha-nA'im 
MA'ha-neh-Dan 
MA'ha-nem 
Ma-har'a-i 
MA'hath 
MA'ha-vitcs 
MA'haa 
Ma-hA'zi-oth 
MA-her-shal'al- 

hash'baz 
MAh'lSA 
MAh'li 
Mih'lites 
MAh'lon 
MA'hol 
Mai-an'e-as 
MA'kas 
MA'ked 
Mak-A'loth 
Mak-kA'dSA 
Mak'tcsh 
Mal'a-phi 
Mal'9ham 
Mal-9hl'AA 
Mal-9hi'cl 
Mal-9lii'el-itc3 
Mal-9hl'j4A 
Mal-9hl'ram 
Mal-9hi-shfi'aA 
Mal'9hom 
Mal'phua 
Mal'c-leel 
Mal'las 
Mal'lo-tlii 
Mal'luch 
Ma-mA'i-as 
iVIam'mon 
Mam-ni-la-nii'- 

mus 
Mam're 
Ma-niA'9US 
Man'a-cn 
Man'a-hath 
Man'a-luni 
Ma-nA'hcth-i('H 
Man-as-sA'as 
Ma-nas'sili 
Ma-nas'si-ij 

,M . I - n , , i I ■ 

MA'neh 
MA'ni 

Man'nn 
Ma-nA'aA 
r\i'i 61 h 
M'. on 
Ma'on-itoi 
mA ,.. 

mJ'Hm 

.Mar'a-ln/i 

Mar-a-D 

Alar I IIH 

M.ar-'l"-i he 'u 
Ma-ri'aiiM 
\i u 
M 

i. .ili 
MA'roth 

M | 

-na 
Mlr'to-na 

M.Tr'lha 

Ma '. li.l 
Ma o-lolh 

IMasb 
Ma'uhal 
M man 



Mas'moth 

Mas're-k5A 

MA'sa 

MA'son 

Mas'siA 

Mas-sl'as 

Ma-thA'sa-la 

MA'tred 

MA'tri 

Mat'tan 

Ma-tan'aA 

Mat-tan-l'5A 

Mat'ta-tha 

Mat-ta-tlil'as 

Mat-te-nA'i 

Mat'than 

Mat'that 

Mat-thAlas 

Mat'thew 

Mat-thl'as 

Mat-ti-thi'aA ' 

Maz-i-tl'as 

Maz'za-roth 

MA'aA 

Me-4'ni 

M4'raA 

Me-bA'nai 

Me9h'e-rath 

Mech'e-rath-ite 

MA^dad 

Mcd'a-lAA 

MA'dan 

Rled'e-ba 

MAde; 

MA'di-a 

MA'di-an [an 

Me'd-i-ter-ra'ne- 

Me-A'da 

Me-gid'do 

Me-eid'don 

Me-HA'li 

Me-het'a-bel 

Me-hl'da 

MA'nir 

Me-hol'ath-ite 

Me-hA'ja-el 

Me-hA'man 

Me-bA'nim 

Me-jar'kon 

Mek'o-nSA 

Mel-a-tl'aA 

Mel' v hi 

Mel'obl-3A 

JMol'c'lil-aa 

Mel'chi-ol 

Mel-9his'e-dck 

Mel-chi-sh&'a 

Me-le'a 

MA'lech 

31el'li-9u 

Mcl'i-ta 

Me-ll'lus 

Mel'zar 

Mem'pliis 

Mc-mA'9nn 

Mon'a-hcin 

MA'nan 

IVIA'ne 

Me'oith 

Men'o-tliai 

rvi.— <jii'«'-iii -in 

Mc-on'o-lba-i 
Meph'o-ath 

Mc-pliib'o-sluib 

Me'rab 

M.r-a-1'.Vi 

i\i< -lA'i-uih 

JNlA'ran 

;M.r'a-ll 

Mi 1 ""i 1 

ISI«r-a-lliA im 
I\l, ,- t A'ri-tU 
MA'rod 

JMi-r'i -mi. ill 

I 

Mm i-bM 

Mi . i-i.V'-kA - 
■ ii I. 

Mi-nli'na-al 

Aiii'i-iii'illi 

Ml ri'.'.l.u Ii Hal 

■\i 1. 11. 1 

IM. -roii'.-llnl" 

Mo'rof 
MA'ni th 

". Ii 

' I '1 

. l-i -im'S/i 

Meab-ei 

i-bccl 

Mr»h-i!-t4'nnili 



Mesh-Ule-moth 

Me-shA'bSA 

Me-shul'lam 

Me-shul'le-mith 

Mes'o-b4A 

Mes'o-ba-ite 

Mes-o-po-t4'mi-a 

Mes-sl'aA 

Mes-sl'as 

Me-tA'ni9 

MA'theg-Am'niA 

Meth're-dath 

Me-lhA'sa-el 

Me-thA'»e-laA 

Me-thA'se-la 

Me-A'nim 

Mez'a-bab 

Ml'a-min 

MiVhar 

Mib'sam 

MiVzar 

Mi'9aA 

Mi-9a'iaA 

Mi'9ha 

Ml'cha-el 

Ml'9hlA 

Mi'9hal 

Mi9h'mas 

Mi9h'mash 

Miijh'me-thiA 

Mi9h'ri 

Mich'tam 

Mid'din 

Mid'l-an 

Mid'i-an-itcs 

Mig'da-lel 

Mig'dal-Gad 

Miij'dol ' 

Mig'ron 

Mij'a-niin 

Mi'loth 

Mik-nA'iaA 

Mil'9&A, or 

Mil'cha, or 

Mil'9haA 

Mil'i "in 

Mi-l'A'tus 

Mi-lA'tum 

Mil'lo 

Mi'na 

Mi-nl'a-nim 

Min'ni 

IVIin'nith 

Miph'kad 

Rlir'i-am 

Mir'ma 

Mis'gab 

Mish'a-el 

Ml'shal 

I\I 'sham 

Mish'A-al 

Miab/ma 

Mish-man'na 

IVIislira-itcs 

Mis'par 

i\Iis'|n-roth 

Mis'pba 

Mis'phn/i 
Mis'ra-un 
INlls'rr-pllnlli- 

niAnii 
INIilli'vSA 
iWilh nin- 
i\lilli'n-ilnlb 
Mil-y-li 1 '!!'' 
INll/ar 
M^'pnA 

Mil 1.1-lin 

i\Ii/'/a/i 

Jilnu'son 

MA'ab 

Mi'.'.il 

iMn-a-dl'AA 

Mock'mor 

Moch nun 

MA din 

IMi'.vil, 

M..I'11-llnA 

M,\ 1. . 1, 

.M.'.'li 

MMid 

M.'.'I.'C Ii 

Mi'.I... k 

M 

M.>-i.- I ' 

'.-id- 
'Imi- 
Mor'di 
MA'rah 
Mo'n l.-i 'li- 

1. 
Mo-rl'.Vi 



Mo-sA'raA 

Mo-s6'roth 

MA'ses 

Mo-sol1am 

Mo-sul'la-mon 

MA'za 

MA'zSA 

Mup'pim 

MA'shi 

MA'shites 

Muth-lab'ben 

Myn'dus 

My'ra 

Mys'i-a 

Myt-e-lA'nc 

N. 

NA'am 

N4'a-mlA 

NA'a-man 

N4'a-ma-thiles 

N4'a-miteB 

NA'a-rlA 

NA'a-rai 

NA'a-ran 

NA'a-ralh 

Ni'a-shon 

NA'as-son 

N4'a-thus 

NA'bal 

Na-bA'ri-as 

Nab-a-thA'an? 

NA'bath-ites 

NA'both 

N4'chon 

N4'9hor 

NA'dab 

Na-dab'a-llia 

Nag'ge 

Na-h4'li-cl 

Na-hal'lal 

NA'ha-loi 

NA'ham 

Na-hamti-iii 

Na-har a-i 

NA'hash 

NA'haU> 

NAb'bi 

NA'ha-bi 

NA'hor 

NAh'shon 

NA'hum 

NA'i-dus 

NA'im 

NA hi 

NA'i-olh 

Na'nA 

NA'o-mi 

NA'pbinli 

Naph'i-si 

Napbllin-li 

Naph'thar 

Naph'tu-him 

Nar-ci.Vsm 

Nns'bas 

Na'ahon 

Ni'aith 

NA'lhan 
Na-(lian'a-rl 
Nmli-a 
NA'llmn-Mi l 

larh 
N.A'v 
N.'i'iiin 
Nax-a-renc 

Na/'.l-rrlli 
Nnz'ii-nli' 
N.'-a/i 
N . ■ -im 

Nr-.i-rl'J'i 
N.l. ..-i 
\. I.i ..ili 
Ni -I.' 

il lii 
NA'l.nl 

Nob-u-i h 

/ar 

Ni li-n-i li'..l-"ii' 

Nil>-n-< IivI-m 

zar 
%■ b-u-i h 
Nqb-ti-zar'a-dan 

N' -i •' 

hl'Ja 
i iA 

11. ih 
v. -in I'a-rnita 
tnl'AA 

jNV'hum 



PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY. 



Ne-hush'ta 

Ne-hush'taA 

Ne-hush'tan 

Ne'i-el 

Ne'keb 

Ne-k6'da 

Nem-4'el 

Nem'u-el-ites 

Ne'pneg 

Ne'phi 

Ne'phis 

NJ'phish 

Ne-phish'a-sim 

Neph'tha-li 

Neph'tha-lim 

Neph'tu im 

Ne-phu'sim 

Nep'tho-afc 

Ner 

Ne'ra 

Ne're-us 

Ner'gal 

Ner'gal- Sha-re'- 

zer 
Ne'h 
Ne-rl'aA 
Ne'ro 

Ne-than'e-e. 
Neth-a-nl'aA 
Neth'i-nim? 
Ne-ti'phaft 
Ne-toph'a-thi 
Ne-toph'a-thites 
Ne-zl'aA 
Ne'zib 
NibT>as 
Nib'shan 
Ni-ca'nor 
Nic-o-de'mus 
Ni-r^o-la'i-tane? ' 
Nic'o-las 
Ni-pop'o-lis 
Nl'ger 
NmMA 
Nim'rim 

Nim'rod 
Nim'shi 

Nin'e-ve 

Nin'e-veh 

Nin'e-vites 

Ni'san 

Nis'roeh 

Na 

No-a-dl'aA 

No'aA, or No'e 

Nob 

N&'ba/i 

Nod 

No'dab 

N&'e 

Nft'e-ba 

No'ga 

Ni'gaA 

NbiU 

Nom 

Nom'a-dea 

Non 

Noph 

Ni'phaA 

Nu-me'ni-us 

Nun 

Nym'pha* 

O. 

Ob-a-dl'afc 

Cbal 

Cbed 

Cbed-E'dom 

Cbeth 

OtU 

O'both 

O'chi-el 

Op'-i-delus 

Op'i-na 

Op'ran 

O'ded 

O-dol'lam 

Od-on-ark'es 

Oha3 

Ohel 

Ol'a-mus 

Ol'ives 

Ol'i-vet 

O-lym'phas 

O-lym'pas 

Om-a-e'rus 

O'mar 

Om'ri 

On 

O'nam 

O'nan 

O-nes'i-mus 



On-e-siph'o-rus 

O-nl'a-res. 

0-nl'a3 

O'no 

O'nus 

On'y-cha 

O'nyx 

O'phel 

O'pher 

Ophir 

Oph'ni 

Oph'rah 

O'reb 

O'ren, or ran 

O-rl'on 

Or'nan 

(VplA 

Or-phaA 

Or-tho-sl'as 

O-sa'ias 

O-ze'as 

O'see 

O'she-a 

Oth'ni 

Oth'ni-el 

Oth-o-nl'as 

O-ze'as 

O'zem 

O-zl'as 

O'zi-el 

Oz'ni 

Oz'nites 

O-zo'ra 

P. 

Pa'a-rai 

Pa-ca-ti-a'na 

Pa'dan 

Pa'dan-A'ram 

Pa'don 

Pa'gi-el 

Pa'hath-Mo'ab 

Phi 

Pi'lal 

Pal'es-tine 

Pal'lu 

Pal'lu-ites 

Pal'ti 

Pal'ti-el 

Pal'tite 

Pam-phyl'i-a 

Pan'nag 

Paph-la-gi'ni-a 

Pa'phos 

Pa'rafc 

Pa'ran 

Par'bar 

Par-mash'ta 

Par'rae-nas 

Par'nath 

Par'nach 

Pa'rosh' 

Par-shan'da-tha 

Par'thi-a 

Par'thi-ans 

Par'u-aft 

Par-va'im 

Pi'saoh . 

Pas-dim'min 

Pa-se'aft 

Pash'ur 

Pat'a-ra 

Pa-the'us 

Path'ros 

Path-ru'sim 

Pat'mos 

Pat'ro-bas 

Pa'u 

Paul 

Pau'lus 

Ped'a-hel 

Ped'ah-zur 

Ped-a-1'a/e 

Pe'kaft 

Pek-a-hl'iU 

Pe'kod 

Pel-a-l'a/i 

Pel-a-M/i 

Pel-a-ti'a/i 

Peleg 

Pil'e-ha 

Pilet 

Pe'leth 

Pe'leth-ites 

Pe-ll'as 

Pel'o-nite 

Pe-nl'el 

Pe-nin'na/i 

Pen-tap'u-lis 

Pen'ta-teuch 

Pen'te-cost 

Pe-nu'el 

Pi'or 



Per'a-zim 

Pe'resh 

Pe'rez 

Pe'rez-Uz'zift 

Per'ga 

Per'ga-mos 

Pe-rl'da 

Per'iz-zites 

Per'rae-nas 

Per'si-a 

Per'sis 

Per-A'da 

Pe'teV 

Peth-a-hl'aft 

Pother 

Pe-thu'el 

Pe-ul'thai 

Phac'a-reth 

Phai'sur 

Phal-d3,'i-us 

Pha-Ie'as 

Pha'lec 

Phaleg 

Phal'lu 

Phalli 

Phal'd-el 

Pha-nu'el 

Phar'a-9in 

Phh'r abk 

Pha'rosh-Ho- 

phl'a 
Pha'raoh-Ne'- 

9hoh 
Phar'a-tho-ni 
Pha'res 
Pha'rez 
PhA'rez-ites 
Phart-sees 
Phi'rosh 
Phar'phas 
Phar'zites 
Phas'e-ift 
Pha-se'lis 
Phas'i-ron 
Phe'be 
Phe-ni'pe 
Phe-ni^'i-a 
Phiiye-seth 
Phl'col 

Phil-a-del'phi-a 
Phi-lar'che? 
Phi-l„'mon 

Phi-le'tus 

Phil'ip 

Phi-lip'pi 

Phi-lip'pi-an9 

Phi-lis'ti-a 

Phi-lis'tim 

Phi-lis'tines 

Phi-lol'o-|US 

Phil- o-me 'tor 

Phin'e-has 

Phl'son 

Phle'gon 

PhJ'ros 

Phryg'i-a 

Phul 

Phi'raA 

Phut 

Phu'vaft 

Phy-|el'lus 

Pi-ha-hi'roth 

Pilate 

Pil'dash 

Pl'e-tha 

Pil'tai 

Pl'non 

Pl'ra 

Pl'ram 

Pir'a-thon 

Pir'a-thon-ite 



Pl'son 

Pi^'pa/i 

Pl'thon 

Ple'iades 

Poch'e-ret 

Pollux 

Pon'ti-us 

Pon'tus 

Por'a-tha 

Por'ci-us 

P6r'ti-us 

Pot'i-phar 

Po-tiph'e-ra 

Pris'ca 

Pri5-9il'la 

Pro9h'o-rus 

Ptol-e-mi'is 

I u'a, or Pu'aft 

Ph'j'U-us 

Pii'ilen^ 

Pu'hites 



Pi'mtes 

Pi'non 

Pur, or Pi'rim 

Put 

Pu-te'o-li 

Pi'ti-el 

Py'farg 

R. 

Ra'a-maft 

Ra-a-ml'afc 

Ra-am'se^ 

Rab'bSA 

Rab'bath 

Rab'bat 

Rab'bi 

Rab'bith 

Rab-b6'ni 

Rab'mag 

RaVsa-pe^ 

Rab'sa-rir _ 

Rab'sha-keh 

Ra'ca, or Ra'cha 

Ra'chab 

Ri'9al 

Ri'chel 

Rad'da-i 

RA'gau 

R4'|e ? 

Rag'u-a 

Ra-»4'el 

RA'hab 

Ri'ham 

Ra'kem 

Rak'kath 

Rak'kon 

Ram 

Ra'ma 

Ri'tnife 

Ri'math 

Ra-math-a'im 

Ram'a-thera 

Ra'math-ite 

Ra'math-Le'hi 

Ra'math-Mis'- 

peh 
Ra-me'se^ 
Ra-ml'aft 
Ri'moth 

Ra'moth-Gil'e-ad 
Rd'pha 
Ri'phael 
Ra'phlA 
Ra'pha-im 
Ri'phon 
Ra'phu 
Ras'sis 
Rath'u-mus 
R&'zis 
Re-a-1'aft 

Re'ba 

Re-bep'ca 

Re'chab' 

Re'ohab-ites 

Re'9haA 

Re-el-ai'ah 

Re-el-1'as 

Ree-sai'as 

R&'gem 

Re'gem-Me'lech 

Re'gom 

Re-ha-bl'lft 

Re'hob 

Re-ho-bo'am 

Re-h6'both 

Re'hu 

Re'hum 

Re'i 

Re'kem 

Rem-a-ll'a^ 

Re'meth 

Rem'mon 

Rem'mon-Meth'- 
o-ar 

Rem'phan 

Rem'phis 

Re'pha-el 

Re'pha/t 

Reph-a-1'a/i 

Reph'a-im 

Reph'a-ims 

Reph'i-dira 

R<Vsen 

Re'sheph 

Re'u 

Reu'ben 

Re-u'el 

Rcu'ma/i 

Ri'zeph 

Ke-zl'a 

Re'zin 

Re'zon 

Rhi'gi-uro 



Rh^'sa 

Rhi'da 

Rh6de? 

Rhod'o-cus 

Rl'bai 

Rib'llA 

Rim'mon 

Rim'mon-Pa'rez 

Rim'na/i 

Rl'phath 

Ris'safi 

Rith'maA 

Ris'pa/i 

Ro-b6'am 

Ro-ge'lim 

Roh'gaft 

Ri'i-mus 

Ro-mara-ti-^'zer 

Rome 

R6'mans 

Rom 

Ru'fus 

Ru'ha-maA 

RS'maft 

Rus'li-ous 

Ruth ' 

S. 

Sa-hac'tha-m 

Sab'a-oth 

Si'bat 

Sab'a-tus 

Sab'ban 

Sab'bath 

Sab-ba-the'us 

Sab-be'us 

Sab-de'us 

Sab'di 

Sa-be'ans 

Si'bi 

Sab'tiA 

Sab'te-cha 

Sa'car ' 

Sack'but 

Sad-a-ml'as 

Si'das 

Sad-de'us 

Sad'dup 

Sad'du-cees 

Si'doc 

Sa-ha-di'tha-Je'- 

gar 
Sa'la 
Si'lafc 

Sal-a-sad'a-1 
Sa-li'thi-el 
Sal'clA 
Sal'chaA 
Sal'a-mis 
Salem 
Sa'lim 
Sal'la-i 

Sal'lu 

Sal-lu'mus 

Sal'ma, or Sal'- 
maA 

Sal'moa 

Sal-mo'ne 

Silom 

Sa-l6'me 

Salu 

Sa'lum 

Sam'a-e 

Sa-mai'as 

Sa-ma'ri-a 

Sa-mar'i-tan9 

Sam'a-tus 

Sa-me'ius 

Sam'gar-NeTjo 

Sa'mi 

Si'mis 

Sam'laft 

Sam'mus 

Sa'mos 

Sam-o-thra'91-a 

Samp'sa-mej 

Sam'son 

Sam'u-el 

San-a-bas'sa-rus 

San'a-sib 

San-bal'lat 

San'he-drim 

San-san'naft 

Saph 

Sl'phat 

Saph-a-tl'as 

Saph'ir 

Sa'pheth 

Sap-phi'ra 

Sar-a-bl'as 

Sa'raA, or Sa'rai 

Sar-a-i'aA 

Sa-rii'as 

Sa-ram'a-el 



Sar'a-mel 

Si'raph 

Sar-ched'o-mus 

Sar'de-us 

Sar'dis 

Sar'dites 

Sar'dine 

Sar'di-us • 

Sar'do-nyx 

Sa're-ta • 

Sa-rerVta 

Sar'gon 

Sa'rid 

Si'ron 

Sa-r6'thi 

Sar'se'chim 

Sa'ruijh' 

Si'tan 

Sath-ra-baz'nes 

Sath-ra-bou-za'- 

ne'| 
Sav'a-ran 
Sa'vi-as 
Saul 
Sce'va 
Sche'chem 
Scrlbea 
Sfyth'i-an^ 
SVyth-op'o-lis 
Sfyth-o-pol'j-tans 
Se'ba 
Se'bat 
Sec'a-clft 
Sech-e-nl'as 
Se'chu 
Se-cun'dus 
Sed-e-ci'as 
Se^gub' 
Se'.r 
Se'i-rath 
Se'la 
Se'la-Ham-maA- 

le'koth 
Se'la/i 
Se'led 
Sel-e-mi'as 
Se-leu'fl-a 
Sem 

Sem-a-chl'aft 
Sem-a-1'ift 
Sem-a-i'as 
Sem'e-i 
Se-mel'le-us 

Se'mis 

Sen'a-aA 

Se'neh 

Se'nir 

Sen-a-che'rib, or 

Sen-ach'e-rib 

Sen'u-aA 

Se-u'rim 

Se'phar 

Seph'a-rad 

Seph-ar- va'im 

Seph'ar-vites 

Seph-ela 

Se'ra/i 

Se-ra'ilA 

Ser'a-phim 

Se'red 

Ser'|i-us 

Se'ron 

Se'sis 

Ses'thel 

Seth 

Se'thar 

Se'ther 

Sex'tus 

Sha-al-ab'bin 

Sha-al'bim 

Sha-alTjo-nite 

Sha'aph 

Sha-a-ra'im 

Sha-ash'gas 

Shab-beth' a -i 

Shach'i-a 

Shad'dai 

Shi'drach 

Ski'ge 

Sha-haz'i-math 

Shal'le-cheth 

Sha'Iera' 

Sha'lim 

Shal'i-slia 

Shallum 

Shal'ma-i 

Shal'man 

Shal-ma-n4'=cr 

Sha'ma 

Sham-a-rl'a/t 

Shi'med 

Shi'mcr 

Sham'gar 

Shamhulh 



Shi'mir 

Sham'ma 

Sham'maft 

Sham'ma-i 

Sham'moth 

Sham-mA'a 

Sham-mi'SA 

Sham-she-ra'i 

Sha'pham 

Sha'phsin 

Shi'phat 

Sha'pher 

Shar'a-i 

Shar'a-im 

Shi'rar 

Sha-re'zer 

ShA'ron 

Sha'ron-ite 

Shlr'sha 

Sha-ru'hen 

Shash'a-i 

Shl'shak 

Shi'veh 

Sha'veth 

Shi'veth-Kir-i 

a'tha-im 
Shi'ul-ites 
Sha'u-sha 
She'al 
She-al'ti-el 
She-a-rl'aft 
She-ar-ja'shub 
She'ba, or 
She'baA 
ShHam 
Sheb-a-nl'a/i 
Sheb'a-rim 
She'bat 
Shelier 
Sheb'na 
Sheb'u-el 
Shec-a-nl'aft 
She'chem 
She'chem-ites 
Shech'i-nah 
Shed'e-ur 
She-ha-rl'aA 
She'kel 
ShMaA 
She'lan-ltes 
Shel-e-ml'aft 
Sheleph 
Sh.'lesh 
Shel'o-mi 
Shel'o-mith 
Shel'o-moth " 
She-li'mi-el 

Shem 

She'ma 

Shem'a-aA 

Shem-a-1'aA 

Shem-a-rl'aA 

Shem'e-ber 

She'mer 

She-ml'da 

She-ml'da-ites 

Shem'i-nith 

She-mir'a-molh 

She-mu'el 

Shen 

She-na'zar 

She'nir 

She'pham 

Sheph-a-tl'aA 

She'phi 

She'pho 

She-phA'phah 

She'raA 

Sher-e-bl'a/j 

She'resh 

She-re'zer 

She'shach 

She'shai 

She'shan 

Shesh-baz'zar 

Sheth 

She'thar 

She'thar-Boz' 
na-i 

She'vlA 

Shib'bo-leth 

Shib'maA 

Shl'chron 

Sliig-gi'i-on 

Shi-gV'o-noth 

Shl'Kon 

Shl'on 

^hl'hor 

Shl'hor-Lib'nath 

Shi-l'im 

Shil'hi 

Shil'him 

Shil'lem 

ShiMem-ites 



Shl'loh. or 

Shl'lo 

Shi-lo'aft 

Shi-l6'ni 

Shl'lo-nites 

Shil'shiA 

Shim'e-a 

Shim'e-am 

Shim'e-ath 

Shim'c-ath-ites 

Shim'e-i 

Shim'e-on 

Shim'hi 

Shl'mi 

Shim'ites 

Shim'ma , 

Shl'mon 

Shim'rath 

Shim'ri 

Shim'rith 

Shim'ron 

Shira'ron-ites 

Shim'ron-Me'- 

ron 
Shim'shai 
ShI'nab 
Shl'nar 
Shl'phi 
Shiph'mite 
Shiph'ra 
Shiph'rath 
Ship'tan 
Shl'sha 
Shl'shak 
Shit'ra-i 
Shit'taA 
Shit'tim 
Shit'tim-Wot>d 
Shl'za 
Sho'a 
Sho'aA 
Shi'bab 
Sho'ba^h 
Sh^'ba-i 
ShVbal 
ShJ'bek 
Shft'bi 
Sho'cho 
Sho'choh 
Shi 'ham 
Sho'mer 
Sho'phach 

Shi'phan 

Sho-shan'nim 

Sho-shan'nim- 
E'duth 

Shu'a 

ShS'aA 

ShS'al 

ShiVba-el 

ShS'ham 

Shu'ham-ites 

Shu'hites 

Shu'lam-ite 

Shu'math-ites 

Shu'nam-ite 

ShS'nem 

Shu'ni 

Shu'nites 

Shu'pham 

ShS'pham-ite 

Shup'pim 

Shur 

Shu'shan 

Shu'shan-E'duth 

Shu'the-la^ 

Shu'thal-ites 

Sl'a ■ 

Sl'a-ka 

Sl'ba 

SiVba-chai 

Sib'bo-l'eth 

Sib'maA 

Sib'ra-im 

Sl'chem 

Sid'dim 

Sl'de 

Sl'don 

Si-gl'o-noth 

Sl'ha 

Sl'hon 

Sl'hor 

Sl'las 

Sil'la 

Sil'o-a 

Sil'o-l/i, or 

Sil'o-am 

Sil'o-e 

Sil-vi'nus 

Si-mal'ci-e 

Sim'e-i 

Sim'e-on 

Sim'e-on-ites 

Sl'mon 
16 



Sun'n 

Sin 

Sl'nai 

Sl'na 

Sl'nim 

Sin'ites 

Sl'on 

Siph'moth 

Sip'pai 

Sl'rach 

Sl'raft 

Sir'i-on 

Sis-a-mi'i 

Sis'e-ra 

Si-sin'ne^ 

Sit'nlA 

Sl'van 

Smyr'na 

So 

Si'choh 

So'di 

Sod'om 

Sod'om-ites 

Sod'o-ma 

Sol'o-raon 

Sop'a-ter 

Soph'e-reth 

S&'rek 

So-sip'a-ter 

Sos'the-ne? 

Sos'tra-tus 

Si'ta-i 

Spain 

Sta'chys 

Stac'te 

Steph'a-nas 

Ste'phen 

Su'SA 

Si'ba 

Si'ba-i 

Suc'coth 

Suc'coth-Be' 
riotfi 

Su-ca'ath-ites 

Su'dii-as 

Suk'ki-im3 

Sur 

Su'sa 

Su'san-chites 

Su-san'nlft 

Si'si 

Syc'a-mine 

Sy-9e'ne 

Sy'char 

Sy'chem 

Sy-e'lus 

Sy-e'ne 

Syn'a-gogue 

Syn'ti-the 

Syr'a-cu^e 

Syr'i-a 

Syr'i-a-Da-mas 
cus 



Ta'phoii 

Tap'pu-ftA 

Ta'rP 

Tar'a-lSA 

Tar'ca 

TA're-la 

Tar'pel-ite« 

TRrshis 

Tar'shish 

Tar-shl'si 

Tarsus 

Tlrtak 

Tar'tan 

Tat'na-i 

Te'bift 

Teb-a-ll'lA 

T^'beth 

Te-haph'ne-he{ 

Te-hin'ni& 

Te'kel 

Tek'o-a, or 

Tek'o-iA 

Tek'o-ites 

Tel'a-bib 

Te'iafc 

Tel'a-im 

Te-las'sai - 

Te'lem 

Tel-ha-ri'sha 

Tel-hir'sha 

Tel'me-la ' 

Tel'me-laft 

Te'ma 

Te'man 

Tem'a-n5 

Te'man-ites 

Tem'e-ni 

T^'pho 

Ter'a-phim 
Te'resh 
Ter'ti-us 
Ter-tullus 
Te'ta 
Te'trarcn 
Thad-de'us 
Tha'hash 
Tha'maft 
Tha'mar 
Tham'na-tha* 
Thi'ra 
Thar'ra 
Thar'shish 
Thas'si 
The'bez 
The-c6'e 
The-las'ser 
The-ler'sas 
The-oc'a-nus 
The-od'o-cus 
The-oph'i-luB 
- The'ras 
Ther'me-leth 



Syi-'i-a-Ma'a-caA Thes-sa-lo-nl'ca 
Syr'i-an Thes'sa-lus 

Syr'i-on Thei'das 

Syr-o-phe-ni 9 'i-a Thim^a-thath 
S y* tls This'be 

rp Thom'as 

Thom'o-i 
Ta'a-nach Thra-se>s 

Ta'a-naih-Shlao B"" 11 ",™ 
Tab'ba-oth Thy-a-tl'ra 



Tab'ba-oth 

Tab'bath 

Ta'be-al 

Ta'be-el 

Ta-bel'li-us 

Tab'e-raA 

Tab'i-tha 

Ti'bor 

TaVri-mon 

Ta^h'mo-nite 

Tad'mor 

Ti'han 

Ta'han-ites 

Ta-hap'nea 

Ta'hath 

Tah'pe-nes 

Taph'en-hes 

Tah're-a 

Tah'tim-Hod'shi 

Tal'i-tha-tpu'mi 

Tal'mai 

Tal'mon 

Tal'sas 

Ta'mlA 

Ta'mar 

Tam'muz 

Ti'nach 

Tan'hu-meth 

Ti'nis 

Ta'phalh 

Taph'nes 



Ti-be'ri-as 

Ti-be'ri-us 

Tib'ni 

Tl'dal 

Tis'lath-Pi-le's« 

Tik'vaA 

Tik'vadi 

Thon 

Ti-me'us 

Tim'na 

Tim'nath 

Tim'na-thlA 

Tim'nath-He'res 

Tim'nath-Se'rafi 

Tim'nite 

Tl'mon 

Ti-m6'the-us 

Tim'o-thy 

Tiph'saA 

Tl'ras 

Tl'rath-ite 

Tir'ha-klA 

Tir'ha-nlA 

Tiri-a 

Tir'sha-tha 

Tir'zaA 

Tish'bite 

Tl'tus 

Tl'van 

Tl'za 



GEOGRAPHICAL VOCABULARY. 



Tl'zite 

TA'aA 

Tob 

Tob'-Ad-o-nl'jaA 

To-bi'aA 

To-bl'as 

TA'bi-el 

To-b['jaA 

TAT>ii 

TA'chen 

To-gar'maA 

Ti'hu 

TA'i 

Ti'la 

TAlad 

TAla-ites 

Tol'ba-nes 

TA'phel 

TA'phet. 

TA'pheth 

TA'u 

Trae,h-o-nl'tis 

Tfipi'o-lis 

TrA'as 

TVo-gylli-um 



Trophl-mus 

Try-phe'na 

TryphA'sa 

Ttfbal 

TA'bal-Ciin 

Tu-bl'e-Di 

Tych'i-cus 

Ty-ran'nus 

Ty'rus 



UandV. 



Va-jez'a-tha 

Va-nl'aA 

Vash'ni 

Vash'ti 

U'cal 

U'el 

U'la-i 

Ulam 

una 

Um'maA 



Un'ni 

Voph'si 

U'phaz 

U-phar'sin 

TJr 

tlr'ba-ne 

U'ri 

U-rl'aA 

U-ri'as 

U'ri-el 

U-rl'jaA 

U'rim 

TJ'ta 

U'tha-i 

U'thi 

Uz 

U'za 

U'zal 

Uz'za 

Uz'za' 

Uz'zen-She'rilA 

Uz'zi 

Uz-zl'aA 

Uz-zl'el 

Uz-zl'el-ites 



Z. 

Za-a-nA'im 

Zi'a-nan 

Za-a-nan'nim 

Za'a-van 

Za'bad 

Zab-a-da?'ans 

Zab-a-dA'i-as 

ZaVbai 

Zab'bud 

Zab-de'us 

Zab'di 

Za-bl'na 

Zab'di-el 

Zi'bud 

ZaVu-lon 

Zac'ea-i 

Zac/cur 

Zach'a-rl^aA 

Zach-a-rl'as 

Zither 

Zac'che-us 

Za'dok 

Ziliam 



Za'ir 

Zalaph 

Zal'mon 

Zal-ini'naA 

Zal-mun'naA 

Zanvlns 

Zam'bri 

Za'moth 

Zara-zum'raims 

Za-nA'aA 

Zaph-nath-pa-a- 

ne'aA 
Zi'phon 
Zi'ra 
Zar'a-ces 
Zi'raft 
Zar-a-1'as 
Za-rA'aA 
Za're-ath-ltes 
Zi'red 
Zar'e-phalh 
Zar'e-tan 
Zi'reth-Sha'har 
Zar'hites 
Zar'ta-naA 



Zar'than 

Zath'o-e 

Za-thui 

Zath'thu 

Zat'tu 

Zi'van 

Zi'za 

Zeb-a-dl'aA 

Ze'baA 

Ze-bi'im 

Zel/a-dee 

Ze-bl'na 

Ze-bA'im 

Ze-bA'da 

ZHul 

Zcb'u-Ion 

Zeb'u-lon-ites 

Zech-a-rl'aA 

Ze'dad 

Zed-e-kl'uA 

Zeeb 

Ze'laA 

Zetek 

Ze-lA'phe-ad 

Ze-lA'tea 



Zel'zaA 

Zero*a-ra'im 

Zem'a-rite 

Ze-ml'ra 

Ze'nan 

Zc'nas 

Ze-A'rim 

Zeph-a-nl'aA 

Ze'phath 

Zeph'a-tha/i 

Ze/phj, or 

Ze'pho 

Zi'phon 

Zeph'on-ites 

Zer 

Ze'raA 

Zer-a-hlaA 

Zer-a-1'a 

Ze'rau 

Ze'red 

Zer'c-da 

Ze-red'e-thaA 

Zer'e-rath 

Ze/resh 

Ze'reth 



Ze'ri 

ZA'ror 

Ze-ru'aA 

Ze-rub'ba-bel 

Zer-u-i'aA 

Zcr-vl'aA 

Ze'tham 

Ze'lhan 

Ze'thar 

Zl'a 

Zl'ba 

Zib'e-on 

Zib'i-aA 

Zlb'i-on 

Zich'ri 

Zid'dim 

Zid-kl'jaA 

Zl'don or 

Sl'don 

Zi-dA'ni-an? 

Zif 

Zl'ha 

Zik'lag 

Zil'laA 

Zil'paA 



Zil'ffiai 

Zim'maA 

Zim'rani, or 

Zim'ran 

Zim'ri 

Zin 

Zl'na 

Zl'on, or Si' 

Zl'or 

Ziph 

Zl'phaA 

Ziph'ims 

Ziph'i-on 

Ziph'ites 

Zl'phron 

Zip'por 

Zip-pA'raA 

Zith'ri 

Zlz 

Zl'za 

Zl'zlA 

Zl'na 

Zo'an 

ZA'ar 

Zi'ba, or 



Zi'baA 

Zo-be'bl/i 

ZA'har 

ZA'he-leth 

Z'.'heth 

Zon'a-ras 

Zo'pcth 

Ze-'pha/i 

Zo'phai 

Zo'phar 

Zo'phira 

ZA'raA 

ZA'rath-ites 

ZA're-3/i 

Zo'rites 

Zo-rob'a-bci 

ZA'ar 

Znpli 

Zur 

Zu'ri-el 

Zu-ri-shad'dai 

Zu'zinij 



GENERAL VIEW OF SACRED GEOGRAPHY, 

BY J. E. WORCESTER. 



Sacred Geography comprises a description of the places mentioned in the Holy 
Scriptures. 

The knowledge of Geography possessed by the ancients extended to much less than 
half of the globe. It was confined chiefly to the south-western part of Asia, the north- 
ern part of Africa, and the middle and south of Europe. 

Most of the places mentioned in the book of Genesis, before the account of the migra- 
tion of Jacob and his family into Egypt, were situated in the south-western part of Asia. 
From that time to the entrance of the Israelites into the Land of Canaan, Egypt and the 
country lying between Egypt and Canaan, were the scenes of the transactions recorded 
by Moses. The land of Canaan then became the scene of the principal events contained 
in the history both of the Old and the New Testaments ; and this country included more 
than half of all the places mentioned in the Scriptures. 

The Mediterranean sea is called in the Old Testament the Great Sea ; and most of 
the countries spoken of in the Bible, either bordered upon it, or were situated not very 
far distant. Some of the most remote were Persia and Media. 

The country now called Palestine, has been known by various names. It was called 
the Land of Canaan, from Canaan, the youngest son of Ham, and grandson of Noah ; 
the Land of Promise, from the promise made by God to Abraham that his posterity 
should possess it ; the Land of Israel, from the Israelites, or posterity of Jacob, having 
nettled themselves there ; the Land of Judah, or Judea, from Judah, the most powerful 
and important of the twelve tribes of Israel; Palestine, from the Philistines, a people 
who migrated from Egypt, and settled themselves in the south-west part ; and the Holy 
Land, on account of its having been the scene of the greater part of the transactions 
recorded in the Scriptures, and particularly of the birth, ministry, sufferings, and death 
of our Redeemer. 

After the Israelites had possessed themselves of Canaan, the country wu divided into 



twelve parts cr tribes, named from the sons of Jacob. The tribes of Reuben and Gad 
and the half tribe of Manasseh, were situated on the eastern side of the Jordan ; the 
other nine tribes and a half, on the western side. After the reign of Solomon, the 
country was divided into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. At the period of the 
New Testament history, it had become subject to the Romans, and was divided into 
three provinces, or tetrarchics, Judea, in the south, Samaria, in the middle, and Oulilcc 
in the north. 

At the period of the ministry of our Saviour and his apostles, almost all the coun- 
tries mentioned in the New Testament, were included in the Roman empire, or were 
in subjection to the Romans. 

The world, as used in the New Testament, sometimes means the wliolo inhabited 
world ; sometimes it includes only the Roman empire ; and sometimes it is used in a 
still far more limited sense. 

The only seas which are spoken of in the New Testament, are the sea of Galilee 
which is properly a lake, the Red Sea, and parts of the Mediterranean. In addition t<> 
these, the Dead Sea, or Sea of Sodom, is mentioned in the Old Testament. 

The journeyings of our Saviour, during his ministry, were limited to Palestine, 

The travels of St. Paul, in preaching the gospel, were confined chiefly to Palestine, 
Syria, the countries of Asia Minor, also Greece and Italy. 

Neither of the four quarters of the world, as they are now understood, is mentioned 
in the Scriptures. The term Asia, as it is used in the New Testament, never compre- 
hends more than Asia Minor, and commonly only the proconsular province of Asin. which 
was composed of Mysia, Phrygia, Lydia, and ('aria ; and it included the seven churches 
of Asia. Other countries of Asia Minor, mentioned in the New Testament . wore Troas, 
Iiithynia, Pontus, Galatia, Lycaonia, Cappadocia, Lycia, Pamphylia, -Pisidio, and 
Cilicia 



GEOGRAPHICAL VOCABULARY. 



Rl. MARKS. 



1. The exact 9'ituation of a great part of the places mentioned in the Bible, cannot be 
determined with any certainty. The best authorities differ with regard to many parti- 
ular3. The positions, therefore, assigned to many of the places included in the follow- 
ing Vocabulary, arc to be understood as given with only a greater or less degree of 
probability. 

In giving the situations of such places in Palestine as arc mentioned in the Old 
Testament, regard lias been had to the then existing division of the country into twelve 



tribes ; but in describing those contained in the New Testament, the division into the 
three tetrachics of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, has been followed. 
3. The probable distance* arc expressed in geographies] ml 
Explanation of the Abbreviations. 



A. M. 

Cr. 

J. 

Mac. 

Med. 



I Minor. 
Greece 
Jerusalem. 
Macedonia, 

Mediterranean, 



Pel. 

pr. 
«-p. 

1. 



Palestine 

Province. 

Boa port. 

Town. 
Villngc. 



Ab'a-na, now Barrady, or a branch of it, r: 

Damascus. 
Ab'a-rim, mts. Pal., E. of the Jordan. 
Abdcn. city, Pal., Asher; :; S8E. ofSidon. 
A'bel, or A bel-bcth-Ma'a-cltah , city, Pal., 

Naphtali ; .ij X. of Tiberias. 
A'bel-Ma'im, city, Pal.,Naphtali ; near Abel- 

bcth-Maachah. 
A'bel-Me-ho'lah, city, Pal., Manasseh ; lj 

KSE. of Snmaria. 
A'bel-Miz'ra-im, t. Pal., Benjamin ; 25 SE. 

of Jericho. 
Abel-Shit'tim. or Shittim, t. Pal., Reuben ; 

20 E. of Jericho. 
A'bez, t. Pal., Issnchar ; 3 S. of Tiberias. 
Ab-i-le'ne, pr. Crclo-Syria, between Libanus 

and Anti-I/.banus. 
A-ctl'da-ma, field, S. of J. 
A-cha'i-a, pr. Peloponnesus; also a pr., in 

eluding all Greece, S. of Macedonia and 

Epirus. 



A'chor, Vallnj of, vale near Jericho, 

Ach'shaph, city. Pal., Asher; near Acelio. 

Ach'zih, or Ec-dip'pa, now y.ib, city, Pal., 
Asher; 9 N. of Accbo. 

Ach'zib.t. Pal., Judah ; -0 SSW. of Jeru- 
salem. 

Ac'rab-bim, see Maalch-Acrabbim. 

Ad'am, city, Pal., Reuben) 8 NNE.ofBcth- 
abara. 

Ada-mi, I. Pal., Naphtali ; 1"j NNK 
rutin. 

A'dar, or Hazar Addar, t. P.il., Jud.ih : 
MV of Kadesh-Barooa. 

Ad'mah. or Ad'a-mnh, CitJ , Canaan J in the 

plain of Seldom. 
Ad-ra-myt'li-inn, now Adramiti, s-p. Asia 

Minor, in Mysia; 70 V of Smyrna. 
A'dri-a. a name of n t Adriatic sea, or gulf 

of Venice, so called from the town ol 

Adria, in Italy. 
A-dul'lam, city, Pal., Judah; IS SSW. of 

Jerusalem. 

S\Y. of 



A'.'non, sc" Enon. 

A-lm vii. r. Babylonia or Assyrh. 

Ah'lab, city, Canaan, near Tyre. 

. I 1. or I In 1 11. in' ir Bethi 1 

ii 111 Ion, Or .1; ti Inn. city, P J., D 

lo of the Valley of Ajalon ■. tO \\ 

of Jeru iii in 

I'/n. or Aihan, 1 •■ linos; U BE. of 

Ion, 

A-lam 1 < ' ■ A In r ; near Ac- 

i-lin. 
W-, r Q 1 dVi-O, "' II ' •nidritt. gn 

.nil p Egypt, i 1 long 'one : I 

1 eitj 'i 1 ho world. Il 
: ,l^n • il M.-ii ..(' learning, ami 

famous for its library, which was burnl in 

It is now in n si its I f d(U 
contains some remarkable remains of an- 
cienl grandeur, ts F 1 

patra'i Needles, the Cisterns, an 

combs. 

.41 ion. city, Pal , Naphtali) N. of lake He- 
roin 



Ac'tho, city and s-p. Pal., Asher ; after- 
wards Ptolemais, now Acre. See Ptole-\A-dum'mim, t. Pal., Benjamin; 
mats. I Jericho. lA'tnad, t. Pal., I 

.irh'me-tha, or Ec-bat'a-na, the capital of sE-gtt'an Sea, now Archipelago, a sea he.'..|mV; I 'al , Ephraln ; W of She 

Media; now Hamadan. ' twecn Gr. and A. M. _ I chem 

ISJ 4 Y 



'- 



'.-itci, Land of , country Ivii. 

Can 
lm'a-na, mt. a summit of 1 

range. 
Im'mon-Uu, Land of, count!] 

('jnnan. 
tot'or-ilss, a people of Canaan, driven out 
ol' thai country bj M 10 1 

Am-phip i>-/ii. now Emboli, 

near the mouth of the E IE, by 

N. from Thossalonico. 
.1 m;/>. 1 I-, . Pal . Judah, i" 'r LocAlah. 

■lli-n hu inlh. I l'.il . I 

I'lllilO. 

oth, ■ Ity, Pal., Bi 1 ■ 

Jem. 
.1'iiini. city, Pol . Judah | W. of the Di id 

Sen. 

i . ii. now Anlaehia, city, Syria, °n 
the < rronti 19 miles above its month. 
It was once the chief city of Syria, and 

fimi.ns for ii« magnitude, wealth, and 
commerco, It w . . styled the ■ ■ 

Church ;' anil here the disci- 
pic, .if Christ were llrst called C'firil 
lions, 



GEOGRAPHICAL VOCABULARY. 



An'ii-och, now Akshehr, t. A. M., in Pisi- 

dia ; I ;0 W. by N. of Tarsus. 
An-tip'a-tris, city, Samaria ; 25 WSVV. of 

Samaria. 
A'phek, city, Pal., Asher; near Tyre. 
A-phekah. or Aphek, city, Pal., Judah; 

SE. of Jerusalem. 
Ap'pi-i Fo rum, now Fossa Nuova, t. Italy t 

40 SE. of Rome. 
A-pol-lo'ni-a, t. Mac. ; 30 E. by S. of Thes- 

salonica. 
A> J a-bah, see Beth-arabah. 
A-ra'bi-a, country, Asia, lying east of the 
Red Sea, and south of Pal. and Syria. 
It was divided into Arabia Felix, or 
Happy, in the south, comprising the most 
fertile part ; Arabia Pelrcea, or Stony, in 
the north-west ; and Arabia Deserta, in 
the north and north-east, consisting 
chiefly of barren deserts of scorching 
sand. 

A'rad, royal city, Canaan ; 23 S. of Hebron. 

Ar'a-rat, mt. Armenia, supposed to be near- 
ly 10,000 feet high. It is a very dreary 
mountain, the top always covered with 
snow, and it is so steep that it is impossi- 
ble to ascend it. This is supposed to be 
the mountain on which Noah's ark rested 
after the flood. 

A-re-op'a-gus. or Mars' Hill, a hill in the 
city of Athens, where the supreme court 
oi justice was held. 

Ar gob, city and district, Pal., JIanasseh : 
E. of the lake of Gennesareth. 

Ar i-ma-the'a, or Ramah, t. Judea, 10 ESE. 
of Joppa. According to some this is the 
same place as Ramathaim-Zophim, the 
birth-place of Samuel. Others place 
Ramathaim-Zophim, called also Ramah, 
in Benjamin, about 8 WNW. of Jerusa- 
lem. 

Ar-ma-ged' don, see Megiddo. 

Ar-me'rd-a, mountainous country between 
the Black and Caspian seas, now belong- 
ing partly to Turkey and partly to Per- 
sia. 

Ar'non, r. Pal., flowing on the south side of 
the land of Reuben, and running into the 

' NE. part of the Dead Sea. 

Ar'non, city, Pal., Gad ; on the Arnon 

Ar'o-er, t. Pal., Gad; near Arnon. 

Ar'phad, or Arvad, or Arpad now Ruad. 
island in the Mediterranean, on the coast 
of Syria, to the N. of Sidon. 

A'shan, or Cho-ra'shan, t. Pal., Simeon ; 
near A in. 

Ash'dod, city of the Philistines ; see Azo 
tus. 

Ash' doth-Pis' gah, t. Pal., Reuben ; near 
mt. Pisgah. 

Ash'er, 1'rihe of, one of the twelve tribes 
of Israel, occupying the NW. part of Pa- 
lestine, bordering on the Mediterranean. 
Some of the principal towns were Ach- 
shaph, Abdon, Helkath, Mishael, and Re- 
hob. Tyre and Sidon were on its bor- 
ders. 

Ash'ta-roth, or Be-esh'te-rah, or Bos'ra, 
city, Pal., Manasseh. 

Ash'ta-roth Car'na-im, t. Pal., Manasseh; 
near Gadara. 

A'si-a, in the New Testament, sometimes 
means Asia Minor, but commonly only 
proconsular Asia, consisting of the west- 
ern districts of Mysia, Phrygia, Lydia, 
and Caria. Proconsular Asia included 
the seven churches, Ephesus, Smyrna, 
Laodicea, Pergamus, Philadelphia, Sar- 
dis, and Thyatira. 

As'ka-lon, or As'ca-lon, afterwards Scalona. 
city, Philistines; near the coast of the 
Mediterranean ; 14 N. of Gaza. 

As'sos, now Asso, s-p. A. M., in Mysia; 32 
W. of Adramyttium. 

As-syr'ia, country, Asia, bounded N. by Ar- 
menia, E. by Media, S. by Babylonia, and 
\V. by Mesopotamia, from which it was 
separated by the Tigris. It included the 
present Turkish province of Curdistan. 
The chief city was Nineveh. The mo- 
narchy of Assyria is supposed to have been 
founded by Assur about 2217 B. C. It 
lasted till 601 B. C, when Nebuchadnez- 
zar took Nineveh, and put an end to the 
monarchy. 

At'a-roth, city, Pal., Gad ; and another in 
Ephraim. 

At'a-roth- Ad' der, t. Pal., Benjamin. 

Ath'ens, capital of Attica, and the most 
famous city of Gr. It was for a long tune 
the most celebrated school in the world 
for polite learning, arts and sciences, and 



gave birth to some of the most eminent 
philosophers, poets, and statesmen of an- 
tiquity. 

At-ta-li'a, now Satalia, s-p. A. M. in Pam- 
pliylia, on a bay of the Med. ; 20 W. of 
Perga. 

A'va, country, Asia ; NE. of Persia. 

A'vim, city, Pal., Benjamin ; W. of Jeri- 
cho. 

A-ze'kah, t. Pal., Judah ; W. of Jerusalem 

A'zem, or Az'mon, city, Philistines ; near 
Beer-sheba. 

Az'noth-Ta'bor, t. Pal., Naphtali ; near 
Capernaum. 

A-zo'tus, or Ash'dod, now Ezdoud, t. Pal., 
in the country of the Philistines; 20 S. 
by W. from Joppa. 

B. 

Ba'al-ah, or Ba'lah, or Bil'hah, t. Pal., Si- 
meon ; near Ascalon. 

Ba'al, or Ba'al-ath-bt'er, t. Pal., Simeon ; 

near Hormah. 
Ba'al-Ha'zor, t. Pal., Ephraim ; neai 

Bethaven. 
Ba'al-Her'mon, t. Pal., Manasseh; near mt 

Hermon. 
Ba'al-Me'on, city, Pal., Reuben ; near mt. 
Peor. 

Ba'al-Per'a-zim, t. Pal., Judah ; near Je- 
rusalem. 

Ba'al-Shal'i-sha, city, Pal., Ephraim ; SW. 
of Shechem. 

Ba'al-ze'phon, near the N. end of the west- 
ern branch of the Red Sea. 

Bab'y-lon, capital of Babylonia or Chaldea. 
situated on the Euphrates. It was one 
of the most renowned cities on the globe. 
Its walls were CO miles in circuit, and 
were reckoned one of the seven wonders 
of the world. The ruins of this city are 
now seen about CO miles S. of Bagdad. 

Ba-hu'rim, t. Pal., Benjamin ; near Beth- 
any. 

Ba'moth, t. Pal., Reuben; N. of the Anion, 
in the valley of Bamoth. 

Ba'moth-Ba'al, city, Pal., Reuben ; near mt. 
Peor. 

Ba'shan, afterwards called Batanea, fertile 
country, Canaan, east of the Jordan and 
the lake of Gennesareth, occupied by the 
tribe of Manasseh. It was famous for its 
cattle. In the northern part was the hill 
of Bashan. 

Be-al'i-tudes, Mount of, Sec Capernaum. 

Be'er, or Be'er-e'lim, t. Pa]., E. of mt. Pis- 
gah. 

Be'er, or Be-e'roth, city of the Gibeonites 
Benjamin ; near Gibeon. 

Be-er'she-ba, city, Pal., Simeon ; 40 SW 
of Jerusalem. It was situated on the 
southern border of the land of Israel ; 
and on the north border, 1G0 miles distant 
was the city of Dan. Hence the prover 
bial phrase, to express the limits of the 
country, " From Dan to Beersheba." In 
the vicinity of the town was the wilder- 
ness of Beersheba. 

Be-esh'te-rah, see Ashtarolh. 

Ben-eb'a-rak, city, Philistines ; near Asca- 
lon. 

Ben'ja-min, Tribe of, one of the twelve 
tribes of Israel, occupying a territory 
bounded N. by Ephraim, E. by the Jor- 
dan, S. by Judah, and W. by Dan. Jeru- 
salem was situated on its border. The 
chief cities were Jericho, Ai, Gibeon, 
Bethel, Geba, Gibeah, Gilgal, Anathoth, 
and Mizpeh. Jerusalem, on the borders 
of Judah and Benjamin, was usually con- 
sidered as included within the limits of 
the latter. 

Ber'a-char, Valley of , Pal., Judah ; between 
the Dead Sea and the town of Tekoa. 

Be-ra'a, now Veria, t. Mac., 48 W. of 
Thessalonica. 

Be'sor, small river, flowing through the 
land of Simeon and of the Philistines 
and running into the sea south of Gaza. 

Be'ten, t. Pal., Asher; near Accho. 

Beth-ab'a-ra, t. Pal., on the east side of the 
Jordan. 

Beth'a-ny, t. Jud. ; 2 E. of J. 

Beth-ar'a-bah, or Ar'ab-ah, or Beth-ba'ra, 
city, Pal., Benjamin; on a rivulet of the 
same name, 18 ESE. of Jerusalem. 

Beth' a-ram, city, Pal., Gad; a little to the 
east of the Jordan. 

Belh-a'ven, or Aven, city, Pal., Benjamin ; 
near Bethel, and S. of the ivildemess of 
Bethaven. 



Beth-az'ma-veth, or Az'ma-velh, city, Pal., 

Judah, near Bethlehem. 
Bqlh-hir'e-i, city, Pal., Simeon; near Gaza. 
Beth'car, t. Pal., Dan ; near Gath. 

Beth-da' gon, city, Pal., Asher; near Ac- 
cho. 
Belh'el, city, Pal., Benjamin ; 12 N. of Je- 
rusalem. In the time of Jacob it was a 
city of Canaan, named Luz. Here are 
now the ruins of a monastery. In the 
vicinity were the mountains of Bethel. 

Beth-e'mek. t. Pal., near the borders of 
Asher and Zebulun. 

Be'ther, supposed to be the same as Bithron 
or Bethoron. 

Be-shes'da, pool, north of the temple at J. 

Beth-hac'ce-rim, t. Pal., Judah; near Beth- 
lehem. 

Belh-hog'lah, city, Pal., Benjamin ; 10 SE 
of Jericho. 

Beth-ho'ron, or Belh-o'ron, Upper, t. Pal., 
Ephraim ; on W. side of mt. Gerizim. 
Nether Bethoron, 15 S. of Upper. 

Beth-jesh'i-moth, city, Pal., Reuben; on E. 
side of the Jordan, near its entrance into 
the Dead Sea. 

Beth'le-hem, city, Judea; 6 S. of J, It is 
memorable on account of being the birth- 
place of our Saviour. It was styled Beth- 
lehem of Judah, or Bethlehem Eph'ra-ta, 
to distinguish it from another Bethlehem 
in Zebulun. The country to the south 
of Bethlehem is called in the New Tes- 
tament, the Hill-country of Judea. 

Beth'le hem, city, Pal., Zebulun; near Na- 
zareth. 

Beth-me'on, see Baal-meon. 

Beth-nim'rah, or Nim'rah or Nim'rim, city, 
Pal., Gad; on the rivulet of Nimrim, a 
few miles east of the Jordan. 

Beth-paz'zez, city, Pal., Issachar; near mt. 
Tabor. 

Beth'pha-ge, v. Judea ; on the mount of 
Olives ; E. of J. 

Beth-pe'or, see Baal-peor. 

Belh're-hob, or Re'hob, city, Pal., Asher ; 
near Sidon. 

Beth-sa'i-da, city, Galilee, near the N. end 
of the lake of Gennesareth. Philip, the 
tetrarch, enlarged it into a splendid city, 
and named it Julias. 

Beth'shan, Beth-she'an, or Scy-thop'o-lis, 
now Baisan or Bysan, city, Pal., Manas- 
seh ; near the west bank of the Jordan ; 
40 N. of Jerusalem. It is now a small 
village. Considerable ruins of the city 
of Scythopolis, once the capital of the 
district of Decapolis, are still to be seen 

Beth'she-mesh, city, Pal., Judah ; 18 VV. of 
Jerusalem. 

Beth' she mesh, t. Pal., Naphtali; NW. of 
Capernaum. 

Beth'she-mesh. see On. 

Beth-shit'tah, city, Pal., Manasseh ; near 
Jezreel. 

Beth-tap 'pu-ah, t. Pal., Judah ; near Beer 
sheba. 

Be-thu'el, or Be'thul, city, Pal., Simeon; 
near Gaza. 

Beth' zur, t. Pal., Judah ; near Tekoah 

Bet'o-nim, city, Pal., Gad ; SE. of Maha- 
naim. 

Be'zek, city, Pal., Judah ; near Adullam. 

Be'zer. or Boz'rah, or Bosftra, city, Pal., 
Reuben ; a few miles E. of the N. end of 
the Dead Sea, near the borders of Moab 
and Edom. 

Bil'hah, see Baalah. 

Bith'ron, Land of, district, Pal., Gad ; on 
the Jabok, east of the Jordan. 

Bi-thyn'i-a, country, A. M , in the NW. 
part, bordering on the Euxine sea and 
the Propoutis. 
Biz-joth'jah, t. Pal., on the borders of Ju- 
dah and Simeon. 
Bo'chim, t. Pal., Ephraim ; near Shechem. 
Boz'rah, see Bezer. 



C. 



Cab'bon, t. Pal., Judah ; near Mawcedar. 

Ca'bul, Land of, district, to the S. of Tyre, 
included in the south part of the tribe of 
Asher. 

C<ES-a-re'a, city and s-p. Pal., in Samaria ; 
25 N. of Joppa. This was the seat of the 
Roman governors of Pal. 

Cces-a-re'a Phi-lip'pi ; now Paneas, t. 
Pal., in Galilee; 24 E. by S. of Tyre. 
This town was first called Laish, after- 
wards Dan. It was situated on the north 
border of the land of Israel, as Beer-sheba 
18 



was on the south. Hence the phrase, to 
express the limits of the country, " From 
Dan to Beer-sheba." 
Ca'lah, city, near the borders of Armenia 

and Assyria. 
Cal'neh, or Calno, city, Assyria, on the 
Tigris, supposed to be the same city as 
Ctesiphon, now Modain. 
Cal'va-ry, a hill on the NW. side of J. ; 

where our Lord was crucified. 
Ca'mon, city, Pal., Manasseh; E. of the 

lake of Gennesareth. 
Ca'na, t. Pal., in Galilee ; a few miles N 

of Nazareth. 
Ca'na, see Kanah. 

Ca-per'na-um, t. Pal., in Galilee; on the 
north end of the lake of Gennesareth ; 60 
N. of J. In the vicinity is the mount on 
which our Saviour delivered his memora 
ble sermon. 
Cap-pa-do'ci-a, country, in the east part of 

A. M. 
Car'che-mish, afterwards Circesium, now 
Kerkissia, t. Mesopotamia, on the Eu- 
phrates. 
Car'mel, or Car-me'li-a,t. and mt. Pal., Ju- 
dah ; W. of the Dead Sea. 
Car'mel, mt. Pal., on the coast of the Me- 
diterranean sea, between Ptolemais and 
Cajsarea It is about 1500 feet high, and 
its sides are steep, rugged, and rocky. It 
is famous as the retreat of Elijah, and is 
also noted in modern times for monks 
called Carmelites. 
Ce'dron, or Kid'ron, rivulet, Jud., passing 

by J., and flowing into the Dead Sea. 
Cen'chre-a, s-p. Gr., a little distance from 
Corinth, being the eastern port of that 
city. 
Chal-de'a, or Bab-y-lo'ni-a, country, Asia 
N. of the Persian gulf, and S. of Mesopo- 
tamia and Assyria ; watered by the Eu 
phrates and Tigris. 
Char'ran, Ha'ran, or Char'ra, now Heren 
t. Mesopotamia, 70 miles from the Eu 
phrates, 150 ENE. of Antioch. 
Che-phi'rah, city, Pal., Benjamin ; 15 NW. 

of Jerusalem. 
Ches'a-lon, or Jearim, mt. Pal., on the hol- 
ders of Benjamin and Dan. 
Chi'os, now Scio, island in the iEgean 

Sea. 
Chis'loth-Ta'bor, t. Pal., near the foot oi 

mt. Tabor. 
Chit'tim, or Che'tim, supposed to mean Cy- 
prus ; see Cyprus. The land of Chitlim, 
and the isles of Chittim, are supposed to 
denote the maritime countries and islands 
in the Mediterranean and Archipelago. 
Cho-ra'zin, city, Pal., in Galilee, at the 
north end of the lake of Gennesareth ; a 
little to the east of Capernaum. 
Ci-li'ci-a, country in the SE. part of 

A.M. 
Cin'ne-roth, or Chin'ne-reth, city, Pal., 
Naphtali ; on NW. of part of the lake of 
Gennesareth. 
Cin'ne-roth, or Chin'ne-reth, the name in 
the Old Testament of the lake of Genne- 
sareth, which see. 
Clau'da, a little island on the SW. side of 

Crete. 
Cni'dus, now Crio, t. A. M. ; in SW. cor- 
ner ; 70 S. of Ephesus. 
Co-los'se, t. A. M. in Phrygia, on the Mean 

der, near Laodicea. 
Coos, or Cos, now Stanchio. island in the 

^Egean Sea. , 
Cor'inth, city, Gr. in the north part of the 
Peloponnesus, on the isthmus of Corinth; 
46 WNW. of Athens. It was celebrated 
for wealth, commerce, arts, and magnifi- 
cence. 
Crete, now Candia, the largest of the Gre- 
cian islands, situated to the south of the 
^Egean Sea. 
Cush, or Cushan, the same as Ethiopia. 
Cuth'ah, country, Asia, E. of the Caspian 

Sea. 
Cy'prus, a large and fertile island in tho 

eastern part of the Med. 
Cy-re'ne, now Curen, city and s-p. Africa, 
in Libya, on the Med. 

D. 

DaVa-reh, or Dab'e-rath, t. Pal., Issacbur? 

SW. of Tiberias. 
Dab'ba-sheth, city, Pal., Zebulun ; near mil 

Carmel. 
Dal-ma-nu'tha, city, Pal., on SE. part ok 

the lake of Gennesareth. 



GEOGRAPHICAL VOCABULARY. 



Dai-ma'ti-a, the southern part of Illyricum 
on the east side of the Adriatic sea. 

Va-mas'cus, city, Syria, 50 miles from the 
filed., 120 NNE. of J. It is one of the 
most ancient cities in the world, famous 
both in sacred and profane history 
now populous and commercial. 

Van, Tribe of, bounded N. by Ephraim, E. 
by Benjamin and Judah. S. by Simeon, 
and W. by the Mediterranean. Some of 
the principal towns were Joppa, Gath 
rimmon, Ajalon, Ashdod, Gibbethon, Lod, 
and Timnath. 

Van, city. Pal., Naphtali. See Cmsarea- 
Philippi and Beersheba. 

Van-ja'an, t. Pal., Naphtali; N. of Dan 

Dead Sea, Sea of Sodom, Salt Sea, or 
Lake As-phal-ti'tes, salt lake, Pal., 70 
miles long, and 10 or 15 broad. It occu- 
pies the spot where the cities of Sodom 
and Gomorrah are supposed to have stood. 
The water is ••dear and limpid, but very 
salt and bitter, and of greater specific 
gravity than that of any other lake that is 
known. 

Ve'bir, city, Pal., Gad near the Jordan. 

De'bir. See Kirjath-sepher. 

Ve-cap'o-li*, a district of country in Pal., 
comprising ten cities, lying chiefly to the 
east of the Jordan and the lake of Gen- 
nesareth. Scythopolis was the capital of 
the district 

Ver'be, t. A. M., in Lycaonia; 40 S. of Ico 
nium. 

Vib'lath, or Al'mon-Dib-la-tha'im, city, 
Pal., Reuben ; near mt. Nebo. 

Vi'bon, city, Pal., Gad ; E. of Heshbon, in 
the Plains of Dibon. 

Vi'bon Gad, t. in the wilderness of Kede 

i moth, near the Arnon, and E. of the Dead 
Sea. 

Vil'e-an, city, Pal., Judah ; near Hebron. 

Dim'nah, city, Pal., Zebulun; near Cana. 

Di'mon, or Di-mo'nah, city, Pal., Judah; 
near S. of the Dead Sea. 

Dor, or Nephath-Dor, t. Pal., on the coast 
of the Mediterranean, S. of mt. Carmel. 

tyo'than, or Do'tha-im, t. Pal., between Sa 
maria and Tiberias. 

Du'mah, t. Pal., Judah ; near Hebron. 



Fj'bal, mt. Pa)., Ephraim; N. of mt. Gcri 
zim, and S. of the city of Samaria. 

E-bro'nah, near the north end of the east 
branch of the Red Sea. 

E'dar, t. Pal., Judah ; near Bethlehem. 

E'den, Garden of. Various opinions have 
been entertained by the learned, with re- 
gard to the situation of the garden of 
fMen ; but the most common supposition 
has been, that it was situated near the 
confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris, 
or towards the sources of those rivers. 

E'dom, country ; 8. of Canaan. Sec Idu- 
mea. 

Ed're-i city, Pal., Naphtali ; N. of Caper- 
naum. 

Eg'lon, city, Pal., Judah ; near Bezer. 

E'gypt, country, in NE. part of Africa, 
watered by the Nile, and celebrated as 
the cradle of the sciences. 

E'gypt, River of, r. Pal., which runs into 
the Mediterranean, near the SW, corner 
of Palestine. 

Eh'ron, t. Philistines ; 21 S. of Joppa. It 
was in the district belonging to Dan. 

E'lam, an ancient name of Persia. 

E'lath, or E'lolh, or SE-la'na. now Aila, t. at 
the north extremity of the cast arm of the 
Red Sea; ION E. of Suez. It w 
a port of the Edomitcs; and hence Solo- 
mon sent ships to Ophir. 

)--le-a'leh, t. Pal., Reuben ; near Heshbon. 

Eleph, t. Pal., Benjamin : near Anathoth. 

E'lon-Beth'a-nan, city, Pal., Dan ; I'., of 
Ascalon. 

EVte-keh, city, Pa!., Dan; near Gibbethon 

El'to-lad, or Tolad, city, Pal., Simeon ; 
near Gernh. 

J ? .m'ma-us, t. Judea ; 7 miles from J. Here 
our Saviour appeared to his disciples alter 
his resurrection. There were two other 
places of the same name ; one 22 NW. 
of J. ; the other near the south cud of the 
lake of Gennesareth. 

E nam, t. Pal.. Judah ; near Hebron. 

En'dor, city, Pal., Manasseh ; 10 SW. of 
Tiberias. 

Sjln-gan'nim, city, Pal.j Judah ; 15 W. byi 
JV. of Hebron. 



En-gan'nim, city, Pal., Issachar; near mt. 
Gilboa. 

En'ge-di, or En-gad 'di, or Haz'a-zon-Ta- 
mar, city, Pal., Judah; near the west coast 
of the Dead Sea. 

En-had 1 dah, city, Pal., Issachar; near Me- 
giddo. 

En-Ha'zor, t. Pal., Naphtali ; near Hazor. 

En-hak'ko-re, t. Pal., Simeon; near Gerar. 

En-mish'pat, see Kadesh-barnea. 

E'non, t. Pal., on W. side of the Jordan, 
near Salim. 

En-rim'mon,t. Pal., Simeon ; near Rimmon. 

En-ro'gel, fountain, on SE. of Jerusalem. 

En' she-mesh, t. Pal., Benjamin; E. of Jeru- 
salem. 

En-tap'pu-ah, t. Pal., Ephraim; near Tap- 
puah. 

Eph'e-sus, city, A. M., capital of the pro- 
vince of Asia, on the Cayster, 35 S. by E. 
of Smyrna. It was one of the most 
splendid cities in the world, and had a 
celebrated temple of Diana, which was 
accounted one of the seven wonders of 
the world. 

E'phra-im, Tribe of, bounded N. by Manas- 
seh, E. by the Jordan, S. by Benjamin 
and Simeon, and W. by the Mediterra- 
nean. It was the most important of the 
Ten Tribes. It included the capital, 
and is sometimes used to signify the whole 
kingdom of Israel. Some of its cities were 
Samaria, Shechem, Shiloh, Tappuah, Ge- 
zer, Michmash, and Sharon. 

E'phra-im, t. Pal., Ephraim; near Bethel. 

E'phra-im, mountains of, Pal., Ephraim; 
lying S. of Samaria. The Wood of 
Ephraim was E. of the Jordan in the tribe 
of Gad. 

Eph'ra-tah, or Eph'ralh, see Bethlehem. 

Ephron, mt. Pal., Benjamin; W. of Jeru- 
salem. 

E-pi'rus, country in the NW. of Gr. 

Esh'col, valley and brook. Pal., on the bor- 
der of Dan ; N. of the Sorek. 

Esh'ta-ol, city, Pal., Dan ; 15 E. by S. of 
Askalon. 

Esh-tem'o-a, or Esh'te-mah, city, Pal., Ju- 
dah ; 20 SSE. of Hebron. 

E'tam, city Pal., Simeon; near Rimmon. 

E'tham, Wilderness of, a desert, around 
the north end of the western arm of the 
Red Sea. 

E-lhi-o'pi-a, country, Africa, lying S. of 
Egypt, now consisting of Nubia, Abys- 
sinia, &c. 

Eu-phra'tes, r. Asia, rising in Armenia, 
flowing between Mesopotamia and Syria, 
through Babylonia, and running into the 
Persian gulf. It has been celebrated from 
the earliest ages, and on its banks was 
built the city of Babylon. It is about 
1500 miles in length. 

E'zi on-Gc ber, now Accaba,s-p in Arabia, 
near the north extremity of tin, • 
arm of the Bed Sea. It was anciently a 
port of the Edomitcs. 

F. 

Fair Havens, s-p. on the cast end of Crete. 

G. 

Ga'ash, Hill of, Pal., Ephraim ; near I 
Ga'ash. brook, Pal., Ephraim; Qowii 

the Med, north of Joppa. 
Gala, or Qt ba, city, Pal., Benjamin 

(iii). on. 

flail, Tribe of, bounded N. bv VI I 
E. by Arabia, 8. by Beuben, and W. In 
tin: Jordan. Some of it 

Bamoth-Gilead, Mahanaim, Bctharain 

Succoth, and I'cnm I 
Gud, Ilivcr of, a branch of the Anion. 
Gad'a-ra, t. Pal., to the east of the lake of 

Gennesareth; capital of Peroa. 

tln-la ti-a, country, A M., north of PI 
(j'alilir. the northern divi.-.ion of I'nl . ill 

vided into Uppei ind Loiotr. Upper Gali-I 
e northern part, was called Galilei 
of the Oentilei. Galilee was bounded Pi 
by Syri l.E 8, bj 8am iria, \\ 

by the Meditcrran 

were Tiberias, Capernaum, Bethsaida, 
i ■ ' as I'lii- 

i, Ptolomais; in the NW. Tyre and 

on. 'J' ho apostles were natr.' 
Galilee, and in it was the residence of 
our Saviour; hence they wcic called i 
Galileans. 
Ga'reb. hill, W. of Jerusalem. 



Gath, the capital and most southerly city of 
the Philistines, in limits of the tribe of 
Dan ; 20 S. of Joppa. 

Galh-He'pher. or Gittah-He'pher, t. Pal., 
Zebulun; W. of the lake ot Gennesareth. 

Gath-Rim'mon, or Rim'mon, city, Pal., 
Dan ; near Ashdod. 

Gath-Rim'mon, or Bil'e-am, city, Pal., 
Manasseh ; near Megiddo. 

Ga'za, or Az'zah, t. Philistines, in the 
limits of the tribe of Simeon ; about a 
mile from the ."Mediterranean, and 44 SW. 
of Jerusalem. It was formerly a magni- 
ficent city, strongly fortified, but now re- 
duced, containing about 5000 inhabitants. 
The scenery of the environs is beautiful, 
and the soil exceedingly fertile. 

GV6a,see Gaba, Gibeah, and Gibeon. 

Ge-de'rah, or Ge-de'rolh, city, Pal., Judah ; 
near Makkedah. 

Ge-de'roth-u'im, city, Pal., near Gederah. 

Ge'dor, city, Pal., Simeon ; near Gerar. 

Gel'i-lolh, or Gilgal, t. Pal., Benjamin ; 
south of Jericho. 

Gennesareth, J.ake of, or Sea of Galilee, 
or Sea of Tiberias; in the Old Testa- 
ment, the Sea of Chinnereth , lake, Pal., 
50 miles north of J. It is 17 miles long, 
and 6 broad. It is a beautiful lake, sur- 
rounded by fine scenery, and was much 
frequented by our Saviour and his disciples. 

Ge'rar, city, Philistines, in the limits ol the 
tribe of Simeon ; 12 ESE. of Gaza. 

Ger-ge-senes', a people so called from Ger 
gesa, a town so situated to the cast of the 
fake of Gennesareth 

Ger'i-zim, mt. Pal., Ephraim; south of 
Shechem and mount Ebal. It is famous 
for the temple of the Samaritans, which 
was built here 345 B. 0. 

Gesh'u-ri, or Gesh'tir, city, Pal., Manasseh ; 
near mt. Hermon and Dan 

Geth-sem'a-ne, v. and garden on the east 
side of Jerusalem, between mt. Olivet, 
and the brook Ccdron. 

Ge'zer, Ga'zer, or Ga'za, city, Pal 
Ephraim ; 18 NNW. of Jerusalem. 

Gi'ah, t. and valley, Pal., Benjamin ; near 
Anathoth. 

Gib'be-lhon, city. Philistines, in the limits 
of the tribe of Dan ; near Ashdod. 

Gib'e-ah, city, Pal., lienjamin, near Gibeon ; 
another in Judah. 

Gib'e-on city, Pal., capital of the Gibcon- 
ites, included in Dcnjamin; ION. of Jeru- 
salem. 

Gi lion, r. watering the Garden of Eden. 

Giibo-a, Mountains of, Pal., Manasseh, W, 
of the Jordan, and S. of the lake of Gen- 

nesareth; about 40 N. of Jerusalem. 

(IH'i-uil. Mountain* of. Pal.. E. of the Jor- 
dan in Manasseh and Gad. 

Gil! gal, eitv, Pal., Benjamin, \V. of the 
Jord in ; ■') KM", of Jericho, 

i.'i lull, t Pal.. Judah ; SE. of Hebron. 

Git'tah-Hi /ill' i. see Gath-Hepher. 

Go'len, t. Pal., Mam isi h . N E. ofBethsoida 



62 SSW. of Aleppo. It is now a largo 
town. 

Ham'maih, Ham'moth-dor. or Ham'mon 
city. Pal., Naphtali; 28 NNW. of Caper 
naum. 

Han na-ihon, t. Pal., Zebulun ; 12 N. of 
Nazareth. 

Haph'ra-im.t. Pal., Issachar; near Megiddo 

l.'u'ian, see Char'ran. 

Hur'o-shilh, city, Pal., Naphtali; near 
Hazor. 

Hash'mo-nah, t. Arabia ; 35 NNE. of Eloth 

Ha'volh-Jair, district, Pal., Manasseh ; cast 
of the lake of Gennesareth. 

Ha'zar-E'nan, t. Pal., Naphtali; west of 
Dan. 

Ha'zar-ad'dar, See Ac! ir. 

Ha'zar-slni'al,t. Pal., Simeon; near Gerar. 

Ha'zar-su'sah, or IJa'zar-su'sim, t. Pal., 
Simeon ; near Gaza. 

Ha-ze'roth, or Ha-ze'rim, Arabia, or Wil- 
derness of Paran ; north of the Red Sea. 

Hazor, city, Pal., Naphtali ; west of Lake 
Merom. 

Ha'zor, t. Pal., Judah; near the south bor- 
der. Another west of the Dead Sea. 

Ha'zor, or Hcz'ron, t. Pal., Judah ; W. of 
Hazor. 

Hebron, Mam're. or Kirjalh-Ar'ba, citv, 
Pal., Judah ; 24 SSW. of Jerusalem. It 
was for seven years the royal residence of 
David. It is situated on the borders of 
the plain of JUamre. in which was the 
cave of Jllachpelah, where Abraham, 
Sarah, and Isaac were buried. A church 
was erected over this venerated burring 
place, which has been converted into a 
mosnuc. Hebron, now called El Khalil. 
is iniiabited chiefly by Arabs, and contains 
about 1200 inhabitants 

He'bron, or Ab'don, city, Pal., Asher, on 
the Orontcs; 15 ENE. of Tyre. 

Heihah, city, Pal , near Sidon. 

HeVbon, t. in the north of Pal., or in Syria 

He'leph,t. Pal.. Naphtali; near Dan. 

Htlkah.t. Pal.. Asher; near Aceho. 

Hel kalh-Huz'zurim, Pal., Benjamin ; near 
Gibeon. 

He'res, mt. Pal., Dan ; near Ajalon. 

Hermon, mt. Pal., the south spur of Ami 
Libanus; about 40 1'.. of Tyre. It is 8949 
feet above the level of the sea. am] 
ly covered with snow. Hainan i< the 
name of another mountain, S of int. Taboi 

Heth'bon, city, Pal., Beuben; 45 NE. of 
Jerusalem. 

Hi Ih Inn. \. Syria ;on the waters of Lebanon 

]h z ran. see Hazor. 

Jlid'dt-ktl, one of the four rivers of Eden. 

Hi-e-rap'o-lis. t. A. HI., in Phrygia, en tin 
Meander, near Colosse. 

Hin'nom, Yullnj of, on the S. side of Jeru 
sal em. 

Ho'bah, t. Syria ; between Dan and Damas 
ens. 

Ilo'lon, or Jli'lcn, t. Pal., Judah; S. of 
neuron. 



Goigo-tha, a part of Calvary, where our' Hu'lon, t. Pal.. Reuben ; near ReshboD 



Saviour was crut 
Go-mor'rah, one of the live cities which 
were situated on the plain of Sodom, and 
were dl • avon. 

Of/then, Land of, district, Egypt; E. of 
the Nile. !•■ I NW. of the Bed Sea. 

da si,, n. i Pal., Judah; 8. of Hebron. 

Greece, a country comprising 'be 8E part 
ot Europe and celebrated for :. 

The Bomani dh Ided < ■" r mt" 



/lor, or Stir, mt. between Palestini 

Arabia ; S. of the Dead Sea. 
Hon, int. N. of Pal. ; a part of Lebanon 

I/o'rcb, mt. between the two north branckei 
of the Bod Sea, W. of Sinai, which hi 
another summit of the same i 

Ho'rtm, city, Pal., Naphtali; • > \\ n 

of ( 'mem -111111. 

'.. or '/.t I'hiitlt, i it_\, I'd - 

i.) or So si:, of Gam. 



two parts, Mae. in the north, comprehend- ffo-ro-rwrSim, city, Pal.,Reubi 

ing Mac, Ep '»'! The tali ; and I let boon. 

Achats in iln ising Gr. Pro H&iah, or Ho-se'a, t. Pal Isherj ne.,r 



Tin 



per, and the Peloponni 

bed various colon \ 






Sidoi 



M . the 

inhabitants of which spoke the Greek Ian- 
n,l were il o ( tiled G 
Qur-Ba ■ I ' , Pal I to »eh; near Gath* 
rimmon. 

If 

Ha'dad-Rim'mon, • ily, Pnl., Issachar ; near 

iddo. 
Ha' did, or Atlitlu, eity, Pal . Pcnjamin ; 

Kiriath-jeorim, 
Aii 
Ha'lah, mt. Pal, Judah; near the fouth 
bonier 

Hal'hul,\ Pal., Judah ; near Bethlehem. 

Ha It, t. Pal., Asher ; near Accho, 
Hamalli, or //' tnith. or /.'//i/i/ioiiio. or 
Apamra. now llamah. city, Syria, on ific 
Orontcs; once the capitaf of a kingdom ; 



Tyre 

Iln'. /,"' I 

.mil Naphtali, 

Ilam'tah, t. Pah. Jml.ili 

I 

Ib'lram. t Pal., M 

Irani um.Cltj . \ M ' ■ I 

IM w NW ol rarsos. 
Id a laii. t. Pol., Zobulun | net 

I dii-nur a. eonnlr III of 

Arabia, and i out h or J 

rim. \ Pal.. Simeon | \V. of lit 

rim. t Moob i E. of the Dead Sen 
/ Pol . Naphtali ; N of tht 

,,l I.' :ini ireth. 
// li/i i-nim. Country, lun£ on the cant »idn 

of the Adriat 'i of Epirus. 

i t nin ; near Jcneiin 

/r j/ic i/ii'V. t. I'll , Simeon ; near flaib 



GEOGRAPHICAL VOCABULARY. 



Jb'sa-char. Tribe of, bounded N. by Zebu- 
lun, E. by the lake of Gennesareth and the 
Jordan, S. and SW. by Manasseh. Some 
of the towns were Daberath, Kishion, 
Remeth, Caesarea, and Tiberias. 

Il'a-ly, country, Europe, comprising a penin- 
sula, in a form resembling that of a boot. 

lih'man, city, Pal., Judah ; near Hebron. 

It'tah-ka! zin, t. Pal., W. of the lake of 
Gennesareth. 



J. 



Jab'bok, small river, Pal., Gad and Manas- 
seh ; passing by Lodebar, and Penuel,and 
flowing into the Jordan on the east side, 
nearly opposite to Bethsan. 
Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad, or Ja'bez, city, Pal., on 
the borders of Blanasseh and Gad, near 
Mahanaim. 
Jab'ne-el, city, Pal., Naphtali ; N. of Beth- 

saida. 
Jab'ne-el, t. Pal., Dan; nearJoppa. 
Jab'neh, or Jam'ni-a, t. Pal., Dan; on the 

Mediterranean, N. of Ashdod. 
Ja'der, or Ja'gur, t. Pal., Judah ; near the 

southend of the Dead Sea. 
Ja'haz, or Ja-ha'za, t. Pal., Reuben ; E. of 

mt. Nebo. 
Ja'num, or Ja'nus, t. Pal., Judah ; 18 SW. 

of Hebron. 
Ja-no'ah, or Ja-no'hah, t. Pal., Ephraim ; 

12 E. of Shechem. 
Ja-phi'a, now Sa'fad, city, Pal., Zebulun; 

W. of the lake of Gennesareth. 
Japhle-ti,t. Pal., Ephraim; near Gezer. 
Ja'pho, see Joppa. , 
Jar'kon, see Mejarkon. 
Jar'muth, city, Pal., Judah ; 16 SW. of 

Jerusalem. 
Jar'mulli, Ra'moth, or Re'moth, t. Pal., 

Issachar ; near Samaria. 
Jat'lir,t. Pal, Judah; near Kirjath-sepher. 
Ja'zer, Ja-a'zer, or Ja-ha'zah, city. Pal., 
Gad ; near a lake called the Sea of Jazer ; 
15 ESE. of Ramoth Gilead. 
J im, see Chesalon. 
J j, an ancient name of Jerusalem. See 

Jerusalem. 
Je'gur-Sa-ha-du'tha, or Gal'e-ed, place, 
Pal., on the east border of Manasseh ; 
NE. of Ramoth Gilead. 
Je-hos'a-phat, Valley of, on the east side of 

Jerusalem, along the brook Kidron. 
Je'hud, or Je-hu'id, t. Pal., Dan, near 

Ashdod. 
Jer'i-cho, city, Judea ; 5 miles W. of the 
river Jordan, 17 ENE. t>f Jerusalem. It 
was noted for palm trees, and was once a 
large city, but now a mean village. 
Jesh'i-mon, city, Pal., Judah ; on W. side 

of the Dead Sea. 
Jer'u-el, Wilderness of, on W. side of the 

Dead Sea. 
Je-hab'ze-el, t. Pal., Judah ; at S. end of the 

Dead Sea. 
Je-ru'sa-lem, celebrated city of Asia, capital 
of ancient Judea and of modern Pal. ; 34 
ESE. of Joppa. It is memorable for its 
ancient temple, for the death and resur- 
rection of our Saviour, and for its signal 
destruction by Titus, the Roman emperor. 
It was built on four hills, Zion, or Sion, 
Moriah, Acra, and Bezeta. The name 
Zion, is often applied to the whole city. 
The modern city is built on Mount Moriah, 
and is chiefly noted for pilgrimage. It 
contains about 20,000 inhabitants. 
Jew'ry, another name for Judea. 
Jez 're-el, city, Pal., on the borders of Issa- 
char and Manasseh, in a fertile plain, S 
of mt. Tabor; 10 NNE. of Samaria. 
Jiph'tah, t. Pal., Judah ;-W. of Hebron. 
Jiph'thah-el, Valley of, Pal., NW. of mt 

Tabor. 
Jog'be-ah, t. Pal., Gad ; near Succoth. 
Jok' de-am, city, Pal., Judea, near Hebron. 
Jok'me-an, see Kibzaim. 
Jok'ne-am, city, Pal., Zebulun ; orl e_ s i,j e 

of mt. Carmel. 
Jok'the-el, t. Pal., Judah ; near Eglon. 
Jop'pa, now Jaffa, city and s-p. Judea; 34 
\VN\Y. of Jerusalem. It is noted as the 
port of J. 
Jor'dan, river, Pal,, the only considerable 
one in the country. It rises in mount 
Hermon, passes through lakes Merom and 
Gennesareth, and after a course ot /50 
miles, flows into the Dead Sea.—" The 
country beyond the Jordan" comprised 
Peraea, Batanea, Trachonitis, Ituraa, Ga- 
laaditia, Gaulonitis,_and Decapolis. 



Jol'ba-thah, west from Eloth. 

Ju'dah, Tribe of, bounded N. by Benjamin, 
E. by the Dead Sea, S. by Edom or 
Idumsea, and W. by Simeon and Dan. It 
was the most powerful and important of 
the twelve tribes. After the reign of 
Solomon, this tribe, together with that of 
Benjamin, formed the kingdom of Judah, 
which ever after continued distinct from 
the kingdom of Israel, which was com- 
posed of the other ten tribes. The tribe 
of Judah comprised the cities of Hebron, 
Bethlehem, Libnah, Makkedah, Kirjath- 
sepher, Adullam, Debir, Engedi, Tekoa, 
&c. Jerusalem was on the borders of 
Judah and Benjamin. 

Ju-de'a, the south part of Pal., often applied 
to the whole country. The province of 
Judea was bounded N. by Samaria, E. by 
the Jordan and the Dead Sea, S. by Idu- 
msea, mt. Seir, and the Desert, W. by the 
Mediterranean. Some of the towns were 
Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron, 
Joppa, Ramah, Gaza, and Azotus. 

Jut' lah, or lth'nan, t. Pal., Judah; E 
Hebron. 



of 



K. 



Ka'desh-Bar'ne-a, t. near the S. border of 
Judah and Edom, near the wilderness of 
the same name ; 20 SW. of Hebron. 

Ka'na, see Cana. 

Ka'nah, or Brook of Reeds, r. Pal., flow- 
ing into the Mediterranean between Cae- 
sarea and Joppa. 

Ka'nah, t. Pal.. Asher; near Sidon. 

Kar'kor, t. Pal.', Gad ; E. of Ramoth Gilead 

Kar-na'im, see Ashteroth. 

Kar'lah, or Kat'tah, city, Pal., Zebulun 
NE. of mt. Tabor. 

Kar'tan, or Kir-jath-a'im, city, Pal., Naph 
tali; G NW. of Capernaum. 

Ked'e-moth, city. Pal., Reuben ; on the bor- 
der of the wilderness of Kedemoth ; 25 
E. of the N. part of the Dead Sea. 

Ke'desh-Naph'ta-li, city, Pal., Naphtali ; 
15 NNW. of Capernaum. 

Ke'desh, see Kishon. 

Ke-hel-a'thah, t. Edom ; SW. of the Dead 
Sea. 

Kei'lah, t. Pal., Judah ; near Libnah. 

Ke'nah, or Ke'nath- No' bah , t. Pal., Gad ; 
near Succoth. 

Ke'ri-oth, t. Pal., Judah ; near Janum. 

Re-zlz, t. Pal , Benjamin, on the W. side 
of the Jordan ; SE. of Jericho. 

Kib'roth-Hat-ta'a-vah, in the wilderness of 
Paran ; N. of mt. Horeb, 

Kib-za'im, or Jok'ne-am, city, Pal., 
Ephraim ; 8 S W. of Shechem. 

Kid'ron, see Cedron. 

Ki'nah, t. Pal., Judah ; near Dimon. 

Kir-har'a-scth, t. Moab; near Gallim. 

Kir'i-olh, t. Pal., Reuben; near Mephaath. 

Kir'jath, city, Pal., Benjamin ; 9 NW. of 
Jerusalem. 

Kir-ja-tha'im, city, Pal., Reuben ; near 
Baal-Meon. 

Kir'jath -Ar'ba, see Hebron. 

Kir'jath- Thi'soth, t. near SE. corner of 
Gad. 

Kir'jath-Je'a-rim, t. Pal., Judah; 12 W of 
Jerusalem. 

Kirjath-Se'pher, Kir'jath-San'nah, or De'- 
bir, city, Pal., Judah; 9 SW. of Hebron 

Kir'jath-a'im, t. Pal., Reuben ; NE. of mt. 
Pisgah. 

Ki'shon, Kish'i-on, or Ke-desh, city, Pal., 

Issachar ; 8 N. of Jezreel. 
Ki'shon, r. Pal. , flowing into the Mediter- 
ranean, N. of mt. Carmel. 
Kith'lish, t. Pal., Judah ; near Adullam. 
Kit'ron, city, Pal., Zebulun; near Cana. 

L. 

La'chish, city, Pal., Judah ; near Makkedah. 
La-hai'roi, or Be' er-La-hai'roi, well, in S. 

side of Canaan, near Beer-sheba. 
Lah'man, t. Pal., Judah ; near Kithlish. 
La'ish, or Le'shem, city, Canaan, afterwards 

called Dan ; then Ctzsurea-Philippi, now 

Paneas, or Baneas. SeeCsesarea-Philippi. 
La'kum,t. Pal., Naphtali; near N. end of 

the lake of Gennesareth. 
La-od-i-ce'a, now Eski-hissar, t. A. M. in 

Phrygia; 120 E. by S. of Smyrna. 
La-se'a, t. near the E. end of Crete. 
Ldsha,t. Pal., Reuben; near NE. part of 

the Dead Sea. 
La-sha'ron, see Shafon. 



'Leb'a-oth, or Beth-Leb'a-oth, t. Pal., Sime- 
on ; S. of Gaza. * 

Leb'a-non, or Lib'a-nus, range of moun- 
tains on the N. of Palestine, on the con- 
fines of Palestine and Syria. It extends 
nearly north and south, and on the east is 
a parallel chain called Anti-Lebanon, or 
Anti-Libanus. Mount Lebanon is cele- 
brated in Scripture poetry, particularly 
for magnificent cedars, a few specimens 
of which still remain. The greatest ele- 
vation is stated at 9520 feet. 

Le-bo'nah, t. Pal., Ephraim; near Shiloh. 

Le'shem, see Laish. 

Lib'nah, city, Pai., Judah; 20 SSW. of 
Jerusalem. 

Lib'nah, t. Edom ; S. of Canaan. 

Lib'y-a, country, Africa, to the W. of Egypt. 

' od, Lud. or Lyd'da, afterwards Diospolis, 
city, Pal., Dan; 12 E. by S. of Joppa. 

Lod'e-bar, city, Pal., Manasseh ; on the 
Jabbok, near Mahanaim. 

Lu'hith, t. Pal., Reuben; near Heshbon. 

Luz, see Bethel. 

Lyca-o'ni-a, country, A. M., W. of Cap- 
padocia. 

Lyc'i-a, country, A. M., near the SWi cor- 
ner, on the Med. 

Lyd'da, or Lod, or Diospolis, t. Judea; 12 
E. of Joppa. 

Lys'tra, t. A. M., in Lycaonia; 38 S. of 
Iconium. 



M. 



Ma'a-cah, or Ma-ach'a-lhi, city, Pal., Ma- 
nasseh ; near the N. end of lake Merom. 

Mac'e-do-ni-a, country, in the N. of Greece. 
The Roman province of Mac. included 
Mac. Proper, Epirus, and Thessaly. 

Mac-pe'lah, see Hebron. 

Mad-man'nah, or Mad-me'nah, t., Pal., 
Judah; W. of Kadesh-Barnea. 

Mag' da-la, t. Pal., at the S.end of the lake 
of Gennesareth. 

Ma-ha-na'im, city, Pal., Gad; E. of the 
Jordan, and S. of the lake of Gennesareth ; 
and 50 NNE. of Jerusalem. 

Mak-he'loth, Edom, about half way between 
the Red and the Dead Seas. 

Mak-ke'dah, city, Pal., Judah ; 22 SW. of 
Jerusalem. 

Mam' re, see Hebron. 

Ma-nas'seh, Tribe of, divided into two parts, 
the one lying west, and the other east of 
the Jordan. The former bounded north 
by Issachar, E. by the Jordan, S. by 
Ephraim, W. by the Mediterranean ; the 
latter, NE. by Syria, S. by Gad, W. by 
the lake of Gennesareth and the Jordan. 
Some of the towns in the western part 
were Bethshean, Jezreel, Endor, Enon, 
Megiddo, Gathrimmon,and Bezer : in the 
eastern part, Geshuri, Ashtaroth, Lodebar, 
Bethsaida, and Gadara. 

Ma'rah, Arabia, in the wilderness of Shur, 
on the E. side of the western branch of 
the Red Sea. 

Mar-a'lah, t. Pal., Zebulun ; near Dabba- 
sheth. 

Ma-re'shah, t. Pal., Judah; near Adullam. 

Mas'sah, see Meribah. 

Mat'ta-nah, t. Moab, E. of mt. Nebo. 

Me-a'rah, or Me'roth, t. Pal., near Sidon. 

Med'e-ba, city, Pal., Reuben ; near Jahaza. 

Me'di-a, country, Asia, lying N. of Persia, 
and S. of the Caspian Sea. 

Me-gid'do, or Me-gid'don, city, Pal., Issa- 
char; in the valley, and east of the moun- 
tains of Megiddo; 15 NW. of Samaria, 
and 20 ESE. of Cassarea. 

Me-jar'kon, or Jar'kon, city, Pal., Dan; on 
the small river of Jarkon, near Ekron. 

Mek'o-nah, t. Pal., Judah ; near Lachish. 

Mel'i-ta, island, on which St. Paul was 
shipwrecked, generally supposed to be 
Malta, S. of Sicily ; but by some sup- 
posed to correspond to Meleda, in the 
Adriatic. 

Mcm'phis, or Moph, or Noph, city, Egypt, 
on W. bank of the Nile. It was the 
capital of lower Egypt, and a large and 
celebrated city. It is supposed to have 
stood on or near the site of the present 
village of Moknan; 5 S. of Gizeh, and 
8 SSW. of Cairo. 

Meph'a-ath, city, Pal., Reuben; 45 E. of 
Jerusalem. 

Mer'i-bah, or MTas'sah, in the wilderness of 
Sinai, south of mt. Sinai, and between the 
two north branches of the Red Sea. 
Me'rom. Waters or Lake of, Pal., on the 
20 



confines of Naphtali and Manasseh ; 6 Of 

7 miles in circuit, and 10 or 15 N. of lak» 

Gennesareth. 
Mes-o-po-tami-a, country, Asia, between 

the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. 
Mich mash, t. Pal., Benjamin ; near Gibeon 
Mich-me'thah, t. Pal., Ephraim ; near Sa- 
maria. 
Mid'din, city, Pal., Judah; near W. coast 

of the Dead Sea. 
Mid'i-an, country, on E. side of the Red 

Sea, in Arabia Petraa, 
Mig'dal-el, city, Pal., Naphtali ; near Kir- 

jathaim. 
Mig'dal-Gad, t. Pal., Judah ; N. of Hebron. 
Mig'dol, t. Wilderness ofEtham, near the N. 

end of the western branch of the Red Sea . 
Mig'ron, t. Pal., Benjamin ; near Gibeah. 
Mi-le'tus, city and s-p. A. M.; 35 S. of 

Ephesus. It was anciently famous for its 

wealth and commerce. 
Mi-le'tum, t. in Crete. 
Mis' gab, or High Places of Baal, Pal., 

Reuben; between mt. Pisgah and the 

Jordan. 
Mi'shal, or Mi'she-al, city, Pal., Asher; SE, 

of Accho 
Mis're-photh-ma'im, t. Pal., Asher; N. of 

Sidon. 
Mith'cah, between the Red and Dead Seas 
Mit-y-le'ne, t. in Lesbos ; an island on the 

coast of A. M., NW. of Smyrna. 
Miz'peh, city, Pal., Manasseh ; near Lodebar. 
Miz'peh, t. Pal. Benjamin; 8 NW. of Jeru- 
salem. 
Mo'ab, Land o/,country ; E. of the Dead Sea, 
Mol'a-dah, t. Pal., Simeon ; NE.^of Beer- 
sheba. 
Mo'reh, Hill of, a summit of the Gilboa 

mountains, near Jezreel. 
Mo-se'roth, or Mo-se'ra, in the wilderness 

N. of the Red Sea. 
Mo'zah, t. Pal., Benjamin; near Hadid. 
My'ra, city, A. M., capital of Lycia; 40 

ENE. of Patara. 
Mys'i-a, country ; comprehending the NW. 

oart of A. M. 



N. 



Na'a-mah, t. Pal., Judah; W. of Jerusalem, 

Na'a-ran, or Na'a-rath, city, Pal., Ephraim ; 
W. of the Jordan and S. of Tappuah. 

Na-hal'lal, or Na'ha-lol, city, Pal., Zebulun; 
N. of Nazareth. 

Na'in, or Na'im, t. Galilee ; 8 SE. of Na- 
zareth. 

Naph'ta-li, Tribe of, bounded N. by Syria, 
E. by Manasseh, S. by the lake of Gen- 
nesareth and by Zebulun, and W. by 
Asher. Some of the towns were Dan, 
Kedesh, Cinneroth, Hazor, Bethshemcsh, 
and Kartan. 

Nai'oth, t. Pal., Ephraim ; near Gezer. 

Naz'a-reth, city, Galilee; 50 N. of Jerusa- 
lem. It is memorable for having been 
the residence of our Saviour for about 30 
years ; hence he and his followers were 
called Nazarenes. It contains 2000 or 
3000 inhabitants, and is frequently visited 
by pilgrims, who are conducted to many 
places that are reputed holy. 

Ne'ah, city, Pal., Zebulun; W. of Remmon. 

Ne-ap'o-lis, now Cavala, t. Mac, SE. of 
Philippi. 

Ne'bo, mt., a summit of the Abarim moun ; 
tains ; about 25 E. of Jericho. 

Ne'i-el, city, Pal., Asher ; 25 ENE. of Accho. 

Ne'keb, t. Pal., Naphtali ; E. of Kedesh. 

Neph'tha-li, or Neph'tha-lim, Land of, dis- 
trict, in the N. part of Galilee. 

Nep'tho-ah, t. Pal., Judah; near Jerusalem. 

Ne'zib, t. Pal., Judah; near Libnah. 

Nib'shan, city, Pal., Judah; W. of the Dead 
Sea, and near the Kidron. 

Ni-cop'o-lis, now Prevesa, t. Epirus; NW. 
of Actium. 

Nim'rah, see Beth-Nimrah. 

Nin'e-veh, city and capital of Assyria, on 
the Tigris. In ancient times it was one 
of the largest cities in the world. Some 
remains of it are now seen on the Tigris, 
opposite to Mosul. 

Nob, No'bah, t. Pal., Benjamin ; near Che- 
phirah. 

Noph, see Memphis. 

No'phah, t. Pal., Reuben ; near Jahaza. 



O. 

Ob-a-di'ah, mt. Pal,, Manassen 
Gath-Rimmon. 



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GEOGRAPHICAL VOCABULARY. 



Oooth, t. Moab ; NE. of Zoar. 

Ol'ivcs, Mount of, or Olivet, mt. Judea ; to 
tne E. of Jerusalem, from which it was 
separated by the brook Cedron. 

On, or He-li-op'o-lis, now Matarea, city, 
Egypt ; E. ol the Nile, 5 NE. of Cairo. 
It is now a small village. Near it stands 
the Pillar of On, a famous obelisk . 

O'no, t. Pal., Dan, near Lod. 

O'phir, country, from whence Solomon ob- 
tained gold. There are various opinions 
with regard to its situation, but it is pro- 
bable that it was on the eastern side of 
Africa. 

Oph'ni, city, Pai., Benjamin; near Beth-el. 

Oph'rah, city, Pal., Manasseh; on the W. 

[ side of the Jordan, near Tappuah. 

P. 



Pa! dan- A! ram, country, Asia; E. of Syria, 
and N. of Mesopotamia. 

Pal'es-tine, the country of the Philistines 
forming the SVV.part o" Canaan, included 
chiefly in the limits of the tribe of Simeon. 
The name has in modern times been ex- 
tended to the whole country of the Israel- 
ites. 

Pam-phyl'i-a, country, A. M.; bordering 
on the Med. 

Paph-la-go'ni-a, country, A. M. ; bordering 
on the Euxine Sea. 

Pa'phos, t. Cyprus; at the west end. 

Pa'ran, Wilderness of an extensive region, 
lying between the Red Sea and Canaan. 

Par'thi-a, country, Asia, E. of Media. 

Pat'a-ra, s-p. A. M., in Lycia; 160 SF of 
Ephesus. 

Path, ros, city and district in Egypt. 

Pat'mos, now Patino or Palmosa, a small 
rocky island in the yEgaean Sea; llj SW. 
of Samos. A grotto in a rock, now con- 
verted into a monastery, called the Mo- 
nastery of the Apocalypse, or ot St. John, 
is pointed out as the spot where that apos- 
tle wrote the book of Revelation. 

Pe-nu'el, or Pe-ni'el, city, Pal., Gad; on 
the E. side of the Jordan, N. of Succoth. 

Pe'or, mt. Pal., Reuben , a summit of Aba- 
rim, near mt. Pisgah. 

Per'a-zim, or liaal-Perazim, t. Pal., Judah ; 
W. of Bethlehem. 

Per'ga, now Karahissar, city, A. M , capi- 
tal of Pamphylia; 90SW of Iconium. 

Per'ga-mus, now Pergamo, city, A. M., in 
Mysia, on the Caicus; 60 N. of Smyrna. 
It was once a large city, the capital of a 
kingdom, and had a famous library. It 
now contains about 5000 inhabitants. 

Per'si-a, great empire, Asia; E. of the 
Tigris. 

Phar'par, small river, Damascus. 

Phat-ni'ce, or J'ltce-ni'cia, country in the 
north of Pal., on the Mediterranean, con- 
taining the cities of Tyre and S:don. 

Phce'nix, or Phe-ni'ee, t. in SW. part of 

Crete. 
Phil-a-del'phi-a, now Allah-Shehr, city, A. 
M , in Lydia, on the Hermus; 65 E. of 
Smyrna. It was once a large city ; but 
now contains only about 3000 inhabitant 
Phi-lid pi, now Dittos, city, Mac, 70 ENE. 
of Thcssalonica. It was once a large 
city; now a mean village. 
Phi-lis'lines, Country of. or I'hi-lis'ti-u. 
country; situated in the SW. p 

laan, lying along I he Mi 
It bordered on the tribes "I Simeon and 
Dan, and is often included with- 

in those tribes. Some of the pri 

of the Philistin 
Ekron, Ascalon, and \ 
I'lnijx'i-a, country in the central part of 

A.M. 
Pi-ha-hi'rolh, hearN, end of the west branch 
ol' the Red Sea. 



f:. 



Rah'bath, or Rabba Moab, city, Moab, on 
the Arnon, E. of the Dead Sea, about 50 
E. of Hebron. 

Rab'bath, Rab bah, Rab'bath-Am'mon, or 
Ham, afterwards Philadelphia, city and 
capital of the Ammonites, near the east 
border of Gad and Manasseh; 20 NE. of 
Ramoth-Gilead. 

Rab'bith, or Rab'ba, city, Pal., Issachar; 
near Jezreel. 

Rak'kalh, t. Pal., Naphtali; N\V. of lake 
Merom. 

Rakkon, city, Pal., Dan, on the Mediter- 
ranean ; N. of Ashdod. 

Ra'mah. t. Pal., Judah ; between Jerusalem 
and Bethlehem. 

Ra'mah, t. Pal., Asher ; near Sidon. 

Ra'mah, city, Pal., Naphtali; 12 N\V. of 
Capernaum. 

Ra'mah, or Ra-malh-a'im-Zo'phim, t. Pal., 
in the country of mount Ephraim, the 
native place of Samuel. See Arimathea. 

Ra'moth, Ra'math, Beer-Ramoth, or South 
Ramoth, t. Pal., Simeon ; N. of Beersheba. 

Ra'moth- Oil e-ad, Ra'moth-Miz'peh, or 
Ra'mah, city, Pal.. Gad; 15 NNE. of 
Heshbon, 40 E. of Samaria. 

Red Sea. or Arabian Oulf, a gulf about 
1-100 miles long, dividing Arabia from the 
opposite coast of Africa. 

Re'hob, or Belh-Rc'hob, t. Pal., Asher; 
16 NE. of Tyre. 

Re-ho'bolh, Well of, Pal., Simeon; near 
Hormah. 

Re'kim, city,P<U., Benjamin; near Anathoth. 

Re'moth, or Ru moth, see Jarmuth. 

Rem'mon, or Rim'mon, t. Pal., Simeon; 8 
N. of Genu. 

Rem'mon, Rock and Cave of, Pal., Benja- 
min ; 5 N. of Jerusalem. 

Rem 1 mon-Meth' a-or , or Rimmon, city, Pal., 
Zebuluu ; 8 N YV. of Cinneroth. 

Reph'a-im. or Valley of Giants, Pal., Benja- 
min ; W. of J. 

Replii-dim, between mt Sinai and the Red 
Sea. 

Rcu'hen, Tribe of, bounded N by Gad, E. 
by the Ammonites, S.by the Moabites. W. 
by the Dead Sea and the Jordan. It in- 



cluded the Abarim chain of mountains, 
with the summits of Pisgah, Nebo, and 
Peor. Some of the towns were Heshbon, 
Jahaza, Bethjeshimoth, Bczer, Mephaath, 
and Kedemoth 

Rhe'gi-um.wnw Reggio, s-p. at the southern 
point of Italy, on the strait ol '■; i n 

Rhodes, island near the SW. corner of A. 
M , celebrated in ancient history for com- 
merce, and for B colossal statue, which 
/cckoncdonc of the seven wonders 
of the world. 

Rib'lah, city, Syria and Edom. 

Rim'mon, see Rcmmon. 

Rim'mon pafrez, t. Edom. 
< i Edom. 

Rilh'mah, t. in the south of Edom. 

Ho geflim, t. Pal., Manasseh ; neoi Lodebai 

Rome, city, Italy, on the Tiber, 12 miles 
from the sea, It was buil i I' hills . 
was the capital of the Roman ompii thi 
mistress of the world, and the seal of art.-. 
and arms. I' h I 

of flic Pope, and the I eal ol " eh 
. a] power n i onl una St. Pel 

. . lifice in the world 

1 Ins many monument a ol 

grandeur. Thoughgn atlj reduced, it i 
1 136,000 inhabit 



SaVa-mit, t. on the BE. pari of Cj pros'. 
,. t Pal . Mans ( h ; near Ed 

Sa'li m ■'•■'• 

Su'iiiii. t. Samaria; WN.bj E of Jen 



/•;, a-thon, city. Pal., Ephraim; 10 v i promontorj near the east end 

Slicrhcm. 
Pis' gah, mt. Pal., Reuben; I' I Sea. 



the chain of Abarim 
Pi-aid' i-a, country, A. M., S. of Phrygia. 
I'i ton, one of the lour rivers of Eden. 
Pon'tus, country comprehending the NE 

part of A. M-, and bordering on the 
Euxine Sea. 

J'lol-e-ma'is, now Acre. s-p. Pal., -I S. ol 
Tyre. It is famous for its siege by the 
< 'rusaders It is now the principal port of 
Pal., and contains about lll.OOO inhabitants: 

Pu'non, Moab, E. of Zoar. 

Pu-te'o-li, now Pozzuolo, t. Italy, 6 W. of 
iles. 

182 



h . on NW 
Sea, 

on of Pal . 
E, by the Jordan, 
s. by Judea, w ' ' : 

Some of the towns were Samaria, I 
' 

I i-ri. or Shi imr, now 8 

Pa] . Ephraim ■■ ■ 

dom of [Intel, afti rward of the province 

Of Samaria; on the side of the I'm, I o/ 
Samaria, and to the north of the .Vomi- 
tains of Samaria ; 10 N, of J 



Sa'mos, a fertile island in the ^Egsean Sea; 

separated from A. M. by a narrow strait. 

Sa-mo-thra'ce, or Sa-mo-lhra'ci-a, now Sa- 

moiraki, small island in the north part of 

the iEga;an Sea. 
Sar'dis, now Suit, city, A. M., capital of 

Lydia, on the Pactolus; 30 ENE. of 

Smyrna. It was once a splendid city, but 

now a mean village. 
Sa-rep'la, or Zar'e-phath, now Sarfend, 

city, Phoenicia; S S. of Sidon. 
Sa'ron, see Sharon. 
Ser'a-cah city, Pal., Judah; on W. side of 

the Dead Sea. 
Scy-thop'o-lis, see Bcthshean. 
Se'ir, or Edom, see Edom. 
Se'ir, or Hor, see Hor. 
Se'la-Ham-mah-le koth, rock, Pal., Judah; 

W. of the Dead Sea, and S. of Jeshimon. 
Sel-eu'ci-a, s-p. Syria ; 12 W. of Antioch. 
Se'neh, Rock of, Pal., Benjamin; near 

Gibeah. 
Sha-a-ra'im, or Shar'a-im, t. Pal., Dan; 

near Bethcar. 
Sha-haz'i-molh, t. Pal., Issachar; 8 SW. 

of Megiddo. 
Sha'lem, see Shiloh. 
Shali-sha. Land of ', district, Pal., towards 

the W. side of Ephraim. 
Sha'mir, t. Pal., Ephraim ; NW. of She- 

chein. 
Sha'mir, t. Pal., Judah ; near Debir. 
Sha'pher, mt. Edom. 
Sharon, La-shu'ron, or Sa'ron, city, Pal., 

Ephraim ; 16 N. of Joppa. The Country 

of Sharon extended along the coast of 

the Mediterranean, to the north of Joppa. 

The name was applied also to the northern 

part of Palestine and likewise to other 

districts. 
Slia-liu'ren, or Sha-a-ra'im,t. Pal., Simeon ; 

near Ain. 
She'ba, see Beersheba. 
Shc'ba, country, bordering on the Red Sea ; 

supposed by some to correspond to a part 

of Arabia, by others to a part of Abys- 
sinia. 
She'chcm, Sche'chcm, Si'chem, or Sha'lem, 

see Sychar. 
She'ma.l. Pal., Judah; S. of Ileshmon. 
Slii cron, t. Pal., Dan ; near Bethcar. 
Shi'hon, city, Pal., Issachar; NE. of Me- 
giddo. 
Shi'hon-IAl'nuh, t. Pal., Ashor; S. of 

Accho. 
Slii lull, or Sha'lem, city, Pal., Ephraim; 

1 7 Si of Samaria. 
Shim'ron, or Shim'ron-JMe'ron, city, Pal., 

Zebulun; V of mount Tabor, and IS 

wsw. of Cinneroth. 
Bhi'nar, country. Asia, on the Euphrates 

and Tigi i j V of I he Persian Gulf. 
Shit'tim, see Abel-Shittim. 
Sho'coh. or Somh, I. Pal., Judah; near 

.i rmutj . 
Shu m in. city, Pal. , Issachar ; near Jezreel. 
Shur, II ildertu "f. around the north end 

of thi bra nch of the Red Sea, 

Shu'lhan, now Shtuler, capital m' Susiana, 
.i pros ince "i Pei is , on the 1 llai. 

Sib mull. Shih mull . Shi'bnvi. or Siph'moth, 
city, Pal., !,'• ubi a : of llcbhbon. 
Shei hem, 
St'don.or Zi'don, or Zi'don-Rabbah, now 
ta or Si ida, nici 

I. of Tj re, 66 W. of I lomascus. Sidon 

.i city, not 
lo 1st il. |i i i on redact a to ■ me inly 
built town,yol il i the port of Damascus, 
and has ci it idi . 

su o-uiii, a I tl tower near the 

wall 

\bt o/, boundi d V by I ' 
i v Jud : .. 8. bj ' lit I md of the tmoli I. 
jl, mi ort, W. bj the country 

of t : :- moan. 

Ii includi d within the. . lim I 
part of the oountrj of thi Philt 
with ' In tov n ol Ain, llormoh 

untrj of the 
. n I dd dovi n 
i ol the i ountrj Ix 

Sin, Wildtrnut oj\ between ml 
. 1 1. -.1 Sea. 



Si'on, or Zi'on, see J. 

Sil'nah, Well of, Pal., Simeon; new 

Hormah. 
Smyr'na, city and s-p. A. M. in Ionia; 35 
N. by W. ol Ephesus. It was anciently 
large and powerful, and is now the most 
populous and commercial city in A. M. 
Sod'om, one of the cities which were de- 
stroyed by fire from heaven, and which 
stood in the situation now occupied by 
the Dead Sea. 
So'rek, r. Pal., (lowing through the Valley 
of Sorek and running into the Mediter- 
ranean Sea, between Ascalon and Gaza. 
Spain, a country in the SW. of Europe. 
Suc'coth, city, Pal., Gad ; on east side of 
the Jordan, in the valley of Succoth ; 20 
E. of Samaria. 
S-ac'coth, Egypt ; between the Nile and the 

N. point of the Red Sea. 
Sy'char, called also Sichem, and Shechem, 
now Napolose, city, Samaria, between 
mounts Ebal and Gerizim ; 24 nines N. 
of Jerusalem. Three miles from Sychar 
was Jucob's Well, memorable for our 
Saviour's conversation with the woman 
of Samaria. 
Syr'a-case, once a rich and populous city, 

on the SE. part of the island of Sicily. 
Syr'i-a, country, Asia; extending from A. 
M. and the Mediterranean on the west, to 
the Euphrates on the east, and in its most 
extensive sense including Pal. 
Sy-ro-phe-nic'i-a, that part of Phoenicia 
which bordered on Syria. 



Ta'a-nach, or Ancr-Tanach, Pal., Manas- 
seh. near Megiddo. 

Ta'a-nath-Shi'loh, t. Pal., Ephraim ; near 
Shiloh. 

Tab'bath, t. Pal., Manasseh ; near Bexek. 

Tabor, conical mountain, Pal., to the W. of 
the lake of Genncsarclh, supposed to have 
been the scene of the Transfiguration. 

Ta'bor, city, Pal., Zebulun ; SE. of mount 
Tabor. 

Ta'hath, about midway between the Red 
and Dead Seas. 

Tappuah, city. Pal., Ephraim; U ESE 
of Shechem. 

Tap'pu-ah, t. Pal., Judah ; near Anah. 

Ta'rah, Arabia ; near Tahath. 

Tar'a-lah. t. Pal . Benjamin; near Jericho. 
Tar'thith,oi Thar slush, a place mentioned 

in the Scriptures, noted lor COmmt 

according to Josephus,the same as Tunas 
in Cilicia. Tin- is a common <■}■ 

but some oppose il to have DM ru / 

Sits in Spain, some Carthag*, some the 

sea. or the octan in gi at 

Tarsus, city, \M . capital ol' ' iltcia, 100 
NW.of Antioch. It wasanoientlj large 
and splendid, distinguished in the arti 
and sciences, bul no« decayed. 

Te-ko'tth. city, Pal., Judah; on the bo 
of the desert of Tokoah ; 10 ESE. ol 
Bethlehem 

'/'. Ism, or T*Va-im,y Pal., Jodohj W.of 

Arad. 
Thnm'nathsi rnli. Thuin iiutli-hi lis. Or 

/ ; zni-sh, rah, city, Pal., Ephraim | 
i Sharon 

Thcbrz, t. Pil . MinaSBehj 7 E. of Sa- 
maria. 
Thcs-sa-loni ru. now Snloniki. rily. tnd 
Mae. ; both in aneu-nt and in. .den. 

turn la :" I 'I 

.,1 on ■ gulf, aboul 800 ^ of Ul i 
Thru Turin)'-, pl.o-e. Itili : aboul 30 S 

by I'., of Rome. 
'/'lui-nti in now \khUar, i \ M on the 

i, irdi i ol Mj i ' and Lydi i i' 1 N E. ■■' 

Sm\ rni. 

,v. Taboria ■ Pnl.,< ipital 
. : i . 
of Oonm : -i" 111, oi a i of '/'•'" rial : 68 

, leru ih in ' ■■' ' n I pi II '■ 

,,| Dl ' Jl WS, SI 

the font bol tho Talmud, tin- 

othei I 1 "■ nnd 
Hebron. 

Horob Ttoh tah, city. Pal., on thi 

Ephraim and M in isseb; I NE. ol Bhe« 



• • | i . . h> in 

between the two northern arms ..t the Tiph'$ah, or Thap'ta-cui 
Red See. R is i ompost d of red on th<- Eupbrati i; 140 E. of Ah 

in wl steps have been eat, in order to Tirzan ■ t Ephraim ; l'> E. o. 

the ascent. Immediately to thi Shechem. 

W.ol Weunt Honb, which Is s Tori,,,,.' PsJ.,6 " Hormaa. 

tho same range. To lad. see Eltolad. 
J I 



A CHRONOLOGICAL HARMONY 



Tra-eho-ni'tis, district in the NE. part of 

Pal. 
Tro'as, district in the NW. corner of A. M. 
Tro-gyl'li-um, t. on the VV. coast of A. M. 

a little to the SE. of the island of Saraos 
Tyre, now Sur, city ands-p., Phoenicia; 20 

S. of Sidon. It is a very ancient city, in 

early ages celebrated for commerce. It is 

now a mean fishing town. 



U. 



Ula-i, or Eulceus, now Karasu, r. Persia, 
which joins the united stream of the 
Euphrates and Tigris, ^0 miles below 
Corna. 

Um'mah, city, Pal., Asher; 10 SE. of Tyre. 

Ur of the Chaldees, t. Mesopotamia, sup- 
posed to be on or near the site of Ourfa; 
80 NE. of Aleppo. 

Uz, Land of, country, supposed to have 



been situated in the northern part of 
Arabia. 

W. 

Wil'der-ness, or Desert of Judea, an exten- 
sive desert, extending from the neighbour- 
hood of Jericho, to the south, along the 
west side of the Dead Sea. 



Za-a-naim, or Za-a-nan'im, city, Pal., 
Naphtali ; at the south end of lake Merom. 

ZaVmon, or Sal'mon, mt. Pal., Ephraim; 
near Kibzaim. 

Zal mo'nah, Moab ; E. of mt. Hor. 

Zam-a-rd'im, or Zem-a-ra'im, t. Pal., Ben- 
jamin ; near Shiloh. 

Zano'ak, t. Pal., Judah ; near Makkedah. 

Za'phon, t. Pal., Gad} south of Succoth. 



Za'red, r. Moab ; flowing into the east side 
of the Dead Sea. 

Zar'e-phath, see Sarepta. 

Zar'e-tan, t. Pal , Reuben ; on the east side 
of the Jordan ; south of Debir. 

Za'reth-Sha'ker, t. Pal., Reuben ; SW. of 
Heshbon. 

Zar'ta-nah, t. Pal., Issachar; S. of Beth- 
shean. 

Ze-bo'im. one of the five cities destroyed 
with Sodom, &c. 

Zeb'u lun, bounded N. by Asher, NE. by 
Naphtali, E. by the lake of Gennesareth, 
S. bv Issachar, W. by Manasseh and the 
Mediterranean. Some of the cities were 
Jnkneam, Remmon, Japhia, Kartah, Beth- 
lehem, and Nazareih. 

Ze'dad, t. Pal., Naphtali; N. of Hammoth. 

Ze'lah, city, Pal., Benjamin ; near Gibeah. 

Zel'zak, t. Pal., Judah ; N. of Adullam. 

Ze'nam, t. Pal., Judah; S. of Libnah. 



Zeph'a-thah, Valley of, Pal., Judah; S. of 
Lachish and Libnah. 

Zer, t. Pal., Naphtali; W. of Rakkath. 

Zer'e-rath, t. Pal., Manasseh; near Bezer. 

Zid'dim, city, Pal., Naphtali ; S. of Ham- 
moth. 

Zi'don, see Sidon. 

Zik'lah, city, Pal.,Simeon ; near Gerar. 

Zin, Wilderness of, in Edom, to the S. of 
the Dead Sea and Pal. 

Zi'on, t. Pal., Judah ; 4 NE. of Hebron. 

Ziph, t. Pal., Judah; on the borders of the 
wilderness of Ziph, between Hebron and 
the Dead Sea. 

Zi'phon, t. Pal., Naphtali; 8 VV. of Dan. 

Zo'an, now San, t. Egypt ; 29 SE. of Da- 
mietta. 

Zo'ar, or Bela, t. near the confines of Moab ; 
at S. end of the Dead Sea. / 

Zuph, or Zo'phim, Land of, Pal., on the colt- 
fines of Ephraim and Benjamin,near Gezer 



A CHRONOLOGICAL HARMONY 

OF THE 

OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, 

BEING A SYLLABUS 

OF TOWNSEND'S RECENT ABLE WORK ON THE BASIS OF LIGHTFOOT'S CHRONICLE. 



PERIOD THE FIRST. N. I. 

From the Creation to the Deluge. 

From A. C. 4004— to 2384. 

*C. The Creation. Gen. i.; ii. 4. to end. 
N. 2—6. 

C. Institution of the Sabbath, and 
Fall of Man. Gen. ii. 1 — 4.; iii. to end. 
N. 7— 11. 4004. 

C. History of Adam and his De- 
scendants till the Deluge. Gen. iv. 1 
—17.; 25.; 17—25.; 26. N. 12—14. 3769. 

C. Genealogy of the Patriarchs. 
Gen. v. N. 15, 16. 

C. State of the World immediate- 
ly preceding the Deluge. Gen. vi. ; 
vii. 1—5. N. 17. 2468—2348. 

C. The Deluge. Gen. vii. 5. to end ; viii. 
1—13. 

C. The Covenant with Noah. Gen. 
viii. 13. to end ; ix. 1—18. 2347. 

C. Noah prophesies the Fate of his 
Sons. Gen. ix. 18. to end. N. 18. 

— ©©©— 

PERIOD THE SECOND. 

From the Dispersion to the Exodus. 
■ 2234—1577. 

C. The Confusion of Tongues, and 
Dispersion of Mankind. Gen. xi. 1 — 
10. : x. ; xi. 10—27. N. 1—3. 

C. The Life of Job. N. 4. 

S. The holiness, riches, and care of Job for 
his children. Job i. 1—6. 2131. 

S. First trial of Job. Job i. 6. to end. 

S. Second trial of Job. Job ii. 1 — 11. 

S. The friends of Job visit him and hear his 
complainings. Job ii. 11. to end; iii. 

S. First controversy between Job and his 
friends, begun by Eliphaz, who asserts that the 
sufferings of Job "were the punishment of his 
iniquity. Job iv. v. 

S. Reply of Job to Eliphaz. Job vi. vii. 

S. The argument taken up by Bildad. Job 
viii. 

S. Reply of Job to Bildad, in which he as- 
serts that affliction is no proof of wickedness. 
Job Lx. x. 

S. Zophar takes up the argument of Eliphaz 
with great asperity, and urges the necessity of 
repentance. Job xi. 

S. Reply of Job to the whole argument. Job 
xii. xiii. xiv. 



* In this Table C. stands for chapter, S. for sec- 
tion, and the figure? for the number in the Notes 
of Townsend's full work. The Notes are general- 
ly confined to a statement of his reasons for the 
arrangement he has made, ;md the numbers com- 
mence anew in each PERIOD. With respect to 
some of the transpositions we must dissent from 
this arrangement, particularly in the location of 
some of the Psalms. But as a whole, we think it 
as accurate as the nature of the case admits. 
Those who wish his authorities and reasons are 
referred to his work. Perhaps a small volume 
which should contain Townsend's Notes may yet 
•be issued from the American Press. 



S. The second controversy between Job and 
his friends. Job xv. 

S. Job declares his innocence. Job xvi. xvii 

S. Bildad replies to Job. Job xviii. 

S. Job complains of the cruelty of his friends 
Job xix. 

S. Zophar replies to Job. Job xx. 

S. Reply of Job to Zophar. Job xxi. 

S. The third controversy between Job and 
his friends, begun by Eliphaz. Job xxii. 

S. Reply of Job. Job xxiii. xxiv. 

S. Bildad again takes up the argument. Job 

XXV. 

S. Job again asserts liis integrity, and con 
trasts his former prosperity with his present ad. 
versity. Job xxvi. xxvii. xxviii. xxix. xxx. xxxi, 

S. Elihu, who had hitherto been silent, takes 
up the argument, and shews that affliction is 
sent by God, for wise though inscrutable pur- 
poses, and that the duty of man is submission. 
Job xxxii. xxxiii. xxxiv. xxxv. xxxvi. xxxvii. 

S. God appeareth to Job and his friends. 
Job xxxviii. xxxix. xl. 1 — 3. 

S. Self-abasement of Job. Job xl. 3 — 6. 

S. Address of God to Job, concluded. Job 
xl. C. to end ; xli. 

S. Entire submission of Job. Jobxlii. 1 — 7 

S. Restoration of Job's prosperity. Jobxlii 
7. to end. N. 5. 

C. The Life of Abraham. 

S. From the birth and call of Abraham till 
his return from Egypt. Gen. xi. 27. to end; 
xii. xiii. 1—5. 1996—1920. 

S. Separation of Abraham and Lot. Gen. 
xiii. 5 — 14. 

S. Renewal of the promise. Gen. xiii. 14. 
to end. 

S. War with the five kings. Gen. xiv. 1 — 18. 

S. Blessing of Melchizedeck. Gen. xiv. 18. 
to end. 

S. Covenant with Abraham. Gen. xv. 

S. Birth of Ishmael. Gen. xvi. 

S. Promise of a Son. Gen. xviii. 1 — 16. 

S. Condemnation and destruction of Sodom. 
Gen. xviii. 16. to end; xix. 1—30. 1899. 

S. Lot and his two daughters. Gen. xix. 
30. to end. 

S. Abraham at Gerar. Gen. xx. 

S. Renewal of the covenant. Gen. xvii. 1 
—9. N. 6. 

S. Institution of circumcision. Gen. xvii. 
9. to end. 

S. The Birth of Isaac. Gen. xxi. 1—9. 1896. 

S. Casting out of Hagar and Ishmael. Gen. 
xxi. 9—22. 

S. Covenant with Abimelech. Gen. xxi. 
22. to end. 

S. Temptation of Abraham. Gen. xxii. 1 
—20. N. 7. 

S. Death and burial of Sarah. Gen. xxiii. 

S. Family of Rebekah. Gen. xxii. 20. to end. 

S. Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. Gen. 
xxiv. 

S. Marriage of Abraham with Keturah. 
Gen, xxv. 1 — 7. 

S. Birth of Esau and Jacob. Gen. xxv. 
11-29. I 



S. Death of Abraham. Gen. xxv. 7 — 11. 
1821. 

C. From the Death of Abraham to 
the selling of Joseph by his Bre- 
thren. 

S. Esau sells his birthright — Covenant of 
Isaac with Abimelech at Gerar — Death of Ish- 
mael. Gen. xxv. 11.; xxvi. part of ver. 1. to 
end ; xxv. 29. ; xxvi. latter part of ver. 1. to 
end; xxv. 17, 18.; xxv. 12. 17. 1773. 

S. Jacob obtains the blessing from his fa- 
ther. Gen. xxvii. 

S. Journey of Jacob to Padan- Aram. Gen. 
xxviii.; xxix. 1 — 9. 

S. Residence of Jacob with Laban. Gen. 
xxix. 9. to end ; xxx. 

S. Jacob leaves Laban. Gen. xxxi. 

S. Journey of Jacob to Succoth, after the 
covenant with Laban. Gen. xxxii.; xxxiii. 1 
—18. 

S. Transactions at Shechem. Gen. xxxiii. 
18. to end ; xxxviii. 1 — 6. xxxiv. 

S. Events between the flight of Jacob from 
Shechem, till his return to his father. Gen. 
xxxv. 1—28. 

S. The family of Esau. Gen. xxxvi. 

C. Historyof Joseph and his Family 
in Egypt. 1728. 

S. Joseph sold into Egypt. Gen. xxxvii.; 
xxxix. 1—7. N. 10. 

S. The family of Judah. Gen. xxxviii. 6. 
to end. 

S. Imprisonment of Joseph. Gen. xxxix. 7. 
to end. N. 11. 

S. Joseph interprets the dreams of the pri- 
soners. Gen. xl. 

S. The death of Isaac. Gen. xxxv. 28, 29. 

S. Elevation of Joseph. Gen. xli. 1—46, 
1715. 

S. The famine in Egypt, and first journey of 
the brothers of Joseph to buy com. Gen. xli. 
46. to end ; xiii. 1707. 

S. Continuation of the famine — Second de- 
scent of the brethren of Joseph into Egypt, fol- 
lowed by their father. Gen. xliii.; xliv.; xiv.; 
xlvi.; xlvii. 1—13. 

S. Government of Egypt by Joseph. Gen. 
xlvii. 13-27. 

C. Death of Jacob and the Patri- 
archs. 1689. 

S. Death of Jacob, and his blessing on his 
sons. Gen. xlvii. 27. to end; xlviii.; xlix. 

N. 12. 

S. Funeral of Jacob — Death of Joseph. 
Gen. 1. 1635. 

S. Oppression of the Israelites after the death 
of Joseph. Exod. i. 



PERIOD THE THIRD. 

From the Birth to the Death of Moses. 

1571—1451. 
C. The Biktii and early Life of 
Moses. Exod. ii. ; Psalm lxxxviii. N. 1. 

C. Legation of Moses. Exod. iii. ; 
iv. 1—29. N. 2, 3. 

. 22 



C. From the Mission of Moses, to the 
Infliction of the Plagues of Egypt. 
Exod. iv. 29. to end : v. : vi. ; vii. 1 — 14. N. 
4,5. 

C. Infliction of the eight first 
Plagues. Exod. vii. 14. to end ; viii. ; ix. : 
x. 1—21. N. 6—13. 

C. Institution of the Passover. Exod. 
xii. 1—21. N. 14. 

C. Conclusion of the ten Plagues. 
Exod. x. 21—28. ; xi. 1—9. ; x. 28, 29. ; xi. 
9,10. ; xii. 21—31. N. 15—17. 

C. The Exodus. Exod. xii. 31—37. and 
40, 41, 42. 

C. The Wandering in the Wilder- 
ness. 

S. From Rameses to Succoth. Num. xxxiii. 
1—6.; Exod. xii. 37— 40. and 43. to end; xiii. 
1—20. N. 18. 

S. From Succoth to Etham. Numb, xxxiii, 
6.; Exod. xiii. 20. to end. 

S. From Etham to Pihahiroth. Numb, xxxiii. 
7.; Exod. xiv. 1—19. N. 19. 

S. From Pihahiroth, through the Red Sea 
and the Wilderness of Etham, or Shur, to Ma- 
rah. Numb, xxxiii. 8.; Ex. xiv. 19. to end; 
xv. 1—22.; 22—27. 

S. From Marah to Elim. Numb, xxxiii. 9. 
Exod. xv. 27. 

S. From Elim to the encampment by the Red 
Sea. Numb, xxxiii. 10. 

S. From the Red Sea to the Wilderness os 
Sin. Numb.xxxiii.il.; Exod. xvi. 

S. From Sin to Dophkah. Numb, xxxiii. 12. 

S. From Doplikah to Alush. Numb, xxxiii 
13. 

S. From Alush to Rephidim. Numb, xxxiii, 
14. Exod. xvii. 

S. From Rephidim to Sinai. Numb, xxxiii. 
15.; Exod. xix. xx. xxi. xxii. xxiii. xxiv. xxv. 
xxvi. xxvii. xxviii. xxLx. xxx. xxxi. xxxii. xxxiii. 
xxxiv. xxxv. xxxvi. xxxvii. xxxviii. xxxix. xl.; 
Levit. i. ii. iii. iv. v. yi. vii. viii. ix. x. , 
Numb. ix. 1 — 15.; Levit. xi. xii. xiii. xiv rv. 
xvi. xvii. xviii. xix. xx. xxi. xxii. xxiii. xxiv. xxv. 
xxvi. xxvii.; Numb. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. 
x. 1—11.; ix. 15. to end ; Exod. xviii. 1—27. 
N. 20—24. 

S. From Sinai to Kibroth-Hattaavah. Numb. 
xxxiii. 16.; x. 11—29.; x. 29—33.; Exodus 
xviii. 27.; Numb. x. 33. to end ; xi. 1 — 4.; xi. 
4. to end. 

S. From Kibroth-Hattaavah to Hazeroth. 
Numb, xxxiii. 17.; xii. 1 — 16. 

S. From Hazeroth to Rithmah, or Paran, cj 
Kadesh Barnea. Numb, xxxiii. 18.;. xii. 16.; 
xiii. 14.; Psalmxc; Numb. xv. xvi. xvii. xviii. 
xix. N. 25. 

S. From Rithmah to RimmonParez. Numb. 
xxxiii. 19. 

S. From Rimmon Parez to Libnah. Numb. 
xxxiii. 20. 

S. From Libnah to Rissah. Numb, xxxiii. 21. 
S. From Rissah to Kehelathah. Numb, 
xxxiii. 22. 

S. From Kehelathah to _Mount Shapter» 
Numb, xxxiii. 23. 



OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES. 



S. From Mount Shapher to Haradah. Numb. 
\xxin. 24. 

S. From Haradah to Makheloth. Numb. 
xxxiii. 25. 

S. From Makheloth to Tahath. Numb. xxxui. 

26. 

S. From Tahath to Tarah. Numb, xxxiii. 27. 

S. From Tarah to Mithcah. A'umb. xxxiii. 
28. 

S. From Mithcah to Hashmonah, or Azmon, 
or Selmona. Numb, xxxiii. 29. 

S. From Hashmonah to Moseroth. Numb. 
xxxiii. 30. 

S. From Moseroth to Bene-jaalian. Numb. 
xxxiii. 31. 

S. From Bene-jaakan to Horhagidgad, or 
Gudgodah. Numb, xxxiii. 32. 

S. From Horhagidgad to Jothbathah. Numb. 
xxxiii. 33. 

S. From Jothbathah to Ebrona. Numb. 
xxxiii. 34. . ' 

S. From Ebrona to Ezion-gaber. Numb, 
xxxiii. 35. rt 

S. From Ezion-gaber to the Wilderness of 
Sin, or Kadesh Barnoa, the second time, after 
thirty-eight years wandering. Numb, xxxiii. 
36.: xx! 1—14.; xx. 14—22.; xxxiii. 40.; 
xxi. 1—4. N. 26. 

S. From Kadesh Barnea to Mount Hor. 
Numb, xxxiii. 37.; xx. 22—29.; xxxiii. 38, 39.; 
xx. 29. 

S. From Mount Hor to Zalmonah. Numb. 
xxxiii. 41. j xxi. 4 — 10. 

S From Zalrnonah to Punon. Numb, xxxiii. 

42. 

S. From Punon to Oboth. Numb, xxxiu. 

43.; xxi. 10. 

S. From Oboth to Ije-Abanm. Numb, xxxiu. 
44.; xxi. 11. 

S. From Ije-Artarim, or lira, to Dibon-gac 
Numb, xxxiii. 4.3 . xxi. 1 1, to part of 18.; xxi. 
21. to end. . 

S. From Dibon-gad to Abiion-Diblathaim. 
Numb, xxxiii. 46. 

S. From Almon-Diblathaiin to the mountains 
ofAbarim. Numb, xxxiii. 47. ; xxi. last clause 

of 18 — 21. , „ ,_, 

S. From Abarim to the plains of Moab, by 
Jordan. Numb, xxxiii. 48.; xxii. xxiii.xxiv. N. 
27. 

S. From the plains of Moab to the encamp- 
ment by Bcth-jesimoth, and Abel-shittim. 
Numb, xxxiii. 49.; xxv. 26.; xxvii. 1 — 12.; 
xxxvi. 1 — 13.; xxviii. xxix. xxx. xxxi. xxxii. 
xxxiii. 50. to end; xxxiv. XXXV.; Dout. i. ii. l.j 
x. 6 — 10.; ii. 2. to end ; iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. 
ix. x. 1 — 6. & 10. to end; xi. xii. xiii. xiv. XV. 
xvi. xvii. xviii. xi*. xx. xxi. xxii. xxin. xxiv. xxv. 
xxvi. xxvii. xxviii. xxix. xxx.; Numb. xxxvi. 1".; 
xxvii. 12, 13, 14.; xxvii. 15. to end; Dent. 
xxxi. 1—7.; xxvi. 7, 8. . xi. 9— 22.; xxxi. 23 
—30.; xxxi. 22.30.; xxxii. 1-1.; \\xii. II — 
48.; xxxii. 48. to end ; xxxiii. xxxiv. N. 28 — 30. 

— Of©© — 
PERIOD THE FOURTH. 
From the. entrance of I lie Israelites into Ca- 
naan, under the command of Joshua, to 
the death of David. 

11.31— 1015. 
C. The Cono.ijf.st or Canaan. N. 1 
S. The mission of Joshua. Joshua i. 1 — 
10. 1451. 

5. The spies sent out. Joshua ii. N. 2. 
s. Passage of the river Jordan. Joshua i. 

10. to end; iii. iv. N. 3. 

6. The covenant ren ed. Joshua v. 1 — 13. 
• S. The conquest of Jericho, le huavi. I.; 
v. 13. to end ; vi. 2. to end. N. 4. 

S. The capture of Ai. Joshua vii. viii. 1 — 
30. 

S. History of tli" Cibeonites— Conquest ol 
the five kings. Joshua ix.x. N. 5 — 7. 

S. Conquest, of Canaan cornplcti. I. Jo-hiu 
xi.; viii. 30. to end. 

S. The tribe of Reuben return home, Jo i 
xxii. N. 8. 

C. General Division or the Coun- 
try. 1441. 

S. Recapitulation of conquests. Joshua xii, 
xin. 1 — 1.5. 

S. Division of tlie country. Joshua xiv. 1 — 
C. N. 9. 

S. Inheritance of the two tribes and a half. 
Joshua xiii. 15. to end. 

S. Inheritance of Caleb. Joshua xiv. G. to 
cno , xv. 13 — 20. 

S. Lot of Judali. Joshua xv. 1—13. & 20. 
to end. 

, S. Lot of Joseph. Joshua xvi. xvii. 
^ S. Tbe tabernacle set up. Joshua xviii. 1 
—11. 



S. Lot of Benjamin, and the rest of the tribes. 
Joshua xviii. 11. to end ; xix. 1 — 49. 

S. Inheritance of Joshua. Joshua xix. 49. 
to end. 

S. Cities of refuge and levitical cities. Joshua 
xx. xxi. 1—43. 

C. Last Exhortations and Death 
of Joshua. Joshua xxi. 43. to end; xxiii. 
xxiv. N. 10. 

C. Interregnum after the Death 
of Joshua. 

S. State'of Israel after the death of Joshua. 
Judges i. ii. 1—6. N. 1.1. 1425. ! 

S. Introduction of Idolatry among the Israel- j 
ites. Judges ii. 6 — 14.; xvii. xviii. N. 12 — 14.: 

S. History of the levite of Ephraim. Judges; 
xix. xx. xxi. ; ii. 14. to end; iii. 1 — 5. 

C. Government of the Judges. 1405| 
—1095. 

S. Servitude of the eastern Israelites under 
Chushan Rishathaim. — Othniel, judge. Judges 
iii. 5—12. 

S. Servitude of the eastern Israelites under 
the Moabites. — Ehud, judge. Judges iii. 12 
—31. 

S. Shamgar, judge. Judges iii. 31. 

S. Servitude of the northern Israelites under 
the Canaaniies. — Deborah the prophetess, 
judge. Judges iv. 5. 

S. Eastern and northern Israelites enslaved 
by Midian. Judges vi. 1 — 7.; The Book of 
Ruth; Judges vi. 7. to end ; vii. viii. N. 15,16. 

S. Usurpation of Abimelech. Judges ix. 

S. Tola, judge. Judges x. 1—3. 

S. Jair, judge. Judges x. 3 — 6. 

S. The Philistines and Ammonites oppress 
Israel. — Jephthah, judge. Judges x. 6. to end ; 
xi. xii. 1 — 8. 

S. Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, judges. Judges xii. 
8. to end. 

S. The government of Eli — The Philistines 
oppress Israel — The birth of Samson. Judges 
xiii.; 1 Sam. i. ii. 1 — 22.; iii. Judges xiv. 15 — 
20.; 1 Sam. ii. 22. to end ; Judges xvi.; xv. 
20.; 1 Sam. iv. N. 17—21. 

S. History of the ark after its capture. 1 
Sam. v. vi. vii. 1. 

S. Government of Samuel. 1 Sam. vii. 2. 
to end ; viii. N. 22 — 24. 

C. The Reign of Saul. 

S. Saul made king over Israel. 1 Sam. ix. 
x. 1095. 

8. Wars of Saul. 1 Sam. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. 
xv. N. 25. 

S. David anointed secretly as the future king 
over Israel. 1 Sam. xvi. 1 — 11. 1063. 

S. David overcomes Goliath. 1 Sam. xvii. 
1—41. ; 55, 56. ; 41—55. ; 67, 58. ; xviii. 1 
—5. ; Psalm ix. N. 26, 27. 

S. History of David till he flics from the 
court of Saul. 1 Sam. xviii. 5 — 10. ; xvi. 14. 
to end ; xviii. 10. to end ; xix. 1 — 4. ; Ps. xi. ; 
1 Sam. xix. 4—18. ; Psalm Inc. N. 28—31. 

S. David flies to Ramah. I Sam. xix. 18. 
to end ■ xx. N. 32. 

S. David flies to Nob, to Ahimelech. 1 Sain, 
xxi. 1—10. 

S. David flies to Aohish king of Gath. 1 
Sum. ad. 10. U> end ; Ps. Ivi. xxxiv. N. 33. 

S. David flies to the cave of AHullain. 1 
Sam. xxii. part of vc:r. 1. ; Ps. cxlii. ; 1 Sain. 

xxii. 1,8.; 1 Chron. xii. 8—19.; 2 Si el 

xxiii. 13—18. ; 1 Chron. xi. 15—20. N. 34,36, 

S. David at Mizpeh. 1 Sinn. x\u. 3 — SO, j 
Ps. Iii. cix. xvii. cxl. xxxv. I.xiv. N. 36 — 38. 

S. David at Keilah. 1 Sum. xxiii. 1. ; xxii. 
20. to end ; xxiii. 6., 2—6., 7—13. ; I 
xxxi. N. 39,40. 

S. David in the wilderness of Ziph and 

Maon. I Bam. win. 13—24.: Piaun liv. ; I 
I 89. N. II. 
s. David in Bngedi. I Bamui I i 

P aim Ivii. Kin. Km. V 43. 
s. Death of Samuel — David in the wilder- 

■i. 1 Sam, i 
S. David in the wilderness of Ziph, I s.im. 

'v IS, 44, 
S. David Ri ih, who 

him Ziklog dr a resident • D< 
Saul, I Sam. xxvii. I. ; Ps. cxli, ; I 

' —8. ; 1 Chron, xii. 1—::. ; I Sam. 
xxvii. ::. to end; xxviii. \\i\.; I Chi 
19— 2.1. ; I Sam. xxx. xxxi. ; 1 Chron, I 

1 I. ; 3 Sam. i. ; I Chron. x. 1—13. N. 10. 

C. Tax Km, -.in i) 
s. David mode king in Hebron — Civi 

in Israel. 2 Sam. ii. m. iv. 1065, 
S. David made (.m; ovi i S.un. 

v. 1, 2, 3. ; 1 Chron. xiii. 1 — 6. ; I 

oxxxix. ; 1 Chron. mi. '.'.',. to end ; - S.un. 

xxiii. 8—13. ; 1 Chron. xi. 20. to end; 

v. 4 — II, ; I Chron, xi. I — 16. ; 2 Sam. xxiii. 

18. to end. N. 46,17. 1048. 

i S. Hiram congratulates David — In-. 



the Philistines. 2 Sam. v. 11. to end ; 1 Chron. 
xiv. 17. & 1-17. N. 48. 

S. Removal of the ark to Jerusalem. 2 
Sam. vi. 1—12. ; Ps. lxviii. ; 1 Chron. xv. 
1—15.; Psalm exxxii.; 2 Sam. vi. 12—20.; 

1 Chron. xv. 15. to end ; 1 Chron. xvi. ; Psalm 
cv. xcvi. cvi. ; 2 Sam. vi. 20. to end ; 1 Chron. 
xiii. 5. to end. N. 49 — 51. 

S. David commanded not to build the Tem- 
ple. 2 Sam. vii.; 1 Chron. xvii.; Ps. ii. xiv. 
xxii. xvi. cxvih. ex. N. 52,53. 

S. War with the surrounding nations. 2 
Sam. viii. 1 — 13.; 1 Chron. xviii. 12.; 2 Sam. 
viii. 14. to end; 13.; 1 Kings xi. 15—21.; 
Psalm lx. cviii.; 1 Chron xviii. 1 — 12.; 13. to 
end. N. 54, 55. 

S. Kindness of David to the house of Saul — 
The war with the Ammonites. 2 Sam. ix. 10.; 
Ps. xx. xxi.; 1 Chron. xix. N. 56. 

S. David's adultery. 1 Chron. xx. part of 
ver. I.: 2 Sam. xi. xii. 1. to part of 15.; Ps. 
Ii. xxxii. xxxiii. ciii. ; 2 Sam. xii. latter part of 
ver. 15. to ver. 24.; 1 Chron. xx. latter part 
of ver. 1.; 2 Sam. xii. 26. to end ; 1 Chron. 
xx. 2, 3. N. 57. 

S. Domestic history of David — Amnon and 
Tamar. 2 Sam. xiii. 1 — 21. 

S. Birth of Solomon. 2 Sam. xii. 24, 25.; 
xiii. 21. to end. 

S. Revolt of Absalom. 2 Sam. xiv. 1 — 8.; 
15, 16, 17.; 8—15.; 18. to end ; xv. 1—30.; 
Ps. iii.; 2 Sam. xv. 30. to end ; xvi. 1—15.; 
Ps. vii.; 2 Sam. xvi. 15. to end; .xvii.; Ps. 
xiii. xliii. Iv. iv. v. lxii. c.xliii. cxliv. lxx. Ix.xi.; 

2 Sam. xviii. xi.x. xx. 3. N. 58—63. 

S. Revolt of Sheba, and the famine. 2 Sam. 
xx. 1, 2.; 4. to end ; xxxi. 1 — 15. 

S. Last war with the Philistines. 2 Sam. 
xxi. 15. to end ; xxii.; Psalm xviii.; 1 Chron. 
xx. 4. to end. N. 64. 

S. David numbers the people. 2 Sam. xxiv. 
1—10.; 1 Chron. xxi. 6, 7.; xxvii. 23, 24.; 2 
Sam. xxiv. 10—16.; 1 Chron. xxi. 15, 16.; 2 
Sam. xxiv. 17.; 1 Chron. xxi. part of 17. to end ; 
Ps. xxx.; 1 Chron. xxi. 1 — 6.; 8 — 15.; 2 Sam. 
xxiv. 16.; 1 Chron. x.xi. part of 17.; 2 Sam. 
xxiv. 18. to end. N. 65—67. 

S. History cf the last six months of David's 
reign — David prepares to build the Temple. 1 
Chron. xxii. N. 68. 

S. Adonijah's rebellion. 1 Kings i. 

S. First assembly of the people. 1 Chron. 

l.j xxviii. 1 — 11.; Ps.xa.cxlv. N. 69. 

Preparations for the service of the Teni- 

1 Chron. xxiii. 2. to end ; xxiv. xxv. 

xxvii. 1 — 23.25. to end; xxviii. 11. to 



xxin. 
S. 

pie. 

xxvi. 

end. 



S. Psalms of David, of which the dal 
occasions are unknown. Ps. xl. xii. Ixi. Ixv. 
Kix. Ixxviii. vi. viii. xii. vix. xxni. xxiv. xxviii. 
xxix. xx.xviii. .xx.xi.x. lxxxvi. XCV. ci. civ. c.xx. 
exxi. exxii. exxiv. exxxi. exxxiii. 

S. Second assembly of the people, I Cbron, 
xxix. 1—20.; Ps. lx.xii.; 1 Chron xxix. 20— 
~2C>. N. 70. 

S. Charge to Solomon. 1 Kings ii. I — 10. 
N.71. 

S. Last words of David. 2 Sum. xxiii. 



1—8 

S. 
end ; 



Death of David. 1 Chron. xxix. 26. to 

1 Kings ii. 10, II. 101. .. 

— 9©©— 
PERIOD THE FIFTH. 
Tin reign of Solomon. 
1016 

C. Riion or Soi, .-.ion mi om. rill 
l)i mi ITIOH Ol i in 'I i 

S. Oil' ring n' (iii ' - Judgmi nt i 

men — Death of *.donijah — Return of H 
12 'i - i i '. ■ 

n. i. J-7.; I Ivi ■ ad : .' 

Chron. i. 13.; I Kin 

! -13. N. I. 
S, Propai tl foi building the Ti mpls — 

I), :illi of S! 

iv. 1 ' Ihron. ii. I — .'(.; 1 Kings 

v. I— 13.; 2 Chron, ii IB •■. 13. 

Chron. ii, 17, 1 i Kit ii. 19. 

to end ; in. I, -. N. 

('. Tn i IK 1 1 i.i \o 01 i iii Tl ■'ii 1 . 

I, III. I 

— lo. ; 1 King i vi. I -9, and 16—29.; 

Chron. in. pari of i ver. 1 



xcvn xcvni ,:~ix. o exxxv cxxxvi , 1 Kings 
viii. I. to middle of ver. 50., and ver. 62. to 
end. N. 5, 6. 1004. 

C. Other Buildings, and Magnifi- 
cence of Solomon. 

S. Building of the house of Lebanon. 1 
Kings vii. 1 — 13. 

S. God appears to Solomon. 2 Chron. vii. 
11. to end ; 1 Kings ix. 1— 10: 

S. Conquests, &.C. of Solomon. 1 Kings 
ix. 10—15. ; 2 Chron. viii. 1—12. ; 1 Kings 
ix. 24. N. 7. 

S. Song of Solomon. Book of Canticles. 

C. Greatness of Solomon — Visit of 
the Queen of Sheba. 1 Kings ix. 15, 16.; 
2 Chron. viii. 12 — 17.; 1 Kings ix. 25. to end ; 
2 Chron. viii. 17.; 1 Kings x. 14. to end; iv. 
26—29., and 34.; x. 1—14.; ix. 17—24.; 2 
Chron. viii. 18.; ix. 13—29.; i. 14. to end; 
ix. 1—13. 

C. Wisdom of Solomon. 1 Kings iv. 29 
—32. ; 33. ; 32. ; Proverbs, Part I. i.— ix. ; 
Part il. x — xxii. to end of ver. 16.; Part III. 
xxii. 17. to end of xxiv. Part IV. xxv. to end 
of xxix. Part V. xxx. xxxi. N. 8 — 12. 

C. Offlncf. of Solomon. 1 Kings xi. 1 
— 15., and 23 — 41. ; Book of Ecclesiastes. 
N. 13. 

C. Death oi Solomon. 1 Kings xi. 41, 
42, 43. ; 2 Chron. ix. 29, 30,31. 

— ©©©— 

PERIOD THE SIXTH. 

From the elevation of liehoboam to the 

hubylunish Captivity. 

975—606. 

C. The Reign of Rehoboam, first 
King of Judah, with the cotemforarv 
Events in the Kingdom of Israel, (17 
Years— from 975 to 958. ) 

Reign of Reboboam. 

S. Revolt of the Ten Tribes. 1 Kings xiv. 
part of ver. 21. ; xii. 1 — 25. 

S. Government of Rehoboam. 2 Chron. XI. 
6. to end ; xii. l.j 1 Kings xiv. 22 — 25. 

S. Invasion of Shishak. 2 Chron. xii. 2. to 
end ; x. xi. 1 — 5. ; 1 Kiih;k xiv. part of v 
21. and 25. to end. 

Events in the Kingdom of Isrj 
' "ii 'irini ua WITH the Reign of 
iioiio \ \i K i m. in .Ii i> vii. 

S, Idolatry of tin' Golden Calves. I Kin 
xii. ~.">. to end. N. 1. 

S. History of the prophet of Beth-el. I 
Kings xiii. 

C. Kt:iGN oi 1BIJAB Kim. OT JlTAll, 

(3 years— from 968 to 965.J ! Chron. riii. I 
12. ; I Kings xv. 3— 9.j 1 Chron. xiii. 28. 

I Kings xv. I, '„'. V J. 
C. Reign o» Am, third Kino oi 

Judah, | 11 Years — from 966 to 914.) 
S. Piety of Asa, - Chron mi. pan 

l.j 1 Kings xv. 9 — I-'.; 2 Chron nv. partol 



ver. 1 — 1. ; 1 King! xv. 12 — Hi.; I Chron, 
xiv. 1. to end. N. .;, I. 

s. v.. .i maki ■ a covenant with Gtx 
< | ron, xv. 1—16.; and lit, 19. 

s. w ar "Hi. Boo ha. I King! xv. 16 

s. D' iii "i \ I Chron, *\ i. 7. to end ; 
1 Rings xv. J.i, 24.; 2 Chron. xvi, I — 7.; xv. 
16, 17. 

Ki i m - in i in Ki x DOM "i I -n \ i i , 

I'M i mioii IBS V\ I I II 1 III Rj IG voi \ 
K i \<. 01 -I i DA li. 

s. Death of Jeroboam and his son, I Kingi 
. I — SI. 

S. Hi-inn of Naihd'. I Kings XV. 

s. I:. i| i It.,.,!,,., i Kmi cv, 

end ; xvi. 1—8. N. 6. 
s. ii. i ii ..I i'.' ii,. i tv . 16, 

Zimi i. I Kingi ivi I 
s. R, .. ■,,,.] I!,.,',. I Kim ivi ! 9.N."! 
s. ( lommcnci men! of the n 
l Kin ' "'. i" ■ nd. N 

i I ' i,. "i ,i , no ii i . i ,1 ■. i , (26 Years 
—from 914 '" 
s. \r, . ion ol J 1 1 

l I il 41 — <5. Si 46, '17. ; i 

1 • end, 

i. l.j S Chron. iii. ! 8. ^ 

Chron. xviii. 12, ; xix. I 
I 'IxxxiL; ! Chron, til 
vii. 13—23.; I 

I.; 1 K . to end: 2 t — Il d ; I Kings x\n. 19.; I Kings riii. Il 

II.; 1 Kings ri. 9- i 9, 10. 

Chron. iii. ID, 11, 12, part ol v. r. 13. and ver. S. J). ,ii, .,( .!, hot haphat, I Chron. xx. 31 
16, 16. 17.; iv. J—::., and II. to sad. N. 4. — I . xvii. 

i ' I :i ■ I "i i ii i 'I i xn'i i . I.; 1 Kings v .ii. 48. N. 11. 

2 Chron v.; vii. 4—8. J ri. 1 — Ul; 1 Km I ,, |sim i 

' ion, ii.'lu.i iiMU'Miii xv i i ii mi. RciOS 01 ■'< 

cud; vii. 1 — I., ond 8 — 11.; Psalm xlvii. ; hosbtaphat, 

- I 



A CHRONOLOGICAL HARMONY 



1 S. Reign of Ahab continued — Elijah pre- 
dicts a drought, and raises the widow's son. 1 
Kings xvii. 

S. Elijah proves the truth of his mission, and 
flies from Jezebel. 1 Kings xviii. xix. 1 — 19. 

S. Calling of Elisha. 1 Kings xix. 19. to end. 

S. Benhadad besieges Samaria. 1 Kings 
xx. 1-26. 

S. Second defeat of the Syrians. 1 Kings 
xx. 26. to end. 

Seizure of Naboth's vineyard. 1 Kings xxi. 

S. Death of Ahab. 1 Kings xxii. 1 — 41'.; 2 
Chron. xviii. 3. to end. 

S. Reign and death of Ahaziah. 1 Kings 
xxii. 51. to end ; 2 Kings i. 

S. Reign of Jehoram — Rebellion of Moab. 

2 Kings hi. 1 — 6. 
S. Rupture of Elijah. 2 Kings ii. N. 12. 
S. Victory of Jehoram over the Moabites. 2 

Kings iii. 6. to end. 

S. Miracles of Elisha. 2 Kings iv. v. 6—24. 

C. Reignof Jehoram,King of Judah, 
(4 Years— from 889 to 885.) 2 Chron. xxi. 1., 
5, 6, 7., 2, 3, 4., 11—16., 8, 9, 10., 16. to end ; 
2 Kings viii. 23,24., and 17—23. N. 13, 14. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 

COTEMPORARY WITH THE ReIGN OF Je- 

horam, Kino of Judah. 

S. Siege of Samaria. 2 Kings vi. 24. to end. 

S. The famine, and sudden deliverance. 2 
Kings vii. viii. 1 — 7. 

C. Reignof Ahaziah, King of Judah, 
(1 Year— from 885 to 884.) 2 Kings viii. 25.; 
2 Chron. xxii. 1 — 8. ; 2 Kings ix. part of ver. 
27. ; 2 Chron. xxii. 8. and part of ver. 9. ; 2 
Kings ix. part of ver.27. and ver. 28.; 2 Chron. 
xxii. part of ver 9. ; 2 Kings ix. 29. ; viii. 26. 
to end. N. 15—17. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 

COTEMPORARY WITH THE ReiGN OF AHA- 
ZIAH. 

S. Conspiracy of Hazael. 2 Kings viii. 7- — 
16. N. 18. 

S. Conspiracy of Jehu. 2 Kings ix. 1. to 
part of ver. 14. 

S. Death of Jehoram. 2 Kings ix. part of 
ver. 14—27. 

S. Reign of Jehu — Death of Jezebel. 2 
Kings ix. 30. to end. 

S. Death of Ahab's sons. 2 Kings x. 1 — 12 

S. Death of Ahaziah's kindred. 2 Kings x. 
12, 13, 14. 

S. Death of Baal's priests. 2 Kings x. 15— 
29. 

C. Reign of Athaliah, (6 Years — from 
884 to 878.) 2 Chron. xxii. 10, 11,12.; xxiv. 
7—12.; xxiii. 1—16.; 2 Kings xi. 1—17. 

Reign of Jehu, continued. 2 Kings x. 
29. 

C. Reign of Joash, King of Judah, 
(40 Years— from 878 to 838.) 

S. Early reign of Joash. 2 Kings xi. 21.; 
xii. 1 — 4.; 2 Chron. xxiii. 16. to end ; xxiv. 3. 

S. The Tomple repaired. 2 Chron. xxiv. 4, 
5.; 2 Kings xii. 4—7.; 2 Chron xxiv. 6.; 2 
Kings xii. 7— 15.; 2 Chron. xxiv. 12—15;; 2 
Kings xii. 15, 16. 

S. Apostacy and death of Joash. 2 Kings 
xii. 17, 18.; 2 Chron. xxiv. 15—27.; 2 Kings 
xii. 20, 21.; 2 Chron. xxiv. 27.; 2 Kings xii. 
19. ; 2 Chron. xxiv. 1,2.; 2 Kings xi. 17—21. 
Events in the Kingdom of Israel, CO- 
TEMPORARY WITH THE ReiGN OF JoASH. 

S. Death of Jehu. 2 Kings x. 30. to end. 
f S. Reign of Jelioahaz. 2 Kings xiii. 1 — 10. 

S. Reign of Jehoash — Death of Elisha. 2 
Kings xiii. 10. and 14—22. 

C. Reign of Amaziah, (29 Years — from 
333 to 809. ) 

S. Amaziah punishes the murderers of his 
father. 1 Kings xiv. 1 — 7. 

S. War with Edom. 2 Chron. xxv. 5— 12.; 
2 Kings xiv. 7. ; 2 Chron. xxv. 12—17. 

S. War with Israel. 2 Kings xiv. 8—15. 

S. Death of Amaziah. 2 Chron, xxv. 27, 
28., 25, 26., 1—5., and 17—25.; 2 Kings xiv. 
19, 20., and 17, 18. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 

COTEMPORARY WITH THE REIGN OF AmA 
ZIAH. 

S. Reign of Jehoash continued. 2 Kings 
Xiii. 22. to end, and 11, 12, 13.; xiv. 15, 16, 

S. Reign of Jeroboam the second. 2 Kings 
xiv. 23, 24. 

C. Reign of Uzziaii, (51 Years — from 
310 to 748.) 

S. Early reign and prosperity of Uzziah. 2 
Chron. xxvi. 1—5.; 2 Kings xv. 1.; 2 Chron 
xxvi. 5—16. 

S. On the increase of his army by Uzziah, 
Joel predicts the overthrow of the kingdom of 
Judah, by a foreign army. The Prophecy of 
JofiJ. N. 19. l 



S. Uzziah struck with leprosy. 2 Chron. 
xxvi. 16—22. 

S. Designation of Isaiah to the prophetic 
office. Isaiah i. 1.; vi. ii. iii. iv. v. N. 20. 

S. Death of Uzziah. 2 Chron. xxvi. 22,23.; 
2 Kings xiv. 21, 22. xv. 2—5., and 5—8. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 
cotemporary with uzziah klng of 
Judah. 

S. Reign of Jeroboam the second conclud- 
ed. 2 Kings xiv. 25, 26, 27. 

S. Hosea's first appeal to the Ten Tribes. 
Hosea i. ii. iii. N. 21. 

S. Amos denounces judgment against the 
neighbouring nations, and against Israel and 
Judah. Amos i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. 1 — 10. 
N. 22. 

S. History of Jonah. Jonah N. 23. 

S. Death of Jeroboam the second. 2 Kings 

v. 28.; Amos vii. 10. to end; viii. ix.; 2 
Kings xiv. 29. 

S. Interregnum after the death of Jeroboam 
the second. Hosea iv. N. 24. 

S. Reign of Zechariah. 2 Kings xv. 8 — 13. 

S. Reign of Shallum. 2 Kings xv. 13—16. 

S. Reign of Menahem. 2 Kings xv. 16 — 
23. 

S. Reign of Pekahiah. 2 Kings xv. 23—27. 

C. Reign of Jotham, (16 Years — from 
785 to 742. ) 2 Kings xv. 32. ; 2 Chron. xxvii. 
1,2.; 2 Kings xv. part of ver. 35.; Micah i. 
ii.; 2 Chron. xxvii. 3. to end; 2 Kings xv. 
37., 33, 34, part of ver. 35, and 36. 28. N. 25. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 

COTEMPORARY WITH THE ReiGN OF Jo- 

tham, King of Judah. 

S. Reign of Pekah. 2 Kings xv. 27, 28, 29. 

C. Reign of Ahaz, (16 Years — from 742 
to 726.) 

S. Character of Ahaz. 2 Kings xvi. 1 — 5. 

S. Invasion of Rezin and Pekah. 2 Kings 
xvi. 5. ; Isaiah vii. viii. ix. x. 1 — 5. N. 26. 
27. 

S. Isaiah's prophecy of the ruin of Damas- 
cus, and the Ten Tribes. Isaiah xvii. xxviif. 
N. 28. 

S. Devastation of Judah by Pekah. 2 
Chron xxviii. 4 — 20.; Obadiah ; Isaiah i. 2. 
to end. N. 29, 30. 

S. Alliance of Ahaz with Tiglath-Pileser, 
king of Assyria. 2 Kings xvi. 6 — 10. ; 2 
Chron xxviii. 20—24.; 2Kings xvi. 10—19.; 2 
Chron. xxviii. 24, 25.; Hosea v. vi. N. 31—33. 

S. Death of Ahaz, and prediction of the 
power of Hezekiah. 2 Chron. xxviii. 26, 27, 
Isaiah xiv. 28. to end ; 2 Chron. xxviii. I — 4. 
2 Kings xvi. 19,20. N. 34. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 

COTEMPORARY WITH THE REIGN OF AhAZ, 

King of Judah. 

S. Reigns of Pekah and Hoshea. 2 Kings 
xv. 30,31.; xvii. 1,2. N. 35. 

C. Reign of Hezekiah, (29 Years — from 
726 to 693.) 

S. Character of Hezekiah, and reformation 
of worship. 2 Kings xviii. 1 — 7.; 2 Chron. 
xxix. 3. to end ; xxx. xxxi. N. 36. 

S. Isaiah's prophecy against Moab. Isaiah 
xv. xvi. N. 37. 



S. History at length of the second invasion! S. Reign of Jehoahaz. 2 Cnron. xxxvi, 

of Sennacherib. 2 Kings xviii. 17. to end ; 1 — 5.; 2 Kings xxiii. 31 36. 

xix. 1—8.; Psalm xliv. N. 49. C. Reign of Jehoiakim, (11 Years, 

S. Destruction of Sennacherib's army. 2 from 610 to 599. ) 

2 Kings xxiii. 



S. The reformation by Hezekiah supported to 610.) 



Kings xix. 8 — 20.; Psalm lxxiii. ; 2 Kings xix. 
20—36. ; Psalm lxxv. Lxxvi. ; 2 Kings xix. 36, 
37. N. 50. 

S< Promise of comfort to the people of God 
— Final restoration of the Jews foretold. Isaiah 
xl. xii. N. 51. 

S. Prophecy of the advent of Christ, and 
the restoration of the Jews. Isaiah xiii. xliii. 

S. The folly of idolatry, and the conversion 
of the Gentiles.- Isaiah xliv. xiv. 

S. Prophecy of the Babylonish captivity, 
and the destruction of Babylon. Isaiah xlvi. 
xlvii. 

S. Idolatry reproved. Isaiah xlviii. 

S. Messiah addresses his people. Isaiah 
xlix. 

S. Prophecy of the rejection of Christ, and 
the eventual exaltation of" his church. Isaiah 
1. Ii. Iii. 1—13. 

S. The humiliation, sufferings and exaltation 
of Christ foretold. Isaiah Iii. 13. to end ; liii. 

S. Prophecy of the enlargement and triumph 
of the church. Isaiah liv. 

S. The fulness and excellence of the bless- 
ings of the Gospel. Isaiah lv. lvi. 1 — 9. 

S. Prediction of the calamities which should 
befall Judea for its idolatry, and hypocrisy. 
Isaiah lvi. 9. to end ; lvii. lviii. fix. 1 — 16. 

S. The future glory and triumph of the church. 
Isaiah lix. 16. to end; lx. Ixi. lxii. lxiii. lxiv. 
lxv. lxvi. 

S. The death of Hezekiah. 2 Chron. xxxii. 
27. to end; xxix. 1, 2. ; Isaiah xxxvi. xxxvii. 
xxxviii. 1 — 9., and 21, 22. ; xxxix. ; 2 Kings 
xx. 20, 21. 

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, 

COTEMPORARY WITH THE ReIGN OF HezE- 

kiah King of Judah. 

S. Reign of Hoshea king of Israel continued. 

Salmaneser invades the dominions of Hoshea. 
2 Kings xvii. 3, 4. 

S. Hosea predicts the captivity of the Ten 
Tribes, and exhorts the people to repentance 
Hosea vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. N. 52. 

S. Reign of Hoshea continued. 2 Kings 
xvii. 5 — 24. 

S. Captivity of the Ten Tribes. 2 Kings 
xviii. 9—13. 

C. Reign of Manasseh, (55 Years, from 
698 to 643.) 

S. Idolatry of Manasseh. 2 Kings xxi. 1 — 
17. 

S. Isaiah's prophecy of the captivity of 
Shebna. Isaiah xxii. 15. to end. N. 53. 

S. Captivity of Manasseh. 2 Chron. xxxiii 
11—21.; 2 Kings xxi. 17, 18.; 2Chron. xxxiii 
1—11. 

State of the Provinces formerly 
possessed by the ten tribes, during 
the Reign of Manasseh. 2 Kings xvii. 24, 
to end. 

C. Reign of Amon, (2 Years from 643 to 
641.) 2 Kings xxi. 19. to end ; 2 Chron. xxxiii. 
21. to end. 

C. Reign of Josiah, (31 Years, from 641 



S. Accession of Jehoiakim. 
36, 37. 

S. Various predictions and appeals to the 
Jews, declaring the certainty of their captivity 
and the destruction of Jerusalem. Jer. xiii. 
xiv. xv. xvi. xvii. xviii. xix. N. 60. 

S. Imprisonment of Jeremiah. Jer. xx. 

S. Prediction of the fate of Shallum and 
Jehoiakim. Jer. xxii. 1—24. N. 61. 

S. Apprehension and arraignment of Jere- 
miah. Jer. xxvi. N. 62. 

S. Jeremiah's prophecy against the army of 
Pharaoh-Necho. Jer. xlvi. 1—13. N. 63. 

S. The Rechabites take refuge in Jerusalem, 
from the army of the Chaldeans. Jer. xxxv. 
N. 64. 

S. Prediction of the seventy years captivity 
Jer. xxv. N. 65. 

S. First reading of the roll by Baruch. Jer. 
xxxvi. 1—9. N. 66. 

S. Consolation to Baruch on reading the 
roll. Jer. xiv. N. 67. 

S. Commencement of the captivity. 2 Kings 
xxiv. part of ver. 1.; 2 Chron. xxxvi. 6, 7.; 
Dan. i. 1—8.; 2 Kings xxiv. 3, 4. N. 68. 



by the prophecies of Micah. Micah iii. iv, 
vi. vii. 2 Kings xviii. 7, 8. N. 38. 

S. Isaiah's prophecy of the restoration of 
the Ten Tribes, the punishment of Egypt, and 
the conversion of Egypt and Assyria. Isaiah 
xviii. xix. N. 39. 

S. The prophecy of Nahum against Nineveh. 
Nahum i. ii. iii. N. 40. 

S. Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of 
Tyre. Isaiah xxiii. N. 41. 

S. Prophecy of Isaiah, on the invasion of 
Palestine by the Assyrian army. Isaiah x. 5. 
to end ; xi. xii. xiii. xiv. 1 — 28. N. 42. 

S. General prophecy of the desolation and 
recovery of Judea. Isaiah xxiv. xxv. xxvi. 
xxvii. N. 43. 

S. Prophecy of the invasion of Judea, and 
the destruction of Babylon. Isaiah xxii. 1 — 15.; 
xxi. N. 44, 45. 

S. First invasion of Sennacherib — Submis- 
sion of Hezekiah, and capture of Ashdod. 2 
Chron. xxxii. 1 — 9. ; 2 Kings xviii. 13 — 17. ; 
Isaiah xx. N. 46. 

S. Prophetic appeal to Jerusalem, while 
Sennacherib's army was in the country. Isaiah 
xxix. xxx. xxxi. N. 47. 

S. The sickness of Hezekiah. 2 Chron. 
xxxii. 24—27. ; 2 Kings xx. 1—12. ; Isaiah 
xxxii. xxxiii. xxxiv. xxxv. xxxviii. 9 — 22. N. 48 



2 Kings xxii. 



S. Josiah removes idolatry, 
1,2.; 2 Chron. xxxiv. 3—8. 

S. Designation of Jeremiah to the prophetic 
office. Jer. i. ii. iii. 1 — 6. N. 54. 

S. The Temple repaired. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 
8—33. 

S. Zephaniah exhorts the people to repent- 
ance, about the time of Josiah's reformation. 
Zephaniah i. ii. iii. N. 55. 

S. Reformation of religion by Josiah. 2 
Kings xxiii. '1 — 21.; 2 Chron. xxxiv. 33. 

S. Celebration of the passover. 2 Chron. 
xxxv. 1—20. 

S. Jeremiah reproaches the people, for their from Jerusalem, is again imprisoned, 
backsliding after the Reformation by Josiah., 
Jer. iii. 6. to end. N. 56. 

S. Jeremiah describes in prophetic anticipa- 
tion, the sorrows of the approaching captivity. 
Jer. iv. v. vi. 

S. Habakkuk predicts the punishment of the 
people for their backsliding; Habakkuk i. ii. 
iii. N. 57. 

S. Jeremiah exhorts the people to repent- 
ance, and laments the miseries of th'e people 
on the near approach of the captivity. Jer. vii. 
viii. ix. x. N. 58. 

S. The people are reminded of the covenant 
of Josiah. Jer. xi. xii. N. 59. 

S. Death of Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 20— 



S. The king of Babylon congratulates Hcze- 25. ; 2 Kings xxiii. 25 — 28.; 2 Chron. xxxv. 
kiah on his recovery. 2Kingsxx. 12 — 20. 25. to end; xxxiv. 1, 2.; 2 Kings xxii. 3. to 

S. Introduction to, or abridged history of the end ; xxiii. 1 — 4., 21 — 25.,&28 — 31. 
second invasion of Sennacherib. 2 Chron. C. Reign of Jehoahaz, 3 Months, 
xxxii. 9— 24. 610.) 

' 24 



PERIOD THE SEVENTH. N. 1. 

The Babylonish Captivity, seventy Years. — 

From 606—536. 

C. Events at Jerusalem between 
the Commencement of the Captivity 
and the Burning of the Temple. 

S. Reign of Jehoiakim continued — Second 
reading of the roll. Jer. xxxvi. 9. to end. N. 2. 

S. Rebellion and death of Jehoiakim. 2 
Kings xxiv. part of ver. 1. and ver. 2. ; 2 
Chron. xxxvi. 5. ; 2 Kings xxiv. 5. : 2 Chron. 
xxxvi. 8. N. 3. 

S. Reign of Jehoiachin, nineteenth king. 
Three months — Captivity of Ezekiel, &c. 2 
Kings xxiv. 6 — 10.; Jer. xxii. 24. to end ; Jer. 
xxiii, ; 2 Kings xxiv. 10 — 17., 2 Chron. xxxvi. 
9, 10. N. 4. 

S. Accession of Zedekiah — Prediction of 
the restoration of the Jews. Jerem. Iii. 1 — 4. ; 
xxiv. N. 5, 6. 

S. Prediction of the duration of the cap- 
tivity. Jerem. xxix. 1—15.; 16—21.; 15.; 21. 
to end. N. 7. 

S. Prophecy of the restoration of the Jews. 
Jerem. xxx. xxxi. N. 8. 

S. Fate of the surrounding nations pre- 
figured — Hananiah the false prophet is punish- 
ed with.death. Jerem. xxvii. xxiii. N. 9. 

S. Prophecy of the fate of the surrounding 
nations. Jerem. xlviii. xlix. N. 10. 

S. Prophecy against Babylon. Jerem. 1. Ii. 

S. General introduction to the narrative of 
the destruction of the temple and of Jerusalem. 
2 Chron. xxxvi. 11—22.; 2 Kings xxv. 1, 2. 

S. Approach of the Chaldean army — Cap- 
ture of Zedekiah and the city foretold — The 
Hebrew slaves released. Jerem. xxxix. 1. ; 
xxxvii. 1—5.; xxxiv. 1—11. N. 12, 13. 

S. Imprisonment of Jeremiah. Jerem. xxxii. 
xxxiii. N. 14. 

S. The Chaldeans raise the siege of Jeru- 
salem, and march against Pharaoh Hophra, 
kin" of Egypt. Jerem. xxxvii. 5. 

S. The destruction of the Philistines and the 
Egyptians foretold. Jerem. xlvii. ; xxxvii. — 
11. N. 15. 

S. On the departure of the Chaldeans the 
Hebrew slaves are recalled. Jerem. xxxiv. 11, 
to end. N. 16. 

S. Jeremiah, attempting to make his eseape 
again imprisoned. Jerem, 
xxxvii. 11. to end. N. 17. 

S. Jeremiah, applied to by the king, repeats 
his former predictions. Jerem. xxi. N. 18. 

S. Jeremiah committed to the dungeon of 
Malchiah. Jer. xxxviii. xxxix. 15. to end. N. 19. 

S. Capture of Jerusalem and of Zedekiah — 
The deliverance of Jeremiah. Jer. Iii. 5, 6. ; 
xxxix. 3.; Iii. 7—12.; xxxix. 11—15.; hi. 
24—28. 

S. The burning of the temple of Jerusalem 
Jerem. hi. 12—15., 17—24.; 15, 16.; xxxix. 10.; 
Psalm Ixxix. lxxiv. lxxxiii. ; xciv. ; 2 Chron. 
xxxvi. 11.; 2 Kings xxiv. 17. to end ; Jer. xxxix. 
2. and 4—10. ; 2 Kings xxv. 3—22. N. 20. 

S. The lamentation of Jeremiah over the 
desolation of his country. Lamentations the 
whole book. N. 21. 

C. Events at Babylon, betwees the 
Commencement of the Captivity and 
the Destruction of the Temple, 



OP THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES. 



S Condition of Daniel and his companionsjDESTRtrcTioN of Jerusalem and the 
ait Babylon. Daniel 1. 8. loend. Jketurjj from the Captivity. 

S. Commission of Ezekiel. Ezek. i. ii. ! S. Ezekiel being informed of the destruction 
iii. 1 — 22. N 22 — 24. of Jerusalem, predicts the utter desolation of 

S. Propnecy of the miseries and destruction Judea, and .he judgments of God against the 
of Jerusalem. Ezek. iii. 22. to end ; iv. v. surrounding nations, enemies to the Jews, 
via vii. N. 25. Ezek. xxxiii. 21 . to end ; xxv. xxvi. xxvii. xxviii. 

S. Visions of the idolatries which occasione 1 N. 33. 
the Babylonish captivity. Ezek. viii. ix. x. xi. I S. Prophecy against Egypt. Ezek. xxxii 
1-22. N. 26, 27. [l— 17. N. 34. 

S. Various predictions against Zedekiah — S. Prophecy against Egypt. Ezek. xxxii 
The false prophets — Jerusalem and the Jewish 17. to end. N. 35. 

nation. Ezek. xi. 22. to end ; xii. xiii. xiv. xv. S. Appeal to the captives in Babylon. Ezek 
xvi. xvii. xviii. xix. N. 29. xxxiii. 1 — 21. N. 36. 

S. Prophecies addressed to the elders of the I S. Ezekiel proceeds to denounce the anger 
Jews. Ezek. xx. xxi. xxii. xxiii. N. 26. b. |of God on the governors of the Jews, who had 

S. Prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem, deceived the people to their ruin. He then pre- 
delivered at the commencement of the siege.; diets the restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem, 



Ezek. 



and the ultimate happiness of Christ's kingdom. 
Ezek. xxxiv. xxxv. xxxvi. xxxvii. N. 37. 

S. Prophecy of the future great contest be- 
tween the church and its enemies, and the con- 
version of the Jews in the latter days. Ezek. 
xxxviii. xxxix. N. 38. 

S. Ezekiel's vision of the second temple. 
Ezekiel xl. xli. xlii. xliii. xliv. xlv. xlvi. xlvii. 
xlviii. N. 39. 

S. Last prediction against Egypt. Ezek. 
xxxix. 17. to end; xxx. 1—20. N. 38. b. and 
39. b. 40. 

S. Daniel relates to Nebuchadnezzar the 
dream the king had forgotten. Daniel ii. N. 
41,42. 

S. Nebuchadnezzar, on the completion of 
Jerem. xl. 13. to end ; xli. 1 — 11. (his conquests, sets up the golden image. Daniel 

S. Jonanan rescues the captives from Ishma- iii. N. 43. 
el, and contrary to the commands of God, given I S. Nebuchadnezzar's second dream. Daniel 
by Jeremiah, takes refuge at Tahpanhes iniv. 1 — 28. 
Egypt. Jerem. xli. 11. to end; xlii. xliii. 1 — 8.1 S. Madness and recovery of Nebuchadnez- 

S. Prophecy of Jeremiah against EgyptJzar. Daniel iv. 28. to end. N. 44. 
Jerem. xliii. 8. to end; xlvi. 13. to end. N. i S. Accession of Evil Merodach, and re- 
31. Ilease of Jehoiachin from prison. Jer. hi. 31. 

S. Final prediction of Jeremiah against the to end ; 2 Kings xxv. 27. to end. N. 45. 
idolatrous Jews, and against Egypt. Jercin. j S. Daniel's first vision of the four living 
xliv. N. 32. [creatures. Daniel vii. N. 46. 

S. Brief recapitulation of the captives of the , S. Psalms written during the distresses and 
Jews by Nebuchadnezzar. Jsrem. Iii. 28 — 31. afflictions of the church, chiefly in the Baby- 
, C. Evests at Babylon between TUEUonish captivity. Psalms exxxvii. exxx. Iv- •• 



Ezek. xxiv. N. 27. b 

S. Prophecy against Egypt 
1—17. N. 28. b, 

S. Prophecy against Egypt, Ezek. xxx. 20. 
to end ; xxxi. N. 29. b. 

C. History of that Portion of the 
Jewish Nation who were not carried 
Captive to Babylon after the De- 
struction of the Temple. N. 30. 

S. Abridged account of the events related 
in this chapter. 2 Kings xxv. 23—27. 

S. Gedaliah appointed governor after the 
destruction of the temple— Jeremiah and the 
rest of the people attach themselves to Geda- 
liah. 2 Kings xxv. 22.; Jer. xl. 1—13. 

S. Conspiracy of Ishmael against Gedaliah. 



LXXVU XXOTll LxVTl xll.X llll 1 X. Ml XIV XV 

xxv. xxvi xxvu xxxvi Ixxxix „:n xciii c.-xm 
N. 47, 48. 

S. Belshazzar's feast. Daniel v. N. 49. 

S. Daniel's vision of the ram and the he- 
goat. Daniel viii. N. 50. 



vi. 14. to end ; Psal. cxlvi. cxlvii. cxlviii. cxlix. 
cl. xlviii. Ixxxi. N. 20,21. 

C. From the Dedication of the 
sico.vd Temple to the Death of Ha- 
man. 

S. Opposition to the Jews in the reign of 



S. Prayer of Daniel for the restoration of j Xerxes. " Ezra iv. 6. N. 22. 
Jerusalem, and prophecy of the seventy weeks, i S. Opposilion to the Jews in tiie reign of 

Artaxerxes Longimanus. Ezra iv. 7 — 24. N. 
23. 

S. Artaxerxes divorces his queen. Esther 
i. ii. 1. to part of ver. 15. N. 24. 

S. Commission of Ezra. Ezra vii. viii. N. 
25. 

S. Esther made queen of Persia. Esther 
ii. part of ver. 15 — 21. 

S. Reformation by Ezra. Ezra ix. x. ; 
Zeehariah ix. x. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. N. -G — 31. 

S. Mordccai discovers the conspiracy against 
Artaxerxes. Esther ii. 21. to end. N. 8$. 

S. Plot of Haman, and its defeat. Esther 
jiii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. N. 33. 

C. From the .Reformation by Nehe- 
miahto the closing ok the Canon. 

S. First commission of Nehomiah. Nehe 
miah i. ii. 1—12. N. 3-1. 

S. The walls of Jerusalem rebuilt. Nehem. 
ii. 12. to end ; iii. iv. v. vi. 

S. Dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. 
Nehem. xii. 27 — 14. N. 35. 

S. Nehemiah returns to Persia. Nchcm. 
vii. 1—5. N. 36. 

S. Second Commission of Nehemiah, and 
Reformation effected by him. Nehem. \ii. 6, 



Daniel ix.; Psalm cii. N. 51, 52 

S. Daniel cast into the den of lions. Daniel 
vi. N. 53. 

S. Decree of Cyrus for the restoration of 
the Jews. Ezra i. 1 — 5.; Psalm exxvi. Ixxxv.: 
2 Chron. xxxvi. 22, 23. N. 54. 

—&&&— 

PERIOD THE EIGHTH. 

From the Termination of the Babylonish 

Captivity, to the Reformation of Wor- 
ship by Nehemiah, and the completion of 

the Canon of the Old Testament by 

Simon the Just. — From 536 to about 300. 

C. From the Decree of Cyrus to 
the Dedication of the second Tem- 
ple. 

S. Return of the Jews from their captivity. 
Ezra i. 5. to end ; ii. iii. 1 — 8. ; Psalms cvii. 
lxxxvii. cxi. cxii. cxiii. exiv. cxvi. cxvii. exxv. 
exxvii. cxxviii. exxxiv. N. 1 — 6. 

S. Foundation of the Temple laid. Ezra iii. 
8. to end ; Psal. IxxxtV. Ixvi. N. 7, 8. 

S. The building of the Temple interrupted — 
Last vision of Daniel. Ezra iv 1 — 6. anditoend; viii. ix. x. xi.' xii. 1 — 10. ami 41. to 
part of ver. 21.; Psalm exxix.; Dan. x. xi. xii.jend; xiii. 1 — 1.; Psalms i. cxix. N. 37, 38. 
N. 9 — 12. | S. Malachi prophecies against the corrup- 

S. Building of the Temple resumed. Ezra lions which had been introduced during the 

part of ver. 24.; v. 1. ; Haggai i. 1 — 12.; 



Ezra v. 2.; Haggaii. 12. to end; iv. 1 — 10. 
Zeehariah i. 1 — 7.; Haggai ii. 10. to j£" J i 
Zeehariah i. 7. to end ; ii. iii. iv • • *'•■ N. 13 
— 17. „, 

S. The buildiiur -<" lllfi Temple again inter- 
rupted and -n ai " resumed. Ezra v. 3. to 
,.,,,! . v- ' — 14. ; Psalm exxxviii. ; Zeehariah 
v „. viii. N. 18, 19. 

S. Dedication of the second Temple. Ezra 



Malachi 



second absence of Nnhamiah. 
„,. i_ii: n. 5K 

a. Further reformation by Nehemiah. Ne- 
hemiah xiii. 4. to end. N. 40. 

S. Final prophecy of the Old Testament. 
Malachi iii. 16. to end ; iv. N. 41. 

S. Detached genealogies, successions, and 
events, inserted probably at the completion of 
tho canon. 1 Cliron. i. ii. iii. iv. v. \i. vn. mil 
ix. ; Nehem. xii. 10—27. N. 42, 43. 



SECOND TABLE, 

SHEWING THE PROBABLE OCCASION ON WHICH EACH PSALM WAS COMPOSED, AND ABOUT THE YEAR 
BEFORE CHRIST WHEN WRITTEN. ACCORDING TO TOWNSEND'S AUTHORITIES. 



Pi. i. Written by Ezra, as a preface to 
the book of Psalms. A. C. 444. 

Pi. ii. On the delivery of the promise by 
Nathan to David— a prophecy of Christ s 
kingdom. 10+1. 

Pi. iii. On David's flight from Absalom 
1023. . , 

Pi. iv. During the flight from Absalom 
1023. 

Pi. v. During the flight from Absalom 
1023.' 

Pi. vi. Inserted towards the end of David's 
life. 1015. 

Pi. vii. On the reproaches of Shimei. 
1023. 

Ps. viii. Inserted towards tho end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Pi. ix. On the victory over Goliath. 
1063. 

Pi. x. During the Babylonish captivity. 

Pi. xi. When David was advised to flee to 
the mountains. 1062. 

Pi. xii. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life 1015. 

Pi. xiii. During the Babylonish captivity. 
539. 

Pi. xiv. During the Babylonish captivity. 
S39. 

Pr. xv. During the Babylonish captivity. 
J>39. 

Pi. xvi. On the delivery of the promise 
by Nathan to David. 1041. 

Ps. xvii. On the murder of the priests by 
Doeg. 1060. 

Pi. xviii. On the conclusion of David's 
wars. 1019. 

Ps. xix. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. A. C. 1015. 

Ps. xx. On the war with the Ammonites 
and Syrians. 1036. 

Ps. xxi. On the war with the Ammonites 
and Syrians. 1036. 

1S3 



Ps. xxii. On the delivery of the promise 
by Nathan to David. 1011. 

Ps. xxiii. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Pi. xxiv. Inserted towards tho end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Ps. xxv. During the Babylonish captivity. 

Ps xxvi. During the Babylonish captivi- 
ty. 539. 

Ps. xxvii. During the Babylonish captivi- 
ty. 53 

Pi. xxxviii. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Ps. xxix. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1016, 

Pi. xxx. On the dedication of the thresh- 
ing-floor of Araunah. 1017. 

Pi. xxxi. On David's persecution ':■ 
L060. 

Ps. xxxii. On the pardon of David's adul- 
tery. 10.il. 

Ps. xxxiii. On the pardon of David's adul-, 
terv. 1034. 

/ [xxiv. On David's leaving tho city of 
Oath, I 

Pi. xxxv. On David's persecution bj 
Doeg. 1060. 

/' txxvi. During the Babylon i-h captivi- 

Ps. xxxvii. During the Bab) 
tivity. 

Ps. xxxviii. Inserted towards the i 

hiv i. A. C 1015. 

Ps. xxxix. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. I'M., 

Pi. xl. Inserted towards the end of David's 
life. 1016. 

Ps xli Inserted towards the Bud c.l 
David's hl'r. I'll,, 

Ps. xlii. On David's resting b) tb< 

Jordan in his llnrlit from Absalom. I 

Pi. xliii. On David's resting by the river 

4. V. 



Jordan in his flight from Absalom. 102.!. 

Ps. xliv. On the blasphemous message of 
Rabshakch. 710. 

Ps. xlv. On the delivery of the promise 
by Nathan to David. 10 1 I. 

Ps. xlvi. On tho victory of Jehoshaphot. 
896. 

/'.-,■. \lvii. On tin: removal of the ark into 
the temple. Hull 

Ps, xlvni. On the dedication of the second 
temple. 18 

Ps. xlix. During the Babylonish captivity 

:').;!). 

/'.■.. I. Dunn the Babylonish captivity 

j's. |j Confe lion of David after his adul- 
tery. 1034. 

/'*. In. ().. Dual' persecution by Doeg. 
I 
Ps. iiii. During tl Bab fflith captivity. 

Ps. llv. On the treachery of the Zipbim 
t., David, o 

Ps. Iv. During tin- flight from Al' 

I 
P.i. !\ i. \\ ben Dm •! ■•■■■< ■ « itfa thl I 

in Qatb. I 1 
/■ ' i) On David's n to .1 to kill Saul 

K 
Ps Ivlii. Continuation of Psalm Ml, 

I's. Hi tin ii !.!.. . ol Saul surround- 
ing the town of David. 1061. 
/• , On I | tol Bdom by Joab, 



Pi. Ixv. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1016. 

P«. Ixvi. On laying tho foundation of the 
second temple. 636. 

Ps. lxvii. During the Babylonishcaptivitv 
539. 

Ps. lxviii. On tho first removal of the 
ark. 1046. 

Ps. Ixix. Inserted towards tho end ol 
David's life. 1016. 

J's. Ixx. On Absalom's rebellion. 10 

Ps. l\xi. tin Absalom's rebellion. 1023, 
Ps. ixvu. On Solomon ix-ing madi 
by bis father. 1016. 
Ps. Ixxiii. On tin' destruction of Senna 

elie.lll. 710. 

Ps. Ixxlv, On the destruction of the city 
mi. i temple. 588. 

I's lvw. On the destruction of >■ 
oharlb. 710. 

Ps. Ixxvl, on the destruction of Senna 

chenb. 710. 
Pi. Ixxvli. During the Babylonish mn 

livity. 

/'«. Ixxviii. Inserted t"« irds tl.e md of 

D life. 1016 

Ps. Uv.v On the di lru< lion of tl • 
ami temple. 
Ps. Ixxx. During tho Babj loi 

\i On tl.. 

temple 



ipli 

vvn. On the Sppointm) 

r, iv,. in srtod towards the ai r ''• '*■"" " ■' >7 

i i,. i , 

/',. Iv„ In David's persecution by A ' '"»» ": 

. | ths second temple 536. 

Pt | xiii , , „ the wilder- Ps.bmv. On the decree of Cyrni Tor tho 

Engedl.' II restoration of ths Jcv 



Ps. Ixxxiv On living the foundation of 



r.«. Ixiv. On David's persecution bv Saul. 
25 



I's. Ixxxrl. Inserted towards the end of 
D.iv id's life. \ ' 



A CHRONOLOGICAL HARMONY 



* Pt. lxxxvii. On the return from the Ba- 1 
eyloniBh captivity. 536. 

Ps. lxxxviii. During the affliction in 
Egypt. 1531. 

Ps lxxxix. During the Babylonish cap- 
tivity. 539. 

Ps. xc. On the shortening of man's life, 
&c. 1489. 

Ps. xci. After the advice of David to Solo- 
mon. 1015. 

Ps. xcii. During the Babylonish captivi- 
ty. 539. 

Ps. xciii. During the Babylonish captivi- 
ty. 539. 

Ps. xciv. On the destruction of the city 
and temple. 588. 

Ps. xcv. Inserted towards the end of Da- 
vid's life. 1015. 

Ps. xcvi. On the removal of the ark from 
the house of Obed Edom. 1051. 

Ps xcvii. On the removal of the ark into 
the temple. 1004. 

Ps. xcviii; On the removal of the ark into 
the temple. 1004. 

Ps. xcix. On the removal of the ark into 
the temple. 1004. 

Ps. c. On the removal of the ark into the 
temple. 1004. 

Ps. ci. Inserted towards the end of David's 
life. 1015. 

Ps. eii. On the near termination of the 
Babylonish captivity. 538. 



Ps. ciii. On the pardon of David's adul- 
tery. 1034. 

Ps. civ. Inserted towards the end of Da- 
vid's life. 1015. 

Ps. cv. On the removal of the ark from 
the house of Obed Edom. 1051. 

Ps. cvi. On the removal of the ark from 
the house of Obed Edom. 1051. 

Ps. evii. On the return from the captivity 
536.. 

Ps. cviii. On the conquest of Edom by 
Joab. 1040. 

Ps. cix. On David's persecution by Doeg. 
A. C. 1060. 

Ps. ex. On the promise by Nathan to 
David. 1044. 

Ps. cxi. On the return from the captivi- 
ty. 536. 

Ps. cxii. On the return from the captivi- 
ty. 536. 

Ps. cxiii. On the return from the captivi- 
ty. 536. 

Ps. cxiv. On the return from the captivi- 
ty. 536. 

Ps. cxv. On the victory of Jehoshaphat. 

Pa. cxvi. On the return from the captivi- 
ty. 536. 

Ps. cxvii. On the return from the cap- 
tivity. 536. 

Ps. cxviii. On the promise by Nathan to 
David. 1044. 



Ps. cxix. Manual of devotion by Ezra. I Ps. exxxv. On the removal of tae alk 
444. into the temple. 1004. 



Ps. cxx. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Ps. exxi. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1018. 

Ps. exxii. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Ps. exxiii. During the Babylonish cap- 
tivity. 539. 

Ps. exxiv. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Ps. exxv. On the return from the capti- 
vity. 536. 

Ps. exxvi. On the decree of Cyrus for 
the restoration of the Jews. 536. 

Ps. exxvii. On the return from the cap 
tivity. 536. 

Ps. exxviii. On the return from the cap- 
tivity. 536. 

Ps. exxix. On the opposition of the Sa- 
maritans to the rebuildingof the temple. 535. 

Ps. exxx. During the Babylonish cap- 
tivity. 539. 

Ps. exxxi. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. 1015. 

Ps. exxxii. On the second removal of the 
ark. 1051. 

Ps. exxxiii. Inserted towards the end of 
David's life. A. C. 1015. 

Ps. exxxiv. On the return from the cap- 
tivity. 536. 



Ps. exxxvi. On the removal of the ark 
into the temple. 1004. 

Ps. exxxvii. During the Babylonish cap 
tivity. 539. 

Ps. exxxviii. On the rebuilding of the 
temple. 519. 

Ps. exxxix. Prayer of David when made 
king over all Israel. 1048. 

Ps. cxl. On David's persecution by Doeg. 

Ps. cxli. Prayer of David when driven 
from Judea. 1055. 

Ps. cxlii. Prayer of David in the cave of 
Adullam. A. C. 1060. 

Ps. cxliii. During the war with Absalom 
1023. 

Ps. cxliv. On the victory over Absalom 
1023. 

Ps. cxlv. David, when old, reviews his 
past life. 1015. 

Ps. cxlvi. On the dedication of the second 
temple. 515. 

Ps. cxlvii. On the dedication of the 
second temple. 515. 

Ps. cxlviii. On the dedication of the 
second temple. 515. 

Ps. cxlix. On the dedication of the second 
temple. 515. 

Ps. cl. On the dedication of the second 
temple. 515. 



THIRD TABLE, 

SHEWING THE PKOBaju^E OCCASION AND ABOUT THE YEAR BEFORE CHRIST, WHEN EACH PORTION OF 
THE PROPHETIC BOOrb WAS COMPOSED ACCORDING TO TOWNSEND'S AUTHORITIES. 



Is. i. 1. General preface to the prophecies i 
of Isaiah. A. C. 758. 

Is. 2. to end. On the desolate state of 
Judea on Pekah's invasion. 740. 

Is. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Designation of Isaiah 
to the prophetic office. 758. 

7s. vii. viii. ix. x. 1 — 5. On the invasion 
of Judea by Pezin and Pekah. 742. 

Is. 5. to end. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. 1 — 28. On 
the first invasion of Palestine by the army 
of Sennacherib. 715. 

Is. 23. to end. On the death of Ahaz, and 
the accession of Hezekiah. 726. 

Is. xv. xvi. On the approaching invasion 
of Moab by Shalmaneser. 726. 

Is. xvii. Against Damascus, on the inva- 
sion of Rezin. 742. 

Is. xviii. xix. On the approaching captivity 
of the ten ttibes, and against Egypt. 721. 

Is. xx. On the capture of Ashdod. 713. 

Is. xxi. On the appearance of the Medes 
and Persians in Sennacherib's army. 713 

Is. xxii. 1 — 15. On the expected appear- 
ance of Sennacherib's army. 713. 

Is. 15. to end. On the luxury and pride ofltion of the Jews. 
Shebna. 698, 1 Je 



Jer. xiii. xiv. xv. xv . xvii. xviii. 



peals to the people before the captivity. 
C. 609. 



A. 



Jer. 11 — 15. Jeremiah committed to the 
i-e of Nebuzaradan. 588." 
, J e '- 15. to end. The promise to Ebedme- 
Jer. xx. On Jeremiah's imprisonment by lech. 58o. 
Pashur. 609. J er . xl. 1—13. Conduct of Jeremiah after 

Jer. xxi. Jeremiah repeats his predictions his capture by Nebuzaradan. 588. 
to Zedekiah. 588. Jer. 13. to end. xli. 1—11. Conspiracy of 

Jer. xxii. 1 — 24. On the approaching fate' Ishmael against Cedaliah. 588. 
of Shallum and Jehoiakim. 609. Jer. 11. to end. Johanan rescues the c; 

Jer. 24. to end. On the approaching cap- tives from Ishmael. 531. 
tivity of Jehoiachin. 599. Jer. xiii. xliii. 1 — 8. Jeremiah reproves 

Jer. xxiii. On the overthrow of the tern-' Johanan. 587. 
poral kingdom of the Jews. 599. 

Jer. xxiv. On Jehoiachin being carried to 



cap- 



Babylon. 599. 

Jer. xxv. On the immediate approach-of 
Nebuchadnezzar's army. 606. 

Jer. xxvi. Apprehension of Jeremiah. 608. 
Jer. xxvii. xxviii. On the approaching 
ruin of Zedekiah and the surrounding na- 
tions. 595. 

Jer. xxix. Letter from Jeremiah to the 
captives at Babylon. 597. 

Jer. xxx. xxxi. Prediction of the restora- 
597. 
Imprisonment of Jere- 
Is. xxiii. On the exultation of the Tyrians,|miab,and purchase of the field of Hananeel. 



xxxn. xxxiu. 



after the retreat of Shalmaneser. 715. 

Is. xxiv. xxv. xxvi. xxvii. On the desola- 
tion by Sennacherib's army. A. C. 715. 

Is. xxviii. To the ten tribes, after the 
destruction of Damascus. 740. 

Is. xxix. xxx. xxxi. On Hezekiah's alliance 
with Egypt. 71 

Is. xxxii. xxxiii. xxxiv. xxxv. On Heze- 
kiah's recovery. 713. 

Is. xxxvi. xxxvii. History of Sennacherib's 
invasion. 713. 

Is. xxxviii. 1—9. History of Hezekiah's 
sickness. 713. 

Is. 9 — 21. Hezekiah's thanksgiving on his 
recovery. 713. 

Jh. 21, 22. Recovery of Hezekiah. 713. 
. Is. xxxix. Visit of Merodach Baladan. 713. 
Is. xl. xli. to end of the book of Isaiah's 
Prophecies. Written in the latter years of 
the reign of Hezekiah, while the kingdom 
enjoyed peace after the destruction of Sen- 
nacherib's army. 710 to 699. 

Jer. i. ii. iii. 1 — 6. On the designation of 
Jeremiah to the prophetic office. 629. 

Jer. 6. to end. iv. v. vi. On the backslid- 
ing after the reformation by Josiah. 612. 

Jer. vii. yiii. ix. x. On the near approach 
©f the captivity. 612. 

Jer. xi. xii. To remind the people of 
Josiah's covenant. 610. 



589. 

Jer. xxxiv. 1—11. On the commencement 
of the siege of Jerusalem. 590. 

Jer. 11. to end. On the recall of the 
Hebrew slaves to their former servitude. 
589. 

Jer. xxxv. On the Rechabites taking re 
fuge in Jerusalem. 606. 

Jer. xxxvi. 1—9. First reading of the roll 
by Baruch. 606. 

Jer. 9. to end. Second reading of the roll 
by Baruch. 605. 

Jer. xxxvii. 1 — 5. Zedekiah sends for Jere- 
miah. 590. 

Jer. 5. Part of the narrative of the siege 
of Jerusalem. 589. 

Jer. xxxvii. 6 — 11. Prediction of the re- 
turn of Pharaoh's army. 589. 

Jer. 11. to end. Jeremiah attempts to 
escape from Jerusalem. A. C. 588. 

Jer. xxxviii. Jeremiah is committed to the 
dungeon of Malchiah. 588. 

Jer. xxxix. 1. Commencement of the siege 
of Jerusalem. 590. 

Jer. 2. Capture of Jerusalem. 588. 

Jer. 3. Part of the history of the capture 
of Jerusalem. 583. 

Jer. 4—10. Flight of Zedekiah. 588. 

Jer. 10. Account of those who were left 
in Judea by Nebuzaradan. 588. 



Jer. 8. to end. On the arrival of Jeremiah 
in Egypt. 587. 

Jer. xliv. Predictions of Jeremiah at 
Tahpanhes. 587. 

Jer. xiv. Address to Baruch on readin 
the roll. 606. 

Jer. xlvi 1 — 13. On the defeat of Pharaoh 
Necho at Carchemish. 606. 

Jer. 13. to end. On the arrival of Jere- 
miah in Egypt. 587. 

Jer. xlvii. Before the conquest of Gaza 
by Pharaoh. 589. 

Jer. xlviii. xlix. On the ruin of the sur- 
rounding nations by Nebuchadnezzar. 595. 
Jer. 1. Ii. On Seraiah's going to Babylon. 
595. 

Jer. Iii. 1 — 4. Part of the life of Zede- 
kiah. 599. 

Jer- 4. Nebuchadnezzar commences the 
siege of Jerusalem. A C. 588. 

Jer. 5, 6. Part of the history of the siege 
of Jerusalem. 588. 

j er _ 7 — 12. Part of the history of the 
siege of Jerusalem. 588. 

Jer. 12 — 15. Burning of the Temple of 
Jerusalem. 588. 

Jer 15, 16. Account of those who were 
left in Judea by Nebuchadnezzar. 588. 

Jer. 17 — 24. Account of the Jewish spoils. 
588. 

Jer. 24—28. Murder of the chief priest 
after the capture of Jerusalem. 588. 

Jer. 28 — 31. Recapitulation of the cap- 
tivities. 587. 

Jer. 31 . to end. Release of JehSiachin. 561. 
Lamentations. Jeremiah laments the deso- 
lation of Judea. 588. 

Ezck. i. ii. iii. 1 — 22. Commission of 
Ezekiel. 595. 

Ezek. 22. to end. iv. v. vi. vii. Predic- 
tion of the destruction of Jerusalem. 595. 
Ezek. viii. ix. x. xi. 1 — 22. On the idola- 
tries which occasioned the Babylonish Cap- 
tivity. 594. 
Ezek. 22. to end. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. xvi. 
26 



xvii. xviii. xix. On the approaching ruin of 

Zedekiah, and the surrounding nations. 594. 

Ezek. xx. xxi. xxii. xxiii. On Ezekiel'e 

being consulted by the Jewish elders. 593. 

Ezek. xxiv. On the commencement of 
the siege of Jerusalem. 591. 

Ezek. xxv. xxvi. xxvii. xxviii. On hearing 
of the capture of the city. 587. 

Ezek. xxix. 1 — 17. On Pharaoh's retreat 
before Nebuchadnezzar. 589. 

Ezek. 17. to end. xxx. 1—20. After the 
siege of Tyre — Final prediction against 
Egypt. 572. 

Ezek. 20. to end. xxxi. On Pharaoh's re- 
treat before Nebuchadnezzar! A. C. 588. 

Ezek. xxxii. 1 — 17. 17. to end. On hearing 
of the fall of Jerusalem — Against Egypt. 587. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 1 — 21. To the captives in 
Babylon. 587. 

Ezck. xxxiii. 21. to end. On hearing of 
the fall of Jerusalem. 587. 

Ezek. xxxiv. xxxv. xxxvi. xxxvii. Appeal 
to the heads of the Jewish nation after the 
fall of Jerusalem. 587. 

Ezek. xxxviii. xxxix. Prophecy of Go<» 
and Magog. 587. 

Ezek. xl. xli. xiii. xliii. xliv. xiv. xlvi. 
xlvii. xlviii. Vision of the future spiritual 
temple 574. 

Dan. i. 1 — 8. Capture of Daniel by Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 606. 

Dan. 8. to end. Condition of Daniel at 
Babylon. 606. 

Dan. ii. Nebuchadnezzar's first dream. 570, 

Dan. iii. The golden image set up. 570. 

Dan. iv. 1 — 28. Nebuchadnezzar's second 
dream. 569. 

Dan. 28. to end. Madness of Nebuchad- 
nezzar. 569. 

Dan. v. Belshazzar's feast. 539. 

Dan. vi. Daniel is cast into the den Of 
Lions. 537. 

Dan. vii. Daniel's vision of the four 
living creatures. 541. 

Dan. viii. Daniel's vision of the ram and 
the he-goat. 539. 

Dan. ix. Prophecy of the seventy weeks. 
538. 

Dan. x. xi. xii. On the interruption to the 
building of the second temple. 534. 

Hos. i. ii. iii. In the distress of Israel in 
the reign of Jeroboam the second. 801. 

Hos. iv. On the state of the country dur- 
ingthe interregnum, after the death of Jero- 
boam the second. 776. 

Hos. ' v. vi. On Ahaz's alliance with 
Tirfath Pileser. A. C. 733 



OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES. 



*ioa. vii. viii. ix. s. xi. xii. xiii. On the re- 
\olt of Hosea from Assyria. 725. 

Joel i. ii. iii. On Uz'ziah's increasing his 
army. 787. 

Amos i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. 1 — 10. In the 
reign of Jeroboam the second. 793. 

Amos 10. to end. viii. ix. On being ac- 
cused of a conspiracy against Jeroboam the 
second. 734. 

O adiak i. AgainEt Edom, on their assist- 
ing Pekah. 740. 



Jonah i. ii. iii. iv. Soon after the accom- 
plishment of Jonah's first prophecy, 2 Kings 
xiv. 25. 787. 

Micah i. ii. On the continuance of idola- 
try in the reign of Jotham. 753. 

Micah iii. iv. v. vi. vii. Written to sup- 
port the reformation by Hezekiah. 722. 

Aahum i. ii. iii. Against Nineveh, imme- 
diately after the captivity of the ten tribes. 
720. 

Habakkuk i. ii. iii. On the backsliding 



after the reformation by Josiah. A. C. 612, 

Zeph. i. ii. iii. To assist the reformation 
by Josiah. 624. 

Hag. i. 1 — 12. On resuming the building 
of the second temple. 520. 

Hag. 12. to end. ii. 1 — 10. To encourage 
the builders of the second temple. 520. 

Hag. 10. to end. Address to the builders 
of the second temple. 520. 

Zech. i. 1 — 7. Exhortation to repentance. 
520. 



1 Zech. 7. to end. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Address 
| to the builders of the second temple. 520. 
I Zech. vii. viii. To the messengers from 
Babrion. 519. 

Zech. ix. x. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. Probably 
about the time of Ezra's reformation. 457. 

2Hal. i. ii. iii. 1 — 1G. On the corruptions 
introduced after the reformation by Nehe- 
miah. 433. 

Mai. 16. to end. iv. After the completion 
iof the reformation by Xehemtah. 400. 



A CHRONOLOGICAL HARMOINY 

OF THE 

NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPT (IRES, 

BEING A SYLLABUS 

OF TOWNSEND'S RECENT ABLE WORK. 



CHAPTER I. I S. Marriage at Cana in Galilee. John ii. 

From the Btrth of Christ to the Temptation. s Chnst gocs j 0Wll lo Capernaum, and 

S. General preface. Mark i. 1. Probably continues then; some short time. John ii. 12. 
written at Jerusalem. A. D. 44. Luke i. — N. 13. 
1-4. Written in Achaia. A. D. 64. N. 1-4.* S. The Buyers and Sellers driven from the 

S. The Divinity, Humanity, and Office of Temple. John ii. 13, to the end. — N. 14. 



Christ. John i. 1-18. Written at Ephesus. 
A. D. 97. N. 5, G. 

S. Birth of John the Baptist. Luke i. 5-25. 
Before Vulgar .(Era, 6. N. 7. 

S. The Annunciation. Luke i. 26-33. Be- 
fore v. m. 5. N. 8, 9. 

S. Interview between Mary and Elizabeth. 
Luke i. 39-56. — N. 10-12. 

S. The Birth and Naming of John the Bap- 
tist. Luke i. 57, to the end. — N. 13. 

S. An Angel appears to Joseph. Matt. i. 
18-25. — N. 14-17. 

S. Birth of Christ at Bethlehem. Luke ii. 
1-7. — N. 18-21. 

S. The Genealogies of Christ. Matt. i. 1. 
Luke iii. 23, to the end. Matt. i. 2-17. — N. 
22-21. 

S. The An«els appear to the Shepherds. 
Luke ii. 8-20. Before v. m. 5. — N. 25. 

S. The Circumcision. Luke ii. 21. — N. 26. 

S. The Purification — Presentation of Christ 
in the Temple, where he is acknowledged by 
.Simoon and Anna. Lake ii. 22-39. — N 

S. Offering of the Magi. Matt. u. 1-12. 
— N. 29-34. 

S. The Flight into Egypt. Matt. ii. 13-15. 
35,36. 

S. Slaughter of the children at Bethlehem. 
Matt. ii. 16-18. — N. 37, 38. 

S. Joseph returns from Egypt. Matt. ii. 
Luke ii. 40. Before v. e.3. N 

S. History of Christ at the age of twelve 
i v. m. 7. N. 12. 

S. Commencement of the Ministry of John 

■ Baptist. Malt. iii. 1-12. Mark i. 2-3. 
Luke in. 1-18. — N. 13-47. 

8. The Baptism of Christ. Matt iii. 13) 
• . the end. Marki. 9-11. I. 
and part of 23-26. v. m. 26. N. I 



S. Conversation of Christ with Nicodemus. 
John iii. 1-21. — N. 15. 

S. John's last Testimony to Christ. John 
iii. 22, to the end. — N. 16. 

S. Imprisonment of John the Baptist. Matt, 
xiv. 3-5. Mark vi 17-20. Luke iii. 19. — 
N. 17-20. 



CHAPTER III. 

From the Commencement of the more Pub- 
tic Ministry of Christ to the ^Mission of 

Ike Twelve slpostles. 

S. General Introduction to the History of 
Christ's more public Ministry. Mail. iv. 12- 
17. Mark i. 1 1, 15. Luke IV. 11, 15, 
27. N. 1-3. 

S. Christ's Conversation with the Woman 
of Samaria. John iv. 1-12. — N. 1-9. 

S. Second Miracle at Cana in Galilee. John 
i the end. — N. 10, II. 

S. First public preach Christ in the 

Synagcr'tu- ...t Nazareth, ana his Danger there. 
Luke iv. 16-30. v. v. 27. N. 12-18. 

9 Christ sojourns at Capernaum. Luk< 
n. 3i, .;:. — N. 19. 

s. The miraculi is Draught "f Ftahi 
the caUin 

John. Matt iv. 18-22. Marki. 17-20. Luke 
v. 1-11. — N. 20- 

S. The Demonii • I irnaum. 

51-28. I. keiv. : - :. — N.23. 

S. Pi i. r's Mother-in-1 ■.-■■ i tired "i 
Matt viii. II, 15. I. J 

— N. 24. 
iri ' i- aches an I performs M 



vii. and viii. 1. Luke vi. 20, to the end. — | S. Death of John the Baptist — Herod de- 
N. 42-48. sires to see Christ Matt. xiv. 1-12. Mark 

S. The Centurion's S rvant healed. Malt. vi. 14-29. Luke ix. 7-9. — N. 6. 
viii. 5-13. Luke vii. 1-10 — N. -!9. S. The Twelve return, and Jesus retires- 

S. The Widow of Nain's Son is raised to with them to the Desert of Bclhsaidu. Matt, 
life. Luke vii. 11-18. — N. 50, 51. xiv. 13, 14. Mark \i. 30-34. Luke ix. 10, 

S. Message from John, who was still in 11. John vi. 12. — 

S. Five thousand are fed miraculously. Matt. 



Luke vii. 



The Temptat fChrist Mattiv. Ml. m- |,; - I7 - 

Mark i. i2, 13, 



S. 1 - .-l^'L I • - 

N ji -,i>t the end. — N. 

j S. Chris! i 
Mark i. 40,1 I ike v. 12-16. — N. 

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Luke iv. 1-1J. 

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CHAPTER II. 



From the Temptation tht 

Commencement of his more Public Mi- 
ni itry after the Imprisonment of Jo'm. 
8. Furth 
John i. 19-34 -• •• K. N. I-'-. 

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John. Jolts i- 35-41. — X. 7-9. 



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I 
I Ice v. 27,23. — N. 30. 
s. 'I 

. .1 ha v. 1-16. — N. 3 

end. - 

S. (' ' ■ lurking 

1-:; . 1-5. — 

s. Chri r ' it red II cad. 

i. jMurk in. 1-6. Luke vi. 6-11. — 

K. t'lin i i v great Mull 

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Mark iii. 7-12. — ■ 

S. 1 Mounl 

: nk iii. 

Luke vi. 12-19. — N. 41. 

,u Sermon on the "' U. v. vi. 



prison, to Christ. Matt. xi. 2-6 
1 8-23. — N. 52, 53. 

S. Christ's Testimony concerning John. 
Matt. \i. 7-15. Luke vii. 24-30. — N. 51, 55. 

S. Clurist reproaches the Jews for iheir Im- 
penitence nnd lnsi n.-ibilitv. Malt. xi. 16-27. 
Luke vii. 31-35. — N. 56. 

S. Clurist invites all to come to him. Matt. 
xi. 25, to the end. — N. 57. 

S. Christ forgu.es the Sins of a female Peni- 
tent, at the House of a Pharisee. Luke vii. 
36, to the erd. — N. 53. 

S. Christ preaches again throughout Galilee. 
Luke viii. 1-3. — 

S. Christ cures a Demoniac — Contrast of 
tlie Scribes and Pharisees. Matt. xii. --'- '•"'• 
Marl. iii. 19-30. Luke xi. 1 1-20. — N. 59- 

61. 

S. Christ declares his faithful DlSCiplcs CO 

.. Ired. Matt xii. 46, to Ihe end 
Mark iii. 31, to the end. Luke viii. 19-21. — 
.N. 62, 63. 

s. Parable o) the Sower. Matt xiii. I-'.'. 
. I--.. Luke Mn. 1-3. — N. ■ 

S. Reasons for teaching by Parables. Matt, 
xiii. 10-17. .Mill. iv. lu-12'. Luke viii. 9, 10. 
— N. 67. 

s. Explanation of the Parable 
M..it. m.i. 1 Luke 

v iii. part of VI r. 15. — 

S. ( practi e 

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l;:. — 

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xiv. 15-21. Mark ri. 35-44. Luke ix. 12-17. 
John vi. 3-14. — N. 7-9. 

S. Christ sends the Multitude away and 
prays alone. Matt. xiv. 22, 23. Mark vi. 45, 
46. Johnvi 15. — N. 10. 

S. Christ walks on tlie Sea lo his Disciples, 
who are overtaken by a Storm. Matt. xiv. 21- 
33. Mark vi. 47-53. John vi. lu-21. — N. 
11, 12. 

S. Christ heals many People. Matt. xiv. 
31-36. Mark ri. 35-56. — 

S. Christ leaches in the Synagogue of 
Capernaum. John ri. 22, to tlie end ; vii. 1. 
— N. 13. 

S. Christ converses with the Scribes and 
Pharisees on the Jewish Traditions. Malt. 
w. 1-211. Mark vii. 1-23. — N. 14. 

S. Chnst heals the Daughter of ihi C 

nasnite, or Syrnpha-nician \\ mi, in. Matt. XT. 
• '.irk mi. .'1-30. — N. 16, 16. 

8. t hrisl goes through Docapotis, healing 
hing. Mali, .w.' 29-31. Marki i. 31, 
i i the end. — 

S. Four thousand Men arc fed miraculously. 
M.itt. w. ■'•', in ihi i nil. Mark viii. 1-9L — 

S. The Pharisi i - require other S 
Clnivt , ' i xmiIi Hypoi i Mati 

mi. 1-12. Mark viii. II, and partof 22, — 

S I : hlilid Man a B 

.Mark viii. 22-26. — 

S. Pi Li , onli iscs Chri-i to cm the M 
ri. I. -.ii. Mark viii. -'- i 
ix. 18-21. I. N. 17-19. 

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A CHRONOLOGICAL HARMONY 



S. Conduct of Christ to the Adulteress and 
rier accusers. John viii. 2-11. — N. 8. 

S. Christ declares himself to be the Son of 
God. John viii. 12-20. — N. 9. 

S. Christ declares the manner of his Death. 
John viii. 21, to the end. — N. 10-12. 

S. The Seventy return with Joy. Luke x. 
17-24. — N. 13. 

S. Christ directs the Lawyer how he may 
attain eternal Life. Luke x. 25-28. — N. 14. 

S. The Parable of the good Samaritan. 
Luke x. 29-37. — N. 15. 

S. Christ in the House of Martha. Luke x 
33, to the end. — N. 16, 17. 

S. Christ teaches his Disciples to pray. 
Luke xi. 1-13. — 

S. Christ reproves the Pharisees and Law- 
yers. Luke xi. 37, to the end. — 

S. Christ cautions his Disciples against 
Hypocrisy. Luke xii. 1-12. — 

S. Christ refuses to act as a Judge. Luke 
xii. 13, 14. — 

S. Christ cautions the Multitude against 
Worldly-mindedness. Luke xii. 15-34. — 

S. Christ exhorts to Watchfulness, Fideli- 
ty, and Repentance. Luke xii. 35, to the end, 
and xiii. 1-9. — 

S. Christ cures an infirm Woman in the 
Synagogue. Luke xiii. 10-17. — 

S. Christ begins his Journey towards Jeru- 
salem, to be present at the Feast of the Dedi- 
cation. Luke xiii. 22, and 18-21. — N. 18. 

S. Christ restores to Sight a Blind Man, 
who is summoned before the .Sanhedrim. John 
is. 1-34. — N. 19-21. 

S. Christ declares that he is the true Shep- 
herd. Johnix. 35, to the end ; x. 1-21. v. as. 
28. 

S. Christ publicly asserts his Divinity. John 
x. 22-38. — 

S. In consequence of the opposition of the 
Jews, Christ retires beyond Jordan. John x. 
39, to the end. — 

S. Christ, leaving the City, laments over 
Jerusalem. Luke xiii. 23, to the end. — N. 22. 

S. Christ dines with a Pharisee — Parable of 
the great Supper. Luke xiv. 1-2-1. — 

S. Christ's Disciples must forsake the 
World. Luke xiv. 25, to the end. — 

S. Parables of the lost Sheep, and of the 
tost Piece of Silver. Luke xv. 1-10. — 

S. Parable of the Prodigal Son. Luke xv. 
11, to the end. — 

S. Parable of the unjust Steward. Luke 
xvi. 1-13. — 

S. Christ reproves the Pharisees. Luke xvi. 
14-17. — 

S. Christ answers the Question concerning 
Marriage and Divorce. Matt. xix. 3-12. Mark 
x. 2-12. Luke xvi. 18. — N. 23. 

S. Christ receives and blesses little Chil- 
dren. Matt. xix. 3-15. Mark x. 13-17. Luke 
xviii. 15-17. — N. 24. 

S. Parable of the rich Man and Lazarus. 
Luke xvi. 19, to the end. — N. 25. 

S. On Forgiveness of Injuries. Luke xvii. 
1-10. — 

S. Christ journeys towards Jerusalem. Luke 
ix. 51, to the end; xvii. 11. — N. 26. 

S. Christ heals ten Lepers. Luke xvii. 12- 
19. — N. 27. 

S. Christ declares the lowliness of his King- 
dom, and the sudden Destruction of Jerusalem. 
Luke xvii. 20, to the end. — 

S. Christ teacheth the true Nature of Prayer. 
Luke xviii. 1-8. — 

S. Parable of the Pharisee and Publican. 
Luke xviii. 9-14. — 

S. From the Conduct of the young Rukv_ 
Christ cautions his Disciples on the Dangers 
of Wealth. Matt. xix. 16, to the end. Mark 
x. 17-31. Luke xviii. 18-30. — N. 28, 29. 

S. Parable of the Labourers in the Vine- 
yard. Matt. xx. 1-16. — N. 30. 

S. Christy is informed of the sickness of 
Lazarus. John xi. 1-16. — N. 31. 

S. Christ again predicts his Sufferings and 
Death. Matt. xx. 17-19. Mark x. 32-34. 
Luke xviii. 31-34. v. as. 29. N. 32. 

S. Ambition of the Sons of Zebedee. Matt. 
xx. 20-28. Mark x. 35-45. — 

S. Two Blind Men healed at Jericho. Malt, 
xx. 29, to the end. Mark x. 46, to the end. 
Luke xviii. 35, to the end. — N. 33. 

S. Conversion of Zaccheus, and the Parable 
of the Pounds. Luke xix. 1-28. — 

S. The Resurrection of Lazarus. John xi. 
17-46. — N. 34. 

S. The Sanhedrim assemble to deliberate 
concerning the Resurrection of Lazarus. John 
xi. 47, 48. — N. 35. 

S. Caiaphas prophesies. John xi. 49-52. — 

S. The Sanhedrim resolve to put Christ to 
ip.axh. John xi. 53. — 



S. Christ retires to Ephraim, or Ephrata. 
John xi. 54. — 

S. State of the public Mind at Jerusalem, 
immediately preceding the last Passover, at 
which Christ attended. John xi. 55, to the 
end. — " 

S. Christ comes to Bethany, where he is 
anointed by Mary. Matt. xxvi. 6-13. Mark 
xiv. 3-9. John xii. 1-11. — W. 36, 37. 

S. Christ prepares to enter Jerusalem. Matt. 
xxi. 1-7. Mark xi. 1-7. Luke xix. 29, and 
part of ver. 35. John xii. 12-18. N. 38, 39. 



CHAPTER VI. 

From Christ's Triumphunt entry into Jeru- 
salem, to his Apprehension — Sunday, the 

fifth day before the last Passover. 

S. The People meet Christ with Hosannas 
— Christ approaches Jerusalem. Matt. xxi. 
8-10. Mark xviii. 8-10. Luke xix. 36-40. 
John xii. 19. v. as. 29. N. 1-3. 

S. Christ's Lamentation over Jerusalem, 
and the Prophecy of its Destruction. Luke 
xix. 41-44. — 

S. Christ, on entering the City, casts the 
Buyers and Sellers out of the temple. Matt. 
xxi. 12, 13. Mark xi. part of ver. 11, 45, 46. 
Luke xix. 45, 46. — N. 4. 

S. Christ heals the Sick in the Temple, and 
reproves the Chief Priests. Matt. xxi. 14-16. — 

S. Some Greeks at Jerusalem desire to see 
Christ — The Bath Col is heard. John xii. 20- 
43 % - N. 5, 6. 

S. Christ again declares the object of his 
Mission. John xii. 44, to the end. — 

S. Christ leaves the City in the evening, 
and goes to Bethany. Matt. xxi. 17. Mark 
11. — 

Monday — Fourth Day before the Passover — 
Christ, entering Jerusalem again, curses the 
barren Fi?-tree. Matt. xi. 18, 19. Mark xi. 
12-14. — N. 7. 

S. Christ again casts the Buyers and Sellers 
out of the Temple. Mark xi. 15-17. — N. 8. 

S. The Scribes and Chief Priests seek to 
destroy Christ. Mark xi. 18. Luke xix. 47, 
48. — 

S. Christ retires in the Evening from the 
City. Mark xi. 19. — 

S. Tuesday — Third Day before the Pass- 
over— The Fig-tree is now withered. Matt. 
xxi. 20-22. Mark xi. 20-26. — N. 9. 

S. Christ answers the Chief Priests, who 
inquire concerning the Authority by which he 
acted — Parables of the Vineyard and Marriage 
Feast. Matt. xxi. 23, to the end ; and xxti. 
1-14. Mark xi. 27, to the end; and xii. 1-12 
Luke xix. 1-19. — N. 10. 

S. Christ replies to the Herodians. Matt 
xxii. 15-22. Mark xii. 13-17. Luke xx. 20- 
26. — N. 11. 

S. Christ replies to the Sadducees. Matt 
xxii. 23-33. Mark xii. 18-27. Luke xx. 27- 
40. — 

S. Christ replies to the Pharisees. Matt, 
xxii. 34-40. Mark xii. 28-34. — 

S. Christ inquires of the Pharisees concern- 
ing the Messiah. Matt. xxii. 41, to the end. 
Mark xii. 35-37. Luke x x . 41-44. N. 12. 

S. Christ severely reproves the Pharisees. 
Matt, xxiii. 1, to the end. Mark xii. 38-40. 
Luke xx. 4-5, to the end. — N. 13-15. 

S. Christ applauds the liberality of the poor 
Widow. Mark xii. 41, to the end. Luke xxi. 
1-4. — N. 16. 

S. Christ foretels the destruction of Jerusa- 
lem — the end of the Jewish dispensation — and 
of the, world. Matt. xxiv. 1-35. Mark xiii. 
1-31. Luv e xxi. 5-33. — N. 17. 

S. Christ compares the suddenness of his 
second Advent to the coming of the Deluge. 
iMatt. xxiv. 36, to the end. Mark xiii. 32, to 
(the end. Luke xxi. 34-36. — N. 18, 19. 

S. The Parable of the wise and foolish 
Virgins. Matt. xxv. 1-13. — 

S. The Parable of the Servants and the 
Talents. Matt. xxv. 14-30. — 

S. Christ declares the proceedings at the 
Day of Judgment. Matt. xxv. 31, to the end. 
v. as. 29. N. 20. 

S. Christ retires from the city to the Mount 
of Olives. Luke xxi. 37, 38. — 

S. Wednesday — Second day before the Cru- 
cifixion — Christ foretels his approaching Death. 
Matt. xxvi. 1, 2. Mark xiv. 1. — 

S. The Rulers consult how they may take 
Christ. Matt. xxvi. 3-5." Mark xiv. part of 
ver. 1, ver. 2. Luke xxii. 1, 2. — N. 21. 

S. Judas agrees with the Chief Priests to 
betray Christ. Matt. xvi. 14-16. Mark xiv. 
10, 11. Luke xxii. 3-6. — N. 22; I 



S. Thursday — the day before the Crucifixion 
Christ directs two of his Disciples to prepare 
the Passover. Matt. xxvi. 17-19. Mark xiv. 
12-16. Luke xxii. 7-13. — 

S. Christ partakes of the last Passover 
Matt. xxvi. 20. Mark xiv. 17. Luke xxii 
14-18. John xiii. 1. — N. 23. 

S. Christ again reproves the Ambition of 
his Discijiles. Luke xx. 24-27. John xiii. 2- 
16. — N. 24. 

S. Christ sitting at the Passover, and con 
tinuing the Conversation, speaks of his Be 
trayer. Matt. xxvi. 21-25. Mark xiv. 17-21 
Luke xxii. 21-23. John xiii. 17-30. — N 

25, 26. 

S. Judas goes out to betray Christ, who 
predicts Peter's denial of him, and the danger 
of the rest of the Apostles. Luke xx. 28-38. 
John xiii. 31, to the end. — N. 27-29. 

S. Christ institutes the Eucharist. Matt. 
xxvi. 26-29. Mark xiv. 22-25. Luke xxix. 
19, 20. — N. 30. 

S. Christ exhorts the Apostles, and consoles 
them on his approaching Death. John xiv. — 

S. Christ goes with his Disciples to the 
Mount of Olives. Matt. xivi. 3. Mark xiv. 

26. Luke xxii. 39. — 
S. Christ declares himself to be the true 

Vine. John xv. 1-8. — N. 31. 

S. Christ exhorts the Apostles to mutual 
love, and to prepare for persecution. John xv 
9, to the end ; xvi. 1-4. — 

S. Christ promises the gifts of the Holy 
Spirit. John xvi. 5, to the end. — 

S. Christ intercedes for all his followers. 
John xvii. — 

S. Christ again predicts Peter's denial of 
him. Matt. xvi. 31-35. Mark xiv. 27-31. — 

S. Christ goes into the Garden of Gethse- 
mane — His agony there. Matt. xxvi. 36-46. 
Mark xiv. 32-42. Luke xxii. 40-46. John 
xviii. 1,2. — - N. 32, 33. 

S. Christ is betrayed and apprehended. The 
resistance of Peter. Matt. xxvi. 47-56. Marl< 
xiv. 43-50. Luke xxii. 47-53. John xviii. 3- 
11. — N. 34. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

From the Apprehension of Christ to the 
Crucifixion. 

S. Christ is taken to Annas, and to the 
palace of Caiaphas. ' Matt. xxvi. 57. Mark 
xiv. 51-53. Luke xxii. 54. John xviii. 12-14. 
v. as. 29. N. 1. 

S. Peter and John follow their Master. Matt. 
xxvi. 58. Mark xiv. 54. Luke xxii. 55. John 
xviii. 15, 16. — 

S. Christ is first examined and condemned 
in the House of the High Priest. Matt. xxvi. 
59-66. Mark xiv. 55-64. John xviii. 19-24, 
v. je. 29. N. 2-4. 

S. Twelve at night. Christ is struck, and 
insulted by the Soldiers. Matt. xxvi. 67, 68. 
Mark xiv. 65. Luke xxii. 63-65. — 1> . 5, 6 

S. Peter's first denial of Christ, in the Hall 
of the High Priest. Matt. xxvi. 66-70. Mark 
xiv. 6G-68. Luke xxii. 56, 57. John xviii. 
17, 18 ; and xxvii. 27. — ' N. 7. 

S. After Midnight. Peter's second denial 
of Christ, at the porch of the Palace of the 
High Priest. Matt. xxvi. 71, 72. Mark xiv. 
69, part of 70. Luke xxii. 58. — 

S. Friday, the day of (lie Crucifixion. Time 
about three in the Morning. Peter's third de- 
nial of Christ, in the room where Christ was 
waiting among the Soldiers till the dawn of day. 
Matt. xxvi. 73-75. Mark xiv. 70-72. Luke 
xxii. 59-62. — N. 9. 

S. Christ is taken before the Sanhedrim, 
and condemned. Matt, xxvii. 1. Mark xv 
part of ver 1. Luke xxii. 66, to the end. — 

S. Judas declares the Innocence of Christ. 
Matt, xxvii. 3-10. — N. 10-12. 

S. Christ is accused before Pilate, and is 
by him, also, declared innocent. Matt, xxvii. 
2 ; and xi. 14. Mark xv. 1-6. Luke xxiii. 
1-4. John xviii. 28-38. — N. 13.. 

S. Christ is sent by Pilate to Herod, Luke 
xxiii. 5-12. — N. 14. 

S. Christ is brought back again to Pilate, 
who again declares him innocent, and endea- 
vours to persuade the people not to ask Barab- 
bas. Matt, xxvii. 15-20. Mark xv. 6-11. 
Luke xxii. 13-19. John xviii. 39. — N. 15. 

S. Pilate three times endeavours again to 
release Christ. Matt, xxvii. 21-23. Mark 
xv. 12-14. Luke xxiii. 20-23. John xviii. 
40. — N. 16. 

S. The Jews imprecate .the punishment of 
Christ's death upon themselves. Matt, xxvii. 
24, 25. — N. 17. 

28 



S. Pilate releases Barabbas, and deuvera 
Christ to be crucified. Matt, xxvii. 26-30. 
Mark xv. 15-19. Luke xiii. 24, 25. John 
xix. 1-16. — N. 18-21. 

S. Christ is led away from the Judgment- 
hall of Pilate to Mount Calvary. Matt, xxvii. 
31, 32. Mark xv. 20, 21. Luke xxiii. 26-32. 
John xix. part of ver. 16, and v. 17. — N. 22. 

S. Christ arrives at Mount Calvary and is 
crucified. Matt, xxvii. 33, 34-37. Mark xv. 
22, 23; 26-28. Luke xxiii. 33-38. John xix. 
18-22. — N. 23, 24, 

S. Christ prays for his Murderers. Luke 
xxiii. part of ver. 34. — 

S. The Soldiers divide and cast lots for the 
Raiment of Christ. Matt, xxvii. 35, 36. Mark 
xv. 24, 25. Luke xxiii. part of ver. 34. John 
xix. 23, 24. — N. 25. 

S. Christ is reviled when on the Cross, by 
ihe Rulers, the Soldiers, the Passengers, the 
Chief Priests, and the Malefactors. Matt, 
xxvii. 39-44. Mark xv. 29-32. Luke xxiii. 
35-37. — 

S. Christ, when dying as a Man, asserts his 
Divinity, in his answer to the penitent Thief. 
Luke xxiii. 39-43. — N. 26. 

S. Christ commends his Mother to the cara 
of John. John xix. 25-27. — 

S. The death of Christ, and its attendant 
circumstances. Matt, xxvii. 45-52 ; 54-56. 
Mark xv. 33-41. Luke xxiii. 44-49. John 
xix. 28-37. — N. 27. 



CHAPTER VIII. 
From the Death of Christ till his Ascen- 
sion into heaven. 

S. Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, 
bury the body of Christ. Matt, xxvii. 57-60. 
Mark xv. 42-46. Luke xxiii. 50-54. John xix. 
38-42. y. as. 29. N. 1-3. 

S. Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, 
and the Women from Galilee, observe where 
the body of Christ was laid. Mark xv. 47. 
Luke xxiii. 55. — N. 4. 

S. The Women from Galilee hasten to re- 
turn home before the Sabbath began, to pre- 
pare Spices. Luke xxiii. 56. — 

S. Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, 
continue to sit opposite the Sepulchre, till it is 
too late to prepare their Spices. Matt, xxvii. 
61. — 

S. The Sabbath being ended, the Chief 
Priests prepare a Guard of Soldiers to watch 
the Sepulchre. Matt, xxvii. 62-66. — N. 5. 

S. The Sabbath being over, Mary Magda- 
lene, the other Mary, and Salome, purchase 
their Spices to anoint the body of Christ, 
Mark xvi. 1. — N. 6. 

S. The Morning of Easter-day. Mary 
Magdalene, the other Mary, and Salome, leave 
their homes very early to go to the Sepulchre. 
Matt, xxviii. 1. Mark xvi. part of ver. 2. 
John xx. part of v. 1. — N. 7. 

S. After they had left their homes, and be- 
fore their arrival at the Sepulchre, Christ rises 
from the dead. Matt, xxviii. 2-4. — N. 8. 

S. The bodies of many come out of their 
Graves, and go to Jerusalem. Matt, xxvii. 
part of v. 52, and v. 53. — N. 9 

S. Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, and 
Salome, arrive at the Sepulchre, and find the 
Stone rolled away. Mark xvi. part of v. 2, 
and v. 3, 4. John xx. part v. I. — N. 10, 11. 

S. Mary Magdalene leaves the other Mary 
and Salome, to tell Peter. John xx. 2. — 

S. Salome and the other Mary, during the 
absence of Mary Magdalene, enter the poroh 
of the Sepulchre, and see one Angel, who com- 
mands them to inform the Disciples that Jesus 
was risen. Matt, xxviii. 5-7. Mark xvi. 5-7. 
— N. 12. 

S. Salome and the other Mary leave the 
Sepulchre. Matt, xxviii. 8. Mark xvi. 8. — 
N. 13. 

S. Peter and John, as soon as they hear the 
report of Mary Magdalene, hasten to the Sepul- 
chre, which they inspect and immediately de- 
part. John xx. 3-10. — N. 14, 15. 

S. Mary Magdalene having followed Peter 
and John, remains at the Sepidchre after their 
departure. John xx. part v. 11. — N. 16. 

S. Mary Magdalene looks into the Tomb, 
and sees two Angels. John xx. part v. 11, 12, 

13, and part 14. — N. 17. 
S. Christ first appears to Mary Magdalene, 

and commands her to inform the Disciples that 
he has risen. Mark xvi. 19. John xx. part v. 

14, and 15-17. — N. 18-20. 
S. Mary Magdalene, then going to inform 

the Disciples that Christ had risen, meets again 
'with Salome and the other Mary. Chrrst ap- 



OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES. 



pears to the three Women. Matt, xxviii. 9. 
John xx. 13. N 21. 

S. The Soldiers, who had fled from the 
Sepulchre, report to the High Priests the 
Resurrection of Christ. Matt, xxviii. 11- 
15. — N. 22. 

S. The second party of Women from 
Galilee, who had bought their Spices on 
the evening previous to the Sabbath, having 
had a longer way to come to the Sepulchre, 
arrive after the departure of the others ; and 
find the Stone rolled away. Luke xxiv. 1-3 
v. je. 29. N. 23. 

S. Two angelsappear to them also, afsur- 
ing them that Christ was risen, and remind 
ing them of his foretelling this fact. Luke 
xxiv. 4-9. — N. 24. 

S. Mary Magdalene unites her testimony 
to that of the Galilean Women. Mark xvi 
10. Luke vxiv. 10. — N. -5. 

S. The Apostles are siill incredulous. 
Mark xvi. 11. Luke xxiv. 11. — 

S. Peter goes again to the Sepulchre 
Luke xxiv. 12. — 

S. Christ appears to St. Peter. Luke 
xxiv. 12. — Y26 

S. Christ appears to Cleopiiis and ano- 
ther Disciple, going to Emmaus. Mark xvi 

12. Luke cxiv 13-32. - Y 27, 28 

S. Cleoph >s and his companion return to 
Jerusalem, and assure the Disciples that 
Cbrisi had ?rl in! risen Mark xv; IS 
Luke xxiv 3335. — N. 29. 

S. Christ ip.pe re to the assembled Apos- 
tles, Thomas or.lv being absent, convinces 
them of the identity of his resurrection 
body, and blesses them. Luke xxiv. 36-43. 
John xx. 19-23. — 

S. Thomas is still incredulous. Mark xvi. 

13. John xx. 24-25. — 

S. Christ appears to the eleven, Thomas 
being present. Mark xvi. 1 1. John xx. 26- 
29. — N 30-32. 

S. Christ appears to a large number of 
his Disciples on a Mountain in Galilee. 
Matt, xxviii. 16, 17, and part of ver. 18. — 
N. 33. 34. 

S. Christ appears again at the Sea of 
Tiberias. His conversation with St. Peter 
John xxi. 1-24. — N. 35 

S. Christ appears to his Apostles at Jeru- 
salem, and commissions them to convert the 
world. Luke xxiv. 41-19. Acts i. 4, 5. — 
N. 39. 

S. Christ leads out his Apostles to Beth 
any, within si^ht of Jerusalem, renews their 
commission, blesses them, and ascends a 
visibly into Heaven ; from whence he shal 
come to judcrcti.e living and the dead Matt. 
xxviii. 18-20 Mark x v i j . 15-20. Luke xxiv. 
50-53. Acts i 6-12. — N 40-4 I 

S St. John'a cor 
History of Jesus Christ. John xx. i 
ixi. 25. — Y ; 5 



primitive Church. Acts iv. 32, to the end. [Stephen, having heard of the Vision of St. 
— N.21. | Peter, preach to the devout Gentiles also. 

S. Death of Ananias and Sapphira. Acts'Actsxi. 19-21. v. iz, 46. N. 6. 
v. 1-10. v. je. 31. N. 25. I S. The Church at Jerusalem commissions 

S. State of the Church at this time. Acts Barnabas to make inquiries into this matter, 
v. 11-16. — N.26. Acts xi. 22-24. — N. 7. 

S. An Angel delivers the Apostle from S. Barnabas goes to Tarsus for Saul, 
prison. Acts v. 17, part of ver. 21. v. je. 32. [whom he takes with him to Antioch, where 

S. The Sanhedrim again assemble. St. the converts were preaching to the devout 
Peter asserts before them the iMessiahship Gentiles. Acts xii. 25, 26. v. je. 42. N. 8. 
of Christ. Acts v. part of ver. 21-33. — S. Herod Agrippa condemns James the 
N. 27. j brother of John to death, and imprisons 

S. By the advice of Gamaliel the Apos- Peter, who is miraculously released, and 



CHAPTER IX. 

From the Ascension of Christ to the termi- 
nation of <l" i>' 'i'" 1 - '" which Hie Gospel 
was preached to Proselytes of Righteous- 
nets, and to the Jews only. 
B. After the Ascension of Christ the 
Apostles return to Jerusalem. Acts i. 1-3, 
uid ver. 12-1 1, v. e. 29. N. 1. 

S. Matthias is appointed to the Apostle- 
ship in the place of Judas. Acts i. 10, to 

the end. — N. 2-6 

S Descent of the Holy Spirit on the day 
ol Pentecost. Acts ii. 1-14. N. 7-10. 

S. Address of St. Peter to the .Multitude. 
Actsii. 14-36 — N. 11-13. 

s Effects of St. Peter's address. Acts 
ii. 37-42. — 

S. Union of the fir: t Converts in the 
primitive Church. Acts ii 1-', to the end. 
v. *:. 29. — N. 14, l"> 

S. A Cripple is miraculously and publicly 
healed by St. I'ctcT and St. John. * 
111. v. je. 30. 

S. St. Peter again addresses the People. 
Actsiii. 12. fin. — N. II 

8. St. Peter and St. John are imp 
bv order of the Sanhedrim. Acts iv. 1-7. 
— N.21. 

S. St. Peter's address to the assembled 
Sanhedrim. Acts iv. 8-22. — N. 

S. The Prayer of* the Church on the 
liberation of St. Peter and St. John. Acts 
iv. 23-31. — N.23. 

S. The union and munificence of the 
181 



ties are dismissed. Acts v. 34, to the end. 
— N. 28, 29. 

S. The appointment of seven Deacons. 
Acts vi. 1-6. — N. 30,31. 

S. The Church continues to increase in 
numbers. Acts vi. 6, 7. v.jl. 33. N. 32. 

S. St. Stephen having boldly asserted the 
Messiahship of Christ, is accused of blas- 
phemy before the Sanhedrim. Acts vi. 8-14. 
v. x. 33 or 34. N. 33. 

S. Sr. Stephen defends himself before the 
Sanhedrim. Acts vi. 15; and v ii. 1-50. — 
N. 34-37. 

S. Stephen being interrupted in his de 
fence, reproaches the Sanhedrim as the 
Murderers of their Messiah. Acts vii. 51 
53. v. .£. 33 or 34. N. 37. 

S. Stephen praying for his Murderers, is 
stoned to death. Acts vii. 54, to the end; 
viii. part of ver. 1 and 2 — N. 40-43. 

S. General persecution of the Christians, 
in which Saul, afterwards St. Paul, particu- 
larly distinguished himself. Acts viii. part 
of v. I, and v. 3. — N.44, 16. 

S. Philip the Deacon having left Jerusa- 
lem on account of the persecution, goes to 
Samaria, :;-ud preaches there, and works 
miracles. Acts viii. 5-13. — Y 46, 17. 

S .St Peter and St John come down 
from Jerusalem to Samaria, to confer the 
gifts of the Holv Ghost on the new converts. 
lets viii, 1 4-17' — N. 43. 

S. St. Peter reproves Simon Magus. Acts 
viii. 18-24. v. je. 3-1. 

S. St. Peter and St John preach in many 
villages of the Samaritans. Acts viii. 25. — 

S. The Treasurer of Queen Candace, a 
Proselyte of Righteousness, is converted 
and baptized by Philip, who now preaches 
through the cities of Judea. Acts viii. 26, 
to the end. — N. 49-55. 

S. Many of the converts who had fled 
from Jerusalem in consequence of the nf 

„„,.|-...„ .!.,.-„ ■,„„!, ,!,„ C..r.<.l •• Tl 



presents himself to the other James, who 
had been made Bishop of Jerusalem. Acts 
xii. 1-13, and part of v. 19. v. m. 43. N. 
9-12. 

S. The Converts at Antioch, being fore- 
warned by Agabus, send relief to their Bre- 
thren at Jerusalem, by the hands of Barna- 
bas and Saui. Acts xi. 17, to the end. v. 
je. 44. N. 13-15. 



S. St. Paul, separating from Barnabas, pro- 
ceeds from Antioch to Syria and Cihcia. Acta 
xv. 37, to the end; and xvi. 4, 5. — N. 2-4. 

S. St. Paul proceeds to Derbe, and Lys- 
tra in Iconium. Timothy his attendant. 
Acts xvi. 1-3. v. s.. 50. N. 5. 

S. They proceed from Iconiuin to Phrygia 
and Galatia. Acts xvi. 6. — 

S. From Galatia to Mysia and Troas, 
Acts xvi. 7-10. — 

S. From Troas to Samothrace. Acts xvi. 
part of ver. 11. — N. 6. 

S. From Samothrace to Neapolis. Acts 
xvi. part of ver. 11. — 

S. From Neapolis to Pbilippi, where the 
Pythoness is dispossessed, and the jailor con- 
verted. Acts xvi. 12, to the end. — N. 7,8. 

S. From Philippi to Amphipolis and Apol- 
lonia, to Thessalonica, where they are op- 
posed by Jason. Acts xvii. 1-10. — N. 9. 

S. St. Paul writes his Epistle to the 
Galaiians, to prove, in opposition to the 



S. The Death of Herod Agrippa. ActsJewish teachers, that faith in Christ, and 



xii. part of v. 19. and 20-23. — l\. 16, 

S. The Churches continue to increase 
Acts xii. 21. — 

S. Saul having seen a vision in the Tern 
pie, in which he is commanded to leave Jeru 
salem, and to preach to the Gentiles, re 
turns with Barnabas to Antioch. Acts ii 
25. v. ie. 15. N. 17, 18. 

— a*©^— 

CHAPTER XI. 

Period for preaching the Gospel to the 



not their imperfect obedience to the cere- 
monial law, was the cause of their salvation. 
Epistle to the Galatiaus. v. jE.51. N. 10- 
28. 

S. From Thessalonica to Berea. The 
causes for which the Bereans are favour- 
ably disposed to receive the Gospel. Acts 
xvii. 10-14. — 

S. From Berea, having left there Silas 
and Timothj St Paul proceeds to Athens, 
where he preaches to the philosophers ana 
students. Acts xvii. 15-.H. — N. 29 31. 

S. Prom Athens St. Paul proceeds to 

Idolatrous 'Gentiles" and St. Paul's first] Corinth, where he is reduced to labour for 
Apostolical Journey. his support. Silas and Timothy join him at 

been absent Corinth. Acts xviii. 1-5. — N. 32,33. 

s. St. Paul writes his first Epistle to the 
Thessalonisns, to establish them In the faith, 
when they were c\posed to the attacks of 
the unoonverted 



S. The Apostles having 
from Jerusalem when S:iul saw l,is Visi 'ii 
in the Temple, he and Barnabas are separat- 
ed CO the Apostolic office by the heads of 
the Church at Antioch. Acts xiii. 1-3. v. 
.e. 45. N. 1. 

S. Saul, in company with Barnabas, com- 
mences his first apostolical journey, bv 
going from Antioch to Scloucia Acts xjjj 
part of v. 4. — „ , 

s. From Seleuciato Salamis.n-J I apnoe, 
in Cyprus where Sergius I'.-ms is convert 
ed; being the first k ,...•• :' " r recorded converl 
of the idola.roe x .'7 l ' k '-- i - Arts mm. pari 

of v. 4 to ' ;. ~" • •, ,/ . „ ... 

j, ,, .in Cyprus to Pcrga, in Pamphylia 



m there, preach the Gospel V =c 

Jews in the provinces. Acts*; ' . ' ' 
ci cT i i I . is con- 

S. Saul on his way to M „„. „„ 

; '■"'"' l " {h '\\". 't',,1, and seeing the*She- 

S^^lfl-S. v.*.35. N. 57-65. 

i?*Saul is baptized. Acts ix. 10-19. — 

V 66 . , 

S id preache t in tn< - ol the 

\n ix 19-32. — Y > 

s. St. Peter h I hrpugb 

Judea, cornea to Lvdd curea 

.Eneas, and ruses Dor. -:n from thi 

32, to the end. v. m. 38 to W. N. 
TO 71 

s. The Churches are at rest froi i 
cution, in consequence of tin- ... 
of Saul, and the conduct of Caligul 
, 10. Y 72, 78. 



— «©£►— 

CHAPTER \. 

The fior.pi t having now been prtachedto 
the ./• 

and the Provinces, tin time arrivi 
the Conversion of the Devout Gentiles, 

or PrOSl /./'. ■ til tht < lull . 

s. Si Peter a a which he Is 

commanded b I ntilo who had been 

miraculouslvinatructcd to send for Si Peter, 
\. t t. 1-17. v i . I" N. I, 

s. St. Peter vi its Cornelius, i I 
Centurion, A< I *. 17-33. — 

S. St. Peter first decjan Christ to be the 
ii of the Qentili 
i„ him. Acts x. 34-43. — N 

s. Cornelius and his Friends are baptiz- 
ed, and receive the Holy Ghost. Acts x. 
1 1, to the end. — 

S. St, Peter defends his conduct in visit- 
ing and baptizing Cornelius. Acts xi. 1- 
18. — 

S. The Converts' who had been dispers- 
ed by the Persecution after the death of . 



3 xni. 13. — 
S. from PergS to Antioch, in Pisi.lia. 

St. Paul, according to his custom, first 
preaches to the Je re driven oul 

of Lntioch. Icti ciii. I 1-50. — N. 4-11. 
s. From Antioch in Pisidio to Iconium in 

Lycaonia ; the people al t to stone them. 

! \i\ 1-6, and pirt of \. 

6. — 

S. Prom Iconium to Lystra; the people 
attempt to ofter them sacrifice, and after- 
wards stone them. \. is \iv 18, 19, anil 
par i f , jo. _ n. U.14, 

s. Prom Lj itra to Dei be lei liv, lai t 
part of v. 20, part of V. 6 and v. 7. v. a:. 
17. 

s. st. i' ml and B i 

I • un, and \nlii.rh in Pi ll 

| in all the Cluii. b tiv. tl- 

V 16. 
S. 'I i through Piaidia, Pcrga, 

and Al t ilia In Pamphy lis. v. 

• in :i to Am ioi h, ind - ubmil an 
account or their proceedings to the Church 
in ih it place. Acta uv. 16, to the end 

s. i . i Intioch concerning 

Circumcision, before the commencoroenf of 
'.: ■ ec i - uey. Act 

s. St. Paul and Barnabas go up to Jeru- 

i ili-iii, to i I 

| ,.! ..f I ie I 'Inn. h, in III! ■ 

\, . it. 3-30 — n 

s. St. r .1 i uid i '"in to tin- 

tioeh. with the decree of the 

Chun ii .i J. rui di "'. •■" 'I"' tobjecl of the 

' 
- N.21. 



\posc 

Jews, by enforcing the 
evidences <.t Christianity. Epistle to the 
I In - ilonians. — N. 34, 35. 

8. St. Paul, being rejected by the .lews 
continues at Corinth, preaching to the Gen- 
tiles. Acts xviii. 6-11 v. JE. o2. 

S. St Paul writes his second Epistle to 
the Thessalonians, to refute an error into 
"Inch they hud fallen respecting the sudden 
coming of the day of Judgment; he pro 
phesies the rise, prosperity, and overthrow 
of s greaf ipostacy in the Christian Church. 
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. — N 
36 M 

S. St Paul slill al Corinth, is brought 
■ he Judgment ---e.it of Gallio, the Pro- 

con til, the brother of Seneos. Acts xviii. 

i of i IS. — N. 12. 
s. St. Paul, having left Corinth for Crete, 
ia compelled on In. return to winter | \ 
in-iii whene he writes hia Epistle to 

TitUS, win. in lie had left in Crete, with 
power to ordain T. 

the Church in thai Island. Epistle to Titus, 
Y 13-48. 
s. St, Paul • id 

\\ in. put of M-r. 18. v. > • ■>! Y 16. 

S. I ruin ( 'eiiehri i to I'.pi.i us. " I 

disputed with the Jew . Acta xviii- 19, — 

8, i i. mi I .pi ii u St. Paul 

t, and having saluted the Church at 
1 in . completes i.i^ econd apo ttolical 

journey, i>\ returning to Vntioch in Syria. 

N. 17. 



Cll 1PTER Mil. 
77ir third Apostolical Jem ney of St. Paul, 

s Si Paul bo on loavi 
the ('linn ins of Galatia and Phrygl 
■TiiL -i v. a • 65. 

s. II. torj "i \p-.n..-. wl 
pre ii hing to the < Ihurch >t Corinth, pi inted 

,. Si Paul. lets avill. -I. to Ihn end. — 

I I, 
S. st. Paul proceeda fmni Phryg 

tlnri' with the •'■ v " ' 

I- 3,4. 

continues two years In 

,^lCol iHinkl. 

• 

8. St. 1 i 

I 111 write In <o the 

St. Paulpro] I rinthians, to tolic authori 

another visitation of«he ('hurchcu. AcU l; ; to reprove the irrcaularities and - 

v . T . .vi. N I I irch,anef toauwetthaq w 



CHAPTEH xii. 
si Paul's <ihrui /out a 

tioeh, 



ETYMOLOGICAL TABLE. 



tlons of the converts on various points of I S. St. Paul makes his defence before the! force upon them that Holiness and Consistency 
doctrine and discipline. 1st Epistle to the Populace. Acts xxi. 37, to the end ; andxxii.j of Conduct, which is required of all who have 



Corinthians. — N. 6-11 

S. St. Paul continues at Ephesus ; a mob is 
occasioned at that place by Demetrius. Acts 
xix. part of v. 22, to the end. v. m. 56 or 57. 
N. 12. 

S. St. Paul leaves Ephesus, and goes to 
Macedonia. Acts xx.~~ — 

S. St. Paul writes his first Epistle to Timo- 
thy, to direct him how to proceed in the sup- 
pression of those false doctrines and corrup- 
tions which the Jewish zealots were endeavour- 
ing to establish in the Church at Ephesus, over 
winch he was appointed to preside. 1st Epis- 
tle to Timothy. — N. 13, 14. 

S. St. Paul proceeds from Macedonia to 
Greece or Achaia, and continues there three 
months. Acts xx. 2, and part of v. 3. — N. 15. 
S. St. Paul having been informed of the 
reception his first Epistle had met from the 
Corinthians, writes his second Epistle from 
Philippi, to justify his apostolic conduct, and 
vindicate his authority, both' of which had 
been impugned by a false Teacher. 2d Epistle 
to the Corinthians, v. m. 58. N. 16-25. 

S. St. Paul returns from Achaia and'Corinth 
to Macedonia, sending his companions forward 
to Troas. Acts xx. part of v. 3, to v. 6. — 

S. St. Paul, in his way from Achaia to 
Macedonia, writes from Corinth his Epistle to 
the Gentiles and Jews of Rome — to the Gen- 
tiles, to prove to them that neither their boasted 
philosophy, nor their moral virtue, nor the li^ 
of human reason — and to the Jews, that nei- 
ther their knowledge of, nor obedience to, the 
law of Moses, could justify them before God 
kut that faith in Christ alone was, and ever had 
been, the only way of salvation to all mankind. 
Epistle to the Romans. — N. 26-28. 

S. From Macedonia St. Paul proceeds to 
Troas, where he raises Eutychus to life. Acts 
xx. 6-12. — N. 29. 

S. From Troas to Assos and Mitylcne, 
Acts xx. 13, 14. 

S. From Mitylene to Chios. 
of v. 15. — 

S. From Chios to Samos, and Trogyllium. 
Acts xx. part of v. 15. — 

S. From Trogyllium to Miletus, where St. 
Paul meets, and takes his farewell of the El- 
ders of the Church at Ephesus. Acts xx. part 
of v. 15, to the end. — N. 30, 31. 

S. From Miletus, to Coos and Rhodes and 
Patara ; whence St. Paul, together with St. 
Luke, the Writer of the Book of the Acts of the 
Apostles, sail in a Phenician Vessel to Syria, 
and land in Tyre. Acts xxi. 1-3. v. je. 58. 
S. St. Paul and St. Luke continue at Tyre 
seven Days. Acts xxi. 4-6. — N. 32. 

S. They proceed from Tyre to Ptolemais. 
Acts xxi. 7. — 

S. From Ptolemais to Cesarea, to the House 
of Philip the Evangelist — Agabus prophesies 
the near Imprisonment of St. Paul. Acts xxi. 
8-14. — 

S. St. Paul and St. Luke arrive at Jerusa- 
lem, and present themselves to St. James and 
the Church. Acts xxi. 15-26. — N. 33. 

S. St. Paul is apprehended by the chief 
Captain of the Temple, in consequence of a 
Mob, occasioned by some of the Asiatic Jews, 
who met St. Paul in the Temple. Acts xxi. 
27-36. — 



1-21. — j received the Knowledge of Salvation. The 

S. On declaring his Mission to preach toj Epistle to the Ephesians. v. m. 61. N. 13, 
the Gentiles, the Jews clamour for his Death, j 14. 

Acts xxii. 22. — j S. St. Paul writes his Epistle to the Philip 

S. St. Paul claims the Privilege of a Ro-|pians, to comfort them under the concern they 
man Citizen. Acts xxii. 23-29. — N. 34. j had expressed on the subject of his Imprison 
- S. St. Paul is brought before the Sanhedrim, iment — to exhort them to continue in Union and 
who are summoned by the Captain of thej mutual Love — and to caution them against the 



Temple. Acts xxii. 30 ; and xxiii. 1-10. 
N. 35. 

S. St. Paul is encouraged by a Vision to 
persevere. Acts xxiii. 11. — 

S. In consequence of the Discovery of a 
conspiracy to kill St. Paul, he is removed by 
Night from Jerusalem, through Antipatris to 
Cesarea. Acts xxiii. 12, to the end. — N. 36. 

S. St. Paul is accused of Sedition before 
Felixt the Governor of Judea. Acts xxiv. 1- 
21. — N. 37. 

S. After many Conferences with Felix, St. 
Paul is continued in prison till the arrival of 
Porcius Festus. Acts xxiv. 22, to the end. — 
N. 38 39. 

S. Trial of St. Paul before Festus. He 
appeals to the Emperor. Acts xxv. 1-12. v. 
M. 60. N. 40. 

S. Curious account given to Agrippa by 
Festus, of the Accusation against St. Paul. 
Acts xxv. 13-22. — 

S. St. Paul defends his Cause before Festus 
and Agrippa — Their Conduct on that Occasion. 
Acts xxv. 23, to the end ; and ch. xxvi. — 

S. St. Paul being surrendered as a Prisoner 
to the Centurion, is prevented from completing 
this Journey, by returning to Antioch, as he 
had usually done. Acts xxvii. 1. — N. 41. 

— @©©— 

CHAPTER XIV. 

The fourth Journey of St. Paul. 

S. St. Paul commences his Voyage to Rome, 

Acts xx. part]a.s a Prisoner. Acts xxvii. 2. v. je. 6,0. N. 1. 

S. The Ship arrives at Sidon, from whence 



it proceeds to Cyprus. Acts xxvii. 3, 4. — 

»• <Vfier changing their Ship at Tyre, they 
proceed t, Cnidus, Salmone in Crete, and the 
City of Lasea. Actg xxvii 5 _ g _ ' N % 

S St Paul wan.. the M f 

of the Danger they were -.. T , - '"H 

reach Phenicc in Crete. A7tfe a "7f t0 
m. 60. VU - 9 " 13 - v - 

S. The Ship is wrecked, birt the Liv^ f 
all on board are saved, as St. Paul had foreto?a. 
Acts xxvii. 14, to the end. — N. 3-7. 

S. They land on the Island of Melita. Acts 
xxviii. 1-11. — N. 8, 9. 

S. After three months they sail to Rome. 
Acts xxviii. 11, to part of v. 14. — N. 10, 11. 

S. St. Paul arrives at Rome, and is kindly 
received by the Brethren. Acts xxviii. part v. 
14 to 17. — N. 12. 

S. St. Paul summons the Jews at Rome, to 
explain to them the causes of his Imprison- 
ment. Acts xxviii. 17-30. — 

S. St. Paul writes his Epistle to the Ephe- 
sians, to establish them in the Christian Faith, 
by describing, in the most animating Language, 
the Mercy of God displayed in the calling of 
the Gentiles through Faith in Christ, without 
being subjected to the Law of Moses — to en- 



Seductions of false Teachers, who had begun 
to introduce themselves among them. Th< 
Epistle to the Philippians. v. je. 62. N. 15, 16 

S. St. Paul writes his Epistle to the Colos- 
sians, in reply to the Message by Epaphras, to 
prove that the Hope of Man's Salvation i 
founded on the Atonement of Christ alone 
and, by the Establishment of opposite Truths, 
to eradicate the Errors of the Judaizers, who 
not only preached the Mosaic Law, but also 
the Opinions of the Heathen, Oriental, or Es- 
senian Philosophers, concerning the Worship 
of Angels, on account of their supposed Agen- 
cy in Human Affairs. The Epistle to the 
Colossians. — N. 17-19. 

S. St. Paul writes his Epistle to his Friend 
Philemon, to intercede with him in favour of 
his Slave Oncsimus, who had fled from the 
Service of his Master to Rome ; in which 
City he had been converted to Christianity by 
means of the Apostle's Ministry. The Epis- 
tle to Philemon. — N. 20-23. 

S. St. James writes his Epistle to the Jew- 
ish Christians in general, to caution them 
against the prevalent Evils of the Day — to 
rectify the Errors into which many had fallen, 
by misinterpreting St. Paul's Doctrine of Jus- 
tification, and to enforce various Duties. The 
Epistle of St, James. — N. 24-31. 

S. St. Paul is released from his Imprison- 
ment at Rome, the Jews not daring to prosecute 
him before the Emperor. Acts xxviii. 30, 31 
— N. 32. 

— ^©© — 
CHAPTER XV. 

From the commencement of the fifth and 
last Journey of St. Paul, to the comple- 
tion of the Canon of the ivhole Scriptures. 

S. St. Paul, while waiting in Italy for 

Timothy, writes the Key to the Old Testament, 

the Epistle to the Hebrews ; to prove to the 

Jews, from their own Scriptures, the Humani 

ty, Divinity, Atonement, and Intercession of 

jhrist — The Superiority of the Gospel to the 

M av- . ind the real Object and Design of the 
Mosaic ■ 

brews. 



tution. The Epistle to the He 

E. -» N 1.11 

S. After his Liber '^ pau] visits T tal 
spam, Britain, and the \r^,. „ _ cq a 
N. 12. 

S. He then proceeds to Jerusalem. In. -va 

S. From Jerusalem to Antioch in Syria, v 
je. 65. N. 14. 

S. From Antioch to Colosse. — N. 15. 

S. From Colosse to Philippi. — N. 16. 

S. From Philippi to Corinth. — N. 17. 

S. From Corinth to Troas. — N. 18. 

S. From Troas to Miletum. — N. 19. 

S. From Miletum to Rome. — N. 20. 

S. St. Paul is imprisoned at Rome, in the 
general Persecution by Nero. — N. 21. 



S. St. Paul, in the Anticipation of the neu 
approach of Death, writes his second Epistl« 
to Timothy, exhorting him, as his last Bequest 
to the faithful discharge of his Duty, in al 
times of Apostacy, Persecution, and DLssen ■ 
sion. The Second Epistle to Timothy, v, 
2E. 65 or 66. N. 22, 23. 

S. St. Peter writes his first Epistle to tha 
Jews, who, in the Time of Persecution, had 
taken Refuge in the Heathen Countries men- 
tioned in the Inscription, and also to the Gen 
tile Converts, to encourage them to suffer cheer 
fully for their Religion ; and to enforce upon 
them the Necessity of leading a Holy and 
blameless Life, that they may put to shame the 
Calumnies of their Adversaries. The First 
Epistle of St. Peter. — N. 24, 25. 

S. St. Peter, under th«" impression of ap- 
proaching Martyrdom, to .>. to the Jewish and 
Gentile Christians, dispersed in the Countries 
of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, &c. — to con- 
firm the Doctrines and Instructions of his for- 
mer Letter — to caution them against the Errors 
of the False Teachers, by reminding them of 
the Judgments of God on Apostates — and to 
encourage them under Persecution, by the 
Consideration of the happy Deliverance of 
those who trusted in him, and the final Dissolu- 
tion both of this World, and of the Jewish Dis 
pensation. The Second Epistle of St. Peter. 
m. 66. N. 26-29. 

S. Jude writes his Epistle to caution the 
Christian Church against the dangerous Tenets 
of the false Teachers, who had now appeared, 
subverting the Doctrine of Grace to the En- 
couragement of Licentiousness ; and to exhort 
them to a steadfast adherence to the Faith and 
Holiness. The Epistle^of Jude. — N. 30- 
33. 

S. Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul. 
— N. 34. 

S. Destruction of Jerusalem. A. D. 70. 
-as. 70. N. 35. 

S. St. John writes the Apocalypse (probably 
in the year A. D. 96,) to supply the place of a 
continued Succession of Prophets in the Chris- 
tian Church, till the second coming of Christ 
to judge the World. The Book of Revela- 
tions, v. JE. 96. N. 36. 

S. St. John writes his Epistles, to confute 
the Errors of the False Teachers, and their 
different Sects, against the Doceta? — who de- 
nied the Humanity of Christ, asserting that his 
Body and Sufferings were not real, but imagina- 
ry — against the Cerinthians and Ebionites, who 
contended that he was a mere Man, and that 
his Divinity was only adventitious, and there- 
fore separated from him at his Passion, — and 
against the Nicolaitans, or Gnostics, who taught 
that the Knowledge of God and Christ was 
sufficient for Salvation ; that being justified by 
Faith, and freed from the Restraints of the Law, 
they might indulge in Sin with impunity — He 
cautions Christians from being seduced by these 
Doctoingg and Practices, by condemning them 
in the stroi, 5 ,<. t Terms— He contrasts them 
with the Truths ana Doctrines of the Gospel, 
in which they had been insisted, and in which 
they are exhorted to continue. The Epistle of 
St. John. v. je. 96 to 106. N. 37-40. 

S. St. John sanctions the Books of the 
New Testament, and completes the Canon of 
Scripture, by writing his Gospel, at ih e Request 
of the Church at Ephesus. — N. 41. 



At the close of these Harmonies it may not be unsuitable to remark, that as different 
authorities have been used in the Maps from those used in the Tables, and those last likewise 
being selected from different sources, it must not be expected to find a perfect agreement in 
the location given to places, or in the order in which they were visited by the Lord Jesus 
Christ and his Apostles. This remark is more particularly applicable to the order of places 
visited by St. Paul in his five apostolical journeys as now delineated on one map, and traced 



by two other authorities in the Tables. Some difference will likewise be found in cnronologi- 
eal dates, but not more than is to be expected from the researches of different biblical critics. 
All the important dates are now inserted from Townsend's Arrangement of the Old Testa- 
ment. — Strongly to recommend to families, Sunday schools, and bible classes, the stud} of 
the Holy Scriptures in chronological order, requires no hesitancy in the 

EDITOR, 



ETYMOLOGICAL TABLE, 

OF SUCH NAMES AS ARE THOLGHT OF ANY IMPORTANCE FOR ELUCIDATING TEXTS EITHER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OR THE NEW. 



Abaddon, the destroyer. 

Abba, father. 

Abel, vanity, breath, vapour. 

Abel-mizraim, the mourning of the Egyptians. 

Abraham, the father of a multitude. 

Abram, high father. 

Aceldama, tho field of blood. 

Adam, man. 

Alleluia, praise ye the Lord. 

Allelujah, praise ye Jehovah. 

Amen, verily, so be it. 

Apoilyon, the destroyer. 

Areopacus, Mars' hill. 

Armageddon, the mountain of Megiddo. 

Baal, lord. 

Babel, confusion. 



Barjona, son of Jona. 
Bccrlaharoi, well of life, of vision.' 
Beersheba, well of the oath. 
Belial, worlhlessness, wickedness. 
Ben-Ammi, son of my people, my follow coun- 
tryman. 
Benoni, son of affliction. 
Bethel, house of God. 
Beulah, married. 
Boanerges, son of thunder. 
Bochim, weepers. 
Cabul, displeasing. 
Cain, something gotten. 
Calvary, the place of a skull. 
Cephas, a rock, 
Christ, the anointed. 



Dan, a judge. 

David, beloved. 

Decapolis, ten cities. 

Eden, pleasantness. 

Edom, red, 

El-beth-el, the God of Bethel. 

El-clohe-Israel, God, the God of Israel. 

Eli-Eii-Lama-Sabachihani, My God, my 

why hast thou forsaken me. 
Eloi-Eloi-Lama-Sabachthani, the same. 
Emmanuel, God with us. 
Eshcol, cluster. 
Eve, life. 

Gilead, heap of witness.. 
Hallelujah, praise ye Jehovah. 
Hebrew, a descendant of Hebcr. 
30 



Hephzi-bah, my delight'is in her. 
Jacob, a supplanter. 
Jah, contraction of Jehovah. 
Japhcth, the enlarger. 
Ichabod, where is the glory. 
Jcgar-sahadutha, the heap of witness. 
Jehovah, he shall be. 
God, Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will see. 

Jehovah-shammah, the Lord is there. 
Jehovah-tsidkenu, the Lord our righteous., 
Jesus, Saviour, 
(mmanuel, God with us. 
Joseph, he will add. 
Joshua, Saviour. 
Isaac, laughter. 
Ishmael, God shall hear. 



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Israel, a wrestler with God. 

Judah, praise. 

Lo-ammi, not ray people. 

l,o-rnhamah, not having obtained mercy. 

Mammon, riches. 

Manasseh, causijig to forget. 

Mara, bitterness. 



Maranatha, our Lord shall come. 
Massah, temptation 
Meribah, contrition. 
Naomi, pleasant, happy. 
Noah, rest, consolation. 
Onesimus, profitable, useful. 
Peniel, face or presence of God. 



Penuel, the same. 

Peter, a rock. 

Raca, foolish, wicked. 

Sabachfham, hast thou forsaken me. 

Sabaoth, hosts. 

Samuel, heard of God. 

Sarah, a princess. 



I Satan, an adversary. 
I Sem, name, renown. 
j Shem, name, renown. 

Shibboleth, an ear of com. 

Solomon, peaceable. 

TJriru andThummun, light and trutn, luxe reve> 
lation. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

In a Chronological Table of the Scriptures perfect accuracy in dates is not to be expected. The most learned and laborious investigations have found, and left difficulties 
on this subject. Mo more is here proposed than to name the authors of the different Books and about the time when they were written, according to the best means of deciding 
which the Compiler possessed. 



The Creation and the apostacy of man. 
A. C. 4004. 

Adam died. 3074. 

Enoch was translated. 3017. 

Noah was warned of the deluge. 2468. 

Methuselah died and the deluge com- 
menced. 2348. 

Tower of Babel built. 2233. 

Abram was born. 1996. 

Isaac was born. 1889. 

Abraham offers Isaac. 1871. 

Esau and Jacob were born. 1836. 

Joseph was born. 1745. 

Joseph was sold into Egypt. 1724. 

Joseph's exaltation. 1711. 

Jacob goes to Egypt 1706. 

Aaron was born. 1574. 

Moses was born. 1571. 

Moses goes to Midian. 1531. 

God appears to him. 1491. 

Israelites pass the Red Sea. 1431 

Pentateuch written by Moses, and proba- 
bly the book of Job. 1452. 

Moses's death. 1451 

Joshua's victories commence 1450. 

terminate. 1443. 

The Book of Joshua written. 1443. 

Government of the Judges commences. 
1405. 

Samuel is jud^t. 1096. 

Saul anointed king. 1074. 

The Books of Judges and Ruth were pro- 
bably compiled by Samuel about this period. 
1069. 

David kills Goliah. A. C. 1063. 



Samuel dies aged 98 years. 1057. 

The two Books of Samuel, the two Books 
of Kings, and the two Books of Chronicles 
were probably compiled by Ezra, from 
Jewish authentic records to which he had 
access, and must be dated later. 

Book of Psalms principally written about 
this time. 

Absalom's rebellion and death. 1023. 

David's advice to Solomon, and death. 
1014. 

Solomon commences building the Tem- 
ple. 1013. 

finishes and dedicates it ; be- 
tween this date and the next he writes the 
Canticles, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. 1003. 

Solomon dies, and Rehoboam succeeds 
him 975. 

Asa dics,and Jehoshaphat succeeds him. 914 

Elijah destroys the prophets of Baal, and 
anoints Eli»ha. 903. 

Ahab slain in battle. 897. 

Elijah was translated. 896. 

Elisha dies. 839. 

Between the time of the last date and the 
succeeding one Jonah, Micah, Amos. Hosea, 
Joel, and Nahum prophesy and write the 
Books which bear their names. 

Isaiah concludes the writing of his pro- 
phecy. 710. 

Revival of Religion in Josiah's reign. 631. 

Zephaniah and HabakUuk prophesy and 
write the Books bearing their names. 618, 

Jeremiah begins to prophesy. A. C. 610 

Daniel carried to Babylon. 606. 



Jeremiah concludes his prophecy, and 
writes his Book of Lamentations about this 
time. 590. 

Ezekiel writes his prophecy, and Daniel 
interprets Nebuchadnezzar's first dre.im. 588. 

Jerusalem taken and destroyed. 5S6. 

The golden image set up. 580. 

Babylon taken by Cyrus. 537. 

The decree for the Jews to return, soon 
after which Daniel was written. 

Darius renews the decree. About thistime 
the prophets 11 iggai and Zechariah write 
the Books which bear their names. 516. 

Temple rebuilt and dedicated. 490. 

Book of Esther written, probably by 
Ezra, who about this time was sent to 
govern Judea. 453. 

Nehemiah appointed governor. 441. 

Book of Ezra written. 435. 

The Book of Nehemiah and tho prophecy 
of Malachi were written about this time, 
and perhaps the whole of the Old Testament 
put into its present form by Ezra before his 
death. 4m 

Annunciation of the Son of God to the 
Virgin Mary -, John the Baptist born, and 
the Temple of Janus shut. I. 

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was 
born and circumcised under the law. A.D. 1. 

The infant Saviour returns from Egypt, 2. 

lie confutes the Doctors and continues 
a dutiful child till he arrives to manhood. 
A. D. 1:2. 

John Baptist commences his ministry. 28. 

Christ is baptized. — is tempted — calls the 



twelve, — delivers his sermon on the mount, 
— and performs many of his miracles of 
mercy. 31. 

John Baptist beheaded. 32. 
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is 
crucified. 34. 

The following order appears to be that in 
which the four Gospels, the Epistles, and 
the other Books ot the New Testament 
were written. 

Gospel by Matthew. 42. 

; . Mark 15. 

Paul's first and second Epistles to the 
Thessalonians were written. 51. 

Paul's first and second Epistles to the 
Corinthians, his Epistles to the Romans and 
to the Galatians, and Peter's first general 
Epistle were written. 57. 

Paul's Epistles to the Philippians, Ephc- 
sians, Colossiaus, Hebrews, and Philemon, 
and the Gospel according to Luke were 
written. 61. 

Acts of the Apostles wero written by 
Luke. 63. 

Paul's first Epistle to Timothy and his 
Epii tie to Titus, with the Epistle of James 
were written. 66. 

Paul's second Epistle to Timothy and 
the second general Epistle of Peter were 
written. 69. 

Jude wrote his Epistle. 75. 

Revelation of John was written in the 
Isle of Patmos. 87. 

John writes his Gospel and his three 
Epistles about this time. 99. 



MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. 



Al'pha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet. 
Amethyst, a precious stone of a violet colour, 

bordering on purple. 
Apostles, the first Missionaries of the Cross. 
Areop'ugus, the highest court at Athens. 
Ber'yl, a bright transparent gem of a bluish 

green. 
Jlottles were anciently made of skins. 
( 'enlu'rion, captain of a hundred 11.cn. 
ChaVcedony, a precious stone, variegated 

with divers colours in the form of clouds. 
Charger, a basin. 
Chief- Priests, heads of the 24 courses into 

which the Jewish Priesthood wasdivided. 
Chrys'olile, a precious stone, of a gold 

colour and very transparent. 
Chrysop'rasus, a precious stone, of a green 

colour, mixed with a golden brightm 
Chrys'lal, a very bright transparent stone of 

a watery colour, exceedingly clear. 
fV,it<,ameasurc of about one foot nine inches. 



Di'amond, the hardest and most valuable 
of all precious stones, it is also called 
adamant. 

Emerald, a precious stone of a yellowish 
colour, next in hardness to the liuby. 

Epicureans, who placed all I ■■.■ 
the gratification of the appetites anil pas- 
sions. 

Essenes, a subdivision of the Pharisees. 
Vudon, tin- north-e ist wind. 
■ miis or Oali ect who dis- 

claimed allegiance to a Gentile magistrate. 

Ot 1, til,::, .ill feWB, 

fferodia t», of 1 Icrod. 

High-P 
of guilt within the Holy of If 

How. 

d with 

divers colours. 
Legion, a Roman legion consisted of about 
6000 men. 



Mile, its value was about 1 mill. 
Onyx, a kind of agate of a whitish black 
colour a species of the chalcedon] ■ 

Patriarch!, fathers of familie 1. 
Penny; its value was about I I cents. 

oil, a .lev. 1 . Iter the 

Pa over. 

1 '.cry rigid ia 

their observance of the mere ceren ei 

of r< ligion. 
Phylacteries, small boxi or rolls of Parch- 
ment, on winch v.cic written Certain 

v 01,1 1 of tbi ; the Jew " 

tbeii . &c 

Piece of Silver, its value was about 67 

Pound, its valna was 1 1 Dollars-. 
Publican*, Roman tax gathen 
Ruby, ' i 1 "' oioui tour of 1 I'd purple co- 
le ii r . very hard. 

Badducet •., Jewi ih infidels. 



Sapphire, a precious stone of a beautiful 
pure blue, -ccoiul nnl\ :. the diamond in 

. and value 

Sardiut or Sardine, a gem of a reddish 

• olour, appioaching a vi 
Sardonyx a precioui stone 1. rambling both 

the Sardiui ami the Onyx, 

Scribes, writers and impounders of the 

Mosaic Law. 
Scrip, a small bag. 
Shekel, lis weight was about half an ounce, 

value aboul .'if • , 

a S0Ct who contended that nllrvrnts 
v.: re determined bj a lit J oecet iltv. 

Tali ■>'. it ■ 1 ■ 1 1 ii,;,. a n d 

1? dollars. 
' rnoi oi .1 fourth part of a 

1 n their day at sunset, 
the Romans at midnight, 
Topat . a yellovi gem. 

















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REMARKS. 



The present Key Sheet will be found considerably enlarged, when compared with 
the one first used in the Testament yet that would elicit a fulness of meaning in 
the oracles of God, not to be conceived, without witnessing the practical effects of 
using it. Perhaps the characters are yet too limited. It is desirable, however, not 
to have them greatly multiplied. Some texts contain both doctrines and duties ; 
and might be marked for either, e. g. in Mark vi. 12. repentance rs a doctrine : it 
is the minister's duty to preach it, and the duty of all to exercise it. Sometimes the 
came passage inculcates more than one doctrine, or enjoins more than one duty. 
In that case, questions should be repeated. Some passages are designedly left 
without marking them ; and the pupil should never pass over one jot or tittle of 
inspiration, without endeavours to know the mind of the Spirit there revealed. 
Usually one letter is intended to apply till another letter occurs. When g, or o, 
or u, follows/, while they suggest additional questions, they should not supersede 
such other questions as might be appropriately asked with only /at the beginning 
of the paragraph. Whenever the name of a country, city, river, or other subject 
of geographical, statistical, or chronological remarks, occurs, the pupil ought to 
be prepared to answer any important question which might be proposed. When i 
is used before a parable, it is expected that the leading truths intended to be taught 
by that passage, should be distinctly and particularly stated. It will be useful often 
to inquire what parallel texts can be named. It should not be understood by pupils 
that all the questions apply where a letter occurs, but several of them will. Nor 
should the instructor fail to ask other important questions which may occur. It 
is confidently believed that, if pious parents would question their families in some 
such manner respecting the chapters which should be read for prayer Sabbath 
evenings, and then have a free conversation respecting the truths they had read, 
and their application to family and personal circumstances, important benefits 
would be realized. 

It is recommended that instructors and pupils avail themselves of important 
advantages, which they may derive from connecting with the Key Sheet, a careful 
examination of the annexed general outlines of the plan for instructing Bible 
classes, recommended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, a 



few years since, originally drawn by Dr. Romeyn, and politely communicated (a 
me, in his own hand-writing. 

— @©^— 

OUTLINES FOR BIBLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION. 
" I. The historical part of the portion of scripture, which constitutes the lesson 
— including the two great divisions, the church and the world. 

II. The biographical part, including the two great classes, believers and 
unbelievers ; with the effects which their good and bad example have had upon 
the church and the world. 

III. The doctrinal part, including the nature and perfections of God — the 
character, person, offices, and work of Christ — the actual state of man by the 
fall, &c. &c. — marking distinctly the gradual increase of knowledge on these 
points from age to age, through the patriarchal and levitical dispensations, till the 
Christian dispensation furnished mankind with the clear, full devclopement of 
God' s gracious purposes towards our fallen state. 

IV. The preceptive part, including the whole range of our duties, according to 
the moral law. 

V. The positive ordinances, including the sacraments, types, sacrifices, the 
priesthood, the temple service ; distinguishing between these positive institutions, 
and moral duties — the first dependant on the will of God, and therefore mutable — 
the last on his nature, and therefore immutable : marking the changes of the first 
from time to time, with the reasons for the change, and unfolding the influence 
which they obviously were intended to have upon the spiritual exercises of our 
hearts, and our obedience to the moral law. 

VI. The practical lessons which the historical and biographical parts furnish 
for the regulation of human conduct, in all the relations of life." 

N. B. In these outlines it will be understood that general questions should be 
asked the pupils ; and full instruction given by the Pastors under each division, 



KEY. 



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What ANALOGIES between sensible and spiritual things may 
here be traced? 

What prophecy is here ACCOMPLISHED ? Where is it found? 
How many years had it been written? 

What BLESSING is here sought ; or acknowledged ; or pro- 
mised? How great? How durable? For whom sought ? By 
whom acknowledged ? To whom promised ? On whose ac- 
count was this blessing promised, or received 1 

What trait of moral CHARACTER is here given ? Is it morally 
good or evil ? Does it belong to a natural, or to a renewed 
state ? What advantages or disadvantages attended it ? 

What DUTY is here enjoined ? On whom ? Is it taught by pre- 
cept, by example, or by inference ? How enforced ? 

What DIFFICULTY attends the exposition of this passage ? 
How can it be reconciled with some other passages ? 

What EVANGELICAL EXPERIENCE, or what EXHOR- 
TATION, is here given ? 

What particular strain of ELOQUENCE can you point out in 
this paragraph ? 

What FACTS are here related? Is any doctrine or duty con- 
nected with them ? 

What can you discover here that is commendable or censurable 
in deed, word, or motive? What advantages or evils attended? 

What GEOGRAPHICAL information is known of this country, 
province, city, or river, &c. ? 

What HEAVENLY DISPOSITION is here manifested ? 

What corresponding affections does it demand ? 

What INSTITUTION or ordinance was here appointed of God? 
or was here recognised as previously appointed of him ? What 
was its nature and design ? and how was it to be observed? 
Who were under obligations to observe it ? Is it still obligatory 
on any? Is there any connexion or correspondence between 
this and any other institution or ordinance ? 



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What INSTRCTIONS are imparted in this parable ? or in this 
metaphor ? What ia their practical tendency ? 

What KNOWLEDGE, or want of knowledge of human nature 
is here particularly manifested ? 

What statute, rite, service, or appendage of the LEVITICAL 
DISPENSATION is here mentioned ? Why appointed ? 

What LOFTY FLIGHTS of devotional fervour ? What long- 
ings after intimate communion with God are here manifested 

What MIRACLE is here recorded ? By whom, and for what 
purpose wrought ? In whose name, and by whose authority ? 
What effect had it on the witnesses ? 

What is worthy of particular notice in this NAME ? 

What ORIENTAL or ancient custom may here be learned ? or 
what do you know of one which will elucidate this passage ? , 

What PROHIBITION is here directly or indirectly made? Why 
is this deed, or word, or thought forbidden ? 

What prophecy is here RECORDED ? At what period of time? 
Has it been fulfilled ? How ? When ? 

What affecting SCENE is here exhibited ? What feelings should 
it produce ? 

What SUBLIMITY of thought or of language is here ? What 
inference follows ? 

What doctrinal TRUTH is here inculcated ? Is it directly or in- 
directly taught ? How illustrated ? How applied? What prac- 
tical influence should it have ? 

What TYPE of Christ, or typical transaction can be distinctly 
traced here ? 

What UNJUSTIFIABLE action in a virtuous character ? Or 
what unusual excellence in one not pious, is here recorded ? 

What VISION is here described ? To whom and why given ? 

What WO is here denounced or executed? or warning given? 
What is its import ? Against whom denounced, or to whom 
given. ? 



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